Jeff: (Narrating)
Previously on Survivor: .
Dan was gone,
and Lora was becoming fed up with the unreliable Kevin. Amanda formed
a game plan that involved taking Will to the Final Two, but Will was reluctant
to go along. The Survivors grew increasingly homesick, and at the
Reward Challenge, they got to see their loved ones. Will won reward
and got to bring his brother Jake back to camp. With some prodding
from Jake, Will joined Amanda's alliance. After Sylvia won immunity,
Amanda attempted to pull Lora into the new voting bloc. Lora, however,
turned on her voting partner and warned Kris and Sylvia of the plot.
Sylvia was upset with Will, but couldn't bring herself to vote against
him at Tribal Council, which resulted in a 3 - 3 tie between Will and Kris.
When neither side would budge in the revote, it was Kevin who was taken
out by the yellow rock of doom. .
Only five are
left. Tonight, one more will go home.
Theme
Song
Smallwood
.
(The sun
rises over Camp Smallwood. In the early twilight, Amanda rises and
exits the
shelter to
go run. Kris turns over and watches her run off. He groans
to himself)
.
Kris: (to himself)
Might as well get up...
.
Kris: (Narrating)
Last night's Council was the worse one yet. Will and Amanda had devised
a plan to rid themselves of me, and it almost worked. It all came
down to a random tie-breaker, where that d*** yellow rock took out my strongest
ally in this game. With Kevin's unfortunate departure, my side is
now down two to three. I really see no way to keep myself in this
game now, barring immunity. .
(Kris walks
out to the fire and begins to stir at it. The morning passes, and
Will and Amanda
go through
their exercise routines. In the shelter, Lora sits by herself, looking
quite depressed)
.
Lora: (Narrating)
This game really sucks. No matter which side I vote with, the other
side always seems to win. Why do I always have to be in the
minority? I mean, it was complete luck who would go last night, and
in the end, Kevin drew the unlucky rock. (smiles slightly)
I guess it kinda makes sense in a way... Kevin was such a random
guy that it was only fair for him to go out randomly like that. (sighs)
What am I gonna do? .
(Lora continues
to sit and feel sorry for herself. Will enters the shelter
and starts
rummaging through his backpack. He notices Lora)
.
Will: So,
Kevin, huh?
.
Lora: (firmly) Go
away, Will.
.
Will: OK,
then.
.
(Will takes
his Bible from his pack and exits the shelter)
.
Will: (Narrating)
So, Lora's still bitter with me. She really feels betrayed
by my forming that alliance with Kris. I really would like to try
to reconcile with her, but every time I attempt to talk to her about anything
but survival, she completely shuts me out. I'm trying my hardest
to be civil with her, but until she opens up a bit, there's really nothing
I can do. .
(Will has
a seat on a crate and begins reading his Bible. Shift focus
to the background,
where Sylvia's throwing rocks out into the ocean)
.
Sylvia: (Narrating)
Last night was huge for me! All throughout this game, I've
been analyzing everyone else, and yet I've never really taken the time
to analyze myself. You see, my loyalties have been split between
two guys, Will and Kris. I like them both a lot, but like so many
relationships in life, they were mutually exclusive. I had to make
a choice between the two of them at some point, and last night, I chose
Will. This was a huge personal breakthrough for me.
I know that Kris is going to be upset, but saving Will was something I
had to do for me. For better or worse, Will and I are going to be
friends until the bitter end. .
(Will picks
up a flat rock and attempts to skip it.
When it hits
the water, it sinks instead of bouncing)
.
Sylvia: (laughs)
That was pathetic!
.
Will: Eh.
Bad throw.
.
Sylvia: Got
that right. (picking up a rock) Here, try again.
.
(Will accepts
the rock from Sylvia and skips it. It
bounces several
times and splashes in far out at sea)
.
Sylvia: There
you go!
.
Will: Much
better.
.
(Will and
Sylvia smile at each other)
.
Will: Thanks
for saving me last night.
.
Sylvia: You're
my friend, Will. I wasn't about to abandon you.
.
Will: I know.
And it means a lot to me.
.
Sylvia: Yeah,
it means a lot to me, too.
.
(Will and
Sylvia smile for a moment, then exchange a hug. Amanda watches from
a distance)
.
Amanda: (Narrating)
Will and Sylvia are a tighter unit than ever, and after last night, I'm
stuck as the third wheel in their alliance. If I continue to vote
with them, they'll use me to pick off Kris and Lora, then drop me at third
place. And as much as I dislike this arrangement, I have to stick
with them and try to win Immunity at third place. The only
way I can take this game is if I'm sitting next to Will at the Final Two,
so I just have to accept the risks that come with this plan of mine. .
(Amanda approaches
Will and Sylvia, who continue to chuck rocks into the ocean)
.
Will: Hey
there, Duh! Join us!
.
Amanda: OK.
.
Sylvia: Think
you can out throw me?
.
Amanda: I
don't know... My arm's not bad.
.
Sylvia: Ha!
Prepare for a repeat of the last immunity challenge.
.
(Amanda and
Sylvia try to out throw each other as Will looks on
bemusedly.
Kris watches the three for a moment, then walks away)
.
Kris: (Narrating)
As much as it pains me to say it, Sylvia can never be trusted again.
I was merely playing her at first in an attempt to overthrow Will, but
over time, I've truly come to like the girl. She's made her
choice, however, and it wasn't me. With only five people left, I've
run fresh out of allies. Perhaps the time has come for me to accept
my fate. Fifth place isn't bad for someone in the minority clan,
I suppose, but I had really hoped to take my game to the end. .
(Filler shot.
