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Russell: Why is there people on a raf...

Why are there naked people coming towards us?

Hello!

- Oh, my god! - Who the [bleep] is that?

Holy [bleep] where did you come from?

The Amazon.

Narrator: Now, a special two-hour event continues,

as two survivalists

face the biggest challenge of their 21-day journey

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hey, Matt. So, we received the test results back,

and the type of bacteria that came back

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

We’re sorry.

Matt: So, you guys,

found out I've got some sort of a flesh-eating bacteria.

To make sure I save my foot, I got to go.

Yeah. I wish we had more time.

Ooh. Wow.

Amber: Halfway, we’ve lost almost half the people.

This changes everything.

Matt was the greatest asset to coming out here

to this 40-day challenge.

He is what held us together as a family.

And now he’s gone.

I just really feel like we lost someone really special.

Russell, what do you think?

The severity of this is monumental.

This jungle has caused three different injuries.

And if you come out here and think

that you’re just gonna skip through this challenge,

you have another thing coming.

Now, our health is the number-one thing.

Like, that is what’s gonna make

or break this challenge, in my eyes.

If you can stay healthy to the end, you make it.

If you don’t stay healthy, you go home.

Giovanna: The Amazon doesn’t give it to you easy.

- You want to? - Yeah.

Just another reminder to be careful of keeping

ourselves clean and healthy.

We’re kind of at the mercy of the jungle.

Russell: Keep an eye out for snakes.

They’ve got to be coming out to warm.

Fernando: With the absence of Matt,

making sure we don’t lose anybody else moving forward

is gonna be really critical

because more hands definitely help.

Oh, my god. I just wanted this so bad.

Uh, there’s people on a raft.

What are you talking about?

Russell: Why is there people on a ra...

Why are there naked people coming towards us?

What?

Oh, my god.

Hello!

- Holy [bleep] - Who the [bleep] is that?

Where did you come from?

The Amazon.

- [ Laughs ] - Wait a minute.

Wait. There’s only two of you.

Was there three?

- No, there’s only two. - There we go.

Oh, my gosh.

I don’t even know where to begin.

I just can’t believe there’s other people out here.

Have y’all been here for 20 days?

Yeah. What about you guys?

Yeah.

Are you guys on a 21-day challenge?

This is our first time.

- First time. - Oh, that’s weird.

We’re on our 40-day challenge.

- We’re on the "XL." - No way.

You guys are the... get out!

- So, you’re leaving tomorrow? - Yeah.

Narrator: Chance and Melissa have collided with the "XL" tribe

after surviving 20 days on their own,

four miles upriver,

in the merciless Amazon rainforest.

Melissa came into the challenge determined

to prove her strength.

Melissa: I’m very adventurous, I'm really daring,

and I'm a lot smarter than I look.

Narrator: Her partner, chance, is a former army ranger

aiming to show off his skills.

Chance: Grew up being afraid of the dark,

so I hunted terrorists in the middle

of the night in their backyard.

Melissa: Let’s go find firewood.

I thought that’s what you wanted.

Yeah, I want to just focus on, like, one thing at a time.

I’ve never really worked with females,

especially in a field environment.

[ Gasps ]

Melissa: The thought that he might separate

and go off somewhere else is scary to me.

This is gonna be a good meal.

- [Bleep] - Badass chick, you are.

Melissa: It was kind of like this turning point,

where he saw me as, like, an equal.

Thank you so much for apologizing.

Our brother-sister bond

there was completely solidified forever.

- Okay. - I’m Fernando.

Melissa: I’m a hugger. I gonna hug all you guys.

Shannon: It was crazy.

We’d introduce ourselves

and figure out that Melissa and chance are extracting.

- Right on. - That’s so cool.

They have a two-day extraction, and this is their first day.

And they were on their way out of here.

Melissa: I’m so excited that I get to meet other people.

We had a rough day today, to be honest.

We lost our, like, our Amazon warrior today.

