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(sighs)

(dramatic music)

- What have I gotten myself into once again?

Big snake guys, you're real careful Sam.

- The predators are definitely a concern.

Oh, it's kind of bare these day away from my camp.

- And Mongolia, when you're hunting anything in the woods,

just know that something else is hunting you.

- That used to be a lot.

You still see a little blood on it.

- I want to win more this time than I did last time.

- Yay, big and fish.

- That one in my skin all the way.

- I don't want to, but I feel like I have to tap out to get some help.

- I never had a million years thought

that I wish hope would be why I would have to leave.

- For the first time ever on a loan, 10 past participants return.

They'd come back with one goal.

Redemption.

- I've deserved to be here, and I'm back.

- I want to win more this time than I did last time.

- Now we fresh hell awaits.

The cold is an incredibly strong punch in the

face in the punishing wilderness of Mongolia.

- We're in the middle of nowhere.

- Mongolia is a very unforgiving land.

- They must survive in complete isolation.

- And during as long as they can, I'm just gonna

push and push and push till there's nothing left.

- The last one's standing with--

(dramatic music)

- Oh, y'all, baby, oh, y'all!

(screaming)

- The hell, yeah!

Damn, bottom upside to head.

Hell, yeah!

Meet for the Barbie, baby.

Woo, that has gotta be the dumbest (beep)

chipmunk I've ever seen in my life.

Thank you for your life.

I really appreciate it.

I am really hungry.

Thank you very much, dude.

You mean a lot to me, bud.

I really appreciate it.

Survival is brutal, and I'm sorry, bud.

We're just thinking about the first time I did this on Vancouver Island.

Just revisiting this whole test over again.

- Crap, dude, do you remember once you had to go through?

- Buzinga!

Squished mouse, my favorite.

- Season two, I was undergoing a life-changing experience.

- Woo!

- Man, that's beautiful hair-holy crap.

And I was really giving it my all.

My wife's gonna be in her heart.

I know she's gonna be disappointed in me.

- Please, God, I'm here.

Please, I'm here.

(laughing)

- The reason I tapped on Season two was the hunger.

It broke me.

- I did the best I could, man.

- Back home, I'm still in electrician.

I go to a lot more primitive skills gatherings.

To come out here again, it's a second chance at testing myself.

I've been tested once.

- This time I wanna do better.

- I'm a very competitive person.

I just felt very, very badly.

I came in second.

- I want to push further than what I did on Season two.

I wanna go past 64 days and ultimately I wanna win.

(laughing) - See you guys.

Love you.

- Bye, bye!

- Gosh, it's been so long since I've eaten meat.

Maybe even forget how to gut this bad boy.

The land doesn't give up, things easy.

It just doesn't, anybody who's gone on the show

never came out heavier than when they went in.

It just doesn't happen.

- I'll leave the guts right here just to see

if something comes by and eats it, I guess.

I mean, then I'll know that there's a different

animal around here that I could potentially trap.

- The struggles that I went through on Season two

are in my mind, I know the cravings that are gonna come.

I know they're gonna be intense and I know they're gonna be absolutely brutal.

But I also know that I've been in that place before and I'm ready to push past it.

- My daughter used to always call him Chicky Munks.

And she was young, Chicky Munks.

I like my Chicky Munk well done.

Mongolia is gonna be the toughest location yet.

In Vancouver Island you always had, if you could stop a kid, the seaweed,

you always had the shellfish, you always had ready bait.

Here, if you don't have food, there's nothing you can do.

I was really excited to come out here.

A lot of people would like to be in my spot.

So it's only fair, I keep plugging away, doing the best I can.

But that doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

- Thank you little guy, that's really means a lot to me.

- Can you see how many bugs are abuzzin' around my head?

- Gosh, it's crazy, that man's fanning himself with underwear, honey.

One of the items, the clothes items they give you is underwear.

Well, I haven't worn underwear in 20 years.

