28x14 - Reunion Special

[bunniefuu]

Back home I'm a police

Officer and can't be corrupt.

Out here I'm lying my assoff.

My baby and my wife we're going

To the end.

I swear on my mother and dead

Dad.

I think I will write your

Name down.

You know what's going to

Happen?

You're going to go home.

Fisee an opportunity, I'm going

To jump on it.

Wow!

That's the third idol that I

Found this game.

I'm king of the jungle!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Jeff: this is the reunion

Portion of our show right now.

We've just crowned or latest

Winner, new jersey police

Officer, tony.

Congratulations.

Thank you, jeff.

First thing I gotta say is you

Really do have a wife and she

Was going to be here tonight,

But she is literally on bed rest

From her doctor because she is

Due any second.

That's correct, that's

Correct.

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Jeff: another baby.

So she's going to get the

Pink chandelier.

She's going to get the pink

Chandelier, jeff.

Jeff: I want to rip through

Some of this stuff.

Fan reaction, for me, the whole

Season, you were very

Polarizing.

What's it been for you?

You heard the crowd.

It was a game, jeff.

Jeff: what does that mean?

What's been the fan reaction?

I've been getting a lot of

Hate tweets, boos from the

Audience.

It was a game.

I distinguished the game from

Real life, and I did a lot of

Dirty stuff on tv, a lot of

Lying, a lot of manipulating, a

Lot of backstabbing.

I had no pleasure in that at

All.

I did what I had to do to win.

Jeff: it seemed to me you

Played a very intulsive game.

Is that hoyou saw it?

Tifs intulsive at the moment.

And at night I had time to think

About what I did, mold up, I

Can't do that.

And I had a chance to reassess

What I said throughout the day

And kept changing my mind at

Night.

Iin the moment.

Got caught up in the moment.

My mouth is dry.

I can't even talk.

Jeff: so you're not

Sleeping at night, then.

If you're thinking about the

Game all night.

Is that true?

Jeff, every single night from

Day one, I did not sleep at

Night.

I slept six hours a week, if

That.

During the day, whatever di,

During the day, at night time it

Was damage control for

Everything I did.

I dug myself a hole touring the

Day, and at night I dug myself

Out of the hole.

Jeff: tell me about the

Wear and tear.

Because you said something to me

Early they're it literally took

You months.

I was out of the work for

Three months when I got back

From the show.

I had parasites in my stomach.

I I was on doctor care.

I lost 45 pound.

So that weight was wrong.

I was 195-- you saw me.

Jeff: that little

"Survivor" scale didn't work?

And I was beat up for three

Months.

And now here's a year laterrish

Still can't put the mass on.

I have been going to the gym and

Can't do it.

Jeff: let's go through some

Of the relationships.

One of the ones everybody was

Asking me about was trish.

And a lot of people--

[ Applause ]

Trish got a lot of respect from

A lot of people, beth on twitter

Says, "why trish, when she's the

Only one out there who trusted

You?"

That's the truth, jeff.

That's why you saw me.

That hurt me the most.

That devastated me.

Jeff: why was the thinking?

It was kass they felt nobody

Liked and there was no chance I

Wanted to get rid of.

And it was between woo and

Everybody loved and trish who

Everybody loved.

If I kept woo it would help me

Beat spence.

Jeff: so strategy.

There was a secret scene.

When I voted trish out, I

Said,"trish, please forgive me,

It was strictly strategic."

Jeff: trish, what is the

Relationship now?

You seemed very hurt at tribal?

I was really hurt for, like,

Five minute.

It's a game and I understood

That.

My relationship with tone

Sereally well-- really good now.

He st*lks me, texts me 15 times

A day.

Jeff: so you're friends?

Yes.

Jeff: kass, another-- what

Was it with you two?

[ Cheers and applause ]

I'm surprised about that.

What was it between you and

Tony?

Tony is like my jerky

Brother.

Like, we would fight.

He would speak in tongues to me.

And then we would go down beach

And say, "are we good?"

"Yeah, we're good."

We were a horrible brother and

Sister but we played so hard.

Jeff: are you two talking?

, Of course, jeff.

We left everything at the game.

Jeff: really?

Yeah, everybody stayed at the

Game.

She did some idiotic moves they

Felt were idiotic.

For example, kass wanted to

Take me to the end.

Kass, here's a secret.

What does she do?

She tells woo and tells me

That's strategic.

How is that strategic?

She almost got herself voted

Off.

But i-- I wanted to vote her

Off.

But at night, I said, hold up.

I can't do that.

Jeff: can you just-- like



Okay.

[ Applause ]

Sarah, by the way,

Congratulations because you are

Pregnant as well.