You guys can stay with us tonight.

Stay the night with us. We’ll have so much fun.

I’m staying with you guys.

Chance, are you staying with them?

Yeah, we’re a pair.

I went from being sad thinking about Matt to happy, thinking,

"this is a blessing in disguise, you know?

Everything happens for a reason."

I mean, this is phenomenal.

- Great raft, by the way. - Yeah, it’s nice.

Oh [bleep] me and fern will stay down here.

If y’all don’t mind, we’re gonna borrow your raft

and cast from it, and we’ll bring up some fish.

Sounds good.

Ladies, y’all want to get the fire going.

Giovanna: Poor chance and Melissa.

They’ve been on that raft all day long,

so we’re just hoping we can give them a good meal

and send them on their way tomorrow to their extraction.

How cool is it?

I mean, you’re, like, on your last day, day before.

So, this is our home.

Wow, this is so cool!

- [ Laughs ] - I love it.

Gosh, like, just hanging out with these people...

They have a total community of positive attitudes.

Their shelter’s badass.

Just, like, our shelter was nothing... nothing like this.

I feel super blessed right now. This is the coolest thing ever.

I can tell chance is super pumped, too.

I’ve been, like, the super mellow,

like, quiet person, so, and then,

she’s happy to be around more exciting people.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I'm a ranger.

It’s interesting to see their dynamics and interaction,

and I was just happy that my partner had some new faces.

I kind of feel like the big brother now for her.

And going somewhere new that made her happy after a long,

miserable, painful day made me feel good.

What a crazy day. Kind of weird, though.

Kind of an emotional roller coaster for us.

Russell: I don’t know what the situation is.

It was a very weird feeling.

We were down to five, and all of a sudden,

two more come strolling up halfway through the challenge.

We haven’t eaten in a couple of days,

and with two extra people to feed is a lot.

This is nice.

It’s a well-built raft, man.

You know, I'd rather have Matt than both of those people.

Melissa, let’s grab a handful of firewood, at least.

Absolutely.

When Matt left, you know, we lost so much strength.

Matt was so strong.

And then here comes chance after 21 days,

still buffed out like crazy.

Shannon: That’s always a good thing to see...

Like, people in good shape, because, you know,

you know when people are working for that,

then they’ve got motivation.

And I just would love to have someone like her out here.

The crazy part is that, like,

we haven’t been here any longer than you.

Like, this is the exact same point in both of our journeys.

It is. 20 days.

It’s, like, intersecting.

Chance: You guys are strong.

Like, I'm just blown back by the experience.

You know, the survival and coming out here...

That was great, but I had a rough childhood

’cause I don’t have a lot of family.

Both my parents are incarcerated.

I’m just kind of overwhelmed with emotions today...

You know, being at that final cusp of completion,

but meeting a phenomenal group of people

that are understanding and willing to help out.

I’ve just done so much internal reflection and growth

because of having a partner like her...

Like, the biggest takeaway for me.

- That’s good. - I have, too.

Like, I don’t know what I would have done without this guy.

He’s my... we’re brother and sister.

Melissa and chance would kick butt out here.

And with Matt having to be taken out,

it would be nice to have those extra hands.

One more day.

Whoa, fern. Whoa, fern.

Whoa, fern.

- Got the bait? - I got the bait.

Okay, obviously,

stepping very far on the edge is not a good idea.

This is my first time casting from a floating raft.

Not too shabby at all.

Hey!

Fishing’s been difficult,

but now I can literally float to where I want to go,

have no obstructions, get a full cast.

Do you have a fish?

Hell, yes.

Look at that. Damn!

Oh, baby!

We are eating good today.

With Matt, you know, out of the way,

the raft allows me to step up

and prove that I can be the provider.

Out here, that’s a haul.

Thank you, universe, for this bountiful meal.

[ Thunder rumbling ]

Woman: Hey, guys.

We stopped at the supermarket, ladies.

Hope you don’t mind... We kind of went over budget,

but it is a party tonight.

