"Survivor S22 Reunion." "new york city" "All right!" "Nice, excited crowd." "Have a seat." "That's a nice welcome." "It is good to be live in new york city." "All right." "well, I gotta say, congratulations, Natalie, Rob, Phillip." "This is a... this game is so much tougher, I think, than anybody can ever know." "Even I don't appreciate it and i've been out there doing this for 22 seasons." "So i always tip my hat to you guys." "You survived a rough tribal council, final tribal." "These guys were not easy on you." "But in a minute, at least for one of you, it's not going to really matter because somebody is about to become a millionaire." "Deep breath." "You nervous, Natalie?" "Yeah, a little bit." "It is what it is." "Do you think you have a shot at winning this game?" "I tried my best." "I did what i could do." "And I'm just..." "I've taken so much out of this game and so much knowledge and so much..." "just, like..." "All right, yes or no?" "Yes i do." "Rob, you can win this game?" "I hope so." "You know, I think Natalie said it best." "All you can do is your best." "Phillip, do you, after everything you've been through have a shot at having votes in here enough to win you a million bucks?" "Yeah." "All right, let's get to the votes." "These are votes for a winner." "Tonight you want to see your name on the parchment." "for a million bucks, I'll read the votes." "first vote, Rob." "Phillip." "One vote Rob, one vote Phillip." "Rob." "Two votes Rob, one vote Phillip." "Rob." "That's three votes Rob, one vote Phillip." "Rob." "that's four votes Rob, one vote Phillip." "No votes Natalie." "The winner of "survivor:" "redemption island," ROB." "*****" "Rob¡®s **" "*****" "After playing a record four times," "Boston Rob final lie accomplished his goal of winning "survivor,"" "and he did it with a style that would make any mob boss proud." "Redemption island added a new twist..." "It challenged Matt's faith and sent the game's greatest villain, Russell, home in tears, and Phillip Sheppard emerged as one of the most polarizing people to ever play." "The big question... is he really a former federal agent?" "We will find out." "We are live in New York city!" ""Survivor:" "Redemption island" reunion show is next." "****" "I want to win survivor." "It's something i've been trying to do for 10 years now and I'm giving it everything I got." "Rob wins immunity!" "Hey, baby, maybe I learned something since last time." "It really doesn't even matter what the clue says because I already have the idol, so might as well just throw it away." "We're *** everybody" "I'm running my tribe like the army..." "I'm the general." "They're soldiers, and they're all doing as they're told." "Matt, the tribe has spoken." "Genius ***" "One man should not have this much power in this game." "Luckily, I'm not an ordinary man superman." "Superman." "NEW **" "Welcome to the "Survivor:" "Redemption island" live reunion show." "Congratulations, Boston Rob." "Four times... and a record 117 days played in this game." "Coming in to this, knowing you had..." "you had, obviously, you had a target on your back." "What odds did you give yourself?" "Well, you know, I knew from the very beginning, if I was able to get my foot in the door, if I could get these people to at least play with me, they would have a shot." "you know, they didn't realize how nervous I was the first day I was out there." "They held all the power." "But they didn't know that." "So I knew if I could get in and start to build relationships, and I could show them they would be helpful around camp, that, you know, I could get in a good alliance and then work my way from dl." "Was there a key moment the first few days?" "Uh, yes and no." "I mean," "Kristina, going and looking for the idol feverishly on the first day, kind of put a target on her." "And, you know, building the shelter and working together with everybody," "I kind of showed them that, you know what?" "I have some experience, and let me show you how, because, you know what?" "Even if i get all the way to the end, nobody will vote for me to win." "and that's, you know..." "When you were assessing who to make your alliance with off the top, what was the thought process?" "Why did you end up with who you had in your group?" "loyalty." "At first." "You know, that was the main thing." "Natalie, I knew that, you know, she was young, and that she needed someone to help, you know, go through this game with, and I could be that person for her." "And in return, she would, you know, stay loyal to me." "One of the things that I heard all season was nobody in your alliance talked to anybody else." "It was kind of cult-like." "You know what?" "It was too a degree." "But it was a lot of hard work, too." "It looks easy when you're sitting at home watching it, but I would constantly be going back and checking with each and every member and making sure that nobody was talking to anybody else, and if they were," "I pretended to have an open-door policy with everybody where we all put everything on the table." "Of course, I kept a lot of it to myself." "But it was a lot of hard work." "It wasn't as easy as it looked." "Ashley, what happened?" "You know, I was tweeting live during these episodes, and the one thing that kept coming up is, "why aren't these girls flipping it on Rob?"" ""Why did it never happen?"" "There was a pivotal point when I had won immunity going into," "I think, Andrea had just come back from redemption." "and we knew..." "Natalie and I knew that Rob had an idol." "We knew that." "He told us that he found an idol after the merge." "So we were like...