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[growling]

[Laura] It's been five years since I've come back to do a challenge,

and it's a little surreal.

I, kind of, feel like Adam and Eve.

I've done 21 days in Panama.

Wow. You're as crazy as I am.

-Probably, maybe more. -[laughing]

[Laura] Twenty-one days in the Peruvian Amazon...

We [bleep] did it.

[EJ] Yeah!

[Laura] ...40 days in Colombia...

-Got him. -[man] Hell, yes.

-[Laura] Holy [bleep] -[Jeff] What?

[Laura] ...60 days in the Philippines.

[Jeff] Yes!

[Laura] It's three eels in three days.

[exclaiming]

...and 14 days in Alaska.

Yeah!

-[Steven] You got one? -Yes.

-[Steven] Yeah! -Yay!

So I know what I bring to the table, but...

it's been a minute...

What? [gasps] Iguana!

...and I've never been to this location before.

Oh, my God.

You really have to be careful every step of the way.

Oh [bleep]

Are you kidding? Look.

Jesus! This is a really [bleep] dangerous spot for me.

-[thunderclap] -[Laura] Wow.

There's nothing that's a given out here.

Yeah, it's coming down.

Oh, my God!

What the is [bleep] is wrong with me?

This is crazy.

[thunderclap]

[woman] I'm just not sure anybody can survive here for 21 days.

Oh, my God.

[exclaiming]

[narrator] Two strangers...

[man] Run! Go, go, go, go!

Oh, God. [winces]

[narrator] ...no food...

[woman yelps]

[roaring]

[whooshes]

[narrator] ...no water...

[exclaiming]

[narrator] ...21 days.

-[man] Don't tap. -[roaring]

...die first.

[narrator] ...Naked And Afraid.

[exhilarating music playing]

[tense music playing]

[Laura] I'm back.

It seems really surreal. It's been so long...

and there's a lot of pressure that comes with that.

This will be the first challenge for my partners.

I don't think they know that I'm coming,

so it's gonna be a big surprise for them.

I have no idea what the next 21 days is gonna hold,

but that's why I love it.

[Justin] Yes! It's showtime, baby.

The jungle, it is like nothing I've ever seen before.

It is far denser and thicker than I ever could have imagined.

There's mosquitoes everywhere.

I don't see any water nearby.

I don't see any sort of fruit or vegetation that we can possibly eat.

I think I am in way over my head,

and I couldn't be more excited.

[Malik] I cannot believe I'm doing this.

It's crazy to think that I am heading into the jungle to get naked

and trek through this for 21 days.

This place is super humid, and I'm sweating my ass off out here.

[Justin] Being naked, being in the jungle,

doing crazy things, "I might not make it out alive,"

it just, kind of, fits who I am to my core.

[exhales] Well, I came here to kick ass.

Let's go.

[exhilarating music playing]

[Malik] I've always wanted to go out into the woods

to prove to myself

that I can achieve anything that I put my mind to,

and I will not give up no matter what happens.

I cannot believe I'm doing this.

[engine whirring]

[Laura] Being out here again,

it's just... you really feel alive.

And that sounds crazy because you are, potentially, putting your life on the line.

Now I feel like I'm back home.

Yes, man.

-Hey. -[Justin] Let's go. How you doing, man?

-Good. How are you? -Good.

-What's your name? -Malik. What's yours?

-Justin. -Nice to meet you.

Good to meet you, man.

Two dudes in the woods here.

Not what they normally do.

-[Justin] How do you feel about it? -I think it's cool.

-I think we'll do great, man. -[Justin] Yeah. Likewise.

The second, seeing Malik come around the corner,

I was so stoked

'cause now we're just gonna be two dudes bro-ing out in the jungle together,

building shelter, killing bleep]

It'd just be a great time.

-You ready to go for it? -Hell, yeah. Let's do it, man.

-So, uh, looks like we got our bags over here. -[Malik] Yeah.

-[Justin] You wanna check them out? -[Malik] Yeah. Let's see.

[Justin] All right.

This is the first time I've ever...

snuck in on my partner's before.

-Sweet. -That's nice.

Nice. All right.

Um, so...

[Laura] Wait for me.

[Justin] No way.

[Laura laughs]

-What's up, guys? -[Justin] Yes!

I'm Laura.

Never heard of you before... at all.

[laughs]

-Hi. -[Malik] Good to meet you.

-Good to meet you. -My name is Malik.

Malik. Awesome.

Justin, I'm a hugger.

-You give hugs? -Hell, yeah.

Yeah. Let's bring it in. Nice to meet you.

Great to meet you guys.

We were just trying to talk about how it's two guys, but, uh...

How did you guys feel about that?

[Justin] Before you interrupted us,

we were saying we were pretty jazzed about it.

Yeah. We were cool with it. Sounds great.

Well, I hope I don't ruin the party.

You're just "the legend" of the show.

I always have something to learn.

I have zero ego about this.

So I'm sure I'm gonna learn stuff from you guys, too.

Well, happy to learn from you as well.

[Justin] To have Laura, the legend, the icon of the show

be on this squad,

hopefully, by day 21,

we will have a condo built in the middle of the jungle.

All right, so I brought...

a knife.

[Malik] Nice.

[Laura] What did you guys bring?

Also a knife.

[Laura] Awesome.

-Two knives are never a bad thing. -Yeah.

What about a third knife...

Awesome.

...is not what I brought.

-[Laura laughing] Okay. -I brought a mosquito net.

[exclaiming] Yes!

-That is gonna be so great out here. -Right.

-I also got a fire starter. -And a pot.

Awesome.

Did you guys get a map?

-We did. -Yeah, let's see, uh...

what that looks like.

-So... -[Malik] That's us.

-[Laura] That's it. -I would think to head towards this landmark

with the tree in between two cenotes...

-Yes... -...try to get a good water source.

[Malik] Yeah, that's a big one there.

[narrator] Found throughout the Yucatan,

cenotes are large, natural sinkholes

formed by collapsed limestone

that fill with rainwater and support a wide array of marine life

such as fish and turtles,

but are also home to crocodiles

that can grow to over 12 ft long.

-Let's get moving while we still have lights. -Let's...

-Let's do it. -Awesome.

Cool.

[narrator] To reach their water source,

Laura, Malik and Justin must trek four miles southeast

through the remote and dense jungle of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula,

thick with exotic plants and thorn covered vines

and populated with poisonous frogs

and deadly rattlesnakes.

Extreme humidity creates a heat index of over 100 degrees...

[thunder rumbling]

[narrator] ...while relentless tropical storms slam the area

filling the cenotes,

but also fostering swarms of ravenous mosquitoes

and large, biting black flies

known to spread disease such as dengue fever,

Zika and malaria.

[birds chirping]

-[Malik] Cactus. -[Justin] Oh! There's a big guy right there.

Yeah.

[Laura] Super crazy thorns.

We should probably take this as an opportunity to...

kind of, scout our surroundings out,

so just paying attention for any kind of the resource

that we might need.

[Justin] That's a good point. I feel like watching it.

I'm like, "Oh. I know it," you know...

-[Laura] It's green. -[Justin] Gotta grab stuff when you're on your walk in.

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Justin] Then you realize when you're on the walk in,

-you're staring at the ground... -[Laura] Right.

[Justin]...trying not to die.

-[Laura laughing] Right. -[Malik] Try not to step on cactuses.

[Laura] This is gonna be a new experience for me

because I've never been to this location before.

This is an incredibly thick, dense jungle,

and I will not underestimate it because...

I have no idea what's right around the corner.

So what made you both decide to come out for a challenge?

[Malik] I've, kind of, always wanted to do a survival challenge.

-[Laura] Uh-huh. -[Malik] So...

couldn't miss the opportunity to do it, you know?

[Laura] That's awesome.

[Malik] I became a survivalist because I absolutely love the outdoors.

I had issues as a kid, growing up with my health,

and ever since I went on my first camping trip,

I knew that being in the woods was truly where I belong.

And ever since then, I've taken whatever steps I could

to further my skills outdoors

and rough it a little bit more each time.

