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Everybody drop your Buffs. You are merged.

Previously onSurvivor...

I am suspicious

that Kristin has something from Exile.

She's the white whale.

I want to flush whatever Kristin has.

Oh, what?

No one can keep their mouth shut.

Things just

hit the fan.

Y'all blew up the damn plan.

Eric.

Ninth person voted out and the first

member of our jury... Brady.

The tribe has spoken.

Dear, oh, dear.

That was fun.

I took my first big swing of the game,

and it connected.

I finally vanquished this kind of frenemy in Brady.

I'm sorry that today got so chaotic.

I know I've got some responsibility in that.

And I'm sorry about it.

However, by spoiling the Kristin plan

to Kristin an hour before Tribal, things went crazy.

It ended up being a lot sloppier and messier than I intended.

And I know that there are gonna be daggers

pointed my way, and so I just wanted to say something,

honestly, kind of, like,

professional and mature sounding.

To the extent anybody's upset or wants to talk

or wants to yell at me or vent or whatever, I'm here for it.

Despite the craziness today, I'm really looking forward

to tomorrow with everybody.

Yeah, and if anyone wants

to talk about those votes, I'm willing to, like, chat.

Just 'cause I want to have an open forum, you know?

Like, I don't mind if someone threw a vote at me.

At the end of the day, it's the game.

So...

I know one is Brady.

Tonight I got four votes,

and I feel like I'm Frankenstein's monster,

where I got hit with four bullets,

but they just bounce off.

This ain't my first rodeo.

I know how to dodge a six-shooter.

I would love to talk.

I would love to see where that came from, honestly.

With that said, I'm not sure where I stand.

Right now it seems the lay of the land is kind of

like a really slow version of Whac-A-Mole.

People are putting up their heads to kind of be like,

- "- Oh, can I make a move? - Can I make a move?"

But then ducking down because they're so afraid,

of, like, a scythe coming, you know?

Here's the thing.

- So Mike told me... - Yeah.

That there was some plan on Kristin

- that I was not involved in because I... - Really?

Because I shut it down?

I think we got to be real careful of him.

Me, too, but, you know,

maybe right now all of this means

that Mike is gonna get looked at.

Mike was a goner if he didn't have that immunity.

The biggest thing is, he leaked plans.

You can't share things with him.

- We will talk later. - I will talk to you later.

And I think

his social game's pretty bad.

Like, "What's your favorite musical?"

"I don't know, I have to get back to you on that."

Yeah.

It's like, bro,

have a freaking backbone.

Stand for something.

Me, too.

I was just tired

of the leaking of information,

like, dude, time and time and time and time again.

Oh, Brady, Brady, Brady, Brady.

It sucked. It was so stupid.

I wish that the vote last night at Tribal Council

could have switched over to Kristin,

who I don't really trust in this game.

But Mike opened his mouth,

blew up the game, and made it a lot more chaotic

than it ever needed to be.

To my face!

I'm fed up with Mike kind of running around,

causing paranoia,

and I am just over it at this point.

At the end of the day...

I am sorry that I told Kristin,

but it was either that or go with this plan

that I was brought last minute

and most people didn't even want to bring to me.

If I was the last person to get information,

I would maybe start questioning,

maybe it's 'cause people don't trust me.

We had seven people,

and I knew if they told you, you would relay the information,

and that's exactly, exactly what happened.

And it's like, you got pulled in last on the Kristin vote

because people couldn't trust you.-

You got pulled in, I assume, last on the Brady vote.

That's telling you that people don't trust you.

Even me. Like, I want to work with you,

but, dude, like, I don't know

that you're gonna keep your mouth shut.

Honestly, I'm livid with Mike

because it's a big shot to take out Kristin.

It's a huge shot, and we had the numbers.

And then Mike immediately tells Kristin,

"They're voting for you."

Oh, I was... I'm hot.

Here's where my game has been at for the past couple weeks.

Cool, 'cause it's confusing.

On... on swap Toka,

I start getting told I am next.

That's what Brady told me every day.

So I'm in this endless loop of Brady instilling fear in me,

and so I saw an opportunity to take him out, and I did it.

That's why I wanted him out, Mags.

Yeah, that's not how I would have gone about things.

Maggie is calling me out

and kind of lecturing me on how the game is played.

But Maggie is kind of an enigma.

She's a little bit of a chaotic player.

She wants you to think

she's the calmest player.

She has big facial emotions to things.

Sometimes she's careful

with what she tells you, and other times

she lays it all out there for you.

I... I'm sorry.

Like, I'm going way down in my little rabbit hole

- of playing... - You've been down in the rabbit hole

this whole time. Like, you've been riding

everyone's coattails, so it's, like,

- frustrating to work with. - Oh, Mags, you get mad at me

for being down in a rabbit hole

and for coming up out of the rabbit hole to make a move.

Where do you want me to be?

Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, what do you expect?

I was just saving myself, but

I am having a hard time getting the stink off of me.

Thank you to all the hands

who helped prepare this meal.

- Is this Survivor'sfirst salad? - It might be.

Hello, y'all, welcome to my kitchen.

We have heart of palm with mystery nut.

It's like a Cobb salad.

With a side of coconut.

- To day 15. - To day 15

- of Survivor 51, everybody. - Whoo!

- Breakfast salad. - Low-key,

it's pretty good. Plating is important.

We can't lose our humanity out here.

Everything in this game is just haywire.

I'm sick of all the leaking and BS

that we had from a guy like Mike last Tribal Council.

I need to corral the troops.

As a farmer, there's never a time

you just kick the cows out

and just hope that they don't go to the neighbor's place

or hope they don't get bred by that bull way over there.

It's like, no, we've got a program,

and it's in this perimeter.

- I've got one pitch. - Yeah?

Get our arms around this thing and handpick the people we want.

Hey, Kilbs.

I want to put together a group of people who aren't

going to be wishy-washy.

Once we decide a plan, that's the plan,

and there are no ands, ifs or buts.

