Naked and Afraid XL (2015–…): Season 7, Episode 8 - A Feast of the Eyes - full transcript
oh, I think we got
the little thieving bastard.
Oh, I gotta tell the boys.
-Boys!
- yeah?
- get out here.
Bring the gator spear.
-What? We have a gator?
-I think the line--
-dude, I think the
line's caught, I'm not sure.
it might be the hyacinth,
but we gotta check.
the hyacinth
could've just pulled it.
We can't get our hopes up,
-but also, getting through
all that on a raft.
- yeah.
-We have a clear shot.
-It's pretty cold.
-I mean, I'm willing to swim.
- I'm willing to swim.
here we are,
we're discussing how
we're gonna do this, right?
And ej can't go across,
he has stitches in his balls.
So, we're like...
It's down to max and I.
I hope there's something
on there.
Good luck, boys. Be safe.
there's absolutely
nothing safe
about what we're
about to go do right now.
This water was actually
teeming with gators.
But if there's a gator
on that line,
that pushes us
to a vital point to make it
through this challenge.
go get it, boys.
Whoo! It's a pool of...
-Ej, watch our backs, man.
-I got yous, man. I got yous.
I'm looking.
Watching for hyacinth moving.
That would indicate a gator
kinda going towards the boys.
It's very important
in situations like this,
you do have a spotter.
All's quiet right now, boys.
Looking good.
-Whoa, whoa, boys.
- what?
-Gator 25 yards.
-Oh, *bleep*.
Get moving. He went under,
I can't see him no more.
Go, go, go!
Keep moving, keep moving.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
watch out
for water moccasins.
Yeah, it's definitely tight.
Let's get on
the same side here.
-Here's the line.
Get over on this side.
-Where's the line? Hold on.
All right, boys,
steady she goes.
oh, wait.
Scoot back. Scoot back.
Something's heavy on the line
though for sure.
-Oh, he's moving.
Something's moving.
- oh, there's bubbles.
- oh, dude.
- what've you got?
-Like a six footer, dude.
-Yeah.
- wait, now you get
the hyacinth.
-You go out to the right?
- get the hyacinth
off of him.
-Yeah.
I don't wanna break this line.
He's in the mud now.
- I see him. I see him.
-Okay, dude. We gotta hit him
on the head.
I know. Bring him out.
Bring him out.
I got him, I got him.
-Here, you want this, brother?
- yeah, yeah.
- wack him.
- bring him in.
- hey, watch out
for the lunge.
-Bring him in.
the gators
can't be underestimated
in their territory.
Sometimes when you go
to get him, they'll lunge.
And they lunge fast.
I don't want it to break.
I don't want it to break.
I'm getting its attention--
-keep going. Keep going.
-No, he's planted in the mud.
Give him a whack.
- yeah!
- another one.
Get him, max. Yeah!
*bleep* love you, brother.
-we're eating, boys.
- just what
we want, baby.
-Ej, comes through.
-Yeah.
-Ej!
-Get him, boys. Get him, boys.
The boys swam over,
pulled on the line,
what do you know?
Ltb. Little thieving bastard's
on the other end of it.
Oh, yeah. Pretty boy.
nice.
That thing is as big as you.
yeah.
max went over there
and gave a good whack
with the plasty.
Needed to do it twice.
That's how tough
this little bugger was.
Ah, ha-ha. Nice.
And now,
we got gator for lunch.
We're gonna be eating for days
off this sucker.
-Blessed brother. Thank you.
-Thank you.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
But you shouldn't have been
stealing my damn fish.
♪ gonna butcher up
a lot of meat ♪
♪ oh, ho, ho
that's real sweet ♪
-here's the broadhead.
-Thank you, sir.
You know, sometimes the hunt
is the glorious thing
when you get the kill,
but it's actually
kind of the easiest thing.
The real difficulty
comes in processing.
Protecting your meat,
meat management.
We're almost ready to start
cooking some stuff, gary.
-I got the head right here
with the organs in the mouth.
- cool.
-Let's start boiling first and
then we'll get to the smoking.
-Yeah.
I'm waiting
for this kill right here.
To get that pesky gator
off of my fish line
and into my belly.
That's a win today.
It's a win for me, a victory.
This is the first gator
I'll be having out here
and I'm really excited,
'cause the boys have been
having quite a menu of food.
And now I get to taste
a little bit of what
they've been eaten.
And, man, is it gonna be good.
That's all the meat
that will fit in that pot.
It's a chewy part. Don't know
if that's a bone or not.
Bite, bite, bite. Wait.
Is it firm?
Or you want a different part?
Here.
Mmm.
This is a huge move
to take us past 60 days.
Oh, man. Dudes. Dudes.
That's magnificent.
That is amazing.
Mmm, dude.
I can't tell you
how good that damn tastes.
I've been dying to taste that
since I got here.
-And now I have.
-Yeah.
That's amazing.
this is brought us
together as a team.
This is brought up morale,
and I just feel the protein
just hitting my veins.
I feel freaking
jacked up right now.
I feel like I could
probably run a marathon.
I'm very grateful
for our team.
-Dude, get in there.
-Let's go.
-Gator *bleep*.
-Gator boys.
-Let's go.
-Oh, yeah.
to the south,
jeff and steven are still
in search of high ground.
Later, camp.
Later, demon bear.
after two
brutal days on the bayou.
the raft is holding steady,
that's pretty much
saving grace here.
Ah, man,
my shoulder's on fire.
it's peak hot
part of the day right now.
dude, I'm cooking.
Cooking.
My shoulder's
killing me right now.
I'm beat, bro. *bleep* beat.
Wish the current
would work with us
for like two *bleep* seconds.
Yeah, I know. We've been going
against current all damn day.
Steven and I
are going to make 60 days.
Seeing our partnership,
seeing our positivity,
we now have what it takes
to make it to the end.
God!
I'd totally punch a baby
for a pizza. Right.
And the baby's
not even gonna remember it.
But I would remember
that pizza.
to the north,
team savage's
ambitious bridge project...
-All right.
-Yeah.
-Great job, guys.
-Whoo!
...Has opened up
a new world of resources.
look at the body,
moving, it's moving.
Nutrient number two.
-Yeah.
-Good job, rylie.
but the return of
a mysterious stomach issue...
- she's getting rid
of everything.
...Has rylie
on the ropes once again.
I will be damned
if I let something like this
take me out of this challenge.
-Whoo.
-You look like a queen
of the bayou on that.
-Holding your gator medallion.
-Queen of the bayou.
-All my peasants. Zero.
-Zero peasants.
I'm finally
feeling a little better.
Um, my stomach is almost 100%.
Um, and I'm feeling much,
much more energy.
So, feeling like I have
this strength returned to me
and some energy,
I can have some optimism
and feel better.
I don't wanna use the bait
if the fish aren't doing
too much.
They're jumping out there,
not over here.
We need to get it right
on the other side of here.
Sneak it like...
I saw
a couple of little mullet.
Like something swimming by.
Like bigger ones.
When you're out here
with nothing,
you really have to become
in tune with your environment
more than ever before.
We're team savage,
we have established
such a perfect working order
that is very subtle
to this environment,
that we literally communicate
without talking sometimes.
We're truly thriving
at this point.
We are living out here.
I feel like there's nothing
that's really gonna stop
and get in our way.
I've got this beautiful sunset
behind me to finish the day.
You know, just looking around
appreciating stillness.
feels like *bleep* stretch.
yeah, it does.
We've been doing all damn day.
I'm beat, bro.
I can't believe we have
to put a shelter together.
Tonight might just be
a fire wood, sit on the ground
type of night.
-Let's dock right here.
-Right here.
-Yeah, sun's going down.
-Yeah, dude.
We're running out of daylight.
Drag us up here.
tie this to that
and tie it to the tree.
All right, dude.
Do you smell smoke, man?
that smells like smoke.
Look, there's
a shelter up there.
Oh, that's a shelter, bro.
-I see people, baby.
-Yeah.
-Is anybody home?
no *bleep* way.
-Oh.
-Are there people here?
there's people here.
- what?
-Oh, man.
Jeff and steven, you know,
the loudest two survivalist
on any challenge.
- yeah.
-What!
There's more people.
We're just gonna
have to deal with that.
-What?
- jeff and steven!
-Oh, man.
- oh, my god!
Look at all these people.
I think,
why are my teammates
screaming at each other?
Because they're kind of
a soft spoke and bunch.
We don't really do
a lot of yelling.
oh!
Two wild cards walking up,
and it's just like,
what is going to happen now?
-Yeah.
- what's up?
-Holy!
- oh, my god!
Is anybody home?
-Oh, man.
-There's more people.
It's one of the most
beautiful things that
I've seen in a long time.
-What's happening?
-Hey!
-Look at this,
they've got a sidewalk.
-What?
Their voice
was one 100% detectable,
and immediately I knew
that jeff and steven
were coming into camp.
we've had a journey.
it's a little bit
like worrisome.
Like, what is their
social dynamic?
I mean, what are they bringing
to us into our little corner
of the swamp,
which is super peaceful
and super successful.
Tonight, our house
is your house.
-I feel terrible.
-We were like, man we
don't wanna go there.
-Firewood and stuff.
-You guys are naked family.
-You gotta come
spend the night.
-We could squeeze in.
-We'll squeeze in.
-We were gonna light
a tree on fire.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Let's get warm.
-House is your for tonight
for sure.
-Come on in.
-Thank you, guys.
I see
a couple of gator skulls,
I see a nutria pelt,
team savage,
and I think we're gonna
fit in very, very well here.
so we're all in here.
We're all very cozy.
And, uh, obviously,
we would never, ever tell
our guests to sleep outside.
So we're gonna be cuddling,
snug as a bug,
and that the adventures
have just begun.
I have so much respect
for all three of these people.
What a blessing.
It has been a long 48 hours.
Uh, we're exhausted.
They got an incredible place.
It just feels so good
to be here
-with our naked family, man.
-Glad you guys made it in.
big victory today.
This gator, man,
taste so good going down.
I've been needing
something else to eat
other than fish and snakes.
Something more substantial.
Today we got it.
Proud of the kill.
Proud to have you on my team.
Glad to be part of the team.
- for sure.
-We work so well together.
- oh, god, yeah.
-Like a machine.
ever since the boys
got here, we bonded.
And we've become very,
very successful.
And that means
long term survival 60 days.
I love it.
Just with the sun coming up.
Start your day off, right.
You know, it'll be a good day.
When I get a substantial meal
in my stomach, I feel like
a million bucks.
I can feel the protein
run through my veins.
I've got a surge of energy.
Like nine days
into these frickin stitches,
I feel renewed.
I feel amazing.
I'm not taking it for granted,
I'm still humble.
Don't know if I'll
finish this challenge,
but it looks promising
is what I'll say.
so I'm slicing up
the jerkies, I'm working
on some tail fat.
We need this guy
to get us at least to day 40.
If not day 45.
All right.
Smoke operation in effect.
So the weather has been warm
in the last couple of days,
so we're processing
as fast as possible
so it won't go bad.
raw or undercooked
alligator meat contains
numerous dangers,
including tongue worm.
A blood sucking parasite
that attacks the eyes, nose
and throat of humans,
causing intense
flu like symptoms.
I wanna get
the eyes and the brains,
because the brains are rich
in omega fatties,
and, uh,
the eyes have zinc in them.
And likely salt.
Don't waste anything.
Waste not, want no,
consume as little as possible.
Don't let anything
go to waste.
Oh!
-Oh, my god, dude.
-Dude.
Breakfast of champions.
-it's all right, man.
-Want some grilled gator?
-I'm good.
Oh, yeah.
Daddy' gonna eat good tonight.
hey, guys,
have you seen my contacts?
Oh, my god!
-Have you see my contacts, ej?
-No, gary.
You know you know that gator,
I'm starting to feel
a little bit like
I'm turning into one.
little too much gator
for me, maybe.
I should maybe
back off a little bit.
I'm starting to have eyes
for only gator.
Wink.
it was the first night
joining up with
jeff and steven.
It was a tight,
tight time in the shelter.
It's obvious that
it's a bit cramped in here.
If our place
was a little bigger, you know,
we could all fit.
But it's just, you know,
just not big enough, so...
Thank you for taking us
in last night.
And we are sorry,
we arrived so late.
Yeah.
But steven
and I were talking,
and depending on
what you guys see...
What do you think
about putting a shelter
right next door?
-Yeah
-feel free.
Cool.
Team savage, we have no egos.
We don't have these...
These, you know--
big chips
on our shoulder.
Our doors
are always open.
And we're wanting
to help others along the way.
But I'll tell you what,
looking back onto jeff's
last big challenge...
You know, with his 60 days
in the philippines
you know,
jeff was very, like,
arrogant and selfish
the way he treated,
not just rylie,
but the others
yes!
-It's like, that is
chicken skin.
-I know.
I'm gonna get fat!
- hell, yeah!
-yes!
people know me as
the "neighbors,
not roommates" guy.
-This challenge is...
but, to be fair, in the past,
I have done that
because there's always been
somebody that's just thought,
-"oh, I can get by
just tending the fire."
- or getting water.
You know, "I'll have other
people supporting me."
I know that I was
not someone that
sat around, loafing.
I don't need to confront jeff
for some comments
or mindsets that he's had.
And there were many.
we are not here
to go pig about.
Naked and afraid xl
is not a welfare program.
