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I'm feeling nauseous.

I ate too much alligator fat.

Ugh.

[max] how you feeling?

[groans]

oh, god. [barfs]

[groans]

[burps]

[sighs]

[groans]

[amber] you okay?

Yeah. I'm just nauseous from eating all that fat today.

There are many risk factors

about everything that gary eats,

there's so many times I look at what he eats

and I'm like, "uh-uh, I can't do that."

I don't want to risk getting sick out here

because me, personally, it's not a safe move as a survivalist.

That would suck to get a medical tap, dude.

Yeah. [burps, groans]

I eat fat a lot.

Greasy food, you know, out in the real world...

This is nothing new to me.

Yeah. [sighs]

it'll just *bleep* me for a while tonight.

[amber] gary, what are you doin'?

Checking this out for what's edible on here.

[amber] gary...

For the love of god.

I'm looking at him like, "oh, my gosh, you are crazy!"

it is intense and insane all wrapped in one.

But that's gary golding.

[gary] come on, just one bite.

[amber laughs] no.

[narrator] with winter approaching across the bayou,

the team of matt, rylie and ryan

have seen their food supply dwindle...

[rylie] yeah.

[narrator] ...And a small rodent is causing big problems

for matt and ryan.

Son of a bitch.

[ryan] go check our fish trout and re-bait it

with some crawfish if we find some.

Matt and I have a nutria itch,

it's a bacteria that the nutria rodent release through their feces.

And keeps me out of the water.

So now we can't actively cross the creek and explore different areas.

It's just putting a huge handicap on this group

and our chances of getting food.

[rylie] I don't think there's anything.

[matt] don't hear anything flipping and flopping.

[rylie] no, nothing in there. Still stinks, though.

[ryan] what a drag.

Yeah. Well, let's hope a deer comes lurking...

-...'cause that still looks juicy right there. -I think so.

Come check on this after a little bit today.

This right here is a nutria trail.

-Oh, yeah? -Yep.

These nutria tracks look very similar to a raccoon.

It has some webbing on its feet.

That's a ten-pound thing.

This is a solid... Like rabbit size, at least.

-[ryan] and those are fresh tracks. -Oh, they're very fresh.

[matt] I just found a whole bunch of nutria tracks

which is huge.

Been looking for this now for 17 days.

This is a straight-up nutria path.

[matt] so where does it go?

I have a feeling he walks down this log right here,

then echoes into this grass through that other stump.

So this right here, check that out.

Oh, wow.

-So you could see where he's-- -yeah.

He's climbing up here,

he's going through this whole vegetative area.

This is his standard path

which indicates that there's a nutria den somewhere,

somewhere these nutria, like, digging holes, like many other rodents.

[matt] though nutria is a nocturnal rodent.

Well, that's an advantage for us in some ways because

if we figure out where he's hiding,

we can ambush him.

-It's all hollow in there, isn't it? -Yeah.

That's his hole right there.

I would almost gamble

to bet he's in this hollow part right now, just hunkered in there.

[rylie] just smoke him out here.

We blow a fire in that hole,

and it's gonna smoke like a perfect chimney up that thing.

[rylie] yeah, it is.

Let's go back and we'll carry that fire over on a palm frond leaf or something.

Yeah.

[rylie] the weather feels like it's turning a bit,

and now... We're definitely dealing with a winter climate.

We don't know where the resources are

or if they will return...

So to see signs of a nutria,

hopefully we can take advantage of that before another cold snap.

All right. Well, let's come up, get some fire.

Operation nutria.

Let the battle begin.

[narrator] fifteen miles to the east,

jeff and steven finally landed the big score they need.

[grunts]

this changes the entire challenge for us.

-We are on top. -Yes.

Mm.

-It's so good to eat breakfast in the morning. -Yeah.

For real.

You know what?

I'm gonna eat this alligator's testicles.

-Really? -Yeah.

I'm looking forward to that moment.

We feasted last night.

Our bellies are still full.

All right. So what plans for the day?

-I'm gonna work on the tree-smoker. -All right.

Hopefully I can keep that thing chugging all day.

I'm just gonna finish processing all that meat today.

-Sounds like a game plan. -All right.

[jeff] mondo, the monster alligator, we got him

and we've spent the last 48 hours

butchering, prepping, field-dressing and smoking

probably well over 60 pounds of meat.

We got a smorgasbord right here.

I'm literally gonna let it smoke here all day long.

I'm gonna string up some of the meat that we already have prepped,

and all this smoke is going to cure that and it into jerky.

So... Another busy day.

-We're getting flies out here. -This is what we didn't want.

The flies are starting to come out.

We know the clock's ticking.

We have to prep this meat.

And we're gonna have two smokers working simultaneously.

We are working as fast as we can this morning.

All right. There we go.

The tree-trunk smoker, it's going to be smoking meat

all day long.

[chuckles] and it's already starting to come out the top.

Beautiful.

[jeff] steven is hanging me inside the shelter.

Basically turning out shelter into a meat-smoking machine.

We've got quite the setup going here.

As you can see, the meat in here

already is starting to have a nice crust to it.

[coughs, laughs] it's freaking wonderful.

I'm choking on the smoked flavor of our meat.

[sighs] ah.

Mondo, the kill of our lives.

We can carry this energy level through an entire 60-day-challenge.

We are the primary predators out here in this swamp.

Is that an eyeball?

That's definitely not an eyeball.

It's a what?

Oh, my god, it's an egg.

-Look. -I think it's a testicle.

-No, that's an egg. -That's an egg.

Well, I'll be damned.

So I guess I'm not eating testicles then. [chuckles]

-no, it's a chick. -[both laughing]

[steven] I was really looking forward to that, too.

This whole time I've been telling steven,

"I'm gonna eat this alligator's testicles.

It's a man thing. I'm just gonna do it.

I'm gonna throw 'em in my mouth--

I don't even care. I'm gonna eat his balls."

and... It's a female.

There's a little part of me that's grateful

that we didn't find any balls on this guy.

We have so much delicious meat.

I'm gonna stick to ribs.

From the river to the rack, baby.

Yeah, buddy.

[matt] we're going to battle.

For nutria, we need weapons.

[rylie] all right. We got the fire.

[ryan] all right. Let's do it.

Unfortunately, this nutria itch

keeps me from getting in the water.

So even though I can't go wade through the swamp,

I can get us food.

When it comes to game animals, the hunt is on.

And I have never wanted to hunt a nutria more in my entire life.

It is my nemesis right now.

Let's go to war, shall we?

Let rylie feed it

and then, ryan, you and I will assume some positions here.

And if he comes, pokes his head out this crack,

I'll stick him to the log.

-All right. -[ryan] he better be in there.

Soon as this gets where the smoke starts coming out at the top,

you need to be as quiet as possible

and he'll hopefully peak his little head out hoping to get some better air.

-We got flame. -Cook him out, girl.

The smoke's starting to come out of that hole over there.

