1. "Why Am I Paired With That Bloody Polish Man?"

20 former Will's Survivor players returned for another shot at the title of Sole Survivor and the "Season of Secrets". Immediately after hitting the beach, Wes and Raul vowed to target Robbie after their less than ideal experiences with him last season. Believing Robbie to be a liability, Coco expressed doubts about being able to work together as well as the two did last season. Raul vowed to be "mentally deranged", not much of a departure from the norm. Every person in the game was assigned a secret partner from the other tribe -- Ben expressed dismay at being paired with his old nemesis Raul, and while the two talked about working together for the benefit of the potential merge advantage Ben vowed never to trust him completely.

At the Heroes camp, Tina quickly reconnected with Brad from All Stars and made a chat with Nathan, the old "Mutiny Mutants" alliance from All Stars. After being the first from each tribe to spot an advantage hidden in the group description, Nathan and Timberlie decided to both "split" in a prisoners' dilemma game and won immunity at their first tribal council.

At the immunity challenge, the Heroes made it to the puzzle phase behind the Villains, but Zach and Absol rallied to narrowly squeak out a win. With help from Nathan, Tina quickly found the Heroes' hidden immunity idol after receiving the clue. Nathan then found a second advantage hidden on the host's profile and chose to sacrifice his vote at tribal council to receive an extra vote to cast later in the game.

At tribal council, the Villains were conflicted between voting for Paulette for her inactivity and Robbie for being a perceived strategic threat and player that was hard to work with in general. While Coco, Max, and Keith debated trying to switch votes to save Robbie, in the end they decided to play it safe and joined the rest of the tribe in sending a pissed off Robbie home in an 8-1 vote.

2. "Ratted Their Asses Out"

On his way out, Robbie told Nathan about a chat created with him, Max, Coco, and Keith, causing Nathan to target Max and Coco for the next vote. On the villains, 2 loose alliances began to form: one with Coco, Max, Raul, and Dev, and the other consisting of Wes, Paulette, Jimmy, and Nathan, with Keith being in the middle of both alliances.

At the immunity challenge, Absol dominated Survivor trivia to give the Heroes their second straight win. AT tribal council, the vote was divided between Jimmy and Coco -- caught in the middle of both alliances, Keith was wary of Jimmy working with Nathan, Paulette, and Wes, 3 people he said he would never work with. Because of this, he ultimately decided to stick with his original alliance to send Jimmy home over Coco in a 5-4 vote.

3. "Gonna do Something Stupid I Think"

In the wake of Jimmy's elimination it appeared as though lines had been drawn on the Villains tribe, as Raul continued to be in the middle and debate his next move. While Max and Coco initially believed that Keith had voted against them, they later came to realize he hadn't and that both Wes and Paulette had lied about their votes. In a bid to gain trust, Nathan confided in Raul about his extra vote, causing Raul to decide to force Nathan to use it to stay in the game.

After the Heroes won immunity for the third straight time, Raul tentatively put his plan into action to get both Keith and Nathan's extra vote out of the game. Meanwhile, Coco and Max targeted Nathan, believing him to be a huge social and strategic threat. After changing his vote 4 times, Raul voted for Nathan to either flush his extra vote or send him home in a re-vote. After using neither his idol nor his advantage, Nathan was sent home with his pockets full in a 5-1 re-vote.

4. "I'm Not Having Fun Tonight"

General fallout continued from the previous vote on the villains tribe. causing several arguments in the tribe chat and Wes to vow to throw the next challenge, believing himself to be in a hopeless situation. At the immunity challenge, however, the Villains finally managed to pull out a win after chatzy helped them win the Survivor Electoral College.

Faced with tribal council for the first time, two sides formed on the Heroes tribe: one consisted of Absol, Julian, Alyssa, and Tina, and the other consisted of Oliver, Pietro, Zach, and John, with Ben and Timberlie in the middle. After Julian got sick and wasn't able to campaign to save himself all day, Ben and Timberlie ended up deciding that Julian leaving was best for their game. With the majority secure, Tina and Alyssa also ended up voting Julian over Zach so that they wouldn't vote in the minority, leading to Julian being sent home in an 8-2 vote.

5. "Somebody Send a Psychiatrist"

After the last vote didn't go in his favor, Absol was openly frustrated and ranted about how his tribe was allegedly happy to use his strength in challenges, but not vote how he wanted them to, causing him to cause problems on purpose in the upcoming immunity challenge. Despite this, the Heroes once again easily defeated the dysfunctional Villains.

