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This ship is cutting through the remote waters of the South Pacific, heading to

the Cook Islands, where these strangers have volunteered to be marooned for the

next 39 days.

Stand by, guys.

There. is their story you

are witnessing 20 americans begin an adventure that will

forever change their lives they've been given two minutes to salvage whatever

they can off this boat you need to catch that chicken that is food you are

going to want there are various items to help them hawaiian swing

firewood, fish traps, bananas, lanterns, but not enough to go around. They're

going to have to work together quickly or they'll be left without.

They have been divided into four very unique tribes, Asian -Americans.

It is a social experiment like never before.

Each tribe will live on their own island.

For the next 39 days, they will be abandoned and left to fend for

But this is more than just a test of survival skill.

This is also a test of social skill.

Out here, it's the impressions you make on the other castaways that determine

your fate.

Let's go!

30 seconds!

Put the ticket!

Forget about the ticket! Let's go!

Come on, throw the ticket!

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

elements and each other.

Get overboard!

Time is up!

Only one will remain to claim the million -dollar prize.

39 days, 20 people, one survivor.

My first thought when I saw the tribes were split right along racial lines was,

oh God, this is going to be hard.

Just because I feel like as a people that have the same ethnicity, maybe

kind of clash on things.

I can care less about divisions by ethnicity.

When it comes to surviving, it's a human effort.

I honestly was stunned.

I mean, this is crazy.

I mean, on one hand, I think it's a great opportunity because I think it's

wonderful that there's more minorities.

At the same time, I'm a little bit worried that it might play out to

and stereotypes.

So, I don't know. It'll be interesting to see how things play out.

Different ethnic group.

I mean, is that kosher?

I don't know.

But it's a cool social experiment, I think.

I don't know about you, but I feel like this is ass back.

Our parents got out of Iraq, at least my parents did, and paddled their way away

from an island just so I could have a good life. And here I am paddling back

an island.

Where are you from?

Where are your parents from?

Dominican Republic.

When the tribes were divided, I thought, what an advantage for the Hispanics.

The Hispanics all come from Caribbean or South American background to where

we're used to being in this tropical setting.

This is a unique opportunity to represent our community in a positive

mean, we just show that we work hard and we play hard. I think we're going to go

pretty far.

Building stuff, it should be the shelter, plus I know how to make a

You want the machete? Well, no, first I'll just explain it to you, and then

we'll all know. We'll all be on the same page. We'll all have the blueprint.

Billy said that he can chop things down and make a hut and make a toilet.

I was really fired up, you know.

I didn't want to judge him on his appearance. I mean, he's out of shape.

It was kind of obvious to me just from the way Billy cut the bamboo that he

didn't really know exactly what he was doing.

Look. Boom. Perfect.

All right. I had to kind of take over and build the shelter.

I'm kind of trying to guide things without trying to step into a position

being a leader because I do not want that to happen.

You guys want some coconuts?

Oh, you want to climb it?

Try that.

Oh, my God.

When Ozzy went up the tree, it was a straight picture right out of the Jungle

Book. All I thought was Mowgli going up the tree. Let's go.

Okay, go ahead.

I mean, he may not be very big, but he's an athlete, and he's somebody who'd be

pretty good at this game. Really good job, buddy.

Good job, dude.

I think we're all going to be able to work as a team, and I think that we have

the strongest tribe.

out of anybody else, as long as we stay fed and happy with each other, then

we're going to be able to stay really strong.

I'm not a first -generation American.

I'm not even an immigrant.

I'm a refugee.

I came after the Vietnam War as a refugee. I'm a survivor in that way.

I've survived the Vietnam War. I can survive this.

The Puka tribe is actually an advantage.

We fly under the radar.

Nobody suspects these little people with slanted eyes to see anything or to be

strong enough to do anything.

Maybe, don't even speak English.

People always underestimate the Asian.

What's your name?

Yul. I'm Cowboy. Brad.

Brad. Becky.

My boy. Jenny.

Jenny. Okay, we got time to get to know each other. Jenny. Our tribe, Puka, is

comprised of five Asians.

I'm Filipino.

Yul is Korean.

Becky is Korean.