-Oh, yeah. -[rylie] is it?

He's gotta be feeling the heat too.

[rylie] it's smoky as hell over here.

[matt] come on, buddy. See you in there.

[rylie] I'll keep this going as long as I can.

Or he could just be chilling in the end, like, the end of his hallway.

-[matt] yeah. -[ryan] let me try...

I mean, this is a long spear. Let me try sticking it down there,

so he can feel anything.

-From the top. Yeah. -[rylie] sure.

He's gotta be in there somewhere.

I mean, he would have to be in this little four-foot,

three-foot section, I don't know.

-It's getting burned up. -Yeah.

[rylie] no movement.

Nope.

[matt] we smoked the hell out of this tree just now,

and that nutria is just not in it.

What are you thinking, matt?

[matt] uh...

We gave it a damn hell of a try.

[rylie] yeah, we did.

You think we could set up a snare on that little game path

-and call it good? -Yeah.

We tried to smoke it out,

that didn't work because we figured out that he wasn't home.

But we know where this thing is, we know where it's living,

and we have a good chance at snaring this nutria.

Going bit on the weak side.

So am I, not performing at a 100% right now.

Nope.

[narrator] nine miles to the west,

after seeing both his partners succumb to the elements...

It's a daunting task.

Who knows how this journey is truly gonna end?

[narrator] ...Ej is desperate for a big protein win.

[grunts, sighs]

I'll go check my fishing lines.

Okay, let's see.

Ah, that sucks.

Ah, nothing yet.

It's been a couple of days since I've had a good meal now.

And now that I'm a lone wolf,

if I don't get food, it's on me.

Come on, fishy fishies.

Ah...

[blows air, exclaims]

let me get it right there.

[sighs]

I am starting to get hungry

and I'm really getting anxious to get out there and get after some food.

Six lines in the water... Doing some work for me.

Okay, you're in.

Please, spirits, something... Anything.

Now, let me check that other line over here.

The bait on it had a crawfish on it a while back.

I completely forgot about it.

I was checking other ones.

[exclaiming] whoa!

I got a catfish!

Yeah, baby! Ha-ha-ha!

Oh, man. Right on time.

Yeah!

Yeah!

I'm eating tonight!

This is the first meal I'll have since I've been alone...

Yeah!

I'm so happy.

Thank you, little buddy. Mwah.

Yes. Damn, I needed that.

That was so awesome.

This fish is so good. [chuckles]

I feel all those oils, all those vitamins...

Going right through my body and just doing their thing.

That catfish might have just been the game-changer for me.

But now, I really, really need to get a steady supply of food.

Being alone... That's long-term survival.

[burps, exclaims] that's a good meal.

[animal growling]

[steven] listen.

-Did you hear that? -Yeah.

That was a male alligator.

-Oh, really? -Yeah.

[alligator growling]

[whispering] the deeper, guttural growl, the bigger the alligator.

That means at least ten feet...

He's freaking big.

[alligator continues growling]

I think that might not have been mondo.

That might have been his big fat girlfriend that we ate.

Oh, boy.

And now he's looking for her.

Yeah, he is looking for her... That's why he's calling her.

[alligator growling]

an alligator that big is gonna defend his territory from anything and anybody.

Not just alligators but us too.

[growling grows louder]

[alligator growling]

that's a male alligator...

A big one. It's letting people know this is his territory.

[whispering]

[water splashes]

that was nuts.

We definitely have to be more vigilant...

-Getting in the water, walking down to the... -[growls]

...To the river in the morning and in the afternoon.

Crazy.

Big boy, that's a big boy.

[amber] the meat is so spoiled, you can smell it.

[gary] oh, yeah, the meat's bad.

[max] it's been a week.

I think six days is my threshold.

Unless it's, like, properly smoked.

-[gary] thank you, diana, for everything you've done-- -[max] thank you.

-You fed me. -You fed us.

Yeah, us.

[amber] we've eaten every part of the gator except for his hands.

Really need to catch more fish.

-Look at that. I think we should use it for bait. -[max] yeah.

I think fresh bait like this is what really makes a difference.

This is a perfect type of bait.

It stinks so bad it'll make that water ripe, maggots coming off of it.

It's gonna be perfect bait, and I guarantee you

we're going to catch a fish with it.

Okay. And the bait is going on this one, I'm gonna throw it about 35 feet.

-Good throw. -Thank you.

[max] amber, she's working her line, she's a savage fisher.

She's putting in the work that needs to be done in order for us to succeed.

[amber] we need to get some more catfish,

we have to get food in our bellies,

because we're worried that gary is gonna eat something

really crazy and poisons himself.

I mean, shoot. These are my family out here,

gary and max, and I'll always provide for them.

Like to catch, like, 20 catfish.

All right. I'm gonna go set this nutria snare.

-I won't be long. -[rylie] okay.

What I've got here is all the pieces for a spring-snare.

I like to do a constrictor knot, so when it tightens up on that animal,

it's not gonna come loose, and the more they struggle, the tighter it's gonna get.

Right here, you've got your notched-out little toggle.

So this notch on your toggle is gonna fit right in here,

into the notch, with the stake.

And this stake's gonna be planted into the ground.

So you take your stake, jam it into the ground,

you've got your noose.

Then you wanna take this and tie it to the tree.

Take your little notch on your toggle,

put it into the notch on your stake, and let go of the tree.

Now, you wanna open up the noose over the game path,

find yourself a little y stick like this,

and all you wanna do is open up that hole.

He's gonna come in here, trigger that,

and his arm just, he's just gonna go straight up into the air.

And he'll just be dangling there.

So I've got my pieces, I've got the snare,

I just need to take it down to this nutria path,

and hopefully, it'll work tonight on this nutria.

-Yeah. -[ryan] such a good spot.

[matt speaking]

[ryan] that is all tension.

[matt speaking]

beautiful, man.

Yeah! That's exactly like I wanted it.

But I think, I think it's in the zone.

-For me, that's gorgeous. -Yep.

Let's get back and wash up to eat.

-Wow, you're really excited about that, aren't you? -Yeah, buddy.

I think it's as good a shot as me.

Dude, how about that alligator bellow last night?

Oh, my gosh!

That sounded like a dinosaur.

-It was! -Outside of our shelter.

[steven] it was a dinosaur.

We were in jurassic park last night.

I'm telling you. That was jurassic park.

I think he was calling for his woman.

And his woman's hanging above our fireplace right now.

Dude! I mean, that should worry us, you know?

When you get to be so close to a male alligator

vocalizing in this way,

I mean, it makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.

This gator, he could be ten, 12 feet long.

This is a true man-eater.

He's a monster, for sure.

[jeff] yeah, man. We need to go after him.

[steven] the food sources out here, a majority of them are cold-blooded.

And once that cold weather really hits,

all those alligators are gonna go dormant.

The snakes are gonna go dormant.

The fishing's even gonna become more difficult.

So, we need to get as much protein and food stockpiled as we can,

coming into these colder months.

