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It's called "loyal to the soil."

I'm whispering different things in people's ears.

All I got to do is decide who my next victim is.

I'm a smiling assassin.

Previously on survivor...

My heart is racing.

My god. I got it.

Survivor bucket list.

Nobody knows that Caroline, myself and Gabe

are in an alliance.

We're gonna be a force to be reckoned with.

It's just a matter of time before

he strikes me or I strike him.

I love Gabe to death, but it's every man

for himself right now.

It's going to be you, me and sue as the final three.

Gabe is a close alliance member of mine,

but things are opening up now.

He's played a better game than me.

Targeting Gabe means targeting sue,

and betraying her trust

and potentially destroying our alliance.

Tenth person voted out

and the third member of our jury: Gabe.

The tribe has spoken.

We're doing this, bro.

I know that was hard, voting with us.

- I know. - Yeah, it's tough.

I'm sorry, man.

I know he was your buddy. It's tough

to watch someone you love go.

It's got me kind of in an emotional funk right now,

the fact that Gabe went home,

and that I played a part in that because I really enjoyed Gabe

as a person.

- It'll be okay. - Yeah.

But Gabe's threat level has been climbing,

along with mine, so I have to draw a line in the sand

and say, "hey, I'm gonna hit you"

"before you hit me and make sure it sticks."

So now, back at camp, I don't trust anybody.

I feel like I need to win every single immunity

after this in order to ensure the fact

that I'm still going to be here.

Thank you.

Tribal really sucked tonight.

They really blindsided Gabe,

- big-time. - It sucks.

And the whole tribe knew except for me.

Thanks for getting the fire going, guys.

- Wow. - Gorgeous.

You guys are miracle workers.

I feel crushed.

I can't even trust Caroline anymore.

Something like that

really lights the fire under my rear end to, like,

really start taking down everyone, but especially Kyle.

- I can't believe he's still here. - That just

ew... turns my stomach

more than him writing my name down.

Like, I just

I want write his name down for Gabe.

And I can't wait for that day.

All right, what are the odds the sun comes out today?

Is the rain stopping?

Last night, it was tough.

It was pouring rain.

Winds are blowing, we're shivering, freezing.

And you're just... You're miserable.

You're frozen. You don't want to talk.

You just want to, like, cower up, and I kept praying

for a little of the heat from that fire to come my way.

Yeah.

But the worst thing is that Gabe's gone.

My security blanket, my...

You know, my number one from day one, gone, and now,

I'm miserable, I'm all alone.

It-it's a tough, tough, tough

environment to be in.

I'm okay.

It's just...

Last night, blindsiding sue

was maybe a huge mistake.

I knew that there was a chance she was just

gonna be like,

"you're on my hit list, you're out.

"You betrayed me. I thought I could trust you.

I can't trust anyone. Our relationship is over."

I hated taking that chance,

but I knew that, from the bottom of my heart,

this is the game I need to play.

So, I need to talk to her. I need to make sure

she understands why I did that vote.

I felt my only true friends were you and Gabe.

I just don't like non-loyal people.

That's just who I am. It's not that I don't like you,

but, you know, it's just...

- You can see, I'm loyal. - Yeah.

Yeah.

- I want to explain one thing to you. - Yeah.

This is not in any way making me feel like I am not loyal to you.

But I kept feeling like I was making decisions good for Gabe.

And I started feeling like I didn't have any control

- over my own game. - Yeah.

I felt like I waited my whole life for this

just to do what someone else was telling me to do.

Exactly.

And I was like, "that, to me"

"I will go home earlier and play my game

"than make it to the end feeling like someone's carried me,

- "- and I just sat around." - Right. Right.

Gabe had a vision of me,

that he was gonna bring me to the end,

and I will have done no strategy of my own, just

followed along with him, and he gets to take the credit

for a lot of the moves.

That is never the game I was going to play.

I wanted to be on survivor ever since I was five years old.

Like, this is my biggest life dream.

That's what I care about the most.

I feel like my goal out here is

to play a game that I'll be proud of.

Like, I'll be able to rewatch it

- and be, like, as, like, a little girl. - Yeah.

Like, I proved to that little girl,

like, I did, and I was so proud of myself.

I have adhd,

and the way it, like, impacted me as a kid is,

I just felt like I was constantly failing.

So the way I internalized that growing up is

I was like, "I'm just dumb,"

because I grew up saying I would do something

and then I would get distracted,

or I couldn't will myself to do something.

And I felt like a failure.

And so I feel like I've just lived my life

just trying to prove to myself that I'm not that failure.

Resilience was all I had,

and survivor was experience where I could see

how great it is if you persevere.

And what's crazy is, I feel like

that is what has been pushing me in this game.

- I want to go to final two with you. - Right.

And we complete each other. It's weird, but we do.

And you're my number one.

- You're my number one girl. - You're my 100% number one.

Even though Caroline voted Gabe,

I feel like she came to me and sort of gave me an olive branch,

and that's all I needed.

I feel good with her.

I still feel we're number one and number two together.

And now, this is our time to take control of this game.

We're at eight, and we're the tightest three.

We are, like, a three-person alliance.

- All we have to do... - We are locked in. - Yes. Yes.

Like, for final three,

all we have to do is play our cards right.

Yeah.

Sound, yeah.

