All language subtitles for SAS.Australia.S02E01.Ego.WEBRip.7plus.en

Walk, walk, walk, walk.

Sit.

SHAUN DOOLEY (NARRATES):
Selection for the SAS...

is a test like no other.

For some celebrities
this is a TV show.

It's not for us.

It's real.

They are in for a horrible time.

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Get comfortable being uncomfortable!

A new group of celebrity recruits
have volunteered

to put their privileged
lives behind.

Strip!
Get a shift on!

You like heights?
Not really.

This course is unforgiving.

It's dangerous.

It's designed to find out
what they can handle.

They'll be put through a tougher.

Stop!

More intense selection course
than ever before.

Let's go!

(SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS)

The enemy is coming!

Chief instructor Ant Middleton.

I've led multiple tier
one operations,

I've taken out high value targets.

And his team of directing staff...

We've been to war zones
all over the world.

..will make no excuses.

Break!

We don't who you are,
where you've been,

where you've come from.

Your place is questionable
on this course!

Move as fast as you can!

Only the toughest will survive.

This is not a game!

You had your (BLEEP) chance!

I told you!

We're gonna find out

who they really are...

and so will they.

(SIREN WAILS)

No other test asks as much.

You're a (BLEEP) AFL player,
remember that!

Or means as much.

It's killing me.

To the few who make it through.

In a top-secret location
a new group of celebrities

are about to embark
on the toughest test of their lives.

They have enrolled
on a condensed version

of a special force's
selection course.

A brutal process
that will physically and mentally

strip them right back to the core.

Only the most resilient will pass.

I do not give two flying (BLEEP)

who these celebrities are.

Come on, move!
Keep your heads down.

I don't want
to know about your beautiful life.

How much money you earn...

Sit down.
..how many followers you've got.

Keep your head down, look down.

Do not think
that this is to boost your career.

Just walk, you're not dancing,
just walk.

We've been there, done it.

It's real for us.

Move.

You have to get
into that military mindset.

Put your arms down, arms down.

Keep your head down, Donald.

If you come here
for the wrong reasons,

we will make you suffer
before we (BLEEP) you off.

What are you (BLEEP) looking at?

Being a professional tennis player,
the prize money is incredible.

You play hard, you work hard.

It's as simple as that.

But then, in the media they push
that whole playboy lifestyle

which was bullshit.

So, this is an opportunity
to really get to know me.

People probably know me

because
of my ex-husband.

My marriage to Jeffrey Edelsten.

I was 25, he was 65,
40 years difference.

But it was
a very, very lonely relationship.

I went six years without sex.

That's not normal.

Calm down.

My job as a chef
is very similar to, uh, the army.

You know you've...

there's one boss in the kitchen,

and you just zip it.

It's, "Yes, chef."

So, on this course, I would be
a "Yes, chef," kind of guy.

Look up.

Being a dual Olympian in both

winter and summer Olympics for me

is definitely one of my highlights.

I'm very driven,
very goal orientated

but I'm also a mouse
in some circumstances.

I get scared really easily.

I get nervous really easily.

(BLEEP) hell, look back down.

I hope I've got what it takes.

Look up.

I think there would be
a lot of people surprised

to see a musician doing this.

I'm 51 now,

so I think I've just got
to be smart about it.

Don't try to be gung-ho

and try and compete
with the younger guys

'cause that's just probably
not gonna happen.

Use my brain a lot more.

You asleep?

Look up, man.

I've been playing professional

AFL football for 16 years.

So, the physical stuff

is not the scariest part,

probably the... the mental stuff is.

Fighting that... that in your head

saying like, "Oh, I can't do this
or, nah, it's not possible."

It is gonna be mentally
a huge challenge.

A special forces soldier
is the thinking soldier.

You could be the fittest,
you could be the strongest,

but the moment
we start chipping away at this,

we're left with mush.

There he is.

How well can you control
your emotions?

You're (BLEEP) smiling now?

How well do you know your emotions?

What are your weaknesses,
what are your insecurities?

Are you willing to share them?

Are you scared?

If you're not,
then, you're just living a lie.

The last 18 months,
I felt like a loser.

My marriage broke down,

I just retired from sport.

My ex-father-in-law
taken an AVO against me

and whether you like it or not,
losing can become a habit.

So, I'm here
because I want to show myself

I can still be a winner.

I'll see what I've got again.

Right behind you is a plastic box.

In that box is a set of overalls.

Put those overalls on,

over the top of your kit
that you've got on now.

If you need to take your shoes off
do it quickly.

Let's get it done. Go on.

Celebrities differ from normal folk
because of their egos.

Hurry up.

Because of this persona
that they have to put on.

Come on, let's move!

On selection,
egos stripped from day dot.

No-one is any better or any worse
than anyone else.

To realise
where the (BLEEP) you are,

strip away your ego
before we strip it away for you.

Right, turn around.

Oi, turn around.

Were you asked to move?

You gonna be a problem to us?

'Cause I'll (BLEEP) drill you
into the ground,

you'll pop up in the UK!

Start (BLEEP) switching on
from this moment onwards.

Realise where the (BLEEP) you are.

You're about to enter
a whole world of pain and suffering.

And not saying that
to (BLEEP) scare you,

I'm saying that to prepare you
for what's about to come.

I like to call this exercise

stripping you of your egos

because that is exactly
what will happen.

All of you, you're about
to get tear gassed.

Tiny little crystal particles
are gonna enter your body

through your eyes,
through your ears,

through your nose,

through your mouth
and into your lungs.

Do not (BLEEP) panic.

If you panic, you'll hyperventilate

and you will pass out
with gas in your system.

And then I'll have to reach
into your mouths,

pull your tongues
from the back of your throats

to let some air circulate
to revive you.

Everyone thinks they're hardcore
until they get (BLEEP) gassed.

Turn back around.

Move, let's go!

First to be exposed

is troubled socialite
is Brynne Edelsten.

I've just had literally
the worst year of my life.

Pull that rig in
over the back of your head.

When I was hurting,

and when things were like
killing me inside.

Do exactly as you're told.

To have it reported on,

that really sucks.

In saying that,

you don't really know
how strong you are

until you have absolutely
no other choice.

