“Survivor 46” exclusive deleted scene shows Maria confronting Ben

Suspicion still swirls over Siga's missing immunity idol.

The ghost of Jem Hussain-Adams still looms large on Survivor 46. While Jem’s Beware Advantage hijinks on the Siga beach may seem to be a thing of the past, they are still very much causing chaos among her former tribemates, and we have an exclusive deleted scene from this week’s episode showing the mistrust still swirling as a result.

In the scene, which can be watched above, Maria Shrime Gonzalez confronts Ben Katzman on the way to the water well, trying to get to the bottom of that missing Siga idol (that actually left the game in Jem’s pocket).

“So, did Tim go home with your idol in his pocket?” Maria asks Ben about Tim Spicer’s exit the previous day. When Ben responds, “I had no idol,” Maria immediately comes back with, “Was it Tim that had the idol?” A confused Ben then says, “I don't even think Tim had an idol.”

“After Tribal Council, I did not get a chance to talk to Ben,” Maria then explains in a confessional interview. “Someone's a hundred percent being dishonest. The fact that nothing ever came of that Beware Advantage, and I gave Ben an opportunity today to be like, ‘Alright, I'm going to extend the olive branch, but I'm going to need you to give me something that I believe. My trust is not easily doled out.’ And I think that someone definitely pulled one over on me.”

After we see more of Maria in interrogation mode and Ben claiming to only know what she knows, Maria tells us that “Ben is trying to give me all kinds of lies and trying to save himself, and I see right through it.” (Whoops!)

The talk between the pair then turns to what happens next, and things definitely do not get any better. “So in your mind, what's your move? What's your plan to stay?” she asks.

“I don't know,” Ben answers. “I'm devastated. I feel like I have to rough it out on the bottom for a bit. My only way I know how to operate right now is just try and communicate with you a little bit. Try and communicate with Charlie. I don’t know what to do ... I almost feel dumb for not strategizing more now that he's gone. It's like I haven't hung out with you and Charlie for two days. You know what I'm saying?”

It is at this point when Maria drops the hammer. “I just want you to know from my perspective, the fact that now you want to hang out and talk? Now that your right-hand man is gone, it's like suddenly you’re Siga strong again and now you want to hang out with Charlie and I. And it's just like, so now we're convenient to you? Whereas before…”

Her assessment to us is even harsher. “I'm not going to buy that now suddenly your number one is out and now somehow you want to work with me or with Charlie again. That's just juvenile to think that.”

It’s an interaction that rattles Ben, who ends up by himself in tears down by the water. “It totally sucks because they're never going to believe you,” he tells the camera. “I’m really, really down today. It feels like other situations in my life where in the music business, everybody wants to work together because there’s money involved, and then the second a band breaks up or a project falls apart or something's over, it's like, ‘What, you guys don't want to hang out anymore? This was all just a ruse that we were bonded by.’”

Charlie Davis eventually makes his way down to the water to comfort Ben. “I’m just realizing Maria's faith in me is shook,” Ben tells him. “And I know it's a game, but I can't put a game face on. I'm not a liar. In my personal life, I've always had my biggest fears being misunderstood and I hate being treated for something I didn't do. And I knew that was going to happen, but I didn't think it was going to happen within our crew.”

It's a very emotional and moving scene and once again shows the absolute mayhem that can be caused by a simple lie by another player much earlier in the game. Check out the scene for yourself above and make sure to read our full episode recap.

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