I'm a metal fabricator,

so what makes me proud is my ability to craft tools

that I would need to complete tasks.

I've got a lot of good skills.

Making shelter, making tools...

foraging and a little bit of trapping knowledge.

[Laura] Awesome.

[Malik] The biggest challenge I will have out here is my metabolism.

I can eat all I want and I do not gain any weight.

So I'm worried about finding enough food

to keep my metabolism in check.

[narrator] Malik begins his 21-day challenge

with a primitive survival rating of 5.7 out of 10.

[Laura] How about you, Justin?

[Justin] Oh, I would say my biggest asset in this game

will be the fact that I love to suffer.

-[Laura] Awesome. -[Malik] Ooh! That's good.

[Justin] To be completely honest,

I haven't really done much specific training for this.

But I thrive when times get tough.

I'm a retired MMA fighter, part time engineer

and a full-time knucklehead.

[crowd cheering]

[Justin] I've walked across Madagascar...

Made it. It's been 800 kms.

Following the wildest river in Madagascar.

Insane stories, crocodiles, bandits,

mountain ranges, burning villages...

We were just underneath that one, weren't we?

...you name it, we've been through it.

I've been kidnapped in Egypt, held at gunpoint.

In some ways, I feel I am untouchable

and nothing can kill me.

And right now I'm just looking for something

that puts me close to that feeling every day.

The jungle is a lot more dense than I thought it would be, but, uh...

hey, ho, it's all part of the journey.

[Laura] Heck, yeah.

[narrator] Justin charges into the Mexican jungle

with a starting PSR of 6.3.

A little spiky there.

Looks like we got some sort of game trail right there already,

so that's a good sight.

-Yeah. -[Malik] I'm hearing a bird call,

and it's either a swallow tail or a motmot,

and they lived in cenotes.

That bird is saying,

"What the hell are you doing out here?"

Exactly.

I see my two partners definitely have put in the time.

It's not their first time out in the wild,

which is very reassuring for me.

I have a really good feeling about these two.

[narrator] After surviving five challenges and over 150 days,

Laura enters the challenge with a primitive survival rating

of 9.6.

[Laura] Ooh, I think there's palms up here.

[Malik] Oh, yeah. We, definitely, need some palms...

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Malik]...keep that shelter dry.

[Laura] Exactly.

-I think we should... -Oh, nice.

-[Malik] You wanna keep going and come back for it. -Yeah, 'cause I feel like

-they'd be very cumbersome to walk around with. -[Justin] Right.

[Malik] Laura, she's a legend,

and she's bringing a lot of skills to the table.

So I have no doubt that we're all three of us

are gonna get through this 21 days with no problems.

[suspenseful music playing]

Whoa! Oh, my God.

-What is that? -Do you see this?

-[Laura] This way bigger than it looks on the map. -[Malik] This isn't a cenote.

This is, like, a lake.

[Laura] Oh, my goodness. It's a huge lagoon.

-Yeah. -Oh, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

Well, hey, we got some easy to obtain water here, though.

Yeah. Finding water is huge.

I've been on challenges where you don't get water the first day.

So to have a full pot of fresh water on Day 1,

is a huge gift.

[Justin] So what do you think? Should we...

kind of, head up this way

or kind of head out where that beach is.

[Malik] I worry about mosquitoes if we're too close to water.

I think we should go over that way.

Yeah, I agree. I think... I think this is a good path.

-All right. -Yeah.

Let's do it.

Those storm clouds...

[Malik] Oh, yeah. Those are dark.

[Laura] Yeah.

That storm is gonna hit hard and fast...

-Yeah. -...and I, definitely, think

-we should get going on shelter. -I can see it coming in.

Let's do it.

[thunder rumbling]

-[Laura] On cue. -[Malik] Yeah. Wow.

-[Justin] Yep. -[Malik] Jeez.

Sounds like a freaking rainstorm.

[Laura] Yeah.

Things change so fast out here.

We have zero control over the situation.

Time to get busy.

[dramatic music playing]

[Justin] What do you guys think about this?

[Malik] It's pretty flat, and we've, kind of,

-gotten off the hard rocks. -[Justin] Yeah.

Looks like it opens up quite a bit.

In fact, these four trees could make for pretty good supports.

I'm thinking we could maybe focus on the roof first...

-Mmm-hmm. -...and then we can move to the walls later, since...

-Mmm-hmm. -...we've got to protect ourselves

from this rain first, you know?

[Laura] I can go start getting some big palms.

-Cool? -We can knock that out together.

-Yeah. Awesome. -Let's do it.

-Go team. Yes! -Go team.

-[Justin] Whoa! It's getting dark. -[Laura] Yeah.

-[Justin] Jeez. -[Malik] Yeah.

[thunder rumbling]

[Malik] The rain is very concerning.

I do not want to spend my first night soaking wet and freezing here.

And there it is,

as if it heard me speak about it.

Hopefully, my partners are doing all right.

[Justin] I'm feeling some rain already.

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Justin] Whew.

[Laura] These are, definitely, our best bet for covering our shelter.

[thunder rumbling]

-[Laura] Wow. -[Justin whoops]

[Laura] Yeah, it's coming down.

[rain pattering]

It's been raining for about two minutes,

and I am absolutely soaked.

I don't think I've ever been rained on this hard in my life.

I'm starting to get cold.

It was fun a minute ago, and now it's not.

[Laura] Definitely, pouring now.

-[Justin grunts] -[Laura] I don't think I've seen rain like this.

It's like buckets of water coming down. We can't even see.

The water is running off our heads and into our eyes.

We're just blinded, swinging machetes, grabbing palm fronds.

I'm worried at this moment that getting the shelter completed

is gonna be pretty hard.

[thunderclap]

[bleep] I think I saw lightning just now.

[thunderclap]

This is... insane.

[Laura] Jesus Christ!

[rain pattering]

[thunderclap]

[Laura] Jesus Christ!

This is... insane.

[thunderclap]

[Justin whooping]

Yeah!

[Malik speaking]

[Justin] Oh, man.

I mean, I feel like we should start making trips back.

[Justin] All right. I'll grab this one,

and then we'll start heading back.

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Justin] Okay.

[groans softly]

[Laura] This is so fun.

[Malik speaking]

Oh! Look at you.

-[Malik] Look at you. -[Laura] I know!

-Look good? -[Laura] Yeah. What's the plan?

[Malik] I... I was thinking a square,

and then I'm gonna put some more of these along the top.

And then, those can sit on top and not, kind of, fall through.

-[Justin] Awesome, man. -The only thing I think is we need a steep pitch.

Basically, the steeper, the better.

Okay, if we can do... the pitch like you're saying,

should we do it here?

I almost think we're gonna need a big ridge pole

because, uh...

it's gonna need to hold a lot of weight.

I guess the rain started pouring, and I got kind of excited.

[Laura] Yeah, yeah.

-Um... -I thought of waiting, and I probably should have.

No, I love that you didn't.

Malik is working on the shelter already.

He is excited,

and I'm so stoked that he's bringing

this kind of energy to the team.

But it's not the right kind of shelter.

We just have to get it buttoned up.

-Right there? -[Laura] Yeah, I guess this is good.

Honestly, it's a problem I'm glad to have

because I much prefer that to someone who comes out here

and just wants to ride someone else's coattails.

But these guys are pulling their weight,

and I don't think that's gonna stop anytime soon.

-I think we'll do some reinforcements tomorrow. -[Justin] Right.

But I think tonight we get some leaves on here,

we add a mosquito net, we'll get a little thing going for the fire and, uh...

and we should be good.

Beautifully, said.

[leaves rustling]

[Malik] I like the teamwork we've got going on here.

Yeah, this is... I'm really excited about it.

[grunts]

The idea of this is to reflect this heat back onto us.

[Malik] Shelter's looking amazing.

It looks like it's gonna keep us dry.

[Laura] Yeah.

I'm wondering if we maybe gather some wood.

What do you think will be the driest thing out here, like...

[Laura] I think if we get some of those dead palm fronts.

Those are really flammable.

Yeah, and they're thin, too.

So... let's do it.

[Justin] About an hour from sunset.

