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[ birds chirping ]

[ sniffles ]

I'm just so freakin' scared

that it's not gonna get better out here.

Like, my body's not gonna heal out here.

Don't ruin what you're doing here.

I really don't think my body can fight this.

I know you can be stronger.

This sucks. I'm in so much [bleep] pain.

Narrator: One man and one woman.

-[ screams ] -aah!

Narrator: Alone for 21 days...

Aah!

I cut myself up pretty good here.

Narrator: ...To face

the most primal survival challenge of their lives.

Man: Mm, rat kabobs.

Narrator: They have no clothes, no food,

no water, only their skills...

Oh, that [bleep] hurts.

Narrator: ...And their will to survive...

Whoo-hoo!

Robin: I don't believe

anyone can survive on this island at all.

Aah! Like, "oh, my god, this is really gonna happen."

I don't like being naked. I don't sleep naked.

Last night, I slept naked,

and I woke up probably every other hour,

panicking...That something was around me in the room.

So, this is gonna be tough.

They are sleeping. I'm not gonna wake them up.

I don't like doing goodbyes.

I usually leave when everyone's sleeping.

[ snoring ]

it's just easier that way.

I don't feel like it's fully set in exactly what's going --

what's about to happen yet.

I'm pretty sure probably -- really?

Really? Really, dude?

I am gonna miss this little fella, though.

I hope he's taken care of while I'm gone.

Made it to mexico.

All along this way, I seen these signs

that have "returno" written on there,

which means, basically, "turn around."

I don't know if that's a sign,

somebody trying to tell me to turn around,

but ain't happening.

Narrator: Just off the coast of mexico's yucatan peninsula

lies one of the most hellishly inhospitable islands

on the planet.

In this remote landscape of dense mangroves,

tightly packed vegetation provides excellent cover

for the largest big cats in the western hemisphere --

the elusive jaguar and the vicious black panther.

It's the rainy season,

and storms of biblical proportions saturate the land,

leaving behind methane-spewing swamps

slithering with four different types

of deadly venomous pit vipers.

Harsh, uninviting.

This is cayo venado.

Brandon: You know, I guess this is the calm before the storm.

If you look at the horizon, I think we got rain coming.

[ laughs ]

my name's brandon.

I'm from jonesboro, arkansas. I'm an animal control officer.

I've spent every day, almost, since I was 10 years old,

outside hunting and fishing.

I was in the united states navy

as an air crew survival technician.

Since I've got out of the military, I kind of got bored,

and I needed a challenge.

Basically, this is gonna be like a fresh start,

like a reset button.

I'm here to test myself and find out who I really am.

I've sacrificed so much to be here.

I've quit my job.

I've left my boys, my wife for 21 days.

Narrator: Brendan will benefit

from his experience as a u.S. Navy team leader,

but his expert hunting and fishing abilities

have not been testing in a demanding, tropical environment.

He has been assigned

an initial primitive survival rating, or psr, of 6.8.

If I could complete this 21 days, watch out,

'cause there's nothing gonna get in my way then.

Robin: I am nervous.

I almost feel like I'm gonna throw up.

My name is robin.

I am a nurse,

and I'm a reservist for the united states air force.

I do have a lot of survival training.

Several wilderness challenges

that I've done through the air force.

One of my weaknesses

is that I'm very passive in a team situation,

so I hope that this experience

will help me step up to the plate and be a leader.

Narrator: Even though robin

brings substantial military survival training

into this challenge,

her passive attitude in a team dynamic could hurt her.

This sets her psr at 6.9.

I think it's gonna be a good combination of heaven,

and at the same time, life in hell.

Uh, this just got very real.

[bleep] hit the fan.

It's time to jump in and do this.

21 days naked is gonna be very rough.

I don't even like being naked with my husband

'cause it just makes me feel awkward.

Oh, man. I can't believe I'm doing this.

Ugh.

Brandon: I have no issues being naked.