**** i don't know." "You're so scared when you're out there, or something." "Like, it was just... we knew he was going to play the idol." "And at that point, I had immunity, and I felt like I had control and that was the best move for me." "*** I gotta interrupt." "I don't know if we can hear this." "Is that your baby?" "That's Boston Rob's baby out there." "and daughter saying, "daddy, daddy, daddy."" ""I think we understand why."" "Amber, if you need to leave, if they get too loud, you just skedaddle." "It's fine." "No hard feelings." "Andrea, you're at home now watching this whole thing play out." "What do you take from how Rob played?" "**** Rob played a brilliant game, and also what you don't see, is the way he built relationships with each of us was so individual that you felt..." "You know, I looked at him as an older brother." "We spent two days billion a daybed for no reason." "And you look at those relationships, and you feel close to someone." "We all, Grant, all of us, had this different relationship with Rob and that's just brilliant." "What it you learn?" "You play again, what did you take from this?" "That you have to be constantly checking in with everybody." "*** What did you do, what were you talking about over there?" "'Cause you see him doing that with everyone and you become comfortable." "Everything he does c with checking in, constantly having to know what's going on." "Never become comfortable, either." "Rob, what did you see in Phillip that nobody else did." "Well *** here's the thing about Phillip, with all the talk that was said back and forth." "Phillip is a lovable guy." "He's a guy that, you know, if you just listen to him for a second and listen to the story that he's trying to tell." "He comes from a family of 12." "He left home at 16." "He's going on and on." "And just imagine what that's like for a minute to come from a family of 12." "You've got to be constantly fighting for attention." "And I just said, you know what?" "Here's a guy that if I show him some love, he will..." "He will be there for me." "I mean it's not any different than what any of us want." "You know, we all want to be loved." "and we all want to be heard." "So everybody else would be giving it to Phillip for giving him a hard time..." "Socially, there were times when you weren't, you know..." "It wasn't a picnic." "But at the same time, he was someone that, you know," "I could go to and I could find a common ground, and we could exchange, you know, and have an exchange on that." "Phillip, I" " I want to talk to you later in the show, but i gotta ask right now." "You seem... either you're just very reserved or you're down." "Are you down right now?" "No, I'm attentive and I'm listening and..." "Quick, tell me what I'm thinking." "What am i thinking?" "What you're thinking right now is, "what is Phillip really thinking?"" "Natalie, did your loyalty to Rob ever waiver, even though we might not have seen it in the show." "Did you truly consider turning on him at any point?" "I mean, I think I would have if he didn't have the idol, but because he did, like Ashley was saying," "I mean, we couldn't vote for him." "we knew it was the last time he could play the idol." "There's no way he wouldn't." "So I put myself in a position where either basically I'm going to the end no matter what, because I have Ashley and I have Rob." "How was the final tribal for you." "Julie was particularly harsh on you." " You were, julie." " I was." "As a mother yourself, those were pretty tough words to say to a young woman." "How did it impact you?" "I think I'm stronger than I think I am." "Because in my life, I..." "I've given to what people say and I think what this experience has given me is just, like, take it with a grain of salt, and move on." "Move on." "Because..." "Julie, when you saw that played back, any regrets on that?" "Uhm, you know, now that we're sitting here, yes." "Yes, because Natalie is a great person." "But what I lived through was so much frustration because here's these women that are just being blindsided by this guy that's played the game four times." "I just wanted to shake them, "come on!" "wake up!"" "We can do a female alliance." ""Hats off to Rob's leadership..." "I mean, the obvious comeback is I made it to the final three." " You're back row, jury." " Absolutely, absolute, you're right." " Right?" " Absolutely, and my hat's off to them." "It is." "Rob, one of the things that started happening with the Ometepe six, is that after you guys had the easy votes to get rid of Zapatera, then you had to turn on each