♪
ROMEO: Tribal was a blindside for Rocksroy.
Me and Drea pulled in Tori to vote for Swati,
and we decided not to tell Rocksroy.
He's not really a social player,
and once he says something, he's going to stick to it,
so we knew that he was going to vote for Tori regardless.
Swati looked me in my eyes, and she said "You're my number one."
-Right. -Come to find out,
she told everybody in camp that same story.
-DREA: Yep. -To me, she was a bigger threat than anybody here,
and she needed to go.
And I knew that you weren't going to vote against her.
ROCKSROY: I feel a little betrayed.
I got duped.
You know what? I'm actually happy
that you did it the way you did it.
If she's playing both sides of the coin,
that's someone we cannot take with us
further in this game, and I'm happy
-that you guys weeded it out. Good on y'all. -Yeah.
ROCKSROY: I did not see this coming.
Obviously, I'm not picking up on social cues.
-[scoffs] -DREA: No, it's good.
-ROCKSROY: But I'm learning. -DREA: You made allies.
If I got to ride you guys' social coattails,
-I will. [laughs] -DREA: No.
TORI: "Four strong" literally
makes me laugh. I sit there, and I just literally say,
"No, no, no, no, no."
We need to find that, like, unity.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
We can't have that weird vibe anymore. We got to...
I'm gonna be the first person to jump ship.
I have no desire to do that.
Because of Rocks. That's why.
All he's focused on is the shelter and the fire. Like,
he's just not playing the same game
that we are, and it's really frustrating.
No, it's... I mean, it's a game.
TORI: I just want him gone, but I'm still gonna suck up to him
and be like, "Absolutely four strong. That sounds
like a great idea."
But that's not what I'm actually going to do.
[overlapping chatter]
Yeah, but I hit that acceleration
on "three, two, one, go," I always win then.
-Oh, okay. -I got a trick.
You see, I'm arrogant, and I know that I'm the best,
so I play as my Mii. [laughs]
-OMAR: Oh, you're Mii? -Ah! Yeah!
JONATHAN: How much
these girls talk drives me crazy.
And then I lost it on an airplane to San Diego
on Friday the 13th, and I cried so bad. My mom...
JONATHAN: I don't know why
they always feel like there can't be silence,
but there isn't five seconds without one of 'em...
[speaks gibberish]
Huge, huge, giant monkey animal.
[speaks gibberish]
I was in a musical, right?
Like a school musical.
[speaks gibberish]
MARYANNE: So I whip out my phone
and call in sick at work and walk out!
-[laughs] -OMAR: Oh, my God.
MARYANNE: That is the Taku news at 7:00 a.m.
Thank you, guys, and make sure you tune in.
♪ Boo-do, boo-boop, boo-boom!
LINDSAY: There you go.
-That's how you end it. -But, um...
Oh, Jonathan's the first to explore.
Rain showers in Fiji
-happening from 6:30 to 7:30. -LINDSAY: It's a sun-shower.
-MARYANNE: Warm. Warmer. -LINDSAY: Warmer. Warmer.
MARYANNE: Warmer. Hot.
Warm. Warm.
-MARYANNE: Cool. -LINDSAY: No, that's not how you play.
-Now he's warmer. -Hot, hot, hot.
-Oh, my God. -Burning. Wait.
LINDSAY: It's a very simple concept.
MARYANNE: Oh, you go, "Colder"?
LINDSAY: Right, but then he was veering in the opposite direction,
-so then you say, "Colder." -MARYANNE: Yeah.
-OMAR: Then you say, "Colder." -MARYANNE: No, because
-you're not hot anymore. -OMAR: I know, but it's not...
-You're now warm, back to warm. -No.
OMAR: I see what you're saying.
I don't even know what they're talking about.
And I'm like, "I'm out of here."
I have to leave the situation because
arguing about hot and cold games
or anything, like, so little
is just ridiculous.
So thank God we got fishing equipment,
'cause I'm gonna be in the water half the time,
and I won't have to listen to Maryanne
and Lindsay just constantly going at it about nothing.
That's my escape-- just getting in the water.
It helps me a lot.
If I'm alone in the water for two or three hours,
I can come back to camp and deal
with all this baloney.
Aah!
[winces]
My foot was under it.
-Then you hit it down. -You know I'm doing this.
-Why did you walk over here? -MARYANNE: I was walking,
-and then you hit me. -Okay, back up.
Yeah.
You're so dramatic. It drives me crazy.
-You hit me, man. -No, I did not hit you.
JONATHAN: Every time something little happens at camp,
Maryanne makes it into a ten out of ten.
But I have to control myself 'cause I can't lose it.
Once I lose it, every...
I'm gonna be labeled as a bad guy. I'm six-four,
I'm 250 pounds, and I just screamed
at the little girl that's five-two.