Yay!

- Whoo! - Oh, my god!

- Biggest haul ever! - Good job!

- All right. - Yeah!

Biggest haul ever.

- Yay! - It’s great to see you guys.

Thank you so much for your hospitality.

Fernando: No, of course.

Smile on this guy’s face

’cause this guy was throwing the cast net.

Woman: Oh, my gosh.

The raft is freakin’ amazing, huh?

I mean, it was so freaking hard losing Matt this morning, right?

Fernando: It really was.

What you guys have going here is amazing.

And right when I saw you guys,

I felt, like, such positive energy,

and thank you so much for letting us in here.

I ain’t gonna lie... I was kind of upset

when y’all first got here, because we had just lost Matt.

And Matt was my partner from the beginning.

But I took a second to really think about it,

and y’all deserve to be on this challenge

just as much as anybody else.

You’ve proven that you can do it,

’cause you’ve survived 21 days so far.

So, you know what?

If you want to hang out with us and be a part of this group,

hey, we’d love to have you.

Hear, hear.

What do you think?

♪

Melissa: Chance, I’m still not 100% sure yet.

It’s a [bleep] hard decision, man.

I know.

Hey, let’s go talk.

Yeah.

It’s day 21 right now, and the question is,

are chance and Melissa

mentally prepared to stay out here

for another 20 days to do the 40-day challenge?

You know, that’s the question.

Chance: I’m not sure.

As much as they need help, we’re exhausted, we’re burnt,

and now 20 more days.

Melissa: I love it here.

I feel like I'm in my element.

This is the most alive and happy

I've probably ever felt in my life.

I really want to stay out here, but I don’t know

if I can with my current situation.

At this point, I feel like I need to step up to the plate

and make a sound emotional decision.

Well, it’s the hardest decision I've made in a very long time.

I didn’t really tell you guys this, but my father-in-law

that I live with got diagnosed with cancer right before I left.

[ Voice breaking ] I lost my brother to cancer, so...

With that in mind, it’s kind of always taught me

that you just can’t take anything for granted,

and you have to be there for your family.

I would never forgive myself if I stayed and something happened.

Fernando: Yeah. You’re doing the right thing.

- You’re doing the right thing. - Absolutely.

You earned all our respect for doing the 21 days.

Not too many people can do that.

Chance is my brother,

and I couldn’t have done this without him.

Couldn’t have done it without you.

Although it’s selfish of me, it is frustrating that Melissa

is leaving, ’cause I think that she’s fantastic.

She could kind of equalize all of the completely

different personalities to pull us through, I think.

What’s the word, chance... Are you staying or going?

If you guys would have me, I'd be honored to stay.

- [ Gasps ] - If you guys will have me.

What?! Really?!

If you guys will have me.

Yay! All right!

One lost and another great warrior joined.

Matt would be excited to have you here.

Don’t have a lot of family back home,

and the homecoming was kind of depressing,

the more that I actually thought about what I want to do...

Buy some burgers for yourself, sit in your R.V., eat it.

Ugh.

I would love and be honored

to continue their mission with them.

Shannon: Chance, it’s awesome you’re staying.

I’m really excited that we get another six-pack again, so...

Fernando: Chance, welcome, man. You’re family now.

Thank you. It means a lot.

Melissa, so, do you know your extraction method for today?

I’m gonna raft it.

- You’re gonna raft it? - Yep.

Are you gonna go with her, chance?

Yep. I’m gonna go with her and...

Oh, what a true brother.

I'm going all the way with you.

Thanks, chance. That means a lot, dude.

Fernando: Start together, finish together.

Hell, yeah. We’re a team till the end.

- Aww. - Hug times.

Russell: All right, sweetheart.

- Nice to meet you, dude. - You too.

[ Sniffles ] You’re so sweet.

- Take care, hon. - You guys are awesome.

- Yep, yep. - Right.

Bye, guys. Okay, brother.

