Alone (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 6 - Along Came a Spider - full transcript

[dra *

- If you lined up whoever's
left out here with me,

I know I can persevere longer.

Boom.
- Got one!

I was worried I wasn't gonna
be catching any more fish.

Thank you.

- I got him.
Oh, boy!

Look at that guy.

Now I'm in the groove.

- It's an age-old tradition

to go out into the wilderness



until you've received what
you need to receive.

But we're just getting started.

[animal hooting]

Really would like to know
what makes that noise.

Whoa.

- This is the hardest terrain.

- Patagonia is a different
environment entirely.

- Everything out here
is so hard.

- Patagonia's no joke.

- Are you willing to give up--

- Oh!
- Who you are...

for what you will become?

- It's Patagonia,
for God's sakes.

- Patagonia!



- It's tougher
than I ever imagined.

- Just missing home right now.

- You get a feeling
of helplessness,

like, "Why am I doing this?"

- Oh, my God!

- The last person left
wins $500,000

and is a badass.

- Bam!
- Ugh.

[animal growling]
- What is that?

- It's just how far
you can push yourself

and what you're able to do.

- Yeah!

- You don't have anyone
to lean on.

- Oh, my God, I got a fish!

- Go to bed hungry.
Wake up hungry.

- Can't believe I did that.
- Ready, guy?

- It's gonna come down
to mental endurance

and food deprivation.

- [cries]

- Person'll be dead
in a week at this rate.

[animal growling]

*

- Whoa.

That's a big cat.

*

[dramatic music]

*

- So you guys want to
see something

super delicious
that I'm cooking?

Ugh, I mean...

this is it, you know?

This is the pinnacle

of all...

deliciousness.

*

[gasps]

Sock soup.

Mmm.

Good old wool socks,
a little usnea and cypress.

That is, like...[smacks lips].

Okay, well, it might not be
delicious chocolate cake

or something, but at least
we're gonna have clean socks.

*

And, you know, at times this
journey has been so smooth.

Survival?
No problem.

Being alone?
No problem.

*

But this is the first time
I've been worried

about really anything out here.

So I have three spider bites
on my bum-bum.

And they are mildly infected.

*

Yup, not looking too good.

*

I had a moment of being like,
"Ah, what happens if

I get pulled out because I have
an infected spider bite?"

That would be, like, nightmare.

*

I just have to really find
a way to take care of it.

*

Oh, I've been keeping
my eyes out for plantain,

which is a medicinal herb
that grows pretty wild,

kind of like dandelions.

You know, it's kind of
a backyard medicine.

And I haven't seen any this
whole time I've been here.

*

Check it out.

Today, of all days,
when I have my spider bites

that are infected
and need to be cleaned,

I found some plantain.

Da da da!

Super stoked.

And we're gonna make a poultice
out of the usnea

and the plantain here.

Poultice is where you
mash up the herbs

and you stick it right on there.

*

So I'm just gonna crush it up.

What I'm looking to do is
kind of create a paste

that can then be smeared
onto the wound.

*

See?

Now I'm gonna add
a little usnea.

*

That is beautiful.

*

And so what we'll do is,

after we clean our spider bite,

I'm gonna put this onto
a piece of gauze pad

from my first aid kit.

*

And then tape it up.

And check on it in the morning.

You know, there's not medics
or producers

coming and giving us food
and treating our wounds.

Not even close.

We really are, like,
on our own out here.

*

*

- Wonder if I'd fare
near as well

doing this "Alone" thing...

If I didn't have
a camera to talk to.

[chuckles]

It's certainly fun.

I've been enjoying it;
I think I want to ask 'em,

"How much is one of
these cameras?"

I'm just gonna set it there.

Never actually gonna...

like, take footage.

Just gonna set it there
and start talkin' to it.

You're my Wilson, baby,
you're my Wilson.

*

[chuckles]

Oh.

[laughs]

This morning,
the first thing I'm gonna do

is see if I got a fish.

Fishing's been fairly good,

so I've been concentrating
my energy on that lately.

