Survivor 43 Exit Interviews with the Final 5

Survivor 43 | Final 5 Exit Interviews
Rob Cesternino (@RobCesternino) interviews the final 5 castaways from Survivor 43, including the Sole Survivor!
This week, Rob interviews Karla Cruz Godooy, Jesse Lopez, Owen Knight, Cassidy Clark, and the winner of Survivor 43, Mike Gabler.
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[@JalebJay]

They should have shown more Gabler interacting with the Jesse/Cody team. Would've helped his story

[@ChrissaTodd]

For me his final speech sold it his answers sold it for me

[@whywhowhatwhere]

From what Jesse said it seems like as long as they told Gabler a name he would vote that way. We pretty much did get to see that at least.

[@NorCalSaint]

Helped who? I know I wasn't voting...

[@pennisss9433]

@@NorCalSainthelp the viewers understand more about his gameplay…we know we aren’t voting, but this is a production at the end of the day. Gambler had probably the least amount of confessionals, screen time etc than any of the final 6

[@NorCalSaint]

@@pennisss9433 - I think they like to try and make it unpredictable by leaving out some content

[@n00dlie]

Please invite Jesse and Owen back again! They are so fun to listen to and have such great comments about things!

[@Highwind452]

Also, Owen saying that he just wanted a hot shower instead of doing the post finale reunion was so relatable.

[@annbauman6123]

Also I feel Rob would invite Jesse again S8 Fe as Jesse said they are neighbors

[@ramprat5812]

Such huge respect to Gabler for not bringing up the donation until after the game. Given that he played under the radar and didn’t get a big edit, I feel like he wouldn’t have gotten any credit for his win if he had.

[@annbauman6123]

I feel if he would of told them about the donation than he would be a target because that would give him votes in final tribal because he is donating the money

[@ramprat5812]

@@annbauman6123 I meant bringing it up at final tribal, kind of like how Adam told everyone about his mom at final tribal and then some people were saying he won out of pity. That’s not what I believe but that’s what ends up happening.

[@Highwind452]

So much time wasted on twists and advantages, the hiking trips, the beware advantages and extended looks at the player's personal growth stories. We're missing massive strategic details about how these alliances form and work. Strategy is under-represented in these new seasons.

[@dee-ff2fq]

1000% percent

[@Badusername2000]

strategy is the most boring part of the show for me personally, so these new seasons are perfect for me

[@cole7726]

@@Badusername2000 huh? Strategy is the foundation of the show. It's what dictates the course of the whole season. That's why an ending like this can be so unsatisfying because we have no idea how it happened.

[@Badusername2000]

@@cole7726 people watch shows for different reasons, I dont dislike the strategy, I just also just dont pay much attention to it

[@lagofala]

@@cole7726 You can get the deep dive on strategy on the podcasts here lol. They need to appeal to a wider demo

[@supriya55]

owen's assessment of the edit was so objective and on point.. survivor needs to hire that guy in some capacityy

[@weaponizedpinata]

I love that Gabler's obviously using his wife or daughter's zoom account haha so cute

[@CaptainCasual777]

i’ll say it again, i would love to see RHAP do a S.43 reunion!!

[@junkerinhistrunker]

seconded! i just can't understand why they think the after-the-vote reunion is a good idea

[@leetonuchiha]

Pleeeeeease!!!!

[@morgankingsley8711]

@@junkerinhistrunker I'll defend it a touch in 41 and 42 in that its was due to Covid guidelines, so no choice. But even starting with 43, they could have heard feedback and waited till say 2 days later, let everybody rest up and process it, then bring the entire cast back for a full reunion

[@MusicNerdDavid]

Please host a reunion we want to see them all together. The "aftershow" doesn't cut it

[@jacobbruce3502]

Just want to point out that after reading this comment section opposed to many other survivor comment sections and the dreaded “Twitter” I must say congrats Rob this is genuinely a great side of the survivor community.

[@gamesetm4tch]

💯

[@delxdel]

Thanks for these! I would give more credit to Cass for taking out Jessie than Gabler. She beat him(and the rest for immunity) and set him up against someone who would most likely beat him.

[@toomanylies7716]

I agree with this line of thinking.

[@Highwind452]

I agree. The idea that she should give up immunity to take out Jesse herself is ridiculous. It would be pandering, theatre and make no sense other than to please the whim of the Jury who loved Jesse. And because Jesse put forward the idea, the Jury aligned themselves with that idea and thought it was a cop out for Cass not too. She made the logical choice - she wanted him out and put the best fire maker up against him.

[@delxdel]

@@Highwind452 I think a big part of it *might* be they’re just trying to justify their votes, they’re too smart to really go with this logic of Gabler taking out Jessie. Wish they would just own up to it

[@jhornacek]

Gabler was the bullet that took out Jessie but Cassidy is the one that fired the gun.

[@bensmith3006]

100% agree. Even though Gabler won the fire making, Gabler didn't have the choice to put himself up against Jesse. Cassidy was the one who got to make the decision which means she had much more agency then Gabler did.

