Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 6 - Feastmode - full transcript
Narrator: Previously on
"naked and afraid xl"...
15 days into the 40 day
banishment challenge,
the fight for survival
intensified...
...As the hunters
became the hunted.
[ hyena barks ]
and after accepting makani
into their camp...
Suzanne: It is really important
for me to be with partners
that are earning it as well.
Narrator: ...Tensions erupted
between seth and suzanne.
I'm not playing this mom [bleep]
give me the [bleep] water.
Don't talk to me that way.
Makani is almost passed out.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] strawful?
[bleep] you.
Narrator: But a plan to form
a separate team...
I think it's taking our fate
into our own hands
rather than his.
...Came to a sudden end.
Temperature's high.
She's delirious, confused.
I think she definitely
has heatstroke.
As the fourth survivalist
left the challenge.
Bye, africa.
I feel like I'm alone again.
Narrator:
Now, with 25 days left,
can they harness their skills
to prove their worth?
Yeah! Attaboy!
With my bare hands. Aah!
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?
[ sobbing ]
this is a death sentence
to be alone here.
There's something over there.
Oh [bleep] it's getting closer.
Oh, [bleep]
aah!
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I'm gonna go get some thatching.
Do you want to help?
Mm.
Can I have a "yes" or a "no"
instead of a cave man "ugh"?
No, just trying to
conserve my energy for hunting.
We'll be back
a little bit later.
Mm.
♪
Ow [bleep]
I feel very trapped.
I felt like makani was my chance
to walk out of here
and look for a new tribe.
Ow, what the heck?
Now my feet are getting worse.
Ouch. Ow, ow, ow.
The sun has dried out
my skin so bad
that the top of the skin
and all that area's gone.
All of that,
nothing can touch it.
Feels like a cheese grater
took off the skin
and a layer of muscle.
And the sun, it's like somebody
is holding a fire to my feet.
It's hard to walk around.
Oh. Ow.
So as bad as I want to leave,
it's not physically possible.
♪
Mm. Mnh-mnh.
[ groans ]
[ growls ]
♪
I'm just going to get
out of the way.
Seth: Seems like I can't catch
a break with suzanne.
And right now
we're not really talking.
She is the most bossy,
aggressive woman
I have ever met
in my entire life.
On my last challenge,
I had a hard time dealing
with my partners.
- You just gonna stand around?
- Dude, you're not my boss,
so stop acting like it, alright?
Well, then start working.
Don't [bleep]
start ordering me around or
we're gonna have
some serious [bleep] problems.
Better start making a shelter
because you ain't
staying with us.
Ugh.
I'm just trying to stay away
from suzanne as much as possible
and do the work
that has to be done.
I do have something
to prove on this.
And for me, getting a
game animal, that's redemption.
Narrator: 10 miles to the west,
jon, sarah and ryan's
need for protein...
...Led ryan to a risky decision.
Ryan: What I'm going to have to
do is go on a 48-hour excursion
and see if I can find
some big game elsewhere
to bring back.
To make this journey,
genuinely dangerous.
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- Alright, guys.
- He's got the striker.
You got the firestarter, right?
- I do, yes. The fish.
- Yep.
Ryan: We don't have much,
but I'm gonna need something
for this journey. I know that.
A'ight.
I'm going to keep my eyes peeled
for some greenery.
Just gonna keep heading east.
Seems to be around water.
Hope I can get to this spot.
Alright, guys.
[ sighs ] be safe.
Yeah. I'll be back.
See you in a couple days.
- Alright, good luck.
- Thank you.
I hope I bring us
back something big.
- Yeah.
- Let's get this on the road.
- Yeah.
- [ sighs ]
there's not a lot of game
around here and the game
that is around here
is really small
and it's almost impossible
to hunt them.
So him striking off,
finding a different location,
being able to hunt large game,
it's vital for his survival.
It's vital for the survival
of our entire team.
Narrator: Walking the same game
trails as ravenous lions
and leopards, ryan's search
for bountiful game
will take him across
three miles of thorn-covered
scrub land where temperatures
reach 120 degrees
by high noon.
Ryan: My concern is exerting
all this energy
and finding nothing.
Worst-case scenario is get there
and it's just desolate.
No shade, no brush,
and no game's around.
And, you know, I'm gonna try
hard not to let everybody down.
♪
I see some big game right now.
I see a zebra.
I can't tell what the other is.
I see elephants at my 3:00.
They got to be going
to the water.
See a lot of greenery
back that way.
So, you know what?
That's where I'm gonna head.
Narrator: Nine miles northeast,
bulent took on africa
without a partner...
And thrived.
That's a catfish! Oh!
Look at that meat.
Oh, that's priceless.
Mmm.
♪
Bye, jack, I'll be back.
If I'm late,
don't worry about me.
I'm out here alone.
Both my partners left.
I actually enjoy being alone.
Survival can be easy
or a lot tougher with a partner.
Early in the morning,
I'm trying to explore
as much area as I can
around the boma.
This area is a good
and a bad place.
It's good that a lot of
little birds, guineas,
rabbits hide in here,
but also lions hide
in here as well
because it provides
such great coverage.
All they need to do
is either smell you
or hear you and they
can kill you.
♪
Holy [bleep]
someone had a buffet.
This is super big kill,
it looks like elephant bones.
You could only imagine
how many other animals
devour that six tons of meat.
Now, come to think of it,
it could be a great chair.
So I'm gonna cure
these big bones,
the hip bones of the elephant
back to the boma.
♪
They are super heavy.
[bleep]
[ breathing heavily ]
this is my kingdom and every
kingdom needs a throne.
I'm gonna use these bones
to make me a bone throne.
So I got the seat part, nice
and smooth and easy on my tush.
I'm thinking this
will make a good back rest.
So the stability is everything.
There we go.
Some vine, cordage for securing
the back piece.
I think we've got
the structure down.
An armrest might do.
Bone throne
is super comfortable.
It helps with my lower
back, usefulness-wise,
it is very, very important
for my emotional health
and for the future
of the challenge.
