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Narrator: 31 days ago...

Whoo! Let's go!

...14 survivalists plunged into the south china sea...

Angela: Oh, my god.

It's grim.

...And became stranded on the barren western coast

of the philippines palawan island...

Man: It's a miserable, miserable place.

Woman: Christina, what's on your back?

[ screams ]

...To try and survive shark-infested waters...

[ screams ]

...And snaked-filled jungles...

I got him. Gabrielle: Keep him pinned,

keep him pinned.

[ screams ]

...For 40 days and 40 nights.

What the hell am I doing here?

In that time, five have fallen...

This is crazy. This is crazy.

Narrator: ...And the remaining nine are far from the finish.

Aah!

Narrator: Jeff and laura...

[ screams ]

...Once insistent upon completing

their 60-day challenge as a twosome

have now joined the others to form one team.

We're one family now, you guys.

Yep.

But in the midst of a brutal 20-mile migration

through the dense jungle interior, the group is weak.

Angela: My body's tired.

Narrator: As lack of food...

This one's still set.

Damn it. We're running on fumes.

We're starving.

...And the limits of the human body...

I'm tired. I'm exhausted. I feel weak.

Light-headed.

-Good luck, jeff. -Love you, jeff.

Narrator: ...Has one of their strongest providers in danger

of leaving the challenge.

Now with nine days remaining,

they're still seven miles from the coast...

3, 2, 1.

...Where preparations for a deadly water journey

into the open seas awaits,

to see if anyone can escape this hellish island alive.

Come on. We got to keep pushin'.

Jeff: Philippines!

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captions paid for by discovery communications

♪

-love you, jeff. -Love you, jeff.

-Good luck. -Good luck, jeff.

Laura: It's hard to get my mind off of it, because...

It was just so raw and real.

I don't know what I would do

if something happened to him out here.

♪

narrator: With jeff's fever rising over 103 degrees,

medics will observe him overnight at bush camp.

But if his temperature doesn't normalize,

it could be a sign of a serious viral infection,

and they'll be forced to medically evacuate him

from the challenge.

♪

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gabrielle: I'm definitely concerned about jeff.

I've been thinking about him all night.

That was the scariest moment

I've had on any of my challenges.

I just want to see him back here.

Mm-hmm. Duke: I just --

I have really great hopes,

but like, we have no idea, like, what state he's in right now.

He wasn't looking hot.

Max: He was hurting yesterday.

He was so sick.

His fever was so high.

Rylie: Eating less than 100 calories a day

for almost over a month?

It has been extremely difficult.

It's very important that we take measures to make sure

what happened to jeff doesn't happen with anyone else.

So we need some sort of significant nutrition

between now and extraction.

Laura: My big concern is that --

we know our extraction point is far away.

Yeah.

James: Like, getting closer to extraction seems like...

That's a no-brainer. -Right.

Narrator: After trekking over 15 miles in multiple stages

through palawan's dense jungle interior,

the group remains seven miles from the coast,

where they'll need several days

to prepare for a final water journey

into the open seas, toward extraction.

Angela: What if day 36 is our trek?

-Yeah. -It'll be good for us

to get there a few days early

so we can scope out the area and resources.

Yeah.

You know, we've got a lot of work that we've got to do,

building another shelter, building the raft,

and then getting to extraction.

So we are anticipating moving to our next location.

It'll be our final migration.

That's gonna take a lot out of us, you know,

especially at this point in the challenge.

We have very little left to give.

It's gonna be very difficult.

I got to put some food in me before this hike.

Max: Yeah, I just need some protein.

Any sort of protein.

♪

laura: Keep your eyes up.

Maybe there's a fruit tree around.

It is opening up a lot up here.

Laura: We have nine mouths that we're feeding right now,

and we're counting on everyone to take accountability

and pull their own weight.

Okay, this one...

Not sprung. Rylie: Not sprung?

Nope. Rylie: Laura and I...

We have not had very much luck

with the monitor-lizard traps that we carved.

Oh, yeah, this one's still set.

So we're looking for some other resources.

The sun is hot. Yeah.

It's completely black palm.

Agh! You okay?

Yeah, I just got a really bad one.

Damn it.

Oh, my god.

Oh [bleep] yeah.

Holy [bleep]

those are bees.

Honeybees.

There might be honey in there.

Our best bet would be breaking a piece of it off.

But here's the thing --

you can't see a single portion of that hive.

I know. It's amazing.

That's how dense these bees are.

I mean, they could swarm pretty intensely.

That's a death sentence.

Yeah, they could kill you.

Narrator: A hive this size could hold

as much as 4 cups of honey,

yielding over 4,000 calories.

But during a swarming attack,

the colony can inject enough toxic venom into its target

to induce nausea, diarrhea,

and convulsions in a matter of seconds.

Rylie: Beekeeping is very common where I live,

and I have grown up around beekeepers my whole life.

I'm not afraid of bees.

I work with bees,

but I certainly don't work with wild bees.

Laura: We can't just grab it.

I would like to see, if we smoked them,

how much that would do for them.

Oh, they would be -- they would be chill, probably.

So let's smoke them out.

I'm cool with getting up there and just dropping it down.

Either way, there's gonna be risk involved.

I think that the hive... I think it's risk-reward.

Yeah. The couple cups of honey...

I think it's worth it.

We'll get a small fire going.

Smoke should work.

♪

gabrielle: It's a hot, hot day today.

It is very hot.

Energy levels have dropped off a lot.

Yeah, I mean, mine's definitely waning as well.

We need food.

We need a win.

There's a deep pool here with some fish in it.

Some nice sized fish in this one.

The water is real muddy.

It's gonna be hard when we can't see.

Yeah, we need to get...

Oh, yeah.

I'm so happy I linked up with you,

'cause we're all more like...

Only max and I have been through a 14-day fan challenge --

the 21-day. We know how to push it.

We know to keep up that momentum to the end of the game.

So no matter what stands in our way,

there's nothing that's gonna stop me from crossing

the finish line at this point.

You know, there's times when people have fed me in the past,

and I'm hoping that I have

an opportunity to feed them, you know?

Exactly. Yeah.

Ooh, there are some big ones.

Want to try to put some guts on there?

♪

got 'em. Nope. Good try though.

Oh, we got to throw the net right on top of 'em.

3, 2, 1.

Pull.

I missed 'em.

Are there any here?

No.

A lot of leaves.

That's not gonna work.

The stream that's here locally...

It's so small.

And these fish are escape artists.

At this rate, we're not going to sustain ourselves,

and we're gonna continue losing weight and losing energy.

Maybe we'll try again later.

♪

♪

okay.

Narrator: Medics continue to closely monitor

jeff's temperature and blood pressure

to see if they can be stabilized.

♪

jeff: This is the hardest moment I've ever had on

any "naked and afraid" challenge.

Ugh.

I'm afraid it all just caught up to me, you know?

Last night was one of the worst nights of my life.

And I was scared to death.

Have I pushed it too hard?

I don't know.

I promised I was not gonna come home one day

earlier than day 60.