So, turn an old pair of underwear, new pair of underwear.

Into assistance.

All right, it's time to get something good to eat.

I made a fly rod out of wood.

So it's got a little bit of a bend.

And I just put the reel on there.

I wanted to catch something fly fishing.

Oh, so much since I've been here.

So I'm gonna give this a go.

I think it'll work.

We'll see.

So when I was in Patagonia, I caught 36 nice eyeshrough.

I used like a bottle rig as the reel.

And I just made a lure out of bone.

But I haven't found any bone out here and it's drive me freaking crazy.

Because that was when I was catching all my fish off of.

In Patagonia, I was catching fish left and right.

But I was saving all this food and not eating on a steady basis.

Obviously, that didn't work.

And so it actually took me off as 73 days because I was much too light.

It's dangerous for you to just take here.

We're taking you to the hospital.

When I looked at myself in the mirror, I was like, oh, thank God, they pulled me.

First month that I was back, I quit my job.

I was feeling a little stagnant.

And so I moved into my truck.

And then I just sort of lived very, very day to day.

I'm extremely excited and honored to have this opportunity again.

This is a second chance to connect with the land.

For me, that's really important.

And I would love to win.

I would love to have $500,000

so that I could have more experiences like this.

But Mongolia is going to be tougher than anything I've ever done.

For me, the challenge is greater physically.

I want to make sure that I'm fed.

And I want to make sure my body is strong.

And so this time, I'd like to actually eat my fish.

I'm not here to starve.

I'm not playing this starving game.

I haven't been having a lot of luck with the fly fishing.

So time to go hunting.

Let's hope my hunting pays off better than my fishing so far.

I'll be doing still hunting.

At this point, I'm just looking to see what's there.

If you want to get to know the land, hunting is the way to do it.

Mongolia, opposed to Patagonia, has a big, open expanse of grassland.

So hunting is so much easier to do.

I think I'm going to need big game.

So hunting, either deer or boar.

That's a lot of boar sign.

Boars can be very dangerous as far as running down and actually modeling people.

They will defend themselves, so extremely

dangerous animal to be going after hunting wise.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I heard something.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, stay there.

Stay there.

Let's get it, no, no, no, no.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, my gosh.

I said a wild experience.

They just got a grouse of the boat.

Wow.

I just drenched myself by jumping in the water

to go after it, and I'm very, very fine with that.

It's about to clean it out right now.

Wow, look at all these feathers.

Oh, there's fat.

I do not want to lose some of this fat.

One as much fat as I can have.

Let's see what you are eating.

Look at this guy.

Got a grasshopper.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

My huge muscle gizzard cleaned that off real good.

Put that in the stew.

I am excited.

Thank you.

Sorry I had to take your life, but thank you for the food you'll give me.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

One grouse in the pot, and boil it down quite a bit.

You saved the majority of nutrients this way.

Oh, my.

That's good.

That's good.

I'm happy.

Meat is a game changer.

Meat is definitely a game changer.

I'm sure the memory of me starving is affecting my thoughts and actions out here now.

I'm trying to learn from that experience.

I'm trying to make sure that that doesn't happen again.

That was good.

That was good.

Can I have another please?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm ready to go for a walk.

It's charcoal I put on to try to prevent my sunburn nose from getting more sunburned.

And for the glare, it's really not a lot

to be pissed off about here, and that's for sure.

It's a beautiful place.

It's hotter in blazes, but better than rain.

Over here, I found two grouse.

I'm going to set a couple of traps for them.

First of all, I need to find a spring pole unless one of these willows will do.

I think that'll work.

And then I need to find two fork sticks, two toggles,

and two just regular steaks that I can pound into the ground.

Vancouver Island was an extremely difficult experience.

Ultimately, it broke me.

When I got home, I just wanted to bury my head in the sand

and go live under a bridge and not deal with society anymore.

But after a while, I started to just accept my situation.

I started to really work on my mind.

