In its 30th season, Survivor remains as compelling as ever. The Survivor: Worlds Apart cast consists of 18 contestants with the new twist being white collar vs. blue collar vs. no collar.
White Collar (Yellow/Masaya): Carolyn, Joaquin, Max, Shirin, So, Tyler
Blue Collar (Blue/Escameca): Dan, Kelly, Lindsey, Mike, Rodney, Sierra
No Collar (Red/Nargarote): Hali, Jenn, Joe, Nina, Vince, Will
Each tribe picks one person to represent them: Joaquin, Dan, and Will. They choose So, Mike, and Jenn to join them. When they get back to camp, each pair will separate and make a decision for their tribe.
The decision they must make is between honesty and deceit. Honesty will earn them a large bag of beans; deceit will earn them a small bag of beans with a hidden immunity idol clue. The first two tribes choose to be honest.
Sierra doesn’t trust that story and starts spreading rumors that they screwed them and took the clue.
So has some skepticism, but Joaquin without question wants to lie and pushes the decision that way. He views this as an advantage, and he’s going to take whatever he can. Is it really? Having less food than the other tribes sounds detrimental. As a result of this plot, they agree to be in an alliance. They lie and say they chose the non-existent neutral option, which nobody believes. In response, Carolyn, Shirin, and Max form an alliance of their own.
Blue Collar gets fire within a couple hours. Pretty impressive. Not to be outdone, Joe makes fire for the No Collar tribe as well. Okay, this is getting a little silly now. Vince’s immediate reaction is jealousy because he fears his crush Jenn will now be after Joe instead.
Mike eats a scorpion. He’s now vomiting on day 1. That’s probably not a good thing.
Lindsey has already decided she does not like Dan, who seems to be talking down to her as they build the shelter. This quickly puts him on the wrong side of the female members of the tribe.
Carolyn doesn’t need a clue to find the hidden immunity idol. She just keeps an eye on So and then looks where she is looking because they all know she’s got the clue.
The first immunity challenge sends them through some obstacles before they must choose between keys to unlock locks or knots to untie. All three tribes choose the keys. Then they all change their minds. Another set of obstacles follows as Blue Collar falls way behind. The big choice is which puzzle they want: 5, 10, or 50 pieces. Each averages about the same amount of time to solve but utilizes a different set of skills. No Collar chooses 10 pieces, White Collar chooses 50 pieces, and Blue Collar picks 10. Shirin is terrible, allowing the last place tribe to catch up. No Collar wins immunity and reward. Blue Collar places second. Reward is a fire-making kit for first place and flint for second. That means White Collar is still fireless, though they will get it after Tribal Council.
So successfully accomplished her part of the challenge of untying knots, which would make one of the other two women the target. Whether that’s a fair comparison to doing a puzzle, probably not.
Joaquin and So lie again, telling Carolyn she is not a target. Tyler informs her she is a target, and her response is that she knows they don’t have the idol because she does. This turn of events makes So her target.
Carolyn opts not to use her idol, and I’m not sure how much sense it would have made to use it at the first vote anyway, although telling someone seems equally questionable.
Votes
Carolyn
So
Carolyn
So
So
So
With 4 votes, So has been voted off the island. For the sake of challenges, they could use her a lot more than either of the other two women, but she lost any credibility with that early lie.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Worlds Apart Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.