- All right. - See you guys soon.

Bye, y’all.

I really feel like I could have been

a valuable part of this team.

I would have been able to provide them with my fishing

and my foraging skills,

just my hard work and determination.

And I think I would have been a great asset to the team,

so I felt really sad to, like, leave them behind.

You have a family now.

You have me, and you also have three new sisters

and two new brothers.

I wouldn’t replace it for anything now.

Fernando: It was one day,

but you feel like there’s a connection already with her.

Russell: Oh, yeah. Yeah, definitely.

She was so vibrant.

And I think, you know, we were in such a low point

when Matt had to leave

that them coming in kind of recharged us.

And then, plus, we got chance now, so...

Who seems like such a great, solid...

What a great asset to the team.

He said that he’s going home to nothing, you know?

He should feel like he’s got some family somewhere.

If we’re his new family now, then so be it.

- That’s right. - That’s awesome, man.

Okay, one last row to get on this raft.

Narrator: For the second day of their extraction,

chance will have to help Melissa

paddle three more miles up the Amazon

to reach her pickup point.

Chance will then have to paddle back by himself

to continue on the "XL" 40-day challenge.

Chance, it’s been one hell of a ride, man.

It’s tougher mentally than I thought,

and I was thinking about it all last night.

Yeah, but these people are awesome.

This extraction experience is brutal.

This is the [bleep] Amazon.

There are caiman. I’ve seen them.

Splash. Not good.

There are anacondas.

No.

No, no, no, no. Come on.

Ugh!

Tired of getting sunburnt.

Keep paddling.

I’m tired. I’m sweating.

I’m thinking about food.

I’m thinking about water.

Aah. Get off me [Bleep] horsefly.

Get the [bleep] off my leg.

[Bleep]

Thank you so much.

I could not have gotten here without you.

It would have been, like... it’d be dark out.

We’re a team.

Always a team.

I’d do the same for you, brother.

As I'm paddling through the current,

it just gets stronger and stronger,

and I'm wondering, "are we ever gonna get there?"

How are your arms feeling, chance?

- Jello. - [ Chuckling ] Jello.

[ Motor rumbling in distance ]

- Do you hear something? - Do you hear...

I think I hear a... Holy [bleep]

We’ve got to be close. We’ve got to be close.

I’m gonna speed up just a little bit.

Please be a boat.

- Hey! - Hey!

Whoo! Hey, guys!

- So happy to see them. - Oh, my gosh.

[Bleep] I am so happy to see you.

Oh, my gosh. I can’t believe I'm leaving you.

So, it’s just been everything to me.

I [bleep] love you, brother.

Take care of your fam.

Stay strong for me, okay?

I will.

I’m proud of you, man.

You’re doing the right thing.

So are you.

I’m always here for you. You know that.

♪

Chance: I didn’t think it’d be this tough

saying goodbye to her.

21 days! Whoo!

Yee-yee-yee-yee-yee! Yeah!

Chance: It didn’t really hit me till the final wave "goodbye."

We worked well together.

And I'm sad that she’s gone.

From day 1, she showed me that I don’t need to be

that guarded and distrusting to people.

And I'll always be grateful for those lessons she taught me.

Melissa: I knew it was a hard decision for him to make to stay there.

But I know that, when chance finishes this,

he’s gonna come out with this really close family,

the family that he always wanted.

♪

Chance, brother. How’d it go?

Oh, exhausting. Emotional.

Oh, I bet. Well, you know what?

She did the right thing. She really did.

Family’s more important right now, and nothing mattered.

I’m not used to feeling such emotions.

Deployment, you shut everything in a little black box.

You do the job. You know it has to get done.

You get it done, and you don’t think about anything else,

and that’s what I thought it would be like out here,

and I was wrong.

I’m really, really gonna miss this girl.

I mean, I hate to be emotional, but my heart sank.

Melissa taught me a lot of things,

and I hope that I make her proud.

But, for me, completing the mission is this team.

