They Were on Clearance

**They Were on Clearance** is the sixth episode of *Survivor 1 (US)*.

## Story

 Following Tribal Council, the Loto tribe was very quiet. Marissa broke it by asking the guys what the hell happened. DJ spoke up and said they felt the girls were teaming up and wanted to stop it. Marissa headed off and said she needed a moment. Paloma and Jarrett broke off to talk. She said she understood and that they just needed to be unified for merge whenever it comes. Jarrett heads off and Paloma sits down. She gives herself a pep talk and reminds herself why she’s here and that now she just needs to play harder. Paloma sits up and heads off to get in bed. Freddie hugged DJ really hard and thanked him over and over for saving him. DJ smiled and said it was his pleasure to do so. DJ and Freddie agree that Marissa is harmless and that if they go to tribal, Paloma should be the one to leave.

 The next morning at the Tau tribe, Owen and Gloria woke up early together to get fire wood. He complimented her again on her impressive challenge performance. She blushed and offered him a fist bump. They discuss the Final Tribal Council and agree again to take one another, regardless of chances to win. While Gloria was sincere, Owen considered the idea of taking her out once they got to the endgame as he was seeing her building her resume. Sage and Trina both tanned at the beach. Trina checked in to see how Sage was dealing with everything since Yun’s vote off. Sage assured that they were fine. Trina apolgoized again and said she just saw how tight Yun and Sage were getting and saw their pair as a bigger threat than Gloria and Owen’s. Sage hugged Trina and thanked her for the chat.

 Boston gathered the Fiefia tribe together to discuss the possibility of them merging that day. Madi agreed that it was certainly possible. Boston and Madi both suggested the four of them stick together if it was the case. Spenser was game for the idea and suggested they align with Tau as he already has a connection through Gloria. Kit nodded along but Madi could tell she was not enjoying this idea. Kit pulls Madi aside later on in the day and expresses concerns regarding this idea. She felt if they went with Tau and Spenser, the two of them would be at the bottom. Madi said that they should wait until merge to figure it out, and that being in a swing vote position could be a good thing for them. Madi then relayed this convo back to Boston. They both agreed that having Fiefia and Tau aligned would be really smart and were frustrated that Kit was against the idea. Madi stated that there would be no way to keep the tribe in tact with both Kit and Spenser around because they were so against one another.

 The next morning, the tribe had decided to go to the water well. They invited Paloma to join them but she abstained, saying she was sore from the last challenge. Once they were gone, Paloma’s eyes were drawn to Freddie’s bag. Paloma looked around to make sure everyone was gone. She dug through Freddie’s bag and inside of a pair of his socks, found the scroll explaining the Knowledge is Power Advantage. She read it and gasped. At the bottom, it stated the advantage was not able to be stolen or given to someone else. Paloma rolled her eyes. She then peered over to DJ’s bag. Paloma looked through it and found both the Legacy Advantage and his idol. She covered her mouth and tried not to laugh. Paloma comes up with a plan. She puts DJ’s stuff back in his bag. She then sets Freddie’s advantage on top of the stuff in his bag. Paloma takes off one of her earrings and chucks it into the ocean. By the time everyone got back to camp, she was frantically looking around. Marissa rushes over and asks Paloma what’s wrong. Paloma explains that she was over by the bags when she realized her earring was missing. She explained that the earring was the only thing she inherited from her grandmother before she passed. Paloma started sobbing and Marissa hugged her. The tribe agreed to search the area and find it. DJ pats her on the back and offers to search around the area of the bags. Paloma smiles and hugs DJ, thanking him. As everyone disperses searching for the earring, DJ starts peeking in everyone’s bags to see if it’d dropped in there. Not to long after, he saw a note in Freddie’s bag. He looked around and noticed nobody was watching him. DJ opened it and read about he Knowledge is Power advantage. As DJ read the advantage, his face slowly cracked. This began to make DJ doubt Freddie and worry that he could use this advantage on him, especially knowing Spenser and Gloria would probably tell everyone what he did at the Summit once they merge.