All right.

I got a nice, big hunk of liver and fat.

[sniffs]

it smells terrible. [chuckles]

but, uh, I don't know, if I was an alligator,

that looks pretty yummy.

Our alligator mondo, um,

happens to be a female.

She is great bait out there

for a husband, or boyfriends out there.

That's gonna bring him in to kind of check out what's going on.

And we'll probably end up getting him next.

I gotta keep my head on a swivel,

trust my instincts and make sure I don't end up

being swamp thing's breakfast.

There's something moving around out there.

Where did that creepy shadow go?

[ej] drop hook.

With a bobber.

Snake spear, just in case they're around here somewhere.

Now that I've got some food in my belly,

I want to scout out some more spots

so I can find better hunting grounds

than what I've been subject to.

You wanna eat, you gotta get out there

and you gotta be out there every day.

That's the only way you can take care of yourself in an environment like this.

Hmm.

Oh, wow.

That's a deer track. That's fairly fresh.

I kind of see where it looks like there's a little bit of a game trail.

Because of the cold, the water level's significantly dropped.

So, because I can see some high ground here,

I bet you the deer just crossing the water over here,

for whatever reason, that come over here,

graze, maybe get a drink.

So if this deer's coming through here,

this is a... What we call in the military a "choke point."

and if I find a really good spot,

I can get a clear shot of 'em coming right up through here.

This is actually the first time I see deer tracks.

This is a good sign. I may have found the honeypot.

I think I see something.

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Moccas... Moccasin.

[moccasin hissing]

he's moving. [exhales]

kind of in his turf, so let's see what he's gonna do.

Water moccasin is a nasty, venomous snake.

It will chase you and it will continue to bite you

till either you go away or you die.

Oh, my gosh.

Yep, he's on to me.

He's pissed.

He's in the strike position now.

Okay.

[grunts]

[ej] he's in the strike position now.

He's pissed.

Damn it.

I have concerns about being bitten by a venomous snake.

But with these water moccasins,

you ain't got no time to be scared.

If you want to eat, you just have to go for it.

Okay.

Where's your head?

Ah, it's freaking mud.

Okay, we're just gonna go back here and dispatch ya.

Let's pull you out.

You treat all snakes

is if they're venomous whether they are or not.

Venomous snake bite, that's a tap out, right off the bat.

It's a good size.

Should make a good dinner.

Lone wolf strikes again.

[groans]

this one I get all to myself.

I love to have partners.

I gave everything that I could

for them to get further.

But on this good side,

well, no more mouths but myself to feed,

so more chow for me.

[exhales deeply] it's gonna give me the energy I need

to push on, to get the bigger game.

Whether it be a gator or a deer.

Hey.

Nah, it can't be.

Is that a turtle?

Looks like two of them.

Dude! One of those would be a good meal.

Now, I don't know if this is the brightest idea in the world,

but I could just swim over there,

go underwater and pop up and grab 'em.

Worth a try.

Yesterday, after I ate a bunch of alligator,

my tummy got a little, like, nauseous.

But feels good now.

But if we tap into an alternate food source,

it could be a game-changer.

Gotta look for alligators, of course.

There's a definite risk, for real,

of us out there, swimming in that water.

I mean, we just pulled an eight-foot alligator out of here the other day.

They basically can rip you to shreds.

What the *bleep*! [chuckles]

[amber] gary, what the hell are you doing?

[gary] I want to catch those turtles.

Gary swimming up

in the water to go after a turtle is illogical.

I'm just making sure there's not a gator in the water, sorry.

[max] jumped in. Ha-ha!

[amber] oh, my gosh! An alligator.

Gary!

Oh, my gosh! Look at him.

Be careful, gary!

[gary] look, it's going into the reeds.

That scared me.

That really scared me.

That was quick.

I had to try.

[amber] never do that again! Ever!

You hear that, gary golding?

[gary] I'm gonna keep doing it.

[amber] gary just wants to push the envelope,

and I don't feel comfortable with him doing that again

because if he does get injured,

he's hurting the team, essentially.

And, we're a team. We need to make 60 days.

Isn't it funny that

I swam to that log,

and that gator likes to hang out right by the log?

[laughing]

[jeff] the cold winds of winter are blowing.

-[steven] tomorrow's November, right? -Yeah.

I think I'm gonna go check out our gator hook out there.

Okay.

If nothing's on it,

I'll make sure it's baited and leave it.

Sounds like a plan.

Mine's moving around. Let me know.

[jeff] yep.

There's definitely a cold front that's coming in.

Something's changed.

[steven] feel any tension?

[jeff] our lines have definitely moved around.

Oh, really?

-My line's probably all tangled up, huh? -[jeff] yeah.

Damn it, man.

The river is eerily quiet.

We all know that animals, they're far more in tune with the environment

than we are, as people.

And, uh, to see there absolutely be no action in this swamp,

it's worrisome.

I don't know whether it means something bad is coming,

in terms of maybe a storm,

or whether this means

that animals are just starting to slow down for the winter.

Either one would be devastating.

It's *bleep* cold.

[amber] I want this overcast to go away so I can get in the water.

That water's chilly!

[max] might get another little weather,

weather something, next couple of days.

I'm a little sketched. I can feel that the winds have shifted.

And it's bringing, like, a cooler front.

[gary] it's definitely getting cold out here.

And so, we're, you know, stockpiling firewood,

which is like a furnace,

because I get the big, hard wood, so work like furnaces.

F-f-f-firewood!

F-f-f-firewood!

Putting the firewoods down here.

[max] preparing ourselves for any inclement weather.

We gotta be able to not shiver through the night.

We need to be able to stay warm.

[gary] not the worst stockpile.

Just stock into that.

[wind whooshing]

[gary] oh, god.

It's *bleep* freezing cold.

Look at that. You can see your breath.

[gary shivering] okay. Oh, god.

It's gonna be tough making it.

[matt] right now, it is miserable.

It's been freezing, freezing, bitterly cold.

Literally 40 degrees.

In all my challenges, I've never dealt with that severe temperature.

Man, that cold just touching your back, right?

-Dude! Upper shoulders, it hurts! -Yeah.

Ooh!

[jeff] if a night like this happens,

and then it rains...

Every single one of us out here

-is at threat of not making it. -Mmm-hmm.

[ej groans]

this is definitely the coldest night so far.

This would have definitely did the girls in.

Just trying to keep the fire going, but, man,

you can feel that cold's creeping through.

[amber gasps]

[amber gasps]

[chuckling] ow!

[max] did... Did you burn your foot?

[amber] no, the log just slammed on my whole entire toe.

Oh, my god.

[amber] and, uh, I can't really feel my pinky toe.

That lug of log smashed it really good.

My foot is on fire right now.

I'm not sure what's going on. It's a lot of pain.

-[max] are you okay? -[amber] I don't know.

Hoping it's not broken.

[gary] we made it through the night.

