Everybody, drop your buffs.
- I knew it! - My god!
We are switching tribes. Ha-ha!
Joe is the only person that I told about
having autism.
And going at it alone is scary and new.
Previously on survivor.
I was not happy to see star in my tribe.
She has a beware advantage.
She's been trying to decode it,
but she can't figure it out.
Hi, tribe.
I'm alone on this tribe,
and this girl doesn't have a vote.
I like working with strong women.
I, truthfully, want to work with Bianca.
Shauhin decides to go through Kyle's bag,
and I'm freaking out at this point.
It seems like they're trying to cut me, not you.
Yeah.
Yeah. So here's the thing.
We definitely look like the underdogs.
But we got a bag of tricks, kamilla and I.
And I think that we've worked well together.
We just need to get it done.
If anybody has an advantage
- or an idol and you want to play it... - Jeff.
Just got to make sure I'm here another day.
Thank you.
First vote:
Kyle. Does not count.
Fourth person voted out no.
Thomas.
The tribe has spoken.
I mean, you know, we had to do something.
- Yeah, totally. Totally. - Well done.
- I really like Thomas. - Yeah.
Me too. But, like, it is what it is.
Welcome to survivor.
So, my... Number one ally in this game,
Thomas, went home because... Kyle had an idol.
I didn't think he did, and that's my fault.
California girls didn't even last one tribal, man.
It's such a bummer. It's such a good alliance.
Honestly, I was thinking about going with you guys.
Yeah.
And then I came back, and, like,
it looked like somebody had gone through my bag.
At that point, I was like, "I'm pretty sketched."
- Yeah. - Like, "I need to play this."
- Good job. Well done. - Yeah.
Kamilla and I
pretty much just put on a master class in deception.
They did not see this coming at all.
They even went through my bag, and somehow
didn't find the idol that was tucked away in my shoe.
So I'm pretty pumped about it.
And it was all because I put on my acting hat with kamilla
and convinced them that we're not that tight.
And it worked.
It's like when we're all having those private conversations,
I was being 100% genuine.
You see the conflict in that, right?
I hear exactly what you're saying.
You're like, "trust is important in this game."
But, Joe, you know I like talking with you.
I think we have some sort of relationship there.
Of course.
I'm trying to do damage control.
Because if we come back to tribal council,
we don't have kamilla's extra vote
that I unfortunately had to burn tonight.
Plus, without the immunity idol, I'm vulnerable,
because now we're in this situation
where there's a two-two deadlock.
And that's really scary.
The problem now is, like, now what?
I want to put this behind me.
Personally, I feel like I already bonded with you guys.
Yeah.
I just, like, I want to win, guys. Like...
Same, dude.
- Let's just go win a challenge. - Yeah. Yeah.
Yo, let's-let's just win, guys.
I don't want to do this again.
- This was not fun. - This is the worst thing.
This is awful.
It's amazing to pull off my first survivor blindside.
I had to play it cool on the outside for shauhin and Joe,
but on the inside, like,
I just had the biggest smile on my face.
And I'm just so happy that both of us survived another day.
So, moving forward,
we don't want them to know that we are actually in an alliance.
And so I'm gonna put, like, my best acting face on
and keep playing this game hard.
Come on in.
Let's go.
How's it going, lagi?
We're feeling good, Jeff.
Morning, Jeff.
Good morning, Bianca.
Good morning.
Good morning, Chrissy.
Lagi and civa getting your first look
at the new vula tribe.
Thomas voted out at the last tribal council.
What?
All right, shall we get to today's reward challenge?
- Yeah. - Let's do it, Jeff.
Let's do it.
For today's challenge,
you're gonna throw sandbags at a rotating target
until you release a bag of balls.
Then, one at a time,
you will bounce those balls off a trampoline
and into a net basket.
Once you've landed all three, you will then race
to roll those balls onto three separate targets.
First two tribes to finish win reward.
Want to know what you're playing for?
- Yes, please. - Yes, we do.
- Show us, Jeff. - Yes.
The winning tribe will leave here
and be taken to the sanctuary... No!
Where good things happen.
For an afternoon of pastries.
My god. Yes.
I can taste it.
Doughnuts... Doughnuts! Wait, doughnuts?
You want something a little more savory?
Ham and cheese croissant.
Croissants! I need a croissant!
Second tribe to finish, you're not going to the sanctuary,
but a smaller selection of the same pastries
waiting for you back at camp.
Worth playing for?
- Yes. - Yes. Absolutely.
- My god. Yes. - All right.
Let's get to it. Sit-outs.
Lagi, you have one extra person. Got to sit somebody out.
Whoever sits out of this must compete
in the immunity challenge.
- It's gonna be me. - All right.
- Civa, who's it gonna be? - Me.
Sai, why you?
I've been in every single challenge.
I would love to have a little break, to be honest.
All right, sit-outs, take a spot on the bench.
Everybody else, give you a minute to strategize.
We'll get it on! Let's do it.
All right, here we go.
For reward.
Survivors ready?
Go!
First, you're gonna be throwing sandbags in a rotation,
- trying to hit that target. - Nice!
Mitch hits it right away.
Good job, Mitch!
Every time you hit that target,
you're gonna move it a little lower.
When it gets low enough, - nice, nice.
You will drop your balls.
And on survivor, just like in life,
that means you're moving on to the next stage.
Attaboy!
Yeah.
There it is!
Balls have dropped! Let's go! Get 'em!
- It is civa in the early lead now. - You have the lead, cedrek!
Take your time!
Get a few practice in.
- Yeah! - Vula drops.
You're good! Go! Grab your balls.
I got 'em, I got 'em, I got 'em, I got 'em.
Got 'em? There it is. Will that be enough?
- Yes! - Yes.
You're good, lagi.
You untie, you untie.
Gimme, gimme.
Phase two now is bouncing the ball
off a trampoline into a net basket.
Go.
Kyle, little short for vula.
Run and grab it.
There it is.
Yes, Mary.
- Mary connects. - Let's go. Nice job.
Lagi with their first.
You're gonna land three balls.
- Beautiful. - Let's go!
