Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 10 - Crossbow and a Cross to Beat - full transcript
Desperate for food, Gwen and Sarah lead the charge to build a crossbow in the bush while Ryan feels the pressure. And, a fire pushes Bulent to the edge.
Narrator: Previously on
"naked and afraid xl"...
25 days into the 40-day
banishment challenge,
a deadly heat wave
reached its peak...
This extreme so far
is the worst it's been.
Gwen: Feels like
it's record-breaking heat.
Narrator: ...Stifling
bulent's search for protein...
Bulent: It is
hot as hell already.
...While wes' third
big-game kill
brought a huge win
to the team of six.
I'm really, really happy
that I can do that for the team.
Narrator: But in the sweltering
conditions...
I ain't feeling very good.
...Heat exhaustion ravaged
the group.
[ retches ]
and wes' medical issues...
[ groaning ] oh,
the [bleep] pain is so bad.
...Took a devastating turn...
I need to medically tap you
before we end up having
further complications.
...As the team lost
its most prolific provider.
Sarah: It's a really
unfortunate loss.
That means that someone else
is gonna have to step up
to the plate.
Narrator: Now,
with only 12 days left,
can they harness their skills...
- Yeah, buddy!
- ...To prove their worth?
- Yeah! Attaboy!
With my bare hands!
Aaaah!
Or will they be
cast into the wild...
Tomorrow morning,
we would like to see you go.
...To fend for themselves?
We're about 25 yards
from the puma.
Aah! Aah! [bleep]
oh, [bleep]
[ screams ]
captions paid for by
discovery communications
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Whew!
Very windy.
Oddly enough...
I hate to use this word,
but it's rather cool today
in africa.
And it feels like
the temperature's
almost half of what it was.
We're loading everybody up both
sides with firewood tonight.
That's what I figured, yeah.
Just have them strap it
as much as possible.
And then getting
both the roofs metered out,
'cause we're gonna get rain
at some point.
Sarah: So, the weather
up until now
has been ridiculously hot.
It's finally at a temperature
that we can manage.
And even though we've lost wes,
we're all sort of
struggling right now.
We're coming up on the last leg
of this challenge.
We need to get some work done
and keep the mental game sharp.
Most important element
of survival
is just mental fortitude.
You've got to have the right
headspace to be out here
or you're not gonna make it.
Suzanne: Four pieces a day?
Is that what you were saying?
- Yep.
- Yeah.
Gwen: Honor system.
Right now, the amount of food
that we have left,
we're rationing out
at four pieces of jerky
a day per person.
So I think we might have
maybe six more days left
with what we have in there.
See all these animals
coming down?
They're all following that game
trail down to your...
Oh, yeah... Blind.
Want a sip before you go? Yeah.
Jon: Ryan is a skilled hunter.
He's been with me since day one,
and he provided food every
single day at the other camp.
I got a large woodpecker
I just shot with my bow.
- Got one!
- Yeah!
- Attaboy!
- Get some! [bleep]
freshwater clam.
This is survival, bitches.
But he's been having a hard time
since we got to this camp,
and I think he's getting
a little down
that he hasn't gotten a kill
since we got here.
Ryan: Now that wes is gone,
it is a lot of weight on my
shoulder, to do all the hunting.
I've bowhunted my whole life,
but I haven't had a big kill
out here yet.
It's frustrating.
I just got to keep driving
as much as I can,
make sure everybody gets fed.
That's kind of my job out here,
and I'm trying
the best I can to provide.
Want to sit down,
get comfortable.
Stay still.
My hunting strategy is waiting
for the duikers to come down.
And they do, like clockwork,
every day.
We need this.
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Today started with
a very cold morning
after one of the highest
temperatures I've seen,
comes this cold.
This place is
super unpredictable.
Off I go.
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I've been alone for 18 days...
The way I like it.
Being solo
in a survival situation
really pushes you to the limit.
Physically, I am drained,
but I will push myself
until the point that says,
"you know what?
I'm about to break. That's it."
but that point is not here yet.
Mentally, I'm still 100% there.
Oh, look at this beautiful...
How are you doing there, bubba?
What's your name?
Ricardo.
Or, shortly... rich.
I picked "ricardo"
because mondays
he might be ricardo,
Tuesday he might be
richie, barehanded killer.
And Saturday, if he's not
behaving, we'll call him dick.
So he's a perfect member
for the boma.
Being alone in this really rough
environment can be challenging,
but I have no interest
in joining other people.
Besides, now I have this guy.
Richard.
Mm.
That makes me smile.
Time to hunt.
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Here comes one.
Two.
So let's see
if we can kill something.
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[ sighs ]
africa gives you an opportunity,
you do everything you can
on your part,
but it finds a way
to take it from you.
It's just frustrating.
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Gwen:
It would be great if we could
have two hunters out there.
It doesn't do any good to have
all of us sitting here
when somebody here is capable
of sitting down there to hunt.
Sarah: We need to be able
to help ryan in hunting.
Somebody needs to be able
to go out there and assist
in gaining meat for the team.
Gwen: Does anybody feel
strong enough
to pull back that 45-pound bow?
I can't, 'cause of my shoulder
being destroyed.
This is just ridiculously
way too big for me.
Gwen: Other than ryan,
none of us have
any hunting experience
with a bow.
So we got to figure out
a different game plan.
I have this idea for a crossbow
using the longbow that we have,
by taking a stock of wood,
mounting it across a "y"
in the front,
being able to pull it back
into a crossbow.
Do you see this tree
right in front of us here
that's been cut
and it's got the "y"?
We can cut that out for a stock.
- Okay, yeah.
- That'd be awesome.
If we had a backup
that everybody could shoot,
you guys can maybe hunt
and bring in some meat.
That would be the way to do it.
I'll go grab that piece.
Alright.
See ya. Be back in two seconds.
[ chuckles ]
this is the piece of wood
we're thinking about
making the crossbow out of.
Other than ryan,
none of us have any efficiency
making a kill
with one of those bows.
So we are trying to make
a weapon that everybody can use
and everybody can go
try and hunt with.
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I'm really hoping
I will get a big game.
That is one of my goals.
This is a perfect time to hunt
because everything is peaceful.
I'm watching animals,
trying to be quiet as I can.
