Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - What Lies Beneath - full transcript
The seven remaining survivalists enter week two of their brutal challenge in the Amazon. After two tap-outs in the first four days, their priority is to find food.
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can't see a thing...
till it's right on you.
The ground... cover is so thick.
Venomous snakes
they're hard to find.
♪♪
[ Animal screeching ]
Narrator: Deep in the
heart of the Amazon jungle,
nine "naked and afraid"
veterans are tackling
an unthinkable
survival challenge...
To endure 40 days and 40 nights
in the most remote
wilderness on the planet.
- Whoo!
- Ah!
To make it out alive,
they must master the
environment... [ Gasps ]
Holy [ Bleep ]
and push the limits
of human endurance.
- Ah!
- [ Screaming ]
Call a medic.
Then, for the first time,
ever... What is that?
The survivors are stunned
by unexpected guests.
Oh, my god!
I did not see that coming.
Narrator: As world
collide... Holy [ Bleep ]!
On "naked and afraid XL."
Previously, nine survivalists
entered the flooded jungles
of Ecuador's Amazon basin.
It kinda looks like man
isn't supposed to live here.
Spread across ten square miles,
they began the challenge
divided into three camps.
At Rio Mortal...
Giovanna: Oh god,
something bit my ass so hard.
Lacey: The bugs
are [Bleep] horrible.
Narrator: The all-female team
struggled to secure fire
and water in the
damp conditions.
Come on, you evil bastard.
Amber: If we don't
get water by tomorrow,
then we might be tapping out.
Whoo, fire! Oh, my god.
Narrator: At Laguna Negra...
[ Groans ] Cut my foot.
Shannon: Gross!
A freak injury
and lack of food...
was too much for one
survivalist to overcome.
What?
And at Punta Araña... Ah!
Narrator: The bravado
of the all-male trio
was shattered by
the shocking loss
of a teammate on day one...
- I just broke my knee.
- Seriously?
Ah! First [ Bleep ] day.
Narrator: Leaving
the remaining two
to face the Amazon alone.
[ Growling ]
Dude, what the [bleep] was that?
Did you hear that [bleep]?
[ Growling ]
Thing came right
up close to [bleep].
[ Growling ]
♪♪
Matt: Either it
snuck off or crept off.
That thing came out of nowhere.
Narrator: Six miles to
the north, at Laguna Negra,
Fernando and Shannon face
their first night
without their teammate.
[ Buzzing ]
Fernado: [ Snoring ]
I'm so [ Bleep ] tired
♪♪
Fernado: I feel like it was
warmer the first few days out here.
It's kinda colder.
Yeah.
Shannon: First
night without Matt
was cold... very,
very difficult to sleep.
And there's like, a bear
that lives in my den as well.
If I could not snore...
I know... I would.
I know.
Feel free at any
time in the night...
No, I'm not even gonna...
To punch me in the face.
No, I'm not gonna
punch you in the face.
No, punch me in the face.
I love Fernando, but it
makes it very difficult for me
'cause I'm a very light sleeper.
Look at you! This is amazing!
Isn't that fun?
Right now, I'm building
woven palm blankets
to combat the cold.
I'm pretty lucky to have a
partner who's a contractor.
You take shelter-building
very seriously.
I love it. [ Laughs ]
I am a stone-Mason contractor.
Doing stonework
kinda prepares me
to bust my ass all day out here.
You know, I have a
physical job at home,
so I feel like I feel
the need to sleep.
It's really hard not to
be able to heal your body
because you're
not sleeping here.
Cordage... rope of jungle.
Having Matt leave
and tap out early
was definitely a blow
to our work production
and how much we could
accomplish in a day.
So, whether it be helping
her get her body heat up
or helping her
keep her morale up,
my goal right now is
to be a good teammate.
I have added a small
little addition to our shelter.
Shanando... it's our
two names combined.
Name our house now. [ Laughs ]
That is awesome!
That is perfect. I love it.
You know, it's just
the two of us now,
so we really have to
rely on each other a lot.
It kinda has a nice ring to it.
Shanando!
Oh my god, I love it!
♪♪
So, last night was
a mix of emotions
like a son of a bitch.
Hoo, boy howdy!
- It was an eventful evening.
- I know.
I'm surprised I even
got to sleep after that.
The dangers of a big cat
coming into camp
could be catastrophic.
Never quite seen
the likes of this place.
Amazon's no joke.
And when it growls...
Unh-unh. Unh-unh.
- Nope.
- Unh-unh.
No sir, I was done.
That was intense.
Right now, I can barely
keep my eyes open.
I'm just tired, I'm hungry,
so part of the plan today
was trying to get a small
bit of food even though
we don't have
the energy to do it.
[ Animal snorting ]
Matt: My bow is kinda
an extension of my hand.
I've got my primitive bow
here. I actually made this sucker.
I've had a lot of
alligators, a lot of snakes.
And if a pig slips up,
I'm gonna stick
him with an arrow.
♪♪
Narrator: In the Amazon,
wild pigs travel in huge
droves that can number over 100,
and they're
fiercely territorial.
Shh, shh, hey.
I am confident that
we're gonna have bacon
on the damn fire before long.
Narrator: Three and a half miles
southeast in the dense jungle
of Rio Mortal, Lacey, Amber,
and Giovanna
continue to struggle
against the elements.