I’m very impressed.

I don’t think I'd ever find an opportunity

this rich to learn and grow.

What’s up, brother?

What’s going on?

You feeling all right, partner?

Yeah, just emotional.

Are you? All right, dude.

Take your time, man.

Take all the time you need, partner.

Okay.

Would it bother you if I sit on that?

No, please.

[ Sighs ]

Fernando: Russell, what are you thinking?

Russell: I want a big meal. I’m setting my eyes on a pig.

Woman: Are you a bowhunter?

That’s the type of bow I shoot... longbows.

I can put an arrow in a target. I can put an arrow in anything.

I’m not gonna starve just for starving’s sake.

We need to have something other than fish,

so I'm gonna have to take Matt’s bow out

to get a big kill for the group.

I’m gonna use the game tip, and I'm gonna shoot

at the soft spot on that palm... to practice.

Amber: Russell wants to take this upon his own

to be like some sort of leader,

but we don’t need a leader of our group.

We all have our skills.

We all bring something to the table.

I mean, it’s sad that Matt left,

but you don’t have to take that personally and think,

"I have to provide everything now."

Off to the side. Off to the side.

Matt gifted the group the bow,

but I'm the only one that’s done any longbow hunting.

Pretty close.

It’s just it’s gonna take me a couple of pulls on it

to get the feel for it, and it’ll be over.

Tell you what... that mountain is dead.

I’ve killed my share of squirrels and rabbits.

If I can get my eyes on it, I can hit it,

and that pig’s going down.

Fernando: It’s got to be a mind trip to think you’re done,

and then you’re only halfway.

Like, I don’t even know if I could do that.

Chance: You know, not having family,

it was kind of difficult thinking about going home.

I’m going home to a trailer that I have nothing in.

Yeah, it’s just been tough, after the military,

not having family.

Well, you’ve got a lot of family now, so...

This is... chance, this is gonna be your family.

We love each other so much

that you’re not gonna want to leave us.

You are gonna be in love with us.

Like, that is an honor... To be able to be here

and be able to help out in any way I can.

Russell: Get ready, ’cause, tomorrow, we’re gonna get a kill.

We have arrows. We have a bow.

I’m confident.

If we can see something tomorrow, I'll get it.

Dude, sounds good.

[ Thumping ]

Amber: The guys, for some reason, say, "I'm the man.

I’m gonna go out and hunt. We’re gonna go get us a pig."

Well, good for you.

I am feeling [chuckling] really low-energy today.

I am so sick and tired of fish. I want a [bleep] pig.

Fernando: No, we got this, man.

If I do get a shot off and I do make the hit,

we’re gonna stay put and let it do its thing and bleed out.

They may come charging us.

If that’s the case, you jump on the pig and stab him.

I’m gonna have my parang. He’s gonna have his knife.

If there’s a pig running at you, dude, you destroy it.

Shannon: Even Fernando... He’s just been doing the guy thing.

But that’s, like, the testosterone-infused reality

of having those guys here.

Chance: If we see pigs, one’s going down.

Let’s see what we can find.

Six mouths to feed is a lot,

and I'm gonna make sure everybody is taken care of.

I will chase him down and stab him in the throat.

Oh, yeah.

It’s just so hard to see very far in the jungle.

How fast can a pig run?

In probably a short burst, 25 miles an hour.

And if there’s 50 of them and they all come running at you,

your best bet is probably to try to shimmy up

a tree as quick as possible.

All right, ladies. Are we ready?

Okay.

I really want just to feast down so bad.

And it’s a two-person raft.

Definitely a two-person raft.

The guys are gonna go out and scout and hunt

and, probably, I imagine, come back, you know, empty-handed,

but we need to get food.

So we’re gonna go fishing.

It’s super dangerous out here.

Giovanna: The water is our life.

It’s our drinking water. It’s our food.

But there are a lot of hidden dangers in there...

Large anacondas swimming underwater,

caimans that are currently watching me.

