Original subtitles

Dannelle: SO OUT HERE IN AFRICA IS VERY SCARY.

I HEARD A LEOPARD AT ONE POINT.

SAW A FEW RHINO AS WELL.

Rod: AFRICA IS CRAZY.

WE GOT TO STAY ON OUR TOES.

WE HAVE TO STAY ALERT, VERY ALERT.

Narrator: ON THE DRY SOUTH AFRICAN SAVANNA,

IN A UNIQUE 2-HOUR EVENT,

FOUR SURVIVALISTS TAKE ON A DANGEROUS DOMAIN

WHERE EVERY DAY IS A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

TWO ARE BATTLE-TESTED

WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH APEX PREDATORS.

Lauren: I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

I WAS ATTACKED BY TWO LIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

I'M NERVOUS TO ENCOUNTER THE UNEXPECTED.

Diggie: I AM THE WILD CHILD GATOR HUNTER.

I'M ABOUT TO SHOW THEM HOW THIS *BLEEP* BOY DO IT,

CAJUN STYLE.

Narrator: THE OTHER TWO -- MILITARY VETERANS

WITH NO EXPERIENCE AGAINST AFRICA'S KILLER PREDATORS --

WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT THROUGH

WITH THE TRAINING THEY'VE RECEIVED.

Dannelle: I'VE NEVER BEEN FACE-TO-FACE

WITH ANY APEX PREDATOR,

BUT I'M SO EXCITED TO GET IN THERE.

WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF WILDLIFE,

YES, DANGEROUS GAME.

Narrator: BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE TO SURVIVE IN TWO SEPARATE CAMPS

FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS.

HOLY COW.

IF THEY MAKE IT TO DAY 11, THEY WILL MERGE AND ATTEMPT

TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE AS A SINGLE TRIBE.

Diggie: WE ARE IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE.

Narrator: WHAT WILL BE MORE VALUABLE?

APEX-PREDATOR EXPERIENCE

OR EXTENSIVE MILITARY SURVIVAL TRAINING?

AND WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE 21 DAYS

IN THE UNTAMED AFRICAN BUSH?

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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

I'M FEELING A COCKTAIL OF NERVOUS AND EXCITED,

AND IT FEELS GOOD.

MY NAME'S LAUREN, AND I AM FROM MONTREAL, CANADA.

EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE,

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS TERRITORY.

IT'S GONNA KICK MY ASS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

BUT STATISTICALLY, I TEND TO SURVIVE THINGS.

SIX YEARS AGO TO THIS DAY, I WAS IN SOUTH AFRICA,

AND I WAS WORKING AT A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER

WHEN A FAULTY GATE ALLOWED ME TO GET ATTACKED BY TWO LIONS.

I GOT PULLED THROUGH THE GATE OF THE FEEDING CAGE

AND MAULED BY TWO LIONS.

MY LEGS GOT MAULED FROM THE VERY, VERY TOPS

OF MY THIGHS DOWN TO MY CALF.

INSTEAD OF KIND OF VEERING AWAY FROM NATURE,

I VEERED TOWARDS IT.

GOING BACK INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS LIONS,

IT'S DISTURBING TO ME,

BUT I DON'T WANT THAT FEAR TO TRANSFORM INTO ME BEING SCARED.

I'M GONNA BE DOING MY BEST ON THIS CHALLENGE.

NEVER TO PANIC BECAUSE IT'S A WASTE OF TIME

AND IT'S NOT A GOOD SURVIVAL TACTIC.

PANICKING WILL KILL YOU.

Narrator: LAUREN HAS STRONG BUSHCRAFT SKILLS,

BUT THIS ENVIRONMENT COULD PROVE TO BE STRESSFUL

FOR THE SURVIVOR OF A VICIOUS ANIMAL ATTACK.

LAUREN SETS OUT WITH A PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL RATING OF 6.4.

IMPALA -- IT'S WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST.

CAJUN TO THE COURT. IT'S YOUR BOY, DIGGIE DADDY.

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE SWAMPS OF LOUISIANA, THE MARSHES,

THE DIRTIEST PART OF THE DIRTY.

YOU AIN'T GONNA GET ANYTHING QUITE LIKE ME.

I LEARNED MOST OF MY SKILLS GROWING UP IN LOUISIANA,

GREW UP KIND OF A WILD CHILD.

I'M A NATURAL BUILDER. I CAN BUILD LEAN-TOS.

I CAN BUILD OFF-THE-GROUND HUTS.

FISHING, CATCHING SNAKES, USING SNARES.

I'VE BEEN HUNTING GATOR WITH A KNIFE

FOR I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW LONG.

HAVING THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT I HAVE THAT IS HANDS-ON

WITH THESE GATORS, THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE,

YOU CAN'T READ THAT, YOU CAN'T TRAIN THAT.

THAT'S EXPERIENCE-LEVEL STUFF.

I'LL TAKE THAT AND BRING IT OUT HERE.

AND HOPEFULLY IT WORKS OUT FOR THE BEST

AND I COME BACK WITH ALL MY FINGERS.

Narrator: DIGGIE POSSESSIVES EXPERT HUNTING SKILLS,

AND HE'S FEARLESS, BUT HIS LAID-BACK ATTITUDE

COULD LEAVE HIM VULNERABLE OVER THE COURSE OF A LONG

AND DANGEROUS CHALLENGE.

HE BEGINS WITH A PSR OF 7.1.

THERE'S DINNER.

I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON

SOME PEOPLE MAY CALL IT A CONTROL FREAK.

THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF MY DESTINY AND MY OUTCOME

AND MY SUCCESS IS ME.

I TEACH PEOPLE SURVIVAL.

I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF VERY GOOD AT HUNTING.

I AM CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITIES

TO MAKE A BOW FROM BAMBOO IF THAT'S IN THE AREA.

I DO A SPRING TRAP, A DEADFALL TRAP.

I'M GONNA GET MY FOOD.

I'VE NEVER COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH AN APEX PREDATOR.

I'VE SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN THE MILITARY,

AND THAT'S GONNA HELP ME SURVIVE THIS.

RIGHT HERE.

MORE WARTHOG.

I LOVE IT.

Narrator: ROD COMES INTO THIS CHALLENGE

WITH EXTREME CONFIDENCE,

BUT HIS TYPE-A, TAKE-CHARGE ATTITUDE

COULD BE OFF-PUTTING IN A TEAM DYNAMIC.

ROD BEGINS WITH A PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL RATING OF 7.4.

THERE'S ANIMALS EVERYWHERE HERE.

I'M A 10-YEAR AIR FORCE VETERAN,

AND IN THE AIR FORCE, I RECEIVED A LOT OF SURVIVAL TRAINING.

I'M A STRONG-WILLED GO-GETTER. I'M SUPER DRIVEN.

I CAN BE A LITTLE BIT ABRASIVE.

I SAY WHAT I MEAN,

AND I MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT MY ANGLE IS.

I'M EXCITED.

THE REASON I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GIVE ME *BLEEP*

OR DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'M CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING.

IT REALLY JUST PUSHES ME THAT MUCH HARDER TO PROVE THEM WRONG.

I'M READY TO GET THIS GOING.

Narrator: DANNELLE IS A SERE SCHOOL TRAINED SURVIVALIST

AND TEAM PLAYER, BUT SHE HAS NO PATIENCE

FOR THOSE WHO UNDERESTIMATE HER ABILITIES.

DANNELLE HAS BEEN GIVEN

A PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL RATING OF 6.8.

WELL, I GUESS THIS IS MY STOP.

LET'S GET GOING.

I'M HOPING THEY DON'T SMELL *BLEEP* OUT HERE.

STARTING TO SECOND-GUESS MY LIFE CHOICES.

HERE WE GO.

LET'S DO IT.

Dannelle: WORST-CASE SCENARIO ON MY PARTNER,

IF HE JUST COMPLETELY THINKS THAT WOMEN ARE INCAPABLE

OF ANYTHING, IT'S GONNA BE BAD.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT HE'S EASY TO WORK WITH.

I MAY HAVE A LIFELONG FRIEND OR I MAY WANT TO SLIT HIS THROAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

HEY. Rod: HELLO.

THERE'S MY PARTNER. HOW YOU DOING?

HI. YOU MUST BE MY PARTNER.

HEY, YES, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S NOT A GUY.

YEAH.

HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL THE SAME.YEAH. YEAH, I'M GOOD.

I'M ROD. DANNELLE.

NICE TO MEET YOU.NICE TO MEET YOU.

YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR BACKGROUND?

SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN THE MILITARY.

WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN COMMON, 10 YEARS AIR FORCE.

OH, AWESOME.SO THERE WE GO, YEAH.

GREAT.

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HI. Diggie: HEY, WHAT'S UP?

I'M LAUREN. DIGGIE.

WE CAN HUG IF YOU WANT.

I'M GOOD.

NO, IT'S NOT YOU.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M MARRIED, AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.

OKAY, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

SHOULD WE LOOK AT OUR STUFF?

SO LET'S CHECK IT OUT, SEE WHAT WE GOT.

Narrator: EACH TEAM HAS BROUGHT A HUNTING BOW

AND A LARGE KNIFE.

MY FAVORITE KNIFE. AWESOME.

I ALSO HAVE MY GLASSES.

THEY'VE ALSO BEEN GIVEN A POT AND A FLINT FIRE STARTER.

Rod: ALRIGHT. WELL, I HAVE THE MAP.

SO LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING.

ALRIGHT. WELL, LET'S...

WE'RE RIGHT HERE AT THE TREE.

HERE'S THE WATER SOURCE THAT WE NEED TO GET TO.

GO DOWN TO THE RAVINE

AND PROBABLY FOLLOW AN OLD RIVERBED DOWN.

SOUNDS GOOD.

FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF THE CHALLENGE,

ROD AND DANNELLE WILL BE MOVING INTO AN AREA

DOMINATED BY LIONS AND AGGRESSIVE WARTHOGS,

WHO USE THEIR RAZOR-SHARP TUSKS

TO TAKE DOWN ANIMALS TWICE THEIR SIZE.

