Quest for Food

Quest for Food is the third episode of.

Story
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- Previously On... Survivor: B.B.'s anger with Pagong tribe reached a fevered pitch. At Tagi, the conflict between Stacey and Rudy deepen. And Richard shared openly with his tribemates. At the Immunity Challenge, Stacey pulled through by winning the final unappetizing round forcing Pagong to take the long hike to the Tribal Council where B.B.'s volatile personality finally caught up to him. Fourteen are left. Tonight, one more will go.

Day 7
"tagi"

- I keep forgetting where I am when I wake up.

The episode started with the Tagi tribe making another attempt to catch fish. Sean complained in a confessional that there can be no fish thriving in the ocean at all, while Sue expressed her concern about their nearly empty stock of ready-to-eat canned meals."tagi"

- Fishing is horrible. That saying “There's a lot of fish in the sea”... not this sea. They apparently didn't grow up in Pulau Tiga because there is nothing to be caught out there. "tagi"

- As far as the food holding up, uh, I don't... I think we're into Day 7. I lost track but I know it's certain I'll dwindle down and I know we gotta get fish in here then. "tagi"

- This is frustrating. I mean it's the ocean! You'd think you get a fish somehow but no luck so far. We all thought “Oh yeah!” You know, we got these traps, we got hooks, we got a raft, you know, there's no reason why we shouldn't be having big fat fish for dinner every night but we're just not. To me that's kinda like “Oh yeah, woohoo! Big Survivor!” You know.

Later, Sue, Stacey, and Kelly were still trying to fish, but still to no avail. Kelly revealed to Sue and Stacey that she was getting fed up by Rudy's sarcastic take on their failed fishing expeditions."tagi"

- I think we've all sort of come to the conclusion that Rudy really needs to get out of here. He just criticizes whatever we're doing, he's hurting morale. "tagi"

- I think we were all kinda stoked that you know, yeah he's an ex-Navy SEAL, we're going to kick ass but he really hasn't contributed very much. I think is definitely going to influence me the next time I go to Tribal Council. I think it's influencing all of us, you know.

In a confessional, Sue revealed that she wanted to vote Stacey out for being the weakest. It seemed also that Stacey felt that Sue might betray her when she saw that Sue wasn't ready to commit to an alliance between them."tagi"

- I have conflicts, personality conflicts every day with people. I deal with them, I work with them, I live with 'em, I go on. I'm gonna do the same thing here. I'm gonna get rid of the weakest member and vote Stacey out. And Stacey is trying to buddy up with everybody because she knows she's the weakest. "tagi"

- When Kelly and Sue and I were on the raft we talked about who'd we vote off. Sue initially didn't want to talk about it which immediately clued me in that she was planning to vote me off even though we decided to stick together so now I don't trust her as far as I can throw her, which according to the group would be not far.

At Pagong, while collecting tapioca for food, Gretchen, Colleen and Greg stumbled upon a mud volcano and decided to go play in it instead."pagong"

- The oomph is a little gone from our group. I don't know why that is. I think that not eating is a factor of our mood. "pagong"

- We want food. (chuckles) Gretchen, Colleen, Greg they were out looking for tapioca so that we could have mashed potatoes style tapioca root. "pagong"

- Operation: Tapioca has everything to do with finding tapioca but we find other things on the way too. (laughs) "pagong"

- The first time I came upon the mud volcano was with Gretchen and Greg. "pagong"

- We stopped at the mud volcanoes for a dip. We had a good time.

They decided to return back to camp, fully muddied as they divulged the rest of their tribe about their discovery. In the end, Pagong ended up having a mud bath, being a more cohesive tribe than when B.B. was still around."pagong"

- We walked out of the woods like, you know, Lord of the Flies and I think the others were quite interested in our discovery so we took a group field trip. "pagong"

- It was a great feeling. Just like a natural celebration for everybody. To get together, just get dirty and have a little fun. Have a couple of laughs. "pagong"

- But it's also just to get away from the daily grind here. I mean we're gonna be here 39 Days. You gotta keep yourself happy.