[@kevanmcdougallmph]

Honestly, Cassidy convinced me at the end that she voted for the right person every time. I completely forgot her Ryan vote cause she owned that narrative so well 😯

[@FrauZehel]

Even the rest of the cast didnt know it was her that voted for Ryan lmao. Everyone thought it was Owen.

[@slukass9631]

Imagine how weak your game has to be for voting off Ryan being at the top of your resume.

[@alinsofan501]

@@slukass9631 if you listened you would already know you are wrong, jesse asked a moment where they persuaded someone for a vote and she mentioned that as an option (obviously it was a bait from jesse; jesse, cody and karla came with the homework made, they swayed the vote to gabler from the jury phase up to the ftc. it's not honorable, but this is the flaw of the jury part, they should be isolated.

[@k.labpickle]

@@alinsofan501 How was it a bait? Jesse wouldn’t have known she’d try to claim a move he/his alliance orchestrated as her big one

[@alinsofan501]

@@k.labpickle by his question, by design it was meant for gabler and only gabler.

[@toomanylies7716]

So Ride or Die was formed early into the merge and not when the edit showed it. That's pretty important to know and makes more sense as to why Cody and Jesse were so high on him at Final Tribal. Having them in the jury explaining all this to me at least, confirms that most of them were giving the win to Gabler unless he really blew it at tribal. Also makes sense why they didn't consider Cassidy 'in on all of the votes' more so than him. I respect it.

[@fernandogalian2794]

it was a trio and the edit didn't show us that, they showed the duo, that's why some people feel Gabler as coming out of nowhere. for the ones who are 100% Happy about Gabler we think he was kind of a loner with multiple connections.

[@Orchestravels]

Gabler was one vote away from winning a perfect game and he waited until after he won to tell his intentions for the money. Didn’t even need it to get votes

[@JMoney615]

James still would’ve went with Cassidy, he did that just so she didn’t have to spilt the second place prize with Owen

[@JMoney615]

@@mississippitornado6842 yes, $100k. Third is like $90k. Fourth $85k and so on

[@kevinkujo318]

@user-hd3gv1mt6f so If it was a perfect game they would get $50k each?

[@JMoney615]

@@kevinkujo318 $95k because you include the third place prize in the split

[@colorlesscrowd]

I would love to see Rob interviews the jury in details on why they’re voting for Gabler (And James voting for Cassidy)

[@Markstubation01]

I think it’s pretty obvious the jury was bitter

[@k.labpickle]

@@Markstubation01 According to all pre final interviews everyone was rooting for Owen or Cass, so highly doubtful

[@survivorbest4589]

@@k.labpickle idk Cass said in an interview that someone from ponderosa (likely James) told her that Karla actually poisoned the jury against her

[@k.labpickle]

@@survivorbest4589 I don’t think Karla has the social capital to have done that Towards the end of her game she betrayed all her close allies and was no longer a big threat everyone respected (Cody/Jesse stole that valor from jury POV(

[@Markstubation01]

@@k.labpickle I've listened to what the jury has said post show and their justifications for voting Gabler screams bitter jury.

[@yzaraine]

Gabler's aura irl is so different from in game, it's almost like he put in that performance of an old-school, kinda kooky , old man for the show. Also I respect that he said he wanted to win this game on merit and not because of his out-of game reason, It kind of destroys it for me when someone leans too much on their situations outside of the game to get the jury to vote for them (and there are quite a few winners who did that).

[@gamesetm4tch]

There's one big fan favorite who did that and I absolutely hated it! Kinda ruined the season for me.

[@Kris.galang]

@@gamesetm4tch which one!?

[@thetvmoviepodcast2375]

@@Kris.galang Special agent phil

[@atufbrandbusiness3581]

@@Kris.galang I would guess it has to be Jeremy, since the other one Adam isn't that much of a fan favorite.

[@crtvamigo]

Its pretty f*cked up how Production makes you fly out to LAX immediately the day after. Finalists especially need a little time to readjust and get their head cleared before going back to "real life", as Cassidy clearly showed. Especially if you just lost.

[@mrsamfox00]

$$$ is the reason, The show uses the players up, then spits them out

[@ilselieberthal8773]

I almost gave up on survivor until this season. One of the most entertaining and likable cast. I was rooting for Gabler and Owen the entire season. Yeah. 😊

[@carolynsampson3560]

Agree. Survivor 41 & 42 were horrible with all the ‘woke’ nonsense! Just play Survivor please and let it unfold naturally without manipulation. 43 gives me hope again.

[@rachel438]

I'm a firm believer that whoever wins survivor on any season "deserves to win" because that's literally the point of the game: get to the end and receive the most votes from the jury. Gabler did that which means he ultimately did a great job. So good for him! But I also think that Cassidy did a really great job all throughout the game and I think there's a lot of misogyny in a lot of people's reasoning for why they "just don't like her" and that's disheartening to see. She has every right to be proud of her game because she did a great job and with a slightly different jury with a slightly different outlook and maybe a slightly different final tribal performance, she could have easily won the game. That's not what happened, so I'm not claiming she should have won; Gabler won fair and square and I'm happy for him. But people's disdain for Cassidy just because she dares to be proud of herself even though she lost is nonsense. I don't see her as entitled or cocky or delusional for thinking she had a good chance of winning, and I don't think as many other people would see her thay way if she wasn't a young woman. She should be proud of herself and I'm really happy that she is!

