Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 5, Episode 11 - Den of Vipers - full transcript

As beautiful as that place is,

I didn't think it was
that damn deadly.

Those waves were massive.

Everything out there could
kill you if you made a mistake.

- Shark!
- Right there!

- Holy [bleep]!
- Go! Go!

♪

Narrator: In the South China
sea, off the coast of the Philippines,

Palawan island... a
sun-scorched water world...

12 "Naked and Afraid" veterans
took on shark-infested waters

and snake-filled jungles...



Angela: I got him. Keep
him pinned. Keep him pinned.

Narrator: For 40
days and 40 nights.

[ Yells ]

While two elite survivalists
took on an epic quest...

Laura: This is crazy!

Narrator: For 60 days.

60 days, right here.

Now, they reunite for the first
time, to offer new perspectives

on their daunting journey...

The rock is like
a serrated knife.

Narrator: With new interviews...

Rylie: Christina,
what's on your back?

The Philippines terrified me.

Narrator: And unseen footage.



I'm 57 years old. I'm
powerless, and I'm alone.

Narrator: They shed light
on the hard-earned triumphs.

I end up having to swim
to another cove, like,

2 miles away in
order to get coconuts

to bring back to our location.

Narrator: Break down
the soul-crushing defeats...

Max: Yo, Russ.

Russell: Not being
able to say "goodbye"

to each person... that broke
my heart more than having to tap.

Narrator: And settle
unfinished business.

Other people were suffering
while you were looking

so [bleep] wonderful.

Nope. Other people were at home

when other people crossed
the [bleep] finish line.

[Bleep] You.

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discovery communications

James: Everybody's
looking good, and healthy...

- Clean.
- And strong.

Cleaner.

Yeah. I know.

I missed all you guys.

Gabrielle: I missed
you, too, buddy.

Taking on Philippines
was the hardest thing

that I've ever done.

- New things to learn.
- It was like five different

- "XL" s in one, right?
- Yeah.

It just blows my mind
how tough it was out there.

You were never
ever safe out there.

Nope. I was just thinking,

the phrase that comes to
mind is "no safe harbor."

You're in between a
rock and a hard place.

You're going from
one danger to the next.

Rylie: Mm-hmm.

Day 1, when we were on the boat,

I kept on waiting
for palm trees,

I kept on waiting for
some kind of vegetation,

and it kept getting
bleaker and bleaker.

And I was like, "there is
just water and lava rocks."

Russell: I just hated not
being able to see the bottom.

Looking down, and just
seeing blue go forever.

Yeah, it's eerie.

- Holy geez.
- This is crazy.

- There's nothing out here.
- Wow.

Yeah, where is the
silver lining on this one?

Christina: Oh, my god.

The first day, it terrified me.

Water, water everywhere,
not a drop to drink.

Just waves hitting the
rocks, going everywhere.

Dude, it's like, all rock.

What you have to do is
expect the absolute worst.

When we jumped in the water,
and started heading to the rock,

I got out there,
and looked around,

and couldn't find anything.

There's no trees, no nothing.

Then, there was no vegetation,
no water... nothing to survive.

Russell: Literally, we
have no resources.

I mean, take a peak.

This is what we're dealing with.

There's no fresh water,
no fire-starting material.

I have seen some black crabs,
but you can't eat crabs raw.

We can't stay here.

We cannot stay here.

We are insane for being here.

It was dangerous.
It was dangerous.

I thing that is
the perfect word.

It was dangerous.

I think the grimmest
part of our first location

is that we were going to be

completely isolated in
this cove, and the stones.

There was no sand.
It was just stones.

Rylie: It's so sharp.
Everything is sharp.

- Oh, my god.
- Superficial.

Manu: I don't think you
got anything to worry about,

but I just had to
check the depth of it.

Manu is literally sucking
on a bloody wound.

If you're gonna act
like this from the jump,

what am I in store for?

It's like three paper cuts.

That one's a little deeper.

That one's a little deeper, too.

[Bleep] Took oof
a bit of the skin.

This might be a bad
time to say anything...

My ass is bleeding.

Think I have a cut
on it. Do I, right here?

Christina: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Well, you don't have
to lick my ass, manu.

[ Laughter ]

I'm good.

Oh, my god.

Manu, what's going on
licking the toe over there?

There was too much blood to
determine how deep that cut was,

so I licked, and so...

Don't waste your resource.

I was really shocked, but...

Speaking of the toe
sucking, how was it?

It was not toe sucking.

Yeah.

It looked like it to me.
I don't know, manu.

You enjoyed that a
little too much, there.

When you guys were on your
first day, we were on day 21 already.

And that first 21
days was rough.

Then, we got hit by the
super typhoon in the...

Like, on day 3. And so,

I mean, there were times
we were chest deep in water.

I mean, it was insane.

We have been hit by one of
the worst rain storms imaginable.

I remember that feeling on day
20, knowing, "okay, 40 more."

I almost thought of it as
two different challenges.

It was like we had our first
21, and that was its own thing.

And moving, then, and starting
a whole new 40-day challenge.

We'd been in the cave, we'd
been in this dense jungle,

and all of a sudden,
we have this sea.

Everything opened up.

We saw the sky
for the first time.

- Yes!
- We made it to the ocean!

We made it.

40 more.

We got this.

Hell yeah.

On to the next 40.

Laura: Yes! We got this.

Here we go!

Spending a night
on... oh, my gosh...

The floating rock.

Oh, my gosh.

The waves are coming
in hard and heavy.

We are trying to wait
out the night, right now,

on our rock outcropping
in the middle of the ocean.

We have a moon, which is
allowing us to keep an eye

on these big waves.

We are nearly getting
washed off this rock right now.

Here's another big one.

Oh, my gosh.

If the tides
continue to come up,

we could be swept
off into the ocean.

The big concern was
the rock all around us.

I mean, you guys
know. It's razor rock.

Russell: Yeah.

So, all it would have
taken was one rogue wave

to come and wash over us.

And even if we didn't
get completely washed off,

just being dragged
along that rock.

Hitting your head on
that stuff, you know,

I mean, it would have
been a game-ender.

We were worried about drowning

because there was
nowhere for us to go...

Nowhere to go.

Except sit there and watch
the water come closer.

We're up against the rock,

the water was right
here, and splashing on us.

Russell: See that?

That's the water coming up.

And here's us.

The waves are coming way
up into our area, right here.

We've got to move
back a little bit more,

but there's a rock
face right behind us.

Oh, [bleep]!

There was nothing that
was ever gonna help us.

I was fearful that we
were stuck on this rock.

It was tough in
our first location.

It was... especially at night.

Max: First night's
always the worst.

Not having a bed, you
know, those first two days

just suck ass no matter what.

Yeah.

Night 1, 39 to go.

We laid on rocks all night.
And the next morning, like,

I woke up, and I
just was bruised.

My whole, entire
back was just bruised.

It was ridiculous. Whole body.

So, this is our bedding.

This is what we've been
sleeping on every night.

I'm real emotional
because of this.

My back.

You see all the bruises?

That's from laying
on rocks, man.

It was just black and blue,

because there was just
no way to guard ourselves.

It was a human
cheese grater, those r...

I mean, you slipped,
and you fell, you're done.

Duke: I'm losing some
skin on my feet already.

James: Feel the pain
from below, and from above.

Sun's burning my head,
the coral chewing up my feet.

Ow, ow, ow.

Man, we're gonna want shoes
just in general, living here.

It's just a piece of coconut,

and then, there's
one piece of cord.

It's dumbed down.

You're not gonna run
a marathon with this,

but I'm thinking
tiptoeing over this rocks,

it might be just fine.

Nice.

And then, you're walking
on those rocks, and if it's not...

Well, it's so sharp it's
gonna tear up your feet.

You find a place that's flat.

Well, that means
it's nice and hot.

The sun was just relentless.

It was crazy how quickly
the weather shifted out there.

I mean, one moment,
it was 102° and sunny,

and 15 minutes
later, it's a flash flood.

We took our boat
out and, you know,

we saw these massive
clouds coming up.

But by the time we
made the call to come in,

that storm was on us.

Jeff: The winds are picking up.

We better get back now.

Paddle. Paddle.

Whoa!

Lead us straight!
Rudder, rudder, rudder!

This is crazy!

[Bleep]!

Holy crap.

It was scary, because
those waves were massive,

and that little boat...

I mean, it could have
been a really bad situation...

One of us getting impaled.

It was definitely pretty scary.

You were on the open
ocean, the sea... no protection.

Because we were under
something with lightning.

That's insane. Scary.

And that storm nailed
the hell out of us.

The storms were
just on top of you.