- Hello. Hello. - Hi. - Hello.

Good morning.

How's everyone feeling this morning?

- How are we feeling? - Okay.

I think that having Gabe not here anymore

opens the door

to kind of these, like, endgame strategies

that we're all looking to start creating right now.

- It was a hard vote last night. - It was hard. - I know.

But I don't want you to feel

- worried about, like... - Thank you. Thank you.

I was grateful that it wasn't me.

Yeah. It wasn't you. Yeah.

I feel, like, good about this group standing here

- yeah. - Me, too. - Moving forward.

I really do, as well.

This is really good, I think,

because that leaves Genevieve, Sam, Kyle.

- Underdog alliance, guys. - Yeah.

I love an UN... Good underdog story.

- Yes. - Yeah.

This is what I've wanted since the start. I really mean it.

I am trying to build a group to go to the end with.

I think that my best options in this game are

a playing field that does not include Genevieve,

Sam or Kyle.

I think the remaining five players... we all have

a fighting chance against each other,

if it comes down to the five of us at the end.

I'm sure you would probably want Genevieve out sooner than later

since you've already written her name down...

I... you know, I... I-I'm, like...

The only person I want

- I am targeting right now is Kyle. - Yeah.

We can decide whichever one of them we want for the next three.

Let's just do it.

Depending on who wins, that'll affect the order.

But, like, we can get to five with our...

- This is getting me excited. - Yes.

- Let's go. - I pray for one of us. - Yes.

- Absolutely. - - I'm in a real good position.

With Gabe gone, we pull in.

Caroline and sue. That's a five.

That's a majority at eight.

And we collaborated at the water well.

We're just like, "yeah. We stick together, we run this game."

One more week, man.

But we're down to eight.

There are people who scare me in terms of jury votes...

- Yeah. - More than you guys.

Are we worried that those five are gonna just,

like, try and pick off the three of us?

- Yeah, a little bit. - I think so.

I think we're the three big, sitting threats.

Yeah.

As soon as one of us goes,

we're then at the mercy of who wants to save us.

Yeah.

I mean, I want to protect the biggest threats of the game,

and you two are the biggest threats in this game.

- Yeah. - Like, you're the people

- I want to go the distance with. - Yeah.

I had an interesting conversation with Kyle and Sam.

But I don't like using the word "alliance"

or even saying, like,

"I trust people" or "I'm close to people" because I don't

I genuinely don't feel any of those connections

to anyone out here by design.

Like, if there are people who everyone wants to sit with,

maybe we just take out those people.

In real life, I love connecting with people,

and I'm, like, an open book.

And in the game, I made quick

connection with kishan. And as he

left, his parting words to me were,

- "Genevieve, I trusted." - Genevieve, I trusted you.

And from that moment on, I realized, like,

that's the power that connections have in this game,

and I don't want that power.

You know, I'd rather be a villain

that people didn't connect with

than the best friend who killed their dream.

You know?

I think it's all just the game,

- like, nothing personal. - It's very easy for

any of us three, I think,

to pick off the other two with that five,

but then you're sitting at six,

and I don't know where any of us are getting numbers from.

Yeah, I agree with you.

I don't have anyone that I feel like

- would be solid at that point. - Like, I feel like if you...

If-if you go and you go, I'm at six,

but I'm the easy next target.

The beginning of this game, I was deceptive,

I was a liar, I was in control,

and that's kind of how I kept my power.

After Sierra got voted out,

I had all of my power in this game stripped from me.

And since then, I've had to pivot my approach

and really come to people with full, open honesty,

and that's when they first start to trust you.

Who would have thought that just telling the truth

worked pretty well on survivor sometimes?

I-I'm not gonna lie.

I wanted... it's, like,

there was an emotional part of me that did not want

- to write Gabe's name down. - Totally. Totally.

But last time that I voted with my emotions

instead of a strategy, it hurt my inner game

for somebody that was no longer part of the game.

- Yeah. - And so I had to separate that last night.

In the beginning,

I had a hard time separating my emotions from the game.

But I'm realizing now that you have to be able

to separate your emotions and who you were,

and you need to be able to adapt and be somebody

that you need to be out here if you want to go the distance.

They've been pitching my name for a while now.

- Yeah. - So I'm not really bonded.

Yeah.

In my younger years when I was

being put through the ringers

left and right, you know,

different foster cares, different school systems,

sometimes I had to be somebody that I didn't want to be.

And over the years, I've let that part of me go dormant.

But I do have the ability to lie,

I do have the ability to manipulate,

and I do have the ability to deceit.

It's very different.

Yeah. And it's, like,

I try to make my family proud when I'm here.

But there's major potential

of my kids and my family seeing me be somebody that I

I don't want to be.

- I do think you're making them proud. - Thank you.

I don't think you're doing anything that's out of bounds.

'Cause everyone knows, when you watch this show,

- you know what it's about. - Yeah.

Doesn't make it easy, though.

I've learned a lot about myself coming out here.

I am a numbers guy, but I can't just sit here and

algorithmically determine the correct path

because there is so much variance.

And all this variance comes from the people themselves.

People are tricky because they have all these

different priorities, and not everyone out here

is a AI agent playing

to optimize their win condition.

It's wild to think about.

And it's just all coming to a head in a week.

- Yeah. - It's unbelievable.

