American Grit (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Ice Cubed - full transcript
WWE Superstar John Cena and ���The Cadre� reveal the next challenge, and the losing teams must send one team member to compete in ���...
(John Cena)
Previously
on "American Grit"...
Welcome to the toughest
challenge of your life.
I brought four decorated heroes
from America's armed forces
together
to show the world what it takes
to be the best of the best.
Navy SEAL Commander
Rorke Denver.
I led assault teams
all around the world.
(John)
Marine Gunnery Sergeant
Tee Hanible.
I was the only female to deploy
one of the first units in Iraq.
(John)
Army Ranger
Nick "The Reaper" Irving.
I killed 33 enemy combatants
in 3 1/2 months.
(John)
Army Sergeant Noah Galloway.
(Noah)
My Humvee hit a roadside bomb,
and I lost my left arm,
my left leg as a result.
(John)
Each member of this
extraordinary cadre
hand-picked a team
of four ordinary people.
Let's go!
I want the lumberjack.
Who doesn't want the lumberjack?
(John)
They will push
these 16 civilians
to their breaking point...
Suck it up!
It's all up in your mind.
Let's go!
Get down here now!
(John)
By running them through
what we call Evolutions,
punishing challenges inspired
by actual military training.
We can go harder.
You got to pick it up!
(John)
Lose an Evolution,
and the cadre leaders will send
one of their team members
into a brutal,
never-ending obstacle course
called the Circus.
Come on, Lisa!
The only way their journey
is over is if they give up,
ring out, and go home.
In the end, only one team will
take home the prize...
[dramatic music]
Up to $1 million.
All we ask for:
all you got.
In the first Evolution,
Team Noah showed that teamwork
trumps all...
Everybody needs a fisherman
and a logger!
(John)
While Team Tee fell apart.
- I'm sorry, guys.
- Hold it down!
(Tee)
Are we gonna be
the kind of team
that's gonna be able
to work together?
(John)
And personal trainer Chris
lost his cool.
I cannot trust you.
You gave us bogus advice.
(John)
Boston cop Jim,
Roller Derby star Goldie,
and Chris were put
into the Circus.
Coming, Chris!
(John)
But the endurance ended
in a shock.
Hang in there
as long as you can.
Goldie, you got this, girl!
(John)
As Chris's chances
of winning $250,000
slipped through his fingers.
[screams]
[yells]
(John)
Tonight, Team Tee must recover
from their first casualty.
(Tee)
Last challenge,
our biggest hiccup
was lack of communication.
Chris was a big part of that.
(John)
Still at full strength,
Team Rorke and Team Nick
had their sights set
on Team Noah.
(Nick)
Team Noah's clicking.
As much as I like to see
a fellow Army guy doing well,
it's time for my team to step up
as well.
We're gonna stay humble and stay
focused on the next objective.
(John)
Who will be the next contestant
to give up,
ring out, and go home
on "American Grit"?
[dramatic percussive music]
(man)
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ All alone now ♪
♪ We in the fire ♪
♪ Gonna burn it down ♪
♪ Get out alive ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
- It's over!
[dramatic music]
(Kimberly)
It hurts so bad.
I just can't put pressure
down on the heel
'cause where the worst of it is.
After the first Evolution,
I got frostbite.
I woke up feeling worse
as far as my left foot went,
but mentally great.
So I'm hoping
that it's something
that doesn't involve, like--
Running.
Pounding and running
and all of that,
and then I can help.
Right.
It's gonna be.
Yeah.
[groans]
Your power is within your head
to focus.
As a yogi, my number one
strong point is mentality,
and I've got the strongest mind
of anyone in this house,
so I'm--I'm clear,
I'm good.
(Ivette)
Come in.
Do you notice every time
somebody passes by our room,
they, like, slowly walk by in
hopes that we're talking [bleep]
about somebody?
(Mario)
You walk by like
it's a funeral still.
Like we're still mourning.
Team Tee can see Chris
leaving as a loss.
I think for the house aspect
it's great.
He had a real big mouth.
I mean,
personally I'm glad he's gone
'cause I didn't come here
to talk.
I came here to compete.
People got to go.
♪ ♪
Good morning, everybody!
all: Good morning!
All right!
Now we're ready to go.
Before we go any further, Cam...
bro hug.
[laughter]
[rock music]
- How you doing, man?
- Good, how are you?
All right.
The John Cena hug feels like
you're just hugging
a huge boulder.
Now, Tee, a member of your team,
Chris, his will was broken.
It was.
Any words
for your existing team?
Don't let your cockiness
rule you in this game.
Just focus,
keep your eye on the prize,
and then we got it.
Right now more than ever
you guys need
to pick each other up,
adapt, evolve.
That's why we call these
team challenges Evolutions.
If you can evolve,
you can achieve success.
Win the Evolution,
safe from the Circus.
Safe from the Circus,
you don't ring out.
Today's Evolution is based on
the training regimen
of one of the most elite forces
in the U.S. military,
the Navy SEALs.
We push Navy SEAL training
to the maximum for a purpose.
We want people to get to a point
of passing out,
of hurting, of suffering so when
they get to the battlefield,
they know exactly how far
they can go,
and we know as a team how far
we can go together.
Here's how it goes:
you guys are gonna race on this
beach covered with obstacles.
Retrieve two paddles
and your boat,
which you will use to make your
way across this ice-cold lake
to a landing area.
There you'll find a trunk.
In the trunk,
a third paddle.
First team to get all three
paddles across the finish line
wins the Evolution.
Nick, how do you feel
about that?
I'm used to Navy SEALs keeping
their hair nice and pretty.
[laughs]
I'm not really worried
about them winning.
We love taking the Army
on a boat.
They don't even need
to put camouflage on
because they turn green.
How's the Navy SEAL gonna feel
when you come in last?
Come on, now.
I'm sure you saw the points
on the boat.
You're like, "Those pointy ends,
that's the front."
[laughs]
As an Army guy,
we weren't in boats.
We weren't in the water,
but it does take teamwork,
and that is something
that is military-wide.
Twinkle toes won't be taking
this one.
Look, don't hate us
'cause we're on top.
(Tee)
That's all that matters.
(Noah)
All right?
Let's get this on.
All right, I see there's a--
some competition
between the Cadre.
Get with your team
and form a game plan.
Let's go.
(Nick)
My main concern right now
is KJoy.
She was injured last Evolution,
and I weighing the options
of sitting her out
or actually competing
with the team of three.
Either way
I'm at a disadvantage.
So, KJoy, you're not gonna be in
this competition.
Have you sit out on this one
and, you know,
give you time to heal up.
You think that's what's best?
100% positive.
As much as she wanted
to compete,
it just wasn't in the best
interest for the team.
It's like having a guy
who has the flu
going out on a mission overseas.
Do you want to jeopardize
the entire mission?
Clare, you're gonna lead
this one, all right?
This is water, boats,
this is you, okay?
(Clare)
I fished for 20 years
in Alaska,
but I was on a little bit
bigger boats
where there was five crews.
The only girl on the boat.
I don't want
to always put myself
in the deck boss position,
but I've--that's where
I've always been put.
The issue with the boat
is you have to do it in synch.
- You have good rhythm?
- Yes.
I'm gonna put Haze in charge
of this one.
This race is gonna be won
on the water.
It is gonna be the grind
and the drink
and how efficiently you can get
that boat through the water.
People think it's power,
but it's efficiency, okay?
Distance per stroke.
(John)
Cadre, chalk talk is over.
Make your way to the starting
line and get your life vests on.
- Let's go!
- [yells]
(Goldie)
Our team
has a distinct advantage
'cause we have a Navy SEAL
as our leader.
Okay, here we go.
I am so excited
for this Evolution.
I see this in obstacle course
racing all the time.
In the last year, I've done
48 obstacle course races.
I really do have this
outer appearance of girly girl,
but then I get on a race course
and I got from beauty
to beast-mode Barbie.
(John)
Three, two, one, go!
[intense music]
First step is to get each
member of your team
over that eight-foot wall.
(Nick)
Come on.
Get up there.
Get up there.
Get up there.
Help her up.
Come on.
You got it, you got it,
you got it.
(Rorke)
Take your time.
Safe over, safe over.
- Go, go, go, go.
- Good job.
Yo, pull yourself up!
You got it, Mark, go.
Take it, take it!
Come on!
♪ ♪
- Come on!
- [grunts]
- Crap.
- Help her, help her.
(Nick)
Nice.
Come on, Jim.
Get down.
Here we go!
Nice!
Go, go, go, go, go.
(John)
Team Nick, the first wall.
Nice.
That's it.
(John)
Now they're gonna
dig out a path
so the whole team can
crawl underneath that log.
Team Rorke right on their heels!
Get Marc through.
Get Marc through.
(Marc)
Rorke tells us,
"Get The Machine through first
'cause if he can fit
through there, anyone can."
(John)
Team Tee the last
to hit the dig.
Get that deep trench.
Good, good, good, good.
Like you're digging
a treasure chest in there.
(Tee)
Get this little hole
right here open.
(Nick)
You've got it, Maria.
(man)
Push your way out.
There you go.
(John)
Maria getting down and dirty.
(Nick)
Push that out.
Nice.
- Nice.
- Nice, Maria, nice!
(John)
They are through.
All right, Lisa, start digging,
start digging, start digging.
(John)
The Machine is through
on Team Rorke.
The arms!
Hey, pull his arms.
First one's there.
(Rorke)
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
(John)
Team Rorke through
onto the paddles.
Team Nick through
onto the paddles.
Nice!
(John)
Got to untie both paddles,
grab your boat,
and head to the water.
There you go.
Right.
Come on, Brooke.
You should make it.
Don't pull down on the paddle.
You'll get it loose.
Every second counts here.
♪ ♪
Get down, get to the boat.
(John)
They're onto the boat.
- Let's go.
- Get it!
(Rorke)
There's gonna be
one in the water.
Everybody's moving
and we're last.
We're missing
a little extra strength,
a little extra help that could
be the difference maker.
(John)
Team Tee
still bringing up the rear
as they hit the paddles.
They have got to step it up.
♪ ♪
Got it.
(John)
Now once you've got your boat,
it and your team
has to go back over the wall.
♪ ♪
[all yelling indistinctly]
♪ ♪
- On up.
- Now up!
- [grunts]
- Go, go, go!
♪ ♪
(John)
Team Noah over the wall.
♪ ♪
Come on.
There you go, Jim.
That's what I'm talking about!
(John)
And over they go, one by one.
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
- You okay, babe?
(Maria)
I land in a really awkward
position,
and I knew absolutely at
that moment something was wrong.
Get in the water!
Come on, let's go!
I saw Maria fall off the wall,
but just like in a firefight,
once the first bullet's shot,
everything goes,
you know, haywire.
You have to just adapt
and overcome.
