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[narrator] Sixteen celebrities \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhave enlisted \h\hin real military training.

\h\h\h\h\hTen days to prove \h\h\h\h\h\hthey can endure physically and emotionally.

\h\h\h\h\hNo prizes, no special treatment.

This is Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.

\h[man] Deep inside, everyone wants to know,

do they have the courage \h\h\h\h\h\hto be a hero?

[yells]

[man 2] Get into it!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] \h\h\h\hTo join the most elite military units in the world...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[man 2] Move! -...you must pass selection.

For the next 10 days, we freakin’ own you.

[narrator] Now celebrities \h\h\h\hwill be put through

the highly classified process.

Fight! Let’s go! Who wants it?

[narrator] Running the course,

\h\hThis is your introduction into not being able to breathe.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Go, go! -My dad was in the military.

I started thinking, "Could I do this?" We’ll find out.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[grunts] -You’re dangling like a puppet!

[man] If these celebrities \h\h\h\htake it seriously,

\h\h\h\hthey will find out what their true limits are.

Go!

-Brake, brake, brake! -Brake, brake, brake!

Stop!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] No other test asks as much...

\h\h\h\h\h\h-[grunts] -...or means as much...

[man] Straight up, I have never worked harder in my life.

Ever. Ever, ever, ever.

[narrator] ...to those \hwho make it through.

Remember, you volunteered \h\hto come into our world.

If you should die,

\hthat’s nature’s way of saying you’ve failed.

[train horn blares]

Oh, boy.

[narrator] Sixteen personalities from the world of sport,

entertainment and politics

\h\h\h\h\hare being taken to a remote location in Jordan

\h\h\h\hwhere special forces have trained for desert warfare

for the last three decades.

\h\h\h\hThey will find out if they have what it takes

to pass the special forces \h\h\h\hselection process.

We need to prepare \h\hfor something.

[woman] Yeah, I’m telling ya.

I wanna be broken. I wanna be tested.

I want that fear to hit my body and make my knees bend.

\h\h\h\hI’ll be like, "Ooh-hoo. Hoo-hoo."

You in the NBA, man. \h\h\h\hGo back home!

[woman] It’s so hot in here.

I’m a Spice Girl, \hI’m girl power,

\h\h\hbut my confidence got taken away from me.

So this is all about me \hgaining it back.

Let’s just hope I swim \h\h\h\h\hand not sink.

[man] I am fighting back \hFather Time, for sure,

and I don’t like getting older.

I’m not in denial about getting older.

I’m testing the limits of it.

\h[man] We got 16 recruits on a train. ETA 15 minutes.

\h\hOn this course, we get to find out

\h\h\hif they’ve got the mental fortitude

to be a special forces soldier.

[woman] Oh, my gosh! Helicopter.

[screaming]

\h-[woman] Oh, my God! -[woman 2] Here we are.

[Foxy] For the next 10 days, \h\h\h\h\hwe are in control.

[man] Stay low.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] They just need to survive.

Down! Heads down! Down, down!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-You! -[Foxy] Do not look up!

This course is gonna be \habsolutely brutal.

-Up, up, up. \h-Hurry up!

Get your head down at the back.

[Foxy] Many will fail \hto get to 10 days.

[man] Stop. Put your hands \h\h\h\h\h\h\hon the train.

Ultimately when the bullets are zipping past your head,

do you trust that person \hto fight for your life?

I’ll do it, but will they?

\h\h\h\h[man] Put your hands on the train. Don’t move.

I’m ready to retire, so I’m here to learn, to adapt and to grow.

\h\h\hIf I didn’t get \h\h\h\ha full scholarship coming out of high school,

I was gonna join the military.

\h\h\hTo have the opportunity to work with the one percent

of the one percent \h\hin the military

is a dream come true.

[man] Stop. Hands on train.

I’m not the toughest person, but you can’t be deceived

by blonde hair, pink coats.

[man] Hands up.

I’ve been through a lot of pain, physically, emotionally,

and I really wanna find out \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwhat I can do.

Move! Keep your head down!

Head down!

\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] The course has been designed

with nearly 70 years military \h\hexperience between them.

We have fought globally. \h\h\hIraq, Afghanistan.

Places that we can’t even \h\h\h\h\h\htell you about.

Look at me.

