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Brazil's

Brazil's Tocantins...

Tocantins...

Tocantins... ...a hot and merciless terrain.

...a hot and merciless terrain.

With the crystal waters of the

Rio Novo providing a source of

Rio Novo providing a source of life and hidden danger.

life and hidden danger.

36 days ago, 16 strangers were

thrust into this unforgiving

environment.

Welcome to Survivor: Tocantins.

Your time starts now 'cause this

game is on.

Jalapao and Timbira...

Jalapao wins immunity!

...went blow for blow in

challenges.

Timbira wins immunity!

Right now, the momentum's

like this.

Jalapao wins

immunity!

Timbira wins immunity!

But the real game was back at

camp.

J.T., Stephen, and Taj...

Everybody give me their

hands.

...formed the Jalapao

three.

Taj just put herself, me and

Stephen in a really tight

alliance.

While at an early

Timbira Tribal Council...

I love to be the leader.

That's what I'm used to doing.

...Coach fought for

control of his tribe.

It's a role that Coach is

used to, but it's something that

Brendan does better.

For her to be so quick to say

that, I think comes more to a

personality clash.

And Erinn, a

perpetual outsider...

I want to get Erinn out

immediately.

...struggled to stay

in the game.

I have to turn "girl that

maybe is kind of on the outs a

little bit" into the opposite of

that, because now I feel like

I'm kind of fighting for my life

a little bit.

Timbira wins

immunity!

Timbira took the lead in

challenges.

After the merge, Timbira was six

strong against the Jalapao

three: Taj, Stephen and J.T...

Traditionally, if you're

outnumbered going into a merge,

you're sitting ducks.

What will today bring?

But with Coach and

Brendan locked in a power

struggle...

When it comes head-to-head,

we'll see who really was the

chosen one.

And Erinn still on

the outs...

Like you guys-- why not make

my own tribe?

The Jalapao three saw

an opportunity to divide and

conquer.

Erinn's vote will be huge.

Taj, myself, Stephen and Erinn

could easily turn the game

around.

They convinced Erinn

to turn on her former Timbira

tribe mates and wipe them from

the game in a devastating series

of blindsides.

The tribe has spoken.

Until only Coach remained.

Dragon slayer makes his

dragon cane.

He was ready for a

fight.

But it turned out to be his last

stand.

12th person voted out and the

fifth member of our jury.

He received every vote except

J.T.'s.

The tribe has spoken.

Now only four remain.

Erinn.

I will lie and cheat and stab

you in the back.

I didn't come out here so that

my friends and family at home

could really respect me.

I came out here because I want

to go home with a million bucks.

Stephen.

I think my story is a little

bit of a David and Goliath

story.

I'm not the physical competitor

in challenges.

I am not the guy who's at ease

in the wild, and for me to be

sitting really close right now

to a million dollars, you know,

I think speaks a lot for me.

Taj.

In this game, I'm trying to

stay under the radar, have

everyone believe that I'm this

simple person.

If I have to smile in your face

and stab you in the back, I'm

sorry, that's the name of the

game.

I'm going to do it.

J.T...

I'm not a stupid country boy.

I'm the hardest worker out

here.

I get things done.

I fish, work and I battle it

out in the physical challenges,

and I come back and I start the

social game.

I'm an all-around competitor in

this game.

It was made for me.

Find out tonight who

Find out tonight who will be the sole survivor.

will be the sole survivor.

All right, kids.

Final four.

Whoo-hoo!

Exciting stuff.

And four in one shot at a

million dollars.

Mm-hmm.

True.

Say it louder.

Here's to the final four,

guys.

High five.

We-we are the final four.

We just had Tribal Council

tonight and Coach went home.

Coach made me promise him that

I was voting Erinn, and I-- and

I did.

I voted Erinn tonight with

Coach.

It was tough to see him go, but

we're down to the final four

now, so everything's going as

planned.

I'm just starting to get a

little worried about jury votes.

That was a hard vote, man.

After all those nice things

Coach said about me, it was not

easy to vote against him.

It got you a lot of jury

votes.

No way, man, after they saw

me betray him.

No, they don't know.

Plus-plus-- oh yeah, right,

they don't know who betrayed

him.

I don't know.

You was the one smiling

like...

Me?

J.T. ended up voting with

Coach, I think for both personal

and strategic reasons.

You know, then J.T. comes off

looking like the loyal ally,

whereas I'm the guy who

backstabbed coach.

You know, ultimately, I think

it'll hurt me.

You definitely got his vote

tonight, friend.

You know, I-I think I probably

will come off as a villain and

you're going to profit from it.

Either way, it's done.

I'm, obviously, very loyal

to J.T., but I'm also loyal to

myself and my own odds of

winning a million dollars, so

I need to think about who do I

want to be there at the end

with?

with? Who I can beat at the end?

Who I can beat at the end?

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Day 37.

Mm-hmm.

It's hard to believe that I'm

still here, final four.

There's a huge feeling of

accomplishment, especially for

me, Stephen and Taj, the

remaining three Jalapao are here

in the final four together.

You guys want to check if we

You guys want to check if we got any tree mail?

got any tree mail?

We were supposed to be gone a

long time ago and to come over

here outnumbered and now be

three to one, and our entire

jury is Timbira, I mean, it's a

jury is Timbira, I mean, it's a masterpiece.

masterpiece.

Can't discount anybody in the

Can't discount anybody in the final four.

final four.

Our biggest threat, of course,

is J., but...

I know.

Well, you know, if J.T. loses

immunity, dot, dot, dot.

Wow.

I don't know.

Dot, dot, dot.

I don't think I can do that,

but...

I-I couldn't do that, either.

But, you know, better him

than me.

Oh.

Oh. Tree mail!

Tree mail!

Tree mail-- oh!

Oh!

Oh, no!

This could be ugly.

Oh, no!

This could be ugly.

I am the last Timbira

standing, which means that I'm

with three of the original

Jalapao members, people who have

been together since day one.

And they've really become like

best friends out here.

Look at this thing.

What?

What in the hell is that?

Spi-spider?

Mm-hmm.

Oh, that's nasty.

"Hope you're not

arachnophobic.

Do huge spiders make you worry?

If you get spun out with the

web, you could get stuck in the

jury."

Oh, man.

"Spun out with the web."

I would definitely like to

win immunity today.

Um, otherwise, it could very

Um, otherwise, it could very well be me going home.

well be me going home.

well be me going home. Come on in, guys!

Come on in, guys!

Come on in, guys! Ooh!

Ooh!

Welcome, final four.

Congratulations.

Guys ready to get to today's

challenge?

Yeah.

First things first,

J.T., take back the immunity

J.T., take back the immunity necklace.

necklace.

Once again immunity is back up

for grabs.

For today's challenge, you're

going to race through a

tarantula-shaped obstacle course

to three different stations,

then retrieve a bag of puzzle

pieces from each one.

Once y

bags, you'll use those puzzle

pieces to solve a web-shaped

puzzle.

First person to get it right

wins immunity, guaranteed a

one-in-three shot of winning

this game.

Lose this challenge, you are

guaranteed a one-in-three shot

of going home.

Big stakes.

You guys ready to get started?

Yeah.

Yeah. Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Here we go, for immunity, and a

guaranteed spot in the final

three.

Survivors, ready?

Survivors, ready? Go!

Go!

Big falls right off the bat.

J.T. and Taj going up the same

leg of the tarantula.

Even though there are many to

Even though there are many to choose from.

choose from.

J.T. flying through it and out

the other side.

Stephen really taking his time.

Erinn taking her time.

J.T. has his first bag.

J.T. has his first bag. He's heading back.

He's heading back.

J.T. now flying back the other

way.

Erinn working on her first bag.

Stephen at his first bag, Taj

Stephen at his first bag, Taj at her first bag.

at her first bag.

J.T. heading out for bag number

two.

two. That rope will tear you up.

That rope will tear you up.

Going to lose some skin in this

challenge.

J.T. at his second bag.

Nobody else even back with

Nobody else even back with their first bag yet.

their first bag yet.

Taj back with her first bag.

Taj back with her first bag. Stephen back with his first bag.

Stephen back with his first bag.

Erinn now back with her first

bag.

J.T. back with his second bag.

J.T. has one bag left, only one

J.T. has one bag left, only one bag left for J.T.

bag left for J.T.

Going to be a showdown-- J.T.

heading one way, Taj heading the

other.

Stephen back with his second

bag.

Lie down flat.

