Original subtitles

[Liz crying]

PROBST: Liz, do you feel comfortable

talking about what you're feeling?

I'm pissed!

PROBST: Previously onSurvivor...

MARIA: Q is a number that I can use to vote with me.

I definitely want to keep him around.

Q kind of blew up his own game

and has been causing chaos at camp.

Tonight, I'm betting

I can keep my idol in my pocket because

Q is going home.

-...it's gonna be really, really bad. -Right, but...

Kenzie is having cold feet, but at some point,

you've got to make a move.

We can take Tiff out tonight.

Maybe we don't tell Kenzie.

If I keep waiting for the light to turn green,

it may not turn green.

We have one chance.

So I'm gonna have to run the red light.

TIFFANY: I don't think

that anybody here thinks that Q is best for their game

-at this point in time. -And yet the last two Tribals,

everything was swirling around Q.

"Q's going home. Q's going home."

Nope. Still here.

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.

Eleventh person voted out and the fourth member of our jury:

Tiff.

The tribe has spoken.

Thank you.

[sighs]

I broke my ownSurvivor rule.

I should have played my idol.

♪ ♪

KENZIE: Final seven.

-Final seven. -Holy crap.

Wow.

This Tribal was

the first time I've been left out of a vote.

And it's the worst.

It's the worst feeling ever, because I'm like,

"What did I do to not, like, be...

in the club?"

Like, who... Did I...

Like, why am I not trustworthy?

Like, I'm so confused.

And I'm mad because

this was my idea to blindside Tiff,

and now somebody else is getting the credit.

Like, I'm mad at myself for not seizing the opportunity.

Ugh. I just feel so dumb.

I feel so dumb.

I was having this whimsical, amazing time.

I just let the game get away from me.

I got blindsided, too, you know?

I don't know if you want a hug right now or anything. I...

-No, I... -I don't even know.

-I just, like... -Yeah.

Like, why wasn't I included, you know?

-Yeah. -Like, I know people were probably worried

-I would tell her. -I think that was the worry...

Which I understand completely.

I mean, I'll just say this.

-It wasn't my move. -Yeah.

-Do you know what I mean? -Was it Maria?

-Yeah. -Yeah. I knew it.

CHARLIE: There's always fallout after Tribal,

but this vote was different because

everybody who returned to camp voted for Tiff except

Venus and Kenzie.

And the way they were left out left them

really feeling bitter.

So, my thinking was, talk to Kenzie

because this game is all about working with people,

adapting to what's in front of you

and keeping your options open.

-It's a great move. It's-it's... -I know.

-It's my move! -I know.

-That's why I'm so mad. -I know.

Right now, we just have to, like, bide our time, you know?

There's no time. There's six days left.

-Well, it's, like... -And I just, like...

Just, like, find the right moment, you know?

I have to find that idol, is what I need to do.

This is the first time I've been wrong in the game,

but maybe this is what I needed

to get my head back on straight and realize

I came out here to play and to win.

I'm just gonna have to get a little bit more crafty,

pay a lot more attention.

I can turn this around.

-Final seven together, huh? [laughs] -Yes.

-We're gonna rock out, Ben. -Oh, we're rocking out already.

We're gonna have a good time.

We can have our final five right here.

MARIA: Yeah, it'd be a good final five.

This Tribal couldn't have gone

any better.

Oh, my God. [laughs]

This vote was my idea,

and I was able to get this group together--

Q, Liz, Ben,

me and Charlie--

and just pull off an epic blindside.

And it was

just, like, the sweetest feast I've ever had.

[laughs]

This has lit such a fire in me.

I do see the end, and I'm like, "Is it possible

that maybe we are the final five?"

I could do this again. Let's do it again.

[laughs]

The blindside-- even though we were on the wrong side of it,

was a blessing in disguise.

-Yeah. -We got rid of big competition

-and Maria put a huge target on her back. -Yeah.

Let Maria think this is her move.

Don't give off the fact that you're upset,

and realistically, it's gonna come and bite her in the ass.

Maria's played a very low-key game

where everyone can tell she's a potential threat,

but this is the first time

she really let her freak flag fly,

and she's announcing to the world,

like, "Hey, this is my move

and I'm here to play."

And it's scary because Maria has a strong three

with her, Charlie and Ben.

Siga three needs to be broken up.

Yeah.

But tomorrow's a new day, and we're still in this game.

-Exactly. -Yeah.

KENZIE: Day 20.

Ugh. What a mess.

♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

-Morning. -Good morning.

Ooh.

MARIA: You sleep okay?

KENZIE: [short chuckle] Oh, no, I did not.

It's all good.

I'm, like, shocked Tiff didn't play her idol.

MARIA: I guess that means it's time to start looking, right?

KENZIE: Yeah.

[mouthing]

Q: With Tiff idol leaving in her pocket,

we're thinking it's gonna come back to play at some point.

We don't know if there's something out there just yet,

but the only way to find it is to look for it.

I know.

Okay.

CHARLIE: Idol fever

has struck Nuinui beach.

MARIA: Yeah.

CHARLIE: It was sort of a domino effect this morning.

Q started looking, then I started looking,

then Ben started looking, then Venus started looking,

then Kenzie started looking, then Maria started looking.

And everybody's looking

for... [imitates drumroll]

...Tiffany's idol!

♪ ♪

CHARLIE: An idol at this point of the game changes everything.

So, as much as I don't want to look for an idol

because I'm exhausted and starving

and want to save my energy,

it's a necessity at this point.

VENUS: At last Tribal, for the first time ever in this game,

I was on the wrong side of the vote.

So, I need to flip the script.

I need to find this idol and I need to find it quick.

Q: I've looked from the front to the back to the top to the side.

Oh, man. I'm exhausted.

VENUS: I've gone through

probably some of the toughest times

that I've ever had in my life here.

But today, the thing

that calms me down is

A: I know this island better than anyone,

B: I know where Randen found his,

and C: I know where Tiffany found hers.

So I have something to work off of,

of where to look and where not to look.