Calm down. Take a breath.

Open your eyes. Look at me.

\hI’ve tested my mental and physical capability

as a soccer player,

and I really believe

that I can do anything I set my mind to.

My game face never leaves me.

Keep looking forward.

\h\h\h\hOpen your eyes. Look at me. Look at me.

Do you understand? \hJust look at me.

I’ve been in the gym one and a half to two hours on most days.

\h\h\h\hNow, you know, I got a little bit of a spare tire

’cause I’m a little older \h\h\hand I love pasta.

\h\h\h\hBut I’m Italian. We do you want me to do?

Look forward.

\hI was the White House communications director

for 11 days before I got fired.

\h\h\hYou know, I can take a lot of heat. No problem.

Look at me.

Is that a smirk on your face? \h\h\h\h\h\h\hBetter not be.

People know me because I went on a reality TV show to find love.

Keep looking at me.

I want to prove to myself that \hI am so much more than that.

Look forward.

When "This Is How We Do It" \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwas released,

I was an overnight success.

Look forward.

\h\h\h\h\h\hBut there still was something inside of me

that knew that’s not real.

This is a real experience.

Listen up! For the next 10 days, we freakin’ own you.

You belong to us.

You have no groveling assistants to pick up your kit.

\hYou can’t call your agent. No one’s coming to save you.

You will suffer individually and you’ll suffer together.

And that’s the only way through

this 10-day special operations \h\h\h\hselection course.

Take these recruits to the compound.

\h\h\h\h-[man] Let’s go! Run! -[man 2] Let’s go! Come on!

[narrator] The recruits \h\hmust run two miles

to a forward operating base

\h\h\h\h\hin the scorching 100-degree Wadi Rum Desert.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[man] Come on! Don’t just walk! Let’s go!

But reality star Kate Gosselin

\h\h\h\h\his already starting to struggle.

Should have turned up in your tracksuit, not your pajamas.

-[man] Get into it! Push it! \h-[Foxy] Let’s go! Come on!

[man] Move! Move it!

My six kids turned 18 this year, and they’re leaving me soon.

\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go! Get up and move forward!

Get up and move forward! \hStand up! Move forward!

\hThey’re old enough now that I can pursue things

that I want to do,

\h\h\hand this is the beginning of that.

Do not leave a gap! Close the gap up!

[narrator] Only the strong \h\h\hwill survive a course

created to weed out the weak.

[Rudy] These celebrities will step into our world.

[man] Let’s go.

A world that’s full of shock and pain.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] Stand in front of a stone.

[Rudy] After 10 days,

I decide that I can trust this person with my life.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOnly then will they pass the course.

[man] Get in! Let’s go now!

Stand still!

Stand up straight.

\h\h\h\hI’m Rudy Reyes, your chief instructor.

I’m a reconnaissance marine and counterterror contractor

with 15 years experience.

To my right, Remi Adeleke, \h\hprestigious Navy Seal,

13 years military service.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJason Fox, British Royal Marine Commando,

\h\h\hSBS operator, fighting for his country for 20 years.

And I’ve saved the baddest for last, Billy Billingham,

\h\h\h\hover 20 years as an SAS operator,

fighting all over the world.

We are the directing staff.

\h\h\h\h\hFrom this moment on, you will address us as "staff."

\h-Am I understood? -[recruits] Yes, staff.

\h\h\h\h-[Rudy] Louder! -[recruits] Yes, staff!

[Remi] Stand still. Don’t move.

This isn’t TikTok or Instagram,

where you get to put on a filter to cover up what you don’t like.

[fly buzzes]

\hEach and every single one of you, right now,

in the water tank, \h\hget in and out.

[Billy] Get over there! Where are you going, you buffoon?

\h\h\h\h\h\h-Let’s go! -[Remi] I’m gonna get you \h\h\hthat filter you want.

-[Billy] Get in there! \h\h\h-[Foxy] Come on!

\h\h[Remi] This is called the sugar cookie. Hurry up, get in.

Swim to the other edge. Get out!

\h\h\h\h\h-Go! Go! -[Remi] Hurry up!

I think that as you age, \h\hyour body wears out.

-[Billy] Get out! \h\h\h\h-[Kate] Sorry.

But I feel like your mind becomes stronger as you age.

