♪ ♪
DANNY: Just got back from Tribal Council, and, uh,
contrary to what usually happens in this game, everything went
exactly to plan.
All the votes went on Frannie.
I played the idol for her.
-I'm gonna play this for Frannie. -Okay.
DANNY: And we got Brandon out.
Brandon. That's three. That's enough.
Need to bring me your torch.
DANNY: To play an idol is,
you know, it's on everybody'sSurvivor
bucket list, and for it to go as planned--
it's a good feeling.
Was that not the most boss move ever? Like, iconic.
-Really good move. -Oh, my God.
DANNY: Everybody was afraid of the former Ratu tribe
just bulldozering their way through, so,
the game plan was to weaken Ratu.
Just wanted to even everything out, you know, so...
And now it's three Tika,
three Soka, three, uh... three Ratu.
We're all on an even playing field,
so it worked perfectly.
Deep in my soul, I kept saying, "We need to split the vote.
-We need to split the vote," and we did not. -DANNY: I know.
-No one wanted to listen, so... -DANNY: That's exactly... Yeah.
...whatever.
I did not see
that vote coming tonight. My boy
was blindsided.
It is not a great feeling
to have to lose one of our Ratu members.
That means that our numbers are dwindling.
JAIME: Every single person did want to do a split.
-KANE: Every... -Mm-hmm.
-And it was Brandon that was saying no. -LAUREN: Yeah.
-Well, lesson learned. -Yep.
LAUREN: We should have split the votes, but we didn't, but lucky for me,
I still feel like I'm in the majority.
We have the members of Ratu, in addition to
the Tika members, so hopefully
those bonds can stay strong
so that I can have numbers going into the next Tribal.
It's like, yeah, we...
YAM YAM: Tribal just went
exactly as I expected it to go.
Ratu still thinks I'm working with them
'cause I voted with them against Frannie.
But in reality, I knew all along
Danny was going to play the idol to protect her.
So, big target goes out, no blood in my hands.
I'm good with both sides.
This is a good night for me.
I'm a little James Bond, you know. Double-O Zero.
What is it? 0-0-7?
What? Stop it. No, no, no.
Look at this.
Josh, Matt, Brandon all wrote my name down,
all have been gone one after the other.
You put Yam Yam's name down,
and you think you can get away with it--
that's not happening, you know?
[birds chirping]
I know.
Yeah, you feel kind of in control.
Yeah.
KANE: To be honest,
as soon as Brandon was removed from this game,
I wasn't, like, heartbroken. I wasn't betrayed.
I was woken up.
The idea is that there are idols back on this beach.
So I put my business pants on, and I'm going to work now.
In Dungeons & Dragons, everybody plays on the same side
against a common enemy.
So, the common enemy in Survivor is the big threat.
And Danny is growing into a big threat.
He's made a big move, and I know that Danny's going
to keep trying to make these big moves
and keep his foot on the gas
until somebody rips him out of the car.
DANNY: I could have let Frannie go and kept the idol
and played a defensive game, but this game is not won
playing a comfortable game.
You got to go outside your comfort zone. I'm really
uncomfortable now-- I don't have my idol anymore.
And I guarantee making such a big move
put a target on my back,
so I would like to find another one.
Dan, you are good at finding firewood, my friend.
I do my best.
I'm trying to be somewhat subtle,
but at the end of the day,
I don't really care.
The shy part
of looking for idols--
that part of the game is over.
Yeah.
JAIME: I need to find the idol,
well, because I want two idols. Can you believe that?
I still have my idol.
[laughing]: How do I still have my idol?
I'm so happy, I still have my idol.
How do I still have my idol? Oh, my God.
LAUREN: Everyone is searching at this point.
It is no secret.
Everyone's out looking.
LAUREN: Every single person.
DANNY: Finding an idol--
it's a game of chance, but this is one
of those games of chance that you can
put the odds in your favor with effort.
So, ultimately, my goal is to outwork them,
and I intend to do that.
HEIDI: Oh, my God.
