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"Congratulations. You now have power in the game."

I feel like I have all the ammunition right now.

That's huge.

Previously on survivor...

Kamilla's my number one in this game, and

nobody seems to know how good we are

at playing this game together.

Something's going on.

There's a blaring neon sign that says they are

working together.

They're gonna write our names.

Mitch is the only clear other target here,

and so that's why it has to be Mitch.

David and Mary are being extremely paranoid.

On principle right now, Eva, like...

So, I could go

with this four-six alliance that we talked about

for ages, or betray David.

Tenth person voted out

and the third member of our jury:

David.

The tribe has spoken.

David really kind of did that to himself, man.

He seemed surprised.

Yeah, of course.

Tribal council was a complete shock.

David was my number one ally, and he's gone.

So, yeah, it feels demoralizing.

- I'm gonna go talk to Mary. - Okay.

Eva, shauhin, Kyle and Joe... all the bulky,

hulky, strong, herculean people

completely played me and David.

At the bottom again.

I'm really, really sorry.

Now I feel like my position here

is, like, screwed, you know?

I mean, I really, really like you,

and I like working with you.

And so, I am, like, being like,

- "let's not do Mary, okay?" - Yeah.

I can just be like, "we can get rid of Mary whenever, right?"

And so, that's how I'm going to market keeping you around.

- Yeah. - And so, I'm not gonna promise

that I'm not gonna write your name down,

but I am gonna tell you if it is your name,

- I'm going to tell you beforehand. - Okay.

Whether you can do anything about it or not.

My god. And you wouldn't

be able to play the idol on me, either, right?

- I'm not gonna play the idol. I'm sorry. - Okay.

- I will not be playing the idol on you. - Okay.

- Are we good? - Yeah, we're good.

I really like Mary, and

I don't want to have bad blood between us.

That's why I'm being straightforward

and telling the truth, but I've picked

my people I want to work with, and she's not part of that.

I have a strong four that I'm working with now, being

myself, Joe, shauhin and Kyle.

I talked to Mary. I suggested to her

I was like, "your best play is just to lay low.

Be a number for us."

We really hold a lot of power because

I've built up an artillery of weapons

to protect me and my allies, I have the hidden immunity idol,

I have a safety without power.

And with all that, we can get to that final four

and everyone else can't really do much about it.

They did. They did.

I hate to say it, I knew it would happen.

Exactly. Exactly.

- Exactly. - You got to look at the cracks

who will flip, who won't flip.

Honestly, like, Mitch is smart enough to know that, like,

even if you get into that group,

you're gonna be the first one out.

Right, exactly.

Okay, yeah, so we just all...

If the four of us all go for the same person...

- Yeah. - And then they all go for...

They might even split the vote, so we might win.

- They won't go to rocks. - I promise you...

They're playing so scared.

Now we got a whole new revolution.

The revolution... The revolution will be televised.

The revolution has been started.

The big people are about to get ate by the piranhas,

and it's gonna be too sweet.

They won't see it coming because they're so big-headed

that they think everything is

all, like, peaches and cream, and it's not.

Really, it's as brown and dirty

as the coconut I opened last night.

I'll say this one last time.

Shauhin is the brain, Joe is the strength-slash-body

and Eva is the heart.

If Joe doesn't win tomorrow, then we do Joe, right?

- Joe. - I think we need to do Joe.

We're not going out without a fight,

and Joe's strong ass needs to go.

So, yeah, we are part of the people

who are standing up for what's right.

We don't have the 300-pound biceps,

but what we have is spirit, and spirit goes a long way.

The school where I worked at...

The school, I was, like, a postman.

So, one day,

I walked up these stairs and I stick the mail

in the mailbox, and I just hear this, like

this growl, and I see this massive pit bull.

- And his head... I kid you not... - was this big.

He's coming at me, and so, I, like,

drop the mail and haul butt.

And I was, like, literally running for my life.

And I'm looking at the dog to make sure he doesn't get me.

The next thing you know

my dumb self hits a tree, - dead on.

And all I hear is...

And I'm like this. I'm like, "god, I still got him on."

I, like, crawl.

I, like, crawl away to the curb.

I'm literally crawling like I've been shot.

And then I realized the dog was chained up.

Literally saved my life.

He would have just killed me.

Mitch is hilarious, likeable, fun to be around.

Like, the mailman thing is just

unbelie... that's one... that's the hardest I've ever laughed.

I did not go to college to be attacked by a dog.

Done. I'm done.

Mitch is in a pretty good spot right now.

He's a free agent in this game, along with kamilla.

And they are the ones who are trying

to keep the closest because

if kamilla and Mitch wake up and realize

that they're on the outside of the four

me, Kyle, Eva and Joe

maybe they'll just start thinking, "we need

to make a move and we need to make a move now."

So we want to get to those free agents first.

- I love your sense of humor, Mitch. - Listen,

that's the only way I made it this far with the stutter.

Man.

You got to be able to laugh at yourself every now and then.

If you guys are still on board, let's get to six.

Yeah, it helps everybody.

- One... one thousand percent. - Right?

- I'm with you, bro. - We do star

or, um, Mary to keep it safe.

If you want to do that,

I'm down to do that. I'm gonna tell...

- This is a group. This is a group. - Yeah, of course.

Truly.

The group that has probably

the most power right now are myself,

Eva, Kyle and shauhin

that have kind of locked up as a four.

