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JAY: Sit.

NARRATOR: Selection for the SAS...

..is a test like no other.

ANT: The celebrity recruits
are used to comfort and luxuries.

If you don't surrender yourself
to the course,

you will suffer an anguish like
you've never experienced before.

ANT (SHOUTING):
Get down. Get down.

Try and fight it
and it will (BLEEP) you up.

A new group of celebrity recruits...
STAFF: Wake up!

..have volunteered to put
their privileged lives behind.

ANT: Move, get on that train.

CASSIE: I want to leave the name
'Cocaine Cassie' behind me.

They'll be put through a tougher...

(SHOUTS) Get over here.

..more intense selection course
than ever before.

Do not (BLEEP) this up.

Let's go!

Dive!

Chief instructor Ant Middleton...
Let's go!

..and his team of directing staff
will make no exceptions.

Keep hanging.

Staff, I can't.

Staff...
(ABBEY SCREAMS)

Are you trying to pull the wool
over my (BLEEP) eyes?

Move!

A sickening submerged pipeline...

..almost ends in disaster.

Turn on your back.

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?

No, no, no!

Do you think if I hadn't
had dragged you out,

you wouldn't be a (BLEEP) dead man?

And...

Go!

..a leap of faith...

Hurry up, let's move.

Move it, move it!

..takes a heavy toll.

Let's go!
Get down here!

(GRUNTING)

And Thai cave rescue hero
tells his story.

Nobody really thought
that it was likely to be a rescue.

A rescue.

If we didn't,
they were all going to die.

In the cold, pre-dawn
of the Middle Eastern Desert,

13 recruits have survived
the first 24 hours

of the punishing
SAS selection course.

(RECRUIT SNORES)

STAZ: Wake up!

Tick-tock!

Hurry the (BLEEP) up.

I am the original bachelor

and in my society
there's a certain level

of wanting to look a certain way.

I wash my face and my moisturise
and I dye my hair, dye my beard,

I use a scrub
a couple times a week.

I take pride in the way I look.

I woke up at 2:00 and I was like
this is too much sleep.

I only got to sleep at about
2:30 I think it was.

Did you?
Yeah.

On the course,
it's not meant to be comfortable.

This is going to be
quite the challenge for me.

Bit (BLEEP) smelly.

ABBEY: Hello. (CHUCKLES)

I'm a sports broadcaster
in the world of AFL

but I think SAS, it's so different

to anything that I would have
ever experienced or heard of before.

I don't think there's
anything awkward anymore.

Well, I haven't done a poo yet

so I'm like this is
my first experience.

With none of the creature comforts
from home...

..the recruits must get accustomed
to rudimentary facilities.

All of our little butts
go on these holes. (LAUGHS)

And they're quite far back
from the edge too.

Yes, I'm little, my legs
are dangling off the edge

when I'm sitting on this.

I feel like a 13-year-old child.

I am an Australian actress

and most people would know me
because of 'Neighbours'.

I wanna prove that I'm gonna be good
on the SAS course

but I think my height will affect me
'cause I'm five-foot-tall.

Zima, you can't even
touch the ground.

(LAUGHTER)
No, I can't.

Her little legs are hanging.

I don't like that
I'm five-foot-tall

because like I'm out here trying
a lot harder than a lot of people.

Like I gotta take like three,
four steps

compared to your two steps.

It's hard.

It probably looks like
there's no one in here

so it would be kind of awkward
if one of the guys comes over

and looks through the sides.

I don't want people
looking at my vagina.

How is anybody gonna see your vagina
when you're sat down?

They can still kinda see it.

How high up is your vagina?

Like at my belly button,
how high is your vagina?

CASSIE: Breakfast guys.

As duty recruit,
convicted drug smuggler Cassie

must serve all the recruits
before herself.

Avo on toast here we come.

I'm top-five middle-distance runner
in the world.

I want the public to see me
as more than just a runner,

more than just an Olympian

and I want the public to see me
in a different light.

Not just my doping scandal
and I'm here for the challenge.

Yes.
Imagine.

Imagine...
A little poached egg.

The recruits file in to share
the meagre rations available.

Can I grab an egg as well?
Yep.

Thank you.

These eggs aren't going down well.

No, it's hard,
they're hard to get down.

It's important to put everyone

through some level of discomfort
and pain on selection.

Trying to operate
when you're fatigued,

when you've not eaten
hardly any food

and we're trying to get rid
of the weakest.

Putting them through this level
of discomfort and pain

filters that out.

A little bit of salt and pepper,
you know, usually goes nicely.

Yeah.

I come from the royal family
in Bali.

Oh, god.

I have no idea what I'm doing here.

I did not sleep.
I'm going to be useless today.

You didn't sleep?

Not even, not even an hour.

What?
Nope.

I'm a complete fish out of water.

I can't go to sleep
without like a podcast

and then I've got like whale sounds

and then I've got like a machine
that purifies the air

and then I've got like an eye mask.

Everyone was snoring so loud.

It was the worst.

I didn't even know they were.

Oh, it was like a (BLEEP)
musical bloody trump...

Really?
Yeah.

Well, maybe I was asleep
at that point.

Then that's good.

Deep down I'm just a massive Karen
to the core.

I think that's why
today's probably the day

that a lot of people will crack.

(ALL AGREEING)

STAFF: Into your allocated vehicle,
go!

Spring!
Move!

All of you sprint!
Move it!

Hurry up.

Heading to their first brutal task
on day two.

Come on, get in there.

The recruits race through the desert

to be faced with a test designed
to push them to the brink of panic.

Everything in this course
is designed to test your character.

We expose you for who you are.

Especially your emotions
and your fears.

It's going to be
overwhelming for them.

RADIO: I have your release.

All clear for take-off.

We have everything we need
to operate and function

in modern-day warfare
in the desert.

This is special forces operations.

We spent years training for this...