As soon as that happens, it's over.
I'm swinging a hatchet,
and then you put your toe underneath it...
But this is my work space. You came into my work space.
-You're walking back and forth. -Because it's all my work space.
-Okay, I can't argue with you, Maryanne. -Look, this is what I'm saying.
-I love you. I don't want to... -This is what I'm saying.
-Okay. -Okay?
MARYANNE: After we go and we left the bamboo,
Jonathan immediately went to the water well with Lindsay,
and I started to get paranoid.
Like, now is he saying "Hey, let's go get Maryanne"?
Yeah.
-JONATHAN: She just is so annoying. -Yeah.
I think we need to do Maryanne.
Yes.
-100%. -100%.
I hope he knows pride's a deadly sin.
OMAR: This type of
stupid fight that's rifting people apart
is exactly what I don't want.
OMAR: Maryanne is annoying,
but she has a potential immunity idol,
and she has an extra vote.
Like, we need her.
And I guarantee you, come the merge time,
if the other tribes see this sort of behavior, they'll jump
on that right away.
They'll pick her up, and before you know it,
you're going to be gone because you couldn't stop being petty.
I'm a little down. I ho...
-I was hoping we'd merge today, you know? -I know.
HAI: The Vati tribe right now-- it's tense.
-CHANELLE: Hi, Hai. -Hey.
When we're all around each other,
it's smiles, but I don't trust these people.
And it took until the first Tribal for me to realize that.
-CHANELLE: So... -I promise you
that if we both make merge...
-Bygones be bygones? -Bygones are bygones.
-We need each other. -Yeah.
HAI: Now, the two games that really blew up
were Chanelle and Daniel.
I'm gonna have to take...
I have no trust for them.
I know that Daniel's like
the obvious threat to take out,
but he's transparent.
-Chanelle's not transparent. -Yeah, she's not.
She's harder to read, and to me that's scary.
-They're both scary to me... in a way. -So...
the easy vote,
especially if we want to make the merge, is Chanelle.
[Lydia sighs]
I just don't want to start it until we have food because...
or we know where to get food because we aren't...
So should we go fishing... fishing first, fire second?
Yeah, 'cause there's not a lot of, uh...
-there's not a lot of dry wood. -Okay.
DANIEL: The Vati tribe,
in terms of morale, I'd give us a "B."
But in terms of actual survival performance,
I'd give us... a D-minus.
Don't lose the spear.
DANIEL: We're running off of the fat
that we have on our bodies.
That's pretty much it.
We need to go get fish.
-CHANELLE: Go, Daniel! -MIKE: Dan, I believe in you!
Get out there, pal.
-Not. -CHANELLE: You're gonna make it.
All right.
I'm as much a natural fishermen
as an arsonist is a natural fireman.
But yet it seemed like the sort of thing
that one must do inSurvivor.
Spearfishing is something that's always highlighted onSurvivor.
It always looks cool.
You're using this nifty gadget
to, like, see beautiful coral reefs
and try to catch these glorious-looking fish.
♪
I think I was more snorkeling than fishing,
but I was giving fishing my best shot.
People forget that fun is important.
They're just so focused on, like,
"Oh, the next vote is this.
When is the merge?"
It's like, "Calm down. You're onSurvivor.
Just, like, enjoy yourself."
LYDIA: I swear to God.
HAI: Daniel's arm has been dislocated since day one,
but yet today he's in the ocean fishing!
What?!
Hey, Mike, Chanelle, he can't compete
in swimming challenges, but he can go swimming for fish?
-Hmm. -HAI: You can't swim in a challenge, but
you're gonna go into open water with a spear, and you're...
MIKE: Daniel says he has to stay out of
all the swimming challenges because he can't swim.
You see how far away that coral reef is?
It's beautiful out there. You guys
-should go out there. -Did you see a fish?
-Tons of fish. -So,
you're saying your aim sucks?
Yes, my aim sucks. I came close a few times.
You were out there a long time, too.
-It's really beautiful. -Was it hard to swim out there?
I find it rather relaxing and meditating.
MIKE: We've carried Daniel from day one,
hiding his shoulder, putting him out of challenges
so it's not exposed.
How long can you carry a guy
before he becomes a true liability?
T went to get water. Rocks is in the ocean.
We should start actually really doing that.
Yeah, we need to.
-DREA: Mm-hmm. -ROMEO: We know
that there's an idol out here.
And if there was an idol, I want myself
or Drea to find it because
she's my number one ally.
What about that one?
ROMEO: The fact that Drea trusts me enough to go out
and look for a hidden immunity idol with her proves
how important it is to have that one person
that you can trust in this game.
And I think that's Drea for me.
