Secret Scene: Crystal
With only three days left in the game, Crystal lets paranoia get the best of her as she nervously confronts Sugar about her status in the game.
(Crystal and Sugar sit at the dock)
Sugar: What's the matter? Did I do something?
Crystal: No. I just hope you trust me, because I trust you, Sugar.
Sugar: I do, but right now is the crazy time in the game. What do you think I don't trust you about?
Crystal: I don't know. I've been feeling that you don't. (starts to cry) And it kind of like hurts because the only two people I do trust is you and Kenny.
Sugar (solo): I'm gonna vote out Crystal because I've decided Crystal and Kenny are not good. Crystal's gonna be hating me and Kenny's gonna be in shock, but that's OK. Who cares? Even though I just saw her crying on the docks and had to deal with that, she's not that good an actress. Those might have been crocodile @!%*@.
Crystal: I haven't lied to you not one day in this game.
Sugar: Why are you tripping right now?
Crystal: I don't know. My instincts have never lied to me. I'm used to vocalizing or putting into words. That's how I feel.
Sugar: This is how Matty was feeling yesterday, and that's why...
Crystal: The thing is, Matty's been lying from day one. That's my motherly instinct kicking in.
Sugar (solo): She's worried, but that's exactly how Matty felt, and they were kicking him while he was down. Once Crystal gets out of the picture, I think maybe this will teach her how to treat people.
Sugar: What are you getting upset about? Upset with what? Are you worried about something? It's not your day. I don't know why you're tripping out.
(Crystal and Sugar hug and Sugar asks her not to be upset)
Sugar (solo): It's just gonna be pretty crazy tonight. A lot of people are going to be shocked, and this might be the best Tribal yet. (smirks)
Tribal Council Voting
Watch the final six vote.
Crystal (Matty with a smiley face): You were the last part of my alliance. You're a very big physical threat in this game. You wrote my name down one time and it's time for me to pay you back. Take care. I look forward to hanging out with you in the future.
Susie (Crystal): Told you it was gonna be you. Just went alphabetical. You're the "C".
Matty (Crystal): Crystal, I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and I'm very happy it's finally arrived.
Ken (Matty): Matty, I'm sorry our plan didn't work.
Bob (Crystal): Crystal, you should have stayed with us the first time.
Sugar (Crystal): Dude, you don't know how to talk or deal with people, and it's a game, so...good luck with that jury over there.
Crystal's Final Words
See what Crystal had to say after being blindsided by Sugar, Matty and Bob
"Wow, I did not know one of my closest alliances would turn on me. It's been a great run, 36 days. Tried to play a fair game. Hopefully I made my friends and family proud. Good luck to Kenny. I'm rooting for you. (stops to wipe her eyes)"
(cut)
"I don't know what the breakdown was, but Sugar turned on me. I don't know what for. It kind of hurts with 3 days left in the game. I wish them all the best of luck. I tried to be fair and true to my alliance from day 1. Wow. That one came as a shocker. I knew she had the immunity idol but I didn't think she would give it to Matty. After I came back and spoke with her this afternoon, it's kind of weird she came and told me, 'I'm writing Matty's name down.' I don't know. I packed all my stuff anyway and it was fun and I'm just glad to be part of such a great experience."
(cut)
"I honestly don't know why Sugar turned on me. I've never lied to her. I don't know what Matty was telling her, but I don't know why."
(cut)
"I eased up on Matty today. I really didn't have much to say to him. Anybody was vulnerable today. The only two people who was pretty much in the clear was Sugar and Bob. I really didn't have much to say to him. I told Matty and I told Sugar that my alliance and my allegiance were to them, and it was, 'til day 36. "
(cut)
"Yesterday, when I yelled at him, no, I don't think it helped, but it was moreso him just constantly lying. I couldn't take it anymore. If that's what pushed Sugar over the edge, then she had fair game in doing whatever she did."
Crystal the Day After
After thirty-six days of hardships, blindsides, and emotional rollercoaster rides, Crystal comments on how the game of Survivor has changed her life forever.
"I was very vocal in the game as far as where I stood with people and where they stood with me. I think that sometimes I couldn't contain myself because if you were in the wrong and I was in the right, I would let you know this is how things work, and I was willing to battle to the end for it. (laughs)"
(cut)
"What was most difficult about the challenges was more lack of food than lack of energy. It took everything inside of me just to muster up whatever energy I did have wasn't good enough, because I wasn't winning any food. Rest was minimal, because I had to be in the know of what was going on, so I would sleep in increments. Sometimes I would feel too big for the challenges, and sometimes I was like oh my gosh I'm not flexible enough, how I'm gonna get through this, I'm not strong enough to push this ball, I'm not quick enough for this that or the third. Almost all the challenges I felt out of my element."
(cut)
"The losing streak I was on for 36 days has been very humbling. When you're used to being on top and always dominating, sometimes it's hard to lose. When you do lose, you're knocked off your high horse, you go back and rethink what did I do wrong. You try to improve on it. Maybe I didn't get enough rest, or maybe I overthunk my race. In this situation it was like you couldn't go back and rethink because there wasn't too much energy to think about it, and there were so many twists and turns in the game, you didn't know what was around the corner. You had to try to get yourself ready for the next challenge and hope you'll do better."
(cut)
"The hardest part has been, outside of the food and the starvation, I think right now for me, knowing I came so close, so so close, and I didn't succeed. I've been pretty much a for lack of a better word, a loser for the whole game. I wasn't part of a winning tribe at all. To know that in the end the Bad News Bears prevailed and I came so close, I could just taste day 39, and yet it's no longer for me."
(cut)
"This game has created such a close bond because I went through an emotional, social, physical struggle with people that only we know what we did. We starved together, we ate bugs together. No one will be able to understand laying down on the ground, not having covers at night. We had to hold each other just to keep warm, just to survive. If we caught a fish just to feed 8 people, that may be all the food we have the whole day."
(cut)
"(starts to cry) Going through this experience has made me realize that my family is most important. For 29 years, moreso the last I would say 10 or 12, it's been pretty much just me. Me and my Mom are not close. Even though we're not close, I miss her, because everyone's always talking about their mom this, and their mom that. (continues to cry) I had to live on my own out here. I don't live on my own back home, but it's different, it's very much different. I hope I made her proud in how I played. It's going to make me definitely go and try to rekindle something with her and be a little kinder person to people, not be so bold and direct and aggressive and only wanting people to see things my way. Try to take into consideration their feelings in how I approach things."
