Naked and Afraid: Alone (2020): Season 1, Episode 5 - Max Pushed to the Max - full transcript
Constantly on the run to avoid rhinos, elephants and lions, survivalist Max takes on the punishing South African savannah. Max gets a kill, but it puts his challenge at greater risk; predators close in to take his hard-earned win
OH *BLEEP*
Narrator: THEY SURVIVED
IN PAIRS AND IN GROUPS,
AND NOW THE BEST OF THE BEST
ARE TAKING ON THEIR GREATEST
CHALLENGE YET --
TO SURVIVE 21 DAYS...
HOLY *BLEEP*
...WITH NO SUPPORT...
OH, MY GOD!
...NO ONE TO WATCH
THEIR BACK...
Man: THIS IS MY SHOT.
Narrator:
...COMPLETELY EXPOSED.
WHOO!
JUST GOT THROUGH CUSTOMS.
JUST HEADED TO MY GATE.
IT'S GETTING REAL, BABY.
IT'S GETTING REAL,
WOO-HOO-HOO-HOO.
♪♪
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
IT'S A LITTLE CHILLY HERE
IN THE MORNING.
LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING
IS GRAY.
THIS PLACE IS DENSE.
SOMETHING COULD JUST SHOW UP
OUT OF NOWHERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PREDATORS
ALL AROUND HERE.
♪♪
MY NAME IS MAX JIMOI.
I STARTED AS A FAN.
THE LAST TWO YEARS
I'VE COMPLETED
THE 14-DAY FAN CHALLENGE,
21-DAY CHALLENGE,
AND THE 40-DAY XL CHALLENGE.
I'M A PRIMITIVE SURVIVALIST.
I'M AN OUTDOORSMAN.
I'M A PERSON THAT THRIVES
IN THE OUTSIDE.
I JUST DON'T QUIT.
WHOO!
Narrator:
MAX'S SOLO SURVIVAL RATING
WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON
HOW HE PERFORMED
ON HIS PAST CHALLENGES
IN THREE AREAS --
SELF-RELIANCE,
MENTAL TOUGHNESS, AND SKILLS.
ON HIS FAN CHALLENGE IN PANAMA,
MAX STRUGGLED WITH
A LESS SKILLED PARTNER.
I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING
DOUBLE THE WORK.
YOU CAME INTO THIS WITH LIKE,
NO SKILLS FOR THIS.
I CAN'T TAKE INSULT
AFTER INSULT.
I'M NOT INSULTING YOU.
NO, I DON'T WANT
TO TALK ANYMORE.
I JUST DON'T WANT
TO TALK ANYMORE.
BUT HIS PERSISTENCE
AT FISHING
SCORED A FOOD WIN
THAT PROPELLED THEM
TO THE FINISH LINE.
MMM.
IT IS VERY GOOD.
DURING HIS 21 DAYS
IN ISLA SAN JOSE,
MAX WORKED TO OVERCOME
ANOTHER DIFFICULT PAIRING.
Max:
JUST GOING TO STAND AROUND?
DUDE, YOU'RE NOT MY BOSS
SO STOP ACTING LIKE IT,
ALL RIGHT?
WELL, THEN START WORKING.
DON'T *BLEEP* START
ORDERING ME AROUND
OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
SOME SERIOUS *BLEEP* PROBLEMS.
Narrator:
AND THEN MAX WAS HIT
WITH THE LOSS OF HIS PARTNERS
BY DAY 13.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE,
I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S YOUR DECISION.
Max:
IT'S RELENTLESS OUT HERE,
YOU KNOW,
IT COULD BREAK ANYBODY.
Narrator: BUT HIS DETERMINATION
AND RESOURCEFULNESS
HELPED HIM TO SURVIVE
THE REMAINING 8 DAYS, ALONE.
THIS WILL GET ME
THROUGH EXTRACTION.
ON HIS CHALLENGE
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
MAX RISKED HIS LIFE
IN SHARK-INFESTED WATERS
TO SECURE A MUCH NEEDED WIN
AND COMPLETED 40 GRUELING DAYS.
Man:
WOW! YOU GOT COCONUTS!
Max: WE'RE ALL IN IT TO HELP
EACH OTHER OUT RIGHT NOW.
CONTRIBUTING, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THIS CHALLENGE IS GOING
TO BE MUCH HARDER
THAN ALL MY OTHER CHALLENGES.
EVEN THOUGH I FELT LIKE
I COULD HAVE DONE IT BY MYSELF
IN ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES,
I STILL HAD HELP
ALONG THE WAY.
I STILL HAD SOMEONE TO HELP ME
PUT IN THAT WORK THAT YOU NEED
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
Narrator:
AS MAX ATTEMPTS 21 DAYS ALONE,
HIS SSR STANDS AT 8.7.
Max:
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STEP
MY SURVIVAL SKILLS UP.
YOU KNOW, JUST EVOLVE
AS A SURVIVALIST.
I WANT TO PUSH MYSELF
AT HUNTING,
PRIMITIVE FIRE BUILDING,
AND IF I CAN FINISH
THIS CHALLENGE ALONE,
I CAN PROVE THAT I'M ONE OF THE
SAVVIEST SURVIVALISTS OUT THERE.
♪♪
HERE WE GO, SOUTH AFRICA.
WHOO!
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S COLDER THAN IT LOOKS.
HERE'S MY STUFF.
Narrator:
MAX WAS ALLOWED TO CHOOSE
THREE ESSENTIAL ITEMS
TO HELP HIM
SURVIVE THIS ENVIRONMENT.
Max: HERE WE GO.
TRUSTY KUKRI.
GOT THIS PRIMITIVE BOW.
AND THEN WE GOT MY POT.
AND THEN I GOT TO PULL OUT
MY MAP HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I'M RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT NEXT TO THIS
BIG OLD ANTHILL.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE MY WATER
SOURCE IS THAT WAY,
DUE EAST FROM HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
Narrator: MAX ENTERS
SOUTH AFRICA'S SELATI REGION
AS WINTER TIGHTENS ITS GRIP
ON THE ARID PLATEAU,
AND TEMPERATURES SWING WILDLY.
MAX WILL HAVE TO ENDURE
90-DEGREE DAYS.
FRIGID 40-DEGREE NIGHTS,
AND RECEDING WATER SOURCES.
WHILE COMPETING WITH PREDATORS
FOR PRECIOUS PROTEIN --
LIONS THAT CAN COMMUNICATE
THROUGH FLICKS OF THEIR TAILS,
TO SNEAK UP
ON UNSUSPECTING PREY.
AND AGGRESSIVE
AFRICAN RHINOCEROS,
RESPONSIBLE
FOR 200 HUMAN DEATHS EACH YEAR
THAT CAN CHARGE ANYONE
THREATENING THEIR TERRITORY
AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.
♪♪
♪♪
Max: 21 DAYS, BABY.
THE ONLY PARTNER I HAVE
IS MOTHER NATURE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN AGREE
ON MORE THINGS
THAN WE CAN DISAGREE ON.
SO FAR IT'S HOT.
GETTING THIRSTY,
AND THERE'S THORNS EVERYWHERE.
GETTING WORKED.
THESE BAD BOYS WILL POP TIRES.
YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE
OF YOUR FEET
BECAUSE EVERYONE'S A TOUGH GUY
UNTIL THEIR FEET ARE *BLEEP* UP.
♪♪
BUNCH OF ANIMAL TRACKS HERE.
OUT HERE, I'M SCARED OF LIONS,
I'M SCARED OF CHARGING HIPPOS,
BLACK RHINOS.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE
THE BIGGEST ANIMALS ON EARTH
ALL IN ONE CONCENTRATED AREA,
AND THEY CAN TAKE YOU OUT.
OH *BLEEP*
THOSE ARE THE WORST.
IT'S DEFINITELY GETTING
MORE LUSH AROUND HERE.
YOU CAN JUST SEE IT
IN THE LEAVES.
I SEE MUD.
OH, I SEE WATER.
YES, WE FOUND SOME WATER.
WHOO!
IT'S LIKE A MUD BATH
MORE THAN IT IS WATER,
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
♪♪
YUMMY.
IT'S LOOKING PRETTY --
PRETTY MURKY, PRETTY MUDDY.
IT'S SO GROSS,
BUT I JUST NEED A DRINK.
♪♪
I GOT TO BOIL THIS REALLY WELL.
WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN THIS WATER.
OH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
NOW WE GOT TO FIND A NICE PLACE
TO SET UP.
♪♪
IT'S SO HARD WORKING
WITH THESE THORNS.
SHELTER BUILDING.
FIRST MOVE IS KIND OF SETTING
A BOUNDARY,
AND THEN JUST START PILING ON
AS MANY STICKERS AS POSSIBLE.
NOW WE'RE TALKING.
WHOA, THAT'S THE CENTERPIECE
OF MY CRIB RIGHT THERE.
WHAT UP, CHAMP?
SICK.
WITH THAT LITTLE SOUL PATCH.
JUST MAKE IT SUPER UNINVITING
FOR ANYTHING
TO WANT
TO COME IN THERE.
♪♪
AAH!
I'VE JUST BEEN GETTING POKED
AND STABBED, LIKE, EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S SO GNARLY.
IT'S DEFINITELY TOUGH
FOR DOING ALL THIS MANUAL LABOR
BY YOURSELF.
KIND OF TAKE FOR GRANTED
HAVING A PARTNER,
BUT YOU KNOW,
STILL JAMMING.
GOT TO CHECK OUT
MY NEW BUDDY HERE,
WILLY THE WILDEBEEST.
YEAH.
ROCK AND ROLL.
♪♪
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START
WORKING ON THIS FIRE.
THAT'S WARMTH.
THAT'S FOOD GETTING COOKED.
THAT'S WATER.
THAT'S SCARING PREDATORS AWAY.
FREAKING PERFECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST CHALLENGE
THAT I'VE ACTUALLY HAD
TO USE A BOW DRILL.
I'VE HAD A FIRE STARTER IN EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF MY CHALLENGES.
BADDA BING BADDA BOOM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO DRINK SOMETHING.
