Quest for Food

Quest for Food is the third episode of .
==Story==
===Day 7===
The episode started with the Tagi tribe making another attempt to catch fish. Sean complained in a confessional that there could be no fish thriving in the ocean at all, while Sue expressed her concern about their nearly empty stock of ready-to-eat canned meals.
Later, Sue, Stacey, and Kelly were still trying to fish, but still to no avail. Kelly revealed to Sue and Stacey that she was getting fed up with Rudy's sarcastic take on their failed fishing expeditions.
In a confessional, Sue revealed that she wanted to vote Stacey out for being the weakest. It also seemed that Stacey felt that Sue might betray her when she saw that Sue wasn't ready to commit to an alliance between them.
At Pagong, while collecting tapioca for food, Gretchen, Colleen, and Greg stumbled upon a mud volcano and decided to go play in it instead.
They decided to return to camp, fully muddied as they divulged the rest of their tribe about their discovery. In the end, Pagong ended up having a mud bath, being a more cohesive tribe than when B.B. was still around.
Back at Tagi, Rudy was surprised when he saw Dirk in the middle of the woods, reading his bible (his luxury item).
Dirk then started preaching to his tribemates, secretly irking Sue.
Stacey later noticed that Dirk liked Kelly and told her about it, but Kelly was not moved by that, because she was dating someone back home. Dirk expressed his true feelings to Kelly, but said that he will not cross the line.
Dirk then revealed to the tribe that he was a virgin, but Sue comically taunted him to have sex. In their confessionals, Kelly and Richard praised Dirk for his sexual abstinence.
Dirk revealed in his confessional that he despises homosexual people and premarital sex, leading to a conflict with gay Richard.
Both tribes received Tree Mail informing them of their upcoming Reward Challenge which they guessed would involve diving underwater. Over at Pagong, Gervase was dreading the challenge due to not being good at swimming.
The tribes met Jeff at the Sand Spit, where they competed for reward. It was a close race, but Tagi ended up going back to camp with their treasure chest filled with fishing gear.
===Day 8===
Richard put Tagi's reward to use. Sean belittled him, and still used his "Superpole 2000" with Dirk and went to the sea, insisting that his "invention" was still more effective.
In the end, Rich ended up victorious when he approached Dirk and Sean's raft with a stingray and eventually caught more fish, while Sean and Dirk stayed empty-handed.
After this, Tagi finally enjoyed a protein meal.
===Day 9===
At Pagong, Joel and Colleen went on fishing using their old fish cage, but to no avail, resorting them to catch rats, with Greg making a contraption to catch them. Initially, Gervase and Ramona weren't too excited to eat the rodents, but eventually, they got used to them and decided to catch more.
Both tribes received Tree Mail informing them of their upcoming Immunity Challenge. The note informed them that they had to build a stretcher that would be able to carry a tribemate. Both tribes started constructing the stretchers and made practice runs.
At the Immunity Challenge, Pagong emerged victorious, thus sending Tagi back to Tribal Council. Back at Tagi camp, the vote was torn between the eldest member Rudy and the deemed weakest tribemate Stacey.
In a rainy Tribal Council, Jeff abruptly ended the conversation as the rain started to get too strong. In the end, Rudy was deemed more valuable for his survival knowledge from his military background, and Stacey was eliminated, 5-2.
After the vote, Jeff allowed Tagi to stay at Tribal Council until the rain subsided.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Reward=Challenge: Treasure ChestA treasure chest is submerged 150 yards off the Sand Spit. Each tribe must swim out to the treasure chest. Once the entire tribe has arrived, they must dive down and work as a group to drag the chest along the ocean bottom back to shore. The first tribe to haul their chest ashore and open it wins.Reward: The winning tribe will bring their treasure chest to camp. The chest contains fishing supplies (mask, snorkel, spear, flippers, and bait).Winner: |-|Immunity=Challenge: Rescue MissionBefore the challenge, both tribes received Tree Mail where they were instructed to make a stretcher and pick one tribemate (preferably the smallest or lightest) that will be lying on it. They are to choose "leaders" as well. Simulating a real plane crash, the smallest members from both tribes (pretending to be plane crash survivors) will be sent to the middle of the jungle and harnessed into a parachute dangling from a tree. The leaders will then guide the other tribe members to "rescue" the "survivor" and proceed to the "first aid tent." The first tribe to reach it wins Immunity.Winner: </tabber>
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
Susan and Dirk were shown writing Stacey's name on the parchment. Rudy and Kelly did not say anything when they voted. Richard and Dirk's confessionals appeared in the DVD version.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
							
							
==Trivia==
===Behind the Scenes===
* In February 2001, Stacey filed a lawsuit, claiming producers interfered in the process of the game by persuading two members of her tribe (Dirk and Sean) to vote her out instead of Rudy. This was the first legal problem Survivor had faced. The case was settled out of court.http://www.medialifemagazine.com:8080/news2001/feb01/feb05/5_fri/news1friday.html
===Other===
* Though Stacey's torch was already extinguished because of the heavy rain, Jeff still placed the snuffer on top of Stacey's torch for the sake of formality.
* This episode had the very first storm in Survivor history and was also the first Tribal Council to be held in the rain.
* This was the only time that the castaways were allowed to stay at Tribal Council to wait until the rain subsided. Tagi returned to camp the next morning.
* All the decorative torches including the fire pit and the contestants' torches were extinguished because of the heavy rain. All the Tagi members have flashlights beneath them to increase visibility.
* This is the first episode in which a castaway's final words took place at daytime (because of the storm).
* Crew members can be seen in the background of the Reward Challenge.
* In this episode's Tribal Council, a conch shell was used by the castaways to pass around and take turns talking. This would end up being the first and only time the shell is used as Jeff disapproved of this method of moderating Tribal Council because he felt that he didn't have anything to do other than sit and listen.
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Borneo Episodes
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
Category:Survivor: Borneo