I came back to Survivor to watch 45 after having not watched it since Winners At War in 2020, and am now watching 46.
I honestly feel like I'm in the minority here, but I'm really enjoying 46 a lot so far, certainly more than 45. It's so refreshing to see people openly disliking each other for once and actually plotting to take each other out, as opposed to how goody-goody everyone seemed in 45, to the point that the final few episodes that aired that season felt so flat and predictable to me.
I'm glad everyone's here to play the game and make some good TV this time, and not just to "make friends" and "discover themselves."
42 is pretty good if you want to check out another recent season. I thought 41, 43, and 44 were all fine, but nothing special.
I've heard some good things about 42. If I have enough free time, I might check it out