♪ ♪
Keep paddling!
(Haze)
You guys are awesome!
The water is freezing cold.
My hands feel like
they're frozen into place.
Feeling water and all kinds
of stuff in my lady parts.
(John)
And they're off.
Everybody in the water.
♪ ♪
(Tony)
Come on, baby!
Come on.
Talk to each other!
Pick it up!
You guys are not
working together.
Haze, get them going together!
Together!
(Haze)
Come on, you guys,
we're turning.
(Nick)
SEALs look really good
right now.
They look good.
I like that.
(John)
Some guys are cruising,
some guys are having
a little trouble.
(Nick)
There we go.
I want to win, but being
a Ranger and beating a SEAL
is a pretty big deal for me.
Got to go together!
Brooke, I need you, Brooke!
Go to your right!
What are you doing?
Go to your right!
It's a little bit shaky
on the communication.
There's a lot of back and forth.
"Paddle this way."
"No, do it that way."
No, babe, you got to turn it.
We're struggling hard.
Get up higher, Tony.
I got to get up.
[grunts]
I got to get higher.
(John)
They got plenty of power,
just the steering's
a little off.
- Way ahead of us.
- Come on.
Don't worry about them!
I know, but I--why are we going
in circles?
♪ ♪
- Why are we going in circles?
- Talk to each other!
(John)
Tee, it's still anybody's game
at this point.
(Tee)
Let's go!
They just got to steer that ship
the right way.
- They'll be all right.
- Watch your steering and focus!
No, no, no, no!
- Okay, your stroke, my stroke.
- Okay, go.
- Mine.
- Yours.
We need leverage.
Sit on the edge of the thing.
Figure it out.
Looking pretty efficient,
my man.
Yeah.
Every mission involving a team
needs a clear voice
that helps lead that team
to the same goal.
Clare spent 20 years on a boat,
so it just kind of fits in
really well.
(Clare)
Get yourself
in a good position, David!
- Straight.
- Nice, Maria!
(Maria)
Jim, Jim, Jim.
Go, Jim.
Find your stroke!
(John)
Having struggled
to get out the gate,
Tee's silver team
is bringing up the rear.
I need you to go away
from the boat
and not as close to the boat.
(Tony)
I have never
rowed a boat before,
so I am--actually enjoyed
the ladies being leaders
a little bit.
Oh, thank you very much.
(John)
Noah's green team approaching
the landing area
where they're gonna
face a choice.
There's a third paddle locked
in a case.
The teams must get that paddle
back across the lake,
and there's only two ways
to do it.
There's a key inside
a piece of ice.
They have to get a rock,
break the ice to get a key
to take the paddle.
There's another option,
that we could have them grab
the entire case and add
100 pounds to the boat.
With four people,
I don't think it's a good move.
Yeah, just grab one!
(John)
Team Noah opting
for the third paddle.
The other teams have a chance
here to make up some distance
while they hammer away
at that ice.
Go, go, go!
Find it, find it, find it!
Come on!
(Noah)
I knew that Mark had the power
to break that ice
and still have the strength
to paddle back.
Having that extra paddle
is what'll help get us
a stronger lead.
Like chopping wood!
You want me to smash something,
I'm all for it.
[laughs]
That's exactly what I do.
I like breaking things.
Why not?
(Noah)
There you go.
Unlock it.
[dramatic music]
Synchronize those paddles!
- I see Tee!
- One, two!
- I see Tee!
- One, two!
Come on!
- Push it.
I will see you
at the finish line.
You're killing it!
Get ready to hop out, guys.
(Noah)
Go!
(John)
Team Noah's back in the boat
and ready to make the return
trip with the extra paddle.
Straight line back!
Talk to them, Clare!
(Clare)
See it?
Point to that far shoreline.
both: Yeah.
- There.
Up the valley about--
that's where we're headed.
Case really wearing
on these teams right now.
- Go, go, go!
- Give it all you got!
All you got right now!
Go!
Get it up, get it up!
(John)
Team Nick and Team Rorke
have hit the beach.
Now it's decision time.
All right, listen!
We don't have to get the paddle
out of the case.
Get the case,
get back in, and go.
We're basically fighting time
at this moment.
We were down one person anyways,
so having that extra 100 pounds
in there really wasn't gonna
make much of a difference.
We don't have time
to get the paddle.
Come on.
Team Rorke, Team Nick
still a little bit of a work
to do to catch up,
but it's still anybody's race.
Both teams are opting
to take that locked case.
They'll be adding
weight to the boat
and won't be able to use
that extra paddle.
(Rorke)
You have to figure out a way
to catch them.
I know they got three.
Figure out a way to dig deep.
(Tee)
Bring it in!
Let's go!
You gonna get some rocks and
you gonna chip away at this ice.
At this stage,
I knew that 100 pounds
was not gonna benefit them,
not being in last.
Come on!
- Tony, come on!
(Tee)
It was a tough call to make
in the moment.
In the Marine Corps, we have to
make tough decisions every day,
so it was just a matter of just
making that decision
and sticking to your guns.
Chip it away!
Chip it away!
- ♪ Hi ho and up she rises ♪
- Come on, guys.
(Clare)
♪ Hi ho and up she rises ♪
♪ Hi ho and up she rises ♪
♪ Earl-aye in the morning ♪
- Keep going!
- Come on!
You got this, Tony!
I believe in you!
(Tee)
Definitely not where I wanted
this team to be,
but at this point their
communication was in synch.
If Tony got tired,
Brooke came in.
Brooke got tired,
Ivette came in.
This is the kind of
communication
that I was looking for
from the beginning.
There we go.
(John)
And Team Tee's
on their way back.
All teams back on their way
to the start/finish line.
Who are we gonna see first?
Team Noah has maintained
their lead.
Nick's red team is side-by-side
with Rorke's blue team
in a battle for second.
Go!
Go!
[Clare yelling]
Who's having fun now?
[all cheering]
- You can hear the excitement.
- They--yes, yes.
- Absolutely.
- They feel good.
Go!
Go!
Go!
- Go, come on!
- Faster, faster!
(John)
Team Tee has found their rhythm
while Team Rorke is struggling
with one less paddle
and a full and heavy boat.
- Pass them up.
- Potential pass.
- Potential pass.
- There you go.
Let's go!
(Rorke)
This is very much
in the wheelhouse
of SEAL training.
Mental and physical toughness
is critical to our job,
so it's about your heart.
It's about what you bring
to the fight
above and beyond
what your body can do.
SEALs have that no-quit instinct
in their blood.
(John)
Team Tee has powered their way
past Team Nick
and Team Rorke.
They had three people,
same as we did,
but they also
had 120 pounds less
and three oars.
(John)
With only three members,
Team Tee's lighter boat
has been a game changer.
(Ivette)
Just keep paddling fast!
Come on, Tony!
(John)
They have proven they got will,
but not enough water
to close the gap
as Team Noah cruises
into the final stretch.
(Noah)
Come on, finish strong!
Y'all are killing it.
Come on.
♪ ♪
Paddle through the boat.
Team Noah, I can't believe it.
For a second time in a row!
Right across that yellow line.
They are a machine
in these Evolutions.
(Noah)
I am really happy with the fact
that I chose Clare
as the team leader.
I don't have to send anybody
from my team to the Circus.
Every one of them are safe,
so I'm very comfortable
knowing that no one on my team
is going home this week.
The way y'all work as a team is
what is making it through
'cause you'll hear every
one of these Cadres say it
to their team:
"Be a team."
That's the difference.
Y'all are making my job so easy.
All I got to do is stand here
and look pretty.
- Twice in a row?
- Yeah.
He's got bragging rights.
(Rorke)
Yeah, yeah.
(Nick)
Only thing that counts
in the end
is who is gonna be
who goes home.
- Mm-hmm.
- That is true.
In a surprise second place--
I would've pegged them
to be last
out of the starting gates--
There you go!
(John)
Team Tee.
I can't believe the teamwork.
They came in strong
and they came in
with their heads held high.
It was a proud mama moment
at that point.
Give me some.
Give me some.
(Brooke)
We're the underdog.
We lost our teammate
to the Circus,
and here we are today, excited.
Team Tee is coming back,
and we're coming back strong.
(John)
And Team Nick,
they will finish third here.
We have one more to come in.
I would've never
called this one,
and I imagine we're gonna have
an angry Navy SEAL on our hands.
(Rorke)
My background is leading SEALs.
Guys have a special desire
to give absolutely max effort
at all times, and I don't think
we've done that yet.
I can't make a team
better than it is,
but I can definitely
make them perform
at their highest ability.
I don't think this team
has given their max effort
yet.
♪ ♪
(John)
All right.
Nick, Rorke, Tee,
once again you will choose
a member of your team
to face the Circus,
but because they went last week,
Goldie and Jim
must sit this one out.
And remember, in the Circus,
one person will give up.
You give up, you ring out.
Ring out, you go home.
(Tee)
Now that we got to go
to another Circus,
it's do or die.
Congratulations, guys.
[applause]
We can't afford to lose
another team member.
♪ ♪
[all speaking at once]
(Haze)
If I was Rorke, I would be
a bit disappointed in our team.
I mean, it was
a Navy SEAL challenge.
I was flabbergasted
when silver passed us.
I was like, "How in the--"
At the end of the day,
we just got beat.
(Haze)
He had every expectation that
we were going to crush this,
and we came in dead last.
I mean, just like last Circus,
Rorke's gonna pick who he knows
is coming back.
Ouch.
See, when I lean forward--
It hurts right there?
Right where it bends?
- Right there?
- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Ouch.
Ouch.
Good ouch?
Bad ouch?
Bad ouch.
We had to climb over the wall,
and I just kind of went over--
flew over and fell.
- Whoa.
- You okay, babe?
I landed in an awkward position
on my legs.
Does it feel sore?
How do you feel?
It feels un-walkable.
Un-walkable.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
Does it feel sore?
How do you feel?
It feels un-walkable.
Un-walkable.
♪ ♪
You know?
Well, why don't you sit down
and elevate it?
Why don't you sit down?
Because I'm walking and
I just want to see, you know--
I don't like getting
this emotional, but, like,
I'm gonna break.
You brought you from, like,
super mom Maria to this?
Um, injury did.
All I care about--I mean, this
is something I struggled with
since the moment I decided
to come here is I would rather
be home with my kids anyways.
[sniffles]
♪ ♪
I miss my kids.
Here, it's I have
an opportunity to go home
and be with them again,
or I can tough it out and stay
and still be uncomfortable.
Do you want to ring out?
Is that what you're saying?
No, I'm not saying that.
One of us is going to Circus.
We don't even know
if KJoy can do it, right?
So that's that.
Jim definitely can't do it
'cause he did it last week.
Now you're up in the air,
you know what I mean?
I'm say--you know what?
You need to stop it.
No, I'm just--I'm just asking.