This is the best moment yet.
I just found
a hidden immunity idol.
I hope no one saw me because
this could be a double-edged sword
'cause now I have power. People are gonna
come for me 'cause they're gonna try to flush it.
So my plan is to not tell anybody,
but this is real, and I'm
extremely excited. This is like a bucket list item,
and I'm extremely happy.
♪ ♪
YAM YAM: Is there a game we could play? Like Veo, Veo?
Veo, Veois, like, you say a letter
and then everybody has to guess what it is.
Like I Spy, but you get a letter?
Yeah, it's called Veo, Veo, like, in Spanish.
-So, I Spy. You start, Frannie. -FRANNIE: I'll start?
-YAM YAM: Frannie. -No.
No.
YAM YAM: After 16 days of being here,
it's good we have, like, an off day, you know?
Does it really work to talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk,
talk, talk, talk, talk, talk,
talk, talk, talk, talk, talk game?
At what point you're going to chill? Never?
Keep going.
FRANNIE: No.
-LAUREN: Firewood. -FRANNIE: Yes.
-LAUREN: Yay! -Firewood. -Yes.
That was fast.
Okay. "S."
-[laughs] Ass? -YAM YAM: Ass.
-What's the letter? -"S."
[laughter]
Why are you guys making fun of me?
Your face. She goes like, "Ass."
-We need some speech therapy. -[laughter]
"Ass."
I don't know why I'm doing it like that-- "ass."
Today we had time
to just connect with each other.
That's my favorite part of the game.
When we're not
playing at up. We just
got real.
Some of you guys have obviously heard my story, but
I just celebrated 13 years sober right before coming out here.
-LAUREN: Yeah. -HEIDI: Congratulations.
-That's awesome. -CAROLYN: Thank you. And
I think it's hard for people to understand, too.
Like, people who come from seemingly, like, "normal..."
-Mm-hmm. -...childhoods and normal upbringings,
like, you can get addicted.
Like, you know, it doesn't, like... It doesn't discriminate.
I'm an open book in real life and here.
And my addiction-- it's a part
of my story, and it-it no longer is something
that I'm ashamed of.
It's just a part of me and made me who I am today.
The preoccupation that, like, comes with, like, okay,
"Well, I-I... well, I got to have
-my drink first, or I got to..." -JAIME: Yeah.
Oh, there's so much involved in that
that is so exhausting. I messed up.
I made a lot of mistakes, but it's like
that wasn't me, but I didn't know, like, who I was.
And so getting sober and going to treatment--
I started to like my life.
Then I met my fiancé in... at an AA meeting.
-And... -Someone who's also recovering.
Yeah, and it's literally been like, poof ever since.
[crying]: Yeah, I'm proud as hell of myself.
I never thought I would have, you know, a family
and this wonderful son and, like...
everything. I look at my house, and I decorate for Halloween...
[sniffles] and it looks creepy as ...,
but it's everything that I wanted.
It's like... [sniffles]
...I have everything that I need.
What, like, we're both grateful for is that, like,
our son never has to see, like,
-us addicted. -HEIDI: Yeah.
CAROLYN: Like, he sees the recovery side of things.
-And, like, I can get up on a Sunday. -HEIDI: Yes.
CAROLYN: We can go to church.
We can do whatever, and it's like we're not struggling
to get up and get out of bed.
We feel better, and I can just be present.
FRANNIE: I love Carolyn. She's so herself.
She's the kind of person that I want to be around
because that's something that I'm trying to work on.
Right? Being more myself and being okay
being, like, weird or out there.
And looking at Carolyn, I'm like,
"Man, I can learn a lot from her."
Who here has felt like the weird kid before?
-Yeah. -I think all of us. -All of us.
Doesn't matter where you come from.
Doesn't matter, like, how cute you are with makeup.
-Right. -Like, we all had those moments.
It's crazy how each day I'm getting my footing more.
When I came here, they all said,
"I don't know if we can work with her."
How are my teeth?
CAROLYN: And so now people aren't suspecting anything.