Here's my idea. We make an alliance

- of people we freaking trust. - Please.

- If we... Listen, are you game? - I'm game.

Listen, how many things are guaranteed in this game?

- We're guaranteeing our self... - Zero.

- Yeah. - This many more Tribals.

So, if us three

and Cristian, Thien An, Maggie.

I'm saying "salt."

- Salt of the earth. - I like it.

Guys, that's a really solid group.

So Carter creates this salt alliance.

Hell if I know why he called it a bloody salt alliance,

but it consists of Carter, me and Kilby, and then.

Cristian, Thien An and Mags.

It's brilliant because we need to form

borders, we need to get people in on plans and stick to it.

- You, me... - Yes, I like that.

- Cristian... - I like that.

Okay? Listen, you're gonna like everyone

- because it's people you like. - Okay.

This is a hodgepodge group,

and that's what I like about it, because I don't think

people will really see it coming in a sense.

I'm shooting you straight. It's called salt,

- and we're gonna cook. - All right.

I want to go after the big targets...

Mike, Jelly, Eric, Dev,

Sharonda and Kristin.

If we band together,

- there's six. - Six.

This next vote, we can pull in one more

for the next vote.

Well, I think we need at least one more

original Savu in order for us to have a chance.

- I don't think so, dude. - Really?

- I don't. - Why?

Are you serious?

Dude, are you joking?

You're the only person I am going to tell.

I will tell literally not a soul.

- You swear? - Yeah, we're solid.

Carter shows me that he has an idol.

Which is an incredible trust builder.

While Carter doesn't seem like a game player, he really is.

- But I trust you. - Yeah.

- And you and I can play this game. - Yeah, we can.

We will have the numbers.

- Salt. - Salt.

Plus six. S-A-L-T.

I love Carter's plan of working together.

He wants to run

this game with me.

And that's music to my ears.

Tree mail!

- Whoo! - Tree mail! Tree mail!

Yeah, bring it on, baby.

We have a little bit more than tree mail.

- Yeah. - Why don't you read it first?

Here... here we go.

- "Two by two..." - Oh, my God.

"You'll compete in pairs.

"Decide now who's your mate.

"You'll double your chances at victory,

unless your partner seals your fate."

- Whoa. - Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh.

We get tree mail.

It says we got to pick somebody to play with.

And it's one of two things.

We're picking people to play with just like in season 50,

we're gonna compete together, and a pair's gonna go home, or

we're picking pairs, but we're gonna find out later

we're competing against each other.

Could be either one... it is the open era... so,

hard to figure out who to pick.

These are gonna be, like, our colors, so

- there's two per. - Dang.

So, tree mail says we're gonna pair up,

load the ark two by two, and I'm like,

"Oh, boy, here we go."

"I immediately was like," I got to pair up

with someone good at puzzles."

I nudged Cristian, who I just

shared that I've got an idol with, and I said,

"We're gonna go down swinging, buddy."

Do you want to go with me, Mags?

My first thought is just that I want to be with someone

who doesn't share mutual enemies with me,

just in case an entire duo goes out in one vote.

Yeah.

- I'll go with Mags. - All right.

By pairing with Maggie,

who I'm not necessarily aligned with

and have kind of been at odds with,

it protects me, because there aren't a lot of people

who would want to take out Maggie.

I'm gonna go Miyagi-Do.

We need nunchucks.

Weakest link, girl. Be nice to yourself.

Everyone who didn't pick to dance with me,

I'm gonna remember this.

You're with Dev.

Devin is just a part of me.

He is mySurvivor husband.

Not the one I expected.

I genuinely thought I might get one out of this experience.

But that's what I got.

I cannot escape that man.

For better or worse.

I've chosen this life.

In the royal blue neckties,

- it's Jelly and Devin. - Whoo!

In sunshine orange, Kristin and Kilby.

In the purple bandanas,

Thien An and Eric.

In the green, Carter and Cristian.

In yellow, Lewis and Sharonda.

And in raucous red,

Maggie and Mike.

I think everyone was so worried

about being knocked out as a pair that

we partnered up with someone working kind of opposite of us.

So I'm kind of stressed out about the pairs, because I see

my number one, Kilby, partnering up with Kristin,

who I want out of this game,

Maggie partnering up with Mike, who I want out of this game.

And I'm like, "Oh, my goodness. This is gonna be complicated."

- Here we go, baby. - Here we go.

Come on in!

Oh, Mary, Mother of...

What is this?

Dang.

Day 15.

- Whoo! - It's crazy.

Whoo!

All right, so, first,

a little business.

Last night, immediately following Tribal Council,

Brady asked to go home

- to tend to his injured thumb. - Okay.

So Brady is out of the game.

He's gone and will not be a member of the jury.

- Oh, wow. - Whoa.

All right, Survivor 51continues.

This morning in tree mail, you were instructed

to divide into pairs.

Sharonda, immediately

you have to start thinking, "Well, what are the implications

of the person I'm gonna choose? What does this mean?"

Did you have any assumptions of what might be in store

- for you today as a pair? - Absolutely.

I looked at Lewis, and I said, "Are you picking the person

"that was the weakest link yesterday just in case

- "we go against each other?" - Honestly,

that last challenge did not represent the fire I saw in her.

She has game in her, she has fire, and she has strength.

And I think we can do it.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

All right, let me settle the suspense.

Tonight one of these six pairs will be voted out

of Survivor 51.

- Wow. - Oh, boy.

Here's how it's gonna work.

Today you will run as pairs.

And tonight at Tribal Council, you will each have your own vote

that you can do whatever you want with,

but you can only vote for a pair.

Wow.

All right.

Shall we get to today's immunity challenge?

- Yes. - First things first, Mike.

Got to take back the necklace.

- So sad. - You're coming to meet me halfway.

- Oh, well, a third of the way. - Thank you.

You can do most of the work.

Once again, immunity is back up for grabs...

for two players.