Brad is American.

Filipino, Hawaiian, and cowboy is Vietnamese.

We're a mixed group ourselves, you know, within the Asian community.

My grandmother's not even shopping in this.

You know, I was in Vietnam as a monk.

He lived for many years in coconut only.

I have a feeling you're going to be telling a lot of stories tonight.

I guess just for me, I'm just, the person I'm having the most difficulty

cowboy because I sense a little bit of a schism there.

I think there's some degree of a generational gap.

My biggest concern being on the all -Asian side is I've never been accepted

the Asian community.

Take one look at me.

I don't look educated. I don't fit the stereotype, hardworking, Mr. Engineers

with jacket, suit and tie, lift, drive nice cars.

I just don't fit the stereotype.

I belong in a hippie community, Steph.

It's a very dangerous position for me to be in.

The accommodations are lovely.

Here we are.

I guess this is where we're going to make our setup. Come on, let's put our

hands together.

And we will continue to make it.

Day one to the end. To the final end.

Absolutely. Because y 'all know what this is about, right? Yeah, we have a

We have a plan.

We have a plan.

Woo!

I believe we all feel the pressure to represent, and that just means it's just

being able to represent us, our people, the African -American culture.

Let's get fireworks.

One person gets fireworks, one person gets bamboo, and the other person gets a

bomb. Yeah, I'll get the bomb.

It makes me feel like because we are divided by race, now we have to step up

the plate and show that, yes, black people do swim. Yes, black people do

how to get on a boat and paddle.

I mean, we don't just run tracks.

We almost got us a house.

With our

group. It has nothing to do with race. We are just a bunch

of city kids. This couldn't cut cotton.

We're going to have to sharpen it. It's not that we are black. We're just city

slickers thrown into the bareness of life.

I would lay one here, lay one here, lay one here, and just put palms over it and

call it a night.

That's what I would do, but it's just y 'all. We just got here. We're trying to

assemble shelter.

It's going all right, but, you know.

Like people don't like to be told what to do. And we have a bunch of headstrong

people around here. Me being one of them, I will say.

I will not. No, this is not going to work. We got that part. So we want to go

like this.

Yeah. That's one time to figure out his vision.

My vision was.

I had a dream.

Wake up. People means leader and warrior.

I do bring some leadership and I've been able to pull this group.

attention into the focus of what needs to be done and they've been able to

respond let's get some palms up girls i want to stay focused for what we had to

do and i think i accomplished that liking this already it may have set a

too and if it did i hope it you know was positive for them as much as it was for

me pretty impressive this is low income housing

The tribes were obviously divided by ethnicity, but the issue is what kind of

people you have in your tribe and what kind of personalities and how you get

along with them.

It is going to be a true social experiment. It's going to be fascinating

how it plays out. But I don't believe that just because these groups have the

cultural similarity that that will make them more specifically cohesive.

This is Survivor. Somebody's going to win a million dollars, and they're going

to have to cut the throat of the guy next to them at some point.

Great haul.

As soon as we got to the island, we were just pulling it all in, excited about

all the treasure that we got. We seem to have scored with two machetes and two

flings and two chickens.

Make sure those chickens aren't going to get out.

I did grab a chicken. The chicken was belonging to the green team. I didn't

know. I saw a chicken. I grabbed the chicken because the chicken was free.

Y 'all kicked ass today.

Yeah, can we just say that for one second? I think we should have a coconut

toast to our victory.

Let's do that.

Hey. Sure. How cool is this? The whitey.

The whitey. I was going to say a mariponga.

We are the Caucasian group. We've got, like, a jock, and then we've got the

sorority type.

You've got the study type, you know. You've got the family man, and then

got me, who's kind of like the alternative option.

Tell me your name.

Jessica, but my friends call me Flicka.

Flicka, my friend Flicka. That's easy.

My friend Flicka. I've never seen that flick.

No!

I got a chicken in here. Guys, come around here.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Okay, okay.

It's around this chicken.

The chicken right here.

Okay, wait, wait, don't stop.

Did you get him?

No, he moved too fast.

I went to pick up the gun and they ran out.

I can't even believe it.