BUT THE BIGGER THREAT HERE IS THE CAPE BUFFALO,

REACHING 11 FEET IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHING UP TO 2,000 POUNDS.

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE HUMAN DEATHS

THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL IN AFRICA.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE CROCS DOWN HERE.

GAME. BUT WE DO HAVE LIONS.

WE'LL GET TO THE LIONS IF WE WALK THAT WAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA WALK THIS WAY.

YOU READY TO GET CRACKING?

AS READY AS I'LL EVER BE.ALRIGHT.

LET'S ACT LIKE HORSE*BLEEP* AND HIT THE TRAILS.

DIGGIE AND LAUREN WILL BE SURVIVING

IN AN EQUALLY THREATENING ENVIRONMENT

WHERE BLACK RHINOS TRAMPLE ANYTHING IN THEIR PATH

AND PRIDES OF LIONS

HUNT WITH EYESIGHT SIX TIMES BETTER THAN HUMANS,

GIVING THEM A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE

WHILE STALKING PREY AT NIGHT.

SHADED BY 40-FOOT CLIFFS,

THEY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO COLDER CONDITIONS,

WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BY MORE THAN

45 DEGREES PAST SUNDOWN.

♪♪

Rod: I'M TRUSTING YOU TAKE ME DOWN A GOOD PATH.

Dannelle: HEY, I GOT YOU.

I'VE DONE A LOT -- A LOT OF BACKPACKING,

A LOT OF HIKING.

WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE WATCH OUT FOR THE ANIMALS AS WELL.

YES.

HOLD ON. I GOT A THORN.

THAT HURT.

IT JUST KILLS YOUR FEET.

OW.

FIRST ANIMAL WE KILL, I'M MAKING SHOES.

Diggie: SURE GOT A LOT OF GAME TRAILS THROUGH HERE.

WHENEVER YOU SEE GAME TRAILS,

USUALLY THAT IS GONNA POINT YOU TOWARD

WHERE THE WATER'S AT.

EVERYTHING'S MOVING THIS WAY.

SO YOUR WATER'S PROBABLY GONNA BE RIGHT AROUND

OVER THERE.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT.

WHAT YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT

IS LIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT

THAT COULD HIDE IN THESE TALL GRASSES.

Lauren: I ACTUALLY -- THIS IS, LIKE, WEIRD,

BUT I SURVIVED A LION ATTACK IN 2013.

WHAT? YEAH.

HOW DID YOU MANAGE THAT?

I WAS WORKING AT A ANIMAL REHABILITATION CENTER,

AND THERE WAS A FAULTY GATE.

AND WHEN I TURNED MY BACK,

I GOT PULLED RIGHT THROUGH THE GATE UP TO MY WAIST.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE THESE SCARS ON MY LEGS.

WOW. NO *BLEEP*

IT'S SUPER IMPRESSIVE THAT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW,

SURVIVED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ACT

LIKE I GOT ANY EXPERIENCE WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

NO, IT'S OKAY.

Lauren: IF A LION DOES GET CLOSE,

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA REACT

BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE SINCE THE ATTACK.

JUST KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.

THIS IS DEFINITELY WHERE A PREDATOR

IS GONNA BE LOOKING FOR *BLEEP* TO KILL.

I AIN'T TRYING TO BE ON NOBODY'S MENU.

I TEACH PEOPLE SURVIVAL, AND I'M GONNA EDUCATE YOU

A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE DANGERS

THAT WE'LL FIND HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA

TO WATCH FOR PREDATORS IN THE GRASS

BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT AMBUSH.

THEY ARE HERE. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RIVER.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO LAY DOWN

AND CATCH US OFF GUARD.

Dannelle: AT FIRST GLANCE,

MY PARTNER SEEMS LIKE HE'S PRETTY SURE OF HIMSELF.

HIM TRYING TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO,

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT OUT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BUTT HEADS,

BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

YOU WANT ME TO HOLD YOUR HAND

AND HAVE YOU GO BACKWARDS?

I THINK I GOT IT.

Diggie: I THINK RIGHT OVER HERE

IS GONNA BE A GOOD SPOT TO MAYBE SET UP.

ONE THING WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WATCH --

SEE HOW YOU GOT THOSE OUTCROPPINGS?

-YES. -ON THE ROCKS?

Lauren: YEAH, YEAH.

LIONS AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PREDATORS,

THEY GONNA BE WATCHING THIS WATERING HOLE, TOO.

Lauren: DIGGIE IS SUPER COOL.

THE FIRST THING ON MY PRIORITY LIST IS SAFETY.

AND WE ARE TOTALLY ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOOD, THEY LOOKING FOR FOOD.

SO WE DEFINITELY GOT TO MAKE SURE

WE'RE WATCHING AND WATCHING EACH OTHER'S BACKS.

Rod: OH, YEAH, THERE'S WATER.

-YEAH. -YEAH.

OH.

AHH.

IT'S LATE, BUT WE'RE HERE NOW.

FIGURED IT OUT.

WE NEED TO GET A BOMA UP, AND WE NEED TO GET HIGHER.

LIKE, THERE'S A NATURAL BEND

RIGHT UNDER THAT BUSH RIGHT THERE.

I'D RATHER NOT. I'D SAY DO RIGHT HERE.

ALRIGHT.

THOUGHTS ON MY PARTNER --

HE SEEMS LIKE A REALLY NICE GUY,

BUT I FEEL LIKE HE'S THAT TYPE OF PERSON

THAT KIND OF HAS A DOMINANT PERSONALITY

AND IT'S KIND OF ANNOYING.

YEAH, GOT A LOT TO GET DONE

IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

WE NEED TO START GOING.

♪♪

UGH.

OW, OW, OW, OW, OW. OW, OW, OW.

Lauren: A BOMA IS AN AFRICAN TERM

FOR A PROTECTED SHELTER MADE WITH THE SPIKIEST TREES.

IN THIS, LIKE, DOME SHAPE.

CATS DON'T LIKE THORNS.

AND IF THEY SEE THOSE SPIKES AND YOUR BIG FIRE,

THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.

*BLEEP*

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I STEPPED ON RIGHT HERE,

BUT IT WAS BAD.

Dannelle: I'M GONNA START PULLING ALL THE STUFF

THAT'S ALREADY HERE.

♪♪

I THINK WE NEED TO GET A FIRE GOING.

YEAH.

IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE WATER TONIGHT.

LET ME GO GET WATER...

...BEFORE IT GETS DARK

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DOWN HERE

WITH ANY OTHER THINGS.

SEE LITTLE HOOF PRINTS EVERYWHERE.

♪♪

THERE, RIGHT THERE.

IN THIS HOLE.

-WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! -WHOA!

Dannelle: THERE, RIGHT THERE.

-WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! -WHOA!

OH, MY GOD.

THAT WAS INSANE.

OH, MY GOD.

BEING OUT HERE IS DANGEROUS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAY CONSTANTLY ON GUARD

IN ORDER TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE.

I ALMOST GOT ATTACKED BY A HUGE WARTHOG.

HOLY COW.

IF YOU GO HUNTING THEM, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

OKAY.

THEY'RE HUGE, THOUGH.

JUST NOT FOR THE FAINT AT HEART.

♪♪

♪♪

I HEAR, LIKE, A "CHU, CHU, CHU, CHU."

Lauren: GOING BACK INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS LIONS

IS DISTURBING TO ME.

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Diggie: I DON'T KNOW.

♪♪

♪♪

MM-HMM.

LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE TWO LIONS FIGHTING.

IT DEFINITELY MADE EVERYTHING SEEM MORE DANGEROUS.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DANGEROUS TO ME.

Lauren: BEING BACK IN SOUTH AFRICA,

I DEFINITELY HAVE A HEALTHY DOSE OF FEAR ABOUT WHERE I AM,

BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE SCARED.

THAT'S GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM THE THINGS I NEED TO BE DOING

WITH MY PRECIOUS TIME OUT HERE.

WHEN THE LION WAS ATTACKING YOU,

DID YOU PRAY OR ANYTHING?

NO. I WAS TOO FOCUSED

TO TRY AND GET MYSELF OUT OF THAT SITUATION.

THE THING IS, IF YOU PANIC IN THESE SITUATIONS,

THEN YOU DIE.

IT WAS DEFINITELY NUTS.

♪♪

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LET'S SEE WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.

GOOD LUCK.

Rod: TODAY MY MAIN GAME PLAN IS TO SEEK THE ANIMALS OUT,

WATCH WHAT THEIR PATTERNS ARE, LEARN THEIR TRAILS,

WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

THIS TERRAIN HAS NO FOOD.

THERE'S NO BERRIES.

YOU CAN'T EVEN EAT THE LEAVES.

SO IF WE DON'T HARVEST ANIMALS, WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

♪♪

I'LL MUD UP AND WAIT FOR THE PIGS TO COME IN.

I'M PUTTING MUD ON ME TO HIDE MYSELF ON THE MUD AND THE ROCKS.

ALSO, THE SUN'S BAKING.

I'm gonna try to hide behind this bush.

And hopefully that right there is my shot.

♪♪

WE NEED FIREWOOD.

THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING WOOD.

THE GRAIN GOES UP.

WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FIRE BIG TO KEEP THE LIONS AWAY.

Diggie: AFRICA IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT

THAN ANY PLACE THAT I'VE BEEN.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE LEARNING CURVE WITH EVERYTHING.

SO I'M LOOKING AROUND THE WATER'S EDGE.

THERE IS A LOT OF GAME, BUT I DO NOT KNOW THEIR PATTERNS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SPOOKED THEY GET.

I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THEY MOVE.

♪♪

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WARTHOG.

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IT WAS A SHOT OF OPPORTUNITY MORE THAN ANYTHING.

BUT I'M SEEING WHERE THEY COME TO THE WATER AT AND WHAT TIME.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF TIME TO ACTUALLY GET A KILL.

ONE STEP AT A TIME AND WE'LL GET THERE.

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THAT SUCKS.

MAN, YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO BE ON THE ALERT UP HERE.

HOLY COW.

ANYTIME YOU'RE HUNTING WILD GAME IN AN AREA

THAT YOU'VE NEVER HUNTED, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE MISTAKES.

