All language subtitles for Naked.and.Afraid.S18E10.en

[both laughing]

[woman] This jungle
will mess with you
psychologically out here.

[laughing]

♪ Everything that moves
needs to be food ♪

♪ Hey, little jungle ♪

♪ Some food would be good ♪

♪ I'm pretty hungry ♪

♪ Pretty hungry.
Pretty hungry ♪

♪ Some food would be good ♪

[retching]

♪ Some food ♪

[laughing echoes]

This is crazy. [laughing]

There are definitely crocs
watching us right now.

But this will be the test
of all testaments
as far as I'm concerned.

There are all kinds
of creepy crawlers
on the ground,

including venomous snakes.

We have the fer-de-lance,

the coral snake,
the rattlesnake.

At any point, I get smacked
by one of these guys,

it could be day 20,
I'm probably going home.

I'm in someone's backyard
who doesn't want me there.

There are all kinds of threats
and concerns in this jungle.

There are jaguars,
giant spiders.

I feel like I'm at the top
of a cliff and I've already
started to jump.

[narrator]
The Yucatan Peninsula
of Mexico

is an ancient jungle steeped
in the dark history
of the Mayan empire,

an area where
for hundreds of years,

human sacrifice
and blood rituals

were offered as gifts
to the Mayan gods.

Here, high temperatures
and humidity
make for sweltering conditions

with dense populations
of mosquitoes

that carry malaria
and dengue fever.

The jungle is also home
to deadly predators
like the morelet crocodile,

which ambushes its prey
with speeds
of up to 32 miles per hour.

As well as Jaguars,

the largest and most
aggressive cat
in the Americas.

[Shawn] Uh-oh,
I know what that means.

It's time to get naked.

I'm about to meet my partner,
and I've got butterflies
in my stomach.

I don't know what
it's gonna be like.

All right, let's go.

Time to dance.

I'll see you in 21 days.

Hi. [laughing] Yeah.

-Nice to meet you.
-I'm Shawn.

-I'm Noa. Yeah.
-[Shawn] Hi, Noa.
Nice to meet you.

-You sound Canadian
or Western?
-[Shawn] Yes.

Yes, I'm five hours north
of Toronto.

-Oh, awesome.
-[Shawn] I know.

-Where you from?
-Awesome. I'm in
North Carolina in Asheville.

-Yes.
-Okay, that's fantastic.

-It's good to see you.
-It's good to see you.

-I'm so excited to know you.
-[both laughing]

Hey, we're gonna do all right.

Yeah, we're gonna do awesome.

Hey, I'm Stephanie.

-Julian. Nice to meet you.
-[Stephanie] Nice to meet you.

-Where are you from?
-Miami.

-Miami. I'm from
Jacksonville area. Yeah.
-No way.

-Florida gang.
-[Stephanie] Yeah.

I'm good at hunting,
trapping, um, fishing,

foraging, so...

-Oh. It sounds like I got
the right partner.
-Yeah. I think we'll eat.

-We'll eat. [laughs] For sure.
-Good. That sounds all right.

-Shall we check out our stuff?
-[Stephanie] Yeah, let's go.

-So I brought a knife.
-[Stephanie] Perfect.

-This is paracord.
-Oh. Cool.

Fishing line and hooks.

Beautiful.

-I've got my machete. Yeah.
-Oh, good.

[narrator] In addition
to their personal items,

both teams are given a pot.

That is great.

-[narrator] A fire starter.
-Cool.

[narrator] And because
of the high risk
of dengue virus and malaria...

-[gasps]
-...a bug net.

-Yes, dude. [laughing]
-[Stephanie] I'm about to cry.

-This is a complete
game changer.
-Good for our mental health.

I can't believe that.

-[Noa] Yes, let's go.
-[laughs]

-Dude, I'm gonna cry.
-[both laughing]

-And, uh, we have the map.
-Yeah.

-I guess it looks like
we're at this tree over here.
-Yeah.

[Julian] Okay. I guess
this might be our point here.

So I think that our best bet

-is to find the first source
of water.
-[Julian] Yeah.

And it looks like there's
two other people in here.

Oh, boy,
you see what I've seen?

-Yeah, there's definitely
four there.
-[Noa] Uh-huh.

It looks like there
are other people
involved in this challenge

that are not
just me and Shawn.

Finding out that there are
more people involved,
I am just so surprised.

At some point,
we're gonna meet up
with another group

and have to survive together.

Yeah, more variables
in the pot.

-[Shawn] So we're
walking west.
-[Noa] Okay.

-Yeah. Northwest.
-We're walking northwest.

-Let's do it.
-All right. Lead the way.

[Shawn] You just want me
to lead or yourself?

-[Noa] I can go.
-[Shawn] Right on.

[narrator] As they begin
the tribes challenge,

the two teams will trek
to separate ponds

and survive for ten days
before heading north
on day 11

to merge at one of the area's
many large cenotes,

giant sinkholes filled
with groundwater

that Mayans believe
were mystical portals between
Earth and the underworld.

[Stephanie] Very, very
thick out here.

[Julian] You gotta be
real careful where you
put your feet.

[Stephanie] Ow. [bleep]

Damn!

[Julian] You all right?

[Stephanie] Damn,
this trail is brutal.

Just be careful 'cause
there's a lot of scorpions

and tarantulas
and fertile ants out here.

Sure.
[Stephanie] This jungle
is relentless.

There are mosquitoes
everywhere,

thorns sticking in your foot
every second.

But I'm here to kick ass
and show how tough
I can really be.

-Now, bugs
will drive you crazy.
-Yeah.

So if you can't get a bug net,
you can make
a stacked debris hut.

Then that would...
that would help tremendously.

I became a survivalist
because my dad
was really big into survival.

[dad] This isn't a dead pole.

[Stephanie] Growing up,
my father was my best friend.

We went hunting together,
scuba diving together,

and he's taught me a lot.

Now that would be good enough
for a rattler squirrel.

[Stephanie] There's so many
different skills

that when I told him
I was coming here,

he told me
that I was too soft.

You said I was too soft.

[Stephanie] It really didn't
sit right with me,

so that's going to be
a big driving factor

to make it all 21 days
so I can prove him wrong.

[narrator] Stephanie
begins the challenge

with a Primitive Survival
Rating of 6.2 out of 10.

-Kind of wish you went first
to pick up all the thorns.
-[Stephanie laughs]

[both laughing]

My biggest fear out here
is realizing that I'm a pussy.

I don't know
if I consider myself
a survivalist,

but I know how to survive.

I can find water.
I can make fire.
I can hunt.

Since I was 12 years old,
the only thing I ever
wanted to be

was a Green Beret in the Army.

And I spent my life
training up for that job,

dedicating myself
to mental toughness,

physical hardening,
'cause that's all
I cared about.

Unfortunately,
when I went to enlist,

the doctors found
an irregular heartbeat,

which is a disqualifiable
condition.

So just like that,
all my dreams
went out the window

and they told me,
"You're out."

Maybe I'll never get to wear
a Green Beret,

but I can walk
out of this jungle
in 21 days victorious,

and I need to prove that
to myself.

[narrator] Julian starts
his tribe's challenge

with a PSR of 6.4.

The mosquitoes are thick
out here.

[Noa] What's leading you
to want to do this?

[Shawn] I really wanted
to challenge myself

because, um, my brother, Chad,

-has taken on Naked and Afraid
challenges twice now.
-[Noa] Really?

Yeah.

Oh, boy, any last advice
before I go?

-Yeah, don't die.
-[laughing]

You know, my brother Chad
gave it his best.
He gave it his all.

Yes. Yes.

Oh, my.
How much better
could one day be?

Whoo. All right.

Hell, yeah, brother.

He never did finish.

[Chad] I'm falling short
for a second time.

I... I just cannot...
[sniffles]

Cannot do it.

[Shawn] But I believe
with the training I have,

I'm very confident
in the skills
that I have to offer.

Being in the military,

working as a search
and rescue technician,

I've been through a lot
of survival situations

in some pretty
harsh environments.

I consider myself an expert
when it comes to trapping,
fishing and hunting.

It takes years
to build this thick skin.

So I don't plan
on leaving this challenge
anything less than 21 days.

[narrator] Shawn's starting
Primitive Survival Rating
is set at 6.9.

[Shawn] How about you?

[Noa] Yeah, it feels like
a really spiritual experience
for me.

Like wanting to connect
with the natural world.

[Shawn] You know,
you're definitely gonna
get that out here

'cause the spirits
out in this jungle.

There's a lot of things
that go on in this jungle.

I think so, yeah.