[@toomanylies7716]

I couldn't agree more with this.

[@evald5373]

Cassidy deluded herself into thinking she did anything

[@elitettelbach4247]

Great interviews Rob!

[@hunterj.9753]

Ooh. Excited to see what the final 5 have to say!

[@paulcooper8818]

Great interviews Rob

[@MK-ce7ry]

Hell - no wonder gabler won over the jurors at final tribal council, he just won me over with this interview.

[@carlasmith9093]

Awesome interview from Gabler. He really describes the intentionality of his game well.

[@junkerinhistrunker]

he has had plenty of time to create his game out of hindsight

[@carlasmith9093]

@@junkerinhistrunker He actually described a lot of his intentions in real time as well. I think a lot of people were distracted by his quirkiness and missed the indicators that he had win potential along the way. When Jesse lost at fire I was confident enough that Gabler's backup win was forecasted through the edit that I went to bed and watched the end the next day. There was no more suspense for me. I would have loved to see Jesse win, but Gablers win is satisfying for me as well. He was more aware of the underlying interpersonal dynamics of the game than most other players, and he was clear about navigating those dynamics from behind the scenes, sharing information when it benefitted him and withholding it when it didn't.

[@junkerinhistrunker]

@@carlasmith9093 i am not going to argue you on that, but i still believe that a lot of what he said in this interview relied on a narrative that was formed post game

[@carlasmith9093]

@@junkerinhistrunker its ok to agree to disagree:)

[@junkerinhistrunker]

@@carlasmith9093 not going to disagree that its ok to agree to disagree.

[@kai-iu9xm]

Gabler wasn't hiding in plain sight, he was hiding in the attack zone

[@joshl8686]

Cassidy lost because of a bunch of rules, man

[@mallowout]

"No, Jessie! You weren't in the attack zone when you first made contact!" *gives his flame to Gabler's fire*

[@sure.0]

Karla’s best path to the end was not betraying Cassidy. Karla’s mad that she made a series of stupid choices and took it out on Cassidy.

[@asmodeus58XX]

Yeah, if Karla let Cassidy have the credit she deserves about the premerge, she would easily win by probably a 5-3-0 vote (Jesse, Cody and Ryan would probably still vote Gabler).

[@mitjamackenzie1219]

@@asmodeus58XX Cassidy did what exactly pre-merge? She had a poor social game when it came to Geo and relied on James's and Karla's moves to stay in the game.

[@asmodeus58XX]

@@mitjamackenzie1219 Formed the alliance, just like Jesse and Sami.

[@Riley-waters]

Owen will be an excellent podcast guest for future seasons. So fun.

[@annbauman6123]

It is so interesting and funny to listen to what Gabler says describing his game he had a great final tribal council

[@bigbrothercomps2967]

lol Gabler using his wife's account

[@Caesarsalad123]

Final 3 was good, happy with Gabler winning would have also loved to have seen Owen win

[@scovyaporsha]

I think I'm the only one who didn't want Jessee to win. I know I'm the only one, but stealing to a win is a No for me. But if Cody's idol was Jesse's, I would have been okay with it. Sooo happy he didn't win that way.

[@tmm4195]

@@scovyaporsha He didn't steal Cody's idol. You are not allowed to steal idols. Cody gave it to him, so he didn't technically steal.

[@scovyaporsha]

@@tmm4195 Taylor..I get it but it seems that he mostly had a chance becauase of somebody else's stuff. I know what you're saying in regards to game but most of his positive dealings were not on his merit. I would have been happy with anybody else winning, par James cause he was horrible to Owen. So very Happy with AlliGabler. I'm watching from London England. Sending Love, it's seriously cold here .

[@tmm4195]

@@scovyaporsha I very happy with the Gabler win as well!

[@nickelstream5013]

Ok so I expect deep dives with Owen, Jesse and Karla. I mean, I’d love to get one from Gabler and Cassidy too tbh. And throw in Noelle and Ellie too.

[@webdaddy]

Assuming those survivors aren't shut down by the powers that be...

[@jhornacek]

Different ways to end these interviews ... Rob: (to Cassidy, Owen, Jessie and Karla) "I would love to get to talk to you again later." Rob: (to Gabler) "Gabler, congratulations and good luck to you in the future." Awkward!

[@mrsamfox00]

Aren't deep dives optional? Also Rob is entitled to his opinion

[@jhornacek]

@@mrsamfox00 They are optional, and he is. But if you listen/watch these exit interviews you can tell who are the players Rob wants to do a deep dive interview later, or have back as a guest in the future. For those people he almost always ends his exit interview with "I hope to get to talk to you more about your season in the future". Kind of telling that he did that with all of the final 5 except for Gabler.

[@syd7801]

Or maybe he's like some of us who aren't sure how to not be awkward at the end of a conversation and just say whatever pops into our head.

[@doralvalley2978]

I think sometimes Rob has a read (or opinion) on who he thinks would be up for a deep dive later - some people go back to their normal lives after the show and don’t care to further engage, some actually go into hiding. I think I heard him say on another podcast that he thinks Gabler would be one of the 2. Also, Rob probably doesn’t think the majority would want a Gabler deep dive.

