All language subtitles for Naked.And.Afraid.S19E05.540p.x265.AAC

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie] Whoo!
Yeah!

I can't believe
"Naked and Afraid"

was crazy enough to ask me
to come back.

I'm Ernie.

And I'm the biggest true fan
of "Naked and Afraid,"

every season, every episode.

You know, people use the word
"super fan" over and over again.

I'm a true fan.
I have bags.

I have all kinds of memorabilia
that I've collected.

Like, I went
on the "Naked and Afraid" cruise

to meet a bunch of my heroes.

So, yeah, I'm a big, huge fan.

I did a 14-day fan challenge
in the Yucatán in Mexico.

I hate this [bleep] place.

I was baptized under fire.

-We did it.
-[Mandy] Oh my God.

We did it.

I'm here to do
a 21 in Botswana, Africa.

Whoo-hoo!
Can you believe it?

[suspenseful music playing]

[Amy] I'm just not sure anybody
can survive here for 21 days.

-Oh my God.
-[elephant trumpets]

[yells]

[narrator]
Two strangers.

[Viktor] Ah!
Run, go, go, go, go.

No food.

-[Jonny] Ah!
-[groans]

[bleep]

No water.

Ah!

21 days.

-[Tray] Don't tap.
-[roars]

Die first.

"Naked and Afraid."

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie] Damn, this is pretty.

You're gonna kick my ass,
aren't you, Africa?

I've always wanted to be here.
See the tall grass, the reeds.

You see all the birds
flying around.

[grunts]

[Ernie] You hear the hippos out.
This place is like a heartbeat.

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie] There's tons of danger
out here.

There's a jaguar,
the lions, the croc.

This is so overwhelming.

And the water is forever.
It's a sea of green.

And instead of it being
like a pasture

or a field, it's water.

Located in southern Africa,
Botswana's Okavango Delta is

a vast inland wetland,
where water flooding

from the Okavango River
slowly fills the grassland,

creating a seasonal habitat
for Africa's large populations

of migrating animals,
including lions,

elephants, and hippopotamuses,

whose two-ton frame
and four-foot gaping mouths

kill 500 humans each year.

As winter weather brings
floodwaters to the region,

it also offsets the searing
sun, with near-freezing nights

and sudden wind gusts
up to 30 miles per hour.

Africa's gonna test me beyond
anything I already know.

It's gonna push me
beyond my limits for sure.

Super intimidating, but as much
as I'm afraid of Africa,

I'm terrified of what
my partner might be here.

I can definitely feel
the nerves, man.

Partnership dynamics
can be volatile.

-Are you happy, Ernie?
-[Ernie] Oh, gosh.

My partner
from the fan challenge, Mandy,

she was a surprising breath
of fresh air.

I am super appreciative
of you making shoes.

We complemented each other.
We did things for each other.

She is a [bleep] rock-star.

Getting closer.

Ah, dang!

The one thing you can't control
is your partner.

And I think once I meet
my partner, that I'll feel

so much more relaxed.
And hopefully, we get along.

The moment of truth.

I'm super apprehensive.

I tell this to people all
the time,

'cause everyone always asks.

You can practice fire,
you can practice shelter,

you can practice every weakness
you have and every strength

you can sharpen,
but you can never be in control

of your partner.

Man, if I end up with some
lazy, self-loathing,

[bleep] negative,
egotistical beast,

I'm just gonna lose my [bleep].

All right, all right.
I feel better now.

-[bleep]
-[Mandy] You're kidding me!

[both laugh]

Oh, my God!
You've gotta be kidding me!

This is so much better!

Ernie, we're gonna
do this again!

Oh, my gosh!

-[Ernie groans]
-[Mandy squeals] [bleep]

I'm about to do 21 days

in Botswana.

This is the scaredest
I've ever been probably

in my entire life,
if I'm being honest.

[crocodile hisses]

[Mandy] Absolutely more scared
than I was last time.

My name's Mandy, and I just
finished a 14-day challenge.

-[Mandy screams] Bats -- ooh!
-[Ernie] Uh-oh.

[Mandy]
I knew it was gonna be hard,

but I couldn't

possibly fathom how hard.
-[Ernie speaking]

A lizard.

We tried to eat...

[indistinct whispering]

...but unfortunately,
we were not successful.

So during the whole 14 days,
we only ate cactus.

So I knew right away I needed
to learn how to trap,

set traps, snares,
things like that.

I had opportunity between
the two challenges to really

focus on the things
I wasn't good at.

And now it's my time to prove
that I am good at these things.

[Mandy gasps]
You're [bleep] kidding me!

[both laugh]

[Mandy] Oh my God,
you gotta be kidding me!

The last person I expected.
The last person.

-But the best person.
-The best.

This has never happened.

Two fans coming in together
for a 21.

This has never happened.
I don't think they've ever had.

Are you kidding me?

We're so lucky to be first
in "Naked and Afraid" history

to go from a fan
to a 21 together.

Hey, we're not two fans
trying to figure it out

this time.

I don't have an opportunity
to tap.

Wow.

I've been a part
of this community for years.

I will catch all kinds [bleep],
not only from my family,

but from other fans.

I even made the comment,
someone asked me,

"Who would be
your perfect partner?"

And I was like,
"OK, well, imagine Mandy,

and then branch out from there."
-Maybe with some more skill set.

But hey, Mandy 2.0 is here.

-[Ernie] All right, awesome.
-Mandy 2.0 is here.

I can't see how we can fail.

-Let's get to it.
-OK.

We figured out through some of
the hardest times in our lives

how to get through 14.

We just gotta get through
one week.

It's that last week that's
gonna make the difference.

It's the one that's gonna bite.

We got a little bit more
than our supplies.

Um, mokoro, I believe,
is the African canoe name.

But that means
we're not staying here.

You know, normally when they
give you extra [bleep], it's...

[Mandy]
We gotta use it.

Traditionally dug out
from the trunk of a large tree,

a mokoro is a canoe used
for navigating the channels

and flooded plains
of Botswana's Okavango Delta.

-[Ernie] Dude, this is...
-[hollow knocking]

-pretty badass.
-What you got?

-What you got?
-Yeah.

I have my machete.

I like it.

I've got a very cool fishing
kit here.

-So we are eating this time.
-Yes.

We're eating.

In addition
to their survival items,

Mandy and Ernie have been given

a fire starter,
a pot, and a map of the Delta.

-[Ernie] Ah, voila.
-Where are we going?

OK, so we're here.

-[Ernie] Yeah.
-[Mandy] And we have...

[Ernie] Ah, the Tree of Life.

[Mandy] So we're gonna have
to canoe there today.

It's gonna be a tough push out.

Yeah.
We need to get started

like yesterday.
-Yeah.

-Let's get on the move.
-[Mandy] Let's do it.

[Ernie] Let's do it.

To reach their island,
Mandy and Ernie must navigate

their mokoro 2.1 miles north
through the flood basin where

Nile crocodiles hide amongst
the papyrus reeds.

-[Mandy] All right, buddy.
-[Ernie] All right.

-Off we go.
-[Mandy] There we go.

We're going.

I'm gonna try standing just
because I feel like I've got

more leverage that way.
-You might wanna be careful.

You know, you land
in this water, you got crocs

and you got, we got snakes
and we got all kinds of [bleep]

we don't know
that's floating in here.

[Mandy gasps and screams]
There's a spider.

-OK.
-[screams] It's so big.

There are spiders everywhere.

I did not take
that into consideration.

-On the water?
-On the water.

[Ernie speaking]

[Mandy]
These spiders are not great.

I don't mind getting filthy,

I don't mind trucking
through thorns.

