Check Your Morals at the Door

This is the first episode of Survivor: Visayas.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Tribes must row a boat to shore and ring a bell. The first tribe to ring the bell wins reward. Reward: Fire in the form of flint

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Four member of each tribe must swim out, one at a time, to untie bags of puzzle pieces from buoys. The fifth tribe member then has to use the puzzle pieces to solve a puzzle. The first three tribes to finish win immunity, and in addition the first two tribes to finish win reward. Reward: Fire in the form of flint

Day 1
The scene begins with a helicopter flyover of a tropical island. It then cuts to Jeff Probst standing on a speedboat travelling across the ocean.

Jeff: We’re in the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines, home to monsoon winds, picturesque landscapes and the smallest primate on the planet: the tarsier. Here, twenty Americans are about to begin the adventure of a lifetime. For the first time ever, they will be divided into four tribes based on their religious beliefs. The first tribe is Cabilao, the Christians, who will always wear green. These are people who follow the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as written in the Bible. They represent more than half of all Americans.

The camera cuts to a group of five people paddling a boat towards shore. It focuses on a young blonde woman as she pulls her paddle through the water.

"cabilao"

- Every day of my life I give everything to Jesus. When I wake up in the morning, when I go to work and when I go to sleep at night he’s the one that guides me. I can’t imagine life without Jesus.

Jeff: Next we have the Bohol tribe, the Atheists, who will always wear orange. These are people who don’t believe in God at all, forming the second largest group of Americans.

The camera cuts to a group of five people paddling a boat towards shore. It focuses on a middle-aged man with a moustache.

"bohol"

- I’m not going to come out and say believing in God is stupid, but I can’t see any evidence for God any more than the Flying Spaghetti Monster. He touches me with his noodly appendage daily!

Jeff: Third, we have the Jandayan tribe, the Muslims, who will always wear blue. These are people who follow the teaching of the prophet Muhammad, the messenger of Allah, as taught in the Quran. They form the world’s second-largest religion.

The camera cuts to another boat of five people paddling towards shore and focuses on a thin young man with glasses on, struggling to paddle.

"jandayan"

- A lot of Americans are scared of Muslims and want us banned of something, but that’s just silly. Do I look scary to you?

Jeff: Last but not least, we have the Tumok tribe, the Jews, who will always wear purple. These are people who follow the Mosaic Law of the Torah. Though historically persecuted, as a cultural group they still have a major influence on American culture.

The camera cuts to one last boat of five people working hard to paddle to shore. The camera focuses on a middle-aged, short woman who’s already exhausted.

"tumok"

- God’s not going to be choosing sides in Survivor, we need to work well together as a tribe if we want to get far in this game, and some of our tribe will be sitting there on day 39, I can tell you that much.

Jeff: It is the ultimate challenge. A group of strangers forced to work together while battling the elements and each other. In the end, only one will remain to claim the million dollar prize.

The camera pans out, showing Jeff’s speedboat immediately behind all four tribes’ boats.

Jeff: THIRTY-NINE DAYS, TWENTY PEOPLE, ONE SURVIVOR!

Jeff’s boat overtakes the other four and stops in front of them. Everybody stops paddling to look at Jeff and listen to him.

Jeff: Welcome to Survivor: Visayas!

Everybody cheers.

Jeff: This season, as you all know, for the first time ever we have divided you into four tribes based on your religious beliefs. It is unprecedented and potentially very controversial. Let’s start with the atheists. You with the earrings, what’s your name?

Ashley: Ashley.

Jeff: Ashley, what do you make of this? Do you think your tribe has any inherent advantage or disadvantage in this game?

Ashley: Well, I don’t want to sound smug, but I think we might be a bit smarter than the other teams. Like most smart people sort of tend to be atheists.

Jeff: Wow, them’s fightin’ words. You, with the afro, what’s your name?

Elvis: Elvis.

Jeff: Right, Elvis, you’re on the Christian tribe. Ashley here has just said she thinks your tribe isn’t going to be as smart as her tribe. What do you have to say to that?

Elvis: She’s got something comin’ if she keeps that attitude up.

"bohol"

- I don’t know what Ashley was playing at on the boat. Now all the other teams probably hate us! This is Survivor, you can’t afford to make people hate you like that on the first day.

Jeff: Elvis what do you do in your day-to-day life?

Elvis: I’m a firefighter, I save lives. And every day I thank God that I get the chance to do it in his name. He gives me my strength.

Jeff: Do you think that your Christian faith gives your tribe some kind of competitive edge in this game?

Elvis: Maybe, maybe not. We’ll see.

"jandayan"

- When Elvis said he was a firefighter I started wishing I was on his tribe. I’m a firefighter too but I’m really new to the job so I’m hoping to see him after we merge and get some advice in that area. He wants to save lives in his job like me so I can really respect him already.

