Rise and Fall (2023): Season 1, Episode 17 - Episode #1.17 - full transcript

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16 strangers from all walks of life

are living in this iconic
London tower.

Some seized power...

Welcome home.

..and are the rulers at the top.

The rest were sent to the
basement... Lift falling.

..living a life of hard labour
as grafters...

I've been fucking stung by a wasp.

..and they're all battling
to win up to £100,000.

Previously...



Penthouse power struggles...

You need to give me a promise

that me, you and Sophie

will form a strong relationship.

There's an alliance he wants
to form with me and Sophie.

A what? I knew that anyway.

Yeah, he wanted to get Sophie
and he wanted to get me
and he promised to get me in.

I'm not voting for any of you.
Yeah, I'm not going to do it.

We were like a weird threesome.

..and the last ever rise vote.

SCREAMING

Shall we just get Isaak out the way?

Isaak, Isaak's in. Then that's done.

I think everyone will bring
something different.



The two grafters that will rise
to power are

Isaak and Ramona.

Oh, my God.

Tonight...

One Grafter will have the
opportunity

to instantly rise during
the final work shift.

SCREAMING

It's like a race.
Fucking sprinting now.

..a huge twist rocks the basement.

Lift falling.

SCREAMING

It definitely feels like
coming home.

I started in the basement so I might
as well end in the basement.

And the most ruthless red room yet.

You've just got
to get louder in here.

You've got to just go to business.

You will be eaten fucking alive
in the real world.

The gap between the top
and bottom has never been closer.

This is Rise And Fall.

Last night, the Rulers made
the collective decision

to welcome Ramona
and Isaak into the penthouse.

All right, fella.

Good luck, whatever happens
I'll see you.

Good day. Love you.

See you in 48 hours.

Good luck, guys, yeah.

Send them my love, yeah. Good
luck, well done. OK.

Ah, guys.

Oh, my God, Oh, my God.

Who the fuck is it?

I think it's a bit of
a risk taking on Isaak and Ramona

so close to the final, you know.

I've proven for 11 days that
I'm a consistent and fair Ruler.

My heart is racing.

Me too, I'm so nervous.

Oh, no!

Oh, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK.
Oh, wow.

I think what it is,

is potentially they've not had the
opportunity up there.

Personally, I think it's a bit of a
gamble so close to the end but...

Yeah.

The reason I feel that
Matt wasn't selected was because

they could have potentially
seen him as a threat.

That's a Red Bull. Oh!

There's teabags for you mate. Thank
you. Oh, you are amazing.

Steal from the rich and give to the
poor, I'm Robin Hood.

Oh, you certainly packed a lot.

It was the last chance I was
going to be up there, so...

And there's less of us to demolish
those Skittles. I've literally
emptied the whole container.

And while that merry band of
criminals enjoy their
ill-gotten gains,

the Rulers are on their way back

to welcome two new
penthouse sheriffs.

Hi.

Well done, team.

Thank you guys. Congratulations.

Are yous happy? We were, like,
when you paused, I was, like,
"Don't do that."

Ramona and Isaak are here now.

Possibly the worst two combination
that could have come up.

My instincts are very much on guard
when it comes to Ramona.

I just have a slight feeling,

there's something about me that
she doesn't like.

Well done, my love.

Cheers, bro, I appreciate it.

Welcome to the penthouse living.

This fucking damn thing again.

I think this is the most exciting
part for me right now,

feeling a little bit of me again.

I should have never gone
in the first place.

So how's it been, guys,
in the penthouse?

It's been good actually.
Oh.

That's for you.

This is a big day.

Long, long time coming but I did it.

There we go.

I proved myself to the doubters.

I'm in contention for winning.

Well, you've got to survive
the penthouse first, Isaak,

and Ramona's about to test that

as she gets to the bottom of what
alliances Moses has been making.

Something happened.

Isaak hasn't fully broken it down
but he has said,

"I...I felt like I couldn't
really..."

Something, you tell me because I'd
love to hear, so I can compare.

That's why I wanted him here.
Cos it's important to hear it
from you.

So I sat Isaak down, I said to him,
"Listen." Isaak? Yeah. Come here,

because he's telling me what he was
saying with you.

I just want to make sure it aligns.
Go on. Yeah, so.

What did you say to him?
We were sat in the same spot.

I said to you the chances of you
getting picked that day was
absolutely slim.

And what I did say, and I don't know
how you must have relayed it

to everyone who was down in
the basement, was that
if I do end up fighting for you

and you do end up getting picked,

you will need to have my back when
you get up here. Am I lying?

No, you're not lying
but the way you portrayed it was,

you...you literally said it,

that you was either
going to pick me or Sophie

to get Eddy out and
I would never do that.