And I'm like, "You know what? People are going hard.

Let's go through literally every single corner."

And I take my little stick, and I'm pushing leaves,

and I'm pushing leaves.

And... I found it. I found it first!

And I was so ecstatic.

I immediately started to walk away

so that I could go find a corner to read it.

But then I realized, like, "Hey,

that is not the move right now."

So I U-turn it, and everyone's still up and looking.

So, I bide my time.

And it's so hard.

MARIA: Yeah.

As someone who's been looking for 20 days,

it's so hard to hide the joy and excitement that is

building up in my heart.

Where's Liz?

[snoring]

I'm gonna go around the bend and come back.

Wish me luck.

And finally, I'm alone.

"Congratulations.

"You have found a hidden immunity idol.

"When played at Tribal Council,

"any votes cast against you will not count.

"The last time this can be used is when there are

five players left in the game."

I just got myself a ... idol.

Go, Venus. Go, Venus. This is sick.

I have the idol in my hands.

And it is just an amazing feeling.

Like, "Wow, Venus,

"you're not blind, you're not stupid.

You actually got this."

And if I play my cards correctly,

I make it to final four.

Like, "Hey, you underestimated me

"since day one,

and look who's here, and look who's not."

♪ ♪

Day 20, baby.

I know. We got to put the sticks in.

Pretty cool.

KENZIE: Being left out of the vote sucked,

but I have definitely, like,

thought about it, and I was just... I got too comfy cozy.

I wasn't on my p's and q's.

I wasn't paying attention.

Trying to balance your own individual game

with a group of individuals

that all have their own individual games...

Everyone's lying. You never know who's telling the truth.

You don't know who's working with who.

Ugh.

Even though it feels like we're on the bottom,

we're in the perfect position

of being in the middle of this... this war.

KENZIE: Right now, like, the only person

that hasn't lied to me is freakin' Venus,

which is hilarious, but, like,

really, she's the only one who hasn't lied to me.

I'm so curious as to what her next move is

because she's not really hiding it.

KENZIE: I like Venus now. I like her as a person.

I never in a million years thought

we would be working together, but

here we are, me and my messy, sweet little friend.

I don't see it.

[Venus laughs]

KENZIE: Venus is just, like, looking at trees,

and is like, "It's not here." And I'm like,

"You have to move some leaves, honeybun.

Like, what are you doing?"

It's not looking good.

KENZIE: Venus' technique for idol-searching, I think,

is to follow around people that are idol-searching

and wait for them to find it. [laughs]

Girlfriend is not really looking hard.

She's, like, kind of does this with a stick, and she's like,

"No." And meanwhile, I'm, like,

digging holes, and she's like...

Any luck?

[laughing]: I'm like,

"Venus, what? What are you doing?"

I doubt it.

KENZIE: Who knows? Maybe she has it,

and she's bamboozling us all.

But... I think she's just waiting

for someone that's close to her to find it

so she can have the tea.

VENUS: It is so relieving to know

that even though people are still scattering about,

looking for an idol,

I don't have to worry about going out

and, like, solving a riddle, or, like,

going and finding a second part to this idol. I have it.

But no one will ever catch a whiff

of me having this because

I don't see any benefit

in-in someone knowing that I have this power.

Oh, my God. I know. I cannot believe it.

VENUS: So it's very much a timing game.

Like, when is the right time to play this?

No, she shouldn't.

-People were just really good at lying. -Yeah.

So, it's stressful, but it's so comforting.

It's, like, the sweet, sweet comfort.

Like, I want to... Mwah.

I love you.

It's, like, I think this is my best friend

on this island right now.

Hello.

What's going on?

Okay.

-We have lots to go through. -Yeah.

First of all, congratulations.

Thank you. I'm happy to have had my moment.

-We have not... even talked. -That was, like, amazing.

-That was amazing. -Yes.

I'm so glad to have been a part of it.

-I'm really proud of you. -Thank you.

-That was... that was... -It was scary as hell.

-That's big stuff that you pulled off last night. -Yeah.

-That was big stuff. -I know what the repercussions are,

-but, like... -Yeah.

Thank you for doing that with me.

Oh, my God. Of course, you know?

Maria wanted the Tiff vote to be something that she drove,

she controlled, 100%,

because the more you can clearly claim

that a move was your own,

the easier it is to sell and to pitch

to a jury that's looking for a player

who had real influence in the game.

And that's where Maria's head is at.

But it's also a very double-edged sword,

because Maria getting all the credit from the Tiff blindside

has made her a huge, huge target.

I mean, people would be silly if they didn't see

that, like, you and I have been working together.

You're a threat.

We voted cor... voted correctly every time.

-Every single time. -Taken out three people.

-You're a threat, I'm a threat. -Yeah.

-I did want to talk to you about Q. -Okay.

What are you... Where's your head at on him?

I think we can use Q for one more vote,

-because Q trusts me, and I trust Q. -Yeah.

-I don't know how that happened. -Yeah.

Like, I do think he would vote with us

-for one more time. -Yeah.

I've been playing this game with Maria since day one,

and we have been lockstep.

We've been talking about going to the final three together.

But Q is, as far as I can tell,

in Maria's pocket, and I want him out of the game.

So this move

and the buildup to this move is really where...

I have seen my thinking

and my route to the end

maybe start to diverge from Maria's.

I know.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Luckily, people have realized Maria is a huge threat.

Nobody likes Q, so he's kind of on the outs as well.

So the two big threats-- Q and Maria--

have made themselves very well-known.

They are peacocking, for sure.

Like, everyone can see that their tail feathers are out,

and that the attention's on them.

Maria-- she got to go.

I thought she was just...

a sleeper.

-But Charlie, yesterday, came to me, he was like... -Yeah.

"That was a game-winning move, and it wasn't mine."

-And I was like... -Okay.

"Well, there's hope."

I mean, I want Q out, but...

Maria is obviously running things.

-Yeah. -What do you think?

Oh, I think it makes sense.

