♪ ♪
That was something else, bro.
Tribal went the exact way we planned it.
Justine got voted out,
but beforehand it was crazy.
I found a Beware Advantage.
I regretted it immediately,
'cause you had to get a special bead from every player's bag,
and until you are able to do that, you lose a vote.
I literally have minutes before Tribal, and I...
It was terrifying.
But thanks to Nneka and Jesse, I got the beads
just in the nick of time to take off to Tribal Council.
And now this is an idol, baby.
[whoops]
And Dwight doesn't know,
Noelle doesn't know, and I'm fine with that.
JESSE: I'm a little bit worried that Noelle is gonna, like,
try and, like, come after me at some point, but...
Dwight was a little bit upset, too.
I wouldn't worry about it right now.
Yeah.
Me and Dwight could not get on the same page
when it came to Justine.
He didn't have a vote anyway, it was my vote to begin with,
so I played my game, I didn't play his.
Right now, I feel best with Cody and Nneka.
I feel like we have the power,
and it puts Dwight and Noelle on the bottom.
And even though Dwight is definitely like my island wife,
if Dwight doesn't want to get on board, then, you know,
Dwight might have to go next.
I'll sign the divorce papers.
It's okay.
That's what kind of scares me.
-That's my only concern. -That's my only concern, too.
DWIGHT: While I'm not mad at Jesse--
I don't feel wholly betrayed by him-- I am wary of him.
And the island marriage is a bit strained right now.
Got to say, um, he's sleeping on the couch.
But this Tribal Council, in a way, woke me up
to the kind of game Jesse is playing.
Yeah. With Justine, I mean, it was my fault, kind of, like,
having that view of, you know,
we were joined at the hip, because we really weren't.
It was 100% a wake-up call at Tribal Council.
At this point,
I'm thinking that I kind of am on the bottom.
I'm thinking, "Why would Jesse lie to me?"
But everything that I've been through, just losing my leg
when I was 19 years old, I was never a "poor me."
So it's a new day, and I'm gonna try to do
whatever it takes to start getting my feet
really in this game.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
♪ ♪
ELIE: Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
ELIE: Yeah.
I've seen Gabler start to deteriorate physically
over the last couple of days.
He seems like he's really struggling,
and there's a lot of babying going on for him right now.
No.
I just couldn't get comfortable last night.
Just gonna go into kind of hibernation mode
until we get going.
ELIE: Got it.
I've turned the tables on my feelings with Gabler, and
I would like for him to go next.
The trouble is we're still unsure
whether Gabler knows whether or not his idol is still good
for the next Tribal Council.
Yeah, I don't like it.
I just don't know what the line is,
'cause I want to know what he knows about the idol.
Let's start there. So I bring up, um,
kind of exciting that we can now use your idol as...
-JEANINE: A fake. -a fake. Like, let's
try to make it look legit now that it's expired.
Either way, I feel like we need that information.
ELIE: Okay. I'll have that conversation today.
JEANINE: Perfect.
Me.
-You think Elie's closer to Gabler? -Yes.
Okay.
Elie wants to make Gabler
think that his idol is dead
and that it has no more power anymore.
And she thinks that she's running the show around here
and that she's playing the best game that any of us are.
But she thinks she's got an awesome,
close relationship with everybody.
Okay, sure. We'll-we'll see how that goes.
-Can you still use the idol that you have? -Yup.
-You can? -I can.
[chuckles]
-I can. -Okay.
My tribe thinks I'm 22 years old,
living young, wild and free.
My tribe has no idea that I'm 19 years old.
But little do they know that a 19-year-old is about to outclass
the 24-year-old and a 31-year-old psychologist.
They don't know if you know that it works.
They know that-they know that it works
'cause they looked in your bag, bro.
GABLER: Prior to this, I trusted Elie,
but now I know she's being a double agent
and playing all sides-- and probably other sides.
-That... Dude, that is all the proof you need. -That is all you need to know.
She's dangerous, dude.
The fact that "my ally" was in my bag,
snooping around--
she's next, for sure.
They did?
SAMI: They wanted to read it and see if the idol still works.
-Which it does. -Mm.
-It still does work? -It's for two Tribal Councils.
-Two, that I go to. -Mm.
