The Marooning

## Subpages

**The Marooning** is the first episode of *Survivor: Borneo* television series.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** *Race for Fire*
Tribe members will race at sea to a platform full of supplies ranging from food to survival items. The tribes then have to decide which items to take with them to camp and place them in their canoe. Once they have picked their items, the tribes will paddle their way to a farther platform where a torch is waiting. The dilemma is if whether or not tribes will stay at the first platform gathering as much items as they can or race to get fire. The first tribe to take hold of the torch wins it.
**Reward:** A lit torch to make fire with
**Winner:** Rattana

**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. The first tribe to set fire on their side of the fire spirit wins the challenge.
**Reward:** Flint
**Winners *(in order of finish)*:** Koror and Malakal

**Challenge:** *Sled Zeppelin*
Each tribe will have to race across a net bridge to where two bags are hanging. Working together, they will then need to untie the bags to get a pair of ropes. Using the ropes, the tribe will need to slide a sled full of giant puzzle pieces through a course. At the end of the course, they will need to solve a cube puzzle to win immunity.
**Reward:** Chairs, pillows, blankets, and a washboard.
**Winners *(in order of finish)*:** Malakal and Koror

## Story

### Day 1

Twenty-four americans from different walks of life strolled along the pristine, yet jagged Borneo terrain to compete in Survivor's first season. In random groups first impressions were already forming. After the long walk to their first order of business, the groups met at a beach, together with host Jeff Probst.

After Jeff welcomed the castaways to the game, The twenty-four castaways were divided into three competing tribes. Malakal, Rattana and Koror. He announced there was a platoon in the water full of suplies. They must swim out and salvage all supplies that they can get, but there was also a smaller platoon farther out in the water with fire. They can either focus on the supplies and forget the fire or focus on the fire and get the supplies. Once 1 tribe attains fire the challenge is over. Rattana won the challenge and received fire. The tribes used the boats from the challenge to row to their respective beaches.

24 contestants must survive the elements and each other for the next 39 days, or they will be voted off the island. In the end, only one will claim the $1,000,000 prize and the title of *Sole Survivor.*

The Koror tribe arrived at camp, happily setting up camp and talking about creating a shelter almost immediately. Early on the younger members of Rattana become annoyed with their oldest member, 50-year-old Geoffrey Landgraab. When arriving on the beach, Geoffrey suggest sitting back and relaxing, enjoying eachothers company. This was disagreed upon by Don Lothario and Nina Caliente who wanted to get work done before it became night. Though majority of the tribe hadn't started working on the shelter, Geoffrey, Terri Michael and Andre DaSilva, the older members of the tribe were the only ones to work on the shelter. This caused a early division between this tribe with the younger members, Nalani Mahi'ai, Sergio Romeo, Don, Nina and Kaori Nishidake bonding. Geoffrey, Terri and Andre seperating themselves from the group and forming a early allegance.

Over at Malakal, the tribe bonded while creating shelter. Their celebration was put on hold when Lou Howell screamed after stepping into a stray thorn. Jameson irked, "The guy with the long blond hair, you know, he's a dumb blond. You know, I've really never called a guy a dumb blond before, but he's a dumb blond." Jameson bonded with Zoey and asked for an alliance. Despite getting his trust, Zoey commented on Jameson saying, "He's clueless".

Over at Koror, everyone was in consist with building the shelter and finding the well. Eliza Pancakes and Salim Benali went off to find the well. After some searching, Salim stumbles across a watering hole filled with brackish water. Salim jokes with Eliza about how their knowledge of watering hole could prevent the other members of their tribe from voting them out.

As day turned to night, neither tribe was entirely settled (though Koror had constructed a magnificent makeshift outhouse and Malakal and Rattana hadnt built any shelter and slept on the beach). With rats and snakes beginning their nocturnal beach invasion, the twenty-four brave men and women settled down for a night of fitful rest.

### Day 2

On Rattana, Nalani, Nina and Kaori woke up early and they began a yoga session. Geoffrey admitted he was secretly struggling to get along with his much-younger tribemates. Sergio and Terri worked on the camp, they discovered varying degrees of results using both an ax and a flimsy knife which broke when Terri attempted to use it. Shortly after, Nalani played the tribe a triditional Sulani song.

At Koror, Makoa Kealoha begins to provide for his tribe by using the fish and rat traps that he took from the pagonging. As he cuts up one of the rats to use as bait in the traps, Candy Behr looks away in disgust.

At the water well on Rattana, Geoffrey and Terri found another prize for winning the reward challenge - a very difficult clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. Having difficulties on deciphering the clue, both decided to hide it instead of divulging it to their tribe. Knowing that Geoffrey also knew about the clue, Terri revealed her true feelings for her tribemate, "We found the Hidden Immunity Idol clue together, which Im glad we did cause now I'm kind of forced to be an alliance with her. He is someone I trust in this game."

### Day 3

Nalani discovered that her tribe had treemail, telling them that they would be participating in a challenge for both Immunity and Reward.