Shauhin connects for vula.
Run and grab it.
Here goes kamilla for vula,
- and there's number two for vula. - Yeah! Let's go!
Come on, star.
Here goes star for lagi.
It bounces in.
We are tied two-two.
- Civa none. - It's all right.
Cedrek would like to get civa on the board.
Grab it and pass it back.
That was an abysmal failure.
This is it. This is it.
Yeah!
David scores for lagi.
Lagi, you're good. Move on.
On the square.
You guys have a big lead.
It's now lagi in the lead.
Take your time.
It's gonna be Eva for that first ball roll.
You're looking to land it in that shortest target first.
Civa's fallen behind.
They've got to get something going.
Lagi with a lot of time now.
Nice.
- Yeah! - Go, Eva. Come on.
Eva lands the first for lagi.
- Attagirl. - Hustle, hustle.
Let's go!
Mitch scores the first for civa.
- Yes! Go, go, go! - There it is for shauhin.
Vula has it. Let's go.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Visit to the sanctuary on the line.
Shauhin for vula.
And look at that. With his first roll,
shauhin lands it.
You are so close.
- Mitch is on fire for civa. - Yeah, Mitch!
They have one ball left and they can be back in this.
I need a doughnut.
Here goes David.
- Come on, stay. - David in and out and back in
for lagi. Lagi has their second.
Lagi down to their final ball.
Can David win it for lagi right here?
Lagi with their third roll, and they win it!
Back-to-back wins for lagi.
An afternoon at the sanctuary.
Now we're looking for the second tribe to finish.
Civa lands their third ball.
Let's go, civa. You're still in it.
Let's go! Let's go!
Civa now in it.
Mitch gonna take over immediately
rolling that first ball.
Mitch in and out.
Here goes shauhin.
A nice roll like it's the Olympics
of this sport, and he nails it.
It is now vula with one ball left.
- Mitch for the first for civa. In and out. - Come on.
Kyle now gonna give it a go for vula.
Go, go, go, go!
For the win... they got it!
- Let's go, baby! Let's go. - Vula wins reward.
This challenge is over.
Pastries delivered to their camp.
Absolutely nothing waiting for civa at their camp.
Lagi, any advantage
in this game is a big advantage.
You're gonna go to the sanctuary,
fuel your body but also fuel your spirit.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, mentally, spiritually.
We're the first team to go to the sanctuary.
We're setting this season off.
And we had still half of the fruit left over from yesterday,
- so we were good on food, you know? - Yeah.
Like, we're tight.
We got the magic touch.
Sai, what's it like to be on the other end,
knowing you got nothing waiting for you back at camp
and to hear them really joyful about this?
A lot of gloating.
It is painful.
I feel like when you win, you should win with...
A little more tactfulness.
But I understand your excitement
and I get it, but then the other blow was,
"we have half of our fruit left."
There's a tribe that has no food at all
and then a tribe that might have
a little bit more than what they have.
So just being mindful is important and key.
All right, lagi.
Grab your stuff, head out.
Boat'll pick you up and take you to the sanctuary.
Thank you.
Afternoon of pastries. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you, Jeff.
- Thank you. - Thank you, Jeff.
All right, vula, waiting for you back at camp,
a smaller selection of pastries.
Enjoy the afternoon.
Grab your stuff, head out.
- Thank you. - Thanks, Jeff.
Enjoy, guys. You-you earned it.
- Good job. - Civa, got nothing for you.
Grab your stuff, head back to camp.
Thanks, Jeff.
I don't-i don't like that. "Civa, I got nothing for you."
Nobody enjoys
getting beat, and, honestly, we got stomped.
I don't know what sai was thinking,
but, girl, be quiet.
You can have an opinion
and you don't have to openly share it.
That's what it's all about.
When you say yes to survivor, you got to show up
and give everything you have every single day.
If this speaks to you, apply to be on survivor.
That's right.
If we're gonna lose one,
- that's the one to lose, for sure. - Yup. Right.
What do you think happened there?
My god.
Thomas is gone.
Thomas was my number one,
and I'm literally, like, doing everything I can
to get to the merge,
and my number one isn't even gonna be there.
So, it sucks.
However, with Thomas going home,
it makes me way less of a threat. So this is that
part of the game where it's, like,
I have to make new relationships here
and I have to trust new people and I have to play my game.
- We'll kick ass tomorrow. - So it's gonna be
- one of us three sitting out, obviously. - Only one.
Yeah.
- Mitch is not sitting out. - No, he is not.
- She's not sitting out. - No.
No. I'm okay with that.
For immunity, I'm okay with that.
I know, you're like, "I've done every challenge."
I'm like, "so have I."
No, no, but I was like,
"that was your excuse?" 'Cause,
I didn't sit out, either.
I thought you just didn't, you know,
- you wanted to... - I genuinely am tired.
- I'm allowed to have a break. - Okay.
Sai's getting on my nerves.
She's tired, so she didn't even
do the challenge today.
And the first thing she did was grab a piece of fruit
when she came in.
I mean, to me, that's, like, ridiculous.
It's not right.
How is that...
- What did you have, a kiwi? - Yeah.
So you got one more apple left, and that's it?
When you don't have food,
you don't have anything, the little things will annoy you.
I just think that, with the comments she makes
and-and just the way she is around camp,
she's digging her own hole.
I just had to get away... And that makes our...
That's why I'm like, "is that your last piece?
'Cause you ain't eating my... food."
We learned a lot at the challenge.
The fact that Thomas went home
it changes everything.
The original plan was to take out Bianca
because we wanted to weaken the old lagi tribe,
but now with Thomas gone, we have a little bit more
flexibility.
- If we have to vote. - Y... if we have to vote.
Honestly... I want Bianca to stay.
I like her, too.
At this point, sai is causing so much chaos
that there is really no way that
I want to work with sai moving forward.
And I genuinely enjoy Bianca as a person.
She's just good people.
I think if me and you make it past the merge together,
I think we can both really help each other out.
I would love to work with you.
I trust you, and I feel like it
makes sense for us to keep each other safe.
