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Chris: So, I just woke up, and I haven't seen corinne,

so I guess she's gone again.

Corinne: [ sobbing ]

I just feel really bad.

Like, I feel like a bad person.

I feel like it's mentally getting to me.

Chris: You know, over the last two days,

it's been something else.

I'm not a babysitter, I'm not a psychiatrist,

and I'm not a daddy.

Corinne!

Narrator: For the next three weeks, one woman and one man

take on the most extreme survival challenge

of their lives. [ sobbing ]

they have no clothes, no food, and no water.

And they have choice but to work together

to survive on the desolate island of dominica.

I know girls that would kill

to be on an island with me for 21 days.

Chris: This is no tropical island.

This is a tropical nightmare.

So, I'm just getting ready to go out on my trip.

One thing I'm really nervous about

is getting along with my partner or not.

I hope he's not very macho or demanding.

I don't really like being bossed around

or yelled at or told what to do.

I'm nervous.

I fear the small things, the things I can't see

that are gonna bite me in the night.

My name is corinne.

I'm from san luis obispo, california.

I am a registered dietician.

I've always loved survival and being in the outdoors.

I was a total tomboy, like, growing up.

I'm an obstacle racer,

so it's pushed my mind and body really hard

to survive any experience.

When I have done survival activities or races in the past,

I usually end up alone.

[ engine shuts off ]

it's weird.

It's hot. You're sweaty.

You're naked. You've never met this person.

You want to make a good impression.

Most awkward thing I've ever done in my life.

I love you, mom. Sorry.

Chris: I'm more prepared mentally

than I've ever been for anything else in my life.

My name is chris. I'm from cape may, new jersey.

And I'm a commercial fisherman.

So, you want to know how you prepare for "naked and afraid?"

you should come scalloping.

You shovel piles of scallops 17 hours a day around the clock.

Ain't no rest for the wicked.

My survival skills started at a young age.

I grew up in a hunting and fishing family.

We didn't have much money, so we used to hunt and fish

for our dinner, pretty much.

I spent four years in the marine corps,

so I had the luxury of many survival-training schools.

I can make fire in a matter of an hour or two.

Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!

In my personality, I'm definitely a leader.

I've always been an alpha male.

I'm the "call it as I see it" type of guy,

and that usually gets me in a little trouble.

My biggest fear with my partner would be a bad frame of mind.

I could pretty much teach them the things to keep them alive.

They just have to have the willingness to learn

and the willingness to participate.

I have no problem being naked at all

because I feel confident in what I have,

and it's never been an issue.

Let's go.

Definitely would want --

hope she's gonna be an attractive woman.

Every guy wants to be stuck on a deserted island

with a naked woman that's good-looking.

That's the american dream. You know what I mean?

The only thing better than that is two chicks.

Hey, how are you? Good. How are you?

I'm chris. I'm corinne.

Nice to meet you. Where you from?

California. How about you? California.

New jersey, new jersey. Awesome.

Love your outfit. Thank you.

I like yours. [ chuckles ]

didn't even have to buy me dinner.

Awesome.

Yeah, we're like at third base already.

Already. So...

I see our things right there.

You want to go grab and see what they are?

Yes, yes. Right on.

Narrator: Chris and corinne

have each chosen a survival item

suited to the challenge of dominica.

I brought a pot. Hopefully, we can make some fire

and find some water to purify.

I don't think fire will be a problem.

Awesome. I brought my survival knife.

Wow. It's a fantastic multi-tool.

It's got a curved blade for whittling.

It's got an edged point, so it has a drill.

Yeah. I've got the map.

Ah. It's a treasure map.

Chris and corinne

have been inserted 715 miles northeast of venezuela

on the hot and humid caribbean island of dominica.

Located in hurricane alley,

it is marked by a terrain of razor-sharp volcanic rock

and narrow coastal shelves studded with treacherous cliffs.

Scarce resources on the island will force chris and corinne

to venture into ocean shallows for protein,

leaving them vulnerable

to numerous dangers that await them --

sea urchins with venom-filled spines,

aggressive bull sharks,

and portuguese man-of-war jellyfish,

whose painful sting can induce fever, shock,

and render its victim unconscious.

Seems like we're right about here.

[ waves crashing ] I can hear the ocean.

Yeah. Me too.

Maybe follow close to the river or something,

end up, like, on this beach.