No, no, listen, listen. I said to
you, I said to you, hold on, hold
on, hold on, hold on.

The bottom line is, the only way you
was going to get picked that day was

if Eddy didn't get picked,
and you see the side story was

Eddy was always getting picked.

I think there's something going on
with Isaak and Ramona.

She's having his back. There's some
sort of strong alliance,
I don't know what it is

but there's something going on
with the both of them.

Well, I'm not going to sleep,
lose sleep over it.

This is business, bruv.

I had the thought that he wanted
to create something

to try and get Eddy out.

I believe I made a mistake

and misread the situation.

While Isaak gets to grips with
the constant state of paranoia

and mind games that is Ruler life,

the basement confectionary bandits
are getting ready for bed.

Night-night, guys. Night, guys.
Night, guys. Night-night.

Oh, fuck me, this is good.
Double bed, baby.

How does it feel for you?

I feel small.

THEY LAUGH

This is a long time coming,

but I need to make sure I get
a good sleep tonight

because tomorrow, I'm a Ruler.

You might see something different
from me tomorrow.

Right, goodnight Isaak.
Night, Sleep well.

Early morning in London
and tomorrow,

one Ruler will win
the entire cash prize

and in a Rise And Fall first,

the Grafters are up before the alarm

but they're not exactly bright
and breezy, especially Matt.

I'm thinking about me being sent
back down last night.

I think what's disappointing is,
not having a reason why.

I would really like to know why.

That's the hardest thing, I think.

Upstairs,
the spirits are slightly higher,

as you'd expect in A penthouse.

It was nice waking up this morning,

to, like, ten pillows,

no alarm clock,

just the light rising.

Everyone was happy.

# I want to be a happy man, too

# Buy yourself a dream

# How's it looking?

# Buy yourself a car

# And a house to live in...#

I feel different today.
I woke up super early.

I'm lady boss.

I am who I am and I will look at

the rightful Rulers who should
remain here.

I'm feeling good.

This looks so, like, nice.

This is a bit extravagant today.

It's so nice to have light.

Am I OK to have a hash brown?
What do you mean, are you OK to?

Why does everyone do this,

they all ask each other, like, the
very first time they come up.

Oh, this is lovely.

I just want to make one thing clear,

I literally want to have

a very fun time in this penthouse.

I do not want the shit feeling I had
when I first came here.

Yeah. I feel like I was not utilised
at all.

And hopefully, we can all,
phew, just smash the work shift.

Today, we've got Ramona
and Isaak joining us.

Obviously Ramona is a risk-taker.

I'm expecting good things.

I'm expecting her to
push the button.

I'm hoping Isaak brings
a bit more of a leadership side.

We know he's a very funny guy but
I've not seen a serious side of
him yet.

Attention please.

Grafters in the basement
cannot win the prize

but one Grafter will have
the opportunity

to instantly rise to become

the final Ruler,
during today's work shift.

SCREAMING

What the fuck?

Oh!

Shit.

I can't believe someone is
going to rise immediately.

So there's seven of us.

I thought I was going home.

Yes!

Just when I thought it was
game over,

we have an opportunity to rise.

I don't care what it takes,

even if it means going against
every single

Grafter there,

I will do it.

Well, do you know what, good luck
guys. I mean it's anyone's game.

Yeah. I thought it was the end of
the road for me

but it's a second opportunity,
isn't it?

I mean, this game's full of
twists and turns.

You just never know when it's over.

One Grafter coming up might spur
some motivation.

That will show us who wants it
the most.

There was so much pitching
and lobbying yesterday

and I think today will prove it.

There's only so much talking you can
do until...

Yeah, I think actions,
we'll see it today.

This is a game-changing deal.

I can't believe another
Grafter can rise.

If anybody else comes,

I am in whooping arse trouble.

I think it might be the end of
the journey for me.

Attention, please.

Tonight, one Ruler will be
eliminated from the game.

The new Ruler will not be immune
from the elimination.

It's going to be very busy tonight
in the red room.

There's going to be seven people
fighting for their survival.

It just applies
a bit more pressure.

I'm really worried that I might lose
my place for the final.

There are only six beds,
six chairs, up in the penthouse.

Somebody's going to go

And it feels like it's very much
out of our control.

It's a bright morning in London

and just look at all these people
going to work,

busy old bees buzzing around
all importantly.

Our Grafters have their work shift
incoming too

and this one's massive

because it's also their final chance
to rise.

I think the one Ruler that
makes me quite anxious about

the work shift, is Ramona.

Mm. She's so driven by making money.