I DON'T EVER MISS AT 10 YARDS, AND THAT'S 10 TO 15 YARDS.

THERE'S NO REASON I SHOULD HAVE MISSED THAT SHOT.

SO CLOSE, BUT YET SO FAR AWAY.

♪♪

HOLY *BLEEP* MAN.

WELL...

THAT RIGHT THERE IS FROG EGGS.

LAUREN!

HI, DIGGIE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WELL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BRING THE POT.

UH, I GOT A *BLEEP* LOAD OF FROG EGGS OUT HERE.

*BLEEP* YEAH!

IT'D BE LIKE A LITTLE SOUP.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GONNA FLAVOR IT WITH, BUT --

WATER, AIR.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. IT'LL BE SOMETHING, THOUGH.

OH, I'M SO EXCITED.

LITTLE FLYERS AND STUFF.

"COME TO SOUTH AFRICA. WE GOT FROG EGGS."

WE'RE HAVING SOUP TODAY.

YES.

THAT SMELLS INTERESTING.

FISHY.

HOW'S IT LOOK?

GOOD.

ALRIGHT.

WHAT WE GOT RIGHT HERE IS A LITTLE FROG-EGG STEW.

DON'T TASTE SPECTACULAR.

I'M GONNA LIE.

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TASTES LITERALLY LIKE NOTHING.

THIS IS JUST GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS

THAT YOU DON'T CHEW.

BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF CALORIES IN HERE.

I'D SAY A LOT.

IT'S GOT ENOUGH CALORIES IN HERE

TO KIND OF GIVE US SOMETHING.

THIS IS A SURVIVAL STEW.

Dannelle: I CAN HEAR SOMETHING RUSTLING OVER...

I HEAR THIS THING

KIND OF LIKE -- LIKE A QUICK BARK.

RAH.

IT'S NOT VERY SAFE OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH MY PARTNER GONE.

♪♪

WELL, PARTNER, I'M SORRY. MAN, THESE PIGS ARE QUICK.

EITHER THEY JUMP OR THEY DUCK.

Dannelle: YEAH.

I THOUGHT FOR SURE I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ONE.

NEXT TIME WHEN YOU GO,

COULD YOU PLEASE JUST LEAVE THE KNIFE?

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTION.

I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO LOOK AROUND AND HUNT,

BUT IT'S PRETTY NERVE-RACKING.

OKAY, I'M SORRY.

DANNELLE, THAT'S TAMBOTI.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN THAT. IT'S A WRONG WOOD.

THAT'S A BAD TREE. WE DON'T BURN THAT.

Narrator: TAMBOTI WOOD SECRETES A MILKY, POISONOUS LATEX

THAT, WHEN BURNED, GIVES OFF TOXIC FUMES

THAT CAN CAUSE SEVERE VOMITING AND ABDOMINAL PAIN.

DON'T BURN THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.

SORRY, BUT I MEAN, YOU TALK TO ME LIKE...

I DON'T MEAN TO BE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE PARENT-CHILD.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING, OKAY?

WE'RE A TEAM.

DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, PLEASE.

WELL...I'M ALREADY, YOU KNOW...

IF YOU WANT TO BURN IT, YOU CAN, BUT --

OKAY. AND THEN YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY

TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN A SITUATION RIGHT HERE.

OKAY? ENCOURAGEMENT AND POSITIVITY.

DON'T SIT HERE AND TALK TO ME LIKE YOU'RE MY DAD.

OKAY? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

GO. PLEASE. I'M OVER IT.

I'M GONNA GET THE WOOD THAT I KNOW IS SAFE.

Dannelle: GOD.

Rod: IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION,

YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST YOUR PARTNER

TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

TALK TO ME LIKE I'M AN ADULT.

I THOUGHT I WAS.NO, YOU WEREN'T.

YEAH, SURE. MIGHT'VE MADE A MISTAKE ON WOOD.

THAT'S FINE.

IF WE'RE GONNA SURVIVE OUT HERE,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COMMUNICATE MUCH BETTER.

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OH, MAN.

EVER SINCE I

TASTED THEM FROG EGGS,

WASN'T THE SAME.

I FEEL NAUSEOUS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL NAUSEOUS

BECAUSE I DRANK TOO LITTLE CUPFULS OF THE WATER

OR IF IT'S BECAUSE I'M EATING THAT.

Narrator: FROG EGGS CAN CONTAIN THE SALMONELLA BACTERIA.

AND IF NOT FULLY COOKED CAN INFECT THE INTESTINAL TRACT,

CAUSING FEVER, VOMITING, AND SEVERE DEHYDRATION.

♪♪

OH, MY GOD.

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Lauren: I THINK IT'S WHAT WE ATE.

I THINK IT'S THE FROG EGGS.

Diggie: YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO THROW UP,

BUT IT COMES FLYING OUT.

LIKE SOMEBODY HAD A WATER HOSE IN MY THROAT.

♪♪

HEY, HEY.

HEY, DIGGIE.

I DIDN'T LIKE THE FOOD,

SO I JUST WENT AHEAD AND GOT RID OF IT.

DID YOU THROW UP? OH, YEAH.

HEY, LOOK, ONCE YOU GET IT OUT OF YOU,

YOU DON'T FEEL BAD ANYMORE.

I'M REALLY HAPPY YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES ME

FEEL LIKE IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA PASS.

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Rod: THIS IS YOUR FIRE POKER.

Dannelle: YES.

LET'S MOVE THAT OVER SO WE DON'T BURN IT.

Rod: THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DANNELLE AND MYSELF,

IT'S PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE EACH OTHER,

BUT WE DO HAVE TO GET ALONG.

WE DO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER

AND MAKE IT THE WHOLE WAY.

ANIMALS ARE COMING RIGHT IN. SO I'M GONNA GO HUNT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE DOWN THERE 30 MINUTES

OR AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

OKAY? MM-HMM.

ALRIGHT. SEE YOU THEN.

I CAN'T STAND IT.

HE'S TRYING TO BE NICE. IT'S SO ANNOYING.

HIS STRATEGY IS WARTHOG, WARTHOG, WARTHOG.

BUT HE SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT

I AM CONSTANTLY WORKING ALL DAY AS WELL.

WE NEED WATER AND WOOD TO SURVIVE.

Rod: THIS CHALLENGE IS HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT US

CAUSING PROBLEMS BETWEEN EACH OTHER.

IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL.

I'M GONNA FOCUS ON WHAT I DO BEST

AND HOPEFULLY SHOOT A WARTHOG FOR DINNER.

I THINK THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR SITUATION.

RIGHT HERE,

YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE WARTHOG COME IN EVERY DAY.

WARTHOGS COME IN AND JUST GIVE ME

A PERFECT BROADSIDE SHOT.

IT'S A CLOSE SHOT, SO WE DON'T TAKE A CHANCE

AND HAVING A WOUNDED BOAR CHASING US.

LAST THING I WANT IS A BOAR TO BE STANDING OFF,

FACING ME WITH THOSE GREAT BIG TUSKS.

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♪♪

THERE IT WENT IN HIM.

I DON'T SEE BLOOD.

THERE'S NO ARROW OUT HERE.

I STUCK HIM. HE WAS QUARTERED LIKE THIS.

AND THEN HE TURNED LIKE THAT, AND I STUCK HIM RIGHT THERE.

WHERE IS HE?

I DIDN'T SEE WHERE HE RAN UP.

HE'S WOUNDED. HE AIN'T GONNA LIVE THROUGH THAT.

AND THAT'S TOO MUCH MEAT TO GO TO WASTE.

WE NEED THIS BOAR.

HERE'S THE ARROW.

ASSUMING HE RAN UP INTO THE WOODS.

THIS IS WHERE LIONS HANG OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A MEAL TO THEM.

THAT SUCKS.

JUST MEANS ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT FOOD.

♪♪

♪♪

IS THAT A BUZZARD?

THAT AIN'T A GOOD LOOK.

I FEEL BETTER TODAY

AFTER I THREW UP, CLEARED OUT EVERYTHING.

BACK TO BUSINESS.

ME AND LAUREN HAVE BEEN WORKING GOOD TOGETHER.

AND I WANT TO GET US FOOD. WE NEED ENERGY.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS IS.

IT'S A TURTLE.

THIS, I'M ACTUALLY FAMILIAR WITH.

BACK HOME, TURTLES ARE VERY COMMON.

MOST OF THE TIME, THEY GET SMASHED WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD.

WHEW.

IT STINKS.

IT DON'T SMELL TOO GOOD, BUT WE'LL WASH IT OFF

AND CHOP THE HEAD OFF AND CLEAN IT.

LAUREN.

IS THAT A TORTOISE?

YEAH. DID YOU KILL HIM?

NOT YET. I DON'T HAVE A KNIFE OR ANYTHING.

WELL, I GUESS I KNOW

WHAT WE'RE HAVING FOR DINNER TONIGHT.

WELL, COULD BE WORSE.

IT COULD BE WORSE.

IT HAS BEEN WORSE, I SHOULD SAY.

HI.

Dannelle: HOW DID IT GO?

DISAPPOINTING.

SO THAT'S ALL THE WOOD YOU GOT?

YEAH, THAT'S ALL THE WOOD I GOT.

A LITTLE IRRITATING.

WE GOT A COUPLE OF PIECES OF WOOD

AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF DAYLIGHT QUICK.

NEVER GOOD ENOUGH, IS IT?

YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S A LOT OF WOOD RIGHT THERE?

NO, THAT WON'T LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.

ALRIGHT. YOU HAVE A NICE DAY.

Rod: AS LONG AS WE HAVE TIME...

I'VE BEEN DOING THINGS ALL DAY LONG.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE TIME TO GET FIREWOOD...

GO GET YOUR FIREWOOD. GO GET IT.

YOU DIDN'T GET ALL THE FIREWOOD,

SO I'VE GOT TO GO GET FIREWOOD.

Dannelle: I'VE COOKED MAYBE EVERY POT OF WATER

SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE.

WHAT ELSE DID I DO? WENT AND GOT ALL THIS WOOD.

