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[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie] Whoo! Yeah!

I can't believe "Naked and Afraid"

was crazy enough to ask me to come back.

I'm Ernie.

And I'm the biggest true fan of "Naked and Afraid,"

every season, every episode.

You know, people use the word "super fan" over and over again.

I'm a true fan. I have bags.

I have all kinds of memorabilia that I've collected.

Like, I went on the "Naked and Afraid" cruise

to meet a bunch of my heroes.

So, yeah, I'm a big, huge fan.

I did a 14-day fan challenge in the Yucatán in Mexico.

I hate this [bleep] place.

I was baptized under fire.

-We did it. -[Mandy] Oh my God.

We did it.

I'm here to do a 21 in Botswana, Africa.

Whoo-hoo! Can you believe it?

[suspenseful music playing]

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

-Oh my God. -[elephant trumpets]

[yells]

[narrator] Two strangers.

[Viktor] Ah! Run, go, go, go, go.

No food.

-[Jonny] Ah! -[groans]

[bleep]

No water.

Ah!

21 days.

-[Tray] Don't tap. -[roars]

Die first.

"Naked and Afraid."

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie] Damn, this is pretty.

You're gonna kick my ass, aren't you, Africa?

I've always wanted to be here. See the tall grass, the reeds.

You see all the birds flying around.

[grunts]

[Ernie] You hear the hippos out. This place is like a heartbeat.

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie] There's tons of danger out here.

There's a jaguar, the lions, the croc.

This is so overwhelming.

And the water is forever. It's a sea of green.

And instead of it being like a pasture

or a field, it's water.

Located in southern Africa, Botswana's Okavango Delta is

a vast inland wetland, where water flooding

from the Okavango River slowly fills the grassland,

creating a seasonal habitat for Africa's large populations

of migrating animals, including lions,

elephants, and hippopotamuses,

whose two-ton frame and four-foot gaping mouths

kill 500 humans each year.

As winter weather brings floodwaters to the region,

it also offsets the searing sun, with near-freezing nights

and sudden wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour.

Africa's gonna test me beyond anything I already know.

It's gonna push me beyond my limits for sure.

Super intimidating, but as much as I'm afraid of Africa,

I'm terrified of what my partner might be here.

I can definitely feel the nerves, man.

Partnership dynamics can be volatile.

-Are you happy, Ernie? -[Ernie] Oh, gosh.

My partner from the fan challenge, Mandy,

she was a surprising breath of fresh air.

I am super appreciative of you making shoes.

We complemented each other. We did things for each other.

She is a [bleep] rock-star.

Getting closer.

Ah, dang!

The one thing you can't control is your partner.

And I think once I meet my partner, that I'll feel

so much more relaxed. And hopefully, we get along.

The moment of truth.

I'm super apprehensive.

I tell this to people all the time,

'cause everyone always asks.

You can practice fire, you can practice shelter,

you can practice every weakness you have and every strength

you can sharpen, but you can never be in control

of your partner.

Man, if I end up with some lazy, self-loathing,

[bleep] negative, egotistical beast,

I'm just gonna lose my [bleep].

All right, all right. I feel better now.

-[bleep] -[Mandy] You're kidding me!

[both laugh]

Oh, my God! You've gotta be kidding me!

This is so much better!

Ernie, we're gonna do this again!

Oh, my gosh!

-[Ernie groans] -[Mandy squeals] [bleep]

I'm about to do 21 days

in Botswana.

This is the scaredest I've ever been probably

in my entire life, if I'm being honest.

[crocodile hisses]

[Mandy] Absolutely more scared than I was last time.

My name's Mandy, and I just finished a 14-day challenge.

-[Mandy screams] Bats -- ooh! -[Ernie] Uh-oh.

[Mandy] I knew it was gonna be hard,

but I couldn't

possibly fathom how hard. -[Ernie speaking]

A lizard.

We tried to eat...

[indistinct whispering]

...but unfortunately, we were not successful.

So during the whole 14 days, we only ate cactus.

So I knew right away I needed to learn how to trap,

set traps, snares, things like that.

I had opportunity between the two challenges to really

focus on the things I wasn't good at.

And now it's my time to prove that I am good at these things.

[Mandy gasps] You're [bleep] kidding me!

[both laugh]

[Mandy] Oh my God, you gotta be kidding me!

The last person I expected. The last person.

-But the best person. -The best.

This has never happened.

Two fans coming in together for a 21.

This has never happened. I don't think they've ever had.

Are you kidding me?

We're so lucky to be first in "Naked and Afraid" history

to go from a fan to a 21 together.

Hey, we're not two fans trying to figure it out

this time.

I don't have an opportunity to tap.

Wow.

I've been a part of this community for years.

I will catch all kinds [bleep], not only from my family,

but from other fans.

I even made the comment, someone asked me,

"Who would be your perfect partner?"

And I was like, "OK, well, imagine Mandy,

and then branch out from there." -Maybe with some more skill set.

But hey, Mandy 2.0 is here.

-[Ernie] All right, awesome. -Mandy 2.0 is here.

I can't see how we can fail.

-Let's get to it. -OK.

We figured out through some of the hardest times in our lives

how to get through 14.

We just gotta get through one week.

It's that last week that's gonna make the difference.

It's the one that's gonna bite.

We got a little bit more than our supplies.

Um, mokoro, I believe, is the African canoe name.

But that means we're not staying here.

You know, normally when they give you extra [bleep], it's...

[Mandy] We gotta use it.

Traditionally dug out from the trunk of a large tree,

a mokoro is a canoe used for navigating the channels

and flooded plains of Botswana's Okavango Delta.

-[Ernie] Dude, this is... -[hollow knocking]

-pretty badass. -What you got?

-What you got? -Yeah.

I have my machete.

I like it.

I've got a very cool fishing kit here.

-So we are eating this time. -Yes.

We're eating.

In addition to their survival items,

Mandy and Ernie have been given

a fire starter, a pot, and a map of the Delta.

-[Ernie] Ah, voila. -Where are we going?

OK, so we're here.

-[Ernie] Yeah. -[Mandy] And we have...

[Ernie] Ah, the Tree of Life.

[Mandy] So we're gonna have to canoe there today.

It's gonna be a tough push out.

Yeah. We need to get started

like yesterday. -Yeah.

-Let's get on the move. -[Mandy] Let's do it.

[Ernie] Let's do it.

To reach their island, Mandy and Ernie must navigate

their mokoro 2.1 miles north through the flood basin where

Nile crocodiles hide amongst the papyrus reeds.

-[Mandy] All right, buddy. -[Ernie] All right.

-Off we go. -[Mandy] There we go.

We're going.

I'm gonna try standing just because I feel like I've got

more leverage that way. -You might wanna be careful.

You know, you land in this water, you got crocs

and you got, we got snakes and we got all kinds of [bleep]

we don't know that's floating in here.

[Mandy gasps and screams] There's a spider.

-OK. -[screams] It's so big.

There are spiders everywhere.

I did not take that into consideration.

-On the water? -On the water.

[Ernie speaking]

[Mandy] These spiders are not great.

I don't mind getting filthy,

I don't mind trucking through thorns.

[yelps] Sorry.

But, when it comes to bugs and spiders...

-Oh, my God. -Hang in there.