A moose nibbles at the grass. A fox comes trotting out of the forest
and slinks
towards the
moose. The moose notices it and bellows. The fox shrieks and
scampers away.
.
Will, Sylvia,
and Amanda re-enter camp)
.
Sylvia: Once
again, Sylvia the Great triumphs!
.
Amanda: Yeah..
yeah..
.
(Sylvia laughs
as Amanda walks away)
.
Will: Guess
we'd better start working on lunch.
.
Sylvia: Yeah.
.
Will: I'll
get the water boiling. You get "the weed."
.
Sylvia: (laughs)
OK.
.
(Sylvia begins
to exit camp. She notices Kris sitting by himself on the beach)
.
Sylvia: Hey
Kris. You wanna help me look for food?
.
Kris: Oh,
I'm sorry, Sylvia. I have other tasks I must do.
.
(Kris gets
up and walks away. Sylvia looks troubled. The sun rises high
in the sky
as Sylvia
goes out to find food. Later, the group sits down around the fire
to eat)
.
Lora: Where's
Kris?
.
Amanda: I
haven't seen him all morning.
.
Sylvia: He
said he had something to do.
.
Will: Well,
he's missing this delicious meal. His loss.
.
(Sylvia politely
laughs, but scans the horizons for signs of Kris)
.
Sylvia: (Narrating)
I knew Kris would be upset with me, but I hadn't realized that he'd avoid
me altogether. I guess it's just part of his avoidant conflict management
style. .
(The group
finishes their meal. After lunch, Lora and Sylvia go for Tree Mail)
.
Lora: This
is our last reward, right?
.
Sylvia: Yeah,
I think so.
.
(Sylvia pulls
out the message)
.
Sylvia: Let's
hope it's a good one. (reading) Nineteen challenges
You've been through
We hope you've learned
A thing or two
.
If you can do
What you've done before
Some sweet transportation
Could be yours
Oh cool! I
think this is for a car!
.
Lora: All
right! Maybe I can at least walk away from this game with something
to show for it...
Reward
Challenge: Sucha 2002 II
(The Survivors
walk onto a sandy beach, where Jeff is waiting)
.
Jeff: All
right guys. You've been out here 34 days. Covered a lot of
ground, experienced a lot of things, hopefully with very few regrets.
But I know there's one or two challenges you wouldn't mind getting
another shot at.
.
Today's reward challenge
combines elements of several previous challenges. You'll begin by
throwing hatchets at five hanging pots. One of them contains a key.
Once you break the pot with the key, you'll pick it up and sprint
down the beach, where you'll find a small treasure chest buried in the
sand. Dug it up and unlock it. Inside, you'll find another
hatchet. Use it to chop through the rope tethering down a nearby
balloon. Once the balloon is released, take the empty chest and place
it on your scale. You'll need to fill the other side of the scale
with small rocks until it balances out. When it does, a flag will
raise. That's your cue to walk across the ocean on your balance beam.
If you fall in, you'll have to start over. Once you make it across
the beam, you'll run through a small maze. First person to make it
out of the maze wins reward.
.
I know how tiring
34 days is. I hope you find the reward worthy of a very long challenge.
(calling) Captain Tony! Bring it over!
.
(Captain
Tony Caker sails towards the shore in his boat, TheGilgamesh.
Strapped
the back is a sporty red car. The Survivors gasp in awe)
.
Will: Now
that is a nice car.
.
Jeff: There's
your reward! On the back of that boat is a new Porshe fully loaded
with all the extras. You guys can enjoy your reward when you get
home. All right guys, take your spots, let's go.
.
(The Survivors
take their spots. They each have a table covered in
hatchets
and a grouping of five clay pots hanging about ten feet in front of them)
.
Jeff: Here
we go. Survivors ready? (doing the arm thing) Go!
.
(At Jeff's
go, the Survivors begin chucking hatchets. Kris
throws one
and shatters a pot, but no key falls out)
.
Kris: Drat!
.
(Lora throws
a pathetic miss)
.
Lora: Dangit!
.
(Will and
Amanda throw misses. Sylvia nails a pot, and a key clinks to the
ground)
.
Sylvia: Woo!
.
Jeff: Sylvia!
You can move on.
.
(Sylvia runs
and grabs the key. She sprints down the beach. The others keep
throwing. Kris shatters
a second
pot, but still gets no key. Amanda and Lora miss. Will shatters
his first pot and gets nothing.
.
Sylvia arrives
at a mound of sand and starts digging with her hands.
.
Kris nails
a third pot, but still finds nothing)
.
Kris: Come
on!
.
(Lora and
Will miss. Amanda nails a pot, and a key falls out)
.
Jeff: Amanda,
movin' on to the next leg!
.
(Amanda grabs
the key and heads for the sand mounds. Sylvia's already
got a large
portion of her chest uncovered as Amanda arrives and starts digging.
.
Back at the
pots, Kris breaks his fourth pot and is finally rewarded
with a key.
Seconds after, Will nails one and also gets a key)
.
Jeff: Kris!
Will! Move on to the chests!
.
(Jeff runs
along the two as the sprint down the beach to the mounds of sand.
Sylvia's
almost done. Amanda's got about half of her chest uncovered)
.
Jeff: Still
anyone's game!
.
(The four
continue to dig. Back at the pots, Lora has yet to break one)
.
Lora: I hated
this game the first time, and I still do!
.
(Sylvia calls
Jeff over to look at her chest)
.
Sylvia: Am
I done?
.
Jeff: You're
good. Unlock it!
.
(Sylvia unlocks
the chest and pulls out a small hatchet)
.
