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Episode 1
"Beg, Barter, Steal"

Filmed June 23-25, 2003
Airs Sept. 18, 2003
(90-minute premiere)

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Episode descriptions
TVGuide: After the deep-sea plunge, the two tribes, Morgan and Drake, swim to a village to buy supplies before traveling to their respective camps.
Survivor: Pearl Islands contestant pre-game interview transcripts

Click names below to read the words they'll live to regret (more to come, we're sure)...
Rupert Boneham Tijuana Bradley Shawn Cohen Jon Dalton
Nicole Delma Sandra Diaz-Twine Trish Dunn Christa Hastie
Darrah Johnson Lillian Morris Ryan Opray Burton Roberts
Andrew Savage Ryan Shoulders Osten Taylor Michelle Tesauro

Rupert Boneham
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "I'm going to be the guy who brings in the big boar."
Early Show, 8/28/03
"I'll be one of the leaders. I'll kind of help and direct and guide everybody without them truly understanding that I'm telling them what to do."
E! preview, 8/28/03
"My looks are kind of intimidating to people. I, uh, I kind of do that purposefully. I like the fact that I intimidate people, and put them a little ill at ease. That shows me kind of who they are."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03
Strategy: Feed my tribe, and take care of others. "I always look like the guy who's going to stir the pot. I think that'll help me, because they'll all want to know if I'm really as bad as I look."
ET preview, 8/28/03
"I'll lie, cheat, steal, beg, borrow... to win."

 
Tijuana Bradley
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "If a man finds me attractive, I'll play that up. I'm going to stay focused."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Befriend a savvy player, and get to the final two.
TV Guide channel, 8/30/03
"I don't think that I would be willing to get naked for any 'food item.'"

Shawn Cohen
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "It'll change every day."
Early Show, 8/28/03
"My strategy is not to have a strategy; it's to be dynamic; it's to be myself. I have no intention of being on the Early Show early."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03
Strategy: Take one day at a time, and be able to change strategy quickly. Prepped for the mental and physical drain-game by sharpening his people skills. "I've been getting focused on my objective, which is to gain people's trust and loyalty and then get them where I want them. The worst-case scenario is that I don't win the money, but at least I won't have to say I didn't try."
TV Guide channel, 8/30/03
"It's a very dynamic game. I mean, it changes overnight. And if you're not someone who changes with it, it's just not gonna happen for you. So if I were to tell you my strategy today, I'd be lying to you."

Jon Dalton
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "My motto is: Don't trust anybody."
ET preview, 8/28/03
"I've wanted a million dollars, and uh, chicks dig the loot."
Early Show, 8/28/03
"I've found, you know, as long as you remind yourself it's just a game, you know, you keep your head in there. A lot of people forget, it seems. They go, you know, 'I can't believe I forgot!' I can, you're stupid!"
"Like I hate the old people! Like and uh, I'm gonna do everything I can to get rid of the old people and make a young people utopia."
E! preview, 8/28/03
"Oh I plan on being the first Survivor to have sex on the island... hopefully with another person."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03
Strategy: Make people laugh, and woo the women. Have sex with other players. "I know I'll have the girls on my side."
TV Guide channel, 8/30/03
"There's gonna be some nakedness. Guaranteed nakedness!"

Nicole Delma
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "Fight, fight, fight and stay alert. There's not a lot I won't do, but I won't kill anybody."
Early Show, 8/28/03
"I tend to get what I want out of people, and out of situations, and make them work for me."
E! preview, 8/28/03
"Being nude or being naked is not a big deal. You're around these people 24 hours a day, it's just one step further."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Get what I want out of others.
ET preview, 8/28/03
"If a romance should develop, whether that's genuine or not, if it can help me get ahead, then I'm... more than willing."

Sandra Diaz-Twine
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "I'm probably going to lie a lot."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03
Strategy: Fit in with the majority.
Early Show, 8/28/03
"If I find out through the grapevine that somebody's even talking about me, or if they even dislike me a little bit? If I find out? It's over."

Trish Dunn
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "Don't be too likable, too athletic, too strong."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Make people feel comfortable, and stay flexible. "When I heard there was a show where people were eating rats and where you had to be athletic and mentally strong to win $1 million, I thought, I could do that. Life is too short to be a bystander."
E! preview, 8/28/03
"There's a fire in my belly, and it's called a million dollars."
TV Guide channel, 8/30/03
"The only way I'd ever get naked is if, you know, I was the last one on the pole with, like, say, Rob... and I just knew I was going to get voted off. They, they'd already told me - you know, this is the deal, you're gonna get voted, you're too strong."

Christa Hastie
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "I don't need to be a sex goddess to win."
ET preview, 8/28/03
" I have no problem with getting naked on TV."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03  
Strategy: Listen to others, and pick up clues on how to outwit them.

Darrah Johnson
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "Go with the flow and not be a loudmouth."
E! preview, 8/28/03 
"I would probably strip for food. You know, if I'm out there starving, and just about eatin' my insides, I would... I would do anything for food."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03
Strategy: Win people's trust; use good looks to get ahead. Didn't rule out using her body, if necessary, to get extra food. "I hope they don't make me out to be a bad girl. My looks might not be a good thing for me around the other girls, but maybe that'll help the guys keep me around."

Lillian Morris
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "I'm going to go in there with a wing and a prayer."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03
Strategy: Be charming and friendly.

Ryan Opray
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "Not to be a slacker, build the shelter, charm the girls."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03  
Strategy: Take it day by day, and let the game happen.

Burton Roberts
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "I'm going to not be a leader."
E! preview, 8/28/03
"I have been studying everything I can, about this show, about the game."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Work hard; be a team player.

Andrew Savage
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "As the old guy, I won't be perceived as a threat."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Ryan Shoulders
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: "I'm going to try to get everybody to like me, then vote them off."
E! preview, 8/28/03  
"I'm gonna be the worst person out there. I've never been camping before. You know, when I get hungry, I've gotta go to McDonald's."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Don't overanalyze; make others think they need me.

Osten Taylor
Morgan tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: Do the heavy lifting.
Early Show, 8/28/03
"Normally, you're not gonna catch me out like, you know, camping. You're not gonna see me sleeping on no damn beach, you know. But if you throw money in the mix, I'm ready, I'm all yours."
E! preview, 8/28/03 
"Romance would be great, but... you know the thing about it is: If someone is down to brown, then I'm the man."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Remain optimistic and focused.

Michelle Tesauro
Drake tribe
Interview source, transcript
TV Guide site, 8/28/03
Strategy: (none listed).
E! preview, 8/28/03
"I'm not gonna come right out and just be, you know, the bitch of, of the group. I'm gonna be the one who's, you know, kind of sneaky, and nobody would ever expect it coming from me."
NY Daily News, 8/28/03 
Strategy: Listen to others, and appear trustworthy.
 


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