Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 10 - The Lion's Den - full transcript

[ BLEEP ].

Shannon:
I'M WORRIED ABOUT MATT.

HE'S PRETTY MISERABLE.

HOPEFULLY, HE DOESN'T TAKE OFF.

AFRICA HAS REALLY TAKEN
A TOLL ON ME.

Dani: MAYBE I BIT OFF
A LITTLE BIT MORE

THAN I CAN CHEW OUT HERE.

-WHAT?
-I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAP OUT.

THIS IS IT.
I'M TAPPING.

-I'M DONE.
-I WANT TO TAP OUT.

I'M OUT OF HERE.



-MEDIC!
-I'M NOT LEAVING.

Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO
DRAG ME AWAY.

-AAH!
-I AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

I WANT TO GO THAT WAY.
OH, MY GOD!

I'LL GO FIGHTING, KICKING,
AND SCREAMING.

MY HEAD, IT HURTS REALLY BAD.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT HIT IT.

[ RETCHING ]

YEAH.

PLEASE!

Narrator: IN SOME OF
THE MOST GRUELING LOCATIONS

ON THE PLANET, DOZENS
OF "NAKED AND AFRAID" VETERANS

HAVE PUSHED THEMSELVES TO
THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE...

[ ROARING ]
THERE'S LIONS. I CAN HEAR LIONS.



THIS IS NOT THE BEST TIME
TO BE SICK.

Narrator:
...ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE

THE SAVAGE ENVIRONMENTS...

THIS PLACE IS BRUTAL.

Narrator: ...AND EACH OTHER.

YOU'VE BEEN BITCHING
FOR AN HOUR!

...FOR 40 DAYS.

YEAH!

Narrator:
FOR EVERY STORY OF SUCCESS,

THERE ARE TRAGEDIES
OF THOSE WHO FELL SHORT...

2, 3, UP!

...AS THE EXTREME PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL STRESS

OF THE CHALLENGE...

-IT'S LIKE I CAN'T BREATHE!
-...PUSHED EVEN THE MOST

EXPERIENCED SURVIVALISTS...

-HOLY [BLEEP]
-...TO THEIR BREAKING POINT.

[ SCREAMS ]

NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME,

THE SURVIVALISTS LOOK BACK
AT THEIR EXPERIENCES,

WITH NEW INTERVIEWS
AND UNSEEN FOOTAGE...

AAH!

...TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WENT WRONG...

CAN'T ALWAYS LISTEN
TO YOUR BRAIN.

SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO LISTEN
TO YOUR BODY.

Narrator: ...AS WE COUNT DOWN

"NAKED AND AFRAID XL's"
TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUTS.

IN THE VAST NO-MAN'S-LAND
OF THE AMAZON,

JUST SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR,

"NAKED AND AFRAID"
ALL-STARS RUSSELL, MATT,

AND CHARLIE TEAMED UP TO SURVIVE
THE STEEP, SLIPPERY TERRAIN.

FEELS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE
PARTNERS THAT ACTUALLY KNOW

HOW TO START FIRES.

Charlie: UH, THERE'S
NO FIRE YET, RUSSELL.

YOU MIGHT WANT
TO HOLD OFF TILL

WE GET ONE STARTED
THERE, RUSS.

OH, NO, DUDE,
WE'LL GET ONE.

THEY WERE
COMPLETELY UNPREPARED

FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
TO ONE OF THEM

ON THE VERY FIRST DAY
OF THE CHALLENGE.

THE 10th MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT
WAS THE FASTEST EVER.

TIMBER!

Matt: CHARLIE FEELS LIKE
ONE OF MY MILITARY BUDDIES.

YOU KNOW, HE'S A GO-GETTER,

MARINE CORPS
THROUGH AND THROUGH.

IT SOUNDS BAD,
BUT I BUST CHARLIE'S HUMP

ALL THE TIME ABOUT HIM
BEING TOO OLD TO BE OUT THERE.

Charlie: I'M-A TELL YOU,
I TRIED TO TAKE MY WALKING CANE,

THEY SAID
IT WAS ANOTHER ITEM.

[ LAUGHS ]

I'M THE OLDEST ONE TO DO
"NAKED AND AFRAID XL."

THE AGE THING IS SOMETHING
THAT I TOOK WITH ME,

AND I WORE IT WITH PRIDE.

[ LAUGHS ]

FIRST OF ALL, I LOOK, LIKE,

BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE YOUNGER
GUYS, ESPECIALLY RUSSELL.

[ CHUCKLES ] YOU KIDDING ME?

WAY BETTER THAN RUSSELL.

-WHOA.
-JUST LOOKING FOR DRY WOOD NOW.

Russell: BE CAREFUL
ON THAT PATH, BROTHER.

IT'S ALL SLIPPERY.

A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN,
THIS TERRAIN GETS MUDDY

AND MORE TREACHEROUS.

WHOA! AAH! AAH!

[ GROANS ]

I REMEMBER STEPPING WITH MY LEFT
FOOT INTO AN ANTS' NEST.

THEY SWARMED ME.

I HAD HUNDREDS OF ANTS
BITING MY LEFT LEG.

AND ALL I CAN REMEMBER
WAS STEPPING ASIDE

TO GET AWAY
FROM THOSE ANTS.

I FELL TO THE GROUND,
I TWISTED MY KNEE.

-AAH!
-WHAT'S UP, BUD?

-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-AND, UNFORTUNATELY,

I FELL ON TOP OF THE ANTS' NEST.

THAT AIN'T GOOD.

NOW NOT ONLY IS MY LEG
BEING SWARMED,

BUT SO IS THE REST OF MY BODY.

-AAH!
-I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WORSE.

I'M BEING EATEN BY THE ANTS
OR MY QUAD TENDON WAS BROKEN.

Matt: WHAT'S UP, BUD?
YOU ALL RIGHT?

AAH!
I'M IN AN ANT PILE!

[BLEEP] ME!

MEDIC!

AAH!

PICK UP MY FOOT
FOR A SEC.

NICE AND EASY.
AAH!

Matt: CHARLIE GETTING HURT
ON THAT FIRST DAY...

-AAH!
-...THAT'S LIKE GETTING

TO THE WORLD SERIES AND FINDING
OUT YOU'RE NOT ON THE TEAM.

-AAH!
-IT'S PRETTY DEPRESSING.

Charlie: HOLY [BLEEP]

CAN I STAY IN
WITH A DISLOCATED KNEE?

ARE YOU GONNA PUT IT BACK
INTO PLACE?