You, like, need to go away.
[laughs]
(Cam)
I question Maria's intentions
in this competition
because we don't even know.
She might be milking it
especially with her potentially
going to go into Circus.
Come here.
So I--I question her injury
and I also question her
motivation going forward.
♪ ♪
Watch your footing!
The was clearly
a SEAL-centric event,
and we not only didn't win,
but we came in last place.
The thing
that I'm concerned about,
that I feel we have
to get right immediately
is the effort.
I care for this team,
I want their success,
and I want to make sure
my guidance is something
that leads them to that.
I care not that we lost
that event when it comes to
my reputation
being a SEAL or whatever.
That doesn't bother me at all.
My parents taught me
you are unlikely
gonna have the most talent
in the room,
but you can work the hardest
in the room.
If you fall on your face
five feet from the finish line
throwing up because
you gave everything you had,
nothing will make me happier.
(Haze)
Rorek reminds me a lot
of my dad.
My dad was a Marine and we lived
a military lifestyle.
We were very regimented,
got up at a certain time,
beds were made.
As an adult,
my dad is my best friend,
and it's my greatest fear
to disappoint my father.
I would never want
to let him down.
We can go harder,
and if we do,
they're gonna be in for it.
We all together on this?
- Absolutely. Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
♪ ♪
You guys are kicking butt
out there and taking names,
and, quite frankly,
it's not even close.
Y'all from the beginning
connected so well
because y'all are listening
to each other,
you're working together,
and it's that teamwork.
I think regardless of where
everyone is from,
everyone will
walk out of this experience
saying the word, "y'all."
[laughter]
- It's already happening.
- Yeah.
It's really exciting to be able
to sit back and just relax
and not think about someone from
our squad possibly going home
or having to go into the Circus.
When you got in the water
and had to become synchronized
as a unit, it was just like
watching everyone else
just fall away
into the distance.
And it was fun, I mean,
being on the lake.
The amazing thing to see is if
you can survive this thing,
you personally get a--
a life-changing amount of money,
and I think the cool thing
about you guys gelling together
as human beings is you can
walk away from this knowing
you did a huge solid
for somebody else,
and not only that, making some
friends along the way.
♪ ♪
Well, you all know we got
a big decision coming up.
We can't afford to lose anyone
else this early in the game.
I'm not gonna lie.
I'm scared to death.
Chris was one of
the strongest guys in the house.
To see him break down and lose
like that, it made me scared.
Don't think for a second though
that you can't do it
if you're called to do it.
(Ivette)
No, I don't think that I can't.
I don't want to lose my team,
and I don't want them to lose me
'cause I don't want them to have
to go in there with two.
I like that this is such
a 180 from how it was last week.
When I see you all
come in second, trust me,
I was proud and I was like,
"Wow, that's my team."
Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
(Nick)
What do you think
about the whole Circus?
'Cause I did not sleep much
last night
thinking about who would go.
I have limited options
for the Circus.
I can't send Jim.
He's already been.
Maria and KJoy are both injured
at this point.
My ankle and my knee
are severely injured,
so, I mean, somebody
step forward and just, like,
do the Circus so that
we can heal more, you know?
I've had that same thing happen
when I was
going through training,
when I was going through
a fractured tibia-fibia,
and then I had to go jump out
of planes, you know,
soon after that then go
ruck march 25 miles.
Maria,
she's a very strong individual,
strong-minded, she has a little
sprained ankle.
When it comes to pain,
if you don't mind,
then it won't matter.
Just putting things
into perspective
I think would help her out.
62-plus days of no food.
I lost 45 pounds in this course,
and I questioned often,
you know, "Why am I here?
Why do I put myself
through this?"
And what was your answer?
At the end of the day,
it was all about pride,
being able to get though it
and be a part of
an elite group of individuals.
I've seen worse things happen
to people,
and they push through the pain,
and I'm, you know,
trying to preach to my team
that it's only temporary.
Well, how do you feel?
I want to go.
It's gonna hurt,
but you get through it,
and then you deal with it after.
I feel pretty confident
about it.
It's just risky,
you know what I mean?
KJoy in particular,
she has the mindset.
That showed a lot, you know,
about her character.
All right, sounds good.
(Nick)
That is somebody I want
on my team.
♪ ♪
Welcome.
Tomorrow, three of you
will face this beast.
With Chris's immediate
departure,
the Circus itself
made a statement:
no matter how physically
prepared you think you are,
if you're chosen
to face the Circus,
you got a chance to ring out.
You ring out, you give up.
You give up, you go home.
Even if obstacles
are your specialty,
there is no way for you to train
or prepare what lies ahead
for any one of you
on that endurance platform.
Who will be the next
to ring out?
Who's the next to give up?
Who's the next to go home?
Who's got American grit?
We'll find out soon.
Now I'd like to know the three
that are gonna face the Circus.
(Rorke)
Once again, I need to send
someone to the Circus.
I take tremendous responsibility
in making sure
I pick the right person.
If I don't,
they could be going home.
♪ ♪
Now I'd like to know the three
that are gonna face the Circus,
so I'd like to start with Tee.
Who are you sending
to the Circus?
This individual
is someone I know that no matter
what they're faced with,
they're gonna make it happen.
I'm sending...
♪ ♪
Brooke.
Boom.
- Mm.
- You got this.
Brooke, how do you feel
about this decision?
- I'm ready.
- What makes you so ready?
About six years ago
I broke both of my hands,
and I didn't have use
of either hand for two years,
and I didn't give up then,
and I sure as hell
ain't gonna give up now.
Right on.
Rorke, who will you send
to the Circus?
The teammate I'm gonna send
I know is ready.
This athlete is designed
to do this course,
and I think uniquely prepared
for what will follow.
It's Haze.
(Haze)
I don't really feel
like I've had a chance
to show my individual strength,
so Rorek made
the absolute best decision.
(John)
Nick, we've barely begun,
and your team already has
two injured members.
How do you feel about being
so handicapped so early?
(Nick)
I don't believe it's a handicap.
A good buddy of mine,
we were on a mission,
and he got shot in his head
going up on a rooftop.
Point-blank range.
He fell down off the rooftop.
Instead of giving up,
even with the bullet
lodged inside of his skull,
he killed the guy who did it
and then still
completed the mission,
so if a guy, you know,
can get shot in his face
and continue on with
the mission, I relate to that.
I'm cut from that same cloth,
and I think anybody here can be.
It's all mental.
So with that said,
I'm gonna have to go with...
KJoy.
Yeah.
- You wanted it, girl.
- We got this.
We got this.
(Nick)
I'm gonna prove a point
to my team,
and that's that you can't
let injuries get in the way
of completing a mission.
I think KJoy's gonna show that
to everyone.
KJoy, Brooke, Haze,
tomorrow the three of you
will face the Circus,
and as confident
as you may feel now,
it is just fact that tomorrow
one of you will give up,
one of you will ring out,
one of you will go home.
And you all know that you run
this competition by yourself,
but you are members of a team,
and your team will be here
cheering you on.
I'll meet with each of you
in the morning
to find out
where your head is at.
Go home, get some rest.
You're gonna need it.
Tomorrow we will find out
who will be the one
to ring out.
Good luck.
♪ ♪
(Haze)
Do you think KJoy
might be intimidated?
The fact she wants to compete
with an injury,
she's got heart.
Once that adrenaline
starts going, I mean,
I fought through injury before
in races, so definitely
I'm not underestimating her
at all.
(Haze)
I also have some experience
obstacle course racing.
The first time I ever ran one,
I couldn't even complete
the first mile,
but when I got done, I was like,
"This is
the greatest thing ever."
We'll probably get down
and KJoy might still
be getting up that cargo net.
My first year
of running competitively,
I qualified
for the world championship,
and it was mind-blowing.
Which one of y'all is better?
Just be honest.
On the course.
♪ ♪
How many races have you done
this year?
I've done ten this year.
I've done 48.
(Haze)
There definitely is
a competition.
I haven't had a chance
to see her race,
but she's "beast-mode Barbie,"
so I guess we'll see
how we stack up together.
We're both pretty fierce,
or we wouldn't even be here.
(Haze)
Yeah.
♪ ♪
(John)
You are about to face
the Circus.
How do you feel?
It's a test not only
of your body, but of your heart
and your mind.
Mm.
And when I broke my hands,
it gave me
a lot of mental strength.
I want to talk about that.
Tell me about that.
Six years ago, I was passing
through an intersection
and was hit head-on.
The airbags shattered
both of my hands.
I ended up not having use of
either hand for two full years.
Two years?
I couldn't touch my face.
I couldn't go to the bathroom.
I couldn't bathe myself,
and to have your dad
bathe yourself
when you're a grown woman
is probably one of the most
humiliating experiences
of my life,
and I know if I can get
through something that traumatic
that I can do this.
You think Tee's made
the right choice?
Absolutely.
I think so too.
Good luck today.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Go get them.
Brooke essentially knows what
it's like to be down and out.
She was put through
such a sense of dependency.
She wants to make all those
that helped her out
proud of her, and I think
that's gonna be a driving force
today in the Circus.
Having no use of your arms for
two years, that's ridiculous,
and becomes, like,
beast-mode Barbie.
I mean, come on.
Who does that?
Just me.
Yeah.
(John)
You have a very difficult
Circus ahead of you.
You're on a bad wheel.
Statistically, on the course,
you are outgunned.
Yes.
What do you think
your chances are?
I--I'm coming back.
What is gonna be
going through your mind
when you have to dig deep?
What do you think of?
What keeps you going?
I go in my zone.
You can't hear things,
you can't really feel things.
It's just a state
of inner quietness,
so it doesn't matter
what noise is going on,
and since it's a test
of endurance,
I know one of them
will give up before I do.
She volunteers because she knows
she can endure,
and she has realized that
the Circus is a battle of will,
and she believes
of all the competitors,
she has the strongest will.
(KJoy)
It's good.
I got this.
This bag's coming back, girl.
Oh, yeah.
♪ ♪
You seem, on the exterior,
to have a very hard shell.
You seem extremely regimented
and disciplined as well.
Does that have anything to do
with your dad?
Absolutely.
I mean, my dad, we grew up as--
in a marine household,
and he's my best friend.
Sorry.
[laughs]
No, no, no, please.
This is--
this is--I want to know.
I want to say after my divorce,
when I came home,
I was, you know, trying
to get my life back on track,
and it was, like,
Dad was always there.
- Always.
- Always there.
Mm.
Go get them today.
Haze has certainly the qualities
of what it takes to be
in the United States military.
She has respect,
she has regimen,
she has perspective,
she has discipline,
but when put under duress,
we'll see what happens.
♪ ♪
All right, let's get down
to brass tax.
Haze, Brooke, KJoy, you will run
the Circus together,
but essentially, you all compete
against the Circus,
and it will push,
it will punish,
and especially
the endurance platform,
it will break your will,
at least one of them.
