Synopsis for
"Survivor"
Stir the Pot! (2008)

The moment of truth. Will Amanda, Parvati and Cirie's pact stand? A recap shows three Survivors going out with injuries and the Ozzy, Jason and Erik blindsides. Three days to go, four women left.

Night 36 The women return from council and literally scream and dance over their eviction of Erik.

Day 37 The women wake up and giggle over their eviction of Erik and the other men. This continues as they chop down fruit.

Natalie is aware of the fact she's the only "fan" left among the "favorites." She feels good about her standing with Parvati.

Tree mail announces an upcoming immunity challenge. They think this will be the elimination. Cirie wants Natalie out.

The arrive to an elaborate obstacle course. They will perch on a pole, filling a bamboo shoot with water from a bucket to raise keys to a box with ladder rungs in it. They climb the ladder and raise their flag to win. Natalie grabs her keys first, followed by Parvati.

The 16 ladder rungs only fit in one spot each on the ladder. All four women are arrive at the ladders. The rungs have to be in the right spot or they don't count. Amanda develops a huge lead and wins.

Amanda is giddy about being in the finale three. Natalie tries to figure out how to stick around.

Privately, Cirie asks Natalie if she's promised anyone her vote. Amanda thinks Cirie is a threat among jury voters and doesn't want Natalie to go. Parvati tells Amanda that Cirie got lucky to be with them.

Parvati thinks Natalie is a lesser threat among jury votes than Cirie.

Cirie knows she's in danger.

Tribal Council (Jury members: Eliza, Ozzy, Jason, James, Alexis and Erik)

Jeff compliments the ladies on their blindside of Erik and he grins and takes it.

Jeff asks Amanda if she knows what's going to happen tonight. She says she doesn't.

Cirie says she feels like she's on the bottom of an alliance again. Amanda asks when Cirie felt on the bottom before. Cirie says always and Amanda seems surprised. Jeff raises the possibility of there being a final two.

Voting time. (None of the votes are shown.)

Jeff reads the votes: Cirie, Natalie, Natalie, Natalie. She hugs the women who just booted her and leaves.

Back at camp on night 37.

Amanda asks why Cirie was trying to make them look bad at council. She says the idea that Cirie's been on the bottom of alliances is b.s. Cirie yells at Amanda a little and Amanda apologizes. There are tears and hugging. Amanda's worn out, the thought of a final two totally freaks her out. Parvati says there's no way that could happen. Cirie dreads the idea.

Day 38

They let "Gloria" the chicken go free into the wilds of Micronesia. She borrows in the sand and squats down and settles.

Parvati declares them "the craftiest Survivors of all time."

They go expecting food at the stand and find tree mail instead. There's a final immunity challenge.

They're stunned. Amanda cries. Parvati says she feels sick. Cirie says it's almost poetic, given all the blindsides they've concocted.

They have to go to Exile Island for rites of passage for the 17 booted Survivors.

They walk around recalling their former teammates, complete with video clips. Cirie says the chickens have not been the same since Chet left. Parvati calls Kathy "a colorful character." They all decide they loved Ami. They did not love Eliza. Parvati calls her her arch rival. Amanda says Ozzy was the most well-rounded player in the history of Survivor. Parvati adds: "And you like him." She lets Amanda carry his torch, a fitting metaphor. Jason is remembered as the guy who beat Ozzy twice. They call James honest and his voice over says that he would have much rather been voted out than gone out with an injury as he did. He calls his time with the girls "quite a test." They say that Alexis would have been hard to beat - if she were still around. They laugh at Eirk again. His narration says he learned a lot about women in Survivor. They congratulate Natalie for being the final fan.

They drop the torches off and add a little carbon monoxide to the atmosphere, torching the hut.

Then it's final immunity challenge time.

A cylinder has been cut into pieces, a ball balances in the middle. Every five minutes they're adding weight to the sides. If the ball rolls off, they're out. They have to press while lifting to hold the pieces together. Jeff states the obvious: "This is potentially a million dollar challenge."

First round over. They add pieces to the sides. Second round over. They add more pieces.

Parvati drops hers. Cirie's ball is rolling, sweat dribbling down the side of her face. The round ends. They add more. Cirie's ball rolls off while Jeff is counting down. They restart. They make it to the last and final round, adding more pieces.

