Mike Turner was the heart and the muscle of Survivor 42 — a 58-year-old retired Hoboken battalion chief, the season's oldest player, who backed up decades of real-life survival with a surprisingly nimble game. He held a hidden idol, and when Drea Wheeler tried to steal it with her 'Knowledge is Power' advantage, his bluff helped flush her plan and send her home.
He talked and fought his way to the final three, but at the Final Tribal Council he wouldn't fully own the betrayals that got him there, and the jury rewarded Maryanne Oketch instead. Mike finished runner-up with a single vote — a beloved character who came up just short of a storybook title.