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[ birds squawking ]
what the [bleep] really?
I've never seen
those birds before.
Narrator:
The beginning of spring
brings over 185 species of birds
to south africa
to mate and lay eggs,
some traveling from as far
as antarctica.
Bulent: These annoying ducks.
They don't shut up.
They scare the animals around
and they make it impossible
to hunt.
I would try and shoot one,
but they're too far away.
[ sighs ]
ugh.
I hate these [bleep] damn ducks.
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Hey, I'll sense them.
Waiting on little
hard-to-kill bastards.
When the sun goes down
and you start hearing
the animals run here in africa
and sounding off, it worries me.
I get nervous, I get scared,
because as a hunter,
I'm also competing
with other hunters out here...
You know, lions,
hyenas, leopards.
They're after
the same game I am,
and just as hungry
as I am, so...
It's some nerve-racking times.
Oh, man.
Alright, well,
at least you tried.
Suzanne: You look like
you need to sit.
I need to sit.
I want to get a piece
of jerky, too.
Okay. Mm.
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What?
- Ugh. [bleep]
- yeah, that's not good.
Gwen: Grab that lid.
Just dump it in.
Sarah: Okay.
Suzanne: Oh, is that
what we've got in that bag?
Yeah.
We might have a problem, though.
Why?
There's mold. What?!
Yeah, definitely looks
like mold to me now.
It's got fuzz growing out of it.
Oh, my gosh.
That's all there is
to eat right now.
That is it.
Oh, god.
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We might have a problem, though.
Suzanne: Why?
There's mold.
Yeah, definitely looks
like mold to me now.
- Yep.
- Yeah.
Oh, god.
It's got fuzz growing out of it.
Sarah: Mold can lead
to a lot of problems...
Everything from
respiratory issues
to essentially
just full-system shutdown.
And that's the type of stuff
that in certain circumstances
can be life threatening.
Gwen: It must have
gotten wet somehow.
Oh, man. In the bottom
of this bag is all damp.
Yep.
All this contact-contaminated
at that point.
Holy crap.
That is not something that
I want to [bleep] around with.
I'm not eating mold.
I'd rather go without food
than eat mold
and risk problems
with your brain or whatever.
It's not worth the risk.
- This has all got to go.
- Yeah, give me that.
Jon: I'm gonna dump it, alright?
- That's not good news.
- No.
Gwen: Now, with this loss
of our food,
we have to find
another food source.
It's better
a leopard comes over here
than over there
at the boma with us, you know.
Suzanne: Losing the jerky
definitely puts
more pressure on us
to get a kill
for these last couple of weeks.
It's important
to finish the crossbow.
We mount this in here.
But then all this bark's
coming off.
Yeah.
Ryan: It's unforgiving
here in africa.
I keep having to tell myself,
"you can get through this.
You can get through this."
just got to suck it up
and just deal with it.
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[ birds squawking ]
it's almost dark.
If you're trying to kill things,
'cause you don't become
a barehanded killer
by sitting on your ass,
you know the darkness means
all the predators are out.
Guess what... I'm one of them.
I've got me a rock.
I don't know
if we'll be able to get it,
but we'll give it a shot.
[ squawking continues ]
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[bleep] ducks.
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[ animal calling ]
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He's chowing down on jerky
across from our the boma,
making a lot of racket tonight.
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Holy [bleep]
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[ animal cries ]
[bleep]
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[ rock clatters, hyena yelps ]
[ hyena chitters ]
just had to chuck a rock
at a hyena.
Got pretty close
to the entrance of the boma.
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Do you want to take
a look at it?
Well, all of us
are gonna have problems
pulling back a 45-pound bow,
so this crossbow allows
every single person,
whether they're feeling
strong enough or not.
You release
the trigger mechanism,
and it fires the weapon.
Looks fairly level.
Narrator: Once the y-shaped
tree branch is level,
a bow will be secured
across the top
so it can be drawn down
and held in place
by a triggering mechanism.
Are we gonna leave
this handle on here?
- I kind of like it.
- Yeah?
Yeah. Yeah, kind of like it.
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So, what I'm doing right now
is I am fleshing
this impala hide.
I'm hoping to use this hide
to make the strap
for the crossbow,
and whatever's left,
we can use to make shoes.
We're coming up on the last leg
of this challenge.
And walking out of here,
we're definitely
gonna need shoes.
Back home, I do work
as a taxidermist,
and it's something I can utilize
to contribute
to the rest of the team.
And I would like to hopefully
get everybody a pair
before extraction.
By removing
all of the extra bits,
the easier it's gonna be
to work with.
Oh, that's... That'll work.
It looks good.
Gwen: Pretty big kudu
up on that ridge right now,
coming down the ridge.
Where's ryan?
Jon: I think he's sleeping.
Ryan has been lethargic,
laying around the boma.
We all noticed that he's not got
much activity in his eyes.
He's got kind of a dull look
to his eyes.
If we can get him in that blind,
hopefully his attitude changes
and he gets on the upswing.
Suzanne: Hey.
[ groans ]
I ain't got a choice, really.
Just getting tired of it.
Kind of want to get
this [bleep] over with.
Don't do no good.
Gwen: Ryan's a hunter.
That's why he's here.
He came here to hunt.
I hope that he pulls himself
out of it and steps up.
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[ sighs ]
this entire adventure
has made me hate
big-game hunting.
It...
Just having to, and having
to try to rely upon it,
and have to [bleep] do it
every day...
Has made me hate it.
Literally, when I go home,
I'll probably never go again.
It made it feel like a job.
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[ birds squawking ]
going back to bait hunting.
Last night, I didn't get
much of sleep at all.
You stay here.
You got the hooks.
Haven't eaten anything
for six days straight.
There's so much nutrients
my body's missing.
Even though mentally
I'm perfectly fine,
it's gonna take a toll
on me eventually.
Nothing.
This is really, really
dead valley.
It's hard to find anything
living in this place.
Oh, look at this.
Yeah, he's dead.
Yeah.
He didn't make it
for some reason.
[ blows ]
but this little guy
has enough meat for bait.
That's a chicken breast sandwich
for a terrapin.
Let's go. Bait out there.
You stay here, ricardo.
Let's get wet.
Hoping to catch terrapin.
Actually, I'm hoping to catch
whatever is in this water.