Yeah, it’s scary.

I think we almost have to kind of put on blinders

and just charge in there.

[ Sighs ] Come on.

Let’s get some good fish.

Try it again.

Yeah, let it sink.

- Nice. - Go, girl.

Bring it on in.

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Get it.

We’re gonna get fish. Don’t worry, girl.

Let’s stay positive.

Well, godspeed, guys.

Divide and conquer.

Never give up. Never surrender.

Fernando: So, we’re going to our pig hunt.

We found a really good game trail.

This is definitely a well-used trail by a lot of animals.

We’re gonna follow this and see what we find.

Shh, shh, shh, shh! [ Animals snorting in distance ]

We can hear a couple snorting around.

Can’t quite see them.

[ Pig squealing ]

♪

[ Pigs snorting ]

Pigs.

Can’t quite see them.

Son of a bitch.

Chance: Russ wants to be the hunter.

He feels that he’s the leader in his own mind.

They’re a lot better at hearing us than we are at them.

Let’s go rest.

Chance: For me, it’s easier to be a follower

than try and be a chief in a new tribe.

Well, hello.

How are you guys?

Good.

Yeah?

No pig, but lots of activity, lots of piglets.

- Nuh-unh. You saw piglets? - Two of them.

[ Gasps ] Oh, rad.

What are you building? Something cool?

I’m building an arapuca bird trap.

- Right on. - Very cool.

The girls are out casting the net.

Russell: I hope they come back with something, ’cause if not,

I'll have to go out there and do it.

Shannon: We’re gonna get fish. Don’t worry, girl.

Let’s stay positive.

The boys better not try to shove this [bleep] in our face.

I don’t like that.

We’re working hard, just as much as them.

They should respect that.

What’s up?

- Any luck? - How’d y’all do?

- How many have you gotten so far? - None.

None? Okay.

We were out there for how many hours and to get nothing?

Such [bleep]

Oh, it’s just the wrong timing, you know?

Yeah, probably time of day.

Now that we’re seeing signs of pigs and I have the bow,

I'm gonna be disappearing hunting more and more often...

Maybe every day.

Y’all are gonna have to hone in the cast netting

in order to bring in something.

We can’t just leave something like that

on one person’s shoulders.

I don’t care what time of day it is.

Just go down there and grab the raft, grab the cast net, and go.

If I go two or three days and I'm not seeing any sign...

Everybody plays their part.

Shannon: There’s a lot of chaos at camp.

It just seems very chaotic to me.

I just... you know, I've had enough of the noise, really.

It’s hard to hear yourself think over all that.

[ Buzzing ]

I’m not trying to create waves,

but I feel like I’m just absolutely

unappreciated in every way.

I am more than pulling my weight here.

And what the hell am I supposed to do?

Hey, what’s up?

Fernando: Hey, Shannon. What’s going on?

I just can’t stand being at camp anymore at all.

No, I hear you. It’s kind of gotten weird, huh?

I’m seeing him feeling a pressure to somehow, like,

step up and be some kind of leader.

Well, you lead by example. That’s the way you should lead.

You can feel it in every word he says.

He’s got this enormous agenda.

I’ll say this.

Like, Russell and I have become friends.

I really have kind of been oblivious to that.

Open your eyes to it a little and notice the way he, like,

dismisses everything anybody has to say.

And if you’re noticing something that would...

Seems a little off, just be like,

"hey, Russell, that seems a little offensive to women."

But you don’t want me to talk to him?

No, I don’t want you to talk... I just want you to speak up

to him when he does it.

That would be nice.

[ Birds chirping ]

Giovanna: It’s an intense morning.

We’re hungry, and we’re tired.

People are starting to bicker.

I think everybody kind of needs a little bit of space today.

So I'm putting the finishing touches on my bird trap here.

So, it’s just got a really simple pencil trigger here.

It’s like two sides kind of similar,

and they rest like this.

And so, if there’s any pressure on the cord, it’s gonna fall.

