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[woman] This is different.

[man] This is something we've never done before.

[man] You gotta watch your back

for not just the animals this time,

but for the other survivalists.

[man] Run!

[screams]

[grunts]

[narrator] For the first time ever,

12 of Naked and Afraid's most skilled survivalists

are competing head-to-head

for 45 days

in the South African bush.

Woo! [laughs]

[narrator] To crown the best of the best...

Yeah!

[narrator] and win $100,000.

This is what I live for!

[narrator] Failure means elimination.

[man] This challenge is so real.

[narrator] Who will be the Last One Standing?

[dramatic music playing]

[narrator] Previously on Last One Standing.

-[Gary] Waz? Hurry! -[Waz] Yup?

[Steven] You know, you guys better hurry.

[Gary] Keep talking.

[Steven] You better hurry real damn fast.

[narrator] The survivalists competed

for crucial hidden catches

in zone five.

-[Jeff speaking] -[man] Yeah.

[narrator] But despite Jeff's attempts

to deceive his opponents...

As I walked around,

I tossed feathers

on random trails

and create paths that lead to nowhere.

[narrator] Steven steps up

and tracks down a major food score.

Here we go.

Woo!

Look at that goose, baby!

[narrator] A critical elimination challenge

tested the competitors' bushcraft...

[man] It's a transporting water race.

[narrator] and navigation skill.

[Gary] Can't say I'm sure I know where I'm going.

[narrator] With two legends battling to the end.

[man] I have no idea if Matt has finished.

[man] You got this, Matt.

-[man] Do it quick. -There's one skull.

-Run in, run in. -Yeah, Matt.

[sighs]

[Matt] I'm pretty positive

I probably ripped something in my leg.

[man] Oh, it's hard to see

someone you consider family

go out like that.

[groans]

-Love you, man. -[Matt] Love you, guys.

[narrator] Now with just five elite survivalists remaining,

and only two elimination challenges left,

it's time to see who has what it takes

to be crowned...

the Last One Standing.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jeff] Well, that just happened.

Matt Wright has been eliminated...

from this Last One Standing challenge.

We've been saying for the last week

it could be anyone,

and water in a gourd,

no one thought that water in a [bleep] gourd.

[man] Yeah.

[Steven] To leave, you know, what he loves

and not be able to accomplish what he wanted out here,

that's... I think that hurt him more than...

that leg ever did.

[Jeff] Wow.

[bleep] me.

This is the weirdest end

to an elimination challenge ever.

The entire other group,

they're all in mourning right now

because they just lost their leader.

Like, don't they know

that they also helped

eliminate Matt today?

Because they did.

They all crossed the finish line before Matt,

but everyone, kind of, blames me

for Matt leaving.

Apparently, I just killed Matt Wright.

[laughs]

[Steven] Gotta pull through.

Uh, next elimination challenge

is in just a few days.

One thing I'm happy about is,

Matt only lost about a minute.

-Yeah. Yeah. -A minute and a half.

With a leg he couldn't run on.

-[Steven] Yeah. -Which means

weak sauce over there,

he's struggling through this and he's...

-Yeah. -[Waz] He's not doing well.

-No, he's not. -[Waz] I'm hoping...

-We got three days. -We have... We have four more days

and give them the vote like he deserves.

It really was Matt's injury that took him out.

It wasn't the lack of skill.

Seeing what Jeff's done, I honestly believe

that he shouldn't be here.

In four days, another elimination day,

I don't know what they're gonna ask us to do in that day,

so I'm just gonna compete

and, uh, and hopefully beat him.

[thunder rumbles]

[narrator] Weather in the Oribi Gorge

has taken a rare turn.

Fast moving cold fronts from the South Atlantic

hemmed in by the mountains

are causing torrential rainstorms

in the region.

[Gary] All right.

It's raining pretty good now.

Night 36...

comes with a quite a bit of rain.

Back to me and Waz again, just like the beginning.

[thunder rumbles]

[Steven] There's only five of us left.

With Matt gone,

you know, my percentage rises.

He was my biggest competition, he always has been.

But the fact that he's not here now,

it definitely benefits me.

This is anybody's game.

To be able to leave

as the Last One Standing would be incredible.

But, you know, there's some great competitors out here

like Gary.

Gary's a wildcard, man.

Gary's just a straight-up wildcard.

You never take your eye off the wildcard.

Just between this and his previous challenges,

you never know what Gary's gonna do, man.

One second, he put alligator eyeballs on his own eyes.

Have you seen my contact, TJ?

[Steven] Next minute, he's chopping down

the poison tree.

I'm in big trouble. [breathes heavily]

And now, he's like in the top five

of Last One Standing.

[Gary] [groans]

[indistinct] [bleep].

Like the beginning of these challenges,

he's killing it.

[Gary] Show me the honey!

There's some beehive action! Woo.

[woman] Oh, my God!

Gary could walk across that finish line.

Slide, slide, slide, slide.

-Coming in hot! -[indistinct]

-Yes! -[cheering]

[Steven] Dan's the guy you gotta watch in this challenge

because he's a quick thinker,

he's a problem-solver.

He knows how to adapt,

he knows how to come up

with solutions to problems

that you really wouldn't think of.

And that's a big deal out here.

I think that's why he was able to go

from 21 to 60 days.

And now he could win this.

Woo! I'm the first.

That is amazing!

[laughs]

[Steven] You know, Waz, he's the muscle man.

The guy rips up trees.

For somebody that looks like he could be

the Incredible Hulk's albino stepbrother,

um, he's a really smart man.

He knows his stuff.

He's strong, he doesn't quit.

Yeah!

No way.

He's a survivalist, he... He's on point.

I mean, he's right there with Dan.

He went from 21 to 60 just like that,

so he... He's a competitor out here for sure.

[indistinct] [laughs]

Oh. That's hot

and [indistinct]

[Steven] And then, we have Jeff.

Are you ready for some fun?

Jeff's the mouth.

That's what Jeff is.

Yes!

[Steven] Uh, you can hear him from 10 miles away.

[Jeff] This is what I live for!

Whether he catches a guppy

or, you know, a great white shark.

Woo!

[Steven] He's stubborn like me,

which is never good for a competitor.

He's gonna be sticking out to the end just like I will.

And then, there's me.

I'm the king, man. I mean, I literally am.

I mean, I have the most days,

the most challenges consecutive

out of anyone

in the history of Naked and Afraid.

I'm the guy that doesn't quit.

There ain't no taps.

-[man speaking] -Uh-hmm.

[woman speaking]

I'm just gonna keep doing what I do best

because that's, you know, be... Kind of a big deal.

[narrator] Now down to the top five survivalists,

the next eight days will determine

who will be rewarded $100,000.

And for the first time,

a PSR score of 10.0,

along with the title of Last One Standing.

[Gary] Well? Today's hunting day, huh?

[Waz] Well, it looks like it's gonna be hot all day.

-It's gonna bring those animals out. -[Gary] Yeah.

[Waz] Today might be our best shot to get some food...

-Yeah. -[Waz] on the table.

Yeah. Absolutely.

Maybe one of us will make this happen.

[Waz] Maybe both of us will make this happen.

That'd be awesome.

I feel good, you know,

that I made it in the top five.

I'm capable of hunting and getting a kill.

[Waz] You got a little dizzy there?

Getting a little dizzy?

The hunter is weak.

[Dan] I wanna show you the fish trap.

I'm the only one that knows where it is.

This is the spot.

[Steven] This is the spot?

[Dan speaking]

Water out here is rising.

[bleep] what the?

So, you'd think there'd be something, right?

No fish, unfortunately.

Not a big surprise because it stayed

with the river right now.

It rained last night for two hours straight.

Just trying to get something in my system

and making sure I'm in my mental game,

because a lot of these challenges so far

have involved being resourceful,

thinking on your toes, and being creative

with how you solve a problem.

We just have not eaten

in a long while now.

I just wanted to show you where it is.

[Steven] Okay.

[Dan] Before eliminations.

[Gary] I made this blind the other day,

because there's a ton of tracks

coming through here.

There's a trail right in front of me, 10 yards.

Perfect spot to hunt.

They walk by, bam.

I'm chillin' like a villain,

waiting to do some killin'.

[laughs]

[Waz] It's really hard to guess

what the next survival challenge is gonna be.

For me, I really wish

they had some sort of bow drill or hand drill

for our starting exercise here.

It's something I've done a lot.

And also, I've practiced a lot

with the bow and arrow um, over the last six months.

I've also practiced a lot while I've been out here.

I'm pretty consistent with that thing now.

So if that comes up in a challenge,

I'm pretty confident as well.

I'm pretty happy with that one.

That's a definite kill.

Whatever comes, I'm gonna deal with it,

and then I won't... I won't be coming in last place

in any of these challenges.

[Gary] So the water is down there,

that's where they're gonna come in to drink,

and I'll be able to get a shot off pretty easily.

As long as something comes down.

[Jeff] We're a few days away from day 40

and I'm already preparing

for this next elimination challenge,

because this next one

will be the biggest one.

I don't know what to prepare for,

so I'm preparing for everything.

And I'm gonna prepare

in the environment closest

to the day 40 challenge location.

I am approximately here,

and I've marked this tree.

So what I'm going to do,

I'm gonna collect materials for fire,

I'm gonna collect materials for shelter,

and I'm gonna stash this

and hide all of this

right near by the X.

So, right now, I'm, uh,

just creating a space

for a potential shelter,

if I have to build one.

So all I would have to do

is put a few more support beams

on top of this,

cut a bunch of grass,

throw that on top,

and the shelter's already made.

What I can do is I can store

a bunch of dry tinder here,

so even if it rains,

they'll stay dry here.

There's a lot of flash flood debris

in this area,

and it's the perfect material to collect

for building a fire

because it's elevated off the ground.

Look at this.

Even after yesterday's rain,

this stuff is dry.

It's basically been sitting in this sauna.

And this is gonna be perfect

if I need to start a fire in a pinch.

With everything I have right now,

I'm in a good position.

I'm absolutely committed

on staying here till day 45

and being the Last One Standing.

[thunder rumbling]

Woo!

Looks like we're in for some weather.

Oh, yeah.

[thunder rumbling]

[Waz speaking]

Pretty hard right now

and the rain's cold.

I'm gonna pack this stuff and get back.

There's not gonna be any animals

walking around in the rain.

Uh, they're all gonna be hunkering

down wherever they are.

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pattering]

[Dan] It's hard to get protein out here.

The wind is swirling.

The weather changes all the time,

as you can tell.

The river's risen like two feet today

in just a matter

of an hour or two,

which is crazy,

um, making it impossible to fish.

The wind swirling makes it possible to hunt.

Woo! We are calorie depleted.

It's making things tough,

making it hard to move around and get things done,

but day 40 is the next big milestone.

We're assuming the next elimination...

could be a big one.

We don't know.