Come through there, hurry.

Come through there, hurry. J.T. going over Taj.

J.T. going over Taj.

Erinn back with her second bag.

Taj is out with her second bag.

J.T. is through with his final

bag.

J.T., start working on the

puzzle.

Stephen heading back with his

final bag.

Erinn and Taj both have one bag

left.

J.T. already working on that

puzzle.

It is a difficult puzzle.

You would expect nothing less on

day 37.

Stephen out with his third and

final bag.

Start working on the puzzle,

Stephen.

Erinn and Taj both working on

that final bag.

Puzzle takes a long time.

Don't give up, Taj, don't give

up, Erinn.

This is big-time immunity.

You do not want to go to Tribal

Council tonight without

immunity.

Taj through with her third bag.

Erinn through with her third

Erinn through with her third bag.

bag.

J.T. has had a nice head start.

Stephen's had a pretty good

amount of time.

amount of time. Erinn is the last to get here.

Erinn is the last to get here.

There will be one piece in the

center, then two pieces in the

second row, three pieces in the

second row, three pieces in the third row, always.

third row, always.

Stephen proved earlier he is a

wiz with numbers.

wiz with numbers. Does that hold true for puzzles?

Does that hold true for puzzles?

J.T. getting closer.

Only five pieces left for J.T.

if he has them in the right

if he has them in the right spot.

spot.

Erinn making up a lot of ground

now.

Erinn was the last person to

start working on her puzzle.

Taj starting to fall behind now.

Stephen still fighting to stay

in this.

Right now, it is between J.T.,

Right now, it is between J.T., Stephen and Erinn.

Stephen and Erinn.

J.T. down to one piece left, but

he can't find a spot for it.

He's got one in the wrong spot.

Erinn has closed the gap now.

It is Erinn and J.T.

It is Erinn and J.T.

Yes.

J.T. wins immunity!

I am so close.

All right, J.

Oh, man.

J.T., once again,

back-to-back.

Nice job.

Whoo-hoo!

Once again, J.T. is

safe at Tribal Council.

Tonight, Erinn, Stephen, Taj,

it's been 37 days.

That will be all it is for one

of you.

Grab your stuff, head back to

camp.

See you at Tribal.

I had it.

I got my last pieces out, ready

to put them into the very, very

last one.

J.T. won immunity.

Frustrating to no end.

I am sitting next to three

people who have been together

since day one, and I am very

aware that they could just take

aware that they could just take me out and keep Taj.

me out and keep Taj.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

Nice job.

Work well done.

It was a close one.

Well, J.T. wins immunity

today.

Any one of the Jalapao members,

had they won, it would have

worked in our favor, and the

plan is to vote for Erinn

because Jalapao is Jalapao the

three, and as long as we stay

loyal, we can go to the final

three together.

Let's get in that water.

I'm not getting in the water.

It's going to burn so bad.

Erinn, I'm sure she's vying for

a spot.

She's gonna be trying to

convince them that she's worthy

of being here.

But I want her to realize that

she can try all day long.

The guys are loyal to me until

the final three, and, and we got

to move on like that.

I got to ease in before I--

well, actually, coming over and

sitting down would be the same

as easing in.

You know how I don't like to do

it all at once.

Coming back from the challenge,

all I'm thinking about is, like,

what's my next move?

How am I going to plead my case?

What do I do, what do I say?

I don't want to make it seem as

though I'm scrambling.

I'm just going to say my piece.

I think Taj-- she has played

such a good social game.

Like, she has made really good

friends with everyone, and I

mean, she definitely played a

great game, aside from just,

like, being very likable.

Uh-huh.

And I totally think she could

win.

Erinn's really playing her

game down at the water, and she

made a good point.

Taj has a very good chance of

beating me when the jury votes

'cause everyone loves Taj.

Ay, ay, ay.

This is a game for a million

dollars.

Right now, it doesn't matter

who's Timbira, who's Jalapao.

I want to make sure I've got a

I want to make sure I've got a good shot at a million dollars.

good shot at a million dollars.

How do we do this?

Tonight's the last hard vote.

Erinn, we can beat for sure

in the final immunity.

Then we're basically guaranteed

Then we're basically guaranteed the final two.

the final two.

All right, good.

We're taking each other no

matter what.

No matter what.

J.T. and I are sort of trying to

figure out if we'd rather go to

the final three with Taj or with

Erinn.

If I betray Taj, you know, I

definitely won't look good in

the jury's eyes.

But how do I get to the finals

and how do I win them?

That's been really guiding all

of my decisions.

I think Taj is getting

suspicious.

Yeah.

If we vote off Erinn tonight,

then it will be Taj, me and

J.T. in the next immunity

challenge.

I think Taj has a stronger

chance than Erinn would in that

challenge, and I think there's

also a very good chance that Taj

would take J.T. to the final

two.

Maybe she thinks, "I'm gonna

take this kid from rural Alabama

rather than the New York City

boy."

So it's a really difficult

decision on both strategic and

moral and personal grounds.

Yeah, that's who we're going

for?

Yeah.

Definitely?

Who else?

I just want to make sure.

You never know.

Y'all can't go for me.

No, I would never...

Thank God.

Oh, so that means you and

Erinn are going to vote for me.

Um... hello?

Huh?

You're not voting for me?

No, no, I was making sure

y'all wasn't voting for me.

Tonight is a very hard Tribal

Council.

Taj, myself and Stephen-- we

are the tightest three in this

game, no doubt about it, and so

we're definitely reassuring Taj

that Erinn's going home, and

Erinn may be going home.

We're not sure what we're going

to do tonight, but Stephen and I

are going to stick together on

are going to stick together on whatever decision we make.

whatever decision we make.

We'll now bring in

We'll now bring in the members of our jury.

the members of our jury.

Brendan, Tyson, Sierra, Debbie,

and Coach, voted out at the last

and Coach, voted out at the last Tribal Council.

Tribal Council.

Stephen, going back to the

merge, it was six Timbira

members, three Jalapao.

Here we are tonight.

Five of the six Timbira are on

the jury.

How did this happen?

Um, basically, we sort of had

a game plan, you know.

We each kind of selected a few

members of Timbira who we

thought we might connect with

and I think that's really helped

us.

I think what was the most

important thing was just we

would always stick together.

Erinn, you are the

lone remaining Timbira member.

All of your former tribemates

make up the jury.

That's true.

I mean, I'm, like, pretty proud

of myself, not, like, in a

vengeful way, but, like, it

speaks greatly of my self-

perseverance, and I definitely

made decisions that kept me

here, and that is amazing to me.

So, Erinn, when you

guys get back from the

challenge, is it scramble time

for you?

Um, one thing that I have

learned watching everyone go out

before me is that scrambling

does not work.

So, if history holds

true to form, the final Timbira

member-- you-- will join the

jury, and the Jalapao three will

battle it out to see who goes to

the end.

Absolutely.

These three really have been

working together since day one

or two of this game.

I wouldn't be surprised if they

continued to do so.

Taj, how big a risk

would it be to let Erinn have a

shot of going to the end when

all of her former tribemates are

on the jury?

Well, that might be a plus

for her because we are the three

Jalapao members that came in and

put all of the Timbira members

on the jury.

They may not want to vote for

one of us, so she might get the

votes just to be vindictive.

So it could be pretty dangerous.

It seems like that

the safest bet, Stephen, is to

have the Jalapao three go to the

end because then, at least we're

all even.

I mean, there's definitely

that to consider.

I also think it's an individual

game, and you have to consider

everyone in the eyes of the

jury, you know, and so you also

have to think, like, "Who do I

measure up against best?"

Does that mean, then,

that, now that Coach is out,

this whole philosophy of "take

the best to the end" is gone?

I mean, look, I respected

Coach's philosophy and I always

wanted to be there with the

best, but obviously, I have

formed real bonds with everybody

here.

And so, you know, I almost hope

I'm not in the position to make

that... that decision.

Well, but you are.

You have a vote.

I almost feel as though, as the

thunder continues to crackle

around us, it's almost like you

just showed up and this is your

first day here, and you... you

don't even know how the game is

played.

You can only vote for Erinn or

Taj, so which is it?

Okay.

I guess, for me, you know, the

vote tonight is about: how do I

better assure myself a place in

the finals?

J.T., you've come a

long way together.

Trust these other three?

Yeah, I obviously trust

Stephen and Taj more so than

Erinn, because I've spent a lot

more time with them.

And they've made promises that

have been kept.