The Fake Idol Disaster
After the creation of a second fake immunity idol backfires on him, Bob considers retiring from the fake immunity idol creation business for good
"I made a fake immunity idol in order to bring Kenny and Crystal into the loop with Corinne and I. It almost worked. It actually faked me out, because Crystal didn't come with us. It also has opened up the door for Crystal to still work with me. That's an advantage. I have been a little disappointed in my fake idol construction, so I finally threw it in the lake in frustration the other day. I think I'm out of the fake idol production process."
(cut)
"Corinne told Kenny there was a real idol. Apparently Corinne told Ken she was going to play the idol that night. Kenny was under the impression that was gonna happen, that would mean Matty would go, everything was hunky-dory. Of course Corinne didn't play the idol, because it was a fake, and it wouldn't have worked. Kenny felt like I had played him for a fool and I had lied to him. Sort of in the heat of the moment I felt I had to do him right. I was being honest with him about wanting him to join with us and we would make a good team. It was Corinne that just out and out lied to him and told him there was a real idol and she told him she was going to play it. I knew she wasn't, because there's no point playing a fake idol if you know it's fake."
Beds at the Reward
After sleeping in the dirt for thirty-four days, Bob, Crystal and Ken enjoy sleeping in the lap of luxury
Crystal: My body is screaming. Which side are we on?
Ken: Any side you want. For now, let's just enjoy the bed.
(Crystal gets into bed with Ken)
Bob (joking): What are you doing! You're a married woman! Oh, never mind, sorry...
Crystal: This bed is so soft!
Ken: Oh my god, we've got pillow.
Crystal: Why am I giggling so much? Because I haven't laid in a bed in thirty- (doesn't finish as Bob tells Ken to keep making noise, he's going to go to the bathroom, or something)
Ken: I've got a full belly, a bed, and...
Crystal: We had some wonderful entertainment. (they all agree about how great she was) She did well.
Ken: That was a good day with the gorillas. Saw the gorillas, had a nice...
Crystal: They didn't look like, not commercialized, but not programmed. They looked like they were in their own habitat. I thought it was so cute when the baby gorilla was pressing.
Ken: It's funny, you see the big gorilla and the small one and the middle one, and one day they're gonna grow up to be like that one.
Bob: OK, the decision was that you guys cuddle and I get a bed.
Crystal: I know. He was waiting, I told him to come over.
Ken: I was waiting for the boys room.
(cut)
(Bob and Crystal make moaning sounds about having a bed again)
Bob: If I wake up in the middle of the night like this (waves hands in the air)...
Crystal: You are such a clown. You know how good we're gonna sleep tonight?
Bob: (takes his glasses off) Remind me where these are in the morning.
Crystal: We're not laying on a hard floor.
Bob: And it's not dirty.
Crystal: It's not dirty.
Bob: We haven't been off the ground in 34 days! I'm gonna wake up screaming, thinking I've died and gone to Heaven. I'm gonna see this canopy above me and think I've been eaten by a gorilla. Was that not fantastic?
Crystal: That was a treat.
The Art of Buff Bowties
Bob explains the level of detail that goes into making one of his custom made buff bowties.
(outside the reward area, Bob sitting in a chair)
"I am meticulously getting my buff ready for my bowtie. Now I have to make sure I show the silverback of my bowtie. It has to show the silverback on it. Then I fold it. It's actually a more difficult to tie a buff into a bowtie than it is to tie a bowtie into a bowtie. I just emotionally now am sort of attached to the silverback. That was an awesome day yesterday. I'm trying to get everything perfect on my bowie, because I wanted to dress up, hopefully we're having breakfast, at least a little continental one, before we go back to reality."
Bob's Gorilla Story
Bob gives some fascinating insight on the behavioral patterns of silverbacks after witnessing them at the reward
"Watching him just go from being very nonchalant, ignoring us, and then all of a sudden he jumps up and grabs this big log, about this big around and about 3 feet long, and starts running towards us, banging on the ground. When he was running, he was running on all fours, it sounded like a bull of a horse. (makes the sound) He got to us and threw the thing at us, which was a little disconcerting, because I've never had a gorilla throw a big 2x4 or log at me. He had a 4x4 he was throwing at us occasionally. He'd run, by, just stomping by, and then stop, probably about 100 feet from us, kick back, pick his nose. Then he was doing something I didn't quite get. He'd arch his back up, bend down, put his hand down, and vomited into his hand, and then started eating it. Apparently it's something wild gorillas do, or gorillas in captivity do, if they've eaten something they really like. Which gave me a great idea. We're only allowed one bowl of rice. I turned around to Kenny and said, 'Hey, if we work on that, we can have 6 bowls of rice every meal.' I don't think we're gonna do that."
Sugar on Ken's Control
Sugar begins to form new theories about who is really controlling the game
"I think the little nerdy gamer has the most control in the game at this point. Not in the physical part of it, but in the mental part of it, yea. I think he's finagling everybody pretty well. He's got me, he's tugged at my heartstrings for sure. Almost every Tribal Council he says something and I start crying. Crystal and I totally trust him. I really, I've been in this game myself the whole time. I was Kota, then I was, if Exile had a team, I'd be Exile team, and then I was Fang. Those guys welcomed me in and we became friends. We all kind of, I don't know about Kenny, but Crystal and I had it hard growing up. Those are the two other people I'd love to be in the final three with me. If at all possible I can help that, then I will try and make that happen."
Matty Comes Clean with Sugar
While the rest of their tribe is away at the reward, Matty confesses to Sugar that she ruined his game after blindsiding Ace, which set off a chain of events that lead them both to a bad position.
Sugar: We need to think of something really serious while we're sitting here all day.
Matty: What?
Sugar: Make plans, make actual decisions.
Matty: I know my decision, Sugar. You don't trust me.
Sugar: So Crystal and then Kenny?
Matty: Kenny and then Crystal. Then you, me, and Sue to the end, like that walk we had. I'm kind of realizing you're not aligned with Crystal at this point.
Sugar: Why would I be aligned with Crystal? I've known you longer than Crystal.
Matty: I know, but you've been super buddy-buddy with her and I didn't understand why.
Sugar: I've been trying to be buddy-buddy with everybody but for a while we were just staying away from you and Kenny.
Matty: I know you don't believe it, but they (?) you hard.
Sugar: How? What do you mean?
Matty: With the whole Ace thing. They lied to you so bad.
Sugar: Why? Why didn't they just want to get rid of you or something?
Matty: Wanna know what happened? I got here, first day. Sue and I go up on the hill. She's my first alliance. She says, her Crystal, and Kenny are in an alliance, and they want me to come in. I said OK. Later they come to me and said OK it's you, me, GC, and Crystal, OK?