Like, you had no
sign, you had no time,

and then, next thing you know,

you're soaked, you're
sitting in water, so...

Angela: The temperature
would drop so quick.

Yeah, it was very unpredictable.

Max: It started
raining out of nowhere.

We just have to
embrace the suck.

Manu: I am not about
to let this fire go out.

Right here, there's
no coverage at all.

We were burning
everything we could find

to keep our fire going.
And like you said...

Oh, including wood that we
were putting aside for shelter.

Yes. We're trying to protect
it. And what was really bad

is how the winds would
change, all of a sudden,

and the rain would be
at a different, like, angle.

And we're just
like, "what the hell?"

And finally, our fire goes out.

There was just
nothing we could do.

You're never safe out there.

You are never
ever safe out there.

Narrator: Coming
up... [ screaming ]

- [Bleep]!
- Oh, my god!

- Get it!
- Get it, get it, get it.

It was still trying to bite.

Laura: Jungle hooch.

Laura is a mad
alcohol scientist.

Hooch crab!

Laura: Drunk Jeff is
the same as normal Jeff.

I'll run rings around you!

You failed at both
48 challenges!

"I caught an eel!"
Like an 11 year old!

I caught stuff.

I don't scream, because I acted

like I'd been in the
end zone before.

I killed things, too.

Manu: Christina,
what's on your back?

[ Screaming ]

- [Bleep]
- Get it.

- Get it, get it, get it.
- It got my shoulder.

Don't let him go, either.

Rylie: I got it.

That's the one that
bit me last night.

Die, you mother...

Die.

Oh, my god.

We were trying
to kill that thing...

Those things are
everywhere in those rocks.

And it was still trying to bite.

Christina: I've never seen a
centipede that big in my entire life.

Oh, my god. It's
still trying to bite.

You're in three pieces, buddy.

Give up the ghost.

Talking about them centipedes,

they really liked
you, there, Charlie.

I got bit three times
with them guys.

I got bit once.

I tried to pick him
up, like an idiot.

He bit me.

We do got some good
tinder, that's for sure.

[ Yells ]

You son of a bitch!

Ow, ow, ow.

I just got bit by a centipede.

Centipede about that
long, and I know they sting.

They don't sting, they
bite. And it's like fire.

And this finger is on fire.

It's like a needle,
it goes in right here.

That really hurt.

Centipede bites hurt.

My whole arm was
numb for, like, four hours.

Yeah.

Then, I got hit twice in
the middle of the night.

I was out for eight hours.

- I couldn't move.
- And there's nothing you can do

when you get bit in
the middle of the night.

It's not like you
were being reckless.

- That's right.
- Like, you were just trying to sleep.

Exactly.

Ow! [Bleep]

Something got me.

I was just laying
down. I wasn't moving.

Bastard.

It hurt, man.

I don't mess with centipedes.

- No.
- I'm just glad you didn't ask me

to suck out the
poison, or anything.

Nah.

[ Laughter ]

Oh, my god.

But not only that, the
bug bites were getting bad.

They just... they
didn't start biting me till,

- I think, like, day 5 or 6.
- Mm-hmm.

I don't know if something
changed in the weather

that they seemed to be
coming out of the sand

while we were sleeping.

And I woke up one morning,
and I was covered in welts.

All that is just
from last night.

Look it. They're
getting all pus-y,

and they're gonna get infected.

It's like there's a
bug inside my skin.

One of mine just
popped on my back.

I have never experienced
bug bites like this ever in my life.

They're out of control.

Russell: Well, that
was intimidating for us,

when we came there to see
y'all eaten up on the first day,

and we're like, "great."

Rylie: Yeah, I know, right?

It looked like somebody
shot her with rock salt.

I think the salt water was
the best thing for the bug bites.

Yes. Oh, my god, it was.

It's just, like, a
natural astringent,

'cause it kind of just
sucks whatever toxins

are in your skin out.

I did make a paste with
this leaf and some ash

and a little bit of water.

So, I got the leaves
for the bug bite stuff.

And what I did is, I tore it up,

and I put it in, like, a
quarter inch of water,

boiled it for a while, till
most the water evaporated,

and threw ash in there, and
made this delicious mess.

Hopefully, that will
help with our bug bites,

because this stuff
is driving us crazy.

That gave a
little bit of relief.

Necessity is the mother
of invention, right?

100%.

One of my great memories
of your guys' group is,

every time I saw you guys, you
were making something different.

James: Duke and I were talking
about how to make a snorkel.

Check that out.

It's hollow all the way through.

That is too perfect.

I enjoy that part of survival.

That's what I love
about survival.

Like, you can read all the
books... it doesn't matter.

When you're out there,
if you're not thinking,

"what do I need, what do I have,

how can I use it to
meet my needs?"

It's, like, you have
to be able to do that.

'Cause there's
not a book on this.

There's no book on that.
There's not a book on this.

I've never seen that in
a book. It's awesome.

Gabrielle: Duke, what is that?

Well, hopefully, it's a
usable slingshot set.

And you don't have to put,
like, a sling actually in it or a...

I'm gonna use a little
strip of James' Pulaski belt.

- Ahhh!
- Perfect little pouch.

Genius. Okay.

You know, I was fortunate enough
to be in a group of innovators.

Being problem solvers
was absolutely necessary

because it was so difficult to
find food in certain locations.

I mean, you guys were always
inventing something new.

But Laura is a mad
alcohol scientist.

Laura: It's kind of one of
those things where it's like,

"when on a beach with
coconut water and time,

ferment some alcohol."

So, I just boiled
my coconut water.

Now, I'm pouring
it into my bamboo.

This white stuff,
here, is actually yeast.

So, I'm gonna take that,

I'm gonna take a little piece
of sugar cane, shave it off,

and I'm gonna mix it in to
my coconut water mixture.

And then, I'm gonna
cover it back up,

and I'm gonna let
it sit for seven days.

Day 30, here it
is... jungle hooch.

Hit it.

We are gonna drink.

Oh... my... god. It is so good.

Oh, man.

You know, all we get to
drink is water out here.

That stuff is, like, magical.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

So, Jeff and I might be doing

the first drunk diary
camera right now.

The jungle hooch works.

It really sneaks up on you.

It works, and then, before
you know it, it's like bam!

And then, you're carrying
a giant bamboo penis

around in the dark,
hunting hermit crabs.

- Oh, wait.
- Hey!

So, we drank our jungle
hooch, and we're in a river!

Oh, my god, it's so cold!

My legs are abnormally cold.

Laura: Get him!
He's right there.

Got it, got it, got it, got it.

You got it?

We're killing it, baby!

Hooch crab!

[ Laughs hysterically ]

That was a solid night.

Oh, that was a solid night.

My goodness.

I have to say. I have to say...

I am sorry I doubted you.

The whole time she was
making the jungle hooch,

secretly, I was like,

"she's wasting calories.
She could be helping me hunt.

Like, I apologize.

Everyone knows alcohol
is very high in calories,

so it was really
just for energy.

She justified it.

I don't think it tasted
good, like, survival good,

I think it just tasted good.

It was good.

- Like, it was pretty good.
- I would have it right now.

Looked like y'all was
having a great time to me.

Imagine if we swam up on
that beach, they have a tiki hut.

"Here, have a drink."

[ Laughter ]

Exactly.

Narrator: Coming up...

I end up having to
swim 2 miles away

in order to get coconuts to
bring back to our location.

Oh, it's even leaking
right now, just like that.

Ah!

I'm feeling that juice!

Yeah! [Bleep] Yeah.

Laura: Everyday that
we took the boat out,

potentially
life-threatening trouble.

Holy [bleep]

♪

I was gonna see
if I could find me,

like, a pig trail or
something, to get on out here.

'Cause I was smelling something.

It smelt just like pigs.

I sure would like
to get one to eat.

Ow. Oh, god, it's
so thick in here.

Aah! Geez Louise.

Nope.

Any which way you
look, it's just thick.

Ow.

First thing that hit my
mind was pig hunting, man.

I thought I was gonna
mop the ground with those.

It was pretty tough,
I ain't gonna lie.

You just can't walk
anywhere out here, and shoot.

This is way too
damn thick for that.

I ain't scared to go in there
and get them with a knife.

I was gonna get
me one of them pigs.

That's what I felt out there.

I was frustrated over
the fact that, you know,

I was trying my hardest
to get something to feed

these two and myself,
and I just couldn't get it.

I see y'all. Yeah. Y'all
see me, too, don't you?

Go ahead, get
that bait, bastards.

Look at that. Look at that.

You son of a bitch.

As far as ocean fishing,

I haven't done too much
of that in my whole life,

so that was a whole
new frontier for me.

