The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “I’m The Kingpin”

What a hair-raising episode for Adam fans! Given the through-line we got, I was convinced that I was losing yet another one of my favourites. Especially when he didn’t use that Idol!

More on that point, what a great look for Hannah. The awkward home-girl of the Geek contingent, Hannah was able to put Adam at ease and tell him to “relax bro” after his squirrelly antics saw the vote sway in his direction a number of times. That’s not to say Hannah can win this but I’m ready for more airtime for her when considered that female Millennials are an endangered species right now.

Damn it Michelle! Where were those Jedi mind tricks girl? After her elaborate plan to vote out Mari (a little less salty), I was at least content that Michelle was a good player (which I still stand by that) and excited to see her go far. But these attractive females need to stop hanging off the Bros in the games. We have reached a point in Survivor when the “Meat shield” is a valid and successful plan to win outright, just ask Cambodia Sole Survivor Jeremy Collins. So with that trend set to continue, the unassuming female player that usually looks to go far becomes a target at the Merge. Even more so when Hidden Immunity Idols are in the mix, an x-factor that contributed more to Michelle’s exit than anything she did wrong, but still meant she took the hit when the Majority alliance weren’t sure whether Jay would past his Idol to Taylor but defiantly knew that Michelle would not receive it.

These Survivor nerds need to stop, listen to Hannah and chill out.

If it isn’t David giving me heart palpitations in the pre-Merge, Adam has now stepped up and become determined to send me to an early grave. Seriously, what in the hell possessed him to tell Taylor about this #SurvivorFirst advantage of stealing a reward, which is flat-out dumb by the way. I get that you have spent X amount of days together but you sent his Survivor Girlfriend home … he is not on your side! But then again when Tails is Mason-Jaring-i- up and stealing food, an alliance with the Dumb-arse Meat-Shield maybe isn’t such a bad plan. If he was on your side, which he ain’t, so still bad.

Will stepped into the fray tonight and really annoyed me. I know I should be all “he’s just a High Schooler” and “isn’t it cool that he is out there” but I’m not. I want more old people falling over rather than young people winning Immunity and thinking they are ‘Bad Asses’ for doing one entertaining thing this whole time. Perhaps the purple aspect to his edit puts him at a disadvantage but I just don’t care for Will, which is too bad because I know that he is a super fan and I want to root for him. But when you essentially just a pawn in the great scheme of things you get lumped in with the Sundays of the show and that is really bad place to be.

Maybe I’ll eat my words when he wins the game but … he ain’t wining the game.

Speaking of edits, Bret has really turned his game around. It’s possible that his spike in visibility is a precursor to a boot nearing soon but the idea of  Tri-Force of Bret, Chris and Zeke running this game to end might not be as crazy as it would’ve sounded in the Pre-Merge.

With so many lame ducks still around I’m certainly not against any three of the aforementioned Bro’s winning this game. I can’t shake this feeling however that someone underwhelming may steal this entire thing. Least not forget that Ken and Jessica still have that tight bond and an Legacy Advantage in the back pocket. I can see if those two take a Goat to final, Ken will easily win. Which would sour my opinion of what has been a surprisingly fun season so far.

With three Hidden Immunity Idols still in the mix though, I’m sure Millennials Vs Gen-X has some surprises still in store.

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “I Will Destroy You”

What a weird episode!

Besides the bountiful mic-drops from glorious Michaela (more on her in a bit), out of nowhere those that have been Purple-glossed for some time now found their voices … and boy did they speak up.

Firstly we got the new Vanua Tribe and Michelle – who besides her episode Two ousting of Mari (still salty yo) – has been relegated to background draping in favour of Chris, Zeke and David. Yes a majority of her confessionals was complaining about how gross the dudes were and how she was brought up with manners. But she also reminded us that she was at the bottom of the pecking order, obvious to us because of the lack of penis or should that be pecker (HaHa). But its surely a precursor to Michelle Jedi-Mind tricking herself back into the competitor … right?

Sticking with The Millennials and after last-weeks Figgy Boot (YAY) we got some annoying Ken and Jessica doubting Adam’s intentions because he is smart. And smart is bad in Survivor, which probably means Taylor is sticking around for a while.

Great

Seriously though, if Adam’s sacrifice results in him being screwed over by Ken and Jess, I’m goanna be pissed. Not as much as Michaela but more on that in a bit (we’ll get there). But what is Jess’ play here? Go with Taylor when his boy Jay is on the other Tribe? Or go with Chris, Bret and Sunday who voted for her numerous times?

