Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 5 - Boiling Point - full transcript
Makani pushes through the valley to find a new tribe. Ryan hatches a high-risk plan to get a kill. And, the heat forces a survivalist to leave the challenge.
Narrator: Previously on
"naked and afraid xl"...
Just want to get and go.
Come on.
Yeah, working on it. Holy crap.
...11 days into the 40-day
banishment challenge...
That [bleep] pisses me off.
...Starvation in africa's
oppressive heat...
[ dry heaving ]
...Took a mighty toll.
And for makani and bulent,
a tenuous partnership
collapsed...
There's all my primitive
survival problems
leaving right now. All of them.
Narrator: ...Leading makani
to banish herself from camp
in search of others.
I wouldn't be surprised
if she was eaten by a lion.
Narrator: Now,
with 29 days left,
can they harness their skills...
With my bare hands! Aah!
...To prove their worth?
Atta-boy.
...Or will they be cast
into the wild...
Tomorrow morning,
we would like to see you go.
We're gonna banish you.
...To fend for themselves.
Seth: This is a death sentence
to be alone out here.
There's something over there.
Holy [bleep].
It's getting closer.
Oh, [bleep].
Aah!
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Makani: I've been walking it.
I left at first light,
but the sun's getting high,
so I just got to
get through this journey.
My biggest hopes are that
I'll find some friendly faces,
people who want another
team member,
see the value in that.
People I can work together with,
contribute towards.
Narrator: Already malnourished
from her sparse vegan diet,
makani now faces a grueling
3-mile journey southwest
to the nearest water source.
In these temperatures,
she will easily burn
over 300 calories an hour,
putting her at risk of severe
dehydration and heat exhaustion.
Makani: I was working hard
at my last camp.
But it was not appreciated,
so...
♪
Narrator: 2 miles to the north,
makani's former partner,
bulent, adjusts to life
as a solo survivalist.
Bulent: It's my house now.
I can have my dining room
right there,
bedroom, entertainment,
because it's darker,
freaky-deaky, you know.
Yes, yes, I'm happy.
Makani finally left.
I feel free.
You live alone, it's beautiful.
It's quiet. It's peaceful.
You don't have to
please anybody.
You don't have to put up
with anybody's stupidity.
Oh.
I changed the name of the boma
to bro-ma now.
It's where the bros hang out.
I am getting hungry.
I see a bunch
of guineas that way.
It is probably one
of the most difficult things
to hunt in nature.
They hear everything.
They see everything.
And they run like crazy.
♪
I guess I'm not going to
the olympics
for javelin throw, huh?
Damn guineas.
Narrator: 9 miles southwest,
for ryan, john, and sarah,
the pressure to find alternative
food sources is mounting,
as they compete with deadly
african crocodiles for protein.
[ animal calling ]
dude, dude, dude.
Ryan: Damn geese.
Lay low, go over the rocks.
Yeah.
I think if we just sit
for a minute,
they'll actually come close.
They need to get in the water.
I'm telling you to be patient.
Mm-hmm.
We're all very tired
and we're all hungry for food.
Out here, it's really important
to remain mentally strong.
I hate these geese.
He is not a stealthy man.
He kind of seems to think
that he can just
walk right up to the animal
and shoot it.
And that's clearly not the case.
You know,
he needs to be patient.
He has to wait.
[bleep]. Unh-unh.
The geese are moving away again
because he's standing
right up on that rock.
All right.
I'm gonna go talk to him.
♪
I'm thinking that we're
gonna have to take
a more stealthy approach.
I noticed you were kind of
coming up over the rocks
and they saw you
and just took off.
You know, that's not gonna work.
So I think what you need to do
is be more patient
with these animals.
But them little bastards are
just [bleep] aggravating.
I know. But, you know,
you can either hunt
and be aggravated about it
or you can change your tactic
and succeed.
Ryan: 40 days for me is a must.
I can't come to africa again
and not make 40 days.
There's no way I can defend
myself right now to.
I'm too weak.
It's too much. I'm ready
to bring it to an end.
I want out.
It's just a redemption. It's...
I have to do this.
I'm a hunter.
I always have been hunter.
We haven't eaten for days.
I've got to figure out
how to get some protein in us.
Narrator: 10 miles to the east,
seth and suzanne's partnership,
is at an impasse.
Suzanne: It's not gonna
help to get crabby.
You'll lose an opportunity.
It's very frustrating because
I feel like she's my mother.
Narrator: As disagreements over
their roles have escalated...
Suzanne: I'm pretty much doing
all the work.
That's not acceptable.
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Sitting in the blinds.
And I have to kill
something today.
This is the most pressure
I've had on my shoulders
while hunting ever.
This has got to happen.
It's gonna be my ability
to prove my worth here.
Suzanne has already said
that she doesn't
think I'm carrying my weight.
That concerns me because
that could lead to suzanne
leaving me here by myself.
This is a death sentence
to be alone out here.
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Suzanne: I know that my body
needs protein.
But seth knows
that he can be in the blind
and I'm gonna be back here
getting everything done.
But it takes a majority
of at least two people
to banish someone from camp
it either gets better
or I need to exile myself
and hope that another tribe
would accept me.
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Makani: I'm definitely
dehydrated and exhausted.
If I can't find a new tribe,
I won't be able to
keep going on.
♪
[ whistles ]
[ whistles ] hey!
♪
[ calls ]
who's there?
Oh, you're in the blind.
And I'm [bleep] you up.
Come in. Hurry up.
Get over here.
Alright. I'm makani.
I'm seth.
I've been trying
to figure out who it was,
if I thought it was my partner.
Your partner? Yeah.
That's already here? Yeah.
Oh.
How's it going? What's up?
Nice to meet you.
Have a seat. Sit down. Yeah.
Been traveling for miles.
Miles? Yeah.
Looking for other people.
Suzanne.