I kind of like that plan.
Totally.
Mitch is telling me they want
to work with me to vote sai out.
I was like...
Like, my jaw dropped to the ground.
This friction is beautiful for me.
Yes.
Sai... she is just driving Chrissy up a wall.
However,
sai also told me that she wants to work with me.
And options are everything in this game,
especially because of that godforsaken journey.
I don't have a vote.
Chrissy... she's mom-ing me to death.
She's counting how much fruit I'm eating.
I'm an adult.
I don't have to tell you what I'm eating, you psychopath.
I've played on every single challenge.
I've had so many losses.
Back-to-back-to-back.
Like, I'm deserving of a break.
She's annoying me.
What-what are you thinking?
Chrissy is my biggest red flag.
She's used to telling people what to do,
and I can't have that.
So I want to use Bianca, me and cedrek's vote
to get rid of Chrissy.
Yes, with cedrek, the trust was lost
at our last tribal council, when he voted for me,
but even though I don't fully trust him,
for the sake of getting off of this beach and to the merge,
I need a number. He's a number.
And Bianca
we've already discussed working together.
So I just have to make sure that she's locked in.
Then I can do whatever the hell I want to do.
- Ooh! - Ooh.
My gosh. Beautiful.
My gosh.
Wait, is that a giant thing of milk?
- Yes! - You can have all of that.
Walking into the sanctuary,
I don't even think anything's going on in my head,
but a lot is going on in my stomach.
It's all different kinds.
I don't even know what's going on.
I want a little bit of everything.
Just to see everything laid out,
and that there are coffees and teas
and milk for David, all of us
slip into heaven when we go in there.
My god!
I'm so happy I get to eat meat.
- This one's good. - This one's fire.
What you want to open?
I legitimately
have been manifesting a buttery croissant since day one.
And I didn't even have to do anything to get it.
They won it for me.
Get a big cup.
Every day, I, like, have to have milk.
It's just my go-to.
It's my comfort.
So when I see that jug of milk,
I'm like, "no way."
I don't think I've ever felt such a high.
I really don't. That was probably
the best glass of milk I've ever had.
I could tell it was whole milk, which is my favorite thing.
- It's no two-percent crap. - So thank you, Jeff.
I'm like pop eye now. Like, I'm ready to go.
Like, bring on the immunity challenge.
Cheers.
My god.
I feel like I'm just, like, so, like, into my food,
I'm not even, like, smiling. I'm just like, ""
- protein. - Man. Protein.
I want y'all to know,
we humbly, we humbly accepted this reward.
I know sai's your ally, but, like,
that really kind of irked me.
Like, like, I'm sorry. I don't know how to be as humble.
I've never experienced this.
I've never experienced, like, - right?
Being on the winning side.
Especially for you, like...
- Yeah. I don't even know. - Go to tribal council
three times in a row.
- Like, you're gonna be excited. - Yeah. Come on.
Yeah, we weren't being sore winners.
- There's something called a sore loser. - Legit.
But, like, this tribe is awesome,
and I'm super happy to be here with you guys, and, like...
This is awesome. Like, I love all of y'all, for real.
- Aw. - Aw, charity...
Y'all, like, we're so close to a merge.
We got the first reward.
Like, I am so grateful.
I'm bad at social cues in general,
but I definitely feel like I'm growing and learning.
And I don't know what it is about charity,
but she comes off so fake to me.
Just take this in for a second.
No one you know will ever
- feel like this or have this experience. - That is true.
Going into the individual portion of the game,
it's gonna be all about these social connections.
- Anybody want more milk before I down it? - Kill it.
Nobody wants more milk.
I really have to be careful
and make sure that the people I'm talking to I can trust.
And, you know what, charity? I don't trust you.
When we get back, it is nap time.
Man.
I might throw up.
- It's so much more - than I expected. - I know.
My god.
We don't win first place
in the reward challenge, but we win second.
And we get a nice little food box
with pastries, doughnuts, croissants, you name it.
I never thought I'd be so happy.
This is ridiculous.
Actual flavor.
- Ridiculous. - My god.
We are at a two-two deadlock.
It's a little dicey, because the narrative
that kamilla and I are spinning
is still that we're not that tight.
But at the end of the day, winning that challenge
at least allowed us to bond a little bit further.
You guys, I haven't felt this good in nine days.
That was so good.
It's crazy when you think, like,
how we're doing this right now. It's been ten days, right?
It's amazing what you can do if you just put your mind to it.
- When you think you can't do it. - Yeah, if you have to survive.
- This... exactly. - Dude, my family went through
crazier... than this.
That's-that's, like, the gnarly part.
Yeah. My dad went through way worse
in the, like, Sri Lankan civil war/genocide.
His family survived that.
- That's what keeps me going. - Same.
When I draw on hard times out here,
my first thought is, my mom and my dad
have been through so much worse.
I am the proud son of two refugees
who came here during the Iranian revolution.
My dad was in the imperial air force
under the shah of Iran.
A lot of the pilots were already in jail,
and they released them from jail
to go fight against Iraq.
So his helicopter went down
and it landed on the border of Iraq.
And so, captured, and...
Not-good things happen when you're captured in Iraq
- in 1979. - Wow.
My family... my dad was okay
because he had left the country
prior... like, at the start of the civil war.
But every time he came back, it was, like, mad security thing.
'Cause here's the thing with people in Sri Lanka.
There's, like, a majority ethnic group
and a minority ethnic group.
We were part of the minority ethnic group.
You can't tell who's who. It's, like, a religious thing.
You just speak a different language,
have a different religion,
and this is what you all are killing each other over.
And so every time my dad was coming in to visit his family,
they would pull him over
'cause they thought he was, like, on the other side.
And I'm like, "isn't that so stupid?"
- Dumb. - See, that,
what our parents get through, you know? Like, my dad,
he was born in '45.
So go back '50s and '60s, and this is in Virginia.
And his family was sharecroppers.
So he was picking cotton when he was probably about five or six.
My mom, blonde hair, blue-eyed woman.
My dad is really, really dark-complected.
Isn't that crazy?
