♪ ♪
SAMI: So at Tribal tonight, Noelle ended up going home.
Noelle, the tribe has spoken.
SAMI: I thought I was kind of in the numbers.
I thought it would be smart to go after Karla,
but Owen and I were left out of the vote, and
I could not have been further off from what happened.
I've dug myself this hole, and right now,
it's hard to see how to get out of this.
W-Why...
Noelle...
No.
-We're pretty 100 on that, brah. -I'll... Yeah, I'll ask Gabler.
SAMI: I was gonna try to act like I voted with the majority.
Then I realized
I've already lied enough.
Like, I've done enough to get myself to this point.
All right, I wrote Karla's name.
Why'd you write my name down?
I wrote Karla's name.
Cass, Gabler's with you guys.
I write Karla's-Karla's name. I wrote Karla's name.
-Can I ask why? -100%.
I... I thought it was...
completely on the other side.
Like, I... I was thinking if you had an idol
and you played the idol and it was in the majority,
that would be great 'cause then you could just play the idol
and then Noelle would just go home anyways.
And you see where it got me.
That's where I'm at.
-Cody and Jesse flipped. -Yeah.
They told me about it last-second.
But here's the good news.
-I've got a plan... -Mm-hmm.
-for me and you... -Okay.
to get to the final three.
GABLER: I knew Owen would be very betrayed by tonight's
reversal of the vote, so,
I immediately pulled Owen aside.
He was the first person I talked to.
No.
-I don't know why, but it's just... -No, no, dude,
I'm telling you, it's not as bad as you think.
It'll be better tomorrow morning. Trust me.
I'm in a very good position. I have a relationship
with everybody out here.
And even tonight when I was part of a blindside,
no one's talking about me as a target.
I'm hiding in plain sight.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OWEN: This is not fun.
[laughing]: This is terrible.
It's, like, getting comical at this point that I just,
like, keep finding myself as the closest person
to the person who's getting blindsided.
And it's depressing realizing that I've just been outfoxed
for, like, the nine billionth time.
It's like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football,
and Lucy's taking it away, you know,
and he falls on his back like always.
But except, in this scenario, it's not just Lucy.
It's Linus and freaking Pig-Pen
and Peppermint Patty and the stupid kid
playing the piano.
And it's like every single one
of the Peanut kids is out to get me,
and it's just like...
Aah.
This sucks.
CODY: You guys trying
to make some rice this morning?
Think we might give the fire a go in a little bit, yeah.
-I'll try starting it in a second. -Once more.
SAMI: You know, this is the first vote I've been left out of
all game.
Nice, Sami.
-[Cody laughs] -KARLA: Yeah.
SAMI: But, you know, I... I've been playing
in the middle for a very long time,
and if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.
And I got burned pretty bad last night.
The letters from the rewards of the sanctuary...
Sami.
SAMI: ...it couldn't come for me at a better time
because today is, like, my worst day out here.
To reread the words...
My mom told me, you know, when I'm dealt
with difficult situations, I keep my head up
and my shoulders back.
And, uh...
yeah, it means a lot to have that right now.
I feel like my mom doesn't know how much I listen to her
because I don't really show it to her.
I was really worried about coming out here and failing,
and my whole life, I've been failing to try.
And I know it hurts the people
that-that believe in me
to-to see me fail to try.
I want my little cousins, I want my brothers,
my sisters, my little baby brother see me trying
to do things for myself.
And for my mom to be able to see
that her words helped me push through--
it means a lot to me, and so,
as my mom reminded me,
I'm gonna keep my head up, I'm gonna put my shoulders back,
and I'm gonna make the best of the situation that I've got.
Mom, I'm doing this one for you.
I just might, for once in my life,
say "You told me so."
Doesn't mean that I'm just gonna, like,
cut all ties with you. Like...
[laughing]: I would hope you don't just cut all ties with me.
I hope that you are open, as well, to, like, if...
I don't know. If we're ever trying to make a move,
you'd be down, that you...
If you... if you guys are down,
I'll help you guys get to where you guys...
wherever you guys want to get to.
