A Perfect Illusion

**A Perfect Illusion** is the sixth episode of *Survivor: Game Changers*.

## Summary

### Davui

Franklin, Pamela, Indiana and Zander arrive back at camp. Zander shakes his head while looking at Franklin, Pamela and Indiana. He then tells Franklin that he expected more of him but he's just a big disappointment. Pamela and Indiana defend Franklin, causing Zander to call them the mean b\*\*\*\*es of this season. Pamela tells Zander to stop being salty for voting wrong twice in a row. Zander says that's only because people are blind are following her like sheep. Pamela tells Zander to work on his social game so he'll have people following him. She and Indiana then lay in the shelter while Zander glares at them.

### Tribe Swap

***NAVUA***

***DAVUI***

***MOICA***

The Navua tribe arrives first as Jeff welcomes them. They're followed by the Davui tribe. The members of the Navua tribe look surprised to not see Presley but instead see Pamela still there. Moica then follows, as Oakley and Rachel quickly look towards each other. Rachel whispers to Oakley that their closest ally has been taken out.

Jeff then tells the final fourteen players to drop their buffs because they're switching tribes again. They'll go from three tribes to two tribes. All players each grab a package that contains a buff, then opening it. On the new Davui tribe are Bonita, Chase, Helena, Indiana, Oakley, Pamela and Zander while on the new Moica tribe are Amy, Blaine, Franklin, Gina, Jia Li, Neil and Rachel.

***DAVUI***

***MOICA***

The two tribes then head towards their own camps.

### New Davui

Bonita, Chase, Helena, Indiana, Oakley, Pamela and Zander arrive at their camp. Some small introductions take place, as it looks like everyone's just ready to make sure they're on the right side of the numbers. Everyone seems to be going their own way. Bonita, Chase and Zander decide to talk. Zander makes sure towards the two that Pamela has to go since she has been running the show. Chase says he's glad to be on a tribe with these two because he knows that he can trust them and is fine with voting Pamela. Bonita says that she's fine with doing whoever as long as it's not them.

In the woods, Helena, Pamela, Indiana and Oakley are reunited. Pamela says that she's super excited to be back together with this group and hugs Helena as she thanks her for taking Kristian out of this game. Indiana hysterically laughs as the three girls continue to talk about their journey on the swapped tribes. Oakley feels a bit side-lined and decides to take a walk while Pamela, Helena and Indiana decide to work together and take down Chase and Zander next.

Oakley walks down the path back to camp as Zander and Chase walk towards him. Chase tells Oakley that he's stoked to be playing with him again on this tribe, since they agreed on working together. Zander looks hopeful now and suggests to make an second-generation alliance which would consist of him, Chase, Oakley, Bonita and Helena. Oakley says he'd be into that because he doesn't want to betray Helena but isn't looking forward to work with Pamela either. Zander and Chase grin towards each other.

Pamela decides to check on Bonita, who is laying in the shelter. Pamela joins her and tells her that she's really excited to play together. Bonita agrees, telling Pamela that when she saw her on the ballot she really wanted to play with her. Pamela tells Bonita that Zander has been trying to dictate the game and gets moody as soon as something doesn't go his way. Bonita says she dealed with Zander earlier in this game, she understands her. The two decide to keep an eye out for each other.

### New Moica

Amy, Blaine, Franklin, Gina, Jia Li, Neil and Rachel arrive at Moica. While the Davui tribe started to play hard immediately, the situation at Moica is very peaceful. Everyone introduces themselves towards each other and the conversations are taking very long. While Amy, Franklin, Jia Li, Neil and Rachel are very invested in those, Gina and Blaine share a quick look at each other, deciding to take a walk together as they share their irritation on the way these first few hours have been going. Gina says that they didn't apply for *Survivor: Tea Time*. Blaine laughs out loud and tells Gina that he has to work with her. Gina would love to work with Blaine.

Franklin, Jia Li and Neil take a walk as Franklin would like to get some explanation on why he wasn't picked for their tribe. Neil says he didn't want them to be seen as a obvious trio. Franklin tells the two that he has gone through an absolute hell, he was pushed towards certain directions and had people being pissed at him. Neil apologizes and says he didn't want that to happen to him. Jia Li apologizes as well and hopes they can make it up to him. Franklin smiles and says that he's just glad to have them around him again. Neil then says that they're closely aligned with Amy and Blaine so they could possibly start a majority alliance. Franklin would be fine with that.