They think I'm confused.
Itches. Itches. I can't. I can't.
-[Frannie laughs] -I got to put this down.
I've had to work past that, like, insecurity,
and I'm not caring so much
about, like, how people look at me or how...
'cause I can't control that.
And part of it, too, like, I want people to think
that I really don't know what I'm doing.
Am I having fun? Of course I am.
-That's scary. -[Frannie whooping]
CAROLYN: But I want them
to think that I would rather be having fun
than actually strategizing.
But I'm here to play,
and I don't care. I'm not holding anything back. I'm not.
I promised my son I wouldn't.
[birds singing]
CARSON: This morning, when I woke up,
I felt more tired than I was when I went to bed last night.
I mean, the last couple of days in terms of how I'm feeling
have been a roller coaster, but
at least I don't feel like I'm gonna throw up all the time.
-Are you feeling okay? -CARSON: Oh, yeah, like,
I think, like, my stomach doesn't hurt at all
right now, but, like, my energy levels are so low.
CAROLYN: Oh, yum.
-Carson? -HEIDI: Have you had BM?
CAROLYN: You want, like, the last sip?
FRANNIE: Yeah, the coconut water, I feel like, has,
like, electrolytes and sugars.
CARSON: We are really hungry.
I know, for myself, I haven't eaten
in literally days, and so I have
nothing in my body.
Should we try to get 'em crispier?
-Ooh, yeah. -Yeah, way thinner
so we can't even taste what this is
-'cause I'm sick of it. -Yeah.
CARSON: We just kind of find
unripe papaya and, like,
cook it and just
char it. It's pretty gross.
And we don't have that many coconuts.
So we're really literally starving.
But I signed up for this, I knew
I was going to be miserable.
It is what it is. It's Survivor.
[singsongy]: We've got tree mail!
-[whooping] -LAUREN: All right.
-CAROLYN: Awesome. -LAUREN: Va-va-voom.
-HEIDI: Ready? -CARSON: All right.
[Heidi sighs]
"This challenge is relatively painless
unless you're craving rice..." Oh, gosh. -HEIDI: Oh.
CARSON: "...because you will feel the sting
when you negotiate the price."
LAUREN: This morning the tree mail mentioned
that we can negotiate for rice.
So,
as we've seen in past Survivorseasons,
we have to have enough people
willing to give up their shot
at winning immunity to get that rice.
YAM YAM: Do we have people that want to sit out?
I haven't even really been able to compete in an immunity,
-so I want to. -HEIDI: Yeah.
But I'm also really hungry.
If I see it and I'm like,
"I don't think I'm gonna be good at that,"
-I'm fine with, like... -HEIDI: Yeah, we can check it
after we see it just to see.
DANNY: There's some nonsense idea out there
that people are going to not do an immunity challenge for rice.
It's embarrassing every time I hear it.
I don't even want to be standing there with them
when it's brought up 'cause we came out here to playSurvivor.
You can go 30 days without eating.
-CARSON: And I'll see the challenge. It's... -I'm hungry,
-but I'm not sitting out. -KANE: Yeah.
DANNY: Let's call a spade a spade right now.
We're three, three and three.
-Yeah. -DANNY: Everybody's
relatively even, so let's just play the game.
FRANNIE: At this point, there's three members
of each of the original three tribes.
And Tika has kind of
been floating in the middle, it feels.
Because of that, I don't know for sure
that Tika is with us, so that's not a sacrifice
that I'm willing to make.
DANNY: Let's be the season that says,
-"We're players." -CAROLYN: Yeah.
Let's-let's be that season.
-So... -FRANNIE: Yeah.
CARSON: People on this tribe are so
gung ho about not giving up their spot.
So we'll see what will happen, but, like,
I'm hungry. [laughs]
[thunder cracking]
Come on in.
♪ ♪
Now it's Survivor.
Now you know you're here.
Decent bit of rain,
some people already shivering.
All right, shall we get to today's immunity challenge?
First things first. Lauren, got to take back
the necklace. I know.