..and it is all about
taking charge of your mind.

Out of the wagons.
Get out!

Or everybody will (BLEEP) suffer.
Get out.

We don't allow fear to enter.

Bergens on,
quick as you can let's go.

The seat won't go down.

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?

We push it to one side.

(BLEEP) Jason Bourne in the back.

Because if you don't...

Hurry up!
..panic is like a plague.

Go, move!

And in an uncontrolled situation,

it can be the difference
between life and death.

(BIRDS CHIRP)

Alright, listen in.

Stop there.

I want one rank between that rock
and that rock facing me.

Do that now.

Hurry up, move!

Quick as you can, let's go!

Take your bergens off.

Turn around and watch the demo.

Pay attention.

Attention to detail.

As the formidably Blackhawk
takes lift,

the recruits observe
as chief instructor Ant

demonstrates a highly dangerous
SAS drill

known as the Run and Jump Extraction.

(BLEEP).

Without safety equipment,

each recruit must plunge
into the cold water.

The run and jump to the Blackhawk

is where you're in
a hostile environment,

you've got an important
piece of equipment on you

that needs extracting.

It's a one-off, get this right
or you're not going home mission.

Fighting the gale force down-draft
of the rotor blades

and the choppy water,

they'll need to make a perilous
10m climb up the rope,

keeping panic at bay.

Special forces operators

constantly put ourselves
in these fearful situations...

..to control that panic

because if they don't,

in a combat zone on the battlefield
they're (BLEEP).

Everyone take your jackets off,

put your numbers
on your upper left arm.

Once you've done that
sit on your bergens.

I'm afraid of heights.

Probably the worst-case scenario

is throwing you off the helicopter
into the ocean.

That would stress me out.

Is that water not deep?

Yeah, I couldn't even tell you

that I've ever been
on a roller coaster or anything.

Unknown situations
scare the hell out of me.

Right, who wants to come on down?

Yes, Staff.

Good effort, number one.

After an anxious,
panicked introduction to the course,

number one,
convicted drug smuggler, Cassie,

will need nerves of steel
to pass the task.

By doing SAS,
I'm just proving to myself

that I am capable
of whatever is thrown at me.

Are you OK?
Yes, Staff.

Think you can do it?

I'll give it my best shot, Staff.

Alright,
let's see a good effort, OK?

It's the only way people
will get a real version of me

because I'm not Cocaine Cassie.

Stand by.

Go!

Hurry up, let's move.

Go! Go, go!

Alright, let's go.

Needing to exit the cold water,

number one must quickly
swim to the rope.

Come on!

Hurry up!

Come on!

Let's go!

Come on, let's go!
(GRUNTING)

Let's go!

Making her way up the rope,
number one strains to climb further.

I don't want to give up

but I'm always going to have that
little voice in the back of my head

that I wasn't good enough...

..because of everything
that happened to me in Columbia.

She's going to blow out.

ANT: What are you doing?

What's going through
your (BLEEP) head?

God almighty.

That was tough.

Unable to ascend to the Blackhawk,

number one must swim to shore
having failed the task.

Recruit number eight.
Yes, Staff.

You're going to lead by example.

Let's go.

Well over six feet tall
and weighing 102kg,

number eight, retired NRL star Boyd,

is by far the heaviest recruit

attempting to haul his massive frame
into the Blackhawk.

I want to see some (BLEEP)
Tom Cruise shit from you.

Down to the DS, go!

In 2020 I retired from concussions.

I still suffer symptoms now

especially with
the constant headaches

and the light-headedness sometimes

and all sensitivity to the light
and the noise.

When the Heli's here,
I'll release you.

Yes, Staff.
OK, ready?

Yep.

Take a knee.

So going into this course
if I am worried about one thing,

it will probably be
if my body can hold up.

Go!

I think this is just going to be
a real good test for myself

and trying to get to the end.

(BOYD CRIES OUT)

(BOYD SCREAMS IN PAIN)

It's quite a scary thought
when you think about

the thing that might stop me
from completing the course

is my old body breaking down.

Hurry up.

What happened?

I tore me pec.
You tore your pec?

Yeah.

Alright I'll get someone
to come have a look.

With a suspected pectoral tear,

Chief Medic, Doctor Dan,
needs to assess the injury.

When I jumped on the rope
and swung off it

and she's (BLEEP) pulled, aye.

Take your jacket off.

I know you just got warm
but I wanna have a bit of a look.

Yeah, so that's definitely
well attached there.

Yeah.
And do it on this side.

Yeah mate,
I reckon that's come away.

I'll have a yarn to the DS,

let 'em know what's going on
and we'll make a plan.

Thanks, doc.

With such a painful injury,

number eight's future on the course
looks uncertain.

If I had to quit
or if I had to take that armband off

I'd definitely feel like
I'd probably have failed for sure.

Hobbit.

Yes, Staff.
Come on down.

Barely five feet tall, number two,
actress Zima Anderson,

hopes to be the first to succeed
where all others have failed.

This is like a (BLEEP) scene
out of 'The Lord of the Rings'.

Remember Frodo Baggins?

Yes.
This is (BLEEP) Mordor.

For us vertically challenged folk...
Yes.

..we have to work a bit harder
than everybody else, don't we?

We do, Staff.

Well, pack a big (BLEEP) punch.

Down to the DS, off you go.

Stand there, face me.

I think people's
first impressions of me,

they're gonna think that I'm not
capable of doing physical tasks.

Go!

I want to prove to myself
that I am strong

and I will commit to whatever
is thrown at me on the course.

Come on!

Let's go!

Come on, let's go!

Go on.

(PANTING)

Being an actress I definitely have
had a lot of bad opinions on me.

So I always get judged straight away

and I started to really feel that,
that was who I was as a person.

Let's go!

Come on!

I'm sure there will be things
throughout the course

that will challenge me, 100%.