Amber: I'm gonna
put this over this side,
'cause we got a lot
of drips on our head
a few random drips last night.
But it's cold,
I'm not gonna lie.
I just don't like how it's
wet all the damn time.
This place, the Amazon,
it's one of the hardest
places I've ever been to.
The shelter and the weather...
It is all the time, it's
fighting against us.
Every day we have to fix it up.
Every single day we have
to do something different to it
to make sure it works,
and it's a constant battle.
So, the Amazon is kinda
kicking our butt right now.
Lacey: Day five with no
protein... we're hurting.
We need sustenance.
My belly is rumbling.
I'm hungry.
Maybe exploring is the
key to finding sustenance.
I was military
police in the army.
The military has instilled
in me willpower,
organizational skills.
So I am mission-minded,
and lack of food, protein,
that is really the thing
that I worry about the most.
Oh, my gosh.
Ho-ly... crap.
That is the world's
largest worm,
and it looks freaking delicious.
Holy crap, that thing is crazy.
Narrator: Feeding on everything
from decomposing animals to feces,
some species of
earthworm in the Amazon
can grow to five feet long.
Lacey: It's like
the size of a snake.
I don't know if the girls
will be willing to eat it or not.
We'll see.
- Did you get a grub?
- Girl, no.
Amber: If you got a
snake, you're amazing.
- What is that?
- It's the size of a snake.
[ Coughs ] It's the
world's largest worm.
Amber and Giovanna: [ Gasps ]
- Oh, my god!
- Oh, my lord!
It might as well be a snake.
Now, I'm just
trying to think of...
- How to cook it?
- Well...
- Do you have to gut it?
- No.
Have you ever eaten a worm?
Lacey: Yeah, I just eat it raw.
But, I'd rather cook this one.
Good find, Lacey!
We needed it.
Oh, it's gross.
Amber: Yeah, it looks
really unappetizing to me.
Just take a lick on it.
It's dirt.
[ Spits ] It's full of dirt.
- Look at that.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Oh, barf.
- It's full of dirt.
It's not... this feels like
meat over here already.
Try the head.
♪♪
That looks, like, gross.
Meat! Maybe that's
just the pooper.
I just licked his poop.
[ Laughter ]
You ate the ass.
All right. So, here we go.
Lacey: None of it
edible... None of it.
If I eat it, it will give
like, the [ Bleep ].
That's Ecuador
telling me to suck it,
'cause I need a real meal.
So...
- It's so gross.
- I can't swallow it.
Matt: Be careful Russell,
there's a black
palm in here, man.
All right.
Russell: Black
palm, for us, basically
is like barbed wire.
Everywhere you step,
you're stepping on needles.
Oh, [ Bleep ].
[ Groaning ]
You did get a shot off on a pig,
and they decide to charge you,
you can't run on black palm.
So you're just basically
sealing your own fate.
♪♪
♪♪
[ Bird screeching ]
♪♪
[ Sighs ] Oh, son of a bitch!
My arrow's sitting there,
and there's no blood.
My heart just drops
out of my body.
It missed him, just a few
inches [ Bleep ] damn it.
Russell: You know, hunting
for fun at home is one thing,
but hunting for
survival... Totally different.
[ Bleep ] Damn it. It was close.
Dude, we could've
almost touched it.
They're getting into some
thick black palm country.
Yeah. Let's just head back.
All right, I'm following you.
Matt: As a hunter, I am
haunted by those epic misses.
And right now, I'm
dealing with like,
you know, this
heartache of knowing
that opportunity was
as good as it gets
and didn't get to, you
know, capitalize on it.
They're not gonna win.
At some point, there's
gonna be a pig on this
[ bleep ] Damn fire. Damn well.
Because now, that pissed me off.
Now you're pissed.
So, pig?
You can run.
Eventually, you're
gonna be in our belly.
♪♪
Lacey: I'm
collecting palm fronds
for our alphabet fish trap.
Lack of food and
protein... It's getting to us.
So we're gonna head down
the river, set some traps,
and hopefully we'll
have fish soup for dinner.
- Is that enough?
- I think so.
A lot of the resources
that we're using
are up by our shelter.
And we're having to
carry down all of the things
that we need for the stationary
fish trap down to the water.
♪♪
It's scary out here.
Yeah, kinda spooky.
Amber: The water
is very intimidating.
It's dark, you
can't see that well.
It could be a stingray, it
could be an electric eel.
I mean, we're not
sure what's in there.
We're gonna make a simple like,
"m" fish trap, try to
get some piranha.
Amber: What it is is you
build out a box right here,
and on the inside you make it go
in like the shape
letter of an "m."
And then from that
point, the fish go in
and they can't get out.
Yeah, it kinda confuses them.
They just stare at
the walls and sit there.
Damn!
Lacey: Whoa, what is that?
[ Splashing ]
Okay.
Giovanna: I really have no idea.
Lacey: The water...
It is dangerous,
but we have to get
this [ Bleep ] done.
All right, let's finish this.
Protein, today's the day.
♪♪
You wanna send me
some, I'll do the other side?
We need so much more than this.
I know. It's discouraging.
How's it going, guys?
Um, we need more sticks.
That's all we got?
We're gonna have to cut more.
Yep, or we can just
head back home.
We have no traps out, though.
We don't have anything.
Yeah, that really sucks.
If we were to not
finish our fish trap
for two more days,
and then it takes three
days to catch a fish,
I mean, by then you're
gonna be like, beyond starving.