All right.

Today's challenge runs in stages.

Here's how it goes.

For the first stage, you're gonna put one foot

at the end of a long beam.

At the other end of the beam is a ball.

Using only your feet, you must balance that ball on the beam.

First two pairs to drop

are out, no shot at immunity.

The four remaining pairs will continue to battle, because

the pair that lasts the longest

earns an advantage in the second phase.

Wow.

For the second phase, you're gonna race back and forth

through aSurvivor teeter-tunnel,

carrying bags of blocks.

Once you have all your blocks, you'll slide them

across a table and into a bin.

The first three pairs to finish move on.

The last pair out, no shot at immunity.

For the final stage, you'll race

back and forth across balance beams

while you are stacking your blocks

on a wobbly board.

First pair to finish

wins immunity, safe from the vote tonight.

In addition, you're playing for a reward.

Want to know what you're playing for?

- Give it to me, Jeff. - Yes. - Waiting for you

back at camp, for the winning pair,

a giant bowl of spaghetti.

- So, some spaghetti, Jeff? - Some spaghetti.

- Spaghetti. - I love spaghetti.

- Let's do it. - Losers, Tribal Council,

where one pair will be the tenth

and 11th players voted out of this game

and become the first and second members of our jury.

Big enough stakes? All right.

We'll draw for spots, we'll get it on. Here we go.

All right, here we go.

Phase one... the do-or-die pairs challenge.

Everybody get ready.

I'm gonna count you in.

Three,

two,

one. Release.

Okay, let go.

Everybody has it, and this challenge

is on.

We're looking for four pairs.

But if you outlast the other three pairs,

you get an advantage in the second stage.

You're each using one foot,

but they've got to be in sync.

Up, up, up, up, up, up, up.

A little bit of movement in yellow.

You've got to be constantly

gauging each other.

Right there, perfect.

- Perfect. - We got this.

One tiny mistake will cost you in this challenge.

That's it. Kristin and Kilby first out,

no shot at immunity, vulnerable tonight

at Tribal Council, just like that.

The next pair to drop is also out,

but don't drop out after that,

because the remaining pairs will then continue to compete

for an advantage in the second phase.

- We can do this. - I know.

Lots of good communication. That's what it takes.

Literally fighting for your life in this game,

and you are tethered to a partner.

Big decision this morning in who to pair up with.

Here comes a little bit of wind.

That doesn't help.

Yep, do it.

More movement for Maggie and Mike now.

And the wind is brutal.

Now Eric and Thien An's ball is on the move.

Okay.

Here comes the wind again.

That immediately puts Maggie and Mike

in a tough spot, and they cannot recover.

Maggie and Mike are out, no shot at immunity.

The four remaining pairs,

you are moving on, but do not stop.

Keep competing, 'cause now you're competing

for an advantage in the second stage.

Now you're really

starting to feel that pain.

Oh, I am, Jeff.

My left leg is completely numb.

Good thing, as a kid, I did a lot of Captain Morgan poses.

Pins and needles, Jeff. Pins and needles.

Needles and pins. Oh.

Jeff, honestly,

what kind of spaghetti is it?

A Bolognese? Is it marinara?

Is it, like, Alfredo?

Jeff, but, like,

what is your favorite episode of The Sopranos?

You want to know what mine is?

As someone who also nicked his thumb once in the past...

Every day is tabula rasa, Jeff.

Wild man.

That's why I'm your Paulie Walnuts out here.

You don't know the 22nd member of the cast?

Gina, my fiancée.

What's for lunch, Jeff?

Hey, anything's possible on Survivor, right, Jeff?

Eric's feet are numb, but his mouth is certainly not.

All right. Oh.

Eric talking while that ball goes

from one end to the other.

Another great recovery

from Pins and Needles down on the end.

That... Is that my new nickname for you, Jeff?

'Cause at first it was Dr. Eric.

- Yeah, let's focus up over there? - I know.

Eric talking a lot,

and it's gonna cost him at some point.

- And it just did. - That's okay.

- It's okay. - Wonder how Thien An feels about that.

- Hey, we're good. - Eric and Thien An are moving on.

We are just locking in for who gets an advantage

in this second phase.

- You are at 30 minutes. - Whoo!

Nice work, y'all.

Real impressive.

A lot of movement with Lewis and Sharonda.

They drop.

- We've got a showdown now. - Great job.

Devin and Jelly versus Cristian and Carter.

Talk about giving everything you have in a challenge.

Sharonda can barely walk.

We are down to two.

Cristian and Carter, we're not gonna drop,

- just so y'all know. - We're not either. I'll...

- we'll be here all day. - Yeah. Sorry, Dev.

- All right, perfect. - They'll bring in lights.

I don't care.

43 minutes.

Very impressive, y'all.

I would not have guessed it was gonna go this long.

Here comes the wind again.

My God.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Devin and Jelly with a lot of movement now.

They're gonna have to recover that.

Now it's Cristian and Carter.

Both balls now on the move.

Oh, no.

Devin and Jelly very close to the edge.

A lot of movement on blue, and they cannot recover.

Devin and Jelly are out.

Cristian and Carter will get the advantage.

We've got Dev and Jelly, Cristian and Carter,

Sharonda and Lewis, and Thien An and Eric

moving on to the next phase.

We'll reset.

Good work, y'all. Good work.

What's the final time on that?

All right, let's take a moment. If you have ever

uttered the words "I could do that,"

now is your moment. Apply to be on Survivor.

All right.

Thien An and Eric, Cristian and Carter,

Lewis and Sharonda,

Jelly and Devin have moved on to the second phase.

Carter and Cristian earned the advantage.

Let me explain what that is.

You will not have to transport one of your bags.

More importantly, the six blocks... 25%

of the blocks that you have... you do not have

- to slide across the table and get into the bin. - Oh, wow.

All right, we are looking for the first three

to move on to the final round.

Here we go. Survivors ready.

- Go! - Whoo!