WELL, MR. CHARLIE, WHAT
THE DOCTOR'S SAYING HERE,

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MAY HAVE
RUPTURED ONE OF YOUR TENDONS

IN YOUR KNEE.

WE DON'T THINK WE CAN,
IN GOOD CONSCIENCE,

MEDICALLY LET YOU
CONTINUE THE CHALLENGE,

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET YOU
BACK TO THE UNITED STATES,

POSSIBLY SURGERY.

I CAN'T LEAVE
THESE TWO GUYS.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO TAP OUT
ON DAY 1?

I DIDN'T TAP OUT.

I WAS MEDICALLY TAPPED,
UNFORTUNATELY.

I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE.

NO, I AIN'T GOING ON THAT.

TAKE THAT AND USE IT AS A RAFT
OR A LIFEBOARD OR A SURFBOARD.

I AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
I WANT TO GO THAT WAY.

BUT I WASN'T CARRIED OUT.
MARINES DON'T GET CARRIED OUT.

-YOU NEED ANY HELP?
-NO. NO, I'M GOOD.

I LIMPED OUT WITH PRIDE.

THAT'S A TOUGH SUMBITCH
RIGHT THERE.

I HAD TWO MAJOR OPERATIONS
ON MY KNEE.

THERE'S ALMOST 100 STITCHES
IN MY LEG.

I LIVE WITH THIS PAIN EVERY DAY.
IT'S NOT GONE.

BUT I REMEMBER THE AMAZON.

Narrator: CLARENCE,
A "NAKED AND AFRAID"

AND "XL" VETERAN,

TOOK ON SOUTH AFRICA
FOR A SECOND TIME.

HIS FIRST EFFORT, UNDER
SWATI VALLEY'S BLISTERING,

UNFORGIVING SUN...

Clarence: THIS IS ONE OF
THE HOTTEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.

Narrator: ...LED TO
EXTREME DEHYDRATION...

...AND A FORCED MEDICAL TAP-OUT.

GETTING READY FOR
"NAKED AND AFRAID XL" SEASON 4.

THIS IS MY SECOND CHANCE,
MY REDEMPTION.

Narrator: JOINING FELLOW
ALL-STARS LACEY AND SHANE,

CLARENCE WAS CERTAIN
HE COULD SUCCEED.

BUT THEN, AFRICA STRUCK AGAIN.

IT BECAME THE NINTH
MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

Clarence:
WE'RE ABOUT TO EAT MEAT.

IT'S AN EXTREME SITUATION,
EXTREME ENVIRONMENT,

AND WE'RE DOING EXTREME THINGS.

I WANTED TO SEE HOW WELL
I COULD TEST MYSELF.

I WANTED TO PUSH IT
TO THE LIMIT,

AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.

I GOT A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE
FOR YOU GUYS.

I GOT A LOT OF LOVE
AND A LOT OF RESPECT.

I'M SO GLAD THAT
YOU'RE MY PARTNER, CLARENCE.

CLARENCE WAS THE GLUE
THAT HELD OUR GROUP TOGETHER,

BECAUSE SHANE AND I
DIDN'T MESH WELL TOGETHER.

AND IT WAS LIKE CLARENCE
WAS LIKE OUR PEANUT BUTTER,

KEEPING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

OW! [BLEEP]

OH.

-YOU OKAY, CLARENCE?
-[BLEEP] SCORPION JUST

BIT ME IN THE ASS.
OH [BLEEP]

I CAN FEEL THAT TOXIN.

OH, THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT
THROUGH ME.

[BLEEP]

Lacey:
WE NEED A MEDIC.

A LITTLE TINGLING
IN THE FINGERTIPS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT.

I'M NOT SURE
WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK CLARENCE MIGHT BE SICK.

I LOVE LACEY.

SHE WAS ABLE TO BE THE SISTER
WHEN I NEEDED TO GIVE SUPPORT,

AND SHE WAS VERY MOTHERLY WHEN
I NEEDED TO RECEIVE SUPPORT.

Man: IF YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
GETS TOO HIGH,

YOU COULD GET A STROKE.

156 OVER 120.

OH, NO!

I DON'T HAVE ANY BLAME
FOR ANYONE FOR ME TAPPING.

MY BODY SAID STOP, SO I STOPPED.

CAN'T ALWAYS LISTEN
TO YOUR BRAIN.

SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO LISTEN
TO YOUR BODY.

GOT TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.

YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.

HEART SAY GO, YOU GO.

HEART SAY STOP, YOU STOP.

I LOVE YOU, CLARENCE!

CAW-CAW!

CAW-CAW!

Narrator: WHILE SOME
DECISIONS TO TAP OUT

ARE A SIMPLE MATTER
OF LIFE AND DEATH...

-[BLEEP] CUT MY FOOT.
-OH.

Narrator: ...OTHERS ARE MUCH
MORE COMPLICATED.

[BLEEP] BOTH OF YOU.

Narrator: IN THE SCORCHING
HEAT OF COLOMBIA,

SHANE'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS FIRST TEAMMATES,

ALANA AND DANIELLE,
QUICKLY DETERIORATED.

[BLEEP]

IT ALL LED TO THE EIGHTH
MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

LOOKING BACK, I THINK
WHAT WENT WRONG IN COLOMBIA

WAS THAT ME, ALANA, AND DANI
HAD A DEFINITE

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
ON SURVIVAL TACTICS.

I WANTED TO WORK REALLY HARD
AND SET UP THIS POSH PLACE

AND JUST RELAX
FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AFTERWARDS

AND GET INTO A RHYTHM,
AND THEY WANTED TO DO

AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
FROM DAY ONE.

I WAS PRETTY PISSED.

I'M CHOPPING DOWN TREES
SO WE CAN HAVE A DECENT LODGE,

AND I COME BACK, AND I DON'T
EVEN SEE ANYTHING MADE.

I'M LIKE, "SERIOUSLY, MAN."
I THINK YOU'RE LAZY.

OKAY.

Narrator: THE ALREADY
TENSE SITUATION GREW WORSE

AS SHANE OPENED UP
TO DANIELLE AND ALANA.

I WAS ABLE TO READ
MY PSYCHOLOGICAL FILE

WHEN I WAS LIKE
19 YEARS OLD.

I SHOULD BE A [BLEEP]
SERIAL KILLER,

READING THAT PROFILE.

WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT
THE SERIAL-KILLER COMMENT, UM...

I WAS...

