Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - The Sickness - full transcript
In a 24-hour period, the contaminated fruit of a single tree sets off a shocking chain of events. As panic and illness spread through the group it's questionable whether anyone will make it to Day 40.
[ Groaning ] Oh, god!
[ Lion roars ]
[ Laughing ] Oh, my god!
Oh, god.
I'm trying!
She's in horrible pain.
[ Groaning ]
[ Lions roaring ]
[ Screams ]
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narrator: After four
weeks of struggle is it bad?
I don't know what
happened. I blacked out.
Narrator: ...The waning strength
of the group took a major hit...
Something's wrong.
...as tawny fell victim to
extreme heat and hunger.
At this stage in the game,
this kind of event could happen
to any of us.
At this point in my
personal challenge,
I feel like if I
don't just go solo,
I'm gonna regret it.
Darrin: When you
get to the river,
give us an arrow
pointing which direction --
if you go upstream
or downstream.
Oh, yeah. I can make something.
Narrator: And Ryan
made the shocking decision
to set out on his own.
Ryan: I really do hope the
group finds some of this stuff.
Narrator: But after
some early success...
Look at that!
Narrator: ...His solo journey
took a potentially deadly turn.
[ Vomiting ]
[ Vomits ]
I got puke all over me.
I'm sweating my ass off.
This hurts so bad.
[ Groans ]
I'm gonna have
to call the medic.
Medic, come in. Over.
Excruciating pain
in my diaphragm.
Curled up into a ball.
I don't know what
to do about it.
I need something checked.
I need something now.
Oh.
This hurts so bad.
[ Lion growls ]
There's lions. I can hear lions.
This is not the
best time to be sick.
[Bleep]
Man: Try and stay calm.
We need to take
your vital signs quickly.
Just keep breathing. That's it.
[ Groans ]
Oh, my god.
Ryan, what did you eat?
A dozen clapperberry fruits,
and a half a monitor lizard.
What the [bleep] is this?
Yeah, please say something.
No, I don't want to leave.
Narrator: Doctors fear
that Ryan may be suffering
from internal bleeding
or kidney failure.
They have no choice but to
remove him from the challenge.
[ Ryan groans ]
We have a hike
today down to the river,
which, uh, is kind
of our last big hike
before we gear
up for extraction.
Leaving this place, new scenery.
Steven: It's been a
tough couple of days,
especially with tawny
getting hurt and losing her
and then Ryan kind
of going off on his own.
You know, the team's
kind of breaking a little bit.
Do you think we're gonna
run into Ryan, like, right away?
Probably.
-You think?
-Why?
I think that he was
really trying to avoid us
for at least another day.
But I don't really care
if he wants to avoid us.
That's our [bleep]
river just as much.
Sorry, I needed to tone down
my animosity towards him.
No, get it out. It's okay.
Me and Ryan, we
started this together,
and our whole thing
was we're both leaders
and we wanted to
keep it as a group.
And, you know, he
backed out on his word.
I think it was a cop-out,
and I think it was
pretty messed up.
So, here's the map.
We are right here.
Hopefully it's gonna be
following that riverbed.
I still say we follow
the dry riverbed down.
Yeah.
Narrator: Five miles
northwest of tsonga basin
lies the mkuze river.
Though potentially dangerous,
a new camp along the
mkuze will bring the survivalists
closer to the day
40 extraction point.
Everybody ready?
-Yeah.
-Yep.
You got enough?
Yeah. I'm good.
Okay.
Bye, boma.
Yeah, this is gonna
be a rough afternoon.
Yeah.
Phaedra: I'm not sure
what resources will be there,
but I feel like we'll
definitely have to push
really hard when we get there.
Hopefully there's
something to sustain us,
like maybe some
fruit or something.
I don't know what's
gonna be there.
We're just gonna have to
try to get there in a good pace
'cause we're gonna have
to do a serious boma.
Yeah.
Kim: If I had to
choose a leader,
I would say it was Jake.
I admire him and I
want to be like him
and I want to follow
him and I do follow him.
And that right there
makes hi ma leader.
God, the weather gods
are working in our favor.
Jake: I would never
describe myself as a leader
just because I think that's
a douchey thing to do.
That being said, I've kind
of been pushed into that role,
and if that helps
people out, awesome.
[Bleep] I'm the leader.
If it doesn't, just kidding.
This is only gonna
last a little longer.
My feet are shredded already.
Guys, I see a
[bleep]load of fruit.
-Yay.
-Yay.
Nice.
How do you guys feel
about taking a little break
and climbing some trees?
-Yes.
-I'm down.
Narrator: A parasitic
vine, the woolly caper bush
grows wild in South Africa.
Its fleshy fruit supply
abundant vitamin c, potassium,
and sugars that are also a
favorite of disease-carriers
such as monkeys and bats.
Oh, you know what's
a good possibility?
Ryan.
Some of these branches look
like they were kind of chopped.
Heads up.
Okay. Look at this [bleep]
-Wow.
-Wow.
The taste is amazing.
Jake: Fruit kind of tastes
like heaven in my mouth.
Definitely a unique flavor
that I've never tasted before,
but delicious nonetheless.
Steven: They're super sweet.
It's like -- the
texture's funky.
Not gonna lie.
Are they safe?
Stacey: Anytime you're
eating something out here.
You're taking that chance
that it's gonna be poisonous.
Jake: These ones have
got crazy maggots inside.
Oh, yeah.
Steve: They will
die in your stomach.
Kim: This fruit is super good.
You get inside of the meat...
I won't do it.
I think they're
poison to my body.
I had wild cucumber
a little bit back,
and it has the same taste,
the same bitter,
half-sweet taste.
I won't do it to myself.
I'm already starting to
feel nauseous because of it.
Jake: All right. Let's get
this show on the road.
Blow this popsicle stand.
Wonder where Ryan
is, how he's doing.
Lot of broken branches.
I don't see any fire pit.
Look right here.
Someone's killed
a monitor lizard.
Oh.
Jake: Does it have
hands and feet on it?
No, just a head.
Looks like a fresh kill.
On our way in, we see
this big-ass monitor lizard.
Let's keep on trucking,
that means we're --
Ryan's close.
Means the river's close.
Sand.
That's a really good sign.
The more sand there is,
that means there's more
water rushing, 'cause it
breaks all the rocks up.
So, close.
Doing great, guys.
We're almost there.
There is a river.
Oh, my goodness!
Stacey: First impressions
of the riverbed,
I am thinking,
"wow, this is Africa.
This is beautiful.
There's crocodiles
in that river.
This is scary."
This is like a perfect
ambush for crocs
and looks like a lot
of game comes down.
Would you look at that.
Definitely a lion print.
