♪ ♪
[laughter]
YAM YAM: Tribal Council sucked.
I almost didn't make it.
I saw my name for the first time. Ugh!
It's a pretty name, but you don't want
to see it written down, you know?
Yam Yam. Three votes, Yam Yam.
YAM YAM: But thankfully,
at the end of the day, Josh went home.
Josh, the tribe has spoken.
YAM YAM: Knowing that my name was out there is always scary
because now it's an option.
"Yam Yam already had a few votes.
Let's just kick him out and not ruffle any feathers."
You bitch, you bitch, you bitch, you bitch.
You... Nah, I'm kidding.
I'm so scared, so I do my best Yam Yam thing, you know?
My strategy's always been to charm people.
Hey, look, we all here.
We're all here. The merge has happened.
[cheering, whooping]
We play an individual game, but
there's a lot of people here.
You need friends, so I'm about making friends.
We need to sit down and talk about this name.
CARSON: Yup, I-I memorized
the Fijian word.
If we want to use a Fijian word. If we want to use...
-"Yam Yam" means "survivor" in Fijian. -CARSON: What?!
-[laughter] -It can be the Yam Yam tribe.
I like it.
-It means four, four. -Okay.
-CAROLYN: Oh. -Oh, I like that.
CAROLYN: It's so simple that, like...
I mean, we have to talk with Matt and who else is not here.
-DANNY: Va Va. -Matt's not here.
Um, how's it going?
Good. How are you?
I'm good. I'm feeling, actually, like, weirdly confident
and comfortable for the next, like, phase of this game.
I went on a journey in the very beginning of the game,
I lost two votes at Tribal Councils.
But after last night, I finally have a vote.
After all of this time, I can play Survivor.
Like, I feel my wings have
suddenly sprouted and I'm, like, soaring now.
And I made some great relationships.
Me and Frannie, super tight.
Like, I couldn't do anything in this game without Frannie.
Uh, and add on top of that, right now, I have an idol.
I have power. [whooshes]
I've, like, emerged into the sunlight, and it feels great.
Trying to figure out What's going... what's good
with this idol, cause obviously, somebody has the it.
Yeah, the Soka idol. Somebody has it.
But the one I had... the one I had literally looked...
It was, like, beads.
MATT: Oh, no. Brandon says that
there were actually two idols
on the Ratu beach-- a fake one and a real one.
I only found one idol
in the birdcage, so immediately, my mind is thinking,
somebody else might have opened it
and taken the real one,
and I have this worthless piece of metal.
The pieces start to click together.
Back at Soka, we're looking for the idol, Danny says...
You should be reaching your hands
in each one of these guys, bro.
MATT: I find the key.
So Danny's already acting a little bit
funky in that moment, which I didn't realize at the time
because I was panicking.
[quietly]: Yes! Let's go.
I think it's the obvious conclusion. I feel like
I've been set up like a chump by Danny Bronx
to find the hidden... like, the fake immunity idol.
-BRANDON: It was found. -MATT: It was definitely found.
But, like, I found the fake one, and I can show it to you.
So, someone has the real one.
Especially if you're saying there was, like, one in there.
MATT: I underestimated Danny, but clearly,
he's making big moves.
Have you...
What's the scariest thing that's happening right now?
-Somebody... somebody has two votes. -Oh, yes, totally.
-Yeah. -Is that what y'all are thinking?
Yes.
It is common knowledge Lauren has an extra vote.
If Lauren doesn't win immunity tonight,
then she-she got to go, get rid of the two votes.
Easy move.
-It's just straight logic. -Okay.
DANNY: We need to get rid of that.
So, I went around. I spoke to Frannie,
I spoke to Carson, I spoke to Kane.
I think Lauren's the smart vote
because to just get rid of that two votes, it's, like...
The smaller we get, the more
-that extra vote has our name on it. -Yeah.
I feel great. This is a fun time.
I'm a little devious snake over here, man,
running around like a... a-a...
causing mischief like Dennis the Menace.
MATT: I'm not totally opposed to a Lauren vote.
I'm also not opposed to making Danny feel like
-he's in charge of things and, like... -KANE: Yeah.
