The Chaos Theory

This is the first episode of Survivor: Myanmar

Introduction
The orange dawn of a new day begins to shine from beyond the horizon, and with a timelapse the sun quickly shoots high into the sky illuminating the treacherous backdrop for the adventure about to unfold. Waves crash against the rugged coastline, while lemurs, jackals, monkeys, and even elephants are all shown to be living deep within the jungle. This is Myanmar! Formerly known as Burma, this virtually untouched paradise has the ability to seemingly take you back in time. Scorching temperatures and dangerous wildlife guarantee's to give us one of the toughest competitions yet, and this season promises to shake things up right from the very beginning! It is here that sixteen strangers from all walks of life will be marooned, forced to create their own civilization. If they fail to adapt, they'll be voted out from their tribe. In the end, only one will remain to claim the one million dollar prize. This is their story. 39 DAYS, 18 PEOPLE, ONE SURVIVOR.



A large catamaran is visible with its sails risen high, cutting through the ferocious waves off of the Burmese coast. On board are eight men and women, and it quickly becomes apparent that they're all wearing the same orange colored buff.

An older, blonde lady (Jenny Lee) is shown looking quite ill and throwing up over the side of the boat and into the ocean.

Although they've been instructed not to speak to one another, first impressions are already forming!

As the catamaran continues to move closer and closer to shore, an overhead shot begins to carry away over the water of the ocean and onto land, eventually traveling above the jungle. The camera fixates onto a old, beat up Jeepney which travels down an old, abandon dirt road at a rapid speed. Inside sits another eight men and women, each sporting a green colored buff. As the vehicle flies over tree roots and rocks they each struggle to remain in their seats and not falling onto the floor or into one another's lap.

The jeepney reaches the end of the road and arrives to the beach, at the same time the catamaran carrying the other team arrives as well. The green tribe files out of the back of their beat up vehicle while the orange tribe members each jump over the side of the boat and into shin deep water. As Jenny Lee makes the leap, she falls onto her bum and soaks herself. Sebastian helps her up, it's clear that she's embarrassed after no doubt making the worst first impression she could have imagined. Each group walks single file across the beach until they finally settle onto their individual tribal mats.

The passenger door of the jeepney swings open, Jeff Probst hops out and is greeted by a warm welcome. He smiles to the castaways, revealing his famous dimples to everyone before him. Miranda can be seen waving her hand in front of her face and mouthing he words, "he's hot!"

Jeff Probst welcomes the group of new castaways to SURVIVOR: MYANMAR, which is met by applause and cheering. He warns the group that this will no doubt be the hardest season yet, stating that the environment around them is one like they've never experienced before. David can be seen motioning with his eyebrows, almost as if to say 'bring it on'. Jeff (who is standing beside a covered table) then leans against the table and uses his hand to support his weight, announcing it's time for their first reward challenge. Elaborating that first impressions are important, and reveals that they'll be what determines today's reward results. The entire group looks puzzled by this.

Jeff tells both tribes that the reward challenge will be either based on physical or mental skill, one of the two traits necessary to be a successful tribe. Before they know which it is based off of, they'll have to elect one member of their tribe to represent each category. Jeff then gives the example that if it's a strength based challenge, the elected strength member from each tribe will compete for their entire team.

The two tribes huddle together and make their decisions on representatives. The green team selects David (strength) and Ian (mental), while orange selects Sebastian (physical) and Nathaniel (mental).

Sebastian's logic proves correct at Jeff pulls the cloth off the table, unveiling the challenge.

Reward Challenge
Challenge: Prove Your Worth

Ian and Nathaniel would represent their tribes by solving a Tower of Hanoi puzzle to win the challenge.

Reward: Unannounced.

Jeff teases as to what the orange team has won telling them that they've won first pick between two tools that'll help both tribes in the game. As the challenge winner, Nathaniel's face is the most eager to learn what he has won his tribe.

"Come on out!", Jeff yells.

The Jeepney door once again swings open, this causes everyone's heads to shoot into in direction of the truck. Two long, clearly female legs stretch out and land onto the ground. Rachael from Survivor: Kenya hops out and runs over and joins Jeff. Rachael waves to the sixteen castaways as she is greeted by many smiles.

Jeff introduces Rachael as the best physical player to have ever competed in the game, noting her seven challenge wins in a row. Rachael blushes and is clearly uncomfortable with Jeff's boasting as it's against her humble nature.

"Jeff Probst: For winning, you have your choice. If you deem strength to be a component lacking on your team, you can choose Rachael to join you, and yes, she will become a full fledged competitor in this game."

Everyone's faces drop as they realize that they'll now be playing this game with a returning player.

"Jeff Probst: The surprises aren't done just yet..."

Jeff looks over his shoulder into the direction of the jeepney, everyone else promptly looks into the same direction. Rachael smirks. The door once again opens, and Rachael's cousin Jasmine, from Survivor: Canada appears. Thorn has a mini meltdown as she considers herself Jasmine's biggest fan.

Jeff then tells the winning orange team that if mental strength is what they covet, they can choose to adopt Jasmine as their final member, as she is arguably one of the smartest to have played.

The orange team huddles to discuss their decision. After taking some time, Nathaniel eventually steps forward and announces that they've decided to take Rachael. With a smile, Rachael steps forward and joins her new tribe. Remaining unpicked, Jasmine then joins the losing green team.

Before sending the two separate teams on their way, Jeff throws Rachael her buff and informs her she's a member of the Yang tribe. Jasmine is then tossed her buff, and told her tribe is named padaung. Rachael reminisces previous Survivor memories by smelling her new buff while Jasmine is quick to wrap it around her wrist. Both tribes are then given maps to their camps, and head out to find their new homes.