-If we can pull it off, then Maria's got to go. -Okay.

KENZIE: There's seven of us left, and we need four.

So the best thing for me is to figure out who I can work with

to get Maria and Q out of here,

and then at the final five, we can battle it out from there.

Kenzie, have you checked the beach?

I'm gonna be honest.

If Q doesn't get up and look for it again, I'm gonna assume

-he has it. -Okay.

And Maria's been gone alone for a long time.

LIZ: That's what we're talking about.

-Yeah, that's what we've been talking about. -VENUS: Okay.

And she will think again next time

before leaving us out of a vote.

It's not about that. It's about...

-she's the kingpin. -She's...

She's the kingpin, she...

She's got the best story, the best moves.

Yeah. No, she's got to go.

VENUS: We will have the majority.

A hundred percent.

I am certain one of the Siga three may be open

to potentially working with us, especially with Charlie.

I've questioned how strategic he is,

how cutthroat he can be, but it seems like he's seeing

that writing on the wall and realizes

that he can't go to the end with Maria no matter what.

And eventually, he's gonna have to cut that cord, and

I hope he sees that now's the time,

while everyone's still on board.

KENZIE: Okay, so what are you thinking?

CHARLIE: I think

Q is in Maria's pocket.

Oh, 1,000%, he is.

-Yeah? -It's not even a pocket anymore.

It's like she has, like, a... a full bank vault

that Q is stuck inside.

KENZIE: Yeah.

CHARLIE: I was not... I was not cruise director...

-Yeah. -last night, you know?

-KENZIE: Ugh. -So... -VENUS: That's so funny.

CHARLIE: In the buildup to the Tiff vote,

I wanted Maria to have sole credit

because I need someone

that I can sell as the biggest target in the game.

If that can overshadow any attention on me

for the moment,

that's probably what's best for my game right now.

At this point in the game,

-there's seven people. -Mm-hmm.

And that has somehow become the strongest pair.

The whole stuff with Q and that whole vote

was a big...

-I think, a big wake-up call for probably everyone. -Yeah.

Charlie and Maria are super close.

They're in the Siga alliance.

But Charlie has no real résumé moves, and he knows it.

He has been

Maria's, like, jester for this whole game.

And he's-he's a smart kid, he knows that.

So I think Charlie's ready

to make a move on Maria.

So, who would you rather go first?

Too early to say or...

I think too early to say, but...

We'll just see whoever wins and go from there.

I'm just saying. Yeah, 'cause, like,

I feel like anyone could win.

I've been building trust

and relationships with Kenzie

and Venus so that I could, if I wanted to,

make a move against Maria and Q

at any point.

I think we... we all know what needs to be done,

or else we're all screwed.

VENUS: They will win.

-Mm-hmm. -Yeah.

So they are, like, public enemy

number one and two right now.

CHARLIE: At some point, I have to ask myself,

"Is going to the final three with Maria

handing Maria a million dollars?"

You have to start thinking about your own game.

And I'm feeling...

my gut start to go in two directions.

One way is gonna win,

and it might be making a move against Maria.

♪ ♪

Come on in!

I like it.

KENZIE: Hi, hi.

You look hungry for battle today.

-Good morning. -We're just hungry.

-PROBST: Yeah, you just look hungry. -Just hungry.

PROBST: Look at this.

-How many are left? -[whooping]

-The final several. -Several.

Several!

Long live Jelinsky.

-[laughing] -PROBST: All right.

Shall we get to today's immunity challenge?

-[all voicing assent] -Charlie,

second time, got to take it back.

Thank you.

Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.

For today's challenge, you're gonna balance

a ball on a pole

while navigating a series of obstacles.

Once you're past the first obstacle, you're gonna add

more sections of pole, making it more difficult.

When you get to the finish, you're then gonna maneuver

that ball through a winding snake track.

First player to get one ball in both of their targets

wins immunity,

safe tonight at Tribal,

guaranteed a spot in the final six.

-Ooh. -You're also playing for reward.

-Yes. -Oh, baby. -Yay!

PROBST: Want to know what you're playing for?

-[all voicing assent] -Pizza delivery!

-Oh, my gosh! -[whooping]

Delivered to your camp just like you were home.

-Oh, my God. -PROBST: Pepperoni.

-Oh. Oh. -PROBST: Hawaiian.

Vegetarian. And gluten-free.

-Oh! -Gluten-free. Liz! -PROBST: Plus soda.

-Yeah! I'm fighting today. -PROBST: Worth playing for?

[all voicing assent]

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

-Let's do it. -Let's do it.

All right, here we go.

For immunity and reward.

Survivors ready?

Go!

Got to keep that ball balanced on your pole.

If you drop, like Q did and Charlie did,

just got to start over.

Kenzie's got to go back.

When you get to the center section, you're going under--

that's how you do it, Ben-- but the pole goes over.

Here goes Maria.

Ben is through first.

Maria doing a nice job.

She's through.

Venus is through.

Here comes Charlie. He's good.

Kenzie got one big last step.

-You're good, Kenzie. -[laughs]

PROBST: Here comes Q.

There goes Liz.

Ben has added his extra sections of pole.

Venus has hers. Here comes Maria.

Keep your hand under the hilt. There goes Charlie.

He's going onto the second section.

-Kenzie has her additional section. -Aah!

PROBST: Ben drops. He's got to go back.

Charlie really whipping through this.

Here comes Maria.

-Good job, Charlie. -Charlie's won back-to-back.

No way.

Charlie, you're good. Start working on that track.

Charlie's at the final stage now with a big lead.

Ben has to go back. Here comes Kenzie.

-Ouch. -PROBST: Maria drops and hits herself.

Maria's got to go back.

Charlie working on that snake track now.

You've got two balls you're gonna have to drop

one at a time.

-[sighs] -PROBST: Kenzie,

the last, most difficult section--

getting down off that beam without dropping the ball.

You're good, Kenzie!

-[whoops] -Kenzie moving on to the snake track.

-LIZ: Okay. -PROBST: We got two on the track,

five still working to get here.