Yes.

[ applause ]

Jeff: so one of the most

Interesting relationships is we

Have two cops, one from jersey,

One from indiana.

You instantly knew he was a cop.

How did you know?

You know, you watch tony play

The game, and he just constantly

Observing.

He finds three idols, he finds

Clues.

That's how he is inside the

Game.

That's how he is outside the

Game.

He cannot shut that off.

Jeff: so your cop instinct

Let you know he's one of me, one

Of us?

He observes things like I

Observe things.

And my coworkers do.

Jeff: okay, on the flip

Side, how quickly did you decide

Or when did you decide you were

Going to lie about being a

Construction worker?

Well, before-- I mean, cops,

You love them or hate them, for

The most part.

I pull you over because you ran

A red light.

It's my fault for giving you a

Ticket.

"There are so many criminals out

There.

Why report you chasing them?"

So you're not going to like me.

If you like me, you'll say this

Man is streamic and sharp and

Quick.

It was a double edged sword.

So I said let me be a

Construction worker.

Jeff: here's where it got

Really tricky is later in the

Game tony decide I'm going to

Admit I was a cop, and then he

Swears on his badge, the cops

"R" us, and then he betrays

Sarpap take a look.

This is what happened.

Swear on your badge you won't

Turn your back on you.

I swear on everything I love

I won't turn my back to you.

She had me swear on my badge and

That doesn't mean anything.

I'm here to lie, cheat, and

Steal and drag people's dreams

Through mud so I can fulfill

Mine.

Jeff: now you've really

Flipped the switch, because now

You've taken the blue blood, the

Trust, and lied.

What's the reaction been back

For you, back home?

Well, the thing, is jeff,

Everybody knows who I am as a

Cop.

They know what I do.

They know who I am as a person.

What I did in the game has

Nothing to do with life.

I told sara, I swear on anything

Out there.

You know what?

If I didn't break my loyalty to

People, if I told the truth,

Everybody the truth, I'd be

Sitting on the jury.

I wouldn't be where I'm at

Tonight.

I had to do what I had to do in

The game to advance myself.

Jeff: sarah, he's saying

It's just a game, even though I

Took the thing they knew was

Holiest and you valued the most

Was your badge, what's your

Relationship now with tony based

On that?

Well, you know, as we got out

Of the game, tony and I did have

A relationship.

We talked for quite a while.

And when I get voted out and do

Some interviews, tony has a few

Choice word, and by that I mean



In a negative tone.

And he wants to say he's not

That type of person.

But he kind of proved it to me

--

I'm talking about the cop

Thing.

What's the cop thing.

You know he he's a cop.

He says I am a cop and we're

Good to go and betrays you.

That's the thing that seemed to

Get to your gut.

Do you forgive him or say I'll

Never trust this guy again?

I did forgive it, and I felt

Like he showed his true colors.

He has apologized since them --

Are you guys talking?

No, we're not.

Jeff: you're not.

So is this a rivalry.

There is still a cops "r" us

But tone seno longer in it.

Jeff: we have a fellow--

Sorry about that I didn't even

Wait for you.

We have a fellow officer,

Nick how are you, man?

Thanks for being here.

You're putting him on the

Spot, bro.

You're a lieutenant.

I work with tony.

Yes, I do.

Jeff: so obviously played a

Very aggressive game.

What was the reaction?

Were there other cops saying,

Dude, you really didn't do us

Right?

We knew he was out there.

He was out there for one reason

And that was to win the million

Dollars.

We wanted him to be the sole

Survivor, and he is the sole

Survivor.

So he went out there.

He made us proud.

Jeff: really?

So there's no bad blood back

Home?

It was a game.

He was out there for one

Mission, to get the job done, he

Got the job done.

We knew why he was out there.

Jeff: all right.

[ Cheers and applause ].

I want to say, nick came out

Here really because he wanted to

Speak up for tony, and

Amazingly, two nights ago,

There's an article in a local

New jersey paper talking about

Just what it is to be a cop.

Throw that headline up.

This is tony.

This is a story about tony,

Saving a guy's life.

Tony, you know this story.

What-- basically, what happened?

There was a guy that was your--

That was visiting next door and

Collapsed?

Yeah, that's correct, jeff.

I had a neighbor eye moved into

A new town.

And my neighbor came over to

Help me with the shovel, and he

Went to cardiac arrest.

And he dropped on the floor,

Turned blue.

He pretty much passed away, no

Pulse, run responsive, no signs

Of life.

I was with my buddy purpose we

Were participating.

We immediately started c.p.r.,

On the guy, and saved his life,

Jeff.