Today, one of the three of you
will quit.
♪ ♪
Today's endurance test is called
ice cubed.
You'll have to do ten burpees
on my count.
After your tenth,
you will submerge yourself,
that is head to toe,
in ice water.
♪ ♪
[intense music]
Today's endurance test
is called ice cubed.
You'll have to do ten burpees
on my count.
After your tenth,
you will submerge yourself,
that is head to toe,
in ice water.
♪ ♪
And then we'll repeat.
Exercise, submerge, exercise.
As long as it takes
till one of you says no more,
till one of you gives up
and rings out.
Cadres, competitors, you may
want to listen to this part
because the endurance will work
a little differently today.
If you're the first person
to reach the platform,
you will get to sit out
for the first two rounds
of the endurance.
You don't have to be
a science major or mathlete
to understand if you finish
this obstacle course first,
less work, less dunking.
You ladies understand?
- Yes.
- Yes, sir.
- Yes.
Make your way to the start.
[all yelling at once]
♪ ♪
Haze has this
military background
with her father's service.
She's an obstacle course racer
and she's tailor-made
for the Circus,
but she's grown to another
place of kind of believing
that she is one of my top dogs,
that somebody that in this game
is probably feared by other
competitors, and that's true.
Cadres, teams,
at "America Grit,"
all we ask for
is all you got.
(Ivette)
Come on, Brooke!
You got this, baby!
This your playground, baby.
This is your playground, Haze.
(John)
Three, two, one!
[air horn blows]
♪ ♪
(Goldie)
Run to one, Haze!
Haze out in front, seems to be.
KJoy trailing,
probably as expected.
Foot doesn't seem to be giving
her that much trouble though.
(Mark)
Come on girl, let's go!
Hey, got this, Haze!
(John)
Haze looks like she'll conquer
the cargo net first.
Brooke in second.
[all yelling at once]
(man)
Go get them, girl.
(John)
Brooke up and over the cargo.
- Let's go, KJoy!
- Go, KJoy!
(John)
And here comes KJoy
as Haze and Brooke prepare
for the 50-foot giants' ladder.
The race is on!
♪ ♪
Great job, girl!
Great job!
Get up this one, you are home.
This is your catch-up.
(John)
Haze having a little trouble
getting up that first rung.
(Tee)
Climb it out.
Climb it out, girl.
(John)
Fatigue is setting in.
♪ ♪
Come on, Brooke!
(Cam)
Let's go, KJoy!
(Maria)
Go, KJoy!
(Rorke)
No points for second.
Let's go, Haze.
You got it.
- Little bit more, girl.
- You got this, Haze!
[all yelling at once]
Little bit more.
You're up!
Looks like Haze.
Haze has regained the lead,
but Brooke
is right on her heels.
(Goldie)
Come on, girl!
(Tony)
Let's go, Brookey!
Haze is out first and on
the high beam, and killing it!
Haze is onto the Burma bridge
and she's gonna be the first
to the bridge.
That's it!
We're staying dry!
(John)
KJoy has conquered
the giants' ladder,
but a bit of work to do.
♪ ♪
I will say this:
closer than expected,
all things considered.
KJoy crossing the high beam
right now.
♪ ♪
Down the stretch they come.
Just one obstacle left
from the platform.
It's Haze, it's Haze, it's Haze!
That's it, Haze!
That's it!
We're staying dry!
(John)
Is anyone on her heels?
I know it's gonna be close
at this point.
And here comes Brooke.
I got two competitors
on the downward crawl.
Brooke, let's do this, baby!
(John)
This is where it gets close!
It's Haze.
Brooke close second.
- There you go, Brooke!
- Nice job, Haze!
[all yelling at once]
(Mario)
That's it!
Whoo!
♪ ♪
Haze is the first to arrive
on the platform!
I love it.
I love it.
- That's what's up, girl!
- There you go!
Now we go to the second phase
of this bad boy.
We go to the second phase.
You get the longest break.
It's gonna be me
and your dad up here.
[speaks indistinctly]
(John)
Second to reach
the endurance platform
is Brooke.
- I got you.
- I don't want to go home.
You're not going home.
(John)
All righty, KJoy is third.
Remove the helmet.
The endurance portion
will start.
Ten burpees please.
Three, two, one!
[air horn blows]
♪ ♪
One.
Two!
Three!
Eight!
Come on, KJoy!
Nine!
(Nick)
Too easy.
Too easy.
Ten!
Submerge!
Come on, KJoy!
This is all mental!
(Nick)
There you go.
Let's do it.
(Cam)
Nice, nice, nice, nice!
Brooke, your advantage is over!
Join the group!
Come on, Brooke!
(John)
And down!
♪ ♪
One!
Two!
(Ivette)
Come on, Brooke!
Come on!
(John)
Three!
You got this, baby!
(John)
Four!
[all yelling at once]
(Tony)
Let's go, Brooke!
Five!
[all yelling at once]
Ten!
We need you.
We need you.
All right?
Let's go, Brookey!
(Tee)
Submerge.
Get out!
Get out!
Get down.
Dunk it up!
Let's go.
Too easy!
It's all up in your mind.
All in your mind.
When KJoy reaches the platform,
we will start!
Me and your dad are right here.
Me and your dad are right here.
And begin!
Down!
(Goldie)
Think of your dad, Haze!
One!
You good?
I will do one with you.
You let me know.
- Two!
- Let's go, Brooke!
(Tony)
Let's go, Brookey!
(John)
Three!
(Goldie)
All right, Haze!
Four!
You got this, Brooke.
Come on.
Now in,
and get the hell out.
Submerge!
- Let's go!
- You got it, KJoy!
Here we go, Haze!
Let's go!
Daddy did it!
Daddy did the same thing!
(John)
Submerge!
Submerge!
Competitors back on the line!
Piece of cake.
Look at you!
Look at you!
Down!
[intense music]
♪ ♪
Six!
Seven!
Eight!
Nine!
Submerge!
- Submerge!
- KJoy, it's all you!
- You got it, KJoy!
- This is all you, KJoy!
Let's just get it done.
Let's just get it done.
(Rorke)
Perfect, perfect,
perfect, perfect.
Get out, get out,
get out!
Let's go, Brooke!
Come on.
Come on.
Come on!
One is breaking.
We got it!
You look like you're having fun.
Keep it going.
Jog it out.
Jog it out.
Get down.
Get down, baby.
Down!
Down!
♪ ♪
Let's go, Brooke!
Let's go!
Submerge!
Submerge!
[all yelling at once]
Competitors on the line!
Not feeling it, are we?
Not yet?
Nice!
Nice!
Nice 'cause we got one breaking.
Down!
(Tee)
Shake it off, baby!
Shake it off!
Come on, KJoy.
♪ ♪
You got this, Haze!
You look solid as a rock.
(Tee)
Team Tee, come on!
Submerge!
[all yelling at once]
♪ ♪
Down!
BBP!
(John)
Six!
Eight!
Nine!
Submerge!
Down!
(man)
Dig deep, Haze!
Dig deep!
(Cam)
Come on, KJoy!
(woman)
You got this!
Tee, you get your competitor
to keep pace!
(Tee)
Come on, Brooke!
♪ ♪
Come on, Brooke!
She's got it.
Come on, Brooke.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
Down!
Let's go, Brooke!
Let's go!
- Let's go, Brooke!
- Come on, Brooke.
No.
Uh-uh.
[intense music]
No!
No, no!
(man)
Hey, legs up!
Put her over.
Legs up.
Legs up!
All right?
- Come on, Brooke.
- No, Brooke, come on.
[all speaking at once]
(Tony)
Come on, Brooke!
♪ ♪
Come on, baby!
(Ivette)
Come on, Brooke, don't give up!
(man)
Okay, come--come with me.
I got you.
(Ivette)
I don't know
what's wrong with her.
I don't know
if she's breathing.
She looks like
she's unconscious,
and we are just freaking out.
(Tee)
Watch her head.
Watch her head.
(man)
All right, get this harness off.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Brookey!
- Come on, Brooke!
Is she awake?
- She--she's--
- Is she even awake?
She fainted.
Is somebody saying she's awake?
- She's good, she's good!
- She's okay!
We're good!
- Come on, Brooke!
- That's the way to compete.
She got thrown out there.
(Tee)
I'm here.
I'm here, baby.
My only focus is her health.
(Nick)
She's just cold.
She's fine.
I just want to make sure
that Brooke is okay.
Watch her head.
Watch her head.
(Rorke)
We deal with immersion
in the SEAL teams
in dangerously cold water
all the time.
This happens.
We push our training
at all times to a point
where you're right on
the ragged edge
of health and hurting somebody.
That's what happens
when your body hits the wall
in pure exhaustion.
You did awesome.
You did awesome.
Tough, all right?
All right, Brooke, we love you!
- She's warm.
- You didn't quit, Brooke!
- You didn't quit, baby!
- You didn't quit, Brooke!
(Tony)
She didn't give up.
Her body just gave out.
She gave it everything she had,
and she left it out there,
and that's all you can ask for
for a teammate.
[sighs]
[solemn music]
♪ ♪
[sobbing]
(man)
She's gonna be all right.
She's gonna be all right.
(Jim)
We are here to give
everything we have.
If I have to go out,
I want to go out like that.
I want to collapse in a heap
because I got nothing left.
It's "American Grit."
Let's do it right.
♪ ♪
First things first:
Brooke is going to be okay.
She is on the way
to the hospital
just for
precautionary measures only,
and Tee, as a Cadre, has made
the decision to go with her.
I'd like to say
what we saw here today
was nothing short of heroic.
If you give all you have,
that is the exact quality
that each of these leaders
look for when they want someone
to don the uniform
of the United States military.
Hooyah.
Both Ivette and Tony
have volunteered
to ring out for Brooke.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[bell ringing]
♪ ♪
(Ivette)
I know that we're gonna really
need her and we're--
she's gonna be missed,
and I just hope she knows
that we're really proud
of her.
She went out like--
like a soldier, you know?
Until her body gave out.
[applause]
[all speaking at once]
Your dad
is gonna be so proud of you.
(Tony)
In "American Grit," it's about
giving it everything you got
and saying, "Never quit."
If you're gonna leave
this competition,
that's the way you would leave.
♪ ♪
(John)
Next time...
[grunts]
(Tee)
Get off your butt.
Get up.
(John)
Team Tee has a tough battle
after losing another teammate.
Today is do or die.
(John)
And with Team Nick
suffering physically...
(Nick)
All right, let's get to work.
Let's get to work.
(John)
And Team Rorek mentally...
Come on, start talking.
We got to get this done.
(John)
Both teams need to find
their grit.
You're here
to challenge yourself.
You're not gonna stop
until you break.
(John)
Who will be the next contestant
to give up...