-Aah! Come on. -PROBST: Q drops. Got to go back.

-LIZ: Ugh! -Liz drops. She's got to start again.

-Aah! -Venus drops, almost at the end.

She's got to go all the way back.

There is a learning curve. You're gonna drop

a lot on that snake track.

The goal is to get better at it

and start to figure out that touch.

Once you do, it will get easier.

Liz, Maria, the final section of the beam.

Maria, you're good. Move on. Liz, very close.

Liz, you're good. Move on.

Booyah.

Good job, Liz.

Venus, another shot.

Again, very close.

No, Venus! It dropped.

You did not cross. Sorry. You got to go back.

You got to be in control of that ball.

Q very close, few steps away.

You're good, Q! Q now on the snake track.

Maria now has some momentum.

She's about a third of the way through the snake track,

moving very slowly, confidently.

Q trying to figure it out.

Liz continues to drop out of the start.

[groans]

Trouble just getting that ball to sit.

-Venus giving it another go. -Aah!

No. Falls short. Ben struggling.

"Struggling" is an understatement.

Maria very close.

Maria drops her first ball in the first target.

Maria now in the lead, working on that second ball.

You got to untie it first.

Maria with a big lead now.

Can anybody catch her and get their first ball,

make this a challenge?

Here comes Venus again.

Is this the time?

-You're good, Venus. -Thank God.

PROBST: Ben has some movement like he just figured it out.

You're good, Ben. That's how you do it!

-Let's go! -PROBST: Ben's now in it.

There's Maria working on her second and final ball.

She landed her first. Nobody else has.

Venus doing a nice job, down in green.

She just made up a lot of time.

Getting closer and closer to that first target.

Charlie making a move for that first target.

He'd like to be in this.

Aw, damn.

PROBST: Maria drops. Maria has to go back.

The door is open for somebody to drop that first ball.

Venus has her first ball.

Venus is now in it. Look at that.

LIZ: Good job, V.

PROBST: Charlie drops his first. Charlie's in it now.

It is now Maria with one,

Charlie with one, Venus with one.

Q getting closer to that first target.

Q drops his first ball! Q's in it now.

Liz drops her first ball. She's in it.

There's Kenzie. Can she drop?

-[whoops] Here we go. -Kenzie drops. She's in it.

[laughs]

-I got it in. -Ben drops his first. -KENZIE: Yay!

-Ben's in it now. -KENZIE: You're in it.

PROBST: Everybody now working on their second ball.

This is a challenge that is as wide open as it gets.

Maria very close to the end.

Venus just behind.

Right now, it's Maria and Venus.

Maria-- can she do it?

-No. Maria drops -Oh!

six inches from the end. Got to start again.

Venus getting closer.

-No! -PROBST: Venus drops.

We are wide open again!

We got a challenge.

-There's another one. -Any one of the seven can win.

Question is who will it be?

Who's gonna be wearing that necklace tonight?

'Cause you're earning it right now.

Aah!

-[groans] -Aah!

Oh, my God.

[groans]

PROBST: Venus, again, with a shot to win it.

-No. No! Aah! -PROBST: No.

This time, Venus drops again.

So does Maria.

And it's now Q in the lead.

-Come on! -PROBST: Q drops!

Open again.

Look at that-- day 21, everybody with a shot at it.

Oh.

PROBST: Who's gonna grab it?

Who wants that necklace?

Me.

PROBST: Venus in that same section, last bit of track.

Maria right on her tail.

But it is Venus in the lead right now.

Is this the round?

Is this where somebody closes it out,

claims their victory for this challenge,

guarantees themself a spot at six?

Slightest wrong move,

and that ball falls.

Venus inching closer.

Maria catching her.

Venus-- can she do it?

For the win,

individual immunity,

just has to drop it in that net.

-No! No! -PROBST: And she doesn't! -LIZ: Wow.

-She couldn't get it in the target. -What?!

-PROBST: Wow! -So close. -LIZ: V!

-No! -PROBST: Maria at the same spot Venus was.

Can she drop it for the win?

-Aah! -And she does! Maria pulls it out.

Oh, my God.

PROBST: Her second individual immunity win,

guaranteed a spot at six

and pizza delivered to camp

-on day 21. Wow. -LIZ: Good job, sister.

-Maria! -PROBST: Nice job, everybody.

-BEN: Congrats, Maria. -LIZ: Nice job, sister.

[Ben whoops]

Maria, come on over.

[whooping] Way to go, Mama.

-Well done. -BEN: Yeah!

For the second time this season, safe tonight at Tribal Council,

guaranteed a spot in the final six.

-[whooping] -PROBST: You're going to have a fun afternoon

with pizza being delivered for you.

Choose one person to join you.

Walk me through the thought process of strategy, compassion.

You're also fueling your competition.

-There's a lot going on. -There's a lot going on.

I mean, Liz has been eating some rice.

She's been sharing with Venus.

Ben's been falling apart.

He's completely depleted.

Q took me on the reward last time,

and so I feel like I need to take him.

And so there's, you know... Charlie didn't go on the reward.

It's a really hard decision. How many people do I get?

We'll find out. Right now, you got one.

Okay.

I think I'm gonna pick Ben.

PROBST: Come on over, Ben.

CHARLIE: You go get it, buddy.

[sniffles]

[sniffles]

[crying]

This is crazy.

PROBST: All right, there are five people left.

You're gonna bring one more person with you.

Which means three of you will have pizza,

four will not.

Walk me through who you're gonna choose.

Um, for me, it's more, like, my mindset is more like

who is physically falling apart right now, and it's not

about competition or who I want to work with or whatever.

It's just whose body is failing.

I'll take myself out of it, Maria.

I think there are people here that need the food more than me.

All right, Venus, Liz and Q, make your case.

Um, I've lost weight.

I would like to eat, but it's your decision.

I want you to pick whoever you want, you know?

I mean, I still haven't pooped in three weeks,

so I'd like something to get moving.

