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Corinne: This is a pretty scary environment.

You never know what's gonna be out there.

Whoa! A shark right there.

Oh, my god.

Narrator: In the world's harshest locations,

six pairs of survivalists

took on the most grueling and intense survival challenge

ever created, and they did it with absolutely nothing.

No food...

This is what starving people are going through.

Narrator: ...No water....

You're dehydrated, your body starts to shut down.

Narrator: ...And no clothes.

I'm trying to keep warm. That's my biggest issue.

Narrator: Now with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage,

new interviews...

Luke: Craziest thing was we did see leopard tracks around us.

We never saw a leopard, but we knew there was a leopard around.

Narrator: ...And unseen video

from each of the extreme 21-day survival challenges,

we take a never before seen look

at the physical and mental traumas they experienced.

Just want to get through the next 12 hours.

Narrator: The extreme lows...

I feel like this is really selfish of me to be out here.

Narrator: ...And the amazing highs...

Bingo.

Nice!

We have fire.

Narrator: ...As the survivalists and their loved ones

reveal a unique perspective

on the everest of survival challenges.

[ grunts ]

this is definitely the hardest thing I've done in my life.

Narrator: This is...

Tom t.: I was really taken by the country.

It was just awesome to see these hills,

to not know exactly where I was gonna end up.

Cambodia really is beautiful.

I absolutely fell in love with nicaragua.

The country is beautiful.

Dominica was very green, very lush.

It was gorgeous.

It really appeared to be paradise.

All right, this is it. Time to get naked.

Could you turn around?

I wish I could say having to strip down for the first time

was like ripping a band-aid off, but it wasn't.

You wanted to just get naked and start your adventure already.

All right. Let's do it.

It was a little weird just to kind of have nothing in between

you and another person.

You feel really exposed, really vulnerable.

Tom t.: In the moment when you're told,

"okay, it's time to take off your clothes,"

it becomes a big deal really quickly.

Hey, I'm tom. Hey, how are you?

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

I was hoping for a young, good-looking guy.

Yeah, this is way awkward.

I don't know what I was expecting.

Once my clothes were off, it was really liberating.

And I kind of just combined the best of both worlds.

It was a naked chick walking up, and I'm in the woods.

You know, it's like one of my dreams.

I'm justin. Hi, justin.

You want a hug? Yeah.

He walked around the corner,

and the first thing out of his mouth is...

I have to introduce you.

That's elroy.

[ laughs ]

I don't really have names for mine.

We could name them now. I'm in so much trouble.

You want to name them? No.

His mama did good.

That's too awkward.

She did. He was a polite boy.

Are you sure? I'm good.

You can name them if you want.

No, that's okay. I'll think of a name. I'm good at names.

[ laughing ] we'll come up with names later.

You got to give me a couple days with you.

Narrator: When the survivalists first begin their adventures,

a sort of honeymoon period exists.

Day 1 was great, to be honest.

Whoo!

I dare ya.

To jump in.

"naked and afraid" is...

...The best camping trip ever.

[ chuckling ] awesome.

Shellfish.

I'm just way pumped.

Like, everything just looks like

exactly how you see it in the movies.

Like, I was just like, "oh, this is easy."

went by the farmers market, hit the pharmacy.

Now we're going to the well.

All in a day's work. Yeah.

21 days. Piece of cake.

No problem. No problem.

Narrator: But as the days go by, the hard, cold reality

of surviving for three weeks in the wild settles in.

We did not sleep in the shelter. I didn't.

I just slept on those logs because the shelter was so cold.

The excitement that I felt was drowned away.

I was beyond dehydrated.

I was sick.

Hang in there, body.

The sun is scorching, you're sunburnt, you got bug bites.

You know, add some hunger,

add, you know, fatigue and all that stuff,

and you're pretty pissed off.

I'd have little teeny bites around my eyes.

Asked luke if my eye was swollen, and...

It is.

You don't realize that they're biting you

or where they're biting you.

Yeah, they get me -- they've just been biting me

from here all the way down this side, all the way down,

and all around my eye.

It's totally swollen shut.

I look like quasimodo.

There wasn't really that much you could do,

and especially if you're trying to get any sort of sleep.

Luke had the advantage 'cause he had a full face of hair.

It's looking better.

Still really swollen.

And shut.

Luke: Clearly, the little black flies are getting to her.

When it's not sunny, you know, they come out in full force.