other, and the one they think... the one that got to me the most was you and Grant." "Because knowing you... after you played so many times, I have a pretty good idea of what you're like, that you and grant in normal life would probably be the closest of anybody here." "Have you repaired that damage?" "You know, it was really tough, you know, watching it back." "Grant and I communicated quite a bit when we got back from... from Nicaragua." "And when... when the... when the show first started." "And I stopped hearing from him, probably about three or four episodes in." "And he wouldn't return my phone call, wouldn't return a text from me." "And I just want to say, bro, in I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry." "I was just plaga game, but, you know, no hard feelings." "We haven't really got to that point." "We've seen each other all day today..." "***Grant, certainly I'm not Phillip." "I'm not a specialist and I cant read your mind but I can read body language and your body language looks right now that you might jump Rob rather than hug rob." "Uhm, there comes... there comes a point where you have to... in this game "survivor" where do you draw the line between" "I'm going to call this a game, where in actuality, it's a direct reflection of your life, of who you are." "And as much as we can cop out, so to speak, and say this is a game, for me, the experience was...the experience was much different than that." "Rob, do you think that might be in part because you've played so many times?" "Do you learn how not to take this game personally?" "Well, you know what, I think you have to, in your mind set... if you..." "let's put it this way." "If you draw a line in the sand and say, "I will not cross this line,"" "then you get out there on the island, and start playing the game, then you're going to be constantly flirting with am I going to go over this line?" "am i not going to go over this line?" "It's a lot easier to say, "I'm playing a game and i'm going to do whatever it takes to win."" ""At the same time, I understand his point of view because you're out there living with these people 24 hours a day, so the relationships you make are real." "At the end of the day, I looked at it like I'm going to try to win a million dollars for my family." "Well, I gotta say, I've annoyed a lot of people over the seasons by having an opinion." "I have one now." "For my money, in 22 seasons, that's as close to a perfect game as anybody's ever played on "survivor." ""Coming up next," "Russell Hantz." "Has he recovered from his early demise?" "Matt spent 27 days on Redemption island." "It nearly broke his spirit." "And Phillip, was there a method to his madness or is Phillip just mad?" "We will find out." "We are live in New York."" "It is the "Survivor:" "Redemption island reunion show." "We'll be right back."" "It's stealth." "And I am known as the specialist." "Boston Rob, the mentalist." "Where's Grant?" "Better known as the assassin." "Suvivor **** one point ***" " Matt is ***" " And ***" " Matt - ****" "If god wants me to go a step further, so be it." "Matt seizes the moment and will re-enter this game." "You guys, give me a minute." "Matt, you need to bring me your torch." "The game of "survivor" is long.****" "God has literally been carrying me." "But I wouldn't change anything." "New **** welcome***" "Matt ***" " that was out there so long *** - ***¡¡either way you have a few records." "you have the most days spend ever on redemption island. somewhere around a month." "you won 10 out of 11 duels." "and you were-- and you were the first person to be blindsided twice. in the same season." "it seemed like it took a really big toll on you emotionally." "how bad did it get for you?" "uhm,i mean,my lowest point was definitely when i broke and you saw me crying." "and talking about god carrying me. that was so true." "but i think that was even after the duel with julie. i was just so over the game." "i felt so alone. i was completely exhausted." "well,there was a time to remind people had you said," ""i want to go home unless god doesn't want me to," and god didn't want you to, and he gave you another week or so." "yeah. that's definitely true. i mean,god does what he wants to." "and we have to be respectful of that,whether it's what we want or not." "but,really,i'm just so thankful for the way that everything came out." "it was really a life-changing experience," "£­¡¡and i loved every minute of it. £­¡¡how so?" "what did you learn?" "uhm,well,i started the game deciding that i was going to blindly follow my heart, and i take away from it that following your heart doesn't necessarily mean ignoring lodge and i can reason. but" "but it's important to evaluate the context of the situation you find yourself in." "and make an educated decision with what you know and go from there. so -- can you describe what it's like-- because you spent a lot of that time alone." "i did spend a lot of that time alone." "and i have a stellar nicaraguan rock collection but it's really difficult. just the simple tasks become impossible-- collecting