Survivor Season 48, Episode 6
"Doing the Damn Thing"
Cast: Shauhin Davari, Eva Erickson, Kyle Fraser, Mitch Guerra, Saiounia Hughley, Joe Hunter, Kamilla Karthigesu, David Kinne, Cedrek McFadden, Charity Nelms, Chrissy Sarnowsky, Star Toomey, Mary Zheng
Since Survivor 41, the show has implemented what has become known online as "Mergeatory." The phase of the game has evolved even over the course of eight seasons but there's been one lasting theme — you have to earn the merge. The most current iteration is the best of the bunch and acts much like any merge episode of the game show competition since the show began. The one major difference is that the players don't technically "make the merge" until they've survived one vote. At the end of this episode, all remaining 12 contestants left the Tribal Council area wearing their buffs.