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♪ ♪

Welcome to Aotearoa, New Zealand.

16 everyday Americans.

[grunting]

MANU: ...embarked on a million-dollar mission...

♪ ♪

...to reach the summit in 14 days.

JEANNIE: Summit, here we come!

-[Rose whooping] -[groaning]

THERRON: You just got to keep going.

-Ah, please, God. -[screams]

What did I sign up for?

MANU: The group has already shed blood...

-BECKYLEE: Tony? -MANU: ...sweat and tears...

GEOFF: Sorry, Bo.

MANU: ...on their way up the mountain,

all to keep the money on their backs.

Oh, God, I'm dropping! [screams]

MANU: With the mountain's keeper watching every move...

ROSE: You guys, look.

MANU: ...no one is safe.

BECKYLEE: "Two struggling members of your group

"can hitch a ride on a helicopter to the next camp.

"But...

...tonight, there'll be no food."

I do feel like they should go.

MANU: And at the checkpoint camp...

You all have another chance to steal somebody's money

by voting them off.

...alliances were tested.

DENNIS: Geoff is the scariest threat on this mountain,

and I will throw his name out there.

I can truthfully say that I wasn't going for Geoff.

If you want to vote Geoff off the mountain, put your hand up.

[laughing]

MANU: Tonight, with just 11 days...

[grunts]

...and 11 people remaining...

-JEANNIE: Oh! -DUSTY: Oh, oh, oh.

Holy crap. You can't see a thing.

-MANU: ...ice and snow... -It's not good, bro.

MANU: ...add to the already

treacherous battle for survival...

The snow is getting worse and worse.

We're stuck.

MANU: ...where you never know

who will be cut from the mountain.

THERRON: "It's a cliff so difficult,

-you should partner up." -NICK: Oh, damn.

JEANNIE: Whoever's not afraid of heights,

I would like to go with somebody if I could.

I'm gonna go with Amy.

JEANNIE: Just opened my eyes to who really has my back.

I don't have a partner yet.

And who doesn't.

[grunting]

I'm not letting you go.

JENNYE: Nope. I don't want to do this.

Ah!

-DENNIS: Guys, watch out. -JEANNIE: Oh, my God.

-PUNKIN: All right, open it. -JEANNIE: Oh, my God.

I'm gonna piss a lot of people off.

♪ ♪

It's an emotionally taxing day.

DUSTY: So that was interesting. Geoff got voted off.

Frankly, being in really good shape

and being a decent athlete

can kind of hurt you in these scenarios.

Physically, I can do anything he can do.

-Probably better. -DENNIS: Hey, Dusty,

-can I talk to you real quick? -DUSTY: Yeah.

So I'm doing everything I can to just be myself,

which hopefully it doesn't bite me in the butt.

I had to tell Dusty that I did lie.

I wanted Dusty to get on my side.

He's someone that I can really trust in this game

up until I need to just cut him off loose.

Shweta and I were the ones that wanted to get Geoff out.

I do apologize, bro to bro, and I hope

you can forgive me.

And I'm sorry about lying about that.

No, I appreciate you coming clean about it.

And honestly, even having the t-- like,

the time to be able to come and talk and, like,

-just be transparent. -Yeah.

DUSTY: My biggest concern,

actually, since day one, um, was Dennis.

I don't trust him.

I don't think he's been that genuine of a person.

I kind of felt like he had a hidden agenda.

I don't want to jinx it, but I actually don't think

the next vote is gonna be a very hard one.

JEANNIE: I'm exhausted. Good night.

[Punkin groans]

They just eliminated Geoff,

and I am pissed.

JENNYE: Oh. Home, sweet, home.

PUNKIN: Now I'm looking at everybody side-eye.

Who am I working with now?

-[chuckles] Here. Us. -Us.

Okay, I know us. But who else?

Because obviously we need more than just us.

-Yeah, we have... -And we're...

We're in a really good spot right now.

-Yeah. -And I can tell you, um,

Nick...

-PUNKIN: Okay. -BECKYLEE: ...Pati.

-PUNKIN: Mm-hmm. -BECKYLEE: You, me.

-Therron, um... -Mm-hmm.

PUNKIN: Beckylee says she's still in my corner.

I just have

to figure out where my next move is gonna be,

and I think I got to make it my best move.

So, are y'all not working with Dennis?

'Cause he said Geoff's name in the first, like, day or two.

-THERRON: Day, yeah. -BECKYLEE: Yeah.

You have to have the numbers,

but then you have to know, like, who you can go.

-You know what I mean? -Mm-hmm.

And I want to get your thoughts.

We were thinking Rob.

-Could go? -Yeah.

He's just sketchy.

PUNKIN: I'm trying to figure out

what the heck happened with Robert.

What he did tonight just does not sit well with me.

I really don't think he's as in with the other side

as he think he is.

DENNIS: What-- Oh!

PUNKIN: He said that he was gonna work with...

...Geoff and then flipped his vote for the majority.

And then, I'm like--

Stop being wishy-washy. Stop playing a scared game.

It kind of tells me that he can't be trusted.

Okay, I'm-I'm cold. I-I got to go.

-Yeah, I know. -Okay. Well...

We're in the same tent, aren't we?

-Cheers? -Oh, yeah.

-Cheerios. -You're not in the tent with us?

I'm in-- Oh, yeah, yeah.

-[sputters] Wow. -Let's go home.

PUNKIN: Night.

[thunder rolling]

MANU: The group has spent the last five days

finding their pace

and gaining momentum toward the summit.

But today, Mother Nature has

something else in store.

Holy crap. You can't see a thing.

Day six. Woke up,

heard some things slapping the tent.

Got outside, and it's, uh,

snowing. It is freezing,

windy, foggy.

JEANNIE: Oh, my God, Amy.

This is insane.

It's not good, bro.

[exclaims]

NICK: Being from Louisiana,

I don't know if I've ever seen snow.

-BECKYLEE: Our first snow. -PUNKIN: Wow.

Merry Christmas.

-Us Californians aren't used to this.

-I know.

I haven't seen snow in, like, three, four years.

JEANNIE: Really? Oh...

THERRON: I only deal with heat in L.A.,

but we got snow.

I'm happy to see it,

but I hope it's not here all day

because hiking is gonna suck.

If it keeps as bad as this is,

we might actually have to just...

-PUNKIN: Hunker down. -THERRON: Yeah.

I mean, I've never been in a whiteout,

but it looks... Like, I can't see anything.

THERRON: Visibility is bad.

I did not expect to wake up to a whiteout.

I think we've been pretty lucky

and fortunate with the weather so far,

but New Zealand is completely unpredictable,

especially here in the mountains.

DUSTY: Kind of an interesting morning, obviously,

as you guys are seeing.

Pretty white.

I get a little bit worried,

and if you guys disagree, please let me know.

But I get a little bit worried about safety

trying to navigate in this. I don't want to end up somewhere

where we can't even hunker down for the night.

If you guys want to,

we could play it by ear and see if it opens up,

but I don't know.

♪ ♪

NICK: Realistically, there's no way to tell which direction to go.

There's just no way.

JENNYE: You can't navigate.

There's nothing that you can even see above you--

The sun. Nothing. You can't navigate.