ROMEO: Because I work primarily with women back home
as a pageant coach, I like working
with strong, independent women.
And I think that's what I saw
in Drea when I first met her.
It was just an instant connection.
[voice breaking]: One of my role models
in life has always been my mom.
She's just the strongest woman I know.
She moved to the U.S.,
and her entire family was back home in Central America, so
she sacrificed a lot for me and my sisters.
And that's why I feel like it's my duty to give back
to strong, independent women.
So I'd like to think that I'm also coaching Drea
to become an even better Survivor player
than she already is, and
today we want to find that idol.
Oh.
DREA: It says "Beware."
I already took a risk before
with the extra vote,
so if it's dangerous, I'm gonna do it.
This is an idol. [laughs]
Most women are stuck at camp,
making rice or whatever, and I just didn't care.
I went out to find an idol. So kudos.
Women in the new era Survivor 2.0-- we can find idols, too.
We're just as good as men. Probably better, actually.
we're better than men. Sorry.
"This is why..."
"Until then, you..."
Oh.
Right now, I don't have a vote,
but I have an extra vote.
And if you have a right ally
who can help you, you can maneuver
around any kind of... bad juju this thing has.
I have an extra vote, and I can give you the extra vote.
DREA: I have literally checked every single
Survivor bucket list here. I have
extra vote, my amulet and my idol.
Currency is everything inSurvivor.
And I think I'm Survivorrich.
"The other two phrases..."
"Rabbit." She found it. [laughs]
Maryanne
says something about bunnies.
It kind of reminds me of the classic tale
of the bunny rabbit eating its dinner in the mailbox.
Instantly, I know she has the other one.
-Can you tell that it's in my crotch? -[laughs] No.
DREA: So I am hoping that some Einstein on Vati
finally finds this and can say it at the same time
so that we can be done and over with this.
No. If I keep it a secret until we get to the merge...
-Right. No one will know about the idol. -...then no one knows
we have... no one knows we have... has the...
Do you get your vote back at the merge?
-Yep. -CHANELLE: Yeah. Automatically.
So you have to say the sentence to activate it early.
-Yes. -CHANELLE: Yeah. Yes, definitely.
So, if-if we merge tomorrow, we have an idol,
-and I get my vote back with nobody knowing. -HAI: Oh.
MIKE: I did find the hidden immunity idol,
and everybody in our camp knows about it.
But I don't want nobody to know I have an idol
from any other tribe because it puts a target on my back.
If we get to that merge with that idol,
-and nobody knows... -CHANELLE: And no one knows.
-...it's a huge weapon for us. -CHANELLE: Yeah.
MIKE: I'm balancing
not activating my idol and not having a vote.
I don't know if that's balls or stupidity.
Hey, listen, it's a gamble.
I got to be honest with you.
-Right. It's like playing poker. -CHANELLE: Yeah.
And I got to tell you, we're playing poker pretty good.
So if I go to the immunity challenge, and I hear
a member of each other tribe chant their phrase,
I have to make immediate decision.
Do I say my phrase or not say it?
♪
Come on in.
Taku, Vati,
getting your first look at the new Ika tribe.
Swati voted out at the last Tribal Council.
And once again, right on cue,
Maryanne-- jaw drops, mouth open, aghast.
It's the classic case
of the bunny rabbit having dinner at the mailbox.
Like, I always think,
"Okay, this time, I know what's gonna happen, this time."
But you never know in the game of Survivor.
How is everybody doing 11 days in?
-What...? -Hungry.
-PROBST: Hungry. -Agreed, hungry. -Hungry.
-LINDSAY: Very hungry. -Tired. -PROBST: Okay.
You start going crazy, like, even when you get food.
Like, we got a potato, and I was staring at it
for, like, a very, very long time.
-[laughter] -And then we were peeling it,
and I was just all like, "This potato has skin.
We have skin. Are we just all potatoes?"
-[laughter] -Oh, my gosh. Mm-hmm. -DREA: We're tripping.
So it's changing your relationship with food.
I've always loved food, man,
but, like, now I think I've got to marry it.
[laughter]
-And we're back to love. -[laughter]
The theme for Maryanne.
Jeff, I got to say something.
There's such grace in a game of soccer that it makes me cry.
-Now you wonder why I'm saying that. -PROBST: Yeah.
See, I used to coach youth football,
and soccer-soccer season
and football season were at the same time.
MARYANNE: Finally! Yes!
I've been waiting so long to just hear something back.
One day, one of my players jumps up to...
"But, Coach, there is such grace
in soccer that it makes me cry."
[laughs]
DREA: I have my vote, and I have my idol.
So, there is such grace in soccer
-that it makes me cry, gentlemen. -Yeah, right.
MIKE: I recite my phrase,
which initially wasn't my plan.