firewood,starting the fire,cook the rice,cleaning the pots-- it's very lonely and kind of miserable at times." "what do your family and friend say about,you know, what you went through and what they saw?" "you were very exposed out there a lot." "uhm,i mean,everyone says their heart were just breaking for me, but at the same time they're like,"wow,the way you got to talk about your faith and talk about what god was doing for you,so incredible."" "and the people who know me really well said," ""redemption island was the best place for you since you like to be by yourself so much." "andrea,there was some talk or speculation that maybe there was a little connection going on there,love-wise?" "any love interest between you and matt?" "uhm,matt's cute. i mean,look at him. i think we can all agree." "andrea." " i don't know. i think matt's cool. i'm probably blushing. £­¡¡**** that's a yes?" "matt,is there anything?" "have you guys spoken,talked,gone on a date?" "well,i'm in nashville,and she's in wisconsin so it's a pretty big distance." "we definitely had a connection on the island -- you'll be friends forever. i get it." "mike,i think we have a photo of you from the war." "you've been in our armed forces. you've been out there-- protecting our country." "so-- so you have an idea of what it's like to go through something tough." "how-- and this is a tough comparison to make,but is there any parallel between the deprivation you go through on this show?" "well,jeff,there's a lot of soul-searching that went on with me." ""survivor" transformed me as a human being,as a man,as an american." "i-- it helped me understand my purpose and what-- what i'm doing with my life." "i got closer to god. it was great to have talks with matt." "god bless our-- our troops and our service members god bless them." ""survivor-- " "survivor" is a challenge. it's a challenge." "i signed up-- in the marine corps i still bleed green. my heart bleeds green." "once a marine,always a marine." "and the strife and the hardship that we go through over in iraq, or over in afghanistan,or wherever-- wherever our troops are,does not compare to "survivor." "" however,"survivor" is very real and very difficult." "your life's just not on the line. you know. and -- how many times a night,as we go to break,do you think about that last challenge and how close you might have been to a million dollars?" "i was tired of coming in second place,jeff." "you know,there were so many challenges where i almost had immunity." "our tribe was one down at the merge." "we almost had matt. we almost had him." "and i wanted to win "survivor." "" took out russell hantz." "i had rob in my crosshairs. i didn't have enough to get him." "i love this game. i'm passionate about it." "and,you know,i really,really had a great experience. it was great for me." "all right,still to come. sprint is going to a ward $100,000 to one of the season's castweighs based on your votes." "up next,he came into this season the most notorious villain in "survivor" history." "he went out in tears. will evil russell ever play again?" "and the answer to the biggest question of the season-- is phillip sheppard really a former federal agent?" "we'll be right back." "my trunks were hidden so my great-great grandfather came to me in a vision and he said,"look near the water pole. " am i good or what?" "don't mess with the undercover specialist." "russell,you are out of this game." " is it embarrassment at finally losing?" " no." "i respect this game too much to go out this way." "NEW *** welcome back to the "survivor: redemption island" reunion show. we're live in new york city." "russell hantz,what was it like?" "what did your fans say when they saw you cry?" "it's just rough." "it's the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life, you know,and it's so emotionally-- you get so emotionally involved, especially after playing three times. but i-- you know,first of all,i have to say,-- i have to congratulate rob." "and he played an excellent game." "and i want to see if he's going to shake my hand this time." "rob?" "yeah,it was really-- at the end of the "heroes-villains" live show that whole idea was born when you guys challenged each other." "so zapatera,your tribe,somented you out of this game, they threw a challenge to get you out." "is that fair in "survivor ?" "you see,the amazing thing,i'm-- you're such a great host and you're not asking the question that i'm sure everybody wants to hear and that question is do you regret your decision in throwing a challenge" "seven days in for a million dollars?" "now we've got i'm half this man's size and he's afraid of me?" "i got two people in my alliance,two." "and they've got six." "it's impossible-- they can control me. but i can't make things disappear and appear." "i know they might think i can." "but i can't just make things vanish. so just try to control me." "and,you know,it makes me sick to my stomach when i hear steve tell people like phillip that he's not a man when this man gave up-- gave up his momentum,a professional football player," "threw in the towel,and-- in