[yelps] Sorry.

But, when it comes
to bugs and spiders...

-Oh, my God.
-Hang in there.

[Mandy]
Something's crawling on me.

I scream.

[yelps]

And I can't control it,
so it's something

that I'm gonna try to work on,
'cause they're everywhere.

[screams] [bleep]

Oh!
Oh, my God!

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK.

-I thought you were gonna tip.
-I got it, I got it.

[Mandy] You're brave.

That spider web was right
in your face.

-[Ernie] Yeah.
-[creepy chord plays]

-[Ernie grunts]
-[Mandy] Whoo!

[Ernie]
Man, I'm telling you what,

my shoulders are feeling it.
-[Mandy] Yeah -- It's a workout.

No doubt about that.

[Ernie] It is.
It is.

-[Mandy] Take a hard left.
-[Ernie groans]

[Mandy] There we go.
There we go.

[Ernie]
See to the right?

-The tree.
-You think that's it?

-I think that's the right one.
-Yeah, that's gotta be it.

I don't see any of the tree
that kind of looks like

that, you know?
-[Ernie] Is it that way?

-Yeah.
-[Ernie] Yeah, let's do it.

-That final push for the day.
-Yeah.

Oh, it's definitely getting
more shallow.

Oh, yeah.
I just hit the bottom.

I'm gonna go ahead and
get out here?

Yep.
You want me to get out first?

-Yeah, yeah.
-Whoo!

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's very shallow.

We're good.
The endorphins are rolling.

Super excited.

But I can't neglect the fact
that the hard stuff's coming.

[Mandy] What, what?
Oh, you know what that means.

-[Ernie] Yeah.
-They could be close by.

-[Ernie] Yeah.
-[elephant groans]

[Mandy] Did you find a spot
to tie it off on?

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] We have the most danger
predators around us,

and they're nocturnal.

That's a different type of scat.
That's not elephant.

-[Ernie] Oh, no, no, that's a...
-What is that, you think?

[Ernie] That's a...
That could be a cat.

[Mandy] We are definitely
in their territory.

It is imperative that we get
that boma done as soon

as possible.
-[lion growling]

[Ernie] So, we need coverage.

Um, so we need to be
in the trees.

There's, like, that big
shady-looking tree over there.

[Ernie] Yeah, exactly
Yeah, exactly, yeah.

[Mandy] Let's see what we're
working with, at least.

[Ernie] Exactly.

-[Mandy] Let's take
a look over here.
-[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Look at this.
This is some nice shelter.

Do you think that this would
be good?

And, like, so what we could do
is build our, like,

this could be our entryway.
-Yeah.

We could put the fire here.

There's enough
clearance overhead.

I don't see any ants.

I don't see any spiders
coming above.

-All right.
-All right.

-Home.
-Ready?

-21 days.
-Got it.

[Mandy] Here in Botswana,
this time of year,

we only get about
11 hours of daylight.

And we are well surpassed
the halfway point.

So, I think we're gonna
use our strength.

While you're building,
I'm starting that fire.

After that, I'll start
clearing out.

[Ernie] OK.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

There is something
on your cheek, buddy.

Oh, it's a leech.

-[Ernie laughs]
-OK, I'm just gonna pull it.

[Ernie] OK, if you rub
the head of it.

[Mandy] Where's the head?
Is that the head?

-I don't know.
-[Ernie] Well, the part
that's stuck.

-They're both stuck.
-Both?

-Yes.
-There's two?

Yeah, rip it off.

[grunts] Oh, my God.

[yelps] Where'd it go?

[Ernie laughs]

-Oh, man, that was funny.
-Thank you.

You're welcome.
You're welcome.

Now, I don't know where
I threw the damn thing.

-[Ernie continues laughing]
-It's so slimy.

[both laugh]

[Ernie] The -- the boma's --

it's, uh, it's
absolutely necessary.

It's for our protection.

Africa comes alive at night,
and that's why it's important

we're on the clock.

Ernie and Mandy are
surrounding their camp

with a six-foot-tall boma built
with layers of stacked branches

and filled in with thorny palm
leaves for protection

from nighttime predators.

A lot of these have thorns
in them.

[bleep]

Ah, [bleep]

The palms have, like,
these gargantuan thorns

on 'em, too, so...

Yeah, I'm gonna use that
to try to cover it.

Just getting a little bit
more tinder,

so that way, when it's go time,
we're good.

I got it started
within seconds.

All right.

OK.
All right.

I'm gonna take a break
from this,

and I'm gonna help you.
-[Ernie] Yeah.

because our daylight is gonna
go quickly.

[both exhale]

[softly] All right.

I wish it was just
a little thicker.

I feel like there's still
a lot to fill up.

Not a lot of time.

-Wanna use this for our door?
-[Ernie] Yeah.

-Yeah, that's a great idea.
-You mean it's bushy enough?

[Ernie] Yeah.

All right, so we're done
for the night?

Yes.

We'll see what works tonight,
and then we'll fill

in those gaps tomorrow.
-[Ernie] Yep.

[Mandy] Day one,
we're on lockdown for the night.

Got our fire.
We've got our boma.

Hanging out with my,

used to be my jungle friend.

Now he's my Delta dude.

I'm a little scared
of what's gonna come out later.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Tonight's gonna
be a...an experiment.

-[Ernie] Yeah, it is.
-[Mandy] Let's see
how that goes.

[Mandy speaking]

[insects chirping]

[elephant trumpets and roars
in distance]

-That was an elephant.
-[Ernie speaking]

That was an elephant.

-It's so early.
-Yeah.

And there's already
so much activity.

-[elephant trumpets in distance]
-[Mandy gasps]

-Elephant.
-That was an elephant.

-[elephant roars]
-Oh.

That was an elephant.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[elephant roars softly]

[Mandy speaking]

Wow!

[Ernie speaking]

[lion roars]

[Mandy] Mm.

[Ernie speaking]

[Ernie]
That way?

[Mandy] Yes, yes.

[lion growls]

-[lion growls]
-[Mandy whispering and speaking]

[tense music playing]

[soft, foreign music playing]

[Ernie]
La -- last night was tough.

[Mandy]
We could hear
all the animals, a lot.

-[Ernie] Yeah, that was a trip.
-Activity nonstop.

[Ernie]
We heard elephants, hippos.

Then I heard this,
like, guttural, like [growls].

Getting closer and closer.
It was pretty intense.

-Hi, Vundi, hi.
-[Ernie] Yeah -- hey, Vundi.

After scouting the perimeter
of Ernie and Mandy's boma,

one of the local rangers is
concerned about

their nighttime safety.

[Mandy] Oh, we're close.

-[Ernie] Is that a paw?
-[Vundi speaking]

Lioness?
That's really scary.

[suspenseful music playing]

Boma's right there.
Like, we are right there.

Oh, my gosh.

[Ernie softly] Oh, my God.

-This is insane.
-Look at it.

[Mandy] Finding out that
the lioness was about 15 feet

from our boma, it's scary to me.

She had to use the bathroom
right there.

Is that her way
of marking her territory?

Trying to come back?

That way,
it very well could be.

I'm not sure.

So, just put it more
into perspective of, like,

just how dangerous all
of this really is.

-Yeah, yeah, absolutely will.
-OK.

We're in their territory.
Like, this is their spot.

-This is their home.
-[Vundi] Yep.

[Mandy]
That's a huge wake-up call.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm, the boma needs
to be improved today.

-We'll get that knocked out.
-[softly] Yeah.

[leaves rustling]

In order to protect themselves
from the female lion

in the area, Mandy and Ernie
will reinforce their boma,

building taller and thicker
walls to prevent

animals from entering.

