I was pretty dissapointed with this episode. The editing, especially going to and coming back from commercials, was the worst I've ever seen him do. He also didn't really do an inventory of what he had with him, and the premise of this episode was pretty vague.
In prior shows, Les played out a scenario where he was in a place and doing a thing when a bad thing happened. He then had to either make it out on his own or survive in place until rescue, all within the preset seven day period. In this episode, he lands the plane, abandons it, and wanders for seven days until his rescue team catches up to him using the uncredited SPOT GPS tracker.
I would have liked a clearer objective from the outset, at least a pretense of leaving a note at the plane if he chose to leave it, and full disclosure of the gear he had. He rightly admitted that leaving his first camp was a mistake, especially since rescue would ultimately find him wherever he was. Given the context of this episode, I think a postscript with Les going over what an appropriate survival kit aboard a plane should be would have been highly informative. ("I didn't have all this, but you should.")
All that being said, there was a lot I liked as well. The cow dung fire bundle was great, as was the good info on local wild edibles. I especially liked his direct contradiction of Bear Grylls in cautioning people NOT to rush about, because injury when stranded alone could be deadly.
You can really tell Les is ready for something new. Next week is thae LAST episode. I hope he will be back soon with another bushcraft/survival related series.
-- FLIX
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