Jeff: Alright let’s move on to the Jewish tribe. You in the purple jacket.

Martha: The name’s Martha.

Jeff: Martha because the tribes are divided by religion that already gives you a connection you know you’re going to have with the people on your tribe. Will that help you or hurt you in this game?

Martha: Oh it helps us. If we have that connection then we’re going to make friends real quick, and at the end of the day that’s what Survivor is all about.

"tumok"

- As soon as the old lady opens up her mouth I know she is not winning this game. She talks about all the friends we make along the way but that’s not the real prize in Survivor. The real prize is one million dollars. But if I need to make friends with her to get one million dollars, I will do that.

Jeff: Big guy on the back of the blue boat.

Haris: Haris Khan.

Jeff: Haris, what’re your thoughts on the relationships between the tribes? Will religious friction change the way the game goes when you eventually merge?

Haris: For sure, Jeff, I came to the United States when I was a teenager and in the early 2000’s certain things happened that meant Americans didn’t have a good attitude toward Muslims. Now things are still looking that same way, so maybe at the end of the day all the other tribes will gang up on us.

"jandayan"

- I came to the United States to play college basketball when I was a teenager. I had a hard time then and I have a hard time now, it’s just that white people see a brown guy and they hear him speaking in Arabic or talking about Allah and all they can think is, “I think he could be a terrorist.” It’s incredibly racist and there’s a good chance there’s some people like that on Survivor too.

Jeff: Alright, now that we’ve got introductions out of the way, let’s get to the game, which starts right now. On the shore over there is a bell. It’s attached to a rope suspended three metres above the ground. The first tribe to paddle to shore and ring that bell wins reward. This is a challenge that will require teamwork. Everybody’s gotta pitch in. Wanna know what you’re playing for?

Everybody cheers.

Jeff: The first tribe to ring that bell will get a massive advantage in this game. You will win fire in the form of flint, and as you probably know, fire is everything when you’re surviving on an island. If you have fire, you can boil water, you can cook food, you have warmth at night. Surviving out here without fire is going to be pretty tough, which makes winning this challenge crucial. Worth playing for?

Everybody cheers.

Jeff: Survivors ready? GO!


 * Everybody starts paddling their boats towards shore. Jandayan and Tumok quickly get well ahead of Bohol and Cabilao. Elvis gets angry at his tribe, Cabilao, and yells for them to “Get a move on!”
 * Tumok push hard and get a small lead ahead of Jandayan, but Cabilao are starting to catch both tribes. Bohol just fall farther and farther behind.
 * Cabilao continue to build up momentum and catch up with Jandayan; Anna starts to get exhausted and takes a short break, but it throws Tumok’s balance of and their paddleboat starts to go off course, wasting some time.
 * Jandayan catches up to Tumok because of their error, and Cabilao gets closer to the two boats.
 * With the boats getting closer to shore, Jody thinks they can now swim faster than they can paddle, so she jumps off of Cabilao’s boat. Nobody else follows her and she quickly falls behind her own boat. With one less person paddling Cabilao’s comeback also slows down. Elvis yells “What the is she doin’? Don’t she want fire?”
 * Tumok are getting tired towards the end of the trip so Jandayan pull out a lead. When their boat runs aground they get out of their boat and run to the bell. Muhammad tries to climb up the bell’s supports to reach the bell, but Haris gives himself a small run-up and jumps up to grab at the rope and ring the bell.

Jeff: Jandayan wins reward! They win fire in the form of flint!

The camera pans to Bohol, whose boat is still several hundred feet away from shore.

"bohol"

- Our tribe was so slow in that challenge, it honestly felt like I was the only one paddling. If that’s all these people have to give we might as well throw in the towel now, because if we do that again we’re not going to be winning many challenges.

Once all four boats have made it to shore and Jody’s finished swimming in, Jeff tosses scrolls of paper at each tribe.

Jeff: Alright, here are maps to your new camps. And Jandayan, here is your reward. Fire in the form of flint. Don’t break it or lose, because you’re not getting another one. Everyone else, I’ve got nothing else for ya. Head on out.

"jandayan"

- To win the first challenge is straight away a big advantage. We don’t just get fire, which is huge, we also get in their heads. Now they’ve seen how strong our tribe can be physically, they won’t believe they can win the challenges. And in a season that’s all about faith, belief is huge.

"tumok"

- Anna’s already starting to get on my nerves. I know it’s early days but you can’t afford to take a break like that in the middle of a challenge. She’s going to be the first one out, no question. She’s living on borrowed time already.

Jandayan
The five members of Jandayan arrive at their beach and see their tribe flag.

Shabazz: There it is baby! Home sweet home!

Haris: Alright, let’s get to it guys. But before we start working let’s get to introducing ourselves. Like I said before I am Haris Khan, I’m a basketball coach.