The tribes gathered for the Reward and Immunity Challenge. Jeff explained that the winning tribes would win showers for one night, and one night only. Everyone gasped out of excitement. He then explained the rules of the challenge. It involved one castaway shouting instructions to three blindfolded castaways on how to get through an obstacle course. Loto had to sit someone out and Jarrett opted to sit out. Jeff then told everyone to begin. Gloria, DJ, and Kit acted as instructors for their tribes, while everyone else was blindfolded. Right from the getgo, Kit was very loud, mean and direct. Spenser very quickly got annoyed but she absolutely got the job done as their tribe made progress much quicker than the others. Both Tau and Loto were about head to head. Each tribe had someone dragging them down; those being Owen and Freddie who were both struggling with following the instructions. The first tribe to finish was Fiefia, Kit jumped up and down and celebrated. Spenser, Madi, and Boston all unmasked themselves and hugged, celebrating the victory. It all came down to Tau and Loto. Gloria was beginning to have panic in her voice but DJ was trying to remain cool, calm and collected. Owen and Freddie both continued to struggle. Trina reached her hand around until she found Owen’s hand and gripped it. She decided to help lead him. From then, the tribe made much quicker progress. At one point, Freddie fell to the ground and screamed that he couldn’t get up. Before anyone knew it, Tau finished and won reward and immunity as well, sending Loto back to tribal. Paloma and Marissa were both visibly disappointed and Marissa even began getting teary-eyed. Jeff passed the immunity statues to both Kit and Gloria and congratulated their teams on immunity and showers for the night. He turned to Loto and reminded them they’d be headed back to tribal. He noted how much more upset Marissa and Paloma seemed and asked Paloma why she was so upset. She sniffed her tears up and said she felt defeated and that she knew it’d be her or Marissa leaving. Paloma said that she really wanted to win for her family and that potentially leaving before merge tore her up. Jeff told the Loto tribe that he’d be waiting for them at tribal and to head back to camp.

 Back at the Loto beach, DJ pulled Jarrett aside and told him what he’d found in Freddie’s bag. They both agreed that it was sketchy of him not to share his advantages with them. Freddie joined them and asked if they were still voting for Paloma. The two guys nodded and said that was the plan. Once Freddie left, Jarrett asked DJ what they should do and DJ merely said he was unsure. He didn’t want to bank on them merging because if they went to tribal again without Freddie, it’d go to rocks. In that same breath, he didn’t want to have the advantage in the game. Jarrett reassured him that he’d do what he wanted. Before tribal, DJ pulled Paloma aside and told her to vote for Freddie. She asked if the votes were there for her to stay, and DJ asked her if it really mattered. Paloma sighed and said she’d vote for Freddie and reminded him that Freddie had gone to the Summit during the first week and is likely holding onto an advantage. DJ smirks and says he’s thought about that. The tribe grabs their torches and head to tribal as the sun sets.

 The Loto tribe arrives for Tribal Council. Jeff invites them to sit down. He asks Jarrett what the energy was like when they got back to camp. He says that it was chill and there wasn’t much drama or speculating. It felt like everyone knew what they were going to do. Jeff asks Freddie if he shares that sentiment to which he agreed. He said that everyone knew it was Marissa or Paloma leaving, and it was just a matter of which one. Jeff asked Paloma how it felt hearing this. She said that it was difficult to hear out loud but that Freddie wasn’t lying. She looked to Marissa and said she wasn’t going to vote for her, which Marissa also agrees to. Jeff asks DJ if he wants to add anything as he’d been quiet all tribal. He merely says that he hopes whoever leaves between Marissa and Paloma understands that he wishes they could’ve all made it to merge together. With that, Jeff begins the vote. By a vote of 4-1, Freddie was voted out. He gasped and looked around to DJ and Jarrett in shock. DJ sighed and patted him on the back, apologizing. Paloma smirked and winked at Marissa. Freddie stood in shock and grabbed his torch. Jeff told Freddie that the tribe had spoken and snuffed out his torch. Freddie turned to DJ and Jarrett, saying they’ll regret this. He headed off. The tribe was just about to get up and leave when Jeff told them to stop and said he had one thing to tell them. He pulled out a sac and threw them each a purple buff and then the bag with the rest in there. Jeff congratulated them on reaching the merge and said that the next morning they’d be taking a boat to the other camps and giving the good news to the other tribes. DJ, Jarrett, Marissa, and Paloma all cheered and hugged each other out of celebration. They tossed aside their new buffs. Jeff then excused them.

## Tribal Council

 Freddie (4 votes)
 Paloma (1 vote)
 VOTED OUT:Freddie Lozano

## Trivia

* The episode's title was said by Paloma Michaels.