Amber had this big log fall on her toe last night.

-And, uh, it hurt bad. -It hurt really bad.

-She seems to be doing okay, though, right? -Yep!

[amber] those two toes got smashed. They're still swollen from the log.

I'm looking at them. They are not broken, burnt, torn, bleeding.

They survived a 200-pound log dropping on them.

-She's tough. -It's, like, purple on the end, but I'm okay.

-[amber] no tears were shed. -[gary] no tears were shed.

[gary] just gotta keep going.

[amber] this is definitely mind over matter, sucking up the pain,

is what's really going on.

It doesn't matter how much pain you're in, you just got a mission.

You've got to complete it.

So I'm staying positive with this

and just gonna work hard and just let my body heal it.

Hurts to walk.

[ej] last night, it was a very long night.

It was cold. I had to tend the fire myself,

which is, you know, something that's just part of the deal now.

I had three pelts.

I went through half of my reserve firewood

after I burnt through everything I had for the night.

Either one of the girls were still here,

they wouldn't have been this morning.

'cause that... That was, uh, bone-chilling.

I'm seriously concerned a bit about this cold weather.

If these nights keep dragging on, and getting colder and colder,

that's gonna put a damper on trying to even find any food.

Now that it's cold, a deer would be a great resource

for the fact of its pelt.

And I'm gonna need some meat smoked

for the days I can't get something, the days it's too cold maybe to go out.

So the focus now is get a big game kill, a chance

to get some solid food that will last me

for the long-term to go the 60 days.

Next, smoker.

When I'm gonna bring in the big game,

I will have to process it,

get it smoked or cooked all by myself.

So I need to have everything set up

before I even go on the hunt.

So I'm making a smoker, we'll have a cook area,

that's survival 101.

This should be perfect.

You gotta have a smoker.

Love it when a plan comes together.

Long-term survival is about planning and being prepared.

I plan the day I'm gonna go on the hunt.

Gonna go early in the morning and then find a perfect spot.

All the conditions are set for me to get a big kill.

That looks pretty good.

Luckily there's still a lot of water left.

Yesterday was a cold one.

It's so cold that it's just ridiculous.

We have been hit with a hard, hard cold snap.

Things hibernate, they go away, they go to sleep,

and we're almost set up for failure.

I'm just praying to the universe

that the spring snare works.

All right. We set the nutria snare last night.

First time I've ever set an actual spring snare.

We set it on that nutria path that was, like, a highway.

And we are now, all three

on our way to check the spring snare.

This might be big breakfast.

Oh, we really need this.

[matt shushing] don't move.

There's a nutria in the trap. It's still alive.

-[ryan] hold on there. -[rylie gasps]

[ryan] zoom in. I'm zoomed in.

[nutria groans]

-[ryan cheers] -yeah, buddy.

-[rylie] here, ryan, take this. -Go get him.

-Got an arrow in him? -Look at that.

We got an arrow... We got an arrow struck hard.

[ryan] dude, this thing is huge.

[all cheering]

big day!

Well done, ryan.

[ryan] oh, my word.

Team savage with a freaking win today.

Now, I would say snares are about a ten percent rule.

About ten percent of the time, they'll actually be in the right spot.

But this one time,

he puts his one spring snare out the first time,

and it works.

[rylie] all right, boys.

Ryan just got it done on a nutria revenge.

-We went from the nutria itch to *bleep* nutria rich. -[rylie whooping]

-[rylie] yes! -And this guy is our nutria bitch.

[rylie] yeah!

-Team savage. -[whooping]

oh, it weighs, like, 25 pounds!

[matt] we showed that a little perseverance

we'll come out with a full belly.

-Freaking well done, buddy. -[ryan grunts]

[amber] we're burning about 3,000 calories a day.

Pretty much just waiting on for me to catch fish.

It's gonna happen. I'm willing it to happen right now

in my mind and in my heart.

I believe in it and that fish is gonna come.

[amber speaking]

I would like to get

some firewood if I can. I don't know if I could get out there.

[amber speaking]

[amber] I wouldn't do it.

[grunts]

[gary] I've climbed trees my whole life.

It's something I do, it's something I know well.

And so, I've been eyeballing that tree,

sizing it up for days

for exactly that... Jumping in it,

and snapping off some firewood.

[amber] be careful, gary.

I'm looking right now. That's a good twelve-foot drop.

[gary exclaims]

[exhales] whew.

[laughs] baby doll.

[amber speaking]

-[gary grunts] -[amber] oh! *bleep*

[amber speaking]

-[gary grunts] -[amber] oh! *bleep*

-are you okay? -[groans]

there we go.

That was fun.

Oh, my gosh, you're so crazy.

[gary] that's a good way to get firewood.

On my way down, I felt the weight of it,

and I was like, "this branch is heavier than I expected." [laughs]

[grunting]

oh, my god, that was freaking insane.

You know, I don't wanna see gary hurt at all,

so it's a little disheartening that he's putting himself on the line

for just some firewood

when we got plenty of firewood.

It's not like we're running short on firewood right now.

Gary? Man, what you did, it really scared the *bleep* out of me.

-Okay? -[gary] what?

-On the tree? -Oh, yeah.

When you fell and the tree came on top of you on the water

on the chest, that's 15 foot...

-[max] we don't wanna see you hurt, bro. -That could really hurt you.

-Yeah, dude. -It looked cool,

-but it scared the crap out of me. -Yeah.

Don't get me wrong, I know cpr,

I can get you out of the water.

-[laughing] -but if you break your chest cavity or a rib,

-you're out of this challenge, babe. -[max] yeah, dude.

[amber] and what's important is getting my partners to cross that finish line

together as a team.

[grunts]

I know it's gonna get brutal-ass cold, man.

[steven] security blanket's big deal out here.

I think it's gonna get colder than people think it is.

Oh, yeah.

[jeff] 38 degrees while naked

and a humid, wet environment feel likes--

-yep, it's the humidity, man. -[jeff] yeah.

It's gonna be brutal out here.

[jeff] to feel this cold for the first time?

I'd be lying if I said it didn't put a little fear in me.

This is hypothermia type weather.

It definitely changes our strategy short-term.

Uh, we are now shifting

from an offensive posture to a defensive posture.

[steven] dude, this is gonna make night and day difference.

-[jeff] oh, yeah. -And it's gonna keep in heat.

[jeff] we're working on the roof of our shelter

to hold in the heat,

and to protect all this gator meat hanging in the rafters.

Yeah. I'm done, baby.

And then we are going to collect monumental amounts of firewood.

Think we're pretty good on *bleep*.

[grunting]

ahh! *bleep*

-[steven] you all right, bro? -[groans] yes.

I hate the *bleep* swamp.

[steven] did you hit your hand or your foot, or what?

[jeff groans] my ankle.

-[steven] smashed it? -Smashed it right in the ankle.

-[steven] oh, ankle smash. -Right on the ball.

-[steven] oh, god. -[groans]

-[steven] that's the worst. -It is.