So we need to really get that fire going.

A little bit of warmth and keep some mosquitoes out.

What we got here?

Oh, nice.

[Laura] We are picking up sticks out of puddles.

Everything is drenched.

Fire's gonna be pretty hard.

Careful you don't get any drips on it.

[crackles]

We might need some more of the, uh... palm.

[Malik] We're using the fire starter.

It's not, really, working the best,

but we're just not giving up.

[indistinct]

[Laura] This stuff is so wet.

It doesn't wanna... doesn't wanna keep burning.

[Malik] Because of the rain, I'm now very cold,

so we need that fire to keep warm.

[crackling]

You already got something nice.

-[Justin] Yeah, that's perfect. -[Laura] Look at that.

[Malik] After working, scraping, blowing,

we finally got the fire started.

It's raging to the point where the moist wood isn't such a big deal.

So... I'm feeling pretty good about the evening.

That's fire.

[tense music playing]

It is Night 1, and, uh...

we're having a grand old time, aren't we?

[Justin chuckles]

[Laura] I don't think I could do that.

I put a hand up here and then you can just, kind of, like switch 'em.

And then, switch the hands.

[Laura] I'm sorry. I was just... okay.

Slow down.

[laughs]

[vocalizing]

[laughs]

[Laura speaking]

-[Malik] This was fun. -[all laughing]

[insects buzzing]

[Laura speaking]

Oh [bleep]

[Laura speaking]

[Malik speaking]

[Laura speaking]

[yelps]

[Justin speaking]

[Malik speaking]

[Malik speaking]

[bleeping]

[Justin speaking]

-[bleep] -Oh, bug biting you too?

[Laura] Yeah. It's just all the time.

There's no reprieve.

It's so bad.

[Justin] Oh, my God. Come on, man. Get out of here.

-[bleep] -Oh, Jesus. Come on.

Oh, my God.

[Justin speaking]

[tense music playing]

[Justin] God. They're just everywhere, man.

[Laura] The bugs?

[Justin] Yeah. The giant flies, man.

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Justin] My feet got eaten alive last night.

-Yeah. -[Justin] It was throbbing all night.

And then you look at the end of the tent,

and there's just a million mosquitoes down there.

Fat ones.

[Laura] We've got to prioritize working on the shelter.

I just want to make sure it's bomb-proof.

During these challenges,

I know that having a good shelter is everything.

Heck, yeah. Nice work.

[EJ] Amazon Lodge open for service!

[Laura exclaims]

[Justin] Redo the roof?

[Laura] Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, pretty much my whole back of my body

is touching the outside of the net,

-and the mosquitoes can bite me right through it. -Yeah.

So I would love to be able to have that raised a little bit.

It'll make our space bigger and more functional.

[Justin] Let's do it.

[Laura] We will rebuild.

Out with the old and in with the new.

We decide to rebuild the house,

do a full remodel, reset the mosquito net,

get it buttoned up so no bugs can get in.

[narrator] To improve their shelter,

Laura, Justin and Malik

will raise the frame of the lean-to

creating a wider sleeping space

and more room for the mosquito netting to cover all three of them.

[crackles]

[Justin] The biggest hurdle in this, I would say,

is the bugs causing restless nights.

[bleep]

[Justin] Waking up the next morning without any sleep,

is a drastic difference in mindset and...

your physical abilities and the challenge that you need to face

and overcome the next day.

If you don't have that sleep,

it starts creeping into your mind more and more,

"Is this really the place I wanna be?"

[bleep]

So we thought with the early morning,

we'd beat the heat and, typically, the mosquitoes

and giant flies that bite you...

[pants]...are normally not out,

but they are out in full effect.

[winces] Damn it.

Bugs are just the bane of our existence out here.

[yelps] Jesus! Come on!

They're not only surrounding the outsides,

they're inside.

God! Come on, man. Get out of here.

There is no reprieve from it.

No. [bleep]

The big flies are back. God dammit!

And it is terrible.

[Malik] I'm starving.

-Some protein would be nice. -[Laura] Yeah.

[Justin] Ow! [bleep]

Damn it!

[Laura gasps] Oh [bleep]

[tense music playing]

[thumping]

[Justin] Ow! [bleep]

Damn it!

I sliced my hand.

[Laura] Did you slice your hand?

-[Justin] Yeah. -[Laura] Let me see it.

Oh [bleep]

We should get on that with the...

-Chaka? -Yeah.

-It's very medicinal... -[Justin] Yeah.

[Laura]...makes sure that our wounds are not getting infected.

Even though it's a tiny cut,

it's always a concern

'cause the littlest of things can turn into big things out here.

[narrator] Long used in indigenous medicine,

the bark from the Chaka Tree

contains the anti-inflammatory compounds

used to treat wounds, burns and rashes.

[Justin] Oh, ho, ho, ho! Look at that.

Even just rubbing on it, will do something.

[Laura] It is their first challenge ever.

It makes me think about what I had on my first challenge,

what I was thinking,

how I assumed things were gonna be the same as Day 1.

I don't know if they know how much is gonna happen here

that we cannot predict.

[Malik] You okay?

-Yeah. -[Malik] Good.

You're our... You're our rock, Justin.

Okay.

Should we, uh... get the [bleep] done?

[Justin] Yeah, we'll knock that out.

[exhilarating music playing]

So we'll need more vines for both sides.

Really, we're just, kind of, creating a lattice.

[Justin] Yeah. Over and under.

[Laura] We need to get the shelter completed.

So you see what I'm doing with the weaving?

[Justin] Yep.

So it adds more...

cross beams.

I'm really excited about how well we're working as a team.

We're dividing and conquering,

we are designating tasks, everyone is pitching in.

We're all working together to get this thing done now.

You always shingle it from the...

-[Justin] Bottom up. -...bottom up.

We just have to get a few more fronds up on our shelter

to get it buttoned up,

and then reset the mosquito net

in a place where we don't have to mess with it

every day and every night.

-[Malik] Pretty good. -[Laura] Yeah.

That's pretty covered already.

[Justin] We built this amazing shelter

that would fit all three of us together,

fit the mosquito net down perfectly.

So to keep the bugs away, which...

absolute game changer.

This looks so much better.

[Laura] So much better.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Laura] Malik with the sick fire.

It's really a cornerstone to our house.

[Laura] Yeah. It really is.

It's where we gather as a family.

I have to say, though,

shelter does look pretty sick.

Shelter is gonna be great.

-[Justin whoops] -[Laura] Yay!

[exhilarating music playing]

[Malik] Sun is rising bright and early.

Now I'm headed out to...

go check a little game trail,

see if there's anything in it so we can have some breakfast.

Who knows?

There's prickly pears right there.

See the cactuses?

Think we might do some prickly pear for breakfast.

We've got to get all the... thorns off of it,

the needles.

[Laura softly] Oh, yes.

Elephant seeds.

I find elephant ear seed pods

that when you roast the seeds, they're really good.

Seed pods are actually rotten and old,

but there's still good seeds in them.

-Ooh! That's hot [bleep] -[Malik] Yeah, they're pretty warm.

[Justin] We got our, uh...

some elephant ear seeds and some prickly pear for breakfast.

First go at prickly pear.

-It's not too bad... -[Laura chuckles]

...to be fair.

At least it's something.

[Laura] All right, guys.

Nuts?

Justin, you got to try some of these.

[Justin] Oh. I'm coming.

[Malik] Those are way better than the prickly pear.

Kind of reminds me of a roasted, mild peanut.

-Like, very soft. -[Malik] Mmm-hmm.

-Yeah, real mild. -Okay.

They taste like a little, like, a little bit of cashew in them.

A little bit of turmeric as well.

[Malik] It's almost like a peanut with, like, no flavor.

[all laughing]

[Laura] You're really selling it.

To me, the difference between surviving and thriving

is enjoying it when you're out here,

and I love these guys.

All of us are extremely optimistic,

that makes all the difference.

All right [bleep] One more. These are so [bleep] good.

[Laura] So good.

That's, like, 0.001 of a calorie.

[Malik] A handful of these at least a day is better than nothing.