Who was the first to mention my name?
The first mention of your name was Cass.
SAMI: At this point,
my best move is stirring up a lot of chaos.
And so, I had to lie to Karla about Cassidy.
Why not just try
to salvage what little relationship there might be
with Karla even though I wrote her name down?
It was a mutual between her and myself.
We were just like, "Oh, yeah, Karla's... she's... you know,
she's really good. I think we just need to get her now."
Yeah.
I'm freaking out a little bit inside because
Cassidy and I have been together since day one of this game.
And so, my dumb self told Cassidy
about my idol.
Well, look, if you do have an idol
and you're not playing it, I won't hold that against you,
just so you know.
-You bitch. [laughs] -[laughs]
KARLA: So I'm concerned because Sami told me
Cassidy has said,
"You know, Karla may seem like a big threat."
I don't know how true or not it may be,
but it feels very true to me.
I feel like he's on the bottom,
so he's gonna try to, like, potentially sow
some mistrust between us.
I just want to get ahead of that
in case he is trying to say ... about me.
No, no, he's not. I mean, obviously,
I'm in a very vulnerable position because I...
I mean, so am I.
Well, and I also told you something that...
-I know. -I hope just stays between us
-It will. It will. -because it's... scary.
She knows I have an idol,
and she's seeing my gameplay, and it's very similar to her.
And so, that kind of makes me wonder, is
my closest person here, my ally, really my ally?
-Do you trust me? Okay. -I do. I do.
I have to act first. Time is running out.
We have six days left,
and if I don't go on the offense,
this game is gonna be decided for me.
I would love to see two girls in the... in the finale.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
OWEN: These sunrises are never gonna get old.
No, brah.
OWEN: Yeah, those clouds-- they're magical.
Yeah.
-OWEN: Six more days. -CASSIDY: Yeah.
OWEN: Crazy.
-CODY: We got company, y'all. -Where?
[boat engine humming]
KARLA: Aw, no.
-CODY: Boat mail. -What the heck?
-[whooping] -GABLER: We have a visitor? -KARLA: Yup.
GABLER: When a boat pulls up, it's always
something monumental.
The last time a boat pulled up
was about 20 days ago,
and I went on a journey, and that changed my game.
So, we knew
it was gonna be something dramatic immediately.
Okay.
[Cassidy gasps]
-Go! Go! -[Cassidy shrieks]
OWEN: We just take off like bats out of hell, and it's just
off to the races immediately, no-no discussion needed.
SAMI: It's crazy 'cause looking for things inSurvivor--
it's like a taboo. You don't do it.
Now here we are at final seven. We don't care anymore.
And I'm gonna need this advantage
in the game 'cause I'm on the bottom,
so I need this.
SAMI: Oh, yeah.
SAMI: I'm looking for the color. I'm looking for, like,
an aqua color.
Not seeing it, and so I'm looking
high and low for this thing, and I...
I don't know.
It's a lot harder than it looks.
OWEN: The pace coming out of the gate is fast and furious.
Everyone is out here looking.
Cody's got a stick,
poking around,
Gabler's going off the path.
Holy moly. This is like a needle
in a hay field.
CASSIDY: I would love to find an advantage, but truthfully,
I haven't had good luck finding anything in this game.
I've had to, like, get by by, like, the seat of my pants.
You know, I haven't had any idols or advantages.
I mean, I've looked. So I'm worried
that mainly that Sami will find an advantage.
Excitement's turning to discouragement.
-Same. -I've just been everywhere.
You know, we could do a... Uh, you want to do a "lurp" walk?
-CASSIDY: What's that? -Long range reconnaissance patrol.
OWEN: We start grouping up for a search.
Gabler teaches us about some
search technique that they used during the Vietnam War.
Keep lurping.
Looking straight and left and right
and having a group, like,
kind of like recon tower situation.
This is how they did it in Vietnam.
They walked through the jungle in little teams of four.
Never usually above eye level. Am I right, guys?
-I don't know. -I don't know.
Do we call it quits? Do we keep looking?