You know, I ain't too proud to beg. [laughs]

Love that song.

I think whatever decision you make

is completely fine, Maria.

You shouldn't-you shouldn't feel guilty, either way.

♪ ♪

I've never seen a moment like this, ever.

-46 seasons. It has never taken this long. -[laughs]

PROBST: Nobody's given this much thought. That's not a criticism.

That's just an observation.

Okay.

Liz and Q, rock paper scissors.

Pick rock. [laughs]

Paper covers rock. Is that it?

-Yep. -Q, come on over. -KENZIE: Wow.

[quietly]: Wow.

PROBST: We don't need to belabor this anymore.

Tribal Council tonight.

Somebody will be the 12th person voted out of this game,

become the fifth member of our jury.

You're gonna go back to camp. Maria, Ben and Q,

you're gonna have an afternoon with pizza.

The other four, got nothing for you. Grab your stuff, head out.

See you tonight at Tribal Council.

KENZIE: I am shocked.

Maria is like,

"Liz and Q, play rock paper scissors."

What?

Liz has made it very abundantly clear

that she's starving.

If you just want to take Q

because he's your number one, just say that.

Don't be like, "Oh, I want to take care of the people

who haven't eaten," and then take the guy who just ate.

Makes no sense.

My jaw, I'm still picking it up off the floor.

Survivoris still going strong in its third decade

because of the people who apply to play.

If this adventure sounds fun to you,

I'd love to see you out on the island.

♪ ♪

-MARIA: Oh, yeah. -Oh, wow.

BEN: Whoa.

MARIA: Look at that.

Oh, man.

Thank you.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

-Honestly, I am in shock. -LIZ: Correct. Correct.

When she said, "Venus, make your case,"

I'm like, "I'm sorry. I'm not gonna beg.

You know, physically, where I'm at."

CHARLIE: Uh, when she said, "Rock paper scissors,"

I was like, "Oh, it's gonna be Liz and Venus."

-Me, too. -And I was like, "Liz and who?"

I knew it was gonna be Q.

KENZIE: I cannot believe she said, "I'm just trying

to judge it on whose body's breaking down."

-I know. And then... -Can I just say,

I would have respected her so much more if she just

picked who she picked, but the fact that she prefaced it

-by saying that and then picked the most well-fed, -KENZIE: I know.

-buffest guy. He's been to, like, three rewards now.

-He just finished his Applebee's feast, like a day ago. -VENUS: Yeah. Literally.

He hasn't even digested it yet. It's still in his stomach.

CHARLIE: The pizza picking was

a bit of a...

for lack of a better word, a ... show.

I thought, for sure, Maria was gonna choose Venus

or Liz, but Q ends up going.

And let me tell you, the four pizza losers

were pissed.

-KENZIE: What the ... -VENUS: She went from being

a hero to a villain real quick.

To emphasize being this, like, mother to all,

caring about everyone.

I'm so done, like, being quiet when someone ticks me off.

So, what are we doing tonight-- Q?

He's evil and self-centered and selfish.

-My God. -I know it's a game, but, like, geez.

The veil has been lifted.

I had a feeling Maria and Q were working together,

but now it's just blatantly freaking obvious,

and I cannot respect anybody

who is playing the game with that jerk.

-I mean, did you know they were so close? -CHARLIE: I...

As far as I'm concerned, Q's Maria's number one.

-That's... -Q's an idiot.

-[groans] -It's the classic Survivor

"If you can't go for your target,

go for their number one."

I was just piling everything on.

"Maria's the worst.

"They're such a tight duo.

I can't believe she's working with him."

But since Maria has the necklace tonight, the pizza losers

want to vote out Q.

Which is great, because Q is someone

that I want out of the game, and I want him out soon.

Okay, so, we don't think Q has an idol?

-Definitely not. -CHARLIE: Uh...

I am 97% sure.

Charlie, thanks for listening to me vent.

-Oh. -I know you and Maria are close.

-I'm in my feelings right now. -We are,

-but, I mean... -VENUS: That's different. That's game versus...

Things have been turning a different corner, you know?

BEN: Damn right.

-I slowed down. -I just want to say thank you so much.

You're so welcome, Ben.

If a look could kill...

...I got slaughtered today.

[Ben chuckles]

MARIA: Liz pierced me with her eyes.

BEN: Mm-hmm.

MARIA: I was gonna be damned either way.

Yeah.

Yo, Liz does have rice.

MARIA: That's what I'm saying.

That's why I was like, well, what's, you know?

-Yeah. -Kenzie just ate.

Charlie's like, "Don't take me."

-Yeah. -So I'm like, "Well, that's the right move."

-Q: Mm-hmm. -BEN: A hundred percent.

MARIA: I'm sure I pissed people off,

but winning this challenge gives me peace of mind.

It means that I am safe tonight,

and that gives me a lot of power.

At this point, there are still three Siga members.

So with seven people left--

although it's a very unpopular opinion--

I got to keep Q happy right now.

Q is a number for me.

He trusts me, and I trust him.

They know you two are tight.

-It's a little obvious at this point. -Yeah.

And they know you and Charlie are day-ones.

MARIA: The three of us.

Exactly.

-That's all we need. -That's all we need.

Really.

Yeah.

-Q: Is that ham? -Yeah.

-I think it's ham. -It's ham.

Q: I shouldn't have went on that reward.

I just ate a couple days ago,

a big meal, and now

I just ate about 23 slices of pizza.

[laughs]

It ain't fair.

But I don't feel guilty at all, because

I get to now make sure that I'm not going home tonight.

I say Siga three, plus me,

-take out Venus first, because -MARIA: Yeah. Yeah.

Liz is less likely to win immunity than Venus.

-BEN: Yeah. -MARIA: Right, right.

-Yeah. -Venus came super close today.

-I know. I thought she had it. -But...

MARIA: I say it's time to get her out.

Q: Venus is the real problem

with all the complaining,

and the pushy and the running

and telling this story to this person.

And, also, she has the greatest shot at winning immunity,

as we saw in this challenge.