I get, I get worried, too,

because even if we think we know where we're going,

if we end up going the wrong way,

we might be backtracking,

having to double-time it or even triple-time it.

We're stuck.

We're stuck at this camp.

We don't have enough line of sight to actually navigate.

And the snow is slowly getting worse and worse.

So I'm stressed out because the clock's ticking

on the amount of time we have

to actually get where we need to go.

ROBERT: We want to make sure we have

bags packed up, so that way, if it clears up

and we need to go, we can go.

Other worry is that we have a timeline, right?

We have 14 days to make it to the summit,

and now we're just saying we're gonna do nothing today?

It sucks, because I did want to get a move on.

We have 14 days to get this done, no matter what.

But there are people that are weaker than me,

and I think they're gonna struggle.

It's clear that Amy and Pati are our slowest,

and I feel like now we have to double book it

to make up for this, this weather.

PATI: What about our water?

I-I don't know how much we have in there.

DUSTY: We could also boil some of the snow that's nearby.

All right, so. Yeah.

What can we put the snow in that we can melt it in?

DUSTY: I'll go with you, Jeannie.

-JEANNIE: It's gonna be heavy bringing it up. -DUSTY: Yeah.

So, can we talk about food?

-THERRON: Yeah. -What are the options we have?

PATI: We still have noodles.

ROBERT: I don't think the bread's edible.

-We have a little hummus. -BECKYLEE: Oh, we do.

-PATI: We have hummus and tapenade. -BECKYLEE: And olives.

PATI: And olives, and-and tomatoes and stuff.

-BECKYLEE: Yeah. -PATI: So we could do that.

♪

I'm feeling very, very low.

I'm feeling very isolated. I'm feeling very alone.

Everybody that I was gonna work with is now gone,

so I need to start making some new relationships.

After last night, like, how are you feeling?

I think now kind of the game's switched a little bit

after that vote.

I don't trust...

I really don't trust Rob right now.

AMY: I don't understand why he did that.

He still can't make me understand.

PUNKIN: I don't, I don't understand it either.

But what I do know is

I think he tried to play the middle of both sides.

He tried to be on our side,

and then he tried to be on the other side, too.

-And then--

-He's just gonna coast the middle?

I don't think he can coast the middle

because he's not good at it because both sides know

-that he's in the mid-- -Have seen it.

-[laughs] He was trying to-- -You showed your cards.

You showed your cards.

I don't trust Dennis, either.

I wanted to call him out, so bad yesterday,

I'm like, you are lying through your teeth right now.

You know I have to nominate Geoff.

Who brought up Geoff's name?

I-I didn't throw Geoff's name out.

I can truthfully say that I wasn't going for Geoff.

Wouldn't that be reason enough to know we can't trust Dennis?

Like, we can say...

we're always looking for a why for the next person.

-Dennis. Yeah. -He lied.

-Yeah, for sure. -So now he's put himself

-on the chopping block. -Yeah. Yeah.

PUNKIN: Right now, I think I just have

to continue to play my game so I can make it to the summit.

But I don't trust Dennis.

So, definitely sleeping with one eye open.

DENNIS: This terrible weather, it means adversity.

It means people are gonna struggle.

And I need people to struggle,

'cause after last night, clearly, I'm a target.

But Pati is my number one girl.

She has my back, no matter what.

DENNIS: I'm out here to be a savage.

Maybe I came on too strong in the beginning.

I think I need to do a little bit of damage control.

And me just staying down low in the sewers like a cockroach,

it's my best approach to this game.

The Korean cockroach still lives. [laughs]

I still really don't understand your decision to flip.

My decision to flip was because Dusty wasn't feeling

a connection to Geoff as well.

And with Dusty, they had the full numbers.

I kept trying to switch it over to Dennis.

-Mm-hmm.

-It wasn't until we got here to the vote

that I knew that wasn't getting it switched over.

PUNKIN: Yeah, but then that just

makes me think, like, what if it was me?

-Would you've just voted with everybody?

-Oh. No. I would not have with you.

-Well, that-- I don't know that now.

But I'm telling you, and you can,

-you can believe me or not, -PUNKIN: Mm-hmm.

I feel solid with Jennye, you and Dusty, that's who I do.

And I don't know if you feel solid with me.

-Mm-hmm.

-And if this hurt that, I-I do, I sincerely apologize,

-but I spent all day trying to get it switched to Dennis.

-Yeah.

I really like you and I really respect you.

-I will never say your name. -[chuckling]: Okay.

It worries me that, uh, flipping

does put a target on my back, and it's got me on edge.

It's got me worried.

It's kind of putting me in a corner

and making me feel very vulnerable.

And I kind of need to keep my ear to the ground

and figure out what to do to fix it.

♪ ♪

PUNKIN: Hey, y'all.

It looks a little better than yesterday.

JEANNIE: Yeah, look at that.

That window's getting a little bit bigger.

We're starting to be able to see things.

[whooping, indistinct chattering]

DUSTY: Brutal morning. Uh, we woke up

and most of us are already freezing.

Most of us get cold at, like, 4:00 a.m.

You kind of start shivering at 04:00 a.m. as it is.

But we need to make some sort of progress today,

otherwise, it's gonna get

more and more bleak as we move forward.

It's a little foggy, but it's better than yesterday.

What do you guys think about making some progress today?

-PUNKIN: We have a 14-day deadline, and...

-JENNYE: We just have no time.

NICK: I think if we miss another day, there's just no way

we're gonna make it.

-We have to get going. -JENNYE: Right. Right.

ROBERT: Let's get going. Let's move.

♪

NICK: We've been snowed in probably for over 24 hours now.

You can see the sun trying to peek in.

There is a little blue sky

at the top of that mountain up there.

And everyone's getting a little antsy right now,

so I think we'll be taking off here soon.

JEANNIE: We're coming for you!

-[Amy laughs] -JEANNIE: You hear me?

AMY: Maybe another day. Today we're just--

JEANNIE: These two moms are coming for you!

NICK: Here we go.

♪

MANU: After losing an entire day to whiteout snow conditions,

the current weather provides

an opportunity for the group to get moving again.

They must now descend nearly 2,000 vertical feet

over several miles to the valley below

to reach their next checkpoint camp.

-PUNKIN: It's slippery. -Slick.

PUNKIN: It's very steep.

ROBERT: We have time to make up, so we have to...

move safely, but we have to move quickly.

We're gonna have to push some people.

-PATI: Good job, mom. -AMY: I just don't want

to [bleep] my knee up, so I'm gonna fall if I need to.

ROBERT: Not a good place to fall, so be careful.

There's definitely some people who are moving slower.

That's not to say they don't have strength.

[groans]

[bleep]

ROBERT: But we have to think

about what's gonna help us move

at the right pace to get to the summit.

THERRON: You see the sign?

BECKYLEE: Oh, we got a note up here.

-JENNYE: Oh, is there a note? -BECKYLEE: Yeah.

JEANNIE: Yeah. Mm-hmm.

THERRON: [sighs] Oh, no.

"To reach the summit, you must traverse the sheer cliff."

NICK: Oh, damn.

THERRON: "It's a cliff so difficult, you should partner up

"because you will need the support.