Yeah.
Kind of want to...
Give me some blue string, Jeff. Come on, man.
♪ ♪
CODY: The excitement wears off,
and then you start thinking, and you look at other people.
"Well, maybe they're not looking as hard as they first were,
"so maybe they found it and they're just
digging around for the hell of it."
But the last thing I want to do is know
that it was found after I gave up.
I don't have that in me.
I would be embarrassed
to know that it was found after I stopped looking.
Dude, we've torn this place apart, man. That's for sure.
-You think so? -I think that's a very strong possibility.
I mean, I don't know.
I've looked all over, man. I found nothing.
So, I may just... I mean, it's about time to get...
-I mean, how much energy and... -Before you get exhausted?
Yeah, it's probably a very good idea.
I may go back there, just do my beach swim.
Yeah. For me, it's, like, how long do I stay here and search?
-I've-I've walked this whole thing four times. -Yeah.
I've walked it slow, I've walked it fast, I've walked it...
CODY: I'm talking to Gabler.
I catch, out of the corner of my eye,
something, like, the same color as the tree trunk.
It's about time to get... I mean...
CODY: At this point I'm thinking,
"Oh, boy, uh, what do I do now?"
So I just kind of, like, put my hand up casually
and waited for him to leave.
[quietly]: Yeah, baby.
I could just scream at the top of my lungs.
That's what I really want to do right now.
I can't help myself. I do a little shimmy-shake dance.
Like, I'm pretty stoked. Like, "Oh, bro."
Thank God I had the tenacity to come back out here.
Ooh. I'm a gambler. I love this.
Water now starting to crest above that grate.
[inhaling sharply]
CODY: We've all seenSurvivor.
We've all seen this challenge.
It's scary, but for me, I'm going,
"I live in Hawaii, I love the ocean, I'm in all the time."
This is awesome. This is so awesome.
I am the front-runner on this.
But I also have to think of my other players.
After living on an island with people for 21 days,
I should know who is comfortable
in a panic situation.
I had to make the right decision here because
it's a double shot at immunity, and I can't blow it.
I'm feeling very good about it.
I got a smile so big, I can taste the earwax.
Mm!
If you want this, you got to apply to be on Survivor.
♪ ♪
All right, shall we get to today's immunity challenge?
-[all voicing assent] -Yes, sir. -First things first.
-Cassidy. -No! All right, I'm winning it back.
-Got to take it back. You can win it back. -[laughs]
Thank you.
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
Today's challenge is going to test
your ability to remain calm
when everything else in your body says otherwise.
You're gonna take a spot under a grated steel barrier.
As the tide rises, your breathing room will decrease
until ultimately,
there is nowhere left to breathe.
The person who lasts the longest wins immunity,
is guaranteed a spot in the final six.
Losers-- Tribal Council tonight
where somebody will be voted out of this game.
Their dream of winning Survivor 43will come to an end.
All right, we're gonna draw for spots,
we'll get started. Yeah, Cody.
But Jeff, I found something in the jungle today.
-No. -And it's a present for you.
-For sure. -Thank you. I will take that.
So this morning, you all knew
there was an advantage hidden.
Cody found it. This is the Choose Your Champion Advantage.
What it means is Cody had the secret opportunity
to select one of you to win this challenge,
which means, if he doesn't win,
but the person he bet on-- if they win-- he is also safe.
This is his secret to keep, which means
you won't know until Tribal
because we will not reveal this until
after the votes have been cast but before they are read.
Huge advantage with seven people left in the game.
All right, now we're gonna draw for spots.
Then we'll get started.
Here we go. Who are you gonna be sitting next to in the water?
All right, here we go. Everybody get under your grate.
[inhaling through noses]
And this challenge
is on.
This is a classic Survivorchallenge.
This is unique every time we run it.
Every day in the ocean is different.
You might start with a higher tide or a lower tide.
Everybody looking good.
Still have plenty of breathing room at this point.
Owen, how you feeling right now?
OWEN: It's unbelievable. I'm happy to be here.
You always want to try this one.