Mm, yeah. Sometimes I think that
clouds her judgment

and I wonder, I just hope she
doesn't push us too hard.

Yeah. Uh-huh.

Attention please.

Your ninth work shift will
begin shortly.

Today, you will be working as
pot washers.

Pot washing.

Anyone worked in a restaurant?
In the kitchens? I have.

I've worked in
a fast food restaurant. Wow!

Really? I could be in my element
here. Yeah.

Do I enjoy it?
Absolutely fucking not?

I have a dishwasher at home.

Yeah, same. I don't wash a dish.

I think the Rulers will push
us today because

they will want that prize
money as high

as possible.
I'm going to give it my all

and do everything I can to rise.

Hopefully,

it works in my favour.

Let's go, guys.

Let's go!

One of us could be called,
ie, me, and, um,

we're going to go straight to
the penthouse.

It's either go hard or go home,
that's how it is.

Woohoo! Let's do this.

Let's get to work.

The Marigolds are off already

and the Rulers are en route to
the red room

to oversee today's washing
work shift.

I'm very excited to be
a Ruler in this work shift

because I can see it from
a different angle.

I've created friendships

with the Grafters so I know

who needs to be pushed.

It's good to be back.

Yeah, I know the feeling.

Cue me.

He's growing in confidence,
isn't he?

Maybe a little skip now.

Wait for it.

Oh!

Rulers... Hi.

Isaak, welcome.

Thank you, Greg.

Settling in OK?
Yeah, all good, all good.

Well, well, well.

Well... She's back from the dead.

I know, right. What happened?

The only Ruler to come back to
the penthouse.

It feels really good,
but I feel different.

I've got to know these guys
as Grafters

and I think it's really nice to be

with different types of people
and see you, of course.

Obviously. Obviously.

The prize fund is £63,200 so far.

As Rulers, remember, your primary
purpose is to build the prize fund.

Money is added when Grafters
successfully complete work shifts.

Shall we find out what
the Grafters are doing today?

Absolutely. OK.

Ooh!

Oh, oh. Oh, wow.

Have we all got our own stations?

What on earth are we doing.

Good question.

Today, the Grafters will be working
as pot washers
in a restaurant kitchen.

Oh, my... Oh!

Grafters will collect dirty plates

and get to work cleaning them.

Once they've finished, they must
place the plates on the dumb waiter
for inspection.

They'll have the opportunity
to work through

an entire menu,
starting with soup,

then starters,

a fish dish and, finally,
a main course.

If they're clean enough,

the light goes green
and the plates are counted.

But, there's just one tiny thing,

they can only use their tongues.

Are you fucking joking?

Oh.

There are up to four courses on
offer today.

The more courses you order,
the more money you can earn.

However, as always,

they'll get harder as there'll be
more plates

to lick clean.

If the Grafters complete all
the courses,

you'll bank £20,000

for the prize fund.

However,

if they fail to clean enough
plates

within the time limit,

all money they've earned
will be lost.

High stakes, but the stakes are even
higher for the Grafters.

The Grafter that licks
the most plates

will instantly rise to become
a Ruler.

I mean, I wasn't expecting that.
I don't even want to think.

Do you know what, I don't care, I'm
licking it? This is an opportunity.

We can still be there.

If I do well, this will be my only
chance to rise to a Ruler.

This is really my last chance.
That's why it means so much to me.

I could be a potential winner.

So let's give it our best shot.
Yeah.

Grafters, stand by

for a message from your Rulers.

Good luck, guys.
I believe in every one of you.

Do it for your families.

This is where pure, hard graft

can earn you the top.

I believe in all of you.

Good luck, everyone.

All right, well, if you want to put
their tongues to the test,

all you have to do is press
your buttons.

Straight in.

OK, Rulers, here we go with
the first work shift.

25 plates, four minutes,

£3,000,

and the soup du jour

is chunky vegetable,

lobster and sardine

or broccoli and stilton,

smelly one.

Come on, guys.

Attention please.

First course incoming.

Work shift begins in three,

two, one.

Get licking.

Bring it on!

It's in my hands.

This is my only chance,
my only hope.

How do they taste?

You can only win if you're in
the penthouse,

so every one of us know how
important this work shift is.

Fucking hell.

RETCHING

Oh.

Oh, my God, I'd hate to do this.

HE COUGHS

SHE GAGS

Connor just kept gagging and
triggering my gagging reflex

so I just kept gagging, so I think
we just kept bouncing off each
other.

Oh, dear. Oh!

Come on, guys. Keep going.

Urgh!

Sam is going all out.
Sam is absolutely annihilating it.

Oh.

I don't think Connor's got this one.

SPITTING

Try not to swallow it.