If people cannot
get their own food,
then you should not
be out here.
it's not something
that sits well with me.
Well, you know, I know--
nobody likes a fisherman
that fishes in
another fisherman's pond.
So, we know
those rules and stuff.
Uh, just make sure to tell us
if there's spots that you
don't want us to go,
of if you've got stuff,
'cause we're gonna mess up
your-- your gig or your vibe.
Team savage, we all fit.
We all make sense.
I love our dynamic
and I think, also,
that's why we're all
a little bit hesitant,
you know,
about merging
with any other people.
Because we have
such a great dynamic,
it's just like...
We don't wanna mess it up!
Yeah, we're--
we're clearly
two strong groups
that just came together.
And I think we should
probably, um,
join resources
and share big wins.
But, I mean, if one of us
catches a 13-inch fish
or something
keep it to that group.
Because then-- then--
then there's no point.
You know, 60 days.
It's still long ways out.
While you're out here,
your true colors shine.
There may be
a little cockiness,
and there may be
a lot of butting heads.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
how's that liver, gary?
-It's like a pate almost.
- yeah.
That's what I thought.
I would say
my spirit animal,
that I relate to most,
I used to say
it was a mountain lion.
Because I'm agile
and a bit of a loner.
But the true animal
spirit of mine...
It's creamy inside.
...Seems to be more
along the lines of the hyena.
I can't deny that.
Because I'm a scavenger.
there's gary right there.
What are you doing, gary?
oh, just, you know...
Cutting up
some tongue right now.
oh, god.
Don't look at that, kids.
Uh, I have a concern for gary
in terms of...
You study
these strange things,
sometimes strange things
can happen.
so, I'm gonna cook
these eyeballs up, guys.
-And the brains. Yeah.
- oh, yeah?
you never know
what this animal may have had.
Parasites... Could have had
some kind of a disease.
When you start pushing
the envelope like that,
you can get yourself
in trouble.
-Oh, man!
-*bleep*
I'm a...
A cautious eater
out in the wild.
I do eat just about anything.
This is a gator testicle.
-You want this
to replace yours?
-No, mine are fine.
But there's just some things
I'm just not gonna
cross the table.
-*bleep*
gary is straight up--
we know who we're
working with.
it's like watching
a car accident.
You know, you can see
it's about to happen
but you can't look away.
Delicioso.
hey, bud,
just in time.
-What's up?
-Wanna help me l--
-wanna help me lash?
-Yep.
Steven and I,
we're gonna build
our own shelter.
We brought a pop-up
tent shelter with us
by cannibalizing
our last location.
So we have
all the materials we need
to put up a quick shelter.
We're doing that
because they really have
a shelter kinda built
for three people right now.
-We literally have
a house kit, right here.
-We do.
I mean, we would have been
chopping the forest
for two days
-just to get all these logs
and all these palms...
-Oh, absolutely.
-...And all these crossbeams.
-Yup.
to cut down
all those big timbers,
use thousands
and thousands of calories.
To be able
to just pick it up...
Those are things you gotta
take advantage of
when you're in a survival
situation like this.
-If this isn't multipurposing,
I don't know what is, dude.
we really, really turned
a shelter into a raft.
And then the raft
into a shelter.
And dude, it feels good.
-Yo, team savage!
- hm?
When you guys have a minute,
we could use your help
to throw the roof
on this baby.
yeah, yeah.
-All right, so this first.
Ready?
- perfect.
-Assembly line, baby.
- assembly lining it!
All right?
we got
our palm fronds up.
We were able to build
a firewall to refract
the heat back on to us.
And we literally had a home,
from raft to house
in, like, two hours.
Good work, guys.
-It's awesome.
- yeah, thank you,
guys, for your help.
Shoot. Lickety-split.
We wanted to say thank you
-with half of
our fish hooks...
-What?
so, there's six.
-So, there's two
for each of you guys.
- thanks so much, guys.
- if you need
a line or anything,
just know we have
plenty of line.
-Okay.
- aw...
-So come and get
as much as you want.
- that's amazing.
I think jeff is probably
having to eat some crow.
Because it does seem
as though jeff might have
changed his tune.
Jeff, do you have
any interest in anything?
That you'd be willing
to trade for a hook?
Yeah, we, um... Definitely
are trying to hold on
to every hook we have
'cause they're limited.
so... Sorry.
We are gonna go.
-Thanks, man. Yeah.
-Appreciate it.
it seems like
"teamwork is the dream work"
is the mood now.
And you know what I say? Good.
That's what it should be.
-That's like the five-minute
shelter build-off right there.
- dude, right?
-From raft to home in...
We might sell it on amazon.
-Wow, dude.
Yeah, we might just
ship it out in crates.
Hi, I'm about to set up
my third nutria snare.
I know where
these nutria are roaming.
I mean, there are pathways,
by the hundreds.
So, this is nutria
game path highway.
Inevitable that nutria
are traveling this thing,
every single day.
It's been two days
since I spring snared
the second nutria.
I've been lucky
with only setting
two snares.
So, maybe
I'll get lucky again.
There might be
a third nutria tomorrow.
You just never know
what the day
will bring, out here,
in the atchafalaya basin.
Perfect.
We have a shelter,
we know we're gonna have
a roof over our heads.
So, this afternoon,
I'm setting fishing hooks
while steven's setting up
the alligator hooks.
that's pretty great.
Boom.
I have
two different lines,
separated by about 75 yards.
Each fishing line
has two hooks on it.
Uh... We're set, baby.
That's a great,
great placement.
Great placement.
it's the evening of night 36.
Wow.
That sounds like
a lot of days.
And today was a busy day.
Today was our first full day,
uh, with team savage.
And, uh, I mean, we're a team.
We're a team,
although we're staying
in two separate shelters.
And we're getting along great,
which is fantastic.
I was reflecting
how I performed
well last night.
- it did. It did.
-Stayed really warm.
steven and I have spent
really the last week
building a raft,
travelling for two days,
spending a night
at creepy camp.
We haven't had time
to focus on food
because we've been travelling
so many miles.
Yeah. Fishing today.
I'm gonna go
and collect, buddy.
This morning, my first task
is to check my fishing lines.
And I'm confident that
I could have something.
Today, I am up
bright and early.
I am determined
to have a bountiful day,
and I'm going to fish
for my family today.
Ready a fishing pole,
brand-new hook.
We're gonna give it a whirl.
oh! Fish on, baby!
Oh! Look at that gar.
- look at that gar.
- it's a gar, baby.
-Look at that.
- yeah!
- I couldn't hear you.
What?
-What? I couldn't hear you.
-Yes!
- did you say--
this is what we live for!
- did you say
you got a fish?
jeez, I could barely
even notice he got one.
yeah!
Look at the teeth on that one.
oh, yeah.
I think
that's his new phrase.
"this is what we live for."
-that's the new hashtag.
- I guess.
Jeff could be catching a guppy
or a huge 500-pound fish,
his scream and his reaction
is the same.
today is a good day.
*bleep*
I like to be out here
to have fun.
Everybody knows me.
I like to yell and scream
and celebrate my successes.
look at that baby.
-That's a meal right there.
- hell yeah, it is.
hell yeah, dude.
-Awesome, brother.
-Thank you, man.
- that was good.
-Thank you.
get the fire ready.
- I feel like
I'm a sick man now.
-I know.
I'm gonna have to...
- huh?
-I'm gonna have to puke.
- really?
- yeah.
Bad.
I just got indigestion.
are you sure?
I said it before.
An injury or an illness
could take out any of us.
- you okay, brother?
okay, boys, gotta slow down
all this gator eating.
Especially when you haven't
eaten that much
for a long time.
'cause I went off tonight
and I ate way too much.
I think I need to take
my own advice.
Consume as little as possible.
-Holy *bleep*.
looks like we have
a puddle to fish in.
I know.
It's the first time
we've seen it
completely choked up.
yeah.
This is pretty bad.
we're up early,
getting things accomplished.
Ryan's out
cleaning some spots
for a fishing ground.
This hyacinth has moved in
with the wind.
So, right now, we've got
to clear a little area
so we can fish a little easier
off the bridge.
It's day 38.
Uh, woke up this morning
to a river full of lilies.
You can see that.
Check that out.
One thing I got to do
with all these lilies
in the water.
They kind of dragged
my gator bait around.
So, I'm gonna
have to replace my lines.
So that's part of the routine
out here in the bayou.
Down at that far one,
is there any room to cast
or is it all lilies
there too?
um, there might be
some, like, couple spots.
I mean, it's pretty saturated
right now.
- you got a fish on?
- maybe.
go, go, go, go, guys.
- see the barb wire?
- no, I don't.
it might be
under water, I bet you.
Pull on that slack.
-Oh, yep. He's on there.
He's on there.
- take it.
he's on there.
Get him.
Get his butt.
- still going?
-Just pull. Pull under that
slack with the left hand.
Et him, buddy.
Get him.
- getting him.
- he's hooked.
- pull it,
pull it, pull it.
- get him to shore.
oh, *bleep* yeah.
I'm so glad
I left that thing in.
Those hooks that were
given to us
by jeff and steven
paid its dividends immensely.
-Nice.
- oh, yeah, guys.
-Nice work.
-Yes!
teamwork, guys.
Teamwork.
Ooh. Got something on here.
Yes! Yes!
Just finished cleaning
this monstrous bowfin.
yes!
-And--
- yes!
and there goes
all the other animals
in the area.
oh, my gosh!
look at this thing.
Is he all right?
- oh, this is sweet!
-Is someone attacking him?
-quick, send help.
If that fish isn't five times
bigger than ours,
it's ridiculous.
This is freaking awesome.
A nice catfish
breakfast, baby.
breakfast.
It's like a four inch...
Four incher.
I've been fishing
my entire life,
and I have 33 years nearly
of, um, expertise in fishing.
And, uh...
And I understand these fish.
Hey. Morning.
I got catfish breakfast.
- nice.
- yeah.
- yeah.
- yeah.
So nice.
For more in protein
whoa, is that thunder?
- sounded like it.
- I hope
it doesn't rain.
we got rain coming in.
Figure out what we need to do.
We may need to button down
for a little bit.
Poor gary, man.
He's having
something going on.
Could have indigestion.
His nose is snotty.
Doesn't look real good.
my joints were
killing me last night.
feeling a little drained,
dizzy, headaches, joint pain.
Feels like the beginning
of getting sick.
Hey.
how you feeling?
Oh, I'm feeling
a little bit like...
mildly dizzy,
joint pain, mild headache.
-Really?
- yeah.
I think that
could be dehydration.
All the symptoms are there.
Headache, dizziness...
joint pain.
Yeah.
I think I'm dehydrated.
I know gary.
He's a tough cookie.
You know, this isn't
the first time he's been...
He's been roughed up
on a challenge.
Alligator fat. Delicioso.
I'm feeling nauseous.
how you feeling?
oh, god.
you know, I think
he's gonna pull himself out.
You know, we've been together
the whole time.
It's just we have
a brotherly bond
between him and I,
and, um, I'm in good spirit
he'll be just fine.
-Here.
- thanks.
- get outta here.
- you'll be all right.
- yeah, I know. Yeah.
balance.
See yours. Got it.
weather is definitely...
Definitely changing right now.
yeah,
it's getting colder.
We're concerned
about this weather,
so we are going to make
a little shingling ridge line
so that we get a little
extra protection from rain
if it does come.
And if not, it can't hurt.
Okay. Those are good ones.
That's not too bad.
I don't know
what our neighbors
are gonna do
because they don't have
a roof at all.
Our neighbors are gonna
get wet, and they know...
They should know better.
I wonder what they're thinking
aha! Another gar, baby.
Nice.
you want to tie them
to the same side?
-You hear that?
-I do.
Thinking there's no way
I can have another fish.
I mean, this luck's
gonna run out eventually.
Stephen and I,
we are going to eat well.
-Yo, stephen?
-Yeah. Yo.
You want some lunch?
- I heard you
over there.
the bayou boys!
The amount of energy
they spend screaming
for each little fish,
they could have
built that shelter.
It... It made that shelter
a lot better.
I wouldn't want
to eat my fish
in the pouring rain, but...
- thunder.
- the bayou boys
are not looking good.
I think I'm gonna start
breaking up a lot
of this wood I drug on over.
Okay.
it's, uh,
about midday.
Skies are pretty gray.
Winds popping off pretty good.
So we're gonna get
some firewood, tie 'em in.
We don't have very many days
left in the challenge.
We have 21, 22 days left.
That's just another
naked and afraid.
So there's really no point
in expelling a ton of calories
and energy
in making another
huge shelter.
So we're gonna go ahead
and gather firewood
and kind of closed the day up.
Should be much better.
a little worrisome
because it's been
so cold at night.
But, uh, we're gonna collect
just a ridiculous amount
of firewood,
and we're gonna bonfire
the garbage out of it.
-S'up, buddy?
- s'up, man?
oh, you're stealing
our trees.
- you what?
- stealing our trees.
taking your...
Taking your stuff, man,
we've been getting
most our dead wood
from farther away,
knowing that possibly
you'd have to be here
for, like... At the end,
we're like,
"well, we'll have some left."
-we've been conserving them.
- there's a bunch
of them around here.
You gotta say it.
Starting to get to me
a legendary challenge
like this, you have to assume
it's going to rain.
It's gonna rain hard and long.
