Winners At War Episode 13: The Last Supper

Benception

Michele feels in a bad spot after tribal having not been in the loop, and Jeremy gives her the coin back. Jeremy and Tony argue about how many days they have left whilst looking at their super cool calendar, Tony claiming it's two weeks. Tony doesn't want Jeremy to go as then the hyenas will come after him. Sarah knows that Ben gunning for Jeremy is a problem, but decides to try and convince him to vote Nick. It's a tall order, but it actually works, and Ben is now fully on board with the new plan.

Catch me if you can

The immunity challenge is to throw two balls down a track and catch them on the other side, dig under a log, then solve a slide puzzle. Jeremy is first to get one, whilst Tony misthrows. Sarah gets one and Ben's ball bounces way off track. Denise, Nick and Ben all get one as Jeremy gets his 2nd. Sarah, Nick, Ben and Tony join him on the digging but Jeremy is first through. Everybody gets to the slide puzzle except Michele who can't even catch her first ball. Tony, who is not known for his slide puzzle ability, seems to know what he's doing this time...but Nick gets it and wins immunity. Just what the rest of them didn't want.

Fireman down

Sarah wants Denise, but Ben is still set on Jeremy. Jeremy doesn't trust the Denise plan and wants to ask for the coin again, but  Ben is trying to create a rift between Jeremy and Michele over it. The two of them figure out what he's doing and now want to get Nick and Tony to vote Ben out. Tony doesn't want that and gets the rest of them to split the vote between Jeremy and Michele so that it doesn't matter what she does with her advantage. Sarah is scared that Nick is gonna flip his vote.

At tribal council, Michele talks about her challenge struggle. Ben says it's hard to not be who you are when you're depleted. Sarah says it's hard to be a jerk when you know the people you're playing with. The players also talk about what it was like going back home after the show and the trust issues it caused. Michele says she's gonna play the coin tonight but doesn't say who for.

Flipped off

After the votes are cast, Michele decides to flip the coin for herself and it comes up safe. Two votes for her are canceled and then it comes down to Jeremy and Ben, with Jeremy going home. Tony apologizes as Jeremy tells him it was a bad move. Jeremy leaves his tokens with Michele and is off to the Edge.

Tony and Ben confirm that Michele is next, with Tony pointing out she has become a goat after being left out of so many votes. Michele is mad at Nick and asks what he thinks their path to the end is from here. Nick wants Ben out next. Michele says she's gonna bring out sassy Jersey Michele, and decides to go for broke and throw out Tony's name to Sarah as the person nobody can beat at the end.

Game of thrones

Jeremy hates the Edge of Extinction and their meagre rice rations. Yul brings back a clue that mentions a "stone of throne" and they all take off looking. Danni thinks it might be in the water, whilst Wendell goes to the top of the cliff. But Natalie, having been here longer than anybody, knows exactly what to look for and gets it first. Opening the box, she sees she can sell a challenge disadvantage for as many tokens as she wants, and she just wants to pick somebody in the majority so they can pool tokens.

Nick receives the advantage offer and has to find 8 tokens to buy it, but he only has 6. He decides to go to Michele and work together on it, and now they have to think what would cause the most chaos.

I guess all is forgiven?

What do we do now?

The immunity challenge is to stack dominos on a beam without them falling over. Nick gives Ben the disadvantage and now he has more to stack. I suppose if they'd given it to Tony, they would've known Michele had a hand in it. The challenge starts and Ben keeps losing his blocks. Michele and Tony look to be getting off to the best start, with Sarah behind them cheering for Tony. Michele loses a block and has to redo one. Nevertheless, she gets to the end first...and gets the much-needed win. Ben is cursing because he only had one more to go and most likely would've won without the disadvantage.

Cutting Tony out is gonna be harder than it looks

Back at camp, Denise says she feels like it's her and offers to use her tokens to buy rice for the tribe if they cook what they have left. But she's not as defeated as she seems and is hoping the plan is still on to vote Nick. Ben says he's confident in the plan and doesn't feel like he needs to play his idol...well, that could be famous last words. Nick tells Tony he's worried Ben is a threat in the fire challenge, and he's considering making the move. Tony hides in his spynest and overhears Denise tell Sarah and Ben she's worried about Tony at the end. Tony now wants Denise out and pitches it to Nick and Michele by saying he doesn't think he could get Sarah to vote Ben. Sarah and Tony debate switching up the plan to put Nick in their final 4 instead.

At tribal council, Michele says she knew she needed the win, which Jeff uses as an example of why to never let people know they're in trouble. Ben doesn't know who gave him the disadvantage. Michele talks about how just getting fire tokens after a vote that didn't go her way meant a lot to her. Ben gives a funny analogy about a lion breaking out of a cage and pinning a steak to someone's back. Denise is playing defeated, which Adam senses is a fakeout.

Nick votes for Denise and talks about slaying the Queenslayer. But the vote comes back for Nick, and Michele is left out again! He gives a holler on the way out which seems to confuse Denise. Poor Nick, he essentially paid 6 tokens to get voted out. Now his mind is just on the re-entry challenge, which he knows is tomorrow.

Finally leaving purgatory

Day 35 arrives and the Edge of Extinction players are happy to be done. They enjoy one last sunrise, and congratulate Natalie and Amber for going the whole distance. The players with tokens - Wendell, Yul, Parvati - talk about spending theirs on a challenge advantage. Natalie has a mountain of tokens (14!) so she's gonna be able to get three advantages, peanut butter, and in addition to the idol she already has, even buys another for Tyson. Jury management, I like it.

The episode ends with the Edge players walking off and an extensive recap of how we got there and who's left. How will the returnee shake things up? Can anything stop King Tony's march to a perfect game? Next week the clash of champions comes to an end and we'll be left with one victor.

STAR OF THE WEEK: MICHELE FITZGERALD

A great episode for Michele, even if she didn't vote anybody out. She saved herself when she needed it most and seems to be the only person who can see Tony's frontrunner status. Now we're gonna see her really have to scrap to get to the end.