Okay.
Let's go over and meet with her.
And I guess we
got to have a talk.
Yeah. All of us, together.
Yeah.
I'm hesitant about the situation
because I really don't know
how suzanne might react.
I just hope that it doesn't
turn into drama.
Hey, suzanne.
Yes?
We have company.
We have company?
Hi.
I was thinking you were
gonna say you had an impala.
Hi. I'm suzanne.
Makani.
Welcome to our boma.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Are you by yourself?
Yeah. I left one behind.
He wanted to stay.
You went off on your own
not knowing what you would find?
Yeah, I was looking for a tribe.
I guess I just
didn't feel that way there.
Because it was just two people
our personalities?
Personalities. Yeah.
I think I can understand that.
Can you understand that, seth?
Oh, I can understand that.
Would you be open to me
joining your tribe?
I know nothing about you.
Yeah, likewise.
How would you benefit our tribe?
I have fishing line with me
that I brought as well
as a fire starter.
I've been gathering mopane
and buffalo thorn leaves,
firewood, boiling water.
I've been working as hard
as I can, really hard,
but I honestly just felt like
it wasn't appreciated
where I was.
I'm guessing you might
want a moment
to just talk as a...
As a tribe. Yeah.
That would be nice.
Yeah. All right.
I'll give you a little space.
It's not just open arms,
which I was hoping for,
and it's terrifying.
I feel like my challenge
is in their hands.
If I have to keep going on
looking for a new tribe,
I'm not sure my body can take
the dehydration any longer.
The benefit is having
another person helps to
share task better.
I think that is part of our
problems that we've been having
because we are so just
freaking all over the place
trying to get everything done.
But I know nothing
about makani, so...
Personally, I can't help
but feel compassion
for somebody in that situation.
I have no data at all with which
to base any opinion.
I already have one partner
not pulling his weight.
Last thing I want
is another one.
♪
I'm sitting here while
they're deliberating my fate,
and it's terrifying.
I feel like my challenge
is in their hand.
Okay.
Makani.
Come on over.
♪
So, we talked and...
We are willing to welcome you
into the tribe.
Thank you.
That means a lot. Thank you.
And we're thinking that
it would be good to kind of
have some tribe ground rules
so that there's...
Yeah. That's a good idea.
...Good expectations
and other things.
Yeah. I like that.
We definitely need help
when it comes
to doing our tasks.
When I'm trying to hunt,
that basically leaves
all the rest of the tasks
on suzanne.
That being said,
we are not playing
homemaker, breadwinner. Right.
You don't do that. Yeah.
Suzanne, she's badass, and
I like her no-nonsense attitude.
I guess we are a tribe now, huh?
Seth: I think it's gonna be nice
to have an extra set of hands
around here,
but with one more person,
I definitely don't want to
be the odd man out.
Narrator: 6 miles north,
wes and gwen welcomed kate,
a seasoned hunter,
to their team,
he just went into the rock pile.
He's trackable, then.
But a heartbreaking failure...
Gwen, you found any sign?
No.
...And africa's
brutal conditions...
Everything hurts.
It just hurts to walk.
It hurts to sit.
It hurts to lay down.
Narrator: ...Allowed africa
to claim its third victim.
I've made a decision
to leave the challenge.
Mm.
...Leaving them desperate
for a significant protein win.
Gwen: Bumping up firewood.
Trying to rest and get
the chores done around here
that we need to get done.
We're both running on
super empty right now.
Both of us are pretty exhausted.
♪
Honeybees are flying
out of there.
There's got to be a nest there.
And what's really great is
with honeybees,
they make honey.
And that would be really good
for food and protein.
♪
Hard tree.
Low calories.
♪
My body is dull.
My muscles are dull.
My nerves are dull.
South africa is really
kicking my ass.
All right,
I think I'm through it.
Yeah?
I chopped through there.
Holy crap, dude.
I think the honey is leaking
a strip right here,
but I'm not strong enough
to pull it off.
I want to provide
for both gwen and I,
but there's barely
anything here to eat.
I have just spent some
serious calories for nothing.
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We could get this one
and take it back.
It is very windy.
The plans include shoring up the
boma and getting the firewood.
Whoa. The wind just,
like, knocked me over.
Me too. Oh, man.
Seth and I are still working
through our differences.
However, we now have makani.
Yeah. Right here.
Makani is willing
to get in there and do things.
It is really important for me
to be with partners
that are earning it, as well,
because the sun has dried out
my skin so bad that
the tops of my feet
and my ankles
are just drying out
because of the intense heat.
Really.
I hope that it dissipates soon.
It's not really that
I've gotten used to it.
It's more that
I kind of expect it.
So I'm just like whatever.
I still need firewood.
Seth: Wind today, it affects me
as far as hunting,
because the wind
is really super strong.
So it's kind of got us
messed up a little bit.
The girls are out
gathering firewood and stuff,
they definitely seem
to be getting along really well.
It's a lot easier to pick up
a big piece
when you have someone
to help you.
Or a pile of big pieces. Mm-hmm.
Suzanne, she's very strong
and independent.
[ grunts ]
♪
Oh, look at this.
Maggots.
They do make good bait
because they're still moving.
I am getting hungry, so we will
go try to find some food.
If I could tie my line
to my stick.
♪
Oh!
He cut my finger
and he took my hook.
That has to be a really
[bleep] big fish.
Not too shabby.
♪
That's a [bleep] monster.
It just broke the thing.
Right now all I'm thinking
about, jumping in there,
trying to find a [bleep] line.
♪
Oh, you scared
the [bleep] out of me.
♪
He goes for my thumb.
♪
[ groans ]
ah!
♪
Yeah, [bleep],
I'm gonna get you.
♪
Aah! [ groans ]
that's a cat fish!
With my bare hands.
That's a monster.
That's a good feeling.
I like it.
