Original subtitles

WHAT THE *BLEEP*?

GOT IT ON CAMERA?

THE BATTERY GO DEAD?

I DON'T THINK IT WANTS TO BE RECORDED.

OKAY.

THIS IS WHERE I QUIT.

I'M DONE.

Narrator: ONE MAN...

AND ONE WOMAN...

I'M NOT LEAVING!

...ALONE FOR 21 DAYS...

WHAT IS THAT?

...WITH NO FOOD...

OH, GOD, I'M FREEZING.

...NO CLOTHES...

AAH!

...NO WATER...

AAH! MOVE!

DO THEY HAVE THE SKILLS AND THE WILL...

HURTS.

...TO OVERCOME THE MOST PRIMAL SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

OF THEIR LIVES...

...NAKED AND AFRAID?

Melanie: IT'S JUST THE UNKNOWN THAT IS SCARY OUT HERE.

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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: 10 DAYS AGO, JEREMY -- A LOUISIANA NATIVE --

BEGAN HIS SURVIVAL REDEMPTION WITH MICHELLE

IN THE SWAMPS OF LOUISIANA'S ATCHAFALAYA BASIN --

A MASS OF WEED-CHOKED MARSHES, RIDDLED WITH DEADLY 'GATORS,

POISONOUS SNAKES, AND FILLED WITH A DEEP,

DARK HISTORY OF THE DIMS OF VOODOO CURSES

THAT CONTINUES TO HAUNT THE SWAMPS.

Jeremy: WHAT IS THAT?

Narrator: ON DAY 3, THE BAYOU CLAIMED ITS FIRST CASUALTY.

I FEEL BAD LEAVING YOU.

ON HIS OWN, HUNGER AND LONELINESS

SUNK JEREMY INTO DEEP DESPAIR.

MAN, I'M GOING NUTS OUT HERE BY MYSELF.

MAYBE THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS TAP OUT.

IS THAT MY PARTNER?

Narrator: ON DAY 5, WITH HIS REDEMPTION QUEST IN JEOPARDY,

A NEW PARTNER -- MELANIE -- CAME IN TO BEGIN HER CHALLENGE.

SO, I'M DOING 21 STARTING TODAY AND YOU'RE DOING 25?

YEAH. WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.

YOU'RE MY JUNGLE HUSBAND.

I'M YOUR JUNGLE WIFE.

I GOT YOU, BOO.

Narrator: AFTER 5 DAYS TOGETHER,

THEY ARE STARVING AND DESPERATE FOR FOOD.

I JUST HOPE THERE'S A FISH IN THERE TOMORROW.

Jeremy: NOTHING.

Narrator: MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SPENT,

THE EERIE NOISES OF THE SWAMP ARE PLAYING ON THEIR MINDS...

Jeremy: THERE'S THAT SOUND AGAIN.

Narrator: ...LEADING THEM TO SUSPECT THEY MAY NOT BE ALONE.

WHAT THE *BLEEP* WAS THAT?

SOMETHING WAS JUST WALKING BY OUR CAMP.

NO IDEA WHAT IT IS.

IT'S TERRIFYING NOW.

Jeremy: IT'S DAY 11. THIS IS KILLING US.

IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE WE HAD SOME MEAT IN OUR BELLIES.

WE'RE NOT SLEEPING MUCH.

PHYSICALLY, I'M EXHAUSTED.

I'VE NEVER BEEN SO WORN DOWN IN MY LIFE.

Melanie: LAST NIGHT, I HEARD SOMETHING CREEPING THROUGH THE WOODS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST AN ANIMAL,

BUT THE NOISES -- I MEAN, I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE NOISES.

AN ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T REALLY MAKE THAT KIND OF NOISE.

YOU SEE A CRAWFISH?

YEAH, HE'S THERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE CRAWFISH THAT'S BEEN PESTERING THE CRAP

OUT OF US FOR A FEW DAYS.

THIS DAMN HOLE'S JUST TOO DEEP TO GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

IT'S JUST SO FREAKING... THIN.

IT'S SO TAUNTING THAT

HE'S RIGHT THERE AND WE SLEEP THERE.

THAT MIGHT BE WHAT I HEARD

'CAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT RAN FROM AROUND

WE WERE AND IT SOUNDED PRETTY BIG.

I SAW IT LAST NIGHT.

