Survivor - Forty-Fourth Season

Just got back from Tribal Council, and, uh,

contrary to what usually happens in this game, everything went

exactly to plan.

All the votes went on Frannie.

I played the idol for her.

-I'm gonna play this for Frannie. -Okay.

And we got Brandon out.

Brandon. That's three. That's enough.

Need to bring me your torch.

To play an idol is,

you know, it's on everybody'sSurvivor

bucket list, and for it to go as planned--

it's a good feeling.

Was that not the most boss move ever? Like, iconic.

-Really good move. -Oh, my God.

Everybody was afraid of the former Ratu tribe

just bulldozering their way through, so,

the game plan was to weaken Ratu.

Just wanted to even everything out, you know, so...

And now it's three Tika,

three Soka, three, uh... three Ratu.

We're all on an even playing field,

so it worked perfectly.

Deep in my soul, I kept saying, "We need to split the vote.

-We need to split the vote," and we did not. I know.

-No one wanted to listen, so... That's exactly... Yeah.

...whatever.

I did not see

that vote coming tonight. My boy

was blindsided.

It is not a great feeling

to have to lose one of our Ratu members.

That means that our numbers are dwindling.

Every single person did want to do a split.

Every... -Mm-hmm.

-And it was Brandon that was saying no. Yeah.

-Well, lesson learned. -Yep.

We should have split the votes, but we didn't, but lucky for me,

I still feel like I'm in the majority.

We have the members of Ratu, in addition to

the Tika members, so hopefully

those bonds can stay strong

so that I can have numbers going into the next Tribal.

It's like, yeah, we...

Tribal just went

exactly as I expected it to go.

Ratu still thinks I'm working with them

'cause I voted with them against Frannie.

But in reality, I knew all along

Danny was going to play the idol to protect her.

So, big target goes out, no blood in my hands.

I'm good with both sides.

This is a good night for me.

I'm a little James Bond, you know. Double-O Zero.

What is it? 0-0-7?

What? Stop it. No, no, no.

Look at this.

Josh, Matt, Brandon all wrote my name down,

all have been gone one after the other.

You put Yam Yam's name down,

and you think you can get away with it--

that's not happening, you know?

I know.

Yeah, you feel kind of in control.

Yeah.

To be honest,

as soon as Brandon was removed from this game,

I wasn't, like, heartbroken. I wasn't betrayed.

I was woken up.

The idea is that there are idols back on this beach.

So I put my business pants on, and I'm going to work now.

In Dungeons & Dragons, everybody plays on the same side

against a common enemy.

So, the common enemy in Survivor is the big threat.

And Danny is growing into a big threat.

He's made a big move, and I know that Danny's going

to keep trying to make these big moves

and keep his foot on the gas

until somebody rips him out of the car.

I could have let Frannie go and kept the idol

and played a defensive game, but this game is not won

playing a comfortable game.

You got to go outside your comfort zone. I'm really

uncomfortable now-- I don't have my idol anymore.

And I guarantee making such a big move

put a target on my back,

so I would like to find another one.

Dan, you are good at finding firewood, my friend.

I do my best.

I'm trying to be somewhat subtle,

but at the end of the day,

I don't really care.

The shy part

of looking for idols--

that part of the game is over.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I need to find the idol,

well, because I want two idols. Can you believe that?

I still have my idol.

: How do I still have my idol?

I'm so happy, I still have my idol.

How do I still have my idol? Oh, my God.

Everyone is searching at this point.

It is no secret.

Everyone's out looking.

Every single person.

Finding an idol--

it's a game of chance, but this is one

of those games of chance that you can

put the odds in your favor with effort.

So, ultimately, my goal is to outwork them,

and I intend to do that.

Oh, my God.

This is the best moment yet.

I just found

a hidden immunity idol.

I hope no one saw me because

this could be a double-edged sword

'cause now I have power. People are gonna

come for me 'cause they're gonna try to flush it.

So my plan is to not tell anybody,

but this is real, and I'm

extremely excited. This is like a bucket list item,

and I'm extremely happy.

Is there a game we could play? Like Veo, Veo?

Veo, Veois, like, you say a letter

and then everybody has to guess what it is.

Like I Spy, but you get a letter?

Yeah, it's called Veo, Veo, like, in Spanish.

-So, I Spy. You start, Frannie. I'll start?

Frannie. -No.

No.

After 16 days of being here,

it's good we have, like, an off day, you know?

Does it really work to talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk,

talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk,

talk, talk, talk, talk, talk game?

At what point you're going to chill? Never?

Keep going.

No.

Firewood. Yes.

Yay! -Firewood. -Yes.

That was fast.

Okay. "S."

- Ass? Ass.

-What's the letter? -"S."

Why are you guys making fun of me?

Your face. She goes like, "Ass."

-We need some speech therapy. -

"Ass."

I don't know why I'm doing it like that-- "ass."

Today we had time

to just connect with each other.

That's my favorite part of the game.

When we're not

playing at up. We just

got real.

Some of you guys have obviously heard my story, but

I just celebrated 13 years sober right before coming out here.

Yeah. Congratulations.

-That's awesome. Thank you. And

I think it's hard for people to understand, too.

Like, people who come from seemingly, like, "normal..."

-Mm-hmm. -...childhoods and normal upbringings,

like, you can get addicted.

Like, you know, it doesn't, like... It doesn't discriminate.

I'm an open book in real life and here.

And my addiction-- it's a part

of my story, and it-it no longer is something

that I'm ashamed of.

It's just a part of me and made me who I am today.

The preoccupation that, like, comes with, like, okay,

"Well, I-I... well, I got to have

-my drink first, or I got to..." Yeah.

Oh, there's so much involved in that

that is so exhausting. I messed up.

I made a lot of mistakes, but it's like

that wasn't me, but I didn't know, like, who I was.

And so getting sober and going to treatment--

I started to like my life.

Then I met my fiancé in... at an AA meeting.

-And... -Someone who's also recovering.

Yeah, and it's literally been like, poof ever since.

: Yeah, I'm proud as hell of myself.

I never thought I would have, you know, a family

and this wonderful son and, like...

everything. I look at my house, and I decorate for Halloween...

and it looks creepy as ...,

but it's everything that I wanted.

It's like...

...I have everything that I need.

What, like, we're both grateful for is that, like,

our son never has to see, like,

-us addicted. Yeah.

Like, he sees the recovery side of things.

-And, like, I can get up on a Sunday. Yes.

We can go to church.

We can do whatever, and it's like we're not struggling

to get up and get out of bed.