He stole my hooks,
cut a bunch of my lines.
But now...
Who is on top now?
♪
That's a monster.
♪
So, the catfish is cooking.
That's the fat dripping.
Oh, it reminds me of bacon.
So good.
I'm more than likely ain't gonna
be able to eat it all,
but, you know what?
We'll give it a try.
And that's the biggest thing
I ever killed
that lives in water.
Super happy about it.
Super grateful.
Look at that meat.
Oh, that's priceless.
Mmm.
So mild, so nice.
It tastes so good.
You don't need no salt,
no seasoning,
nothing with this guy.
Seriously cannot beat that.
This is god's gift in survival.
♪
[ both groaning ]
gwen: Alright.
Alright. Good luck.
Can't get it unless
we find it, so we're both out
doing what we can to try to
find protein.
And hopefully one of us
grab something.
♪
♪
Oh, man.
[bleep] damn it.
Absolutely zero movement.
Nothing at all.
♪
Oh. That was terrible.
I'm just wondering
how long my body
can keep doing what my mind
is asking of it.
I just can't make
my body work correctly.
Africa. Africa. Africa.
Yeah, it's tough.
Gwen: Wes is busting
his ass out there
trying to hunt
and get us some protein.
We don't need any other thing
except food.
But no matter what,
we stick together
through thick and thin
and we'll make it
through to the end.
♪
♪
[ hyena yowling ]
♪
[ yowling continues ]
[ whining ]
♪
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Last night, middle of the night,
heard some pretty
heavy calls from hyena.
And I was hearing the call,
and it was a bone-chilling call.
The hyena were close.
There's no doubt about that.
There's the size.
There's the size.
If that wants to attack,
I'm dead.
♪
I feel like you have
completely written off hunting
as a viable thing to do.
Seth, how is that going so far?
Seth: Suzanne is really starting
to get on my nerves.
Really starting
to get on my nerves.
You can get firewood.
You can do the boma.
I'm going hunting.
♪
Ryan: On this hunt, I would
really like to land some meat.
Big or small game,
it doesn't matter.
What's at stake for me here
is actually my own life
and the lives of my partners.
♪
[bleep]
damn.
We got hyrax
jumping out of trees.
I'm trying to get a shot
at them.
But soon as I shot,
my arrow's ruined.
Arkansas versus african.
We haven't eaten in days.
We need this bad.
♪
[bleep]
♪
Where'd the little turd go?
♪
[bleep]
embarrassing today, man.
When I'm in a civilized world,
you know, I have boots on.
I have clothes on.
I have a full belly.
I'm not fatigued.
Something's gonna have to give.
♪
♪
Suzanne: It's really hot,
and I know makani and I,
for one, have been exerting
a lot of energy
to make sure
that we have firewood
and to work on the boma.
You need to stop for a bit?
Okay.
I don't feel good.
I'm just trying to ignore that.
♪
♪
[bleep]
my brain is quite foggy
right now.
It is excruciatingly hot today.
You got here and you started
working right away
and you were dehydrated.
You haven't had
a chance to recover.
Suzanne: Makani is resting
in the shade,
but she's having problems
with dizziness
and the heat exhaustion.
Nothing in africa is easy,
but that just makes it
even harder.
I'll bring the water
up here, okay?
Because this is a cooler spot.
Hey, good. It's all good.
You got it. Thank you.
You got it.
Okay.
[ animal calling ]
it's very hot right now,
so I really don't want to
get extremely dehydrated.
Soon as I can get some water
in me, I'm going back out.
♪
♪
It's plenty cool enough
to drink,
but I'm gonna hike it up there
to makani.
Seth: I really need
some water myself.
Let's hike it up there
to makani.
I need some like now.
She's laying down
not doing well, so...
Okay, can we just set it down
so I can get some hydration?
Then we can go up there.
Seth, I would like you
to say it to me
a little nicer than that first.
I'm not playing this
mom [bleep].
Give me the [bleep] water.
Don't talk to me that way.
Makani is almost passed out.
I just [bleep] spent
all my time up here.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] straw-full?!
[bleep] you!
Seth: I'm not playing this
mom [bleep].
Give me the [bleep] water.
Don't talk to me that way.
Makani is almost passed out.
I just [bleep] spent
all my time up here.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] straw-full?!
[bleep] you!
I am not going to participate
in that kind of language to me.
You're not my [bleep] mom,
all right?
Jerk.
[bleep] ridiculous.
Here.
Oh.
You need water.
You are not doing well.
He's up and moving.
He's got enough energy
to be up moving
and yelling and cussing, so...
[bleep] walked
right the [bleep] by me?
[bleep] that!
That's [bleep] [bleep]!
You're okay.
You're okay. I promise.
He's not happy.
[bleep] raggedy ann-looking
[bleep].
Makani: I feel bad.
I don't want to be like a wrench
in their dynamic.
He's had ample opportunity
to get water.
Suzanne: Seth fully
crossed the line.
I'm done.
I'm so done, just over it.
Seth: Not gonna
let somebody walk on me.
I'm not taking any [bleep]
out here.
This is survival.
♪
If you allow me to do so.
Obviously, the blow up
absolutely irritates me
on a number of levels.
I do feel that you wronged me
by denying me water.
It was rude.
I felt I needed
to stand up for myself.
I'm not accepting rudeness.
No matter what I say, I'm wrong.
And I'm an [bleep].
We are not communicating.
We're saying what
we want to say,
but we're not finding
common ground.
No, we're not.
♪
I'll tell you what
I'm missin' right now
in this challenge,
is more people.
What if we tried to journey
to another tribe?
We could do that,
and if we planned it right,
we could hike there
and then offer something
like help with firewood.
That's true.
I don't know that I'd offer
to move all three of us there.
I'd offer to move us two.
Suzanne: The adversarial
communication,
it is now becoming
increasingly unbearable.