WORKING WITH THE BOW DRILL
IS ALL ABOUT USING FRICTION
TO GET AN EMBER GOING.
THAT'S HARD ENOUGH
IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
OUT HERE,
MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
*BLEEP*.
♪♪
♪♪
THERE IT IS.
WHEW.
YEAH, BABY.
WHOO!
THAT MEANS I CAN DRINK.
WELL, DAMN, IT FEELS GOOD
TO BE A GANGSTER.
THIS IS EPIC.
JUST GOT A FIRE,
WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
SURVIVAL WIN SO FAR.
FEELS SUPER, SUPER GOOD.
♪♪
THAT'S NASTY.
NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO FILTER SOME OF THIS CRAP.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A WRAP FOR DAY ONE.
GOT MY BOMA.
GOT MY FIRE.
OH, MAN.
CHECK OUT THIS WHITE RHINO.
THAT'S KIND OF
WHY I CHOSE THIS,
THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
I GOT THIS NICE TREE
I CAN JUST CRAWL UP
IF A RHINO WERE TO COME IN HERE
AND CHARGE.
THEY CAN'T REALLY
GET HEIGHT ON YOU,
SO IF YOU CAN GET UP
INTO A TREE YOU'RE SAFE.
BUT THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE,
THEY PRETTY MUCH WALK AROUND
LIKE THEY GOT
A STICK UP THEIR BUTT
AND THEY'RE READY TO CHARGE
ANYTHING IN SIGHT,
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE
ON THEIR MENU.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
THE RHINO'S BACK RIGHT NOW.
HE'S RIGHT OUTSIDE.
LIKE, 20 FEET AWAY.
♪♪
*BLEEP*.
HE'S RIGHT THERE.
HEY, GET ON OUT OF HERE.
GET ON.
♪♪
♪♪
*BLEEP*.
HE'S RIGHT THERE.
HEY, GET ON OUT OF HERE.
GET ON.
♪♪
OKAY.
HE'S GONE.
THANK YOU.
♪♪
♪♪
DAY 2.
MADE IT THROUGH MY FIRST NIGHT.
ALREADY SEEING, YOU KNOW,
SIGNS OF HUGE PREDATORS.
SO, GOT TO MARK YOUR TERRITORY.
CLOSE OFF THIS ZONE RIGHT HERE,
AND IT WILL ADD
SOME PROTECTION TO IT.
YEAH.
♪♪
♪♪
I NEED SOME WATER.
MAN.
IT'S NOT THE MOST INVITING
WATER SOURCE I'VE EVER HAD.
ANIMALS ARE DEFECATING
IN THERE, FECES,
JUST STEWING ALL DAY
IN THE HEAT.
LOOK AT THIS *BLEEP*
PREHISTORIC CREATURE
I JUST PULLED OUT
OF THIS POND.
IT'S LIKE AN UNDERWATER
COCKROACH.
BE FREE MY PREHISTORIC
NASTY ANIMAL.
YIKES.
SO, DECIDED TO USE MY BAG
AS A FILTRATION SYSTEM,
AND THEN I'LL BOIL IT.
USING MY BAG TO FILTER THE WATER
IS SUPERIOR TO JUST SCOOPING IT
STRAIGHT OUT OF THERE.
I REALLY HOPE THIS WORKS OUT.
♪♪
JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE SLEEP,
BUT IT'S MISERABLE.
EVEN WITH THIS FIRE,
IT IS SO *BLEEP* COLD RIGHT NOW.
IT'S PROBABLY AROUND 45 DEGREES.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE
SHARING SOME HEAT
WITH SOMEBODY AT LEAST.
BRO, WE GOT ENOUGH ROOM
RIGHT HERE MAN, NO BIG DEAL.
WE CAN BOTH LAY TOGETHER,
DOG,
THAT'S HOW WE'RE
GOING TO STAY WARM.
I'M NOT GOING TO *BLEEP*
CUDDLE YOU OR ANYTHING.
YEAH, I DON'T.
DUDE, THIS IS
A SURVIVAL SITUATION.
I MEAN,
THIS FIRE IS A GOD-SEND,
BUT I'M STILL
FREEZING MY BALLS OFF.
IT'S LIKE
I'M BURNING ON ONE SIDE
AND FREEZING ON THE OTHER.
THE COLD IS THAT WAY
IN THE HEAT.
♪♪
♪♪
IT'S FRICKING COLD.
YOU CAN SERIOUSLY --
WATCH.
YOU CAN SEE MY BREATH.
SO TODAY IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR ME
TO GET A LITTLE LEAN-TO GOING.
♪♪
SOMETHING TO REFLECT HEAT
WITHIN MY BOMA.
OH, YEAH.
THE FIRST STEP,
YOU HAVE TO MAKE TWO PRONGS,
PUT THEM TOGETHER,
AND THEN PUT THE BEAM
THROUGH THE MIDDLE,
AND JUST HAVE LIKE AN A-FRAME,
LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL TARP TENTS.
AND THEN JUST LASH THAT TOGETHER
AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator:
NEXT, MAX CREATES A LATTICE
MADE OF STICKS,
THEN USES FOLIAGE AS INSULATION
TO BLOCK WIND AND REFLECT HEAT.
Max: HOPEFULLY THAT RETAINS
A LITTLE BIT MORE HEAT TONIGHT.
THAT'S CRUCIAL.
♪♪
I NEED SOME FOOD,
SOME SUSTENANCE
TO KEEP ME GOING.
TODAY I'M GOING TO REALLY FOCUS
ON HUNTING,
AND I'M ASHING UP
SO I CAN COVER MY SCENT
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I'M SURE IF YOU'RE
A WILD ANIMAL,
YOU CAN SMELL ME COMING.
Narrator:
THE CARBON IN ASH WORKS
AS AN ODOR ABSORBING SPONGE,
MASKING MAX'S SCENT.
♪♪
Max: MY SURVIVAL SKILLS
HAVE NEVER ENTAILED
KILLING LARGE ANIMALS,
BUT I'M SEEING FOOD HERE.
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO USE MY BOW.
♪♪
*BLEEP*
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I WAS SO CLOSE.
♪♪
I HAD THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO CAPITALIZE ON A GIANT BUCK.
♪♪
AH. *BLEEP*
IT SNAPPED IN HALF.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
*BLEEP*
♪♪
DAY 5.
I'VE HAD A COUPLE CHANCES
TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME PROTEIN.
LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT
HITTING MY SHOTS.
ALSO, I'VE BEEN KIND OF
NEGLECTING DRINKING THIS WATER
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN JUST
RUNNING *BLEEP* HAVOC ON ME.
THAT BAG FILTER DIDN'T WORK,
SO I'M ONLY DRINKING
WHEN I HAVE TO.
I CAN'T AFFORD
TO KEEP DOING THIS.
♪♪
DAY 7.
I'M FEELING PRETTY ROUGH.
THIS IS BY FAR,
THE HARDEST CHALLENGE YET.
IT'S A BATTLE 24-7.
MY OTHER CHALLENGE IS
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CATCH CRABS HERE AND THERE.
♪♪
YOU'RE MINE, YOU'RE MINE.
THAT'S DINNER TONIGHT, BABY.
*BLEEP* YEAH.
WHOO!
YOU KNOW IF I WAS
A BETTER HUNTER,
I THINK I WOULD HAVE
HAD FOOD BY NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY I GET SOME IMPALA.
I REALLY, REALLY NEED THIS.
♪♪
A KILL RIGHT NOW
WOULD JUST REINFORCE
THAT I BELONG IN THIS CHALLENGE.
I BELONG TO BE THRIVING.
IT'S BIG PROTEIN OR BUST.
BUT ONE OF THESE SHOTS
IS GOING TO PAY OFF.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
♪♪
IT'S PRETTY LATE.
DEFINITELY MISSING MY FAM, FOOD.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE
EVERYONE PROUD, CRUSH THIS.
I GOT TO GET ME A KILL TOMORROW.
I GOT THE JITTERS OUT.
I JUST NEED TO BRING IT
TO ANIMAL INSTINCT.
♪♪
I'VE BEEN SITTING
FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.
I GOT TO GET MYSELF SOME DINNER.
I NEED A WIN, BABY.
I NEED A *BLEEP* WIN.
JUST VISUALIZE AND EXECUTE.
JUST LIKE SPORTS,
JUST SEE YOURSELF DOING IT.
♪♪
WE GOT SOME IMPALA.
♪♪
♪♪
I JUST NAILED AN IMPALA.
I'M GOING TO TRACK HER DOWN.
♪♪
I HIT HER RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT NOW, I'M LOOKING FOR
A BLOOD TRAIL.
♪♪
WONDER WHERE I HIT HIM THEN?
*BLEEP*
STILL NO BLOOD.
♪♪
*BLEEP*.
♪♪
Max: I SEE BLOOD.
*BLEEP*
WHERE DID I HIT IT, THEN?
*BLEEP*
OH, SHE'S RIGHT THERE.
OH, MY GOD.
♪♪
OH BABY.
I'M SO SORRY.
I'M SO SORRY.
OH MY GOD.
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE SO *BLEEP*
BEAUTIFUL.
I'M SO THANKFUL.
YOU GOT TO SURVIVE.
Narrator:
A FEMALE IMPALA WILL YIELD
40 POUNDS OF MEAT,
OR 8 DAYS WORTH OF FOOD.
♪♪
THE FIRST TIME
SKINNING A MAMMAL.
I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH
AND WATCHED
A TON OF YouTube VIDEOS
ON HOW TO DO THIS.
MAN, IT'S FRICKING HARD.
I'M MAKING A *BLEEP* HACK-JOB
OF THIS
BUT I GOT HER HEART, BABY.
BUT YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALL A GROWING EXPERIENCE.
WHOO.
SO I GOT IT GUTTED.
NOW I AM MAKING A SMOKER FOR IT.
IT'S ABOUT 500 YARDS AWAY
FROM MY BOMA
SO I CAN KEEP THE MEAT
AND THE PREDATORS AWAY FROM ME.