WHAT DID HE DO TODAY?

Rod: IF DANNELLE THINKS GETTING WATER AND FIREWOOD

ARE GONNA KEEP US ALIVE,

SHE NEEDS TO REALLY START PULLING HER WEIGHT.

THIS IS A SURVIVAL SITUATION.

Digger: IT'S TURTLE TIME.

I COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY.

WE TOTALLY DESERVE THIS.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF DIGGIE. WE HAVE BEEN STARVING.

THIS IS GONNA BE MY FIRST TIME EATING TURTLE.

YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER?

HERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT, THAT IS SOLID MEAT.

THE NECK IS SO GOOD.

IT'S LIKE BOILED CHICKEN ALMOST.

THAT NECK'S ALWAYS GOOD.

Dannelle: YOU ARE SO INCONSIDERATE.

JUST STOP TOUCHING THIS AREA.

OKAY, STOP, JUST STOP. OKAY?

Rod: YOU WANT TO SWITCH SIDES?

SHUT THE *BLEEP* UP. GOD.

JUST STOP. YOU NEED TO STOP.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

SHOO.THERE HE IS.

OH.

Lauren: OH, MY GOD.

SHOO.THERE HE IS.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.

♪♪

♪♪

Diggie: LAST NIGHT WAS NUTS.

LAUREN WAS READY TO CRAWL OUT OF HER SKIN.

THEY WERE RIGHT THERE.

ONLY THING THAT'S KEEPING US FROM THEM IS THESE THORNS.

Lauren: ONE OF THE RESONATING EFFECTS OF HAVING BEEN ATTACKED

IS THE FEELING THAT I AM PREY.

IT'S THE TRUTH. WE'RE PREY OUT HERE.

WATCH OUT.

THIS IS ALL THOSE LION TRACKS.

DEFINITELY A CAT.

There are two lions who are really close.

LIONS WILL STALK YOU.

JUST WHEN I SEE, LIKE FOUR PADS LIKE THAT,

IT'S DEFINITELY SCARY.

WE DEFINITELY GOT TO BE CAREFUL.

♪♪

♪♪

RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FOR US TO HAVE A KILL.

I'VE NEVER FAILED AT HUNTING WILD GAME.

SO THIS IS FRUSTRATING.

AND IT STARTS TO MAKE YOU DOUBT YOURSELF.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING TO EAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE YET.

I THINK THE BEST SPOT FOR ME TO SIT

IS GONNA BE IN THAT TALL GRASS RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE NOT ONLY STARVING,

BUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DANNELLE AND MYSELF --

IT'S NOT GOOD AT ALL.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.

♪♪

♪♪

RIGHT ON THE TRAIL.

IT CAME THROUGH HERE. HERE'S BLOOD.

♪♪

OH.

THERE HE IS.

WE GOT HIM.

♪♪

♪♪

THIS HUNT AND GETTING THIS WARTHOG IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE.

THANK YOU, PIG.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING UP YOUR LIFE.

♪♪

♪♪

Digger: WE HAVEN'T EATEN MUCH

OTHER THAN THE TURTLE.

WE'RE HUNGRY AND WE NEED FOOD.

I THINK THOSE ARE TWO...NYALA.

I THINK THEY'RE BOTH MALES.

AND THEY'RE REALLY CLOSE TO DIGGIE.

I'M JUST GONNA WATCH.

♪♪

HE'S GONNA GET ONE.

THEY'RE BIG. REAL BIG.

♪♪

DANNELLE, LOOK WHAT I GOT.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD!

IS THAT A PIG OR IS THAT A PIG?

COME HERE. YOU GOT TO GIVE ME SOMETHING.

OH, MY GOD. YOU DID IT.

GOOD JOB. OH, MY GOD!

HE'S HUGE.

WE GOT THIS NOW.

ONE THING I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WAS FOOD.

THIS VICTORY IS HUGE. WE HAVE MEAT NOW

THAT'S GONNA LAST US TILL WE MEET WITH OUR OTHER GROUP.

THIS VICTORY IS GOING TO BRING DANNELLE

AND I BACK TOGETHER AGAIN TO WHERE WE'RE AT UNITY

AND WE'RE WORKING AS A TEAM.

AND WE NEEDED THAT REALLY BAD.

WE NEED TO GET HIM DOWN TO THE WATER

AND GET THE KNIFE AND GET HIM BUTCHERED.

Dannelle: THIS IS AMAZING. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

THIS IS SO MUCH FOOD.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID IT. I'M SO EXCITED.

OH, MY GOD. YEAH.

IT'S A HUGE DEAL TO KNOW

THAT WE'RE GONNA AT LEAST MAKE IT TO THE MERGE.

IT'S A HUGE WIN TO GET THAT HOG.

WE'RE NOT JUST SURVIVING. NOW WE'RE THRIVING.

♪♪

Diggie: THE WEATHER HAS BEEN CRAP.

YEAH, DEFINITELY COLDER TONIGHT.

I'M FEELING VERY SKINNY AND MALNOURISHED.

I FEEL LIKE I'M RUNNING OUT OF, LIKE, BODY FAT.

LIKE MY STOMACH'S ALREADY GOTTEN SMALLER.

I CAN SEE IT.

AND ONCE THAT GOES DOWN AGAIN,

IT'S GONNA START EATING MUSCLE.

I HAD ALL THESE GRAND PLANS

AND THAT *BLEEP* GOES RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW

WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET HERE AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.

Rod: ♪ WE GOT A WARTHOG ♪

OH, MAN.

IT'S OUR FIRST TASTE.

WE NEEDED THIS.

♪♪

OH, MY GOSH. THIS IS REALLY GOOD.

AMAZING.

IT'S ALL JUST THE ENERGY ABOUT IT JUST FEELS SO GOOD.

GAME-CHANGER.

THIS IS AN AWESOME GIFT.

I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

♪♪

LAUREN, YOU ALRIGHT?

OH.

Lauren: I KNOW I'M CANADIAN, BUT IT'S COLD AS HELL OUT HERE.

I'M, LIKE, SO COLD.

LIKE, EYES ROLLING BACK IN MY HEAD.

I'M TOO COLD.

IT'S HORRIBLE TO BE COLD.

♪♪

LAST NIGHT WAS MISERABLE.

I COULD NOT SLEEP FOR THE LIFE OF ME.

I FELT SO WEAK WITH THE COLD

THAT, LIKE, I WASN'T EVEN IN MY RIGHT MIND.

AND THEN TODAY, IT LOOKS REALLY GLOOMY OUT.

JUST LIKE YESTERDAY,

IT'S GONNA PROBABLY BE A COLD DAY ALL DAY.

SO I'M GONNA GO GET FIREWOOD,

GATHER SOME GRASS FOR INSULATION.

I'M GONNA FORTIFY OUR BOMA.

OHH.

Diggie: WE STILL GOT A FEW DAYS TILL THE MERGE.

I'M REALLY HOPING THAT LAUREN IS GONNA PULL THROUGH.

SHE'S HAVING A ROUGH TIME WITH THE COLD WEATHER.

SO I'M REALLY HOPING SHE'S GONNA NOT LET THAT KNOCK HER DOWN.

♪♪

I'M SENDING YOU EVERY...GOOD VIBE.

I NEED IT.

WE NEED SUSTENANCE, WE NEED ENERGY AND WE NEED FOOD.

WE GOT MERGE COMING UP.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRY AND CHANGE TACTICS.

I NEED TO FIND A GOOD LOCATION DEEP IN THE WOODS,

TRY TO BRING SOMETHING IN TODAY.

♪♪

ENJOYING MY BREAKFAST WARTHOG.

THINLY SLICED, COOKED OVER THE FIRE

WHILE WATCHING THE SUN RISE.

GET THE REST OF THIS HUNG UP AND MAKE SOME SHOES.

WHAT A RELIEF.

THIS MEAT AND THAT HIDE ARE A HUGE GAME-CHANGER.

Dannelle: I SEE, WHAT IS THAT, BUFFALO?

YEAH, THERE'S SOME BUFFALO UP ON THE RIDGE OVER THERE.

HEY, ROD, THERE'S A HUGE HERD OF BUFFALO COMING THIS WAY.

SOUNDS LIKE A HERD OF ELEPHANTS.

BOY, YOU CAN HEAR 'EM.

IT'D BE COOL TO WATCH THEM WALK BY, THOUGH, IF THEY COME BY.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET DOWN HERE

AND GET A BETTER VIEW AT 'EM.

♪♪

MAN, THAT'S AWESOME. LOOK HOW BIG THEY ARE.

♪♪

♪♪

Dannelle: OH, MY GOD.

THEY'RE RUNNING.

BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT.

NOT BEAUTIFUL TO CHALLENGE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PET 'EM.

TALK ABOUT SCARY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I WAS SITTING THERE HUNTING?

AND THEM COMING THROUGH.

Dannelle: THESE PAST 10 DAYS

HAVE JUST BEEN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.

THE STRESS OF JUST NOT GETTING ALONG

WAS REALLY TAKING A TOLL ON ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW,

MY PARTNER AND I ARE GETTING ALONG BETTER.

IT'S NICE.

THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DANNELLE AND MYSELF,

WE'RE ON A HIGH.

HOPEFULLY WITH THE MERGE COMING UP,

IT'LL KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

WE'RE WAY OUTNUMBERED.

SO MANY THINGS TO WATCH OUT HERE.

-WOW. -THAT WAS AMAZING, THOUGH.

♪♪

Diggie: NYALA.

BIG ONE.

♪♪

I'M OUT OF ENERGY.

BURNING OURSELVES OUT.

I NEED TO GET A KILL IN.

IT'S A SURVIVAL SITUATION.

THIS SHOT ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING.

♪♪

Narrator: FOR THE PAST NINE DAYS,

THE BATTLE-TESTED TEAM OF DIGGIE AND LAUREN

HAS STRUGGLED THROUGH COLD, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS...

OH, THIS IS BAD.

...AND SPENT THEIR DAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LIONS

THAT HAVE BEEN STALKING THEM.