[Mandy] Something's crawling on me.

I scream.

[yelps]

And I can't control it, so it's something

that I'm gonna try to work on, 'cause they're everywhere.

[screams] [bleep]

Oh! Oh, my God!

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK.

-I thought you were gonna tip. -I got it, I got it.

[Mandy] You're brave.

That spider web was right in your face.

-[Ernie] Yeah. -[creepy chord plays]

-[Ernie grunts] -[Mandy] Whoo!

[Ernie] Man, I'm telling you what,

my shoulders are feeling it. -[Mandy] Yeah -- It's a workout.

No doubt about that.

[Ernie] It is. It is.

-[Mandy] Take a hard left. -[Ernie groans]

[Mandy] There we go. There we go.

[Ernie] See to the right?

-The tree. -You think that's it?

-I think that's the right one. -Yeah, that's gotta be it.

I don't see any of the tree that kind of looks like

that, you know? -[Ernie] Is it that way?

-Yeah. -[Ernie] Yeah, let's do it.

-That final push for the day. -Yeah.

Oh, it's definitely getting more shallow.

Oh, yeah. I just hit the bottom.

I'm gonna go ahead and get out here?

Yep. You want me to get out first?

-Yeah, yeah. -Whoo!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's very shallow.

We're good. The endorphins are rolling.

Super excited.

But I can't neglect the fact that the hard stuff's coming.

[Mandy] What, what? Oh, you know what that means.

-[Ernie] Yeah. -They could be close by.

-[Ernie] Yeah. -[elephant groans]

[Mandy] Did you find a spot to tie it off on?

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] We have the most danger predators around us,

and they're nocturnal.

That's a different type of scat. That's not elephant.

-[Ernie] Oh, no, no, that's a... -What is that, you think?

[Ernie] That's a... That could be a cat.

[Mandy] We are definitely in their territory.

It is imperative that we get that boma done as soon

as possible. -[lion growling]

[Ernie] So, we need coverage.

Um, so we need to be in the trees.

There's, like, that big shady-looking tree over there.

[Ernie] Yeah, exactly Yeah, exactly, yeah.

[Mandy] Let's see what we're working with, at least.

[Ernie] Exactly.

-[Mandy] Let's take a look over here. -[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Look at this. This is some nice shelter.

Do you think that this would be good?

And, like, so what we could do is build our, like,

this could be our entryway. -Yeah.

We could put the fire here.

There's enough clearance overhead.

I don't see any ants.

I don't see any spiders coming above.

-All right. -All right.

-Home. -Ready?

-21 days. -Got it.

[Mandy] Here in Botswana, this time of year,

we only get about 11 hours of daylight.

And we are well surpassed the halfway point.

So, I think we're gonna use our strength.

While you're building, I'm starting that fire.

After that, I'll start clearing out.

[Ernie] OK.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

There is something on your cheek, buddy.

Oh, it's a leech.

-[Ernie laughs] -OK, I'm just gonna pull it.

[Ernie] OK, if you rub the head of it.

[Mandy] Where's the head? Is that the head?

-I don't know. -[Ernie] Well, the part that's stuck.

-They're both stuck. -Both?

-Yes. -There's two?

Yeah, rip it off.

[grunts] Oh, my God.

[yelps] Where'd it go?

[Ernie laughs]

-Oh, man, that was funny. -Thank you.

You're welcome. You're welcome.

Now, I don't know where I threw the damn thing.

-[Ernie continues laughing] -It's so slimy.

[both laugh]

[Ernie] The -- the boma's --

it's, uh, it's absolutely necessary.

It's for our protection.

Africa comes alive at night, and that's why it's important

we're on the clock.

Ernie and Mandy are surrounding their camp

with a six-foot-tall boma built with layers of stacked branches

and filled in with thorny palm leaves for protection

from nighttime predators.

A lot of these have thorns in them.

[bleep]

Ah, [bleep]

The palms have, like, these gargantuan thorns

on 'em, too, so...

Yeah, I'm gonna use that to try to cover it.

Just getting a little bit more tinder,

so that way, when it's go time, we're good.

I got it started within seconds.

All right.

OK. All right.

I'm gonna take a break from this,

and I'm gonna help you. -[Ernie] Yeah.

because our daylight is gonna go quickly.

[both exhale]

[softly] All right.

I wish it was just a little thicker.

I feel like there's still a lot to fill up.

Not a lot of time.

-Wanna use this for our door? -[Ernie] Yeah.

-Yeah, that's a great idea. -You mean it's bushy enough?

[Ernie] Yeah.

All right, so we're done for the night?

Yes.

We'll see what works tonight, and then we'll fill

in those gaps tomorrow. -[Ernie] Yep.

[Mandy] Day one, we're on lockdown for the night.

Got our fire. We've got our boma.

Hanging out with my,

used to be my jungle friend.

Now he's my Delta dude.

I'm a little scared of what's gonna come out later.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Tonight's gonna be a...an experiment.

-[Ernie] Yeah, it is. -[Mandy] Let's see how that goes.

[Mandy speaking]

[insects chirping]

[elephant trumpets and roars in distance]

-That was an elephant. -[Ernie speaking]

That was an elephant.

-It's so early. -Yeah.

And there's already so much activity.

-[elephant trumpets in distance] -[Mandy gasps]

-Elephant. -That was an elephant.

-[elephant roars] -Oh.

That was an elephant.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[elephant roars softly]

[Mandy speaking]

Wow!

[Ernie speaking]

[lion roars]

[Mandy] Mm.

[Ernie speaking]

[Ernie] That way?

[Mandy] Yes, yes.

[lion growls]

-[lion growls] -[Mandy whispering and speaking]

[tense music playing]

[soft, foreign music playing]

[Ernie] La -- last night was tough.

[Mandy] We could hear all the animals, a lot.

-[Ernie] Yeah, that was a trip. -Activity nonstop.

[Ernie] We heard elephants, hippos.

Then I heard this, like, guttural, like [growls].

Getting closer and closer. It was pretty intense.

-Hi, Vundi, hi. -[Ernie] Yeah -- hey, Vundi.

After scouting the perimeter of Ernie and Mandy's boma,

one of the local rangers is concerned about

their nighttime safety.

[Mandy] Oh, we're close.

-[Ernie] Is that a paw? -[Vundi speaking]

Lioness? That's really scary.

[suspenseful music playing]

Boma's right there. Like, we are right there.

Oh, my gosh.

[Ernie softly] Oh, my God.

-This is insane. -Look at it.

[Mandy] Finding out that the lioness was about 15 feet

from our boma, it's scary to me.

She had to use the bathroom right there.

Is that her way of marking her territory?

Trying to come back?

That way, it very well could be.

I'm not sure.

So, just put it more into perspective of, like,

just how dangerous all of this really is.

-Yeah, yeah, absolutely will. -OK.

We're in their territory. Like, this is their spot.

-This is their home. -[Vundi] Yep.

[Mandy] That's a huge wake-up call.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm, the boma needs to be improved today.

-We'll get that knocked out. -[softly] Yeah.

[leaves rustling]

In order to protect themselves from the female lion

in the area, Mandy and Ernie will reinforce their boma,

building taller and thicker walls to prevent

animals from entering.

[Ernie] If you can put the palms, it'll block the view.