YEAH.

*BLEEP* WITH THESE BUGS.

I'M GOING OUT, TRYING TO FIND SOME FOOD,

CHECK THE FISH BASKET

TO GET A GOOD MEAL IN OUR STOMACH.

I WILL *BLEEP* MY INVISIBLE PANTS

IF THERE'S A FISH IN THERE.

THE POND IS VERY CREEPY --

YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING.

THERE'S SNAKES OUT THERE.

EVERYTHING BLENDS IN. IT'S VERY SCARY,

AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST MENTALLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE

OF BEING OUT THERE IS NOT KNOWING

WHAT YOU'RE EITHER RIGHT ON TOP OF OR VERY CLOSE TO.

Melanie: IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE?

THERE'S A LITTLE ONE.

THINK HE MIGHT'VE FELL THROUGH.

*BLEEP*

WELL, THAT LITTLE SON-OF-A-GUN.

I'M GOING TO GET THAT SUCKER.

Narrator: CRAWFISH -- MEMBERS OF THE LOBSTER FAMILY --

THRIVE IN FRESHWATER SWAMPS.

USING FIVE PAIRS OF ARMORED LEGS TO DIG BURROWS,

THEY CAN LIVE IN OR OUT OF WATER

FOR UP TO 30 YEARS IN THE WILD.

GET THE WATER POT.

CRAWFISH DON'T LIKE WARM WATER.

SO, HOPEFULLY, POURING WARM WATER

DOWN THERE MAKES HIM COME OUT.

HE'S GETTING THE HELL OUT OF THERE.

LOOK AT HOW BIG HE IS!

ALL RIGHT.

THINK WE KNOW HOW TO GET CRAWFISH OUT OF HOLES.

I THINK WE DO. YEAH.

NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM. LOOK AT THAT SUCKER.

I CAN'T WAIT TO BOIL THIS THING UP.

I MEAN, THEY TASTE GOOD,

PUTS A LITTLE MEAT IN YOUR BELLY.

LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL CRAWFISH IN THERE COOKING.

MMM.

SURE IS PURDY.

IT AIN'T MUCH, BUT EVERY LITTLE THING'S A WIN OUT HERE.

I WANT TO EAT AN EYEBALL.

YOU EVER EAT THE EYEBALL?

THEY'RE HARD. THEY ARE.

MM-HMM.

IT'S DELICIOUS.

"EYE" THOUGHT IT WAS DELICIOUS.

Melanie: GET OFF OF ME, YOU STUPID *BLEEP*.

OH, THEY'RE *BLEEP* EATING ME NOW.

Jeremy: THIS BUG IS EATING THE *BLEEP* OUT OF ME.

OH, MY *BLEEP*.

MOSQUITOS, MOSQUITOS, MOSQUITOS.

I'M DYING HERE, MAN. I'M *BLEEP* DYING.

I HAVEN'T SLEPT AT ALL

BECAUSE THESE *BLEEP*

BUGBITES ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

I'M GETTING DESTROYED.

TODAY IS, BY FAR,

THE WORST DAY OF BUGBITES.

LOOK AT THAT!

WHY? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY?

LET ME SHOW YOU MY BUTT CHEEK.

THIS THING IS INSANE.

LOOK AT THAT. IT'S A TOTAL BUMMER.

HER BATTLING THE MOSQUITOS

LIKE SHE DOES AND THE REACTION

THAT HER BODY GETS TO IT --

I MEAN, IT JUST BRINGS THE MORALE WAY DOWN.

Melanie: GAH!

I MEAN, I NEED HER HERE WITH ME.

GRR!

AHH, NO MOSQUITO ITCH.

Melanie: OH, *BLEEP*.

OH, MY *BLEEP*.

GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

WHAT IS THAT?

I AIN'T HAD A DECENT MEAL IN TWO DAYS.

I DON'T THINK HALF OF A CRAWFISH COUNTS

AS A GOOD MEAL.

I NEED SOME SUBSTANCE, AND I WANT TO DO SOME FORAGING,

MAKE SURE WE GET SOMETHING TO EAT TODAY.

BIG POT OF GREENS -- THAT'LL DO IT.

THESE RIGHT HERE, GROUND NETTLES,

IS AN HERB THAT GROWS WILD HERE.