An unbelievable thought.

But now I'm at the final eight,

and I do have all these amazing relationships.

Now I look at Sam, I look at Kyle, I look at Genevieve.

I'm the one with the best relationships with each of them.

Now I have the power, and I can look at this as my game board,

and I can arrange the pieces how I want them to go.

And so, I'm in a crushing position in this game.

- My. - There's a boat.

Wow.

Boat!

All of a sudden, we hear a boat down on the beach.

And a boat means that, usually,

somebody is getting on it, going on a journey,

and has the chance to either earn an advantage in this game

or lose their vote.

Gather round, gather round.

And with eight votes left,

all you need is five people for a majority.

So, whoever goes on

this journey... a lot is at stake.

I've never been on a journey, so I would want to.

I've been on two, so I won't.

I've been on a journey, I'm good not going.

I know Genevieve wants to go on this journey, but

I'm perceived as a pretty big threat within this group.

So it's high-risk, high-reward.

But for where my game is right now, I want to get on the boat.

Can we do that?

Anybody else want to draw a rock?

You're staying? You're staying?

- I'm staying. - I'm staying.

- All right, I'll go. - You're gonna draw?

Yeah, I'll draw.

I don't really feel like

I need to go on this journey.

I don't really want a target on my back.

But the thing that I really don't want is Sam or Genevieve

getting some kind of power

because they're two of the three people

that I am not working with that are left in this game.

All right, reveal.

- All right, palms up. - Two, three.

Lo and behold, I have the purple rock.

I'm a little nervous about what people will perceive

is gonna happen and what I might get.

And so, there's this element

of risk that you have to be willing to take on.

But I think what I've learned throughout this game is

that I can just trust myself. And, so, hopefully,

it will not come back to bite me in the butt.

I'm on a boat that takes me to the middle of the damn ocean,

and I'm coming up to this barge,

and I'm just like, "that can't be it."

You know, like, it's in the middle of the ocean.

Like, that's not a thing. That's not what a journey is.

When I realized that that was my destination,

I became very nervous about

what the hell this could be about.

"Today you have a chance to earn an advantage"

"and it all revolves around a simple puzzle."

"Slide the balls into the columns"

"so that all the colors match,"

"and your advantage will be free for the taking."

"But there is one more layer"

"that will complicate things."

"The puzzle is tied to a rope"

"and the rope is connected to a series of weights."

"The weights are going to pull the rope into the ocean."

"You must finish the puzzle before the last weight"

"pulls the puzzle and your advantage off the deck"

"and into the water."

"If you do not complete the puzzle in time,

"you will not participate

in the vote at the next tribal council."

My god.

This is crazy.

Well, it is simple, I guess,

but I have no idea how much time I have.

The point of the game is to get

all the balls in every column to be the same color.

So I understand the concept of this game,

and I think that anybody could do it with enough time.

But the question is, like,

can I move fast enough that I will not run out of time

before I complete it?

That's very scary,

and I hope I can get this done,

'cause I want to know what's in that box

before it just sinks to the bottom of the ocean.

This is the perfect example of games that I like

to do at home with myself where I'm like,

"okay, we're gonna set a timer

and we're gonna see what we can do."

The stakes are much higher.

And so, I'm going to have

to see if I can turn off that part of my brain that's like,

"this is big stakes in survivor,"

and just play the fun little game

that's set in front of me.

This is a very intense timer. I can hear,

the whole time, that rope just unspooling.

I am trying not to look at the rope because

I don't want to, like, lock up in panic and fear.

But the whole time, I'm just like, "am I moving fast enough?

Can I move any faster?"

All right, come on, come on, come on, come on.

Yes!

Bye!

How close.

Man, that was a thrill.

It was so satisfying. It was just, like...

Like, advantage aside, I was just like, "I'm accomplished.

I've done something today."

I'm shaking.

Interesting.

This does add to my options.

Plus, I get to walk out of this situation

with my vote, and that's huge.

But I think that it also means that I do need to be

more vigilant about ensuring

that people are still on the same page with me, because

this can still paint a target on my back

in way where they're like,

"well, we were all at a level playing field,

"but now Rachel has this power

and she could use it to, you know, make a big splash."

And so, with the things in my arsenal

and the people on my side,

I am genuinely having that teetering moment of, like,

"could this actually result in me winning this game

or could it be my demise?"

On any given day, anything can happen on survivor,

but only if you apply.

I hear a boat.

Should we go welcome her?

I think so.

Rachel!

Welcome back, Rachel!

My god. Hi, guys!

I've never seen anything like it.

- What? - What?

Coming back from a journey

and thinking about what you want to tell everybody,

it's sort of a lose-lose, because not everyone's gonna

believe you, no matter what you say.

But I think that what I'm trying to do is err on the side

of 99% honest,

because there are three people that I don't want

to know that I have an advantage, and I think

keeping them in the dark about this is

the best choice, in my opinion.

I'm assuming I'm going to, like, an island,

and then, all of a sudden, I see this, like,

barge in the middle of the ocean.

- Yeah. - And I walk up to this puzzle,

but literally, to start it,

I have to throw a weight overboard,

and it starts unspooling all the things,

and I was like, "come on!"

And it runs out,

and the table flies off the barge into the ocean.

- What?! - So what happened?