[steven] take a break, dude.

We got enough big logs to take us through the night. Take a breather.

Lord, forgive me I said a few words I shouldn't have said,

but, gosh, that hurt.

[groans]

[matt] all right.

-[rylie] mmm. -[matt] uh-huh.

We're gonna eat, y'all.

[matt] oh, yeah. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[rylie] mmm, delicious.

-Look at that. -[matt] yeah.

[rylie] fat drumsticks.

[matt] ooh!

Love that sound.

Size of these organs, they'll cook quick.

-[rylie] yeah. -[ryan] definitely.

Until we're ready, I guess we'll put him up here.

Yeah. He'll be ready real shortly.

Revenge of nutria. That just sounds right.

[ryan] kidneys, liver and the old testis.

Bon appetit.

-[matt whooping] -[ryan] we shifted up.

-Team savage for the win! -Team savage,

going bigger, going hungry.

-Yep. -Well, we ain't going hungry today.

-[rylie] no. -[matt] nope.

All right.

So, I think we should all have a bite of the heart to start it out.

-Yes. -All right.

To give a respect to the animal.

Go ahead, ryan, do the honors.

Mmm. Yeah, that is delicious.

-Thank you, nutria. -[ryan] thank you, nutria.

After a bit of a rough patch,

the team definitely needed a big win.

Cheers to the nutria testicle... Still got this itch,

-but this is sweet revenge. -[matt] sweet revenge.

Mm.

-You can't tell me that's bad. -[ryan] no, it's not bad.

It's actually creamy deliciousness.

[ryan] not only did we need this huge meal

for our bodies physically,

a huge win like this

brings you more joy than you could possibly imagine.

Oh, wow.

[matt] oh, yeah.

That is probably one of the greatest meats

I've actually had on these challenges.

-[rylie] yeah? -[ryan laughs]

-fatty, oily. -[rylie] not gamey.

You would never know this is a flipping rodent.

It's like a turkey leg.

It does taste like turkey.

Like, this part tastes just like a turkey leg.

I myself have never eaten nutria,

but it's really good.

Feel like I have a lot of energy,

so fingers crossed things are looking up.

I'll tell you what,

-other people might be surviving... -[laughs]

-...But it is hard to eat as good as we're eating. -I know.

I hope they are doing as well.

[matt] I hope so.

It's a tough environment, man, to be out here hungry.

[amber] it's so cold. I'm, like, shaking.

[max whispers] it's so cold.

Just trying to stay warm.

[amber speaking]

-[max] oh, my god. -[amber] they're ice.

[amber] I can't feel my knees.

Amber's feet are literally frozen.

[amber shudders]

[amber speaks]

[wind blowing]

[jeff] what in the world?

*bleep*

[rumbling]

*bleep*

*bleep*

*bleep*

[speaks indistinctly]

[jeff] I heard it starting to give way.

So I reached and I grabbed the rafters,

and that's when the whole thing went.

Otherwise our meat would've been ripped down with it.

That's crazy.

[steven] because of that wind, big chunk of it just fell.

So, it's, um,

something we gotta repair tomorrow.

Luckily, we didn't lose any meat.

Crazy. Nothing's easy out here, man.

[ej] all right, it's early in the morning.

I'm getting my stuff together.

This is the big hunt.

I'm freaking excited.

I get a deer,

that meat can last me several weeks at least.

Plus, as winter gets closer, another hide would be great.

It means, clothing, possibly some shoes. It can mean so much.

So, I'm ready to get after it.

[exhales]

wow, it's cold.

I got up at the crack of dawn,

I wanted to be in position before the sun came up.

The deer are quite active early in the morning,

right before the sun comes up.

I'm gonna do what it takes to put some food in my belly.

[owl hooting]

you hear that owl?

Wow, that's a good sign.

[whispering] all right.

This is a good spot.

Now we wait.

[owl hooting]

[distant animal calls]

I can already hear the deer calling each other

not too far away from here.

In about another 30 minutes,

it should be little bit lighter.

Oh, this is gonna be good.

[deer calling]

[leaves rustling]

I hear a lot of moving around.

Hopefully, we'll get something in our sight real soon.

[leaves rustling]

[steven] how crazy was that freaking avalanche last night.

[jeff] yeah, half our wall collapsed.

Last night the wind picks up

and then all of a sudden the entire back wall

of our fireplace just collapses.

It was crazy how much chillier it got

-with that little skylight, man. -I know.

We're gonna have to put some repairs together today and get that sealed back up.

[steven speaking]

nothing like a little alligator in the morning.

Yeah.

[steven] having all this meat changes everything out here.

It gives us enough energy to work on things we have to do.

We have to work on our shelter.

With that glue I could put it back together.

[jeff] yeah, mmm-hmm.

-Have you tried to pick up that big *bleep* yet? -No, but...

-I think it's doable. -Yeah, just give it just a little...

Just give a little tester.

[steven] our fireplace, literally, collapsed behind itself.

It's, like, our main heat refractor and our shelter.

It's a bummer. Um, it's something we gotta take care of.

And something we gotta take care of quick

because without it we're losing a lot of heat.

[jeff grunts] it's gonna be difficult.

[steven laughing] yeah, yeah.

We have to figure out the best way to put it back together.

So I think we can drive in a bunch of green sticks at an angle

-and create, like, a wood wall. -[jeff] yeah.

[steven] we're gonna add some more reinforcement

with some green thicker sticks,

so it acts almost like an insulated wall.

Once we build a strong lattice framework to cover the hole,

we'll pile as much palm and leaves as we can

to, basically, make a giant debris hut.

Pile time, baby.

-[amber] it was cold last night. -Yeah.

-[amber] that was freezing. -Freezing.

[amber] that was something I've never experienced before in my life.

-And I've been cold before, but, whoa. -Yeah, last--

[amber] that was, like, 30, maybe 40 degrees breeze.

-I'm like, "ooh, ooh, ooh." -yeah.

I would not ever wish that on anybody.

-[gary] yeah, that was frigid. -[max] yeah.

Right now my biggest concern is the weather.

We're getting a freezing cold breeze every night from the north,

which means winter's here.

[softly] oh, my god, my feet hurt so bad.

I can't even feel my feet at the end of the night.

I'm barely moving my calves and my toes,

right when I wake up I have no blood flow to them

because they're frozen.

It hurts a lot.

Frozen cold like this,

it gives me flashbacks of military training,

cold weather training.

Just have to endure the pain

and stay positive and not let it get to me.

Okay.

Let's get a fishie fishie.

It's stuck on a log, I gotta get in the water and get it.

Oh... Oh, that's so cold.

That's so cold.

Oof.

[gary] how's that looking, amber?

[amber] these two lines are crossed here.

I'm trying to get it untangled.

It's really tangled around this

-log. -Ooh, it's just cold, isn't it?

Yeah, little bit.

[gary] we're going from fall to winter.

So the river gets colder, and colder.