IT'S LIKE THE POTATO OF THE PLANT.

THEY'RE A GOOD SOURCE OF FOOD --

IRON, VITAMINS A AND C.

BEING WE HAVEN'T ATE NOTHING TODAY.

TO DIG THEM OUT? MM-HMM.

THEY IN THERE DEEP?

NO, THEY AIN'T TOO BAD.

SUCH A MANLY PROVIDER.

Melanie: JEREMY IS LIKE HAVING AN ENCYCLOPEDIA

FOR IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING OUT HERE.

EVERYTHING OUT HERE IS AN OPTION TO EAT.

Jeremy: I ALMOST GOT SICK.

IT DIDN'T REALLY AGREE WITH MY STOMACH.

OH, *BLEEP*. I THINK I'M AT WHERE YOU'RE AT.

WE'VE HAD SO FEW CALORIES,

THE LAST THING WE COULD AFFORD

IS TO THROW UP.

TODAY'S MY DAY 13.

IN THE PHILIPPINES, THAT'S THE DAY THAT ME AND CASS

DECIDED TO LEAVE THE ISLAND.

IN THE PHILIPPINES, IT WAS DEFINITELY A ROUGH EXPERIENCE.

THIS RIGHT HERE IT'S JUST PURE HELL.

IT'S SOME OF THE WORST LIVING CONDITIONS

YOU CAN BE IN RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE'RE 13 DAYS INTO IT.

I'M GOING TO GO TILL I CAN'T GO NO MORE.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP.

IF WE CAN JUST GET THIS BED RIGHT, WE CAN SLEEP ALL NIGHT.

MACHETE IS DULL.

BIG TIME.

Melanie: I'M NOT A CRANKY PERSON UNLESS I DON'T SLEEP,

AND RIGHT NOW I'M VERY *BLEEP* CRANKY.

WE'RE FREEZING AT NIGHT,

WE'RE BEING EATEN ALIVE BY BUGS,

THERE'S STRANGE NOISES JUST SCARING THE

*BLEEP* OUT OF US.

AND WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE DOING SOMETHING JUST TO SURVIVE.

Jeremy: I HAD THIS GRAND IDEA THAT I WAS GOING TO EAT ME A FISH TODAY.

I COULD TASTE THAT SUCKER.

SO, BASICALLY, I'M MAKING ME A FISHING LINE OUT OF VINES

AND GRASS AND STUFF,

USED A THORN AS A GORGE HOOK,

PUT ME A GRUB ON IT,

SO WE HOPE OUR FISH COME UP AND BITE IT, SWALLOW IT,

AND THAT'LL TURN SIDEWAYS IN ITS THROAT.

AND WE HAVE A FISH. THAT'S THE THEORY.

THOSE FISH, ALL FOOD IS BAIT.

YOU GOT TO BAIT FISH THAT SWIM ALONG THE SHORE,

AND THEN BIGGER FISH COME IN AND FEED ON IT.

GOD *BLEEP*.

IT WAS A GAR,

AND GAR HAVE RAZOR-SHARP TEETH

AND IF HE CHOMP DOWN RIGHT THERE ON CORDAGE,

IT'LL SNAP IT.

MAN, THAT WOULD'VE MADE OUR DAY RIGHT THERE.

Melanie: THIS THING IS SO FRUSTRATING.

CAN'T EVEN GET A SPARK ANYMORE.

Jeremy: MEL NOTICED TODAY THE FIRESTARTER'S NOT WORKING.

AND I THINK IT'S STARTING TO LOSE THAT SPARK,

AND THAT'S GOT ME CONCERNED.

THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THE FIRESTARTER

MIGHT JUST FAIL ALTOGETHER.

GIVE ME THE MACHETE.

*BLEEP* I BLEW IT OUT.

YOU CAN'T GO INTO THE NIGHT WITHOUT FIRE.

I CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW HORRIBLE THE INSECTS GET AT NIGHT.

YOU WOULD NOT MAKE IT WITHOUT IT.

Melanie: TODAY WAS A HARD BLOW.

WITHOUT THE FIRE, WE CAN'T STAY WARM,

WE CAN'T KEEP THE MOSQUITOS AWAY,

AND WE CAN'T COOK THE FOOD.

MAN, ONE LITTLE THING CAN JUST BREAK YOU DOWN.