[Ernie] If you can put
the palms, it'll block the view.

I'm cutting down
the bigger branches.

We're going anywhere
from 7 to 10 feet.

Mandy's going inside
and weaving all the palms

in between
so they have their thorns.

So it's like the secondary
inner layer of protection

so that you can't
necessarily see.

We want predators to walk
right by us and not even know

we're there.
-Stack it up.

Can't lie, I felt like
our shelter was ready yesterday.

[laughs], and found out today
that it's not.

But the good thing
about mistakes is that you learn

from them and you become better.

Ugh.

I wanna be able to show
during this entire challenge

that you can grow,

you can do hard things,
and if you want

to learn it, you can do it.

[Ernie]
That palm looks like a wall.

You did such a good job.

[Mandy] So we still have
some work to do, but compared

to what we had last night,
it's night and day.

And hopefully we get some good
sleep tonight.

-Yay, that would be great.
-Yay.

[suspenseful, foreign
music playing]

[insects chirping]

[lion growls]

[lion growls]

[lion continues growling]

-[Ernie] Good morning, Mandy.
-[Mandy] Good morning.

There was a lion
right outside our boma.

-Oh my God.
-It's scary.

[Ernie] But luckily the boma
blocked it out.

Yeah.
You slept right through it.

Something that is not
different from the Yucatán is

Ernie will fall asleep
within five minutes.

That's nothing new.

And it's like, I don't wanna
wake him even if I am scared,

because...

I can function on little sleep.
And I know he does not.

But just like Ernie
has his kryptonite of sleep,

my kryptonite is weight loss.

I'm gonna start getting
hungry soon.

[Ernie] I'm excited
about going fishing.

[Mandy] I really am too.

The toughest part
of the fan challenge for me

was I never could acquire
enough food.

I failed at capturing
some iguanas.

[bleep] I was right next to him.

And it was a little defeating.

I'm [bleep] done.
He wins.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] I am totally excited
that Mandy brought fishing line,

because we got
a fighting chance.

I think, there's two in here.

[Ernie] OK.
Let's get to fishing.

Really hope we don't fall in,
'cause it is cold.

[Ernie]
Yeah, the water's really cold.

[Mandy]
There are scary things in there.

♪♪

-[Ernie] You hear that?
-[Mandy] I did hear that.

[wind blowing]

[Ernie] Do you see anything?
Any fish, any kind of activity?

[Mandy]
Not yet.

[Ernie] They ain't [bleep] here.

I mean, this place used to be
grass, you know,

just a month ago.
-[Mandy] Right.

[Ernie]
The Delta is not a river.

It's not a lake.

So, for fish,
it's not actual active habitat.

The fish come in after
the waters flood in.

[Mandy] I've honestly never
fished in an area like this.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

And I honestly don't know
what to do.

[Ernie] The fish, they're just
not here yet.

[Mandy] I'm frustrated.

My last challenge, I made it
14 days with barely no food,

and it was awful.

I can't just say,
"Oh, we're gonna get food

this time,"
'cause what if we don't?

I need to catch some food
this time.

I just need to figure it out.

[Ernie] Look, there's
a couple of lilies.

[Mandy] Wanna try to grab them
since we're here?

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Definitely be careful.

[Ernie]
Tell me if you see anything,
any bubbles

or eyeballs.
-[Mandy] Yeah.

-Good job, Ernie.
-Yeah.

-Good job.
-You know, some sort of win.

[gentle music playing]

[boar grunts]

[Mandy] There we go.

Just kind of looks like
a really thick green bean.

-Just a bunch of mush.
-It is.

So...

Doesn't smell very good.

-What do you think?
-Mushy, um, not much of a spice.

Just gonna pretend
it's overcooked celery.

-That's what we're doing.
-Yep.

Ah.

Not bad.

[in unison] Not good.

Lilies aren't off the menu.

I don't know how much
more I can eat.

-There's another one in there.
-I know.

Hell no, we ain't eating none
of that for breakfast.

We are done with lilies today.

I can't enjoy it anymore.

I'm over it.
Yep, I'm over it.

-[warthog squeals]
-[yelps]

-What is that?
-That was a warthog.

[Ernie gasps]
Where did it come from?

There --

I wanna kill it and I wanna
eat bacon.

-[Mandy] Yes.
-Yeah.

[bleep] it.

Maybe I can get lucky.
They live in huge holes.

-[Mandy] OK.
-Boars are very aggressive.

So if I just show
up at the front

and start tapping it,
he'll try to attack me.

-You'll [imitates cutting]
-Yep.

If I'm lucky, he run towards me
and I'd just be able to like

stab him straight out.

But ideally,
I find him in this hole,

and I stab him in there.

That's my plan.

I'm not seeing any tracks.

I mean, him finding a hole
in there would be really smart.

Where you at?

[bleep] this might be
a game trail.

He might have run through here.

[tense music builds]

[Ernie] There he is!
[bleep]

-[warthog squeals]
-[bleep]

[Ernie] Come here!

-[warthog grunts]
-[bleep] [sighs]

[bleep]

[Ernie exhales exhausted]

[bleep]

[Ernie]
It went that way to the left.

He took off running,

so I probably
found his hidey-hole.

[exhales] [bleep]

I would like to go out
and look Pumba again.

There's nothing over here.

But to be able to get something
with my machete is super tough.

I chased his ass down
as far and as fast as I could,

but I lost him on the edge
of the island.

We need to be smart hunters,
and I did get exhausted

chasing him.

When looking at food strategy,
it calls for a completely

different game plan.

[Mandy] I wanna start scoping
out tomorrow like little holes

where do some birds hang out
and set some snares.

-Yeah.
-This is part of Mandy 2.0.

-Awesome.
-I want to hunt.

I want to set traps.

I want to get food
for my partner and I.

That's super important to me.

Mandy 2.0 is learning from all
the mistakes that Mandy made

in her fan challenge.

[suspenseful music builds]

[Mandy] I've gotta pay attention
to these holes that I'm seeing.

For a snare,

if you're going to sit there
and say, "Mandy 2.0,"

you have to back it up.

I wanna say, "Hey, I went out
and got us dinner."

[Mandy whispers]

Something could live in there.

[normally] And with the sticks
that are right over it,

it's perfect
for setting a trap.

I'm going to make a snare trap
out of cordage.

In Yucatán,
they had a henequen plant.

This looks like it,
but without the thorns.

If you smash it, you can get
the fibers out of there

and make cordage.

When you break 'em down,
there's all these little fibers

in there and you can roll them
a certain way and twist them

to make cordage.

See?

-Look at that.
-[Mandy] Boom, boom, boom.

And now I just gotta
keep going.

[Ernie] Look at you.

Man, Mandy has rocked

from where she was at our 14

to what she's doing now.
That's grit.

I mean,
the girl is mission-focused.

-Badass.
-I'll be back.

[sighs]

Technically, I am hunting
right now, passively.

And that's actually
what you wanna do,

because we don't have calories
coming in yet.

It's all calories going out.

It's just gonna come out,
and it's just gonna get

caught up in my snare.
I'm gonna lay it down,

and I'm gonna block it off,
so that way it's not tempted

to run in a different path.
Perfect.

Now we wait.

I'm gonna go check my snare.

[Ernie]
I think it's a great idea.

-[Mandy] Ah, it broke.
-[Ernie] It broke through it.

[Mandy] Which means

there's something in there.

I'm onto something,
but my snares

aren't strong enough.
Man, it's frustrating, like...