Well done, Matt, come on.

Come on!

Oh, God, I mean, it was rank.

It was absolutely rank.

One minute remaining.

Oh, God.

One more, one more, come on.

BUZZER

Plates successfully cleaned.

There we go, plates cleaned, 25.

Well done, well done guys,
good effort, good effort.

HE LAUGHS
Can I have a cloth or
something, please?

I felt like my insides were
coming out.

It wasn't a nice feeling at all.

There you go. First work shift done.

25 plates licked,

£3,000.

Don't swallow it, just spit it.
Lick and spit.

It sounds a bit naughty that, don't
it? Yeah, it sounds very naughty.

The starters are up next.

On the menu is the classic
prawn cocktail.

Oh. Baked beetroot and cheese.

Oh, cheese.

And hot chicken wings.

The Grafters will need to clean
35 plates

in five minutes.

Complete it and you will earn...

..£4,000 for the prize fund.

But if they fail,

all the money earned
so far will be lost. Yeah.

It's doable.

If you think the Grafters can work
in sync

to clear another course,

then please press your buttons.

Second course incoming.

Plates to clean,

35.

Work shift begins in

three, two, one.

Everybody wants to go up.

I'm putting my heart into
the game, into the work shift.

I have to do it.

Sam is a machine.

She's a human dishwasher.

She's got a technique.

Cor, Matt is going
for it as well this time. Yeah.

They know their backs are up
against the wall.

Who doesn't want to be in the final?

When I need to be competitive,
I can bloody be competitive.

GAGGING

Rachel's got another five,
I think we need five more, guys.

Fucking hell.

We're done. 36.

That should be it.

BUZZER

Very good.

My lips are on fire.

I still want to become
a Ruler at the end of this.

Whatever it takes,
I'm going to do it.

Plates successfully cleaned.

Money earned so far,

£7,000.

Well done, guys, well done.
Well done.

I feel dirty.

So, that brings you up
to £7,000.

The question is, Rulers,

are you going to fork out
for another round?

The catch of the day today,
on the fish course... Oh.

..Tuna and sweetcorn fritters,

smoked salmon pate

and creamed mackerel
and potato salad.

So, 50 fishy plates in six minutes
could earn you £5,000.

They've just got to be spotless.

They've definitely got the
technique, they know what they're
doing, lick-spit, lick-spit.

They won't want to stop now.

Never. They will not want to stop.

We need to go another round
on this. Yeah.

Attention please.

Third course incoming.

Work shift begins in

three, two, one.

Let's work together, guys. Yeah.
Let's do it.

Pass them down, pass them down.

Come on, come on, come on.

Oh, he's got a different
approach, Matt.

He's going two plates, two hands.

GAGGING

Me and Connor,

we was really struggling, Connor was
on his last leg, he looked ill.

Man, this is crazy.

Lick like you've never
licked before.

Matt is my only competition.

I am focused to lick these plates.

Go. Halfway through, Rulers,
halfway through.

This is ridiculous.

Have we got a green there?

Yeah. Nice!

Come on!

The game is truly not over until
it's over.

What are we on?
50, done, we're done.

Plates successfully cleaned.
Oh, thank God.

That was worse than the dog
food. Bad.

Wow, well done, Rulers, another work
shift completed successfully...

Yes, guys.
..taking the total up to £12,000.

Well done, guys.

OK, the last course on offer today,
is the main course.

Marinated Wasabi Tofu.

That's hot.

Spicy Korean Fermented kimchi...

..and hot coconut curry. Eurgh!

If the Grafters can lick their way
through 75 plates...

..in seven minutes,

you will earn another £8,000 for
the prize fund.

If they fail, of course, you will
lose all money banked today.

Connor's given up, I think.

Connor has slowed down so much.

Just so we remember,
Matt loves spicy food.

Rachel doesn't.

Hitting this button will be a
massive risk. Absolutely
ludicrous, no way. Yes.

OK, Rulers, the chef is waiting to
order the final course.

Press your buttons.
If not, I'll send them home.

Attention please.

Work shift ended.

Money earned,

£12,000.

I did my best. Well done, guys.

You smashed it. Thank you.

So there's no room for dessert, but
there is room for one Grafter
to rise.

One more space in the penthouse.

One more space around this table.

The Grafter who successfully cleaned
the most plates will rise.

Whoever wins, give me £200 for
licking these clean.

You can have the 75,000.

And in forth place...

is Connor.

Connor, you licked ten plates.

At least I got a bit of food in me.

In third place...

..is Rachel.

Rachel, you licked 26 plates.

That means, that either Matt...

..or Sam...

..one of you will rise to become
a Ruler.

