It's Night 7 on "Survivor," after last week's Tribal Council, and Adam and Zeke are a little gobsmacked. Well, they did just find out thy're at the bottom of the tribe, not the top. Figgy further endears herself to me by flat out stating that if you write her name down, you're going home. Sure, Figgy, you're the mastermind behind all this.
Hannah tries to talk to Zeke to explain why she flopped during Tribal Council, and even though he asks her nicely several times, she won't stop haranguing him until he will forgive her. Side note: In "Survivor" (and relationships in general) you can't force someone to forgive you by verbally wearing them down into submission. That's not how this works. They usually just end up even more pissed off at you, like Zeke is with Hannah.
Day dawns over at the Gen X beach, and there's a red sky, which the rhyme tells us is not a good thing. David and Cece talk about being at the bottom of the tribe, but David's not giving up, especially since he found the Immunity Idol.
Paul is going fishing, and he is feeling fantastic after collapsing last week. He doesn't do too well, and blames it on the current and the murky water. Ken thinks Paul is always talking big but not delivering.
Back at the Millennials beach, Adam brings back Treemail. There's something mysterious about picking four at random — they will be picked to go visit people from the other tribe. Will, Jay, Taylor and Figgy are randomly picked to go. The Gen Xers headed to meet are Chris, David, Paul and Cece.
They also get food in the form of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The bread looks super awesome, but I have to admit that I have never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my life. I would probably make an exception if I hadn't had any decent food in a week.
David wants to make new friends among the Millennials, and they seem open to it, but this is really early in the game for these kind of moves. Cece and David let Figgy and Taylor know that Paul is the alpha male and the one to target.
David flat-out says that he will pick off all the other Gen Xers if Taylor will take him on in his alliance. Well, that's one way to play it.
The Gen X delegation returns to their beach, and of course the rest of the tribe wants the scoop on what happened. Apparently all the Millennial girls wanted to know about Ken. They call him a Ken Doll, which Ken absolutely hates.
Ken goes fishing, and unlike Paul, he catches some. Afterwards, Ken talks to Sunday about the fact that Paul talks about his fishing experience all the time, buy yet he hasn't caught any fish. Sunday admits that he's not part of their six-person alliance. I hope Sunday figures out soon that a six people is a really big alliance.
The Millennials are making plans to visit each other once filming is done and everybody is super happy. We'll see what happens over the next few weeks. The general consensus among the majority is that Zeke should go next.
But Adam wants to change that. He talks to Michaela and Hannah about the strong foursome of Figgy, Michelle, Taylor and Jay. Michaela agrees that a move will need to be made, and she still doesn't like Figgy, but she's not sure that now is the time for that move.
Immunity Challenge time! This week that have to carry heavy bags through an obstacle course, and then use coconuts to knock down puzzle pieces and rebuild it. First one to complete the puzzle wins. Reward is a comfort package including a hammock and lounge chairs.
The bags weigh about 40 pounds, which messes with people's center of gravity on the balance beam. Taylor is actually super awesome at it, so he starts to carry everyone else's bag. Cece manages her bag herself, but takes a super long time doing it and the Gen Xers fall behind.
Because of Taylor, the Millennials finish the obstacle course way ahead, and are the first to move on to the coconut throwing. Chris helps the Gen X team make up some time by running three bags, including Paul's.
The Millennials had a head start, but Ken helps close the distance; and they're not that far behind going into rebuilding the puzzle. Michelle and Zeke and Sunday and David are doing the puzzle.
Zeke is flying through the puzzle, and the Gen Xers just can't catch up. Millennials win reward, but Jay asks if they can trade the comfort reward for some fishing gear. Probst is open to it, but the Gen X tribe would need to agree, and they might need to give up more stuff.
The Gen X tribe talks it over, and they don't want the Millennials to get fishing gear — they'll have to make do with the comfort reward. I'm sure they'll take that well.
Cece's on the chopping block for refusing to either be faster on the balance beam or let someone else carry her bag. Also, she's not part of the six-person alliance. David and Ken have their work cut out for them if they're going to change this.
Chris, Paul, Sunday and Brad are on board with voting out Cece. Apparently she sucks at challenges in general. David and Ken want to make a move for Paul, but I don't know if anyone from his tribe is ready to make a move against him just yet.
Side note: Jessica's eyes still look awful.
Paul makes the mistake of telling Lucy and Jessica that if the guys wanted an all-boy alliance, he would tell the girls that they were out of luck. I think he meant it in a "he'll always be honest with you" kind of way, but they took it in a "when the time comes, I'm going to bail on you" kind of way.
Tribal Council time! Jeff comments that David looks calmer, and David thinks that the game is actually helping with his anxiety. Probably because he's constantly being bombarded with things that scare him, like a sort of immersion therapy.
Jeff asks Cece about her performance on the balance beam, and she's proud that she did it herself. Jeff points out that the Millennials did better because they worked together.
Jeff asks the Gen Xers if they write out "you" when they text or just use "u," and alludes to the language changing and the old fogeys getting left behind.
Side rant: Texting "u" instead of 'you' came about because very old, pre-smartphone cell phones didn't have a full keyboard, so short forms made sense. Most of these Millennials were too young to have a cell phone that did this, and certainly none of them do now. But for the love of all that's holy, use short forms when texting if you must, but letting that tripe bleed over into your other writings, including schoolwork and business, is a sign of the apocalypse and a symptom of the decline of our civilization as a whole. Ahem. Rant over.
Okay, I paused the show for that rant, and when I unpaused it, Ken totally had my back. I need to be careful about this, because he's quickly becoming my favorite, and they never do well.
Paul flat-out admits that there's an alliance of six, and three people on the outs. But he sounds really confident about his alliance. We'll see. Cece gives herself a 10 percent chance of making it out of Tribal Council without getting her torch snuffed.
Voting time! Will it be Cece or Paul? And with five votes against him (that we see) it's Paul going home. Paul, Brad and Chris look shocked. As they should. Well done, Ken and David.
Next week: Lucy is getting bossy, and the games are getting rough.