Oh, that's nice.
Department-store quality.
♪
Seth: Right now, I'm headed up
to go on
to the far end
of the watering hole
because I see impala
over here all the time
and there's at least two herds
that come in
and they're always
drinking over here.
Problem is, is there is
no shade.
It's brutally hot and
definitely cooks your feet.
Really like to be closer,
but that's the best spot to sit.
But it's a pretty long shot.
I don't really have much cover
anymore forward than here.
Anything to make it
more difficult.
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[ exhales sharply ]
getting cooked out here.
[ animal calling ]
what the hell?
[bleep]
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Holy [bleep]
no way.
Got a blood trail right here.
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Holy [bleep]
no way.
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Oh, yeah, got a blood trail
right here.
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[bleep]
damn it.
My arrow.
[ sighs ]
it was a hit.
It just didn't penetrate enough.
Just a residual trail from what
would only be a small wound
in the hind quarter,
which will heal.
The animal will be able
to live fine from that.
It'll heal up.
Kind of sucks, but hunting
is all about consistency.
And I gotta keep at it.
So hungry.
Just hope they come back.
Narrator: Six miles
to the northwest,
wes and gwen's
lack of protein...
Be cool, lizard.
Damn. That was [bleep] terrible.
...Has them on a downward
spiral.
I honestly don't know how long
we can go on like this.
So we have our bait out
in the little pond.
And we'll just see
if the terrapin
wants to come and eat it.
15th day and my state
of mind is good, positive,
except for the fact
that we're starving.
Nice and crystal clear
this morning.
Yesterday it was still
kind of murky.
♪
[ man screams ]
♪
Ah. [bleep] dogs.
Those are human voices.
Damn you little [bleep]
little bastards
what I dreaded
the most about this place.
See something?
I just heard the rustle
and couldn't figure it out.
♪
Looks like things are
gonna get interesting.
- Hello.
- Howdy, friend.
How are you?
We have another survivalist
coming into camp.
We've had two people
come and go.
But I'll tell you what,
I'm ready to
have more people
searching for food.
I'm ryan, it's nice to meet you.
Hey, buddy, I'm wes.
Nice to meet you, too.
Good to see you.
Gwen, how you doing?
Good to meet you, gwen.
Ryan looks like he just stepped
out of the mountains.
I'm really eager
to get to know him.
Well, let's get you hydrated up
'cause you can drink
as much as you want here.
- Oh, my god.
- That'd be the spring well.,
best water you've ever had.
Here.
What in the world?
It's a dried catfish.
That is dried catfish.
It's cooked and everything.
Smoked.
Oh, my gosh.
Have as much as you want.
Look at that.
Wow. That's awesome.
Oh, my god.
They got great water.
Some of the best spring water
I've had in a while.
You can drank as much
as you want.
We're very well hydrated.
I brought a dried
catfish with me.
You know, I didn't
expect to find anybody,
but I found them.
Of course I'm going to share.
It's common courtesy.
So how have things
been going, man?
Other than lack of protein?
We've been thriving here.
And we do have some game here.
Yeah, I seen it.
That's why I come this way.
I was like, "man, I see big game
running all over the place."
yeah. I just haven't been able
to close a deal.
Six different things
I've hit square on. Yeah.
They just don't drop.
For a living, I teach
wilderness survival
and primitive living skills
so I've hunted
since I was a small child.
Four years old. That's good.
Good combo. Yeah.
You mind if I have
a little bite of that?
You can have that.
Pass that around, man.
Oh, thank you so much.
This is much needed.
Thank you so much.
I haven't had a good amount of
protein in a very long time.
Give you a boost max.
Still got a long time to go.
The catfish tastes wonderful.
In fact, it's the best thing
I've tasted in a very long time.
Where we're at, everything's
plentiful just no big game.
Would y'all care
if I hung out and hunted?
Uh-uh. Oh, absolutely not.
I'd beg you to.
Well, I mean,
if you need a hunter
you got one for 48 hours.
I'll have to make a trek back
over the mountains to bring
some meat back to my team
if we get some. Yeah.
As long as we get a share
of what you kill.
We have kudu, impala, duikers,
and klipspringers.
Sweet, man.
Everything runs that ridge
and then comes down
at that pond.
Gonna have to set up an ambush.
An ambush site.
This ravine right here,
we have a hunters stage
at the tree down below
and a spotter up top
to watch for him coming down.
We'll get some big game.
I'm really excited about
what might happen here.
♪
Ouch. Ow, ow, ow. So hot.
I have to get out of the sun.
So painful. That right there
hurts so bad.
You have the blisters
right here.
You can see that all
welted up on top of my feet.
My problem is across the tops
of my feet
nothing can touch it.
It just hurts so bad.
So I can't even make shoes.
But until my feet heal,
I'm pretty much stuck here
with seth.
Seth has been gone
somewhere around
four to five hours by now.
And we're well into
the african shade time.
And I don't know
if he's in shade or not,
but I can tell you he didn't
drink any water at all today
and we're at high noon
in africa.
So we'll see how that goes.
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[bleep]
♪
Oh, my god. What the [bleep]
I think he's peeing in that
water and then drinking it.
Yuck.
I don't like baboons.
They scratch their butts
and smell their fingers
and then drink my water.
Not cool.
It's so dirty
and extremely dangerous.
I don't like this a bit.
He's drinking way more
than his share.
I'm gonna chase this guy off.
Hey!
Stop drinking my [bleep]
he's gonna come back
and drink more water, dick.
More and more species of animals
have come into the water source.
If they take my water,
we're gonna have a fight.
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Sarah:
I wonder how ryan's doing.
I know, seriously.
I hope he's got some good shade.
I know.
It's weird not having
the whole team around, you know,
just something about the dynamic
of the three of us
that really made it this camp.
And, you know, it's just that
something's obviously missing.
You can feel it in the air.
I'm gonna go get some firewood.
Okay.
I love being out here.
You know, it does suck.
The water is disgusting.
You know, the food's not enough.
The heat is [bleep] insane.
But duties need
to be done daily.