This was happening in the '40s and '50s?
- Yeah. - My god, yeah.
People try to talk about, like,
- Jim crow and, like... - Like it was so long ago.
And, like, all of those things
like it took place hundreds of years ago. Like...
So anyways, I know what you guys are saying.
Like, what our parents go through is wild.
- Yeah. - You got to draw on that.
Wild.
At the last tribal council,
we voted against each other, and we were definitely like,
two versus two.
Just two completely different groups of people going at it.
And after that shared meal today,
all those struggles sort of, like, bond us together.
Man.
I don't want to vote them out.
I don't want to vote them or Kyle out.
Yes. Yes.
This four would be savage, bro.
- Yes. - Yeah.
This is... i'm-I'm in on this.
- Same, man. - There's no, like, there's no bull...
- In my, in my heart right now. - Same.
Yeah.
- This experience... - dynamic.
Whatever it was... Us four,
we have an easy path to the jury.
We are now the block.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
The four of us have a clear path together,
because we had a scary tribal council.
We can just act as if we hate each other
and play the middle, and no one would suspect it.
And I think we can run this game.
We're set.
Come on in.
Hello.
Hey!
- Wow. - Morning, Jeff!
The energy is just through the roof.
And then the stoic vula.
No smiles.
Game faces on.
All right, shall we get to today's immunity challenge?
Yeah.
First things first, got to take back the idols.
Thank you, Bianca.
Thank you, Mary.
"See you in a little bit."
Is that what I heard?
- Yeah. - Yes, sir.
Wow.
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge,
you're gonna leap into the ocean and swim to shore
while pulling a boat containing a chest.
You'll then carry that chest up the beach
and work together to unbraid three long ropes,
releasing a key.
You'll use that key to unlock the chest.
Collect the balls inside, then dig under a log.
When you reach the finish,
each tribe member is responsible
for maneuvering one ball through the table maze.
First two tribes to finish win immunity,
guaranteed to see day 12.
Losers, tribal council, where somebody
will be the fifth person voted out of survivor 48.
And as a penalty for losing, I will keep your flint.
Let's get to sit-outs.
Lagi, one extra person.
Got to sit somebody out.
Cannot sit out the same person in back-to-back challenges.
Without hesitation, star, it's you.
Civa, same thing.
Sai must compete. Who's gonna sit out?
Cedrek gonna sit this one out.
All right, sit-outs, take a spot on the bench.
Everybody else, give you a minute to strategize.
Get it on! Here we go.
All right, here we go.
For immunity.
Survivors ready?
Go!
Everybody in the water.
You are going to pull that boat.
Come on, civa!
The stronger the swimmer you are,
the faster and quicker that boat will get to the shore.
Right now, it is lagi and vula,
side by side, doing a nice job.
Civa struggling in the water, but it is okay.
You are still in this.
Joe pulling that boat.
It is lagi out in the early lead.
There we go. There we go.
Vula's right behind.
- Come on. - Good job, civa!
Those chests are heavy.
Here comes civa.
Everybody exhausted.
It's lagi in the lead.
Come on, y'all, almost got it.
Then vula,
then civa, but this challenge is early.
Okay.
Still a lot of stages.
- Okay. - It's gonna be
David, Eva and Mary unbraiding for lagi.
It's gonna be Kyle, Joe, shauhin
unbraiding for vula.
Okay.
Come on, civa. You got it.
Drop it, pick up those sandbags.
Let's go. Get it in there.
- David, go, ahead. - Go, David. Go, go, go.
Lagi's unbraided.
Run and get the key.
David has the key.
There we go.
Good work, y'all.
Got to get that chest unlocked.
Let's go.
We're good, guys. We're good.
- Go, vula. - Go, go, go.
Yeah, go, Kyle.
Lagi has their bag of balls.
Now they can start digging under the log.
There you go.
Come on, civa!
Civa taking a long time to unbraid these ropes.
They have not figured it out.
Vula has their bag of balls.
They can start digging under the log.
All right, let's get it.
Cannot dig on the other side of the log
until somebody is through to the other side.
It's gonna be Eva trying to get under first for lagi.
Can she pull herself through?
Hips are stuck.
You need a little more hole in there.
Under the log. Just get under the log and bring it up.
Everybody's still in it right now.
Eva's through. She can dig on that side now.
Go, civa! You got it!
Civa has their bag of balls.
Start digging.
You're still in this.
Mary now through for lagi.
They've been in control of this challenge from the beginning.
You got it, Kyle. You got it.
Kyle trying to wedge his body through.
Hold his legs so he can push!
Kyle is stuck now.
Hold his legs.
And that's opening the door for civa.
Got to use that foot to clear out some said.
Lagi with just one player left.
- Yeah. - You got it.
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Lagi's through. They've moved on to the final phase.
Proud of you guys.
Hey. I'm proud of y'all.
- Don't worry, don't worry. - We're good.
Kyle still stuck for vula.
- Excellent, Mitch! - You're through.
Go, go, Mitch.
- Mitch is through. - Go, Bianca.
Once again, why you never give up on survivor.
- Go. Go. Go. Go. - Kyle's through for vula.
Come on.
- Here goes sai for civa. - Yes, baby.
We got some... we got time.
Nice and easy.
It is charity on the maze for lagi.
Every player's got to land one ball.
My god. Nice, nice.
They pull Joe through and it works.
You're good, vula. Move on.
- Chrissy's through. Let's go, civa. - Let's go, guys.
Everybody is in this.
Day 11, survivor 48.
Charity's had a lot of time to start figuring this out.
Sorry, I'm trying to... I'm trying to take it real slow.
There will be a learning curve like there is
on almost every survivor challenge.
Take your time.
Those little humps... that's the trick.
Mitch trying to navigate a corner, and he has.
Perfect, perfect.
Four balls, four players.
Got to have great touch on this maze.
Joe now getting closer.
Mitch has got one big obstacle left.
Got to drop it in a hole
and not have it go too far
that it drops off the back side.
Come on, Mitch.
And he's got it.
- Yes! - Yes!
It is civa now in the lead.