So, this is me this morning.

Day 18.

There were occasional moments

when the sun would shine through the trees

and you'd actually have a patch of sunlight,

and you sit there and be like, "oh, I'm warm."

and then the clouds would come over the sun

and then the rain would come, and you'd be cold and wet again.

I'm really, really tired.

I'm really cold.

And I just want to get through the next 12 hours.

Hypothermia kills and, you know, something very unique

to our situation was every single night,

if we didn't have our act together,

we definitely could've died from hypothermia,

so that was a huge concern of mine every day.

Lisa: We both lost a ton of weight,

and we were just exhausted a lot of the time.

You just sort of want to sit down

and not really had any desire, any interest in doing anything.

Tom t.: When you don't have fat left on your body

and you are exhausted, that hurts.

The lack of food and the lack of sleep had also really kicked in.

[ voice breaking ] today it was hard for me.

I feel really bad for being here.

It is much more of a nut kicker than I had anticipated.

Ah, I knew that was coming.

Fun times.

Narrator: Once in their new home,

the survivalists not only have to get to know each other,

they also have to meet and greet the local animal life.

And I hear this thing come at me from, like,

right around this spot in the tent, and I look,

and there's a huge monitor lizard that runs, like,

two inches away from my shoulder.

Some sort of antelope just chilling right there.

It scared the crap out of me.

Hey, buddy.

It's okay. It's okay.

Shh.

[ shudders ]

the survivalists quickly learned

that in these harsh environments,

animal danger was always a possibility.

Justin: What's that?

My concerns going into this were wild pigs.

That is the most terrifying thing for me.

Justin?

Justin disappeared in the middle of the night,

and I get up to go looking for him.

[ grunting ] the hell was that?

I hear something out in the bushes.

Scared the living daylights out of me, so I started running.

Oh, [bleep]

[ sniffs ]

yeah, something's been living here.

Is anybody home?

You know, I tend not to be a very fearful person,

but, I mean, within 20 yards of where we were sleeping,

we saw leopard tracks.

There's hair in that, so that's a predator of some kind.

We knew there was a leopard around,

but we were kind of ignorant to the fact

of how much she was around,

and we found out later there was actually --

she had a baby with her.

So we were really lucky.

I'm very grateful towards that leopard for giving us room.

You know, she was checking us out,

but once again, not really bothering us.

Narrator: In "naked and afraid's" tropical locations,

there is one creature

that strikes more fear into the survivalists

than any other -- sharks.

I am really worried about the sharks.

Once they get the scent of blood, they go into what's known

as a feeding frenzy, and they just attack each other.

So, multiple times a year, I do have fears about sharks,

and where I live, there's great whites,

and here, I am anticipating maybe, like, some reef sharks.

I know bull sharks are, like, the most ferocious of them all.

Oh. Check your foot.

You all right? I can feel it.

Wow.

There was worry.

I mean, we'd seen sharks throughout the adventure.

What is that?

Oh, [bleep]

oh, my god.

Is that a shark?

Wow. Whoa! Shark right there.

I knew that andros and the bahamas had a lot of sharks.

I'd punch a shark in the face to get off that island,

so I didn't really care.

[ howls ]

narrator: "naked and afraid" continues to bare all.

For the ladies right here. 'sup?

Dani: Were you really prepared coming into this situation?

Justin: If she's got a problem, then she can have it.

I'm not gonna play that freaking head game while I'm out here.

Lisa: Let the other stuff get warm. It'll dry.

It's soaking wet. I'm not gonna touch it.

I'm sorry. I know what I'm doing.

Luke: Your body is constantly screaming at you, "you're dying.

You're dying. You're dying. Just quit. Just quit."

hold on.

Sorry. Give me just one second.

Narrator: During the "naked and afraid" challenge,

if a couple can forge a good working relationship,

enduring the hardships of living in the wild

can be much more bearable.

In nicaragua, jaclyn and adam were a perfect match.

You're -- or I'm eve.

Oh. And I'm adam?

Technically. Sounds good.

Yeah. That works.

Adam: Jaclyn, she's a beautiful girl.

She's very attractive,

and I wouldn't say it made it any less awkward,

but I will say the thought,

you know, certainly crossed my mind, like,

"what am I getting myself into? I have a girlfriend back home."

I had some anxiety about that initially.

I present to you myself.

Jessica: Having adam be naked with another woman

at first was kind of a shock.