-Yeah. -[laughing]
PROBST: That's easy to say
until a swell comes.
[inhales sharply]
PROBST: I can see from looks on faces,
you're already uncomfortable.
Claustrophobia is probably the first thing.
The tide hasn't risen that much,
but you get little swells like that.
Moment by moment, that tide is rising.
Make no mistake about it.
Your breathing room is decreasing.
And Gabler can't take it anymore.
Gabler is the first person out. We are down to six.
If Cody bet on Gabler, that bet is over.
But only Cody knows who he bet on.
[coughing]
Obviously, a big advantage in this challenge is
how comfortable are you in the water in general?
Not everybody grows up surfing.
Another swell.
-[Sami groans] -Sami, out of nowhere
takes a swell, can't take anymore.
And we are down to five.
Those are the moments that get you.
The swell is too much. It lasts too long.
PROBST: You're underwater longer than you feel comfortable,
and you just pop out.
And there it comes just like that.
Another swell.
Some of these swells are fast, some of them
really take their time.
Wow.
Another big, slow swell.
This is impressive.
PROBST: That was a long time underwater.
Jesse's out, and we're down to four.
Karla, Owen, Cody and Cassidy.
GABLER: Great job, buddy.
We're getting down to it now.
That water is rising.
Immunity on the line.
This is old school Survivor.
Back when we inflicted a little more pain.
Nice to revisit some of our old haunts.
♪ ♪
You are at one hour in this challenge.
It's exhausting to be doing this right now.
Everybody wants it to be over.
You got to keep digging.
♪ ♪
Tide continues to rise.
This isn't just one swell. This is constant.
That steel grate is being pushed around.
Here comes another swell.
Absolutely submerged.
PROBST: This is the most difficult stage so far.
A far cry from when we started.
Still underwater.
We could lose somebody here soon.
Cody has let go, but he's still under.
That's the panic.
Everybody's underwater. Unbelievable.
-Cody's back in it... -[gasping]
-...gasping for a breath. -GABLER: Golly.
PROBST: That's how you do it on Survivor!
Cody lets go again.
He's still underwater. He's still good.
-Cody can't do it. He's out! -[Cody groans]
We're down to three.
Now the question for Cody is,
what name did he secretly write down?
Was it Karla, Owen or Cassidy?
If so, he's still got another shot.
Cody, you freezing?
I'm frozen, man.
It's cold in there.
You have been in that water for 90 minutes.
Your body's tight, limbs are cramped.
You're absolutely freezing.
The only thing keeping you in this challenge is you.
Let's go! Go!
[muffled shouting]
PROBST: This is why you signed up.
This is what you wanted, and you got it, and you're killing it!
Childhood dreams coming to life right here.
-One hour, 52 minutes. -CODY: Come on! Come on!
-You got it! -Here comes another big swell...
-Go! Go! -Let's go!
PROBST: ...submerging everybody.
GABLER: Come on, guys!
[muffled shouting]
PROBST: Boy.
Wow.
PROBST: That is the longest yet.
-GABLER: There you go, Karla! -CODY: Come on, guys! Let's go!
This is incredible.
That is a long time without a breath.
[overlapping shouting]
-[muffled shouting] -GABLER: Go, Karla!
-PROBST: And Cassidy is out. -GABLER: Aah!
PROBST: An unbelievable performance by Cassidy.
-Come on, y'all! Let's go! -It's not gonna be enough.
-GABLER: You got it, Cass! -Cassidy, you lasted two hours,
-and we are down to two. -SAMI: Two hours.
-Two hours. -It is a showdown
-between Karla and Owen. -Come on, guys!
PROBST: We have seen some great efforts
in challenges this season.
This may be at the top of the list.
-Come on, y'all! [whoops] -Good job!
PROBST: The ocean came in with a job to do,
but Karla and Owen have pushed back.
-[Cassidy laughs] -GABLER: Wow.
PROBST: Two hours, 20 minutes.
Geez Louise, brah.
PROBST: This thing goes long enough, that water
will reach its peak
and start to drop.
