Original subtitles

NarrorNOW "ASKA:HE LAST FRONTIER"...

-OH, MY GOD! WATCH IT! -...OTTO RISKS EVERYTHING

ON A MISSION TO REPURPOSE A LEGENDARY HOSTEAD STRUCTURE.

Ot: 'RE ILDI A MAN CAVE,

AND WE'RE PLAYING MAN GAMES TO GET IT.

WHOA! YEAH! WHOA! [BLEEP]

rrat: ATLEE'FIGH TO COMPLETE A VITAL CABIN BUILD

FOA FEOW HESTEER...

Atz Lee: THIS STORM'S DEFINITELY GETTING WORSE.

WE'RE GONNA GET THIS CABIN BUILT, NO MATTER WHAT.

Narrator: ..ATTL A CASTRHIC STORM.

AND A LOVED DAUGHTER RUR HER ALASKAN ROOTS.

DELS

I! -HI, DAUGHTER.

WELCOME TO THE HOMESTEAD OF LONG AGO.

MY GOSH, THIS IS AMAZING.

I TRY AND BRING MY SON UP HERE AS MUCH AS I CAN SO NATURE

CAN BE THE TEACHER THAT REMINDS HIM WHT ISO BEUMAN

-WHOA. -IT'S EXCITING NOW.

LO AT THIS!

Atz: ♪ SOMETIMES IT'S BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS ♪

♪N ALASKA'S LAST FRONTIER ♪

♪UT LIFE IS SIMPLE, LIFE IS GOOD ♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' LIKE YOU SHOULD ♪

♪ HEY, HEY ♪

♪ SOMIMES IT STRGLE,TRIF♪

Jewel: ♪ FATHERS, SONS, BROTHERSWIVES ♪

Both ♪ BUT WE'REIN' R WA♪

♪ AND YES, WE'LL STAY ♪

♪ RIGHT HERE ♪

♪N ALASKA'S LAST FRONTIER ♪

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Narrator: 60 MILES FROM THE HOMESTEAD,

ON DESOLATE PERL ISLAND,

JANE AND ATZ LEE HAVE RECRUITED FRIENDS

JAMED MI TOELP EIR IEND

GRADY TACKLE A CHALLENGING CABIN BUILD,

CRUCL TO ESTABSHING HIS FIRST HOMEEAD.

I'VE BEEN HELPING GRADY TRY TO GET A HOMESTEAD GOING

ON PL NOFOR VERAYEAR

HE'S HAD SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS, HAD A HEART ATTACK,

LOTSF SEACKS TS OSTOR --

ALL KINDS OF JUST TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS.

PICKED A NICE SPOT HERE, GRADY!

THANKS. BEST INVESTMENT OF MY LIFE.

NOW WE CAN BUILD THE CIN,

ANWE HE A AM OPEOPLE THAT CAN GET THE JOB DONE.

THIS IS , RIT HE?

THI SO. -THE PLANS?

THESE E ALL THE EXTERIORALLS.

-GOOD. -IT'S ONLY 8x16.

IT'S A SMALL GUY, BUT IT'S BUILT ON A BIG, SQUARE DECK.

SO THAT'LL HELP PREVENT IT FROM BLOWING OVER.

GRADY CAME UP WITH THE PLANS FOR HIS CABIN HIMSELF --

KIND OF A FUNKY DESIGN WHERE IT'S GOT TWO BIG DECKS,

AND HIS CABIN'S IN THE MIDDLE.

SO THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS START FOUNDATION.

SO HE HAS THESE CONCRETE FOOTERS,

AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR BIG, HUGE STRINGER JOISTS ON TOP OF THAT,

AND THEN FLOOR JOISTS CAPPED WITH SOME TREATED PLYWOOD,

AND THAT CABIN IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE BUILT ON THAT.

SO, WE GOT PLANS.

WE GOT MATERIALS SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE ISLAND.

YEP.

PE IS TUAT IN PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST AREAS,

IN TERMS OF WEATHER.

WE STARTED BRINGING MATERIALS OUT HERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO,

BUT EVERYTHING I TRY AND DO HERE SEEMS TO NOT GO I PLANNED.

I'VEADE VERATRIPS TO BRING MATERIALS.

AND EACH TIME, THE WEATHER THE CHANGES, THE TIDES CHANGE,

AND HAVTO DROP MATERIALS OFF ON ALL PARTS OF THE ISLAND.

I'M GONNA STT WITH THE EXCAVATOR,

TAKI DOWN THIS GRASS AND GETTG IT KIND OF PACKED DOWN.

OKAY.

PEOPLE CAN START DRAGGING ALL THIS FLOOR MATERIAL DOWN HERE.

IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK BRI IT L IN ONELACE

I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONDITION TRE I

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ALL IS SFF ISTILHERE

IT'S ALL UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT.

TEAM GRADY'S CABIN.

-SOUNDS GREAT. -ON THREE.

1, 2, 3 -- GRADY'S CABIN! -WHOA!

GRADY REALLY WANTS TO MAKE THIS HOMESTEAD ON PERL HAPPEN,

ANI CARELA TO THAT A LOT.

I REALLY DO LIKE LIVING THIS LIFESTYLE.

I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE OUT. I'VE GOT THE TIME.

I'VE GOT THE KNOWLEDGE.

I WANT TO GIVE GRADY A HAND.

IT'S TWO...

YEAH, TWO LAYERS OF THREE.

Jane: I THINK ANYTIME YOU'RE BUILDING A CABIN,

SURE, THERE'S REALLY EXPERIENCED CARPENTERS

OUT HERE DOING THEIR THING, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS, LIKE,

THE LITTLE MINUSCULE, LIKE, ANT WORK KIND OF STUFF.

AND THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE,

AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, HAPPY TO HELP.

I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE BEAUTIFUL WOOD.

-PEOPLE PAY FOR THIS. -CHARACTER.

YEAH, THIS IS PERL ISLAND-AGED WOOD.

Atz Lee: HOPE HE DOESN'T HAVE BIG EAVES.

I LOVE BIG EAVES, EXCEPT FOR PERL ISLAND --

THEN IT JUST TURNS INTO A KITE.

IT'S GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER.

THE STORMS DEFINITELY GET WORSE AS YOU GET INTO THE FALL.

THWINDGET GGER

ITS NOT PRACTICAL TO BUILD OUT THERE IN THE WINTER,

SO WE'RE GONNA GET THIS CABIN BUILT, NO MATTER WHAT.

WE'RE GONNA WANT TO...

PUSH IT TOWARDS ME?

YEAH.

♪♪

Narrator: ON THE KILCHER HOMESTEAD, OTTO, CHARLOTTE,

AND THEIR SON AUGUST REPURPOSE

A HISTORICAL HOMESTEAD STRUCTURE --

THE LEGENDARY BRU WILRD'SHED.

WHAT'S NEXT?

WELL, I THINK IT'S KIND OF THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM HERE.