Here we are, two, three months

Later and the guy is strong as a

Bull.

He had quadruple bypass, and

He's an angel.

Jeff: awesome story.

[ Applause ]

And that's why this game works

Because you take people from

Different walks of life, and

They have different views on

What a game is and what's okay.

We're just getting started.

Tyler perry is here.

And by the way, any of you who

Didn't like the special idol,

You can just blame him.

We'll talk to him in a little

Bit.

Plus I'm going to apologize to

Spencer.

I know, shocking.

I was wrong.

And up next, jury are don't

Answer yet, I want to know, we

All want to know, did woo make a

Million-dollar mistake?

That's next.

We'll be right back.

What do you guys think?

We'll take a break.

You take kass, you have zero

Chance of winning.

Is he buying it?

I wouldn't buy it.

I'll take my chances with kass.

[ applause ]

Jeff: we're live in los

Angeles.

It's the reunion of "survivors

Brains, brawn, beauty."

I want to poll the jury.

Woo had this whole idea I'd be

Stupid to take tony.

Then tony does a number on him.

He end up taking toney and tony

Wins.

Everybody who had been in the

Jury, if you would have voted

For woo if he was up against

Kass, raise your hand.

So, woo, what-- are you okay

Right now?

You seem you seem a little down,

Which would be expected.

But are you?

Feeling fantastic.

The love, the support, being on

The show.

You couldn't ask for any more.

Give it up for tony one more

Time for a heck of a game.

Well done.

Well done.

Jeff: so, woorks I'm going

To guess what a lot of people at

Home are thinking right now--

And this has happened before on

This game-- age versus youth,

Experience versus, you know, a

Guy that doesn't have enough

Yet, that that was really a

Million-dollar life lesson.

You knew, your gut said take

Kass.

And then you take tony.

Any regrets on that at all?

Just from a game point of view.

The decision that I made was

Based on how I live and how I

Competed in martial art, and

Tikwan do, and that was

Challenge yourself, compete, but

Compete against the best.

That being said, I took tony,

Because I said, in my head, we

All know, he played a great

Game.

Fibeat the best, boom.

There we go.

If I lose, well, I keep my head

Up.

And I know that I lost --

There you go.

Can't argue with that.

[ Applause ]

Jeff: tasha, you-- how many

Times have you applied to be the

On show?

Three times, jeff.

Jeff: and you wind up on

Arguably the worst tribe in the

History of the show.

Yes.

Jeff: what's that initial

Feel like when you see the ship

Starting to sink?

Oh, man, to be on the show

Was like a dream come true.

I get on luzon, and I'm like

Literally it's a nightmare.

And I couldn't believe that the

Fate of my game was what it was.

Jeff: so what did you-- now

That it's over, what's the

Biggest lesson if you played

Again?

If I played again I would--

Take every opportunity you can,

You know, play like you will

Never have the opportunity to

Play again when you have an

Opportunity to take someone out,

Someone doesn't want to work

With you, any time someone is a

Hinderence to your game, get

Them out.

Jeff: I often say it's play

The first time as though you're

Playing for the second time.

Yes, yes.

Jeff: and you got a lot of

Love.

One said tasha should be back.

Best player this year.

Nice guy.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Well, he was one of the most

Enjoyable players to watch this

Season, clearly a fan favorite.

And in large part, it's because

Even though nothing ever went

Right for spencer, he never gave

Up.

[ Cheers and applause ]

I was at the bottom of one of

The worst tribes in "survivor

History.

Of.

Jeff: disaster for the

Brain tribe.

This game is a complete

Roller coaster ride, and I'm

Just happy they haven't fallen

Off yet.

Jeff: spencer goes for it

And succeeds!

You got something over there,

Dude.

My position is just on the brink

Of ecstasy and devastation all

The time.

Jeff: $500 gets you a white

Rock.

I played well, and I think I

Played hard, and I can go home

Happy with that.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Jeff: all right, I've got a

Few questions for you, spencer,

But a former "survivor" actually

Asks my first question better

Than I could.

It's john cochran, who says,

Ask spenc spencer if he suffers

From p.t.s.d. Every time he

Resident a charlie brown comic?"

Because it was like the football

Kept getting pulled out.

Yes, very much so.

It was a charlie brown game.

And kept trying to kick the

Football, and it kept getting

Swiped away.

That said, I don't blame anyone

Other than myself for it being

Swiped away.

You know, I certainly lacked

Things in my game that I should

Have stopped it from being swept

Away.

Jeff: electric blond 7

Says, "spencer, the challenge

Beast, if you could go back to

Any point in the game--" you

Rethought this many times.