Well, as they're out here,
out in the heat, they're gonna

dry out some too.
-[bird chirping]

I'm frustrated with my snares,

and I'm very disappointed
in myself,

but it wasn't due
to lack of trying.

So, um, I just gotta learn
from it and move on.

[Ernie] Let's get to fishing
before it gets --

'cause the sun's
really starting --

I'm starting to feel it now
on my shoulders.

-OK.
-Mm-hmm.

You know, last time,
we did not catch fish,

so we are going
to be setting lines today.

So, we're gonna have two poles

and we're going to set
two lines on each pole.

Hopeful that this is gonna
be a very awesome passive way

of fishing.

Mandy and Ernie's deadline
system will consist of two

baited hooks and lines attached
to a pole that is then secured

into the basin floor
and left for passive fishing.

[Mandy]
Ernie work that pole, buddy.

-[Ernie] I'm working that pole.
-[Mandy] I'm excited.

-It's time to get fishy with it.
-That's right.

That's right.

[Ernie] Yeah, it feels like the
water has definitely risen

in the last few days.
Mm-hmm.

[Mandy]
I don't remember it going
up to almost our knees.

[Ernie]
So fish should be coming in.

[Mandy] OK.

[Ernie] Today, we're gonna try
to push it to

a little bit deeper water.

That's where the productivity
is gonna be.

I think that's where we're
gonna see more

probabilities and chances.

-[Mandy] Right here?
-[Ernie] Right here, yeah.

[Mandy] See how there's kind
of like this open clear spot

a little bit?
-[Ernie] Yep.

[Mandy] We're gonna try setting
some lines.

It's such a passive way
to hunt.

OK, good.
Whoo!

OK, so when you lean that way,

I'm gonna lean this way
a little bit.

Going 14 days in the Yucatán
with only cactus,

it was really awful.

Oh, it's not enough [bleep].

-It's gonna --
-Ah!

So one of my biggest fears was
like, "What if we

don't get anything?"
I don't know if we can make it

21 days without anything.

Two, three.

[sighs] There we go.

-[sighs]
-Great job, Ernie.

[suspenseful chord plays]

♪♪

[Mandy sighs exhausted]

[Mandy] My energy sucks today.

It's pretty obvious that we are
expending way more calories

than we're getting in.

But as much as I realize that,
I can't keep dwelling on that.

A positive attitude,

a positive mindset,
it's everything.

[hippos groan]

Wow!

I didn't know there's this much
water over here.

This pot gets heavy
when it's full of water.

[chuckles nervously]

I'm losing my strength.

[suspenseful music builds]

[crocodile hisses]

[Mandy]
Almost there.

[Ernie] We are using the mokoro
exclusively for fishing.

[Mandy] Oh, I see it.
It's right ahead of us.

[Ernie] Checking our lines,
all about food.

[Mandy] How do we wanna approach
this so we don't knock it down?

We are definitely
getting hungry.

Every day has to be a strategic
calculation of where we burn

calories, where we don't.

And that's part
of our routine now.

Go out and check it.
Nothing.

-There's nothing on that one.
-Nope, nothing on that one.

All right.

OK, but it's still
got the bait.

Yep, still got the hook,
still got the bait.

[Mandy] It's pretty important
that we get something soon.

Not gonna lie,
this kicked my ass.

I can already feel it.
My stomach's growling all day.

Scatterbrained, um...

Strength isn't 100%,
and it really does start

wearing on me.

I'm freaking wiped out.

-[Ernie]
I'm pretty tired myself.
-My heart is racing.

[sighs]

You wanna have some water
real quick?

[Ernie] Yeah, that sounds great.

Think it's pretty heavy,
so you gotta be careful how

you pick it up.

Can't just grab the handles.

Oh, gosh, it's heavy
and [screams].

-[bleep]
-[Ernie] Did it get you?

[bleep]

Oh, gosh, it's heavy
and [screams].

[bleep]

-Hey, did it get you?
-[bleep]

[exhales]

[Mandy] It did, but not bad.
It's on my legs, but...

-OK.
-It's not on my feet.

I'm just gonna go sit
in the water for a second,

cold water.
-OK.

Whew.

It burns pretty bad right now.

Oh, OK.

I might have a couple blisters
already forming,

but here's the deal.
That could have been my feet.

That could have been it.

You know, I made a mistake
that could have possibly

gotten me med tapped.

And that was just a very,
very eye-opening experience

because this challenge means
everything to me, and, um...

I can't afford to be making
stupid mistakes like that.

It burns.

I just wanted to just check
on you and your head space

right now.
-[Mandy] I'm good.

-OK.
-Just a little scare.

It just shows you how fast
your strength can just

[snaps] just go.
-Yeah -- yep.

When you come out to a place
like this, it slices away

at you, thin slices,
but it does get to you.

-Here?
-Yeah, yeah.

[Ernie] And there's something
we're gonna have to look after.

-I'm glad you're OK.
-[Mandy] Thank you, me too.

[Mandy laughs]

[Mandy] I think that's why
I'm not upset right now,

'cause I'm so grateful,
'cause I know that

could have been
really [bleep] bad.

[Ernie] Yeah.

♪♪

[flies buzzing]

[Mandy] All right,
so let's check our lines.

[Ernie] Yep, look out for any
crocs, any snakes in here.

[Mandy] Oh.

-[Ernie] Oh.
-[Mandy] Oh, it's getting deeper

every day.

Even though we're
only day seven here,

we did 14 in Yucatán.

[Mandy speaking]

[Mandy]
And to go 21 days without
anything to eat,

that can be quite discouraging,
and it really starts to mess

with your mind if you let
it, you know?

Getting started's
like the hardest part.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] There's times
where I'm thinking,

"What am I even doing?

Like, I suck at this."

There is our first line.

-[Ernie] So, no activity yet.
-[Mandy] OK.

-One line looks tight.
-It does.

It's tilted a little bit.

-[Ernie] Yeah, but...
-[Mandy] It could just
be caught, but...

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

♪♪

[Mandy softly] OK, OK.
[normally] Oh, my God.

[Ernie] It's a catfish.

We did it.
Here we go.

[Mandy sobs]
It's our first catch.

It's a really, really big deal.

-[Ernie] It's a very big deal.
-[Mandy sobs] This is huge.

[Ernie] Yeah, it is.

-This is what it's about.
-[Mandy applauds]

This is what it looks
like to [bleep] win

in Botswana, Africa.

There you go, sweetie.

Oh, my God.

Remember, always grab it
by the mouth and the gills,

never by the body.
-Like, I'm so grateful.

Like, this is such a big deal.
Such a big deal.

My last challenge,
we just didn't catch anything.

There was an iguana.

And I felt defeated.

[Mandy speaks softly]

I'm trying so hard
and it's just not good enough.

And today was just that
validation to prove that...

So grateful.

...I really am a survivalist.

Like, it's a game
changer, you know?

[Ernie] How long has it been
since you've eaten catfish?

I've never had catfish.

Holy [bleep],
are you [bleep] me?

Girl, you just don't know.

[Mandy]
Trust me, this is like the best
first time to ever have it.

-[Ernie] Let's go have
some breakfast.
-[Mandy] OK.

[Ernie] I'd rather clean it here
in the shallow.

[Mandy] Yep.

You just tell me what you need
me to do to help you with this,

'cause I have never done
this before.

I am pretty open to whatever
my partner can teach me.

-I'm hitting the breastplate.
-Right.

So, here we go.

-All the entrails are all there.
-[Mandy] Yep.

And I'm learning,
and I wanna learn more.

I'm slowly starting to feel
like I am delivering Mandy 2.0.

-OK, so now you clean it out.
-Yep.