Shabazz: I knew you played basketball, man! You’re the tallest guy I’ve ever met!

"jandayan"

- It is important that everybody around here knows not only that I used to play basketball, but also that I now coach it. I am not the oldest or anything like that, but if they know I am a basketball coach maybe they will respect me for that and let me take control in the challenges so I can show that I am an asset.

Shabazz: I’m Shabazz, and I may not be as strong as coach over here but I program computers and I am the puzzle king!

Syreeta: You work with computers?

Shabazz: Shabazz don’t lie.

Syreeta: No way! I do too, I work in IT.

Shabazz: That’s awesome, man!

"jandayan"

- People look at me and they probably think, “She’s the old lady, she doesn’t know anything about computers,” but there’s a lot to me that people don’t see on the outside. I’m the oldest on my tribe but there’s no age barrier there.

The tribemates continue to chat for a while, but then they get to work on building their shelter. Once that’s finished and out of the way they get to the fire.

Shabazz: Alright team I have the flint, who gets the honour of being the first person to make fire for the Jandayan tribe? Can’t be me ‘cause, uh, I’ve never made a fire before.

Haris: I know how to make fire with flint.

Shabazz: You kiddin’ man?

Haris: No, I practiced a lot before I came to make sure I knew how to do it.

Shabazz: Is there anything you can’t do? Man, no one can like Haris Khan!

"jandayan"

- It is awesome that Haris knew how to make fire with the flint because I don’t think anybody else practiced. I don’t get how four people can come on Survivor without learning how to make a fire, but hey I’m one of them so can’t complain. Anyway Haris didn’t just make the fire he showed us what to do while he was makin’ it. Then he put it out and got Muhammad to try to make a fire, but he didn’t go quite as well.

The camera focuses on Muhammad hitting the machete against the flint.

Haris: No, no, not that way. Let me show you again.

Muhammad: I can do it, I think. I just need more practice.

Muhammad continues to hit the machete against the flint with no success. He ends up dropping the flint. He puts down the machete.

Muhammad: I guess you’ll have to do it again, hehe.

"jandayan"

- It was kind of embarrassing not being able to make fire with the flint. I’m probably the strongest guy on the tribe so it’s something I should be able to do, but I didn’t think to learn how to do it. None of the others did either, so for now we’re just getting Haris to make the fire. As long as we keep him around, we shouldn’t have to worry about keeping a fire going.

Tumok
Tumok get to their tribe flag and cheer.

Martha: Alright, bring it in, bring it in. We need to have a group hug before we get busy. Everybody in. Today we stop being strangers and we become more than that. We’re not just a tribe, we’re a family. Everybody put your hands in and on three we’ll yell, “Tumok!” loud as we can. Ready? One, two, three.

All: Tumok!

Martha: Perfect, now to build the shelter. You two big men, you look like you can get some good timber for us to use.

"tumok"

- The old lady brings us in for a quick group hug then straight to work. She made Damon and Albert cut down trees for the shelter, and she made me look for palm leaves for the shelter roof. She said she knew how to fold them so she would just rest first, but I think she was just tired from the walk to our beach.

"tumok"

- As soon as we got to the beach, Martha was like, “You! Big strong men! You get wood for shelter! You! Little girl! You go look for water! You! Black man! You work hard and get palm leaves!” It was like just shut up and let us at least talk first! She is the bossiest person I have ever met. She’s forty-eight but she looks eighty-four and smells like it, too. Plus she has that super whiney voice like I hope she gets voted out first and I never have to hear her speak again.

While tying parts of their shelter together, Albert starts a quiet conversation with Asher.

Albert: So do you watch much Survivor?

Asher: A little bit, I know how it works.

Albert: You tell me, who on this tribe do you think should be first one out?

Asher: Well I think the old lady is not cut out for this. She’s already having a nap and we haven’t even finished building the shelter yet.

The camera pans down to show Martha sleeping in their shelter beneath the two men, the reason for their whispering.

Albert: You’re right she isn’t cut out for this stuff. She probably won’t even make the merge. But that’s not our biggest problem. What do you think about Anna?

Asher: Anna is very attractive. I like her a lot.

Albert: She is attractive, nice too, but in Survivor what does that mean?

Asher: That she’s going to make it far?

Albert: Exactly. But we don’t want that.

Asher: Why not?

Albert: Did you see how she gave up in that challenge today? If she’s lazy like that in every challenge how are we supposed to win anything?

Asher: I didn’t think of that.

"tumok"

- Talking to Asher I can tell he’s a smart guy, his mind’s just not tuned into Survivor like mine is. I live and breathe Survivor strategy, he has a lot of catching up to do. Right now I’m trying to work him through the reasons we need to get rid of Anna, but I think the dude’s falling for her.

Albert: Us two need to keep our heads in the game. We can’t just keep the people we like around, we need to win challenges and take out the social threats in this game.