COLD WEATHER'S COMING IN.

FALL'S STARTING TO SET IN HERE IN LOUISIANA --

THE TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING INTO THE 50s AT NIGHT,

YOU GET THAT COLD BREEZE COMING OUT OF THE NORTH --

ALL THAT JUST EQUALS UP

TO JUST A RECIPE FOR HYPOTHERMIA.

IT'S AROUND 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

WE'VE NOT SLEPT TONIGHT.

I THINK WE'VE JUST GOT TO EMBRACE THE FACT

THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE DIDN'T SLEEP NONE LAST NIGHT.

THE WIND WAS BLOWING, TEMPS WAS DROPPING,

THAT WIND WAS COMING OFF THE RIVER --

IT WAS COLD.

DEFINITELY GOT TO GET A FIRE GOING.

I HAD IT A SECOND AGO.

I'M GOING TO GO GET SOME TWIGS OVER

IN THAT LITTLE DRY SPOT I LIKE GETTING FROM, ALL RIGHT?

THIS IS ABOUT WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF --

DAMN FIRESTARTER'S ABOUT OUT.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE.

YOU CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT FIRE.

COME ON, PYRO MASTER.

STINGS THE EYES.

OH, MY GOD.

YES!

WHOO!

OH, MY GOD, YES.

YES. WHOO.

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.

I'M PROUD OF US.

I'M PROUD OF US, TOO, 'CAUSE THAT WAS AMAZING.

SO, IT IS ABOUT 3:30 IN THE MORNING,

AND JEREMY AND I ARE TAKING SHIFTS

KEEPING THE EMBERS BURNING IN THE FIRE

AND OUR FIRESTARTER'S PRETTY MUCH OUT.

THAT'S WHY WE GOT --

WHY WE GOT TO KEEP IT BURNING...

ALL NIGHT, AND THEN DURING THE DAY,

COLLECT MORE FIREWOOD TO KEEP IT BURNING ALL DAY.

NOT EASY.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT.

IT'S A LOT TO DO, SO LITTLE ENERGY.

TRYING TO FIND FIREWOOD.

WE'RE STOCKPILING, TRYING TO MAKE SURE

THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH THE NIGHT.

IT HIT ME LIKE A BRICK WALL.

LIKE, MY BODY JUST REALIZING IT'S NOT GETTING ANYTHING.

I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A TOUGH PERSON,

AND THIS IS KICKING

THE *BLEEP* OUT OF ME.

Jeremy: MEL HAS ME CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS.

I'VE LOST ONE PARTNER OUT HERE. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS ONE.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SPEND

THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS OUT HERE DOING THIS ALL BY MYSELF.

I THINK WE JUST NEED A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO FEEL RESTED FOR A CHANGE.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN VERY LITTLE SLEEP

SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS CHALLENGE.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY DAY OUT HERE.

AND WE CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.

TO ME, NIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE WORST.

EVERYTHING WORKS AGAINST YOU.

I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY INTENT OF GIVING UP.

IT'S JUST...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET AROUND HERE.

NEED A GOOD MEAL.

I'M GOING TO GO HUNTING.

I'LL TRY TO COME BACK WITH THE BIGGEST MEAL YET.

OKEY-DOKE.

I'M A HUNTER -- I MEAN, I HUNT FOR FOOD.

UP HERE ON HIGH GROUND, I'M NOT SEEING MUCH TO EAT.

I'VE GOT TO LAST 25 DAYS OUT HERE,

LONGER THAN ANYONE'S GONE BEFORE.

I DON'T WANT TO FAIL LIKE I DID IN THE PHILIPPINES.

I DON'T WANT MY BODY JUST HITTING ZERO

AND THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW,

AND GET FORCED-PULLED OUT OF THIS THING.

IT IS SO EASY TO RUN OUT OF ENERGY.

I'M JUST WORRIED THAT I'M BURNING MORE CALORIES

THAN I'M INTAKING.

I DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT HERE AND JUST SLOWLY DIE.

HOLY...

STANDARD SNARE WIRE.

I FOUND A SNARE WIRE THAT'S BEEN BROKEN.

IT'S NOT IN PERFECT SHAPE,

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO FOR BIG GAME.

WE DEFINITELY GOING TO USE THIS.

ANY GOOD NEWS?