Our next door neighbors here
didn't do anything
to their shelter today,
which I was amazed.
They didn't put
one palm on, nothing.
And here,
on a challenge like this,
38 days in,
that's a rookie mistake
gonna put that fish
a little close to the fire
so it doesn't get all moisty.
It might rain
all night tonight,
and they didn't even attempt
to make their shelter,
you know, a proper waterproof
winter shelter.
Put this cover over it.
Put the cover on.
oh, boy.
Didn't want to caught out
here in this.
And we are back
to the shelter.
Phew. Ooh, that's a cold wind.
yeah, that's not good.
Getting a couple of drips
on my leg here.
-Really?
-Uh, I'm getting
something here.
-On my head.
-Nothing too crazy though.
I'll take a couple of drips.
I might put
the door on now
because this is a little bit
more intense.
Yeah. There it comes.
This is why I loved about it,
'cause, okay,
it rains really bad,
we get a few drips,
but you're not hypothermic.
Oh, yeah, we're good.
This is... This nice.
- I hate rain, man.
- I know.
I hate it.
It gives me...
I get more anxiety from rain
than I ever did.
Any lions or tiger sharks
-or demon bear.
- absolutely.
- or anything, dude.
- absolutely.
There's uh...
There's nothing worse
on the naked and afraid
challenge.
steven and I,
we got this baby.
And it feels so good.
and it seems like
the rain might be
finally letting up.
yeah, dude.
how you feeling?
like *bleep*.
But, like, not terrible
but like *bleep*.
right. Do what
you've been doing.
Regulate your body. Rest.
We have plenty of firewood.
yeah.
gary was not
feeling well.
A little lethargic today.
We think he's dehydrated.
A little dizzy.
Here to pick up
the slack for him,
and that's okay.
And when max came in here
and past week
he's been towing
most of the weight
and, uh, you know,
we're all gonna have
our down moments.
So we let gary to rest,
and get well.
We'll get him through.
You know, that's what you do
when you're on a team.
Me and max will pick it up.
mmm-hmm.
it's day 39.
I'm going on a hunt.
There's a fog.
It's gonna help
cover my scent.
Cover my visibility
as I sneak through it.
I'm gonna tip-toe my way
across the bridge,
and it's some
new hunting grounds.
See what I can find.
See what... See what
slips up through the day.
So it's a tough place to hunt.
And you know what?
That only makes it
more satisfying
when it happens.
Waking up to
super mysterious fog
in the swamp this morning.
And it's a little chilly.
I'm a little tired.
Jeff's out checking
his lines right now,
and I'm gonna check mine
here in a minute.
There is no real game trails.
It's one of the toughest
places I've seen
to hunt primitively.
Fish on!
Yes!
-Steven.
-What's up?
Did you just say
you got a fish, too?
I got a fish,
too, buddy.
Oh, my gosh!
*bleep*
son of a bitch.
Did you just say
you got a fish, too?
I got a fish,
too, buddy.
Oh, my gosh!
*bleep*
son of a bitch.
-Hey, bayou brother.
-Yeah, man?
-Check it out.
-no way!
-It's awesome, dude.
-It's awesome.
-Oh, my gosh.
What a blessing, man.
I haven't seen jeff
hunt one animal
on any of his challenges,
and because of that
he doesn't understand,
when he yells
after every little fish,
that's scaring everything
further and further away.
The further I have to
travel to hunt,
the harder it is
to find those animals,
more calories
I have to expend.
Dude, good work, man.
We each got a catfish.
I know, dude!
it's no longer
the quiet, peaceful bayou
that we remember.
Now we hear the bit
of a frat party happening
next door.
-oh, my god.
How you doing, gary?
You got it, man.
Whatever you need.
We'll pick it up, dude.
You did so much for me
when you guys first got here,
you and max both.
so, gary's
still not feeling well.
Still fighting something.
We're not sure what it is.
I'm genuinely
concerned for him.
I don't know what he has,
and he's pretty
to himself about it,
so I'm just gonna keep
checking on him,
give him what he needs
to get through it,
and hopefully with a couple
days' rest and hydration,
he'll pull through.
aw, man,
I feel like *bleep*.
Headaches, dizziness,
joint pain.
I don't know
what the hell I got,
but I got something.
But I have great team members.
You know? They've been
checking on me.
They're being
supportive of me.
So...
It's all a man could ask for
when you're in this situation.
opportunity walkabout.
So, we're just gonna go
check the gator lines,
kind of walk the beat,
move around, kind of see
what we can find.
You know, we got
this big gator kill,
but that's not enough
to make it 60.
There was literally four
or five gators on this pond
all the time.
-Really?
-And nothing.
And then nothing.
So, you know, we got to
start putting our foot
back on the gas pedal.
A lot of trees fell down.
Yeah, seriously, there's
a ton of trees down.
-Holy crap!
-Whoa, look at this thing.
What the hell?
Wow.
Look what the tide brought in.
Seriously.
That's a cypress.
That looks like
a cypress for sure.
Holy crap. Look at
the size of this thing.
This thing's massive.
Well, we'd rather not
swim across.
Yeah.
Could make this...
This is a big enough
chunk of wood.
We could...
Maybe make a dugout, man.
Burn it out
like the indians did.
Dude.
dating back
over a thousand years,
the chitimacha tribe
traveled and fished
throughout
the atchafalaya basin
on handcrafted dugout canoes.
Using primitive tools to shape
and smooth large logs,
they then used slow,
controlled fires
over several days
to hollow out the hull.
Might be able to get
two people in that,
but definitely one.
When I was in
the florida ranger camp,
we had cypress
all over the place,
and it's a pretty buoyant
piece of wood.
this could be
a potential big loss
in regards to us
burning a lot of calories,
but at the same time,
we're set up right now.
We got that big gator kill.
We got a couple weeks'
worth of food,
and I think we can reap
some massive rewards
if we can get this
done properly.
What do you think about
we push it that way first,
we shape the hole proper,
and then we'll throw it
back into its position.
Then we'll start
burning it out.
Uh-huh.
Taking on this canoe project,
we'll be able to set gator
lines wherever we want.
We'll be able to move
in and out of all
these canals.
We'll be able to fish
off of it
and to create
more opportunities
when it comes to resources
and food for our team.
Nice.
first thing
we need to do,
we're gonna go ahead
and shave this thing
clean of bark.
It's got to be clean.
and then we're
gonna start shaping it.
Got to shape the bow.
Got to make the bottom flat.
One, two, three.
then we got to get
to the top side.
It's a magnificent tree,
and we're gonna make it
even more magnificent
'cause we're making
a dugout canoe.
*bleep*
max stirs that young ej in me,
that really competitive ej,
but, you know,
I'm coming off an injury.
I got to take care of it,
but this is really
helping me out.
It's making me feel young.
My balls are stitched,
you said?
Really? I didn't know that.
Young guy here is telling me
to take it easy.
I'm just trying to keep up
with him, that's all.
ej, he's
the oldest guy here.
He could be my dad.
You know, I look up to him.
He's showing me the ropes,
handing me the torch.
And to start a project so epic
with one of the most legendary
guys on this challenge
is freaking awesome.
All right, man,
third morning in a row
that's a catfish breakfast.
Hell yeah, dude.
Little morning protein.
oh, yeah. Bear noises.
dude, this is great, man.
I mean, we...
We've only been here,
what, three full days...
two full days.
- ...And we
are slaughtering it.
-Breakfast, dinner.
-We've eaten--
-four or five fish already.
-We've eaten every meal...
-Yep.
-...For three straight days.
-Yeah.
I mean, it's...
I feel like we're spending
a third of our time eating.
I think our
neighbors got something,
because they were
screaming all morning.
Did you see what they got?
I mean, I heard them, but...
Just two catfish
on a passive line.
Every time he does it,
it's like,
there goes every animal
on the property.
you know, all these
big game animals are running.
I walked all the way
to the farthest end
of this island today,
and every track was headed
away from us.
It's essentially
hindering survival.
We're doing everything
the same,
and we're just getting zeros
across the board.
When we sit down and think
"what is-- what is different,"
we believe it's the fact
that our neighbors
are so incredibly loud.
I just think we match up
so well side by side
for team savage.
-Oh, yeah.
-We're all hard workers.
And we have the same agenda,
and we have the same,
you know...
-We do.
-...Work ethic.
-We're all self-motivated...
-Yeah.
-...And we all have
the same goal.
-Yeah.
We don't just want
to make it to the end.
No, we want to kill it.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
-Yeah, want to kill it.
-Mm-hmm.
I think it's great here,
and I think,
like, it's not a--
it's not an us
versus you thing,
but it's like we both
have our routines,
and it works.
Both teams are benefitting
from the current situation.
Yes.
Our perfect, you know,
patch of bayou...
yeah.
...Has been essentially hit
with a scream queen duo.
and I hate to say it.
I love the guys.
You know, I, you know...
But you got to work
in harmony.
They have
a different mentality
of what they're doing here.
Yeah.
feeling better
than you did?
no.
My headache's stronger.
I've been getting chills
out there.
-You're getting chills?
-Yeah.
I think, like...
Something's got to give
in the next couple of days.
due to gary's
persistent symptoms,
a producer arrives
to assess the situation.
Hi.
Gary, I'm having a medic
come check you out to help.
Oh, no, you don't
got to do that.
-Let me--
-she would like to.
Let me muscle it out.
You've all been tested
for covid,
so we know it's not that.
But I'm gonna err
on the side of caution.
I'm gonna have the medic
come take a look at you.
- I guess.
-Yeah, we're gonna do that.
gary's not feeling it,
and I just sort of saw him
on, like, the trajectory
of kind of falling off
a little bit,
which is, you know,
a little disheartening
because he's been a rock star
this whole time,
-and right now he's in
a hard position.
he is bedridden,
and he's getting
progressively worse.
-Gary.
-Hi, anna.
What's going on, my darling?
Ah, I just got a little spell
of the chills real quick.
-Okay.
so, you know,
it kind of, like,
comes and goes here and there.
Oh, yeah.
Well, let's check
for fever first.
I'm praying for gary.
I want him to stay
in the challenge.
Me and max, you know,
we want him to be here
with us
and finish this thing.
And I just hope
he gets better.
I'm concerned
'cause it seems
like it goes away
and then it comes back worse.
Gary and your select
dang meats, man.
You love your select meats.
I mean, you ate those lungs,
and you ate the eyeballs,
and you ate a liver, right?
And I don't know if you
cooked the liver all the way.
those lungs
and that tongue.
Yeah.
But, you know, I took
raw alligator eyeballs
and I was putting 'em
in my eyes,
and so I was
touching my actual eye--
with
the alligator eyes?
with
the alligator eyeballs.
Well, that's probably
not a good idea.
gary had made a joke
the other day
using the alligator eyeballs
and put 'em on his eyes.
He may regret it now
because the eyeball
is the one open membrane
and anything gets in there,
you can get a staph infection,
you can get sick,
and you can lose
your eyesight.
Your vitals are normal...
yeah.
...Which I'm
very happy to see.
so, what do you
think is wrong?
I think you have
food poisoning.
-Oh, yeah? A little food--
-or some sort of a viral
or some sort of parasite...
-Yeah.
-...From food.
Really?
'cause it's been
going on since...
Since the gator.
...The first day
of the gator eating.
That's...
So many possibilities
at the moment
of what gary
might be going through.
Could be parasitic,
could be viral,
could be just about anything.
It's something that his body
needs to just battle.
At the moment,
his vital signs are stable,
if any of those change,
that would change
my treatment plan.
So at the moment it's just
continuous close watch
and hope gary
feels a little bit better.
I'm not sure
what's going on with me.
I don't know if I got
a parasite from food
or
if I just have the flu.
This thing
comes and goes in waves.
And I'm in a fight.
I'm in a definite fight
for survival.
-morning.
-Morning, buddy.
-Happy 40.
-Happy 40, man!
on a normal 40-day xl,
man, we'd be on the downslope,
but I feel like I'm actually
getting stronger out here.
And you know what?
That's awesome.
That's not surviving.
thriving?
That's living!
That's what we're doing.
Soup is hot.
Try the skin.
Being day 40,
you know, we're going
into uncharted territory.
We got freaking
20 days to go.
Two thirds of the way
through the challenge
and I still have juice left.
And, you know,
I want to see how far
these legs can take me.
I want to see how far this...
How far this body can go.
but, you know,
I'm concerned about gary.
I think he's lost
at least five to ten pounds
in the last three days.
How you doing, gary?
You got a couple chunks
in there that are wonderful.
Here.
You know,
he could have a bug.
Could be the flu.
Could be anything.
We're sharing water
from the same pot,
we've been eating
out of the same pot,
we sleep in the same quarters,
but I'm not feeling sick.
Max hasn't.
So that leads me
to start thinking
I sure hope gary's eating ways
are not catching up to him.
I feel like that lion
that I saw on a nature show.
It got bit by a cobra.
It had to wander
listlessly in pain
waiting for that cobra bite
to kill it or wear off.
It finally wore off,
and that lion lived.
This reminds me of that lion.
if I make it through this,
the challenge will be
a little harder for me,
I think,
because...
I'll be a little more beat up.
little more scared,
a little more apprehensive.
The smallest little thing
can take you down.
I'm not tapping out.
morning day 40.
Ah, this is a huge landmark,
being the end of a normal
40-day challenge,
which everyone here has
completed except for myself
until today.