[Laura] Prickly pear and elephant ear are great,

easy food sources,

but it's not gonna get us through to Day 21.

[dramatic music playing]

Game plan for today?

I think it's about time to start working on getting some protein.

Now that we have a little more energy,

we're gonna be able to put the energy into hunting.

I really wanna see if on any of these logs,

if there's turtles chilling and basking.

Turtles are a great source of food out here,

and if we can get some, that's gonna be a game changer.

Ooh! One is right there. That is...

[Justin] Um...

-[Laura] You see it? -[Justin] I see it from the top.

-[Laura] Yeah. -It just stopped shaking.

-Oh, definitely a turtle. -[Laura] Yeah, it's, definitely, turtle.

-That's a big ass turtle, yeah. -[Laura] Yeah.

Look at this one going on the bottom right here.

You can just see 'em floating around.

-[Malik] They're... They're out there. -[Justin] Yeah.

[Laura] Yeah, there's so many turtles in here.

[Justin] Yeah.

[Malik] They're too far from shore, so...

All right, can you swim faster than a turtle?

Are they, like, pretty slow or what?

[Laura] Um... I think it really depends on the turtle.

They swim faster than you'd think,

but they're not like...

you know, like a fish that's like... [whooshes] gone.

I just wanna jump in so bad.

Look at that big ass croc right there.

-[Justin] Where? -[Malik] Oh, I see it, yeah.

-[Justin] Jesus Christ. -[Malik] Oh [bleep]

[Laura] We're all walking along the water's edge, and I see...

the unmistakable, ridgy dark-green back of a crocodile.

There are so many turtles in this lagoon,

and I really wanna go in and try to catch 'em, but...

we're gonna have to come up with something creative.

The size of some of these crocs,

I don't think it's a great idea to be swimming around.

I mean, we could build a big ass turtle trap.

Essentially, like a fish trap, but also, like, kind of combined with a crab trap.

[Malik] I like it.

If we could catch something to eat, that would be so nice.

[Laura] Yeah.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Malik] Okay. I'm headed to get some vines.

We're gonna make a trap.

Maybe it could catch turtles

'cause I know I need some food.

I'm starving.

[burps]

We've been eating plants for the past two-three days,

but it's just... it's not sustaining me.

I require far more calories than that.

So if we can get some turtle in us,

that's great protein, great fat,

and, uh, it would be really nice to have some protein right now

'cause those seeds they're... they're not quite enough.

[Laura] I always do the inner cone after.

-[Malik] Really? -I make, like, two separate cones...

-[Malik] Okay... -And then put the second cone inside the bigger first cone

and then weave them together.

[Malik] All right. I'll try that out.

[narrator] A funnel basket trap is made with a two part system,

the interwoven main body and an inverted cone that rests inside.

Lured by the bait, water creatures swim through the cone opening

and are trapped in the heart of the basket,

too disoriented to escape.

[Malik] It is essential that we catch a turtle or a fish.

If I don't get food in me soon, some real protein,

I just can't see myself carrying on without some real sustenance.

I can feel it getting hotter and, like, starting to sweat a lot.

-Mmm-hmm. -It's not cooling off.

[grunts]

[panting]

[suspenseful music playing]

I got a little dizzy there.

I think I stood up too quick.

Malik, today, is feeling really drained.

He is exhausted, and he doesn't have much body fat on him.

So if we can secure protein, that's gonna be a game changer.

Don't you break on me, you little [bleep]

[buzzing]

[Malik] I'm running low on my vines here.

It's almost time to get more.

You wanna go down and, uh, look for vines?

[Malik] Yeah. Let's do that.

-[Justin] I'm coming with you. -[Laura] Okay.

-[Justin] It's scorching out here. -[Laura] Yeah.

What? [gasps] Iguana!

-[Justin] Oh! -[Malik] I saw him.

[Laura] Oh, my God.

Do you guys see him?

[Malik] No, I can't see him. No.

[Laura] I see him.

-[Malik whispering] Where? -[Laura whispering] Right here.

He's right in front of me right now.

Oh! That I see.

Okay, yeah.

[narrator] The spiny-tailed iguana

is native to Mexico and Central America.

While juveniles like this one are bright green,

adults turn black or striped in coloring.

Growing to over 4 ft long and reaching speeds of 20 miles per hour,

they also possess razor-sharp spines

and teeth that can rip through flesh

and transfer deadly bacteria such as salmonella.

-[Laura softly] Come and stand at the front of this tree. -[Justin softly] Yeah.

[Laura] That's where is his escape route.

[leaves crackling]

[Justin whispering indistinctly]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Laura] He's coming out to you. Coming out to you!

-[Malik] He's right there. -[Laura] I should've just [bleep] lunged for him.

[Malik] I see him. I see him.

-[Laura] You see him? Okay. -[Malik] He's right there.

-[Laura] All right. You guys need to get above it. -[Justin] Can you go that way?

[Malik] Yeah. I'll get back.

[Laura] Yeah. He's right here, guys.

He's right here. He's on the ground.

Are you cool with just jumping on him if he comes past you?

-[Justin] Yeah. -[Laura] Okay.

If you guys end up, like, grabbing him,

be aware that their tail is savage.

They have a lot of power in it.

So you've got to grab it behind the head so they don't bite you,

and you've got to, basically, jump on it so the tail doesn't whip you.

[leaves crackling]

[Laura] He's going forward.

Going forward.

Going forward. He's on a rock now, right before the second tree.

-He keeps going forward. -[Justin] Okay. I see him now.

-[Laura] You see him? -[Justin] Yep.

[Malik] I'm gonna throw a rock that's huge, and I'm gonna hit him.

[Laura] Can you get him with a rock from there?

[Malik] I will [bleep] smash him.

[Laura] Hang on. Don't move!

Let me get into position. Let me get into position.

[Malik] He's looking right at me, still same spot.

-[Laura] He's right near you. -Should I try to pitch it at the same time?

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Justin] Okay.

One...

two, three!

[clattering]

[exhilarating music playing]

-[Laura] He's right near you. -Should I pitch it at the same time?

-[Laura] Yeah. -[Justin] Okay.

One...

two, three!

[clattering]

[Malik] Didn't even move.

-[bleep] -[Laura] He's fast.

[Justin] [bleep] Oh! I'll get him. [bleep]

-[Laura] You should've just grabbed him. -[Malik groaning]

[Laura] Malik, do you still see him?

[Malik] I can't see him, no.

-[Laura] Do you see him at all, Justin? -[Justin] No.

[Malik] I don't see where he went.

[Laura] He's got to be in here.

[Malik] He's...

[bleep] gone.

[bleep]

[Justin] I don't think we'll find him again in this.

[Laura] I think we wait and come back better equipped

-'cause right now... -[Malik] Yeah.

...we're just chucking [bleep] rocks.

I mean, clearly, this is a great hunting spot.

[bleep]

[bleep]

Oh! Jesus. Come on.

Bugs.

I'm gonna get some of this... mud and rub it all over myself,

try to keep the bugs off.

I'm trying to stay positive inside of my head, and...

I'm just... I'm just [bleep] starving, honestly.

I don't know. I'm seeing why people quit, and I don't wanna be that guy.

But everything in my mind is telling me not to [bleep] be here right now.

-[insects buzzing] -I'm gonna go eat some elephant seeds.

I'm gonna go eat some seeds and see if that makes me feel better.

[insects buzzing]

[bleeping]

[Laura] Malik could already taste that food.

He's taken this loss really hard.

Missing a meal out here, can take a huge emotional toll,

especially when you're so close.

But we just have to be patient,

learn from our failures,

and eventually we'll succeed.

-How you feeling? -Not great.

[Justin] How so?

My body is, like, really not built for this.

That's all right, man. It's, like, where your mind is, you know?

We know the body can go three weeks without food,

and we're getting...

we're getting some food here and there.

And it's only a matter of time until we get something substantial,

but we just got to be able to see it...

-You're right. -...you know?

I got to remember that.

It breaks my heart because...

I just want him to know he's not alone.

I'm feeling the exact same way.

This would not be the same without you.

Well, I appreciate you saying that.