[@toomanylies7716]

I also think part of the problem with Gabler's edit was that he would talk about his plans but nothing was ever shown of them coming to fruition. He talks about having a plan to get to final 3 in this interview but we still don't know what that was. We saw Cassidy win time and time again at the end when she needed it most and that stands out to a viewer. I really think they need to go back to 36-42 days as this edit didn't do nearly a good job of telling anyone's story in the game well enough. I am not one of those people who thinks it's boring when they know who's with who. Like honestly, this was not a good edit for showing why Gabler won or Cassidy lost. Jeff's remark about just 'showing what's out there and not editing to show who won' is one thing, but not showing events or showing them out of order and thus lessining their impact does the contestants and fans a disservice. Everyone was ragging on him about the merge feast Ellie name drop, but I thought it was a good move even if it was an emotional decision, but it's awesome to see that he had multiple reasons behind it and it was strategic.

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

1:05:48 how does Gabler being forced to make fire count as a risk that he made?

[@jasonfieler]

I'm assuming it's because even though Cassidy technically chose it, he really really wanted to do it himself and asked her multiple times to put him in; he could've just not said that and just asked her to bring him to the end

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

@@jasonfieler i guess??

[@kyletucker3811]

@@blackwidowbrigade5042 There's not really an I guess to it. He could have pitched that she should give it to Owen and tried to take a safe route, instead he did the opposite. He requested she let him do it and it was a risk because even though SHE didn't know it, Gabler knew he had a story he could sell (and strategic decisions as part of what we now know was the most important alliance) that would have been enhanced by fire. That's what a lot of people have done since the fire twist emerged.

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

@@kyletucker3811 you make a good point there but that just reaffirms to me how much i dislike the forced firemaking because Gabler received massive credit for beating Jesse but Cassidy gets no credit for beating all 3 of them at the immunity challenge. There should always be a vote and only fire if there is a tie

[@luenardo]

@BlackWidowBrigade Yeah the simple fact is that things that happen in front of the jury count 100x more then things that don't. With forced fire and Chris U making fire against Devens I think FIC has become the new loved ones reward where it is more often than not actively harmful to your game to win

[@jenniferd5477]

We need more JESSSE AND OWEN !!!! I loved the gabler section toooo So welllll deserved 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤩🤩

[@brandonweber2156]

"as if I had played an Underwood-type of game" - Bingo! Not going to fire should not be a negative. Cassidy deserved it just as much as Gabler did. Hope she plays again!

[@asmodeus58XX]

Producers loved her so I can only hope!

[@mitjamackenzie1219]

It wasn't just about Cassidy's choice she presented it horribly and her logic was terrible and her lack of knowledge about Gabler's game as well as hers cost her the game

[@Sebadiah23]

Gabler hid in plain sight from the editors…

[@deedramcconis1763]

Cassidy kind of turned me off in her interview

[@Twisted_reviews]

😂😂

[@brookendale3611]

they just nothing to show. the guy didn't do sh*t

[@TheCommonColb01]

Rob, do a reunion right here on RHAP

[@PikachaoArt]

it hurts that so many of the key moves gabler talks about here are not shown or in secret scenes

[@JamesWade1021]

As Inception once taught me, Postive Catharsis trumps Negative catharsis everyday. Had you tried that wit Cassidy instead going Season 8 Deanarys on her you may have made F4

[@Alex.1Q84]

I freaking loved this season!

[@toomanylies7716]

It kills me every time I hear that Dwight got nervous and then gave up the immunity idol. Makes no sense. 🧐

[@cjtrules1]

Wait, there is a Survivor Christmas sweater!?! Yeah insult me by saying I'm a Cassidy stan because I totally am.

[@asmodeus58XX]

Well, she is a designer...

[@cjtrules1]

@@asmodeus58XX True but we don't know what kind of designer.

[@BikeMerman]

“As you know from being a fan!” Does Gabler know Rob played? 😂

[@lauroth]

Especially funny since he was talking about Rubert and one of Rob's season was with Rupert!

[@SmokeyJ628]

He later notes in the interview that Rob played, so he knows Rob's seasons.

[@kevanmcdougallmph]

At 12:55 he clearly shares he knows he's played it. And he references clear knowledge of history of the game during the reunion with his comment on the age of winners.

[@incognito459]

Gotta love how Gabler calls Rob a Survivor "fan" when Rob has played Survivor twice LOL.