Jeff: Sylvia's
moving on to the balloons!
.
(The others
sigh and continue digging. Amanda's almost done, and Will
and Kris
are tight. Sylvia runs down the beach to a grouping of balloons)
.
Sylvia: Here
goes.
.
(Sylvia runs
up to one of the tethers, which is a very thick rope, and
begins hacking
at it with her hatchet. Amanda finishes digging)
.
Amanda: Jeff!
.
Jeff: Open
it.
.
(As Amanda
unlocks the chest, Will and Kris also finish)
.
Jeff: You
guys are good too. This is very tight!
.
(Amanda,
Will, and Kris unlock their chests and pull out the hatchets. They
run down the
beach towards
Sylvia. She strikes a final blow to her tether, and the balloon is freed)
.
Sylvia: Gotta
go back!
.
(Sylvia passes
the others as she runs back to her chest. Will runs up to a tether
and does
an impressive
spin move, striking a blow to the chord that nearly severs it. Kris
and
Amanda make
more delicate strokes. Another massive hack, and Will's balloon is
free)
.
Will: Woo!
.
(Will runs
back towards his chest. Sylvia arrives at her chest and shrieks when
she sees
Will coming.
She lugs it up and starts towards her scale. Will grabs his chest
just seconds
after and
follows her. Kris and Amanda make progress on freeing their balloons.
.
Back at the
pots, Lora lands her first hit)
.
Lora: Yes!
.
(There's
nothing in it, but Lora celebrates regardless. Will and Sylvia arrive
at their scales and
set their
empty chests in the trays. They scatter and begin gathering armloads
of rocks.
.
Kris frees
his balloon, and Amanda does the same seconds later. They head back
to their chests)
.
Jeff: Will
and Sylvia tied for the lead. Kris and Amanda coming in close behind!
.
(Will comes
back to his scale and dumps an armload of rocks in. The treasure
chest rises quite a bit, but
not enough
to balance and cause the flag to rise. Sylvia dumps her load, which
isn't nearly as big as Will's)
.
Jeff: Keep
going guys! You need more rocks.
.
(Kris and
Amanda arrive on the scene, lugging their chests. They place
them on their
scales and run off to gather rocks. Will arrives with another
armload.
He dumps the rocks in, and the rock side of the scale becomes heavier)
.
Will: Too
many...
.
(Will begins
removing rocks one by one. Sylvia arrives back with another load
of rocks. Her scale gets
closer to
balance. Kris arrives with a huge armload that almost balances his
scale. Amanda arrives at her
scale with
a smaller armload. Will removes a final rock, and his scale is balanced.
A flag rises)
.
Jeff: Will!
On to the balance beam!
.
(Will sprints
down the beach, where five balance beams make a bridge out to a sand spit.
He jumps on and
starts to
slowly move across. Back at the scales, Sylvia and Kris arrive with
more rocks. They both tip the
balance in
favor of the rocks and have to start removing them. Kris achieves
balance and his flag raises)
.
Jeff: Kris!
.
(Kris runs
to the balance beam. Will's about halfway across, but he's looking
shaky.
Kris hops on his balance beam and starts rushing across.
He loses
his balance and falls in. This distracts Will, who also falls in)
.
Jeff: Guys!
Back to the start.
.
(Will and
Kris swim through the ocean back to the start of
their beams.
Sylvia achieves balance and gets a flag)
.
Jeff: Sylvia!
.
(Sylvia sprints
to the beams. She arrives just as Will and Kris get back onto their
beams.
The three
start walking across simultaneously. Will's slow and unsteady and
falls
behind.
Kris and Sylvia are neck and neck, but then Kris begins to lose his balance
and has
to stop to
steady himself. Sylvia runs the last few steps and jumps off the
beam onto dry land)
.
Sylvia: Woo!
.
(Sylvia runs
into the entrance of a burlap maze. Will and Kris continue across
their beams.
Amanda
finally achieves balance and runs to join them. Lora has given up
at this point)
.
Lora: (sighs) Would
have been nice to win that car...
.
(Sylvia hits
a dead end and groans in frustration. Will finishes the balance
beam as Amanda
and Kris close in on him. He sprints into the maze)
(At that,
Sylvia turns a corner and finds the exit. She runs out and meets
Jeff)
.
Jeff: Sylvia!
.
(Seconds
later, Will comes running out of the maze)
.
Will: So close!
.
Jeff: I don't
think that could have been closer! Very nice work!
.
Sylvia: (Out of
breath) Thanks.
.
Jeff: Let's
go have a look at your new ride.
.
Sylvia: (to Will)
My new ride. I like the sound of that.
.
(Will just
grins and shakes his head. Captain Tony pulls his boat
into the
beach, where all of the Survivors have assembled)
.
Jeff: Let's
go aboard, shall we?
.
(Jeff leads
the Survivors towards the cabin)
.
Sylvia: Why
are we going to the cabin? My car's on deck.
.
Jeff: Excuse
me? Your car?
.
(Jeff breaks
out into a broad grin)
.
Jeff: Oh,
you thought that was your reward? Now way! That's my
car. What you win is Captain Tony's boat.
.
Sylvia: What?
.
Captain: The
Gilgamesh?
.
Jeff: That's
right.
.
Captain: You
can't take my boat!
.
Jeff: Hey
pal, you signed a contract. We could take your firstborn son if we
wanted.
.
Sylvia: But
you said I was getting a car!
.
Jeff: No.
I never said that.
.
(Lora starts
laughing uncontrollably. Sylvia shoots her an angry glance)
.
Jeff: Now,
what do you say? You wanna give these guys a ride home?
.