I CAN SMOKE IT AND PRESERVE IT
AND HAVE IT FOR THE REST
OF THIS CHALLENGE.
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
GOT THIS SMOKER HERE, BOOM.
ABOUT TO PUT OBVIOUSLY,
A FIRE PIT DOWN HERE.
I'M GOING TO USE A LOT
OF THE SUN,
BECAUSE THE SMOKE JUST NEEDS
TO BILLOW UP INTO IT.
GET THIS FIRE GOING.
♪♪
♪♪
STILL NOT TIME TO CELEBRATE.
HYENAS, LIONS
WILL TAKE THIS *BLEEP* OUT.
I GOT TO MAKE A GIANT BOMA
AROUND IT
SO HOPEFULLY
THAT'S A DETERRENT ENOUGH
THAT THEY DON'T WANT
TO COME AND EAT THIS.
SO I GOT MY FIRST BUSH KILL
TODAY.
YEAH!
LOOK AT ALL THAT MEAT, BABY.
LOOKING LIKE
SNOOP DOGG'S HOUSE ON 4/20,
JUST STRAIGHT SMOKING.
I'M GOING TO GO STASH THESE
UP IN THE TREES
AWAY FROM MY SHELTER,
AND HOPE TO GOD
THAT THIS MAKES IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
♪♪
THIS'LL BE A GOOD NIGHT.
OH, YEAH.
♪♪
MMM.
THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS
YOU DREAM OF,
WHOLE MOUTH FULL OF MEAT.
I WISH I COULD SHARE THIS
WITH MY XL FAMILY.
MISS YOU GUYS.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
GOT A BIG KILL YESTERDAY.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I MADE MY CASE TO BE PART OF
THE ELITE SURVIVALISTS OUT HERE.
BUT THIS WATER IS STILL
RUNNING A *BLEEP* NUMBER ON ME.
I'M BARELY OBTAINING
ANY NUTRIENTS FROM IT
BECAUSE I'M LITERALLY
JUST CRAPPING IT OUT.
CHARCOAL SHOULD MINIMIZE
THE EFFECTS OF THIS POND SLUDGE.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY
WHAT YOU SHOULD DRINK
IF YOU'RE GETTING POISONED
BECAUSE IT NEUTRALIZES
WHATEVER'S IN YOUR STOMACH.
PLEASE LORD,
LET MY MEAT STILL BE THERE.
YEP, GOT BOTH OF THESE LEGS
RIGHT HERE.
*BLEEP*
IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER.
I AM CAVE MAN.
I MUST EAT MEAT.
HOPEFULLY MY MEAT SHACK
ACROSS THE WAY IS IMPENETRABLE.
UH-OH.
SOMETHING DEFINITELY
GOT AFTER IT LAST NIGHT.
*BLEEP*
THAT WHOLE LOWER RACK
HAS BEEN EATEN.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, WELL I'M TAKING
THIS *BLEEP* WITH ME FOR SURE.
I'D RATHER BATTLE THEM IN MY
SHELTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
♪♪
SO, LOST ABOUT A QUARTER OF IT.
STILL GOT A BIG OLD LEG
RIGHT THERE.
I HAVE BEEN URINATING
ALL AROUND MY SHELTER.
ANIMALS REALIZE I'VE ESTABLISHED
THIS AREA AS MY ZONE,
SO I FEEL CONFIDENT
IT'S PRETTY SAFE HERE.
♪♪
♪♪
THE CRUX OF THIS WHOLE CHALLENGE
IS DRINKING THIS WATER.
♪♪
IT'S NOT SANITARY BY ANY MEANS.
AND IT JUST KEEPS
RUNNING THE *BLEEP* GAMBIT
ON MY INTESTINES HERE.
I'M JUST SUPER DEHYDRATED.
I THOUGHT WITH
MY BIG PROTEIN WIN
I'D BE SET,
BUT THIS WATER'S KILLING ME.
IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING SOON,
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME OUT.
BOOM, THERE GOES MY CHALLENGE,
THERE GOES MY LIFE.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE,
I NEED A LEGITIMATE
WATER SOURCE.
♪♪
I JUST REALLY WANT
A GOOD WATER SOURCE,
BECAUSE -- YEAH.
JUST PLEASE, GOD, JUST LET ME --
HELP ME OUT HERE.
DAY 15.
I'VE DECIDED TO MOVE ON.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RIGHT HERE.
EXTRACTION'S OVER HERE.
SO ESSENTIALLY
I'LL BE HEADING TO --
LOOKS LIKE ALMOST A RIVER.
THIS IS MY ONLY OPTION.
♪♪
I NEED TO MAKE MYSELF SOME SHOES
FOR THIS NEXT JOURNEY COMING UP,
JUST BECAUSE
EVERYTHING OUT HERE
WANTS TO STAB YOUR FEET.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
A LONG MISSION TO WATER.
YOU KNOW, I'M GOING IN HOPES
OF A LEGITIMATE WATER SOURCE.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
♪♪
*BLEEP*
THEY'RE KIND OF
FRESH THOUGH, RIGHT?
♪♪
GRABBING SOME ELEPHANT DUNG
SO I CAN GET
A LITTLE EMBER FIRE GOING
SO I CAN JUST START A FIRE
AS SOON AS I GET
TO THIS NEW LOCATION.
IT'S JUST ONE THING
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
YEAH, I'M READY
TO GET OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
Narrator:
MAX RISKS FURTHER DEHYDRATION
AS HE EMBARKS
ON A 4-MILE HIKE SOUTH
TO FIND A MORE VIABLE
WATER SOURCE.
Max:
CURRENTLY JUST GOING TO KEEP
FOLLOWING THIS RIVER BED DOWN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG MISSION
TO WATER,
SO IF I CAN GET
TO THIS NEW LOCATION
AND THE WATER
OVER THERE IS CRAP,
I WOULD TAP.
♪♪
WHEW, IT'S HOT.
GOT TO KEEP CHARGING THOUGH,
STAY POSITIVE.
HOPE FOR THE BEST, YOU KNOW,
PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
♪♪
LOOK AT THAT.
♪♪
BIG OLD LION PRINTS RIGHT HERE.
THAT THING'S A MONSTER.
THIS IS A STRAIGHT-UP KILL ZONE.
♪♪
I SEE WATER.
HELL YEAH.
IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT
BUT IT LOOKS WAY BETTER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS FAR BETTER
THAN MY LAST LOCATION.
WHOO-HOO.
SO THIS IS MY NEW WATER SOURCE.
I LIKE GREEN OVER DARK,
DIRTY BROWN ANY DAY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING
TO GET SOME WATER GOING
AFTER THAT LONG HIKE.
I'M JUST SO THIRSTY.
♪♪
OH *BLEEP*
OH *BLEEP*
GOT SOME ELEPHANT DOWN THE WAY.
♪♪
AND THEY HAVE A BABY WITH THEM.
OH, GOD.
♪♪
BUT, YEAH, MY SHELTER
IS POTENTIALLY RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU HAVE OFFSPRINGS
AND LARGE ANIMALS,
NEED TO GET AWAY.
ELEPHANTS TAKE PRECEDENCE
AROUND HERE.
THEY'RE THE BOSSES
SO I'M NOT GOING
TO PUT MYSELF BETWEEN
CUBS AND LIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MYSELF
BETWEEN CALVES AND ELEPHANTS.
THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS,
THEY'RE NO JOKE.
I'M IN IT, I'M BY MYSELF.
THERE IS NO COMPLACENCY
WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF.
ON MY 40-DAY CHALLENGE,
I ALMOST STEPPED
ON A BABY VIPER.
THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME.
I COULD HAVE DIED ON THE SPOT.
Max: I DON'T WANT
TO MAKE HIM MAD.
-OH, OH. *BLEEP*
-OH *BLEEP*.
WITH THE SUN WHERE IT'S AT,
I DON'T HAVE THE LIBERTY
TO HANG AROUND
AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
SO VACATING MY PREMISE HERE,
START BUILDING A BOMA
DOWN THE WAY.
♪♪
I GOT THIS FIRE EMBER
AND ELEPHANT DUNG.
LIT UP THE FIRE,
THAT'S A HUGE WIN
RIGHT OFF THE BAT
JUST BECAUSE THAT MEANS
I CAN PURIFY WATER
AND SCARE AWAY PREDATORS.
AHH.
THAT ACTUALLY TASTES GOOD.
I CAN DRINK THAT *BLEEP*
RIGHT THERE.
TIME TO GET TO WORK.
♪♪
I FOUND A LEGIT SPOT
TO SET UP A BOMA,
BUT I GOT A LOT TO DO,
AND I'M DEFINITELY
RUNNING OUT OF DAYLIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BUILD
AN INSULATED SHELTER RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS SCARY.
IT'S *BLEEP* COLD AT NIGHT,
SUPER HOT DURING THE DAY.
THAT CONTRAST OF EXTREMES
IS JUST TOUGH.
SO IT'S GOING TO GET
INTERESTING TONIGHT.
♪♪
♪♪
IT'S SO FREAKING COLD AT NIGHT.
I REALLY HOPE I CAN MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT HERE.
♪♪
WINTER IN SOUTH AFRICA
IS NO JOKE.
I THOUGHT AFRICA,
AND I WAS LIKE,
"YUP, IT SHOULD BE EASY
CLIMATE-WISE."
BUT NOPE,
SOUTH AFRICA, NOT SO MUCH.
I'M TRYING TO STAY WARM.
♪♪
NIGHT ONE
IN THE NEW BOMA LOCATION,
WITHIN AN HOUR OF TRYING
TO FALL ASLEEP,
IT GOT BONE-CHILLING COLD.
IT'S DEFINITELY
THE COLDEST NIGHT
I'VE HAD ON
"NAKED AND AFRAID" EVER.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
♪♪
PLAN FOR TODAY IS MAKE
A BOMBER SHELTER
THAT WILL MAINTAIN
A FIRE INSIDE OF IT.
MUD IT UP,
BRICK-AND-MORTAR STYLE.