Sugar: Fab five?
Matty: We were the five alliance in the beginning.
Sugar: Things that happen in the beginning, that doesn't always...
Matty: Hold on. I'm realizing as I go on these days how much I couldn't stand Crystal. She was horrible. She was so much meaner in the beginning. They were going to oust Sue. I said, "No way." I jump over with Randy, Dan, Sue and I, jumped over and we were about to vote out GC and Kenny, or GC and Crystal. Then they had the big switchup. When the switchup happened, I lost Dan, Randy, and Sue to Kota, and I got GC, Crystal and Kenny to Fang. I had to be like cool again, y'know? Then when I found my opportunity with Ace coming over here. I was like, "Ace, we gotta get this girl out of here." He's like, "I've got Sugar, and I'll get Kenny, and we'll have us four. We'll vote Crystal out, and GC out." I tried to save Jacquie from Crystal and Kenny and GC. I couldn't. I tried. You can ask them. I tried to save her, cause Ace is like, we can bring Crystal...
Sugar: Kenny said he tried to save her too.
Matty: No, he kind of did a little bit, but I really tried.
Sugar: But GC and Crystal kind of...
Matty: GC and Crystal overpowered him. I went up to him one day and was like, "Who are we voting out?" They said, "We're voting out Jacquie." I'm like, "No, no, we're gonna take out Kelly." They're like, "No, we're gonna vote out, just listen and you're doing it." I couldn't vote Kelly out, I had to vote Jacquie. So then we were still us four, we were gonna take out Crystal next. That was gonna be taking out the snake head or whatever. You messed up. We had us four, styling. You screwed us big time. Then I had to be cool, it was a nightmare after that. The next day after that was the merge, or the switchover again.
Sugar: Then we came back.
Matty: Yeah, we came back. And I just kept it cool with them.
Susie on Exile Island
While isolated on Exile Island, Susie contemplates breaking the alliance of Ken and Crystal
"Right now my closest allies are Matty and Sugar. I personally feel since Sugar has the idol, she feels pretty safe regardless, up to the next Tribal. After that she's not safe. I personally feel somewhat safe because I feel like I'm kind of the swing vote sometimes. Right now if it's what I think it is, because Matty and Sugar are my allies, Matty and Sugar are talking, Kenny and Crystal are talking. Both of their goals are to get me to go one way or the other, because I know Bob has to be working with Kenny and Crystal right now, since they went on that reward. I'm hoping when I get back, my two allies Matty and Sugar have cleared the air and are trying to strategize a little bit, and they'll fill me in when I get back. Or at least I'll be able to see the situation a little bit more clearly, as I have out here being on Exile."
(cut)
"I'd like to see Kenny or Crystal go because they're a very strong alliance and we need to break that alliance right now. Kenny plays a really nice kid, and he's really honest, but I'm starting to see he's playing a game. And Crystal, sometimes her attitude gets the best of her. I can sense she wants to snap and wants to bark and yell at you .That's a quality I don't care for, it's just I'm not that kind of person. Either one of them I would be fine with, because I need to break that alliance."
Ken the Mastermind
Matty comes to the realization that his former ally is not as innocent as he once thought
"I think Kenny is the mastermind, and the most evil one in this game. His counterpart is Crystal. They're probably pretty equal. I don't know which one is more evil, but I think they're pretty equal."
(cut)
"Kenny plays the sweetest little role ever and everyone loves him because he's so sweet and so innocent, but it's all a facade, none of it's true. Kenny's the mastermind. He's a sharp little kid. He needs to go."
(cut)
"He doesn't do anything wrong, never talks bad about anybody, is just this perfect 22 year old, 84 pound kid. He's a scammer. He's such a little scammer. I caught him yesterday in a lie and it scared him to death. I'm one person that knows now he isn't as true as he says he is, and that's why he wanted me gone."
Fab Five Fiasco
Crystal's Puppetmaster
Crystal's closest ally, Ken, reveals how he has used Crystal since Day One as someone who will ultimately be a throw-away vote in the final three.
"Crystal is a very intimidating person, and she's always on edge. If it doesn't go Crystal's way, she'll snap at you. She'll snap and act like she's the boss, and intimidate you, and make you lower than she is and scare you. That's who she is. Everybody sees that. That's not the right way to play this game. That's a real bad way to play this game. You wanna play a game that you're calm in certain situations, you wanna play a game where you're likeable, you wanna play a game like me more often than someone who is Crystal."
(cut)
"No one likes her, and why is she still here? Because of me. I've been saving her butt since day 1 out here. She has to stick to me, the only person she can trust is me, because I've been saving her butt so many times. Every single time her name comes up, I tell her, I go, 'Hey, don't worry, I'll switch it around, it'll be somebody else, not you.' I want to take her to the final 3 because everybody hates her, and they'd give me the votes instead of her. That's why she's still around, so I can take her to the final 3 so I can win this game."
Sugar Plays Both Sides
After taking Matty's side, Sugar meets with Crystal to oust him
Crystal: What are the chances of me leaving?
Sugar: I don't think any, because Bob's not gonna vote for you, and those two I think are voting for Kenny.
Crystal: Kenny's still safe, he doesn't have the numbers. The person that needs to win...Matty doesn't need to have that necklace around his neck. He is so evil. How can he be mad at me and Kenny?
Sugar: For having a reward. I know. I told him, "Look, she could have voted you out last night."
Crystal: And what did he say?
Sugar: He was like, "I don't care. I was so close to winning...if I'd won, you, me, and Susie would be out there looking at gorillas." I was like, "Whatever. Susie's already won a reward. We've already won a cool reward." You guys haven't done anything. You deserved to have something cool. I told him, cause I'm trying to tell him I'll vote you out or whatever, "Now I don't feel about voting them out, because they've had a reward, they've had an experience." It was hell being here all by myself with him. He kept going at it. I was like, give me an hour or two where we're not talking business. I went to the stream by myself and had a little break from him, so that was nice.
Crystal: He's the one that (expletive) Ace. (Sugar agrees) I'm telling you, Sugar, and I'll tell Kenny this too, I have not lied to Kenny from day one, and I've not lied to you from day 10. You've been in this tribe since day 10. He's been lying to you, him and Ace...that's why he's pissed at me, because I voted Ace out. This game is let me get you before you get me.
Sugar: Exactly. Ace wanted you out that night. He was like, "She was just trying to save her butt that night." I was like, that's the game. If they lied to me and got me, good for them. Ace needed to go at some point anyway.
