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This is the worst place to survive on the planet.

There's danger everywhere.

Sixty days is a long time.

The best of the best might not be able

to make it out of here.

Bring on the swamp

yeah!

In six seasons,

they've conquered environments.

Goodness!

We're eating!

Where others crumble.

Africa!

Yeah!

Woo!

Now, 12 legends of the 40-day challenge return.

This is what I live for!

To test themselves like never before.

- We are here to go big... - Yeah!

Or go hungry.

Jump on him, jump on him!

In the deadly swamps of louisiana.

The mosquitoes are hell on earth.

There's a gator.

For an epic 60 days.

Oh my god.

This will be the hardest challenge.

Snake right here, snake right here.

To make it, they must raise the bar

of skill and innovation.

Coming up with new ideas, new ways to get food.

Oh we've got it, we've got it, we've got it!

Yeah!

Whoo!

And reach new limits of human endurance.

Is not friendly.

This is the perfect nightmare.

As seasons change...

It is frigid.

And dangers mount.

It's coming.

It's flooded.

This is torture.

I feel like it's gonna get worse.

Son of a bitch swamp!

I'm a hard-headed

for the right...

- Yeah! - It's right here!

...To be called legends.

Whoo!

You're my bitch now.

Come on, louisiana! Is that all you've got?

Spread over 100 square miles of the festering

atchafalaya swampland,

the veteran survivalists begin the 60-day challenge

in four groups of three to the north.

The team of matt, riley and ryan,

bring battle-tested skills into the swamp's dense maze

of gator-filled waterways.

- We're out here y'all. - We are very out here.

This is a proper challenge. This place is gonna be tough.

You know, for me, I've always said that my skill set

can survive anywhere on the planet.

Jungle warrior just struck again.

I'm dangerous when I'm hungry.

But to come out here in the bayou

and try to survive butt naked for 60 days is crazy.

This is not gonna feel nice on a naked body.

No.

You're at the end of your gas tank at 40.

So you still got to get by on another 20 days

and that's something I've never dealt with

and it is going to be intense.

But every single adventure I've ever done I've completed.

I will literally do whatever it takes to support my team.

I've done it before, I'll do it again.

There's a nice, a nice big gator laying up there.

Oh my god!

Big old gator laying up there, like fat.

We just got to stay off the menu.

Sleeping out here naked for 60 nights is just insane.

- We can't make one mistake. - No.

- I think we're here. - I think we're here.

Let's do it. Let's get naked.

I guess so. Goodbye clothes!

All right.

- Let's do this. - Onward!

It's gonna get pretty snaky.

Fifteen miles to the south,

steven, lacey and jeff

enter a low-lying flood zone, where recent hurricanes

have spawned legions of blood-sucking mosquitoes.

Hey, right there.

- Oh my god! - Snack time.

You jump right in there and you just grab it.

You better believe I'll be nervous before

I put my ball sack on the back of his neck.

Clenches its mouth closed and I'm gonna be a little nervous.

I am the only one here that's ever done

a 60-day challenge before.

Sixty days, right here.

This is what I live for right now!

And what I can say is 60 days

is exponentially more difficult than 40.

It's gonna be brutally cold. Humid.

- Wet. - Yeah.

- And the mosquitoes. - Constantly.

Absolutely. Yep.

I've always kind of considered myself legendary.

Got dinner! Right here!

Oh my god!

Hello!

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

And I love when people tell me that I can't do something.

Because 60 days in the swamp is almost an impossible task.

You're gonna have some incredibly talented people...

- Absolutely. - ...Not make it out of here.

And that should put the fear of god in anybody.

Absolutely.

I've actually never felt more prepared

for any challenge than I do for this one.

Yeah, so I have had several taps.

You left with the firestarter.

On accident this morning.

That's irrelevant.

In africa, I thought I was

the only opinion that mattered

and I didn't care about anyone else or what they thought

and I'm like, just suck it, if you don't like it, suck it.

I have to prove that I am a legendary survivalist.

Finish or die. That's really my only two options.

I really want us to all cross this finish line

together, you know?

I have doubts about lacey, because steven and I,

we know how to do this challenge.

Sixty days. Ready to get naked?

Oh, yeah.

And on a 60-day challenge, I'm telling you right now,

she must pull her weight.

- Oh, if you like, bellies? - Yeah.

Oh yeah.

Look at you.

And yes, I have tried to put on as much fat

and muscle as I possibly can.

- Here we go. - Ready to do this.

Insertion day, baby.

Six miles to the west,

the trio of max, amber and gary

navigate a dank tangle of murky tributaries,

crawling with copperheads and water moccasins,

the most aggressive and deadly snakes in north america.

Look how thick this is!

Yeah!

I think the greatest fear is not, you know,

we'll see what's in the water and then we're going

to be walking across it.

Kind of the unknown.

What scares me the most is the water moccasins.

They taste good, but they are very deadly.

If we get bit, we're out.

You know, you go into these challenges

and you put it all on the line,

because everyone here is a proven vet.

We all have the mental fortitude.

We chose the path so we can't complain

about the path we're on.

Right on.

This swamp can eat us alive, though

that's true. And I'm gonna eat the swamp to stay alive.

I see opportunity where other people see disgust.

South africa, I scavenged a dead...

With maggots all over it. Wish not, want not.

I ate my way through whatever I get my hands

on to make it, and I made it.

You know, that's the thing about it.

Even finding a dead fish out here's a resource.

And this one is going to be a true test.

Looks like this is it, right here.

There's danger everywhere.

And that's what makes this one of the scariest challenges

I've ever attempted.

But the truth is, you always have to support

your brothers and sisters.

And that's what matters, accomplishing the mission

and getting it done.

Oh, I just stepped on fire ants, damn it.

Oh, yeah. Be vigilant.

Eight miles north,

the final team of e.J., sarah and suzanne

arrived deep in the dark heart of the atchafalaya.

Yeah!

We're here to swamp, girl!

Yeah!

E.J, he's like the granddaddy survivalist.

We've got fire!

Yeah! That's dinner, there's extraction.

And he has conquered, in my mind, the hardest challenges.

I trained ranger students for three years in the swamp.

People are always talking about the everglades.

That's a petting zoo compared to this place.

I put this place on the same danger level as the amazon.

I have a wealth of experience.

And if you don't have the skills to be out here,

the swamp will smell you out.

Going to get cold.

Yeah, that's a big concern of mine is the cold.

That's the swamp suck, we call it.

It is, it'll get you.

That creeps in, that cold, that wet.

Bone-chilling.

We better be able to plan ahead

and really prepare for the long haul.

It's 60 days, we're building a home.

Good point.

We can't be a shelter. It's got to be a home.

If we don't do that,

mother nature will take us out.

Hey, look, look, look!

I see our beds.

All right, let's get it on!

Whoo!

- All right, mud. - Whoo, chilly.

Had to pack the extra weight on for this one.

Oh no, thick, thick mud.

Be careful, spread yourself even across the top.

There are venomous snakes around here.

There are diseases.

There's any number of crazy things

that can happen out here.

But I think that the strongest people are the ones

who have been through the toughest things.

We've got...

Crazy.

So, it is my very clear intention to make

it the full 60 days.

Oh, the smell, e.J.

welcome to the swamp.

Oh my god.

Opens up down here, let's go this way.

On the other side of the web, I recognize that.

- Oh the bags! - Those looks familiar.

How do we get there, though?

Just go for it.

It appears this is our baptism into the louisiana swamp.

- Let's do this. - All right.

I do not know what is in this water.

This is loaded with alligators. Can't see

it's... For me.

I always show up to the challenge.

I always give it my all.

Taking down that alligator in the everglades,

that is a huge advantage, to me personally,

out here amongst these other survivalists.

But, I absolutely see this 60-day challenge

as a time to redeem myself.

9 out of 10 pain.

