All language subtitles for Alone - S01E01 - And So It Begins.eng

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I want to prove
that I can come out here

and exist in the wilderness

as long as I want to.

This is gonna be a bitch.

Nobody knows what it's like here

except for the ten guys out here
doing it.

Well, there they go.

Just got real.

So this is gonna be home.

We have to film it,
and we're totally alone.

Time to get shelter.

There's nobody here but me.

I think I'm too far gone,
and I'm losing it.

I'm scared to death right now.

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I feel like I'm starving.

Pretty sure I just saw a cougar.

Oh,.

The last man
standing wins $500,000.

I don't want to go home.
I want to win.

This is the
chance in a lifetime,

but it's not worth dying over.

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The goal is to outlast

and to stay out on the land
as long as possible.

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We're driving
in the opposite direction

of what you normally would do
in a survival situation.

We're elongating the process

instead of trying
to get out of it.

See you. Good luck.

And I don't know how long
we might go.

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So this is home.

We are here.
This is crazy.

I'm a complete lunatic.

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We know the
type of area we're going to,

but we don't know the exact
location of where we're going.

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There goes civilization,

paddling out
in a little dinghy.

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We are allowed
a kit of ten items,

excluding our clothing.

So you have ten tools,
for lack of a better word,

to try to survive.

just got real.

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I'm not very scared.

I've been preparing myself
mentally for this

since I was, like, 14 years old.

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Yeah!

I feel like a mosquito
in a nudist colony.

So much work to do.

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The toll that the
isolation is gonna play on all of us

is not just being away
from family

but not having
a single human soul

that you can lean on,
that you can rely on.

We're all social creatures.

It's really gonna hurt people.

It's gonna--you know, there's
gonna be a lot of crying nights.

Well, this is
a really good idea.

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The only two things
that I'm worried about at all

will be being able
to find enough food

and predators--

cougar,
wolves,

and black bear, basically.

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Sometimes
the land just rejects you,

but sometimes,

almost no matter
what the land throws at you,

a person prevails anyways.

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I don't want to
be the first guy to tap.

I don't want to go home.

I want to do it.
I want to win.

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Last man standing wins.

That's the bottom line.

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Day one,

the drop-off.

Seeing my boat leave...

I don't even know
how to describe it.

It is--

There's a sick feeling
to my stomach right now.

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This is a whole
new level of survival,

and we're trying to film it.

It's the type of thing
that you see on the news,

where a guy gets lost
in the woods,

and we're purposely doing it.

I think it's gonna be
nearly impossible

to keep everything dry.

There's 100% humidity here
on top of the rain.

My strategy on day one is,
don't go into shock.

My overall strategy, though, is,
first things first--

get my shelter going;
find water.

Food can wait two or three days
if it needs to.

Definitely, the shelter's gonna
be one of the biggest things.

As far as the competition goes,

I honestly think I have a shot
at winning.

I'm in my zone.
Yeah.

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To give you an idea of what's
going on with me right now,

I built a little
temporary shelter.

That thing'll last
two or three days.

Just protect me from the rain.

What I have here

is a nice piece of fatwood.

This whole thing
is just endrenched

with, like, pine terpene.

You see all these little
crystalline--

It's like, all pine sap.

It goes--runs down
through that.

There's been damage to this,
and to be honest with you,

it looked like it was scraped
by a bear at one point,

but I'm gonna take it

and try to process
this thing down

and see if I can get
some fire roaring.

Come on, get in there.
Here we go.

Come on.

Catch.

Can't get this freaking thing
to light.

The solitude, you know,

it's just gonna be
completely overwhelming.

I have an area of focus
right now,

but already,
I'm not thinking straight.

The only thing I'm thinking
about is my kids and my wife.

My daughter
and my two-year-old boy,

waking up every morning,
the first thing he does

is come in, and he's like,
"Dad," you know.

Puts his arms around me.

Likes to hop in bed
and watch Scooby-Doo.

That's our morning.

And my wife is pregnant.
She's four months.

So I'm leaving a lot behind.

It's really tore me up.

Can you tell Daddy-- say,
"Kick butt."

Kick butt, Daddy.

Do you think I'm
gonna get a big deer?

Do you think
Daddy will see anything else

out there in the woods?

-Mm-hmm.
-What?

A elephant.

An elephant?
Pretty awesome.

One of the initial
reasons I even wanted to come

is to show my son someday
that if he wants something,

he needs to try for it.

I just don't want to be here
and give up.

God sakes.

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The type of stress
we're gonna be under,

exhaustion is gonna play
a key factor,

especially with the rain
and the cold.

I excel at just getting
my basic needs:

make a shelter,
make your fire,

find your water,
get your food.

I'm worried about fire
more than anything.

