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We're in Ha Chai Yau, a small fishing village on the coast of southern

in the heart of the ancient Orient, where these 16 Americans are about to

the adventure of a lifetime.

They will depart from this village as a group of exotic and deadly wildlife

abound, including the king cobra and the world's longest snake, the reticulated

python. It is also the monsoon season, and the island is certain to be pummeled

by frequent tropical storms.

This will be their home for the next 39 days.

They will be abandoned, left to fend for themselves, utilizing the resources of

the land and their own survival skills.

It is the ultimate challenge.

16 strangers forced to work together to create a new society while battling the

elements and each other. They must learn to adapt or they'll be voted out of the

tribe. In the end, only one will remain to claim the million -dollar prize.

39 days.

16 people, 1 survivor.

Go, guys. Follow me.

Come on in, guys. Take a seat. Ladies on the left, men on the right.

Welcome to Survivor Thailand.

First thing we're going to do is a little get to know you.

This will be your first chance to speak, and I'd like you to share a little

information about yourselves.

Name, age.

Occupation. If for some reason that goes against your strategy of how you want

to play the game, then only share what you want to share. We'll start in the

front left.

I'm Stephanie Deal. I'm a firefighter EMT. I'm 29 years old from Fayetteville,

Arkansas.

Gondia Johnson, 33, legal secretary.

Erin Collins, 26 years old. I'm a real estate agent in Austin, Texas.

Helen Glover. I'm 47 years old, and I'm a swimming instructor for the United

States Navy.

I'm Penny Ramsey. I'm 27 from Plano, Texas, and I'm in South.

I'm Shan Huang. I'm from New York City, and I help people find jobs.

I'm Jan Gentry. I'm 53 years old, and I'm a first grade teacher.

I'm Tanya Vance. I'm 27 years old, and I'm a social worker.

Let's move over to the guys here in the front in the yellow.

I'm Clay Jordan from Monroe, Louisiana, and I'm 46.

What's up, y 'all? I'm Rob. I'm 23 years old from Scottsdale, Arizona, and I'm a

fire center.

Hello, my name is Kenneth Stafford. I'm 29 years old, and I'm a New York City

police officer.

Hello, I'm Brian.

I'm 34, and I'm in the highline world of used car sales.

Hi, my name is John Raymond. I'm a pastor. I'm 40 years old from Slidell,

Louisiana. Hi, I'm Ted Rogers, Jr., Durham, North Carolina.

I'm 37, and I'm a software development manager.

My name's Jed.

I'm 25, from Dallas, Texas. I'm a dental student there.

I'm Jake Billingsley. I'm from McKinney, Texas, and I'm 60 years old, and I'm a

land broker.

All right. In Thailand, the elders are treated with the utmost respect. They

revered. So I'm going to ask the two oldest survivors, and if memory serves,

that's you, Jake, and Jan. Guys, come up here.

Okay.

First order of business, deciding on your tribe's colors.

Now in doing so, you are also deciding your tribe name and at which beach you

will live. Now each beach has its own set of advantages and disadvantages.

At one camp, getting shelter is going to be more difficult. At the other camp,

getting water will be more difficult.

All I can tell you at this point, this beach has sunrise, this beach has

Who wants which beach?

Sunset.

Sunrise. Okay.

We're off and rolling.

All of a sudden, I'm like, okay, wait a minute. This has never happened before.

We've separated men and women. I had to start thinking, okay, I've got to put my

game face on for, you know, how do you jive with just all men in a group? Your

tribe?

Supjai. Supjai.

Jan, your tribe?

Chewygon. Chewygon.

If we were going to be an all -women tribe, I thought that we were totally

to kick the men's ass because women are just better at, like, multitasking. We

handle pain better.

We're just more logical.

Now, of course, the natural assumption at this point would be that we have a

tribe of men and a tribe of women. That assumption, of course, would be wrong.

You two are going to act as tribe selectors.

Oh.

And you're going to choose your own tribes right now.

Here's how it's going to work. You're going to choose one member at a time.

will alternate between men and women, and you'll begin by selecting a member

the opposite sex.