[@Waraba_]

Gabler calling Rob a fan is what really sent me 💀

[@murph31221]

I mean Rob is a super fan, he acknowledged that Rob was on the show later in the interview

[@itszaque]

I haven’t watched other interviews with previous top 5’s so maybe it’s the norm, but to me it seemed like Cassidy needs to just relax and process more. She came off sounding bitter in her interview, almost as if she couldn’t accept that Gabler had a better grasp on the game than Owen or she thought. I can’t think of a single move Cassidy made happen, whereas Gabler at least has Ellie. It also seems like Gabler had a bigger role in Ride or Die than was shown to us, and the fact he planted seeds to remove Cody and Karla is big as well. On another note I’m glad Owen confirmed how much the jury laughed while listening to Gabler at the end, I commented on a couple other videos that I don’t remember EVER seeing a jury so smitten by a finalists charisma like that. It’s a huge reason as to why Gabler won imo. Overall take on the season was that it was a great story with far better balance to advantages and idols, but that the editing seemed to focus the majority of their time on people that wouldn’t even make the final 3. We got more voice lines from Sammy, Cody, Karla and Jesse than we did from Cassidy or Gabler, which is crazy when those ended up being the top 2 of the season. Maybe editors are tired of people predicting the winner by episode 3, but I would rather the ending feel slightly “spoiled” by the edit than feel blindsided by the edit. In general I think the show is headed in the right direction with some really solid new characters, and I’m very excited for the next returning player season we get.

[@toomanylies7716]

The whole agency thing is silly to me in this context. If you are in the majority that is your agency. Cassidy tried multiple times to get Ryan out and when he's voted out she thinks she has agency. Gabler is given agency by being in an alliance within an alliance, which was different than the Coco sub alliance. So he's given agency by voting with a majority. I will continue to say that I love Gabler "throwing out Ellie's name because he wanted to throw Ellie's name out there", but it was soooooo huge for his win and he got roasted by so many people for it. It was honest and simple, but it was incredibly effective. Great interviews Rob!

[@mvpfireant5188]

I know this is going to sound like that Lebron lying meme.. but I called gabler winning episode 1!! Admittedly, it was a joke at first because I thought he was a funny character. But I never abandoned that, and as soon as I heard that alligabler quote, I genuinely started to believe my own claim that he could win it

[@gamesetm4tch]

I started off as an ironic gabler fan too but once he started talking about hiding in plain sight and gave the assassin monolog I knew he was going to win!

[@conniemolinar8461]

When Jesse took out Cody I knew he didn't have a chance because no one was going to choose to sit next to him.

[@florencealidu1530]

Exactly! It was such a bad move for his game. He was so obviously terrible at immunity challenges and making fire, and had someone who was good at challenges that would take him to the end. I feel like there could have been other ways that he could set himself up for the win at the end without completely minimising his chances of getting to the end.

[@Highwind452]

Jesse's only path to the end would've been to keep bigger threats around. And without those last two moves his resume would have suffered. I think he had a shot, but he got greedy in thinking he could take out the big threats and still get to the end.

[@andyadams420]

Jesse should've kept Cody and stuck to the plan of taking out Karla. His hidden idol was more hidden than Cody's so it would've came off as a better play than Cody's to the jury. That's the only way he was going to make it past fire making IMO

[@scovyaporsha]

@@Highwind452 Great comment. It buffles me how he thought he could get out the bigger threats. He was useless at Comps.

[@coldbrewer003]

Am I mad Jesse didn't win & Gabler won? No, but I was shocked. My top 3 contenders were Cody, Jesse, & Gabler.

[@Markstubation01]

I was so happy when Gabler beat Jesse in the fire making.

[@bunny_0288]

Haha they were my top 3 as well and in that order!

[@scovyaporsha]

@@Markstubation01 I'm the only one who didn't want a Jesse win.

[@Markstubation01]

@@scovyaporsha I didn’t want a Jesse win either

[@kylethewarrior6474]

The ride or die alliance 🤟

[@TransparentEclipse]

Gabler honestly is one of my favorite winner stories in a while. Such a standup guy. In my opinion cassidy came off entitled and acted like she had no idea what she did wrong. When u have that many ppl trying to vote u out ur clearly doing something, and her immaturity didn’t allow her to see that. Gablers age and his life experience gave him this win, he knew exactly what the jury wanted from their winner and he gave it to them.

[@dannibarth2111]

bruh wtf

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

The modern survivor storytelling is so bizarre and terrible. How are you gonna not show a pivotal post merge alliance until the final tribal council?

[@Markstubation01]

The editors didn’t feel like was necessary

[@Sebadiah23]

The alliance also wasn’t woke enough. Seriously though, I feel like they DID show the alliance a bit, but more through one on one convos between the three which implied that the three were together.

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

@@Sebadiah23 omg go away with complaining about "woke" stuff. Nobody cares plz

[@Sebadiah23]

@@blackwidowbrigade5042 That wasn’t the point I made you weirdo

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

@@Sebadiah23 i know it wasnt so why put that in there. You knew what you were doing weirdo

[@PatrickStahlitrm]

Does Rob have an egg timer he has to beat with these interviews?

[@rhap]

The CBS rep does it for me

[@PatrickStahlitrm]

@@rhap Ah, makes sense. The timing is Paramount.

[@itsalex2000]

i love gabler, he’s such a good guy. i understand people’s issues with cassidy’s loss and the misogyny within the game/the bitter jury… but i wish it didn’t have to overshadow his win so much. he was a joy this season and won fair and square!!

