She Annoys Me Greatly

She Annoys Me Greatly is the premiere episode of.

Challenges
Reward Challenge:  Water Slaughter

Two members from each tribe would battle for a life ring. The tribe that gets one of their members to have a hand on the ring and one on their scoring pole scores a point. The first tribe that scores four wins reward.

Reward: Flint and 20 pounds of beans.

Winner: Bikal

Immunity Challenge: It's a Long Way to the Top

One by one in pairs, tribes have to make their way up a four story high tower. On each of the floors, the pairs will throw three crates down the tower to reveal sandbags. Once all four levels of crates have been thrown down, one pair will collect the sandbags and throw them into six holes. A flag will be raised when the holes are filled.

Additional Stipulation: If Gota wins, they will also receive flint. Winner: Gota

Day 1
Across the islands of Caramoan in the eastern Philippines, a boat is carrying ten Americans. These contestants have one thing in common, they are all Survivor fans. Just above them are two helicopters, containing their competition: ten former Survivors from past seasons.

After disembarking, the "Fans" are welcomed by Jeff Probst. Jeff reveals that they are going up against previous contestants. The helicopters then land on the beach, revealing the ten returning "Favorites." Jeff then tosses their buffs: The Fans are the Gota tribe, wearing orange, while the Favorites are the Bikal tribe, wearing purple. After suiting up, the tribes square off in the first Reward Challenge, for flint and a plentiful supply of beans.

Erik grabs the ring first, but as he rushes to Bikal's pole, the massive Shamar runs toward him, prompting Erik to throw the ring to Dawn. Julia intercepts, but Dawn tackles her, letting the ring go. Shamar takes the ring, while Erik fruitlessly tries to stop him. Shamar reaches the pole, winning the first point for the Fans.

At the second round, Eddie gets the ring first and throws it to Hope. Andrea and Hope have a tussle for the ring. Eddie and Brandon then join the fight. Brandon drags the ring and the three others altogether toward Bikal's pole, allowing Andrea to reach it, winning the round for the Favorites.

At the third round, Michael has the ring first, but is thwarted by Phillip. Sherri grapples Brenda before she gets the chance to assist Phillip. Along the sidelines, Shamar shouts at Sherri to "break her wrist," much to everyone's surprise. The four continue the fight for the ring, until Phillip stands up and drags Michael's foot toward Bikal's pole, winning Bikal their second point.

At the fourth round, Matt gets to the ring first but he then gets tackled by Francesca. Cochran and Laura come to help their teamates. While Cochran tries to take down Laura, Francesca starts to pull Matt over Bikal's pole. She finally touches the pole to win a third point for Bikal.

At the fifth round, Reynold gets to the ring first and tries to toss it at Allie, but he gets taken out by Malcolm. Allie and Corinne come to help the guys but Malcolm and Reynold are fighting almost alone, during which Malcolm almost loses his shorts, leaving the two girls behind. Corinne almost touches Bikal's pole, but Reynold fights back. Malcolm rebounds and touches the pole, winning the challenge for the Favorites.

After the challenge, the tribes part ways and head to their respective camps. At Gota, Shamar expresses his disappointment for their loss at the Reward Challenge. "gota"

- Not being the winners was very disappointing to me. I had so much confidence in my team, so it made me realize that I don't have full control of this game, and I just have to do my best to inspire my teammates to do a better job next time.

After the tribe finds a basket of rice and a bolo knife, Shamar insists that fire is the number one priority, while Matt says shelter is equally important. Most of the tribe members following Matt, upsetting Shamar. The frustration continues when Matt sees Shamar inactive while he is doing all the work on the shelter. Matt tells Shamar to help them, but Shamar shuns him. "gota"

- There’s ten people on our tribe so I’m just going to do my thing and see how it plays out. "gota"

- I’d much rather you guys with energy put it towards the fire.

"gota"

- We're gonna have an Immunity Challenge coming up, and we’re gonna to have to have camaraderie in camp or else things are going to get ugly quick.

True to their identity as a tribe of returning contestants, strategy begins at the Bikal tribe the moment they arrive at their beach.

The Favorites immediately starts working on shelter and water. Phillip asserts his desire to have their shelter facing the beach, something that is no surprise to his rival, Francesca. Andrea, Dawn and Francesca discuss strategy in the jungle, thinking which are the best people to join their alliance. Francesca then starts working on Brandon, Erik and Brenda to join their fold. Later Francesca finds Phillip and tells him that she has no ill feelings for him despite their rivalry in their first season, and she is not targeting him whatsoever, even wanting to align with him. Phillip on the other hand, secretly questions Francesca's true motives, that, if she is really gotten over the her early elimination then, why is she keeping bringing the past up.

Noontime at Gota, the Reynold and Eddie try to start fire, while Shamar, a marine by profession observes them. Shamar steps up, telling them that the hole they made on their bamboo was too big. He then picked a new half a bamboo and cut a smaller hole on it. Shamar, Michael, Hope and Julia then use the new bamboo to spark a fire. With the fire established, the rest of the tribe gather twigs and kindling to keep it going. Matt, who is still busy doing the shelter, congratulates Shamar and makes peace with him. "gota"

- Getting voted out is one thing, but I’m not going to sit up here and be the guy who goes out for dehydration.