WE ARE MAKING ROOM FOR UCE LLARS CAN.

MY GOOD OLD FRIEND BRUCE WILLARD DIED A FEW YEARS AGO.

THE WILLARD SHED WAS HEART OF ALL OF BRUCE'S RMING.

IT'S NOW GONNA BECOME THE HEART OF ALL OF MY FARMING NEEDS,

PLUS BECOME MY MAN CAVE.

SO NOW THE BIG MOMENTUM ANE PU FORE

IS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE

WITHOUT KILLING OURSELVES, BASICALLY.

SO THE NEXT STEP IS BUILDING A BIT OF A DECK

IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO GET INTO THE SHED.

AND THEN, ONCE I GET IN THERE, I CAN PUT ALL MY STUFF AWAY,

SIT DOWN IN MY CHAIR I GOT FROM BRUCE WILLARD,

PUT MY FOOT UP ON THE BENCH, AND DRINK A PINT OF HOME BREW.

WE'RE GONNA GET ALL OF THE SHOP TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

OUT OF OUR HOUSE.

IT'S TAKEN UP A WHOLE FLOOR FOR YEARS,

SO I'M JUST SUPER JAZZED.

WHAT I REALLY NEED IS SOME RELY LG 2x.

AUGUST, I THINK THERE'S ONE LONG ONE UP ON THE DECK UP ERE.

WOULD YOU GO SEE HOW LONG THAT ONE IS?

FOR THIS DECK, WE NEED WOOD THAT'S GONNA HOLD UP

TO A LOT OF ABUSE.

WHAT ABOUT ANY OFHE SFFOLNG?

COULD WE USE THAT?

WE'RE DONE WITH IT. -OH, MY GOD.

THERE IS SOME LONG ONES UP THERE.

AND WE DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE WIDOWALK

-MM-HMM. -WHAT DO YOU THINK?

LET'S DO IT.

THE SCAFFOLDING HAS BEEN UP ON OUR HOUSE FOREVER.

IT WAS PART OF THE BUILDING PROCESS,

AND WE REALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE A NEED FOR IT ANYMO

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL WE'RE DOING,

BUT IT'S LKINGKETC.

PULLING THIS SCAFFOLDING DOWN

COULD BE ALMOST MORE DANGEROUS THAN PUTTING IT UP.

BUT WE'RE BUILDING A MAN CAVE,

ANWE'RPLAYING MAN GAMES TO GET IT.

MN, AT'S TOU SOOF AITCH

HOLY MOLY, YOU GUYS. COME HERE.

OttoAUGU! AT A YOU DOING?

OH, MY GOD! WATCH IT!

ARYOU AY?

-DANG IT! -OH, M, LO AT THAT.

YOU WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY HOLES IN ME?

-WHAHAPPED? -NOTNG, THIN NOTNG.

OH, ST A- I INK A NAIL CAME DOWN AND GOT ME.

RIGHT.

Charlotte: OTTO DOESN'T REALLY NOTICE WHEN HE GETS HURT.

-I'M FINE. -HE'S GOT TO REALLY BE TAKEN OUT

BEFORE HE'LL STOP DOWN FOR ANYTHING.

WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE BE CAREFU -OKA AUGT.

THIS IS TOTALLY FREAKING ME OUT.

August: DEMOLITION WORK IS FUN, BUT IT'S EQUALLY TERRIING.

IF YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME,

YOU COULD HAVE AN ENTIRE BUILDING

FALLING RIGHT ON YOUR FACE.

-HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING. -WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

I'M THINKING WE COULD SEND YOU UP THERE WITH A CROWBAR,

AND YOU COULD JUST START PULLING THINGS.

-BE CAREFUL, AUGUST. -I'LL CATCH YOU, BOY.

DON'T DROP IT ON YOUR DAD!

-WHOA! -ARE YOU READY, DAD?

NOW 'S ROCKING.

PROBABLY NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE OUT THERE, CHARLOTTE.

WHOA! LET HER GO. LEHER .

H [BLEEP] AAH! -WHOA!

OH, MY GOD.

WHOA!

WE, TH DIDT GOIKE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA GO.

AUGUST AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT CAREFREE

IN THE DESTRUCTION PROCESS,

AND CHARLOTTE FREAKED OUT, OF COURSE.

CHARLOTTE IS ALWAYS CAUTIOUS,

AND CHARLOTTE DOESN'T DANCE QUITE AS CLOSE TO THE EDGE.

WHICH ACTUALLY SURPRISES ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

CHARLOTTE USED TO BE A ROCK CLIFF CLIMBER.

GO FIGURE THAT.

LET'S GET WORKING ON THE DECK.

Narrator: 117 MILES AWAY, ON THE PRISTINE WATERS OF TONSINA BAY, ATZ SR.

AWTS T ARRAL OF SCIALUEST

WHO WILL BE VISITING HIS FLOATING HOMES

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

THERE'S SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT BEING IN A SECLUDED,

BEAUTIFUL, SERENE SPOT AS THIS.

BEACHES, WATERFALLS, GLACIERS, MOUNTAINS, GOATS, SHEEP, BEAR.

THON THI MAK IT MOREPECI

ISHEN ECIAPEOP ME TSEE U.

♪♪

SO, JEWEL AND MY GRANDSON KASE ARE COMING OUT,

HANG WITH ME AWHILE.

Jewel: I GREW UP HERE IN ALASKA, AND ALASKA TAUGHT ME

THAT A CERTAIN KIND OF NATURALNESS AND WILDNESS

IS IMPORTANT TO BEING CIVILIZED IN OUR HEARTS.

OH! I THINK WE JUST GOT A NOSE JOB.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ BOODELG ]

-HI! -HI, DAUGHTER.

Atz: WELCOME TO THE HOMESTEAD OF LONG AGO.

OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS AMAZING.

MY SON IS 6. HE'S ABOUT TO TURN 7.

BOYS AT THIS AGE LOVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS,

AND I LIVE IN A CITY. -OKAY!

I TRY AND BRING MY SON UP HERE AS MUCH AS I CAN

SO THAT HE CAN BE AROUND NATURE, AND NATURE CAN BE THE TEACHER

THAT REMINDS HIM WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN.

THAN. IS IAMAZG.

-HEY. -WHAT A SPOT IN THE WORLD.

WE GOT SMOKEHOUSE. WE GOT CABIN. WE GOT A GARDEN.

I LOVE THE PIONEER SPIRIT.

D WH I CE TO T YULETIDE,

IT WAS CLASSIC PIONEER.

THE BUOYS MADE INTO LITTLE GARDENS.

EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE AND A DOUBLE PURPOSE.

IT'S IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES

I'VE EVER SEEN ON THE PLANET.

7 IS BIGEAR.

YOU'RE NO LONGER JUST A LITTLE BOY,

WHWE DEVERHING FOR U.

YOU'RE BECOMING A YOUNN.