-Vice versa, my friend. -Thank you.

While, we might have taken a loss with the lizard,

we're finding ground, we're learning,

we're adapting to this.

We're, constantly, pushing forward, and that's still a victory.

And I think it's stacking up these little wins

to where by day 21,

you might not know who the [bleep] you are anymore,

but you're gonna be pretty strong and pretty proud of yourself,

and I know we'll all be there together in the end.

-Appreciate your positivity. -Oh, dude.

[Malik] It's valuable.

This is what we're here for. I got you.

-Glad you're here. -[sighing] Thank you.

[tense music playing]

It's super darn cold.

Nighttime is setting in. It is getting colder.

It's, kind of, my job as the outer-skinny cold guy,

lay by the fire,

keep it going for all three of us.

[tense music continues playing]

[Malik] I'm waking up five, six times per night

to stoke that fire to keep warm.

[bleep]

[Malik] I'm really starting to feel the weight of not having food.

And, uh, with no food, shivering can eat up calories.

So, you really don't wanna be cold in a situation like this.

[tense music continues playing]

[Malik] I'm having a really hard time here,

and I just really need to eat something.

I feel so tired.

[birds chirping]

Ow.

[Malik] How long have I been laying here?

Has it been a long time?

[Laura] Are you feeling better?

-[Malik] No. -[Justin] What's up? What do you feel?

[Malik] I feel like I'm just withering away.

I'm trying to fight it, but I just have this heavy feeling

that my body does not belong here.

This Mexican jungle, the Yucatan,

is kicking my ass.

It is beautiful but deadly and ruthless.

I'm really starting to feel weakness.

Any simple task, just, kind of, takes it out of me.

And, uh... if I don't eat something, I...

can't see myself lasting.

-What you up to? -I'm gonna take a little walk.

-You okay? -[Malik] Yeah, I'm all right.

[Justin] All right.

[somber music playing]

[Malik] Really hungry.

Losing...

a lot of weight.

Yeah.

I had issues as a kid, growing up, gaining weight.

Really, really bad issues, like, severe hospitalization level [bleep]

And so it's just a huge concern for me

to be losing my muscle mass right now because...

I'm not even sure how long it'll take me to regain it after I get back.

Um, my teammates, my partners, you know,

I love them to death.

They're such wonderful, beautiful people.

But right now,

being here, doing this,

I don't know.

-[Laura]...but still be able to, like, pull it. -[Justin] Right.

So, I'm, kind of, thinking--

What's happening?

Um...

I think it's time for me to call it here.

[Justin] Why?

[Laura] My metabolism and lack of body weight,

it's just really getting to me,

and I'm concerned for my health.

[Justin] Should we call a medic instead,

and, like, if your vitals are good, you're good?

What if we get an iguana today?

[Malik] I am a stubborn man with a made up mind,

and my decision is to leave,

and I apologize to you two for abandoning you out here.

Um...

I just, uh... just not willing

to put my body through what it takes.

-And, uh... -[Laura] I wanna respect your decision,

I also want you to stay so bad.

I appreciate that,

-and-- -Is there anything...

that we can do?

I love and appreciate you both.

You are some of the kindest, most beautiful people I've ever met.

And I'm so gracious to have spent this time with you,

and gotten through this experience with you two.

But I, uh...

I gotta take care of myself.

-I'm sorry. -[Justin] I understand it, man.

I just...

-[sniffles] -[Laura] We wouldn't want you to stay

if we didn't love you, too.

I thank you both for the experience,

you've helped me, that you've given me.

I've drawn a line and I just...

-I've got to tap out and go home. -[sobbing]

[voice shaking] I'm sorry.

-[Laura] It's okay. -[sobbing]

[sobbing]

[Justin] I'm not a crier. I don't cry.

And I don't know what happened to me in that moment,

but it crushed me.

I couldn't... I couldn't listen to him say those words.

But I know he is more than capable

of being out here and making it through.

[Laura sobbing] We're gonna miss the [bleep] out of you.

[sniffles]

I'm gonna miss you, too.

I know. This sucks.

It's been so great spending this...

-couple of days with you. -It's been awesome to have you here.

-[Malik] You're such a wonderful person. -[Laura] So are you.

[both crying]

[Justin] I love me, bro.

[Malik] Love you, too.

-[Justin] Damn it! -[both crying]

[Justin] This bond that we had,

I didn't... I didn't know it was that strong.

And when I hugged him goodbye, I just didn't wanna let go.

[chuckles]

It's weird to say, it feels like you lost somebody.

But...

it truly does

because we don't know if we'll ever see him again.

-[Laura] We love you, Malik. -[Justin] I love you, man.

I love you, too.

-[sobbing] -[bleep]

[Malik] I'm gonna miss both of my teammates so much.

We shared a bond that would take most people years to create.

They supported me all the way through, and...

I did give up on them and on this challenge and...

they did deserve better than that...

[somber music playing]

...and it does... it does hurt my heart to know that.

This is not me giving up.

This is me going back home to reconfigure

and come back out here better than I was before.

-[thumping] -[engine starts]

[engine accelerating]

[somber music concludes]

[Laura] I was not expecting that.

[Justin] No, not at all.

[Laura] We're so close to getting food.

We're so close.

We're working so hard.

[Justin] God, I don't feel good now.

[Laura] A loss like this can be really hard.

And given the fact that it's Justin's first challenge,

I'm worried how he's gonna take this.

If you let one little thing get in your head,

it can run around in there for days

and completely take you, mentally, out of the game.

[exhales]

[somber music playing]

Um...

Malik just left

and it is very, very hard to deal with.

Um...

I didn't go into this thinking that I'd be crying at any point,

but here I am.

I've never had one of my actual partners

tap on a challenge.

And...

it just seems very surreal for me right now.

Um...

I always thought that there was maybe something that I could do to stop it.

But there wasn't. He had his mind made up.

So...

we're out here until day 21, and...

I know for Justin,

he is really taking it hard, and...

I think the most useful thing that I can do right now

is to make sure that...

Justin is keeping his head in the game.

We're still in this.

We're not gonna forget that Malik is part of this, too.

But...

we have to keep going, regardless.

[thumping]

[Laura] Let's do it. Let's get it done.

Whoo!

We do have this half-made trap that Malik left.

So I decided to finish it.

It's really strange. He had the plan for this in his mind

of what it was gonna be,

and then he left before it ever got there.

And now I'm, kind of, picking it up and finishing it.

Hopefully, it'll help us get some food.

When you're working on someone else's basket,

it's like you're working on someone else's dream.

This is a really big trap, so we're hoping to, kind of, make it a multi-purpose trap

where we can, potentially, catch turtles.

Don't know about fish, haven't seen any,

but maybe even some fish.

We're going to make a little bait ball out of worms

and throw it in the trap that Laura made

and see if we can...

get something out of this.

And while Laura is coming up with her plans,

I'm deciding to make a deadfall for...

really the first time out in the wild.

All right. So the plan is... with this is to create a little trigger

with this little bait tied with henikin to this...

and create a deadfall trap

for an iguana or whatnot.

Place this under the rocks,

and whatever comes out, grabs this...

the rock shall fall.

I think as long as we can set as many little traps around here,

that's our best bet.

So... more traps, the merrier,

and not going 10 days without eating.

[Laura] All right. I wanted to throw this...

-[Justin] Yeah. -[Laura]...this bad boy in.

-[Justin] Let's do it. -[Laura] All right.

[Justin] How far out you thinking? Just past the green?

[Laura] Yeah.

Keep your eyes peeled by the water.

Oh [bleep]

He's swimming right there.

[Justin] Oh! Close by. I see him.

Big [bleep] guy. Jesus.

He's massive.

[Laura] Be careful.

[Justin] For the past week,

we have been very, very worried about going in this water.

Even if crocs won't, naturally, come for us,

if we get between the croc and its food,

we could easily get bit.

Oh, man.

[Laura sighing] Oh, my God.

He's gone.

[Justin] Really. We're just in desperate need of protein right now,

and anything out there is gonna help.

Yeah, I can almost wedge it in place on the ground.

[Laura] Awesome.

