‘Survivor 41’ Episode 12 Recap: Truth Kamikaze

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December 9, 2021 astatine 11:37 am

(CBS) – It’s Day 22. Only six castaways stay connected play 41 of Survivor. Who made it to the last 5 and is heading to the play finale occurrence adjacent week? Here’s what you missed connected past night’s episode…

After an affectional Tribal Council past week, Deshawn is much susceptible than ever. The full people recovered his quality admirable and adjacent complimented him for speaking up astir radical inequality and representing his civilization successful the game. He feels a substance of some pridefulness and decision astatine this constituent – knowing a adjacent ally, Liana, who helium shared a “cultural connection” with, was conscionable voted out. This play is extra unique for its diverse formed – it’s decidedly peculiar to ticker each people subordinate travel unneurotic and assistance 1 different for who they are!

Reward ChallengeFor this week’s reward, the remaining castaways were divided randomly into 2 teams of three. The 2 teams would past person to vie successful a bid of water-based obstacles. One by one, the castaways had to retrieve their colored buoys, 7 feet down into the water and past aquatics to a platform. The archetypal squad to sprout 3 baskets with their buoys wins reward! The winners would person a prime for their reward: either a protein-packed repast consisting of chickenhearted and vegetables oregon a satisfying sugar-craving of cookies, barroom and candy. Before adjacent starting the challenge, Deshawn, who’s been done a batch of emotion lately, huffs retired of disappointment to big Jeff Probst, arsenic helium explains helium wishes helium heard the reward was a missive from home. Unfortunately, not this time…

Yellow: Deshawn, Erika and XanderBlue: Danny, Ricard and Heather

The situation itself looked exhausting. After navigating done the ocean, it was down to Deshawn hooping for the Yellow squad and some Danny and Ricard hooping for the Blue. Ultimately, Deshawn won it for their team, choosing the chickenhearted and veggie repast arsenic their reward.

Deshawn’s assurance is present coming backmost to him. He’s feeling beauteous unafraid knowing helium conscionable made a people astatine the Reward Challenge. After competing successful past week’s twist of “Do oregon Die,” Deshawn is acceptable to play the crippled harder than ever. So, portion connected reward, Deshawn projected a program to marque it to the last 3 with this winning group: Deshawn, Xander and Erika. Of course, Xander and Erika accidental they’re connected committee – astatine slightest for now, that is. Deshawn is inactive skeptical, of course, knowing these 2 weren’t initially aligned with voting retired Ricard past week. But, arsenic they accidental – anything tin alteration astatine immoderate clip in Survivor.

But some Xander and Erika are, successful fact, acceptable to ballot retired Ricard adjacent since it’s beauteous wide he’s got 1 of – if not, the* astir impressive Survivor resume of the season. On the different hand, though, Xander has mentioned to some Deshawn and Danny that Ricard is his shield. If Ricard stays successful the game, everyone volition absorption connected targeting him – not Xander. And, due to the fact that I’ve personally watched this crippled unfold for 41 seasons – that’s really not a atrocious determination for Xander. The tricky part, though, is timing erstwhile to snuff Ricard’s torch. In the end, it could extremity up being conscionable a small excessively late…

Meanwhile, backmost astatine camp, portion Ricard and Heather are tending the fire, Danny appears to beryllium missing. These 2 find it beauteous suspicious – arsenic they cognize Danny’s much than apt searching for an idol. Well, helium was – and I applaud him for it! Danny is alert helium and Deshawn are connected the precise bottommost now, truthful he’s doing everything helium tin to enactment successful this game. At 1 point, we adjacent spot him walk a Hidden Immunity Idol, but unfortunately, helium didn’t extremity up uncovering it. That didn’t halt him from continuing sparking up the suspicion, though. While helium headed backmost to camp, Ricard and Heather thought helium looked similar helium had a small much “pep successful his step” since helium was humming and appeared to beryllium successful a amended mood. Was it portion of his plan? We’re not sure. But it’s decidedly present got Ricard and his confederation connected their toes!Individual Immunity ChallengeThis situation was a immense one. Just 1 retired of these remaining six castaways would soon gain their spot successful the last five. We intelligibly spot however Ricard is the archetypal idiosyncratic to spell connected everyone’s database astatine this point. Whereas if helium wins, Deshawn oregon Danny would beryllium next.

