The Marooning

"The Marooning" 	"The Marooning"
 	
Season 	Survivor: Borneo
Episode Number 	1/13 (001)
First Broadcast 	May 2, 2014
Episode Chronology	Episode Chronology
Next 	Three To One
The Marooning is the first episode of Survivor: Borneo and the very first episode of the entire franchise.
==Story==
===Day 1===
The castaways are seen scrambling round a boat grabbing any supplies they can. Ola is seen throwing her supplies immediately off the side of the boat in hope the rival tribe wont be able to get these items. Tagi's raft is cut loose by Larry, while Pagong's raft is cut loose by Tia; despite the fact she is their smallest member. Both tribes are off the boat, and immediately it becomes clear that Eli is panicking, grabbing onto the raft, letting valuable supplies sink in the process. For Tagi it appears that Teddy is also somewhat nervous of the water, sitting dead center on the raft, not helping to retrieve the items that Ola threw off the ship. All tribe members climb aboard their rafts and set course for their designated beaches on the island of Borneo, which for thirty nine days may act as home to several contestants.
===Pagong===
The tribe appear to be strong while working together to get the raft to shore. Uri appears to be the mouthpiece of the tribe, suggesting what roles people should take in order to get to shore quicker. Despite setting himself up as a leader this early into the game, Uri appears to be confident in his own abilities, and confident in the ability of his tribe.
Razzy, Alice and Eric are placed at the back of the raft, kicking in order to gain speed. Eli and Mandy sit in the center of the raft, holding onto supplies. Tia and Julia use ores to steer the raft.
The Pagong raft reaches the shore and the tribe members embrace one another. Eli immediately steps forward and gives a small speech on how the tribe should gather basic supplies in order to make a small shelter for the evening, and that they should then tear down this shelter in order to spend the entire second day making a bigger and better one. Razzy, Julia and Uri all speak against Eli's idea, stating that they should spend their time getting water and making a fire, as it would be pointless to create a shelter only to tear it down immediately. Alice jumps to Eli's defense, stating that they'll work much better if they remain dry for the first night. After a small debate Uri manages to get a majority of the tribe agreeing with his decision to get water, and he tells Eli that he and whoever values shelter above water can go and make their 'pointless shelter'. 
While the five get water, Eli gets supplies gathered, along with Eric and Alice. The three of them discuss the inevitable rain that will hit in the evening, with Eric suggesting that they should leave the others out to get wet while they remain dry. Eli says they should remain humble if rain does come, as opposed to rubbing salt in the wound. The three of them collect their supplies and make a small shelter on the beach, big enough for the three of them to remain under and to hopefully keep dry. Uri and Razzy attempt to build a fire, while Mandy, Julia and Tia stand round idly watching a fire fail to appear. 
With the rain coming down heavily, all attempts at making a fire cease. Uri and his group run under a set of trees, all failing to keep dry. Eli, Eric and Alice remain under their shelter, and although still getting slightly wet manage to successfully keep dry for the most part. Eli decides that it would be both good natured and good for his game to give up his spot in his shelter, while Alice does the same. Tia and Julia take their spots under the shelter, thanking both Alice and Eli. Mandy looks over to the shelter, hoping that Eric would give up his spot, but he remains placed in the warmth and dryness of the shelter, leaving her out in the rain.
===Tagi===
The Tagi tribe row towards shore, with no one taking a leadership role. Instead the tribe works together with each person participating in the journey to camp. When reaching the shore the tribe members begin to greet one another, but before anyone can get into any conversations Ola begins talking loudly, to the point of shouting, with her laugh overpowering everyone else to the point where they stand in silence and simply observe her. 
Andrew attempts to rally the tribe together to get to work, but Ola continues laughing and talking loudly. Andrew eventually loses his patience and bluntly tells Ola to "shut up", to which the whole tribe is stunned. Ola looks totally embarrassed and slightly horrified, she looks around for support and sees her tribe members refusing to look her in the eye, all unable to escape the awkwardness of the situation. As Ola stands off to the side her hand is held by Danni, who feels sympathy for the older woman.
Andrew suggests that the tribe get to working on a fire, as they need water to have the energy to build a shelter. Ben points out that they should be split up into roles, as it doesn't take eight people to build a fire. Andrew remains firmly on his point that a fire is necessary so all of them should work together to build it, but Ben rebukes his point by stating its going to rain. Andrew attempts to raise another point against Ben but is shut down when Ben points out that Andrew arguing is just wasting all their time, which spurs laughter from Sarah, who clearly seems to dislike Andrew already.
The tribe get to work immediately after Andrew and Ben finish their talk. Ben, Sarah, Larry, Teddy, Ola and Danni get to building their shelter. Olivia helps Andrew collect firewood, but abandons him immediately once he has enough to help the others with the shelter, leaving Andrew alone on the beach to fail at creating a fire. Before the rain hits the tribe manages to get a decent shelter built, but the tribe know they will need to make additions after the first night. Teddy is praised by the entire tribe for his work ethic, and strength when building the shelter, allowing the process of building one to come together easier, while Larry's knowledge of construction helps somewhat, but not enough to get much praise out of the others.
When the rain hits the tribe manage to stay dry, including Andrew, who abandons his attempts at building a fire. 
===Day 2===
===Pagong===
After a wet first night the tribe awaken to further attempts at building a fire. Uri frantically searches the campsite looking for any dry wood, trying to get Razzy and Mandy to help him, to no avail. Eli mentions they keep some supplies, including some wood, in the shelter to keep dry. Eli walks over to the shelter, asking Julia, Tia and Eric to wake up in order to help them take down the shelter to make the new one. Tia arises immediately, once again thanking Alice and Eli for their generosity. However, Eric and Julia seem disinterested, and remain within the shelter, claiming to be too exhausted to get up.