She is a problem.

So she needs to go.

The negative vibes have been a bit much.

MARIA: Yeah.

Any chance Venus found the idol?

No.

MARIA: It's time to get her out.

I'm ready.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

KENZIE: Well, well, well.

-Pizza people. -Look who it is.

LIZ: Ben, feeling better? Did you get a slice down?

-Yes. -I got-I got a slice down.

-What was the best flavor? -LIZ: That was so fast.

I feel like a Ninja Turtle right now.

-Dude. -I'm not gonna undersell it.

CHARLIE: The pizza winners come back to camp,

and we do our classic niceties.

"How much did you eat? Was it delicious?

Oh, tell us all about it. I'm so glad."

Even though,

seconds before they arrived,

man, I thought that the people at camp were gonna eat them.

It was tense.

I'm happy with Maria's choices for me, but

it really put the heat on her and Q.

I know they probably been pitching me this whole time.

-Yep. -Just got to let them know

-that's not happening, so they don't write my name down. -Okay. Yep.

-In case V pulls out an idol, but... -Okay.

the real plan is Venus.

Okay. Okay.

At this point in the game,

I want the burners turned up on everyone but me.

So if I can hide this vote when I don't have the necklace,

and all of a sudden, everyone's eyes are on Q and Maria,

this is great.

I mean, I did. I just...

I feel really bad,

and I'm not really sure how to talk about it.

Honestly, Maria, it was really weird.

-We were all like, "Wow." -MARIA: I know.

There's no way to win that situation.

And I told myself, "I never want to win reward

because I don't want to have to make that choice."

And I knew I was gonna piss people off and I just,

I apologize if I hurt anybody's feelings.

There was just,

there was no way to make everyone happy in that choice.

Oh, I completely agree with that.

I just can't stand Q, and I just

don't know why you would want to make him happy.

'Cause he's such an ass to everyone.

He does nothing around camp.

He used all the firewood in, like, two hours.

I'm done not expressing myself.

MARIA: Okay. Yeah, go for it.

LIZ: That is my mindset, Maria.

I guess that's what I've learned in Survivor,

is, like, I've spent my whole life

just letting myself be angry and not

speaking what I'm really feeling

for the sake of someone else's feelings.

And I think, honestly-- this sounds crazy--

I think that's why I have so many ... allergies,

because I've suppressed my own self

for so long

that my body started attacking things.

So I've said my piece.

I feel better. Thank you for hearing me.

Normally, I'm not someone who holds grudges,

but with Q, it just feels a little more personal.

For some reason, he just keeps surviving.

And I'm getting more

and more and more and more and more and more irritated.

MARIA: I felt

like I hurt you, and I didn't like how that felt.

I was just shocked about Q, because I'm like, "He's a jerk."

-So... -The thing is, Liz, is that, like,

the only people that are talking to me are

Siga people and Q.

That's it.

-You know? -I feel like the only person talking to me is Venus.

And I don't believe anything she says.

She's so all over the place.

MARIA: Well, that's another reason why I can't work with her.

I can't understand her game at all.

Ditto.

And so I guess that's why I come to you,

because it's like...

I liked working with you for Tevin.

I liked working with you for Tiff.

I like the fact that you said,

"I'm here to play the game. I want to play the game."

But, like, let's play the game.

Right now, having not had a chance

to talk to everybody, it seems like

the ladies want Q out,

and Q, Ben and I have discussed getting Venus out.

And so,

Venus and Q are gonna be the targets tonight.

It's my hope that Venus goes home,

but, you know, you never know.

Like, as the sun starts to go down,

sometimes things change

and people scramble, and then a new plan comes out.

In my mind, the people I'm working with are solid,

but I guess that's a silly assumption.

♪ ♪

Yeah, I know. I'm, like...

-I know. I know. -Okay.

Are you and Ben doing Q?

I don't know about Ben.

KENZIE: Well, Ben can do whatever Ben wants, but, like,

-if you're gonna write Q, we're good. -Yeah. It doesn't matter.

Yeah, exactly.

If an idol comes into play at six, and Q gets it

and Maria wins immunity, then we're screwed.

-Yeah. -Like, we'd be so dumb to not get rid of him

-right now. -Yeah, I know.

-We've got to do Q. -I know.

I don't think Q's a bad person.

I don't think Q's evil, but...

I'm fine with other people thinking that,

because, ultimately, down the line, I want

a final four that doesn't have Q or Maria in it.

What is your ideal final four?

-Final four? -Yeah.

'Cause, frankly, we got to think about it.

I've been thinking about that.

'Cause a four at six controls the vote.

VENUS: Charlie's in a power position.

He's kingpin right now.

And based off

of discussions from today and previous to today,

just based off of my relationship

with Charlie as a whole,

I think that Charlie really understands

trust goes both ways.

And if he

sticks to the Q vote tonight,

I'm gonna give him something in return next time.

Can I tell you, I've got your back.

-And I've got... -I've got yours, too.

I've got some things up my sleeve.

-I feel like we'll be fine. -What does that mean?

You don't have to worry about it now,

-but I feel like in terms of... -I am worried about it.

No, you don't have to worry about it.

I'm saying us, final four, is locked in.

For tonight's vote,

sure, I have an easy out. I can just play my idol.

"Oh, there's a risk of me going home. I can play it."

But that's not what wins the game for you.

It's about using it correctly or not using it at all

because your social game is that good. And so,

even though I have a guaranteed way

of going into tonight's Tribal stress-free,

I don't even care.

I don't want to use it because,

for me, if I get this correct

and I get to save the idol for another vote,

then that just speaks to more of why

I deserve to win this game in the end.

We'll make it to final four.

No.

Okay. That's why I was...

That seemed like things up your sleeve.

Or maybe I do. [gasps]

-Who knows? No, I don't. But... -Oh, Venus.

We-we will be close after this vote.

Yeah. Yeah.

-Okay? -Yeah.

Venus alluded to someone--

maybe her--

having something up their sleeve,

as an advantage

or some sort of extra spice

that could shake things up around here.