We've never had players outlast the rising tide
-and swells of the ocean. -GABLER: Boy!
But they're heading there right now.
SAMI: Good job!
Coming up on two hours, 45 minutes.
You're almost there! Keep it up, you two! Keep it up!
PROBST: We have been out here so long that the tide
that was once rising
is now dropping.
And without the tide,
this is just a steel grate.
[inhaling sharply]
I'm still here.
I have more gray hair.
Owen, how are you feeling right now?
[Cody laughs]
-It's happening, isn't it? -CODY: Yup. -GABLER: It is.
The fact that you are both talking again
-and that the water is dropping... -Wow.
We're making an unprecedented decision
to end this challenge.
Both of you will win individual immunity.
This challenge is over.
-You can both breathe. -Yes! [whooping]
That's it. You have done it.
-[indistinct shouting] -43 seasons, 22 years.
We've done well over a thousand challenges.
We have never had players outlast the challenge.
The tide came in.
-You were underwater for long periods of time. -[Karla laughs]
Players dropped, but you didn't, and the tide left.
Congratulations. Swim over.
-PROBST: Karla, come here. -GABLER: Why'd you put me
-in the same row with him? -[Karla shrieks]
-Oh, your body is freezing. -Yeah. I am.
GABLER: Hey, behind your ears there's some gills.
-Karla. -Yeah.
-Hug for sure. -Karla!
You made history in winning this.
This has never happened.
You both outlasted the challenge.
You both deserve immunity.
You're safe tonight, cannot be voted out of this game.
-Congratulations. Take a seat. -Thank you. Thank you.
-Oh, my God! -Owen, come on over.
You, too.
-You have made it to six. -[laughs]
-Owen is safe tonight. -OWEN: Oh, my gosh.
-Have a seat. Try to start warming up. -Thank you so much.
-Nice job, brother. -[Karla laughs]
All right, Karla, Owen, you have made it to six.
Cody still has a Choose Your Champion Advantage,
which will be revealed tonight after you vote,
but before the votes are read.
And then you have a whole bunch of scrambling back at camp.
All right, swim out. See you tonight at Tribal.
-Oh! -Oh, Jeff! -Love you all.
SAMI: Final seven. Two people are immune.
And on top of all that,
if my gut's telling me that Cody picked the right way,
which I do think he did,
there's three out of seven players immune.
It's terrifying because I'm one of the four that's not immune.
Now I think that the target's on my back.
And this is the last time I can play the Shot in the Dark,
so if I have to play it, I will play it at a game-time decision.
♪ ♪
[indistinct, overlapping chatter]
-How about that? -That was so hard. -I know.
-OWEN: That was insane. -KARLA: That was.
OWEN: But, you know, dude, like, truly
just, like, out-of-body.
-KARLA: It was like I became one with the water. -Yeah.
-OWEN: Literally at a point... -KARLA: You knew exactly when...
CASSIDY: This was a really hard moment for me.
-SAMI: It was incredible. -OWEN: That was nuts.
CASSIDY: I don't know why this one got me.
I think it's just because
I put so much effort in and I still came up short.
But why?
Ended up being two people winning immunity today
and then, potentially, Cody being safe as well.
So that takes basically three people off of the table
for tonight and leaves the other four pretty vulnerable.
Keep your chin up.
CASSIDY: Jesse's vulnerable, Gabler's vulnerable,
Sami's vulnerable, and then I'm vulnerable.
So, this is terrifying.
What are you thinking for tonight?
I think maybe Sami, yeah?
I feel like we could all get on board with that.
CASSIDY: I'm worried for myself because people,
I think, are starting to see me and Karla
as, like, a pretty tight duo, which is
always dangerous in this game.
And so, I don't know.
I think people might try to get me out
just to knock Karla down a peg right now because she's safe.
But I'm hoping that, at least, tonight,
they see Sami as a bigger threat than me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no. I-I agree, too. We've talked about this.
It's the easiest.
This is the final seven.
I think it's a make-or-break number.
So, I could do Sami today.
