Who was eliminated on Survivor Season 43 Episode 4? Strategic moves, paranoia and more explored

Survivor Season 43 aired a brand new episode on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 8 pm ET on CBS. The episode featured the remaining castaways strategizing and making game moves in their best interests to ensure their safety and get closer to winning the coveted title with a million dollars. They put their best foot forward in challenges; while some succeeded, others lost.

After the Vesi tribe helped Baka earn their immunity idol, the Coco tribe was eliminated at the Tribal Council, after which Lindsay Carmine became the fourth person to be voted off Survivor. It was her paranoia that led to her downfall in the game.

The official synopsis of Episode 4 of the reality competition reads:

"One tribe makes a strategic decision in this week's immunity challenge that sends another tribe to tribal council; one castaway's paranoia and overconfidence risks leading them to their downfall."

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What transpired in Survivor Season 43 Episode 4?

As the castaways reeled from Nneka's elimination on last week's episode of Survivor, Cody reflected on the tribe's lessening numbers. Elie and Gabler continued to clash, with the latter having no knowledge of Elie snooping around his bag to look at his idol.

For the Reward Challenge on Survivor, the tribes had to go through an obstacle course to reward fresh fish delivered to the camp and the right to go to one of the other two camps with the mission of stealing one item. To make even members on each team, Coco sat out James and Lindsay, and Baka sat out Elie.

Cody helped Vesi gain a lead start and finished the first two stages for Vesi as Coco and Baka struggled. With the help of fellow tribe member Dwight, Vesi earned the reward. Prior to the challenge, Noelle clarified with Jeff that they could exchange a previous reward as they didn't have fishing gear and exchanged the reward for a basket of fruit.

Cody arrived at Coco's tribe to exchange one of their rewards. He made it seem like he was there for the machete. Fearing that they would have to give up on the same, the Coco tribe members offered other items, including their scuba gear and some limes and roots for food.

For the immunity challenge on Survivor, Jeff Probst revealed that the three tribes were in for another obstacle course. The tribes had to find a ring of keys in a tower of sandbags, drag puzzle pieces under a net, and then solve two puzzles by forming the pieces first into a square and later a triangle. To make members even, the Coco tribe sat out Geo and Cassidy while Baka sat out Jeanine.

While all three tribes crossed the first stage, Vesi's early lead helped them win the first Immunity Idol, marking themselves safe for the week. In what could be termed as a strategic move, the tribe helped out the Baka tribe to win immunity, sending the Coco tribe into elimination to level the playing field.

Ahead of going into the Tribal Council, Geo wished to vote out Cassidy. While Cassidy, Lindsay, and Karla all thought that Geo was playing a “I call the shots game,” they decided to take him out. However, Lindsay was paranoid about her tribe members strategizing against her, making her think that she would be eliminated from Survivor.

During the elimination round, Lindsay blamed Geo and Ryan for not having strategic conversations with her. Her paranoia stemmed from the fact that people were hatching different plans after deciding on one. By the end of the episode, most votes pointed toward Lindsay, leading to her elimination.

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Fans react to Lindsay's paranoia on Survivor

Fans took to social media to express their thoughts on Lindsay's paranoia, and this is what some of them tweeted:

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Season 43 of Survivor has been dramatic and heated with each episode. With every passing elimination, the stakes get even higher and the castaways have to give their all to survive until the end to be crowned the winner.

Survivor airs on CBS every Wednesday at 8 pm ET. Fans can watch the episodes on Paramount+ one day after the television premiere.