♪♪
Narrator: MAX'S SHELTER,
MODELED ON A SUB-SUHARAN
MUD HUT,
STARTS WITH
A BRICK-AND-MORTAR BASE
OF STONES AND MUD.
NEXT, HE CONSTRUCTS A ROUND
IGLOO-LIKE ENCLOSURE
FROM STACKED RIVER ROCKS.
FINALLY, PALM LEAVES
AND RIVER REEDS
CREATE AN INSULATED ROOF.
VERY ROBUST.
TO BE ABLE TO BUILD
A FRICKING STONE SHELTER,
MOVING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS
OF ROCKS JUST TO STAY WARM,
THAT'S THRIVING
IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION.
MY LITTLE SHELTER LOOKING
PRETTY BOMBER RIGHT NOW.
IT'S TOUGH YOU KNOW,
I MISS MY FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST...
YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS,
'CAUSE YOU'RE IN THE MOMENT
YOU HAVE TO BE HERE.
YOU KNOW,
ONCE YOU START FLOATING OFF,
THAT'S WHEN YOU START
GOING OFF THE DEEP END
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
MY LAST 21-DAY CHALLENGE,
EVERYONE LEFT ME ON DAY 13,
EVERYONE.
IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN,
THE BUGS WERE BAD.
♪♪
FIRST NIGHT BY MYSELF,
JUST STARTED MONSOON RAINING
OUT OF NOWHERE.
IT'S FRICKING COLD.
BUT I MADE IT TO THE END,
JUST LIKE MY OTHER CHALLENGES.
TO BE PASSING THE FINISH LINE,
IT'S HUGE.
SO I JUST
GOT TO POWER THROUGH.
*BLEEP* POWER THROUGH.
♪♪
I JUST WOKE UP,
FREAKING WIND STORM
GOING ON OUT THERE.
MY BEARD,
THERE'S CRAP ALL UP IN IT.
BUT MY ROCK SHELTER SEEMS TO BE
HOLDING UP PRETTY WELL
BUT THERE'S STILL HOLES
ALL IN IT.
OH, IT'S COLD.
CRAZY.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, SO LAST COUPLE NIGHTS
HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FRIGID,
LIKE SERIOUSLY,
THE COLDEST NIGHTS OF MY LIFE.
SO GOING TO WORK ON MY SHELTER,
I'M GOING TO INSULATE
WITH THE GRASS.
OH, YEAH.
IT'S BEEN PRETTY TOUGH
SINCE I'VE BEEN PUTTING IN
SO MUCH WORK
I'VE BEEN EATING PROBABLY MORE
THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.
I'M DOWN TO AROUND
LIKE 10 PIECES OF BILTUNG.
I HAVE 3 DAYS LEFT BEFORE I HIT
THE ROAD FOR EXTRACTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CUTTING IT CLOSE
BUT YOU KNOW, STAY TUNED,
BECAUSE I'LL LET YOU KNOW
IF I'M WARM OR NOT
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF --
YEAH, IF I WAS JUST
A WASTE OF CALORIES OR NOT.
♪♪
SO THIS SHELTER
IS WORKING GREAT.
OH, IT'S SO WARM IN HERE.
IT'S TOASTY.
I FEEL LIKE A WOOD-FIRE-OVEN
PIECE OF PIZZA.
YEAH.
PEPPERONI.
♪♪
DAY 20.
WHOO!
MADE IT THIS FAR.
PRETTY CRAZY.
JUST THINKING ABOUT
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND HOW MUCH I DEARLY MISS THEM.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT OVER YET.
I STILL GO ONE MORE NIGHT.
I GOT TO PUSH THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE
THE FINISH LINE,
IT'S GETTING CLOSE.
SO IT'S ALL ON ME.
♪♪
♪♪
AND I JUST TOTALLY HEAR A LION
OVER HERE, ROARING.
THAT'S SCARY, YOU KNOW.
RESPECT THE KING OF THE JUNGLE,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
THERE'S SOMETHING PRETTY CLOSE
TO MY SHELTER.
WHATEVER IT IS,
IT SOUNDS BIG.
IT SOUNDS VERY BIG.
A LOT OF MOVEMENT OUT HERE.
HEY!
GET GOING!
HEY!
MOVE ALONG!
HEY!
♪♪
GET OFF!
YOU BETTER GET ON OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
♪♪
WILLY THE WILDEBEEST.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S FRICKING STELLAR.
WILLY'S NOT LOOKING TOO HOT.
HE'S LOOKING
WILLY BAD.
AND I WILLY
DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT.
WILLY, I BROUGHT FOOD.
I KNOW YOU'RE DYING TO EAT.
HE'S MY FIRST FRIEND,
BUT, YEAH, YOU GOT TO MOVE ON.
BE FREE, WILLY, BE FREE.
AH!
Max: YOU BETTER GET ON
OUT OF HERE.
HEY!
KEEP ON MOVING.
SOUNDS LIKE HE'S MAKING
HIS WAY OUT OF HERE.
THERE'S SO MANY PREDATORS
OUT HERE,
LIKE, HOW AM I STILL ALIVE?
WHEW.
♪♪
IT'S EXTRACTION DAY.
DEFINITELY HEARD SOME LIONS
LAST NIGHT.
THEY WERE STALKING
AROUND THE BOMA.
THEY DEFINITELY SAW
AND HEARD ME.
THEY WERE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT,
THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
♪♪
I'M ABOUT TO HEAD OUT,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE
I HAVE TO MAKE MY WAY EAST.
I JUST SEE A LONG TREK.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ONE.
I'M A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE
ABOUT THIS HIKE.
I'M STILL NOT DONE YET,
BUT YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT
TO GET TO THE END
SO I GOT TO PUSH IT
TO THE FINISH LINE.
IT'S BEEN REAL, ROCK.
♪♪
Narrator: MAX SETS OFF ON
A 6-MILE HIKE TO EXTRACTION,
DEPLETED, EXPOSED AND AT-RISK
OF BECOMING PREY
AS HE TREKS
THROUGH THORNY FOOTHILLS
WHERE LIONS
ARE ACTIVELY STALKING.
♪♪
♪♪
I'M IN THE RIVER BED
AND THE ENERGY IS
JUST GETTING SUCKED OUT OF ME
BY THE FREEZING COLD SAND.
IT'S LIKE A DEATH MARCH.
SEEING A LOT OF BONES,
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE
AN EXTRA SET OF EYES
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN LIKE,
A RAVINE.
I DON'T HAVE A VANTAGE POINT
IN HERE,
KIND OF JUST A SITTING DUCK,
JUST WALKING THROUGH
THE KILL ZONE.
DON'T WANT TO END UP
LIKE THAT GUY.
OH, YEAH.
WOW! HOLY CRAP!
LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THESE CAT TRACKS.
HOLY *BLEEP*.
DOUBLE THE SIZE OF MY FIST.
THAT IS A BIG FREAKING CAT.
RIGHT NOW,
I'M VULNERABLE AND EXPOSED,
BUT JUST NOT A QUITTER.
I'M AN ATHLETE.
THAT'S WHAT I STRIVE FOR.
YOU GOT TO MAKE IT
TO THE END ZONE
OR YOU'RE GOING TO *BLEEP* LOSE,
AND IT'S GAME OVER.
I GOT TO JUST POWER THROUGH.
♪♪
IT'S PRETTY BUSHY.
IT'S NOT VERY SAFE TO BE DOWN
LOW IN THE BUSH HERE.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PREDATORS
KIND OF LIKE TO HUNKER DOWN.
I THINK TAKING THE HIGHER ROUTE
IS PROBABLY MY BEST PLAN
OF ATTACK HERE.
WALK ABOVE THE RAVINE
FOR A WHILE.
♪♪
OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THE FREAKING RHINO
RIGHT THERE.
OH, DAMN *BLEEP*
THAT THING'S PRETTY CLOSE.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
HOLY *BLEEP*
DID THAT REALLY JUST
*BLEEP* HAPPEN?
♪♪
MY EXTRACTION POINT,
I SHOULD BE PRETTY DAMN CLOSE.
OVER THIS RIDGE.
IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.
THIS IS WHEN YOU SWITCH
INTO SIXTH GEAR,
AND YOU'RE HEADING
INTO THE FINISH LINE.
ALMOST THERE.
WHOO!
♪♪
AH, MAN, WHAT A VIEW.
WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE.
OH *BLEEP*.
THERE WE GO!
THERE WE GO!
HEY!
WHOO!
HELL, YEAH, BABY.
21 DAYS SOLO --
FEELS SURREAL MAN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE IT.
I STARTED AS A FAN.
FOUR CHALLENGES LATER,
I'M STILL NAKED, BUT UNAFRAID.
♪♪
HEY, YOU PICKING UP
ANY HITCHHIKERS?
AH!
THANK YOU, SIR.
WELL DONE.
HELL, YEAH.
WHOO!
JUST FINISHED 21 DAYS
IN SOUTH AFRICA, SOLO.
ONE OF THE MOST EPIC JOURNEYS,
EVER.
♪♪
OH, I FEEL VERY ACCOMPLISHED.
I SURVIVED ABOUT 96 DAYS
WITH "NAKED AND AFRAID"
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I KNOW IT'S SUCH AN EVOLUTION
IN MY SURVIVAL SKILLS.
I'M THANKFUL
FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY BROADENED
MY REPERTOIRE
WHEN IT COMES
TO PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL.
AND TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT
AS SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS ANIMALS ON EARTH
ALL ON MY OWN, IT'S HUGE.
YEAH, FINALLY,
I'M AN ULTIMATE SURVIVALIST.
♪♪
Narrator: MAX LOST A TOTAL
OF 23 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS.
HE OVERCAME SEVERE DEHYDRATION
AND PROVED HIS EXCELLENCE
AS A HUNTER.
HIS SOLO SURVIVAL RATING
RISES TO 9.7.
I LOST A TON OF WEIGHT,
BUT I STILL FEEL GREAT,
AND I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I CAME THROUGH THRIVING.
YOU EITHER AFRI-CAN
OR YOU AFRI-CAN'T.