KIND OF BEING A [BLEEP]

I REALLY WANTED THEM
TO BACK UP AND REALIZE

THAT I MIGHT BE A SWEET GUT
WHO'S GONNA BEND

OVER BACKWARDS FOR YOU,
BUT IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA

TAKE ME FOR GRANTED,
HERE'S THE LINE IN THE SAND.

AND, YEAH, THAT MIGHT'VE BLOWN
UP IN MY FACE A LITTLE BIT.

[ LAUGHS ]

HE ALMOST SEEMS PROUD OF HIMSELF
WHEN HE SAYS THESE THINGS,

LIKE IT'S A BADGE OF HONOR TO BE
THIS CLOSE TO COMPLETELY INSANE.

Shane: THE TENSION GREW AND GREW
AND GREW AND GREW FROM THAT.

I'M OFFERING TO HELP YOU
FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED,

BECAUSE I DO --
HAVE WE ASKED FOR HELP ONCE?

SO YOUR POINT IS THAT YOU DON'T
WANT ME AROUND AT ALL, THEN?

RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.

IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
I COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE,

AND I SEPARATED, WHICH WASN'T
THE BEST DECISION ON MY PART.

I'M AT A HUGE DISADVANTAGE

BECAUSE I CAN'T
DO FRICTION FIRES.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

IT'S GETTING READY TO RAIN.

THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE DAY
IT COULD DO THIS.

Narrator: WITH NO FIRE TO
KEEP WARM, GOING IT ALONE

PROVED TO BE A STRUGGLE
FOR SHANE.

IT'S BEEN RAINING FOR ABOUT
2 1/2 HOURS.

SO I'M PRETTY COLD RIGHT NOW.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME
BODY HEAT AND WALK IN PLACE.

[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]

Narrator: AFTER FENDING
FOR HIMSELF FOR FIVE DAYS,

SHANE WAS EVENTUALLY
WELCOMED BY A NEW TEAM.

-HEY!
-WHAT'S UP?!

[ LAUGHTER ]

-HOLY [BLEEP] JEFF.
-GOOD TO SEE YOU.

-WHAT'S UP, MAN?
-MAN!

Narrator: BUT THE PHYSICAL
DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE,

AND BY DAY 31,
SHANE HAD HAD ENOUGH.

Shane: I [BLEEP] HATE
BEING SO WEAK.

SHANE?

I KNEW YOU WERE FEELING WEAK
THIS MORNING.

I FIGURED I'D BRING YOU
SOME FOOD, MAN.

-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-YEP.

YOU DIDN'T BLACK OUT AGAIN,
DID YOU?

JUST A LITTLE DIZZY.
JUST WANTED TO HOLD ON.

I JUST WANT TO CRY RIGHT NOW.

LOOKING BACK ON THAT,
IT DOES EAT AT ME.

IT ATE AT ME FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS PISSED AT MYSELF.
I WAS PISSED AT THE SITUATION.

I WAS PISSED AT EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED OUT THERE

AND THE WAY
THAT IT HAPPENED.

UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS
MY INCREDIBLE GRATITUDE

FOR TAKING ME IN
AND WORKING WITH MY PERSONALITY

AND ALLOWING ME TO BE
A PART OF THE GROUP.

I'VE BEEN BUSTING MY ASS,

AND I'M RUNNING OUT
OF ENERGY EVERY DAY,

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S HEALTHY
TO RISK IT ANYMORE.

SO I'M GONNA TAP OUT.

I TAPPED OUT ON DAY 31

BECAUSE I COULDN'T PHYSICALLY
PERFORM ANY MORE.

I KNOW THAT JEFF AND EJ
WOULD'VE CARRIED ME

FOR THE LAST NINE DAYS...

BROTHERS FOR LIFE.

COOL.
APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M REALLY GONNA
MISS YOU GUYS.

...BUT I FELT IF I HAD TAKEN
THAT MUCH FROM THEM FOR THEM

TO CARRY ME THAT I WOULD'VE
POSSIBLY PREVENTED THEM

FROM COMPLETING THE CHALLENGE.

THAT'S NOT MY PERSONALITY.
NOBODY CARRIES ME.

BEST SURVIVALISTS.
I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY MYSELF.

Narrator:
"NAKED AND AFRAID XL's"

TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE
TAP-OUTS CONTINUES.

-DON'T EAT THE FRUIT!
-OH [BLEEP]

TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE
TAP-OUTS CONTINUES.

Narrator: THE "NAKED AND AFRAID
XL" CHALLENGE

IS ONE OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT SURVIVAL EXPERIENCES

ON THE PLANET.

-OWW!
-TEAMS OF "NAKED AND AFRAID"

VETERANS JOINED FORCES TO TRY
AND GET THROUGH 40 DAYS

AND 40 NIGHTS IN LOCATIONS
SO BRUTAL...

AAH!

THIS PLACE IS
THE [BLEEP] DEVIL.

Narrator: ...THAT EVEN
THE MOST SKILLED SURVIVALISTS

CAN MEET WITH FAILURE.

OH, MY GOD.

THE COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP 10 MOST
MEMORABLE TAP-OUTS CONTINUES.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

32 DAYS INTO THEIR ADVENTURE,
RUSSELL AND CHANCE

WERE TRAPPED IN A TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOUR DEEP IN THE JUNGLE.

Chance: WE WERE HOPING THAT
THE RAIN WOULD HOLD OUT,

BUT HUNTING ON A DAY
LIKE THIS IS, UH...

NOT A GOOD APPROACH OUT HERE.

THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT
THE RAINFOREST.

Narrator: IT WAS AN ORDEAL
THAT WOULD PROVE TO BE

TOO MUCH FOR ONE OF THEM,

AND IT BECAME THE NUMBER 7
MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

Russell: THE REASON WHY
I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT

THROUGH THE 40-DAY CHALLENGE
IS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S SURVIVAL.

IT'S NOT HARD.

WHEN YOU RELY ON OTHER PEOPLE,
THAT'S WHERE YOU MAKE MISTAKES.

I HAD A FIRE
BEFORE I TOOK A NAP.

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

OH [BLEEP]

WELL, WHEN I WOKE UP,
THE FIRE WAS OUT.

I LIKE HAVING THE FIRE.
IT KEEPS ME WARM.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A FIRE.

AND THIS [BLEEP]
AIN'T STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.

NO FIRE PLUS RAIN
EQUALS RUSSELL TAPPING.

FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S
SO GUNG-HO AS CHANCE,

I CAN SEE THAT THAT WOULD
BOTHER HIM IF HE TAPPED.

SO I WAS TRYING TO EASE HIM
INTO IT, IF THAT WERE THE CASE.