Jake: Oh, look
at the size of that.
It's huge.
See the amount
of weight it takes
to make an impression like that.
Alyssa: Seeing lion prints,
it just makes you realize
how wild this place is
and how terrifying it is.
Yeah, lots of a big-ass
animals out here.
[ Animal squealing ]
Pretty sure that's a
cat eating a warthog.
Definitely the sound of somebody
getting strangled to death.
Just the guttural
sound afterward.
I've never heard a
pig make that noise.
That was pretty
intense. That was real.
That just happened.
Just got to be super careful
down here and find a good spot.
And build a really secure boma.
Cliffside will give
us good shade.
Shade over there?
Shade and then scout.
Darrin: Good thing
about this rock formation --
it'd be nice, except
for it's right on the river
where all the animals go.
I kind of want to
check out over there.
I know the leopard
was just over there, but...
You gonna go scout?
Yep.
Let us know if you guys find
a place and we'll head over.
Okay.
I'm enjoying my fruits.
There's obviously been
big animals through here.
Think I see something in here.
Oh, yeah, we got a
little puff adder over here.
Narrator: The psychotoxic
venom of the puff adder
makes it the most
dangerous snake in Africa,
responsible for over
20,000 deaths a year.
You want to try to kind of
put your blade in that crack?
They move crazy fast.
Guys, that's coming out.
Got him?
There we go.
Nice.
You know, we got
ourselves a little puff adder.
Good job, Jake.
Thanks.
Steven: It's a hell of a win.
Everybody's gonna get a
little bit of protein tonight.
Score one for the tribe.
I wonder where Ryan is.
-I didn't see anything.
-Unh-unh.
I'm wondering where
my buddy Ryan is.
Like, we agreed
that when he got here
he'd leave a marker for us.
You know, I didn't
see a marker, so...
Yeah, it's always harder to
worry about something with Ryan.
Oh [bleep]
Somebody's living here.
Uh, well... Looks like we
found somebody's home.
Looks like he got
his little monitor lizard.
Oh, no. His spear's here.
That's weird.
His spear's here, too?
No, it is kind of weird that
this is all here and he's not.
Yeah, that is kind of strange.
I don't know.
It's weird.
'Cause it's the heat of the day.
There's no way he should
be running around... Yeah.
...doing stuff.
Ryan?
[ Whistles ]
Ryan!
Really confused.
Let's watch the
diary back and see.
Darrin: I really like the
taste of these things.
Me, too.
I can tell, though, the
way it tastes and that
could totally upset my stomach.
It's one of those
risk-versus-reward things
where it's like either we have
nothing or we have something.
Mm-hmm.
Jake: Well, it looks like
I just made it to the river,
which was sort of the
destination I was hoping for,
and this place is
very, very resourceful --
lots of wildlife,
lots of game trails.
I've already found
active warthog dens.
You know, I found some fruit,
which is my vitamins, my sugars.
I've already got this
guy for some protein.
These just don't sit
well with my stomach.
You have a sensitive
stomach, though.
Mm-hmm.
My diaphragm is killing me.
[ Vomits ]
Oh, my god, dude.
[ Vomiting ]
No way.
[Bleep] Damn.
Dude, I wonder what got to him.
[ Groans ]
You guys have a raging headache?
Our bodies are
completely shot right now.
Yeah.
As long as our bodies
are healthy, I'm okay.
[ Groans ]
He's in pain, dude.
Well, I'm worried,
because if it's these berries
that we're all eating...
Medic, come in. Over no way.
9-out-of-10 pain.
10 out of 10. I'm passing out.
There's lions. I can hear lions.
This is not the
best time to be sick.
[Bleep] Myself. I
am getting nauseous,
I want to get back
there and tell them
to stop eating that
[bleep] right away.
Yeah.
So if you don't mind
me shooting ahead...
We need to move.
I'm gonna throw up
pretty soon here myself.
Wow.
Don't eat the fruit!
-What?
-What?
What?
Jake: Don't eat the fruit!
Kim: Why?
Ryan's gone.
-What?
-Gone?
We found his camp.
All his [bleep] was there.
His diary cam was
there. We watched it.
He got a bunch of
those fruits that we got.
Woke up in the night,
excruciating pain, vomiting...
Oh [bleep]
...sick beyond belief.
The monitor lizard does not
look like it was super well-cooked,
but I'm already feeling
nauseous from that fruit.
So don't -- where is Ryan?
It gets to the very
end of the tape
and he's, like,
calling the medic
'cause he's, like, at
a 9-out-of-10 pain.
Like, vomiting his brains out.
-Oh, my god.
-Wow.
Oh [bleep]
Wow.
I'm just really shocked.
Do you want to go throw up?
Jake tell you guys the news?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Yeah. Pretty crazy.
Did you see any good spots
for a shelter up there, Jake?
No, I mean,
'cause it all runs --
it's all on a game trail.
'Cause here, at least
animals can swing wide
-and not feel trapped.
-Yeah.
I feel super super insecure
building the shelter here.
We're on the main
animal highway.
I think it would
be super foolish,
and I do not agree
with the group decision
to build the shelter here.
I don't think anyone's
thinking clearly.
I think everyone's
a little sick.
Trust me.
With all my years of
knowledge in the woods...
Then why don't you guys go look?
...to camp right here
would be [bleep] asinine.
Then why don't you shoot upriver
and see if you find
something you like better?
Kim: Yeah.
Oh, my god!
My stomach's starting
to make weird noises.
This is the first time I've
strongly voiced my opinion.
They should listen.
They're all being super lazy
and want to camp right there.
You just called the group lazy.
Well, right now.
Sorry, but everyone's
stressed out, freaking out.
Let's start cooking
up this snake.
Where'd Jake go?
He's over there.
[ Vomits ]
Phaedra: I'm just
worried about Jake.
I don't like that
he's not feeling well.
Right now I'm concerned
about making sure
that the people that
we do have here still
are taken care of and
that we finish together.
How are you feeling?
I just threw up everywhere.
It's all that fruit.
This looks like Ryan's shelter.
Yep. Definitely Ryan's shelter.
Oh, yeah, that lizard
is so undercooked.
Look at that.
And it's not even charred
all the way through.
-See what I mean?
-Yeah.
When you cook a lizard like that
in its skin, I mean,
you should be cooking it
until the skin,
like, crackles off.
That's not well-done at all.
Yeah, a little bit.
Yeah, my head's
just really cold now.
I'm sorry.
I'm being a complete
sack of [bleep]
That's not even at all --
do we want to be
right here in the rocks?
I was kind of liking the more
open area for everybody.
-Up top?
-No, I mean, right there.
Right back there?
Yeah, I like the idea of this,
and then cut off right there.