"One should be the leader and one should be the follower.

So choose wisely and don't look down."

Whoo. "The clock is ticking."

JENNYE: This mountain cat is

second-guessing her life choices.

There's no way, man.

-One wrong step and you're done. -Yeah, and you're down.

My worst nightmare.

I'm deadly afraid of heights.

I don't even want to look there. Oh, my God.

I just cannot do this.

This might be my last obstacle.

♪ ♪

MANU: Coming up...

Someone's got to go by themselves at the end.

JEANNIE: If someone is comfortable in heights,

I would like to go with them. Who's comfortable?

Jennye, you have a partner?

JENNYE: I do.

JEANNIE: I'm really just upset.

Like, I thought I had

a little stronger connection with a couple of people here

that they would pick me as a partner.

-[yelps] -You're okay.

I am not moving from this position.

-Okay.

-I'm gonna [bleep] stay right here.

The ledge is maybe

the width of your shoe, maybe.

No, but I'm freaking out. Nope.

I am not doing this.

[wind whistling]

THERRON: "To reach the summit,

you must traverse this sheer cliff."

NICK: Oh, damn.

"It's a cliff so difficult, you should partner up.

"One should be the leader and one should be the follower.

The clock is ticking."

DENNIS: This obstacle is very intimidating

for a lot of people.

We're literally on the side of the mountain

trying to trek on these tiny ledges,

and we have to trust this rope to hold our, our whole weight.

This is absolutely insane.

ROBERT: All right, should we talk about partners?

Just make sure if somebody has height issues,

you get with someone who doesn't.

THERRON: Yeah.

Do we have an odd number?

-We have an odd number. -Yeah.

We got 11.

♪ ♪

ROBERT: As we're reading the note,

it's very clear that we have to partner up,

but we don't have enough to fully partner up.

And everyone's on edge about,

"What does it mean to not have a partner?"

NICK: Someone's got to go

by themselves at the end.

We've seen the mountain's keeper tell us,

"Hey, you need to cut this person out."

GEOFF: "When the last person is crossing,

"use this ax to cut the support rope.

From the mountain's keeper."

We love you, Bo!

So no one wants to be without a partner.

THERRON: Dusty, I would like to go with you.

-And you'll lead? I'll follow you.

-Yeah, of course.

JEANNIE: If someone is comfortable in heights, I would like

-to go with them.

Who's comfortable with heights? -Want to go with me?

NICK: That's fine. I-I'll make it no matter what, so...

I'm-a go with Amy, and, uh, I'll-I'll lead.

AMY: I know that Nick is afraid of heights,

but being up there is not an-an issue for me.

So I've got him on the heights part

if he can get me

on the climbing part.

JEANNIE: I just figure, whoever's not afraid of heights,

that's kind of brave to do this,

I would like to go with somebody if I could.

-I'm gonna go with Pati, guys. -Who's leading?

You want to lead?

Pati pulls me aside, and she wants me to lead

and she's gonna follow.

I'm not scared of heights,

but this is gonna be a challenge.

JEANNIE: Jennye, you have a partner?

JENNYE: I do. Rob.

He's gonna lead and I'm gonna follow.

ROBERT: So I partnered up with Jennye

because that's my buddy.

People already know I'm strong.

People know I can do things like this.

It's not showing anything.

So I took the lead.

I don't have a partner yet.

I would like to go with someone that's not afraid

-of heights. -I'm not afraid of heights.

PUNKIN: I'm going with Beckylee.

She's gonna lead, I'm gonna follow.

Hey, come on, guys, I've been a trooper this whole time.

That nobody wants to partner with me,

it's just a little bit upsetting.

AMY: I went with Nick 'cause I knew he was

afraid of heights, and I'm not.

JEANNIE: I am really afraid of heights,

and I'm really just upset.

Like, I thought I had a little stronger connection

with a couple people here,

that they would pick me as a partner.

I felt like Rob and I were closer than that.

Just opened my eyes out to who's really--

has my back and who doesn't today, too.

-We have our decisions.

-PATI: Yes. -THERRON: Yep, yeah.

Clock is ticking. I mean, we still got to get to camp.

♪ ♪

-DENNIS: You good? -I feel like, Rob,

like, I just don't trust him now.

I know. I get that.

JEANNIE: And I know the people that came up to me,

and I know the people that did not come up to me.

Okay.

Low-key,

I love that Jeannie's going by herself.

And the people that didn't go up

to Jeannie and comfort her,

those are the people that Jeannie

is gonna literally want off this mountain.

Okay. Sure-- right.

Okay.

ROBERT: All right, you ready? I'm gonna just step down.

Yep.

ROBERT: I'm a little bit nervous,

'cause we got a lot of people who do not like heights,

and that's gonna slow us all down.

But all I know is I'm gonna do it as fast as I can

to make up lost time.

-Ready? All right. -Yeah.

JEANNIE: Rob's going first. See, I want to have a partner

helping me up the rock.

Got loose rocks over here.

Mm-hmm. Oh, God.

NICK: Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.

JENNYE: This is a primal

kind of terrifying because you're hanging off

the side of a cliff.

This is climbing a ladder, so I'm gonna step...

I'll help you from here.

Left hand is gonna come up to here eventually.

See it?

Nice.

-[Jennye grunts] -See that staple?

There you go. Nice.

Well done. You got it, you got it.

Give me your other hand.

-[shouts] -You're okay.

-[moaning] -I got you.

That's not it. That's not it.

-Oh, I can't do this. -You can do this.

JENNYE: I can't do this.

No, I don't want to do this.

Do you want me to come down and help your feet more?

No, I don't want to do this. [panting]

No, I don't want to do this.

No, but I'm freaking out. Nope.

-You-- it's okay. -Nope, nope, nope.

Okay, what can I do to help? Is there anything...

Nope.

I am not doing this.

Nope, nope, nope.

I am currently [bleep] myself.

I am not moving from this position.

-Okay. -I am not moving.

-All right. -Nope.

I'm gonna [bleep] stay right here.

PUNKIN: Oh, I don't know how far she's gonna be able to get.

JENNYE: I can't find my footing,

I have no place to grab,

and the ledge is maybe the width of your shoe, maybe.

And then, also, the vertical climb

with nothing to hold onto.

I am hanging off the side of the mountain,

and I am gonna stay here until somebody comes and gets me.

NICK: If she quits, we lose that money.

[yelps]

[wind whistling]

JENNYE: [moans] I am not doing this.

Nope, nope, nope.

I am hanging off the side of the mountain,

and I am gonna stay here

until somebody comes and gets me.

[sighs]

Take a second. Take a breather.

Look at me. Once you get up here,

it's a little easier.

Lots of easy steps.

-There's nothing to grab. -There's me.

JEANNIE: Careful.

[grunts]

Step up on that foot-- there you go, there you go.

There you go, there you go. Nice, nice!

-You got that. -[cheering]

-Hey! -You did that.

Rob is an amazing support.

ROBERT: Just a little bit more to go.

You can do it, with your badass self, girl.

JEANNIE: It's really hard.

She's got a partner. I won't have that.

[Jennye groans]

ROBERT: Little more. Little higher.

