The First Amigo To Fall/ Part 2

The First Amigo to Fall is the first episode of Survivor: Madagascar - Andringitra

Challenges
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Rice Race

The tribes would jump off a platform in the water and swim out to their tribe's boat where they would retrieve 3 bags of rice. They would then work together to push and pull those bags through a narrow hole in a wall of bamboo. Next they would have to cross a balance beam to get the bags of rice to the beach. Once on the beach, they would tear open the bags of rice to retrieve 3 balls. Next, one tribe member at a time must balance on a beam, while attempting to maneuver a ball up a wall past a series of holes to the top. The first two tribes to get all three balls to the top win immunity.

Reward: Fire-making kit for the first-place tribe and a flint for the second tribe.

Winner: (in order) Toliara and Antsirabe

Day 3
The camera shows the challenge arena as the three tribes walk in.

Jeff Probst: Are you guys ready for your first ever immunity challenge?

Castaways: Yes!

Jeff Probst: Alright, I am going to explain the challenge now.

Jeff Probst explains the challenge.

Jeff Probst: There will be two winning tribes, for the first two tribes that win, they will win immunity.

As Jeff Probst is saying, he pulled the cloth of the table, revealing two statues, one larger than the other as the castaway screams.

Jeff Probst: The tribe that finish first would get the larger idol, and they would get this too.

Jeff Probst takes out a basket.

Jeff Probst: They would win a fire-making kit, it sure would help you guys in case of a rain, for the tribe that finishes second, not that good, but not that bad either, you will get the smaller idol, and... (pulls flint out) a piece of flint.

The castaways nod.

Jeff Probst: For the tribe that places last, nothing, but a date with me in the Tribal Council, I will give you a minute to strategise, lets get started.

Challenge Summary

 * At the first proportion of the challenge, the fast swimmers and slow swimmers are distinguished immediately, with Ryan and Jewel being the fastest singer for Antsirabe, Rob being the fastest for Mahajanqa and Rochelle and Zander being the fastest for Toliara.


 * All three tribes have to wait for the slowest swimmers in their tribe to arrive onshore, with them being Dan, Harriet and Kelly respectively. Harriet was the fastest of the three to arrive onshore so Mahajanqa started first, Kelly was the next fastest as Antsirabe starts second, Dan was the slowest swimmer, causing Toliara to start last


 * When grabbing the rice bags and returning with them, Antsirabe overtook Mahajanqa, thanks to Jewel leading the tribe effectively. Chris and Harriet were both slow in lifting the rice bag back, causing Rob to yell at them, and he had to help them. Toliara was panicking seeing them at dead last, despite Rochelle and Zander held the tribe together, Jamine and Dan slowed the tribe down.


 * Antsirabe easily passes the rice bags through the obstacles with ease, while Mahajanqa and Toliara strugled, they lowered the rice bags too low, resulting the bags being soaked in water, increasing the weight, Toliara managed to decrease the gap between them and Mahajaqa, as Mahajanqa were slowed down because Harriet pushed the rice bags through the obstacles before anyone were ready, resulting all bags are soaked, while Toliara only had one soaked bag.


 * At the balancing beam, Kelly struggled a couple of times, falling it off a few times, allowing Mahajanqa and Toliara to close the gap, Toliara cleared the balancing beam faster, thanks to everybody took the 'slow but steady' tactic, while Chris panicked seeing the Toliara tribe progressing, resulting in him failing even more, which caused Harriet to scream at him loudly before he finally succeed after the fifth try


 * The first ball maneuver were Jewewl, Sabrina and Dan respectively. Despite a late start, Dan surprised everyone by easily moving the ball around very fast, while Jewel and Sabrina did it carefully, Dan maintained the lead and overtook both woman to put Toliara in the lead


 * Rochelle struggled a bit during the ball maneuvering, as she fell off the beam once, while Jewel and Sabrina finished one after another. Frank and Sophie were next, Mahajanqa were still behind as both the other tribes were halfway done when she just started. Frank moved in a slightly faster pace, but he accidentally caused the ball to fall through a hole as he had to try again, Sophie also made a mistake too, after they failed two to three times, it allowed Rochelle to finish before them.