In high school, I was the guy

in my group of friends that was always naked.

Whoo.

It's time to party.

If me and my partner don't get along,

it'll be a long, miserable 21 days,

but I really don't see that being an issue

because I'll find a way for us to work as a team.

I'm from the military.

I'm from the world's biggest team,

and if you try to work as an individual,

yeah, you can succeed, but it's so much easier as a team.

Oh, my gosh!

-I'm brandon. -I'm robin.

-Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.

How are you feeling?

-I'm ready to get this started. -Are you?

-Yeah. -I'm excited.

Are you excited about being naked?

It doesn't bother me. How about you?

I hate every minute of it.

Then what are you doing here, then?

-I know. -All right.

-Let's do this, right? -Let's do it, yeah.

High five. We can do it.

Narrator: A small camera crew

with highly trained medical personnel

will accompany robin and brandon

and only step in if there is an extreme emergency.

-Here's our map. -Cool.

Narrator: Across the shallow water from their insertion point

are the low-lying mangroves of cayo venado.

Trekking through the mangled vegetation,

robin and brandon can either head toward high ground

in the center of the island,

hemmed in by two dank and fetid swamps,

or continue all the way

to the open shoreline on the other side.

You ain't seen any sharks yet, have you?

No. You think any are in here?

Sharks do like to use mangroves as nurseries.

Aww, there it goes.

-Ooh, you sunk deep. -Yeah.

My boys were up in my throat.

I like your accent. Where are you from?

I am from arkansas.

Oh, nice.

Where are you from?

I am actually stationed in california right now.

Oh.

I love the fact that my partner has a military background.

We both understand the nature of teamwork.

Look how thick that is.

It looks horrible.

[ laughs ]

you want me to go in first, or you want to --

go ahead.

-You want me to go ahead? -You take the lead.

I mean, this is some pretty thick stuff.

You know, there's a lot of things

I can catch my giblets on right here.

[ laughs ]

I'm feeling great with brandon so far.

In a team situation, I hope

that he's accepting to what I might think or want to do.

You went over. I'm going under.

Perfect.

-Ow! -Okay, got you.

Almost -- almost got my cherry popped there.

[ laughter ]

brandon: This place is really intense.

I've never been in anything like these mangroves before.

You got stuff jabbing in your back and in your ribs.

You know, there's bugs everywhere.

This is freakin' horrible.

Man, if this whole island's this rough,

I don't know where we're gonna find a place to set up camp.

Oh.

I cannot believe I'm sticking my feet in this.

Oh, wow.

Is this -- is this a chechen tree,

with the -- with the black sap?

Yeah, I remember hearing about that.

Narrator: The chechen tree, or black poisonwood,

produces a toxic sap

that can cause painful blisters and even second-degree burns.

Robin: If any of that black sap gets onto us,

it'll just be pouring poison onto our skin.

It would be absolutely miserable out here.

[bleep] ow.

That hurt.

How's it looking up there?

It's opening up.

I think -- I think we're at the end of it.

Oh, my god, are we almost out of here?

We are out of here.

Oh, my god.

What do you think about shelter wise?

-This is all water, swamp? -This is all water, swamp.

Oh, my god, we're gonna be infested with mosquitoes.

I'm just worried about having camp here

when we've got two sides of water.

We'll see if we can't find somewhere else.

Okay.

I want to get to the beach.

Okay.

See if we can find some palm trees

or something like that, something to eat.

Okay.

Watch your step.

There might be a snake or two out here.

You think there's snakes in here?

There might be.

I just stepped on something that moved.

Ooh.

I can hear the ocean.

Ahh. I think we're almost out of it.

-Yeah? -Yep.

I can see the water.

Wow.

Oh, my god. It's gorgeous.

Brandon: Oh. This beach, this ocean out here,

it's what we needed today after being drug through hell

to find this little piece of heaven

out here is a big win.

Oh, the sun feels awesome on my butt.