I'm cutting down the bigger branches.

We're going anywhere from 7 to 10 feet.

Mandy's going inside and weaving all the palms

in between so they have their thorns.

So it's like the secondary inner layer of protection

so that you can't necessarily see.

We want predators to walk right by us and not even know

we're there. -Stack it up.

Can't lie, I felt like our shelter was ready yesterday.

[laughs], and found out today that it's not.

But the good thing about mistakes is that you learn

from them and you become better.

Ugh.

I wanna be able to show during this entire challenge

that you can grow,

you can do hard things, and if you want

to learn it, you can do it.

[Ernie] That palm looks like a wall.

You did such a good job.

[Mandy] So we still have some work to do, but compared

to what we had last night, it's night and day.

And hopefully we get some good sleep tonight.

-Yay, that would be great. -Yay.

[suspenseful, foreign music playing]

[insects chirping]

[lion growls]

[lion growls]

[lion continues growling]

-[Ernie] Good morning, Mandy. -[Mandy] Good morning.

There was a lion right outside our boma.

-Oh my God. -It's scary.

[Ernie] But luckily the boma blocked it out.

Yeah. You slept right through it.

Something that is not different from the Yucatán is

Ernie will fall asleep within five minutes.

That's nothing new.

And it's like, I don't wanna wake him even if I am scared,

because...

I can function on little sleep. And I know he does not.

But just like Ernie has his kryptonite of sleep,

my kryptonite is weight loss.

I'm gonna start getting hungry soon.

[Ernie] I'm excited about going fishing.

[Mandy] I really am too.

The toughest part of the fan challenge for me

was I never could acquire enough food.

I failed at capturing some iguanas.

[bleep] I was right next to him.

And it was a little defeating.

I'm [bleep] done. He wins.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] I am totally excited that Mandy brought fishing line,

because we got a fighting chance.

I think, there's two in here.

[Ernie] OK. Let's get to fishing.

Really hope we don't fall in, 'cause it is cold.

[Ernie] Yeah, the water's really cold.

[Mandy] There are scary things in there.

♪♪

-[Ernie] You hear that? -[Mandy] I did hear that.

[wind blowing]

[Ernie] Do you see anything? Any fish, any kind of activity?

[Mandy] Not yet.

[Ernie] They ain't [bleep] here.

I mean, this place used to be grass, you know,

just a month ago. -[Mandy] Right.

[Ernie] The Delta is not a river.

It's not a lake.

So, for fish, it's not actual active habitat.

The fish come in after the waters flood in.

[Mandy] I've honestly never fished in an area like this.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

And I honestly don't know what to do.

[Ernie] The fish, they're just not here yet.

[Mandy] I'm frustrated.

My last challenge, I made it 14 days with barely no food,

and it was awful.

I can't just say, "Oh, we're gonna get food

this time," 'cause what if we don't?

I need to catch some food this time.

I just need to figure it out.

[Ernie] Look, there's a couple of lilies.

[Mandy] Wanna try to grab them since we're here?

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Definitely be careful.

[Ernie] Tell me if you see anything, any bubbles

or eyeballs. -[Mandy] Yeah.

-Good job, Ernie. -Yeah.

-Good job. -You know, some sort of win.

[gentle music playing]

[boar grunts]

[Mandy] There we go.

Just kind of looks like a really thick green bean.

-Just a bunch of mush. -It is.

So...

Doesn't smell very good.

-What do you think? -Mushy, um, not much of a spice.

Just gonna pretend it's overcooked celery.

-That's what we're doing. -Yep.

Ah.

Not bad.

[in unison] Not good.

Lilies aren't off the menu.

I don't know how much more I can eat.

-There's another one in there. -I know.

Hell no, we ain't eating none of that for breakfast.

We are done with lilies today.

I can't enjoy it anymore.

I'm over it. Yep, I'm over it.

-[warthog squeals] -[yelps]

-What is that? -That was a warthog.

[Ernie gasps] Where did it come from?

There --

I wanna kill it and I wanna eat bacon.

-[Mandy] Yes. -Yeah.

[bleep] it.

Maybe I can get lucky. They live in huge holes.

-[Mandy] OK. -Boars are very aggressive.

So if I just show up at the front

and start tapping it, he'll try to attack me.

-You'll [imitates cutting] -Yep.

If I'm lucky, he run towards me and I'd just be able to like

stab him straight out.

But ideally, I find him in this hole,

and I stab him in there.

That's my plan.

I'm not seeing any tracks.

I mean, him finding a hole in there would be really smart.

Where you at?

[bleep] this might be a game trail.

He might have run through here.

[tense music builds]

[Ernie] There he is! [bleep]

-[warthog squeals] -[bleep]

[Ernie] Come here!

-[warthog grunts] -[bleep] [sighs]

[bleep]

[Ernie exhales exhausted]

[bleep]

[Ernie] It went that way to the left.

He took off running,

so I probably found his hidey-hole.

[exhales] [bleep]

I would like to go out and look Pumba again.

There's nothing over here.

But to be able to get something with my machete is super tough.

I chased his ass down as far and as fast as I could,

but I lost him on the edge of the island.

We need to be smart hunters, and I did get exhausted

chasing him.

When looking at food strategy, it calls for a completely

different game plan.

[Mandy] I wanna start scoping out tomorrow like little holes

where do some birds hang out and set some snares.

-Yeah. -This is part of Mandy 2.0.

-Awesome. -I want to hunt.

I want to set traps.

I want to get food for my partner and I.

That's super important to me.

Mandy 2.0 is learning from all the mistakes that Mandy made

in her fan challenge.

[suspenseful music builds]

[Mandy] I've gotta pay attention to these holes that I'm seeing.

For a snare,

if you're going to sit there and say, "Mandy 2.0,"

you have to back it up.

I wanna say, "Hey, I went out and got us dinner."

[Mandy whispers]

Something could live in there.

[normally] And with the sticks that are right over it,

it's perfect for setting a trap.

I'm going to make a snare trap out of cordage.

In Yucatán, they had a henequen plant.

This looks like it, but without the thorns.

If you smash it, you can get the fibers out of there

and make cordage.

When you break 'em down, there's all these little fibers

in there and you can roll them a certain way and twist them

to make cordage.

See?

-Look at that. -[Mandy] Boom, boom, boom.

And now I just gotta keep going.

[Ernie] Look at you.

Man, Mandy has rocked

from where she was at our 14

to what she's doing now. That's grit.

I mean, the girl is mission-focused.

-Badass. -I'll be back.

[sighs]

Technically, I am hunting right now, passively.

And that's actually what you wanna do,

because we don't have calories coming in yet.

It's all calories going out.

It's just gonna come out, and it's just gonna get

caught up in my snare. I'm gonna lay it down,

and I'm gonna block it off, so that way it's not tempted

to run in a different path. Perfect.

Now we wait.

I'm gonna go check my snare.

[Ernie] I think it's a great idea.

-[Mandy] Ah, it broke. -[Ernie] It broke through it.

[Mandy] Which means

there's something in there.

I'm onto something, but my snares

aren't strong enough. Man, it's frustrating, like...

Well, as they're out here, out in the heat, they're gonna

dry out some too. -[bird chirping]

I'm frustrated with my snares,

and I'm very disappointed in myself,

but it wasn't due to lack of trying.