The situation itself was a dizzy one. The castaways had to unravel themselves from a spool, past instantly marque their mode done a acceptable of obstacles, collecting a substance of puzzle portion blocks connected the way. After retrieving their blocks, they past utilized them to physique a popular Survivor phrase retired of 7 words, 4 letters each.

We’re getting dizzy conscionable watching.😵‍💫🌀 #Survivor pic.twitter.com/lzTQP8e6lk

— SURVIVOR (@survivorcbs) December 9, 2021

By the past leg, it was betwixt Ricard and Deshawn to triumph it. And retired of nowhere, successful an instant, Ricard solved his phrase:

“Don’t Make This Next Vote Your Last.”

And Ricard won his 3rd Individual Immunity! Probst was truthful impressed with his time, erstwhile helium asked however helium solved it truthful fast, Ricard simply said, “he conscionable kept reasoning of each four-letter connection successful this game” during that full challenge. Now THAT’s however you play Survivor.Tribal CouncilWell, since program A (voting retired Ricard) failed, everyone indispensable present travel up with a “plan B” instead. It’s unthinkable however Ricard won yet different situation and the different 5 castaways are alert of however helium could triumph it all. Now they person to deliberation adjacent much strategically moving forward. Who has a amended accidental astatine beating Ricard successful the adjacent challenge: Danny oregon Deshawn? This is what’s going done their heads – chiefly for Erika, Xander, and Heather.

Meanwhile, some Deshawn and Danny are doing each they tin to enactment successful this game. At 1 point, Deshawn tries to person Erika that she ‘needs’ him. He adjacent hints astatine her astir however she should commencement differentiating herself from Heather. Both her and Heather person been aligned, which it seems since Day 1. Deshawn is present doing each helium tin to transportation Erika to interruption distant from Heather yet and beryllium successful the last 3 with him. Will this persuasion enactment for him, though?

At Tribal, arsenic Probst prompts the people and asks wherefore they voted the mode they did past week, determination were immoderate mixed reactions. As Heather made a bully point, a “good move” oregon “bad move” is each precise subjective. Playing your idiosyncratic crippled in Survivor is so similar chess. The reward whitethorn wage disconnected oregon possibly beryllium a brutal mistake successful the end. Plus, astatine this point, everyone’s besides factoring successful their “jury management.” After all, each subordinate they’ve voted retired volition determine who wins the cardinal dollars…

Before the votes, Deshawn and Danny marque it wide that they cognize it’s going to beryllium 1 of them since their archetypal confederation is present sitting connected the jury. Probst asked some of them if they had “any past words” if they happened to beryllium the adjacent 1 out. Danny went archetypal and shared a affirmative position – explaining however he’s inactive warring hard successful this crippled but is arrogant of each helium has done. Deshawn, however, took a antithetic approach. Deshawn past said he’s acceptable to driblet a “truth bomb” arsenic 1 past “Hail Mary” successful the game. Probst, on with the different castaways, were stunned. Deshawn past shared however Erika intends to ballot retired Heather if it comes down to the last three. Everyone was confused wherefore helium would driblet that quality – and essentially, propulsion Erika nether the bus. It wasn’t the champion look for his game, and some Erika and Ricard spoke up astatine that moment, informing Deshawn that whitethorn person been a unspeakable determination connected his part. I mean, Deshawn doesn’t adjacent cognize if he’s adjacent retired yet, truthful saying that successful beforehand of the people – and jury, could wound him…

Due to the suspicion of Danny having an idol, the votes were tied 3:3 against Danny and Deshawn. After the 2nd circular of voting, the people kept Deshawn, which means Danny, the erstwhile Dallas Cowboys NFL player, was the adjacent idiosyncratic retired this season.

Wow! We are down to the last 5 castaways of the season! Deshawn, Erika, Heather, Xander and Ricard. Who bash you deliberation volition triumph it all? I privation to perceive your thoughts – tweet me @mick_cloudy !

Don’t miss the season finale of Survivor 41 adjacent week, Wednesday, December 15th, on CBS as well arsenic streaming unrecorded and on-demand with Paramount+!