We linked in Mitch and kamilla.

I trust you guys.

Survi vor is a dog-eat-dog world, and you feel bad

saying Mary and star are at the bottom,

but they are. They are.

And I think Mary's less of an issue

'cause we don't have to worry about her playing

- a shot in the dark. - I agree.

And I think it's the best for the four of us.

- Yeah. - That way, we can just start roll.

Yup.

I really believe... here's what we can do.

We'll do star and...

- Star or Mary, either one. - Boom.

- You know what I mean? - Yeah. Yeah.

- Yeah. Yeah. - Right?

We got eight days left in the game.

I just think we're in a great spot,

and I've never felt so solid with my alliance.

This four right here... Is it.

- Yeah. - Yeah. - It is. You know what I mean?

I think so.

We're right there, and we got a shot

at getting to the end.

This is how you know Mitch asleep. It will be

silent for, like, three seconds, and then, you'll just hear...

Bro, I can't take that snoring no more.

Mitch, can you wait for other people to go to sleep

before you sleep? 'Cause you're sleeping, like, ten seconds,

then you snore really loudly,

and it's very, very disturbing to other people's sleep.

Well, I'm gonna need you guys to go to sleep a little bit

- quicker then. - No, you go to sleep in, like, one second.

- Maybe sleep on your side. - You kicked me

in the face two times, like...

Because you were snoring so damn loud I couldn't even...

The only reason why

I'm tempted to keep Mitch is because

we need him for the numbers.

Right now, me, Mary and kamilla are on the bottom,

but we're not going out without a fight.

Yeah, um, honestly, I don't really know right now.

So I have to convince Mitch

to be a part of the revolution.

Okay. Yeah.

- Like, them four. - Yeah.

And then, once we do the two-way tie thing,

then we think once we have to revote,

we will be able to get somebody to flip.

And somebody will flip, 'cause they don't want to go to rocks.

Star is like, "would you be open to go to rocks?"

And if any other people were coming to me with this,

I would for sure be thinking about it.

But when it's star... it's the biggest

joke in this game.

She's all over the place, and she literally just

wrote my name down at the last tribal council.

- Yeah. - My god.

Like, every time you hear me quiet,

it's 'cause my tongue just wants to, like...

And-and everybody that I know,

like, right when they see her is gonna go...

God.

"No, they did not put you with, like, the one."

Good lord.

I think the alliance running this game

is Joe, Eva, shauhin and Kyle.

I do 100% trust Kyle, but

I'm definitely not part of the core alliance. I'm being

used as just a number.

Kamilla, did you want to sit?

I'm getting up here in a second.

I'm okay. I'm gonna sit in the shelter. Sun's kind of...

Yeah, it's literally...

The sun's, like, blasting my face right now.

Yeah.

That's not cool with me. It just feels like

they just want to take competitors

to the end, and I'm like, "I'm not physical at all.

"So either I can sit here and get picked off

or I can slip and go join the people at the bottom."

With Joe out, everybody has a fighting chance at that point.

As much as Mitch's snoring is annoying as

I can deal with it if that means that we all still have

- a fighting chance in this game. - Yeah.

The thing is, me and Kyle are, like, number ones in this game.

Nobody knows that.

He's always sharing information to me, I'm sharing

whatever information I can with him.

So I told them,

me, Mary, star, Mitch, all vote out Joe

if he doesn't have the idol.

So, how would that go down?

Us four on Joe.

- It's gonna be four-four. - Okay.

We vote, and then, one of you can flip

or, I told them all, you go to rocks.

Kamilla wants to take a shot at Joe,

who's a very good friend of mine.

I've shared things with Joe

that just go beyond this game.

You know, I've talked to Joe

about some of the darkest times in my life.

And he's been there for me.

On top of that,

I have burned literally every jury member to date.

So, this is where I'm drawing the line.

I'm done betraying people's trust.

Joe looks at you and Mitch as a part of this group.

He wants shauhin, Eva, me, you,

- Mitch as a six. - Okay.

A strong six that he wants to, like...

Like, this is it, you know, to the end.

I feel like if I go with that,

it's gonna be very hard for me to get...

To crack, like, final four.

I feel like they really trust me, so I don't want to

I don't want to burn them personally, but, like, you're.

I owe a lot to kamilla, who I've navigated

this game with, um, so gracefully.

And so, maybe I try my best to get her

at least a chance to take a shot at Joe.

I'm not gonna give her the final number, but

I'll let her pull the trigger.

And if she misses, that's on her.

Yeah, you... I...

This is an incredibly tricky part of the game,

because I am smack dab in the middle.

When you look at survivor, you think that that's, like,

the perfect way to play, um, because,

you know, you have so many options.

- Kamilla's locked in on the six. - Locked in on the six.

- Locked in on the six, and, like... - Okay.

But you also need to think about people's feelings.

Our season's been about emotional connections.

And, I don't know if strategy and backstabbing

and those sorts of traditional survivor game moves

are what the jury's looking for.

Come on in!

Here they come. The final eight, survivor 48.

All right, let's get to today's reward challenge.

For today's challenge,

your feet are gonna be tied together.

Your arms are gonna be tied to your side.

On my go, you're gonna slither

through the sand like a snake while using your mouth

to drag a buoy.

Once you reach the finish,

you'll maneuver that buoy through a final obstacle

and then race to land three rings on targets.