I've kind of been playing the middle
in terms of the Gabler idol shenanigans.
I was there when Jeanine and Elie
were going through his bag.
JEANINE: I found it.
OWEN: I think Elie and Jeanine still think
Gabler is unaware that his idol still works, but
he's not an idiot.
Elie's scheming like crazy.
They don't know that I know it works
because they think I'm, I guess, a little slow.
But the fact that she's
underestimating me
is great. I mean, I work
in an operating room, and I do
super-specialized transcatheter valve surgery.
So I-I may not be a genius, but I'm-I'm not a dummy either.
But if she wants me to play a dummy, I'll play a dummy.
ELIE: Oh, and have you seen those nuts on the beach--
the thing that your idol case is made out of?
-Oh, yeah, yeah. -Have you seen them around?
Mm-mm. No. Are they edible?
No, but I was gonna say, it would be fun to have, like,
a fake idol making day.
We could use the beads and stuff from your temporary idol, right?
-Since we didn't have to go to Tribal, it's expired. -Yeah. That's right.
That's right. That's right.
Yeah, kind of nice that you didn't have to use it.
I know. Although I do want to give it to my daughter
for graduation.
The ultimate souvenir.
ELIE: Yeah.
GABLER: I absolutely think she bought it,
and it feels great,
'cause I'm gonna get the last laugh on this one.
It's gonna be very satisfying.
-Gabler does not know that his idol is still active. -Aw.
And he's super-excited to take it home to his daughter
-for her graduation. -You're kidding. You're kidding me.
Yeah, so I feel evil.
That was funny, huh?
-She really tried to be slick with that. -Very slick.
But I can play the hillbilly. I'll do it all day long.
I can be Cool Hand Luke,
taking it easy the whole time,
and I will surprise her
at Tribal, big time.
We got to get her out.
COCO TRIBE: ♪ Happy birthday to you♪
JAMES: ♪ Cha-cha-cha♪
ALL: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
CASSIDY: Day six is a good day for the Coco tribe.
We're, like, on a high right now.
We've gotten a ton of food today.
It's James' birthday,
so we did, like, a little celebration for him.
And we gave him a little bracelet that we made him.
Thank you. Like, this is crazy.
CASSIDY: It literally is, like, a community here.
-You know? We're building it slowly. -[laughter]
Slowly until we slit each other's throats,
but, you know, for now, everything's peachy.
KARLA: It's your birthday. You get to do whatever you want.
JAMES: I haven't even been down to the rocks yet,
so if we're not doing stuff today,
I'm definitely exploring for idols.
LINDSAY: Here's the thing.
You know what the risk is to go off on your own exploring.
-We don't have to tell you that. -Yeah.
LINDSAY: The first couple of days, everyone was worried
about going off on their own.
You know? We didn't want to
paint a target on our back too early.
But I think as we're approaching
day six, something's out there,
and people are looking.
And I'd be shocked if someone didn't have something already.
-Yeah, does anybody have it? -RYAN: I don't.
KARLA: Everyone's having suspicions
about everyone looking for idols.
There's a lot of low-key paranoia about it.
But you don't want that idol to fall
into the wrong person's hands,
because that can crumble your entire game plan.
RYAN: All right.
Survivors ready?
KARLA: It's hard to escape, especially in this camp,
but with Lindsay, Cassidy and Ryan
out in the water, on the raft,
James ready to take a nap, I knew it was the perfect
opportunity for me to get out there.
So I'm going up this trail right by my camp,
and I never stop in the middle, but I'm like, "You know what?
Let me look at these trees."
[sighs]
Oh, ...
Oh, my God.
Immediately, I freak out, right,
because I've been playing it safe this entire time,
and I look down at the note, and it says, "Beware Advantage.
If you take it, it's yours. Otherwise, leave it."
Why?
Beware
scared the living hell out of me.
You don't know what the task is.
Oh, my God. This is so hard.
What's really there is the fear of jeopardizing
kind of, like, a perfect game.
I had already gone on a journey,
and I did not risk it.
So why was I gonna risk it again?
Maybe I'm missing
an incredible opportunity...
...but I put it back.
NNEKA: So this is what I typically just do to my hair and wear it.
I'm sorry, Dwight. This is moving slow.
Oh, please. We got nothing but time.