It's a full-time job.
And since ryan's away,
now we're down to person,
so we both do have to do
a little extra work.
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Wait.
There's a snake in the roots
of that tree right there.
Oh, yeah.
I'm gonna go ahead and say
this is a puff adder
because it doesn't
look very black
and it doesn't look
like a cobra to me.
But it's venomous.
It will kill you.
If I get bit by it,
I'm out of here.
This is definitely one of those
where you're just weighing
the risk versus reward.
It would be nice to have
my own kill here, too.
It could be some nice protein,
but he could kill me.
♪
Oh, [bleep] [ snake hissing ]
oh, my god.
I see him. Holy [bleep]
that's [bleep] crazy.
♪
Jon: It's a puff adder,
a venomous snake.
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That head will still bite you
so gonna have to stay away
from that.
It's a fat little guy.
You know, I was collecting wood
right here.
And he could have got me
right there
and I would've never
even known he was there.
I feel positively
top notch right now.
I feel like this will
probably have
as much meat as like
a smallish catfish.
Killed a poisonous snake,
venomous snake
with a stick in africa.
And we're sleeping
50 yards away from it.
♪
Sarah: What... [ laughs ]
is that? It's a puff adder.
Oh, my god.
Here. Gotcha.
So how close to the camp
was this guy?
He was at that tree
that we were collecting
firewood at before.
Holy crap.
Sarah: I'm really proud of him
for obtaining that food for us.
But it's definitely
nerve-wracking
to think that there's
probably more over there.
This tells me that we're
definitely going to have
to put another
ring of ash around here,
because if it gets cold tonight,
this is going to be something
they're going to want.
Well, good job. Yeah.
This thing is a deadly threat
to all of us,
but it's also food
for all of us.
So it was a good decision
to take it down.
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Seth: I have no idea
where the impala went.
I don't know if they're
going to come back
close enough again
any time soon.
I've got to get back
to the boma so I can hydrate.
It's the middle of the day,
really hot. I'm dehydrated.
I have to go back to
the boma and get some water.
Or I'm not going make it
back to the boma at all.
♪
Hot, hot, hot, hot.
[bleep]
♪
Oh [bleep] water.
[ gulping ]
ahh.
I came damn near heatstroke
on the way back.
I'm actually
not surprised by that
because I don't think you really
drank anything this morning
before you left.
Sometimes you have to push.
Yes, absolutely, I wish that
we'd have an impala today.
I mean, why would I not?
That being said,
it's very difficult for me
to have empathy for seth
when he's almost had heatstroke.
"I've got exhaustion
and it's so hot."
because it's almost like
it's the first time
he's figuring it out.
Every time.
It's hot.
You could cook on it out there.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I know.
I mean, like you could literally
[bleep] cook something
on the ground out there.
If we had something to cook.
Shh! Silence.
I'm not hunting just for me.
I'm hunting for us.
Just... just be quiet.
Dizzy.
My head is pounding.
Finish that.
♪
Isn't that a wonderful partner
right there?
Takes the water and goes down
there to drink it.
Knowing I can't get
all the way down there
because I'm having problems
with my feet.
That's a good partner
right there.
[ burps ]
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[ groans ]
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[ hyena barking ]
oh, my god.
Hyena.
[ barking and growling ]
you can hear them at the pond.
Drinking my water.
They're everywhere.
I'll just keep an
eye on the fire
so hyena won't come here.
♪
Oh, my god.
All that noise.
No [bleep] sleep tonight.
[ hyenas yipping ]
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Game plan for today. Game plan.
Our plan today is to hunt.
We need to get protein.
You going down? I'm going down.
I'll find that blind down there.
Alright. So if you're gonna go
down, then I'm gonna sit
in that tree on the high end
by the little pond we have.
Okay.
And then that way, if they come
to me, that's great.
If they come in the middle,
the wind's blowing that way.
They'll smell me and push
on down to you.
And you're gonna spot?
I'm gonna spot. I'll spot you.
Okay. Right at the pond.
At the pond. Yep.
Alright. Let's get mobile.
Mm-mm-mm. Today is the day.
It's going down today.
Oh, man, I hope.
For gwen and I, this
is getting down to it.
We really can't go too much
longer without some protein
or we'll have no choice
but to tap.
Gwen: I'm the spotter.
I sit on the upper side
of the ravine.
And I can watch the entire
ravine on a ridge line.
Then they could sit down below.
And we can use hand signals back
and forth to be able to talk.
Wes: We're hopeful that if they
don't want to come to me,
that they'll go down the cut
a little more and go to ryan.
Ryan: There's game
all over the place here.
I think it's gonna
be a good spot.
♪
I'm gonna cover the front
here a little bit.
Make a blind because the
impala, they come from there
down through here
to get a drink.
This whole trail,
it's a close shot.
I can get an impala right here,
I just gotta conceal
this a little bit.
After weeks of just fishing
and clams,
red meat would be great
and it would also be good
for my tribe.
There's a lot of weight
on my shoulders
to take something big.
This is the blind.
Now I just sit and wait.
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Wes: The pressure is terrible.
Knowing that you have
to make something happen today,
you feel like you got the weight
of the world on your shoulders.
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Yes. Yes.
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Okay.
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Go extremely slow.
Yep. Just in case he pops up,
I don't want us
to take a chance here.
You never want to go
after an animal
when you shoot with a bow
the second it drops.
If you go over too fast,
it may take off running again.
♪
[ growls ]
- man.
- Awesome job, dude.
Cool beans.
[ sighs ]
nice job.
Come here, man.
Coming in for the big one.
Mm.
I am more excited than
I've been in a very long time.
This is a done deal.
We have just harvested an animal
and we're going to eat today.
Gwen: Fantastic.
Hold your trophy arrow for you?
Yeah, get a little blood
on your hands.
I think I'll have a lot
of blood on my hands.
Come here. I'm gonna blood ya.
Oh, yeah?
There you go, dude.
I'll take it.
First africa kill.
This is a huge boost
and mental win for wes.
He needed it badly.