THE BIG PLAN FOR HAVING JEWEL AND KASE

VISIT HAVE TO DO WITH HIS SEVENTH BIRTHDAY.

IN INDIGENOUS CULTURES, EY UD TOAVE METHG

CALLED A RITE OF PASSAGE,

AND THAT MEANT THAT YOU EARNED THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR LIFE.

AND SO THIS YEAR, IT'S THE IDEA OF EARNING 7

INSTEAD OF TURNING 7.

KASE IS GOING FROM A TODDLER WHO GETS MORE CATERED TO,

TO A YOUNG MAN.

SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE THREE CHALLENGES FOR YOU.

IT REALLY STARTS TO BE ABOUT

BUILDING A SELF-ESTEEM FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

ONE THING IS WHEN YOU HAVE REAL WEALTH,

YOU HAVE SO MUCH, YOU CAN GIVE IT AY.

AND SO I ASKED YOU TO PICK OUT SOMETHING

AT'S A FAVORITE THING OF YOURS,

AND WE'RE GONNA FIND A SPECIAL PLACE TO BURY IT,

AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT AWAY.

THEN THE SECOND THING I WANT YOU TO DO

IS BUILD A BOX OF MORIE

AND EVERY YEAR, YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN IT

THAT SUMS UP THE YEAR FOR YOU.

SOUND GOOD? -MM-HMM.

AND THEN, LASTLY, ONE THING I LEARNED

IS WN A YOUNG MAN CATCHES THEIR FIRST FISH,

TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE NOW ABLE TO GE TOHEIROMMUTY,

NOT JUST GET, THEY GIVE AWAY THEIR FIRST CATCH.

YOU'RE GONNA CATCH A FISH, AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT

TO ME AND OPA, AND WE'LL CELEBRATE YOU.

SO, WHAT SHOULD WE START WITH?

MAYBE RY METHG SPIAL?

YOU T SOTHING ALREADY PICKED OUT?

MM, A SPECIAL STONE.

KASE IS A CRYSTAL SQUIRREL.

HE HAS SO MANY LITTLE CRYSTAL TREASURES.

AND THAT'S ONE OF HIS FAVORITE ONES,

AND SO IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT TO HIM TO GIVE AWAY.

OKAY, LET'S GO G REA.

Narrator: COMING UP...

-HOLY [BLEEP] WHOA -ATZ

Ja: LES BUD A BIN AT'S KNOWFOR SERAE WEATHER.

Atz Lee: THIS IS A MEGA STORM THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH R NOW

IT'S JUST T GOA BE AN EY ON

TO BUILD IN THIS KIND OF WEATHER,

T WE'VE GOT TO COME TOGETHER AND GET THE JOB DONE

IS O'S BKEN. -I TNK TY'RE ALL BROKEN.

Narrator: ON THE HOMESTEAD, OTTO, CHARLOTTE, AND AUGT

BEGIN THE NEXT PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION

ON THE OLD WILLARD SHED --

A DECK, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO OTTO'S NEW WORKSHOP.

THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT DOWN SOME CONCRETE PIERS...

LOOKS PRETTY DOGGONE LEVEL.

...THEN PUTTING SOME POSTS TO BLD ARAME

TURN IT 180.

THEN WE'LL BE READY TO NAIL THE DECK BOARDS DOWN.

GOOD ENOUGH.

THIS YEAR, AUGUST IS TAKING A LITTLE TIME OFF FROM COLLEGE.

HE JUST WANTED TO COME HOME

AND SINK HIS TEETH INTO HOMESTEADING.

OKAY, LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN, GUYS.

AND IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.

HE'S JUST REALLY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.

AND THE MORE AUGUST HELPS, THE MORE HE UNDERSTANDS...

HOW'S THIS ONE DO FOR UP THERE?

...THE MORE RESPONSIBLE ANTHE MORE INDEPENDENT HE WILL BECOME.

YOU READ STA NAING?

-YEAH. -AY-YI-YI.

OKAY, LES GO, MAN.

IF YOU DON'T HIT IT SQUARE, YOU ND T HEA

IF YOU GOT A 16-POUND SLGEHAER, E TH SUCR!

OR, YOUOT AITTL20-OCE AMING HAMMER,

PUT YOUR BELLY IN IT.

-OKA -OKAY!

-WHOO! WE GOT A DECK! -HEY!

-YEAH! -[ YODELS ]

HOW ABOUT THAT, HUH? -GROUP HUG?

OH, ISS G. -SOMETHING.

-INK TT'S RE O.. HOO-O!

...IRISH RIVER DANCING. -OH, YEAH? WELL...

WELL, NOW THAT WE GOT A DECK, WE CAN START MOVING STUFF IN HERE.

THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

IT IS.

Narrator: IN TONSINA BAY,

THREE GENERATIONS COME TOGETHER AS ATZ SR.

AND DAUGHTER JEWEL COMMENCE

SPECL BIHDAYELEBTION FOKASE.

MY S WILBE ENING, D I HAVE THREE THINGS

THAT HE'LL BE DOING AS HIS RITE OF PASSAGE.

ONE WILL BE GIVING AWAY

SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM

SO THAT HE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WEALTH IS ACTUALLY

IN HOW MUCH YOU CAN GIVE, NOT IN HOW MUCH YOU GET.

WHICH WAY ARE WE HEADED?

WE'RE GOING THAT WAY.

GOING TO BURY A TREASURE.

WHOO-HOO, WHOO-HOO!

Atz: KASE IS A CRYSTAL COLLECTOR,

AND THIS PARTICULAR CRYSTAL IS HIS FAVORITE ONE.

HE'S HAD FOR MORE THAN HALF OF HIS LIFE.

THIS IS FUN!

IT'S HARD FOR ANYBODY TO GIVE SOMETHING AWAY

THAT YOU LOVE, THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU.

YOU WORKED HARD TO GET IT, AND THEN TO GIVE IT AWAY?

BUT IT REALLY HELPS YOU DELOP D GR,

AND MAKES ROOM FOR SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER TO COME ALONG.

-OHH, AND LO OVER HERE. -OOH.

OH, YEAH, LET'S THIWAY.

WANT TO GET YOUR TREASURE OUT?

OKEYDOKEY.

OH, THAT'STEP ONE.

SH IT OPA

THIS ONE REMINDED ME OF THE EARTH

AND HOW WE'VE ALWAYS LIVED ON IT,

AND WE'VE NEVER THANKED IT.

SO I'M GONNA THANK THE EARTH WITH THIS.

Jewel: I REALLY ADMIRE RITES OF PASSAGE.

THEY REALLY HONOR AN INDIVIDUAL AND MAKE A PERSON FEEL PROUD.

WHERE DO YOU NT TPUT ?

RIGHT HERE WILL BE THE BEST.

OKAY.

SO I HOPE MY SON KNOWS THAT HE'S CAPABLE.