Is

There a point where you thought

If I go left it would be

Different?

I guess the biggest example

Would be with jefra.

There was a point at the final

Eight where jeremiah and tasha

And I were trying to pull her to

Our side, and I had an idol.

And I think if I had been a

Little more open with my

Alliance and shared that, it

Could have bodied really well

For us.

We could have solidified that

Number.

Jeff: what's the biggest

Difference between your game and

Tony's game?

I respect tony's game

Tremendously.

But it's totally opposite from

Mine.

I would say the biggest

Difference is that tony, as

We've discussed, really operated

On some really good instincts.

Jeff: follow your gut.

Yeah.

And that's something I think I

Lacked.

I think I'm manufacture a

Cerebral player.

I can get lost in nigh head a

Little bit.

And those instincts were

Definitely there.

Jeff: it's a theme that

Comes up a lot, there's a book,

Malcolmglad well, "blink" that

Says your gut knows but it takes

A long time for our get to

Listen.

If you play the game you have to

Listen to your gut and make the

Move.

There's one more thing we have

To do.

Over the years I have prejudged

A lot of players.

Ve never labele labeled and been

Wrong about somebody as much as

I was about spencer.

Sp here's kind of what happened.

During casting, you kind of go

At it.

During casting I said you have

No chance of winning.

I said the only chance you have

Of winning is if there's a clone

Of you sitting next to you at

The end.

That's how unlikely it is.

And spencer at one point said,

Well, if you're wrong, and I

, Will you write me a all letter

And read it at the live show.

Right.

And he walked out the door

And I thought oh, my god.

Am I going to have to write a

Letter and read it on the live

Show.

You didn't win but I have to

Tell something, on day 15 or 16,

I didn't know how far you were

Going to go but you had proven

Your point.

I was very wrong.

You were write.

I wrote you the all right.

I sent it back to myself from

The philippines.

It's unopened.

It's stamped.

I don't remember what I said,

But basically, I'm really proud

Of the game you played, and you

Were right.

[ Cheers and applause ].

Thanks, jeff.

Jeff: all right, up next,

Tyler perreerk one of the most

Prolific storytellers in

Hollywood, is a massive

"Survivor" fan.

He's next.

I need an immunity idol.

The search party is on.

Who the hell looks for the

Idol in the middle of a typhoon?

This guy.

I found it right in front of

Kass' face and she didn't see.

I hold a piece of this game

That's priceless.

Wow!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Jeff: welcome back to the

Reunion show.

Writer, producer, director, he's

An actor, tyler perry is a

Hollywood powerhouse.

You know him from "house of

Pain," but he's also a massive

"Survivor fan.

What is it about the show that

Appeals to you?

Outwit, outlast, outplay.

I love everything that america

Loves about it.

That's why it's been on so long.

It's a huge hit, it's amazing.

Jeff: I get these texts--

All the time.

Jeff: from tyler.

I got an idea.

Jeff: it will be the middle

Of the night and my phone will

Go off and I'll go it's tyler

Perry.

And you had one this year to do

The idol--

Lay it all on me because you

Got so much backlash for it.

Lay it all on me.

Jeff: I have a theory about

The backlash when I'll get to.

We said here's what you do an

Idol that's safe after the vote.

We did that before.

But his kicker was, put it late

In the shore don't give a clue

Maybe they'll find it and maybe

They won't.

What did you think when tony

Found it?

I wasn't happy.

I love cops and firemen and

Everybody.

I just did not want tone tow

Find the damn idol.

I wanted spencer to find it or

Tasha to find it.

Jeff: yes, okay, so,

Perfect.

This is my question.

Let's just say spencer, had

Spencer found twould you have

Loved it?

[ Applause ].

Jeff: so it wasn't the idol

You department like, it's want

Fact that the big idol hog found

It.

He found that idol, and to

Find it without clues.

He played a great game, so he

Did deserve to win, no matter if

He wee thought he played

Underhanded.

Jeff: tony, how quickly did

You decide to lie.

That was something I never

Anticipated that you could use

It later than you really could.

One of my overnight speeches

With the moon, jeff.

I said to myself, what would I

Do in a situation as a police

Officer.

And I'm saying to myself, thee

Criminals see three bentleys.

They want to steal one.

The most beautiful one,

Super-delegate up, rims, has a

Club on it.

And they'll walk away from that.

And I put the club on me and

Said steal somebody else's car.

Jeff: if there's anything

To be learned from the season.

Look for idolses.

Why is tony the only guy out

There digging?

Why are you waiting for a

Clue?

Start digging and find it.

I think russell found-- he was

Finding them the same way,

Right.