WHISPERS: Go on, Sam.

I can reveal the winning
Grafter is...

It's the end of the Grafters' most
important work shift

because whoever's licked
the most plates

will immediately
rise to the penthouse

and it all comes down
to either Matt or Sam.

I can reveal that the winning
Grafter is...

..Matt.

Congratulations.

Oh. You will now become a Ruler.
Oh, shit.

Matt, you licked
a very impressive 40 plates

and sorry, Sam,
you only licked 34 plates.

Matt, you will now rise to
the penthouse

and meet your fellow Rulers

and I'll see you again soon,
in the red room.

I've not made any mistakes when
I was a Ruler.

I've been a Grafter and I've knocked
it out of the park as well
so I think it's fully deserved,

so I'm looking forward to a nice,
warm shower.

I feel, like, gutted

and if I got to have that
opportunity to be a Ruler,

but...

..what can I do?
That's how the game is.

So Matt is now a Ruler, once again

and he'll be joining you
very shortly in the penthouse.

But tonight,

you will vote for one Ruler
to fall.

And remember, tomorrow,

one Ruler

will win the entire prize fund.

Good luck.

I will see some of you in
the final.

And with both my dramatic words

and the antiquated lift mechanism
ringing in their ears,

our Rulers are headed back
to process the final work shift.

Wasabi, though... Wasabi.
..it just...

..it makes you sneeze and, like...

It burns, you know,
it gives you that migraine.

You go, urgh. Yeah.

That was a very good,
last work shift for everyone.

I'm proud of Matt today.

Yeah, you should be, it went well.

You were so more compassionate
today, I felt. Really?

Yeah. Yeah.

I thought you were going to be like,

"Fucking smash it, go, go, go,"

but you were a different side of
you today.

I have a big, big heart, you know,

I am... Clearly I've been more
emotional in the last couple

of days, I really feel

people understand me
in every single way.

Attention please.

Lift rising.

Who doesn't want to be sat round
that red table on the final day?

You've got a one in six chance of
taking home a significant amount
of money.

CHEERING

You know what, I'm literally like a
bad smell, innit?

Oh, my God!

That fucking stinks. Hello, mate.

Good to see you Matt.

It's not sick, it's not sick,
it's not but it stinks like shit.

I'm a bit of a bad smell, aren't I?
They just can't get rid of me.

I wanted to shout, "I'm home."

Matt's been in that lift more often
than our engineers

and back in the basement,

it's sinking in for
the Grafters that they're now

out of the race for the prize.

I'm not vomiting
for someone else to..

..to have more money,
it doesn't make sense.

Attention please.

Fucking scared
the shit out of me.

I was like, "It's all right."

Guys, it's the lift.

Is it the TV?

It's not even the telly,
it's the lift.

Oh. Grafters,

you have failed to rise to the top.

You can no longer win the prize
fund.

That's OK.

However, you can help decide,

which Rulers will make it
to the final.

SCREAMING

OK, I already know who I
want, I already know who I want.

Tomorrow, there will be one last
work shift

where you may work for the Ruler

you would like to see win.

Oh, come on!

Shit!

No!

So we still have to work?

And you won't be doing it alone.

What?

Lift falling.

SCREAMING

No.

Look who's back.

I am excited to be back
in Rise and Fall.

This is my first time in
the basement

and I absolutely love it.
I love it.

It definitely feels like
coming home.

I started in the basement so I might
as well end in the basement, right?

My heart is fucking racing.

When I saw everyone,
it was the best surprise ever.

I want my bed back.

No, I'm in it now. No, no, no!

This is mad.

I'm happy to be here.

It's fucking mental.

What's happening? I am

so happy to see everyone again.

It's literally insane.

I've got my bed, this is my bed!

LAUGHTER

The bedroom is full.

And there's noise everywhere.

The night has just begun.

The party's just getting started in
the basement

but upstairs, with an elimination
hanging over them,

the Rulers aren't feeling quite as
footloose and fancy free.

Can I ask one thing?
Why wasn't I picked yesterday?

what was the rationale for that?

Right, it was more so, um,

we already had a compassionate
person up here

and I think that is one
of your main strengths.

Yeah. And I thought, you know what,
Ramona is a bit of a risk-taker
and stuff.

I think it was just to make it more
broader round the table. OK.

You know, I get the compassionate,
I am very compassionate.
Yeah, you are, yeah.

But I do think I'm more than just
compassion, I've got... Yeah.
I've got more to offer, you know,

I'm, I suppose it's...

Again, I'm trying to avoid being
voted off tonight,

so it's like I'm trying lobbying.

It's almost like I need to suss
people out but I've only got what,
a couple of hours to do that.