[@murph31221]

There's absolutely no reason to believe Cassidy's loss had anything to do with misogyny. You're just throwing that word out there because she lost to a guy

[@adopted_connor]

It feels like Cassidy REALLY wants people to think (and wants to believe herself) that she would've won had Karla not poisoned the jury. I feel for her but at the same time, Cassidy's FTC performance left a lot to be desired, and all of the jurors seemed to have enough agency to vote for themselves. The jury member most likely to vote with Karla was the only one to give Cassidy a vote. Should've focused on her strengths (winning immunity challenges, taking out Karla and sentencing Jesse to fire) more in FTC, I think a better performance would've gotten her enough votes to win

[@whywhowhatwhere]

Owen backs her up a bit by saying that Gabler was waffling and the edit cut it out. I think the jury decided before FTC so the questions didnt matter too much.

[@CharletonWarriot]

@@whywhowhatwhere Those two could just be bitter they lost. I trust the jury over the losing finalists

[@Highwind452]

It did seem from the edit that Gabler was extremely well liked and had the entire Jury engaged from the starting speech. He seemed to be really inclusive in addressing everyone so nobody on the Jury really had any beef with him. He was also very careful about involving the Jury and making them feel like they served a purpose which gave them a story to believe in. I think Cassidy was caught up in trying to take credit for things too much, and Owen just made too many mistakes.

[@adopted_connor]

@@whywhowhatwhere It was a 3 hour tribal, and Owen went into FTC thinking Gabler had a 0% chance of winning so his perception of what happened probably isn't completely unbiased. Maybe some votes were decided beforehand but hearing Karla explain her reason for voting Gabler to Rob just validates my thought that Cassidy really did nothing to help herself in FTC. She made big moves, sending Karla home and picking the right guy to beat Jesse in fire. She just didn't make those moves her point of emphasis, at least not in the edit

[@yulnikita]

@@whywhowhatwhere yeah but Owen misread the direction of things just about every time. I don't think its that reliable

[@markjackson6431]

Cassidy is gorgeous

[@asmodeus58XX]

I mean, Tori, Liana and Sydney are quite the competition, but I think she's the prettiest contestant since Lauren and Victoria.

[@toomanylies7716]

Karla you are a badass and if that vote on Jesse would have gotten you further that would have been amazing. You played a great game and even tho I don't like how you said you would and possibly did poison the jury against Cassidy the rest of it was worth giving credit to. A couple of stumbles but no one is perfect. Your intuition and voting out Sami was really impressive in that spot.

[@toomanylies7716]

54:19 Speak to having agency in the game, but it was agency you gave him. Makes me wonder if Cassidy and Owen did go to Gabler to pull a 3-1-1 if Gabler would have gone with it, but I guess the smarter move would be to go to Karla with it. Survivor is a hell of a game. You are what people think you are out there. It's good to hear you be honest and say that wasn't part of the decision making. It was literally just valuing Gabler throwing Ellie's name out there and being in Ride or Die with him.

[@cjtrules1]

There is no agency for the people who get picked for Fire Making. Lol. You don't have a choice in the decision, you are forced to make fire.

[@craigneeve61]

Jesse getting rid of Cody at 6 was a terrible move

[@scovyaporsha]

I agree

[@geraldbmolina]

Yup

[@christianfernandez91]

Karla: i thought pressuring Cass to vote for Jesse would result in Cass voting for Jesse Cass: does not for Jesse Karla: Cass has no agency Nope! Sounds more like you allowed your perception of Kass lull you into a false sense of security and whatever influence you thought you had on her was actually her misting you because she had no reservations voting you out

[@evald5373]

*Cass had no agency, that's true regardless

[@christianfernandez91]

@@evald5373 wrong

[@evald5373]

@@christianfernandez91 7-1

[@justwaltmore7584]

I feel reading the winners right after playing the game deff effects the final players in a messed up way

[@HoleneProMax]

I was (still am) #teamowen all the way but that moment #alligabler described what an assassin is about, was, for me, pivotal

[@Quatrixjs1]

Gabler built better relationships than Cassidy so they wanted him to win. Simple as that.

[@junkerinhistrunker]

but that wasn't what they said when they chose him to win, the made it out like it was based on strategy and the game Gabler played.

[@u1yuyu]

they were bitter bc cassidy outlasted them lol

[@whywhowhatwhere]

Gabler was not thought of as a decision maker so nobody felt burned by him on their way out. Karla and Jesse definitely had some resentment towards Cass.

[@ch-su5oc]

People constantly said Cassidy was a good social player

[@evald5373]

​@@whywhowhatwhereCass wasn't the decision maker in any votes

[@mihkelhint]

Been so long since the player I rooted for actually ends up winning the season, so cool. It was probably even cooler since in podcasting space everyone really downplayed his odds and made me think I'm crazy if I think he even has a chance, so I started also thinking that I guess he has no chance aye :D

[@Fonsworld]

Cassidy wasn't fighting for any woman in the game BUT herself. lol and that is totally fine, just dont lie about it. From the edit production, it looked like it was Cassidys game to lose at the FTC but Gabler Gabled everyone at FTC so congratulations are in order. Production definitely played a huge role in the way this finale was received by viewers.

[@jersonporio720]

21:43 - FACTS

[@Gio-xf5xy]

Gabler did what Cass couldn't 🤷‍♂️

[@jersonporio720]

@@Gio-xf5xy Yeah. and he won righfully so. but Cass should not be punished for not doing the "Underwood". It was never the rule.

