Survivor

Previously on Survivor, it was down to the final four.

We're in the home stretch and emotions are just all over the map.

In which city and state is Jesse a deputy sheriff?

At the first of two final immunity challenges, Kim Johnson's memory led her

to victory and Tom was voted out of the tribe.

Under a blazing sun, the final three took part in one last endurance immunity

challenge and Kim outlasted Ethan and Lex, ensuring her a place in the final two.

At tribal council, she voted Lex out of the tribe.

Lex, Travis Booker.

Choosing to face the jury with Ethan by her side.

When the final votes were tallied, it was Ethan Zahn who won the title sole survivor.

Tonight, the final adventure into the private lives of 16 survivors back from Africa.

Well, Survivor Africa is over, and 16 more lives have been changed forever.

Tonight, we go beyond the game and take you deeper into the lives of those who have played.

From the unexpected.

I couldn't spell Clarence.

I put CB.

There I am, 46 years old, on national TV.

You can't spell.

Oh, man.

To the revealing.

We've seen quite a bit of it.

You know, more than most son-in-laws get to see of their mother-in-laws.

To the families they came home to.

I cringe a little when one of my friends say, oh, your son's really hot.

Every survivor has a different way of keeping their memories of the game alive.

Lex, well, he brought back a couple of baboon tees.

And Kelly.

Okay, I stole Clarence's war paint.

But our journey begins with a man who's picked a more unusual way to remember his tribe mates.

And Kim Johnson is, where is that old goat at?

Come here.

Come here.

Come here, Kim.

I just put their names in the cattle, and they have some of their characteristics.

I'm an animal person.

And the animals out in the Africa was probably one of the greatest experiences I ever had in my life.

There I was sitting right in the middle of wild kingdom.

At 45, I thought I'd done some things, and I found out I ain't done diddly.

This just shows me that there's more to life than just what's around the corner at the house.

I was pretty wild and rusty in my younger days, and I had a pretty big reputation before.

Survivor come, and this just added fuel to the flame.

I like all types of music.

I know about one line every song.

I like music, I like the Danes, but Blue Grace, I grew up with, I love it.

Tom has always had the ability to get along with women, and I have never seen him meet a woman that he can't talk to.

He's like a magnet.

He's a magnet, he's witty, and he's a bunch of fun.

Something that makes me feel vulnerable is spelling.

Clarence Black, he let the team down.

I can't spell Clarence.

I put CB.

There I am, 46 years old, on national TV, and can't spell.

And I started a little reading program.

Reading is the key to survival because of that.

How y'all doing?

Looky here, how I get it?

Which one's yours?

Attaboy, you got a lot of feathers.

I think he realized right then that he could do something in our community to

really help, to motivate these children to read.

If I can help one kid be able to read and spell, if I can help one kid do better than me, I'm glad it embarrassed me.

Come to daddy, come to daddy.

I'm still not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I'm still in the shed and I'm happy to be here.

I'm even more happier than I was before.

Since I've been back from Africa, the job market's really tough.

All right, thank you.

Taking all these small jobs and I walk someone's dog as well for cash just because I need it.

I'll take up babysitting for people, moms that I've met at the gym.

Get off.

You want me to get off?

This was my luxury item that I was able to bring into Africa with me.

And this necklace has a very special meaning to me.

It was given to me by my brother and I wore it to tribal council every time I went.

It was kind of my security.

I always had my necklace on.

In 1998, my brother was killed.

In a very tragic accident.

Lex looks a little bit like my brother.

So, every once in a while, I would kind of get this quick look

of Lex and think, oh my gosh, you know, it looks like him.

And it was just a reminder, my brother, he really is here with me.

He's here, making sure I'm okay.

It wasn't just about trying to win a million dollars and it certainly wasn't about just being on TV.

To me, it was much more about the competition.

The competition between me and myself.

I have it!

Big Tom nicknamed me Little Bit.

He saw me and he thought, that little bit of a girl is going to make it out here in Africa.

People will keep telling me how small I was and it really angered me.

I was out there giving 150% of everything I had to say, you can count on me, I can handle this, I'm strong.

Keep going!

I took so much away from the game and I learned so much about myself.