 * Zander tried to rush, but it didn't work as he failed in the first three times, during the time, Frank completed and landed the ball in the hole, while Sophie continues to be slow, which seems to work out for her, after some coaching, Zander calmed down and he managed to land the ball on the hole

Jeff Probst:(raising hands) Toliara wins first place and immunity! We are looking for one more!

The camera shows Zander running to the cheering tribe as they all jump up and now for their victory.


 * Ryan also tried to rush, but he did a strong performance as he caught up to where Sophie was easily, despite Sophie managed to land the ball in the hole after a few times, Ryan landed the ball in the final hole ten seconds after.

Jeff Probst: Antsirabe wins second place and immunity! Sending Mahajanqa to Tribal Council!

Ryan jumps and cheers up and now, as he shouted out 'Who is the boss?' very loud, visually annoying the Mahajanqa tribe, as Mahajanqa are disappointed over their loss, the camera show their disappointed look, as the camera shows the castaways standing in front of Jeff Probst.

Jeff Probst: Toliara, come on over, as first place, you get immunity and a fire-making kit.

Zander goes forward as Jeff Probst hands him the larger immunity idol and the fire making-hit as the entire tribe is cheering.

Jeff Probst:(turns to Antsirabe) Antsirabe, second place, not so bad, a piece of flint and immunity is yours.

Jewel walks up and takes the immunity idol and flint as the entire Antsirabe tribe claps, Ryan is cheering extra loud.

Jeff Probst:(turns to Mahajanqa) Mahajanwa, I will see you tonight in Tribal Council, where one of you will be the first person voted out of this game, I will see you back in camp.

All tribes leave as Antsirabe and Toliara are cheering, Mahajanqa is sighing.

The camera features the Mahajanqa tribe returning.

Sabrina: Well, we tried alright.

Lawrence: Yup, we obviously did, just we messed up badly when it came to the ball maneuvering.

Harriet:(pissed off) We could have been faster and we actually had a shot if we didn't have people falling off the balancing beam five times and someone took forever just to maneuver the ball!

Rob:(bluntly) Shut up, you took forever to bring the bag back too, quit the blame game here!

Harriet: I am just telling the truth, we literally fell apart because that costed us a hell lot of time than it should have, quite yelling at me for saying the truth!

As she said that, Chris dropped down his head, as he seems to be a bit upset and put off at what Harriet just said.

Lawrence:(realizing Chris's actions) Hey, don't be so mean, you just made Chris upset, we are a tribe, so we would win and lose as a tribe.

Harriet:(turning to Chris) Ok, look, sorry about what I said just now, I just stated out in what ways we could have performed better in the challenge.

Chris: Its alright, its alright.

"mahajanqa"

- I just don't know why Harriet is that mean to me. The moment we came back, Harriet is pissed at the fact we lost, and in her tome, she is obviously blaming me for the loss, which she is telling the truth honestly, because I really struggled badly on the balancing beam, and I don't really blame her for being mad, but what she said is a bit mean to be honest. This is the kind of people I don't want to meet when I go to a new environment, but I had to encounter one already, just, (shrugs) dang it.

Rob, Sabrina and Sophie are shown.

Sabrina: Oh well, we are the first amigo to fall right? (chuckles)

Rob:(smiling) Yes we do.

Sophie:(chuckling) Yup.

Sabrina: Ok, who are we going to vote out, directly Harriet?

Rob: Yeah, we all agreed that she is an annoying brat right? we decided that she needs to go far before the challenge, her disastrous performance exactly proofs that.

Sabrina: Yes, though fairly speaking, Chris performed even worse, but-

Sophie: He is at least much feasible around camp right?

Rob: Yeah, plus Harriet was way too pushy at the challenge! She literally dumped all the rice into the water due to her being impatient, and it slowed us down!

Sophie: Exactly, I think it is safe to keep Chris for one round. Like, Chris actually is easy to manipulate, he is just one of those shy, socially awkward guy.

Sabrina:(catching up) How do you know?