Crystal: Matty, he's been a cool part of my alliance, or whatever, but I know, I can feel Matty doesn't like me. Matty hasn't liked me from day one.
Susie Before Tribal Council
After spending most of her recent time on Exile Island, Susie decides who she should vote with at Tribal Council
"What I'm understanding is Kenny is telling me we have to tell Bob we're gonna vote for Kenny, so Bob will give him the immunity idol. It doesn't...I don't know, I don't know if I believe that. I'm trying to go with it but it sounds a little crazy because Bob hasn't approached Matty, which I find interesting. He never actually approached me, I went down and talked to him asked him to come down and clean fish. I wish I'd known what their plan was first before I talked to him. That doesn't matter now. I think I'm still gonna tell Bob I'm gonna vote for Kenny just to see what his reaction would be. He knows, he already told me he's a man of his word, he'd give Kenny that if Kenny was in danger. If I tell him that...Kenny's like, 'Work your magic, Susie, you know he'll believe ya.' I think I will tell him that. Like, 'Bob, I know who I'm voting for. Just so you know.'"
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Silent Treatment in Ponderosa
Her fellow jury members give Crystal the silent treatment
(Crystal is voted out)
Crystal (solo): I was in shock that my name showed up more than two times, because I knew Susie was gonna write my name down, I knew Matty was gonna write my name down. I did not know that third vote was gonna be Sugar's. It crushed me because she was one of my two main people I was aligned with in the game.
(Crystal says the worst part was being so close, then we see her weigh in; she's lost 22 pounds)
Crystal (solo): I was shocked to see I had lost that much weight. (she gets in the car, and begins to cry) My #1 alliance, from day one, Kenny. I'm sure everyone is going up to him, saying, "We're sorry." Because me and him were close. Out of everyone in the game, he trusted me 100%. (while in the car, she says she messed up by yelling at Matty) I definitely love the gladiator challenge. I got to expose my strength and my ability to hang with the guys. I grew up with 4 brothers and being a tomboy. I felt like I had actually done something to contribute to us winning our blankets and pillows. Hopefully a year from now I will be able to take this determination and put it towards something else. I am honored that I was able to have this opportunity.
(Crystal goes into the camp and sees the others)
Corinne (solo): We didn't like her for what she did to us in the game. We're certainly not gonna pretend to like her.
(everyone ignores her)
Crystal (solo): I was very disappointed that Marcus, Charlie, Randy and Corinne have no words for me. They're looking at me as (?).
Marcus (solo): You kind of reap what you sew. You can't expect the whole argument of, "It's just a game," is gonna make everything go away. Real people, real things happen. There are real problems because of it.
Corinne (solo): I think she knows better than to talk to us and sit with us. That's fine. We're not trying to act like we're five years old and get into a verbal altercation with her. We're just not interested in ever talking to her.
(Crystal sits at the table alone and laughs at the stupidity of it all, says she doesn't give a damn, eats, and goes to bed)
Crystal (at Treemail): Ponderosa. This is going to be my home for the next few days.
Corinne (in bathroom): I didn't expect Crystal to be here. I'm really glad she is, because it's my just desserts. If she'd gone with my alliance, she wouldn't be here, and neither would I. She didn't, and sucks for her. Not only did she not vote with my alliance, but now, I'm not even nice to her.
Randy (solo): There's three guys here that are my good friends, and there's person here I wouldn't give the sweat off my (expletive). But there's no tension. As long as she doesn't speak to me and I don't speak to her, it's totally cool.
Charlie (solo): I never knew her in the game. We never even spent one night together. My not talking to Crystal is purely out of fear my friends will disown me. I hate it. I feel like an immature two-year old. I don't like that.
Crystal (solo): Randy, I don't think there's ever gonna be any peace between me and him.
Randy (to Crystal): The person who wins the mill is gonna be a loser.
Crystal: How?
Randy: I mean they may have won the mill...
Crystal: But how are they losing?
Randy: I don't see...
Crystal: They outwitted, outsmarted, outplayed us.
Randy: Well, that's one way to look at it. Give me and those guys some time.
Crystal: Oh, it's only a few days left.
Randy: It'll be cooler than this.
Crystal: You know, you did make my life a living hell there. I think you also did it on purpose.
Randy: Well, that makes me feel a little better.
Crystal: Yeah, you have the smile back. (laughs)
Crystal Enjoying Ponderosa
Crystal gets the royal treatment at Ponderosa
Crystal: I would have never thought that after being in the game for 36 days, I would be getting a massage. This is definitely a treat and a reward in itself for playing a hard, gruesome game. All the emotional and mental stress I went through, you can feel it in my muscles.
Kimmy: I'm just trying to realign their muscle fibers again, get everything structurally correct so they're functioning properly. There's nice flow working through the body. Just put something back in the body again. They've been roughing it, so it's a bit of love.
Crystal (after the massage): Whatever tension they had towards me will dissipate and go away. We talked about being friends afterwards. Hopefully we can. If not, they played a great game, and I played an even better one.
(Crystal reads the treemail and gets a video message from her boyfriend and daughter)
Crystal: It means a lot to me because I know I've garnished that for the last 36 days. I knew they were praying for me and keeping me in their thoughts. It just feels good to know I'm not alone out here.
(Crystal goes to get ready)
Corinne (doing her makeup): Well, we always organize our outfits in advance, so Charlie, Marcus, and I look fabulous. Tonight we're going casual night.
Marcus: This is like Marcus when he goes out to a bar on Tuesday night.
Crystal: It feels good to not have on some dirty clothes. (they get into their cars; Corinne closes Crystal's door as she gets in) Someone will be joining me tonight. I'm just nervous.
With only three days left in the game, Crystal lets paranoia get the best of her as she nervously confronts Sugar about her status in the game.
(Crystal and Sugar sit at the dock)
Sugar: What's the matter? Did I do something?
Crystal: No. I just hope you trust me, because I trust you, Sugar.
Sugar: I do, but right now is the crazy time in the game. What do you think I don't trust you about?
Crystal: I don't know. I've been feeling that you don't. (starts to cry) And it kind of like hurts because the only two people I do trust is you and Kenny.
Sugar (solo): I'm gonna vote out Crystal because I've decided Crystal and Kenny are not good. Crystal's gonna be hating me and Kenny's gonna be in shock, but that's OK. Who cares? Even though I just saw her crying on the docks and had to deal with that, she's not that good an actress. Those might have been crocodile @!%*@.
Crystal: I haven't lied to you not one day in this game.
Sugar: Why are you tripping right now?
Crystal: I don't know. My instincts have never lied to me. I'm used to vocalizing or putting into words. That's how I feel.
