Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - Worlds Collide Part 2 - full transcript

Russell: Why is
there people on a raf...

Why are there naked
people coming towards us?

Hello!

- Oh, my god!
- Who the [bleep] is that?

Holy [bleep] where
did you come from?

The Amazon.

Narrator: Now, a special
two-hour event continues,

as two survivalists

face the biggest challenge
of their 21-day journey

and... Captions paid for by
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hey, Matt. So, we received
the test results back,



and the type of
bacteria that came back

is a lot stronger than
what we can treat out here.

We’re sorry.

Matt: So, you guys,

found out I've got some
sort of a flesh-eating bacteria.

To make sure I save
my foot, I got to go.

Yeah. I wish we had more time.

Ooh. Wow.

Amber: Halfway, we’ve
lost almost half the people.

This changes everything.

Matt was the greatest
asset to coming out here

to this 40-day challenge.

He is what held us
together as a family.

And now he’s gone.



I just really feel like we
lost someone really special.

Russell, what do you think?

The severity of
this is monumental.

This jungle has caused
three different injuries.

And if you come
out here and think

that you’re just gonna
skip through this challenge,

you have another thing coming.

Now, our health is
the number-one thing.

Like, that is what’s gonna make

or break this
challenge, in my eyes.

If you can stay healthy
to the end, you make it.

If you don’t stay
healthy, you go home.

Giovanna: The Amazon
doesn’t give it to you easy.

- You want to?
- Yeah.

Just another reminder
to be careful of keeping

ourselves clean and healthy.

We’re kind of at the
mercy of the jungle.

Russell: Keep an
eye out for snakes.

They’ve got to be
coming out to warm.

Fernando: With
the absence of Matt,

making sure we don’t lose
anybody else moving forward

is gonna be really critical

because more
hands definitely help.

Oh, my god. I just
wanted this so bad.

Uh, there’s people on a raft.

What are you talking about?

Russell: Why is
there people on a ra...

Why are there naked
people coming towards us?

What?

Oh, my god.

Hello!

- Holy [bleep]
- Who the [bleep] is that?

Where did you come from?

The Amazon.

- [ Laughs ]
- Wait a minute.

Wait. There’s only two of you.

Was there three?

- No, there’s only two.
- There we go.

Oh, my gosh.

I don’t even know
where to begin.

I just can’t believe there’s
other people out here.

Have y’all been
here for 20 days?

Yeah. What about you guys?

Yeah.

Are you guys on a
21-day challenge?

This is our first time.

- First time.
- Oh, that’s weird.

We’re on our 40-day challenge.

- We’re on the "XL."
- No way.

You guys are the... get out!

- So, you’re leaving tomorrow?
- Yeah.

Narrator: Chance and Melissa
have collided with the "XL" tribe

after surviving 20
days on their own,

four miles upriver,

in the merciless
Amazon rainforest.

Melissa came into the
challenge determined

to prove her strength.

Melissa: I’m very
adventurous, I'm really daring,

and I'm a lot
smarter than I look.

Narrator: Her partner,
chance, is a former army ranger

aiming to show off his skills.

Chance: Grew up
being afraid of the dark,

so I hunted
terrorists in the middle

of the night in their backyard.

Melissa: Let’s go find firewood.

I thought that’s
what you wanted.

Yeah, I want to just focus
on, like, one thing at a time.

I’ve never really
worked with females,

especially in a
field environment.

[ Gasps ]

Melissa: The thought
that he might separate

and go off somewhere
else is scary to me.

This is gonna be a good meal.

- [Bleep]
- Badass chick, you are.

Melissa: It was kind
of like this turning point,

where he saw me
as, like, an equal.

Thank you so much
for apologizing.

Our brother-sister bond

there was completely
solidified forever.

- Okay.
- I’m Fernando.

Melissa: I’m a hugger. I
gonna hug all you guys.

Shannon: It was crazy.

We’d introduce ourselves

and figure out that Melissa
and chance are extracting.

- Right on.
- That’s so cool.

They have a two-day extraction,
and this is their first day.

And they were on
their way out of here.

Melissa: I’m so excited that
I get to meet other people.