So, um, I just gotta learn from it and move on.

[Ernie] Let's get to fishing before it gets --

'cause the sun's really starting --

I'm starting to feel it now on my shoulders.

-OK. -Mm-hmm.

You know, last time, we did not catch fish,

so we are going to be setting lines today.

So, we're gonna have two poles

and we're going to set two lines on each pole.

Hopeful that this is gonna be a very awesome passive way

of fishing.

Mandy and Ernie's deadline system will consist of two

baited hooks and lines attached to a pole that is then secured

into the basin floor and left for passive fishing.

[Mandy] Ernie work that pole, buddy.

-[Ernie] I'm working that pole. -[Mandy] I'm excited.

-It's time to get fishy with it. -That's right.

That's right.

[Ernie] Yeah, it feels like the water has definitely risen

in the last few days. Mm-hmm.

[Mandy] I don't remember it going up to almost our knees.

[Ernie] So fish should be coming in.

[Mandy] OK.

[Ernie] Today, we're gonna try to push it to

a little bit deeper water.

That's where the productivity is gonna be.

I think that's where we're gonna see more

probabilities and chances.

-[Mandy] Right here? -[Ernie] Right here, yeah.

[Mandy] See how there's kind of like this open clear spot

a little bit? -[Ernie] Yep.

[Mandy] We're gonna try setting some lines.

It's such a passive way to hunt.

OK, good. Whoo!

OK, so when you lean that way,

I'm gonna lean this way a little bit.

Going 14 days in the Yucatán with only cactus,

it was really awful.

Oh, it's not enough [bleep].

-It's gonna -- -Ah!

So one of my biggest fears was like, "What if we

don't get anything?" I don't know if we can make it

21 days without anything.

Two, three.

[sighs] There we go.

-[sighs] -Great job, Ernie.

[suspenseful chord plays]

♪♪

[Mandy sighs exhausted]

[Mandy] My energy sucks today.

It's pretty obvious that we are expending way more calories

than we're getting in.

But as much as I realize that, I can't keep dwelling on that.

A positive attitude,

a positive mindset, it's everything.

[hippos groan]

Wow!

I didn't know there's this much water over here.

This pot gets heavy when it's full of water.

[chuckles nervously]

I'm losing my strength.

[suspenseful music builds]

[crocodile hisses]

[Mandy] Almost there.

[Ernie] We are using the mokoro exclusively for fishing.

[Mandy] Oh, I see it. It's right ahead of us.

[Ernie] Checking our lines, all about food.

[Mandy] How do we wanna approach this so we don't knock it down?

We are definitely getting hungry.

Every day has to be a strategic calculation of where we burn

calories, where we don't.

And that's part of our routine now.

Go out and check it. Nothing.

-There's nothing on that one. -Nope, nothing on that one.

All right.

OK, but it's still got the bait.

Yep, still got the hook, still got the bait.

[Mandy] It's pretty important that we get something soon.

Not gonna lie, this kicked my ass.

I can already feel it. My stomach's growling all day.

Scatterbrained, um...

Strength isn't 100%, and it really does start

wearing on me.

I'm freaking wiped out.

-[Ernie] I'm pretty tired myself. -My heart is racing.

[sighs]

You wanna have some water real quick?

[Ernie] Yeah, that sounds great.

Think it's pretty heavy, so you gotta be careful how

you pick it up.

Can't just grab the handles.

Oh, gosh, it's heavy and [screams].

-[bleep] -[Ernie] Did it get you?

[bleep]

Oh, gosh, it's heavy and [screams].

[bleep]

-Hey, did it get you? -[bleep]

[exhales]

[Mandy] It did, but not bad. It's on my legs, but...

-OK. -It's not on my feet.

I'm just gonna go sit in the water for a second,

cold water. -OK.

Whew.

It burns pretty bad right now.

Oh, OK.

I might have a couple blisters already forming,

but here's the deal. That could have been my feet.

That could have been it.

You know, I made a mistake that could have possibly

gotten me med tapped.

And that was just a very, very eye-opening experience

because this challenge means everything to me, and, um...

I can't afford to be making stupid mistakes like that.

It burns.

I just wanted to just check on you and your head space

right now. -[Mandy] I'm good.

-OK. -Just a little scare.

It just shows you how fast your strength can just

[snaps] just go. -Yeah -- yep.

When you come out to a place like this, it slices away

at you, thin slices, but it does get to you.

-Here? -Yeah, yeah.

[Ernie] And there's something we're gonna have to look after.

-I'm glad you're OK. -[Mandy] Thank you, me too.

[Mandy laughs]

[Mandy] I think that's why I'm not upset right now,

'cause I'm so grateful, 'cause I know that

could have been really [bleep] bad.

[Ernie] Yeah.

♪♪

[flies buzzing]

[Mandy] All right, so let's check our lines.

[Ernie] Yep, look out for any crocs, any snakes in here.

[Mandy] Oh.

-[Ernie] Oh. -[Mandy] Oh, it's getting deeper

every day.

Even though we're only day seven here,

we did 14 in Yucatán.

[Mandy speaking]

[Mandy] And to go 21 days without anything to eat,

that can be quite discouraging, and it really starts to mess

with your mind if you let it, you know?

Getting started's like the hardest part.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] There's times where I'm thinking,

"What am I even doing?

Like, I suck at this."

There is our first line.

-[Ernie] So, no activity yet. -[Mandy] OK.

-One line looks tight. -It does.

It's tilted a little bit.

-[Ernie] Yeah, but... -[Mandy] It could just be caught, but...

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

♪♪

[Mandy softly] OK, OK. [normally] Oh, my God.

[Ernie] It's a catfish.

We did it. Here we go.

[Mandy sobs] It's our first catch.

It's a really, really big deal.

-[Ernie] It's a very big deal. -[Mandy sobs] This is huge.

[Ernie] Yeah, it is.

-This is what it's about. -[Mandy applauds]

This is what it looks like to [bleep] win

in Botswana, Africa.

There you go, sweetie.

Oh, my God.

Remember, always grab it by the mouth and the gills,

never by the body. -Like, I'm so grateful.

Like, this is such a big deal. Such a big deal.

My last challenge, we just didn't catch anything.

There was an iguana.

And I felt defeated.

[Mandy speaks softly]

I'm trying so hard and it's just not good enough.

And today was just that validation to prove that...

So grateful.

...I really am a survivalist.

Like, it's a game changer, you know?

[Ernie] How long has it been since you've eaten catfish?

I've never had catfish.

Holy [bleep], are you [bleep] me?

Girl, you just don't know.

[Mandy] Trust me, this is like the best first time to ever have it.

-[Ernie] Let's go have some breakfast. -[Mandy] OK.

[Ernie] I'd rather clean it here in the shallow.

[Mandy] Yep.

You just tell me what you need me to do to help you with this,

'cause I have never done this before.

I am pretty open to whatever my partner can teach me.

-I'm hitting the breastplate. -Right.

So, here we go.

-All the entrails are all there. -[Mandy] Yep.

And I'm learning, and I wanna learn more.

I'm slowly starting to feel like I am delivering Mandy 2.0.

-OK, so now you clean it out. -Yep.

[Mandy] I'm gonna grab this.

There we go.

