It's Survivor Warfare

It's Survivor Warfare
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Worlds Apart
Episode Number	1/15 (442)
Original Release	February 25, 2015
Viewership (in Millions)	10.04
Ratings/Share (18-49)	2.4/7
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Reunion" (previous season)
Next	"It Will Be My Revenge"
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It's Survivor Warfare is the season premiere of Survivor: Worlds Apart.

Story

Day 1

The game has begun. Host Jeff Probst asked each tribe to pick a representative, who would then choose another tribemate with whom to make a big decision. Joaquin Souberbielle was chosen as the representative, and he chose So Kim as his second-in-command for the White Collar tribe, Dan Foley was chosen as the representative, and chose Mike Holloway as his second-in-command for the Blue Collar tribe, and Will Sims II was chosen as the representative, and chose Jenn Brown as his second-in-command for the No Collar tribe. At camp, the pairs were given a choice between a big bag of beans (Honest) or a smaller bag of beans and a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol (Deceive). Will, Jenn, Dan, and Mike chose the honest crate and took a large bag of beans for their tribe. Only Joaquin and So chose deceive and took the clue, they lied about how there were three crates: Honest, Neutral, and Deceive, and them choosing neutral. Shirin Oskooi quickly aligned with Carolyn Rivera and Max Dawson to form an alliance against Joaquin and So, leaving Tyler Fredrickson in the swing vote position. At the Blue Collar tribe, the blue collars went straight to work, built fire, and worked well together. Rodney Lavoie Jr. showed his true colors when he said he'll try to manipulate the women of the tribe to do what he says. Mike made a mistake in eating a scorpion, which may be a good source of protein, but made him very sick. The No Collar tribe seems to be getting along with each other too. Nina Poersch came out to everyone about how she is deaf in her right ear, which didn't seem to affect her position in the game. Vince Sly had a good connection with Jenn and tried to align with her. However, Vince and Joe Anglim came into conflict with building the shelter and how it should be built.

Day 2

At the Blue Collar tribe, Dan came into conflict with Lindsey Cascaddan and Sierra Dawn Thomas over how the shelter should be built. The conflict between Dan and the women may have put him in a bad position. Mike has made it clear that he is Dan's friend and will stick with him. At the No Collar tribe, Joe became very likable when he started a fire without flint. Vince feels that Jenn is attracted to Joe, which makes Jenn feel uncomfortable about aligning with him. Jenn now starts to feel that Vince is too paranoid to play with. At the White Collar tribe, the tribe has had difficulty building the shelter and starting the fire.  Joaquin starts to find the Hidden Immunity Idol, after Carolyn notices him looking, she goes looking herself, and found the idol before Joaquin or So.

Day 3

At the Immunity Challenge, Joaquin, Lindsey, and Vince start on the keys to unlock the ladder; So, Mike, and Joe jump in to untie the knots. So unties all of her knots for the White Collars first, followed by Joe for the No Collars, while Mike finishes the knots last for Blue Collars. No Collar was the first to pick their puzzle, and they chose the 10-piece puzzle, and chose Jenn to do the puzzle. White Collar chose the 50-piece puzzle and put Shirin on the puzzle. Jenn tapped out and put Joe on the puzzle and finished first for the No Collar tribe. The Blue Collar tribe eventually got to the puzzle, and chose to put Sierra on the 10-piece puzzle. Shirin was having a hard time with the 50-piece puzzle, so switches out with Max. Sierra got one piece in place, then Mike took over the puzzle. Max was able to figure out the puzzle, but Mike breezed through the 10-piece puzzle and won second place for the Blue Collars, sending White Collar to Tribal Council. No Collar won the fire starting kit for coming in first, and Blue Collar won a flint. The White Collar tribe came in last place and one of them will be the first person voted out. 

Back at camp, So campaigned with the men to vote out Carolyn for being deemed too weak. Tyler told Carolyn that So threw her name around camp. To gain Tyler's trust, Carolyn told him that she found the Hidden Immunity Idol and campaigned to Shirin, Max, and Tyler to vote out So. Tyler is conflicted between voting out Carolyn, because of her age and being deemed weak in challenges, or voting out So, for lying about the decision she and Joaquin made in the beginning of the game. At Tribal Council, Shirin made it clear that So and Joaquin lied about their decision of choosing the Neutral box over Honest or Deceive. Shirin and Max knew that its only Honest or Deceive. So mentioned that there was an alliance between her, Joaquin, Max, and Tyler. So clearly said that So and Joaquin are voting out Carolyn, and Carolyn and Shirin clearly said they were voting for So, leaving Tyler and Max as the swing votes. Carolyn chose not to play her idol. Max and Tyler voted with Carolyn and Shirin, blindsiding So and Joaquin, and So was the first person voted out by a vote of 4-2. After leaving Tribal Council, Jeff mentioned that the White Collars will have a flint waiting for them back at camp.

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Ladder Daze
The tribes will race down a ramp and go through an obstacle where they will make their way to a large wooden crate, which contains a ladder. They may choose to open the crate and release the ladder by unlocking it with keys or untying its knots. Once they have freed their ladder, they will use it to go up, across, and down a tall platform and through another series of obstacles. They will then use the ladder decide which of three puzzles they would like to solve. The first puzzle is a five-piece tangram; the second is a ten-piece tree puzzle; the final puzzle is a 50-piece jigsaw. All of these puzzles average the same amount of time to finish, but if the right person is put on the right puzzle, they may be able to finish faster than average. The first two tribes to finish their puzzle win.
Reward: Fire making kit (1st place); flint (2nd place)
Winners (in order of finish): Nagarote and Escameca

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 1: Masaya
Voted Against	Voter
So (4 votes)	Carolyn, Max, Shirin, Tyler
Carolyn (2 votes)	Joaquin, So
VOTED OUT: So Kim

Voting Confessionals

	Carolyn	“	(voting against So) I haven't trusted you from the beginning. You've lied to me from Day 1. I hope it's you and not me tonight.	”

	So	“	(voting against Carolyn) We have to keep the tribe strong and you are the lesser of two evils.	”

Final Words

	So	“	This moment is absolutely my worst nightmare. I never would have imagined that I'd be sitting here the first one voted out. They definitely made a mistake. You're going to see that team self-destruct because they did, they kicked off someone who is clearly an asset in challenges. I mean, this hurts a lot and I think that I'm just trying to absorb the shock of it all.	”

Still in the Running

So 18th	Carolyn Masaya	Dan Escameca	Hali Nagarote	Jenn Nagarote	Joaquin Masaya	Joe Nagarote	Kelly Escameca	Lindsey Escameca
Max Masaya	Mike Escameca	Nina Nagarote	Rodney Escameca	Shirin Masaya	Sierra Escameca	Tyler Masaya	Vince Nagarote	Will Nagarote

Trivia

Other

• According to Shirin, the third puzzle in the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge actually had 54 pieces, instead of 50.
• This episode was nominated for Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming and Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming at the 67th Emmy Awards.
• This episode aired on Shirin's birthday.