I don't know if you can tell
how wet it is,

but it is horrible.

And of course, I'm paranoid,

so I keep thinking
I hear big animals.

Well...

Scary stuff around here.

There are predators out here.

I don't have big predators.

Where I come from,
it's coyotes.

So the bears, the wolves,
and the--

especially the cougars
are my biggest fear here.

But I do believe
that my job does prepare me

for this type of scenario.

I'm a law enforcement officer.

It's tough going out there.

I deal with people
that act like wild animals.

But as far as instincts,
I'm a fight type person.

See, this is what scares me.

Probably about 30 yards away
from my camp here--

I just stepped in
fresh bear crap.

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Just found a bear den.

It's full of fish heads
and everything else.

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find bears.

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Well,
no question about it,

I am definitely crazy.

So here we are.

Wow.

I did not expect this place
to be so thick.

You can't see
three feet into the bush here,

and it's all wet.

It's all wet.

So my first order of business

is to kind of halfway
scout this place out

and see where might be
a suitable shelter location.

And...

fire,

if we can get a fire going
in this on the first night,

that would be nice.

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Smells like
dead stuff around here.

Oh, man.

Biggest challenge
in this environment is rain.

You got to stay dry.

I have to make a shelter.

I have to get over the elements

because I don't want to be
soaking wet on the first day,

get my sleeping bag wet,
stuff like that.

I got to go for water, food.

This is a hypothermic situation
ready to happen.

Well...

Kept my feet dry,
but my shirt's soaked.

I'm just wearing this light
PrimaLoft jacket,

and it's soaking wet,

and it'll rip real easy,

and I got to go through

an impenetrable jungle,
it seems.

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Oh, this backpack
weighs me down.

I think the most important part
of survival

is just keeping a cool head,

acting slow and methodical.

Come on.

The way I can clear my mind is
just by thinking of my daughter.

I'm gonna get you.

I'm leaving
behind a wife and a kid.

It's gonna be hard,

but thinking of my daughter
is gonna make me push hard

and be strong.

When I come back,
she might be a year older,

but this is gonna make me
appreciate everything more,

and that's a good thing.

I'm literally crawling.

I got to make it somewhere
where it's not so thick.

This is crazy.

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Overall,
how do I feel about my situation?

I feel pretty good
about my situation.

The woods are thick,

the night's closing in
real fast,

but overall,
I feel really good.

It's gnarly in here

but beautiful,

super beautiful.

If this is a spring,
I'm gonna flip.

What?

I got a waterfall
in my backyard?

And a beach?

Look at this.

I'm over the moon.

Water right there...

So I got a checklist, right?

Four basic things
that I'm trying to acquire

or maintain
here in the wilderness.

First is shelter.

Second is warmth.
That can be clothing or fire.

Third is water, which...

Check that one off the list.

And the last one is food.

It's just nice to stop
every now and then

and take a look and see...

what other things
might be moving.

It's starting to get dark,

and this is the time
that cougars are out,

and they're definitely an issue
on this island.

Big safety concern.

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There's tracks here.

So far, day one,
bull crap.

I can't even eat

or boil any water.

To be honest with you,

I haven't went out
and scouted anything yet.

I'm afraid to

just simply because
of the animals.

I am so afraid
of bears and cougars

that I don't even know
what to think.

So tonight's gonna be
absolutely terrifying for me.

Day one's coming to an end.

I would have no idea
where else to make a camp.

I didn't come here to compete
with bears and cougars

over territory.

Hey, bear.

Hey, bear.

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Okay.

I'm here, and...

how do I feel right now?

It's jumbled up.
Really is.

The bears
and stuff like that there,

I, you know--

They're a concern.
They really are.

But this is a gorgeous place,

and...

Yeah.

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Okay, after an hour
scrambling

through stuff like that,

I have come upon a game trail

and flat ground.

Thank ,

because that was getting
a little bit much.

Okay.

So I definitely don't want
to camp on a game trail,

but this little bit of opening

is way, way better
than what I had.

This is nuts.

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We have ten items
we got to choose from--

not much,
and we got to improvise

with what we have around.

I got a 10x10 nylon tarp
and...

anchor paracord,

so that's gonna be my shelter
for tonight.

My plan is to tie my paracord
to this tree

and a tree 13 feet away

and string my tarp up

and just get it going
from there.

Man, I'm sorry.
This is hard.

This is hard.

This is harder than I thought
it was gonna be.

After being out here

and seeing the kind of rain
they get out here,

my plan for a shelter
has definitely changed.

I'm no longer going
with just and angled roof.

It's gonna be a peak.

There's no way that any kind
of tarp or fir twigs

or cedar boughs
are gonna keep out rain.