Being from Arkansas, this is definitely

not my first time with catfish. I love catfish.

However, it is my first time having to cook it

over a campfire.

[Mandy] I'm just, like, over the moon.

I've never done anything like this.

I'm glad I get to do it with you.

It's just freaking awesome.

[Ernie] You can hear the oil dripping into the fire and it spark up.

That's a good sound.

This is...

absolutely delicious, wouldn't you say, partner?

It's wonderful.

Oh, it's so, like, melt in your mouth.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

Gratitude had a flavor right now.

-[Ernie] This would be it? -This would be it.

Just so grateful to share this moment.

It's something we've been waiting for for so long.

Our bodies needed this so badly.

We have starved [laughs].

And now our first meal in like --

I have goosebumps. Like, it's just,

it's such an amazing day.

Like, I will remember day seven forever.

[gentle music playing]

[flies buzzing]

[Ernie] Oh.

God, [bleep].

[Mandy and Ernie speaking]

[Mandy] That [bleep] hurt.

[Ernie] Yeah, it did. Those things hurt.

-[Mandy] That [bleep] hurt. -[Ernie speaking]

[Mandy] We're struggling.

Whatever these stings are that are biting,

it stings. It's a...

[Ernie] Needle.

...a sharp sting, like a little needle prick.

-It is um... -[Ernie] It is a prick.

-It's a prick. -It is a prick.

-Pun intended. -Yeah.

[insects chirping]

-[bug buzzes loudly] -[yells]

[bug buzzes loudly]

-[tense music playing] -[insects continue buzzing]

[Ernie and Mandy speaking]

[bleep]

I have not been able to sleep

because I just keep getting attacked by these bugs.

[tense, dramatic music playing]

[Ernie groans] [bleep]

[Mandy and Ernie speaking]

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Last night was awful.

The bugs -- they're the hardest part of this challenge so far.

It's crazy. I have double...

-Yes. -Double the bites today

than I did the whole time. -Yeah.

Absolutely.

The bugs feast on me all night long.

[Ernie] You have a ton of bites.

[Mandy] I know, it feels like it.

I'm probably up to a thousand bug bites at this point.

It takes a lot for me to lose my crap.

I almost lost my crap last night.

[Ernie] In the history of "Naked and Afraid,"

it's not food that knocks most people out.

It's the bugs.

Those bugs are destroying me. I can hardly walk.

I have more than one tick in my butt.

[yells in pain]

I cannot sleep at night. Oh, my God.

[bleep] torture. Get me out!

[Ernie] So the bugs,

that's something we have to solve,

or everything else gets harder.

We need to start working on a shelter.

I know that lean-to's super important to both of us.

-So... -Yeah.

...we can build walls and try to protect us from the bugs.

And just in case it rains, we do need something.

I love it. Yep.

-Let's do that. -OK -- OK.

Mandy and Ernie will combat bugs by building an enclosed

lean-to structure with thatched walls for protection and move

the fire closer for extra heat and smoke.

[Ernie] A shelter will provide us a solid surface cover

and a reflecting wall,

and we'll be able to bring the fire in closer

to keep bugs away.

[Mandy] This lean-to is pretty important to both of us,

but it's also not something we can whip up in a day.

So we're starting it tonight.

It's not gonna finish, but there's a chance it could

be finished by tomorrow.

But it's pretty important, so I'd like it to be done

as soon as possible.

[gentle, foreign music playing]

[Mandy] Let's get this thing started.

So we're gonna be constructing the lean-to

right here. So this is a possible Y-brace.

So we're gonna keep that here.

This is our cross beam.

Shelter is the inner perimeter.

This is our interior design.

Yeah. We've done the exterior.

Now we've gotta do the interior.

-Right. -So this is going to be our Y.

-Yeah -- so... -Yep.

[Ernie] Prior to even going on the challenge,

I've heard from a lot of survivalists before

on "Naked and Afraid" how they don't like

to worry about shelter 'cause it's a waste of time,

and they burn too much energy, blah, blah, blah.

[Mandy] All right, let me secure these.

[Ernie] I definitely have the polar opposite thought.

[Mandy] Hey!

[Ernie] After the Yucatán and after these bugs,

I will say shelter is imperative.

All right, the basic structure is up.

We made some adjustments. It's no longer a lean-to.

It's just a shelter.

However, I feel like there's still a lot to do.

We're gonna add walls, and then we're just gonna

tie some leaves on there.

So tomorrow, hopefully --

hopefully we can finish the shelter entirely.

[Ernie speaking]

-No. -No, yeah, I know.

I dread it.

[Mandy speaking]

[Mandy] It's gonna suck so bad.

[bugs buzzing]

[Ernie] Ooouch.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] Uh-huh, yeah.

Nighttime.

And this is by far, [sniffs],

the worst the bugs have been for Ernie and I.

They don't stop. They're going everywhere.

[Mandy] Straight up just scratching and itching and --

-Yeah. -[Ernie speaking]

Yes, they're -- they're everywhere.

[Ernie]...the neck.

[bugs continue buzzing]

Ah!

Right by your right elbow.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Ernie] Mandy and I are still up.

Bug bites all over our skin.

All we are doing is being in pain.

Get away from us. [bleep]

[Ernie gasps in pain] [bleep]

No sleep. Can't sit down.

Can't lay down. Or we get attacked again.

Hard to [indistinct]. This is [bleep] torture.

[tense music builds]

♪♪

[Mandy] It's the first morning that I'm not my loud,

obnoxious, happy self.

Last night was very taxing on both of us.

I have never experienced 10 hours of being bit

by mosquitoes nonstop.

You don't know how physically, emotionally,

and mentally taxing that can be.

Look at all those bites!

Like...

All those bites. They're just everywhere.

They're everywhere.

It broke me.

For me, I get it out and I cry and I can move on.

Ernie bottles it up and shuts down.

And right now, he's kind of in shutdown mode.

You know, as windy and as cold as it is right now,

I'd rather it be like this than last night.

'Cause if it's like this, there won't be any bugs.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Mandy] I'm going to check the lines by myself.

I came into this challenge stating Mandy 2.0, wanting to be

able to bring more to the table. So Imma gonna go do that.

Pretty confident that if there's a fish,

I can get it off and gut it and bait it and all the things.

I know Ernie loves food.

So if there's something to eat, that might lift his spirits

a little bit. -[snores]

[Mandy] Oh, oh,

hold on.

The fish is alive.

I've never done this without Ernie.

That's a total game changer.

All right.

[exclaims]

There's another one!

Holy [bleep].

OK, OK, OK.

No, no, don't go nowhere. Don't go nowhere.

OK, there's the hook.

Grab it! Oh, I got this bitch!

OK, so...

this is really gonna test my strength here.

Whoo, [bleep]!

[softly]

Oh, Ernie, I'm so sorry.

My God. [bleep] yeah.

[bleep] yeah. Oh, redemption, baby!

That's redemption. So sorry.

I got you.

OK, one down,

one to go.

Oh, this one's fat too. It's like, harder to grab.

I can hook my thumb in there,

like he taught me. My thumb is hooked.

I should have done that with the last one.

I was just too [bleep] excited. OK, reset.

[exhales]

Squeeze with the thighs.

Oh, I did it! I did it!

[squeals] Look at the size of this thing!