Jan, you get first choice.

When Jeff said that we were picking the tribes, I really did kind of get scared.

I was scared because I'm not really a leader, and I was put in the spotlight,

which kind of frightened me.

Do you know who that is?

I can't remember.

Ted. Ted?

Jake,

pick a woman.

It really puts you on the spot, you know. The first person I picked was

Stephanie. And I guarantee you, if you look in that girl's eyes and then you

look at her body, you know that this lady is ready to take on the world.

Jan, you're picking a woman.

Right there.

You picked Helen.

Jake.

The cop from New York City.

Initially, I'm looking at, it looks like a pretty strong guy, and it looks like

sort of a weak elderly lady, and I'm thinking, holy moly, I hope I get on the

strong guys team.

Jan.

Um.

You picked John.

All right, Jake.

Play no touch.

Penny, now a member of Sukjai.

Jan, who's the next member of Chewygon? On the back.

Uh -huh.

Gondia. Jake, you're picking a guy.

Jake's demeanor, I was drawn to. When he picked people, I would also be drawn to

the younger crowd or the athletic crowd. I thought, man, I really want to be on

that team.

And so my heart was pumping when everyone was picking.

Jed, Mr. Dennis, you're in soup chai.

All right, Jen.

I didn't want to be on the little old lady team.

Like, after I saw who she started picking, I'm sitting there, and it was

pig. And I'm thinking to myself, don't make eye contact. Don't make eye

Gotta have some music.

Brian. Come on down. It comes with guitar.

All right, Jake.

Jan on Shook Jive.

Jan, you're up.

There's a lot of anxiety. I think everybody sitting there was thinking,

know, you don't want to look like, you know, that you're the last person pig.

You picked Tanya.

All right, Jake. I want my skateboarding buddy back there.

What's up, y 'all? I get to talk.

I love you guys. I haven't even talked to you yet.

God. Well, just like in fifth grade dodgeball, somebody's got to be last.

Jan, your last choice.

Offer.

Clay, now a member of Chewy Gone.

I'm the smallest and oldest one sitting there.

I knew I was going to be last, but they got it down in the rough, which they

don't know.

Jake, make your last official selection.

All right.

You've got to be kidding me. I'm the last one?

Come on.

I can give so much to this tribe. Being picked last is very humbling. I probably

needed that experience.

We have our two tribes, Sukjai and Chewygon.

I don't know what Jan was thinking when she picked the people that she picked. I

like to see athletic -looking people, so I base picking a team on athleticism

and just that gleam in their eye that looks like they'd be there for the

duration.

I think Jake is in great shape for being 60. I think we probably have the four

best -looking guys on our tribe than the other four that are sitting over there.

Absolutely.

First thing we'll do, we'll build a latrine.

I was surprised by Jan's picks. It seems like most of the tribe members were

older members, if you will. The other tribe, they were extremely excited

they think they'll be able to walk over us in challenges, et cetera.

They're going to be surprised.

On board both boats, identical set of supplies, very, very meager. And for

each tribe gets one small can of beans.

You are definitely going to have to work together to build your new world.

The day is already very late. The weather is very temperamental. I suggest

get on your boat and get out to your camps. Look for your tribe flag and the

small fishing canoe.

Get out of here.

We figured out quickly as a team that you needed to turn the boat around, and

the other team didn't figure that out. The other team is quite a bit younger,

and they're anxious little kids.

And they just got in the boat. They were thinking it was a race, and we knew it

wasn't.

Okay, guys.

Let's go.

Go, go, go.

Right side, right side, right side.

I found it interesting to realize that none of our team...

I understood how to paddle a boat.

You paddle on the right, you go left. You paddle on the left, you go right.

I mean, we're turning into a big left -hand circle here, and, you know, people

on the right are just powering away.

On the way over

here, you could see who was wanting to take leadership roles and tell you what

to do.

And John, in particular, wanted to get here as fast as we could.

This team, you know, we had a lot of the older group. And I'm the youngest one

here. And I was hoping I would be on the other tribe, actually. I got stuck with

the group that I didn't really think I could relate to.