There were moments of every single day I spent out there that I thought, I want to go home.

I don't want to play this game anymore.

Keep going!

Kim, it's not over.

But somehow, someway, I always pushed through that feeling.

Come on, you can do this, push, come on, one more, push, and went on.

And that's the one thing that I think I'll probably always remember about playing the game was that it was tough.

And it was hard.

And I wanted to give up.

And I never did.

And that's the thing that I'll always draw from.

When you're smiling.

When you're smiling.

When you're smiling.

When you're smiling.

And the whole world smiles at you.

One thing about dentistry that I really love is that once I step into this role

and I'm working on a patient, I don't think about anything else.

Didn't hurt, did it?

Didn't feel a thing, did you?

Saw patients all day, worked all day, jump in the car, put the top down,

put some tunes on, and cruise on home.

What do you drive?

You don't want to know what I drive.

Yes, I do.

No, you don't want to know anything.

Oh, tell me, doc.

I'm not telling you.

The question came up about what kind of car I drive and what kind of lifestyle I had.

I already knew that Silas was trying to put in play, here's a guy who doesn't need the million dollars.

Doc, getting out of all this.

Survivor has a way of making strangers.

In our next group, one old fashioned guy, two strong willed women, and someone who clearly is a different drummer.

One, two, three, four.

My life before Survivor was, I had a good life, don't get me wrong.

Spent about 10, 12 years working in the high tech industry, surfing with my

buddies and going out and catching a good surf, but I never

felt like I was really cut out for that kind of ordinary life.

Cope, oh I've got some good tattoos.

I've got my devil head.

Catholic schoolgirl.

Samurai fighting the snake.

Obviously my wife and my kids, huge part of my life.

My very favorite tattoos are the ones my boys drew for me.

It's actually a drawing of me.

I got my boys' names.

Corbin A.

Staniel.

River's name is right here.

When I got back from Africa, I actually celebrated my ten-year wedding anniversary.

My wife and I both got wedding anniversary tattoos, 10 years in the dice there.

My wife did it.

Actually got one as well right there.

We're freaks.

I recall coming home, seeing my wife and kids, being just so stoked about seeing them.

Of course, my luxury item.

These shoes have now taken a special place in my home.

They'll always hang out with my survivor stuff now.

Hey, River, do you remember these?

Yeah.

Yeah, you wore these.

You learned to walk in these shoes.

I know.

Yeah.

Really, the only thing that's ever really been important to me has been my family and my friends.

I play in a band called Lucky Dog with friends of mine for almost 20 years.

We play here in Santa Cruz, all original music.

We have such a good time doing it.

It's always been a huge part of my life.

Africa is nothing like the States.

I mean, you might as well have taken 16 of us and dropped us on Mars or on the moon.

I didn't anticipate that it was really going to be quite like the States.

I mean, you might as well have taken 16 of us and dropped us on Mars or on the moon.

I didn't anticipate that it was really going to be quite as dangerous as it was.

I thought to myself, we all know it's going to be tough, but they're obviously not going to put us in harm's way.

There aren't going to be any animals that can pose any kind of threat to us.

We hear him breathing.

He's right outside the fence.

The drinking water.

We show up, you know, at our drinking water hole at the spring, expecting that it's going to be something pretty safe.

This is mud.

I came home pretty sick.

The first three weeks back here, we spent pretty much just doing a lot of this.

And my doctor found no less than four different parasites and a couple of different bacteria.

I take so many pills, probably like almost a dozen.

I'm still dealing with the results of being out there in a dangerous,

hazardous, very real place.

Almost the first question I'm always asked by people is, did you have fun?

And would you do it again?

And I had the time of my life.

And I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Being on Survivor, going to Kenya for seven weeks this summer was extremely meaningful, very important to me.

This place can just, it can just fill our spirits.

I don't know if they're spirits or what.

I just feel very protected in Africa.

Yeah.

Life is different now for me.

I'm still the same person.

Come here.

Does your mama ever hug you?

But there's definitely been a transformation.

I think I'm calmer.

I think I'm more focused now in terms of what's really important in life, family, friends.

Thank you.

Good job.

Very good job.

I wasn't the least bit surprised that she wanted to do survival.