Epic Boss Girl Move

Epic Boss Girl Move
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	47
Episode Number	2/15 (682)
Original Release	September 25, 2024
Episode Chronology
Previous	"One Glorious and Perfect Episode"
Next	"Belly of the Beast"
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Epic Boss Girl Move is the second episode of Survivor 47.

Story

Day 4

	Rome	“	Tribe morale is through the roof. You know, if you realize you're on a winning tribe, it feels absolutely incredible. And in the morning we were all chilling on the beach, and the first thing that goes through my mind is, I need to go and read exactly what that box says because I got the key for the Beware Advantage. And so, last night... ...I dug it up, and once I opened it... it was pitch black. I felt the scroll and I felt the idol. So I said, "You know what? I need to hide this box." After I re-hid the box, I started really thinking, I don't think it's actually smart to keep it to myself. Maybe it's actually better if I let someone else know about it. That way they can trust me more. And Teeny-- she's the vibe that I'm looking for in an alliance member, someone that I can trust in this game one million percent.	”

	Teeny	“	My first thought when Rome tells me he has the advantage is, "Damn it." Rome was the person who everybody wanted out, but it's never that easy. It was pitch black, so we couldn't see what he had to do to get the idol. All we could do was just feel the idol. (chuckles) And then go back. So that changes the plan that I wanted to do, and now I sort of have to work with Rome, but I'm gonna tell Kishan.	”

	Teeny	“	I got caught with a giant box holding the biggest secret of the game wide open. But one of my superpowers, I feel, is being able to talk my way out of any situation.	”

	Rome	“	When I saw them at my box, I'm thinking, like, "What are you doing?" Like, 100%, I don't know if I can trust Teeny as much as I could yesterday.	”

	Rome	“	When I was finally able to read what was in this box with them, I was so disappointed. This box said, "You can take it right now, and it's good for one Tribal Council, or you can take this other note, do another thing, and then your idol is good for three Tribal Councils." What about a normal idol? I took the idol that's good for only one, and I played it safe. Now they both know, guaranteed, Rome is not gonna be the first one gone from Lavo, and that is a great feeling.	”

	TK	“	I came into this game knowing that I wanted to at least bring a strong three to the merge. Kyle is my number one. Honestly, he seems super genuine. I trust this guy with my life right now. Gabe-- "idol-hunting Gabe"-- was initially the strong part of our three, but he's been playing a very erratic game. And I don't want to have my game hanging on the heels of somebody else who, right now, I can't, quite frankly, trust all the way. I've been wanting to talk to Tiyana for some time because I think she has a better ability to actually connect with people, something that Gabe has not been doing on this tribe.	”

	Tiyana	“	I am absolutely surprised to hear that TK wants to actually work with me because, so far, there's a huge divide when it comes to the girls and guys.	”

	Tiyana	“	I am elated that Gabe actually kind of shot himself in the foot because he went off doing sketchy things, and a bromance can only go so far if the bros don't even trust another bro. That's not a bromance.	”

	Tiyana	“	I really feel like Kyle is a genuine soul, and so Kyle is someone that I think I could really lean on in this game.	”

	Andy	“	Day three was one of the most tumultuous days of my life, but now that I'm here and I actually survived the Tribal Council, I just feel like this is such an amazing opportunity for a recovery. I am feeling a lot better in a lot of ways, and I feel like they're including me, which is the first step of improving your position, is having people include you in the social vibe of the tribe.	”

	Rachel	“	The layers to Survivor are mind-boggling. Like, Andy wants something from us. He wants connection, he wants to feel included. We want something from him. We want him to be in a good mindset, we want him to perform in challenges, but we also want him to be the easy boot.	”

	Sam	“	Right now everybody on Gata is trying to make Andy feel as part of our group as possible.	”

	Anika	“	It's very obvious that Andy-- he needs words of affirmation. I've met a variety of different kinds of men on dating apps and, specifically for Andy, you can just tell it's giving toxic, clingy boyfriend. Yeah.	”