[chuckles]
Yeah.
-Mm-hmm. -Um...
Okay.
There is a mission team that they were
part of my motivation to come to Survivor
and win a million dollars,
because I want to be able to support them even more.
They take in families that were displaced
either by the Boko Haram
or families that converted from Islam to Christianity
and were then thrown out, mainly women and children.
Oh, my goodness.
Help out? Yeah, and make a change. Give back.
NNEKA: A couple of years ago, the camp was attacked,
and everything was burned down.
I remember that day was, like,
one of the hardest days of my life.
I was mad at God. Like, "What are You doing?
How could You have allowed this?"
But then to turn around and hear them
still be thankful, to say,
"No, we're grateful. No life was lost."
Sometimes I'll sit and complain about my first world problems.
-[laughs]: And then I remember, you know? -Yeah. Yeah.
NNEKA: You know, you stay out here, and yes, I sleep on bamboo.
Suck it up, chick, and go win a million dollars
and come take care of business. [laughs]
♪ ♪
KARLA: I didn't want to open up that Beware Advantage.
I don't want to put that big target on my back.
So as I'm talking to James, I'm really just trying to probe,
would he take the risk or would he leave it?
I guess 'cause we're really here on Survivorto take risks.
Right? That's a risk that we take.
So, as I'm sitting there, I'm just thinking,
"What would my wife think
that I left a freaking Beware Advantage?"
This game is all about overcoming fear.
I think I'm gonna go refill.
I-I'm feeling really thirsty right now.
BRB.
That powered me.
That gave me the freaking confidence to say, "Do it."
There's no way that I'm just gonna sit back
and let someone else play a beautiful game.
Oh, damn.
It's super hard,
and the scariest part is that I don't have a vote right now,
but this was kind of like my giant leap of forget the fear
and play a game that you would be proud of.
Do you have your beads? Let me see. Do you?
I'm trying to figure out if...
'cause, like, my wife's birthday's coming up.
-Mm-hmm. -And I want to make her, like, a-a necklace, but, um...
-Okay. -Today's James' birthday,
and we decided to make him a bracelet.
And so I told James that I wanted to make a bracelet
for my wife, because her birthday's coming up.
Which is BS-- my wife's birthday's in February.
Can I trade you for some beads?
Would that be cool?
I mean, if you want it, just take it.
-Yeah? Okay. -Yeah.
KARLA: James was easy to get, but I have time
kind of ticking against me.
I can't count on us winning.
I have to try to get this as quickly as possible.
I was telling James
that I was building a necklace for my wife.
What could I sell or trade with you?
Yeah, so, I don't want to, like, get rid of anything.
Just one.
I knew that Geo really likes that bead.
-What? Which one do you want? -For just...
That one.
-This water thing? -Yeah.
[gasps]
Please, I will... I'll do some-- anything for you.
So I had to use a different tactic.
I had to think about, like,
what is it that he wants here, right?
I'll give you all of these.
So, then...
I get it.
So now I have three
out of the six beads.
The hard part about this is I can't be too pushy,
because then they're gonna think, "What's the urgency?"
But then a freaking light went off,
and I was like, "My earrings
I could use to barter."
Can I give you one of my earrings
-for that bead? -CASSIDY: No, that's okay.
No, like, it would be my honor to trade you my earring.
-And so the earring definitely worked for Cassidy's beads. -Aw.
And so I realized I had a
second earring, right?
[Lindsay gasps]
-So... -You better stop.
So you always think of me.
KARLA: In that moment,
I'm like, "Okay, Karla, you have some acting skills."
You know, I might need to, like, audition or something.
I'm one bead away from having my own immunity idol, but it's not
done yet, because I still need to work on Ryan.
I run up to him
and I mention, "Hey, we're exchanging
kind of pieces of ourselves."
So we have, like, a memory of each other.
That bracelet, I realize I really do
like a lot, personally.
-Okay. -So...
Okay.
That's not gonna work. I don't want your freaking shark sock.
So I'm like, "All right, Plan B. Plan B. How do I reel it in?"
-Ryan. -Go ahead.
-Mm-hmm. -KARLA: All right,
girlfriend, right? That's his-- Pull at his heartstrings.