In you come. Come to me.

Turning, there.

OK. Breathing OK?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Intimidating, OK.

Gassing is exactly
what the enemy use

to stop you in your tracks

and to stop you functioning
on the battlefield.

From most of the recruits
this will be the first time

they've been exposed.

OK, listen to me.

I'm gonna give you
some simple instructions

when I say take off your aspirator,

you'll take it off
and put it on your left arm.

That's your left arm there, OK.

And just look at me

and answer the questions
that I ask you,

nice and clear.

OK?
OK.

Understand?
Yes.

Take off your aspirator.

The moment
you take that first breathe in...

it almost suffocates you
from the inside out.

OK, so what's your name?

Brynne.
Brynne what?

Edelsten.

You can't breathe, you can't see.

You're completely disabled.

And what do you do Brynne?

I just need a moment!

What? I can't hear.

Just (MUMBLES)...

I can't breathe.

What do you do?

This (MUMBLES)...
What?

I can't breathe, I can't breathe,
help me, help me.

Please help me.

Calm down, calm down.
Please.

To me, to me.

Do not touch your face.

And it's about
how they're going to deal

with that sheer sense of panic.

Move!

How are you going
to deal with yourself

when your body is shutting down?

Do not rub your face.

OK.

Get a grip of yourself.

Next to be put to the test

is controversial
ex-politician Emma Husar.

I was slut shamed
viciously and relentlessly

out of my job.

Being accused in the parliament
of flashing my colleague

and his infant son
whilst I wasn't wearing underwear

in what the media termed,
the "Sharon Stone."

That really disempowered me.

It took away my agency.

Look at me, hey, it's a bit rude
not to look at someone.

What's your name?
Emma!

(STRUGGLES TO SPEAK)
Emma, Emma who?

What do you do, Emma?

I was a poli...

(COUGHS)
Politician?

What do you do?

(COUGHS)
What do you do?

There's (BLEEP) nothing wrong
with you, come here!

Stand here, stop, stop!

Better toughen the (BLEEP) up.

Screw you to every person
who has ever underestimated me.

Ever doubted my integrity
or my ability to do anything.

Move!

As the brutality
of the course sinks in...

champion tennis player Alicia Molik
makes her way toward the chamber.

I think the public perception of me

is, "Oh, there's Alicia there,

all-round nice girl
who plays tennis.

But there's definitely
a selfish side to me.

I think I had to become that way
to get better at my craft.

Alright, follow detail.

Stand right there.

I think
that's what will really help me

during this course.

Look at me.

What's your name?
Alicia!

Alicia, what do you do Alicia?

I'm a tennis coach.

You're a tennis coach?

Yeah.

What's the matter?

You OK?

Look at me, where you going?

Stand still, look at me.

Don't panic, don't panic.

Get the (BLEEP)
out of that situation, let's go!

I know I have limitations,
but I want to be fearless,

overcome some obstacles.

Get a grip of yourself!
Get up.

Open your eyes you (BLEEP) nuts!

Let's go.

I don't know what it is about pain
but it's appealing.

Compose yourself.

Do not touch your face
because all you will do

is push crystals
back into your eyes.

Get a grip of yourself.

I suggest you do something
with that (BLEEP) hair as well.

Stop there.

Chin in first, pull the webbing up.

You do it, I'm not doing it for you.

Stepping into SAS selection
as an actor

is quite interesting undertaking.

There's no acting
on this course for me.

This is Dan Ewing.

So, what does Dan Ewing do

when he is sleep deprived,

what will Dan do
when he hasn't eaten,

when he's freezing
cold getting screamed at,

called all sorts of things?

Step in.

What does Dan Ewing do
when his back is against the wall?

Stay where you are.
I didn't say move, did I?

OK, so, what's your name?

Dan. (COUGHS)

Dan.
Dan what?

Dan Ewing.

Alright so what do you do, Dan?

(COUGHS) Actor.

Actor?
Yeah, yes, sir.

Is you like a Hollywood star?
Sir!

Yeah, what have you...
what have you done?

'Occupation Rainfall'.

Occupation rapist?
Rainfall.

Oh, rainfall?

Who's the...

who's the other big actors
you've worked with, anyone?

Dylan O'Brien.

Never heard of him.

I have nothing to prove doing SAS.

I'm doing SAS because I choose to.

Come here, dreamboat. Get here.

I'm really great
at my mental health,

spiritual health.

I keep my emotions in check.

Move.
Ah!

Go all the way in.

Now, I'm just gonna let it come
and see what flows.

Recover.

Do not touch your face.

Standing by for exposure

is notorious surf gang member

Bra Boy, Koby Abberton.

Koby?
Abberton.

Abberton, OK, OK.

So, what do you do, Kob?
I'm a surfer.

I realise as a young age

that I didn't have anything

and if I don't make it as a surfer

there ain't much
I'm gonna make it at.

You what, you surf the net
or you surf the ocean?

Surf the big waves.
The big waves!

I'm probably a hard man
to deal with, yeah?

I know I'm a hard man.

(INAUDIBLE),
does a bit doesn't it, yeah?

So, we all have character flaws,

you know, and some people speak
to you like shit.

Come with me.

And some people
in areas of authority

they talk to you like shit.

Move, let's go.

But if you're going
into an SAS course

to get the best out of you,

sometimes you need
to be screamed at.

Move!

And I've got four brothers, mate,

so I've been screamed at me
whole life.

Just do as you're (BLEEP) told.

It's very simple.

So far,
the celebrities are struggling

to combat
the burning effect of chemicals

inside their lungs, eyes, and mouth.

As the process of breaking them

all down is well and truly underway.

What's your name?
Jessica.

Jessica what?
Peris.

What do you do, Jess?
Sprinter.

Sprinter? You OK there?

Chemical and biological warfare

is real warfare.

(COUGHS)

In the real world
when we train and fight

in a gas environment,

there's a possibility
that your respirator may break.

We still need to be able to operate.

I'm a lifeguard.

You look like a Viking.

Isabelle Cornish.

What do you do?
I'm an actor.

You're an actor?

You OK there?
No.

Yeah.

I'm looking for someone
that can just hold it together,

control their self
and carry out a functional task

which will inevitably
safe their life.