[Shawn] You may get
a little bit more
than what you asked for.

[Noa] Nature feels
like my church.

It's the place I go
to be in connection

with something higher
than myself.

It's everything.

For the majority of my 20s

I have been finding ways
to work outside,

whether that's
for the Forest Service
or in wilderness therapy.

I learned plants very quickly
and what could be used
for medicines

and what could be used
for food.

I know I have these skills,
but there's also,
like, self-doubt.

This is hard. [chuckles]

Oh.

[narrator] Noa enters
the challenge
with a PSR of 5.6.

Yeah, it seems like we'll know
we're there when we find
that small pool.

We can't be far now
from how it looked
on the map there.

We gotta be getting close.

[Stephanie] You burp a lot.

[Julian] I feel like
throwing up, dude.

-[Stephanie] Do you feel like
you're gonna throw up?
-[Julian] Yeah.

[Stephanie] Oh.

I'm not feeling
that good right now.

I'm sweating a lot,
and I feel like throwing up.

So right now I'm...

...just trying
to cool myself off,

reel myself back in
and remind myself

that there's still a lot
of challenge left to go, so...

But, uh...

[Stephanie]
You're not tapping, right?

-[Julian] Not anytime soon.
-[Stephanie] Okay.

[Shawn] Is that a water source
we're coming up to?

-[Noa] Yeah, that's water.
-[Shawn] I think
we have water.

Jeez, Louise.

[Noa] How about
we take a look around

and see where it makes
the most sense to put camp?

This is as flat as it gets.

-And you know what?
The water is...
-[Noa] Yeah, you think?

-...in visual there right
from where you're standing.
-[Noa] Yeah.

We have a spot here you can
almost make a lean to
right out of here.

[Noa] Yeah,
I was thinking too,

if we were able
to elevate the platform.

-Yes, 100%.
-And so...

Do you want to do shelter?

-And then I'll do fire
and get some water boiling.
-Okay.

-Yeah. I love your idea.
Love it.
-[Noa] Yeah.

[Stephanie] That looks like
a good spot to get water from.

[Julian] This looks like
a decent campsite.

[Stephanie]
Right next to water.

Yeah, let's walk around a bit.

See if we can't find a spot.
to set up camp.

[Stephanie] Oh, my gosh.

We need to get
a shelter and a fire going

because these mosquitoes
are horrible.

This might be
pretty good, actually,
right here in this area.

We're far away from the water
where mosquitoes
aren't tearing us up.

So, um...

So let's start...
Let's start sweeping it out

and start gathering
some firewood.

-[Stephanie] Okay.
-Building shelter.

-Yeah.
-[Stephanie] Sounds good.

We've got a lot of vegetation,
a lot of bush and trees
to work with

as far as making fire,
building shelter.

[Noa] Good job.

I think we've got an idea
going on here.

That's awesome.

Your blade's doing wonders.

[Noa] Oh, great.

[Shawn] Burn, baby, burn.

-Fire's looking really good.
-Thank you.

I don't know about you,
but I'm ready
to drink some water.

I might hack one more tree
and then sit down
for a little bit.

-[Noa] Sure.
-I knew it was gonna be hot.

But I didn't think
the humidity was going to be
80 to 100%.

I mean, it's literally
a punch to the face.

It's unbelievable.

[Stephanie] You feeling okay?

[Julian burps]

My stomach hurts
and I feel like throwing up.

[Stephanie] Oh, it's very hot.

The most uncomfortable part
of anything
that we're going to face

would be hitting
mosquitoes unprotected.

We don't have a lot of time
to build a shelter before
it gets nighttime, so...

[Julian speaking]

-We can hang a mosquito net
up here from up top.
-[Stephanie] Yeah.

So right now our priority
is to get a fire going

and hunker down for the night.

Uh, as time progresses...

...night draws nearer.

Getting the fire going before
that is very crucial.

[Shawn] I'm just cutting
shorter pieces

that I'm laying crossword here
as a bed mattress.

-Well, that's looking
like a bed, hey?
-[Noa] Yeah, it is.

[Shawn] And then
we're gonna run
that bug net just over us.

We're not gonna let bugs
get in and out.

Oh, we're gonna be
so cozy tonight.

[Noa] That's awesome.

It's not a bad life.

No, it's not bad.
Could be so much worse.

-It really could.
-It could be so much better.

-But--
-[laughing]

[laughing echo continues]

[Stephanie] Hopefully,
this fire keep the bugs
away tonight.

[Julian burps]

-Sorry.
-[Stephanie] It's okay.

Why don't you, um,

-Why don't you go
in the water?
-[burps]

-No?
-[retches]

[Stephanie speaking]

[retches]

[retching continues]

[Julian groans]

[retching]

[groans]

-Okay. Feel better.
-[Stephanie] Take your time.

Sorry for not holding it
and spewing chunks right here.

It's fine.

[Julian] Truthfully,
I could not tell you
the last time I threw up.

Yeah, that's crazy.

[Shawn] Thank God
for this bug tent.

It's really secure.

-It keeps the bugs out, right?
-[Noa] Yeah, yeah.

We're doing just fine.

-We're doing just fine.
-Yep.

We're doing better than fine.

[Shawn speaking]

[Julian speaking]

[Stephanie speaking]

[Julian speaking]

[Stephanie] Oh, [bleep], man.

[groans]

[Julian] Holy [bleep].

That was a big boy.

[Stephanie] Oh, Goddamn.

[groans]

[Julian speaking]

[Stephanie groans]

[groans]

I'm not gonna lie.
Last night was rough.

I was like, I was just getting
annihilated by mosquitoes.

These are the guys
that worked their way
underneath the edge of the net

last night and slept with us.

[Stephanie] Tore us up.

Our bodies already have
hundreds of mosquito bites.

It's miserable.

Definitely almost took me out.

Coming out here
on this challenge was really
important to me to show my dad

that, you know, I am strong.
I want to make him proud.

And I want him
to look at me and say...

[sniffles]

..."She's tough."

[Shawn] We had such an amazing
sleep last night, hey?

-[Noa] Yeah, we did.
-That was insane.

There were no bugs.
Thank God for the bug net.

Feeling good.

Looking good.

-We got this.
-[Noa] Yeah, we do.

I think the priority for me
is, like, I'd like
to get coverage.

-[Shawn] Coverage.
-Mmm-hmm.

[Shawn] Perfect.

[Noa] Made it through
night one.

But I don't think that we're
super well set up

for lots of rain
at the moment.

We need to get some palms
to reinforce our shelter.

-[Shawn] Yeah.
-[Noa] Cool.

Noa and I are really beginning
to learn how to communicate
and work together.

She has great ideas,
great suggestions.

Honestly, I couldn't ask
for a better partner.

Here, piggy, piggy.

Hopefully, this thick,
nasty mud will help.

I have never put mud
all over my body
like this before.

[Julian] The entire crux
of this challenge

will be our ability
to deal with and accept
the reality

that we are going
to have thousands
of mosquito neighbors

-for the next three weeks.
-[Stephanie] Every day.

Mosquitoes can break big dogs
real quick.

Much better.

[Stephanie] Not too short.

-[Julian] That one's
too short.
-Yeah.

-A lot of them are.
-[Shawn] Okay. So we'll make
them longer.

Is this the right length?

That one looks good.
I'll try it.

[Shawn] Stephanie has a lot
of wherewithal
when it comes to the outdoors,

and she does have experience
knowing how to build shelter
more efficiently than I can.

Oh, that's a good Y branch.

Just chop those two off.
Leave about... Yeah.

Perfect. Yeah.

I just want to have
a good night.

I don't want to feel
what I felt last night.

It was so rough.

We need more.
Lots more of these.

-[Noa] Okay.
-[Shawn] Please and thank you.

I think the partnership
with Shawn is going
pretty well so far.

And I also feel really
connected to the land.

It's so beautiful, though.

And lots of mosquitoes
to hang out with, too.

But I'm definitely
feeling the hunger
starting to set in in my body.

Yeah.

Oh!

There's a tarantula.

Okay. Just...

I'm sorry, buddy.

[squeals]

Okay.

Okay.

I know it's a crazy thing
that I'm about...
we're gonna eat you.

Never had tarantula before,
and get a little
protein maybe.

I'm sorry, buddy.

Shawn, I got us a snack.

-[Shawn] You did not.
-[Noa] Look at him.

-Oh, wow.
-[Noa] Isn't that cool?

I've never had
tarantula before.

Neither have I.
That is fantastic.

-Nice job.
-Yeah.

-Yeah.
-Jeez.

-Rotisserie.
-I think... yeah.