I'd never heard of such a thing, but it didn't really bother me.

I knew he was out there to survive,

not there for a hookup.

Jaclyn: Adam has a girlfriend, and we talked about that a lot.

Adam cares about her and I cared about adam,

but really, it didn't matter.

We had to just do what we had to do to survive.

[ grunts ] I'm turning into a weirdo.

Being out in the middle of nowhere for 21 days

can make you a little weird.

I really want to do a head stand.

A head stand? Yeah.

I really want to do one, but...

Dehydrated, dizzy, so let's do a head stand.

...I'm naked.

One day, I felt really good, so I decided to do a head stand,

and I didn't want this to be an x-rated head stand.

I need to make a leaf diaper. [ laughs ]

hashtag #leafdiaper.

That's a new one.

What are the images that come up on "leaf diaper"?

So, I found a big ol' banana leaf and I put it on.

[ laughs ]

this is a banana leaf.

[ laughs ]

[ laughs ]

and I did my head stand, and it was really satisfying.

Whoo!

Adam: One of the things I really liked about jaclyn was her attitude.

You know, she was a very positive girl.

She's got a great sense of humor.

That's the first sign of lack of food and dehydration

when you start doing circus acrobatics

with banana-leaf diapers in the middle of the jungle.

Well, I'm having fun.

You know, beyond everything that I was experiencing,

I was still able to have fun and be myself out there,

and we had so much down time, and we became weird.

Jaclyn's gonna howl to her, um...Her animal.

[ howling ]

[ laughs ]

we were disconnected from everything.

All we had was each other,

and something that we talked about

at the very beginning of this challenge

was to always keep our sense of humor.

This is what we do in our cave...

[ growls ]

...When we're bored.

Adam: You know, the relationship with jaclyn and I was -- it was good.

I can't speak for jaclyn, but it was a very positive experience,

and I would be willing to bet she would say the same.

Jaclyn: We worked really well together,

and we were teammates the whole time,

and I think that's why we'll be teammates the rest of our lives.

High five.

Good job. We did it.

Carrie: Do your feet hurt that bad

that you can't [bleep] walk from here to there?

Like, do I have to hold your hand?

No, you most definitely do not have to hold my hand.

You're [bleep] deluded.

Narrator: Unfortunately, for every strong survival partnership,

there are just as many contentious ones.

Case in point -- carrie and tom in cambodia.

We can both be feeding the fire.

Like, it's going out. I think it's the [bleep] wind.

I think it's kind of got too much stuff in it.

Me and tom did not get along very much

during our entire trip.

I feel like you feel like this is like a competition.

Like, you can say something.

I felt like he wanted everyone to capture me

not being able to do something,

and it made me feel, like,

kind of stupid and a little bit embarrassed,

and I just think, at that point,

I was like, "you know what? I'm over this."

tom t.: I've come to the conclusion that I can't change my partner.

I've suggested ways to do things,

and it's always been met with negativity,

so why keep driving my head into a wall

if the wall's not gonna fall down?

I'm just tired.

Right now.

Tom t.: I don't think I can change her.

Talking to her hasn't helped.

So...

Narrator: As this unseen footage reveals,

in spite of all their personality clashes,

carrie and tom did at least have a few good moments.

I see mine starting to open.

Yeah?

Yeah, that one's starting to open.

Tom t.: I think carrie and I always built camaraderie

when we had food.

When we were eating together,

there's nothing like that to bring a team together.

I'm pretty pumped.

Just for the entire experience.

You know what you'd say if I ate the whole thing, right?

What? I'm being shellfish.

[ chuckles ] yeah, I went there.

Carrie: Me and tom did have

some little kodak moments there for a second.

We had caught all these clams, we're all, like, pumped.

I think we found, like, what we thought was a fruit.

High five it!

And he is, like, a swimmer, so he's out there just swimming.

He's like, "come on, get in the water."

and I'm like, "no, it's cold."

he's like, "get in the water." I'm like, "no!"

and then finally I just got in,

and we were just kind of swimming around,

and it was kind of like one of those human moments

that we had there.

You're alive now, right?

This was definitely one of those more, like, you know,

like, when you realize that we're just people.

Cheers.

[ speaks indistinctly ]

narrator: In addition to the severe physical pain

the survivalists have had to endure,

another emotional pain has also plagued them --

missing their loved ones back home.

Lindsey: Physically, I know I can do this.