You're going as a pair...

through that teeter-tunnel...

- Hold on. - Down the other side.

Those are hard falls.

Whoo! Oh!

That's intense.

You got to get both to the table, then come back.

Carter and Cristian in the lead right now.

Let's go.

Way to work, y'all.

Every second counts

in a Survivorchallenge. You want

to get to that next phase.

I'm down.

- Immunity on the line. - Here you go.

Hold on. There we go.

You got it. You got it.

Everybody back through now.

Carter once again out first.

Come on, go, come on.

Here comes Jelly and Devin again.

There's Eric.

Here comes Lewis.

Once you get to the table,

you can start taking out your blocks.

- Good work, babe. - We're killing it.

Once you have 'em all out,

then you can start sliding them.

Carter and Cristian only have three stacks they have to undo

and only three stacks they got to slide.

Devin and Jelly first out of the gate now.

Now you got to learn this part of the challenge.

Takes some finesse to figure out

how to get it through.

Carter and Cristian can start now.

Wow.

- Three in a row... - There you go.

For Carter and Cristian.

Make it four. Make it five.

- Make it six. - Whoo!

What a run out of the gate.

We're looking for three to move on.

Nice job, Sharonda.

Looks like Carter and Cristian are in very good shape

to move on.

- Wow! - Cristian and Carter have the big advantage,

and they don't even look like they're gonna need it.

Carter and Cristian down to their last block.

- Yes! - There it is.

- Carter and Cristian have moved on. - Great job, guys.

We're looking for two more pairs.

Lewis and Sharonda looking really good.

There's two more with one toss.

Lewis and Sharonda now down to two blocks left.

- There we go. - Nice job by Devin.

Another by Devin. Another by Devin, but it didn't go in.

There it is. Now everybody getting the hang of it.

That's how you do it, Eric.

- Yes! - There it is!

Lewis, with one shot, knocks two in!

- Good twofer. - We're looking for one more now.

Eric and Thien An down to three blocks left.

It is two for Devin and Jelly.

That sucks.

You got to get 'em to drop.

Eric and Thien An... with just two blocks left.

It doesn't get much closer. Who's it gonna be?

That's almost in.

- And it's over! - Yeah! Yeah!

Devin does it with one toss.

- Moving on. - Let's go! Let's go!

Eric and Thien An out, and no shot at immunity.

Moving on to the final phase.

All right, it is Cristian and Carter,

Lewis and Sharonda, Devin and Jelly.

First to finish wins immunity, safe tonight at Tribal Council,

plus spaghetti waiting for you back at camp. Here we go.

Survivors ready.

Go.

You are going to transfer these blocks

and then balance them on a wobbly board.

- Ready? - Good.

Nice and easy, buddy. Nice and easy.

It's gonna be four high,

three across the bottom,

and you got to move together.

Devin and Jelly here first.

There is a big learning curve to this.

Yeah, this is tough.

No need to panic early. Just try to figure out...

- Perfect. - How to do this.

One, two. Ho-Hold on.

- Great, I'm there. - I'm perfect.

Hurry, let's go.

Come on. Let's go back.

Devin and Jelly in the early lead,

but this is gonna take a lot of teamwork.

- No. - Jelly can't get it.

They got to go back.

One drops off, you got to start over.

- Cristian and Carter... - Just chip away.

- With their second. - Here.

- You need to align this. - Lewis and Sharonda

taking a lot of time to talk.

They're forecasting ahead...

"Where are we gonna end up, what do we need to do?"

Jelly with the same issue.

It's toppling over, and they've got to go back again.

Hang in there, y'all.

Cristian and Carter place their third.

Good job, buddy.

Lewis and Sharonda place their third.

- Okay. - Devin and Jelly

continue to struggle. They've had no progress.

You can see the exhaustion.

It is a very hot day in Fiji.

- Hey, it's like a school project. - Okay. Okay.

All three pairs fighting

for each other's lives in this game right now.

Let's go. Let's go.

- Release. - You got this?

Lewis and Sharonda trying to stay tight

with Carter and Cristian... they're down to one level left.

Devin and Jelly now are hoping for a disaster

to befall both Cristian and Carter

and Lewis and Sharonda.

That's why you got to keep fighting.

We've got a finish shaping up here.

- Here comes Carter and Cristian... - Okay, ready?

I'm almost there, I'm almost there.

With their next to last blocks.

Three, two,

one. Down.

- Good? - Yup.

- Yes! Sorry. - Cristian and Carter

drop and lost everything.

They got to start again.

That opens a big, wide,

fat door for Lewis and Sharonda...

- Last one. - To take their time.

Nobody is even remotely close.

Lewis and Sharonda... two pieces away from immunity...

- This is it. - We can do this.

From an afternoon

of spaghetti back at camp.

Same thing, okay?

- Making it look easy. - Yours is down?

- Yes, mine is down. - Release?

- Release. - Lewis and Sharonda

- for the win! - Whoo!

It is over.

Lewis and Sharonda.

Sharonda questioned why Lewis would pick her as a partner.

Nobody questioning anything now.

Safe tonight at Tribal Council.

- I'm happy. - Thank you for trusting me.

- Thank you for trusting me. - I knew you could do it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Okay?

All right.

Sharonda and Lewis, come on over.

Thank you.

Yours, Lewis.

Look at his smile.

In addition to the spaghetti,

you have certainty tonight in a very uncertain Tribal Council

that's gonna come.

All right, so let me explain how

idols and advantages and all that work.

Idols are in play,

but all it takes is one person to play an idol

and it impacts both players,

so both players will be safe. Same with the Shot in the Dark.

One player can choose to play

their Shot in the Dark, but it's good for both of you.

But only one of you can play it.

So one covers the two. Make sense?

Yeah.

All right, Sharonda, Lewis, big decision.

You're gonna send one person right now

to leave here.

They will return in time for Tribal Council.

- Him? Yeah? - Okay.

We decided to send Cristian.

