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[tense music]

♪

- Welcome to "Alone," the reunion special.

I'm your host, Kevin Burkhardt.

Season two of "Alone" has people talking.

And tonight, we're gonna give you more of what you love.

Oh, my God, I'm alone.

- We scoured the Internet to find the ten

most talked-about moments, and we're about to reveal them

with the people who know them the best.

Say hello to the cast of season two of "Alone."

They dealt with weather and bears and hunger.

While we count down through the biggest moments of the season,

we will also be bringing you never-before-seen footage

from these folks right here.

And later on, you'll get a sneak peek at season three,

taking place in a brand-new location.

But first, let's take a look at what the cast of season two

had to go through before they got here today.

[plane engine whirring]

[helicopter rotors whirring]

- All right. Oh!

Mama bear just stood up on her hind legs.

Not good.

And this must be from a bear.

And a good-sized one too.

- So pretty sure that's a cougar

or some kind of animal with sharp [bleep] fangs.

[animal howling]

There's a bear outside.

There's two of them.

Get out of here!

Check this out.

It's a very large pile of bear poo.

One, two, three, four.

That's still steaming.

Five.

Six.

And I thought I was gonna be alone out here.

[laughs]

Any reason for me to worry?

[chuckles]

Well, the smart guy would take that seriously.

♪

- I'm not really sure how I would've felt if I were there.

Actually, I probably would've ran really fast.

And so, with that experience with the bears,

let's start with you, Desmond.

Getting into this.

Military guy.

So you obviously you have a background

in being out there in elements.

How did that prepare you for this?

- Um, to be honest, with ya, the military background,

I thought would prepare me a lot more than it did.

And it didn't help at all.

Vastly different from anything

I've ever experienced before in my life.

- Let's take a look at your experience

at moment number ten.

[boat engine humming]

- There's the rescue boat right there.

They're coming to get me.

Situation's just...

it's crazy.

I don't feel safe.

Little scared right now.

Uh, I feel like I bit off more than I can chew.

- I was up off in here that had bear scat all over there,

so I moved out of there.

Wow.

Look, look, look.

Bear scat.

Definitely a bear presence here.

Not gonna sugarcoat it; I'm a little concerned right now.

Feeling a little anxious right now.

The fear factor of the unknown,

it's just overwhelming.

Everywhere I go, I'm starting to see

more and more signs of bears.

Oh, [bleep].

This is fresh.

This is fresh bear scat.

I mean, this is probably 20 to 30 minutes old.

I'm not sure. Maybe a hour.

Um, I got to get out of here.

Y'all can have this [bleep]. I ain't made for bears.

I ain't made for them. I'm good.

So I guess I'm officially tapping.

I'm good.

♪

- Uh, I don't know; you were talking a lot of bear smack

when we got to meet you on the show the first time, man.

This is kind of their way to get back at you, I think.

Of course.

I did talk a lot of smack, and that's just,

you know, my upbringing.

You got to have confidence in anything that you do in life,

so I'm showing confidence, you know?

- What happened? Take us through it.

- Uh, I was out there a couple hours and, um...

started looking around for a shelter.

I had a area I was gonna build a shelter.

Every place I went had bear scat everywhere.

Um, so I was gathering firewood for a fire.

And I was cutting it on the side,

and a bear came out the woods

and bluff-charged me.

And, I mean, I went all the way back to the edge of

where the water was, so I didn't stand there and walk.

I took off running...

[laughter]

To the edge of the water

and tried to signal for help as soon as I could.

I was--I mean, I was terrified, to be honest with you.

Yeah.

Biggest question is, why didn't you tape it?

Where--how come we didn't see that?

- I was pretty much focused on trying to get that one--

get past that first day.

So a lot of the stuff-- I didn't tape a lot of it.

- I don't know if you read the fine print in the contract,

but if you get eaten by a bear, that has to be on film.

- Really? - Has to.

[laughs]

- That's the whole point of this show, Desmond.

- Well, I'm sorry to disappoint.

I'm sorry to disappoint.

- No, but seriously do you have any--

I think you're being pretty open and honest with us.

