♪ ♪
[Noelle sighs]
Honestly, I appreciate every single one of you.
I know she meant a lot to--
I mean, she meant a lot to all of us.
-We believe in you. So... -Thank you.
I love you guys.
-CODY: Let's do it. -Love you guys.
CODY: Nneka and I had a very good alliance, and I voted for her.
[groans]
So coming back from Tribal
was like my girlfriend dumped me,
and the pizza guy that I ordered pizza from didn't show up,
and my roommate drank all the beer in the fridge.
It was just brutal.
CODY: We have no flint, no food, no fire,
and we've lost two challenges in a row.
We are in dead last, and it is crunch time.
We need to kick some butt and, uh, get back on track.
Come on, guys. This is Survivor.
Like, this is showtime. Let's go.
I don't know.
I don't want it.
SAMI: Oh. Thanks, dude.
This is Gabler.
This is Mike Gabler personified,
out here on Survivor.
I love the guy, and at this point,
we're working together, collaborating,
but sometimes he's not aware.
Oh, yeah, such a nice blanket.
ELIE: Survivor is more than a game.
You're living with these people,
so it becomes really tricky when you get under each other's skin
a little bit or you touch nerves.
Was the palm frond at all helpful?
ELIE: No. You woke me up.
-I was asleep. [chuckles] -Oh, sorry.
ELIE: We don't want to have to walk on eggshells
all the time, but we can't
be shocked when all of a sudden
we crack somebody's egg.
-Do you need little sticks? That's gonna... -We need a few more.
Put some more burl up in there, it'll catch. Yeah.
ELIE: Gabler's starting to rub me the wrong way.
He's becoming a detriment to potentially our game,
but honestly, to our camp life as well.
These are way too big to catch just off of that.
-Two seconds will burn that. -Oh, yeah, for sure.
Well, the problem is all the fire's blowing this way.
It's not coming up.
What does that have to do with the size of the sticks?
There's some small sticks in there.
-All right. No, it totally worked. -But we need more. More.
-Hey, Elie. Okay, I know. -I'm sorry, I'm frustrated...
-Well, you're not helping. -And your way didn't work,
and so maybe we try little sticks.
Okay. Then go get more.
-You do it. That's right. Just go ahead and do it. -I am literally doing it.
GABLER: Elie's a very strong personality.
I'm a very strong personality.
The two of us clash.
On top of that, I don't trust her at all,
because she already rummaged through my bag to read my idol.
If we get too far with her, we will all regret it.
♪ ♪
Come on in.
LINDSAY: Howdy, Jeff.
PROBST: Well, good morning, Coco.
Jeff. [chuckles]
Let me just quickly take attendance.
Okay, there's Lindsay. Cassidy's here. Geo.
-Good morning, Baka. -Good morning. -GABLER: How are you, Jeff?
PROBST: Coco and Baka, getting your first look
at the new Vesi tribe.
Nneka voted out at the last Tribal Council.
All right, shall we get to today's reward challenge?
-Yeah! -[cheering, applause]
PROBST: For today's challenge, one player from each tribe
is gonna use sandbags to knock blocks off a ledge.
That same player will then walk on two of the blocks
to get to the finish,
where the three remaining tribe members must each land
one sandbag on one of the hanging discs.
First tribe to finish wins reward.
-Want to know what you're playing for? -Yeah.
Today, it's a winner take all.
First tribe to finish will have ten fresh fish
-delivered to your camp. -Sweet.
PROBST: In addition, the winning tribe earns the right
to go to one of the other two tribe camps
and steal one item.
[gasping]
JAMES: Oh, yeah.
Oh.
All right, Coco, you have two extra members.
Sitting two people out.
-I'm out, Jeff. -PROBST: James is out.
Lindsay's out. Baka, you have one extra person.
-I can sit out. -PROBST: Elie's gonna sit out for Baka.
Everybody else, give you a minute to strategize.
We'll get started. Here we go.
Sit-outs, you're heading over to the bench.
♪ ♪
All right, here we go.
For reward. Survivors ready?
-Go! -Come on, Ryan.
Ryan.
PROBST: It is Ryan, Sami and Cody.
You got to knock all the blocks off.
That's the first phase. Nice hit by Sami.
-Aah! -Come on, come on, come on.
Go ahead.
Cody firing his sandbag.
Yeah. Yeah! Yeah!
PROBST: Wow! Cody takes half his stack off
-with one toss. -Yeah! Let's go!
Vesi somehow now with some fire in them.
-Let's go! -After two back-to-back immunity losses,
-Cody is blistering this course right now. -[cheering]
-Yeah! -Looking like an MLB pitcher.
-There you go. -PROBST: Ryan with another toss.
Here goes Sami.
KARLA: They're about to fall off.
-Yeah! One more! -PROBST: Sami on fire.