Eventually, Eric gets up and offers to help build the new shelter, while Julia continues lying in the shelter. Julia begins smirking as Eli talks to her, with her immaturity and poor work ethic showing through.
Tension begins to rise, with Eli's polite tone quickly transforming into an aggressive one, and Julia sitting up in order to fully engage in an argument with him.
Alice steps in, acting as an appeaser. The argument dies down and the group begin tearing down the small shelter (which Julia eventually gets out of) in order to expand it so all eight tribe members can fit inside. During the days work, Eli, Alice and Eric end up collecting supplies together, presenting an opportunity for an voting pact to be made.
While the three are gone, Uri takes up the opportunity to plant seeds that should lead to the demise of Eli. 
The tribe spends the rest of the day completing their shelter, which ends up working well for the second night, allowing the tribe to sleep a bit better as a whole.
===Tagi===
After their first night the Tagi tribe appear to be doing much better then their rivals. Larry gets up early to get started on camp life, he is accompanied by Andrew and Teddy. The girls remain inside the shelter, along with Ben. Danni and Ola appear to be bonding well, while Ben and Sarah are bonding in a flirtatious manner. Things soon get awkward inside the shelter when Sarah makes a comment concerning Ola's plastic surgery. 
After the awkward conversation Danni and Ola leave the shelter, leaving Ben alone with Olivia and Sarah.
Andrew, Larry and Teddy spend their time getting a fire going, while discussing the other tribe members.
The tribe spend their day in their small cliques, getting the camp ready for their second evening.
===Day 3===
Both tribes receive their tree mail, letting them know that they will be facing their first immunity challenge, and which ever tribe loses will visit tribal council, voting out their first member. This person will also hold the distinction of being the first person ever to be voted out of Survivor.
Challenge: Quest for Fire
Tribes must guide a raft they lit a series of torches along the way. Throughout the challenge, tribe members must have a hand touch the raft at all times. Upon reaching shore, the tribe must lit the remaining torches before setting their side of the fire spirit ablaze. First tribe to set fire on their side of the fire spirit wins the challenge.
Winner: Pagong
Information (Pagong): Eric, Julia, Razzy, Tia and Uri perform well, and help Pagong reach victory. Alice performs averagely, slightly struggling to hold the raft. Eli and Mandy perform poorly, both struggling in the water, reminding them both why they had to hold supplies on day 1 as opposed to swim.
Information (Tagi): Ben, Larry, Olivia, Sarah and Teddy perform well. Ola performs averagely, slightly struggling to hold the raft up. Andrew and Danni both perform poorly, costing the team the challenge. Andrew continuously makes poor calls in the challenge, while Danni slips several time when racing back to shore.
Immunity Challenge: Quest for Fire	Immunity Challenge: Quest for Fire	Immunity Challenge: Quest for Fire
Result 	Tribe 	Competitors
Won 	Pagong 	Alice, Eli, Eric, Julia, Mandy, Razzy, Tia, Uri
Lost 	Tagi 	Andrew, Ben, Danni, Larry, Ola, Olivia, Sarah, Teddy
===Tagi===
Tagi return to camp having lost their first challenge. Danni immediately apologizes to the tribe for slipping, but Ola assures her that it wasn't her fault they lost, before sending a glare towards Andrew. Andrew walks off, not wanting to listen to Ola or Danni speak. Olivia and Sarah return to the shelter, leaving Ben with Larry, Teddy, Danni and Ola. The five of them speak about tribal council.
Before tribal council, Larry is spoken to by Andrew, who suggests they vote out Ben. He states that he believes he can get Teddy, Danni and Ola to join them. Larry seems like he's interested in the idea, but still remains wary on where loyalties and majorities will be after the first vote.
At tribal council the tribes problems all spill out in the open, with Jeff shocked that there are issues this early on in the game. Andrew calls out Ben on stirring up trouble, to which Ben, Olivia and Sarah fight back, stating that Andrew is the negative force in the tribe. Andrew then attempts to pass the buck to Ola, who he states is lazy. Larry steps in, agreeing with Andrew, pointing out that Ola spends most of her time sitting down. Ola promises that she will work harder around camp, and then goes on to state that she feels she is more of an asset then someone who achieves little in challenges AND at camp, before once again sending a glare towards Andrew. In the end, Andrew is left alone in voting out Ben, as the entire tribe come together to vote him out, viewing his negative presence and poor challenge performance as too much of a burden for the tribe as a whole.
==Tribal Council==
Tribal Council 1:Tagi	Tribal Council 1:Tagi 	 	
VotedAgainst 	Voter 	 	
Andrew (7 votes) 	Ben, Danni, Larry, Ola, Olivia, Sarah & Teddy	 	
Ben (1 vote) 	Andrew 	 	
VOTED OFF:Andrew 	VOTED OFF:Andrew 	VOTED OFF:Andrew	VOTED OFF:Andrew
===Voting Confessionals===
===Final Words===
===Still In The Running===
Pagong	Pagong	Pagong	Pagong	Pagong	Pagong	Pagong	Pagong
Alice 	Eli 	Eric 	Julia 	Mandy 	Razzy 	Tia 	Uri
Tagi 	Tagi 	Tagi 	Tagi 	Tagi 	Tagi 	Tagi 	Tagi
Andrew	Ben 	Danni 	Larry 	Ola 	Olivia	Sarah 	Teddy