-You do know
what those red furs?
-Yeah.

They all have to be burned off

-'cause that's the poison,
right?
-[Noa] Okay.

Good job finding that.
That's impressive.

And we're only gonna be
getting in the bigger
bigger game when we're ready.

[Noa] How long do you think
we should cook it for?

[Shawn] Oh, I'd say at least
15 minutes.

[Noa] It's boiling.

Wanna check it out.

[Shawn] Oh, wow.

-Yeah, we're done.
-[Noa] Yeah.

It's charcoal. Good job.

-[Noa] Yeah. Yeah.
-You want to grab one?

Yeah.

Oh, that's excellent.

-You really need to go find
a bunch more of those.
-A bunch more of these.

-[laughing]
-Okay.

[Shawn] Kind of tastes
like chestnut.

-Wanna share the head?
-Mmm-hmm.

The head's excellent.

Mmm.

Wow. It's actually
quite lovely.

-[Shawn] Yeah.
Nice white meat.
-Yeah.

-Who knew?
-Well, that's it, hey?

I feel better already.

Noa, finding food is amazing.

-I think you did great.
-[Noa] Mmm.

You got it.

[Stephanie]
Tonight is our first
bug-free night.

We finally have
our skeeta net secured
over our shelter.

And it's helping a lot.

There's not any mosquitoes
that are getting in,

so super awesome win for us

that we are able to have
a good area that we can sleep

and, uh, yeah.

Very grateful for that.

Okay. Night two in the books.
We're here on day three.

Actually got some
excellent sleep.

The shelter held up
wonderfully.

Mosquito net did its job.

The goal for this morning
is to see if we can put
some food in today.

[Stephanie] And some protein.

Definitely feeling the effects
of being hungry, for sure.

That's definitely driving us
to go a little bit outside
of the shelter area.

This water...

...is a little scary.

Gotta keep your eyes
out for snakes,

or anything that might be
in here.

I mean, there could be
a caiman crocodile.

Something slipping here, so...

It's really important
to check your surroundings.

Crazy out here.

-Do you see any frogs
or anything?
-[Julian] No.

[Stephanie speaking]

-[Julian] We can toss them
on the roof.
-[Stephanie] Yes.

I think there's a frog
in here.

[vocalizes]

Did I get him?

There was a frog right here.

You know, I have no idea
where it went.

Must have jumped
as soon as I hit.

Dang it. I think he got away.

[Julian exhaling]

-Whoo.
-What was that?

Go!

-[bleep] What? What?
What? What?
-[bleep]

[Julian] Go! [bleep]

-[Stephanie] What? What?
What? What?
-[bleep]

-What happened?
-Wasp.

-[Stephanie] Are you okay?
-[Julian] Yeah.

-[Stephanie]
Where'd it get you?
-In the face, on the wrist.

I think there were a few.
It was like a nest.

Just got in some kind
of wasp nest.

I got whacked
a couple of times.

I took one here to the temple.

I got one here on my wrist.

And I chucked my knife.

What a stupid ass.
Who throws their knife?

-[Stephanie] Oh.
-What a frantic move.

Goddamn! Oh, there she is.

Found the knife.

The stings don't hurt anymore.

We'll be more cognizant
of them in the future.

[Stephanie]I love Mexico.

[Noa] I'm feeling
pretty drained.

I started bleeding
this morning.

[sighs]

It's really uncomfortable.

Is there anything
I can do for you?

-No. You're doing exactly it.
-Oh.

-Thank you so much.
-You're welcome.

I'm here if you need anything.

[sniffles]

[Shawn] I think my partner's
experiencing that time
of the month.

I'm just trying to give her
a little bit of space.

I've raised three girls.

I still haven't got them
figured out.

[Noa] Pretty vulnerable.

Just struggling like this.

[crying] This is really hard.

[crying] Today is really hard.

[Shawn speaking]

I'll go three quarters
of an inch.

Make our diamonds small.

You know,
my partner's struggling and,

my brother Chad
crosses my mind.

I can imagine
how my brother felt.

You're feeling
all these emotions.

You're feeling torn down.

You're feeling beat up.

We're struggling with the lack
of nutrition
in a place like this.

I mean, it's literally
like the devil's den.

It's like your soul
is being sucked
right out of your body.

[Noa] I'm still feeling
pretty exhausted,
but it feels more important

to focus my energy
on finding ways
that I can contribute as well.

So I'm making this fish trap
and hoping that'll be helpful

for us to get some food going.

It's so simple.

We both just need food.

[Stephanie]
I feel so weak today.
It's crazy.

Very, uh...

...brain foggy,

I can't wait to eat.

We haven't had protein
in a long time
and my body feels it.

But I'm hoping we can get
some protein soon.

I'm ready for anything.
I don't even care.

Oh, my God.

[Julian laughing]

-[bleep]
-[Stephanie] Biting me.

-[Julian] Mind the head.
Good job, dude.
-Whoo.

-Oh.
-[Julian] Dude.

This is food.
This is a game changer.
This is a win.

-Yes.
-Thank you, buddy.

Sorry. Goodbye.

[Stephanie]
It feels really good
to have gotten a lizard.

I am so stoked
that I am able to provide
some protein

for me and Julian. Yay!

I've been really hungry.

So this is just
a major win for us.

Toes and all.

[Julian] I'm plating it
the way you would see

a lobster plated
at a nice restaurant.

Gordon Ramsay would be proud.

I would say all the meat
on this lizard calorically

is about the same
as a strip or two of bacon.

Enjoy your dinner.

I know everything
tastes like chicken,
but it tastes like chicken.

-[Julian] That's good, dude.
-Lizard tail.

That's really good.

I think I'm gonna go nuts here
and eat the brain, too.

And the eyes.

The initial plan
was going to be
to eat the tongue

and some
of the connective tissue
around the neck and the base.

But it's probably just easier
if we did this.

[Stephanie] Oh, my God.
That's crazy as hell.

It's calories, man.

[Stephanie speaking]

[Shawn] If we can get
that trap
in the water tonight,

I think that could
change everything.

-You did a really good job
with that.
-[Noa] Aw, thank you.

[Shawn] I can't stop
looking at it.

It looks great.

-We're gonna park it
right here...
-[Noa] Cool.

...'cause it's close
to the overhang.

-And it's also parked out here
in the open.
-Okay.

[Shawn] I'll just drop it in.

-[Noa] Okay.
-[Shawn] Perfect.

We're gonna be eating
like kings and queens.

-Everything that moves dies.
-[Shawn] Yep.

Today we need this
to happen, Noa.

-Yeah.
-[Shawn] There's no making
friends today.

Everything dies.

[Noa] All I think about
is food.

All I think about is food.

-Okay. I'm gonna go check
the fish trap.
-[Shawn] Okay.

♪ Everything that moves
needs to be food ♪

♪ Hey, little jungle ♪

♪ Some food would be good ♪

Fish trap.

Nope.

Just want the jungle to know
that it would be
really helpful...

...if you all had some food
to offer.

I'm looking for animals
like lizards, or...

...frogs hopping along,

and looking around
to see if there's anything
we can eat.

Oh, [bleep].

-Hey, Shawn?
-[Shawn] I'm coming!

-There's a snake.
-[Shawn] I'm coming!

I'm on my way.

-What is it?
-[Noa] It looks like
a coral snake.

[Shawn] I don't believe it.

I should have grabbed
the knife.

-[Noa] Okay, I can run back
and get it.
-[Shawn] Is it on the ground?

[Noa] It's right there
behind these trees.

See... you can see the stripes
around the tree.

-[Shawn] Okay, I see it.
-[Noa] Mmm-hmm.

-[Shawn] Got it.
-[Noa] You got it.

-Okay.
-Yeah, go get the knife.

Okay, I'm gonna get the knife.

[Shawn] Hurry up.

[Noa] I'm hurrying, man.

Running.

[Shawn groans] Hurry up!

Hurry up!
I need another weapon.

All right. You got it?

-Give me your weapon.
-[Noa] Okay.

[Shawn] Oh, okay.

Okay. That was a kill shot.

[grunts]

No. No.

No. No. I stabbed you.

[groans]

I penetrated you. Stand back.

[bleep]

[Shawn grunts] Man. No. No.

No!

I penetrated you. Stand back.

[bleep]

[sighs]

Oh, [bleep] off, already.

Goddamn it!

We had it.

[Noa] I know. It sucks.

[sighs] [bleep]

[grunts] [bleep]

I could have easily
just cut the tail off,

but the tail
wouldn't have killed it.

-[Noa] Yeah.
-The rest of it was
embedded in the ground.