[Mandy] I'm gonna grab this.

There we go.

Being from Arkansas,
this is definitely

not my first time with catfish.
I love catfish.

However, it is my first time
having to cook it

over a campfire.

[Mandy]
I'm just, like, over the moon.

I've never done anything
like this.

I'm glad I get to do it
with you.

It's just freaking awesome.

[Ernie]
You can hear the oil dripping
into the fire and it spark up.

That's a good sound.

This is...

absolutely delicious,
wouldn't you say, partner?

It's wonderful.

Oh, it's so, like,
melt in your mouth.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

Gratitude had a flavor
right now.

-[Ernie] This would be it?
-This would be it.

Just so grateful to share
this moment.

It's something we've been
waiting for for so long.

Our bodies needed this
so badly.

We have starved [laughs].

And now our first meal
in like --

I have goosebumps.
Like, it's just,

it's such an amazing day.

Like, I will remember
day seven forever.

[gentle music playing]

[flies buzzing]

[Ernie]
Oh.

God, [bleep].

[Mandy and Ernie speaking]

[Mandy] That [bleep] hurt.

[Ernie] Yeah, it did.
Those things hurt.

-[Mandy] That [bleep] hurt.
-[Ernie speaking]

[Mandy] We're struggling.

Whatever these stings are
that are biting,

it stings.
It's a...

[Ernie] Needle.

...a sharp sting,
like a little needle prick.

-It is um...
-[Ernie] It is a prick.

-It's a prick.
-It is a prick.

-Pun intended.
-Yeah.

[insects chirping]

-[bug buzzes loudly]
-[yells]

[bug buzzes loudly]

-[tense music playing]
-[insects continue buzzing]

[Ernie and Mandy speaking]

[bleep]

I have not been able to sleep

because I just keep getting
attacked by these bugs.

[tense, dramatic music playing]

[Ernie groans] [bleep]

[Mandy and Ernie speaking]

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Mandy] Last night was awful.

The bugs -- they're the hardest
part of this challenge so far.

It's crazy.
I have double...

-Yes.
-Double the bites today

than I did the whole time.
-Yeah.

Absolutely.

The bugs feast on me
all night long.

[Ernie] You have a ton of bites.

[Mandy]
I know, it feels like it.

I'm probably up to a thousand
bug bites at this point.

It takes a lot for me
to lose my crap.

I almost lost my crap
last night.

[Ernie] In the history
of "Naked and Afraid,"

it's not food that knocks
most people out.

It's the bugs.

Those bugs are destroying me.
I can hardly walk.

I have more than one tick
in my butt.

[yells in pain]

I cannot sleep at night.
Oh, my God.

[bleep] torture.
Get me out!

[Ernie] So the bugs,

that's something
we have to solve,

or everything else gets harder.

We need to start working
on a shelter.

I know that lean-to's super
important to both of us.

-So...
-Yeah.

...we can build walls and try
to protect us from the bugs.

And just in case it rains,
we do need something.

I love it.
Yep.

-Let's do that.
-OK -- OK.

Mandy and Ernie will combat
bugs by building an enclosed

lean-to structure with thatched
walls for protection and move

the fire closer for extra
heat and smoke.

[Ernie] A shelter will provide
us a solid surface cover

and a reflecting wall,

and we'll be able
to bring the fire in closer

to keep bugs away.

[Mandy] This lean-to is pretty
important to both of us,

but it's also not something
we can whip up in a day.

So we're starting it tonight.

It's not gonna finish,
but there's a chance it could

be finished by tomorrow.

But it's pretty important,
so I'd like it to be done

as soon as possible.

[gentle, foreign music playing]

[Mandy]
Let's get this thing started.

So we're gonna be
constructing the lean-to

right here.
So this is a possible Y-brace.

So we're gonna keep that here.

This is our cross beam.

Shelter is the inner perimeter.

This is our interior design.

Yeah.
We've done the exterior.

Now we've gotta
do the interior.

-Right.
-So this is going to be our Y.

-Yeah -- so...
-Yep.

[Ernie] Prior to even going
on the challenge,

I've heard from a lot
of survivalists before

on "Naked and
Afraid" how they don't like

to worry about shelter
'cause it's a waste of time,

and they burn too much energy,
blah, blah, blah.

[Mandy] All right,
let me secure these.

[Ernie] I definitely have
the polar opposite thought.

[Mandy] Hey!

[Ernie] After the Yucatán
and after these bugs,

I will say shelter
is imperative.

All right,
the basic structure is up.

We made some adjustments.
It's no longer a lean-to.

It's just a shelter.

However, I feel
like there's still a lot to do.

We're gonna add walls,
and then we're just gonna

tie some leaves on there.

So tomorrow, hopefully --

hopefully we can finish
the shelter entirely.

[Ernie speaking]

-No.
-No, yeah, I know.

I dread it.

[Mandy speaking]

[Mandy]
It's gonna suck so bad.

[bugs buzzing]

[Ernie]
Ooouch.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] Uh-huh, yeah.

Nighttime.

And this is by far, [sniffs],

the worst the bugs have been
for Ernie and I.

They don't stop.
They're going everywhere.

[Mandy] Straight up just
scratching and itching and --

-Yeah.
-[Ernie speaking]

Yes, they're --
they're everywhere.

[Ernie]...the neck.

[bugs continue buzzing]

Ah!

Right by your right elbow.

[Ernie] Yeah.

[Ernie]
Mandy and I are still up.

Bug bites all over our skin.

All we are doing
is being in pain.

Get away from us.
[bleep]

[Ernie gasps in pain] [bleep]

No sleep.
Can't sit down.

Can't lay down.
Or we get attacked again.

Hard to [indistinct].
This is [bleep] torture.

[tense music builds]

♪♪

[Mandy] It's the first morning
that I'm not my loud,

obnoxious, happy self.

Last night was very taxing
on both of us.

I have never experienced
10 hours of being bit

by mosquitoes nonstop.

You don't know how
physically, emotionally,

and mentally taxing
that can be.

Look at all those bites!

Like...

All those bites.
They're just everywhere.

They're everywhere.

It broke me.

For me, I get it out
and I cry and I can move on.

Ernie bottles it up
and shuts down.

And right now,
he's kind of in shutdown mode.

You know, as windy and as cold
as it is right now,

I'd rather it be like this
than last night.

'Cause if it's like this,
there won't be any bugs.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Mandy] I'm going to check
the lines by myself.

I came into this challenge
stating Mandy 2.0, wanting to be

able to bring more to the table.
So Imma gonna go do that.

Pretty confident
that if there's a fish,

I can get it off and gut it
and bait it and all the things.

I know Ernie loves food.

So if there's something to eat,
that might lift his spirits

a little bit.
-[snores]

[Mandy]
Oh, oh,

hold on.

The fish is alive.

I've never
done this without Ernie.

That's a total game changer.

All right.

[exclaims]

There's another one!

Holy [bleep].

OK, OK, OK.

No, no, don't go nowhere.
Don't go nowhere.

OK, there's the hook.

Grab it!
Oh, I got this bitch!

OK, so...

this is really gonna test
my strength here.

Whoo, [bleep]!

[softly]

Oh, Ernie, I'm so sorry.

My God.
[bleep] yeah.

[bleep] yeah.
Oh, redemption, baby!

That's redemption.
So sorry.

I got you.

OK, one down,

one to go.

Oh, this one's fat too.
It's like, harder to grab.

I can hook my thumb in there,

like he taught me.
My thumb is hooked.

I should have done that
with the last one.

I was just too [bleep] excited.
OK, reset.

[exhales]

Squeeze with the thighs.

Oh, I did it!
I did it!

