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Total Dysfunction is the second episode of Survivor: One World.

Story[]

Night 3[]

Salani returned to the One World camp from Tribal Council, where they received news that tribemate Kourtney was removed from the game after fracturing her wrist at the first Immunity Challenge. Colton, Michael, and Jay from the Manono tribe welcomed the women, where Michael telling that they stoked Salani's bonfire while they were away at Tribal Council. Kat expressed her disdain for the gesture, saying that she could tend without the men's assistance. Christina attempted to make amends with Alicia over their heated confrontation at Tribal Council. Christina explained that Alicia did not let her explain her side of the story and that she felt it was disrespectful.

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Alicia
I mean please, if I saw her swimming in an ocean and she was drowning, I would probably look the other way.

Alicia hugged her and told her not to worry about it, but still said in her confessional that she wanted Christina out, but Nina was first due to her being weaker.

Day 4[]

The Salani women gather to set some ground rules. Sabrina assigns chores to each tribe member after everybody agrees to appoint her as leader.

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Sabrina
Managing the airheads is going to be exhausting.

Nina senses that she, Christina, and Monica are on the oust of the alliance and mentions that Kat is driving her nuts. Instead of getting food, Alicia and Kat go and take a swim in the ocean.

Tree Mail includes two enormous boxes for each tribe and a Do-It-Yourself Reward Challenge inside. Bill explains the rules, and the Manono tribe ends up winning the tarp, the box, and the rope.

After adding the tarp to their shelter, Matt believes that their shelter will be the best in history. Everyone's working hard, except Colton and after Matt says that he's just here to hang out at Salani's camp, Jonas warns them that Colton is getting along with the girls and when the merge comes, Colton will have all the girls wrapped around his finger.

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Jonas
He makes Russell look like...a freaking schoolgirl.

Colton is at Salani's tribe camp helping them with their shelter. The women decide to fake a tribe meeting so they could get Colton out of their camp. He sadly leaves and suggests that he should just go to a different part of the island and start his own tribe because he's so lonely. Later, he returns to the girls' camp and calls all the women together. He attempts to explain that he doesn't fit anywhere on his tribe and that coming to their tribe makes him feel that he fits in.

That evening, Colton calls over Tarzan, Jonas, Troyzan, and Leif and reveals to them his idol, after mentioning to play it at their next Tribal Council in hopes of getting Matt or Michael out soon. The four are astounded and Jonas claims that Colton is 'ridiculously smart'.

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Colton
Until I can get with the girls, I have to associate myself with these misfits. This is my world. They should have called this 'Survivor: Colton's World'.

Day 5[]

Manono and Salani arrive on a beach for the Immunity Challenge. The men decide to sit out Tarzan before they line up on the beam over the water. Leif makes a decent progress for the men, while Kat is having a harder time getting through Monica. After Manono has had already three of their men across, Salani hasn't had a single woman go through the course. Kat is shockingly unable to figure out the logistics of the challenge and repeatedly jumps into the water. Monica volunteers to go first and successfully gets through all of the women. Before Salani could continue with Monica's idea, the men have already had all of their men through and win the second Immunity.

Back at camp, Kat immediately takes responsibility for losing the challenge and the women try and forgive her about it, with Sabrina telling her to "rah-rah" on the inside. Nina disagrees about forgiving Kat and calls her a 'dumb blonde', 'dumb broad', and 'a complete idiot' during a confessional. So, she approaches Chelsea and tells her that Kat is ignorant and a nitwit.

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Chelsea
Trust me, I've been embarrassed since I've been here.

At Tribal Council, Jeff believes that this is one of the most embarrassing starts in Survivor. He compares Salani to a group of sixth graders and lets Nina talk about her life experiences. After briefly explaining her life as a cop, Nina puts Kat on the spot and asks her what her life experiences are. Kat explains that she's in sales, so she talks to people. Jeff encourages her to use her youth as an advantage and she does. But Nina scoffs that Kat isn't an athlete. Kim agrees that the vote is between Nina and Kat, and both Chelsea and Sabrina confess that if they could start over, they'd probably have different alliances. It turns out Kat never puts herself in a position where she knows she'll fail, so she says that it's fair to vote her out, but she hopes that her fellow alliance members will believe in her and save her. Before finishing, Kat throws in Christina's name, claiming that while she's here to play, Christina is just there.

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Sabrina
A man would have called another man out and they would have dealt with it.

Jeff tallies the vote and Nina is voted out. Before sending them back to camp, Jeff says that the women better get their acts together.