What are you doing?

And I will want to go to
a dark place you can't come back.

Come on!

On the coastal edge of the desert,

the recruits are locked
in a gruelling test of agility,

needing to scale a 10m rope
from the cold water

into the safety of the Blackhawk.

Come on, let's go!

Number two, actress Zima Anderson...

Come on, let's go!

..attempts to be the first recruit
to climb on board the chopper.

Go on.

(GRUNTING)

Being an actress,
I always get judged straight away

and I started to really feel that,
that was who I was as a person.

But I ground myself in who I am
and my morals

and how my loved ones see me.

I want to show people
that you can be strong

and you can be sensitive.

Whoa, she's getting up.

Up here!

Up here!

Straight through the access point,
let's go.

Yes!

She's a little pocket rocket, Zima.

Good effort.

Number two is the first
to conquer the task.

That was brilliant.
You actually just proved to everyone

it doesn't matter how tall you are,
you can smash that.

I'm strong, Staff.
I know, I can see that.

Once it's shown
that it can be (BLEEP) done,

everyone can (BLEEP) do it.

Let's go number 12.

Let's go.

Already struggling to cope
with the rigours of the course,

number 12,
Balinese princess, Lindy Klim,

must summon all her courage.

People probably know me
from Being Michael Klim's ex-wife.

When my marriage broke down,

I guess I did have those feelings
of failing.

I failed as a wife,
I failed the children as their mum

and I think that, that potentially

is where this whole not feeling
good enough might come from.

On your knees.

So I'm already doubting myself
by sitting here.

I'm terrified to go on this show
so potentially, you know,

if I can do just like
a little bit of it,

it might give me that confidence
to believe in myself more.

Go!
Go!

Go!

ANT: Keep moving!

Let's go, come on!

That's it, come on!

What are you doing?

Come on!

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?

There are some moments where
I'm like this is just way too much.

I'll just have to quit.

Blackhawk run and jump is about
the pressure of a timed extraction.

Go!

It's imperative that
they get into that helicopter

as quickly, as efficiently
and as safely as possible.

This is a difficult climb.

(GRUNTING)

And they'll need to push through
the pain and the suffering...

(ABBEY GRUNTS)

(CRAIG GROANS)

When everything is screaming,
telling you to stop.

Stand up!

(GROANS IN PAIN)

It requires upper body strength,
technique...

Like a rat up a drain pipe.

Yeah.

More importantly, strength of mind.

ANT: Lock your arms off.

Good!
Good!

That's brilliant.

Yes!

Get in here! Get in here!

Sit!

Well done!

Get behind me, behind!

Here, hold on.

Good effort, well done.

So frustrating.

So hard to get up that rope.

Big guy, your (BLEEP)
life depends on it.

Get on that (BLEEP) helicopter.

Yes, Staff.
Yeah?

Only four of the previous 12
have passed

and last to attempt the task
is the oldest recruit,

at 57 years, actor Craig McLachlan.

Stand there, turn and face me.

Talk about panic.

On that morning
of 8 January, 2018...

(BLEEP) make this number nine, yeah?

Go!

..I woke up the phone's ringing.

The news was everywhere.

"He's a monster, he's a bully,
he's a calculated predator."

It's too easy
to ruin your life like that.

Go!
Go!

Go!

ANT: Keep moving.
You're behind enemy lines.

You need to get
the (BLEEP) out of here.

Come on!

At the time these allegations
were broadcast,

where I ultimately found myself
was in the darkest place imaginable.

Making sure you don't
jump off a balcony.

I was sadly...

..contemplating the unimaginable

and I made a decision
to do something

and I'll just say that in my haste
a miscalculation

basically meant that I...

..I managed to get up out of bed
that next day

and keep soldiering on.

(GRUNTING)

Let's go!

Quick!
Quick!

(GRUNTING)
Get in!

Go go go.

Good!

Arm there.

One more.

Good, yes, get in here.

Sit down.

Well done, sit up!

Exhausted, Craig reaches the chopper
and passes the task.

Right, listen in,
pin your ears back.

What we've just done
is (BLEEP) hardcore.

Those of you here,
(BLEEP) well done.

Strong.

Those of you at the back,
like (BLEEP) salmons

and royally (BLEEP) up.

We've chucked you in at the deep end
and it's only going to get deeper.

Right, jump up, put your bergens on.

Hurry up!

Go, move!

Let's go!

Get your heads in the game,
keep your heads up.

A terrifying tunnel of water.

(BLEEP), turn around!

What are you doing diving in like
a (BLEEP) headless chicken?

And a dramatic rescue.

(BLEEP) maniac.

I'm sending (BLEEP) team in there
to come and get you.

Yes, Staff.
Because you're a (BLEEP) dead man!

And later...

I didn't know what the next
head knock would bring.

..Boyd's painful past.

Everything I've sort done
is because of her

and to make her proud.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

In the desert outpost,

the recruits recover
from the morning's demanding task.

Oh, it's nice and warm against here.

I just want to go, I'm just done.

Physically I'm not strong.

Like, I know I'm not.

I'm weak in my arms, I can't run.

I'm not built to be a soldier.

I'm still not getting warm.

I wonder if my stuff's dry.

It's just completely
way off how I live.

My life.

If I change my undies
then I have to take my shoes off.

Yes, you will.

What do you need to change?

Nah.
Just 'cause I feel gross.

I just think the worst thing
you can do

is put on fresh underpants

and then have
both pairs dirty and...

Right, yeah.

OK.

If I was to be standing there
in wet clothing, I'm just done.

I'm just...
That's it.

While Lindy struggles...

..the DS meet to analyse the recruits

and evaluate their commitment
to the course.

The jump and climb
up to the helicopter.

That was a hard task.

Extremely hard task.

And number one,

to say that she failed
that is hard to leave my mouth.

She was dog-determined
to get up that rope.