	Sam	“	Right now I'm on Andy duty, like, just keeping a watchful eye on him at all times because an idol is the number one thing that is causing paranoia around Gata right now.	”

	Sam	“	Andy is an oddball, and it would be very easy for me to kick Andy to the curb. But in sports reporting, relationships and lines of communication are key. I want to be Andy's buoy in an ocean where he feels like he's drowning. If I can have Andy feeling like he can come to me with information, that allows me options because you never know when the athlete who's at the bottom of the totem pole is at the top of the totem pole because they're the hero in the game.	”

	Andy	“	When Sam was gone, I'm just left alone and my brain starts spiraling. What's going through my mind is, "Okay, there are some options." I could just chill here, make sure that they see me not going off, make sure my target doesn't grow. Or put my pedal to the metal and find this advantage. I do not feel like I have much time. I feel like Sam and the women will come back to camp, really, at any minute. Really, the clock was ticking.	”

	Sam	“	I went to the bathroom, came back, no Andy. I looked behind me, no Andy. I looked in the bushes, no Andy. Uh-oh. Andy was gone. It's like the babysitter takes their eyes off the baby, and then, all of a sudden, the house is on fire.	”

	Andy	“	The Beware Advantage gives you a huge decision with two options. You can either open it and take that risk or leave it and potentially wait for better timing. I have an opportunity that not many people have taken. If I know where the-the advantage is, and if and when I need an idol, I can pull the trigger.	”

	Aysha	“	Having the camp supplies has been everything. We did so much with nothing for three days, and now we have an axe, we have a saw, we have a hammer, we just got flint. So, of course, Rome needs to be the person in charge. He wanted to be the first one to make fire.	”

	Kishan	“	I think Rome's a showman. That's what he does for a living. He's a commentator. He has a bucket list he came in with. He wants to make the fire. He wants to be the one finding the idol. He loves the big, flashy moves. My strategy-- it's completely the opposite of that. I think the more low key you are, the better, because, you know, you skate under the radar.	”

	Kishan	“	Besides, he didn't make the fire. I made the fire.	”

	Sol	“	I've never, ever met anybody like Rome. Rome is... He's a lot.	”

	Teeny	“	He is just a little bit cocky.	”

	Teeny	“	When you're spending sunrise to sunset with somebody, it's impossible to ignore it. It's tempting to just want to get him out of here, but Rome has an idol. If he didn't have it, he'd be the easy first boot. So, Rome, right now-- he's going to be the problem for me.	”

	Anika	“	Sam was babysitting Andy because we need to make sure that he has no chance of finding any sort of advantage. I need to make sure that we find it before Andy. So I suggest to Sam...	”

	Sam	“	Anika and I go off under the guise of filling up waters for everybody, which very quickly turns into a full-on idol hunt. You get out here, it is a massive, massive island. And you're looking for something about yea big.	”

	Sam	“	I'm taking it. There wasn't really a second thought. Like, get the idol. Get yourself more power in this game.	”

	Anika	“	What's going through my head is, "Thank God I was there with him." Sam is already a threat without this advantage. This advantage only makes him even more of a threat.	”

	Anika	“	We find a map, and there's a red X where the key could be, and it's pointing to the set of trees near the water well. So, we go, sprinting. We're also carrying every single person's water bottle at this point.	”

	Anika	“	I find a rope, and then we pull out this rope to only discover... ...that there are maybe ... 300 knots tied next to each other.	”

	Sam	“	We kind of realize that this is going to take a very long time. This cannot be done right now. I will have to find time to come back and complete this later. But Anika being there with me is, like, a nightmare. I don't want to have a secret with Anika that I'm not telling Sierra. Sierra is my number one, and I don't want her ever thinking I'm withholding a major piece of information from her. Had I found it by myself, maybe it's a different story.	”

	Sam	“	Anika knowing complicates things, because if Anika has already told Rachel, I need to tell Rachel myself. Because if Rachel finds out from Anika and I'm still lying about it to Rachel's face-- bad, bad look for me.	”