Oh, yup.

There it goes.

Come on, bud.

Come on.

Come on.

Here we go.

Oh, come on, come on,
come on, come on.

Don't you dare--

yes!

Hah!

Oh.

Don't you dare go anywhere.

It's okay, it's okay.

Well, it's not okay for you,
but thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

*

Oh.

The $500,000
does mean something.

But when I came out here,

one of the hopes was that
I wanted to go through

my own personal evolution.

Spiritually, physically,
psychologically,

socially--all of it.

And so far, it's been above
and beyond.

It's a he.

Oh, whatever these are.

Might be sperm sacks
for all I care.

I eat those right away.

At least one of 'em.

Oh.

Mmm.

Tastes great.

*

I don't know when every meal's
gonna come

for the next month or two.

So today, I'm gonna start
making a, uh, drying rack

for fish, for winter.

And I figure I can have some
bamboo pieces up here,

and then cut across
as a drying rack,

'cause I always have
the fire right here.

So I've got two upright pieces.

*

And then we'll need pieces
that go across.

*

All right.

So I'm gonna fillet this fish.

*

[sighs]

I don't want hunger

to have power over me.

I want to be out here
for a long time,

and to do that,
I need food.

*

And so, I find myself

thinking ahead a lot.

And I have a plan.

Oh, that's a nice one.

*

I fillet 'em out, dry 'em.

If I eat one fillet
every three days,

and I store
the rest of the fish,

I feel like I can do
what's got to be done

to make six months here.

*

- Yup.

*

Could probably beat this log
apart with my axe

and get quite a few
chunks off it.

It takes a lot of work
to get firewood around here.

*

So far, I've been really lucky
with the fishing,

so I'm not complaining
about that.

I have my tea, my berries.

I'm doing okay.

But...

it doesn't take much
to make me tired in a day.

And firewood's what's, uh--

collecting firewood
is what's really

taking my energy away.

*

You know,
it just goes so fast.

I like big fires at night.

They give lots of light,

lots of warmth.

But it's wearing me out
to have to go 300 yards

to get firewood.

See Greg walk.

See Greg get firewood.

*

See Greg return with firewood.

*

See Greg need
a chiropractor soon.

*

I'm just subjected to the
elements 24 hours a day.

Day after day.

I can't stay warm.

I've used up all the suitable
firewood I can find,

and I'm too tired
and too worn out

and don't have enough energy
to be packing wood

from down the bank.

So I've decided, tomorrow,
if it's nice,

it's time to pack up and move
out to a different camp.

*

With as little food
as I usually get by on,

um, I'm kind of impressed
that I can make ten trips

with heavy firewood
like I have been.

Um...

it's obviously the plants
and the fish that I do get

that's keeping me going.

*

Ah, may as well
get another look at my bobber.

In case we have
something on there.

*

Oh.

Oh, yeah, I see it--
it's way into shore.

I got a fish on there.

Okay, I don't want to lose this.

I don't know how
I have a fish on there,

but I do.

But I got to get in there
and grab that

so I don't lose it.

*

Whoa!

This is slippery in here.

*

And it's over my boots.

*

Ugh!

Oh!

No, no, no, that's cold!

Oh!
Oh, no.

[dramatic music]

*

- Oh, man.

Oh, man.

Oh, that hurts.

[panting]

I'm not kidding ya--
I'm in bare feet.

I fell in the water,
but I didn't lose the fish.

I got to get to the fire.

Ugh, my feet.

Ow.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh.

No.

Fell right in.

*

Soaked.

Everything's wet now.

Holy crow.

I feel sick to my stomach.

Oh.

I got to get out of
these wet clothes.

I'm gonna have to change.

That cold water is no fun.

My feet are cold, my hands...

Thank goodness
I had the fire going

before I went to
check that line.

In all honesty,

I would've been dead.

*

*

- So doesn't seem like

vast improvement
from yesterday.

But it seems like
it's getting better.

So I'm gonna bandage them up

and, uh, we're just gonna
continue this process

until they are...

until they are good to go.