Back at Tagi, Rudy was surprised when he saw Dirk in the middle of the woods, reading his bible (his luxury item)."tagi"

- I've seen Dirk reading his Bible today. I didn't know he brought a Bible. "tagi"

- I just need that quiet time and especially a lot of that quiet time includes just praying, and meditating, and praising God. That's kinda where I feel like all my strength and energy comes from. My testimony is not something I'm afraid to share and that's just part of getting to know people in, at a deeper and deeper level.

Dirk then started preaching to his tribemates, secretly irking Sue."tagi"

- I can only take so much preaching. I went to church, I've put my time and I believe in God and all that but the constantly, everything always come back unto Jesus, Jesus, and Dirk's about to drive me wild with that.

Stacey later noticed that Dirk liked Kelly and told her about it, but Kelly was not moved by that, because she was dating someone back home. Dirk expressed his true feelings to Kelly, but said that he will not cross the line."tagi"

- I think Dirk has a little crush on Kelly. He doesn't have a chance in hell. "tagi"

- Stacey came up to me “Yeah, I think he likes you.” You know, just like “Oh great!” You know, I didn't come out here for that, you know. I don't need, we don't need that. "tagi"

- Kelly's got a serious boyfriend and unless she tells me otherwise, that's a line I'm not gonna cross. "tagi"

- I think he's really sexually frustrated.

Dirk then revealed to the tribe that he was a virgin, but Sue comically taunted him to have sex. In their confessionals, Kelly and Richard praised Dirk for his sexual abstinence."tagi"

- I'm obviously not a virgin but if he, that's how he wants to live his life that's cool. You don't meet too many 23 year old guys who are virgins. "tagi"

- He's interesting. Being a virgin, 23, and not thinking about crossing that line 'til marriage. Ooh! He's extraordinarily religious and I don't know that we'd ever be, you know, real close as a result of that because we're on such different ends of the spectrum religiously.

Dirk revealed in his confessional that he despises homosexual people and premarital sex, leading to a conflict with gay Richard."tagi"

- Rich, you know, homosexual people tend to talk about their homosexuality all the time and it's really annoying to me. Maybe that's just me, but if we cut that out it almost be perfect around camp.

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- Day 7 on the island. After Pagong's visit to Tribal Council, both tribes are now even at seven members. Today we'll see what effect losing B.B. has on Pagong as they prepare for their next challenge. Both tribes will have their work cut out for them today as it requires strength, endurance, and most importantly, teamwork. Try to go at this one alone, they'll never make it to shore.

Both tribes received Tree Mail informing them of their upcoming Reward Challenge which they guessed would involve diving underwater. Over at Pagong, Gervase was dreading the challenge due to not being good at swimming."pagong"

- The thing is this, everybody knew coming in water wasn't my thing. Swimming wasn't my thing and my team knew it from the beginning and so when we get into any kind of swimming situation, if it's actual swimming, we're gonna be struggling, you know. They have to compensate for me but that's what a team does.

The tribes met Jeff at the Sand Spit, where they competed for reward. It was a close race, but Tagi ended up going back to camp with their treasure chest filled with fishing gear.

Day 8
Richard put Tagi's reward to use. Sean belittled him, and still used his "Superpole 2000" with Dirk and went to the sea, insisting that his "invention" was still more effective."tagi"

- Yesterday's competition was great. That was the pulling the treasure up from the water, dragging it in and getting the mask and snorkel. Oh baby, that made me feel good. I wanted that mask and snorkel from Day 1 to go get fish. "tagi"

- Rich, he overestimates himself sometimes and we're kinda thinking that he wasn't going to catch anything. When you snorkel down there, there's nothing you can stab at. We have a good pole, my “Superpole” which is, you know, it works in a Gilligan's Island sort of sense. We got some maggots, we got the “Superpole 2000” and we got the persistence of Dirk and me. We can't lose.

In the end, Rich ended up victorious when he approached Dirk and Sean's raft with a stingray and eventually caught more fish, while Sean and Dirk stayed empty-handed."tagi"

- This is a pretty good moment for me 'cause I knew people were thinking I was just full of caca. It was just, you know, one of those things that I've been talking about fishing, talking about what I've been doing all my life. "tagi"

- I actually think Sean was kinda sad that I beat him. "tagi"

- Sean said “Get something that looks like a fish.” "tagi"

- Finally I came up with a third one and they said “Good job, good job!” "tagi"

- He pulled through. He showed his true colors. He does know how to spear fish. He got us a couple of manta rays or whatever the hell they were.