We had a rough day
today, to be honest.

We lost our, like, our
Amazon warrior today.

You guys can
stay with us tonight.

Stay the night with us.
We’ll have so much fun.

I’m staying with you guys.

Chance, are you
staying with them?

Yeah, we’re a pair.

I went from being sad thinking
about Matt to happy, thinking,

"this is a blessing in
disguise, you know?

Everything happens
for a reason."

I mean, this is phenomenal.

- Great raft, by the way.
- Yeah, it’s nice.

Oh [bleep] me and
fern will stay down here.

If y’all don’t mind, we’re
gonna borrow your raft

and cast from it, and
we’ll bring up some fish.

Sounds good.

Ladies, y’all want
to get the fire going.

Giovanna: Poor
chance and Melissa.

They’ve been on
that raft all day long,

so we’re just hoping we
can give them a good meal

and send them on their way
tomorrow to their extraction.

How cool is it?

I mean, you’re, like, on
your last day, day before.

So, this is our home.

Wow, this is so cool!

- [ Laughs ]
- I love it.

Gosh, like, just hanging
out with these people...

They have a total community
of positive attitudes.

Their shelter’s badass.

Just, like, our shelter was
nothing... nothing like this.

I feel super blessed right now.
This is the coolest thing ever.

I can tell chance is
super pumped, too.

I’ve been, like,
the super mellow,

like, quiet person,
so, and then,

she’s happy to be around
more exciting people.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I'm a ranger.

It’s interesting to see their
dynamics and interaction,

and I was just happy that my
partner had some new faces.

I kind of feel like the
big brother now for her.

And going somewhere new
that made her happy after a long,

miserable, painful day
made me feel good.

What a crazy day.
Kind of weird, though.

Kind of an emotional
roller coaster for us.

Russell: I don’t know
what the situation is.

It was a very weird feeling.

We were down to five,
and all of a sudden,

two more come strolling up
halfway through the challenge.

We haven’t eaten
in a couple of days,

and with two extra
people to feed is a lot.

This is nice.

It’s a well-built raft, man.

You know, I'd rather have
Matt than both of those people.

Melissa, let’s grab a
handful of firewood, at least.

Absolutely.

When Matt left, you know,
we lost so much strength.

Matt was so strong.

And then here comes
chance after 21 days,

still buffed out like crazy.

Shannon: That’s always
a good thing to see...

Like, people in good
shape, because, you know,

you know when people
are working for that,

then they’ve got motivation.

And I just would love to have
someone like her out here.

The crazy part is that, like,

we haven’t been here
any longer than you.

Like, this is the exact same
point in both of our journeys.

It is. 20 days.

It’s, like, intersecting.

Chance: You guys are strong.

Like, I'm just blown
back by the experience.

You know, the survival
and coming out here...

That was great, but I
had a rough childhood

’cause I don’t
have a lot of family.

Both my parents
are incarcerated.

I’m just kind of overwhelmed
with emotions today...

You know, being at that
final cusp of completion,

but meeting a
phenomenal group of people

that are understanding
and willing to help out.

I’ve just done so much
internal reflection and growth

because of having
a partner like her...

Like, the biggest
takeaway for me.

- That’s good.
- I have, too.

Like, I don’t know what I would
have done without this guy.

He’s my... we’re
brother and sister.

Melissa and chance
would kick butt out here.

And with Matt
having to be taken out,

it would be nice to
have those extra hands.

One more day.

Whoa, fern. Whoa, fern.

Whoa, fern.

- Got the bait?
- I got the bait.

Okay, obviously,

stepping very far on the
edge is not a good idea.

This is my first time
casting from a floating raft.

Not too shabby at all.

Hey!

Fishing’s been difficult,

but now I can literally
float to where I want to go,

have no obstructions,
get a full cast.

Do you have a fish?

Hell, yes.

Look at that. Damn!

Oh, baby!

We are eating good today.

With Matt, you
know, out of the way,

the raft allows me to step up

and prove that I
can be the provider.

Out here, that’s a haul.

Thank you, universe,
for this bountiful meal.

[ Thunder rumbling ]

Woman: Hey, guys.