I think it's taking our fate
into our own hands
rather than his.
Into our hands. You know what?
That is a perfect way
of saying it.
[ chuckles ]
we'll help get the boma
in a better place
and then see what happens.
♪
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Ryan: Out here, man,
it's terrible.
It's rough, you know?
We're very hungry.
I'm hungry out here.
You know what,
and I don't want to tap,
but this place is getting to me.
Anything yet?
No, nothing.
Not even a [bleep] nibble.
God, this just sucks.
There's nothing.
I know.
I'm starting to get hot, man.
I expected to have
several kills by now.
There's nothing here.
I've hunted my whole life,
you know.
So I'm very disappointed
in myself.
♪
Hey, guys, I've been doing
a lot of thinking.
There's no big game here.
So what I'm gonna have to do
is go on a 48-hour excursion.
Jon: Really?
Yeah, and see if I can find
some big game elsewhere
to bring back.
Are you going by yourself?
Yeah.
I mean, do you think
it's worth it to do it?
I come to africa to hunt.
We need to get
some protein in us.
So...
Hmm. Oh, [bleep].
See what happens.
I don't know how
I feel about that.
Jon: If anybody's gonna do it,
it's him.
That's what he does.
It would be great to get
a substantial amount of meat.
But, you know, I don't want
you to risk your own ass.
Sarah: He wants to be able to
provide for the team,
to make this journey.
It's genuinely dangerous.
Yeah.
But that's what I got to do.
We're pissing in the wind here.
♪
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Suzanne: Makani and I are trying
to finished shoring up the boma
before we get out of here.
The plan is to leave seth
and try to go find other people.
Seth: In my last challenge,
I had problems with my partner.
Dude, you're not my boss,
so stop acting like it.
Well then start working.
[bleep] you, dude.
Don't [bleep] start
ordering me around
or we're gonna have
some serious [bleep] problems
and this whole thing's
gonna go to [bleep].
I'm just gonna keep my distance.
Makani: I'm just feeling tired,
feeling the exhaustion.
I just keep having to stop
and catch my breath.
Suzanne: Are you okay? Yep.
Are you dizzy?
It's getting to be normal,
so no worries.
♪
I'm trying to stay in the shade,
but, you know,
I'm not drinking enough water.
I feel like my body's giving up
on me a little bit.
♪
I just need to take a break.
♪
♪
Narrator: Concerned that
she might be suffering
severe heatstroke,
medics rush in to check
makani's vitals.
Temperatures is 38.5.
120/70.
I think she definitely
has heat stroke.
She's not perspiring.
Temperature's high.
She's delirious, confused.
And 38.5 degrees celsius
for an adult is high.
If you hit 39, you're probably
gonna end up in the icu.
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 makani's
self-banishment...
...Bulent has taken on africa
alone and thrived.
That's a catfish! Whoo.
His xl rating rises from
5.9 to 6.3.
After expanding their search
for untapped resources...
Be cool, lizard.
[bleep] damn. That was terrible.
...Wes and gwen are nearing
their breaking point?
Wes: I honestly don't know
how long we can go on like this.
Narrator: Their xl rating drops
from 6.2 to 5.7.
As early success...
Sarah: What?! I got a bird.
Yay!
...Gave way
to mounting frustration,
ryan hatched a high-risk
plan for protein.
What I'm gonna have to do is
go on a 48-hour excursion
and see if I can find
some big game elsewhere
to bring back.
Narrator: Their xlr ticks down
from 6.5 to 6.2.
And after accepting makani
into their camp...
I guess we're a tribe now, huh?
...Tensions erupted
between seth and suzanne.
I'm not playing this
mom [bleep].
Give me the [bleep] water.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] straw-full?!
[bleep] you!
...Leading to talks of forming
a separate team.
I think it's taking
our fate into our own hands
rather than his.
As a result, their group xlr
drops from 5.5 to 5.2.
But now those plans
and makani's challenge
could be in jeopardy.
Makani, can you sit up?
Just help this part.
Can you sit up for us?
Here we go. There we go. Okay.
♪
Just sip.
♪
Narrator: To bring makani's
core temperature down,
medics administer fluids,
electrolytes, and ice packs.
Open your eyes.
♪
Suzanne: Makani's having
problems with passing out
and heat exhaustion.
It makes me worried.
Good job. Keep going.
Doing great.
Temperature's down.
Heart rate
is coming down nicely.
All good, yeah.
Narrator: While out
of immediate danger,
makani's body remains
weak from exhaustion
and lack of nourishment.
Makani, do you want to stay
in the challenge?
Are you sure?
Yeah.
Just keep drinking water,
rest a little bit
and we'll get you out of here.
♪
Makani: I felt like I was
slowly dying.
And I don't want to be
a liability to anyone.
♪
You're amazing,
and I'm so, so glad I met you.
I'm glad I came here
just to meet you.
[ speaks indistinctly ]
I hope that seth and suzanne
will go back into
some sort of rhythm.
I do believe I may have thrown
kind of a cork in their wheel
by being close with suzanne
and perhaps
creating some tension.
Okay.
Africa is trying.
It takes everything
from you and them some.
Then it asks some more.
It's definitely not
for the faint of heart.
Bye, africa.
♪
Seth: Losing makani definitely
puts more stress
between suzanne and I,
considering we are not exactly
getting along all the time.
That could lead
to bigger arguments.
It could lead to just absolute
disaster within this challenge.
I've had two partners
that I really bonded with
and really enjoyed having.
But now I'm again
stuck with seth.
Now, with makani gone,
there goes my chance
to leave here with a partner.
I feel like I'm alone again.
♪
Narrator: Next time on
"naked and afraid xl"...
Oh, my god.
Hyena.
♪
I see some big game right now.
They've got to be
going to the water.
We really can't go too much
longer without some protein.
♪
[ groans ]
I'm leaving.