-There. Nice, nice. -[grunts]

ROBERT: Keep that up, girl.

[shouts]

[panting]

-ROBERT: Yell it out. -[shouts]

ROBERT: You got it.

-I am done with this. -NICK: Jennye!

[whooping]

-BECKYLEE: You did it. -[grunts]

Okay. [sighs]

DUSTY: Rob!

-[whoops] -Good job, y'all.

[laughs] You did that.

I hope I helped you in the right ways.

-Thank you so much. -You were amazing.

I couldn't have done it without you.

I couldn't have done it without you.

THERRON: Come here, Jeannie.

-You got this, mama. -All right, baby.

[chuckles]

DUSTY: You're gonna get to see all of us do it.

-All right, thanks, Dusty. Thank you.

-Of course.

-[chuckles] -Of course.

[grunts]

Yeah. Okay.

DUSTY: Good?

-Yeah. -Let's go, boss.

Come on, come on.

DUSTY: We got rocks in front of us, Therron. We're good here.

[whistles]

I don't really trust any of this.

-So just be careful.

-THERRON: Oh, yeah, these rocks? No.

DUSTY: I'm willing to go with someone

who has a massive fear of heights

because we need to make up for yesterday.

We need to be quick,

and I can bring confidence to anybody,

and I think that's what I'm about to do with Therron.

THERRON: I don't know where to grab.

-DUSTY: It's okay to drag a little bit. -[whoops]

-DUSTY: You're okay, I got you. You're good.

-Oh. Oh. Yeah.

-DUSTY: You're good. -There's a foothold down here.

THERRON: Okay.

-Thank you. -DUSTY: Hardest part's over.

DUSTY: We're okay.

-THERRON: Ooh-- ooh. -[grunts]

-THERRON: Oh, you got it? -JEANNIE: Oh, my gosh.

DUSTY: Could have been worse. Appreciate you.

THERRON: Sorry, I barely grabbed your backpack.

DUSTY: It helped. You took two pounds away

from my grip, and it helped.

DUSTY: I'm gonna get up to a safe spot.

-THERRON: Oh, [bleep]. -You got right hand...

THERRON: I don't know how I'm gonna get up here.

DUSTY: You're okay. Do you have a left-hand grab?

THERRON: No. [grunting]

[bleep]

DUSTY: Just keep breathing.

THERRON: Think if I...

Oh, God. Oh, God. [shouts]

-DUSTY: Ah, no, you're all right. I got you. -Okay.

-DUSTY: Good? -Yeah.

DUSTY: Keep breathing, keep breathing.

Attababy. Good.

-DENNIS: Attaboy, Therron! -That was the best.

I honestly couldn't have did this with anybody else.

One of the biggest challenges for me

is to be okay with being afraid of heights,

but getting through it,

because I'm a lot stronger

than I give off.

I lost my first sibling

when I was in the fifth grade.

And losing someone as a kid,

it's hard to process.

And then my sister was, unfortunately, killed

by her boyfriend.

And we were the two siblings, out of all

of my 17 brothers and sisters,

me and my sister were the two that were always together.

So losing her was the hardest thing I've ever been through.

And, you know, I just recently experienced that again.

2020, my dad was murdered.

But that experience of losing people

has compounded into the person you see today.

This is insane.

People always ask me, "You've been through so much,

why are you so happy?" and I think it's because

I get to be the person that gets to show

all my siblings behind me that, like,

if you put your mind to something, no matter where

we come from, we can do anything.

And so, I'm doing this

because I have so many people back home

who have no one to look up to.

And now they can look up to me

because it's my time.

I am so grateful to be alive.

-AMY: So close. You're so close! -DUSTY: Oh, hey. Come on,

come on, come on, come on.

DUSTY: Good. Yeah, Therron, baby.

Good. Good.

-[whoops] Get [bleep]! -Attababy.

-Whoa. -All right.

THERRON: I feel so proud of myself

because I'm conquering a lot of my fears.

I think my dad,

my sister, everybody looking out from over me,

um, would be very proud

that I'm challenging myself and doing stuff.

I'm doing this for them.

DUSTY: We got a lot of people to come still.

THERRON: I think that, when we saw this,

we should have chose someone else

-to do this by themselves. -We took a long time,

-and I think people are gonna be even slower. -Yeah.

-And this is... -I think so. It's-- 'cause it's really scary.

And this is a day when we need to be

even faster than we've been.

We put someone last who's afraid of heights.

So-- I love Jeannie--

but it's-- we're gonna have to encourage her,

to push her, because-- we are on a time crunch.

JEANNIE: Oh, my God, we're high up. Oof!

BECKYLEE: Oh, rope. There's a rope up here.

[panting]

I'm gonna wait here for you.

PUNKIN: Where are you putting your hands?

-BECKYLEE: You want me to try to give you a hand? -Yeah.

I can't reach. [grunts]

-[shouts] No. -BECKYLEE: No?

DENNIS: Come on, guys.

I need people to struggle and show that they are weak,

'cause it gets the target off my back.

PUNKIN: I don't know where to put my feet.

And then try to grab on to that rock.

PUNKIN: Oh, I can't.

They're so slippery.

I don't have anything to hold onto.

-ROBERT: Pick it up! -JENNYE: Let's pick it up, guys!

-BECKYLEE: Here. -PUNKIN: Wait.

My backpack's falling off.

[shouts]

[moans]

[grunts]

[cheering]

-BECKYLEE: Are you good? -PUNKIN: Yeah.

All right!

PUNKIN: I'm confident in Beckylee as a leader.

I feel like she has my back.

-AMY: Good job, Becky. -PUNKIN: To have people in your corner,

it's just extremely important

if you want to make it to the summit.

[grunts]

-BECKYLEE: You got it. -[shouts]

You're doing great.

-[grunts] -BECKYLEE: Yes.

-[groans] -JEANNIE: Good job, ladies.

-[cheering] -AMY: Hey!

Yes. All right.

I'm scared for Jeannie,

because this obstacle is strictly upper body,

so you need a lot of physical strength.

And Jeannie's by herself.

JEANNIE: I think when I got to pull myself

on the rope, I need to grab onto some kind of rock

on the bottom for some grip.

Um, maybe try to twist the rope on my arm

to get me more, like, leverage.

Maybe that'll help me get through this obstacle.

Oh, man.

[exhales sharply]

-You got that rope, Pati? -PATI: I got it.

DENNIS: Pati's knees are giving out on her,

but I'm not gonna let her quit.

She's my number-one ally.

She truly has a good heart, and her vibes match my vibes.

I need Pati in this game. I need her vote.

I'm gonna drag her up this mountain if I need to.

PATI [strains]: God!

DENNIS: I know it hurts, girl.

No one said this is gonna be easy,

but I know you ain't a quitter.

-No. -I will pick you up, okay?

I promise you.

There you go. There you go.

-Keep pushing. Keep pushing. -[grunting]

Keep pushing.

-Yeah. -[Pati shouts]

-DENNIS: Come on! -Go-- go team, go.

-I'm gonna fall back. -No, you're not.

I'm not letting go. I'm not letting go.

-[shouts] -DENNIS: Don't let go of that rope.

-Don't let go that rope. I got you. -Okay, okay, okay. Hold on.

