Shauhin puts his game face on.
It was merge time on this weeks episode ofSurvivor 48as all 13 players converged on a single beach.
There were introductions from contestants that had never officially met!

The cast of ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
And then, there was dread.
Star Toomey reads the parchment: You may already feel overextended, giving your all today is a must.
Every player will feel the pressure, and tonight, another one bites the dust.

Shauhin Davari on ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
But whatever the game, Shauhin Davari knows the stakes are high.
That’s terrifying because there’s nowhere to hide.
You either win the immunity challenge or you’re vulnerable.

Kyle Fraser, David Kinne, and Shauhin Davari on ‘Survivor 48’.CBS
(Yes, that is how immunity challenges tend to work.)
Everyone’s got their different theories about what’s about to happen, he says.
But we don’t know anything.
Jeff’s going to do whatever the hell Jeff wants to do.
We could get there and it could be hopscotch for all we know.
Whatever the contest is, Shauhin is ready to go all out to win that necklace.
If I can win the immunity challenge, I’m guaranteed the merge.
That would be huge.
So every single reserve that I have in my body is firing.
Let’s go win this thing.
Let’s go crush this thing!
He would certainlynotcrush that thing.