So whatever I catch, we eat.
That's the whole idea.
There we go.
We're set. Come on, ricardo.
My lines are out of there.
They'll catch me a meal
tomorrow, hopefully.
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[bleep] this.
Nothing but bad omens up there.
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Suzanne: Hey, hey! How are you?
[bleep]
- nothing happened?
- No.
The game's not coming around
camp like they used to.
And that sucks.
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I don't give a damn
about hunting anymore.
Just tired of dealing with it.
It's just physically
and mentally exhausting.
I just [bleep] lost
all interest in it.
Jon: Ryan's state of mind,
you know,
it affects the survival
of the whole group.
If someone's just checked out,
it's stressful to everybody,
and ryan's basically
just stopped trying.
He doesn't want to hunt anymore,
and that's not the way
it works out here.
You can't do that. You have to
be there for your team.
He needs to get
his head on straight,
'cause banishment
is always an option.
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Okay. You know what?
I'll go hang with you,
if that's okay. - Yeah.
Okay.
Jon: Ryan's been with me
since day one.
You know, he's like
my brother out here.
We're bonded through suffering.
And you can tell
he's in bad shape.
I don't want to banish him.
He's part of the family.
So we'll see what happens
over the next couple days.
But I hope everything
works itself out.
Suzanne: How do you feel?
Ryan: I'm not having
a very good day at all today.
It's been kind of depressing,
and I'm trying
to hold it together.
'cause that's just the sucky
part of the day, you know?
Well, you got me here.
You're not alone. Yeah.
Just need to get some rest.
Yeah.
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So, once we get this
lashed down,
I'll be lashed
onto this part here.
So, it's rawhide. It was wet.
When we put it on,
and it's drying,
so it's shrinking tight
to this thing.
Pull it tight
so that when it dries,
it's gonna be, like,
super, super solid tight.
Nice.
Cool.
And just let that start drying.
Gwen: Cut a notch in it.
Run a channel down it...
Bolt channel.
Be able to pull the string back.
And it will release
the arrow easily.
Sarah: Oh, my god, gwen.
God, this is [bleep] amazing.
This is actually the trigger.
So the bow draws back,
knocks into this spot
right here,
and then this part, when pulled,
releases that tension,
pushes it up,
shoots the arrow out.
Be one of the coolest things
that we've ever built
in the bush.
And when using a crossbow,
it's ready to fire.
I don't have to do anything
except release the trigger.
It's really wanting to go
sideways as I'm doing it.
Not quite where it needed to go.
The crossbow is so close
to being completed.
All we need to do now is work
on that trigger mechanism,
because I did not hit my target.
Oh, god. That's in there.
Just went way into the dirt.
- We'll get it.
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Bulent: Good evening, richard.
I'm definitely hungry.
I'm gonna go check out
that line I left.
[ birds squawking ]
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These doggone ducks.
They won't stop screaming.
There's nothing on the lines.
Can you guys shut the [bleep]
up, seriously?
[ squawking continues ]
the way I look at survival is,
as long as your mental,
intestinal fortitude
is strong enough, you can push
through pretty much anything.
But these birds and ducks,
they keep going
and going and going.
And it's driving me crazy.
I don't know what to do.
Unless there's a bomb
that kills all of them,
they're not gonna go anywhere,
and I doubt I'll be able
to kill all of them.
What do you think about that,
little birdie?
You want to talk to dick?
Yeah. Complaint department.
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[ birds squawking ]
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I'm tired of [bleep] ducks.
Nonstop, the entire night long.
Everybody has a breaking point.
[ squawking continues ]
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Can't wait to get the [bleep]
out of this place.
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It's the middle of the night.
Ryan's sleepwalking,
stumbling around.
I don't think he knows
what he's doing.
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- Oww!
- Ryan, ryan, ryan.
Wait, wait.
Ryan was standing,
looking this way
and wobbling as though
he was gonna fall backwards
onto that and...
It makes me very nervous.
I don't know what's going on
with him.
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[ birds squawking ]
bulent: Me and richard,
we got about zero sleep.
The entire night long,
these ducks kept screaming,
and screaming and flying over.
They're loud.
God, they sound like
total ass[bleep].
I make this place my kingdom,
but not every kingdom
is paradise.
This is not a place to thrive.
This is a place
maybe you can get by,
but eventually, it will eat you.
So I'm leaving
for a better, happier kindgom.
Last minutes in this damn place.
I can't wait to get out.
I had enough of these ducks.
We're gonna sail
into the unknown,
go to a different location,
get closer to extraction.
There's a couple of water spots
in the middle I have to find.
Narrator: Still 12 miles from
the day 40 extraction point,
bulent sets his sights
on a watering hole
5 miles northeast.
Got the fishing lines,
the fish hook, the firestarter.
Alright, richie.
Time to sail.
You keep the boma safe.
Adios.
I'm exhausted
because I haven't slept.
Eventually gonna affect
my mental game.
So it's good to move
somewhere else
so I can get back
into my mind-set.
I'm gonna give it all I got.
I'm gonna sprint till the end,
finish this challenge,
and make this as epic as I can.
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Worried about ryan.
He's pretty...
[ exhales deeply ] ...Down.
Yeah.
Ryan's sleepwalking last night
makes me very nervous
because it's a sign
of major depression
and I'm really getting concerned
about his overall well-being.
Hey, ryan.
- Ryan.
- What?
Suzanne: Can you come join us
real quick?
Pretty please?
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We still have 10 days left.
And it is really a liability
to the tribe
when somebody
is off the mental game
and their mind
is not here in africa.
Suzanne: Last night,
I saw you sleepwalking.
You stepped over me, and you
were standing over me like that.
And I looked up,
and you were so wobbly,
I was like... 'cause I was...
I was not gonna be able
to catch you.
And you would have fallen
and hit your head
on both the logs
and the fire pit,
like at the same time.
And I was just like...
And that's why I was like,
"jon, jon!" 'cause...
Yeah. Sarah: Want to make sure
that that's something
that does not become worse
the longer that we're out here.
'cause something like that can
really mess you up,
you know, if you fall
into the fire,
you fall into a log.
There's not a spot to fall
that you wouldn't get hurt.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'm just glad that
we all have maydays left.
This has been terrible.