Oh, god.

It's not the best time to be sick. Lions, I can hear lions.

I've never failed at such a big challenge in my life.

And that really weighed heavy on me for some time to come.

You know, I'm a very highly-motivated person.

And I'm not leaving until I get to day 60.

- Made it. - Heck yeah.

All right. Looks like we found our bags here.

There they are.

Voila!

For the 60-day challenge,

each survivalist has chosen their own personal blade.

Now that's a knife.

- A big one. - Nice.

Each team receives a pot to boil out the giardia,

cryptosporidium, and other killer microbes

lurking in the brackish water.

- It's a swamp pot. - Perfect.

Are those hides?

Plus deer hides for protection against

the frigid winter to come.

Oh my god, they are fresh.

And as a team, they must choose

three additional survival items from a group of four.

Magnesium fire starter, no brainer. We need fire.

Well, yeah, for sure.

550 paracord, we are taking this.

What about this hook, this thing is a monster.

And it's got a little weight to it.

You know, that that is a gator getter.

Fishing line and hooks.

Unfortunately, we can't keep all of them.

The boat, that can give us the food

we need to actually thrive for that sixty days.

Raccoons, boars, you know, and even alligators.

And every one of us is plenty capable enough

to hunt any pig or deer that we find.

I guess it depends, do we want to go ambitious?

We want that big game?

I mean, there's definitely fish out there.

You could catch small fish every day.

We're not all here for small game, though.

- No, no. - Yeah,

it's go big or go home. Right? Yeah.

We're passing on this.

Yeah.

Now, we've got to have fishing gear.

Yep. Here we've got fishing line

with some hooks in there.

- Okay. - Yeah.

I'm not much of a hunter. I'm more of a fisher and a gatherer.

Honestly, I think we should take the treble hook.

I'm with you 100%.

With the amount of alligators that we saw just on insertion.

Well, I mean, we're literally surrounded by water.

So if we have to leave anything,

we'll leave the bow and we'll feed ourselves with our hooks.

Our trifecta is going to be crawfish, catfish, and gator.

Whoo!

- I was hoping you'd say that. - Gator, right?

Yes, that's for, that's for alligator.

I mean, that is more than enough.

So, you guys want to go without the bow?

I think so. I think it's probably our best bet

because right now,

there's just so much food in that water.

Smaller fishing kit.

This is number one. Done.

This is good because there are deer and there are boar here.

So, that's good for big stuff. And even birds, small mammals.

I don't think we really need a gator kit

because I've jumped on them before.

I know I can stick this knife right through their skull.

We'll have some gator dinner and having a bow

with those kinds of arrows with broadheads.

Some of them get larger animals like hogs or deer

and we're going to need it for 60 days.

- I would like to have the bow. - Yeah, are you okay with that?

Does anybody have the map?

- I have the map. - My man.

We need to get to the highest elevation possible.

Looks like the highest elevation on here.

Yeah, that's somewhere that way.

And if we're there, we're going to really walk. This is pretty far.

I think we just got to look for the tallest trees.

Here might be some high ground.

Yep. And we're still close to water, a lot of gators.

We could probably hang around 'cause that's where our main food source will come from.

Our best bet is going this way.

We're losing daylight so, let's go.

There's nothing stable about this ground.

- Feels like it. - Wow!

Oh, yeah. Oh,

she's, she's deep.

In this environment.

There are so many things that will take you down,

but I believe in my skills.

This is what we call dinner in the amazon.

I have enough experience with snakes and fishing

or wrestling alligators.

There you go.

And I know I survived two combat tours in iraq

and I've been injured and I can get through it.

It's so marshy. Oh, this is gonna be a little tricky.

Soppy, soaky, wet and muddy.

And like quicksand. It's hard to walk.

That's deep.

- Whoa! - Oh god, no.

I don't know, guys. So dense.

Feel like we just dropped down a little lower

in elevation right now.

The ground's got a bit of moisture to it.

Oh snake right here, snake right here.

- Snake? - Yeah!

Copperhead.

Baby copperhead.

Be careful.

Baby venomous snakes actually are more dangerous

than the adults, because they don't really give dry bites.

And when they bite you, they release all of the venom

they have inside of them.

- Where is it? - There it is, there it is,

- there it is. - Whack it!

Hurt it.

Got it.

Cut its head off there. I've got it pinned.

- Oh no. Here we go. - Got him.

I'm not hungry enough on day one to eat it.

So I think it's a good idea to use that as bait.

- One down... - One down.

A couple 100,000 to go.

We'll be watching for snakes.

Oh, yeah.

You've got to watch where you step.

It can really make your life terrible out here

if you don't have a good team dynamic.

I mean, animals better be aware!

The amount of screaming jeff is gonna do,

is gonna be deafening.

I should have brought earplugs as my item.

Oh god! Don't go that way!

Oh, no.

Okay, we're good.

Graceful like an angel.

I've never been called an angel before.

And lacey.

She'll say what she means and she'll say it in a way

that can kind of come across as a, you know,

a little kind of snarky.

I think this might be the water we pointed out.

Did you hear that?

That must have been a gator jumping.

That's exactly what it sounded like.

Let's... It looks like it keeps getting

higher over here.

Yeah, this is like the highest.

All right. Looks like it doesn't flood up here.

So that's a huge bonus.

Like just access to resources,

this is the best spot for sure.

I'm hoping we'll be able to stay here

for the next 60 days.

So depending on the rain, depending on the tides,

we're gonna have to play that by ear.

Let's divide and conquer.

But people don't live out here for a reason.

Because it's basically impossible.

And we're going to do it for 60 days,

naked with a knife and a stick, basically.

It does actually get pretty high over here, you guys.

That does provide a good little area.

I mean, if we clear it out

I'm fine if this is where we're gonna start working.

All right. Let's do it.

So, where are we going to bed down? Which area?

I think with this, at least if we have that log,

you get another log.

Yeah, that could form a floor.

In my previous challenges I've had some difficult partners.

- I'm not playing this. - Okay.

This mom, give me the water.

You don't talk to me that way, makani is almost passed out.

You're not even getting me a straw

this time,

I'm out here with people that I know they know what to do.

Just like I know, I know what to do.

Probably use this log over here to the right

and get another one over there.

- Yeah. - Get off the ground.

It's a lot of opinion, and the opinions can all be correct.

You know, there's more than one way to make a shelter.

And that can be hard.

All right, let's start clearing it out.

Let's do it.

Right now it's about getting up off the ground.

Get the fire going.

And boiling some water.

Because the swamp's the last place

you want to be without shelter.

Oh my gosh, it stinks so bad. It smells like sewer in here.

Oh, that sucks. I'm in the water now. that noise.

It's pretty hard to just move through this.

Oh!

The environment is dangerous, biting flies, poison ivy,

water moccasins and alligator being the worst.

It's almost like you need some snowshoes.

And the clock is ticking, because the sun is dropping.

Feels like quicksand.

It's like we've been through quicksand out here.

Here. It's a little harder over here.

It's incredibly dangerous because as soon

as it does get dark, it's pitch black.

When you have predators everywhere,

it's pure hell at night.

- Dammit. - Oh!

Come on!!

This is deep, deep mud.

Please let there be higher elevation.

Okay.

Okay.

I've never walked through such a gnarly marsh lagoon.

The amount of energy that we've burned already.

It's crazy.

But, you know, you go into these challenges

and you put it all on the line.

- Shark! - Right there!

Holy crap! Go! Go!

Yeah!

So there's a lot of pride in this challenge.

I'm out here to crush it. Just got to keep on pushing.

This is okay. It looks like there's land ahead.

Definitely getting drier.

Here's a nice little opening.

Yeah.

We're near the channel. Seems like a high spot here.

But it's awfully close to this water.

So close.

There's not much high ground.

Slim pickings for our high ground.

