Filmed: August 1-3, 2011 | Aired: February 15, 2012
- Reward/Immunity challenge: "Free Fallin'" [incomplete] - Survivor manages to have a first episode without a completed challenge or any voting, thanks to a challenge set-up apparently (from the title) designed to crush limbs. Well done.
- Idol time: Sabrina spends two seconds looking, setting a new speed record, but sadly, it's Manono's. She gives it to Colton, but since nobody votes anyone out, so far, no payoff.
- Voted out: Nobody, thanks to Kourtney's medevac.
Episode 1 scoring notes
- Bizarre episode, scoring-wise. Technically, even though the challenge wasn't finished, the men of Manono "won." That's the only challenge.
- *Kourtney's medevac: Also, there is a special scoring adjustment for Kourtney's medevac. As with previous ones, we give Kourtney an artificial boot - a unanimous vote-out by her tribe. Nobody gets credit for voting against her, but she does receive 9 votes against. Nobody else gets credit for a tribal council appearance, because they didn't vote.