a game-- jeff,you have to tell me that they had a bounty on my head." "how in the world-- you know,i can't think they're that idiots." " i can't think that they're that stupid. - phillip with all this-- that you have going on right now-- - russell." "russell,sorry." "i don't know if that was freudian or what." "maybe you two should show down next, phillip and russell. the specialist might have your number." "so,russell,with everything you have going on inside you right now, i can still see that you'rasmed about this game." "your last worms were,"i'm done. i'll never play again. has that has changed." "is the door open that you might play again?" "it's like a piece of me. it's a part of me,you know,and it's hard to-- i gotta say-- i gotta say no,but it's so ingrained in me." "should we not call?" "do you want us to throw your number away?" "yes or no?" "yes or no?" "i'm two-time fan favorite right now." "do you want me to keep the phone number or dump it?" "yes or no?" " just keep my number." " all right." "well,russell was one of the most polarizes survivors in history." "until phillip showed up." "i'm a former federal agent." "that's right,special agent sheppard. i'm a former special agent." "***** i worked for the government as a federal agent in the department they wonder in." "i'm a former federal agent." "diit for three separate agencys." "and i am known as "the specialist." "phillip sheppard." "so,was there-- was there a method to your madness?" "absolutely.i woke up on day two, and saw that boston rob had a grip on the tribe." "and i went four more days,and that grip was unchanging." "this was no window for me to talk to anybody in my tribe." "so i came up with a plan." "how do you get close to the guy who's going to control this tribe?" "and *** most villainous person while-- within our tribe-- to make sure that they would see-- rob would see that i was the focus, and that would keep the focus off of him and he would appreciate that." "what's been the reaction on the street from people?" "£­¡¡clearly,people love or hate you. £­¡¡they absolutely love me." "i don't run into anybody that doesn't does not love me most people describe it" "**¡¡describe me as "you're a brilliant player." "" and there was one other component to my game that was missed by most, and that is i played with a certain level of integrity." "i was not going to trade my integrity for a million dollars." "you know,something that went on just-- just-- does that surprise you that people laugh?" "these guys are laughing." "the people in the audience are laughing." "you just gave a very heart-felt comment." "it doesn't surprise me." "i would ask the audience just to know whenever you saw an interview with me, not one time that i recall did you ever hear me talk about any one member of this entire audience,even when-  you talked about me all the time." " no,excuse me." "when i would talk about you,i would talk about you to your face." "phillip,this is why you're great." "this is why phillip is great." " excuse me,excuse me - phillip,hold on" " i said in the interview i said in the interview." " i know,i know.stop.stop,stop,phillip,we're live." "you know i'm your biggest fan,and i want to get to the bottom of something-- two things quickly,quickly." "okay,one is very heated discussion between and you steve about race." ""survivor's" a tough game,i know." "have you guys healed that wound?" "we haven't,but we are." "you know,the specialist doesn't make a mistake, but he made one in this game." " steve,i hope you accept my apology." " i do,always" "now there's one more big question." "all right,this is what i know for sure. throw up the photo,michael." "i know you served in the army in 1984." "there's phillip sheppard as a young man." "now you've told everybody you're a former federal agent. what agency did you serve with?" "i served with the defense investigative services as a special agent and i also worked with the naval investigative service as an ajudeicator." "now,to make sure this is authenticated, we have brought somebody from your past that i'm going to go interview right now, and we're going to find out if this is true." "diane hardy,stand up,please." "okay,now i met diane earlier." "i've seen your credentials." "i saw the shiny badge. i saw it all." " you are an active federal agent." " yes." "how do you know phillip sheppard?" "phillip and i met one another,we attended the training academy, and phillip was an outstanding student,in my opinion now,are you saying this because you think he needs some help?" "no,no. before the training,we're given a manual." "and phillip came to the academy." "he knew the manual inside out." "it was as as if as though he memorized the manual." "after the training we went to different locations so i did not work on the job with phillip." "but i know if he conducted himself as he did at the training academy, he was an outstanding federal agent." "thanks,diane you can sit. you can sit." "thank you." "so does that answer the question?" "do we buy this?" "phillip,people are still unsure." "even diane hardy can't convince