Yeah, a couple of hours.

Do you guys know who you're voting
for?

Don't tell me who but.

I'm not sure. You're not sure yet.
Not yet.

Neither, am I obviously.

I think also as well,

people show their true colours in
the red room

so I feel like I do take that into
consideration as well.

I'm trying to use
the time wisely and speak to people,

suss out the dynamics,
I'm trying to get an idea of

what's going on, you know,
um, and obviously,

they sent me down last night,

so I could well be eliminated
tonight.

you know, I'm not naive to that.

I don't know about the elimination.
It's going to be tough, yeah.
It's a tough thing.

So, who do we go for?

Like it's... Do we look at
who did worse

but then...

If Matt remains,

he's a strong candidate.

And... Matt? Yeah.

But he's made mistakes,

treating people unfairly,
one being me.

Yeah. It's like you and Moses,
you will never forget that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Maybe it's good
to get maybe Eddy's point of view.

Eddy, can you come to us for
a second?

Of course, my love. Thank you.

I just want some advice,
to be honest.

Yeah, hit me.

I think right now, we just want to
understand from you.
Yeah, of course.

The whole Moses and Sophie,

how they are very close

and basically said,

"You vouch for me," if you was to

come into something with him

and Sophie

to...

..you'd be the next one.

Of what?

They'd back-stab you and get you
eliminated so you can go down.

If Moses left,

I think that would be
a good benefit for me.

I feel like he's become
an alpha-male,

maybe he's created a judgment of me

for challenging him,

so knowing that there's no immunity
for tonight's vote,

I knew I had to take a risk.

But, was it backed that
the words of, "get rid of Eddy"...

That wasn't backed.
..and bring up you.

That wasn't backed. Was that
actually said or was it just
your opinion?

That wasn't backed, my opinion, but
it went along the lines of that.

I would need to verify.

Do you know what
the easiest thing to do is?

Speak about it in front of
everybody. I was just about to
say that.

No, it's OK, it's not an issue.
So, you know, like, you guys

let's discuss exactly word for
word...

Yeah, it's better than whispering,
innit?

OK, explain again in front of Eddy.

The first time I came up,
Moses was vouching for me
and Sophie to come up

and then I gathered the
information that...

..he wanted to create something.

No, say exactly what I said to you.

Well, I can't remember word
for word, bro.

Isaak said, "The only point that I
want to bring up is that

Isaak said

that you would get rid of me

to then provide a space for Isaak
to come up.

No, that was never what I said.

I never said, let's get rid of Eddy.
You haven't even been picked yet.

How can I get rid of you?
You took it the absolute wrong way.

Well, I thought it looked that way

and I thought it looked that way.

That's fine.

If he thinks that way, he thinks
that way. Everyone can have
an opinion.

The problem is,
it didn't sound like an opinion.

It sounded more like a fact.

Honest to God, I was fighting about,
for you.

You might have looked at it the
wrong way but it was never like
that.

My fault of me own

cos I should have got more
clarification.

All right, yeah. I hope I cleared
the air. No, just clarification.

Cool, man, I appreciate that,
thank you. No worries.

I don't understand why

Isaak keeps bringing up this
whole situation.

I just have a slight inkling

that Isaak has something up
for me.

I don't need to prove myself
again and, oof,

if they can turn people's back
on me, then they can try.

Isaak pulled me for a chat
with Ramona.

Ah-ha.

And it was a conversation that
I'd never heard before,

um, it was when...

It was about when Isaak came up
with me and Sophie. Yeah.

And I think his over-riding feeling
was that Moses wanted

to send me down before bringing
Isaak up.

What?

At which point, luckily Moses was
kind of walking past and kind of
joined the conversation

and I said, "Isaak, did Moses
actually say this

or is it just your opinion

that that's what he was implying?"

Well, yeah, no basically.

You know... Right. It's my opinion

And I said, "Isaak,

you can't be making your opinions
into facts."

What disappointed me about Isaak

was that I felt he was lobbying
against Moses.

I just felt that

he was kind of making up stories

and trying to drag me into them

and I...I just didn't like that.

We're at a stage of
the game where mistakes like this,

they cost you,

you know, a chance of winning
the game.

One lot of people who know all about
making mistakes that cost them

a place in this game are
the former Rulers

and they're in the basement
right now

getting a taste of how the other
half live.

Is this what yous eat?

Yeah, all day.

I've had fucking nightmares about
that soup.

I preferred the dog food.

That's what we've had to deal
with for 12 days.

That's trauma in a bowl, isn't it?

I've missed everything about
the basement life,

besides the bread, the soup,
the cold showers

and not being able
to do my skin care, obviously,

but besides that, I've missed
everybody and everything that
it's about.