Anything less would be complete and utter failure.

It would be complete failure.

♪

♪

laura: I can't stop thinking about jeff and how's he's doing,

and the mood kind of is gray because I know even though

we're all trying to pull together and be optimistic,

we're all scared about how he's doing

and we're all worried about him.

It's been the longest time I've spent

without my partner by my side in 53 days,

and I need to see how he's doing.

♪

♪

laura: How's he...

His vital signs are all within normal limits.

Mm-hmm. He looks stronger.

I think he's good enough to go back to the wild.

Ohh! That's what I like to hear!

I'm back, baby.

I love you.

I got the green light to come back in to my teammates.

There is nothing that is gonna prevent me

from getting to day 60.

It kills me the thought that I'm gonna have to just take it easy.

Laura: Your job is to take care of yourself right now.

You got to learn to let other people take care of you, and...

Give others the opportunity to step up

in the void that you'll leave, you know?

I think that's probably something that

just needs to happen.

Thanks for being there for me.

Always. You know it.

♪

oh, my gosh.

This is the best feeling in the entire world.

Hey, look who the cat dragged in!

Who? I'm back, baby!

Yeah!

How you feeling?

Heck of a lot better than I did when I left.

-I bet, man. -You look better.

Can we get this man a mat?

I got your mat all laced up right here.

Laura: Just where you left it.

I am so happy.

Come have a seat.

Oh, my gosh.

My head isn't 100%.

And it may take me 24 hours before I'm back back,

and I just --

I appreciate the added efforts that's gonna be on your backs.

But my goal is, by the time we move towards extraction,

I want to be feeling close to 100%.

Yeah.

I want to pull my weight from there to the end.

Yep.

It's kind of ironic that somebody who was so strong

and wasn't willing to share with us

and was so hesitant to be part of the group

now has to rely on the group to take care of him.

Welcome back. Thank you, guys.

-Welcome back, jeff. -Welcome back.

Rylie: From day one, he's been saying they're gonna be

on their own come hell or high water.

Luckily, he has a group of people

willing to pick up his share of the work.

Because when you're a team, that's what you do --

you take care of each other.

We got the family back together.

-Yeah. -Yes, it is.

The nasty nine.

♪

♪

okay.

[bleep]

there are ants everywhere.

Yep.

Malnourished, weakened, and without sleep.

It's a catastrophe.

♪

I think I was adopted into my ant colony last night

as one of their own.

I literally had 30 ants on me at any one time.

Yeah, I'm tired.

I'm tired.

I'm exhausted.

Max: Jeff, this is all you.

I-I can't do it all, man.

No, you're chuggin' it all, bro.

Gabrielle: That's all yours.

Angela: You need those electrolytes.

Who else needs a sip?

We kind of discussed it.

We don't want you getting water.

We don't want you checking lights.

We don't want you doing anything.

And we need you to be, if not 100%,

we need you to be 98% for that trek,

to get you through, and then we'll go from there.

One of my greatest fears of joining a large group

was that I was gonna be the bread-winner,

and I bring in food...

And right now, instead of them needing me,

I have to rely on them.

And that's not something I'm good at.

Rylie and I are planning to have operation honey pot today.

We did a recon yesterday,

and today we are gonna make our all-out attempt.

Duke: That would be so sick if we all got a little bit of honey.

That is a morale booster for sure, man.

Yeah.

I think it would be potentially really great situation.

All right. Operation honey pot.

Mm-hmm. Queen bees.

Queen bees.

I've got the wood.

Cool. I have the husks packed.

I'm just grabbing [bleep] for tinder still.

Dry. Dry stuff that'll smoke.

Yeah, dry stuff that'll light,

and then, the wet stuff for smoke.

Mm-hmm.

So the plan is to get dry sticks, dry tinder,

and some coal so we can start a fire and smoke out the hive.

It's essential to smoke a hive out.

It kind of calms everyone down.

It gets everyone low.

You can actually break off a chunk of the hive

and get away with it.

And it really doesn't disturb the bees all that much.

They have so much in there.

They have stores of it.

All right. We will -- we'll "bee" back.

Ohh! Be back.

Just buzz when you come in.

You got it, honey.

Sweet.

♪

okay, I see some bees.

All right. Let's get this fire goin'.

Rylie: All right.

♪

little bit...

Yep.

Smoke's comin' up.

Coconut husks?

♪

oh, my god. Oh, [bleep]

we have made a large bundle of dry and green palms

to produce a lot of smoke,

and we have set it under the hive,

so it is currently smoking.

And it has totally alarmed the bees.

Yeah, the bees have gone off.

Hoping they calm down soon.

And then we're gonna climb up and hack it down.

Yeah. Fingers crossed.

I mean, if not, there's gonna be

a bunch of angry bees down there,

and getting the honey is gonna be really hard.

Narrator: The smoke and heat of the fire

initially triggers the flight instinct of the bees,

but it also disrupts the reception of pheromones

they use to communicate and coordinate attacks,

creating a calming effect on the bees that remain.

You can see the bottom.

They definitely cleared.

All right. It's a five minute window

to climb that tree, get the honey,

and get back down before they sting the [bleep] out of us.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, that's a good amount of smoke, I think.

Yep, yep. Here.

Laura: I'm the kind of person who likes to do stuff

for myself, but I am so impressed by rylie.

She's a badass. Give me my knife.

Yep. Here you go.

Uh-huh.

Yep. Throw the knife if you need to.

Let me know -- I'm gonna keep this goin'.

Rylie: If I use my parang

to scrape these bees and I cut some,

the injury to these bees might trigger these drowsy bees

to start attacking and defending their hive.

So I just said screw it --

my hand's gonna be much more gentle.

♪

ahh!

♪

rylie: Ahh!

Laura: Yeah, drop it.

Okay, good. Watch out.

Yep.

Grab it. Yep.

I didn't just do that [bleep] for nothin'.

Yeah!

Whoo!

I think we're good.

Dude, that was awesome.

Let me see it.

There's no honey.

No honey.

So this is completely empty.

There is no honey in here.

Rylie: This hive is quite old.

I mean, they were all over it,

but this hive has been inactive for a while.

It's dry.

Honey should be seeping out.

I just risked my [bleep] ass for this.

It's nice to look at.

There is no honey.

As far as nutrients goes, this was a -- a bust.

It's empty. It's empty empty.

[ sighs ]

so.

I can't believe we didn't get stung by a million bees.

That was insane.

If she had panicked, it would not only put her in danger --

it would have put myself in danger, and...

We had to have a lot of trust for each other.

That trust can be really hard, but she kept her cool,

and we got that hive because of it.

We can eat what's left of the larva.

Yeah.

It's been dead for a while though.

♪

-hey, gang. -Hey, team.

Hi, guys. So...

You guys safe and good?

Rylie scraped about 10,000 bees with her bare hand.

What? What?

Unfortunately, it was a completely dry hive.

Aww! Look at that.

Rylie: I'm sorry, guys. Hey, you busted your butts.