Rachel is creating some fire as she's looking around her. She notices that Neil, Jia Li and Franklin are taking a walk. She then looks at her left and sees Blaine walking nearby her. When she gets ready to walk towards him, he gets approached by Amy. The two walk towards the other side of camp as Rachel starts to sigh. She looks at the fire she just made and blinks a few times while staring at it.

Amy and Blaine decide to have a conversation together as Blaine asks Amy how she's feeling about the tribe. Amy says that she's aligned with almost everyone but Gina. Blaine tells Amy that she'd really like Gina if she started to talk to her. Amy says she'll give it a try later on. She would like a majority alliance of them two, Jia Li, Neil and then maybe Rachel or Franklin. Blaine puts on a smile and tells Amy they can figure that out later.

Gina and Franklin are taking a walk as Gina points out to Franklin that Jia Li, Neil, Amy and Blaine all have been part of the same swapped tribe and they look very close. Franklin tells Gina that he originally would've been part of that tribe as well but Neil thought it'd be better to not include him. Gina looks very interested and hears him out on that as Franklin tells Gina everything, from the alliance to the decision to not include him. Gina appreciates Franklin for giving her all that info and promises him to keep it for herself. Franklin's happy to hear that.

### Challenge

***DAVUI***

***MOICA***

The two newly-formed tribes arrive at the challenge as Jeff welcomes them all. He then explains the challenge. They will be playing **Impossible Obstacle-Course**. The group has to carry a gigantic tree trunk through three series of obstacles. Then, they have to push the tree trunk through a wooden wall. Once the wall is broken, two players have to go through to create a fire. Once the fire is created, they grab a torch and light it. They light a board with it that unlocks the phrase *Immunity*. The tribe who manages to do this as first will win immunity.

Survivors ready?

GO!

Both tribes go at it very quickly. While the Davui tribe has some issues while carrying the tree trunk through the obstacles, it looks like Moica came with the idea to let one person, Neil, lead the group and the others following. The team-spirit is strong at Moica while at Davui, the tribe keeps messing up. It takes them a while to push the tree trunk through the wooden wall, while the Moica tribe already passed that.

The two tribes continue to give it all, with Davui falling behind more and more. Moica then has to decide who's making the fire. Before anyone can say anything, Rachel says she'll do it and before anyone else is picked, Rachel already created a fire, causing the tribe to yell for her. Rachel quickly lights the torch and then lights the board which spells *Immunity*. This means that Moica has won immunity! Jeff tells Davui that he will see them at tribal council.

### Bazaar of Fortune

The fourteen players arrive at the Bazaar, while only ten players are eligible to visit the Bazaar, the other four being Helena, Franklin, Indiana and Bonita, who will visit the Jumble Sale of Avarice. The players all go to the Bazaar one by one, however, they're only able to find one orb this time - the Purpureus Orb. All players head into the Bazaar as they look for orbs, however, there's one person who managed to find it ... that being Chase.

### Jumble Sale of Avarice

Helena, Franklin, Indiana and Bonita arrive at the Jumble Sale one by one. While Helena and Franklin are passing on stealing a orb, Indiana says she's fine with stealing and doesn't care what punishment she'll get. Jeff then informs Indiana that by stealing a orb, that randomly being a ruber orb from Chase, she now gets a automatic vote cast at her the next three tribal councils she attends. Indiana says she'll take it. Bonita doesn't want to steal a orb yet.

### Davui

The seven members of the Davui tribe arrive back at camp. While everyone goes their own way pretty quickly, Helena and Pamela stay at camp to talk with Oakley. Pamela asks if he's okay with voting Zander tonight. Oakley says that he's not really sure what to do yet. Helena and Pamela share a quick gaze as Helena tells Oakley that they have been loyal to each other so she wouldn't understand why they couldn't vote together now. Oakley shrugs and says he rather wants to look at how the vote goes. He's not planning on voting either of them as of now though. Pamela raises an eyebrow as she looks at Oakley.

