I've no real opinion of the show, Myself (Other than the "Cloaked Figure in what was it, Shawshank Prison? - I swear I saw sneakers on it's feet)
Mrs. X-Ray, on the other hand is a Fan.
Regarding Ultra's comment on the Group conversations seeming Staged..
I'm thinking that might be a case of it
Being Staged.
Anyone who's watched the "making of" (filler) specials on some of these reality shows, like
Dirty Jobs has seen them do several takes of the same "spontaneous" interview..
This is just to get a Clear, Understandable & Flub Free explanation of what they're doing. (tell me you've never messed up a word or sentence in normal everyday talking)
I.E. they may have the conversation off camera (or on camera and flubbed it) and then re-create that conversation for Clarity's sake.
"Names in the new order were Totem signs, no longer mere markers for a face.
Markers were for tombstones."