

Gervase actually got a life ring on Pagong, thereby proving that people have gone on the show without swimming well since the very beginning. No puzzle, no nothing, just a straight race. Probst, hatless, finally said “Survivors ready? Go!” before everyone swam out to a tube to get a chest from underwater and bring it back to shore. Speaking of the challenge, it was the first reward ever for a fishing kit. This is not a thing I miss in modern Survivor. The show then immediately counterpointed this with Richard and cheerful music on Tagi, while Pagong got 2000s beats. Jeff Probst also appeared partway through the episode to introduce a challenge, where he walked toward the camera and made things sound very serious. That can and does happen every so often these days - witness the cross incident in Heroes vs. The show spoke openly about his religion.

Survivor also gave another Tagi member some characterization: Dirk. Then, Pagong discovered a “mud volcano,” and Survivor got to play some of the most 2000s music I’ve ever heard while everyone got dirty.

It’s definitely harder in modern Survivor. That seems like a disconnect, considering how much the show also talked about survival. It’s been apparent for the first two episodes, but this first season of Survivor gave the players a lot of stuff - canned food, fish traps, raincoats, and so on. (I might miss the full credits, but I don’t miss them taking up nearly a minute of every single episode.)īut once the show actually aired something new, Survivor emphasized food, as evidenced by the title. That’s nearly three minutes that the show could have spent on showing the actual events of episode 3. Although some things changed, others stayed the same, andĪs I’ve come to expect, Survivor again opened with a full explanation of what show everyone’s watching before it even got to the actual recap and the credits. Today, the Survivor retro rewatch of Borneo continues, after looks at the premiere and the second episode. By Cheryl Wassenaar 6 years ago Survivor actually showed its contestants eating rats and even sparked its first lawsuit in its third episode overall.
