Something Cruel Is About to Happen... Real Soon

Something Cruel Is About to Happen... Real Soon is the season premiere of .
==Story==
===Day 1===
Paddling on a canoe across Fijian waters, nineteen strangers docked on an island to begin the game. Before the castaways make it to the beach, Jeff Probst tells the audience that a castaway (Mellisa McNulty) withdrew before the season began. Not divided into tribes yet, the castaways did not know what to expect, but the survivors did introductions to each other anyways. During the get-to-know, Rocky was called out for looking like Hollywood actor , and went by the name "Rocky."
The castaways explored the island, and they found their water source and several fruit-bearing trees. Cassandra found herself to be out of her element, opening coconuts with Yau-Man, who had outdoor experience.
Edgardo and Anthony share insights about what would become of having all nineteen castaways on one island, without any further information, not even meeting Jeff Probst when they should have.
As the survivors continued exploring the island, Jeff, who was aboard a plane, dropped a crate for them to collect. The younger men of the group tried prying the box open, until Yau-Man pounded the crate on a rock by its corners. The crate contained flint, illustrations for a shelter, a kitchen, a latrine and a kitchen table, and a map to the pre-cut lumber and tools needed for their task.
The men found the lumber and tools for the shelter, a toilet seat, a pot, a grill, and a bag of rice. Sylvia, an architect by profession, led the charge in making the shelter, and her demeanor started grating on others. The girls took charge of fire-making. Meanwhile, Edgardo noticed that some were already walking in several groups, which translated to him as building alliances.
While carrying more of their roof, Erica and Jessica built an alliance but agreed to have a guy on their group. As the sun set, Sylvia was not contented at the pace they were going with the still-incomplete shelter. Unfortunately for the survivors, rains fell on their roofless shelter.
===Day 2===
Learning from last night's rainfall, the castaways immediately went to work and finished their shelter. Dreamz compared the game to his life experiences, being homeless for some time. He began doing comedic spiels after a long day's work.
At night, Dreamz' playfulness turned from infectious to annoying, as some others got irritated by his endless talking. Lilliana called him out, but instead of stopping, he continued to blab sporadically, breaking Rocky's fuse, prompting him to confront Dreamz. Instead of sleeping in the cave, Rocky left the cave and chose to sleep on the boat.
===Day 3===
The nineteen castaways finally meet Jeff Probst for their first Immunity Challenge. Jeff asked who led the building of the shelter, where the castaways unanimously saw Sylvia as the leader in the said task. In a twist, Jeff revealed that Sylvia will divide the eighteen castaways into two tribes of nine. Sylvia, not being on a tribe, was immune and sent to , where she will stay until after Tribal Council, and join the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge to even up the tribes at nine members each. Before Sylvia left, however, Jeff gave her information regarding the Hidden Immunity Idol. Sylvia's order of selection was in alternating between Moto and Ravu. Her selection order was as follows:
									
									
After explaining the mechanics of the Immunity Challenge, Jeff revealed that the tribe that wins the challenge would not only win immunity, but also the right to stay on the camp all nineteen players built, plus with additional amenities that were unusual in the game of Survivor: A couch, goblets, cutlery, and a shower head. The losing tribe would relocate to a new beach with only a pot and a machete.
Moto gained an early lead as Stacy and Lisi made quick work with untying their knots and releasing their puzzle bags. Ravu's Jessica fumbled with her knots, prompting Michelle to replace her. Ravu stole the lead when Moto crashed on a pole, but lost it at the puzzle portion. As Mookie, Michelle, Jessica, and Rita struggled for Ravu, Dreamz, Alex, Lisi, and Stacy managed to solve all three puzzles, found their knife and raised their flag first, winning themselves the high-stakes challenge. Not only was Ravu set to go to Tribal Council, but they were also sent to live in hardship and destitution.
The members of Moto, now the sole owners of the camp, were surprised to see their shelter outfitted with bed and linens.
==Challenges==
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Chariots of MireTwo players ride a chariot as the other seven pull them along a 400-meter course, stopping to untie three hanging bags. At the end, someone grabs a tribe flag, and everyone comes back to the start, where four players open the bags and use the pieces inside to assemble three puzzles, revealing a combination for a spinning wheel with compartments containing bundles of fabric. The tribes will then follow the combination correctly to find a knife, and chop a rope to raise a flag.Reward: The right to live in the luxurious shelter all 19 castaways built. The losing tribe will have to move to a new beach.Winner: 
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
Jessica's and Yau-Man's confessionals were aired.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
								
									
==Trivia==
*Unlike the premieres of and , this season premiered on its normal Thursday date instead of airing after . Instead, CBS aired a new episode of .
*This is the first and only season premiere to begin with an odd number of castaways.
**The intended 20th contestant, Mellisa McNulty, was briefly mentioned, albeit not by name. She quit minutes prior to the game starting due to panic attacks.
*This is the second season premiere where Jeff did not meet the cast on Day 1, after . It would happen again in .
*The title of the episode is said by Alex Angarita about the lack of instructions given by production.
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Fiji Episodes
Category:Season Premieres
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
Category:Survivor: Fiji