Like you're leaving
the challenge?
I'm leaving... You.
"naked and afraid xl"...
Just want to get and go.
Come on.
Yeah, working on it. Holy crap.
...11 days into the 40-day
banishment challenge...
That [bleep] pisses me off.
...Starvation in africa's
oppressive heat...
[ dry heaving ]
...Took a mighty toll.
And for makani and bulent,
a tenuous partnership
collapsed...
There's all my primitive
survival problems
leaving right now. All of them.
Narrator: ...Leading makani
to banish herself from camp
in search of others.
I wouldn't be surprised
if she was eaten by a lion.
Narrator: Now,
with 29 days left,
can they harness their skills...
With my bare hands! Aah!
...To prove their worth?
Atta-boy.
...Or will they be cast
into the wild...
Tomorrow morning,
we would like to see you go.
We're gonna banish you.
...To fend for themselves.
Seth: This is a death sentence
to be alone out here.
There's something over there.
Holy [bleep].
It's getting closer.
Oh, [bleep].
Aah!
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♪
Makani: I've been walking it.
I left at first light,
but the sun's getting high,
so I just got to
get through this journey.
My biggest hopes are that
I'll find some friendly faces,
people who want another
team member,
see the value in that.
People I can work together with,
contribute towards.
Narrator: Already malnourished
from her sparse vegan diet,
makani now faces a grueling
3-mile journey southwest
to the nearest water source.
In these temperatures,
she will easily burn
over 300 calories an hour,
putting her at risk of severe
dehydration and heat exhaustion.
Makani: I was working hard
at my last camp.
But it was not appreciated,
so...
♪
Narrator: 2 miles to the north,
makani's former partner,
bulent, adjusts to life
as a solo survivalist.
Bulent: It's my house now.
I can have my dining room
right there,
bedroom, entertainment,
because it's darker,
freaky-deaky, you know.
Yes, yes, I'm happy.
Makani finally left.
I feel free.
You live alone, it's beautiful.
It's quiet. It's peaceful.
You don't have to
please anybody.
You don't have to put up
with anybody's stupidity.
Oh.
I changed the name of the boma
to bro-ma now.
It's where the bros hang out.
I am getting hungry.
I see a bunch
of guineas that way.
It is probably one
of the most difficult things
to hunt in nature.
They hear everything.
They see everything.
And they run like crazy.
♪
I guess I'm not going to
the olympics
for javelin throw, huh?
Damn guineas.
Narrator: 9 miles southwest,
for ryan, john, and sarah,
the pressure to find alternative
food sources is mounting,
as they compete with deadly
african crocodiles for protein.
[ animal calling ]
dude, dude, dude.
Ryan: Damn geese.
Lay low, go over the rocks.
Yeah.
I think if we just sit
for a minute,
they'll actually come close.
They need to get in the water.
I'm telling you to be patient.
Mm-hmm.
We're all very tired
and we're all hungry for food.
Out here, it's really important
to remain mentally strong.
I hate these geese.
He is not a stealthy man.
He kind of seems to think
that he can just
walk right up to the animal
and shoot it.
And that's clearly not the case.
You know,
he needs to be patient.
He has to wait.
[bleep]. Unh-unh.
The geese are moving away again
because he's standing
right up on that rock.
All right.
I'm gonna go talk to him.
♪
I'm thinking that we're
gonna have to take
a more stealthy approach.
I noticed you were kind of
coming up over the rocks
and they saw you
and just took off.
You know, that's not gonna work.
So I think what you need to do
is be more patient
with these animals.
But them little bastards are
just [bleep] aggravating.
I know. But, you know,
you can either hunt
and be aggravated about it
or you can change your tactic
and succeed.
Ryan: 40 days for me is a must.
I can't come to africa again
and not make 40 days.
There's no way I can defend
myself right now to.
I'm too weak.
It's too much. I'm ready
to bring it to an end.
I want out.
It's just a redemption. It's...
I have to do this.
I'm a hunter.
I always have been hunter.
We haven't eaten for days.
I've got to figure out
how to get some protein in us.
Narrator: 10 miles to the east,
seth and suzanne's partnership,
is at an impasse.
Suzanne: It's not gonna
help to get crabby.
You'll lose an opportunity.
It's very frustrating because
I feel like she's my mother.
Narrator: As disagreements over
their roles have escalated...
Suzanne: I'm pretty much doing
all the work.
That's not acceptable.
♪
Sitting in the blinds.
And I have to kill
something today.
This is the most pressure
I've had on my shoulders
while hunting ever.
This has got to happen.
It's gonna be my ability
to prove my worth here.
Suzanne has already said
that she doesn't
think I'm carrying my weight.
That concerns me because
that could lead to suzanne
leaving me here by myself.
This is a death sentence
to be alone out here.
♪
Suzanne: I know that my body
needs protein.
But seth knows
that he can be in the blind
and I'm gonna be back here
getting everything done.
But it takes a majority
of at least two people
to banish someone from camp
it either gets better
or I need to exile myself
and hope that another tribe
would accept me.
♪
♪
Makani: I'm definitely
dehydrated and exhausted.
If I can't find a new tribe,
I won't be able to
keep going on.
♪
[ whistles ]
[ whistles ] hey!
♪
[ calls ]
who's there?
Oh, you're in the blind.
And I'm [bleep] you up.
Come in. Hurry up.
Get over here.
Alright. I'm makani.
I'm seth.
I've been trying
to figure out who it was,
if I thought it was my partner.
Your partner? Yeah.
That's already here? Yeah.
Oh.
How's it going? What's up?
Nice to meet you.
Have a seat. Sit down. Yeah.
Been traveling for miles.
Miles? Yeah.
Looking for other people.
Suzanne.
Okay.
Let's go over and meet with her.
And I guess we
got to have a talk.
Yeah. All of us, together.