Sugar: This is how Matty was feeling yesterday, and that's why...
Crystal: The thing is, Matty's been lying from day one. That's my motherly instinct kicking in.
Sugar (solo): She's worried, but that's exactly how Matty felt, and they were kicking him while he was down. Once Crystal gets out of the picture, I think maybe this will teach her how to treat people.
Sugar: What are you getting upset about? Upset with what? Are you worried about something? It's not your day. I don't know why you're tripping out.
(Crystal and Sugar hug and Sugar asks her not to be upset)
Sugar (solo): It's just gonna be pretty crazy tonight. A lot of people are going to be shocked, and this might be the best Tribal yet. (smirks)
Tribal Council Voting
Watch the final six vote.
Crystal (Matty with a smiley face): You were the last part of my alliance. You're a very big physical threat in this game. You wrote my name down one time and it's time for me to pay you back. Take care. I look forward to hanging out with you in the future.
Susie (Crystal): Told you it was gonna be you. Just went alphabetical. You're the "C".
Matty (Crystal): Crystal, I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and I'm very happy it's finally arrived.
Ken (Matty): Matty, I'm sorry our plan didn't work.
Bob (Crystal): Crystal, you should have stayed with us the first time.
Sugar (Crystal): Dude, you don't know how to talk or deal with people, and it's a game, so...good luck with that jury over there.
Crystal's Final Words
See what Crystal had to say after being blindsided by Sugar, Matty and Bob
"Wow, I did not know one of my closest alliances would turn on me. It's been a great run, 36 days. Tried to play a fair game. Hopefully I made my friends and family proud. Good luck to Kenny. I'm rooting for you. (stops to wipe her eyes)"
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"I don't know what the breakdown was, but Sugar turned on me. I don't know what for. It kind of hurts with 3 days left in the game. I wish them all the best of luck. I tried to be fair and true to my alliance from day 1. Wow. That one came as a shocker. I knew she had the immunity idol but I didn't think she would give it to Matty. After I came back and spoke with her this afternoon, it's kind of weird she came and told me, 'I'm writing Matty's name down.' I don't know. I packed all my stuff anyway and it was fun and I'm just glad to be part of such a great experience."
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"I honestly don't know why Sugar turned on me. I've never lied to her. I don't know what Matty was telling her, but I don't know why."
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"I eased up on Matty today. I really didn't have much to say to him. Anybody was vulnerable today. The only two people who was pretty much in the clear was Sugar and Bob. I really didn't have much to say to him. I told Matty and I told Sugar that my alliance and my allegiance were to them, and it was, 'til day 36. "
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"Yesterday, when I yelled at him, no, I don't think it helped, but it was moreso him just constantly lying. I couldn't take it anymore. If that's what pushed Sugar over the edge, then she had fair game in doing whatever she did."
Crystal the Day After
After thirty-six days of hardships, blindsides, and emotional rollercoaster rides, Crystal comments on how the game of Survivor has changed her life forever.
"I was very vocal in the game as far as where I stood with people and where they stood with me. I think that sometimes I couldn't contain myself because if you were in the wrong and I was in the right, I would let you know this is how things work, and I was willing to battle to the end for it. (laughs)"
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"What was most difficult about the challenges was more lack of food than lack of energy. It took everything inside of me just to muster up whatever energy I did have wasn't good enough, because I wasn't winning any food. Rest was minimal, because I had to be in the know of what was going on, so I would sleep in increments. Sometimes I would feel too big for the challenges, and sometimes I was like oh my gosh I'm not flexible enough, how I'm gonna get through this, I'm not strong enough to push this ball, I'm not quick enough for this that or the third. Almost all the challenges I felt out of my element."
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"The losing streak I was on for 36 days has been very humbling. When you're used to being on top and always dominating, sometimes it's hard to lose. When you do lose, you're knocked off your high horse, you go back and rethink what did I do wrong. You try to improve on it. Maybe I didn't get enough rest, or maybe I overthunk my race. In this situation it was like you couldn't go back and rethink because there wasn't too much energy to think about it, and there were so many twists and turns in the game, you didn't know what was around the corner. You had to try to get yourself ready for the next challenge and hope you'll do better."
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"The hardest part has been, outside of the food and the starvation, I think right now for me, knowing I came so close, so so close, and I didn't succeed. I've been pretty much a for lack of a better word, a loser for the whole game. I wasn't part of a winning tribe at all. To know that in the end the Bad News Bears prevailed and I came so close, I could just taste day 39, and yet it's no longer for me."
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"This game has created such a close bond because I went through an emotional, social, physical struggle with people that only we know what we did. We starved together, we ate bugs together. No one will be able to understand laying down on the ground, not having covers at night. We had to hold each other just to keep warm, just to survive. If we caught a fish just to feed 8 people, that may be all the food we have the whole day."
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"(starts to cry) Going through this experience has made me realize that my family is most important. For 29 years, moreso the last I would say 10 or 12, it's been pretty much just me. Me and my Mom are not close. Even though we're not close, I miss her, because everyone's always talking about their mom this, and their mom that. (continues to cry) I had to live on my own out here. I don't live on my own back home, but it's different, it's very much different. I hope I made her proud in how I played. It's going to make me definitely go and try to rekindle something with her and be a little kinder person to people, not be so bold and direct and aggressive and only wanting people to see things my way. Try to take into consideration their feelings in how I approach things."
The Fake Idol Disaster
After the creation of a second fake immunity idol backfires on him, Bob considers retiring from the fake immunity idol creation business for good
"I made a fake immunity idol in order to bring Kenny and Crystal into the loop with Corinne and I. It almost worked. It actually faked me out, because Crystal didn't come with us. It also has opened up the door for Crystal to still work with me. That's an advantage. I have been a little disappointed in my fake idol construction, so I finally threw it in the lake in frustration the other day. I think I'm out of the fake idol production process."
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"Corinne told Kenny there was a real idol. Apparently Corinne told Ken she was going to play the idol that night. Kenny was under the impression that was gonna happen, that would mean Matty would go, everything was hunky-dory. Of course Corinne didn't play the idol, because it was a fake, and it wouldn't have worked. Kenny felt like I had played him for a fool and I had lied to him. Sort of in the heat of the moment I felt I had to do him right. I was being honest with him about wanting him to join with us and we would make a good team. It was Corinne that just out and out lied to him and told him there was a real idol and she told him she was going to play it. I knew she wasn't, because there's no point playing a fake idol if you know it's fake."