He's stuck in the net!
Ring out, and go home
on "American Grit"?
[woman yells]
Previously
on "American Grit"...
Welcome to the toughest
challenge of your life.
I brought four decorated heroes
from America's armed forces
together
to show the world what it takes
to be the best of the best.
Navy SEAL Commander
Rorke Denver.
I led assault teams
all around the world.
(John)
Marine Gunnery Sergeant
Tee Hanible.
I was the only female to deploy
one of the first units in Iraq.
(John)
Army Ranger
Nick "The Reaper" Irving.
I killed 33 enemy combatants
in 3 1/2 months.
(John)
Army Sergeant Noah Galloway.
(Noah)
My Humvee hit a roadside bomb,
and I lost my left arm,
my left leg as a result.
(John)
Each member of this
extraordinary cadre
hand-picked a team
of four ordinary people.
Let's go!
I want the lumberjack.
Who doesn't want the lumberjack?
(John)
They will push
these 16 civilians
to their breaking point...
Suck it up!
It's all up in your mind.
Let's go!
Get down here now!
(John)
By running them through
what we call Evolutions,
punishing challenges inspired
by actual military training.
We can go harder.
You got to pick it up!
(John)
Lose an Evolution,
and the cadre leaders will send
one of their team members
into a brutal,
never-ending obstacle course
called the Circus.
Come on, Lisa!
The only way their journey
is over is if they give up,
ring out, and go home.
In the end, only one team will
take home the prize...
[dramatic music]
Up to $1 million.
All we ask for:
all you got.
In the first Evolution,
Team Noah showed that teamwork
trumps all...
Everybody needs a fisherman
and a logger!
(John)
While Team Tee fell apart.
- I'm sorry, guys.
- Hold it down!
(Tee)
Are we gonna be
the kind of team
that's gonna be able
to work together?
(John)
And personal trainer Chris
lost his cool.
I cannot trust you.
You gave us bogus advice.
(John)
Boston cop Jim,
Roller Derby star Goldie,
and Chris were put
into the Circus.
Coming, Chris!
(John)
But the endurance ended
in a shock.
Hang in there
as long as you can.
Goldie, you got this, girl!
(John)
As Chris's chances
of winning $250,000
slipped through his fingers.
[screams]
[yells]
(John)
Tonight, Team Tee must recover
from their first casualty.
(Tee)
Last challenge,
our biggest hiccup
was lack of communication.
Chris was a big part of that.
(John)
Still at full strength,
Team Rorke and Team Nick
had their sights set
on Team Noah.
(Nick)
Team Noah's clicking.
As much as I like to see
a fellow Army guy doing well,
it's time for my team to step up
as well.
We're gonna stay humble and stay
focused on the next objective.
(John)
Who will be the next contestant
to give up,
ring out, and go home
on "American Grit"?
[dramatic percussive music]
(man)
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ All alone now ♪
♪ We in the fire ♪
♪ Gonna burn it down ♪
♪ Get out alive ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
- It's over!
[dramatic music]
(Kimberly)
It hurts so bad.
I just can't put pressure
down on the heel
'cause where the worst of it is.
After the first Evolution,
I got frostbite.
I woke up feeling worse
as far as my left foot went,
but mentally great.
So I'm hoping
that it's something
that doesn't involve, like--
Running.
Pounding and running
and all of that,
and then I can help.
Right.
It's gonna be.
Yeah.
[groans]
Your power is within your head
to focus.
As a yogi, my number one
strong point is mentality,
and I've got the strongest mind
of anyone in this house,
so I'm--I'm clear,
I'm good.
(Ivette)
Come in.
Do you notice every time
somebody passes by our room,
they, like, slowly walk by in
hopes that we're talking [bleep]
about somebody?
(Mario)
You walk by like
it's a funeral still.
Like we're still mourning.
Team Tee can see Chris
leaving as a loss.
I think for the house aspect
it's great.
He had a real big mouth.
I mean,
personally I'm glad he's gone
'cause I didn't come here
to talk.
I came here to compete.
People got to go.
♪ ♪
Good morning, everybody!
all: Good morning!
All right!
Now we're ready to go.
Before we go any further, Cam...
bro hug.
[laughter]
[rock music]
- How you doing, man?
- Good, how are you?
All right.
The John Cena hug feels like
you're just hugging
a huge boulder.
Now, Tee, a member of your team,
Chris, his will was broken.
It was.
Any words
for your existing team?
Don't let your cockiness
rule you in this game.
Just focus,
keep your eye on the prize,
and then we got it.
Right now more than ever
you guys need
to pick each other up,
adapt, evolve.
That's why we call these
team challenges Evolutions.
If you can evolve,
you can achieve success.
Win the Evolution,
safe from the Circus.
Safe from the Circus,
you don't ring out.
Today's Evolution is based on
the training regimen
of one of the most elite forces
in the U.S. military,
the Navy SEALs.
We push Navy SEAL training
to the maximum for a purpose.
We want people to get to a point
of passing out,
of hurting, of suffering so when
they get to the battlefield,
they know exactly how far
they can go,
and we know as a team how far
we can go together.
Here's how it goes:
you guys are gonna race on this
beach covered with obstacles.
Retrieve two paddles
and your boat,
which you will use to make your
way across this ice-cold lake
to a landing area.
There you'll find a trunk.
In the trunk,
a third paddle.
First team to get all three
paddles across the finish line
wins the Evolution.
Nick, how do you feel
about that?
I'm used to Navy SEALs keeping
their hair nice and pretty.
[laughs]
I'm not really worried
about them winning.
We love taking the Army
on a boat.
They don't even need
to put camouflage on
because they turn green.
How's the Navy SEAL gonna feel
when you come in last?
Come on, now.
I'm sure you saw the points
on the boat.
You're like, "Those pointy ends,
that's the front."
[laughs]
As an Army guy,
we weren't in boats.
We weren't in the water,
but it does take teamwork,
and that is something
that is military-wide.
Twinkle toes won't be taking
this one.
Look, don't hate us
'cause we're on top.
(Tee)
That's all that matters.
(Noah)
All right?
Let's get this on.
All right, I see there's a--
some competition
between the Cadre.
Get with your team
and form a game plan.
Let's go.
(Nick)
My main concern right now
is KJoy.
She was injured last Evolution,
and I weighing the options
of sitting her out
or actually competing
with the team of three.
Either way
I'm at a disadvantage.
So, KJoy, you're not gonna be in
this competition.
Have you sit out on this one
and, you know,
give you time to heal up.
You think that's what's best?
100% positive.
As much as she wanted
to compete,
it just wasn't in the best
interest for the team.
It's like having a guy
who has the flu
going out on a mission overseas.
Do you want to jeopardize
the entire mission?
Clare, you're gonna lead
this one, all right?
This is water, boats,
this is you, okay?
(Clare)
I fished for 20 years
in Alaska,
but I was on a little bit
bigger boats
where there was five crews.
The only girl on the boat.
I don't want
to always put myself
in the deck boss position,
but I've--that's where
I've always been put.
The issue with the boat
is you have to do it in synch.
- You have good rhythm?
- Yes.
I'm gonna put Haze in charge
of this one.
This race is gonna be won
on the water.
It is gonna be the grind
and the drink
and how efficiently you can get
that boat through the water.
People think it's power,
but it's efficiency, okay?
Distance per stroke.
(John)
Cadre, chalk talk is over.
Make your way to the starting
line and get your life vests on.
- Let's go!
- [yells]
(Goldie)
Our team
has a distinct advantage
'cause we have a Navy SEAL
as our leader.
Okay, here we go.
I am so excited
for this Evolution.
I see this in obstacle course
racing all the time.
In the last year, I've done
48 obstacle course races.
I really do have this
outer appearance of girly girl,
but then I get on a race course
and I got from beauty
to beast-mode Barbie.
(John)
Three, two, one, go!
[intense music]
First step is to get each
member of your team
over that eight-foot wall.
(Nick)
Come on.
Get up there.
Get up there.
Get up there.
Help her up.
Come on.
You got it, you got it,
you got it.
(Rorke)
Take your time.
Safe over, safe over.
- Go, go, go, go.
- Good job.
Yo, pull yourself up!
You got it, Mark, go.
Take it, take it!
Come on!
♪ ♪
- Come on!
- [grunts]
- Crap.
- Help her, help her.
(Nick)
Nice.
Come on, Jim.
Get down.
Here we go!
Nice!
Go, go, go, go, go.
(John)
Team Nick, the first wall.
Nice.
That's it.
(John)
Now they're gonna
dig out a path
so the whole team can
crawl underneath that log.
Team Rorke right on their heels!
Get Marc through.
Get Marc through.
(Marc)
Rorke tells us,
"Get The Machine through first
'cause if he can fit
through there, anyone can."
(John)
Team Tee the last
to hit the dig.
Get that deep trench.
Good, good, good, good.
Like you're digging
a treasure chest in there.
(Tee)
Get this little hole
right here open.
(Nick)
You've got it, Maria.
(man)
Push your way out.
There you go.
(John)
Maria getting down and dirty.
(Nick)
Push that out.
Nice.
- Nice.
- Nice, Maria, nice!
(John)
They are through.
All right, Lisa, start digging,
start digging, start digging.
(John)
The Machine is through
on Team Rorke.
The arms!
Hey, pull his arms.
First one's there.
(Rorke)
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
(John)
Team Rorke through
onto the paddles.
Team Nick through
onto the paddles.
Nice!
(John)
Got to untie both paddles,
grab your boat,
and head to the water.
There you go.
Right.
Come on, Brooke.
You should make it.
Don't pull down on the paddle.
You'll get it loose.
Every second counts here.
♪ ♪
Get down, get to the boat.
(John)
They're onto the boat.
- Let's go.
- Get it!
(Rorke)
There's gonna be
one in the water.
Everybody's moving
and we're last.
We're missing
a little extra strength,
a little extra help that could
be the difference maker.
(John)
Team Tee
still bringing up the rear
as they hit the paddles.
They have got to step it up.
♪ ♪
Got it.
(John)
Now once you've got your boat,
it and your team
has to go back over the wall.
♪ ♪
[all yelling indistinctly]
♪ ♪
- On up.
- Now up!
- [grunts]
- Go, go, go!
♪ ♪
(John)
Team Noah over the wall.
♪ ♪
Come on.
There you go, Jim.
That's what I'm talking about!
(John)
And over they go, one by one.
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
- You okay, babe?
(Maria)
I land in a really awkward
position,
and I knew absolutely at
that moment something was wrong.
Get in the water!
Come on, let's go!
I saw Maria fall off the wall,
but just like in a firefight,
once the first bullet's shot,
everything goes,
you know, haywire.
You have to just adapt
and overcome.
♪ ♪
Keep paddling!
(Haze)
You guys are awesome!
The water is freezing cold.