I just really wanted
a fish trap done.
That was the goal. It was.
I see them, I hear them,
and it's pissing me off.
Nighttime is when
the fish come in,
so I just wanna have
one trap in today.
I think that was
all of our goal, hun.
I know. Just remember that.
Amber: But, it is frustrating
that we didn't get it done,
but we have to be really
careful with our energy.
We'll go a couple more
days without fish if we have to.
Is it that we're not
pushing ourselves,
or is that we're being...
You know what I mean?
Like, I could
probably go, go, go.
Giovanna: Lacey's
very strong-willed,
and she's all about action
and getting things done.
And you know, I
don't wanna lie around
in the dirt for 40 days either.
Yeah.
- Well...
- I don't know.
I don't wanna start a fight. I
don't wanna go lone ranger.
We are a tribe, and we
have a long ways to go.
So I'm trying to hold
this team together,
but I'm extremely frustrated.
♪♪
Russell: We have went hunting.
We didn't get anything.
Just tired, damn tired.
We need to get
some protein in us
if we want another
hunt like that.
I hope and I pray that
mother earth allows me
another opportunity to
harvest one of these pigs.
I'm at the point now
that I could really use it.
[ Thunder crashing ]
It's raining really hard.
Suddenly, the rain
just came pouring down.
There's pretty kicking thunder
and lightening
out there right now.
[ Thunder crashes ]
[ Coughs ]
It is freezing cold.
The rain is intense,
and I'm so sick
right now with a cold.
[ Thunder crashes ]
Giovanna: Whoa! Holy [bleep]!
♪♪
[ Bleep ] You Amazon!
♪♪
[ Coughs ]
[ Sneezes ] I feel really bad.
It's like, hard to
even blow the fire.
I feel like it's just
like I have no breath.
Mm-hmm. [ Clears throat ]
Lacey: It got mad
crazy cold last night.
It was impossible to stay warm,
and we're getting
sick and we need food
or we are not gonna last.
Giovanna: Ecuador's
just not giving it up, man.
I think the biggest problem we
have is just this damn shelter.
After the storm it
got knocked down,
so I think we're
gonna have to fix it up.
I don't think our shelter
is, like, as bad as like,
you feel it is I guess. We
need a little more thatching.
That's probably
gonna take 15 minutes.
Amber: And the
biggest thing is enclosing
this open area by
putting a beam there.
That's a great idea,
and it's very innovative.
I just don't think that
trumps getting protein.
You see what I mean?
They want to just stay
up here and fix our shelter
and la-Dee-da-Dee about.
And I think that's
a huge mistake.
I mean, I don't wanna
build the shelter all day,
but I think that this
is more important.
I really do. Yeah,
I understand that.
I just completely disagree.
Amber: I know Lacey's
a go-getter, but I think
that we should slow down
our pace tremendously.
We haven't had
one day of resting.
We haven't, and we
have been go, go, go.
What if we did have
that one day of relaxation,
and then just
kill it from there?
Our tribe is talking,
talking, talking, talking.
And there's no
action, action, action.
Nothing is getting done.
I'm honestly not
feeling very well.
I feel like I should just like,
chill today and not do too much.
♪♪
The water... it's spooky.
It's creepy, and I don't
see anything good to eat.
The Amazon keeps giving
me the big ol' middle finger.
This is 100 percent
an environment
where you need to fish at night.
I think we really do need to
utilize our fish Spears at night
when the fish will be coming in,
'cause the piranha
and the vampire fish,
they come in to shore at night
to catch the minnows to eat.
So logically, that
would be our best bet.
But it is dangerous.
♪♪
Shannon: You know, there's
definitely a lot to do today
and it sucks not
sleeping at night
'cause you don't wanna
do what you need to do.
Losing sleep is hard
because you wanna
get a lot more done,
and when you're just tired and
your body's tired and you're...
Everything's
just... It's harder.
Wow, look at that.
This is a great find.
This could be either
protein, or this could be bait.
Shannon is a very
skilled survivalist.
I mean, she survived
21 days in Trinidad.
But I know if she
has some doubts
if she really can suffer
this long for 40 days.
Yeah, this is good.
This is a good
thing in survival.
[ Chuckles ]
I'm gonna go show my
partner and see what she thinks.
She's having a hard time
keeping her morale up.
You know, day after day
of not sleeping at night
is really getting to her.
Shannon, you're gonna love this.
They're small and little,
but here's a
little pile of them.
I feel like it's
my responsibility
as a teammate to do whatever
I can to help her in any way.
I kinda covered them with
some dirt to keep them alive.
I need her here.
She's a good person
and she's a good worker,
and life without Shannon
would be extremely
difficult here in the Amazon.
I told myself that
whenever it got like,
just like, brutal hard, I
would just, like, smile.
No.
And it kinda feels
good. Just smile.
No.
Try it. Give me a smile.
Fernado: [ Chuckles ]
You can't.
That's not bad, you
got halfway there.
♪♪
Yeah. All right, dude.
Russell: Matt's
talking about wanting
to get out early and go hunt.
I do know that multiple people
make for a poor hunt
'cause it's just louder.
So I'm just gonna
let him go on his own.
All right brother,
well, be safe, dude.
Yep, will do.
All right, gonna
[Bleep] get food.