- Joe is at that critical spot. - Joe is there.
Beautiful, Joe.
Can Joe land one for vula?
He does. Vula has one now.
It's kamilla for vula, then Chrissy for civa.
It's okay, Chrissy.
This is such a heavy table.
Kamilla's learning how hard that is.
Here comes Eva for lagi.
You can switch out,
but you're still responsible for a ball.
Go, Eva. Come on.
Shauhin gonna take over for kamilla.
Two tribes are gonna finish.
All that matters is don't be last.
Just relax. You're all right.
Beautiful, there.
Shauhin moving through this quickly.
Last corner, and he's got it.
Now can he stick one?
Shauhin so close.
And he's got it. That's two for vula.
Here comes Kyle in.
Tribal council tonight.
Somebody going home.
- Eva drops. Got to start again. - Up, up, up.
Chrissy starting again.
Kyle halfway through.
- He's got a nice flow going. - Beautiful. Beautiful.
Kyle a little fast, but it worked.
Kyle now very close to landing
the third ball for vula.
Kyle has it.
- Yes! Come on. - Vula down to one ball left.
Okay. Okay.
Bianca gonna come in now for civa.
There is nowhere to hide in this challenge.
Everybody's got to land a ball.
Kamilla out on the course, moving very fast.
Turn, turn, turn!
Very quickly all the way through this course.
Kamilla very close.
Can she land that fourth ball for vula?
It's on the far end.
Definitely difficult. Wow, a nice move by kamilla.
- She's done it. - Yes! - Yes, you got it!
Vula wins immunity!
- You did it! - Safe tonight
- from tribal council. - That was a first!
For the first time this season,
vula wins immunity,
and vula green will not be at tribal council.
The question is who will be?
It is civa in the lead with one ball. Lagi's
- got nothing. - Slow, David, you got it.
David and Bianca at the same point in the maze.
David very close now.
And he's done it. Lagi has one.
Here comes charity.
- You got it. You got it. - It is one-one right now.
- Yes. - Yes!
Bianca sticks the second ball for civa.
Here comes sai. Charity now very close.
Critical point, and she's done it with a nice...
- Can she drop it? She does. - Nice.
- We are tied two-two. - Here we go, here we go.
Here comes Mary for lagi.
It is sai on civa up against
her old tribe mate Mary, now on lagi
to take the lead in this challenge.
- Mary is not messing around. - Back, back... ooh! Okay
Mary now close to landing
that third ball, and she does.
Mary made it look pretty easy.
It is now Eva
with the fourth and final ball for lagi.
Come on.
Sai now feeling the pressure for civa.
- No pressure. - I don't feel any pressure.
You should.
You're so close. We're a whole ball ahead.
- Take your time, breathe. - Tribal council tonight.
Somebody's torch will be snuffed.
- Yes. - Pull back.
Pull back, pull back. Pull back, pull back.
Eva drops, has to start again.
Once you get to that point, stop.
- Yeah. Sorry. - No sorry.
Sai gonna switch out for Chrissy.
Take your time, take your time.
- Eva digging in again. - Yup. Yup.
Right, right, right, right, right.
I'm sorry, but it's just not working.
Eva's getting flustered.
Both Chrissy and Eva are learning as they go.
You can see it in Eva's face.
- Shake your arms out. - Come on, relax.
- My... don't worry about it. - Don't worry about it.
- It's okay. - Eva.
Eva... frustration really setting in.
Keep breathing.
Looks like such a silly little game
until you're the one responsible.
- Go. - Now you got to stop it, stop it, stop it.
Correct fast.
Eva drops again.
You got this, Eva.
Chrissy at a critical spot.
Got to get around this corner.
You got this, Chrissy.
Chrissy could tie it up right here.
Just take your time.
- And she does. Let's go, civa. - Yes.
Keep moving. We are tied.
Eva feeling it now for lagi.
Tell yourself you can do it.
Say that to yourself right now. Say, "I can do this."
- I can do it. - You can do this.
Say it. You can do it. Say, "I can do it."
- You can do it. - Say, "I can do it."
- Slow. - Sai at the halfway point.
Will it be civa or will it be lagi?
- Just take a second. - You can do this.
You can do this.
Eva, you've been close a lot.
- Keep bearing down. - Listen to him.
You got this.
Eva with a nice job.
Eva halfway. Wow.
Eva two thirds of the way through.
It's Eva in the lead now for lagi.
Tiny little movements.
Eva's very close now to winning this for lagi.
This is a dangerous spot.
- Can Eva do it? And she does! - Yes!
No quit in survivor!
Eva pulls it out for lagi,
sending civa to tribal council,
where somebody will be the fifth person
voted out of survivor 48.
That was an epic finish.
You can do anything, girl!
- Wow. - You got it.
You got it.
You did it.
You're a rock star.
- We got you here. - Come on, girl. I'm proud of you.
Eva.
Your dad's gonna be so proud. You did it. You did it.
You did it.
Breathe. Breathe.
I'm proud of you.
Under pressure, too.
Joe, you want to give her a hug?
Remember. Remember.
Remember.
Squeeze my hand really hard.
Yeah.
Okay. Okay.
Shh... Shh.
Thank you.
Shh.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay?
Yeah.
Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Okay.
I'm good. I'm good. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Vula, congratulations.
For the first time this season,
green has the immunity idol,
and I will return your flint
so you can get some fire going.
Lagi.
Come get it, Eva.
You earned it.
So, can we talk about
what happened at the end of the challenge?
'Cause I think this is a sign
of where survivor is when it's great.
Normally, when a challenge ends,
we keep the tribes separated.
But I think everybody here saw
that something really powerful was happening.
Eva was struggling, emotionally struggling.
Clearly, there was a connection with a former tribe mate in Joe.
I felt it was okay for me to suggest they hugged,
and I could tell everybody agreed.
But Joe, the other thing that's happening there is
relationships are being revealed. You clearly
have a relationship with Eva that matters to you.
So why was it important for you, Joe,
to reveal part of your game and go give comfort to somebody
who is on the other tribe?