So I can join the ranks
of the 40-day survivalists,
which very few people
have done up to this point.
So we got 20 more to go,
and we still got
some big game to harvest.
Oh, heck, yeah,
put a little notch in her.
Yeah. Yeah.
This is for making
a real solid spear
with the neck knife
arrows that we got.
Yep.
Find something in a den.
That ought to keep it...
That ought to keep it
entertained.
I'm going
to spend my day
with the intention
of finding a nutria den.
This morning I noticed
walking, it's a--
there's no... No sign
within this large bubble
now around us.
-No.
-And it's a--
so now things have been pushed
further and further
outside that bubble.
-Yeah.
-So...
I'll have to go to them.
You know, ryan was able
to catch these nutria
just literally, like, less
than a hundred yards
from camp.
And these nutria
have been a huge source
of our protein.
As soon as jeff and steven
came in
and they start screaming
for these little fish
they're catching,
and ryan is having to go
further and further
into the brush
which puts him into danger,
and add
more calories expended.
I mean, I'm five foot 11,
it's about a six and a half
foot spear,
with that spear tip on,
it's about a seven foot spear.
With a deadly arrowhead,
broadhead, so.
Let's go get some nutria.
Man, we did get our firewood
yesterday.
We got a lot done yesterday.
Yeah.
Yeah, we've got to think
of a good team name.
-Yeah, the bayou boys, baby.
-The bayou boys.
Boom.
-That's right. We've got to
get a sign hanging today.
-Yeah.
We can hang it right there,
right in the entryway.
That'll be good. Yeah.
Day 40. For most people,
that is uncharted territory.
But not for me.
I'm the one person
out here
right now that has survived
the 60 day challenge before.
So I know what this
feels like.
This is familiar.
Steven and I have been
getting so much food.
We're eating well, and that
gives us time to do
some of these things.
Nice.
-Yeah?
-I love it, yeah.
I've been here for 40 days.
The entire xl.
My feet are hard,
my blood is think,
and I've been in the swamp
so many times,
I'm pretty sure
I'm growing scales.
But we're gonna tough it
through these last
20 days
and really show the world
what legends are made of.
You've got to spell "boys"
with a "z".
-Do I?
-You've got to.
Alright.
-Otherwise it sounds like
a children's book.
-Okay.
Oh my god, they're spelling
"boys" with a "z".
-The bayou boyz.
-Like it's some kind of
weird 90s gang.
Oh, my god.
To get out to this
hunting ground
where the nutria live,
it's just a treacherous
environment, that's why
we've never gone there
up to this point.
See that trail right there.
This trail...
This trail right here
is a freaking highway.
So obvious, I mean.
They're coming in and out
of this spot, super fresh.
Just got to find their dam.
Oh. It's by far
the nastiest *bleep*
I've ever done.
Everything is just
unpredictable out there.
You are just walking through
the wettest,
dangerous, water moccasin
territory that I've
had to explore yet.
Got him.
I got this nutria
trapped right now
under this tree.
He's all mine.
I got him! I got him
trapped and cornered.
No, no, no, no!
I got him! I got him
trapped and cornered.
No, no, no, no!
*bleep*
*bleep*
I had him cornered.
I had him
so hard cornered.
He came out from under
that tree like a beaver
and ran.
Well,
it's not a picasso,
but it'll do.
It's more than just a sign
of the bayou boys.
This is a sign,
literally a sign
of how well we're doing.
What do you think?
It looks good, dude.
And it's a constant reminder
that
we will be here on day 60.
Alright, baby.
I think we're officially
moved in.
-Nice.
-Yeah.
Should meet the homeowners
association regulations.
It exceeds them.
Bayou boys posted up shop.
And it feels good. Feels like
we're part of the neighborhood
now.
-Bayou boyz.
-Bayou boyz.
Love it.
What do you say, max.
-Ready for it?
-Let's go make a boat
that's worthy of
three vikings.
What are you guys doing?
We're gonna go
start burning.
-Alright.
-Yeah. Just so
we're dialed in.
-Wow.
-Yeah.
Day three of being
immobilized from illness.
And the guys are working on
building a canoe.
And I wish
I could be out there
helping them.
At least my pulaski
comes in handy.
So I'm contributing somehow,
you know.
Hey, I've got to tell myself
whatever I can
to make myself
feel better, right?
See what I've got
going on here?
I've been piling up the wood
here, we've got a fire going!
You know what fire means?
Lots of coals.
We're gonna have
lots of coals.
You see that dugout canoe
right there?
Max and I are gonna put
coals in there.
We're gonna burn out
a dugout canoe.
Look at this thing
smoking, bro.
In the dugout canoe,
max and I both lay down
the coals evenly,
burning down to be able
to make a place we're
gonna sit.
And then we covered it
with bark to keep the heat
in there.
Eventually as it burns down,
we're gonna put mud
on the side
to make sure it doesn't
burn through the canoe.
Yeah, baby!
This is what I live for.
This is what we have.
This is what we...
-This is it.
-We're gonna be
rolling in this thing.
Yeah.
One person there,
one person there.
Stuff in the middle.
Potentially three.
How you feeling?
-Better.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Good.
I went down and
-got some sunshine...
-Yeah.
-What's up, buddy?
-Just washed my hands, stuff
to make me feel better.
Hey, bud. Good to see you.
Yeah.
-You're looking like
you're more alive now.
-Right.
You guys are... You guys
are *bleep* putting in
the work, man.
-This is awesome.
-This is it, man.
It's a little terrifying
to watch your partner
lose a lot of muscle mass
and a lot of weight.
At least five to ten pounds
in the last three days.
I'll be worse
for the wear, but...
You know, it's gonna...
It's a bad stretch.
I'm gonna be a bit more
beat down.
Fourth quarter,
you just keep going.
For gary to continue
busting ass,
getting firewood,
swinging the pulaski,
he's gonna need to put
a couple pounds back on.
And just ride the ship.
I'm gonna go take
a little rest.
-Alright, buddy.
-I don't wanna overdo it.
-Yeah, good to see you.
-Good to see you.
-It's good to see him.
-Yeah, he's looking
great now.
So the bayou boys decided
to make themselves a sign.
Jeff hung this sign at like
six foot.
I'm almost six foot three.
I have to now duck
going under my...
Into my own driveway
into my shelter.
So as I'm getting firewood,
I come up with a little plan
to bump that sign
just to prove a point.
Okay.
-And then you want me to go
right in front of you?
-Yeah.
Perfect.
It's a big one.
All is...
Touch.
Is jeff in his shelter?
Good.
Premeditated. I love it.
-Out of work for a night,
probably, huh?
- yeah, that'll work.
- watch this.
No, heads up!
-*bleep*
boys, bring the gator spear!
he's all mine.
no, no, no, no!
the xls,
or xl success metric
calculates each team's
likely percentage
of completing the 60-day
challenge together.
-Let's dock right here.
-Good.
after
a two-day search
for higher ground...
Oh! Are there people here?
-There's people here!
-Oh, man.
...Jeff and steven set up camp
next door to team savage.
...Guests only.
We'll shelter you,
we'll feed you.
...And quickly capitalized
on their resources.
Oh! Fish on, baby!
Another gore, baby!
-Nice.
-Oh, my gosh!
I feel like we're spending
a third of our time, eating.
but their
exposed shelter
leaves them vulnerable.
It's a rookie mistake.
still,
their team xls
rises significantly,
from 28 per cent
to 48 per cent.
-got it?
- for team savage,
rylie's health is on the mend.
Feeling like I have
the strength return to me,
and some energy.
*bleep*, yeah!
and fishing hooks
from their neighbors,
created new ways
to secure food.
Those hooks paid
its dividends, immensely.
but jeff
and steven's presence...
yeah!
...Has hampered
their ability to hunt.
When he yells,
that's scaring everything!
their chance of
reaching day 60 together,
rises from 21 per cent
to 41 per cent.
Whoa, whoa, boys!
Gator, 25 yards!
-What?
-Get moving!
six days
after joining forces...
just give him a whack.
get him, boys!
...Ej, max, and gary
scored a pivotal team win.
we're gonna be eating
for days off this sucker.
Little too much gator
for me, maybe.
I should maybe back off
a little bit.
- but now,
a mysterious illness...
I feel like *bleep*.
...Has gary fighting
to regain his strength.
I sure hope
gary's eating ways
are not catching up to him.
as a result,
their chance of finishing
the challenge as a team,
drops from 61 to 32 per cent.
I'm gonna fight.
I'm gonna definitely
fight for survival.
I'm not tapping out.
- right there.
- watch this.
No. Heads up.
-*bleep*
-that's... Nauseous, you know?
-Ah, watch this!
It definitely...A little low.
I've been ducking.
-But it...
-Carrying firewood
is just hard.
It's definitely--
definitely a little tight
on the head room there.
Especially
while carrying wood,
so if you can move it,
that'd be great.
yeah, we'll find
a place to put it.
So, as I'm carrying
this wood through...
Bam! Hits his sign,
gets ripped out of my hands,
scratches my side,
and I thought,
"you know what? This is it.
Jeff, that sign's gotta go.
You don't take it out,
I'm gonna add it
to my firewood stash.
Um, everybody else
can walk under this sign,
without bumping their head.
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna move it
out of a matter of respect.
I don't need
any bruised foreheads,
that are my fault, out here.
damn piece of wood
scratched my side.
- you okay? Let me see.
- yeah,
just a flesh wound.
oh, yeah. Got ya.
matt is, and always
has been, a legend.
Um, but you know what?
I am the only one here
that's ever done
a 60-day challenge before.
And I'm out here now
because I wanna be the best.
Of anybody, in this challenge.
Um, I'm gonna go all in.
-you all right, bro?
-No.
No?
No.
oh, man.
gary's just
looking really rough.
And it's scary to see
gary at a point
where he doesn't
have much reserves.
-what?
-That's not good.
Why?
pneumonia.
we were just talking.
He looked great
freaking 20 minutes ago.
And it's just this
perpetual ebb and flow
of him feeling okay
and the next thing you know,
he's up in the jaws
of freaking...Almost death.
love you, man.
Love you too, brother.
what's going on, dude?
- I'm coughing,
I'm hot and...
- oh, no.
I got the chills and...
I'm coughing hard.
I can't... I can't...
I can't be like this
on this challenge,
man, it's not right.
-It's not right.
-I know.
- there.
Not one to do that.
And plus, it's getting
to the point, actually,
when now my health
is in danger.
Yeah.
oh, man.
it hurts. It hurts.
- that's still
good, right?
that's
what's so concerning.
His vitals are fine
but he's freaking wrecked.
it is a mystery
of what is wrong with gary.
gary's vitals have been
within normal limits
the entire time.
And we can tell he's in pain.
But otherwise,
we can't pinpoint anything
that would be wrong with him.
yeah.
I respect
the challenge too much,
and the people that do it.
I can't do it
laying on the ground
having a medic looking
over me, constantly.
And waste away.
It's not right.
I owe it to the challenge
to tap.
- okay.
All right then.
- let's get you--
let's get you warm.
I'm tapping
out of the challenge
because I'm a broken man.
My body is
completely broken down.
I have the chills.
I'm starting to cough a lot.
And I have a pounding headache
that feels like
someone has
slammed me in the face
with a two by four.
I love you guys.
I'm sorry I have to go.
I can't do it anymore.
I'm wasting away
in my shelter.
And losing all hope rapidly.
Atrophying.
I'm sorry, man.
I can't do it like this.
I have too much respect
for the challenge.
I love you, brother.
-You're a good fellow.
- I love you.
-I'm sorry
this happened to you.
-I love you, brother.
-And I respect your decision.
don't let anyone
tell you different.
-I'm not.
-I'll punch them in the face.
-love you.
-Go get well.
-Okay.
I'll see you guys later, okay?
-Yeah.
-You're a class act, gary.
Class act!
Cried in a while.
Cried twice today.
it's okay.
Real men shed tears
for those they love.
Those they care about.
I got you man.
-You and me to the end.
-Yeah, bro.
You and me to the end.
I would've definitely been
able to make it 60 days,
if I didn't get sick.
I was on a hot one.
I was on a good path.
Everything was
going beautiful.
everything was
going beautiful.
It doesn't feel good having
to tap out because
of this, but...
I'm not gonna sit there
and lay there, while a medic
takes care of me constantly
and my team-mates
feed me constantly.
But I absolutely think
I'm worthy
of calling myself a legend.
I've pounded many
beats in this world.
The fact that I was here,
was because that
I was a legend.
pretty, pretty
distraught man.
Taking me a little bit to,
you know, kind of figure
what just freakin' happened.
I need some space
to kind of mull this over.
It's a tough day, you know?
It's...
It's gonna be tough sledding
without my road dog.
It's been an incredible
journey to be with gary.
We shared a lot of laughs.
We killed two gators together.
You know? So...
That's uh... That's a bond
that I'll remember
for the rest of my life.
You know I got ej,
ej is the man.
And, you know? I'm just stoked
I'm not by myself
and we got each other.
And um, you know...
So now I really gotta
make it to the end
just to represent
for gary and for amber.
To keep pushing.
To gary. To legend gary.
You were an incredible partner
and uh, I'll see you
on the other side, brother.
gary was taken
immediately
to a local hospital
for further tests
and treatment.
after two days
of receiving fluids
and anti-biotics,
he made a full recovery...