Would you like me to take the lead?

Sure. Go for it. All right. Follow me.

This looks like the easiest route.

Okay.

How do you make your fire?

The bow and drill works.

Gonna have to find something fibrous to make --

yeah. Make some cord.

Make some cord, exactly.

I can do the bow drill, too.

My first impressions are, she's definitely cute,

has a beautiful smile, pretty eyes.

She seems pretty knowledgeable.

And then if there's a love connection that follows,

then I think it's gonna work out well for us.

What do you do for a living?

I'm a dietician.

I tell people what to eat all day long.

Oh. So then you're not gonna be too happy

that my guilty pleasure's mcdonald's.

Corinne: Okay. First impressions of chris --

I think he's macho.

I think it's his personality to be macho.

I hope that confidence doesn't get to be too much,

but, yeah, we'll see how this california girl

can hang with jersey shore.

Here's the river.

Chris: Yep. We got the river.

Awesome. Over there.

It's not the cleanest-looking river, but...

No. Definitely not.

Hey, I feel lucky we have water.

Chris: Parts are stagnant in it,

so I think I'm gonna dig a ground still.

It's gonna -- it'll taste a little dirty,

but it'll be perfectly clean

'cause it's filtered by the ground.

It hasn't been sitting, so there's no parasites in it

or no runoffs from animals or anything.

You want to taste it and make sure it's not too salty?

Yeah.

It's actually still pretty cool and refreshing.

It's not like it's hot water.

Just really refreshing.

Yeah. I'm good for now. Me too.

All right. So. I say we come up with a game plan.

Yeah. We'll do a shelter first

before we start burning all our energy looking for food,

'cause, I mean, you got coconuts right at our feet, so...

Corinne: In a survival situation,

a shelter is the difference between life and death.

Finding our spot to build the shelter is really important.

Chris wanted to move all over the beach.

There might even be a cave over there.

We'd walk around. We'd pick a spot.

Then we'd decide no.

We'd pick another spot. Then we'd decide no.

We'd pick another spot.

And I'm personally concerned.

Time is definitely the enemy out here.

So, we could make it out onto this outcropping right here.

We'll go check it out.

I'm letting chris take the lead

because, you know, right now,

I feel like, with our shelter and stuff,

it's kind of a partnership.

But, you know, I really fear we're just wasting energy.

Ow.

[bleep]

uh, this was a bad idea.

I mean, it looked like it was gonna be a lot of materials

and things like that, but obviously not the case.

Ow.

Oh, well.

Maybe it was a little wasted effort,

but we got three hours of daylight left.

So let's keep pushing forward.

Let's just keep moving.

Narrator: The ability to work together

is critical for chris and corinne.

A panel of experts has given each of them

a primitive survival rating, or psr.

Chris has extensive know-how

when it comes to surviving in the wild,

but his type-"a" personality

could lead to conflict with his partner.

Chris scores a psr of 7.1.

Corinne's background as a competitive athlete

has conditioned her for this extreme test.

Woman: Whoo-hoo! [ applause ]

narrator: But limited survival experience

places her psr at 6.1.

Our experts will re-evaluate their psrs

at the end of the 21-day challenge.

So, I think this is a pretty suitable spot.

Close to the water. But far enough away

from both the ocean and the river.

And the bugs.

Uh, we have a lot of work, probably, to do. So...

Let's get started. Yeah.

Corinne: If, like, a big wind comes up,

our shelter could collapse.

So we're weaving every fiber we can find on this island --

you know, bamboo, palm, everything.

I wonder what time it is.

Oh, I think we've been here like six, seven hours.

I don't know. I'm a little concerned about the shelter.

We maybe only have like another hour or so of daylight left,

and we got to do it before it gets dark.

If any, like, big winds come, then I don't know.

[ chuckles ] we could be in for a surprise.

What do you think the goal for the night?

Should we do, like, partial roof and partial floor?

Chris: Yeah.

I don't see a cloud in the sky,

so I think it's pretty safe

to say we're gonna be dry for 24 hours.

I-I think so. Yeah, no problem.

[ wind gusting ]

[ lightning crashes ]

this is night one.

Trying to sleep for a couple hours,

and it's, like, been raining all night.

It's so cold.

We're like shivering, and teeth chattering.

I don't know how we're gonna get through this.