I do. I know I can.

It's just the mental part.

I want to be with my babies.

I want to be with my husband.

So, I'm trying to take it day by day.

Narrator: For every survivor we see on "naked and afraid,"

there's someone waiting for them to return home.

Family members struggle, as well,

missing and worrying about their loved ones

from halfway across the globe.

When lindsey first told me

she wanted to go on "naked and afraid,"

I was a little bit hesitant,

but I always told her that if she wanted to follow her dreams,

I was gonna back her 100%.

I take it you're my partner.

I'm luke. Lindsey.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

How you feeling?

Nervous. Yes.

I'm not a naked person. Are you?

Oh, yeah. I'm a naked dude, for sure.

Natalie: My initial thought about luke being on the show

naked with another woman was, "I hope she's ugly."

[ laughing ] and...

I really just thought it was more awkward for him.

All right.

Well, let's check out our bags first.

But I understood, like, why he would want to do it

because he's great at that kind of thing.

So, just for future reference, all these heart-shaped,

like, runners, we can roast them,

we can even eat them raw if we're desperate.

Lindsey: Welcome home, dear. Dinner's on the table.

Whoo-hoo.

[ john chuckles ] I know she went through a lot,

but I was going through a lot back here, too, so...

When I would stop and think about her,

which was quite often, I was really scared.

I was afraid that she'd get bit by something.

I was afraid she'd starve and be sick and be stuck in a hospital.

I have no contact with her. I have no idea what's going on.

My worries was obviously that something would happen to him.

I was in contact with someone

and I was allowed to ask how he was doing,

but they would give me very minimal details.

Aah!

Bruno!

So, once I got an e-mail that said he cut his hand,

and that's all I got.

Pretty badly. It's pretty deep.

That's like luke texting me "car accident."

like, I'm sorry, what does that mean?

So, I started freaking out at one point.

Oh, [bleep]

wait, wait. Let me move this guy. Hold on.

Bruno: You have a deep -- you have a deep cut.

It's almost up to the bone.

I knew if it was bad enough,

they would tell me more, I'm sure.

So, we close that wound with steri-strips now,

so it's actually nice and closed.

No bleeding, act of bleeding.

Stitches?

John: Lindsey is such a wonderful woman.

She made a book of a bunch of family pictures

of me, her, um --

see, I'm [chuckles] coming to tears right now

just thinking about it, but she made me a book,

and she hid it in one of my clothes drawers.

I didn't know what it was, and I opened it up

'cause it wasn't supposed to be in there,

and it was all these pictures of me and her

and all our little adventures and stuff like that.

I actually bring it to work with me every day,

and...It was very tough.

So when she was back here in reality, it was surreal.

Lindsey: Seeing my kids was amazing.

As soon as my 4 year old saw me, he said,

"I didn't even remember your face,"

and it just broke my heart.

[ laughs ]

we spent the whole weekend just kind of --

every time we'd see each other,

we'd just kind of touch each other just to go,

"are you really here? Is this real? Am I dreaming?"

did you miss me?

50.

50? 50 times?

Mm-hmm.

Did you miss me?

I love you a billion and trillion!

A billion trillion times.

Even me!

Even you? I missed you guys so much.

They keep saying, "yeah, you went away for a long time,

and you're never gonna do that again, mom."

[ chuckles ] "never again."

dani: Hell yeah.

Good catch, justin.

My junk is pointed right at the cameras.

I still tried to sit as modestly as possible,

but luke was truly balls to the wall.

Mm.

Narrator: Who a survivalist is partnered with is key

on "naked and afraid."

in namibia, lindsey and luke, like jaclyn and adam,

turned out to be a great team.

We have this large, dead, open tree here. Pretty open.

Lindsey: Yeah, from the very beginning, luke and I,

it just seemed very natural

that we were kind of old friends coming together.

We really genuinely cared for each other,

wanted to see each other succeed.

Careful. You all right?

And even today, we're friends, and we keep in touch,

and I can't wait to get to see him again.

I was gonna say, I'm just, like,

my junk is pointed right at the cameras.

[ chuckles ]

you know, it's funny to say

I was always modest when you're completely naked,

but I still tried to sit

as modestly as possible with my bag,

but luke was truly balls to the wall.

This is for the ladies right here.

The men of "naked and afraid."

mm.

'sup.

He would lay down and he would get these sexy poses,

and he'd be exposed and...