And just being in the
sun while doing that,

it made it even more difficult.

Oh, it's hot. Those are
hot. Yeah, that's hot.

Charlie: How you doing, serg?

I'm burnt.

Damn, you are red.

I'm beyond red. I'm purple.

The sun was relentless.

Ew!

And you'd try to find some food.

You were out
there for 30 minutes,

you were already getting burnt.

Duck: I can't believe you
walked out there, and did that.

Charlie: And the sun
burn's gonna take you out.

You got to be careful.

Well, everything was red
except for my mid region,

because it doesn't
see sun to begin with.

So, it went from
white to purple.

And it showed, too.

Yeah.

Purple ass.

When I saw him going
out, he didn't have to go out.

He went out on these rocks.
You guys know what it was like.

- Yes.
- The same brown rocks.

And I wasn't going,
and Duck wasn't going.

He did. And he did it for us.

I tried my best to provide.

I failed miserably
the first seven days.

We all had challenges, man.

We all failed. But we tried.

Yes. That's important.

You really had to have,
well, a boat to get you to

where those bigger fish were.

And that's the open-sea fishing.

But every day that
we took the boat out,

it was a calculated risk.

And we came close
to getting in serious,

potentially life-threatening,
trouble a couple of times.

It was rough.

[Bleep]

Wow.

Holy [bleep]

- Whoo.
- Damn.

Russell: Just got a panic
attack just watching that.

Rylie: I know.

I really was, physically,
very dangerous,

and it was just really taxing.

It wasn't a given.

And we had days we
got completely skunked.

I don't think any of us
caught a fish in the ocean.

I had my goggles,
swimming through there,

and you couldn't
see anything for miles.

♪

I ended up having to
swim to another cove,

like, another,
like, 2 miles away

in order to get coconuts to
bring back to our location,

because there was
literally nothing for us to eat.

I definitely put myself
in danger to attain food,

especially when I ended up

having to swim
to go get coconuts.

You know, I could have easily
could have drowned, you know,

got bitten by a krait, you
know, I was in shark territory.

The list goes on.

There's so many
hazards out there

that you really
can't even predict.

Oh, there we go.

Now, that's the best option.

Got to have the low-lying fruit.

There's ants all
up on this tree.

Ugh. They're all over me.

Oh, it's even leaking,
right now, just like that.

So tasty.

Ah!

I'm feeling that juice!

[Bleep] Yeah!

That was awesome.

- Yep.
- It was delicious.

- It's delicious.
- Delicious.

Did you guys come
across the sea cucumber?

Charlie: Nope.

Duke: Oh, there he goes.

Gabby's about to have some...

- What is that?
- It's a sea cucumber.

Okay, so, we had an idea
about how to prepare it,

and... what is it, the
skin is poisonous?

There's an inside fatty
layer, yeah, that's toxic.

Yeah, it's a toxic,
like, gel inside.

So, you have to scrape
this gel off meticulously,

and prepare it.

And out of that big
sea cucumber, you get,

like, little tiny shards of
skin out of the whole deal.

My first piece of sea cucumber.

See how we did.

Oh, god.

- No.
- Oh, my god.

I can't breathe through
my mouth right now.

[ Laughter ]

Nope.

That is not a win.

It is the most foul,

disgusting thing I have
ever had in my entire life.

It was salty.

You actually swallowed it.

I did... and I paid
for it. It was so bad.

That was the one thing

I didn't try the entire
challenge was that sea...

'Cause after watching
those two going...

"I'm done. No. I'm done."

I've eaten all
kinds of nasty stuff,

but that was really bad.

Coming up...
There's some people.

- No.
- Yes.

- Are they Naked?
- They're Naked!

Hey, guys!

We thought it was better if we
just stuck as a two-person duo.

Of course we were disappointed,

'cause we were so
excited to see other people.

I hate drama in
survival situations.

I want low-drama.

You cut off three people,

and didn't give them the
chance to cause drama.

Russell: Yeah, there's that
skull and cross bones, too.

Duck: "Abandon
all, ye who enter."

Charlie: That's not
how you spell "baron,"

but we'll leave it like that.

What is it, "baren" with an "e"?

I'll let you think about it.

Tell me in 40 days
when you Google it.

Hope this [bleep] works.

She floats.

Duck: I am definitely
a freshwater Duck.

I am definitely not a sea Duck,

'cause it don't take
much of that, you know...

And I'm a-chunking.

If I get in them waves longer
than 10 minutes, I'm chunking.

Charlie: Goodbye, baron beach...

Especially the way
Russell spelled you!

There are sharks in the water,

and, yeah, we're
thinking about it.

And damn it if Russell and
Duck didn't remind me of it

every chance they could.

- Ooh!
- Come on.

Nice and easy.

That water was deep,
scary, and dangerous.

There were sharks everywhere.

Russell: I just hated not
being able to see the bottom.

You know, looking down,
and just seeing blue,

and the light just go forever.

Max: Yeah.

- Oh, it's deep.
- Yeah.

Charlie: Don't look down, Russ.

Enough with the shark,
already, will you, please?

You ain't gonna
feel nothing, anyway.

The swim off the
island, rock island,

it's far in the South China sea,
where it's about 300 feet deep,

and you can't see
what's below you.

It's crazy.

Looking back on
it, it was really nuts.

I'd never swam out
in the open ocean

like that before, and
that was a first for me,

and it definitely
was a pucker factory.

"Pucker factory."

You were.

I was, wasn't I?

Yeah, but it's those thoughts
like that that you've got

to get out of your mind, though,
and you've got to overcome it,

because, otherwise,
you start focusing on that.

We figured we'd throw
Russell to the shark.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I'd have climbed right
up on top of you. [Bleep].

I didn't know that damn
shark was out there.

I didn't have no goggles.

Did you see any
sharks out there?

James: Tell you what, it's a whole
lot better never having seen them.

- Oh, hell, man.
- I mean, I saw a fin come up,

and I was like,
"yep, they're there."

Gabrielle: Alright.
Let's get going.

James: Alright, 1, 2, 3.

Making that swim was
not the easiest thing to do.

Even though we
had a raft to kind of

keep our head above water,

in the back of your
mind, you're thinking,

"there's still sharks out here."

And that will keep
creeping up into your mind,

'cause you can't see the bottom.

You have no idea
what's lurking around you.

♪

[Bleep]

Oh, [bleep]

Duke: Holy crap. [Bleep].

I can see him.

Oh, [bleep].

3 meters in front of you.

Oh, [bleep]

♪

[ Screams ]

Look out!

♪

James: Oh, god.

♪

Can you see it?

Duke: No. It's gone.

Wow.

Oh, [bleep].

Wow.

Russell: As beautiful
as that place is,

I didn't think it was
that damn deadly.

People think, "ah, you went
5 or 6 miles with a paddle.

That's nothing." It's not.

That sucks.

Angela: Well, you're fighting
the current the entire time.

Yeah, that was the
big thing, is the current.

You would feel...

As soon as you take a
break, you're going back.

Exactly.

I think... I think I have a lot

of healthy respect for,
you know, the ocean.

And I never once
had any intention

of swimming into the unknown.

We got to get the
hell out of here.

- Yeah.
- Okay, so, here's the plan.

You swim straight out, right,

at least a good 100
meters past the rocks,

where the waves aren't bringing
you closer to the cliff edge.

And you just completely
avoid all of that.

Maybe we can get
out of here by hiking.

Manu: No.

No way through that way.

That terrain is terrible.

Now, if you're during
this at high tide,

when you know it's
going into low tide,

that actually works
to our advantage.

Here's my thing.

I'm not gonna do
anything that I think's gonna

jeopardize my challenge here.

So basically, what you're
saying is that the swim option

is not an option at all.

The tide is going
out, and going out.

So, what's gonna happen
when we want to go in?

The tide is taking
us further out.

We were kind of like, "we've
got to get the hell out of here.

Are we gonna try
and think about trying

to climb through that stuff,

or are we gonna
try and make it?"

But I, from the jump was like,
"we're gonna hike out of here."

And then, once we... and once
we did the hike, did the hike suck?

Yes. Was it more efficient?

Was it safer? Yes.

You know, I knew, always,
that that was the best decision.

So, you know, we
did it, we made it,

and I felt like, yeah, that
was always a good idea.

Yeah, definitely,
hiking that was...

It became very clear that
that was our only choice.

Christina: I think this is tougher
terrain than I've ever hiked on.

♪

Ooh, bad, bad.

Rylie: You alright?

Oh, my knee gave out.

Ah [bleep]

Oh, no.

When is this gonna end, man?

I'm over it.