[Noa] Yeah.

If this didn't break...

...we'd be having
snake right now.

So yeah, I'm...
I'm pretty pissed off.

God, these things
are just crazy.

-Oh, my God.
-Yeah, that really sucks.

Oh, it's so hard.

I just want food.

Oh, man, come here, partner.

-Yeah.
-Oh, my God,

Please, God,
please don't let it rain.

[thunder rumbling]

[Noa] Oh.

It's really cloudy.
It's really dark.

I'm thinking we're in
for some nasty weather.

[Julian] We got ourselves
a rainstorm.

Oh, man,
it's coming for real now,

[Stephanie speaking]

Oh, [bleep].

We're gonna get wet tonight.

Here we are.

[Stephanie speaking]

[Julian] Wet an cold
is not a fun combination.

[Stephanie speaking]

[Julian speaking]

[Stephanie speaking]

[Julian] Oh, God.

This is crazy.

There's no end to it, hey.

It just keeps going,
just keeps going.

[Julian speaking]

[Shawn] Well...

...that was a rough night.

[Noa] Yeah.

Cold and wet.

To be cold and be rained on,

without any clothing.

And to not be eating,

especially with the merge
coming up.

It's a lot of stress
on the body.

I'm so hungry.

I've never been this hungry
in my life.

[Shawn] We have to start
getting some protein into us.

-I mean, we can't go like this
the whole time.
-Mmm-hmm, yeah.

-It's not sustainable.
-Yeah.

-Totally.
-Right?

I'm gonna scavenge,
look around.

If I see something, bigger,
I'll kill it.

If I see something smaller,
I'll kill it, too.

Hopefully,
there's more movement

of little animals and reptiles
after that rainfall.

I'm trying to look
for snakes, scorpions...

...something to eat.

Oh, [bleep].

[frog croaking]

We got frog.

We just found a meal.

I'm gonna go surprise Noa.

As soon as I get this
frog, my heart racing.

All I can think about
is Noa is gonna be so excited.

Hey, Noah?

Did you want to get that fire
going again
sooner than later?

[Noa] I can.

-Do you know why?
-Whoo! [laughs]

Aw.

-That's a big one.
-[Shawn] Yes, it is.

-Oh.
-Oh.

We got something.

[Shawn speaking]

For me and my partner
to feel some protein,
to finally cook some meat.

I think this is an absolute
game changer for her and I.

We're going to cherish
this moment.

We haven't had much nutrients,

so finally, providing
for Noa and I,
I'm on cloud nine.

And I've got this permanent
smile on my face here.

[Noa] Aw.

That's really cute.

I think I'm gonna cry.

It's gonna taste amazing, hey?

Cheers.

I'm gonna take my time.

Mmm-hmm.

Oh, wow.

-[laughs]
-Mmm.

These are the best moments.

Oh, my God.

Mmm.

It's so good.

[laughs]

It's like the best barbecue.

-Right?
-[Noa] Mmm-hmm.

-[Shawn] Try its back straps.
-Back straps.

[Shawn] The fact that we're
merging tomorrow

and we have some food
to eat tonight...

...it changes everything.

That was delicious.

Yeah, it was.

[Stephanie] We did not
get any sleep last night.

Um, the rain was so bad,
we got soaking wet.

And then it was cold
all night.

So all night we laid here
and shivered.

It was just miserable.

I don't want to have
to go through that again.

All right.
Just get this fire lit.

-I'll start chopping wood.
-Okay.

[Julian speaking]

[Stephanie] Tomorrow is going
to be merge day.

I'm hoping we can move
to a better location.

This location is bare.

We haven't eaten
and we're starving.

I didn't ever imagine
that it would be this bad.

I'm just trying
to deal with it
as best as I can.

[Julian] [bleep]

Goddamn it.

Uh, oh, that's not good.
That's not good.

That's not good.
That's not good.

[Shawn] Goddamn it.

Guys, I want the medic
down here now, please.

Guys, I need the medic
down here ASAP, please.

-What's going on, man?
-Yeah, I was working
a piece of wood,

and it just peeled
my left thumb off.

-Hand down.
-Okay.

-Okay. Okay.
-Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Hey, put it back.
Put it back. Put it back.
You're gonna ruin it.

Keep it on there, brother.

It just fileted
my entire fingerprint off.

I could potentially
be taken out
of this challenge right now.

[groans]

Damn, dude. [bleep]

[Brenda speaking]

I've taken the fingertip
off of my thumb.

-[Brenda speaking]
-Mmm-hmm.

I've never cut myself
that bad.

[Stephanie] I see the blood
dripping out
of Julian's finger.

It looks terrible.

I would be devastated
if Julian got a medical tap

and had to leave
the challenge.

[Brenda speaking]

-[Julian] I know.
-[Brenda] Okay.

-Okay.
-[Brenda] Really, really thin.

[Julian] Damn!

[narrator] Due to the nature
of the cut and its location
on the tip of the thumb,

stitches are not an option.

[Julian]
The second it happened,
I knew it was a serious cut.

What an idiot.

[narrator] Instead, the medic
will apply a tight
compression bandage.

[Brenda] The risk to get
an infection is real

because we are in a place
where it's not clean.

[Noa] It's Day 11,
and it's the day of the merge.

So excited to get out of here.

Yeah, so it looks like
we're going to be going north.

It almost looks like
a marshy little area,
but just above it.

We have a big water hole.

-[Noa] Totally.
-[Shawn] We're gonna
hopefully find a place

where we can manage to find
more food and better water.

[Julian] So it's moving day.

How's your thumb feeling?

[Julian] It doesn't hurt.
I'm just being delicate
with it.

I can assure you
it'll be a non-factor

in any of the workload
or anything we have to do

-moving forward, so...
-Yeah.

We have a long trek

with basically no calories,

um, and I haven't eaten
in days.

It's going to be
really tough for me.

I'm trying to do my best.
I'm trying to keep
a good attitude.

I just don't feel good.

Time to tear camp down
and time to get the hell
out of here.

Start pulling off
the palm leaves.
You can toss them over here.

It's gonna be quite the hike.

It's gonna be quite the load.

It's gonna be quite
the adventure.

We're gonna go nice and slow.
If you need to sit down,

you need to chill,
you need to hydrate,
we'll do that, no problem.

You set the pace.

-Don't blow yourself out.
-Okay.

-Straight north, yep.
-Straight north from here.

See you later, [bleep] hole.

Goodbye, home.

Eleven days at this spot.

Ten days to go.

[narrator] To reach
their merge location,

both teams must head north
and navigate

over three miles
through the dense jungle

covered with thorns
and jagged limestone terrain,

before reaching a body
of water called the "cenote."

"Cenotes" are sinkholes,

caused by collapsed
limestone bedrock.

The term is native
to the Yucatan Peninsula,

where the Mayans believed
they were portals
to the underworld,

and relied on them
for fresh water

as well as human sacrifice.

There, the four survivalists
will come together

for the remainder
of the challenge.

[exhales]

Boy, that sun is hot.

It's got to be 90-plus degrees
out here today.

My brother, Chad,
never made it to the merge.

He was a day short.

It overwhelms me that
I'm gonna be moving forward.

I'm going to be able to meet,
uh, my new partners.

Eleven days in and...

not a lot of food.

That makes this hike
next to unbearable.

[Julian] Remember to watch
where you're stepping.

[Stephanie] Yeah.

There could be some nasty
stuff you don't wanna step on,

snakes, spiders, tarantulas.

Careful. There's thorns
over here.

[Stephanie] I'm feeling tired.

My heart's racing.

[Julian] Hmm.

[Stephanie] I don't know.

[Julian] I don't know
where the [bleep] I am.
I'm twisted up.

Which way are we
going up here?

[Stephanie] Um...

[Julian speaking]

I think the left.

I wanna keep pushing that way.

-[Shawn] Ready?
-[Noa] Hold on.

[breathing heavily]

[Shawn] We're already weak,
we're vulnerable,

hungry, thirsty.

You have to watch the terrain.

You've got the jungle
just waiting...

for you to hit the ground.

And they're gonna make a meal
out of you, I promise you.

This is insanely tough.

This journey is enough
to [bleep] anybody up,

even some of the best.

[Stephanie] I'm just
not feeling well.

[Julian] Sip some water? Here.

One step at a time.

Stephanie is struggling
out here,

so I'm doing my best
to try to motivate her,

to keep her spirits up,

keep her in the game,

to get her over the hump.

You're good.

[Stephanie] Jesus Christ.

[bleeping]

Is anyone home?

[Stephanie] Hello?

It looks like
the other campsite.