Aah. My one and true love.

Can you get a shot maybe from across the way

where my balls are just hanging out?

The camera guys constantly had to tell him, you know,

just please put your bag down there

so we don't have to blur every single scene out.

Balls upside down kind of look like a heart.

Lindsey: Yeah.

Tom m.: Yeah. Today's the day it's starting to get to me.

I'm wilting away a little bit. Day 9.

Narrator: Even a solid partnership can suffer under the constant stress

of hunger and fatigue.

Um...

You know, it comes and it goes.

You hit your highs and lows, and I'm just at a low right now.

I'm probably hitting the lower low that I've ever hit.

Lindsey: I think that might've been day 12 or day 13

that we were so exhausted that every time we'd stand up,

it felt like you were zeroing in to blackness, to darkness.

Okay, so, the tadpoles are in our cup right now.

Hold on.

Sorry. Give me just one second.

I specifically remember that ending an interview

that I had for that day, I had to stop.

I almost passed out, and I had to sit down.

And luke was exactly the same way.

Luke: That was definitely my lowest point.

I knew we were gonna make it,

but your body tells you you're gonna die.

Like, your body is constantly screaming at you, "you're dying.

"you're dying. You're dying. Just quit. Just quit.

You go get food. Just be done."

there are a few moments like that I remember.

It was especially hard

when you're doing things like interviews,

but at the same time, you're making a show,

so you got to do these interviews.

[ sighs ] okay.

Last question? Okay.

[ chuckles ]

[ sighs ]

the tadpoles are in our cup right now,

and there's a little bit of water in them.

Narrator: In beautiful andros, avid hunter justin

quickly became frustrated in his failure to capture any prey,

even as his partner, dani, excelled at it.

I got on something over there.

I believe it was a pig.

It was a four-footed hoofed creature.

Awesome. But there's no way.

Okay.

[ chuckles ]

I do not like sticking my hand in walls.

Aah!

[ laughs ]

I got a crab!

One crab. Whatever.

Dani: Yes! Justin, I got a fish! Ha!

I was babysitting a fire,

and she's out there walking around in the water,

so maybe she got her a fish.

Not bad for a chick with a pointy stick.

Looks like a fish.

You said you had primitive hunting skills.

Yes.

I've not seen a lot of that.

Were you really prepared coming into this situation?

Justin: If she's got a problem, then she can have it.

I don't give a [bleep]

I'm not gonna play that freaking head game while I'm out here.

Octopus! Sushi!

Justin did hunt for food.

He...Did his absolute best.

He killed the octopus, and it was really rad.

Good catch. Really good catch.

I'll get some water. Hell yeah.

Good catch, justin.

Justin: She tried to call me out

on not being a hunter or something like that.

Once I caught an octopus, we started getting along great.

All right, you ready?

Don't nail me with this. I'm serious.

[bleep] seriously?

I literally stopped right there!

Hit it that way. [ laughs ]

what's the lady that made the first american flag?

I forgot the name.

Betty ford. Betty ford.

Miss betty ford here just weaved her a damn bed mat.

[ laughs ]

narrator: There were also times

when dani and justin became closer than even they realized.

If you wake up, I'm, like, rubbing your ass or something --

you probably just think I'm your wife.

Yeah, my wife's like,

"you know you grabbed my ass last night?"

I don't know. It's kind of like it's a comfort thing.

I don't hate you if that happens.

Elbow me in the face if you want,

but I did not mean -- you know me.

I'm too -- I wouldn't do that.

No, I don't think that I would think that at all.

Dani: When justin says to me,

"I will probably put my hand on you when I'm sleeping

just because that's a natural reaction,

that's what I do with my wife,"

and I'm like, "okay, you know, I believe that. I understand."

like, that's totally fine

as long as it doesn't get super weird.

We definitely cuddled a lot,

but I don't think that justin ever touched me inappropriately.

I think there's, like, certain parts of your butt

that are off limits

and certain parts that are kind of whatever.

He never went anything beyond the side of my butt,

which is considered my hip, to me.

Justin: It did not happen.

I absolutely never touched dani inappropriately at any time.

There was no touching of her butt

or any of her private parts.

It did not happen.

Dani: I spotted this cactus.

Where'd you bite it?

I think that being out there with justin was a great thing.

Yep. I'm not hungry enough to eat [bleep] yet.

It'll be good for you.

We've remained friends,

and I've made friends with his wife, as well.

