Ep. 1 Re-cap

"I Can Forgive Her But I Don't Have to Because She Screwed with My Chickens"
The show started with the four tribes given a short time to grab supplies from a sail boat before paddling their rafts to their respective beaches.

Reward and Immunity
Puzzles and some boat action.
First 3 tribes get fire, first place also gets a fire kit.
Hispanic and Asian tribes led.
First: Puka, the Asian Americans win.
Last: Hiki, African Americans. No fire, go to Tribal Council but get to choose someone for Exile Island.

Exiled: Jonathan.
The African Americans said they selected him because he was the one to take the Asian Americans chicken back on the sail boat. Jonathan maintains that it was an accident. Note: the men seemed to make the decision on their own without input from the women.

Scheming
In the African American tribe voting is forming along gender lines (3 women vs. 2 men). Stephannie (pictured) is worried that the other two women are real close. The men approach her to vote off Sundra. The women talk of voting off Sekou (the jazz musician).

Tribal Council
Nothing really went down at TC, but after voting Jeff gave them fire (so every tribe now has fire).

Voted Off
Sekou, the NY/LA jazz recording artist.
Final words: "My torch may be out but my flame is still burning."

Water Cooler Talk
Here's what they'll be talking about at work in the morning.

Cao Boi (pronounced Cowboy) and his Mr. Miyagi-like cure for Brad's headache. It involved massaging his face and left a red mark on his forehead. You just have to get the bad wind out, you know.

Flicka losing a chicken or two; she didn't know they were under a crate.

The African American tribe talking about how they will show people that African Americans aren't just good at running track, that they can also do other things like paddle boats - then losing the Reward/Immunity Challenge that involved paddling a boat.