\hLay on your backs, facing me. Sand on the legs, on your back.

[Foxy] These celebrities think that they’ve got what it takes

to be in the special forces.

\h\h\hThey’re gonna be in for a very, very rude awakening.

They’re gonna be dropping \h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike flies.

\h[Remi] Get to work now. Use the sand that’s all around you.

Get it in your hair. Get it on your back.

Get your stomach sandy, \hyour face sandy.

[Billy] Get up!

Some of them will not make it \h\h\h\hthrough day one.

[Billy] Right, now let’s get \h\h\hone thing straight.

Whether you walk out that gate today, the day after or day 10,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou will be a better version of yourself.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-Comprende? -[recruits] Yes, staff!

[Billy] You’ve already got \h\h"I wanna go home"

written on your faces, \h\h\h\h\hsome of you.

Get your heads in the game now.

I’m gonna call out your name.

\hYou will move at the fastest possible speed across to there,

and you will pick up a number, \h\h\h\h\hand that is now you.

Piazza! Get over there! \hMove! Speed it up!

Spears! Let’s go! Now!

-Bergen, that end, quick as. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Hurry up!

[Foxy] That’s not your Bergen. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOi!

Number 2, you coconut! \h\h\h\h\hYou buffoon!

That number will always be worn, upper left arm.

Sharp. Sharp. Let’s go.

\h\h\hLast but not least, and never be last, Amendola.

If you wish to leave this course, you VW.

That means take off \h\h\h\hyour armband,

hand it to me or one of the DS,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand say you voluntarily withdraw,

which means you’ve had enough.

If you should die,

\hthat’s nature’s way of saying you’ve failed,

\h\h\h\hand we’ll take the armband anyway.

[narrator] The first 48 hours \h\h\h\hof selection will see

the highest number of recruits \h\h\hsurrender their armband.

Right, what I want you to do now is strip.

Come on, hurry up, get your wet kit off.

\h\hThe recruits are given only identical uniforms...

Let’s have a sense of urgency.

\h\h\h\h\h\h...a Bergen, and essential medication.

Just get your trousers on!

It doesn’t matter if you’re \hman, woman, Black, white,

basketball player, business mogul, chef.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt means absolutely nothing here.

They’re simply numbers.

[Foxy] Take those Bergens off and place them on your bed.

This is your accommodation.

This is where you live, \hhang out, and sleep.

Get your water bottles \h\h\h\h\h\hfilled up.

There will always \h\hbe water there.

\h\h\h\h\hIf there isn’t, inform the duty recruit,

\hand they will come to us and we’ll get it replenished.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNumber 2, you are the duty recruit.

-You reckon you can handle that? -Yes, staff.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] Each day we designate a duty recruit.

\h\h\h\hResponsibilities are to make sure they’re on time,

\h\h\h\hmake sure they’ve got the right kit and equipment,

\h\h\h\hand then they are also the mouthpiece to the recruits.

\h\h\h\h-All good? -[recruits] Yes, staff.

\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah? Happy? -[recruits] Yes, staff.

Time’s your own.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[sighs] -Do you have two water bottles?

You have one in the pack, and one here right? Is that true?

Gosh, these are a pain \hin the freakin’ butt.

\h\hWhen I’m anxious, I tend to oververbalize, and complain,

and... don’t shut up.

Is this chlorinated water? \h\hDid you taste it?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Not yet, no. -It tastes like, like, like...

Yeah, tastes like plastic, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI bet.

[Kate] Everything’s a problem, \h\h\h\hand I’m very negative,

and I didn’t even realize that \htill years of doing my show,

and looking back and watching it and watching myself,

\h\h\h\h\hand I’m like, gosh, you’re horrible.

I’m telling you what, I’m not \hfeeling so jolly anymore,

I’ll be honest.

[Rudy] Recruits! Let’s go!

[Foxy] Come on, then. \h\h\hLet’s hurry up.

Break yourselves down \h\h\hinto fours.

[narrator] During the course,

the recruits will be challenged \h\h\h\hto complete exercises

\h\h\h\h\htaken from real special forces selection.

[Foxy] Close the gaps up!

Selection was horrendous.

[Foxy] Come on!

When I turned up, there was \h\h\h283 of us that started.

\h\h\h\h\hIn the end, there was only seven of us that remained.