Slow and steady wins the race
with herbal medicine.

*

This is a hard thing
to deal with,

but it doesn't matter how good
or bad your situation is.

Everything depends on the
attitude that you have.

So I'm just gonna remain
positive this whole time.

I'm gonna try and think of some
interesting things to do,

and what I really want to do
is make an instrument.

Here's my potential
piece of wood.

* Bow wow wow

So why make a
stringed instrument?

One: fun project.

Two: I've never made a stringed
instrument before.

Three: I'm a musician,

and I miss my instruments
terribly.

Four: why freaking not,
you know?

I'm gonna carve this down,

but then this will be where
the strings kind of

resonates a little noise.

And so yeah,
that's the first part.

*

This is so experimental.

This ain't gonna be no
Lucas Miller guitar,

that's for sure.

It's gonna be a very
mini instrument.

A little strum stick.

First peg...[imitates creaking].

It kind of jams in there.

*

You know, it's amazing how
something threatening

your experience out here,
like an infection

that could pull you out of
the whole shebang,

gives you such a renewed
sense of purpose

for being here, you know?

Yay, we have all four
of our pegs.

And those are gonna be what
our strings attach to.

Just gonna use
my 12-pound test.

The 100-pound,
you have to pull it so tight

to get any noise out of it.

[strings twanging]

*

[singing softly]

*

[dramatic music]

*

I'm lying here in bed,
feeling ill,

and all I can think about is,

"I do not want to go home."

This infection just came back,

and now I can feel it
moving to my glands,

which is not a good sign.

Oh, my gosh, I feel like I'm
on the verge of dry-heaving.

*

I will listen to my body, but--

and whatever it needs to do,

but, oh, my gosh,

I just, like...[groans].

*

This is the first time
that I've even remotely

considered tapping out.

[dramatic music]

*

- I slept zero

hours of sleep
last night.

Um, literally
laid awake the entire night...

um, in guttural pain.

Something is going on
in there...

not good.

And then I woke up this morning,

and I have two
very swollen glands

in my groin.

Um...

uh, like big,
big swollen ones,

which means that
my infection has

turned inward.

Um, so that's really not good.

The gut pain,
that's one thing,

but a systemic infection,
I just cannot

[bleep] around with.

*

So I'm feeling like today...

may be my last day.

Um, which is wild.

*

Mentally, I feel fine.

And so here, you know?
Like, so here.

*

I don't want to go at all.

At all.
Oh, my gosh.

But I have to
take care of my body.

I won't put my health at risk.

If this is my last day,
I'm gonna spend it...

in a state of abundance
and joy

and happiness and gratitude.

*

The same way that I've spent
every day here

since the moment the boat
dropped me on that beach,

and I'm gonna go to all my
favorite spots here

and give my deep gratitude.

My temporary shelter spot.

*

[sighs]

*

Where it all began.

I want to just enjoy this day.

And I want to be present
and be full of gratitude,

because this journey has been
so profound.

[sighs]

Sacred bamboo forest,

I'm so grateful.

*

This is not what I expected.

At all.

But I trust that this is how

it is meant to unfold for me.

It's so weird to kind of plan
a tap out.

I just never, ever thought
that I would get to this place.

Ever.

*

I will soon wake up,
but I am feeling like

this is probably
my last night.

So I'm just...

being present.

*

- I just feel like I'm not in
a survival situation anymore.

I just feel like I'm in a
perseverance-type situation.

My only plan for today...

take my time,
check my fishing lines,

and then, uh...

that's about it.

*

Out here,
you just got to take it slow

and easy.

You can't just go out and just
start burning calories.

It just doesn't add up
in my equation of

what you need to do out here.

People don't like my strategy,
[bleep] it.

I don't really care.

I'm doing what
I need to do here.

I'm on track.

It's like game day
and I'm still at it, solid.

I'm just moving forward.

Oh, got a fish.

Oh, yeah.

*

Look at that.

Got myself a rainbow.

Eh, just barely got him there
on that--on the lip.