Max: Yeah, you did.

James: Right now, the issue is food.

If the group doesn't find anything,

we will start dropping like flies, so...

We got to find something, or...

You know, I think there will be more taps.

♪

♪

♪

nicole: I'm plucking pretty much whatever

I can find right now that's kindling.

Oof. I'm light-headed.

I'm really feeling it.

We need our calories.

Calories are, you know, crucial,

especially in the last leg of this challenge.

We don't want anybody being taken out.

I hear water.

♪

wow, look at this place.

I'm seeing a lot of movement right over there.

That's fish.

Sweet.

This could be a new food source.

I'd like to come back out here, get the cast net out,

maybe catch a bounty.

We'll see.

♪

er this way?

Yeah, I'm feeling better now to go do that.

Nicole: Yeah?

James: Nicole found a small pond where a cast net would work

and bring in a mudfish or a catfish or an eel.

We're planning to leave tomorrow,

so if we can get some last-minute protein, man,

that'd be great.

Wow. Pretty good-sized pond.

There's a nice one right there.

Look. Right there. Yeah.

Right in the center of this first pool.

He's swimming to the right.

Top of the hole. About that big.

Oh, yeah. I see him.

Because it hasn't rained in a while,

the water levels have gone down.

When water levels go down,

it concentrates whatever life may be in that water.

If there's anything in there,

each cast will cover about half of that hole,

which greatly increases the odds.

Depending on the size of the net,

it'll be one, two, or three loops.

And it's more of just swinging it out

and get that rotation goin'.

♪

shoot.

♪

duke: I got several hooks in here,

so I'm gonna go retrieve probably most of them.

We've collectively lost a lot of weight,

so if we can just get a few medium-sized wins along the way,

I think that could carry us to 40.

But it's gonna be tough if we get nothing.

The hook is definitely all up in these roots.

Ah, it broke free.

Whatever it was, it's not on there anyme.

♪

jeff: How'd it go?

James: Disappointing, I'll tell you what --

when you spend a whole heck of a lot of time

and that's what you get, it's like...

Throw it on the lottery, man.

Ah, geez. I don't care who gets it.

That's what I have. -Thank you, jeff.

Jeff, I'll give you your lines back, all right?

[ all screaming ]

what the hell?

[ cheering ]

are you freakin' kidding me?

Awesome job.

♪

james: Ohh, ohh!

Come on, stay in there, baby, stay in there, baby!

There it is! There it is!

Nicole: Oh, my gosh!

It doesn't count until it's on land.

There it is! [ laughs ]

stay!

That's a beauty.

Thank you.

Mwah.

Ahh, that's awesome. James: Check out this joker.

Oh, wow.

What a catch.

Let's go back and get another one.

Yes, let's. Let's go eat this.

Got splash, got splash.

Got another one. Whoo!

Oh, my gosh! It's in, it's in.

There's three in.

Three?

Little guy.

Two big giant monsters.

I think that's the biggest one right there.

I never thought I'd be in a position where I'd lose count.

Yeah!

Rylie: Holy [bleep]

they did us so dirty.

They walk into the shelter, james and nicole, they're like,

"all those hours for this little tiny minnow,"

and then, boom, fish hits the deck.

This might be just that last bit of protein

that'll push us past the finish line.

The old fish master to the new one.

To the new one.

Oh, my gosh. Good job.

Since we've been a family,

we haven't had enough protein to go around.

This is the first meal that has actually

given enough protein to everybody.

I feel good for james.

I feel good for nicole.

They went out, they spent that energy,

and they brought home dinner to the family.

[ cheering ]

james: That is a lot of fish.

-Wow. -Yeah.

Mmm. It's fantastic.

We're just feeling the glory off of this thing.

Mmm.

We got some roasted coconut comin' out right now.

James?

Thank you.

Sick.

You guys, for the first 49 days of this challenge,

I had refused to group up.

Like, strongly.

I was defiant against it.

I thought that was just gonna breed drama

and contention and conflict.

And now that I see what I see in every single one of you,

like, I am ashamed that I ever thought that.

Because this is -- this is the best thing

that has happened to me, this family.

Thank you for being there for me while I was down.

But I'm gonna be back, and I'm gonna be back strong.

I promise. Thank you.

I love you, guys.

You're welcome. I will slap that one.

I will slow clap that all day long.

[ applause ]

♪

♪

laura: It is night 35.

On, wait... Heh...

It is night 55, and what a day it has been.

Day 55, and the dirty nine are feelin' alive, baby!

Who's feelin' alive?

[ cheering ]

duke: Time to more on to sandier pastures

and start workin' on some rafts.

-Whoo! -Whoo!

All right.

-Good night. -Good night, you guys.

-Good night. -Night-night.

-Night, everyone. -Good night.

♪

james: Jeff, you all right?

Gabriella: [ retching ]

angela: Yeah, gabby's puking now.

[ coughing, vomiting ]

[bleep]

[ retching ]

♪

[ retching ]

max: Gab, you all right?

[ coughs ]

jeff: Yeah, my stomach's pretty wrecked from it.

I had -- I had the runs last night.

But I'm definitely getting better.

Angela: Who all's not feeling well?

Has james expressed how he's feeling?

Yeah, he just took off with the shovel, so...

That could mean a lot of things.

[ retching ]

is that james puking?

Extreme abdominal cramps...

Dry-heaving...

Can't decide which end it wants to come out of.

When I stand up, I'm really dizzy and light-headed.

Any time your stomach is upset,

there's a concern for dehydration.

Just you know, thinking about having to hike out of here

and not feeling good at this point is scary to me.

[ retches ]

if it doesn't clear out, man, it's gonna be a long day.

Really long day.

Angela: We all ate the same thing.

Rylie and I are okay.

I think it could have been one bad coconut that did it.

Last time, a lot of our team was kind of queasy.

And james and gabby are still stick,

so hopefully they can rally

because we're supposed to be moving today.

Jeff: Gabby, how are you feeling?

I'm okay.

I'm just trying to think what it could be,

'cause I've never felt like this from eating coconut before.

How you doin', buddy?

James: I'm doin' better.

Let's just get ready to leave.

I'll be okay. Yeah.

I know that I have this daunting task ahead of me,

but there's no way that I'm going to let these people

down or myself down.

We have so much to do when we get to the coast.

We can't wait another day.

Laura: I'm getting stressed about how late in the day

it is a little bit.

We had every intention of getting out first thing

this morning, but...

Sun's almost all the way up.

Jeff: Yeah.

This is a massive hike we're doing,

and it's late in the game.

I think at this point, we need to keep pushing,

but listen to your body.

It's easy to get dehydrated.

It's easy to get exhausted.

And we don't want to have another medical tap

like charlie.

Oh, god.

-Hold! -Hold!

I'm feeling 57 today.

I don't feel 20 anymore.

Charlie, we cannot in good conscience

let you continue in this challenge right now,

because of the risk to yourself.

Jeff: Let's see what we got here.

So we're right up around here.

So it's gonna be a trek.