Everything we need to
make a boma is right here.
We got super-easy
access to water.
I mean, this is defensible.
Big animals aren't
gonna come through here.
Okay. So, we're
thinking safety first.
Yes.
And then we'll
think comfort later.
[Bleep] Comfort. Comfort
doesn't keep you alive.
Okay. Calm down a little.
Safety -- I'm just
trying to say --
I know, but, like, kind of
made me feel defensive,
the way you were
like, bah-da-da-da.
But anyways, yeah.
Ryan: [Bleep] Damn.
This hurts so bad.
[ Groaning ]
9-out-of-10 pain.
10 out of 10. I'm passing out.
I would really
prefer not to hear.
Yeah, could you guys turn that
'cause I don't want
to hear him vomiting.
-Yeah.
-Thank you.
Phaedra: I just
watched the video
of Ryan's last moments out here,
and it was -- literally could
not be any more intense.
How scary it must
have been to be alone
and be that sick and
be in that much pain.
Crazy, right?
Over here.
Far away from the fire.
Right there.
How'd it go?
If we pick this place,
it really won't take us
very long to build the boma.
I mean, there's rock ledges
and lots of Thorn trees.
Super super secure.
And we're 30 seconds
away from a waterhole.
Okay.
I also looked at Ryan's lizard,
and it is 100% undercooked.
He got sick not from that fruit.
It's delicious.
Thank you, Steven.
Yes. Thank you, Steven.
Hey, no problem, guys.
Jake, do you want
us to save you some?
No, that's okay?
Thank you.
I feel like I'm either
gonna vomit a lot more
or [bleep] my brains
out pretty soon.
He's a trouper.
I know. I feel
really bad for him.
I do, but I'm 100%
confident in his --
he's the strongest
person I know.
Yeah.
Getting worse?
What?
Is it getting worse at all?
I don't know.
Our big lion over
there needs to get well.
I know.
Feel like a couple
more throw-ups
and I'll be back on track.
When do you guys want
to get started on the boma?
Steven: Guys ready?
Yeah.
Jake, we're gonna head
up and start this boma.
Just get some rest, dude.
Can't lose anybody else.
Thanks, guys.
Is this it?
-Yeah, it's right here.
-Oh.
Darrin: We really
only got to prim up
you know, like, drag a few
of those thorns up right there.
Tonight, I mean, I'd say
we just get a good perimeter
and, like, a little landscaping.
Yeah, let's do it.
Jake: How are you
feeling right now?
Phaedra: I'm gonna use
the restroom over here, so --
I'm just about to
throw up, I think.
Darrin: We can't take
those giant ones through.
Those thorns are
super, super huge.
It's really hard to drag
them through all these trees.
Hey, I step up when
everyone else is down.
There was too many
chiefs for awhile,
but when I'm
needed, I'll pick it up.
Are you sick?
I've had the worst diarrhea,
and I feel like I'm
gonna throw up so bad.
[Bleep] To drag through brush.
These big branches are hard as
I hear you, but all
back there is all blank.
Like, we don't have any
thorns back there, so...
I was gonna garden the inside
to fill in back there, Alyssa,
and above us
rather than drag all these
nasty thorns through our camp.
Then we can do that.
I really don't want to argue.
I don't want to, like,
keep talking about it.
I don't want to be the
maker of these plans.
If you guys all agree,
then let's do
something different.
Darrin: I've been agreeing
with everything that's been said
for two weeks.
I'm ready to voice my opinion.
You look really bad, Jake.
Why the [bleep]
did we eat that fruit?
We were starving.
[ Panting ]
[Bleep] Damn. Phew.
Aah.
I think -- I don't know
what's wrong with me.
[ Groans loudly ]
I feel like I can't breathe.
[Bleep]
I'm in so much pain.
[Bleep]
I feel like I can't breathe.
[ Whimpers ]
[Bleep] I'm in so much pain.
Narrator: Overcome by
intense abdominal pain,
phaedra requires
emergency medical treatment.
I don't know what's
wrong with me.
Right here.
Yeah, I don't know.
It's right here, though.
Oh, please.
-Okay.
[ Groans ]
-Ow! Ow.
-You okay?
[ Sighing ] Oh, god.
We're all just so
[bleep] tired right now.
I know.
[ Grunts ]
Phaedra: Yeah.
Okay.
Ohh! I know -- I
know it's not nausea.
It's something -- pain.
Yeah.
There. Right there.
Right there. I
don't know what's --
oh, please.
-Okay, yeah. I'm just checking.
[ Groaning ]
Man: You all right?
[ Retching ]
We're gonna get you
the help you need.
I know.
Okay.
-Hey, guys?
-Yeah?
Uh, they're bringing
the stretcher down.
-Oh, no.
-They're bringing the stretcher?
Seriously?
I'm not [bleep] around.
If they haul Jake out,
there goes the
entire group's morale.
Oh, no.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Narrator: With the
threat of lions in the area,
medics rush phaedra to
the security of a medical tent
where they can better
evaluate her condition.
Alyssa: What?
-It's not Jake?
-No.
-Who is it?
-Jake's walking over here.
What the [bleep] is happening?
Kim: It's hard watching
your partners go down,
and just doesn't
really feel like
the odds are in
our favor anymore.
I'm actually scared.
Stacey: Oh, no.
It was the [bleep] fruit, man.
Darrin: They're taking
her to bush camp.
Huh.
I hope this fruit
doesn't make me sick
'cause seems like that's what
made Jake and phaedra sick.
Phew. What a day, man.
Alyssa: Are you
feeling better, Jake?
Jake: Not really.
Are there any places
to lay down up there?
Yes. Yes.
Okay.
I want to stay.
Darrin: I'm gathering firewood.
Got to get this done right now.
We're gonna have lions
all around us tonight.
We had a leopard kill a warthog
just upstream from where
we're camping today.
It's real, man.
The dangers here are 10 times
what they were
at our last place.
[ Groaning ]
Man: It's okay. Just
relax. Just relax.
Man #2: There's
batteries in here?
So you think a night here --
she'll probably be okay.
Okay. All right.
I'm too hot. Hot.
Darrin: Up this gully behind us,
there's a spot with a
lot of firewood, I think.
We'll get as much
as we can, Darrin.
I'm just making sure
we're gathering firewood.
Got to get all our
wood before sunset,
before the lions come out.
We're new subjects
in their territory.
We got to get this wood.
Where's Steven?
Steven!
-Steven!
Steven: Africa's no joke.
It is the hardest
place to survive.
This is what makes a
man a man right here.
This is what really
proves your mettle.
I'm gonna check on Jake.
[ Lion growls ]
It's getting worse.