First person to finish wins reward.

Want to know what you're playing for?

The winner will be taken from here by boat

to a beautiful, neighboring Fijian island

for an afternoon picnic.

You want to know what's gonna be there?

- Yes. - Yes. - Yes.

Fried chicken and waffles.

My god.

Let me say it again.

Fried chicken and waffles. Say it with me.

Fried chicken and waffles. Fried chicken and waffles.

Fried chicken and waffles.

- Fried chicken and waffles! - All right.

That's how you do it on survivor.

Worth playing for?

All right.

We'll draw for spots. We'll get started.

Here we go.

I like the energy today.

All right, here we go. For reward.

Survivors ready?

Go! First thing

is you got to get that handle in your mouth.

And now you're gonna slither

through the sand on your belly.

Shauhin out to a very fast start.

That's how you do it right there... using your hands

to move yourself forward.

Kyle doing a nice job. Eva's in this.

Everybody's making progress.

Joe's struggling a bit.

Kamilla's struggling a little.

Mary's struggling somewhat.

Now you got to get up and over that sand mound.

Shauhin over first, then Eva right behind shauhin.

Here comes Kyle.

Here comes star.

She's in it.

Kyle with a big lunge.

Now it's Kyle in the lead.

Shauhin now is stuck.

Here comes Eva.

A lot of grunting on day 18.

Kyle with a bit of a lead right now.

Shauhin still fighting to get in it.

Here comes Joe. Now he's starting to figure it out.

Eva's still doing a nice job.

You are earning it out here.

You're good! Kyle, you're good.

Once you reach your mat, you can untie.

Shauhin, you're good.

Now you got to maneuver that buoy

through the rope maze.

Joe, you're good!

Mitch, you're good!

You're good, Mary.

You're good, Eva.

You're good, star!

Everybody's across except kamilla.

Dead last. Now everybody's working on that buoy

through that rope maze.

That's where rope management and slack

are gonna come into play.

You want to move quickly, but not too fast

that you get all bound up.

Once you're through and that buoy hits the post,

you're done with this phase.

Joe is through.

You have three rings.

You can untie one at a time.

What the hell?

Kyle is stuck now.

He'd had the lead, but now lost it.

Shauhin working his buoy to the post.

Joe has his ring. It's Joe now in the lead.

Joe had a slow start, but then picked it up,

tossing his first ring.

Eva's almost there. You're good, Eva.

Start untying. Mitch, you're good.

Start untying.

You're good, Mary. Start untying.

Shauhin is gonna get in this now.

This challenge can change quickly, so do not slow down.

Shauhin now launches his first ring.

Short.

Eva has her ring. Mitch has his.

Kyle's bound up now.

Slowdown for Kyle.

Mary's tossing her first ring.

You're good, Kyle. Start untying your ring.

- Kamilla, you're good. - My god!

Start untying yourself, kamilla.

So close.

You only have three rings.

They can land on any target.

Here comes Kyle.

- Yes. - And look at that.

With his first toss, Kyle back in the lead.

Joe on and off.

- Yeah. - Eva lands her first ring.

Joe lands his first. Joe has one, Eva has one,

Kyle has one.

Everybody else trying to get in this.

Eva had the second, but it wouldn't stick.

- My god. - Joe back with a second ring.

Joe lands his second. It's now Joe in the lead with two.

Kyle trying to stay on his heels.

- Yeah! - Kyle lands his second!

- We are tied. Kyle with two. - Come on, come on, come on.

Joe with two, one ring left.

Joe untying, Kyle untying.

Joe has his ring free first.

Kyle has his ring. It's gonna be a race to the finish.

Kyle... just misses.

Joe for the win.

Short.

- Kyle launches. - Yes!

And it's over! Kyle wins reward.

Seconds behind was Joe, - but it won't matter.

- Good job, Kyle. - Wow. What a fast finish.

Good job, man.

Wow, dude.

Kyle, nice job. Come on over.

Well done.

All right, so, afternoon.

Boat's gonna pick you up,

take you to a new place you've never been.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, plus a lot of food.

Choose one person to join you on this

afternoon picnic.

Um, I'm gonna pick Eva.

She's just been a really big support for me in this game.

And I hope I've been that to her, so...

Yes. Thank you so much, man.

Of course.

All right, Kyle, choose one more person.

And before you tell me the name, walk me through the reasons.

Yeah, so this person actually hasn't eaten a lot.

Um, I know that

she's been going through sort of a rough time the past two days.

So, for that, I want to pick kamilla.

- Thank you. - Kamilla, come on over.

Thank you so much.

Cool.

All right, so, Kyle, you have one choice left.

One more person's gonna join you, which means

four of you are gonna leave here on a boat

and go have an afternoon.

The other four are gonna go back to camp

and talk about who knows what.

You can see it in the faces. Shauhin's eyes are closed.

- Mitch can't look at you. - Yeah, I mean,

I look over there, and it's really tough

because I know a lot of people need it.

You know, I... I'm gonna-I'm gonna pick shauhin.

He literally hasn't been able to eat coconut out here.

Like, he's making the camp laugh all the time.

He's just been a really big part of the tribe.

So I want to bring him today.

All right, here's what's gonna happen.

Boat's gonna come in, take you to a nice island.

When it's over, it'll bring you back to camp.

