The Final Four: No Regrets

The Final Four: No Regrets is the season finale of .
==Story==
===Day 36===
After exterminating the last member of Samburu, the four remaining Borans celebrated their triumph over the competition. But not before long, a fuming Lex van den Berghe talked to Ethan Zohn and claimed that Tom Buchanan had been conspiring with others to oust him.
===Day 37===
Lex confronted Tom about the latter's plot to oust him and asked if he told Teresa that he cannot be trusted. Despite Tom denying all accusations, he stated in a confessional,
After the heated conversation, the two somehow mended their differences. Tree Mail instructed them to proceed to Tribal Council for their next Immunity Challenge. Jeff Probst told the castaways that the challenge would be held at Tribal Council, in front of the jury. The challenge would be a quiz about how well the final four knew their eliminated season contestants. Tom had an early lead, but eventually lost it when the others caught up with him. At the final question, Kim Johnson answered correctly, while Lex did not (see Trivia), earning her first immunity win and a spot in the final three. Voting immediately ensued, and with Lex, Kim J., and Ethan having trust issues with him, Tom was unanimously eliminated.
===Day 38===
At dawn, Jeff made a surprise visit to Moto Maji camp and woke up Ethan and Kim J. to make their Rites of Passage to commemorate the eliminated cast members, before heading to their Final Immunity Challenge (Lex stayed awake from experiencing stomach pains all night). After a ceremonial ritual conducted by the real Samburu tribesmen, the final three went on a path walk with the torches of their fallen castaways, leading to their Final Immunity Challenge.
With Jeff frequently asking, "How badly do you want this?" the three remaining castaways made their one last struggle for immunity. Ethan lost his balance and fell out of the challenge after 2 hours and 26 minutes. As Kim J. and Lex continued to find a comfortable footing, the Kenyan sun reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit, Lex's stomach problems made him stumble, thus granting Kim J. immunity.
At Tribal Council, Jeff congratulated Kim J. for making a last-minute surge by winning the last two challenges. After a short plea from both Ethan and Lex, Kim J. then proceeded to the voting booth. After a hard decision, Kim chose Lex to complete the jury and picked Ethan to join her at the Final Tribal Council.
===Day 39===
At the Final Tribal Council, the Final Two made their opening statements. Kim J. argued that, being the oldest female of the season, she had proved that she was a worthy competitor. Ethan exclaimed that he kept his integrity and honor to last this long.
Brandon Quinton was first to speak, where he revealed of being confused of who to vote since he had been tribe mates with Ethan and Kim J. only after the merge. He only asked if anyone from the jury deserved their spot other than them, who will it be. Both Kim J. and Ethan answered Lex for he dominated in challenges. Brandon then asked of who was the least deserving. Ethan outright answered Brandon, while Kim J. answered Tom because she perceived him as a sexist. Lex asked them of what will be their most selfless act they would possibly do after the game. Kim J. answered she will help spread AIDS awareness using her win as a platform. Ethan said that he would make a charity soccer project to help AIDS victims.
Frank Garrison asked the Final Two what their "top five qualities" that a Sole Survivor should have was. Ethan took a long time to answer but he replied willpower, strength, integrity, intelligence and luck. Kim J. answered respect, thoughtfulness, flexibility, love and understanding.
Kelly Goldsmith said that she expected the two of them to be on the jury instead going to the end, but she thanked Kim J. for voting Lex off. Kelly then lauded Kim J. for lasting this long, but was unmoved of her "integrity." She then criticized Ethan for not making much relations with her during their time in the game. She then asked the two to pick a number between 1 and a thousand. Kim J. said 3, while Ethan answered 888.
Kim Powers asked of which among the jury members did they learned the most and the least about themselves. Kim J. answered she learned the most from her because she admired that in a young age, she courageously called off her wedding and she was not trying too hard to do what is expected of her. She also stated that she still forgave Brandon for deceiving her. She picked Tom for the least, for no apparent reason. Ethan answered Teresa Cooper for the most because he was inspired of her willpower. He then he learned the least from Kelly because he indeed confessed that he did not get to know her that much during their days in the game.
Tom made a startling query: "Ethan, if a hyena came through camp and ate our mush and after he ate it he turned around and licked﻿ his hind end - did he do it because that was the animal instinct, or to get the taste of mush out his mouth? What do you think?" Ethan took another long pause and answered, "Well, if I was a hyena, and  had eaten that mush... it would probably be... (thinking pause)... To clean his hind end. Because I didn't mind the taste of that mush as much as you did." Kim J. answered, "I would have to say... ah... that the hyena, you know, was just cleaning his hind end. I mean, the mush was the only thing we had to eat. And I would think that maybe, you know, he needed it to survive. And when you get hungry enough you eat what you have to eat. And taste is one of the first luxuries that goes out the window."
Teresa asked the two if there is any regretful words that they had uttered, what would be it. Both answered that their regretful action was misjudging Kelly who made the "mystery vote" during Clarence Black's elimination and helped her getting eliminated.
After all had been said and done, the jury made their decision. After a 5-2 vote, all revealed live, Ethan was declared the third Sole Survivor.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Immunity (Day 37)=Challenge: Fallen ComradesThe castaways will be quizzed on how much they knew about those voted out before them. Eight questions would be asked about the twelve fallen survivors with whom they had spent the past thirty-six days. The person who answered the most questions correctly would win Immunity.Winner: |-|Immunity (Day 38)=Challenge: Hard IdolWith the tribal Immunity Idol perched between them, the group had to hold their positions without moving their hands or feet. The last person standing would win.Winner: </tabber>
==Tribal Council==
===Day 37===
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====Voting Confessionals====
Ethan's vote was not revealed during his confessional.
====Final Words====
===Day 38===
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Kim's vote was not shown during her confessional.
====Final Words====
===Final Tribal Council===
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====Voting Confessionals====
Teresa's vote was not shown during her confessional.
===Final Results===
							
							
==Trivia==
* A mistake was found in the final question in Fallen Comrades challenge. The question revolved around which among the eliminated female contestants had no body piercings. The accepted answer was Kelly Goldsmith (the answer Kim Johnson gave that won her the challenge), but it was found that Lindsey Richter (the answer given by Lex van den Berghe) also did not have body piercings. The producers were alerted of the mistake, and as consolation, Lex, who would have tied with Kim J. after the question, and Tom Buchanan, who was voted out immediately after, both received the $100,000 runner-up prize instead of the traditional third and fourth place winnings.https://people.com/celebrity/bronze-survivor-winners-get-silver/
* This season's Rites of Passage is the first in the series to feature commentary from the fallen castaways.
* This episode marks the first time that the winner of was not decided by one vote.
==References==
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