Cody, you're good. Come forward.
Vesi in the lead.
They have not been in this position very often.
Now, you can only use your feet,
and you got to move across this hot lava.
That's it. All right. You got a feel for it.
-PROBST: Got to start again. -You got a feel for it...
-Yes! -Sami knocks his last block off.
OWEN: Pick your two. Pick your two. Mediums.
PROBST: It is now Cody and Sami.
You can only use your feet.
Cody really going for it. Extending those blocks. Far out.
LINDSAY: Go, Ryan! You got this!
Ryan with two more blocks. Let's go, Coco!
-Cody is halfway there. -Great job.
PROBST: Sami right on his tail.
Nice job by Cody getting past that log.
NOELLE: Yes! Let's go, Cody!
PROBST: Very surprising to see red ahead of anyone.
Could this be a turning point for Vesi?
I'm gonna take my time. [exhales]
-You're good. -Great job. Take your time.
Cody very close to the finish.
You're good. Let's go!
Vesi through the first phase, in the lead.
Let's go, guys. Let's go. Let's go.
PROBST: Sami trying to keep Baka in this,
-and Ryan in dead last for Coco. -[groans]
PROBST: Slowly inching that last block off.
And it drops. Coco, you're good.
LINDSAY: Go, Coco!
Jesse sticks it for Vesi.
Vesi has their first.
Sami's across.
Ryan working on those blocks.
-This is a winner-take-all challenge. -JAMES: Let's go, Ryan.
Let's go!
Yeah!
Noelle does it. Wow. Vesi is on fire.
Dwight for the win... On and off.
Baka trying to get in it.
-Jeanine just misses. -ELIE: All right, you got it.
PROBST: Dwight on and off.
These get increasingly more difficult
because they get smaller.
So your target is tiny now for Dwight.
JAMES: Let's go!
PROBST: Ryan has his two blocks.
You're good, Coco.
-JAMES: Let's go! -Coco is now gonna be in it.
Come on.
PROBST: Oh. On and off for Dwight.
Geo comes in for Coco. He has the first.
Coco's now in it.
-Jeanine, she sticks it. -[exclaiming]
Baka with one, Coco with one, Vesi with two.
All right, good job.
PROBST: Dwight now feeling the pressure
of trying to win it right here.
[cheering] -And he does it!
Vesi wins reward!
Ten fish
and the opportunity to steal one item
-from another tribe's camp. -Yes! Yes!
-[exclaiming] -PROBST: Wow.
All right, Vesi.
You look like a different tribe today.
Did you feel that, Noelle?
Absolutely, Jeff. You know,
we woke up this morning, we were like, "Guns blazing.
We're tired of losing. We want to eat."
We literally haven't eaten anything other than coconut.
That's gonna change. Ten fresh fish
delivered to your camp.
In addition, you have earned the right
to go to either Baka or Coco
and take any reward they've won--
their fishing gear or their tool kit.
You could also take a pot. You could take their machete.
The only thing off-limits is a flint.
The question is, which tribe are you gonna visit?
And what are you gonna take?
And we're gonna leave that as a surprise for them.
Coco, Baka, got nothing for you.
Grab your stuff, head back to camp.
♪ ♪
-[chuckles] -Go long.
All right, Vesi, what goes through your mind on day eight?
You haven't had flint in a long time.
You can't take their flint.
Do you have fire at your camp?
We do not, so, you know, we're thinking,
you know, we're getting all these ten beautiful fishes,
but how are we gonna eat 'em?
Are we allowed to trade reward?
Absolutely. You can always trade
-for a previous reward and give up your fish. -NOELLE: Yeah.
PROBST: You still keep the camp raid. That is a separate part.
-I think we should do the tool kit... -We could eat the fish raw.
I'm not eating ... fish raw, Cody.
-You don't eat sushi? -[laughs]: No.
So lay it out, Noelle. What are you gonna do?
So we are going to trade our reward
and get the basket of fruit and the tool kit.
All right. You'll have the afternoon to figure out
which tribe you're visiting
and which tribe member is going to make the visit--
-another big decision. -NOELLE: Yeah.
All right, Vesi, grab your stuff, head out.
-Enjoy your afternoon. Congratulations. -[whoops]
Thanks, Jeff.
-Nice job, you guys. Yes. -PROBST: Gotta feel good to win.
NOELLE: We dominated the crap out of that challenge.
Winning the camp raid, I mean, it is huge.
We have all the power in our hands.
You don't want to piss too many people off,
but then I have to think,
you know, I'm playing the game of Survivor.
It's a cutthroat freaking game.
NOELLE: We did it.
-[whoops] -Oh.
Oh, my God. I'm gonna start crying.
This is the best feeling in this world.
That was so fun. That was so fun.
