"Saying no would be suicide."

**"Saying no would be suicide."** is the first episode of 39 Days: Palawan.

## Storyline

### Day 1

18 contestants step off of a boat and onto a beach and immediately are greeted with an obstacle course with three lanes. Multiple people react, especially the youngest, and smallest, contestant.

Chase walks out and the contestant's clap. Chase explains that they will not be competing today, but instead observing. The real competitors emerge, Season 1 winners Jaxon and Delilah, and last seasons winner, June. Chase explains that the winner of this competition will have the first pick of their tribe, and second place gets to pick from the leftovers, and the last place gets the unpicked contestants.

The competition consists of several sandpits separated by obstacles and finished with a puzzle. Jaxon takes a lead through the sandpits, with Delilah on his heels and June completely out of it. Jaxon reaches the puzzle first and tries to organize his pieces, but Delilah arrives shortly after and begins to solve the puzzle quickly, suddenly passing Jaxon. Delilah clicks her last piece into place moments before Jaxon does, as June pulls her last bag out of the sand.

Chase explains that the cast should begin building a shelter, and trying to impress a coach, to get on the team they want. Jaxon announces that he will lead a group to gather bamboo, and many contestants decide to follow him.

Jaxon pulls aside Crow and Isaiah and complements their work ethics. Crow and Isaiah high five as Jaxon walks away.

June, Kate, Sandra, and Nina sit around braiding fronds. June says that she doubts anyone will want to be on her team after her performance in the challenge. Kate says that she would like to be on June's team because she knows that June is an honest person. Nina says that she also likes June because of her closeness with her family. Darrah walks up and begins to fangirl over June and ask tons of behind the scenes questions about Boracay, which June attempts to let slide off.

Delilah, Chloe-Ann, and Kiera wade into the water. Delilah says that she wants another girl to win the game, and since she isn't an actual contestant, she wants it to be either Kiera or Chloe-Ann because she sees herself in them.

Corbin walks up to the group and tells Delilah that his daughters are huge fans of her and that he wants to work with a strong woman like Delilah.

Ashton, Nyla, Grayson, and Michael hang out underneath a shady palm tree. Grayson tells the group that he is gay and doesn't want to hide anything. Ashton explains that Grayson's sexuality did not matter to him because it won't impact his game plan. Michael asks Grayson how he knew he was gay, and Grayson recalls how he struggled for a while to recognize his desire to be close with other men.

Chrys and Roger stumble across a tall palm tree full of ripe coconuts. Roger exclaims that he knows how to retrieve them and feed for the tribe.

Roger grabs a long chute of bamboo, and throws it at the coconuts, falling short. He then tries to climb the tree to whack at the coconuts but fails. After cringing for a few moments, Chrys offers to help. She uses a rope to help herself climb to the top of the tree, the uses a machete to cut the coconuts free. Roger helps her carry back the coconuts, and the cast rejoices.

Chase gathers the contestants and tells them that it is now time to pick the teams. Delilah will pick all 6 of her contestants first, and after Jaxon will pick 6 of the remaining 12. June will be left with the remaining 6.

Team Jaxon and Team June pack up and leave to their new homes as Team Delilah stretches out in their new shelter.

As Delilah pulls aside Kiera and Chloe-Ann to double-check plans for their all-girls alliance, the rest of Team Delilah relaxes in the shelter. Corbin explains the intricacies of Wine Tasting and why it is his life's work, while Isaiah claims that his work, serving his country, is much more meaningful than sipping fruity drinks all day.

Grayson calls Isaiah rude as Isaiah storms away.

Meanwhile, Team Jaxon arrives at their new home and begins to work on a shelter. Jaxon notices that Sheldon, Jorge, and Michael are talking instead of helping the tribe build a new shelter, and calls them out, telling them they can talk when the sun sets, but they need to work when it's light out.

The three rejoin the rest of the group on working on the shelter, resulting in a fairly sturdy shelter built by the time the sun sets.

Team June gets to their beach a bit later than Team Jaxon, and quickly disperse to gather materials for the shelter, but after a few minutes, June realizes that nobody has returned with anything.

In the jungle, Ashton pulls aside Darrah and asks her if she would like to go to the end with him. Darrah decides to accept the deal and asks how they can get a third and fourth for a real majority alliance.

Ashton suggests working with Sandra and Kate because they seem somewhat smart, and Darrah agrees to this plan.

### Day 2

Team June awaken to what little was built of their shelter collapsing. Facing the reality of an early morning, Ashton gets to work pulling in Sandra. He explains that the team is the bottom of the barrel, and that to have any chance at winning they have to be prepared to cut the weakest player at any moment.

