Survivor

Previously on Survivor.

From day one, Eddie and Reynold have been fighting to stay alive in the game.

I'm in a tight spot now, friendo.

Their couple's alliance was decimated.

The tribe has spoken.

And the only things keeping them alive were Reynold's luck at finding idols.

I might as well just keep playing them if I can just keep finding them.

And their muscles.

Reynold hasn't missed.

Jetty's on fire.

Despite the fans keeping them around for their strength and challenges,

their losing streak continues.

Michael releases for the fans.

Favorites win, rewards win.

Woo!

At the Favorites camp, the Stealth R Us alliance had their sights set on one of their own members.

Why are they, like, intensely talking?

She is in this core six, but I really want Corinne out.

Until Brandon had a breakdown and destroyed their camp.

Where'd it go?

Throwing a wrench in their plans.

Is he in a place at all where we can still play with him?

Here's a reason to vote me out, you little, huh?

Or forfeit the challenge, give immunity away, which you never do in this game.

I'm the author of my fate.

Now vote me out, bitch.

At the immunity challenge, the Favorites' desire to forfeit led to an impromptu tribal council.

We're going to forfeit the challenge so that we may go to tribal.

But like any true Hantz, he wouldn't go down without a fight.

I'm tired of you talking, you've been talking.

Don't walk this way, Brandon.

Don't walk this way.

Hold on, let's... I'm telling you.

In the end, Brandon was voted out unanimously.

Sixth person voted out of this game, Brandon Hantz.

Good luck on the Eagles, man.

Kick their ass.

Well, the game just got a little more intense.

More interesting.

14 are left.

Who will be voted out tonight?

Well,

it was our first unanimous vote.

We're united.

He got exactly what he wanted.

It's just going to make them drink in their own head that they're six and actually pull it off.

I don't see how anybody could respect one ounce of what he did.

We would call that a traitor.

He basically gave them a hope and a pep talk.

A lot of hope.

He did some severe damage to myself.

Yeah, and I feel the same way about myself.

Actually, I didn't mind him.

Like, I had no idea he hated me.

He was very hard, he was very cruel, he was very mean.

Mean in what he had to say about all of us.

Right.

It's fine that he hates me and he hates Phillip, but like, he did it to you.

He likes you.

Exactly.

He spilled your rice and beans too.

And he's such a good guy and we're all bad people.

You just over the other, whatever, six remaining members of the tribe that you like.

Exactly.

Remember?

I'm sure they sit around and say things about us and it's not like we're doing this meaning harm on them.

He just wanted to go down in flames.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't believe I ever had one crossword with him.

You never saw him and I argue like, hey man, you go get the wood.

Hey man, you go do that.

We never had it.

It was all in that kid's head.

All of it.

I feel sorry for Brandon and let me tell you what was going on with that guy, it takes a professional.

Even the specialist couldn't tell you what's going on with him.

Like I hope he never can play this game again.

Because quitters don't get to play again.

I mean, he is out of his mind.

He's up there with Mel Gibson and any other crazy person.

I'm sorry you got called out.

I'm sorry you got called out.

I wanted to kind of say something.

Why would somebody would have actually said, that's not who Phillip is out here.

I'm just pissed about it.

It didn't need to go down like that.

I didn't really care for the fact that nobody jumped in to save Phillip or I.

You know, John had several opportunities where she could have said, we like these people.

We don't like him.

It's unfortunate.

But frankly, we're the better team.

We're the better tribe.

We're going to win this thing.

One of us is going to win this thing.

We got to regroup.

We got to let Brandon be what he was for this hour and just move on beyond that guy.

It feels good that he's gone.

Right?

Yeah, that's absolutely true.

That's the bottom line on that.

One of us will win this thing.

When Brandon was here, it was actually like a certified asylum.

It's comforting to know that Brandon was able to successfully fly over the cuckoo's

nest, and now we're just left with Phillip.

They're outgunned.

I looked at them.

I evaluated when I was looking at them.

Even when I was talking to them, I was taking them all in, the men in particular.