JESSE: We've been on a bit of a losing streak,
so it's extremely important to turn things around.
And even though we won today, there's no guarantees tomorrow.
And so, like, we win this camp raid, and, like,
we do have to think about what's gonna strengthen us the most
and what's gonna weaken the other tribe.
NOELLE: Does anybody want to go?
-Yeah. Uh-huh. -Yeah.
As far as, you know, making sure they're not pissed off.
Yeah.
DWIGHT: Cody's an extremely likable guy.
He's probably gonna go over there and make them all laugh,
but at the same time, this is a strategic game.
CODY: Yeah, I'm not going in there, like,
stomping out their fire and kicking over their fort.
"Aah!" [laughs]
-Oh, God. -DWIGHT: Sending Cody is truly
just a wild card move.
We don't know what he's gonna do, what he's gonna say.
-That's very scary. -[laughs]
NOELLE: All right, who are we going after?
What if we go to the yellow tribe and take the fishing line,
two spearguns, two goggles.
Like, a full fishing set.
If we're trying to strengthen our tribe,
that's gonna strengthen our tribe the most.
SAMI: Honestly, I think they'd be stupid to not come here.
We have the most stuff.
-Yeah. -But they got to look at the numbers, too.
Coco's strong. They're-they're still their original six.
RYAN: I think they're smart enough to go for Baka.
I really hope they are.
Baka has bigger fishing gear, bigger tool kit.
So I don't think we have to worry about it anyway...
GEO: I don't think Vesi's gonna come after Coco
because right now they're hurting.
They haven't been eating.
And Baka has the big fishing gear-- bigger than ours.
But at the same time,
this is a very scary moment for us,
because it's the first time that we lose,
actually. We've never lost before.
JESSE: If we're gonna piss off anybody,
I feel like we should just piss off Coco.
NOELLE: Because they have six people.
CODY: It's five and six,
so it's not like they have a huge advantage.
If we go to Coco, would you want to take the fishing gear?
-Machete would be... -NOELLE: Fishing gear.
I mean, can you imagine without a machete?
-NOELLE: Fishing gear. -You can't cut c-coconuts.
-You can't start a fire. -NOELLE: I know, but if we win tomorrow,
we get our flint back, we go fishing. That's fuel.
If this was old Jesse, growing up as a teenager,
like, in L.A., you know, tattoo on my face,
I'd probably go for the jugular,
be with Cody and take the machete.
-Show no mercy. -NOELLE: Listen...
But I live on a cul-de-sac now.
I, you know, I got to be diplomatic with my neighbors.
And so, myself, Noelle and Dwight are
against hitting the other tribes
as hard as possible.
And I don't think anybody would do that to us.
You know?
Can we start the flint with the saw?
GABLER: Well, you know, maybe the back of it.
ELIE: Try it with the front of the saw.
It's not great.
What I'm most worried about
is them taking our pot and our machete, okay?
If they really want to play games, do that,
then it's just war.
We're at war, man.
The idea of wiping a tribe out with the take of a machete.
You got to think long-term, not short-term.
CODY: This tribe's missing some grit.
For me, it's not about what we're getting,
it's what we're inflicting,
because we have a tribe of four,
and they're a tribe of six and five.
We are outnumbered. We're tired, we're beat up.
I don't agree with this. I think we're being soft as hell.
The only way that we can close that gap
is to kick 'em in the shins, man.
Really hit 'em hard.
God.
Sending a child off to school,
and I don't know how he's gonna behave.
Yeah! [laughs]
-ELIE: Oh, my God. -JEANINE: No way.
-No. No, no, no. -OWEN: No.
For real?
-Do you see that? -CODY: I might go over there and take their machete,
'cause I might be looking around and be like, "To hell with it.
"You know what? I'm making an executive decision here.
Taking out their Achilles' heel."
-KARLA: No, y'all. -RYAN: Oh, no.
No, y'all.
CASSIDY: So they're coming for us?
-KARLA: Yup. -RYAN: They really came for us.
Put my shoes back on.
-I had just gotten comfortable. -KARLA: Oh, my God.
-RYAN: Hey. -KARLA: What's up, man? -CASSIDY: We don't
have anything. I'm sorry. You're gonna have to go back.
We were hoping they would
go after Baka because they're, like,
winning all the big rewards.
-Cody. My pleasure. -Nice to meet you, Cody.
-[laughter] -Nice to meet you.
So when they come to our camp, I'm just thinking, like,
we still have six people in this game,
they're down to four.
So they really want to give us,
like, a hard blow, I guess,
just because we have the numbers right now.
This is pretty sweet.
-[chuckles] -Thanks. Take a look.
Yeah, you're more than welcome...
Yeah, I actually came over here to kick down the post,
-to kick it over. -[laughter]
That's what he was stealing,
-the structure of our home. -[grunting]
Oh, yeah, very nice.