Looks like the jungle thins out a little.

Could be a hot hike.

Yep.

But just basically, bee-line it to the west...

Southwest... Most direct route there?

Yeah.

Narrator: To reach the coast,

the survivalists face five miles of steep jungle terrain

with increased sun exposure and high elevations

before descending to the shoreline,

where they hope to find enough food and building resources

to prepare for a final water extraction

in the middle of the sth china sea.

So you want to set the pace, jeff?

Jeff: That would be great.

Follow suit?

I'm not 100% here, but at this point,

I mean, none of us are.

So I'm just gonna set the pace,

and I'm gonna take it nice and slow.

If you get tired at all, you better tell someone.

All righty.

Onwards.

James: I'm absolutely worried about the hike.

Because of being sick and having lost all the calories,

I don't know how well I'm gonna do.

Laura: So long, jungle! Bye-bye!

♪

it's gonna be a scorcher today.

It's gonna be hot.

I'm sweating profusely.

That's not a good sign.

Laura: I'm so concerned about heat exhaustion.

Right?

I'm just glad we're doing this now and not 8:30, 9:00.

Seriously.

Max, you should pass that water.

I don't want a charlie situation

from someone carrying that water all day long.

It's too heavy. Max: Okay.

I appreciate it.

Slippery when wet over here, guys.

Sharp rocks in this mud.

Ooh. That water feels nice.

Make room for everybody.

We're still nine strong, huh?

I don't know about strong, but we're still nine.

We're strong.

James: Breathing's a little more labored.

I'm struggling a little bit more.

I'm hoping I can just hang in there till the end.

♪

angela: I hate how weak I feel, you know, muscle-wise.

You are not alone, sister.

Laura: I hear you.

How's jeff feeling?

Jeff: I'm doin' great, baby.

-Good. -Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

-Ants? -Whoa, yes.

Nicole: Whew. I think they might be fire ants.

Rylie: All right. Well, then move quick.

♪

I hear waves. Mm-hmm.

It's a beautiful sound.

I wonder how the bugs are gonna be on this beach.

Max: I just pray, pray, pray,

pray that the cheechers aren't too bad.

Yeah.

Oh, it's gonna get real sunny, guys.

Hey, the view is spectacular from up here.

Must be.

Wow!

Holy [bleep]

[ chuckles ] wow.

Look at this place.

-Unreal. -Look at this!

Max: So I think, based on that map that we have,

that's the finish line.

Oh, my gosh. This is full-out open ocean.

Wow. Yeah, it is.

I know what this open ocean looks like beyond the reef,

and it's gonna get nasty, it's gonna get rough, and...

We are unprepared.

People are gonna get hurt.

♪

♪

duke: Do I smell ocean? Angela: I hear ocean.

Is that what I'm smelling?

I think so.

I'm seeing some good building materials, guys.

Yep.

That lapnis tree, the one that's like balsa...

Yeah. ...It's really, really buoyant.

Ooh, there's the coast.

Max: You see the beach?

I do.

It's a rocky beach.

It is rocky.

Angela: Oh, no.

This rock beach is hell.

Rylie: It's kind of like my first location

from the devil's [bleep]

it is sharp rocks.

It is sharp gravel. It's pebbles.

It's stones.

But at least it's closer to extraction.

Narrator: Three miles from their extraction point in the middle

of the south china sea, this stretch of rocky coastline

offers scarce resources and large populations

of poisonous scorpions and palawan centipedes.

Jeff: I think today should be about getting that tarp put up.

Agreed.

And I think tomorrow is the day that we start the raft build.

Yep.

You know, putting a tarp up just right here,

staked off that big overhanging branch and a couple poles out,

just as an emergency rain shelter

for our last four days here, right?

-Yeah. -Let's do this.

Laura: All right.

Extraction is gonna be no joke.

It's gonna be a lot or hard work.

We're gonna need to be feeling

physically in our best shape possible.

And we're not gonna waste that energy building a huge shelter.

Tonight, it is hydration and getting some kind of shelter up.

Duke: That should be good right there.

Awesome.

You want me to do anything here or...?

You can hold this side if you want.

Yep.

Gabrielle: Waking up this morning with stomach problems,

I was feeling down.

My body feels good.

And I think that this location is gonna give us all that push,

that pump of energy that we really need.

I'm feeling good about that.

James: My body, after this hike here,

up the mountains, down the mountains...

I'm pretty tired.

When charlie left, one of the things he mentioned to me

is that I'm the oldest one here now.

I got to cross the finish line, for myself and for charlie.

I got to survive this.

Laura: Okay, here's fresh water.

I see it running beyond that rock.

Max: Oh, that's awesome.

Laura: Yeah.

Heck yeah. Yep.

So it's fresher than stagnant.

It's fresher than the swamp.

Jeff: The fever stole a lot of my energy,

but I'm getting better every single day.

And with four days left, nothing's gonna stop me.

I'm gonna give all of myself, all of my heart,

all of my strength to this group of people.

And I'm gonna help every single one of them

get to that finish if need be.

It's the cleanest water we've had in a --

in a long time.

Yeah, baby!

Laura: Jeff is back.

Yeah.

Hell yeah.

[ chuckles ]

ope, centipede.

Yeah, there's centipedes all over the place here.

Did everyone get the scorpion alert?

You seeing 'em?

It popped out of the bark of some of this firewood.

Oh, wow.

Rylie: Every time we go into a new terrain,

there are new things that want to bite us.

I have personally seen about five centipedes.

And four days of that?

Not looking forward to it.

This is centipede central, man.

♪

♪

laura: Can I look at the map, jeff?

Thank you.

Here's the cove we're in, right?

We have to get out to that point in between those islands.

Max: Out in the middle of that bay, it looks like.

Yeah.

Halfway between here and there, away from the land.

I mean, it looks like there's a serious freakin' current.

Narrator: To reach their extraction point,

the survivalists will have to navigate

razor-sharp reefs and powerful currents,

while dealing with the constant threat of sharks

and the most poisonous sea snakes in the world.

What if we did some beast-mode, like, warrior-party,

viking long boat?

So if you have a 60-foot tree, you keep it at --

let's call it 20 feet to make it even.

Yeah. Three of those.

You have nine people straight in a line...

Ores at the same time...

And we just [grunts] viking it out of here.

Laura: Getting to this extraction point

is not gonna be a cake walk.

While we have nine people to row,

any vessel we make is gonna sink a lot lower in the water,

create more drag, and be a lot harder to maneuver.

Max: The buoyancy is gonna dictate

if this is gonna be possible or not.

'cause if it's not that buoyant,

we can't fit nine people on one raft.

Our first step is to get one in the water

and just all sit on it, see how many it can hold.

I think we're ready.

So, whenever you guys are ready.

I'm bringing my kukri just because it's...

A goodhopper?

It's a great chopper.

James: I'm gonna push up against that line and swing that

pulaski hard.

Can you see them, james? Yep.

It's these three right here, isn't it?

Laura: Wow, those are definitely big trees.

