“Is there anything to be gained by making him a villain?” asked another producer. The discussion hovered around how best to build up to this scene. “Is that his first true bite?” asked Ryan Pender, an executive producer. He makes a euphoric sound as he bites into flesh. The footage progresses through the fish-preparation process: gutting, filleting, grilling. Overjoyed, Wyatt does a little dance for the camera. Then, at the end of day five, there’s a successful fishing attempt. His body is not getting enough calories to maintain mass. Several days into deployment, he has failed to secure food beyond berries. In the episode, James “Wyatt” Black, a Canadian contractor who is a familiar archetype on the show - pure mountain man, all machismo - isn’t doing so hot. This was the first time the producers were seeing the edit. Since the survivalists for the new season left the field, around 15 assistant producers had spent months logging the mountains of raw recordings. Almost all of the footage is taped by participants. Each season, ten contestants are dumped in the wilderness with limited supplies and must fend for themselves as long as they can. The series, which premiered in 2015, is a competition reality show.

In late February, a team from Leftfield Pictures, the production company that makes the History Channel’s Alone, convened over Zoom to view an early version of an episode from the show’s tenth season.

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