I've come to trust Erinn, but

not near as much as I trust the

other two.

Taj.

I agree.

From day one, J.T. and Stephen

have been by my side, so I have

no reason to distrust them.

And Erinn, I-I think she's a

great girl and I-I believe in

her, but I haven't been around

her long enough to put my

complete faith in her.

Would you be a little

shocked if it was you tonight?

Oh, it... yeah, I would be

very shocked if it was me

tonight.

I would be very shocked.

But everyone has a plan, and-and

everyone's trying to win a

million dollars, so there's...

there's no rules.

Erinn, let's flip it.

If, at the end of tonight's

vote, you, the only remaining

Timbira member, are still here,

you going to be shocked?

Surprised.

I wouldn't say "shocked,"

because anything can happen, but

I would definitely be surprised

if I didn't go home tonight.

So, what odds do you

give yourself as we go into this

vote?

Well... I'm going to give

myself a 33% chance of sticking

around.

So, the real question

is: Will the Jalapao three

remain strong and vote out

Erinn, or is somebody about

to be shocked?

Let's get to the vote.

J.T., you have the necklace.

I assume you're keeping it.

Yes, I am.

Cannot vote for J.T.

Everybody else is fair game.

It is time to vote.

It is time to vote. Erinn, you're up.

Erinn, you're up.

You've played a great game.

Hope to see you on the other

Hope to see you on the other side.

side.

side. It had to be you or me.

It had to be you or me.

I'll go tally the

votes.

votes.

Once the votes are read, the

decision is final.

Person voted out will be asked

to leave the Tribal Council area

immediately.

immediately. I'll read the votes.

I'll read the votes.

First vote.

First vote. Taj.

Taj.

Erinn.

Erinn. One vote Taj, one vote Erinn.

One vote Taj, one vote Erinn.

Taj.

Taj. Two votes Taj, one vote Erinn.

Two votes Taj, one vote Erinn.

13th person voted out and the

sixth member of our jury.

Taj.

Taj. Need to bring me your torch.

Need to bring me your torch.

Need to bring me your torch. Taj, your tribe has spoken.

Taj, your tribe has spoken.

Taj, your tribe has spoken. Time for you to go.

Time for you to go.

Congratulations.

You've made it to the final

three.

Tomorrow, you will compete in

your final immunity challenge.

Try to get a good night's sleep.

Grab your stuff.

Head back to camp.

Head back to camp. Good night.

Good night.

Um, it's day 37.

I got blindsided by my Jalapao

members that have been looking

out for me from day one.

And for them to, uh, blindside

me, it blew my mind, so it's

going to be really hard to

choose who's worthy of a million

dollars.

But, either way, if Erinn finds

a way to weasel herself into the

a way to weasel herself into the end, she got my vote.

end, she got my vote.

Coming up next:

He's going to fight like hell

to win.

We, too, must fight like

hell.

Erinn pits Stephen

and J.T. against each other.

Been a lot of talk about how

it would be suicide to go up

against you.

That what Stephen said?

I have a good shot at going

to the end.

If the two of them are both

willing to take me, it puts me

in a good spot.

Find out tonight who

will claim the million dollar

will claim the million dollar prize.

prize.

Final three.

Final three fever.

Final three fever. Crazy, crazy.

Crazy, crazy.

Yeah.

Tonight's Tribal Council was

probably the toughest yet.

I really did not want to vote

Taj off tonight, but we made a

decision based upon how easy it

would be to win at the next

challenge, and we had to get rid

of Taj.

Okay, so every single Tribal

Council since the merge has gone

exactly like we had planned for

it to.

That is crazy.

I really felt like she knew and

she was kind of continuing to go

with it.

But she didn't seem upset at all

when it happened, and she didn't

seem surprised.

I'm already suffering the

consequences, because Erinn is

the most annoying person I know

in the world, and she will not

shut up.

It didn't even, like, seem

all that crazy to me until he

said, "Tomorrow will be your

final immunity challenge."

Don't feel too bad, buddy.

I know, man.

This is a celebratory time.

This is a celebratory time. We're the final three.

We're the final three.

It's great to be in the top

three.

I mean, it's a great milestone

for us, but it's sort of... you

know, it's definitely tainted by

the fact that we voted out Taj,

and that hurts, and also just

Erinn chattering away, and

that's annoying and, you know,

totally ignorant of any... any

sort of emotional turmoil that

J.T. and I are going through.

We're pretty awesome, guys.

Final three is, like, the thing

that you play for.

But, right now, you have to

think about how you're going to

get to the finals.

You can't make a strategic

decision based on sort of the

emotional niceness of it.

emotional niceness of it. Well, uh...

Well, uh...

Day 38.

Oh, my God.

We just ate so early.

Yeah.

No, not at all.

Okay.

Not at all.

Absolutely.

We have our last immunity

challenge today.

I already have my decision made

if I win.

I'm taking Stephen with me.

It's the choice that's going to

give me the best chance of

winning.

Yeah, I agree.

I do trust you, but I trust

me more.

I also agree.

Even if I don't win immunity

today, I have a good shot at

going to the end.

Neither of these guys want to go

up against each other.

I mean, we're all in positions

where we could definitely win

this thing, but if the two of

them don't want to fight it out

with each other and they are

both willing to take me, it puts

me in a good spot.

He's going to fight like hell to

win today.

I know he is.

We, too, must fight like hell.

Yeah.

We have to win.

Yeah.

I mean, we stand a chance

against each other, but I don't

think either of us stand a

chance against him in the

finals, right?

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm a little afraid of

winning today's immunity

challenge, because then I'll

have a really difficult choice

ahead of me.

Um, take J.T., who has been my

comrade in arms, my closest

friend, my ally and my fellow

strategist since the very

beginning of this game.

Or take Erinn with me, who I

think I have a better shot

think I have a better shot against in the final two.

against in the final two.

All right.

I just wanted to make sure we

had an official agreement before

we went in this challenge.

I'm sitting in a good spot to go

to the final two, but can't help

being worried sick, man.

I'm... I'm worried.

There's no way she's going to

beat both of us.

I don't think so.

You never can tell.

If Erinn was to win this

challenge, I know I'm not going

to the final two.

And, uh, you know, I'd like to

think Stephen will hold up his

end of the deal just as well as

I will, but you never know.

I will, but you never know. This is huge, man.

This is huge, man.

This is huge, man. Yep.

Yep.

I'm... I'm taking you to the

final two, Stephen, if I win.

There's no doubt about it, man.

No doubt about it.

Me, too.

Okay.

What a funny pair we are, you

know.

I know.

I'm sure you could trust Stephen

with anything in everyday life,

as you could with me, but with a

million dollars in a game that

you know you're here to lie to

win, it's a different story.

So, I've got one thing in mind.

That's winning this challenge.

This is day 38.

Who would've ever thought that

I'd be standing here?

I know it.

I know.

I love that it's the three of

us.

I love that it's me and two

other people.

Yeah.

Yeah, me, too.

Let's see what we got here.

We've got tree mail?

We got tree mail.

We can just open it here.

We can.

Awesome.

"Follow the map across the

river.

There you will find the torches

of your fallen comrades.

At each torch, you will collect

a representative idol of those

who were voted out before you.

At the end of your journey, you

will burn them and pay your

respects, as they each had a

part in getting you to this

point.

You will then proceed to your

final immunity challenge."

All right!

The rites of passage is sort

of a narrative of our adventure.

Just every step along the way,

the people we've had to face,

the dragons we've had to slay,

to coin a phrase.

Wonder if I can just keep

this.

Heavy is the head that wears

the necklace.

I think this is mostly going to

be about just paying respect to

the people who fell along the

way.

I do think we owe it to them to

kind of show that they matter to

us, that we valued them as

people, and as enemy combatants

people, and as enemy combatants on the field of Survivor battle.

on the field of Survivor battle.

Carolina.

Sweet Carolina.

So much trouble in such a

little body.

A part of me has to be okay

with the fact that I was the

first voted out.

But it hurt so bad to be sent

home so early, especially to be

blindsided.

However, I learned that maybe I

should be a little bit more

patient sometimes, and I should

just sit back and allow things

to just happen and not always

feel the need to try to control

feel the need to try to control things.

things.

Oh, Candace!

Yes.

I may have been her only

friend in this game.

But, gosh darn it, I liked her

a lot.

There's a part of me that's

just, like, "Gosh, Candace, why

couldn't you tolerate the

egocentric, sexist crap that was

coming out of Coach's mouth?

