Blood Vs. Water

In this episode of Survivor, all team members are brought to Nicaragua, as it is the start of the episode. While they are brought with a family member or close loved one, they are split up and put into tribes after the first night. The two tribes have a complete sense of choice when it comes to how to survive and are working toward the same goal, to win challenges for their tribe. However while they all have a common group goal, they each have their own individual goal, to make it to the end of the show. The two tribes, throughout the first episode, figure out their group dialects that can help them become successful groups for the rest of the show. A good example of how the group members are finding their niche was while the rest of the tribe spends time rubbing branches together in hopes of a fire, Dale shows constructive nonconformity by continuing to work on making a fire with the use of his glasses. Even though it was the work of one member, it gave the whole group a sense of accomplishment.

While the tribe members are becoming nervous about the upcoming tribal council, the orange group starts to talk amongst themselves seeing who everyone wants to vote out. They have started the storming stage where people have taken up roles as leaders and followers and are realizing they can’t be friends with everyone and still accomplish their individual goal. The first set of conflict is that a lot of members had hidden agendas when talking to each other. That could lead to many communication issues if that continues to be the case. The storming stage in the orange group should continue into the next episode as they have now experienced voting someone out but are still trying to address and figure out the groups dialect. The blue group could stay in the forming stage because they have yet to experience any major tension. They seem to have moved from primary tension after doing so well in the first challenge, to being able to resolve the primary tension and will continue in the forming stage.