"tumok"

- I like having Albert on our tribe. He knows a lot of the strategy part of the game. He can be the strategy guy and I can be the loyalty guy. The only thing is he’s saying we need to vote out Anna first, which I don’t like. I think Anna is really nice and smart and she can help our tribe a lot if we give her the chance. The old lady is just lazy though. If we want to keep the tribe strong we can’t have her in the game or we will lose all the challenges.

Cabilao
The five members of Cabilao arrive at their tribe beach and can see their green flag.

Elvis: Now before we get to our beach I just wanna apologize to you four for how angry I got in the challenge. In the heat of the moment I said some things I regret.

Patrick: That’s fine man, we get it.

Elvis: No, I need to apologize, there’s no excuse for that kind of stuff.

Patrick: It’s all good, we won’t hold it against you.

Elvis: That’s good, I appreciate it, now God has given us a chance in this game to show what we can do. We ain’t letting God down are we? I think we should pray before we get to work that God would bless us and give us the strength to win this game.

Patrick: Alright, let’s do it then. You guys all in?

Daniella: Of course!

"cabilao"

- Of course the first thing we have to do when we get to camp is pray. I am Catholic and I do believe in God and all that, and it’s great Elvis is a believer too, but if he just turns this whole game into a sermon I might just tune out. I’m here to win. Lie, cheat and steal, that’s the name of this game. Check your morals at the door. I didn’t come here to go on a crusade, I came here to win a million dollars. When Christians usually come on Survivor they preach loyalty and trust but that’s not how you win Survivor.

Elvis: Father God we thank you for puttin’ us on this island, Lord, and we pray that you would bring us closer to you over this next 39 days. We pray that your blessing would be on our tribe as we try to please you, God. We pray your blessing over this tribe and over this game that you would keep us all safe from sickness and injury so we can all play this great game, Jesus, and be your representatives. We pray this in your Holy name, amen.

"cabilao"

- It is just cruel that I get picked for the Survivor religion season. I do believe in Jesus, but I’m also a Mormon, and I’m not totally sure that these guys will respect that or even see me as part of the tribe if I tell them. After Elvis finished praying everyone went around and said what denomination they were. Chelsea went before me and said she was Baptist so I said sure, let’s go with that and told them I was Baptist too. I’m not 100% on what exactly Baptists think so I’ll just have to steer clear of any deep theological discussions for now.

Bohol
The five members of Bohol see their tribe flag. They all hug each other and approach their supplies.

"bohol"

- When we got to camp it was a big relief. Everyone else was exhausted from the walk and the girls wanted to sit down for a bit. But Dan, I really underestimated him. He got right up and said he was going to get timber for our shelter. He grabbed that machete and started whacking down trees left, right and centre. That’s one less scrub on this tribe of scrubs.

The camera shows shots of Dan chopping at a tree with a machete.

"bohol"

- I love the outdoors and I love camping. Usually it’s with tents but out here we ain’t got no tent. We gotta build our shelter with our own two hands. If the girls are just gonna sit around all day that’s fine, I’ll do it myself if I have to. At least that way they can’t vote me out. I’m fifteen years older than any of these kids, and that’s the difference for me. They have no work ethic, none.

The camera shows Dan kick the tree over.

Dan: Timber!

The camera cuts to Natalie and Ashley, sitting on the beach and talking to each other.

Ashley: Did Dan cut down a tree?

Natalie: I think so.

Ashley: He can build us the shelter then we can vote him out.

"bohol"

- In Survivor the Christians usually talk about God and loyalty and keeping the tribe strong but we’re the atheist tribe. We don’t need to keep our tribe strong we just need to be strategic, and strategic means taking out threats before they become threats. Dan is clearly going to be a threat in this game with his hard work and his survival skills, so we need to take him out yesterday.

Ashley: He’s overstayed his welcome already.

Natalie: Yep.

Ashley: We just have to hope he doesn’t sway Meg or Chris to his side.

The camera cuts to Meg tentatively approaching Dan.

Meg: Can I help?

Dan: Uh, not here, don’t think. You wanna go look for our water?

Meg: Sure.

Bohol
It’s early in the morning. Ashley, Chris, Meg and Natalie are sleeping in their shelter. Dan dumps a big log next to the shelter and walks away again.

"bohol"

- This morning I woke up and everyone else kept sleeping, so instead of waking them up I decided to get collecting firewood so we can try to build a fire today.

Dan dumps another log next to the shelter. Ashley hears it and turns to look at him.

"bohol"

- I don’t know what Dan was thinking, he just started throwing around wood and waking everybody up. We’re all still tired and we haven’t eaten properly in a day now. He’s also getting a bit of hate from everybody.

"bohol"

- These kids are lazy as all hell. After a while they woke up and just watched me. Nobody asked if I needed help or anything, they just watched. Then when I talked to them about it they acted like it was my fault.