AND I'M DEFINITELY AFRI-CAN.
COMING HOME, BABY.
WHOO!
♪♪
Narrator: THEY SURVIVED
IN PAIRS AND IN GROUPS,
AND NOW THE BEST OF THE BEST
ARE TAKING ON THEIR GREATEST
CHALLENGE YET --
TO SURVIVE 21 DAYS...
HOLY *BLEEP*
...WITH NO SUPPORT...
OH, MY GOD!
...NO ONE TO WATCH
THEIR BACK...
Man: THIS IS MY SHOT.
Narrator:
...COMPLETELY EXPOSED.
WHOO!
JUST GOT THROUGH CUSTOMS.
JUST HEADED TO MY GATE.
IT'S GETTING REAL, BABY.
IT'S GETTING REAL,
WOO-HOO-HOO-HOO.
♪♪
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
IT'S A LITTLE CHILLY HERE
IN THE MORNING.
LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING
IS GRAY.
THIS PLACE IS DENSE.
SOMETHING COULD JUST SHOW UP
OUT OF NOWHERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PREDATORS
ALL AROUND HERE.
♪♪
MY NAME IS MAX JIMOI.
I STARTED AS A FAN.
THE LAST TWO YEARS
I'VE COMPLETED
THE 14-DAY FAN CHALLENGE,
21-DAY CHALLENGE,
AND THE 40-DAY XL CHALLENGE.
I'M A PRIMITIVE SURVIVALIST.
I'M AN OUTDOORSMAN.
I'M A PERSON THAT THRIVES
IN THE OUTSIDE.
I JUST DON'T QUIT.
WHOO!
Narrator:
MAX'S SOLO SURVIVAL RATING
WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON
HOW HE PERFORMED
ON HIS PAST CHALLENGES
IN THREE AREAS --
SELF-RELIANCE,
MENTAL TOUGHNESS, AND SKILLS.
ON HIS FAN CHALLENGE IN PANAMA,
MAX STRUGGLED WITH
A LESS SKILLED PARTNER.
I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING
DOUBLE THE WORK.
YOU CAME INTO THIS WITH LIKE,
NO SKILLS FOR THIS.
I CAN'T TAKE INSULT
AFTER INSULT.
I'M NOT INSULTING YOU.
NO, I DON'T WANT
TO TALK ANYMORE.
I JUST DON'T WANT
TO TALK ANYMORE.
BUT HIS PERSISTENCE
AT FISHING
SCORED A FOOD WIN
THAT PROPELLED THEM
TO THE FINISH LINE.
MMM.
IT IS VERY GOOD.
DURING HIS 21 DAYS
IN ISLA SAN JOSE,
MAX WORKED TO OVERCOME
ANOTHER DIFFICULT PAIRING.
Max:
JUST GOING TO STAND AROUND?
DUDE, YOU'RE NOT MY BOSS
SO STOP ACTING LIKE IT,
ALL RIGHT?
WELL, THEN START WORKING.
DON'T *BLEEP* START
ORDERING ME AROUND
OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
SOME SERIOUS *BLEEP* PROBLEMS.
Narrator:
AND THEN MAX WAS HIT
WITH THE LOSS OF HIS PARTNERS
BY DAY 13.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE,
I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S YOUR DECISION.
Max:
IT'S RELENTLESS OUT HERE,
YOU KNOW,
IT COULD BREAK ANYBODY.
Narrator: BUT HIS DETERMINATION
AND RESOURCEFULNESS
HELPED HIM TO SURVIVE
THE REMAINING 8 DAYS, ALONE.
THIS WILL GET ME
THROUGH EXTRACTION.
ON HIS CHALLENGE
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
MAX RISKED HIS LIFE
IN SHARK-INFESTED WATERS
TO SECURE A MUCH NEEDED WIN
AND COMPLETED 40 GRUELING DAYS.
Man:
WOW! YOU GOT COCONUTS!
Max: WE'RE ALL IN IT TO HELP
EACH OTHER OUT RIGHT NOW.
CONTRIBUTING, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THIS CHALLENGE IS GOING
TO BE MUCH HARDER
THAN ALL MY OTHER CHALLENGES.
EVEN THOUGH I FELT LIKE
I COULD HAVE DONE IT BY MYSELF
IN ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES,
I STILL HAD HELP
ALONG THE WAY.
I STILL HAD SOMEONE TO HELP ME
PUT IN THAT WORK THAT YOU NEED
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
Narrator:
AS MAX ATTEMPTS 21 DAYS ALONE,
HIS SSR STANDS AT 8.7.
Max:
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STEP
MY SURVIVAL SKILLS UP.
YOU KNOW, JUST EVOLVE
AS A SURVIVALIST.
I WANT TO PUSH MYSELF
AT HUNTING,
PRIMITIVE FIRE BUILDING,
AND IF I CAN FINISH
THIS CHALLENGE ALONE,
I CAN PROVE THAT I'M ONE OF THE
SAVVIEST SURVIVALISTS OUT THERE.
♪♪
HERE WE GO, SOUTH AFRICA.
WHOO!
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S COLDER THAN IT LOOKS.
HERE'S MY STUFF.
Narrator:
MAX WAS ALLOWED TO CHOOSE
THREE ESSENTIAL ITEMS
TO HELP HIM
SURVIVE THIS ENVIRONMENT.
Max: HERE WE GO.
TRUSTY KUKRI.
GOT THIS PRIMITIVE BOW.
AND THEN WE GOT MY POT.
AND THEN I GOT TO PULL OUT
MY MAP HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I'M RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT NEXT TO THIS
BIG OLD ANTHILL.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE MY WATER
SOURCE IS THAT WAY,
DUE EAST FROM HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
Narrator: MAX ENTERS
SOUTH AFRICA'S SELATI REGION
AS WINTER TIGHTENS ITS GRIP
ON THE ARID PLATEAU,
AND TEMPERATURES SWING WILDLY.
MAX WILL HAVE TO ENDURE
90-DEGREE DAYS.
FRIGID 40-DEGREE NIGHTS,
AND RECEDING WATER SOURCES.
WHILE COMPETING WITH PREDATORS
FOR PRECIOUS PROTEIN --
LIONS THAT CAN COMMUNICATE
THROUGH FLICKS OF THEIR TAILS,
TO SNEAK UP
ON UNSUSPECTING PREY.
AND AGGRESSIVE
AFRICAN RHINOCEROS,
RESPONSIBLE
FOR 200 HUMAN DEATHS EACH YEAR
THAT CAN CHARGE ANYONE
THREATENING THEIR TERRITORY
AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.
♪♪
♪♪
Max: 21 DAYS, BABY.
THE ONLY PARTNER I HAVE
IS MOTHER NATURE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN AGREE
ON MORE THINGS
THAN WE CAN DISAGREE ON.
SO FAR IT'S HOT.
GETTING THIRSTY,
AND THERE'S THORNS EVERYWHERE.
GETTING WORKED.
THESE BAD BOYS WILL POP TIRES.
YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE
OF YOUR FEET
BECAUSE EVERYONE'S A TOUGH GUY
UNTIL THEIR FEET ARE *BLEEP* UP.
♪♪
BUNCH OF ANIMAL TRACKS HERE.
OUT HERE, I'M SCARED OF LIONS,
I'M SCARED OF CHARGING HIPPOS,
BLACK RHINOS.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE
THE BIGGEST ANIMALS ON EARTH
ALL IN ONE CONCENTRATED AREA,
AND THEY CAN TAKE YOU OUT.
OH *BLEEP*
THOSE ARE THE WORST.
IT'S DEFINITELY GETTING
MORE LUSH AROUND HERE.
YOU CAN JUST SEE IT
IN THE LEAVES.
I SEE MUD.
OH, I SEE WATER.
YES, WE FOUND SOME WATER.
WHOO!
IT'S LIKE A MUD BATH
MORE THAN IT IS WATER,
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
♪♪
YUMMY.
IT'S LOOKING PRETTY --
PRETTY MURKY, PRETTY MUDDY.
IT'S SO GROSS,
BUT I JUST NEED A DRINK.
♪♪
I GOT TO BOIL THIS REALLY WELL.
WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN THIS WATER.
OH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
NOW WE GOT TO FIND A NICE PLACE
TO SET UP.
♪♪
IT'S SO HARD WORKING
WITH THESE THORNS.
SHELTER BUILDING.
FIRST MOVE IS KIND OF SETTING
A BOUNDARY,
AND THEN JUST START PILING ON
AS MANY STICKERS AS POSSIBLE.
NOW WE'RE TALKING.
WHOA, THAT'S THE CENTERPIECE
OF MY CRIB RIGHT THERE.
WHAT UP, CHAMP?
SICK.
WITH THAT LITTLE SOUL PATCH.
JUST MAKE IT SUPER UNINVITING
FOR ANYTHING
TO WANT
TO COME IN THERE.
♪♪
AAH!
I'VE JUST BEEN GETTING POKED
AND STABBED, LIKE, EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S SO GNARLY.
IT'S DEFINITELY TOUGH
FOR DOING ALL THIS MANUAL LABOR
BY YOURSELF.
KIND OF TAKE FOR GRANTED
HAVING A PARTNER,
BUT YOU KNOW,
STILL JAMMING.
GOT TO CHECK OUT
MY NEW BUDDY HERE,
WILLY THE WILDEBEEST.
YEAH.
ROCK AND ROLL.
♪♪
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START
WORKING ON THIS FIRE.
THAT'S WARMTH.
THAT'S FOOD GETTING COOKED.
THAT'S WATER.
THAT'S SCARING PREDATORS AWAY.
FREAKING PERFECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST CHALLENGE
THAT I'VE ACTUALLY HAD
TO USE A BOW DRILL.
I'VE HAD A FIRE STARTER IN EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF MY CHALLENGES.
BADDA BING BADDA BOOM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO DRINK SOMETHING.
WORKING WITH THE BOW DRILL
IS ALL ABOUT USING FRICTION
TO GET AN EMBER GOING.