You ready to go? Bring in the boat!

Your ride is here.

Head on down. Enjoy your afternoon.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Bye, guys.

Wow!

My god!

- Whoa! -Is that... - No way! - My god.

No freaking way!

All right, star, Mitch, Mary, Joe,

got nothing for you. Grab your stuff, head back to camp.

See you next time, Jeff.

I feel like Kyle dumped me on a date

and took three other people out in front of me,

which makes me think,

"does he love me? Like, are we tight?"

Like, I'm disappointed with Kyle.

And I feel like I just

can't catch a break in this game.

- My god. - Yeah!

We're friends just having a good time.

I love playing with... This game with you guys.

- Thanks for making it fun. - Thank you, Kyle.

Come on, Kyle.

Yes!

This reward is amazing.

We're going through this channel,

these gorgeous islands up around us, in Fiji.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

- We're on survivor. - We're on survivor.

We know we will be back home very soon, and it will be

like a dream, and we will want to come back here immediately.

So, just taking it all in and, like, trying to hold it.

We are a lucky bunch, for sure.

- Fried chicken and waffles. - My god, the waffles!

And is that, like, bacon there? Ooh!

Food changes everything.

Without food, you're so depleted,

you can barely stand up.

Yeah. Yeah, man.

I don't think people at home realize

that one meal actually does make all of the difference.

Hey!

You are gonna need a bath.

Shauhin pelting me with a handful of whipped cream

made me feel so joyous.

That's classic.

- Cheers. To Kyle! - To Kyle! Thank you, bro.

Obviously, I'm big fans of Kyle and shauhin.

And kamilla is so cool in her own right.

We're just having a great time.

And I don't picture anyone trying to make a move on me

or my core people.

I feel unconcerned with the next few votes.

Yeah.

- Do not let Mary or star win. - Okay.

It would pain me to see one of them wearing a necklace.

Especially star.

- We need to get rid of that girl. - Yeah.

She's got to go. She's got to go.

I am genuinely happy for us that we're on this reward.

But every single decision today was a strategy decision,

especially the people that I did not choose for the reward.

I need Mitch, star and Mary

as pissed off as they can possibly be.

And that way, they might go with kamilla

so she has a chance to get rid of Joe.

Yeah. Yeah.

I've kind of operated

and played this game with little pushes.

Everybody expects these big moves.

But I think survivor is a game

that's won in the margins.

And so, this is something I did

for kamilla to at least show

that I'm at least trying to help her.

It sucks not going, but

I knew when Kyle got it that I wasn't gonna go.

No.

When my buddy Kyle didn't take me on that food reward,

it kind of bothered me. It kind of bothered me.

And I immediately told myself to shut up,

I'm being paranoid.

And I thought, maybe he's brilliant

in keeping me back here to babysit.

Because if he had picked the alliance of four,

what would probably happen is smart Mary

would be all over Mitch

and star, and that could be a problem.

Yeah, we can do it now.

But instead, this is an opportunity

for me to connect with people, 'cause

this game, to me, is about relationships and numbers.

And if I can make it to the end,

I'm gonna need friends on the jury.

It sucks not eating.

And it sucks to lose David, but if he's

causing everyone to feel paranoid and, like,

feel attacked, like, I completely get it.

I mean, it does leave me feeling vulnerable.

Well, the narrative was, like,

that wasn't David, that was you.

You got a hold of David and you were in his ear.

Yeah.

You've been running this whole thing.

The reason why he acted like that was because of you.

And it was never David's name without yours

on anything he did.

It never was like, "David did this."

It was like, "Mary and David."

"Mary and David, Mary and David."

Joe basically tells me

that David went home because of me,

that everybody thinks

that I got into David's head and turned him.

And that everybody was like, "Mary is this mastermind

and is manipulating David,"

which is ridiculous.

But at this point, everyone thinks I'm the villain.

You can work relationships and you're extremely social.

And you've had to, like, survive all the tribals

and to watch out, and that's why you linked up with him,

- 'cause he was easy to manipulate. - My god.

- So, "why would Joe tell me that?" - Yeah. Right.

My motivation is always having as good as relationships

as you can with everybody.

Because who knows which one of us will be on the jury next.

Clearly, I have a target on my back.

And Joe... he's doing jury management.

He is thinking he's gonna vote me out and then

I'm gonna give him the million dollars,

because he was honest with me, which is hilarious.

I'm being real right now in the moment.

Well, I so appreciate you telling me this.

But without a doubt, I'm in a bad way.

And my only chance at safety is

if this weird-ass motley crew of me, kamilla, star and Mitch

if we can band together, force them to go to rocks,

hopefully, they'll flip on each other.

Well, Mitch, are you willing to go to rocks?

Because right now, you're at the bottom of that alliance.

Or you could be at the top of the alliance

with me, kamilla and star.

I was hopeful that Kyle might pick me instead.

It's, like, me being part of the six

like, is that even real?

I feel like I'm having to humble myself and just do

what people are asking me to do,

just to make it to the next day.

And I'm tired of it.

Kamilla's down to go to rocks, I'm down to go to rocks,

star's down to go to rocks.

I can't see another path forward.

Like, right now, it's critical mass, four v. Four.

No, yeah. You might just have something there, Mary.

- Yeah. - Yes, star and Mary wrote my name down

and I don't trust them at all,

but you have to play a fluid game.