Like, why couldn't you play

along?"

But it was just too much for me.

This whole social compatibility

This whole social compatibility crap-- it was my downfall.

crap-- it was my downfall.

Jerry.

If you could pick your own dad,

you would totally pick Jerry to

be your dad.

He was cool.

The worst time in this game

for me was the day I got voted

off.

Man, I was feeling so bad.

I mean, I was hurting.

I had been hurting for days, and

I didn't want nobody to know

about it.

I was hiding it.

I mean, I had been in the

reserves for, like, 26 years

now, and we have some tough

training, but, boy, Survivor, by

far was the toughest.

far was the toughest.

Sandy.

She was an excellent woman.

She was definitely a bit crazy.

She definitely provided me

with one of the more humbling

moments of my lifetime, as well.

I don't believe I could have

played this game any harder than

I did.

I was able to overcome the first

impression with my tribe.

The tribe did a complete flop.

I think I entertained them

enough that, you know, they...

I made them laugh, so I kind

of...

You know, I drew them in, and

they saw the strength come out,

they saw the strength come out, so I'm pretty proud of myself.

so I'm pretty proud of myself.

Spencer.

He knew the game probably

better than anybody I know.

He was a super fan and a very

strong strategist.

I feel very honored that I

am the youngest contestant ever

on Survivor, but I think my age

might have also had something to

do with the game and the fact

that I got voted out fifth.

I tended to trust more people

than my older tribe mates would

have done.

I wanted to see the good in

people, and in a game like this,

you really... you have to check

that at the door.

But not only did I play the

game of Survivor.

I was the first-ever teenager to

play the game, and that's pretty

play the game, and that's pretty cool.

cool.

Sydney?

What a beautiful girl.

A wonderful lady.

That was one of the first

hard votes we had to make,

Stephen.

She was a...

She was a tough one.

It was between her and Taj.

A big revelation for me, I

think, was maybe I shouldn't

have ridden some coattails.

I should have been making those

moves myself.

I don't need protection from

other people.

Like, if I feel something, then

why don't I just do it?

I need to be more, I guess,

self-assured, and that's

self-assured, and that's something I learned for sure.

something I learned for sure.

Joe.

Oh, Joe.

Captain America.

The most decent guy out here.

Medically evacuated.

That is not the way anybody

wants to go.

Literally, I was just

getting started, but my body

failed me.

The main lesson I learned is

that just generally speaking,

like, Mother Nature is a pretty

awesome force.

I think I'm tough enough to win

this game, but I injured my

this game, but I injured my knee, and it took me down.

knee, and it took me down.

Brendan.

The first dragon to be slain in

the Forza tribe.

He was a good player.

A good athlete, too.

Too true.

Just because you have been

successful in business doesn't

necessarily translate to the

Survivor experience.

You know, you come into it.

I was, like, "Oh, I can win this

thing."

But it's a lot harder than it

looks.

It's a humbling experience, and

I have a lot more respect for

it now that I got my ass beat

it now that I got my ass beat by it.

by it.

Tyson.

Your buddy, Tyson.

Funny guy, really kind,

really sincere guy, and taking

him out was, like, the turning

point in the game for us, I

think.

Yeah.

I think the blindside,

actually, for most people comes

when they're the most confident,

and I was definitely

overconfident.

I was, like, "I've got this game

wrapped up."

But it's usually not the

strongest person that wins.

The more pathetic you look and

act usually seems to get you

pretty far in the game.

So, those people can have their

money.

I'll keep my awesome personality

I'll keep my awesome personality and, uh, fantastic good looks.

and, uh, fantastic good looks.

Sierra.

Sweet Sierra.

She was surprisingly honest and

just a really sweet girl.

I mean...

Yeah.

It was great getting to know

her.

I would sum up my Survivor

experience as trial and

tribulation.

It was highs and lows throughout

the whole entire game for me.

I wore my heart on my sleeve.

I stayed true to who I was.

I did everything I could but

give up, and I was really happy

about that.

It was the hardest and most

amazing thing I've ever done in

my life.

And it will forever change who

And it will forever change who I am as a person.

I am as a person.

Debbie.

Little Debbie.

Debbie was easily the person

that I was closest to out here.

Um, it was the hardest vote for

sure.

She was a super strong

player.

Yeah.

Always up in the top in the

immunity challenges, extremely

strategic, really kind.

I mean, she was one of the

biggest threats in the game.

Sorry you had to go, Debbie.

As a middle school principal,

I deal with all different kinds

of people every single day.

So I really thought this game

was going to be something that I

would get in here, figure

everybody out.

Um, unfortunately, I've also

learned that I maybe am not as

great at figuring people out

as I thought.

But there's not many things that

can be thrown at me in life

anymore that I won't know that

anymore that I won't know that I can't handle.

I can't handle.

Coach.

My most satisfying blindside

to date.

Probably one of the most

honest people I know, and

definitely, definitely set out

to change the game.

He did change the game, you

know, in his own way.

Yeah.

He got final five with never

telling a lie and being purely

honest.

And, you know, what a great

storyteller, too.

Yeah, absolutely.

He was awesome.

Yeah, I got a lot of respect for

Coach.

Nietzsche once said, "There

is always some madness in love,

but there's always some reason

in madness."

And I think that even as crazy

as the game was, and as crazy it

was that I got blindsided, I can

think of no finer way to go out

than a man who has fought in

battle.

I go back to the Vikings and

the Indians and the samurai.

You look at how they died, and

how did I leave?

Head held high in the end, not

defeated, not broken.

And hopefully, like a Greek

tragedy, in death, I will give

tragedy, in death, I will give other people a rebirth of ideas.

other people a rebirth of ideas.

Taj.

That was without a doubt the

hardest vote so far this game.

She's an incredibly strong

woman, very fierce in

competitions.

Definitely.

Loving at camp.

You know, what else can you ask

for?

And so fun.

Yeah.

Taj will be a friend of mine

for the rest of my life.

Sure, no doubt.

Absolutely.

This experience is going to

stick with me for the rest of

my life.

You know, I learned to do so

many things.

I mean, I'm the fire starter

now.

I can show people how to start

fires in seconds.

I can fish and feed a tribe.

I can help build shelters.

I can do just about anything

right now.

But I totally underestimated and

lost focus on, um, the million

dollars, as well as, um,

underestimated Stephen and

J.T.'s will to win that million

dollars.

I lost focus in the game, and

I lost focus in the game, and that cost me the game.

that cost me the game.

On the other side of rites of

passage is our last immunity

challenge, and I want to fight

like hell to win so I can be

guaranteed a spot in the final

guaranteed a spot in the final two.

two.

We've come a long way, guys.

Yeah, we have.

There's no reason why I lose

this challenge.

And it's gonna take an act of

Congress to get me to step down

from anything.

I mean, I won't.

I mean, I won't. My body would have to fail me.

My body would have to fail me.

This is the final immunity

challenge.

The person who wins this will

definitely be in the final two

and gets to control who he or

she takes with him to the final

two, and I would like to be the

one making that decision.

So I am really going to give it

my all in a way that I don't

think I have in previous

immunity challenges.

Because, you know, this is for

Because, you know, this is for a million dollars.

a million dollars.

a million dollars. Come on in, guys.

Come on in, guys.

Guys ready to get to

your final immunity challenge?

Yes, sir.

J.T. take back the

J.T. take back the necklace once again.

necklace once again.

For the last time, immunity is

back up for grabs.

Today's challenge is going to

require concentration and

coordination.

You will place a ball down a

chute.

The ball will spiral downward

until it drops out the bottom,

where you must catch it, place

it back in the chute.

Every few minutes we'll add

another ball.

The balls will alternate left,

then right, making it more

difficult to keep track of

which chute it's going to drop

out of.

If at any point any one of your

balls hits the ground, you're

out of the challenge.

Last person to keep all of their

balls in play wins.

To make it more fun, one hand

will be tied behind your back.

Wow.

At stake-- everything

you have worked for for 38

days.

You win this challenge, you win

immunity, you are guaranteed a

spot in the final two and you

will decide who sits next to you

at that final Tribal Council.

This could very well be a

million dollar challenge.

Ready to get to it?

Yeah.

Yes.

We'll draw for spots

We'll draw for spots and we'll get started.

and we'll get started.

Here we go, the final immunity

challenge.

Everybody grab your first ball.

Three, two, one.

Drop it.

This challenge is underway.

We'll start with one ball.