And returned home.
But the exact cause
of his illness
was never determined.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
the little thieving bastard.
Oh, I gotta tell the boys.
-Boys!
- yeah?
- get out here.
Bring the gator spear.
-What? We have a gator?
-I think the line--
-dude, I think the
line's caught, I'm not sure.
it might be the hyacinth,
but we gotta check.
the hyacinth
could've just pulled it.
We can't get our hopes up,
-but also, getting through
all that on a raft.
- yeah.
-We have a clear shot.
-It's pretty cold.
-I mean, I'm willing to swim.
- I'm willing to swim.
here we are,
we're discussing how
we're gonna do this, right?
And ej can't go across,
he has stitches in his balls.
So, we're like...
It's down to max and I.
I hope there's something
on there.
Good luck, boys. Be safe.
there's absolutely
nothing safe
about what we're
about to go do right now.
This water was actually
teeming with gators.
But if there's a gator
on that line,
that pushes us
to a vital point to make it
through this challenge.
go get it, boys.
Whoo! It's a pool of...
-Ej, watch our backs, man.
-I got yous, man. I got yous.
I'm looking.
Watching for hyacinth moving.
That would indicate a gator
kinda going towards the boys.
It's very important
in situations like this,
you do have a spotter.
All's quiet right now, boys.
Looking good.
-Whoa, whoa, boys.
- what?
-Gator 25 yards.
-Oh, *bleep*.
Get moving. He went under,
I can't see him no more.
Go, go, go!
Keep moving, keep moving.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
watch out
for water moccasins.
Yeah, it's definitely tight.
Let's get on
the same side here.
-Here's the line.
Get over on this side.
-Where's the line? Hold on.
All right, boys,
steady she goes.
oh, wait.
Scoot back. Scoot back.
Something's heavy on the line
though for sure.
-Oh, he's moving.
Something's moving.
- oh, there's bubbles.
- oh, dude.
- what've you got?
-Like a six footer, dude.
-Yeah.
- wait, now you get
the hyacinth.
-You go out to the right?
- get the hyacinth
off of him.
-Yeah.
I don't wanna break this line.
He's in the mud now.
- I see him. I see him.
-Okay, dude. We gotta hit him
on the head.
I know. Bring him out.
Bring him out.
I got him, I got him.
-Here, you want this, brother?
- yeah, yeah.
- wack him.
- bring him in.
- hey, watch out
for the lunge.
-Bring him in.
the gators
can't be underestimated
in their territory.
Sometimes when you go
to get him, they'll lunge.
And they lunge fast.
I don't want it to break.
I don't want it to break.
I'm getting its attention--
-keep going. Keep going.
-No, he's planted in the mud.
Give him a whack.
- yeah!
- another one.
Get him, max. Yeah!
*bleep* love you, brother.
-we're eating, boys.
- just what
we want, baby.
-Ej, comes through.
-Yeah.
-Ej!
-Get him, boys. Get him, boys.
The boys swam over,
pulled on the line,
what do you know?
Ltb. Little thieving bastard's
on the other end of it.
Oh, yeah. Pretty boy.
nice.
That thing is as big as you.
yeah.
max went over there
and gave a good whack
with the plasty.
Needed to do it twice.
That's how tough
this little bugger was.
Ah, ha-ha. Nice.
And now,
we got gator for lunch.
We're gonna be eating for days
off this sucker.
-Blessed brother. Thank you.
-Thank you.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
But you shouldn't have been
stealing my damn fish.
♪ gonna butcher up
a lot of meat ♪
♪ oh, ho, ho
that's real sweet ♪
-here's the broadhead.
-Thank you, sir.
You know, sometimes the hunt
is the glorious thing
when you get the kill,
but it's actually
kind of the easiest thing.
The real difficulty
comes in processing.
Protecting your meat,
meat management.
We're almost ready to start
cooking some stuff, gary.
-I got the head right here
with the organs in the mouth.
- cool.
-Let's start boiling first and
then we'll get to the smoking.
-Yeah.
I'm waiting
for this kill right here.
To get that pesky gator
off of my fish line
and into my belly.
That's a win today.
It's a win for me, a victory.
This is the first gator
I'll be having out here
and I'm really excited,
'cause the boys have been
having quite a menu of food.
And now I get to taste
a little bit of what
they've been eaten.
And, man, is it gonna be good.
That's all the meat
that will fit in that pot.
It's a chewy part. Don't know
if that's a bone or not.
Bite, bite, bite. Wait.
Is it firm?
Or you want a different part?
Here.
Mmm.
This is a huge move
to take us past 60 days.
Oh, man. Dudes. Dudes.
That's magnificent.
That is amazing.
Mmm, dude.
I can't tell you
how good that damn tastes.
I've been dying to taste that
since I got here.
-And now I have.
-Yeah.
That's amazing.
this is brought us
together as a team.
This is brought up morale,
and I just feel the protein
just hitting my veins.
I feel freaking
jacked up right now.
I feel like I could
probably run a marathon.
I'm very grateful
for our team.
-Dude, get in there.
-Let's go.
-Gator *bleep*.
-Gator boys.
-Let's go.
-Oh, yeah.
to the south,
jeff and steven are still
in search of high ground.
Later, camp.
Later, demon bear.
after two
brutal days on the bayou.
the raft is holding steady,
that's pretty much
saving grace here.
Ah, man,
my shoulder's on fire.
it's peak hot
part of the day right now.
dude, I'm cooking.
Cooking.
My shoulder's
killing me right now.
I'm beat, bro. *bleep* beat.
Wish the current
would work with us
for like two *bleep* seconds.
Yeah, I know. We've been going
against current all damn day.
Steven and I
are going to make 60 days.
Seeing our partnership,
seeing our positivity,
we now have what it takes
to make it to the end.
God!
I'd totally punch a baby
for a pizza. Right.
And the baby's
not even gonna remember it.
But I would remember
that pizza.
to the north,
team savage's
ambitious bridge project...
-All right.
-Yeah.
-Great job, guys.
-Whoo!
...Has opened up
a new world of resources.
look at the body,
moving, it's moving.
Nutrient number two.
-Yeah.
-Good job, rylie.
but the return of
a mysterious stomach issue...
- she's getting rid
of everything.
...Has rylie
on the ropes once again.
I will be damned
if I let something like this
take me out of this challenge.
-Whoo.
-You look like a queen
of the bayou on that.
-Holding your gator medallion.
-Queen of the bayou.
-All my peasants. Zero.
-Zero peasants.
I'm finally
feeling a little better.
Um, my stomach is almost 100%.
Um, and I'm feeling much,
much more energy.
So, feeling like I have
this strength returned to me
and some energy,
I can have some optimism
and feel better.
I don't wanna use the bait
if the fish aren't doing
too much.
They're jumping out there,
not over here.
We need to get it right
on the other side of here.
Sneak it like...
I saw
a couple of little mullet.
Like something swimming by.
Like bigger ones.
When you're out here
with nothing,
you really have to become
in tune with your environment
more than ever before.
We're team savage,
we have established
such a perfect working order
that is very subtle
to this environment,
that we literally communicate
without talking sometimes.
We're truly thriving
at this point.
We are living out here.
I feel like there's nothing
that's really gonna stop
and get in our way.
I've got this beautiful sunset
behind me to finish the day.
You know, just looking around
appreciating stillness.
feels like *bleep* stretch.
yeah, it does.
We've been doing all damn day.
I'm beat, bro.
I can't believe we have
to put a shelter together.
Tonight might just be
a fire wood, sit on the ground
type of night.
-Let's dock right here.
-Right here.
-Yeah, sun's going down.
-Yeah, dude.
We're running out of daylight.
Drag us up here.
tie this to that
and tie it to the tree.
All right, dude.
Do you smell smoke, man?
that smells like smoke.
Look, there's
a shelter up there.
Oh, that's a shelter, bro.
-I see people, baby.
-Yeah.
-Is anybody home?
no *bleep* way.
-Oh.
-Are there people here?
there's people here.
- what?
-Oh, man.
Jeff and steven, you know,
the loudest two survivalist
on any challenge.
- yeah.
-What!
There's more people.
We're just gonna
have to deal with that.
-What?
- jeff and steven!
-Oh, man.
- oh, my god!
Look at all these people.
I think,
why are my teammates
screaming at each other?
Because they're kind of
a soft spoke and bunch.
We don't really do
a lot of yelling.
oh!
Two wild cards walking up,
and it's just like,
what is going to happen now?
-Yeah.
- what's up?
-Holy!
- oh, my god!
Is anybody home?
-Oh, man.
-There's more people.
It's one of the most
beautiful things that
I've seen in a long time.
-What's happening?
-Hey!
-Look at this,
they've got a sidewalk.
-What?
Their voice
was one 100% detectable,
and immediately I knew
that jeff and steven
were coming into camp.
we've had a journey.
it's a little bit
like worrisome.
Like, what is their
social dynamic?
I mean, what are they bringing
to us into our little corner
of the swamp,
which is super peaceful
and super successful.
Tonight, our house
is your house.
-I feel terrible.
-We were like, man we
don't wanna go there.
-Firewood and stuff.
-You guys are naked family.
-You gotta come
spend the night.
-We could squeeze in.
-We'll squeeze in.
-We were gonna light
a tree on fire.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Let's get warm.
-House is your for tonight
for sure.
-Come on in.
-Thank you, guys.
I see
a couple of gator skulls,
I see a nutria pelt,
team savage,
and I think we're gonna
fit in very, very well here.
so we're all in here.
We're all very cozy.
And, uh, obviously,
we would never, ever tell
our guests to sleep outside.
So we're gonna be cuddling,
snug as a bug,
and that the adventures
have just begun.
I have so much respect
for all three of these people.
What a blessing.
It has been a long 48 hours.
Uh, we're exhausted.
They got an incredible place.
It just feels so good
to be here
-with our naked family, man.
-Glad you guys made it in.
big victory today.
This gator, man,
taste so good going down.
I've been needing
something else to eat
other than fish and snakes.
Something more substantial.
Today we got it.
Proud of the kill.
Proud to have you on my team.
Glad to be part of the team.
- for sure.
-We work so well together.
- oh, god, yeah.
-Like a machine.
ever since the boys
got here, we bonded.
And we've become very,
very successful.
And that means
long term survival 60 days.
I love it.
Just with the sun coming up.
Start your day off, right.
You know, it'll be a good day.
When I get a substantial meal
in my stomach, I feel like
a million bucks.
I can feel the protein
run through my veins.
I've got a surge of energy.
Like nine days
into these frickin stitches,
I feel renewed.
I feel amazing.
I'm not taking it for granted,
I'm still humble.
Don't know if I'll
finish this challenge,
but it looks promising
is what I'll say.
so I'm slicing up
the jerkies, I'm working
on some tail fat.
We need this guy
to get us at least to day 40.
If not day 45.
All right.
Smoke operation in effect.
So the weather has been warm
in the last couple of days,
so we're processing
as fast as possible
so it won't go bad.
raw or undercooked
alligator meat contains
numerous dangers,
including tongue worm.
A blood sucking parasite
that attacks the eyes, nose
and throat of humans,
causing intense
flu like symptoms.
I wanna get
the eyes and the brains,
because the brains are rich
in omega fatties,
and, uh,
the eyes have zinc in them.
And likely salt.
Don't waste anything.
Waste not, want no,
consume as little as possible.
Don't let anything
go to waste.
Oh!
-Oh, my god, dude.
-Dude.
Breakfast of champions.
-it's all right, man.
-Want some grilled gator?
-I'm good.
Oh, yeah.
Daddy' gonna eat good tonight.
hey, guys,
have you seen my contacts?
Oh, my god!
-Have you see my contacts, ej?
-No, gary.
You know you know that gator,
I'm starting to feel
a little bit like
I'm turning into one.
little too much gator
for me, maybe.
I should maybe
back off a little bit.
I'm starting to have eyes
for only gator.
Wink.
it was the first night
joining up with
jeff and steven.
It was a tight,
tight time in the shelter.
It's obvious that
it's a bit cramped in here.
If our place
was a little bigger, you know,
we could all fit.
But it's just, you know,
just not big enough, so...
Thank you for taking us
in last night.
And we are sorry,
we arrived so late.
Yeah.
But steven
and I were talking,
and depending on
what you guys see...
What do you think
about putting a shelter
right next door?
-Yeah
-feel free.
Cool.
Team savage, we have no egos.
We don't have these...
These, you know--
big chips
on our shoulder.
Our doors
are always open.
And we're wanting
to help others along the way.
But I'll tell you what,
looking back onto jeff's
last big challenge...
You know, with his 60 days
in the philippines
you know,
jeff was very, like,
arrogant and selfish
the way he treated,
not just rylie,
but the others
yes!
-It's like, that is
chicken skin.
-I know.
I'm gonna get fat!
- hell, yeah!
-yes!
people know me as
the "neighbors,
not roommates" guy.
-This challenge is...
but, to be fair, in the past,
I have done that
because there's always been
somebody that's just thought,
-"oh, I can get by
just tending the fire."
- or getting water.
You know, "I'll have other
people supporting me."
I know that I was
not someone that
sat around, loafing.
I don't need to confront jeff
for some comments
or mindsets that he's had.
And there were many.
we are not here
to go pig about.
Naked and afraid xl
is not a welfare program.
If people cannot
get their own food,
then you should not
be out here.
it's not something
that sits well with me.