These people have four votes, we have four.

And it's, like,

I don't want to play a scared game here.

It would depend on the immunity challenge, but

- we're all gonna do Joe. - Yeah.

I worked too hard

- to go out without swinging, you know? - Yes, exactly.

Mary wants to vote Joe out.

Then at some point, it's like, "come on, Mitch."

"Like, you have to make a move somewhere.

Like, if you don't make a move now, you don't have a shot."

We are getting down to it this season.

And I know what you're thinking. That could be you.

It could be, but only if you apply to be on survivor.

Come on in!

The warriors approach.

You've made it to eight.

Who will get to seven?

All right, let's get to today's immunity challenge.

First things first, Joe.

Take back the necklace.

All right. Thank you.

- I'll come to you. - That's all right.

I'll go to the power.

Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.

For today's challenge, you're gonna use a rope

to balance a wobbly table while stacking letter blocks.

If at any point your stack drops,

you got to start again.

First person to spell "immunity"

wins immunity, guaranteed a spot in the final seven.

Losers, tribal council,

where somebody will be the 11th person voted out,

fourth member of our jury.

There is one more thing.

Rice is on the table.

You know how this works.

There is a price for the rice.

Today, since there are only eight of you,

it would be three people,

have to sit out of this challenge,

give up your shot at individual immunity

to get enough rice for the rest of the game.

I know you're hungry, Mitch.

Any interest in sitting out?

Absolutely not, Jeff.

I think, literally, we have seven

or so more days left.

So, I don't think any of us are even going to question

sitting out today.

Wow. We don't have a deal.

Shauhin, what does it say about the fact that

in survivor 41, when we did this

for the first time, people sat out?

Forty-two, they sat out.

Forty-three, they sat out.

It's only been the last couple of seasons

that this has started to shift.

Does it say something about adaptation as a group?

You throw twists and turns at us, the players are gonna

throw twists and turns right back at you.

Dude, we all want to compete, man.

We come out here, we want

the chance to wear that necklace.

You could have rice, beans, steak,

whatever, over there, and...

No, I'm-I'm competing today.

All right, we'll draw for spots, get it on.

Go.

All right, here we go. For immunity

and a guaranteed spot in the final seven.

Survivors ready?

Go! First, you're gonna race out with that first block.

There's nothing to balance, so nothing to worry about.

But the minute you start heading back, it's on.

You're using that rope

to figure out where that balance point is.

You're gonna keep stacking blocks

until you spell "immunity." It's just that simple.

You've got to step up on that platform with both feet.

Then you got to reach back while keeping an eye

on your table to try to find the next correct letter.

You are spelling "immunity" but you're spelling it backwards.

Star the first to drop. That's gonna happen.

That's how you learn where it is.

You got to pick up everything and come back.

Shauhin places his second letter.

He's heading back.

If only I could spell.

Kamilla places her second letter. She's heading back.

Kyle places his second block.

Joe places his second block.

Eva reaching for her second.

Mitch reaching for his second.

Kyle's moving fast, those feet through the sand.

Shauhin playing it a little more conservatively.

Not at the same pace, a different strategy.

The higher that stack gets, the more likely it is to fall.

Every time you add another block,

it gets more difficult.

Kyle drops, loses everything,

and that is the risk of playing aggressive.

Here comes Joe with his fifth.

Kamilla back on the platform, reaching for that sixth.

Kamilla with a decent lead right now.

Joe's got five. He's heading back.

Okay.

Eva drops and loses everything.

Now you're dealing with heat, sweat

rolling in your eyes, flies all over the place.

Here comes Kyle racing again quickly.

Kyle up to three.

Kamilla coming out with her sixth.

And kamilla drops and loses it all.

It is now Joe in the lead with five.

Kyle moving double time over everybody else.

Kyle getting back into this again.

Joe reaching with that sixth block.

And he's got it. Heading back now.

Two blocks left for Joe.

Joe has now lapped shauhin.

Joe in the lead by one full length.

It's now Kyle trying to catch everybody.

Kyle with his foot on the gas, moving quickly.

Kyle's played it the same way from the go.

"I'm gonna go full-tilt boogie, see how it goes."

Joe, shauhin have taken a different approach:

Slow and steady.

They've not dropped yet.

But Kyle's closing back in on them.

Kyle and shauhin one letter behind Joe right now.

That's the race.

But anything can happen in this challenge.

You got to keep digging, play your own game right now.

Kyle loses everything.

Joe drops. He's out.

Kyle drops. He's out.

We got a new game. It's shauhin now in the lead,

Mitch in second.

That's how fast it changes.

That's what you were hoping for

when you play it slow and steady.

Kyle, once again, kicks it into high gear.

Joe now gonna kick it into high gear.

Mitch is taking a very long time

to get back for his sixth block.

Very conservative approach.

You really got to control your instincts

that want you to hurry a little bit.

And sometimes you got to control your instincts

that want you to be too cautious,

and you do need to hurry a little bit.

That's the question.

"Which is right for me right now?

"Am I gonna play to not lose

or am I gonna try to steal this thing?"

Kyle and Joe getting back in this now.

It's shauhin still in the lead.

Then Mitch.

Then Kyle, then Joe.

Go, baby.

Okay, baby.

Shauhin continues to take a very slow pace.

He's gonna force somebody to catch him.

They're gonna have to move faster than he's moving.