Hmm.

That was the epitome
of resilience for me.

She is mentally strong,
she was just physically done.

Number two jumped in,
shhh, up that rope,

straight into the helicopter,
not phased and away she went.

The only female to complete.

Not only the only female
but the shortest.

Yes.

Number ten, like a rat
up a drain pipe, wasn't he?

Yeah.
He was, he was.

Yeah, he was strong.
Wasn't even out of breath.

Number 13
has started to shine through

in a positive light.

I'd give him an A.

Yeah, I think he's been good.

He is good, yeah.

Number 14.

He's a strong lad,
no problem up the rope.

Number nine, cor,
what a turn-up for the books?

He's strong, he's obviously strong.

Strong.

Mentally, physically, he is strong.

The determination
on number nine's face,

he was digging out blind,
putting 110%.

Well, he's actually here
for the right reasons.

Yeah, yeah.
Number eight.

Big boy.

Injured himself jumping on the rope

and then couldn't
complete the climb.

So that was probably top
of the (BLEEP) today.

Of all the people on that course...
Yeah, that shocked me.

..I wasn't expecting that.

He's got all the capabilities

and every, everything to do well
on a course like this.

Yeah, I've got to say
I'm disappointed.

Let's bring him in.

Number eight.

Number eight.

Yo.

With an injury cloud hanging over him

and his place in the course
uncertain,

the DS have called the retired NRL
star in for questioning.

Number eight.

Boyd.

At 16 Boyd makes his NRL debut.

16!
That's impressive.

Yeah.

You know I am my own worst critic

and I definitely know when
I haven't done something right

and I tend to beat myself up
sometimes about it.

Turn around.

I think it's just that,
that performance anxiety

with the pressure
that I've put on myself

to do a good job
for your teammates.

"Boyd is one of the greatest leaders
of men I have seen,"

said the Roosters coach.

"Australian captain retired
from rugby league

"as concussion takes toll."

Oh, shit.

I wonder where his head's at
with that.

Step up.

Right there.

Sit.

You alright number eight?

Been better, Staff.

(BLEEP) painful day today
you've had.

It's yeah, it's disappointing.

I see that you started playing
elite sport at the age of 16.

Yeah, so I moved to Sydney,

to play the Sydney Roosters NRL team

and yeah, sort of got thrown
into the deep end straight away

and ended up having
a pretty successful career

so it's something that
you know, being retired

now looking back on that
I'm pretty proud of.

How old were you when you retired?

Two years ago, 28.

Oh, recent!
Yeah.

I've had countless injuries
since I was a kid...

Injuries?

..and then late in my career
just went through a rough trot

with concussion,
ended up, through that year

where I retired I had a string
of about three together pretty close

and then started to suffer
some pretty bad headaches.

Dealing with the symptoms
of concussions.

I had days there
where I'd break down crying

and it just being
in the media a lot,

nearly every day at that time
and everyone knowing your business

and it just was, yeah,
it was all a bit too much for me.

I was the captain,
captain of my club,

state and country at that time

so that was probably
the toughest time mentally

that I had to go through.

Yeah.
Captain of your team.

Yeah.
Your state.

Yeah.
Of your country.

Yeah, so...

And you were forced to retire?

Yeah, well at the end of the day
it was my decision and...

Well, I mean, you say
it was your decision

but (BLEEP)
your hand was forced there.

I didn't know what the next
head knock would bring.

It's quite a scary thought
when you think about

the long-term effects
that concussion

or TBIs, traumatic brain injuries
could have.

Were you just scared that they would
go onto, go onto memory loss,

onto Alzheimer's?
Yeah.

Is that a big thing
with the concussion?

I think it is, isn't it?
TBI, yeah.

Yeah.
Definitely.

I had to put everything
into perspective

and work out my priorities
moving forward long term, long term.

Memories are everything.

I think they're the things
that you hold onto the most

and they essentially make up
who you are as a person.

You know having them memories
to hold onto are priceless.

Speak to me about your childhood.

Umm.

I had a great childhood.

And I say great upbringing.

It didn't start out great,

I lost my mum to breast cancer
when I was four years old.

Um...

Do you remember much?

At that age, it's sort of, you know,

I don't really have
too many memories of her

which is probably the worst thing.

From when I was four,
around that time come home

and run up to her
and jump on bed with her

when yeah, she wasn't doing too well
and yeah.

It's not the greatest memory

but yeah, it's something
that I'll hold onto forever so...

(BLEEP) me.

But yeah it's not until,
you get a bit older

and you look back on your,
your childhood

and you think as good as it was,

you know, you think
how different it would be

if, you know, she was there

or she, you know, still was there
guiding me or there to be a mum.

I lost my mum as well.

Mmm, sorry, mate.
When I was 11.

When I was 11.

(BLEEP) it's a difficult time

because I still to this day probably
haven't processed that properly.

Mmm.
Correctly.

I almost didn't want to speak
about losing my mum.

Yeah.
I thought it was just taboo.

You know I had an older brother

and we just didn't (BLEEP)
speak about it

and still to this day
you don't really speak about it.

Yeah.

You know you'd change everything
to go back and to have Mum back

but I've been very blessed
with the best loving family

that I could have asked for.

And why are you on this course?

I wanted to test myself again.

Physically I feel like I've been OK.

Obviously...

You are, you...

..not, not today
but being removed from that

competitive arena I've sort of,

you know I haven't had
anything to work towards

and I thought this was
a really good opportunity

to try and, you know,
scratch that itch

and give it a red-hot crack.

Well, keep going until
you know that you can't go anymore.

Yes, Staff.
OK?

Guard!

Keep going.

You'll know when.
Yeah.

Being retired from rugby league now

I haven't had anything really
to look forward to.

I know you're in pain big fella.

I'm gonna do my best.
Yeah, good on you.