There's a tree here called the lapnis tree,

and it's really buoyant.

And being able to make a raft out of it is a huge blessing,

so we're gonna see what we have to work with.

I'm curious what this density's gonna be.

James: That's interesting -- it's actually one tree.

Laura: One tree with three things, yeah.

It is one tree.

James: Let's take the one that's heading in the direction

we want it to go. Angela: Yeah.

Do the buoyancy test to confirm our suspicions...

And then we'll have to come back and get a second

if they pan out the way we think they will.

Narrator: Measuring over 40 feet tall,

a single chunk of this lapnis tree

weighs an excess 1,200 pounds.

Cutting down a tree like this is a lot more difficult on day 37.

Want to take some swings, angela?

You're so weakened already.

It's 150 feet up a hill, in a ravine full of rocks.

You know, it's not a safe situation.

But I has to be done.

Laura: It's starting to move.

There you go, guys.

Get it, james!

Get it, james!

Timber!

[ cheering ]

angela: And it fell perfect.

Good job.

James: It always feels great to add to the success of the team,

help us get to the end, but now the work's just beginning.

All right. Now we got to see how we're gonna carry

a 5,000-pound tree down the mountain.

Max: So if we can move this to this crest right here,

we can literally just throw it straight down.

So if I make an attachment here in the middle,

one at the quarter mark and one at the end,

so we have four loops?

Yeah, I think that would be the most effective way

to maneuver this.

Let's get this all roped up.

Yeah, let's get it roped up.

Jeff: I've been carrying this rope in my pack

ever since we tore down the boat at our beach camp,

and now I'm really glad I did.

[bleep] heavy. Yeah.

Okay. Everyone ready?

James: Let's just do it easy, just to see how far it goes.

Max: Yep. 3, 2, 1.

-All right. Hold up. -That's not too bad.

Max: 3, 2, 1.

Yep, yep, it's wet, it's nasty, but we got to get it done.

All right. 3, 2, 1.

There's numerous things that can happen --

the tree can go out of control, land on one of us,

break one of our limbs, we can get crushed.

We just got to communicate.

3, 2, 1.

Great. 3, 2, 1.

James: Hold, hold, hold.

Watch your feet. I'm gonna pull it this way.

We got to watch our feet right here.

Yep.

All right. I'm just coaxing it down.

Yep.

Jeff: Ope, my foot. Okay.

Easy. Max: 3, 2, 1.

Nice and slow, nice and slow.

Watch your foot, watch your foot.

Ahh, I don't really have footing here.

All right. You ready?

3, 2, 1.

Hold it. Hold, hold, hold.

Laura: We almost lost it back here.

This back end really wants to slide.

All right. Keep walkin' it, keep walkin' it.

Hold up, hold up.

Can you guys bring the tail end that way?

-Yep. -Wait, wait, wait wait.

Hold it right there.

Max: I got it, I got it, I got it.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Ow! Gosh dang! [bleep]

narrator: Still ahead...

Max: Ow! [bleep]

[ groans ]

we're in trouble. Holy [bleep]

ohh!

-Shark! -Go!

-Go! -Right there!

Oh, [bleep]

♪

max: 3, 2, 1.

Laura: We almost lost it back here.

This back end really wants to slide.

All right. Keep walkin' it, keep walkin' it.

Hold up, hold up. I got it, I got it, I got it.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Ow! Gosh dang! [bleep]

-you okay, james? -You all right, james?

Nobody told me they were pushing it.

Laura: James? Ack!

Angela: You all right?

Ow, crap.

Jeff: Got right on the ankle bone.

Ack! I saw you bent over.

I thought you were pulling and I was tugging.

Max: Got to be on the same page.

James: Fortunately, there was no log or rock beside my foot.

It just would have crushed my ankle.

Fortunately, it just kicked it out to the side,

and I'm gonna walk away from this.

But that was so close to taking me out of the challenge.

Sketchy.

Sketchy all the way.

Jeff: You guys got a big drop off to my right.

Just below you, max. Yeah, this is our line

right here. That's a good line.

All right. You guys, pull.

All right. Everyone...

I think it's gonna start goin' after that.

Ready? 1, 2, 3.

Pull it.

Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go.

Yeah, baby!

[ cheering ] touchdown!

-Nice work, team. -Good job.

Laura: That was awesome.

Man, we should've just ridden it down.

-Seriously. -Yeehaw!

Duke: We're putting this log in the water.

Max: Yeah, we're gonna try to get this thing floating.

1, 2, 3.

Watch out, watch out.

Angela: All right. It's in the water.

Jeff: Really, all you got to do is sit on it.

Now, it's gonna touch...

With my weight all the way on in the middle,

it's touching bottom.

Laura: That's not good.

I could pretty much submerge this thing

with my hands right now.

Yeah, I'm sinking it.

It's touching bottom even with laura.

It's only half-floating just as a log.

It's the right kind of wood...

It's just too dense.

♪

seriously?

If this is the best wood that we have on this beach,

we're in trouble.

Max: All right.

Back to the drawing board.

♪

I'm gonna throw out another possible option.

We have not reconned out in the jungle.

If we could find some smaller lapnis buoyant enough

to keep themselves above water, and...

I don't think it's something that's gonna float all of us.

I mean, I think it's something

that'll just be substantial enough

that we can make a kickboard.

We can get one or two people up on it paddling,

and the rest up in the water swimming.

'cause we don't have those outrigger poles across the top.

So that's still providing floatation,

but the platform also is a floating platform?

Correct.

Narrator: Using smaller logs with less density

will increase the overall buoyancy of the raft,

while adding several cross-rig logs will increase stability.

We also have to factor in the weight

of all of our items on the boat, too.

Right. That's what I'm sayin' -- they're too small.

Because how many knifes do we have?

Shovels? You know?

Yeah.

And then, potentially having one or two people on there

for paddling and steering purposes.

I don't have aspirations of fitting everybody on the rafts.

There is -- it's just not reasonable.

But having something that's stout enough

that will withstand the waves? I think we do need that.

Let's look for some smaller lapnis.

We got to get some good building materials

or we're not gonna get out of here.

Yep. It's worth looking.

We're gonna make this happen.

Yep. We have to.

The clock is ticking.

♪

laura: Max, james, jeff, and I are headed to chop down

some more smaller trees

that we're gonna use to build our raft.

Jeff: I'm frickin' exhausted.

♪

duke: We're all working on making a raft for extraction,

but my mask and my spear were the main provider

of our resources at our first harsh location, so...

I'm getting in the ocean.

♪

this is a really critical point,

for me to be able to provide something for me partners.

This ocean still has the same

exact deadly venomous creatures that it had

when we were inserted, that will kill you,

but the risk will be worth it to get some protein

and some fish in our diet.

♪

♪

jeff: I think we're getting close.

Max: Okay.

Come on.

Right here, guys.

I'm seeing a lot of little ones.

These are them, right? Yeah.

Right here.

I think these will work.

Yeah, it looks like a lapnis.

Yeah, that's a lapnis right there.