I think that things worked out really well.

Urchin.

Justin: We got along great. We were a team.

We did what we had to do,

and we were always helping each other when it needed.

And it was a really good partnership.

We did really well together.

Narrator: For most of the survivalists,

getting through their adventures in the wild

and coming back home to loved ones

was the end of their challenge.

But for tom, coming home from cambodia

was just the beginning of a new struggle in his life.

Hope my wife knows that I'm thinking of her, a

nd being able to reach over and hug someone you love,

haven't been able to do that in a month.

Never want to take them for granted again.

He would tell me how great she was,

how beautiful she was, how much he's in love with her.

He was how she was, like, his everything.

You know, my wife is amazingly supportive.

And so, I was really, really shocked that he gets home,

and all of a sudden, they file for divorce.

It happened, actually, we got back to the hotel,

and I got on face time with her,

and that's when I found out that was what she wanted.

The fact that this challenge occurred

at the very end of my marriage

kind of almost makes it intertwined.

I go into that divorce knowing at least in its --

the marriage's final moments,

you know, I was still accomplishing something.

And I use that as a source of strength going forward for me.

Carrie: It's really her loss.

He just seems like a really good family guy,

and I respect that about him.

Tom t.: And it kind of does give me some strength knowing

that in the divorce, at least I accomplished this.

It feels really good knowing

you lived up to the expectations people had of you.

I've accomplished what I set out to do.

Chris and I are probably getting on one another's nerves.

I can tell that I'm pissing him off,

and at this point, I really don't want

to have anything to do with him

because I don't even want to be seen

next to his [bleep] ass bow-drill method.

Nice to meet you. I'm lisa.

Hey, lisa. How's it going?

Going pretty good. That's good.

Narrator: The reality of the extreme situation

they've been thrust into

can test even the most experienced

survival expert's skills,

but it can also test their patience

with their partner's abilities.

Warm enough?

For now, yeah.

I got some fuel to burn, so I think it's gonna be --

good. There's some old man's beard

in that tree right back there.

Nice. You know plants?

I've never been to argentina before,

so yeah, I know some plants,

but, yeah, good for tinder.

Oh, great.

Should we check out our -- see what they gave us?

Lisa seemed like right away, she had a chip on her shoulder.

Things collapsed on me.

[ both chuckle ]

this is pretty sturdy when I've done it in the past.

I know I said that --

the thing is we don't have to make it

all the way that long.

I've used this a million times.

It's totally your call, though.

You want to stick with the tree?

I'll tell you what -- let's take 10 minutes

and see if we can find a long, straight tree.

Okay. Sounds good.

So, I think lisa, right away, expected that I was gonna be

this typical alpha male, and she was a little bit bossy.

So, let me make a suggestion.

Yeah?

Instead of pushing your right hand forward

and hitting the tinder bundle, pull your left hand back.

Tom and I are both people with the confidence in ourselves

to say, "hey, I know what to do.

I know how to do this," but we have different styles.

It has to catch something else.

Let the other stuff get warm. It'll dry.

Just soaking wet.

I'm not gonna touch it to that.

I'm sorry. I know what I'm doing.

Tension built, and eventually, we finally had that moment

where I was like, "I am tired enough

that I'm actually gonna tell you what's going on

and tell you why I'm frustrated."

I recognize that I can't match your output.

That's just not the way I work.

And when I say that I hope that you slow down

because, like you said,

you're gonna burn yourself out at some point,

and I don't want that to happen.

I'd rather you hang in there.

If we can dissolve the tension,

I just want you to know I really appreciate you.

I think we're just learning how to work with each other.

I appreciate it.

As far as conflict goes, the first few days,

lisa and I butted heads, but got past it,

and from then on, we were a good team.

We worked together really well.

I know we only have 14 hours to go,

but if I see a turkey, I'm killing it.

After things sort of settled down a little bit,

we spent a lot of time working together

and talking to each other, and that was really nice.

Really take a lifetime to get in and out of here

and see what the heck is going on in this forest.

We started to gain a respect for each other's strong suits.

We did our best to keep each other up,

and that was a huge benefit to have in a partner.

Narrator: Like the unpredictability of the weather

in tropical environments, a sun-drenched day can turn into

a torrential storm in the flash of a lightning bolt.

The working relationship between survival partners

can also implode very, very quickly.

Corinne and chris were brought together in dominica.