But I'm kind of beating myself up
about telling Cassidy about my, uh, idol.
She could start telling anyone she wants, right?
"Karla has an idol," and that will blow up my entire game.
KARLA: So my game plan right now,
as really bad as-as this sounds...
is to get my number-one ally out of the game.
Let's do, uh... Cass?
-Really? Is this... is this real? -Uh, yeah.
-Is this serious? -Yeah.
-Cass. -Okay.
SAMI: I hear Cass' name
from Karla, which is music to my ears.
This is what I wanted, but
Karla and Cass have voted together the entire time.
The way that you were with me yesterday--
I appreciated that, that's good.
Cool.
SAMI: And so, I'm gonna tread water lightly.
I still think there's a very good chance
the Shot in the Dark comes out of the bag
and goes into play with me tonight.
-It's Cass, bro. -Interesting.
SAMI: But for now, to hear Cass' name,
it-it has a nice little ring to it.
-My guess is Cass. -Okay.
That's who I want to go. Go Cass.
-Karla's got to be next. -Yeah.
If you look at the alliances right now, you've got, you know,
Cass and-and Karla are tight.
If you were gonna do anything, you'd go Cassidy now,
-Karla tomorrow. -Yeah.
A lot of people are starting to lean towards, you know, just
taking out Cassidy because Cass and Karla are this tight pair.
And maybe
I need to just go with the flow.
-What are you thinking? -Okay.
JESSE: But at this point,
Karla wants to get rid of Cassidy.
So you're on board with Cass?
-Mm-hmm. -Okay.
JESSE: The fact that Karla is on board
sort of set off, like, a little bit
of, like, alarm bells in my head because it just means that
Karla doesn't see Cassidy as, like, a key piece in her game.
I mean, I'm also okay with Sami, but...
No.
JESSE: Then she's starting to build new bridges
with Sami, and Sami is a threat for, you know, other reasons.
Sami's, like, this amazing fire magician.
-You want me to start fire? -Yeah.
JESSE: Nobody wants to go up against Sami on fire,
and nobody trusts him.
He's kind of flip-floppy, wishy-washy, so, like,
maybe now's the time to take out Sami.
Cody's pushing for Cass, I think Gabler's on board, and...
-To vote Cass? -To vote Cass.
OWEN: Wow.
OWEN: Yeah.
Ooh. To help drive a wedge?
Then they're going at each other's throats next time.
-Yeah? -And then we can count on Cass to vote Karla next time.
Hell, yeah.
JESSE: Sami-- I don't want him to slip through.
OWEN: No, I 100% agree with you.
-It's been annoying. -But this is where it changes.
Yeah.
So I'm okay with taking out Sami tonight,
but Jesse--
he flipped on Dwight, he flipped on Noelle.
He's stabbed me in the back before.
And as much as I like the guy,
I don't know if I can trust him.
-Good. -I'm gonna talk to Cody and try and get him to see...
-And I'll talk to Gabler, try to do the same. -Yeah.
OWEN: Voting correctly tonight is crucial to my game,
but if I think it's gonna be that simple,
I could be played for a fool once again.
JESSE: What if
instead of voting Cass-- because, honestly,
she's not a huge threat-- what if we vote Sami out?
And we don't fill Karla in
so she's the only one that votes Cass.
So that when they come back, they're at odds.
CODY: When Jesse pitched the idea of, let's vote out Sami
so we can put Karla on her own little island
and make her look on the wrong side of the vote,
it makes me think. You know, like, something...
And that's where we-- me and Jesse-- get along so well,
is we think of other options, right?
Because sometimes the clear-cut one is not always the best one.
Yeah? Ooh.
Lucky for me, Owen won
the immunity challenge, which means I'm now immune.
But in my mind, it's time for Cassidy to go.
Like, I think we need to split up Cassidy and Karla.
-I don't trust him. -I don't trust him.
I feel like... Really?
CODY: I get it. He's a fire threat,
but he's also a challenge loser.
He's the first one out all the time.
Cassie's won immunity.
She's almost... She put up a good fight today.