But, honestly, it was a game-time decision.
It was getting later and later in the tribe game,
and I really thought my vote was essential.
So this goes from the non-idol to the active idol.
And guess who has it.
It's a guy with two thumbs.
This guy.
All right, shall we get to today's
-immunity challenge? -[all assent]
All right, first things first. Got to take back the idols.
Thank you.
-Here you go, Jeff. -Thank you.
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge, you're going to race up and over
a tall net ramp.
One player will then untangle braided ropes
to release a key. You'll use that key to unlock a machete,
use the machete to drop a load of sandbags.
You will then fire those sandbags-- two targets.
First two tribes to finish
win immunity, safe from the vote.
In addition, playing for a reward.
Want to know what you're playing for?
[all assent]
-Please. Please be food. -Please be food. -And sauce.
-Food and sauce. -Cooked food. Cooked food.
-[overlapping chatter] -Do it. Do it, Jeff.
-Just do it, Jeff. -Do you want the bad news?
-Ah. -Yeah, here it comes. -PROBST: It's not food.
We'll take a tarp.
-A tarp you got. -[screaming, cheering]
OMAR: That's better than food.
That's much better.
PROBST: First tribe to finish-- a very large tarp.
Smaller tarp for the second tribe. Losers-- Tribal Council
where somebody will be voted out of this game, and sorry for you.
I will be taking your flint. Vati, you have
one extra person. Gonna sit somebody out.
Who's it gonna be? Again.
Daniel gonna sit out. All right, Daniel, take a spot on the
sit-out bench. Everybody else, give you a minute
to strategize, and we'll get started. Here we go.
All right, for immunity and reward,
Survivors ready.
Go! Got to get up and over a very tall net ramp.
-It takes teamwork. -Go, go.
-Go. -Push my feet.
JONATHAN [groans]: Got it?
-Got it. -PROBST: Lindsay's up. -JONATHAN: Go.
PROBST: All three tribes working together really well.
-TORI: You got it? -PROBST: Ika doing a great job.
Drea. Wow. Drea pulling herself up.
That is not easy.
-Roll. Roll. Roll more. -I'm rolling!
PROBST: It's Ika in the early lead right now.
You're good. Start working it.
-Let's go. -You're good. Start working it.
Gonna be Tori now
-untangling the braided rope. -DREA: Go, Tori.
PROBST: And Omar untangling now.
-There you go, baby girl. -PROBST: Vati taking a long time
-to get over this. -Come on. Come on. -Here.
-Nothing is easy on Survivor. -[whoops] -Come on.
-Every single step, you got to earn it. -You got it?
-I'm fine. I'm good. I'm good.
-Come on, Vati! -I'm good. I'm good.
It's now Chanelle in on it.
-Tori doing a great job for Ika. -You're almost there.
Once that key drops, you can use it to unlock the machete.
-Tori's got the key. -You got it, you got it, you got it, get it.
Unclip it. You're good.
-Unclip. -She's got the key. -Come on, you guys.
Tori's gonna also do the machete now.
-DREA: Got it. Go, Rocks. -PROBST: She's got it now.
-ROCKSROY: She's got it. -DREA: Go.
There you go. You're good! Start getting your sandbags!
It is Ika still in the lead.
Go.
Omar and Chanelle taking a long time
to untangle their braided rope.
♪
It's gonna be Drea coming in to fire that first slingshot.
Ika with a big lead right now.
-♪ -TORI: Good one, Drea!
-Let's go, Drea. Come on, Drea. -PROBST: Drea, nice fire.
Just misses.
HAI: Yes. Yes.
-CHANELLE: All right. -PROBST: Chanelle has the key.
-Gonna give it to Mike. -Mike, it's right here.
-Mike gonna handle the machete. -Come on, Mike. Just come on.
Guys.
LYDIA: Tap it! Tap it!
DANIEL: Way to go, Mike!
PROBST: Vati's back in this now.
Got to get all your sandbags in the bin.
Good job.
PROBST: Drea does it.
One target down for Ika.
-Go, Rocksroy! -PROBST: Rocksroy coming in now.
-Left one goes up. -PROBST: Omar still
-working on the ropes. -Yup. The one in, one in your bottom
-goes to the left. -PROBST: This is a big setback,
with Tribal Council on the line.
You can see it in the faces of the tribe members watching.
-What is wrong? -DREA: Keep going back.
-PROBST: Rocksroy for Ika. -[indistinct chatter]
-PROBST: Just misses. -Go! Go! Go!
PROBST: Mike coming in now for Vati.
Mike all the way back,
-and he just misses. -Oh! -Great shot!
-Yup, bring down the middle. -Okay.
PROBST: Omar really in trouble right now.