Nice work.
-Sure. -CASSIDY: So how are y'all eating your fish?
Are y'all doing, like, sashimi, or...?
[laughter]
Ah, very funny.
What are you here for?
I, okay, so, I came over to steal...
I came over to steal your machete.
-And... -What good does an extra machete do for you?
-It's-it's-it's a savage take. I agree with you 100%. -Okay.
But you also understand the message that it's sending to us,
and what we're prepared to do in retaliation.
JAMES: Right now, I just don't want to lose the machete.
It's one of our most useful tools.
So anything that we can do to make Cody happy
-makes sense. -I'm not the strategist
of the group. I'm the, I'm, like, the messenger here.
JAMES: So if you came back with, like, some food, would that,
would-would that be enough?
KARLA: Yeah.
CODY: I've done sales for 13 years,
and you don't come into a negotiation
asking for what you want.
That's Sales 101.
So I told them I wanted their machete. They didn't like that.
They started mumbling. None of 'em knew what to do.
They were kind of like, "Well, what else would you like?"
It was music to my ears. At that point,
you know, I was in the driver's seat.
So you're saying, in lieu of the machete,
you'll give me some food?
-RYAN: Yeah. -KARLA: A lot.
-What? -At least. -Yes.
-CODY: What? -Yeah, we got limes.
-[overlapping chatter] -Limes are great.
Let me see your refrigerator, man.
-Look at this. -Tastes like mashed potatoes.
RYAN: Boil it up, it's good.
Listen, I mean, it's a good offer,
and I really appreciate it,
but the thing is, we don't have fire right now.
So it does us no good tonight.
We need something that will give us a longer life cycle.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
What if we take, would you give us the fishing gear
and a little bit of that?
What do you guys think? It's a group decision.
-CASSIDY: Is that a deal? -JAMES: I'm down for that. -OTHERS: Yeah.
And some limes. Can I get a couple limes? 'Cause, man...
-Yeah. All right, yeah. -Please.
Let me guess, you got tequila back there, too?
-[laughter] -Now that would be something.
CODY: I turned on the charisma 110%,
and Coco went right into my trap.
Man, thank you guys so much.
Yeah. Thank you for not taking our machete.
CODY: It's a win-win.
I got more than what I went for,
and Coco ended up extra happy, because they were thinking
they were getting their machete taken.
LINDSAY: Yeah. You're gonna love it.
This is the winning root. Huh?
Mahalo.
KARLA: I don't trust Cody at all.
He's like, "Mahalo. Hawaii. I live
on the island of Hawaii." And I'm like,
"Bro, you're from Idaho. Like, calm down."
Aloha, y'all. [whooping]
KARLA: Coco definitely
did not play it cool.
We gave away our fishing gear
and too much food,
which strengthens the enemy.
CASSIDY: I know.
We're so bad at negotiating.
I think Cody played us.
Yahoo!
♪ ♪
Come on in.
All right.
-Shall we get to today's immunity challenge? -Yeah.
PROBST: First things first, got to take back the idols.
I know, Owen. You don't want to give it up.
-I do not. -[chuckles]
King Coco.
Blessings, Jeff.
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge,
you're gonna race to knock off a series of heavy sandbags.
You're looking for a ring of keys.
You'll then use those keys to unlock a net
and drag four large puzzle pieces underneath the net.
You'll then arrange those pieces in a square.
Once you have the square finished, you're gonna take
the same pieces, go up a cargo net
to another platform and rearrange them into a triangle.
First two tribes to finish win immunity.
Safe from the vote.
Losers, Tribal Council, where somebody
will be the fourth person voted out of Survivor 43.
Let's get to sit-outs. Coco, you have two.
-[mutters] -Cassidy and Geo are gonna sit this out for Coco.
Baka, who's it gonna be?
Jeanine gonna sit out for Baka.
Sit-outs on the bench. Everybody else, give you a minute
to strategize. We'll get started.
All right, here we go.
For immunity. Survivors ready?
-Go! -CASSIDY: Let's go, Coco!
PROBST: You've got to go over and get all the sandbags off.
And you're looking for one ring with keys on it.
GEO: Go, Coco!
Boy, everybody is tearing it up!
JEANINE: Let's go, Baka!
PROBST: On day nine of Survivor 43.
-Right there. Grab it, grab it, grab it. -Baka! Go, Baka!
PROBST: Every second is going to count in this challenge.
-Yeah. -You're good. Go, Vesi.
-It is Ryan unlocking for Coco. -CASSIDY: Let's go, guys!
Let's go, Ryan!
PROBST: Got Cody unlocking for Vesi. You're good.
JEANINE: Let's go, Elie.
PROBST: Elie unlocking for Baka. You're good, Baka.