THAT'S HARD ENOUGH
IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
OUT HERE,
MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
*BLEEP*.
♪♪
♪♪
THERE IT IS.
WHEW.
YEAH, BABY.
WHOO!
THAT MEANS I CAN DRINK.
WELL, DAMN, IT FEELS GOOD
TO BE A GANGSTER.
THIS IS EPIC.
JUST GOT A FIRE,
WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
SURVIVAL WIN SO FAR.
FEELS SUPER, SUPER GOOD.
♪♪
THAT'S NASTY.
NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO FILTER SOME OF THIS CRAP.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A WRAP FOR DAY ONE.
GOT MY BOMA.
GOT MY FIRE.
OH, MAN.
CHECK OUT THIS WHITE RHINO.
THAT'S KIND OF
WHY I CHOSE THIS,
THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
I GOT THIS NICE TREE
I CAN JUST CRAWL UP
IF A RHINO WERE TO COME IN HERE
AND CHARGE.
THEY CAN'T REALLY
GET HEIGHT ON YOU,
SO IF YOU CAN GET UP
INTO A TREE YOU'RE SAFE.
BUT THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE,
THEY PRETTY MUCH WALK AROUND
LIKE THEY GOT
A STICK UP THEIR BUTT
AND THEY'RE READY TO CHARGE
ANYTHING IN SIGHT,
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE
ON THEIR MENU.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
THE RHINO'S BACK RIGHT NOW.
HE'S RIGHT OUTSIDE.
LIKE, 20 FEET AWAY.
♪♪
*BLEEP*.
HE'S RIGHT THERE.
HEY, GET ON OUT OF HERE.
GET ON.
♪♪
♪♪
*BLEEP*.
HE'S RIGHT THERE.
HEY, GET ON OUT OF HERE.
GET ON.
♪♪
OKAY.
HE'S GONE.
THANK YOU.
♪♪
♪♪
DAY 2.
MADE IT THROUGH MY FIRST NIGHT.
ALREADY SEEING, YOU KNOW,
SIGNS OF HUGE PREDATORS.
SO, GOT TO MARK YOUR TERRITORY.
CLOSE OFF THIS ZONE RIGHT HERE,
AND IT WILL ADD
SOME PROTECTION TO IT.
YEAH.
♪♪
♪♪
I NEED SOME WATER.
MAN.
IT'S NOT THE MOST INVITING
WATER SOURCE I'VE EVER HAD.
ANIMALS ARE DEFECATING
IN THERE, FECES,
JUST STEWING ALL DAY
IN THE HEAT.
LOOK AT THIS *BLEEP*
PREHISTORIC CREATURE
I JUST PULLED OUT
OF THIS POND.
IT'S LIKE AN UNDERWATER
COCKROACH.
BE FREE MY PREHISTORIC
NASTY ANIMAL.
YIKES.
SO, DECIDED TO USE MY BAG
AS A FILTRATION SYSTEM,
AND THEN I'LL BOIL IT.
USING MY BAG TO FILTER THE WATER
IS SUPERIOR TO JUST SCOOPING IT
STRAIGHT OUT OF THERE.
I REALLY HOPE THIS WORKS OUT.
♪♪
JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE SLEEP,
BUT IT'S MISERABLE.
EVEN WITH THIS FIRE,
IT IS SO *BLEEP* COLD RIGHT NOW.
IT'S PROBABLY AROUND 45 DEGREES.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE
SHARING SOME HEAT
WITH SOMEBODY AT LEAST.
BRO, WE GOT ENOUGH ROOM
RIGHT HERE MAN, NO BIG DEAL.
WE CAN BOTH LAY TOGETHER,
DOG,
THAT'S HOW WE'RE
GOING TO STAY WARM.
I'M NOT GOING TO *BLEEP*
CUDDLE YOU OR ANYTHING.
YEAH, I DON'T.
DUDE, THIS IS
A SURVIVAL SITUATION.
I MEAN,
THIS FIRE IS A GOD-SEND,
BUT I'M STILL
FREEZING MY BALLS OFF.
IT'S LIKE
I'M BURNING ON ONE SIDE
AND FREEZING ON THE OTHER.
THE COLD IS THAT WAY
IN THE HEAT.
♪♪
♪♪
IT'S FRICKING COLD.
YOU CAN SERIOUSLY --
WATCH.
YOU CAN SEE MY BREATH.
SO TODAY IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR ME
TO GET A LITTLE LEAN-TO GOING.
♪♪
SOMETHING TO REFLECT HEAT
WITHIN MY BOMA.
OH, YEAH.
THE FIRST STEP,
YOU HAVE TO MAKE TWO PRONGS,
PUT THEM TOGETHER,
AND THEN PUT THE BEAM
THROUGH THE MIDDLE,
AND JUST HAVE LIKE AN A-FRAME,
LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL TARP TENTS.
AND THEN JUST LASH THAT TOGETHER
AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator:
NEXT, MAX CREATES A LATTICE
MADE OF STICKS,
THEN USES FOLIAGE AS INSULATION
TO BLOCK WIND AND REFLECT HEAT.
Max: HOPEFULLY THAT RETAINS
A LITTLE BIT MORE HEAT TONIGHT.
THAT'S CRUCIAL.
♪♪
I NEED SOME FOOD,
SOME SUSTENANCE
TO KEEP ME GOING.
TODAY I'M GOING TO REALLY FOCUS
ON HUNTING,
AND I'M ASHING UP
SO I CAN COVER MY SCENT
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I'M SURE IF YOU'RE
A WILD ANIMAL,
YOU CAN SMELL ME COMING.
Narrator:
THE CARBON IN ASH WORKS
AS AN ODOR ABSORBING SPONGE,
MASKING MAX'S SCENT.
♪♪
Max: MY SURVIVAL SKILLS
HAVE NEVER ENTAILED
KILLING LARGE ANIMALS,
BUT I'M SEEING FOOD HERE.
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO USE MY BOW.
♪♪
*BLEEP*
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I WAS SO CLOSE.
♪♪
I HAD THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO CAPITALIZE ON A GIANT BUCK.
♪♪
AH. *BLEEP*
IT SNAPPED IN HALF.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
*BLEEP*
♪♪
DAY 5.
I'VE HAD A COUPLE CHANCES
TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME PROTEIN.
LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT
HITTING MY SHOTS.
ALSO, I'VE BEEN KIND OF
NEGLECTING DRINKING THIS WATER
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN JUST
RUNNING *BLEEP* HAVOC ON ME.
THAT BAG FILTER DIDN'T WORK,
SO I'M ONLY DRINKING
WHEN I HAVE TO.
I CAN'T AFFORD
TO KEEP DOING THIS.
♪♪
DAY 7.
I'M FEELING PRETTY ROUGH.
THIS IS BY FAR,
THE HARDEST CHALLENGE YET.
IT'S A BATTLE 24-7.
MY OTHER CHALLENGE IS
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CATCH CRABS HERE AND THERE.
♪♪
YOU'RE MINE, YOU'RE MINE.
THAT'S DINNER TONIGHT, BABY.
*BLEEP* YEAH.
WHOO!
YOU KNOW IF I WAS
A BETTER HUNTER,
I THINK I WOULD HAVE
HAD FOOD BY NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY I GET SOME IMPALA.
I REALLY, REALLY NEED THIS.
♪♪
A KILL RIGHT NOW
WOULD JUST REINFORCE
THAT I BELONG IN THIS CHALLENGE.
I BELONG TO BE THRIVING.
IT'S BIG PROTEIN OR BUST.
BUT ONE OF THESE SHOTS
IS GOING TO PAY OFF.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
♪♪
IT'S PRETTY LATE.
DEFINITELY MISSING MY FAM, FOOD.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE
EVERYONE PROUD, CRUSH THIS.
I GOT TO GET ME A KILL TOMORROW.
I GOT THE JITTERS OUT.
I JUST NEED TO BRING IT
TO ANIMAL INSTINCT.
♪♪
I'VE BEEN SITTING
FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.
I GOT TO GET MYSELF SOME DINNER.
I NEED A WIN, BABY.
I NEED A *BLEEP* WIN.
JUST VISUALIZE AND EXECUTE.
JUST LIKE SPORTS,
JUST SEE YOURSELF DOING IT.
♪♪
WE GOT SOME IMPALA.
♪♪
♪♪
I JUST NAILED AN IMPALA.
I'M GOING TO TRACK HER DOWN.
♪♪
I HIT HER RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT NOW, I'M LOOKING FOR
A BLOOD TRAIL.
♪♪
WONDER WHERE I HIT HIM THEN?
*BLEEP*
STILL NO BLOOD.
♪♪
*BLEEP*.
♪♪
Max: I SEE BLOOD.
*BLEEP*
WHERE DID I HIT IT, THEN?
*BLEEP*
OH, SHE'S RIGHT THERE.
OH, MY GOD.
♪♪
OH BABY.
I'M SO SORRY.
I'M SO SORRY.
OH MY GOD.
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE SO *BLEEP*
BEAUTIFUL.
I'M SO THANKFUL.
YOU GOT TO SURVIVE.
Narrator:
A FEMALE IMPALA WILL YIELD
40 POUNDS OF MEAT,
OR 8 DAYS WORTH OF FOOD.
♪♪
THE FIRST TIME
SKINNING A MAMMAL.
I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH
AND WATCHED
A TON OF YouTube VIDEOS
ON HOW TO DO THIS.
MAN, IT'S FRICKING HARD.
I'M MAKING A *BLEEP* HACK-JOB
OF THIS
BUT I GOT HER HEART, BABY.
BUT YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALL A GROWING EXPERIENCE.
WHOO.
SO I GOT IT GUTTED.
NOW I AM MAKING A SMOKER FOR IT.
IT'S ABOUT 500 YARDS AWAY
FROM MY BOMA
SO I CAN KEEP THE MEAT
AND THE PREDATORS AWAY FROM ME.
I CAN SMOKE IT AND PRESERVE IT
AND HAVE IT FOR THE REST
OF THIS CHALLENGE.
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
GOT THIS SMOKER HERE, BOOM.