See any good spots to set up camp?

No, but I got some tracks up here.

A bunch of bird tracks, and it's more than two toes.

It's not a deer track.

Oh, yeah, definitely.

It looks to me,

if that's a cat, that's a big damn cat.

Are you serious?

They're the ones that sneak up on you

in the middle of the night and get you.

Robin: The only thing that's going through my mind is,

now we're in animal territory.

I say we go, like, right here.

For tonight? Like, right here?

Oh, yeah, I definitely like this spot

a whole lot better than the other one.

All right.

I'm thinking I'm ready to get some kind of food in us.

All right, let's hurry up

'cause you got a couple minutes of daylight.

Oh, is that a palm tree?

There's a coconut tree right there.

Yeah, that should have coconuts on it.

This is like a really heavy football.

Boom!

Got one?

Uno.

[ grunts ] dos.

I'm incredibly impressed.

Look what we got done on day one.

We did that right there, 'cause we're awesome like that.

-Goal accomplished. -Yeah.

And it's a full moon tonight,

so a lot of good luck for day one.

I want to make our pact right now that we both,

no matter what, are gonna finish this challenge together.

Oh, my god, I promise.

Awesome team. Awesome team.

[ insects chirping ]

[ rustling ]

[ growling ]

what?

[ growling ]

do you see anything?

Did you see it? Did you get a glimpse at all?

No, I was asleep.

[ growling ]

you hear it, though, right?

Yeah.

There is something circling the camp.

[ rustling ]

oh, my [bleep]

what?

There is something circling the camp.

[ growling ]

oh, my [bleep]

oh, my god!

All right, he's gone.

So, this has already turned into an interesting campsite.

Robin: Last night, I saw something black.

It had four legs, and it stopped probably, like, five feet

right in front of brandon where he was sleeping.

We have no protection from animals whatsoever.

Time to start building shelter.

Brandon: Absolutely.

There are pretty good-sized wildcats out here,

so our first defense is a really good shelter.

And we better be damn sure we keep our fire going.

What do you think about like something like that?

What do you think of that?

Yeah, I think it's a go.

Here's our home. We did an excellent job.

I'm really, really thirsty.

So, you want to hydrate up?

Okay.

Are you okay if I go get water,

or do you want to go get water?

You're fine with getting water.

I'll get the fire going and have it ready for it.

Sounds good, I'll be right back.

Brandon: We're basically surrounded all by saltwater

except for this little section 200 yards to the swamp

in the middle of this island that we're on is fresh.

This feels super slimy.

[ gasps ] eww.

I brought my pot to help sterilize our drinking water.

The water looks nasty. Eww.

Smells like a rotten egg.

I don't even want to walk through it barefoot,

so I can't even believe I'm gonna be drinking it.

[ laughs ] is it refreshing?

[ laughs ]

it has a different taste to it,

I'll tell you that.

It tastes horrible.

[ slurps ]

it's like a really bad vegetable broth.

It's a swamp broth.

There you go, it's a swamp broth.

Damn it.

Um -- this -- this is a chechen tree.

Brandon: Oh [bleep] it is, isn't it?

Yeah. We built our shelter under a chechen tree?

That's, like, incredibly poisonous.

It, like, will sting your hand,

and you'll get a black hole in your skin.

Okay.

We're gonna have to move.

If it rains, that's gonna create huge complications

'cause that black sap mixed with the rain

will just, like, pour all over us,

and it's like poison oak, poison sumac, and it's gonna be bad.

Oh, man.

Are you okay?

I got that sap all over my hands.

I got some of that black chechen or shintin,

whatever it's called, sap on me.

I got it on my shins, my toe, my arms.

Oh.

I got it everywhere.

Narrator: Chechen sap acts like a very strong acid.

It eats at the skin, producing running, scarring blisters.

Its glue-like consistency

makes it almost impossible to wash off with water.

Another one like there.

Oh, look it, you are starting to blister on that guy.