Very painful place.
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Spent 30 years of my life
doing paramedicine,
firefighting, law enforcement.
My whole career,
I've been trained
to recognize traumas, injuries,
bad emotional things
that have happened to people.
Ryan's in a pretty fragile
mental state right now.
He's spiraling downward.
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Narrator: Throughout the 40-day
banishment challenge,
each team will receive
an updated xl rating, or xlr,
which tracks their progress
and likelihood of success.
After 10 days alone
at his current camp...
Bulent: What the [bleep]?
Narrator:
...Diminishing resources...
It's hard to find anything
living in this place.
- ...And lack of sleep...
- Tired of [bleep] ducks.
...Have forced bulent north
toward extraction.
Bulent: I'm exhausted,
but I'm gonna sprint
till the end.
Narrator: His xl rating
drops from 6.1
to 5.8.
Sarah: Definitely looks
like mold to me now.
Narrator: After the unexpected
loss of their meat reserve...
We have to find
another food source.
Narrator: ...The team of five
feels the pressure to provide...
This entire venture has made me
hate big-game hunting.
...Leading to impressive
innovation...
God, that's [bleep] amazing.
...But also signs
of a mental decline.
It is really a liability
to the tribe
when somebody is off
the mental game.
Their xl rating falls again,
from 5.6
to 5.1.
And now ryan's grip
on the challenge
may be slipping away.
He's spiraling downward.
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Sarah: Ryan seems
really melancholy.
Everything right now
is weighing on him
so deeply in an emotional sense
that being able to just
hold him and comfort him
might just give him
the boost that he needs.
We'll see how it goes.
Ryan's kind of melancholy,
and... Trying to help him
stay here in africa.
But it's getting
harder and harder.
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Narrator: Concerned about ryan's
physical and mental health.
Producers decide to pull him
from the group
to better evaluate
his situation.
We're gonna go up
and talk to dave.
Come on. Yeah, yeah.
We just want
to kind of get a feel
for how you're feeling.
You want to sit down here?
Alright, you need a hand?
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Everything's good, yeah.
Mentally, how do you think
you're doing?
I'm like... I don't know.
I have no desire to do anything.
What we're concerned about is...
And with the amount of weight
you've lost
and what's the amount of food
you're not eating,
with the amount of rest
you're not getting,
with the amount of hydration
you're not getting...
We're not equipped
to handle depression...
Yeah.
...In a situation like this.
For your safety
more than anything else,
we don't want to leave you
in an environment like this.
It's taking its toll.
So we know you would never
quit this on your own,
because you're tough as hell.
But we think
the best thing for you
is to pull you
from the challenge.
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We think it's best.
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Okay? Mm-hmm.
The guys are making me
medically tap.
- What?
- What?!
- Mental health.
- For real?
It's depression
and all that, you know.
How you feeling about that?
It is what it is.
I gave it what I can give it.
But I did all I could,
but my mental health
got to me too bad.
I can't help that.
Got to respect you for being
able to step up to that.
Sarah: I've known ryan
since day one,
and the person
leaving here today
is not the same ryan that I knew
when he first walked
into this challenge.
And seeing that was a really
difficult thing for me,
but we know it was
the right thing to do.
Mental health is just as real
as physical health,
and it's something that needs
to be taken into consideration
in a survival scenario.
- Oh, ryan.
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- I'm gonna miss you.
- Ah, I'll miss you, too.
We'll see you, buddy.
I love you, man.
I love you, too.
It's almost the end,
and we're still losing people.
It's scary.
- We love you, ryan.
- I love y'all, too.
[ crying ] it'll be alright.
Lasted 30 days.
Gave it my 110%.
That's all I can do.
That's all anybody can do,
I guess.
There's no words to really
explain it or why it hit.
That's just the world
of depression... things happen.
[ engine starts ]
there is a stigma
associated with it,
far as people looking down like,
"oh, he's crazy."
it's not crazy, you're just born
without the chemical production.
There's no shame at all
in going and getting treatment.
♪♪
I start to see greenery
on top of the trees,
so I must be getting closer
to a water source.
I am getting tired.
I'm hoping
this thing is very close.
♪♪
Suzanne: Oh, man.
Gwen: We'll finish this out
for ryan, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yep.
Sarah: I would really like
to put this crossbow to use.
Can do it tomorrow.
I wish ryan was here
to help us finish it out.
I think he'd be
real proud of us,
and I think
he's gonna be real happy
when he sees it put to use.
The notch is riding up
on this a little bit.
This needs to be tied down.
So, this right here? Yeah.
Okay.
Sarah: I'm definitely
gonna miss ryan,
but I got a great group
of people here.
The fact that we were able
to come together as a team
and actually make this
into a reality
is a pretty awesome thing.
What do we think?
Jon: Ooh, that looks nice.
Suzanne: That looks good.
This is kind of a revolutionary
mechanical tool,
and it sort of brings this
whole team hope right now.
I am so excited about
this frickin' crossbow.
This is a survival situation.
And in order for us
to succeed as a team,
we do need good chemistry.
And I'm actually really excited
about the group right now.
♪♪
I smell smoke or fire.
Oh, [bleep] I see naked people.
Naked people!
Hello! - Holy [bleep]
- what?!
- Who the [bleep] is that?
Narrator: Next time,
on the two-hour season finale
of "naked and afraid xl"...
My entire existence is here
to kill [bleep].
They welcome me with open arms
because I'm the shooter.
I don't see bulent
down at the blind.
Gwen: You were supposed
to be there.
They all went down
to your blind.
These people think
I'm their worker.
[bleep] you, I'll go hunting
whenever the [bleep] I want.
By tomorrow morning.
We would like to see you out.
I'm happy to go.
They are so full of [bleep].
I was the wrong person
to banish.
[ thunder crashes ]
sarah: Holy crap.
I've never taken my body
this far, ever.
Jon: That's a snake.
Watch out, watch out.
Watch out. - Whoa! Snake!
Bulent: Can care less
how they do, really?
They're a bunch of bitches.
- Uh, is that bulent?
- Alright! Well!
Holy [bleep]
this is gonna be awesome.
"naked and afraid xl"...
25 days into the 40-day
banishment challenge,
a deadly heat wave
reached its peak...
This extreme so far
is the worst it's been.