It's day two of SAS selection

and the precious downtime
is a chance to delve into life

away from the course.

What's the hardest thing
you've done?

I got involved
in the Thai cave rescue

four-and-a-half years ago.

That was an unexpected
turn in my life.

Wow.

We were hoping for the best.

I never expected it to turn out
as well as it did

and to have a 100% success rate

and get all of them out alive
even as I sit here today

I still can't really believe
that it worked out that well.

For us, it was just like normal
and then not normal.

A cool little barracks though
isn't it?

Yeah.

As far as barracks go.

(LAUGHTER)

Camp conditions have been
an unwanted reminder

of Cassie's time
spent in a Columbian prison.

What was jail like,

like in terms of,
was it big or small or?

It's huge.
Was it?

We were 25,000 women.

(GASPS)

What? That's insane.

In, split into nine different yards.

Three of them were,
high security profiles.

When I arrived
at the women's prison...

..I was terrified...

..and I didn't know
how I was going to survive there.

At one point, we would have
between six to nine people

in a two by two cell.

Six to nine?
Yeah.

So, did you just rotate
who got the beds?

No.

It was pretty much
first in best dressed.

I was picked on quite a lot
for just being the new foreigner

and you don't get a good reputation
being a foreigner

in those sorts of prisons.

I was almost sure that someone
would kill me there.

I was standing in line,

I'd literally been there
like three days,

standing in line to go get food

and this girl's come up behind me

and she shoved two like
homemade knives

into the back of my arms,

and it was almost like
this split reaction of ow,

kind of what happened?

And by the time I kind of
reacted she was there,

she grabbed my head
and she slammed it into the wall.

And I...

She knocked me out.
Oh, my god.

Her name was Chilli.

She actually had holes
on the side of her mouth

where she'd cut it open
with razor blades...

..umm, and she'd hide razor blades
inside her cheeks in her tongue.

She really intimidated anybody
who'd go in there.

And from there like
she tried to break my wrist,

tried to break my ankle.

Oh, my god.

Until I was moved
to a high security patio.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, you poor thing.

When I was in prison,

it was a whole different level
of stress.

It's...

..probably one of the worst
nightmares you could imagine.

How you going, man?

Yeah, I'm alright. All good.

Did you, did you literally
tear your pec?

Yeah I think it's like pretty bad.

Oh, my god.
But I don't know.

We'll just wait and see how...
Fingers crossed.

You (BLEEP) looked like The Rock
out there though.

Oh.
Woo-hoo!

Number eight!

Sustaining a painful injury
in the task,

retired NRL star, Boyd Cordner,

is summoned to chief medic
Doctor Dan,

to learn the extent of the damage.

Grab a seat on the edge
of the bed there, mate.

Yeah, sweet.

Can you get your shirt off?
Are you able to...

Yeah.

So you're a bit,
a bit limited with your...

Just with my, I can, like,
get my arm up.

Alright, so your arm goes up.

Can come out
but it just can't go back

like if that stretches anymore.

Yep.

What's happened today is the most
common way that a pec will tear.

It's going to need surgery.

That's not something
that needs to happen today

or tomorrow or this week

but it does need to happen
in a timely fashion.

Is there still, like, a chance
that I can do more damage in there?

There is.

Now when one's pulled away and
it's already fatigued and damaged,

it makes it more likely you're going
to pull the other one away.

The risk you run now is to,
is to do more damage.

My biggest failure in life,

would be not finishing
my NRL career,

the way I would have liked to,
it being cut short with injuries.

What would worsen it
would be another sudden impact

or repeated push ups or...
Yeah.

..any of those sort of activities.

Every day you wake up and you have
something to look forward to

and for that to just be removed

it's something that
I've struggled with a fair bit.

My obligation as a doctor...
Yes.

..I need to advise you to come off
the course, mate.

Yep.

My only worry was my body
letting me down

'cause it has so many times
before in my career.

But to be clear this is me medically
withdrawing you from the course,

this isn't you withdrawing
from the course.

Sweet, mate.

Thanks, doc.

(BLEEP).

Sorry, mate.

Oh, listen don't be sorry.

That's the last thing
I want you to be is sorry.

(SIGHS)

Because I know
that you wanted to crack on,

I know that you wanted to get
through but if you carry on,

especially in the next
couple of days,

sheer pride is going to really,
really injure you

and potentially (BLEEP) rip
the rest of that off.

Yeah.

Yeah, definitely take a lot
of lessons out of this, Staff.

Your character
is (BLEEP) impeccable.

You're an honourable person.

Appreciate that, Staff.

What I'm going to do,
I'm going to take your number off.

Cool.

Because I know
you don't want to do it.

Yeah, no drama, mate.

Oh, shit.
She doesn't want to leave me.

Listen it's been an absolute
pleasure honestly.

Lovely meeting you, mate.

You too.
Ta.

Staff!

What do you two want?

Recruit number 12
would like to...

OK, you can go away, number one.
Thank you.

Thank you.

Number 12, what are you doing?

I would like to give in
my badge please.

Are you sure?
100%.

Positive?
Positive.

Alright number 12,
you know what to do.

The moment I finished the course,

I'm hoping just to be
so proud of myself.

Alright listen, a lot of people
don't even last the first day,

so hold your head up high, OK?
I will.

OK.
Thanks.

I did think that
I would really struggle

being completely
out of my comfort zone.

Thanks. Bye.

Alright, doll.

I hate being dirty and I hate sand
and I hate camping.

I feel quite chuffed that I managed
to get through two days

so, yeah, I feel good.

(COUGHS)
Ah.

A traumatic test of fear...

Listen in.
..sends Cassie into panic.

Right, get into the water.
Hurry up.

Get into the water. No. No.

Please.
You can touch the ground.

You can touch the ground.
I don't want to continue.

(THEME SONG)

OLLIE: Come on, get in there.

Stay in two ranks.