-We hit the honey hole, baby. -Whoo!

Jeff: Just right here, I'm seeing seven or eight trees.

Let's see how many we can get down before it kills us.

Let's do it. Yep.

Laura: Let's get cuttin'.

Max: We're currently cutting down saplings

in order to get our support beams for our raft.

It's kind of the final step.

We can't really move forward until we have these pieces

so we can lash them on there.

James: At 51, age makes a difference.

Physically, your body just doesn't hold up as well.

Is there enough fuel left in the tank to get to the end?

I think so.

I think I'll be running on fumes,

but I'll be there.

Whoa! We got a lot of ants coming down this tree right now.

Well, chop it quicker.

These are smaller. It won't take too many swings.

There it goes, there it goes.

Here we go, here we go.

♪

♪

[ groans ]

diving into the open currents and really strong waters,

getting sort of tossed against the coral...

This is a real challenge.

It's hard.

♪

♪

max: Laura, get out of the way.

It's gonna be comin' down your way.

Jeff: Timber!

Yay!

There it goes.

Awesome. Whoo!

James: You guys may think it's light, but...

Together, we got 11 trees

that we are using to help build our raft.

These things are supposed to be light,

but after 38 days, they're not light.

Let's hope the water thinks differently.

♪

♪

♪

whoo!

♪

♪

we got four urchins total.

And these are sea urchins, also known an uni.

The main technique to cleaning an urchin is to not get stung.

The longer spines here are not venomous,

but the smaller ones in between are venomous,

and they sting pretty darn good if they get you.

The fats and proteins in this little morsel

are probably more concentrated

than anything else we're eating out here.

Hey, who likes uni?

And who doesn't know?

-Yeah. -[bleep] yeah.

-Oh, yeah. -Wow.

Duke: This is the reproductive structure of the sea urchin.

Narrator: Technically the gonads of the sea urchin.

Each bite of uni contains about 1 1/2 grams of protein,

which is equal to about three peanuts.

Rylie: Oh, my god!

Duke: It's one of my favorites.

I would try -- if you've never tried it before,

go for the bright, bright yellow stuff.

The other ones might be a little more gamey

just 'cause they're...

Oh, my god. You have to try this.

I mean, I don't know.

Gabrielle: My first location, we had sea urchin.

It tastes terrible.

I couldn't take it down.

-Eating it raw? -Oh, yeah.

Oh, my god. That is so good.

Duke: It just, like, melts in your mouth.

Yeah? That's really good.

Mm-hmm.

Thank you for sharing that. You're welcome.

Want another little niblet before we go over there?

Sure. Thank you.

Laura: We got some good wood!

-Hey, girls. -Awesome.

Nice job, guys.

Jeff: Let's carry them down

and try to see if this wood is buoyant.

Hang on, hang on. Slow down.

Hey, now... All right.

Lowering.

Yes! I'm floating!

And it's floating!

Jeff: We get it into the water and everybody sees it floats?

We have a big sigh of relief.

You guys are frickin' awesome.

Yep. Good job.

Max: These are way lighter, way more buoyant.

This is awesome.

Duke: You guys, we got four urchins.

Hell yeah!

You're a savage.

You're an inspiration. Little wins.

Big wins.

That's what I was sayin', man.

Seriously -- love and respect.

-I'm so excited. -Do you want that one?

Laura: I just want to just have a little bit.

Take it. I just want a little bite.

You can't get fresher than this.

I know, man.

Wow, what a freakin' treat.

Oh, my god.

♪

♪

ow! [bleep]

ahh!

[bleep]

♪

max: Ahh!

[bleep]

oh, my god. Ow.

♪

so last night was a little rough.

I definitely got bit by a scorpion.

This is so weird.

My [bleep] leg is completely numb.

It feels like when you wake up from, like,

sleeping on your arm.

Laura: Oh, when it's pins and needles and it's all numb?

Yeah. Is it throbbing?

Or is it just like, pins and needles?

It feels like pins and needles,

and my whole kneecap is completely numb now.

It's not swollen at all.

You know, anything can take you out of a challenge.

But I'm still pushin' through.

I still have juice.

And that's all that really matters.

'cause I'm a [bleep] athlete, and that's what I do.

We got a raft to build, so we just got to finish strong.

Fourth quarter. Time to push it.

♪

laura: We're putting together

all of our raft pieces right now.

We're gonna have all these kind of lashed together.

We're gonna cut some of these longer ends,

and fill in some gaps.

And it's gonna be kind of our version of the viking

long boat that we wanted to do.

Let's do this.

Jeff: All right. There you go. Now you're gettin' it.

Laura: Yeah, gabby!

-Oh, my. -It's a big job.

It's a humongous job.

James: Needs a lot of line.

Yeah.

We've got a lot of lashing to do.

So I'm really glad that the fishing line

I brought is able to help us make this raft for extraction.

We're gonna have to be so careful

when we drag this on the ground.

Yep. I'm so scared of this cutting...

Nice job, max.

Gabrielle: We all worked together to cut down the trees.

We all worked together to bring the trees

down the side of the mountain.

You know, there's been a whole lot of work

that's gone into this thing.

Resources considered, I think,

we'll do the best we can with what we got.

James: We got to get the front done. The water's comin' up.

It'settin' up pretty high.

♪

duke: Oh, my god, man.

This feels so sturdy.

Looks actually a lot better than I thought it would be.

This looks badass, you guys.

It turned out way more badass than I even envisioned.

Any more thoughts gone into how we're actually

gonna launch this thing tomorrow?

I bet there's 1,500 pounds here.

I bet there is.

We have to have something to lift it up.

Some ropes up front.

And maybe some rollers under it.

Yep. I think the rollers are gonna work well.

'cause those logs right now,

we don't need them.

Duke: Well, I'm happy to do some pulaski-in'.

Yeah, I'd cut them only as wide as you need them.

Six feet... Cut six feet.

Gabrielle: James being an architect...

He's pretty much the design man for projects like this one.

And I think everybody kind of adds little ideas and pieces

to that, and...

You know, every idea is considered out here.

If we can get it in the water, it'll be impressive.

♪

♪

whoo.

Duke: We just spent a ton of energy building this raft

and we have a huge extraction ahead of us tomorrow,

and the uni was a great win, especially for morale,

but it just wasn't a lot of calories.

Jeff: Duke and I, we're gonna see if we can head out

far away off the beaten path

and hopefully secure food resources

for all of our family members.

We desperately need it.

♪

[ monkey screeching ]

hey, look back there.

[ gasps ]

those are plantains.

Look at those freaking honkers.

Those are big honkers.

This is gonna feed the family.

Wow, those are honkers, man.

That one bunch could feed the group for two days well.

Duke: Yep, yep, yep.

I think we got to cut this thing down.

Oh, my god.

Duke: Jeff and I see plantains,

so we just employed our collective knowledge

about knots and lashings.

Like, how can we do this as easily as possible?

Let's work smarter, not harder.

That's long.

Yeah, this is gonna be a long pole.

So, what's your thought?