I'm so happy for him
because he finally nailed one.
La-di-freaking-da. Whoo!
Oh [bleep] yeah.
Good job, wes. Thank you.
We were needing it.
I'm [bleep] stoked.
I heard you like clapping
and hollering.
Oh, you knew something
was going on, didn't you?
I was like,
"oh, yeah. Something went down."
yeah.
We're eating klipspringer, cuz.
Hell, yeah.
It's going to be fantastic.
♪
I think this liver and stuff's
done, guys, from the kidneys.
- Look at that.
- Have a piece of liver, gwen.
Yes, sir.
♪
Oh, that liver is so good.
Man, don't pass up
that kidney, either.
That thing's got
a whole different flavor.
Mm-hmm. It's delightful.
Mmm.
Good lord, every single organ
tastes different.
Mm-hmm.
Here, there's a chance
to kill big game every day.
And there's more
food coming here
than you can ever eat.
Ryan:
The other members of my tribe.
They might not agree
to switching camps,
but if it was just me,
yeah, I would switch.
I'm want to wet my blade
too, here.
I'm gonna make this my home.
♪
Bulent: And for a baby not to
be with the mother
is extremely unusual.
It'll get eaten in a day.
♪
Amazing how nature
works sometimes.
You have a little deer
literally within reach,
but they'll go for the water.
That should just tell you just
how valuable water is out here.
It is extremely hot
and the water supply
keeps getting smaller
and smaller.
If it doesn't rain,
I am going to run out of water.
Once I run out of water,
I've got maybe two days to live.
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[ seth snoring ]
suzanne: Seth.
Seth. Mm. Mm.
Seth, I'm kind of like squished.
Really un[bleep]necessary.
I don't have much room.
You know that, right?
This is where I'm laying.
I'm not moving.
Two can play at this game,
you know?
You know darn good and well,
it's really easy to back it up.
[ groans ]
shh!
You've been asleep
for seven hours.
Go [bleep] yourself.
How's that sound?
Are you serious?
This is where I'm [bleep] laying
seth. Shut up.
Seth. Shh!
This is where I'm laying.
Too bad.
[ groans ]
[bleep]
every [bleep] time. Every
[bleep] time
I come on challenges I get
[bleep] paired up with some
[bleep] [bleep]
narrator: Throughout the 40 day
banishment challenge,
each team
will receive an updated
xl rating... [bleep] aah!
...Or xlr,
which tracks their progress
and likelihood of success.
A discovery of elephant bones...
Gonna use these bones to
make me a bone throne.
Narrator: ...Has bulent
feeling at home in africa.
Department-store quality,
narrator: But his most precious
commodity might be at risk.
Hey! Stop drinking my [bleep]
his xlr drops from 6.3 to 6.1.
After ryan arrived
for a two-day hunt,
wes's arrow finally hit
its mark...
Scoring his team's first
significant protein
of the challenge.
Wes: We're going to eat today.
Wes and gwen's xlr
rises significantly
from 5.7 to 6.2.
While ryan got a taste
of wes's success...
Ryan: Here, there's a chance
to kill big game every day.
There's more food coming here
than you can ever eat.
Narrator: ...Jon turned a deadly
threat into a food win.
A fat little guy.
But their partner
remains far from camp.
I want to wet my blade here.
I'm gonna make this my home.
Narrator: As a result, their
team xl rating remains at 6.2
and for seth and suzanne...
Holy [bleep] no way.
...A lack of food...
[bleep] my arrow.
[bleep] I must have
just grazed it.
...And suzanne's injured feet...
Suzanne: I feel very trapped.
...Brings their xlr down
from 5.2 to 4.8
and they bring their partnership
to a new low.
Seth, I don't have much room.
[ groans ]
every [bleep ] time I come on a
challenge I get [bleep]
paired up with some
[bleep] [bleep]
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Suzanne: I'm done.
I'm so done with seth.
The primary thing
that has kept me
from leaving these past days
are my feet.
♪
Ouch.
Suzanne is driving me
frickin' crazy,
it's affecting us as a tribe.
I'm not even sure
that we can call ourselves
a tribe at this point.
We're just sharing a space
in a boma.
♪
Coming out
and getting some firewood.
Go ahead and take
this opportunity
when the sun's not too high.
I'm able to walk without the sun
hitting the tops of my feet.
And here's a gold mine of wood.
Ooh. Wow.
Something got killed in here.
Look at all those feathers.
My gosh.
I'm thinking that I can
tie them together
and make little covers
for my feet.
I have to protect
the top of my feet.
If I make a band and just have
feathers flowing on it,
it'll protect the skin
without hurting it.
Because feathers are soft.
Oh, my gosh,
this is such a find.
And they're pretty to
top it off.
The down is just so soft. Wow.
I mean, this is, yeah.
A good cry
because I'm done with seth.
I'm leaving him.
I don't even really know
where I'm going,
but I can't wait any longer.
This has to be good enough.
I'm so happy to be
getting out of here.
Who knows,
maybe this is my little sign
that I'm going to find
my other birds of a feather
so that we can
all flock together.
I need to find my people.
I need to find my tribe.
♪
Seth, we need to talk.
Okay.
I'm leaving. You're leaving?
Like, you're leaving
the challenge
or you're leaving the camp?
I'm leaving you.
Why?
I'm over it.
The rudeness, name calling,
condescending behavior,
and I had more
than enough of that.
Okay.
And that's why I am willing to
leave all these resources
to go I don't know where
and risk dehydration
and everything else
to get away from you.
[ scoffs ] wow.
♪
Narrator: Next time on
"naked and afraid xl"...
Ooh. Oh [bleep]
if it's seth or death,
I'm not choosing seth.
Jon: This is extra brutal.
There's no water, no shade.
Sarah: I don't want to tap.
I'm worried it might be
heatstroke.
Mother africa is
so unpredictable.
Holy [bleep] there's a snake.
What the [bleep]?
"naked and afraid xl"...
15 days into the 40 day
banishment challenge,
the fight for survival
intensified...
