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For 39 days, 16 castaways were stranded in Asia.  Every 3 days on the island became a 1-hour show.  The first contestant eliminated pockets $2500.  Each successive eliminated contestant wins more money, through the next-to-last Survivor, who receives $100,000.  The final Survivor wins a million dollars!

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Day 4: "We got the water, and none of you do."

File this one under the "desperate" heading of the episode's official title, "Panicked, Desperate, and Thirsty as Hell", as the Chaperas take advantage of the fact that it's the rainy season in the Pearl Islands. Alicia catches it in her canteen and Boston Rob, Amber, and Big Tom do their happy dance. All together now:

"I wanna know... have you ever seen the rain..." Creedence. Good for them. Bad for Idol.

After the rain dance, sea-mail. A triple-locked crate with the markings: "Don't open. Very valuable. Keep dry". Looks like a reward challenge, but not just any reward challenge...

R-CHALLENGE: Staircase to the Stars (for blankets OR a lock box clue)

Five logs are tethered to the ocean floor, one further away from the next. Five tribesmen will swim out to get the first log, the furthest. Once it's on its perch, four will head to the next furthest, then three to the middle, two to the next nearest, and one to the nearest. First team on the top of the stair wins their choice of blankets or a piece of flint, a map, and a pot with the first clue to unlocking the lockbox. Very important, as said lockbox contains rice.

Richard drops trou again, as we have a dead heat scramble. Unfortunately, a grown man's willy is not aerodynamic enough to catch up with Ethan's swimming, as he wins it for Saboga. Now they must choose which reward to reap. Oh, by the way, did we mention that if they choose the clue, then everyone gets it? They opt for the clue, so we all get a little something. Everyone's a winner.

Back at camp:

"When we showed up at the challenge and I saw that Tina was voted out, that made me very excited, because I think that she's a big phony, and if it means that the winners are going next, that's alright by me, because last time I checked, I didn't have a million dollars," Rob C. says... "Yet." That's our Robarino, always the optimist!

Meanwhile, Big Tom and Boston Rob are still trying to get fire. After failing numerous times, Alicia gives it a whack, teaching the boys how exactly to get fire from a machete and a piece of flint. "Alicia's just talking a little too much; she walks around giving orders constantly. It's her nature; she's got a big mouth; she needs to learn to shut it." Say what you want, Boston Rob, but she can back it up. Thanks to her, we've got fire.

And we get a courtesy shot of Sue for this episode. That's about it, though.

Day 6:

I-CHALLENGE: Float Your Boat

Fourteen crates are in the bed of a canoe, which is, in turn, on a bed of water. The tribes' job is to untie the crates and lift the boat out of the water. Then, once all the water is bailed out, they must row themselves to shore. First two teams to do that win immunity.

Saboga is first to get all the crates out of their boat, prompting Chapera and Mogo Mogo to attempt the desperate... but really smart... move of capsizing all the crates out of their boat on the ocean floor instead of lifting each crate out like a sucker. So while Saboga are bailing water out of the boat, Chapera and Mogo Mogo are flipping their boats onto the platform and out on the water. They're first up on shore, getting the Immunity Lady.

And Richard's de-trousered again. Surprise, surprise. The Mogo Mogo are sinking as they bail while rowing. But the Richard Hatch I'm Back and I'm Still Naked Tour rolls on, as Mogo Mogo are second with the Immunity Dog, sending a slowly sinking (nose down, ass high like the Titanic) Saboga to their second Tribal Council.