Look at that. It's
a Sandy beach.

Oh, my gosh, it's gorgeous.

We're actually gonna be
able to sleep on something soft.

There's a... there
are some people.

- No.
- Yes.

- Where?
- Right there.

- Are they Naked?
- They're Naked!

Yes!

Hi, guys!

[ Yelling excitedly ]

Oh, my gosh.

Jeff: Welcome to
our humble abode.

Rylie: Yay!

Nice. It's homey.

Jeff: Yeah.

Oh, did we tell
you we're doing 60?

That's why... that's
why it's so late for us...

Day 26 already.

We're out here for 60.

And we knew that we'd
probably find some people.

And so, like, we
talked about it,

and we thought it was
better if we just stuck

as a two-person duo.

Right.

During the 60-day challenge,
I fully believed that merging

with other groups
would compromise

mine and Laura's
survival chances,

the reason being there's
not enough food to go around.

And so, why... why
provide food for 10

when I can only provide
food for me and my partner?

Why do I want to
join up with people

that are gonna
whine, and complain,

and try to eat my pantry?

It's not gonna happen.

Well, of course, we
were disappointed,

'cause we were so
excited to see other people.

I don't know, like, I would
have had the, you know...

The discipline to say,

"these are our
resources, you know.

We have to keep them."

Because no one
wants to be that person,

- so, I don't...
- That discipline is compassion.

- Well, I don't know if I...
- Well, I'll put the word in.

It's compassion. But go ahead.

I don't know if I would
have been able to do it,

but I understand.

And we're all survivalists.

So, it was... it was a pact
that we'd made to each other,

you know, kind of like
the pact you guys made

to finish together as a team.

It was like, "we're
doing this together.

I have your back.
You have my back."

Finding a good team
that works is not easy.

We both had struggles with
other people on our first "XL."

I hate drama in
survival situations.

I want low-drama, and Jeff
and I didn't have any drama.

But I'll tell you, you
cut off three people,

and didn't give them the
chance to cause drama.

♪

I think the number-one
problem people can have...

- I was there...
- Going into a challenge like this...

I was there. I'm
not watching it.

I was there.

This challenge was never meant
to be a community challenge.

This is personal.

For me, this is about
how I want to do it, right?

And this is how
you want to do it.

And we are free to choose
how we want to do this challenge.

I don't believe you
have to share your bed

with somebody in order
to take care of them.

And I disagree vehemently
with the way you guys acted.

I don't think anybody would
question my generosity,

and it shocks me that you would.

Well, we'll find
out. I don't know.

- We weren't asking for anything.
- I'm not saying you were.

Because if you came into
the group of the six of us,

I would have force-fed you...

Especially if I have
five bundles of bananas.

Narrator: Coming up...

Gabrielle: Aah! Oh, [bleep].

Oh.

- Vipers don't run.
- No.

Rylie: They see you,
they're like, "come on."

Yeah, "what are you gonna do?"

So, you're just...
It's intimidating.

Aah! Aah!

He said to me, "rookie mistake."

And that was just
lighting the bomb.

And he lit the bomb. And
then, the bomb went off.

I am not sitting in this [bleep]
cave when there is a [bleep]

Dining room out there,
and [bleep] to explore.

If I ain't here, don't
worry about me!

[Bleep]

♪

Max: How we doing?

- Good.
- We're good.

Charlie: We're doing
good, back here.

Duck: Going straight up.

Nicole: Ooh, it's getting dark.

- Yep.
- Real slippery here... heads up.

Charlie: Be careful.

The rain's getting heavier.

Angela: Yep.

That was one of the things
about the Philippines, I think,

that was our experience
is that every time you went

to a different location, it
was a different environment.

And you had to adapt to what you
thought you were kicking ass on.

You had to start all over again.

Being in the jungle
that's so dense

you can't see
what's in front of you.

James: Every time you turned
around, there was something,

like you said, everywhere.

I don't know about you
guys, but I could not believe

how small vipers are in person.

You know what I mean?

And these snakes blended in
so perfectly to the environment

that it was absolutely
impossible, at times,

to see them, until you
were right on top of them.

- Oh, my god.
- What is it?

Angela: Do you see
that viper, right there?

Hanging on that branch.

Gabrielle: Aah! Oh, [bleep].

Oh, yeah.

Just be careful.
I don't want to...

'Cause he's headed...
Pointed at you now.

Mm-hmm.

Holy [bleep]

- Hold on.
- You got to get close to its head, okay?

Aah! Aah!

Pin him, pin him.

Alright, it's... it's
pinned real tight.

- You got him?
- It's all the way down.

Take your time.

He's... he's been decapitated.

I can't even imagine
how many vipers

we walked past in that jungle...

- Oh, I'm sure.
- That we never saw.

Stepped over in that
jungle without seeing.

And that... that is
absolutely terrifying.

It really shook me up,

after seeing how perfectly
camouflaged they are.

Weird about vipers
is that, they don't run.

- No.
- They see you, they're like...

They know what... they
know what they're packing.

They're like, "come on."
Yeah, "what are you gonna do?"

So, you're just...
It's intimidating,

'cause you're like,
"wow, it's so..."

It's incredibly venomous,

and then, it's
not Afraid of you.

Max: Yeah, you can't go
out and go viper hunting.

- No.
- It's not a thing that happens.

You stumble upon one,
"oh, there it is. Okay."

Oh, snake, right here.

This is one of the most
deadly vipers in this jungle.

Got to be able to try to
get him on the ground,

so I can pin his head down.

Ah, yes.

[Bleep] Yes.

Whoo!

Give us some dinner, baby.

Whoo!

The amount of meat that
comes off one of those vipers

isn't much, but it's
just that morale boost

that you get for your whole
team, just to get a win.

And just to kill something
so deadly is just... yeah.

You're on the delivering
end of the stick.

I tell you, man, it
rejuvenated me.

I was happy in that jungle.

Yeah. I know. We saw it.

I'd go back to that...
and live in the jungle now.

I loved that jungle.

This is exactly the training
I did in the marine corps,

right here in the Philippines...

Exactly the conditions,
and the same environment.

I wasn't on a
beach. I was in this.

If I could do it,
we could do it.

- Whoo!
- Aye, aye, sarge.

You better believe it, brother.

Like a kid in a candy
store. "Bye, Charlie."

- Like...
- I loved it.

He was just poof, gone.

I was 20 years old, man.

I'm going out for a walk.

Okay.

I will be back.

You guys cool with that?

- Yes, sir.
- Oh, yeah.

♪

Maybe they'll hear the banging,

and they'll come and
see what's going on.

The minute daylight came,

I did not want to be
in that cave anymore.

- What's Charlie doing?
- I have no idea.

Sounds like cutting
[bleep] down.

He's in his element, right now.

Life is happening out there.

That's where you've got to go.

We need to eat, we need
to drink, we need to explore.

Angela: He's back in his 20s.

- Yeah.
- I know... the sarge.

You have to gather wood.

You've got to search for
it. You've got to go after it.

You've got to go...
You've got to explore

beyond the 50
feet in front of you.

Damn, Charlie.

Not bad for a
57-year-old marine.

Hoorah.

Holy Hannah.

It's alright. Don't
get up. I got it.

- You sure?
- No.

I was being facetious, actually.

And it's dry.

I made five trips
with two bundles...

One on my shoulder
and one under my arm...

And you know what
that 1/4 mile is like.

And not one person of
the five met me at the door

to our home, and
said, "you know what?

Drop it there. I got it."

Or you could have
just walked 15 feet,

and never had to overdo it.

That's... that's... that's...

You know as well
as I do that's [bleep].

There wasn't that
much wood out there.

No, there was downed trees,

and we were cutting
up those downed trees.

And that wood
was all wet, and live.

Dude, all the wood that I had
was hard wood, and it was dry.

Russell: Aha!

Talk about luck of the draw.

All this is firewood. And
it's all dry on the inside.

And the shelter is
literally right there.

Max: Yeah. Pretty [bleep] close.

I bring 40 pounds
in one little armload.

Russell: We had firewood
right outside the cave,

so, nobody really knew

why Charlie was that
far away, cutting up wood.

The wood 1/4 mile
away is no different

than the wood
that's directly outside.

When your mother
or your wife comes in

with a car full of groceries,
do you stay on the couch

and continue to play your
video games, or do you say,

"hey, ma, I'm gonna
come help you"?

Dad was coming
back with groceries.

But dad wasn't coming back.

My equal was coming
back... okay, your equal.

And my equal was doing things...

So, if your brother
comes back with groceries,

you're gonna say, "ah,
[Bleep]. I'm not gonna help him."

I'd have yelled at
him the same way.