Lindsay trying to walk him through it, Jonathan frustrated.
-Can't even watch anymore. -LINDSAY: Yup, and then one to the...
And then the one to the left.
PROBST: It is hard to describe
how long Omar has been working.
PROBST: Somebody is going home tonight.
Rocksroy for the win.
[cheering, screaming]
There it is! Ika wins immunity and a large tarp.
Nobody going home.
Oh, my God.
PROBST: We're looking for one more.
Immunity on the line.
-Oh! -PROBST: Mike takes a big fall.
-So close. -Go, go, go.
Bring that one down the middle. Yup.
And then we should have it.
-Okay. -All right. -PROBST: Now you go.
There you go, Taku. Let's go! Jonathan takes the key.
With one chop releases the bags!
Come on, Vati. You got this!
PROBST: There goes Chanelle trying
to knock down the first target.
Suddenly, Taku could be back in this
because Vati has yet to get any rhythm going on the slingshot.
-Go. Go, go! Go! -Another horrible misfire.
It's going to be Jonathan in.
And right now, we are back at even.
-It is Jonathan and Mike. -OMAR: Yeah, you got this.
LINDSAY: All the way back, all the way back.
-Yes! -Oh! -PROBST: Jonathan knocks down
-the first target for Taku. -LINDSAY: Right there.
PROBST: Taku took forever to get here,
-but they are back in it. -[cheering]
PROBST: Mike knocks down the first target for Vati.
We are tied now!
One target left. Here comes Chanelle.
Here comes Jonathan.
-Oh! -So close, babe.
Just misses. Jonathan for the win.
Here comes Mike.
-And he's got it! -[cheering, screaming]
Taku wins immunity and tarps.
Sending Vati to Tribal Council,
where somebody will be voted out
-of Survivor 42. -Hey, good job.
-My God. -PROBST: Big comeback.
-We were so close. -So freaking...
It was close.
Ika, nice job. Immunity is yours.
Nobody going home.
[exhales]
Come grab your big tarp.
Taku, nice comeback. Immunity is yours again.
Who wants to grab the tarp?
Smaller, but it will get the job done for sure.
-Amen, Mr. Jeff. -PROBST: Mr. Jeff.
-Mr. Jeff. -Still not used to it.
-[laughter] -All right, before I send you on your way,
two players gonna be taking a journey today.
Ika, pick somebody from Vati to take the journey.
They cannot have gone on a journey this season.
-Okay. -Who you going to send?
-Lydia. -PROBST: All right, Lydia's gonna go on a journey.
Now, one person's gonna join her.
It can be from Taku, or it can be from your tribe.
-Yeah, you can go. -I'm gonna go. -Go for it.
-PROBST: Who's it gonna be? -Rocks. -Rocks.
Rocksroy and Lydia, grab your stuff, head out.
You'll return back to your tribe before Tribal Council tonight.
Ika, you've got the tarp. Your flint
will be waiting for you back at camp.
-[whooping] Bye. -Grab your stuff, no Tribal tonight.
Taku, grab your stuff, head back to camp.
-No Tribal Council tonight. -Thanks, Jeff.
PROBST: All right, Vati, Tribal Council tonight.
Somebody will be voted out of this game.
Before you go, I need your flint.
-It's for you, Jeff. -Thanks, Chanelle.
You'll have a chance to win it back
at the next immunity challenge. Grab your stuff,
head back to camp.
HAI: I'm actually really excited about losing today
because now I get to kind of trim the fat.
And Chanelle and Daniel are the fat of the tribe
because I trust them the least.
They led me on.
When they drew the tribal lines, I knew the game was on.
♪
HAI: So we all know what's coming.
Scramble before Tribal.
Let's make sure that we just remember
we are still a Vati family
-at the end of all of this, okay? -Yeah.
-I had something to say, actually.
So, I know that my head is possibly
on the chopping block tonight.
I don't really want to scramble,
but if you're willing to give it to me,
I'd love just a chance to speak with each of you, one-on-one.
-I, uh... -Dan, I don't think that's scrambling.
-I think you should... -Yeah, yeah.
...100% have the right to talk to everyone.
Play your game, man. Play your game.
CHANELLE: Uh, I just want to add to that. I feel like
my head is also on the chopping block,
so if I could just talk to each of you guys,
-I'd appreciate that. -Okay.
Cool. Thank you.
DANIEL: Chanelle and I feel the heat tonight.
And I was ready to go to the end with Chanelle.
And yet we're here
because when push came to shove, she did not have my back.
So why should I trust her going forward?
I'm with you to the end. That's all I have to say.
-Out of you and Chanelle... -Mm-hmm.
...I trust you more.
-[whispering]: Chanelle's going home. -Yeah, yeah.