What did anyone say about me?
Not me, not much.

Not me, not much? Who said what?
I mean, I voted you out.

Did you? He voted me out.

Yeah, but he fucking did it
anonymously after I fucked him off

down the basement the first time.
I got him up.

And I fucking got him down.

Yous are all cunts.

I think

everyone's put all
of their differences behind them

and it just shows,
we are one big, happy family,

dysfunctional, happy family,
I should say.

It's the biggest night yet for
the Rulers

who are just one day away from
the final,

but first, to business.

They're on their way to the red room

for the dreaded elimination vote.

Everyone just seems on edge
right now.

We know that this is
the final chance.

The odds are in absolutely
nobody's favour.

We will just have to wait and see.

It might go down to
the red room performance tonight.

I've got to make sure
I'm confident in what I say

and stand up for myself.

I know I'm a fucking great leader,

whether they like me or not

but I haven't back-stabbed before

and right now,
all I can do is be who I am.

Attention, Grafters.

The TV's on.

Who do you think is going?
Hands down.

Rossi. You think Rossi's going.

I think it's going to be Moses,
Rossi or Matt.

Oh, interesting.

Put your legs on there.

Rulers,

you must now vote for one Ruler
to lose their power.

The Ruler with the most votes
will be eliminated

from the game.

The new Rulers are not immune
from elimination.

Well, look guys,
at the end of the day,

we're here to have a discussion,

why somebody should leave the game.

I feel like he's the leader of it
all. Yeah, he is.

He is, he is. He runs the show.
He's in control, he's in control.

So, I'll kick things off, all right.

Matt, you know a Ruler must wear
many hats.

Do you also wear
all of those other hats rather

than just being empathetic
and compassionate?

As a nurse, it's always been quite
difficult for me to think with my
head.

As a nurse? How many fucking times?

Is Matt a nurse?

And as a nurse,
you need to think with your heart
and you care about people.

I've made a lot
of money through overtimes,

both being a Ruler and being
a Grafter. Yeah.

You know, and that's a fact and
nobody can take that away from me.

Do you guys think, yeah,
with people saying how much money
they made makes them entitled

to that prize fund just because
they've made an X amount?

No, not at all. Cos all of those
decisions were made together in that
red room. 100%.

So you can't really say, "I made
this much, I made that much."

You've done well as a Ruler, you
really have but I was just going
to ask, like,

if you had a ruthless side?

Was there any, um, work shifts that
it was you actually pushed

the button or was it just like
a collective?

I think it was, yeah, it was a
collective, yes. A collective.

It was a collective, yeah. OK.

And is pushing the button, is that
being ruthless, do you think?

I just meant more,

if you were maybe just
too compassionate.

It doesn't sit particularly well
with me,

that compassion,
I see compassion as a strength.

No, it is a strength. It feels like
a little bit, it's...

because I'm too empathetic or too
compassionate, it's...

..it's wrong.

Everyone's empathetic up there,
you can't have your only reason
to be there as being empathetic.

You know, you can be assertive
but you can also be kind with it
and respectful. Yeah, yeah.

And that's something that
I am learning to do. Yeah.

I hate the word compassion
and empathy.

Is this Ramona's first table since
being back?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Compassion is all well and good,

but you will be eaten fucking alive
in the real world.

There's no way a business can run

on compassion and empathy,

no way,

and that apparently is
the reason I got kicked out

and you guys know how compassionate
I am, right? And how,

you know, loving I am,
but there has to be more to that.

My principals as a leader is act
with integrity and honesty
and be respectful.

I've applied that from day one.

At the very beginning when you
and I were in this red room,

it was brand-new to all of us, yeah?

And how you're communicating
now is completely different to how
you were on day one.

You were very direct,

you weren't particularly listening
to anybody and that,

it was just all about you
and what you wanted to do.

No, it wasn't, Matt.

Let me finish, Ramona.
But it wasn't...
Listen, I didn't interrupt you.

I want to speak,
please, don't put stuff in my mouth.

Oh, they're arguing,
they're arguing.

Please show some respect, I didn't
interrupt you. OK, but don't go
back there saying

not cos I don't want to hear it,
I heard this enough the first time.

Ramona, you brought it up so
I have...I have...

Yeah, but I didn't bully you about
it. I was kicked out for no reason.

She was voted out for a reason.
It was... What was it?

She came on too strong.

No, look, this is not
going to happen again.

But you've interrupted me Ramona.
No, because that day I shut the fuck
up and I sat there

and I let you guys talk and bully
me, it's not going to happen again.
No, Matt.