- Okay. - All right, Cristian,

grab your stuff. You're gonna head out.

You'll return back to camp in time for Tribal.

Thank you.

Boat is waiting for you.

All right, one more big decision.

There are two more spots

- at the spaghetti meal. - Wow.

They do not have to be from the same pair.

And immediately pleading.

- I haven't eaten in five days. - That is true.

- We both won. - Kristin.

You sure?

- Let's go. - Okay.

Kristin, come on over.

All right, you got one more spot.

Well,

I heard one person talk about spaghetti a lot.

Okay, who's that?

Jelly.

That's it. Jelly, come on over.

- Guys, thank you. - Thank you, guys, thank you.

All right, here's what's gonna happen.

Jelly, Kristin, Lewis and Sharonda...

you're going back to camp. You're gonna

enjoy a spaghetti afternoon.

Everybody else, got nothing for you

except a date with me tonight, where one pair

will be the tenth and 11th players voted out

of Survivor 51 and become the first

and second members of our jury.

Everybody, grab your stuff, head out. See you tonight

- at Tribal Council. - Thanks, Jeff.

Congrats.

- Thanks, you guys. - Thanks, buddy.

Your fate is shared

with your partner, so two people are gonna get wiped out

at Tribal.

Tonight is gonna be

bazonkers,

and to have this around my neck, I feel like

I can have a little bit of mischief today.

You know? Be a mischievous

little Irish fellow I am.

Bring on the chaos.

Oh, my God, look at that.

- Oh, God, guys. - What order?

Oh, the smell. The cheese.

This is a lot.

- This is a lot. - This is a lot.

This is incredible.

I mean, I was at a low, but when Lewis told me

that he believes that we can do this together,

and he said that he saw this fire in my eyes,

he kind of sparked something in me.

And now, we're safe tonight.

- To y'all crushing it in the immunity challenge. - Thank you.

- To giving us a challenge. - Yes.

I think everyone has

underestimated me in this game, but

my life has always been trials and tribulations.

With me being a Black woman in the hospital,

I walk into a room, I might look like the janitor to them,

even though I have a doctor badge right on my clothes.

"And I'm like," Actually, I am your doctor.

I'm gonna tell you what's happening."

How much do y'all think we're gonna be able to eat?

- All of it. - So, I'm truly

underestimated, and I seem like just a sitting duck to them.

But they have another thing coming.

So, who are the risks?

It's definitely me and Devin. I'm aware of that.

I think you guys are at risk.

I personally don't want to go for Mike,

because Maggie is very well-connected, so,

to me, Cristian and Carter would be a great hit,

- Yeah. - Because they're probably the only duo

that people don't have a problem with. Like...

- Which should be concerning. Yeah. - No, 100%.

In my opinion, Carter and Cristian are much more

threatening than me and Devin.

We're just on the table because we're a duo,

and people see that as threatening.

Obviously, I'm not rolling over,

'cause, like, I think me and Devin have

a night in for us.

But even if my game feels at risk,

I have an immunity idol in my pocket,

and that protects not just me tonight, but me and Devin.

Pair with him, because when you did I was like...

Jelly and Dev really shouldn't have picked each other.

That is the most stupid move of the game.

They are already seen as this dynamic duo in this tribe.

So I'm thinking, jackpot.

- Cha-ching! - Dev and Jelly.

I'm worried about, while I'm here, what Devin's doing.

- Yeah. - Dev, be a good boy.

What are your thoughts, on tonight?

I got to reevaluate the teams, even.

How does she look?

- I mean, I think... Thien An? - Yeah, it looks good.

Oh, we did good, kids.

The partner twist is fun and dangerous,

'cause it's really working those gears.

Like, what's the smartest, who to grab,

who to target.

A lot of people want Mike out,

but not many people want Maggie out.

So, they're kind of sitting pretty.

- I'm tied to you right now. - I know.

- Yeah. - So you better lock it down.

- Don't worry. Don't. - I'm gonna be locking it down, too.

Thien An and Eric, same thing.

Some people want Eric out, but nobody wants Thien An out.

And then, Lewis and Sharonda are immune, which leaves

me and Kristin, Carter and Cristian,

and Dev and Jelly.

You've got you and Kristin.

Because everyone was a bit nervous,

you know, that Kristin may have something.

- Yeah. - And there's also,

Jelly and I, which I imagine people will be like,

"There's a duo, they're a two, break up the two."

- Probably, yeah. - And if...

And like, genuinely, for me, like,

you and Jelly coming into this merge...

that's been, like, a top priority for me.-

It's, like, rebuild that.

I feel like you and I really have, like, done a lot more...

No, we were completely honest.

- I'm hoping to continue to do that. - Okay, dream.

So I'm talking with Devin.

- "- Let's have a heart-to-heart. - I'm not voting you",

- "- I'm not voting Jelly. - Let's go. We're good," because

my goal is to pacify Devin, make him not want to be voting me.

But in reality, I want Devin and Jelly out.

I am somebody who does good to people who do good to me.

- Yeah. - I feel like you'd be good to me.

As long as you're not voting me and Kristin,

that's fine, because

the worst-case scenario is an idol

or advantage or Shot in the Dark

is played on Dev and Jelly,

and then we have some recoil votes.

- Dude. - No question?

I don't get why

- people make this game so damn hard. - Easy.

- Easy. Easy. - So-so... this is easy.

So, the salt group... we get Dev and Jelly out,

- we've got the majority. - Got the majority.

- The salt group will go. - Hundred percent.

I've got a target, and it's Dev and Jelly.

So my plan coming back is to solidify this salt group.

We've got this salt group.

- Who's in the salt group? - It's super easy.

Who's in the salt group?

- You, me, Kilby... - Cristian?

- Cristian, Lewis, Maggie. - Okay.

This vote is not that difficult,

but what's making it difficult is my partner.

Cristian just goes off, and we have no idea.

He packs his bags

- and now he's gone. - And so in terms of the numbers

for tonight, Cristian's the guy that I need.