YEAH.

CHANCE WAS UPSET THAT
I LEFT HIM OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S HOW CHANCE
FELT ABOUT IT.

THAT'S HIS ISSUE.

LOSING RUSS, PERSONALLY,
REALLY SUCKED.

HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I INSTANTLY CONNECTED WITH

MORE SO ON THE TEAM.

Russell:
I DON'T SEE THAT ME TAPPING
ON DAY 32 BEING A FAILURE.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE WHAT I DID
WAS WRONG.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY SHAME IN IT.

IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME
WHO I THINK THE BEST SURVIVALIST

THAT WAS OUT THERE,
I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY MYSELF.

Narrator: WEEKS EARLIER,
AT PUNTA ARAÑA,

MATT PROVED TO BE
A NATURAL LEADER

AMONGST A GROUP
THAT INCLUDED RUSSELL.

PUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THAT POLE, AND THEN PUT IT

RIGHT ON TOP OF THE CENTER --
VERY CENTER.

Narrator: TOUGH, CONFIDENT.

-YEP, THAT'LL WORK...
-...AND ABLE TO PROVIDE

FOR THE OTHERS.

IF YOU WANTED A WARRIOR
IN THE AMAZON,

YOU REALLY CAN'T ASK
FOR MUCH MORE.

Narrator: BUT WHEN
THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENED,

THE SIXTH MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT

PROVED TO BE ONE OF
THE MOST EMOTIONAL SO FAR.

Matt: AH! [BLEEP]

TU MADRE [BLEEP]

BLACK PALM PIECE OF [BLEEP]
AAH!

IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE,
I FOUND MYSELF

STEPPING ON DOZENS
OF BLACK PALM THORNS.

FEEL LIKE SOMETHING SHOT ME
IN THE [BLEEP] TOE.

THEY WERE LIKE
A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

COVERED IN VARIOUS BACTERIAS,

AND THERE'S THOUSANDS
OF THEM ON ONE TREE.

OH.

-YOUR FOOT OKAY?
-IT'S HURTING.

LIKE, THIS WHOLE PART
OF MY FOOT HURTS LIKE HELL.

ALMOST WANT TO CALL THE MEDIC,
BUT I DON'T.

-THAT LOOKS BAD.
-MATT'S A GOOD GUY.

I LIKE HIM.
BUT I THINK MATT WOULD'VE LET

HIS FOOT COMPLETELY ROT OFF
IN ORDER TO STAY THERE.

I ADMIRE THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME,
I THINK THAT'S STUPID.

-MEDIC!
-IT HURTS TO CURL MY TOES.

THAT'S, LIKE,
THE MAIN PROBLEM.

DEFINITELY COULD BE.

I'VE HAD THEM
RIGHT THERE RECENTLY.

Russell: HEARING THAT HE HAD
A FLESH-EATING BACTERIA

GOT ME IN A BIT OF A PANIC,

BECAUSE THERE'S NO TELLING
WHERE IT GOT SPREAD.

HE COULD'VE HAD HIS FOOT UP
AGAINST ANYTHING, AND...

THAT SCARED ME.

-HEY, MATT.
-HEY.

SO, WE RECEIVED
THE TEST RESULTS BACK,

AND THE TYPE OF BACTERIA
THAT CAME BACK, UM...

IS A LOT STRONGER THAN WHAT
WE CAN TREAT OUT HERE.

SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU HAVE
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

SORRY.

I KNOW.

Matt: I HAD FELT LIKE I HAD
BECOME THAT GROUP'S LEADER,

WITHOUT A DOUBT,

AND THAT I WOULD KEEP THEM
SAFE RIGHT TO THE END.

NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT
FELT LIKE I WAS JUST --

LIKE I WAS DESERTING THEM.

-OH, YAY!
-THERE HE IS!

SO, GUYS, THE, UH, BACTERIA,
IT CAN'T BE TREATED.

TO MAKE SURE I SAVE MY FOOT,
I'VE GOT TO GO.

THE LOOK IN THEIR FACES
OF THIS HAPPINESS,

THIS EUPHORIA, ALL OF A SUDDEN
TO JUST PURE DISASTER MODE.

SEEING THE TEARS ROLL UP
IN THEIR FACE JUST --

JUST CRUSHED ME.

I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE END.

BUT I CARED ABOUT SHARING
A LITTLE BIT MORE

OF MY SOUL
OUT HERE, YOU KNOW?

I NEEDED MORE TIME.
-YEAH.

WE LOVE YOU, MATT.

THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU
THAT SIZE,

STRENGTH, WILLPOWER,
ALL THAT [BLEEP]

GOES OUT THE [BLEEP] WINDOW
ON A CHALLENGE LIKE THIS.

TO BE HONEST, I'M KIND OF GLAD
IT HAPPENED TO ME.

OTHERWISE,
IT WOULD'VE KILLED RUSSELL.

-OH, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY.
-RUSSELL WOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED

A NIGHT WITH THIS THING.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
TO HANDLE IT THAN THROWING

OUR [BLEEP] IN THE RIVER?

-AAH!
-THE TOP 10 TAP-OUTS CONTINUE.

IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO BE HERE
[BLEEP] TELL ME NOW.

-AAH!
-THE TOP 10 TAP-OUTS CONTINUE.

Narrator:
DURING THE "XL" CHALLENGE,

THE "NAKED AND AFRAID" VETERANS

TAKE ON SOME OF
THE WORST CONDITIONS IMAGINABLE.

OH, MY GOD!

WHILE MANY PERSEVERE
AND MAKE IT TO DAY 40...

YEAH!

...OTHERS ARE FORCED
OR VOLUNTEER TO TAP OUT.

IN COLOMBIA,
DANI NOT ONLY HAD TO ENDURE

THE SHEER PHYSICAL TORTURE
OF THE BRUTAL HEAT

AND FIERCE TERRAIN,
BUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS

AND ONGOING FRICTION
WITH HER TEAMMATES...

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HATE
ME SO MUCH.

Narrator: ...PROVED TO BE
HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE.

HER DOWNFALL BECAME THE FIFTH
MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

I WANT TO DO
SOME LIZARDING TODAY.

-YEAH.
-YEAH, I WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN.

THAT WAS FUN.

COLOMBIA WAS AWFUL.

I WAS HUNGRY. I WAS TIRED.
I WAS STRUGGLING.

EVERYONE ELSE WAS HUNGRY,
TIRED, AND STRUGGLING.

AND SO I WITHDREW.