It's just -- it's so cold.

We're like in the mud.

I don't know what we're gonna do.

This is no tropical island. This is a tropical nightmare.

That was a pretty -- pretty rough night.

I had to open my big mouth

and say that weather probably wasn't gonna be a factor.

Then a storm rolled in last night, and it got freezing cold.

Lesson learned -- keep my mouth shut from now on.

Corinne: Chris made some bad choices yesterday

finding a place to make our shelter.

So I'm taking the lead today in reinforcing it.

I think it's gonna work a lot better.

I put this side wall up, so if it does rain,

at least we will stay dry.

Chris: Yeah.

This is way better. Chris: Yeah.

I'm glad we did so many of them.

What if we take, like, one side of a palm frond

and put it across this?

I think we should do that.

You're never gonna have enough cordage.

Oh, no. I'm saying like that thing, like just right on top,

and just lash it at the two ends.

Well, look at this side. The thing is,

once it gets windy, it'll bring everything down.

I'd rather just lose the palms

than lose the side of the shelter.

Chris doesn't like to listen to me at all.

It's kind of frustrating and annoying.

It's nothing personal.

Chris: Right now, I know she's trying to take the lead,

but wind is definitely an issue.

Palm fronds face a certain way for a reason.

Bottom line is, it's what important for the team.

It's not about ego.

Corinne: What are you doing?

Cutting the same log that I was cutting an hour ago.

Why?

'cause I want to block the wind

on that front side

of the, uh, "a"-frame.

Chopping that big log, it really seems like a lot of work

just for a little piece of wood

when we could maybe go find a piece somewhere on the beach.

You know, it's just not smart.

I know what my job is.

I know my skill set.

I know what my role is here.

We just have to be sure we, you know, work smart

and conserve our energy.

Timber.

For me, it's not a big deal.

Corinne: Chris can go waste his energy,

but it's really annoying.

I didn't think shelter was gonna be such, like,

an ongoing, long process.

It's all good. It'll get the job done.

And that's the important thing.

I give up.

I'm going swimming.

Chris does not listen to me

when it comes to pretty much everything.

I don't think I'm better than him,

but I also think he doesn't like taking advice from a woman.

Chris: There's nothing easy about a survival situation.

I'm from jersey. I mean, I am who I am.

If I hurt her feelings, I'll apologize for it afterwards.

I think she needs to take the time she needs to evaluate

and maybe just, you know, toughen that --

thicken that skin up a little bit, you know.

Hopefully, it won't be a problem.

The last thing I want to do is ruin the friendship

and the trust that we have in our team.

[ wind gusting ]

[ shivering ]

the wind is, like, blowing so much outside.

And it's just like really freaking cold.

The sun feels pretty good.

Pretty amazing.

Do you want to try some fire?

I'm gonna start with a fish trap first

just because my body is starving for protein right now.

Okay.

I feel pretty strong I'd have a fire lit within an hour.

I don't think it will be an issue.

You like my new outfit?

Your derriere sun blocker?

Yeah. Nice, nice.

Is it covering? Yeah. It does.

Cool.

Let's make a fish trap.

Okay. Let's go.

So, this fishing trap --

the idea is that the fish swim in,

and then they get confused,

and then they can't get out.

We could set this for half a day or a night

and then come back,

and hopefully, there'd be some fish in it.

It's my buoy.

That way, I don't lose my trap.

I commercial-fish for a living.

You know, granted, I use equipment

that could cause you to lose limbs and fingers.

But hopefully, this bundle of sticks works.

In the water, there's certain things that can really hurt you.

There's the lionfish.

There's stonefish, the sharks, and the jellyfish.

You got to pay attention and be careful what you do.

I put a couple rocks in the trap.

It's not really holding bottom strongly, but it's okay.

It's still -- I mean, it still can catch fish.

And it's not like lobsters can't swim,

so if they smell the food and they want it bad enough,

they'll get in that trap, so...

We'll see what tomorrow brings --

hopefully, a little success.

This afternoon, we have plans on making fire.

We're gonna try the bow drill.

This is such a pretty piece of rope for the bow drill.

Yeah. This is a good one here.

My ability to start a fire is pretty strong,

so hopefully, an hour later, we can go walk on the beach.

All right. Let's give this a go.

Oh, I'm making smoke.

Yeah. Oh!