We stopped at the
supermarket, ladies.

Hope you don’t mind...
We kind of went over budget,

but it is a party tonight.

Yay!

- Whoo!
- Oh, my god!

- Biggest haul ever!
- Good job!

- All right.
- Yeah!

Biggest haul ever.

- Yay!
- It’s great to see you guys.

Thank you so much
for your hospitality.

Fernando: No, of course.

Smile on this guy’s face

’cause this guy was
throwing the cast net.

Woman: Oh, my gosh.

The raft is freakin’
amazing, huh?

I mean, it was so freaking hard
losing Matt this morning, right?

Fernando: It really was.

What you guys have
going here is amazing.

And right when I saw you guys,

I felt, like, such
positive energy,

and thank you so much
for letting us in here.

I ain’t gonna lie...
I was kind of upset

when y’all first got here,
because we had just lost Matt.

And Matt was my
partner from the beginning.

But I took a second
to really think about it,

and y’all deserve to
be on this challenge

just as much as anybody else.

You’ve proven
that you can do it,

’cause you’ve
survived 21 days so far.

So, you know what?

If you want to hang out with
us and be a part of this group,

hey, we’d love to have you.

Hear, hear.

What do you think?

♪

Melissa: Chance, I’m
still not 100% sure yet.

It’s a [bleep] hard
decision, man.

I know.

Hey, let’s go talk.

Yeah.

It’s day 21 right now,
and the question is,

are chance and Melissa

mentally prepared
to stay out here

for another 20 days to
do the 40-day challenge?

You know, that’s the question.

Chance: I’m not sure.

As much as they need help,
we’re exhausted, we’re burnt,

and now 20 more days.

Melissa: I love it here.

I feel like I'm in my element.

This is the most alive and happy

I've probably
ever felt in my life.

I really want to stay
out here, but I don’t know

if I can with my
current situation.

At this point, I feel like I
need to step up to the plate

and make a sound
emotional decision.

Well, it’s the hardest decision
I've made in a very long time.

I didn’t really tell you guys
this, but my father-in-law

that I live with got diagnosed
with cancer right before I left.

[ Voice breaking ] I lost
my brother to cancer, so...

With that in mind, it’s
kind of always taught me

that you just can’t take
anything for granted,

and you have to be
there for your family.

I would never forgive myself if I
stayed and something happened.

Fernando: Yeah. You’re
doing the right thing.

- You’re doing the right thing.
- Absolutely.

You earned all our respect
for doing the 21 days.

Not too many people can do that.

Chance is my brother,

and I couldn’t have
done this without him.

Couldn’t have
done it without you.

Although it’s selfish of me,
it is frustrating that Melissa

is leaving, ’cause I
think that she’s fantastic.

She could kind of equalize
all of the completely

different personalities
to pull us through, I think.

What’s the word, chance...
Are you staying or going?

If you guys would have
me, I'd be honored to stay.

- [ Gasps ]
- If you guys will have me.

What?! Really?!

If you guys will have me.

Yay! All right!

One lost and another
great warrior joined.

Matt would be excited
to have you here.

Don’t have a lot of
family back home,

and the homecoming
was kind of depressing,

the more that I actually
thought about what I want to do...

Buy some burgers for
yourself, sit in your R.V., eat it.

Ugh.

I would love and be honored

to continue their
mission with them.

Shannon: Chance, it’s
awesome you’re staying.

I’m really excited that we get
another six-pack again, so...

Fernando: Chance, welcome,
man. You’re family now.

Thank you. It means a lot.

Melissa, so, do you know your
extraction method for today?

I’m gonna raft it.

- You’re gonna raft it?
- Yep.

Are you gonna go
with her, chance?

Yep. I’m gonna
go with her and...

Oh, what a true brother.

I'm going all the way with you.

Thanks, chance.
That means a lot, dude.

Fernando: Start
together, finish together.

Hell, yeah. We’re
a team till the end.

- Aww.
- Hug times.

Russell: All right, sweetheart.

- Nice to meet you, dude.
- You too.

[ Sniffles ] You’re so sweet.

- Take care, hon.
- You guys are awesome.