Challenges[]

Challenge: D.I.Y. Knots
Eight castaways from each tribe would open up a crate containing a metal ring tied inside of a huge knot. The first tribe to get the ring out would win.
Reward: Tarp for the winning tribe and both of the tribes could keep the supplies used in the challenge.
Winner: Manono

Challenge: By the Numbers
Eight castaways from each tribe would stand on a narrow beam over water. One at a time, the castaways would move down the beam, squeezing past their fellow tribe members. The castaway moving down the beam would not be allowed to touch more than one tribe member at a time. Any castaway to fall off would have to start over. The first tribe to get all eight members to the finish platform would win.
Winner: Manono

Tribal Council[]

Tribal Council 2:
Salani
Voted
Against
Voter
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Nina (6 votes)
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S24 kat tS24 kim tS24 sabrina t
Alicia, Chelsea, Christina, Kat, Kim, Sabrina
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Christina (1 vote)
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Monica
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Kat (1 vote)
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Nina
VOTED OUT:
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Nina Acosta

Voting Confessionals[]

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Kat
(voting against Nina) Nina, I think you're a strong competitor, but I would never throw you under the bus the way you did me.
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Nina
(voting against Kat) Kat, I've already said my reasons why you should go home. There's been enough shenanigans around camp, and it's just time for you to leave.

Final Words[]

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Nina
I think the tribe made a huge mistake by voting me out instead of Kat. Kat not only is young and lacks life experience, she's very immature, and whether or not the other people know it, she's destroying the tribe and she should have gone home tonight. I wish the gals a lot of luck, but I think they're in deep trouble. I think the guys are gonna take them apart, piece by piece.

Still in the Running[]

 Kourtney
18th
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 Nina
17th
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 Alicia
Salani
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 Bill
Manono
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 Chelsea
Salani
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 Christina
Salani
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 Colton
Manono
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 Jay
Manono
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 Jonas
Manono
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 Kat
Salani
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 Kim
Salani
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 Leif
Manono
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 Matt
Manono
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 Michael
Manono
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 Monica
Salani
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 Sabrina
Salani
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 Tarzan
Manono
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 Troyzan
Manono
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Trivia[]

Behind The Scenes[]

  • In a confessional, Monica volunteers to be fill in Salani's water containers and tend the fire, but laments that her efforts are taken for granted.
  • In another confessional, Michael calls Colton a disgrace to the Manono tribe for being inactive at camp, yet complains at night. Despite this, Michael remains, because he is more opinionated in real life.
  • Sabrina expresses her growing dislike of Colton constantly visiting the Salani side of camp.
  • Tarzan explains his "Trobiand sensual dance," where the women circle around, while the men sensually dance for them.
  • After the DIY Reward Challenge, Colton is about to go swimming until Michael confronts him for not helping at camp and having frequent strategy talks with Jonas, but Colton just shrugs and walked away. Michael tells his tribemates he was not scared of his Hidden Immunity Idol.
  • Matt complains about his pants falling down all the time, so he decided to bore a new hole to his belt using a machete.
  • Kim explains the "Colton Effect," pertaining to Colton's frequent visits to Salani creates chaos on their tribe, even trying to outright tell him to go away because he is from the other tribe.
  • Chelsea notices Salani's lack of communication at the Immunity Challenge, especially Kat who she feels as though she is "bombarding everybody."
  • Kat blames herself for blowing the Immunity Challenge for Salani.
  • Troyzan is surprised to see the women struggle at the Immunity Challenge, saying that the challenge is built for them.
  • Fed up by her tribe, Nina goes to the Manono shelter and asks the men that if they ever find Salani's Hidden Immunity Idol that they give it to her. While dismissive of the women, Tarzan respects and welcomes Nina with open arms and helps her find the Salani idol, thought their attempt is futile.
  • The day after she was voted out from Salani, Nina believes her age became a contributory factor to her elimination.
  • Alicia confidently states she does not need to do much effort on camp, given she already had her five-person alliance, even claiming that she was the ringleader of the pact.

Other[]

  • This episode's Reward Challenge marked the first DIY challenge of the season, and the second overall following the Reward Challenge in "Hungry for a Win".
  • In an interview, Jeff reveals that challenge producer John Kirhoffer is present at camp during the DIY Reward Challenge to supervise in his absence.[2]
  • This is the first episode to feature a Tribal Council on Day 5 without the Redemption Island twist.
  • This is the only episode where the Salani tribe votes a member out.
  • This episode marks the first time in Survivor history where the first person voted out was not in the first episode of the season. This is due to the unusual event of Kourtney Moon's medical evacuation in the first episode.

References[]

Survivor: One World Episodes
"Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules" · "Total Dysfunction" · "One World Is Out the Window" · "Bum-Puzzled" · "A Bunch of Idiots" · "Thanks for the Souvenir" · "The Beauty in a Merge" · "Just Annihilate Them" · "Go Out with a Bang" · "I'm No Dummy" · "Never Say Die" · "It's Gonna Be Chaos" · "It's Human Nature" · "Perception Is Not Always Reality" · "Reunion"
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