\h\h[Foxy] Come on, let’s keep going!

\h\h\h\hWe would like to see every single person succeed.

That’s never gonna happen.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Billy] Right, drop your Bergens. Do that now.

[Foxy] Don’t throw them \h\h\h\hon the ground,

or I’ll throw you on the ground.

[Billy] Listen in.

\hthere is nothing we ask you to do that we haven’t already done.

There is nothing that you cannot do.

It’s about character, it’s about belief,

and it’s about going out of your comfort zone, which you will.

\h\h\h\h\hOK, everybody look. Follow the bird with your eyes.

[helicopter blades whir]

Keep watching!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Billy] The backward dive is designed

to test your element of fear.

\hSomeone with weak character will not make it as an operator.

They will fail.

When you’re stood on the skid,

your arms’ll go \hacross your chest,

your head and eyes will face forward.

\h\hStay in control and you’ll naturally just fall backwards.

\h\h\h\h\hYou pass the task by doing exactly as you’re told,

entering the water headfirst, \h\h\hand nice and straight.

You fail it by panicking, turning into a jellyfish,

and it’ll feel like you fell onto concrete, it will hurt.

What’s wrong with you?

\h\h\h\hI’m terrified of water and heights.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Right. -I wanna do it so bad.

\h-Huh? Right? -It’s so scary.

Look, listen, are you gonna die?

\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s a chance for you to conquer your fear. All right?

\h\h\h\h-Right. -All right.

Number 5, you’re on deck! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go!

[narrator] First to attempt \h\h\h\h\h\hthe backwards dive

is recruit Number 5...

Let’s go!

[Mike] Retirement as an athlete

when you get to the highest \hlevel of your profession

is very difficult.

and you struggle with it, \h\h\hbecause you realize

that the only thing you’ve ever done

in your entire adult life \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\his over.

\h\hBe rigid straight, clench your butt cheeks if you have to,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut stay rigid, and stay looking dead ahead.

\h-Yes, staff. -Any questions?

No, staff.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyeah, it gets your juices flowing again.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[Mike] I mean, my life is a vacation now.

\h\h\h\hIt’s easy to get soft. That’s what I’m worried about.

I mean, do I still have it? Do I still have that fire?

We’ll find out.

Go!

Yep, good.

That’s good! Well done!

[Remi] Let’s go, let’s go!

[Rudy] Finish strong, 5! \h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s it!

\h\h\h\h\h-Pass. -Thank you.

-Good job, man. \h\h-Thanks.

[Remi] Number 11!

[woman] Deep breaths. \h\h\hYou can do it.

You said you were gonna do it today, and this is the day.

All right, go.

[narrator] Next to face \hthe backwards dive...

\h\h-[Remi] Hurry up. -...is recruit Number 11,

reality star Kate Gosselin.

I feel like I’m gonna pass out.

[Kate] I’m kind of curious, \h\h\h\hreally, to be honest,

\hhow I’ll respond in this situation.

\hDon’t push your arse back, and don’t thrust it forward.

Do not break that position. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hFold your arms.

Then all you do...

What you crying for?

’Cause I’m petrified of heights and water.

-And I wanna do this so bad. -Well, then, do it, then.

I know.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI can’t swim, so the kind of swimmer I am

is probably a sinker.

Right, in you go.

\h[Kate] I really wanna beat my fear of heights and water.

\h\h\h\h\hI’m here to find out if I can push myself beyond it.

’Cause I really do not wanna \h\h\h\h\h\hlet myself down.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Kate] Knowing I have fear of heights,

water, the whole thing,

\h\h\h\hcan I conquer those pieces of fear?

\h\h\h\hCan my brain make my body comply?

I’d be so proud of myself. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOof.

[screams]

[Billy] Fail!

-[Remi] Fail. -[groaning]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Remi] Hey, stop all that moaning.

Is there a shark down there \h\h\h\hbiting your foot off?

\h\h\h\h\hYou failed. Now... You panicked, you hesitated.

Go sit on your Bergen.

I’m scared if you’re scared.

I was terrified. I’m always terrified.

I live in fear.

Number 9! Let’s go! Come on!

\h\h\h\h-Run! Come on! -[Remi] Run, run, run!

\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] Next up is recruit Number 9,

Spice Girl Mel B.

