PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: Michele was amazed she was able to stay another day, but Tiffany was faced with lots of damage control. “Listen,” Tiffany said, “Tyler was a huge threat. The two of you together were inseparable, which meant that either Danielle or I would’ve been cut at final four, so to keep it the easiest path to get the three of us to final three, we needed to do this,” Tiff told Derek. “But if Michele wins final immunity, then I’m screwed.” “If Michele wins final immunity, I give you and Michele permission to send me to fire-making and I will take fate into my own hands,” Tiffany said. Derek was annoyed, however, knowing that this one move could cost him his game. “I once again put too much faith into Tiffany and it backfired,” he said. 
PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: With Hung gone, Michele was on an island of her own facing four other Big Brother players. “I need to make my one-million dollar move,” Michele said, “I just don’t know yet what avenue I have to approach it at.” Michele spent the day observing the other four to see if she could find any cracks. The four Big Brother players seemed set on getting rid of Michele, though Tiffany was still a bit worried about Derek’s idol given that this was the last week to play it. “If Derek or Tyler wins immunity,” Tiffany said, “Derek can just play the idol for the other, and I need to make sure one of us wins because if Michele also has any tricks up her sleeve, we need Tyler to stay open as an option,” to which Danielle agreed. 
PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: Having stuck with the group, Tyler felt okay about his positioning. “I don’t trust Danielle,” Tyler told Derek, “But I think our best move is to just stick with the four and hopefully win that final immunity and take her out then.” Derek was happy, knowing his path to the end was pretty clear. “As long as I can survive this next round, I have my idol for 5 and then I just have to survive one more,” he said. Tiffany, however, was upset after hearing that Danielle was contemplating blindsiding the Big Brother players and asked her if this was true. “I’ll be honest,” Danielle said, “I don’t think we can beat either of the guys, but I just don’t see why making the move on them now would make any sense.” Tiffany was happy that Danielle was honest, but felt like a bit of trust was faltering. Hung, meanwhile, felt on the outs and wanted to make a splash in the game. “At this point, it’s either me or Michele,” she said, “So I have to make a move to keep the attention on her.” She decided to make a fake idol to start keeping in her pocket. “If they see this bulge, they might think I have an idol, and hopefully the four of them will look toward Michele,” Hung said. 
PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: Having successfully blindsided Claire, the Big Brother players all felt good with their position. “If the four of us stick together, we’ll be sitting in final four,” Tyler said happily. Danielle, however, was a bit nervous, knowing that Derek’s idol and Tyler’s challenge strength could pose a challenge for her and Tiffany. “I just don’t know if this is the right path,” Danielle told Tiffany, to which Tiffany responded, “We just committed to it, I’d hate to take back that word.” Danielle wasn’t happy, and went to Janet, Michele, and Hung, saying “Would you all still be willing to vote out Tyler if he doesn’t win immunity?” and they all agreed. “Tyler and Derek are huge threats,” Michele said, “but because Derek has an idol, we need to vote Tyler out and I’m glad Danielle is still willing to make that move.”
PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: Jeremy was upset that Janet and Michele flipped on him. “I would’ve liked the heads up,” he told them, to which Michele apologized and told him she wouldn’t vote him out. Janet wasn’t happy with how quickly Michele apologized and was worried that going forward, Michele would play too emotionally. “I felt bad,” Janet said, “but Jeremy is a winner and a dominant one, so I don’t know why Michele is so quick to make amends when we are in a much better position.” Derek, knowing that the guys were now in danger, approached Tiffany and Danielle and asked if they would still be willing to work with each other going forward, and Tiffany said she would need to think for a minute considering how much he hurt them. “Ideally,” Tiffany told Danielle, “I would love to go Big Brother strong to the end and get that idol on our side, but I want to keep him begging and see if he continues to bite.” 
PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: Back at camp, Tiffany was devastated with Derek’s flip to get rid of James. “I trusted you D,” Tiffany told him, to which Derek explained that James was too powerful. “Look, I have an idol, we’re okay,” Derek told Tiffany. Tiffany then told Danielle about the idol, to which Danielle brought it up very subtly to Tyler. Tyler couldn’t believe that Derek was telling everyone. “We had this game locked up,” Tyler said, “but Derek keeps running his mouth and it could be really detrimental for this new alliance.”