AND THAT MADE ME AN EASY TARGET
FOR EVERYBODY ELSE'S EMOTIONS.

I WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH DANI THIS MORNING.

JUST FEEL LIKE
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING

GOING ON WITH HER.
MM-HMM.

SHE'S KIND OF EMBRACED
DOING WATER.

WELL, THAT'S THE EASIEST
JOB AROUND.

YEAH, GREAT. TAKES A LITTLE
MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW?

I'M STILL DOING WATER.

I GET UP EARLY EVERY MORNING
TO FILL ALL THE THINGS UP

AND DO THIS [BLEEP]
I GOT THE FIRE GOING.

I WANT TO SLEEP.

-SURE.
-I DON'T TAKE THREE NAPS A DAY.

I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS,
DANI'S WORK ETHIC WAS SKEWED.

IN AN "XL" SITUATION,
IT'S IMPORTANT

THAT EVERYBODY DOES
THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK

AND DOESN'T COME OFF
AS RIDING COATTAILS,

SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE
THAT OPENS ROOM FOR DRAMA.

AND FOR THE GIRLS,
WERE LIKE A PRIDE OF LIONESSES.

WHEN THEY HAD ENOUGH,
THE JUST POUNCED.

I HAVE A HARD TIME
TRUSTING YOU.

I FEEL LIKE IF IT ISN'T FIRST
AND FOREMOST ABOUT DANI,

THEN IT ISN'T NECESSARILY
A PRIORITY IN YOUR WORLD.

YOU DON'T HANG OUT WITH
THE GROUP TO KNOW

WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S
NEEDED WITH THE GROUP.

RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE?

IT'S TOO BAD THAT HUMANS
HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT

WHERE WE JUST TRASH EACH OTHER
FOR SOME REASON,

WHETHER IT'S THAT PERSON'S
"NOT PULLING THEIR WEIGHT"

OR THAT PERSON'S
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

GUYS, I UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU GUYS THINK

THAT I AM THE WORST TEAM MEMBER
YOU HAVE EVER HAD.

I'M TRYING REALLY HARD,

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS ENTIRE
GROUP IS WORKING AGAINST ME.

SO IF YOU DON'T WANT ME
TO BE HERE

[BLEEP] TELL ME NOW.

QUITE HONESTLY,
I DON'T WANT TO BE

[BLEEP] WASTING A BREATH
OF MY ENERGY ON THIS

[BLEEP] ANYMORE.

OKAY.

THE WAY THAT I HAVE BEEN TREATED
IS REALLY WEIGHING ON ME.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HURT
REAL BAD BEFORE

BUT NOT BY SIX PEOPLE AT ONCE

THAT I CAN'T
DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST.

THIS IS IT.
I'M TAPPING.

PHYSICALLY,
COULD I HAVE KEPT GOING?

ABSOLUTELY.

EMOTIONALLY, DID I WANT
TO KEEP GOING?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

DO I REGRET LEAVING
AT THAT POINT?

NO, I DO NOT.

I WAS REALLY, REALLY STRONG
IN MY STANDPOINT

ONCE I HAD FINALLY
MADE THAT CALL.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I DID.

Narrator: IN THE ECUADORIAN
RAINFOREST OF THE AMAZON,

LACEY BONDED WITH TEAMMATES
AMBER AND GIOVANNA.

AFTER A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT
OF FISHING...

LOOK AT THAT --
PERFECT SHOT.

WE ARE NOT ONLY SURVIVING,
WE ARE THRIVING OUT HERE,

AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE.

KICK BUTT!

Narrator: ...LACEY'S CHANCES
FOR SURVIVAL LOOKED GOOD.

OUR FIRST PIECE OF FURNITURE!
SO HAPPY!

WHOO-HOO!

BUT LIKE
CHARLIE BEFORE HER...

AAH! AAH!

...THE JUNGLE
HAD OTHER IDEAS.

IT BECAME THE FOURTH
MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

-LADIES...
-SO, IN ECUADOR...

-...LET US DEPART.
-...IT WASN'T GIOVANNA'S FAULT,

IT WASN'T AMBER'S FAULT,
IT WAS MY FAULT.

WE HAD BROUGHT A FIRE
DOWN TO THE WATER WITH US

SO THAT WE COULD USE IT
TO DRAW IN FISH.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
AND THEN IT STARTED RAINING,

LIKE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR.

AMBER AND GIOVANNA ARE TRYING
TO COVER IT, YOU KNOW?

AND IT WAS JUST -- OH.

IT WASN'T WORKING.

TO LOSE THIS FIRE WOULD'VE
BEEN DEATH FOR OUR GROUP.

I KNEW THAT WE HAD HOT COALS
THAT WE HAD LEFT AT THE SHELTER.

SO I RAN UP A MUDDY, WET HILL,

AND I HURT MY KNEE.

AAH!

HOLY [BLEEP]

I TWISTED MY KNEE
TO THE POINT

WHERE I HEARD A SNAP,
AND I FELT SOMETHING TEAR.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

BUT I AM DAMN PROUD OF THE FACT

THAT I WAS ABLE TO HOBBLE
MY WAY TO OUR SHELTER,

BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT FIRE,

WHO KNOWS IF THE GIRLS
WOULD'VE LASTED OUT THERE.

ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT
WAS GETTING UP HERE.

I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

OH, NICE!
YOU GOT THE FIRE GOING.

HERE.

OH, ARE YOU OKAY, HON?

WE NEED A MEDIC!

I KNEW THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG.

I PRAYED THAT THEY WOULDN'T
SEND ME HOME.

THEY TRIED TO STABILIZE MY KNEE.

I MEAN, THERE WAS NO WAY
THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK.

REALLY, THE BEST MODE
OF TRANSPORTATION,

AT THAT POINT,
WAS FOR SOMEONE TO CARRY ME OUT.

THE MEDIC RECOMMENDED THAT
WE BRING HER BACK DOWN

TO BUSH CAMP FOR OBSERVATION.

WE RULED OUT A STRETCHER
RIGHT AWAY.

THERE WAS NO WAY YOU COULD
COORDINATE PEOPLE

CARRYING A STRETCHER
AND DESCENDING

A STEEP, VERY MUDDY
SLOPE AT ONCE.

OH, OKAY.

[BLEEP]
-IT WAS GONNA BE A LOT SAFER

IF ONE PERSON DID
ALL THE CARRYING.

I WAS PROBABLY
THE LARGEST PERSON,

SO I DECIDED I WOULD BE
THE ONE TO CARRY HER.