And that’s gonna catch us dinner.

I hope it works.

I mean, it’s amazing how we were going from eating

all the time to now... Everybody was like,

"oh, I want to throw the cast net.

I want to throw the cast net," to not eating in three days.

Chance: Last night, there was a bit of turmoil,

and so to wake up to more drama...

It was nerve-racking.

It’s always like, "well, I... I..."

That’s just the way you talk naturally.

She gets offended by it, Russell.

Well, I get offended when I show up from a long hunt

and everybody says, "oh, by the way, the fish stuff

is ready for you to go catch us some food."

Yes, there’s a lot of "I" in what I say,

a lot of "me" in what I say.

But the thing is, it’s a lot of me fishing,

and it’s a lot of me hunting,

so it’s a lot of me talking about it.

How is it that every time I go out, I bring back fish,

and every time everybody else goes out, they don’t?

And I can show y’all how to do that if y’all take the time

to go out with me and let me show you how to do it,

instead of everybody trying to be so [bleep] independent

and do it on their own

and then not get anything and then get frustrated.

With my previous partner, we put all that stuff aside

and just worked as a team.

It’s up to y’all to start catching fish.

That’s fine. We’ve been doing it every day.

We’ve been out there every morning.

You’ve been fishing every day. You haven’t been catching.

I don’t appreciate your cockiness.

If you want to teach,

then I tell you what... Change your attitude,

and we will listen to anything you have to say.

- You are very cocky. - You want to eat?

- Then listen to what I say. - You’re just very cocky.

The villain right now isn’t the lack of fish...

The villain right now is the tension between us.

It’s important to know that

so we can actually fight the right villain.

Chance: This challenge kind of brings out ego.

It shouldn’t be, "I bring in the bacon, and you do this."

I had that initially with my partner, in the beginning,

and it was detrimental.

So I don’t like seeing that this far into the challenge

with this group,

but there’s nothing I can do about it other than work hard

and not fuel the fire.

Buddy, what do you see out there?

There’s something big popping over here.

Russell: So, the group knows that it’s pretty much up to me

to get stuff when it’s crunch time,

’cause every time I go out, I get fish.

That’s a big load for me

that I'm the only one bringing in the protein.

How’d it go?

Hey.

Every time I go out, I always bring something back.

I always bring the fish home. Somebody’s got to provide.

And there are some big ones in there, too.

What’s up, brother? You hungry?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Hey, nobody... nobody move. Nobody move.

- It’s a snake? - [ Gasps ] Big snake.

Make sure it’s not an anaconda.

He’s under the leaves.

- Fern? - Yeah.

It’s here. Grab my stick.

You got to stand still and listen for him to move.

Oh [bleep]

Narrator: On this 40-day survival quest,

the group earns a "naked and afraid XL" rating,

or XLR,

which tracks their progress, skill, and teamwork.

So, you guys, to make sure I save my foot, I got to go.

Still reeling from the loss of their leader...

Why are there naked people coming towards us?

The remaining group

of five survivalists received a surprising

but significant boost as chance, a former army ranger,

decided to join their ranks

and take on the 40-day challenge.

If you guys would have me, I'd be honored to stay.

- Yay! - Yay!

Narrator: But despite his physical strength and expert skills,

tensions continue to simmer within the group...

You don’t want me to talk to him?

No, I don’t want you to talk... I just want you to speak up

to him when he does it.

Threatening their ability to survive together.

As a result, their PSR falls slightly from 5.9 to 5.6.

For more information on "naked and afraid XL,"

go to discovery.Com.

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Hey, nobody... nobody move. Nobody move.

- Oh [bleep] - [ Gasps ] big snake.

He’s under the leaves.

Make sure it’s not a freakin’ anaconda.

Came out here.

You got to stand still and listen for him to move.

[ Rustling ] Amber: Russell.

What?

I don’t know if I could tell an anaconda apart from a boa,

like, at a second’s notice.