Sylvia: I
guess.
.
(Cut to an
exterior shot of the boat. It starts up and moves away from
Challenge
Beach. Jeff throws Captain Tony overboard as it speeds away)
.
Tony: B******s...
Smallwood
.
(Cut to Smallwood
beach. Sylvia's boat speeds towards the shore. Cut back to
inside the
cabin.
Sylvia's piloting the ship, and by the looks of it, she's going to run
it aground)
.
Will: Whoa,
reduce speed there, captain!
.
Kris: Yes,
we wouldn't want to run aground.
.
Sylvia: Yeah...
I guess it'd be a shame to wreck this awesome boat.
.
Lora: (laughs)
Oh yeah, that would be horrible.
.
Sylvia: OK,
let me see how close I can get this...
.
(The boat
closes in on the shore. Suddenly, there's a loud scratching sound)
.
Sylvia: And
I guess that's the shore...
.
(Lora starts
laughing hysterically)
.
Lora: Land
ho!
.
Will: Shot,
vick.
.
(The Survivors
climb out of the boat and wade to shore. Lora
and Sylvia
come in side by side, laughing all the while)
.
Lora: (in pirate
voice) Arrr! Coble beach off the starboard bow!
.
Sylvia: (in pirate
voice) Shiver me timbers, matey! We've run aground!
.
(The girls
bust up laughing as everyone else scatters away)
.
Sylvia: (Narrating)
That reward was such a joke! I worked my butt off thinking I was
going to get a car, but I ended up with a rickety old boat instead. (laughs)
I guess it serves me right for making assumptions. But come on!
They showed us the car! .
Lora: (Narrating)
Sylvia winning that crappy old boat was hilarious! I couldn't
stop teasing her about it. She knows I'm just kidding around, though.
Sylvia's such a cool girl. .
(Lora and
Sylvia sit by the fire to dry themselves off)
.
Lora: So,
what are you gonna do with your boat?
.
Sylvia: I
don't know. I'll probably sell it.
.
Lora: (distressed)
No! You can't do that!
.
Sylvia: Why
not?
.
Lora: Because
you'd end up having to pay someone to take it.
.
(Lora and
Sylvia break out laughing. Will
approaches
the fire, and the laughter stops)
.
Will: You
girls dried off yet?
.
Lora: (angrily)
No.
.
(Lora gets
up and stomps off. Will looks at Sylvia)
.
Will: Man!
She really hates me, doesn't she?
.
Sylvia: (sighs)
Unfortunately.
.
Sylvia: (Narrating)
This is so frustrating. I've become such good friends with Lora these
past few days, but I'm also really good friends with Will. I really
wish that they could get along. It gets so old seeing them avoiding
each other all the time. If there's one thing that I'm gonna do before
I leave this island, it's patching up that relationship. .
(Sylvia finds
Lora wrapping Clint's duct tape into a giant ball)
.
Sylvia: Hey
Lora, can you come with me for a sec?
.
Lora: Sure
thing, Sylvia.
.
(Sylvia leads
Lora to a small patch of brush outside of camp)
.
Sylvia: OK
Lora, this is what I wanted to talk to you about.
.
(Will steps
out from the bushes)
.
Lora: (angrily)
Oh no! Uh-uh!
.
(Lora spins
around and starts to walk away)
.
Will: Lora,
would you just come back here and talk to me about all this?
.
Lora: There's
nothing to talk about, Will. Actions speak louder than words.
.
Will: That's
a cliché and you know it.
.
Lora: Did
you ever stop to think that clichés become clichés
because they're true? (pauses) No, you probably don't get that either.
.
(Lora walks
away)
.
Will: (shrugs) I
told you.
.
Sylvia: I'm
sorry. I'll go talk to her.
.
Will: (shakes his
head) Good luck.
.
Will (Narrating)
I can't understand why Lora remains so angry with me for breaking our alliance.
It's not like I haven't broken alliances with everyone else, too.
It's how I'm playing the game. For whatever reason, she can't seem
to see past her own anger and just forgive me, and no amount of meddling
from Sylvia is going to fix that. .
(Sylvia runs
after Lora)
.
Sylvia: Lora!
Wait up!
.
Lora: (turning around)
That was a rotten thing to do to me, Sylvia.
.
Sylvia: What?
I was just trying to help fix you and Will's relationship.
.
Lora: I'm
your friend, Sylvia. Not a psychology project.
.
(Sylvia stops
and sighs)
.
Sylvia: Look,
you've forgiven me. Why can't you forgive Will?
.
Lora: That's
completely different.
.
Sylvia: How?
.
Lora: There's
a whole history there. He said he wouldn't abandon me once, and I
believed him. But then he went and broke up with me. And then
out here, he said he wouldn't abandon me again. Part of me knew that
he was going to break it off somehow, but it was still a shock when
it happened.
.
Sylvia: I
guess I can understand that.
.
Lora: Good.
Now, if you want to stay my friend, you'll drop it.
.
Sylvia: (sighs)
All right.
.
Lora: (Narrating)
I don't know why I can't forgive Will. As Sylvia's told me, it was
just a vote. Voting's part of this game. It's just the fact
that he promised to protect me. I wasn't raised to break promises,
and when someone breaks one to me, I have a hard time dealing with it. .
Sylvia: (Narrating)
I feel like such a failure as a psychologist. I was unable to help
Will and Lora reconcile. Lora's abandonment issues run far too deep,
but at least I made a breakthrough with Lora when she admitted that she
had a problem. I guess that the game's not over yet... Maybe,
just maybe, this thing will fix itself without any more prodding from me. .