Are you in a lot of pain?

It hurts. It freakin' hurts.

If left untreated, brandon's damaged skin

could become infected and send him into septic shocked.

Concerned for his well-being,

producers send in the team medic to examine him.

Why is it spreading so fast,

when I'm not even touching anything?

Well, you already have it,

so it's just a question of time when it's gonna react.

It's starting to spread on my face,

top of my head and my ear.

With no treatment, it's, like, game over.

At first, I thought I could just power through it and be tough,

but then when my skin started blistering,

that kind of threw up a little red flag for me.

Your reaction is quite -- quite aggressive.

The medic told me that there was infection,

so he put some kind of cream on it

to, I guess, just a last line of defense against the bacteria.

Do you have any allergies?

I'm allergic to poison ivy.

Okay, chechen is kind of like poison ivy, but worse.

Yeah.

Yeah, chechen is like the worst of all.

You ever seen it this bad before?

Just once.

With a white boy like me?

Yeah.

Brandon: I don't feel like

it's gonna hinder my ability to survive out here.

I do feel like, though,

it's gonna make it a lot more miserable for me.

I think we should do these two trees right here.

I'm exerting a lot of energy.

It's very tiring and frustrating.

Are you [bleep] kidding me?

Oh.

These damn black-sap blisters are killing me.

There's our home for the next 19 days.

Robin did an excellent job.

[ robin laughs ]

go lay in it.

Sweet.

Robin: I see one problem so far.

What's that? You're not in it?

-No. -We don't have any beer.

-That, too. -There's no mattress.

-[ laughs ] -there's no a/c.

-Everything. -I can't watch football.

When you split it open, could you try doing it sideways?

Yeah.

I'm gonna see if I can make a coconut bra out of it.

Well, your nipple would be sticking through that one.

Oh.

The sun isn't being nice,

and I'm getting sunburned more and more as we speak.

Voil.

[ laughs ] it'll work.

The coconut I had was actually too small.

I'll have to find a bigger coconut.

I can't sleep because of the damn black sap.

It itches, and it burns,

and it's worse than poison ivy and poison oak.

It really is worse because sap sticks to you.

There's nothing you can do to get it off.

It's day 5.

There's the sunrise.

Give you all a better look

at what the chechen plant black sap does to you.

It's gotten worse.

Even after the medical attention I received,

it's just spreading everywhere.

All over my legs, and it's getting to be

really, really, really painful in my joints.

It does burn. It does hurt.

It does itch. It sucks.

The chechen sap is just destroying my skin.

You are really having an allergic reaction

to this all over your body.

I've been contemplating whether calling the medic.

What do you think?

Yeah.

Looks like he's having a secondary reaction.

Yeah, it's a secondary reaction.

Brandon: No matter what, I'm not tapping out.

Okay. We need to give you two shots.

Okay.

One is gonna be for the allergic reaction,

and the other one is gonna be to make the swelling go away.

Porras: His reaction is serious.

If he doesn't have any treatment,

he's gonna be dizzy, headache.

He's gonna get fever. He's gonna be throwing up.

I really feel like I'm about to pass out.

You want to lay down?

Yeah, I might need to.

Narrator: Because of the severity of the chechen burns,

the medic has agreed to allow brandon

to continue the challenge only if he receives these injections.

Okay, there's gonna be one.

Here goes the other one.

Brandon: In a million years, never would have thought a tree

would mess me up like the way that tree did.

I hate the chechen. I hate it.

'cause I've never been in this much pain.

Ugh.

Robin: I really hope brandon gets better,

but I came out here to succeed,

so if I have to do it alone, I will do it alone.

Brandon: I may be going through pain, torture and tormented,

but I'm still hungry.

Not enough calories in coconuts, and we've got to have protein,

so food is gonna be our priority from now on out.

Robin: I don't like being naked at all.

I was gonna make myself a skirt, but instead,

I'm gonna make a fish basket because I care more about food

than wearing clothes right now.