Well, you know, I know--
nobody likes a fisherman
that fishes in
another fisherman's pond.
So, we know
those rules and stuff.
Uh, just make sure to tell us
if there's spots that you
don't want us to go,
of if you've got stuff,
'cause we're gonna mess up
your-- your gig or your vibe.
Team savage, we all fit.
We all make sense.
I love our dynamic
and I think, also,
that's why we're all
a little bit hesitant,
you know,
about merging
with any other people.
Because we have
such a great dynamic,
it's just like...
We don't wanna mess it up!
Yeah, we're--
we're clearly
two strong groups
that just came together.
And I think we should
probably, um,
join resources
and share big wins.
But, I mean, if one of us
catches a 13-inch fish
or something
keep it to that group.
Because then-- then--
then there's no point.
You know, 60 days.
It's still long ways out.
While you're out here,
your true colors shine.
There may be
a little cockiness,
and there may be
a lot of butting heads.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
how's that liver, gary?
-It's like a pate almost.
- yeah.
That's what I thought.
I would say
my spirit animal,
that I relate to most,
I used to say
it was a mountain lion.
Because I'm agile
and a bit of a loner.
But the true animal
spirit of mine...
It's creamy inside.
...Seems to be more
along the lines of the hyena.
I can't deny that.
Because I'm a scavenger.
there's gary right there.
What are you doing, gary?
oh, just, you know...
Cutting up
some tongue right now.
oh, god.
Don't look at that, kids.
Uh, I have a concern for gary
in terms of...
You study
these strange things,
sometimes strange things
can happen.
so, I'm gonna cook
these eyeballs up, guys.
-And the brains. Yeah.
- oh, yeah?
you never know
what this animal may have had.
Parasites... Could have had
some kind of a disease.
When you start pushing
the envelope like that,
you can get yourself
in trouble.
-Oh, man!
-*bleep*
I'm a...
A cautious eater
out in the wild.
I do eat just about anything.
This is a gator testicle.
-You want this
to replace yours?
-No, mine are fine.
But there's just some things
I'm just not gonna
cross the table.
-*bleep*
gary is straight up--
we know who we're
working with.
it's like watching
a car accident.
You know, you can see
it's about to happen
but you can't look away.
Delicioso.
hey, bud,
just in time.
-What's up?
-Wanna help me l--
-wanna help me lash?
-Yep.
Steven and I,
we're gonna build
our own shelter.
We brought a pop-up
tent shelter with us
by cannibalizing
our last location.
So we have
all the materials we need
to put up a quick shelter.
We're doing that
because they really have
a shelter kinda built
for three people right now.
-We literally have
a house kit, right here.
-We do.
I mean, we would have been
chopping the forest
for two days
-just to get all these logs
and all these palms...
-Oh, absolutely.
-...And all these crossbeams.
-Yup.
to cut down
all those big timbers,
use thousands
and thousands of calories.
To be able
to just pick it up...
Those are things you gotta
take advantage of
when you're in a survival
situation like this.
-If this isn't multipurposing,
I don't know what is, dude.
we really, really turned
a shelter into a raft.
And then the raft
into a shelter.
And dude, it feels good.
-Yo, team savage!
- hm?
When you guys have a minute,
we could use your help
to throw the roof
on this baby.
yeah, yeah.
-All right, so this first.
Ready?
- perfect.
-Assembly line, baby.
- assembly lining it!
All right?
we got
our palm fronds up.
We were able to build
a firewall to refract
the heat back on to us.
And we literally had a home,
from raft to house
in, like, two hours.
Good work, guys.
-It's awesome.
- yeah, thank you,
guys, for your help.
Shoot. Lickety-split.
We wanted to say thank you
-with half of
our fish hooks...
-What?
so, there's six.
-So, there's two
for each of you guys.
- thanks so much, guys.
- if you need
a line or anything,
just know we have
plenty of line.
-Okay.
- aw...
-So come and get
as much as you want.
- that's amazing.
I think jeff is probably
having to eat some crow.
Because it does seem
as though jeff might have
changed his tune.
Jeff, do you have
any interest in anything?
That you'd be willing
to trade for a hook?
Yeah, we, um... Definitely
are trying to hold on
to every hook we have
'cause they're limited.
so... Sorry.
We are gonna go.
-Thanks, man. Yeah.
-Appreciate it.
it seems like
"teamwork is the dream work"
is the mood now.
And you know what I say? Good.
That's what it should be.
-That's like the five-minute
shelter build-off right there.
- dude, right?
-From raft to home in...
We might sell it on amazon.
-Wow, dude.
Yeah, we might just
ship it out in crates.
Hi, I'm about to set up
my third nutria snare.
I know where
these nutria are roaming.
I mean, there are pathways,
by the hundreds.
So, this is nutria
game path highway.
Inevitable that nutria
are traveling this thing,
every single day.
It's been two days
since I spring snared
the second nutria.
I've been lucky
with only setting
two snares.
So, maybe
I'll get lucky again.
There might be
a third nutria tomorrow.
You just never know
what the day
will bring, out here,
in the atchafalaya basin.
Perfect.
We have a shelter,
we know we're gonna have
a roof over our heads.
So, this afternoon,
I'm setting fishing hooks
while steven's setting up
the alligator hooks.
that's pretty great.
Boom.
I have
two different lines,
separated by about 75 yards.
Each fishing line
has two hooks on it.
Uh... We're set, baby.
That's a great,
great placement.
Great placement.
it's the evening of night 36.
Wow.
That sounds like
a lot of days.
And today was a busy day.
Today was our first full day,
uh, with team savage.
And, uh, I mean, we're a team.
We're a team,
although we're staying
in two separate shelters.
And we're getting along great,
which is fantastic.
I was reflecting
how I performed
well last night.
- it did. It did.
-Stayed really warm.
steven and I have spent
really the last week
building a raft,
travelling for two days,
spending a night
at creepy camp.
We haven't had time
to focus on food
because we've been travelling
so many miles.
Yeah. Fishing today.
I'm gonna go
and collect, buddy.
This morning, my first task
is to check my fishing lines.
And I'm confident that
I could have something.
Today, I am up
bright and early.
I am determined
to have a bountiful day,
and I'm going to fish
for my family today.
Ready a fishing pole,
brand-new hook.
We're gonna give it a whirl.
oh! Fish on, baby!
Oh! Look at that gar.
- look at that gar.
- it's a gar, baby.
-Look at that.
- yeah!
- I couldn't hear you.
What?
-What? I couldn't hear you.
-Yes!
- did you say--
this is what we live for!
- did you say
you got a fish?
jeez, I could barely
even notice he got one.
yeah!
Look at the teeth on that one.
oh, yeah.
I think
that's his new phrase.
"this is what we live for."
-that's the new hashtag.
- I guess.
Jeff could be catching a guppy
or a huge 500-pound fish,
his scream and his reaction
is the same.
today is a good day.
*bleep*
I like to be out here
to have fun.
Everybody knows me.
I like to yell and scream
and celebrate my successes.
look at that baby.
-That's a meal right there.
- hell yeah, it is.
hell yeah, dude.
-Awesome, brother.
-Thank you, man.
- that was good.
-Thank you.
get the fire ready.
- I feel like
I'm a sick man now.
-I know.
I'm gonna have to...
- huh?
-I'm gonna have to puke.
- really?
- yeah.
Bad.
I just got indigestion.
are you sure?
I said it before.
An injury or an illness
could take out any of us.
- you okay, brother?
okay, boys, gotta slow down
all this gator eating.
Especially when you haven't
eaten that much
for a long time.
'cause I went off tonight
and I ate way too much.
I think I need to take
my own advice.
Consume as little as possible.
-Holy *bleep*.
looks like we have
a puddle to fish in.
I know.
It's the first time
we've seen it
completely choked up.
yeah.
This is pretty bad.
we're up early,
getting things accomplished.
Ryan's out
cleaning some spots
for a fishing ground.
This hyacinth has moved in
with the wind.
So, right now, we've got
to clear a little area
so we can fish a little easier
off the bridge.
It's day 38.
Uh, woke up this morning
to a river full of lilies.
You can see that.
Check that out.
One thing I got to do
with all these lilies
in the water.
They kind of dragged
my gator bait around.
So, I'm gonna
have to replace my lines.
So that's part of the routine
out here in the bayou.
Down at that far one,
is there any room to cast
or is it all lilies
there too?
um, there might be
some, like, couple spots.
I mean, it's pretty saturated
right now.
- you got a fish on?
- maybe.
go, go, go, go, guys.
- see the barb wire?
- no, I don't.
it might be
under water, I bet you.
Pull on that slack.
-Oh, yep. He's on there.
He's on there.
- take it.
he's on there.
Get him.
Get his butt.
- still going?
-Just pull. Pull under that
slack with the left hand.
Et him, buddy.
Get him.
- getting him.
- he's hooked.
- pull it,
pull it, pull it.
- get him to shore.
oh, *bleep* yeah.
I'm so glad
I left that thing in.
Those hooks that were
given to us
by jeff and steven
paid its dividends immensely.
-Nice.
- oh, yeah, guys.
-Nice work.
-Yes!
teamwork, guys.
Teamwork.
Ooh. Got something on here.
Yes! Yes!
Just finished cleaning
this monstrous bowfin.
yes!
-And--
- yes!
and there goes
all the other animals
in the area.
oh, my gosh!
look at this thing.
Is he all right?
- oh, this is sweet!
-Is someone attacking him?
-quick, send help.
If that fish isn't five times
bigger than ours,
it's ridiculous.
This is freaking awesome.
A nice catfish
breakfast, baby.
breakfast.
It's like a four inch...
Four incher.
I've been fishing
my entire life,
and I have 33 years nearly
of, um, expertise in fishing.
And, uh...
And I understand these fish.
Hey. Morning.
I got catfish breakfast.
- nice.
- yeah.
- yeah.
- yeah.
So nice.
For more in protein
whoa, is that thunder?
- sounded like it.
- I hope
it doesn't rain.
we got rain coming in.
Figure out what we need to do.
We may need to button down
for a little bit.
Poor gary, man.
He's having
something going on.
Could have indigestion.
His nose is snotty.
Doesn't look real good.
my joints were
killing me last night.
feeling a little drained,
dizzy, headaches, joint pain.
Feels like the beginning
of getting sick.
Hey.
how you feeling?
Oh, I'm feeling
a little bit like...
mildly dizzy,
joint pain, mild headache.
-Really?
- yeah.
I think that
could be dehydration.
All the symptoms are there.
Headache, dizziness...
joint pain.
Yeah.
I think I'm dehydrated.
I know gary.
He's a tough cookie.
You know, this isn't
the first time he's been...
He's been roughed up
on a challenge.
Alligator fat. Delicioso.
I'm feeling nauseous.
how you feeling?
oh, god.
you know, I think
he's gonna pull himself out.
You know, we've been together
the whole time.
It's just we have
a brotherly bond
between him and I,
and, um, I'm in good spirit
he'll be just fine.
-Here.
- thanks.
- get outta here.
- you'll be all right.
- yeah, I know. Yeah.
balance.
See yours. Got it.
weather is definitely...
Definitely changing right now.
yeah,
it's getting colder.
We're concerned
about this weather,
so we are going to make
a little shingling ridge line
so that we get a little
extra protection from rain
if it does come.
And if not, it can't hurt.
Okay. Those are good ones.
That's not too bad.
I don't know
what our neighbors
are gonna do
because they don't have
a roof at all.
Our neighbors are gonna
get wet, and they know...
They should know better.
I wonder what they're thinking
aha! Another gar, baby.
Nice.
you want to tie them
to the same side?
-You hear that?
-I do.
Thinking there's no way
I can have another fish.
I mean, this luck's
gonna run out eventually.
Stephen and I,
we are going to eat well.
-Yo, stephen?
-Yeah. Yo.
You want some lunch?
- I heard you
over there.
the bayou boys!
The amount of energy
they spend screaming
for each little fish,
they could have
built that shelter.
It... It made that shelter
a lot better.
I wouldn't want
to eat my fish
in the pouring rain, but...
- thunder.
- the bayou boys
are not looking good.
I think I'm gonna start
breaking up a lot
of this wood I drug on over.
Okay.
it's, uh,
about midday.
Skies are pretty gray.
Winds popping off pretty good.
So we're gonna get
some firewood, tie 'em in.
We don't have very many days
left in the challenge.
We have 21, 22 days left.
That's just another
naked and afraid.
So there's really no point
in expelling a ton of calories
and energy
in making another
huge shelter.
So we're gonna go ahead
and gather firewood
and kind of closed the day up.
Should be much better.
a little worrisome
because it's been
so cold at night.
But, uh, we're gonna collect
just a ridiculous amount
of firewood,
and we're gonna bonfire
the garbage out of it.
-S'up, buddy?
- s'up, man?
oh, you're stealing
our trees.
- you what?
- stealing our trees.
taking your...
Taking your stuff, man,
we've been getting
most our dead wood
from farther away,
knowing that possibly
you'd have to be here
for, like... At the end,
we're like,
"well, we'll have some left."
-we've been conserving them.
- there's a bunch
of them around here.
You gotta say it.
Starting to get to me
a legendary challenge
like this, you have to assume
it's going to rain.
It's gonna rain hard and long.
Our next door neighbors here
didn't do anything
to their shelter today,
which I was amazed.