Did you lose a vote then or what?

Yeah, so I can't participate at the next tribal council.

Damn.

Rachel comes back and she tells us this story

about being on a barge in the middle of the ocean.

And it's all very extravagant. But

I'm thinking in the back of my mind,

"this is exactly what I would say

if I had something and I got a big advantage."

So, I'm not buying it.

I think Rachel's got something up her sleeve.

Hi.

I got... I got a block a vote.

It's only good till six.

No, I won't, I swear.

But I was thinking I could tell Andy and teeny, because,

as long as the five of us are actually solid,

we could use it if we need to.

When Rachel told

Caroline and myself that she actually won

the block a vote, I felt very bonded,

because I feel like

you don't share that with people unless

you truly trust them.

- Can I tell you something? - Yeah.

Day one, Gabe walked up to me,

and was like, "sue, I want you to know I got you."

And he pulled out the beware advantage.

And that's why I wanted to always protect him, because

I trusted him because - yeah.

- He was upfront and honest with me. - Yeah.

And that's where, you know, like,

you doing this makes my heart happy

and makes me 100% trust everything

- you say to-to... - Yeah, yeah. I know.

I knew I wanted to tell you.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

Sue actually tells me about how Gabe,

at the very beginning of the game,

approached her and told her

about his beware advantage and how that bonded him

to her and how this was, like, a similar thing

for her to me.

And I genuinely believe that. I think sue

plays very emotionally, and I think that

that's great for my game right now.

Do you think that the five is, like, legit?

I know us three are.

- I know us three are. - Right. Yeah.

I actually feel like all of our interests are genuinely aligned.

That's why I agree.

So, Rachel has an advantage,

and funny enough, I actually would prefer

for her to have an advantage

because I want Rachel to increase her threat level.

Rachel doing well in this game

just makes her an even better ally for me,

because someone who becomes a threat now,

they just become a shield later.

- Yeah. - Okay.

- Yeah. - Exactly.

- Yes. - Okay.

Yeah.

Usually, the people

who I put my trust in this game

have gone ahead and twisted the knife in my back

and blindsided me or not included me in plans,

and I'm sick of that.

I'm over it, and

finding Andy and Rachel has been a solace,

a sanctuary away from this distrustful betrayal

that I had going with Genevieve.

And so, I am

feeling very good about my group of three

with Rachel, Andy and myself.

It's a giant puka.

- Ooh. Pretty. - Crazy.

They're everywhere.

Yes.

If Kyle wins, would you be open to considering

one of the people

who are, like, basically being just, like, shepherded

to final three, like, sue and Andy?

Yeah.

So, the general consensus around camp is

sue and Andy are great

to bring to the end with you.

But from a strategic perspective,

I would love to take out some of the people

that are being brought to the end,

because that frees up more seats for us.

I am open to that.

I'd have to think about, like, who and... what.

That would mean to, like, get out...

At this point in the game,

Kyle is just this insane challenge beast

that everyone's just itching to get out

the second he doesn't win immunity.

But Genevieve is so much more dangerous to me because

Genevieve is actively seeking people out,

planting seeds in people's ears, planting distrust.

And to me, that is a very important person

to get out as soon as possible.

Earlier, when I was picking up shells.

- I want Genevieve. - She's stirring the pot,

- I want Genevieve. - And I don't want...

- Like, that stresses me out. - That's not the first time

she's said my name. It's not the third time

she's said my friggin' name.

If I'm looking at the game board,

the one piece that has just become a big nuisance

and a direct threat to my game is Genevieve.

People throw my name out,

I want them out. Genevieve - I know.

Has been doing that for days.

So, she's gonna do it with Caroline and sue, too.

She's gonna throw all our names to that person.

Yeah. You're right.

So... Genevieve telling Rachel

that she's dragging me along is laughable.

I've been playing a game that no one is seeing,

and I'm sick of it.

I'm sick of being underestimated in this game.

Genevieve is a snake in the grass.

We need to get her out soon, and I'm confident

I can make that happen.

Come on in!

You're looking like survivor players.

Little worse for the wear.

The smiles are still there.

Excuse me.

So, let me just check in.

Twenty days into this adventure,

Kyle, have you noticed or learned

or reflected on any part of your life while you're out here?

Absolutely. You know, growing up a little bit rough,

and in the conditions I did,

there wasn't, like, a lot of stability.

And, after being out here

for so many weeks, it's...

My reflection on that is,

just as long as I have my family,

any calm and casual Tuesday,

a plate of food in front of us and just being together

is what I want,

and just to share that love with one another.

Sue, I got to check in.

You seem emotional.

I'm very proud of myself for being here.

And it's... I knew I was gonna have tough times

and I actually was looking forward to it

because I feel like when I am knocked down,

I do come back stronger.

So, my desire is-is, like, so powerful inside me,

and I believe in myself that I can do it.

I just want to say, like,

I relate to sue a lot in this moment.

I was standing in this exact same spot.

I recognize it.

- You're talking about day three. - Day three, exhaustion.

I was feeling like I gave it my everything

and it wasn't enough.

And that was gonna be my story.

None of us have sailed through

the first 20 days of this game.

It's been rocky for every single one of us.

But this is what I feel, altogether,

that we have learned and grown this sense of

backbone and composure and resiliency

that we could take into the rest of our lives.