-Yeah, okay, go. -JEANINE: Let's go, Baka!
-Go. Go. -PROBST: It is Vesi in the lead.
-You got it. -Ryan still struggling
to get the net unlocked.
-There we go. -PROBST: You got it. Go, Coco.
CASSIDY: Let's go, guys! Hell yeah!
-Go. -JEANINE: You got this, Baka.
It's gonna be Cody through with the first piece.
[grunts]
-Here comes Baka. -OWEN: Come on, baby.
PROBST: Sami's got one. Owen's got one.
JEANINE: Come on, Baka! Go!
-Lindsay's got one for Coco. -CASSIDY: Good job, Lindsay!
PROBST: There goes Karla digging.
Ryan just holding that net up,
but he's not grabbing a puzzle piece.
You got to get all four of 'em back here.
[breathing heavily]
Everybody working. Lindsay takes a fall.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
PROBST: Baka, you're good.
-Start untying. -JEANINE: Let's go!
-PROBST: Now you've got to untie your bag. -Let's go!
Vesi has all four puzzle pieces. Start untying.
CASSIDY: Yeah! Good job, Coco!
Coco, you're good. You can untie.
-JEANINE: You got this, Baka! -GEO: Go, guys!
PROBST: Everybody got through that first leg very quickly.
-[grunts] -Now you've got to get the puzzle pieces out of their bags.
Then two players will form a square.
Got to get 'em all out before you can start solving.
Dwight is moving about as slow as you can move
and still actually be moving.
Thank you, Jeffrey.
PROBST: Baka can start solving.
JEANINE: You got it, you got it, you got it.
PROBST: Coco, you're good. Start solving.
CASSIDY: Go, Coco!
Vesi has their fourth. You're good.
This challenge is on.
GABLER: Towards Owen, towards Owen, towards Owen.
You're solving on that platform. You're making a square.
Yep. Just like that. And then put, um, rotate it.
PROBST: You're experimenting right now to see what works.
Up straight. There you go.
-How's that looking there? -No.
-Shoot, I'm sorry. -No.
There you go. That's it. That's it. That's it.
[shushing]
PROBST: Trial and error. Just keep digging.
JEANINE: You got it, Baka.
PROBST: Once you have it, let me know. -Jeff.
Baka thinks they have it, and they do.
-That's a square. -Can we kick it?
Move up the cargo net.
Hell yeah, Baka!
Baka quickly knocked it down so nobody could even look.
Now you've got to get very heavy
puzzle pieces up this cargo net.
You earn it every single day out here on Survivor.
Yes.
PROBST: It is Coco and Vesi right now, trying to get the square.
-Put that there! -Go!
Sami heading up for Baka.
Gabler with the first piece.
-[grunts] -You got bodies underneath.
If you drop a piece, they are heavy.
Send it here, then knock it over.
-That's the way you do it, Baka. -NOELLE: Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff!
Vesi thinks they have it, and they do. That's good.
-Head up. -CODY: Get on up there. -JEANINE: You got this, Baka!
Get those pieces up there!
CODY: Go ahead, Jesse. Keep going, Jesse.
Vesi now heading up.
DWIGHT: Oh.
PROBST: Coco in dead last again.
That piece, that piece goes down on the ground.
RYAN: They had it to where it lined up like this.
-Elie, give me your hand. -Thank you.
-Wait, wait, ow! -Oh, sorry. Sorry.
Baka, you're good. Start.
All you, Baka!
NOELLE: Help Dwight. Help Dwight.
-I'm fine. -All right.
-PROBST: Vesi has their four. You're good. -Nice, Dwight.
We're looking for two to finish by building a triangle.
Flip that.
PROBST: It is Jesse and Dwight...
One more time.
...Sami and Owen.
Immunity on the line. Day nine, Survivor 43.
Coco's still working on their first puzzle-- the square.
-Don't give up, Coco! -Don't give up, Coco!
-Jeff, we got it. -Jeff! Jeff!
-You got it! Go, Coco!
CASSIDY: Right on! Good job, Coco!
-Coco trying to stay in this. -CASSIDY: Go, Coco!
PROBST: Coco, once again, has put themselves back in competition.
RYAN: Watch out.
There it is, all four pieces. Now get up.
James, Ryan, everybody's in it.
-Coco, once again, not giving up. -Here.
Good.
ELIE: This one's bottom left, quickly.
-Quickly. -No. No, that's not it.
It can't be it. It can't be it.
Do not get sassy.
I want you to take that next piece.
Coco is making fast work of this, if they can solve it.
-Ryan, keep that up there. Ryan, slide that in. -Ryan, Ryan...
PROBST: Like so many Survivorpuzzles,
once you see it, it'll be so clear.
But until you see it, it's very difficult.