We're completely surrounded by open water and swamps.

So, our area to build a shelter is very limited.

For once in this challenge, we actually have an opportunity

to make a long-term shelter.

- Right. - I'm talking about

a three-person smaller size, almost wigwams.

This tree. We have a ridgepole.

I love that. And I think on this mound with the runoff,

we start bringing other bendy saplings

and other things in to make that framework.

Yeah.

Wigwams are round traditional native american huts,

which use a framework of arched wooden poles to create

a domed roof covered in hides, grasses and reeds.

I am really strong at primitive skills.

So, shelter building, gathering, primitive fishing.

We're out here for 60 days

and I think it's going to come in handy.

I think it's, it's gonna be a nice little place

once we get it all done.

I couldn't be happier with the partners I've got out here.

We work really well together.

We're motivated, everyone just stepped

right up on shelter-building.

When do you think we should try to get a fire?

Soon.

We need to get a fire going, get some smoke out here

because this place is riddled with dangers,

venomous snakes, the alligators and mosquitoes

are going to get bad.

I'm on fire.

The fire is going to actually help us

keep all the dangers away

and repel some bugs with the smoke.

Some good damn teamwork.

For this ultimate legends challenge,

teams will be evaluated each week on a new scale.

The xls or xl success metric

weighs each group's collective skills

and current survival status to determine their likely

percentage of completing 60 days together as a team.

Matt brings exceptional hunting skills.

Ryan has valuable swamp experience

and riley's proven her tenacity

in the most trying conditions.

But none of them have attempted a challenge

this long in a location this difficult.

As a result, they're xls

or chance of completing the challenge

as a team is set at 62%.

It never truly feels like home,

until you got a fire in the fireplace.

Wow! This is really dry guys.

Yeah, I mean, this is definitely the most

consistently dry spot I've seen since we've been looking.

And look, we got a beach to fish off of.

- I kind of like the spot. - Yeah.

I'm really kind of feeling

like the three separate cots thing.

- I do too. - You know, I mean,

cause then we can all tend to fire in the middle.

I'm trying to make it 60 days

so we've got to be able to sleep.

It's crucial to get off the ground,

because that's where all the creepy crawlers are.

It's a conductive thing. As soon as you're on the ground,

that cold ground will just suck the heat

right out of you.

First reaction of meeting my partners,

they're very outgoing, very eccentric,

you can tell we have alpha presence with max.

He likes to set the pace, which is great.

I hope I can hold up to them and show them

my skills as well and make it happen.

Amber brings significant fishing

and gator know-how to the challenge.

While max boasts a perfect survival track record,

and gary's toughness and scavenging abilities

are unmatched.

Their starting 60-day xl success metric

is set at 54%.

Max has never tapped out on any of his challenges.

He's proven himself. He's arrogant.

Oh, yeah.

But, I'm absolutely viewed as arrogant too.

So, maybe that's the personality traits

that come out here and give this a shot.

Because they're crazy enough to go do it. I like it, man.

Oh, man, this is like, memory wood mattress.

Yeah.

Do you why they call it a memory wood mattress?

- Why? - Because you'll never forget

sleeping on this

we made it to casa de jeff, steven lacey.

I'm actually extremely excited to be working

with jeff and steven.

They are top-notch, top-notch, I mean,

there's a notch above that, that's jeff and steven.

Dang, son. Did you leave any for anyone else?

Setting up camp in the swamp, it's not ideal.

We have tons of bugs.

We've got crazy mud. But, you know what?

If you're not positive, the elements will break you down.

But, luckily, mentally is where I'm strong.

I never struggle.

I'm pretty happy for our first day.

Got the first part of our a frame up,

solid firewood, water on the fire.

I mean, you can't really ask for

more than for our first day.

I'm waiting for bug o'clock.

- Yeah. - I'm wondering

what that's gonna be like.

Yeah, my biggest concern is definitely

what's going to happen when the sun goes down.

Those mosquitoes tend to erupt.

Jeff's invaluable 60-day experience

and steven's success in diverse climates

are tempered by lacey's struggles on past challenges.

Their initial 60-day xl success metric

is set at 34%.

Damn, mosquitoes are coming already. Ah, damn it.

Almost there. There we go.

Daylight's going down.

So we've got to find the right materials to build

some kind of a flat.

- Don't go too fast. - No.

Okay, now, now I'm great.

Man, I've got probably the two smallest partners

out here that probably, I probably outweigh

both of them combined.

And we'll just ram it.

No, no, we won't, it'll pull me over.

It must be a sight for people to see with the big 6'3",

285-pound ogre with a couple elves

through the forest because they're only 110 pounds each,

a foot shorter than I, look like two bookends.

Ladies, I'm very impressed with my teammates.

With e.J.'s spotless record of completing

four challenges across three continents,

sarah's grit and innovation,

and suzanne's high survival iq,

this team's chance of completing 60 days is 47%.

Got fire. We can try to get some smoke going.

Watch your fingers, watch fingers.

But from my experience in the amazon,

there's no true answer to...

When the mosquitos want you,

they're going to come for you.

They're so mean!

It is night one and the mosquitoes are out.

We are all thoroughly getting bit right now.

I looked at my legs and they're on fire right now.

I have bugs eating me alive and my legs hurt so bad.

Bayou

it is a bug-filled night.

It is bad, real bad.

The mosquitoes are, like thick,

you can actually move your hand through the air

and actually feel them hitting mosquitoes.

I covered myself in clay.

You know, we're doing everything we can to keep,

to keep these mosquitoes at bay but right now it is thick!

We're going to do our best to make it through.

It's going to be a long night.

My god, man, that is so bad!

The mosquitoes are emergency level.

Literally, just standing around the fire

in the smoke, miserable, complete misery.

At any one time you have 10 mosquito bites.

I want to go and jump in the river.

And sit in the river up to my neck in water

just so the bugs can't get me.

But, of course, alligators feed at night

and we would be killed.

And that's my best idea, right now.

And that should tell you how, how bad this is.

Oh my god. This is horrible.

They are whacking us. Trying to lay down,

trying to get comfortable, trying to get some sleep

and it's definitely difficult.

This is not just annoying, this is pain.

This is like hypodermic needles going into your skin.

Louisiana mosquitoes suck and are fierce.

It is all-night relentless attacks.

Right now, my feet are unbelievably swollen.

I don't even recognize my feet anymore.

Our bodies are just solid welts right now.

It is unbearable.

This is the worst night imaginable on planet earth.

It is at the borderline of what human beings can endure.

Not once in 135 days doing these "naked and afraid" challenges

have I ever once even had the thought of going home early,

but this location is insurvivable.

Damn it.

We went through hell last night.

- Yeah. - We may still be in hell.

Last night was the worst night I've ever had

in my entire life.

It was brutal, mentally and physically.

And drained me in a way I've never ever felt before.

I think this is a location unlike any

that we've ever done on this challenge.

We all have thousands of bites on our body.

My body is reacting right now.

And my feet are incredibly swollen.

I cannot articulate my ankle back and forth.

I am exhausted.

I think we're all just in a daze right now.

We didn't get a minute of sleep last night.

Our bodies hurt. And it's just the start of day two.

I'm just not a quitter.

You know, yesterday we killed it.

- We kicked butt. - We did.

We had fire, we had firewood, we had a decent shelter going.

This trio? Unstoppable.

We're gonna finish our shelter.

- Oh, yeah. - Gather some more firewood.

I'm fried, man.

Poor jeff.

I finally have partners that I am compatible with

and I can't survive out here without the legends.

So, we got to kind of just try to pull each other up.

All you can do is push through the next minute,

the next hour, the next day. And that's my plan.

We just gotta keep trucking man.

Just make victory that much sweeter.

Oh, so, it is the morning of day two.

Night one was horrible.

There's no possible way to sleep

with these mosquitoes around.

They're awful.