My hands feel like
they're frozen into place.
Feeling water and all kinds
of stuff in my lady parts.
(John)
And they're off.
Everybody in the water.
♪ ♪
(Tony)
Come on, baby!
Come on.
Talk to each other!
Pick it up!
You guys are not
working together.
Haze, get them going together!
Together!
(Haze)
Come on, you guys,
we're turning.
(Nick)
SEALs look really good
right now.
They look good.
I like that.
(John)
Some guys are cruising,
some guys are having
a little trouble.
(Nick)
There we go.
I want to win, but being
a Ranger and beating a SEAL
is a pretty big deal for me.
Got to go together!
Brooke, I need you, Brooke!
Go to your right!
What are you doing?
Go to your right!
It's a little bit shaky
on the communication.
There's a lot of back and forth.
"Paddle this way."
"No, do it that way."
No, babe, you got to turn it.
We're struggling hard.
Get up higher, Tony.
I got to get up.
[grunts]
I got to get higher.
(John)
They got plenty of power,
just the steering's
a little off.
- Way ahead of us.
- Come on.
Don't worry about them!
I know, but I--why are we going
in circles?
♪ ♪
- Why are we going in circles?
- Talk to each other!
(John)
Tee, it's still anybody's game
at this point.
(Tee)
Let's go!
They just got to steer that ship
the right way.
- They'll be all right.
- Watch your steering and focus!
No, no, no, no!
- Okay, your stroke, my stroke.
- Okay, go.
- Mine.
- Yours.
We need leverage.
Sit on the edge of the thing.
Figure it out.
Looking pretty efficient,
my man.
Yeah.
Every mission involving a team
needs a clear voice
that helps lead that team
to the same goal.
Clare spent 20 years on a boat,
so it just kind of fits in
really well.
(Clare)
Get yourself
in a good position, David!
- Straight.
- Nice, Maria!
(Maria)
Jim, Jim, Jim.
Go, Jim.
Find your stroke!
(John)
Having struggled
to get out the gate,
Tee's silver team
is bringing up the rear.
I need you to go away
from the boat
and not as close to the boat.
(Tony)
I have never
rowed a boat before,
so I am--actually enjoyed
the ladies being leaders
a little bit.
Oh, thank you very much.
(John)
Noah's green team approaching
the landing area
where they're gonna
face a choice.
There's a third paddle locked
in a case.
The teams must get that paddle
back across the lake,
and there's only two ways
to do it.
There's a key inside
a piece of ice.
They have to get a rock,
break the ice to get a key
to take the paddle.
There's another option,
that we could have them grab
the entire case and add
100 pounds to the boat.
With four people,
I don't think it's a good move.
Yeah, just grab one!
(John)
Team Noah opting
for the third paddle.
The other teams have a chance
here to make up some distance
while they hammer away
at that ice.
Go, go, go!
Find it, find it, find it!
Come on!
(Noah)
I knew that Mark had the power
to break that ice
and still have the strength
to paddle back.
Having that extra paddle
is what'll help get us
a stronger lead.
Like chopping wood!
You want me to smash something,
I'm all for it.
[laughs]
That's exactly what I do.
I like breaking things.
Why not?
(Noah)
There you go.
Unlock it.
[dramatic music]
Synchronize those paddles!
- I see Tee!
- One, two!
- I see Tee!
- One, two!
Come on!
- Push it.
I will see you
at the finish line.
You're killing it!
Get ready to hop out, guys.
(Noah)
Go!
(John)
Team Noah's back in the boat
and ready to make the return
trip with the extra paddle.
Straight line back!
Talk to them, Clare!
(Clare)
See it?
Point to that far shoreline.
both: Yeah.
- There.
Up the valley about--
that's where we're headed.
Case really wearing
on these teams right now.
- Go, go, go!
- Give it all you got!
All you got right now!
Go!
Get it up, get it up!
(John)
Team Nick and Team Rorke
have hit the beach.
Now it's decision time.
All right, listen!
We don't have to get the paddle
out of the case.
Get the case,
get back in, and go.
We're basically fighting time
at this moment.
We were down one person anyways,
so having that extra 100 pounds
in there really wasn't gonna
make much of a difference.
We don't have time
to get the paddle.
Come on.
Team Rorke, Team Nick
still a little bit of a work
to do to catch up,
but it's still anybody's race.
Both teams are opting
to take that locked case.
They'll be adding
weight to the boat
and won't be able to use
that extra paddle.
(Rorke)
You have to figure out a way
to catch them.
I know they got three.
Figure out a way to dig deep.
(Tee)
Bring it in!
Let's go!
You gonna get some rocks and
you gonna chip away at this ice.
At this stage,
I knew that 100 pounds
was not gonna benefit them,
not being in last.
Come on!
- Tony, come on!
(Tee)
It was a tough call to make
in the moment.
In the Marine Corps, we have to
make tough decisions every day,
so it was just a matter of just
making that decision
and sticking to your guns.
Chip it away!
Chip it away!
- ♪ Hi ho and up she rises ♪
- Come on, guys.
(Clare)
♪ Hi ho and up she rises ♪
♪ Hi ho and up she rises ♪
♪ Earl-aye in the morning ♪
- Keep going!
- Come on!
You got this, Tony!
I believe in you!
(Tee)
Definitely not where I wanted
this team to be,
but at this point their
communication was in synch.
If Tony got tired,
Brooke came in.
Brooke got tired,
Ivette came in.
This is the kind of
communication
that I was looking for
from the beginning.
There we go.
(John)
And Team Tee's
on their way back.
All teams back on their way
to the start/finish line.
Who are we gonna see first?
Team Noah has maintained
their lead.
Nick's red team is side-by-side
with Rorke's blue team
in a battle for second.
Go!
Go!
[Clare yelling]
Who's having fun now?
[all cheering]
- You can hear the excitement.
- They--yes, yes.
- Absolutely.
- They feel good.
Go!
Go!
Go!
- Go, come on!
- Faster, faster!
(John)
Team Tee has found their rhythm
while Team Rorke is struggling
with one less paddle
and a full and heavy boat.
- Pass them up.
- Potential pass.
- Potential pass.
- There you go.
Let's go!
(Rorke)
This is very much
in the wheelhouse
of SEAL training.
Mental and physical toughness
is critical to our job,
so it's about your heart.
It's about what you bring
to the fight
above and beyond
what your body can do.
SEALs have that no-quit instinct
in their blood.
(John)
Team Tee has powered their way
past Team Nick
and Team Rorke.
They had three people,
same as we did,
but they also
had 120 pounds less
and three oars.
(John)
With only three members,
Team Tee's lighter boat
has been a game changer.
(Ivette)
Just keep paddling fast!
Come on, Tony!
(John)
They have proven they got will,
but not enough water
to close the gap
as Team Noah cruises
into the final stretch.
(Noah)
Come on, finish strong!
Y'all are killing it.
Come on.
♪ ♪
Paddle through the boat.
Team Noah, I can't believe it.
For a second time in a row!
Right across that yellow line.
They are a machine
in these Evolutions.
(Noah)
I am really happy with the fact
that I chose Clare
as the team leader.
I don't have to send anybody
from my team to the Circus.
Every one of them are safe,
so I'm very comfortable
knowing that no one on my team
is going home this week.
The way y'all work as a team is
what is making it through
'cause you'll hear every
one of these Cadres say it
to their team:
"Be a team."
That's the difference.
Y'all are making my job so easy.
All I got to do is stand here
and look pretty.
- Twice in a row?
- Yeah.
He's got bragging rights.
(Rorke)
Yeah, yeah.
(Nick)
Only thing that counts
in the end
is who is gonna be
who goes home.
- Mm-hmm.
- That is true.
In a surprise second place--
I would've pegged them
to be last
out of the starting gates--
There you go!
(John)
Team Tee.
I can't believe the teamwork.
They came in strong
and they came in
with their heads held high.
It was a proud mama moment
at that point.
Give me some.
Give me some.
(Brooke)
We're the underdog.
We lost our teammate
to the Circus,
and here we are today, excited.
Team Tee is coming back,
and we're coming back strong.
(John)
And Team Nick,
they will finish third here.
We have one more to come in.
I would've never
called this one,
and I imagine we're gonna have
an angry Navy SEAL on our hands.
(Rorke)
My background is leading SEALs.
Guys have a special desire
to give absolutely max effort
at all times, and I don't think
we've done that yet.
I can't make a team
better than it is,
but I can definitely
make them perform
at their highest ability.
I don't think this team
has given their max effort
yet.
♪ ♪
(John)
All right.
Nick, Rorke, Tee,
once again you will choose
a member of your team
to face the Circus,
but because they went last week,
Goldie and Jim
must sit this one out.
And remember, in the Circus,
one person will give up.
You give up, you ring out.
Ring out, you go home.
(Tee)
Now that we got to go
to another Circus,
it's do or die.
Congratulations, guys.
[applause]
We can't afford to lose
another team member.
♪ ♪
[all speaking at once]
(Haze)
If I was Rorke, I would be
a bit disappointed in our team.
I mean, it was
a Navy SEAL challenge.
I was flabbergasted
when silver passed us.
I was like, "How in the--"
At the end of the day,
we just got beat.
(Haze)
He had every expectation that
we were going to crush this,
and we came in dead last.
I mean, just like last Circus,
Rorke's gonna pick who he knows
is coming back.
Ouch.
See, when I lean forward--
It hurts right there?
Right where it bends?
- Right there?
- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Ouch.
Ouch.
Good ouch?
Bad ouch?
Bad ouch.
We had to climb over the wall,
and I just kind of went over--
flew over and fell.
- Whoa.
- You okay, babe?
I landed in an awkward position
on my legs.
Does it feel sore?
How do you feel?
It feels un-walkable.
Un-walkable.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
Does it feel sore?
How do you feel?
It feels un-walkable.
Un-walkable.
♪ ♪
You know?
Well, why don't you sit down
and elevate it?
Why don't you sit down?
Because I'm walking and
I just want to see, you know--
I don't like getting
this emotional, but, like,
I'm gonna break.
You brought you from, like,
super mom Maria to this?
Um, injury did.
All I care about--I mean, this
is something I struggled with
since the moment I decided
to come here is I would rather
be home with my kids anyways.
[sniffles]
♪ ♪
I miss my kids.
Here, it's I have
an opportunity to go home
and be with them again,
or I can tough it out and stay
and still be uncomfortable.
Do you want to ring out?
Is that what you're saying?
No, I'm not saying that.
One of us is going to Circus.
We don't even know
if KJoy can do it, right?
So that's that.
Jim definitely can't do it
'cause he did it last week.
Now you're up in the air,
you know what I mean?
I'm say--you know what?
You need to stop it.
No, I'm just--I'm just asking.
You, like, need to go away.
[laughs]
(Cam)
I question Maria's intentions
in this competition
because we don't even know.