I HOPE MY SON KNOWS THAT HE'S SKILLED,

AND HAS CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITIES

TO FACE A CHALLENGE AND TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU, KASE.

I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THAT WAS A HARD THING TO GIVE AWAY.

I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVED THAT.

GENEROUS OF SPIRIT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES INTO YOUR LIFE NEXT.

Narrator: 30 MILES AWAY, ON WINDY PERL ISLAND,

ATZ LEE, JANE...

-W -.AND EIR IEND

JAMES AND MIKE, WORK AGAINST A TIT WEHER NDOW

TOELP ADY NSTRT A BIN,

FULFILLING A LIFELONG DREAM OF CREATINHIS RST MESTD,

BEFORE THE FALL STORM SEASON JEOPARDIZES COMPLETION.

Grady: THE WEATHER'S A HUGE FACTOR OUT HERE.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GULF OF ALASK

AND EXPOSED TO EVERYTHING -- HIGH SEAS, HIGH WINDS.

WE'RE BUILDING THE CABIN IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION

SO THAT THE WIND COULD PASS

BY THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SURFACE AREA.

I'LL GRAB MY TOOL BAG.

Atz Lee: THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS START THE FOUNDATIO

SO HE HAS THESE CONCRE FOOTERS,

D TH YOUUT YOUR BIG,UGE STRINGER JOISTS ON TOP OF THAT,

AND THAT'S YOUR FOUNDATION.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCRETE FOR THE MIDDLE EXTERIOR.

BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST TWO MORE FOOTERS OF SOME SORT.

SO WE NEED TO COME UP WI TWOORE OTER

COULD WE USE SOMETHING AS A TEMPORARY POINT?

'CAUSE I D'T KNOW WHERE THEY'D EVEN BE, TO BE HONEST.

I MEAN...

GRADY'S CABIN ISITTI THE CEMT FOERS.

EY'RKINDF LI, YOKNOW G PA,

BIG ELEPHANT FEET -- GOOD, STABLE.

THEY HOLEVERYTHING UP ON TOP OF IT.

WE NEED SIX OF THOSE.

AS WE START LOOKING AROUND,

GRADY UNFORTUNATELY CAN ONLY FIND FOUR OF THEM.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THAT'S JUST GONNA STOP

THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

I MEAN, WITHOUT A GOOD FOUNDATION,

IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH BUILDING A CABIN

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WAS THINKING A HOLE POST.

THEN WE'D JUST NEED WEIGHT.

-RIGHT. -WE COULD DO THE OLD

COILA FOOTER AND DIG A LITTLE HOLE AND PUT IN BEACH ROCKS

AND JUST PUT A STUMP ON TOP OF THE ROCKS.

RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

YOKNOWYOU ST G TO ND OF ROLL WITH THECHES

WE ONLY HAD FOUR CONCRETE FOOTERS.

WE NEEDED SIX.

AND FIRST THING THAT POPPED IN MY MIND

WAS MY GOOD FRIEND JOHN COILA SHOWING ME A GREAT MHOD

OF DOING A FOUNDATION IN THE BACKCOUNTRY.

IF YOU'VE GOT ROCKS LAYING AROUND,

THAT'S ALL YOU REALLY NEED. THAT'S THE NEXT STEP.

WE NEED THIS CENTER BEAM IN HERE.

YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN JUST DIGOLE,

FILL IT FULL OF ROCKS, GET A STUMP,

PUT IT ON P OF THAT, AND YOU CAN BUILD YOUR FLOORS.

ALASKA IS FULL OF ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.

THERE'S JUST A DRAW ABOUT THIS COUNTRY,

ABOUT THIS FREEDOM, ABOUT THIS LIFESTYLE,

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP AND FAIL.

THIS IS THE LONGER ONE.

GREWP BEG TAHT SLLS

YOU KNOW, HOW TO SURVIVE, HOW TO LIVE OFF THE LAND,

HOW TO BUILD SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.

ALSO, I JUST WANT TO THRIVE

AND HELP OER HESTEERS AND T TH GOI.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A SECOND LEASE AT LIFE.

I FEEL LIKADSHARES THAT WITH ME AS WELL NOW, TOO.

AND I JUST WANT TO FOCUS AND GET THIS THING SET UP

SO THAT WHEN THE WINTER STORMS ARE RAGING,

HE'S WARM, HE'S HAPPY, AND HE'S LIVING THE DREAM.

BOOM!

1/2, BABY.

WE HAVE GOT REPLACENT OTER

NOW WE GOT TPICK UP THIS INCREDIBLY HEAVY LAST STRINGER,

AND THEN ONCE WE GET THIS THING ON HERE,

WE'LL BE READY TO ROLL WITH SOME FLOOR JOISTS.

, YE.

EXCITING TIMES!

Grady: GETTING THINGS DONE ONERL LAND

HAS EN AOT HARDER THAN I PLANNED,

AND I'M DEFINITELY NOT ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HELP.

COMING IN.

THE KIHER FAMILY HAS BEEN AMAZING FRIENDS

D HAVE ALL COME TO MY D.

THEY KEEP ENCOURAGING ME TO PUSH FORWARD,

AND I THINK WITH SOME HELP IT CAN ALL COME TOGETHER THIS YEAR.

BOYAH! WE GOT IT FRAMED PERFECT.

IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, GRADY.

CRAZY.

JUST NEVER THOUGHT WE'D GET HERE, YOU KNOW?

NEITHER DID I. BUT YOU KEPT AT IT.

AND YOU HELPED ME KIND OF REMEMBER

WHY I'M DOING THIS, YOU KNOW?

SO, THANKS.

BRING IT IN, GRADY. COME ON!

ALL THE WORK'S PAYING OFF.

IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUD.

-YEP. T'S NNA PPEN

AND THEN I'M GONNA RETIRE OUT HERE IN YOUR CABIN.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUILD ANOTHER CABIN FOR YOURSELF.

SORRY, GRADY.

Narrator: NG U..

Aust: H! HOLYRAP.

-THIS ONE'S BROKEN -I THINK THEY'LL BKEN.

THE WEATHER HAS GONE FROM SLIGHTLY CRAPPY

TO INCREDIBLY WORSE.

-HOLY [BLEEP] WHOA! -ATZ!

Narrator: ON THE KILCHER HOMESTEAD, OTTO, CHARLOTTE, AND AUGUST

TACKLE THE NEXT STEP IN TRANSFORMING

THE LATE BRUCE WILLARD'S SHED INTO A NEW WORKSHOP FOR OTTO.

SHOULD WE START MOVING SOME STUFF INTO THE MAN CAVE?

YOU READY TO CRACK THE WHIP?

I'M READY TO MOVE THAT CRAP OUT OF THERE AND GET IT IN HERE.

EW! THAT TOOUCH WORK.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING IT, REALLY.

August: YOU KNOW, DAD, THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY STUFF IN THAT SHOP

TOOVE WN AND STAS AGN.