Don't (BLEEP) touch your face.

It's for your own good
believe it or not.

You can't do that if you've turned
into a headless chicken.

(COUGHS)

Stand there, do not touch your face!

Open your eyes, follow me, come on!

As an athlete, I love the fact

that I made
my first world champs team

in my first year running.

I love the fact
that my first Olympics

I won a medal.

Stand still.

My first... my first Commonwealth
Games I won two gold medals.

That's it, suck in the air
'cause you're gonna need it.

I'm talking so loud right now, man,
I've got to back this shit up.

Yeah.

Stop fidgeting as well.

Stand still.

Start applying
a bit of discipline to yourself.

Oi, (BEEP) stop moving,
stop touching your faces.

If you need
to get it out of your system.

You do it here, is that understood?

Is that understood?
Yeah.

Is that understood?

Do you not (BLEEP)
touch your face again

cause I'll (BLEEP) touch your face

and then you'll see
how (BLEEP) bad it gets!

Do not touch your face!

Listen to simple instructions.

Last to be exposed.

Stand there.

Is disgraced NRL star, Sam Burgess.

Some of my mistakes

they've... they've been played out
in the media.

Get on your knees.

The most recent was DUI charges.

They found cocaine in my system
whilst I was driving my car.

Up.

Pretty embarrassing.

Pretty embarrassed about that.

Come in.

Sometimes it's hard to self-reflect.

You're a big lad, isn't ya? Jesus.

It doesn't even fit
your face, does it?

Take off your respirator.

(COUGHS)

OK, what's your... what's your name?

Sam Burgess. (COUGHS)

Sam Burgess?
Yeah.

And what do you do, Sam?

(CHOKES) Retired athlete.

You do what?

Retired athlete.

A retired athlete?

Stop (BLEEP) spitting on my foot.

Hey, look at me,
stop spitting on my foot.

You OK?

Come with... come with me.

I think in life you lose things...

whether it's people,
material things, your job.

All the way, let's go.

Or a bit of your pride,
or a bit of your ego.

Right, stand still,
listen to me, listen to me,

you do not need to do anything.

And your job is to just get back

on your feet and keep going.

I'm learning that.

Stand still. Do not talk.

Everyone listen in.

Everything that we tell you
to do, do it.

'Cause most of you
have just shown us

how undisciplined you are.

I'm on you, I'm watching you

to see
if you're tiny little brains...

can take on
the smallest bit of information.

When I say go, you will strip down
to your underwear,

put your trainers back on
and stand exactly how you are.

Wait, did I say go?

Listen to (BLEEP)
simple instructions.

What is (BLEEP) wrong with you lot?

Go!

Start switching on
'cause you're pissing me off.

Celebrities come with massive ego
which doubles up as a front.

Hurry up.

It's like they're protective layer.

Come on, hurry up.

But the probably that you get
with that protective layer is them

being disillusioned into thinking

their past life and achievements
will help them.

It won't.

Mum's ain't gonna be here
to tidy up for you or your servants,

whatever you've got.

The only thing that will help them
is them being true to themselves.

Come on let's go,
follow on, follow on!

It's about
what they've got inside them.

Go, come on.

So, their egos need to be left
at the door to be honest with you.

It ain't gonna help 'em here.

Coming up.

Everybody, strip.

If you're here
to increase your profile.

You might as well (BLEEP) off!

Go!
A brutal dressing down.

Do you think
this is a (BLEEP) gameshow?

Get it into your head!

And Sam Burgess...

Two days after I retired

I separated my marriage.

..comes clean.

I had had an affair with a girl,
a woman in Melbourne.

Yeah, it's true.

18 celebrities
have chosen to take part

in the elite special force's
selection course.

Come on (BLEEP) move it,
get in there!

For the next 14 days,
they will eat,

sleep and train
at this remote compound.

Do not step over the white rocks.

Arriving exhausted and stripped down
to their underwear

they are still suffering the effects
of a brutal tear gassing exercise.

Put your respirators
on your bergens.

Actually, gas masks for the civvies.

I didn't say talk.

I will formally introduce myself.

I am your chief instructor
on this course.

By my side and directly by my side
are the directing staff.

You will address us as staff
at all times.

Is that understood?
ALL: Yes, staff!

We do not give a (BLEEP)
about who you are,

where you've been, what you've done.

The slate is wiped clean
for each and every one of you.

It's down to you to prove to us
you're either (BLEEP) wits

or you've actually got something
about you up here

to get through this course.

And my guess is the majority
of you are (BLEEP) wits.

It's down to you to prove us wrong.

The failure rate for selection

is about 95% to 97%.

We're the most elite soldiers
in the world.

On the last course,
three people passed.

I'll be shocked
if three of you pass this course.

It takes a certain mindset
to do the job that we do.

It's all about what's up here.

And that's why we're classed
as the thinking soldier.

Breaking things down,
tiny attention to detail.

I'm gonna drill into you,

I'm gonna be on you like a rash.

We have our credibility
and reputations to uphold.

And we uphold our promise

of giving you
the most authentic experience

of Special Forces operators
that we can.

So, you know what it takes...

to be on the battlefield
with your muckers.

How much are you willing
to sacrifice to get the job done

ie, yourselves.

If you waste our time

we will simply (BLEEP) you off.

It's as simple as that.

Alright, listen in to the DS.

OK, listen and listen
very carefully.

I'll only tell you this once.

That green thing
sat in front of you.

Look at it. It's called a bergen.

I don't want anyone to call it
a (BLEEP) bag or anything else.

It's a bergen. Comprende?

Yes, staff.
OK.

When I point to you, you will sprint

at the speed of a thousand gazelles.

Stand right there.

And this is the only time

you will have the pleasure
to take a shower with me.

You there.

I'm washing the gas away for you.

Thank you, staff.

Thank you, staff.
You're welcome.

Turn round.

Sprint back. You.

Just back a bit.

You're too close to me,
you (BLEEP) scare me.

I don't think anyone in Australia
expects me to be a good soldier.

But I'm OK if I try something

and I'm like, "OK, I suck at it."

Turn round.

Actually, there's a lot of things
that I try

and I'm not even sure
what I'm good at yet.