THAT'S A BAD TREE. WE DON'T BURN THAT.

SEVEN MILES AWAY,

ROD AND DANNELLE, WITH ONLY MILITARY TRAINING

AND NO HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH APEX PREDATORS,

HAVE STRUGGLED TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

DON'T BURN THAT.

TALK TO ME LIKE I'M AN ADULT.

Narrator: BUT ROD CAME THROUGH WITH A BIG KILL

AND THEIR FIRST FOOD OF THE CHALLENGE ON DAY SIX.

DO YOU SEE THAT?

GOOD JOB. OH, MY GOD!

NOW, TWO DAYS BEFORE THE PAIRS ARE DUE TO JOIN FORCES...

...DIGGIE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO PROVIDE

A MUCH-NEEDED MEAL FOR HIS TEAM.

Diggie: I'M OUT OF ENERGY.

I NEED TO GET A KILL IN.

OH, THIS IS GONNA SUCK.

HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO DEEP.

YOU SEE BLOOD RIGHT HERE.

THERE HE IS.

I COULD SEE HIM NOW.

RIGHT BACK IN HERE, I COULD SEE HIM LAY DOWN.

WITH THE LIONS,

I'M TRYING TO GET THERE BEFORE THEY DO.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO GET MY KILL.

♪♪

I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER SHOT.

THIS IS THE POINT WHERE I UNDERSTAND

WHERE THESE GUYS COME FROM WHENEVER THEY GET EMOTIONAL

ABOUT THEIR KILLS OUT HERE.

THIS IS GONNA GIVE US EVERYTHING WE NEED --

THE LEATHER, THE MEAT.

THIS ALLOWS ME TO KEEP PUSHING.

♪♪

I AM SLAP WORE OUT.

I'D SAY I PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 75, 80 POUNDS OF MEAT

ON MY SHOULDER.

IT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN CARRY BACK.

MY BACK IS KILLING ME,

BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR A LION

WITH ALL THE MEAT, SO IT'S TIME TO GO.

DIGGIE?YEAH, WHERE YOU AT?

RIGHT HERE. I'M COMING.

OKAY. I GOT A KILL UP HERE.

NYALA.

WE FINALLY GOT MEAT.

OH, MY GOD.

DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR MORNING?

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

BAM, GOT YA.

♪♪

Rod: HOW'S IT GOING?

IT'S GOING PRETTY GOOD.

I SHARPENED THE KNIFE.

PROCESSING THE MEAT.

IT'S GOING A LOT FASTER.

YEAH, WHAT I DID YESTERDAY TO MAKE IT FASTER

AS I PILED UP A WHOLE PILE OF MEAT

THAT WAS JUST RAW, FILLED THE POT UP.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE MEAT IN THE POT.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT FASTER

BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET ALL THE CHUNKS OF MEAT OFF.

GOT TO WATCH FOR ALL THE PREDATORS HERE,

WHICH ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, FUN TO BE AROUND.

I'M WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN.

WELL, I'M GONNA GRAB THE OTHER MEAT.

WE'VE GOT ALL THIS RIGHT HERE.

WE ARE BACK TO HE KNOWS EVERYTHING,

AND I KNOW NOTHING.

♪♪

GET TO THE MERGE, AND I DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO HIM.

THERE'S OL' MISS PISSY.

♪♪

Lauren: I FEEL, LIKE, RAVENOUS.

I'M GONNA TRY TO EAT AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

I'M GONNA EAT UNTIL MY EYES ROLLING BACK.

I CAN'T EAT ANYMORE.

OH, MY GOD.

IT'S REALLY GOOD. IT'S JUICY.

TASTES LIKE DEER A LITTLE BIT.

DOESN'T TASTE LIKE STEAK.

Lauren: THIS ANIMAL IS GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH FOOD.

BUT TO BE SAFE, WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR FIRE GOING.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY BIG CATS

WALKING AROUND OUR BOMA AND OUR CAMP.

Diggie: HANGING THIS MEAT INSIDE THE BOMA --

THAT SHOULD KEEP THE LIONS FROM GETTING AT IT.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS.

♪♪

♪♪

Rod: THE GAME PLAN TODAY,

WE ARE GOING TO GET SHOES DONE THIS MORNING.

MY PLAN FOR SHOES IS TWO OR THREE LAYERS OF HIDE

ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN JUST OVER MY TOE

AND THEN A LITTLE BIT THAT FOLDS IN KIND OF

LIKE A PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES,

WHICH WILL GIVE ME THE FLEXIBILITY

TO BE ABLE TO WALK OVER BOULDERS,

THAT TYPE OF THING.

I HAVE SHOES!

Diggie: WHAT I WANT TO DO,

I WANT TO MAKE IT COME UP BEHIND THE HEEL.

THIS WILL LAP OVER,

THIS WILL LAP OVER.

YOU DEFINITELY ARE GONNA NEED TWO HOLES RIGHT HERE.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO LACES.

I THINK THE SHOES ARE GOING TO COME IN IN A BIG WAY.

LIKE A LITTLE LEATHER BALLERINA.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

I'M PUMPED UP LIKE A BLOW-UP DOLL ON PROM NIGHT RIGHT NOW.

THEY ACTUALLY WORK AWESOME.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEEDED.

♪♪

IT IS MERGE DAY, FINALLY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN ONLY KEEP SO MUCH MEAT.

WITH A LONG MERGE WALK LIKE THIS,

WE'LL HAVE TO DISPOSE OF WHAT WE CAN'T CARRY.

Rod: LET'S LOOK ON THE MAP.Dannelle: YEAH.

WE'RE HERE.

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT TO GO

DOWN THE VALLEY AND UP THE HILL.

WE'LL GO AROUND THIS WAY.

Lauren: AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CLIMB THIS.

TO MEET UP WITH OUR TRIBE WHERE THE BIG, DEAD LOG IS.

Narrator: AFTER 10 DAYS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPS,

THE TWO TEAMS MUST TRAVEL ALONG THE THORNY SAVANNA

TO REACH THEIR MERGE POINT,

A ROCKY HILLTOP 3 MILES AWAY.

WE DID IT. WE MADE 11 DAYS.

YEP.

AS THEY HEAD SOUTH TO THE MERGE POINT

WITH A SMALL SUPPLY OF DRIED MEAT,

ROD AND DANNELLE WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR WARTHOGS

AND 2,000-POUND CAPE BUFFALO, ALSO KNOWN AS BLACK DEATH,

FOR THEIR DARK COLORING AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.

Dannelle: ON OUR TREK,

WE'VE GOT TO REALLY BE CAREFUL OF PREDATORS,

NOT JUST PREDATORS.

WE'VE GOT BLACK RHINO AND WATER BUFFALO.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS WELL.

WE REALLY GOT TO BE ALERT.

WE'VE GOT TO BE AWARE OF OUR SURROUNDINGS.

IT'S SO MUCH BETTER WITH SHOES.

Diggie: WE GOT THIS. COME ON.

Narrator: DIGGIE AND LAUREN MUST TRAVEL ACROSS THE ROCKY SAVANNA

ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LIONS, WHO WILL BE TRACKING THEM

WITH ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSES OF SMELL

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Lauren: OH, IT'S SO COLD.

Diggie: IT'S JUST THAT WE AIN'T GOT NO CLOTHES ON.

BUT YOU HAVE MORE MEAT ON YOU THAN ME

TO PROTECT YOU FROM --

HEY, HEY, HEY.

I JUST HOPE WHENEVER WE GET TO THE NEXT CAMP,

THAT WE'RE ALL STILL FUNCTIONAL.

THIS IS A BIG ANIMAL TRAIL.

Rod: I'M EXCITED ABOUT JOINING UP WITH ANOTHER TEAM

AND BECOMING A TRIBE.

DANNELLE AND I HAVEN'T GOT ALONG,

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING OTHER PEOPLE THAT HUSTLE

AND GET THINGS DONE.

THIS BE LION TERRITORY.

♪♪

THAT'S SUPER FRESH.

Lauren: RHINO POO? YEAH.

THAT CAN GET SCARY.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, SOUTH AFRICA.

WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE GETTING CLOSER PRETTY SOON.

Rod: WE'RE ON TOP OF THE HILL.

Dannelle: THIS IS IT.

HEY, HEY!

THERE THEY ARE. HEY!

-HEY! -WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Rod: WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES NAKED OUT HERE.

I'M HOPING IT'S JUST US

OR IT'S GONNA BE REAL WEIRD.

-I'M LAUREN. -DANNELLE. NICE TO MEET YOU.

DIGGIE, I'M ROD. NICE TO MEET YOU.

LAUREN. -HEY, DANNELLE.

NICE TO MEET YOU. -NICE TO MEET YOU.

AWESOME.

WHERE YOU FROM?

LOUISIANA.

OKAY, COOL.

WE DO ALL THE GATOR HUNTING AND EVERYTHING.

TAKE A BIG BOWIE KNIFE AND GO HAVE SOME FUN.

THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I HUNT.

Lauren: MONTREAL, CANADA.

-OH, COOL. -YEAH.

Rod: SO YOU SHOULD BE ACCUSTOMED TO THIS COLD.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN GETTING RIPPED AT

FOR IT THIS WHOLE TIME. I'M SUCH A BABY.

I REALLY LIKE THE PERSONALITY OF OUR NEW TRIBE.

DIGGIE'S A HUNTER, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER

AND SUCCEED AT THIS.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HARVESTED SOMETHING ALREADY.

OH, YEAH. WE GOT A NYALA.

OH, YEAH. WE GOT A WARTHOG.

Diggie: IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO FEEL EVERYBODY OUT,

BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT.

WE HAVE SOME JERKY.

-OH, WE HAVE JERKY, TOO. -WE HAVE SOME, TOO.

OH, REALLY?

YOU WANT TO DO A TRADE OF WARTHOG...

HERE. HERE'S SOME NYALA.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

THAT IS COOL.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER WOMAN AROUND.

JUST SOMEBODY TO TALK TO.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS.IT IS.

THESE TWO PEOPLE THAT WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH, THEY SEEM TO,

YOU KNOW, BE MORE MY SPEED.