Gwen: Feels like
it's record-breaking heat.
Narrator: ...Stifling
bulent's search for protein...
Bulent: It is
hot as hell already.
...While wes' third
big-game kill
brought a huge win
to the team of six.
I'm really, really happy
that I can do that for the team.
Narrator: But in the sweltering
conditions...
I ain't feeling very good.
...Heat exhaustion ravaged
the group.
[ retches ]
and wes' medical issues...
[ groaning ] oh,
the [bleep] pain is so bad.
...Took a devastating turn...
I need to medically tap you
before we end up having
further complications.
...As the team lost
its most prolific provider.
Sarah: It's a really
unfortunate loss.
That means that someone else
is gonna have to step up
to the plate.
Narrator: Now,
with only 12 days left,
can they harness their skills...
- Yeah, buddy!
- ...To prove their worth?
- Yeah! Attaboy!
With my bare hands!
Aaaah!
Or will they be
cast into the wild...
Tomorrow morning,
we would like to see you go.
...To fend for themselves?
We're about 25 yards
from the puma.
Aah! Aah! [bleep]
oh, [bleep]
[ screams ]
captions paid for by
discovery communications
♪♪
♪♪
Whew!
Very windy.
Oddly enough...
I hate to use this word,
but it's rather cool today
in africa.
And it feels like
the temperature's
almost half of what it was.
We're loading everybody up both
sides with firewood tonight.
That's what I figured, yeah.
Just have them strap it
as much as possible.
And then getting
both the roofs metered out,
'cause we're gonna get rain
at some point.
Sarah: So, the weather
up until now
has been ridiculously hot.
It's finally at a temperature
that we can manage.
And even though we've lost wes,
we're all sort of
struggling right now.
We're coming up on the last leg
of this challenge.
We need to get some work done
and keep the mental game sharp.
Most important element
of survival
is just mental fortitude.
You've got to have the right
headspace to be out here
or you're not gonna make it.
Suzanne: Four pieces a day?
Is that what you were saying?
- Yep.
- Yeah.
Gwen: Honor system.
Right now, the amount of food
that we have left,
we're rationing out
at four pieces of jerky
a day per person.
So I think we might have
maybe six more days left
with what we have in there.
See all these animals
coming down?
They're all following that game
trail down to your...
Oh, yeah... Blind.
Want a sip before you go? Yeah.
Jon: Ryan is a skilled hunter.
He's been with me since day one,
and he provided food every
single day at the other camp.
I got a large woodpecker
I just shot with my bow.
- Got one!
- Yeah!
- Attaboy!
- Get some! [bleep]
freshwater clam.
This is survival, bitches.
But he's been having a hard time
since we got to this camp,
and I think he's getting
a little down
that he hasn't gotten a kill
since we got here.
Ryan: Now that wes is gone,
it is a lot of weight on my
shoulder, to do all the hunting.
I've bowhunted my whole life,
but I haven't had a big kill
out here yet.
It's frustrating.
I just got to keep driving
as much as I can,
make sure everybody gets fed.
That's kind of my job out here,
and I'm trying
the best I can to provide.
Want to sit down,
get comfortable.
Stay still.
My hunting strategy is waiting
for the duikers to come down.
And they do, like clockwork,
every day.
We need this.
♪♪
♪♪
Today started with
a very cold morning
after one of the highest
temperatures I've seen,
comes this cold.
This place is
super unpredictable.
Off I go.
♪♪
I've been alone for 18 days...
The way I like it.
Being solo
in a survival situation
really pushes you to the limit.
Physically, I am drained,
but I will push myself
until the point that says,
"you know what?
I'm about to break. That's it."
but that point is not here yet.
Mentally, I'm still 100% there.
Oh, look at this beautiful...
How are you doing there, bubba?
What's your name?
Ricardo.
Or, shortly... rich.
I picked "ricardo"
because mondays
he might be ricardo,
Tuesday he might be
richie, barehanded killer.
And Saturday, if he's not
behaving, we'll call him dick.
So he's a perfect member
for the boma.
Being alone in this really rough
environment can be challenging,
but I have no interest
in joining other people.
Besides, now I have this guy.
Richard.
Mm.
That makes me smile.
Time to hunt.
♪♪
♪♪
Here comes one.
Two.
So let's see
if we can kill something.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ sighs ]
africa gives you an opportunity,
you do everything you can
on your part,
but it finds a way
to take it from you.
It's just frustrating.
♪♪
Gwen:
It would be great if we could
have two hunters out there.
It doesn't do any good to have
all of us sitting here
when somebody here is capable
of sitting down there to hunt.
Sarah: We need to be able
to help ryan in hunting.
Somebody needs to be able
to go out there and assist
in gaining meat for the team.
Gwen: Does anybody feel
strong enough
to pull back that 45-pound bow?
I can't, 'cause of my shoulder
being destroyed.
This is just ridiculously
way too big for me.
Gwen: Other than ryan,
none of us have
any hunting experience
with a bow.
So we got to figure out
a different game plan.
I have this idea for a crossbow
using the longbow that we have,
by taking a stock of wood,
mounting it across a "y"
in the front,
being able to pull it back
into a crossbow.
Do you see this tree
right in front of us here
that's been cut
and it's got the "y"?
We can cut that out for a stock.
- Okay, yeah.
- That'd be awesome.
If we had a backup
that everybody could shoot,
you guys can maybe hunt
and bring in some meat.
That would be the way to do it.
I'll go grab that piece.
Alright.
See ya. Be back in two seconds.
[ chuckles ]
this is the piece of wood
we're thinking about
making the crossbow out of.
Other than ryan,
none of us have any efficiency
making a kill
with one of those bows.
So we are trying to make
a weapon that everybody can use
and everybody can go
try and hunt with.
♪♪
I'm really hoping
I will get a big game.
That is one of my goals.
This is a perfect time to hunt
because everything is peaceful.
I'm watching animals,
trying to be quiet as I can.
♪♪
♪♪
[ birds squawking ]
what the [bleep] really?
I've never seen
those birds before.
Narrator:
The beginning of spring
brings over 185 species of birds
to south africa
to mate and lay eggs,
some traveling from as far
as antarctica.
Bulent: These annoying ducks.
They don't shut up.