The mistake that I think I made on season two

was that I put too much pressure on myself.

I stressed out about it way too much.

This time, I want to just calm down a little bit.

I guess I've never done this with snare wire before.

Normally, cordage works really good for it to release.

It's one that twist on me.

Wow, this trap's not supposed to be this hard.

Damn it.

[BLEEP]

Piece of [BLEEP]

It's always something.

What in the flying [BLEEP]

that I was supposed to be called in this [BLEEP] country?

I appreciate the [BLEEP]

son, but could you give me a little [BLEEP] cold?

A little too much to ask for.

Bacon over here.

Well, it works.

All right, well, that took like four times longer than what was supposed to.

The funk is just freaking killing me.

I just feel like going back to my shelter and laying down.

And look at that.

Over here, I see some canine scat.

And then I see something over there that looks

kind of maybe like an old gut pile or something.

I'm not sure.

Some sort of deer that it's fate makes me nervous.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Just thinking about all the work I've done.

Constantly trying to make improvements.

Getting firewood, building a cabin, staying out here long-term, it seems like it's

all about trying to make things as similar to the way things are at home as you can.

I can't believe I'm in Mongolia.

This place is so different from Vancouver Island.

I'm actually able to walk through this terrain without falling every five minutes.

The hills and the mountains don't stop.

My entire experience on Vancouver Island was spent slogging through the jungle.

This is tough.

What ultimately ended my time was an ankle injury that my brother suffered.

Josh has taken himself out of the competition.

It was definitely a bummer coming out so early.

Since being on a loan, my blacksmithing company has picked up a lot.

And there's a lot I can do with the money,

improving and expanding my blacksmithing company.

But what's most appealing, having a second chance,

is showing the skills that I wasn't able to before,

making my friends and family proud back at home.

I definitely have a lot of unfinished business.

I want to see what I'm truly made of.

Food cravings.

Definitely the worst part about this.

Any food right now sounds good.

I definitely noticed myself getting a lot skinnier.

I can, like, kind of see my ribs now, which I couldn't before.

Here in Mongolia, I don't have an ocean full of resources to rely on.

But I'm trying multiple ways to obtain food.

Cut this guy into the new line.

I'm fishing.

I'm setting lines in the water overnight.

I've woven a gilnet.

I've gone up wherever I've gone down river.

But so far, I'm just not really turning up anything.

I don't want to focus on starving.

But there's just no food.

I've never pushed myself as far before.

And I'm worried about it.

Good news.

I saw ground squirrel on that horizontal birch log back there.

So I'll set some snares over there.

I'm just going to be setting these on all the downed birch logs in the area.

It's very easy to set snares.

Not very calorie consuming.

I just have a nice and wide close to the size

of the animals that might be in this area.

Even if the animal is a little bit smaller than the snares,

it can still catch the side of this and can still snares itself.

Everyone here has been considerable amounts

of time in the wilderness in past seasons.

They've reached their breaking points.

I don't know where my breaking point is.

And I definitely want to show them what I have to offer.

I didn't really know what I'm capable of yet.

I successfully set 50 traps, which I am very excited about.

I'm still feeling optimistic.

I know the food's going to come. It's just a matter of time.

Look at the wall.

Oh, Perico, don't you?

Get the base of Valley right over there.

It might have made a kill.

(birds chirping)

This is quite a bit different wilderness than you'll find in the United States.

(birds chirping)

So vast, much more wild and fierce.

(birds chirping)

The animals aren't as afraid of man as they are in the States.

That's not that far away.

It must be a decent sized pack of wolves.

I don't see nothing.

They aren't that far over there, though.

Close her this time.

Too close to my shelter.

(birds chirping)

(breathing heavily)

(breathing heavily)

(dramatic music) It's cold.

And to think I pondered dipping my entire body in this hell, no.

What's it called like the Polar Bear Club?

There's some crap like that.

You guys are crazy.

What's the point?