Carter, let's hope he brings you back something good.

- Yeah. Whatever he's got... - I'm-I'm...

- I'm hoping. - Whatever he's got, you got,

- pretty much. - I'm hoping.

Oh, my gosh.

I did not volunteer for this journey.

Journeys are a death sentence.

And this sand spit

in the middle of the ocean is completely barren.

But there's something out in the distance.

I don't know what it is.

Oh, gosh. Okay.

"Today you have an opportunity to earn power in the game,

"but it comes with risk.

"You must wager your vote.

"Good news... there's a clue to help you here.

"You may work to solve the clue until the timer runs out.

"Then you must return to camp.

"Flip the timer, chop the rope and begin.

"If you are successful,

"you keep your vote and earn an extra vote

"to use at tonight's Tribal Council.

If you fail, you lose your vote at tonight's Tribal Council."

This is absolutely crazy.

I just don't have a vote right now.

I have to find this clue in order to get my vote back.

And an extra vote, and

I can't not have a vote tonight.

Otherwise, it may very well be me and Carter going home,

and I can't let that happen.

Okay.

Oh, my gosh.

So I cut the rope,

and a bunch of buoys just drop into the water,

immediately start floating away, and I'm like,

"Crap. What do I have to do here?"

All right.

I don't know if there's something tied to a buoy,

or I have to find a specific buoy with a symbol on it.

And then I start noticing that there are letters

all over some of the buoys.

All right.

And as I'm finding letters,

I am just chucking them in the same direction

so I can at least start

to read the letters and try and solve it in my head

while I'm still searching for the other ones.

But it's so hard, because

the wind's carrying them off into the sea.

Oh, gosh.

And so much

is riding on this moment.

But honestly, in all my life, I have constantly

exceeded my own expectations.

Okay.

And I started at college at 15 1/2,

and I graduated super early.

And I have a killer instinct when it comes

to strategic and ethical thinking.

So, I need to try

my absolute hardest to not just go down with the ship.

- Oh, my gosh. - It says, "Dig under tree mail."

Now I know what I need to do

to have my vote back.

But this was only the beginning.

I need to get back to camp

and just hope and pray that my vote

is somewhere sitting under tree mail.

How am I gonna clean

- my gosh darn nails? - Do this.

Yeah, yeah, and then just get the sand out.

So, like, in an ideal world,

you have your way tonight, who would

the duo be that's out?

That's hard. I-I don't think it's you.

I honestly don't think me and Dev are the right vote.

- I don't think so, either. - I think that's the easiest option.

- 'Cause... - I don't think so, either.

I'm leaning towards Carter and Cristian.

- You think Carter? - I'm not gonna lie.

I love Carter, but he... We have never voted together.

I'm down.

Cristian is a dangerous and great player,

and he's also good at challenges and puzzles.

- Yeah. - But my thing is what.

- Cristian is coming back with. - Yeah.

Tonight, a pair is gonna go home,

and a plan starts to come together

on Cristian and Carter, which is great,

because I know the vote was on me yesterday.

And everyone seems to think that I have an idol,

but, I have a Tethered idol that only Sharonda knows about

that does not do me any good.

So, the worry tonight is.

Kilby and I are both big targets.

I'll be honest.

Are we gonna play together or not?

Listen, you're so intimidating, Kristin.

I would love to have a one-on-one.

Kristin, I like you as a person.

I don't want to play with you as a player.

I think she's probably got maybe not just idols

but other advantages from the summit.

'Cause if I had an idol, I would be flashing it to everyone,

and saying, "Don't vote for me."

Like, I have nothing.

I don't have anything.

So, we have Dev's

- extra vote... - Exactly.

That we play, or I could play my idol.

- I know. - It's, like, which one is the better option?

I want them out.

I've been working with Dev and Jelly

from day one.

They have advantages, they want to work with me.

They have an idol.

I need them in the game, so,

I want Cristian and Carter out, because I think

that's what's better for my game moving forward.

- My partner's back. - That is your partner,

But

if he gets something... an advantage, an idol...

- who knows? - So,

this Cristian and Carter vote is gonna be interesting,

because I don't know if we have the numbers.

It was full of, like, 50 buoys.

- Oh, geez. - And eventually,

I got enough, so I think I know where something is, but

I don't have a vote tonight until I find it.

So, I got to find it.

- Good luck. - Thank you.

I told them exactly what happened because I have

a lot of work to do in a very little time.

And so, I'm absolutely nervous,

because if I don't have a vote at tonight's Tribal Council,

that is a big deal for numbers.

No, you're fine.

I was not expecting Mike to want to accompany me,

so, I'm like, "Oh, crap."

But I need to dig under tree mail

and I am sticking to that.

- Fantastic. - Hey!

- Yes. - Nice job.

- I have a vote. - Nice job.

It turns out I was right. Oh!

It felt so good to get my vote back

and have power in this game.

"Congratulations. You kept your vote

"and earned an extra vote

for use only at tonight's Tribal Council."

Oh, my gosh. Tonight is an essential night

to have this extra vote.

I have an extra vote...

And now, Carter and I

can actually run this game.

Okay, I just wanted to be so open and honest with you

- for what, like, happened. - Yeah.

At dinner, you know, Jelly

is pushing on you two.

Really?

- Okay. - Oh, she's a snake.

- That's crazy. - Yeah, and

I just wanted to let you guys know. That's why.

- What a guy. What a guy. What a guy. - Yeah.

We could get Jelly and Dev right now,

- both of them with one swing. - That's what I'm saying.

- Happy days. - We've got the...

the salt group. We-we got to keep that in check.

Dev and Jelly are the vote, and it's pretty easy.

But, you know, my biggest worry tonight

is that people are gonna start

to buy into the Cristian and Carter vote.

And so I might need to tell a little white lie

to make them think I'm working with them.

- Okay. - Listen, everyone's saying

that, you know, people are throwing out each other's names.