-You can win it back. -[laughs softly]
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge, you're going to stand on a small block
while balancing a ball on an overhanging piece of wood.
If at any point, the ball drops,
but you fall off the block, you're out.
Last person left standing wins immunity,
guaranteed a spot in the final eight.
Losers, Tribal Council where somebody
will be the tenth person voted out
and the third member of our jury.
All right, so this morning you got tree mail
telling you, you would have the opportunity
to sit out of this challenge and give up
your shot at immunity in exchange for rice for the tribe.
Have you discussed this?
Are you interested in negotiating for rice?
We have discussed it, but I would love to hear now,
you know, due to the conditions and everything,
to see if anyone have changed their mind.
I'll sit out if anybody else wants to.
-I'll sit out. I'll sit out. -So there's two people.
-Anybody else? -Please.
-LAUREN: Anybody else? -PROBST: So, we got Carson and Lauren.
I want four. Four people's the number. You're halfway there.
Kane, let's talk about this because the idea
of this negotiation is really simple.
Will people give up the most important thing in the game,
your shot at immunity,
in order for the tribe to have rice?
Because the easy thing is to say,
"We won't vote the four of you out."
Yeah, it's about the balance.
It's about the balance of reliance
and competition, and I think that if the vote had gone
how I thought it would have at last Tribal,
I would have been more willing to step forward.
But I'm not certain that four people will be.
I-I won't vote for the sit-outs.
You will not?
-Sure. -PROBST: Okay.
I won't either. I mean, I'm a part of that, but I won't.
I won't.
Okay, so Danny's saying, "I won't vote if you sit out."
-Carolyn, did you just say that? -Me, I won't.
Yeah, scout's honor.
I'll make three.
-Kane's at three. -CAROLYN: So we're just one person.
PROBST: We're one person away.
Nobody else?
PROBST: Well, the rain is not going to let up,
so we might as well get on to this challenge
so you can get back to your shelter.
And aren't you glad you have that tarp?
-All right... -Are you thinking about it?
-What? -Wait.
-Please. -Are you doing it, Jaime?
Don't do it if you're hesitating. Play.
It's just too... it's-it's too much to risk
right now in the game.
-Should I do it? -You want to sit out?
I'll do it. I'll do the fourth.
Okay. So we have Carson, Heidi,
Kane and Lauren. Wow.
I never saw that negotiation coming to a close like this.
Sit-outs, take a spot over here.
Let's take a look at those willing to sacrifice.
For the community,
almost half the tribe is gonna give up their shot
at certainty tonight in exchange for a large bag of rice will...
-Give it your all. -...be waiting for you
back at camp, nice and dry.
We'll draw for spots. We'll get started. Here we go.
All right, everybody take your spots.
You can only have one foot on that block,
which means your second foot will be on top of your first.
Get ahold of the handles.
Wedge that ball up there, and we will go.
All right, everybody looks good.
This challenge is on.
Five people competing, four sat out for rice.
It's Frannie, Jaime,
Yam Yam, Danny and Carolyn.
This is already
-a very difficult challenge... -Oh, my God.
...to do when it's dry,
let alone with the rain making that ball wet.
Oh, my God.
You're balancing on a small block,
knowing you can't let that second foot touch the block,
-or you're out. -Oh, my God.
PROBST: There'll be no grace period.
Carolyn trying to hang in there.
That balance on the block is tough.
[screams]
Carolyn is the first out.
-LAUREN: Good job, Carolyn. -HEIDI: Great job, Carolyn.
-CAROLYN: Oh! -It's okay.
-PROBST: She would not sit out. -CAROLYN: I tried.
Jaime is out. We're down to three just like that.
LAUREN: It's okay, Jaime.
PROBST: We are down to Frannie,
Yam Yam and Danny.
You're doing a great job. This is a difficult challenge.
You saw how fast it can be over.
Jaime had one little slip, and the ball was gone.
♪ ♪
Like every challenge,
keep reminding yourself what you're doing.