IT WAS NOT A WASTEFUL HUNT.

-WHAT? -HAD A SNARE WIRE RIGHT THERE.

-REALLY? -YEP.

THAT'LL HOLD HOGS, COONS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

I'M ECSTATIC. I'M SO ENERGIZED.

THAT'S AWESOME.

THERE'S A HUGE FIND.

I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET WITH THAT SNARE.

IF IT'S A PIG...

I DON'T WANT TO GET MY HOPES UP, BUT THEY'RE UP.

GOOD LUCK.

SAME TO YOU, AMIGO.

THE SNARE WIRE IS SUCH A HUGE GATEWAY

TO MORE FOOD OUT HERE.

SNARING IS SOMETHING I'M ACTUALLY GOOD AT

AND I KNOW I CAN DO IT --

I DO IT ALL THE TIME BACK HOME.

WHEW. THAT'LL GET YOU.

LOOK AT THAT SUCKER.

SO, I'M WAITING FOR SOMETHING SMALL

'CAUSE THE SNARE WIRE'S BROKE ON ONE END.

THAT'LL INCREASE MY ODDS OF IT NOT COMING UNDONE

AND WE LOSE THE SNARE WIRE ALTOGETHER.

THERE'S A COON TRAIL.

Narrator: TO TRAP ANIMALS USING A SNARE WIRE,

ONE END OF A STEEL CABLE IS ATTACHED

TO A FIXED OBJECT

AND A SLIP LOOP IS CREATED WITH THE OTHER END.

WHEN THE ANIMAL GETS CAUGHT IN IT, THE LOOP TIGHTENS.

Jeremy: I GOT SOME PERSIMMONS -- THEY'RE NOT RIPE --

BUT COONS ARE EATING ON THEM.

I'M SEEING IT IN THEIR SCAT.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS COMING IN, I SAW THE SEEDS

IN SOME OF THEIR SCAT ON DAY 1,

SO I KNEW IT HAD TO BE SOME PERMISSIONS AROUND HERE.

LUCKILY, WE FOUND THE TREE. I WISH THEY'D BE RIPE

'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FOOD SOURCE.

BUT, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT SO I CAN STILL UTILIZE THEM.

SO, I CAN USE PERSIMMONS TO KIND OF BAIT THEM IN A LITTLE BIT,

GET THEM TO GO THROUGH THE SNARE WIRE.

TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIND A WALK RIGHT THROUGH HERE

ABOUT THE SAME WAY WE DO HOGS AND STUFF.

I JUST HOPE IT WORKS.

OH, *BLEEP*.

I HATE NOISES AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE,

AND KEEPING THE FIRE LIT,

IT'S WEARING ME DOWN.

SNARE DIDN'T CATCH NOTHING.

IT'S A GOOD GAME TRAIL RIGHT HERE.

THEY'RE WALKING RIGHT THERE.

GOT SOME HOGS -- SEVERAL HOGS.

IT IS AN ACTIVE TRAIL.

YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY IT FUNNELS THEM,

SO THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO WALK RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

I LIKE TO CATCH A LITTLE HOG. I'D LIKE TO TRY.

Melanie: JEREMY, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

JEREMY, WHAT WAS THAT?

*BLEEP* THAT'S *BLEEP* WEIRD.

I SEE SOMETHING.

JEREMY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WHITE *BLEEP* FACE.

I SWEAR TO GOD. IT'S NEXT TO THE TREE.

OH, MY GOD, THAT IS A FACE.

Melanie: JEREMY, WHAT WAS THAT?

SEE, THAT'S *BLEEP* WEIRD.

SEE SOMETHING?

JEREMY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WHITE *BLEEP* FACE.

I SWEAR TO GOD. IT'S NEXT TO THE TREE.

OH, MY GOD, THAT IS A FACE.

YES.

IT'S STANDING RIGHT OVER HERE.

LOOK, RIGHT THERE.

*BLEEP*. YEAH, IT'S JUST -- IT'S SITTING THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE...

DID MY CAMERA JUST TURN OFF?

YOUR CAMERA WENT OUT? YEAH.

TURN IT BACK ON. I CAN'T.

IT'S ON.

IT'S IN THE "ON" POSITION.

BATTERY GO DEAD?

NO, IT WAS A FULL BATTERY.

I DON'T THINK IT WANTED TO BE RECORDED.

