Two Liars, One Idol

Two Idols, One Liar is the premiere episode of Survivor: Hawaii - Paradise of the Pacific

Challenges
Reward/Immunity Challenge: It's A Long Way To The Top One by one in pairs, tribes have to make their way up a four-story-high tower. On each of the floors, the pairs will throw three crates down the tower that are filled with sandbags. Once all four levels of crates have been thrown down, one pair will collect the sandbags and throw them into six holes. A flag will be raised when the holes are filled. Reward: Flint Winners: TBA

Day 1
A camera pans over a green, mountainous island group. The Hawaiian archipelago. It shows volcanoes, mountains, beaches, and waves crashing against rocks before zooming in on Jeff Probst, standing on a rocky outcrop as waves crash around him.

The camera focuses on two trucks going down a trail, one red, one purple. It zooms in on a tall, thin man with a black mohawk, piercings, a face tattoo and a goatee on the second, purple truck.

The camera zooms into a young girl with a black ponytail on the red truck in front.

The camera pans across to a frowning older man with glasses and dark hair.

The camera again switches back to the purple truck and focuses on a young tanned woman with blonde hair.

The camera shows some shots of a few more castaways and then switches back to Probst.

The camera focuses on a young, fit guy with shoulder length blonde hair in the red truck.

The camera shows Carl smile at Ali and she smiles back quickly. It cuts to the purple truck and settles on a small woman with shoulder length brown hair.

The camera shows an older woman with brown, shoulder length hair turning her around to look behind her in a slow-motion shot.

The camera shows a tall, young fit man with black hair throwing what appears to be a small, red beanbag.

The camera shows Probst, once again, standing on a rocky outcrop in the ocean.

(Opening credits play)

The trucks finally reach a clearing and slow to a stop. When they do each of the castaways jump out. Joe and Carl can be seen helping their tribemates out whilst Titan jumps out of the other, tripping over after he tries to get up. The castaways all file onto either the red or purple mats in front of them to see Jeff Probst standing in front of them with his trademark grin.

Jeff Probst: Welcome to Survivor: Hawaii - Paradise of the Pacific.

The castaways clap and cheer when Probst gives the game an official start.

Jeff Probst (pointing to the purple tribe): Tall man in the back with the goatee, what's your name?

Derek: Derek, Jeff.

Jeff Probst: Looking around Derek, who would you say has the advantage out of the gate.

Derek: The other tribe doesn't stand a chance, Jeff.

A few castaways laugh and raise their eyebrows at Derek's blunt answer.

Jeff Probst (Looking over at the red tribe's mat): Woman on the far right, what is your name?

Kathy: Kathy.

Jeff Probst: So Kathy, what do you think about Derek's assessment?

Kathy (rolling her eyes): Yeah, he's definitely got it right. No, Jeff! I think when we get to the first challenge we'll all clearly see that this is the stronger tribe.

Jeff Probst: So clearly you guys are ready to get to it. Purple tribes here are your buffs and a map to your beach, your name is Kahoolawe. Red tribe, your name is Kauai, here are your buffs and a map to your beach. However before I send you on your way, I'm going to let you know we're starting up a little differently this season.

Probst pauses for dramatic effect.

Jeff Probst: Survivor is known for its intense difficulty, you have to play at a high level from the get-go, and it wouldn't be a season of Survivor without a good twist to kick things off.

The castaways eyes widen and some lean forward in shock.

Jeff Probst: Before you guys get going to your camps, I need you to pick one leader from each tribe.

The Kahoolawe tribe doesn't take long as Titan volunteers straight away while the Kauai tribe takes much longer. It seems that it is between Joe and Zane but neither men want to step forward. Lily suggests they should vote and more people vote for Joe then Zane making him the leader.

Jeff Probst: Kahoolawe, made your decision?

Titan: It's me.

Jeff Probst: Kauai?

Kathy (pointing to Joe): Joe.

Jeff Probst: Alright. Joe. Titan. I need you guys to step forward and take a spot next to me.

Titan and Joe move to stand next to Jeff, Joe is shaking his head when he turns around.

Jeff Probst: Kahoolawe, why Titan? What about him made you guys want to pick him to represent your tribe in the early stages of the game?

Cindy: He seemed confident, he put his hand up straight away. If someone wants to be our leader I'm not gonna stop them, they'll probably do a better job then I would.

