"But for me, it was Tuesday."

As effective as Edith's takedown was, I was shocked by how satisfying Branson's tirade was. He called her on her bullshit, and let her know she was a coward for what she'd just done. It was an awesome moment for Allen Leech, and for Branson, who's more or less become a sort of moral compass for the Crawleys.

My heart broke at the end when Edith admitted that Mary was only being conciliatory because she had finally gotten her way. Mary was being a stuck-up child when she thought Edith would be marrying into a station above hers, despite having a child out of wedlock. But now that Edith is back in her place, and Mary is the…

Mary is an indefensible asshole.

Tai has more practical knowledge than traditional book smarts. But I'd take that trade.

To bait Caleb into saying something awful?

#SurvivorSoWhite

Maybe she promised to hook the producers up with some Cheddar Bay biscuits.

My conspiracy theory is that they pushed back this season by a full year in order to give the editors more time to make something salvageable out of the footage they had, since so many of these people suck right out the gate. And also because they struck on the Second Chance idea and thought, "Guys, we need to do this…

I came in ready to love Tai, but I imagine he's going to get tiresome if he doesn't rein in his objections to people hurting trees, wanting to eat living things, and apparently making a move on a tribemate that any sane individual would see couldn't end well (if the preview for next week isn't some crazy misdirect).

I love the women on the Beauty tribe, but from a purely aesthetic standpoint, I'd have taken Elisabeth from the Brains and put her in Michelle's place. I mean, holy shit, I'm actually having a hard time putting together who's the most attractive.

Each of the tribes has one person who's misplaced. I'm sure at the reunion they're going to try and sell us on the idea that Tai's inner beauty is what landed him on that tribe, but I'm guessing not.

I was wondering about when medical was going to come out too. I figured they'd use one of those water gun thingies that they use to clean wax out of your ear.

He looks like an extra from The Big Short who wandered off the set and onto a boat to Kaoh Rong.

One of my best friends (who doesn't watch Survivor) is co-workers with Debbie, working at the Red Lobster in our town. She didn't confirm that Debbie is as self-absorbed as she appears, but the fact that she's kind of baffled as to why they cast her told me two things:

I saw a lot of people on Twitter get upset that she didn't use the sword to coax him into dropping the gun, since the argument is that she could have easily held it to his throat and said, "Drop it. Now."

Now that you mention it, is this the first time a child has ever been eaten by a walker in the show? We only saw Sophia after she turned, but what happened to Sam…I mean, one of the walkers was using his head as a jawbreaker, for crying out loud!

"Over here, you'll see the bed of the late Lady Mary Crawley. It is said she once killed a Turkish ambassador with the gyrations of her child-bearing hips."

I was surprised by how little they knew about their home too.

I can appreciate what they're going for with Mary and Talbot, but Michelle Dockery and Matthew Goode just have no chemistry whatsoever. The scene leading up to the kiss was lovely, but the kiss itself was strangely passionless.