[Steven] It's a, uh, a bit

of a morale dump, I think

for everyone right now.

[thunder rumbling]

[Steven speaking]

[Gary speaking]

[Waz speaking]

[thunder rumbling]

[Waz] It's cold.

[Gary] Oh man, it's a cold day,

it figures.

[Waz] Last night was pretty terrible

as far as the weather goes.

Normally, when it rains, it's about 30 minutes.

Last night, it rained for over a couple of hours.

[Gary] What if it starts raining on us again?

[Waz] Oh, that'll suck.

[Gary] Yeah, right?

It's miserable sitting in the rain,

but today is day 40,

Elimination Day.

Today,

the survival reaper comes to take one of us away.

[Dan] All right.

Today's the day.

[Steven] Oh, day 40.

-[Jeff speaking] -[Steven] Right?

Typically, on day 40,

we're, you know, excited, and packing up

and heading for extraction,

but this is not your typical challenge.

Says on the back here,

"Make your way here on day 40."

It's a yellow X.

[Jeff] That's where the hunting cash was.

[Steven] Basically, go out, make a left and keep going.

-[Jeff] Let's do it. -[Gary] All right.

[Dan] Final five. Let's roll, boys.

Let's do it.

I feel pretty good about my odds today.

You know, I've come in either first or second place

for every single challenge,

except for the first one.

[bleep]. We have no idea what this is gonna be.

It rained pretty hard last night,

and I have to admit

I had a little bit of a smile on my face

because I already have a bunch of dry tinder,

and a shelter location

and a bunch of materials I collected.

All right, here we are.

[Steven] Oh, we got a map.

[Jeff] Got another map.

All right.

"To become the Last One Standing,

you must continue to master the elements.

Today,

you will leave your fire starter behind

and create primitive fire."

[Steven] Crazy.

[Dan] Wow, that's a tough one.

[Waz] That's a tough one.

[Gary] It's gonna be a... [whistles]

[Dan] [bleep].

[narrator] The survivalists have

already completed challenges

in three vital survival skills,

securing food, water, and shelter.

Now, they will face the most daunting challenge yet,

creating fire using only primitive methods,

and the cordage provided.

[Jeff] "If any maps remain by nightfall,

your quest for fire will resume at sunrise.

As before, you were all competing as individuals.

So you must work alone.

When three have succeeded,

the remaining two

will face immediate elimination."

[whistle] Whoo!

-Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. -[Jeff] This is crazy.

-Crazy, crazy. -[Jeff] This is the big one.

-[Dan] This is the real deal. -Yup.

[Gary] The Friction Fire Challenge

is probably one of the truer tests

of survival skills

because friction fire is very hard.

-Yeah. -This is not gonna be easy, I think,

for even someone that's good at this.

-[Steven] No, no. -[Waz] It's not gonna be easy day.

It's rained for a three-day straight.

It rained all last night.

-[Steven] No, it's not. -It poured last night.

[Waz] This is the turning point

for this entire competition.

This is gonna thin out the herd.

This is gonna separate the men from the boys.

This challenge just took a hard turn off the freeway.

[Jeff] Yeah, it really, really did.

Onto a place where there's no roads.

-[Jeff] Yeah. Yup. -[Waz] You know?

[Gary] This challenge just got real.

We're about to get our asses kicked.

[Dan] Whoo [bleep].

[Waz] This one separates the men from the boys.

-[Gary] Yeah. -Primitive fire from now on

when it's been raining every day,

so that just bumps up the challenge

quite significantly.

I guess, we leave these here, huh?

Should we grab our cordage

and leave our fire starters.

[Waz] This is some caveman stuff,

-you know? -[Jeff] Yeah.

We have to build a primitive fire,

and then we have to boil a half a pot of water

to a rolling boil.

And not only that,

this is a Double Elimination.

Two people are going home.

[Steven] Hey, let's do it. May the best ones win.

-[Jeff] Yeah. Let's go. -Okay.

[bleep]. All right, guys.

[Steven] No sense running on this one.

-[Dan] Nope. -[Gary] Nope.

[Steven] [bleep].

[Dan] The one thing I didn't want was...

-[Steven] Yeah. -[Gary] Right.

I've pulled off a bow drill before

but it's been years.

I've relied on that fire starter.

They've had people come out here

and do these challenges who claim to be experts

on friction fire

and not get fire for days,

for days.

Making primitive fire is very hard.

-[man] Oh. I got to stop. -[woman] No.

Oh, my God. That's exhausting.

[Gary] You gotta grind, and grind,

and grind

with the bow or by hand drill.

[man] The materials out here suck.

[woman] You can do it. You can do it.

[Gary] You have to earn that fire with calories.

It's out.

[bleep].

[Steven] All this rain did not help.

[Dan] No, absolutely did not.

[Steven] All the wood is super soaked.

Primitive fire is something I've done a hundred times,

but I haven't done it

a hundred times soaking wet in Africa.

This is gonna be the hardest challenge yet

and I think that's important.

You know, this is the Last One Standing,

so whoever earns the right

to go to the next level here earned it.

[Jeff] Everyone else, I think they're pretty terrified,

but I'm excited for this

because that's what I've prepared for.

So right now, I'm gathering all the materials

that I collected

to keep them dry from the rain.

So I have an advantage, I have a lead right now.

This is soaking wet.

[Waz] Even this really dead grass

has a bunch of water in it.

It's gonna be pretty tough.

[Jeff] I'm optimistic today.

I just feel like the stars have been aligned for me

from the beginning

and the others appear

to be scrambling.

I saw their faces

and several of them looked worried.

[bleep] everything's so wet.

And today's just another opportunity

to eliminate...

some more of my competition.

Do you think you got this?

Uh, it's something I can get, but...

I don't know if I'll be the winner.

I don't know how...

How much these people practiced.

Judging from the look on everyone's face,

it's about zero.

I've done this enough times before.

I would've liked better conditions,

but survival, you don't get what you like.

You get what you get.

There's a couple of different methods

you can use for fire starting.

Bow drills and hand drills pretty similar.

I'm gonna use the bow drill.

[narrator] Both hand drills and bow drills

use the friction of the spinning spindle

on a notch fireboard to create an ember.

Hand drills do not require cordage

and are simpler to make,

but are physically exhausting.

Bow drills, however, add a bow

to move the spindle faster with less strain,

and a socket on the top to apply more pressure.

[Waz] As that spindle spins,

it's putting out tiny little bits

of fire and wood that have heated up

to the point where they're almost on fire.

And all that black dust drops down into the catch

and if you keep going long enough,

all that black dust turns into an ember

and that's called the cherry.

When I get that cherry, I'll drop it in here,

and close it up, blow on it,

and it's all over.

Um, I just want a particular type of wood

for the spindle.

It's gonna take a bit of trial and error.

You don't want the same type of wood for the spindle

as you have for the base.

Um, you wanna do some tests with your thumbnails

to, sort of, see how soft it is.

It sort of feels like it might be too soft.

I'm gonna give it a run anyway.

I think it's just gonna be a trial and error

with a few different types of wood.

This is the base

and we're gonna see if these bits of wood

work well together.

I'm missing one part and that's just the top thing

that holds onto it.

And that's the top bit.

It's gonna sit in here and try and keep it straight.

[squeaking]

All right. I'm gonna find a harder piece of wood.

[Steven] Everything is soaked.

It's gonna be tough.

And, uh, I'm gonna have to...

think outside the box a little bit here.

I got some cordage I might be able to make a bow drill,

but right now,

um, the materials are rough,

and they're few and far between.

I wish this bamboo was a little bit thicker,

make my life a lot easier.

The bamboo was the best resource out here.

It's super dry.

I'm gonna try this first.

This is bamboo friction fire.

I mean, look at that beautiful smoke.

I thought we would be out in the cold.

[blowing]

Oh, yes!

-Oh, yeah! -[laughs]

The problem is,

I don't know if this bamboo is thick enough.

Oh, I think I might be able to make it work.

[narrator] To make a bamboo fire saw,

split the bamboo in half

and cut a horizontal groove on the side,

then put bamboo shavings inside,

and rub another piece of bamboo

along the groove,

generating friction

to ignite the shavings

and create an ember.

I do this right, I can...

be finished here in...

about an hour.

[bleep]. This is gonna be tough.

This bamboo is too skinny.

[exhales deeply]

The bamboo is just too thin.

The amount of pressure I need for friction

is too much for the thickness

of the bamboo so the bamboo breaks.

I don't think bamboo is gonna work.

You know what, we're gonna try the hand drill.

[Dan] My plan is to make a bow drill.

I've made primitive fire a few times

but not in this kind of environment,

and I'm up against some fierce competition,

but I welcome the challenge.

I'm gonna take the time getting

all the materials perfect.

This is a piece of flood catch debris

and it's been in the sun.

If I feel any sort of cold,

it means it might be wet.

It's not awful actually.

♪ You can do it ♪

♪ You can do it ♪

As you get closer to the end, you think more and more

about how this could change your life.

It'll be pretty good.

I haven't had a fully easy life growing up, you know.

I grew up in a lower middle class house,

like, my mom raised me as a single mom

and my mom passed away from pancreatic cancer

when I was 17.

And $100,000, it'll be life-changing for me.

I mean, I'm a biologist in Hawaii,

we don't make much. If I could just provide

for my family a little bit better,

it would literally be life-changing.

[blows]

I'm not religious, but I might pray.

So I'm feeling really good with my setup.

I think it's gonna make a nice ember.

And I'm already prepared for this

since that second location.

I carry around a pre-made fire kit

that has the dried literal bird's nest

with seed fluff in the inside, and that stuff

I know goes up like crazy,

if the weather cooperates.

[bleep].

[wood squeaking]

[Dan speaking]

Hmm. [bleep].

[playful music playing]

Goddammit.

Gosh dammit.

Geez.

Ah, damn.

Let me rough up the edges

to give it more friction.

Ear wax, that lubricates the spindle.

Ear wax, oil from your hair,

little tricks of the trade.

Ah, geez.

You've come this far, Gary,

you've come this far.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jeff] I'm just thinking, the majority of people

are gonna be trying to build a bow drill.

[sighs] I could try that, too.

Or I could try to do something different.

I have a feeling whoever wins this thing

and becomes the Last One Standing

is gonna do things differently.

I'm wondering if I might be able to take a piece

of my corkwood

and try a fire plough with that.

This is corkwood.

Once it gets a coal, it holds a coal really easy.

[narrator] Similar to hand drill,

a fire plough uses a stick and a fireboard.

However, instead of using a circular motion,

the friction is created by running a stick

back and forth, breaking down the softer wood

and creating a massive hot wood dust

where the ember forms.

This method,

if it works well,

it can be the fastest method.

You don't have to necessarily build

a very intricate device like a bow drill.

With enough friction and power,

and the right materials, this will work.

[wood scratching]

I'm actually getting smoke.