It has to be a steep angle,

so I'm going two tarps
overlapped

and gonna build up the walls

and then build up almost like
a log cabin over top of it

to try and get even more
protection from the rain.

It's gonna be a big chore
staying dry, staying warm.

Not bad.
Not bad at all.

That should be all right
for tonight.

I hope so, anyway.

♪ ♪

Hello, Mr. Game Camera.

How are you doing today?

Look at this.

It looks so funny
when I do this.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, wow!

Hello, Mr. Game Camera.

You doing okay?

Oh, yes.
I'll back away from you now.

Back away.

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This was quite possibly

the shoddiest shelter
I've ever put up.

Got put out right before dark,

probably two hours before dark,
hour and a half,

and I scrambled to find a place
that was high and dry enough

that I could--

that I could spread out in

and spread this tarp up
to keep the rain off of me

in case it rains tonight.

Uh...

It's gonna be a long night.

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I mean,

this here is not the ideal spot,
that's for sure.

I'm not sure if I'm beside
a game trail or not,

but there's trails everywhere,

so how would you know?

You just got to hope that a bear
does not wander through here.

I'll keep you posted.

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Well,
today's been a real eye-opener.

I didn't get much done.

I'm hungry, and I'm thirsty,

and I'm wet, and I'm cold.

Any other time,
I can get a fire going.

I'm telling you, like,
I can make a fire.

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Hey, bear.

Okay, here's the deal.

I woke up 45 minutes ago.

I heard something behind this--
my little shelter here,

and it was something pretty big.

So I kind of made some noise,

and then I kind of heard it
pad off.

And to be honest with you,
I'm scared to death right now.

I knew there were gonna be
animals here,

but I didn't think
I was gonna be stalked.

And to hear it
actually breathing

at the back side
of this freaking shelter...

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Hey, bear.

Hey, bear.

Okay, here's the deal.

I knew there were gonna be
animals here,

but I didn't think
I was gonna be stalked.

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I'm not gonna stick out here
and do this.

This is something
that I was doing just for fun,

and...

now that I'm prey,
I'm not--

I'm not doing it.

It's not worth it.

I don't care what anybody says.

I'd rather be at home
with my family anyway,

and then this crap's happening.

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It's just not worth it to me.

It--this is not worth it to me.

I'm not--
I'm not gonna be stalked.

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I--I'm--

I just--
I can't take a chance.

I feel like last night
was a warning,

and I'm heeding that warning,

so that's why
I'm choosing to tap out.

Oh, yeah.
Very.

I--

That's what I said.
I--

I don't know what else to do.

You know, I'm--

I don't know.

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I definitely did not believe

that I was gonna be
the first guy gone,

but I mean, last night
was the scariest night

I've ever had
in my entire life.

I mean, I'm a police officer,
I've done a lot of stuff,

but there's nothing,
nothing at all

to describe what I felt
last night.

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Well, it's morning.

It's a little chilly out.

Sleeping was
a little interesting.

Off and on, you know.

Stayed dry, and my sleeping bag
is incredibly comfortable,

so that wasn't a problem.

Today's number one priority:

getting some proper firewood,

heat some water,
have a drink,

'cause this is the second day,

and I really haven't had
anything to drink yet,

so dehydration is becoming
a serious concern at this point.

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If you can achieve fire
and maintain it,

you can definitely live here.

There's a lot of resources.

That's gonna be the difference

between making it
and not making it here.

Ah.

Yeah, that hurt.

90 days is my personal goal.

If I can make 90 days,

I may just say, "I'm done,"
and come out

because I don't have anything
left to prove to anybody.

'Cause if you can make it
90 days in this situation here,

then you can make it 180 days.

Finally.

, man.

And I might stay longer.

Hell, if I'm warm and dry
and fat and happy--

fatter and happy,
I'm gonna stay.

I found a nice piece of
driftwood down here that's dry.

I'm gonna cut it up
for firewood

'cause there ain't nothing dry
out there.

I'm from the swamps of Florida,

so this might as well be
the dark side of the moon to me.

Everybody's behind me.

My family's behind me.

And everybody just says,
"Do your best,

and you're not gonna
let us down."

Come on, Hammerhead.

Of actual fears,

my biggest fears
are of the big predators.

You know, 'cause I'm pretty much
defenseless.

He licked it.

In my house, I'm never more
than an arm's reach from a firearm,

ever.

If I go outside,
depending on where I'm going

dictates what I carry,
and I always carry a weapon.

Are you ready for your birthday?

Yeah.

What do you want?

I want birthday money.

-You want birthday money?
-Birthday money?

Birthday money.

Don't you want a gun?

Yeah.

When it comes to wildlife,

if confrontation
can't be avoided,

everything at my disposal's
a weapon:

rocks, sticks, knives,
bows, arrows, guns.