My biggest concern is the roof.

So I'm thinking we're going to get two beams

to make the a frame, have a cross beam to another a frame

and then we just start lining beams up to the ground.

Why don't we sit down and just talk about

what we're going to do.

And that way I feel like we're being productive

- yet, we're resting. - All right.

Okay, so I'm gonna start just gathering poles

and figure out this roof system.

- If you guys are... - So, which way

do you imagine a roof, then?

Two poles?

And then, that way with the roof

or we could just do totally asymmetric

and go from there to here, and then down that way.

Yeah.

My suggestion is that...

Or actually, maybe this is the back, and that's the front.

Yeah, I mean...

We're gonna have to dig down and then cordage it to that.

- I mean... - And then put other logs around it.

I'm getting a little frustrated with the workflow

because I'm a workhorse.

I'm a get in there, get it done kind of guy.

And they've got great attitudes,

they want to pitch in.

But, I think we have some conflicts in terms

of structure design.

Or if we have an a frame that's going like this,

it'll kind of hopefully smoke out all those damn mosquitoes.

There's a lot of ideas floating around.

I want to be a supportive teammate.

I want to be a good teammate for my team.

But right now, we just need to get a shelter.

I'm just gonna let everyone know.

I'm a mission-oriented guy,

and I will start getting antsy.

Like this shelter. So just letting you know.

We all got tore up by mosquitoes last night.

So today is operation pimp our shelter

and make it as airtight as possible

so the smoke lingers and keeps out most mosquitoes.

I'd say our shelter is pretty far along.

All we have now is the final touches.

Yeah, agreed.

So, what do you think? Bait our alligator hooks?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Let's get them in the water. Day two.

We haven't eaten yet. We still want that big game.

We want that big protein. We're here for 60 days.

We're gonna need food pretty soon.

This bait smells, guys. We did a good job.

We don't have great bait right now.

But we do have a dead copperhead

that we've been letting marinate.

I've hunted gators for a lot of years.

And I know alligators hunt strictly

by their sense of smell and sight.

So, if they can smell this copperhead cooking on a hook,

then they're most likely going to come in and become dinner.

Sitting up some gator lines.

It'll be so... To eating gator.

Did you hear something that way? Like a splash?

Oh, gator right there.

Oh yeah.

Right there's about a six and a half foot gator.

Yeah.

Close, but not close enough.

The only way to get one in this deep canal

body of water is going to be the hooks.

No, I know.

For deeper waters we have to use the hooks.

I don't know any other way to go about harvesting

an alligator in water that's over my head.

I'm not even going to get in there.

If we can find an area that's a little more ankle-deep,

knee-deep water we might be able to be successful

with the bow and arrow in an alligator

or, or the alligator boomstick noose.

- We put one here. - Yeah.

We tie it here.

We can drape it over that way.

And then have a good, nice visual.

We have to extend our paracord long enough

that that alligator will take it and we could try

to pull him in from shore.

- All right. - I like it.

One more.

Going to the next one.

This feels very gatory.

I feel like a gator would really like it over here.

The only way he knows the gig is up,

is if he feels the hook and spits it out.

I don't know about you guys,

but I'm starting to, like, salivate.

Hunger.

What we're really hoping for is he'd swallow it.

And then it's go time.

If you think they're good enough.

Oh, hey.

There's an alligator right next to our line.

Really? Already?

That's about a six-foot gator.

Three feet from our line right now.

It's thinking about it.

It's moving, it's moving.

Damn it.

It's kind of spooked from us.

Jeez, damn it.

That was close.

He was literally ready to eat it and we scared him.

See you later, alligator.

- Okay, we've got water. - Water's done.

Do you guys want some?

It tastes like bathwater?

It tastes like bathwater.

Day two, had a hell of a night last night.

Getting attacked by flies, mosquitoes.

Yeah, you name it. I didn't get any sleep.

So today we're going to finish up our shelter.

All right.

That's all the palms that I've seen.

So, now it's more about a hunt for palms

because we need shingles for our shelter.

- I see one. - Do you?

Oh, yeah, right there!

- Right there. - Oh, I see it.

I'll swim to that.

Okay, gary, if you need help just scream

and I'll swim to you.

We're in hurricane county. We're in louisiana.

The thing is we gotta not get wet

and we gotta not get wind on us

at night when it gets colder.

Hypothermia can absolutely take somebody out

of this challenge.

So we got plenty of lumber. I just need shingles.

Go, gary.

Keep your eyes peeled for alligators while I'm out here.

You're ready, babe.

These alligators are no joke out here in the swamp.

He's crazy.

I've seen my friends get hurt and bit by gators.

I had my foot bit

two and a half weeks before I came here. Fear is real.

- Hey, you guys! - What?

I found another one.

Just in a little bit full of palm leaves.

- Hell, yeah. - Beautiful!

We're palm leaf-rich!

Hey, I'll take that.

Oh,

he's hilarious, dude.

There's alligators out here.

But I want to be the guy to go for it.

It's part of the reason why I'm here, because I take risks.

And in these challenges, I've had it not pay off,

put me in the hospital and I've had it pay off hugely.

That's me. Check it out. Alligator tracks.

See his toe?

That looks like about between five and seven feet

for this alligator.

I'm literally getting the palms right from

where he likes to chill.

There's a little gator in the water

and he's going towards gary.

Hey, gary. There's an alligator in the water.

About 100 yards from where I'm pointing. Coming down.

It's gonna take me a while to swim with this. Right there?

Yeah.

Oh, that's like 50 yards.

Yeah, it's moving closely.

If an alligator gets ahold of you,

the pressure on those bites is huge.

And then they do a death roll.

So, out here if you get a big enough gator up on you.

You're in trouble.

Be careful, gary.

No way.

Something's coming.

Oh, time to go.

Something's coming.

Oh, time to go.

So close. that is so sketchy.

Gary is a wild man. He's balls to the wall.

But as a partner and a survivalist.

He might have questionable judgment.

That was close, dang it.

Do you want to take a break and rest?

- Yeah, I'm gonna take it. - Why don't you rest?

Unless you want to put your deer hide on

and kind of walk on the bank right here.

No way.

You never know.

We got a pretty solid amount of firewood right now.

But the mosquitoes were so bad.

You need like three times more for that.

We're constantly going to be up and feeding the fire

all night long.

And what the smoke is going to do is to help

deter the mosquitoes.

All right.

This is the worst day ever.

And we got to change that.

Surviving night one, here was the most difficult

thing I've ever done.

But we made it and I'm committed to this challenge

and my teammates.

We're all pitching in together.

We're banding together and we're making it happen.

What do you guys think about cutting a big old piece

of my deer hide off and throwing it on a treble hook.

Cool.

We've seen a lot of gators already this far.

We know they're out there.

My gosh, if we could reel in a six,

eight-foot gator, we'd be looking really, really good.

- It's pretty good... - Once it's in.

- Especially with the barbs hanging out. - Yeah, it is.

Yeah, you're good.

And I'm gonna hang it from that little lime tree,

right across the river.

There's definitely gator markings right over there.

Gators definitely sunbathe there in the afternoon.

So what you want to do is you want to dangle a hook,

about eight inches above the water surface

hanging from a tree.

The gator will launch up out of the water,

ingest the hook, take it down with him and swallow it.

And then he's stuck.

Cross our fingers, we might kill something today.

We got to keep vigilant.

Alligators, you know, that's food.

But, it's also terrifying.

And it's very dangerous.

Alligators have 82 teeth,

and they have a bite force of over 4,000 pounds

per square inch.

It's one of the highest bite forces

in all of mother nature.

That's something you don't want to be on

the wrong end of.

That's the end. Not just the end of the challenge.

It might be the end of our lives.

- Oh my god. - It's a alligator.

- Where? - Right there.

Oh yeah. I see him.

That was dangerously close.