Chase, Zander and Bonita sit together as Chase asks Bonita if she has made her choice yet. Bonita says she did and she's not going to vote for Pamela. She's instead going to vote for either Helena or Oakley because she doesn't trust either of them. Zander raises an eyebrow and tells Bonita that she makes a huge mistake. They need to vote for Pamela. Bonita says that if they really want Pamela out, they need to make it work themselves. She feels like Pamela could be useful for her game so she won't hinder the boys by getting her out but she's not gonna follow them either. Chase and Zander shake their heads.

Helena and Oakley are still talking as Helena tries to convince Oakley to vote for Zander. After a while, Oakley decides to tell Helena that he's going to vote for Pamela because he thinks she's the biggest threat in the game. Helena tells Oakley that he's making a big mistake because he's getting used by Chase and Zander. Oakley says that Helena is getting used by Pamela instead. The two don't come to an agreement and decide to go their own way as Oakley heads towards Zander, telling him what happened.

As tribal is almost starting, Pamela and Indiana are observing the situation. Pamela notices Chase and Zander scheming in the woods as they grin towards each other. Pamela tells Indiana that they might need to switch the vote to Chase. Indiana asks why they would do that, having Pamela telling her that she feels like an orb will be played on Zander. Indiana says that she thinks the vote should be kept on Chase. Pamela nods then, not wanting to change her plan last minute, however, she's not entirely sure.

### Tribal Council

Bonita, Chase, Helena, Indiana, Oakley, Pamela and Zander arrive at tribal council as Jeff welcomes them. He asks Helena how it feels to be back at tribal council after not attending it for some days. Helena answers that it felt good to not visit tribal at all, especially after successfully getting revenge on Kristian. Jeff then asks Zander if the game has changed much since the last swap. Zander smiles and says it's been constant game-talk and strategizing ever since so in a way it did change. Finally, Jeff asks Pamela what the vote will look like tonight. Pamela answers that there'll be at least three parchments shown with her name on it, but there'll be also three parchments with Zander's name so it'll be a a fun night, as long as no orbs are getting played. Pamela quickly looks from Chase to Zander and back, while they whisper with each other.

The players then vote. Before they can proceed with the vote, Chase stands up and says he'll play his Caeruleus Orb. Jeff announces that this orb removes the votes against the player this orb is played on. Chase then says that he'll play this for Zander. Jeff says that any votes for Zander won't count.

First vote ...

**ZANDER**
*(Does Not Count)*

**ZANDER**
*(Does Not Count)*

**ZANDER**
*(Does Not Count)*

Three votes Zander, which none of them count.

*(Pamela looks visibly annoyed while Chase and Zander look satisfied.)*

**CHASE**

*(Chase starts to frown.)*

**INDIANA**

*(Everyone except for Bonita and Indiana look confused.)*

**PAMELA**

One vote Pamela, one vote Indiana, one vote Chase

**INDIANA**

*(Indiana starts to frown while the others look at each other, now knowing that ruber orbs have been played.)*

**PAMELA**

Two votes Pamela, two votes Indiana, one vote Chase ...

One vote left ...

*(Pamela and Indiana look ready to go, Chase and Zander look nervous, Oakley and Helena are rather calm while Bonita is biting her nails.)*

*Seventh person voted out of Survivor: Game Changers ...*

**PAMELA** (3-2-1-0)

Pamela lets out a sigh of relief as she feels like she had done everything that she could. Chase stands up and asks if he could bring her torch while Zander asks her if he can carry her bag. Pamela grins and says that she'll do it herself, grabbing her torch and bag as she walks towards Jeff. Jeff tells Pamela that after an impressing amount of 135 days, three victories and countless of moves, blindsides and game changing moments, he finally gets to snuff her torch. The group starts to clap for her as Pamela bows, telling Jeff that his wish has been fulfilled of snuffing her torch. She wishes everyone goodluck as she leaves tribal council. The tribe remains silent, having to progress what just happened.

### Last Will

Pamela walks down the path as she walks to the table where she has to put someone on her last will. Pamela looks around and says that she'd normally put Zander on her last will because that'd make the most sense. However, she decides to choose Blaine, saying that she wants to see him play as hard as he can without advantages because as the last former winner he has the most to prove and defend.