We'll start with one ball. Let you get the hang of it.

Let you get the hang of it.

Those ball will alternate.

On the left side, then the

right side.

We're going to go to two balls

We're going to go to two balls in a second.

in a second.

It's time now to add a second

It's time now to add a second ball.

ball.

Everybody's got two balls in

play now.

Make it a little more

Make it a little more complicated.

complicated.

Also becomes a question of

spacing.

When do you place that ball back

in the chamber?

So that they don't get too close

So that they don't get too close together.

together.

In just a moment, we're going to

add a third ball.

add a third ball. So start getting ready for it.

So start getting ready for it.

It is now time to drop a third

It is now time to drop a third ball.

ball.

Everybody has got three balls

going.

This challenge is more mental

than it is physical.

Who has the mental focus to last

after 38 days out here?

One slip, one mental lapse, it's

One slip, one mental lapse, it's over.

over.

Erinn drops a ball.

Erinn is out of this challenge.

It is Steven and J.T. battling

it out for final immunity and a

guaranteed spot at the final

Tribal Council.

All Erinn can do now is watch

and hope somebody chooses her

to go with them.

Three balls now for Stephen and

Three balls now for Stephen and J.T.

J.T.

Spacing is so critical.

When you place the ball in the

chute, making sure all three

balls are spaced as far apart as

possible.

To give you enough reaction

time.

Stephen with a lucky save.

Stephen with a lucky save. Stephen with another nice save.

Stephen with another nice save.

It is now time to place your

It is now time to place your fourth ball.

fourth ball.

fourth ball. Four balls going now.

Four balls going now.

Everything just ramped up.

Everything just ramped up. Stay focused.

Stay focused.

Balls are flying.

Stephen with another nice save.

Stephen with another nice save. It's a lot to keep track of.

It's a lot to keep track of.

It's a lot to keep track of. Keep your concentration.

Keep your concentration.

Keep your concentration. Don't let your mind drift.

Don't let your mind drift.

Stephen drops out.

J.T. wins final immunity and a

guaranteed spot...

Yes!

...in the final two.

Way to go, buddy.

Way to go, man.

Thanks.

Nice job.

Thanks.

J.T., you ready for

this?

Yeah.

Thanks, Jeff.

The third time in a

row, and maybe the most

important time, J.T. has

immunity.

You've gone as far as you can go

in this game.

You will be in the final Tribal

Council.

You will get a chance to plead

your case for a million dollars.

Tonight at Tribal Council, you

will decide whether it is Erinn

or Stephen that sits next to you

at that final Tribal.

Big decision, possibly a million

dollar decision.

You have the afternoon to figure

it out.

Grab your stuff.

Head back to champ.

You're guaranteed a one in

two shot at a million dollars.

And I get to decide who is going

up next to me.

And Stephen and I had a promise,

but promises come cheap in this

game.

And, you know, I'm thinking

about that, but I try to keep

most of mine.

So I got a big decision ahead of

So I got a big decision ahead of me.

me.

me. ♪

Oh, God.

Thanks, man.

Nice.

That was hard.

When J.T. won today's immunity

challenge, I just felt an

enormous weight just lifted off

of me.

If you go home before I go

home...

All right.

I was really dreading the

decision of: do I take J.T. to

the final two, my friend, ally,

you know, the person who I'm

closest with in this game?

Or do I take Erinn who I'm not

even particularly fond of, but

who I have a very good shot of

winning a million dollars

against?

It would've been such a scumbag

decision to go with Erinn over

J.T.

And, like, having that just,

like, taken away from me is so

like, taken away from me is so gratifying.

gratifying.

gratifying. So how you feeling?

So how you feeling?

You think Timbira's going to

vote for you?

No. I really don't.

In my situation, every single

one of them resents the fact

that I outlasted them.

Every single one of them.

They all wanted me to go before

they went.

The only vote that, like, really

might come my way is if Taj was

so pissed at you guys she didn't

want to vote for you.

want to vote for you. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

There's been a lot of talk about

how it would be suicide to go up

against you.

against you. Is that what Stephen said?

Is that what Stephen said?

I think so.

I think so. He ever tell you for sure?

He ever tell you for sure?

Stephen and I made a promise

to each other if we do make it

to this point in the game, we

take each other to the final

two.

But I'm finding out that

Stephen's already told Erinn the

same thing.

So, uh, why he didn't keep up

his end of the deal, I'll never

know.

This is a game where you have to

be ruthless.

And I know I can hands-down

And I know I can hands-down beat Erinn.

beat Erinn.

He's going to argue it so

well, too.

I know.

Like, the man is so much more

eloquent than we are.

eloquent than we are. I know.

I know.

Yeah.

So you'd be the more logical

person to take.

No doubt about it.

I think J.T. taking Stephen

to the final two is a very noble

thing to do.

They have come a long way

together in this game.

They've been together since the

beginning.

And to take him would be, like,

very honorable.

They can kind of fight it out

to the end, but it might just

be a draw.

It's going to be a very close

battle.

And what I know about J.T. is

that he's somebody that really

wants and really needs this

money.

And if J.T. wants to win a

million dollars, he'll send

Stephen home tonight.

It's the only thing that makes

It's the only thing that makes sense.

sense.

I mean, I didn't...

I mean, I didn't... She has a very good one.

She has a very good one.

That's not true.

You know that.

I hope so.

If you want to talk through

something, I'm willing to talk

through it.

What do you mean?

No, if you're just having

doubts or something, you know?

I know it's a hard decision,

though, anyway.

I mean, you have to think about

it.

I mean, it's a guaranteed

I mean, it's a guaranteed million dollars for her.

million dollars for her.

I just gotta... I always

question my decisions, you know.

I understand. That's why we

work well together.

We both question our decisions.

It would make good sense for

J.T. to take Erinn with him to

the final two.

Why take a gamble on me when he

could have a lock with Erinn,

you know?

When we took out Taj, when we

took out Coach-- we've always

kept in mind that there's a lot

of money at stake here.

And do we want to let sentiment

get in the way of that money?

So, I think it's going to be a

really difficult decision for

J.T. tonight.

But I believe that I have a good

read on J.T., and on what his

word means and when he means it.

I don't think he will betray me

tonight.

I think the fact that you take

me will do wonders.

I mean, I think everyone's going

to really respect that.

You have to know that you're

going to win this.

I've known that since we first

started our partnership.

I've always known that.

I've always known that. I sure don't know it.

I sure don't know it.

I'm a nervous man.

I know that you're solid, but,

I know that you're solid, but, like, it's still scary.

like, it's still scary.

My mom told me when I left,

"J.T., I know you're strong and

you're smart.

You can win this game.

If anybody can do it, you can

do it.

Just don't do anything stupid."

And that keeps running through

my head, and to blow that

opportunity on trust to someone

I've known for only 39 days-- if

I was to lose because of that

decision I made, I think

everybody would be pretty

everybody would be pretty disappointed in me.

disappointed in me.

disappointed in me. ♪

We'll now bring in

the members of our jury.

Brendan, Tyson, Sierra, Debbie,

Coach.

And Taj, voted out at the last

And Taj, voted out at the last Tribal Council.

Tribal Council.

Well, J.T., you have certainly

earned your way into this spot,

winning the last three

individual immunity challenges.

Now you have probably the

biggest decision in this game--

who you're going to take with

you to the final vote tomorrow

night at Tribal Council.

Erinn, I'm guessing you made a

case today.

What do you say to J.T.?

What's your pitch?

We sat down and we talked

about votes, plain and simple.

If the two of us go, you can

probably count on this vote,

this vote, this vote, this vote.

I might get this one and this

one.

And if you take Stephen, it

could very likely be very close.

He might be able to beat you.

So you pitched a case

that "you can beat me.

I want to make it to the end and

you'll win against me."

I will not go down without

kicking and screaming about it,

but he could very well win

against me.

Probably has a better shot than

against Stephen.

Stephen, you get some

time with J.T.

What's your pitch?

Well, you know, J.T. and I

have been partners in crime

since day two of this game.

We have basically shared a brain

and made every move of this game

together, and, you know, I think

my pitch was more based on sort

of our long-term commitments to

each other, what that would mean

in the future for our enduring

friendship and relationship, and

just the promises we had made to

each other.

So, J.T., two very

different choices: loyalty with

Stephen, been together since day

one; easy money against Erinn--

"That's why I came here, to

win."

So how does this work itself out

in your head?