Freaking terrifying. Jeff. Oh my gosh.

Dude, there was an alligator right there.

No way. He was right here?

He's, he's over there now.

Oh, I see him, son of a bitch.

That's crazy.

That was crazy dangerous.

- Sorry. - Are you all right? Ready?

We are, are we letting it down? What are we doing?

Up.

Wait, wait. If we go up, then we have to hold it

the whole time you're making stakes.

Yeah, okay, just, just, just...

You just can't let it slide anymore or it'll break it.

This is a fairly ambitious shelter build.

We've got quite a large a frame that's going to require

pretty substantial amount of greens to cover it.

The raised platform in the middle is going to include

a very nice mantel piece,

with a billowing smoke fire that not only provides warmth,

but also smoke helps to deter insects

in a place like this where the mosquitoes are literally hell.

There we go. Perfect.

Did you want to lash it, at least that end?

- What? - While we're holding it,

you want to tie it like,

cordage that one?

I thought the weight itself would be fine.

I just didn't know if you wanted to secure

it a little more.

I think it's gonna be fine.

But, I can if you want I mean...

I'm trying really hard to be patient.

Finally, we're going to get a roof done.

- Something's not right. - It should come this way.

Yeah.

And if I keep hearing" whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, let's relash it, let's re-secure that."

let's just get the damn thing up,

lash it down and just get it done.

It's really busy doing survival stuff.

Oh!

I am bound and determined to get hit!

Put it down, put it down, put it down.

It's gonna bust the cord.

In this particular situation, what's happening is

I am out here with e.J, you know,

and I don't want to feel like a sidekick

- right there. - All right.

Obviously, he has all the knowledge

and obviously he can answer all the questions

and I just don't like that all the time.

I want to be seen and be known as a valuable partner.

But that one needs one. I only corded this side over here.

Right. And I put a stake in the backside.

Right, but this side.

I'll get you another stick.

Right now, it's day two.

We got a half-assed shelter and we're facing

another tough night of mosquitoes and no sleep.

That's a tall order and I'm just calling it like it is.

After you put those in, I think I'd feel better

if there were two stakes on each side.

Yeah.

We'll get some more in there,

make you feel more comfortable.

Oh god. They're so bad.

Yeah, they're biting.

Oh my god. Holy crap.

We are about an hour past sunset on day two

and it is already unbearable, the mosquitoes are insane.

All over me, all over me! Embrace the suck.

It's maddening, I tell you. It's maddening!

It's night two. The mosquitoes are actually pretty bad.

- It's already out. - Oh, they're out, baby.

Oh god.

This is terrible.

Tonight, our entire camp's flooding.

Everything's almost underwater.

Oh gosh.

Oh my god, look at that. He's like knee-deep in water.

The water must be rising more and more every day.

I don't think so.

The tides continue to rise, and the waters continue

to creep in on our shelter and our fire location.

So, I'm just looking at the new moon right now.

By the time it's a full moon,

this entire place will be underwater.

Last night was the worst night of my entire life.

You couldn't write a worse two days than this.

This is not for the faint of heart.

- God help us. - Life's not easy in the swamp.

Well, so we were almost totally underwater last night.

Everything flooded except this eight by eight

- little square right here. - That was crazy.

We were blessed to have an area just big enough

to fit our three bodies and a small fire.

If it would've rained, if the tide would have rose any more,

we'd have been, it'd have been devastating.

There's water just right under here

like probably 12 inches under there's water.

-Totally. -I think that all this is going to be

flooded within this.

We have to move camps.

This camp is not going to last us maybe even one more night.

We got to find some higher ground

go find a new place.

Somewhere we can actually live.

Yeah.

Today's moving day, period.

100%.

It has been a hellish time so far.

So I'm really hoping that this move

is kind of like a clean slate.

Cordage, hides, knives, fishing hook stuff, pot.

I think together if we go and find something new

and just start all over.

We're gonna be all the better for it.

This is where we are.

Now, we know that everything on this side

of the river is all freaking underwater.

Yeah, maybe if we cross on over...

Across the river?

And there's pretty thick trees it looks like here.

And a lot of times there's trees...

Drier ground, drier ground.

So getting out of the... Any place

is gonna be better than this place.

- That's true. - Two worst nights ever.

I'm not gonna miss this place.

No.

This place hurt my soul.

That water tastes like rotten

it's the worst.

I'm just getting a ton of firewood of all varieties.

We ran out last night and I don't like that.

We need to have a lot of fuel to keep the fire burning.

Because I think these mosquitoes, if you use

a lot of smoke, they just don't want to be around.

Every day, small wins. That's how you get to 60 days.

- That's your new pile? - Yep.

Nice.

Right and I'm starting to get a,

a like a burning sensation on my nuts.

My man bits are like burning. Are yours?

Are you having any reaction?

No, I haven't got bit on them or nothing.

Yep, they're looking angry.

I looked down at my family bits

and it looks like I just got road rash or run over

by a truck and there is a burning of the scrotum.

It is quite angry-looking.

Oh my...

That looks like you've dipped them in boiling water.

Dude, it's, it's bad. Rylie, what do you think?

Yeah, they look pretty awful.

I mean I'm not laughing at you, brother,

but you might want to get that looked at.

So if we pan back to the amazon jungle,

I contracted a rare flesh eating bacteria on my foot.

We received the test results back

and the type of bacteria that came back

is a lot stronger than what we can treat out here.

Well, hell, I even thought maybe

I'll just cut off those toes.

I don't need a couple of those toes.

Well, this is a different ballgame, people.

There is something happening to my boys.

They're not getting cut off.

And I'm damn well hell not getting tapped out of here

for some kind of a testicular issue.

This kind of looks like one of these things

that's here local in the swamp.

It's called nutria itch.

It's from the feces of the nutria

that live in the swamps here.

It's a microscopic roundworm, they can get into you

from getting in the mud too much and having

that moisture against your skin too much.

I rubbed that mud on myself for mosquito repellent.

Nutria are large aquatic rodents that can grow

up to 20 pounds, and release parasitic eggs

into the water through their feces.

That's a new one.

I like to break the barrier here on this challenge,

so might as well be the first one to get

them nutria poop worm parasite on my nut.

I need you to try to stay as dry as you can

and stay out of sitting in the mud.

Try not to have too much moisture in there

throughout the day, like this.

- Okay? - All right, thanks.

Out here to say that something should stay dry is, is tricky.

We're only a foot above sea level in a swamp.

So whatever I do, I've got to keep,

keep my nuts out of water.

Something so small like that, an irritant like that

it's not something that you want to take lightly.

And he is by far the best hunter, most experienced.

And if matt were to be taken out,

that would be a huge danger for myself and riley.

This kind of stuff scares me.

It's something I've never quite seen before.

That could get in your bloodstream, you know?

Oh, that's right, right there in a vulnerable spot.

I hate to leave the challenge from some kind of nut bite.

It's become a situation.

Dammit. That's not good for us.

I know we've all gone quite a long time.

I've gone a week without eating on one of these challenges.

But I don't want to wait.

We don't want to...

We don't want to start this 60 day, you know, in a hole.

- Right. - Food-wise.

So, time to hunt. Go big or go hungry.

I'm an apex hunter.

And to get a little nutria itch on my nether region.

It sucks.

I can't go wade through the swamp.

I can't go into some of these areas.

So, that weighs on me heavily.

I'm just gonna step up my game today and make sure

that we have, you know, as much,

as much efficiency today as we can.

I just caught this lizard here, whacked him with a stick on a tree.

And pretty much anything we find that's this small

right now we're just gonna be using as bait.

Toss it in the water. There we go.

My fingers are crossed.

I was looking for some crawfish holes because

they're in the mud.

I was getting some wood, but I don't see them.

You think they'd be all in this mess.

Obviously I'll never be as good a hunter as matt is,

but we're out here for 60 days.