They scare the animals around
and they make it impossible
to hunt.
I would try and shoot one,
but they're too far away.
[ sighs ]
ugh.
I hate these [bleep] damn ducks.
♪♪
♪♪
Hey, I'll sense them.
Waiting on little
hard-to-kill bastards.
When the sun goes down
and you start hearing
the animals run here in africa
and sounding off, it worries me.
I get nervous, I get scared,
because as a hunter,
I'm also competing
with other hunters out here...
You know, lions,
hyenas, leopards.
They're after
the same game I am,
and just as hungry
as I am, so...
It's some nerve-racking times.
Oh, man.
Alright, well,
at least you tried.
Suzanne: You look like
you need to sit.
I need to sit.
I want to get a piece
of jerky, too.
Okay. Mm.
♪♪
What?
- Ugh. [bleep]
- yeah, that's not good.
Gwen: Grab that lid.
Just dump it in.
Sarah: Okay.
Suzanne: Oh, is that
what we've got in that bag?
Yeah.
We might have a problem, though.
Why?
There's mold. What?!
Yeah, definitely looks
like mold to me now.
It's got fuzz growing out of it.
Oh, my gosh.
That's all there is
to eat right now.
That is it.
Oh, god.
♪♪
We might have a problem, though.
Suzanne: Why?
There's mold.
Yeah, definitely looks
like mold to me now.
- Yep.
- Yeah.
Oh, god.
It's got fuzz growing out of it.
Sarah: Mold can lead
to a lot of problems...
Everything from
respiratory issues
to essentially
just full-system shutdown.
And that's the type of stuff
that in certain circumstances
can be life threatening.
Gwen: It must have
gotten wet somehow.
Oh, man. In the bottom
of this bag is all damp.
Yep.
All this contact-contaminated
at that point.
Holy crap.
That is not something that
I want to [bleep] around with.
I'm not eating mold.
I'd rather go without food
than eat mold
and risk problems
with your brain or whatever.
It's not worth the risk.
- This has all got to go.
- Yeah, give me that.
Jon: I'm gonna dump it, alright?
- That's not good news.
- No.
Gwen: Now, with this loss
of our food,
we have to find
another food source.
It's better
a leopard comes over here
than over there
at the boma with us, you know.
Suzanne: Losing the jerky
definitely puts
more pressure on us
to get a kill
for these last couple of weeks.
It's important
to finish the crossbow.
We mount this in here.
But then all this bark's
coming off.
Yeah.
Ryan: It's unforgiving
here in africa.
I keep having to tell myself,
"you can get through this.
You can get through this."
just got to suck it up
and just deal with it.
♪♪
[ birds squawking ]
it's almost dark.
If you're trying to kill things,
'cause you don't become
a barehanded killer
by sitting on your ass,
you know the darkness means
all the predators are out.
Guess what... I'm one of them.
I've got me a rock.
I don't know
if we'll be able to get it,
but we'll give it a shot.
[ squawking continues ]
♪♪
[bleep] ducks.
♪♪
♪♪
[ animal calling ]
♪♪
♪♪
He's chowing down on jerky
across from our the boma,
making a lot of racket tonight.
♪♪
Holy [bleep]
♪♪
[ animal cries ]
[bleep]
♪♪
[ rock clatters, hyena yelps ]
[ hyena chitters ]
just had to chuck a rock
at a hyena.
Got pretty close
to the entrance of the boma.
♪♪
♪♪
Do you want to take
a look at it?
Well, all of us
are gonna have problems
pulling back a 45-pound bow,
so this crossbow allows
every single person,
whether they're feeling
strong enough or not.
You release
the trigger mechanism,
and it fires the weapon.
Looks fairly level.
Narrator: Once the y-shaped
tree branch is level,
a bow will be secured
across the top
so it can be drawn down
and held in place
by a triggering mechanism.
Are we gonna leave
this handle on here?
- I kind of like it.
- Yeah?
Yeah. Yeah, kind of like it.
♪♪
So, what I'm doing right now
is I am fleshing
this impala hide.
I'm hoping to use this hide
to make the strap
for the crossbow,
and whatever's left,
we can use to make shoes.
We're coming up on the last leg
of this challenge.
And walking out of here,
we're definitely
gonna need shoes.
Back home, I do work
as a taxidermist,
and it's something I can utilize
to contribute
to the rest of the team.
And I would like to hopefully
get everybody a pair
before extraction.
By removing
all of the extra bits,
the easier it's gonna be
to work with.
Oh, that's... That'll work.
It looks good.
Gwen: Pretty big kudu
up on that ridge right now,
coming down the ridge.
Where's ryan?
Jon: I think he's sleeping.
Ryan has been lethargic,
laying around the boma.
We all noticed that he's not got
much activity in his eyes.
He's got kind of a dull look
to his eyes.
If we can get him in that blind,
hopefully his attitude changes
and he gets on the upswing.
Suzanne: Hey.
[ groans ]
I ain't got a choice, really.
Just getting tired of it.
Kind of want to get
this [bleep] over with.
Don't do no good.
Gwen: Ryan's a hunter.
That's why he's here.
He came here to hunt.
I hope that he pulls himself
out of it and steps up.
♪♪
[ sighs ]
this entire adventure
has made me hate
big-game hunting.
It...
Just having to, and having
to try to rely upon it,
and have to [bleep] do it
every day...
Has made me hate it.
Literally, when I go home,
I'll probably never go again.
It made it feel like a job.
♪♪
♪♪
[ birds squawking ]
going back to bait hunting.
Last night, I didn't get
much of sleep at all.
You stay here.
You got the hooks.
Haven't eaten anything
for six days straight.
There's so much nutrients
my body's missing.
Even though mentally
I'm perfectly fine,
it's gonna take a toll
on me eventually.
Nothing.
This is really, really
dead valley.
It's hard to find anything
living in this place.
Oh, look at this.
Yeah, he's dead.
Yeah.
He didn't make it
for some reason.
[ blows ]
but this little guy
has enough meat for bait.
That's a chicken breast sandwich
for a terrapin.
Let's go. Bait out there.
You stay here, ricardo.
Let's get wet.
Hoping to catch terrapin.
Actually, I'm hoping to catch
whatever is in this water.
So whatever I catch, we eat.
That's the whole idea.