*

Bad deal.
Look at that.

Right?

Looks good.

*

Oh, yeah.
Look how good that's looking.

[whistles]

That's what I'm talking about.

*

I'm gonna enjoy this
right here.

My mom makes fish at home.

We always just make it
in butter.

Usually fillet it out.

Here, I'm trying to eat
as much as I can.

But we usually fillet it out
and, uh...

cook it in butter.

Just fry 'em up.

And, uh...

I always call dibs on these
little cracklings

that are leftover.

*

Man, that protein helps.

But keep thinking,
"conserve, conserve, conserve."

So I am going to just
relax here.

*

Wonder how my little man's
holding up.

Jax.

*

It just hit me.

For the first time...

I miss my family.

*

I think because I was
eating that fish,

I fried it up the way
my mom fries it up,

and I was just thinking about
eating dinner with everybody.

It just hit a nerve in me.

For the first time...

I just wanted to be home.

*

- Fishing time.

I found two worms.

Really excited about that.

*

It was the summer after my
parents got divorced

that I started going to
survival skills summer camps.

*

I didn't always
get along with my dad.

And I didn't share with him
what I was learning

or who I was becoming.

And that's changed over the
years now, as an adult.

*

I'm looking forward
to this adventure,

being able to share who I am

with the people
I love the most

that may not see
this part of me.

I hope that I can
make everybody proud.

*

The lack of protein is
definitely contributing

to my slowing down.

I am losing a lot of weight.

I need that protein,
and fishing

just doesn't feel like
it's working for me.

I built a fish weir
out of rocks.

My thought is, the fish would
come cruising along,

looking for insects,
make its way in,

and either come over to
this side and go in circles,

or go into the corner over here.

I built a basket trap.

*

Oh, man.

*

I don't know what else
to do but just

keep going out.

I desperately would love
to catch a fish.

*

Yes!

Come on.

So close.

No, no, no.

[sighs]

Ah, damn it.

I don't know why it is that I
struggle so much with it here.

*

But if I don't catch a fish,

I may not be able to stay here.

*

[cries]

*

[dramatic music]

*

- At this point,
fishing doesn't seem like

it's worth the effort.

But I need protein.

I noticed how much weight
I've lost.

I can see my ribs
really easily.

[water splashing]

Oh, there's a fish.

*

Whoa!

*

Yes!

Oh.

*

[cries]

I'm so thankful for this fish.

*

I want with all of my being
to stay out here

as long as I can.

I am stubborn and have an
exceedingly strong will.

And maybe I'm a crazy person,

but I'm gonna stick to that.

*

I want to be the first
female winner of "Alone."

And I want to be a role model
for young girls out there.

*

I'm thankful for each day

that I have.

I'm just thankful.

*

- So...

I'm just waiting for the fire

to perk up a little bit.

Because I'm gonna move
my entire camp further down

where the firewood is.

And especially after
falling in the lake,

I know I need a lot more wood
from over there.

I can't stay warm.

It's ugly, ugly weather.

But I'm tired of fighting
with firewood,

so I want to
get moved over there.

Rain or shine,
I'm starting to move today.

*

Well, I'm gonna collect
some coals

from the fire here.

And I'll carry
the coals over there

to the other location

so I can start
a fire over there.

*

Not too, too far I guess.

Boy, this bush is just
so slippery when it's wet.

*

I got the tarp,
I got to get that set up.

Because now it's clouding over;
it looks like

it's gonna rain again.

*

Right there.

Okay.

I'll tell ya right now,

I'm not making a fancy shelter
like I had before.

This is gonna be simple.

As long as it keeps
the water off me at night.

That's all I care.

*

So I'm just gonna
pack everything up.

I got to organize it,
dry it out later.

*

There's my new camp
over there on the point.

So from there...

and there's my old shelter,
there.

*

See, everywhere I look:
wood.

There's another nice piece.

*

Oh, I'm so happy, man.

I'm really happy.

I finally found
a good spot for wood.

Now that we're 50 days
into the [bleep].