Do you have any regrets about how it went?

- I wish I would've had more time to experience situations

like that of being around bears, uh, to prepare me for it more.

I wouldn't have had a problem staying out there.

It was just that animal presence,

I've never dealt with that.

And in the battlefield, I did all of that,

never had a problem under pressure,

but having a large animal charge you like that

was just something I couldn't prepare for.

- Yeah. - You know?

And, you know, to be honest with you, I was scared.

I think that's fair.

We had a lot of reaction in social media,

so let's go from one tweet from a person named Jason Sellers.

He said, "Desmond was only there for, like,

"seven minutes before he tapped out.

I've taken longer naps."

[laughter]

How do you respond to Jason Sellers saying that?

- Well, you know, Jason, thank you for watching the show.

[laughter]

I mean, what can you say?

What can you say about that, you know?

I'm glad he watched the show.

Keep tuning in, you know?

Don't bother me one bit.

People are gonna say things, positive and negative, you know?

But if anybody's ever been charged by a bear,

they know the feeling.

- You all had experiences, right?

- Tracy? - Oh, yes.

- Here's Tracy's face-to-face encounter with her bears

at moment number nine.

[bear growling]

[leaves rustling]

Hey, hey, hey.

[bear growling]

Go on.

Twigs snapping.

♪

[bear huffing]

It's like a whining and a huffing

and a really deep huffing noise.

Sniffing right here at the back of my head.

[bear growls]

[air horn blares]

Get on out of here!

Get!

♪

You heard me, get!

[air horn blares]

[air horn blares]

[bear growling]

Okay.

- I didn't do that, though. I did not light off my flare.

[bear cub growling]

- Get the hell out of here. I see you.

Get out of here!

Go on, get!

[bear growling]

Oh, man.

[bear cub cooing]

That is a cub.

♪

When I saw the little bear, it just--this feeling of

remorse hit me.

[sniffles]

You know, I hate to do it, but I'm gonna tap.

♪

- All right, so there's a lot there.

Take me through your range of emotions.

- You hear the snapping of twigs,

and then you hear the breathing

right beside your head.

And I mean deep breathing, even deeper than Desmond.

[laughter]

The, uh--

the dynamic changes.

And my first thought was

scare 'em off with my voice.

I tried that. That didn't work.

Went to the boat horn. That didn't work.

Went to the flare, and at that point, with the flare,

it's visual; I had no choice.

And I really felt the animal was bent on predation.

And when I went out, I was locked eyes to eyes

with the mother for about two minutes

before the cub presented himself.

- Did you think--in those moments when you're

staring her down, did you think you were gonna be attacked?

I thought it was it,

the end of my mystery

right there.

- Wow. - It was done.

How did you stay calm?

How did you keep it together in that moment?

- I didn't understand that animal's motivation

until I saw that cub.

And all it was was a mother trying to protect her baby.

And that's when I understood.

And for me, it just broke my heart.

Added everything up and decided it was probably

my best interest to go ahead and tap at that time.

The situation happened.

It happened the only way that it could

that I could have walked away from it.

Because a mother and a cub is the most dangerous situation

that you can be in.

And, you know, I'm thankful to be alive from it.

Wow.

Well, we've seen two of the most

talked-about moments from season two,

and we're only getting started.

We have a lot more coming up,

including a sneak peek of season three,

Mary Kate's trip to the hospital

after cutting her hand,

and this little gem from Tracy.

- Ah, yes, good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

we'd like to thank you for watching Quatsino News.

Now we're gonna turn the show over to our

station weatherperson, who is out in the field

at this moment, Tracy Wilson.

It's pouring down rain.

And it's gonna continue to rain until it stops.

[rain pattering]

Back to you, Bob.

♪

- I've the decision to leave all my camera equipment behind

and venture into the woods

to live the rest of my days

with a bear.

I hope that--

[laughter]

I really wanted to keep going. Sorry.

Um...

Yeah.

Day 31.

And the crazy has already set in.

- Welcome back to the "Alone" reunion special.

I'm Kevin Burkhardt, and we are counting down

the ten most talked-about moments

of season two with the cast.

