CBS’s reality TV competition The Summit has brought Survivor-like strategic competition to an Amazing Race-style hike up the side of a New Zealand mountain.
The mountain’s terrain presents plenty of challenges, and then the players have to vote to drop one player at each checkpoint, increasing their share of $1 million.
Meanwhile, a helicopter known as the Mountain’s Keeper throws twists to the ground in yellow bags and host Manu Bennett’s stern lectures the group about its progress and rule-following,
All of my recaps are below—and will be updated throughout the season. And don’t miss:
- my interview with The Summit’s executive producer
- my review of The Summit
A helicopter demands a sacrifice on The Summit
The Summit’s players encounter a second rope bridge on their arduous episode two climb—and get an ultimatum. Here’s my recap of The Summit’s latest drama, which includes producers pretending to be a helicopter.
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Andy Dehnart is a writer and TV critic who created reality blurred in 2000. His writing and reporting here has won an Excellence in Journalism award from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists and an L.A. Press Club National A&E Journalism Award.
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