Jeff, you know, all my kids watching me
I'm gonna be the man I want them to be
and the people I want them to be, regardless of the game.
And that's what you do. And that's who I am.
So if it exposes it, it exposes,
but she was in need, and I would want someone
to treat my daughter that way in this game.
For sure. For sure, Joe.
Absolutely.
Eva, what was happening for you?
Yeah. I'm-I'm ready to tell my story to everybody.
This is something
that's really, really important to me.
I have autism.
I was diagnosed when I was very, very young.
Doctors told my parents
that I would never live independently,
that I would never hold a job, that at most,
I could hope to marry someone else with autism.
And my parents... they did not give up on me,
and they put me through so many different treatments
to help me get all the support that I needed.
And I was able to
then enter school and be mainstream.
So I've never viewed my autism as a roadblock to success.
It's not something to work around.
It's just part of who I am.
There's nothing bad about it.
But I still have so many things
that I struggle with, with my autism.
I have these things called "episodes" where,
when I get extremely overstimulated,
I will get ungrounded,
and I'll lose control of myself.
And luckily, I was able to still finish the challenge.
I can't believe I finished it.
I can't believe that happened.
But when I did finish it, all of a sudden,
everything just came over me,
and I got extremely overwhelmed,
and I started screaming, and everyone saw that.
And I know nobody else knew what was going on, but Joe knew,
because I needed someone in this game
to understand what was going on
in case something happened.
And that means the world to me, and that's beyond this game.
We're on different teams,
but he was willing to make sure that I was okay.
Please, let's take a step away from the game
and understand that this is something
that I deal with, with my autism.
And everyone who has autism should not be ashamed
to ask for help and ashamed to receive it.
So, thank you all for allowing this to happen,
allowing him to come and help me,
and just supporting me in this.
Thank you. Thanks.
Eva, it takes so much courage to play survivor for anybody.
But for you to come out here knowing
something like this might happen
and then be brave enough to share your story
because there is a young girl or boy, just like you,
watching right now going, "hey, mom, hey, dad..."
Now you got me.
I'm a parent, too.
And I do see it, and...
Wow, this has never happened.
But I see it, too, and it's why I love survivor.
- Thank you. - I really do.
I-I like that, you know,
Joe may end up blindsiding you or you him.
- Who knows? - Yeah. Yeah.
But in this moment,
it's possible to have all of this work.
All right, vula, lagi, no tribal council.
I've cried enough.
Grab your stuff. Head out.
Enjoy the night off.
Good job, guys. Good job.
Good job, guys.
Great job, guys.
All right, civa, tribal council tonight.
Somebody will be the fifth person voted out
of survivor 48. As a penalty for losing,
got to take your flint.
You're killing me, Jeff. You're killing me.
Thanks, cedrek. Sorry, Chrissy.
You'll have a chance to earn it back at the next challenge.
Grab your stuff, head out.
See you tonight at tribal council.
It's hard to shift from Eva
being super vulnerable and telling so many people
her real-life struggles
that she has to bring into this game and deal with,
"immediately into," well, now I'm going to tribal,
and nobody knows that I don't have a vote."
And I need to get out of tribal alive.
This was your moment. Yeah. Thank you.
- You made Jeff cry! - I know.
- I was like... - You made Jeff cry!
I really appreciate you guys all being so supportive
- and just being... - We're so proud of you.
I never doubted you for a second.
You finished it. You won it.
I knew that there would come a point
in this game where I would have an episode.
And now that I've gotten over the biggest reveal
that I have, I don't feel embarrassed,
because everyone around me was so understanding.
They're nodding, they're looking at me not with pity,
but seeing that I'm strong.
And I felt so accepted.
I've never, like, hated myself for having autism.
This is special about me - special about...
- And I'm gonna, like, work with it. - Yeah. Yeah.
Eva, just, thank you for sharing your story.
- Yeah. - For real.
There's so many people who have autism
and they see it as a problem, they see it,
something that's wrong with them.
Nothing is wrong with you.
It's part of who you are.
And I hope that that's the message
that I can get across here.
Everything I've done in my life, I've found success in,
and no one would have believed that
when I was a little kid.
And I hope
that the parents of kids with autism can look at their kid
and see a little bit of me,
and hopefully, that my story can inspire them to believe
that their kid is an amazing human.
You handled that really well, man.
- I'm proud of you. - Yeah. Yeah.
- My god. - I'm proud of you.
And you definitely gave somebody else struggling
to say, "hey, I have autism"
- or "I'm on the spectrum." - Yeah. My god.
- Eva, that could be... - You're making 'em feel like,
"yeah, I can do anything. I can be whatever,
- "it is not... - Thank you.
I'm not alone!"
Also, that's gonna teach parents, I think.
- Don't give up. That's legit. - Yeah.
And you being strong enough to encourage it... I...
Like, Eva, bro, you're really a motivation.
- Thank you. - And I just want you to know
- that I'm on... listen. - Thank you.
- I'm on your side. - Thank you so much.
- I'm on your side. - Yeah.
This game just makes you feel all types
of so much emotions.
For me, it all just started making sense,
because I can relate, 100%.
I have family members on the spectrum.
So, with that being said,
I understand her completely.
I go off of trust and loyalty and what I think is friendship.
And today I just had to take a step back and say,
"let me be open."
All right, y'all, I want to play a clean game, and in order
to play a clean game, you got to tell the truth.
I have the beware advantage.
- Ooh! - Really?
I knew it! I asked you about it.
My god. You're such a good liar.
You have it now?
I have it. I just don't know how to do it.
We've known since, like, day three that star had
a scroll, cylinder thing of some sort
that has letters and symbols based on the animal signs.
- Could it be... - Yeah. - "I."
Once she's revealed it,
we all go on a walk around the jungle
trying to decode what her scroll says.
- That's an "s." - Star couldn't figure out
this beware advantage.
And so, naturally, she comes to everyone and says,
"I have this beware advantage.
- I need to figure this out." - "L."
So there's a lot of options going through my head.
I see the "I," I see the "n,"
I see the "I," I see the "e," I see the "t."
I see the "s." What does it mean?