- Yep, yep.
- Right.

Bye, guys. Okay, brother.

- All right.
- See you guys soon.

Bye, y’all.

I really feel like I
could have been

a valuable part of this team.

I would have been able to
provide them with my fishing

and my foraging skills,

just my hard work
and determination.

And I think I would have
been a great asset to the team,

so I felt really sad to,
like, leave them behind.

You have a family now.

You have me, and you
also have three new sisters

and two new brothers.

I wouldn’t replace
it for anything now.

Fernando: It was one day,

but you feel like there’s a
connection already with her.

Russell: Oh, yeah.
Yeah, definitely.

She was so vibrant.

And I think, you know,
we were in such a low point

when Matt had to leave

that them coming in
kind of recharged us.

And then, plus, we
got chance now, so...

Who seems like
such a great, solid...

What a great asset to the team.

He said that he’s going
home to nothing, you know?

He should feel like he’s
got some family somewhere.

If we’re his new family
now, then so be it.

- That’s right.
- That’s awesome, man.

Okay, one last row
to get on this raft.

Narrator: For the second
day of their extraction,

chance will have to help Melissa

paddle three more
miles up the Amazon

to reach her pickup point.

Chance will then have
to paddle back by himself

to continue on the
"XL" 40-day challenge.

Chance, it’s been
one hell of a ride, man.

It’s tougher mentally
than I thought,

and I was thinking
about it all last night.

Yeah, but these
people are awesome.

This extraction
experience is brutal.

This is the [bleep] Amazon.

There are caiman.
I’ve seen them.

Splash. Not good.

There are anacondas.

No.

No, no, no, no. Come on.

Ugh!

Tired of getting sunburnt.

Keep paddling.

I’m tired. I’m sweating.

I’m thinking about food.

I’m thinking about water.

Aah. Get off me
[Bleep] horsefly.

Get the [bleep] off my leg.

[Bleep]

Thank you so much.

I could not have
gotten here without you.

It would have been,
like... it’d be dark out.

We’re a team.

Always a team.

I’d do the same
for you, brother.

As I'm paddling
through the current,

it just gets stronger
and stronger,

and I'm wondering, "are
we ever gonna get there?"

How are your arms
feeling, chance?

- Jello.
- [ Chuckling ] Jello.

[ Motor rumbling in distance ]

- Do you hear something?
- Do you hear...

I think I hear a... Holy [bleep]

We’ve got to be close.
We’ve got to be close.

I’m gonna speed
up just a little bit.

Please be a boat.

- Hey!
- Hey!

Whoo! Hey, guys!

- So happy to see them.
- Oh, my gosh.

[Bleep] I am so
happy to see you.

Oh, my gosh. I can’t
believe I'm leaving you.

So, it’s just been
everything to me.

I [bleep] love you, brother.

Take care of your fam.

Stay strong for me, okay?

I will.

I’m proud of you, man.

You’re doing the right thing.

So are you.

I’m always here for
you. You know that.

♪

Chance: I didn’t
think it’d be this tough

saying goodbye to her.

21 days! Whoo!

Yee-yee-yee-yee-yee! Yeah!

Chance: It didn’t really hit
me till the final wave "goodbye."

We worked well together.

And I'm sad that she’s gone.

From day 1, she showed
me that I don’t need to be

that guarded and
distrusting to people.

And I'll always be grateful for
those lessons she taught me.

Melissa: I knew it was a hard
decision for him to make to stay there.

But I know that, when
chance finishes this,

he’s gonna come out
with this really close family,

the family that
he always wanted.

♪

Chance, brother. How’d it go?

Oh, exhausting. Emotional.

Oh, I bet. Well, you know what?

She did the right
thing. She really did.

Family’s more important right
now, and nothing mattered.

I’m not used to
feeling such emotions.

Deployment, you shut
everything in a little black box.

You do the job. You
know it has to get done.

You get it done, and you
don’t think about anything else,

and that’s what I thought
it would be like out here,

and I was wrong.

I’m really, really
gonna miss this girl.

I mean, I hate to be
emotional, but my heart sank.