ABOUT TO PUT OBVIOUSLY,
A FIRE PIT DOWN HERE.
I'M GOING TO USE A LOT
OF THE SUN,
BECAUSE THE SMOKE JUST NEEDS
TO BILLOW UP INTO IT.
GET THIS FIRE GOING.
♪♪
♪♪
STILL NOT TIME TO CELEBRATE.
HYENAS, LIONS
WILL TAKE THIS *BLEEP* OUT.
I GOT TO MAKE A GIANT BOMA
AROUND IT
SO HOPEFULLY
THAT'S A DETERRENT ENOUGH
THAT THEY DON'T WANT
TO COME AND EAT THIS.
SO I GOT MY FIRST BUSH KILL
TODAY.
YEAH!
LOOK AT ALL THAT MEAT, BABY.
LOOKING LIKE
SNOOP DOGG'S HOUSE ON 4/20,
JUST STRAIGHT SMOKING.
I'M GOING TO GO STASH THESE
UP IN THE TREES
AWAY FROM MY SHELTER,
AND HOPE TO GOD
THAT THIS MAKES IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
♪♪
THIS'LL BE A GOOD NIGHT.
OH, YEAH.
♪♪
MMM.
THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS
YOU DREAM OF,
WHOLE MOUTH FULL OF MEAT.
I WISH I COULD SHARE THIS
WITH MY XL FAMILY.
MISS YOU GUYS.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
GOT A BIG KILL YESTERDAY.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I MADE MY CASE TO BE PART OF
THE ELITE SURVIVALISTS OUT HERE.
BUT THIS WATER IS STILL
RUNNING A *BLEEP* NUMBER ON ME.
I'M BARELY OBTAINING
ANY NUTRIENTS FROM IT
BECAUSE I'M LITERALLY
JUST CRAPPING IT OUT.
CHARCOAL SHOULD MINIMIZE
THE EFFECTS OF THIS POND SLUDGE.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY
WHAT YOU SHOULD DRINK
IF YOU'RE GETTING POISONED
BECAUSE IT NEUTRALIZES
WHATEVER'S IN YOUR STOMACH.
PLEASE LORD,
LET MY MEAT STILL BE THERE.
YEP, GOT BOTH OF THESE LEGS
RIGHT HERE.
*BLEEP*
IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER.
I AM CAVE MAN.
I MUST EAT MEAT.
HOPEFULLY MY MEAT SHACK
ACROSS THE WAY IS IMPENETRABLE.
UH-OH.
SOMETHING DEFINITELY
GOT AFTER IT LAST NIGHT.
*BLEEP*
THAT WHOLE LOWER RACK
HAS BEEN EATEN.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, WELL I'M TAKING
THIS *BLEEP* WITH ME FOR SURE.
I'D RATHER BATTLE THEM IN MY
SHELTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
♪♪
SO, LOST ABOUT A QUARTER OF IT.
STILL GOT A BIG OLD LEG
RIGHT THERE.
I HAVE BEEN URINATING
ALL AROUND MY SHELTER.
ANIMALS REALIZE I'VE ESTABLISHED
THIS AREA AS MY ZONE,
SO I FEEL CONFIDENT
IT'S PRETTY SAFE HERE.
♪♪
♪♪
THE CRUX OF THIS WHOLE CHALLENGE
IS DRINKING THIS WATER.
♪♪
IT'S NOT SANITARY BY ANY MEANS.
AND IT JUST KEEPS
RUNNING THE *BLEEP* GAMBIT
ON MY INTESTINES HERE.
I'M JUST SUPER DEHYDRATED.
I THOUGHT WITH
MY BIG PROTEIN WIN
I'D BE SET,
BUT THIS WATER'S KILLING ME.
IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING SOON,
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME OUT.
BOOM, THERE GOES MY CHALLENGE,
THERE GOES MY LIFE.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE,
I NEED A LEGITIMATE
WATER SOURCE.
♪♪
I JUST REALLY WANT
A GOOD WATER SOURCE,
BECAUSE -- YEAH.
JUST PLEASE, GOD, JUST LET ME --
HELP ME OUT HERE.
DAY 15.
I'VE DECIDED TO MOVE ON.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RIGHT HERE.
EXTRACTION'S OVER HERE.
SO ESSENTIALLY
I'LL BE HEADING TO --
LOOKS LIKE ALMOST A RIVER.
THIS IS MY ONLY OPTION.
♪♪
I NEED TO MAKE MYSELF SOME SHOES
FOR THIS NEXT JOURNEY COMING UP,
JUST BECAUSE
EVERYTHING OUT HERE
WANTS TO STAB YOUR FEET.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
A LONG MISSION TO WATER.
YOU KNOW, I'M GOING IN HOPES
OF A LEGITIMATE WATER SOURCE.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
♪♪
*BLEEP*
THEY'RE KIND OF
FRESH THOUGH, RIGHT?
♪♪
GRABBING SOME ELEPHANT DUNG
SO I CAN GET
A LITTLE EMBER FIRE GOING
SO I CAN JUST START A FIRE
AS SOON AS I GET
TO THIS NEW LOCATION.
IT'S JUST ONE THING
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
YEAH, I'M READY
TO GET OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
Narrator:
MAX RISKS FURTHER DEHYDRATION
AS HE EMBARKS
ON A 4-MILE HIKE SOUTH
TO FIND A MORE VIABLE
WATER SOURCE.
Max:
CURRENTLY JUST GOING TO KEEP
FOLLOWING THIS RIVER BED DOWN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG MISSION
TO WATER,
SO IF I CAN GET
TO THIS NEW LOCATION
AND THE WATER
OVER THERE IS CRAP,
I WOULD TAP.
♪♪
WHEW, IT'S HOT.
GOT TO KEEP CHARGING THOUGH,
STAY POSITIVE.
HOPE FOR THE BEST, YOU KNOW,
PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
♪♪
LOOK AT THAT.
♪♪
BIG OLD LION PRINTS RIGHT HERE.
THAT THING'S A MONSTER.
THIS IS A STRAIGHT-UP KILL ZONE.
♪♪
I SEE WATER.
HELL YEAH.
IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT
BUT IT LOOKS WAY BETTER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS FAR BETTER
THAN MY LAST LOCATION.
WHOO-HOO.
SO THIS IS MY NEW WATER SOURCE.
I LIKE GREEN OVER DARK,
DIRTY BROWN ANY DAY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING
TO GET SOME WATER GOING
AFTER THAT LONG HIKE.
I'M JUST SO THIRSTY.
♪♪
OH *BLEEP*
OH *BLEEP*
GOT SOME ELEPHANT DOWN THE WAY.
♪♪
AND THEY HAVE A BABY WITH THEM.
OH, GOD.
♪♪
BUT, YEAH, MY SHELTER
IS POTENTIALLY RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU HAVE OFFSPRINGS
AND LARGE ANIMALS,
NEED TO GET AWAY.
ELEPHANTS TAKE PRECEDENCE
AROUND HERE.
THEY'RE THE BOSSES
SO I'M NOT GOING
TO PUT MYSELF BETWEEN
CUBS AND LIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MYSELF
BETWEEN CALVES AND ELEPHANTS.
THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS,
THEY'RE NO JOKE.
I'M IN IT, I'M BY MYSELF.
THERE IS NO COMPLACENCY
WHEN YOU'RE BY YOURSELF.
ON MY 40-DAY CHALLENGE,
I ALMOST STEPPED
ON A BABY VIPER.
THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME.
I COULD HAVE DIED ON THE SPOT.
Max: I DON'T WANT
TO MAKE HIM MAD.
-OH, OH. *BLEEP*
-OH *BLEEP*.
WITH THE SUN WHERE IT'S AT,
I DON'T HAVE THE LIBERTY
TO HANG AROUND
AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
SO VACATING MY PREMISE HERE,
START BUILDING A BOMA
DOWN THE WAY.
♪♪
I GOT THIS FIRE EMBER
AND ELEPHANT DUNG.
LIT UP THE FIRE,
THAT'S A HUGE WIN
RIGHT OFF THE BAT
JUST BECAUSE THAT MEANS
I CAN PURIFY WATER
AND SCARE AWAY PREDATORS.
AHH.
THAT ACTUALLY TASTES GOOD.
I CAN DRINK THAT *BLEEP*
RIGHT THERE.
TIME TO GET TO WORK.
♪♪
I FOUND A LEGIT SPOT
TO SET UP A BOMA,
BUT I GOT A LOT TO DO,
AND I'M DEFINITELY
RUNNING OUT OF DAYLIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BUILD
AN INSULATED SHELTER RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS SCARY.
IT'S *BLEEP* COLD AT NIGHT,
SUPER HOT DURING THE DAY.
THAT CONTRAST OF EXTREMES
IS JUST TOUGH.
SO IT'S GOING TO GET
INTERESTING TONIGHT.
♪♪
♪♪
IT'S SO FREAKING COLD AT NIGHT.
I REALLY HOPE I CAN MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT HERE.
♪♪
WINTER IN SOUTH AFRICA
IS NO JOKE.
I THOUGHT AFRICA,
AND I WAS LIKE,
"YUP, IT SHOULD BE EASY
CLIMATE-WISE."
BUT NOPE,
SOUTH AFRICA, NOT SO MUCH.
I'M TRYING TO STAY WARM.
♪♪
NIGHT ONE
IN THE NEW BOMA LOCATION,
WITHIN AN HOUR OF TRYING
TO FALL ASLEEP,
IT GOT BONE-CHILLING COLD.
IT'S DEFINITELY
THE COLDEST NIGHT
I'VE HAD ON
"NAKED AND AFRAID" EVER.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
♪♪
PLAN FOR TODAY IS MAKE
A BOMBER SHELTER
THAT WILL MAINTAIN
A FIRE INSIDE OF IT.
MUD IT UP,
BRICK-AND-MORTAR STYLE.
♪♪
Narrator: MAX'S SHELTER,
MODELED ON A SUB-SUHARAN
MUD HUT,
STARTS WITH
A BRICK-AND-MORTAR BASE
OF STONES AND MUD.