Later, the two teams met Jeff Probst, where he revealed that they would compete in their first challenge, where it was announced that the winning team would receive flint, as well as the Immunity Idol, which symbolizes the guarantee of staying on the island for a few more days. The losing tribe will proceed to Tribal Council and vote one tribemate off the game.

In the challenge, each tribe had to swim out to a raft with a flame burning on it. The tribes would then have to bring the raft back to the beach, using a torch to bring flame to each unlit torch they passed along their way. The first tribe to light all their torches and then bring flame to a large fire pit at the finish would win. At all points during the challenge, every tribe member had to be touching the raft.

It was a close race between the three tribes, with the three tribes going back in forth with who was in the lead but ultimately Rattana lost due to Nina stumbling as they reached the beach.

At Rattana, Nina breaks down, feeling she disappointed her tribe. The others try to cheer her up, saying she did great. Kaori felt bad too for not moving as quickly as the others during the swimming portion of the challenge. However, despite the defeat, Kaori already knows who she wants to vote out; she just hopes the tribe is not focusing solely on physical strength cause the three girls, Nina, Nalani and Kaori are in danger.

Geoffrey and Terri talk with Don, stating they discussed they idea of keeping the tribe strong; Geoffrey brings up Nina's challenge performances, as he did not know what she was doing, feeling she is the weakest link. Terri understands Geoffrey's reasoning, seeing how brutal this season is becoming. Don however disagrees stating in his confessional, "Me and Nina had grown a relationship for these 3 days, and though I believe strength is important. I want people around who I'm able to get along with".

Sergio and Don talks to the girls, Nalani, Nina and Kaori to try and get them on board with getting out Terri or Geoffrey, and later Nina and Nalani discuss plans for tribal with Kaori in the bushes. Terri walks over, and Nina invites her to join in on the conversation. Terri feels it is too soon for Geoffrey to go because of his physical strength. When Terri is asked to be honest about who she thinks should go instead of Geoffrey, she throws out Nina and Kaori's names right in front of them, leaving Nina fuming.

At the well, Geoffrey, Terri, Nalani and Sergio are filling their water canteens. Terri warns Geoffrey his name has been mentioned by Nina and Nalani as a potential target, but he would prefer Nina to go over him.

After the chat, Sergio and Nalani takes note of everything they've learned, and considers all their options on the table before their tribe leaves for Tribal Council.

## Night 3

After Tribal, Terri was voted out in a 5-3 vote against Nina. At Rattana, they attempted to make a fire. Nalani attempts to make the fire with no results. Everyone is tired and hungry after Tribal.

## Day 4

At Rattana, Geoffrey fights with Sergio and Nalani for voting out Terri, the strongest girl on the tribe. Nina then begins to get into a screaming match with Geoffrey. With Don pulling Nina away and calming her down.

Over at Malakal, Agnes squabbled with her tribemates about their environemnt. She got on a lot of people's bad side as she complained about people and the beach. The men of the tribe, Mortimer, Jameson, Victor and Lou talk about forming an alliance and getting out Agnes because she is rubbing the tribe the wrong way.

At Koror, Makoa continued to work on the shelter as the other people in his tribe slack off and swim or walk away talking together. He is irritated especially after Eliza doesn't do the simple task of straightening out a roll of rope. Worried about Makoa exhausting himself and wanting to keep him energized since he was the strongest one on Koror, Kiyoshi and Aubrey told him that he should get out of the sun. After he refused to stop working, Kiyoshi and Aubrey decided to help him work on the shelter. Makoa told Aubrey and Kiyoshi that it is his hobby to work and that he would not stop building their shelter even in the heat. He appreaciates their help. Aubrey got a fire started with the help of Makoa.

## Day 5

Meanwhile at Rattana, Nina and Don snuggle with eachother while the others are at the beach. Andre and Geoffrey catches the two and begins to gossip with the other tribe. Geoffrey and Andre talk about eliminating those two and splitting them up.

At the Sled Zeppelin challenge, Rattana and Koror were quick getting to the puzzle first but Malakal made quick work of the puzzle. The women of Malakal breezed through the puzzle leading them to victory. Koror being right behind them, wins immunity. Sending Rattana back to tribal.

Back at Rattana tribe, Nalani, Sergio and Kaori think through voting Nina or Andre or Geoffrey. With Andre and Geoffrey campaigning to the trio about voting Nina. Kaori, Nalani, and Sergio discuss Don and Nina's cuddling incident. They must decide whether to split up Geoffrey and Andre or Nina and Don.

At Tribal Council, it was decided that Nalani, Sergio and Kaori would stay aligned with Nina and Don, and voted out Andre, in a 5-2 vote.

## Tribal Council

### Day 3

 Terri (5 votes)
 Nina (3 votes)
 VOTED OUT:Terri Michael

### Day 5

 Andre (5 votes)
 Nina (2 votes)
 VOTED OUT:Andre DaSilva