[squeals]
Look at the size of this thing!

Whoo!
Mama's bringing home lunch!

[laughs]

[Ernie snores]

Lucy!

-I'm home!
-Mm, time to get up.

-Look at that.
-Look at this.

Not one,

but two.
-Whoo!

Did you gut 'em?

Good job.
[laughs] Great.

That's so cool.
I'm super proud of her.

It'll keep our spirits up,
keep us motivated.

The last time we've ate was
the fish on day seven.

That's what you're looking for.
That's awesome.

Food fixes everything.
Try a piece of my barbecue.

Mm.

It makes the reward
that much sweeter.

Really good.

Yeah.

[Mandy]
There's not a lot of times

where I will tell myself that
I'm proud of myself,

but I'm actually proud
of myself today.

I'm becoming more confident.

in what I bring to the table,
I don't wanna ride

the coattails of my partner.

And I feel like I have steered
away from that.

I feel -- I feel very empowered.

[gentle, cheerful music playing]

[Ernie] It was good that we had
this meal.

The only apprehension is,
hopefully we get

a good night's sleep tonight,
or everything else gets harder.

[suspenseful music playing]

[wind blowing strongly]

-[Ernie speaking]
-[Mandy] I know.

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

[Ernie groans and speaks]

[Mandy speaking]

[Mandy gasps]

[Ernie]
Ow!

-[bleep]
-[Mandy yells]

-[Mandy speaking]
-[Ernie] Yep, yep, yep.

[Mandy gasps]

[ominous, tense music playing]

[wind whistling strongly]

[Ernie groans]

[Mandy] Yeah.

[Ernie groans in pain]

[Ernie speaking]

That was the worst

cold night of my life.

Absolutely worst.

It [bleep] nearly broke me
into tears.

It was so, so hard.

The pain of the cold,
and then the pain of the wind,

and then you add on
the other night with the bugs.

Sleeping an hour or two
out of 36 hours.

Mentally and emotionally,
it just, I feel broken.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] Uh.

[Mandy] But I --

You can't wanna be here
for another person.

That's only gonna carry
you so far.

We still have nine days.

That's a long time
when you're miserable.

I want him here.

We really do need to create
that wind barrier.

That's all that matters today.

Get the walls up
on the shelter.

Absolutely.

We're gonna get 'em.
We're gonna get 'em.

[Ernie]
I wanna be a 21-day survivalist,

but I'm starting to hurt.

Everything is awful.

Like, I'm ready to walk
right now.

[Mandy]
Fortifying the shelter more.

We got crossbeam here,
crossbeam here,

and then we're just
gonna cut down a bunch of these

and then shingle them.

And then we're also gonna add
walls for blocking the wind

and containing the heat.

[Ernie] I'm filling in the roof
right now.

[hammering]

Yeah.

Now we're gonna work
on the sides.

So then it'll...

Then we can just fill it
in more every day.

[Ernie] Absolutely.
You have a couple of cords?

You're awesome.

Food focus is kind of taking
priority above our shelter.

If we had reinforced
our shelter 12 days ago,

last night wouldn't have been
as bad of a night as it was.

Holy [bleep]!

Whoo!

[Ernie] So I feel like
if we finish our shelter,

it'll help my motivation
to stay much more.

[Mandy]
Looking good, Ernie.

[Ernie] We're making great
strides forward.

[Mandy] Yeah.

[birds chirping]

[wind blowing]

The wind has really picked up.
And so far, so good.

The shelter is, uh, holding up.

If we didn't have this,

um, I don't even know.
-[Mandy] My God...

I don't even wanna
contemplate the type of pain

we would be in.
-[Mandy] It'd be last night

all over again.
-[Ernie] I think we got
a good solution.

[foreign music playing]

[Mandy] Yesterday, you were
just on a whole different

level yesterday, but today...

[Ernie] Well, I got some sleep
and I didn't freeze today.

...you know, I'm excited.

I feel like I've got Ernie back.

Like, you know,? Um...

It's funny
what a little bit of sleep

can do for a soul.

-[Ernie] My hiney's cold.
-[Mandy] Your hiney?

Bend over and grab your toes.

[Ernie] No, I don't need to be
that warm.

[Mandy]
What's that?

Oh, we have not seen anything
like this since we've been

out here.
-[Ernie] What's that?

I don't know what it is.
It's like a grubby thing.

-Oh, it's squishy.
-[Ernie] Grubby things.

Yeah.
Oh, we could use this as bait.

-Yeah, like it's --
-Is it still alive?

-Oh, yeah, it's alive.
-It's alive?

[Mandy] I think so.
It's moving.

[Ernie]
Yeah, cold as [bleep] too.

That's awesome.

[Mandy] I've been looking
for grub since like day three

and I could never find it.
You know, it's pretty large.

It's -- it's squishy.

It almost reminds me of,
like, one of my kids fidgets.

Um, I'm about to go take
a walk down to our lines

and I'm gonna bait this fella.

I'm noticing
that these walks are...

They seem longer, even though
they're not [chuckles].

My body's letting me know.
So I'm really hoping

that there's maybe even just
one fish on there.

[exhales sharply]

[ominous chord plays]

+Feel like this thing's gonna
juice everywhere.

Oh, it did!
Oh, that's super gross.

OK, so nothing here.
Get this on there.

Boom.
All right,

moving on.

♪♪

[bird tweets]

-[Ernie] So, Mandy,
-[Mandy] Mm?

what day is it?

[Mandy] Today is day 14,
the end of week two.

I thought it was gonna be
bittersweet, like "I'm gonna

be a little sad."
-Yeah, like a downer.

-Mm-hmm.
-Mnm-hnm.

I'm not.
I'm actually excited.

Last challenge,
we were heading out,

which was super nice.
Uh...

Now we know we got
another week.

We need some sort
of food source.

I have to finish this challenge
so I could humbly place myself

at the footsteps
of other survivalists and feel

like I belong with them.

[Mandy] My body is hungry.

I barely made
that 14-day challenge,

and this is an additional week.

We are so much
more active here.

We are walking around all
the time, way more than I did

in my last challenge.
It's cold here at night.

That sun gets real hot,
so that's also exhausting.

-[Ernie] No fish.
-It is what it is.

[insects chirping]

[lion growls softly]

[Mandy and Ernie speaking]

[lion growls in distance]

-[lion growls stronger]
-[elephant grunts]

[Mandy speaking]

[lions continue growling]

[lion sniffs]

[Ernie] Last night,
that whole, [imitates growling],

that growl.
-[Mandy] Yeah,

it was definitely

right behind our boma,
sounds like close.

[Ernie] The [bleep]?

[Mandy]
What are you looking at?

-Big kitty print.
-Is that a lion?

-Is that a lion?
-That's a f --

I think it's
a [bleep] lion print.

-Look at the --
look at how deep.
-[Mandy] It's big.

[Ernie] Those claws,
they're bigger than my thumb.

-And that's fresh.
-Our boma's 100 feet away.

[Mandy]
Mm-hmm.

It's the second time a lion
has been very close

to our boma.

And we still have a whole
'nother week.

This is not a petting zoo.
There is danger all around us.

I wouldn't have seen it.
[Mandy] Just that

very eye-opening --
it just teaches us

that we always have to be...

on alert.

Seeing those lion tracks,
it's not something

I take lightly.

It takes about two weeks
for predators to get used

to who's here
and their surroundings,

and then that's
when they start closing in.

[Ernie] Lots of places to hide.

It's more important now
than ever for both of us

to be vigilant.

Because if we came
face-to-face with a lion,

I don't even know.