NEXT, HE CONSTRUCTS A ROUND
IGLOO-LIKE ENCLOSURE
FROM STACKED RIVER ROCKS.
FINALLY, PALM LEAVES
AND RIVER REEDS
CREATE AN INSULATED ROOF.
VERY ROBUST.
TO BE ABLE TO BUILD
A FRICKING STONE SHELTER,
MOVING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS
OF ROCKS JUST TO STAY WARM,
THAT'S THRIVING
IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION.
MY LITTLE SHELTER LOOKING
PRETTY BOMBER RIGHT NOW.
IT'S TOUGH YOU KNOW,
I MISS MY FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST...
YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS,
'CAUSE YOU'RE IN THE MOMENT
YOU HAVE TO BE HERE.
YOU KNOW,
ONCE YOU START FLOATING OFF,
THAT'S WHEN YOU START
GOING OFF THE DEEP END
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
MY LAST 21-DAY CHALLENGE,
EVERYONE LEFT ME ON DAY 13,
EVERYONE.
IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN,
THE BUGS WERE BAD.
♪♪
FIRST NIGHT BY MYSELF,
JUST STARTED MONSOON RAINING
OUT OF NOWHERE.
IT'S FRICKING COLD.
BUT I MADE IT TO THE END,
JUST LIKE MY OTHER CHALLENGES.
TO BE PASSING THE FINISH LINE,
IT'S HUGE.
SO I JUST
GOT TO POWER THROUGH.
*BLEEP* POWER THROUGH.
♪♪
I JUST WOKE UP,
FREAKING WIND STORM
GOING ON OUT THERE.
MY BEARD,
THERE'S CRAP ALL UP IN IT.
BUT MY ROCK SHELTER SEEMS TO BE
HOLDING UP PRETTY WELL
BUT THERE'S STILL HOLES
ALL IN IT.
OH, IT'S COLD.
CRAZY.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, SO LAST COUPLE NIGHTS
HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FRIGID,
LIKE SERIOUSLY,
THE COLDEST NIGHTS OF MY LIFE.
SO GOING TO WORK ON MY SHELTER,
I'M GOING TO INSULATE
WITH THE GRASS.
OH, YEAH.
IT'S BEEN PRETTY TOUGH
SINCE I'VE BEEN PUTTING IN
SO MUCH WORK
I'VE BEEN EATING PROBABLY MORE
THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.
I'M DOWN TO AROUND
LIKE 10 PIECES OF BILTUNG.
I HAVE 3 DAYS LEFT BEFORE I HIT
THE ROAD FOR EXTRACTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CUTTING IT CLOSE
BUT YOU KNOW, STAY TUNED,
BECAUSE I'LL LET YOU KNOW
IF I'M WARM OR NOT
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF --
YEAH, IF I WAS JUST
A WASTE OF CALORIES OR NOT.
♪♪
SO THIS SHELTER
IS WORKING GREAT.
OH, IT'S SO WARM IN HERE.
IT'S TOASTY.
I FEEL LIKE A WOOD-FIRE-OVEN
PIECE OF PIZZA.
YEAH.
PEPPERONI.
♪♪
DAY 20.
WHOO!
MADE IT THIS FAR.
PRETTY CRAZY.
JUST THINKING ABOUT
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND HOW MUCH I DEARLY MISS THEM.
BUT IT'S STILL NOT OVER YET.
I STILL GO ONE MORE NIGHT.
I GOT TO PUSH THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE
THE FINISH LINE,
IT'S GETTING CLOSE.
SO IT'S ALL ON ME.
♪♪
♪♪
AND I JUST TOTALLY HEAR A LION
OVER HERE, ROARING.
THAT'S SCARY, YOU KNOW.
RESPECT THE KING OF THE JUNGLE,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
THERE'S SOMETHING PRETTY CLOSE
TO MY SHELTER.
WHATEVER IT IS,
IT SOUNDS BIG.
IT SOUNDS VERY BIG.
A LOT OF MOVEMENT OUT HERE.
HEY!
GET GOING!
HEY!
MOVE ALONG!
HEY!
♪♪
GET OFF!
YOU BETTER GET ON OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
♪♪
WILLY THE WILDEBEEST.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S FRICKING STELLAR.
WILLY'S NOT LOOKING TOO HOT.
HE'S LOOKING
WILLY BAD.
AND I WILLY
DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT.
WILLY, I BROUGHT FOOD.
I KNOW YOU'RE DYING TO EAT.
HE'S MY FIRST FRIEND,
BUT, YEAH, YOU GOT TO MOVE ON.
BE FREE, WILLY, BE FREE.
AH!
Max: YOU BETTER GET ON
OUT OF HERE.
HEY!
KEEP ON MOVING.
SOUNDS LIKE HE'S MAKING
HIS WAY OUT OF HERE.
THERE'S SO MANY PREDATORS
OUT HERE,
LIKE, HOW AM I STILL ALIVE?
WHEW.
♪♪
IT'S EXTRACTION DAY.
DEFINITELY HEARD SOME LIONS
LAST NIGHT.
THEY WERE STALKING
AROUND THE BOMA.
THEY DEFINITELY SAW
AND HEARD ME.
THEY WERE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT,
THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
♪♪
I'M ABOUT TO HEAD OUT,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE
I HAVE TO MAKE MY WAY EAST.
I JUST SEE A LONG TREK.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ONE.
I'M A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE
ABOUT THIS HIKE.
I'M STILL NOT DONE YET,
BUT YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT
TO GET TO THE END
SO I GOT TO PUSH IT
TO THE FINISH LINE.
IT'S BEEN REAL, ROCK.
♪♪
Narrator: MAX SETS OFF ON
A 6-MILE HIKE TO EXTRACTION,
DEPLETED, EXPOSED AND AT-RISK
OF BECOMING PREY
AS HE TREKS
THROUGH THORNY FOOTHILLS
WHERE LIONS
ARE ACTIVELY STALKING.
♪♪
♪♪
I'M IN THE RIVER BED
AND THE ENERGY IS
JUST GETTING SUCKED OUT OF ME
BY THE FREEZING COLD SAND.
IT'S LIKE A DEATH MARCH.
SEEING A LOT OF BONES,
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE
AN EXTRA SET OF EYES
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN LIKE,
A RAVINE.
I DON'T HAVE A VANTAGE POINT
IN HERE,
KIND OF JUST A SITTING DUCK,
JUST WALKING THROUGH
THE KILL ZONE.
DON'T WANT TO END UP
LIKE THAT GUY.
OH, YEAH.
WOW! HOLY CRAP!
LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THESE CAT TRACKS.
HOLY *BLEEP*.
DOUBLE THE SIZE OF MY FIST.
THAT IS A BIG FREAKING CAT.
RIGHT NOW,
I'M VULNERABLE AND EXPOSED,
BUT JUST NOT A QUITTER.
I'M AN ATHLETE.
THAT'S WHAT I STRIVE FOR.
YOU GOT TO MAKE IT
TO THE END ZONE
OR YOU'RE GOING TO *BLEEP* LOSE,
AND IT'S GAME OVER.
I GOT TO JUST POWER THROUGH.
♪♪
IT'S PRETTY BUSHY.
IT'S NOT VERY SAFE TO BE DOWN
LOW IN THE BUSH HERE.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PREDATORS
KIND OF LIKE TO HUNKER DOWN.
I THINK TAKING THE HIGHER ROUTE
IS PROBABLY MY BEST PLAN
OF ATTACK HERE.
WALK ABOVE THE RAVINE
FOR A WHILE.
♪♪
OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THE FREAKING RHINO
RIGHT THERE.
OH, DAMN *BLEEP*
THAT THING'S PRETTY CLOSE.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
HOLY *BLEEP*
DID THAT REALLY JUST
*BLEEP* HAPPEN?
♪♪
MY EXTRACTION POINT,
I SHOULD BE PRETTY DAMN CLOSE.
OVER THIS RIDGE.
IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.
THIS IS WHEN YOU SWITCH
INTO SIXTH GEAR,
AND YOU'RE HEADING
INTO THE FINISH LINE.
ALMOST THERE.
WHOO!
♪♪
AH, MAN, WHAT A VIEW.
WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE.
OH *BLEEP*.
THERE WE GO!
THERE WE GO!
HEY!
WHOO!
HELL, YEAH, BABY.
21 DAYS SOLO --
FEELS SURREAL MAN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE IT.
I STARTED AS A FAN.
FOUR CHALLENGES LATER,
I'M STILL NAKED, BUT UNAFRAID.
♪♪
HEY, YOU PICKING UP
ANY HITCHHIKERS?
AH!
THANK YOU, SIR.
WELL DONE.
HELL, YEAH.
WHOO!
JUST FINISHED 21 DAYS
IN SOUTH AFRICA, SOLO.
ONE OF THE MOST EPIC JOURNEYS,
EVER.
♪♪
OH, I FEEL VERY ACCOMPLISHED.
I SURVIVED ABOUT 96 DAYS
WITH "NAKED AND AFRAID"
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I KNOW IT'S SUCH AN EVOLUTION
IN MY SURVIVAL SKILLS.
I'M THANKFUL
FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY BROADENED
MY REPERTOIRE
WHEN IT COMES
TO PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL.
AND TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT
AS SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS ANIMALS ON EARTH
ALL ON MY OWN, IT'S HUGE.
YEAH, FINALLY,
I'M AN ULTIMATE SURVIVALIST.
♪♪
Narrator: MAX LOST A TOTAL
OF 23 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS.
HE OVERCAME SEVERE DEHYDRATION
AND PROVED HIS EXCELLENCE
AS A HUNTER.
HIS SOLO SURVIVAL RATING
RISES TO 9.7.
I LOST A TON OF WEIGHT,
BUT I STILL FEEL GREAT,
AND I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I CAME THROUGH THRIVING.
YOU EITHER AFRI-CAN
OR YOU AFRI-CAN'T.
AND I'M DEFINITELY AFRI-CAN.
COMING HOME, BABY.
WHOO!
♪♪