This course is all about me gaining back my own power.

You’ve got nothing \h\hto worry about.

I ended up being in a very horrible...

abusive 10-year relationship.

I felt worthless. You feel helpless.

All right? You got this? \h\h\h\hLook at me.

I’m facing huge fears.

I’m just gonna bring out \hthat inner person

that I hope isn’t dead and gone.

[Billy] And go!

Pass.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAll right, how do you think you did?

\h\h\h-Bad. Bad. -No. You did perfect.

-You had a perfect fall. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Really?

-Yes, really. \h\h\h-[sobs]

\h\h\hAll right, pass. Go get on your Bergen.

Good job.

\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] Since completing her dive,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hrecruit 11, reality star Kate Gosselin,

has been feeling pain in her neck,

and is being treated \h\h\h\hby the medic.

-Any pain down here? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

-Pain there? \h\h\h-Yeah.

\h\h\h-Here? -Not as much.

\h\h\hOK. OK, all right. You’re doing really well.

Just sit down for me now.

-[Mel] What happened to Kate? -When she hit the water...

\h\h\h\h\h\hShe hit the water, she said her neck was hurting,

so I think they’re checking her to make sure.

And she was feeling kind of nauseated.

[Remi] Number 12.

Gotcha.

-You will run the entire time. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

Hurry up! I don’t wanna see \h\h\h\hany walking at all.

\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] In Afghanistan, I’ve been in helicopter crashes,

so we have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario,

which is ditching into the sea,

and we need to know that we can survive.

Let’s go!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] The tasks on this course...

\h\h-[Billy] Go! -...are designed

\h\h\hto help us as DS see how the recruits...

\h\h\h\h-[Billy] Good effort. -...deal with anxiety, fear,

all rolled into one.

\h[Billy] Do not fail. Come on, you can do it.

I am scared of heights, however I get something

out of working at height.

I’m facing that fear.

[Billy] Pass.

\hWith special forces, they’ve got a mission,

and that’s to protect national interests.

[Remi] Pick up the pace.

[Tyler] And in restaurants \h\h\hwe’ve got a mission:

\hprovide hospitality at a world-class level.

Pick up the pace.

\h\h\h\h\hSo I think there’s \h\h\h\h\h\ha kindred spirit between the restaurant world

and the SAS, that’s for sure.

-Mission complete, right? \h\h\h\h\h\h-Thank you.

-What, I’m your friend now? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-No.

Because you want to be my buddy, I’m gonna make you pay the man \h\h\h\ha little bit, OK?

-Here’s what you’re gonna do. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Sorry, staff.

\h\h\h\hYou’re gonna bear-crawl from here around to your ruck.

-Yes, sir. -OK, now.

Bear-crawl, bear-crawl! \hLet’s go! Hurry up!

\h\h\h\hShame retains. And I’m not your buddy.

[Remi] The recruits are not on our level.

\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go! Bear-crawl to your ruck.

And we’re definitely not here \h\h\h\hto be their friends.

Stand up. There you go.

Pay attention to detail.

I think we probably do need \h\h\hto take you to hospital

just to get an X-ray \h\h\h\hof that, OK?

I... I... don’t wanna go home. \h\h\h\h\h\hNo, don’t make me.

[narrator] The medic is getting increasingly concerned

\h\h\h\h\h\habout Number 11, Kate Gosselin’s neck injury.

The most important thing here

is your health and safety, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hisn’t it?

[sobbing] I don’t wanna go. \hPlease don’t make me go.

[medic] Look at how much pain \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou’re in.

[sobbing]

My main goal is to walk away \h\h\h\h\h\hproud of myself.

\hStay nice and flat and still as soon as you lay down. That’s it.

-[groaning] -Can I help you?

\h’Cause this is not for the faint of heart.

\h\hJust to keep your head nice and still, all right?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] With a suspected broken neck,

Kate is taken to hospital \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor X-rays.

Selection has claimed \h\hits first victim.

One recruit down,

and there is still one more \h\h\hto take on the task.

-[Remi] Number 2, on your feet. -Yes, staff.

\h\h[narrator] Last up is Number 2,

actress Jamie Lynn Spears.

[Jamie] Anything high intensity around water

definitely is going \h\h\h\hto bring back

\h\hthe worst experience I’ve ever lived through.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yes, sir. -Staff. I’m not a sir.