-UH-HUH, YEP. -WT DOOU TNK WJUSTSE

THAT OLD SCAFFOLDING BOARD AND SPAN THE GAP?

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. HEY, DRAWBRIDGE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, AUGUST?

NOW YOU'RE THINKING WITH PULLEYS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, DRAWBRIDGES E

IN MY ANCESTRY, IN MY CULTURE.

OF COURSE THE CASTLE IN SWITZERLAND HAD A DRAWBRIDGE.

OH, WOW. I WONDER IF THEY PULL THIS BRIDGE UP.

OH, YEAH, IT COULD BE LIKE A DRAWBRIDGE.

I WANT TO BUILD A DRAWBRIDGE AT MY HOUSE.

I OWE IT TO MY HERITAGE TO HAVE A DRAWBRIDGE

GONNA TRY TO PUT THESE I-BOLTS IN UP THERE

AND HANG THESE PULLEYS UP OVER IT,

PUT A ROPE OVER IT, DOWN TO THE PLANK.

WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET AN EASI METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION

BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SHOP

THAT WAY, IT CAN SPAN THE GAP, BUT WE CAN REMOVE IT

IF WE EVER NEED TO USE THAT SPACE

IN BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHED FOR TRANSPORTATION.

ALL RIGHT, TWO PULLEYS ARE UP.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TYPICAL TIMES

WHERE A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT TIME

IS GONNA SAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIME IN THE LONG RUN.

SO, FROM THERE ON, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF PULLEYS, ROPES.

IT JUST STARTED FLOWING.

AND THEN, L OF THE SUDDEN, HERE WE ARE -- DRAWBRIDGE.

OKAY, LET'S GET THAT PLANK OVER HERE, DUDE.

OOF. -OH, MY GOODNESS.

THAT'S PERFECT.

Charlotte: WHOA, THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF WORKS.

[ WOOD CREAKING ]

STILL PRETTY STRONG THERE, SON, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SUPPORTED.

August: IN ORDER TO FORTIFY THIS BOARD,

WE NEED TO PUT A LOT OF REINFORCEMENT AROUND THE MIDDLE.

THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF ROPE, SOME MORE BOARDS,

AND JUST TO MAKE SURE

THAT EVERYTHING IS SECURE AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY, LET DOWN.

AH. YOU KNOW WHAT?

-WHAT? -THIS IS REALLY COOL.

I'M GLAD YOU HAD THE IDEA. -IT'S VERY COOL.

HAVEN'T YOU ALWAYS WANTED A DRAWBRIDGE?

-OF COURSE. -HOW NEAT IS THAT?

Otto: I'M REALLY NOTICING A LOT OF GROWTH WITH AUGUST HERE

AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP.

WE'VE BASICALLY OUTWITTED OURSELVES AND COME UP

WITH AN INCREDIBLY GENIUS SOLUTION,

AND I OWE A LOT OF THAT TO AUGUST.

gustAAH! HO!

GO ONE, BOY! HOLY CRAP.

YOU SCARED THE TAR OUT OF ME.

IT WAS PERFECT. -YOU GUYS...

OH, GOD, WAS THAT A GOOD ONE.

YOU KNOW, IT TURNED INTO THE SWISS FAMILY KILCHER.

GOT THIS THING READY TO GO,

AND WE'RE GONNA SORT OF TEST IT OUT.

[ GRUNTING ]

OH, DAMN, THAT'S HEAVY.

WELL, IT'S TOO DAMN HEAVY. UGH!

SO WE'VE GOT SOME ISSUES HERE.

Narrator: ON ATZ SR.'s FLOATING HOMESTEAD,

ANCHORED IN THE REMOTE WATER OF TONSINA BAY,

A BIRTHDAY RITE OF PASSAGE CONTINUES FOR JEWEL'S SON, KASE.

Atz: KASE-A-ROO!

ARE YOU STEALING VEGETABLES FROM THE GARDEN?

WHATRE Y -- OA! [ LAUGHS ]

Atz: THE NEXT PHASE OF HIS "EARNING 7"

IS BUILDING A MEMORY BOX.

EVE YEAR HE PUTS SOMETHING IN THIS SPECIAL BOX.

AND WHEN HE'S 18, HE OPENS THAT BOX,

AND HE LOOKS BACK AT ALL THOSE YEARS THAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH.

OKAY, 'RE ADY FINA LO

HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND ONDRIFNG.

Jewel: MY DAD AND MY SON MET AT THE EXACT RIGHT TIME.

HE AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST RELATIONSHIP GROWING UP.

MY DAD WAS A SINGLE DAD, AND WAS STRESSF FORIM.

[ YODELING ]

IF SHE'D QUIT LAUGHING, SHE'D DO JUST FINE.

AND THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE HAS ALLOWED US TO RELY HE

A HEALED AND AMAZINGLY AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIP

THAT I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D HAVE.

MY DAD HAS NOTHING BUT WISDOM TO OFFER.

I SEE ONE.

OH, LOOKY THERE.

LET ME GO GRAB IT.

HAPPY LOG FISHING, OPA! I'M EXCITED.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA MAKE A BOX OUT OF THAT LOG.

GET 'EM UP, MOVE 'EM OUT!

AH

Atz: WE'RE BUILNG A MEMORY BOX.

WE FIND A FLOATING LOG -- HAPPENED TO BE CEDAR.

WE MILL IT UP ON THE SAWMILL.

WE BUILD A BOX RIGHT THERE, FROM SCRATCH.

OKAY, KASE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE SAWMILL DOWN.

YES. -YEAH, KASE! WAY TO BE PROACTIVE.

PUSH THE BOTTOM OVER, DOWN THERE BY THE PIPE.

YOU GOT TO PUT YOUR HAND WAY DOWN THERE.

YES, SIR.

COME UP A LITTLE HIGHER -- RIGHT THERE.

SCREW IT IN.

YOU'RE THINKING AHEAD.

AND IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK AHEAD.

MY DAD'S A MUCH MORE PATIENT, KIND TEACHER NOW,

AND MY SON GETS TO EXPERIENCE MY DAD

AT SUCH AN AMAZING TIME IN HIS LIFE.

SO, FIRST THING WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IS CUT THAT FLAT.

♪♪

♪♪

GRAB THIS SLAB OFF OF THERE.

PUT OVER THERE, ANYWHERE FOR NOW.

FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU'RE NOT GETTING SHOES AND SOCKS.

FOR THE BIRTHDAY, YOU ARE BUILDING YOUR OWN...

BOX.

THE THIRD CONCEPT OF HIS EARNING 7 IS CATCHING THE FISH

AND SHARING WITH A LARGECOMMUNITY.

LET'S PUT SOME BAIT ON AOOK, PUT OVE

SO IT CAN BE FISHING WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THE BOX, OKAY?

OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU PICK UP THE ROD THERE?

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA STICK IT RIGHT IN HERE AND TIE IT ON.

SO WE'RE FISHING WHILE WE'RE BUILDING A BOX.