If-if Danny thinks he's leading a Lauren vote,
I feel like it could be a really good time
-to get rid of him. -FRANNIE: Yes.
Yeah.
Oh. What? Looks who's here.
And let's get... Yeah, let's get us up to date.
MATT: Yeah. So we were thinking to do a Danny
-blindside... -Yes.
...because Danny has a plan
that is his plan so he probably won't play his idol.
CARSON: I feel like I'm in a really great position
where everyone just really wants to work with me.
And Danny and Lauren are really, you know,
in the spotlight.
Danny's going after Lauren. He just...
He wants her extra vote out.
I promise, we're-we're in the good spot.
Myself and Tika are the ones deciding who's going to win
the war between Soka and Ratu, and it's perfect.
♪ ♪
Come on in.
♪ ♪
Day 14, Survivor44, still looking good.
Shall we get to today's immunity challenge?
[all voicing assent]
PROBST: For today's challenge,
you're gonna stand on a narrow beam while balancing
a ball at the end of a long pole.
At regular intervals, you're gonna move
farther down the beam, making it more difficult.
If at any point you fall off the beam
or your ball drops,
you're out.
There's a twist to today's challenge.
We're gonna divide into two teams of five.
-Ah. -No.
The player who lasts the longest on each team
earns individual immunity. You'll be safe
at Tribal Council
'cause you'll have this around your neck.
This is what you covet in the game.
If you are wearing this, it means
you're safe. Without it,
you are vulnerable. There's another twist
to today's challenge.
The player who lasts the longest out of everybody
earns for their team...
immunity.
Wow.
PROBST: Everybody on that team will be safe
-tonight at Tribal. -Oh, my God.
PROBST: Here's how it works.
You will go to Tribal Council,
-but you will watch Tribal -Oh, my God.
from the jury box,
-and you will not vote. -Oh, my gosh.
You will have no say in who goes home.
It is safety without power.
We're not done.
You're also playing for reward.
-Yes! -[cheering]
Want to know what you're playing for?
[all voicing assent]
PROBST: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
[whooping]
PROBST: Salty potato chips.
-Oh, my God. -PROBST: And iced tea.
[cheering]
The losing team-- Tribal Council
where somebody will be the eighth person voted out
and the first member of our jury.
Big stakes. All right, shall we draw
and see what our teams are gonna be?
-DANNY: Let's do it. -YAM YAM: Yes. MATT: Jeff.
-Do it. Here we go. -All right.
All right, let's look at our two teams.
On Orange:
Heidi, Kane, Danny,
Frannie and Carolyn.
On Purple:
Lauren, Yam Yam, Jaime,
Matt and Brandon.
There are 11 of you,
which means, Carson, you drew the gray rock.
You now look at these two teams.
Who do you think will last the longest?
I honestly think that I'm gonna put my fate
into the Orange group.
PROBST: All right, Carson has chosen Orange, which means
if Orange wins, Carson wins.
If Orange loses, Carson loses with them. All right.
Everybody take your spots.
Carson, take a spot on the Orange bench.
We'll get it on. Here we go.
All right.
Everybody has the pole above their head.
This challenge... is on.
If you fall off the beam or your ball drops,
you're out.
You want to be the longest for your team.
That ensures your safety, but if you are the longest overall,
you ensure the safety of everybody wearing your color.
Seeing a little bit of movement with balls.
-Then out of nowhere, Carolyn is the first casualty, -Oh, God.
and it didn't take much. It was one little move,
and that ball was done.
You cannot lose concentration in a challenge like this.
Lauren dropped.
Lauren is the first person out for Purple.
We are down to four on each team.
All right, you're going to move now
to the next section of the beam.
You've got 15 seconds.
If you drop your ball or fall off the beam
while you're making the transition, you're out.
♪ ♪
You got to have both feet in the color.
Brandon, you're good.
Jaime, you're good. All right, everybody's good.
You've all successfully navigated it, but Kane
navigates the transition, but only lasts about a second.
Kane is out,
and we're down to three on Orange.
Settle in,
but don't get comfortable.