I'm gonna split it here at the end.

Yup.

And then I'm just gonna shove this fricking blade in there

and try to have, hopefully, enough of this cordage

to lash it in a pretty thick state.

Cool.

And the weight of this is actually gonna help

with the leverage.

Exactly. I dig it.

Plantains are energy, they are carbohydrates.

It's gonna allow us to have the energy to paddle to extraction.

Amen, brother.

You want to saw or catch?

I'll saw, and I'll be so very mindful of the fact

that you are underneath this blade.

That makes two of us.

We're going to the grocery store right now.

Yep.

They just happen to be on that high shelf, that's all.

[ groans ] okay, let me just get my footing.

This is gonna be like trying to catch a pig

falling out of the sky.

Get out of the way if it seems like it's coming down too quick.

You're halfway through. Is that knife gonna fall, also?

It's gonna snap. Nope.

Nope, nope. Okay.

♪

oh! Oh, [bleep]!

Yeah, it is.

Whoa!

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

[ laughs ]

yes!

Oh, yes! We are safe.

We are safe. Yep.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, the entire family's gonna be so happy.

Jeff: Everybody back at camp right now is hurt,

but these plantains, they're gonna give us

the carbohydrates that we need to make extraction happen.

♪

whoot, whoot, whoot! Whoot!

Whoo!

-We got food! -Wow.

Laura: Awesome. What a catch.

Nicole: Good job, guys.

Way to go. Don't hold back.

Get healthy, get fed, y'all. Don't hold back.

Dude, thank you so much.

-Thank you. -Yeah.

Holy hannah.

Don't hold back.

We are so lucky to have plantains here

because this extraction is no joke.

It might be the hardest extraction I ever do.

Jeff: This is so good.

This is so -- I love this, dude.

♪

gabrielle: This is the last night of my third challenge,

and it's starting to hit me that this is probably the last night

I will ever spend naked in the wilderness

for the rest of my life.

Jeff: We're about to complete the impossible.

60 days out here, and our journey is going to end

right...There.

It's gonna be quite a paddle.

Yeah.

♪

max: How's everybody doing? James, how are you?

Not well.

Shoot.

I feel so just sick and tired.

I'm gonna throw up.

[ retches ]

jeff: You all right, dude?

[ groaning ]

[bleep]

[ retches ]

♪

so, here we are, day 40!

-Whoo! -Day 40!

It's day 60!

Yee-hee-hee-hee-hee!

Oh, baby!

It feels so good,

but the physically most demanding moment

of the entire challenge is about to come.

We need to get this raft in the water and we need to paddle

and we need to kick like our lives depended on it.

This is where champions are made.

I slept horribly last night. I was sick, man.

I was really sick.

You all right?

I'll be okay.

James: I don't know how much fuel I have left.

I feel like I'm on fumes.

From the beginning, my desire was to come into this challenge

and prove that I'm not over the hill...

And I plan to do that.

I'm going the distance.

Put that fire out and let's drop our bag.

Rylie: Yeah, let's go.

Oh, whoosh!

Laura: Heading out into the ocean is gonna be no joke.

This whole entire experience has been a grind.

Getting to this extraction point,

it's not gonna be a cake walk.

It's gonna be a lot of hard work.

I can already see where the open ocean starts.

Where those waves pick up. There's currents

pulling away from where we need to go.

We have to be ready for whatever we get.

The ocean is not to be messed with.

It's not to be underestimated.

We're all gonna need to be as strong as we can

to all make it out there.

Narrator: With a raft that weighs an excess of 1,500 pounds,

the survivalists face a difficult three-mile journey

across open ocean inhabited by deadly sea snakes

and large populations of gray reef sharks.

If they're able to reach the designated extraction area,

a rescue boat will be deployed to meet them.

Jeff: Whoo. Onwards.

Do not pull up on the outriggers, they will snap.

Use a rope to lift straight from the raft itself.

This boat probably weighs 1,500 pounds,

and it's low tide right now.

Getting this boat into the water is gonna be difficult.

James: I think the easiest thing to do is keep going straight

and get it around those rocks.

Might be able to squeeze between.

Getting this thing into the water is insane.

We had to cut these 14-inch diameter logs

to slide and roll almost like ancient egyptians moving blocks.

James: All right, who's gonna do a count for us?

Max, you got it? All right, you guys, ready?

Okay, ready.

-Ready? -Ready.

3, 2, 1.

Go.

-All right. -Stop.

3, 2, 1.

Go.

Okay. 3, 2, 1.

-Okay, ready. -Ready?

3, 2, 1.

All right.

3, 2, 1.

[bleep]

-you all right? -Are you all right?

I'm fine. I slipped.

Be careful where you're footing.

Yeah. Ready?

Yep. 3, 2, 1.

All right.

All right, 3, 2, 1.

Gabrielle: [bleep] laura: Are you okay, gabby?

Yeah. What happened?

Are you all right? I don't know.

[bleep]

mmm, ouch.

James: Gabby's bleeding now,

and even a small amount of blood can attract sharks.

They can smell it for miles.

Oh [bleep]

jeff: That's not good.

♪

narrator: Throughout this 40-day challenge,

the survivalists have earned a "naked and afraid xl" rating,

or xlr, which tracks their progress,

teamwork, and likelihood of success.

After their final migration to to the palawan coast.

Laura: Awesome. Whoo.

Narrator: The team of nine

has displayed excellent skill and teamwork

while constructing their raft...

Yeah, gabby.

...And some important food wins...

Yeah, it is.

...Have provided much-needed energy.

You're a savage, seriously.

As a result, their group xlr

has increased from 7.8 to 8.2,

but now, as they enter shark-infested waters

on day 40...

[ screams ]

...Gabrielle's injury...

Holy [bleep]

...Has added a new danger to their final treacherous journey.

♪

all right, 3, 2, 1.

Gabrielle: [ screams ]

laura: You okay, gabby?

[bleep]

yep.

Duke: Gabby goes down, and she pulls up her foot,

and I see blood gushing.

And that concerns me 'cause we have seen sharks here.

Holy [bleep]

max: Okay, this next one's it.

3, 2, 1.

-Got it. -Got it.

-Whoo! Yeah! -Yee-haw!

Yeah, baby, good job.

Holy snap.

We got to go. Yeah.

You guys ready?

Let's go.

♪

extraction day, baby!

[ cheering ]

good job, guys. Good job.

♪

come on, we got to keep pushing.

Whoo!

Duke: Max, run a safety on sharks and nasty critters?

Yeah.

Nothing.

Good.

A shark would be a bad way to go down on extraction.

Not even kidding.

Gab is bleeding right now.

You okay there, gab?

Yeah.

♪

can't see the bottom. There's no bottom right here.

All right, we're clearing the coral now into open water.

♪

♪

[bleep]

what?

Holy [bleep] where?

Back side of the boat.

Laura: I don't see anything.

Duke: Oh [bleep] I see it.

It's getting closer.

Oh [bleep]

shark! Right there.

Holy [bleep] go!

Go!