It's risky, but it can happen.

It's a risky move to be conservative, too,

but you got to make a choice, you got to have

a point of view on survivor, every day, even in a challenge.

"How am I gonna approach this?

What is my strategy?"

Shauhin playing a little of "catch me if you can."

He does not want to risk the lead he has.

Shauhin is barely moving.

But when looking closely, I can see

he is actually moving.

And it's got him in the lead right now.

Shauhin has not dropped the entire challenge.

Mitch reaches for his seventh, Kyle reaches for his seventh.

Star drops, has to start again.

Shauhin places his seventh block.

He's got one left to win immunity,

guaranteed a spot in the final seven.

Here comes Kyle with his seventh.

Kyle's now gaining on shauhin, and we got a race now.

It is shauhin and Kyle, then Mitch, then Joe.

My god.

Shauhin drops for the first time, loses everything.

Kyle now places his seventh.

Now Kyle in the lead.

That is how fast this challenge changes.

Mitch now placing his seventh.

It is Kyle in the lead, then Mitch, then Joe.

Still a lot of challenge left.

Mitch loses everything.

Mitch now has to start over, and we're back to Kyle and Joe.

Joe places his seventh.

He starts heading back.

Here comes Mary with her fourth.

Mary, still fighting.

Star trying to get back in it.

Star drops again.

Kyle closer to that platform

and reaching for that eighth and final block.

Joe... a few steps behind.

Kyle loses everything.

Once again,

the lead has changed. It is Joe now in the lead.

It is why you do not give up in a survivor challenge.

That does not mean this is over.

I hope so.

Mary places her fifth block.

It's Joe at seven, Mary at five.

A couple of critical spots in this challenge for Joe,

and he's at one of them... placing that eighth block

without disrupting the stack.

As you head all the way back.

Joe starts his way back to the platform for the win.

And then, two full blocks behind is Mary.

You got to fuel whatever you have in the tank.

You got to funnel that into concentration.

All you got to do is get both feet on that platform,

hold it for a count of three,

and that necklace is yours.

There's one foot.

Three, two, one.

- It's over! - Yes! Good job, Joe.

Joe wins his third individual immunity,

- safe tonight at tribal council. - Yeah!

What a battle. So many people had a shot.

Joe guaranteed a spot in the final seven.

That is so much harder than I thought it would be.

Yeah. Yeah.

Joe, come on over.

For the third time,

- thanks, Joe. - Immunity is yours.

You're guaranteed a spot now in the final seven.

As for the rest of you, after 19 very tough days on survivor,

somebody gonna be the 11th person voted out,

become the fourth member of our jury.

- It won't be you. Congrats. - Thanks, Jeff.

Grab your stuff, head back to camp. See you tonight at tribal.

I just feel really proud to win three immunity challenges.

But this challenge is 100% made for any dad,

because once the kids go to sleep,

you cannot be the one that wakes the sleeping bear.

That was it.

Slow.

Doorknob. Slow.

So, this is for you, Jayde and jojo.

Your dad's out here missing you.

That's right.

See you soon.

Congrats, Joe.

- Yeah, good stuff, brother. - Thank you.

Well done, dude.

I think it's the hottest day out today.

- Yeah. - Yeah. -Ooh.

That was insane.

Good job, everybody.

The immunity challenge was very, very, very, very bad.

Joe won immunity, so,

at this point, we need a backup plan.

Something that shows the strong people,

"hey, we're not just gonna bow down easy.

We're here to fight."

I don't know.

I don't know, star.

I need to have some conversation with some people first.

Mitch told me that I need to play my shot in the dark.

So my red flags definitely started going up.

Unfortunately, when you're starting and creating

or trying to do a revolution,

you have people who are scared, weak.

- You, fool. - Okay.

- That's kind of what I figured. - Because she can't go for Joe.

If you're not ready to play the game of survivor,

and you just want to sit down

and let people pick you off,

then you're on the wrong show, baby,

'cause the whole point of survivor is fighting

until you can stay alive,

and keep fighting for the million-dollar prize.

I just don't trust them to actually do it.

And then the next two gone are me and you.

For everyone sitting at home who's saying,

"come on, Mitch, you have to make a move,

you have to make a move,"

you can't make moves with people you don't trust.

And I don't trust Mary or star.

I think me and you hang tight at six.

As much as I want to make a move here,

I just can't do it.

Yeah.

- I just... You-you cannot trust star. - Yeah.

Mitch is the kind of player

who wants to play it safe here, which sucks because

if Mitch doesn't trust star and Mitch doesn't trust Mary,

then we don't have the numbers and we can't make this move.

- But if we send her home, then... - We don't have him.

- We don't have our in. - Yeah.

It's, like, we definitely last one more day

or we maybe make it to the end.

I think they wouldn't go to rocks for Kyle.

Sh... someone that counts.

I was thinking Kyle 'cause they wouldn't go to rocks for him.

- And we would just get it. - Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mary was like, "are you down to get Kyle out?"

And I'm like, "yeah, I'm down to get him out."

When the truth is I would not get him out.

Like, we're both each other's number ones.

And so Mary going after Kyle is a big mistake.

I really have zero faith in her. She's burned everyone here.

I just don't trust her.

And so I kind of need to throw Mary

under the bus to ensure she goes home tonight.

She changed the target, like, so many times.

She's went from, okay, you.

