They Came at Us with Spears!

They Came at Us with Spears! is the first episode of.

Reward/Immunity
Challenge: Fire Starter This challenge consists of a commando crawl through a mud pit, three players moving a ball through a table maze, grabbing the ball, climbing a ladder to a balance beam, net slide back to the ground, three other players then using provided materials and matches inside the ball to build a fire in a cauldron to burn through a rope, lowering a torch, lighting the torch, and crossing the finish.

Reward: Tribal immunity and flint

Winner: Yasur

Voting Confessionals
"lopevi"

- Chris, I'm making this vote to save my own butt, and it's definitely strategy. Good luck, bud.

"lopevi"

- If you get voted off tonight, we'll miss your sage comments around camp. Right now, man, it's all about team and winning.

"lopevi"

- Just playing the game, man. I started playing it when I got to the beach. It's all part of the game.

Final Words
"lopevi"

- The one thing I didn't want was to be the first person off. Who the hell wants to be the first person off? During the three days in the game, I don't think I learned much about myself. My only problem was the other 17 people here gave me an absolute schooling in the game of 'Survivor', so I got beat. Bottom line, someone got me and they got me good. Peace out 'Survivor', man.

Trivia

 * Lopevi's defeat mirrors Tambaqui's loss during the first Immunity Challenge of Survivor: The Amazon, where the all-male tribe dominated through the course, but stumbled with the balance section of the challenge.
 * The results of the Tribal Council were also mirrored: a physical young male was voted out, while one other older contestant received three votes against, and a third contestant of different ethnicity received one vote against.
 * This is the first episode since And Then There Were Four from Survivor: The Amazon where Rupert Boneham does not appear at any point during the episode.