...As the hunters
became the hunted.
[ hyena barks ]
and after accepting makani
into their camp...
Suzanne: It is really important
for me to be with partners
that are earning it as well.
Narrator: ...Tensions erupted
between seth and suzanne.
I'm not playing this mom [bleep]
give me the [bleep] water.
Don't talk to me that way.
Makani is almost passed out.
You're not even giving me
a [bleep] strawful?
[bleep] you.
Narrator: But a plan to form
a separate team...
I think it's taking our fate
into our own hands
rather than his.
...Came to a sudden end.
Temperature's high.
She's delirious, confused.
I think she definitely
has heatstroke.
As the fourth survivalist
left the challenge.
Bye, africa.
I feel like I'm alone again.
Narrator:
Now, with 25 days left,
can they harness their skills
to prove their worth?
Yeah! Attaboy!
With my bare hands. Aah!
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?
[ sobbing ]
this is a death sentence
to be alone here.
There's something over there.
Oh [bleep] it's getting closer.
Oh, [bleep]
aah!
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♪
♪
I'm gonna go get some thatching.
Do you want to help?
Mm.
Can I have a "yes" or a "no"
instead of a cave man "ugh"?
No, just trying to
conserve my energy for hunting.
We'll be back
a little bit later.
Mm.
♪
Ow [bleep]
I feel very trapped.
I felt like makani was my chance
to walk out of here
and look for a new tribe.
Ow, what the heck?
Now my feet are getting worse.
Ouch. Ow, ow, ow.
The sun has dried out
my skin so bad
that the top of the skin
and all that area's gone.
All of that,
nothing can touch it.
Feels like a cheese grater
took off the skin
and a layer of muscle.
And the sun, it's like somebody
is holding a fire to my feet.
It's hard to walk around.
Oh. Ow.
So as bad as I want to leave,
it's not physically possible.
♪
Mm. Mnh-mnh.
[ groans ]
[ growls ]
♪
I'm just going to get
out of the way.
Seth: Seems like I can't catch
a break with suzanne.
And right now
we're not really talking.
She is the most bossy,
aggressive woman
I have ever met
in my entire life.
On my last challenge,
I had a hard time dealing
with my partners.
- You just gonna stand around?
- Dude, you're not my boss,
so stop acting like it, alright?
Well, then start working.
Don't [bleep]
start ordering me around or
we're gonna have
some serious [bleep] problems.
Better start making a shelter
because you ain't
staying with us.
Ugh.
I'm just trying to stay away
from suzanne as much as possible
and do the work
that has to be done.
I do have something
to prove on this.
And for me, getting a
game animal, that's redemption.
Narrator: 10 miles to the west,
jon, sarah and ryan's
need for protein...
...Led ryan to a risky decision.
Ryan: What I'm going to have to
do is go on a 48-hour excursion
and see if I can find
some big game elsewhere
to bring back.
To make this journey,
genuinely dangerous.
♪
- Alright, guys.
- He's got the striker.
You got the firestarter, right?
- I do, yes. The fish.
- Yep.
Ryan: We don't have much,
but I'm gonna need something
for this journey. I know that.
A'ight.
I'm going to keep my eyes peeled
for some greenery.
Just gonna keep heading east.
Seems to be around water.
Hope I can get to this spot.
Alright, guys.
[ sighs ] be safe.
Yeah. I'll be back.
See you in a couple days.
- Alright, good luck.
- Thank you.
I hope I bring us
back something big.
- Yeah.
- Let's get this on the road.
- Yeah.
- [ sighs ]
there's not a lot of game
around here and the game
that is around here
is really small
and it's almost impossible
to hunt them.
So him striking off,
finding a different location,
being able to hunt large game,
it's vital for his survival.
It's vital for the survival
of our entire team.
Narrator: Walking the same game
trails as ravenous lions
and leopards, ryan's search
for bountiful game
will take him across
three miles of thorn-covered
scrub land where temperatures
reach 120 degrees
by high noon.
Ryan: My concern is exerting
all this energy
and finding nothing.
Worst-case scenario is get there
and it's just desolate.
No shade, no brush,
and no game's around.
And, you know, I'm gonna try
hard not to let everybody down.
♪
I see some big game right now.
I see a zebra.
I can't tell what the other is.
I see elephants at my 3:00.
They got to be going
to the water.
See a lot of greenery
back that way.
So, you know what?
That's where I'm gonna head.
Narrator: Nine miles northeast,
bulent took on africa
without a partner...
And thrived.
That's a catfish! Oh!
Look at that meat.
Oh, that's priceless.
Mmm.
♪
Bye, jack, I'll be back.
If I'm late,
don't worry about me.
I'm out here alone.
Both my partners left.
I actually enjoy being alone.
Survival can be easy
or a lot tougher with a partner.
Early in the morning,
I'm trying to explore
as much area as I can
around the boma.
This area is a good
and a bad place.
It's good that a lot of
little birds, guineas,
rabbits hide in here,
but also lions hide
in here as well
because it provides
such great coverage.
All they need to do
is either smell you
or hear you and they
can kill you.
♪
Holy [bleep]
someone had a buffet.
This is super big kill,
it looks like elephant bones.
You could only imagine
how many other animals
devour that six tons of meat.
Now, come to think of it,
it could be a great chair.
So I'm gonna cure
these big bones,
the hip bones of the elephant
back to the boma.
♪
They are super heavy.
[bleep]
[ breathing heavily ]
this is my kingdom and every
kingdom needs a throne.
I'm gonna use these bones
to make me a bone throne.
So I got the seat part, nice
and smooth and easy on my tush.
I'm thinking this
will make a good back rest.
So the stability is everything.
There we go.
Some vine, cordage for securing
the back piece.
I think we've got
the structure down.
An armrest might do.
Bone throne
is super comfortable.
It helps with my lower
back, usefulness-wise,
it is very, very important
for my emotional health
and for the future
of the challenge.
Oh, that's nice.
Department-store quality.
♪
Seth: Right now, I'm headed up
to go on
to the far end
of the watering hole
because I see impala
over here all the time
and there's at least two herds
that come in
and they're always
drinking over here.