And colder.

[amber] looks like you're playing with your dingie.

[gary] I'm trying to get this hooked,

but I don't know how to get it

-because it's got a *bleep* fish on it, amber! -Ahh! *bleep*

oh, my god! What the *bleep*.

-I knew it. -[laughs]

whoo!

-It's a big one. -[max] nice.

-[amber] oh, my god, he's so beautiful. -Nice.

-[amber laughs] -way to go, amber and gary.

*bleep* yeah.

Looking good, looking good.

We're having catfish, boys.

When it comes to fishing and feeding the team,

amber has been providing all the fish.

[amber whoops] this is a good meal right there.

Great calories and just get it done.

[gary] man, we're just kicking ass.

I mean, that's all we do.

[amber] I'm gonna go re-bait my pole one more time.

I want us to keep going and thriving like we're doing.

Two in one day would be amazing.

[ej] that's my view. That's my first shot laying right there.

And there's my other laying.

Been out here almost two hours, I think.

Not hear any more movement right now.

Or calls.

*bleep*

not good.

Window's closing there.

So cold now. The bottom of my feet are actually freezing.

So I'm packing in and head back to camp.

You know, I want to stay out hunting,

but I can't afford to have my two feet

that get me from point a to point b around here,

and will get me out of here,

you know, I can't afford them getting anymore damaged

than what they already had.

So I had to pack it in.

[squirrel chirping]

[softly] I just heard a squirrel so I'm pulling it out

for the squirrel right now.

There he is, there he is.

Damn it.

That close.

It's hard to get these little guys,

'cause they're small, they're jumping around

from limb to limb.

But I did have an opportunity to get one shot off,

and I swear, I just barely missed him.

[grunts]

this is the first day since I've been out here,

my stomach's actually starting to talk to me.

Just feel a little empty,

'cause it is empty. [chuckles]

and I am hungry.

Just really gotta get after it now.

'cause it's just me now.

So no one's gonna look after me but me.

[birds chirping]

so what are you guys thinking?

Get to maybe start the day

with trying to fish with some rod or something there?

[ryan] yeah.

I cooked over an open fire,

was absolutely one of the greatest meals I've ever had.

But with a cold spell like this,

it's time to hunt, time to fish.

And time to really get those extra calories

that we need out here.

Hey, guys, it's a deer.

I think I hit it.

It sounded like it hit good.

I thought I saw the arrow go through all the wicket.

Look like it was passed through

which means good chance it was, like, good rib shot.

I stepped outside the shelter

and I saw the deer take off

right over here, beyond that

palm frond tree and then it stopped.

So there's a good chance

that it's just bedded down over there

quiet, waiting, just waiting to hear

if there's anything coming after it.

If that deer is out there, we will find it.

*bleep* 'cause we go get this thing,

we come back, we all *bleep* deer head.

That deer will be our next meal.

[whispers] it's moving across the channel.

It could be shot in here.

Deer came in right here down this trail.

Right here. There's a track right here.

'cause he came right through here.

Right here.

[ryan] look right here, guys.

You can see her track right there.

This direction here she went,

so look for something red, shiny,

-look for... -[ryan] deep tracks.

...A deep track.

That deer is laying out in the bush somewhere,

if all works out well, we could stumble upon it,

but it's in some of the thickest things on the planet.

[rylie] there's blood right here.

-[rylie] yeah, blood. -[matt] oh, first spot of blood.

[ryan] I think that's the blood trail right there.

[matt] you've blood on this leaf, you've blood on here.

[ryan] okay, here's her tracks.

[matt] oh, this is a good sign.

We're on the right trail right now.

Found blood, now we're in that mode,

where that deer has tried to hide itself.

I'm feeling confident that she's here somewhere.

We just have to find her.

Fingers crossed.

Needle in a haystack.

Was my line moving again?

[max] oh, if we double up, that will be something else.

Let me go check it. Gary, how does the line look?

Is it tight?

I was sure we got it, girl.

[amber whoops] I'm so happy!

-[gary laughs] -pow!

And that's how it's done out here.

I haven't even finished cooking this one yet,

-and she caught another one. -[laughs]

what?

[max] amber's always putting those lines in,

she... Every single day she's doing the work

that needs to be done, in order to try to feed us.

You're crushing it.

To see her crush it is, you know, round of applause.

That's the whole team winning.

On a challenge like this, she just keep catching fishes

-a bit of show off. -[amber laughing]

well, this is yours, girl.

-[amber] yeah, right here! -[gary] is it a four-pounder?

Cheers to the man berry marsh.

-[gary] yeah. -[max] thank you very much...

-[gary] yeah... -...For another catch.

I feel like I'm slacking.

[gary] amber the angler.

[amber] I just like feeding you guys.

You guys are like my brothers.

I am a fisher woman.

Boys are super happy,

and proud of me, and they're my best fans out here,

so I look forward to providing for them every day.

And sixty days will go like that.

[max] thank you, amber.

[amber] you're welcome, love.

Always for the family.

Ee-haw!

Girl's raking it in.

[thunder rumbling]

[gary] thunder.

[amber] the storm is coming.

[thunder rumbling]

[steven] there are lots of scary noises on these challenges,

but thunder always gets me.

Yeah, skies are looking pretty ominous, huh?

[steven] yeah.

-[steven] oh. Scare factor. -[jeff] sure.

-[steven] let's kick ass, huh? -Yeah, let's get this done today.

[jeff] survival is never easy.

We're not gonna get a break.

We have to repair this giant hole in our shelter,

and add a little bit more waterproofing material,

for the top of our roof.

We can feel that cold, crisp air of winter

starting to set in.

And there is nothing more painful and torturous,

than a cold winter rain

while you're naked and hungry out in the wild.

[steven] this stuff is gonna work great, man.

The grass, it's a lot thicker than it even looks.

Let me grab a bunch of this kind of stuff first, though.

We'll do the palm fronds last.

[jeff] we're doing three main layers of our shelter.

Layer one is gonna be all the cut down grasses.

This is thick, heavy, dense material

that will keep the water and the moisture out,

while also retaining heat inside the shelter.

Then we're gonna put on the willows

and the palms.

And these two layers are gonna be critical

in preventing water from getting into this shelter.

This is gonna be the rain buffer of our room.

[steven] exhausting.

This is something that has to be done.

We can't keep risking

having a torrential downpour and us getting wet and tired,

and losing our fire.

If we get in that position, hypothermia's a real thing.

[thunder rumbling]

I'm thinking we better hurry.

[thunder rumbling]

[grunts]

[thunder rumbling]

this rain here, I know I'm on a short timeline.

Doesn't take long for you to go into hypothermia,

even in temperate conditions,

like I found out in the amazon,

which was completely temperate.

That's the closest I've ever been to hypothermia in my life.

[thunder rumbling]

it's gonna be cold and wet,

and windy and rainy,

so I've been piling up firewood

as much as I can.