But yeah, vote Adam out who has little-to-no alliances. Smart!

Any-who lets get to Michaela who was rather ceremoniously voted out of the game.

Cue the Hashtag bro.

So Jay thought it wise to vote out Michaela because not only is she smart (that old Chestnut), a challenge Beast but is also loyal to him, I see the problem here. Perhaps if Jay broke the Meta-Wall and put ‘Air Time Hog‘ I’d say he’d have a valid excuse.

Lets be honest, this was a bad move. I know I’m bias because we lost our Star Narrator of the year but for all the reasons listed above, Michaela was nothing but a Target coming into next weeks Merge. A factor that Michaela knew herself and for that very reason would’ve been loyal to Will, Hannah and (most importantly) Jay going forward.

This betrayal also particular stings because Jay is one of favourites. Perhaps not the favourite because major Adam-Love here but now with the Merge here, he is the biggest target going in. G’ah! Cue another of my favourites going home.

At least Michaela didn’t blow his spot with The Hidden Immunity Idol. Bullet well and truly dodged there mate.

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “The Truth Works Well”

For a show-Mance that dominated much of this seasons front half, Figgy’s elimination has clearly divided season 33 between the early game and the latter stages. Leaving contestants that have somewhat been over-looked to perhaps dominate going forward.

After being down in numbers on The Millennials Tribe, Zeke and Adam made moves that look to pay off, while Hannah – who had been missing for weeks now – suddenly came into focus as a nuisance for Michaela.

While Hannah probably did suck in the Immunity Challenge, Michaela losing her cool seemed unwise. Remember when Hannah begged someone to “use” her vote?

Michaela better hope that Hannah bares no ill-will for Challenge-shaming her this week.

Adam on the other hand had a dilemma. Vote off either one of Figg-Tails and run afoul of the Millennials wrath. Or take out Ken and run the risk of upsetting the Survivor–casuals.

Tricky-Tricky

Of course voting off Figgs was the right move here. Even if Michaela voiced her opinion at the end of the Immunity Challenge that Millennials need to keep their numbers. I don’t where she thinks she is in the Tri-Force Alliance but she seems late on the update that the game has changed.

While Adam ultimately choose to go with Ken and Jess, leaving Tails out in the cold. We also got hints over on the new Vanau Tribe that Zeke plans to Bro-down with Gen-X David and Chris.

His decision to turn his back on Michelle would be proved correct when Figgy was delighted to see her Millennial gal-pal had survived the last vote.

Oh she was happy to see Zeke too … but, you know, she “loves” Michelle apparently. And who can blame her when she saved her butt in week 2.

Damn you Michelle, I’m still salty.

Anyway, that not-so subtle hint that Zeke perhaps was at the bottom of his previous Tribe didn’t escape him. But how he didn’t realise this after Mari got blindsided I do not know. But still, with Adam and Zeke making alliances with people outside the age-divide, has me convinced that these pair are the ones to watch going forward.

With Idols floating around however we may be in for a bumpy ride. And with Jay finding Ikabulas Hidden Immunity it now means there are three Idols now in play.

And with Michaela promising to keep her mouth shut (for now) after she walked in on Jay and Will celebrating. Our favourite narrator may have just fallen into the power position come the Merge.

I can’t wait!

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “Idol Search Party”

Yes! finally. After that Tribe Submit fake-out from a few weeks back we reach the halfway point for any Survivor season. The Tribe Swap, or should that be Tribe Expansion? Maybe a Tribe Swap-Sion?

I don’t think that’ll catch on.

Regardless the name, we now have Three Tribes, which not only means we have to eventually learn the True Millennials & Gen-X Tribes names – good luck with that one – but we also finally we see the back of ‘Age Wars’.

And I couldn’t be happier.

Now don’t get me wrong, contrary to my Survivor Off-season bias towards the tag-line to this season. The actuality of having two Tribes separated by Generational lines had its upside, mainly with how fun the Millennials castaways turned out to be. With Jay, Michelle, Zeke and Adam proving not only their strategic-chops but giving us compelling characters that have become the central focus midway through this season.

But damn, time spent with Gen-X was rough. Thank God for David’s terrible gameplay is all I’ve got to say on that matter.

So back to our new Tribes.

With Ken and Jessica uniting at the beginning of the episode, their newly formed Alliance was soon put to the test when Fig-Tails and Adam joined the new Takali (Gen-X) Tribe. Down in the numbers it didn’t take Ken long to form a bond with Adam, who coyly opened his craw about Figgy and Taylor being in the majority Alliance back on the Millennial Tribe.