Said it yesterday that I
had faith in his abilities,
and he missed.
Now, I really hope and
pray that he gets something.
'Cause I tell you
what, I'm hungry.
Hunger drives some of
the most powerful things
on earth, so right
now, I'm hungry.
And for the pigs,
that's dangerous.
♪♪
I'm not gonna lie. My
spirits have been crushed.
I see good things
coming to us. I really do.
I don't wanna just
sit here and eat
every now and then
and waste away.
I'm hungry.
Lacey: Honestly, all I’m
thinking about is night fishing.
Amber: That makes me nervous.
Amber: When you
go fishing at nighttime,
it's incredibly dangerous.
A lot of stuff we can't see.
You are just like, full-throttle
all the time, which is amazing.
And it's awesome
to watch you work.
I'd like to stay this way,
but I can't without more food.
Exactly. Like, at this point,
I'm gonna have to go full-on
conservation mode
after tomorrow.
Lacey: We need fish,
or we are not gonna last.
This is like make it
or break it right here.
We need protein.
I have a lot of fat reserves.
I honestly think
that... I don't, though.
It's better to be dry and
get protein tomorrow.
I don't agree at all.
My personal
experience... Day seven,
we need protein to give
us that energy boost.
And we'll get it, it's
just... Will we, though?
If we don't do
anything, will we?
We will. That's how I feel.
We're gonna get
minnows when we...
I feel like right now,
our group is all talk.
♪♪
And that sounds harsh,
but that's what I feel like.
That was really harsh, actually.
I don't think you should
ever say that again.
I think that was kind
of a [bleep] move.
♪♪
I feel like right now,
our group is all talk.
And that sounds harsh,
but that's what I feel like.
That was really harsh, actually.
I don't think you should
ever say that again.
Amber: I think that was
kind of a [bleep] move.
I feel like sometimes the
way things get done with her,
with Lacey, is bullying.
And it's weird.
You wouldn't think
it would come from
this cute little petite girl,
but it does.
What I meant by "all talk"
is that we have great ideas.
We are smart and
we have great plans,
but we just are lacking
the energy to do it,
- you know what I mean?
- It's hard.
Like, your mind says
all these great ideas,
and you're body's like, "no."
Yeah. So, that's
what I meant by that.
- I didn't mean like...
- Oh, okay.
I think we took that a
little wrong, or I did, maybe.
If our shelter is water-tight,
then I'm all for going.
But I just don't forsee
that all happen today.
I know, I don't...
I mean... [ Sighs ]
Lacey: I can't do this
night expedition by myself.
The risk is too large.
Bit it's majority rules,
so crossed fingers
that I have one tribal
member behind me
and therefore the plan will
still go forward as needed.
I mean, it's up to you, Gio.
What do you think, love?
Giovanna: I think it depends
on what happens today.
Yeah, if it did...
Thunderstorms
coming in like yesterday,
how bad we heard
them, that makes me
a little apprehensive
on doing this.
Lacey's very strong-willed.
I know that she has
a ton of great ideas.
But I think that I'm a little
more cautious in my approach.
But in the end,
being on a united front
is extremely
important in working
through these challenges.
Why don't we just try it out
and see how it goes down there.
If it sucks down there for
us and we're being miserable
and we're being ate up by
bugs and the fire isn't working,
then we'll just do
it another night.
Sure you're okay
with that, love?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Lacey: We really
needed that push.
We really needed
a kick in the ass,
and I was there with
my boots on ready to go.
♪♪
Russell: Matt left pretty early
this morning before sunup.
I don't know what his
game plan is as of now,
'cause it feels like he's
been out easily seven hours.
Could be even more.
♪♪
[ Bird screeching ]
Holy [ Bleep ].
That's a lot of blood.
It passed right through it.
There he is.
[ Sighs ]
I don't know if I've ever killed
anything that meant this much.
[ Sniffles ]
It's not just about
the hunt right now.
It's about our,
essentially, gift...
Gift from nature to, you
know, aide in our survival.
♪♪
I've killed a lot of
animals in my life.
[ Grunts ]
Right now, is seriously one
of the most emotional
kills I've ever had.
Thank you for this gift.
It will not go to waste.
♪ When you see me
coming better run, ♪
♪ better hide 'cause
I will hunt you down ♪
♪ and I'll eat you alive ♪
Holy sheep [ Bleep ]!
[ Laughs ] Hey, Russell.
How do you spell bacon?
Uh... [ Bleep ] Yeah, dude!
Look at this beautiful
buddy here, man.
- Yeah!
- Hoo!
Holy [bleep], dude!
How long did it
take you to get that?
You've been gone forever.
Long enough. Hoo!
Freaking gorgeous, man.
She is.
To have a pig, we're
not surviving now.
We're thriving.
Good job. Proud of you.
- We're gonna feast like kings.
- Like kings.
Let's get her down
to the river, dude.
Yep.
♪♪
Right now, we gotta make a fire
in our smoker so we can
get all our meat smoking.
But as long as it's smoking,
- the bugs will stay away.
- Yep.
So, look at that
fat right there.
That's just pure goodness.
All right, lets give her a go.
Wow, that's awesome.
Mmm.
Can't even tell if it's
cooked all the way,
and I really don't care.
That is so fresh. It's fatty.
I can feel the fat on my hands.
Mm-hmm. Yeah,
buddy. Good job, bro.
I would say we're
freaking living like kings...