Corinne: I really liked chris,

especially at the beginning of our challenge together.

Would you like me to take the lead?

Sure. Go for it.

You know, chris is a good partner.

I'm happy he's nice, and we're working well together.

We're a good team.

[ chuckling ] one palm frond at a time.

Yeah, right?

He was kind, and he was a gentleman.

You know, there were many times

where chris would open up a coconut for me

and I wouldn't even ask him to.

He would just say, "here, drink some," you know?

And when you're sleeping next to a stranger,

those are things you would hope for, and he was.

You know, he was respectful.

It wasn't super awkward.

And, you know, for the first few days, I actually thought, like,

"this is somebody I would set up one of my friends with."

I'm building a time machine.

Phew.

[ chuckling ] to fast-forward for 21 days?

Uh-huh.

I really thought we were really compatible,

but quickly, I became really frustrated.

Chris and I are probably getting on one another's nerves.

I can tell that I'm pissing him off.

And lay it, like, heavy side up.

Here, just give them to me.

I'll just get your knife and do it

versus carrying them all over there.

All right, whatever.

I don't think corinne was really mentally prepared enough

when she got there, and she just complained a lot.

Chris does not listen to me

when it comes to pretty much everything.

We could even do, like, one more,

'cause this -- well, look at this side.

It's just a little bit annoying.

I don't know why he half-asses things --

if he doesn't know how to do it better

or if he's just in a hurry.

'cause initially, we were just gonna use this

as a temporary shelter and find a much more suitable place,

but I think we're good for now.

And at this point, I really don't want

to have anything to do with him

because I don't even want to be seen

next to his [bleep] ass bow-drill method.

This is the last time you're gonna do this.

I explained to corinne I'm an adult.

You know, we usually talk our problems out.

She just told me

that she was not interested in talking to me anymore,

and just disappeared into the woods.

Chris is absolutely driving me insane right now.

I [bleep] hate being on this island with him.

I want to get the [bleep] away from him.

It's a respect thing to listen to what I have to tell you.

Obviously, I've spent

a lot more time in the field than she has.

Corinne: When I couldn't communicate with him

and he wasn't helping me in a way to have us be successful,

it was just very frustrating.

Narrator: There are a lot of things the survivalists have to worry about

in these harsh environments --

food, water, and there are many dangers,

but surprisingly, it's the little things

that can preoccupy much of their time.

Things like hygiene.

When it comes to hygiene out there, it's non-existent.

It is so caked on -- that dirt is not going anywhere.

It's important that you maintain a good hygiene.

Can't tell where the tan starts and the dirt stops.

I mean, obviously, you don't have soap and running water.

I was so dirty from head to foot.

So, really, I just had to surrender to it.

Go into this stream and take a bath.

As far as being stinky and dirty, oh, well.

[ chuckles ]

I stink.

Hygiene was very challenging out there.

Wow, I'm dirty.

I think I bitched the most about hygiene out there.

Preening my hair. There's no hope for this mop.

From sleeping so close to the fire,

my hair was covered in ashes.

God, [bleep] smoke.

I thought that it would be a good idea to dip it in the water

because it was so straw-like

from putting it in ashes all day,

and now it looks like

I've been dragged through a thorn bush.

Other than that, I'm, like, sick of looking like

a [bleep] swamp monster.

Try to get my hair out of my face.

Next thing I see happening is it just going up in flames.

Freedom!

Unfortunately, because the weather was so bad

in the coral reefs,

the boat was unable to come get me,

so after 21 days of starving,

I had to swim about a mile and a half out to this boat.

I really need to wash my hair.

It's, like, it's getting really bad.

It's really hard for me to describe

what happened to my hair while I was out there.

It's pretty rank. Did you touch it?

Feels like a...Broom.

[ laughs ]

a broom?

I'm just kidding. Mine is probably no better.

It'd probably be pretty funny if I took it down.

I have, like, a pound of dirt in my hair,

and it made it into this moppy afro kind of thing.

What if it just stays?

Yeah, I know.

It doesn't do that -- like, it just stays up there.

[ laughs ]

oh, my gosh.

That's part of the reason we got along.

We weren't scared to kind of poke fun

and have some fun with each other.

It's, like, poufy.

Touch it.

Uh...

Kind of feels like dried seaweed.

[ laughs ]

dried seaweed?

There's no telling what kind of critters are living in there.

Justin: It is the middle of the night, unknown time.