No.

-[wood scratching] -Geez.

[wood squeaking]

Jesus Christ.

[pants]

I don't have the [bleep] energy, man.

I'm getting smoke.

I could be the first one done with this competition.

[dramatic music playing]

-[wood scratching] -[Jeff panting]

Okay.

It's hot down there.

[wood scratching]

I got smoke,

but unfortunately,

where there's smoke,

there isn't always fire.

The problem is...

see how deep I've carved in the corkwood

and, uh, and it hasn't turned black.

It's breaking apart the wood

before it gets super-hot.

[sighs]

This is exhausting.

This is the first time in 40 days I've really, um,

really felt the fatigue hard.

I have a feeling everyone's feeling this way, though.

-[dramatic music playing] -[wood scratching]

[Steven] I could make a bow drill,

but I'm just trying to make it as easy as possible

for me, so I'm trying the hand drill.

Problem with the hand drill is

hand drilling is exhausting.

[exhales]

And you have to keep going.

But I've been eating leaves for days.

Oh, [bleep].

Oh, man, that is...

Make you lightheaded real quick.

Might have to go with the bow drill.

I gotta... I gotta take a break.

It's been a long 40 days.

It's tough to sac this one on top of all that.

[dramatic music playing]

Yes. So, this is gonna work as a [indistinct]

I'm probably a few hours into this friction fire starting.

It's definitely tiring, but

I still have fat stores,

I still have calorie stores, I still have protein to go.

I'm just gonna keep trying. So I'm looking for some woods

that are gonna work well together.

Your fireboard, you want it to be a little bit softer,

then your spindle,

so I need to find a nice base

of soft wood, not too punky for the fireboard,

just trial and error,

find the two woods that work well together.

If they start popping out some smoke

and a little bit of a black dust,

then I know they're gonna work.

Come on.

Here it is.

All right.

All of this,

you can see this black dust here,

that's exactly what I'm looking for in this process.

So we've got the right combinations of wood,

all I've got to do is

cut a groove

and that black dust there

will start falling into that groove.

And eventually, the heat and the friction

causes that to turn into an ember, that's what we call a cherry.

[bleep].

We're so close.

So close to getting that cherry.

[thunder rumbling]

[Waz] [bleep].

Oh, [bleep]. Of course it's raining.

[rain pattering]

[Dan] Trying to start a primitive fire in the rain.

Oh, this is pretty ridiculous.

Right now, it is raining

and it is completely impossible

to start a primitive fire in the rain.

There's still three scrolls right there

and I anticipate there's gonna be

three scrolls right there tomorrow morning.

[Steven] [exhales] What a day.

[man] Frustrating, huh?

[Steven] Yeah, exhausting.

I thought I was gonna pass out a couple times.

Yeah, dude. Calories that were burned today.

[Steven] Yeah.

What an exhausting day.

You know, I wanna win.

I wanna win.

I'm the king of the forest, dude.

Naked and Afraid is what I do.

And I wanna be the Last One Standing.

I wanna be able to do amazing things

for my girl and our kids.

I want to change their world

and I have the opportunity to do that right now.

I'm gonna give everything I can tomorrow.

[thunder rumbling]

I wanna win.

[thunder rumbling]

[Gary] All right.

It's raining pretty good now.

Waz and I are both drying our fireboards

and I'm drying out my spindle.

We want our stuff as dry as possible so we can make

this friction fire happen tomorrow.

[thunder rumbling]

[Dan] We're just sitting here trying to dry everything out.

I am not giving up.

But, man, it sucks.

[Steven] It rained on and off last night.

-[Dan] It did. -[Jeff] Cold and raining again.

Ground's still wet.

So it's the morning of day 41,

and we're all still here.

It rained all night once again.

Everything is wet, but I'm drying materials

out around the fire, and hopefully

the sun will come out and I can get a fire going.

Oh God, I'm so tired.

[Waz] A little bit of sunshine on us today, which is nice.

Forty-three is extraction,

so we only got today and tomorrow to get this done.

I was so close yesterday. I really was so close.

Hopefully,

the sun...

will give me a little bit of fire and help me out,

and just see if drying the wood out has helped at all.

[Waz] It's gonna come.

[sighs]

[bleep].

That sucks.

It's exactly the same as it was yesterday.

Any other time that I've done this,

that's popped the cherry.

To work that hard and not get one,

it's pretty surprising to me.

I don't really know

what I'm doing wrong at this stage.

Honestly speaking, I'm worried.

You know, I removed myself from my missus' life

and my two daughters' lives 45 days.

And the only way I can justify that

is to bring that money home.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jeff] So what I've decided to do

is to transition to building a bow drill set.

I believe that that's my best shot

going forward because of my energy levels.

What I see from some of the others is

I see them burning themselves out.

I see them exhausting themselves.

[grunting]

[bleep].

[Jeff] So I'm letting them run their gas tanks empty.

Dan is sitting out in the heat of the sun.

They're gonna be hurting,

they're gonna have no energy.

That didn't work.

[Jeff] I've won every single one

of these elimination challenges

by using strategy.

So today I'm choosing the canopy location

because the sun's out, it's hot out there.

If you burn yourself out too early,

will you even have the energy

to even complete the bow drill?

So I'm pacing myself.

[Gary] Ah, this little bit of sunshine

popping through is beautiful.

My planned attack in making friction fire

is trying to find the best wood,

the best fireboard, the best spindle.

And then, you play with it and you see which one

heats up the quickest.

I'm gonna try this wood. It's actually firmer.

See if this pumps anything out.

An advantage I have is my fire technique.

I'm always underestimated.

My sense of humor and my reckless playfulness

makes people neglect to see my true skill.

If I actually won this,

what a trick that would be on the world, right?

The wildcard loose cannon crazy guy

that just horses around all the time wins.

We got an ember, people.

That is beautiful.

I already won.

[dramatic music playing]

[Waz] Oh, that's looking promising, Gary.

[Gary] I got an ember.

Oh, you did?

[bleep] yeah.

[Gary] Gosh, dammit.

Threw it in my nest but it went out in my nest.

Hey bro, that's [bleep] solid, though.

Do you mind if I have a look at your fireboard?

[Gary] Take a look.

I gotta make a better nest.

It is the perfect fireboard that brought us

just the right amount of soft.

All right, Gary, I'm proud of you, man.

-[Gary] Thank you, brother. -You're motivating me.

[Gary] All right.

-Good job, man. -[Gary] Thank you.

I was pretty surprised because Gary, you know,

in all of these elimination challenges typically taken

about the longest out of anyone.

So that does motivate me.

I wish I knew what wood he's using.

If I had those bits of wood,

I'd have a fire in two minutes.

[Gary] Try this again.

I'm in the zone.

I'm getting close.

Oops.

Damn.

[grunting]

My stomach got a cramp in it.

God, I'm exhausted.

[Steven] No coal.

[blows air]

This is way denser wood,

so I'm curious how this is gonna work.

Let's see what happens.

Even though this is the hardest challenge,

this is my favorite one, because this is true

survival situation here.

This is wet Africa, middle of nowhere.

Don't know what's going on. You have to adapt and evolve,

and that's what truly makes the Last One Standing.

[panting]

[bleep].

This one's pretty hard and gave me

the best results so far with that big black spot there.

That means there's fire there, but I just can't get the ember

to come together. I just can't.

[Jeff] Me either.

[chuckles] I can't, man.

-[Jeff] Yeah. -Dude, my...

The amount of combinations I've gone through,

I think I've gone through

one, two, three, four...

Six different woods for spindles.

-[Jeff] Yup. -This is my third fireboard.

[Jeff] Yup. We all have burned similar. All of us,

just as how you're set up here.

-Yeah. Yeah. I got... -[Jeff] Yeah.

my bird's nest, my spindle's great. I...

-I'm getting... -Looks super similar

to the wood I'm using for my spindle.

-[Steven] Yeah. It's super dry. -[Jeff] I think it might be

the exact same wood.

[Steven] Everything's right, you know.

-[Jeff] Yeah. -I've done this hundreds of times.

Mmm-hmm.

I don't want them to know how well

my setup is doing right now.

I think I wanna make them think

that I'm failing miserably.

So I feel my tank draining, bro.

-[Steven] Yeah, yeah. -I do. And it's...

The 41 days is, uh...

-It's hitting me, you know. -[Steven] Yeah.

[Jeff] They've had this war of attrition

with me for weeks now.

Countless animals

that they haven't shared anything with me,

and so I've been operating on a low calorie,

all vegetarian diet for a long time.

And my body's in the zone.

My body's used to it.

You look exhausted.

I'm exhausted. I've been doing...

-[Jeff] You've got bags under your eyes. -I've been doing

like 10 minutes until I'm, like,

-about to pass out. -[Jeff] Yeah.

Yeah.

Their energy levels are down.

They're looking depleted.

Meanwhile, I feel pretty energetic.

I feel every word you're saying. I think it's humidity.

-I think it's humidity. -[Waz] It's crazy.

[Jeff] How are you doing, Waz?

So Gary's got three embers.

-[Jeff] Did he really? -What?

I watched. He... I stood there and watched him do it.

-[Jeff] Wow. -Saw the [bleep] red.

-[Steven] Wow. -No way.

Saw him put in the bird's nest

and [bleep] fell through,

-and it was gone. -Oh, my God.

-[Steven] No. -I'm, like,

"How does he make it look so easy?"

It's gotta be the materials...

It's a hundred percent the materials.

What kind of woods he work with?

I don't know, but if I had that wood...

-[Steven] Huh. -I'd be done hours ago.

Good for him.

Gary is surprising some people out here, ain't he?

Yeah. I was surprised he didn't go to be honest with you.

All right, boys, I'm gonna go finish

this challenge real quick and I'll be back.

[Jeff] All right.

[dramatic music playing]

[Waz] Gary's got a little cherry,

which is amazing for him.

[bleep].

I just watched Gary do that with such ease

and his dust is a bit blacker,

which would mean a higher temperature.

His bow's working both ways, not just one way.

I can't just keep doing the same thing

and expect a different result.

All right. I'm gonna find a longer bow.

I think it's gonna be trial and error.

I'm only changing one variable at a time

so I know which one's actually making the difference.

It did seem smooth. I liked it.

So, that's the combo I'm gonna go with.

Sometimes if you put some water on your cordage,

it's gonna grip that wood a little bit better.

I've gotta be close to the 50s for the number of times

that I've bent over like this and set myself up and said,

"All right, this is the time."

[dramatic music playing]

[Waz] Come on.

All right. Got my cherry.

You know, once you get that cherry,

you're gonna wanna protect it a little bit

so it doesn't burn out too quickly.

You wanna get that in your bird's nest nice and fast.

[bleep]. Yes!

[dramatic music playing]

[Waz] All right. Got my cherry.

[bleep]. Got you.

Told you. I told you I'd get this today.