I will literally do whatever it takes to support my team.

What the hell?

I lost the lizard.

So, right through that gap is a squirrel.

Missed by mere inches.

Next time.

I just misjudged the distance slightly,

hit just over its head.

Every shot I take with this thing,

it's kind of becomes a part of me.

Soon we'll be dialing in.

And there'll be some stuff cooking on that fire.

We could start at the top, get you on my shoulders,

start there. Click, click, click.

And then we just have to dig these ones,

you know, underneath to do the shingling.

A shelter is so important now.

We have to finish it today, I think.

We just, I can't have more nights like that,

it'll break me.

Yeah, I have to get it done. Got to get the roof done.

Get the platform up and start collecting firewood

so we can get onto bigger, better things, like hunting.

I just, I'm just tired of just messing with it.

I just want to get the roof up.

The good idea ferry has left the station.

So we just gotta get down, hunker down.

Keep going. So it fits in that crook. Yeah.

Oh, it's in there.

We're on day three now.

And none of us have really eaten.

Yet we all know that we have to work on the shelter.

So that we can get through the night and without mosquitoes.

So that's our main thing. I mean, the only thing is...

Take that end up a little bit on your side.

Maybe not.

By physics, we put too much weight on this end,

it's hanging over.

It's gonna pull it, we probably need to...

I'm gonna lash this, though. I'm just...

- If we can go to this. - But the weight,

the weight's off now.

E.J seems like he's getting a little frustrated

with suzanne.

There's a little bit of a friction there.

That's definitely evident.

I'm not sure if she's feeling the friction,

but I can definitely tell it's there.

Wait, wait, wait, stop chopping.

What?

Sarah, can you hold that lashing?

Because it's putting a lot of pressure sliding it

down that pole.

- No more pressure. - Nevermind.

No more pressure.

I'm really trying to exercise a strong sense of patience.

Especially when dealing with suzanne. Sarah, she's great.

With suzanne, it's always just talk, talk, talk.

Slightly down.

I think just to hear yourself talk.

That, I think, fell.

- What? - The pole's off on this side.

There we go.

On both sides, and...

Okay, okay, okay.

You know, I'm not a know-it-all,

I'm not trying to be a know-it-all, but, damn.

You know, don't talk to me like

I don't know what the I'm talking about.

The angle slid with the lashing.

You can't do that. You're pushing this, that way.

Alright, alright, calm down.

I was just letting you know to stop.

- What? - It's pushing that way.

I can tell by weight.

I'm sure it has to be cut.

- I'm gonna cut it. - Yes.

- Right about there. - Okay.

Everybody approve? Excellent.

Right there. Good.

I'll let you ladies have that.

There, I can go take a break. It's driving me crazy.

There's no way I'm gonna be able to go 60 days with that.

Eight miles away, jeff, lacey and steven

are still in search of high ground for a new camp.

We could just take it slow and easy for me.

Yeah.

My feet are still incredibly swollen

and painful.

I mean, the swamps are the worst place

a human being can try to survive.

But I'm out here now because I want to be the best

that I can be.

But also, I want to be the best of anybody in this challenge.

Check that out. The land seems to definitely...

-It looks way drier over there. -Go up,

out of the water.

Oh my gosh, it does.

You can even see the dry dirt from here.

- Yeah. - We haven't seen dry dirt.

- Yet. - Since we've been here.

Be careful around here too, guys.

There could be alligators all up in here.

The gators are definitely out there.

And are some of the most dangerous predators

here in the swamp.

So you have to always focus on your environment.

Oh, it's cold.

I'll take the water, you take this.

Okay.

Okay, I'll just swim with it.

Yes.

This is crazy.

Okay.

Dry up here, guys.

- Yeah! - Dry ground! Thank goodness!

Look at this land, dude.

It's drier than any other area, so.

I'm digging it.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, look at this dry ground.

Yeah, you hear that? Crunchy leaves, big trees.

- Full-grown trees. - No mud.

That's a good sign right here with this like tree trifecta.

We could do like a 123. At least give us a roof.

Okay, well, then I guess it's time to start chopping.

Yeah.

To move camps, it's not ideal.

It's hard to start from absolutely nothing.

And we're having to build it all over again,

in a new environment.

It's impossible to decide whether or not

this is the right decision.

We'll have to see how tonight goes.

But we just need to avoid another night one.

Doesn't it feel like day one all over again?

This is way worse.

But we did it once, we can do it again.

We'll start boiling the water and then we could go

set up our gator line.

Yep.

That would be something, if we got a gator.

I think that's huge. The gator trap idea, that's cool.

Day three without anything substantial.

We're trying to figure out the best way for us

to get food on the table.

And as of right now, you know, it's coming out of that water.

We see every single day we're seeing alligators,

and we just need to be able to get that on our dinner table.

All right, I'm going to go with max,

we're gonna set up that gator hook.

And I'll just be working on lumber and firewood.

Oh, wow. Check it out.

This is hyacinth.

Uh-oh, gary's eating something,

what's gonna happen to him?

In these challenges, I really do apply the scavenger style.

I really try to develop a diet of the plants around me,

and so I can sustain myself

while I'm looking for the other opportunities.

So a little bit of nectar, a little bit of sweetness

what the bees go after and then the pollen is in there

which is one of the richest sources of vitamins in nature.

And high on protein.

I'm a survivalist.

I know my stuff.

Have you ever seen me eat anything

and something go wrong?

Oh, never mind.

Delicioso.

We use that tree right there to hold the meat up on

and give it... As soon as the gator bites it, pulls it down.

It will go into the water with the gator.

Yeah.

We have very limited resources on bait.

We have the rotting deer hide with a crawfish.

Why don't we go for two crawfish.

- You got one? - Yeah.

They're in all these holes, but...

Should we just go with crawfish without that?

No. I think that the deer's rot smell,

that's what they want.

They don't like things that are alive.

Crawfish deer dinner, surf and turf, baby.

Here, can you hold this?

And I'm just gonna crawl out onto that tree branch.

Okay, please be careful, brother.

There we go.

When I look at my partners, I know that I had the most

experience with alligators due to the fact that I go out

and wrestle them multiple times throughout the year.

I was taught how to manage them, how to hold them.

You know, at some point there might be a 12-footer that I

put a noose around his neck and ripped out the water.

Right about there.

I got it.

I'm grateful enough that max is willing to listen to me.

And you know what? It is going to work.

We are going to catch a gator.

I'm going to give it about 12 feet.

Yeah.

Because then it can't go anywhere

and I'm going to tie it, does that sound good?

Yeah.

That's pretty legit. It ain't going nowhere.

Whoo! Good work.

High five, man.

We are tying supports on our roof

so that we can hang palm over it.

Assuming we have plenty of palm.

And this will create a rain shelter and a sun shelter

and hopefully enclose the space so that smoke

from inside will deter the mosquitoes

and help to keep it warm when it gets cold at night.

Me and suzanne, every time something needs to be said

or something I said she has to chime in

or she has to give her opinion

and maybe I'm looking at that the wrong way.

Because I'm trying really hard to be patient.

I'm about survival. Not drama.

It's a cottonmouth.

That's the deadliest thing that's out here in the swamps.

Big

oh, yeah. He's not happy.

The water moccasin, or cottonmouth,

is known for its highly aggressive behavior.

It's venom prevents its victim's blood from clotting,

causing severe hemorrhaging.

Nasty, nasty snake.

Nasty, nasty little booger.

He's a big son of a gun.

Looks like he might have just ate something too.

See? This just signifies how dangerous it is out here.

And how we have to watch everywhere we walk

because that sucker was sitting right there.

Take its head off. Move it. That is food.

Oh my god, we're gonna eat good

because this is a fat humdinger of a snake.

Yeah! Whoo! We eat tonight.

- Oh, ladies. - Yes.