Well, it's one of the great things about survivor.

It is a roller coaster of highs and lows, but there is one thing

that is always there:

Opportunity. Including right now.

Shall we get to today's immunity challenge?

All right, Kyle. First things first.

For the fourth time, I am taking it back from you.

Thank you, sir.

Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.

For today's challenge, you're gonna use a rope

to balance a wobbly table

while you stack letter tiles.

If at any point your stack drops,

you got to start over.

The first person to spell "immunity"

wins immunity,

guaranteed a spot in the final seven.

Losers, tribal council, where somebody will be

the eleventh person voted out,

become the fourth member of our jury.

You are 20 days

into your adventure on survivor 47.

You want to guarantee you see day 21?

Win this.

Big enough stakes?

All right.

We'll draw for your spots.

We'll get it on. Here we go.

All right, here we go. For immunity

and a guaranteed spot in the final seven.

Survivors ready?

Go!

Ooh, everybody gonna take time out of the gate

to stack their blocks.

Some people gonna race out,

some people are stacking their letters in order.

You're racing out with that first letter.

You're spelling "immunity" from the bottom to the top,

so you're spelling it backwards.

You're balancing that table to make sure

it doesn't fall. This is all about touch.

How fast can I move while still

keeping that rope really still?

It's not so difficult with the letter y,

but as that stack gets higher,

it gets more precarious.

Genevieve drops, got to come back. That's gonna happen.

That's how you start to find where that tipping point is.

You want to go just as fast as you can,

but not so fast that you're out of control.

Unless, of course, you find yourself behind,

in which case you have to catch up.

So, it's gonna be a lot of changing strategies out here.

Sam moving quickly on his way back.

Rachel moving quickly.

Kyle and teeny moving very slowly,

taking a different approach.

Teeny's gonna go slow and steady

and hope for a late-game fail that will

open the door for her.

You got to focus on your game

in survivor and in this challenge,

because you never know when somebody's gonna drop.

You just keep building your stack.

Sam places his seventh letter.

- Okay. - Genevieve places her seventh.

Rachel places her seventh.

Here comes Kyle with his sixth, trying to get in on this.

Caroline drops.

She's got to go back.

It is now Sam in the lead,

then Rachel, then Genevieve,

all heading back for their eighth and final block.

This is it right here. Three people in it.

Everybody else chasing.

Teeny places her sixth.

Teeny hoping for a disaster from all three,

and that will open the door for her.

- And she gets one of 'em. - Genevieve drops.

Sam drops and loses everything!

It is now Rachel solely in the lead.

Rachel drops and loses everything!

This is what teeny and Kyle were hoping for,

and they got it.

Kyle now in the lead, along with teeny.

That is why you always keep fighting on survivor.

That is why you never give up.

'Cause anything can and often does happen.

Now it's Kyle who has to worry

- about it getting too perilous. - No way.

- Come on, teeny. - And Kyle drops everything.

- Go, teeny, go. - And just as though

she had written it out, teeny got what she wanted.

It is teeny with her seventh block.

Kyle had done such a good job

of catching up, but lost it.

It is now teeny and then sue

at five blocks, and then Andy at four blocks.

And now it's teeny that has to worry about the same thing.

Just a little too much slack in that rope,

and it will dump.

It wants to tip.

It's top-heavy.

And there it is... the opportunity you want.

Teeny drops everything.

The lead is gone.

And once again, we have a fresh start.

And now it is sue in the lead.

She has been slow and steady.

Sue loses everything!

We have another new leader.

It is Andy.

Andy loses everything!

My god.

We're back where we started.

Damn.

Right now, where we're at is.

Rachel's in the lead with seven.

Kyle places his sixth block.

Genevieve places her seventh.

Genevieve and Rachel both at seven letters,

both with one letter left.

Rachel has her eighth letter.

She's heading back out.

Genevieve still has to get her eighth letter.

Kyle one full letter behind.

Everybody else not in it right now.

Damn.

Rachel slowly but surely inching closer.

Genevieve slowly but surely

inching closer to Rachel.

We could have a race to the finish here.

Rachel very close to placing

that eighth and final block.

Genevieve right on her tail.

Genevieve loses everything.

And that is a huge opportunity for Rachel.

She can slow down now.

Kyle the only person chasing her.

Kyle now placing his seventh letter.

This'll put him one behind Rachel.

Rachel has spelled "immunity."

All she has to do now is get back to the end

and get two feet on the platform,

that necklace is hers, day 21 is guaranteed.

Can she do it?

Kyle has a big decision.

Does he go for it?

Do you push it, put your foot on the gas,

or do you hope Rachel drops?

One wrong move,

and this game is back up in the air.

Rachel slowing down now.

It is a game of cat and mouse.

Kyle on the platform now,

reaching for his eighth and final block.

This is where things get really tricky.

One wrong move, and you will dump everything.

Rachel now down to about six steps left.

Kyle has made up some time,

and he's coming back with his eighth letter.

It would be a huge comeback

for Kyle to place this letter and catch Rachel.

This is coming down to Rachel's last few steps.

Can she hold it steady,

get two feet on that platform and win immunity?

Kyle moving quickly on his way back.

He's gonna go for broke and try to pull it out.

Can he catch Rachel or is this over

unless Rachel drops?

