Hey, you are allowed to disagree. Cook Islands is not fondly looked at by the Survivor nerd community. I never liked it when it came out and have never re-watched it. Maybe I'll give it another try.
And as much shit as I give Fiji, there are some great moments. The have and have not twists though is pretty awful. However, the last 2-3 episodes pretty much set up a pretty epic Survivor moment that culminates in the finale. Like, I'd say it's on par with the Johnny Fairplay lying about his dead grandma in terms of how awful it makes the person look. Nobody comes out looking good, that's for sure.