[grunts]

[exhales]

the part about being alone, that sucks.

That's a task and a chore I didn't mind doing when there were others,

to also help with it.

Now, it's on me by myself.

Can't afford to get sick.

Right. Go.

All right.

Now the preparation task done,

good to go.

-Some firewood to boot. -[thunder rumbling]

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pattering]

-[matt] we got rain coming. -[rylie] gosh, *bleep* we gotta keep moving.

[ryan] that little bit of drizzle,

is gonna make this blood wash off these leaves

that were already wet.

And that is tough.

[matt] any luck over there?

-[ryan] no. -[matt] it was gonna be almost impossible

to follow a track in that stuff.

I feel she could be down literally anywhere

below our feet.

Come on, deer, where'd you go?

I want to head back.

It's getting a little much.

[jeff] well, the skies have officially opened up right now.

That's pretty damn good.

[thunder crashing]

[jeff] pretty dry and cozy.

Not a single drop of water

has fallen on that fire right now.

[steven] it's a long day, man.

-This takes a lot out of you. -Long day.

-Oh, dude. -There's nothing you can do about it.

I know, I was kind of...

Soaking the suck.

Sometimes there's only so much suck you can soak in for a day.

Yeah.

[thunder rumbling]

[matt] our blood trail has been washed out by the rain.

It is one of the thickest places on earth.

And you can hide a car in here, so...

From here, she could be anywhere

from ten feet to 50 feet

and you wouldn't be able to see her.

Mmm-hmm.

[rylie] see anything to your left?

[matt] with all this brush around, ugh...

Oh, you think?

We've been looking for a while now,

couple of hours, a few hours.

We might have to come back when the weather clears.

With this much rain and the colder temperatures

we just physically can't stay out there.

It's naked people all day and look for it.

I'm starting to get cold.

We're going back, we're trying to keep positive.

But it felt like we should be hanging up here right now, so.

Agonizing day.

We gotta fix that roof.

It looks like our mud roof,

uh, isn't as water tight as anticipated.

[amber] I'm getting hit.

I was really happy that our ground was all nice and dry.

-Right. No mud. -Yeah.

My toes are swollen again.

Are they still blue?

I don't know, this just keeps happening.

About as much as I could bend my toes though, right there.

It's the test, you know. We just gotta...

-Get through it. -Feel the rain, feel the pain.

And, uh, keep pushing.

[crickets chirping]

well, looks like the rain has stopped at the moment.

It may rain throughout the night,

I don't know.

May just have to put a few pieces of firewood there,

just keep it going.

I'm tending the fire here all by myself

and it sucks.

Man, the past few days I've been so frustrated

I've been getting real short,

kind of, angry, I think, a lot with myself

and with the way the situation's been going lately.

I need to get a deer or something to eat.

Something in my belly, and that sucks.

Once you let frustration settle in,

you get flustered, that's when

you can make mistakes in survival situations,

so I'm not gonna let that happen to me.

[fire blazing]

[fire crackling]

oh, *bleep*

just dump some water on it.

Woke up just in time. Almost had a bit of a disaster in the shelter here.

Look at this.

Back wall here where this log is kinda caught fire.

Right there. Definitely got to do something about this fire situation in here.

Was so focused on hunting, I put that on the back burner.

So, that's what happens when you're alone.

[exclaims]

survival, you got to be on your toes all the time.

Another gator in the sun on the log over here.

Got up early, I didn't sleep well the night before.

A part of our shelter tried to catch on fire.

All I want was drinking water, refill my pot and put it on the fire.

Son of a bitch.

My fire was out.

[sighs]

not a coal to be seen.

Argh.

Normally, if I had a partner, fire would be going and there'd be water waiting.

It's really starting to hit me

that I'm absolutely, completely alone out here in the swamp,

having to do this.

So I'm working with very damp materials

so I'm a little flustered at the moment.

Trying not to be but the tinder bundles are kinda damp from the rain.

*bleep* really *bleep* suck.

[exhales]

this swamp is driving me crazy.

You go down here, check the gator line.

Yeah, the water levels are up, much higher.

That's no joke, there.

Wow.

With all this water, it's gonna push a lot more fish in here

and a lot more animals should be on the move, if we're lucky.

Even in this colder weather?

Yeah.

So, yesterday, we hit it pretty hard out there.

Trying to find dead deer, in the rain,

unable to track it,

unable to even find a track on the ground, was how hard it rained.

And it was a lot of walking, so we have to recoup today,

do a little passive fishing.

You know, it's a marathon. It's a long journey.

And to make it to the end of this,

we have to try to get to get food every step of the way.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[matt] water moccasin, right up here. See it?

[rylie] yeah.

[ryan] back up, back up. Back up.

Be very careful. Those are super aggressive

and they like to lunge at you and attack.

Matt spotted a decent sized, big, coiled up, black water moccasin.

Those things are highly venomous.

[matt] if I can pin it.

[ryan] you want me to get something else to pin it with?

-[matt] see if you can chop it up. -Set it up out there.

Gonna try to pin it.

[rylie] you put it in a trap. You got it?

[matt] yep, yep.

Oh, here.

[matt] damn, rylie, get it.

[ryan] oh, first snake.

Oh, yeah.

That thing is gnarly.

Yeah.

Snake slayer, rylie.

Are you gonna drink some blood?

[all laugh]

[matt laughs] I'm not sure about that, brother.

Take it. Take it like a warrior.

Oh, yeah.

You don't want a hit?

I guess.

[matt] that is salty.

Oh.

Not as irony as most blood tastes, but this is a reptile.

And surprisingly, it was kinda tasty, it was a nice new flavor.

Hey, watch the head.

Ooh.

-[exhales] -careful, dude.

[rylie] that's why they call it the cottonmouth

because of that white mouth right there.

-[matt] he's ready to bite, right now. -[rylie] yeah.

-Damn. -See that?

Seeing a water moccasin as blended in,

in a well-travelled area where we go

definitely was a sombering reminder that

they're out here and we need to be head on a swivel, 110%

doing the best we can because we spotted it before it could do anything,

but it's a very good chance we could have just not seen it

and we would have walked right into it.

There's his little heart right here.

Look at it.

[rylie] still beating. See that?

-Still beating heart of snake. -Oh, yeah.

You're gonna eat that raw?

Do it. Do it.

Oh, yeah!

Who's a big deal now?

-I am. -[exclaims]

wild woman.

I have killed water moccasins before,

I have eaten snake before, but I have never eaten the beating heart.

It's just when you're in a savage environment

doing savage things, it just felt like the right thing to do.

By the end of this, we'll be completely feral.

You guys want to go have lunch?

-[matt] yeah. -[ryan] heck, yeah.

Alright then.

Looking forward to my feet to stop swelling in my leg.

Hurts so bad.

I'm just tightening up our shelter

so that we don't have to worry about any of the rain coming in.

Essentially, you lose 50% of your body heat once you get wet and cold.

And that is... That's no bueno.