[bleep]. Yeah.

Feels amazing.

I was never gonna give up,

but I tell you what,

this was the toughest challenge so far.

It's all about those little refinements,

finding the right bit of wood,

finding the right spade, finding the right bow size.

You only change one thing at a time, see if it works.

If it does, keep it, change the next one.

You make little refinements constantly.

I promised my missus when I left,

I left her crying at the airport,

and it's one of the saddest things I got to do

is watch her cry because of a decision that I've made.

But I said to her, I'm gonna do everything

I can to bring that money home.

And she said, "I know you will."

And...

I'm just one step closer to that.

That is a perfect rolling boil.

Challenge complete. I'm gonna go get my scroll.

This might be the best feeling I've ever had.

Look at this.

There's three left.

This one right here is mine.

I tell you what, this feels good.

This is an earned one.

"Congratulations. You're one of the final three.

Returned to this trail on day 43 to begin

your three-day climb out of the Gorge."

[narrator] Any survivalist who does not complete

the challenge by sundown tomorrow will be eliminated.

"Only the best among you will become the Last One Standing."

[exhales]

I got the first one.

There's two left.

It doesn't matter who picks those last two up.

They don't have what I have here,

and they definitely don't have what I have here.

So...

best of luck to those two.

[wood screeching]

[grunts]

[bleep]. Smoke with no coal

every single time.

It's right there, man.

It's right there.

I don't know what to do.

How you trackin', buddy?

I'm doing all right, man.

How about you? Did you get it? Yeah?

-Yeah. -Yeah. I'm so proud of you.

-Thanks, buddy. -I'm so proud of you.

Knowing that it can be done,

just makes me so happy.

It just motivates me to keep going.

That's awesome.

I appreciate you, man. I want you to keep pushing.

I need you next to me.

Waz, did I hear you got it?

-[Waz] Yes, sir. -Yeah, baby.

Congratulations.

-I appreciate it, man. -Yeah, congrats.

You're the first and only so far?

So far, yeah, two scrolls out there left.

All right.

So, Waz is done.

I heard him down there talking to Steven.

I think he's going to give

all of his friends a bit of advice.

Wonder who he's not gonna talk to.

[Waz] Dude, if you'll get embers, you're so close.

So, it's just your bird's nest.

Mine was all dried bamboo leaves.

Everyone knows about the bamboo?

Jeff doesn't.

-Jeff doesn't. -No.

Let me see what kind of wood that is.

[Waz] It's a punky version of a hardwood.

I just didn't wanna say it in front of Jeff.

Yeah. No, good call.

Anyway, my trick,

I got a long bow,

and the long bow allows me

to, like, just get so many revolutions.

And the light pressure allows me to do it for longer.

Yeah, that's true.

[Waz] There's no way that I was gonna offer Jeff

those tips. I did my best last elimination.

I'm gonna do my best this elimination as well.

Just to put him on a plane and send him home.

But I'll just show you my stance,

'cause your stance is a little bit off.

See, my thumb even

comes into my shin and everything's in control,

and that's straight up and down.

Nothing here should move.

Take away as soon as possible.

-I'm proud of you, man. -Thanks, man.

Anyway, anything you know, man, come get me.

[Gary] Thank you.

I've been dealing with this for 41 days.

It definitely puts the pressure on,

but it's gonna feel extra great

being the last one standing, knowing that I did it

with everyone else against me the entire way.

-Come on, baby. -[wood screeching]

[grunts]

[breathes heavily]

[Gary speaking]

I'm rushing because it's desperation.

I was ahead of Waz,

and then Waz got the job done

and passed me up.

[cries]

[grunts]

Oh, man.

I was so close.

My arms are completely jello.

My oxygen.

I'm starting to, like, not see right.

[Gary sighs]

[grunts]

I can't...

I can't do it anymore.

I've been drilling on that all day, nonstop.

I did, really. [bleep].

[cries]

This challenge is so real.

[cries]

Gary, you good?

[Gary crying]

[Waz] What's up, brother?

I feel you, man.

Hey. I feel you, buddy.

[Gary] Seven hours of this [bleep], Waz.

[Waz] I know, man.

[Gary] I can't go anymore today.

My body and my stomach is starting to hurt.

-Yeah. -My arms are jello.

Dude, you got three [bleep] embers today.

-You're so close to this. -I know.

That's what's making me cry even harder.

[Waz] Just go rest and just hit it hard tomorrow.

[Gary] That's what I have to do, yeah.

Get some... Get some cactus in you,

get some water in you.

Pick yourself up, man.

You got a whole day to go.

Yeah.

There's two more scrolls on top of that hill,

and you've been closer than anyone on getting them.

[Gary] Tomorrow is another day.

Hopefully, I can do it then.

[Waz] Day 42 is the last chance for them to do it.

I know this sounds terrible,

but I want Gary to get through it

'cause there's no way he's finishing 45 days

with a three-day hike in it.

So, it's one less person to beat.

Well, the sun is getting low in the sky

and everyone has burned thousands of calories today.

I just don't have the energy that I need

to get this right now.

[wood screeching]

[grunts]

Now, my mind's getting cloudy

and I can just kind of feel myself breaking down,

to be honest, like...

Everything's ready,

everything's prepared.

Just need a coal.

[Steven] [bleep] exhausted.

Literally spent about eight or ten hours

doing multiple different bow drill configurations.

-Tough few days, man. -[man] Yeah.

Tough few days.

I just don't wanna let anybody down,

but never giving up.

And I never, ever give up.

[crows cawing]

[Gary] It's early morning day 42.

This is the day. I have to get fire.

It's today or nothing.

[man] We can do it.

[narrator] Day 42

is the last day to get fire, boil water,

and claim the two remaining scrolls.

Any survivalist who has not completed

the challenge by sundown will be eliminated.

[Dan humming]

It's shaped up to be a perfect day.

Hot and sunny and clear.

And I got some new materials today.

A new spindle, a new earthwork, looks nice.

Everything's ready.

I'm gonna go for this one.

♪ I can do it ♪

♪ Can I do it? ♪

There's a lot of pressure today.

You know, it's day 42.

You know, two people are going home,

and this is the last chance to make this work.

Smoke already.

I wanna win. I'm in it to win it.

I'm gonna give it absolutely everything I have.

[bleep]. That was very, very, very,

very close, having an ember.

I really burnt that hard.

I know my combo was good.

Maybe the catch wasn't big enough.

A lot of the ash was coming up out the top.

The hole gets a little bit deeper

and it goes through the channel a little bit more,

and I would've had twice as much embers.

It's super motivating.

And I'm on the right track.

[wood screeching]

[breathes heavily]

[Gary] Three days I've been working on primitive fire.

[breathes heavily]

Dang, it's so close.

[grunts]

Oh, my God, I'm parched.

I'm gonna go for a walk.

[Gary speaking]

[crows cawing]

[dramatic music playing]

[Gary speaking]

[Waz] How you doing, Gary?

How you trackin', my guy?

Oh.

I'm not doing good, man.

My body can't do anymore.

[Waz] Are you tired?

[Gary] My body doesn't have any more energy.

[Waz] Your body's got nothing in it?

[Gary] Nothing, dude.

I can barely walk, man.

Yesterday, it blew me out, bro.

Yeah.

Thinking about just going home.

[Waz speaking]

I can't do it, I can tell.

My mind, my brain wants to do it.

My body's telling me, "You're done, man.

You did it all yesterday."

Every time I crank on that thing,

-my stomach cramps up. -[Waz] Yup.

It just cramps it.

[Waz] You gotta listen to your body, man,

'cause nothing is worth.

Put yourself in hospital,

killing yourself, like nothing's worth it.

You... You're a badass human being.

[Waz] Thanks, bud. I really appreciate it.

And you're a badass partner.

I appreciate that, man. I really do.

You really are. And, uh...

I like being in camp with you.

Dude, first 21 days with you was amazing.

The amount of stuff,

not only that you've put in our bodies

as calories with the honey, the cactus,

like you kept a lot of us going.

I wouldn't be in this physical shape if it wasn't for you.

Thank you for giving me credit, dude.

-Of course, man. -[Gary] Like...

I always pay credit where credit's due.

Well, not everybody does that, dude.

[Waz] Yeah.

Hey, buddy. What's going on?

My body's just quitting

and wants to just collapse.

-I don't... I don't wanna go. -Yeah. But I...

But dude, if you push it for another hour,

like they're rushing an ambulance in here.

[cries]

I'm pissed off. Because I know...

I know how to make fire.

[Waz] I'm gonna help you out.

[Gary cries]

I don't wanna go, but I can't move.

You gotta listen to your body, man.

Hey.

[crying]

I'm proud of you, man. I really am.

You're a badass [bleep] I swear to God.

Thank you.

It was an honor.

[Waz speaking]

[crying]

I'm walking outta here with my head held high

even though I tapped out.

[Waz] Forty-two days, Gary,

that's a lot to be proud of, man.

[Gary] I'm always underestimated.

No one expected me to last.

People often perceive me as just some crazy guy

that's eating crazy things just to be crazy.

No.

It's done with a lot of knowledge.

And people like Waz, they acknowledge what I did.

I hope you win, Waz.

Thanks, buddy. I appreciate you, man.

You deserve it.

And here I am...

[grunting]

Three days away

from being the last one standing.

[birds chirping]

[dramatic music playing]

So, Gary just left, and then there were four.

It's a tough dude right there.

Sad to see him go, but this is what happens

with these longer challenges.

We're not getting a lot of calories in our body.

Eventually, people's bodies just start giving out.

Right now, we're three days in

and I'm the only one that's got fire so far.

[wood screeching]

[Dan] [bleep].

You do anything and fail at it

over and over and over and over and over again

for three days, you're gonna doubt yourself.

[Steven] I just can't get a coal.

[Waz] Their bodies are starting to lose energy.

The clock is ticking for these guys.

I'm not confident everyone's gonna knock this one out.

[Jeff] I'm exhausted. [bleep].

[bird chirping]

[wood screeching]

[Steven] Good smoke.

Tired of seeing good smoke.

[Waz] What's up, buddy?

[Steven] What's up, brother?

Uh, bit of sad news.

Gary is gone.

No way.

[Waz] Yeah.

So, whoever goes home

has Gary as a food and drinking buddy.

He just tapped.

[gasps] Excuse me?

[Waz] Yeah. Gary tapped.

His body literally shut down.

Did not see that coming.

Like, he had a couple of hours left

and I'm sure they would've rushed him outta here

-in an ambulance, so... -God.

-[Waz] He, uh... -That hurts me for him, man.

He put his heart and soul into this...

-[Waz] Yeah. -as we all have.

-[Waz] Yeah. -[Jeff] Okay.

And then, there were four.

The final four.

Talk about another curveball.

[Jeff] Yeah, man, right?

Wow.