And I'm like, "Do you think I can
give you my turquoise beads and I just take
the last three beads of your bag?"
-Is it cool if I take those? -Yeah.
And he was like, "Uh, okay."
-There you go. -Oh, my God.
-That is pretty. -Thank you.
-Thank you, Karla. -For sure, Ryan. Thank you.
So with this, not only do I have a beautiful idol,
but I freaking get my vote back.
I feel like I really needed this,
and I really needed to overcome that initial fear.
I just think it's so badass that I believed in myself.
It gives me that confidence boost,
and I feel like if I didn't get it,
I'd be regretting it.
♪ ♪
All right, getting your first look at the new Vesi tribe.
-Justine voted out at the last Tribal Council. -Wow.
All right, shall we get to today's immunity challenge?
-Yes. -[whooping, applause]
First things first, got to take back the idols. Thank you, Elie.
[James groans]
Not again.
James, you say that every time.
[laughter]
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge, you're gonna
leap off a tall tower into the ocean.
Then you're gonna climb a stack of crates
and dive into the water to retrieve a key.
Then the next person goes.
Once you've retrieved all three keys,
the two remaining tribe members will use
those keys to unlock the pieces to a turtle puzzle.
First two
tribes to finish win immunity.
-Safe from the vote. -Yes.
-In addition, you're planning for a reward. -[cheering]
-You want to know what you're playing for? -Yeah!
First tribe to finish...
[excited chatter]
PROBST: ...a large Survivortool kit and a lot of fruit.
JEANINE: Oh, my God...
Second tribe to finish-- smaller tool kit, less fruit.
Last tribe to finish, otherwise known as the losers,
Tribal Council, where somebody will be
the third person voted out of Survivor 43.
And as a penalty for losing, I will take your flint.
Vesi, you are working to get yours back.
Coco, you are the only tribe still intact with six people,
which means you're gonna sit somebody out.
-Who's it gonna be? -JAMES: Who can dive?
I'll sit out.
Geo, take a spot on the sit-out bench.
Everybody else, give you a minute strategize.
We'll get started.
[whooping, applause]
♪ ♪
CASSIDY: You rock, girl!
All right.
All right, here we go. For immunity and reward.
Survivors ready?
♪ ♪
-Go! -[cheering]
It's Dwight, Cassidy and Owen in the water first.
JESSE: Good job, Dwight!
PROBST: Owen's up first for Baka. That's how you do it, Owen.
Now you got to dive down and release that buoy.
Let's go, Cassidy!
♪ ♪
Go, Owen!
Owen has got his buoy.
ELIE: Oh, yeah! [cheering]
PROBST: There goes Dwight.
Dwight's got his buoy.
There goes Cassidy.
♪ ♪
Owen is first for Baka.
-ELIE: Go, Gabler, go! -You're good, Baka.
There goes Gabler. Cassidy's got her buoy.
[cheering]
Dwight, let's go!
You're good. Go, Vesi. There's Noelle.
-[whooping, cheering] -RYAN: Great job!
You're good.
Go, Coco. There goes Karla.
LINDSAY: Go, Karla! Let's go!
ELIE: You got it, Gabler!
Gabler dives down for the buoy now.
♪ ♪
Gabler has his buoy.
[cheering]
There's Noelle.
RYAN: That's it, Karla!
PROBST: Here comes Karla.
That's how you do it on Survivor.
LINDSAY: Yeah! Come on, Karla!
PROBST: Karla in the water with a nice dive.
Noelle heading down for her buoy.
Karla goes down for her buoy.
♪ ♪
Let's go, Gabler.
OWEN: Let's go, baby. Go, Sami!
You're good, Sami! Go!
Sami in the water for Baka.
Here comes Noelle.
Got to get her up on the platform.
-You're good! Go! -NNEKA: Go, Cody!
There goes Cody in the water for Vesi.
JESSE: Keep going! Keep going!
You're good! Go!
Ryan in the water for Coco.
♪ ♪
There's Baka's third buoy.
Sami making quick work of this course.
-Here comes Ryan. -JESSE: Come on, Cody!
PROBST: And Cody. Ryan with a beautiful dive.
Cody with a nice dive. Ryan not even coming up.
He's going straight for the buoy.
♪ ♪
Ryan has his. Cody has his.