Seeing you going overboard
with your physical activities

and not consuming
anything, it seems to me

that you're making these
rookie mistakes that...

The Charlie that I know wouldn't
be making these mistakes.

When he said...
'Cause I was very quiet.

I let him talk.

And then he said to
me, "rookie mistake."

And that was just
lighting the bomb.

And he lit the bomb, and
then the bomb went off.

If you really think
I'm working that hard,

why are you staying
in freaking cave?

Because you shouldn't
be working that hard.

Then take my workload
in fifths. We did.

It's [bleep] 15 feet
right over there, Charlie.

All this dry firewood
right here that's collected...

It came from there.
Came from right

over there. And
that's gonna last you

an hour and a half
tonight, my friend.

You brought green firewood.

That [bleep]'s gonna burn
better than anything else you got.

Man: You guys, calm down.

Did I ask you to go
down when you said no?

You said no.

I have no problem...
But you did ask them,

"why doesn't everybody
go and get an armful?"

I am not sitting
in this [bleep] cave

when there is a [bleep]
dining room out there

and [bleep] to explore.

Alright, you do you, brother.

I am going to do us, just like
I've been doing since day 1.

No, you might end
up screwing us,

not doing us, but that's cool.

How? Because I do
all the [bleep] work?

If I ain't here, don't
worry about me!

That's a rookie
[Bleep] mistake. Bye.

Well, you know what?
Then I'm a rookie.

Go on your walk,
Charlie. [Bleep].

Whoo!

I spoke on my perception,
not anybody else's.

Okay, but you say,
"rookie mistake."

What I was doing
was trying to look out

for your best interests and
say, "and Charlie, slow it down."

All I'm saying is it's
not a rookie mistake.

I didn't work harder than
my body would allow.

I know what my body can do.

If that offended you in any
way, form, or fashion, I apologize.

In my mind, I felt like

I was doing something
in your best interest,

and all I was trying to do
was tell you to slow down.

That was it.

I was emotionally
invested in your...

Your goal of making it 40 days.

After about 20
minutes, I calmed down.

Yeah. I came back. You were out.

You came in. I said, "come here.

Come here, you little bastard."

And I hugged you. Yeah.

I wanted... I wanted to
bury your head in the sand,

but I hugged it out
with you at the end.

- Coming up...
- Whoo!

Who's got the best partner ever?

I do! Yes!

Like, "yeah! Yeah!"

"Naked and Afraid XL"
is not a welfare program.

If people cannot
get their own food,

then they should
not be out here.

Now, you can choose
not to live with them,

but walking through a cave
in front of them holding an eel?

You know what? Other
people were suffering

while you were looking
so [bleep] wonderful.

Nope. Other people were at
home when other people crossed

the [bleep] finish
line. [Bleep] you.

This feels like a good spot.

I'm just gonna blind cast

and see if there's
anything there.

Yeah.

Laura and Jeff have some
hooks and line, and we do not.

We have a couple cast nets.

Nothing.

I've got a couple hooks
in the water right now.

Got something below me.

I don't know what it is.

♪

Whoo! Whoo!

Oh, you're kidding me.

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah, baby!

Yes! Yes!

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah, baby! Yeah!

Is that Jeff?

I'm hearing a
lot of jungle yells,

which means it's got to be Jeff.

This is what I
live for right now!

Yes!

Yes! Oh, my god.

I don't remember
being that happy

about anything
in my entire life.

- Nice job, man.
- Whoo!

Thank you, Duke!

Ah!

God, I love this.

I, for one, thought the
jungle in the Philippines

was so difficult.

I mean, I know you guys
had success with the eels,

but I mean, we couldn't
find protein to save our lives.

And snails are a
great form of protein.

- Unfortunately...
- And you couldn't even eat them.

I'm allergic. I can't eat them.

So, you know, I just kind of
had to sit and watch in the jungle.

No, I mean, we were
having a tough time.

We were struggling.

Look at this [bleep].

Laura, how happy are you?

Life is so good.
Life is so good.

Life is so good. [ Laughs ]

Oh!

Woman: Oh, man,
it smells amazing.

- Yeah, I'm hungry.
- So am I.

Duke: I want one so bad.

Whoo!

♪

We just heard this young
lady say she couldn't eat snails,

which was the only protein
source that was available,

and you guys knew that.

You know, I was doing 60 days.

You know, it requires a
different caloric intake.

It requires a different
pace. I can tell you that my...

My integrity nor my morals
and ethics will change,

whether it's a 60-day challenge
or a 600-day challenge.

Here's the thing.
You have your own...

Let me hear the thing.

You have your
own strategy, okay?

You are your own man.

Compassion says
that you help the group.

Oh, come on. Compassion?
"Come on," your ass.

You don't have to give
something to somebody

just because I have it, okay?

Because you have to
prove that you're this

wonderful, grand survivalist?

That makes you a man?

I am not proving
anything to anybody.

Maybe being a man
is helping other people.

I am killing an
eel so I can eat.

Right, you can eat
while three other people

are sitting there starving?

Our group wouldn't
have [bleep] had that.

Jeff: Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Oh!

Please don't show
me your success

when I'm starving and not
had anything to eat in a week,

and cook it right
in front of me.

Duke: If those guys
upstairs, Jeff and Laura,

had even just one
available hook to trade...

I think getting one
from Jeff and Laura

is gonna be really difficult.

Rylie: I think so, too.

Jeff, do you have
any interest in anything

that you would be
willing to trade for hooks?

Yeah, we definitely are trying
to hold onto every hook we have

'cause they're limited.

Laura: And we still
have 24 days left.

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. Not trying to
make it difficult for you.

We're just... trying to survive.

Jeff: Now, our neighbors,
they're very good people.

But we are not here
to be caretakers.

On a 60-day challenge,
it's very important for Laura

and I to thrive
every single day.

You work with what
you're given. Yeah.

But when you're
in the same location

and you're taking food out
of other people's mouths...

Charlie: That's exactly right.

They didn't share
their hooks with you.

They didn't share
their line with you.

They didn't share
anything with you.

We did.

They were really
gracious to share

what they got with us because...
yeah, thank you so much.

Yeah, I mean, I want you
guys to enjoy those bananas,

and if you want to talk
about any gear swap,

we're really in need
of a couple hooks.

You need one?

Yeah, I got you. I got
you. Come over here.

We thought maybe our peace
offering would help negotiate,

you know, one or two, but...

Alright, so, I can loan you
as many of these as you want.

Oh, man, this is huge.

I'll give you four.
There's three there.

So that's... that's four
more than we had.

Duke: Right off the bat,
Russell's like, "you need hooks?

I got you, bro." And I'm stoked!

I'm stoked.

Right on.

They seem like happy people
till the stories start popping out.

I think that they asked
Jeff for some hooks.

I'm guessing they
didn't hand them over.

Yeah. And so I'm gonna say

that they just
don't want to share.

They were like, "we're
on our own path."

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. "We're
doing our own thing."

So they're not gonna give
up any of their resources.

Got out here and you got yours.

Yes. I just say share.

Yeah. Just share.

My mentality coming into this,

anything I can do to help
somebody else succeed,

that was my main goal.

And I was telling them flat-out,
"I don't even want to barter."

Yeah. Just take them.
"Here, just take them."

You know what you gave us?

You gave us hope that we
were gonna bring something in.

And we felt like we at
least had a dog in the fight,

whereas prior to
that, we were failing

repeatedly every single day.

With that being said,
hindsight, you know,

would you do anything
different with the hooks?

Absolutely not. I
know exactly what...

Like, at least giving
them, like, one?

We had limited hooks,
and they were all

37 days old and rusted...

And we lost a ton of them.

By that point,
and we lost a ton.

They were important to
us for our own survival.

And we had to look
out for ourselves.

Oh, [bleep], I got something.

Ah, ha! Oh, my god.

I cannot [bleep] believe this.

We got another eel.

Aah!

Whoo!

- Yeah!
- Hear that?

- Mm-hmm.
- Another eel.

I think they might be
having eel for dinner again.

Morning, neighbors.

Jeff, can I hand you something?

Jeff: What is that?!

Oh, my gosh!

Whoo! I frickin' love you!

I love you too! Oh, I love you!

Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yes!

Man, that was just not
cool to come in waving

this 30-inch eel like,

"wow, look how
successful it was."

I could say things that
would get me into the tabloids.

Yes!

Who's got the best partner ever?

I do!

Yes!

Yes!

Oh! I hate it.

Like, "yeah, yeah."

Like, it's so obnoxious.

The hooting and the
hollering and the screaming

and just making
yourself a total spectacle

does not improve
the quality of the meat.