SO IF WE SHOOT STRAIGHT ACROSS RIGHT HERE,

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, THE LION WILL BE TO THE LEFT

THE RHINO WILL BE TO THE RIGHT.

WE CAN GO RIGHT FOR THE WATER.

WE'LL COME RIGHT INTO IT WHERE WATER WILL BE.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.

GO RIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO PEAKS.

GET OVER THE HILLTOP

AND WE'LL BE RIGHT AT THE WATER.

I'M HOPING SO, MAN. ALRIGHT, LET'S GET IT.

Narrator: FROM THE MERGE POINT,

THE NEWLY FORMED TRIBE WILL HIKE TO A SMALL LAKE

OVER 5 MILES AWAY,

ASCENDING TO A HIGHER ELEVATION WHERE COOLER AIR MASSES

LEAD TO WILDER SWINGS IN TEMPERATURE

AND MUCH COLDER NIGHTS.

-WE GOT EVERYBODY? -YEAH, YEAH.

Rod: THIS IS SOME ROUGH TERRAIN.

LOOK AT ALL THE POOP.

THEY GET A LOT OF WILDLIFE THROUGH HERE.

Diggie: I'M SURE.

Rod: I WANT TO GET THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

GET OUR BOMA SET UP, GET OUR FIREWOOD,

BECAUSE IN THE NEW LOCATION,

THAT'S GONNA BE OUR SAFE HAVEN FROM THE APEX PREDATORS.

Diggie: DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY LIONS

WHERE YOU ALL WERE AT?

YES. EVERY DAY WE HEARD 'EM.

Lauren: THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SECOND TIME IN SOUTH AFRICA.

UH-HUH.

I CAME HERE SIX YEARS AGO.

WHEN I WAS HERE, I SURVIVED A LION ATTACK.

HOLY CRAP. HOW DID YOU GET AWAY?

I KICKED AND SCREAMED AND PUSHED.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY PEOPLE CAME TO PULL ME OUT,

BUT MY LEGS WERE STUCK IN THE BARS OF THE GATE.

OH, MY GOSH. I CAN SEE SOME SCARS

ON THE BACKS OF YOUR LEGS.

OH, YEAH, THAT'S A BITE.

Dannelle: I FEEL FOR HER.

THAT'S A PRETTY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

AND I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S BRAVING THIS,

KNOWING THAT THERE'S LIONS EVERYWHERE.

I KIND OF CAME ON HERE

BECAUSE I WANTED TO PROVE TO MYSELF

THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY RATIONAL FEAR OF LIONS ANYMORE.

THAT'S INSANE.

♪♪

Diggie: SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE

TO WHERE WE COULD SEE OUR WATER, I THINK, HUH?

Rod: YOU'D THINK SO.

FRICKIN' LONG WAYS.

HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST RIDGE.

I'M ASSUMING IT'S JUST OVER THE TOP OF THIS HILL.

♪♪

Lauren: I'M SO HAPPY IT'S ALL FOUR OF US, YOU KNOW.

Dannelle: YES, JUST DIFFERENT DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW.

I'M GONNA DO FINE

AS LONG AS I GET A PARTNER THAT WORKS WITH ME.

YOU KNOW, ROD JUST ACTS LIKE WHAT HE DOES IS SO IMPORTANT.

EVERYTHING I DO, HE'S NEVER APPRECIATIVE.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

HE JUST IS NOT A TEAM PLAYER.

Diggie: I CAN ALREADY FEEL THAT THERE'S ALREADY A TENSION

IN THEIR TRIBE ALREADY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT.

I REALLY DON'T.

IT'S KIND OF WEIRDING ME OUT.

I'M JUST SO HAPPY WE'RE FOUR NOW.

♪♪

Dannelle: THERE WE ARE. ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE.

SEE THE HERD OF ELEPHANTS?

Diggie: OH, YEAH.

Narrator: THE TRIBE IS ENTERING AN AREA

HEAVILY POPULATED BY EXTREMELY TERRITORIAL ELEPHANTS

WHO USE A LOW RUMBLE TO WARN OTHERS OF DANGERS FROM HUMANS.

AND A LARGE PRIDE OF POWERFUL LIONS

WHO LAY IN WAIT FOR UNSUSPECTING PREY

THAT ARE ATTRACTED TO THE FERTILE WATER SOURCE.

THERE'S WATER DOWN THERE WHERE THAT GREENERY IS.

THAT'S WHERE THEM ELEPHANTS ARE HEADING.

Diggie: MY MOUTH'S PARCHED.

WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY SOMETHING TO DRINK

AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE WORN OUT. WE'RE COMPLETELY DEHYDRATED.

THERE'S AN ELEPHANT DOWN DRINKING AT THE WATER.

Lauren: I'M SO THIRSTY.

YEP. YOU GO SHOO 'EM AWAY.

WE NEED A DRINK.

Lauren: THE SUN IS MOVING DOWN REALLY QUICKLY,

AND WE ARE BARELY GONNA HAVE ENOUGH TIME

TO BUILD OUR BOMA.

Diggie: HOLD UP.

WHOA.

LIONS RIGHT HERE.

Rod: RIGHT WHERE OUR WATER SOURCE IS.

THAT AIN'T GOOD.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

THAT'S WHEN THEY DANGEROUS. THEY GET THAT CUB.

WHERE ARE THE LIONS?

DOWN THERE WAITING.

WE ARE IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE FOR REAL.

Diggie: HOLD UP.

WHOA.

LIONS RIGHT HERE.

Rod: RIGHT WHERE OUR WATER SOURCE IS.

THAT AIN'T GOOD.

Dannelle: UH-HUH. AT THE VERY TOP.

IT'S HUGE.

Diggie: IT'S LIKE HAVING A BULLY

STANDING OVER YOUR KITCHEN COUNTER.

WHAT YOU GONNA DO?

YOU GONNA TELL THE LION TO MOVE?

WE HAVE TO GET THESE BOMAS SET UP ASAP

AND WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY SOMETHING TO DRINK.

Lauren: WE'RE AT A SAFE DISTANCE,

BUT I DEFINITELY CAN SENSE THAT THE OTHER SURVIVALISTS

DON'T FEEL THE DANGER IN THE SAME WAY THAT I DO.

LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S CLAW MARKS RIGHT HERE.

Diggie: YOU CAN SEE THE HUGE CAT CLAWS THAT HAVE GOUGED THIS OUT.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS WICKED.

WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE THIS WHOLE BIG AREA THE BOMA.

WHILE WE CUTTING THE BOMA, WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO?

WE NEED FIRE AND WATER.

♪♪

AY!

WATCH OUT. THAT'S GONNA COME TO YOU.

THAT ONE OVER THERE IS.

I'M NOT SURE WHO'S FULL OF *BLEEP* OR NOT,

BUT I DON'T LIKE THE WHOLE TALKING BEHIND PEOPLE'S BACK.

IF IT DOES BECOME A PROBLEM, I'LL ADDRESS IT

IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND GET IT SQUARED AWAY FAST.

♪♪

So it's our first night in a new camp.

How are you feeling?

I feel like it's cold.

Yeah, it's really cold.

Today, we were so focused on getting here

that, like, there wasn't that much focus

on our surroundings except to build the boma.

And then there was that scare with the lions.

I liked my old place much better.

This place sucks.

♪♪

Dannelle: THIS JERKY -- THIS ISN'T LOOKING GOOD, GUYS.

Lauren: IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD?

NO, SOME YELLOW AND GREEN.

DOES IT SMELL BAD?

Diggie: I WOULDN'T TRUST ANY OF IT, REALLY.

THE FLIES BEEN CHEWING ON IT.

I WOULDN'T TRUST ANY OF IT.

YEAH, LIKE, LOOK AT THAT.

WE NEED TO GET RID OF IT.

YEAH.

WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE.

NOW WE NEED SOME PROTEIN.

HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME KIND OF MEAT.

YEAH. AND I CAN MAKE A SNARE.

WE CAN GET A DUCK OR SOMETHING.

♪♪

Rod: RIGHT NOW, WE NEED FOOD.

WE NEED TO HARVEST AN ANIMAL, SO DIGGIE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.

ANYTHING THAT COMES OVER THERE TO DRINK,

HE'LL HAVE A SHOT AT

AND ANYTHING OVER HERE THAT COMES IN,

I SHOULD HAVE A SHOT AT.

SO WE'RE DOUBLING OUR ODDS AT BEING ABLE

TO HARVEST AN ANIMAL.

♪♪

I'M GONNA GO SET THAT SNARE.

TRY TO CATCH A DUCK OR A GOOSE.

I SEE FEATHERS BACK IN HERE.

SO I THINK I MIGHT SET IT HERE.

I'M JUST USING CORDAGE TO MAKE MYSELF A TREE SNARE

AND HOPEFULLY CATCH A BIRD OR TWO.

I'M ATTACHING IT TO A BRANCH,

USING A NOTCH TRIGGER TO SECURE IT TO THE GROUND.

Narrator: WHEN A BIRD STEPS IN, THE NOOSE WILL TIGHTEN,

CREATING TENSION ON THE ROPE,

WHICH WILL CAUSE THE BRANCH TO SWING BACK,

LEAVING THE BIRD TRAPPED.

♪♪

♪♪

GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

Diggie: I'VE HAD A HEADACHE SINCE THIS MORNING, LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS JUST TOO COLD.

IT'S EITHER TOO HOT OR TOO COLD.

YOU'RE BURNING UP OR YOU'RE FREEZING.

THERE'S NO HAPPY MEDIUM.

IF I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THIS HEAT THING,

YOU CAN GET HEAT EXHAUSTION, YOU CAN GET HEATSTROKE.

MY MOUTH'S PARCHED.

I MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TOO LAX GETTING ENOUGH HYDRATION.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THIS *BLEEP*

WHEN YOU START GETTING DEHYDRATED.

WHEW. THAT SUN WILL BLEED YOU OUT.

♪♪

SO YET AGAIN, IT'S COLD...

WINDY...

AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

Diggie: OH, MAN.

ANOTHER NIGHT...

FREEZING MY BUNS OFF AGAIN.