[helicopter rotors whirring]

Plus, we're giving a sneak peek of season three,

which is happening in South America.

But first, we wanted to spend a little time

with Mike and Justin, talking about how they kept

from going crazy all the days of being alone.

And it seemed like you guys had to be active here.

You guys were busy making up stuff to do, right?

That was the theme?

- Yeah, I don't think Mike accomplished

not going crazy, but, um...

[laughter]

- Mike, it was really unbelievable,

some of the stuff you built,

and it had people talking, obviously.

Here are a few of your many achievements, Mike.

Take a look at moment number eight.

♪

My mind needs to stay busy.

I've got plans for my shelter.

And I want to build the drying rack over the fire.

Now I'm gonna build an elevated platform

for my kitchen fire.

I love these little kinds of projects.

They give me something to do to keep my mind occupied

so I can make it for the long haul.

♪

It's a one-burner.

That's all I need, though.

Nice, indeed.

All right, all finished.

And I'm ready to wash up.

I built a hands-free, foot operated,

gravity flow water faucet.

You know, the projects keep me busy throughout the day,

and so time just flies by because of that.

And so I'll need to keep thinking of projects

in order to maintain that feeling out here.

♪

I have achieved moderninity here.

I just need Barbara.

- I don't know how you thought of some of this stuff.

I mean, the dice football game

was one of my personal favorites.

I mean, did you think about this before?

How did you come up with all of this stuff?

- Half of it, I-- it just came out there

to me to do these things.

Uh, the other half, I kind of had it in mind,

and we've only seen on TV about half of the things

that I've done, you know, out there.

So it really was all about building, staying busy,

keeping my mind occupied.

Um...

missing Barbara was huge.

I--you know, there's just no way around that.

And once I got to the end of my project list

and I didn't think I wanted to build anything else,

time to go home.

- Yeah, purpose. Interesting, right?

And I think that goes to kind of what we saw in the piece

with you, in that building the gym, having something to do.

You know, "I'm gonna wake up and lift weights,

get a workout in, just to kill some time," right?

- Yeah, I mean, it's a big-- you know, like Mike was saying

about the mental aspect of it.

And I think we did completely opposite, you know,

different things but for the same reason.

So just having stuff that kind of mentally equals

regular life for you, you know, is huge.

- It worked, and that wasn't

the only interesting thing with you.

Well, there was a lot of things, but, you know, you're a veteran.

You're working hard to create support for veterans

that are, you know, struggling to find their way

after they leave the service.

And you applied your cause to improving your situation

out there by having something to focus on.

Here's what you did, Justin, that got everybody talking.

Moment number seven.

Today is day 22.

Today is all about doing something

for the 22 veterans a day that commit suicide.

I'm gonna climb this damn mountain.

♪

[bleep].

[groaning]

What I wanted to accomplish out here was

to serve as some sort of inspiration for the veterans

that are out there that are struggling.

One wrong move here, and I'm done.

♪

If I can summit this mountain, maybe it will let

other veterans know that it can get better.

I have officially gained as much elevation...

♪

As I can on this mountain.

♪

Yeah!

I don't get too excited about much,

but this is pretty awesome.

And to any of you guys out there that are...

♪

That are struggling to make that climb,

you know what I mean...

♪

You can do it. You can.

♪

You can.

That was real.

Um, you're a veteran yourself, so you know, okay?

So tell me about your cause.

Did you think about this going in,

or when you were on the island, is that something

that struck you that, "Hey, I'm gonna do this"?

- Yeah, absolutely-- I mean, I didn't think

about the mountain climb until--

I think it was probably about day 12.

You know, I didn't go into it-- I didn't know that

I was gonna have a mountain behind me.

But I think the--you know, the biggest thing was,

it was symbolic.

Um, you know, the struggles that a lot of guys

and girls go through every single day.

When you're serving in the military, you have a purpose.

It's bigger than yourself.

You know, you can mentally connect and say,

"I'm serving something that's bigger than me."

And then when the music's over,

you don't have that anymore.