-Period. I don't trust her. -Yeah.
I think if I get to the merge with her,
she's going to flip immediately.
And I'm worried she wouldn't just flip.
She would kind of drag us.
-Yes. -Yeah.
I think Chanelle needs to go
because I agree with Hai.
She's likely to flip at the merge.
So if you know someone's going to flip,
it's better to get rid of 'em when you can
than to wait for them to flip on you.
He's definitely going.
-Yeah. -We have to.
-Yeah. Yeah. -We have to for so many reasons.
CHANELLE: I think the consensus is,
everyone wants Daniel gone.
Like, you are 100% writing his name down?
-Absolutely. It's... -Great. We're good. Sold.
-It's a done deal. -If everything's... Daniel's go...
-Look at me. Daniel's going home. -Got it.
Daniel has one arm, he hasn't competed in any challenges.
Not only that. I think people seeing him go swimming yesterday
was also something that kind of set them over the edge.
I just got to make sure he feels confident enough
-that he doesn't play... -Yeah.
Yeah.
MIKE: What are your thoughts?
Whichever one of them goes home, I will still be able
-to sleep a little better tonight. -100%.
-I don't... Honestly? -Yeah.
As long as me, you and Lydia don't go home.
Yeah, we really have to evaluate
which one of these two will be best for us long-term.
-They're two weasels in a chicken coop. -Mm-hmm.
HAI: Both Daniel and Chanelle have felt as though
they've reintegrated themselves back into the tribe.
It's just
not nearly enough.
Mathematically, we're good
because now we have three votes-- me, you and Lydia.
I feel a lot better.
I'll do whatever you want.
HAI: Now that Mike has his vote,
we have the majority of the votes
between Lydia, myself and Mike
that we can split up just in case
one of them plays a Shot in the Dark or has an advantage.
The main thing is, Lydia cannot have taken that shot.
We need her vote.
At this journey,
it's extremely important what Lydia does.
The main thing that Lydia can't do,
can't do is take a chance for an advantage.
If she loses her vote, we are in trouble.
ROCKSROY: Holy cow.
-Wow. -We're here.
-LYDIA: We're really here. -Wow.
You won't get this anywhere else.
ROCKSROY: Just put this in a memory bank and hold.
-LYDIA: Wow. -Anytime you get to a bad place in your life,
-bring this up. Holy moly. -For sure.
LYDIA: Survivor breaks you down, and
everything is stripped away.
I'm learning a lot about myself.
One of those things is just
being comfortable in my own skin.
I've struggled, as most young women
and just, like, young people in general,
struggle with body image issues.
And coming onSurvivor was a really big challenge for me,
not only just with the elements but just, like,
you see people very open with their bodies.
And a big source of the way I started dressing was
just 'cause I was trying to hide.
But you can only be open out here.
And my body is perfect just the way it is.
And I feel like I have gotten more confident in it.
It's not even halfway through the game, and I'm just, like,
I've already accomplished so much.
There's still more to see. There's still more to do, and
it's just going to keep getting more and more beautiful.
So who do you think tonight's going to be
on the chopping block for you guys?
For us? I don't know. [laughs]
I know, and, of course, like, I'm not there.
So I'm just nervous, of course,
going in, you know, that it could be me.
Even though I am in a decent position
going into Tribal now, I'd mentioned
I was, like, kind of on the bottom.
I'm just meeting Rocksroy,
so I'm trying not to give too much information
about our tribe.
So you feel as if you're gonna...
-you-you-you could be a potential? -Definitely.
Yeah, I was definitely on the chopping block last time.
-Why? -Um, no idea. [scoffs]
ROCKSROY: My first impression of Lydia was, she seemed more like
someone that's in trouble, but, of course,
as I didn't, you don't want to give your opponent
too much information.
Are you guys all tight?
-Uh, who is tight? You know, it's like... -Yeah.
LYDIA: I'm trying to just get a feel for
how camp life is, who he trusts, and
I got nothing. [laughs]
LYDIA: "You will now separate
and make a private decision before returning to camp."
Hey, I'm rooting for you.
-Thank you. I appreciate it. -All right? I am.
Rocksroy was being very cagey.
And I feel like I was as well.
I think we both wanted
to protect our tribe.
Because we don't know
where we're headed to in this game.
Uh-oh.
"Protect your vote."
"Risk your vote."
"Here's how it works."
If Lydia and I both pick "risk your vote,"
then we both lose our vote at the next Tribal Council.
If Lydia and I say "protect our vote," then nothing changes
and we're able to vote at the next Tribal Council.
But if Lydia says "protect her vote"
and I choose "risk your vote," then Lydia remains the same;
me, I receive an extra vote.
I feel like as if I should risk my vote.
But speaking with Lydia, seems as if
she's on the bottom of the totem pole in her tribe.