Jeff: just going out.

About the same.

Jeff: what else do you have

Going on?

My now show "the have and

Have not "returns on the oprah

Winfrey network nexted it so

We're excited exooited about

That.

Jeff: tyler, I love the

Idea.

Happy birthday to your wife.

Jeff: thank you.

What a guy.

More of the reunion show-- I'm

Speechless-- we'll be right

Back.

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪

Jeff: we're still back.

I don't even need this.

I just like holding it.

So our reunion show.

Joe, will you do a shot of

Everybody.

This has been an amazing group

Of players.

Here they all are.

Haven't talked to everybody yet.

Let's go down the the line.

Cliff, you played in obviously

One of the biggest arenas of

Sports of all time, the n.b.a.

Where does this experience rank

For you in terms of a

Competition?

It definitely ranks up there

Because, you know, basketball,

You know that was something that

I did pretty much my whole life.

It just came second nature to

Me.

So "survivor" is definitely a

Lot tougher than basketball.

Jeff: would you play again?

, Of course,, of course,.

Jeff: down on the end.

David, you're a big-time

Executive.

You make these million-dollar

Decisions.

You shocked me when out of the

Gate you hit the guy next to

You, garrett, as the guy to send

Out of here.

When you look back on that

Moment, you were so fast eye

Didn't even finish the

Question-- any regret about that

Rash decision?

No, I think it was my only

Play.

I was playing to win, and I lost

The pennant in april and I

Expected to be there in october.

Jeff: I gotta say, whether

You finish first out or in woo's

Case, 19th out, you still

Are not winning.

So you might as well swing for

The fencers.

There is one winner.

There are 17 losers here.

I was just the first one.

Jeff: garrett, you came in

Obviously a big guy, buff.

Were you surprised how hard this

Game hit you?

Yeah, pfs amazing to me how

Physically and mentally I fell

Apart almost immediately.

Jeff: is it hard to watch

That?

It was miserable.

To make so many mistake nas game

That was so important to me and

Something I wanted so bad was

Really devastating but luckily

I've had a year to deal with it.

Jeff: let's go down to

Morgan.

Morgan you took a lot of grief

From people.

You're on the beauty tribe, and

I asked you at tribal, you're

Used to this,ant you, getting

Everything for free, based on

Your looks.

And you answered so honestly.

I gotta say to you that I

Thought you embodied what the

Whole premise was about.

We take different qualities that

Is our currency in life.

You have learned anything from

This in terms of how I use my

Beauty to get in a door, and

Them it's what I do when that

Door opens that matter?

The beauty, it doesn't propel

Me through the entire, you know,

Experience.

But it definitely helps getting

My foot in the door.

And it's up to my mind and, you

Know, my wits to, you know,

Continue with that and succeed.

Jeff: I loved how candid

You were at tribal.

It made for great tribal.

I have to say.

J'tia, the moral-- so--

[ Applause ]

[ Boos ]

J-tia, they can boo you.

I'd have you back in a second.

Exactly.

Jeff: the moral of the

Story is what with you?

Don't tell somebody they are

About to be voted out.

You think I'm going to go

Quietly?

I'm going to dump your rice.

That's what I'm going to do.

Jeff: time to go to one

More guy, l.j.

What's been the reaction?

I'll say of all the guys that

Were voted out early, you were

Probably the guy that more of my

Women friends came to me and

Said, "oh, man.

L.j.'S gone, wow.

Of did you get a lot of female

Reaction?

Yeah, I did.

I got-- I guess just started to

Social media probably a week

Before I got voted out.

And I was fumbling through --

So life is okay.

Yeah, I'm not complaining

About it right now.

Jeff: so up next, it's our



Fortunately, we get to do

Another one.

The question is what are we

Going to do?

We will show you that when we

Come back.

[ Applause ]

Cheers and applause ]

Jeff: all right.

It's time for the check

Preparation.

That is a check for a million

Dollars.

Congratulations.

You're a great winner.

Thank you so much.

Jeff: all right, we've been

On the air for 14 years and 28

Seasons.

And I'm so happy to say we get

To do it again.

Where are we going?

Take a look.

He's my brother.

I don't want to fight against

Him.

I get one shot.

Literally felt like my heart

Was being torn out of my chest.

I really care about him.

Blood is thicker than

Anything.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Jeff: it is blood versus

Water 2.

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Cbs.com.

We're looking for players.

I say it every season.

We are still on the air because

Of you guys.

We make the show.

You watch it.

You keep watching.

We'll keep making it.

We will see you in the fall for

"Survivor: san juan del sur--

Blood versus water."

Good night.