And if you don't find it somewhere else,

you know, a lot of people, they struggle with

that sense of, you know, just lack of purpose.

- If I could, on the actual physicality

and the toughness of the hike, that did not look easy.

- I mean, it was super easy.

I just walked up there; I was like,

"Oh, all right, done, cool."

- No-- - While filming it, by the way.

- Yeah, while filming, and, you know, it was only

day 22, so I was well-rested, you know, well-fed.

No, it absolutely was a pain in the ass.

It's not about breaking an ankle or, you know,

something like that anymore.

If I fall, I'm done.

- Well, listen, as someone who watched it,

it was awesome.

And, uh, hey, Justin, thanks again.

Even more to show you, though, coming up.

Stick around, because we have never-before-seen footage

of Mary Kate at the hospital

after her devastating hand injury

and a sneak peek of season three.

♪

[bleep].

Damn it!

Well, my mood was better

until I fricking started doing this.

God bless America, you son of a bitch.

[laughter]

♪

There.

She's cut now.

[laughter]

- I love it. Welcome back.

We have reunited the cast of season two of "Alone,"

and we are counting down your ten most talked-about moments.

We have more never-before-seen footage,

a sneak peek of season three,

and we're going to talk to Larry about his time on the island.

That will be fun.

But before we talk to Larry,

you may have noticed we have one person missing

from the cast.

Randy couldn't be here today, but the sixth

most talked-about moment is one of Randy's,

and I think you'll all remember this one.

Here is now moment number six.

♪

Good morning.

It's another beautiful day here in British Columbia.

Gonna walk down and...

gonna check my traps.

Nice.

A little mouse.

My first bit of meat in 14 days.

♪

All right, well, let's cook up our mousey-mouse here.

You don't need to spend too much time skinning him or anything.

You just sort of peel the singed hair off.

I'm super excited to eat this right now.

You could just peel open the stomach to take out the guts.

But I leave in, like, the heart and the liver.

And I'll just throw him directly on the coals there.

♪

Just let him cook.

Little leg.

♪

Mmm.

And that's the only bit that's left.

♪

Just the teeth.

♪

Teeth are just too hard.

♪

Actually, no, they're fine.

All gone.

Even the teeth, Randy?

I don't know about that one.

I mean, Nicole, did you not eat a slug?

Am I remembering that correctly?

- I ate quite a few slugs, actually.

You just cook 'em over the coals till the slime falls off,

and actually, they're pretty good once you gut 'em.

The head's okay.

Actually, the head...

head tastes fine.

A little salt would be nice.

Head tastes fine.

[laughs]

- Larry, you also ate a mouse like Randy,

but you took the hunt to a whole different level.

And, um, everybody was talking about it,

as a matter of fact, as we take a look

at moment number five.

♪

- If I can't get protein, I'm not gonna be out here

for that long.

I got to start catching some fish, man.

Some mice would be good.

So I think I'm gonna set up some mousetraps.

♪

God, I hate mice.

Whenever you find one, there's at least one more.

So I need to take care of 'em.

♪

So this is my first successful setting

of a Paiute Deadfall.

Man, I'm excited about this.

I hope this works.

Hah!

♪

My Paiute Deadfall has sprung.

The mouse got away.

It's like me against him now, and it's--now it's personal.

And there we have it.

I hope I crush this little sucker's head tonight.

[laughter]

♪

Oh, my God, I am so stoked.

I finally, finally, finally caught

the effing mouse.

Just about ready to go in bed, and I heard "ka-thunk."

I came out, fricking mouse is under the rock.

Boom! He fricking takes off.

He went into this hole, and I just barely got his tail.

And then I took my knife and cut his little fricking throat.

And he's right there.

[laughter]

- Well, you did catch that sucker.

- Well, I tried to make a pact with this mouse.

I mean, that sucker crossed the line first.

And I hold a grudge,

um, in case you hadn't noticed.

And it was him or me, and it was--

the odds were stacked in my favor.

- So as far as your mood swings, on a serious note,

what was the base of it?

Was it just frustration?

Was it being alone?

Was it hunger?