Dan: Y’all need to start pulling your weight around here.

Ashley: It’s too early, Dan. We’re still tryna sleep.

Dan: It doesn’t matter how early it is, we need to make a fire today and the quicker we get going the quicker we’ll get done.

Ashley: Dan it won’t take all day to get firewood.

Dan: It will if I’m the only one doin’ it! Y’all need to get off your lazy asses and get to work.

Chris: Dan calm down, man.

Dan: I won’t calm down till y’all start picking up some slack! You can’t expect me to do all the work ‘round here.

Ashley: We’re not asking you to do all the work we just need to relax this morning. We can try to get a fire going in the afternoon.

Dan: Fine! If that’s how y’all wanna play it I’ll just sleep all morning! Happy?

"bohol"

- Dan is great and I love that he’s doin’ all the work but at the end of the day it’s Survivor and you need to get along with people. If he doesn’t start getting along with the girls they could just vote him out. I need to make sure I don’t go down with him, so today I started workin’ on the girls. My plan is to get a final two alliance with all of ‘em then pick which ones are the easiest to beat at the end. I started with Ash today, I think after she got Dan fired up she knew she wanted to vote him out first, so I needed to get on that right away.

The camera cuts to Chris walking through the jungle with Ashley.

Chris: So what happened with Dan this morning?

Ashley: I don’t know, he seems like a great guy. He’s just from a different generation, I guess?

Chris: Yeah I thought the same thing, too. We could use him in challenges, though.

Ashley: But is it worth it? What if he makes the merge and starts winning the immunities?

"bohol"

- She made a good point about Dan winning the immunity challenges in the merge, which is fine I think I can take him. What worries me is she’s already thinking about who’s going to win individual challenges, and I’m easily the strongest on this tribe, and that changed my mind about the Dan thing. I was going to try to keep him, but if it’s him or me then I have no choice.

Jandayan
The camera shows the five members of the Jandayan tribe going through their prayers on the beach.

"jandayan"

- This morning when we all woke up we prayed together. It is important to me that we all pray with each other, not only because it gives us a chance to rewind and remember what’s really important, but also because it helps us grow stronger as a tribe. Those who pray together stay together.

"jandayan"

- It is very good that we all prayed together this morning. That’s something that we have that none of the other tribes have. We will be praying together every day in this game, and we are the only ones who pray like this. The other tribes might be praying but when we do it, we are facing Mecca and remembering Allah, and we are doing it with millions of other Muslims at the same time. It unifies us, the other tribes don’t have that.

Cabilao
The camera shows Daniella, Chelsea and Jody going for a walk in the jungle.

"cabilao"

- Today is when the game really begins. I took Chelsea and Jody away from camp to “explore” but really I wanted to get down to business. I’m not here to have an adventure, I’m here to win a game. Survivor is about making alliances, so I wanted to do that as soon as I got the chance. My first alliance had to be with Chelsea and Jody. Everybody in Survivor is scared of the women’s alliance, and I intend to make that fear very real.

Daniella: If we had to go to tribal council tonight, who do you think is first one out?

Jody: Uh not Elvis or Patrick.

Daniella: Exactly, it’ll probably be one of us. We can’t let the guys run this game.

"cabilao"

- Dani got us involved in a women’s alliance already. I’m not locked in to that just yet, but it’s good to have a plan from the start. There’s nothing worse than getting to tribal council and an alliance has already happened without you.

Tumok
The camera shows scenes of Albert, Martha and Damon working on collecting wood and coconuts. It cuts to Anna and Asher cuddling and giggling in the shelter.

"tumok"

- Right now I just need three votes to survive this first tribal council. Everyone on the tribe has strengths except for Martha. Albert and Asha are the muscle, me and Damon are the brain. Most people don’t realize when they see me but I’m actually really smart and strategic. I’m a state chess champion, and I’m ranked internationally. I’m probably one of the smartest people to ever play Survivor, but I don’t want the rest of the tribe to know that. For now I’m just going to flirt with Asher and keep him on my side. Everybody wants to vote out Martha first so I don’t have to worry about the strategy just yet, but when I do I have to worry I have an unbreakable alliance with Asher.

The camera cuts to Albert, who stops to look at Anna and Asher in the shelter.

Albert: Damon, look at the love birds.

Damon: What?

Albert: Asher and Anna, in the shelter.

Damon: Oh, they’re lovin’ and birdin’ alright.

"tumok"

- I talked to Asher about Anna yesterday, but he’s got short-term memory loss. Everybody knows that power couples get taken out, but he’s still flirting with Anna all day. She’s way too dangerous to keep around, I just need to make Asher see that somehow. In a small tribe like this we need every vote to be unanimous. We can’t afford to have people hating each other yet.

Immunity challenge
Jeff: Come on in guys!

The camera shows all four tribes walking towards a beach single-file.