Jeff Probst: Kauai, what's the reasoning behind picking Joe to be the tribe leader.

Zane: No one really wanted to volunteer so we voted, simple as that.

Jeff Probst: Now before I tell you what you've been chosen for, you have one more decision you have to make. You each need to pick one person to join you.

Joe nods and Titan smirks as Zane sighs with concern.

Jeff Probst: Joe, make you're pick.

Joe (nodding): Ok, ah... right (pauses to think)... Kathy.

Kathy points to herself and gasps, surprised. Joe nods and smiles in reply.

Joe (smiling): Get over here.

Kathy smiles shyly and bounces over to Probst, Joe and Titan.

Jeff Probst: Titan.

Titan stops to think for a second and then nods, smirking.

Titan (pointing to Marcus): You. Come here bro.

Marcus nods and walks over casually.

Jeff Probst: Alright, so we have Joe and Kathy for Kauai and Titan and Marcus for Kahoolawe. Now to the twist, you four will not be going back to your camps with your tribes...

Titan's jaw drops as Derek's eyes suddenly widen. Kathy's mouth goes blurred as she curses.

Jeff Probst: Instead you will be flown to your camps ahead of time in a helicopter and meet your tribes later this afternoon. Kathy's grin grows and Titan begins to nod at an exaggerated pace.

Titan: Hell yeah Jeff! Hell yeah!

Molly rolls her eyes at Titan's reaction as Ellie shakes her head.

Jeff Probst: Before you go, here's a note for each of you with some instructions, don't open them until you get to camp. A helicopter will be here for you shortly. For the rest of you, enjoy the journey back to camp, good luck, head on out.

Probst hands a scroll to both Joe and Titan and then the remaining castaways walk out on the side. The camera focuses on Ellie who is already deep in thought.

The camera shows Titan, Marcus, Joe and Kathy getting on to one helicopter before it flies off to their beaches. The view changes to Joe and Kathy getting out of the helicopter on a beautiful sunny beach which is the Kauai camp. They walk up towards the tribe flag happily.

Joe (excitedly): Damn! How cool was that?!

Kathy (giggling): I'm not real good with heights but I can't imagine a huge walk would be any better.

Joe nods and pulls out the scroll.

Joe: Let's see what we got here.

He unravels the scroll to reveal a line of a few words.

Kathy (disappointed): Not much there is there.

Joe (reading): Walk one hundred paces up the beach towards the lone palm tree and head down the path into the forest.

Kathy: Okay? So I guess we do that?

Joe (nodding): You'd be guessing right.

The two begin to walk up the beach towards a tall palm tree.

The two soon arrive at a table on which sits a large sack of rice next to a smaller sack of rice and a scroll. Their are instructions in between.

Kathy (reading): You have one of two choices to make. Either you take the large bag of rice which will give your tribe more food and a possible advantage in the challenges or you take a smaller bag of rice and an idol clue which can give you an advantage in the game over your competition. Choose wisely.

Kathy smiles and Joe nods thoughtfully.

Kathy: What are you thinking?

Joe: I'm not sure. The idol clue is really tempting...

Kathy (nodding): You're telling me.

Joe: But I think we gotta go with the big bag of rice. We don't want to be stirring up trouble this early in the game.

Kathy (solemnly): Yeah I understand that.

Joe smiles and picks up the large bag of rice as the two walk away.

Joe is seen carrying some logs back to camp to ready it for the rest of the castaways whilst Kathy sits upon a rock, watching him and shaking his head.

The camera shows Joe continuing to pull wood up the beach and then zooms out. It cuts over to the Kahoolawe beach where Marcus and Titan are exiting the helicopter. They cover their faces as it leaves and once it does the full beauty of the tropical beach is revealed. Titan wastes no time in opening the note that Probst gave him.

Titan (unravelling the note): Ok bro, let's see what this is all about.

Marcus nods and watches as the two read in silence.

Titan: Ok, where the hell is the rock statue?

He looks down the beach to the left and squints to try searching while Marcus looks over to the right.

Marcus (pointing): There's a tall rock over their near the edge of the boy so I guess we have to go that way.

Titan nods and the two move forward.

The two reach a table similar to that at the Kauai camp with a large bag of rice on the left, a smaller bag on the right with a scroll attached and instructions in the middle.