Of course Kind-Ken told Adam that he was good with him and Jess which could mean that Figgy’s days in the game are number. Which I beg, please-please-please make it next week because honestly I don’t think I can put-up with this showmance much longer. Its not only because its terrible strategy – sorry Taylor, but it is – it just isn’t compelling TV to watch two (granted) hot people macking on each other.

As Michaela told us “That’s disgusting!”

What an episode for Michaela. Just last week I was singing her praises so it warms the cockles of my heart to see her stand-out. And on a swap-episode no less. Which given the numerous new dynamics the Survivor Producers have to establish. It’s a hard thing to achieve.

But things didn’t get off to the best of starts for the Grade-A narrator of the Season.

With her picking the Green Buff alongside Jay, Will, Hannah, Bret and Sunday. It meant that this years Angkor Tribe would have to move to a new camp and start from scratch. A prospect that even the ever hopeful Jay couldn’t see the upside in, even though the Millennials have the numbers advantage in the new Ikabula Tribe.

Unlike the terrible Angkor Tribe from Survivor Cambodia. Ikabula would go on to win their first Immunity Challenge followed closely by Takali which meant that David would once again face Tribal Council.

Good thing he found that Hidden Immunity Idol again right?

For what was overall a strong episode of Survivor, was anyone really surprised that CeCe went home? Although granted she was part of the Ken & David Alliance, most – if not all – of her story was told by proxy of the aforementioned men. So when CeCe’s spike in confessionals went up this episode, so did the likelihood that she would go home even though the Producers tried their damnedest to throw Michelle out there.

So far Millennials Vs Gen-X has proven (in spite of the horrible title) that it is a strong season with many of the weaker players (sans Mari of course) being eliminated early on. Which is often a hallmark of a great season.

Lets hope Survivors hot-streak continues.

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “Whose The Sucker At The Table?”

Who would’ve predicted that Pirate Paul’s departure last week would create such a fracas in the Gen-X Tribe?

Chris got a J’Tia-lite confessional (stay away from that Rice man), Jessica bounced to the bottom of the totem pole, Sunday was … there, and purple Lucy finally got a confessional. Which immediately signalled to seasoned Survivor viewers that she was tonight’s boot.

With a little help from David of course.

Oh David. Again, my love for you endures but damn you are determined to put me through the emotional wringer aren’t you. While this episode was a cacophony of bad moves from Lucy generally stepping into the limelight and demanding blind-loyalty from Ken. For he-to-then-go against her and tell Jessica that she was on the chopping block.

David playing his Idol to save Jessica was on another level.

While I can see where narcotic David is coming from, essentially gaining loyalty through saving a possible alley for he, Ken and CeCe’s alliance. Playing your Hidden Immunity Idol Pre-Merge exposes how Wolfie your game is. Granted his actions in episode 1 has already convey his hap-hazard approach to Survivor Strategy, so maybe he is so out in the open now he could be considered “safe” by the other players. Which defiantly increases his Goat-tential and subsequent staying-power in the game.

But putting all your eggs in the Jessica basket seems fool-hardy to me. Especially when Jessica has proven for is an Alliance flight risk.

Just ask Paul.

With Gen-X offering strategic (bad) moves aplenty. Over on Millennial island they were having fun Goat hunting. Yes you read that right. Goat Hunting.

I have to say watching a majority of the Tribe traipsing up that hill with machetes aloft their heads was comedic gold. Not only did it give Survivor Producers a chance to hammer-home the ‘Free Spirit‘ living that Millennials embrace via a Jay confessional. It also gave us a rest-bite from the insufferable Show-mance that has dominated much of the Millennials airtime thus far.

It also gave my other fave Castaway Adam a chance to find the Hidden Immunity Idol and build upon his character on the show.

I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a sob-story on Survivor. And although this was no Andrew Savage has a hot wife sob-fest, this was still pretty good.

When Mari was voted out in week 2 it was Zeke and Hannah’s interactions that dominated the immediate aftermath. Although Adam got a strong confessional about working his way up from the bottom, it has taken until now to see any real character from Adam besides being Zeke’s counterpart. It may be too soon to say ‘Winners Edit’ but … Winner’s Edit.

Give me Adam and David in the finals and my tiny little mind will explode.

Before I go I would be re-missed not to mention Michaela in the Reward Challenge. Not because she got her “Ta-Tas” out – mind out the gutter people – but because right now, I’m living for Michaela’s Confessionals.