I think they might
have migrated too.

Goddamn it!

We should have taken
the other route.

[narrator]
Julian and Stephanie
have unknowingly veered

a half mile off
their intended course,

and remain three miles
from the merge point

of the large cenote.

[sighs in relief]

[Julian] You just need
to sit for a sec?

I'm just hot and...

I'm just not feeling good.

There's a lot to go.

[sniffles]

And I feel like I'm not
going to be able to do it.

[sniffles]

And I hate saying that.

That's one of the things
my dad said,
is I was too soft.

But I feel like I'm suffering,

and I'd rather not

put myself through...
[exhales] that.

[sobbing]

This is... this is just hell.

[Stephanie] I'm just
not feeling good.

[narrator] On their way
to the merge location,

Julian and Stephanie
have unknowingly veered
a half mile off course.

[Julian] Sip some water.

We'll take five.

[sighs softly] Yeah.

Thank you.

[Julian] Stephanie
has been expressing
that she feels like tapping.

I need to reel her back in
from... from the edge.

Find excuses to win, baby.
Find excuses to win.

[Shawn] Oh, my Lord.

I'm tired of walking.

It's a long, hot, wet...

bug-terrained area.

[groans]

Oh, my God. I see it, Noa.

-[Noa] Do you see it?
-[Shawn] I see it.

-[Noa chuckles]
-[Shawn sighing] Oh!

-[chuckling]
-[Noa] Oh, my God!

It's beautiful!

I haven't even
seen it all yet.

[Shawn] It's beyond beautiful.

-[Noa] Wow!
-[Shawn] You're not gonna
believe this, Noa.

-Beautiful.
-This is so much different
from our other spot.

-Oh! [laughs]
-And you can feel a breeze.

Can you feel that wind?

Oh!

-[Shawn] We made it.
-Wow.

Oh, wow! There's crocodiles
in this water.

[narrator] Mexican crocodiles
can be found

in freshwater habitats

along the Gulf of Mexico,

and are capable
of overpowering

and killing a human.

The Mayans believed
that a great crocodile

was slain by the Gods

in order to create
the surface of the Earth,

and that its spirit
still lurks in the dark waters

waiting for revenge.

-[Shawn] There's a lot
to consider here.
-[Noa] Yeah.

We're supposed to be...
meeting up with the others.

I don't see anyone.

Where are they?

Hello!

Is there anybody out there?

[Noa] We knew that
we were supposed to merge
with two other folks.

We don't know
if they're on their way

or if they tapped out...

-so...
-I guess time will tell.

...time will tell.

[Julian] How're you doing?

[Stephanie] I'm starving,

I'm just trying to focus
on getting there.

We may have walked
for a long time.

It feels like I pulled myself
out of the pits of hell.

However, if it's gonna
continue to be an issue
getting food,

then I'm just not staying.

Burning energy right now.

[Julian] One step at a time.

I'm very hungry,

and so is Stephanie.

Energy is low.

The look
of these palms, dude...

These would be some nice
roof shingles...

-[Stephanie] Ugh.
-[Julian]...and some
good bedding.

[Stephanie] Palm trees grow
near a cenote.

[Noa] I think maybe we might
wanna shelter here.

You wanna set up
this fish trap,

so we don't have to
carry it anymore?

I think that's a great idea.
And it's even baited.

[in sing-song voice]
Me and Shawn made it
to the lagoon.

[chuckles]

-We made it to a much better
water resource.
-Finally.

And the water looks clear.

I could see
right near the bottom.

-[Noa] Yee!
-[Shawn] Lots of minnows.

There's got to be fish
in here.

[Noa] Yeah, me, too.

[Shawn] Hopefully,
we can catch some food,

maybe some fish,
maybe some meat.

[Noa] Cool.

-All right, you ready?
-[Noa] Let's do it.

I feel...

energized, oddly,

even though I don't feel
like I've had much...

to eat recently.

-But... it feels like...
-[water splashing underfoot]

...there's new hope
in the world.

[Shawn] Is that the right way?

[Noa] Yeah, I believe so.

Oh, yeah, and then we're back
on land over here.

[Julian] I can hear
a woman's voice.

[Noa] It seems like
this is the drier area.

Yeah, it is.

You think we can, like,
camp here?

[Noa] Who's here?

Hello?

[Julian and Stephanie] Hello?

-Yo!
-[Shawn laughs]

You guys the neighbors?

-[Noa] Oh, my God!
-[Stephanie screams]

-[Shawn] What is this?
-Dude.

-Are you serious?
-[Noa yelling] What?

-We were like,
"They're not coming."
-[Shawn] Yeah.

-[Noa] What?
-[Shawn] It's something else.

-There's other people
out here.
-[Stephanie] Hey, guys.

-Who would've thought, huh?
-Oh, my God!

-I know. We thought
the same thing.
-Hey, you guys.

-What's up, bro?
-Shawn.

-[Noa gasps]
-Nice to meet you,
Shawn. Julian.

-Julian? Nice to meet you.
-Noa.

-Hi, Noa. Julian.
-[Julian and Stephanie]
Nice to meet you.

-You are?
-I'm Stephanie.

-Nice to meet you.
-Stephanie. Shawn.
Nice to meet you.

-Hi. Nice to meet you.
-I'm Noa. Nice to meet you.

-Wow. This is awesome.
-[Stephanie] I know.

This is absolutely a miracle.

[Julian] And we're glad
to see you guys
are still in there, huh?

-Yeah.
-Oh, yeah. We were thinking

-that you guys
might have backed out.
-[Julian] Dude...

we've been hanging in there.

-Here's a question.
Have you guys been eating?
-[Noa] Frogs.

-Yeah?
-[Shawn] Yeah, a little bit.

Uh, what else
have we been eating?

-[Noa] Tarantulas.
-Tarantulas.

We've been, uh...
we've been kind of doing
The Hunger Games, an.

The net... uh,
the trap she made,
Noa made

-a nice fishing track.
-[Noa] Yeah, a fishing trap
in the water.

It's already in there.

We've got some line
and some hooks,

-and we've got, uh,
a nice knife as well.
-We've got fishing hooks...

-[Noa] Okay. Cool.
-...and it's a fishing line.

I'm happy there are some
new survivors

to chit chat with, um...

and hopefully,
some good fishing spots.

So I'm feeling hopeful.

We were gonna set
a small base camp here,

but now that
you guys are here,

there's four of us,

we can now grab vines.

You guys have a mosquito net?

-Yeah, you got some
right there.
-Yeah, we've got one.

[Julian] We got one as well.

Is that right, eh?

-Are you Canadian?
-[Shawn] Yeah.

-[laughs]
-[Noa] I'm from Ashville.

-[Stephanie] Ashville?
-Sudbury, Canada, Ontario,
not far from Toronto.

[Julian] I love that our team
has a Canadian.

Thank God.

Goal for today,

work on the shelter.

[Shawn] So here's what
I was thinking,

if now that you guys are here,
you see this?

We can use our tie point
for our lean-to on that tree

all the way to this tree.

And if we had that,
then we could just send poles

directly out that way.

Okay, let's hold it.
All three of you

wanna maybe have
your hands up there

-just until I get it tied off.
-Yeah, sounds good.

[Shawn sighs]

Hold it right there.

[Julian] It's so nice
having a dude partner.

And this is nothing
against Steph.
She's a beautiful person.

But Shawn seems like...

an absolute wealth
of knowledge.

He seems like
a very pleasant person.

I think, once we get
the system going,

we're gonna thrive out here.

[Shawn] Drop her down.

-Okay?
-Beautiful.

[sighs] Nice work, guys.

-Nice work, buddy.
-Good job.

Julian, he reminds me, uh...

of my younger brother.

He's full of spunk.

He's just a young guy
in his 20s,

but, uh, built,
so I'm gonna use his...

his muscle to our advantage.

-[Stephanie speaking]
-I know. I know.

-[Stephanie chuckling]
I'm like...
-[Noa] I am, too.

[Stephanie] Oh, my God!

I am so happy that
there is another female
out here.

It definitely gave me a boost.

And I'm trying to pull
from some inner
strength somewhere

to keep on grinning
and bearing it.

[Noa] All right, so palms...

I feel like we're gonna
be able to accomplish a lot
with all four of us.

If it was just me and Steph,

our shelter would probably
be simpler,

and so I'm thankful
for the men that are out here

that have the energy to do
some of the heavier lifting.

[Julian] Collecting trees,
which are going to act

as the support poles...

for the roof on our lean-to.

[Shawn] Well, here we are.
We are in our gazebos.