Lacey: THAT WAS, LIKE,
THE MOST VULNERABLE

I'VE EVER FELT
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

-[ GROANS ]
-GO A LITTLE SLOWER.

STEP BY STEP, OKAY?

AAH!

I WAS BROKEN, NAKED, COLD,
AND HELPLESS,

HANGING OVER
THIS GUY'S SHOULDER.

IT WAS A ROCKY RIDE,
I'M NOT GONNA LIE.

I MEAN, HE WAS SLIPPING
EVERYWHERE.

IT FELT LIKE WE WERE NEVER
GOING TO GET TO THE MEDIC TENT.

LACEY, PUTTING YOU
DOWN HERE.

GET YOUR
LEFT FOOT DOWN.

-HERE.
-THERE WE GO.

-I'M SORRY. I'M SO MESSY.
-YOU'RE FINE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
-CAN YOU GET MY FOOT?

-THERE WE GO.
-OKAY.

-THIS IS ROSARIO.
-HI, ROSARIO.

THE PAIN, IT JUST KEPT
GETTING WORSE.

[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

Man: THIS IS A FRACTURE
OF THE TIBIA.

Woman: LACEY, BASED
ON THIS INFORMATION...

OKAY?

YEAH.

WHEN THE MEDIC EXPLAINED TO ME

THAT I WAS GONNA
HAVE TO LEAVE...

THAT WAS DEVASTATING.

IT DIDN'T MATTER
THAT IT WASN'T MY CHOICE.

IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT I WAS
IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN.

I FELT LIKE A FAILURE.

I TOTALLY MISS MY GIRLS.

[ SNIFFLES ]

SHE WANTED
TO DO THIS SO BAD.

I KNOW.

I JUST DON'T WANT
TO LET THEM DOWN.

MY TEAMMATES, THEY BROKE DOWN,
AND I BROKE DOWN WITH THEM.

I'M SORRY, GUYS.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
IT'S OKAY.

IT MADE ME REALIZE
THAT I WASN'T JUST LEAVING.

I WAS LEAVING MY TEAM BEHIND.

MY DAUGHTER'S GONNA WATCH THIS.

WHAT'S SHE GONNA THINK?

I MEAN, I TOLD HER
I WOULD BE GONE FOR 40 DAYS,

AND TO COME BACK A WEEK
AND A HALF LATER IN A BRACE?

I DIDN'T WANT THAT FOR HER.
I DIDN'T WANT THAT FOR ME.

I DIDN'T THINK I'D EVER
GO OUT LIKE THIS.

THIS PLACE IS UNINHABITABLE.

IT'S FRICKIN' MISERABLE.

THIS HURTS SO BAD.

I'M FEELING
VERY ATTACKED.

YOU'VE BEEN BITCHING
FOR AN HOUR!

Narrator: WE REVEAL
THE TOP THREE

"NAKED AND AFRAID XL" TAP-OUTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
WRONG WITH ME.

"NAKED AND AFRAID XL" TAP-OUTS.

Narrator:
IN "NAKED AND AFRAID'S"

40-DAY "XL" CHALLENGE,

THE STRONG
DO NOT ALWAYS SURVIVE.

SOMETHING'S WRONG.
IT SHOULDN'T HURT THAT BAD.

IN THE EASTERN BADLANDS
OF COLOMBIA,

JUST 6 DEGREES NORTH
OF THE EQUATOR,

THE TEMPERATURES CAN PEAK
AT OVER 120 DEGREES.

IT WAS HERE, IN THE FIRST
"XL" CHALLENGE,

THAT SURVIVALISTS HAKIM, EJ,
AND JEFF QUICKLY BECAME

A TIGHT-KNIT TRIO
OF ALPHA MALES.

-HYAH!
-EJ!

-YEAH!
-OH, DAMN, IT IS HOT.

-GOT TO GET SOME WATER.
-I'M FEELING YOU.

Narrator:
BUT THE UNRELENTING HEAT

LED TO THE THIRD MOST MEMORABLE
"XL" TAP-OUT.

-UGH.
-YOU ALL RIGHT?

MY WHOLE BODY'S CRAMPING.
OOH.

EVERY TIME I TRY TO SIT UP,
IT'S JUST LIKE...

CAN'T DO IT.

LOOKING BACK ON IT,
LACK OF POTASSIUM, ELECTROLYTES,

WATER IN YOUR SYSTEM
REALLY DEVASTATES YOUR BODY.

I MEAN, I AM BEYOND
DEHYDRATED RIGHT NOW.

THE WAY THIS THING IS GOING ON,

THESE CRAMPS
ARE SO INSANE, UM...

THIS IS A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL.

SO, WHILE I WAS GOING
THROUGH THE CRAMPING,

AND I COULD NOT USE MY LIMBS,

AND I STARTED REALLY
THINKING HEAVILY.

LIKE, I GOT MY FAMILY,

I GOT THIS TEAM HERE
THAT'S ROOTING FOR ME,

BUT I COULD
LITERALLY DIE RIGHT NOW.

THE EGO IN ME SAYS
I JUST WANT TO PUSH THROUGH

AND STAY HERE UNTIL I DIE.

YOU KNOW?
AND THE OTHER ME SAYS...

"THAT'S NOT VERY RESPONSIBLE."

IF THIS IS IT, MAN, LIKE,
I'VE GOT MAD RESPECT FOR YOU.

LIKE, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
BUT, UH...

I'D REGRET EVEN MORE
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOU KNOW?

YOU'RE A TOUGH GUY,
AND I KNOW THAT.

NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY
FROM YOU.

WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, BUDDY,
UH, WE'RE WITH YOU.

Hakim:
I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAP OUT.

I HAD TO RECOGNIZE
THAT I WAS HURTING THE TEAM.

YOU COULD BE STUBBORN
FOR YOURSELF,

BUT THAT'S A SELFISH ACT.

COME HERE, MAN.

I COULDN'T ALLOW THEM
TO DRAG ME ALONG.

I WAS GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE
MYSELF FROM THE SITUATION

IN ORDER TO MAKE
THEIR SITUATION BETTER.

IT WAS A GREAT LESSON FOR ME.

Narrator: IN THE INTENSE
SOUTH AMERICAN HEAT,

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONORA
AND HER TEAMMATES,

CHRIS AND LUKE, BECAME TOXIC.

THESE GUYS ARE A [BLEEP]
NIGHTMARE TO BE AROUND.

LUKE'S NOT AS BAD AS CHRIS.