"gota"

- I was extremely happy. I smoothed it over with Shamar. We shook hands. Sometimes you got to give a guy the benefit of the doubt.

Back at Bikal, After the tribe chows down their first lunch, Phillip starts recruiting members for his alliance. Borrowing notes from his former ally and Survivor: Redemption Island winner Rob Mariano, Phillip establishes his alliance with what he called the "B.R. (Boston Rob) Rules." He is successful with Corinne, Andrea, Dawn, Cochran and Malcolm. Though he already have the numbers he needed, Phillip tries to enlist Erik. Phillip brags to Erik that he is already part of an alliance, and if he rejects, they still have the numbers anyway. Phillip then makes a disclaimer, telling Erik he is only a "messenger," and someone else is running their alliance. Erik is displeased by Phillip's assertive actions.

Afternoon at Gota, Eddie and Reynold make an alliance, with Reynold comparing themselves as "hunted species" for being physical threats. Reynold recruits Allie while Eddie convinces Hope while stargazing in the evening. Later, while most of the Fans are already asleep, Laura catches Reynold and Allie cuddling and kissing to warm themselves up at night. "gota"

- Survivor is a game of gut instinct and right now by gut feels good and I think hers does too. "gota"

- Romantic alliances do not work on Survivor. They’re going to get targeted right away.

Day 3
At Bikal, Cochran expresses a terrible concern: his enormous sunburns. Baked under the hot Philippine sun for three days took a toll on his skin, with his face bright pink and both of his feet are swollen.

Morning at Gota, Reynold, Eddie, Allie and Hope are bathing at sea, mutually agreeing that they would hang out with each other outside of the game. "gota"

- Eddie comments, "Everybody wants to sit at the cool kid lunch table. You got to work your way in, but I don’t think anyone else is going to be at our table.

Meanwhile, Laura, Julia and Sherri discuss about Reynold and Allie's cuddling incident on their first night, wanting to split them apart early on. Michael, who also in the conversation, halfheartedly accepts their invitation for an alliance, but finds himself bonding best with another tribe offbeat, Matt. The two compare notes about which side to pick, but they agree to have some rapport regardless if they are voting together or not. Matt insists to keep the strategy at the back burner until they lose an Immunity Challenge.

The tribes meet Jeff Probst for their first Immunity Challenge. After telling the instructions for the challenge, Jeff tells the Fans that if they win the challenge, they will get flint.

Behind The Scenes

 * Night 1 at Bikal, it is revealed that Cochran's sunburns actually started immediately after the Reward Challenge, before they had access to sunscreen. Dawn takes notice of the sunburn, while Brandon jokes that he needs a hug, giving one to Cochran. Meanwhile, Francesca and Brenda talk strategy.
 * On Day 2, the tribes receive their pre-Immunity Challenge Tree Mail, which is tied on their tribe flag. At Bikal, Cochran holds the scroll to the message, but cannot untie the knot, embarrassing himself in front of his tribe. Phillip unties it for him so he can read it. In a confessional, Cochran expresses his opinion of Phillip being authoritative, calling him an "overgrown 11 year-old." Later, Phillip thinks that the challenge requires holding one's breath underwater. Phillip then tries to hold his breath in front of Francesca, Andrea and Dawn, only to fail his first time. When he took longer in the second attempt, the three women sneak out of the beach. At Gota, Allie expresses that most of the "Favorites" were not her personal favorites. Back at Bikal, Corinne plans to vote Francesca out because she already formed an alliance with Phillip, despite liking her.
 * In her "The Day After" video, Francesca expresses her disappointment for being voted out first twice, but is grateful to be invited to compete despite her unimpressive track record. She claims that her highlight was winning a challenge, for she was not able to win one from her previous season. She then accuses some of her tribemates for being friendly towards her, only to fool her they way they did, saying that to be treated as such, they have to be skilled at it and apply them in their personal lives. Francesca ends by declaring she will not play Survivor again if given the chance.

Other

 * The premiere was 90 minutes long.
 * This is the second time that Francesca was the first castaway voted out from a season.
 * The said record beats Russell Swan's old record of the least amount of days lasted on Survivor for a returning contestant, only surviving nine (9) days.
 * The entire footage for day 2 was deleted and became a behind the scenes video.
 * Like in the first Fans vs. Favorites, the Fans won the first Immunity Challenge.
 * This marks the first time that Francesca won a challenge.
 * In the Immunity challenge, Jeff mistakenly said that Phillip Sheppard and John Cochran are going in the challenge for the Heroes instead of Favorites.

Episode Title

 * The episode title phrase "She Annoys Me Greatly" was said by Phillip Sheppard during a confessional, referring to his hostile relationship with Francesca Hogi.