Problem is, is there is
no shade.
It's brutally hot and
definitely cooks your feet.
Really like to be closer,
but that's the best spot to sit.
But it's a pretty long shot.
I don't really have much cover
anymore forward than here.
Anything to make it
more difficult.
♪
[ exhales sharply ]
getting cooked out here.
[ animal calling ]
what the hell?
[bleep]
♪
♪
♪
♪
Holy [bleep]
no way.
Got a blood trail right here.
♪
♪
Holy [bleep]
no way.
♪
Oh, yeah, got a blood trail
right here.
♪
[bleep]
damn it.
My arrow.
[ sighs ]
it was a hit.
It just didn't penetrate enough.
Just a residual trail from what
would only be a small wound
in the hind quarter,
which will heal.
The animal will be able
to live fine from that.
It'll heal up.
Kind of sucks, but hunting
is all about consistency.
And I gotta keep at it.
So hungry.
Just hope they come back.
Narrator: Six miles
to the northwest,
wes and gwen's
lack of protein...
Be cool, lizard.
Damn. That was [bleep] terrible.
...Has them on a downward
spiral.
I honestly don't know how long
we can go on like this.
So we have our bait out
in the little pond.
And we'll just see
if the terrapin
wants to come and eat it.
15th day and my state
of mind is good, positive,
except for the fact
that we're starving.
Nice and crystal clear
this morning.
Yesterday it was still
kind of murky.
♪
[ man screams ]
♪
Ah. [bleep] dogs.
Those are human voices.
Damn you little [bleep]
little bastards
what I dreaded
the most about this place.
See something?
I just heard the rustle
and couldn't figure it out.
♪
Looks like things are
gonna get interesting.
- Hello.
- Howdy, friend.
How are you?
We have another survivalist
coming into camp.
We've had two people
come and go.
But I'll tell you what,
I'm ready to
have more people
searching for food.
I'm ryan, it's nice to meet you.
Hey, buddy, I'm wes.
Nice to meet you, too.
Good to see you.
Gwen, how you doing?
Good to meet you, gwen.
Ryan looks like he just stepped
out of the mountains.
I'm really eager
to get to know him.
Well, let's get you hydrated up
'cause you can drink
as much as you want here.
- Oh, my god.
- That'd be the spring well.,
best water you've ever had.
Here.
What in the world?
It's a dried catfish.
That is dried catfish.
It's cooked and everything.
Smoked.
Oh, my gosh.
Have as much as you want.
Look at that.
Wow. That's awesome.
Oh, my god.
They got great water.
Some of the best spring water
I've had in a while.
You can drank as much
as you want.
We're very well hydrated.
I brought a dried
catfish with me.
You know, I didn't
expect to find anybody,
but I found them.
Of course I'm going to share.
It's common courtesy.
So how have things
been going, man?
Other than lack of protein?
We've been thriving here.
And we do have some game here.
Yeah, I seen it.
That's why I come this way.
I was like, "man, I see big game
running all over the place."
yeah. I just haven't been able
to close a deal.
Six different things
I've hit square on. Yeah.
They just don't drop.
For a living, I teach
wilderness survival
and primitive living skills
so I've hunted
since I was a small child.
Four years old. That's good.
Good combo. Yeah.
You mind if I have
a little bite of that?
You can have that.
Pass that around, man.
Oh, thank you so much.
This is much needed.
Thank you so much.
I haven't had a good amount of
protein in a very long time.
Give you a boost max.
Still got a long time to go.
The catfish tastes wonderful.
In fact, it's the best thing
I've tasted in a very long time.
Where we're at, everything's
plentiful just no big game.
Would y'all care
if I hung out and hunted?
Uh-uh. Oh, absolutely not.
I'd beg you to.
Well, I mean,
if you need a hunter
you got one for 48 hours.
I'll have to make a trek back
over the mountains to bring
some meat back to my team
if we get some. Yeah.
As long as we get a share
of what you kill.
We have kudu, impala, duikers,
and klipspringers.
Sweet, man.
Everything runs that ridge
and then comes down
at that pond.
Gonna have to set up an ambush.
An ambush site.
This ravine right here,
we have a hunters stage
at the tree down below
and a spotter up top
to watch for him coming down.
We'll get some big game.
I'm really excited about
what might happen here.
♪
Ouch. Ow, ow, ow. So hot.
I have to get out of the sun.
So painful. That right there
hurts so bad.
You have the blisters
right here.
You can see that all
welted up on top of my feet.
My problem is across the tops
of my feet
nothing can touch it.
It just hurts so bad.
So I can't even make shoes.
But until my feet heal,
I'm pretty much stuck here
with seth.
Seth has been gone
somewhere around
four to five hours by now.
And we're well into
the african shade time.
And I don't know
if he's in shade or not,
but I can tell you he didn't
drink any water at all today
and we're at high noon
in africa.
So we'll see how that goes.
♪
♪
[bleep]
♪
Oh, my god. What the [bleep]
I think he's peeing in that
water and then drinking it.
Yuck.
I don't like baboons.
They scratch their butts
and smell their fingers
and then drink my water.
Not cool.
It's so dirty
and extremely dangerous.
I don't like this a bit.
He's drinking way more
than his share.
I'm gonna chase this guy off.
Hey!
Stop drinking my [bleep]
he's gonna come back
and drink more water, dick.
More and more species of animals
have come into the water source.
If they take my water,
we're gonna have a fight.
♪
♪
Sarah:
I wonder how ryan's doing.
I know, seriously.
I hope he's got some good shade.
I know.
It's weird not having
the whole team around, you know,
just something about the dynamic
of the three of us
that really made it this camp.
And, you know, it's just that
something's obviously missing.
You can feel it in the air.
I'm gonna go get some firewood.
Okay.
I love being out here.
You know, it does suck.
The water is disgusting.
You know, the food's not enough.
The heat is [bleep] insane.
But duties need
to be done daily.
It's a full-time job.