Kings of the Amazon.
I am king of the Amazon!
♪♪
discovery communications
can't see a thing...
till it's right on you.
The ground... cover is so thick.
Venomous snakes
they're hard to find.
♪♪
[ Animal screeching ]
Narrator: Deep in the
heart of the Amazon jungle,
nine "naked and afraid"
veterans are tackling
an unthinkable
survival challenge...
To endure 40 days and 40 nights
in the most remote
wilderness on the planet.
- Whoo!
- Ah!
To make it out alive,
they must master the
environment... [ Gasps ]
Holy [ Bleep ]
and push the limits
of human endurance.
- Ah!
- [ Screaming ]
Call a medic.
Then, for the first time,
ever... What is that?
The survivors are stunned
by unexpected guests.
Oh, my god!
I did not see that coming.
Narrator: As world
collide... Holy [ Bleep ]!
On "naked and afraid XL."
Previously, nine survivalists
entered the flooded jungles
of Ecuador's Amazon basin.
It kinda looks like man
isn't supposed to live here.
Spread across ten square miles,
they began the challenge
divided into three camps.
At Rio Mortal...
Giovanna: Oh god,
something bit my ass so hard.
Lacey: The bugs
are [Bleep] horrible.
Narrator: The all-female team
struggled to secure fire
and water in the
damp conditions.
Come on, you evil bastard.
Amber: If we don't
get water by tomorrow,
then we might be tapping out.
Whoo, fire! Oh, my god.
Narrator: At Laguna Negra...
[ Groans ] Cut my foot.
Shannon: Gross!
A freak injury
and lack of food...
was too much for one
survivalist to overcome.
What?
And at Punta Araña... Ah!
Narrator: The bravado
of the all-male trio
was shattered by
the shocking loss
of a teammate on day one...
- I just broke my knee.
- Seriously?
Ah! First [ Bleep ] day.
Narrator: Leaving
the remaining two
to face the Amazon alone.
[ Growling ]
Dude, what the [bleep] was that?
Did you hear that [bleep]?
[ Growling ]
Thing came right
up close to [bleep].
[ Growling ]
♪♪
Matt: Either it
snuck off or crept off.
That thing came out of nowhere.
Narrator: Six miles to
the north, at Laguna Negra,
Fernando and Shannon face
their first night
without their teammate.
[ Buzzing ]
Fernado: [ Snoring ]
I'm so [ Bleep ] tired
♪♪
Fernado: I feel like it was
warmer the first few days out here.
It's kinda colder.
Yeah.
Shannon: First
night without Matt
was cold... very,
very difficult to sleep.
And there's like, a bear
that lives in my den as well.
If I could not snore...
I know... I would.
I know.
Feel free at any
time in the night...
No, I'm not even gonna...
To punch me in the face.
No, I'm not gonna
punch you in the face.
No, punch me in the face.
I love Fernando, but it
makes it very difficult for me
'cause I'm a very light sleeper.
Look at you! This is amazing!
Isn't that fun?
Right now, I'm building
woven palm blankets
to combat the cold.
I'm pretty lucky to have a
partner who's a contractor.
You take shelter-building
very seriously.
I love it. [ Laughs ]
I am a stone-Mason contractor.
Doing stonework
kinda prepares me
to bust my ass all day out here.
You know, I have a
physical job at home,
so I feel like I feel
the need to sleep.
It's really hard not to
be able to heal your body
because you're
not sleeping here.
Cordage... rope of jungle.
Having Matt leave
and tap out early
was definitely a blow
to our work production
and how much we could
accomplish in a day.
So, whether it be helping
her get her body heat up
or helping her
keep her morale up,
my goal right now is
to be a good teammate.
I have added a small
little addition to our shelter.
Shanando... it's our
two names combined.
Name our house now. [ Laughs ]
That is awesome!
That is perfect. I love it.
You know, it's just
the two of us now,
so we really have to
rely on each other a lot.
It kinda has a nice ring to it.
Shanando!
Oh my god, I love it!
♪♪
So, last night was
a mix of emotions
like a son of a bitch.
Hoo, boy howdy!
- It was an eventful evening.
- I know.
I'm surprised I even
got to sleep after that.
The dangers of a big cat
coming into camp
could be catastrophic.
Never quite seen
the likes of this place.
Amazon's no joke.
And when it growls...
Unh-unh. Unh-unh.
- Nope.
- Unh-unh.
No sir, I was done.
That was intense.
Right now, I can barely
keep my eyes open.
I'm just tired, I'm hungry,
so part of the plan today
was trying to get a small
bit of food even though
we don't have
the energy to do it.
[ Animal snorting ]
Matt: My bow is kinda
an extension of my hand.
I've got my primitive bow
here. I actually made this sucker.
I've had a lot of
alligators, a lot of snakes.
And if a pig slips up,
I'm gonna stick
him with an arrow.
♪♪
Narrator: In the Amazon,
wild pigs travel in huge
droves that can number over 100,
and they're
fiercely territorial.
Shh, shh, hey.
I am confident that
we're gonna have bacon
on the damn fire before long.
Narrator: Three and a half miles
southeast in the dense jungle
of Rio Mortal, Lacey, Amber,
and Giovanna
continue to struggle
against the elements.
Amber: I'm gonna
put this over this side,
'cause we got a lot
of drips on our head
a few random drips last night.