-We have a nice floor mat.
-[Noa] Mmm-hmm.

-[Julian] A bunch of palms.
-[Shawn] Yeah,
a bunch of palms.

It looks good.

[Noa] Hello?

To gazebos.

-[Julian] Rest on your back.
-We did it. We're here.

How about that?

[bleep], we're so glad
today is over with.

What's tomorrow? Day 12?

Four people in,
four people coming out...

You got it.

[Julian]...barring
any unforeseen,
horrible injuries

or acts of God.

[thunder rumbling]

-[Stephanie] Rain!
-[Noa] Whoo!

[all laughing]

[Shawn laughing]

[all screaming]

[Shawn yelling]

It is...

-pouring!
-[Stephanie chuckles]

-And it's cold.
-[Julian] It is.

-[Stephanie groans]
-It's... it's a bit nipply,
isn't it?

[Shawn] Son of a bitch!

[thunder rumbling]

[Shawn] Last night, we just
got rained on all night.

But, uh, here's our route...

and up to our lake...

hoping to catch
a whole bunch of fish,

and bring home brekky.

I know we're not supposed
to be out here alone

because of the crocs
that are in this water.

Ugh, there's nothing in there.

I'm going to carry on.

We got our fishing nets.

Fast little bastards,

I'll give 'em that.

Patience is gonna be big here.

[Julian] It rained all night.

My fingers are so pruney.

It sucked. [chuckles]

[Julian] It was really cold.

-[Stephanie] That was
the worst part--
-I run pretty hot, too,

and it was... it was cool.

All night long, it was just
pissing, freezing rain,

and we didn't have a roof
put up yet, so...

It was pretty rough
just laying there, taking it.

I'm exhausted.

[Noa] So... today,

build up a raised platform
for all of us to sleep on.

Get a roof on this baby,

so we don't have what happened
last night again.

[Stephanie] Yeah.

-And then,
we got fishing to do.
-Yep.

My biggest hope in merging

is we can find food.

There's more sources for food,

bigger bodies of water
that we can actively fish,

bring in some protein,
um, because I feel like

that's really what is gonna
give this challenge

a big step up,
mentally and physically.

Shawn's still out there
right now, um, going at it.

[Stephanie] Yeah. I hope
he comes back with something.

-[Julian] That'd be nice.
-That would be really nice.

-[Julian] That'd be nice.
-[Stephanie] We haven't eaten
in, like, seven days.

What has everybody been doing?

[Stephanie] Hey, Shawn.

-[Shawn] Well, hey.
-[Noa] How'd it go?

I, uh, learned a few things.

[Stephanie] That's great.

[Shawn] We'll check
the fish basket.

It still needs
to be better baited,

maybe in a better area,

but for now...

good news is...

I did end up managing
to catch four little ones.

-[screams]
-[Stephanie] Oh, my God!

[Noa chuckling]

If you guys all...
we can fry these up,

and have a little bit
of protein.

We'll share it amongst
ourselves there.

[Stephanie] All right.
I'm so thankful.

Out here, it seems like
the highs are really high.

I had the biggest
adrenaline rush.

When you're out here starving,

and you get something
like that,

it is just such
a phenomenal feeling.

[Julian] We'll start
working on a fire,

get them cooked up.

You want a victory.

At this point
in the challenge,
I haven't eaten much at all,

so I'm proud of Shawn
getting back there
and crushing it.

[Stephanie] Beautiful.

[Shawn] That fish,
I had a sense that

it would boost the morale
a little bit.

Everybody's hit
a bit of a wall,

not resting enough,
not eating enough.

[sighs in relief]

-Mmm.
-[Stephanie] Mmm-mmm.

[chuckles]

It's, like, so good, too.

[Shawn] Yeah,
it really is, isn't it?

[Stephanie] I am just
absolutely delighted.

We got teary-eyed

because it was the first time
I had actually

eaten something substantial
in a very long time.

-That's the start
of the beginning.
-Yeah. Yeah.

It's knowing that
we have food out there.

It may have been small,

but there were portions enough

just to have our mouths full.

-Promising.
-Yeah.

-Promising.
-That was good stuff, man.

Yeah, really.

[Stephanie] I am trying
to cut vines,

so that we can put
some leaves down,
some palms...

and not get rained on.

[Shawn] We all want rest,

but we're not gonna get
a good night rest

if we don't have
a proper camp.

And if we can get four people,
at the same time,

focused on the same mission...

to complete these tasks,

we could all be
laying down right now,

drinking water,
singing Kumbaya.

We'll be taking palm leaves...

-[Noa] Mmm-hmm.
-[Shawn]...jamming 'em
in between our...

-our strings.
-[Noa] Cool. Cool, cool, cool.

[Shawn] One layer
across the bottom, absolutely,

-and you work your way up.
-Yes.

[Stephanie] I can tell
that he is very much
a go-getter.

I think that he likes
to take charge,

and has the knowledge
and skills to survive
out here.

[groans] I just want
this bed done.

[breathing heavily]

[Julian] We're chopping trees
for our support beams
for our elevated bed.

You dare put me in a situation

where there's manual labor
to be done,

I'm ready to rock and roll.

[Shawn] Look at that beast.
Holy [bleep].

Julian, I honestly don't know
what I'd do without him.

That guy is not only
a workhorse,

he'll also take it
to the next level.

[Julian] All right!

I tell you what?
I make this jungle [bleep]
look good, baby.

Well, here we are, finally.

Finally...

we've got our shelter
done here.

Great work with Julian
cutting all that wood.

-[Noa] Whoo!
-[Shawn] You're
a damn machine.

Yeah, we finally got
what we wanted, eh?

Our dream home.

-[Noa] Okay.
-Dude, this is
a badass shelter, man.

I'm feeling [bleep] good.

Yeah, it's good.

We're gonna
sleep well tonight.

[Shawn] Where the [bleep]
did that mosquito
just come from? [bleep]

[Stephanie] And somehow
there's mosquitoes in here.

Yeah. This is ridiculous.

We've got a hundred
mosquitoes in here.

[Shawn] Well, where are they
coming in from?

-[Julian] I don't know!
-[Shawn] Dude,
they're coming in from--

[Stephanie] Look...
What's that?

[Shawn] Probably
the ground here.

[Noa] There it is.

There is our hole.

Our holes are over here.

[Julian] I'm gonna put
the open knife over here.

-Be careful.
-[Noa] Okay.

-[Julian] I'll put
the sheath... here.
-[Noa] Okay.

Time to kill some mosquitoes.

[Julian] Yeah, let's go.

[Noa] Mosquito jail.

-[mosquito buzzing]
-[Stephanie speaking]

[Shawn] Last night was hell.

We had mosquitoes
coming up through the floor.

Again, everybody
is now exhausted.

We did not sleep at all.

[Julian speaking]

Girl...

-[Noa] Hmm?
-[Stephanie speaking]

[Julian] During the night,
I started developing
a real bad headache,

real bad back pain...

and neck pain.

[Shawn] So, Julian...

-you know, I'm also
an ex-paramedic, right?
-[Julian] Yep.

-Mind if I just look
at you, bud?
-[Julian] Please.

[Shawn] One thing I've learned
from the military

working as a search
and rescue technician is,

Mother Nature
is quite dangerous.

Julian, and the way he worked
yesterday in extreme heat,

and wasn't thinking,

"hydrate, hydrate, hydrate."

He doesn't look well
right now.

Can I just check
your temperature, bud?

Grab a seat. Grab a seat.

No need to get up.

I'm gonna do it out here.

Dude...

Oh, buddy, buddy, buddy,
you need to be dipping.

-You gotta cool that down.
-[Julian] Yep, yep.

Your pulse is well over
a hundred, bud.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're doing two
a second right now, okay?

[Julian]
I'm not leaving this jungle
until day 21.

And I don't want someone
to say,

"He's sick. He has to go."

[Shawn] You have to bring
that temperature down.

We don't have
the nutrition out here,

that's going to help bring you
back up with the electrolytes.

[narrator] Concerned
with Julian's condition,

the field medic is sent in
to assess the situation.

[Julian] Hello.

-Headache, body aches, fever.
-[Maria] Since when?

Since last night.

It started in the middle
of the night.

My lower back is very tight
and just feel, feel sore.

-[Maria speaking]
-[Julian] Please do.

[Stephanie] Julian is just
generally unwell.

I did start this challenge
with him.

It's hard
to see him struggling.

[Maria speaking]

[Noa] I'm feeling really tense
and really stressed out.

It would really suck
to lose Julian.

It's 134/94.

-One hundred eleven on pulse.
-Okay.