So that's why we really have to focus on the shelter

because if we could be able to stay warm, stay dry,

that eliminates one factor that we won't have to worry about.

Amber, how are you feeling now?

I think I'm fine. I just can't feel my toes.

Like, I give you a kick. This is all I got.

-[gary] no way. -[amber] that's it.

Are you serious?

Since this morning. I didn't want to complain to you guys.

Come on.

I just... I feel a lot of pressure in my calf.

[gary] yeah, that pressure in your calf bothers me.

[amber] bugs me. So, this is currently my foot situation.

Why would that happen to you? What happened in your past that caused it?

I got blown up in iraq on my second combat tour

and damaged my left iliac vein where I had to have a stent emplacement.

-[gary] in your left leg? -Mmm-hmm.

I'm trying to stay positive and I don't want to think about it,

I just want to get out there and fish,

do what we need to do here and just get through to day 60.

If I can get through combat, I can get through this.

[narrator] concerned about the loss of feeling in amber's toes

producers bring in the medic to evaluate her condition.

[producer] hey. Hi, amber.

I definitely want the medic to take a look at you.

This is just a routine medical checkup.

Oh... Okay.

I've had four blood clots, three dvts and then a clot in my left iliac...

[coco] yeah. What exactly happened?

I had an explosion, an ied had flipped my humvee over and crushed my left side.

-[coco] where were your dvts? -Uh...

Calf, knee, thigh and left iliac.

Dvt is deep vein thrombosis which is essentially a blood clot

that forms most commonly in the leg in a deep vein.

This could be significant.

Look at max. Close your eyes.

Which toe am I touching?

I don't know.

[coco] that's a little concerning.

I might have to consult our medical director.

[amber] what? I'm not... I don't wanna go here.

[coco] but, amber, you barely have sensation in your toes.

I mean, stent isn't really something we can deal with in the field.

Hey, she's gonna be fine.

Yeah. I don't think the boys are gonna let you take me out of here.

I don't think so.

I'm just gonna make a quick phone call.

[phone line ringing]

[max] you gotta stay here. We need you.

[all exclaiming]

[ryan] moccasin.

[matt] oh, my gosh.

[grunts]

[narrator] throughout the ultimate legends challenge

each team's status will be evaluated

using the xls or xl success metric,

which calculates their likely percentage of completing

the 60 days together as a team.

Three weeks into the challenge...

Mondo the monster alligator. We got him.

Jeff and stevens' gator kill has provided a bounty of protein.

[coughs and laughs] freaking wonderful.

I'm choking on the smoked flavor of our meat.

[narrator] but another winter storm

has them back on their heels again.

We are now shifting from an offensive posture

to a defensive posture.

[grunts]

*bleep*

as a result, their xls drops from 63 to 51%.

Whoa!

After eight days without a partner...

Yeah! I'm eating tonight!

[narrator] ...Ej's efforts have yielded a string of small successes.

Lone wolf strikes again.

[narrator] but the challenges of battling the swamp alone

are starting to mount.

*bleep*

his chance of reaching day 60 drops from 29 to 21%.

[cheering]

-good day! -Good day!

Thanks to ryan's nutria snare...

-We're from the nutria itch to *bleep* nutria rich. -Whoo!

[narrator] ...And rylie's quick actions...

Oh, yeah! Snake slayer, rylie.

[narrator] ...A taste of success...

Are you gonna drink some blood?

[narrator] ...Has returned to team savage.

-Who's a big deal, now? -[exclaims]

[narrator] their team xls rises from 42 to 60%.

Through a series of cold nights and close calls...

[amber exclaims]

*bleep*

...Amber's ability to provide has been a constant.

-[amber laughs] -way to go, amber.

But now an injury from her past...

I had an explosion, flipped my humvee over and crushed my left side.

[coco] this could be significant.

[narrator] ...Threatens to remove her from the challenge.

[coco] which toe am I touching?

I don't know.

[narrator] for now, their team xls drops from 67 to 56%.

[phone line ringing]

[max] you gotta stay here. We need you.

[amber] I just really don't want to go, no matter what.

[constantin] hi, amber.

Come on out. I got to talk to you for a few moments, okay?

[amber] what's up?

[constantin] hey. This is a tough show. We all know

it's about living in peril. We get that.

However, your life and your health

is still our number one priority,

I can't say that enough.

It is not easy for me or for coco--

I'm not leaving, right?

[constantin] I'm gonna have coco explain the situation to you,

so that you have all the facts.

I'm really, really concerned about your leg.

You have a significant history of dvt.

You're showing some pretty classical signs.

It's just, you know, the way your vessels are dilating

and constricting with these extreme temperature changes.

I know how much you want to stay.

I got a second and third opinion.

And we don't wanna wait until--

not even till tomorrow?

We don't want to wait until your foot becomes purple or you develop pain

'cause by then you might have a pulmonary embolism

and it can go downhill really fast.

I know it sucks.

But if it does travel and become a pulmonary embolism,

you could tank faster than we can get you to a facility.

And you could die.

[exhales]

[cries]

so, I'm sorry. I have to medically tap you.

You need to really be evaluated at a facility.

[amber crying]

[amber] I'm so sorry, guys.

Oh, we're sorry.

Don't be sorry.

It's all good.

[gary] it's heartbreaking. I do not want to see amber go.

She made it 23 days out here,

23 days of kicking ass and feeding me and max.

We're losing our girl.

[amber sobbing]

it breaks my heart.

Makes me wanna cry.

You've been such an mvp, *bleep* slaying gators,

freaking feeding us catfish.

Amber's such an integral part of our team

and it's so unfortunate that she's not gonna be here to thrive with us.

Thank you for everything.

-Yeah. You inspired me big time. -Thank you, guys.

[amber] I appreciate you guys, so much.

[max] amber's wonderful and I'm truly gonna miss her,

it just doesn't even feel real right now.

And it's just not gonna be the same without her.

We love her, she's part of the family, you know.

And gary and I have really depended on her

and her ability to be a positive force, driving our team forward.

We really need her here.

She was just a wealth of knowledge,

a wealth of energy, a wealth of good vibes.

She was wonderful.

-[max] bye, amber! -[gary] bye, amber!

We love you.

I love you guys!

[max] love you, too, amber.

[gary] we love you.

[laughs]

love you!

[amber] looking at my brothers say goodbye to me just now really hurt me.

I don't wanna leave.

[exhales sharply]

it just hurts. I know I'm gonna worry about them every night.

I'm like a mama bear to them, of course I'm gonna worry.

We're supposed to do this together.

I just wanna go back to the shelter

and just go back to our normal routine

and do the same thing and just kick butt with them

'cause that's who we are.

We're team man berry.

Team man berry loves you!

[whooping]

I just want this experience with them.

[sniffles]

hurts my heart to leave right now.

[max] oh, man.

[gary] it's me and you now, buddy.

[max] just me and you, brother.

[gary] this just sucks.

[max] yeah.