I'm gonna use it.

-Get two.
-Oh, you want both?

-I want both.
-Okay. You want both?

More, huh?

There we go.

This is the longest I've ever
had to go being unarmed.

When I was a kid, I was attacked
by a German shepherd,

so that put an uncomfortableness
between me and dogs

for most of my life,

and knowing
that there's dogs here

that'll not just kill you
but'll eat you,

man, that's...
pretty damn scary.

And they might get me,

but big boy's
not going down easy.

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Oh, crap.
I didn't know it wasn't running.

Was it running?

I hope it was running..

Man, you cannot get a fire here
to save your ass.

Amazing.

I actually had it.

I mean, there's heat there
and everything,

but it will not burn.

Fire just may be
one of those things

you don't get here.

I don't know what to do.

♪ ♪

The quest for fire continues.

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Would you mind giving me fire?

Hmm?

I don't want to be cold tonight.

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I don't know what I'm gonna do.

I'm really disappointed.

I've had fire.
I just can't get it to--to go.

I've had fire a couple times.

I just had one a minute ago.

I tried throwing some of the
trash from my Band-Aid on it

just to help it keep going,

and...

not even that would help.

So I don't--
I don't know.

All the stuff I broke down
feels dry.

I touch it on my face.

It just won't light.

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So I got this bundle of tinder,

old-man's-beard,

and what I'm gonna try to do is,

I'm gonna try to get some sap,
some pine pitch

from one of these fir trees,

and see if it'll help it ignite,

'cause this far, I mean,
everything in this forest

is soaking wet.

There's no getting dry wood
here.

So if I don't get
something small started

and dry out
some of these small twigs,

I'm not having a fire tonight,

which means I'm not having water
tonight,

which means I'm not eating
tonight.

So let's hope this works.

Failure, failure, failure.
It will not ignite.

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Sun's gonna go down soon.

I did a little exploring,

and...

I found some mussels

while I was walking by.

There's a ton over there.

A lot them are already
broken open.

That one is.

I also found--

I believe these are periwinkles.

I'm not from this area,

so I don't know the names
of everything,

but at least I'll have something
to eat tonight.

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That was awesome.

That was so cool.

What the hell was that?

Oh, man.

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So I hear wolves howling

as dark is starting to fall.

It's not dark yet.
Sunset right now.

And I'm on an island
during low tide

as high tide is coming back,

collecting firewood.

I don't even have a weapon
on me, except for my knife.

I don't have an ax.

I don't have my bow.
Nothing.

Oh, there's a beautiful crane
right there.

Wow.
He's huge.

He's already gone.

Let's hope the wolves
don't head this way

before I get back to my camp
and get my fire going.

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All right,
trying to get a fire going, night two,

and it just started raining.

Just making some quick
feathersticks.

This stuff doesn't feather
very well

'cause it's so wet.

And by "this stuff,"
I mean everything.

Everywhere else
I've ever lit fire before,

normally, I do one,
maybe two strikes per fire.

That's, like,
six strikes per fire.

It's crazy.

I commend anyone who can survive
in this area.

The Northeast,
where I live,

is a lot easier than here.

What?

Yep. That's the plan.

-The sticks?
-You want to help?

-Go ahead.
-Sure.

It's gonna be very hard
for me to be away from my family.

-Ooh, I'll take this one.
-That's a big one.

It's my whole life.

My whole world
revolves around waking up

and spending a day with them.

All right.

-Marshmallow time.
-Marshmallow time.

But I know why I'm going.

I know how they feel about it.

I know the opportunity
presented to me.

I'm excited.

Lookit.

Wow.

I think that nature

taught us everything
that we know, in a way.

So I find it incredibly engaging

to imagine that I could be
connecting with that.

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Oh, yes.

I just made a fire

on the rain coast.

It's a good feeling.

This was very important
to get done today.

Okay, so I roasted those

periwinkles
and mussels.

There's the shell.

It's not bad.

I like periwinkles.

Usually.
I eat them back home too.

I just heard a wolf howl.

Sounded like it was kind of--

Like it was kind of close.

Two wolves going.

Three wolves going.

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They're up there.

That was just so loud.

It was so loud up there.

Right up there.

This has been so much tougher

than I thought it would be.

This environment's nuts.

Whoo!

It's already
worse than I imagined.

Pretty sure I just saw a cougar

about ten feet
from my front door.

I hear something out there.

You see things here that you
wouldn't see anywhere else.

I didn't come
here to get killed.

This is so
hard doing this alone.

You reach a point where
you just don't care anymore.

I will not spend
another night in there.

I'm not enjoying myself,
that's for sure.

What am I doing out here?