Narrator: THE WIND IS MAKING TEMPERATURES

FEEL 10 DEGREES COLDER.

Lauren: I'M SO DONE WITH THIS NIGHT.

AND EACH MEMBER OF THE TRIBE

IS NOW BURNING OVER 400 CALORIES PER HOUR SHIVERING

INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 50 CALORIES PER HOUR

THEY'D BE EXPENDING JUST RESTING.

AFRICA IS DEFINITELY BEATING ME UP, DUDE.

♪♪

Diggie: THE COLD IS KILLING US.

YEAH. AT NIGHT, I'M SURE IT'S DOWN IN THE 30s.

IT'S COLDER THAN A WITCH'S *BLEEP* IN NEBRASKA.

SO WE NEED TO REINFORCE OUR BOMA TO BLOCK THE WIND

FROM COMING IN.

ON THE VERY BACK, THERE'S A SPOT RIGHT THERE

THAT NEEDS TO BE HIGHER PROBABLY.

YOU STACKING IT RIGHT THERE?

I'M JUST STACKING IT WHERE ALL THE WOOD IS.

THE WIND'S BLOWING, AND IT'S COLD.

YOU FEEL IT. YOU GET SHIVERS.

SO NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH LESS FIREWOOD

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY WARMER, I BELIEVE.

♪♪

GEESE HAVE BEEN COMING UP OVER HERE,

SO I BROUGHT MY BOW DOWN.

I'M GONNA SNEAK OVER TO SEE IF I CAN'T SHOOT THAT GOOSE.

IT'S ON THE BANK.

SON OF A GUN.

3 MORE INCHES, AND WE'D HAVE HAD DUCK.

♪♪

Dannelle: SO THIS MORNING,

I WANT TO CHECK THE SNARE THAT I'VE MADE.

HOPEFULLY I CATCH A COUPLE DOVES OR SOME BIRDS OR SOMETHING.

NO. IT WAS TRIPPED, BUT NOTHING IN IT.

OUR ENERGY IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEPLETING.

SO IF WE HAD SOME FRESH MEAT FOR A FEW DAYS,

YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE A HUGE MORALE BOOST FOR EVERYBODY.

♪♪

Diggie: A LOT HARDER THAN I ANTICIPATED.

THE SUN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WINTER,

WILL STILL GET YOU AND IT WILL DRAIN.

IT'S ROUGH OUT HERE.

I'M TIRED.

THE DAYS ARE HOT AND LONG.

THE NIGHTS ARE RESTLESS.

I'M READY TO GET BACK HOME.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

I'M OUT OF ENERGY.

BETWEEN THE LACK OF FOOD AND THE DEHYDRATION,

I'M FEELING DIZZY RIGHT NOW.

UH...

CAN'T VERY MUCH MOVE TOO MUCH.

♪♪

Dannelle: OH, NO. OH, NO. OH, NO. GET HIM. GET HIM.

BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP.

YEAH. GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

Narrator: DIGGIE IS SUFFERING FROM DEHYDRATION,

ALONG WITH THE EXTRA TEMPERATURE SWINGS AND LACK OF FOOD.

THE REDUCED AMOUNT OF FLUID IN HIS BLOOD

HAS LOWERED HIS BLOOD PRESSURE, CAUSING HIM TO FAINT.

SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN.

HERE.

SIT DOWN.

YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY.

YOU'RE OKAY.

GET A SHADE THING AND PUT OVER HIM.

OKAY.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

DIGGIE FAINTED.

DID HE BLACKOUT?

Lauren: YES.

YOU GOT TO LAY DOWN, MAN.

Diggie: YEAH. BODY HIT A RESET.

YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, GUYS,

OUR BODIES ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY'RE TIRED.

THEY'RE WORE OUT. THEY'RE HUNGRY. THEY'RE THIRSTY.

MAN, IF WE GET UP, WE'VE GOT TO GET UP SLOW.

ALRIGHT. ROD, GOD.

Dannelle: DIGGIE IS PRETTY STRONG.

HOPEFULLY HE PULLS OUT OF IT.

GETS SOME HYDRATION IN HIM,

BUT WE NEED GET SOME FOOD IN HIM.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

IT'S REAL OUT HERE.

DON'T THINK IT AIN'T FOR A SECOND.

♪♪

♪♪

ALRIGHT. I'M FEELING BETTER. THANK GOD.

A LITTLE SPELL HIT ME. BOUNCED BACK.

TIME TO GET BACK TO IT.

Lauren: MAN. MY STOMACH IS GONE.

Rod: WE'RE STARVING.

WE NEED A WARTHOG.

Dannelle: WHEN I WAS GETTING WOOD DOWN THERE,

IT LOOKS LIKE JUST A TON OF WARTHOGS

BY THE CREEK.

Rod: CREEK?

YEAH, THE CREEK.

YOU MEAN THE DRIED-UP BED?

IT'S A CREEK BED.

OKAY.

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS TRY TO, LIKE...

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WELL, I MEAN, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S A CREEK, RIGHT?

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY WATER, BUT IT IS A CREEK.

NO, I'D CALL -- I'D CALL IT A...

DRIED-UP CREEK BED?

DRIED RIVERBED OR DRIED CREEK BED, YEAH.

Lauren: ROD, JUST -- I KNOW YOU MEAN WELL.

JUST DON'T GIVE HER SUGGESTIONS.

IT'S JUST NOT --I DIDN'T.

THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A SUGGESTION.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

JUST SHUT UP, ROD.

♪♪

Rod: IT'S BEEN TOUGH,

BUT DESPITE DANNELLE AND MYSELF BEING MISERABLE,

WORKING WITH EACH OTHER, WE STILL NEED FOOD.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS FINISH UP THIS FISH BASKET

BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS IN THE WATER AND GET SOME FOOD.

ROD IS WORKING ON HIS FISH BASKET.

THAT'S GOOD.I THINK HE'S UPSET.

WELL, THE THING IS, I FEEL LIKE HE DOESN'T KNOW

HOW TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.

I'M SHORT WITH HIM. I AM. I KNOW I AM.

BUT I JUST --I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T --

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO HIM.

I WOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT,

BUT I'M SCARED IT'S GONNA GO NOWHERE.

I JUST KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS WITHOUT...

EXACTLY.

ROD AND DANNELLE HAVE EXPRESSED

THEIR COMMUNICATION ISSUES.

IT'S KIND OF JUST AN UNFORTUNATE REALITY.

THEY'RE HURTING THE TEAM.

AND I'M HERE TO SURVIVE.

I'LL GO DOWN THERE AND I'LL TALK TO HIM.

OKAY.SEE HOW HE'S DOING.

♪♪

HECK YEAH.

IF THAT DOESN'T CATCH FISH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL.

I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT, ROD.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M ON MY OWN.

I WAS ON MY OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY.

I KNOW YOU HAD YOUR THINGS, TOO.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ALL OF OUR ISSUES,

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,

I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW,

AND I FEEL LIKE TOGETHER, WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB

GETTING TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, WE'RE HERE. YEAH.

I'VE TRIED NOT TO SAY ANYTHING TO GET ON YOUR NERVES

OR ANYTHING.NO, IT'S ALL GOOD.

YOU KNOW, I'M -- I'M, YOU KNOW, ON EDGE.

IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THE AIR

SO THAT WE CAN JUST GET OVER THAT CRAP

BECAUSE I'M OVER IT.

I APPRECIATE IT. I'M OVER IT, TOO.

GOOD.

Rod: TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT

OUR OWN PERSONAL ISSUES,

THAT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS, A LOT OF MATURITY.

AND THAT'S AWESOME.

BECAUSE I MEAN,

THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE THE ONE THING

THAT WE DIDN'T FIX, YOU KNOW?

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

Dannelle: I FEEL LIKE OUR CONVERSATION DEFINITELY HELPED.

I JUST WANTED TO SQUASH IT ALL.

YOU CAN'T BE NEGATIVE. YOU HAVE TO PICK EACH OTHER UP

OR ELSE YOU'LL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL AS A TEAM.

♪♪

OH, MY GOSH.

THERE'S A KILL UP THERE.

I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS.

THIS IS WHERE THE LIONS ARE COMING DOWN TO DRINK.

I SEE FLIES ALL OVER IT.

I WONDER IF IT'S WARM.

IT LOOKS REALLY FRESH.

I HEARD A THUD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE...

MY HEART'S PUMPING.

♪♪

I'M TAKING IT.

♪♪

IT'S PRETTY HEAVY.

ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA GO BACK AND GET HELP.

♪♪

Dannelle: HEY, GUYS.HMM?

I NEED YOU AND ROD TO COME HELP ME.

QUICK. WHAT IS IT?

IT'S GOOD. I WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE.

I DON'T NEED MY BOW OR NOTHING?

NO, JUST YOU.

I JUST NEED SOME POWER -- SOME MAN-POWER.

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT.

ESPECIALLY YOU, ROD.

Rod: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.

WHAT IN THE WORLD KILLED THAT?

PROBABLY ONE OF THE LIONS.

THEN JUST LEFT THE REST OF IT FOR US?

YEAH, HE SAID, "HERE YOU GO, DUDE."

-WHATEVER DID KILL IT... -HE'S CLOSE.

...HIS HOMIES MIGHT BE COMING BACK FOR SECONDS,

SO LET'S KNOCK THIS OUT.

Rod: GOOD. NICE IMPALA.

Dannelle: RIGHT?

-GOOD JOB. -THANKS.

GONNA HAVE SOME STEAK TONIGHT.

♪♪

OH, MY GOD.

YOU GOT A KILL.

I DID.

YOU GOT A KILL.I KNOW.

SEE, FORAGING IS GOOD, TOO.

YEAH.

A GIRL'S GOT TO KILL, TOO.

Rod: AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS.

-CHEERS. -CHEERS.

OH, IT TASTES LIKE A POT ROAST.

MM. THAT'S GOOD.

A LITTLE SALT, IT'D BE PERFECT.

MAN, IT'S GOOD.

DANNELLE FINDING THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS

ON THE FISH TRAPS RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS ON HUNTING.

