Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers · Season 35

Episode Guide

How Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers unfolded, week by week.

1“I'm Not Crazy, I'm Confident”Sep 27, 2017Eighteen players are sorted into Heroes, Healers, and Hustlers, three tribes built around how each person sees themselves. The Heroes stumble first, and rather than weaken their challenge muscle they cut the oldest, most maternal member; Katrina Radke is voted out first, in 18th, on a tribe that decides brawn matters more than bonds.
2“I'm a Wild Banshee”Oct 4, 2017Over on the Hustlers, Simone Nguyen never quite finds her rhythm at camp, clashing with tribemates and struggling with the conditions. When the Hustlers drop to Tribal, the group reads her as the weak link socially, and Simone is voted out in 17th.
3“My Kisses Are Very Private”Oct 11, 2017Patrick Bolton, the youngest Hustler, plays at full throttle from day one, stirring up plans nobody asked for and making the steady, capable Lauren nervous about all the chaos. The tribe decides his motor runs too hot to control, and Patrick is voted out in 16th.
4“I Don't Like Having Snakes Around”Oct 18, 2017Alan Ball, the former NFL safety, has been running on suspicion since the premiere, at one point famously demanding fellow Heroes strip down to prove they weren't hiding idols. The act wears thin fast, and when the Heroes lose, the tribe decides his unpredictability is a bigger liability than his strength, voting Alan out in 15th.
5“The Past Will Eat You Alive”Oct 25, 2017A Day-9 swap reshuffles everyone into three new tribes, and it strands Roark Luskin as the lone Healer on her beach, badly outnumbered by a Hustler-and-Hero bloc anchored by the tight Ryan-and-Chrissy pair. Sharp and strategic, she swings for a move to save herself, but the bond holds and the numbers don't, and Roark misses on her first and only vote, going out in 14th.
6“This is Why You Play Survivor”Nov 1, 2017Ali Elliott, one of the sharpest social players left among the Hustlers, gets read as too dangerous to carry any further. Her own would-be allies move first, and Ali is blindsided in 13th, the last boot before the merge.
7“Get to Gettin'”Nov 8, 2017The tribes merge into Solewa, and the Healers' tight little family finally cracks under the pressure. Jessica Johnston, half of the Cole-and-Jessica pairing, is the target the new majority settles on, and she's voted out in 12th, just short of the jury.
8“Playing with the Devil”Nov 15, 2017Desi Williams, the strong, athletic Healer, is exactly the kind of physical threat the new majority wants gone before she can start winning immunity. They cut her early, and Desi is voted out in 11th, the first member of the jury.
9“Fear of the Unknown”Nov 22, 2017Cole Medders, the other half of the season's showmance, has been a headache for his own allies all game, eating more than his share and letting strategy slip in conversation. The group finally decides his loose lips and big appetite aren't worth the trouble, and Cole is voted out to the jury in 10th.
10“Buy One, Get One Free”Nov 29, 2017JP Hilsabeck, the firefighter who'd mostly stayed quiet and physical, gets targeted precisely because he's a strong, likable threat to drag to the end. Chrissy and Ryan's crew engineers the move, and JP is blindsided to the jury in 9th.
11“Not Going to Roll Over and Die”Dec 6, 2017Joe Mena, the brash former corrections officer who'd bluffed and brawled his way through the merge, playing idols and picking fights and daring people to come at him, finally runs out of road. The group is more than ready to be rid of him, and Joe is voted out to the jury in 8th.
12“The Survivor Devil”Dec 13, 2017Lauren Rimmer, the no-nonsense commercial fisherman, has quietly been one of the steadiest players left and is even sitting on an extra-vote advantage. None of it saves her. The numbers turn her way, and the night's real shock is Ben Driebergen, stranded on the bottom and seemingly doomed, pulling out a hidden idol to wipe the votes off himself, sending Lauren to the jury in 7th instead and kicking off one of the great solo runs the show has ever seen.
13“Million Dollar Night”FinaleDec 20, 2017Finale night belongs to Ben Driebergen, and his run is the stuff of legend. A Marine veteran left at the bottom after his allies turned on him, Ben goes hunting and keeps coming up with hidden idols, playing one at Tribal after Tribal to erase every vote against him. The majority manages to send home Ashley Nolan in 6th and Mike Zahalsky in 5th, but each time they aim at Ben himself, he pulls another idol and survives. By the final four, the producers spring an unprecedented twist to break the idol stranglehold: a fire-making challenge for a spot at the end. Devon Pinto loses at the fire pit and becomes the final juror in 4th. That leaves Ben beside Chrissy Hofbeck and Ryan Ulrich at Final Tribal, and the jury rewards his against-all-odds run, handing Ben the title 5-2-1.