Melissa taught
me a lot of things,

and I hope that I
make her proud.

But, for me, completing
the mission is this team.

I’m very impressed.

I don’t think I'd ever
find an opportunity

this rich to learn and grow.

What’s up, brother?

What’s going on?

You feeling all right, partner?

Yeah, just emotional.

Are you? All right, dude.

Take your time, man.

Take all the time
you need, partner.

Okay.

Would it bother
you if I sit on that?

No, please.

[ Sighs ]

Fernando: Russell,
what are you thinking?

Russell: I want a big meal.
I’m setting my eyes on a pig.

Woman: Are you a bowhunter?

That’s the type of bow
I shoot... longbows.

I can put an arrow in a target.
I can put an arrow in anything.

I’m not gonna starve
just for starving’s sake.

We need to have
something other than fish,

so I'm gonna have
to take Matt’s bow out

to get a big kill for the group.

I’m gonna use the game
tip, and I'm gonna shoot

at the soft spot on
that palm... to practice.

Amber: Russell wants
to take this upon his own

to be like some sort of leader,

but we don’t need a
leader of our group.

We all have our skills.

We all bring
something to the table.

I mean, it’s sad that Matt left,

but you don’t have to take
that personally and think,

"I have to provide
everything now."

Off to the side.
Off to the side.

Matt gifted the group the bow,

but I'm the only one that’s
done any longbow hunting.

Pretty close.

It’s just it’s gonna take
me a couple of pulls on it

to get the feel for
it, and it’ll be over.

Tell you what... that
mountain is dead.

I’ve killed my share
of squirrels and rabbits.

If I can get my
eyes on it, I can hit it,

and that pig’s going down.

Fernando: It’s got to be a
mind trip to think you’re done,

and then you’re only halfway.

Like, I don’t even
know if I could do that.

Chance: You know,
not having family,

it was kind of difficult
thinking about going home.

I’m going home to a
trailer that I have nothing in.

Yeah, it’s just been
tough, after the military,

not having family.

Well, you’ve got a
lot of family now, so...

This is... chance, this
is gonna be your family.

We love each other so much

that you’re not gonna
want to leave us.

You are gonna
be in love with us.

Like, that is an honor...
To be able to be here

and be able to help
out in any way I can.

Russell: Get ready, ’cause,
tomorrow, we’re gonna get a kill.

We have arrows. We have a bow.

I’m confident.

If we can see something
tomorrow, I'll get it.

Dude, sounds good.

[ Thumping ]

Amber: The guys, for some
reason, say, "I'm the man.

I’m gonna go out and hunt.
We’re gonna go get us a pig."

Well, good for you.

I am feeling [chuckling]
really low-energy today.

I am so sick and tired of
fish. I want a [bleep] pig.

Fernando: No, we got this, man.

If I do get a shot off
and I do make the hit,

we’re gonna stay put and
let it do its thing and bleed out.

They may come charging us.

If that’s the case, you jump
on the pig and stab him.

I’m gonna have my parang.
He’s gonna have his knife.

If there’s a pig running at
you, dude, you destroy it.

Shannon: Even Fernando...
He’s just been doing the guy thing.

But that’s, like, the
testosterone-infused reality

of having those guys here.

Chance: If we see
pigs, one’s going down.

Let’s see what we can find.

Six mouths to feed is a lot,

and I'm gonna make sure
everybody is taken care of.

I will chase him down
and stab him in the throat.

Oh, yeah.

It’s just so hard to see
very far in the jungle.

How fast can a pig run?

In probably a short
burst, 25 miles an hour.

And if there’s 50 of them and
they all come running at you,

your best bet is probably
to try to shimmy up

a tree as quick as possible.

All right, ladies. Are we ready?

Okay.

I really want just to
feast down so bad.

And it’s a two-person raft.

Definitely a two-person raft.

The guys are gonna go
out and scout and hunt

and, probably, I imagine, come
back, you know, empty-handed,

but we need to get food.

So we’re gonna go fishing.

It’s super dangerous out here.

Giovanna: The water is our life.

It’s our drinking
water. It’s our food.

But there are a lot of
hidden dangers in there...