Those people who just go jumping into frigid water,

y'all can keep that (beep)

That's ridiculous.

This feels a lot more like it's going to be home than Patagonia did.

In Patagonia, I felt like I was invading an area

where here I feel like I'm, you know, coming home.

My time in the wilderness was ended around day 33.

We're sliding into winter.

Food scares for everybody.

I've been a vegetarian against my will.

(birds chirping)

I lost all my muscle mass, and I just looked so weak and broken.

That's when I felt it was time for me to go.

I kept hearing my wife's voice ringing my head saying,

"We need to come home, come home.

" (dramatic music)

In terms of work, I'm still working in accounting.

I think I'm the only white collar worker on any season I can remember.

To be brought back again for a second time, it's amazing.

I didn't feel like I left Patagonia and I failed,

but I didn't attain the prize that I'd come for.

I've got people to provide for things I want to

do for my family, and that's my goal this time.

I'm here to win the money for my family.

This time around, I feel like I can handle all the hunger.

So, I'm not leaving unless they pull me out this time.

Oh, I see a grasshopper.

The key to catching the grasshoppers is to let them jump one time,

and then grab them on the ground when they're

disoriented, trying to prepare for another jump.

I have never caught grasshoppers in the wild,

toasted them and eaten them, and that's what's about to happen right now.

Because these guys are just too hefty,

and they're everywhere, and they're just asking to be eaten.

If I get over the hump with this one, then this might be a regular delicacy.

Look how big that thing is.

I've increased my set of skills. I've put on a lot of weight.

I went into Patagonia much thinner,

thinking that I need to be a little bit more streamlined,

so I could function on a lower caloric input.

I realized that was part of my downfall,

so I've spent the last couple of months just eating like a ridiculous fat man.

So, here we go.

Now it looks like this. Just charred.

Here we go.

No time like the present, right? And here we go.

And here we go.

Your dad, right?

Oh, yeah, you're dried.

All right.

One, two, three.

Well, there. That actually wasn't bad.

What did it taste like?

Like an unseasoned, very, very charred hamburger.

And it was a sizable cockroach.

I mean, I got some protein out of that,

and you can put right on the bottom of the

screen how much protein each grass opera has.

Right? Now.

That's more than I thought.

Cool.

I'm over the hump.

I'm a grasshopper eater.

Watch out. You hop in sons of bitches,

because they're everywhere.

I got two more in my pocket.

Damn.

That made me feel good.

I like that I can just walk around, find these grasshoppers, charm, and eat them.

I'm going to make a whole pot of grasshoppers.

Sit back and eat them like popcorn and watch the sunset, because I'm in Mongolia.

And I know I'm going to be the last one standing this time.

I think that's a wolf.

I don't know if it was in a fight or what.

Whatever it is, I'm glad it's not over here.

All right. Pretty eager to get some food.

It's been six days.

My stomach is making noises.

I've got a little bit of hope this morning.

I still have 15 traps working for me.

Fingers crossed maybe we'll have something.

Just doing the best I can to get food out here.

So far I've been unsuccessful, but keeping high spirits.

Ah, no fish.

Let's go check those traps.

Maybe we got something.

So far enough in.

Still no luck.

Nah.

Unfortunately, didn't catch any animals in any of the 50 traps.

No fish in the line that I had set.

Just feel like my stomach is like eating itself.

It's not a good feeling.

This season I really wanted to come on and prove myself

and show that I have the skills to survive out here.

I want to be here until the end.

I want to be the last person here.

But I don't know how much gas I have in the tank.

Knowing that I can leave any time that I want,

I can just push that button, go home and see my family.

It's definitely something that's way in heavily in my mind.

I'll check in the morning tomorrow.

The fingers crossed that I've got some food.

Otherwise, I think I'm going to turn away from this challenge.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Good morning.

It's day seven.

I got up early this morning and I checked all the traps.

Fortunately, didn't turn up with anything.