Sophie: I actually talked to him awhile back, you know, to learn about what is going on at people outside the three of us, he seems lost of what to do and he does seem shy the first day round.

Rob:(nodding) Plus, Harriet sort of raged and blamed Chris for our lost today.

Sophie: Yeah, so, lets just tell Chris and Lawrence about Harriet going home tonight and get this over with.

Rob:(smiling) Yup, that prick gets what she deserves for her being annoyed over my six fingers.

"mahajanqa"

- Part 1 of the formula, is to not make yourself a target too early in the game. From the past, we have people who are making all sorts of crazy moves on the first boot of the game, and blindsiding someone strong right off the bat. This is actually a pretty dumb move, as you are just telling everyone how big of a threat you are. This is why at the first boot, you should never make a move, that should be saved till later. On the first boot, the most safe choice is to boot an obvious target, aka people who are weak or annoying, and Harriet matches both descriptions, for my long-term gameplay, Harriet will have to go. (smiles)

"mahajanqa"

- If there is one people in this game that concerns me, that is Sophie. I mean, of course I glad I got myself over to this alliance with Rob and Sophie, but Sophie seems to be the type of player who thinks long-term, I am not saying thinking to win, because obviously everyone here is aiming to win! But, she seems to plan out how the alliance would go, just on day freaking three, plus, she decided to go ahead and talk to Chris, which once again, matches exactly what I am talking about. She is playing this game hard on long-term, already planning how to carry the alliance on. And these type of players are usually dangerous, she seems to already have most of the tribe members under control, so I can't make a move to boot her right now. But if possible, I want her gone, it is better to have a strong and strategic player gone right off the bat, even I hate Harriet, I can bare with her for three more days.

Harriet is seen walking around in the forest, as she runs into Chris and Lawrence.

Harriet: May I talk to you two?

Chris is a bit hesitant seeing that, Lawrence nods.

Lawrence: Ok, sure.

Chris shakes his head a bit, but he sits down and listens to Harriet, seeing Chris's unwilling face, Harriet shakes her head.

((Quote|mahajanqa| Two moves from Chris, and I can already figure out that he is still upset by the fact that I pointed out he was the main reason we lost the challenge today, which he is obviously, that is a fact, and yet he is upset when someone bought it up. Dude, if I was the reason for our tribe losing a challenge, I would definitely step up and own up, cos I really lost the tribe the challenge. Seriously, if he can't accept the fact that he lost us a challenge and gets hurt when someone bought it up, I don't even know what to say, with that being said, that doesn't really matter as he isn't nor would he be on my hit list anytime soon.|Harriet}}

Harriet: Alright, I want to confirm from you two, that tonight would be the night where we would join forces and just vote out that six-fingered freak.

Lawrence: You mean Rob?

Harriet: Whatever his name is, he just bosses and gives me the heaviest workload of the tribe just because of my off-hand freak-out of his six fingers.

Chris seems to want to speak, but he remains silence when Lawrence speaks.

Lawrence: Well, Rob certainly shouldn't have showed his bias, like that, but-

Harriet:(yelling) Yeah, you are right! He so definitely deserves to go home!

Chris: However, I think you also did something wrong, like I saw how you act in front of Rob, and you acted as if he is some kind of monster.

Harriet:(offended) How did I treat him as a monster? That feature honestly just scared me a bit when it first happened.

Chris: No, just how you treated him after, well, is a bit uncalled for in my opinion.

Lawrence:(nodding in agreement) Yeah, look Harriet, we would like to work with you here, just we would want to list out that situation, and our thoughts on how you behaved back then.

Harriet:(seems a bit annoyed) Alright, I guess, but can we please just get him out tonight? I target him not only because of this situation, but I think it breaks a strong pair in the game.

Lawrence: You mean him and Sophie right?

Harriet: Yeah, they were just kinda together all the time, they have an alliance, and the six-fingered freak thinks he is the leader of the tribe right now, we can just seize this chance and whack him out, and stop him from taking control.

Lawrence: Alright, then what happens if we actually execute this? We only have 3.

Harriet: I am gonna talk to Sabrina a bit, despite she did offend my lifestyle a bit, I still would talk to her.