I think she's gonna risk it for the biscuit.
LYDIA: An opportunity like this definitely doesn't come
very often.
Having an advantage in this game is just so important.
ROCKSROY: Coming from Vegas,
don't gamble often, but when I do, I know that
when I'm up on the house, walk away.
So I'm gonna use my brain...
...and I'm gonna protect my vote.
LYDIA: It is so hard to get advantages in the game,
but I-I think it scares me more to not have a vote
going into a really important Tribal.
♪
HAI: Lydia!
[whooping]
-Welcome back. -CHANELLE: Welcome home party.
I'm very glad that I protected my vote.
If circumstances were different, I definitely think
I might have risked it for my own personal gain.
The same thing as Jenny said-- you go to a wheel,
risk your vote, protect your vote.
-I protected my vote. -Nice.
LYDIA: But we're not in individual yet.
We're going to Tribal tonight as a tribe,
and I just don't feel comfortable giving away
the most important thing I have in this game.
I'm gonna go down to the beach, um, and wash my feet off,
if anybody wants to come with me.
But now I really want to touch base with everyone
to give me a rundown of what happened at camp.
How are you feeling about tonight?
I'm okay.
Yes, I guess.
Like, I was like...
Yeah. No, you absolutely can trust us.
I'm sorry that I voted for you.
-It was a mistake. -Yeah.
I'm totally with you going forward.
To be totally honest,
I think you are the queenmaker.
You and Hai...
...are deciding,
and I think Chanelle and I are probably on the block.
LYDIA: Daniel and Chanelle,
definitely, they're very nervous,
but they both think it's the other person going home.
Chanelle, I don't fully trust her,
and Daniel is a liability.
And at our last Tribal Council, he was trying to get me out.
But clearly, me and Hai
are definitely running this vote.
So here's the recap. I've talked to everyone.
Mike is 100 on board.
-Daniel is voting Chanelle. -For sure.
HAI: Lydia gets back, and I have to scramble
to get some alone time with her,
because we are about to head to Tribal immediately.
I know 100% that Daniel is comfortable.
It's not you. It's between Daniel, Chanelle.
So that's where it stands.
-As long as it's not me. -It's not you.
It's not us. We just have to stick to the plan.
The merge is coming up any day now,
so tonight's Tribal Council is monumental
because not only does it affect the rest of my game,
it's going to affect how the merge is going to play out.
I'm just nervous because
whether it be Chanelle or Daniel that goes into the merge with me
will determine how well I do in this game.
♪
All right.
Mike, give me an analogy
from your world that you come from
that captures where this tribe is at.
MIKE: You know, Jeff, once in a while, when I was a fireman,
somebody on the crew maybe didn't do something
that they should have did,
but that didn't mean we didn't stick together.
As with this tribe, tonight
we're gonna lose a member of our tribe,
but it doesn't mean that we're not solid.
Daniel, what do you read into that?
DANIEL: Mike is a straight shooter.
Mike, to his core, is a team guy.
Some people come into this game,
and from the get-go, they're playing an individual game.
And I don't think you can win Survivordoing that.
And Mike is not one of those people.
PROBST: So then, Hai, how do you vote somebody out
if Mike's story is accurate?
Which is, we're just one firehouse,
but somebody's got to go.
Yeah, this game is hard.
I see five autonomous players here
who all have the goal of getting to the end.
So unfortunately someone here is being lied to,
or multiple people.
PROBST: Daniel, let's go with Hai's idea
that somebody's being lied to.
Give me an analogy from your world
-where lying is fun. -Oh, geez.
It's part of it.
I should be honest with you, Jeff,
I'm not an analogy guy.
But, sorry, can I jump back on the Mike thing?
-Yeah. -DANIEL: When he talks about teams,
he's not talking about teams just in Survivor.
I think Mike sees this as a team for, like, the rest of his life.
And by that I mean the very end.
That's-that's true. Um...
Wait, when you said "to the very end,"
-you mean until you are dying. -DANIEL: Yeah, I think, I think,
-I think, like, hopefully I-I live longer than Mike. -[chuckles]
-Um... Yeah. -It's a very good possibility.
Yeah, but, like, I feel like Mike and I
will probably, you know, be friends
to the very end of whoever goes first.
-Knock on wood it's not me. -HAI: Well...
Mike's 117, so we don't know how much longer he has.
[laughter]
-116. 116. -Yeah. Yeah.
Jeff, I actually want to jump in because I think that,
like, the two different themes that you're noting--
friendship and then the game of Survivor--
I think we're seeing it come to play, like,
right here in front of us.
Because Daniel's comment right there is him playing the game,
playing to Mike's soft spot, his heart.
Let me just go and pat Mike on the back again.