Maybe this is it though,
I've got to have a talent, yeah?

OK, barbie, off you pop.

Next!

(INAUDIBLE).

You are the viking!

I am the son of,
Grant Kenny and Lisa Curry Kenny.

I've done surf life saving

for my entire life which my dad did.

Turn round.

I am confident, competitive.

In my eyes if you're not first,
you're last.

Thank you, staff.
Thank you, staff.

Next, come on, big man.

Let's go.

I'm not being anything
but a realist in this

and the only way I will stop

is if my body gives in.

Turn around.

Until I get to that position

I'm going as hard as I can,
trust me.

Thank you, staff.
Disappear.

Next.

This is a massive mental challenge

for a lot of people.

Right, everybody strip.

That means take everything off!

Everything.

Everybody's kind
of trying to keep their modesty,

trying to keep
as much covered up as possible.

Dry yourself,
get your (BLEEP) clothes on.

Image concerned is gone.

Ego, vanity,
just goes out the window.

Come on, it shouldn't take
all (BLEEP) day.

It becomes a game of survival now.

And every single one of them
will be thinking

I don't know if I'm gonna last this.

Right, listen in,
when I call out your name,

you'll be given a number.

That number is your identifier
for the duration of this course.

Husar!
Staff.

Oi, come here, I've got your number.

Thank you, staff.
Right, hurry up, go on.

Edelsten.

Thank you, staff.

Feidel.

Thank you, staff.

Burgess.

I'm excited to go and be a number.

Nothing else counts.

The ego is gone.

Where you've been,

what you've done, who you are.

I'm really looking forward
to that bit.

Mmm.

You've got three outs.

One you VW,

you voluntarily withdraw yourself
from the course.

You take your number off
and you hand it to one of the DS.

It's a posh way of saying I quit.

Two, we will (BLEEP) you off.

We will cull you.

You're just not good enough.
You're too weak.

The third out
is that you complete this course.

This is where it starts.

Right, get your bergens on.

In order to familiarise

the recruits with the strict rules
of camp life...

Go on then.

..DS Foxy gives them
a tour of the base.

One straight line like that
in front of me,

facing me, push back.

Right.

This is your home.

It's also ours as well.

That's where we live.

The white rock,

that is for the duty recruit

who I will nominate in a minute.

If you need to speak to us,

you'll stand at that rock

and you'll shout towards
that area there.

That's where the doctor lives

and the only reason
you go to see him

is if your legs are hanging off
or arms are hanging off.

Not for broken nails.

If you've got a proper problem, OK?

ALL: Yes, staff!

Those are your toilets.

That's where you go
for a piss and a shit.

That place is kept tidy.

Life on base is (BLEEP)

almost prehistoric.

I don't want to see shit
lying anywhere.

Shit in a bucket,
wash in a sink, live on a camp bed.

Right, this is your accommodation.

This is where you live.

You're not gonna be clean,
you're not gonna smell nice.

When you are here you make sure
these wood burners are burning

and the only stuff
hanging up is wet kit.

I think the base is gonna depress
them even more than the gassing is.

Right, the duty recruit,
starting from now is you at the end,

number one.

Yes, staff.

You are responsible
for being the mouthpiece

for all you lot to us,
does that make sense?

ALL: Yes, staff.

Right, smile.

ALL: Yes, staff.

Guys, who's good at making fires?

Yep, I'm...

Anyone good at making fires? Manu.

I'm, Jana, by the way.

You're what?
I'm Jana.

Brynne.
Hi, Brynne.

Introduce myself,
you're the AFL guy right?

Alicia.
(LAUGHS) How you going?

Oh, my god.

I've got such a body dysmorphia.

So, I had g string on,
I didn't think about it.

Oh, anyway...

I thought that I had left
a sports bra in with my stuff

'cause I brought an extra sports bra
to wear like today and I didn't,

'cause it's like my bra
was too small

and my nipples
kept coming out the top.

Do you know what's really funny?

We just (BLEEP)
took tear gas to the face.

Yeah, I know.

Some cats coped with it well, mate.

Some cats just rolled in
like it was all good.

Really?
I was buckled bra.

I had just gone...
(MAKES NOISE)

I could feel it
all cranking behind me,

getting hot in my skin.

Oh, god. (LAUGHS)

It's ridiculous, aye.

It's a big freakin hole.

Is there newspaper?

A magazine...

Just, I'll read the news
on my iPhone.

Oh, my god.

So, we can have a conversation.

Just don't make eye contact.

(LAUGHS)

The glory box.
Oh, my god.

This is so good.

You know what though,

I've never had a better view
taking a crap.

(LAUGHS)

The most beautiful birds.

Well, at least I can,
uh, tell stories

when I'm old that I had to shit
with Mark Philippoussis by my side.

You are... you are very gentlemen
to have a shit with,

like zero noise.

(LAUGHS)

Next...

You split up with the missus

and then what happened?

Turned to drinking, taking drugs.

Since then, there's like

a police investigation into me.

Oh, (BLEEP) me.

Who's a snorer in here?

Yeah, me, I'm a bad snorer.
Sorry, guys.

Oh, yeah.

It's almost the end of a rough
first day on SAS selection.

Perfect fit. (LAUGHS)
What's that?

I said perfect fit.
This is us.

And the celebrities
are still adjusting

to their uncomfortable surrounds
and to each other.

Who's a bad snorer?

I snore, man.

I snore sometimes
when I'm really tired.

I'm really sorry
that you're sleeping next to me.

I think there will be
lots of farting and snoring

and all sorts of noise in here.

Yeah.

Meanwhile, the DS
take the opportunity

to share insights
and assess the recruits

on today's brutal tear gassing task.

Let's run through

who has highlighted themselves
in a negative way.

So, number three

was just all over the shop for me.

From the moment
she came out of the (BLEEP) gas,

(INAUDIBLE) around.

Yeah, three was a complete cluster
(BLEEP).

Drip.

A drip in and a bag of shit
all over the place.

Number one?

She sucked all the (BLEEP) gas

out of the room

and then ended up on her knees
trying to crawl out.

She was struggling.

She seems switched on,
I could be wrong.