Ohh.
Man: "C" for the medics. Medics.
[ Sighs ] It's a crazy day.
And it's just not
getting better.
It's getting worse.
Hey, let's give them space.
Yeah, I ate like five
or six of those, man.
Man: Okay, we're just gonna
do some vital signs for you,
and then we'll decide if we're
gonna move you out faster.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
When I stand up, it's
probably more like eight.
So we'll take him down
to the camp, as well,
and start him on
the same treatment.
One, two, three.
-Bye,jake.
-Bye.
-Love you, bro. Hang in there.
-See you in the morning.
Narrator: Gastritis
is a sudden swelling
medics now suspect
that some of the fruit
may have been
contaminated by saliva or feces
from monkeys or bats.
Kim: We're losing everybody.
Stacey: Those
[bleep] fruits, man.
I knew.
I'm so glad that
I did not partake.
One, two, three. Okay.
What a [bleep] day.
Phaedra, she's all jacked up.
Jake, Jake's been on his
knees since he got here.
-Got it?
-Yeah.
Straight across.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Okay.
[ indistinct radio chatter ]
Narrator: After being
moved to a more secure area,
Jake and phaedra have been
diagnosed with acute gastritis
most likely caused
by contaminated fruit.
Medics continue to
monitor their pain levels
to determine if they can
return to the challenge
or if they must be evacuated
for emergency treatment.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
Just need one more big one
right here and then a door.
Stacey: I can't carry
any of those big ones up.
I'll go grab that big
green one down there.
-You go do the grooming.
-Okay.
We're building our shelter
before it gets too dark.
Here. You can put
that somewhere. I'll
today is the worst
day absolutely by far.
-Oh.
-Trying to keep it together,
but, you know, I
feel really upset.
I wanted to cry, which
I don't normally do,
but there is no
time to cry here.
You just have to keep going,
so that's what I'm
gonna keep doing.
The lions are gonna be within
100 yards of us tonight, Kim,
to start out the night.
That's the part
I'm worried about.
Really hope we're okay tonight.
[ Insects chirping ]
Man: Jake seems
to be more relaxed.
He says the pain
is still the same.
We've given him
the same medication.
So the plan is to just
continue monitoring him
to see how that happens.
Phaedra: Why?
Man: Unfortunately, being
in an environment like this,
there's only so much we can do.
Just for vital signs.
Narrator: After
hours of struggle,
phaedra's pain
has only escalated.
Out of options, medics prepare
to evacuate her to the hospital.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Lions growling ]
Kim: Mnh-mnh.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, my god.
Ohh.
Okay. Oh, my god.
Phaedra, can you
talk to me right now?
I know you're
having a hard time,
the way you're
feeling right now.
The medics are suggesting
that we take you
to the hospital.
I know you don't want to go,
but we have to do
what's best for you.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Watch out. She's gonna
throw up. She's gonna throw up.
This wasn't my breaking point.
Ready? One, two, three, up.
There we go.
Narrator: After 29 days
in the African bush...
...phaedra's challenge is over.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
[ Groans ]
Alyssa: Thank you.
Kim: Oh, my god.
Oh, god.
Oh, my god.
I'm trying!
We had to call the
medic, and Kim is, like, in --
[ Kim groaning loudly ]
[ Sighs ] She's in horrible pain
and she's screaming
and she's sweating.
I don't know how she
can endure such pain.
[ Kim screams ]
Oh, god!
No, no. You need to
do what you got to do.
Steven: You're fine. You
can do whatever helps.
Ohh!
[ Groaning ]
Ow!
It won't stop.
You're gonna be just fine.
You're doing awesome.
Just hold on, okay?
[ Groaning ]
Oh, my god. Oh, my god!
They've got their lights.
[ Screams ]
Narrator: On this
40-day survival quest,
the survivalists earn a
"naked and afraid xl" rating,
or xlr,
which gauges their
progress, skill, and teamwork.
The remaining group of seven
successfully relocated to
the mkuze river on day 29
only to make a tragic discovery.
Jake: Don't eat the fruit!
Narrator: Now, contaminated
fruit has removed
Ryan and phaedra
from the challenge
and left Jake and
Kim writhing in pain.
As a result, the group
xlr plummets to 3.9,
and the night isn't over yet.
For more information
on "naked and afraid xl,"
[ Kim groaning ]
Oh, god.
[ Screams ]
Oh, please.
Narrator: Suffering
from the same, in
as Jake and phaedra,
Kim now faces an emergency
evacuation from mkuze river.
[ Kim screams ]
Please.
Yeah.
[ Groaning ]
Steven: I don't know
what is going down,
but it is terrifying
that everybody is going
through this right now.
You'll be all right, sweetheart.
Kim: Okay. Okay, yeah.
Okay? They're
gonna make it stop.
Get that harness.
[ Groaning ]
Get the ambulance on standby.
Okay, let's take
this one with us.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Watch your steps,
guys. Watch your step.
Alyssa: Kim, we'll
see you soon, okay?
You'll get some help.
Watch these. Keep forward.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
All right. I got you,
I got you, I got you.
[ Groaning continues ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Come over. Come up on the front.
Make sure you
grab two pieces here.
-One, two, three, up.
-[ Groaning ]
Just hold her there.
B.p. Was 144/110.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
All right.
We are in the process of
doing a double medevac
from location.
We have -- both phaedra and Kim
are suffering severe
abdominal cramps.
And the medics recommend
a course of action,
to take them to
the hospital now.
So we're gonna load them
both into the ambulance
to transport them to
pongola immediately.
[ Siren wails ]
[ Groaning ]
Narrator: In less than 24 hours,
three survivalists have been
ripped from the challenge...
[ Groaning ]
Narrator: ...Leaving
Jake fighting to remain...
Oh [bleep] ohh.
Narrator: ...And the rest alone
to try and survive the night.
[ Lion growls ]
Phaedra's not doing
good right now?
[ Lion growls ]
It's just scary 'cause
everybody's dropping,
and I'm like, we all
[bleep] ate the same [bleep]
We're all... You know?
[ Lions roaring ]
[ Branches cracking ]
Oh.
Oh, my god.
[ Roaring continues ]
Darrin: There is something
really big down there.
[ Roaring continues ]
Narrator: After the
nightmare of day 29,
the last survivalists standing
face the final
days to extraction.
There's just this huge loss
of morale and loss of hope.
Narrator: But as Africa
closes in around them...
These lions are
becoming territorial.
It's obvious that they did
not want us here anymore.
They are eye [bleep] the
[bleep] out of me right now.
Narrator: ...Time
may be running out.
Lions are super crazy close.
Can't get complacent.
Complacency kills people
Stacey: We're
ticking time bombs.