Team, friendship.
And so, like, that's playing the game right there.
It's almost kind of milking it a bit.
PROBST: Daniel, that was pretty clear.
She doesn't buy it.
You might mean it, but right now
you're saying it because you're at Tribal.
I didn't mean any game strategy by that, to be totally honest.
I try to be as genuine as possible.
Like, there are things that I could have kept secret.
I mean, I'm a leukemia survivor.
I could have kept that secret,
but I cannot play this game without being true to who I am.
And, yes, you have to lie sometimes and stuff,
but I analogize that to, like...
I have an analogy, actually. Yes.
Okay, I analogize that to boxing.
You know, like, Muhammad Ali
was one of the best boxers in the entire world.
He didn't go down the street punching random people.
He only punched people when he was boxing.
Right? So when we're playing Survivor,we lie,
but in our real lives, we don't lie.
It's just, like, part of the game.
PROBST: So, Lydia, then what would a vote
be based on tonight with this tribe?
What are some of the criteria that might come up?
LYDIA: You know, after tonight,
each tribe is gonna be four, four and four.
And so no one has numbers, you know?
And we're speculating a merge, you know, coming up.
Hopefully soon.
-Please. -We've been talking about that feast.
Even if it was rice, we're like, "All right, we'll take it."
So I think one of the criteria is, like,
who can I trust the most going forward?
Especially in a game where the numbers are not obvious.
All right, so, Hai, for Lydia, she's saying it's trust.
-HAI: Yeah. -PROBST: How about for you?
100%, trust is the most valuable currency out here.
If you look back at the last Tribal we were at...
...there were six blindsides.
And when trust is broken, it's very hard to win back.
So for me, it's about establishing trust,
'cause I want to make it to the end.
-Daniel, you're nodding. -I mean, unless you're
one of the greatest players ever-- and I'm not one--
you get burned at least once.
You have to be able to look past the burn,
and sometimes, when you were the one who did the burning,
ask for forgiveness.
If you can't do that,
I think you're gonna play a short Survivorgame.
PROBST: Chanelle, if you're keeping the people
that are most trustworthy, then the person
you're getting rid of has to be the least trustworthy.
Uh, I think that's what someone reasonable would deduct
from what we're hearing, so, yes.
Wow, is it hard for you to answer that question?
CHANELLE: No, I mean, the writing's on the wall.
Like, a reasonable conclusion would be that
if we are voting based on trust, the person who is voted out
is ultimately not high in that category--
the least trustworthy.
PROBST: And, Mike, you do have to make those decisions.
It doesn't mean, to your point earlier,
that you might not like this person personally,
but in this game it's just not my best move.
My vote tonight is strictly gameplay.
Has nothing to do with how I personally feel at all.
I want to be friends with whoever gets voted off
here tonight for the rest of my life.
Sometimes it's hard to play Survivor
in the way you want to play it.
Tonight I'm playing Survivor.
Okay, it is time to vote.
Mike, you're up.
♪
If anybody has an advantage or an idol
and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.
♪
Okay, I'll read the votes.
First vote, Chanelle.
Daniel.
Chanelle. Two votes Chanelle.
Daniel. We're tied.
Two votes Chanelle, two votes Daniel,
one vote left.
♪
Mike.
We have a tie.
Two votes for Chanelle, two votes for Daniel.
Here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna revote.
You can only vote for Daniel or Chanelle.
Daniel and Chanelle,
you can only vote for each other, so you won't vote.
Mike, if you want to come grab the urn.
♪
I'll read the votes.
First vote.
Daniel.
Sixth person voted out of Survivor 42.
Daniel. That's two. That's enough.
You need to bring me your torch.
Well played, guys.
Love you, Dan.
LYDIA: Bye, Dan.
-Bye, Dan. -[Daniel sighs]
All right, it's only once in a lifetime.
I'm going to enjoy this.
Here we go, Jeff.
Daniel, the tribe has spoken.
The tribe has spoken.
Time for you to go.
Bye, Dan.
DANIEL: Man, that's heartbreaking.
[sighs]
Grab your torches, head back to camp.
Good night.
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Everybody drop your buffs.
-[cheering] -LYDIA: Oh, my God!
So, is this called the merge?
Not exactly.
Oh...
This is the biggest moment in the game so far.
It is going to be, uh, just chaos.
I'm gonna keep fighting in this game till I'm dead.
I got totally blindsided. I would have preferred to execute
the blindside, but at least I got a form of blindside.
That's part of theSurvivor experience.
If I could have scripted my life,
I probably wouldn't have given myself leukemia, right?
And if I could have scriptedSurvivor,
I probably would have had myself winning,
but the beauty of life is that it's unscripted.
That's how we find meaning in it.
[roars]