But I'm gonna say that
for the time being.

Alright. Number two.

In the gas chamber this morning,

he had the initial first breath in,

I could see the shock on his face.

But then he... he got control of it.

I was impressed with him with that.

He'd be a good recruit

but he's either gonna hold it in

or he's gonna explode.

Number 16?

He took it bad.

Hey, look at me.

Stop spitting on the floor.

I want to say he was bent over

snotting all over the floor.

Probably one of the worst in there.

Interesting.

He's... he's one to keep an eye on.

I mean, the gas ain't nice,
but we might want to dig into.

Yep, bring number 16 in.

Surprised
by the biggest male reacting

so strongly to the tear gas

Number 16.

The DS plan to dig deeper
into Sam Burgess.

"Sam Burgess plays
with broken cheek bone."

Wow, that's hard core.

Follow me.

"Forced into retirement
from the NRL.

"Staggering new details emerge
after Sam Burgess

"allegedly failed
a roadside drug test."

You stand here
with your hands against there.

We will ask you
awkward questions,

don't hide anything from us
because ultimately we will find out.

Turn to your left,
put your hands out, that's it.

We will (BLEEP) find out
who you are.

We will dig so far
into their souls...

that when we put the mirror
in front of them,

they're gonna run
or they're going to embrace it.

I guarantee you,
honesty is the best policy.

Move across.

However, not a lot of people
are honest with themselves.

Down.

What the (BLEEP)
happened to your head?

Oh, I've played sport
for 14 or 15 years.

Mm-hm.

Um, rugby league
and tiny bit of rugby union.

Uh, pretty physical game
so took a few knocks.

You're retired now?

Yeah, I am.
Never to go back?

I can't go back.
Why?

Um I... I got septic arthritis
in my left shoulder.

Um, I didn't realise what it was,

by the time we went in
and had a look in surgery

it was just too far gone.

The surgeon, um, advised me
to retire there

and then but it was mid-year,

we were,

um, we were top of the ladder,

I was captain of the club.

I had three or four years left

on the contract,

so it was, it was a bit
of a knife to the heart.

So, I couldn't accept it.

So, I tried to go back and play

and I... I knew two games
in I could not do my job anyway.

So, I retired.

How did that feel?
It was shit.

How did you deal with it?

Um, I didn't really.

I didn't really deal with it.

I struggled.
You still struggling now with it?

Yeah, I think, yeah, I am.

Yeah?

Big time, yeah.

Also, two days after I retired

I separated my marriage.

So, I...

Oh, (BLEEP) me.
Yeah, Yeah.

So, you've... you hit it hard then.

Yeah.
Was that already on its way out.

Yeah, a little bit, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

I don't think

I was a greatest husband at times.

Um, I embarrassed my wife.

Yeah, I had...

I had an affair with a girl,
a woman in Melbourne.

Yep, it's true.

I did that.

I was away, I was away on tour
and, um, regretfully that happened.

Which would of been, um...

would have been, uh, a...

tough pace for Phoebe to be.

Mmm.

You split up with the missus
and then what happens?

Do you think to yourself,
do you know what...

just, do you know what,

I'm just gonna go
and enjoy to myself

and that went wrong?

Or do you think you went down
a bit of a path of destruction?

Uh, I didn't have
to manage it really,

uh, I'm not great
with managing emotional,

um, stuff,
well, anything to do with,

um, my team,
myself, the stress outside football,

I can manage it no worries,
press, I don't mind about that.

But then when it came
to emotional stuff

where I'm losing my kids

and I've got two kids,

and I don't see my kids every day.

Um, my marriage breaks down

and that put pressure on my ex-wife,

I didn't like that

that I... I damaged
those people in...

Affecting your family.

Yeah, I didn't like that.

I hated that I caused pain
for other people

that I couldn't manage.

So, where are you know
in the journey?

Well, um,
I... I've actually put myself

into rehab for four weeks.

I just completed 28 days of rehab

just because my last 18 months

have been cr... like, crazy.

Everything I touched turned to shit,

um, and then I, I decided
to get back on my feet

and start coaching again.

We started doing well.

I got given a head coaching role,

a lot of things
were put in the press

about my ex-wife
and ex father-in-law.

Consequently I... I had to stand down
from both roles.

So, I lost it all again.

And since then, um, there's like
a police investigation into me,

about some behaviour
that she's claimed

and just in... in that time,
I totally lost myself a bit.

Yeah.

What do you turn to?

I turned to drinking.

I was taking drugs.

I thought I could...

I thought I could manage that,

but it got to a point

where I then got pulled DUI

with drugs in my system.

Um, which is
all over

the press again, which stops me

from seeing
my kids again

and then
I just

checked myself into rehab.

Do you know what?

People like us
we've got addicted personalities

and when we get addicted
to the right things,

we absolutely smash them out
of the ballpark.

That's work, whether that's family,

whatever it may be.

But the moment

that addiction turns negative

then we (BLEEP)
go on a path of destruction.

I left the military,
I ended up in prison.

Same as you.

(BLEEP) alcohol, fighting, prison.

Before you know it,
you've (BLEEP) lost everything.

Yeah, I have. I've lost it all.

Best thing for you to do

is to forget about
all that outside noise

at the moment or be present here,

'cause you'll learn an awful lot
about yourself I reckon.

You're not too dissimilar
from the people around you

just remember that.

I'm hoping this course
is gonna help me see

a bit deeper inside myself.

Go back to the core values,
to the real person who... who I am.

Guard!

I have this theory of life
that it's peaks and valleys

and its ups and downs and sometimes
you just don't know

when the peaks are at the top

and you don't know
how far down the valley might go.

Just come forward a bit.

Yeah, but one thing I do know
is that you've just got to start.

This out of everything
will be the rehab or rehabs

if he gets through this.

Well, I hope so. Yeah.
Do you know that?

I left service when I was 31,

I was in prison when I was 33
and it's like (BLEEP) hell.

I look at him and I'm just like,
do you know what I mean?

(LAUGHS)

He just seems...

Hopefully, he'll realise it

and... and... and get back up
to where he belongs.

If he's willing to go there.

Exactly.

Thank you, staff.

You've just got to keep going,
one foot in front of the other.

