The Marooning: Tribes have two minutes to gather
items they might need, then jump off a ship and
paddle a raft to their beach. Tagi arrives 2 hours
later, Pagong 3 hours.
Starting at a buoy, all tribe members must hold on
to a raft carrying a flaming wok, as the move the
raft to and up the beach, lighting a series of
torches. First tribe to light all the torches and
the big structure at the end wins. Pagong narrowly
wins immunity plus 50 waterproof matches.
Ep2 RC: (unaired, like "Shoulder the
Load") - Pagong wins a better map to
their water supply.
Day 5
(March 17)
Day 6
(March 18)
Ep2 IC: Buggin' Out
Each contestant must eat butok (a live beetle
larva). All do. For the tiebreaker, Tagi selects
Gervase and Pagong selects Stacey to race to eat two
larvae. Stacey wins, giving Tagi immunity.
All tribe members must swim out to a buoy, then
dive down and haul treasure chest through the water
and up onto a platform on the beach. Tagi wins, and
opening the chest reveals the reward is fishing
gear.
Each tribe has one member (Kelly, Colleen)
representing a parachuter suspended from a tree in
the jungle. Tribemates must run through the jungle
to their 'rescuee,' put them on a stretcher, then
carry them back to the beach. Pagong wins.
Tribes have two hours (after sunrise) to create a
distress signal visible from a plane. Probst flies
over both camps, and decides Tagi's use of the
cal-yellow rain jackets (and movement) gives Tagi
the edge. Tagi gets a crate of Target items,
including towels, toilet paper, spices, and a filet
knife.
Ramona sits out. For each tribe, one person (Sean,
Colleen) must swim out to a buoy, to retrieve a
bottle. They hand it off to a second person (Kelly,
Greg) who races across a floating bridge to a boat,
where they join a third person (Sue, Joel) and row a
boat back to shore. On shore, the bottle contains a
map for the location of a key, which one person
(Dirk, Gervase) must run through the jungle to
retrieve. The final two people (Rudy, Richard/Jenna,
Gretchen) must use the map to dig up a treasure
chest. Both key runners get back before the chests
are dug up, and Tagi wins.
For no apparent reason, Probst personally nails the
RC treemail to a tree in each camp, hand-delivers
weapons with which the tribes are allowed to
practice, and awkwardly explains the challenge.
Hilarity ensues.
Rudy, Kelly, Dirk, Colleen, Gervase, Greg sit out.
First round: blowdarts. Sean and Jenna blow darts
into fruit. All hit fruit goes into the reward
basket. Second round: slingshots. Hatch and Gretchen
break vases holding fruit. All fruit thus liberated
goes into the basket. Final round: spears. Joel and
Sue take turns tossing spears, closest to the center
wins the whole reward. Joel wins. Pagong gets all
the fruit, plus three chickens.
Gervase and Kelly paddle outrigger canoes for their
tribes. They must paddle out, around a buoy, then
'rescue' their remaining 5 tribemates on the way
back to shore. Despite Kelly's extensive experience,
Gervase and Pagong easily beat Tagi.
Colleen, Greg, Joel, Kelly, Rudy sit out. One at a
time, contestants must race into an abandoned
'barracks' and retrieve one of three items (helmet,
knife, can opener). Returning a duplicate item
results in disqualification. Sean, Jenna get
helmets; Sue gets a knife, Gervase a can opener;
then Hatch returns with a second knife,
disqualifying Tagi. Pagong wins all items returned,
plus MREs, canned food, and chocolate.
Colleen, Gervase, Rudy sit out. On a Green
Beret-designed course, a pair from each tribe (Joel,
Jenna; Kelly, Sean) starts the course, joined at the
midpoint by another pair (Greg, Gretchen; Hatch,
Sue) for a bridge-crossing puzzle obstacle. Both
tribes reach the final flag-raising part at around
the same time, but Tagi wins.
Jenna and Sean get the merge feast all to
themselves (lobster, potatoes, wine), as they
discuss the tribe name and paint a flag. In slightly
over 24 hours. It pays to be an ambassador.
Sean and Jenna tour camps, spend night on sand spit as
ambassadors.
Day 20
(April 1)
Tribes merge. Pagong moves to Tagi beach; Rattana tribe
formed.
Ep7: "The Merger"
Ep8: "Thy
Name Is Duplicity"
Ep9: "Old and
New Bonds"
Day 21
(April 2)
Ep7 IC: Snake Island Relay
In the first round, contestants just hold their
breath underwater. Top three times (3.Sean, 2.Greg,
1.Gervase) advance. In the final round, contestants
race along an underwater ladder, releasing buoys.
First to the finish line wins. Sean and Greg are
neck and neck, Gervase hopelessly out of it, but
Greg wins.
In one of the lamest challenges ever, each
contestant gets to shoot one arrow at a target,
closest to the center wins. That would be Greg, who
gets to see his entire video from home, and film one
to send back to his sister. Kelly, Sue, Gervase,
Hatch, and Jenna are the next-closest. Colleen,
Rudy, and Sean all miss the target.