Rachel two steps away from immunity.

All eyes on Rachel.

She's got one foot on the platform.

Kyle's hoping for a mistake.

It's over. Rachel wins Yay, Rachel!

Individual immunity!

Rachel!

- Guaranteed a spot - in the final seven. - Rachel!

Tribal council tonight.

- My god. - Somebody will be the eleventh person

voted out and become the fourth member of our jury.

It will not be Rachel.

Wow! What a challenge.

Don't believe that.

- Rachel, come on over. - Go, Rachel! - Yeah!

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

Immunity is yours, safe tonight at tribal council,

cannot be voted out of this game.

You will live to see day 21.

What did it take to win this challenge?

- You know what's so funny? - My husband Derek is

the opposite of me. He is so patient.

I'm the most impatient person.

And so, like, I was just...

In that moment, I was like, "just harness him."

"Like, he would be screaming at you to slow down,

to just focus and just, like, take my time,"

which is something I'm not very good at.

It worked today. You are safe, not going home.

As for the rest of you, after 20 days,

somebody's survivor dream will come to an end,

eleventh person voted out, fourth member of our jury.

See you tonight at tribal council. Congrats.

- Thanks. - Good job. Rachel.

Grab your stuff, head out.

It is beyond overdue for us to take Kyle out.

Getting Kyle out will be a way

to help all of our odds in this game.

'Cause I don't think there's any beating Kyle in this game.

He's too good of a competitor,

he's got too good a story, and people just like Kyle.

So, the best thing for this entire group

to do is to vote Kyle out.

Coming back to camp with immunity

is this incredible feeling.

That's something that I wasn't sure

that I would ever get to do in this game.

- Good job, Rachel. - Good job, Rachel. - Rachel!

Everyone's clapping and saying, "good job," and, like,

whether they mean it or not, it feels good.

Where do you hang it? I don't even know. Here?

Yeah, just hang it up there.

Kyle has had this necklace

around his neck for so long

that we have not been able to take any shots at him.

And so,

it's an "easy vote" to vote Kyle out tonight.

On the other hand, when it's a really obvious vote,

that's a perfect time to take out somebody

that's unsuspecting, like Genevieve or Sam.

And frankly, I want all three of them out of this game.

I don't really care what order they go in.

And so, it does feel like by winning the necklace,

I have way more options

for who's gonna go home tonight.

I've been waiting patiently,

and there will be nothing that will bring me more pleasure

than writing Kyle's name down tonight at tribal council.

I knew his day would come, and I've been drooling.

Drooling... for this day.

I think it would be a little bit dumb to do anything else.

Everybody will have a better chance at immunity,

everyone will have a better chance at winning.

Do you guys agree?

- Yes. - I agree.

If I had my way, Kyle would stay.

Unfortunately, I have zero power right now.

The group is gonna do what they want,

which I'm told is Kyle.

But my name was out there

for the Gabe vote and, thankfully,

I was able to, like, by the skin of my teeth,

hide behind Gabe.

And so, tonight, I hope

that everyone is more afraid of Kyle than me.

It is not good for my game

to get Kyle out of here.

As soon as Kyle is gone,

everybody that's looking at Kyle is looking at Sam,

and it's way too early to have everybody looking at Sam.

We can do sue, we can do anybody.

- Or Andy. - I'm not doing it.

Okay.

The problem tonight

is getting one of the other five players

in the tribe on board to save Kyle, and

I don't know if the numbers are there.

I'm not doing that, and I would really appreciate

if you guys didn't do that.

We can't do it without you, so...

So, I might have to just go with the group

once again, and that sucks, but that's the game.

I'll keep it short.

You don't have an idol, do you?

- No. - Okay.

I don't think you have the numbers.

Especially if Rachel has a vote.

I don't know about that or not.

Not bringing home that necklace really means

that I've got a lot of work to do.

I've been so vulnerable with my story

and the reason why I'm here.

They know it's an excellent story, and that a family man

is a dangerous person to have in the endgame, so,

now it's time to step away

from my physical abilities and just

try to get into the social game of this

and try to get somebody on a different direction,

other than headed at me, at this point.

If the votes are that unanimous against me,

would you take a risk and shoot one direction to try to help me?

I promised you, right, that

I would want Gabe first and then Genevieve next,

and I meant it.

Everyone's eyes are set on Kyle,

but I'm thinking that if I want

to leave my imprint on this game and start making my Mark

and start flipping the win switch,

I have kind of maybe other ideas.

If I had it my way, I would 100% prefer

for Genevieve to be the one to leave tonight.

And so, I have to pitch a case in which

I can make that happen.

- Yeah. - So...

The likelihood he's gonna win all

of the next four immunities is 6.25% chance.

It's not that risky. It's a calculated risk.

I like thinking about things in terms of probability.

That gives him a coin flip to win a given challenge.

Roughly, for a coin flip to land on heads

four times in a row is, one out of...

Two, four, and... Wait. Two, four...

It's one out of 16,

and that is a 6.25% chance of happening.

That's not that risky.

The risk of winning out is too high.

Even if he doesn't win...

People will see it as too high, I would see it as too high.

"The chances of him winning

another immunity challenge are 6.2%."

No, that's not 6.2%.

I don't know where you got that number from,

but it is... baloney.

Yeah.