Lawrence: Ok, that makes a lot of sense to me, but can you excuse me? Chris and I need to discuss it a bit.

Harriet nods as she leaves, Chris is seen confused, as Lawrence is seen considering.

"mahajanqa"

- Our second talk with Harriet today actually sparked up a lot of new insight, I originally thought Rob was the one disrupting the tribe's harmony, but looking back, Harriet might actually be the one disrupting it. Chris reminded me a very crucial detail, that is, Harriet didn't react well with Rob's six-fingers, and she still continued to cling on to it for the day, and I forgot that until he bought that up. So, it looks like the tribe harmony was a result from both, and maybe in terms of challenge, and personality, Harriet would be a better boot, she did mess up in the challenge and she is evidently annoyed by me. But, she raised a good point, Rob and Sophie are a close pair, and they might have Sabrina too, while Harriet has nothing. Long-term speaking, it might be better to keep Harriet for one vote, and boot Rob instead, but- I don't know, both moves might backfire on us, I need to discuss this with Chris as in-depth as possible.

Lawrence: Can you voice your opinion about that situation? I feel like you have something to say.

Chris:(nodding) Yeah, I do. Honestly, I really think we shouldn't go with her suggestion, I don't want to work with her after her turn moil, and I feel like we still should focus on booting the weaker people to function well as a tribe.

Lawrence nods and shakes his head at the same time.

Lawrence: I would agree with you that voting weaker people off is a way to play this game, but the strategic element is too, long-term. If we boot a person, and we ended up low in numbers, it would just cause me and you to be voted off back-to-back if Rob and Sophie are actually a pair that won't split up.

Chris: Well... that makes sense, just, I for some reason still think Harriet is the better choice, maybe?

Lawrence: Well, I understand if it is, you are trying to say Harriet's negativity is hurting us as an alliance too right? (Chris nods) Yeah, I would agree with you for that, we don't necessarily have to pull this stunt move tonight to be honest, I just hoped we could consider and go along with this move if it is the better move long-term.

Chris: Thinking aback, I just don't want to vote out the wrong person and it would cause our entire tribe to fall apart.

Lawrence; Make sense, I see your point.

Rob was seen walking over from a long distance.

Rob: Howdy gentleman!

Lawrence: Hey, so I assume you are here to talk about booting Harriet here, right?

Chris nods.

Rob: Yes, I obviously am.

Lawrence:(jokingly) Well, that one is predictable, right Chris?

Chris:(chuckling) Yup.

Rob; I honestly would like to keep you all on the same page, and boot Harriet as a group, she is obviously annoying people.

Lawrence: You mean the six-finger incident?

Rob:(raising his six fingers) Not just that, she turned away from Sabrina when Sabrina stated that she and Harriet have different lifestyle, and obviously, she openly said who was responsible for lost, she wasn't being considerate at all.

Chris nods.

Rob: So won't that be a better choice and see her annoying go home?

Chris is seen thinking as Lawrence speaks up.

Lawrence:(smiling) Yeah, sure it does. We will just talk about it a bit more.

Rob walks away.

"mahajanqa"

- Alright, I went and talked to Chris and Lawrence to confirm Harriet is going hone 5-1, and I thought they would be more than eager, at least when I talked about that, Chris looked like he wants to do that! But Lawrence is like, 'Oh no, let me think about that, we will come up with a decision' and that tells me he is manipulating Chris, and he may lead Chris away from voting out Harriet! Oh no, I need to do what I can to confirm Harriet leaving.

Sophie comes over to Chris as Chris is alone.

Sophie: Hey there, what's up?

Chris: Oh hi, do you want to come over here to talk about the vote?

Sophie: Yeah, you seems like you are stuck.

Chris: I kinda am, to be honest, but sorry, I am not telling who I am stuck between.

Sophie:(nodding) Of course, I am not trying to influence you in anyway, I just hope at the end of the day, you would think as a team.

Chris:(confused) What do you mean?

Sophie: Well, just at the early days of the game, it is crucial for us to stay strong as a tribe. Don't forget, even we are playing individually, we still want us to be able to function as a tribe, if we don't think for the tribe when booting people, then how are we going to win in the future? This is how I base my votes on.