[@Gio-xf5xy]

@@jersonporio720 She was taking credit for moves that Karla/Jesse made. It was never a rule, but her game alone wasn't enough. She gave Gabler the chance and he got Jesse out.

[@whywhowhatwhere]

@@Gio-xf5xy She didn't take credit for anything Karla did, as Karla didn't do anything but fail in the end game. Which is why Karla could only ask that weird premerge question to Cassidy as it was the only time Karla was in control.

[@kyletucker3811]

@@jersonporio720 No, but she had not done enough in the eyes of the jury to feel comfortable just taking the safe route. Jesse and maybe Karla are the only ones in the final five that could have done it and the jury would have felt their games were good enough to not need to take someone out themselves. Cassidy didn't have any singular moves that she initiated or was truly integral in during the post-merge. To not do fire after winning immunity, you need to be either the biggest threat, or the biggest co-threat. This is nothing new. It goes all the way back to Ghost Island with Dom and Wendell. The biggest thing she could argue was her challenge wins but that wasn't even uniquely dominant during the season.

[@RoccoL-se9it]

Don’t know why Gabler’s name was “Joanna Gabler” on the interview. 🤣🤣

[@kellyalexa1437]

He was probably using his wife or daughter’s zoom account LOL

[@melissahanawalt5371]

Cassidy is my winner! I loved all her game and immunity wins were amazing!

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

54:25 listen i love jesse but this makes zero sense. They shouldve flipped but gabler didnt either so he gets his respect???? Huh?

[@whywhowhatwhere]

Yeah really not sure why Jesse thinks Gabler not asking a single question about the Cody vote is a display of agency. Weird selling point.

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

@@whywhowhatwhere yeah that too.

[@S.kmss515]

He’s bitter

[@johndoe-wd9fh]

He literally says that did not factor in to his final (vote) At 54:43

[@blackwidowbrigade5042]

@@johndoe-wd9fh im aware but my point was more about what he just said prior about gabler having agency when he just followed jesse on the cody vote.

[@sevans108]

a country boy *can* survive! go tx! go gabler! 🐊

[@asmodeus58XX]

I don't know how to say it to you but the Texan is actually Cassidy, Gabler is from Idaho I think.

[@annbauman6123]

Well Owen voted for Ryan but on the Dwight vote he voted for Jeanine at that vote

[@junkerinhistrunker]

some will say the Gabler win was due to a bitter jury, but I see it as some very inflated egos

[@ch-su5oc]

Maybe from the jury

[@ericrizzotti9995]

That finales got me confused, shocked, pissed off, but hey I wouldn't have it any other way. Scripted shows just can't give u the feels like that. It's as messy and confusing and random as the real world

[@heater1237]

Poor Jesse. Lost because he couldn’t cook.

[@Bleatmop]

This is truly the era of bitter juries that try and pretend that they aren't bitter. I knew Gabler was going to win from the edit but Cass played the best game of the final three.

[@asmodeus58XX]

Except Erika and Maryanne were the most deserving of their finalists. Erika was buried by the edit but they still showed her as the mastermind behind voting out Naseer, Danny and splitting the votes between Shan and Liana. If they didn't split and Shan played her idol, Erika would be out. Maryanne's move against Omar and the secret idol should go without saying, but she didn't need the hourglass either. Cassidy was almost as good as them. More social, less strategic overall. I didn't even want her to win! I wanted Jesse to win! Cassidy was merely winning the fight for second best IMHO, and I'm not even sure I like her more than Cody. Oh, but this?! Yeah, I'd definitely vote for Cassidy.

[@mitjamackenzie1219]

Gabler had a better game and better jury management then Cass cope

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

I

[@CharletonWarriot]

GABLER GABLER GABLER

[@asmodeus58XX]

I think both sides are correct. Some jurors were swayed by Gabler and had Cassidy answered better, the vote could have been a tie, ultimately resulting in Owen giving Cassidy a million dollar vote. That being said, supported Cassidy is a little bit hard because of all the Stans. Queen, mastermind, blah blah blah. I swear people can overhype a pretty girl to the point of me hating her because of them, like Michele. Not that Cassidy played that bad, or bad at all. Anyway she got a bit of a losers' edit, which only happens when we have undeserving winners like Amber, Natalie White, Danni, etc.! Some players only became legends in their second season, and pretty much there are no legends here except Jesse and Cody. Parvati, Sarah, Wentworth, etc. were NOTHINGS on their first show, and Cassidy (and everyone in the final 5 minus Owen) already played better than they did in their first seasons, so return there and BECOME LEGEND! I honestly don't think Jesse has a chance unfortunately.

[@cookiecrumble619]

Owen sort of said it, but I truly believe you will win the game if you are capable of making the jury laugh at final tribal

[@domckey7922]

Cassidy my winner ❤️

[@ianmilbo5454]

1-7

[@nihyl8627]

@@ianmilbo5454 LMAOO

[@evegreen6501]

Respect to Cassidy and her play 👍. Unfortunatelly, the 43rd season was all about bitter jury, revenge and other "telenovela" stuff...