After the challenge, Dev was openly frustrated with Wes' lack of attendance and pinged him in the chat somewhere between 50 and 60 times. With Wes and Paulette once again targeting Keith, Dev and Raul decided that the trio of Keith/Max/Coco needed to be split up, so they flipped to send Keith out of the game in a 4-3 vote.

6. "Flirting with People to Get My Way"

After Keith's exit, the tribes swapped into two new tribes of 7. At the new Pago Pago, Pietro immediately implemented his new strategy of "changing my profile picture to one where I look hot" and began flirting with Max to try and get on his good side. Meanwhile, Raul claimed his new tribe was "mentally ill" and attempted to quit for the 11th or 12th time, while Absol and Ben began to repair their relationship after several group games of being against each other, resulting in a shaky trust being built between the two.

At the new Lauaki, Timberlie found himself caught in the middle between the Heroes alliance of Oliver/John/Zach, and Wes and Dev, with Alyssa rejoining her old ally Wes from Nauru. After drawing the odd buff during the swap, Tina was sent to Exile Island and received the 50/50 token, with the option to upgrade its odds to 70/30 by posting a couple specific phrases at one of the next 2 immunity challenges.

At the immunity challenge, Max carried the new Pago Pago to victory in tengaged scattergories. With Timberlie as the swing vote at tribal council, he eventually decided to side with Wes, Dev, and Alyssa. This foursome voted together to send Oliver out of the game, 4-3.

7. "Imagine Not Being a Gigantic Crybaby"

After Oliver's vote out, John and Zach tried to regroup by trying to shift the target onto Tina, a two time winner who had rejoined the game after a round at Exile Island. Dev, eager to make a move, recruited Wes into his plan to blindside Tina at the next tribal council.

At the immunity challenge, Pago Pago once again defeated Lauaki. At tribal council, Wes initially voted for Tina but ended up wavering in his choice of target. Eventually, Wes and Alyssa leaked the plan and formed a new chat with Brad and Tina after being hesitant about working with two people who were against them the previous round. This ended in John being blindsided at tribal council in a 4-3 vote.

8. "Who the Hell is Alyssa?"

Dev vented his frustration at Wes for not voting for him the previous round, while Tina and Brad were uneasily optimistic at their chances of surviving again. At Pago Pago, Absol continued to plan for the merge and Ben worried about his position in the game after seeing two close allies leave on the other tribe in previous rounds. After Lauaki lost yet another immunity challenge, Wes and Alyssa found themselves in the middle of the vote once again.

At tribal council, Wes and Alyssa joined Zach and Dev to take a shot at Tina, a two-time winner who was viewed as a big social and strategic threat. After grabbing an upgrade for the 50/50 token by reaching under the Lauaki tribe mat at the immunity challenge, however, Tina played the token and it landed on SAFE with 70/30 odds. Thus 4 votes against Tina did not count, and Tina/Brad voted together to send "huge gamebot" and challenge threat Zach out the door in a 4(0)-2 vote.

9. "Mr. Fantastic Jawline"

The tribes merged and the individual phase of the game began. At the immunity challenge, most people were reluctant to show their cards and attack one another for fear of putting a target on themselves for the vote. Eventually, Max/Tina/Raul worked together to eliminate most of the other players and Max won after a tense debate over whether him or Raul should win. After this, Max found the merge immunity idol after receiving the clue when a lucky google search for "dark green level users on tengaged" revealed the person it was hidden on.

At tribal council, Wes/Dev/Alyssa/Paulette emerged as the minority after a series of loose alliances/connections led the other 8 tribe members to not target each other. Absol lobbied to split the votes 4-4 instead of an idol play with Wes as the intended target, while Pietro and Max worked to switch the vote off of Wes and onto Alyssa, who they had less of a connection with. Meanwhile, Dev and Alyssa's group targeted Timberlie and tried to get Ben and Tina on board to vote him off, while Raul had several breakdowns and attempted to quit the game yet again. After rumors of Alyssa having an idol emerged and a chaotic last minute scramble in the 20 minutes before the voting deadline, the vote swung against Alyssa and she was sent home 8-4.

10. "I Don't Need More Fake Friends"

After Alyssa's exit, the group of 8 that voted her out immediately began to turn on each other. Max and Pietro began to target Absol, while Ben and Absol formed a close bond and sought to target Max and his perceived allies, Coco and Wes. Max and Wes had a falling out over the previous vote, with Max worrying about how the season would affect his relationships outside of the game. This also led to Wes nearly quitting the game, but eventually deciding to rejoin the tribe chat.

