Little Boy in a Candy Shop

**Little Boy in a Candy Shop** is the season premiere of *Survivor 1 (US)*.

## Story

Jeff watched as three tribes of players made their way to the beach in boats. Once arrived, they all stepped onto their tribe appropriate mats. Jeff welcomed them to the first season of Survivor and congratulated them for being a part of history. He asked Kit from the Fiefia tribe what it felt like to be on the first season, and if any pressure came along with that. She expressed that she was going to go in stress-free and not worry about the expectations on them to deliver a good first season. Jeff asks Sage from the Tau tribe how they are feeling about living in the wild for up to 39 days. Sage laughs and says that they’ve never even gone camping before so that they feel really out of their element, but they hope for the experience to be a huge personal victory. Jeff turns to DJ from the Loto tribe and asks how hard it’s going to be to be away from family during this time. DJ opens up about how he’s a dad to two daughters and that it’s already killing him but that he’s going to keep reminding himself that he’s doing this for them.

Jeff then explains that the tribes were going to compete in a Reward Challenge to earn equipment to help them build their shelter. The challenge involved a physical and mental component and the tribes had to select three players to do each. For the physical aspect, it was Owen, Rocky, and Trina from Tau, Boston, Lamar, and Martha from Fiefia, and DJ, Freddie and Jarrett from Loto. Tau immediately pulled ahead and had a massive upperhand over the other teams. Freddie, Lamar, and Martha all struggled in particular. DJ and Jarrett managed to pick up the speed for Loto but Lamar and Martha massively held back Fiefia. Tau was the first to finish the physical aspect and Gloria, Sage, and Yun worked on the puzzle. Before Loto had even managed to finish the physical aspect, Tau had finished their puzzle and won reward. They all cheered and high fived one another. Jeff handed over the shelter equipment to them. For the other two teams, he merely had a flint for them. Kit and Rocky from Fiefia were visibly annoyed by the results. The tribes all received maps and used them to find their camps.

At the Tau tribe, they all celebrated their victory in the Reward Challenge. They put together their shelter with little effort and use the time to bond and talk amongst each other. Rocky asks everyone to introduce themselves, and he starts. Trina found him to be slightly controlling. Gloria introduces herself as a student and Owen lights up, he notes that he’s also a student. The two ask each other about their majors and chat it up. Sage and Yun side eye each other and smirk. Sage felt it was a bit strange that they interrupted the introductions just to essentially flirt with one another. They finished building their shelter and all got under it for the first time. The group shouted “TAU TRIBE!”

At the Fiefia tribe, everyone had appointed themselves for different tasks with the shelter building. Boston and Lamar worked on the structure, Martha and Spenser worked on the layout, and Kit and Madi worked on weaving leaves on their own. Kit asks Madi about herself and where she’s from. Madi explains that she’s a vet student from Colorado. The two chat as they weave and laugh together. Kit broke the ice and asked what Madi thought of everyone. Madi stayed neutral and said everyone seemed nice. Kit explained that she felt Martha was rubbing everyone the wrong way already, and that Lamar was a major let down in the challenge. Madi agreed and felt that the two of them would be best off keeping a low profile because as of right now, Lamar and Martha would be more at risk if they went to tribal. Boston and Lamar worked on the shelter together. Lamar complimented Boston at how fast he was working. Boston smirked and said he was a construction worker back home so he didn’t struggle with the building. In reality, Boston was a financial adviser but lied about his job to lower his threat level. Boston and Lamar were interrupted by Martha and Spenser arguing over the layout. Martha felt they should make it an oval so it’d be more comfortable to sleep in but Spenser argued that a square was more practical. Martha reached her breaking point and stormed off, telling everyone she needed a minute.

At the Loto tribe, everyone was working on their shelter. DJ and Jarrett were building, while the girls and Freddie were weaving. Eventually Freddie left because he wanted to explore and excused himself. After fifteen minutes passed, everyone began to wonder if he’d went searching for an idol. The girls all comment on how suspicious him leaving was. Marissa makes it clear instantly that her loyalty is with Jordyn and Paloma and she wants a woman to represent this season. The others smile and agree. Jordyn adds that if Freddie makes himself an easy target, it won’t be hard for them to earn majority within the tribe. DJ and Jarrett discuss the possibility that Freddie went idol hunting. They both agree that he probably did, and that he is the reason they lost the challenge. Freddie searched high and low and got really dirty digging under stuff to try and find the idol. After an hour of searching, he had no luck.

At the Tau tribe, they notice a strange boat coming their way. Once it arrives, a man is inside and gives them a note. The note explains that one of them must go on a journey and as a tribe, they must select one person from each tribe to tag along for the summit as well. Rocky instantly volunteers. Nobody else wanted to go so they all let him. They discussed who from the other tribes should go. Yun suggests they pick people who seem easy to persuade or like they might be on the bottoms of their tribe. As a tribe, they agree that Freddie could be in trouble after failing the reward challenge and that Madi might be easy to manipulate into working with them once the merge hits. With that, they lock in their picks.

The boat arrives at the Fiefia beach and reveals that Madi has been sent to the summit. Nobody quite knew what it meant but they all wished Madi luck. She was not pleased to be put in the position. At the Loto beach, they found out that Freddie had been sent on the journey. He was excited as he wondered what it could possibly be.

