Appearances Are Deceiving

Appearances Are Deceiving is the season premiere of.

Day 1
Carried by two speedboats, twenty strangers arrive at a larger boat to meet Jeff Probst. Angelina giggles upon seeing the tribe she is competing against: " As I'm on this boat to start Survivor, I look at everyone who's on the boat around me and I wonder, is this my tribe? We just look stacked. So much strength, so much beauty, some clear brains and as I look at the other tribe, I have the biggest smile on my face. The cards are just stacked completely in our favor and I want to take full advantage of that."

Jeff welcomes the survivors and introduced the theme of the season: David vs. Goliath, where the "David" tribe is comprised of players who overcame almost insurmountable odds in life, while the "Goliath" tribe is made up of players who had capitalized on their privileges to stay on top. The host then opens the game with a Reward Challenge with a twist. Before explaining the rules of the challenge, Jeff asks the Goliath tribe to select who they perceive as the two weakest members of the David tribe, after which the Goliaths choose Christian and Lyrsa. Neither Christian or Lyrsa is surprised by the decision. The Goliaths are then to choose two of their strongest members, after which they choose Alison and John. With the pairs of competitors decided, Jeff now gives the David tribe the opportunity to tilt the situation in their favor by choosing the set of obstacles in the challenge each tribe will have to go through. The Davids decide that the Goliath tribe do the plank bridge, the net tube, and the 15-piece block puzzle, leaving the beam over the water, the net crawl, and the 8-piece puzzle for themselves.

Christian and Lyrsa immediately take the lead, passing through the beam with ease, while Alison and John struggle to pass through the plank bridge. At the net crawl, Christian and Lyrsa begin to slow down, allowing Alison and John to catch up. Christian extends the lead for the Davids for finishing their puzzle within seconds, allowing Lyrsa to untie the bundle of lumber, winning it, and the challenge altogether for the David tribe. Jeff congratulates Christian for finishing the puzzle as quick has he did. Christian explains that the puzzle was child's play for him. After receiving maps to their camps, the tribes head out.

Challenges
Reward= Challenge: Open Before the challenge, the Goliath tribe will select two members from each tribe who will compete for the challenge based on first impressions (i.e. whoever they selected are assumed to be David's weakest and Goliath's strongest members). In turn, the David tribe chooses the set of obstacles the Goliath pair will run through. The choices of obstacles are: 1) a balance beam over water, plank bridge, or two person balance, 2) a net crawl, net tunnel, or rope tunnel, 3) transfer 30 sandbags from one platform to another, solve an 8-piece slide puzzle, or assemble a 15-piece cube puzzle. Once they are done, one member of the pair must climb out to untie a bundle of shelter-making supplies. The first tribe to drop their bundle at sea wins. Reward: Pre-cut lumber and additional supplies to help set up camp Winner: Challenge: Matchbox 25 Each tribe will have to sprint through an obstacle to a sand pit, where one person from each tribe must to dig under a log. The person from the first tribe to get through the log will then grab a machete and chop a rope to release a set of ladders. The person from the second tribe will have to untie knots instead. They will then pole vault onto another platform. Once everyone is across the pole vault, they will then need to solve a number puzzle. The first tribe to finish their puzzle wins. Reward: Flint Winner:
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Final Words
"david"

- To be out of the game not by a vote, but by pure accident, it's gut-wrenching, but my life and my health is bigger than this game and ultimately I will pick myself up off the beach, dust the sand off, and get back on my horse. As a David, what I've done for 41 years, it's the story of my life.

Secret Scene

 * Tough Times at Goliath

Other

 * This episode marks the second time a contestant was pulled from the game before the first Tribal Council due to medical reasons, following.