Here we go.

We didn't

realize that we were paddling the boat backward.

I was.

steering the boat from the foredeck.

And I'm like, our boat is backwards.

And we all started laughing. And we're like, who cares?

I think the thing went faster backwards than it did forward.

In an ideal situation, what should have happened is we should have landed, we

should have hugged, and we would have immediately drawn up the plans for

and started dispatching people to do whatever.

Instead,

we all went, you know, wild.

I can't believe you're calling me a mango tree.

Do you see a mango anywhere? Do you see anything?

Rob is a real case.

I mean, the boy has got more enthusiasm and energy than anybody I've ever seen.

You know,

I've got a crew that's totally enthusiastic and ready to go, but they

nothing.

When we kind of passed that bend and we saw the orange on the island, I was

like, oh, my God, this is my tribe. This is my home.

We all kind of just enjoying each other's company and trying to figure

out. I'm going to have a good time doing it. But at the same time, it's this is

a business trip, as I like to say.

We're no longer a team.

The good thing that we noticed right off the bat was that there were

caves. So that means our first element was basically covered if the caves were

safe.

This may be a good place for us to set a fire. I think

my whole tribe was relieved when we saw the cave.

We were like, we don't really have to build anything to cover us. We can kind

just chill out in the cave, which was a big advantage.

What do y 'all think about this idea?

What if we make sure we do camp here tonight just in case the monsoons will

dry? Tomorrow in the daylight we look for fresh water. We can look for food.

Well, we find our shelter, and then along the way we store food, coconuts,

coconut plants scattered about.

There's coconuts all over the place. That is really exciting.

We also store oysters and clams, et cetera, that we could pick up.

Oh, crap.

I get it. I get it.

That's a big thing.

Get it.

We're all out there and catch them with our finger and pick them up and pull off

their bite chompers and put them in the pot.

So we just all went out waiting and having a ball.

Man, we got all kinds of food, y 'all.

There's so much shellfish, there's shellfish stuck on top of shellfish.

I'm so thankful the way that Jake picked and so excited about the team that we

ended up with. We all decided to come down to the beach and just check it out.

A couple people went in there in their clothes.

Stephanie even got naked. Oh, my God. Are you naked?

Picture me.

She got in the water and cruised around nude.

All right.

You are crazy.

I've never met a girl that independent and, like, secure with her sexuality.

Oh, man, you are crazy.

I was skinny dipping last night. Just kind of waited out there a little bit.

Dip down.

You're done?

Madame, your clothing.

Thank you.

Oh, my God. She was wild. She was crazy. I mean, don't get me wrong. Doing

skinny dipping, everyone should do it, but you will not see my ta -tas. But you

look good in the moonlight.

Well, thank you.

After we kind of calmed down a little bit, we knew that we had to get

some form of a shelter.

We built kind of a halfway shelter.

that we knew we were going to tear down and rebuild.

Nobody was proud of it. Location and everything sucks.

Dude, it was so cool. We got the entire day tomorrow. Are you sure we can all

fit in here? Hold on.

Good night, you guys.

Good night.

Good night, Gene team.

Good night, Gene team.

Hey, where's my skateboard?

Don't worry about it.

You just got to get used to the, your stomach's getting stuck. You got to get

used to this environment.

I think I'm about to be sick.

Oh.

Tanya got a little sick.

I think what it is is that she just got dehydrated. I don't think I drank enough

water yesterday.

Just take, just take some.

We need to stay hydrated because water is one of the most important things out

here with the heat.

So we decided we would all go to find the water source.

You ready?

Yeah, let's do it.

Let's go.

We had just got in the water and started trekking, and John, he came to this

crevice, and he's like, well, let's climb up in here. John, let's walk.

can walk on the edge, on the top.

It's actually not a bad find.

Be careful, man.

We got you.

You straight?

I'll meet you all around the corner. Okay.

Really, I want to see what fruit trees we have up here. Okay. And that sort of

thing. All right, John, we're walking.

Be careful, man. Be safe.

We don't need to be separating like that. But some people get eager and say,

well, we don't need to stay. We want to go on and check it out.