SO THIS IS A HUGE MORALE BOOSTER,

A HUGE CONFIDENCE BOOSTER.

TENDER.

SO GOOD.

Diggie: HAVEN'T EATEN IN DAYS.

AND FINALLY, GETTING MEAT IS -- IT'S -- IT'S CRAZY.

WE NEEDED THAT.

IT'S NOT GRITTY, MAN.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS REALLY HOPING FOR.

SO GOOD.

Rod: THIS IS GONNA ALLOW US TO HAVE THE ENERGY NECESSARY

TO MAKE OUR EXTRACTION.

Lauren: I ALREADY FEEL STRONGER.

Dannelle: FINDING THAT IMPALA IS SUCH A MORALE BOOST.

IT'S A HUGE VICTORY FOR ME.

I'M HAPPY. I'M REALLY HAPPY.

OH, YEAH. THIS IS ENERGY.

Lauren: WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT.

THE EXTRA MEAT THAT WE GOT,

I'M BRINGING DOWN HERE TO THE WATERHOLE.

TRY TO GET THIS IN AS DEEP OF WATER AS I CAN.

WE WOULD PROBABLY CONSUME THE REST OF THIS,

BUT PREDATORS, I DON'T WANT THEM SEEING A DEAD CARCASS.

I DON'T NEED THAT LEADING THEM TO US.

♪♪

♪♪

Rod: I THINK OUR SURVIVAL IS IN OUR CONTROL.

WE'VE GOT SHELTER, WE'VE GOT FIREWOOD,

WE'VE GOT CLEAN WATER, AND WE HAVE FOOD.

♪♪

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT AS A TRIBE.

Lauren: I GOT THREE TICKS IN MY ASS.

Dannelle: *BLEEP* OH, MY GOD.

OH, NO.

LIKE, LITERALLY, LIKE, AROUND THE OPENING,

LIKE REALLY CLOSE.

IT WAS BETWEEN DANNELLE AND ROD OR DIGGIE.

I WAS LIKE, "WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ROD OR DIGGIE."

THE ONLY HEATHEN ABLE TO PICK TICKS OUT OF MY ASS

IS THIS PERSON RIGHT HERE.

I'M A NEW WOMAN.

DANNELLE, ANYTHING YOU NEED,

PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ME.

WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD.

THE THINGS THAT YOU DO OUT HERE.

MM-HMM. OH, THANK YOU.

Lauren: WHOA.

THERE'S A LION.

STAY STILL.

THEY'RE RIGHT HERE. THERE'S THREE.

Dannelle: LAUREN? YOU OKAY?

Diggie: SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY TEAR US APART.

AFRICA DON'T STOP, SO...

WE BETTER NOT EITHER.

HE'S JUST WALKING.

THAT'S CRAZY.

Lauren: I HOPE I CONTINUE

NEVER TO TAKE MY SURVIVAL FOR GRANTED.

TODAY WAS JUST KIND OF A REMINDER OF THAT.

♪♪

YEAH.

Diggie: IT'S ALMOST TIME TO ROLL OUT.

BUT STICKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO

TO SURVIVE THE LAST PORTION OF THIS CHALLENGE.

Rod: OKAY, I'M READY TO GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.

THE FASTER WE LEAVE, THE FASTER WE GET TO EXTRACTION.

IT'LL BE A LONG HIKE.

Lauren: ALRIGHT. LET'S LOOK AT THE MAP.

WE'RE HERE. WE'RE GONNA GO UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL.

IT'S GONNA BE HOT TODAY. -YES.

Narrator: TO REACH THEIR EXTRACTION POINT,

THE TRIBE WILL HAVE TO HIKE 4 MILES UNDER A BROILING SUN

THAT WILL SPIKE THE TEMPERATURE INTO THE 90s.

THEY'LL BE FULLY EXPOSED TO PACKS OF LIONS

THAT WORKING TOGETHER

ARE THE ONLY PREDATORS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO KILL AN ELEPHANT.

THEIR FINAL MILE WILL BE AN EXHAUSTING CLIMB

UP THROUGH ACACIA TREES,

WHOSE RAZOR-SHARP THORNS SECRETE A CHEMICAL

THAT CAN BURN THE SKIN.

IF THEY CAN SAFELY NAVIGATE THE STEEP, ROCKY TERRAIN

WITH 400-FOOT DROP-OFFS,

THEY'LL REACH THE HILLTOP, WHERE THEY'LL BE RESCUED.

GOD. MY MOUTH'S PARCHED.

I COULD SUCK THE SWEAT OFF A GIRAFFE'S ASS RIGHT NOW.

Rod: BOY, THIS TALL GRASS MAKES YOU WONDER

IF THERE'S A LION HIDING UP IN THERE.

Lauren: ROD, PLEASE STOP.

OKAY. JUST KEEP WALKING.

WHEN I CAME OUT HERE, I KNEW I HAD TO BE STRONG.

GETTING ATTACKED BY A LION

DOESN'T JUST GIVE ME PTSD TOWARDS LIONS.

I HAVE DREAMS ABOUT ANY LARGE ANIMAL

THAT HAS THE POWER TO KILL YOU.

Diggie: THERE'S LION PRINTS.

MAN, LOOK AT THOSE BIG OL' FOOTPRINTS.

Lauren: ROD.

CAN YOU IMAGINE A BIG OL' HERD OF ELEPHANT

COME RUNNING DOWN HERE? MAN.

♪♪

Dannelle: WHEW. I'M FRICKIN' HOT.

Diggie: SO FRICKING THIRSTY.

I WILL TELL YOU, MY MOUTH IS DRY.

I JUST TRIED TO SWALLOW AND IT FELT LIKE

I WAS TRYING TO SWALLOW A BAG OF SAND.

IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT SUCKS,

BUT THIS IS PART OF THE SUCK.

YOU HAVE TO EMBRACE THAT SUCK AND JUST KEEP PUSHING.

NEVER-ENDING WALK.

THERE IS NO STOP UNTIL THE GAME IS OVER.

OH!

YEAH. THAT'S LIKE RAZOR WIRE.

GOD DANG, MAN.

♪♪

MAN, THESE ROCKS HERE ARE SHARP AS CRAP.

THERE'S OUR LION MOUNTAIN TO THE RIGHT.

THAT DON'T LOOK INVITING AT ALL.

-WE'RE GOING UP? -YEAH.

Dannelle: CAREFUL, IT'S STEEP.

GUYS, IT'S STEEP, SO GO SLOW.

Diggie: JUST TREACHEROUS RIGHT HERE.

ROD, YOU WALK UP, WATCH OUT.

THESE ROCKS MOVE.

Lauren: THIS IS CRAZY.

Rod: HOLY CRAP. THIS IS A TALL HILL.

STEEP.

THAT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS,

DANGEROUS FALL.

I BET THAT COULD EVEN KILL YOU.

-MY LEGS ARE ON FIRE. -ME TOO.

Diggie: TELL YOU WHAT,

THIS IS DRAINING, THAT SUN HITTING YOU.

NO WATER.

SO FRIGGIN' THIRSTY.

ALL THIS LOOSE ROCK, IT'D BE EASY TO SLIP.

AAH!

OW, SHOOT.

MAN, IF THIS BITCH WAS ANY STEEPER, MAN...

Lauren: I FEEL NAUSEOUS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE IT.

THIS IS, LIKE, OUT OF CONTROL.

OH, MY GOSH.

I THINK WE'RE HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WE'RE ON TOP OF THE HILL. WHEW.

Diggie: SHH. THAT'S AN ENGINE, CUZ.

I HEAR IT. THERE IT IS. YEAH!

WHOO! AWESOME!

21 DAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA, BABY, COME HERE.

OH.

*BLEEP*

Dannelle: IT'S JUST AN AMAZING FEELING

TO FINISH THIS.

Diggie: COMING TOGETHER AS A TEAM,

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IN THE END.

HEY!

I'M WALKING OUT OF HERE FEELING LIKE A HERO.

I WANTED TO COME ON THIS CHALLENGE

TO CHALLENGE MY SKILLS, CHALLENGE MY ABILITIES

AND TO STEP OUTSIDE MY COMFORT ZONE.

21 DAYS!

TO COME OUT HERE TEACHES YOU HUMILITY,

PRIDE AND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN PERSEVERE THROUGH.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

Narrator: OVER THE COURSE OF 21 DAYS,

ROD LOST A TOTAL OF 41 POUNDS.

HIS FINAL PSR RISES FROM 7.4 TO 7.8.

IT'S HARD NOT TO EVEN BE EMOTIONAL ON THE RIDE BACK.

YEAH.

I AM SUPER STOKED TO BE FINISHED.

I'VE HAD SOME ROUGH GOs ON THIS CHALLENGE,

BUT I CAME OUT HERE TO DO ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY

WAS TO SHOW THAT AS LONG AS YOU PUSH THROUGH,

THERE'S NOTHING THAT COULD STOP YOU

EXCEPT YOURSELF AND I SUCCEEDED IN DOING THAT.

Narrator: DIGGIE IS GOING HOME 50 POUNDS LIGHTER

THAN WHEN HE BEGAN.

HIS FINAL PSR GOES FROM 7.1 TO 7.9.

WE DID IT.

Dannelle: THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ROD TOOK A HUGE TOLL ON ME

AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT THING,

BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL WE FINISHED AS A TEAM.

OH, I LOVE IT. LOVE IT, LOVE IT.

Narrator: DANNELLE LOST 28 POUNDS.

HER PSR INCREASES FROM 6.8 TO 7.2.

WHOO.

Lauren: I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL

TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY

TO TAKE A BIT MORE OWNERSHIP OF MY OWN SURVIVAL.

GETTING ATTACKED BY A LION

AND THIS EXPERIENCE HAVE GIVEN ME

A SENSE OF PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR LIFE.

I OWE IT TO THESE THREE PEOPLE TREMENDOUSLY,

AND I FEEL I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME A LOT OF FEAR.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

Narrator: LAUREN DROPPED 25 POUNDS.

HER PSR RISES FROM 6.4 TO 6.8.

21 DAYS!

-WHOO! -YEAH!