Yeah, maybe this could be
the start of me

climbing my way out of the valley.

Come on, square your shit away.

Alright, let's go.

It's day two of SAS Selection...

and the recruits
have been taken off site

to face a fierce and dangerous test
of physical and mental endurance.

BILLY: Go!

Get out and find your bergens.

To prepare them for what's ahead.

Let's go, get up his ass,
come on, move!

Start standing in line,
hurry up in the back!

DS Foxy briefs the recruits
on what's expected of them.

Right, stop talking,

let's get one thing clear
from the beginning.

If you're here to inflate your egos

or increase your profiles
you might as well (BLEEP) off.

Because quite frankly
there are easier ways

to impress your (BLEEP) partners.

In the special forces,
you're expected to carry out tasks,

during those tasks there is an awful

lot of outside noise
and interference

that you need to forget about
to get a job done.

Is that understood?
ALL: Yes, staff.

To that end you are now
gonna be seeing a demo,

I'm not gonna talk you through it

but what you need to do
is pay attention

to what the DS is doing.

Does that make sense?

ALL: Yes, staff.

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Chief instructor Ant

will now demonstrate
the first Ariel task.

The helicopter ladder crossing
is about holding your nerve.

We're asking the recruits
to lower themselves onto a ladder

that goes underneath a helicopter
and make their way across it

and lift themselves
back up into the other side.

It's not really a complicated task

but there's so many elements

that can distract you.

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

The height,

the water,

the rotary blade
that's smashing down on you.

They're gonna be shit scared.

It's about zoning yourself out.

Can they follow simple instructions

and ignore
all these noises and distractions

to get the job done?

Let's go, let's go!

You will be first.

Thank you, staff.

Forced to take the lead.

Move, let's go, move.

Is recruit number six,
celebrity chef, Manu.

Running kitchens

is a stressful environment.

You've got so much to think about...

quality of the food,

the guy on the fish,
the guy on the meat,

the guy on the veg.

And if you couldn't handle it,
F off.

In the kitchen
you've got to stay calm

and handle the pressure.

It's pretty much like this. (LAUGHS)

Let's go! Move!

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Let's go, come on!

As number six moves cautiously
to mentally block out distraction...

physically he must
remain strong enough

to haul himself
back inside the helicopter.

That is cold.

Shit!

(BLEEP) me.

Did so well!

What the (BLEEP) happened there?

You've eaten too much
of your own food, didn't you?

Get over there.

Number six has failed the task.

Now, it's the youngest
female recruit.

Singer, Bonnie Anderson's turn.

When people hear my name
they always remember,

little Bonnie singing
on 'Australia's Got Talent'

when I was 12.

Get your seatbelt on.

I do sort of see myself
as the child star.

Make your way
across every single one.

Do not miss a rung.

I'm doing this
because I'm older now, I'm an adult.

I'm not the little Bonnie anymore.

And I know that I'm gonna
take good things from this.

Go!

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Go on then.

Number 12 navigates with ease
but fails to follow the detail.

Look at me!

Look at me!

Every rung!

Go back!

Why did they make her go back?

'Cause she didn't,
you've got to hit every ladder.

Oh, really?
Yeah, you've got hit every one.

Still ignoring instruction...

Every rung, no!

..DS Ant is left with no choice.

Terminating her attempt.

Well, what happened there?

I don't know what happened.

I think I... I was...

You're being cocky,
doing two at a time.

Don't highlight yourself.
Oh, right.

You would have gone back
in otherwise.

Right.

The DS won't stand
for even the mildest display of ego.

Thank you.

Something ex-politician Emma Husar.

Numero uno.

Finds all too familiar.

I've seen my fair share

of big egos in parliament.

Ignore the distractions.

They refer to themselves
as the big swinging dicks.

And I think that that tells us
everything about the difference

between male and female egos.

You've got to back yourself
and that's a little bit of ego.

Let's go, let's move, let's move!

But you've got to do it
in a way that retains your humility.

All the way to the end.

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

In doing this,

I'm determined to show other people
who I am.

It'll just be down to I guess
how my body holds up.

Pull your arms up and swing!

Come on!

Swing!

Unable to lift her own bodyweight.

(BLEEP) off, let go.

Number one
is forced to drop ten metres

into the freezing water below.

Ah!

WOMAN: So close.

Oi, oi, what happened?

I couldn't get
my other leg up staff.

I'm very disappointed.

So, am I, staff.
Over to the loser's enclosure.

Thank you.

Great job, mate.
Thank you.

(BLEEP) great job.
Thank you.

Alright! Losers.

When I give you the thumbs up,

you will undo
your seatbelt

attached behind
you, understood?

Understood.

The task touches
on physical and psychological.

You got life insurance, do you?

Yeah, I do actually.

You'll need it.

The psychological strength
to commit to the task,

to ignore the distractions,
to ignore the noises.

Let's go!

Go!

Then the physical ability
to drag yourself across that ladder.

All the way to the end!

Both hands!

You must be able to lift
your own bodyweight, that's a given.

Through!

'Cause on the battlefield.

You could be carrying a casualty.

If you can't carry
your own bodyweight...

then how the hell are you expected
to drag someone else and yourself

when he or she has been shot?

So far, none of the recruits

have shown
enough physical or mental strength

to make the crossing.

Now, it's dual Olympian
Jana Pittman's turn

to step up to the challenge.

To be an Olympian champion,
you need to be

the best in everything.

The best physically,
emotionally, and socially.

Go!

Physically I'm a big unit

but I wasn't great
at controlling my emotion.

I wasn't good at pulling it
all together at the last minute.

And realistically, I didn't end up
winning the Olympics.

So, I started losing
belief in my ability

to achieve something,
even if I wanted it so much.

Let's go, let's go!

This course
is gonna really test that.

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Hurry up, let's go, let's go!

Do not (BLEEP) this up.
Let's do this, let's go!

What are you doing?

Move, move!

Move! Let's go!

(INAUDIBLE).

In a dangerous test
of physical and mental strength.

Let's go, let's go!

Dual Olympian Jana Pittman is midway
through a gruelling ladder crossing.

Suspended ten metres in the air...

Let's go. Come on.