Large anacondas
swimming underwater,

caimans that are
currently watching me.

Yeah, it’s scary.

I think we almost have
to kind of put on blinders

and just charge in there.

[ Sighs ] Come on.

Let’s get some good fish.

Try it again.

Yeah, let it sink.

- Nice.
- Go, girl.

Bring it on in.

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Get it.

We’re gonna get
fish. Don’t worry, girl.

Let’s stay positive.

Well, godspeed, guys.

Divide and conquer.

Never give up. Never surrender.

Fernando: So, we’re
going to our pig hunt.

We found a really
good game trail.

This is definitely a well-used
trail by a lot of animals.

We’re gonna follow this
and see what we find.

Shh, shh, shh, shh! [
Animals snorting in distance ]

We can hear a
couple snorting around.

Can’t quite see them.

[ Pig squealing ]

♪

[ Pigs snorting ]

Pigs.

Can’t quite see them.

Son of a bitch.

Chance: Russ wants
to be the hunter.

He feels that he’s the
leader in his own mind.

They’re a lot better at
hearing us than we are at them.

Let’s go rest.

Chance: For me, it’s
easier to be a follower

than try and be a
chief in a new tribe.

Well, hello.

How are you guys?

Good.

Yeah?

No pig, but lots of
activity, lots of piglets.

- Nuh-unh. You saw piglets?
- Two of them.

[ Gasps ] Oh, rad.

What are you building?
Something cool?

I’m building an
arapuca bird trap.

- Right on.
- Very cool.

The girls are out
casting the net.

Russell: I hope they come
back with something, ’cause if not,

I'll have to go out
there and do it.

Shannon: We’re gonna
get fish. Don’t worry, girl.

Let’s stay positive.

The boys better not try to
shove this [bleep] in our face.

I don’t like that.

We’re working hard,
just as much as them.

They should respect that.

What’s up?

- Any luck?
- How’d y’all do?

- How many have you gotten so far?
- None.

None? Okay.

We were out there for how
many hours and to get nothing?

Such [bleep]

Oh, it’s just the wrong
timing, you know?

Yeah, probably time of day.

Now that we’re seeing signs
of pigs and I have the bow,

I'm gonna be disappearing
hunting more and more often...

Maybe every day.

Y’all are gonna have to
hone in the cast netting

in order to bring in something.

We can’t just leave
something like that

on one person’s shoulders.

I don’t care what
time of day it is.

Just go down there and grab
the raft, grab the cast net, and go.

If I go two or three days
and I'm not seeing any sign...

Everybody plays their part.

Shannon: There’s a
lot of chaos at camp.

It just seems
very chaotic to me.

I just... you know, I've had
enough of the noise, really.

It’s hard to hear
yourself think over all that.

[ Buzzing ]

I’m not trying to create waves,

but I feel like I’m
just absolutely

unappreciated in every way.

I am more than
pulling my weight here.

And what the hell
am I supposed to do?

Hey, what’s up?

Fernando: Hey,
Shannon. What’s going on?

I just can’t stand being
at camp anymore at all.

No, I hear you. It’s kind
of gotten weird, huh?

I’m seeing him feeling a
pressure to somehow, like,

step up and be
some kind of leader.

Well, you lead by example.
That’s the way you should lead.

You can feel it in
every word he says.

He’s got this enormous agenda.

I’ll say this.

Like, Russell and I
have become friends.

I really have kind of
been oblivious to that.

Open your eyes to it a little
and notice the way he, like,

dismisses everything
anybody has to say.

And if you’re noticing
something that would...

Seems a little
off, just be like,

"hey, Russell, that seems
a little offensive to women."

But you don’t want
me to talk to him?

No, I don’t want you to talk...
I just want you to speak up

to him when he does it.

That would be nice.

[ Birds chirping ]

Giovanna: It’s an
intense morning.

We’re hungry, and we’re tired.

People are starting to bicker.

I think everybody kind of
needs a little bit of space today.

So I'm putting the finishing
touches on my bird trap here.

So, it’s just got a really
simple pencil trigger here.

It’s like two sides
kind of similar,

and they rest like this.