There's two different

approaches, and I've just got to

figure out which one is more

important to me.

I do feel like I could beat

Erinn really easily compared to

the match-up I would have

against Stephen in the jury

votes.

No doubt about it.

So both of 'em make good cases.

Which one is more important to

me-- come here and win the easy

million dollars or, you know,

stay with what's gotten me this

far?

So the case to be

made for bringing Stephen is

what?

I think if I was to bring the

best to the end, out of us three

I would be bringing Stephen to

the end, and I think if I took

Stephen, I would be sticking to

my word.

So in a game that

really is about outwitting

everybody, why make the moral

choice to go with somebody you

promised you'd bring to the end?

I've got to think about:

would Stephen have done the same

thing had he won?

What's your gut tell

you?

I don't know, I'll never

know, but I'd be sticking my

neck out a lot if I took Stephen

to the end because-- Stephen is

an excellent guy.

Just like I did, he made good

relationships in this game.

You know, I do feel like taking

Stephen is a huge risk.

Can... Can I interject?

Yeah.

There's also a lot of added

reasons why we should go to the

end together, not least is this

breakfast that we've talked

about having on day 39 since day

two, you know...

And you know, I got

to admit, when you weigh a

million dollars versus a

breakfast with your 39-day

friend, you're right, that's a

tough one.

My point is that there's more

to a relationship than a million

dollars.

Let me ask you this,

Stephen.

He doesn't pick you.

He takes Erinn and he wins.

You're not friends after this?

I mean, I think we would be

friends.

I don't think it would be the

same kind of friendship.

The swears that he has made to

me, like, defy all swears that

I've ever made.

And look, I have made promises

that I've broken in this game.

There's no question about that.

I have absolutely lied, deceived

people, and made promises that I

have broken, you know.

I might be number one blindsider

or Jed is number one blindsider.

I don't know, but-- I mean, up

and down, to God, to himself, to

his life, so I mean, you know,

I'm hoping.

Erinn, you might be

best off saying nothing at all.

Stephen might be making a better

case for you than you could make

for yourself.

Damn.

Sure.

I'll shut my mouth, all

right.

I'm just observing.

No, I mean, look, I'm

obviously very nervous tonight.

I think we all are except for

J.T.

I'm pretty damn nervous

myself.

I think he's more

nervous than we are.

So, J.T., now make

the case for bringing Erinn and

saying, "Sorry, Stephen, loyalty

went only 38 days.

It doesn't go the whole way."

You know, I'm not 100%, but I

feel like I'd have a much better

opportunity beating Erinn in

jury votes because I do know

that her tribemates were trying

to get rid of her on, like, day

nine.

That alone tells me that they

would not really want to give

her a million dollars compared

to me, so, you know, there's,

there's a huge, huge reason why

I should take Erinn to the final

two.

Let's get to the

vote.

Here's how it's going to work:

Erinn and Stephen, you cannot

vote for J.T.

You cannot vote for yourself.

Therefore, you will not vote.

Which means, J.T., you're the

only one voting.

If you choose right, this time

tomorrow night, you're a

millionaire.

It's time to vote.

It's time to vote. Make your vote, J.T.

Make your vote, J.T.

Make your vote, J.T. I'll go get the vote.

I'll go get the vote.

Once the votes are read, the

decision is final.

The person voted out will be

asked to leave the Tribal

Council area immediately.

Council area immediately. I'll read the vote.

I'll read the vote.

14th person voted out, and the

seventh and final member of our

seventh and final member of our jury...

jury...

Erinn.

Erinn. Bring me your torch.

Bring me your torch.

Bring me your torch. Erinn, the tribe has spoken.

Erinn, the tribe has spoken.

Erinn, the tribe has spoken. Time for you to go.

Time for you to go.

Well, J.T. and Stephen, you've

gone as far as you can go in

this game.

The power now shifts to the

jury.

Tomorrow night, they will

decide which of the two of you

they feel most deserving of the

title of sole survivor and the

million-dollar check that goes

along with it.

You have one more night in

Brazil.

Enjoy it.

I'll see you tomorrow night for

your final Tribal Council.

your final Tribal Council. Good night.

Good night.

I was a little bit surprised,

but I think, like, deep down, I

definitely knew that that was

the decision that J.T. was going

to make, and I'm really proud of

myself for as far as I've come.

It's really been life-changing,

and I'm glad I was able to

and I'm glad I was able to stick around as long as I did.

stick around as long as I did.

I feel really great.

It's day 39.

Uh, the sun's coming up.

It's a beautiful morning, and,

uh, I'm still here.

Stephen's here with me, just

like we planned a long time ago.

And it's kind of hard to

believe, you know.

So, you and I are going to be

friends for life.

I know, man.

It's hugely satisfying to be

here with J.T. at the end.

Since the beginning of the game,

we've been talking about final

two, and here we are, final

freaking two, day 39, and

regardless of what happens,

regardless of who ultimately

wins, that's something that,

you know, can't be taken away

from us.

Damn, we talked about this on,

like, day three-- we said final

two.

We dominated the entire game.

Physically and socially.

Tree mail. Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Dude, there are eggs here!

And a bottle of bubbly.

We are going to have a huge

We are going to have a huge freaking breakfast.

freaking breakfast.

The warrior and the wizard.

Day 39.

This is awesome.

I mean, it was like a

cornucopia-- eggs, sausages,

bread.

I usually don't eat very

much.

Me, neither.

But this is incredible.

So, we spent the next couple

of hours doing it right.

We cooked everything straight

through.

Whoo!

Cooked to perfection.

This is the best meal.

I'm not worrying about strategy.

Mm-hmm.

J.T. and I have been talking

about day 39 together as this

symbol of our achievement

together.

This was our reward for

overcoming all of the obstacles

in our way, and we got to share

it-- just us, successful.

Won't shake it up, 'cause I

don't want to waste any.

Oh!

Whoo!

This stuff goes right to your

head.

Well, this definitely deserves

a toast.

Yup.

Day 39, final two.

Day 39, final two. Final two.

Final two.

Mmm.

Tastes like victory.

It's not too bad.

This is the perfect ending.

First impressions-- what was

your first impression of me?

You looked like you were

strong, but you looked very

unathletic, and I thought you

were really religious.

I'm going to have to watch my

mouth around you.

I think I'm changed for the

better.

Uh, you know, don't judge a book

by its cover, obviously, and,

uh, don't go off first

impressions.

Outside of the country guy and

the city guy, you know, when it

comes down to it, we're a lot

alike.

I thought you were, like,

just like a charmer.

I just thought you were like

a... a gregarious, kind of

charming, slick guy.

My first impression of J.T. was,

you know, we're not going to get

along, but I was totally wrong

about J.T.

He might be the good old boy

from the South, but he's ended

up being the person whose mind

has worked most like my own.

And that, to me, is really

surprising, that in spite of our

completely different

backgrounds, our minds seemed

to work totally in sync.

to work totally in sync.

Ready, boy.

Ready, boy. Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Stephen and myself-- we are

the last two standing.

Going into the Tribal Council

tonight, there's no doubt about

it.

I'm going to have to lay all of

our friendship stuff aside,

because whatever it takes to win

a million dollars, now I got to

do it.

You know, I brought along

competition.

That's what I wanted, and I got

it, but, man...

I've never had any doubts in

I've never had any doubts in Tribal Council until tonight.

Tribal Council until tonight.

When I go into Tribal

Council tonight, I have a story

to tell, and I'm going to tell

it.

I'm going to argue my case.

I'm not going to go in defeated.

I'm not going to be, like,

"J.T.'s awesome.

Let's all give him a round of

applause and a million bucks."

I'm going to fight for it.

I don't know which way the jury

will vote, but I am not going to

will vote, but I am not going to go away without a fight.

go away without a fight.

We'll now bring in

the members of our jury.

Brendan, Tyson, Sierra, Deb,

Coach, Taj and Erinn, voted

Coach, Taj and Erinn, voted out at the last Tribal Council.

out at the last Tribal Council.

Stephen, J.T., congratulations.

After 39 days, you have gone as

far as you can go in this game.

The power now shifts to the

jury.

They hold your fate in their

hands.

Tonight the jury will decide

which of the two of you they

think is most worthy of the

title of sole survivor and the

million dollars that goes along

with it.

Here's how it's going to work.

You will each get a chance to

make an opening statement, plead

your case-- why you deserve to

win.

The jury will then get their

first chance to address you, and

then we will vote.

Let's get started.

Stephen, you're up.

