Survivor - Forty-Fourth Season

Broaden your attention to...

your surroundings

and slowly...

start to focus on the breath

and just really tune into that breath.

Last night,

Claire was voted out.

Claire, the tribe has spoken.

So I'm feeling great because I feel like I am

close with Matt and Frannie.

As we start to wrap up here...

I'm also close with Danny and Heidi.

...take one last big cleansing breath in.

So now I'm in the perfect position

where I'm in the middle between

two different, opposing alliances

that both trust me, and that makes me feel good.

Yeah.

Are you comfortable voting Josh?

-No, that's what we're doing. -That's the plan.

-That's the plan. Okay.

I think Josh seems to think

he's playing everyone,

but all four of us are united at the moment.

We are trying to blindside Josh now,

and I don't think he sees it coming.

What?

What?

This morning we walk by the birdcage

and see that there have been two red sticks kind of woven

into the birdcage with an "X."

Does that mean it's empty?

And we go like, "What? Is this still alive?"

Like, we were, like, giving up on the fact

that there was something in there,

but who put that "X" in there?

I think it's one of us.

Just, like, having fun?

So we all are thinking different things.

It could... it could be one of us who planted it,

but the truth is, it was me.

Why an "X"?

Like, that makes no sense for anything.

I found the idol, but inside that bag,

there was also this fake idol.

So I knew I need to do something with it.

And my brain kept saying, like, "'X.'

"Like, 'X' marks the spot of a treasure.

Now go look for this similar 'X' somewhere else."

So yesterday I just found red sticks,

made two Xs,

and then I waited for it to get dark.

And then I put one on the cage,

came back to camp, and I just stuffed the fake idol in a log

and put the other "X" right underneath it.

I'm worried that it looks so fake.

But part of me thinks it's not as

unbelievable because there are so many twists.

There are, like...

Why is a birdcage in the middle of a jungle?

"Look for the, like..."

So I-I don't feel like this is too far off left field

to have an "X."

That got everybody

paranoid again.

An "X." Where's the "X"?

What do you think?

I don't know 'cause I was looking at red stuff,

and there's nothing red around here.

But there may be something red at the challenge. I don't know.

We're all sitting around the campfire just thinking

what the "X" is,

where the "X" is, what the "X" might mean,

when suddenly

I spot these two matching red sticks

sitting underneath our bench log.

So I immediately start digging where I see the "X,"

just kind of, like, casually

wringing my hands through the sand,

and I'm feeling nothing.

You want me to open... y'all want me to open

-some coconut water for us? Okay. -Yeah, you open it.

And then I look down,

and in a little crevice there is

a piece of cloth wrapped up with a pretty purple bow.

And I grab it with my underwear

without anyone seeing.

I know I'm at the bottom, so finding this means

I have life in this game, I am moving forward,

and I know none of them have the idol,

and I will make it past tonight.

I don't know who took it, but all of a sudden,

I see the fake idol is gone.

So my plan worked.

Somebody has a fake idol,

and they don't know that it's a fake idol.

Come on in!

Oh, my gosh.

-Looks like a slingshot. -Mm-hmm.

Good times.

Whoa.

Tika, Ratu, getting your first look

at the new Soka tribe.

Claire voted out at the last Tribal Council.

All right, let's get to today's reward challenge.

For today's challenge,

one player at a time is going to climb up the ladder,

across the cargo net to the top of the tower

where you will launch the sandbags

at a series of targets.

Each player on your tribe must hit at least one target.

First two tribes to get all five targets win reward.

Want to know what you're playing for?

Yes.

Tarps. -

First tribe to finish-- a large tarp.

Second tribe to finish-- smaller but just as effective.

In addition, at the end of this challenge,

one player from each tribe is going to go on a journey.

The winning tribe will decide who goes from each tribe.

That's important because journeys can change the game.

So having even a little power

in who you send to go on that journey is power worth having.

Ratu, Soka, you have one extra person. Gonna sit somebody out.

-Cool. -Who's it going to be?

-Me. -Frannie gonna sit it out.

-I'll sit out. -Kane going to sit out.

Sit-outs, take a spot on the bench.

Everybody else, give you a minute to strategize.

Get it on! Let's do it!

All right, here we go.

For reward. Survivors ready?

Go! First you got to get

-everybody to the mat. -Yeah, Soka!

-Then one person goes up. -Go, go!

Yeah, Danny! Attaboy! Okay, go!

-Okay, go! -

Carson, you got it.

Danny's up first, then Carson. Go, Brandon.

Here comes Brandon.

You got it, Danny. You got it.

-You got it, Carson! Now you got

to start the learning curve

of a giant slingshot.

Brandon launches.

Just misses!

You got to untangle, buddy.

Got sandbags in the air.

-There's a hit for green! Yeah! Yeah, Danny!

Danny hits for Soka, and he heads back down.

Oh, be careful, though.

Carson in here. There's a hit for Tika.

Carson's going to head down.

-Go, go, go. Here comes Heidi.

Here goes Brandon again.

Will that do it? Yes, it does! Brandon connects.

We are tied one each.

Here goes Heidi with a big launch.

There it is for Heidi!

That's the second one for Soka.

Here comes Josh.

It is Lauren up top for Ratu.

Here goes Carolyn for Tika.

And that's not going to do it.

-Ah! There goes Josh for Soka.

And he's got it.

Soka now with three.

-Go! -Here comes Matt.

Aah!

Carolyn continues to struggle.

Don't give up. Don't give up! -I'm not!

Lauren connects.

She's got it for Ratu!

-Aah! Carolyn has got to connect.

Get somebody else up here. That will not do it.

He got it. -There goes Matt.

- -And he's got it for Soka!

That is four for Soka.

Everybody has gone for Soka.

Now they're going to send somebody back up.

-Go! It's going to be Danny coming back up.

Yeah, Danny!

-Aah! And another poor toss from Carolyn.

I like it. Danny launches.

- Oh, yes!

Danny launches and wins it for Soka.

Soka's won reward. We're looking for one more.

Pull! Pull! Keep pulling!

-Aah! Aah! -Keep pulling! Keep pulling!

Carolyn trying to get maximum velocity.

-And she's done it! Carolyn hits for Tika. -

We are tied two-two.

Here goes Jaime.

That looks good. And it is. Jaime hits for Ratu.

It is Ratu with three, Tika with two.

Here goes Sarah. Sarah all the way off.

Nice, Sarah... Just misses.

Here comes Matthew.

Took his arm out of the sling,

but still holding it as if there's a sling there.