Yeah.
I'm hesitant about the situation
because I really don't know
how suzanne might react.
I just hope that it doesn't
turn into drama.
Hey, suzanne.
Yes?
We have company.
We have company?
Hi.
I was thinking you were
gonna say you had an impala.
Hi. I'm suzanne.
Makani.
Welcome to our boma.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Are you by yourself?
Yeah. I left one behind.
He wanted to stay.
You went off on your own
not knowing what you would find?
Yeah, I was looking for a tribe.
I guess I just
didn't feel that way there.
Because it was just two people
our personalities?
Personalities. Yeah.
I think I can understand that.
Can you understand that, seth?
Oh, I can understand that.
Would you be open to me
joining your tribe?
I know nothing about you.
Yeah, likewise.
How would you benefit our tribe?
I have fishing line with me
that I brought as well
as a fire starter.
I've been gathering mopane
and buffalo thorn leaves,
firewood, boiling water.
I've been working as hard
as I can, really hard,
but I honestly just felt like
it wasn't appreciated
where I was.
I'm guessing you might
want a moment
to just talk as a...
As a tribe. Yeah.
That would be nice.
Yeah. All right.
I'll give you a little space.
It's not just open arms,
which I was hoping for,
and it's terrifying.
I feel like my challenge
is in their hands.
If I have to keep going on
looking for a new tribe,
I'm not sure my body can take
the dehydration any longer.
The benefit is having
another person helps to
share task better.
I think that is part of our
problems that we've been having
because we are so just
freaking all over the place
trying to get everything done.
But I know nothing
about makani, so...
Personally, I can't help
but feel compassion
for somebody in that situation.
I have no data at all with which
to base any opinion.
I already have one partner
not pulling his weight.
Last thing I want
is another one.
♪
I'm sitting here while
they're deliberating my fate,
and it's terrifying.
I feel like my challenge
is in their hand.
Okay.
Makani.
Come on over.
♪
So, we talked and...
We are willing to welcome you
into the tribe.
Thank you.
That means a lot. Thank you.
And we're thinking that
it would be good to kind of
have some tribe ground rules
so that there's...
Yeah. That's a good idea.
...Good expectations
and other things.
Yeah. I like that.
We definitely need help
when it comes
to doing our tasks.
When I'm trying to hunt,
that basically leaves
all the rest of the tasks
on suzanne.
That being said,
we are not playing
homemaker, breadwinner. Right.
You don't do that. Yeah.
Suzanne, she's badass, and
I like her no-nonsense attitude.
I guess we are a tribe now, huh?
Seth: I think it's gonna be nice
to have an extra set of hands
around here,
but with one more person,
I definitely don't want to
be the odd man out.
Narrator: 6 miles north,
wes and gwen welcomed kate,
a seasoned hunter,
to their team,
he just went into the rock pile.
He's trackable, then.
But a heartbreaking failure...
Gwen, you found any sign?
No.
...And africa's
brutal conditions...
Everything hurts.
It just hurts to walk.
It hurts to sit.
It hurts to lay down.
Narrator: ...Allowed africa
to claim its third victim.
I've made a decision
to leave the challenge.
Mm.
...Leaving them desperate
for a significant protein win.
Gwen: Bumping up firewood.
Trying to rest and get
the chores done around here
that we need to get done.
We're both running on
super empty right now.
Both of us are pretty exhausted.
♪
Honeybees are flying
out of there.
There's got to be a nest there.
And what's really great is
with honeybees,
they make honey.
And that would be really good
for food and protein.
♪
Hard tree.
Low calories.
♪
My body is dull.
My muscles are dull.
My nerves are dull.
South africa is really
kicking my ass.
All right,
I think I'm through it.
Yeah?
I chopped through there.
Holy crap, dude.
I think the honey is leaking
a strip right here,
but I'm not strong enough
to pull it off.
I want to provide
for both gwen and I,
but there's barely
anything here to eat.
I have just spent some
serious calories for nothing.
♪
♪
We could get this one
and take it back.
It is very windy.
The plans include shoring up the
boma and getting the firewood.
Whoa. The wind just,
like, knocked me over.
Me too. Oh, man.
Seth and I are still working
through our differences.
However, we now have makani.
Yeah. Right here.
Makani is willing
to get in there and do things.
It is really important for me
to be with partners
that are earning it, as well,
because the sun has dried out
my skin so bad that
the tops of my feet
and my ankles
are just drying out
because of the intense heat.
Really.
I hope that it dissipates soon.
It's not really that
I've gotten used to it.
It's more that
I kind of expect it.
So I'm just like whatever.
I still need firewood.
Seth: Wind today, it affects me
as far as hunting,
because the wind
is really super strong.
So it's kind of got us
messed up a little bit.
The girls are out
gathering firewood and stuff,
they definitely seem
to be getting along really well.
It's a lot easier to pick up
a big piece
when you have someone
to help you.
Or a pile of big pieces. Mm-hmm.
Suzanne, she's very strong
and independent.
[ grunts ]
♪
Oh, look at this.
Maggots.
They do make good bait
because they're still moving.
I am getting hungry, so we will
go try to find some food.
If I could tie my line
to my stick.
♪
Oh!
He cut my finger
and he took my hook.
That has to be a really
[bleep] big fish.
Not too shabby.
♪
That's a [bleep] monster.
It just broke the thing.
Right now all I'm thinking
about, jumping in there,
trying to find a [bleep] line.
♪
Oh, you scared
the [bleep] out of me.
♪
He goes for my thumb.
♪
[ groans ]
ah!
♪
Yeah, [bleep],
I'm gonna get you.
♪
Aah! [ groans ]
that's a cat fish!
With my bare hands.
That's a monster.
That's a good feeling.
I like it.
He stole my hooks,
cut a bunch of my lines.
But now...
Who is on top now?
♪
That's a monster.