We're not gonna make
it. It's as simple as that.
-Go!
-Aah!
Oh!
[ Lion roars ]
[ Laughing ] Oh, my god!
Oh, god.
I'm trying!
She's in horrible pain.
[ Groaning ]
[ Lions roaring ]
[ Screams ]
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discovery communications
narrator: After four
weeks of struggle is it bad?
I don't know what
happened. I blacked out.
Narrator: ...The waning strength
of the group took a major hit...
Something's wrong.
...as tawny fell victim to
extreme heat and hunger.
At this stage in the game,
this kind of event could happen
to any of us.
At this point in my
personal challenge,
I feel like if I
don't just go solo,
I'm gonna regret it.
Darrin: When you
get to the river,
give us an arrow
pointing which direction --
if you go upstream
or downstream.
Oh, yeah. I can make something.
Narrator: And Ryan
made the shocking decision
to set out on his own.
Ryan: I really do hope the
group finds some of this stuff.
Narrator: But after
some early success...
Look at that!
Narrator: ...His solo journey
took a potentially deadly turn.
[ Vomiting ]
[ Vomits ]
I got puke all over me.
I'm sweating my ass off.
This hurts so bad.
[ Groans ]
I'm gonna have
to call the medic.
Medic, come in. Over.
Excruciating pain
in my diaphragm.
Curled up into a ball.
I don't know what
to do about it.
I need something checked.
I need something now.
Oh.
This hurts so bad.
[ Lion growls ]
There's lions. I can hear lions.
This is not the
best time to be sick.
[Bleep]
Man: Try and stay calm.
We need to take
your vital signs quickly.
Just keep breathing. That's it.
[ Groans ]
Oh, my god.
Ryan, what did you eat?
A dozen clapperberry fruits,
and a half a monitor lizard.
What the [bleep] is this?
Yeah, please say something.
No, I don't want to leave.
Narrator: Doctors fear
that Ryan may be suffering
from internal bleeding
or kidney failure.
They have no choice but to
remove him from the challenge.
[ Ryan groans ]
We have a hike
today down to the river,
which, uh, is kind
of our last big hike
before we gear
up for extraction.
Leaving this place, new scenery.
Steven: It's been a
tough couple of days,
especially with tawny
getting hurt and losing her
and then Ryan kind
of going off on his own.
You know, the team's
kind of breaking a little bit.
Do you think we're gonna
run into Ryan, like, right away?
Probably.
-You think?
-Why?
I think that he was
really trying to avoid us
for at least another day.
But I don't really care
if he wants to avoid us.
That's our [bleep]
river just as much.
Sorry, I needed to tone down
my animosity towards him.
No, get it out. It's okay.
Me and Ryan, we
started this together,
and our whole thing
was we're both leaders
and we wanted to
keep it as a group.
And, you know, he
backed out on his word.
I think it was a cop-out,
and I think it was
pretty messed up.
So, here's the map.
We are right here.
Hopefully it's gonna be
following that riverbed.
I still say we follow
the dry riverbed down.
Yeah.
Narrator: Five miles
northwest of tsonga basin
lies the mkuze river.
Though potentially dangerous,
a new camp along the
mkuze will bring the survivalists
closer to the day
40 extraction point.
Everybody ready?
-Yeah.
-Yep.
You got enough?
Yeah. I'm good.
Okay.
Bye, boma.
Yeah, this is gonna
be a rough afternoon.
Yeah.
Phaedra: I'm not sure
what resources will be there,
but I feel like we'll
definitely have to push
really hard when we get there.
Hopefully there's
something to sustain us,
like maybe some
fruit or something.
I don't know what's
gonna be there.
We're just gonna have to
try to get there in a good pace
'cause we're gonna have
to do a serious boma.
Yeah.
Kim: If I had to
choose a leader,
I would say it was Jake.
I admire him and I
want to be like him
and I want to follow
him and I do follow him.
And that right there
makes hi ma leader.
God, the weather gods
are working in our favor.
Jake: I would never
describe myself as a leader
just because I think that's
a douchey thing to do.
That being said, I've kind
of been pushed into that role,
and if that helps
people out, awesome.
[Bleep] I'm the leader.
If it doesn't, just kidding.
This is only gonna
last a little longer.
My feet are shredded already.
Guys, I see a
[bleep]load of fruit.
-Yay.
-Yay.
Nice.
How do you guys feel
about taking a little break
and climbing some trees?
-Yes.
-I'm down.
Narrator: A parasitic
vine, the woolly caper bush
grows wild in South Africa.
Its fleshy fruit supply
abundant vitamin c, potassium,
and sugars that are also a
favorite of disease-carriers
such as monkeys and bats.
Oh, you know what's
a good possibility?
Ryan.
Some of these branches look
like they were kind of chopped.
Heads up.
Okay. Look at this [bleep]
-Wow.
-Wow.
The taste is amazing.
Jake: Fruit kind of tastes
like heaven in my mouth.
Definitely a unique flavor
that I've never tasted before,
but delicious nonetheless.
Steven: They're super sweet.
It's like -- the
texture's funky.
Not gonna lie.
Are they safe?
Stacey: Anytime you're
eating something out here.
You're taking that chance
that it's gonna be poisonous.
Jake: These ones have
got crazy maggots inside.
Oh, yeah.
Steve: They will
die in your stomach.
Kim: This fruit is super good.
You get inside of the meat...
I won't do it.
I think they're
poison to my body.
I had wild cucumber
a little bit back,
and it has the same taste,
the same bitter,
half-sweet taste.
I won't do it to myself.
I'm already starting to
feel nauseous because of it.
Jake: All right. Let's get
this show on the road.
Blow this popsicle stand.
Wonder where Ryan
is, how he's doing.
Lot of broken branches.
I don't see any fire pit.
Look right here.
Someone's killed
a monitor lizard.
Oh.
Jake: Does it have
hands and feet on it?
No, just a head.
Looks like a fresh kill.
On our way in, we see
this big-ass monitor lizard.
Let's keep on trucking,
that means we're --
Ryan's close.
Means the river's close.
Sand.
That's a really good sign.
The more sand there is,
that means there's more
water rushing, 'cause it
breaks all the rocks up.
So, close.
Doing great, guys.
We're almost there.
There is a river.
Oh, my goodness!
Stacey: First impressions
of the riverbed,
I am thinking,
"wow, this is Africa.
This is beautiful.
There's crocodiles
in that river.
This is scary."
This is like a perfect
ambush for crocs
and looks like a lot
of game comes down.
Would you look at that.
Definitely a lion print.
Jake: Oh, look
at the size of that.
It's huge.
See the amount
of weight it takes
to make an impression like that.