YEAH, WELL, THAT *BLEEP* IS WEIRD.

OKAY.

IT WON'T GO BACK ON.

THIS IS WHERE I QUIT.

JEREMY, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?

AND I SAY, "GOOD NIGHT."

LOOK, IT WON'T COME ON AT ALL.

OH, MY GOD, THAT'S SO WEIRD.

ALL RIGHT, I'M DONE WITH THIS.

I'M DONE.

I'M DONE, Y'ALL. GOOD NIGHT.

LAST NIGHT WAS ROUGH.

I MEAN, IT WAS ROUGH.

IT WAS ROUGH ON BOTH OF US.

WE'RE SO TIRED AND SLEEP-DEPRIVED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MESSING WITH OUR MINDS OR WHAT.

Melanie: AT NIGHT, EVERYTHING IS TERRIFYING.

YOU KNOW, UNEXPLAINED NOISES WE HEAR AND THAT FACE.

WE WERE LOOKING AT IT AND IT WAS STARING RIGHT AT US.

Narrator: LACK OF SLEEP CAN DECREASE OUR PRODUCTION OF ENDORPHINS,

ALSO KNOWN AS THE "HAPPY CHEMICALS"

OF THE HUMAN BODY.

LOWER ENDORPHIN LEVELS AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION

CAN CAUSE PARANOID THOUGHTS AND HALLUCINATIONS.

Melanie: JUST THE -- THE EXPERIENCE OF IT

IS WHAT HIT ME THE HARDEST.

TO HAVE TO SEE THAT AND HEAR THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DARK HISTORY IN THIS AREA.

MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT.

MAYBE IT'S JUST AN ANIMAL.

IT'S JUST THE UNKNOWN FACTOR THAT IS SO SCARY OUT HERE.

YOU COULD SAY IT MAY HAVE SCARRED ME.

I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE.

OKAY. FEELING ALL RIGHT?

JUST GOT LIGHT-HEADED AGAIN.

NAP IT UP.

I MEAN, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, I'M JUST BURNT.

FEEL LIKE I'M LETTING YOU DOWN.

WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LETTING ME DOWN?

'CAUSE I AIN'T GETTING MUCH DONE.

JEREMY'S A HUNTER. HE'S USED TO PROVIDING,

YOU KNOW -- BIG GAME, TOO.

IF HE'S NOT BRINGING IT HOME, THEN HE THINKS HE'S FAILING.

I'M GOING TO GO CHECK THE SNARE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WANTS TO GO BACK OUT.

HE NEEDS TO REST. HE FEELS NAUSEOUS SO FREQUENTLY.

IF HE PUTS OUT ANY MORE ENERGY THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE,

HE'S GOING TO START THROWING UP.

NADA.

WELL, EITHER SOMETHING BUMPED IT OR WE HAD SOMETHING.

LOOKED LIKE A HOG OR SOMETHING COME THROUGH THE TRAIL.

YOU KNOW, I WAS AIMING FOR SOMETHING SMALL.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS FRESH.

TRY AGAIN TONIGHT.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'M JUST DOWN RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW, MEL. IF COULD JUST SNARE ONE PIG...

HEY, MAN. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED.

*BLEEP* CRAZY.

I KNOW YOU REALLY WANT THE BIG GAME.

I TAPPED OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND WATER.

OUT HERE, WE AIN'T GOT ENOUGH FOOD.

I THINK YOU EXPECT TOO MUCH OF YOURSELF SOMETIMES.

Melanie: I KNOW JEREMY REALLY WANTS TO GET FOOD,

BUT HE'S BEEN OUT THERE TODAY,

AND HE JUST GETS MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED IT SO BAD.

IF I COULD GET ONE GOOD CATCH, WE MIGHT...

YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO OVER 2,000 CALORIES A DAY.

ALWAYS SAID IF I GET MY REDEMPTION,

IT'S GOING TO BE THE PROBABLY THE WORST DAMN SPOT

THERE EVER WAS.

SORRY. I BROKE DOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I CRIED ALREADY?

I HOPE THAT HE CAN STICK IN THERE.

IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T KNOW HIS INTERNAL,

MENTAL CAPABILITIES AND LIMITS

'CAUSE HE HAS LESS DAYS THAN I DO.