And I was trying to get Venus to tell me what the heck it was,

but she kept being

very cagey about it.

In terms of idol, I really don't think Q has it.

I don't think anyone has it, unless you do.

-Unless it's up your sleeve. -No. [chuckles] No, no, no.

-There's something else up my sleeve. -You're being all shifty.

-No, I... -What else is up your sleeve?

There's something else that's going on

that I'll tell you about later, but it's not an idol.

And that's why I'm so adamant to find this idol, too, by the way.

Yeah. I'm curious why you're not telling me now.

-Because I want Q out for sure. -Okay.

And as soon as Q is out,

we can have an open discussion

-Yeah. -about everything that will guarantee us final four.

-Okay. All right. No, no. -And that's like, that's like...

-I trust you. I trust you. -Handshake. No, handshake promise.

-I trust you. -Okay.

CHARLIE: I'm trying to set up a final four deal

with Venus, and she's

stonewalling me on something incredibly important.

That, to me, is a red flag.

So I've just got to think about how to play this in a way

that it doesn't sink my game.

V talked to me, and she was like,

"I'm totally cool going to the final four with you

-and Ben and one other." -Of course.

-'Cause she's a poser. -Yeah.

The other thing that V said

is that she alluded to some

advantage that somebody has.

So it would either be her, Liz or Kenzie who has it.

BEN: She's saying whatever she can to get out of tonight.

"I want to get Q out."

-Yeah. -V has got to go.

Q is a heavy target we got to get out of the game,

but at the same time, Venus also does have to go.

My reason for Venus having to go has nothing to do

with her being a threat.

She's just creating more and more chaos.

She freaks out before every Tribal,

and she's always running around trying to pitch some crazy plan,

and I'm sick of being around that.

So I'd rather get her out first before we get out anybody else.

CHARLIE: My head is going

in 22 different directions.

It's being pulled every which way,

and I just have to hope that I can figure out

what's best for my game.

But right now, it's a big old storm cloud.

KENZIE: Okay.

CHARLIE: ...and they're gonna play it.

-Venus is chaos. I don't want Venus here, either... -Yeah.

I trust what you want to do.

Okay.

So whatever-whatever...

KENZIE: I think that the boys are being babies

and don't want to make a big move

because they want to feel secure.

Because if they get rid of Q,

then they're more vulnerable.

But I'm like, "If I get rid of Venus,

then I'm more vulnerable."

I just think it's foolish to not take out

the biggest threat in the game while they're vulnerable.

CHARLIE: The middle is a safe place to be and a dangerous

place to be.

It's a double-edged sword and, frankly,

it's a sword that has a point also pointing at you.

-I know. I didn't know where you were. -I was like...

Even though I might have power tonight,

I could make a mistake that sinks my game moving forward.

So it's Venus, right?

Is that what you're hearing?

Yeah.

The way people are talking about Q and Maria,

working with them could taint my image.

Right now, I know I'm a little bit of a threat,

but people are not mad at me.

After tonight's vote, my main concern is

can I pull people that I've burned

back into a position that benefits me?

And I don't know if I can do that

if I burn people who are so dead set

on getting Q out tonight.

It might be the last straw, and I might be

public enemy number one for stringing them along.

So it's really, really tricky where I am right now.

♪ ♪

BEN: What up, Jeff?

What up, Ben? Somebody had some pizza.

[chuckles]

♪ ♪

All right. So I brought popcorn a couple of Tribals ago because

I was expecting something fun, so I did bring the cushion.

MARIA: All right.

And tonight, I didn't have popcorn,

so I brought some licorice.

-Damn! -[others exclaiming]

Oh.

So I am really...

LIZ: Oh, my God.

-...ready to go tonight. -[laughing]

-VENUS: Jeff... -BEN: Jeff, that's foul.

PROBST: But look, I can't give you the whole thing

because people go, "What has happened to Probst?

He's giving them food."

But I don't want to be a bad host.

I really like licorice when I'm watching my favorite show, so...

I'll give you one.

-You got to figure out what you do with it. -[groaning]

-This is Survivor. -VENUS: Oh, my God. Cool.

BEN: Of course you put me on the spot.

I'm breaking it even. Let's go.

-Everybody gets a piece. -VENUS: No.

-Thank you. -KENZIE: Thank you.

All right.

-CHARLIE: A new taste that's not coconut. -Thanks, Jeff.

-Thanks, Jeff. -CHARLIE: That's pretty good.

I can eat licorice.

KENZIE: Yeah. Thank you.

All right, so, let's start

with one of the craziest challenges.

At any given point, any one of you could have won it.

Maria, you win, and you get to bring two people.

It's the longest time

we've ever spent deciding who to bring.

So how did that go?

The first decision for me was really easy,

but then you have to start weighing, like,

am I fueling my competition?

Am I fueling my alliance?

Am I feeding people who are malnourished?

Like, how do I make this decision?

And I had to give Q a chance

and I wanted to give Liz a chance.

And I said, "Let's rock paper scissors,

'cause I can't make this choice."

Venus, you were clearly upset that you weren't chosen.

VENUS: It's one thing to decide who you're gonna

take with on a reward, but to start off by saying,

"You know, I really want to choose someone

"who is physically weak

and really needs this reward, health-wise,"

and then put on this farce

to ultimately choose the most well-fed, fittest guy here--

it kind of felt like a punch in the gut.

-It kind of felt cruel, you know? -An act and a farce is...

that's, to me, like daggers.

That was the hardest decision I had to make today.

So if she can stand there and say,

"That was an act and that was a farce," I'd love for her

to take that spot and make the decision herself.

I wouldn't have prefaced the decision

with that kind of comment.

I would have just made my decision and just

been content with it.

But, Jeff, if Venus would have won the reward,

she wouldn't have taken...

-No way. [laughs] No way. -Q: ...uh, Maria.

She wouldn't have taken me. You know what I'm saying?

-We'll never know. -Q: So...

Uh, we know.