It's the heat of the day.

I think we should eat some lunch.

That is a big snake!

Yeah!

This could have got any one of us on that trail over there.

- Dang it. - Oh, squishy.

Yeah, there's something in there.

This is definitely full of something.

E.J comes in with this huge fat snake.

I mean, it's like a, like a big piece of meat.

I'm excited to see what's in that belly.

Look at all this meat.

Yeah, snakes, they'll just peel right off

and all the crap inside them comes with him.

Whoa, there's another snake in there!

Careful. Careful, careful.

Is it alive in there?

It could be.

We gotta be really, really, super careful.

Holy

alright, so normally the snake would peel all this guts

out with us.

But not this time.

So, I'm gonna cut this guy out.

Looks like another moccasin.

Yeah, the scale pattern looks just the same.

I've never ate a snake out of another snake before.

Careful, I don't know what this 's

going to do once he comes out,

because that's definitely another moccasin.

I'm gonna hack it right now. Just in case.

Yes.

- Suzanne? - Yes.

We have a surprise for you.

You will not believe this.

What?

We went down to an area to clean this thing.

That snake ate a moccasin.

See how brutal they are!

Our bodies so much needed this food.

And it's just wonderful.

But it's just really driving at home for me

about how dangerous this area is.

It's not even just our camp.

It's not even just danger in the water,

it's danger anywhere I go.

That's a lot of snake.

- We're gonna eat good. - Yeah, we are.

We deserve it. We've been busting our asses.

Hey, you guys?

- Yes? - Look at this.

There's a little gator in the water

and he's going towards our bait.

Our one gator line we have out there.

Max, get that treble hook. If we can reach him,

I say we snag him.

Okay.

This gator is teasing us.

He's coming up to the shore, messing with us a little bit,

but he's too far away from the bait.

So we're going to toss out a treble hook

to try to wrangle him in.

A treble hook is a singular three-pronged hook

that is effective in catching fish from multiple angles.

By tying a treble hook to paracord,

he team hopes to toss it out far enough

to snag the gator and pull it to shore.

He's turning around, give him a second, just be patient.

He's just got to get a little closer.

Aw, he's so beautiful. It looks delicious.

Do you know what you guys got to remember?

Is as soon as you reel him in, we just need to get the tail.

That's full control.

You pull his tail this way and he tries to come bite you.

He can't, they can't bite their own tail.

Whatever way they're coming, pull the tail towards his face.

We've got about a six-foot alligator.

Just drifting down the river.

And amber wants to wrestle it in.

I'm thinking that he's starting to move

a little closer here.

Gary, maybe you grab this treble hook and see

if you can walk the distance that he is out there.

So I have the right amount of line.

I'm just making sure I have enough line to make that toss.

All right, that's good.

Are you sure you don't want me to throw the line?

This is what I do. I think I got it.

I've been playing ball my whole life.

Okay.

I consider myself a max of all trades

and I have never really known my limits.

I've always been like I see it.

I want to do it. So I'm gonna go for it.

Nailed the water.

Here, let me help you with your cord.

It's okay.

The thing that really bugs me,

is when I said, "max, grab the treble hook and the cordage

and set it up and bring it to me".

And he immediately wanted to take over.

That's about all I got right there. That was horrible.

Oh, got me a big old log here.

He's too far now.

What a bust.

That's a thick boy.

That thing's about eight feet, I'd guess.

See the eyes and the nose is such a big space.

That's how you gauge what's under the water.

It's so crazy to see that it can feed us for ages, ages.

I mean, we would eat until we're full several times.

So yeah, it's tantalizing.

It's rough to see it.

But we do have, you know, hooks in the water,

your odds go up with hooks in the water.

So, hopefully he meanders around and gets an interest

in our hooks because that would be amazing.

See you later alligator.

- It got warm quick. - Right, it did.

Do you want some more water?

- Yes. - Force it.

I'm feeling pretty tired today.

And very dehydrated. I can't chug anymore.

The water source here has all that green algae and stuff.

So getting used to the water.

It's not easy, it's not comfortable.

- I feel nauseous. - Oh, no.

Man, I wish we just had a spring or something.

We're not even a week into the challenge. Both,

both of my partners are having problems.

So we really need to make sure we find a way

to work around this.

Seriously, when this is done, we pull it off

and put it maybe in the shade in the water.

I'm going to get out of the sun. I'm gonna keep pushing forward.

We're gonna boil another pot of water today

and just see if my body is starting to get used to it.

And if it's not, I'm gonna have a problem

making it to day 60.

Let's see what happens.

Nice roaring fire so that we can have lunch.

We have to cook the snake now, we can't wait till dinner

because with this humidity and all of these

flies and mosquitoes and bugs and everything.

It will, it'll rot on us before we get a chance.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

- Cheers. - Snake.

This is so good.

It's real good!

It is really good. It tastes like chicken jerky.

That was worth the risk. Our bayou bounty.

When you're doing as much work as we are.

You're expending a lot of calories.

So, to get some food gives us a little bit more energy.

And I'm hoping to finally be really in our groove

the way we need to be.

I want us to be a team that's functioning.

What a day. I mean, the way things turned around.

Look how the roof is looking.

Yummy, yummy in my tummy.

Oh yeah.

This is delicious. It's very good.

Our shelter is coming along great.

What do you guys think?

We take a walk?

We got gator hooks that have been sitting

in the water all night.

Hopefully there might be something on those.

And then if we have a gator on the hook, lacey on its back...

- Depending on the size. - On how big it is.

- That's the jam. - That is the jam.

You get the mouth closed, you mount it,

I put the knife through its skull. Yeah.

Everyone has their blades?

Yep.

We're gonna go check our fishing lines

back at our previous camp.

Hopefully we can get an alligator.

I think if we get something big and amazing like that

and we get to do it together,

I think it's going to lift everyone's spirits.

- Well, should we hit it? - Yeah, let's do it.

Be careful around here too, guys.

Because with all this flooding, it would have pushed

the snakes right up out of that channel.

My feet are still overcoming the effects of night one.

I think my body is rebelling against the bug bites.

So, hopefully this gets better with time.

See, it's still hanging out there.

Oh, is it?

Yeah, I think that's it.

On the surface of the water.

Yeah, that's it right there.

Oh, man, I was really hoping for something amazing there.

Fingers crossed we get one tomorrow.

Hunting these alligators is just like fishing.

We got to find the right bait.

You know, it's just trial and error out here.

We're learning our environment every day

that we're living in it.

So would you be comfortable with a four-foot,

mounting a four-foot gator?

Yeah, definitely a four-foot would be fine.

Yeah.

Oh, hold on. Hold on. Right here.

Holy right here. You see this?

Oh my god.

He's looking right at us too, that's a big one.

- That's a cottonmouth. - Yeah.

And he's already agitated right now.

Yes, cottonmouth is very agitated.

Do you see how he's kind of like,

flexing his muscles like that?

Yeah. I got him.

I think you're ready.

All right, lacey, I'm gonna just kind of draw him out

a little bit. I'll get him pinned right around here.

And then I'll let you know when I've got him. Okay?

That's all right.

Super defense mode right now.

Holy son of a gun.

That is coming towards me.

Good god, baby,

holy son of a gun.

That is coming towards me.

Good god, baby,

- are you ready? Are you ready? - Yep.

I got him.

- Yeah! Get it, girl. - Yes.

- Oh my god... - his head is still on.

His head is still on.

Yes!

Whoo!

Yeah, baby!

- Oh my god, look how fat it is. - -hell yeah!

Yes!

I'm so proud of you!

Awesome.

Lacey is an incredible teammate.

And let me say it here first.

She has everything it takes to last 60 days out here,

without a doubt in my mind.

That was so gore, I thought I was gonna die.

Close your eyes.

Snake baptism!

Yeah! Oh, yeah!