But it's cold,
I'm not gonna lie.
I just don't like how it's
wet all the damn time.
This place, the Amazon,
it's one of the hardest
places I've ever been to.
The shelter and the weather...
It is all the time, it's
fighting against us.
Every day we have to fix it up.
Every single day we have
to do something different to it
to make sure it works,
and it's a constant battle.
So, the Amazon is kinda
kicking our butt right now.
Lacey: Day five with no
protein... we're hurting.
We need sustenance.
My belly is rumbling.
I'm hungry.
Maybe exploring is the
key to finding sustenance.
I was military
police in the army.
The military has instilled
in me willpower,
organizational skills.
So I am mission-minded,
and lack of food, protein,
that is really the thing
that I worry about the most.
Oh, my gosh.
Ho-ly... crap.
That is the world's
largest worm,
and it looks freaking delicious.
Holy crap, that thing is crazy.
Narrator: Feeding on everything
from decomposing animals to feces,
some species of
earthworm in the Amazon
can grow to five feet long.
Lacey: It's like
the size of a snake.
I don't know if the girls
will be willing to eat it or not.
We'll see.
- Did you get a grub?
- Girl, no.
Amber: If you got a
snake, you're amazing.
- What is that?
- It's the size of a snake.
[ Coughs ] It's the
world's largest worm.
Amber and Giovanna: [ Gasps ]
- Oh, my god!
- Oh, my lord!
It might as well be a snake.
Now, I'm just
trying to think of...
- How to cook it?
- Well...
- Do you have to gut it?
- No.
Have you ever eaten a worm?
Lacey: Yeah, I just eat it raw.
But, I'd rather cook this one.
Good find, Lacey!
We needed it.
Oh, it's gross.
Amber: Yeah, it looks
really unappetizing to me.
Just take a lick on it.
It's dirt.
[ Spits ] It's full of dirt.
- Look at that.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Oh, barf.
- It's full of dirt.
It's not... this feels like
meat over here already.
Try the head.
♪♪
That looks, like, gross.
Meat! Maybe that's
just the pooper.
I just licked his poop.
[ Laughter ]
You ate the ass.
All right. So, here we go.
Lacey: None of it
edible... None of it.
If I eat it, it will give
like, the [ Bleep ].
That's Ecuador
telling me to suck it,
'cause I need a real meal.
So...
- It's so gross.
- I can't swallow it.
Matt: Be careful Russell,
there's a black
palm in here, man.
All right.
Russell: Black
palm, for us, basically
is like barbed wire.
Everywhere you step,
you're stepping on needles.
Oh, [ Bleep ].
[ Groaning ]
You did get a shot off on a pig,
and they decide to charge you,
you can't run on black palm.
So you're just basically
sealing your own fate.
♪♪
♪♪
[ Bird screeching ]
♪♪
[ Sighs ] Oh, son of a bitch!
My arrow's sitting there,
and there's no blood.
My heart just drops
out of my body.
It missed him, just a few
inches [ Bleep ] damn it.
Russell: You know, hunting
for fun at home is one thing,
but hunting for
survival... Totally different.
[ Bleep ] Damn it. It was close.
Dude, we could've
almost touched it.
They're getting into some
thick black palm country.
Yeah. Let's just head back.
All right, I'm following you.
Matt: As a hunter, I am
haunted by those epic misses.
And right now, I'm
dealing with like,
you know, this
heartache of knowing
that opportunity was
as good as it gets
and didn't get to, you
know, capitalize on it.
They're not gonna win.
At some point, there's
gonna be a pig on this
[ bleep ] Damn fire. Damn well.
Because now, that pissed me off.
Now you're pissed.
So, pig?
You can run.
Eventually, you're
gonna be in our belly.
♪♪
Lacey: I'm
collecting palm fronds
for our alphabet fish trap.
Lack of food and
protein... It's getting to us.
So we're gonna head down
the river, set some traps,
and hopefully we'll
have fish soup for dinner.
- Is that enough?
- I think so.
A lot of the resources
that we're using
are up by our shelter.
And we're having to
carry down all of the things
that we need for the stationary
fish trap down to the water.
♪♪
It's scary out here.
Yeah, kinda spooky.
Amber: The water
is very intimidating.
It's dark, you
can't see that well.
It could be a stingray, it
could be an electric eel.
I mean, we're not
sure what's in there.
We're gonna make a simple like,
"m" fish trap, try to
get some piranha.
Amber: What it is is you
build out a box right here,
and on the inside you make it go
in like the shape
letter of an "m."
And then from that
point, the fish go in
and they can't get out.
Yeah, it kinda confuses them.
They just stare at
the walls and sit there.
Damn!
Lacey: Whoa, what is that?
[ Splashing ]
Okay.
Giovanna: I really have no idea.
Lacey: The water...
It is dangerous,
but we have to get
this [ Bleep ] done.
All right, let's finish this.
Protein, today's the day.
♪♪
You wanna send me
some, I'll do the other side?
We need so much more than this.
I know. It's discouraging.
How's it going, guys?
Um, we need more sticks.
That's all we got?
We're gonna have to cut more.
Yep, or we can just
head back home.
We have no traps out, though.
We don't have anything.
Yeah, that really sucks.
If we were to not
finish our fish trap
for two more days,
and then it takes three
days to catch a fish,
I mean, by then you're
gonna be like, beyond starving.