[indistinct chatter]
[excited chatter]
-Vesi has it. Vesi wins immunity. -[cheering]
Vesi has won their first immunity challenge.
No Tribal Council.
It is now Baka and Coco fighting to stay alive.
Right there.
-No, no, no. -Long piece, long piece...
Can Baka pull it out and send Coco to Tribal Council?
Elie, Elie, Elie.
Have him switch that over here.
DWIGHT: The longest side on the ground.
-That's the right... Flip it. -Flip. -Yes?
NOELLE: Push that in. It'll go.
-Yeah. -There you go.
Vesi is very clearly helping Baka,
trying to tell them where their pieces go.
-Why? -They're helping them?
-Yup. Yes. -Oh, yeah.
-Yeah. Yeah, that's it. -JEANINE: Come on, Baka!
-That's it. -Spin yours.
Try it. We're gonna lose. Go.
-Keep going. Keep going... -PROBST: Owen gonna try a different piece.
-DWIGHT: Yeah. -PROBST: Do they have it?
-There we go. -Jeff! Jeff!
They do! Baka has it!
-[cheering] -Baka pulls it out!
[squeals]
[whooping, cheering]
PROBST: Baka safe, sending Coco to Tribal Council
for the first time this season.
-SAMI: Nice! -PROBST: Wow, what an effort.
A very clear division, with Vesi helping Baka.
Vesi, congratulations.
[exclaims]
First time you've had this.
Here's your flint.
Well-earned.
First time in a while we will not see each other at Tribal.
Baka, hard-fought, very close at the end.
Baka's safe.
Baka, Vesi, grab your stuff, head out, enjoy the night off.
-Thank you, sir. -Thanks, Jeff.
Cassidy, what do you make of the fact
that Vesi wasn't even hiding that they were helping Baka?
I mean, there isn't any rules in the game of Survivor.
There's definitely dirty play that goes on, as we saw here.
They're uniting together as the losers.
Um, we haven't lost yet,
and so they're trying to just knock us down
-off of our pedestal. -PROBST: All right, Coco,
Tribal Council tonight.
Somebody from your tribe
will be the fourth person voted out of this game.
And as a penalty for losing, I'm gonna take your flint.
Sorry for you.
All right, Coco, grab your stuff, head out.
See you tonight at Tribal Council.
LINDSAY: Losing sucks.
The other two tribes were working together,
so once we hit the merge,
I've got people that I... that I want to get revenge on.
But my biggest fear is coming true.
We are going to Tribal Council.
And in a tribe of six, there's no place to hide.
♪ ♪
RYAN: They had to help each other.
But y'all did amazing. I'm really proud of y'all.
-RYAN: Yep. -LINDSAY: This sucks, y'all.
I just want to eat one more time together
before we start strategizing. We do have to.
Okay.
RYAN: Now that we lost, our tribe has
to experience something new and something unpleasant.
This is the first night we have to scramble,
and right now, the two people I trust the most,
it's gonna have to be James and Geo.
Geo is my number one. Somebody has to go home,
and I got to keep the people I trust as close as I can.
Probably gonna be a whole bunch of names being thrown...
I'm not gonna lie. I'm kind of excited about Tribal Council.
And my master plan is to take out Cassidy tonight.
We're gonna vote for Cassidy.
-Whatever I have to do to stay in the game, right? -Yeah.
I don't know. I feel like I'm just
calling the shots right now.
I feel like I can't trust Cassidy
as much as everybody else. And I can
feel it in my bones when I talk to her. I can feel
that she's probably gonna turn around and backstab me.
Wait. You know, wait, wait, wait, don't...
Okay, I was gonna show you something.
When I cut 'em up, I cut 'em up exactly in the center,
-where e-everything looks almost exactly the same. -Okay.
And that's why...
No, no, no. You continue doing it.
CASSIDY: It's like, "Why don't you just cut it then,
if it's, like, so important?"
-We can do it your way this time, -No, no.
-and if it works, then... -It's not like it's my way.
Geo's definitely, like, grating on my nerves, for sure.
He's gotten a little big for his britches, in my opinion.
He's being sassy to everybody, and I think
-that's because... Yes. -LINDSAY: Is he?
-KARLA: Yeah. -He's been... I've seen him be sassy to multiple people...
KARLA: Yeah.
Yeah.
CASSIDY: I want to get Geo out, and I don't think that
he would blink an eye if he had to turn on me.
I want to go Geo.
Perfect. I'm down.
KARLA: Geo is playing
a "I call the shots" game.
No. There's no way Cassidy's going home.
Tonight, we're voting for Geo.
It's the easiest vote.
Do you know if my name has ever come up?
No.
Nobody's saying anything right now.
The plan right now is for us to vote Geo,
and something's just not adding up.
I say that because this isSurvivor,
and it's never as easy as it seems.