I thought the vote was pretty simple.

What's the vote for you?

Kristin.

- Okay. - Listen, why are we

- shooting pistols at each other? - I agree. We shouldn't.

That's the easiest move right now.-

- And it opens the game up. - It opens the game up 100%.

Okay. Then I'm in. Yeah, boom.

- Let's do it. - Boom. - Are you in?

Yeah, I'm-I'm... Cool. I've been in.

- Okay. - Perfect. - Okay.

- 10-4. - Boom. - Perfect.

10-4.

Out of nowhere, Carter's saying

that we focus all the votes

on Kilby and Kristin.

And I'm like, "Great." It makes sense,

because Kristin is the only other person that we are

suspecting to have anything in this game.

And Kilby is also a massive threat.

Okay.

- Why not? - We can bank those past this vote,

- we are a smooth sailing. - Sailing.

- It's a consensus deal. - Right.

No.

Like, if they use their Shot in the Dark,

- there's just one vote. - They're gonna vote one way?

- So they'll have... Yeah. - So it'd either be me

and him or, Kristin and Kilby.

But it's one in six.

We're confident about the numbers just 'cause

we have the salt of the earth group.

And everyone realizes

that the safe vote tonight would be Devin and Jelly.

So, and I'm... It's just "k-keep it simple, stupid."

We have a crazy opportunity right now

- I know. - To get both Jelly and Dev out of this game.

Okay. I'm 100% locked in.

- Okay. - This is the most excited I've been all day.

I wanted to get out Kristin,

but Kristin is tied with Kilby,

and Kristin may have advantages.

So, let's vote for Dev and Jelly.

Can I hug you?

I mean, there's less risk,

and they have no idea

that everyone's gunning for them.

Thien An?

We don't really talk game.

No, we don't.

Where are you tonight?

Or do you want to keep your cards close to your heart?

I'm on Dev and Jelly.

- Where are you at? - I'm not voting for Dev and Jelly.

- Who are you wanting to vote for? - No.

And if it leaves here, then I know it's you,

- Thien An, no offense, but... - No, no, no.

I'm not gonna give your spot up, 'cause I want to work with you,

- even if we don't vote together. - Yeah. Okay.

People are gunning for Dev and Jelly, so,

my mind is racing, but I'm also trying to be strategic,

keep my cool, do not be too emotional.

- Do you... - I think

you don't have the actual moves that you think you do.

I need Dev and I need Jelly

in this game, and I think

they are vital pieces in this game

who I truly trust.

It seems like there are more people

willing to buy a Kristin and Kilby.

I think that's a smoke screen.

- Okay, that's good to know. - To-to throw you guys off.

Sharonda's my insider agent,

giving me the intel that we may not have the numbers.

But

I have this beautiful hidden immunity idol

that no one seems

to suspect.

And if I play the immunity idol,

me and Devin are safe, and we could go after either

Kristin and Kilby, or Cristian and Carter.

- This is not that tough a vote. - No. It's not. Okay. - Just... Yeah.

But if I have enough votes,

I don't have to play my idol and I can

save that for a time when I really need it.

Who do we have who will actually vote Cristian and Carter?

- This is five. - Yeah.

- I thought the plan was Cristian and Carter. - Me too.

Everything keeps changing, which makes me think that it's not.

Before every Tribal Council,

this tribe loves to, like,

let it simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer,

then boom! All the ideas come out.

Everyone's flying which way.

You know, it's a slobberknocker of an event.

I'm hearing Kilby and I have been thrown out there, so,

I'm trying real hard to be chill.

Yeah, because everyone is saying everything.

- That's great. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. - Yeah. Exactly.

I'm terrified that if either Dev or Jelly play something,

I'm going home tonight.

But if Carter plays his idol, we're both safe.

If we play Shot in the Dark and it hits, we're both safe.

The issue is I can't play the extra vote

when you play your Shot in the Dark, so you give up everything.

You're that scared of the Shot in the Dark?

- I am. - It's one in six.

I know, but it's us.

I'm afraid of a Shot in the Dark.

I think...

Exactly.

Cristian's starting to freak out, and so, tonight,

I don't want to, but I may need to burn the idol that I was

hoping I could play down the road.

It is incredibly difficult

to know when to play your idol, but at the same time,

if I could get through this Tribal Council,

maintaining my hidden immunity idol

and Devin's extra vote, our power

goes up exponentially throughout this game.

All right.

Sharonda, I want to start with you, since

you and Lewis are safe tonight, you had

a slightly different view of the afternoon.

How would you describe it? Because

you can only vote for pairs tonight,

changes the stakes a lot.

Even though we are safe tonight,

I want to be in on all the conversations,

I want to know what's going on, I want to be able

to vote to make sure I still have a group of people

that I can trust, but

it was chaos, Jeff.

And for some reason, I was still having anxiety

even though I knew I was safe tonight.

- Wow. - Jeff, paranoia

seems to be all over the beach.

I don't know if it's, like,

there's paranoia infection in the sand or something,

but for me, this really

has been about trying to cut the paranoia,

try to find the good, salt of the earth people

to vote with, and making it less paranoid.

But I think

that is easier said than done,

especially if your name is not up.

I will say, as my name keeps coming up,

calming the chaos is harder and harder to do.

- So you heard your name today? - I did, yeah.

- It's also my name, which I did. - Right.

Just lighten the mood. Just saying.

Carter, what Kristin and Kilby

suggested is "We'd like to play

with people that are not chaotic."

- Yeah. - Are you looking for the same thing?

Well, yeah, I mean, I think

at some point, everyone wants to just

drop their guard and just trust somebody,

because this game is chaotic to begin with.

But I get it. That's where you have to adapt of,

what game do you want to play and does it align

with the guy next to you?

But Jelly, in a game

like Survivor,

where betrayal and deceit are part

of the fabric of the game,

it's an interesting statement to make

- on day 15. - Yeah, I think

being calm in this game is a privilege.