I don't know,
but I want to be the first to figure it out.
Wait. I have an idea.
Once I found out that this is what needed to be done,
I was like, "I am going to figure this out."
I had some good guesses with "inlets" and "listen."
Or like, an "est" word. "Linest."
I just keep swapping the letters around,
and finally, I stumbled across the word...
Silent?
- Silent. - Ooh, yeah.
I did it. I did it, I did it!
I did it! I did it!
- My god! - Eva! Yes! Yes!
What a day for Eva.
- Yes. - Nice job.
It was "silent." It was "silent." Silent.
Wow.
That was not a silent celebration, though.
No.
That's awesome.
- My god. - That's crazy.
Wow.
This is a big day.
I gave Eva the idol because she opened it,
so she earned it.
Kind of like a truce.
Let's work together. Me and you took 11 days,
but here we are.
Hey, no better time than now.
- Star, that's super nice. - That's awesome.
That was amazing. We all... This is for all of us.
- This is for... - Let's go. Let's go.
Star has given me her idol, which is huge.
I never would have seen this change of events.
I have an idol,
I have a new ally in star. Everything
is coming together, and it's just...
Like, I know survivor has ups and downs,
but I didn't realize they would come this close together.
That's this game, and I feel stronger
coming out of this than anything.
Like, I feel supported,
and I feel just ready to get after it.
Yes!
Yes, yes, yes.
- Let's get that going. - Yeah.
Ooh, what a tough one, guys,
but everybody did great.
- We were so close. - Each person...
You guys, you did a great job.
I mean, I practiced swimming,
but I never practiced swimming
with a boat on my back, you know?
That was wild.
Can't say that I have, either.
Knowing I'm going to my first tribal is absolute dread.
I have a pit in my stomach.
How do I convince them that I have power and a say
when I don't have a vote?
This is a predicament.
Thank you, Jeff. Like, this is hard.
But I think I have a plan.
Can I be really honest with you?
- Yeah. - I'm just gonna throw it all on the table,
'cause I really like you and I really want to work with you.
- Like, I mean it. - Yeah.
They have been telling me they want sai out.
- Mitch and Chrissy? - Right.
But it makes more sense for me to work with you two.
I know that Chrissy and sai are butting heads.
Like, they're annoyed with each other.
So my plan is
pitting the two sides against each other.
Yeah, very.
- I don't know who to trust. - Okay.
But the numbers that make sense for me are voting Chrissy.
By pitting these two sides against each other,
we have two votes that go on Chrissy,
we have two votes that go on sai,
and then there are no more votes.
And when you revote, I'm not up for debate.
It's only going to be a vote
for either Chrissy or sai.
These are just risks I have to take.
Like, I don't have a vote.
I'm writing Chrissy. I'm not wavering.
And-and... yeah. Yeah.
I think they're pulling him in.
That's what I also am worried about.
- Like... - cedrek is loyal to a fault.
He will go where the numbers are
as long as it's not him.
Cedrek, a lot of the times, feels like that dog
that almost doesn't know how to walk on a leash,
that you're, like, dragging down the street
and you're still trying to train him to walk,
but for some reason, he's just not game to do it.
But on this beach,
for the sake of getting to the merge,
I am locked in with cedrek and Bianca.
But I'm not a dummy.
Cedrek voted for me twice.
If he can do it once, he can do it again.
Have you been thinking?
If we come back tomorrow, and we have another challenge,
like, who do we want here so we don't go again?
Very true.
This is all gonna lie on you, cedrek.
I hate to put it all on your shoulders.
Well, not your vote, but, you know, we're...
We want to go sai, and I know you don't want to hurt her.
No, no. No, no, I get it.
As much as I would like to get rid of sai,
it's not quite time to shake that tree yet,
because at this point,
sai is probably the next person
that I trust the most other than myself.
- Like, have you. - We have you. Yeah.
If you stay with her, you have no one.
That way, you have options moving forward.
- Okay. - Okay?
Seems like we got cedrek on board.
I absolutely trust him.
He's not the type of person
that will look you in the eye and lie.
If he sticks with sai, he's out of his mind.
You got to let it go to play the game, you know?
Yeah.
- Yes. - What?
- She's going. - Okay.
- Go ahead. Go ahead. - Okay.
So Mitch and Chrissy
actually did loop cedrek into this plan
and told him we want to vote sai out.
This is great.
Mitch, Chrissy, cedrek all vote sai.
No one ever knows I don't have a vote.
Chrissy just came up to me and said,
"cedrek is voting sai."
I wish I could tell cedrek, "I don't have a vote.
Can you guys all please vote for sai and keep me here?"
But I can't do it.
I cannot trust that they won't just be like,
"well, why are we keeping her here instead of you?
Like, let's just get rid of you then."
- Let me ask you this. - Yes.
Are you trying to work with sai in the future?
At some point, it's gonna be a liability.
Right.
So, no, that's not, like, my end goal, because
- I'm still not sure she... - Is a...
- Trusts me all the way. - Yeah.
Because I've written her name down.
Once scorned, it's hard for...
- Right. - To kind of bounce back from that.
But for now, I'm writing Chrissy's name down.
- Yeah. - Okay.
Cedrek says he is actually voting for Chrissy.
That means it's a tie vote
between Chrissy and sai.
My god!
This game is out of control.
Right now, my plan is that we get to tribal,
Mitch and Chrissy are voting sai,
sai and cedrek are voting Chrissy,
we have to do a revote.
And then I'm banking on the fact
that cedrek is going to flip and vote for sai.
I'll be really, really proud of myself
if I make it through tonight, but it does worry me
because I'm gonna have a lot of damage control
to do when I get home.
"Tomorrow, cedrek's gonna think, "Bianca's a class a liar.
She lied through her teeth to all of us."
So... My gut says keep it to myself,
and then my second gut says tell cedrek.
- Can I tell you something? - Okay.
The only reason I'm telling you this
is because I'm trying to build some trust with you.
Okay.
Like, if you run back and have a conversation with sai,
- look, I won't. - I will be so... Okay.
I'm freaking out 'cause I didn't want to tell anyone.