One second mistake cost us the chicken. The woods ate the chickens. They're in

there. And now I hear them. I scream at them.

So I'm not happy right now with Flickr. I can forgive her, right? But I don't

have to forgive her. She screwed up my chicken.

I don't know what they're all excited about.

I guess they found the water.

That's something very nice.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. How's it going, Mama? Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Parasitic paradise.

A water barrel is full of parasites, and it's going to be dirty, but a lot of

water is in there. So when we have some fire to boil the water that we have, no

one has to worry about getting dehydrated.

Rebecca's cool.

Rebecca's really cool. We're both from New York, so that already has a little

immediate sense of familiarity.

She's just smart, athletic.

You know, I feel like we could work really well together.

All right. Good job, Rebecca.

There we go, babe. I feel that Rebecca and Sandra are much closer than I could

be to either of them. I got water.

I got water. I'm so proud of you.

They go off together a lot. They're always talking, just the two of them.

So that's just something that I'm watching. I'm keeping my eyes on it,

the pulse on it. Did y 'all bring back some water?

No, because we haven't had any fire yet.

We will work on fire. We're not going to give up.

Okay.

Now I'm going to focus my energy right into the wood.

Yeah.

Okay, everybody focus, okay?

Focus on what we're doing.

Are you focused? Yeah. Come on, baby. Oh, yeah.

Oh, take a break.

All right.

Can I do it? Yeah. It's all you.

Building houses, making fire.

In the name of the Lord.

Thank you.

You have to take a little break.

And we're, we've got too much to do. I understand we're all low on fuel right

now. But he is not one to stay focused at all.

You want something, right? Sometimes you just have to do something.

I need a break!

This is very frustrating.

But I'm not going to say anything more to him right now because I'm in a state

of cessation.

I'll give lunch break.

It's getting cold out here. Pity the kids. Maybe I'll get cold. I'm freaking

cold. Yeah.

Should we go snuggle at home? Should we try it?

Can we just sleep closer? It wouldn't be so cold.

I get really cold at night.

And I've been sleeping next to Adam. I mean, he's the biggest guy out here. And

he's a good wind walker.

Okay. All right. All right. We're all spooning the same way now.

It's just going to work.

This is officially a cutter huddle.

We need to all slide in. It's cold.

Yeah, slide this way.

Adam's an attractive guy. I mean, he's got a good -looking face. You know, he's

fit. I mean, of course Adam's a good -looking guy.

Candace is on fire.

I'm drunk. You're so drunk. No, you're drunk right now. It does make the island

a little more bearable to have a couple good -looking girls, great -looking

girls. I'm attracted to Candace a lot.

It doesn't matter. It's still warm.

Really? Yeah.

Body heat is the best thing, by far.

Adam wants to be the big, strong man and take care of Candace. She's like a

sweet little girl, and they're snuggling, and, you know, I don't know.

Romance is in the air.

With a headache.

Like right here. It's from being seasick all day. Okay. Sit down. Sit down. Sit

on.

Brad's problem was he didn't have the normal headache. In Vietnamese, we call

a bad wind.

It's causing him this, and that results in a headache.

Okay, what I'm going to do is I'm going to pull this wind out of you, this bad

wind.

It's not a regular migraine on one side or in the back.

It's usually a sinus headache near the front.

And that's an indicator of the bad wind.

You got it.

You got to touch a bad wind.

It's not real bad, but it is not great.

There. You feel better now. Your headache will be gone in a few minutes.

That will go away in a day. It will fade away.

That's called the indicator.

I just pulled it out of you. That's how bad you have it in you.

It's not bad. No.

Then I put an indicator here. By pulling it out, I can see how bad he has it. I

told him when it's completely gone, your body will be fully healed.

What? And he did it to your face? Yeah.

It looks like it burned.

The others, the Asian -American, they were born in America. They've lost

They were not born in the old country. A lot of this stuff was people don't have

antibiotics, so they have to figure out other ways to do it, to get by.

You all right?

Yeah.

I had a headache, and he got rid of it, actually.

He was, like, squeezing your forehead? He was, like, squeezing my forehead.

I will be truthfully honest with you.

I did have a headache. I don't have a headache anymore.