*

My goal is to buy my daughter
her own little acreage

and build her a house.

I just don't want to
let her down.

I really need this.

[dramatic music]

*

- I literally don't even know
what to do at this point.

You want to
talk about boredom...

There's nothing.

*

Idle time.

It's idle time.

*

There is so much idle time,
just wasted away.

What do you do?

*

What do you do?

*

I don't know.

*

I think about winning.

*

The $500,000.

Me winning was gonna make me
do more for my family.

*

They're the most important
thing in my life right now.

By far.

And, uh...

I just always took it
for granted.

And I don't think
I ever realized that

till I was out here.

They're the hugest part
of my life.

*

I miss my family.

It wasn't like before I left,
I wasn't a father

and I wasn't a husband--
I was.

But I got out here
and it made me realize...

where my true values are
and where they lie.

*

Maybe it's not about $500,000.

*

Maybe it's about
just finding yourself

and doing what
you need to do.

*

I still feel like
I could win this.

*

Do I stay here and try to...

get that end prize
for my family?

Or do I go back to my family?

*

- Well, it looks like it might
be a nice day tomorrow.

I got to go
and get plants,

finish the shelter.

Get the shelter arranged
a little better.

Something's squeaking
over there,

near my old shelter.

Somebody misses us already.

*

So I'm sitting here

in my shelter,

which might not be much of
a shelter for much longer.

The problem is,
the lake's come up.

It's come up about six feet
in the last couple of hours.

It's only a few feet
from my bed.

Here's my bed,

and there's the water level.

Right there.

Uh, yesterday,
it was way back there.

So I'm not gonna get any sleep,
obviously.

I got to keep tabs on it.

*

Now it keeps coming up
a couple inches

every half hour,
and it's still pouring rain.

This is a bad situation.

Look at how close the lake's
coming to my fire, even.

*

Since falling in the lake,
I'm cold all the time.

When you start to get
hypothermia,

you make bad,
stupid mistakes like this,

and this was a mistake--
to move when I did.

I have a
waterproof sleeping bag,

so I think the only hope of
probably staying...

somewhat warm and dry is in
the sleeping bag.

*

[thunder rumbling]

*

I can't get warm.

There's no way to get warm.

I've got hypothermia,
probably second stage.

This is not a good
situation at all.

I can't move my hands.

*

There's just no way
I can stay warm like this.

Ugh, I can't deal with this.

*

- I can't live
out here forever.

*

How do you get through
another day?

How do you get through
the next hour?

*

- The best of us
have a breaking point.

Your mind
starts to give up on you.

Sooner this ends for me,
the better.

*

- It's done.

I'm tapping out.

As a man, as a husband,
as a father,

it's time to go home
to my family.

Time to move forward.

*

I never looked at this
as my home.

I came in here and I looked at
this like a cheap apartment.

I got to put my time in here,

and then once something better
comes along,

it's time to move on.

My survival strategy
coming into this whole thing

was to conserve my energy.

Every calorie counts.

I got to the point that,

"should I just lay
in this shelter

for 20 more days,
30 more days?"

To me, what am I proving?

Only thing
that was left out there

dangling on a string
was the $500,000.

*

I wanted to win.

I wanted to win that money.

But when you reach
a sense of fulfillment

within yourself,
you start to think about

what's next.

Where do you want to go
with the rest of your life?

And how do you want to improve
your relationship

with your family,

and how do you want to make
your child's life better?

The money became null to me

as I've realized

it's really time
to get back home

and move forward
with my family.

*

- I sat and shivered all night.

Hypothermia set in.

Every time I get up,
it's like I'm gonna faint.

- Having quite
the battle of wits,

me and this bird.

He's the roadrunner.

There he goes,
he's in the trap!

- Whoa, a deer
just came at my pack.

That would be a lot of
good eating, right there.

- What is that?

My heart is beating so fast.

[animal squealing]

- There's a fox
around my shelter.

I don't want to get bit
and get rabies,

so it's gonna be me or it.

It's the fox!

*