Caterpillar to a Butterfly

Caterpillar to a Butterfly is the penultimate episode of .
==Story==
===Night 21===
As Kula Kula returns to camp from Tribal Council, Lindsay Dolashewich continues to revel in the fact that she survived the game by hugging all her tribemates. She recaps the events that led to Drea Wheeler's elimination, and celebrates the fact that her Advantage Amulet is now a Hidden Immunity Idol, which she plans on using at the next Tribal Council.
As the rest of the tribe sleeps, Mike Turner floats a plan by Maryanne Oketch. He suspects that Omar Zaheer is gunning for him, so he wants to get rid of Omar before he gets the chance to take him out. Maryanne offers to consider his proposal, but expresses hesitation because Omar has been her ally since Day 1. Mike then exposes that he has been aligned with Omar since the merge, and the pair realize that Omar has been playing both of them.
===Day 22===
===Day 23===
==Challenges==
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Challenge: Dizzy Miss LizzyCastaways must spin to unravel a coil of rope, then make their way across a series of obstacles to collect a key, which they will use to unlock a set of puzzle pieces. They must then use the pieces to solve a block puzzle of a compass rose. The first person to solve their puzzle wins.Reward: A choice between grilled chicken and vegetables (to share with two other players) or chocolate cake and cookies (to share with three other players).Winner: (shared with , , and )
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Challenge: Stair Down the WallsCastaways must get over a set of hurdle obstacles, then retrieve three batches of puzzle pieces from a bridge to complete their staircase. They would then maneuver a bag containing two balls through a ladder puzzle before attempting to land these balls in a table maze.Winner: 
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==Tribal Council==
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VotedAgainst	Voter(Maryanne used Extra Vote advantage)
 	
 	
 	
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===Voting Confessionals===
No voting confessionals were aired.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
								
								
==Trivia==
===Secret Scenes===
*(Untitled): On Day 22, Lindsay and Maryanne are challenging each other in a limbo competition.https://ew.com/tv/survivor-42-episode-12-maryanne-lindsay-limbo-deleted-scene/
*Jonathan Goes Fishing: Jonathan is disappointed Omar didn't pick him to share in the reward but he takes matters into his own hands to feed himself.https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/xJx2hrnQW0ZRp5_OGCgsupVQLrvskOl9/
*I'm Going All Out: Lindsay is ready for an intense Immunity Challenge and hopes to beat Jonathan.https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/KX23n2s5pnB5oSsp_H6yQMW_BGGi67ST/
===Behind the Scenes===
*Omar explained that he decided to return Mike the idol because he planned to blindside him at the final five by playing an Idol Nullifier against him.https://ew.com/tv/survivor-42-omar-zaheer-interview/
*According to Omar, the Advantage Amulet was non-transferable, so Lindsay would have had to play the idol on him at Tribal Council. This discouraged her from playing it as she did not want to expose their tight partnership.
*At Ponderosa, Hai implied that the jurors were getting drunk right until they prepared to leave for Tribal Council;https://twitter.com/giangyhai/status/1527136257653870592 Drea shared on social media that she spent five hours preparing her jury look.https://twitter.com/Drea_Wheeler/status/1527093945628360704 After his arrival, Omar described receiving a frosty reception; he claimed that he was on the receiving end of malicious comments, including from Drea, whose conduct he found hypocritical.https://youtu.be/Y8tz_oGTdCM (9:20)https://heavy.com/entertainment/survivor/omar-zaheer-drea-wheeler-lies-ponderosa/https://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-42-omar-zaheer-interview/ (3:05:15, Transcript)
===Other===
*Lindsay becomes the first woman since Kim Spradlin in to leave her idol to expire unused because she won immunity at the last time it could be played.
**She is the second person to achieve this in a non-finale episode, after Malcolm Freberg in .
*This marks the first time that the Extra Vote caused a plurality vote.
*Omar becomes the first member of Taku to be eliminated since Marya Sherron back in .
**The nine-episode gap is the second-longest period between two members of the same tribe being eliminated, after Matsing saw a ten-episode gap between eliminations in Philippines.
==References==
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Category:Survivor 42
Category:Survivor 42 Episodes