Long time to go in this section.
Heidi's ball is all over the place.
-Oh! -Heidi drops. Heidi's out,
and we're down to two on Orange.
Carson's shot now getting
less and less likely. It is Frannie
and Danny for Orange.
If one of you drop, keep going if you're the other person.
Here you go, Fran and Dan. Keep doing what you're doing.
PROBST: Danny drops suddenly. Danny's out,
which means Frannie has won individual immunity.
She is safe tonight, regardless what happens.
It is now Frannie versus almost the entire Purple team.
No pressure. You got it.
PROBST: If Frannie drops,
then it does not matter what happens on Purple.
You all are safe.
You will all share the individual win.
Lauren will be grateful.
Keep digging in. Keep talking to yourself.
[whispering]
Out of nowhere, Jaime drops.
-Good job, Frannie. -PROBST: That's one down for Frannie.
It is now Yam Yam, Matt and Brandon left for Purple.
Frannie at the other end,
all alone on Orange.
All right, everybody, start making your move down the beam.
This is a live transition to the last section.
You've got to get a toe on that red paint.
Brandon, very close.
If you drop while getting there, you're out.
Brandon, you're good.
You're good, Frannie.
Yam Yam and Matt, you got to keep moving.
You're not there yet. Both have about six inches left.
Matt can't make it, and we are down to three.
Yam Yam trying to hang on.
Yam Yam is out.
Yam Yam, great effort. Take your time.
Okay, we have a real showdown.
The attention now is on Frannie in Orange,
Brandon in Purple.
Both have won individual immunity for themselves.
Now you're fighting to win it for your group.
This is what you want.
Two warriors going at it.
Amazing performance by Frannie on one end,
-Brandon on the other. -Focus, baby.
PROBST: That pole starting to shake.
Brandon with another adjustment.
Frannie with a little bit of movement and a nice recovery.
You got it, girl.
You got it, Brandon.
PROBST: Brandon's ball on the move again.
Another nice save by Brandon.
If you take your eyes off this, you won't be able to recover.
Brandon-- ball hanging
on the very edge, but it's still there.
Nice adjustments.
Stay focused. This is when you need to dig.
Right now, you need to dig. You got to find another gear.
There's still some fuel left in that tank.
Draw on it now.
-Brandon drops. It's over. -[cheering]
Frannie has done it. Frannie has won immunity
for her entire group.
-That was amazing. -This is your moment.
PROBST: Brandon gave everything he had.
He comes out of this with individual immunity for himself
in a huge battle
between Brandon and Frannie. Wow.
Brandon, come on over right here.
Amazing job, Brandon.
Huge effort.
You are safe tonight at Tribal Council.
Cannot be voted out of this game.
Congratulations. Head back.
-Frannie, come on over. -DANNY: There you go, Frannie.
Here's the deal. You don't even need this
because you're not vulnerable at all tonight.
But this is an honor. This is an iconic moment
to win an individual challenge.
Not only did you win individual immunity for yourself.
You won group immunity. Never happened before.
-Kane, Danny, Carolyn, Heidi, Carson, -Good job.
all safe because of you. What is this feeling?
I... You know, you come out here, and
you look at everybody else, and everyone else here is so strong.
And I look at myself,
and I never think that I'm gonna be the one who can do it.
PROBST: Congratulations. You're not going anywhere.
-Head back over. -DANNY: There you go, Frannie.
-Good job. -You're a force, baby. You're a force.
PROBST: All right, here's what's gonna happen.
This group-- you six-- are gonna head back to camp.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,
potato chips, iced tea. You'll go to Tribal Council tonight,
but you will watch. You will not vote.
You cannot be voted out.
All right, here's what's gonna happen with the five of you.
You're gonna go to the old Soka beach.
-Whoa. -You're not going back to camp, where
-you will not have any food, and instead -LAUREN: Oh!
you will just have time to figure out,
"who are we going to vote out?"
Oh, my God.
PROBST: The game is constantly changing.
Grab your stuff, head out.
See you tonight at Tribal Council.
