Gary's reveal of the immunity idol was one of the greatest Survivor moments of all time.
I just knew he had it...said to the wife, "Gary can't be the one going". She says why...I said, "Cause they're showing you that everyone is voting for Gary, they always edit to make you think one thing is coming and something else comes.
The last shot of him walking out of the woods with his backpack...just knew he had the damn thing.
And as for the money, 2nd place gets $100,000 (not bad for 39 days work, but a huge difference from $1million.)
From what I remember reading way back during the first edition, all players get some money, the longer you stay in the game the more you earn.
The article speculated that 3rd got $75,000 and 4th place got $50,000 and it stepped down from there with the first player eliminated getting like $5,000.