There you go.

Grab-grab my hand.

One, two, three.

-[shouts] Come on. -[grunts]

PATI [exhales]: There we go.

Come here, girl. Give me your hand.

PUNKIN: Good job, Pati.

Well done.

-You did it. -[Pati crying]

PATI: Moving forward,

I have to stick with Dennis.

He absolutely killed it.

And I would not have been able to do it without him.

We have really good people to lift us up.

I know.

[wind whistling]

NICK: All right, Amy.

-Let's rock and roll. -Yep.

NICK: We've done over water,

we've done bridges that are high up.

This is a full climb

up a rock, straight vertical.

I am terrified of heights.

Looking at Amy counting on me

and trying not to think about the fear.

How many rocks have you climbed?

-Zero. -Yeah.

[Nick exhales]

All right, Amy.

-Okay. I see, I see. -Now look.

Can you swing your other hand up to me?

I need to push up with this foot, and it's so far up.

NICK: Okay. Hey, listen, I'm just gonna pull you up.

-Ready? -[grunts]

Hang on. Uh, my feet are grounded,

-but I have nowhere to put my... -Can you give me your other hand?

-Yeah. Can you hold this one? -Okay. Yes.

Get-- just get your knee up there to it and I got you.

-Three, two, one. -[strains]

[grunting]

Yeah? Hold on.

-Hold on. -Whoa, whoa, whoa.

AMY: I have nothing to hold on to.

Don't pull me. [shouts]

-NICK: I got you, I got you, I got you. -Okay.

-I got you. -[panting]

AMY: Holy [bleep]!

[panting]

JEANNIE: Oh, God, I hope

that does not happen to me.

-AMY: Grab my backpack. -Grab it?

-Yeah, grab it. -Okay, I got it, I got it.

-I'm up. -Yep, yep, yep.

-I'm up. Okay. -Take your time.

NICK: Amy is struggling, and I have to help her.

So I am having to hold my fear of heights back

because I need to make sure that we both get up this mountain.

And if you can get close to the edge,

I can reach down and pull you up.

[grunting, shouting]

-Grab... -[both grunting]

I got a better grip now. Ready?

You good?

-All right. -BECKYLEE: How you doing, Amy?

-[whoops] -PUNKIN: Come on, girl. -BECKYLEE: You did it!

AMY: That was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.

Nick, who is so afraid of heights,

literally bent over

and deadlifted me up onto the next ledge, like...

...who does that?

[sniffles]

[wind whistling]

♪ ♪

How do y'all think Jeannie's gonna get over here by herself?

I don't know. Like, that was tough for us.

PUNKIN: That was tough for us.

DUSTY: I do think Jeannie is gonna

struggle with this obstacle.

She doesn't have any hands to grab.

I get a little worried that

she might freak out a little.

I would panic if I was by myself.

-That first rope part. -Yeah.

-This is steep. -MANU: Coming up...

Oh, my God!

The mountain keeper's here!

No.

THERRON: Jeannie, it's okay, girl!

AMY: He's got a yellow bag.

ROBERT: There's a yellow bag in there.

Yeah, I see it.

JENNYE: Go get it.

-It's for Jeannie. -THERRON: What?

Okay.

THERRON: Oh, my God. Oh, this is messy.

Oh, God, this is so messy.

JEANNIE: I'm gonna piss

a lot of people off if I do that.

[wind whistling]

Come on, Jeannie!

-NICK: Come on, Jeannie! -THERRON: You got it!

JEANNIE: Okay, here we go.

All right. I got this.

I'm really nervous. I'm scared about the obstacle

'cause I'm a big talker, so I would love to

talk to somebody about it,

but I'm gonna be doing it all on my own.

This is steep.

I'm not gonna really be

doing it all my own, to tell you the truth,

'cause my kids will be with me.

Just don't look down, Jeannie.

Don't look down. Number one rule.

Don't look down.

[groans]

Oh, [bleep]. Ah!

[bird calls]

[chitters]

[engine starting up]

MANU: This cliff is one of the most difficult obstacles

on the way up to the summit.

[groans]

MANU: Especially without a partner.

I got this, I got this.

MANU: The mountain's keeper is going to pay a visit

and ultimately deliver a message

that will impact the entire group.

NICK: Come on, Jeannie!

-[Jeannie grunting] -PUNKIN: You're strong!

JEANNIE: It's hard when no one's helping you with a hand.

PUNKIN: Come on, Jeannie!

[grunting]

[helicopter approaching]

[grunts]

JEANNIE: Oh, no. The mountain keeper's here!

-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's coming for her. -No.

-Oh, no. -No.

PUNKIN: The mountain's keeper is coming for Jeannie.

No.

What is happening?

I am worried

that this may be the end

of Jeannie's journey.

This is, uh, this is a really,

really tough obstacle,

and especially by yourself.

This could, uh, very well be the end for her.

[Jeannie grunting]

I just hope she makes it.

THERRON: Jeannie, it's okay, girl.

JEANNIE: Oh, [bleep].

Oh!

Oh, my God!

Stop!

I'm trying to climb!

[groans]

I got dirt in my eyes.

I can't freakin' see.

Be careful! Stay focused!

JEANNIE: For a long time, 24 years,

I've always been there for everybody,

and now, my kids see that I needed an adventure.

"Ma, you're not meant to stay here

"and cook and clean anymore.

"You're meant to be out there

and doing something you love."

So, I am taking a step back for me,

'cause I feel like my kids are in a good spot right now,

and so is my husband, but I'm not in a good spot.

Mom needs some her time, too.

I don't know if that makes sense

for all the moms out there.

But I feel so alive being here,

and I feel so like

me again.

I have my kids in the back of my head, my husband.

I got this, man.

I got this.

PUNKIN: Jeannie, we love you!

DENNIS: Jeannie!

JEANNIE: My kids would be so proud of me

doing this on my own.

And so is my husband.

[groans]

I'm so close.

[straining]

Yes!

-[cheering] -Jeannie!

[laughs]

JEANNIE: I had to do something

where I believed in myself.

There was no one else around.

Sometimes, when you talk to yourself and you tell yourself

you could do something, you really can.

-Who's got confidence now? -[cheering]

JEANNIE: And to get that confidence, it's something that

money really can't buy.

I did it, guys!

ROBERT: You did it.

[cheering]

JEANNIE: When I made it in the end,

they all jumped up, they gave me big hugs.

But then, I was thinking in the back of my head,

nobody here wanted to be my partner.

That was a breeze for you.

Aw, thank you. Thank you.

JEANNIE: So, when Rob came over,

I wanted to say, like, is this a true hug? Is this, like,

"I'm glad you did it," or is this, like, "Oh, shoot,

I should have probably picked her as a partner."

PUNKIN: So, what do y'all think

the mountain's keeper coming meant?

THERRON: I don't know.

JENNYE: Each time that the mountain's keeper has shown up,

somebody either goes home,

or we have the option to send someone home,

or they bring up the fact

there's weaknesses in some regard.

So, none of us know what will happen,

but we know that there's something coming.

JEANNIE: The mountain keeper doesn't have anything on me!