Now we wait.

Let's see how this does.

[Laura] All right. We've got two traps out at the moment.

We have the turtle trap,

and Justin just set...

[Justin] We have a deadfall,

where we've seen a lot of iguana and lizard activity.

So, hopefully, if they don't work,

we'll at least be able to figure out what they do like for bait

by a process of elimination.

[Laura] Every single way we can think of

to, potentially, get some food,

we're just gonna keep hitting it,

and then something's gonna work.

Eventually.

We are bound to get something soon.

[tense music playing]

[Laura] All right. We are checking our turtle trap.

[tense music continues playing]

Been in here all night.

God! If we were to have something in this right now...

Fingers crossed.

Come on.

What do we got?

[groans]

[Laura] Nothing?

[Justin] Nothing.

I'm gonna go check my trap.

[Laura] Are you serious?

[Justin speaking]

[Laura] Oh, my God.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Justin softly] I got nothing.

God dammit!

[bleeping]

Oh! It doesn't look like they touched any bait.

[Laura] I, kind of, can't believe the iguanas didn't get that.

[Justin] Make this trigger a little bit tighter on here,

so any sort of tear or push will trip it.

It should work.

A big old iguana for dinner.

Hopefully, that makes a loud enough noise

that we might be able to hear it.

Or I'll just come down and check in a couple hours, but...

fingers crossed.

[Laura] Are you exhausted? Do you need water?

No, I'm just exhausted, yeah.

[Laura] We really have not eaten much in 10 days.

There have been stretches on all of my experiences where I've gone without food,

sometimes water,

and the fatigue that sets in,

how drained do you feel,

it starts feeling like you're never gonna get that energy back.

I feel like these vultures are circling me, just waiting for me to die.

[Clint] You got a fly on your head.

I feel it.

[Clint] Get it.

I'm too tired.

[shuddering] Oh, my God.

My feet are so cold.

[shudders]

Yeah.

[Laura] Actually frozen.

Oh, my God.

Well, I know it can be super demoralizing

-feeling like... -Yeah.

...this is a downward spiral.

But I feel, like, we just have to keep our head in the game.

[tense music playing]

[thumps]

Did you just hear that?

-It was the trap? -[Laura] That was big.

That sounded like a trap.

-You wanna go? -Let's go.

-You get your knife? -Yep.

Oh, that was [bleep] loud.

[exhilarating music playing]

[Laura] It's the one on the right, right?

-[Justin] Yeah. -[Laura] Okay.

[Justin grunts]

[Laura] Oh, my God.

[Justin grunts]

Oh! It's down.

[Laura] Oh, my God.

[Justin] Oh! We got a little iguana.

[Laura] What?

Oh, my God!

[panting]

Oh, my God.

[sighs]

Thank you.

Thank you, iguana.

[chuckles softly]

-Ten days? -Wow.

Yes.

There he is.

[indistinct]

[Laura] Beautiful.

[Justin] This is the moment that I've kind of always dreamt about

being on this show,

and I would go another 10 days of not eating

just to experience this feeling again.

I feel alive again.

[exhilarating music playing]

[Laura] Super proud of Justin today.

He came in thinking that he wasn't a hunter,

that food was gonna be the hardest thing,

and he just kept persevering.

-Cheers. -To 21 days.

[crackling]

[Laura] Mmm.

Oh, my God.

[indistinct]

[Laura] It's so good.

-Mmm -[Justin] Wow.

Looks like the perfect fried chicken.

Oh.

I never fully understood how much a little meal like this could actually mean

after not eating for 10 days.

Oh.

It is officially the best meal I've ever had in my life.

We just got our first kill yesterday,

and it was really a beautiful experience.

And we would like to think that this is going to be the same from here on out.

We're gonna have a lizard every day.

We've now figured out the system,

but the reality of it is that we're not going to have food every day,

and we need to come up with some plan that is going to work

instead of just possible luck.

Oh, the bait's gone.

So, we're gonna have to get something else very soon to keep us sustained.

Yeah, well, we got nothing.

[groans] Bait is all still there.

It doesn't look like anything has touched it.

Yeah, this definitely is a location unlike any I've been in.

I mean, it's... it's challenging.

-Yeah. -[Laura] When it comes to food...

-[Justin] Hardly any in sight. -...it's hard.

There's no staples.

There's no freebies, and this is a water source

-unlike any I've ever dealt with. -[Justin] Yeah.

[Laura] Justin and I have busted our asses out here to try to secure protein,

but it's just not a place where we found as many resources as we expected.

You know, we might think about going on a walk because I'm worried.

Oh, [bleep]. Are you kidding? Look.

Put that out. There's an iguana right there.

Yeah. You see him?

[Justin] Yep. He's big.

Laura sees a massive iguana up in the tree right above us.

We hop into action.

You're ready. I got rocks.

I take my best shot at it.

-Knock it down. -[Laura] All hands on deck.

-If he's on the ground, we just like pig pile him. -[Justin] Yep.

[Laura] I'm not even worried about getting bit at this point.

[Justin] Worse could happen.

The jungle is pretty dense,

so it's hard to get a clear shot at anything.

But right now it's our best bet.

-Oh, no. -[Laura] Oh, God.

[Justin] Oh, no.

Oh, [bleep].

[Justin] Oh, he's gone.

-[Laura] Jesus. This is a really dangerous spot for me. -[Justin] Down.

[Laura] I don't mind getting hit with an iguana, but a rock would suck.

He's watching both of us. He knows we're both in this.

He's looked to the right, which means he's planning on going now.

-[Justin] Oh, [bleep]. -[Laura] Yep, yep, yep.

Okay, watch him, watch him.

[Justin] Oh, [bleep].

-[Laura] Okay, throw, throw, throw. -[Justin] He's too far.

He booked out the back.

-Oh, I think he went in a hole. -[Laura] Really?

[Justin] Yep.

-[Laura] Is it a big burrow? -[Justin] Yeah.

And it's deep, too.

Well, now we know how to get him out.

-We gotta smoke him out. -[Justin] Yeah.

So, I want to gather some palm fronds.

And Laura is getting some embers from the fire back at camp.

And we're going to try to smoke him out.

This is our best shot as I need to get this guy.

He is by far the largest iguana we have seen yet.

We really need to get this one. It'll be a huge win.

[Laura] I got the hot things.

Fingers crossed we can get him.

[blowing air]

[Laura] I can't get it.

If he's got a chamber in the back,

the smoke could potentially never reach him.

What's that right there to your right?

Is that a little hole right there going down?

[Laura] Yeah. We could even try putting the smoke in this hole.

As we're smoking it out, we find an exit hole.

It's not big enough for it to get out.

It's almost just a little chimney.

And we start stuffing our smoke down that end.

[blowing air]

But nothing's happening.

What if we can take the top off this hole?

-Damn. -[Justin] I might just want to reach my hand in there.

And if he bites it, just latch onto his face, pull him out.

Trying to smoke it out isn't working.

So really, the only thing on my mind is reaching my hand in and pulling it out.

[Laura] He's gonna be hissing before he bites.

[Justin laughs]

It seems like the dumbest thing to do,

but at this point, we're just starving.

-[Laura] Was that big enough for him in there? -[Justin] I don't...

[Laura] If you scoop that dirt out is it big enough?

[Justin] I don't think so.

But kind of-- No, it's the hole again.

-It does go this way. -[Laura] Be careful.

[Justin] No, it's a dead end.

[bleep] I don't know.

[Laura] He's probably watching us now.

[sighs]

I mean, there's a reason why he's as big as he is.

You know, his defense tactics are great. So...

I wouldn't be surprised if he's just burrowed

far underneath there, right underneath this tree.

I'm positive this iguana went in here,

but at the same time, who knows how far this tunnel could go?

-[Laura] Is that a turtle just flopping around in there? -[Justin] Yeah.

[Laura] God, they're taunting us.

The lizards are going to be opportunistic, and we're ready.

-Mmm-hmm. -But the turtles, we can figure out

how to make them be a consistent source of protein for us.

[Justin] Yeah, and all the turtles are right over that deep spot

where something can come up and you're too far from shore.

