- Joined
- Feb 3, 2023
I’ve been taking a lot of notes and writing in my free time comparing and contrasting seasons one and two, and the cage part 3 seems like an unholy combination of the cage parts 1 and 2. The first cage challenge was great because there was chemistry between the fish. There was constant tension because the fish who were perhaps scheming in the background or hated each other now had to be in a room face to face with the people they hated. It worked the other way too since Letty was try to gain back Jon’s trust. On top of all that the fish largely didn’t need instruction from the production because they could make content based on their chemistry and content generating skills.
Cage part two also worked because there were only two fish left and one of those fish went out of her way to avoid hostility all show. Since there was a lack of tension production intervened in order to provide plenty of challenges and content. Even though the fish couldn’t carry this challenge with chemistry alone, it still allowed some creative content to be produced by the fish.
Cage part three doesn’t have either of these. The remaining fish have practically no chemistry and act like friendly co-workers rather than allies or enemies, therefore tension cannot carry this cage challenge. This cage challenge also has plenty of fish and it’s not a finale so it lacks the excuses required for a cage part two situation where heavy production guidance is viable. What we’re left with is cage part two but with people nobody really cares about or to root for. The only one who is capable of producing original content consistently is Jimmy, and his creativity is being a bit stifled due to production guiding these challenges so heavily.
Some parts have been good like the production says challenge with TTS, or the cake bit. It just sucks knowing it could be so much better if production played their cards better earlier in the season.