Jeff: Ready to get to your first immunity challenge?

Everybody: Yes!

Jeff: Alright, here’s how it’s going to work: one person at a time will swim out to a buoy and untie a bag of puzzle pieces from the buoy. You must send four different people to bring in the four different bags. Your fifth tribe member will then need to use these puzzle pieces to solve a three-dimensional puzzle. First three tribes to finish their puzzles win immunity and are safe for another three days. Last tribe to finish, got nothing for ya but a date with me at tribal council where one of you will be the first person voted out of this game, and nobody wants it to be them. In addition to immunity, the first two tribes to finish will win fire in the form of flint. Worth playin’ for?

Everybody: Yes!

Jeff: I’ll give you guys a minute to strategize, then we’ll get started.

"tumok"

- As soon as we knew there was a puzzle involved, I volunteered to do it. I just knew that I was best suited for it.

Jeff: Alright on the puzzle for Bohol we have Meg, for Cabilao it is Daniella, for Jandayan it is Amina and for Tumok we have Anna. This is for immunity and fire in the form of flint! Survivors ready? GO!


 * Chris, Chelsea, Muhammad and Albert swim out first for their tribes. Chelsea and Chris get their tribes out to a big lead and Albert falls behind the others. Chelsea is the first person back with a bag of puzzles and Chris is right behind her.
 * Patrick goes out next for Cabilao and Natalie goes out next for Bohol. Muhammad gets back with the puzzle pieces for Jandayan and Syreeta goes out next. She is slower and Jandayan start to fall behind the front of the pack.
 * Albert gets back with Tumok’s first bag of puzzle pieces and he is exhausted. Martha goes out next and is very slow. Patrick gets Cabilao into outright first place with Natalie falling a bit behind him.
 * Jody is the third person to go out for Cabilao and Ashley is the third person for Bohol. The two of them are slower than anyone before them and it opens the door for the other tribes to catch up. Syreeta gets back for Jandayan and Bruce is sent out next. Martha is very slow to untie the bag from the buoy and costs Tumok even more time.
 * Jody gets back for Cabilao and Elvis is the last person sent out. Ashley gets back for Bohol and sends Dan out last, with Bruce getting back shortly afterwards, making up a lot of time for Jandayan. Haris is the last person to go out for Jandayan. Martha finally gets back and Tumok are already a whole bag of puzzle pieces behind. Asher is sent out next.
 * Haris overtakes Dan and then Elvis to get into the lead for Jandayan. He’s the first person to get back with the fourth bag of puzzle pieces and Amina is the first person to get going on the puzzle. Asher does some catching up and gets Tumok’s third bag back, sending Damon out to get the last bag.
 * Dan and Elvis both get back, so Meg and Daniella can get to work on the puzzle. Amina is struggling, but Daniella gets a few pieces together very quickly. It’s almost no time before Daniella finishes the puzzle.

Jeff: Cabilao wins immunity and fire in the form of flint!


 * Damon gets back with Tumok’s final bag of puzzle pieces so Anna can get to work, but Meg and Amina are both already halfway through their puzzles. Anna starts working quickly and looks like catching up, but Meg finishes the puzzle next.

Jeff: Bohol wins immunity and fire in the form of flint!


 * It’s down to Anna for Tumok and Amina for Jandayan. Amina has blown the lead that Jandayan had at the start of the challenge, but she’s a lot closer to finishing than Anna is. Anna makes a big comeback but she can’t do it quickly enough and Amina finished the puzzle first.

Jeff: Amina does it! Jandayan wins immunity! They are safe from tonight’s vote and send Tumok to the first tribal council of the season.

The scene cuts ahead. All four tribes are standing on their mats. Jeff dismantles the immunity idol into three parts and gives a piece to each of the winning tribes. He returns to his own mat and grabs two pieces of flint.

Jeff: And fire, in the form of flint for Cabilao and Bohol.

Jeff tosses the flint to the two tribes.

Jeff: Tumok, you’ll be seeing me tonight at tribal council where one of you will be the first person voted out of Survivor: Visayas. Head on out.

"tumok"

- I think that the old lady should have done the puzzle. We needed to be closer when we got to the puzzle. I think the old lady could have won the puzzle if Anna had done the swimming and got us closer.

Cabilao
Elvis leads the tribe back to camp. Once they’ve put their stuff down he starts pointing people around.

Elvis: Patrick, can grab some of that coconut husk? Jody get some of those bigger sticks so we can build a bigger fire once we get it going.

"cabilao"

- As soon as we got back to camp Elvis set up a nice fire with the flint. For a firefighter he sure is good at starting fires.

The camera shows Elvis starting a fire with Cabilao's flint.

Tumok
The five members of Tumok get back to their camp dejected after their loss.

