Fred Lewis is one of the main people that Gold Rush follows this season on the hit Discovery Channel series. After serving on Parker Schnabel’s crew, he soon set out with a crew of his own and has been trying to find gold ever since.
However, there are a lot of Gold Rush fans who are tired of seeing Fred on the show each week. Now, the cries are getting louder about replacing him in the cast.
Gold Rush fans call for Fred’s removal from the show
It is impossible to follow Gold Rush on Reddit without seeing the threads flooded with comments about how viewers spend every episode fast-forwarding past Fred’s moments on the show. After the last episode, some fans decided to start a thread specifically about Fred leaving the show.
In the thread, the OP wrote that Fred’s story offers nothing of value to the show and is mostly “filler content.” However, they did come up with an idea of what Fred brings to Gold Rush in the end. It comes down to his constant mistakes and poor decisions. “The number of times I find myself questioning every single thing he does is mind blowing,” they wrote.
The OP also mentioned something that has always bothered many fans of Gold Rush. That is the fact that the show always points out that Fred is a military veteran, and it seems someone mentions this more than once per episode. It has almost become a drinking game for many viewers. The OP said they liked Fred at first, but his entire story has gotten old.
Redditors take shots at Fred’s role in the series
One commenter on the Reddit thread pointed out everything that they want on the show. They mentioned dredges, chains breaking, drainage issues, competent people running the industry, and gold. However, they pointed out that what they don’t want to see is Fred.
This past two weeks on Gold Rush, Fred has been trying to get through the ice to start digging through the water. However, it took two weeks before he finally decided to just move further down where there was no ice. All the attempts he made to break through the ice failed. He spent as much time sitting down frustrated as he is doing anything else. Meanwhile, his gold this season is minimal.
“I laughed about how they tried to use a pipe wrench to pull the blade off the dozer,” another commenter wrote. “Then they pull out the perfect tool like they had it all along.” Another wrote, “How many episodes are we in this season already.. and hes still contemplating what to do about the ice in the river?”
The overall opinion is that while Parker seems professional as he searches for his gold, Fred seems to have little idea what he is doing. While having mistakes creates drama, many fans have had enough of Fred on Gold Rush.
Do you like watching Fred on Gold Rush? Do you feel his story has already gotten old? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
