Survivor - Forty-Third Season

That was something else, bro.

Tribal went the exact way we planned it.

Justine got voted out,

but beforehand it was crazy.

I found a Beware Advantage.

I regretted it immediately,

'cause you had to get a special bead from every player's bag,

and until you are able to do that, you lose a vote.

I literally have minutes before Tribal, and I...

It was terrifying.

But thanks to Nneka and Jesse, I got the beads

just in the nick of time to take off to Tribal Council.

And now this is an idol, baby.

And Dwight doesn't know,

Noelle doesn't know, and I'm fine with that.

I'm a little bit worried that Noelle is gonna, like,

try and, like, come after me at some point, but...

Dwight was a little bit upset, too.

I wouldn't worry about it right now.

Yeah.

Me and Dwight could not get on the same page

when it came to Justine.

He didn't have a vote anyway, it was my vote to begin with,

so I played my game, I didn't play his.

Right now, I feel best with Cody and Nneka.

I feel like we have the power,

and it puts Dwight and Noelle on the bottom.

And even though Dwight is definitely like my island wife,

if Dwight doesn't want to get on board, then, you know,

Dwight might have to go next.

I'll sign the divorce papers.

It's okay.

That's what kind of scares me.

-That's my only concern. -That's my only concern, too.

While I'm not mad at Jesse--

I don't feel wholly betrayed by him-- I am wary of him.

And the island marriage is a bit strained right now.

Got to say, um, he's sleeping on the couch.

But this Tribal Council, in a way, woke me up

to the kind of game Jesse is playing.

Yeah. With Justine, I mean, it was my fault, kind of, like,

having that view of, you know,

we were joined at the hip, because we really weren't.

It was 100% a wake-up call at Tribal Council.

At this point,

I'm thinking that I kind of am on the bottom.

I'm thinking, "Why would Jesse lie to me?"

But everything that I've been through, just losing my leg

when I was 19 years old, I was never a "poor me."

So it's a new day, and I'm gonna try to do

whatever it takes to start getting my feet

really in this game.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I've seen Gabler start to deteriorate physically

over the last couple of days.

He seems like he's really struggling,

and there's a lot of babying going on for him right now.

No.

I just couldn't get comfortable last night.

Just gonna go into kind of hibernation mode

until we get going.

Got it.

I've turned the tables on my feelings with Gabler, and

I would like for him to go next.

The trouble is we're still unsure

whether Gabler knows whether or not his idol is still good

for the next Tribal Council.

Yeah, I don't like it.

I just don't know what the line is,

'cause I want to know what he knows about the idol.

Let's start there. So I bring up, um,

kind of exciting that we can now use your idol as...

A fake. -a fake. Like, let's

try to make it look legit now that it's expired.

Either way, I feel like we need that information.

Okay. I'll have that conversation today.

Perfect.

Me.

-You think Elie's closer to Gabler? -Yes.

Okay.

Elie wants to make Gabler

think that his idol is dead

and that it has no more power anymore.

And she thinks that she's running the show around here

and that she's playing the best game that any of us are.

But she thinks she's got an awesome,

close relationship with everybody.

Okay, sure. We'll-we'll see how that goes.

-Can you still use the idol that you have? -Yup.

-You can? -I can.

-I can. -Okay.

My tribe thinks I'm 22 years old,

living young, wild and free.

My tribe has no idea that I'm 19 years old.

But little do they know that a 19-year-old is about to outclass

the 24-year-old and a 31-year-old psychologist.

They don't know if you know that it works.

They know that-they know that it works

'cause they looked in your bag, bro.

Prior to this, I trusted Elie,

but now I know she's being a double agent

and playing all sides-- and probably other sides.

-That... Dude, that is all the proof you need. -That is all you need to know.

She's dangerous, dude.

The fact that "my ally" was in my bag,

snooping around--

she's next, for sure.

They did?

They wanted to read it and see if the idol still works.

-Which it does. -Mm.

-It still does work? -It's for two Tribal Councils.

-Two, that I go to. -Mm.

I've kind of been playing the middle

in terms of the Gabler idol shenanigans.

I was there when Jeanine and Elie

were going through his bag.

I found it.

I think Elie and Jeanine still think

Gabler is unaware that his idol still works, but

he's not an idiot.

Elie's scheming like crazy.

They don't know that I know it works

because they think I'm, I guess, a little slow.

But the fact that she's

underestimating me

is great. I mean, I work

in an operating room, and I do

super-specialized transcatheter valve surgery.

So I-I may not be a genius, but I'm-I'm not a dummy either.

But if she wants me to play a dummy, I'll play a dummy.

Oh, and have you seen those nuts on the beach--

the thing that your idol case is made out of?

-Oh, yeah, yeah. -Have you seen them around?

Mm-mm. No. Are they edible?

No, but I was gonna say, it would be fun to have, like,

a fake idol making day.

We could use the beads and stuff from your temporary idol, right?

-Since we didn't have to go to Tribal, it's expired. -Yeah. That's right.

That's right. That's right.

Yeah, kind of nice that you didn't have to use it.

I know. Although I do want to give it to my daughter

for graduation.

The ultimate souvenir.

Yeah.

I absolutely think she bought it,

and it feels great,

'cause I'm gonna get the last laugh on this one.

It's gonna be very satisfying.

-Gabler does not know that his idol is still active. -Aw.

And he's super-excited to take it home to his daughter

-for her graduation. -You're kidding. You're kidding me.

Yeah, so I feel evil.

That was funny, huh?

-She really tried to be slick with that. -Very slick.

But I can play the hillbilly. I'll do it all day long.

I can be Cool Hand Luke,

taking it easy the whole time,

and I will surprise her

at Tribal, big time.

We got to get her out.

Day six is a good day for the Coco tribe.

We're, like, on a high right now.

We've gotten a ton of food today.

It's James' birthday,

so we did, like, a little celebration for him.

And we gave him a little bracelet that we made him.

Thank you. Like, this is crazy.

It literally is, like, a community here.

-You know? We're building it slowly. -

Slowly until we slit each other's throats,

but, you know, for now, everything's peachy.

It's your birthday. You get to do whatever you want.

I haven't even been down to the rocks yet,

so if we're not doing stuff today,

I'm definitely exploring for idols.

Here's the thing.

You know what the risk is to go off on your own exploring.

-We don't have to tell you that. -Yeah.

The first couple of days, everyone was worried

about going off on their own.

You know? We didn't want to

paint a target on our back too early.

But I think as we're approaching

day six, something's out there,

and people are looking.

And I'd be shocked if someone didn't have something already.

-Yeah, does anybody have it? I don't.

Everyone's having suspicions

about everyone looking for idols.

There's a lot of low-key paranoia about it.

But you don't want that idol to fall

into the wrong person's hands,

because that can crumble your entire game plan.

All right.

Survivors ready?

It's hard to escape, especially in this camp,