-Got to get back. -NOELLE: Throw it!
-ELIE: Okay, go... -PROBST: You're good, Baka.
DWIGHT: You got it, Cody.
-PROBST: You're good, Coco. -NOELLE: Let's go. Let's go.
PROBST: Got to get him up on that platform.
You're good, Vesi.
-JEANINE: Okay, okay, okay. -[indistinct chatter]
Baka has their puzzle pieces.
They can start working.
-Vesi has there's. -NOELLE: Let's go!
-PROBST: Coco has there's. -[Cassidy whoops]
Now you got to start working on that turtle puzzle.
-There you go... -PROBST: It is Nneka and Jesse,
Jeanine and Elie,
Lindsay and James.
-For immunity and reward. -RYAN: Good job, good job.
PROBST: We're looking for two tribes to finish.
-Yes, Jesse. -Yes. Yes.
PROBST: Two tribes to win immunity.
[indistinct chatter]
Vesi just went to Tribal. They don't want to go back.
Plus, they'd like to win that flint back.
Yeah. Yeah, we got the outside. We got the outside.
Nneka and Jesse doing a nice job right now.
It is Vesi in the lead,
then Baka, then Coco.
RYAN: One at a time until they fit.
PROBST: Lindsay with a piece for Coco.
RYAN: One at a time until they fit.
Another piece by Baka.
It is now Vesi and Baka side by side.
[indistinct chatter]
PROBST: Coco trying to stay in this.
-That piece you have. Nneka, the piece on your right hand. -Nneka. Nneka.
-Yeah. -CODY: Grab it.
PROBST: Nneka looking for some redemption
for the last time she was on the puzzle.
Did not go well with Dwight.
She's got a new partner in Jesse.
-CODY: Nneka. -NOELLE: Nneka, no.
PROBST: Baka's closing the gap. And another piece.
OWEN: All right, guys. Let's go.
It is now Baka in the lead over Vesi.
Jeanine and Elie are on fire.
Wow.
-[cheering] -Baka wins immunity!
-It is now Vesi... -[overlapping shouting]
...and Coco.
[indistinct chatter]
Coco now is back in this.
Now Vesi feeling the pressure.
-Yes, yes, yes. -We got a showdown now between Vesi and Coco.
Tribal Council looming.
Who will get it first?
-It's in the middle. -James, you're holding it. You're holding that...
-KARLA: Pop it down in the middle. -[overlapping shouting]
PROBST: Coco has caught Vesi now.
Smaller pieces on the back.
PROBST: Nneka's trying to look at Baka's puzzle
for a little help.
-Behind you! -That one! Put those...
[overlapping chatter]
PROBST: James with another piece for Coco.
It's right there. It goes right there.
PROBST: Vesi has been in the lead,
then lost it to Baka and has now lost it to Coco.
Another piece by Coco.
-[overlapping chatter] -Put it right there.
They're down to one for the win.
Nneka's still looking for help.
-That's it, right there. -Yeah!
-[cheering] -Coco wins immunity!
Sending Vesi back to Tribal Council.
-What a comeback. -JAMES: Yeah, baby!
And a blown lead by Vesi.
♪ ♪
All right, Baka, congratulations.
-Victory. Nobody went home. -Thank you, man.
Coco, another win.
Once again, you stay intact as six.
All right, we have one order of business.
Baka, you're in charge.
Choose one person from Vesi to go on a journey.
You will return before Tribal Council.
-Who you gonna send? -Noelle.
Noelle is gonna go on a journey for Vesi.
Baka, choose one person from Coco
to join Noelle.
-James. -PROBST: James gonna go.
And now choose one person from your own tribe.
-I'm going. -PROBST: Owen.
All right, James, Owen, Noelle, boat's here.
Noelle, you'll be back at your camp before Tribal Council.
Thank you. Thank you, sir.
See you guys.
DWIGHT: Have fun. Have fun.
Love you.
Coco, Baka, nobody going home tonight.
-Swim out. Have a good night off. -GABLER: Okay.
-[yelping] -Take your hero's dive.
All right, Vesi, Tribal Council tonight,
where somebody will be the third person voted out.
Swim out. See you tonight of Tribal.
DWIGHT: Losing the second challenge in a row feels awful.