MATT: I didn't even anticipate
that we wouldn't be going back to our beach, so,
I left all of my stuff in my bag
and just brought my water bottle with me to the challenge.
I'm an idiot. No idol,
regardless of whether it's real or fake, no Shot in the Dark.
As much as it sucks not eating, going to Tribal, all this stuff,
there's still a little part of me that was like,
"Yeah, Frannie, let's go!"
I'm proud of her.
♪ ♪
-HEIDI: Oh, thank you, Frannie. -CAROLYN: You did so... I...
I just... I couldn't... I watched you,
and I was just in awe the whole time.
DANNY: All hail Frannie.
-Salud. -KANE: Frannie to our safety.
CAROLYN: Beautiful.
DANNY: Oh, man. Frannie, an absolute force of nature.
And the fact that
I got the safety and peanut butter and jellies--
that was epic.
-CARSON: Oh, my gosh, this is so good. -CAROLYN: I know.
HEIDI: I'm sorry, but I haven't eaten
in thir... 14 days?
All right.
DANNY: And the note-- it was a little terrifying.
You know? I'm not gonna lie. But it certainly
wasn't enough to, uh,
perturb my peanut butter and jelly experience.
I want all the protein I can get.
-CARSON: So there's five people voting? -HEIDI: Yeah.
I think Yam Yam or Matt are, like, the two in jeopardy.
It's either Yam Yam or Matt.
FRANNIE: I know that a lot of us feel,
like, strongly about, uh, wanting Matt to stay,
but I don't even think we'll be able to talk.
I... Yeah. Just gonna be, like, a jury member.
We're just gonna have to sit there.
DANNY: Yeah, it's so weird.
FRANNIE: It was an amazing feeling,
winning immunity for myself, but
I feel like I put my best friend
in this game possibly going home.
In some sense, I would rather be on the chopping block myself
and have the power to at least write a name down.
So I am gonna be watching
Matt fight for his life tonight, and that terrifies me.
-I think everybody here wants Matt to stay. -Yeah, absolutely.
-HEIDI: Yeah. -DANNY: Um, Carolyn,
are you, like, super tight?
Are you okay with that, or are you super tight with Yam Yam?
It's me... Yeah. I mean, it's me and him,
but Yam Yam's gonna fight. I mean, I know that.
They're all saying "Matty
or Yam Yam," which...
It's not gonna be Matt. Like, come on.
I don't want Yam Yam going home, but it comes down to, like,
who's more well-connected, and it's-it's...
it's not Yam Yam.
But I have no control over this.
It sucks.
I just... I don't want him to go.
And I feel, like, powerless, like I can't do anything.
I... No, what's in that is really intriguing.
DANNY: It's scaring me.
I hate little ominous notes in Survivor.
Maybe...
-HEIDI: I hope so. -DANNY: I mean, there could be
something in there that could help him.
MATT: Yeah.
Like, I was trying, and I did not want
to have to go to Tribal tonight,
and I did want that... that meal.
Yeah. You did it, though.
I did try to compete as hard as I could.
I wanted that win 'cause I did want to get some food.
But honestly, this-this kind of worked out well for me.
I have immunity tonight, and there's only five of us here.
I have Lauren on my side, I have Jaime on my side.
We've been Ratu strong up to this point, so,
we can control how tonight goes,
and all we have to do is stick together,
and we have the numbers over Yam Yam,
who really doesn't have anybody out here,
and Matt, who's separated from the rest of Soka.
I sort of want to talk with everybody.
-Yeah, same. -Oh, I'll stay here.
MATT: I'm feeling very vulnerable.
All of my closest allies
were in the other tribe.
Frannie-- in the other tribe.
The old members of Soka-- in the other tribe.
So, it's just me out here.
I feel a little bit like it's three Ratu
deciding who goes home between me and Yam Yam.
And if y'all have a different idea, like,
if somehow, like, my read of this is wrong, and y'all are
thinking like, "We should get Lauren out," or something,
like, crazy like that...
Yeah. I-I mean, that makes sense, right?
Like, that just... I get it, you know?
Game plan number one was to flip one of the Ratu, but
they all seem like they're pretty tight.