[tense dramatic music playing]

[sighs]

[Dan] Harnessing my energy.

The calories it takes to restart every time

is, uh, tough.

Ah, I can do it.

My combination's working well.

I know that.

Putting light pressure on.

I'm on the right track.

I'm on the right track.

[Dan] It's a little tiny ember.

[Dan speaking]

Oh, my God. Oh, my [bleep] God!

Oh, my God!

I... It's sorted. It's sorted.

It's done it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

I can't believe I [bleep] did it.

Oh, my God.

The ember was like microscopic I put on there.

It was like a last-ditch effort.

[breathing heavily]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. I did it.

It's incredible.

There's so many people that are so proud of me right now.

This is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

[bleep] 42 days.

Oh, my eyebrows are gone. It's not worth it.

I couldn't have imagined

where I'd be after that fan challenge.

I never thought it would bring me to this point.

To be worthy of being the last one standing,

ah, God.

I can't even describe the feeling I'm feeling now.

Now it boiled.

[laugh] That's it.

[cries]

[dramatic music playing]

Dan?

What is this?

Where did he go?

[bleep] yes,

he's getting a scroll.

Yeah. Dan's finished.

Oh, my God.

I'm in complete disbelief.

I didn't think I could do it.

My odds just became one in three to win this thing.

It's insane.

[bleep] yes.

[bleep] yes.

-Yeah. -I hurt myself.

Oh, who cares?

Toughest competition at this stage appears to be Dan.

He seems to do quite well

in all of those challenges and eliminations.

I think him and I were sort of seen as the underdogs

from the start being the sort of rookies.

But we seem to be the ones, uh, performing, you know,

towards the top of each challenge.

I don't wanna put a damper on the parade,

but Gary's gone.

-He tapped. -He tapped?

He tapped about 20 minutes ago.

[Dan] And now, it's on to Steven and Jeff.

Obviously, I want Steven to win.

[Steven] Dan, did you get it?

-I got it. -[Steven] Yeah!

Dan, I'm so proud of you, man.

[Jeff] Oh, no way.

Congratulations.

-Thank you, man. -Yup.

[Waz speaking]

[Jeff] This news changes everything.

The only ones left are me and Steven

and it's clear that Waz and Dan want Steven next.

-Yeah. -You got this.

-Yeah. -You got it.

Even when you get the smoke,

just keep going, keep going.

[Steven] Yeah. I'll get it there.

[Waz] I need you in this, man.

-I know. You'll be in it. -[Waz] I'm doing this.

[wood screeching]

It's kinda crazy, the fact that Steven and I

are so close,

we can hear each other's bow drills going.

And one of us is going home tonight

and that's hard

because Steven was probably my best friend coming in here.

But I have to beat him

if I wanna be the last one standing.

I think now what I'm gonna do is

change spindles.

If I don't change anything up,

I'll probably get the same results.

[Steven] All right. New fireboard.

The hardest wood I've found yet.

Super dry.

This is my ticket to the scroll right here.

Oh, yeah. That's more like it.

Now, what I'm scared of is there's a big crack

right down the center of this one.

Could I hold it together with some of my cordage?

Who knows? Maybe it'll help me.

Maybe it'll add a little friction.

[Steven] Trial and error.

Part of survival.

Giving this thing everything I have.

I either leave here the winner

or I leave as one of the 11 losers.

I don't sugarcoat [bleep].

I've never received a participation trophy

in my life and I don't ever wanna receive one.

I'm here to win.

That's what I'm gonna do.

All right.

I'm getting somewhere.

Making smoke.

I think I have a coal.

I think I have a coal.

Dear Father in heaven, please bless me,

please bless me now.

[wood screeching]

[intense music playing]

[Jeff] I got a coal.

My coal went out.

Okay.

That was proof that I can do this.

That was proof.

I think my bird's nest was too thick

and it didn't allow enough air flow through.

So, I'm setting this thick stuff to the side

and I'm gonna use more of this fine hairs,

fine material in here for the next one.

I swear to God I'm gonna fight until the sun goes down

or until my heart stops.

[sighs]

[dramatic music playing]

[wood screeching]

[bleep].

[exhales deeply]

It's exhausting.

Don't know what to do.

Running out of wood,

trying to make another spindle.

You know, you're mentally and physically exhausted

when whittling a spindle,

makes you feel like you're gonna pass out

every now and then.

[exhales]

Softer wood, higher fireboard.

You know, I got a few hours left,

so I'm pushing as hard as I can.

I can't physically push any harder

than I'm pushing right now.

I've tried nine fireboards,

eight different woods for spindles.

[Steven speaking]

[sighs] Man.

[tribal percussion music playing]

Hey, buddy.

What are you working on?

[Waz] I'm making a backpack.

Preparing for war basically, you know?

Getting ready for whatever battles lie ahead

and getting myself in the position

where I can be as unbeatable as possible.

Since Gary is gone,

do you have any extra pieces of small hide

so I can make a backpack out of it too?

[Waz] You can take that side.

[Dan] Finishing earlier

and being able to do this is a huge advantage.

Extraction's tomorrow.

It's gonna be tough. It's a three-day extraction.

[Waz] So, I'm gonna trim the top, but that's not bad.

-There was a... -It's great.

God, they're past the point of wearing out over there,

both of them.

[Waz] Yeah.

[Dan] Jeff got a pretty good cherry,

got it in the bird's nest,

saw a flame, and then went out.

So, that's not a very good sign at all.

[Waz] Yeah.

[soft upbeat music playing]

[Jeff] [bleep] No coal.

This is the most exhausting thing

I've ever done in my life

and that's coming from the first person

to ever do two sixty-day challenges.

[grunting]

Don't leave here with any energy.

You're leaving here dead or you're not leaving here.

I won't give up.

Never quit.

I haven't heard any squeaks

coming from Steven over there

in quite a while.

I wonder if...

I wonder if he's exhausted too.

I'm sure he is.

[birds chirping]

[Steven] I'm so tired.

So, so tired.

I don't think I've ever been more physically

and mentally exhausted

and I've done 251 days of this.

It says something.

It's crazy.

You know, if this is my last stand,

kind of just like to soak it out for good

for about half an hour.

You know, I've been going...

10 hours a day for three days on this.

[sniffles]

I gave everything...

and if I left this challenge now,

I would... I would totally leave with my head held high.

I gave everything.

[Dan] What's happening, buddy?

Well, couldn't quite get the job done.

I love you so much, man.

I love you too.

I'm so, so proud of you guys.

You guys have absolutely no idea how proud I am of you.

No idea.

-I love you so much. -I love you too, brother.

You know that you guys are my brothers.

It's already been like tears of sadness right now.

It's tears of joy and happiness

for Dan and Waz

'cause they earned it, man.

They absolutely earned it.

[Waz] You know, I've just said my goodbyes to Steven.

It really is probably one of the hardest things

that I've had to do on any one of those challenges

is say goodbye to a brother like that.

There's no joy to be found in that.

None at all.

[Jeff] Did you finish?

No.

I gave my last hurrah.

-Did you? -Yeah.

I just wanted to...

Oh, I don't wanna...

[Jeff panting]

I just wanted to...

-Can I give you a hug? -[Jeff] Yeah.

-I love you, man. -I love you too.

I've cried more today than I have in the past 10 years,

it's combined.

These three days were the hardest mentally

and physically I've ever been.

Me too.

And I know you understand everything.

Yeah, I do. I do.

Forgiving each other

is probably the biggest challenge

and the best thing that I've overcome

on this entire journey so far.

And I am super thankful for that.

We are the two OGs here, you know?

-Yeah. -Among the most days ever...

-Yeah. -in Naked and Afraid history

-right here. -Yeah.

I still love him.

I always will,

you know, he's my brother.

All right. I love you, buddy.

I love you too.

You keep going at it, okay?

I will, man.

I will.

Been a better part of the decade

I've been doing these

and this might be the end

of this chapter in my book here.

It's been a big journey for me.

Twenty-one days of backwoods of Alabama.

[bleep].

One of the most venomous snakes in America.

To the savannahs of Africa.

[women] Oh, my God.

[Steven] Two weeks in the tundras of Alaska.

[woman] Your crotch is in the snow.

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

[Steven] Fourteen days on a deserted island in Bahamas.

We got a little bit in here, guys.

Kind of a big deal. I keep telling you, guys.

Sixty days wrestling alligators in the swamps.

-You did it, bro. -Okay.

[Stevens] Sixty days in the Amazon rainforest in Peru.

And now, forty-two days in Oribi Gorge.

It is 251 days

of Naked and Afraid.

That's one hell of a resume

and no matter what,

I'll always be the king.

Love you, boys.

Whoo!

[tense music playing]

The sun is getting lower in the sky,

but I'm not gonna stop.

Come on, body.

Don't give up on me.

There's very few of us in Naked and Afraid history

that are never tappers.

We never tapped, ever.

Steven's one of those.

He just tapped.

Two hundred and fifty-one days

on Naked and Afraid for Steven

and he just tapped.

I don't get it.

Never [bleep] quit.

Come on.

Come on.

Yeah, you like that smoke?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You like that?

[bleep].

No coal?

[grunts]

I'm not quitting.

I'm gonna win.

I hear the thunder rolling in.

I don't have much time.

I'm so close.

Look at this.

So close.

This one.

I burned so far through the board

that it burned right through it.

I've never seen a fireboard like this in my life

without fires being started

from every single one of these.

The one I got a coal from,

part of the wall caved in.

Maybe it's the wall that caved in that helped me.

Maybe it spit out more ash.

Maybe I'll widen my V.

I'm weaker,

temperature's cooler.

The wind is up

and there's a storm coming in.

But I've seen bigger comebacks than this.

I've seen miracles

and I believe in miracles.

[Dan] Still, like, on this adrenaline high.

Dude, that ember was microscopic.

It was a Hail Mary I threw it in there.

I'm in complete disbelief.

This one was in the shots you're gonna take.

Unless the weak source is leaving, going home.

Something that should've happened weeks ago.

[Dan] Well, right.

It's not over yet.

[Waz] Should we go see him?

[Dan] Yeah.

[Waz] We should go up and tell him

he's got five minutes left.

[Dan] Sabotage.

[Waz] Any opportunity I'd get,

I plant little seeds

of doubt in his head, which might help us.

If he's not able to think clearly

about what he's doing today

and puts him on tilt a little bit,

then there's a chance that he doesn't perform

as well and maybe goes home.

Hey, buddy.

How you doing?

[Jeff] Hey, man. I'm still fighting.

[Dan] Still fighting?

[Jeff] I'm still fighting.

[Dan] Rains are coming.

[Jeff] Yeah, I know. I...

I've been hearing that damn thunder.

[Waz] Looks like a big storm's about to roll in.

[Jeff] Yeah.

Yeah, thanks for the warning.

How you guys doing?

[Dan] Doing all right.