And so, if there’s any pressure
on the cord, it’s gonna fall.

And that’s gonna
catch us dinner.

I hope it works.

I mean, it’s amazing how
we were going from eating

all the time to now...
Everybody was like,

"oh, I want to
throw the cast net.

I want to throw the cast net,"
to not eating in three days.

Chance: Last night,
there was a bit of turmoil,

and so to wake
up to more drama...

It was nerve-racking.

It’s always like,
"well, I... I..."

That’s just the way
you talk naturally.

She gets offended
by it, Russell.

Well, I get offended when
I show up from a long hunt

and everybody says, "oh,
by the way, the fish stuff

is ready for you to go
catch us some food."

Yes, there’s a lot
of "I" in what I say,

a lot of "me" in what I say.

But the thing is, it’s
a lot of me fishing,

and it’s a lot of me hunting,

so it’s a lot of me
talking about it.

How is it that every time
I go out, I bring back fish,

and every time everybody
else goes out, they don’t?

And I can show y’all how
to do that if y’all take the time

to go out with me and let
me show you how to do it,

instead of everybody trying
to be so [bleep] independent

and do it on their own

and then not get anything
and then get frustrated.

With my previous partner,
we put all that stuff aside

and just worked as a team.

It’s up to y’all to
start catching fish.

That’s fine. We’ve
been doing it every day.

We’ve been out
there every morning.

You’ve been fishing every
day. You haven’t been catching.

I don’t appreciate
your cockiness.

If you want to teach,

then I tell you what...
Change your attitude,

and we will listen to
anything you have to say.

- You are very cocky.
- You want to eat?

- Then listen to what I say.
- You’re just very cocky.

The villain right now
isn’t the lack of fish...

The villain right now is
the tension between us.

It’s important to know that

so we can actually
fight the right villain.

Chance: This challenge
kind of brings out ego.

It shouldn’t be, "I bring in
the bacon, and you do this."

I had that initially with my
partner, in the beginning,

and it was detrimental.

So I don’t like seeing that
this far into the challenge

with this group,

but there’s nothing I can do
about it other than work hard

and not fuel the fire.

Buddy, what do
you see out there?

There’s something
big popping over here.

Russell: So, the group knows
that it’s pretty much up to me

to get stuff when
it’s crunch time,

’cause every time
I go out, I get fish.

That’s a big load for me

that I'm the only one
bringing in the protein.

How’d it go?

Hey.

Every time I go out, I
always bring something back.

I always bring the fish home.
Somebody’s got to provide.

And there are some
big ones in there, too.

What’s up, brother? You hungry?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Hey, nobody... nobody
move. Nobody move.

- It’s a snake?
- [ Gasps ] Big snake.

Make sure it’s not an anaconda.

He’s under the leaves.

- Fern?
- Yeah.

It’s here. Grab my stick.

You got to stand still
and listen for him to move.

Oh [bleep]

Narrator: On this
40-day survival quest,

the group earns a "naked
and afraid XL" rating,

or XLR,

which tracks their
progress, skill, and teamwork.

So, you guys, to make sure
I save my foot, I got to go.

Still reeling from the
loss of their leader...

Why are there naked
people coming towards us?

The remaining group

of five survivalists
received a surprising

but significant boost as
chance, a former army ranger,

decided to join their ranks

and take on the
40-day challenge.

If you guys would have
me, I'd be honored to stay.

- Yay!
- Yay!

Narrator: But despite his
physical strength and expert skills,

tensions continue to
simmer within the group...

You don’t want
me to talk to him?

No, I don’t want you to talk...
I just want you to speak up

to him when he does it.

Threatening their
ability to survive together.

As a result, their PSR falls
slightly from 5.9 to 5.6.

For more information
on "naked and afraid XL,"

♪

Hey, nobody... nobody
move. Nobody move.

- Oh [bleep]
- [ Gasps ] big snake.

He’s under the leaves.

Make sure it’s not
a freakin’ anaconda.

Came out here.

You got to stand still
and listen for him to move.

[ Rustling ] Amber: Russell.

What?

I don’t know if I could tell an
anaconda apart from a boa,

like, at a second’s notice.