[ growls ]

it's a necessity that you have proper cordage.

Weaving palm fronds and banana paper together

doesn't seem to hold up, so that doesn't help at all.

Want to tie it together? Think that will work?

I think it will be a lump. Tie the string together?

Yeah. I think it'll lump up. Yeah. It won't work.

I'm not sure that chris knows what he's talking about.

When you've been able to successfully do a skill at home,

and then, when that skill really matters and you can't do it,

it makes you wonder.

I'm giving up the bow drill.

Okay. So, uh...

A fire saw might work better.

We won't have to worry about cordage breaking.

I'll give it a go.

Chris: Fire saw -- basically, the concept is,

is I'm gonna rub the rounded end

against the coarse end with tinder inside of it

to hopefully get enough ember to get a fire started.

Come on. You got it.

If you need to tap out, let me know, and I'll take it.

Oh. [ grunts ]

just take it from the front.

Corinne: We've been getting smoke, but no spark.

So, if we didn't have any smoke, we would have just given up,

but since we have smoke, it's like this tease.

Come on. [ grunts ]

come on. [ groans ]

it's almost there.

Keep it going, keep it going. Come on, come on, come on.

You're there. You're there.

[ grunts ]

aah.

You want to take it?

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[ panting ]

smoking, smoking.

[ sighs ]

come on [bleep]

[bleep] damn it!

[ grunts ]

[bleep]

[ sighs ]

[bleep] [bleep]

[bleep]

[bleep]

I am, obviously, upset and frustrated.

I see my attempts at making fire as a failure, definitely.

I'll try and find like a medium-grain wood.

Yeah.

I can't believe I can't get this thing lit.

Me. Me.

I know I can do this. I've done it 100 times.

And I can't get this fricking fire lit.

Now I'm just getting frustrated.

I'm just so frustrated with myself that it's unbelievable.

If we got to deal one more of these freezing nights,

I don't know if we're gonna make it.

Oh, frick.

[ breathing heavily ]

it's so hard.

[ sighs ]

my spirits are okay.

They're not as good as they have been.

Um...

[ voice breaking ] I think I'm just tired

and feeling the effects of not eating.

[ sniffles ]

I have not talked to chris about how I'm feeling.

Sometimes no matter how hard you try,

like, you just don't succeed, you know.

So, it's like, you can't escape the elements.

Pretty much stuck out here.

It is freezing.

It is so cold.

I can't feel my feet.

It's the most miserable night yet.

If I don't get fire today, I'm gonna go crazy.

Corinne: I'm so frustrated with chris right now.

He says he can make fire,

but the only thing that he brings to me right now

is body heat at night.

Corinne: [ voice breaking ] I'm not as motivated

to go do things today.

And I know we probably have a lot we should do,

but everything just hurts --

like, physically hurts from making the fire yesterday.

[ sniffles ]

or not making the fire yesterday.

Narrator: Over the next few days, chris and corinne

expend large amounts of energy

as they continue their attempt at making fire.

[ breathes deeply ]

I don't have enough muscle left to do this.

The welcome nourishment from the coconuts and sea urchins

they've been able to find

has not been enough to abate their increasing hunger,

and their frustration is mounting.

Chris: We're getting to a point now

where we really need protein.

I really hope there's something in this fish trap.

As far as my body's concerned, I'm starving.

So with that being said, I'm gonna go hike down this beach,

try and kill some crabs.

I mean, even if I have to eat it raw, whatever.

Protein's protein at this point.

It's becoming pretty necessary.

Oh, my god. [bleep] [bleep]

see this rope right here?

Looks like we got a little cordage here...

...Which actually will help me out tremendously

in starting fire.

This is pretty awesome.

My theory on this is, if we went with a tandem bow,

you know, we'll probably save a lot of energy.

With two people on it, you get a faster stroke.

You're getting a lot more friction,

and with a lot more friction, you have a better chance at fire.

Corinne: Chris suggests that we use a tandem bow,

but I can't picture how it will work.

It's fricking hard to hold.

I don't know if I can hold it.

Come on. You can do it.

Let me see if I can.

Come on, corinne. Hold this. You got it.

Come on. Just hold it.

[ sighs ]

[ breathes deeply ]

[ groans ]

come on [bleep]

yeah. I can't hold the top.

My holding muscles are dead.

