Survivor - Forty-Third Season

So tonight, Lindsay went home.

It was originally me, Karla, James and Lindsay.

We were all four gonna vote together to get Geo out.

Okay, yeah.

But then Lindsay started, you know, kind of spiraling out

and getting really paranoid.

We told Ryan and Geo at the last minute,

and so we all voted for Lindsay.

I also got a vote, which stung a little.

So at this point, I just wanted to kind of clear the air

and figure out who voted for me.

I knew it was either Geo or Ryan.

Does anybody want to talk? Anybody have any questions?

Um, I guess, I just, if whoever wrote my name down

wants to, like, talk about that...

We can... I can walk and talk with you, real quick.

-Okay. -Just drum the beats, to explain that part.

-Was that you? -Um, no, it's wasn't me,

but I don't want the person who wrote it down to be held...

So... I mean...

In this game, like, it's all about choosing your battles.

And so, at that moment,

it was like, "I just need to play nice."

But in the back of my mind, I'm like, you know,

"I want to go after the people who put my name down."

So, Ryan actually came up with the idea that

if you are giving her information,

we should put one vote on you

and the rest of the votes on Lindsay.

-That's just how it went down, to be honest. -Okay. Yeah.

Geo is just, like, clueless about the game.

It's like, are you kidding me?

Ryan and Geo think that they have the numbers right now,

but the truth is they're at the bottom.

I think they're still gonna try to gun for me

if we do have to go to another Tribal.

And you know what they say,

revenge is a dish best served cold, so...

I'm just biding my time till I can pay them back for that.

I didn't vote for you. That was Lindsay.

-So Lindsay voted for me? -I voted for Lindsay. Yeah.

What do you think, Lindsay voted for herself?

No.

I put a vote on Cassidy, just in case.

I don't think she-she likes me.

I don't think she's gonna trust me now.

She's not gonna trust me later.

And that's fine, 'cause, you know,

at the end of the day, I still have the numbers.

There isn't much that Cassidy can do unless we hit a merge.

She's in the outs, completely.

I guess we'll just...

Yeah.

Yeah, it's all about getting comfortable.

Yeah, I know.

-These ... -

At this point, we're gonna try to decide

whether Ryan or Geo go first.

I want their egos to be stroked and their heads to be big,

because that's when people make mistakes.

And I'll be watching and I'll be waiting.

So let them.

Basically, every time we get some time alone,

we're looking for the hidden immunity idol.

We're looking up in the trees.

We're looking for places that we haven't been.

Just really trying anything,

because it's been a lot of days looking.

I feel like I've looked everywhere.

But as we're walking, we see this tree,

and it's, like, lit up in all of its Survivorglory,

All right, I'll go check.

As aSurvivor fan, I know to look in nooks and crannies.

I know to look in any suspicious holes.

And so I poke in one hole, and it's not there.

And then I look down into the tree, and...

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.

It's covered in ants.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God, oh, my God.

Elie.

Come here.

I'm shell-shocked that I have found the Beware Advantage.

I am so excited.

I'm also terrified, because I know it's a Beware Advantage,

so I know that it's gonna come at a cost.

: Oh, my God.

But...

Let's read it over here.

In that moment, I'm thinking,

"Do I trust my alliance?

Do I need my vote?"

So should I do it? Are you sure?

-Yeah. I am sure. -Are you sure? Okay.

Right now, the tribe dynamic for me

is that I feel secure in my alliance with Elie and Sami.

Owen thinks that he's in on an alliance

with Elie and I, but in my mind,

he is a really nervous player.

So there's a little bit of a question mark there.

And then Gabler's getting on everyone's nerves,

so he seems like the next to go.

The complication is, though, that he still has a valid idol,

and we think he doesn't know that it's valid.

-Do you think everyone would give me their bead? -Yeah.

You don't think anyone would be suspicious?

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey.

Perfect timing.

And as I'm saying, "We shouldn't tell Owen right now,"

I look up, and there is Owen.

Nothing? Mm-hmm.

Okay, you want to talk about it?

We know that we're caught.

We've got no choice but to share it with Owen.

Basically, I have to collect a bead

-from each of you guys to start the bracelet. -Mm-hmm.

Reading over the note, my first thought was like,

"I could mess some things up."

If I denied Jeanine my bead,

I could go with Sami and Gabler and just get her out

the next time we lose.

And they wouldn't be able to do anything about it,

because Jeanine has no vote.

But I have been thinking about working with Elie and Jeanine,

because that gives me more options moving forward.

Playing with someone like Gabler,

it is a little concerning.

You never know what you're gonna get with him,

so I'm gonna give Jeanine my bead.

Why don't you just take 'em all?

-Oh, my God. -Take 'em all.

-Can I hug you? -Yeah, absolutely.

And I want to make sure she knows that this is a symbol

of my trust that I am handing to you.

...but we found a Beware Advantage.

-Where at? -In a tree.

Elie ends up telling me

that Jeanine found the Beware Advantage.

And I have to try to act happy and pleasant about this,

but in my head, I know I've been trying to plot

against Jeanine and Elie.

So Owen already knows, 'cause he walked up on us,

and I tried to hide the paper.

So at this point, all of us know exactly

what Jeanine is doing, except for Gabler--

who, right now,

seems to have no idea what's going on in this game.

Pregame warm-up. Everybody's chilling out.

If we're kind of taking a chill,

-I really want to make a bracelet. Go for it.

But I want to do, like, I want to, I want to know

a little, have a little bit from each of you.

-Aw. -So I was hoping that I could, like,

grab a couple beads from your bags or something to make it.

Ah, that would be nice.

I've got beads and cool stuff, too.

Yeah? Oh, my God. Thank you.

Here's mine. Do you like that one?

Yeah. Perfect. Thank you.

-That one? -Yeah.

So at this point, I'm feeling good.

I have four of the five beads that I need--

Gabler's bead being the last that I need to get.

Oh, my God.

You get two.

Ooh.

Gabler has this entire pouch of beads

that he's been making bracelets from for his daughters.

And he hands me two that I'm like,

"Ah, those are useless."

They're just two little green ones.

And I see, in his pouch, the one that I need.

Can I take this chunky one?

Um, I was gonna hold that bead for my daughter.

Oh.

When Gabler says,

"I was saving that one for my daughter."

I'm like, "Boom. Over. We are screwed.

"Jeanine just lost her vote until the merge,

"because there's nothing in this world

that Gabler cares more about than his daughters."

If it were me, I would have been stunned,

but Jeanine handled it so well.

-Can I give you the green back? -Yeah.

-This one just reminds me of you. Thank you so much. -Okay, well, then good.

-I'm the big yellow. Good. Done. -Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you.

And Gabler melts like butter, right in her hand,

squishy, soft butter, and trades Jeanine.

And... we got it.

Thanks for entertaining the artist in me.

Lo and behold, Jeanine

has a hidden immunity idol.

And so, I want to let Gabler know.

I'm hoping that this can make him trust me more,

and realize I'm trying to play this game with him.

Listen, those beads that we just gave Jeanine--

-Uh-huh. -that gave her an idol.