CODY: Jesse and I have been steering theSurvivor bus,
I think, since the merge, but in this case,
we are not seeing eye to eye.
So, we have to get on the same page.
We started this game together.
We're freaking finishing this game together.
And making the right choice tonight will get us
one step closer to the end.
♪ ♪
All right, so let's start by talking about
today's historic challenge.
Karla and Owen,
we've never had anybody outlast an entire high tide.
As a result, Karla and Owen are both safe tonight.
And we still have a question with Cody,
who found the Choose Your Champion Advantage.
If he bet on either Owen
or Karla, then Cody is safe tonight as well.
So there's a lot going on.
And this afternoon, I was thinking about you all
after spending three hours
watching that tide rise and fall.
The thing about tides is they're never the same.
They ebb and they flow. They're different every day.
The only thing you can count on is
there is a low tide and there is a high tide.
And if you draw that analogy to Survivor,
the only thing that matters every day is
you got to survive the high tide of Survivor.
PROBST: So let's get into it, Gabler.
What happened when you get back to camp?
Because this was unexpected.
GABLER: Oh, it was big. You know,
when there's seven people left,
it's always kind of a magical time
in Survivorhistory. Things happen.
The fact that you have one, two, potentially three people
out of the seven that are immune--
that was a lot of chaos back at camp.
PROBST: And how does that work, Karla?
What are the rules of this group when it comes
-to having a conversation? -KARLA: We are so polite. Like,
"Would you like to dance with me, sir?"
"Sure." You know, and then, "Let's dance now."
So you never know where that tide
is going and how high or low it's going
'cause everyone's open for business.
Owen, it's got to be terrifying with no firm footing.
Talk about a tide. You're just...
This is it, all day, every day out here with you all.
Yeah. It's absolute madness, and it's ironic,
'cause at the last Tribal, I said,
"I feel okay, Jeff. I feel fine."
And then, of course, the plan
that I thought was going to happen did not happen.
So, just seeing everyone
talk and turn and twist and swap partners,
and it's-it's a lot going on.
PROBST: Sami, what's going on?
You-you were gesturing back there.
Yeah, man. It's really hard 'cause after the last vote,
I feel very so much on the bottom.
And so it's hard because
you don't get second chances this late into the game.
All I can do is put myself out there as a free agent, right?
And everybody else is deciding whether I am the guy who's
at the end of his career, who you don't
really want to give a chance anymore,
or the guy who's at the end of the career
who you give the one-year contract
because that guy can still produce for you a little bit,
and get you to the next vote.
Jesse, that's a pretty good pitch
because that's Sami saying,
"Look, I can catch the ball
a couple more times if you need me."
-That can be valuable at seven. -Yeah, and I think
that's why you have to constantly be open for business.
That's why you have these conversations.
That's why you have to consider everybody as, like,
you know, a member of your team,
and a possible useful member of your team.
PROBST: Cassidy, the one thing you can count on
with every other player is
what they are thinking about is this:
how do I get to the end?
-Yeah. -So when somebody comes
to approach you with an idea,
-it's to help them get to the end. -Yeah.
And the question is will it help you get to the end?
Yeah. I mean, especially as we're getting closer and closer
to this endgame, right,
and-and you have to analyze
every person, their strengths, their weaknesses,
their moves, you know, their threat level in the game.
Do I feel like I could trust you for a vote if I needed you?
You're trying to see into, like, the crystal ball of the future
when it's-it's really foggy right now.
PROBST: And, Sami, now you have
the ticking clock on idols,
if they're in the game, other advantages.
Tonight's the last night you can use Shot in the Dark.
How much does that ratchet up the tension?
It ratchets up a lot. You know, advantages and idols--
you know, these've been the talk of the town around the season,
but yet we still have yet to see one played.
It becomes paramount for you deciding,
do I want a souvenir to take home or do
I want to play the game all the way till I can play the game?
You know what I mean? Especially in terms of, like,
having an advantage or having an idol, and so, I'm gonna
go up there, I'm gonna play my Shot in the Dark tonight.