Night 20.

Keep waking up like a kid on christmas morning.

Or christmas eve night, I should say.

Narrator: For those who are able to survive the 21-day ordeal,

the anticipation of the last day

when they would finally be extracted

from their grueling environment was very intense.

After going through, you know, something like that,

on that last day, you know you're leaving,

nothing can touch your spirits.

So excited. Ready for it to be over with.

It is the final -- my final, our final night.

That night right before I went to bed,

that's when I could think of my girlfriend,

that's when I could think of my friends.

And so, that was kind of a special thing for me.

But it's been a great, great experience,

and I wouldn't change it for the world.

Been hard as [bleep]

but I wouldn't change it for the world.

Whoo.

It's a cold one, definitely. Definitely a struggle.

Hoping that, you know, night doesn't get any colder.

Lisa: The lowest moment was the night before extraction.

It was cold and windy and wet,

and it was just a really, really long night.

Yeah, things are -- as expected, things are dismal right now.

It's gonna be a long night.

Jaclyn: Adam.

Good morning.

It's day 21.

Extraction day was very exciting.

It was absolutely beyond words

how happy adam and I were during that time.

Super-duper-uber-uber excited.

Dani: I've been up all night.

I've been walking the beach back and forth and back and forth.

Waiting for our extraction was like waiting for santa claus.

It really -- that's the best thing I can compare it to

except for way more intense.

I couldn't wait for that plane to get there.

[ helicopter blades whirring ]

whoo! Aah!

Tom t.: When the helicopter arrived...

Freedom!

...It was such joy.

I don't know.

I was exhausted, but I must've sprinted to that damn thing.

It was just such an amazing experience

just to know that we finished, and you know what?

It also felt good to finish with someone.

Right behind me? I'm right behind you.

Okay.

The road was just on the other side of the river,

and the truck came down and we were, like,

"okay, it's time to go."

and on the other side of the river

was food and warmth and back to being warm again.

Whoo! Ha!

We're out of here.

No more parsnips!

[ both chuckle ]

chris: Last day for me was a pretty exciting day.

I made it to an extraction beach.

Unfortunately, because the weather was so bad

in the coral reefs,

the boat was unable to come get me.

So, after 21 days of starving,

I had to swim about a mile and a half out to this boat.

Man: Chris, you made it.

Where's my [bleep] doritos at?

[ laughter ]

my first meal after extraction,

they'd asked me what I wanted,

so most importantly, I wanted doritos.

They had that waiting for me upon extraction.

I made pretty quick work of that.

These are the best doritos I've ever had.

Well, I made sure I told them every day

while we were on location,

while we were actually doing the challenge

that they better have a cheeseburger ready for me.

Of all things in cambodia, I had a cheeseburger.

It wasn't an american beef, I don't think,

so I didn't like that very much,

but it was still a cheeseburger, and it was good.

I think I ate two of them.

And french fries.

This might be the best night of my life.

[ laughter ]

I'm gonna dance my ass off.

Chocolate milk.

Adam: It was an amazing feeling to come home or get back

and have fruits and chocolate

and, I mean, it was overwhelming.

This experience did change me.

It changed me in a positive light.

I feel, you know, humbled, I feel grateful,

I feel fortunate that I was selected and able to do it,

and I feel fortunate that I came out at the other end

happy and healthy.

I think being on "naked and afraid" made me a better person.

I'm a better mom, I'm a better wife.

I think everybody should go through an experience like this

just to reevaluate what it is that they want out of life.

Justin: It definitely turned into a spiritual experience

because when you get low like that,

you know, you got no one else to lean on, you got no cellphone,

you got nobody to talk to, you know, you do some praying,

and it makes you appreciate what you have.

Boy: Daddy!

I missed my son a lot. I'll be honest.

I really did.

It got worse and worse until I came to a realization.

I was like, "well, you know what?

"I've already been this far.

I'll be seeing them in a couple days."

and that's what kept me going.

Mwah! Aww.

Luke: To me, my three-week experience, it was definitely spiritual.

Connecting to the earth, connecting to the animals,

feeling a part of it,

feeling like I'm living in harmony

with my area around me.

I mean, to me, there's nothing more spiritual than that.

People ask me, like, "well, what was it all about? How was it?"

you know, I say hard.

Challenging.

Thank you. Oh!

Good job, sister.

He was my rock. So proud of you.

But beautiful.

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