- You. - And then, now,

Mary's telling me, "let's do Kyle instead."

Mary.

- All within the last hour? - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let's please send her home, you guys.

I mean, Mitch already said he got to think about it,

so that let me know he not really with me.

What the hell? So they don't really want to go to rocks?

Why would kamilla say she was down

to go to rocks, then, you know?

Maybe to play, maybe to string you along.

I'm convinced at this point

that kamilla and Mitch are not working with me and star.

And Mitch told you to play your shot in the dark?

To try to save you?

I don't think so.

I think so, that, like, get it out.

- Yeah. It's us at the bottom right now. - Yeah.

I know. Everyone's lying to my face.

- I can feel it. - Yeah.

This whole time, kamilla's lying to my face,

Mitch is basically saying, "I don't know what's happening."

But the reality is star and I

definitely know that it's one of us tonight.

What?

But I mean, I can't write my name down.

- That's fine. That's fine. - I'm sorry.

And... and I-I have... have... Have to do the same.

This sucks.

I really like star.

But if it's between me and her, it's got to be her that goes.

So I know it's me tonight.

Everyone has told me random things

and the lies don't add up.

If you guys don't like star's chaos, get out...

- Vote out star instead. Like... - Okay.

I've got everything to lose tonight,

'cause I don't even have my shot in the dark.

That was something I used at my third tribal council.

So, at this point,

I am fighting just to make it another day.

Like, let me live one more day, my guy.

I...

Like, use me in whatever plans that you have.

We could just get out star tonight.

And then I can help you guys get out...

- Okay. - Eva tomorrow or Joe the next day.

I agree with you.

- I think star is better tonight. - Yeah.

And so, I will

try to do that.

Mary's pitch to me was, "keep me around one more day,

I will work with you."

And it's a good pitch.

I know she doesn't have a shot in the dark,

so she's less of a threat tomorrow than star would be.

For me, that's a really good reason to keep Mary.

- And I'm, like... - Does she have names or no?

- Yeah, she wants star. - Okay.

And it's just, like, the thing that makes the most sense

for the six of us remaining is star.

- Yeah. - Like,

even for Mary, it makes sense for star to go.

Yeah.

Star is a threat because she's a loose Cannon.

She also said my name. She's been bouncing

my name around, so, that's why

it should be star tonight.

Chillin' like a villain in a shelter.

Trying.

Going into tribal, I'm definitely worried.

The game of survivor really shows you

and pushes you to your limits.

And sometimes, you need to just let it all out.

At home, I love to rap.

So, let me see what I got up in my tank.

This is nice. Let's see here.

What's up?

- Yeah. - Okay.

Unless something changes.

What else do you think? Talk to me.

It's gonna be star.

- Okay. - But, like, Mary trying, too.

- Hard? - Hard.

Who's she mainly trying to throw under the bus?

Honestly? Star.

She tried to come after Eva by... Really?!

Yeah. Yeah.

That's why the argument might be do we just do...

Mary? Tonight?

Yeah, the only argument for star

- to stay... - And it's a big one.

Is Mary's more likely to win immunity.

And it's a big one.

Right?

I mean... As long as we stay straight,

that's what I care about.

I'm good with it.

As long as you're good with it, let's do it.

I would take out Mary tonight.

She's dangerous.

She could have won the challenge today.

And she's desperate.

No offense to star, but star's not gonna

win any immunities anytime soon, I don't think.

'Cause I ain't voting me.

I don't want to write Mary's name down. I really don't.

But

at the same time, I got to save myself in this game.

And Mary is on a sinking ship on her own.

And as much as I like Mary,

Mary, baby, your boat sank when David left.

Thank you.

People are just such bad liars out here,

but I see right through it. In fact,

it makes me feel like I'm probably going home tonight.

Like, my social game is pretty friggin' bomb.

But with this group of people, it's not slapping,

it's not hitting, it's not working.

So, tonight is about self-preservation

and eking out one more day on this island so that,

hopefully, something will change the next day.

Now bring in the members of our jury.

Wow. Everybody just staring at the jury.

So, Mitch, where should we start tonight?

We had a reward challenge that Kyle won,

another immunity challenge that Joe won, his third.

But what is going on back at camp?

There's only eight people left.

I think all of us are trying to figure out

how do we, individually, but also, as small groups,

continue to move forward in this game.

Mary, interesting choice of words.

How do you individually move forward with small groups?

Well, sometimes I feel like

it's me against the group. But then other times,

maybe I'm in a smaller group,

but there are people in that group who are in a larger group.

I'm like, "god dang it, is that group really real, or are

some of the people in that group actually against each other?"

So, it's just a doozy.

Shauhin, the other thing

that we can never say enough is

when you watch survivor at home, you have more information.

How do you navigate that and still find some trust?

If you operate from a place of trust,

that is probably your best way forward.

Because if you operate from a place of paranoia,

then the one thing you're establishing

is that you can't be trusted.

Star, are you playing from trust or paranoia?

Me, personally, I don't get paranoid in this game, uncle jp.

That's just me. What I got to say

regarding everything is, like, earlier today, Mitch was like,

"girl, you need to play your shot in the dark."

And you know what? Respectfully to Mitch, he didn't stutter.

Then you got to say, like, "man, maybe this man is serious."

But I'm chilling. So even then, I wasn't paranoid,

because everything can flip, anything can happen,

and as long as you have hope before you snuff my torch,

I'm-a keep the faith.