Not unlike Cydney Gillon last season, I would be shocked if Michaela isn’t invited back anytime soon.

Make it happen CBS!

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “Your Job Is Recon”

Well that was a bit of a Tease. All the build up for last weeks “Twist” only to be let down by a Survivor Submit, oh sorry, a #SurvivorSubmit.

I couldn’t have been the only one to predict a swap into Three Tribes – which may well happen some ways down the line – but dare I say, this was still really good.

With the Millennials having to send dimwitted Taylor (aka Tails), Figgy, Will and Jay to meet the representatives of Gen-X. It gave the ousted Trio of CeCe, Ken and David a chance to change their future in the game, while Paul creepily asked if their were any “boyfriends and girlfriends” going on at the youngsters camp.

*shudders*

Although my love for David is unwavering, admitting to a Blonde Lothario that you’d turn on your Tribe at the Merge perhaps maybe wasn’t the best move. Considering the plus for gaining numbers at that point is severely outweighed when you come to realise you at the bottom of the alliance.

Good for David for ‘Playing the game‘ but at this point I’m under no illusions that David can win however. Sticking with Ken means he will just be Stephened-out at the Final Tribal Council. But joining Tails and the Triforce doesn’t seem much smarter either.

Best outcome is anything that keeps him on my Tv screen the longest and Taylor doesn’t seem the best choice.

But what a coming out party for Ken. For a guy that barely poked his head above the canopy last week, this episode … you couldn’t shut him up.

For all the moments that our Model with a heart of gold had, there were plenty of times that he straddled the edge of arrogance. Lucky for him these were contrasted with Dodo shots of Paul saying his going to do something only to fail. Kinda like a more incompetent Rupert, which given Rupert is … well … Rupert. Thats saying something. So when you’re putting down a guy that stupidly tells Pink-Eye Jessica (how she shall forever be known) that should Bret, Chris and himself decide to go their own way he’d tell the girls “Good Luck“.

Ken really isn’t the asshole in that situation.

After disappearing last week I’m glad to see that Jessica gets the credit for Paul’s blindside here.

Sure she has this Legacy Advantage so even if she goes out early we have to see her nurture bonds with whomever she ‘wills’ it too (morbid much?). But Jessica is slowly proving that she is a real contender to go far. Astutely picking up on what Paul was unwittingly revealing (#FreudianSlip), she took the chance to get rid of a future turncoat knowing that David, Ken and CeCe would be more than happy to throw their votes on him.

Sure she runs the risk of pissing off her close allies of Bret and Chris. But I have more fair in her skills to placate the pair than what Millennial Hannah has.

Oh Hannah.

Lets be clear here. Hannah may have voted out my Winner pick Mari (still Salty) but it was absolutely the right decision. The problem is when the injured party tells you to go away, staying put and playing the victim – sorry Han but yeah you were – only further alienates both parties.

Judging by Adam‘s willingness to approach her later on in the episode, show that things were more than likely smoothed over by that point. I still can’t dislodge this unnerving feeling that the Triforce has Hannah, Will and Michaela on lockdown.

Damn … they so pretty.

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “Love Goggles”

“Salty“. Yep … That’s pretty much the best way to describe how I’m feeling right now. Trust Gamer Legend Mari to appropriately sum up the dying cries of Millennial fans everywhere.

Hyperbolic? Maybe but in the little time she had on-screen, Mari was turning into Narration-Gold.

Not to snipe the ending to this review. But given that Paul’s ‘heart attack‘ teased last week was a fake-out. Let’s focus on the dark horse of the pre-season. Michelle.

For a girl I had written off as a member of the ‘cool kids‘ alliance. Michelle has her ducks laid out and is sniping from behind. Not a so-called member of the Triforce, she is however a trusted ear for both Jay and Figgy. Two members of the team that seemingly are connected through Bro-Taylor than anything else.

Should Michelle look to go far, she better beat the Snowboarding instructor to the punch, and snuff his torch before he wises up.

I think she has awhile.

When it comes time though it should be easy enough given her back-up alliance of Will and Hannah. The later who was literally convinced to vote for her friend at Tribal Council by Michelle.

Maybe that Rat-Tail is a Jedi Braid after all.

Not to leave the Gen-Xers out in the cold. The Golden Oldies had some tricks up their sleeves, especially given the unlikely partnership of narcotic David and Model Ken.

Or the Stephen & JT of Fiji.