I just really wanted
a fish trap done.
That was the goal. It was.
I see them, I hear them,
and it's pissing me off.
Nighttime is when
the fish come in,
so I just wanna have
one trap in today.
I think that was
all of our goal, hun.
I know. Just remember that.
Amber: But, it is frustrating
that we didn't get it done,
but we have to be really
careful with our energy.
We'll go a couple more
days without fish if we have to.
Is it that we're not
pushing ourselves,
or is that we're being...
You know what I mean?
Like, I could
probably go, go, go.
Giovanna: Lacey's
very strong-willed,
and she's all about action
and getting things done.
And you know, I
don't wanna lie around
in the dirt for 40 days either.
Yeah.
- Well...
- I don't know.
I don't wanna start a fight. I
don't wanna go lone ranger.
We are a tribe, and we
have a long ways to go.
So I'm trying to hold
this team together,
but I'm extremely frustrated.
♪♪
Russell: We have went hunting.
We didn't get anything.
Just tired, damn tired.
We need to get
some protein in us
if we want another
hunt like that.
I hope and I pray that
mother earth allows me
another opportunity to
harvest one of these pigs.
I'm at the point now
that I could really use it.
[ Thunder crashing ]
It's raining really hard.
Suddenly, the rain
just came pouring down.
There's pretty kicking thunder
and lightening
out there right now.
[ Thunder crashes ]
[ Coughs ]
It is freezing cold.
The rain is intense,
and I'm so sick
right now with a cold.
[ Thunder crashes ]
Giovanna: Whoa! Holy [bleep]!
♪♪
[ Bleep ] You Amazon!
♪♪
[ Coughs ]
[ Sneezes ] I feel really bad.
It's like, hard to
even blow the fire.
I feel like it's just
like I have no breath.
Mm-hmm. [ Clears throat ]
Lacey: It got mad
crazy cold last night.
It was impossible to stay warm,
and we're getting
sick and we need food
or we are not gonna last.
Giovanna: Ecuador's
just not giving it up, man.
I think the biggest problem we
have is just this damn shelter.
After the storm it
got knocked down,
so I think we're
gonna have to fix it up.
I don't think our shelter
is, like, as bad as like,
you feel it is I guess. We
need a little more thatching.
That's probably
gonna take 15 minutes.
Amber: And the
biggest thing is enclosing
this open area by
putting a beam there.
That's a great idea,
and it's very innovative.
I just don't think that
trumps getting protein.
You see what I mean?
They want to just stay
up here and fix our shelter
and la-Dee-da-Dee about.
And I think that's
a huge mistake.
I mean, I don't wanna
build the shelter all day,
but I think that this
is more important.
I really do. Yeah,
I understand that.
I just completely disagree.
Amber: I know Lacey's
a go-getter, but I think
that we should slow down
our pace tremendously.
We haven't had
one day of resting.
We haven't, and we
have been go, go, go.
What if we did have
that one day of relaxation,
and then just
kill it from there?
Our tribe is talking,
talking, talking, talking.
And there's no
action, action, action.
Nothing is getting done.
I'm honestly not
feeling very well.
I feel like I should just like,
chill today and not do too much.
♪♪
The water... it's spooky.
It's creepy, and I don't
see anything good to eat.
The Amazon keeps giving
me the big ol' middle finger.
This is 100 percent
an environment
where you need to fish at night.
I think we really do need to
utilize our fish Spears at night
when the fish will be coming in,
'cause the piranha
and the vampire fish,
they come in to shore at night
to catch the minnows to eat.
So logically, that
would be our best bet.
But it is dangerous.
♪♪
Shannon: You know, there's
definitely a lot to do today
and it sucks not
sleeping at night
'cause you don't wanna
do what you need to do.
Losing sleep is hard
because you wanna
get a lot more done,
and when you're just tired and
your body's tired and you're...
Everything's
just... It's harder.
Wow, look at that.
This is a great find.
This could be either
protein, or this could be bait.
Shannon is a very
skilled survivalist.
I mean, she survived
21 days in Trinidad.
But I know if she
has some doubts
if she really can suffer
this long for 40 days.
Yeah, this is good.
This is a good
thing in survival.
[ Chuckles ]
I'm gonna go show my
partner and see what she thinks.
She's having a hard time
keeping her morale up.
You know, day after day
of not sleeping at night
is really getting to her.
Shannon, you're gonna love this.
They're small and little,
but here's a
little pile of them.
I feel like it's
my responsibility
as a teammate to do whatever
I can to help her in any way.
I kinda covered them with
some dirt to keep them alive.
I need her here.
She's a good person
and she's a good worker,
and life without Shannon
would be extremely
difficult here in the Amazon.
I told myself that
whenever it got like,
just like, brutal hard, I
would just, like, smile.
No.
And it kinda feels
good. Just smile.
No.
Try it. Give me a smile.
Fernado: [ Chuckles ]
You can't.
That's not bad, you
got halfway there.
♪♪
Yeah. All right, dude.
Russell: Matt's
talking about wanting
to get out early and go hunt.
I do know that multiple people
make for a poor hunt
'cause it's just louder.
So I'm just gonna
let him go on his own.
All right brother,
well, be safe, dude.
Yep, will do.
All right, gonna
[Bleep] get food.
Said it yesterday that I
had faith in his abilities,
and he missed.
Now, I really hope and
pray that he gets something.