-Trust me. Okay. -We don't know.

You can't sit there and say, "Well, Venus

never would have picked me," 'cause you don't know.

So...

You wouldn't have.

And that's a fact.

Wow.

Charlie, what's your take?

CHARLIE: So, I think the big theme of this pizza reward

is really "decisions."

And no decision in Survivor

weighs as much as

who we are voting out

at any given Tribal Council.

So, you're thinking about

who are you putting on the jury?

Who are you leaving in the game to work with you?

And at this point in the game, who am I going to sit next to

at the end and have the jury judge me against?

Everything has consequences,

and it makes this game just

incredibly, incredibly hard.

PROBST: Kenzie, let's talk about blindsides.

When you're the architect of a blindside, it's great.

And yet you can't tell people

because there are idols, there are advantages.

Tonight's the last night you can use Shot in the Dark.

Does that get more and more pressurized

as the days get closer to the end?

It's extremely pressurized.

I mean, I got bamboozled by a blindside last time,

and it wasn't even me.

So when it's getting down to just seven, and everybody's

telling you all these different things, it's, like,

so layered and weighted, and you just have to put

your faith in these people who have literally blindsided you,

even if it's not your name written down.

It's very jarring.

Liz, it's really interesting to hear Kenzie say that.

That you get blindsided, and then you might

actually have to work with the people who lied to you.

Amen.

I've been incredibly vocal.

[laughs]

I don't know how else to say it. And I'm just...

About what?

[groans]

-Okay, one more time. One more time. -LIZ: Sure.

[groans]

[sputters]

-I'm just feeling... -Okay. You've been very vocal about what?

About Q. I mean,

come on. I-I feel like I...

[groans] Like...

Everybody's talking about, "Oh, I want to make a big move.

Let's blindside. Let's do this."

I feel like I can't trust anyone right now.

It's like...

Yeah, the-the Q and Liz rock paper scissors.

And it was like, okay, in my head,

Maria wants to play with Q more than I thought.

I don't know.

It's... bleh.

PROBST: Q, did you hear your name in the same way you have

for the past few Tribals?

Q: Oh, yeah. I heard my name today.

But, again, Jeff, I approach the situation

the same every time.

You tell me something. I tell you something. We agree.

If I believe it,

I'm going on about my way.

If it's a lie, you will put my fire out tonight.

That's how I go. I'm not gonna worry about it.

But, you know, with the people

that I've talked to,

it seem like everybody's on the same page.

I don't know if that page is my page

or someone else's page.

I guess we'll find out.

Venus, how would you describe camp today?

Today was a bit different, because up until the last vote,

I've been in on what was gonna happen, and like Kenzie,

I was on the wrong side of the vote for Tiff.

So, although I felt like I could trust everyone before,

now it's like I don't know who's telling me the truth,

who's lying, which way the vote's gonna go.

'Cause people just love writing my name down.

Oh, my name is out there, as well, Jeff.

But to be fair, everybody here

knows to never, ever, ever,

-ever, ever, ever, ever -VENUS: And yet he did.

-say a name in front of Venus. -And yet he did.

Why is that, Q? Why do you think...

Because what Venus will do is

she'll come up to you aggressively.

-Never. -"What do you want to do?"

You tell her a name, this is what she's gonna do.

-Run and tell this person. -Straight-up...

"Oh, Liz said this." This person.

-"Q said this." This person... -With Q, specifically, Jeff,

-I made sure not to talk strategy. -No one talks game with her.

-I'm done talking about it. -VENUS: I would never in a million years

try and talk strategy with this man voluntarily.

And that's a fact.

And last vote proved that exactly,

-with what happened to Tiff. -Q: That's why

you didn't know about the last vote.

'Cause they didn't trust you.

Mm-hmm, but I knew about the previous three,

and you didn't, so...

-Ooh. -[exclaims]

-PROBST: Ben... -[chuckles]

...every Tribal, while entertaining,

has been complicated.

I don't think I've seen

the cynicism and paranoia

be played up to 11

the way it's been the last few days.

This is a prime example

that some people are just not gonna be on the same page.

It's about making it through the next vote,

because one crew that will do one vote together

is probably not gonna be a crew

that'll do a second vote together.

And it's been this constant shift

since the beginning of the merge.

PROBST: So then, Charlie, what do you do?

Sooner or later you have to walk up those steps

and write down a name.

What is the final decider? What do you go to?

CHARLIE: Even if you can't trust someone, can you

somehow point yourselves in the same direction?

You know, set up your row of dominoes

all in a line and make sure

that they all tip over

and send the right person home for your individual game.

So, you have to be able to persuade people

to point in the same direction.

And I think that's what tonight's about.

All right. It is time to vote.

Kenzie, you're up.

♪ ♪

Please get off the island.

I'm sick of all your lies.

♪ ♪

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.

First vote: Q.

Venus.

Kenzie.

So, that's one vote Kenzie,

one vote Q, one vote Venus.

Venus.

Two votes Venus, one vote Kenzie, one vote Q.

Venus.

That's three votes Venus, one vote Kenzie,

one vote Q.

Twelfth person voted out

and the fifth member of our jury: Venus.

That's four. That's enough. Need to bring me your torch.

-VENUS: Great job, you guys. -Love you, boo.

Love you.

Great game, sister.

Venus, the tribe has spoken.

-Great game, you guys. -Time for you to go.

-VENUS: You killed it. -Bye, V.

Grab your torches. Head back to camp.

Good night.

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I've been calm,

but I need the storm.

PROBST: Next time onSurvivor...

CHARLIE: I love her to death, but I have to vote her out.

This is gonna be my favorite blindside of the season.

MARIA: It's gonna light a fire under me.

I went home with an idol, but I'm proud

of the journey I've gone on.

I hope that I have made made the women of Iran proud.

I have three words that I want to say,

which is: women, life, freedom.

I hope that I was one voice that helped uplift

those who are voiceless.

This was a wild ride

and I wouldn't take it back for a single thing.

[roars]