[Jeff grunts]

[Waz] Looks like that fireboard's

got some good burns in it.

[Dan] Yeah. You got some good burns.

[Jeff] Yeah, I do.

Burned through this damn board, man.

Yup.

Gotta be tired.

[Jeff] I'm exhausted.

[Dan] It's gotta be tough,

especially getting that ember before.

[Jeff] Yeah, it's tough, man.

But I'm gonna fight until the last second,

whenever that is.

[Dan] Oh, well, we don't wanna distract you too long, man.

You got minutes left on the clock, so...

[Jeff] That's right.

Thank you guys for checking in.

Make the most of them.

[Jeff] Yeah. Thank you.

[Waz] Do it to it.

[dramatic music playing]

[Dan] Technique can use work,

but I think he's close.

So, here's...

Here it is, Dan.

I could fix that.

I could fix his technique

and he could have a fire in five minutes.

-Right. I was thinking... -Right now.

Waz, I was thinking the same exact thing.

What I saw on that fireboard, three tips.

I could give him three tips and he would have

-a fire in five minutes. -Yup.

But he don't wanna [bleep] share.

He doesn't wanna play community.

-No. -He doesn't wanna...

That fireboard was right.

Like, oh, the material.

That [indistinct] from afar.

He doesn't know what to do.

The cut, the lock in the hand,

and the long slow strokes.

That's all he needed.

If he was part of this

that we wanted him to be part of...

-He would have it. -he would have fire

-right now. -Yup. He'd be done.

Well 'cause he didn't wanna share a hide

with Sarah for a few nights.

Never give in.

Never give in.

[Jeff] The daylight's dropping.

Sun's going down soon

and I have minutes left

to get this fire started.

You're still alive.

You can still fight.

You're still alive.

You can still fight.

Oh, my back.

Started to spasm.

[groaning]

God.

Oh, no.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jeff] Okay.

My last stand

once more into the fray.

Live or die on this day,

live or die on this day.

Never quit.

Never quit.

[groaning]

I've just been told

that I've run out of time.

My challenge is over.

I gave this challenge my all.

The sun's down.

I gave this thing everything I had,

and I feel like I did it the right way.

Never called anyone names.

I competed... since day one.

And, uh...

the bullies didn't beat me.

They didn't beat me.

Father time beat me.

I'm okay to say that.

I did this challenge on my own

and I'm the only one out here that can say that.

Everyone else relied on each other.

When they got hurt, people helped them.

When they were hungry,

people fed 'em.

And I hold my head high and proud.

If I never put on the satchel again,

I'm proud of my 246 days

Naked and Afraid in the wild.

Boys, it's you too.

[Waz] Is it?

[Jeff] Yeah.

It's you two.

[Dan] Man, points for...

Points for tenacity.

Thank you, sir.

Like you've got... You literally have

an extraction vehicle turned up with headlights on.

That's how hard you've pushed, sir.

[Dan] That was a lot of work today.

-[Jeff] Thank you, guys. -I'll give...

I'll give you a hundred percent

of points for that.

-Thank you guys. -Man, you...

Like, that's more guts than I've seen out of...

out of anyone in a long time, so.

Thank you.

I want you to know I hold no ill feelings

towards anyone here.

-I'm gonna show you something. -All the little, you know...

-Thanks for saying that. -headbutts we had.

-Yep. -I truly mean it.

This was a competition.

-There were emotions involved. -Yeah.

I respect you guys

more than I can say right now

-in the brief time we have. -Yup.

You both deserve to be here 100%.

And the fact that one of you is gonna walk out of here

the last one standing, that makes my heart happy.

Appreciate the words and the sentiments.

-I really do. -Yeah.

-All right, buddy. -Me as well.

All right. Good luck, boys.

See you, buddy.

Yeah. Go get it.

Now, I know they don't like me,

but I have nothing against Dan and Waz.

I haven't taken anything they've done to me personally.

They're strong.

They're among the toughest men I know.

And they deserve to be here.

They deserve to fight this out.

And whoever it is, they've earned it.

They deserve it.

Because what we just went through

is the hardest Naked and Afraid challenge

in history.

Farewell, boys.

Give them hell.

[Dan] See you, Jeff.

[Jeff] I may not be the last one standing,

but I'm leaving here

with my full integrity intact.

And I'm happy with the man that I am.

And to me, that's victory.

And that is what I live for.

[Waz] It's probably the biggest names

in Naked and Afraid.

-[Dan] Gone. -[Waz] Gone in one day.

[Dan] It's just crazy.

You and I in the Amazon. You and I here.

Dude, we did 50 days together in the Amazon.

[Dan] Fifty days together, man.

[Waz] And now just us two doing extraction.

[dramatic music playing]

[Dan] Morning of day 43.

Yesterday was probably the most insane day

in Naked and Afraid history.

Saw Steven go home,

Jeff, Gary Golding,

three huge names.

But here Waz and I are

on the morning of day 43.

They called us the rookies.

They called us the underdogs.

Yet we've proven ourselves

-time and time again, buddy. -Here we are, bud.

-Here we are. -Here we are.

-Top two. -Call me what you want.

It's not gonna determine the outcome.

Nope.

I thought it was gonna be three people

on this extraction,

but turns out it's just gonna be me and Dan.

We spent 50 days together in the Amazon.

Is that a shelter?

Is that a person?

[laughs]

-What? -[Dan] People!

[Waz] There's a bond from something like that

that never breaks.

[Dan] Help, help, help, help,

help, help, help, Help.

I know what he's gonna do before he does it.

So, having that inside knowledge of how he works

and how his brain works definitely helps me.

Look at that thing.

Dan, do you even know

how much fat we're gonna be eating today?

Oh, my God.

-Oh! -Good job, buddy.

He's definitely the strongest competition now.

That's not to say that I don't have it in me to beat him.

I'm confident that I will.

Doesn't matter how close we are.

This is a competition.

Obviously, we're not getting our fire starters back.

We've got a three-day journey.

Yup.

We've been here for 11 days,

which has allowed us to just maintain the same fire.

We might have to do permanent fire again.

-We may have to. -May have to.

I'm planning on bringing a coal though.

My best bet is to carry a coal with me

to start a fire tonight.

So I'm not skimping on the fire material here

that I'm carrying with me

and I'm bringing a leather pot

covered in hide to carry an ember in.

I wanna be prepared for every situation,

especially when I don't know what I'm walking into.

Might seem a little excessive to cover my pot in leather,

but if I have to bear hug my pot of coals

to get over an obstacle,

that's a decided advantage that I have right there.

[Waz] So, we're on primitive fire starting

for the rest of the time we're out here.

Anyone can get a fire starter off an ember

if you still have it.

All right, buddy, let's do this.

-You wanna read these maps? -[Dan] I'm good.

[Waz] Hey, Dan, before we do this,

wanna wish you the best of luck.

Same to you, man.

Let's look what we got.

[Dan] Congratulations.

Today marks the beginning

of your three-day extraction journey.

In the end, only one of you will triumph

to become the last one standing

and claim the $100,000 prize.

This trek will test your endurance

and your survival skills.

In the days ahead, you will climb over

a thousand feet to reach the crown

of the gorge where one of you

will signal a helicopter for extraction.

Nice.

[narrator] Entering the final zone,

Zone Six,

Dan and Waz begin an unprecedented

three-day extraction,

a 15-mile trek

ascending the rugged slope of the Oribi Gorge.

Along their journey,

they will need to find and secure shelter

each night in the days to come.

Their endurance, tracking,

and critical thinking skills

will be put to the test

along with their skills with the bow

and their ability to generate and secure fire.

These skills will prove critical in their quest

to become the last one standing.

[Waz] Water will be scarce on your journey.

So, you'll each need to carry a full pot.

You'll also need at least a blade, a bow,

and a live coal to start fire.

Without these essentials, you cannot succeed.

Ooh.

[Dan] A thousand feet is a long ways.

-Yeah, it is. -[Dan] Okay.

Today is the first day of extraction,

the three-day extraction.

Never done a three-day extraction before.

It's gonna be brutal.

Looks like we've got a couple of hundred feet elevation

to get to where we're going.

We've got a bit of a hike, man.

It's gonna be a trek clearly to get up.

I don't... I don't know where any clean path is

to get over the edge of this thing,

but could be some work.

[Waz] Ooh.

All right. And it begins.

[dramatic music playing]

[Dan sighs]

Holy [bleep].

We are so beat down mentally,

physically, so tired

and, uh... it's really scary.

You know, I'm gonna have to carry water

and fire for three days.

I haven't had to do that on a challenge.

These elevation changes are real, aren't they?

They are.

We're gonna go up a thousand feet.

Just up here, should go to the right.

Look at the elevation. We've already...

[Dan] It's a lot already.

[Waz] Already come up from that river.

Your coal's doing okay, Dan?

[Dan] I figured the coal, a little oxygen.

[Waz] Yeah, it's tough in these closed pots

keeping it alive.

But see what we got.

Uh-oh.

Mine went out.

I suffocated it.

I feel like I got smoke coming from somewhere

and I just can't find where it is.

[Dan] How is that possible?

Did we suffocate all of them?

You know, having that lid on there,

not enough oxygen's got in it

and have all gone out.

So, we're in a bit of a quandary right now.

Primitive fire is extremely difficult

and I don't know if I have that kind of calorie surplus

inside of me to do this.

I am doubting myself.

I don't know if I can do this.

[Waz] Oh, you son of a bitch.

[tiger growls]

[Dan] Uh-oh, mine went out.

[Waz] That is [bleep].

[Dan] My embers went out

and I should have checked on it more often,

made sure those embers were still going.

I kind of smothered out the oxygen in the air

inside of that pot.

Am I gonna have to run back and get one?

Well, I think going back's not the right option.

[Dan] I think it is.

Are you gonna try friction fire right here?

You know, it's moist as hell.

You're not gonna get that. That's gonna be a lot quicker

and a lot less effort than trying on friction fire.

We can leave our stuff here.

I'm not trying to doubt you,

-but... -[Waz] Yeah. Yeah.

What if you go back, get a coal,

and doesn't make it again?

It'll make it.

This one... This one didn't make it.

[Dan] It was suffocated.

I guarantee it'll make it.

If I don't, close it.

Guaranteed 136%.

Just leave it open?

Yeah.

[Waz] Yeah. As far as the primitive fire stuff goes,

after a conversation with Dan,

I do realize that the smartest option,

the most strategic option

is just double time it back down the hill

and see if our fire's still going.

[Dan] Ready?

[Waz] Yup.

[birds chirping]

[Dan] I wasn't trying to doubt

your primitive fire skills man, but...

[Waz] I know. I know you weren't.

[Dan] I can't believe that went out so quick.

[Waz] Yeah. I'm super surprised as well.

Took me a day and a half

to work out the primitive fire stuff,

so I hope our fire's still going

so we can just start those coals over.