They didn't put
one palm on, nothing.
And here,
on a challenge like this,
38 days in,
that's a rookie mistake
gonna put that fish
a little close to the fire
so it doesn't get all moisty.
It might rain
all night tonight,
and they didn't even attempt
to make their shelter,
you know, a proper waterproof
winter shelter.
Put this cover over it.
Put the cover on.
oh, boy.
Didn't want to caught out
here in this.
And we are back
to the shelter.
Phew. Ooh, that's a cold wind.
yeah, that's not good.
Getting a couple of drips
on my leg here.
-Really?
-Uh, I'm getting
something here.
-On my head.
-Nothing too crazy though.
I'll take a couple of drips.
I might put
the door on now
because this is a little bit
more intense.
Yeah. There it comes.
This is why I loved about it,
'cause, okay,
it rains really bad,
we get a few drips,
but you're not hypothermic.
Oh, yeah, we're good.
This is... This nice.
- I hate rain, man.
- I know.
I hate it.
It gives me...
I get more anxiety from rain
than I ever did.
Any lions or tiger sharks
-or demon bear.
- absolutely.
- or anything, dude.
- absolutely.
There's uh...
There's nothing worse
on the naked and afraid
challenge.
steven and I,
we got this baby.
And it feels so good.
and it seems like
the rain might be
finally letting up.
yeah, dude.
how you feeling?
like *bleep*.
But, like, not terrible
but like *bleep*.
right. Do what
you've been doing.
Regulate your body. Rest.
We have plenty of firewood.
yeah.
gary was not
feeling well.
A little lethargic today.
We think he's dehydrated.
A little dizzy.
Here to pick up
the slack for him,
and that's okay.
And when max came in here
and past week
he's been towing
most of the weight
and, uh, you know,
we're all gonna have
our down moments.
So we let gary to rest,
and get well.
We'll get him through.
You know, that's what you do
when you're on a team.
Me and max will pick it up.
mmm-hmm.
it's day 39.
I'm going on a hunt.
There's a fog.
It's gonna help
cover my scent.
Cover my visibility
as I sneak through it.
I'm gonna tip-toe my way
across the bridge,
and it's some
new hunting grounds.
See what I can find.
See what... See what
slips up through the day.
So it's a tough place to hunt.
And you know what?
That only makes it
more satisfying
when it happens.
Waking up to
super mysterious fog
in the swamp this morning.
And it's a little chilly.
I'm a little tired.
Jeff's out checking
his lines right now,
and I'm gonna check mine
here in a minute.
There is no real game trails.
It's one of the toughest
places I've seen
to hunt primitively.
Fish on!
Yes!
-Steven.
-What's up?
Did you just say
you got a fish, too?
I got a fish,
too, buddy.
Oh, my gosh!
*bleep*
son of a bitch.
Did you just say
you got a fish, too?
I got a fish,
too, buddy.
Oh, my gosh!
*bleep*
son of a bitch.
-Hey, bayou brother.
-Yeah, man?
-Check it out.
-no way!
-It's awesome, dude.
-It's awesome.
-Oh, my gosh.
What a blessing, man.
I haven't seen jeff
hunt one animal
on any of his challenges,
and because of that
he doesn't understand,
when he yells
after every little fish,
that's scaring everything
further and further away.
The further I have to
travel to hunt,
the harder it is
to find those animals,
more calories
I have to expend.
Dude, good work, man.
We each got a catfish.
I know, dude!
it's no longer
the quiet, peaceful bayou
that we remember.
Now we hear the bit
of a frat party happening
next door.
-oh, my god.
How you doing, gary?
You got it, man.
Whatever you need.
We'll pick it up, dude.
You did so much for me
when you guys first got here,
you and max both.
so, gary's
still not feeling well.
Still fighting something.
We're not sure what it is.
I'm genuinely
concerned for him.
I don't know what he has,
and he's pretty
to himself about it,
so I'm just gonna keep
checking on him,
give him what he needs
to get through it,
and hopefully with a couple
days' rest and hydration,
he'll pull through.
aw, man,
I feel like *bleep*.
Headaches, dizziness,
joint pain.
I don't know
what the hell I got,
but I got something.
But I have great team members.
You know? They've been
checking on me.
They're being
supportive of me.
So...
It's all a man could ask for
when you're in this situation.
opportunity walkabout.
So, we're just gonna go
check the gator lines,
kind of walk the beat,
move around, kind of see
what we can find.
You know, we got
this big gator kill,
but that's not enough
to make it 60.
There was literally four
or five gators on this pond
all the time.
-Really?
-And nothing.
And then nothing.
So, you know, we got to
start putting our foot
back on the gas pedal.
A lot of trees fell down.
Yeah, seriously, there's
a ton of trees down.
-Holy crap!
-Whoa, look at this thing.
What the hell?
Wow.
Look what the tide brought in.
Seriously.
That's a cypress.
That looks like
a cypress for sure.
Holy crap. Look at
the size of this thing.
This thing's massive.
Well, we'd rather not
swim across.
Yeah.
Could make this...
This is a big enough
chunk of wood.
We could...
Maybe make a dugout, man.
Burn it out
like the indians did.
Dude.
dating back
over a thousand years,
the chitimacha tribe
traveled and fished
throughout
the atchafalaya basin
on handcrafted dugout canoes.
Using primitive tools to shape
and smooth large logs,
they then used slow,
controlled fires
over several days
to hollow out the hull.
Might be able to get
two people in that,
but definitely one.
When I was in
the florida ranger camp,
we had cypress
all over the place,
and it's a pretty buoyant
piece of wood.
this could be
a potential big loss
in regards to us
burning a lot of calories,
but at the same time,
we're set up right now.
We got that big gator kill.
We got a couple weeks'
worth of food,
and I think we can reap
some massive rewards
if we can get this
done properly.
What do you think about
we push it that way first,
we shape the hole proper,
and then we'll throw it
back into its position.
Then we'll start
burning it out.
Uh-huh.
Taking on this canoe project,
we'll be able to set gator
lines wherever we want.
We'll be able to move
in and out of all
these canals.
We'll be able to fish
off of it
and to create
more opportunities
when it comes to resources
and food for our team.
Nice.
first thing
we need to do,
we're gonna go ahead
and shave this thing
clean of bark.
It's got to be clean.
and then we're
gonna start shaping it.
Got to shape the bow.
Got to make the bottom flat.
One, two, three.
then we got to get
to the top side.
It's a magnificent tree,
and we're gonna make it
even more magnificent
'cause we're making
a dugout canoe.
*bleep*
max stirs that young ej in me,
that really competitive ej,
but, you know,
I'm coming off an injury.
I got to take care of it,
but this is really
helping me out.
It's making me feel young.
My balls are stitched,
you said?
Really? I didn't know that.
Young guy here is telling me
to take it easy.
I'm just trying to keep up
with him, that's all.
ej, he's
the oldest guy here.
He could be my dad.
You know, I look up to him.
He's showing me the ropes,
handing me the torch.
And to start a project so epic
with one of the most legendary
guys on this challenge
is freaking awesome.
All right, man,
third morning in a row
that's a catfish breakfast.
Hell yeah, dude.
Little morning protein.
oh, yeah. Bear noises.
dude, this is great, man.
I mean, we...
We've only been here,
what, three full days...
two full days.
- ...And we
are slaughtering it.
-Breakfast, dinner.
-We've eaten--
-four or five fish already.
-We've eaten every meal...
-Yep.
-...For three straight days.
-Yeah.
I mean, it's...
I feel like we're spending
a third of our time eating.
I think our
neighbors got something,
because they were
screaming all morning.
Did you see what they got?
I mean, I heard them, but...
Just two catfish
on a passive line.
Every time he does it,
it's like,
there goes every animal
on the property.
you know, all these
big game animals are running.
I walked all the way
to the farthest end
of this island today,
and every track was headed
away from us.
It's essentially
hindering survival.
We're doing everything
the same,
and we're just getting zeros
across the board.
When we sit down and think
"what is-- what is different,"
we believe it's the fact
that our neighbors
are so incredibly loud.
I just think we match up
so well side by side
for team savage.
-Oh, yeah.
-We're all hard workers.
And we have the same agenda,
and we have the same,
you know...
-We do.
-...Work ethic.
-We're all self-motivated...
-Yeah.
-...And we all have
the same goal.
-Yeah.
We don't just want
to make it to the end.
No, we want to kill it.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
-Yeah, want to kill it.
-Mm-hmm.
I think it's great here,
and I think,
like, it's not a--
it's not an us
versus you thing,
but it's like we both
have our routines,
and it works.
Both teams are benefitting
from the current situation.
Yes.
Our perfect, you know,
patch of bayou...
yeah.
...Has been essentially hit
with a scream queen duo.
and I hate to say it.
I love the guys.
You know, I, you know...
But you got to work
in harmony.
They have
a different mentality
of what they're doing here.
Yeah.
feeling better
than you did?
no.
My headache's stronger.
I've been getting chills
out there.
-You're getting chills?
-Yeah.
I think, like...
Something's got to give
in the next couple of days.
due to gary's
persistent symptoms,
a producer arrives
to assess the situation.
Hi.
Gary, I'm having a medic
come check you out to help.
Oh, no, you don't
got to do that.
-Let me--
-she would like to.
Let me muscle it out.
You've all been tested
for covid,
so we know it's not that.
But I'm gonna err
on the side of caution.
I'm gonna have the medic
come take a look at you.
- I guess.
-Yeah, we're gonna do that.
gary's not feeling it,
and I just sort of saw him
on, like, the trajectory
of kind of falling off
a little bit,
which is, you know,
a little disheartening
because he's been a rock star
this whole time,
-and right now he's in
a hard position.
he is bedridden,
and he's getting
progressively worse.
-Gary.
-Hi, anna.
What's going on, my darling?
Ah, I just got a little spell
of the chills real quick.
-Okay.
so, you know,
it kind of, like,
comes and goes here and there.
Oh, yeah.
Well, let's check
for fever first.
I'm praying for gary.
I want him to stay
in the challenge.
Me and max, you know,
we want him to be here
with us
and finish this thing.
And I just hope
he gets better.
I'm concerned
'cause it seems
like it goes away
and then it comes back worse.
Gary and your select
dang meats, man.
You love your select meats.
I mean, you ate those lungs,
and you ate the eyeballs,
and you ate a liver, right?
And I don't know if you
cooked the liver all the way.
those lungs
and that tongue.
Yeah.
But, you know, I took
raw alligator eyeballs
and I was putting 'em
in my eyes,
and so I was
touching my actual eye--
with
the alligator eyes?
with
the alligator eyeballs.
Well, that's probably
not a good idea.
gary had made a joke
the other day
using the alligator eyeballs
and put 'em on his eyes.
He may regret it now
because the eyeball
is the one open membrane
and anything gets in there,
you can get a staph infection,
you can get sick,
and you can lose
your eyesight.
Your vitals are normal...
yeah.
...Which I'm
very happy to see.
so, what do you
think is wrong?
I think you have
food poisoning.
-Oh, yeah? A little food--
-or some sort of a viral
or some sort of parasite...
-Yeah.
-...From food.
Really?
'cause it's been
going on since...
Since the gator.
...The first day
of the gator eating.
That's...
So many possibilities
at the moment
of what gary
might be going through.
Could be parasitic,
could be viral,
could be just about anything.
It's something that his body
needs to just battle.
At the moment,
his vital signs are stable,
if any of those change,
that would change
my treatment plan.
So at the moment it's just
continuous close watch
and hope gary
feels a little bit better.
I'm not sure
what's going on with me.
I don't know if I got
a parasite from food
or
if I just have the flu.
This thing
comes and goes in waves.
And I'm in a fight.
I'm in a definite fight
for survival.
-morning.
-Morning, buddy.
-Happy 40.
-Happy 40, man!
on a normal 40-day xl,
man, we'd be on the downslope,
but I feel like I'm actually
getting stronger out here.
And you know what?
That's awesome.
That's not surviving.
thriving?
That's living!
That's what we're doing.
Soup is hot.
Try the skin.
Being day 40,
you know, we're going
into uncharted territory.
We got freaking
20 days to go.
Two thirds of the way
through the challenge
and I still have juice left.
And, you know,
I want to see how far
these legs can take me.
I want to see how far this...
How far this body can go.
but, you know,
I'm concerned about gary.
I think he's lost
at least five to ten pounds
in the last three days.
How you doing, gary?
You got a couple chunks
in there that are wonderful.
Here.
You know,
he could have a bug.
Could be the flu.
Could be anything.
We're sharing water
from the same pot,
we've been eating
out of the same pot,
we sleep in the same quarters,
but I'm not feeling sick.
Max hasn't.
So that leads me
to start thinking
I sure hope gary's eating ways
are not catching up to him.
I feel like that lion
that I saw on a nature show.
It got bit by a cobra.
It had to wander
listlessly in pain
waiting for that cobra bite
to kill it or wear off.
It finally wore off,
and that lion lived.
This reminds me of that lion.
if I make it through this,
the challenge will be
a little harder for me,
I think,
because...
I'll be a little more beat up.
little more scared,
a little more apprehensive.
The smallest little thing
can take you down.
I'm not tapping out.
morning day 40.
Ah, this is a huge landmark,
being the end of a normal
40-day challenge,
which everyone here has
completed except for myself
until today.
So I can join the ranks
of the 40-day survivalists,
which very few people
have done up to this point.