Contestants must race to the end of a ropes course,
picking up a colored carabiner at each of five
checkpoints along the way. Gervase wins, Jenna
second, Sean third. Greg probably fourth, and the
rest unclear.
Contestants must must collect 12 medallions from
various places along a ropes course, then return to
the podium in the center. Colleen and Kelly are
1st/2nd for most of the challenge, but Colleen wins.
(Jenna 3rd, Gervase 4th, Rudy 5th?) Colleen gets
barbecue and letters from home, brings Jenna with
her.
Ep9 RC: "Out on a Limb" - Colleen
wins, brings Jenna.
Day 27
(April 8)
Ep9 IC: Squared Off
Starting on identical squares in a red 10x10 grid,
contestants must move to an adjacent square, turning
over the square they left, until no red squares are
adjacent. 8.Colleen out first, then 7.Kelly, 6.Sue,
5.Jenna, 4.Rich, 3.Gervase, 2.Sean, 1.Rudy wins!
Just a series of balance beams over water. First
round: first four to cross advance (Sue, Hatch,
Sean, Gervase). Second round: First two (Hatch,
Gervase) advance. Final round: Gervase wins, gets
one slice of pizza delivered by helicopter (gives a
bite to all), phone call home the next morning.
Contestants have three minutes to collect driftwood
and build a fire base. Then, after a second starting
signal from Probst, they race with their torch into
the water, light the torch from a floating wok, then
bring it back to shore. They must then use a piece
of wood from the fire to transfer fire from the
torch to their assembled tinder pile, and get their
fire to burn through a string, releasing a flag.
Gervase can't keep his torch lit, and finishes last.
Hatch wins immunity.
Contestants use cubes to answer trivia questions.
Correct answers allow the contestants to move
forward on colored mats, and are eliminated if
they're left behind on a color that others have
left. Elimination order: 6.Kelly, 5.Sue, 4,3 (tie)
Rudy and Colleen, as Rich and Sean advance to the
final question. Sean wins, Hatch is second. Sean
gets an overnight stay on a yacht, but not until the
next day.
Ep11 RC1: "Survivor Quiz" - Sean
wins a night on a yacht... the next day.
Day 32
(April 13)
Ep11 RC2 (unaired): Colleen guesses her
weight loss to within one pound, wins a candy bar.
Ep11 reward
Sean finally gets his yacht trip. After eating and
getting a shower and a massage, Probst has him meet
the 'captain,' who happens to be Sean's dad. They
hang out together, drinking that night. The next
morning, Hatch joins them for breakfast, then all
return to camp, and Sean's dad brings care packages
from home for everyone.
Sean finally gets his yacht night, his dad is there.
Day 33
(April 14)
Ep11 IC: Walk the Plank
Contestants must stand on a set of planks over the
water. After various periods of time, Probst wades
in and removes a plank. Elimination order: 6.Rudy
out first to escape Hatch's singing (1:30); 5.Hatch,
4.Sean (2hrs), 3.Sue, 2.Colleen (2:54), 1.Kelly
wins.
Contestants go to Pagong's mud volcano, have 10
minutes to cover themselves with mud, transport it
back to the starting line on their bodies, and empty
it into a bucket. Whoever ends up with the most mud
wins. Results: 1.Kelly (15.9 lbs), 2.Sean (15.4),
3.Sue (15.0), 4.Hatch (12.8), 5.Rudy (10.0). That
night, a boat takes Kelly to her reward: a
blindfolded arrival at a 'Survivor bar,' where she
and Probst drink Bud Light, eat pasta, and watch the
first 5 minutes of Episode 1.
Shameless ripoff of The Blair Witch Project, which
was the style at the time. Probst tells five
stories. The contestants must run into the jungle to
each of five stations with masks, read the question
on each mask, and record their answer on a handheld
camcorder. First to return with the five masks and
correct answers wins. Kelly is first (and correct),
followed by Sean and Rich, Sue lags behind, and Rudy
answers every question with 'I dunno.' Kelly wins.
Held at Tribal Council, in front of the jury.
Probst asks the contestants a series of questions
about booted castaways, most correct answers wins.
Final score: 4.Hatch (4 right), 3.Rudy (5), Sue and
Kelly have 7, face off in a tie-breaker ('What is
Sonja's last name?') Kelly wins.
Hold onto the statue with at least one hand as long
as you can. At 2 hrs, Probst tempts with cal-orange
slices, but gets no takers. Hatch drops out at 2
hours, 30 minutes. Shortly thereafter, Probst
decides Kelly and Rudy should rotate positions
(while still holding the statue) every 30 minutes.
At the 4 hrs, 11 minute mark, Rudy absent-mindedly
lets go of the statue while moving to the next
position, and Kelly wins.
Gervase asks what they'd change, Colleen asks what
traits they used, Sean finds a homophobic slur
hilarious, Jenna asks who'd replace them, Rudy
bemoans his IC mistake, Greg asks to pick a number,
and Sue takes center stage to lecture about rats and
snakes. Hatch wins, 4-3, and the vote is read
immediately.