So game plan number two-- self-preservation mode.
But I really don't want to go,
and I really want to work with y'all, um, to make that happen.
BRANDON: I do see the value, especially with you.
You already proved we can work together.
-Yeah. -I've been sketched out about working with Yam Yam
because I-I did put a vote on him last night.
And so, my worry is that somehow, some way,
that's gonna come full circle.
MATT: That sucks.
I love Yam Yam. I want to keep him around.
But if it's gonna be one of us,
I hope it's Yam Yam.
I heard, like, Danny wants you out
because you have an extra vote.
I don't know if Matt or Danny are working together
-'cause nobody ever tells that to me. -Right.
-I get it. -Oh, my Lord.
-So... -Well, I want Matt out.
-That's who I want out. -That's freaking awesome.
-And... -And you guys have me, like, for real.
LAUREN: Danny put
my name out there and wanted to flush my extra vote,
which makes me a little wary.
But if we get rid of Matt, Soka numbers goes down,
and then their alliance will crumble,
and we get to break up Frannie and Matt.
That's a dynamic duo that cannot go any further.
Matt-- you heard him-- he doesn't have his back, okay?
-[mutters] -So he doesn't have anything.
I'm down for putting Matt's name.
-Put him down. Oh, my God. -I'll see what they say.
YAM YAM: Oh, music to my ears.
Another name that is not me.
How big you want me to write "Matt" down
on that parchment paper?
I'll write it, like, on big, big letters.
But everybody might be playing me and telling me lies.
I've been the person that has been
the most in danger this whole game.
Like, when am I gonna get some power here?
♪ ♪
HEIDI: I needed that so badly.
FRANNIE: Is now a good time to open the note?
I am scared. Who's opening it?
-Frannie? -DANNY: Frannie.
[laughing]
KANE: I love this. This is like I'm inDungeons & Dragons,
smiling, ripping around.
There's advantages, there's magical items in play.
And we were all looking for these little keys.
I see Carson. He's like,
"Aha!" And he rips off to the birdcage.
I'm like, "What the heck? Where are these things?"
All of us want the advantage.
Who knows what it's gonna be?
It's a complete unknown.
KANE: I haven't eaten in 14 days,
and I just put a massive
peanut butter sandwich down, so I'm like
a sloppy sasquatch.
Like, I can just feel my gut shaking as I move.
So I'm not looking good, but I'm looking for keys still.
Hell, yeah.
[groans]
Please, please, please.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
It's okay. We're good.
I'm so excited that I found
some sort of advantage for myself.
It means the world.
FRANNIE: Danny? Danny?
Heidi opened it. Heidi got it.
HEIDI: They saw me open the cage
so it was a little bit tricky
because this is not a secret advantage.
This is a very open advantage.
Whew!
I have a lot of power,
so, whenever Jeff says "It's time to vote,"
I have to tell a player to vote for whoever I tell them to.
That's powerful because there's only five people
in tonight's Tribal Council.
So I really have to think about this one hard.
So if Yam Yam and Matthew vote
for the same person, and we have three votes,
I can swing the vote today the way I want,
if I want to save Yam Yam andMatt.
I'm excited. Just got to use it the best way.
Oh. Wow!
Oh, my God.
MATT: You want to believe that
the person who's, like, the best
at Survivor,like, does the best,
and that's not always true.
No, I-I kind of disagree with that because I feel like,
yes, in a way, like, you can get screwed, but there is also...
-There's a way out of every situation. -Yeah, that's true.
Realistically, there's a way out of every situation.
-Yeah, that's true. -So if you can survive through that...
-You know what I mean? -Yeah, yeah.
This game changes literally every single day.
MATT: This is as close to death
as I have been in this entire game.
And I miss Frannie.
I hate being apart.
She is like my rock in this game.
It's impossible to describe how important it is
to have someone you trust out here.
Take a big, deep breath.
So right now, I'm feeling alone, feeling unsupported,
and I don't even have my bag or the Shot in the Dark.
Maybe Frannie will think of it.
"Matt left his bag. We got to bring it to him."
Maybe if I shout loud enough--
"Frannie, bring my bag!"
