Despite the hype of returning players and rabid fans ready to take them on, what stood out most on **Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites**' season premiere was craft: The CBS series is flawlessly produced. In the past few years, even though budget cuts have forced the show to stay in a single location, those who plan, construct, produce, film, and edit have been stepping up their game even more, creating amazing television. From that epic opening shot--helicopters swooping behind Jeff Probst as he stood atop a towering rock--to the art design of a four-story-tall set piece for a single immunity challenge, it was visually compelling and completely absorbing. Even the small things were done well, like the placement of a point-of-view camera right where tribes were hurling crates from atop a tower during the immunity challenge. The wildlife shots were at an all-time high, and that's saying a lot. When I thought I'd want nothing more than to watch an hour of crabs waving to each other (as Phillip talked about offing people's families), next came a tarsier leaping from tree to tree and then gnawing on a grasshopper (a great metaphor for reality TV). These ...