I HAVE FOUR MORE DAYS THAN HE DOES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

TO SURVIVE OUT HERE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR ALONE.

YOU NEED EACH OTHER TO KEEP WARM.

SO, IF HE WERE TO TAP OUT,

I THINK I WOULD TAP OUT 'CAUSE PHYSICALLY,

I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE WITHOUT ONE ANOTHER.

Jeremy: REALLY HIT A LOW YESTERDAY.

WHAT MAKES ME NERVOUS IS THAT IT GETS TO A POINT

WHERE YOUR BODY CAN'T GO, YOU CAN'T GO.

I'M GOING TO GO CHECK THE SNARE.

AND I GOT SNARE SET STILL.

WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS JUST A GOOD MEAL.

NOW, I CAME HERE TO GET AT LEAST MY 21.

THE END IS IN SIGHT.

YOU KNOW, MY 21 DAYS IS FIXED TO BE HERE.

AND THEN MEL MIGHT HAVE TO SPEND FOUR NIGHTS BY HERSELF.

I'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TOO HARD --

PUSHING MYSELF AND PUSHING MYSELF.

IT'S JUST -- I'M GOING TO END UP FAILING IF I KEEP THAT UP.

YOU KNOW, AND I THINK I NEED TO JUST SETTLE DOWN

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LET THINGS COME MY WAY.

Narrator: ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE IN THE LOUISIANA SWAMPS

HAS HAD A PROFOUND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT

ON BOTH JEREMY AND MELANIE.

STARTING WITH A PSR OF 7.2,

MELANIE HAS BEEN HAUNTED BY STRANGE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS,

AND HAS STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH THE HARDSHIPS

OF THE BUG-INFESTED BAYOU.

I HAVEN'T SLEPT AT ALL

BECAUSE THESE BUGBITES ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

Narrator: BEGINNING WITH A PSR OF 6.1,

JEREMY'S FAILURE TO SECURE FOOD FOR THE TEAM

HAS JEOPARDIZED HIS QUEST FOR REDEMPTION.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED THIS SO BAD.

Narrator: WITH ONE DAY REMAINING IN JEREMY'S 21 DAY CHALLENGE,

A RECENT DISCOVERY COULD AFFECT WHETHER

OR NOT HE WILL STAY WITH MELANIE

UNTIL HER CHALLENGE IS COMPLETE.

I GOT SOMETHING IN THE SNARE.

Jeremy: WHAT THE HELL...

MY GOD.

I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THIS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I NORMALLY GO AFTER THE FULL-SIZED ONES.

I DON'T GO AFTER THESE SMALL ONES.

AT THE SAME TIME, I'M A HUNTER --

I HUNT FOR FOOD.

THAT'S WHAT I DO.

MEL!

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

IT'S A DEER.

YOU ARE LYING TO ME RIGHT NOW.

NO!

YOU CAUGHT THAT IN THE SNARE?

YEAH. OH, MY GOD.

THAT WAS IN THE SNARE?

I'M SO HAPPY.

Melanie: I'M NOT A HUNTER,

AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO KILL SOMETHING.

BEING OUT HERE, YOU HAVE TO RELY ON EVERYTHING

THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.

THAT DEER LOST ITS LIFE SO WE COULD SURVIVE.

WE RECOGNIZE THE HUGE SACRIFICE

THAT WAS MADE SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE.

I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THAT DEER.

MY HEART'S, LIKE, BEATING A MILE A MINUTE.

I KNOW. I'M HUNGRY.

OH, *BLEEP*.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

IT, LIKE, MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH.

THERE WAS JUST ONE THING IN ME --

THAT I JUST WANTED TO COMPLETE --

AND THAT WAS ABLE TO JUST SNARE AN ANIMAL.

AND THEN, FINALLY, WE DID.

SO NEEDED THIS.

TOMORROW'S YOUR 21.

YEP. YOU WANT TO BE LEAVING?

NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE LEAVING.

NO, I WANT TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

WHEN I COME INTO THIS,

IT WAS ABOUT A 21-DAY CHALLENGE --

THAT WAS IT.

AND NOW IT LOOK LIKE I'M GOING A 25-DAY CHALLENGE.

WE'RE HERE IN THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE ENJOYING IT,

SO -- TO THE BEST WE CAN ENJOY IT.

FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE.