"Frannie,
please bring my bag to Tribal Council!"
So I don't have my bag,
and the Shot in the Dark is in my bag.
-Oh, that, too? -Yeah.
I know.
Yeah.
YAM YAM: Getting together with Matt to vote against Lauren
or Jaime-- that would be a bomb-ass move.
That's risky, though, but
I come here to play hard.
What I'm thinking is a Lauren blindside for tonight.
I mean, I don't know. That's my plan.
-Oh. -I would prefer that.
Oh, it's better... it's better her than me.
What do you think they're talking about right now?
'Cause they've been back there talking for a while now.
LAUREN: I don't know. At this point,
it's gonna be Yam Yam or Matt.
-Yeah. -You agree, right?
-Yeah, 100%. -So, I mean, that's the vote.
JAIME: Yam Yam doesn't have a huge army behind him, so,
that's less damage control that I'm gonna have to do at camp.
He's also fantastic socially with everyone,
so he is a major threat in this game.
However, if we choose
to send Matt home,
it puts a little ripple in Soka, but
I don't know if Matt has his Shot in the Dark or his idol.
It is so scary.
Matt has this, like, fake thing he's showing everybody, right?
Could Matt be just saying that? Does Matt have the idol?
That's why I'm saying we do need to be careful how we vote.
I think we should split the vote just in case
it's real or not, you know?
I know my numbers are solid, but
I think we're gonna split the vote tonight just in case
Matt has his idol with him or his fake idol with him.
This was the ideal situation.
Like, God was working with me today because,
either way, I'm not going home.
-HEIDI: I want to tell you all. -FRANNIE: Okay.
I can control the vote.
-How? -Tonight.
It may save bothYam Yam and Matt.
FRANNIE: Yes! Oh, my God! We have to use this advantage
to try to save Matt, right?
That's the only thing on my mind.
The only... the only person
who will be a little bit upset is Carolyn,
but she'll totally understand.
She's receptive. Heidi listens to other people
and takes other people's ideas into account.
But at the end of the day, Heidi is a woman who will do
what she wants and what she thinks is best.
I would prefer Lauren.
Right now, while she doesn't know this is happening.
It's gonna be sprung upon her.
We can get those two votes on right now.
That's what we talked about today, right?
I would need Heidi to play the advantage against Lauren
to give Yam Yam and Matt a heads up.
Put your votes on Lauren.
HEIDI: But I wanted to tell you 'cause I knew
you were close with Yam Yam.
Oh, yeah, I've been worried.
Like, oh, amazing.
I was like, "Yes!
I love it."
I just immediately was, like, trying
to work to save Yam Yam 'cause I know
he's in trouble.
And this is why I want to talk to you.
I love Matt, but it makes me wonder
if Matt is really dangerous 'cause everyone loves him.
-Yeah. -Including you and I.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
HEIDI: Frannie-- she's awesome, she's my girl.
-KANE: Yeah. -HEIDI: But she's very close to Matt.
-KANE: Yeah. -HEIDI: It makes me wonder
if that's against someone like me.
I know Matt is closer to Frannie than he is to me, and I think
Yam Yam could potentially even be a closer ally
to me than Matt.
FRANNIE: Oh. How are you feeling?
No, I'm good. I-I... I just...
FRANNIE: I really think you do.
What?! You're the only person here
who can do anything.
Of course you have the power to save Matt.
We just need to figure it out.
-I feel really confident -Mm-hmm.
that Brandon is gonna vote with Matt.
I'm not. Uh, you got to convince me on that one.
Uh, just from yesterday, you know?
-They will go for Yam Yam. -Yes.
-Okay. -Yes, they will vote for Yam Yam.
So, I am just not convinced of that.
Neither Lauren nor Brandon is super tight with Yam Yam.
HEIDI: With this advantage, this is a tricky one.
Tonight, we have four people
that could go... potentially go home.
I think it's being well-known
that Lauren has two votes, and that's what makes it kind of
interesting 'cause I could just go for Lauren.
Are you okay? I'm a little nervous.
I'm nervous as well.