I laugh if we get there and John is there before us.

See that sand over there? Yeah.

That's where we need to go. I think that's where we need to go, up in the

jungle. Okay. We thought we had the map figured out, and we thought, well, all

right, dumping us off in the middle of the jungle here, I guess we're going to

have to start scaling cliffs. There's a little path, right? Once we get this,

it's just the hard part right here, Garnie.

Right here.

Hold my hand.

Here, hand that to me.

Got it, Bar? Yeah.

Got it. All right.

And we might even run into John.

Let's hope.

There's no way that if this is the water source that we're supposed to be able

to come up here every couple days with a big huge gallon jug and fill it up and

go back down again.

So I don't think we're on the right track.

No, and I really don't feel confident in my rock climbing skills.

We came down the hill, and then when we got back down to the bottom, here comes

John. He's back now.

By the time I got there, I said, well, hey, let me take a look at the map. And

looked at the map, and I'm like, okay, you know what?

I think maybe we need to go around this other bend over here. And so Helen and I

and Tanya...

Take the boat over there.

Y 'all find that water. I'm feeling good.

Everybody else decided they would follow, but at this time, the water had

in, so they decided to come in swimming.

Gandhi, are you okay?

It's deep water.

So we swam, I think maybe, it seemed like a mile.

You guys okay?

Yeah.

The jungle's all through here and there's a path over there.

At first, we came in and we saw this big, ugly pool of brackish water that

been stagnant and sitting there and we're like, oh my goodness.

I don't know, Helen.

Taste it and see if it's brackish.

Hold my hand.

Yeah,

just hold it. Oh yeah, it's definitely salt water. We ran around looking for

other spots just a few feet up the trail.

There was a big round piece of wood that indicated our water source.

It's clear.

Give you some skin, baby.

That's awesome.

When they come, I say, come on, guys, we'll find the water hole. And we'll

them out here and we'll show them the brackish stuff and say, you know, what

we're going to have to do is filter when we get back and just kind of fool them.

You want to do that?

We just kind of keep fooling them a little bit until they notice the tank,

they go, no way, and then we'll laugh it off.

And when we got an eyesight of John and Tanya and Helen, I was kind of wondering

why John or Helen didn't come out and get us with a canoe.

Where's the canoe out here?

Retard. You'll definitely see me lose, Mike.

That's a freaking clown.

And then when we got there, John decides.

that it would be funny to play a joke on them.

All we can figure is that we can filter it and then boil it, huh? What do you

think?

Yeah. Or maybe we can take the lid off of that tank and get something out of

there.

What's in there?

Fresh water.

Why can't we do that?

That's our water tank.

Oh, and look at how clean it is.

I was happy.

And I was telling him, you know, that was really...

That was a good joke. But then in my mind, I'm thinking that it wasn't really

time to joke about that. Just it.

Looks like the water hole.

Oh, we got water.

Oh, my God. Clear to me. That is clear.

drinking water yeah but we don't have to go to the other end of the jungle to

get it thankfully the water hole we had found today it was very close by maybe

100 yards away the water looks clear even though we're definitely gonna have

boil it but it it looks like it'll help us out dude i think honestly i think we

can do a really good job with it dude this is totally gonna work you guys know

that right yeah we spent a lot of time building the foundation for

What's going to be our final shelter? This is going to be so nice.

Oh, yeah, this is going to be cool.

It's so soft, you know?

My tribe's priorities right now are kind of getting out of whack.

Their priorities are shelter and no one's thinking about anything else. I'll

mention food, and everyone's like, no, I want a floor.

I mean, come on. People are going to get really hungry, and you've got to just

split work up or it's not going to get done.

Kind of do, I guess, whatever he wants.

Like, he went fishing, which hasn't produced anything yet. But we really

his strength, like, when it comes to building a shelter.

I'm sick of chopping, dude. I've been doing it ever since I got here.

Look at our hands. Look at our damn hands. I'm going to stay when he's back.

Look at his hands. His hands are like you just walked them.

I know.

Hey, let me do it.