I'll tie all these down here together.

And then we'll put one that's slightly smaller --

-in there? -Inside.

Okay. I'll get this.

You still want to split up today?

Yeah.

Brandon: I'm headed up to the north side of the island,

just see if there's any more resources up here

that we can find.

Let's check underneath this, see if there's any crabs.

Nope.

Basically what I'm doing is,

I'm sticking my hand under the rocks,

and if something grabs ahold of it, I'm just gonna pull it out.

Nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing.

I was thinking I'll go set the fish traps,

maybe see if we're lucky.

The hardest thing right now is finding food.

You can't just live off of coconut water.

I guess we'll see if this works.

I put a little bit of coconut in there for bait.

I just hope brandon is feeling better tomorrow,

and he can help me get some food for the both of us.

We're really starting to need it.

Brandon: [bleep] damn it.

My skin's burning up. It's killing me.

My reaction to the chechen sap is -- it's gotten worse.

It's getting to be really, really, really painful

in my joints.

I have blisters everywhere,

plus I'm already starting to get nauseous from it.

Nothing seems to be helping.

Medic says just give it time, but my skin's burning,

and it's just -- it's not fun.

It's the most painful thing I've ever gone through.

Robin: I can't rest when I know brandon's in so much pain,

so I'm trying to see what we can do

to improve the security of our shelter here.

With brandon out of the game, I'm gonna have to step it up.

Brandon: My body's screaming,

"get me out of here, get me out of here."

you know, I'm fighting that,

and I'm wanting to stay and complete what I started.

I don't want to put everything on robin.

Robin: Go and rest. I'll take care of this.

[ sniffles ]

I'm just so freakin' scared

that it's not gonna get better out here.

Like, my body's not gonna heal out here.

I'm in so much [bleep] pain

that I'm hindering robin by just staying cooped up.

I can't help her.

[bleep] oh, no.

I know she can make it on her own,

but I'm afraid she'll tap, too, and that's -- that'll be on me.

I mean, this [bleep] is spreading

like [bleep] wildfire, man.

Yeah, I think I want to tap.

[ sniffles ]

I don't think I have a choice but to.

I'm so much in [bleep] pain.

My skin's burning.

[ sniffles ] I think I want to tap.

This is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make.

I feel really bad if I have to leave her,

but I got to think of my overall health first.

How's the water feel?

Nice.

What's wrong?

I'm wanting to tap.

Are you serious?

I really don't think my body can fight this.

You can get through this.

My body's saying I can't.

It's very painful, but it'll go away.

Skin heals itself.

Being out here in the saltwater

is, like, cleaning you,

and if you came out here more, I bet you you'd clear up.

I know my own body, and I really feel like

there's no way I can fight this.

I wish you would sleep on it.

Don't let a plant ruin what you're doing here.

I know you can be stronger.

I think you should try one more night,

and if you feel this way tomorrow,

you should make the call.

Okay. I'll decide in the morning.

Robin: I guess if he wants to leave, that's his choice,

but I just want him to stay

because we're a team through this.

I remember reading about a plant that the mayans use

as an antidote for the chechen burns.

And it's supposed to grow in the same area

as the chechen tree does.

Here we go.

[ blowing ]

the pain's so [bleep] unbearable.

[ bird squawks ]

I finally found a plant by our camp

that the mayans use to make herbal medicine.

Man, I hope this works.

I'm [bleep] dying right here.

And here is brandon putting chaca plant all over his body.

Narrator: The inner bark of the chaca tree produces nectar

that can be used to neutralize

the acid-like poison of the chechen sap.

Brandon: It kind of burns 'cause you got to scrub it hard,

but I can feel it.

I can feel it sticking to me now.

Hopefully it works out.

Only time will tell.

This is, without a doubt, the hardest thing I have ever done.

Yesterday, I almost quit.

My partner, robin, told me to give it one more day.

Not a proud moment for me.

