Survivor (USA)/They Came at Us with Spears

They Came at Us with Spears
Season 9, Episode 1
Airdate	September 16, 2004
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Survivor (USA) — Season Nine

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They Came at Us with Spears is the first episode of the ninth season of Survivor, and the one hundred twenty-seventh episode overall.

Episode Overview

Tribal Happenings

Lopevi

• Chad revealed to the tribe that he had a prosthetic foot because he lost his foot to cancer.

Reward/Immunity Challenge - Fire Starter

• The challenge is for immunity and flint to make fire. On Jeff's signal, the tribes would have to crawl through the mud pit. In the next leg, three tribe members would tackle the box maze where they must move the ball into the finish net. Once the ball is the net, they had to take it with them because it has matches that they're gonna need later. The tribes would then have to cross a very narrow balance beam. If they fall off or if their feet touches any part of the net, they go back to the start. Once they made it across, three different tribe members would place the coconut husk and the sticks in the fire pit and light them with the matches so that the fire would burn the rope and release the torch. The tribe will light their torch and race across the finish line. First tribe to cross the finish line and light the final wok wins reward and immunity. Lopevi took an early lead through the mud pit when Scout of Yasur had some difficulties due to her knee implant. The men quickly finished the box maze while the women tried to get better navigation. While reaching the balance beam, some of the men had trouble keeping their balance prompting them to crawl. The women finished the box maze and joined the men at the balance beam and decided to crawl as well. It came down to Scout and Chris. Lopevi watched their lead vanish when Chris slipped off the beam and headed back to the start. Scout made it across and the women took the lead. No matter how many times he had tried, Chris still cannot make it across the balance beam. The women never looked back and won flint and immunity.

Tribal Happenings - Before Tribal Council

• Chris is on the chopping block by the younger guys for losing the challenge. But Sarge had some other plans.

Tribal Council

• At Tribal Council, Sarge's plan worked. Perceived as a physical threat, Brook was voted out and Chris was saved.

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