My head's been covered in things. I know, so why do it? I'll do it. Just lay

out. I mean... The way I look at it is we're just spinning our wheels.

So many people are going in so many directions and doing stuff, and they're

producing anything.

Hey, Shannon, if we all could start bringing fronds over and stuff over here

from the other sub.

We need food as well as we need shelter. Look at my hands.

Let me see your hands. I understand your hands. Let me see your hands. Dude, I

was told to go get food. Okay, I'm not saying that, sweetie. Let me see your

hands.

That's my point, dude.

I'm not yelling at you, sweetie. I'm saying I want to sleep tonight, okay?

you sleep last night? Pretty good, huh?

My point exactly. Walk away.

I was told to go get food, man.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

What do you want me to do?

He is messing with the wrong girl.

You do not mess with the she -devil and not get the horns, okay?

Do you want me to get food? Do you want me to get coconut frogs?

I said you'd get the food. That was my decision.

But these guys don't want you to do that, man.

Yeah, it's super frustrating. All we've been doing is talking. Dude, don't talk

to me.

Babe, help.

Help. Hey, on CNN, you should have come down on me and not her. I'm trying to be

rational. I want to sleep where it's not raining.

Cut everybody a little bit of slack.

Nobody's had a damn bit of food.

I haven't either, man. I know. Believe me. Got to agree with them, though. We

got to get this done.

That's all I'm trying to say, dude. Looks like it could rain soon.

So important.

So far, a party has been sheltered, so we have not eaten.

And I think it's starting to take a toll on us, even though we say that it's

not.

That's it? What is it?

No. I don't even know if it's in English, not Thai.

Hey, you guys, females here.

Well, all right.

You've worked with your tribe mates. Your conclusions are drawn. But in this

first challenge, you'll need brains and brawn. You'll all want to stay here and

experience this heaven. But losing today will be your tribe's down to steps.

Brains and brawn. Brains and brawn.

Well, we've got the brawn. Somebody else has got to furnish the brain.

That other team, they're definitely inferior to our youth and our strength.

definitely got all the hot chicks, or most of them.

And we definitely got the young, strong guys.

Huge.

All right, guys.

Welcome to your first challenge. This is for immunity.

Now, to succeed on Survivor, it requires the mental ability to think through and

solve problems. It also requires the physical ability to execute those tasks

while dealing with the unexpected, like rain. First challenge, much the same

way. It will require brawn at times, but it will also require brain.

It's a race around this small island, and it begins like this. You're going to

paddle out.

Through the two buoys, make your way to a station where you'll find a rope maze.

Choose one member from your tribe to move the rope through the maze.

When you solve it, it'll release your flag.

Retrieve it, get on your boat, move to the next station, which is simple.

A different tribe member will dive down 10 feet and unhook your flag and get it

on your boat.

The last station is a traditional tie puzzle.

You'll choose one more tribe member to maneuver the pieces around until the

piece that has the knife attached to it can fly through the slot take that knife

out of the sheath cut the rope that releases your last flag first try back

at this platform with all the flags wins immunity and i gotta show you this

immunity idol you have immunity guarantees you three more days on the

losers tribal council tonight where somebody will be the first person voted

let's take our positions and start

Here we go, guys. Immunity at stake.

Survivors ready?

Ready!

Go!

Nice effort. Unfortunately, tribal council tonight, somebody will be the

person voted out.

secretary i work with facts the fact is that we had a great lead and the lead

was lessened because i took too long to figure out the puzzle so

now i'm feeling like that it's time for sister to

go well you can vote how you want i don't want to influence you one way or

other you vote however you want to vote who's to say who's who's the most

vulnerable uh but i know that uh you know i think everybody's pretty much

thinking you know we need a strong team You know, Gandhi, physical challenges

isn't going to be her thing. Obviously, mental challenges aren't going to be her

thing. Sorry, you know, Gandhi, but somebody's got to go. Might as well be

Take another shot of water after that.

Tanya, unfortunately, has had a shot of being voted off, and I only think

that because she's had a tough time out here. If everybody voted her off

tonight, it would be...

because they feel sorry for her. Even though you're saying don't worry, I

it is a game. It's a game to me, and I know I haven't felt well.