This round will go until someone drops their ball.

Cirie starts to shake and drops hers. Cirie and Amanda hug.

Amanda gets immunity. She's essentially picking who she's taking with her to the final council.

Cirie wonders what happened to her, saying her nurses surgical training should have helped her. She knows she's probably going home.

Parvati tells Amanda that Cirie understands, meaning Parv expects her allegiance. Amanda asks Cirie how she's supposed to choose. Cirie says she's Amanda's better choice with the jury.

Amanda's worried about Cirie's ability to convince people to vote for her, even those she's screwed over.

Tribal Council. The jury comes back. Amanda says winning immunity was a blessing and a curse and most of the jury roll their eyes. Jeff asks Cirie if she believes the decision really is difficult for Amanda. Cirie says yes. So does Parvati.

Jeff asks Amanda her thinking on bringing either of the other two. She says she's worried about Cirie's ability to win people over whereas Parvati's friendships on the jury will come into play.

Jeff asks her about her mixed emotions and she cries some more. Eliza rolls her eyes so far back in her head she looks like a corpse.

Amanda goes to vote. She's still crying.

Jeff gets the vote: Cirie is out.

Parvati and Amanda are the last two standing. One more night until the final council. Cirie says good-bye: "Here I am again, coming up just short." She apologizes to her whole family. "It just wasn't meant to be."

Day 39 The triumphant ladies wake up happy. They race for food. They both think making it to the final two of Survivor is the biggest accomplishment of their lives. Amanda is counting on a lot of people on the jury not liking Parvati. She's also prepared if Parvati throws her under the bus at council.

They celebrate with more burning, torching the hut.

Tribal council. The jury of eight comes in.

Parvati and Amanda both get to make an opening statement. The jury gets to asks questions.

Amanda goes first, she talks about having wanted to play a loyal game. She thanks everyone for their help.

Parvati acknowledges her Cook Island's flirt reputation. She says she wanted to play aggressively and "the only thing I could do was make bold power plays."

Eliza says she has no idea who she's voting for. But she says she thinks Parvati might just be "mean." She calls Amanda "superficial" and that listening to her talk sometimes made her want to kill herself. Jason asks Amanda if she would have told Ozzy about the plan to vote him out if she'd known. She says "yes" without hesistating. Jason asks Parvati what her redeeming qualities in the game were. She cites her loyalty to Cirie, Amanda and Gloria the chicken. Alexis asks Parv why she's a better role model for the young girls she works with than Amanda. Parv says it's not better or worse, but she's outspoken and independent and Amanda goes with the flow. Alexis says she thought Amanda was faking when she cried about sending Cirie home. Alexis asks what else she has faked and Amanda says nothing. Natalie asks Parvati how her flirtiness in Survivor parallels her intimate life. Parvati she admits she flirst with both women and men to get what she wants in life. James winces. Natalie asks Amanda if she was trying to come off like "zombied pretty girl, not-really-knowing-what's-going-on, pageant queen cliche" was her strategy or if that's how she is as a person. Amanda says it's neither, that she's smart and substantive. Erik starts off saying that five days ago he would have been 100 percent behind Amanda, but now he has a lot of questions. He says he felt totally burned at the last two councils. Amanda says that she was being honest, that he had tried to vote her out. She tries to apologize but he says it's too little too late. James asks Parvati why he wasn't honest with him. She says she had no chance of winning if she stuck with him. Cirie asks Amanda why Parvati deserves the $1 million more than her. Amanda says that Parv made bolder decisions than Cirie did. Ozzy starts off saying that he might be the biggest idiot up there because getting blindsided by Parvati truly hurt him. He says she put a price on their friendship, clearly unclear on the rules of the game. He says that he doesn't want to hear anything she has to say. He says that the hardest part for him was that she took away 14 days he could have spent with Amanda. He tells Amanda he's starting to fall in love with her. "You're an amazing girl and I want everybody to know that." She says "thank you" and they grin like idiots. Soon-to-be rich idiots?

Voting time. Erik votes for Amanda, saying he can forgive and forget. Alexis votes for Parvati. Natalie votes for Parvati. Ozzy, no surprise, votes for Amanda. Eliza takes forever to decide.

Jeff gets the votes. Then says good-buy. The results will be read back in the U.S.

Back in the US, votes are read, Parvarti won.