But I do have a red dot on my forehead.

Yeah, you don't have a headache. I don't have a headache anymore. You have this

red line down there. That's all right.

Kavli is an interesting guy.

When I first met him, I just thought, kind of wrote him off as a crazy kook.

in between the random kind of any nonsense, there's actually, like, gems

nuggets of information that are actually useful.

The ones that are going to go away.

When you completely heal.

We're going to a challenge today that's both immunity and reward.

I'd like to see us win, but if we lose, it's not the end of the world.

It's the beginning of the game.

Tell me about the marooning. I want to find out about the chickens. Yul, I saw

you dive in for one chicken. Did you make it back to camp with it? No.

I got the chicken out of the water. I handed it off to a tribe mate, and next

thing I see is someone else from another team running around with my chicken.

What? Who took the chicken? Where is that fellow?

I think you know.

Jonathan? Did I?

I had a chicken, but I don't know. You know, I mean, honestly, it was so hectic

that I just grabbed the chicken.

Okay,

you ready to get to your first challenge?

Yeah.

Here's how it works. On my go, you're going to race to assemble a puzzle boat.

Once the boat is assembled, use seven braces to hold the boat together.

You'll then paddle out and retrieve fire in the form of a torch.

When you get back to shore, you will take those seven braces, race back to

starting mat, where you will find four more puzzles in the form of north,

east, and west.

Once you've completed those, take the braces, use them as rungs to build a

ladder. Place the compass points in their appropriate spot, get to the top.

First three tribes to get all their tribe members to the top and light their

fire barrel wins.

Want to know what you're playing for?

Yeah.

First three tribes fire in the form of flint.

As a bonus, the tribe who finishes first gets a fire -making kit.

A lot of kindling, waterproof matches, kerosene. You can't get a fire going

that. You need to go home.

Most importantly, you're playing for what in this game? Immunity.

The immunity idol is in three pieces because the first three tribes to finish

win immunity. Losing tribe, you get nothing but a date with me and the first

person will be voted out.

There is one other twist to this challenge.

The details are here in this note.

We'll save it until after the challenge and then I'll reveal it.

Okay, for reward and immunity.

Survivors ready?

Go!

These boats are puzzled.

They only go together one way.

Hookah off to a good start.

Bring it over here, you guys. Bring it over here and do it from here.

I, too, getting their boats together.

No, the little pink.

The little pink. Geeky's having a terrible time.

Rero. Getting closer.

I need three right there.

I2 freaking on their braces. Very close.

Hookah getting very close.

I2 has their boat together.

Geeky still having trouble.

I2 is first in the water heading out to their torch.

Hookah has their boat together.

I2 with a big lead.

Trash Tonga's heading out to their torch.

Hickey, work together.

I -2, first to their torch.

Christina in the front.

Puka right behind.

I -2 heading back.

Puka now has their fire. They're coming back.

Taro cannot get it together with their paddling.

Kiki not even heading out yet.

Let's go!

Aiko first back.

Hookah gaining some ground.

Taro has their torch. They're coming back.

Hookah's at the shore.

Kiki has it together finally. Heading out to their torch.

They're heading up.

They're struggling with their paddling. Still in the water, losing a lot of

time.

Billy really slowing IQ down.

Hookah catching up.

IQ working on their puzzle. Hookah working on their puzzle.

You're looking for four symbols.

N -S -E -W.

Ikki, have their torch. They're coming back.

They're still in this challenge.

Rero coming back. They're heading to the puzzle.

We're neck and neck, Buka and Aiku.

We got it, baby.

Jonathan and Adam working the puzzle for Rero.

Ikki, getting back in this challenge.

Buka, you're good.

Hookah solved all four puzzles. They're heading up.

Peaky, you're in this thing. Let's go.

I2 has it. They've got all four puzzles.

I2 gaining on hookah.

Let's get first now.

Hookah getting closer.

I2 getting closer.

We got it together.

I2 wins split and immunity.

One spot left.

We got it.

Pinky, you are back in this challenge.

Guerrero having a terrible time with their puzzle. Lost a lot of time.

Don't panic. Don't panic.

Pooka, I, too.