	Andy	“	It's only been a few hours since I found this Beware Advantage. So, I'm thinking, "Okay, maybe I should just go for it and go get this thing." For a player like me in this position, an idol would mean a hell of a lot. And so now I feel like it would be optimal for me to go ahead and grab this. You know, it is a ticking time clock. Someone could find it. And so I go to my secret hiding spot. I'm thinking I kind of forgot which branch it was on. I see the branch where it was. It is not there. And I am overcome with a sense of panic. What I thought was a safety net is not only gone and out of my hands, but is in the hands of somebody else.	”

	Sam	“	Finally, Rachel and I get to the key to unlock the box.	”

	Andy	“	Sam-- he is my one foothold to get back into this game. And so my gut is saying I can trust him.	”

	Sam	“	I was in musical theater, and it's not for my singing. Like, I can act a little bit, but I was not ready for the bomb that Andy was about to drop. He says one of the girls found the Beware Advantage Music to my ears, Andy. I think you're right. They're up to no good. They've got something.	”

	Andy	“	With Sam, I am telling him this valuable information in order to build the trust I need.	”

	Sam	“	I feel kind of bad because I'm sitting there with the key in my sock. But as silly as Andy might feel losing a Beware Advantage, he took a huge leap of faith coming to me with this information. This is starting to make me feel like I can actually trust Andy moving forward.	”

	Gabe	“	TK, Kyle, and Tiyana-- I think they all think I'm kind of just a quiet guy and I really haven't found my place, socially, with everybody.	”

	Gabe	“	They pitched the idea to me of "this is our four," and I think that they believe that I'm in with them. But that four is not my four. Caroline and Sue are way more attractive to me as alliance partner than the other three are. They're on the bottom right now. These are wounded birds, and I want to bring these birds in, 'cause people who feel like they're on the bottom-- they're desperate. Me and Sue are pretty locked in as number ones. So, the next wounded bird I need to go get is Caroline.	”

	Caroline	“	I have zero working relationship with Gabe. I just graduated from business school. I'm not an idiot. I don't believe him for a second. So, I have no trust in him whatsoever.	”

	Gabe	“	I'm surprised by just how skeptical Caroline is of me. And I know I have to squash that as soon as I possibly can. So, at that moment, I make the call to pull my idol out and show her.	”

	Caroline	“	And then he shows me his idol. This is such a weird show of trust. So, I actually think maybe there's a world where Gabe and I can work together.	”

	Sue	“	Nobody knows that Caroline, myself, and Gabe are in an alliance. And I think that's a big deal.	”

	Gabe	“	I have Sue and Caroline. They're my little birds, right? And I'm gonna make 'em warm. I'm gonna make 'em feel good and safe. And if I can sit at the end with Caroline and Sue, write me the check.	”

	Sue	“	Sometimes we need a nice break from the game. So, Tiyana, myself, TK and Kyle-- we all felt like we needed to take, like, an hour or so nap on the beach. It's much more comfortable than our bamboo.	”

	Sue	“	But TK didn't stop talking the whole time.	”

	Sue	“	I'm trying not to be annoyed at TK, but two people are trying to sleep and he's just talking loud. And it's just that overpowering male dominant bro energy. These bastards, they don't even realize that I am somebody to begin with. I have the best job ever out of all of them. I'm a pilot and I'm a-- You know, own a flight school. It's just such a lack of respect. And it's just very frustrating. I wanted-- I couldn't wait for them to leave.	”

	Sue	“	Tiyana knows I can't stand TK and she agrees with me, but I can't tell if she's just saying that to "yes" me or if she believes it.	”

	Tiyana	“	TK is, like, one of those people that... I don't have a solid read on him. I don't think I vibe with him as a person. But the thing is... ...me, TK, Gabe and Kyle-- that four-- we have the numbers. And so, I'm game to roll with the big dogs.	”

	Sam	“	So, I tell Sierra I have the key. And so, the last step is going and getting this box, unlocking the box, and getting my hidden immunity idol.	”