After this, Tagi finally enjoyed a protein meal."tagi"

- My position with the tribe is probably gonna increase as a result of this. I talk about the things I'm capable of doing and this might give them that “Oh! Maybe some of what he's saying is true.”

Day 9
At Pagong, Joel and Colleen went on fishing using their old fish cage, but to no avail, resorting them to catch rats, with Greg making a contraption to catch them. Initially, Gervase and Ramona weren't too excited to eat the rodents, but eventually they got used to them and decided to catch more."pagong"

- We heard the rumor that the other team caught fish with their spear. "pagong"

- The mask, that was definitely the key to them starting to get fish and that worries me a little bit because they're gonna be eating some protein. "pagong"

- I would definitely want that fish than rat but now it doesn't matter either or now. "pagong"

- Oh, I'm so ready to eat rat! I want to gut 'em, bone 'em and then we're gonna have like little rat meat with the rice that we're eating. That would be delicious. "pagong"

- I'm not sure exactly what a rat might taste like. Nobody's said anything to me about what it would taste like. "pagong"

- Anytime anybody can hit one over the head, we'll hit them over the head too. Gretchen hit one over the head the other night, last night with a soup spoon. "pagong"

- The principle of a trap: this noose is wrapped around the inside of this area here, the bait's in there and is getting tugged out by the rat (releases trap mechanism) and the noose goes tight. "pagong"

- Rats aren't bad. Rats are rats! Questions of edibility only have to do with your perceptions. "pagong"

- I'm concerned that I'll be a bit gamy. We won't have quite the gravy we're looking for, which would really be helpful. When cooking rats I'd imagine the sauce is of the utmost importance. "pagong"

- Tell you there's plenty of food on the island. You won't starve out here with all these rats, man. There's tons of them and they're everywhere. So there's definitely something to eat out here. I think people would just rather eat some fish instead, that's all.

Both tribes received Tree Mail informing them of their upcoming Immunity Challenge. The note informed them that they had to build a stretcher that would be able to carry a tribemate. Both tribes started constructing the stretchers and made practice runs."tagi"

- Today is Immunity Challenge day so we're building a stretcher, gotta be a strong one, we don't know for what but uh, obviously it's a competition. It's gonna determine who kicks somebody out tonight. "tagi"

- It's important to keep winning these games because for one you win the Immunity you don't have to go through the brain rush of worrying about kicking somebody off the team. "tagi"

- In general, we're a really tight group. We all have our own individual strengths. We're pulling together. It's just if we could get Rudy outta here, I think we'd be even stronger. "pagong"

- Right now I am collecting stuff to build a, um, stretcher. "pagong"

- For what we don't know. To carry our lightest member and whatever else and through something or over something. I don't know. "pagong"

- We have some idea, you know. It's going to involve a stretcher, an evacuation or something. An emergency-type thing. "pagong"

- We're feeling a little bit defensive but we're also feeling like we can do it. We can beat them 'cause you got a really light person and a really strong team pulling her.

At the Immunity Challenge, Pagong emerged victorious, thus sending Tagi back to Tribal Council. Back at Tagi camp, the vote was torn between the eldest member Rudy and the deemed weakest tribemate Stacey."tagi"

- Since we lost the challenge today we go back to the Council tonight. Fun, fun! "tagi"

- Well having lost the challenge, we gotta vote somebody out again. That's what happens every time we lose an Immunity Challenge. "tagi"

- And I don't think it's gonna get any easier, you know. Every time we go there it's just gonna suck even more. "tagi"

- We haven't been in this Council in six days and in those six days we've all gotten to know each other pretty well. And I feel bad because they're all, you know, scared and, (sighs) about being, you know, voted off as I am. I thought it was a done deal that Rudy would be the next one off but it could be me. I don't know. "tagi"

- It's either gonna be me or Stacey, you know, that get voted off. I think the younger people are gonna band together. They're gonna get rid of me and then they gotta cutthroat each other. I'm gonna vote Stacey out at the Council tonight 'cause I don't like her (chuckles) and I'll never will. "tagi"

- I told Stacey I was gonna vote for Rudy but I was thinking about voting for her 'cause she was the weakest. I gotta think of the team. That's what I come in here for. "tagi"

- I kind of prioritized people based on who's contributing, I think, and can contribute most to the competitions. I even wanted to talk with the group about who we were voting for and let's, you know, before we even go knows so we can talk with the people but, boy did that not fly! "tagi"

- I don't think anybody's out here to make friends. I'm not out here to make friends. The people that you're forming alliances with now and people that you're getting with along now are people that are gonna have to turn around and vote you. But somebody's gotta go, so it's just the way it goes.