Hurry up.
Sprinting to me, let's move.

In the hot and arid
middle eastern desert,

the recruits trek to their
second training task of day two.

Sprint.
Move!

All of you sprint!

A terrifying test of fear

where only those with the strongest
mental resolve will prevail.

Keep the (BLEEP) noise down,
you've run about (BLEEP) 100m.

Get in here.

Put it behind,
grab your bergen number one.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself.

I'm not feeling sorry
for myself, Staff.

Stop it.

If you're going to (BLEEP)
collapse do it quietly number one.

Listen in very carefully
to this task.

Panic.

Psychological,
emotional (BLEEP) reaction,

isn't it?

Then it becomes a physical reaction
but it starts here.

In Afghanistan,
when the enemy aren't there,

guess where they are hiding?

In caving systems,

in (BLEEP) little rat runs,
in pipelines.

They use them as escape routes
thinking that we won't go there.

This whole team
has experienced that.

That's where DS Staz won his award
going down a (BLEEP) little rat run

taking out the enemy
'cause they thought,

"You know what,
they're not coming after us."

Uh-uh. Wrong.

We're (BLEEP) special forces.
You go anywhere.

It takes a complete mindset
to calm yourself down,

assess the situation at hand
and to get through it.

Buried in the sand
is a claustrophobic 30m network

of underground pipeline.

The first section, a tunnel so tight,

the recruits will fight
to squeeze their bodies through.

The second section...

..a dreadful submerged tunnel
of filthy water...

..where the recruits
must fight the fear of drowning,

pass through

and find vital air pockets
to breathe.

To pass, clear communication
with the DS is needed throughout,

while remaining calm

and navigating to safety
at the end of the pipeline.

Submerged pipeline
is a test of fear.

A test of claustrophobia,
a test of panic.

To push you beyond
your psychological limits.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

If you start to panic,

you will lose
all control of your body,

therefore, you will get stuck
and something bad will follow.

Fact.

Whether that's a serious injury,

that's (BLEEP) drowning,
whether that's your life.

Confined spaces, water,

confined spaces in water
is what scares me.

My palms are sweaty already
even thinking about this.

In panic situations, I...

I feel that I instantly freeze

and I'm not sure where to go.

Why's everyone looking at me?
(CHUCKLES)

If you can't work it out
just stop and be calm,

feel your way around.

If you can't see,
if it's dark in there,

sometimes helps,
if you're not used to it

to just close your eyes.

Number ten!

Right, you do exactly as I say.

Arms out.

Olympic runner number ten,
Peter Bol...

You gonna stick with me.

..is called to enter
the frightening pipeline.

There's been several times
in my life where I've panicked.

As an athlete,
it's never a good morning when,

when someone knocks on your door
to try drug test you.

And when they sat down there
and said, and said,

"You tested positive."

Like, shit.
Like, this is quite serious.

I mean, your career is over here.

Move it.

Kneel.

Listen in!

Alright, number ten,
compose yourself.

Get in the water.

Get in the water, hurry up!
Hurry up!

Right.

Get here, listen in, get here.

Listen in, compose yourself.

Compose yourself.

You're going to be moving
through a series of pipelines.

I do not know what's in the way.

I know that it starts here.

I do not know where it ends.

What I want you to do
once you breach the water,

you knock three times
to let me know you're OK

and that the mission is on.
Do you understand?

Yes, Staff.

Move through it accordingly,

move through it fast
and efficiently.

Go.

What worries me most about being
in an extended period of time

in the water is sinking
and not making it out.

That's, that's a big fear.

Let's go number ten.
Keep moving.

Fighting against panic,

number ten forgets to knock to alert
the DS of his position.

I didn't hear him knock, did you?

When I'm scared,
my body goes in shock.

My brain shuts off
and almost can't think.

Reaching the start
of the next section,

number ten needs to make sure
he's face up

to breathe in the air pocket.

Right.

No, no, no!

(BLEEP) turn around.

What are you (BLEEP) doing?

What are you doing?

Turn on your back!

(BLEEP) turn around!

Turn around!

Not sensing the danger,

he's now precariously face down
in the water.

Alright, lift it out, lift it up.

Lift this up.
Lift this up.

Lift this up. Lift it up.

Oi, turn around,
oi, you (BLEEP) maniac.

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?
Listen to me.

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?

Get up. Get out.

Move here!

Listen to me.

That's why you've got
(BLEEP) snot and (BLEEP) vomit

coming out of your mouth.

Because you can't (BLEEP) breathe
because you're panicking.

Panicking!

Do you think
if I didn't had dragged you out,

you wouldn't be unconscious
in that water right now?

(BLEEP) dead in there right now.

You're a (BLEEP) dead man.

Now (BLEEP) off to the DS. Move.

Move.

(BLEEP) maniac.

(SLOW MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC)

Cass.

You alright?

I don't like being in enclosed,
dark areas.

'Cause it just triggers me
back to prison.

JAY: Number one.

To the dark, gloomy area.

No sunlight and you just see walls.

Just nice deep breaths.

We're not going to run
anywhere, OK?

Just being so scared, so terrorised,

fearing for my life every day.

I was living in hell.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Panic for me is shutting down.

Just going quiet.

Start switching on
that headspace of yours

which I know that you've got.

Kneel down.

And it's scary, it's debilitating.

Listen in.

Right, get into the water.

Hurry up, get into the water.

No, no, you can touch the ground.
You can touch the ground.

I don't want to continue.

Look at me. Look at me.

You don't want to continue?
Look at me, look at me.

No.
OK, OK.

Listen, look at me.

This is all about mental strength,
OK?

I know you've been waiting

for a mental (BLEEP)
strength task come up.

Well, this is it.

This is your bag,
this is where you shine.

Mental resilience, mental strength.

This is where you come out on top.

You know you can get
into that water.

That's the first commitment.