(The sun
sets over Camp Smallwood. The night flies by, and soon the morning
sun rises. Kris is awake before anyone else. He stares into
the fire pit and waits for Amanda to wake up)
.
Kris: (Narrating)
If I'm to have any hope of surviving further, I must get Amanda's vote
back. Her deciding to go with Will and Sylvia is a kiss of death
for my game plan. Perhaps if I can make her see that she has no chance
against such a strong twosome, that will change her mind... .
(Amanda comes
out of the shelter. She begins to
stretch in
preparation for her run. Kris walks up to her)
.
Kris: Amanda,
may I speak to you before the others awake?
.
Amanda: (reluctant)
I guess so.
.
Kris: All
right. As you know, the last tribal council was a 3-3 tie.
On one side was Lora, Kevin, and myself. On the other was Will, Sylvia,
and you.
.
Amanda: That's
right.
.
Kris: Amanda,
I'll level with you. If I don't win immunity today, I'm the next
one gone. I need you to come back and vote with me and Lora.
.
Amanda: (shakes
her head) I'm sorry. I can't do that.
.
Kris: Why
not? What loyalty do you have to Will and Sylvia? You and Sylvia
can't stand one another.
.
Amanda: That's
true, but I still have to stick with my alliance.
.
Kris: If you
go with them, they'll just drop you at third place. You know that.
.
Amanda: I'm
aware of that.
.
Kris: If you
come with me, I promise that I'll bring you to the Final Two over Lora.
.
Amanda: I'm
sorry, Kris. I've thought this through. I have to stick with
my plan or I can't win.
.
Kris: You're
sure you can't be persuaded otherwise?
.
Amanda: Yes.
.
Kris: All
right.
.
(Kris walks
away, muttering to himself. Amanda shrugs and takes off running down
the beach)
.
Amanda: (Narrating)
Kris has always been desperate to stay in the game, and even now, when
it seems to be a sure thing that he's next, he continues to fight.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to save yourself, and Kris has played
a really good game. Kris has his own agenda, and I have mine.
If they lined up, I could help him out. But they don't, so I can't. .
(Amanda continues
to run, and the sun rises in the sky. When
Amanda returns,
Will and Sylvia are leaving to gather food)
.
Will: Hey
there, Duh. We're going for food. You wanna come with us?
.
Amanda: Sure.
I guess.
.
Sylvia: (under her
breath) Great.
.
(The three
head out to the meadow to search for food)
.
Sylvia: I
hope we can find something other than chickweed today.
.
Amanda: Yeah...
.
(Sylvia rolls
her eyes at Amanda and walks ahead. She
enters some
bushes and calls back to Will and Amanda)
.
Sylvia: Hey!
Come see what I found.
.
(Will and
Amanda run to the bushes. Sylvia proudly gestures to some berries)
.
Will: Berries!
.
Sylvia: Pretty
good find, huh, Amanda?
.
Amanda: (matter-of-factly)
They're poisonous.
.
Sylvia: What?
How do you know that?
.
Amanda: (rolls her
eyes) Trust me.
.
Sylvia: Why
should I "trust you?" You're not an expert on everything,
you know.
.
Amanda: We
had them back on Platz. They're poisonous.
.
Sylvia: How
do you know they're the same kind?
.
Will: (breaking
in) Girls...
.
Amanda: They're
poisonous. If you eat them, you're gonna regret it.
.
(Amanda turns
around and starts to walk away)
.
Sylvia: Get
back here! I'm not done with you!
.
Amanda: (turning
around) What?
.
Sylvia: Why
do you always run away whenever there's a problem?
.
Amanda: I
just don't want to talk to you when you're like this.
.
Sylvia: (angrily)
"This?" What's "this?"
.
Will: Come
on. Both of you just calm down.
.
Amanda: I'm
going now.
.
(Amanda walks
away. Sylvia stands there and fumes)
.
Sylvia: Argh!
She just makes me so mad!
.
Will: So I
guess the berries are out.
.
Sylvia: Yes.
Stupid know-it-all...
.
Sylvia: (Narrating)
I get so sick of Amanda's smug attitude. She just thinks she's so
smart. And the thing is, I know that she's smarter than me.
A lot of it's petty jealousy on my part, but I think I'm entitled.
It wouldn't hurt her to be a little more sociable. .
Amanda: (Narrating)
Sylvia just likes to overreact to every situation. I'll admit that
she gets on my nerves. We've had a rivalry for the past several weeks,
and I know that she'd love to see me go. But that's OK, because I
really wouldn't mind getting rid of her, either. .
(Cut back
to camp. Lora wakes up and finds that Kris is the only one around)
.
Lora: Where's
everyone else?
.
Kris: They
went to get food. How you holding up?
.
Lora: How
do you think?
.
Kris: Doomed.
Like me...
.
Lora: Yeah...
.
Kris: Will
and Sylvia are the problem.
.
Lora: Will's
a problem, all right.
.
Kris: We're
down to five, and a tight pair like that is too powerful numerically.
.
Lora: Yeah,
I know.
.
Kris: If we
get the chance, we have to get rid of one of them.
.
Lora: Yeah,
I understand that.
.
Kris: Good.
.
(The day
progresses. Will and Sylvia go for tree mail)
.
Sylvia: (still angry)
She just thinks she's so smart...
.
Will: Well,
she sort of is.
.
Sylvia: Yeah,
I know...
.
Will: Let's
see if this is what I think it is. (reading)
Vikings found this land
In the days of yore
Now it's time to see
If you can listen to their lore
.
We hope you're a good listener
Who can think on their feet
If you bomb out on this quiz
You might soon taste defeat
Story challenge.