This is how we do it!

I'm super stoked. That's my first-ever snake.

It made me feel like I was a part of the group

and that I really belong here.

It's so cool.

I'm just making a little fishing pole right now.

Not really gonna be crazy, but I'll catch fish.

To survive 60 days in the swamp you have to eat.

So, even though we have very limited fishing gear.

I'm gonna go out there and I'm gonna get a damn fish,

is what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna throw a line out today.

Maybe catch a catfish.

I got a crawfish on it, something favorite

that they love.

You're gonna want to put that towards the bottom.

- Sorry, I didn't want to interject. - Can I finish?

Thank you for talking for me.

Catfish are bottom-eaters, honey,

I fish them all the time, right now.

Being surrounded by alpha males

who always want to take the lead is nothing new to me.

But I know what I'm doing out here.

Are you gonna feed us, amber?

I promise I'll do my best. Because we need it.

We scored with amber as a teammate, let me tell you.

Fingers crossed!

All right, right there is a squirrel.

You might be asking why wouldn't I go

shoot that squirrel?

Well, unfortunately,

I've got the nutria itch on my scrotum.

And right now, being that it's kind of an open wound,

I can't go crossing this water,

so the agony to me to have something right there

but I can't hunt it

because I can't get across that water yet.

Got those squirrels on layaway?

Can't get them yet. But soon.

Oh, yeah, baby.

We got dinner. Look at that meat.

This is a lot of food for three people

it's a lot for three people.

We're gonna be bayou bobby flays by the end of this.

Heck yeah!

He'll be calling us for recipe advice.

We just can't have them roll into the fire

because their nerves are gonna start twitching.

So that's what happens to snake when you freshly kill it

and throw it on a hot griddle.

It moves as if it was alive.

All right, team.

First dinner.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Cheers.

This is really good.

Yeah.

I mean, this almost tastes like the type of meat

that you would get at a brazilian rodizio.

Tastes like victory.

Tastes like victory.

Yeah, I am definitely, definitely going to get my 60,

but don't tell anybody. It's gonna be a surprise.

No, the back straps are actually fantastic.

- Yeah. - Oh my gosh, I know.

And they peel all the way down.

Yeah, man.

Cottonmouth queen.

Hell, yeah. This is the best day ever.

All right, night three, and we're actually on dry ground,

which is super awesome.

Got a little lean-to action going here.

Nice y'all snuggled up.

Jeff rockin' rollin' over there. Got a little fire digs.

Definitely better off than what we were

the past few nights. So...

Fingers crossed we could just get some good sleep and

start the day off good tomorrow.

But, you never know with the bayou. So, we'll see.

All right, jeff is over here.

And he is not feeling good at all. His belly hurts.

We're not sure if it's the snake,

the water or just the general conditions out here.

Poor guy can't catch a break.

Jeff's been throwing up and dry heaving and throwing up,

and it is painful to watch.

Come on, louisiana! Is that all you've got?

God, I hate this.

Insertion day, baby!

Snake right here.

This is crazy.

Throughout the 60-day legends challenge,

each team will be evaluated on a new scale,

the xls or xl success metric,

which calculates their likely percentage of completing

the 60 days together as a team.

Only three days into the challenge,

matt's ability to hunt has been hampered

by a nasty bacterial infection.

I can't go wade through the swamp.

I can't go into some of these areas.

That weighs on me heavily.

And ryan's struggle with hydration

could lead to more serious matters.

We're not even a week into the challenge.

Both of my partners are having problems.

As a result, their team xls plummets to 36%.

To get the shelter materials they need,

gary made a bold, but risky decision.

That is so sketchy.

And amber's first shot at a gator was thwarted

by max's lack of teamwork.

He immediately wanted to take over.

With these signs of possible clashes

in the future.

Their team xls ticks down from 54 to 41%.

For e.J, sarah and suzanne,

differing opinions have slowed their shelter progress.

Oh!

Plus, you can't do that. You're pushing this that way.

All right, calm down.

There's no way I'm going to be able to go 60 days, with that.

But e.J.'s ability to secure their first protein

of the challenge provides a major boost.

Whoo! We eat tonight!

Their xls rises slightly from 47% to 52%.

And after two nights of ravenous bugs

and rising waters...

God help us.

...Steven, jeff and lacey

found new hope at a second camp.

First dinner.

But now, a sudden illness has jeff

struggling once again.

As a result, their xls drops from 34% to 22%.

Come on, louisiana. Is that all you've got?

God, I hate you.

Really?

Yes, sir.

I feel absolutely awful.

I can hope that it's a reaction

to all my mosquito bites.

Hopefully.

Because if it's the snake, or the water, then, you know,

I don't want my teammates to have to deal with this crap.

Gosh, I feel miserable.

Louisiana sucks. I mean, it just sucks.

Amber! The line's tugging.

Is it?

- Is it really? - -yeah, I saw the line tug.

Is there anything on there?

- Let's go. - Oh, I got a bite.

- Pull hard! - Oh yeah!

Amber got a fish.

Oh! I got a catfish!

Oh, man.

First catfish, right here!

- Let's go! - Holy hell!

Oh my god! I'm so happy!

I'm feeling so excited right now.

I'm loving this moment.

And I feel so proud to feed these boys.

And if we can stay on this pattern of catching a fish

every other day or every day, we're going to make it

to 60 days and we're going to be strong.

And that's what's important,

is getting my partners across that finish line.

Or they're going to be carrying me, either way.

I feel like it's christmas.

It's easy to get down.

We hadn't eaten for three days.

Crispy catfish.

Freakin stoked. She has been putting

in the work to get us fed.

And she's, she brought food to the table.

And now we're eating, you know,

I'm just utterly thankful.

Cheers, everybody.

Here's to good eating in the swamp.

Right.

How's it tasting?

Incredible.

Oh, god, I could feel it going in my system.

Right already, you know?

Wow.

I feel like a new man.

Are we currently eating the eyeballs or what?

Get it, gary.

Every meal and calorie counts out here. Everything counts.

You can eat these eyeballs, they're a good source of zinc.

And natural salts. There we go.

I think I'll just pluck it right out with my teeth.

Delicioso.

Amber, do you want an eyeball?

Sure.

Do you want to cut it out?

Or you just want to pluck it out with your teeth?

I'll pluck it out with my teeth.

Really?

Gary conned you into that one.

How are you feeling? Just getting some rest?

Yeah, it's the same nausea, like the same,

- like nauseous feeling. - Yeah.

That water, I just drank so much of it.

And I was still dry.

Yeah.

So, ryan has been having a lot of problems

drinking this water and right now he is not looking good.

Not really sure what's going on with this water

and how my body is reacting to it.

It doesn't quench my thirst at all.

It makes it very, very frustrating.

I'm out here to make a home,

to live here in the atchafalaya swamp, 60 days.

Those are my intentions. That's what I'm here to do.

And this is the first time I've ever doubted myself

on one of these challenges.

And that's hard for me to admit.

Oh

Are you all right, buddy?

It finally happened.

He's been fighting throwing up for days.

This is not good.

And if ryan can't control this,

dehydration is a huge issue.

To throw up and not be able to hydrate,

that's super, super dangerous.

That will take you out.

No, no.

I know.

This is an issue.

Right here, right here.

Watch out. Watch out.

Back up, back up.

Sixty days is a long time.

If you don't have the skills to be out here,

the swamp will smell you out.

Whoa, whoa, he went under, I can't see him no more.

Go, go, go.

There is a gator on that line.

One, two, three!

Oh, his penis. You're gonna eat that?

So, I don't give a

I'll eat maggoty food in front of you guys.

Because I'm a hard-headed

I don't want to feel like a sidekick.

It is freezing.

Really?

Get out!

Come on, louisiana. Is that all you've got?

I am not going to give up. I will cross the finish line.

I will leave the swamp a legend.

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