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Episode 1 – "If Only He Were Twenty Years Older..."
Part 2

Day 2
Dawn breaks over Honifor beach and businesswoman Theresa, special education teacher Josie and grocery store clerk Callum are the first three up, although the latter is only awake as is trying to discreetly dispose of the wet sheet that he accidentally urinated on during the night. The three early birds bond and, upon Josie’s insistence (and not before telling a blushing Callum to look around to ensure that nobody else is awake) agree to work together in the game. However, Theresa later confesses that she would rather have waited to weigh up her options before rushing into an alliance. When the rest of the tribe wakes up, they agree that their best plan of action is to get working on their shelter, and with Kyle’s leadership they manage to complete their sturdy structure in under an hour. Takondwa confesses that she likes a man who can use his hands, and that she’d marry him “if only he were twenty years older and I had ten grandchildren fewer.”

On the other hand, Berajilo’s attempt at a shelter did not last the night, and the tribe awakes to a pile of wood and palm fronds. "It looks like a bomb's gone off," Justin says, shaking his head. To make matters worse, many of the tribe members wake up feeling exhausted and sleep-deprived, having been kept up during the night by their many failed attempts to start a fire, as well as Edwina’s persistent off-key singing of classic rock anthems (she made it all the way to “You’re the Voice” before drifting off). In an attempt to lift camp spirits, Jordan offers to talk in depth about his extensive Broadway career, at which point wannabe stage star Kristin’s eyes light up. She realises how much she has in common with Jordan and decides that she wants to be his best friend in the game, if not just to be one step closer to playing the female lead in the upcoming revival of Starlight Express.

Later in the day, Berajilo’s Steadman notices that fashion editor Rachelle has been excluding herself from the rest of the group, perhaps on purpose, and goes over to ask her if anything’s wrong. A few minutes into their conversation, Rachelle begins to cry that she’s not used to being stripped of such essentials as make-up and a personal masseuse, and that living with strangers in such an alien environment is beginning to play tricks with her mind – hence the imaginary bugs. As she dries her tears, she asks Steadman if he’s also a member of the Church of Scientology, and if not, she can easily sign him up, and all she needs to know is what blood type he is. Upon hearing this, Steadman begins to regret ever talking to her, and slowly backs away.

Meanwhile, things are going smoothly at Honifor now that they’ve built their shelter. As the tribemates relax and drink “Honifor special” cocktails (coconut water, except it's stirred with a twig), talk turns to life back home and, more specifically, careers. Theresa casually brings up the fact that she not only owns three salons but also the biggest casino in the Hudson County area, while Callum panics and lies to his impressed tribemates that he is a nuclear engineer with a PhD from Harvard. In a confessional, he says that he often says the wrong thing when under pressure, and in this case he didn’t want his fellow castaways to know about the fact that he's stuck in a dead-end job or that he lives above his parents' garage. Kyle talks about his past career as a college football player, before Josie tells everyone about how rewarding it is to work with special needs kids. Aubin then talks openly about his career as a civil rights lawyer, at which point Chris interrupts to say that he works as an attorney, and the two share a special lawyer handshake in kinship. In a confessional, Alicia (who is purposefully holding back the fact that she works in drug enforcement and is instead claiming to be a personal trainer, in order to seem less perceptive than she truly is) remarks that Honifor is full of people who can “walk the walk”, but wonders if they’ll be able to “talk the talk” when push comes to shove.