them, and she is an active federal agent." "to be continued,my friend." "the question remains and so will the question mark." "up next,find out the sprint player of the season." "and later an exclusive peek at where we are headed for season 23 and taking us to the break our survivors composers." "russ land ow and david vannacor." "survivor ***" "NEW **** welcome back. well,since wednesday,viewers have been texting and voting online for the sprint player of the season, the honor also include $100,000 cash prize." "the votes are in,and it was very,very close this year." "it came down to two people." "two of you dominated the voting." "two of you gathered 76% of the vote between the two of you." "those two are boston rob and matt." "the veteran,and the newbie." "the guy who was in control of blindsiding the other one." "it was a 40%-36% vote." "that's how close it was." "polarizing,very different,faith,god,god,god. godfather." "i will cut you the votes are in. the winner of the sprint $100,000 cash prize, it is a clean sweep. rob mariano." "nicely done." " amber's going to go shopping!" " yeah,she is." " thank you." " i just want to pop around." "i noticed something in the last episode,ralph, when we got to the vote,i sensed an-- a real affection between you and phillip." "do you like phillip?" "is there a friendship here?" "nah,phillip he's a great guy." "i figured pretty quick that's the way he was playing the game." " and,grant,you're married now?" " i am married,yeah." " that's going to get some boos from the women." " that's okay." " congratulations." " thank you very much. about a week after i got back." "fantastic." "proposed right at the airport as we landed coming back from nicaragua. yeah." "there's kristina. she's right out there." "for those ofue there she is. beautiful woman." "and i heard a rumor that i'd like to investigate quickly that there is another love affair, that "survivor" has blossomed yet another love affair and typically at tribal council i would go digging until i found it" "but since it's love and love is tender and beautiful, david,why don't you just tell me about this. is it true?" "are you dating another "survivor." "" i am,not a current cast member. a former cast member." " we met shortly after the season. *** - who is it?" "carolyn.**** caroleina.*** was it love ***** i don't know if i would go so far as to say it was love at first sight." "she put me in my place before she gave me the time of day but she came around.*********" " how is the relationship going right now?" " it's going very well." "things are going pretty good." " yeah." " yeah." "all right." " wait a second. how well is it going?" "it's going very well." "really?" "yeah." "like very well as in,gee,i'd like to maybe really make this official?" " yeah,i think that's kind of a good idea right now." " shut up!" "caroleina you are the most amazing woman i have ever met-  you *** - shut it down right now. shut it down." "you drive me nuts but at the end of the day you make me happier than i ever could be." "will you marry me." "shut the flipping" ""survivor" loves blindsiding me." "yes,yes,oh,my god,yes." "you guys really like blindsiding ." "all right *** knowha you're going to get when you watsurviv" live.after 22 seans the game coinuetourise evenho that weren yrs ago. and were still gng strong." "find out whe "survivor" is headed next right afterhis." "well,if you're just tuning in,you missed a lot tonight, including an on-the-air proposal from david to caroleina to which she said yes after getting over her shock." "we're glad to have you." "we've had four big love affairs and you can get some advice after the show from rob and amber." "survivor has been on the air for 11 years and 22 seasons." "and thanks to you guys, we are heading out to shoot season number 23." "take a look." "Redemption island." "It was a twist that changed the game." "And next season, Redemption island is back." "16 new castweighs wl embark on the adventure of a lifetime as they are abandoned in the south pacific." "They will face unrelenting storms, scorching temperatures and unforgiving waters." "They will be joined by two returning players who are seeking their own shot at redemption." "Who will have what it takes to outwit, outplay, and outlast all the rest?" "find out this fall on "Survivor:" "South Pacific."" ""Tomorrow morning, Boston Rob will appear on 'the early show' on CBS and receive $1 million immediately following tonight's show, you can bid on one-of-a-kind memorabilia to benefit the charity operation smile."" "The web site is on the screen right now." "Finally, if you think you have what it takes to be on "survivor,"" "put together a three-minute video, i'd love to... i'd love to snuff your torch." "That's my line. i can't even say it." "I say it ever season." "Thanks for the support." "It is because of you that we are still on the air." "We'll see you next fall for "Survivor:" "South Pacific."" ""Let me be clear..." "Diane hardy said, off camera, she does know that Phillip was an agent." "That case is closed."" "Good night." "Survivor S22 Reunion"