Chris:(nods) Ok, thanks for your opinion.

Sophie smiles.

"mahajanqa"

- I have been told my Rob that he isn't sure where Lawrence and Chris's heads are at. Knowing this, I came immediately to Chris, because I know that Chris sorts of have a bond with me, as I confronted him earlier, and now is exactly when the bonds I made with him come into play. I talked to him, confronted him a little, I think he trust me, so, I planted the seed of voting out Harriet in his head by telling him we should play as atribe, and hopefully this would come into play, which I trust it would. (smiles)

Later, Sabrina and Harriet came and join the conversation.

Harriet: Alright, Sabrina, I am going to make this real fast as we all don't have much time.

Sabrina: Alright.

Harriet: Since Rob is being a jerk with the way he bosses me, and he is close with Sophie too, and we all know Sophie is very strategic right?

Sabrina: Yeah, she seems to be the type of people who thinks long-term.

Lawrence: So, us 4 would gang together and vote out Rob tonight.

Harriet: You ok with that, Sabrina?

Sabrina: Yah.

Harriet leaves.

"mahajanqa"

- (smiling) I am glad that things are finally pulling together. Originally, I am a bit uncertain of what would happen to me. Now, even if Sophie and that six-fingered freak vote me, the six-fingered freak would be slammed out 4-2. That six-fingered freak want to go ahead and boss at me for no reason? Sorry man, it is not going to happen is 35 years! (laughs)

Lawrence: Alright Sabrina, do you truly think it would be the best move to vote out Rob tonight? This is what Chris and I are trying to discuss.

Sabrina: Well... I don't really know, to be honest. I want to say this to you guys but I think voting Rob is not the good move, I rather to hold this to later.

Chris:(confused) Can you like, explain?

Sabrina: Since she plays so hard, I think if we boot Rob, she would play hard and work with Harriet, and she is the person who would recover fast, and seems more likely to find the idol. If we boot Sophie, I feel like Rob had no choice but to stick with us, as there is no way in hell Rob would work with Harriet.

Lawrence:(surprised) You want to vote out Sophie?

Sabrina:(shakes head) No, I just feel like if we want to make a move against those two, we would want to knock Sophie out for good at that same tribal, but since that is not an option, it may be better to let Rob and Sophie to slide for one round, and let them think I am still with him.

Chris: Well...

Lawrence: I disagree here, I think it would be better to make a move faster, I feel like by booting Rob, Sophie would lose power immediately, even she would work with Harriet, that is by no means going to help if us three are together. I feel like if we keep Rob, Sophie would might figure things out regardless, and I rather face off against Harriet than Rob.

Sabrina: Nah, I rather to not alert Sophie.

Lawrence: But Rob is a stronger player than Harriet, and we can make Sophie lose her ally in one go, why not go for it? (sighs) We are not going to agree with this right?

Sabrina: Yeah, no... So we are now 1-1, Chris, how about you make a decision?

Lawrence and Sabrina look at Chris.

Chris: Well...

The camera shows the castaways ready for Tribal Council.

"mahajanqa"

- I don't really know what to do right now. Like I have always been a person who gets afraid in new environments, like I am afraid of upsetting people, and now I already have a heavy choice in my hands, like I am allied with Lawrence, and tonight, Sabrina is going to be in a pact with us, but they can't agree with who to vote for, so of course I am the one to make the choice. (sighs) I can either choose Harriet or Rob, but who is the better option? Like Harriet annoys me the way she blamed me, but I understood why she did that. My friends told me to be strategic before the game start, so now I am trying to be strategic a bit, if Rob and Sophie are a tight duel, it may be better to split'em up right now, but then Sophie also mentioned a good point, ultimately in the first days of the game, you would want to strengthen your tribe, and booting Harriet ensures that to be honest.But is it better to keep the tribe strong or spit a tight duel and ensure my strategic game? I don't really know!

The camera shows Tribal Council.

Author Notes
The episode's title is said by Sabrina Finley referring to them being the first tribe to lose.