[laughter]

MANU: The group still has several miles to trek

to the next checkpoint camp before sundown,

where they will have another chance

to steal someone's money

-and vote them off the mountain. -THERRON: Watch your step.

MANU: But there's still plenty of time

for the mountain's keeper

to shake up their plans.

Oh, Jeannie, you zooming.

Big hole to the right, Rob.

Big hole to the right.

Wow.

JEANNIE: I don't know how close you guys want to get to the waterfall.

ROBERT: Close as you want to take us.

DUSTY: I think Robert

tries to be too fake

empathetic and understanding.

ROBERT: If we go up there to look at it,

we'll get a good view of where

the best place to cross the river probably is, too.

JEANNIE: Okay, yeah, let's do that then.

Cause we know we got to cross the river.

DUSTY: I think he's coming off a little bit condescending

because he's acting like this heroic

camp counselor that's leading this team.

ROBERT: Hey, Geoff, I know this is

your first day in the front,

but why are you taking us

all through those brambles?

If you pull these straps to

bring the back in closer

while you're going up, that's what helps.

Don't forget to sunscreen

even though the clouds are out

and the sun's not out.

There you go. Find your footing.

-And just take that step-- -Rob, can you let--

-Just let me do it. -Okay, sorry. You got it.

SHWETA: Thank you, though.

We're adults. We're fine.

We can shake our socks out when we need to.

We can handle when to put sunblock on.

We're not-- we're not three.

I think that's gonna rub people the wrong way.

Got you. Got you.

-Thanks. -ROBERT: Dusty?

-Yeah? -If we don't keep pace,

we're not making it.

-We got to get going. -Yeah.

Hey, I'm going a little quicker,

if you guys are good with it.

-Yeah. -NICK: Yep, yep. Get us there.

DENNIS: Honestly,

I couldn't care less if we made it to checkpoint today,

'cause that means that my name will be out of people's mouths,

'cause I know that I can pick up the pace

to make up those days.

People in the back,

they're gonna be up for elimination

if they don't pick up the pace.

Ooh.

This is ankle roll city. Be careful.

Oh! [chuckles] Ah!

-AMY: Oh! -NICK: Oh, oh, oh.

-AMY: I'm okay. -NICK: Okay.

AMY: Don't fall in that.

DENNIS: I'm struggling, man, back here.

[Therron groans]

Our feet are gonna get wet no matter what.

My body's physically, you know,

it's day after day of hiking.

Like, it's-- There's no rest, really,

and it's really hard, and I have to find

the joy in what I'm doing every day

and enjoy this, 'cause I don't get this

in California, you know what I mean?

Oh, my God. It is cold.

P, just watch your foot. There's a lot of holes.

You got to be really careful.

PATI: This mountain's kicking my ass.

It's too much, and I'm way behind.

I'm in the back.

Nobody wants to be in the back, but, like,

it stresses me out because they're stopping

multiple times for me.

THERRON: P, there's a nice little path here.

I know you're pushing.

I just want to make sure you can still see

where I'm walking.

PATI: It's hard to keep going

every single day.

I don't need to be the best,

I just need to not quit.

[groaning]

Growing up, my mom and dad divorced really young,

and me and brother grew up with just Mom.

She just worked her ass off.

Two jobs, sometimes. It was rough.

She would take us to the Goodwill.

She would say, "Okay, we're going to Macy's."

She just never made us feel like we didn't have anything.

[groaning]

-You good, Pati? -I got it, baby.

Good.

I'll catch up. [groans]

One day, I got this phone call...

[crying]

...from my aunt.

She said, "Your mom's in the hospital,

and it was a really bad car accident."

So, the hardest thing in my life

that I have ever had to deal with

is driving two hours

not knowing if my mom,

this one person that has loved me my whole life,

and protected me and took care of me,

was dead or alive.

And she survived.

She is that brave, single mom.

The one person that I'm gonna be thinking about,

and that's gonna get me through this game is my mom.

I want to prove to my mom

that I could do it.

[grunting]

JENNYE: Oh, my God.

Why can't we be done?

-Wow. -[groans]

[bleep]

Damn it.

[wind whistling]

♪ ♪

[bleep]

Damn it.

[Pati panting]

[groans]

-Are you all right? -Yeah.

I know, uh, Pati is struggling,

and I don't think it's right for her

to just be left so far behind.

She can say, "Keep going, keep going,"

but she should keep going

with somebody back there keeping her company.

You can step down.

-All right. -Decent sized hand

-if you need it. -Appreciate you.

Yep. All right.

PATI: I'm just gonna slide, okay?

ROBERT: Yep, yep, yep. Do you.

[grunts] Thank you.

ROBERT: Do you mind if I stay back here with you

-or do you... -Yeah, for sure.

I just usually speed my ass up...

-Yeah, I know. -...as much as I want.

I will-- I'll match your pace

so you have someone to walk with.

Hey, we have a camp.

JEANNIE: Camp? We do?

-DUSTY: We got a camp. -[Jeannie cheers]

DUSTY: No bivies. No bivies.

-NICK: Yeah, we're here. -THERRON: Good hustle, y'all.

JEANNIE: Oh, my God. That's awesome.

DENNIS: There we go.

DUSTY: That's a good finish to the day.

-PUNKIN: Yes! -JEANNIE: Yeah!

PUNKIN: Yes.

JEANNIE: I am so happy

we don't have to set up camp.

-Yeah, girl! We did it! -[cheering]

[laughing]

-Yeah! -Yes!

DENNIS: Wow, we made it.

PUNKIN: What we got to eat, y'all?

BECKYLEE: Potato chips. Oh, burgers.

-ROBERT: Burgers. -DENNIS: Oh, my God.

PUNKIN: Whoo!

-We got taters. -Oh, yes.

JEANNIE: Oh, burgers!

-NICK: Good stuff today. -BECKYLEE: Yeah.

-Good job. Yeah. -I'm so happy.

-Yeah. [bleep] -[laughs]

AMY: We'll start the burgers.

DENNIS: Load it up.

AMY: Go ahead and get your plates and stuff ready. Pati!

We made it.

Hey!

Rob!

-Yeah, I'm here, too. -[Jeannie chuckles]

JEANNIE: Pati, P!

THERRON: Pati, you know, is kind of in the back,

um, and being a little slower.

I love her with all my heart,

but she can't keep doing this.

You know, we are on a time crunch,

so she has to move a little faster

to keep up on the rest of the journey.

Would you grab a couple pieces of smaller wood?

-Yes. -Would you mind? It's right behind you, sweetheart.

-Yeah. -I'm sorry, you just got

-so comfortable in that chair. -No, it's all right.

DUSTY: If we can't get Robert out today, I think

it's a no brainer that we go for Dennis.

However, if anyone else

has a plan to get someone else out,

I'm actually not that worried about Robert or Dennis.

I think they're gonna go home

in the next three or four days anyways.

If they want to go after Pati, for example.

She's slowing us down a lot.

Will you put one over there, um, Nick?

If you can, reach your little hand in there.

Look at you, Mountain Man Nick.

I made a really master move,

because I got rid of Geoff,

Amy's number one, and now I have

Amy on my side.

What are we doing with the vote? Like...

BECKYLEE: So, we were talking about

potentially, like,

throwing some votes on Dennis

just to, like, hide our numbers.