Oh, no. Yes, sir, yes, ma’am.

If you don’t say that, you get a whipping.

But it’s a matter of can I push past that?

\h\h\hI expect myself to feel the pressure

and perhaps even be overwhelmed by it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Jamie] I know that these things

are going to push me \hto a certain point,

but it’s a matter of \hcan I overcome it?

[Jamie] Anything high intensity around water

\h\h\h\hdefinitely is going to bring back

\h\hthe worst experience I’ve ever lived through.

[Remi] Give me your hand.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAll right. How do you think you did?

[vomits]

[Remi] All right, stand up, stand up.

Stand up. What’s wrong? \h\h\h\hWhy you crying?

Wait, wait, wait.

-But you’re still here. \h\h\h\h\h-Yes, staff.

OK. Sit on your ruck.

[Mike] Jamie, OK?

The worst part’s over. \h\h\hYou did it.

[sobbing]

Get your rucks on. All right, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go.

\h\h[Foxy] Right, let’s go, follow on. Come on, then.

[Mike] Is Kate OK?

She landed really hard \hon her back, though.

That sucks.

\h\h\h[Anthony] I’m so pumped right now that we did that.

How many people get to say, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthey, you know,

got chucked out of a helicopter?

How old was your daughter \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hat the time?

She was eight.

I tried.

[Dr. Drew] Lord have mercy.

\h\h\h\h[Dwight] We gotta keep everybody’s spirits high, man.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWe already lost one of the members already.

\h\h\hWe can’t lose no more of the gang members, man.

Everybody gotta stay.

[narrator] Only 12 hours in,

already some recruits \h\hare on the brink

of handing in their armbands.

-How you doing, Kenya? -How you feeling?

My body, you know, is just super sore.

It’s at breaking point, \hOf course it is.

But, you know, let’s all... \hlet’s just pull together,

’cause nobody can pull together apart from the ones who are suffering.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCan you not, even if it’s just for me?

Just see what the next task is. Just see.

\h\h\h\hAnd, d’you know what, we all went up there today.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah. -We all went up there. All did.

-And that says something. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

Thank you, Mel.

[Billy] Last man shut the door.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] At the end of each day,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe DS meet to discuss the recruits.

\h\hIn just 12 hours, they are already one down.

\h[Rudy] Good opening day. Of course, one’s in the ambulance.

[Remi] She’s in the hurt locker, but her neck is not broken.

[Rudy] All right, Number 12.

[Remi] I made him bear-crawl back.

It’s almost like he feels like \h\h\h\h\h\hhe’s on our level.

He’s a bunch of swagger and a bunch of [bleep].

\h\h\h\h\h-Um... -[laughter]

Keep him on the back foot.

[Foxy] Number 2.

\hand she should have been getting a hold of herself.

-Instead she went the other way. -[Remi] She has some demons.

[Rudy] We need to dig deeper.

\hWe need to find out what’s really going on.

Let’s get Number 2 in.

Montell, you can go back in. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m fine.

I’m just gonna brush my teeth.

I’ll wait. Gotta have somebody \h\h\h\h\hwith us at all times.

-[Jamie] I’m being the worst. \h\h\h\h-[Foxy] Number 2!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Here we go. -Put your boots on properly.

Take that towel off your head \hand get changed properly.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I’m coming! -It’s like trying to herd cats.

[narrator] The DS will subject \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe recruits

to tactical questioning.

Come on.

It’s their opportunity

to dig into the recruits’ \h\hpsychological state.

\h\h\h\hPut your hands against the wall.

Give me your thumbs. All right, trust me.

\h\h\h[Billy] The reason for doing this is to get to know

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hevery weakness, every skeleton in the cupboard.

That means sit down.

That means sit down.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSo, during the backwards dive today,

\h\h\h\hyou had a... somewhat of a meltdown a little bit.

What was that about?

OK. Just take a breath, \h\h\h\hall right?

When I had to save my daughter,

\hor tried to save her from an accident,

I had to propel myself \h\h\h\h\hinto a pond,

and I didn’t realize

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhow much, like, your body remembers things.

\h\h\hMy eight-year-old was in an accident where she drowned,

and I immediately dive in.

And I couldn’t get her up.