Beds at the Reward
After sleeping in the dirt for thirty-four days, Bob, Crystal and Ken enjoy sleeping in the lap of luxury
Crystal: My body is screaming. Which side are we on?
Ken: Any side you want. For now, let's just enjoy the bed.
(Crystal gets into bed with Ken)
Bob (joking): What are you doing! You're a married woman! Oh, never mind, sorry...
Crystal: This bed is so soft!
Ken: Oh my god, we've got pillow.
Crystal: Why am I giggling so much? Because I haven't laid in a bed in thirty- (doesn't finish as Bob tells Ken to keep making noise, he's going to go to the bathroom, or something)
Ken: I've got a full belly, a bed, and...
Crystal: We had some wonderful entertainment. (they all agree about how great she was) She did well.
Ken: That was a good day with the gorillas. Saw the gorillas, had a nice...
Crystal: They didn't look like, not commercialized, but not programmed. They looked like they were in their own habitat. I thought it was so cute when the baby gorilla was pressing.
Ken: It's funny, you see the big gorilla and the small one and the middle one, and one day they're gonna grow up to be like that one.
Bob: OK, the decision was that you guys cuddle and I get a bed.
Crystal: I know. He was waiting, I told him to come over.
Ken: I was waiting for the boys room.
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(Bob and Crystal make moaning sounds about having a bed again)
Bob: If I wake up in the middle of the night like this (waves hands in the air)...
Crystal: You are such a clown. You know how good we're gonna sleep tonight?
Bob: (takes his glasses off) Remind me where these are in the morning.
Crystal: We're not laying on a hard floor.
Bob: And it's not dirty.
Crystal: It's not dirty.
Bob: We haven't been off the ground in 34 days! I'm gonna wake up screaming, thinking I've died and gone to Heaven. I'm gonna see this canopy above me and think I've been eaten by a gorilla. Was that not fantastic?
Crystal: That was a treat.
The Art of Buff Bowties
Bob explains the level of detail that goes into making one of his custom made buff bowties.
(outside the reward area, Bob sitting in a chair)
"I am meticulously getting my buff ready for my bowtie. Now I have to make sure I show the silverback of my bowtie. It has to show the silverback on it. Then I fold it. It's actually a more difficult to tie a buff into a bowtie than it is to tie a bowtie into a bowtie. I just emotionally now am sort of attached to the silverback. That was an awesome day yesterday. I'm trying to get everything perfect on my bowie, because I wanted to dress up, hopefully we're having breakfast, at least a little continental one, before we go back to reality."
Bob's Gorilla Story
Bob gives some fascinating insight on the behavioral patterns of silverbacks after witnessing them at the reward
"Watching him just go from being very nonchalant, ignoring us, and then all of a sudden he jumps up and grabs this big log, about this big around and about 3 feet long, and starts running towards us, banging on the ground. When he was running, he was running on all fours, it sounded like a bull of a horse. (makes the sound) He got to us and threw the thing at us, which was a little disconcerting, because I've never had a gorilla throw a big 2x4 or log at me. He had a 4x4 he was throwing at us occasionally. He'd run, by, just stomping by, and then stop, probably about 100 feet from us, kick back, pick his nose. Then he was doing something I didn't quite get. He'd arch his back up, bend down, put his hand down, and vomited into his hand, and then started eating it. Apparently it's something wild gorillas do, or gorillas in captivity do, if they've eaten something they really like. Which gave me a great idea. We're only allowed one bowl of rice. I turned around to Kenny and said, 'Hey, if we work on that, we can have 6 bowls of rice every meal.' I don't think we're gonna do that."
Sugar on Ken's Control
Sugar begins to form new theories about who is really controlling the game
"I think the little nerdy gamer has the most control in the game at this point. Not in the physical part of it, but in the mental part of it, yea. I think he's finagling everybody pretty well. He's got me, he's tugged at my heartstrings for sure. Almost every Tribal Council he says something and I start crying. Crystal and I totally trust him. I really, I've been in this game myself the whole time. I was Kota, then I was, if Exile had a team, I'd be Exile team, and then I was Fang. Those guys welcomed me in and we became friends. We all kind of, I don't know about Kenny, but Crystal and I had it hard growing up. Those are the two other people I'd love to be in the final three with me. If at all possible I can help that, then I will try and make that happen."
Matty Comes Clean with Sugar
While the rest of their tribe is away at the reward, Matty confesses to Sugar that she ruined his game after blindsiding Ace, which set off a chain of events that lead them both to a bad position.
Sugar: We need to think of something really serious while we're sitting here all day.
Matty: What?
Sugar: Make plans, make actual decisions.
Matty: I know my decision, Sugar. You don't trust me.
Sugar: So Crystal and then Kenny?
Matty: Kenny and then Crystal. Then you, me, and Sue to the end, like that walk we had. I'm kind of realizing you're not aligned with Crystal at this point.
Sugar: Why would I be aligned with Crystal? I've known you longer than Crystal.
Matty: I know, but you've been super buddy-buddy with her and I didn't understand why.
Sugar: I've been trying to be buddy-buddy with everybody but for a while we were just staying away from you and Kenny.
Matty: I know you don't believe it, but they (?) you hard.
Sugar: How? What do you mean?
Matty: With the whole Ace thing. They lied to you so bad.
Sugar: Why? Why didn't they just want to get rid of you or something?
Matty: Wanna know what happened? I got here, first day. Sue and I go up on the hill. She's my first alliance. She says, her Crystal, and Kenny are in an alliance, and they want me to come in. I said OK. Later they come to me and said OK it's you, me, GC, and Crystal, OK?
Sugar: Fab five?
Matty: We were the five alliance in the beginning.
Sugar: Things that happen in the beginning, that doesn't always...
Matty: Hold on. I'm realizing as I go on these days how much I couldn't stand Crystal. She was horrible. She was so much meaner in the beginning. They were going to oust Sue. I said, "No way." I jump over with Randy, Dan, Sue and I, jumped over and we were about to vote out GC and Kenny, or GC and Crystal. Then they had the big switchup. When the switchup happened, I lost Dan, Randy, and Sue to Kota, and I got GC, Crystal and Kenny to Fang. I had to be like cool again, y'know? Then when I found my opportunity with Ace coming over here. I was like, "Ace, we gotta get this girl out of here." He's like, "I've got Sugar, and I'll get Kenny, and we'll have us four. We'll vote Crystal out, and GC out." I tried to save Jacquie from Crystal and Kenny and GC. I couldn't. I tried. You can ask them. I tried to save her, cause Ace is like, we can bring Crystal...
Sugar: Kenny said he tried to save her too.