Oh David. Have I mentioned my love for David? Perhaps but if my heart bleeds for the departure of Mari at least knowing David has an Idol in his back-pocket gives me some sense of security. For the time being at least.

This was a great episode for the other dark horse Ken. Considering he was on the oust alongside CeCe and First-Boot Rachel in the Premiere episode. It was nice to see his take on  the dominate Paul Alliance, and it was shockingly empathetic.

If last years Winner Michelle Fitzgerald’s game taught us anything, is that the Social Game in Survivor should not be underestimated. Yes strategic moves gets me in the naughty spots but seeing Ken relate to David on a human level, relating to the days that he himself was an outsider, was heart warming. But better still should pay-off for the Model in the long run. I mean – not for nothing – David trusted Ken enough to show him his Hidden Immunity Idol. A move in Survivor that more often than not solidifies an Alliance to the bitter end.

I’ve got to be honest. Hearing Jeff Probst during the pre-season hype described how the Idols this year were “Hidden in Nature” and could “Look like a Shell“, I was out on the idea. But I have to say, I think Probst buried the lead with this one.

When David spotted that Coconut with a simple painted logo on it – without any clue – it was elegant in its simplicity. Sure we knew that David was looking for the idol but when he spotted that Coconut and cracked it open. It could have been just a clue for all we knew.

Dare I say it. Have the Survivor Producers made the search for the Hidden Immunity Idol fun again?

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The ‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Review – “May The Best Generation Win”

Things got off to a predictable start as The Millennials & Gen-X waged war over dominance for Generational-Superior. Or “culture clash” as Jeff Probst oddly put it.

The predictable part came as the 20 Castaways were separated into their respective Tribes with Treasure Hunter Paul Wachter spouting the a common rhetoric about “participation awards” and the bizarre notion that us Millennials don’t walk to the store to get milk.

Ho-Hum … It’s gonna be long season.

Not that Snowboard instructor Taylor Lee Stocker made things better. Leaning on the decidedly ‘Bro-Chaco’ side with confession about Kraft Beer.

A seriously long season.

For all the dumb confessional and ignorant statements, we did get glimmers of strategy from Gen-Xer Jessica Lewis. Who happened to find a ‘Legacy Clue‘ that sees her gain an advantage on Day 36 … should she make it that far. The interesting part, should she get voted out before then, she is able to will it to another contestant. The take-away from this seems to me that the Survivor Producers are dead set on making the Final Immunity Advantage more of a strategy-move then wining a random Reward Challenge at the Final Four.

For Jessica however this seemed to put a wind in her sails as it didn’t take her long to call out paranoid Family Guy Writer David Wright for hunting for the Idol.

Oh David. For the record, I love David. He has all the paranoia of Spencer Bledsoe 1.0 with the “I’m scared of Leaves” fear of Day 1 Cirie Fields.

I hope David is heading for the right trajectory of ‘over coming the odds’, but I don’t hold out much hope with the likes of Police Sergeant Bret LaBelle and Trial lawyer Chris Hammons looking to take him out early. Especially with a 6 person alliance behind them. You hear that Taylor and Jay? 4 into 6, that’s maths Brad Culpepper would be proud of.

So the aforementioned Taylor quickly formed a bromance with fellow Millennial and Realtor Jay Starrett. And Jay and Taylor (or Jaylor) decided to take a page out of the Reynold & Eddie playbook and set about forming the ‘Hot People’ alliance.

Only problem with that is you alienate the other 6 people on the Tribe.

Smart.

But then again Eddie made it to the Final Four on Caramoan so should Jaylor make it past the Merge-boot danger zone. There is a high likelihood that either could be sitting at the Final Tribal Council.

Lord help us all.

Where this premiere episode lacked in strategy more than made up in firsts for Survivor. Such as an evacuation on Day 2.

For all the bluster (and breeze) the actually evac was a little underwhelming. I’m sure its one of those ‘you have to be there‘ sort of things and you don’t want to put Cameramen in the middle of the Cyclone. But the evac was just Probst going “it’s going to get bad” and that was it. Could we have not seen the Castaways overnight? Did no strategy talk happen at all?

Hands together for the multiply choice sections in Immunity Challenges. Did we have that last season? Maybe, but even so, this years ‘tough choice‘ or ‘shortcut‘ tried its hardest to pigeon-hole the Tribes, with the ‘lazy‘ Millennials bucking the trend by only taking one shortcut. While the ‘go-getters‘ Gen-Xers took every shortcut and paid the price for it with a trip to Tribal Council after failing to complete a 70-piece puzzle.