This could be viewed as a setback,

but we just got to get it done.

[Dan] Oh my [bleep] God.

[Waz] Our fire's still going.

[Dan] Good.

This thing here is a godsend because otherwise,

we'd do a primitive fire starter.

This is our last resort.

I think I got an ember.

Leave that fire just in case.

Everything is moist, nothing's catching on fire.

No, I'm glad I had the leather popped, absolutely.

We've wasted a lot of energy having to go back.

We've got a huge extraction.

This could be viewed as a setback,

but at the end of the day, we had to do it.

[Dan] Not too much longer.

[Waz] Yeah, it's right up here.

If those coals don't make it,

I'm back to primitive fire starting,

which would be terrible.

[Dan] Ready?

Got to be about halfway.

-[Waz] Yeah? -[Dan] I think so.

It's tough keeping it alive,

but when you're failing that,

we're primitive fire starting for the rest of the day.

[Waz] Yeah.

[birds chirping]

[suspense music playing]

[Waz] You good?

[Dan] Yeah.

[Waz] Backpack strap broke.

I'm gonna put my stuff down up here.

[Dan] Hold on.

[Waz] Take your time.

Dan's got pretty much 0% body fat right now.

You know, just the fact that we haven't eaten

for seven or eight days,

I don't know how his body's gonna react

to that over a... over a three-day extraction.

I think I'll have a little bit more endurance than him

because I've got a little bit more calorie storage.

I've still got some fat to go.

He's got no fat on him at all.

I've just got so much more in my tank

than I think he's got.

-You good? -I'm good.

[Waz] All right, buddy.

Look at this big, open space, Dan.

[Dan] Yeah. I wonder if there's a cave.

It's getting late and we need to find a spot

to set up camp for the night.

All right. Well, let's go up this ridgeline.

[Waz] Okay.

I wanna turn these coals into fire

-pretty quick as well. -[Dan] Yup.

Let's see what we have here.

It's dry, it's flat.

We're obviously both gonna be laying on this rock,

probably head to head,

fire right here then.

It's not an easy hike.

It's very steep

and we're pretty exhausted.

So, as far as camping tonight,

one fire does make sense

so we can conserve the most amount of calories

for whatever we have to do tomorrow.

[Dan] It's a strong fire.

I don't think that's going out any time soon.

[tense music playing]

[birds chirping]

It's the second day of extraction.

Right now, there's just a fog in the air.

Today's gonna be a pretty big day.

[Dan] There's a lot of pressure today, you know.

It's the day before extraction

and I wanna win.

A lot of pressure there.

I could be crowned the top survivalist

in the world's toughest survival challenge,

Naked and Afraid.

To be able to hold that title,

especially in my community as a gay man,

it would mean so much to so many people.

It would inspire so many people.

Representation matters in these kind of situations.

It's something that the world needs to see.

Loading up the coals?

Yeah, loading up the coals.

[Dan] Okay.

This coal is gonna be crucial moving forward.

You ready?

Okay.

[Waz] All right. Let's do this.

[tense music playing]

[Waz] Let's see what we have here.

[Dan] Navigate West to find the tambuti trees.

Search above you to find a critical survival resource.

Without this cache, you'll be unable

to complete the journey. [bleep].

[narrator] Day two of their three-day extraction,

Dan and Waz will continue to test

their endurance and navigation

with a five-mile hike

climbing over 600 feet in elevation.

On the way, they'll also need to utilize

their plant knowledge and ingenuity

in order to locate a critical hidden cache.

[Waz] Let's see if we can get there.

[Dan] Oh, it's been a long journey already.

[Waz] According to my map,

it's right around here somewhere.

We should see the tambuti trees,

so keep an eye out for them.

Pretty interesting bark.

Almost like a elephant skin.

Yeah. There's two pretty big ones over here.

Let's go take a look at these.

These are tambuti trees.

Couple more down there.

Just a couple more up here.

[narrator] The survivalists are on a hunt for a cache

hidden near this cluster of tambuti trees.

Without this cache,

they will be unable to continue the challenge.

It's pretty dense out here.

There's not one specific tree we're able to pinpoint

that looks like the one on this map.

[dramatic music playing]

[Waz] All right. I got it.

Yeah. I'm looking at some arrows up the tree,

which I'm gonna need.

I just gotta get them down.

So, I'm gonna see... how.

I might go back and get my machete real quick

'cause that's gonna help me here.

-Got it? -[Waz] Yeah.

I just gotta get my machete, so I can cut the string.

I haven't found the second one.

[Waz] You on?

Looks a quiver with some arrows way up there.

[Waz] I'm not an amazing climber,

so this is gonna be tough for me.

I probably should have picked that other one

'cause I could have done what Dan's doing now,

but I don't know if I can do this.

What are the other options?

Careful, Dan.

Out of everyone that was here,

Dan's definitely the strongest competition.

I'm no spring chicken anymore.

I'm 41. You know, I got... I've still got a lot in me.

I got a lot of push, a lot of motivation,

but, you know, I'm up against someone who's younger.

He has a slight advantage.

He's good at climbing,

but my center of gravity is really high.

I don't move across this ground

ever nearly as quick as him,

so it's not exactly a fair match,

but I can make up that time in other places.

Got a quiver.

All right.

There's a string holding it up.

I'm thinking about I cut the string.

I thought about I can get a long stick

and maybe see about tying a machete or a knife

to the end of it.

[sighs] Got it.

Looks like we're gonna be doing something with the bow.

It's a lot of work to get up there.

I was nervous about this one.

Having this is critical to getting out here on day 45.

The fact that I was able to just pop up there

and get it so quickly makes me feel pretty damn good.

All right. The sharpest thing I've got is a broad head.

If I have to climb the tree a little bit, I'll do that, too,

but as long as this reaches.

Once you've secured the cache,

continue west until you reach the spring-fed ravine.

This is the last source of water you will find

during this challenge.

Here, you'll make the camp for the night.

All right. Just coming to pop forward and look for a site.

Dan, I should have kept looking and got yours.

[Dan] Huh.

'Cause I think you would've been able to climb this,

you know. This is a little bit out of my skillset, you know,

but I'll make this work.

There's more than one way

-to get a cache out of a tree. -[Dan] There you go.

[Waz] Congrats, by the way, buddy. That's good work.

[Dan] Thank you.

Maybe I'll continue to check on my pot,

continue west.

You're leaving without me?

-[Dan] I can wait for you. -No, no.

You do your thing.

I'm not trying to stick to Waz since Waz isn't trying

to stick like glue to me,

but we're just doing what makes sense at this point.

You know, we've played the game of cooperation

and sharing along the way so far,

but now it's time to compete.

I think the fact that I'm a... I'm a little lighter.

I'm a little nimbler, climb better,

that's a decided advantage.

But Waz has got

brute strength, great endurance.

He's a smart guy as well.

Might not be able to get up there as easy as me,

but he's creative.

[Waz] One of my issues is the string is not still.

I might be able to go a little bit higher.

I'm not concerned about separation from Dan.

I'm not really surprised either though,

to be honest with you.

I help him find it. He runs off on me.

Whatever.

It doesn't matter to me.

It's all about strategy.

[bleep].

We're not holding hands. We're not walking together.

It's gonna be head-to-head. We're gonna fight it out.

It's a tall order,

but I'm definitely gonna get this one done.

[Waz speaking]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Waz] One of my issues is the string is not still.

I might be able to go a little bit higher.

Oh, yeah, baby.

Forty-one years old,

I probably shouldn't be climbing trees.

I had to climb a little ways up,

but I saved myself from going too far.

Sometimes you got to think your way out

of your own problems. There's more than one way

to skin a cat.

There's more than one way

to get arrows out of trees.

I'm definitely proud of myself

for having made it this far

through the... through the competition.

I think if you hit anything with as much mental

determination as I... as I came into this,

you'll succeed.

And I came here to do a job.

I promised my missus I was gonna get that job done

and I intend to keep that promise.

I think I found it.

[Waz] There he is.

What's up, buddy?

There's a nice corkwood tree down there.

I'm just gonna set my stuff down here

and look around.

[Dan] There's a little spring right there, Waz.

[Waz] How nice.

This spot up here is manageable.

Oh, I can do that. It's fine.

-We'll make it work. -Yeah.

[tense music playing]

[Waz] I can't believe we did it, bro.

Forty-five days.

[Dan] I know...

Sometimes, people underestimate me.

I think people underestimate me in...

primitive survival situations in general because...

Maybe because of my sexuality.

I'm a little younger.

People underestimate me 'cause I ask a lot of questions,

but I'm always out here to learn.

I'm out here to always be a student, never be an expert.

And it's gotten me here to this point,

one night away from being the last one standing.

[laughs]

[Waz] I've never underestimated you, Dan.

[Dan] Thank you.

[Waz] I overestimated you a couple times.

[laughter]

[Dan] You [bleep].

[tense music playing]

-[Dan] Today's the day, 45. -[Waz] Yeah, buddy, 45.

We're getting out of here one way or another.

-[Waz] Yup. -Someone's walking away

with a hundred grand.

-Mmm-hmm. -Someone's walking away

with the title of Last One Standing.

Yup.

Crossing my fingers.

Glad to be here with you though, buddy.

Cross your fingers with the one hand

and piss in the other one and see which one works.

[Dan] A lot of these competition's challenges

have come down to speed.

If it's some sort of foot race to get to the top

of this thing, I got Waz in a race.

No doubt. I'm quicker.

I think I'm younger, more nimble.

If it... If racing and speed is involved,

I'm gonna give it my all. I came here to win.

There might be a bit of smack talk coming.

A little bit.

[Waz] We have absolutely no idea

what this challenge is gonna be.

There's no way to guess it.

Every single survival challenge we've done so far

has been leading into the next phase.

So if it is a bow and arrow competition,

I set up a target practice at the last location,

with targets and I was just training those targets

exactly where I was looking for that arrow to go.

I was training them yesterday, so, you know, we...

We've been pretty equal in the past, but I think now,

I think I've just got this.

[narrator] Day 45,

the final day of the competition,

the two remaining survivalists

begin their final ascent.

A steep 800-foot climb to the top of the Oribi Gorge.

Before they reach the summit,

Dan and Waz will need to complete

a critical skill challenge that will test

their precision and accuracy with a primitive bow.

[Dan] It would be the area. This is a clearing.

[Waz] Yeah. It looks nice and open.

-[Dan] Yeah. -Let's follow this down

then, see where it leads us.

-[Dan] Oh. I see the... -[Waz] Woo.

[Dan] I see the map.

-All right. -[Waz] It is game day.

High in the branches above you

hang two final extraction maps.

From this mark, use your bow and arrow

to strike the bag and release a map.

Okay.

-Ooh. -Oh, I see them.

[narrator] Primitive bow hunting skills have proven

to be an invaluable asset

on previous Naked and Afraid challenges.