Alyssa: Seeing lion prints,
it just makes you realize
how wild this place is
and how terrifying it is.
Yeah, lots of a big-ass
animals out here.
[ Animal squealing ]
Pretty sure that's a
cat eating a warthog.
Definitely the sound of somebody
getting strangled to death.
Just the guttural
sound afterward.
I've never heard a
pig make that noise.
That was pretty
intense. That was real.
That just happened.
Just got to be super careful
down here and find a good spot.
And build a really secure boma.
Cliffside will give
us good shade.
Shade over there?
Shade and then scout.
Darrin: Good thing
about this rock formation --
it'd be nice, except
for it's right on the river
where all the animals go.
I kind of want to
check out over there.
I know the leopard
was just over there, but...
You gonna go scout?
Yep.
Let us know if you guys find
a place and we'll head over.
Okay.
I'm enjoying my fruits.
There's obviously been
big animals through here.
Think I see something in here.
Oh, yeah, we got a
little puff adder over here.
Narrator: The psychotoxic
venom of the puff adder
makes it the most
dangerous snake in Africa,
responsible for over
20,000 deaths a year.
You want to try to kind of
put your blade in that crack?
They move crazy fast.
Guys, that's coming out.
Got him?
There we go.
Nice.
You know, we got
ourselves a little puff adder.
Good job, Jake.
Thanks.
Steven: It's a hell of a win.
Everybody's gonna get a
little bit of protein tonight.
Score one for the tribe.
I wonder where Ryan is.
-I didn't see anything.
-Unh-unh.
I'm wondering where
my buddy Ryan is.
Like, we agreed
that when he got here
he'd leave a marker for us.
You know, I didn't
see a marker, so...
Yeah, it's always harder to
worry about something with Ryan.
Oh [bleep]
Somebody's living here.
Uh, well... Looks like we
found somebody's home.
Looks like he got
his little monitor lizard.
Oh, no. His spear's here.
That's weird.
His spear's here, too?
No, it is kind of weird that
this is all here and he's not.
Yeah, that is kind of strange.
I don't know.
It's weird.
'Cause it's the heat of the day.
There's no way he should
be running around... Yeah.
...doing stuff.
Ryan?
[ Whistles ]
Ryan!
Really confused.
Let's watch the
diary back and see.
Darrin: I really like the
taste of these things.
Me, too.
I can tell, though, the
way it tastes and that
could totally upset my stomach.
It's one of those
risk-versus-reward things
where it's like either we have
nothing or we have something.
Mm-hmm.
Jake: Well, it looks like
I just made it to the river,
which was sort of the
destination I was hoping for,
and this place is
very, very resourceful --
lots of wildlife,
lots of game trails.
I've already found
active warthog dens.
You know, I found some fruit,
which is my vitamins, my sugars.
I've already got this
guy for some protein.
These just don't sit
well with my stomach.
You have a sensitive
stomach, though.
Mm-hmm.
My diaphragm is killing me.
[ Vomits ]
Oh, my god, dude.
[ Vomiting ]
No way.
[Bleep] Damn.
Dude, I wonder what got to him.
[ Groans ]
You guys have a raging headache?
Our bodies are
completely shot right now.
Yeah.
As long as our bodies
are healthy, I'm okay.
[ Groans ]
He's in pain, dude.
Well, I'm worried,
because if it's these berries
that we're all eating...
Medic, come in. Over no way.
9-out-of-10 pain.
10 out of 10. I'm passing out.
There's lions. I can hear lions.
This is not the
best time to be sick.
[Bleep] Myself. I
am getting nauseous,
I want to get back
there and tell them
to stop eating that
[bleep] right away.
Yeah.
So if you don't mind
me shooting ahead...
We need to move.
I'm gonna throw up
pretty soon here myself.
Wow.
Don't eat the fruit!
-What?
-What?
What?
Jake: Don't eat the fruit!
Kim: Why?
Ryan's gone.
-What?
-Gone?
We found his camp.
All his [bleep] was there.
His diary cam was
there. We watched it.
He got a bunch of
those fruits that we got.
Woke up in the night,
excruciating pain, vomiting...
Oh [bleep]
...sick beyond belief.
The monitor lizard does not
look like it was super well-cooked,
but I'm already feeling
nauseous from that fruit.
So don't -- where is Ryan?
It gets to the very
end of the tape
and he's, like,
calling the medic
'cause he's, like, at
a 9-out-of-10 pain.
Like, vomiting his brains out.
-Oh, my god.
-Wow.
Oh [bleep]
Wow.
I'm just really shocked.
Do you want to go throw up?
Jake tell you guys the news?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Yeah. Pretty crazy.
Did you see any good spots
for a shelter up there, Jake?
No, I mean,
'cause it all runs --
it's all on a game trail.
'Cause here, at least
animals can swing wide
-and not feel trapped.
-Yeah.
I feel super super insecure
building the shelter here.
We're on the main
animal highway.
I think it would
be super foolish,
and I do not agree
with the group decision
to build the shelter here.
I don't think anyone's
thinking clearly.
I think everyone's
a little sick.
Trust me.
With all my years of
knowledge in the woods...
Then why don't you guys go look?
...to camp right here
would be [bleep] asinine.
Then why don't you shoot upriver
and see if you find
something you like better?
Kim: Yeah.
Oh, my god!
My stomach's starting
to make weird noises.
This is the first time I've
strongly voiced my opinion.
They should listen.
They're all being super lazy
and want to camp right there.
You just called the group lazy.
Well, right now.
Sorry, but everyone's
stressed out, freaking out.
Let's start cooking
up this snake.
Where'd Jake go?
He's over there.
[ Vomits ]
Phaedra: I'm just
worried about Jake.
I don't like that
he's not feeling well.
Right now I'm concerned
about making sure
that the people that
we do have here still
are taken care of and
that we finish together.
How are you feeling?
I just threw up everywhere.
It's all that fruit.
This looks like Ryan's shelter.
Yep. Definitely Ryan's shelter.
Oh, yeah, that lizard
is so undercooked.
Look at that.
And it's not even charred
all the way through.
-See what I mean?
-Yeah.
When you cook a lizard like that
in its skin, I mean,
you should be cooking it
until the skin,
like, crackles off.
That's not well-done at all.
Yeah, a little bit.
Yeah, my head's
just really cold now.
I'm sorry.
I'm being a complete
sack of [bleep]
That's not even at all --
do we want to be
right here in the rocks?
I was kind of liking the more
open area for everybody.
-Up top?
-No, I mean, right there.
Right back there?
Yeah, I like the idea of this,
and then cut off right there.
Everything we need to
make a boma is right here.
We got super-easy
access to water.
I mean, this is defensible.