So...

[Laura] Sometimes things just don't play out the way you want them to.

And I think one of the most important things you can learn out here

is you're not in control.

You can be the most skilled person, doesn't matter.

Sometimes you don't have the big wins, and that's okay.

Part of the skill of being out here is learning how to navigate

past those losses and still move through the challenge.

If there wasn't crocs in here,

I would just flail through all that vegetation with my hands

'cause I feel like you'd surprise one.

[Justin] I wonder if you could lure it in, though.

I'm thinking of, like, building a dock all the way out.

-[Laura] And fishing off it and jumping in? -Yeah. Yeah.

[Laura] Or getting... making a net.

-You know, having a net, like, scoop them. -Yeah.

-Anything. I feel like they'd all run to it. -[Laura] Yeah.

So, that is where you're thinking of starting,

the back of it, and then have it extend from there.

[Justin] Theoretically, this could be the start of the dock,

and we could shoot out to the very end of the vegetation...

-Mmm-hmm. -...and that way we get to see kind of over the top,

the aerial view of the vegetation and turtles going through it.

[Laura] We gotta make our moves.

We're running out of time.

[Laura] You want to start heading down early this morning

before it gets hot to cut some trees for the dock?

-[Justin] Yeah. -[Laura] I'm ready.

[Justin] Let's do it.

From day one, we've seen an immense amount of turtles,

but none close enough to where we can get.

And the idea is, once we do have this dock up,

we could be able to dangle some worms,

some caterpillars, to create some movement

and get these turtles coming to our dock.

So we're gonna have them like a foot over the water.

-Yeah. -Cool. Perfect.

-This is why I brought the engineer. -[Justin laughs]

[Justin] Diverting back to my engineer mindset

and wanting to build something that will last a long time,

I take two test poles out about 10 feet.

So I put these test polls in through the soot and into the mud,

and they work perfectly.

Like, it goes pretty deep.

Probably about, like, four or five feet.

[Laura] Cool. Sweet.

We need a lot of trees today.

This dock really is the best way to get out there and outsmart these turtles.

We can't just dive in and scramble around

'cause there's also crocs in here.

But if we can sneak out of this dock, sit on top,

maybe we can get the turtles a little more tactically

without putting ourselves in unnecessary harm's way.

We're gonna have four tripods,

and then we're gonna have main beams connecting two of them,

and then slats running across to connect the two main beams.

That's going to create a platform that we can sit on.

Hopefully be able to see turtles

and then literally throw ourselves on top of them.

[Justin] Checking to see if our iguana is up there.

He's good.

About time you guys go for the turtles.

I'm keeping my eyes out for crocs in the water.

This is really the furthest we've gone into this water in fear of crocodiles.

But at the same time, we're already putting our lives at risk.

So I make the call to venture out as far as I feel comfortable with

to where at least I can run back to the land if a croc comes.

Okay, so the beam is going to come out this way now at this angle.

[Justin] This is a ridiculous project to try on a full stomach,

let alone having not eaten for a few days.

But how my mind works is I need something to stay focused on.

-Much sturdier. -Oh, my God, it's perfect.

[Justin] When I can hyper focus on one thing. I can get it done.

And I think Laura's the same way.

It works.

I'm really glad that Justin is engineer minded

so that I can trust him to safely reinforce this dock.

It's awesome to have such a strong partner out here.

Now we just gotta put slats on and our dock's gonna be ready.

Justin and I are working to cut down as many trees as we possibly can right now.

For our slats, we don't need really big trees.

They're gonna be much thinner, the ones we've cut down.

But we need a lot of them.

With about 30 trees in total, each one about 8-feet long,

we ferry them all out and get them up to build that platform.

After all of this work, it's finally coming together.

We have a platform, but now it's time to test it and see,

is this going to actually hold the two of us?

-Yes! -Yes.

-[Laura] Awesome job. -Yes.

-This is a game changer Look at this. -Oh.

-Oh, look at it. -[Laura] It's so nice.

[Justin] It is a beaut.

[Laura] Look, right there.

-[Justin] Oh, that's a turtle. -[Laura] Oh, God.

They're everywhere.

-We've got to finish this up so we can start hunting. -[Justin] All right.

All right. If you get all those, I'll start bringing out the palms, I guess.

[Justin] Yeah, that's fine. Sounds great.

We're gonna be out there for long periods of time.

So, If the sun is beating down on us, it's going to be an issue.

These awnings we're making are going to be a huge, huge project

that is going to be necessary for us to have success out here.

[Justin] Arms feel like Jello today.

One of the coolest things about survival is every area is completely different.

It's like a puzzle that you need to figure out.

These turtles, we still haven't figured out how to get them.

If we can make this all come together,

hopefully, it'll help us see through to the end.

Awesome. Nice work.

[Justin] First attempt at fishing for turtles.

[Laura] Let it dangle.

-What if we just let it dangle off of this? -Yeah.

[Laura] After all these days out here, I'm seeing the lagoon

from a completely new perspective.

It's incredible to be above the surface.

I can see turtles. I can see little heads popping up.

They're being inquisitive.

I have a really good feeling that this is going to pan out.

Look at all the turtles right there now.

Yeah, there's another one over there, too.

He's so close. I can see his eyeball.

[Laura] It is so frustrating to see all these little turtle heads popping up,

and all of them are super calculated

and just far enough away to make it impossible.

-[Justin] Come on. -[Laura] He's diving.

He's gone.

So close.

It's really been hard to get a one up on them,

but we're going to just keep trying,

and if we fail, we're going to try again.

-There's one right there. -[Justin] Where?

Your, like, 3:00 o'clock,

-almost 2:00 o'clock, 2:30 -[Justin] Oh, I see him.

Definitely closer.

He's coming so close.

Come on.

Come on.

-Oh, he turned. -[Laura] It's gone.

-Don't move. -It's up.

[Laura] See, what's that right there?

Do you see? It's over there?

Oh. there's the big guy. Wow. He's close.

Yeah.

What's up, buddy?

Come on.

[Laura] Go now! Go Now!

Oh, my gosh.

[Laura] Don't move.

[Justin] Well, there's a big guy. Wow. He's close.

Yeah.

[Laura] Go now! Go now!

Oh, my gosh.

-Did you get him? -[Justin] No.

I could see him, though. I started chasing him.

Kind of worried about crocs.

Now it's the one thing we said not to do.

[Laura] Um, yeah, that was a huge sound.

I don't like that you're in the cloudiness.

-Maybe get back up here and I'll keep an eye out. -Yep.

[Laura] We have busted our butts out here

to get as much as we possibly can out of this experience.

Sometimes, things just don't play out the way you want them to.

[sighs] Nice try.

Good. I'm so proud of you.

Day 20.

We should start thinking about extraction seriously.

-Yeah. -[Laura] Do you have the map?

I do. I do indeed.

[Laura] So...

...we're probably making it back towards the road

-from insertion. -[Justin] Mmm-hmm.

I'm not sure if I want to go all the way back around the lagoon.

-No. -There's got to be a faster way.

-If we just beeline all the way to here. -Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

[narrator] Surrounded by vast, marshy wetlands to both the east and the west,

Laura and Justin face an arduous 7-mile land trek

in either direction around the swamps

in order to reach their extraction point to the north.

A more direct but dangerous path across the croc-infested cenote

would shave 3 miles and several hours off their journey.

But they'll then be forced to travel through a dense swath

of unmapped jungle with no visible landmarks

to reach the access road where they'll be picked up.

[Laura] I mean, if we make it across the lagoon,

-then we avoid having to walk all the way around it... -Mmm-hmm.

...through all of that thick stuff

that we haven't been able to walk through at all.

We don't just want to make the huge trek through the jungle

we did upon insertion.

If we can cut across our lagoon,

there's an easier way to get to that road.

So, uncharted territory,

but that's where we're headed.

I'm wondering if this sounds crazy,

but I'm wondering if the best option to save time in the morning

would be to sleep on the dock.

[Justin] It's a bit sketchy for several reasons.

But I think we'll be good in the long run.

Now, there's major risks in this.