Opening statement.

Um, I mean, it's obviously

hard to talk, you know, against

J.T. now and to sort of compare

myself to him, since we have

been through so much together,

but, you know, if you are making

this decision based on who is

the better woodsman or who had

the best and most charming

Southern drawl, you know, you

could have made this decision on

day one and spared everyone a

lot of struggle and a lot

of hunger.

And, you know, we since the very

early days just sort of shared a

brain when it came to strategy.

You know, we'd talk through

everything, decide everything

together, and I think that's why

we did so well, because we were

able to work together, but I

kind of want to focus maybe on

not what we brought into the

game but what we've taken out of

the game.

And, you know, I came into the

game extremely uncomfortable in

my own skin.

You know, I had never been

camping before, so I think my

road has been a lot harder, and

that transformation has made me

more comfortable, more

self-reliant, and I think a

better person, and I owe a lot

of that, also, to just all of

you.

And, uh, you know, as a

testament to the struggles that

we've all sort of faced to get

here, and the journey we've all

had together, I hope you vote

had together, I hope you vote for me tonight.

for me tonight.

J.T.?

It's going to be hard to

follow up on that.

I'm obviously not a, you know,

graduate or English major,

anything like my buddy Stephen

here.

I'm actually the first person in

my family to ever graduate

college, but don't think I want

a pity vote.

Because I worked very hard to

get where I'm at.

I did everything I possibly

could to provide for everybody

at every chance I got.

And most of the times that guy

that puts things like that on

the line-- they're voted out

right off the bat, you know.

And to do that and accept it and

never get a vote in this game,

not once, you know, is a huge

accomplishment for me.

And to make friends with you

guys.

I mean, it was very hard to

vote you guys out.

The way we picked who we voted

off was the people that we

thought were going to vote us

off.

And had we not gotten rid of you

you'd be sitting where I'm at

today and I'd be over there.

There's no doubt about it.

But I do stick to my word, you

know.

I had a really easy opportunity

to bring Erinn who I felt like--

Erinn, you know, no offense--

was I felt like I could beat up

here a lot easier, you know.

Everyone loves Stephen.

I do, too.

So I feel like he deserved to be

here beside me.

Do I feel like he's outwitted,

outplayed, and outlasted me?

I don't think so.

But that's in your guys' hands

now.

That's about all.

Thanks, Stephen.

Thanks, J.T.

All right, jury, in a moment

you're going to get your first

chance to address Stephen and

J.T.

Give you a minute to think about

Give you a minute to think about what you want to say.

what you want to say.

All right, jury,

it's now your first chance to

address Stephen and J.T., hoping

to gather a little information

to help you make a very big

decision-- who deserves to win

this game, who deserves the

million dollars.

Brendan, let's get started.

You're up first.

Congratulations to you guys

both.

It's been fun watching you both

play the game.

My first question is for

Stephen.

You spent so much of your first

argument talking about your

growth within the game.

For me I look at, you know, all

the different sporting events

and all the different games that

we've all seen, and in not one

game is who works hardest or who

grows the most the reason that

you win the game.

Can you think of anything?

I mean, the game of Survivor

actually might be one of them.

I mean, there's that outwit,

out-outplay, outlast.

So there is that outwit

component.

I obviously had to focus more on

that than outplay.

So should you be handicapped?

No, no, but I'm saying for me

to last this long has been a

real struggle.

You know, J.T.'s an amazing

outdoorsman.

I came in with none of these

skills, I still persevered and

will be leaving the game with

many of them.

J.T., you know, when you

think about this idea of growth,

in terms of deciding who should

actually come home with

a million dollars, do you think

it's relevant?

Growth is irrelevant, really.

I mean, that's something you can

carry home with you.

That's something that's good for

you personally, but, obviously,

you know, if you go to a

football game and just because

it was harder for you to catch

the ball and you catch it,

doesn't make it better than the

person that already knew how to

catch it.

So, I do feel like I outplayed

Stephen and, you know, Stephen

hid in the shadows in some of

the challenges.

I had to tell him, "Dude, you

can do it."

Have confidence in yourself.

I mean, can I-- can I have a

rebuttal to what he just said?

Sure, I love it. Let's go.

Okay, um, hiding in the

shadows is a legitimate

strategy.

I think we all know that.

I would think a guy that puts

his neck out on the line would--

should earn a little more

respect than someone that kind

of floats under the radar.

Okay.

Cool.

Cool. Thank you.

Thank you.

Erinn.

You're up.

Stephen, I have seen you play

three very specific alliances--

the Jalapao three, the Exile

alliance, the Warrior alliance.

But almost everyone in every

one of those alliances is on

the jury.

So should I just vote for J.T.?

Look, you know, obviously

this game involves a lot of, you

know, creating a lot of dynamic

structures and then working

within those structures to

advance yourself as best as you

can.

In terms of moving within those

alliances, zigging when you have

to zig, zagging when you have to

zag to get yourself further...

I think I did that really well.

If you respect that aggressive

style of play, I hope you vote

for me.

And I-- if you don't, I

understand if you don't.

Okay.

J.T., there's been a lot of talk

about taking the strength to the

end.

Can you be really honest and

tell me why Stephen is the best?

I felt like Stephen was the

best because at the time he was

the most honest person with me.

No matter what we done, he was

always there, and I feel like in

Jalapao he was definitely the

best, and when we moved over,

Coach said, "Who is the next

strongest person?"

I said out of everybody in

Jalapao, Stephen is the best.

You know, I could have left him

out there, but I brought him

along in the power alliance.

And out of the power alliance

that I thought was the best, it

would be me and Stephen, no

doubt about it.

Thanks.

Deb, you're up.

Hi, guys.

I want to start by telling you

that I haven't decided...

as to who is going to have my

vote for a million dollars.

J.T., one of the things that is

most important to me is honesty.

I immediately was drawn to you.

I was like this is a great guy,

great, pure heart.

As the game progressed, all of a

sudden, I thought, man, I

misjudged this guy.

So was my first instinct right?

Or is lying and deception your

MO, and you just let me think

that you're somebody else in the

beginning?

Debbie, I'll be honest with

you-- when I come into this game

my mother told me do not believe

what everybody tells you.

You're going to have to lie to

win this game.

A million dollars on the line.

I mean, you'd have done the same

thing I did at the end of the

game.

You know, you didn't go tell

Coach, that, "Hey, I'm fixing to

vote you out," you know.

I had to do that in order to get

here.

Okay, I appreciate that.

I appreciate that.

Stephen, my question is, if

yesterday you had the immunity

necklace on that J.T. had, would

J.T. be the one sitting next to

you right now?

I want an honest answer to this

question.

All right, I'll tell you

honestly, and I want to speak

honestly in answer to every

question tonight.

I-- I don't know.

And I never made that

decision...

No, that-that's not good.

No, stop.

I like you, Stephen.

Okay.

I do, but-but I don't want "I

don't know."

I've got to decide if I'm voting

for you, for a million dollars.

You do know who would be sitting

next to you, and I, quite

frankly, feel like I might, too.

I need a clear answer from you,

Stephen.

And I need you to be honest.

That's what I'm basing my vote

on is honesty.

I think it would be Erinn.

I-I hope I would have taken

J.T.

My fear is that I would've

chosen Erinn if it had come down

to it.

Thank you.

Okay, I appreciate that.

Good luck to both of you.

I'll listen the rest of the

evening, and my vote's still

out there.

Thank you.

Thanks. Thanks, Deb.

Coach, you're up.

Last two remnants of the

power alliance.

Makes me a little bit proud to

see the warrior and the wizard

up here.

A lot of unanswered questions.

You know, I had a lot of

philosophies coming into this

game.

One of them was "as iron

sharpens iron, so one man

sharpens another."

So, keep that in mind

and we'll start with you, J.T.

Honesty and integrity.

Early on, it's easy to keep

that.

Late in the game, when it

counts is what I want to hear

examples and then the second

part of that is being the noble

warrior, putting others in front

of yourself while being

ferocious on the battlefield.

So, give me examples of honesty

late in the game when it counts

and also being that noble

warrior.

Coach, there was times

towards the end of the game

where I couldn't tell you

everything that was going on,

but when I made a promise to

you, like the one I made after

the last challenge we had, I

said, "I promise you, I'm voting

for Erinn."

I knew you were going home

that night, but there was no way

I was gonna vote for you, Coach,

because you and I and Stephen

could've been sitting here.