Get in the water.

Alright.

Listen very carefully, OK?

Just listen in, just listen in.

The next commitment phase
is the entry to the pipeline.

Do you want to commit?

In a panic inducing task

navigating a submerged
network of pipeline...

..number one must overcome
her traumatic past

and paralysing fear
to enter the murky water.

The next commitment phase
is the entry to the pipeline.

Do you want to commit?

Do you want to commit?

No, Staff.

Are you sure?

I'm 100% sure.

100% sure you don't want to try
and commit to that?

Yes, Staff.

Give me your number, number one.

Get out.

Just over here.

Number one, listen to me.

That is you now officially
off the course, OK?

Well done for committing to that.

That's what you've got to do
in life, commit stage by stage.

Next time you come across this
you'll know what it feels like

to get into the water, to be there.

You can use that to your advantage,
can't you?

Yes, Staff.

Stop living in the (BLEEP) past,
OK?

You don't belong there.
Look at me, look at me.

You do not, listen,
it's OK, listen.

You do not belong there.

You don't belong there.

All this 'Cocaine Cassie' bullshit,
it's doesn't (BLEEP) suit you.

It's not you.

Take what you can
from this experience.

Use it to your, your advantage.

No one else's.

OK? Well done.

Thank you.

Alright. Go over to the DS.

Unable to commit to the task,

Cassie is the third recruit to
voluntarily withdraw from the course.

(EXHALES)

(GUN SHOT)

JAY: Number 11.

It's a little jog.

Next to face the pipeline

is Olympic gold swimmer,
Stephanie Rice.

Come on.

Winning three gold medals
at the Beijing Olympics

was the best thing
that ever happened to me

and the media attention that came
from that was so positive.

I was the golden girl of swimming,
I could do no wrong.

Like, I was just somebody that was
so adored in the public space.

Overnight that completely shifted.

That tweet in 2009
definitely changed my life.

I obviously lost sponsorship deals,
I lost money, I lost opportunities.

And knowing that I had affected
people in that deep way

was the hardest part for me.

Right, kneel down.

Listen in.

Right get into the (BLEEP) water,
get into the water!

Hurry up!

Right, come here.

Listen in.

You're going to be moving
through a series of pipelines.

I need you to move as fast
and efficiently as you can

from A to B.

This is where you will enter.

When you're ready.

Keep moving. Hurry up.

Time is not on our side.

Hurry up number 11.

I've worked so hard
to rebuild from that.

15 years ago,
that situation showed me who I am

but in terms of my ability
to be strong, being resilient.

Alright, that's one done.

Think about this one.

Pushing through struggle
and adversity

absolutely,
I am that type of fighter.

Alright, watch your head.

Let's go, let's go.

Let's go.

Hurry up. Hurry up.

In front of me here.

Get down.

How many knocks did you give me?
Three.

Well done. Go to the DS.

Move, move number 11. Move.

Number 11 is the first recruit
to complete the task.

Get in the (BLEEP) water,
get in the water!

Wait, wait, wait! Stop!

(BLEEP) maniac.

I said get in the water
you (BLEEP) idiot.

Exposing yourself to panic
is conditioning the mind.

(ANTHONY GRUNTS)

Understanding that emotion,
understanding that feeling.

Go on, get in the water! Move!

(HEAVY BREATHING)
Breathe.

Repeating the process
so you can take charge of it

because initially,
it will take charge of you.

Alright, watch your head.

Turn around, get out. Go.

Let's go.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

What are you doing?

Get back.

You start to panic,
everything will go downhill

and (BLEEP) rapidly.

Where was the air pocket

when you dived
in (BLEEP) head first?

Where was it? Where was it?

(BLEEP) above you wasn't it?
Yes, Staff.

That's why you couldn't
(BLEEP) talk.

That's why
you were (BLEEP) choking!

That's why you nearly (BLEEP)
drowned in there!

JAY: Seven, get over here.

With vastly more experience

in tight, submerged tunnels
than anyone on the course,

Thai cave rescue hero, Craig Challen,

is last to enter the pipeline.

The most important things
for being a cave diver,

you need to have a pretty cool head.

You're undoubtedly going to find
yourself in a few sticky situations.

When you're confronted
with the unknown,

you can curl up in a ball
and suck your thumb

and assume the foetal position
or you can look at it

and deal with it rationally
and confront it.

The most important thing
is to avoid panic.

OLLIE: On your knees.

'Cause panic is absolute death.

Listen in.

Right.
Listen, get into the water.

Get into the water!

Right. Get in.

Get in. Listen in.

Listen in.

Right, you're going to move through
a series of pipelines.

Gather your breath.

How you move through that pipeline
is completely down to you.

It starts here.

I don't know where it ends.

Move!

Yep, keep moving.

It's a pretty tough gig
going into the cave

on that first day of the rescue.

Got very tight and we could only
just squeeze through with,

with rock on our chest
and rock on our back.

And you think to yourself that
by the end of the day,

we might have turned
some of these kids into corpses

and be dragging them out of the cave
in body bags

and that does weigh pretty heavily
on your shoulders.

Let's go.

Number seven,
time is not on your side.

Think about how you're going to
position yourself.

Alright let's go.

What are you doing?

Turn on your back!

Get on your back.

Despite his qualifications,

number seven makes the fatal mistake
of going face down in the tunnel.

Number seven!

Right.

What are you (BLEEP) doing?

What are you doing?

(BLEEP) diving in there
head first,

where's the (BLEEP) air gap?

Where is it?

You should know better than this,
where is it?

At the top.

So why are you (BLEEP)
diving in headfirst?

Get out.

Go. Move.

(BLEEP) disappointed in you.

(BLEEP) sake.

Did you think you had
your (BLEEP) dive set on?

Did you?

(BLEEP) hell,
out of all of the recruits,

I expected you to (BLEEP)
absolutely smash this.