Sandra admits that the plan makes sense, but tells Ashton he might be playing too hard right out of the gate, and that he might want to avoid drawing too much attention to himself.

As the sun rises, Team Delilah wakes up rested and begins to ready themselves for the day.

Chloe, Delilah, and Chrys wash off in the ocean when Chloe mentions that Delilah wanted to form an all-girls alliance on her team and that they think Chrys would make a good ally because of her strength. Chrys agrees that working together while on a team together makes sense, and the three shake hands on their new deal.

Kiera and Chloe-Ann continue to campaign by approaching Corbin and telling him that if he works with them they can guarantee him making the merge. Corbin seems fairly convinced by their offer and accepts, telling them that he wants to work with strong women who can be role models for his daughters.

Meanwhile, on Jaxon's beach, he begins to plot up a plan to control the votes on his tribe.

Jaxon gathers Sheldon, Jorge, Crow, and Ruby and informs them that he thinks they deserve to be the top four and that if they let him help them, they will be. Sheldon agrees with the plan, but seems very skeptical, however, the rest of the group seems very happy with the plan.

Afterward, Sheldon and Ruby hand behind. and talk. Sheldon admits that he would rather see Crow go home over Nina or Michael because he wants to give the people of color a leg up. Ruby admits that she wasn't sold on Jaxon's plan, but isn't sure Crow should be the first to leave and explains that she would rather make moves based on who she trusts the most. The two sit closely by the well as they talk game, and Sheldon smiles as he listens to Ruby wonder is Michael or Crow would be more reliable moving forward.

As Ruby look over to Sheldon and meets his eyes, Jorge calls out to them, asking them to rejoin the group because Nina cooked rice.

Team June spends most of their day building their shelter to be able to withstand the weight of all 7 members of the team. Notably, Ashton seems to lead the group in what to do, and where to go, but things are getting done at a quick pace.

As the sun sets, Team June lies down in their much larger, and much more stable new shelter.

### Day 3

The three converge at a beach where a challenge has been set up. 3 crates are in the water for each team. Each team will pair up and one pair at a time will swim into the ocean to retrieve a crate, which they will then take apart and use to solve a puzzle.

Kiera and Chloe-Ann are up first for Team Delilah, Ruby, and Nina for Team Jaxon, and Darrah and Roger for Team June. As the challenge begins Ruby and Nina take an early lead, getting to their create first, and maintaining a lead swimming it back, with Kiera and Chloe-Ann just behind them as they arrive onshore, allowing Jorge and Michael to run out for Team Jaxon, and Corbin and Chrys for Delilah's team. Darrah and Roger arrive at a time disadvantage, putting pressure on Sandra and Nyla to make up time, but Corbin and Chrys as well as Jorge and Michael pull up onshore Sandra and Nyla reach their crate, sending out the pairs of Sheldon and Crow and Isaiah and Grayson. Team Jaxon maintains a narrow lead over Team Delilah as Ashton and Kate attempt to get Team June in the competition. Team Jaxon and Team Delilah both get their final crates ashore, and disassembles them, using their piece for puzzles. Delilah conducts her team from the sidelines, causing their speed to increase, as they finish moments ahead to Team Jaxon, just as Team June began to take their crates apart, in another blowout loss for June.

Team June returns to their camp broken and tired. Sandra consoles the tribe by telling them that they all did their best, and that they can't win every challenge.

Roger talks to Sandra about who she plans to vote. Sandra mentions that Ashton isn't trustworthy in her opinion, and Roger offers to vote him off with her. Sandra tells Roger that he will consider the option.

Darrah brings Kate up to speed on the alliance with Ashton and Sandra when Roger approaches them. Roger explains to them that Ashton will not be a loyal ally to them in the long run, and that he will be.

Sandra, Kate, and Darrah convene and think about their options. Sandra brings up that she honestly believes that Ashton not only will flip, she believes he will do it in the most ruthless way possible when he can. Darrah argues that she did most of the work in the challenge with Roger and that if they can't win the next challenge they could turn on Ashton.

The 7 members of Team June enter the sacrifice ceremony, with June take a seat on a throne where the jury seats would normally be. Chase asks Darrah what her initial reaction was to seeing the returning winners. Darrah explains that she would never turn up a chance to learn from the best, and as she sees it, June is one of the best. Chase asks Ashton what he thinks of June's leadership style, and Ashton replies that he does not think June has a leadership style and that she hasn't really led the tribe at all. Chase inquires Sandra about how her decision will be made, and she tells Chase that her strategy is to keep the people around who can keep her around. Chase calls the contestants to vote.

Chase returns with the votes, explaining that the contestant sacrificed must immediately leave the sacrifice ceremony.

Roger bows to his team and exits the ceremony graciously