It doesn't make
the eel any bigger.

I've heard some whisperings that
some unproductive group members

have been upset that Laura and I

are not sharing our
hard-earned meals.

We are not here
to give handouts.

"Naked and Afraid XL"
is not a welfare program.

If people cannot
get their own food,

then they should
not be out here.

I'm surprised at that clip.

I'm very surprised.

When you reference
us and then reference

welfare and handouts...

Because that
is... That's hurtful.

You guys worked great as a team,

but according to what Jeff
said, you were just unproductive.

As far as how I
looked at it, okay,

we're gonna have
two people out here

that are gonna be getting
resources that we can't get,

and if they're gonna
bring down food and cook it

and eat it and
enjoy it in front of us,

that's another part
of the challenge.

They say they want
to work on 60 days

and try and do it on
their own, that's fine.

I don't work that way.

I... my opinion wouldn't change.

Yeah, I don't think
mine would, either.

It wouldn't change. 60
days, 120 days, 1,000 days.

You can say that
now. My opinion...

You can say that now. My
opinion would not change.

No, no, no, no, no. No, listen.

I can say a lot
now, and my opinion

would not change because
you joined another team.

Tell me that when
you're doing 60 days.

So you joined another team.

I don't give a [bleep]
if it's 1,000 days.

I know me as a man. Charlie...

I know my integrity
and my morals.

Okay. You joined another team.

You didn't stay a separate team.

I did not join a team.

You went and
grouped up with people.

Now, you can choose
not to live with them,

but walking through
a cave in front of them

holding an eel... [bleep].

Let me show... let me
show how little you know.

You're... I...
the little I know?

I'll run rings
around you, you...

Oh, come on... [bleep].

You failed at both
40-day challenges.

"I caught an eel!"
Like an 11-year-old.

I caught stuff. I don't
scream because I acted

like I'd been in the
end zone before.

I kill things, too.
What's your goal?

You're the only great
big hunter here? [Bleep].

[Bleep]. I make it to the end.

You're with a group, you
[Bleep] work with the group.

So [bleep].

60 days, 120 days,
6-[Bleep] years.

You're living in a team.

You work with your team.

You decided to be
separate because,

"I want to show everybody
how wonderful I am."

You know what? Other
people were suffering

while you were looking
so [bleep] wonderful.

Nope. Other people were at
home when other people crossed

the [bleep] finish line.

[Bleep] You.

You know what?

Other people were suffering
while you were looking

so [bleep] wonderful. Nope.

Other people were at
home when other people

crossed the [bleep] finish line.

[Bleep] You. I
don't have to cross

the finish line to
be a man, okay?

A man helps other people.

A man doesn't sit
there and say, "I won."

You can't talk
[Bleep] until you do it.

Okay, yeah. Let's get past that.

Like, that's... let's
leave that in the jungle.

- Alright.
- We can work it out.

- Okay, let's go.
- We can work it out.

Let's go back to
the Philippines.

To counseling we go.
Let's start this again.

Well, I just... just
me personally,

I was more excited to feed
them than I was to feed myself.

And if I wasn't trying
to provide for my group,

I was just being old Russell,

I probably wouldn't
have got bit by a snake.

One.

I want my family to be fed,

and I want to be
the one to feed them.

Ow. What the [bleep] was that?

Oh, [bleep].

It's a [bleep] snake.

Just bit me. [Bleep].

Damn it.

I got him pinned.

I ain't letting you
get away, buddy.

You may want to get
somebody over here.

That's a baby.

- Phew.
- Dang, Russell.

I thought it was an
ant bite right off the bat

'cause it didn't hurt.

It was just, like, annoying.

And then I moved the leaves
around, and little black snake.

And it didn't look venomous.

But my dad taught me at a
young age, if you get bit by a snake,

you're already bit, you
might as well grab it

so you can identify it.

So that's what I did.

I picked it up, and when I
squeezed behind the head,

it opened its mouth,
and I could see the fangs.

And that's when everything
started to set in that

I wasn't completing
this challenge.

We're gonna determine whether

it's venomous or not. Alright.

The rangers are looking at it.

They're taking pictures of it,

but we got to get you
to treatment right now.

Well, it's got fangs, so
my money's on venomous.

I was remaining calm during the
whole process for two reasons...

One, I was trying not
to have a panic attack,

and secondly, I know that if
the venom is in my system,

panicking is only gonna make
it go through my system faster.

I was more concerned
over, "am I gonna die?"

And because this
snake very closely

resembled a black
cobra but in infant form,

that scared the
[Bleep] out of me.

So, since we don't know if
the snake is venomous or not

and your safety is our priority,

so what you want to do is get to
the hospital as soon as we can.

This is a tap.

Oh, [bleep] Me.

When they couldn't identify
the snake and I had to leave,

it broke my heart because
I was doing so well.

They're going
right there with him.

- Oh, my god.
- [Bleep] Me.

Max: Yo, Russ. Russ.

Oh, my god. Oh, my god.

Russ.

Woman: You'll be okay.

Russ, you're gonna be alright.

If it is a venomous
snake, it could have sent

an inordinate amount of
venom into Russell's foot,

and so, at an
abundance of caution

possibly to save his
life, we're evacuating.

- That was scary.
- Whoo.

- That was a really scary time.
- Yeah.

That's when you
know it's [bleep] real.

Like, when I see that,
it's horrifying to me.

Just even watching
that brought back

just a whole bunch of [bleep].

Being rushed out the way I was,

not being able to say
goodbye to each person.

Something as small as that,

that broke my heart
more than having to tap.

♪

I got to the hospital, and
they started me on antivenom.

It took a while for them
to identify the snake.

They had to send it
off to a herpetologist.

And just sitting there,
waiting to find out

if I was gonna lose my toe,

if I was gonna lose my foot,
if I was gonna lose my life,

that made minutes
seem like hours,

and I was there for hours,
so that was an eternity.

It was a mock viper
resembling the king cobra.

It still has fangs,
it still had venom,

just not as serious
as the king cobra.

They told me everything
was gonna be alright.

My team, I love y'all.

I really do.

The 21 days I spent with y'all

was some of the
best time of my life.

And I wish I could have
walked across the end with y'all

in the 40-day challenge,

but looks like it's just
not in the cards for me.

Your presence or lack
thereof from that point on was...

Definitely felt.
Very noticeable.

It was very quiet in
the cave that night.

We were still the six pack.

You were with us in spirit.

But it was a big void, you know?

Well, I really appreciate that.

I came back, and
they all told me,

"Russ was taken out by a snake,"

and it just levels
you, you know.

You don't expect that.

And it's a tough thing.

You don't want to see any
of your friends go anywhere.

Even though I didn't finish,

I feel redeemed emotionally, and
my character has been redeemed,

but until I hit my 40,

I still haven't
found redemption.

The three of us were out there

'cause we were looking
for redemption on this,

and the three of us
did want to finish this.

But none of the
redemption people made it.

♪

When we went on that
hike, it was eight hours,

nine hours of constant
hiking through water,

mud, sharp rocks,
and I knew I was sick.

I wasn't feeling the same.

What's going on?

Can you [bleep] share
your weight, please?

Oh, no. I'm gonna get

pissed off at you. It's alright.

You'll get over
it. That's [bleep].

Come on. You'll get over it.

Nobody could say, "oh, Charlie
needed help carrying something."

I started with it.
I'll finish with it.

Nobody has to carry
me over the finish line.

Stubborn, Laura.

Nobody can ever say
I don't carry my weight.

You were so stubborn
about carrying the water.

Like, there was
nothing in the world

I could do to get it
out of your hands.

Like, I think even if you died
out there, you would have

just been grasping it,
you know what I mean?

You stayed with
me the whole way.

I didn't know what was going on,

but everything that
was happening...

Your leg was giving
out, just the exhaustion

that I could see in your face,
the dead look in your eye...

I mean, it scared me.

♪

Jeff: Ugh!

- Charlie?
- I'll be fine.

I just got to warm up,
dry off and warm up.

Oh, [bleep]. I'm just cold.

Guys, chill out. Chill out.

I'm okay.

Oh, boy.

Man: Charlie?
Charlie, you there?

He stopped shaking.

- He stopped shaking.
- Charlie?

Charlie?

- Charlie?
- Charlie?

Charlie? Hey, can you hear me?

I don't remember that.

I woke up in a medic tent,
didn't know how I got there.

I don't know how I got there.

I still don't.

All of us were so worried.

I mean, that was
really scary to see.

And, you know, no one
tells us what's going on.

I was really sick,
but I didn't want to go.

God, please let me stay. Please.

Paul: Charlie, most important thing
is your health and wellbeing, okay?