♪ ♪
-It requires total concentration. -[rolling thunder]
Tiny little muscles are keeping you up there,
trying to stabilize you.
Yam Yam drops.
Yam Yam's out. Be mindful of Danny
-as you get down. -Good job, Yam. -Good job, Yam Yam.
We have a showdown. It is Frannie and Danny.
Frannie's been in a showdown before.
She won it the last time. Can Frannie do it again,
or will Danny pull it out this time?
You've been up there a grand total of five minutes.
That's how tough this challenge is.
I know it feels longer. You keep fighting right now!
PROBST: Try to control your body.
Don't let it control you. I know you're cold, too.
This rain is miserable.
Just discomfort, so push through it.
This is part of the test of Survivor.
What do you have in that tank right now?
-Breathe, Frannie, breathe. -PROBST: You want the necklace.
LAUREN: You got this, Frannie.
HEIDI: Get in the zone, Fran.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...
PROBST: Danny with a bit of a wobble and a nice recovery.
Wow.
Rain's getting heavier now.
Fight it off. I know you're cold.
Take control of it.
You're warriors out here.
Frannie with a nice recovery.
That's how you do it! You get a little bit of a wobble,
you get back in control.
Tiny adjustments.
Danny drops.
Frannie wins her second individual immunity
of Survivor 44.
-Good job, Frannie. -Good job. -Wow.
Another great performance.
YAM YAM: Good job, Frannie. That was hard.
HEIDI: Good job, Frannie.
LAUREN: Good job, Frannie.
-Frannie, come on over. -[whooping]
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
Second individual immunity win.
Once again, you are safe tonight at Tribal Council.
Cannot be voted out of this game.
Guaranteed a spot in the final eight.
As for the rest of you, tonight, Tribal Council.
Somebody will be the tenth person voted out,
third member of our jury.
The good news, if there is some, is you are
going back to a camp that does have tarp,
and now, thanks to the four of you,
a lot of rice. Grab your stuff, head back
to camp. See you tonight at Tribal.
-Congrats. -Thank you. -Good job, Frannie.
-Thank you. -Way to go, Frannie.
FRANNIE: I never thought I would come out here
and do so well in challenges.
When I first landed on the beach on day one,
I looked around and I thought to myself,
"I think I'm the weakest woman here."
To now go up against some of the biggest guys in this game
and crush 'em at these challenges,
it feels good.
This adventure could be yours. Apply to be on Survivor.
Oh, my God.
Thank you.
LAUREN: Is that our rice?
-Yeah! -Yeah! -[whooping]
LAUREN: At the challenge, four of us sat out for rice.
It was super risky, but I was like, I don't care. Like,
I finally get to eat rice, and it
is amazing.
FRANNIE: Oh, it's gonna be so good!
-YAM YAM: Oh, my God. -FRANNIE: Oh, my God.
JAIME: This is like a feast.
-CAROLYN: Yeah. -Mm-hmm.
KANE: But I don't think I would have won that challenge,
so it made sense to sit out.
And the good news is
the people who stepped out will not be voted out tonight.
[laughs] Yeah, right.
Danny giving me scout's honor
that he's not going to vote for me
when he completely blindsided my plan at last Tribal Council.
So, I mean, these people's word means literally nothing to me.
JAIME: I'm so grateful. Thank you guys so much.
YAM YAM: Eating rice woke me up. Like, now I'm, like...
I'm ready to play.
But that's the dangerous thing. Everybody's like that now.
Fortunately, there's a war between Ratu and Soka,
and I'm in the middle with Carson and Carolyn.
I mean, I don't care. I...
I think that we-we have the majority right here, right?
HEIDI: As soon as we came back to camp,
the Tika members were wanting to work with us.
And I'm like, "Thank you," 'cause Ratu--
we just got one of their big guys-- Brandon-- out.
So they're not going to trust me.
So we have a better chance with Tika.
CARSON: Well, I'm...
Kane is extremely smart. He is a gamer.
He's a big guy, so he could do challenges very well.
So I think it's a good idea to send Kane home today.