Whoo! Mama's bringing home lunch!

[laughs]

[Ernie snores]

Lucy!

-I'm home! -Mm, time to get up.

-Look at that. -Look at this.

Not one,

but two. -Whoo!

Did you gut 'em?

Good job. [laughs] Great.

That's so cool. I'm super proud of her.

It'll keep our spirits up, keep us motivated.

The last time we've ate was the fish on day seven.

That's what you're looking for. That's awesome.

Food fixes everything. Try a piece of my barbecue.

Mm.

It makes the reward that much sweeter.

Really good.

Yeah.

[Mandy] There's not a lot of times

where I will tell myself that I'm proud of myself,

but I'm actually proud of myself today.

I'm becoming more confident.

in what I bring to the table, I don't wanna ride

the coattails of my partner.

And I feel like I have steered away from that.

I feel -- I feel very empowered.

[gentle, cheerful music playing]

[Ernie] It was good that we had this meal.

The only apprehension is, hopefully we get

a good night's sleep tonight, or everything else gets harder.

[suspenseful music playing]

[wind blowing strongly]

-[Ernie speaking] -[Mandy] I know.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

[Ernie groans and speaks]

[Mandy speaking]

[Mandy gasps]

[Ernie] Ow!

-[bleep] -[Mandy yells]

-[Mandy speaking] -[Ernie] Yep, yep, yep.

[Mandy gasps]

[ominous, tense music playing]

[wind whistling strongly]

[Ernie groans]

[Mandy] Yeah.

[Ernie groans in pain]

[Ernie speaking]

That was the worst

cold night of my life.

Absolutely worst.

It [bleep] nearly broke me into tears.

It was so, so hard.

The pain of the cold, and then the pain of the wind,

and then you add on the other night with the bugs.

Sleeping an hour or two out of 36 hours.

Mentally and emotionally, it just, I feel broken.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] Uh.

[Mandy] But I --

You can't wanna be here for another person.

That's only gonna carry you so far.

We still have nine days.

That's a long time when you're miserable.

I want him here.

We really do need to create that wind barrier.

That's all that matters today.

Get the walls up on the shelter.

Absolutely.

We're gonna get 'em. We're gonna get 'em.

[Ernie] I wanna be a 21-day survivalist,

but I'm starting to hurt.

Everything is awful.

Like, I'm ready to walk right now.

[Mandy] Fortifying the shelter more.

We got crossbeam here, crossbeam here,

and then we're just gonna cut down a bunch of these

and then shingle them.

And then we're also gonna add walls for blocking the wind

and containing the heat.

[Ernie] I'm filling in the roof right now.

[hammering]

Yeah.

Now we're gonna work on the sides.

So then it'll...

Then we can just fill it in more every day.

[Ernie] Absolutely. You have a couple of cords?

You're awesome.

Food focus is kind of taking priority above our shelter.

If we had reinforced our shelter 12 days ago,

last night wouldn't have been as bad of a night as it was.

Holy [bleep]!

Whoo!

[Ernie] So I feel like if we finish our shelter,

it'll help my motivation to stay much more.

[Mandy] Looking good, Ernie.

[Ernie] We're making great strides forward.

[Mandy] Yeah.

[birds chirping]

[wind blowing]

The wind has really picked up. And so far, so good.

The shelter is, uh, holding up.

If we didn't have this,

um, I don't even know. -[Mandy] My God...

I don't even wanna contemplate the type of pain

we would be in. -[Mandy] It'd be last night

all over again. -[Ernie] I think we got a good solution.

[foreign music playing]

[Mandy] Yesterday, you were just on a whole different

level yesterday, but today...

[Ernie] Well, I got some sleep and I didn't freeze today.

...you know, I'm excited.

I feel like I've got Ernie back.

Like, you know,? Um...

It's funny what a little bit of sleep

can do for a soul.

-[Ernie] My hiney's cold. -[Mandy] Your hiney?

Bend over and grab your toes.

[Ernie] No, I don't need to be that warm.

[Mandy] What's that?

Oh, we have not seen anything like this since we've been

out here. -[Ernie] What's that?

I don't know what it is. It's like a grubby thing.

-Oh, it's squishy. -[Ernie] Grubby things.

Yeah. Oh, we could use this as bait.

-Yeah, like it's -- -Is it still alive?

-Oh, yeah, it's alive. -It's alive?

[Mandy] I think so. It's moving.

[Ernie] Yeah, cold as [bleep] too.

That's awesome.

[Mandy] I've been looking for grub since like day three

and I could never find it. You know, it's pretty large.

It's -- it's squishy.

It almost reminds me of, like, one of my kids fidgets.

Um, I'm about to go take a walk down to our lines

and I'm gonna bait this fella.

I'm noticing that these walks are...

They seem longer, even though they're not [chuckles].

My body's letting me know. So I'm really hoping

that there's maybe even just one fish on there.

[exhales sharply]

[ominous chord plays]

+Feel like this thing's gonna juice everywhere.

Oh, it did! Oh, that's super gross.

OK, so nothing here. Get this on there.

Boom. All right,

moving on.

♪♪

[bird tweets]

-[Ernie] So, Mandy, -[Mandy] Mm?

what day is it?

[Mandy] Today is day 14, the end of week two.

I thought it was gonna be bittersweet, like "I'm gonna

be a little sad." -Yeah, like a downer.

-Mm-hmm. -Mnm-hnm.

I'm not. I'm actually excited.

Last challenge, we were heading out,

which was super nice. Uh...

Now we know we got another week.

We need some sort of food source.

I have to finish this challenge so I could humbly place myself

at the footsteps of other survivalists and feel

like I belong with them.

[Mandy] My body is hungry.

I barely made that 14-day challenge,

and this is an additional week.

We are so much more active here.

We are walking around all the time, way more than I did

in my last challenge. It's cold here at night.

That sun gets real hot, so that's also exhausting.

-[Ernie] No fish. -It is what it is.

[insects chirping]

[lion growls softly]

[Mandy and Ernie speaking]

[lion growls in distance]

-[lion growls stronger] -[elephant grunts]

[Mandy speaking]

[lions continue growling]

[lion sniffs]

[Ernie] Last night, that whole, [imitates growling],

that growl. -[Mandy] Yeah,

it was definitely

right behind our boma, sounds like close.

[Ernie] The [bleep]?

[Mandy] What are you looking at?

-Big kitty print. -Is that a lion?

-Is that a lion? -That's a f --

I think it's a [bleep] lion print.

-Look at the -- look at how deep. -[Mandy] It's big.

[Ernie] Those claws, they're bigger than my thumb.

-And that's fresh. -Our boma's 100 feet away.

[Mandy] Mm-hmm.

It's the second time a lion has been very close

to our boma.

And we still have a whole 'nother week.

This is not a petting zoo. There is danger all around us.

I wouldn't have seen it. [Mandy] Just that

very eye-opening -- it just teaches us

that we always have to be...

on alert.

Seeing those lion tracks, it's not something

I take lightly.

It takes about two weeks for predators to get used

to who's here and their surroundings,

and then that's when they start closing in.

[Ernie] Lots of places to hide.

It's more important now than ever for both of us

to be vigilant.

Because if we came face-to-face with a lion,

I don't even know.

