The Past Will Eat You Alive

The Past Will Eat You Alive
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Episode Number	5/14 (519)
Original Release	October 25, 2017
Viewership (in Millions)	8.22
Ratings/Share (18-49)	1.7/7
Episode Chronology
Previous	"I Don't Like Having Snakes Around"
Next	"This Is Why You Play Survivor"
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The Past Will Eat You Alive is the fifth episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.

Story

“	One castaway struggles to keep his head in the game at a tough reward challenge, and a tough physical immunity challenge weighs heavily on castaways.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Head Long Flight
With their arms bound to their side and their feet tied together, three tribemates will have to pass a ball relay style to their final member. This member of the tribe will then attempt to shoot them into a high and narrow basket. The first two tribes to get all five balls into the basket win.
Reward: Iced coffee, pastries, and coffee and tea brewing supplies (1st place); Iced coffee (2nd place)
Winners (in order of finish): Levu and Yawa

Challenge: Rice Race
Tribes will swim out to a boat, where they will retrieve three bags of rice. They will then have to get the bags of rice through a hole, then cross a balance beam to shore. They then have to open the bags to retrieve three balls. Using the three balls, tribe will have to get their three balls into three slots on a holey wall. The first two tribes to fill all three slots win.
Winners (in order of finish): Yawa and Levu

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 5: Soko
Voted Against	Voter
Roark (3 votes)	Chrissy, JP, Ryan
Chrissy (2 votes)	Ali, Roark
VOTED OUT: Roark Luskin

Voting Confessionals

	Roark	“	(voting against Chrissy) Next time, don't come for me.	”

	Chrissy	“	(voting against Roark) I'm out-smarting Miss Smarty-Pants.	”

Final Words

	Roark	“	It was a great experience, I would tell any super fan to do it, but I'm bummed. I had a lot more in me, and I suppose I trusted the wrong people. The problem is it was my first tribal -- I can't tell who voted with me for Chrissy. I'm not going to blame it on being swapped, I always think there is something someone can do, and evidently I didn't do it, I own that.	”

Still in the Running

Katrina 18th	Simone 17th	Patrick 16th	Alan 15th	Roark 14th	Ali Soko	Ashley Levu	Ben Yawa	Chrissy Soko
Cole Yawa	Desi Levu	Devon Levu	JP Soko	Jessica Yawa	Joe Levu	Lauren Yawa	Mike Yawa	Ryan Soko

Trivia

Secret Scene

• Mike Gets Stung: During his idol hunt, Mike Zahalsky encounters wasps and gets stung.

Other

• This episode's title comes from Ben Driebergen talking about his post-traumatic stress disorder from his years as a Marine, saying: "You have to look forward to the future, because the past will eat you alive, but the future will save you."
• The name of the Reward Challenge, Head Long Flight, references the Rush song Headlong Flight.