I don't plan to play my idol.
However, I'm bringing it because I'm ready for anything.
Are you okay with that?
But we, for sure, need to get Jaime
-to flush the idol. -YAM YAM: Yes. -Yes.
CARSON: Because Soka and Ratu are both targeting each other,
it leaves Tika in the middle.
So it all comes down
to Carolyn, Yam Yam and I,
and we just have to decide
who to work with.
But regardless, we want to flush Jaime's idol.
Hello, Jaime.
-No. No. -CARSON: But they...
-They-they are. -Oh, okay.
-We're just trying to circumvent that, so... -Okay.
-JAIME: We need to break up Soka, then. -CARSON: Soka?
JAIME: They're gonna take it to the end.
They're all physical threats.
So we have to split
between... Danny
-and Heidi, then. -CARSON: Yeah.
LAUREN: I am extremely happy
that Danny didn't win immunity.
I want Danny
out of this game.
Danny got Brandon out.
He's a strong physical player,
so he needs to go.
But Danny may have found another idol,
and the lesson learned from the last
Tribal Council is, we should have split the vote.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
KANE: If... Yeah.
-Okay. -Good?
JAIME: Worst-case scenario--
we get Heidi out, but I am
very fearful that my name is out there.
I do have an idol, which I've tried to suppress
as much as possible,
but at this point everyone knows everything.
Okay.
Knowledge Is Power. Yeah, that's a good idea.
I'm quite confident that we have Tika with us,
but the one thing that could go wrong is the Knowledge Is Power.
We don't even know if it's in this game,
but people are scared of Knowledge Is Power
because at the Tribal Council, it allows a player
to steal an idol or an advantage if they know who has it.
JAIME: Okay.
KANE: Yeah, that works.
So, Jaime's going to give me her idol.
So, that is good news
'cause if Jaime goes home,
then that's my idol now.
So, we'll trade these back sometime after.
Yeah. Yep. Excellent.
So this is the debut of Kane Fritzler, the strategist,
because I have not voted someone off this island yet.
And if I want to win this damn game,
I got to start voting people out.
FRANNIE: At this point, it's become clear
that the three Tika members are kind of
floating in the middle, and
if we don't do something about it, at the end of the day,
Tika's going to be left,
and we'll be on the jury bench.
So, even though we know
that the old Ratu members
have idols and advantages,
rather than trying to vote them out, we need to work with them.
-DANNY: Yeah. -FRANNIE: So let's do this.
DANNY: Frannie wants to get rid of Yam Yam and Carolyn.
Frannie, I love you, but you got to play the game smart.
Working with Ratu--
I mean, that's sleeping under the wing of a dragon right now
with two advantages.
It's not good gameplay.
Tika has no threats right now.
Ratu has an extra vote advantage and-and an idol.
Just...
To me, feels like Frannie's
taking sides against the family.
CARSON: We got to think,
what is the best move for the three of us here?
In my mind...
YAM YAM: Since the merge,
Josh, Matt, Brandon voted for me,
and they're sitting at the jury now.
You write my name down, you're dead.
And the other person that wrote my name down was Kane.
So I want to work with Soka to take him out.
Let's go through the options.
-So that's why... -I disagree.
-Like, what...? -I think he is.
I'm trying to think, like, well, what is the best, like, for me?
Yam Yam wants Kane out. "Kane's this big threat."
I don't see it. 'Cause he's sneaky?
We're all sneaky. It's so stupid.
I want to vote out Danny.
I have ever since the muscle bro thing.
I'm sick of him. That's why I'm voting him out, okay?
I just feel, we have the numbers
to legitimately get Danny.
Yeah, we do. That's what I'm saying.
-If you-- if that's not what you were thinking... -So it's like...
CARSON: Yam Yam wants to take out Kane,
but Carolyn really wants to work with Ratu
and take out Danny.
So we have to make a decision, and by being in the middle,
Tika has a lot of power, and
as long as I can keep the old
Tika members together to vote as a collective group,
we pretty much control this vote.