Why the mood swings that we saw from you

more so than anybody else?

Um, 'cause I think...

a part of it, I think, was that I really, truly felt alone.

Even when I turned on the camera, I guess I--

you know, I knew that there was gonna be a TV show made

about it, but I just opened up to the camera, you know?

I just pretended like it wasn't there, really.

Or, you know, the only thing I really thought about it was,

"Oh, I want to make sure I get this angle,"

or, "I want to make sure the camera's correct," or whatever.

I didn't really think to self-edit

like I probably should have.

And, I mean, I'm kind of like that anyway.

I mean, if I go out into the woods and I, you know,

trip and fall, I'm gonna cuss and I'm gonna get up

and I'm gonna be like, "You fricking bush," you know.

And then I'll move on, you know?

- It's not a big deal. - Right.

- After that, the other spectrum of my mood swings,

I think that it was primarily calorie-driven, lack of food.

I would be sad during the day, and I'd be like,

"Man, this place sucks, this place is horrible,

and I'm hungry," you know?

Just, "God, would one of these guys

tap out eventually," you know?

I mean, it just sucked, and then I'd eat,

and I'd be like, "Wow, you hear that bird chirping?

That's beautiful. This place is awesome."

You know?

And then about two hours later,

I'm, like, hungry again, you know?

Yeah.

- But it was directly calorie-driven.

And then also, looking back on it,

both of my areas were semi north-facing,

so I didn't get a lot of sunlight.

And I think that the lack of vitamin D

definitely was playing on me as well.

- As we go through this show, it's obvious that

this has left a permanent mark on all of you, right?

Well, you kind of take it to the next level when--

that permanent mark, 'cause you actually have now

a permanent mark from your experience on the island.

- You got a tattoo. - Yes, I did.

- And it is an unbelievable tattoo.

We're gonna show it to ya.

Tell me about this-- the decision that goes into it

and every detail of this tattoo; it's big.

- Well, I had a lot of time to think in my shelter,

and I've got a few tattoos anyway,

and I've been wanting another one.

But I never really had something that

absolutely meant a ton to me that I wanted

to make into a tattoo, you know?

And I was just sitting in my shelter--I don't remember

if it was night or when it was, and I just thought,

"What--it would be really cool if I could get a map

"of the island and then just different items to go around it

that meant a lot to me while I was out there."

And so it gave me something to think about,

and I just totally thought about every detail

that would go into that.

- The mouse is pretty big on the tattoo, by the way.

- It was a big part of being out there, man.

Big part of being out there.

- And you got it, when it was all said and done.

- Thank you. - That's great stuff.

- Got to go check my gill net.

I'm guessing it'll be empty.

Holy crap.

Oh, my God, it's big!

♪

This fish is just too big.

Cutting the head off really is the best idea.

I don't want to keep it in misery.

Let me show you this smorgasbord I've got going.

I've got salmon in the pan.

This fish that I have now, I can keep just for a few days

and just keep eating off it.

It's another good day.

I'm gonna go check my gill net.

Looks like we got something!

Oh! And it is alive and kicking.

Need to cut its backbone is the main thing.

♪

Voilà!

Better than your best restaurant.

That's dinner, lunch, breakfast.

♪

Hi, sweetheart.

Whoo!

We're gonna let you go today, okay?

I know many people may think I'm weird to set the fish free,

but, you know, I could use a new one tomorrow, but today

I'm still eating on the fish I caught the other day.

You're good.

I got ya. You are feisty--I'm glad.

Oh, look at him swim away!

Whoo!

[laughs]

- Welcome back to the "Alone" reunion special,

as we are counting down the ten most talked-about moments

from season two and revealing

the best never-before-seen footage along the way.

As we say hello to Jose and Nicole on the hot seat,

good to see you guys.

- Good to see you too. - Same here.

- Well, it looked like you were living

pretty large out there, Nicole.

Everyone was talking about your luck being on the salmon run.

So, obviously, you had a lot of fish.

You were right--the gill net was placed perfectly.

You're an expert on medicinal plants,

and so you had that going in in your back pocket.

What did you think going in?