♪
So, the catfish is cooking.
That's the fat dripping.
Oh, it reminds me of bacon.
So good.
I'm more than likely ain't gonna
be able to eat it all,
but, you know what?
We'll give it a try.
And that's the biggest thing
I ever killed
that lives in water.
Super happy about it.
Super grateful.
Look at that meat.
Oh, that's priceless.
Mmm.
So mild, so nice.
It tastes so good.
You don't need no salt,
no seasoning,
nothing with this guy.
Seriously cannot beat that.
This is god's gift in survival.
♪
[ both groaning ]
gwen: Alright.
Alright. Good luck.
Can't get it unless
we find it, so we're both out
doing what we can to try to
find protein.
And hopefully one of us
grab something.
♪
♪
Oh, man.
[bleep] damn it.
Absolutely zero movement.
Nothing at all.
♪
Oh. That was terrible.
I'm just wondering
how long my body
can keep doing what my mind
is asking of it.
I just can't make
my body work correctly.
Africa. Africa. Africa.
Yeah, it's tough.
Gwen: Wes is busting
his ass out there
trying to hunt
and get us some protein.
We don't need any other thing
except food.
But no matter what,
we stick together
through thick and thin
and we'll make it
through to the end.
♪
♪
[ hyena yowling ]
♪
[ yowling continues ]
[ whining ]
♪
♪
Last night, middle of the night,
heard some pretty
heavy calls from hyena.
And I was hearing the call,
and it was a bone-chilling call.
The hyena were close.
There's no doubt about that.
There's the size.
There's the size.
If that wants to attack,
I'm dead.
♪
I feel like you have
completely written off hunting
as a viable thing to do.
Seth, how is that going so far?
Seth: Suzanne is really starting
to get on my nerves.
Really starting
to get on my nerves.
You can get firewood.
You can do the boma.
I'm going hunting.
♪
Ryan: On this hunt, I would
really like to land some meat.
Big or small game,
it doesn't matter.
What's at stake for me here
is actually my own life
and the lives of my partners.
♪
[bleep]
damn.
We got hyrax
jumping out of trees.
I'm trying to get a shot
at them.
But soon as I shot,
my arrow's ruined.
Arkansas versus african.
We haven't eaten in days.
We need this bad.
♪
[bleep]
♪
Where'd the little turd go?
♪
[bleep]
embarrassing today, man.
When I'm in a civilized world,
you know, I have boots on.
I have clothes on.
I have a full belly.
I'm not fatigued.
Something's gonna have to give.
♪
♪
Suzanne: It's really hot,
and I know makani and I,
for one, have been exerting
a lot of energy
to make sure
that we have firewood
and to work on the boma.
You need to stop for a bit?
Okay.
I don't feel good.
I'm just trying to ignore that.
♪
♪
[bleep]
my brain is quite foggy
right now.
It is excruciatingly hot today.
You got here and you started
working right away
and you were dehydrated.
You haven't had
a chance to recover.
Suzanne: Makani is resting
in the shade,
but she's having problems
with dizziness
and the heat exhaustion.
Nothing in africa is easy,
but that just makes it
even harder.
I'll bring the water
up here, okay?
Because this is a cooler spot.
Hey, good. It's all good.
You got it. Thank you.
You got it.
Okay.
[ animal calling ]
it's very hot right now,
so I really don't want to
get extremely dehydrated.
Soon as I can get some water
in me, I'm going back out.
♪
♪
It's plenty cool enough
to drink,
but I'm gonna hike it up there
to makani.
Seth: I really need
some water myself.
Let's hike it up there
to makani.
I need some like now.
She's laying down
not doing well, so...
Okay, can we just set it down
so I can get some hydration?
Then we can go up there.
Seth, I would like you
to say it to me
a little nicer than that first.
I'm not playing this
mom [bleep].
Give me the [bleep] water.
Don't talk to me that way.
Makani is almost passed out.
I just [bleep] spent
all my time up here.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] straw-full?!
[bleep] you!
Seth: I'm not playing this
mom [bleep].
Give me the [bleep] water.
Don't talk to me that way.
Makani is almost passed out.
I just [bleep] spent
all my time up here.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] straw-full?!
[bleep] you!
I am not going to participate
in that kind of language to me.
You're not my [bleep] mom,
all right?
Jerk.
[bleep] ridiculous.
Here.
Oh.
You need water.
You are not doing well.
He's up and moving.
He's got enough energy
to be up moving
and yelling and cussing, so...
[bleep] walked
right the [bleep] by me?
[bleep] that!
That's [bleep] [bleep]!
You're okay.
You're okay. I promise.
He's not happy.
[bleep] raggedy ann-looking
[bleep].
Makani: I feel bad.
I don't want to be like a wrench
in their dynamic.
He's had ample opportunity
to get water.
Suzanne: Seth fully
crossed the line.
I'm done.
I'm so done, just over it.
Seth: Not gonna
let somebody walk on me.
I'm not taking any [bleep]
out here.
This is survival.
♪
If you allow me to do so.
Obviously, the blow up
absolutely irritates me
on a number of levels.
I do feel that you wronged me
by denying me water.
It was rude.
I felt I needed
to stand up for myself.
I'm not accepting rudeness.
No matter what I say, I'm wrong.
And I'm an [bleep].
We are not communicating.
We're saying what
we want to say,
but we're not finding
common ground.
No, we're not.
♪
I'll tell you what
I'm missin' right now
in this challenge,
is more people.
What if we tried to journey
to another tribe?
We could do that,
and if we planned it right,
we could hike there
and then offer something
like help with firewood.
That's true.
I don't know that I'd offer
to move all three of us there.
I'd offer to move us two.
Suzanne: The adversarial
communication,
it is now becoming
increasingly unbearable.
I think it's taking our fate
into our own hands
rather than his.
Into our hands. You know what?