"tumok"

- The challenge didn’t go to plan today, that’s probably obvious, and it was all Anna’s fault. She’ll put the blame on Martha because Martha took too long to get the puzzle pieces, but maybe if Anna had been swimming we would’ve been far enough ahead for Martha to solve the puzzle. She’s the one who volunteered to do the puzzle, so she’s the one we have to blame for this loss. The only problem is Asher is blinded by love or something, so it’s going to be hard to get him to vote her out.

Albert grabs Asher.

Albert: Let’s go get some coconuts.

Asher: Ok.

The two of them walk along the beach together.

Albert: So tribal council, huh?

Asher: We need to vote the old lady out.

Albert: I still think we need to vote Anna out.

Asher: But if we want to win challenges we can’t have the old lady playing. She’s too old and weak.

Albert: Asher, you need to keep your head in the game. Everybody knows you two are a power couple. If you don’t vote her out they’ll try to vote you out.

Asher: But if they vote me out we’ll lose all of the challenges.

Albert: That doesn’t matter, people don’t think like that!

"tumok"

- I can’t believe Asher is so thick. I have to spell everything out for him every time we talk. It’s very frustrating. Anna has to go, but Asher won’t vote for him. Obviously Martha’s going to vote for Anna, so that makes Damon the swing vote, and I haven’t really touched base with him much.

Albert and Asher walk back along the beach with a few coconuts. Anna watches them from the shelter. Albert yells to Damon.

Albert: Hey Damon! Want to help get coconuts?

"tumok"

- Albert started taking people one-on-one after the challenge. First it was Asher, then it was Damon, then it was Martha. He never wanted to talk to me, so after he talked to Asher I asked him about it.

Anna: What did Albert want to talk about?

Albert: He wants to vote you out.

Anna: Really?

Albert: Yes. But I told him the old lady needs to go first.

Anna: Ok, good.

"tumok"

- He said it so casually. Asher isn’t playing the game, he just spilled who Albert wanted to vote out. You’re not meant to do that in Survivor! But that’s good for me. He’s a loyal puppy so he’ll just do what I tell him to. That’s two votes, I also need a third, so when Albert was finished with Damon I went to talk to him.

Damon is standing topless in the water holding a long stick. Anna walks up to him from behind him.

Anna: Hey Damon, what’s up?

Damon: Just fishin’.

Damon whips his stick back and forwards, but there’s no line attached to it.

Anna: I heard Albert wants to vote me out.

Damon: Who said that?

Anna: Asher.

Damon: I figured he wasn’t cut out for the lying part of the game.

Anna: So Albert does want to vote me out?

Damon: Yep.

Anna: Do you want to vote me out?

Damon: I’m torn. I think we need to keep this tribe strong.

Anna: Exactly!

Damon: But if I go with you and Asher, where does that leave me? I don’t want to be third wheel to a couple of love birds.

Anna: Oh we’re not … no we’re not a couple.

Damon: Sure looks like it.

Anna: Asher’s not smart enough for me.

Damon: That’s true.

"tumok"

- When I was out fishin’ Anna came walkin’ up to me and sort of asked for an alliance situation. I think the right decision for the tribe is to vote out Martha, but if I vote her out then Albert won’t trust me anymore an’ I’ll have to be the third wheel which isn’t very good. I’m in a tough spot an’ I have to choose right tonight when I vote.

Anna and Damon walk back to the shelter. Damon has his stick in one hand and a fish in the other.

Anna: So we’re good.

Damon: You bet we good.

"tumok"

- Damon said we were good, I just have to hope he’s not as stupid as Albert. I’m really scared I could be the first one out. That would suck.

Martha comes back from her conversation with Albert to see Anna and Damon chatting in the shelter.

"tumok"

- After Albert talked to me about voting out Anna I came back to camp and she was talking to Damon. I’m scared now, what if she got to him like she’s got to Asher. Asher’s a sweet boy she’s corrupting against me, I hope she doesn’t do the same thing to Damon next. She’s got to go.

Tribal Council
The five members of the Tumok tribe enter the tribal council area together and stand in front of the tribal council seats.

Jeff: Behind each of you is a torch, go ahead and grab the torch, dip it in the flame and get fire. This is part of the ritual of tribal council. In this game fire represents your life, once your fire is gone, so are you.

They all dip their torches in the fire, put them behind the seats and sit down.

Jeff: Alright, welcome to your first tribal council. Clearly the challenge didn’t go to plan today. Asher, why do you think that is?

Asher: The old lady is too slow.

There’s an awkward pause.

Jeff: That It?

Asher: Yes.

Jeff: Martha, how do you respond to that? Right out of the gate, Asher’s saying, “I know why we’re at tribal council, it’s all Martha’s fault.”

Martha: I think Asher’s just a bit immature and perhaps he’s had a little snake whispering lies into his ear.

Anna smirks.

Jeff: Who’s the snake?

Martha: We’ll find out tonight.

