The Marooning

The Marooning is the first episode of and of the Survivor television series.

Story
16 strangers from different walks of life were transported to Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina. At their landing site the cast was instructed to salvage all supplies that they can get.

The sixteen castaways were divided into two competing tribes. They 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 two tribes: Leona and Viedma, began to scramble to pull as many supplies as they could off the boat and onto their own rafts.

The Leona tribe was notably weaker physically, with standouts being Stella who had grown sick after sleeping without a shelter and Jar Jar who was a general outsider of the tribe. Emma and Leela began bonding for being the physically strongest women both on the tribe and in their personal lives, and Scrooge impressed by pulling his own weight despite being the oldest in the cast.

At the Viedma tribe, Katniss immediately seized control which rubbed some people the wrong way. She questioned why Bubbles was in the game due to her age, but Bubbles proved to be one of the strongest on the tribe. Karen also began bonding with Samuel, coming to view him as a father figure.

Despite their apparent challenge weakness, Leona pulled out a win sending Viedma to the first ever tribal council. Quickly Louise and Samuel were brought up as targets, feeling they would be challenge liabilities due to their age. Louise called out Katniss for her dictatorial style leadership, though people would defend Kat as at least a challenge strength. The tribe began to push to voting out Samuel, as his tripping cost them the win. Karen felt conflicted on this, due to their early bond.

Challenges
Reward/Immunity 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: 50 waterproof matches. Winner:

Final Words
"viedma"

- Well, this has been a wonderful experience. I've met a whole bunch of people I never would've at home, and I wish my tribe the best of luck. At the end, I think the made a good call. I just hope they can start picking it up with me gone.