She might be milking it
especially with her potentially
going to go into Circus.
Come here.
So I--I question her injury
and I also question her
motivation going forward.
♪ ♪
Watch your footing!
The was clearly
a SEAL-centric event,
and we not only didn't win,
but we came in last place.
The thing
that I'm concerned about,
that I feel we have
to get right immediately
is the effort.
I care for this team,
I want their success,
and I want to make sure
my guidance is something
that leads them to that.
I care not that we lost
that event when it comes to
my reputation
being a SEAL or whatever.
That doesn't bother me at all.
My parents taught me
you are unlikely
gonna have the most talent
in the room,
but you can work the hardest
in the room.
If you fall on your face
five feet from the finish line
throwing up because
you gave everything you had,
nothing will make me happier.
(Haze)
Rorek reminds me a lot
of my dad.
My dad was a Marine and we lived
a military lifestyle.
We were very regimented,
got up at a certain time,
beds were made.
As an adult,
my dad is my best friend,
and it's my greatest fear
to disappoint my father.
I would never want
to let him down.
We can go harder,
and if we do,
they're gonna be in for it.
We all together on this?
- Absolutely. Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
♪ ♪
You guys are kicking butt
out there and taking names,
and, quite frankly,
it's not even close.
Y'all from the beginning
connected so well
because y'all are listening
to each other,
you're working together,
and it's that teamwork.
I think regardless of where
everyone is from,
everyone will
walk out of this experience
saying the word, "y'all."
[laughter]
- It's already happening.
- Yeah.
It's really exciting to be able
to sit back and just relax
and not think about someone from
our squad possibly going home
or having to go into the Circus.
When you got in the water
and had to become synchronized
as a unit, it was just like
watching everyone else
just fall away
into the distance.
And it was fun, I mean,
being on the lake.
The amazing thing to see is if
you can survive this thing,
you personally get a--
a life-changing amount of money,
and I think the cool thing
about you guys gelling together
as human beings is you can
walk away from this knowing
you did a huge solid
for somebody else,
and not only that, making some
friends along the way.
♪ ♪
Well, you all know we got
a big decision coming up.
We can't afford to lose anyone
else this early in the game.
I'm not gonna lie.
I'm scared to death.
Chris was one of
the strongest guys in the house.
To see him break down and lose
like that, it made me scared.
Don't think for a second though
that you can't do it
if you're called to do it.
(Ivette)
No, I don't think that I can't.
I don't want to lose my team,
and I don't want them to lose me
'cause I don't want them to have
to go in there with two.
I like that this is such
a 180 from how it was last week.
When I see you all
come in second, trust me,
I was proud and I was like,
"Wow, that's my team."
Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
(Nick)
What do you think
about the whole Circus?
'Cause I did not sleep much
last night
thinking about who would go.
I have limited options
for the Circus.
I can't send Jim.
He's already been.
Maria and KJoy are both injured
at this point.
My ankle and my knee
are severely injured,
so, I mean, somebody
step forward and just, like,
do the Circus so that
we can heal more, you know?
I've had that same thing happen
when I was
going through training,
when I was going through
a fractured tibia-fibia,
and then I had to go jump out
of planes, you know,
soon after that then go
ruck march 25 miles.
Maria,
she's a very strong individual,
strong-minded, she has a little
sprained ankle.
When it comes to pain,
if you don't mind,
then it won't matter.
Just putting things
into perspective
I think would help her out.
62-plus days of no food.
I lost 45 pounds in this course,
and I questioned often,
you know, "Why am I here?
Why do I put myself
through this?"
And what was your answer?
At the end of the day,
it was all about pride,
being able to get though it
and be a part of
an elite group of individuals.
I've seen worse things happen
to people,
and they push through the pain,
and I'm, you know,
trying to preach to my team
that it's only temporary.
Well, how do you feel?
I want to go.
It's gonna hurt,
but you get through it,
and then you deal with it after.
I feel pretty confident
about it.
It's just risky,
you know what I mean?
KJoy in particular,
she has the mindset.
That showed a lot, you know,
about her character.
All right, sounds good.
(Nick)
That is somebody I want
on my team.
♪ ♪
Welcome.
Tomorrow, three of you
will face this beast.
With Chris's immediate
departure,
the Circus itself
made a statement:
no matter how physically
prepared you think you are,
if you're chosen
to face the Circus,
you got a chance to ring out.
You ring out, you give up.
You give up, you go home.
Even if obstacles
are your specialty,
there is no way for you to train
or prepare what lies ahead
for any one of you
on that endurance platform.
Who will be the next
to ring out?
Who's the next to give up?
Who's the next to go home?
Who's got American grit?
We'll find out soon.
Now I'd like to know the three
that are gonna face the Circus.
(Rorke)
Once again, I need to send
someone to the Circus.
I take tremendous responsibility
in making sure
I pick the right person.
If I don't,
they could be going home.
♪ ♪
Now I'd like to know the three
that are gonna face the Circus,
so I'd like to start with Tee.
Who are you sending
to the Circus?
This individual
is someone I know that no matter
what they're faced with,
they're gonna make it happen.
I'm sending...
♪ ♪
Brooke.
Boom.
- Mm.
- You got this.
Brooke, how do you feel
about this decision?
- I'm ready.
- What makes you so ready?
About six years ago
I broke both of my hands,
and I didn't have use
of either hand for two years,
and I didn't give up then,
and I sure as hell
ain't gonna give up now.
Right on.
Rorke, who will you send
to the Circus?
The teammate I'm gonna send
I know is ready.
This athlete is designed
to do this course,
and I think uniquely prepared
for what will follow.
It's Haze.
(Haze)
I don't really feel
like I've had a chance
to show my individual strength,
so Rorek made
the absolute best decision.
(John)
Nick, we've barely begun,
and your team already has
two injured members.
How do you feel about being
so handicapped so early?
(Nick)
I don't believe it's a handicap.
A good buddy of mine,
we were on a mission,
and he got shot in his head
going up on a rooftop.
Point-blank range.
He fell down off the rooftop.
Instead of giving up,
even with the bullet
lodged inside of his skull,
he killed the guy who did it
and then still
completed the mission,
so if a guy, you know,
can get shot in his face
and continue on with
the mission, I relate to that.
I'm cut from that same cloth,
and I think anybody here can be.
It's all mental.
So with that said,
I'm gonna have to go with...
KJoy.
Yeah.
- You wanted it, girl.
- We got this.
We got this.
(Nick)
I'm gonna prove a point
to my team,
and that's that you can't
let injuries get in the way
of completing a mission.
I think KJoy's gonna show that
to everyone.
KJoy, Brooke, Haze,
tomorrow the three of you
will face the Circus,
and as confident
as you may feel now,
it is just fact that tomorrow
one of you will give up,
one of you will ring out,
one of you will go home.
And you all know that you run
this competition by yourself,
but you are members of a team,
and your team will be here
cheering you on.
I'll meet with each of you
in the morning
to find out
where your head is at.
Go home, get some rest.
You're gonna need it.
Tomorrow we will find out
who will be the one
to ring out.
Good luck.
♪ ♪
(Haze)
Do you think KJoy
might be intimidated?
The fact she wants to compete
with an injury,
she's got heart.
Once that adrenaline
starts going, I mean,
I fought through injury before
in races, so definitely
I'm not underestimating her
at all.
(Haze)
I also have some experience
obstacle course racing.
The first time I ever ran one,
I couldn't even complete
the first mile,
but when I got done, I was like,
"This is
the greatest thing ever."
We'll probably get down
and KJoy might still
be getting up that cargo net.
My first year
of running competitively,
I qualified
for the world championship,
and it was mind-blowing.
Which one of y'all is better?
Just be honest.
On the course.
♪ ♪
How many races have you done
this year?
I've done ten this year.
I've done 48.
(Haze)
There definitely is
a competition.
I haven't had a chance
to see her race,
but she's "beast-mode Barbie,"
so I guess we'll see
how we stack up together.
We're both pretty fierce,
or we wouldn't even be here.
(Haze)
Yeah.
♪ ♪
(John)
You are about to face
the Circus.
How do you feel?
It's a test not only
of your body, but of your heart
and your mind.
Mm.
And when I broke my hands,
it gave me
a lot of mental strength.
I want to talk about that.
Tell me about that.
Six years ago, I was passing
through an intersection
and was hit head-on.
The airbags shattered
both of my hands.
I ended up not having use of
either hand for two full years.
Two years?
I couldn't touch my face.
I couldn't go to the bathroom.
I couldn't bathe myself,
and to have your dad
bathe yourself
when you're a grown woman
is probably one of the most
humiliating experiences
of my life,
and I know if I can get
through something that traumatic
that I can do this.
You think Tee's made
the right choice?
Absolutely.
I think so too.
Good luck today.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Go get them.
Brooke essentially knows what
it's like to be down and out.
She was put through
such a sense of dependency.
She wants to make all those
that helped her out
proud of her, and I think
that's gonna be a driving force
today in the Circus.
Having no use of your arms for
two years, that's ridiculous,
and becomes, like,
beast-mode Barbie.
I mean, come on.
Who does that?
Just me.
Yeah.
(John)
You have a very difficult
Circus ahead of you.
You're on a bad wheel.
Statistically, on the course,
you are outgunned.
Yes.
What do you think
your chances are?
I--I'm coming back.
What is gonna be
going through your mind
when you have to dig deep?
What do you think of?
What keeps you going?
I go in my zone.
You can't hear things,
you can't really feel things.
It's just a state
of inner quietness,
so it doesn't matter
what noise is going on,
and since it's a test
of endurance,
I know one of them
will give up before I do.
She volunteers because she knows
she can endure,
and she has realized that
the Circus is a battle of will,
and she believes
of all the competitors,
she has the strongest will.
(KJoy)
It's good.
I got this.
This bag's coming back, girl.
Oh, yeah.
♪ ♪
You seem, on the exterior,
to have a very hard shell.
You seem extremely regimented
and disciplined as well.
Does that have anything to do
with your dad?
Absolutely.
I mean, my dad, we grew up as--
in a marine household,
and he's my best friend.
Sorry.
[laughs]
No, no, no, please.
This is--
this is--I want to know.
I want to say after my divorce,
when I came home,
I was, you know, trying
to get my life back on track,
and it was, like,
Dad was always there.
- Always.
- Always there.
Mm.
Go get them today.
Haze has certainly the qualities
of what it takes to be
in the United States military.
She has respect,
she has regimen,
she has perspective,
she has discipline,
but when put under duress,
we'll see what happens.
♪ ♪
All right, let's get down
to brass tax.
Haze, Brooke, KJoy, you will run
the Circus together,
but essentially, you all compete
against the Circus,
and it will push,
it will punish,
and especially
the endurance platform,
it will break your will,
at least one of them.