There we go.
We're set. Come on, ricardo.
My lines are out of there.
They'll catch me a meal
tomorrow, hopefully.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[bleep] this.
Nothing but bad omens up there.
♪♪
Suzanne: Hey, hey! How are you?
[bleep]
- nothing happened?
- No.
The game's not coming around
camp like they used to.
And that sucks.
♪♪
I don't give a damn
about hunting anymore.
Just tired of dealing with it.
It's just physically
and mentally exhausting.
I just [bleep] lost
all interest in it.
Jon: Ryan's state of mind,
you know,
it affects the survival
of the whole group.
If someone's just checked out,
it's stressful to everybody,
and ryan's basically
just stopped trying.
He doesn't want to hunt anymore,
and that's not the way
it works out here.
You can't do that. You have to
be there for your team.
He needs to get
his head on straight,
'cause banishment
is always an option.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Okay. You know what?
I'll go hang with you,
if that's okay. - Yeah.
Okay.
Jon: Ryan's been with me
since day one.
You know, he's like
my brother out here.
We're bonded through suffering.
And you can tell
he's in bad shape.
I don't want to banish him.
He's part of the family.
So we'll see what happens
over the next couple days.
But I hope everything
works itself out.
Suzanne: How do you feel?
Ryan: I'm not having
a very good day at all today.
It's been kind of depressing,
and I'm trying
to hold it together.
'cause that's just the sucky
part of the day, you know?
Well, you got me here.
You're not alone. Yeah.
Just need to get some rest.
Yeah.
♪♪
So, once we get this
lashed down,
I'll be lashed
onto this part here.
So, it's rawhide. It was wet.
When we put it on,
and it's drying,
so it's shrinking tight
to this thing.
Pull it tight
so that when it dries,
it's gonna be, like,
super, super solid tight.
Nice.
Cool.
And just let that start drying.
Gwen: Cut a notch in it.
Run a channel down it...
Bolt channel.
Be able to pull the string back.
And it will release
the arrow easily.
Sarah: Oh, my god, gwen.
God, this is [bleep] amazing.
This is actually the trigger.
So the bow draws back,
knocks into this spot
right here,
and then this part, when pulled,
releases that tension,
pushes it up,
shoots the arrow out.
Be one of the coolest things
that we've ever built
in the bush.
And when using a crossbow,
it's ready to fire.
I don't have to do anything
except release the trigger.
It's really wanting to go
sideways as I'm doing it.
Not quite where it needed to go.
The crossbow is so close
to being completed.
All we need to do now is work
on that trigger mechanism,
because I did not hit my target.
Oh, god. That's in there.
Just went way into the dirt.
- We'll get it.
♪♪
Bulent: Good evening, richard.
I'm definitely hungry.
I'm gonna go check out
that line I left.
[ birds squawking ]
♪♪
These doggone ducks.
They won't stop screaming.
There's nothing on the lines.
Can you guys shut the [bleep]
up, seriously?
[ squawking continues ]
the way I look at survival is,
as long as your mental,
intestinal fortitude
is strong enough, you can push
through pretty much anything.
But these birds and ducks,
they keep going
and going and going.
And it's driving me crazy.
I don't know what to do.
Unless there's a bomb
that kills all of them,
they're not gonna go anywhere,
and I doubt I'll be able
to kill all of them.
What do you think about that,
little birdie?
You want to talk to dick?
Yeah. Complaint department.
♪♪
[ birds squawking ]
♪♪
I'm tired of [bleep] ducks.
Nonstop, the entire night long.
Everybody has a breaking point.
[ squawking continues ]
♪♪
Can't wait to get the [bleep]
out of this place.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
It's the middle of the night.
Ryan's sleepwalking,
stumbling around.
I don't think he knows
what he's doing.
♪♪
- Oww!
- Ryan, ryan, ryan.
Wait, wait.
Ryan was standing,
looking this way
and wobbling as though
he was gonna fall backwards
onto that and...
It makes me very nervous.
I don't know what's going on
with him.
♪♪
♪♪
[ birds squawking ]
bulent: Me and richard,
we got about zero sleep.
The entire night long,
these ducks kept screaming,
and screaming and flying over.
They're loud.
God, they sound like
total ass[bleep].
I make this place my kingdom,
but not every kingdom
is paradise.
This is not a place to thrive.
This is a place
maybe you can get by,
but eventually, it will eat you.
So I'm leaving
for a better, happier kindgom.
Last minutes in this damn place.
I can't wait to get out.
I had enough of these ducks.
We're gonna sail
into the unknown,
go to a different location,
get closer to extraction.
There's a couple of water spots
in the middle I have to find.
Narrator: Still 12 miles from
the day 40 extraction point,
bulent sets his sights
on a watering hole
5 miles northeast.
Got the fishing lines,
the fish hook, the firestarter.
Alright, richie.
Time to sail.
You keep the boma safe.
Adios.
I'm exhausted
because I haven't slept.
Eventually gonna affect
my mental game.
So it's good to move
somewhere else
so I can get back
into my mind-set.
I'm gonna give it all I got.
I'm gonna sprint till the end,
finish this challenge,
and make this as epic as I can.
♪♪
♪♪
Worried about ryan.
He's pretty...
[ exhales deeply ] ...Down.
Yeah.
Ryan's sleepwalking last night
makes me very nervous
because it's a sign
of major depression
and I'm really getting concerned
about his overall well-being.
Hey, ryan.
- Ryan.
- What?
Suzanne: Can you come join us
real quick?
Pretty please?
♪♪
We still have 10 days left.
And it is really a liability
to the tribe
when somebody
is off the mental game
and their mind
is not here in africa.
Suzanne: Last night,
I saw you sleepwalking.
You stepped over me, and you
were standing over me like that.
And I looked up,
and you were so wobbly,
I was like... 'cause I was...
I was not gonna be able
to catch you.
And you would have fallen
and hit your head
on both the logs
and the fire pit,
like at the same time.
And I was just like...
And that's why I was like,
"jon, jon!" 'cause...
Yeah. Sarah: Want to make sure
that that's something
that does not become worse
the longer that we're out here.
'cause something like that can
really mess you up,
you know, if you fall
into the fire,
you fall into a log.
