Punishment in Panama

I just saw a rerun of this show last night. It was Laura's first appearance on Naked and Afraid. She was a standout right from the beginning. She imparts a calm confidence while partners are flipping out. Her partner Clint did do a lot of physical work, but was otherwise lacking in survival skills.

Looks can be deceiving. Laura is a real badass. Anyone paired up with her should consider themselves very lucky. She seems to keep things sane when others are falling apart.

I haven't seen her for a while. It said that she was 27 at the beginning of this show in 2013, so she would be around 36 now. Not so very old, but she has been on so many shows, she may not have the desire to do any more. I'd really like to see her compete again.

Naked and Afraid (2013)

Season 1 Episode 4: Punishment in Panama

Laura, a survivalist who wants to challenge herself is teamed up with Clint, a country music singer who also considers himself a survivalist. The teammates are dropped off in Panama where they have a beautiful but dangerous beach in front of them and a dangerous swamp behind them.

Here's another fun episode for fans of the series as once again we're given an excellent location, plenty of drama and of course the thrill of the adventure of having to survive. I must say that I kept seeing Seth Rogan whenever Clint was on the screen. Laura was quite charming herself and the team actually worked well in an odd couple sort of way. There are some very good moments scattered throughout the episode.

Episode: A-

Clint is a typical neckbeard wussy who thinks he's a macho man. Laura did all the heavy lifting, Clint is just a fat neckbeard who was zero help whatsoever, just a hindrance to Laura who's a true survivalist. If Clint was on that island alone he'd be dead wthin 24 hours. What a baby.

Clint is so bad that somehow I enjoy the show and also wonder can a man really be this annoying? Or the production team told him to be like that so there's a drama for people to discuss? Laura on the other hand is really great. Although I kinda got scared that two episodes of the team just drink directly from the wild field. Why don't they start and fire and cook the water to drink? Isn't it worse that they drink the raw water then got parasites? Anyway...

Small pity on this type of show most of them end up starving for 21 days, not really fight but consuming their body (pre-show stored energy).