I'd have felt comfortable taking

you because I knew you'd have

taken me to the final two.

Uh, you know, I thought Stephen

would, um, but, you know, I just

found out otherwise.

I said I would take the

strongest that was left to the

end and I could have took the

easy million dollars with Erinn.

I risked a million dollars in

order to keep my word to you and

keep my word to Stephen,

bringing the strongest that

was left to the end.

I may be that dumb fool that

mixes morals with millions, you

know?

And as far as being a warrior,

I battled everything I done

100%, no matter what, and I

never give up on anything I do.

Okay, I'm going to move to

Stephen.

Same question-- honor and

integrity, and being a warrior.

All right, I think that, I

mean, in terms of honor and

integrity, this may sound

perverse, but I voted for every

single one of you.

I never took the weasel way out.

And J.T. knew you were getting

a limit...

Well, I don't want to...

I mean, I'm not gonna make that

comparison. I'm sorry.

I told 'em that.

I want to say that I did vote

for every one of you, because I

felt like if I was going to try

to take you out, I was going to

bear the moral burden of that.

Um, so whenever there was a

vote, I absolutely wanted to

write the person's name down.

In terms of being a noble

warrior, I have yet to say

anything negative about J.T.

tonight, and I think that...

I think that's a strong

statement.

Okay.

Thanks, Coach.

Sierra.

You're up.

Congratulations to both of

you.

I had a question for Stephen

tonight, and he pretty much

already addressed all of it, so

I don't have any further

questions for you.

I've heard enough.

I still think you're a

sweetheart, Stephen.

And for J.T., my question for

you is, what does taking the

strongest really mean to you?

Because you're standing with one

of the weakest players I've ever

seen.

And when you had the choice to

take Taj with you, you took

another weak player, Erinn.

So actually, you took the two

weakest players with you.

How do you admire that and want

to sit next to that?

Actually, I really feel like

Stephen is a strong competitor.

He won the individual immunity

necklace and almost beat me in

the final immunity challenge.

And of the stronger players that

was left in the final four, I

believe that Stephen was the

strongest left.

You choosing Stephen was the

right thing, but you lost a lot

of my respect, because you could

have been sitting here tonight

with Tyson.

You could have been sitting here

tonight with Brendan or Debbie.

And that vote, if you would have

won, you would have been a

stronger man, because you were

sitting next to a strong

competitor.

That just may be your downfall

and the reason why you might not

get a million dollars tonight.

Thanks, Sierra.

Tyson.

Dudes.

Good job, guys.

Um, you both have talked about

sharing a brain on all the

strategy.

Actually, Stephen said J.T. was

an asset to him getting to the

final.

J.T., was Stephen an asset for

you in getting to the final, as

well, and why?

I think Stephen did help me

as far as keeping each other in

check.

But could I do it without him?

I feel like I could have made

this adventure without him, but

I don't think it would have been

near as easy.

Stephen, you want to reply

to that?

I think J.T. and my

partnership was unique.

I'm sorry that he devalues it

like that.

It hurts me a lot.

I mean, to say that, "Oh, yeah,

it could be you, it could be

someone else," when we worked so

well together.

You know, that obviously, I

don't think that's true.

I don't think that's true for

either of us.

I don't think it's true for him,

and I don't think it's true for

me.

Do you think you would have

been sitting here had someone

else won immunity last night?

That's a complicated

question, right?

Like, who's gonna be...?

Who is it?

I think Erinn would have taken

me.

I think Taj would have taken me.

Okay.

So, yeah.

Are we done on that?

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks, boys.

Thanks, Tyson.

Taj.

Taj. Finish us off.

Finish us off.

Crushed, betrayed, extremely

disappointed.

It's not so much that I'm on

the jury right now.

It's just the way I went to the

jury.

I just felt it was so

unnecessary.

But that's the nature of the

game.

So my first question, I guess,

would be to J.T.

You found it so hard to put

Coach's name down on the paper.

You don't want to lie to him.

But it seemed like it was

effortless to put my name down

on the paper.

Did you not think that it would

be hard to lie to me?

Taj, there was nothing

effortless about putting your

name down.

The hardest vote I made in this

game was voting you out.

Taj, I've stuck my neck out for

you this whole game, as well as

you for me.

We've been like brother and

sister.

I mean, it was almost harder

than my vote last night.

And Stephen, I saw things in

you that I just... I didn't even

recognize on the last two or

three days.

Especially you, because you,

from, like, day one, was in my

back pocket.

We-We were tight.

At least I thought.

Was it so important to blindside

me to get me out, because was I

that much of a threat?

All right, I guess, I mean,

the truth is J.T. had been

talking about taking you out

next for a while.

I had wanted to keep you around

until three.

And part of that was because it

would be a great statement for

the Jalapao three, to end up,

you know, facing this entire

Timbira jury.

But J.T. was concerned that

you were a tougher physical

competitor to beat.

I got nervous that you wouldn't

take me, and sort of gave in on

the point.

So that's why I ended up

agreeing to vote you out.

Taj, I'd like to add, he just

made it sound like it was just

my idea to take you out.

That's not true.

That's not true at all.

And I'll tell him that any day

of the week.

He made... He just made himself

sound like, you know, he was the

one protecting you.

That's-That's not how it went

down.

Well, I mean, to be fair,

then, if...

Let's air our laundry.

There have been other times when

J.T. wanted to take you out, and

I talked him out of it.

The first was in Jalapao.

Because you had given us

possession of the idol, J.T.

thought we could eliminate you

and safely have the idol.

You told me, "I've got the

idol.

She won't have the idol if we

vote her out now."

No, no, no. You said...

No, no.

No, no, no, that's not what

happened.

That is not what happened.

I said...

You know what?

It's neither here nor there.

That's fine.

There were times when I saved

you, and J.T. wanted to take you

out.

That's fine. Thank you.

Is this the same guy I

brought with me?

Yes.

What are you...?

Oh, come on now.

You have been slandering me all

night, and I have... I...

This is the first time I ever

took a shot at you.

But mine have been all

accurate.

And mine have been true...

That is true, as well.

This... Come on, now.

Our friendship means more to me

than winning does.

But you'd have brought Erinn.

I never made that decision

in my heart.

I mean, you can believe me, or

you can...

You know, that's fine.

I just feel like a fool, man.

Oh, come on, now. I mean...

Oh, look, whatever.

All right.

Jury, some great

questions.

Some very revealing answers.

You now, hopefully, have enough

information to make a

million-dollar decision.

I'm going to give you a moment

to think about that very big

to think about that very big vote.

vote.

All right, jury, you

have had your chance to address

Stephen and J.T.

Now it is time to make a very

big vote.

Tonight you are voting for a

winner.

The name you write down is the

name of the person you think is

most deserving of the title of

sole survivor and the

million-dollar check that goes

along with it.

For the last time, it is time

to vote.

to vote. Brendan, you're up.

Brendan, you're up.

Brendan, you're up. Nice job.

Nice job.

I am a woman of my word.

You should try to be a man the

You should try to be a man the same way.

same way.

For the last time,

For the last time, I'll go tally the votes.

I'll go tally the votes.

Thank you all for a great season

of Survivor.

I will see you back in New York

City for the reading of the

City for the reading of the votes.

votes.

votes.

All right.

All right. That's what we like.

That's what we like.

That's what we like. Glad to have you guys here.

Glad to have you guys here.

All right.

All right. Have a seat.

Have a seat.

Good live audience tonight.

I like it.

I love you, too.

All right, jury, nice job.

Stephen...

J.T., great job.

This is a hard game to play.

39 days in the middle of nowhere

stuck with people you don't know

that you may like, may not like,

in a game that is physically,

emotionally, mentally taxing

24 hours a day is no small feat.

The winner of this game deserves

the million dollars.

J.T.!

Stephen!

Thank you.

We got people that

want J.T.

We got people that want Stephen.

Let's get to it.

There are seven votes in here.

Tonight, you want to see your

name.

This is only time on Survivor

you want to see your name on the

parchment.

These are votes for a winner.

It takes four votes to win.

It takes four votes to win. I'll read the votes.

I'll read the votes.

First vote.

J.T.

J.T.

Second vote.

The warrior, J.T.

The warrior, J.T.

J.T.

That's three votes, J.T.

That's three votes, J.T.

Oh, my God.

Will Stephen keep it

Will Stephen keep it going, or will it be a blowout?

going, or will it be a blowout?

The winner of Survivor:

Tocantins.

J.T.

J.T.

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