HEIDI: Maybe the safest is go for Yam Yam,
but what they don't know is I have
a sweet spot for Yam Yam. I think I could work with him.
And I would love to save Matt, but do we want
someone here staying longer
if everyone loves them?
'Cause that's also competition for me, so it's a conundrum.
I mean, this is powerful, and I like power,
but I have to use it in a way that I gain friends
rather than enemies.
♪ ♪
PROBST: All right.
So Jaime, we finally get
everybody living on the beach together.
"It's not a small tribe. I got some room to breathe here."
Boom, twist happens.
More than half the tribe is safe. You can't even
vote for them, and we're back to a small tribe.
Yeah, I think this is a great measurement
of how deep your social game is
because we could have three people that we're working with
or zero people that we're working with, and
they might all be sitting over there,
the people that we're loyal to.
PROBST: Matt, what are the lessons being learned
in terms of expect the unexpected?
MATT: This is so, so unpredictable.
I didn't even bring my bag to the freaking challenge.
-So... -Why is that significant?
Well, I got a bag of tricks, Jeff.
You might have heard that one before.
Um, I was wondering
if that is my bag, if I was able to, like,
wander over there and... [tongue clicking]
-You know what I mean? -Did somebody bring his bag?
MATT: No. All right. Yeah.
-It was worth a shot, Jeff. -PROBST: Yeah.
Um, instead, I've got this guy.
And what is it that you're holding like it's a gift?
May I offer you a papaya in these trying times?
You know, as a... as a gesture of peace, Jeff?
I'm scared. This is crazy.
Maybe tonight, we don't have to snuff any torches.
Maybe we can all just go back to the camp
and be friends. Like, this is crazy, this game.
I should have brought a papaya.
-[laughter] -Oh, my gosh. -PROBST: So, Matt,
I'm just gonna say, from sitting over here,
you sound like you are very concerned.
I mean, do you want me to break it down? I can try.
-PROBST: Sure. -MATT: My perception here--
may be wrong-- is that
we have three Ratus, and they are the ones
making this decision tonight.
Let's not be, like, cute about it.
So it's really me and Yam Yam
-pleading our case tonight. -PROBST: And Yam Yam,
just because Matt is afraid doesn't mean
Matt is the one that's in trouble.
It just means he's afraidhe's in trouble.
I feel exactly the same way, and it's been like that
for the past four Tribal Councils because
some of these people were last Tribal Council against me.
So, today, I feel hopeless.
Oh, my gosh.
LAUREN: Can I add to that? I mean, let's say
he plays an advantage,
he plays an advantage, then it's one of us on the board.
You know, there's idols, there's advantages,
there's Shot in the Darks.
Like, who knows what anybody's gonna play tonight?
JAIME: I think another important part is
the impact of everyone sitting over there.
What does my vote do
to those relationships? Because they're watching.
PROBST: So let's go with what you're all alluding to,
which is that it's Matt or Yam Yam.
Matt, what was your pitch-- why keep you?
Listen, I do think we have created bonds, right?
Like, we worked closely together on the last one.
We were on Soka together. Like, we were a Soka tribe.
And then, we went on that journey on day two.
And so, I want to trust in the bonds here.
If you're wanting those qualities in an alliance member,
I'm sitting right here.
His name is Matt, and he's really excited
to work with you all.
Brandon, that's a pretty good pitch. It's very specific.
"Here's where I've worked, here's what we've done,
here's the kind of success we've had."
Are you open to hearing something like that?
Yeah, I definitely take that into consideration
when I think about what I'm about to do.
He is somebody I want to work with. I like working with Matt.
You know, I did put a vote on Yam Yam at the last Tribal,
and so I'm the same way. I like to stick with my alliances
and keep my word as well.
So Yam Yam, Matt's saying, "I'm a trustworthy alliance member."
-That's valuable. -Hey, he-he convinced me.
-I want to work with him, you know? -[laughter]
I came into the merge by myself, and I'm gonna play
with people that want to work with me.
If you guys don't want to work with me tomorrow,
then you let me know 'cause we have that bond now already.