It wasn’t an anaconda.

Okay.

I’ll tell you that much for sure.

I think it was maybe a small boa.

Well, some of the boas around here are a light brownish red.

It had a little light-brownish...

That wasn’t a light brownish red. It was green.

That was not green, honey.

All right. Considering I was sitting right next to it,

trust me... it was green.

Fine. Whatever.

Amber, you might want to just shut up and listen to the expert.

Excuse me?

Mm-hmm.

Little bastard.

He’s probably gone now.

Oh, well. [ Sniffles ]

He earned his life.

Chance: Initially, this group seemed phenomenal,

but lately, it’s been a lot of clashing.

I don’t like the tension. I don’t like the drama.

Being out here against the elements

and with minimal food and sleep and water...

It’s tough in its own self,

so that to combat the mental anguish

of listening to the bickering... It’s another added stress,

and the more, the worse.

Shannon: You know what?

I don’t understand, like, how, you know, even you

couldn’t be just put off by the comments that he makes.

Considering you’re his buddy and stuff, you know...

Personally, here’s what it comes down to.

You know me. You’ve been here for a month.

I just kind of go with the flow. I march to my own beat.

People can be good, bad, this, that... doesn’t even faze me.

So I tend to be oblivious because...

Well, that’s the difference

between being a man and a woman, as well.

You know what? Exactly. Exactly.

I’m not really feeling what you’re feeling.

I’m just like, "Russell’s Russell.

I’ve seen a million Russell in my life."

See, I don’t see that. I don’t see a million Russell.

I work in an industry that’s dominated by men.

If I do see a Russell, I say something,

and then you just tell him to shut the [bleep] up, you know?

Oh, here comes chance. Chance, come on down, buddy.

It’s almost like it’s completely changed

since we’ve got here, though.

You know that. It’s like you’ve teamed up.

You’ve taken sides on the situation.

I promise you... I promise you I don’t play team game.

- I’m not here for teams. - Yeah, but it was bad.

It was just kind of like a slap in the face.

I was really upset about that. I’m just like,

"I don’t even want to hang out with fern anymore.

He’s a traitor, you know?"

- It’s like... - No, no, no.

I mean, no, seriously, that’s how I feel.

I thought it was [bleep] up that you’d be taking sides.

So I don’t want to hang out with him.

I don’t want to hang out with you.

I was not gonna even talk to you for the next 17 days.

Are you kidding me? After all we’ve been through.

What you doing, man?

Anyone else coming down?

No, just getting some water.

[ Sighs ]

This is where the challenge really begins.

Chance: There’s a lot of drama today.

I know. It’s crazy.

I didn’t know what I was walking into.

But this just started today, man.

And you think I’m the cause of it or... No.

I just don’t want to be a part of any drama.

I just want to finish the 40 days.

I don’t care about anything else, honestly.

Yeah. I hear you, man.

Why you guys whispering over there?

Oh, we’re just talking.

You know, I think we’re all feeling a little bit,

like, in a funk today, you know?

I don’t know about that.

I feel like it’s been conflict

since we got here, ferny, to be honest.

That’s... that’s... that’s a bummer to hear.

I didn’t... I've...

I’ve kind of missed that whole thing, I guess.

I’m gonna head out right now.

I’m having a moment of regret about my decision to stay.

The mission coming into this group was to help the group,

and right now, the group

doesn’t seem like they want to help themselves.

It’s kind of leaving a question Mark in my head

with what the [bleep] I'm even doing here.

Narrator: Next time on "naked and afraid XL"...

[ Thunder crashes ]

It’s about to get gnarly out here.

Oh, my god. Ow! Aah!

I hate those [bleep]

Hunting as a group pisses me off in general.

Shannon: It was very clear-cut defined...

The boys against the girls out of nowhere.

Chance: I’m just glad to be away from the girls for a bit.

- Yeah, man. - We’re providers, too.

[ Pigs snorting ]

Russell: Holy [bleep]