The boats all arrive at the summit and the three castaways mingle with one another. Freddie introduces himself and tells Madi and Rocky that he has them when they hit merge because this is an experience that will bond them. Rocky nods and says that them plus the Tau tribe should link up once merge hits. Madi questioned the idea but agreed to it. The three read a note waiting for them that explains they must hike up a tall hill and once they reach the top, a decision will await them. They take a map and start following the trail. It was a long draining journey that took a lot out of them. Once they reach the top, Madi picks up the note and Rocky snatches it out of her hand and begins to read it. He explains that each player must choose to either risk or not risk. Those who risk will draw from a bag where one of them will earn an advantage and the other will lose their vote at the next tribal council. If only one person risks, they get the advantage automatically. The three discuss it and Rocky makes it very clear he’s risking it. Freddie pretends to not want to go for it, while Madi express genuine conflcition. Eventually they all reveal their decisions. They had all chosen to risk and draw. Rocky smirks. They all shake hands and wish each other luck as they can’t look at what they drew until they’re back at camp. Freddie shouts that he’ll see them at merge as their boats take them away.

At the Tau tribe, Rocky returns with his envelope and calls a tribe meeting. He explains in detail what happened at the journey and reveals that he potentially has a game altering power in his hands. He continues to go on when eventually Trina tells him to stop edging them and open the damn packet. Rocky opens it and reveals that he had risked and lost and would not have a vote at his next tribal council. They all sighed and were disappointed by the results.

At the Fiefia tribe, Madi returned and explained in depth what had happened except at the very end, she lied and said that she chose not to risk her vote. Once she got a private moment, she opened the envelope which revealed that she had risked and lost. While she was disappointed to have lost, Madi was proud of herself for taking a risk. Kit went up to her and asked what really happened at the summit and Madi further cements that she chose not to risk. Kit sighed and said that she would’ve risked it in a heartbeat, especially since Martha’s probably leaving unanimously anyway.

At the Loto tribe, Freddie claimed that they went for a nature walk and compared notes on tribes. They all thanked him for the information but once he left, Jordyn immediately called bullshit. Once alone, Freddie opens his envelope to reveal he’d won the Knowledge is Power advantage and would be able to ask someone at tribal if they had an idol. If they did, they would have to forfeit it and give it to him. He jumped up and down and thanked the survivor gods. After a while, Paloma suggests that someone should go try and find Freddie because it was getting late. DJ volunteered. DJ headed off and with an excuse to be missing for a while, he decided to look for an idol instead of Freddie. DJ digs through branches and trees and eventually a neon blue logo catches his eye. He snatches it and tries to hold in the excitement so he doesn’t make noise. He reads the note and realizes he has found the hidden immunity idol.

The next day, the tribes gathered for the Immunity Challenge. The challenge had a swimming element that ended with a puzzle. Each tribe finished the swimming aspect within a reasonable time. For the puzzle, it was Spenser and Kit for Fiefia, Jordyn and Paloma for Loto, and Rocky and Yun for Tau. Rocky and Yun began arguing over where places were meant to go and started falling behind. Rocky was deadset on a certain way and it just wasn’t coming together. Spenser and Kit finished first for Fiefia, and shortly after Jordyn and Paloma finished for Loto, sending Tau to tribal council.

Back at the Tau tribe, moral was low. Gloria started crying because of the stress. Owen hugged her and rubbed her back to console her. Gloria asks if they can walk privately to which he agrees. The two head off. Once they’re gone, Rocky suggests that the only thing that could stop the tribe succeeding is the brewing showmance. He noted that Gloria was the weakest member of the tribe without question and that with her gone, Owen would be more focused. The others felt similarly about the potential showmance so they agreed to voting for Gloria.

Trina talks to Sage one-on-one and asks how open they would be to voting off Rocky. Sage said they would be very open as Rocky had been rubbing them the wrong way but only if Yun was also on board. Trina agreed to vote however Sage and Yun did. Trina then relayed what Rocky had said back to Owen and Gloria who were both shocked and offended. The two agreed to vote out Rocky.

Trina and Sage made the pitch to Yun about possibly keeping Gloria. Yun was really against it. She didn’t like Rocky either but she felt they needed his strength for challenges. Sage promised that they’d make the decision together and would all vote together, to which Trina and Yun agreed.

The Tau tribe gathers for Tribal Council. Jeff starts by asking Trina what camp life was like. She said that they all got along and that winning the reward definitely boosted moral. Jeff asks if anyone took on a leadership role within the tribe and Rocky raised his hand. He explained that he was born to be a leader and that he immediately was appointed for the role. Gloria rolled her eyes. Jeff catches it and asked why she did that. She explained that nobody appointed him as leader, but that he appointed himself. Rocky laughs and said that she was just a bit upset because the tribe had decided she should go home. Jeff asks Owen what he felt about this as claiming the tribe picked someone to go is a bold statement. Owen explained that he never agreed to voting out Gloria and as far as he understood, nobody else did either, Rocky just told them to vote that way. Jeff asked Sage what their take on the matter was. Sage expressed that while Rocky could be abrasive, he helped them in challenges. On the flip side, Gloria is a lot sweeter but struggles more with the physical aspects of challenges. With that, Jeff tells them it’s time to vote.

By a vote of 5-0, Rocky was revealed to have been voted off first. He gasped and looked around at his tribe members who had unanimously given him the boot. Rocky shook his head and grabbed his torch. Jeff put out his flame and Rocky turned around to tell his tribemates that they’d regret this. Gloria rolls her eyes and he walks away. Trina smiles to Gloria and pats her on the knee. Jeff tells the Tau tribe to get a good night’s rest and head back to camp.

## Tribal Council

 VOTED OUT:Rocky Mobley

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of *Survivor (U.S.)*
* The episode's title was said by Freddie Lozano.