[tense music builds and ends]

[soft, foreign music playing]

[Mandy] This place, it's not ours at all.

It's theirs.

And they can do whatever they want whenever they want,

that's my concern,

So let's think, number one rule,

if we do see a lion looking at us,

-Don't run. -Don't run.

Now, I'm not saying not to worry, I'm just saying

if we protect one another, watch each other's back,

close up at night, keep the fires going.

Yeah.

[insects chirping]

[Ernie speaking]

[eerie music playing]

♪♪

-[Mandy] OK, you ready? -[Ernie] Yeah.

-Do you mind if I set the pace? -No, no, go ahead.

-I'm struggling today. -Yeah, I can see it.

[Mandy] It was hard for me to sleep at for a while,

because every little noise that I heard, I kept thinking

it was like a lion walking and stuff.

[Ernie] I am worried about Mandy because she gets anxiety,

and she's feeling pretty tired.

So, hopefully we have fish there and it'll work her up.

I really want a fish, Ernie, but I'm trying not

to even give up my in my hopes right now.

[water sloshing]

[Mandy] There's no fish.

[Ernie] Middle end, no fish, but it still has both its bait.

[Mandy] No fish on any line. It is what it is.

[tense music playing]

[Mandy] Oh, that was hard. [blows through mouth]

You feeling all right?

Why don't you have a seat? Drink some water.

[Mandy] Yeah, it's not quite ready, but I am gonna have a seat.

Yeah.

My body is angry at me right now.

It's letting me know all the things.

[softly] Oh, man.

[normally] Moving a little slower...

[exhales exhausted]

Whoa.

...I notice the little things get my heart rate going.

Gotta catch my breath.

Ooh!

I have to take more breaks.

I only made it like 30 feet.

I know I need to rest, but it's hard for me

'cause I'm always busy.

[Ernie] Mandy never stops.

It's very noticeable how much weight she's lost

and how depleted she is.

If we don't catch a fish or two before extraction,

I am very concerned for her well-being.

♪♪

[Mandy speaking]

I'm not gonna lie,

I don't think I've ever wanted to fish so badly as I do today.

I know Mandy desperately needs calories.

Finding fish is imperative.

[Mandy] Our sticks don't even look the slightest bit bent.

All right.

Unfortunately, nothing on that line.

-[Ernie laughs] Yeah, there is. -[Mandy gasps] There is.

-Yep, there is. -Look at that.

-Oh, hallelujah. -Look at this fish -- all right.

This is amazing. This is so wonderful.

-Look at this. -All right.

-Look at that. -Look at that.

Whoo! Grubby, grubby, grubby, rub!

I was praying for fish today.

I'm gonna check over here, and I'll check the other one

while you're working on that.

[gasps]

[Ernie] You got it?

-OK. -[Mandy] I got one too!

Oh, my gosh! How exciting!

[Ernie chuckles] [bleep]

This is a completely different kind of fish right here.

-[Mandy] OK. -[Ernie] This is not from Arkansas.

The fact that we just got this huge, huge score means

everything to us.

Two days and a week gone!

[Mandy] This is gonna do so much for our bodies and our mindset.

14-day challenge. We had one cactus.

One cactus between the two of us.

We're just gonna eat.

Then we'll just flip him over after a while.

[Ernie] Yep.

We have two catfish, one bottlenose,

and we couldn't be happier. I couldn't be happier.

Had we not been successful, I'm not 100% confident Mandy

would have made it through the challenge.

So this is really good to be able to physically repair,

recover, push forward.

[Mandy] This is all mine.

-Look at Ernie's. -[Ernie] All in one piece.

[optimistic music playing]

-Mm. -Yeah.

Now, I'm gonna say it. Oh, my God, that crunchy!

-I can feel it warm. -For 16 days.

I've been wanting to feel when they say, "I can feel it

nourishing my body."

I can.

-Oh, my gosh. -I'm very happy for you.

-[Ernie laughs] -[Mandy] Mm.

The flavor kind of reminds you of home,

so it's a good place to be in your head.

[Mandy] I am actually very, very excited to try

this new fish of ours.

Mm. It's good.

Now, I have to get some tartar sauce, man.

Dude, I was just thinking about that.

If this is the last time we eat...

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

-...we're gonna be OK. -[Ernie] Absolutely.

-You know? -Yeah.

[Mandy] Best day.

Like, the best way to end my day.

[elephant trumpets]

[elephants continues trumpeting]

[Mandy] Oh, God.

[pants] I'm totally out of breath.

I came down

[elephant growls]

[elephants trumpet]

[mouthing]

[Ernie] They're crossing our end of the island where we usually

hear them, and they're following all

the way along the back of this island,

all the way to the back of our boma,

which is where our watering hole is.

It's right there.

[mouthing]

[elephant trumpets]

[whispers]

[Ernie whispers]

Not only are elephants super territorial and dangerous,

there's a mama with their baby.

And that's a huge no-no.

[elephant trumpets]

[Mandy] This is their home, and we have invaded it.

We are out of here tomorrow, so we have to respect

their space and be safe. That way we can leave.

[Ernie whispering]

[elephant growls]

Coming to you from the Okavango Delta,

a little game show from Ernie and I.

[monkey screeches]

If the answer is Mandy, we're gonna hold up a stick.

If the answer is Ernie, we're both gonna hold a bark.

-You want me to go first? -[Ernie] Yeah.

-OK, go ahead. -Who's first to cry?

[dings]

Who farts the most?

[dings]

-You. -Who poop first?

[ding]

Who has the loudest farts?

-[dings] -Oh.

[monkey screeches]

Hands down. Who sleeps the most?

[dings]

Who's the first to complain?

[dings]

Hands down. Who's the most sensitive?

[dings]

-Who loves Taco Bell? -[dings]

[both] Oh.

That was a good one. We do love Taco Bell.

[monkey whoops]

See, this is why we work so well,

we're like right on the same page here.

[monkey chatters]

♪♪

[lion grunts]

[hippos grunt]

[elephant growls]

[elephant continues growling]

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie speaking]

[foreign music playing]

[in unison] It's extraction day and we're so excited.

But it's gonna suck so bad.

Extraction, baby.

Christmas, graduation, your birthday,

all up in one little gift.

I don't care that I didn't sleep last night.

I don't care that the bugs bit my ass all night long.

Don't care, 'cause why?

I'm leaving and I will be in a bed tonight.

[Ernie] Let's go through the map.

-[Mandy] OK. -[Ernie] That's north.

-Yeah. -So that's where we are.

[Mandy] Yeah.

It was very busy last night. I know.

-I heard a lion. -Yeah.

[Mandy] Going around here, we hear a lot of elephants

all the time. All the time.

So we gotta be on lookout for that.

[Ernie] As long as we're not seeing anything dangerous,

then we can skirt the island in straight line distance

right through there.

Yeah, so we'll go west side of the island.

It's a lot of rowing, my friend.

Yeah.

[Ernie] We're just gonna have to push through.

[Mandy] Got it.

To get to their extraction point seven miles away,

Ernie and Mandy will have to trek a half mile back

to their fishing hole, avoiding the lions prowling

near their camp.

From the water's edge, they will need to navigate

their mokoro through the Okavango Delta's

flooded waterways,

fighting the unpredictable currents,

steering clear of herds of elephants,

and watching for crocs and hippos lurking

in the deeper channels.

