Friends Going to War

Friends Going to War
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	46
Episode Number	13/14 (681)
Original Release	May 22, 2024
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Mamma Bear"
Next	"Aftershow"
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Friends Going to War is the season finale of Survivor 46.

Story

“	The remaining five castaways must overcome multiple obstacles to guarantee they cannot be voted out of this game in the penultimate immunity challenge.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Night 23

A blindsided Maria praises her tribemates for their deft strategic maneuver to vote out Q at the previous Tribal Council. Her tribemates meet her condescension with disdain.

	Liz	“	Q, my darling, you got played! (laughs) I'm so excited!	”

	Liz	“	Maria says that she finally sees that we are actually playing the game… (makes a face) Just a face, I don't even have words, just a face for that. But at this point in the game, Maria has a giant target on the back.	”

	Maria	“	I am definitely on the bottom, and now, you know, there's a massive target on me. Winning tomorrow is imperative, like, this is the time to just like, go for it, to fight as hard as I can and hopefully either win or go down fighting.	”

Later, Maria attempts to do damage control with Charlie by saying that Kenzie and Liz had approached her with the plan to vote him out; while Charlie does not buy her story, he is glad to still have a working relationship with her.

Challenges

• Reward/Immunity
• Immunity

Challenge: Fifth Element
The castaways will complete an obstacle course, including a net crawl and a rope tunnel, before climbing a tower. There, they will solve a jigsaw puzzle, which when complete will instruct them to count the number of geckos on the puzzle, the number of puzzle pieces, and the number of holes in a plank they encountered during the course. They will then put the numbers into a combination lock. The first person to break their lock wins.
Reward: A pasta dinner at the Survivor sanctuary.
Winner: Kenzie Petty (shared with Ben Katzman)

Challenge: Plinko Puzzle
Castaways will have to roll a ball up a ramp and into a plinko board. While the ball is rolling down the plinko board, they must solve a jigsaw puzzle, while keeping an eye on the ball. When the ball is close to the end of the plinko board, the castaways must grab the ball and roll it back up the board. If a castaway misses catching the ball, they must wait for the ball to roll down to the end of a gutter before they can roll the ball back up the ramp and return to solving their puzzle. The first castaway to complete the puzzle wins.
Winner: Ben Katzman

Tribal Council

Day 24

Tribal Council 13: Nuinui
Voted Against	Voter
Maria (4 votes)	Ben, Charlie, Kenzie, Liz
Ben (1 vote)	Maria
VOTED OUT: Maria Shrime Gonzalez

Voting Confessionals

Liz was shown writing down Maria's name.

	Kenzie	“	(voting against Maria) I literally want to be you when I grow up. You're the coolest person in the whole world, which is exactly why this is happening because you literally would've wiped the floor with us, like, you're amazing.	”

	Charlie	“	(voting against Maria) Listen up, future nephews. Your mom kicks butt.	”

Final Words

	Maria	“	You know what? I feel amazing. I played such a good game. I'm 47, and you know, I smoked some of these guys. It felt really good to know that at my age, at my stage of life, like I've still got it.	”

Day 25

Tribal Council 14: Nuinui
Fire-Making Challenge
Participant	Result
Kenzie	Won
Liz	Lost
ELIMINATED: Liz Wilcox

Final Words

	Liz	“	(tearfully) So close. So pissed. (laughs) I made it 25 days, I did everything I thought that I would do. I really think I would have won, but…(sniffs) so did they, and now I'm here.	”

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 15: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
Kenzie (5 votes)	Maria, Q, Tevin, Tiffany, Venus
Charlie (3 votes)	Hunter, Liz, Soda
Ben (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Ben Katzman
RUNNER-UP: Charlie Davis
SOLE SURVIVOR: Kenzie Petty

Voting Confessionals

Soda was shown writing Charlie's name on the parchment. Tiffany was shown writing Kenzie's name on the parchment.

	Q	“	(voting for Kenzie) Proud of the game you played. You deserve the start of a new life.	”

	Hunter	“	(voting for Charlie) Man, you played a great game. I'm nervous that the last two Tribal Councils may have tripped you up, but you explained it really well.	”

Final Results

Jelinsky 18th	Jess 17th	Randen 16th	Bhanu 15th	Jem 14th	Moriah 13th	Tim 12th	Soda 11th	Tevin 10th
Hunter 9th	Tiffany 8th	Venus 7th	Q 6th	Maria 5th	Liz 4th	Ben 3rd	Charlie 2nd	Kenzie Winner

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• (Untitled)
• Charlie's Final Speech: On the final day, Charlie is preparing to explain to the jury why he should win the title of Sole Survivor and the million dollar prize.

Other

• The Day 24 Tribal Council is the fourth time where a majority of the votes were shown to the audience before they were read, after "If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese", "This Game Rips Your Heart Out", and "Mamma Bear".