Meyio Tribe, Day One: Austin bonded with Jacob. Alexa, seeing Jacob as easily manipulated, flirted with him. He fell for it immediately, and drew Austin into the web. Blake, Eric, and Mitchell decided to ally together after they all worked hard on the shelter, but Eric was less attached to the alliance than Blake and Mitchell. Harry and JJ gathered water together, and JJ was instantly attracted to Harry. Instead of asking him out, however, he played it cool and asked for an alliance instead. Harry agreed. Meanwhile, Jacob decided to keep his options open and also joined an alliance with Nick, angering Alexa. Tyler hung out in the shelter and entertained everyone else while they worked, but did not do much strategizing.
Eikou Tribe, Day One: Instead of working right away, self-appointed leader Opal decided that everyone should become familiar with each other first. Later, she joined in an alliance with Amber and Rachel in hopes to take down the guys on the tribe. Kevin was intrigued to find out that someone had the name of That One People on the tribe, and so offered up an alliance. That One People accepted. Zach, who was used to being a leader, had a hard time giving up the role and got in a fight with Trey. Gray helped Trey out, and Trey instantly took a liking to Gray. They decided to form an alliance. Skye went off looking for the hidden immunity idol, which Amber found suspicious. Bubba did not really do anything except walk around and act funny, which amused some of the tribe but annoyed others.