Big animals aren't
gonna come through here.
Okay. So, we're
thinking safety first.
Yes.
And then we'll
think comfort later.
[Bleep] Comfort. Comfort
doesn't keep you alive.
Okay. Calm down a little.
Safety -- I'm just
trying to say --
I know, but, like, kind of
made me feel defensive,
the way you were
like, bah-da-da-da.
But anyways, yeah.
Ryan: [Bleep] Damn.
This hurts so bad.
[ Groaning ]
9-out-of-10 pain.
10 out of 10. I'm passing out.
I would really
prefer not to hear.
Yeah, could you guys turn that
'cause I don't want
to hear him vomiting.
-Yeah.
-Thank you.
Phaedra: I just
watched the video
of Ryan's last moments out here,
and it was -- literally could
not be any more intense.
How scary it must
have been to be alone
and be that sick and
be in that much pain.
Crazy, right?
Over here.
Far away from the fire.
Right there.
How'd it go?
If we pick this place,
it really won't take us
very long to build the boma.
I mean, there's rock ledges
and lots of Thorn trees.
Super super secure.
And we're 30 seconds
away from a waterhole.
Okay.
I also looked at Ryan's lizard,
and it is 100% undercooked.
He got sick not from that fruit.
It's delicious.
Thank you, Steven.
Yes. Thank you, Steven.
Hey, no problem, guys.
Jake, do you want
us to save you some?
No, that's okay?
Thank you.
I feel like I'm either
gonna vomit a lot more
or [bleep] my brains
out pretty soon.
He's a trouper.
I know. I feel
really bad for him.
I do, but I'm 100%
confident in his --
he's the strongest
person I know.
Yeah.
Getting worse?
What?
Is it getting worse at all?
I don't know.
Our big lion over
there needs to get well.
I know.
Feel like a couple
more throw-ups
and I'll be back on track.
When do you guys want
to get started on the boma?
Steven: Guys ready?
Yeah.
Jake, we're gonna head
up and start this boma.
Just get some rest, dude.
Can't lose anybody else.
Thanks, guys.
Is this it?
-Yeah, it's right here.
-Oh.
Darrin: We really
only got to prim up
you know, like, drag a few
of those thorns up right there.
Tonight, I mean, I'd say
we just get a good perimeter
and, like, a little landscaping.
Yeah, let's do it.
Jake: How are you
feeling right now?
Phaedra: I'm gonna use
the restroom over here, so --
I'm just about to
throw up, I think.
Darrin: We can't take
those giant ones through.
Those thorns are
super, super huge.
It's really hard to drag
them through all these trees.
Hey, I step up when
everyone else is down.
There was too many
chiefs for awhile,
but when I'm
needed, I'll pick it up.
Are you sick?
I've had the worst diarrhea,
and I feel like I'm
gonna throw up so bad.
[Bleep] To drag through brush.
These big branches are hard as
I hear you, but all
back there is all blank.
Like, we don't have any
thorns back there, so...
I was gonna garden the inside
to fill in back there, Alyssa,
and above us
rather than drag all these
nasty thorns through our camp.
Then we can do that.
I really don't want to argue.
I don't want to, like,
keep talking about it.
I don't want to be the
maker of these plans.
If you guys all agree,
then let's do
something different.
Darrin: I've been agreeing
with everything that's been said
for two weeks.
I'm ready to voice my opinion.
You look really bad, Jake.
Why the [bleep]
did we eat that fruit?
We were starving.
[ Panting ]
[Bleep] Damn. Phew.
Aah.
I think -- I don't know
what's wrong with me.
[ Groans loudly ]
I feel like I can't breathe.
[Bleep]
I'm in so much pain.
[Bleep]
I feel like I can't breathe.
[ Whimpers ]
[Bleep] I'm in so much pain.
Narrator: Overcome by
intense abdominal pain,
phaedra requires
emergency medical treatment.
I don't know what's
wrong with me.
Right here.
Yeah, I don't know.
It's right here, though.
Oh, please.
-Okay.
[ Groans ]
-Ow! Ow.
-You okay?
[ Sighing ] Oh, god.
We're all just so
[bleep] tired right now.
I know.
[ Grunts ]
Phaedra: Yeah.
Okay.
Ohh! I know -- I
know it's not nausea.
It's something -- pain.
Yeah.
There. Right there.
Right there. I
don't know what's --
oh, please.
-Okay, yeah. I'm just checking.
[ Groaning ]
Man: You all right?
[ Retching ]
We're gonna get you
the help you need.
I know.
Okay.
-Hey, guys?
-Yeah?
Uh, they're bringing
the stretcher down.
-Oh, no.
-They're bringing the stretcher?
Seriously?
I'm not [bleep] around.
If they haul Jake out,
there goes the
entire group's morale.
Oh, no.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Narrator: With the
threat of lions in the area,
medics rush phaedra to
the security of a medical tent
where they can better
evaluate her condition.
Alyssa: What?
-It's not Jake?
-No.
-Who is it?
-Jake's walking over here.
What the [bleep] is happening?
Kim: It's hard watching
your partners go down,
and just doesn't
really feel like
the odds are in
our favor anymore.
I'm actually scared.
Stacey: Oh, no.
It was the [bleep] fruit, man.
Darrin: They're taking
her to bush camp.
Huh.
I hope this fruit
doesn't make me sick
'cause seems like that's what
made Jake and phaedra sick.
Phew. What a day, man.
Alyssa: Are you
feeling better, Jake?
Jake: Not really.
Are there any places
to lay down up there?
Yes. Yes.
Okay.
I want to stay.
Darrin: I'm gathering firewood.
Got to get this done right now.
We're gonna have lions
all around us tonight.
We had a leopard kill a warthog
just upstream from where
we're camping today.
It's real, man.
The dangers here are 10 times
what they were
at our last place.
[ Groaning ]
Man: It's okay. Just
relax. Just relax.
Man #2: There's
batteries in here?
So you think a night here --
she'll probably be okay.
Okay. All right.
I'm too hot. Hot.
Darrin: Up this gully behind us,
there's a spot with a
lot of firewood, I think.
We'll get as much
as we can, Darrin.
I'm just making sure
we're gathering firewood.
Got to get all our
wood before sunset,
before the lions come out.
We're new subjects
in their territory.
We got to get this wood.
Where's Steven?
Steven!
-Steven!
Steven: Africa's no joke.
It is the hardest
place to survive.
This is what makes a
man a man right here.
This is what really
proves your mettle.
I'm gonna check on Jake.
[ Lion growls ]
It's getting worse.
Ohh.
Man: "C" for the medics. Medics.
[ Sighs ] It's a crazy day.
And it's just not
getting better.