The only thing Kyle's gonna do from here on out,

he's gonna sit in the shelter, make the fire,

talk about Shania.

That's-that's who he is as a game player.

She's threw my name out, your name out, your name out.

I look at that as more threatening

to our five-person alliance than Kyle.

Andy and Rachel

are definitely heavily weighing taking out Genevieve tonight.

I think they are starting to feel the fear of Genevieve.

"She's just going to find a way

"to win a challenge and stay in this game long enough

to take the rest of us out."

It's a valid concern.

I'm not not hearing it.

I know that we have to get him first.

His run is overrated. That's all I'm saying.

Getting rid of Genevieve honestly makes sense,

but targeting Genevieve means targeting sue

and betraying her trust

and potentially destroying our alliance.

So,

I'm really hoping, with every fiber of my being,

he agrees with me and we can

stick to the smart plan.

I think that Genevieve is way

scarier of a player than Kyle is.

So, if everyone is staring at Kyle

and assuming he's going home,

this would be a perfect time to get a player out like Genevieve.

Kyle has won four immunities, so to

not take him out when he doesn't have a necklace on

would just be

the dumbest look ever for us as players in this game.

A lot of people go by their gut or their heart.

Those things are really not

in my decision-making right now. Like,

I'm playing the numbers, but the hard part is

getting everyone else on board and trying to convince them

that my plan should be the plan to happen tonight.

Now bring in the members of our jury.

All right, so with tonight's vote,

eleventh person voted out

becomes the fourth member of the jury.

So, Sam,

as this power starts to shift more to the jury,

what changes about the vote?

I think everybody goes into a vote

figuring out who is a threat to them later on.

But, you know, I actually think this group might have

a bit of a warped perception of that because

I think there's people in this game

that go through the motions of,

"here's the people that can beat me,

so I got to take all of them out,"

but not consider the fact that

if they just go down the line, they're not gonna get there.

And all of a sudden,

those votes mean nothing to them 'cause they'll be one of them.

Rachel, do you agree with that philosophy?

Yeah, I mean, I think it's clear

that power players are being taken out of this game,

but I think that Sam's perspective is Sam's perspective

because he may be somebody

that is more powerful than other people sitting here.

And so, whoever Sam thinks is a threat

and whoever Sam thinks he can beat is different than

who I think is a threat and who I think I can beat.

It's different for every single person here,

and that's what makes it complicated.

Kyle, what do you think about that?

The way that I'm seeing things

is a little bit different, maybe, than the way

that other people are seeing things right now, because

I'm sitting in a hot seat.

They want to vote me out, mostly because of like,

"wow. This guy is physically challenging."

Yes, I've prevailed in challenges,

but ultimately, the social game,

the strategy game, all the other parts of this game

that come into play, I might not have executed so good.

We've had people on survivor

that have just annihilated challenges,

got to the end and not received votes.

I might not be as big of a threat as what people think.

Andy, Kyle makes a valid point.

Half of the people that have won

five individual immunity challenges did not win survivor.

They might not have even got to the end.

Yeah. I do kind of understand what.

Kyle's saying, to an extent. Like,

I didn't do much sugarcoating. Like,

I lied to all three of those jurors

on their way out, to their faces, so, - he did.

It just goes to show how there are so many different sides

to survivor and what makes a good player.

Whether that's pitching that you are beatable at the end,

that you can't win at the end,

that you're a one-dimensional player

that all goes into it. And you just have to weigh,

like, how to survive. And you just have to

give yourself the best chance to win the game at the end.

Teeny, was there a big debate about

"threats" in terms of

what kind of threat is most dangerous right now?

Absolutely.

If you are more of an outward-facing threat,

somebody like... sorry... Kyle,

who's won four different competitions,

like, that's a big physical challenge threat.

Or if you're somebody

who's leading and orchestrating a lot of votes,

you're getting your voice heard.

That's a big outward threat.

We all sort of know

who falls into the big, outward-threat section,

and who falls into this sort of underdog,

maybe sneaky, come-from-behind threat.

And that's where decisions like this

are super important.

Genevieve, are you displeased or just thinking?

Both. Both.

So, teeny mentioned outward threats

"are you great at immunity challenges?"

She's not talking about me.

But then she said, "or you get your voice heard"

"or you lead votes," and I've heard my name a lot.

The pitch I try and make is if there are people

who everyone is comfortable keeping in,

they're probably taking up seats you want in the end.

So, it's difficult to make a pitch.

I mean, once you get that stamp of threat, it doesn't wash off.

So, Andy, you go back to camp, you start talking.

There's one thing very different.

There were no shot in the darks.

So, unless someone has an idol

or some other kind of new advantage,

there's nothing they can do.

Did you sense that today?

The safety net is off for sure, but

we're still kind of playing the way we're playing,

and we're not just gonna walk up

to a target and say, "you're the target."

We're trying to be more sophisticated

with that, and layered.

We're not playing a simple vote.

We're not just doing load up on one person

and not worry about the consequences.

Kyle, you're smiling big.

- You don't buy that answer. - Well, it's not that I don't

buy that answer, but, like,

there's a couple of points that I'd like to highlight on.

When we got back to camp, it was pretty obvious

that I didn't have a necklace around my neck

at this point in time.

There was no safety for me, right?

So I pulled a couple of individuals.