That is a perfect way
of saying it.
[ chuckles ]
we'll help get the boma
in a better place
and then see what happens.
♪
♪
Ryan: Out here, man,
it's terrible.
It's rough, you know?
We're very hungry.
I'm hungry out here.
You know what,
and I don't want to tap,
but this place is getting to me.
Anything yet?
No, nothing.
Not even a [bleep] nibble.
God, this just sucks.
There's nothing.
I know.
I'm starting to get hot, man.
I expected to have
several kills by now.
There's nothing here.
I've hunted my whole life,
you know.
So I'm very disappointed
in myself.
♪
Hey, guys, I've been doing
a lot of thinking.
There's no big game here.
So what I'm gonna have to do
is go on a 48-hour excursion.
Jon: Really?
Yeah, and see if I can find
some big game elsewhere
to bring back.
Are you going by yourself?
Yeah.
I mean, do you think
it's worth it to do it?
I come to africa to hunt.
We need to get
some protein in us.
So...
Hmm. Oh, [bleep].
See what happens.
I don't know how
I feel about that.
Jon: If anybody's gonna do it,
it's him.
That's what he does.
It would be great to get
a substantial amount of meat.
But, you know, I don't want
you to risk your own ass.
Sarah: He wants to be able to
provide for the team,
to make this journey.
It's genuinely dangerous.
Yeah.
But that's what I got to do.
We're pissing in the wind here.
♪
♪
Suzanne: Makani and I are trying
to finished shoring up the boma
before we get out of here.
The plan is to leave seth
and try to go find other people.
Seth: In my last challenge,
I had problems with my partner.
Dude, you're not my boss,
so stop acting like it.
Well then start working.
[bleep] you, dude.
Don't [bleep] start
ordering me around
or we're gonna have
some serious [bleep] problems
and this whole thing's
gonna go to [bleep].
I'm just gonna keep my distance.
Makani: I'm just feeling tired,
feeling the exhaustion.
I just keep having to stop
and catch my breath.
Suzanne: Are you okay? Yep.
Are you dizzy?
It's getting to be normal,
so no worries.
♪
I'm trying to stay in the shade,
but, you know,
I'm not drinking enough water.
I feel like my body's giving up
on me a little bit.
♪
I just need to take a break.
♪
♪
Narrator: Concerned that
she might be suffering
severe heatstroke,
medics rush in to check
makani's vitals.
Temperatures is 38.5.
120/70.
I think she definitely
has heat stroke.
She's not perspiring.
Temperature's high.
She's delirious, confused.
And 38.5 degrees celsius
for an adult is high.
If you hit 39, you're probably
gonna end up in the icu.
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 makani's
self-banishment...
...Bulent has taken on africa
alone and thrived.
That's a catfish! Whoo.
His xl rating rises from
5.9 to 6.3.
After expanding their search
for untapped resources...
Be cool, lizard.
[bleep] damn. That was terrible.
...Wes and gwen are nearing
their breaking point?
Wes: I honestly don't know
how long we can go on like this.
Narrator: Their xl rating drops
from 6.2 to 5.7.
As early success...
Sarah: What?! I got a bird.
Yay!
...Gave way
to mounting frustration,
ryan hatched a high-risk
plan for protein.
What I'm gonna have to do is
go on a 48-hour excursion
and see if I can find
some big game elsewhere
to bring back.
Narrator: Their xlr ticks down
from 6.5 to 6.2.
And after accepting makani
into their camp...
I guess we're a tribe now, huh?
...Tensions erupted
between seth and suzanne.
I'm not playing this
mom [bleep].
Give me the [bleep] water.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] straw-full?!
[bleep] you!
...Leading to talks of forming
a separate team.
I think it's taking
our fate into our own hands
rather than his.
As a result, their group xlr
drops from 5.5 to 5.2.
But now those plans
and makani's challenge
could be in jeopardy.
Makani, can you sit up?
Just help this part.
Can you sit up for us?
Here we go. There we go. Okay.
♪
Just sip.
♪
Narrator: To bring makani's
core temperature down,
medics administer fluids,
electrolytes, and ice packs.
Open your eyes.
♪
Suzanne: Makani's having
problems with passing out
and heat exhaustion.
It makes me worried.
Good job. Keep going.
Doing great.
Temperature's down.
Heart rate
is coming down nicely.
All good, yeah.
Narrator: While out
of immediate danger,
makani's body remains
weak from exhaustion
and lack of nourishment.
Makani, do you want to stay
in the challenge?
Are you sure?
Yeah.
Just keep drinking water,
rest a little bit
and we'll get you out of here.
♪
Makani: I felt like I was
slowly dying.
And I don't want to be
a liability to anyone.
♪
You're amazing,
and I'm so, so glad I met you.
I'm glad I came here
just to meet you.
[ speaks indistinctly ]
I hope that seth and suzanne
will go back into
some sort of rhythm.
I do believe I may have thrown
kind of a cork in their wheel
by being close with suzanne
and perhaps
creating some tension.
Okay.
Africa is trying.
It takes everything
from you and them some.
Then it asks some more.
It's definitely not
for the faint of heart.
Bye, africa.
♪
Seth: Losing makani definitely
puts more stress
between suzanne and I,
considering we are not exactly
getting along all the time.
That could lead
to bigger arguments.
It could lead to just absolute
disaster within this challenge.
I've had two partners
that I really bonded with
and really enjoyed having.
But now I'm again
stuck with seth.
Now, with makani gone,
there goes my chance
to leave here with a partner.
I feel like I'm alone again.
♪
Narrator: Next time on
"naked and afraid xl"...
Oh, my god.
Hyena.
♪
I see some big game right now.
They've got to be
going to the water.
We really can't go too much
longer without some protein.
♪
[ groans ]
I'm leaving.
Like you're leaving
the challenge?
I'm leaving... You.