Today, one of the three of you
will quit.
♪ ♪
Today's endurance test is called
ice cubed.
You'll have to do ten burpees
on my count.
After your tenth,
you will submerge yourself,
that is head to toe,
in ice water.
♪ ♪
[intense music]
Today's endurance test
is called ice cubed.
You'll have to do ten burpees
on my count.
After your tenth,
you will submerge yourself,
that is head to toe,
in ice water.
♪ ♪
And then we'll repeat.
Exercise, submerge, exercise.
As long as it takes
till one of you says no more,
till one of you gives up
and rings out.
Cadres, competitors, you may
want to listen to this part
because the endurance will work
a little differently today.
If you're the first person
to reach the platform,
you will get to sit out
for the first two rounds
of the endurance.
You don't have to be
a science major or mathlete
to understand if you finish
this obstacle course first,
less work, less dunking.
You ladies understand?
- Yes.
- Yes, sir.
- Yes.
Make your way to the start.
[all yelling at once]
♪ ♪
Haze has this
military background
with her father's service.
She's an obstacle course racer
and she's tailor-made
for the Circus,
but she's grown to another
place of kind of believing
that she is one of my top dogs,
that somebody that in this game
is probably feared by other
competitors, and that's true.
Cadres, teams,
at "America Grit,"
all we ask for
is all you got.
(Ivette)
Come on, Brooke!
You got this, baby!
This your playground, baby.
This is your playground, Haze.
(John)
Three, two, one!
[air horn blows]
♪ ♪
(Goldie)
Run to one, Haze!
Haze out in front, seems to be.
KJoy trailing,
probably as expected.
Foot doesn't seem to be giving
her that much trouble though.
(Mark)
Come on girl, let's go!
Hey, got this, Haze!
(John)
Haze looks like she'll conquer
the cargo net first.
Brooke in second.
[all yelling at once]
(man)
Go get them, girl.
(John)
Brooke up and over the cargo.
- Let's go, KJoy!
- Go, KJoy!
(John)
And here comes KJoy
as Haze and Brooke prepare
for the 50-foot giants' ladder.
The race is on!
♪ ♪
Great job, girl!
Great job!
Get up this one, you are home.
This is your catch-up.
(John)
Haze having a little trouble
getting up that first rung.
(Tee)
Climb it out.
Climb it out, girl.
(John)
Fatigue is setting in.
♪ ♪
Come on, Brooke!
(Cam)
Let's go, KJoy!
(Maria)
Go, KJoy!
(Rorke)
No points for second.
Let's go, Haze.
You got it.
- Little bit more, girl.
- You got this, Haze!
[all yelling at once]
Little bit more.
You're up!
Looks like Haze.
Haze has regained the lead,
but Brooke
is right on her heels.
(Goldie)
Come on, girl!
(Tony)
Let's go, Brookey!
Haze is out first and on
the high beam, and killing it!
Haze is onto the Burma bridge
and she's gonna be the first
to the bridge.
That's it!
We're staying dry!
(John)
KJoy has conquered
the giants' ladder,
but a bit of work to do.
♪ ♪
I will say this:
closer than expected,
all things considered.
KJoy crossing the high beam
right now.
♪ ♪
Down the stretch they come.
Just one obstacle left
from the platform.
It's Haze, it's Haze, it's Haze!
That's it, Haze!
That's it!
We're staying dry!
(John)
Is anyone on her heels?
I know it's gonna be close
at this point.
And here comes Brooke.
I got two competitors
on the downward crawl.
Brooke, let's do this, baby!
(John)
This is where it gets close!
It's Haze.
Brooke close second.
- There you go, Brooke!
- Nice job, Haze!
[all yelling at once]
(Mario)
That's it!
Whoo!
♪ ♪
Haze is the first to arrive
on the platform!
I love it.
I love it.
- That's what's up, girl!
- There you go!
Now we go to the second phase
of this bad boy.
We go to the second phase.
You get the longest break.
It's gonna be me
and your dad up here.
[speaks indistinctly]
(John)
Second to reach
the endurance platform
is Brooke.
- I got you.
- I don't want to go home.
You're not going home.
(John)
All righty, KJoy is third.
Remove the helmet.
The endurance portion
will start.
Ten burpees please.
Three, two, one!
[air horn blows]
♪ ♪
One.
Two!
Three!
Eight!
Come on, KJoy!
Nine!
(Nick)
Too easy.
Too easy.
Ten!
Submerge!
Come on, KJoy!
This is all mental!
(Nick)
There you go.
Let's do it.
(Cam)
Nice, nice, nice, nice!
Brooke, your advantage is over!
Join the group!
Come on, Brooke!
(John)
And down!
♪ ♪
One!
Two!
(Ivette)
Come on, Brooke!
Come on!
(John)
Three!
You got this, baby!
(John)
Four!
[all yelling at once]
(Tony)
Let's go, Brooke!
Five!
[all yelling at once]
Ten!
We need you.
We need you.
All right?
Let's go, Brookey!
(Tee)
Submerge.
Get out!
Get out!
Get down.
Dunk it up!
Let's go.
Too easy!
It's all up in your mind.
All in your mind.
When KJoy reaches the platform,
we will start!
Me and your dad are right here.
Me and your dad are right here.
And begin!
Down!
(Goldie)
Think of your dad, Haze!
One!
You good?
I will do one with you.
You let me know.
- Two!
- Let's go, Brooke!
(Tony)
Let's go, Brookey!
(John)
Three!
(Goldie)
All right, Haze!
Four!
You got this, Brooke.
Come on.
Now in,
and get the hell out.
Submerge!
- Let's go!
- You got it, KJoy!
Here we go, Haze!
Let's go!
Daddy did it!
Daddy did the same thing!
(John)
Submerge!
Submerge!
Competitors back on the line!
Piece of cake.
Look at you!
Look at you!
Down!
[intense music]
♪ ♪
Six!
Seven!
Eight!
Nine!
Submerge!
- Submerge!
- KJoy, it's all you!
- You got it, KJoy!
- This is all you, KJoy!
Let's just get it done.
Let's just get it done.
(Rorke)
Perfect, perfect,
perfect, perfect.
Get out, get out,
get out!
Let's go, Brooke!
Come on.
Come on.
Come on!
One is breaking.
We got it!
You look like you're having fun.
Keep it going.
Jog it out.
Jog it out.
Get down.
Get down, baby.
Down!
Down!
♪ ♪
Let's go, Brooke!
Let's go!
Submerge!
Submerge!
[all yelling at once]
Competitors on the line!
Not feeling it, are we?
Not yet?
Nice!
Nice!
Nice 'cause we got one breaking.
Down!
(Tee)
Shake it off, baby!
Shake it off!
Come on, KJoy.
♪ ♪
You got this, Haze!
You look solid as a rock.
(Tee)
Team Tee, come on!
Submerge!
[all yelling at once]
♪ ♪
Down!
BBP!
(John)
Six!
Eight!
Nine!
Submerge!
Down!
(man)
Dig deep, Haze!
Dig deep!
(Cam)
Come on, KJoy!
(woman)
You got this!
Tee, you get your competitor
to keep pace!
(Tee)
Come on, Brooke!
♪ ♪
Come on, Brooke!
She's got it.
Come on, Brooke.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
Down!
Let's go, Brooke!
Let's go!
- Let's go, Brooke!
- Come on, Brooke.
No.
Uh-uh.
[intense music]
No!
No, no!
(man)
Hey, legs up!
Put her over.
Legs up.
Legs up!
All right?
- Come on, Brooke.
- No, Brooke, come on.
[all speaking at once]
(Tony)
Come on, Brooke!
♪ ♪
Come on, baby!
(Ivette)
Come on, Brooke, don't give up!
(man)
Okay, come--come with me.
I got you.
(Ivette)
I don't know
what's wrong with her.
I don't know
if she's breathing.
She looks like
she's unconscious,
and we are just freaking out.
(Tee)
Watch her head.
Watch her head.
(man)
All right, get this harness off.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Brookey!
- Come on, Brooke!
Is she awake?
- She--she's--
- Is she even awake?
She fainted.
Is somebody saying she's awake?
- She's good, she's good!
- She's okay!
We're good!
- Come on, Brooke!
- That's the way to compete.
She got thrown out there.
(Tee)
I'm here.
I'm here, baby.
My only focus is her health.
(Nick)
She's just cold.
She's fine.
I just want to make sure
that Brooke is okay.
Watch her head.
Watch her head.
(Rorke)
We deal with immersion
in the SEAL teams
in dangerously cold water
all the time.
This happens.
We push our training
at all times to a point
where you're right on
the ragged edge
of health and hurting somebody.
That's what happens
when your body hits the wall
in pure exhaustion.
You did awesome.
You did awesome.
Tough, all right?
All right, Brooke, we love you!
- She's warm.
- You didn't quit, Brooke!
- You didn't quit, baby!
- You didn't quit, Brooke!
(Tony)
She didn't give up.
Her body just gave out.
She gave it everything she had,
and she left it out there,
and that's all you can ask for
for a teammate.
[sighs]
[solemn music]
♪ ♪
[sobbing]
(man)
She's gonna be all right.
She's gonna be all right.
(Jim)
We are here to give
everything we have.
If I have to go out,
I want to go out like that.
I want to collapse in a heap
because I got nothing left.
It's "American Grit."
Let's do it right.
♪ ♪
First things first:
Brooke is going to be okay.
She is on the way
to the hospital
just for
precautionary measures only,
and Tee, as a Cadre, has made
the decision to go with her.
I'd like to say
what we saw here today
was nothing short of heroic.
If you give all you have,
that is the exact quality
that each of these leaders
look for when they want someone
to don the uniform
of the United States military.
Hooyah.
Both Ivette and Tony
have volunteered
to ring out for Brooke.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[bell ringing]
♪ ♪
(Ivette)
I know that we're gonna really
need her and we're--
she's gonna be missed,
and I just hope she knows
that we're really proud
of her.
She went out like--
like a soldier, you know?
Until her body gave out.
[applause]
[all speaking at once]
Your dad
is gonna be so proud of you.
(Tony)
In "American Grit," it's about
giving it everything you got
and saying, "Never quit."
If you're gonna leave
this competition,
that's the way you would leave.
♪ ♪
(John)
Next time...
[grunts]
(Tee)
Get off your butt.
Get up.
(John)
Team Tee has a tough battle
after losing another teammate.
Today is do or die.
(John)
And with Team Nick
suffering physically...
(Nick)
All right, let's get to work.
Let's get to work.
(John)
And Team Rorek mentally...
Come on, start talking.
We got to get this done.
(John)
Both teams need to find
their grit.
You're here
to challenge yourself.
You're not gonna stop
until you break.
(John)
Who will be the next contestant
to give up...
He's stuck in the net!
Ring out, and go home
on "American Grit"?
[woman yells]