You know, we're one Vesi family, as we keep saying,
but it's now about tribe strength.
Nneka and Jesse,
the heat has to be on them in that performance.
There's no excuse. There's no hiding.
There's no running from it.
Y'all had the puzzle in your hands
and y'all were not able to clutch it out.
Y'all, I'm sorry about that. That stinks.
It's all good.
NNEKA: You know, it was Jesse and I who did the puzzle,
and I take accountability for that.
I let my tribe down.
It's all good.
It's not all good.
What breaks my heart the most is the fact
that we have to lose something big--
which is another tribe member.
What are you thinking?
I don't know yet.
[sighs]
And I don't want to think about it.
We're good.
[sniffles]
Noelle-- that girl inspires the heck out of me,
but I didn't know this game
was this hard.
[sniffles]
I feel like I let her down,
and I feel like I let my tribe down.
And it sucks.
[sniffles]
♪ ♪
-Yeah. -CODY: We are in dead last,
and it is crunch time,
and tonight is gonna be a really
difficult vote.
-...the last few times. And... -She has been.
And, like...
So that's... so this is why...
We watched Noelle perform again,
so the doubt of her having one leg is kind of gone.
So for me, it's gonna be
the loyalty or the strength of the tribe.
Oh, ... Oh, man, I don't want to...
We made our bed with Nneka, you know what I mean?
That's maybe where we made a mistake off the bat,
was getting in an alliance with the least physical player here.
Yeah.
My thought is we got, we got to lie in the bed we made.
JESSE: The two names that are on the table right now
are Nneka and Noelle.
And for me, like, I have a much stronger bond with Nneka.
She reminds me a lot of my mom,
and it's really hard, because my mom passed away.
My mom was this person who was selfless.
Her door was, like, open to anybody.
She raised five kids that, like, she didn't give birth to it.
And she also had her own ministry where she was, like,
feeding the homeless.
And Nneka has all of those things.
Like, she's told me that she, like, her house
is a open door for family,
for friends, and, like, she also has
her own ministries that she's currently doing.
And so, like, voting for Nneka, in some ways...
...it feels like I am voting out my mom,
which is terrible.
It's a hard decision to make, and I really
have to think through whether I'm gonna do it or not.
♪ ♪
JAMES: Yo, this is so crazy.
-This is insane. -That was quite a ride.
NOELLE: I'm going to freaking Tribal Council tonight,
so I don't know if it's the best idea
for me to be gone for hours, away from camp,
when everybody's gonna be talking strategy
and who to vote out,
especially since I was on the wrong end
of the votes last Tribal Council.
Oh, wow.
-Awesome. -JAMES: Cool beans.
NOELLE: And then I see this huge freaking mountain, and I'm like,
"Don't tell me I have to climb this, Jeff.
Please don't do this to me."
-[groans] -JAMES: Okay.
NOELLE: [groans] This is just freaking insane.
But I know that if you want something to happen,
go out and make it happen.
In high school, I was a three-sport varsity athlete.
My dream was to play collegiate lacrosse,
and I earned myself a Division I scholarship to play in college.
But the summer following my freshman year,
I was involved in a moped accident.
I lost my leg.
I definitely thought my life was over.
I didn't think that I was gonna be able to overcome it,
but I didn't want to let that single moment
define the rest of my life.
The process of getting back on the field
was very challenging for me,
but by the time my junior year rolled around,
I was the first above-knee amputee
to ever play collegiate lacrosse.
And then about a year and a half later,
I qualified for my first Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
And there I placed sixth in the world,
and I set a new U.S. record for the 100 meter.
I am absolutely here to prove
that anybody can play the game ofSurvivor,
and I'm willing to do whatever it takes. So,
I want to play this freaking game.
Like, I want to stop playing scared.
The last Tribal Council didn't go the way I expected it to go.
-Oh, no. Really? -JAMES: Really? Oh. -Yeah.
If you guys throw me a bone, I promise you, come merge,
I'm, like, willing to look you guys in the face right now
-and do a three. -That'd be awesome.
NOELLE: I'm being very open to them
and telling them what happened at last Tribal Council, how
I was at the bottom of the votes.
I just kept trying to, like, do whatever I could
to kind of say, "I feel really uncomfortable tonight."