So we got 20 more to go,
and we still got
some big game to harvest.
Oh, heck, yeah,
put a little notch in her.
Yeah. Yeah.
This is for making
a real solid spear
with the neck knife
arrows that we got.
Yep.
Find something in a den.
That ought to keep it...
That ought to keep it
entertained.
I'm going
to spend my day
with the intention
of finding a nutria den.
This morning I noticed
walking, it's a--
there's no... No sign
within this large bubble
now around us.
-No.
-And it's a--
so now things have been pushed
further and further
outside that bubble.
-Yeah.
-So...
I'll have to go to them.
You know, ryan was able
to catch these nutria
just literally, like, less
than a hundred yards
from camp.
And these nutria
have been a huge source
of our protein.
As soon as jeff and steven
came in
and they start screaming
for these little fish
they're catching,
and ryan is having to go
further and further
into the brush
which puts him into danger,
and add
more calories expended.
I mean, I'm five foot 11,
it's about a six and a half
foot spear,
with that spear tip on,
it's about a seven foot spear.
With a deadly arrowhead,
broadhead, so.
Let's go get some nutria.
Man, we did get our firewood
yesterday.
We got a lot done yesterday.
Yeah.
Yeah, we've got to think
of a good team name.
-Yeah, the bayou boys, baby.
-The bayou boys.
Boom.
-That's right. We've got to
get a sign hanging today.
-Yeah.
We can hang it right there,
right in the entryway.
That'll be good. Yeah.
Day 40. For most people,
that is uncharted territory.
But not for me.
I'm the one person
out here
right now that has survived
the 60 day challenge before.
So I know what this
feels like.
This is familiar.
Steven and I have been
getting so much food.
We're eating well, and that
gives us time to do
some of these things.
Nice.
-Yeah?
-I love it, yeah.
I've been here for 40 days.
The entire xl.
My feet are hard,
my blood is think,
and I've been in the swamp
so many times,
I'm pretty sure
I'm growing scales.
But we're gonna tough it
through these last
20 days
and really show the world
what legends are made of.
You've got to spell "boys"
with a "z".
-Do I?
-You've got to.
Alright.
-Otherwise it sounds like
a children's book.
-Okay.
Oh my god, they're spelling
"boys" with a "z".
-The bayou boyz.
-Like it's some kind of
weird 90s gang.
Oh, my god.
To get out to this
hunting ground
where the nutria live,
it's just a treacherous
environment, that's why
we've never gone there
up to this point.
See that trail right there.
This trail...
This trail right here
is a freaking highway.
So obvious, I mean.
They're coming in and out
of this spot, super fresh.
Just got to find their dam.
Oh. It's by far
the nastiest *bleep*
I've ever done.
Everything is just
unpredictable out there.
You are just walking through
the wettest,
dangerous, water moccasin
territory that I've
had to explore yet.
Got him.
I got this nutria
trapped right now
under this tree.
He's all mine.
I got him! I got him
trapped and cornered.
No, no, no, no!
I got him! I got him
trapped and cornered.
No, no, no, no!
*bleep*
*bleep*
I had him cornered.
I had him
so hard cornered.
He came out from under
that tree like a beaver
and ran.
Well,
it's not a picasso,
but it'll do.
It's more than just a sign
of the bayou boys.
This is a sign,
literally a sign
of how well we're doing.
What do you think?
It looks good, dude.
And it's a constant reminder
that
we will be here on day 60.
Alright, baby.
I think we're officially
moved in.
-Nice.
-Yeah.
Should meet the homeowners
association regulations.
It exceeds them.
Bayou boys posted up shop.
And it feels good. Feels like
we're part of the neighborhood
now.
-Bayou boyz.
-Bayou boyz.
Love it.
What do you say, max.
-Ready for it?
-Let's go make a boat
that's worthy of
three vikings.
What are you guys doing?
We're gonna go
start burning.
-Alright.
-Yeah. Just so
we're dialed in.
-Wow.
-Yeah.
Day three of being
immobilized from illness.
And the guys are working on
building a canoe.
And I wish
I could be out there
helping them.
At least my pulaski
comes in handy.
So I'm contributing somehow,
you know.
Hey, I've got to tell myself
whatever I can
to make myself
feel better, right?
See what I've got
going on here?
I've been piling up the wood
here, we've got a fire going!
You know what fire means?
Lots of coals.
We're gonna have
lots of coals.
You see that dugout canoe
right there?
Max and I are gonna put
coals in there.
We're gonna burn out
a dugout canoe.
Look at this thing
smoking, bro.
In the dugout canoe,
max and I both lay down
the coals evenly,
burning down to be able
to make a place we're
gonna sit.
And then we covered it
with bark to keep the heat
in there.
Eventually as it burns down,
we're gonna put mud
on the side
to make sure it doesn't
burn through the canoe.
Yeah, baby!
This is what I live for.
This is what we have.
This is what we...
-This is it.
-We're gonna be
rolling in this thing.
Yeah.
One person there,
one person there.
Stuff in the middle.
Potentially three.
How you feeling?
-Better.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Good.
I went down and
-got some sunshine...
-Yeah.
-What's up, buddy?
-Just washed my hands, stuff
to make me feel better.
Hey, bud. Good to see you.
Yeah.
-You're looking like
you're more alive now.
-Right.
You guys are... You guys
are *bleep* putting in
the work, man.
-This is awesome.
-This is it, man.
It's a little terrifying
to watch your partner
lose a lot of muscle mass
and a lot of weight.
At least five to ten pounds
in the last three days.
I'll be worse
for the wear, but...
You know, it's gonna...
It's a bad stretch.
I'm gonna be a bit more
beat down.
Fourth quarter,
you just keep going.
For gary to continue
busting ass,
getting firewood,
swinging the pulaski,
he's gonna need to put
a couple pounds back on.
And just ride the ship.
I'm gonna go take
a little rest.
-Alright, buddy.
-I don't wanna overdo it.
-Yeah, good to see you.
-Good to see you.
-It's good to see him.
-Yeah, he's looking
great now.
So the bayou boys decided
to make themselves a sign.
Jeff hung this sign at like
six foot.
I'm almost six foot three.
I have to now duck
going under my...
Into my own driveway
into my shelter.
So as I'm getting firewood,
I come up with a little plan
to bump that sign
just to prove a point.
Okay.
-And then you want me to go
right in front of you?
-Yeah.
Perfect.
It's a big one.
All is...
Touch.
Is jeff in his shelter?
Good.
Premeditated. I love it.
-Out of work for a night,
probably, huh?
- yeah, that'll work.
- watch this.
No, heads up!
-*bleep*
boys, bring the gator spear!
he's all mine.
no, no, no, no!
the xls,
or xl success metric
calculates each team's
likely percentage
of completing the 60-day
challenge together.
-Let's dock right here.
-Good.
after
a two-day search
for higher ground...
Oh! Are there people here?
-There's people here!
-Oh, man.
...Jeff and steven set up camp
next door to team savage.
...Guests only.
We'll shelter you,
we'll feed you.
...And quickly capitalized
on their resources.
Oh! Fish on, baby!
Another gore, baby!
-Nice.
-Oh, my gosh!
I feel like we're spending
a third of our time, eating.
but their
exposed shelter
leaves them vulnerable.
It's a rookie mistake.
still,
their team xls
rises significantly,
from 28 per cent
to 48 per cent.
-got it?
- for team savage,
rylie's health is on the mend.
Feeling like I have
the strength return to me,
and some energy.
*bleep*, yeah!
and fishing hooks
from their neighbors,
created new ways
to secure food.
Those hooks paid
its dividends, immensely.
but jeff
and steven's presence...
yeah!
...Has hampered
their ability to hunt.
When he yells,
that's scaring everything!
their chance of
reaching day 60 together,
rises from 21 per cent
to 41 per cent.
Whoa, whoa, boys!
Gator, 25 yards!
-What?
-Get moving!
six days
after joining forces...
just give him a whack.
get him, boys!
...Ej, max, and gary
scored a pivotal team win.
we're gonna be eating
for days off this sucker.
Little too much gator
for me, maybe.
I should maybe back off
a little bit.
- but now,
a mysterious illness...
I feel like *bleep*.
...Has gary fighting
to regain his strength.
I sure hope
gary's eating ways
are not catching up to him.
as a result,
their chance of finishing
the challenge as a team,
drops from 61 to 32 per cent.
I'm gonna fight.
I'm gonna definitely
fight for survival.
I'm not tapping out.
- right there.
- watch this.
No. Heads up.
-*bleep*
-that's... Nauseous, you know?
-Ah, watch this!
It definitely...A little low.
I've been ducking.
-But it...
-Carrying firewood
is just hard.
It's definitely--
definitely a little tight
on the head room there.
Especially
while carrying wood,
so if you can move it,
that'd be great.
yeah, we'll find
a place to put it.
So, as I'm carrying
this wood through...
Bam! Hits his sign,
gets ripped out of my hands,
scratches my side,
and I thought,
"you know what? This is it.
Jeff, that sign's gotta go.
You don't take it out,
I'm gonna add it
to my firewood stash.
Um, everybody else
can walk under this sign,
without bumping their head.
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna move it
out of a matter of respect.
I don't need
any bruised foreheads,
that are my fault, out here.
damn piece of wood
scratched my side.
- you okay? Let me see.
- yeah,
just a flesh wound.
oh, yeah. Got ya.
matt is, and always
has been, a legend.
Um, but you know what?
I am the only one here
that's ever done
a 60-day challenge before.
And I'm out here now
because I wanna be the best.
Of anybody, in this challenge.
Um, I'm gonna go all in.
-you all right, bro?
-No.
No?
No.
oh, man.
gary's just
looking really rough.
And it's scary to see
gary at a point
where he doesn't
have much reserves.
-what?
-That's not good.
Why?
pneumonia.
we were just talking.
He looked great
freaking 20 minutes ago.
And it's just this
perpetual ebb and flow
of him feeling okay
and the next thing you know,
he's up in the jaws
of freaking...Almost death.
love you, man.
Love you too, brother.
what's going on, dude?
- I'm coughing,
I'm hot and...
- oh, no.
I got the chills and...
I'm coughing hard.
I can't... I can't...
I can't be like this
on this challenge,
man, it's not right.
-It's not right.
-I know.
- there.
Not one to do that.
And plus, it's getting
to the point, actually,
when now my health
is in danger.
Yeah.
oh, man.
it hurts. It hurts.
- that's still
good, right?
that's
what's so concerning.
His vitals are fine
but he's freaking wrecked.
it is a mystery
of what is wrong with gary.
gary's vitals have been
within normal limits
the entire time.
And we can tell he's in pain.
But otherwise,
we can't pinpoint anything
that would be wrong with him.
yeah.
I respect
the challenge too much,
and the people that do it.
I can't do it
laying on the ground
having a medic looking
over me, constantly.
And waste away.
It's not right.
I owe it to the challenge
to tap.
- okay.
All right then.
- let's get you--
let's get you warm.
I'm tapping
out of the challenge
because I'm a broken man.
My body is
completely broken down.
I have the chills.
I'm starting to cough a lot.
And I have a pounding headache
that feels like
someone has
slammed me in the face
with a two by four.
I love you guys.
I'm sorry I have to go.
I can't do it anymore.
I'm wasting away
in my shelter.
And losing all hope rapidly.
Atrophying.
I'm sorry, man.
I can't do it like this.
I have too much respect
for the challenge.
I love you, brother.
-You're a good fellow.
- I love you.
-I'm sorry
this happened to you.
-I love you, brother.
-And I respect your decision.
don't let anyone
tell you different.
-I'm not.
-I'll punch them in the face.
-love you.
-Go get well.
-Okay.
I'll see you guys later, okay?
-Yeah.
-You're a class act, gary.
Class act!
Cried in a while.
Cried twice today.
it's okay.
Real men shed tears
for those they love.
Those they care about.
I got you man.
-You and me to the end.
-Yeah, bro.
You and me to the end.
I would've definitely been
able to make it 60 days,
if I didn't get sick.
I was on a hot one.
I was on a good path.
Everything was
going beautiful.
everything was
going beautiful.
It doesn't feel good having
to tap out because
of this, but...
I'm not gonna sit there
and lay there, while a medic
takes care of me constantly
and my team-mates
feed me constantly.
But I absolutely think
I'm worthy
of calling myself a legend.
I've pounded many
beats in this world.
The fact that I was here,
was because that
I was a legend.
pretty, pretty
distraught man.
Taking me a little bit to,
you know, kind of figure
what just freakin' happened.
I need some space
to kind of mull this over.
It's a tough day, you know?
It's...
It's gonna be tough sledding
without my road dog.
It's been an incredible
journey to be with gary.
We shared a lot of laughs.
We killed two gators together.
You know? So...
That's uh... That's a bond
that I'll remember
for the rest of my life.
You know I got ej,
ej is the man.
And, you know? I'm just stoked
I'm not by myself
and we got each other.
And um, you know...
So now I really gotta
make it to the end
just to represent
for gary and for amber.
To keep pushing.
To gary. To legend gary.
You were an incredible partner
and uh, I'll see you
on the other side, brother.
gary was taken
immediately
to a local hospital
for further tests
and treatment.
after two days
of receiving fluids
and anti-biotics,
he made a full recovery...
And returned home.
But the exact cause
of his illness
was never determined.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.