My arms are to tired to do this.

You want me to hold the top, then?

I think you're strong enough to do the whole thing.

It's not a matter of strength.

It is. No. It's just awkward.

I can't hold the bow, hold the bottom,

and spindle it all myself.

That's -- that's the point of making a --

you know, doing it tandemly,

is to save energy and be stronger.

Chris: If corinne could provide anything,

just a positive attitude.

When I'm attempting to make fire,

don't sit there and try and correct what I'm doing

when you're not even attempting it yourself.

If you can just hold it, I'll get the fire started.

I told you already -- I'm too tired to hold it right now.

I can't hold it for as long as you need me to hold it.

Not right now. Okay.

Let me know when you're not [bleep] tired.

You know, I need her to man up and, you know, have some balls.

She thinks it's my fault we don't have fire?

When I ask for help, jump in there and help me.

I'm gonna let you wear yourself out and not be part of it.

Got better things to do.

We get into a little tiff. She storms off.

She's upset. She goes away.

She takes her diary cam with her.

And then she just disappears.

Corinne: [ sighs ]

chris is absolutely driving me insane.

I cannot stand anything about the way he makes fire.

Chris: It's been an emotional roller coaster for her,

which has been a thorn in my side.

And he's like [bleep] energizer bunny,

so I don't know why he doesn't just use his big man muscles

and make the bow-drill fire himself.

I [bleep] hate being on this island with him.

I want to get the [bleep] away from him.

Chris: So, you all right?

Yep.

What's up with the disappearing act?

I wanted to get away for a while.

21 days is a [bleep] lot.

Chris: We are away.

We're away from everybody.

Except for each other.

Chris: I'm that bad?

I know girls that would kill

to be on an island with me for 21 days.

When I'm upset, I don't like to talk to anybody,

so I didn't really want to talk to chris, so, yeah.

[ sighs ]

so, is there anything you want to talk about?

Anything you want to tell me, or no?

Nope. You sure?

Nothing at all.

How you feeling, at least?

You still motivated?

I'm not talking to you right now.

[ scoffs ]

I mean, you just asked me twice if I wanted to talk,

and I said no, so...

Cool. Enjoy your coconut.

Chris: If she wants to act that way,

I'm not gonna let her bring me down.

At this point, I really don't give a [bleep]

we're a team, and I would rather keep it a team,

but with her crankiness and her constant emotions,

I mean, I'll tolerate it,

but certainly not gonna be bullied by a 98-pound woman.

Corinne: I don't feel like I need

to share my deep, inner emotions with him.

It's none of his business.

If I want to talk to chris about knives or fire or coconuts,

that's cool, but I have no plans

to share any of my emotions with chris.

They're mine.

Are you done with this knife?

Yeah.

So, you made it clear that you don't want to talk.

That means, like, not talking,

as in, I don't want to talk.

No, I get it, but adults usually communicate,

especially in a situation like this.

I don't want to talk to you right now.

If I feel like talking to you, I will.

Good to know.

If you keep bugging me, that will not help.

I just wish he would leave me alone.

I mean, if you ask a woman if she wants to talk to you,

and she says no, you don't have to go ask her four more times.

Chris: Corinne hasn't been here the last couple days mentally.

Just, every times she gets upset, she just storms off.

Don't keep running and hiding.

I'm here to survive, not to babysit.

Bottom line is, I can survive without her.

I mean, if it got down to that point,

I'd break camp and make my own camp.

Chris: I just woke up, and I haven't seen corinne,

so I guess she's gone again.

I know we laid down at the same time,

and she's been gone for at least an hour.

I'm not really sure where she is, so I am concerned.

Corinne!

You know, over the last two days, it's been something else.

I'm not a babysitter, I'm not a psychiatrist,

and I'm not a daddy.

I am a member of a team, and there's no "I" in team.

But apparently, she doesn't feel that way.

I don't know.

It's a shame.

Corinne: [ sobbing ]

last night was just cold and miserable.

Obviously, chris and I work differently.

And it has led to a lot of frustration.

[ sniffles ]

I've just been thinking about, you know...

[voice breaking ] why I'm out here,

and I just feel like it's mentally getting to me.

It's not about "can I survive the next eight days or not?"

at this point, I don't want to.

I'm out.

You're sure you want to go home?

Yes, I'm sure.

You want to tap out?