I feel a little vulnerable, you know. I have been sick, but I can't control what

my body does. I'm still going to try.

My vote will probably be for John.

From the first day, a lot of the people were upset with John because he was

saying, you're not rowing hard enough or you need to do this. A lot of people

started getting annoyed because he was taking a leadership role.

That's like voting somebody out of your family.

As you walk in, grab a torch and approach the flame.

Everybody dip your torches and give fire.

We do this because fire represents your life in this game.

As long as you have fire, you're in the game. When your fire's gone, so are you.

You can put your torches back in their slots.

Take a seat.

Well, I'm sorry to say, welcome to your first tribal council.

At tribal council, it's very simple. You are held accountable for your actions

on the island. Sometimes those actions will help you.

Sometimes those actions will hurt you. Before we get to the vote, let's talk

about today's challenge.

Great effort. You guys could have won it. You were in front for a long time.

You get to this final station, Gandia. What happened?

I was working it out, and I started to get anxious when the other team's member

got up there and started doing it. You know, and there was a part where I just

got stuck, and I just cried out that I was stuck.

And a few minutes after that, I had finished it, but then, of course, that

too late.

Do you feel responsible for your tribe being here tonight?

Yes, because it would have never happened if I would have finished my

time. You know, it's hard enough, Clay.

To get along with people that you know, let alone seven other strangers in a

high -stress situation.

How has that been?

Difficult at times. I mean, it's difficult any time you walk in and you

know anybody.

First, you've got to kind of figure out who these people are and what makes them

tick. And where the problem is when somebody steps in and disagrees with

goes on.

And there's where your problem will come in.

Have you had that situation yet?

Somewhat. How do you resolve that?

That's why we're here. We don't want to be here, but it's the way the game is

played. John, what's been the toughest part for you?

It really hadn't been tough yet. You know, I'm really pleased with the

the positive attitude, just the spirit. We have a lot of faith on the team, and,

you know, I guess I'm still waiting for it to get hard.

Brian, in your profession as a used car salesman, do you have an advantage, do

you think?

in assimilating with strangers?

No. If you judge people by the surface or just by on sheer looks, then you're a

very shallow person in the first place. So you got to go a lot deeper than that

and really get to know people.

And it's all about love.

So it's a beautiful thing once you get to know everyone and not judge the book

by its cover. It's very important. Very important.

Someone always has The unfortunate distinction of being the first person

out. Now we're going to just find out which one of you gets that honor. It is

time to vote. John, you're first.

Johnny, sweetheart, you have a killer smile.

God bless you. It's a tough game. Have a great vacation.

The only thing I can say is it's a financial move. I think you might be a

better off than the rest of us.

So maybe you don't need the money as much as us, but glad I got to know you.

I felt that there was tension, and I thought in the long run it would sap us

our energy, and we need to be as strong all the way without the tension.

I'm going to tell you the votes.

Once the votes are read, the decision is final.

The person will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately.

I'll read the votes.

First vote.

Gondia.

Clay.

John. That's one vote John, one vote Gondia, one vote Clay.

Two votes John.

That's three votes John.

That's four votes, John, and that's enough. You need to bring me your torch.

John, the tribe has spoken.

It's time for you to go.

Very clear to me from your guys' reactions that tonight's vote was not

Only three days in to what will hopefully be a very long journey.

Head back to camp, get some sleep.

Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.

Next time on Survivor. At Chewygon, the games begin.

Sukjai continues to find trouble in paradise.

We're fighting against nature. We're fighting against each other.

It's unfortunate.

And Helen and Jan get lost.

If I had a pistol in my pocket, I would have pulled it out. Shot her first, shot

me second.

Well, I get the distinguished honor of being the first one voted off of

5. This is quite a surprise for me. I didn't think there was any alliances on

the team, but I guess there were, and I just wasn't a part of it. I enjoyed all

of my teammates.

We had a good time out here. It's been an incredible experience.

It's been wonderful.

God bless you, and see you back home.