There's 8-to-10-foot crocs in this water.

And if our dock happens to break, or someone happens to fall in,

there's a good chance that we will get bit.

But I think we're both willing to take that risk

in order to make it a successful extraction.

[Laura] Let's say goodbye to camp.

-It's been fun. -[Justin groans]

-Damn. -Yeah.

-It's been so good to us. -I know.

But it's time to go.

[Justin] To our dock.

Keep your eyes peeled.

This water we know is inhabited by crocodiles.

Nighttime is when they feed.

There's definitely some extreme danger here.

If anything happens to our platform,

if something happens and we need to leave in the middle of the night,

I mean, we're sitting ducks out here.

So staying vigilant and looking out for each other

and watching that water is going to be hugely important.

So there is definite risk.

We just think the risk is worth it.

[Justin speaking]

-[Laura speaking] -[Justin speaking]

[Laura speaking]

-[Justin speaking] -[Laura speaking]

[Justin speaking]

[Laura speaking]

[Justin speaking]

[Laura] If something starts bumping the dock, it's like, "Well,

we're gonna have pointy sticks and a knife to try to keep a crocodile away

if it wants to get in."

[Justin speaking]

[Laura speaking]

-Think fast. -Yes.

[both laughing]

-It's so sick. -[Laura] It's almost done.

You did this so quick.

[Laura] This morning, as I was sitting around camp,

I decided to weave a basketball.

Hoops makes everything better.

As ridiculous as it sounds to be playing games in a survival challenge,

having a good mood out here is as important as food.

-[Justin] Perfect. -All right.

[Justin groans]

[Justin] Oh, no.

[Laura] I was robbed!

Oh. Oh.

I guess this first one wins at this point.

The pressure's on.

Yes!

Yes!

I'm so out of breath now, but it was so worth it. [laughs]

[Laura] It's dawn. Extraction.

-[Justin] Morning of day 21! -[Laura] Let's go!

So, we are looking at our map and making plans for getting out of here.

We spent the night with the croc,

-um, who's right back here. -[Justin] He's resurfaced again.

[Laura] I'm not sure if I want to go all the way back around the big lagoon.

I mean, if we make it across the lagoon,

-I think it's worth the risk for the time that we'll save. -[Justin] 100%.

[narrator] In order to bypass a long 7-mile route

around the swampy marshlands that flank the cenote,

Laura and Justin have opted for a more direct but treacherous path

across the croc-infested water,

before relying only on their navigation skills

to traverse a 4-mile section of dense, unmapped jungle

in hopes of reaching a lone access road in time to be picked up.

[Justin] I think as long as we're careful and patient.

[Laura] We need to stay close enough that if something happens,

we can come to each other's aid...

-Mmm. -...because ultimately,

-if something does happen, it will happen quick. -[Justin] Yep.

[Laura] We see the croc under the surface

and we have eyes on it, so it's our best chance.

We're gonna make a break for it now and head out while we can see where it is.

[Justin] Move slowly. Don't disturb him.

At least we have eyes on him.

You go under.

Damn it.

I'll stay right here until you're in.

[Laura] It's intimidating enough when you see the croc's eyes on the surface,

but when it goes under, you lose all control.

There is no sense of knowing where it could be.

[Justin] I know we were in this for so many trips before, but...

-...this feels so different now. -[Laura] Yeah.

Keep just prodding with your stick.

[Justin] Oh, yeah, I see some trails in here.

Every single step I take,

I don't know what's going to be there.

Maybe I prodded too far to the left.

Maybe I prodded too far to the right.

You never know.

See something.

-Moving? -No, no.

All right, we're good.

[Laura] Almost there.

-The last little stretch. -[Justin] Yes.

Whoo!

-Good job. [bleep] yeah. -Good job.

-All right, let's go. -All right.

This is the time where you feel like we've gone through the hard parts, but

don't trust anything.

Complacency kills.

[Justin] Just keep following this for a bit.

It's pretty thick, so I'm hoping we're going in the right direction

-because I can't really tell. -Yeah.

-[Laura] Make sure you're watching your feet. -[Justin] Yep.

[Laura] There's all sorts of holes, and who knows what's in them.

[Justin] Yep, especially when it gets covered like this.

We don't know if we're going to be in the right direction.

What we're stepping over, is there snakes,

venomous spiders, or even just stepping on a cactus.

That now turns our six-hour extraction into 12.

-[Laura] Okay. Yep. -[Justin] Hold up.

Do you see something?

[Justin] See, that's a snake moving.

-On the other side. -[Laura] You see some movement.

[Justin] Yeah, see where the log opens up.

[Laura] All right, just be really careful and go super slow.

Yeah, don't let your guard down.

How you doing? You getting hot yet?

[Justin exhales]

[Laura] The sun's getting real hot.

[Justin] Yeah, now I'm sweating.

[Laura] It is a long way to extraction.

We still have the grueling heat that we've been worried about,

and we are relying totally on our navigational skills.

Hopefully, we aren't wrong, because if we get turned around here,

we're gonna be in a really bad spot.

Well, I would say that's northeast to the left.

[Justin] You wanna head that way?

[Laura] I was really hoping that we'd start seeing signs of the road by now,

to be honest with you.

-Something at least. -But it's just making me more nervous

that we haven't yet.

[Justin] While my eyes are peeled to the ground,

I'm looking at every single thing we're walking over and stepping over.

Sometimes we're losing the trail, finding a game trail.

It gets thick. It gets dense.

And out here, the consequences could easily mean death.

[Laura] Are you seeing anything?

[Justin] No, not yet.

We placed our bets on our navigational skills.

[Laura] There's a ton of animal tracks in this trail,

so I'm liking that.

[Justin] And I'm hoping we're right.

Because if we're not...

...we could be in big trouble.

[Laura] I keep looking for an opening, but it's so thick still.

[Justin] Why do you think they're there?

-You just go right back into it. -[Laura] Yep.

-Hey, do you see something? -[Justin] Oh.

-Oh, it's a road! Yeah. -[Laura] That looks like a red road.

That's the road.

-Oh, my God, it's the road! -Yes!

[both] Yes!

[both laughing]

-We made it! -Whoo!

[Justin] Going into this experience,

I had no idea this is how I'd feel at the end.

It is the most alive I have ever felt.

Yes! Let's go!

Oh. Yes.

I still wouldn't say I'm a survivalist or bushcraft expert.

I'm just somebody who is naive enough to start and too stubborn to quit.

For my nieces, for my nephews, for everyone watching,

push yourself, find something that makes you uncomfortable

and push past that barrier.

-Yes! -Oh.

-It feels so good. -Let's go.

[Justin] Because that is where life begins.

That's where beautiful things happen.

So get out there and shock the world.

[both] Yeah!

[narrator] Over the course of 21 days in the Yucatan jungle,

Justin lost a total of 30 pounds,

and sees his Primitive Survival Rating jump from 6.3 to 7.1.

-Yes! -Whoo!

[Laura] This is my sixth challenge that I've completed,

and even though every challenge is different,

there's still just this feeling that is... is just amazing.

[man] Yeah, baby.

-We got this. -Here we go!

You're the greatest partner in the world!

-There he is. -Whoo! Yeah!

[Laura] It is still just something that you can't put words to.

-Oh, my God. -[man] Oh, my God.

I can't believe we did it.

[Laura] And now, I got to experience that with Justin,

and I get to watch him have that for the first time.

-Feels so good. -So good.

I cannot believe it.

It is so bittersweet to be leaving.

[Laura] There is such a crazy nostalgia for every challenge I've done.

From Panama, to the Amazon,

to the Philippines,

all the challenges I've been on,

I will never think I've conquered any experience.

It's all just a learning experience for me, and, uh...

...we'll see you at the next one.

[both] Yeah!

[narrator] After a long hiatus,

Laura shed a total of 21 pounds,

and sees her Primitive Survival Rating rise from 9.6 to 9.7.

-Good job. Good job. -Yes. Good job.

-Good job. -We did it.

[yells excitedly]

-Let's go! Whoo! -[Justin] Whoo!

-Goodbye, Yucatan. -[Laura] Thank you.