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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.
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Ad 3
Aired September 7, 2003

Transcript:
Voiceover: We're tossing the new Survivors overboard (gasps)... with just the clothes on their backs. No supplies.
Christa: It was just shocking.
Voiceover: No food.
RyanS: I'm starving.
Voiceover: No extra clothes.
Rupert: I'm wearing a dress!
(Michelle?): He doesn't have on any underwear.
Sandra: I don't want to see any of that, man!

 

Ad 2
Aired August 28, 2003
Transcript:
Voiceover: The new Survivors think they have days to prepare for the game. But we're shocking them and tossing them overboard (gasps)... with just the clothes on their backs.
Probst (on boat): I hope you're wearing something under that.
Nicole: (Shakes head)
Voiceover: They'll have no warning.
Christa: Of course I have see-through underwear on!
Voiceover: No supplies.
Sandra: Whatever you have on, and that's it.
Voiceover: No kidding.
Probst (TC set): When it comes to twists, Survivor wrote the book.
Voiceover: It's the wildest Survivor yet.
   
     

Ad 1
Aired August 28, 2003
Transcript:
Voiceover: The new Survivor is almost here, and this time, we're going to a place famous as a hideaway for pirates. The castaways think they have days to prepare, but we're making them walk the plank (gasps)...
Probst (on boat): If you needed a reason to get in, here it is. There go the shoes.
Voiceover: ...with nothing but the clothes on their backs. It's the wildest Survivor yet.
Probst (staged, at TC set): If you think you know this game, think again.
Voiceover: Don't miss the special 90-minute premiere of Survivor: Pearl Islands, Thursday September 18th on CBS.
 
   
   



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