[@evald5373]

7-1

[@tmm4195]

The more I hear Cassidy talk, the more I understand why Gabler won over her. She just rubs me the wrong way. I also think she's a bit delusional. She feels like she did way more in the game than she actually did.

[@jjmara01]

That is what I tell people. She gives me bad vibes. Like I feel she will be like Shan and go from a beloved person to someone very icky. Idk...I want to like her but I don't feel like she is that great

[@tmm4195]

@@jjmara01 I agree with you! I just don’t get the Cassidy hype.

[@jedmojica861]

She gave me pre-merge vibes before the season even started. I thought she was gonna be first boot. I wanted her to go EACH episode because of how her presence proved me wrong repeatedly 😅😆🤡🤡🤡

[@Bmkmusic]

I wasn't a fan of hers the entire season, she came off so entitled to me. I was glad she didn't win.

[@ch-su5oc]

How?!

[@LockednLost]

Sorry but if your game is good but not great you and you have an opportunity to take out the season final boss at fire making you got to do it. Sad but true.

[@Zafir89]

There should be no more Top 3 or more, ONLY TOP 2 at the end, anything more than 2 you’re giving people who didn’t play well, and don’t deserve to win a chance to win, which is bullshit, seeing Gabler win over Cassidy and even Owen was so disheartening, it’s like what’s the point of playing a really good game just to lose to somebody who barely did shit or didn’t do shit at all, this season 43 finale really dishearten me from the show, and I’ve be3n a solid fan since season 1, Survivor needs to change and or improve its voting system, I also have a feeling toxic Karla had something to do with persuading the jury behind the scenes not to vote for Cassidy or Owen because she was all buttheart they didn’t take her to the top 3. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER SURVIVOR!

[@evald5373]

Both Cassidy and Owen would have taken Gabler to the end and lost LMAO cry more

[@blakeficklin1610]

Hey Rob Ghost Island cause a curse in Final Four Fire making challenge. The curse is who win the individual immunity don't do fire they will lose the game. For Don to Cassey all lose the game.

[@OnlyFacts662]

I have to laugh at the casual fans who thought Cass would win. It’s obvious these people don’t understand that the show is selectively edited, and they clearly don’t understand the importance of establishing relationships with the jury, who ultimately chooses the winner. AliGabler played a near perfect game.

[@ch-su5oc]

“Perfect game” he offered to be voted out first

[@S.kmss515]

Nice to see Owen calling out the reunion show format and and the FTC! Cassidy should’ve won but the jurors are clearly bitter that she outplayed them and Gabler won not because of his moves or FTC performance but because they just liked him more If Cassidy was a man the jury wouldn’t have taken credit away from her but given it freely

[@survivor45661]

People will always vote for who they like more. No one wants to give 1 million to someone they dislike.

[@b3ast895]

Tell that to Russell Hantz. That theory immediately loses credibility when you remember who won Samoa.

[@VereditoRainbow1012]

Agree

[@VereditoRainbow1012]

@@b3ast895 Russell humiliated the jury, Cassidy was always kind to them.

[@b3ast895]

@@VereditoRainbow1012 The argument is still, at its core, gameplay should have beaten social play. And that if the genders were reversed, it would have. And that is simply not guaranteed, with Samoa as proof. I used to think Hantz was robbed. I’ve recently changed my outlook because yes, he did treat the jury like dirt. The main thing to take away from both cases: on your way to, and when you get to F3, always play to your jury. Any speculation as to why they voted how they did is exactly that. It’s opinions. You weren’t there, you saw 11 hours of a roughly 620 hour game.

[@CrystalGames166]

Cassidy deserved to win!!

[@elimiller8543]

im sorry i ruined the 666 likes XD

[@charlottedickson9203]

Oh please, if his edit was true to form H is game was about as savvy as dryer lint

[@toomanylies7716]

21:40 100% truth. Bitter jurors. Great work Cassidy.

[@gamesetm4tch]

Farmer Gabler 👨‍🌾 LEGEND!

[@andrewspalding1188]

Cassidy was ROBBED!

[@amandalemos310]

So glad Gabler won over Cassidy and Owen!

[@ch-su5oc]

Why

[@samgabler321]

I think was Cassidy was so robbed it’s ridiculous

[@javierjio3795]

Ironic that your surname is Gabler

[@samgabler321]

@@javierjio3795 I know bro my last name is Gabler. I was so confused when I found someone had the same name, but Gabler is his first.

[@javierjio3795]

Isn't his first name Mike?

[@illminds.]

Cassidy is so bitter lol

[@ch-su5oc]

She’s really not the jury is…

[@illminds.]

@@ch-su5oc No she really is lol

[@user-mz4bv3xg7h]

This interview shows exactly why Cassidy didn’t win. Reeks of arrogance

[@joshwells5298]

Gabler winning and saying he modeled his game after Sandra is not good for the game of survivor. If these people who have an “anyone but mentality” keep winning survivor will be off tv in a decade. Encourages boring play

[@casperdegohst6492]

good thing gabler hid in plain sight cuz he is irritating af

[@kyletucker3811]

I don't know what show you were watching.

[@fourtime7]

Gabler? Go figure.