Is it Rob?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

BECKYLEE: Why don't we do

you, Punkin,

and you, Dusty,

vote for Dennis.

AMY: You got to make sure

you got that locked down, Becks.

-Yeah. -'Cause it could go the other way.

I wouldn't even throw anyone else's name out tonight

other than Dennis's. I've heard Rob's name.

I think that they know I'm a number for Rob.

Um, the scary thing is,

I'm working with them. The seven.

Pati, Becky, Therron, Punkin.

I mean, Punkin's brought me in on every conversation,

so I know I can trust her.

And then me, Nick and Dusty.

They can't know that I'm working with y'all...

-Yeah. -...'cause they don't know.

No, you're voting for Dennis.

Right, but if I don't, they're gonna know that

-I'm working with you. -Yeah.

And if Rob and Jennye also vote Dennis, that's five.

We need to make sure everybody knows the plan, so they know,

that they know that I'm not

-just going against y'all every single time. -BECKYLEE: Mm-hmm.

DUSTY: I can go either way and not feel bad.

Is the reason, though,

because he-he flipped the Geoff vote?

I think it just kind of adds up.

I didn't love that, personally, 'cause I haven't flipped.

[helicopter flying overhead]

DENNIS: Guys, watch out.

JENNYE: That looks a little suspicious.

JEANNIE: Oh, my God.

He's got a yellow bag.

ROBERT: Yep, a yellow bag in there.

DENNIS: Does he have a yellow bag?

Yeah, I see it.

PUNKIN: What do you think's in it?

ROBERT: There it goes.

Go get it! Go get it!

D, go get it!

-THERRON: Jeannie! -JENNYE: Go, Jeannie! Go get it, Jeannie!

There you go, Jeannie!

-JENNYE: Go, Jeannie. -BECKYLEE: Bring it back.

It's heavy?

DUSTY: Let's check it out.

-Put it in the middle, guys. -Open it.

-All right, there you go. -Open it, Jeannie.

-PUNKIN: Jeannie, go ahead, girl. -He got it first.

It's for Jeannie.

[cheering]

Okay.

-NICK: Yeah, Jeannie. -Oh, my God. I'm scared.

-[laughs] -THERRON: Me, too.

Nothing to be scared of, girl.

-You were awesome yesterday. -Me, three.

I told you.

Okay, it says,

"On this mountain,

"bravery is rewarded.

"I watched you on the cliff,

"and you traveled the cliff alone.

"You now have

"the power to choose

"who votes at the next

"checkpoint camp vote.

"You can join

"the leaders or the followers

"from the pairs that crossed

"the obstacle.

"Whichever group

"you join must steal

"from someone on the other team tonight,

ending that person's journey to the summit."

Oh, my God.

-That makes sense. Oh, my God. -Oh, my God.

Oh, this is messy. [laughs] Oh, God. This is so messy.

Jeannie's gonna choose between the leaders

and the followers, so if she joins the follower group,

then the followers all get together...

-Yes. -THERRON: ...and vote out one of the leaders.

BECKYLEE: This game

is so unpredictable, and anything could happen.

-Wait, can we... -Or vice versa.

...do a quick refresh of who was a leader

and who was a follower?

I don't like to sit pretty.

I get too antsy. I do want to be in control.

Leaders, raise your hand.

NICK: Yeah, leaders, raise your hand.

And then the followers, raise your hands.

-Oh, my God. -NICK: So, do you...

-Did you follow that? Okay. Okay. -JEANNIE: Yeah.

Uh, I do follow that. This is hard.

ROBERT: Jeannie got a note. After everything that's happened

the last few days, could be a good thing for me.

You know, I was a leader in that challenge,

so if she chooses to go with the leaders,

then I'm safe, but, you know,

I've got to make sure I talk to Jeannie

and-and pitch her, "Hey,

"this is my chance of staying in,

and I'd love for you to help me."

If you go with the leaders,

you're gonna see people's true colors tonight.

-I know. I know. I know. -If you go,

if you go with the followers,

they're gonna send me home.

-Unless... -Yeah, but you don't know that for sure.

There's a lot of people there.

I mean, do you know that for sure?

-No, Jeannie, I know it. -There are

some people in the lead that I do genuinely like

and trust. Um...

-and some people in the... -Then go with the people you trust.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I think if you go with the leaders,

you have stronger characters

who are playing an honest game.

I was just telling her she's got a choice,

and it's, it is her choice,

-and solely her choice. -Yep.

I said to go with the people you trust the most.

If that's leaders, go with them.

If she goes with the leaders,

that leaves the followers...

Nick will protect you.

I will protect you.

I just don't think there's any way in this game

where we are right now that you would ever be able

-to ensure my safety. -Yeah.

You know? You're not,

you're not casting this whole vote.

If she went

with the leaders, that puts my game at risk.

Would Beckylee choose to keep me?

I mean, I put Dennis on the chopping block

next to Geoff. Would he choose to keep me?

So, the selfish side of me

wants her to join my team

on the followers.

JEANNIE: I'm really torn.

This is really hard for me.

From what I'm told,

it was either Dennis or Rob,

but you know what?

Pati was a follower,

and Pati definitely slowing the group down,

so I would shake things up if I picked the leaders.

I really would.

DUSTY: Yeah, it'll work out the way it's supposed to.

We'll see.

I'm gonna piss a lot of people off if I do that.

[wind whistling]

[whistles]

Oh, boy. It's Manu.

-AMY: All right. -DUSTY: Here he comes.

You guys have accomplished

quite a bit in the last day.

ALL: Yeah.

You got snowed in.

-ALL: Yeah. -Welcome to the mountain.

-Yeah. -[laughter]

When you reach that level up there...

...you're gonna start facing things like avalanches,

potentially blizzards.

Oh, great.

MANU: You guys did a good job

moving faster to make up time today,

but you're still behind

and will need to continue picking up the pace

if you want to make it to the summit on time.

So let me ask you about something.

Today you learned about trust.

How did that go?

-PUNKIN: Scary. -JENNYE: Very scary.

It was extremely nerve-racking.

There were lots of places

where the footing was nonexistent.

I heard you struggled.

I did. I did struggle.

There was a moment where I was sitting there,

and I was like, "I don't want to move from this spot."

Cl-- Kind of like a-a cat in a tree

waiting for the fire department to come get her.

[chuckles]

That's exactly what happened. I froze.

But Robert helped me.

He was very, very patient.

How did you feel about having to carry Jennye?

Oh, I didn't have to carry her.

I just had to support her,

and I will support her any day.

I'll support anybody in this group any day.

MANU: What about you, Amy?

Were you a leader?

No, sir. I was a follower,

but I trusted my leader implicitly,

'cause there was one point, um,

I was literally hanging off the cliff

by one arm and one leg.

I looked at Nick and I said...

I wasn't quitting, I just didn't think I could do it.

And Nick took every bit of strength he had

and he pulled me up the mountain with him.

So I'm very grateful.

[sniffles]

I got a feeling, if you make it

to the top of the mountain, you might stop crying.

[laughter]

Crying is okay. [laughs]

But there was one person who didn't have a partner.

OTHERS: Jeannie.