[Shawn]
One hundred eleven, yeah,
figured you were over 100.

[thermometer beeps]

-Here, 101.5.
-[Maria] 101, mmm-hmm.

-That's a little toasty.
-[Maria] Yeah.

[Julian] Five years ago,

I was denied my life's dream
of joining the army.

I was medically disqualified

because of
an irregular heartbeat.

This challenge

is one of the hardest things
I could consider

undertaking as a civilian

that would force me
to dig deep

in a way that
I could be proud of.

If I have to lay
in that shelter,

hallucinating in a fever
for the next six days,

that's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

I'm not leaving this jungle
until day 21.

[Maria speaking]

-[bleep] dengue.
-[Noa] What is that?

[Julian] It's like malaria's
little cousin.

-[Noa] How do you get it?
-[Julian] Mosquitoes.

[narrator] Dengue fever
is a mosquito borne illness

that causes flu-like symptoms.

In severe cases,

it can lead
to internal bleeding,

organ damage,
shock and even death.

Yeah, you should drink
a lot of water,

you should try
to take some rest.

[sighs]

[Maria] I'm gonna be back
to check your vital signs.

-Thank you.
-[Maria] You're welcome.

[Julian] Dude,
I'm gonna go swim.

[Shawn]
Just keep that core down.

I'd soak longer
than thirty minutes.

Takes roughly
an hour or longer

for a core temperature
to change up to almost
one degree.

Okay?

[Maria] So, it might be,
like, a heat shock.

-[Kat] Okay? Okay.
-Or it can also be dengue.

Both, uh, pathologies have,
uh, dehydration in common.

-We need to keep watching him
and see how it evolves.
-Sure. Okay.

[narrator] Julian will be
closely monitored,

and removed from the challenge
if his symptoms worsen.

[Shawn]
I'm not gonna be pleased
if he goes home.

[Stephanie]
He's not going home.

[Shawn]
We're so close, guys.
So close.

I need something to eat.

[Stephanie]
And it's a good time
to go out and fish right now.

-It's a very good time.
-[Noa] Yeah, looks like it.

[Julian speaking]

[Shawn] Julian, right now,
he's still out for the count.

Noa is going to
take care of him.

Okay. You ready?

So, Steph and I,
we're gonna go try our,
our fishing net.

-Let's check that trap.
-[Stephanie] Yep.

-Go check it.
-[Shawn] I got your back.

-But we'll keep our eye open
for crocs.
-[Stephanie] Okay.

[Shawn]
You definitely don't wanna
get bit by one of those.

See anything?

[Stephanie] Nope.

[Shawn] Okay,
let's toss her back in.

We don't have a lot of bait.

Try scoring minnows.

We get minnows, we have food.

We get minnows,

we can hopefully score
some bigger fish.

As far as, uh, Julian goes,

he's experiencing
all these symptoms.

I'm worried about
the next couple of days.

The lack of nourishment
doesn't really help

calm the body down.

So, I'm, uh,
working twice as hard,

just trying to provide
for all of us.

-[Stephanie] Have some water.
-[Julian] Thank you.

[Stephanie] And drink up some.

Oh, in a couple minutes.

-[Stephanie] Okay.
-[Julian] Thank you.

-[Stephanie] Uh... Yeah.
-[Julian] Appreciate it.

[Noa] We're all fatigued
from not eating very much.

I think we're all pretty equal
with the exception of Julian,

who's really struggling.

We just need food.

[Shawn] Make sure
you check the ground

for berries
that might've landed

so we can look up and...

something that
might even be riper.

These last few days fishing,
catch nothing at all.

Am I annoyed with that?
Absolutely.

Really, really hoping to see
what we're looking for.

I'm willing to eat anything.

[Stephanie]
Shawn and I decided
to walk around,

just trying to forage
for any kind of berries,

anything that might be edible

so that we can bring back
and share.

[Shawn] What is that?

-[Stephanie] What is it?
-[Shawn] It's an egg.

-[Stephanie] What?
-[Shawn] It's an egg.

Oh, my God, it's a full egg.

-[Stephanie] Oh, my God.
-[Shawn] Where did that
come from?

Is there a nest?

[Stephanie] Looks like
it's been there a while.

Look at that little
swamp juice on it.

[Shawn] We're gonna boil it.

I'm really excited.

This is a... a win.

We finally get to eat.

These small little
portions of protein,

that's a good score
for everybody.

[Noa] Hey, that's a large egg.

-[Shawn] It's a large egg.
-[Noa] Looks like it's very
lightweight and floating.

-But I hope it--
I hope it's a win.
-[Shawn] Yeah. Yep.

[explodes]

Oh, that egg just blew up.

-[Julian] You all right?
-[Shawn] Yeah.
How about that?

Let's check that out.

Look at that, it's all green.

Isn't that disgusting?

Yeah, so it doesn't look like
we're gonna eat this one.

That's for sure.

[Stephanie] This is hard.

Like, I can't even provide
food for myself. crying]

[sniffles]

That's one of the things
my dad said, it's

"I don't wanna see you,

I don't wanna
see you starving."

-[Shawn] Okay, let's do it.
-[Stephanie] Let's do it.

[Shawn groans]

[Julian] Good luck, guys.

[Shawn] Right on, brother.

This is a life and death
challenge of 21 days.

And you go without eating,

it makes it very,
very difficult.

Very difficult.

Watch the lizards.

So, yeah,
I'm worried about extraction

since I have a sense
that Steph might be feeling
the same way.

Are you up for walking
a little bit further there,
Steph?

[Stephanie] Yes.

[Shawn] Steph is no tapper.
She's here to the finish line.

[Stephanie]
There's a bird nest up there.

[Shawn] Holy [bleep].

-[Stephanie] See that?
-[Shawn] Look at that.

Well, we hack it down
and take a look in there.

[Stephanie]
That's a lot of energy.
It might be empty.

[Shawn]
That bird nest is active
at the top of that tree.

There's gonna be eggs in it.

I'm going in, okay?

[Stephanie] All right.

[Shawn]
It's gonna come down this way.

Just be careful.

[chopping]

[Shawn] Haven't taken in
a lot of protein,

very little, to be honest.

Not a lot of nutrients.

And you go without eating,

you get issues going on
with your body function,

uh, your motor skills.

If this tree kicks out
the other way,
I need you to run.

Okay.

[Shawn] Here we go.

-You ready?
-[Stephanie] Ready.

Here it comes.

Check the nest.

[Stephanie] I see it,
I see it, I see it.

Anything in there?

[Julian] So, at this location,

there's a lot more ants
than there were previously.

I don't like ants.
I want ants off of me.

[Shawn] He's over there.

Oh, [bleep], dude.

-[bleep], ooh, [bleep]!
-[Shawn] What happened?

[Julian] Ah, I just got nailed
by a big one

[in Australian accent]
right on the tip
of me johnson.

-[Shawn] Was that an ant?
-[Julian in normal voice]
Yeah.

The big, like, half inch ones.

-Oh, dude!
-[Shawn] Only you, buddy.

-Only you.
-[Julian] Ugh.

[Stephanie]
I like that you have an accent
when that happened.

[Julian in Australian accent]
Right on the tip
of me johnson, eh?

[in normal voice] Yeah.

[inhales] Okay.

[Shawn] You took that
like a man.

-Good job.
-[Julian] Yeah.

As I pranced and danced
and turned English.

-Oh, dude.
-[Stephanie] Literally.

[Julian] Oh,
why would you do that?

[Shawn] You gonna make it?

[Julian] I look like I have,
like, multiple STDs.

I'm gonna be honest with you.

-[tree creaking]
-[Shawn] Here it comes.

Check the nest.

[Stephanie] I see it,
I see it, I see it.

Anything in there?

Food's been scarce,

so some egg yolk,
that would be fantastic.

High in protein,
high in calories.

-[Stephanie] No.
-[Shawn] No?

[Stephanie] No. No eggs.

It looks like
they were just trying to,

to build a nest.

[sighs wearily]

All right.

[Stephanie]
It's disappointing to lose
a potential food source.

My energy level is low.

I'm scared that maybe
I don't have what it takes

to walk out during extraction.

[Shawn sighs]

It's too bad.

That's a kick.

A day away from extraction.

We have an excruciating walk
tomorrow.

What I learned
from my brother Chad
being on this challenge

is, is, uh,

you're gonna
definitely experience
all enemies of survival.

And it looks like
all four of us may experience
the depths

of how dark things can get.

Definitely feeling this hunger

and the feeling
honestly sucks.

[Stephanie groans]

[Shawn] I know, guys.

[Stephanie] Yes!