Matty: No, he kind of did a little bit, but I really tried.
Sugar: But GC and Crystal kind of...
Matty: GC and Crystal overpowered him. I went up to him one day and was like, "Who are we voting out?" They said, "We're voting out Jacquie." I'm like, "No, no, we're gonna take out Kelly." They're like, "No, we're gonna vote out, just listen and you're doing it." I couldn't vote Kelly out, I had to vote Jacquie. So then we were still us four, we were gonna take out Crystal next. That was gonna be taking out the snake head or whatever. You messed up. We had us four, styling. You screwed us big time. Then I had to be cool, it was a nightmare after that. The next day after that was the merge, or the switchover again.
Sugar: Then we came back.
Matty: Yeah, we came back. And I just kept it cool with them.
Susie on Exile Island
While isolated on Exile Island, Susie contemplates breaking the alliance of Ken and Crystal
"Right now my closest allies are Matty and Sugar. I personally feel since Sugar has the idol, she feels pretty safe regardless, up to the next Tribal. After that she's not safe. I personally feel somewhat safe because I feel like I'm kind of the swing vote sometimes. Right now if it's what I think it is, because Matty and Sugar are my allies, Matty and Sugar are talking, Kenny and Crystal are talking. Both of their goals are to get me to go one way or the other, because I know Bob has to be working with Kenny and Crystal right now, since they went on that reward. I'm hoping when I get back, my two allies Matty and Sugar have cleared the air and are trying to strategize a little bit, and they'll fill me in when I get back. Or at least I'll be able to see the situation a little bit more clearly, as I have out here being on Exile."
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"I'd like to see Kenny or Crystal go because they're a very strong alliance and we need to break that alliance right now. Kenny plays a really nice kid, and he's really honest, but I'm starting to see he's playing a game. And Crystal, sometimes her attitude gets the best of her. I can sense she wants to snap and wants to bark and yell at you .That's a quality I don't care for, it's just I'm not that kind of person. Either one of them I would be fine with, because I need to break that alliance."
Ken the Mastermind
Matty comes to the realization that his former ally is not as innocent as he once thought
"I think Kenny is the mastermind, and the most evil one in this game. His counterpart is Crystal. They're probably pretty equal. I don't know which one is more evil, but I think they're pretty equal."
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"Kenny plays the sweetest little role ever and everyone loves him because he's so sweet and so innocent, but it's all a facade, none of it's true. Kenny's the mastermind. He's a sharp little kid. He needs to go."
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"He doesn't do anything wrong, never talks bad about anybody, is just this perfect 22 year old, 84 pound kid. He's a scammer. He's such a little scammer. I caught him yesterday in a lie and it scared him to death. I'm one person that knows now he isn't as true as he says he is, and that's why he wanted me gone."
Fab Five Fiasco
With the end of the game drawing near, Crystal's 'Fab Five' alliance begins to
crumble
"Right now in camp, it is so much chaos. The Fabulous Five is slowly but surely crumbling. Matty is hysterical because he saw his name written down at Tribal Council. He feels like someone in the Five is turned against him .That someone obviously is Kenny, because Kenny admitted to the fact that he wrote Matty's name down. Matty's had a grudge against Kenny for the past few days. They just exploded today, which I think is wonderful, cause once again this takes the heat off of Crystal. Nonetheless, Kenny is one of my strongest alliances here, so anybody who knows me knows I'm going to protect him."
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"Matty is the one who is being yelled at because he is blowing it out of proportion. Matty is still here. I tried to explain to Matty, on day 21, you wrote my name down, and we were supposed to be part of an alliance. I've seen my name 7 or 8 times now. You're getting upset because you saw your name 3 times and you're still here? It's not clicking for him. He's upset someone in the Five betrayed him. I'm like, you know what Matty, even though we're Five, we know once we get down, if we are the Five that's remaining, you're gonna flip on us. So stuff is just coming out early."
"Right now in camp, it is so much chaos. The Fabulous Five is slowly but surely crumbling. Matty is hysterical because he saw his name written down at Tribal Council. He feels like someone in the Five is turned against him .That someone obviously is Kenny, because Kenny admitted to the fact that he wrote Matty's name down. Matty's had a grudge against Kenny for the past few days. They just exploded today, which I think is wonderful, cause once again this takes the heat off of Crystal. Nonetheless, Kenny is one of my strongest alliances here, so anybody who knows me knows I'm going to protect him."
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"Matty is the one who is being yelled at because he is blowing it out of proportion. Matty is still here. I tried to explain to Matty, on day 21, you wrote my name down, and we were supposed to be part of an alliance. I've seen my name 7 or 8 times now. You're getting upset because you saw your name 3 times and you're still here? It's not clicking for him. He's upset someone in the Five betrayed him. I'm like, you know what Matty, even though we're Five, we know once we get down, if we are the Five that's remaining, you're gonna flip on us. So stuff is just coming out early."
Crystal's Puppetmaster
Crystal's closest ally, Ken, reveals how he has used Crystal since Day One as someone who will ultimately be a throw-away vote in the final three.
"Crystal is a very intimidating person, and she's always on edge. If it doesn't go Crystal's way, she'll snap at you. She'll snap and act like she's the boss, and intimidate you, and make you lower than she is and scare you. That's who she is. Everybody sees that. That's not the right way to play this game. That's a real bad way to play this game. You wanna play a game that you're calm in certain situations, you wanna play a game where you're likeable, you wanna play a game like me more often than someone who is Crystal."
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"No one likes her, and why is she still here? Because of me. I've been saving her butt since day 1 out here. She has to stick to me, the only person she can trust is me, because I've been saving her butt so many times. Every single time her name comes up, I tell her, I go, 'Hey, don't worry, I'll switch it around, it'll be somebody else, not you.' I want to take her to the final 3 because everybody hates her, and they'd give me the votes instead of her. That's why she's still around, so I can take her to the final 3 so I can win this game."
Sugar Plays Both Sides
After taking Matty's side, Sugar meets with Crystal to oust him
Crystal: What are the chances of me leaving?
Sugar: I don't think any, because Bob's not gonna vote for you, and those two I think are voting for Kenny.
Crystal: Kenny's still safe, he doesn't have the numbers. The person that needs to win...Matty doesn't need to have that necklace around his neck. He is so evil. How can he be mad at me and Kenny?
Sugar: For having a reward. I know. I told him, "Look, she could have voted you out last night."
Crystal: And what did he say?