What are you doing diving in
like a (BLEEP) headless chicken

when the air pocket is above you?

No wonder you came out
(BLEEP) drowning.

Well guess what?

We got to send a team
in after you now...

..which you know all about.

Yes, Staff.

This is your (BLEEP) bag
right here.

You've gone and (BLEEP) it up.

Well done.

(BLEEP) off to the DS. Move.

Move!

Number seven, move.

Having withdrawn from the course,

Cassie prepares to leave the camp.

It is probably one of
the first times in a long time

that I feel proud of myself,
in the sense of facing everything

that I didn't want
to ever see again.

When I leave the SAS course,
'Cocaine Cassie' dies there.

She, that's it.

She doesn't follow me
around anymore.

See you guys.

I am...

I'm just Cassie.

But I'm the Cassie
that's gone through a lot.

I've come out the other side
a lot stronger

with a lot of resilience

and I just hope to be able to prove
everyone wrong.

See you 'Cocaine Cassie'.

(BLEEP) shit day today you've had.

The inside story of the cave rescue.

We all thought this was going
to be a recovery.

Nobody really thought that
it was likely to be a rescue.

A rescue.

If we didn't,
they were all going to die.

As the sun drops

and the desert temperature plummets
to single digits

the recruits adapt
to the primitive camp conditions.

I'll just half stand under it
while you do it.

I'll just hold it for you.

This is good, Tim.
Sure is cold.

How's your arm?
The handle fell off.

(LAUGHTER)

Number seven.

What?

After his shock failure in the task,

the DS want to grill number seven
on his mindset.

Number seven was a maniac,

he dived in (BLEEP) fully submerged

pipeline head first and he realised
that wasn't a good thing to do.

Yeah, I know.

You think he'd know what to do.

STAZ: To there.

Sit down.

(BLEEP) shit day today you've had.

I was like, wow,
especially with you.

Yep.

I think we can probably put
that down to a world champion

missed opportunity.

When did you get the call
to go to Thailand?

So after the boys had been found

I got a call to come up
from Australia and help out.

We knew that 12 kids
and their coach

had gone into this cave
and disappeared

when a flood happened.

And up until that time
we all thought

this is going to be a recovery.

Nobody really thought that
it was likely to be a rescue.

A rescue.

'Cause that never happens, you know?

There's, there's lot of recoveries
from caves and there's...

..not, not from flooded caves.

'Cause it's, it's very few rescues.

But if we didn't
they were all going to die.

Mmm-hmm.

That was absolutely certain.

There's no way they could
stay in there and survive.

It was going to be months and months
until the cave dried out again.

There were a lot of things
stacked against us.

The conditions inside the cave
were very difficult.

Very high flow
because of the amount of water

that was coming out of the cave.

You couldn't see anything at all
really,

the water's full of silt and mud.

How, how wide was it?

There were some restrictions
in there

where you could just
squeeze through,

so we dived side mounts
with cylinders by our side,

rather than on our back.

You can just squeeze through
with rock on your chest

and rock on your back

but we had these little people
to bring out...

Mmm-hmm.
..and, who we were told

these kids didn't even know
how to swim

and we've got to get them out.

For these kids to have this scuba
gear put on them,

have their heads put under water

where they wouldn't be able
to see anything.

If they panicked underwater,
that would be the end of them.

So we anaesthetized these kids
to bring them out.

So that was, that was the plan
was to anaesthetize them?

That's the most radical part, yeah,
to, to anaesthetize someone

and then stick their head under
water for three hours, that's...

And they're out of it are they?

..yep, yeah.
Completely asleep, yeah.

So they're asleep and then,

so you're in full control
of them are you?

Oh, yeah. Totally.

You dive with them?
So how are you diving with them?

Full face mask.

How did you hold them?
How did you...

Generally carried them under the,
like on your chest.

So as, as you were swimming
they would be on your chest?

They'd be there, yeah.

Just, 'cause that was the best way
to protect them

'cause you're coming out blind.

This cave twists and turns,
there's all sorts of rocks

and projections, stalactites
hanging down from the top.

Lots of things to run into.

Yeah we've got helmets on
but they haven't.

So you just try and protect them
with your body as best you can.

Of how well it suits them.
Yeah.

So how many trips from the cave
where the child was,

how long was it to get back?

It was a, it was a three hour,
well that was on the first day.

We got better at it,
as the days...

Approximately
two-and-a-half, three hours.

..on the third day,
it was closer to two hours

than three.

How were you checking
if they were coming to?

It happens slowly.

So they just start to move
their hands and feet a bit

and breathe a bit faster.

There were quite a few
air pockets so...

Got you.

..try and get to those
and give them an injection

and away they'd go.
Did you have to do that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm a vet by profession

so I've given a lot of ketamine
in my time, yeah.

And once you rescued all these
children, how did you feel?

To get all of them out
at the end, yeah,

it's just like the weight
of the world's been lifted

off your shoulders.

To have 100% success rate
and get all of them out alive

even as I sit here today I still
can't really believe that

it worked out that well.

Well, thank you.

I think you're a very humble man,
number seven.

Well...

I know you just think...
I don't know.

..you're probably like us,

you think you're just doing your job
at the time.

That's my normal
operating environment.

I'm just doing
what needs to be done.

You certainly inspired me
but you're on my course

and you're only as good
as your last task as you know.

Yep.

Guard!

Thank you, Staff.

Keep at it.

Keep strong.

It's going to get harder.

STAZ: Up.

And that was inspirational, mate.
Yeah.

Yeah.

Travel halfway around the world

because you're one of the only
people that know how to do

what you do,
you (BLEEP) rescue those kids

and like how humble he is.

I'm not a hero, no.

I'm just an ordinary guy,

that's, that's been lucky
to have, you know,

a set of skills and experiences

that's enabled me to help people out
but, I'm no hero.

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