Gone East

All Star Survivor

[UPDATE: Oops. As Beth points out in comments, this Globe article contains a few (mild) spoilers about the first episode. It doesn't reveal anything like challenge winners, or Tribal Council results, but if you're a purist, you might want to avoid clicking through to the whole article.]

Boston Globe:

But each of these "Survivor" survivors has already bared his or her modus operandi to the world during previous seasons. They cannot conceal their weaknesses or their strengths -- strength being a liability when the strong are the biggest threats. From Susan Hawk's shoot-from-the-hip aggressiveness to Amber Brkich's puppy-dog passivity, their games have already been fully exposed.

And that's what promises to make this eighth installment of "Survivor" one of the series's best, the "Survivor" fan's "Survivor."