UH, I DO FEEL, THOUGH,

THAT THEY'RE JUST
TEAMING UP AGAINST ME.

Narrator: THE NUMBER 2
MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT

MIGHT BE THE MOST
EXPLOSIVE EVER.

Chris:
I GOT ALONG WITH EVERYONE.

THE ONLY PERSON THAT I DIDN'T
GET ALONG WITH WAS HONORA.

I CLIMBED LIKE
A 30-FOOT SAPLING

JUST TO GRAB
A PIECE OF FRUIT.

INITIALLY,
WE GOT ALONG FINE.

THE NEXT MORNING,
SHE WAS YELLING AT LUKE.

I'M TRYING TO BE
A GOOD TEAMMATE, YOU KNOW?

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I BRING BACK A PIECE
OF EDIBLE FRUIT,

AND NEITHER OF YOU GUYS
WANT TO [BLEEP] TOUCH IT.

I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE FRUIT.
I ATE THE FRUIT.

IT TASTED LIKE [BLEEP]

WHEN I'M STARVING,
THEN I'LL EAT IT.

BUT THEN IT GOT TOSSED
IN THE MUD.

I DIDN'T EVEN GET
TO FINISH THE FRUIT

THAT I CLIMBED
30 FEET TO GRAB.

I'LL CUT
THE [BLEEP] TREE DOWN.

THEN YOU CAN HAVE
100 OF THEM.

STOP [BLEEP] BITCHIN'.

I'M OVER IT.
I DON'T CARE.

I'M NOT BITCHING.

YOU'VE BEEN BITCHING
FOR AN HOUR!

THE SURVIVAL ENVIRONMENT
IS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE

FOR ANYBODY THAT'S GOT
ANY KIND OF MENTAL BAGGAGE.

I'M FEELING
VERY ATTACKED.

OKAY, YOU'RE FEELING
VERY ATTACKED.

EXTREMELY ATTACKED
RIGHT NOW.

-THEN TAP OUT.
-DON'T TELL ME TO TAP OUT!

[BLEEP] YOU, CHRIS!

[BLEEP] YOU!
[BLEEP] YOU!

I'M TAPPING OUT.

BURNING THIS [BLEEP]

SAVE THE CORDAGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HER HEAD WAS
OR THE REASON --

WHAT MADE HER BLOW UP,
BUT ONCE SHE HAD HAD ENOUGH,

SHE WAS GONNA EXIT,
AND SHE WAS GONNA EXIT HER WAY.

SHE'S GOT YOUR KNIFE.

YOU THROW THAT KNIFE
IN THE WATER,

AND I GUARANTEE YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

[BLEEP] BOTH OF YOU.

[BLEEP]

♪♪

SHE REFUSED TO OWN
ANY OF HER ACTIONS.

HONORA, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING RIGHT NOW?

A PERSON LIKE HONORA,

WHEN THEY NEVER SEE OR FEEL
THAT THEY ARE WRONG

AND THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS
THE VICTIM, THEY BELIEVE THAT.

YOU CAN'T TALK THEM OUT OF THAT.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

I HAVE TRIED SO HARD
TO BE -- SO --

SO HARD,
TRYING TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

HOW IS THIS HELPING
THE PROBLEM, THOUGH?

UM, IT'S GONNA MAKE ME
FEEL BETTER

KNOWING THAT CHRIS DOESN'T GET
OUT OF HERE IN 40 DAYS.

OKAY.

SO, AFTER LISTENING TO HER
FOR AN HOUR -- LUKE'S NEVER --

I DON'T THINK LUKE'S EVER YELLED
AT ANYBODY IN HIS LIFE.

I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY SEE
HOW ELSE I COULD'VE HANDLED IT.

LIKE, I BROUGHT --
OH, PLEASE, HONORA.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
TO HANDLE IT THAN THROWING

OUR [BLEEP]
IN THE RIVER?

YOU GOT A [BLEEP]
FRUIT THROWN AWAY.

I GOT MY [BLEEP]
TOOLS THROWN AWAY.

QUIT COMPLAINING.
I'M DONE.

Honora: I WANT TO TAP OUT.

HONESTLY, THE BEST FEELINGS
I HAD DURING THAT ENTIRE

CHALLENGE IS WHEN SHE LEFT.

[BLEEP] YOU.

Narrator:
WEEKS AFTER THEIR CHALLENGE,

THE "XL" SURVIVALISTS
CAME BACK TOGETHER

TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU GUYS LOOK TOTALLY
DIFFERENT WITH CLOTHES ON.

AND HONORA HAD A CHANCE
TO DEFEND HERSELF.

YOU CHUCKED HALF THE FRUIT
INTO THE DIRT,

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT'S LIKE I LITERALLY
DON'T EXIST.

AND YOU KEEP ME IN A SURVIVAL
SITUATION WITH AN ASS [BLEEP]

I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS.

Narrator: COMING UP,
THE NUMBER ONE

"XL" TAP-OUT IS REVEALED.

PLEASE!

Narrator:
AS "NAKED AND AFRAID XL's"

TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE
TAP-OUTS CONTINUES,

HERE'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.

AT NUMBER 10, CHARLIE TOOK
A HARD FALL IN THE AMAZON.

-AAH!
-AT NUMBER 9,

THE SECOND TIME IN AFRICA
WAS NOT THE CHARM FOR CLARENCE.

OH, NO!

AT NUMBER 8, SHANE BUTTED HEADS
WITH HIS TEAMMATES

AND WENT OFF ON HIS OWN.

EVERYONE THINKS
I'M JUST AN ASS [BLEEP]

Narrator: AT NUMBER 7,
WITH THE FIRE GONE,

RUSSELL JUST COULDN'T
TAKE THE COLD RAIN.

AT NUMBER 6,
MATT WAS EVERYONE'S HERO,

BUT FLESH-EATING BACTERIA
TOOK HIM DOWN.

I'VE GOT TO GO.

AT NUMBER 5, IT WAS DANI
VERSUS EVERYONE ELSE.

IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO BE HERE
[BLEEP] TELL ME NOW.

AND SHE LOST.

AT NUMBER 4,
LACEY SAVED THE FIRE

BUT PAID THE PRICE
IN DOING IT.

AAH!

AT NUMBER 3,
THE SEVERELY DEHYDRATED HAKIM...

I JUST WANT TO PUSH THROUGH
AND STAY HERE UNTIL I DIE.

Narrator: ...BECAME
THE FIRST TO LEAVE

AN "XL" CHALLENGE.