Yes. I want to go out.

[ sniffles ]

chris: You're gonna tap out?

It's not what I thought it would be.

I mean, you obviously had your mind made up

for a couple days now, so...

Yeah. I'm out. [ sniffles ]

[ breathes deeply ]

can I keep your mats?

[ chuckling ] yeah.

You better make fire today. Yeah.

I definitely will.

Did I last the 21 days?

No.

But I don't want to suffer anymore.

I feel like this is really selfish of me.

I just want to go home, you know.

I don't want to have to play survival woman.

I know I can survive.

I don't need to prove it to anybody.

Chris: Corinne, my partner, just tapped out.

[ exhales sharply ]

"annoyed" is the understatement of the year.

I-I-I can't even -- I'm so pissed off right now,

I just feel like smashing this [bleep] camera.

I'm so mad.

I would never leave someone behind.

It's just unacceptable.

You know, you're a team.

You never leave someone out to dry.

She chose to leave me out to dry.

She can kiss my ass.

For me, I got this by myself.

I'm gonna jump into this headfirst.

I'm gonna get this fire started.

And I'm gonna hard-charge it through.

It's my makeshift rain blocker.

You know, now I'm forced to exert more calories.

I have to do everything by myself.

I don't get a break.

And that, in itself, is inherently dangerous,

with just fatigue.

I need this fire.

For me, it's just gonna be a personal win, a vendetta.

Yes!

[bleep] "a"!

About [bleep] time!

Whoo!

[bleep] "a."

13 long, painstaking days.

Whoo!

You don't even know.

[ sighing ] ahh.

You have no idea how good it feels to have this thing lit.

By myself!

Hey, corinne chose her destiny.

It wasn't on the island with me.

Some people have it. Some people don't.

All those calories burnt

and all them "f"-bombs and my hands hurting --

worth every minute of it.

Worth every second.

Every second.

Now I have something to do -- chop firewood.

Last two nights, I seen all kind of crabs out,

so gonna go see if we can't find one or two.

All right. So, we got one of these black crabs

that I've been attempting to find for the last 17 days.

The lack of protein's really starting to wear on me.

I'm empty. I'm drained.

See if we can't get him here.

Little bastards are fast.

Got me some black crab for breakfast.

Been out here over two weeks without any protein.

And, uh, you know, survival of the fittest.

Oh, he don't like that.

Last I checked, I'm the top of the food chain.

I also cut down an adolescent palm tree

and got some hearts of palm,

so I actually have a pretty good stew going right now.

This kill for me right now

is the difference between starvation

and being on top of my game when it's time for extraction.

On a scale of 1 to 10, meals in my life,

I have to say this is up there.

Yep. Bummer, man.

She couldn't hack it 'cause there wasn't enough food.

It absolutely is the best thing I've ever tasted.

Tomorrow is my extraction.

Looking at my map, the easiest way to go

is to climb up this cliff face

and try and make it to my extraction point.

Narrator: Because of rough seas

and sharp volcanic rocks along the shoreline,

chris' best chance of getting to his extraction

will be to transport burning embers

over a 2-mile trek along treacherous cliffs

to a beach further south on the island.

There, he will need to build a signal fire

to alert a rescue ship to come pick him up.

Chris: I have to reach this extraction point and set a fire.

It is my way of signaling my extraction team.

I actually have to carry my fire.

If the fire goes out, I can't complete this mission.

So, I'm feeling pretty confident

that once I get to my extract point,

I can get a fire going pretty easy,

especially if the weather conditions stay this favorable.

[ lightning crashes ]

I'm freezing.

Oh [bleep] that's not good.

I just woke up, and my fire's almost out.

I've got to keep this thing going.

Without fire, there's no signal for my extraction.

It's game over.

Yes!

Whoo!

Narrator: When chris began his 21-day survival test

in dominica,

he and his partner

were both given a primitive survival rating, or psr.

I [bleep] hate being on this island with him.

I want to get the [bleep] away from him.

Narrator: Since corinne reached her breaking point

and decided to leave dominica on day 13,

her final psr will drop considerably.

Chris has thrived since corinne's departure,

having secured some much-needed protein.

His final psr will not be determined

until he safely gets off the island.

But with one day remaining,

chris now faces the intimidating task

of reaching his extraction alone.

Chris: At this point, I'm just -- I'm so tired.