It was a lot of weakness, you know, cowardness.

What's rocky say?

It's not how hard you can hit,

but how hard you can get hit and keep on going.

I can get hit pretty hard and keep on going, I think.

If this island wants a fight, I'll give it a fight.

I got 12 days on this island left.

And then the island can kiss my ass as I leave.

-Got it? -Got it.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

12 more nights.

12 more nights.

So, does 12 more nights mean you're staying?

12 more nights means I'm staying.

I'm not going anywhere.

Sorry about yesterday.

It won't -- it won't happen again.

I had a moment of weakness and collapse yesterday.

You think I wouldn't be weak if I was in your shoes?

Anyone would be in a world of [bleep]

we'll be okay.

Brandon: This woman is unwavering.

She's got a mental focus and a drive

that I've never seen before,

and I think that's part of the biggest survival skill

that anybody can have.

Did you want to go in the water?

Yeah, I think that's gonna help my skin out a little bit.

That chaca bark really saved my ass.

You kind of look better today.

I'm absolutely thankful that I had a good enough partner

to help pull me out of my dark place.

Without her, I probably would have gone home.

Let's go out and go look at our fish traps.

Empty.

This one got washed away.

Robin: I thought we would excel more out here,

and it's not happening, so, of course,

I see it as a disappointment and a loss,

but I don't believe anyone could survive on this island at all.

This is hell.

I don't wish it or want it for anyone.

Brandon: We're starving.

[ insects chirping ]

[ rustling ]

[ growling ]

brandon: Where's my machete?

Robin: Holy [bleep]

there is something here with us.

[ growling ]

I hear it. It's, like, right over here.

I think it's a panther. It's back.

Day 10, not much of a sunrise. Kind of cloudy.

Looks dark out there. That wind's cold.

Actually, it looks like -- I can see rainfall.

We might get some rain.

[ thunder rumbling ]

holy crap, we're gonna get slammed.

[ thunder rumbling ]

robin: Do you think

we're gonna be able to get through this?

Brandon: The only thing we can do

is just kind of suffer through it tonight,

and then see what tomorrow brings.

This sucks.

The good news is, we still got our fire going.

But it is raining.

For how long?

Yeah. I don't know how long.

It's cold. It's cold rain.

Second day in a row of rain.

Still got a fire.

We're huddled up.

Watching it rain.

Yeah, there seems to be no end in sight.

It was just downpouring.

Brandon: Me and robin were talking.

We found that the best course of action

is to conserve as much energy as possible.

I could try to go gung ho

and just say I'm gonna whup this place's ass.

This island will just destroy you.

The only thing we really have to do now

is, you know, keep the fire going.

We should have got more wood before it started raining.

Hell, we can't even go out and try to find food.

Robin: No more rain. Please, no more rain.

This is really, really breaking my morale here.

The number-one thing I hate the most is being cold and wet,

and our fire is not going very well anymore.

[ thunder rumbling ]

you think we should go out and get some firewood?

No, this rain's just too damn cold.

As long as we can keep our spirits up,

I think we'll be all right.

It's not raining hard,

but it's raining just enough to piss you off.

[bleep] yeah, god.

Brandon: We've pledged to one another

that we would complete this challenge together,

and I intend to see it through.

A couple days ago, I was completely out of the game

from my chechen reaction.

I'm back now. Full health.

Robin's not feeling too good,

and so it's my turn to help take care of her,

so I'm just returning the favor.

[ thunder rumbling ]

seven days left here. One week left.

One week left, and this is what it wants to do.

The start of our one week.

It's raining.

Really, really raining.

Robin: It's thundering and lightning.

Oo-rah.

[ thunder rumbling ]

-[ screams ] -[bleep]

[bleep] damn it.

The wind blew our shelter over.

[bleep] robin, cover that fire!

We got to keep that [bleep] fire going.

Narrator: Before their 21-day survival test

on mexico's deserted cayo venado,

robin and brandon were each given

a primitive survival rating, or psr.