Kyle, what do you make of star's

approach to the game? Because she just said,

"I was told to play the shot in the dark.

"I don't listen to that.

I follow my own compass, my own gut."

Yeah, I mean, two things.

The first thing is, star is so confident.

I mean, whenever I feel like I'm talking to star,

I feel like I'm talking to the godfather.

I just love the way that star approaches the game.

She definitely has faith, and she definitely exudes that.

Um, the next thing is...

I-I forget the question, Jeff. What was the question again?

You answered it.

But I love that you forgot, because it's a great reminder

that it really is hard to hold a thought.

It's a constant just whirlwind,

Joe, of all these things swirling,

because star's got people saying, "play shot in the dark,".

Mary's trying to figure out who she can trust,

shauhin's saying, "well, you got to trust, but if you don't,

you're paranoid and if you're paranoid, you might be out."

So, Joe, where do you leap into that little merry-go-round

and get on the ride?

Well, Jeff, you could analyze this a thousand different ways

and say, "can I trust them? Can I not?"

But at the end of the day, if you want to follow trust,

then you got to be all in.

If you're gonna try to do it by yourself,

then try to do it by yourself.

But either way, you got to be confident

in that decision and then ride it.

So Mary, the theme seems to be,

trust or paranoia. Which side are you on?

I'm on trust. Paranoia has gotten people

who are not on the bottom kicked out.

If you want to be suspicious, if you want to be discerning,

if you want to listen to your intuition,

that's fine. But paranoia

I don't have time for paranoia in this game.

- How about for you, kamilla? - I don't want to speak for anyone,

but I feel like everyone's playing

from a place of trust here, and like,

at least for me, I'm, like, trying to take care of my brain.

I don't want it to get paranoid. I feel like paranoia

in my brain looks like cobwebs, and it's all dark in there.

And I'm, like, taking a little brush

and making sure there's no paranoia

and trying to keep my brain clean.

Um, that's how I'm playing the game right now.

Eva, did you notice any of this happening?

Was it paranoia? Was it very calm,

- despite a big vote coming? - Yeah.

I think we knew what we were doing.

I think that everyone's going to do what we had discussed,

and there isn't a bunch of crazy stuff going on.

It's just, we're like, "yep, next one's going.

Next one. Let's keep-keep this rolling."

So, shauhin, you're voting someone out,

but you're also leaving other people in the game.

So, it's always risky who you leave in,

- just as risky as who you take out. - Yeah.

It becomes a delicate balance between

who's going to threaten your actual game of you getting

to the final three. And then

who's going to threaten your ability to win

if you are at the final three with them.

- Kamilla, you're nodding. - That's exactly it.

If anyone says they're not thinking about

who can they sit next to the final three, they're lying.

Like, we're very late into the game,

so, it is something that you have to kind of balance.

Mary, how big a consideration is it for you,

who you leave in, not just who you send home?

I feel like I'm going home tonight,

so I'm not even thinking about that.

I'm not even thinking about final three.

I'm thinking, can I make it to tomorrow?

If you feel like you're on the bottom,

what was your pitch today?

My pitch today was, I'm pretty chill.

I, don't cause a lot of chaos.

I'm trustworthy, and you can use me as a number.

So star, I'm gonna come back to you.

With the tribal on the line and feeling, maybe,

"I'm one of the people being talked about,"

did you go to other people and say,

"hey, instead of me, why don't we do this?"

Well, me, personally,

once again, the name of the game is never get paranoid.

And honestly, when you go to the person

like, "hey, do you have my name on your mind,

is my name on your mind,"

that's the first sense of paranoia.

So, I laid back, I talked to some folks,

but it was never about strategy. It was either

about the 1998 buick,

and/or, "hey, I heard that you said my name." And it's like,

"hell yeah, I said your name."

There's nothing to lie about when it comes

to somebody asking you a straightforward question.

And that's the person that I am. I stand on business.

That's how I always been and that's what I always will do.

Okay, let me ask this question a little differently.

If you were told by everybody, "we are writing your name down,

"you should play your shot in the dark," would you play it

or are you saying, "that's not an element

of the game I want, is my shot in the dark"?

If somebody tell me, "play your shot in the dark,"

of course, all those things will consider in my mind,

and I will possibly maybe do it or maybe not.

I really won't know what I'm gonna do.

But all I know is until uncle jp snuffs your torch,

you got to do all you can,

because in the game of survivor,

when your brain can't operate, your gut will never fail you.

All right. It is time to vote.

Eva, you're up.

I'll go tally the votes.

If anybody has an advantage or an idol

and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.

All right. I'll read the votes.

Star.

Mary. One vote star, one vote Mary.

Star. Two votes star, one vote Mary.

Mary.

We're tied. Two votes star, two votes Mary.

Star. That's three votes star, two votes Mary.

Mary. We're tied again. Three votes star,

three votes Mary.

Star. That's four votes star,

three votes Mary, one vote left.

Eleventh person voted out

and the fourth member of our jury: Star.

You need to bring me your torch.

Hit me where it hurts, uncle jp.

Love you, star.

- Love you, star. - Hit me where it hurts.

Star, the tribe has spoken.

Time for you to go.

Bye, star.

Bye.

Grab your torches. Head back to camp.

Good night.

Good night, Jeff.

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