So having an advantage in my pocket, it would be huge.
All right, James, what we got?
"Those who choose Risk will draw a package
"from the appropriately-numbered bag.
You'll wait to open until you are back at camp."
I'm-I'm down to...
-I-I can protect. -I'd like to keep my vote.
-NOELLE: Yeah. -And it sounds like you need it.
You guys sure?
-Yes. -Yeah. Yeah. -Aw, thank you, guys.
OWEN: You need it more than we do.
You guys are amazing.
-You got me. -That's how you build trust,
-like, literally, you know. -Loyalty.
I'm looking you guys in the face.
Loyalty. I really appreciate that.
OWEN: Noelle's made it pretty clear to us
that she is on the bottom, and she needs this advantage.
So, I decide, James decides let's let Noelle be
the only person who risks and get the advantage.
I want to get those big players
out for you guys before the merge.
JAMES: She said she was going to try
to take a big shot, so now,
I'm hoping that Noelle is going
to take this advantage
and take out a big threat on the tribe.
I love this vibe. Let's go.
Oh. It's gonna be a long night.
-Really. -Long night again. Yeah.
DWIGHT: The biggest concern of mine going to Tribal is Jesse.
He's burned me once.
That first vote,
he did not go the way I thought
it was going to go, and that is solely on Jesse.
So going into this one, part of me is also concerned that
he could easily vote with the same voting block of three of
Cody, Nneka and Jesse, and vote
myself or Noelle out of this game.
So, in a sense, what happens on Noelle's journey will determine
what happens at Tribal Council.
I mean, since we're going to Tribal Council tonight,
my thing was, like, I didn't want to risk it and then
not have a vote tonight. I mean, you can literally
search my bag. I swear to God,
I just wanted to play it safe.
So, I lie to everybody, and, you know,
but I'm thinking in the back of my head, "Yes."
Like, my inner Survivorfan would love this right now.
Like, she's not giving them anything.
So, yeah, you guys can follow me around all you want.
I promise you I don't have anything.
I think they bought it. I hope they bought it. So now,
I have work to do. I have to start
solidifying my spot so that I can be safe tonight.
All right, so...
I know typically, like,Survivor players--
you do not tell anybody you have an advantage.
But I just want to keep this between Dwight and myself
because I feel like I have the strongest bond with him.
-This is for us. -I...
This might be a first onSurvivor,
but, hey, I have a great hidden spot
right inside my foot shell.
This type of advantage is insanely important.
-This is perfect that we have this. -That is just us.
NOELLE: This advantage to steal a vote
and to cast an extra vote-- this could help me make a really big
gameplay move.
At the last Tribal Council, I felt burned by Jesse,
and we're trying to gauge where he's at right now.
And if we feel even a little bit untrustworthy towards him,
then I can absolutely steal his vote,
and Dwight and I are controlling this game at this point.
I have a freaking lot of game left,
and I have a lot more leg jokes.
I have a lot more different things that I want
to pull out of my sleeve. So,
I think the biggest thing this Tribal's all about is just
reassuring that I'm gonna be here when I wake up tomorrow.
♪ ♪
All right, so let's start with the challenge today.
Nneka, Vesi was killing it,
and you and Jesse were killing it,
and then, the pieces just stopped moving.
Yes, I still take, you know,
a big chunk of accountability for that.
But it was a team effort, and we all wanted
to make sure we're a part of it.
PROBST: Jesse, what do you think happened?
I mean, I do jigsaw puzzles at home with my kids, but, like,
it is a different setting, right?
Like, we've got people yelling at us.
There's you yelling things at us.
-[laughing]: You know? -[laughter]
And we're also, like, hungry and starving. We're not operating
at our best out here, and so,
it just sort of slipped through our fingers.
So, Nneka, when you go back to camp, Noelle's on a journey.
What happens?
Jeff, there was a lot of heartbreak.
You know, we lost out on immunity, we lost out
on a reward, but the worst part
of it was that we're gonna
lose out on another tribe member.
And coming into Survivor, yes, I think
I understood the physical part of it.
I understood the mental part of it.
I did not understand that you actually
get to care about people you met a few days ago
because they really have been your family out here,
and you have to sit there and make a decision
to say, hey, that's the end of the road for one of 'em.