It's getting worse.
Hey, let's give them space.
Yeah, I ate like five
or six of those, man.
Man: Okay, we're just gonna
do some vital signs for you,
and then we'll decide if we're
gonna move you out faster.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
When I stand up, it's
probably more like eight.
So we'll take him down
to the camp, as well,
and start him on
the same treatment.
One, two, three.
-Bye,jake.
-Bye.
-Love you, bro. Hang in there.
-See you in the morning.
Narrator: Gastritis
is a sudden swelling
medics now suspect
that some of the fruit
may have been
contaminated by saliva or feces
from monkeys or bats.
Kim: We're losing everybody.
Stacey: Those
[bleep] fruits, man.
I knew.
I'm so glad that
I did not partake.
One, two, three. Okay.
What a [bleep] day.
Phaedra, she's all jacked up.
Jake, Jake's been on his
knees since he got here.
-Got it?
-Yeah.
Straight across.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Okay.
[ indistinct radio chatter ]
Narrator: After being
moved to a more secure area,
Jake and phaedra have been
diagnosed with acute gastritis
most likely caused
by contaminated fruit.
Medics continue to
monitor their pain levels
to determine if they can
return to the challenge
or if they must be evacuated
for emergency treatment.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
Just need one more big one
right here and then a door.
Stacey: I can't carry
any of those big ones up.
I'll go grab that big
green one down there.
-You go do the grooming.
-Okay.
We're building our shelter
before it gets too dark.
Here. You can put
that somewhere. I'll
today is the worst
day absolutely by far.
-Oh.
-Trying to keep it together,
but, you know, I
feel really upset.
I wanted to cry, which
I don't normally do,
but there is no
time to cry here.
You just have to keep going,
so that's what I'm
gonna keep doing.
The lions are gonna be within
100 yards of us tonight, Kim,
to start out the night.
That's the part
I'm worried about.
Really hope we're okay tonight.
[ Insects chirping ]
Man: Jake seems
to be more relaxed.
He says the pain
is still the same.
We've given him
the same medication.
So the plan is to just
continue monitoring him
to see how that happens.
Phaedra: Why?
Man: Unfortunately, being
in an environment like this,
there's only so much we can do.
Just for vital signs.
Narrator: After
hours of struggle,
phaedra's pain
has only escalated.
Out of options, medics prepare
to evacuate her to the hospital.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Lions growling ]
Kim: Mnh-mnh.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, my god.
Ohh.
Okay. Oh, my god.
Phaedra, can you
talk to me right now?
I know you're
having a hard time,
the way you're
feeling right now.
The medics are suggesting
that we take you
to the hospital.
I know you don't want to go,
but we have to do
what's best for you.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Watch out. She's gonna
throw up. She's gonna throw up.
This wasn't my breaking point.
Ready? One, two, three, up.
There we go.
Narrator: After 29 days
in the African bush...
...phaedra's challenge is over.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
[ Groans ]
Alyssa: Thank you.
Kim: Oh, my god.
Oh, god.
Oh, my god.
I'm trying!
We had to call the
medic, and Kim is, like, in --
[ Kim groaning loudly ]
[ Sighs ] She's in horrible pain
and she's screaming
and she's sweating.
I don't know how she
can endure such pain.
[ Kim screams ]
Oh, god!
No, no. You need to
do what you got to do.
Steven: You're fine. You
can do whatever helps.
Ohh!
[ Groaning ]
Ow!
It won't stop.
You're gonna be just fine.
You're doing awesome.
Just hold on, okay?
[ Groaning ]
Oh, my god. Oh, my god!
They've got their lights.
[ Screams ]
Narrator: On this
40-day survival quest,
the survivalists earn a
"naked and afraid xl" rating,
or xlr,
which gauges their
progress, skill, and teamwork.
The remaining group of seven
successfully relocated to
the mkuze river on day 29
only to make a tragic discovery.
Jake: Don't eat the fruit!
Narrator: Now, contaminated
fruit has removed
Ryan and phaedra
from the challenge
and left Jake and
Kim writhing in pain.
As a result, the group
xlr plummets to 3.9,
and the night isn't over yet.
For more information
on "naked and afraid xl,"
[ Kim groaning ]
Oh, god.
[ Screams ]
Oh, please.
Narrator: Suffering
from the same, in
as Jake and phaedra,
Kim now faces an emergency
evacuation from mkuze river.
[ Kim screams ]
Please.
Yeah.
[ Groaning ]
Steven: I don't know
what is going down,
but it is terrifying
that everybody is going
through this right now.
You'll be all right, sweetheart.
Kim: Okay. Okay, yeah.
Okay? They're
gonna make it stop.
Get that harness.
[ Groaning ]
Get the ambulance on standby.
Okay, let's take
this one with us.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Watch your steps,
guys. Watch your step.
Alyssa: Kim, we'll
see you soon, okay?
You'll get some help.
Watch these. Keep forward.
[ Indistinct radio chatter ]
All right. I got you,
I got you, I got you.
[ Groaning continues ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Come over. Come up on the front.
Make sure you
grab two pieces here.
-One, two, three, up.
-[ Groaning ]
Just hold her there.
B.p. Was 144/110.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
All right.
We are in the process of
doing a double medevac
from location.
We have -- both phaedra and Kim
are suffering severe
abdominal cramps.
And the medics recommend
a course of action,
to take them to
the hospital now.
So we're gonna load them
both into the ambulance
to transport them to
pongola immediately.
[ Siren wails ]
[ Groaning ]
Narrator: In less than 24 hours,
three survivalists have been
ripped from the challenge...
[ Groaning ]
Narrator: ...Leaving
Jake fighting to remain...
Oh [bleep] ohh.
Narrator: ...And the rest alone
to try and survive the night.
[ Lion growls ]
Phaedra's not doing
good right now?
[ Lion growls ]
It's just scary 'cause
everybody's dropping,
and I'm like, we all
[bleep] ate the same [bleep]
We're all... You know?
[ Lions roaring ]
[ Branches cracking ]
Oh.
Oh, my god.
[ Roaring continues ]
Darrin: There is something
really big down there.
[ Roaring continues ]
Narrator: After the
nightmare of day 29,
the last survivalists standing
face the final
days to extraction.
There's just this huge loss
of morale and loss of hope.
Narrator: But as Africa
closes in around them...
These lions are
becoming territorial.
It's obvious that they did
not want us here anymore.
They are eye [bleep] the
[bleep] out of me right now.
Narrator: ...Time
may be running out.
Lions are super crazy close.
Can't get complacent.
Complacency kills people
Stacey: We're
ticking time bombs.
We're not gonna make
it. It's as simple as that.
-Go!
-Aah!
Oh!