And one of those individuals told me

that "there are so many people gunning for you right now,"

which tells me that people are still

hiding behind one another and making an obvious play.

But this is opportunities for moves to be made.

This is, like, time to flip the switch.

This is when you start to think about

maybe there's different threats.

So, did anything change

to give you some optimism, or as you sit here right now,

do you believe you're the vote?

You know,

I'm gonna be optimistic in this position.

I'm not going to roll over and just give up.

That's not who I am,

and that's not who I want to be perceived as.

So, we have the opportunity to have a crowd-pleasing moment,

something that we can shift to the point where, like,

you know, somebody didn't see that coming.

Sue, that's an interesting comment.

"We could have a crowd-pleasing moment

if we don't take me out."

Right, well,

personally, I feel every single person here

is making up their own mind.

They're not really being swayed by anybody.

I certainly am not having anybody

try to sway my vote. I know

what I'm planning on doing and I'm sticking to it.

Sam, what did you experience this afternoon?

I think my experience

was pretty similar to everybody else's in the sense that

Kyle is the obvious target.

But he also makes some very good points.

The fact that he is a vote, the fact that he is a shield

to a lot of people who feel like

they're also targets,

and they're also threats in this game.

- How about you, Rachel? - Yeah,

I mean, I think it's being underplayed a little bit.

I definitely had discussions today

about targets that were not Kyle

that were seriously considered. So, I don't

think that it was just,

Kyle doesn't win immunity, and we're voting out Kyle.

There... It is more nuanced than that,

whether people want to believe that or not.

Genevieve, when you hear Kyle say,

"well, I was told it was me," does that give you comfort?

I don't think it'll be...

A dog pile on Kyle tonight.

Genevieve, you're very quiet tonight.

Your energy is quieter, your voice is quieter.

Is that 20 days of exhaustion

or is that the pressure of being at tribal

feeling that your name might actually be the name tonight?

I'm a little bit... All over the place, mentally.

Half of my mind is,

"I wonder if I'll get through tonight."

And the other half is...

"Then how do I get through tomorrow?"

Funny enough, this is actually

a moment where I would remind Genevieve

of one of my absolute favorite tribal quotes

I've heard so far, which is,

"the great survivor players

can see through the noise to see the news."

- Who said that? - Genevieve.

And I have honestly thought about that quote

- almost every day. - Genevieve,

so you have a player telling you,

"you actually said something that I'm using right now.

You should use it yourself tonight."

That's community, Jeff.

And it's so twisted out here, and it can feel awful

and it can feel, like,

rejuvenating and like, "yeah.

Maybe I'm not on an island all on my own."

So, thank you, Caroline.

Absolutely. I mean it.

Genevieve, there's one more layer that starts

to creep into this at 20 days and only

eight people left is that you know each other.

It starts to become personal.

Yeah, since the kishan vote,

I have made a very specific effort

to separate Genevieve the person

from Genevieve the player,

which is how I am able to think strategically

without clouded vision.

But people I've known for a long time trickled through

and pulled in some emotion

from Genevieve the person. People

I've known only for a short time were able to access that,

and it does make it

more complex for me. I wish I could

truly just be Genevieve the player.

It would be a lot easier.

Andy, more difficult for you the longer you stay in this game?

I do think it gets more intense,

but at the same time, the finish line is right there.

Right? We see eight slots

and five people have to go.

I feel like there's a happy medium

where you have to determine the big calculus of

thinking about everyone's threat levels,

because it is dynamic, and it's gonna change

after this vote. It's gonna change after

the next vote. And the real goal is to be

not at the top, not at the bottom. You have to just

figure out a way to get through

and have a shot to win at the end.

Kyle, do you agree with that?

I think there's a lot of truth to that, but

it's getting to the point where you may not want

to just go majority rules anymore.

I think this is time where you can really start

flipping the script, making moves happen

that people really weren't expecting,

and prove to the people that are sitting over there

that you have in the tank what it takes

to make things happen.

Okay, it is time to vote.

Genevieve, you're up.

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.

All right. I'll read the votes.

First vote:

Genevieve.

Kyle.

One vote Kyle, one vote Genevieve.

Teeny.

That's one vote Kyle, one vote Genevieve,

one vote teeny.

Kyle. Two votes Kyle,

one vote Genevieve, one vote teeny.

Kyle. That's three votes Kyle, one vote Genevieve,

one vote teeny.

Eleventh person voted out

and the fourth member of our jury: Kyle.

That's four. That's enough. Need to bring me your torch.

All right, guys, line 'em up. Let's knock 'em down.

Thank you for each and every one of you,

for the kind words that you had to say for me,

for my family.

Every one of you are beautiful and have a wonderful story.

You are playing your hearts out.

Thank you so much for this experience.

Thank you so much for your friendship.

Love you, man.

- Good game, you guys. - Good game, Kyle.

Bye, Kyle.

If you have a family, when you're out there,

give it a buck 20. We do 100% for ourselves,

but when it comes to our family, we put 120%

into everything we do.

I'm gonna need a hug from you, too.

You got it. Kyle, the tribe has spoken.

Thank you so much for this opportunity.

Thanks for coming out.

Bye, everybody.

- Bye, Kyle. - Bye, Kyle.

See you, bub.

Grab your torches. Head back to camp.

Good night.

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