I haven't had any food yet, so definitely feeling it.

The fingers crossed that I'm pulling some fish.

You know, everything's not always going to go your way.

You're not always going to have food when you need it.

You need to really push yourself to make things happen.

But after spending even a week out here, and I realize

it doesn't matter how hard you practice,

in the end it just comes down to how you're going to handle things mentally.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Unfortunately, just haven't gotten any luck.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I think this place may have got the best to me.

Right now, having dinner with my family just

sounds so much better to me than $500,000.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Ah, man.

This is Brad.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I think it's time for me to go home now.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Yeah, there they are.

How's it going?

It's tough to leave this place.

I have a lot more than I wanted to do here.

I mean, I knew I was going to be put through a hell of a challenge,

but the lack of food on top of the isolation has just been so difficult.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm not surprised that hunger is what drove me out.

I'm just surprised that it was so soon.

I feel like I let myself down.

I don't feel I've quite hit my breaking point yet.

I have a little bit left in me, but part of me is afraid to reach that point.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

This was an incredible experience,

and I just want to make sure I'm leaving this place on good terms.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

The sun's going down, prime fish and time.

Trying to grab this cricket without it jumping away from me.

Hopefully this guy will get me a nice fish.

Look at that.

Look at that.

Look at that.

How about that presentation, boy?

One cast.

Boom.

I feel much more prepared than I was last time

when I was coming into with a whole lot of hesitation and uncertainty.

This time I'm coming into with a totally different mind frame.

Category, I was doing that mostly for myself.

Too fish, not too shabby.

My wife and I weren't on the same page,

whereas this time, it's a total team effort.

Got one.

Damn, you're strong.

She's helped me for beginning to end.

She's been the one who's really, really

propelling me to go to the distance this time.

And she keeps telling me, if you ever feel you need

to tap, then remember that you're out there for us.

So instead of feeling like I need to be home,

I'm going to be drawing from that strength,

knowing that she's pushing me to be out here.

Wow.

Man, that's pretty.

I caught four fish.

I don't brag, but today, if you were to look up kicking

ass, pretty sure it would have my picture there.

Got to go in here, I had the fish fridge.

I'm going to seal it off, kind of like a grate,

just to keep anything from getting down into it,

keep them from washing away.

Here, I have the fish holding tank.

I'll probably eat one tonight, and then I'll save the rest for tomorrow.

But I have them in this little tiny isolated waiting pool.

Look at that one.

Nice, huh?

So I knew to see whenever I want them.

I hope the fish in my holding tank are alive.

They should be.

They should be fine.

I'll take one out this morning, probably.

Cook up the fish for breakfast.

You'll look protein to start my day.

I can't read.

Oh [bleep]

[bleep]

So I just got some really, really disappointing news.

I came back to my waiting pool

and every fish is gone.

That was foolish of me.

Of course, there's predators in the area.

Of course, they're going to find these fish in this little shallow pond.

I probably had five pounds of fish in here,

and I can see blood pieces of fish.

I mean, they were just easy picking.

That was dumb.

I just fed a whole family of something.

Damn.

And it's too rocky here to see any tracks.

My guess is that it's wolves.

Could have been anything.

Oh, [bleep]

It's beyond disappointing.

Oh, well, I guess that's a step down from the

fish fridge because I just got totally taken.

In the survival situation, every bit of protein that I can get is vital,

stupid, stupid, stupid.

Oh, well.

It's in the past now when we're going to do about it, cry.

Right now, this is a redemption.

So whether it be I'm starving to death, or I'm injured,

I'm not taking myself out of this competition.

I'll get over it.

I'm over it right.

Now, I'll hold the [bleep]

It's a pit biper.

It's coiled up and ready to strike.

I mean, it's to be really bad at a massive attack.

My legs aren't functioning.

What?

How long can I push myself on zero calories a day?

I need protein.

There's wolves.

Just your tongue pretty large across the river.