♪

♪♪

WE'VE GOT TO KEEP WATCHING THAT T

AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT DANCING.

♪♪

I THINK THAT'S T LASBOAR WEAN G.

Jewel: WANT TO GONNA START BUILDING?

-YEAH. -KASE!

-WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. -LOOK AT ALL THIS BOUNCING!

-GET ON IT. -OH, MY GOD!

HOLD ON.

[ LAUGHS ] IT'S EXCITING NOW.

HOLDN. DOEST FE LIKSOMEING?

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. CHECK IT OUT.

WHAT THE -- MOMMY!

-WHAT? -LOOK AT THIS!

Narrator: IN TONSINA BAY, ATZ SR.

AND JEWEL WITNESS AS KASE'S ATTEMPT TO CATCH A FISH...

-KASE! -OPA, LOOK!

WH, WH, WH.

...ESSENTIAL FOR CPLETING THE THREE STEPS FOR KASE

TO EARN AGE 7, FINALLY YIELDS A BITE.

-EXCITING NOW. -WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DO IT EL LE SOTHING? -IFEELLIKEOMETNG.

WHOAWHOA CHECK IT OUT.

WHAT THE -- MOMMY!

-WHAT? -LOOK AT THIS!

WHAT THE?! -ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

OKAY, WHAT AREE GONNDO NOW?

-OH, MY. -WELL, BRING IT ON.

DON'T LET HIM GO. YES!

-WHOO! -TA-DA-DA-DA-DA!

BIG FISH WT AFR A TTLEISH.

Atz: EVERYBODY GETS EXCITED WHEN THEY CATCH A FISH.

BUT, BOY, TO WATCH A KID WHO'S EXCITED,

YOU JUST GOT TO SEE IT THROUGH THEIR EYES.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? GIVE ME A HIGH-FIVE!

"I CAUGHT IT. I SUCCEEDED.

IT WORKED." PRETTY EXCITING.

OHH, IS HE PRICKLY?

KASE, YOU'RE GONNA FEED YOUR FAMILY.

PUT HIM IN THERE, AND WE'LKEEPIM TL LAR,

WHEN WE CAN FILLET HIM.

Atz: HEY, ARE WE FISHERMEN, OR ARE WE BOX BUILDERS?

ARE VERYING?

-BOTH. E'RE HOMESTEADERS.

OKAY.

KASE, IT'S TIME TO DO SOME MATH.

THERE'S A HUNDRED WAYS BU,

BUT I'M NOT REALLY GIVING THAT MUHOUG TO RFECDESI.

I'M JUST MORE CREATING A VESSEL.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS THE MEMOES

HE'S GONNA PUT IN THERE EVERY YEAR,

AND IT'S JUST GOT TO BE STRONG ENOUGH LAS

MAKE SURE YOUR SCREW IS STANDING STRAIGHT UP.

YES. THEN GO AHEAD AND DRIVE IT IN.

GIVE IT A LITTLE SPURT.

I THINK EVERYBODY WHO STARTS AGING,

GETTING CLOSER TO THAT DEPARTURE DATE,

HAS DIFFERENT WAYS OF DEALING WITH IT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE,

PASSING VALUES AND QUALITIES ONTO MY KIDS.

BASICALLY, JUST PUT A HAND HERE AND A HAND HERE.

WE'RE TRYING NOT TO LET THIS BOX DO THE RACKING.

JUST LIKE PART OF MY DAD IS GOING ON THROUGH ME,

PA OF WILBE GOING ON THROUGH THEM,

AND IT'LL BE THESE SIMPLE THINGS THAT'LL BE CARRYING ON

THAT'LL MEAN A LOT TME.

HAS ANODY SEEN KASE?

I'M LOOKING FOR KASE.

HELLO? SE!

WHERE ARE YOU?

DINGDONG, DINGDONG!

Jewel: FOR ME, I THINK THE YULETIDE AND THE FLOATING HOMESTEAD

IS A WAY OF MY DAD GETTING TO RE-EXPERIENCE

E BE OF S CHDHOOD.

I COULD CRANK...

♪ BA, BA-DA, BA, DA-BA-DA, BA ♪

BOOF! GOES THE WEASEL.

OKAY, MAN.

I FEEL REALLY BLESSED THAT MY SON

GETSO EXRIEN MY D

AS SUCH A VITAL, HEALTHY GRANDPARENT --

BUILDING THINGS, PIONEERING, BEING ON THE LAND,

HOMESTEADING ON A BOAT.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

♪♪

Narror: 7 MIS AW, ON THE HOMESTEAD,

AFTER A FAILED ATTEMPT TO LIFT

THEIR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED DRAWBRIDGE,

OTTO, AUGUST, AND CHARLOTTE DEVISE A FRESH APPROACH.

WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO HELP

MAKE US HEAVIER.

I GOT TO FIND A COUNTERWEIGHT.

Charlotte: OKAY, SO YOU NEED A GIANT METAL THING?

WELL, CHARLOTTE HAS THIS BIG BALL

THAT'S BEEN OVER IN HER GARDEN FOR YEARS.

YEAH, BUT IT AIN'T VERY HEAVY.

-IS IT NOT HEAVY ENOUGH? -I DON'T KNOW.

GO SEE HOW HEAVY IT IS.

THE DRAWBRIDGE WAS TOO HEAVY TO JUST PICK UP,

SO NOW WE'VE GOT THE COUNTERWEIGHT.

IT'S A BALANCING WEIGHT.

SO THE DRAWBRIDGE IS SO HEAVY HERE,

WE PUT SOMETHING SO HEAVY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROPE.

AND THEN THAT'LL HIT.

THAT HITS.

AND THEN...

WHEN YOU WANT TO SEND IT BACK DOWN...

Chartte: THAT'S PRETTY COOL, YOU GUYS.

-VOILà! -I THINK IT'S PERFECT.

HOW COOL IS THAT?

SO NOW YOU CAN BE HERE, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT ME

TO COME HOME FROMHEAN CE, YOU JUST...

-PULL IT UP. -...PULL THE BALL.

I THINK THAT'S IT, BUDDY. -GREAT!

August: SHOULD WE START MOVING SOME STUFF?

-YEAH! -RIGHT ON!

Charlotte: DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A MIRROR IN YOUR MAN CAVE SO YOU CAN PRIMP?

YOU KNOWHE BT PA OUT ?

WHAT?

MIRRMIRR, ONHE WL, O'S E FAEST THEM ALL?

IT'S OTTO! [ LAUGHS ]

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THE BRIDGE

IS GONNA HOLD THIS WEIGHT, BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS --

WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT.

READ

VE HRD THIS SAYING ALL MY LIFE,

BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A SITUATION

MO APPPRIA TH RIG NOW

Charlotte: YOU GUYS DID IT! WHOO!

HOW COOL IS THAT, OTTO?

PRETTY NICE.

NOW YOU'RE COOKING.