This last week has really worn me down.

I'm definitely the most fatigued I've ever been.

Narrator: After three weeks on the desolate island of dominica,

chris now faces another daunting task --

keeping burning embers alive on a 2-mile trek.

He has to make a signal fire so the rescue ship can pick him up.

Chris: It's time to go to work.

Hollowed out a piece of bamboo,

and I'm gonna use a pot as my way to transfer my hot embers

from my camp to the extraction point.

[bleep] hot.

Bamboo is compartmental,

so I carry embers in the top one,

and then I carved a hook in the bottom to carry my pot,

which I'm also gonna fill with embers.

Just in case one goes out, I do have a backup.

Let's be off.

All right. Here comes the tricky part.

It would not have made a difference to me

if corinne was here.

She wouldn't have made it any easier.

I mean, only one person's gonna carry fire.

I guarantee you it would have been me.

I think it'll move a lot faster with me by myself.

Definitely pretty hairy right at this point

'cause it's so slippery.

I'm just looking -- anything I can to hold on to.

Little more tired than I thought I was.

This thing's getting real hot,

and my embers are already cooking through my bamboo.

[ sighs ]

suck it up and get going.

It is extremely hot.

Finally, we're at my extraction point,

'cause this thing's burning a hole in my hand.

Black smoke -- usually you want to use stuff that's green

that will burn.

I got a pretty good plume of smoke going,

and definitely looking for the boat.

Dude, come on already.

Get me off the [bleep] island.

[ horn honks ]

yo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!

He's doing a circle on that sandbar.

I guess he can't make it.

Narrator: With the boat unable to make it to the shore,

chris must now swim through rough seas

to reach the rescue vessel.

Chris: The unfortunate thing is,

I really don't have anything left in the tank.

I got to swim with a knife that weighs 5 pounds.

And I got to go through the sandbar, too.

I got to watch out for them urchins and [bleep] again.

I hope there ain't no sharks out today.

It's a little choppy,

so hopefully, they're elsewhere

in little calmer waters.

And the sea doesn't look to be calming any.

If anything, it seems to be picking up,

so it's gonna be an ass-kicker.

There's stonefish, there's fire coral,

and there's fire worms, which, you know,

is like getting stung by a man-of-war jellyfish --

not to mention the amount of sharks that are around here.

I could just hold my breath and ball up

and do it just like a jellyfish.

That way, you have less things dangling in the water

to attract sharks.

[ inhales deeply ]

[ spits ]

[ inhales deeply ]

whoo!

In life and in my career, I'm a member of a team.

Because I was abandoned,

I was forced to be my own support team.

But that just comes along with -- you know, that's life.

Great challenge.

Great experience.

Something I'll never forget.

I mean, this place is trying.

If it isn't the weather, it's the terrain.

If it's not the terrain, it's the lack of food.

If it's not the lack of food, it's just -- it's the bugs.

Don't be mistaken by its beauty.

It's a bitch.

This island has definitely humbled me.

You know, again, I did come in here cavalier, alpha-male,

kind of cocky.

And, you know, obviously I didn't have fire in an hour.

Sorry that corinne didn't make it,

but it was a great experience for me.

Narrator: Over the course of their survival ordeal,

corinne and chris went through

significant mental and physical changes.

Even though she abandoned the challenge on day 13,

corinne lost 12 pounds,

and chris dropped a total of 21 pounds.

Based on their performance, their psrs were reassessed.

Chris successfully completed the challenge,

raising his psr from a 7.1 to a high intermediate 7.9.

Corinne's early departure reduces her rating

from a 6.1 to a low intermediate 4.9.

Hi.

I chose to not finish the challenge,

but that doesn't mean -- I didn't leave with nothing.

I've definitely learned a lot about hunger,

and I can't even imagine what it would be like

to go a lifetime feeling that way.

Chris: My mom and dad picked me up.

Hi. I'm so glad to be home.

I'm so proud of you.

Sit. Yes!

My dad [voice breaking] he, uh, made me the man that I am.

I'm choked up.

Super-stoked to be home.

He made it all the way.

Love my mom and dad. Naked, but not afraid.

[ laughter ]

narrator: In the end, chris thrived

during his final week on dominica alone,

proving he has what it takes to survive naked and afraid.

I did everything for him.

My pride and joy.