Average resting heart rate
is between 60 and 72 beats.

And your heart rate
still has not decreased,

and that concerns us, okay?

Let me stay. Please.

Charlie. Please.

I won't do anything.
I won't do anything.

I'll just sit in the
shelter for a week.

I won't do a thing.
These guys can help,

and all I'll do is get up,

take a piss, and that's it.

Charlie. Please.

I'm a tough [bleep], man.

Please.

Charlie, listen, buddy.

We cannot in good
conscience let you continue

in this challenge right now

because of the risk to yourself
and your health and wellbeing.

Let's get you some proper care.

- Damn.
- Oof.

Laura: Seeing how
all of that went down,

and it was such a
shock, but it was also...

It made it real that we
were so close to the end,

but it's still not a given.

At any point in time,
anything can happen.

It was devastating to know
that you were gonna be

taken out of the challenge.

I mean, we had just lost
Russell just days before that,

and then again
another great void

that was very strongly felt

by not having your
presence there.

Been through a lot, boy.

Charlie: I'm proud of myself
for what I did out there.

I showed up to work every day.

There's nothing
that I did that I regret.

You deserve this, buddy. I know.

And being medically
tapped, it hurt.

It hurts right now.

I didn't finish, man.

I didn't finish.

And I need to do it again.

I didn't get redemption.

Narrator: Coming up...
Doc says I had dengue.

He might be right.

I'm Afraid I'm gonna die.

I'm not joking.

I'm powerless, and I'm alone.

I still, to this day, take
heart pills, and they say

I have to take
the rest of my life.

You are on fire.

That was the most helpless
moment of my entire life.

Charlie: Just do me a favor.

Be a team, share, be a
part of each other's family.

That's all I want.

We're gonna make you proud.

Duck: Charlie went all out,
and he gave up so much

for other people, you know,
and I just bonded with him.

Like, this is a man
I could work with,

I could share everything with,

and that's kind of like the
brotherhood we had there.

So when they tapped
him, it was like thunder

going through my
body, like lightning.

- Duck, come here.
- Duck, come here.

- Duck. Please.
- Duck.

- Duck.
- Please.

There's my boat. Duck, don't go.

No, Duck, please. Come on.

I need you to finish,
brother. You're close.

Oh, man. I need to
walk out with Charlie.

I ain't letting him walk out of
this damn [bleep] by himself.

Come on, man. Talk to me.

Talk to me.

Talk to me, Duck.

Duck. Seriously?
Finish it for us.

Let's rock it. I
need you to stay.

Let's get the
[Bleep] out of here.

Duck, listen, man. I
want you to finish this.

Please. Help
everybody get across.

You know I'll ride
with you. Let's go.

Duck: I just wanted
to make sure Charlie

had somebody to walk out with.

I didn't want him to
walk out on his own,

and if he was gonna go,
I was gonna go with him.

- Duck.
- Duck.

Finish this [bleep]
for both of us.

Seriously?

I told him at the beginning,
"we ride and die together."

Man. Duck.

I set my mind to
something, I see it, you know.

I finish what I started,
and what I started

was a brotherhood,
and I told him

I was gonna ride
and die with him,

and that's exactly what I done.

What just happened?

Double tap.

Laura: Our entire
redemption team.

Duck's a savage for that.

- Duck is a savage.
- He's a savage.

Duck is a loyal savage.

Duke: You got to be
strong in a crazy-ass way

to do what he just did.

That is brotherhood
to the tenth.

That is brotherhood.

We'd be all so lucky to
have a friend like Duck.

[Bleep].

- Man.
- That was tough.

Max: That was some
gangster-ass [bleep], though.

When you come into
a challenge like this,

everybody's strangers,
and every now and then,

you just click with somebody,
and Charlie was my click.

Early in the show,
I told Charlie,

"you remind me
of my grandfather,"

and he pulled at
my heartstrings...

The way he worked,
the way he act.

And I made him a deal.

I said, "if you have to leave,
brother, I'm going with you."

And I love being
a man of my word,

and he went out, so,
baby, I didn't hesitate.

I walked right out. I
gave you the same word.

That's it, brother.

If he would have done
it, I would have left, also.

We promised each other that.

Hey, Duck. Yeah?

I love you. I love you, too.

I never expected to be
as close to Duck as I got.

Duck and I hit it
off extremely well.

You didn't have to do this.

[Bleep] No brain
in a country boy.

What do you think about
that [bleep], Charlie?

Who would have thought a
city boy and a country boy?

That's it.

We had a pact.

Duck lived up to his
end of the bargain.

It's a testimony.

My friend right there.

I'd do anything for Duck.

Alright, buddy, let's do this.

Let's do this. We
walked in together.

We walk out together. Whoo!

Whoo! Oh, my man.

I'm pretty emotional about it
'cause it's not easy, you know.

It's not easy not finishing.

But I made a new best friend,
and I'll never forget Duck.

And when he did that, there's
nothing I won't do for this man.

Nothing.

But when we left,

I spent eight days in the
hospital in the Philippines

because I got taken
out from dengue fever.

Day 30. I'm still
in the Philippines.

Checked in the hospital.

In my room.

Bad case of the chills.

The hospital stay was miserable.

I feel terrible.

My stomach hurts.

Diarrhea, pain, cramps.

Joints are killing me.

They were taking blood
from me every two hours.

My arms were purple.

They couldn't find veins
because I went from 193 to 153.

Everything collapsed.

Ugh.

Doc says I have
dengue. He might be right.

This really sucks.

Oh, my god. This is awful.

It's taking it out of me.

I'm weak.

I can't do it anymore.

I'm Afraid I'm gonna die.

I'm not joking. I'm scared.

I'm really... I haven't...
I'm 57 years old.

I'm powerless, and I'm alone.

They really thought I was dying.

But the doctors in
the Philippines know

how to deal with dengue,

and I owe them a
great deal of debt.

I look back on it,
and I'm embarrassed.

I was very upset.

I didn't want to
leave the challenge.

But I will tell you, had I
stayed there, I would have died.

That's not a joke.

Best thing they did
was take me out.

I never thought I'd
die this [bleep] way.

I had the onset of
stage 2 heart failure.

I still, to this day, take
heart pills, and they say

I have to take
the rest of my life.

This wasn't me working too
hard and being a rookie or...

This was a freaking mosquito.

This is "Naked and Afraid,"
and I'll tell you that I was...

The first time I've
ever done this show,

I was Afraid in the hospital.

I was dying.

Charlie, I-I didn't
know any of that,

and I apologize for
what I said earlier.

And I accept it.

And listen, we can argue
and we can have discussions

about different personalities
and how we deal with things,

but you're you and
you do your way,

and I have my way,
and it's just the way.

You know, it's really
hard to watch two people

you really love and
care about leave.

And it was just this
moment of feeling so helpless

and not being
able to do anything.

It was like, "well, what do I
still have the power to do?

How can I focus on that?"

And the one thing that I still
had the power to do was...

Make us a family.

And I think that was
Charlie's last gift to everyone.

When Charlie left,
it was such a blow

because he was kind of
the heart of their whole group.

They had a special brotherhood.

We have a special bond, but
our bond is in finishing, you know?

Mm-hmm.

At that point, I just realized

that I wanted everyone
there to finish with us,

and if we could help
them do that, at that point

when they needed
us most, we could do it.

I wonder if being up
here is the right thing to do

or if we belong down there.

[ Sighs ] Okay, so...

It's not a position
I want to be in.

I gave Charlie my word.

I gave him my word, and
that means a lot to me.

And Charlie's not here to do it,

and I feel like, you
know, we owe that to him.

Alright.

You're awesome.

Love you, Laura. Love you, too.

Jeff: I didn't know
what to expect.

I hoped for the best, and I
kind of expected the worst.

Hey, guys.

We just wanted to talk
to you guys for a minute.

Laura: You know, I just
looked Charlie in the eye,

and I told him that I was
gonna finish this as a family.

We just ditched our shelter,
and we're coming down here.

We're putting the
family together.

- Whoo!
- Alright!

- Go team.
- Let's get it.

From a survival standpoint,
when we joined together

as a family,

there were pros
and cons, obviously.

And, you know, survival strategy

says the fewer mouths
you have to feed,

the more you're gonna eat.

But it wasn't about
following the rules anymore.

It was about doing what
was humane and kind

and compassionate.

And little did I
know, two days later,

I was gonna need you guys.

I'm tired. I'm exhausted.

If you can look at me, I'm
sweating like crazy right now.

Just sweating from
every pore in my body.

I feel weak and lightheaded.

I have a headache.

I'm feverish.