I ought to be able to take this with ease.
.
Sylvia: (laughs)
Oh yeah? Well, I might just give you run for your money.
.
Will: We'll
see about that.
.
(Will takes
off running back to camp, and Sylvia dashes after him
laughing.
When they get back, they read the tree mail to the others)
.
Will: Jeff
will tell us a story, and then we'll have to answer questions about it.
.
Lora: Oh great...
.
(Kris looks
determined)
.
Kris: (Narrating)
I have to take this challenge. If ever I needed immunity,
it's going into this council. It's not going to be easy against such
sharp people. It's times like this I really regret being unable to
dispose of my toughest competitors. .
(The
Survivors head off for the Immunity Challenge)
Immunity
Challenge: Viking Lore
(The sun
begins to set. The Survivors arrive in a coniferous forest.
In the twilight,
towering
pines surround them on all sides. They meet Jeff in a circle of stones)
.
Jeff: First
things first. Sylvia, I'll take back that immunity necklace.
.
Sylvia: Sure
thing.
.
(Sylvia hands
Jeff the necklace)
.
Jeff: Immunity,
back up for grabs. Have a seat.
.
(The Survivors
sit down on a bench)
.
Jeff: All
right, your success in this evening's Immunity Challenge will be based
on your ability to answer a series of questions from a story I'm about
to tell you. Here's how it'll work: there are seven stations spread
out around the area. Each station has a question and a wooden viking
statue. Only one person is allowed in a station at a time, so when
you reach a station, take your torch, put it in the slot. That means
it is occupied and no one can join you. Direct your answer
to the statue. If you answer correctly, it will dispense a silver
charm. Attach that to a bracelet around your wrist and you'll move
on. If you answer incorrectly, the statue will give you a chunk of
ice. You must shatter the ice and break the statue's curse before
you can continue, so a wrong answer will waste valuable time as you try
to break the ice. The first person to get four out of seven correctly
and cross the finish line with five charms wins immunity.
.
All right, story
time: For 300 years, from the 8th to 11th centuries, the Vikings
took the world by storm. In search of land, slaves and precious metals,
the brave warriors set sail from their homes in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
They voyaged as far east as Baghdad, as far west as America. 1000
years ago, the Viking's empire began to crumble wit the coming of Christianity,
but not before they had one last exploratative hoorah. Eric the Red,
the discoverer of Greenland, had married a Christian woman who bore him
a Christian son, Lief Ericsson. Lief, it turned out, would
eventually become an even greater explorer than his famous father.
.
In the summer of
the year 1000, Leif Ericsson and his crew left their homes in southern
Greenland in search of more wooded and fertile land. Among the crew
was Leif's sister, Freydis, who turned into a sort of co-pilot, since in
Viking culture, women were almost treated equally to men. The
Vikings relied on their knowledge of seabirds, fish, winds and wave patterns
to find their way. After a long and arduous journey, the Vikings
arrived at L’Anse aux Meadows here in Newfoundland in the late fall.
When they arrived, they quickly constructed homes of stone and turf.
They never used timber for their homes, because they needed all the available
wood for shipbuilding. They stocked up on seal and reindeer meat
and prepared themselves for a harsh winter. The winter turned out
to be far harsher than they ever could have imagined.
.
(Cut to shots
of the Survivors. They all listen intently)
.
The Inuit people,
also known as the Eskimos, had been living on this island for thousands
of years, and they weren't about to give up their land to the small band
of Europeans. Although ancient illustrations always depict Vikings
as warriors, this band of adventurers were not warriors. It
was during the first months of the winter that the battle began.
The Viking setters had built a small establishment and contented themselves
to hunting, repairing their boats, and even doing a bit of farming in the
infertile winter soil. An Inuit force, led by the chief L'uh Opaffa,
raided the tiny Viking settlement in the dead of night. The small
band of farmers could do little to battle the Inuit, armed with spears
and bows. Almost half the settlement died in the massacre, including
Leif's sister Freydis.
.
(The Survivors
look saddened by this)
.
The Surviving Vikings
fled south, never to return to Newfoundland again. It is a testament
to the Viking carpenters that their ships survived the ensuing journey.
They made their way down the coast of America, but every place they stopped,
they were met by hostile native forces. A short seven years later,
they returned to Greenland. Lief Ericsson was one of but a handful
of men to survive all of the journey's hardships, which earned him the
nickname "Lief the Lucky."
.
All right, let's
see what you've learned. I'll give you your bracelet, grab a torch,
let's do this.
.
(The Survivors
get their stuff and line up)
.
Jeff: This
is for immunity and a guaranteed spot in the final four. Survivors
ready? (doing the arm thing) Go!
.
(The Survivors
fan out and head for different stations. Sylvia's the first to arrive
at a
station.
She slips her torch into the slot and walks up to the viking statue and
its question)
.
Sylvia: How
did Lief Ericsson earn the nickname "Lief the Lucky?"
.
(Sylvia turns
to address the Viking statue)
.
Sylvia: He
survived his voyage.
.
(A crew member
grunts inside the statue, and a silver charm falls
out of a
hole in the statue's crotch. Sylvia grabs it and moves on.
.Amanda arrives
at a station)
.
Amanda: What
was the name of the Inuit Chief? (turns to the statue) L'uh Opaffa.
.
(A silver
charm falls out of the statue's crotch. Amanda grabs it and exits
the station.
.Will arrives
in a station)
.
Will: What
was the name of Lief's sister? (Turns to the statue) Hello Erdwyth.
.
(The statue
doesn't respond)
.
Will: Freydis.
.