AND AT NUMBER 2, HONORA'S
BATTLES WITH LUKE AND CHRIS

LED TO HER CHOOSING
TO GO HOME.

[BLEEP] YOU.

COMING UP,
WE REVEAL THE NUMBER 1

MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

[ SCREAMING ]

MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUT.

Narrator: ON
"NAKED AND AFRAID XL's"

TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE TAP-OUTS,

THE TOP SPOT ON THE LIST
WAS ACTUALLY FOUR EPIC TAP-OUTS

THAT TOOK PLACE OVER 24
GRUELING HOURS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

IT ALL BEGAN AS RYAN SET OUT
FOR SOME TIME ON HIS OWN.

-AND LOOK AT THAT.
-HE HAPPENED UPON A TREE

BEARING WHAT TURNED OUT
TO BE VERY FORBIDDEN FRUIT.

I LOOK UP, AND THERE'S A TREE.

HELLO.

IT'S STILL GOOD, WOW.

I'M JUST GONNA EAT
THE WHOLE THING.

♪♪

THE NEXT DAY, WHILE ON THEIR
WAY DOWN TO THE RIVER

IN HOPES OF FINDING RYAN,

JAKE AND THE OTHERS
HAPPENED UPON THE SAME TREE.

THEY WERE COMPLETELY UNAWARE
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO RYAN.

-LOOK AT THIS [BLEEP]
-SO, WE JUST BUST OPEN

THESE FRUIT.

THE TASTE IS AMAZING.

EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT.

IT'S LIKE DESIRE IN A BALL.

Jake: FRUITS KIND OF TASTE
LIKE HEAVEN IN MY MOUTH.

WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT
THE FRUIT WAS COVERED

IN EITHER BAT OR MONKEY
URINE OR FECES.

WE DIDN'T SEE THAT.
SO WE ATE IT.

DEFINITELY A UNIQUE FLAVOR
THAT I'VE NEVER TASTED BEFORE.

WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE RIVER,
WE WERE HOPING TO FIND RYAN,

AND WE DIDN'T.

I WONDER WHERE RYAN IS.

RYAN WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

BUT WE DID FIND HIS
DIARY CAMERA.

Ryan: [BLEEP] DAMN.
MY DIAPHRAGM IS KILLING ME.

THROWING UP EVERYWHERE.

[ RETCHES ]

THIS HURTS SO BAD.

A DOZEN CLAPPER BERRY FRUITS.

BUT AS SOON AS I SAW
THAT VIDEO, I THOUGHT,

"OH [BLEEP] I'M NEXT."

DON'T EAT THE FRUIT!

-WHAT?!
-WHAT?!

OH [BLEEP]

WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR
OF EATING THE FRUIT,

I KNEW SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
IN MY LIFE

THAT I HAVE EVER
SIMULTANEOUSLY VOMITED

AND [BLEEP] MYSELF.

SO BLESSED.

Phaedra: JAKE WAS THE GLUE
THAT HELD THAT CREW TOGETHER.

SEEING SOMEBODY THAT
YOU CARE ABOUT SO MUCH

GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT
IS REALLY DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL.

WHILE I WAS VERY ILL,
PHAEDRA JUST PASSED ME BY.

I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME.

THE PAIN WAS SO INTENSE.

AND IN THAT MOMENT,
I REALLY DID THINK

THAT I WAS GOING TO DIE.

Man: SO, WE'LL TAKE HIM DOWN
TO THE CAMP, AS WELL,

AND START HIM
ON THE SAME TREATMENT.

1, 2, 3.

Phaedra: THE BOTH OF US WERE
IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN,

LYING NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER.

I TOLD HIM THAT I LOVED HIM,
AND HE TOLD ME, "I LOVE YOU,"

AND IT WAS VERY COMFORTING.

SHE'S FAMILY TO ME,
AND I WAS SO WORRIED

THAT SHE WAS GONNA LEAVE,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE HER.

I REALLY FELT THAT I WOULD
RATHER DIE THAN TO LEAVE.

AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY
TO MOST PEOPLE,

BUT THAT'S MY LEVEL
OF COMMITMENT.

I WAS GETTING LOADED
INTO THE AMBULANCE,

AND THEN,
I COULD HEAR SCREAMING.

IT SEEMED LIKE A HORROR MOVIE.

[ SCREAMING ]

OH, MY GOD.

AND IT FELT LIKE MY ABDOMEN
WAS JUST, LIKE,

CLOSING IN ON ITSELF,

AND I JUST WANTED
TO RIP IT OPEN.

OH, GOD.

IT WAS THE MOST PAIN
I'VE EVER HAD.

OH, MY GOD.

[ SCREAMS ]
PLEASE!

Narrator: IN 24 HOURS,
THE TAINTED FRUIT

TOOK THREE SURVIVALISTS
OUT OF THE CHALLENGE.

AND TWO DAYS LATER,
JAKE BECAME THE FOURTH.

Jake: HOW'S THE BLOOD PRESSURE?

UH-HUH.

YEAH.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.

THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS
TOO SICK TO GO ON,

AND I FOUGHT THEM,
TOOTH AND NAIL, ON THIS.

OKAY.

AND AT THAT POINT, I KIND OF
SURRENDERED TO THEM AND REALIZED

THAT IT PROBABLY WAS BEST
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

I BLAME ALL OF THIS ON RYAN.

JUST KIDDING. BUT I DO.

ONE THING I LEARNED WAS,
ESSENTIALLY, THAT I COULD GET

KNOCKED DOWN VERY, VERY HARD,

AND I WILL ALWAYS COME BACK UP,

AND THAT MY WARRIOR SPIRIT
WILL NEVER STOP.

THE BIG LIFE LESSON
THAT I LEARNED IS THAT I CANNOT

DO EVERYTHING ON MY OWN.

I NEED PEOPLE TO HELP ME,
AND I NEED TEAMMATES

WHO HELP ME AND SUPPORT ME.

Charlie: I TOOK A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS OUT OF MY FAILURE,

ONE OF THEM BEING
THAT I COULD FAIL.

THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF A WAKE-UP CALL,

WHICH I THINK I MIGHT
HAVE NEEDED.

Clarence: I WANTED TO TAKE ON
THE "XL" CHALLENGE

BECAUSE LIFE IS
ALL ABOUT CHALLENGES.

LIFE'S ALL ABOUT SEEING
WHAT YOU CAN DO,

SEE WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE.

I WANTED TO TEST MYSELF,
AND I DID.

I HAVE NO REGRETS.

-I LOVE YOU, CLARENCE!
-CAW-CAW!

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