In addition, Pooka, because you won the challenge, fire -making kit, the more

important part of this, immunity.

Rero, safe from tribal council.

I, too. You guys are safe from tribal council.

Pooka, because you won, you get the head of the idol.

Peaky tribe, no fire for you, no immunity.

Date with me at tribal council, somebody going home.

There is one last twist to this challenge.

I showed you the note beforehand. I'll now read it.

The losing tribe will choose one person from any of the other three tribes to go

to Exile Island.

That's what I'm talking about.

Here's what that means.

You're going to choose one person from one of these other three tribes. That

person will leave here right now and spend two nights on Exile Island.

It is a big disadvantage to be separated from your tribe this early in the game.

Exile Island is no picnic.

There's one bag of water out there. You will also have a machete, a flint, and a

pot. The silver lining to Exile Island is hidden somewhere on the island is an

immunity idol. That will protect you at Tribal Council.

It's good up through the final four.

When somebody finds it, you can keep that information to yourself. You can

it with whoever you want. You can even assign that immunity and give it to

somebody else.

Each time somebody's sent to Exile Island, you will get a clue as to the

whereabouts of the idol.

Kiki, who's it going to be?

All

right,

back on your mat.

Before you tell me who it is, it was interesting to note that the two guys

out here and made the decision, and the women stayed back.

Well, they seem like they've taken control over it.

Okay.

Who's going to Exile Island?

We don't know his name, but we can point him out to you. We think Karma's a

bizzle, so my chicken man over here.

Jonathan, you're going to Exile Island. Grab your stuff.

Take this with you.

Here's your first clue as to the whereabout of the idol.

Okay, Tiki, sadly, one of the five of you will be the first person voted out

this game. I'll see you guys at Tribal Council.

Everybody can head back to their camp.

I think it was because I took the Asian guy's chicken that the African -American

guy chose me. That's all they said.

I was so shocked by what happened. I didn't even have a comeback.

To make a top grade, stand in a line, the southern aisle vanishes, a salvation

you will find.

The clue that they gave me to find the idol. I took that to mean to make the

grade was an A or an A+.

So I started digging.

Made sense to me, but I just haven't found it yet.

I'm cold, miserable, shivering, missing my wife and kids.

Exile Island is really terrible.

You guys can work on the fire. We'll continue working on the bedding.

Tonight is the first.

Tribal council and our tribe, the Manahiki tribe, have to vote someone out

the tribe.

There's no one to blame.

If

they're

in threes, they're going to be trying to vote one of us.

They're stupid if they do that. They're stupid.

So we've got to pull one of them in.

You see, I don't know. You never know with all these sisters. We don't need no

men. We can do it all ourselves.

They both know that they're on Thin Ice. They just don't know. Which one doesn't

know? But I think they have a totally idea of the fact that he's on Thin Ice.

It's going to be an interesting dynamic now.

I already feel the tension.

The ladies and I are thinking that who might be the right person to vote out at

this time because we've had a hard time kind of establishing leadership and no

one's been working in unison.

We think that he plays a major role in that, and it might be easier for us to

work as a team without him.

They may think that they can get away with losing me or you or me.

It ain't going to work. I know.

They can't even make fire. They can't even build a hut, dude.

I'm telling you.

Sandra and Becca are tight. Right, right.

They're not going to turn on one another. I got that sense. I got that.

So we have to go on Stephanie and get her to vote for Sandra. Right.

We know that it's going to eventually come down to a woman -man thing.

So my plan and Nate's plan was to make an ally with Stephanie.

If y 'all lose me tonight and y 'all lose another competition, y 'all team up

and y 'all will lose Nate.

And it's just three girls.

You're out.

Why do you say that?

Because them two are tight.

Because them two are like peas in a pod.

You have to break that up.

Leku actually came to me trying to persuade me to align myself with him and

and to vote Sondra out.

We got to have you.

Okay. Now, do you want to make an award with a bunch of people who got aligned

based on where they're from or somebody that knows how to survive in this

environment or that can bring on some fire?

We don't have any fire yet, though.

That's all right. When I build a fire, I better keep it going.

Because if y 'all boot me out, there ain't going to be no more fire.