You can do this.

..she must now
lift her own body weight

to climb back inside
the helicopter.

A move that so far,
no-one has been able to achieve.

Come on.

One of my fears
would definitely be failure.

I don't like to fail.

Let's go, come on!

As an athlete,

that animal instinct of...
I'm completely done

but I'm not going to allow it to be

was always something
that I was able to draw on.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

BONNIE: Come on!

Go, come on!

Let's go!

Yes!

Yeah, Jana!

Well done, girl!

Yes!

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Alright, stop talking.

Do not let the inflate your egos.

There's plenty of time
to fall off that pedestal.

13, you're next.

At 55 years old,

number 13 Kerri Pottharst
is the oldest recruit on the course.

Most people know me

for winning an Olympic gold medal

on Bondi Beach in 2000

for beach volleyball

and as someone in their 50s,
I still have what it takes.

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

(BLEEP) Hell, grandma, let's go!

Go, go!

I want to prove to women out there

and... and men that you might think
you're over the hill or that's it,

life's just gonna fade out from now,
but we can come back.

We can be resilient,
we can start again...

and if I can, you can too.

Let's go, let's go, let's move!

Go, girl!

Go!

(APPLAUSE)

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

Dan Ewing at 35
is very different to 25.

I wake up every day...

I mediate, I journal, I exercise.

Obviously, there will be traits
that you'll see in some movies,

'cause people know me
from my movies, sure.

It doesn't matter
if you're playing Heath Braxton,

the last man on earth,
a resistance fighter.

I put in the work
so I'm sure that will set me up

in good stead for this course.

Go!

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

He's strong.

WOMAN: Yes!

Recruit number nine,
Dan is the first male to succeed.

There's nothing glorious about war.

There's nothing glorious
about combat.

You don't celebrate,
we don't clap, we don't cheer.

We do not boast

about our achievements.

You nailed that, darl,
that was great, well done.

Thank you.

We do what we need to do as quickly
and as efficiently as possible.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

If you let ego get in the way

that's when it becomes
a game to you.

I think I was going too quick.

Do not highlight yourself
by letting your ego

get carried away with you.

WOMAN: Woo!

Stop clapping!

That's when you will suffer

from the consequences
of your actions.

Right, from this moment
going forward,

there's no more
of this (BLEEP) clapping,

hooping, whooping,

you can save your high fives

and sucking each other off
until you get to your accommodation.

ALL: Yes, staff.

Let's start
getting that into your heads.

We're not here
watching some theatre act.

Number 17 Alicia,
is last to execute the crossing.

I've seen a lot of egos in sport,

particularly international sport.

Go!

I think sometimes having
a bit of an ego can help someone

because that just means
you want to beat that person.

If fuels the desire really.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

(HELICOPTER WHIRS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Go, good.

Use that.
Get down there.

Hey, do you think
that's a (BLEEP) laugh?

(BLEEP) off, drop into the water,
get in the water, go!

(BLEEP) around.

Whoa! Whoa!

He pushed her off,
he pushed her off?

Fall in?

Yes.
Oh, did he push her.

How?

Showing off.

Number 17's blatant display
of show boating

has deeply angered the DS.

Come on then.

Where is she?

Piss take.

17, get here.

What did I say to you
at the beginning?

This is not a (BLEEP)
game show, is it?

Is it?

Do you think
it's a (BLEEP) game show?

Do you think that's a (BLEEP) laugh?

You think that's a joke?

I don't staff.

Why are you acting like a joke?

Do you think that's a laugh?

Do you think that's a joke?

I don't staff.

It's a (BLEEP) task,
it's a mission.

I told you
to get into that headspace!

After showing off to fellow
recruits with their own success...

I apologise staff.

..chief instructor Ed
makes no exceptions

for number 17's behaviour.

I (BLEEP) warned you
from the beginning.

This is not a game.

I got it, staff.

Get it into your (BLEEP) head!

Otherwise, I'll drill it in there!

Now, (BLEEP) off!

This is very serious to us.

Number 17,

(BLEEP) around whilst the helicopter
is sitting there.

I think the helicopter
is a bullet magnet.

And every second that it sits there,

it not only puts your life at risk,

the pilot's life at risk,
put your mucker's life at risk.

Just making a mockery of us.

And you can (BLEEP) stand by
for that, thanks to you.

High fiving and shit.

Now, (BLEEP) off, go!

The recruits will now bear
the brunt of number 17's mistake.

Come on, let's go! Let's go.

Starting with a 2km run
back to the transport

under the weight of 20kg
in their bergens.

Let's get going!

(INAUDIBLE).

What's the matter with you?

Get going!

But within seconds,

socialite Brynne Edelsten
is struggling to keep up.

Let's go.

I'm walking
and I'm gonna overtake you.

Keep going!

I've never
really been the most durable girl.

I'm not as durable

as I'd like to think I am.

Stop looking for an excuse

'cause you ain't gonna get it,
let's go!

I'm not very coordinated.

Actually,
I'm not at all coordinated.

Ooh! Ah!
Get up!

Get up!

Get up!

Get the (BLEEP) up.

Stand up!
My... My knee, my knee.

Stand up, walk!

I don't know
if it will make me more durable,

but I want to see
how far I can push myself.

Can't be a princess forever.

Come on, get your head in blondie.

Stop talking yourself out of it.

There you go,
you've already run it off.

Nursing a sore knee,

number three arrives
at the transport in sluggish time.

Good job, Brynne, you'll be OK.

I grabbed...

Do you want to spin around,
and I'll have a look?

I'm OK, I'm OK.

And as the group head back to base,
they check in with number 17 Alicia.

MAN: I hope Alicia's all good.

You alright, mate?

You alright?
Yeah.

Oh, yeah, no, no, no, I'm good.

I just... I just had a lapse.

I went like this to you, guys.

Oh, (BLEEP) I didn't see that.

That's probably
the biggest dressing down

I've ever seen anyone get ever.

Attention seekers have trouble
controlling their positive emotions.

Out, move it!

When they succeed, they showboat.

Let's go!

And that can cause distractions
and unwanted attention.

Onto the grade square!

Come on!
Run!

Which ultimately can put a team

and your life at risk.