It wasn’t an anaconda.

Okay.

I’ll tell you that
much for sure.

I think it was
maybe a small boa.

Well, some of the boas around
here are a light brownish red.

It had a little
light-brownish...

That wasn’t a light
brownish red. It was green.

That was not green, honey.

All right. Considering I
was sitting right next to it,

trust me... it was green.

Fine. Whatever.

Amber, you might want to just
shut up and listen to the expert.

Excuse me?

Mm-hmm.

Little bastard.

He’s probably gone now.

Oh, well. [ Sniffles ]

He earned his life.

Chance: Initially, this
group seemed phenomenal,

but lately, it’s been
a lot of clashing.

I don’t like the tension.
I don’t like the drama.

Being out here
against the elements

and with minimal food
and sleep and water...

It’s tough in its own self,

so that to combat
the mental anguish

of listening to the bickering...
It’s another added stress,

and the more, the worse.

Shannon: You know what?

I don’t understand, like,
how, you know, even you

couldn’t be just put off by
the comments that he makes.

Considering you’re his
buddy and stuff, you know...

Personally, here’s
what it comes down to.

You know me. You’ve
been here for a month.

I just kind of go with the
flow. I march to my own beat.

People can be good, bad,
this, that... doesn’t even faze me.

So I tend to be
oblivious because...

Well, that’s the difference

between being a man
and a woman, as well.

You know what? Exactly. Exactly.

I’m not really feeling
what you’re feeling.

I’m just like,
"Russell’s Russell.

I’ve seen a million
Russell in my life."

See, I don’t see that. I
don’t see a million Russell.

I work in an industry
that’s dominated by men.

If I do see a Russell,
I say something,

and then you just tell him to
shut the [bleep] up, you know?

Oh, here comes chance.
Chance, come on down, buddy.

It’s almost like it’s
completely changed

since we’ve got here, though.

You know that. It’s
like you’ve teamed up.

You’ve taken sides
on the situation.

I promise you... I promise
you I don’t play team game.

- I’m not here for teams.
- Yeah, but it was bad.

It was just kind of
like a slap in the face.

I was really upset
about that. I’m just like,

"I don’t even want to
hang out with fern anymore.

He’s a traitor, you know?"

- It’s like...
- No, no, no.

I mean, no, seriously,
that’s how I feel.

I thought it was [bleep] up
that you’d be taking sides.

So I don’t want to
hang out with him.

I don’t want to
hang out with you.

I was not gonna even talk
to you for the next 17 days.

Are you kidding me? After
all we’ve been through.

What you doing, man?

Anyone else coming down?

No, just getting some water.

[ Sighs ]

This is where the
challenge really begins.

Chance: There’s a
lot of drama today.

I know. It’s crazy.

I didn’t know what
I was walking into.

But this just
started today, man.

And you think I’m
the cause of it or... No.

I just don’t want to
be a part of any drama.

I just want to
finish the 40 days.

I don’t care about
anything else, honestly.

Yeah. I hear you, man.

Why you guys
whispering over there?

Oh, we’re just talking.

You know, I think we’re
all feeling a little bit,

like, in a funk today, you know?

I don’t know about that.

I feel like it’s been conflict

since we got here,
ferny, to be honest.

That’s... that’s... that’s
a bummer to hear.

I didn’t... I've...

I’ve kind of missed
that whole thing, I guess.

I’m gonna head out right now.

I’m having a moment of
regret about my decision to stay.

The mission coming into this
group was to help the group,

and right now, the group

doesn’t seem like they
want to help themselves.

It’s kind of leaving a
question Mark in my head

with what the [bleep]
I'm even doing here.

Narrator: Next time on
"naked and afraid XL"...

[ Thunder crashes ]

It’s about to get
gnarly out here.

Oh, my god. Ow! Aah!

I hate those [bleep]

Hunting as a group
pisses me off in general.

Shannon: It was very
clear-cut defined...

The boys against the
girls out of nowhere.

Chance: I’m just glad to be
away from the girls for a bit.

- Yeah, man.
- We’re providers, too.

[ Pigs snorting ]

Russell: Holy [bleep]