GOTEAT!

IT'S SO EXCITING TO GESTUF T OFHE HSE

AND BE MOVING IT OVER TO THE SHOP.

I'JUSTLATE AS SEEHAT CORNER

OF THE HOUSE CLEARING OUT.

DOES THAT LOOKE WHA

YEAH, IT LOOKS EMPTY!

ALMOST UNEARTHED THIS PART OF THE HOUSE.

THANKS FOR HAVING A LITTLE FAITH.

I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR OTTO HAVING A MAN CAVE.

AND I'M EXCITED FOR MYSELF THAT I CAN HAVE, LIKE,

A REAL KITCHEN AND A REAL HOUSE.

HEY, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK

AND EFFORT, AND GETTING ME THIS MAN CAVE.

BUT THE BEST PART HIS OLE AWBRGE

IS TO SEE AUGUST'S HOMESTEAD INGENUITY

JUST SPRING INTO LIFE.

AND HIS ENTHUSIASM AND HIS APPETITE FOR LEARNING --

TO ME, THAT'S THE BEST PART OF IT.

♪♪

Narrator: 60 MILES AWAY, A POWERFUL LATE-SEASON STORM

STRIKES PERL ISLAND,

THATENG ATLEE D JA'S SSIOTO CONSTRUCT FRIEND

GRY'S BIN -- CRUCI TOURVIL DUNG T HAR

ASKAWINT.

z Le THEEATHER HAS GONE FROM SLIGHTLY CRAPPY

TO INCREDIBLY WORSE.

THIS TIME OF YEAR ON PERL ISLAND,

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THESE STORMS ARE COMING.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW BAD THEY'RE GONNA BE

OR HOW LONG THEY'RE GONNA LAST.

AND I'M HOPING WE GET ENOUGH TIME

TO ACTUALLY GET THE THING DONE, BECAUSE ANYTHING

THAT HAS AN OPENING WILL JUST ACT LIKE A KITE,

AND THE WHOLE THING WILL JUST GET TORN APART BY THE WIND.

SO IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE GET IT FULLY COMPLETED,

ABSOLUTELY DRIED IN, ROOF ON, AND BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES.

THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO KEEP BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

THE NEXT THING WE NEED TO DO IS GET THE HUGE BEAMS

FOR THE FOUNDATION DOWN THE HILL, ON-SITE.

I INK MIG BE ABLE TO GET A STRAP JUST ON THIS VERY END,

ENOUGH SO I CAN JUST KIND OF PULL IT.

THE MATERIALS ARE LOCATED 100, 150 YARDS AWAY.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CARRY 600 PIECES OOD IIVIDLLY,

WE CAN PICK UP THESE BUNDLES WITH THE EXCAVATOR

AND GET IT BACK DOWN TO THE WORK SITE.

TURNING THIS CORNER'S GONNA BE FUN.

TCH T. RE WE GO.

WIND'S GUSTING UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.

EXCAVATOR'S SLIDING AND SLIPPING AROUND ON THE GRASS.

WHEW!

IT'S DEFINITELY EATING UP WORK TIME.

EVERY HALF HOUR WE LOSE IS ME TI

THAT WE'RE NOT GONNAE ONHE CK SE TOET TS JODONE

I THK I' JUSKEEPOING THATITTLE SHUCK AND JIVE.

♪♪

♪♪

LOOKS GOOD TO ME.

WE FINALLY GOT IT TO THE WORK SITE, AND NOW IT'S LIKE,

"OKAY, NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TO WORK."

READY? 2,

IT WORKED.

ONE MORE OF THOSE.

GOT THE FOUNDATION WORKED OUT, WE GOT THE STRINGERS ON THERE,

NOW WE JUST GOT TO PUT THE JOISTS,

WHICH ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING NOT ONLY THE CAB FLO

BUT E VE CAB ITSF.

LET'S BUILD A CABIN THAT'S KNOWN FOR MISERABLE WEATHER.

Atz Lee: THIS IS A MEGA STORM THAT 'RE ALINWITHIGHTOW.

IT JUSNOT NNA ANASY E

TO BUILD IN THIS KINDF WEHER,

BUT 'VE T TO COME TOGETHER AND GET THE JOB DONE.

GO LEFT, GRADY. GO LEFT.

GO LEFT -- OTHER LEFT.

Jane: HORRIBLE WEATHER!

I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE READY FOR HANGING OF THE CHAIN SAWS.

Charlotte: OOH, YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS I FELL IN LOVE WITH WITH WILLARD'S SHED

WAS ALL THE PLACES ON THE OUTSIDE TO HANG THINGS.

YOU CAN GET THEM EASILY.

IT'S JUST ESOM

I'VE GOT A LOT OF CHAIN SAWS,

AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST ANTIQUES.

SOME ARE JUST MEMORABILIA.

THIS ONE HERE IS MY DADDY'S VERY, VERY FIRST SAW.

I'M GONNA HANG IT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

BY GOD, NOW THERE'S A GOOD-LOOKING SAW.

AND THERE'S A SAW I GOT FROM JOHN COILA BEFORE HE DIED.

THIS IS THE SAW THAT BUILT THIS HOUSE HERE, SON.

TURNS OUT I'VE GOT 17 CHAIN SAWS.

MAMA SAW, BABY SAW, AND DADDY SAW.

HOW CUTE IS THAT? -THAT'S SUPER CUTE.

WHO ELSE HAS ALL THESE CHAIN SAWS ADORNING THEIR SHED?

I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS THIS MANY CHAIN SIN MWORL

HOW CRAZY AM I?

Charlotte: PRETTY CRAZY.

Narrator: ON PERL ISLAND, WORKING AGAINST

WORSENING ATHER,

ATZ LEE CONTINUES FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION...

Atz Lee: LET'S BRING THE OTHER.

...WHILE JANE AND GRADY ROUND UP THE FINAL BATCH

OF CRUCI MATIALS

THIS ONE'S BROKEN.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL BROKEN.

ALL OF THEM?

OH, YEAH, IT IS. YEP.

THE CONDITION OF THE MATERIALS IS NOT IDEAL.

THEYE BE LEFT OUT THERE FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

THEY'VE GOT ROT TO THEM AND SOME MILDEW, WHICH IS NOT GOOD.

-HOLY [BLEEP] WHOA! -ATZ!

-THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY INTACT. -YEAH, THIS ONE LOOKS FINE

OT O! EAH.

LET'S JUST LAY IT DOWN SO THE WIND DOESN'T GRAB IT.

-OH, ANOTHER GOOD WINDOW. -TWO GOOD WINDOWS!

WE GOT TWO WINDO O OF X

THAT ARE SALVAGEABLE, THAT WE CAN USE.

GUESS YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A LOT OF WINDOWS

FOR THE CABIN, GRADY.

YOU'RE GROWING PLA SIDEOUR OR.

THE DOOR DIDN'T MAKE IT.