It's making me, especially, pretty paranoid.
♪ ♪
I don't know why.
You know, maybe it's the fact that everybody's continuously
running around this island, trying to strategize.
I don't understand why we have to keep going off
if the plan's already in place.
...feel like we can start talking strategy.
LINDSAY: You know, they're talking right now.
RYAN: After we eat this, strategy season is open.
LINDSAY: My gut is telling me, "Of course they would
target me." I-I feel like
I'm somebody that needs to be targeted.
Ryan won't even strategize with me.
Fine. Don't talk to me.
If I'm being honest, I'm a huge threat--
physically, socially,
um, and strategically.
How are you feeling? Like, what's going through your head
-right now, Lindsay? -I'm super paranoid
that it's gonna be me tonight.
KARLA: No.
Oh, my gosh. What-what can I do
to reassure you that it's not?
I just want to know who's lying.
I don't trust anybody right now.
This isSurvivor, and
it'd be silly for me to do so.
But that paranoia is too difficult to work with.
I completely understand and agree with that.
Dude, are you... you'd be down to flip?
If she's this paranoid?
She's paranoid as hell.
I'm gonna talk to her to calm her down.
-Yeah, but Karla's acting funny. I mean... -Karla's not acting funny.
We both, me and Karla are on the same page.
We're trying to get you to realize...
Madness.
You tell people they're safe,
and for some reason that's just not good enough for them.
Are y'all in an alliance? And that's the thing.
-I don't feel like it, at this point. -No, no, look. Think about it.
-I think Karla's lying to me, too. -No, no, no. She's not.
Look at me. You are not the target tonight.
What you can't do is sketch out the people
that are voting with you.
I'm trying to make it so Lindsay
doesn't go home, but when you start
blowing up the game with people trying to protect you
on the first freaking vote...
-...I can't convince you. -All right, then-then that's it.
-I'm gonna trust you. -Thank you.
And the thing about it is,
it wasn't Lindsay maybe two hours ago.
And you didn't trust me,
and you may just go home.
All right, I just need to go...
-Let's go to the well really fast. -All right.
You and I are the swing votes.
-You know this, right? Okay. -Yeah, 'cause right now it's Geo.
KARLA: Geo or Lindsay.
I know.
So we're set to go after Geo,
but Lindsay's starting to show signs of paranoia.
It's literally not you.
I don't know what's going through her head, but it's like
telling your drunk friend that they can't drink anymore,
that they're not allowed to go into the bar, and they're like,
"I can, I can," and you're like, "Stop drinking."
And it's just, like, they don't listen.
She may have just shot herself in the foot.
Right now, chaos just erupted...
Yes.
-She's literally ruining the game right now. -I know.
She's ruining her own game by doing this.
KARLA: But at the same time, Geo right now is power-hungry
and thinking that he can kind of, like, boss me around.
That ego is getting in the way.
-Geo. -Cool beans.
I'm putting all my trust in you guys.
-JAMES: Sounds like a plan. -LINDSAY: All right.
I love you guys.
KARLA: Geo is the easiest vote right now.
We have the numbers, but I knew coming intoSurvivor
that it was gonna be really complicated.
And it's game on.
♪ ♪
Hello, Jeff.
-[gasps] Wow. -[laughter]
This may be the most raucous entrance
to a first Tribal.
Group of torches back there. Grab one, dip it in, get fire.
♪ ♪
This is part of the ritual of Tribal Council,
because, as you know, in this game, fire represents your life.
When your fire is gone, so are you.
Sadly, that will be the case for one of you tonight.
All right, so I need a little catch-up,
because this is our first time together.
So, Ryan, what grade would you give
the tribe for these first nine days,
based on camp life, and shelter, and fire and all that stuff?
I'd give us about an 8.5.
We don't bicker very often,
though it does happen, like a family.
-But we've eaten every night, most of the time, so... -Wow.
Well, Geo and Ryan, they're the papaya boys.
-And they run around. -[laughter]
They do their thing around camp to keep us fed.
Yeah, when I care for people, I want to provide for them.
I've gotten to spear fish. I've gotten papaya for everybody.
I climbed a coconut tree, and I got a coconut, Jeff.
-And I... -Let's stop there for a minute,
-because when's the last time you did that? -[chuckles]
I've never climbed a coconut tree, Jeff.
-Never. -[laughs]
PROBST: So I think we got to take these moments in,
because, of course, Survivoris a game.
We all know that, but I'm always the one sort of preaching
that it's the adventure that you make it, as well.
Yeah, Jeff, I have to say, I really took your words to heart.
PROBST: So, Lindsay, what have you learned
from nine days of hard work, trying to get along?
Because I feel like Coco has gotten
as much juice out of every papaya
-that you can, so to speak. -[laughter]
We have, and we know what works right now for us.