Hard left, hard left!

30 feet, you guys.

Right there.

Oh [bleep]

♪

oh [bleep]

oh, god! It's right there.

♪

can't see it.

It's gone.

♪

yeah.

♪

jeff: Keep kicking, guys.

Keep that forward momentum.

We don't want to lose it. Keep the forward momentum.

Keep moving, keep moving, keep moving.

You okay, james?

Pretty tired.

Keep pushing. Dig deep.

Whatever's hurting, keep pushing.

This is our day.

-Whoo! -Our day.

This is our moment!

-Whoo! -Whoo!

This is our challenge!

-Whoo! -Awhoo!

Whoo!

Rylie: Extraction is extremely difficult.

This is in open water with the current

going against us and with swells.

And who the hell knows where the extraction vehicle is?

Are we getting close? Come on.

Got to be getting close, man.

This is nearly right on the map where it showed

that it would be.

I don't see anything, though.

I see nothing.

Is that a boat on the horizon?

It might be coming towards us. Let's go.

Laura: It's coming our way, it's coming our way!

Jeff: Whoo!

Keep pushing, baby.

Yeah, baby.

Nothing left in my tank.

Keep it going, baby!

Dig deeper!

Let's go!

This is our day!

This is our moment!

[ cheering ]

this is what I live for right now!

[ all cheer ]

♪

♪

rylie: I just feel so damn good because I have done the job

I came here to do.

For 40 days, I went through hell and high water, literally,

and this moment definitely lived up to everything

that I thought it would be.

-60 days, baby! -Yeah, baby!

Yes!

[ cheering ]

yes!

♪

your arms are going numb?

Here, let's get you in the shade.

Shade, please. Shade.

-He feels cold, he says. -Now he's cold.

♪

♪

-he feels cold, he says. -Now he's cold.

Angela: I'm very concerned for james.

I mean, we just kicked for hours,

and then, next thing you know, he's hyperventilating

and he says his arms are going numb.

To see james like this just scares the crap out of me.

Yep, good, good.

-I know. You're doing good. -That's right.

-You're doing good. -Number 1, dude.

Yes, you are.

[ cheering ]

[ cheering ]

boom, james is back.

He's like, "I got a bone to pick with all you guys.

You guys didn't leave it on e."

I respect the [bleep] o.

He's putting 20-year-olds in their place.

[ laughs ]

[ cheering ]

yeah! Who says you got to be 20?

Who says you got to be 30?

40 and 50, baby!

51. All right!

Whoo!

I am the oldest to successfully complete a 40-day challenge.

This challenge pushes you all the way to the limit

of what you can do, and I hit it.

You've got it, baby!

[ cheering ]

and I'm happy.

I'm feeling good.

Gabrielle: This challenge has been a roller coaster ride,

but I proved to myself what grit and determination --

just what they can do and what you can achieve

if you're willing to stop at nothing to achieve it.

[ cheering ]

today is my 75th day naked in the wilderness.

Only max and I can say that we've completed

the 14-day fan challenge, the 21-day,

and the 40-day xl challenge.

So that's a really big accomplishment.

Max: I'm riding this unimaginle high right now.

To be passing the finish line with eight other individuals

that we all worked together as a team, it's special.

It's gonna be hard to ever replicate something like this.

Whoo!

It's huge.

It's huge.

[ cheering ]

60 days, you guys!

60 days!

It seemed like an inconceivable amount of time

when we started, but it's done now.

I've done 156 days naked in the wild.

I feel lucky to have had the privilege to do that

and really proud of jeff, and I feel honored to have gone

across the finish line with everyone.

[ cheering ]

laura and I, we just did the impossible.

[ cheering ]

breaking records! Breaking records!

I'm a different man than I was before.

I had no intention of joining up with a larger group,

as everybody knows,

but, let me tell you, when I got that fever,

that taught me a lot about having to rely on others.

[ cheering ]

♪

to be with them, shoulder to shoulder,

all the way to the finish line, that is the number-1 prize

that I'm gonna take from this challenge.

[ cheering ]

♪

♪

narrator: Over 40 days, the scarce resources

and challenging conditions

of the philippines palawan island

took a physical toll on the survivalists,

leading to significant weight loss,

but despite the hardships and conflicting strategies...

I am not sitting in this [bleep] cave

when there is a [bleep] dining room out there.

That's a rookie [bleep] mistake.

Bye. Go on your walk, charlie.

...The survivalists came together...

We're one family now, guys.

Yep.

...Demonstrating excellent teamwork...

-Yeah! -Yeah, baby, good job.

Narrator: ...And perseverance in completing their mission.

[ cheering ]

ultimately earning a final group xl rating

of 8.5.

Jeff: Philippines!

[ cheering ]

♪

♪

we got it, we rocked it.

Yes! Here we go.

All right, it's time we go to the food.

There's pizza!

There's oreos.

Oh, my gosh!

Chocolate cake!

Chocolate cake!

Wow.

James: It was a buffet of anything and everything.

There was pizza, there were doughnuts, there was even cake.

I just loaded up on the desserts.

-Wow. -Oh, my god!

Duke: This is how you integrate back into society.

You put an oreo on top of a piece of pizza

that's been dipped in kimchi, and then you bite it.

[ laughs ]

rylie: It didn't seem like we were ever gonna finish this,

and to actually get out of that ocean

and be heading back to civilization --

I pulled this off, I did this.

This is the best day of my life, you guys.

Thank you all so much for contributing to that.

Definitely.

Max: It was an honor to fight by your side.

♪

oh, my god, I've been waiting to do that for far too long.

Oh, my god.

So, this is my first shower

after 60 days "naked and afraid."

because of malnutrition, stress, and survival,

I'm losing all of my hair.

It may not look that bad, but, like, our hair --

look at that.

That is all the dirt imbedded in our skin.

This is the first hot water I've felt in 40 days.

Washing your face, even after rinsing the rag out,

that's what it looks like.

I just got finished combing my hair out.

God, that feels good and it tastes good.

Two months without brushing my teeth.

Best part of the challenge right here.

I'm going home.

Look at that. Look at that out there.

It's the philippines.

37 hours of traveling, 40 days naked

in the philippines jungles, starving, thirsty.

And I'm home.

Finally home.

My mom's here to pick me up.

I think I see her right here.

Whoo!

There she is.

Hey!

Hey. Mwah, mwah, mwah!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

I'm home.

My first meal back on american soil.

Mmm.

Hey, I just got home.

Boy: Hi!

Who is it?

Hi, buddy.

Hi, mama.

Can I have a kiss?

Aww, buddy.

Did you miss me? Yeah.

I missed you, too, you know that?

Yeah.

Narrator: Next time, in a two-hour event,

survivalists reunite for the first time.

It just blows my mind how tough it was out there.

It was rough.

Holy [bleep]

laura is a mad alcohol scientist.

Hooch crab.

[ laughter ]

other people were suffering while you were looking

so [bleep] wonderful.

Nope, other people were at home

when other people crossed the [bleep] finish line!

[bleep] you!