DENNIS: Yeah, Jeannie.

How did you feel about that?

Just right now, I just realized

that you see how each one of you explained

what you did and how you did it,

and you looked at that person's eyes,

and you were laughing, supporting them.

I don't have that. I didn't have that.

I can't look across and tell anybody that I had that.

And I'm such a team player, and I had to

-do this thing on my own. -Yeah.

You know what I did? The only thing I did is,

I thought about my family, you know?

-PUNKIN: Mm-hmm. -And that got me through it.

My kids, my husband,

and that's it.

But it-it does, it does stink, you know, it hurts. It hurts.

Well, not only did Jeannie make her way to the top,

she got a visit from the mountain's keeper.

-Yeah. -So, for her bravery,

Jeannie has a decision to make.

Put your hand up if you were one of the leaders.

Put your hand up if you were one of the followers.

Okay.

Because Jeannie has a choice

right now to choose

either the leaders

or the followers.

She's gonna join that group,

and you're gonna select the person

from whom you're gonna steal the money

and send off this mountain.

What's going into your decision?

Me trusting them is a big part, and them

really trusting me now.

MANU: And do you think you have

the same opinion of this group

before this obstacle today?

Or did the obstacle change your mind?

JEANNIE: It definitely

changed my mind a lot,

but...

I have to do what's right for me and for my game.

And so that's why I'm gonna pick the team that I'm picking.

Is it going to be...

the followers or the leaders?

Oh, my God.

[wind whistling]

MANU: Jeannie has a decision to make.

Either the leaders

or the followers.

JEANNIE: I have to do what's right for me

and for my game, and so

that's why I'm gonna pick the team that I'm picking.

So, since I'm closest to the followers...

...I'm gonna pick the followers.

Yay.

Sorry.

MANU: Okay, followers.

Jeannie's gonna join you,

and between the six of you,

you're gonna make a decision.

Come on, guys. Let's go over there.

MANU: You got to talk about

who it is you're gonna vote

off the mountain.

JEANNIE: There's just a couple people

in there that

I don't know if I could totally still trust

to get to the summit with,

and that's why I want to pick the followers.

How does it feel having a target on your backs?

This game is anything but predicable.

Anything can happen,

but I'm choosing to trust the people

that I have put my trust in.

I think there's two of us who are very worried

on the bench right now.

A lot of uncertainty being on this side

-when you don't have a vote. -Mm-hmm.

DENNIS: Sucks.

ROBERT: I know my name is being

thrown out there, and I know

people are making me a target,

and it's got me worried.

JEANNIE: All right, so what are we thinking here?

THERRON: I know it sounds weird, but, like, I think

-that whole bench is stacked. -Yeah.

No matter who we get rid of tonight,

it's going to be someone that is strong

-in our group. -I mean, if we're looking at physical threats, obviously

Nick and Dusty are gonna be the two bigger guys.

I honestly would not have made it through that obstacle

if it weren't for Nick.

I just don't know, in this moment,

how I could vote for Nick.

I think we need to keep strength on the team

until we get further up the mountain.

-It's only gonna get harder. -Yep.

JEANNIE: So, um, Rob?

He told me, you know,

"I'm working with you. I'm working with Geoff."

I came in this game saying,

"Your word is your bond."

Once that is broken for me, the trust is gone,

and if I can't trust you in this game, then

what do I have?

AMY: I also was upset with Rob.

I physically saw him tell Geoff, "I got you,"

and then I saw him go with the majority.

However, Dennis

lied to Manu.

He did throw Geoff's name out first.

We know Dennis is a liar.

We don't necessarily know

that Rob is a liar.

Dennis, he's lied,

but I think his actions

have spoken very humbly.

-Yeah. -Like, if he said he's gonna do something,

he's just been doing it.

What it's coming down to right now, I would say,

-is Rob or Dennis. -OTHERS: Yeah.

THERRON: And are we going with someone

who we know is lying to our face,

or are we going with someone who may say they're with us...

PUNKIN: Until he doesn't want to be, right.

THERRON: You know what I mean? Is he gonna be with me

-when the majority isn't? Question mark. -AMY: Yep. Yep.

JENNYE: I think that Rob looked shifty

from his own doing, but Dennis

is a known liar.

Having someone you absolutely 100%

know you can't trust, that is crippling.

Not even Dennis's friends trust Dennis.

BECKYLEE: They're coming back.

-DENNIS: Yeah. -ROBERT: Yeah.

Well, welcome back.

It seems like

the followers have decided

which of the leaders

is going to leave the mountain tonight.

So, what we're gonna do is,

I'm gonna name some people

on the leaders' side.

When you hear their name,

if it's the person you want to vote

off the mountain,

raise a hand.

Let's start with Beckylee.

If you want to vote Beckylee off the mountain,

raise a hand.

Looks like you're safe.

Dusty.

You're safe, Dusty.

Nick.

Okay. [sighs]

Well, Dennis, Robert.

Plead your case.

DENNIS: I really hope

it's not my time 'cause

I still got a lot of fight in me.

I still want to get to know you guys a little bit better.

You all know me. You all know my heart.

That's what I bring to this team.

Hopefully I can continue to bring that to this team.

MANU: Okay.

Raise your hand if it's Dennis

you want to send off the mountain.

Raise a hand if it's Robert

that you want to vote off the mountain.

MANU: That's five votes.

Robert,

before you go,

what do you want to say to the group?

I wish you all

would have weighed my heart.

But I'm gonna tell you this, y'all.

Some people are playing with their head,

and some people are playing with the heart,

and if you're playing with your heart, it's not too late

to band together.

MANU: Robert,

your time on the mountain's come to an end.

JENNYE: It came down

to the liar and the almost liar.

But apparently trust means nothing

because we kept Dennis, who lies about everything.

Go to the tent. Grab your stuff.

ROBERT: It sucks to

be cut short of the adventure.

It stings right now. It hurts right now,

but, you know, it's not the adventure

that took me out.

It was the game play.

Kick ass.

I wish it wasn't cut so short.

[groans] Seven days.

I wish I could have done all 14

and seen it through

with some amazing people.

Um, but I'm not.

Anything that we do can choose

to build us up or tear us down, so I'm gonna

choose to take the amazing things from this adventure

and help it build me up.

JEANNIE: Okay.

DENNIS: So, the Korean cockroach

survived another day.

And let me tell you, it feels good.

I might not have been as open

and aggressive as I wanted to

in this game,

but it's working in my favor,

and I'm still here. Top ten, baby.

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Snow's getting deeper, you guys.

JENNYE: I don't see them.

I don't see Amy or Pati.

[screams]

I'm stuck between this rock.

[grunts] Oh, my God.

[Jeannie screaming]

-DENNIS: Oh, my God! Oh, my God! -[crying]

-JENNYE: Therron. Therron. -I know, I know, I know.

-I'm sorry. -Well, congratulations

for reaching the halfway mark to the summit.

-[cheering] -MANU: I told you a rule on the first day.

The mountain keeper's been watching,

so tonight we're gonna have a different vote.

Are you kidding me?

-JENNYE: Oh... what? -[crying]

DENNIS: I think they just

killed the Korean cockroach

and just woke up the Korean bull.