They're worn.

They're beaten.

We look healthy.

And we're going to stay healthy.

Brandon's gone.

I'm already done with him.

I had an operation called Operation Thunderbolt.

All of us was on board with it to go after Corinne.

She's definitely ego driven and going to do what's best for her.

But the first opportunity that I have to take a stiletto and get her out of the game, she's gone.

All right.

Treemail.

Let's hope it's some sort of tasty reward.

What's it say?

Beaten by exhaustion, battered by the weather, winners will have fun and celebrate together.

Losers will be depressed, go home to a wet camp.

Yeah.

It's over for Eddie and I as far as making any kind of social alliances with anybody here.

So I'm just going to go out, win challenges, eat rice, and hopefully,

survive long enough that something shifts in the game.

Because nothing's shifting in this camp.

Come on in guys!

Last time we were together, it was pretty emotional.

With Brandon leaving the game.

Michael, what happens to the tribe dynamic when something like that goes down with Brandon on the favorite tribe?

How does it help you guys come together?

Well, it was good yesterday for us to feel something good together

instead of feeling the rain and the hunger and the dampness.

It was good to feel something positive together and talk about everything.

Matt, did that do anything to change momentum within this group of six?

You know, we've definitely been bummed out losing so many challenges and we always

say, oh, it was so close and this and that.

But the good thing is, is we were thinking that, you know, the favorites had all this

comfort and full bellies and this and that.

We thought their camp might have been just like this perfect little family.

And they obviously were not one big happy family.

And I actually feel bad for Phillip.

You know, sometimes Phillip appears to be crazy and this wild guy, but I wouldn't want anyone to be mad at him.

You know, if I were them, you know, spilling the beans and the rice,

it's just like, that's just completely over the top and true craziness.

So, I actually feel bad for you guys.

Thank you.

Phillip, what do you notice different around camp other than Brandon's physical presence being gone?

It was just Harmony.

I mean, it was just so relaxing.

We all had a regular night's sleep.

In 36 hours, I hadn't slept.

I had one eye open always looking at Brandon, wondering what the heck was going to happen.

So, 14 days into this game, both tribes feel very good about the unity that you have right now.

Good, because it's about to change again.

Drop your buffs, we are switching tribes.

Jeff, you're killing me.

I'm going to give each of you an egg, and all together,

smash it on your chest, on your face, somewhere on your body.

The color that comes out of the egg will tell you what tribe you are on.

Everybody ready?

3, 2, 1, smash!

If you are orange, take a spot on the orange mat.

If you are purple, take a spot on the purple mat.

Alright,

the new Gota tribe is Eddie, Reynold, Andrea, Malcolm, Sherri, Erik and Brenda.

Here are your buffs.

The new purple tribe, Corinne, Phillip, Michael, Matt, Cochran.

Julia and Dawn, you are Bikal.

Put on your buffs.

Cochran, you're a student of the game.

What just happened?

The game just started anew.

Matt, how you doing?

The guy you were just talking about, feeling sorry for, Phillip, is now your tribe mate.

I know.

I'm actually real psyched to be on this tribe.

I actually like all these players, so.

You know, what can you do, you know?

As I move on, I'm psyched to switch things up a bit.

Corinne, how are you feeling?

You were on the favorite tribe, you were dominating, and now everything's different.

Yeah, I mean, it's definitely an adjustment.

I'm a little... Were you about to say injustice?

No.

I'm just a little overwhelmed.

Like, you're sort of like, you know, I've not said basically two words to the

other tribe this whole time, so it's like getting to know them and meeting new

people is nice, and I get to stay on my camp.

I don't know, I'm very overwhelmed.

Brenda, assess these two new tribes.

I don't know, I mean, we're strong, I'm just looking at it, it looks like we have a strong team.

So you would give the advantage to your tribe, strength wise.

In a situation like this, I can say I'm pretty happy.

Alright, well good news on the food front, you each have another bag of rice to replenish.

You were gonna need that.

For the last part of this game, you also have a new flint, in case the one you have is wearing out.