[tense music builds and ends]

[soft, foreign music playing]

[Mandy] This place,
it's not ours at all.

It's theirs.

And they can do whatever
they want whenever they want,

that's my concern,

So let's think,
number one rule,

if we do see a lion looking
at us,

-Don't run.
-Don't run.

Now, I'm not saying
not to worry, I'm just saying

if we protect one another,
watch each other's back,

close up at night,
keep the fires going.

Yeah.

[insects chirping]

[Ernie speaking]

[eerie music playing]

♪♪

-[Mandy] OK, you ready?
-[Ernie] Yeah.

-Do you mind if I set the pace?
-No, no, go ahead.

-I'm struggling today.
-Yeah, I can see it.

[Mandy] It was hard for me
to sleep at for a while,

because every little noise
that I heard, I kept thinking

it was like a lion walking
and stuff.

[Ernie] I am worried about Mandy
because she gets anxiety,

and she's feeling pretty tired.

So, hopefully we have fish
there and it'll work her up.

I really want a fish,
Ernie, but I'm trying not

to even give up my in my hopes
right now.

[water sloshing]

[Mandy] There's no fish.

[Ernie] Middle end, no fish,
but it still has both its bait.

[Mandy] No fish on any line.
It is what it is.

[tense music playing]

[Mandy] Oh, that was hard.
[blows through mouth]

You feeling all right?

Why don't you have a seat?
Drink some water.

[Mandy]
Yeah, it's not quite ready,
but I am gonna have a seat.

Yeah.

My body is angry at me
right now.

It's letting me know
all the things.

[softly] Oh, man.

[normally]
Moving a little slower...

[exhales exhausted]

Whoa.

...I notice the little things
get my heart rate going.

Gotta catch my breath.

Ooh!

I have to take more breaks.

I only made it like 30 feet.

I know I need to rest,
but it's hard for me

'cause I'm always busy.

[Ernie]
Mandy never stops.

It's very noticeable
how much weight she's lost

and how depleted she is.

If we don't catch a fish or two
before extraction,

I am very concerned
for her well-being.

♪♪

[Mandy speaking]

I'm not gonna lie,

I don't think I've ever wanted
to fish so badly as I do today.

I know Mandy desperately
needs calories.

Finding fish is imperative.

[Mandy] Our sticks don't even
look the slightest bit bent.

All right.

Unfortunately,
nothing on that line.

-[Ernie laughs] Yeah, there is.
-[Mandy gasps] There is.

-Yep, there is.
-Look at that.

-Oh, hallelujah.
-Look at this fish -- all right.

This is amazing.
This is so wonderful.

-Look at this.
-All right.

-Look at that.
-Look at that.

Whoo!
Grubby, grubby, grubby, rub!

I was praying for fish today.

I'm gonna check over here,
and I'll check the other one

while you're working on that.

[gasps]

[Ernie] You got it?

-OK.
-[Mandy] I got one too!

Oh, my gosh!
How exciting!

[Ernie chuckles] [bleep]

This is a completely different
kind of fish right here.

-[Mandy] OK.
-[Ernie] This is not
from Arkansas.

The fact that we just got
this huge, huge score means

everything to us.

Two days and a week gone!

[Mandy] This is gonna do so much
for our bodies and our mindset.

14-day challenge.
We had one cactus.

One cactus between
the two of us.

We're just gonna eat.

Then we'll just flip him over
after a while.

[Ernie] Yep.

We have two catfish,
one bottlenose,

and we couldn't be happier.
I couldn't be happier.

Had we not been successful,
I'm not 100% confident Mandy

would have made it
through the challenge.

So this is really good to be
able to physically repair,

recover, push forward.

[Mandy]
This is all mine.

-Look at Ernie's.
-[Ernie] All in one piece.

[optimistic music playing]

-Mm.
-Yeah.

Now, I'm gonna say it.
Oh, my God, that crunchy!

-I can feel it warm.
-For 16 days.

I've been wanting to feel
when they say, "I can feel it

nourishing my body."

I can.

-Oh, my gosh.
-I'm very happy for you.

-[Ernie laughs]
-[Mandy] Mm.

The flavor
kind of reminds you of home,

so it's a good place
to be in your head.

[Mandy] I am actually very,
very excited to try

this new fish of ours.

Mm.
It's good.

Now, I have to get
some tartar sauce, man.

Dude, I was just thinking
about that.

If this is the last time
we eat...

[Ernie] Mm-hmm.

-...we're gonna be OK.
-[Ernie] Absolutely.

-You know?
-Yeah.

[Mandy]
Best day.

Like, the best way
to end my day.

[elephant trumpets]

[elephants continues trumpeting]

[Mandy] Oh, God.

[pants]
I'm totally out of breath.

I came down

[elephant growls]

[elephants trumpet]

[mouthing]

[Ernie] They're crossing our end
of the island where we usually

hear them,
and they're following all

the way along the back
of this island,

all the way to the back
of our boma,

which is
where our watering hole is.

It's right there.

[mouthing]

[elephant trumpets]

[whispers]

[Ernie whispers]

Not only are elephants
super territorial and dangerous,

there's a mama with their baby.

And that's a huge no-no.

[elephant trumpets]

[Mandy] This is their home,
and we have invaded it.

We are out of here tomorrow,
so we have to respect

their space and be safe.
That way we can leave.

[Ernie whispering]

[elephant growls]

Coming to you
from the Okavango Delta,

a little game show
from Ernie and I.

[monkey screeches]

If the answer is Mandy,
we're gonna hold up a stick.

If the answer is Ernie,
we're both gonna hold a bark.

-You want me to go first?
-[Ernie] Yeah.

-OK, go ahead.
-Who's first to cry?

[dings]

Who farts the most?

[dings]

-You.
-Who poop first?

[ding]

Who has the loudest farts?

-[dings]
-Oh.

[monkey screeches]

Hands down.
Who sleeps the most?

[dings]

Who's the first to complain?

[dings]

Hands down.
Who's the most sensitive?

[dings]

-Who loves Taco Bell?
-[dings]

[both] Oh.

That was a good one.
We do love Taco Bell.

[monkey whoops]

See, this is
why we work so well,

we're like right
on the same page here.

[monkey chatters]

♪♪

[lion grunts]

[hippos grunt]

[elephant growls]

[elephant continues growling]

[elephant trumpets]

[Ernie speaking]

[foreign music playing]

[in unison] It's extraction day
and we're so excited.

But it's gonna suck so bad.

Extraction, baby.

Christmas, graduation,
your birthday,

all up in one little gift.

I don't care
that I didn't sleep last night.

I don't care that the bugs bit
my ass all night long.

Don't care, 'cause why?

I'm leaving and I will be
in a bed tonight.

[Ernie]
Let's go through the map.

-[Mandy] OK.
-[Ernie] That's north.

-Yeah.
-So that's where we are.

[Mandy] Yeah.

It was very busy last night.
I know.

-I heard a lion.
-Yeah.

[Mandy] Going around here,
we hear a lot of elephants

all the time.
All the time.

So we gotta be on lookout
for that.

[Ernie] As long as we're not
seeing anything dangerous,

then we can skirt the island
in straight line distance

right through there.

Yeah, so we'll go west side
of the island.

It's a lot of rowing,
my friend.

Yeah.

[Ernie] We're just gonna have
to push through.

[Mandy] Got it.

To get to their extraction
point seven miles away,

Ernie and Mandy will have
to trek a half mile back

to their fishing hole,
avoiding the lions prowling

near their camp.

From the water's edge,
they will need to navigate

their mokoro
through the Okavango Delta's

flooded waterways,

fighting
the unpredictable currents,

steering clear
of herds of elephants,

and watching for crocs
and hippos lurking

in the deeper channels.