As first boots go Rachel Ako will go the way as one of the least memorable ones. She sure ain’t no Darnell. But she did show promise as a Castaway that could have stirred up some trouble further down the line. Unfortunately for her, she had to compete against a Cyclone and an evac that suck up most of the air time.

For all the hate that has been thrown at The Millennial Vs Gen-X theme, Season 33 has brought together a strong cast. Much like Survivor Kaoh Rong, while we still have our Red Shirts, a majority of the cast hold their weight. Which gives me hopes for a strong season ahead.

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‘Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X’ Preview

With Survivor Koah-Rong in the can (congrats Michelle “malarkey” Fitzgerald) and the celebration for my first Win with the Survivor Draft (Nailed It!) dying down. Its time to look forward to the Fall, when Survivor returns to Fiji for the first time since 2007 with their 33rd season Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-x.

In a season that nobody asked for and nobody wanted, CBS has returned to Old Vs Young format that has graced – let’s be honest – some of the least popular seasons like Survivor Exile Island and Nicaragua. But while Panama gave us a 4-way split of Old Men Vs Young Men Vs Old Women Vs Young Women. Season 33 has made use of that buzzword that will plague my generation for years to come … The Millennials.

Yes, unlike the hard-working and perseverance observed by the Generation-X’ers. Survivors take on The Millennials looks to demonize the younger Tribe with Selfie-Obsessed misnomer and stereotypes lobbied at the ‘inevitable’ laziness that the young up-starts are sure to display.

They might as well subtitled the season Heroes Vs Villains 2 and have done with it.

But while Koah-Rong has amassed a league of Aubrey Bracco–loving de-tractors since that Michelle win. The 32nd season gave us a plethora of characters such as the multi-job-titled Debbie to the “love every creature” Tai Trang, which judging by the preview-video is set to continue.

First the stereotypes. In the Gen-X corner we have Chris who – with the help of Inside Survivor – we learn is a Trial Attorney at a firm he founded in 2009, epitomises the work ethic and hard work which the Gen-X’ers are famed for. A factor which Chris references to the game, saying that Survivor “is hard work” and won’t be easy as “how fast you can type it into Google to find the answer.“

With Technology at the forefront of The Millennials identity, it doesn’t take this years compulsory long-haired-lothario Taylor to get the first Twitter trend in with “#SoleSurvivor“.

Let me back that up with “#FacePalm”.

Mari on the other hand doesn’t help matters either. As a Pro-Gammer, she is prime cannon fodder for parents around the world to lament the wasted time a career such as hers can be. Not that Mari cares, rather calling-out the fact that as a Millennial, she is able to make a profession out of what she loves to do.

But Survivor wouldn’t be the show we have loved for so long without some Outcasts thrown into the mix. No, not that terrible twist from Pearl Island. I’m talking about David and Zeke, Tribal opponents in the game with an affinity one another’s ideologies.

I mean, they ain’t no Tai but Zeke’s Hipster-Tache is a marvel. #10thWonderoftheWorld if you will (Damn You Taylor!)

David however is already as endearing as the aforementioned Mr. Trang. His confession that he could have done with “a dozen” participation awards back in his day, gives him a Charlie Brown underdog quality that rivals Spencer Bledsoe himself. Hyperbolic maybe, but like the Second Chancer runner-up, David too has a Chess background that would have him on the Brains Tribe in a heartbeat.

Zeke though, maybe not so much. In what could be a completely inaccurate read, his assertion that he can “hack it” living in the great out-doors, seems at-odds with his high maintenance or ‘well-groomed’ appearance. That tache … Mucho wax needed me thinks.

And like Cydney found out, no branch-chain-amino-acids out there me’lad.

As Survivor fans we have had to grin and bear these gimmicks that Mark Burnett and the team seem to be doubling down on of late.  But to be honest – when paired with a stellar cast – they truly knock it out of the park. I mean after all, both seasons of Brawn Vs Brains Vs Beauty offered up a cacophony of Alpha-players that are sure to return in future seasons and could work in-spite of any gimmick their season is given.

So while the idea of Millennials Hash-tagging every damn ‘Big-Move’ they make (and the Gen-X’ers condemning every minute of it). After the first swap, we will have to learn the Tribe’s actual names anyway and the big characters will get their chance to shine, regardless of the stereotype thrust upon them in the first half of the game.

And after all is said and done, it isn’t the format that makes the show but the Players themselves. And I for one can’t wait to meet all 20 Castaways when Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen-X returns to CBS this Fall.

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