Whatever's happening
to me is severe.

Jeff had never stopped for the
entire time we'd been out there.

And to see him taking time
during the day to lay down,

that was weird.

When he started getting a fever,

I thought, you know,
he's maybe dehydrated.

You think of all these
excuses about what's going on,

and that moment of, you
know, him just burning...

I was really worried.

I mean, I think we all
thought we might lose you.

Jeff: I'm freezing.
My fever's going up.

I don't know. Oh, my gosh.

You are on fire.

Day 52 was one of the
worst days of my entire life.

Can we spike up
the fire for a minute?

I'm cold.

My brain was literally being
cooked inside of my skull,

and the pain and
everything that I felt,

I can't even explain to
you how horrific that was.

Man: Let me check
your temperature.

Oh, my god.

We're gonna bring
him down to bush camp.

Goodnight, Jeff.

♪

That moment was, for me,

the most helpless
moment of my entire life.

You know, I was being
carried in that damn net,

I mean, looking at the
stars and just thinking,

"there is nothing I
can do to help myself.

Nothing."

And it was very, very humbling.

- Coming up...
- Ready.

- 3, 2, 1.
- Go.

We busted our ass
through that ocean.

- We getting close?
- Come on.

Jeff: We got to be
getting close, man.

I don't see anything, though.

I see nothing.

I don't care what was in
there... sharks, snakes.

We didn't care.
"Bring it on, baby.

We're going home.
We're going home."

♪

Alright, what do you say
we lighten it up a bit, guys?

We got some questions from fans.

Ah!

"What are the bathroom rules

with nine people
in one shelter?"

Hmm.

Max decided to just take a
dump right next to the shelter.

I turned around, and I'm
like, "what are you doing?

Oh!" [bleep] Happens.

Oh.

We would mark
the more substantial

bathroom deposits with "xs."

And it was crazy
because you'd be looking

for snails, looking for snails,

"uh, that's definitely a
pile of poop buried there."

And I marked my
eel holes with "xs" on

when I turned into the river,

and I got lost one time
'cause I turned in at an "x,"

and I'm like, "this
isn't my eel hole."

And then I leaned now that
you guys were marking [bleep].

Doesn't mean treasure.

[ Laughter ]

I'm back, baby.

Whoo!

My head isn't 100%,

and it may take me 24
hours before I'm back back,

and I just appreciate
the added effort

that's gonna be on your backs.

Welcome back.

Thank you, guys. Seriously.

- Thank you.
- Welcome back home.

I was down for two
days when I came back,

and it was hard until I
saw you guys kicking ass.

And then it was awesome.

I mean, it was awesome.

James: And another.

Whoo! We're getting close.

- Yeah.
- We're getting close, babe.

- We're getting close!
- Yee-yee!

Whoo!

Oh, she's moving!

Here we go. Here we go!

- Here we go!
- Here she comes!

- Here she comes!
- Here we go!

Duke: Right this
way she's coming!

- Here we go!
- She's coming!

- Timber!
- Oh!

- Whoo!
- Yeah!

Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.

[ Yells ]

Yes!

How's that, Jeff?! [ Yells ]

[ Laughter ]

I appreciated your yell, baby.

Yeah, that was all for you.

That actually makes
me teary-eyed.

Crushed it.

'Cause I had wanted
to go into the challenge

being helpful to everyone,
and I wasn't feeling well,

and to finally get a
win... and Jeff is out there.

He's not feeling
good. I'm like, "yes.

This is something he needs,
too, and everybody else needs."

And then to turn around, I mean,

just right on the heels
and get the net out there,

and I pull in a fish and then
another one and another one,

I'm like, "yes!"

Oh, oh.

Come on. Stay in there, baby.

Stay in there,
baby. There it is!

- Oh, my gosh!
- There it is.

Doesn't count till it's on land.

Thank you.

Mwah!

Got another one. Whoo!

To have the cast net that brings

the largest amount
of food that last week...

- Oh, my god!
- It's in. It's in.

- There's three in.
- Three?

I was finally feeling the way

I wanted to feel
the entire challenge.

Yeah!

From the old fish master to
the new one, to the new one.

Oh, my gosh.

Good job.

That would have been
a very easy moment

for any one of you to
step forward and be like,

"oh, look. He went down."

And instead, it was
just the opposite.

You guys had my back.

You were exerting more
energy because I wasn't able.

It was selfless,
and it meant a lot.

You guys, for the first
49 days of this challenge,

I had refused to group up.

Yeah. Like, strongly.

I was defiant against it.

I thought that it was
just gonna breed

drama and
contention and conflict,

and now that I see what I
see in every single one of you,

like, I am ashamed
that I ever thought that,

because this is the best thing
that has happened to me...

This family.

Thank you for being there
for me while I was down,

but I'm gonna be back, and
I'm gonna be back strong.

I promise. Thank you.

I love you guys.

- You're welcome.
- Slow clap that one.

I will slow clap
that all day long.

♪

Laura: Aw.

Jeff: I freaking
love you guys, man.

Freaking love you guys.

Good man.

Aw. Good girl.

You guys bring
out the heart in me

or something, I guess.

I don't know. Geez.

I'm very proud of what you did.

And to see that, knowing
how things were early on,

to see the both of you accepted
a good group of people...

Proud of what you guys
did and how you admitted it.

Russell: Yeah, I
liked seeing that Jeff,

and I have a whole
new respect for you.

Jeff: We were
bonded at that point.

I have never seen a
season of "XL" ever

where a group came together
and worked so selflessly

and so hard for the
person sitting next to them.

I've never seen
it. And so naturally.

I've never seen it. And it
happened, and we did it.

Duke: You guys
got a big drop off

to my right, just
below you, Max.

Yeah, this is our
line right here.

That's a good line.

Jeff: Alright, you guys pull.

Alright, everyone.

James: I think it's gonna
start going after that.

- Alright, ready?
- 1, 2, 3.

Pull it. Let it go.

- Let it go.
- Let it go.

- Let it go.
- Yeah, baby!

- Whoo!
- Touchdown!

This was a full team effort.

We all worked on it.

By that point, we
were like a machine.

By that point, we knew
what each other were good at.

We just got it done.

And, you know,
obviously we wanted

to get the hell out of there.

Duke: Ready?

- 3, 2, 1.
- Go.

Alright, stop there.

Alright. 3, 2, 1.

There was nothing gonna
stop us from getting in that water.

I don't care what was in
there... sharks, snakes.

We didn't care.
"Bring it on, baby.

We're going home.

We're going home!"

3, 2, 1.

Got it.

Whoo! Yeah!

- Yee-haw!
- Yeah, baby.

Good job.

Holy snap.

- We got to go.
- Yeah.

Jeff: You guys ready? Let's go!

Cherish the day, baby.

- Whoo!
- Good job, guys.

Duke: Good job.

♪

Keep pushing.

Whatever's hurting,
keep pushing.

- This is our day.
- Our day.

This is our moment! Whoo!

This is our challenge!

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

Yeah, we were in it, you know.

And that push to the finish,

it was like giving every
last ounce of energy we had

because we knew we
didn't need it anymore.

That is what made that
day just so awesome.

- We getting close?
- Come on.

We got to be getting close, man.

I don't see anything, though.

I see nothing.

Laura: Is that a
boat on the horizon?

It might be pointing towards us.

After miles and miles and miles

and to see that gun boat
come up with the military,

I was like, "yeah!"

- Let's go.
- It's coming our way!

- It's coming our way!
- Whoo!

Jeff: Keep pushing, baby!

- Deep backs.
- Yeah, baby!

Dig deep, man.

Nothing left to maintain.

That was an amazing moment.

We'll never get
that moment back.

Like Jeff was
screaming, like, "this is it."

We'll never get
that feeling again.

[ Cheering ]

♪

That was the most incredible
experience of my life,

and I cannot imagine a more
incredible group of people

to go through that with.

Laura: We did it, man.

Oh, buddy.

I'm happy for the
accomplishment,

but that's not what I cherish.

I cherish the moments out there.

40 days ago... 60 days ago,
we set the biggest survival goal

we have ever set for ourselves.

This moment is what
we've been waiting for.

- Whoo!
- We've been through pain!

We've been through sweat!

Some of us have been
through freaking tears.

This moment is what it's about.

I'm just honored to
have been able to cross

the same finish
line with you guys.

And you were there with us.

Everyone who had to leave,
you guys were there with us

in spirit 100% of the time.

And it's just a huge honor.

Duke: Should we hail the snail?

Alright, hands in the
middle. Hands in the middle.

All: 1, 2, 3.

Hail the snail!

Hail the snail!

- Yeah!
- Whoo!