[woman] You've got it.

Woo.

Good work, dude.

Yeah, baby.

Ugh.

[man] Good job, Wes.

We're eating klipspringer, cuz.

[narrator] To successfully complete the bow challenge

and collect the final map,

each competitor must shoot down one of the bags balanced

on the tree limb above

approximately 30 feet away.

[Waz] We're gonna hit that bag.

Yeah. Without this map,

you'll be unable to complete the journey.

All right.

[tense music playing]

[Waz] Come on, man.

I'm standing next to someone I'm competing for $100,000

and the title Last One Standing,

so the heart's racing.

The adrenaline's pumping through the veins.

Pressure has increased...

[intense music playing]

I wanna see that one tiny fiber

right in the center of the bag

that I'm aiming for.

It didn't even budge.

-It didn't even... -[Waz] Yeah, I saw that.

start to move over the edge.

I shot it right in the middle.

[tense music playing]

[Waz] Oh, I skimmed it again.

It did not budge at all, did it?

[Dan] I hit it twice.

[Waz] I seem to be a little bit off.

I'm making adjustments every shot,

but Dan's getting a couple

of shots, so I'm getting a little bit nervous

and maybe that's making me... making me miss some more.

Oh.

One, two.

-Oh. -All right. Gotcha. Gotcha.

Good job, buddy.

[Dan] I'm so excited to get this map and go.

It's just an adrenaline-filled moment.

What I need right now is an edge.

And now I have that.

I wanted to go out of this first archery competition

with a head start 'cause I know Dan can move

a little bit faster than me

and I'm already at a disadvantage

and now I'm gonna be at more of a disadvantage

if I can't knock this bag out of the tree.

Jesus.

Take my time.

"You now begin the final leg of your journey.

Navigate east and upward

to complete the thousand foot climb to the top of the gorge.

Once there, you'll signal for extraction."

All right.

[narrator] After completing the archery challenge,

the survivalist must finish the grueling climb

to the summit.

Along the way,

there is a single hidden cache

containing dry tender,

a potential advantage for the one who finds it.

Once they reach the top,

they'll need to light three fires, equally spaced,

indicating the international sign of distress.

When the flames reach at least two feet high,

it will signal for rescue by helicopter.

The first to achieve this will claim $100,000,

a PSR of 10.0, and the title of Last One Standing.

[bleep].

I don't know why every one of 'em's gone over.

I'm adjusting down every time.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Waz] Oh, you son of a bitch.

It's frustrating hitting the bag and it doesn't come down.

I've got some through and throughs on that thing.

I've got an arrow sticking out of it

and it's still not coming down,

but I just gotta keep pushing.

I've got a few of my arrows to go,

so I'll make it happen.

That would've hit the bag as well.

This is ridiculous.

[exhales sharply]

All right.

I'm worried being behind.

Dan and I have the same endurance level,

but he's a lot quicker over the terrain.

He's a lighter weight.

He's more agile than I am.

Looks like we've got some steep elevation

stuff happening here.

We have to go to the top of the hill

and start three fires.

Getting anxious.

I just have to stay

in touch with Dan up this hill.

If he puts any more time on me,

then I'm gonna struggle and I'm gonna struggle

to get him beat.

[Dan] Feeling full of energy.

I'm feeling motivated on top

of my mental game.

I'm ready to put this one in the bag.

[Waz] See a little bit of smoke.

Just out of my view.

This is not good.

[Dan] All this rain did not help.

No.

[Waz] This is the turning point

for this entire competition.

This is gonna separate the men from the boys.

[narrator] For this competition, the PSR,

or Primitive Survival Rating,

weighs an individual's survival skill

and items collected to determine

the likelihood of becoming the last one standing.

We're about to get our asses kicked.

No.

Jeez.

[narrator] The grueling primitive fire challenge

pushed the five elite survivalists

to their breaking point.

[cries] Everything's prepared.

Just need a coal.

[narrator] Throughout the last one standing challenge,

Gary proved his mettle.

[woman] Oh, my God.

[narrator] But creating primitive fire

proved too much.

My stomach got a cramp in it.

[narrator] Dropping his PSR from 9.1 to 9.0.

[Steven] Tried nine fire boards,

eight different woods for spindles.

[narrator] Steven, for the first time,

could not finish a challenge.

I gave it everything.

[narrator] His tap-out drops his PSR from 9.5 to 9.3.

[Jeff] Come on.

[narrator] Jeff pushed himself,

but was unable to secure fire by sunset

on the third day of the fire challenge.

[Jeff] Never give in,

never give in.

[narrator] And was eliminated,

holding his PSR at 9.3.

For Dan.

Oh, my God.

[narrator] And Waz.

[bleep].

[narrator] Their skill at creating fire

raises both of their PSRs to 9.6

and they will enter the final challenge

with a chance to earn a perfect 10.0.

Woo. All right.

[Waz] This is not good.

[narrator] For additional PSR information,

please visit discovery.com/psr.

[dramatic music playing]

[Waz] If Dan puts any more time on me,

then I'm gonna struggle to get him beat.

I'm gonna push it as hard as I can and see what comes.

[Dan] I have no idea what the next cache is.

It's a little ominous on the map.

It says that getting this cache will aid your quest.

So, I have to find it first.

[Waz breathes heavily]

I keep seeing whiffs of Dan's smoke

motivating me to keep pushing.

I've been out here 45 days

and I'm just running on fumes and adrenaline

at this point.

It's right around here. I know it.

All right. I gotta climb.

I can climb up.

Found something.

At this point, I'm worried that

to find this cache, it'd cost me my lead.

Waz is right on my trail now.

[intense music playing]

Got it.

[Waz] What you get up there bud?

[Dan] Love Waz, but this is the moment

we're going head to head for $100,000.

What'd you get up there?

A little [indistinct]

I know Waz is a fire master.

That is his main big skill.

So, I have to compete with that,

which is pretty intimidating.

I don't know if I can see anything else.

There might just be one.

I'd made the strategic decision,

I'm gonna go straight to the top of that hill.

I don't know if there's any others up there.

I'm just gonna push and I'm just gonna make do with that.

I gotta light these fires.

I'm gonna get that fire started without the cache.

That's not a problem at all.

I don't need that cache to start a fire.

[Dan] Oh, these embers.

Gave me a fire pit.

My pot is getting hot.

The leather that I put around it

to protect myself from the heat

is starting to melt.

[bleep].

I realized that I lost my tinder bundle.

I run back and notice that Waz is right on my trail.

[breathes heavily]

[Waz] He's back ahead of me again.

I think I passed him for a minute or so,

but he pushed past me again.

[breathes sharply]

I'm strong and I'm nimble,

I'm light, and I can move quickly.

So, I know I can beat Waz to this location.

[Waz] My legs are jelly, my legs are burning.

I'm trying to take deep breaths.

Not getting enough oxygen in.

You got one chance at this,

you gotta keep putting one foot in front of the other.

And I'm starting to close that gap.

[breathes heavily]

[tense music playing]

[Dan] Finally, I see the three signal fires

that I have to light.

I have a bunch of tinder in my pocket.

I have fire bundles.

I even have little pieces of pitch wood,

so I'm feeling pretty good.

But Waz is not far behind me.

This is the moment, the test of our skills.

It's going to determine who wins.

[Waz] I'm thinking about strategy

as I'm coming up the hill.

I know I've got three fires to light.

Now, if I just work on one fire at a time,

then when I get to the second fire,

I gotta start from scratch.

So I came up with a strategy.

I'm gonna put a little pile of coals

at the bottom of each one.

There's lots of dead grass up here

so I'm gonna collect that and put that on top of the coals.

And each fire is gonna be sort of starting and starting

to burn as I'm running around

collecting wood.

[intense music playing]

[Waz] I have to dance between the three fires.

And that's okay. I knew it what was gonna happen.

Jesus, this wind.

[Waz speaking]

All right.

Come on.

I'm just focused on what I'm trying to do

right now, which is be the last one standing.

I don't have a second to spare and look over at Waz

and figure out what he's doing.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Dan] I got fire going.

First one.

Thank, God.

[Waz] Mmm-hmm.

[narrator] Blowing through an arrow delivers

a more focused stream of oxygen,

helping the fire to burn hotter and faster.

[exhales sharply]

[Dan] So I'm having a little trouble,

but I get some materials to go back,

look over and Waz is doing good.

[coughing]

[suspenseful music playing]

Getting so close.

All three.

[intense music playing]

[bleep] yes!

[screams]

Yeah!

Come on!

[Dan] You got it?

You got it.

You deserve that, buddy.

Come here. Come here.

Ah.

[bleep].

You did it.

You [bleep] did it, buddy.

[laughs]

[Waz] Yeah!

[Dan] You did that fast.

Yes!

Woo!

Yes!

Woo!

Being the last one standing

and then walking away with that prize money,

it means more to me than the world.

It's an amazing feeling.

Being the first person ever to be able to say

last one standing,

being the first person

ever to get a PSR of 10,

you know, that's bragging rights forever.

You can cry now.

[screams]

[Waz] Did I promise my missus I'd do everything I can?

You did!

Yeah.

Laura, Taylor, and Bailey,

they've been with me the whole time.

They're giving me motivation.

Send me love and support.

[Dan] Huge. This is big.

The attribute, the success in this arena,

a sort of a culmination of everything I've done

on Naked and Afraid.

This is gonna go into the crawdad trap.

Ooh. Looks like we've got a cup

of crawfish in there.

-You got it? -I've got its head.

I've got its head. I've got its head.

-Yeah. -[laughs]

[Waz] I think I'm the same person I was in the Amazon.

I think I'm the same person I was in Montana and Florida.

This is definitely something I'm proud of, the fact that,

you know, I was running that course

and stayed true to myself.

To say there's only one winner,

well, there's one last person standing,

but that doesn't mean there's only one winner

because if someone conducting themselves in a way

that set an example for people

watching at home of how to be good and how to be kind,

and how to help people, and have compassion,

then you can walk home

without the $100,000 and still be a winner.

Woo!

I'm not the last one standing.

I'm not walking away with $100,000 right now,

but I have no disappointment in me in this moment,

which is wild.

This is a culmination of so much work.

It all comes to a head right now

and it's just like it's an intense emotional moment.

I put literally everything I have into this

and I'm proud of what I've accomplished.

I'm proud to be here in the final two

and I'm proud to watch Waz

extract in that helicopter.

Yes.

Oh, this is absolutely amazing.

My mind is blown.

I've been in this gorge for 45 days

and now flying over in a helicopter,

last one standing.

Absolutely, I'm on top of the world right now.

I've been away from my missus,

away from my kids for 45 days

without any contact with them.

And this makes every second worth it

where I just spent the last 45 days surviving

with my friends, with my... with my other competitors.

And I came out on top.

I am the absolute last one standing.

[laughs]

[dramatic music playing]