There's not a spot to fall
that you wouldn't get hurt.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'm just glad that
we all have maydays left.
This has been terrible.
Very painful place.
♪♪
Spent 30 years of my life
doing paramedicine,
firefighting, law enforcement.
My whole career,
I've been trained
to recognize traumas, injuries,
bad emotional things
that have happened to people.
Ryan's in a pretty fragile
mental state right now.
He's spiraling downward.
♪♪
Narrator: Throughout the 40-day
banishment challenge,
each team will receive
an updated xl rating, or xlr,
which tracks their progress
and likelihood of success.
After 10 days alone
at his current camp...
Bulent: What the [bleep]?
Narrator:
...Diminishing resources...
It's hard to find anything
living in this place.
- ...And lack of sleep...
- Tired of [bleep] ducks.
...Have forced bulent north
toward extraction.
Bulent: I'm exhausted,
but I'm gonna sprint
till the end.
Narrator: His xl rating
drops from 6.1
to 5.8.
Sarah: Definitely looks
like mold to me now.
Narrator: After the unexpected
loss of their meat reserve...
We have to find
another food source.
Narrator: ...The team of five
feels the pressure to provide...
This entire venture has made me
hate big-game hunting.
...Leading to impressive
innovation...
God, that's [bleep] amazing.
...But also signs
of a mental decline.
It is really a liability
to the tribe
when somebody is off
the mental game.
Their xl rating falls again,
from 5.6
to 5.1.
And now ryan's grip
on the challenge
may be slipping away.
He's spiraling downward.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Sarah: Ryan seems
really melancholy.
Everything right now
is weighing on him
so deeply in an emotional sense
that being able to just
hold him and comfort him
might just give him
the boost that he needs.
We'll see how it goes.
Ryan's kind of melancholy,
and... Trying to help him
stay here in africa.
But it's getting
harder and harder.
♪♪
Narrator: Concerned about ryan's
physical and mental health.
Producers decide to pull him
from the group
to better evaluate
his situation.
We're gonna go up
and talk to dave.
Come on. Yeah, yeah.
We just want
to kind of get a feel
for how you're feeling.
You want to sit down here?
Alright, you need a hand?
♪♪
♪♪
Everything's good, yeah.
Mentally, how do you think
you're doing?
I'm like... I don't know.
I have no desire to do anything.
What we're concerned about is...
And with the amount of weight
you've lost
and what's the amount of food
you're not eating,
with the amount of rest
you're not getting,
with the amount of hydration
you're not getting...
We're not equipped
to handle depression...
Yeah.
...In a situation like this.
For your safety
more than anything else,
we don't want to leave you
in an environment like this.
It's taking its toll.
So we know you would never
quit this on your own,
because you're tough as hell.
But we think
the best thing for you
is to pull you
from the challenge.
♪♪
We think it's best.
♪♪
Okay? Mm-hmm.
The guys are making me
medically tap.
- What?
- What?!
- Mental health.
- For real?
It's depression
and all that, you know.
How you feeling about that?
It is what it is.
I gave it what I can give it.
But I did all I could,
but my mental health
got to me too bad.
I can't help that.
Got to respect you for being
able to step up to that.
Sarah: I've known ryan
since day one,
and the person
leaving here today
is not the same ryan that I knew
when he first walked
into this challenge.
And seeing that was a really
difficult thing for me,
but we know it was
the right thing to do.
Mental health is just as real
as physical health,
and it's something that needs
to be taken into consideration
in a survival scenario.
- Oh, ryan.
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- I'm gonna miss you.
- Ah, I'll miss you, too.
We'll see you, buddy.
I love you, man.
I love you, too.
It's almost the end,
and we're still losing people.
It's scary.
- We love you, ryan.
- I love y'all, too.
[ crying ] it'll be alright.
Lasted 30 days.
Gave it my 110%.
That's all I can do.
That's all anybody can do,
I guess.
There's no words to really
explain it or why it hit.
That's just the world
of depression... things happen.
[ engine starts ]
there is a stigma
associated with it,
far as people looking down like,
"oh, he's crazy."
it's not crazy, you're just born
without the chemical production.
There's no shame at all
in going and getting treatment.
♪♪
I start to see greenery
on top of the trees,
so I must be getting closer
to a water source.
I am getting tired.
I'm hoping
this thing is very close.
♪♪
Suzanne: Oh, man.
Gwen: We'll finish this out
for ryan, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yep.
Sarah: I would really like
to put this crossbow to use.
Can do it tomorrow.
I wish ryan was here
to help us finish it out.
I think he'd be
real proud of us,
and I think
he's gonna be real happy
when he sees it put to use.
The notch is riding up
on this a little bit.
This needs to be tied down.
So, this right here? Yeah.
Okay.
Sarah: I'm definitely
gonna miss ryan,
but I got a great group
of people here.
The fact that we were able
to come together as a team
and actually make this
into a reality
is a pretty awesome thing.
What do we think?
Jon: Ooh, that looks nice.
Suzanne: That looks good.
This is kind of a revolutionary
mechanical tool,
and it sort of brings this
whole team hope right now.
I am so excited about
this frickin' crossbow.
This is a survival situation.
And in order for us
to succeed as a team,
we do need good chemistry.
And I'm actually really excited
about the group right now.
♪♪
I smell smoke or fire.
Oh, [bleep] I see naked people.
Naked people!
Hello! - Holy [bleep]
- what?!
- Who the [bleep] is that?
Narrator: Next time,
on the two-hour season finale
of "naked and afraid xl"...
My entire existence is here
to kill [bleep].
They welcome me with open arms
because I'm the shooter.
I don't see bulent
down at the blind.
Gwen: You were supposed
to be there.
They all went down
to your blind.
These people think
I'm their worker.
[bleep] you, I'll go hunting
whenever the [bleep] I want.
By tomorrow morning.
We would like to see you out.
I'm happy to go.
They are so full of [bleep].
I was the wrong person
to banish.
[ thunder crashes ]
sarah: Holy crap.
I've never taken my body
this far, ever.
Jon: That's a snake.
Watch out, watch out.
Watch out. - Whoa! Snake!
Bulent: Can care less
how they do, really?
They're a bunch of bitches.
- Uh, is that bulent?
- Alright! Well!
Holy [bleep]
this is gonna be awesome.