Brandon's painful burns from contact with the chechen tree

had him on the brink

of a complete physical and emotional collapse.

I really don't think my body can fight this.

Robin's support of her partner and knowledge of herbal remedies

helped keep brandon from tapping out after only one week.

[ thunder rumbling ]

the team now finds itself

being relentlessly pounded by a raging storm...

-[ screams ] -[bleep]

...With no letup in sight.

Robin: [bleep] damn it.

Narrator: Robin and brandon's psr's will be further evaluated

during the remaining week of their challenge.

Brandon: This is [bleep]

[ thunder rumbling ]

-[ screams ] -[bleep]

robin: [bleep] damn it.

Brandon: Our shelter collapsed on top of us.

Trying to put it back together real quick.

It's been raining for four days straight,

and all our firewood got soaked when our house blew over.

Well, our fire went out.

[bleep] the fire's out? Brandon:

We're completely screwed.

Robin: I can't be cold and wet like this anymore.

I know my limits,

and these storms are definitely pushing my limit.

I just -- my body can't handle it.

Brandon: It got so cold in the middle of the night

that I actually lost feelings in my toes.

How much longer do you think we can take of this?

We can do this as long as we're together.

We got this.

Narrator: Exposed to five days of sub-60-degree rain,

robin and brandon are quickly losing core body heat.

If they drop below 95 degrees fahrenheit,

hypothermia will set in, organs will begin to shut down,

and their arms and legs will lose all feeling

and start to spasm.

[ thunder rumbling ]

I am freezing, and my toes are numb.

Mine, too.

I'm definitely getting very, very concerned

about how we're gonna be keeping warm.

As their body temperatures continue to drop,

and with no dry wood to start another fire,

brandon and robin's critical condition prompts producers

to call in the team medic once again.

So, how are you feeling, guys?

-Horrible. -Horrible?

Robin: Mm-hmm.

My temperature is 34.2.

They're in the first stage of hypothermia.

The body temperature of both is too low.

I will need to give you a space blanket.

All right, how cold are you?

Can you feel your toes?

Brandon: My feet and my toes are hurting.

I've never put my body through anything like this before.

I thought I would be able to handle it.

I did for a while.

We're out of firewood and water, and I'm not gonna make it.

I want this over. I want this done.

I want to go home.

We came in this together, and we're gonna leave together.

-Yeah, I want to tap. -Mm-hmm.

Narrator: One week shy of completing their challenge,

robin and brandon are forced to leave the island,

becoming the first survivalists in "naked and afraid" history

to tap out together.

Brandon: We got complacent.

We didn't gather enough firewood,

and we thought we could just hunker out one more storm,

and actually, we couldn't.

We weren't prepared for it.

We failed miserably.

Go ahead, robin.

Robin: We supported each other,

every decision we made out there.

There were situations where I had to take the lead

and make the decisions, and I became a better leader.

I achieved what I set out to do.

Oh!

Brandon: Yeah, I learned a valuable lesson

out here on the island.

No matter how big of a bad ass you think you are,

you can't fight mother nature.

Mother nature's a bitch.

Narrator: Despite surviving for only 14 days on cayo venado,

a severe lack of food caused brandon

to lose a total of 25 pounds.

Brandon showed incredible determination to carry on

in spite of debilitating burns from the chechen tree.

But he and his partner let their guards down.

Deciding not to shore up their supply of firewood

left them too vulnerable to the harsh, wet, and cold conditions.

As a result, brandon's psr falls from 6.8 to 6.1.

Over the course of two weeks in the wild,

robin lost a total of 16 pounds.

Robin stepped up and was there for her partner

when he needed it most,

but she, too, fell seven days short

of completing the challenge.

Her final psr also drops down to a 6.1.

Robin and brandon gave it a valiant effort

but learned the hard way how tough it is to survive...

Brandon: I got my ass whipped out here, bad.