This ain't a glamour walk. This is about survival. This is the real things about

getting down.

You feel what I'm saying? I do.

Okay? I know that my vote is a swing vote.

You know, you've got Nate and Sekou.

They're the men on one side.

You've got Sondra and you've got Rebecca, the women on the other side.

They're very close.

The guys are very close.

So, of course, I'm the swing vote.

Just keep the spirit, keep the love going.

I'm glad that y 'all are on my side, man.

And I know we were made a tremendous game by building a fire. But remember,

there's a fire in all of us, okay?

All right.

And we need everybody.

So it's going to be sad to say goodbye to somebody tonight. It's going to be a

little difficult.

Behind each of you is a torch. Go ahead and grab a torch.

Approach the flame and get fire.

This is part of the ritual of Tribal Council because in this game, fire

represents your life.

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

you. Take a seat.

Well, welcome to your first Tribal Council. It goes without saying.

not the place you wanted to be.

So catch me up. Rebecca, did anybody step up right away as a leader?

Yeah, Sekou definitely stepped up as a leader and tried to help structurally

sound shelter for us. He seemed at the time to know the best and the quickest

way to possibly get it together.

Sekou, did you have a plan to step up as a leader, or did you look at the tribe

and say, I think I'm probably the best guy for the job?

I just took whatever I knew and started putting that into effect.

And I think everybody just gravitated towards it.

I didn't say, okay, I'm running things. I think it kind of ended up that way,

but we worked together well.

So, Nate, you're starting to get to know everybody.

What's the feeling of this tribe?

We have beautiful spirit.

We are like a little family. Regardless of what happens tonight, this crew right

here, I mean, they're real beautiful people.

How do tribes divided ethnically change the game?

Or does it? It does.

Why is it so funny?

Because it is.

I don't know. It's just something you wouldn't expect. You're like, okay,

going to have to represent for our people because we're put under the light

that. So let's see what we can do.

So, Sandra, with only five people, the divisions and how people pair up becomes

very important.

What did you notice?

I noticed right off the bat, well, Rebecca and I had kind of bonded, and

realized that the two guys had bonded. And of course, you know, Stephanie was a

part of it. It wasn't like she was excluded, but I think we kind of sensed

other's vibe already.

So Stephanie, there's two pairs that are bonded, and you're not a part of either

one of those groups.

Naturally, women are going to stick together.

And the men will naturally bond together. That's just natural.

But I'm the odd man out. That's kind of strange.

And I kind of wondered about that, but we're all still together.

Rebecca, only three days.

Somebody's going home tonight. So what do you do in terms of your vote? What

you looking at in this tribe?

You look at where we're weak and what we did wrong over the last three days and

hope that in voting that will somehow be corrected.

Well, unfortunately, one of the five of you will have the distinction of being

the first person voted out. It is time to vote. Sekou, you're up.

You are our weakest link.

Sweet man, we just bought this with the right move.

Go tally the votes.

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.

First vote.

Sandra.

Say who?

One vote, Sandra.

One vote Sekou.

Sundra. It's two votes Sundra. One vote Sekou.

Sekou. We're tied. Two votes Sekou. Two votes Sundra.

One vote left.

First person voted out of Survivor, Cook Islands.

Sekou. You need to bring me a torch.

Sekou, your tribe has spoken.

Time for you to go.

If what you said tonight is true and you just voted out your weakest link, then

you should go back to camp a stronger, more organized tribe. Good news is,

because you've been to tribal council, you now have fire.

Grab your torches.

Head on back to camp.

Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.

Next time on Survivor. What do you call a Vietnamese with three dogs? Cowboys

jokes get no laughs.

A joke is a joke, right? No, it's not.

I don't worry about what other people think.

And Billy slacking drives I -2 to drastic measures.

Billy's just dead weight.

Ozzie really wants to throw the challenge.

But I'm thinking this isn't right.

I believe a good leader is one who can instill some guidance.

And I'm sure that I had a real strong effect with my tribe. I have no doubt

about that. They saw that I was a real strong leader.

Well, guess what? They're going to be a really strong tribe, and I'm proud of

that. And my torch may be out, but my flame is still burning.