37x14 - Live Reunion Special

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[Applause]
jeff: its the "survivor:

David vs. Goliath" reunion show.

Nick has just won "survivors"
37th season.

You know, we couldnt really
guess that we could have a more

Perfect season for you to end up
as winner.

This david versus goliath idea,
you come from a small town in

Kentucky, humble beginnings,
theres been tragedy in you

Family, and yet it seemed like
during the show all those things

That helped mold you and raise
you were actually the skills

That helped you win.

Did you see that evolving.

Yes, I think I did.

And, you know, I tried to get on
the show for so many years, so

When we were sitting on the
barge and they dropped the thing

And they said, david versus
griet, im thinking, this is the

Season I was supposed to be on.

It felt like fate.

All those things that I guess
made the humble beginnings you

Call them, they did help in the
game.

Jeff: I know from talking
to you, you had a personal

Debate, do I leave the small
town and go to the big city and

Have a big career or stay in the
small town and try to help the

People, my community.

Does the $1 million impact that
decision?

I think so, and, you know, I
wanted to be a lawyer because I

Wanted to be rich because of the
way I grew up.

But then something changed for
me where I felt like I had a

Calling instead of a career.

So I went and finally made it
back home to help people.

Now I feel like if money is not
an option, I dont have to try

Troy to work for a big firm and
stay at hem and do what I feel

Like its my calling to do.

A true david.

Jeff: thanks, jeff.

Mike, in some ways youre
kind of the polar opposite.

I mean, coming into this
game,... Well, meaning this, you

Have a really big, successful
career, which is tough to do in

Any field, especially in
hollywood.

And you have turned down a job
to come play this game.

What was the draw of "survivor"?

I think as a writer you feel
like you dont want to spend

Your whole life just observing
life.

You want to just live it, you
know what I mean?

For me, I dont want the spend
all my create difficult on my

Work.

I want to spend it toward
living, you know what I mean?

Even if it means embarrassing
yourself from front of millions

Of people.

It feels like you have to take a
chance and live the adventure

And, you know, get off... Get
away from your computer.

Jeff: so a lot of people
have that feeling when theyre

Out on the island.

Im always going to be like
this.

Im going to take this back to
my real life.

So when you come back to the
pressures of hollywood or the

Anxiety of a cell phone, were
you able, have you been able to

Mold this into your life?

I feel like I will.

I feel like what I learned on
"survivor" I will

Definitely --ly keep chasing the
adventure and also chasing these

People hopefully.

Jeff: angelina, lets come
down to you.

Yeah.

Jeff: we havent had
anybody as polarizing as you in

A while.

You know, I felt for you
because I know how everybody...

The world knows how brutal
social media can be.

So lets tart there.

How have you handled all the
criticism that came your way.

Yeah, so, to be honest, in
real life im not polarizing,

But on "survivor" you are just
with your essential goods.

There is a part of me, there is
a big side of me that is

Aggressive and confident and
outspoken.

I really leaked into that side
of myself for the game because I

Wanted to just play with my
heart out.

I wanted to go full steam from
the beginning, and thats what I

Did.

Thats the game I played.

I can be proud of that.

That being said, like you
recognized, there are people out

There who dont like to see
that.

And I think that were in a
really unique point in time

Where women are finding our
voice and we are speaking up,

And I am so proud.

[Cheering and applause]
thank you.

Im so... Its been an honor to
be on the show an represent,

That because there are many more
of me many this country.

I think times are changing.

Jeff: lets dig a little
deeper.

I agree with you.

I think that if a man had played
the exact same game you played,

We would have labeled him or
commented on him very

Differently, 100%.

You played an aggressive, smart
game.

You went for it.

Thank you.

Jeff: but now lets go into
the part where I heard people,

Like bringing up the rice or the
ladder that was 100 feet in the

Air, that was about eight.

I climbed about 50.

Jeff: okay.

Fair enough.

I dont know how you get 50 from
an eight-foot radder.

Because I went to the top of
the waterfall.

Jeff: let me remind you of
one of my favorite moments.

Lets look back earlier in the
season.

Is there any way I could have
your jacket?

Natalie?

Jeff: natalie, the tribe
has spoken.

Thank you, jeff.

Natalie.

Its time for you to go.

Nothing.