You're not going to bring this
bullshit side of you up now.

Guys, first of all, let's just say,

let's stick to what we're here
to do.

I can... I have a duty
to defend myself. That is unfair.

I, definite, I don't need you to.
You're not allowing me to.

Has anybody else got anything else
they want to add?

I just want to say some advice
just for Rossi.

If you continue here just be...

Stand up for yourself more,
like, be more assertive.

I'm not too sure what Rossi brings
or, like, I've not seen him say
too much. Rossi's funny.

He's irritating as fuck.
Yeah, I said it.

Rossi, you've just got
to get louder...

I know. ..in here.

You've got to just go to business.

I do need to be more assertive.

That is one of my, um, not so good
traits,

which I'm...I'm slowly learning to
do so, absolutely.

I want to raise something,
um, Isaak.

This is like your first 24 hours
up here

but I kind of have to judge you

and your leadership skills from
being in the basement.

If I had to look around
the table and think,

"Who do I think has actually never
shown me proper leadership?"

It just has to be you
and you can definitely,

by all means,
prove me wrong in this moment.

Thank you, Moses.

Sometimes I'm too nice to people
and don't see the bad side of things

and that's something I
need to work on.

I feel in the work shifts,

I've given everything I fucking give

and that's where I strive.

I don't have a business background
but I've got a sports background

so everything that I do

in the work shifts,

that's where you get
the best out of me.

I ain't come this far
to fucking give up.

Isaak, look, obviously you're
incredibly close to me.

Yeah. But today, you know,

by, you know, saying the words
of Moses said this about me...

Yeah. ..um, you know,

when actually it was just your
opinion,

I see that as just a mistake.

For me, that's a miscommunication
and clearly from both ends.

They've cleared it. Yeah.

So that should not be a reason for
you, you're voting process today.

Rulers,

you must now vote for one Ruler
to lose their power.

The Ruler that receives
the most votes

will be eliminated.

All votes are locked.

Rossi voted for...

..Isaak.

You've been a good friend
throughout this.

You're a fantastic guy
but honesty is a big thing for me,

so that's why I voted for you.

Moses voted for...

..Isaak.

I felt like, after explaining
everything that I explained

to you in terms of not seeing
leadership skills in you,

you could have actually still
defended yourself

a lot better.

Round this table, sometimes you
need to be able to fight

and stand up for yourself,
and you didn't do that

and you just made my vote
a lot easier, and I'm sorry.

Ohh.

I really like Isaak, though.
Yeah.

Ramona voted for...

..Matt.

She's wanted revenge from day
one, though.

There's one thing I told you
in that basement.

I said to you we start again.

Stay the way you are,
the way you are down there.

I feel like you're not over it,
and you promised me

and you said to me
it'd be different this time.

I just feel like it wasn't.

So it's Isaak or Matt that's going
tonight, then?

Isaak voted for...

..Rossi.

THEY CHEER

Good.

Yeah, nothing personal, just
business. I love you as a friend.

You too, mate.

Matt voted for...

..Isaak.

What?! Matt voted for Isaak?! Shh!

Just very similar to everybody else.

I think it's...
At this stage of the game,

miscommunication could potentially
jeopardise not only

the prize pot but individual
places here.

Mathematically, Isaak's gone,
isn't it?

Matt voted Isaak to go up
and then switched on him

because Matt's up there
in his velvet.

Sydney voted for...

..Isaak.

You're a great guy,
you really are. It's just,

we need to base this on
leadership skills,

and I just don't really
feel that you have shown

as much as other
people at the table.

Eddy voted for...

..Isaak.

Isaak, look, I'm probably closest

with you than anybody else
around here.

This is probably the hardest
decision I've made

in my entire time here,

but I've tried to play
the game as fair as I can

and I know that's how you want
the game to be played as well.

The mistake that you made today,

that, for me, at this stage of
the game

is a mistake that...

Yeah, that I just can't look past.

The Ruler who received
the most votes is Isaak.

ALL: Aw... It's so emotional.

Isaak, you have been eliminated.

You can no longer win the game.

Just keep...
Keep being true to yourself.

He should never have been
eliminated today.

They used Moses
and his situation as a problem.

That's not a good enough reason,
no, sorry, not for me.

Everyone has a right
to their opinion.

Moses had his side,
I had my side.

I've got no regrets.

I'm proud to make
the penultimate day.

Isaak has become
the latest Ruler to fall.

Attention, Grafters.
THEY ALL YELL

But he's only going as far as
the basement,

where he's about to reunite
with our previous players

for one last job.

THEY ALL SCREAM

Hello!

You deserve to be back down here.

This is where you really belong.
Shit all there.

I told you.

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