In a rainy Tribal Council, Jeff abruptly ended the conversation as the rain started to get too strong. In the end, Rudy was deemed more valuable for his survival knowledge from his military background, and Stacey was eliminated, 5-2.

After the vote, Jeff allowed Tagi to stay at Tribal Council until the rain subsided.

Reward
Challenge: Treasure Chest

A treasure chest is submerged 150 yards off the Sand Spit. Each tribe must swim out to the treasure chest. Once the entire tribe has arrived, they must dive down and work as a group to drag the chest along the ocean bottom back to shore. First tribe to haul their chest ashore and open it wins.

Reward: The winning tribe will bring their treasure chest to camp. The chest contains fishing supplies (mask, snorkel, spear, flippers and bait).

Winner: Tagi

Immunity
Challenge: Rescue Mission

Before the challenge, both tribes received Tree Mail where they were instructed to make a stretcher and pick one tribe mate (preferably the smallest or lightest) that will be lying on it (Tagi chose Kelly, while Pagong selected Colleen). They are to choose "leaders" as well (Sue for Tagi and Joel for Pagong). Simulating a real plane crash, the smallest members from both tribes (pretending to be plane crash survivors) will be sent to the middle of the jungle and harnessed into a parachute dangling from a tree. Then the leaders will guide the other tribe members to "rescue" the "survivor" and proceed to the "first aid tent". The first team to reach it wins Immunity.

Winner: Pagong

Voting Confessionals
''Susan and Dirk were shown writing down Stacey on their parchment. Rudy showed his Stacey vote to the camera but did not give a confessional. Kelly showed her Rudy vote to the camera but did not give a confessional. Also, Richard and Dirk's confessionals are only available on DVD.'' "tagi"

- (voting for Stacey) I'm voting for Stacey. Nothing personal, I just feel that we need as much athleticism and brute force in this competition. I love her to death, and this is no reflection of the type of person she is.

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- (voting for Rudy) Rudy.

"tagi"

- (voting for Stacey) Just for the team.

"tagi"

- (voting for Stacey) Hey, Stacey, we were just getting to know each other.

Final Words
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- They kicked off their bug eating hero instead of their food stealing, stumbling, ornery, old Navy SEAL. Probably the guys said “Well we need to vote a woman off 'cause we need physical strength” and, you know, “Who do we think is the least productive?” and that would be me. And yet I was much more productive than the four guys.

Behind the Scenes

 * In February 2001, Borneo player Stacey Stillman filed a lawsuit claiming producers interfered in the process of the game by persuading two members of her tribe (Sean Kenniff and Dirk Been) to vote her off instead of Rudy Boesch. This was the first legal problem Survivor had faced. The case was settled out of court.

Other

 * Though Stacey's torch was already extinguished because of the heavy rain, Jeff still placed the snuffer on top of Stacey's torch to make things formal.
 * This episode has the very first storm in Survivor history and was also the first Tribal Council to be held under rain.
 * This was the only time that the castaways were allowed to stay at Tribal Council to wait until the rain subsided. Tagi returned to camp the next morning.
 * All the decorative torches including the fire pit and the contestants' torches were extinguished because of the heavy rain. All the Tagi members have flashlights beneath them to increase visibility.
 * This is the first episode in which a castaway's final words took place at daytime (because of the storm).
 * Crew members can be seen in the background of the Reward Challenge.Borneo Reward ep3.png
 * In this episode's tribal council, a conch shell was used by the castaways to pass around and take turns talking. This would be the only time the shell is used as Jeff Probst disapproved of this method of moderating Tribal Council because he felt that he didn't have anything to do other than sit and listen