What were you thinking about your diet

and what you were gonna need to eat?

- My strategy going in was, you know,

passive food is great, right?

It's really easy to get, you know, things that you forage

off the ground or things that you forage in the forest.

And I ended up eating over 25 species--different species

of food out there.

In addition, I also had a number of plants that I used

for medicinal purposes.

So I probably used about 30-some-odd species out there.

And so that salmon is just a small part of my overall diet.

- But it was huge, and there were a lot of them.

- Yes. - And Larry's angry about it.

[laughter]

Social media--not just your friends messing with you here,

but social media, here, we got this

from Christine McNalley, tweeting,

"The salmon might need to borrow

Nicole's cell phone to tap out."

Did you think any--

[laughter]

Did you think any of the others out there

were having the same luck as you?

I mean, you were even letting fish go.

And that's a good question: did you stop to think

if they were having the same luck?

Did you stop to think if they were having the same issues?

- I assumed everyone was doing the same as I was.

I really did.

I mean, I know there's a great skill base here, right?

No question.

- And, of course, I didn't know

what everyone had at their particular site,

but they did try to site things where everyone had different--

uh, different things at their sites, so--

that they try to make it fair in some way.

So the fact that I hit a salmon run was, you know,

great blessing for me.

And I didn't know that other people didn't have that.

We didn't know what everyone else was doing.

Right.

Jose, the whole time, all we did

was watch your venture

and how much you wanted this salmon.

And that's what got people talking.

Here it is now, moment number three.

- I have to maximize what the sea has.

The number one way to maximize it is having a boat.

♪

[yelps]

[screams]

♪

Down you go.

Oh!

Oh. Oh.

♪

Right now, I feel pretty weak.

I'm like an old, old man.

♪

Oh, I'm sorry, Shauna.

I'm sorry.

I tried.

♪

- Bummed out watching that, man.

- You know, we felt for you. - Oh, yeah.

- Basically, what made me decide, it was that

I had my insulated boots on.

And I decided I could just not dry these things

in any reasonable amount of time.

It would've taken me, who knows, like, two weeks to dry them.

That was a bit much.

I don't take a long time to make decisions; I just go.

That's it, so it's out out.

But I was really bummed out, of course.

You know, on the spot, I decided that I had to go.

Right.

So, okay, you made a quick decision; we know that.

But then after the decision was made, how crushing is it

that you've done all this and you were in

a pretty good position, and if that boat doesn't tip,

you're maybe still there?

- You know, the problem was hypothermia.

But, really, what kept me going there was my wife.

I decided that I really wanted to try to go

as far as I could for her,

win, if possible.

And I really was really basically bummed out for her,

'cause I wanted the change of lifestyle for her.

I wanted her to stop working and for us to go full-time

living in the bush, just homesteading, hunting, fishing,

and gardening, and that would have made it possible.

- You guys are something else, I'll tell ya.

Well, we know now, after talking to you,

the danger is certainly real on "Alone."

Oh!

It's difficult, because I know I could've lasted a lot longer

had it not been for the accident.

I don't see any hand parts anywhere.

♪

No blood either.

♪

Put that on.

I should've been cutting kindling with it on there.

[laughs]

I would've had a little better luck.

- Welcome back to the "Alone" reunion special.

We are counting down the ten most talked-about moments

on social media from season two of "Alone."

What we just saw there was Mary Kate returning to her camp

after a trip to the hospital, which we will

show you in a moment.

- Welcome to the hot seat. - Thank you.

- Your emotions, as you went back.

- I really just wanted to see what was left undone

and what I could have done better or what I did accomplish

out--you know, after the fact,

after being away for a couple days.

So it was good to go back. It was really good.

I was happy they let me.

- Give you any kind of closure? - Gave me lots of closure.

- It did? - Yeah, it did.

- We should take a look at what exactly got you

out of the competition and got everybody talking,

as we take a look at moment number two.

♪

Day seven.

♪

Does it literally take everyone else this long to start a fire?

Is it just me?

It must be just me. It's got to be just--

[screams]

[bleep].

People are living it.

Ugh.