It was a hard afternoon.
PROBST: Cody, can you relate to what Nneka's saying?
CODY: Oh, undoubtedly. Uh,
We were doing the numbers the other day. Seven days
is what? Plus two... What is seven times 24?
200 some hours?
-168. -That's a lot of
unanswered hours with people.
I mean, there's no outside effects, whether it be
children, whether it be your loved ones,
whether it be cell phones, whether it be work. We are
devoted to each other 100% this whole time we're out here.
So I feel the same way Nneka does.
But, you know, there's a game to play.
PROBST: So, Dwight, that leads to the question
that I'm guessing you were grappling with today,
which is, which path do we take?
Make this tribe as strong as possible in challenges,
or we're going to be down to four,
I got to hold on to my alliance?
DWIGHT: I think those are typically the schools of thought
that are discussed. Um, however, I don't think,
like, we just decided to follow one.
We're trying to find what is the right balance for each of us,
and I think we're gonna see in the vote
what kind of path we chose.
PROBST: So, Noelle, you get back.
Clock is ticking.
-What do you do? -I mean, it sucks
because the time that I was gone,
everybody's having conversations,
everyone's trying to come up with a game plan,
and I'm not there. And I was already
at the bottom of the vote last time.
You know, coming into this game, Jeff,
I have a lot to prove, but I wanted to prove myself for me.
I wanted to think, you know, can I do these challenges?
Like, you saw me in the challenge.
I'll freaking take my leg off.
I'll do whatever it takes.
I have a lot of heart and soul, and I love this game,
and I want to continue playing.
Jesse, it would be easy for the four of you to say,
"Look, Noelle's not here, and
there's not enough time for her to just work the relationships."
JESSE: Yeah, and not only was she not there for conversations,
but she also went off on this journey
where, like, who knows what she got.
She could have got, like, a Beware Advantage.
She could have got an idol. We have no idea.
So it could be a legitimate approach
to, you know, who we vote out tonight.
PROBST: So I'm just curious, Dwight, how confident
are you that the vote will go the way you think it's going to?
-Re... Very confident. -PROBST: How about you, Cody?
Nine.
Okay. Jesse?
Extremely confident.
-PROBST: Okay. Nneka? -Nine.
We're all using different scales. We're... [laughing]
Like, he said, like, "Very confident."
I said, "Extremely confident."
He said, "Nine." She said it, too. Sorry.
-Like, I work on surveys, -He got the message.
and, like, the response options--
-like, that would not work. -[laughter]
PROBST: Okay, let's do it your way just for fun.
Ten is, "Absolutely certain, I know what's happening."
One is, "I have no idea." Dwight?
-Nine. -Cody?
Nine.
-Jesse? -Ten.
[laughs]
-You are fantastic. -[laughter]
-Nneka? -I don't know. [laughs]
PROBST: Okay. Can we agree
we're close to positive?
-We're on the same scale. We're good. -Okay.
Noelle, one to ten?
Five.
Five could be a low number
where, you know, I really have no idea what's going to happen.
And then, five could be
maybe something will go my way tonight.
All right, with that, it is time to vote.
Noelle, 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.
All right, I'll read the votes.
First vote:
Noelle.
Nneka. One vote Noelle, one vote Nneka.
CODY: Whoa.
Nneka.
Two votes Nneka, one vote Noelle.
Third person voted out of Survivor 43--
Nneka. That's three. That's enough.
Need to bring me your torch.
♪ ♪
Nneka, the tribe has spoken.
-Time for you to go. -Okay. Bye, guys.
ALL: Bye.
Grab your torches. Head back to camp.
Good night.
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The winning tribe earns the right to steal
-from one of the other two tribe camps. -Oh, yeah.
LINDSAY: I've got people that
I want to get revenge on.
What war, man?
It becomes really tricky when you touch nerves.
NOELLE: I'm playing the game ofSurvivor,
and it's a cutthroat freaking game.
They pulled it off really well.
A really cool blindside. I'm surprised
I don't have any negative emotions.
I'm grateful for the experiences here,
relationships built, things that I did
that I would never have done in my regular life.
And this has been a dream come true.
I don't regret this one bit.
So I just want to say a big thank you.
I'm grateful for this experience.
[roars]