At the immunity challenge, Max defeated Ben to win for the second time in a row. At tribal council, 3 different plans emerged: On one hand, Absol, Ben, Tina, and Timberlie sought to vote Max's close ally Coco out of the game. On the other, Max, Coco, and Pietro targeted Absol to split up his perceived alliance and his control over the game. Meanwhile, Wes and Dev continued to target Timberlie and they were joined by Raul who was seeking to stay out of the Max/Absol clash. When the votes came in, Max played an idol on his close ally Coco, leading to 5 votes being canceled and a 3-3 tie between Absol and Timberlie. Lacking Absol's social connections, Timberlie was then voted out 6-3 after a tense tribal council.

11. "A Horrid Game with Horrid People"

After Max's plan to blindside Absol backfired, he quickly cut ties with Tina and pondered leaving the game, though eventually decided to stay. Tina, Ben, and Absol solidified their final 3 alliance with Raul as a fourth. Wes, Pietro, and Coco set their sites on voting either Ben, Tina, or Absol out next, while Wes/Paulette/Dev found themselves in the middle again.

At the immunity challenge, Absol won Touchy Subjects to get himself a spot in the final 9. At tribal council, Tina was once again targeted for being a two-time winner and major strategic threat by half the cast. However, s/he avoided a tie by using the hidden immunity idol found by Nathan on day 2 of the game, sending Max's closest ally Coco out of the game in a 5(0)-5 vote.

12. "It's My Time"

After Coco's boot, Absol tried to consolidate his alliances to have a better shot of getting to the end, explaining how his 2 groups were people who knew about the vote steal (Paulette, Tina, and Ben), those who didn't (Raul and Wes), and those who would ideally be next to go (Max and Pietro).

At the immunity challenge, Wes won Buzzer Beater to secure a spot in the final 8. At tribal council, the vote once again swung against two time winner Tina, unable to escape the huge target on her back, with Raul again deciding to play the middle and throwing his vote. Absol briefly deliberated using his idol to keep Tina in the game, but in the end decided it wasn't best for him. Thus Tina was finally voted out for the first time in 3 seasons in a 5-3-1 vote.

13. "One Point, One Vote, First Place"

After Tina's exit, Absol won immunity to guarantee himself a spot in the final 7. Seeing Ben as being both against them strategically and Absol's right hand man throughout the season, Max and Pietro lobbied Wes, Dev, and Paulette to vote him out next. With Absol and Ben targeting Pietro as an easier person to get votes on than Max, Adam and Wes were more or less in the middle. Ultimately, Wes decided to join Raul, Absol, and Ben to vote Pietro out, who was sent home after Paulette threw a vote against Max out of respect for his secret partner Pietro, 4-3-1.

14. "Big Ben is a Big Target"

Ben worried about his place in the game, believing that he might get fourth or fifth if he stuck with his current alliance but preferring to stick to his word in the game. Personal issues caused Dev to consider withdrawing from the game, but he ended up resolving to stick it out.

At the immunity challenge, a series of arguments erupted after Wes alleged that Max was targeting him out of spite during the challenge, which rubbed him the wrong way. Despite this, Wes ended up winning immunity after Absol and Raul missed a question. With this being the last tribal to use his vote steal, Absol and Ben decided to finally take a shot at their arch-nemesis Max to get him out of the game. While Wes and Max eventually made up and decided to target Ben, it was too little and too late and max was sent home 5-2 after Absol stole Dev's vote at tribal council.

15. "We Do Things Different Out Here"

With the game at the final 6, everybody began to size up what their path to the end was. Raul claimed to be following a strategy of playing the middle while trying to sit next to Ben and Absol at the end, Absol deliberated whether or not sitting next to Ben was best for his game.

After Absol won the final 6 immunity challenge (and with his idol still public knowledge), it was anyone's game heading into the final 6 tribal council. With Dev, Wes, and Paulette targeting Ben and Absol, Ben, and Raul targeting Wes as the biggest threat to win remaining on the other side, the vote deadlocked 3-3 on the first round. During the re-vote period Raul attempted to make a deal with Paulette to go to the end together in exchange for him flipping his vote on the re-vote. Already hesitant about going to rocks so late in the game, this gamble worked and Paulette flipped to send Wes to the jury in a 3-1 revote.