Sugar: He was like, "I don't care. I was so close to winning...if I'd won, you, me, and Susie would be out there looking at gorillas." I was like, "Whatever. Susie's already won a reward. We've already won a cool reward." You guys haven't done anything. You deserved to have something cool. I told him, cause I'm trying to tell him I'll vote you out or whatever, "Now I don't feel about voting them out, because they've had a reward, they've had an experience." It was hell being here all by myself with him. He kept going at it. I was like, give me an hour or two where we're not talking business. I went to the stream by myself and had a little break from him, so that was nice.
Crystal: He's the one that (expletive) Ace. (Sugar agrees) I'm telling you, Sugar, and I'll tell Kenny this too, I have not lied to Kenny from day one, and I've not lied to you from day 10. You've been in this tribe since day 10. He's been lying to you, him and Ace...that's why he's pissed at me, because I voted Ace out. This game is let me get you before you get me.
Sugar: Exactly. Ace wanted you out that night. He was like, "She was just trying to save her butt that night." I was like, that's the game. If they lied to me and got me, good for them. Ace needed to go at some point anyway.
Crystal: Matty, he's been a cool part of my alliance, or whatever, but I know, I can feel Matty doesn't like me. Matty hasn't liked me from day one.
Susie Before Tribal Council
After spending most of her recent time on Exile Island, Susie decides who she should vote with at Tribal Council
"What I'm understanding is Kenny is telling me we have to tell Bob we're gonna vote for Kenny, so Bob will give him the immunity idol. It doesn't...I don't know, I don't know if I believe that. I'm trying to go with it but it sounds a little crazy because Bob hasn't approached Matty, which I find interesting. He never actually approached me, I went down and talked to him asked him to come down and clean fish. I wish I'd known what their plan was first before I talked to him. That doesn't matter now. I think I'm still gonna tell Bob I'm gonna vote for Kenny just to see what his reaction would be. He knows, he already told me he's a man of his word, he'd give Kenny that if Kenny was in danger. If I tell him that...Kenny's like, 'Work your magic, Susie, you know he'll believe ya.' I think I will tell him that. Like, 'Bob, I know who I'm voting for. Just so you know.'"
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Silent Treatment in Ponderosa
Her fellow jury members give Crystal the silent treatment
(Crystal is voted out)
Crystal (solo): I was in shock that my name showed up more than two times, because I knew Susie was gonna write my name down, I knew Matty was gonna write my name down. I did not know that third vote was gonna be Sugar's. It crushed me because she was one of my two main people I was aligned with in the game.
(Crystal says the worst part was being so close, then we see her weigh in; she's lost 22 pounds)
Crystal (solo): I was shocked to see I had lost that much weight. (she gets in the car, and begins to cry) My #1 alliance, from day one, Kenny. I'm sure everyone is going up to him, saying, "We're sorry." Because me and him were close. Out of everyone in the game, he trusted me 100%. (while in the car, she says she messed up by yelling at Matty) I definitely love the gladiator challenge. I got to expose my strength and my ability to hang with the guys. I grew up with 4 brothers and being a tomboy. I felt like I had actually done something to contribute to us winning our blankets and pillows. Hopefully a year from now I will be able to take this determination and put it towards something else. I am honored that I was able to have this opportunity.
(Crystal goes into the camp and sees the others)
Corinne (solo): We didn't like her for what she did to us in the game. We're certainly not gonna pretend to like her.
(everyone ignores her)
Crystal (solo): I was very disappointed that Marcus, Charlie, Randy and Corinne have no words for me. They're looking at me as (?).
Marcus (solo): You kind of reap what you sew. You can't expect the whole argument of, "It's just a game," is gonna make everything go away. Real people, real things happen. There are real problems because of it.
Corinne (solo): I think she knows better than to talk to us and sit with us. That's fine. We're not trying to act like we're five years old and get into a verbal altercation with her. We're just not interested in ever talking to her.
(Crystal sits at the table alone and laughs at the stupidity of it all, says she doesn't give a damn, eats, and goes to bed)
Crystal (at Treemail): Ponderosa. This is going to be my home for the next few days.
Corinne (in bathroom): I didn't expect Crystal to be here. I'm really glad she is, because it's my just desserts. If she'd gone with my alliance, she wouldn't be here, and neither would I. She didn't, and sucks for her. Not only did she not vote with my alliance, but now, I'm not even nice to her.
Randy (solo): There's three guys here that are my good friends, and there's person here I wouldn't give the sweat off my (expletive). But there's no tension. As long as she doesn't speak to me and I don't speak to her, it's totally cool.
Charlie (solo): I never knew her in the game. We never even spent one night together. My not talking to Crystal is purely out of fear my friends will disown me. I hate it. I feel like an immature two-year old. I don't like that.
Crystal (solo): Randy, I don't think there's ever gonna be any peace between me and him.
Randy (to Crystal): The person who wins the mill is gonna be a loser.
Crystal: How?
Randy: I mean they may have won the mill...
Crystal: But how are they losing?
Randy: I don't see...
Crystal: They outwitted, outsmarted, outplayed us.
Randy: Well, that's one way to look at it. Give me and those guys some time.
Crystal: Oh, it's only a few days left.
Randy: It'll be cooler than this.
Crystal: You know, you did make my life a living hell there. I think you also did it on purpose.
Randy: Well, that makes me feel a little better.
Crystal: Yeah, you have the smile back. (laughs)
Crystal Enjoying Ponderosa
Crystal gets the royal treatment at Ponderosa
Crystal: I would have never thought that after being in the game for 36 days, I would be getting a massage. This is definitely a treat and a reward in itself for playing a hard, gruesome game. All the emotional and mental stress I went through, you can feel it in my muscles.
Kimmy: I'm just trying to realign their muscle fibers again, get everything structurally correct so they're functioning properly. There's nice flow working through the body. Just put something back in the body again. They've been roughing it, so it's a bit of love.
Crystal (after the massage): Whatever tension they had towards me will dissipate and go away. We talked about being friends afterwards. Hopefully we can. If not, they played a great game, and I played an even better one.
(Crystal reads the treemail and gets a video message from her boyfriend and daughter)
Crystal: It means a lot to me because I know I've garnished that for the last 36 days. I knew they were praying for me and keeping me in their thoughts. It just feels good to know I'm not alone out here.
(Crystal goes to get ready)
Corinne (doing her makeup): Well, we always organize our outfits in advance, so Charlie, Marcus, and I look fabulous. Tonight we're going casual night.
Marcus: This is like Marcus when he goes out to a bar on Tuesday night.
Crystal: It feels good to not have on some dirty clothes. (they get into their cars; Corinne closes Crystal's door as she gets in) Someone will be joining me tonight. I'm just nervous.