- I can't lift my thumb. I can't lift my thumb.

I can't lift my thumb. Mother[bleep].

[groans]

♪

- Is it only me that every time you watch it,

you have some--little bit of hope that this time,

it's gonna go different?

[laughter]

♪

Elevate!

Elevate.

Let's have a look at it.

Can you feel your finger? Before we do that.

- [bleep] pissed. - Hey, don't be pissed.

♪

- Oh! - Oh, man, that was nasty.

That was a-- that's a nasty cut.

First things first, how did you keep recording?

You're in pain. You have this huge gash.

How did you keep filming it?

I had two cameras rolling.

And when the accident happened, there wasn't any pain.

So, initially, I was...

well, scared, you know?

Like, "What the heck did I just do," you know.

So then the next step, for me, was to obviously

hit the button and get some help,

so take the camera with me.

I knew I was gonna be down at the beach for probably

a while till they got to me, so...

- How long were you there waiting?

- An eternity, it felt like.

- Oh, my goodness. - I was frustrated.

But initially I thought, "Well, they come in in the boat,

he could take a look, be done, good-bye, see ya later."

So--but that wasn't really--

- Did you ask-- did you ask,

"Hey, is there any way that I could stay?"

once they got there?

No, it was almost immediate.

Dan looked at it, and he's like,

"Get on the boat."

And it was quick; they immediately just

whisked me away.

- You didn't even have time to think about it

once they got there; they made the decision for you.

- No, right away. Yup, right away.

- Did you realize that the cut was as bad as it was?

Because Ox on Twitter says, "Come on, Mary Kate,

"you had a fully equipped medical kit.

At least give it a day or two before pushing the button."

[laughter]

- There's a couple things here, you know.

It's not just like I cut my hand.

I couldn't-- my thumb wasn't working,

which means, obviously, that something's wrong.

So, yes, I could have field dressed myself, I'm sure,

if I had a sliver or didn't, you know,

sever the tendon in my hand.

- Yeah, you had to go to the emergency room.

This was no joke.

You had to get this taken care of.

And this is Mary Kate at the emergency room.

Let's take a look.

♪

- Stupidest thing. I know better.

I'm curious to see that, though. I had it on video.

I had both cameras running.

I'm curious to see how I cut that wood.

If I came down with the ax or if the ax slipped off.

It's day seven!

That's my camp number too.

Day seven, site seven.

They're probably gonna give me seven stitches too.

♪

It's devastating, really.

To get this far and to get everything prepped

and ready to go

and then just being stupid.

♪

I'm extremely frustrated.

I feel, A, stupid, B, frustrated,

and, C, extremely stupid.

- Well, that was just your initial trip to kind of

patch it back together.

How serious was the actual injury?

I snapped this tendon.

Well, you can't see it on this hand,

so I snapped this tendon.

- And it went "jerp!" - Wow.

- So they had to go fishing for it.

- And-- - That was pretty exciting.

- I mean, how is it now? - It doesn't go up and down.

So I can't go like this.

Well, I can touch all my...

Wow.

- And my grip's a little bit weak.

- Yeah. - Other than that...

- You could use it, at least.

I can use it.

- Did you think it would be something like this

that would take you out?

Of all the things that you thought of, I'm sure,

going into this, did you think it could be something like this?

No.

I didn't know, you know?

But that is what upsets me most about it all

is because I really wanted to know

what my breaking point was going to be.

So--and I never got to figure that out.

Never got the chance.

We're obviously glad that you are okay.

Thank you.

- Welcome back to the "Alone" reunion special.

We've been counting down the ten most talked-about

moments of the season.

And shortly, we'll be giving you a sneak peek

of season three.

But before we get to that,

I'm with the winner of season two of "Alone," Dave.

Dave, congratulations, man.

[cheers and applause]

Yay, Dave!

I mean, wow.

I mean, what does it feel like?

You did it, and, you know, you outlasted

all of these amazing people.

- It's just a surreal moment for me.

I had been holding myself in this thing,

thinking, "Okay, I just got to stay one more day,

just keep going, keep going, keep going."