(A silver
charm falls out of the statue's crotch)
.
Will: Bingo!
.
(Will grabs
the charm, picks up his torch, and runs off)
.
Jeff: Amanda,
Will, and Sylvia, in the lead with one a piece!
.
(Lora enters
a station)
.
Lora: Where
did the Vikings land in the fall of A.D. 1000? Crap! I don't
know! (To the statue) A little help?
.
(The statue
is, of course, silent)
.
Lora: Um,
Newfoundland.
.
(A block
of ice drops out of the statue's crotch)
.
Lora: Not
specific enough!
.
(Lora picks
up the ice and throws it to the ground. It breaks in two)
.
Lora: Hope
that's good enough...
.
(Lora grabs
her torch and leaves.
Kris enters
a station)
.
Kris: How
long was the Viking's journey? (to the statue) Seven years, of course!
.
(The statue
dispenses a silver charm. Kris grabs it and moves on.
Amanda enters
a new station)
.
Amanda: What
sort of meat did the Vikings live on? (To the statue) Seal and reindeer.
.
(The statue
gives Amanda a charm.
Sylvia enters
a station)
.
Sylvia: The
name of Lief's sister? (To the statue) Um... Freya, right?
.
(The statue
gives Sylvia a chunk of ice)
.
Sylvia: Crap!
.
(Sylvia picks
up the ice, throws it down, and shatters it. She grabs her torch
and moves on.
Will enters
a station)
.
Will: Where
did the Vikings land? (To the statue) L’Anse aux Meadows! Give me
something hard!
.
(The statue
dispenses a charm. Will adds it to his bracelet)
.
Jeff: Amanda
and Will! Tied at two charms a piece!
.
(Kris enters
a station)
.
Kris: What
was the name of the Inuit Chief. D***! I have no idea! (to
the statue) Geronimo.
.
(The statue
gives Kris some ice)
.
Kris: As expected.
.
(Kris busts
the ice and moves on.
Amanda enters
another station)
.
Amanda: Long
was the Viking's journey? (To the statue) Seven years.
.
(Amanda receives
a charm.
Lora enters
another station)
.
Lora: What
kind of meat? (to statue) Um, moose?
.
(The statue
gives Lora some ice)
.
Lora: Not
again!
.
(Lora breaks
the ice and moves on.
Will enters
a station)
.
Will: What
were Viking houses made of? (To the statue) Stone and turf.
.
(The statue
gives Will a charm)
.
Will: Thanks,
underpaid minion of Burnett.
.
(Will takes
off)
.
Jeff: Will
and Amanda at three! It's tight!
.
Kris: D***!
.
(Kris turns
and enters a station)
.
Kris: What
sort of meat did the Vikings live on? (To the statue) Seal and reindeer.
.
(The statue
gives Kris a charm)
.
Kris: Great...
.
(Kris attaches
his charm and moves on.
Amanda enters
a station)
.
Amanda: How
did Lief earn nickname... (To the statue) He was one of the handful of
men to survive the seven year journey.
.
(The statue
gives Amanda a charm. She takes off running towards
Jeff.
At the same time, Will's answering a question)
.
Will: Name
of the Inuit Chief. Tricky. (To the statue) That's L'uh Opaffa.
.
(The statue
gives Will his fourth charm)
.
Jeff: Will
and Amanda both have four! You just got to get to me!
.
(Jeff takes
his spot in the circle of stones as Will and Amanda run towards him.
Close-up
of Amanda's wrist. A charm works its way loose and falls off her
bracelet.
Amanda arrives
at Jeff's circle and thrusts her arm into Jeff's face)
.
Jeff: (hurriedly
counting) That's only three! You must have dropped one!
.
(Amanda doubles
back as Will sprints towards Jeff. Amanda spots her charm and grabs
it just as
Will runs
past her. She narrows her eyes and begins running. Will glances
back and sees Amanda
gaining on
him. Just as they reach the circle, Amanda overtakes him and arrives
at Jeff first)
.
Amanda: (to Jeff)
Count them!
.
(Jeff counts
as an aggravated Will looks on)
.
Jeff: That's
four! It's over, guys!
.
(Out in the
field, the Survivors stop dead in their tracks. Will grunts in frustration)
.
Jeff: Turn
around here, Amanda. This baby's yours again.
.
(Amanda smiles
slightly as Jeff puts the necklace around her neck)
.
Jeff: You
cannot be voted out at Tribal Council. The rest of you, vulnerable.
.
(Will looks
angry with himself for losing the foot race. Kris looks despondent
at losing.
The Survivors exit the challenge area and return to camp)
Smallwood
.
(Back at
camp, the Survivors prepare themselves for the vote. Kris is particularly
restless)
.
Kris: (Narrating)
So, I failed to win the one Immunity Challenge that I most needed to win.
But I refuse to believe that this is the end for me. There has to
be some way that I can prevent my inevitable ouster. Perhaps if I
were to talk to Amanda again? .
(Kris finds
Amanda dumping water into a pot for boiling)
.
Kris: Amanda,
a word with you?
.
Amanda: What
about?
.
Kris: Look,
I know that you've said that you need to stick with Will and Sylvia in
order for your plan to work, and I respect that. But look how uneven
the playing field now is.
.
Amanda: Yeah?
.
Kris: We're
down to five. Two is too powerful. If we don't get rid of one,
they'll be able to target whomever they please.
.
Amanda: I
don't know...
.
Kris: Listen
to me, Amanda! Will has to go tonight!
.
Amanda: I
can't do that, Kris. I'm sorry.
.
Amanda: (Narrating)
Kris won't give up on this Will angle. I can't go along with his
plan, because I need Will to be sitting next to me at the Final Two.
