The wife and I viewed the first season of Forged in Fire recently. We had never seen the show. Other than a bit of gimmicked judging process and some minor goofiness, we enjoyed it. She usually doesn’t notice these sorts of things, but she blurted out about halfway through, “It’s nice to see something with men doing something they enjoy and it being something inherently masculine. “ She was right. The whole first season, there wasn’t a broad in sight, other than a medic in one case of a guy slicing his hand. This group of dudes was just making swords and knives and axes for the hell of it, and watching the judges bust out the ballistic gelatin and animal carcasses to slash and hack using the newly minted weapons. It was testosterone laden without even trying to be. No “Black Rifle Coffee” or “male vitality” shilling. Just a bunch of fellas doing what they do best: engineering and crafting. If you get a chance to check it out for yourself, Ryu, a little Filipino dude, I believe, was a highlight. Dude talked like some sort of Yoda figure and his home “forge” looked like a vacant lot with equipment cobbled together from a junkyard. It was awesome. Remarkable to consider it only aired nine years ago. Is it jewed? I couldn’t see much to indicate it was, but I was so intrigued by the combat equipment the guys were building that maybe I missed it. I’d definitely say it’s worth a viewing. Maybe I’ll review the second season if me and the missus ever get around to checking it out.