The paramedic jumps right into \hthe water, they pull her out,

and then they laid her \h\h\h\h\h\hbeside me.

\hShe wasn’t breathing, and she was blue, and it was bad.

They were trying to, you know, \hthey were working on her.

And then they got a pulse.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Billy] So you just had a flashback

\h\h\hto that awful situation that’s happened in the past.

But you know what? \h\hIt’s the past.

-And she’s here, so... \h\h\h\h\h-Exactly.

I think that’s probably a good \h\hreason for you to be here,

to face your demons and fight through it.

It hit me right... It hit me head-on.

\hWhat are you exactly trying to get out of this for yourself?

I guess I just wanna, like, for myself, just feel like...

\h\h\h\hfeel like I’m just like worth something, I don’t know.

\hWhy do you feel like you’re worthless?

\hI mean, growing up, my sister became famous,

worldwide famous, when I was very young.

-Your sister did? Right. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yes.

And so, um... I’m so proud of her, love her to death,

\h\h\h\hand, I don’t know, I just feel like sometimes

I’ve never really been able to have anything for myself.

Stop beating yourself up.

No one’s judging you, only you.

Let’s get rid of the past, \h\h\hand let’s go forward.

\h\h\h-Guard! -[door opens]

[Billy] I can see her sister \h\h\h\h\h\hin her face now.

\hI can be extremely proud \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof my sister but also have my own identity

and be expected to be seen \h\has my own person.

Step.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[Jamie] I struggle with self-esteem all the time,

\h\h\h\h\h\hand as a parent you really want to fake it

\h\h\hbecause you don’t want to ever see your children

feel the feelings you feel.

\h\h\h\hThe hardest thing is being away from my kids.

-Are you all right? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

But I’m here to do something that’s gonna make them proud.

\hThis is gonna be one of the longest days \h\hof our entire lives.

-And we’ve had children. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

\h\h\hWhen you give birth, you have air-conditioning.

[Beverley laughs]

Here we go.

You are not pooping beside me. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOh, my God!

I swear to God, this is... \h\hthis is not normal.

\hEveryone will sleep together. Everyone will shower together.

\hEveryone will go to the toilet together.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWe’re outside in the middle of nowhere.

Can you just sit down?

I gotta take my pants off. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOh, man.

\h\h\h\h\h-[Mel B] Oh, my God. -[Dwight] This is awesome, man.

[Mel B] This is not good.

\h\h\h[Billy] When you’re in a conflict, you need somebody

\has close to you as two coats of paint.

That’s the reason we live the way we do.

\hMel, you cannot leave your partner. You suck!

Doc, how you doing, bud?

\h\h\h\h-Yeah. -Yeah, [bleep].

-[Beverley] Nauseous. \h\h\h-Oh, nauseous?

Nausea is bad, yeah. Headache and nausea.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Danny] I won’t ask any questions.

[narrator] After just 14 hours \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin the desert,

Number 3, Dr. Drew Pinsky, is feeling severely unwell.

-You’re looking a little pale. \h\h\h\h-How you feeling?

It’s bad.

\h\h\h\h[medic] What is it, light-headedness, or just...?

-[Dr. Drew] Weak. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Weak.

[Dr. Drew] Really weak.

is with the camp medic.

I suspect most likely diagnosis is dehydration.

[sighs]

Operating in the desert, \hit’s very unforgiving.

There’s no shade, there’s no water.

My goal: get you drinking \h\h\hsome more fluids.

Is there any point doing an IV?

\h\h\h\hIf I do an IV, I think we pull you off the course.

[bleep]

[Billy] Heat exhaustion \his a real threat.

I’ve seen colleagues \hactually collapse.

\h\h\h\hIt doesn’t matter how big or fit you think you are,

\hif you don’t take a good water discipline,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou will suffer and most likely you’ll die.

[Billy] Get on parade!

Let’s go!

\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] With Dr. Drew suffering

from extreme dehydration...

[Billy] Here we go!

[Beverley] Uniforms on. \hOn the parade square.

Come on, come on, come on.

\h\h\h\h\h...the DS are calling the recruits for a spot check.

Right, everybody take out your canteen. Open it up.

[narrator] This morning \hthey were instructed

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto keep their water bottles full.

[Billy] Look inside.