'Cause I tell you
what, I'm hungry.
Hunger drives some of
the most powerful things
on earth, so right
now, I'm hungry.
And for the pigs,
that's dangerous.
♪♪
I'm not gonna lie. My
spirits have been crushed.
I see good things
coming to us. I really do.
I don't wanna just
sit here and eat
every now and then
and waste away.
I'm hungry.
Lacey: Honestly, all I’m
thinking about is night fishing.
Amber: That makes me nervous.
Amber: When you
go fishing at nighttime,
it's incredibly dangerous.
A lot of stuff we can't see.
You are just like, full-throttle
all the time, which is amazing.
And it's awesome
to watch you work.
I'd like to stay this way,
but I can't without more food.
Exactly. Like, at this point,
I'm gonna have to go full-on
conservation mode
after tomorrow.
Lacey: We need fish,
or we are not gonna last.
This is like make it
or break it right here.
We need protein.
I have a lot of fat reserves.
I honestly think
that... I don't, though.
It's better to be dry and
get protein tomorrow.
I don't agree at all.
My personal
experience... Day seven,
we need protein to give
us that energy boost.
And we'll get it, it's
just... Will we, though?
If we don't do
anything, will we?
We will. That's how I feel.
We're gonna get
minnows when we...
I feel like right now,
our group is all talk.
♪♪
And that sounds harsh,
but that's what I feel like.
That was really harsh, actually.
I don't think you should
ever say that again.
I think that was kind
of a [bleep] move.
♪♪
I feel like right now,
our group is all talk.
And that sounds harsh,
but that's what I feel like.
That was really harsh, actually.
I don't think you should
ever say that again.
Amber: I think that was
kind of a [bleep] move.
I feel like sometimes the
way things get done with her,
with Lacey, is bullying.
And it's weird.
You wouldn't think
it would come from
this cute little petite girl,
but it does.
What I meant by "all talk"
is that we have great ideas.
We are smart and
we have great plans,
but we just are lacking
the energy to do it,
- you know what I mean?
- It's hard.
Like, your mind says
all these great ideas,
and you're body's like, "no."
Yeah. So, that's
what I meant by that.
- I didn't mean like...
- Oh, okay.
I think we took that a
little wrong, or I did, maybe.
If our shelter is water-tight,
then I'm all for going.
But I just don't forsee
that all happen today.
I know, I don't...
I mean... [ Sighs ]
Lacey: I can't do this
night expedition by myself.
The risk is too large.
Bit it's majority rules,
so crossed fingers
that I have one tribal
member behind me
and therefore the plan will
still go forward as needed.
I mean, it's up to you, Gio.
What do you think, love?
Giovanna: I think it depends
on what happens today.
Yeah, if it did...
Thunderstorms
coming in like yesterday,
how bad we heard
them, that makes me
a little apprehensive
on doing this.
Lacey's very strong-willed.
I know that she has
a ton of great ideas.
But I think that I'm a little
more cautious in my approach.
But in the end,
being on a united front
is extremely
important in working
through these challenges.
Why don't we just try it out
and see how it goes down there.
If it sucks down there for
us and we're being miserable
and we're being ate up by
bugs and the fire isn't working,
then we'll just do
it another night.
Sure you're okay
with that, love?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Lacey: We really
needed that push.
We really needed
a kick in the ass,
and I was there with
my boots on ready to go.
♪♪
Russell: Matt left pretty early
this morning before sunup.
I don't know what his
game plan is as of now,
'cause it feels like he's
been out easily seven hours.
Could be even more.
♪♪
[ Bird screeching ]
Holy [ Bleep ].
That's a lot of blood.
It passed right through it.
There he is.
[ Sighs ]
I don't know if I've ever killed
anything that meant this much.
[ Sniffles ]
It's not just about
the hunt right now.
It's about our,
essentially, gift...
Gift from nature to, you
know, aide in our survival.
♪♪
I've killed a lot of
animals in my life.
[ Grunts ]
Right now, is seriously one
of the most emotional
kills I've ever had.
Thank you for this gift.
It will not go to waste.
♪ When you see me
coming better run, ♪
♪ better hide 'cause
I will hunt you down ♪
♪ and I'll eat you alive ♪
Holy sheep [ Bleep ]!
[ Laughs ] Hey, Russell.
How do you spell bacon?
Uh... [ Bleep ] Yeah, dude!
Look at this beautiful
buddy here, man.
- Yeah!
- Hoo!
Holy [bleep], dude!
How long did it
take you to get that?
You've been gone forever.
Long enough. Hoo!
Freaking gorgeous, man.
She is.
To have a pig, we're
not surviving now.
We're thriving.
Good job. Proud of you.
- We're gonna feast like kings.
- Like kings.
Let's get her down
to the river, dude.
Yep.
♪♪
Right now, we gotta make a fire
in our smoker so we can
get all our meat smoking.
But as long as it's smoking,
- the bugs will stay away.
- Yep.
So, look at that
fat right there.
That's just pure goodness.
All right, lets give her a go.
Wow, that's awesome.
Mmm.
Can't even tell if it's
cooked all the way,
and I really don't care.
That is so fresh. It's fatty.
I can feel the fat on my hands.
Mm-hmm. Yeah,
buddy. Good job, bro.
I would say we're
freaking living like kings...
Kings of the Amazon.
I am king of the Amazon!
♪♪