Well, that's why we have each other, so...
That's what I'm... That's what I have been doing.
CARSON: The Three Stooges are running this game.
It's crazy. So,
there's a lot of different names on the table,
and we just have to decide who we want to go home.
♪ ♪
PROBST: All right, let's start with the challenge.
Frannie pulls out her second individual
immunity win. Congratulations.
Heidi, the other big event at the challenge was,
we had our rice negotiation.
We end up with four people-- you,
Lauren, Carson and Kane all agree
to sit out of the challenge.
Still feel okay with your decision
after being at camp all day?
HEIDI: In all honesty, it was like
a last-second decision fr-from me.
I'm a competitor. I wanted to compete, too.
But I don't regret it.
I'm moving forward. Hopefully, I don't go home today.
PROBST: Kane, one of the things that was talked about
at the challenge was this idea
that four people volunteer
and everybody else says, "For tonight you're safe."
KANE: Yeah, I don't believe that.
Um, you know, everybody gives
different levels of trust and different levels of their word,
but there's all kinds of bonds that get broken in this game.
I feel like rice negotiation is low on the totem pole,
given all of the type of trust that has been broken
in the history of Survivor.
I did hear Danny say "Scout's honor."
Yeah, I'm not a scout, Jeff.
[laughter]
Wow.
DANNY: So, I hear a lot of this,
"Oh, you know, well, it was for the tribe."
So, it's not for the tribe. It's for yourself. You're hungry.
"Oh, I just wanted my people to eat."
Okay, you can't eat, the other eight can.
Will you still sit out? You'll get, "No."
KANE: I don't know if I agree with that completely.
For me, it was just risk assessment.
I saw that challenge,
and I did not think it was going to happen.
The second best thing I can do for myself
is get rice, and if other people were willing to do it,
I was going to take that step forward.
PROBST: Jaime, this is fundamentally
why Survivor'sso interesting.
Every season is different
because the players are different,
and they decide, "These are the norms, these are the values."
-Where do you sit in this? -JAIME: I think
you have these opposite-side-of-the-spectrum
opinions on what it means to sit out
for the greater good of the tribe.
It tells you a lot about the individual
and how they're playing the game.
Danny?
Oh, yeah. I mean, agree to disagree. [laughs]
[laughter]
PROBST: Carolyn, how about for you?
CAROLYN: Jeff, we weren't even talking about
who sat out and who didn't sit out because that rice
changed everything.
As soon as we got that rice, we were...
Oh, we were different people, right?
-We felt human again. Mm-hmm. -Yes.
It changed us.
-Wow. -And it made us even hungrier.
And I can see some of us talking probably on the way back.
We're going to want rice on the way home.
[laughter]
PROBST: So, Yam Yam, what was the vibe today?
Because the rice lifts everybody's spirits,
but it also puts everybody's brains back together.
So now you can actually strategize
at your full capacity.
YAM YAM: As soon as that rice was done,
we went back to who we are, you know?
Talking about possibilities. Who is it? Is it me?
I always think it's me, you know?
So, it-it makes you a little paranoid.
PROBST: Lauren, is it every player for themselves now,
or are there still tribal groups
that are trying to work together?
I think there are still some bonds that are still there
within old tribes, but I'm still thinking
about my individual game and thinking about
who has lied to me and who has not.
-Oh, oh, she went, "Lied to me." -You have lied to me, though.
PROBST: Frannie, what is it
about Tribals like this
that make everybody spark so much?
That adrenaline burst that says, "Yes, it could be any of us,
"we really don't know, and yet I can't wait to vote.
"I don't even know who anyone else is voting for.
I don't care. I just want to see."
It's-it's... I mean, it's just like you said.
It's electric, you know? Like, you walk around with somebody,
and they say, "I'm gonna do this plan."
And you're like, "Great, we're doing that plan."
And then they walk with somebody else.
And I'm like, "Was that real? Which plan is it?"
And so, at the end of the day,
sometimes it's just the last plan.