We know what it takes to win. And then today happened.
So, um, today was definitely a wake-up call for us.
Immediately, everyone started breaking out into groups.
Some people spoke a little bit more than others.
Some people didn't speak at all.
Um, I'm curious to see if those people
will reveal themselves and maybe explain why
they didn't feel like they needed to have
a conversation with me tonight.
I actually
didn't get that energy of, "I need to talk to you.
Like, I want to strategize with you."
How do you receive that?
I think the people that wanted to have conversations
with me today made it a priority.
-Okay, so that's a rejection. -[chuckles softly]
Geo, does that concern you
or does that make you happy when there's a little stress
between two other tribe members at Tribal?
As long as the vote is not on me, I am happy.
But I've been nervous all afternoon.
I kind of feel like, you know, when you're a child
and you get in trouble with your parents,
and they take the TV away from me? It's like
you're the parent and the TV is the flint. [laughs]
PROBST: Okay. I'm the parent.
I'm the fun killer, and now you all have to
come in here and get a lecture from me.
-[laughter] -Why am I always the parent?
I don't know, but that's how I feel right now,
and I've been nervous all night. And if you're not nervous
on Tribal Council, then something's wrong with you.
PROBST: Karla, what did you notice happening
when you all got back to camp after the challenge?
Naturally, there was a scramble,
and you're kind of fact-checking.
You kind of have to do full circle
to ensure that every single person
that you said you're solid with is solid.
If not, then you have to figure out where did that go wrong, or,
if you're solid, you're solid.
Lindsay, fact-checking in a conversation is a great part
-of playing Survivor. -Right.
Were you doing that today?
Uh, probably a little too much.
I was definitely getting paranoid,
and everyone definitely noticed that.
But then I realized. "Wait.
"If you keep revisiting these conversations,
-Mm-hmm. -"it's gonna create paranoia
"within the people that you just solidified
your-your votes with."
PROBST: So, Geo, given that you felt
your own version of paranoia-- that the parents were mad
and they're gonna take the remote
and all that stuff-- when you sense
Lindsay spiraling a little bit, do you go in to try to help?
I just want to make sure I keep my people calm.
You know, the people that I spoke to, calm,
so that way, they won't freak out.
But sometimes the waters might look calm on the surface,
but underneath, like, there's stuff happening, you know?
And it's-it's... it's gonna get messy no matter what.
Well, I know somebody's going to be hurt at the end of the day.
-It's part of the game. -James, what were you trying
to accomplish this afternoon?
Well, I was chilling at camp for a lot of the time.
That's my calm demeanor, and that's how
I assure the people that you're working with
that you're going to do what you said you're going to do.
PROBST: That's an interesting approach.
"I'm just gonna chill.
That's how I'm gonna show you trust."
But that's the part of this game that's so complicated,
which is, "Of course I'm gonna front
-"like I trust everybody, but inside, -Yeah.
my heart is like, 'What if I'm the one?'"
Yeah. I mean, yeah, that's a real
emotional battle that you have to face
because things can change every day, every second in this game.
And the only way that you can really demonstrate trust
is by voting.
PROBST: So, Karla, how close
to the sun setting were you all still talking about the vote?
KARLA: It didn't stop.
-I mean, it-it... -GEO: We didn't get to finish.
KARLA: We didn't get to finish. Yeah. Like,
-if we had more time... -Agreed. -We didn't get to finish.
-...we wouldn't stop talking, yeah. -PROBST: Really?
Really?
So what is that indicative of?
There's still a lot of questions in the air.
And that is the paranoia.
All right, with that, it is
time to vote. Lindsay, you're up.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
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: Cassidy.
Geo. One vote Cassidy, one vote Geo.
Lindsay. That's one vote Cassidy,
one vote Geo, one vote Lindsay.
Lindsay. That's two votes Lindsay, one vote Cassidy,
one vote Geo.
Fourth person voted out of Survivor 43:Lindsay.
That's three. That's enough. Need to bring me your torch.
Lindsay, the tribe has spoken.
Time for you to go.
Grab your torches, head back to camp.
Good night.
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You are not on our side.
CASSIDY: They think they have the numbers,
but revenge is a dish
best served cold.
JESSE: I came here to dream big and go for it.
It's a million-dollar game.
Oh. [laughs]
I could mess some things up.
ELIE: Boom. Over.
We are screwed.
GABLER: Now the game has changed dramatically.
I thought my alliance was gonna stick with me,
and they turned on me. I did play my ass off,
but it came at a cost. I only know one way--
to go as hard as I can.
I've waited 22 years to play this game,
and I wasn't going to do it half-assed.
[crying]: I'm really proud of myself.
But it was everything that I wanted it to be.
Not as long,
but I'm really happy.
[roars]