	Sierra	“	There's not one part of my body that I'm like, "I can't trust Sam at this point." And he wants to include me in everything. That, to me, is, like, friggin' cool. I feel like we definitely have this strong trust now that's truly building.	”

	Sam	“	I just wanted to share that moment with Sierra as number ones and friends. We run off to the water well and we're like, "Here we go. The moment you've been waiting for, where you get an immunity idol on Survivor." And we open the box. And there's another box.	”

	Sam	“	The idol that I've just found is only good for one Tribal Council. I can play it safe or I can choose to take on another task and make this idol good for three Tribal Councils.	”

	Sam	“	I decide, "Let's not get ahead of our skis," and I grab my very own Survivor hidden immunity idol. And this is a little guy, but I feel like this one's gonna be small but mighty. But right now I'm trying to figure out how do I use this idol to position myself in the best spot possible. I'm trying to think a couple of steps ahead.	”

	Sierra	“	I do not love the idea of working with Andy. I think he's very unpredictable. But if Sam's pulling, you know, Andy's way, I'm sticking with Sam.	”

	Sam	“	Survivor is never as simple as it seems, and you got to make big moves to advance in this game, and I-I think I might be on the cusp of having to make a really big move. And that's where the fun begins.	”

Day 5

	Sue	“	TK threw Tiyana under the bus because he was angry that she was smiling. Before today's challenge, I always thought she was with the boys, but the rage on her face and the anger just showed that she was so upset with TK, and hopefully, that put the nail in the coffin for him.	”

	Gabe	“	At the challenge, I saw Tiyana rolling her eyes at everything that TK said, and that changed things a lot for me. Because, initially, I felt like the lines were pretty clear in the sand. And on one side of the equation, it was me, Sue and Caroline, and nobody really knew about it. And on the other side of the equation, it was TK, Kyle and Tiyana. And I thought Tiyana was in really tight with the guys. But I think that what happened at the challenge today really put her in an emotional state that is gonna guide her decision-making tonight. And if that plays in my favor, then I am all for it.	”

	TK	“	Playing sports my... majority of my life-- it really just builds this mindset in you that, like, you don't put all this work in to go out and lose. For me, man, I just... I don't really do well with losing. We got a tribe that should win every single challenge, and we're not doing it. I feel like I'm a leader on the tribe, and if y'all gonna be on my tribe, everybody needs to have the same mindset that I have. So now, I'm gonna start telling people what we're doing. "This is the goal, this is the plan, let's execute."	”

	Tiyana	“	The fact that TK couldn't take any accountability for the loss as a team-- that pissed me off.	”

	Kyle	“	Tiyana was not feeling the respect from TK, and, uh, I think that he should have apologized to her. But TK, Tiyana, myself-- they're my ride-or-dies. So, I'm trying to keep that together. Let me get us together. Maybe we can straighten that out. And it's-it's... The strategy talks-- that's the hardest part of this for me. I can hang out in the jungle. A country boy can survive I'm not worried about it. Hank Williams said it best. But this is the first time that my wheels really had to be spinning like this.	”

	Tiyana	“	When I came out here, I knew that I wanted to be a player that separated emotion from gameplay. I could not like you, but I could work with you. But it's very, very difficult because right now, I'm getting a little bit annoyed at TK with his ego. However, strategically, he is a great physical asset to have in these challenges. And I know that I have to sometimes put the emotions aside if I want to get farther in the game. I do believe that Sue, right now, is one of the weaker members of the tribe because she can't really contribute to physical challenges, and it kind of seems like she's fizzling out on day five.	”

	TK	“	Sue needs to go home. It's not a hard decision because Sue doesn't really bring anything specifically to the tribe. So, think my game plan is working flawlessly right now. Myself, Tiyana and Kyle-- locked in. And Gabe will do whatever I need him to do. So, the way that I'm moving these chess pieces around, everybody else is playing checkers right now.	”

	Gabe	“	TK thinks that it's the three guys plus Tiyana. That's what I need to happen. I need him to think, "Before we go to Tribal Council, let me get Gabe in 'cause he's our fourth vote and he's just happy to do whatever we say anyway." So, TK feels extremely secure right now, which will make this quite a blindside. If we can pull it off.	”

