![]() What started out as Grylls hanging out with Jonathan Ross and Miranda Hart on the U.K.’s Channel 4 for weekend getaways in 2011 ( Bear Grylls Wild Weekends, a great show name) eventually turned to reality TV with the short-lived Get Out Alive on NBC in 2013. ![]() But then we realized it could be even more captivating all that needed to be added to the formula was a celebrity-or in one case, the goddamn president of the United States. (I assume there are many ways to survive in the wild, but Bear Grylls is a man with a fierce preference-he is so synonymous with pee that his son once presented his own piss for Bear to drink.) Grylls can survive in virtually any environment, and he did so entertainingly for years on shows like Man vs. The survivalist and former British special forces trooper has cultivated a legitimately successful reality TV career out of wilderness adventures and a highly specific interest in drinking his own pee at nearly every opportunity. ![]() ![]() ![]() But while there is nothing wrong with Claws, the summer TV I’m interested in hits all the same notes but with a side of human urine. The ideal form of summer television is something pulpy, flashy, and perhaps a bit excessive-a drama like TNT’s Claws, for example, is the gold standard. ![]()
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