Dig Deep

This is the eighth episode of Survivor: Turkey

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Rock Block The castaways would be divided into teams of three: blue, green, and purple. The teams would have a row of eight team-colored ceramic tiles on frames belonging to them. Playing in rounds, one member from each team would throw a metal ball at the other two team's tiles to try to break them. When all eight tiles of a team were broken, the team would be out of the challenge. The last team with an intact tile would win. Reward: A picnic of sandwiches, chicken wings, brownies, watermelon, and potato chips. Winner: Alf Dixon, Baron O'Bryant, Sam Foulger

Immunity Challenge: Rope-a-Dope The castaways would be attached to a rope which is thread through three of obstacles, for which the castaways would have to climb under, over, or around. The first three castaways to finish would move on to the next round. The next round's challenge would be the same, but with a single obstacle three levels high. The first castaway to complete the obstacle would win. Winner:

Night 21
The final nine return from Tribal where Casey was idoled out and made a member of the jury. The former Idir glumly congratulate the former Bazid on their move. Gerda and Tyler sit in the shelter and sulk about their new position on the bottom. Tyler suggests the two of them stick together as they won't be pegged as the biggest threats until later in the game.

Day 22
The final nine meet Jeff for their next reward challenge. They are split up into three teams of three. The blue team is Nick, Jessi, and Tyler. The green team is Gerda, Max, and Barbie. The purple team is Alf, Sam, and Baron. The blue team struggles breaking tiles as the other two teams target them. Blue team is soon eliminated as the green team has five tiles left to the purple teams six. The green team begins to struggle as the purple team never misses a shot, giving them an easy reward win.

The three reward winners arrive to their picnic and begin to enjoy the feast. The three barely speak to one another, causing even more awkwardness. Baron makes a joke about it, causing the other two to laugh.

The six losers return to camp and instead of relaxing, they all split up to search for the idol. Gerda and Tyler search together while Max, Barbie, Nick, and Jessi all split up. Tyler suggests that Gerda looks in the trees while he looks on the ground. The two look around but are unable to find it.

Meanwhile, Max checks around treemail for the idol. He reaches under the post and feels the idol. He snags it and sticks it in his pocket. He shows Nick, Barbie, and Jessi the idol. Nick jokes that he should rub it in the minority alliances face, which annoys Nick.

Everyone returns to camp and Tyler and Gerda pull Max to the side. The two plead him to get rid of Nick before either of them, as he is a cancer to the tribe. To their surprise, Max agrees, saying Nick wanted him to gloat about his position.