Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules

Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules is the season premiere of .
==Story==
===Day 1===
Aboard a truck, eighteen new castaways were marooned on a Samoan island for a shot at a million dollars. Still not divided into tribes, the castaways are oblivious to the big surprise of the season—that not only they will be split into tribes defined by sex, the two tribes would live in one encampment. As Jeff Probst greeted them, the new contestants were informed that they would be divided into tribes according to gender, to Colton's dismay. The tribes were the all-male Manono (wearing orange) and the all-female Salani tribe (wearing blue). Jeff further informed them that while hidden immunity idols are available, will be absent.
Later, Jeff gave the castaways a minute to strip the truck of its supplies, where Michael stole several of Salani's items in the middle of the commotion, leaving them with only a few bunches of bananas and coconuts. Michael's gesture fumed the women, calling other tribe "cheaters." After receiving maps to their camps, the tribes parted ways. As Manono trekked though the jungle, Jonas was amazed by the strength of Leif, who was carrying the heaviest of the load, despite being a little person. Over at Salani, Alicia immediately formed a five-person alliance with Kim, Kat, Sabrina, and Chelsea. While the five agreed, Kim was doubtful, for she did not plan to align with anybody this early in the game. Salani made it to their camp first after seeing their tribe flag. But much to their shock, their tribe flag was meters away from the Manono tribe flag.
While Colton realized that the season name on the tribe flag was Survivor: One World, Jonas replied: "It's like, their world and our world." At the Salani side of the camp, Chelsea and Sabrina saw chickens clucking in the jungle. As the word spread out, the tribes worked together in catching them, with Chelsea being successful twice with her bare hands. Matt insisted to split the two chickens with nothing to gain for Chelsea. Chelsea and the other Salani members refused and walked away, upsetting Matt. Manono returned at their unfinished shelter instead. While the men were working at their shelter, Colton went over to get to know the women. Matt took notice of this and warned Colton of his interactions with the women, even asking him to be Manono's double agent.
Later, the younger men, Matt, Jay, Michael, and Bill made an alliance, while Colton was with Salani, asking them to help him if they had any information about the Hidden Immunity Idol, because he felt vulnerable over at the all-male tribe. Sabrina adored him, but was unsure if he is trustworthy. At the Manono side, Jay later created fire using coconut husks and bamboo. The Salani tribe saw the feat, and Sabrina made a bargain by giving them a chicken in exchange for helping them spark fire. Monica reminded the men about the axe they stole, yet to no avail. Desperate for fire, Alicia then offered Manono a pole dance, but still, Manono was unmoved. That night, Monica and Christina sneaked to the Manono side of the camp and stole an ember from their bonfire, partly in retaliation for stealing their axe.
===Day 2===
At Salani, the women were eating pineapples for breakfast because the ember they stole died out in the middle of the night. Taking matters in her own hands, Christina again sought help from the men in another attempt to help them start fire. Jonas demanded that they would help them if they created twenty fronds. Christina accepted, despite complaining that it was too much. Though the nearby Alicia agreed, she secretly fumed because she wanted to make the deal herself.
Meanwhile, Sabrina was on her way back to camp after bathing, and decided to look for a Hidden Immunity Idol. While she was successful, she found out that it was for the Manono tribe, and she had to give it to any Manono member before the next Tribal Council. Seeing Colton as the best choice for being friendly to Salani than he ever was with Manono, Sabrina chose him as the idol's recipient, but had yet to give it to him.
===Day 3===
The tribes met Jeff for their first Immunity Challenge, where Jeff reminded the castaways to fall flat and keep their hands on their chest. While Manono took the lead, Kourtney broke her wrist and was dizzy. Jeff called the Survivor medical team to check Kourtney's condition. Dr. Ramona Salins was unable to determine if Kourtney's condition was severe enough to remove her from the game permanently. With this, she insisted that Kourtney should have her bones checked under an x-ray.
As Kourtney was whisked away, Jeff stated that since the challenge required nine people to complete, the Manono tribe technically won the challenge. But if Manono wanted to make a gesture of good will, they could redo the challenge with Manono sitting out one member. Not wanting the possibility of losing and go to Tribal Council, Manono chose to take the victory by default, much to Salani's chagrin.
As the castaways returned to camp, Matt apologized to Salani on Manono's behalf for their controversial move. Meanwhile, Sabrina finally gave the Manono Hidden Immunity Idol to Colton, recommending that he should use it as leverage to eliminate the strongest members in Manono. In a confessional, Colton revealed that he was leaning over blindsiding Matt.
With Kourtney's fate in the game still unsure, Sabrina expressed her anxiety over her injured tribemate's condition and its impact on the upcoming, yet still hypothetical vote, with Alicia confirming that if Salani still votes, she would vote for Christina.
At Tribal Council, Christina and Alicia clashed over their conflicting versions of the former's frond-for-fire deal, to Jeff's surprise. By the end of the session, Jeff revealed that Kourtney's wrist was severely fractured and would need surgery and therapy, thus confirming her elimination from the game and cancelling the supposed vote, relieving Salani. After giving them a piece of flint, Jeff warned them that they should work as a cohesive unit, or they would fail.
==Challenges==
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Free Fallin'Each tribe starts the challenge on a raised platform. One at a time, castaways drop from a three-step structure down into a net. After all players from a tribe finish the net drop and assemble on a tribal mat, they proceed to the next stage, climb stairs to another platform, perform a balance beam walk, and cross a rope bridge. The first tribe to reach their mat and raise their flag wins immunity.Reward: FlintWinner: (Salani was unable to finish the challenge due to Kourtney's injury. Manono was given the option to continue the challenge with Salani having one less member, but opted to end the challenge early. Salani was sent to Tribal Council, but did not have to vote anyone out as Kourtney was officially evacuated from the game)
==Tribal Council==
No vote
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
								
								
==Trivia==
===Behind The Scenes===
* Day 2 at Salani, Kourtney is impressed by Chelsea being able to catch chickens with her bare hands. While most of the tribe are scared to slaughter their catch, Kourtney volunteers to behead the chicken herself.
* In a confessional, Kourtney shares the story behind her tattoos.
* In her "Day After" clip, Kourtney, wearing a cast on her wrist, reveals she was scared by the falling portion of the Immunity Challenge. She also shares that she gets intimidated around fellow women. She anticipates that her family members will make fun of her injury after watching the one episode she appeared in. Kourtney also revealed that slaughtering a live chicken for the first time is her favorite moment.
===Other===
* This episode marked the earliest evacuation in the show, and the first and currently only time that a female was evacuated due to medical reasons.
* For the first time, no one is voted out in the first episode.
* For the first time, the female tribe has lost the first Immunity Challenge in a Battle of the Sexes season format.
* This is the second time where a challenge is left unfinished due to unprecedented circumstances, the first happened during , when Russell Swan was evacuated due to severe dehydration. Unlike that challenge, this is the first time that a tribe still won after such an incident.
* Kourtney becomes the fourth of seven contestants to never go to Tribal Council, the others being Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk (), Gary Stritesky (), Dana Lambert (), Pat Cusack (), and Jackson Fox ().
* The Reward/Immunity Challenge, Free Fallin', references the song of the .
==References==
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