Jeff: so my question with
that is, given that you are a

Strong woman and shouldnt back
down from that, was there any

Self-awareness when you watched,
maybe I pushed the rice issue a

Little much.

Look, no one laughed hard at
jacket-gate or the rice

Situation than myself.

I was like, please stop asking
me so many times, let natalie

Go, let the rice go.

So you have to just have a good
sense of humor about it.

But, you know, in the moment it
was like, you feel the

Creativity, you feel the
adrenaline, and you just lean

In.

If I were to play again, I can
see some things I could tweak

For sure.

Jeff: okay.

Before we go to break, take me
back to this moment.

Were at tribal council.

You played the idol.

Theres no more security you can
have in the game.

And then you see me do something
unusual, reach back into the urn

To pull out this round, odd
disk.

It was odd.

?oo what were you thinking in
that moment when you knew

Something is awry.

First thing I thought of was
I knew it was my time.

Yep, im done.

Theres some loop, some crazy
something going on here.

I was heartbroken, man.

And then I went in full-on
shock.

I dont even remember you
snuffing my torch.

Jeff: you were part of an
historic moment.

Its such an honor upon tart
of the history of the game.

Its a big deal.

Jeff: you were part of the
game in an historic game because

The guy next to you carl played
it perfectly.

And thats why you were on the
jury, as well.

Up next, christian was one of
the biggest underdogs and one of

The most popular players of the
season.

Did his friendship with gabby
survive the betrayal?

And natalie is not happy about
how she was portrayed.

Were going to talk about it.

The "survivor" reunion show
continues right after this.

Jeff: welcome back to
"survivor: david vs. Goliath"

Live reunion show.

Christian, so you play this game
and you become a big threat and

Its clear that youre becoming
likable and could win the game.

But in the beginning that first
day, there had to be a big fear.

What was the biggest fear for
you?

Well, early on the biggest
fear is I would hit the beach

And I would be ostracized.

I know I walk and talk a little
differently than most people.

I use words people dont
typically use, hypothesis and

Also rits ums being chief among
them.

I didnt know.

Its fine at my engineering
department at home.

I didnt know how it would fly
with the mayor of slamtown or

Carl the trucker, but it turns
out really well.

I gained some confidence and
steam throughout the game.

Jeff: I think you were one
of the best examples of in life

Sometimes these things that we
think of as liabilities can

Become assets depending on the
situation, like the five-hour

Challenge where all of a sudden
your ability to talk forever

Became this -- that was a very
conscious decision on your part,

Right?

Indeed it was.

Also I notice when I talk I feel
in pain, which is a nice skill

To have in a very specific set
of circumstances.

And, two you know, I had you
right there.

You know, I realized I could
talk to you.

I had you held c*ptive for six
hours.

People would pay good money 20
talk to you for that long, so

Why not do it.

Jeff: whats the big
takeaway?

Whats the analogy for you
playing "survivor"?

So, you know, "survivor" in a
lot of ways like your

First-every day of school where
you think you might know what

Its going to be like, but when
you show up in the door, the

Door closes behind you, there
are kids running around

Everywhere, you realize, I know
nothing.

Your game play goes out the
window.

You notice the things you
thought you might be good at

Maybe are your weakness, but
maybe the things you thought

Were your weaknesses or are your
strengths.

Or your friends you thought you
might have, you might find

Completely different friends
like the brochachos.

Jeff: so dont limit
yourself.

Dont limit yourself.

You might be surprised what you
can do if you dont put yourself

In a box and spread your wings.

Jeff: nicely said.

Gabby, you guys had one of the
most-talked-about friendships

Ever on "survivor," and then you
turn and betray each other.

Did it survive.

Yeah, pretty much as soon as
I was voted out I was rooting

For christian to win and I was
sorry when he was voted out, but

We are friends.

Jeff: good to here.

Natalie, I heard from our
producers that you are not happy

About how you were portrayed.

So bring it to me.

What are you displeased about.

Jeff, jeff, jeff.

I was portrayed as lazy,
confrontational, probably the

Worst player ever, bossy.

I own that one.

And I didnt really get to show
who I really am.

And so I thought why am I being
portrayed in such an ugly way.

I am such a fan of the show.

I love the show, and therefore
when I started to see it air, I

Couldnt really celebrate being
on the show.

Jeff: well, im being
honest now, that hurts my heart,

Because --
it hurts my heart, too, jeff.