You know, at the end of the day,
if the people who said they were with me today
are actually with me, we should be fine.
But if not, we'll see what happens.
PROBST: So, Karla, here's where those conversations
where you asked each other to dance come into play,
because what I just heard him say was,
"Don't count on my vote.
"And if everything is as it's supposed to be,
my vote won't matter anyway."
KARLA: Yeah. Uh, well...
It's, um...
[sighs]
It... I don't know, it's unfortunate, I think.
You know, I've never heard someone just say,
"I'm gonna play my Shot in the Dark."
C-Can you explain to me how it's unfortunate, though?
Like, what's unfortunate about it?
The fact that, you know,
people have told you to trust,
and then you're just saying, "Well, screw my vote."
SAMI: If what I was told today
is what's going on, then it doesn't matter.
PROBST: So, Gabler, when you hear Sami say,
"I'm playing my Shot in the Dark,"
assuming he's telling the truth,
does it change anything about your pulse
or is that just Survivor?
No. I'm gonna continue on with the way
I believe it's gonna be when I came in here.
I'm sticking with the plan.
PROBST: How about you, Jesse?
JESSE: No, I think this kind of gets back
to something that we said, like,
last Tribal, where trust is currency out here.
If you spend too much time checking, like, if your trust,
like, the bill that somebody gave you is counterfeit,
then you go back to camp, and, you know,
nobody can trust you still.
But you got to take risks in this game.
You got to.
'Cause if I sit back idly and get lied to
the way I lied to other people,
that's not the way I want to go out.
All right, it is time to vote.
-Cassidy, you're up. -[chuckles]
♪ ♪
All right, before we get to the votes,
let's answer the question of the Choose Your Champion Advantage.
Who did Cody bet on to win today's challenge?
If it was Owen or Karla, then Cody will be safe as well.
Any votes cast against him will not count.
Cody bet on... Owen.
-[applause] -[laughs]
-PROBST: Predicted it correctly. -Wow.
PROBST: Any votes for Cody will not count.
All right. If anybody has an advantage or an idol
and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.
Owen and Karla weren't the only ones in deep water today, Jeff.
-[laughter] -I played the Shot in the Dark.
PROBST: Want to bring it up?
Sure.
Thank you.
All right, so Sami played his Shot in the Dark,
which means there is not a vote in here from him.
Sami, if this says you are safe,
any votes against you will not count.
If it says "not safe," then any votes
cast against you will count.
Let's see your fate.
♪ ♪
Sami, you are...
...not safe.
Any votes cast against you will still count.
All right, I'll read the votes.
First vote, Sami.
Sami. Two votes Sami.
Sami. That's three votes Sami.
12th person voted out and the fifth member of our jury, Sami.
That's four. That's enough. You need to bring me your torch.
-Good luck, buddy. Good luck. -Hey. A lot of fun. It was lot of fun, man.
GABLER: Eat some food for us, buddy.
SAMI: You guys can come to Vegas any time.
Just not on Sundays 'cause I got church.
[laughter]
CODY: I'll be there, brah. I'll be there.
Sami, the tribe has spoken.
Thank you, brother.
Time for you to go.
Lot of fun, peeps.
-See you, bud. -SAMI: Have a good one.
[whoops]
[laughter]
Grab your torches, head back to camp.
Good night.
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KARLA: It's fascinating how quickly people
will turn on their own alliance.
Karla, I'm coming for you.
"Genius" is the word for this plan.
OWEN: This is so unbelievable.
JESSE: If I got to be more brutal, I will.
GABLER: The gloves are off now.
It's a death match to get to the end.
The dominoes started to topple after the last vote.
I started to lose control of my fate in the game.
So I played my Shot in the Dark 'cause I felt like
I'd rather go out swinging for the fences.
And sometimes those moves don't work out,
but I'm happy with the way I played.
A million dollars for a 19-year-old kid
probably wouldn't have gone to the best of things anyways.
I'm starting to like Teslas a lot,
and my mom doesn't really like electric cars,
so I think this works out better for us both.
[roars]