And then all of a sudden, to have someone just come

and just take me out of that suddenly

and just say, "No, you're done.

You don't have to do that anymore."

And, uh, all the things I'd been anticipating,

just suddenly, just out of it.

- What a moment. And here it is.

You, the fans, said it.

The number one most talked-about moment

from this season of "Alone."

♪

- You know, heading into day 70,

and I feel like I could keep going.

You know, somebody said to me right before I left,

"Boy, 50 doesn't slow you down at all."

And I'm like, "Yeah, baby."

[tree branch cracking]

♪

Oh!

[crying]

♪

I did this for you guys.

You know that, right?

I know.

♪

[helicopter engine whirring]

♪

I'm ready to go home.

Yes, we get to ride in a helicopter!

♪

♪

Wow.

You saw your daughter--

- I need a second here, seriously.

Yeah.

- And I--oh, the emotion of that moment is just amazing.

It's indescribable.

I--honestly, I don't know how to describe

the emotion of that moment.

When I turned around and saw Erin standing there,

and everything just all of a sudden--

all that tension, all that difficulty, all that...

it just went away.

I loved my time on the island.

I can't say that enough.

But at the same time, that moment was like waking up

from a bad dream.

You know? It was a hard dream.

A really cool, intense, hard dream.

And all of a sudden, waking up and realizing,

"Wow, I get to go back to-- I get to see my kids again."

- If you were forced to stay there longer,

how much longer could you have gone?

- I knew I was coming into a bad tide cycle,

where it was gonna be hard to fish,

and I was living at this point exclusively by fishing.

Um, psychologically, I knew that Christmas was gonna be

a huge barrier.

I did not even want to think about Christmas.

Thanksgiving, I wrote off; I knew, "Okay, I'm out here

"for Thanksgiving; I'm gonna miss that big feast

and everything and miss my kids."

And I--when I would think about Christmas,

I would just say, "Okay, I'm not gonna live that pain

"from a month from now in this right now,

which is really kind of okay."

Two weeks without even batting an eye.

Day 80, no problem.

Christmas was gonna be a barrier for me.

- That was gonna be interesting.

Yeah.

- You know, you guys are all amazing

and all had different experiences here.

So hearing Dave's story and watching him

come out on top, what are your thoughts?

What are you thinking right now, as we've all shared

all of your stories, you know,

and gotten pretty personal here?

- Well-deserved. - Yeah.

- Yeah. - Yeah, good job.

- It's not a feeling of a competition amongst us here.

It's more family, if you will.

Uh, so whoever would have won,

I think we would've, you know...

wished 'em well.

And, you know, he's a great man, has a great family.

He's gonna do good things with it, so well-deserved.

- I was really hoping that Dave would win, because,

from the very beginning, he says, "If I win,

I'm gonna take care of all of you."

[laughter]

- And so-- - I got you all here, right?

I got you all together. That was part of our deal.

Remember we said, "Whoever wins this thing,

we've got to get everybody together," right?

Remember that?

I remember Justin talking about that.

You're all here. This is it, okay?

[laughter]

- And as someone who watched it all unfold,

it was pretty cool to watch.

Dave, congrats on the win.

Just amazing.

And the entire cast--you guys were all outstanding.

Congrats on everything.

I mean, what you did was incredible.

I loved watching you. I know that.

And I know everyone at home loved watching the adventures

of this season of "Alone," so well done.

And season three, being shot as we speak,

and we'll be bringing that to you soon.

But in the meantime, as promised,

here's a sneak peek of season three.

Thanks for watching, everyone.

[dramatic music]

♪

Ready to rock and roll.

Look at these rib bones.

Maybe I'm sitting in a damn puma kill zone.

- Are you willing to die out here?

- This is much more about the mental

than it is about the physical.

- One minute, one hour, one day at a time.

- Now I don't know where I am. It's a nightmare.

- Patagonia ripped it out of me.

It ripped it out of me quickly, as well.

This is nuts!

Patagonia!

[animal growling]

Whoa, that's a big cat.

Is he circling me?

Where did he go?

[screams]

♪