Marcus (reading): You have one of two choices to make. Either you take the large bag of rice which will give your tribe more food and a possible advantage in the challenges or you take a smaller bag of rice and an idol clue which can give you an advantage in the game over your competition. Choose wisely.

Marcus smirks and looks over to Titan who is shaking his head.

Titan (smirking): It's obvious right?

Marcus: Well what do you reckon.

Titan: We gotta take the idol clue. Cover our own asses.

Marcus: Just what I was thinking.

Titan grabs the clue and begins to unroll it as the two read.

Titan (rolling the clue up): Dude this is awesome, we have the biggest advantage right now.

Marcus nods and Titan goes to put the clue away.

Marcus (urgently): Hang on! Do you want me to hold onto that?

Titan: How come??

Marcus: I'm just thinking now that you're leader, you are a huge threat and if people see you with a clue to the idol they're only gonna want you out more and they'll vote you straight out.

Titan nods, considering what Marcus has just said.

Titan (handing over the clue): Yeah that makes sense. You can hold on to it for now.

Marcus smiles as Titan hands the clue over.

Titan is about to head back but Marcus stops him.

Marcus: Just really quick, before we head back I think we should cement this right here. I trust you, you and I are the only ones who know about this and I promise you I won't screw you over.

Titan: Yeah, right back at ya bro.

Marcus (smiling): Alright, so here's what I'm thinking, we need to stick together because the rest of the tribe is going to be after us now but I think we can pull through if we're careful.

Titan: That makes sense but don't worry dude, I got you.

Marcus: I got your back too, till the end. Final two?

Titan (grinning): Final two.

Marcus grabs the small bag of rice and the two walk away from the table back to camp.

Marcus can be seen smirking as he drags some bamboo back to camp and the camera cuts out. It cuts back in to the Kauai tribe with the exception of Joe and Kathy walking up their beach as Joe approaches to meet them.

Joe (arms wide): What's up tribe?

The Kauai tribe continue to walk closer to camp and Kathy and Joe greet them with hugs as the tribe begins to talk.

There is a little more talk before it dies down and the talk turns to the twist.

Zane: So what happened when you guys got back to camp?

Joe: Yeah so we had to go to this table thing and on top of it was a big bag of rice and a smaller bag of rice with a clue and we either had to take the bigger one or the smaller one with the clue.

Carl: What'd ya choose?

Joe: Well we didn't want to stir up any chaos so we grabbed the big bag.

Lily: Wow, thanks.

Kathy (shrugging): We figured that it'd give us a big challenge advantage and that's what we really need right now.

Zane: Definitely.

The camera shows Kathy watching the rest of the tribe as Joe laughs at something Jacob said.

The camera shows Joe holding up a frame for the shelter and then cuts over to the Kahoolawe beach where the Kahoolawe tribe minus Titan and Marcus are walking up the beach to greet the Marcus and Titan.

Marcus: Hey guys.

Sarah: Hi! How's it been?

Titan: (nodding): Yeah pretty good, pretty good.

Marcus reaches over to a pile of bamboo and lifts up a small bag off the top.

Pierce: What's that?

Marcus (smirking): An extra bag of rice.

Molly: What? Did you say an extra bag of rice?

Marcus (nods): Yeah we had a choice between this and the idol clue and we chose the rice.

Pierce: Good on you man.

A few of the other tribe members nod and smile as they agree with Pierce's observation about Marcus's decision.

Ellie looks over to Cindy and shakes her head as Cindy nods in agreement. However Marcus looks on and sees the whole thing slightly alarmed.

Ellie: I'm going to go find the well, does anyone want to come?

Cindy: I'll come.

Ellie nods and smiles as the two walk off with Marcus watching.

The camera switches to Ellie and Cindy walking towards the well.

The two women stop at the well next to a large rock wall.

Ellie: So what are you thinking?

Cindy: About the rice?

Ellie nods.

Cindy (shrugging): I don't know if I can believe it properly, that was not much rice.

Ellie: Me too. They're definitely lying in my opinion.

Cindy: So you want to take them out?

Ellie (nodding): Yeah. I'm thinking Marcus is the talker out of the two so Titan will be less threatening.

Cindy: I agree. We also would need Titan more for challenges so Marcus is a good first target.

Ellie: It's settled then. I think I can convince the rest of the tribe so just leave the rest to me.

Cindy: Alright then, it's all yours.

The camera shows the two women filling up some canteens and heading back to camp.