At the end of a deep and narrow waterway,

they will be rescued.

[Ernie] Finally, this is it.

-[Mandy] One step at a time. -[Ernie] Cross that finish line.

[Mandy] Oof.

-[Ernie] Yeah. -Such a beast.

Oh-ho-hoo, good morning.

[Ernie] Holy [bleep], that is [bleep] cold!

Oh, how could my shoulders be burning

and my feet are frozen?

This is rude.

♪♪

-[Mandy] Man, I'm tired. -[Ernie] Yep, let's get on.

[Mandy] My endurance is crap at this point.

So just walking with two sticks takes a lot out of me.

Then I gotta get in this mokoro that I hate.

And then I gotta row for God knows how many miles.

So just telling myself one step at a time,

not thinking of the overall picture,

just breaking it down into segments.

-Not, not. -If you just push --

if you try not to or push off the ground,

can you just push?

Yeah, just push off the ground.

[Mandy] OK.

Ernie and I are gonna switch positions.

I need to save my strength.

I need to be in the front this time.

I can't do all of those things that I did last time.

It's just not gonna work.

[Ernie] Are you OK?

[Mandy] I'm all right. [bleep] tired.

[Ernie] I know you are. We're so tired.

We've gotten so little sleep, and now we're about to do

the ultimate fitness test across water and land.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] I don't wanna get lost. I'll fall out of the boat,

risk not seeing a croc or a hippo underwater.

I know this one's gonna be much harder than it was

in the Yucatán.

[Mandy] Nice and easy.

-Yep, Mandy, can you turn? -[Mandy] I'm trying to go left.

-Where are you going? -I'm not doing anything.

-Oh. -It's current.

You know what would help me?

Can you try to stay on one side?

Let's try it like that for a little bit.

All right, I'll stay on the left.

[Ernie] OK [grunts].

Yep, tryna turn.

[Mandy exhales sharply]

[Mandy] That mokoro is so hard to operate.

It takes a lot of core strength,

especially at this stage of the game.

Oh, my gosh.

Ah!

-Oh, my God. -[Ernie] Are you OK?

OK. OK.

[blows through mouth]

[Mandy] My anxiety, 10 out of 10 today.

You can't tip into that water.

There's crocodiles and hippos all over the place.

[hippos grunt]

[Mandy blows through mouth]

[Mandy] How many miles do you think we've gone?

[Ernie] I don't know, man. We're on water.

-It takes [bleep] forever. -[Mandy] Sure does.

[Mandy blows through mouth]

[Mandy] I'm just letting you know my heart rate's really going.

[Mandy blows through mouth]

Take a breather, seriously.

[Mandy continues blowing through mouth]

Oh, gosh. OK.

Tall weeds. I'm looking for spiders.

OK.

OK.

OK.

My knees are starting to hurt a little bit, but OK, just...

Oh! Big spider!

It's so big. Oh, my God.

I gotta get it out. Gotta get it out.

Gotta get it out. Oh, my God.

Ooh! Ooh!

Oh! Ew!

Oh, that -- Oh, my God.

OK. Ah!

-It did! -Good job.

-There it is! -Good job.

OK, my heart rate's about to burst out of my chest.

[Ernie] These reeds are so hard to oar through.

It's shallow enough, I think I can get out and walk

some of it.

[Mandy] This is for the spiders.

[Ernie] Ugly, the water's [bleep] cold.

[Mandy] Yeah.

[Ernie groans]

In the Yucatán, it was just ugly, ugly, ugly,

trying to make it through trees.

Here, it's so much more open, and it just doesn't stop.

[Mandy] Nonstop.

[Ernie] It just doesn't stop.

♪♪

[shivers]

[Mandy] Oh, it's freaking cold.

-Yeah, and then the sun... -[Mandy] The sun.

...is just cranking it up.

-[Mandy] Is it getting harder? -[Ernie] Oh, yeah.

-Do you need me to get out? -Yeah.

Oh, it's cold.

[Ernie] We've gotta be around the four mile mark by now.

Not only is there's no determination in distance,

but I don't know how heavy that mokoro actually is,

but that son of a bitch feels like it's 1,000 pounds.

You're in and out of the mokoro rowing, steering, walking.

My body, I can feel it. It's just draining every step.

Oh, my God. It's so cold.

We're gonna finish this, hopefully.

It's really tiring.

Can we stop for a second? Just for a second.

[exhales]

-Sorry, Ernie. -[Ernie] It's fine.

It's fine.

My heart is just going really fast.

[Ernie] OK.

Oh, [bleep].

We're not gonna make it across this with that.

-OK, right after here... -[Mandy] Uh-huh.

-...it starts getting deeper. -OK.

-But... -Just gotta pull a little more.

[Ernie] Yeah, pull that thing over the shallow water back

in the deeper water.

-Ah! -OK, ready?

[Mandy] Yeah. Ugh.

Ugh.

[Mandy grunts] This thing is so heavy.

Sorry, [exhales].

[Ernie] Poor Mandy's just spent.

She's trying to pull, but I'm really

pulling her and the mokoro at the same time.

And that rope, it's cutting through me like

string cheese.

-[both groan] -[Mandy] OK.

-Yeah. -Holy, [bleep].

[exhales] OK.

[Ernie] Just, yeah, breathe, breathe.

Smoked.

-Smoked. -[Ernie] Breathe.

[Mandy] We're in the middle of nowhere.

[Ernie] God damn, it's [bleep] cold.

[Mandy] Oh, no.

Oh, that wind!

Oh, my God.

It'd be so much easier

if we were going with the current.

[Ernie] How far do you think we've gone?

[Mandy] Ernie, I honestly don't know.

It just keeps going on and on.

[boat whirring]

Is that for us?

[Ernie] Oh, that can't be for us, can it?

Holy [bleep]! Whoo-hoo!

Holy [bleep]!

Are you [bleep] kidding me?

-Oh, rescued by the USS Stumpie! -Thank you.

Thank you.

So cold!

I came into this challenge,

stating Mandy 2.0.

I have surpassed what I thought I could do.

At the end of my last challenge, I felt like a little

bit of a badass, a little bit. This time...

-Look at this. -Whoo!

...I feel like a brave, primitive badass.

How exciting!

And no one can take that away from me.

In 21 days, Mandy lost 33 pounds.

Her PSR jumps from a 5.7 to a 7.4.

[Mandy speaking]

I'm done.

21 days here, total of 35 on "Naked and Afraid."

I needed to do a 21 to feel like I completed something

and to be a part of the group of people that I admire

so much.

In 21 days, Ernie lost 22 pounds.

His PSR rises from a 6.0 to a 7.2.

-We are like survivalists now! -Yeah.

We are official survivalists.

Not fourteen.

-Twenty one. -[Ernie] Twenty one.

Mandy and I have been all in for each other every step

of the way, and that means a lot to me.

I'll always be grateful to make history with Mandy.

-He's happy. -[Ernie] Ah, [bleep!

-Ernie! -[both laugh]

And be the first fan challenge that went on a 21,

same team together. -Ha!

-We did it. -We did do it.

Mandy! No!

Ernie and Mandy, 2.0! We're here!

[yells] Twenty one, Botswana!

[both cheer]