BETTER, FOR WORSE.

MY JUNGLE HUSBAND.

YOU'RE MY JUNGLE WIFE.

Melanie: THE DEER -- IT WAS A DOE,

AND IT HAS ENOUGH MEAT TO FEED US

FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS

UNTIL WE GET OUT OF HERE.

MAN, WE GOT SOME DEER JERKY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SNACKING ON.

PRETTY GOOD, TOO.

Melanie: I KNOW WE STILL HAVE ONE DAY LEFT,

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE LAND

THAT'S ALLOWED US TO ENJOY EVERY EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S GORGEOUS.

DAY 25.

DAY 21!

WE ARE FIXING TO GO HOME!

WHOO!

JUST PULL OUT THAT MAP.

SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT. TAKE A GANDER.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN PAST THIS.

IT'S THE END OF THE POND?

YEAH.

THIS IS ALL UNKNOWN TERRITORY TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET HURT ON THE WAY OUT.

SLOW AND STEADY AND SAFE.

LET'S BEGIN THIS JOURNEY.

Melanie: WE KNOW, LIKE, WHERE WE'RE GOING,

BUT WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW

EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER.

WOOF, THEM MOSQUITOS ARE OUT TODAY, MAN.

WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE OF 'EM AS IT WARMS UP.

YEP.

JUST WATCH FOR SNAKES IN CASE I MISS ANY.

YEAH.

Jeremy: MY BIGGEST CONCERN ARE THE SNAKES.

WE'RE CLOSE TO THE RIVER.

SWAMP'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT,

SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.

STUFF TRAVELS FROM THE RIVER TO THE SWAMP.

REMEMBER MY THING ABOUT LOGS.

YEAH -- WATCH UNDERNEATH AND STUFF.

ALWAYS FEEL LIKE ONE COULD BE HIDING.

YEP.

OH, I FOUND A THORN.

OH, GOD.

*BLEEP* IS IT IN YOUR FOOT?

LET ME SEE.

KEEP GOING.

THAT'S NOT TOO BAD.

A PLANE?

IS THAT FOR US?

THERE IT IS! HEY!

DOWN HERE! THAT'S FOR US.

WE CAN'T MISS OUR RIDE.

AAH! IT'S COLD!

COME ON! HEY!

HEY! HEY!

WHOO! OVER HERE!

WHOO!

YEAH!

WE'RE HERE!

WHOO! WHOO!

WHOO!

HECK YEAH.

OH, GOD.

Melanie: I CAME OUT HERE, I GUESS, TO TEST MYSELF --

TO SEE WHAT I'M MADE OF, WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF.

I ABSOLUTELY GOT THE VALIDATION --

I AM THE PERSON I THOUGHT I WAS.

MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BETTER.

YO, THAT WAS HUGE.

WHOO! HA-HA!

THIS CHALLENGE IS PROBABLY ONE OF

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS I'VE ACHIEVED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I WILLINGLY PUT MYSELF THROUGH DISCOMFORT AND FEAR,

AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANT TO HIM AS WELL,

SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME

TO COMPLETE IT FOR BOTH OF US.

Jeremy: EVEN THOUGH I LIVE HERE IN THIS STATE.

I KNEW IT WASN'T GOING TO BE EASY.

BUT WE FOUND OUR WAY THROUGH IT,

AND I'M WALKING OUT OF HERE KING OF THE SWAMP.

Narrator: MAKING IT OUT OF THE LOUISIANA BAYOU

CAME WITH A GREAT PHYSICAL

AND MENTAL COST TO MELANIE AND JEREMY.

DURING HER HARROWING 21 DAYS,

MELANIE LOST A TOTAL OF 21 POUNDS.

AND AFTER A RECORD-25 DAYS,

JEREMY LEAVES 32 POUNDS LIGHTER

THAN WHEN HE BEGAN.

THE TEAM SURVIVED THE SWAMPS,

OVERCAME PERSONAL FEARS,

BRAVED MYSTERIOUS NIGHT VISITORS.

SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVING HIS REDEMPTION RAISES

JEREMY'S PSR FROM 6.1 TO 8.2.

AND MELANIE'S FINAL RATING INCREASES TO 7.6.

ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE LEGEND OF THE LOUISIANA BAYOU.

AND THEY DID IT "NAKED AND AFRAID."