And since ryan's away,
now we're down to person,
so we both do have to do
a little extra work.
♪
♪
Wait.
There's a snake in the roots
of that tree right there.
Oh, yeah.
I'm gonna go ahead and say
this is a puff adder
because it doesn't
look very black
and it doesn't look
like a cobra to me.
But it's venomous.
It will kill you.
If I get bit by it,
I'm out of here.
This is definitely one of those
where you're just weighing
the risk versus reward.
It would be nice to have
my own kill here, too.
It could be some nice protein,
but he could kill me.
♪
Oh, [bleep] [ snake hissing ]
oh, my god.
I see him. Holy [bleep]
that's [bleep] crazy.
♪
Jon: It's a puff adder,
a venomous snake.
♪
♪
♪
That head will still bite you
so gonna have to stay away
from that.
It's a fat little guy.
You know, I was collecting wood
right here.
And he could have got me
right there
and I would've never
even known he was there.
I feel positively
top notch right now.
I feel like this will
probably have
as much meat as like
a smallish catfish.
Killed a poisonous snake,
venomous snake
with a stick in africa.
And we're sleeping
50 yards away from it.
♪
Sarah: What... [ laughs ]
is that? It's a puff adder.
Oh, my god.
Here. Gotcha.
So how close to the camp
was this guy?
He was at that tree
that we were collecting
firewood at before.
Holy crap.
Sarah: I'm really proud of him
for obtaining that food for us.
But it's definitely
nerve-wracking
to think that there's
probably more over there.
This tells me that we're
definitely going to have
to put another
ring of ash around here,
because if it gets cold tonight,
this is going to be something
they're going to want.
Well, good job. Yeah.
This thing is a deadly threat
to all of us,
but it's also food
for all of us.
So it was a good decision
to take it down.
♪
♪
Seth: I have no idea
where the impala went.
I don't know if they're
going to come back
close enough again
any time soon.
I've got to get back
to the boma so I can hydrate.
It's the middle of the day,
really hot. I'm dehydrated.
I have to go back to
the boma and get some water.
Or I'm not going make it
back to the boma at all.
♪
Hot, hot, hot, hot.
[bleep]
♪
Oh [bleep] water.
[ gulping ]
ahh.
I came damn near heatstroke
on the way back.
I'm actually
not surprised by that
because I don't think you really
drank anything this morning
before you left.
Sometimes you have to push.
Yes, absolutely, I wish that
we'd have an impala today.
I mean, why would I not?
That being said,
it's very difficult for me
to have empathy for seth
when he's almost had heatstroke.
"I've got exhaustion
and it's so hot."
because it's almost like
it's the first time
he's figuring it out.
Every time.
It's hot.
You could cook on it out there.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I know.
I mean, like you could literally
[bleep] cook something
on the ground out there.
If we had something to cook.
Shh! Silence.
I'm not hunting just for me.
I'm hunting for us.
Just... just be quiet.
Dizzy.
My head is pounding.
Finish that.
♪
Isn't that a wonderful partner
right there?
Takes the water and goes down
there to drink it.
Knowing I can't get
all the way down there
because I'm having problems
with my feet.
That's a good partner
right there.
[ burps ]
♪
♪
♪
[ groans ]
♪
[ hyena barking ]
oh, my god.
Hyena.
[ barking and growling ]
you can hear them at the pond.
Drinking my water.
They're everywhere.
I'll just keep an
eye on the fire
so hyena won't come here.
♪
Oh, my god.
All that noise.
No [bleep] sleep tonight.
[ hyenas yipping ]
♪
♪
Game plan for today. Game plan.
Our plan today is to hunt.
We need to get protein.
You going down? I'm going down.
I'll find that blind down there.
Alright. So if you're gonna go
down, then I'm gonna sit
in that tree on the high end
by the little pond we have.
Okay.
And then that way, if they come
to me, that's great.
If they come in the middle,
the wind's blowing that way.
They'll smell me and push
on down to you.
And you're gonna spot?
I'm gonna spot. I'll spot you.
Okay. Right at the pond.
At the pond. Yep.
Alright. Let's get mobile.
Mm-mm-mm. Today is the day.
It's going down today.
Oh, man, I hope.
For gwen and I, this
is getting down to it.
We really can't go too much
longer without some protein
or we'll have no choice
but to tap.
Gwen: I'm the spotter.
I sit on the upper side
of the ravine.
And I can watch the entire
ravine on a ridge line.
Then they could sit down below.
And we can use hand signals back
and forth to be able to talk.
Wes: We're hopeful that if they
don't want to come to me,
that they'll go down the cut
a little more and go to ryan.
Ryan: There's game
all over the place here.
I think it's gonna
be a good spot.
♪
I'm gonna cover the front
here a little bit.
Make a blind because the
impala, they come from there
down through here
to get a drink.
This whole trail,
it's a close shot.
I can get an impala right here,
I just gotta conceal
this a little bit.
After weeks of just fishing
and clams,
red meat would be great
and it would also be good
for my tribe.
There's a lot of weight
on my shoulders
to take something big.
This is the blind.
Now I just sit and wait.
♪
♪
Wes: The pressure is terrible.
Knowing that you have
to make something happen today,
you feel like you got the weight
of the world on your shoulders.
♪
♪
♪
♪
Yes. Yes.
♪
Okay.
♪
Go extremely slow.
Yep. Just in case he pops up,
I don't want us
to take a chance here.
You never want to go
after an animal
when you shoot with a bow
the second it drops.
If you go over too fast,
it may take off running again.
♪
[ growls ]
- man.
- Awesome job, dude.
Cool beans.
[ sighs ]
nice job.
Come here, man.
Coming in for the big one.
Mm.
I am more excited than
I've been in a very long time.
This is a done deal.
We have just harvested an animal
and we're going to eat today.
Gwen: Fantastic.
Hold your trophy arrow for you?
Yeah, get a little blood
on your hands.
I think I'll have a lot
of blood on my hands.
Come here. I'm gonna blood ya.
Oh, yeah?
There you go, dude.
I'll take it.