HEIDI: Jeff, even if logically,
just by numbers, you think you have it,
there may be a Shot in the Dark.
We have idols out there. We have extra votes out there.
So none of us know what's going to happen tonight until
you start reading those votes.
PROBST: Jaime, it hits on the excitement
and the dread of this game,
and what makes it so alive is, "It could be me."
JAIME: Yes. I'm listening to everything because
I need to make sure that the last conversation
I had was solid.
So I'm trying to pick up what people are putting down.
-YAM YAM: I'm pretty sure everybody has a plan. -[others assent]
It's just, the surprise is going to be...
-Which one are we going...? -[overlapping chatter]
And who's the "it," you know?
-Bye-bye. Hope it's not me. -[laughter]
This is going to be good.
PROBST: Kane, if you had your choice,
you could play a season of Survivorlike this,
where it's chaotic and it's crazy,
or you could play a very quiet season of Survivor,
-which do you choose? -Probably quiet.
-PROBST: Really? -I'm just kidding.
I love the chaos. It's money.
I would 100 times out of 100 times choose the chaotic season
because, to me, every single person
sitting here is playing this game,
and that's what makes me excited.
That's why I'm here.
I'm not here for a walk in Fiji.
PROBST: Danny, how about you?
When you're playing Survivor, this is what you want, right?
DANNY: Yeah. I mean, in the game of Survivor,
sometimes you're going to be driving the car,
but sometimes you got to be all ears
and, uh, just pick which back seat to get into
and, you know, survive Tribal always.
Well, with this group, I tend to believe you
that you're listening even right now
for somebody to say something
that doesn't ring true, that might change your mind,
even the way you're looking at me, Carolyn.
How certain are you about your vote?
I feel worse coming here.
I mean, honestly,
everyone's telling me that they're going
back and forth on the plan.
So I'm looking, like, can someone give me a nod
or something?
So, it's like...
Now we're whispering. I can't.
Yam Yam, does the whispering make you nervous?
Yes.
-Um... -[Probst laughs]
It make me super nervous because...
I mean, this game, it just explodes when
there are so many plans.
Who has the original one?
PROBST: Well, it is on.
I wanted to do this all my life.
I'm happy I stood up on my stool to talk.
I have the best seat.
-I can see it all. -[laughs]
Wow. Well, I feel like there are no questions I need to ask.
Are we ready to vote?
It might change if we don't.
Yeah, I-I'm good.
PROBST: All right,
it is time to vote. Danny, you're up.
♪ ♪
I'll go tally the votes.
If anybody has an advantage or an idol,
and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.
♪ ♪
All right, I'll read the votes.
First vote-- Kane.
Heidi. One vote-- Kane, one vote-- Heidi.
Jaime.
Kane. That's two votes-- Kane.
Heidi. We're tied. Two votes-- Kane,
two votes-- Heidi, one vote-- Jaime.
♪ ♪
Danny. One vote-- Danny.
♪ ♪
Kane. That's three votes-- Kane.
Heidi.
Three votes-- Heidi, three votes-- Kane,
one vote-- Danny, one vote-- Jaime.
Kane.
That's four votes-- Kane, three votes-- Heidi.
Tenth person voted out and the third member of our jury--
Kane. Need to bring me your torch.
Kane, the tribe has spoken.
Enjoy your rice, you bitches.
[laughter]
Grab your torches.
Head back to camp. Good night.
♪ ♪
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JAIME: Every single day, it's a brand-new game.
The era of alliances is over.
PROBST: Next time onSurvivor...
HEIDI: Danny and I are close, but I'm here to play the game.
CAROLYN: Something's not right.
They're stupid.
DANNY: We have an opportunity to strike, let's strike.
CARSON: I just have to decide who I am betraying.
The only thing worse than going home with an idol
in your sock is going home
with your closest ally's idol in your sock.
I had an absolute blast out here.
Every second was a ride, every challenge was amazing.
But I got duped. [laughs]
It is what it is.
Everybody else is playing out here, too,
and I got outplayed.
[roars]