Jeff: Albert, you guys are the Jewish tribe. All five of you have similar religious beliefs. Is that going to come into play at tribal council?

Albert: Not really, Jeff. No matter who your God is, Survivor is still the same. We still need to make a decision that is best for our tribe as a cohesive unit. We need to build trust within the group and vote out any threat to that.

Jeff: What makes someone a threat to the tribe?

Albert: It’s a combination of factors. Challenge strength has to come into it, who’s getting along with each other is a factor, who’s scheming and plotting too much is a factor, there’s a lot of factors. Tonight they all converge on the same person.

Jeff: And who’s that?

Albert: Well when you vote someone out in Survivor you don’t tell them you’re going to vote them out.

Jeff: Asher, you said you think it’s Martha’s fault you lost today’s challenge. Does that make her a target for tonight’s vote?

Asher: Yes. I think we should vote her out.

There’s another awkward pause.

Jeff: Wow. Pretty straightforward, huh. Albert, do you agree with Asher? Is Martha the big threat to the tribe’s success?

Albert: I think it’s more complicated than that. Sure we could just base it on today’s challenge, but if you want to look at specific challenges I’m sure we’ll all have a hard time in something, like Anna struggled with the puzzle today, so maybe she’s not the best person to put on puzzles. We just need to make sure we keep a group that works well together as a whole.

Jeff: Anna, Albert’s just said you struggled in the puzzle today. Is that true?

Anna: Well, I think I might’ve had a fighting chance if Martha wasn’t so slow in the water. I know for a fact Albert would have done way worse on the puzzle than I did.

Albert shakes his head.

Jeff: So it comes back to Martha again?

Anna: Yes.

Jeff: Damon, a lot’s been said tonight about reasons why you might vote somebody out, what are you going to basing your vote off of tonight?

Damon: Like Albert said earlier, I think it’s a combination of tractors.

Jeff: Tractors?

Damon: Factors, sorry. Factors. Maybe what’s best for the tribe isn’t gonna be what’s best for Damon, and I have to remember that.

Jeff: And on that note it is now time to vote. Anna, you’re up.

Anna goes up to vote. Her vote has a snake drawn on it.

"tumok"

- This little snake is voting you out of here.

Martha casts her vote. It’s not shown.

Asher casts his vote. It’s not shown.

Albert writes Anna on the parchment.

"tumok"

- You think you’re better at puzzles, huh? Solve this one.

Damon goes up to cast his vote. He take a moment to take the lid off of the pen and thinks before he starts to write on the parchment. His vote is not shown.

Jeff: I’ll go tally the votes.

Jeff leaves momentarily and returns.

Jeff: If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and you’d like to play it, now would be the time to do so.

Albert looks at Anna. Anna looks back at Albert. Nobody stands.

Jeff: Alright, once the votes are read the decision is final. The person voted out will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately. I’ll read the votes.

Jeff pulls the first vote out of the urn.

Jeff: First vote… Anna.

Anna rolls her eyes.

Jeff: Martha. That’s one vote Martha, one vote Anna.

Martha starts biting her nails.

Jeff: Anna. Two votes Anna, one vote Martha.

Asher looks at Albert. Albert nods back.

Jeff: Martha. Two votes Martha, two votes Anna, one vote left.

Anna looks at Damon. Damon looks down to the floor. Anna looks up to Jeff as he pulls out the last vote.

Jeff: First person voted out of Survivor: Visayas ... Anna. Anna, you gotta bring me your torch.

Anna drops her head. She hugs Asher and grabs her stuff. She takes her torch over to Jeff.

Jeff: Anna, the tribe has spoken.

Jeff snuffs Anna’s torch.

Jeff: Time for you to go.

Anna walks out of the tribal council area.

Jeff: Well tonight you guys said a lot of factors went into the vote. I hope challenge strength was near the top of the list, or I might be seeing you four again very soon. Grab your torches and head back to camp. Good night.

Next Time on Survivor...
Asher is out for revenge.

"tumok"

- The old lady is dead to me now. There’s nothing she can do to change that.

And Dan has had enough of his tribe’s laziness.

"bohol"

- If these guys don’t start doing some work around here, this tribe is a lost cause. Simple as that.

Final Words
"tumok"

- This… sucks. I guess I saw it coming, but I still don’t know why Albert wanted me out so much. Maybe I needed to show them how smart I was faster, but I guess it’s too late for that now. At least Asher didn’t vote for me, but I guess that means he’s next one out now. I know it was only three days but it was still the best three days of my life. People dream of playing this game and I actually got to come out to the Philippines and do it, so I can’t complain too much, even if it is a bit humiliating to be the first one out.

Author's Notes

 * I know religion is a very hot topic for a lot of people (I am religious myself) so if the way I've portrayed something is offensive to anybody who reads this please let me know and I'll try to fix it.