When I say go,
get in a press-up position,

feet together,
your knees do not touch the ground.

Go.

All 18 recruits will now be punished

with a physical drill
called a beasting.

So, whilst number 17 is
(BLEEP) about and showboating,

thinking it's some
big ging, gang, (BLEEP) goolie,

she's putting all of you at risk,

making you suffer
like you're suffering now.

Get off your knees!

Get your (BLEEP) ass down!

OLLIE: Get off your knees!

Everything that you do
you take seriously

because guess what number 17,
whilst you're show boating...

Off your knees!

..not everybody
has the fortunate (BLEEP) blessing

to be on that helicopter
on their way home.

Get off your knees number 16!
BILLY: Get up!

Get off your knees!

Stop grunting!
Keep the (BLEEP) noises down.

Sounds like a labour ward, shut up!

Stand up!

Too slow! Get back down!

Get back down!

Shut up grunting!

It's like a pig pen! Zip it.

If you don't want to be here,

stand up,

put your bergen down
and give me your numbers.

Get off your (BLEEP) knees!

The more you're on your knees
the more I'll keep you here!

Get off your knees!

Can't... can't do it.

Can't do it!

If you can't do it,
get up and give me your armband!

I'm done, I'm done, I'm done.

The rest of you stay
in a press-up position.

Get off my parade square!

Collapsing under pressure,

number three Brynne
is the first recruit

to voluntary withdraw
from the course.

I've lived a very high life,

but there's also times
where I've struggled

and so I'm mentally strong,

that I don't have physical strength.

Leave your bergen there, move!

Even though
I'm disappointed I'm leaving

I know that I need to
because my body is not strong enough

to keep doing these things.

But I have no regrets about this

and if anything, it encourages me
to try to work to see

what I can do in the future.

Right, stand up!

OLLIE: Hurry up!

Hurry up, stand up!

Start realising where you are.

One little mistake,

one little distraction
will cost a life.

I've (BLEEP) seen it.

When I say go, you'll disappear
off this parade square,

you will sprint
into the accommodation

and you'll start sorting
your shit out, until further notice.

Is that understood?

ALL: Yes, staff!

Go, move. Go, move!

Move!

WOMAN: Aw, poor Brynney.

I was about to say...
I know.

She just gave up man.

I think
falling out of the helicopter.

Yeah.
And then on the gravel and then...

Yeah.
Poor thing, man.

(INAUDIBLE).

You good?
Yeah, mate, I'm good.

It's a spray, if ever there was one.

Like literally spray?

I shouldn't have done that, right?
That's the bottom line.

No time to do it.

It's life, c'est la vie.
Yeah, c'est la vie.

(LAUGHS)

Next...

Surely you understand
where I'm coming from?

No.
Alicia's fall from grace?

Expecting you to tell me
you were some has been.

I'm even (BLEEP) more disappointed.

Is this my towel?

You want me to wrap that around you?

Yeah, can you?

Thanks, mate.

I've been accused of being
a (INAUDIBLE) once in my life.

Yeah, that's enough.

I don't need
to affirm anyone's idea

that I like to get my shit off
in front of people

'cause I don't.

(OWL HOOTS)

So, number three's gone,
she was always gonna go.

The ladder task on the helicopter,

I'm going straight for number 17.

So, had the audacity to look over
to the other recruits

and give it one of them,

as if to say,
look at me, check me out.

Her mindset isn't where it should be

and where we asked it to be.

That's ego, isn't it?

Straight away.
There you go.

And that's what
we're looking at today.

And today's all about ego.
Yeah.

Yep.

17!

Were you the class clown
at school, were you?

No, I wasn't.

Attention seeker?

No, not that either.
No?

Let me have another guess then,
a clown in a circus?

No.
No?

That shocks me.

What the (BLEEP) do you do?

I'm a mother, a tennis coach,
I'm a mentor for athletes.

Was you an athlete?

I was a professional tennis player.

A professional tennis player?

So, very disciplined?

I was, staff, yes.

You was very disciplined?

Correct answer,
you was very disciplined,

you don't seem very disciplined now.

Yeah, I didn't show it today.
Surely you should know better.

Surely if you're a mentor,
if you're a teacher,

someone that comes into your class

and (BLEEP) around...

when you're trying to teach them...

to get to that level...

surely you understand
where I'm coming from.

A 100%. I do, you're right.

Now that you've told me
that I'm even more disappointed.

I was expecting you to tell me
you were some has been,

celebrity
that I (BLEEP) off tomorrow

or the next day.

You're telling me

you're an ex-professional
tennis player.

Are you a top, top coach?

I am, yes.

Well,
what the (BLEEP)

was today all about then?

I got up there
and I got carried away

with the camaraderie.

I enjoyed that,

everyone's pumping each other up.

I had a mental let up.

I 100% had a mental let-up.

(BLEEP) me.

Do you know what?

I was that close,

that close to taking
your number off you, that close.

What would you do in my position?

Something similar, yeah.

Yeah, you would have, wouldn't you?

I understand, it won't happen again.

Well, good,
don't let it happen again

'cause if it does happen again,
you're off the course.

Got it.
It's as simple as that.

I got it. 100%.
Understand?

Because you see
the others suffer today

because of you, so now...

I know.

You've only got one way to go
and that's up.

I'll go, I'll do it.

OK, talk's cheap.

Action is
what we're looking for, OK?

Yeah, I need to do it,
I don't have any other options.

Shot across your bows,
you've had it now,

put a (BLEEP) line under it.

We don't want to hear
nothing else about it no more.

You show us what you can do.

Guard!

The difference with me now
than maybe 20 years ago

when I was at the top
of my tennis playing career

is I don't mind stuffing up now.

I don't mind failing
because I've learned,

it's just, you know, part of life.

However, I'm not the type
to fight for attention.

I'll do what I'm told.

It's about finding a way
to push through and get on with it.

I know she's strong.

And this is the wakeup call
she needs.

'Cause otherwise
she'll just 'fimble'

through this course
just doing enough

when she's more than capable
of doing a lot.

I want to prove I'm strong enough,
resilient enough, tough enough.

I'm not putting myself
through it to,

you know, take an easy
way out, no way.