At the end of a deep
and narrow waterway,

they will be rescued.

[Ernie] Finally, this is it.

-[Mandy] One step at a time.
-[Ernie] Cross that finish line.

[Mandy] Oof.

-[Ernie] Yeah.
-Such a beast.

Oh-ho-hoo, good morning.

[Ernie] Holy [bleep],
that is [bleep] cold!

Oh, how could
my shoulders be burning

and my feet are frozen?

This is rude.

♪♪

-[Mandy] Man, I'm tired.
-[Ernie] Yep, let's get on.

[Mandy] My endurance is crap
at this point.

So just walking with two sticks
takes a lot out of me.

Then I gotta get
in this mokoro that I hate.

And then I gotta row for God
knows how many miles.

So just telling myself one step
at a time,

not thinking
of the overall picture,

just breaking it down
into segments.

-Not, not.
-If you just push --

if you try not to or push off
the ground,

can you just push?

Yeah, just push off the ground.

[Mandy] OK.

Ernie and I are gonna
switch positions.

I need to save my strength.

I need to be in the front
this time.

I can't do all of those things
that I did last time.

It's just not gonna work.

[Ernie] Are you OK?

[Mandy] I'm all right.
[bleep] tired.

[Ernie] I know you are.
We're so tired.

We've gotten so little sleep,
and now we're about to do

the ultimate fitness test
across water and land.

[Mandy speaking]

[Ernie] I don't wanna get lost.
I'll fall out of the boat,

risk not seeing a croc
or a hippo underwater.

I know this one's gonna be much
harder than it was

in the Yucatán.

[Mandy] Nice and easy.

-Yep, Mandy, can you turn?
-[Mandy] I'm trying to go left.

-Where are you going?
-I'm not doing anything.

-Oh.
-It's current.

You know what would help me?

Can you try to stay
on one side?

Let's try it like that
for a little bit.

All right, I'll stay
on the left.

[Ernie] OK [grunts].

Yep, tryna turn.

[Mandy exhales sharply]

[Mandy] That mokoro is so hard
to operate.

It takes a lot of core strength,

especially
at this stage of the game.

Oh, my gosh.

Ah!

-Oh, my God.
-[Ernie] Are you OK?

OK.
OK.

[blows through mouth]

[Mandy]
My anxiety, 10 out of 10 today.

You can't tip into that water.

There's crocodiles and hippos
all over the place.

[hippos grunt]

[Mandy blows through mouth]

[Mandy] How many miles do
you think we've gone?

[Ernie] I don't know, man.
We're on water.

-It takes [bleep] forever.
-[Mandy] Sure does.

[Mandy blows through mouth]

[Mandy]
I'm just letting you know
my heart rate's really going.

[Mandy blows through mouth]

Take a breather, seriously.

[Mandy continues blowing
through mouth]

Oh, gosh.
OK.

Tall weeds.
I'm looking for spiders.

OK.

OK.

OK.

My knees are starting to hurt
a little bit, but OK, just...

Oh!
Big spider!

It's so big.
Oh, my God.

I gotta get it out.
Gotta get it out.

Gotta get it out.
Oh, my God.

Ooh!
Ooh!

Oh!
Ew!

Oh, that --
Oh, my God.

OK.
Ah!

-It did!
-Good job.

-There it is!
-Good job.

OK, my heart rate's
about to burst out of my chest.

[Ernie] These reeds are so hard
to oar through.

It's shallow enough, I think
I can get out and walk

some of it.

[Mandy] This is for the spiders.

[Ernie] Ugly, the water's
[bleep] cold.

[Mandy] Yeah.

[Ernie groans]

In the Yucatán, it was just
ugly, ugly, ugly,

trying to make it through trees.

Here, it's so much more open,
and it just doesn't stop.

[Mandy] Nonstop.

[Ernie] It just doesn't stop.

♪♪

[shivers]

[Mandy] Oh, it's freaking cold.

-Yeah, and then the sun...
-[Mandy] The sun.

...is just cranking it up.

-[Mandy] Is it getting harder?
-[Ernie] Oh, yeah.

-Do you need me to get out?
-Yeah.

Oh, it's cold.

[Ernie] We've gotta be around
the four mile mark by now.

Not only is there's
no determination in distance,

but I don't know how heavy
that mokoro actually is,

but that son of a bitch feels
like it's 1,000 pounds.

You're in and out of the mokoro
rowing, steering, walking.

My body, I can feel it.
It's just draining every step.

Oh, my God.
It's so cold.

We're gonna finish this,
hopefully.

It's really tiring.

Can we stop for a second?
Just for a second.

[exhales]

-Sorry, Ernie.
-[Ernie] It's fine.

It's fine.

My heart is just going
really fast.

[Ernie] OK.

Oh, [bleep].

We're not gonna make it
across this with that.

-OK, right after here...
-[Mandy] Uh-huh.

-...it starts getting deeper.
-OK.

-But...
-Just gotta pull a little more.

[Ernie] Yeah, pull that thing
over the shallow water back

in the deeper water.

-Ah!
-OK, ready?

[Mandy] Yeah.
Ugh.

Ugh.

[Mandy grunts]
This thing is so heavy.

Sorry, [exhales].

[Ernie] Poor Mandy's just spent.

She's trying to pull,
but I'm really

pulling her and the mokoro
at the same time.

And that rope,
it's cutting through me like

string cheese.

-[both groan]
-[Mandy] OK.

-Yeah.
-Holy, [bleep].

[exhales] OK.

[Ernie]
Just, yeah, breathe, breathe.

Smoked.

-Smoked.
-[Ernie] Breathe.

[Mandy] We're
in the middle of nowhere.

[Ernie]
God damn, it's [bleep] cold.

[Mandy] Oh, no.

Oh, that wind!

Oh, my God.

It'd be so much easier

if we were going
with the current.

[Ernie] How far do you think
we've gone?

[Mandy]
Ernie, I honestly don't know.

It just keeps going on and on.

[boat whirring]

Is that for us?

[Ernie] Oh, that can't be
for us, can it?

Holy [bleep]!
Whoo-hoo!

Holy [bleep]!

Are you [bleep] kidding me?

-Oh, rescued by the USS Stumpie!
-Thank you.

Thank you.

So cold!

I came into this challenge,

stating Mandy 2.0.

I have surpassed
what I thought I could do.

At the end of my last challenge,
I felt like a little

bit of a badass, a little bit.
This time...

-Look at this.
-Whoo!

...I feel like a brave,
primitive badass.

How exciting!

And no one can take that away
from me.

In 21 days,
Mandy lost 33 pounds.

Her PSR jumps from a 5.7
to a 7.4.

[Mandy speaking]

I'm done.

21 days here, total of 35
on "Naked and Afraid."

I needed to do a 21 to feel
like I completed something

and to be a part of the group
of people that I admire

so much.

In 21 days,
Ernie lost 22 pounds.

His PSR rises
from a 6.0 to a 7.2.

-We are like survivalists now!
-Yeah.

We are official survivalists.

Not fourteen.

-Twenty one.
-[Ernie] Twenty one.

Mandy and I have been
all in for each other every step

of the way,
and that means a lot to me.

I'll always be grateful to make
history with Mandy.

-He's happy.
-[Ernie] Ah, [bleep!

-Ernie!
-[both laugh]

And be the first fan challenge
that went on a 21,

same team together.
-Ha!

-We did it.
-We did do it.

Mandy!
No!

Ernie and Mandy, 2.0!
We're here!

[yells] Twenty one, Botswana!

[both cheer]