First africa kill.
This is a huge boost
and mental win for wes.
He needed it badly.
I'm so happy for him
because he finally nailed one.
La-di-freaking-da. Whoo!
Oh [bleep] yeah.
Good job, wes. Thank you.
We were needing it.
I'm [bleep] stoked.
I heard you like clapping
and hollering.
Oh, you knew something
was going on, didn't you?
I was like,
"oh, yeah. Something went down."
yeah.
We're eating klipspringer, cuz.
Hell, yeah.
It's going to be fantastic.
♪
I think this liver and stuff's
done, guys, from the kidneys.
- Look at that.
- Have a piece of liver, gwen.
Yes, sir.
♪
Oh, that liver is so good.
Man, don't pass up
that kidney, either.
That thing's got
a whole different flavor.
Mm-hmm. It's delightful.
Mmm.
Good lord, every single organ
tastes different.
Mm-hmm.
Here, there's a chance
to kill big game every day.
And there's more
food coming here
than you can ever eat.
Ryan:
The other members of my tribe.
They might not agree
to switching camps,
but if it was just me,
yeah, I would switch.
I'm want to wet my blade
too, here.
I'm gonna make this my home.
♪
Bulent: And for a baby not to
be with the mother
is extremely unusual.
It'll get eaten in a day.
♪
Amazing how nature
works sometimes.
You have a little deer
literally within reach,
but they'll go for the water.
That should just tell you just
how valuable water is out here.
It is extremely hot
and the water supply
keeps getting smaller
and smaller.
If it doesn't rain,
I am going to run out of water.
Once I run out of water,
I've got maybe two days to live.
♪
♪
♪
[ seth snoring ]
suzanne: Seth.
Seth. Mm. Mm.
Seth, I'm kind of like squished.
Really un[bleep]necessary.
I don't have much room.
You know that, right?
This is where I'm laying.
I'm not moving.
Two can play at this game,
you know?
You know darn good and well,
it's really easy to back it up.
[ groans ]
shh!
You've been asleep
for seven hours.
Go [bleep] yourself.
How's that sound?
Are you serious?
This is where I'm [bleep] laying
seth. Shut up.
Seth. Shh!
This is where I'm laying.
Too bad.
[ groans ]
[bleep]
every [bleep] time. Every
[bleep] time
I come on challenges I get
[bleep] paired up with some
[bleep] [bleep]
narrator: Throughout the 40 day
banishment challenge,
each team
will receive an updated
xl rating... [bleep] aah!
...Or xlr,
which tracks their progress
and likelihood of success.
A discovery of elephant bones...
Gonna use these bones to
make me a bone throne.
Narrator: ...Has bulent
feeling at home in africa.
Department-store quality,
narrator: But his most precious
commodity might be at risk.
Hey! Stop drinking my [bleep]
his xlr drops from 6.3 to 6.1.
After ryan arrived
for a two-day hunt,
wes's arrow finally hit
its mark...
Scoring his team's first
significant protein
of the challenge.
Wes: We're going to eat today.
Wes and gwen's xlr
rises significantly
from 5.7 to 6.2.
While ryan got a taste
of wes's success...
Ryan: Here, there's a chance
to kill big game every day.
There's more food coming here
than you can ever eat.
Narrator: ...Jon turned a deadly
threat into a food win.
A fat little guy.
But their partner
remains far from camp.
I want to wet my blade here.
I'm gonna make this my home.
Narrator: As a result, their
team xl rating remains at 6.2
and for seth and suzanne...
Holy [bleep] no way.
...A lack of food...
[bleep] my arrow.
[bleep] I must have
just grazed it.
...And suzanne's injured feet...
Suzanne: I feel very trapped.
...Brings their xlr down
from 5.2 to 4.8
and they bring their partnership
to a new low.
Seth, I don't have much room.
[ groans ]
every [bleep ] time I come on a
challenge I get [bleep]
paired up with some
[bleep] [bleep]
♪
♪
♪
Suzanne: I'm done.
I'm so done with seth.
The primary thing
that has kept me
from leaving these past days
are my feet.
♪
Ouch.
Suzanne is driving me
frickin' crazy,
it's affecting us as a tribe.
I'm not even sure
that we can call ourselves
a tribe at this point.
We're just sharing a space
in a boma.
♪
Coming out
and getting some firewood.
Go ahead and take
this opportunity
when the sun's not too high.
I'm able to walk without the sun
hitting the tops of my feet.
And here's a gold mine of wood.
Ooh. Wow.
Something got killed in here.
Look at all those feathers.
My gosh.
I'm thinking that I can
tie them together
and make little covers
for my feet.
I have to protect
the top of my feet.
If I make a band and just have
feathers flowing on it,
it'll protect the skin
without hurting it.
Because feathers are soft.
Oh, my gosh,
this is such a find.
And they're pretty to
top it off.
The down is just so soft. Wow.
I mean, this is, yeah.
A good cry
because I'm done with seth.
I'm leaving him.
I don't even really know
where I'm going,
but I can't wait any longer.
This has to be good enough.
I'm so happy to be
getting out of here.
Who knows,
maybe this is my little sign
that I'm going to find
my other birds of a feather
so that we can
all flock together.
I need to find my people.
I need to find my tribe.
♪
Seth, we need to talk.
Okay.
I'm leaving. You're leaving?
Like, you're leaving
the challenge
or you're leaving the camp?
I'm leaving you.
Why?
I'm over it.
The rudeness, name calling,
condescending behavior,
and I had more
than enough of that.
Okay.
And that's why I am willing to
leave all these resources
to go I don't know where
and risk dehydration
and everything else
to get away from you.
[ scoffs ] wow.
♪
Narrator: Next time on
"naked and afraid xl"...
Ooh. Oh [bleep]
if it's seth or death,
I'm not choosing seth.
Jon: This is extra brutal.
There's no water, no shade.
Sarah: I don't want to tap.
I'm worried it might be
heatstroke.
Mother africa is
so unpredictable.
Holy [bleep] there's a snake.
What the [bleep]?