So if you're calm,

I'm looking at you like, "I wonder why that is."

I wonder why you feel so calm.

And I think

this game naturally breeds paranoia.

Devin, is what Kilby and Kristin

saying about calm just their version of reliable?

Or is it a collision?

Is it calm or chaos?

I've been asking myself that question

since day one on this beach.

It's like, I have an honest conversation here.

I walk away, I believe you, you believe me.

We turn, I come back,

you don't believe me, I don't believe you.

What happened in that disconnect?

So, you have to choose who you're gonna believe

and just own that choice, no matter what.

Mike, if the scale is

zero to 100, and 100 is absolutely impossible,

how difficult is it

to decide that you're going, as Devin says,

with a decision, and just stick with it?

On-on this beach, with-with these people,

it is definitely 100 out of 100.

I mean, like I've been saying, these are all

players here. Like...

See?

You all have been whispering since you sat down.

- The whispering started the first second. - That's been

every Tribal I've been at, and I'll say, too, Jeff,

like, I caught some flak at the last Tribal

for blowing up a potential plan and moving it

to a different plan, but today I feel like it's a lot

of the pot calling the kettle black, because

there's a lot of people doing that kind of thing, too.

And that's why there hasn't been a single name

at a single Tribal Council

that hasn't gotten back to that person.

Not once.

- Not once. - Maggie,

what I'm amazed at is most of you

are absolutely nonplussed by the side conversations.

It's like you don't even hear whispers.

They're just all the time, so, whatever.

What did you say to me? What did he say to me?

I'm trying to listen, Jeff.

Yeah.

Welcome to Survivor. We are a bunch of people

who think we know what we want to do, and then...

I-I don't know. I think... I-I...

Is anybody playing the game they thought they were gonna play?

- No. - Yes, I am. - Oh, congratulations.

I sure as... am not.

So, Jelly, when you see the chaos

that is still stirring... even now as I'm talking,

yet another conversation...

does this bode well for you

and your idea tonight?

- Is that what you need to be happening? - Yeah,

you know, Jeff, I'm gonna just be honest.

There are a lot of pairs up for grabs.

Only three were pitched today.

Who were the three?

Me and Devin, Cristian and Carter,

and Kristin and Kilby.

But that doesn't make sense to me.

Me and Devin are a threat only because

we like each other, right? Like,

not because we win challenges,

not because we come with lots of numbers and influence.

But just because we like each other, right?

Kilby, if you were one of the pairs being talked about,

what did you do to try to make sure it isn't you tonight?

I tried to have good, meaningful conversations

that were sincere, talked through it,

counted the numbers. As I think what I do here. Like,

why be a chicken when you can be a peacock, you know what I mean?

Like, flaunt your stuff.

But stand on your business, be weird.

So, Carter,

- where are we? - I mean,

there's so much dillydally, it's just,

- Dillydally. - There's not enough hours in the day

to keep up, and so,

pick a plan, stick with it,

with the people you trust...

"trust"... and go with it.

All right,

it is time to vote.

Kilby, you're up.

We got to get our arms around this game.

Cristian gave me this

extra vote, and he can only use it

at tonight's Tribal Council.

I'm gonna trust that I don't need this,

because it seems like there's a majority going

for Dev and for Jelly.

I'll go tally the votes.

If anybody has an advantage or an idol

and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.

Jeff.

Jeff, I'd like to play this for me and Dev.

- Thank you. - Hopefully, I don't need to, but

I guess we will see.

This is a hidden immunity idol.

Any votes cast for Jelly or Devin will not count.

Jeff.

- Thank you, good sir. - Thank you.

Good luck.

This is

a Shot in the Dark, which means there is no vote

in here from Kristin.

Kristin, if this scroll says you are safe,

then you and Kilby... any votes cast against you will not count.

If it says "not safe," any votes cast against you two

will count.

Kristin and Kilby,

you are...

not safe.

Oh, my God.

Any votes cast against you will count.

Jeff.

Playing my Shot in the Dark just in case

for me and Carter.

Okay.

This is a Shot in the Dark, which means

there is no vote in here from you, Cristian.

If this says you are safe,

then any votes cast against you or Carter will not count.

If it says "not safe,"

any votes cast against you both will count.

Cristian and Carter,

you are...

safe.

Any votes cast against Cristian and Carter will not count.

- My gosh. - All right.

I'll read the votes.

Wow.

First vote:

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Oh, my gosh.

Good try.

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Devin and Jelly.

- Does not count. - Sorry.

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Devin and Jelly. Does not count.

Carter and Cristian. Does not count.

Wow.

There is one vote left in the urn.

The tenth and 11th players

voted out of Survivor 51

and the first and second members of our jury:

Kristin and Kilby.

Kristin, we'll start with you first.

Need to bring me your torch.

- See you all at the next Tribal. - See you, Kristin.

- You're a great player. - Thank you.

Great game, Kristin.

How soon do we come back?

Please don't say 26 years.

Kristin, the tribe has spoken.

- Champ. - Whoo! - Time for you to go.

Kilby, need to grab your torch.

- Kilby. - It's all good. It's all good.

- I know. All good. - Yeah.

- I love you so much. - All good.

You're the best, Kilby. Love you.

Bye, guys.

A dream come true. Thank you.

I gave it my all.

Kilby, the tribe has spoken.

- Time for you to go. - Thank you.

Please have the most fun possible.

- Laugh every day. - Bye, Kilby.

Grab your torches, head back to camp.

Good night.

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Okay.

It's wilder than a cat

in a bathtub.

Tonight, we are

flipping the million-dollar coin.

- Oh, my God. - Yes!

I think an epic Tribal Council just happened.

But also, I've been playing

on a literal broken food since the second challenge.

This has been, truly, a remarkable experience.

I feel like I played a game that was, like,

bold, in your face, from day one.

Tried to play without fear,

but my whole lifelong dream ends in a snap,

and it's really frigging hard.