	Gabe	“	I could play the idol for Sue, but the thing with Tiyana has changed things a lot. And I think if we can lock Tiyana in as a fourth right now, I don't see any reason to use my idol tonight.	”

	Caroline	“	Tonight, I really hope Tiyana's on our side, because if we go to a tie, and you can't convince anyone to change their votes, you go to rocks. And the two people the entire tribe wants gone most-- they're safe. And the odds of the people who are drawing rocks-- 25% chance you go home. It's really risky.	”

	Sue	“	All of us have the balls to go to rocks. I'm a risk-taker, and I am not gonna cow down to anything. I'm gonna go all out. Tiyana doesn't know that Caroline, myself and Gabe are in an alliance, so the only thing that's gonna have to happen is Tiyana's gonna have to jump ship.	”

	Tiyana	“	Sue wants TK to be the next vote. However, TK and Kyle are really, really, really close, so, that's a big problem if it comes into blindsiding TK, 'cause I'm also blindsiding Kyle, and I don't know how I could rebuild that relationship. It's really taking a toll. It is really difficult being in the middle because it does feel like a lot of pressure on my shoulders to deliver to people that have put their faith in me. It would absolutely make sense for me to vote Sue tonight because TK has strength on his side, but I don't want to work with someone who I feel disrespected me. So, it really is this toss-up between emotion and strategy. I can only hope that my gut is right, and that I'm trusting the right people in this game.	”

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Rice Race
Starting in the water, tribes will swim to a platform where they will retrieve a bag of rice. They will then have to get the bag of rice through a net obstacle before returning to shore. One tribe member will then release a key, which they will use to open a gate for the tribe to cross. One tribe member will then use a knife to open the bag of rice to retrieve one ball. Three tribe members will then work together using ropes to guide the ball through a snake maze. The first two tribes to land their ball in the hole at the end of the snake maze win.
Reward: Fishing gear
Additional Stipulation: The losing tribe must forfeit their flint, though they can win it back if they win the next Immunity Challenge.
Winners (in order of finish): Gata and Lavo

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 2: Tuku
Voted Against	Voter
TK (4 votes)	Caroline, Gabe, Sue, Tiyana
Sue (2 votes)	Kyle, TK
Gabe (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	None
VOTED OUT: TK Foster

Voting Confessionals

TK and Sue were shown writing down each other's names. Tiyana's vote was not shown during her confessional. Kyle's confessional was shown in the next episode.

	Gabe	“	(voting against TK) Want to see a magic trick? One fell swoop and I'll make your Survivor dream disappear.	”

	Tiyana	“	(voting against TK) My instinct is never wrong. My instinct is never wrong. My instinct is never wrong. My instinct is never wrong.	”

	Kyle	“	(voting against Sue) It's just how it's gotta be.	”

Final Words

	TK	“	It was a great move, I mean I can't be mad at it. I felt like I had some really good connections, but you know, maybe my personality was a little too bright. Me showing a lot of emotion at the end of that last challenge put some more fingers towards me, but if they don't value winning, they don't value winning and obviously by this decision, they don't value winning much. I'm just excited for whatever happens in the future because this proves to me that there's nothing I would be afraid of in life.	”

Still in the Running

Jon 18th	TK 17th	Andy Gata	Anika Gata	Aysha Lavo	Caroline Tuku	Gabe Tuku	Genevieve Lavo	Kishan Lavo
Kyle Tuku	Rachel Gata	Rome Lavo	Sam Gata	Sierra Gata	Sol Lavo	Sue Tuku	Teeny Lavo	Tiyana Tuku

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• Gata Returns from Tribal Council: Andy reacts after Gata returns from Tribal Council.
• (Untitled): Kyle struggles after eating meat for the first time in eight years.

On Fire with Jeff Probst

• Caught Rice-Handed

Other

• This was the first time since "Living the Survivor Dream" where a Hidden Immunity Idol was played.
• The title of the episode was said by Sue.