-[Shawn] What?
-[Stephanie] Yes!

Yes!

-[Shawn] How did you do that?
-[sighs in relief]

-Oh, yes.
-[Shawn] How did you do that?

Steph!

I'm so goddamn proud of you.

-I got it, I got it.
Come here.
-My hands.

Oh, my God.

-You are outstanding.
-[Stephanie] Oh, my God.

[Shawn] Nice job.

-Do you mind if I clean it up
and get it ready?
-Yeah. Go ahead.

[Shawn] Okay.

[Stephanie] Ooh! Oh, my God.

My hands are tingling.

That's, like,
buck fever right there.

Oh, God.

-[Noa] Good job.
-[Shawn gasps] Guys!

Look at this.

-[Julian] Nice!
-[Shawn] Look at this.

-[Noa] That's wild.
-[Julian] Holy [bleep].

[Shawn] There's more,
there's more.

[Stephanie] Can we
hard boil 'em this time?

[Shawn] There's more.

Got seven.

One more, we get two each.

-We got eight.
-[Stephanie] Ah!

[Shawn] We got-- [laughs]

-[Noa] Awesome.
-[Shawn] What a catch
there, girl.

-Oh, my God.
-[Noa] Good job, Steph.

-[Shawn] We got nine!
-[Julian] Good job, baby.

[Shawn] We got nine.

[Noa] Oh.

Happy days.

[Shawn] I'm gonna let you
go for it first there, Steph.

You wanna try an egg first

or you wanna get
right to the meat?

[Stephanie]
I'll get to the meat.

[Shawn] If we break
the whole thing off,

we'll make sure
there's enough more
to go around.

Go ahead, buddy.

[Julian] No, like,
get the girls fed first.

[Shawn] Right on.
You pick a piece there, girl.

[Julian] What do you want?

[Shawn] I'll try this part.

-Yeah.
-[Stephanie] Mmm.

Delicious.

-Oh, my God.
-[Stephanie] Mmm.

[Shawn] Are you kidding me?

[Stephanie] Mmm. [chuckles]

[Julian] They're delicious.

[Shawn]
We're having ham and eggs
that Steph provided

and she caught it by hand.

She's an absolute badass.

It's exactly what we all need.

That was fantastic.

I feel the surge
that I can go out and kill

a big goddamn
dinosaur right now.

What about you, buddy?

-I'm still enjoying the meal.
-Yeah.

[Julian] At the end
of its final day of day 20.

One more sleep.

[Shawn] One more sleep
for all of us.

Come tomorrow,
we are all marching
our asses out of here.

[Julian] Yes, sir.

[Stephanie] Yes, sir.

[Julian] And I believe
I'll feel better tomorrow
than I do today.

Godspeed, baby.

[Shawn] Godspeed.

Day 21.

-[Noa] Yeah, let's get going.
-[Shawn] Let's get going.

[Stephanie] All right.

[Shawn]
We all wanna cross
the finish line,

and we're all gonna
do our best.

I could be on my deathbed
and I'll promise you this.

I'll be crawling
my ass out of here.

Let's just take
a look at that map.

-[Stephanie] All right.
-[Shawn] It's, it's gonna be
a hell of a walk, guys.

[Stephanie] Yep, here we are.
Long way, but we can do it.

[narrator] To reach
their extraction point,

the tribe must head northwest

through four miles
of dense jungle,

watching out for deadly
fer-de-lance

and coral snakes along the way

until they find a hidden road
marked on their map

to meet
their extraction vehicle.

[Shawn] Watch every footing.

Let's not step on anything
that might be venomous.

We're not done yet.

[Julian] I've been ill,
I'm weak, I'm tired.

I'm not firing at 100%.

This doesn't
have to be pretty.

I just have to get there.

I wanna get back
to the real world with drugs

with long,
difficult-to-pronounce names
on them.

Remember, guys,
at the end of this walk

is everything
we've been wanting.

This is
the final bit of suffering
we gotta endure.

[Noa] Physically,
I feel pretty awful.

This feels similar
to being sick.

Like,
every footstep is tiring.

But we're so close to the end.

We're so close.

[Julian] All right,
get skinny up here, guys.

It's getting thick.

[Shawn]
Head on a swivel, guys.

We're so close.

[Julian] How we doing, guys?

[Stephanie] Physically,
I am feeling drained.

Every step I take,

I'm just wanting to sit down
and cry, honestly.

It is very tough.

I actually feel
like I might throw up.

[Julian] Drink this, Steph.

I know you don't want to
right now,

but I promised to give
everybody a drink.

-Just finish the pot.
Finish that.
-[Noa] Yeah, dude.

Slam it to the face.

-Yeah.
-[Shawn sighs]

It's not gonna do anything
bad to you at all.

-Good girl.
-[Noa] Dude.

[Stephanie groans]

-[Julian] Deep breaths.
-[Stephanie] I know,
but holy [bleep].

[Noa] But we're almost there.

-[Stephanie sighs]
-[Shawn] I think,
together as a team, uh,

we continue to push each other
as best we can.

Four of us in, four of us out.

[Julian] I'm starting to lose
fine motor function.

Walking straight is difficult.

With everything
that I've gone through
out here,

starvation, dehydration, heat,

a relentless onslaught
of mosquitoes,

it's uncomfortable all around.

But we're on the home stretch.

I see a clearing.

[Noa] There's a [bleep] road.

[Julian]
That's a [bleep] road, baby.

-[Stephanie] Is that our road?
-[Julian] That's the road.

-[Noa] I think
that's our road.
-[Julian] It's a road.

[Stephanie] Thank God.

[Noa] Where's our ride, yeah?

-[Shawn] Where's our ride?
-[Julian] Our ride...

[Shawn]
That's a [bleep] car!

-[Noa] Yeah!
-[Julian] Whoo!

[all exclaiming]

[Julian]
I don't give a [bleep]
if that's not our truck,

we're going on that
[bleep] truck, man.

-[Noa] We're going home.
-[Shawn] Congrats, bro.

-[Noa] Good job.
-[Julian] It's tough, but...
So proud of you.

-[Julian] I'm getting in.
Let's get in.
-[Stephanie] Whoo!

[Julian] What a view.
Come on in.

[Noa laughs]

-Whoo! [laughs]
-[Shawn] Grab a seat, guys.

[all howling]

[Shawn] We did it, guys.

-[Julian] And on the 21st day,
they rested.
-[Shawn] Yeah.

-That's it.
-[Julian] We did it.

-It's done.
-[Stephanie sighs in relief]

-We get to eat.
We're gonna be in bed soon.
-[Noa] Whoo!

[Julian] I'll never prove
that I could've been a
Green Beret,

but my discipline was tested,

my mindset was tested.

And ultimately,
my mettle is hard.

Humbly,
I'm a bad mother[bleep].

[narrator] After 21 days,
Julian lost 32 pounds.

His primitive survival rating
rises from 6.4 to 6.7.

[Noa] This was definitely one
of the hardest things
I've ever done.

And what it really taught me

was how to be
more compassionate
with myself

and others around me.

I feel like I moved
through so much

in doubting myself

and have become
a more confident

and empowered woman
because of that.

[narrator] Noa lost 22 pounds

with a PSR that increased
from 5.6 to 5.9.

-[Stephanie] It's over.
-[Shawn laughs] It's over.

-[Noa] Whoo!
-[Shawn] [bleep],
it's over.

My dad said I was too soft
for Naked And Afraid,

don't waste your time.

That got to me, of course,
it hurts.

There were moments
when I would tell myself,
"I'm gonna quit."

There was just
something inside of me
that just kept me going.

I know that I'm a softie.

And that's okay,
women can be soft.

But they can also
be bad bitches too.

[narrator]
Stephanie lost 21 pounds

and her final PSR
increased from 6.2 to 6.8.

This feeling is so,
so powerful.

And I can tell
I'll be carrying this feeling

of finishing, uh,
Naked And Afraid

for the rest of my life.

It's a huge accomplishment.

But for my brother Chad, uh,

I really do wish he had
held on to the last 10 days,

because as hard as it's been,

it's been
the greatest experience
of my entire life.

[narrator]
Shawn lost 23 pounds.

His PSR rose from 6.9 to 7.6.

Goodbye, Mexico,
we are out of here.

[women] Adios.

[Stephanie] Bye!

[Shawn] There he is.

[Chad] You did the 21.

[both laugh]

Never doubted you
for a second, man.

Yeah, I'm so glad
to see you, bro.

-Look how you good
you look, man, lean and mean.
-Finally, oh, man.

Proud. Very proud, man.
Goddamn.