I know it's not fair, but it's the only way I can play this game. .
(Kris walks
away from Amanda and reports back to Lora)
.
Kris: Amanda refuses
to vote for Will.
.
Lora: But
we have to! If we don't get rid of him now, he's going to win this
game.
.
Kris: I truly
think that a vote against Will would be wasted tonight.
.
Lora: Well,
I don't care. I'm voting for him.
.
(Kris sighs.
Elsewhere, Will and Sylvia talk strategy)
.
Sylvia: OK,
what do we do?
.
Will: Kris.
.
Sylvia: (sighs)
OK. I guess this is finally your chance.
.
Will: Yeah,
I hope...
.
Will: (Narrating)
Tribal Council tonight comes down to Amanda. If she continues to
vote with me and Sylvia, then it should be an easy task to make it to the
Final Two. If she turns and votes with Kris and Lora, I'm gone.
I hate leaving my fate in the hands of such a loose cannon, but that's
the game I've set up for myself and I have to live with it. .
(Close-up
on Amanda as she considers her options. Before
long, the
Survivors pack up and head for Tribal Council)
Tribal
Council # 12
(The Survivors
enter)
.
Jeff: We'll
now bring in the jury.
.
(Brian leads
the procession into the Tribal Council area.
Kevin walks
in the back of the line, looking slightly confused)
.
Jeff: Brian,
Melissa, Dan, and Kevin, who had the misfortune of going last time.
.
(Kevin walks
over and takes a seat with the Survivors.
The Survivors
smile, but Jeff is taken aback)
.
Jeff: Kevin!
What are you doin', man?
.
Kevin: We're
here at Tribal Council. It's time to, um, vote somebody out.
.
Jeff: (shakes his
head) No, no, no. You're on the jury now, Kevin. You're only
here to watch.
.
Kevin: (disappointed)
Oh.
.
Jeff: (pointing)
I need you to take a seat over there with Brian, Dan, and Melissa.
.
Kevin: OK,
buddy.
.
(Kevin stands
up, walks over to the jury, and has a
seat.
Dan pats him on the back as he silently pouts)
.
Jeff: (smiling)
OK, obviously, Kevin's part of the jury now. And tonight, one of
you five will be voted out and you'll join him. The jury are the
ones that ultimately cast the final votes to decide who is the sole survivor.
So Kris, I'm looking at the jury, and notice that most of them are original
members of Coble. Does that surprise you, as a former member of Platz?
.
Kris: Not
particularly. Coble was in power at the merge, but the whole objective
of this particular game has been to vote out power. That appears
to be the direction we would be taking tonight.
.
Jeff: Interesting.
Lora, where would you say that the power in this tribe lies?
.
Lora: The
power, as always, is firmly in Will's hands.
.
Jeff: Will,
do you feel like you hold all of the power in this game?
.
Will: Not
at all. My fate tonight lies in the hands of a very powerful swing
vote.
.
Jeff: Amanda,
you've been unaligned for the majority of this game. How do you choose
which way to vote when you're between alliances?
.
Amanda: I
vote with the alliance that most closely fits with my game plan.
.
Jeff: Sylvia,
as we get down to the end here, obviously you have to start thinking very
strategically. Does it pay to have the game mapped out to the end,
or is there a certain amount of just winging it?
.
Sylvia: I've
never really planned that far ahead. So much of this game is chance
that you can't plan everything.
.
Jeff: All
right. Well tonight, one person's plans are going to fall through
when they get sent to that other side. It is time to vote.
Will, you're up first.
.
(Will walks
up to the voting confessional and votes. We don't see it.
Lora's up
next. We don't see her vote either)
.
Lora: Nothing
personal. It's just a vote.
.
(Sylvia's
up next, followed by Kris. We don't see his vote)
.
Kris: And
so the dance ends...
.
(Finally,
Amanda votes. We don't see it)
.
Amanda: For
better or worse, I'm deviating from my master plan. I just hope this
will all work itself out somehow.
.
(Amanda returns)
.
Jeff: I'll
go tally the votes.
.
(Jeff returns
with the voting canister)
.
Jeff: Once
the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will
be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. First vote:
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Kris
..
Kris
. . .
That's two votes
Kris.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Sylvia
. .
Sylvia
.
That's two votes
Kris, two votes Sylvia.
.
(Sylvia nervously
looks at Lora and Kris)
.
The twelfth person
voted off the island:
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
Sylvia
.
Sylvia: Oh!
.
Jeff: I need
you to bring me your torch.
.
Sylvia: I
didn't even see that coming, guys!
.
(Sylvia grabs
her torch and approaches Jeff)
.
Jeff: Sylvia,
the tribe has spoken. (Snuffs his torch) It's time for you
to go.
.
Sylvia: (to the
Survivors) Great game, guys.
.
(Sylvia exits)
.
Jeff: Well,
this game has been one wild ride. Once again, the power is shifted.
The four of you move into tomorrow on an even playing field, and the only
thing that guarantees you a spot in the final two is wining two more immunities.
That begins tomorrow. You guys can head back to camp.
.
(The Survivors
exit)
Sylvia's Final Words:
Well, this has been an amazing social experiment! I made some lifelong
friends, and I got to observe what happens when you take sixteen vastly
different people, most of whom barely know each other, and then thrust
them into this sort of high stress situation. The results were astounding.
So much was going on that I was barely able to keep track of it all.
And now I get to wind down and reflect on all the interactions I've seen
in the last 36 days. This has been an awesome experience and I wouldn't
trade one second of it. Take it to the end, Will!