Anybody’s not full? If it’s not full, put your hand up.

\h\h\h\hOne, two... Is it full or not full?

There’s just about a sip missing, but...

So it’s not full.

If it’s not full, put your hand up.

You’re gonna learn a lot of lessons.

Front rank, turn round.

Take your hats off on the rear rank.

Empty the water bottle

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hover the head of the person you’re facing.

\h\h\h\h\hRear rank, do exactly the same.

What lesson are we gonna learn \h\h\h\h\hfrom this? Big fella?

\h\h\h\h\hAlways have your canteens full, staff.

-[Billy] Do we get that? \h-[recruits] Yes, staff!

Turn round.

If you can’t listen and learn,

I’ll have to run you round \h\hfor a couple of hours.

\h\h\h-Let’s go! -[Foxy] Come on!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] The recruits are punished

\h\h\h\hfor their lack of water discipline...

\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] I wanna see it done quickly. Quick as you can.

\h\h\h\h\h...with a beasting of physically demanding exercise.

\h\h\h-[grunting] -Get into that tunnel.

[Foxy] Keep going. Come on, speed it up.

[Rudy] Up, up, up, up! Let’s go!

[yells]

[Billy] Come on, let’s go! \h\h\h\h\h\h\hHurry up!

\h\h\hWe have a saying in the special operations community:

Attrition is the mission.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Foxy] Use everything you’ve got!

\h\h\h\h\h\h[Rudy] The reason why the selection course is so tough

is to blowtorch away anyone that does not wanna be there.

[Remi] Hey, Number 12.

[narrator] Chef Tyler Florence \h\h\h\h\h\his falling behind.

You better do it. Figure a way out.

I don’t think I’m breakable, \h\h\hto be honest with you.

-There you go. -[grunting]

[Tyler] I’ve got enough gas \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin the tank

to be able to accomplish anything that I wanna do.

Pull your pants up! Let’s go! Hurry up!

[Rudy] Suffer in silence!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] \h20 minutes in, the pressure of the beasting takes its toll.

[screaming]

Help her. Help her, help her. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPull her up.

\h\h\h\hOh, my knee! My knee’s dislocated!

It’s dislocated! Gotta pop it back in!

[yells]

Thank you.

[Remi] All right, let’s go.

\hWhat are you doing, taking a nap back there?

What are you doing back there?

\h\h\h[narrator] Number 1, actress Beverley Mitchell,

is unable to continue.

[Remi] What’s wrong?

-Are you hurt? \h\h-[panting]

You wanna quit?

[Billy] Get on parade!

\hSort yourselves out. Tighten up your belts.

Go on, get your head \h\h\h\hin the game.

-[Rudy] Help her out. -[Billy] Listen.

\hYou’re here to be pushed to a place you’re never been before.

Remember that.

We don’t quit, do we?

\h\h-What don’t we do? -We don’t quit, staff.

We don’t.

Disappear.

\h\h\h\h[Tyler] That was insane. I was trying to catch my breath.

[Danny] I was struggling \h\h\h\h\hin there, bro.

I’m friggin’ exhausted too, man. I’m ready for bed.

[Beverley sighs]

[sobbing]

Let’s just make it through the night.

Yeah.

We’ll make it through the night.

-Yeah. \h-OK?

\h\h\h\h\h\hLet it out. Tomorrow we gotta go to war.

You gonna cry at the end when they call your name

and they say you made it.

\h\h\h\h[narrator] In the medic quarters...

[Dr. Jamie] How d’you feel?

[Dr. Jamie] OK.

I know you’re not happy.

-No. -No.

But my job is to look after \h\h\h\hyour health first.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] With severe heat exhaustion,

Dr. Drew is being medically withdrawn from the course.

I’m just gonna arrange a transfer to hospital

to have some bloods done.

[narrator] Just one day in,

\h\h\h\htwo recruits have left the course,

and within 24 hours, two more will hand in their armbands.

Next time...

\h\h\h\hThe question is are you strong up here?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I cannot... -Do not talk yourself out of it.

-[Remi] Or are you weak up here? -[grunts]

Failing is not really something that I’m used to.

[Billy] No, no, no, no!

What we don’t like is people who think

they’re something they’re not.

Cream rises to the top.

Only the people that can bounce back will pass this course.

That was too much for me.