Jeff: number one, natalie,
I liked you on the show.

I thought you were fantastic at
tribal because you have an

Opinion.

You were willing to say what you
felt.

But im going to be honest, the
way I experienced you at tribal

Is exactly how I saw it on the
show, as well.

So lets just -- risky move
here, bup lets just see.

I may regret this question.

Does anybody else here feel we
just completely got it wrong

With you, with your story?

What?

Jeff: okay.

Theyre lying, jeff.

Jeff: natalie, maybe youre
the only one.

Maybe we werent able to --
can I respond to that very

Quickly?

Jeff: yes.

At tribal council I was in
the hot seat, so what you saw at

Tribal council is where I needed
to be, because I was always on

The defense.

I was the person that they
wanted to take out night one.

So my whole game was about
surviving, not being voted out

First, and I was committed to
the to be first goliath to go

Out.

So what you saw at tribal
council was me being very

Aggressive, very assertive and
trying to stay in the game.

Jeff: all right.

Well, we didnt see all the
flavors[

Anybody who might question the
realness, I think this shows it

Is real, very transparent, we
always want to be honest, heres

Another something that speaks to
that.

Here is the weight loss we had
this year.

Just to show you how hard it is
to live on rice.

Kara lost 26 pounds.

Dan lost 26 more pounds.

Alison lost 27 pounds.

And davie lost 36 pounds.

And whats crazy is nobody came
close to the record that this

Guy set back in our third
season, thats big tom bakk in

2001.

He would go on to lose nearly 80
pounds.

And if you want to see what
happens after a player is voted

Out, check out our ponderosa
episodes.

They live online.

Theyre really cool.

Great stuff if youre a
"survivor" fan.

Well take quick break.

When we come back, well see how
pat is doing after his medical

Evacuation and were going to
tell you what "survivor" is

Doing next season.

Jeff: well, this season the
players had to endure some

Really tough condition,
including two sigh clones that

Resulted in us having to
evacuate them and a freak

Occurrence on a boat led to a
very scary moment from pat.

You might remember this from
episode one.

Pat was in a lot of pain and
ultimately had to be medically

Evacuated.

Pat, you look good right now.

I feel great, jeff.

Jeff: are you back?

I feel great, jeff.

Im ready to go back if youre
ready for me to make the call.

Jeff: im ready for you.

I just want to make sure, did
you feel when it was all said

And done that you were in good
handsious because its a

Question I get allotted.

Youre vulnerable.

Youre trusting us to take care
of you medically.

Jeff, the medical team and
everybody on the beach that day,

Its truly heartwarming to know
how much you guys care about the

Contestants.

Its a great family.

Jeff: great.

Good.

Loving hearing that.

Well, as one season ends,
another begins.

Heres what "survivor" is doing
next.

For our 38th season, a new
group of players will take on

The greatest social experiment
ever created.

If I want to do something, I
just do it.

Im not going to stay here for
39 days and play a boring game.

I rather get voted off in a
blaze of glory.

Im ready to go.

Im a morning news anchor in
macon, georgia.

Im a huge fan of the show.

Im going to come into the game
like the cool man.

I want to break through the
wall.

Oh, yeah.

Jeff: theyll be joined by
four returning players.

This game will take
everything from you, but you

Also have to give everything to
the game.

There are archetypes like me
that people say will never win.

Im going the prove them wrong.

Third times the charm, baby.

I know how hard this is going
to be.

I can be starving.

It can be pouring.

But im here for the win.

Thats what I want.

Ly never quit.

I am freaking determined.

Jeff: and a new layer to
the game will push them further

Than ever before.

Where is my game going to go
from here?

Youre sew alone.

I keep telling myself, dont
quit.

Its just really hard.

I dont know if I can do
this.

Im never going to give up.

Jeff: its "survivor: edge
of extinction" premiering next

Spring.

Were taking it to a whole other
level.

"Edge of extinction" pierce in
the spring.

Be right back.

Jeff: there they are.

David versus goliath.

I hate to say good-bye to these
guys.

Its been a really fun season,
and if this is speaking to your

Dream and you want to be a
contestant on "survivor," go to

Proceeds to go to "survivor"
stand up to cancer.

Thank you for watching.

Thanks for being here.

Thanks for your continued
loyalty.

We will see you in the spring
for a great season.

"Survivor: edge of extinction."

Good night.

Thank you.