Grady: ALL MY MATERIALS LOOK PRETTY BATTERED

AND WORN BY THE WEATHER.

I'M STARTING TO LOSE CONFIDENCE

THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL ON THIS MISSION.

EVERYTHING GOOD?

NO. UH, THE DOORS ARE...

THEY'RE SHOT.

HOW ABOUT WATERPROOF MEMBRANE, ROOFING MEMBRANE?

THE MEMBRANE'S ALSO SHOT.

THE CKING ON IT'S ALL... -JUST PEELING OFF?

Atz Lee: THE MATERIALS THAT WE NEED TO FINISH THIS CABIN

ARE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE.

THERE'S STILL SO MUCH TO GET DONE.

IT'S A DESPERATE SITUATION.

SO WHEN THIS STORM BREAKS,

HOPEFULLY I CAN GET A SAT PHONE CALL OUT

OR SOMETHING TO THE REST OF THE FAMILY,

D TH CANRING EXTRA SUPPLIES.

BECAUSE IF THERE IS A CHANCE TO GET THIS CABIN DONE,

IT'S GONNA INVOLVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE WE CAN GET AHOLD OF THEM

AND FIND A WAY TO SEND TRANSMISSION.

Narrator: IN TONSINA BAY, ATZ SR., JEWEL, AND KASE

NEAR THE FINAL TASK R KASE TO SUCCESSFULLY EARN AGE 7

BEFORE THEIR TRIP COMES TO A CLOSE.

DO WE WANT TO PUT HIS FIRST MEMORY IN THERE RIGHT NOW?

-I THINK WE'RE READY. -YEP.

Jewel: ALL R, LET'GO G IT.

BUILDING A BOX OF MEMORIES IS LETTING KASE,

EVERY SINGLE YEAR, PUT IN A SINGLE ITEM

THAT SUMS UP THAT YEAR FOR HIM.

AND I'LL PUT IN A LITTLE SOMETHING,

AND HIS OPA, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO LOVES HIM.

AND THEN HE CAN OPENP AND AD THOSE LETTERS

AND SEE THOSE PRESENTS WHEN HE'S 18.

FIRST, THIS.

I WROTE YOU THIS LETTER,

AND YOU DON'T GET TO READ IT UNTIL YOU'RE 18 YEARS OLD.

OH, MY GOSH.

I WANT TO BE THERE FOR THAT 18th!

HOW OLD WILL I BE IN 11 YEARS?

82. I'LL STILL BE KICKING.

YES, SIR.

AND THIS.

BEAUTIFUL.

WHOO!

THAT'S GONNA BE A PARTY.

Atz: TO ME, THE BEST PART OF THAT MEMORY TRUNK

IS JUST HAVING BUILT IT --

E MERY OPULLG A LOG OUT OF THE WATER,

GETTING IT ON BY ME POR.

EVERY YEAR HE'S GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE

AND REMEMBER THE MAKING OF THAT BOX, AND SO THAT'S BIG STUFF.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.

G STF.

HEY.

-HEY. -LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S ENOUGH FISH FOR TWO PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THIS RITE OF PASSAGE

IS THAT YOU NOW CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR VLAGE

Jewel: FOR ME, EARNING 7 IS ALL ABOUT KASE

BEING ABLE TO REALIZE THAT HE CAN NOW CONTRIBUTE

ANDO TNGS R HIELF.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU. YOU CAUGHT US THIS FOOD.

YOU WANT TO HAVE A THROWING PARTY?

-YES, PLEASE. -LET'S DO IT.

ALL RIGHT. GET READY.

SO, WHEN A YOUNG HUNTER CATCHES HIS FIRST FISH,

INSTEAD OF THE FAMILY EATING IT, THEY STAND UP ON THEIR POR,

THEY WRAP UP THE MEAT, AND THEY LITERALLY THROW IT,

AND EVERYBODY CELEBRATES.

CAUGHT IT!

-H-AH! -KAS

OH, YOU HAVE FED THE VILLAGE.

YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN. WAY TO GO.

VE P OF YOU.

VERYUD OF YOU, AND I LOVE YOU.

LET ME HELP YOU DOWN HERE.

WELCOME TO 7.

AHH, OOH!

BEAUTIFUL.

THERE HE IS.

HOW COOL. I LOVE FLOATPLANES.

HATEEAVING.

I'D LIKE TO STAY ANOTHER COUPLE DAYS.

BUT I ALSO GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE

AND A LOT OF WISDOM OUT OF IT.

THIS PLACE IS ADDICTIVE.

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE.

IT'S SO PRISTINE, AND SOMETHING

I WISH EVERYBODY COULD EXPERIENCE.

GL GOTO HA OUT

THANK YOU. LOVE YOU.

Atz: I'M THRILLED THEY CAME TO SPEND SOME TIME,

AND I GAINED A LOT BY THEM BEING HERE

ESPECIALLY, I AM THRILLED THAT THEY GOT TO EXPERIENCE

ALASKA OF LONG AGO, LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS A KID.

WAVE AT OPA!

♪♪

♪♪

NARRATOR: BACK ON PERL ISLAND,

A MOMENTARY BREAK IN THE WEATHER...

GET THIS THING FIRED UP HERE. COME ON.

NARRATOR: ...ALLOWS ATZ LEE TO MAKE

A CRITICAL EMERGENCY SATELLITE PHONE CALL.

THERE WE GO.

WE HAVE GOTTEN POUND BY SOME SERIOUS STORM.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

THINGS AREN'T GOING THE WAY THAT WE HOPED ANPLAND FO

MATERIALS ARE GETTING ROTTED

THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING OUT FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE AT A POINT N WHERE M GONNA REACH OUT

TH THE SAT PHONE, HOPEFULLY GET A HOLD OF EIVIN,

PUT OUT THE RED ALERT ON T HOMTEAD

RALLY UP THE REST OF THE KILCHERS,

AND GET THEIR ASSES OUT HERE TO PERL ISLAND,

BECAUSE THIS SEASON'S ALMOST DONE FOR BUILDING.

VIN!

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

HELLO?

-Yeah? -ATZ LEE.

-What's up? -YOU GOT ME HERE?

-Yep. -DO ME A FAVOR.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GETHIS THING DONE.

WEATHER HAS JUST BEEN KICKING OUR BUTTS OUT HERE.

SO I GOT TO GET A DOOR AND SOME ROOFING MEMBRANE.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ROOFING MEMBRANE AND THE DOOR,

I CANNOT DRY-IN THE CABIN, AND IT WON'T GET FINISHED.

AND YOUR BODIES.

YOU HEAR ME?

EIVIN: Yeah, that's a possibility.

TRY TO HEAD OUT AS SN ASOU C.

Yeah, if I get a good window,

I'll come out as soon as it calms down.

L RIGHT, GOOD LUCK. BE SAFE.

SEE YOU SOON. THERE WE GO.

JOB'S GOT TO GET DONE. BACK TO WORK.