No, you know, you tell me, "Tonight is not your night,
-Yam Yam. Get somebody else." -[laughter]
Um, I love Matt-- don't get me wrong--
but I'm also good for the long game.
And you know who's also mad good for the long game?
A lot of those people.
So are you gonna take him back to them,
or are you gonna take me with you?
I think that's a fair point because you're also considering
somebody that's vulnerable and someone that comes with numbers.
So, how does that weigh into our games?
PROBST: All right, so, Matt,
if this is it, what has this journey been about?
Oh, Jeff, you're gonna make me cry. [laughs]
-Love you, man. -Um...
...I came into this game
with a lot of things
that I wasn't sure I would be able to do.
[sighs] Just...
from a social anxiety perspective, you come in here,
there's a bunch of strangers.
You have no idea how they're gonna perceive you.
You don't know who to trust
because your support system is totally gone,
and you have to find a way to just, like,
trust in yourself and believe in yourself to get through that.
And so, all of these things that scared me...
[laughs] ....um,
I've come out here, and I've put my all into trying to do,
and for the most part, I've done them.
And I'm very, very proud of that.
Um, I'm very, very proud of myself.
PROBST: Yam Yam, how about for you?
Because one of the things that you do really well
is you deflect with humor.
But this is real.
What have you learned about yourself?
And I do deflect with humor.
It's something that I use to protect myself.
But...
I'm doing this because as a kid in Puerto Rico,
it would have been impossible for me to be here.
You know? And these people have been this support group for me.
Like, everybody knows Carolyn and I fight a lot,
but we've been the support for each other, you know?
I don't know if I should have said that. This is my problem.
You know, I say everything.
But I'm so proud. I've been able to compete,
I've been able to dig, I've been able to run,
I've been able to push.
I have blisters to show for it.
Um, I can be a badass, you know?
I'm a teddy bear, but I can be a badass,
and that's freaking awesome.
-[laughing] -PROBST: And this is why one
of the most exciting parts of being a part of Survivoris
when we find people who say,
"I want to see what I'm capable of."
And what gives it stakes is the fact that
somebody gets voted out.
And that's gonna play out tonight
because it is time to vote.
Jeff.
-PROBST: Yes. -I have something to say.
So, we had a little bit of a scramble and surprise,
and I'm sure we'll talk about all the details.
So, I'm not gonna read word by word, but essentially,
I found a Control the Vote.
So I get to select one of you, and then
you must vote the way I tell you.
PROBST: Okay, so just to be clear,
Heidi's advantage allows her to pick one of you and say,
"I'm going to tell you who to vote for,"
and you must vote for that person.
All right, so, Heidi,
whose vote do you want to control?
So, I'm going to take Lauren's vote.
All right, so you're gonna control Lauren's vote tonight.
And who do you want Lauren to vote for?
HEIDI: And I want Lauren to vote...
for Yam Yam.
Jeff, everyone knows that I have an extra vote.
So does she control one vote
or does she control more than one vote?
One vote.
All right, Lauren, 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.
Okay, I'll read the votes.
First vote: Yam Yam.
Matt.
One vote Matt, one vote Yam Yam.
Yam Yam. Two votes Yam Yam, one vote Matt.
Matt. We're tied. Two votes Yam Yam,
two votes Matt, one vote left.
Eighth person voted out of Survivor44
and the first member of our jury:
Matt. Need to bring me your torch.
Matt, the tribe has spoken.
Thanks, Jeff.
Time for you to go.
-Love you, Matt. -Thank you.
I'm proud of you, Frannie, for winning today.
Grab your torches. Head back to camp.
Good night.
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FRANNIE: He's gone, and I've been
marooned with nothing.
PROBST: Next time onSurvivor...
BRANDON: We are dictating the way this game is being played.
CARSON: I'm just trying to push through.
[yelling]
-You got to twist! -[screaming]
We need to take someone from Ratu out.
I don't think that tribe split
could have been any worse for me.
But sometimes that's just how the cookie crumbles.
Frannie, I feel like
we've developed an incredible relationship within the game
and also outside the game.
And I'm so very proud of you for winning,
and I don't want you to blame yourself for what happened.
[roars]