- No, you're fine. - But we're...
We're, like, really trying to work together?
- Yes. - You swear?
Yes.
I don't have a vote.
- Really? - Yes.
Yes.
The reason I'm telling you this
is because sai was going home tonight.
- That's why I'm telling you. - Yeah. Right.
So, I really hope you can just respect
that I told you the truth
- yeah. Okay. Yeah. - Beforehand,
- and just go with the plan - okay. - And vote sai.
Okay.
To get this type of information just minutes before
we're going to tribal council
it puts so many wheels spinning in my head,
because if I stay silent,
I can go along with this plan and vote out sai
or I could turn this all around back on Bianca.
In one way, I'm feeling relieved that I feel like
I actually know all the information.
I just have to decide which one of these options
makes the most sense for me and the people
that I've come to trust in this game.
If this is your first time to tribal, grab a torch,
dip it in and get fire.
This is part of the ritual at tribal council,
because in this game, fire represents your life.
When your fire is gone, so are you.
So, cedrek, of the five tribal councils,
you and sai have been to four of them.
Arguably, you've spent as much time at tribal
as you have at a tribe camp.
So do you become smarter about how
to use tribal to your advantage?
I mean, it's a gift that you don't expect to get.
It's understanding the bleakness of the situation,
and that experience allows you to be that much more wiser
to fight in this game another day.
Sai, you were nodding during that.
Yes, you inherently know what to expect,
but you also know what to look out for.
You make sure that you're looking at
who's walking away with who, you follow up
on the conversations you feel like you needed to follow up on
earlier in the day, whereas somebody who's never been before
might not capitalize on that time.
So, Chrissy, what is the tribe dynamic?
You have three different tribes represented.
Sai and cedrek, you and Mitch, and Bianca.
Right. It's a two-two-one.
You would think that it would be an easy vote.
What would be the easy vote?
Well, the easy vote
would be the-the one, obviously.
Cedrek, is it fair to say that Bianca
is in the center of this storm
- or is that too simple? - Well, literally,
we have her sitting in the center
of this situation right now.
But I think it's a bit more complex than that.
I mean, on the outside, you can certainly look at this
and say, "here's our target."
But we know survivor is way more complex than that.
Mitch, do you agree with that?
Yes, if you look at the five of us,
it makes sense to get Bianca out of this game.
But we've seen enough seasons
where the underdog tribe has an incredible shot
at doing really well in this game.
Sai, he's talking about you and cedrek.
You lose, you lose, you lose,
you lose, but for those few who survive all the losses,
a bond can form that can be very strong.
Bonds aren't always forever.
Sometimes there's cracks
where people who are actually good players
can slither their way in to things.
I think tonight is gonna be a true test to see
who's been having the conversations that not only
make people feel good but also feel genuine.
That's really important.
So, Bianca, Mitch mentioned
that maybe the smart thing is taking you out.
Yeah. I'm sitting here terrified.
And it makes sense.
All I can say is someone's at the bottom of four.
If one of you use me, that's a three.
- And that's the pitch. - Cedrek,
it's a pretty clean pitch.
- That's certainly one option. - It's just a matter
of which option do you take at the right time,
making sure it gets you further into this game.
So, how do you balance the complexity
of reevaluating and looking at these options?
I mean, it could be something as simple as a glance
that can make you question an alliance
that you thought you had, and it's not always
the big, open thing that you see.
It's the small nuances that can make a difference
in how you proceed and play this game.
Mitch, ring true to you
sometimes it's just a head nod?
Honestly, I have no idea.
I've never been here before, Jeff.
But relationships matter in survivor.
You got to trust the conversations that you had
up to this point.
Chrissy, did you have a conversation with Bianca
about this idea of, "why don't you just take me?"
Yes, we did. Whether she,
you know, is lying or telling the truth, I don't know.
I think we might have something,
but I have a paranoia, you can call it.
Hopefully, you know, my gut
tells me the right way to go.
Sai, Chrissy's speaking the same language you speak,
which is, "I hear everybody talking,
but something in my belly's rumbling."
Yeah, she's saying my favorite word: "Gut."
Trusting your gut in this game is important.
But trusting your gut in a game where you don't have all
of the information that you need can sometimes be dangerous.
And I've been on the receiving end of that.
And it backfired.
So, is that a warning
to Chrissy, or is that just some friendly advice to consider?
I think it's more friendly advice to consider.
I'll consider it.
Just saying. But we'll find out soon enough
who was looking you in the eye and lying and who wasn't.
Bianca, this, emotionally, feels like you all are
in a small room to begin with,
and slowly, the walls are closing in
and you're all trying your best to not panic
that you're gonna get the life squeezed out of you.
Yeah. You know, you have
the conversations you have
and you try to hold on and push against the wall
- right. - And just think, "I'm gonna be good."
But it's human nature. You second-guess.
I feel like I have 16 guts I've been relying on.
It makes me just hope that
whoever I had those conversations with
trusts what I said.
All right, it is time to vote. Sai, you're up.
I just can't have a dynamic duo
making it too far into this game.
My god, this is so cool.
I'll go tally the votes.
If anybody has an advantage or an idol
and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.
All right, I'll read the votes.
Sai.
Chrissy.
One vote sai, one vote Chrissy.
Bianca.
One vote sai, one vote Chrissy,
one vote Bianca, one vote left.
Fifth person voted out of survivor 48...
Bianca.
What the... Need to bring me your torch.
I'm so sorry, Bianca.
Bianca, the tribe has spoken.
God.
- Time for you to go. - Thank you.
- Good luck, you guys. Have fun. - Bye.
We love you.
Grab your torches. Head back to camp.
Good night.
Boy.
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We're getting all the strong people together.
She will gaslight you.
It's gonna be absolute chaos.
I'm realizing what a dumb decision I made.
I just screwed up. I trusted the wrong people
and I made the wrong choice.
I've been watching this show since I was eight,
so to come out here and play this game
that I love so much... this was
an adventure of a lifetime.
I am proud of myself for all of the fight I put up,
but I'm devastated.
I just wanted to play so much longer.