04x11 - Surthrive

[bunniefuu]

What are those jumping? Frogs?

Oh [bleep]

debbie: This lake
is full of caiman.

Bo: Either you
deal with the caiman

or you deal with
the dehydration.

So, you know, pick your poison.

Oh, I cannot
believe I'm doing this.

Oh, my god.

There's a caiman -- two of them.

narrator: One man
and one woman...

[ screams ]

...Alone for 21 days...

Aah!

I cut myself up
pretty good here.

Narrator: ...To face the
most primal survival challenge

of their lives.

Man: Mmm -- rat kabobs.

They have no clothes,
no food, no water...

Only their skills...

Oh, god, that [bleep] hurts.

...And their will to survive...

Whoo-hoo!

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debbie: I'm tired
of being hungry.

I came here to
k*ll stuff and eat it.

I'm looking forward
to a new adventure.

This is my normal work gear.

I've always had my
army equipment to rely on.

And unfortunately,
I won't be able to

take any of this stuff with me.

I'm not very superstitious
or anything like that,

but I did, about six weeks
ago, get a fortune cookie

that I kept the fortune
of, so we can read that.

Narrator: Deep inside the remote
south american nation of guyana

lie the rupununi wetlands,
a thick tangle of jungle,

swamps, and stagnant lakes.

The area is also
a breeding ground

to a vast population
of deadly caiman.

At the height of the
breeding season,

the area is teeming
with stealthy juveniles

and aggressive adults
ready to defend their young.

Overrun with caiman,
crawling with venomous snakes,

and swarming with
disease-carrying sand flies,

this is surama lake.

Bo: Apparently, there
are caiman out here.

I'm definitely gonna be on
the lookout for these guys.

I've been around the
world, in tropical rainforests

all over the place,
and this is pretty typical.

My name is bo. I'm from
chesapeake, virginia.

And I'm a u.S. Army
special forces officer,

a green beret.

I don't really have anything
to prove to anybody else.

I'm just doing this for
my own self-satisfaction

to see if I can do it.

In group dynamics, I want
to be in the leadership role,

just 'cause the people
who are successful

are people who do take
charge and get things done.

Being a green beret, I'm
very confident and determined

I'll make it to 21 days.

Narrator: As a
jungle-savvy green beret,

bo's years of training
in diverse environments

make him very adaptable.

But he's had no experience

surviving without his
arsenal of tools and gear.

He starts off with a
primitive survival rating of 7.3.

Bo: A couple of my
green beret buddies

knew I was gonna
take on this challenge,

and there wasn't a
word of encouragement.

Their parting words was
"don't embarrass the regiment."

debbie: I heard something
loud. It sounded like a giant otter.

It is intimidating, coming
into an environment

that I have never
been to in my life,

and it feels kind of surreal.

My name is debbie.

I'm from la crosse, wisconsin,
and I'm a registered nurse.

I grew up in rural iowa,
and I spent a lot of time

outdoors with my family,
hunting and fishing.

That's when I feel the best.

I'm doing this to see if
this nurse and mom of three

can get through these 21 days.

I'm mostly excited about
gaining more self-confidence.

I don't want fear to be a
reason that I don't do something.

Narrator: Debbie is
a medically trained,

fiercely independent
outdoorswoman.

She's an adept survivalist
in the northern wilderness,

but untested in
a tropical jungle.

And she's never spent
more than one night away

from her three small children.

Debbie's initial
psr is set at 6.2.

I'm not really nervous at
all, which surprises me.

I'm more nervous
about being naked

in front of a complete
stranger at this point in time.

All right, 21 days in the
north rupununi wetlands.

Here I come.

Being naked doesn't
bother me at all.

I'm a fairly open guy.

I think pretty much
everybody I went to college with

has seen me naked at some
point, so being naked's no big deal.

Meeting my partner is
gonna be awkward, I'm sure.

Typically, you don't
meet anybody naked,

except for your mom
when you're born,

so I'm gonna just try to
not draw attention to it

and focus on surviving.

Hi.

Howdy.

I'm gonna take a
wild stab in the dark

and say because we're
in the same uniform

that we're on the same team.

[ laughs ] yeah, you're right.

My name is bo.

I'm debbie.

Nice to meet you.

[ laughs ] nice to meet you.

I'm guessing there are a lot
of caiman here in this lake.

Yeah. I want to get out
of here as fast as we can.

We'll have plenty
of time to talk.

That's my bag.

Is that your bag? Awesome.

Narrator: Along with
a bow drill fire kit,

bo and debbie have each
been allowed one survival item.

I see I got my mosquito net
that also doubles as a fishing net.

Awesome. I actually thought
about bringing that, too.

Great minds think alike, right?

Yeah.

I brought my machete.

That's gonna make
things way easier.

Yeah.

This map is probably
the next order of business.

I think we need to head
west to dodge the caiman.

Once they find a safe
area to exit the lake,

bo and debbie will
make their way inland.

They'll have to make
camp at a safe distance

from the lake's aggressive
caiman population,

but not so far inland as
to be devoured by insects

or risk contact with the
jungle's venomous coral snakes.

So, you traveled much?

Nothing like this.

Nothing like remote.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, the caiman -- they
like to attack by ambush,

so you've got to be very
careful where you step.

If you see a small caiman,
that definitely means

there's big ones nearby.

Oh, my god.

It looks like there's a
break in the wood line there.

I guess we'll head
that way and get out?

Yeah. Sounds good.

What do you do for a living?

I'm a special forces
officer in the army.

Oh, awesome. Thank
you for your service.

Oh, well, thank you.

[ laughs ]

so, how about you?

I am a nurse.

This is gonna come in handy.

Oh. Awesome. Nice find.

Container one.

Spice jar. [ laughs ] great.

Bo: My initial impressions --
debbie seems to be really fit,

which I think is gonna
be quite helpful for this.

Hopefully, she's
willing to work as a team

and do everything
that we need to do

to make ourselves successful.

This ground is sloping
up, so that's a good sign.

Get us out of this
swampy lowland.

Yeah, it's gonna get dark soon,

and if we had time to
play around with trying to

get that bow drill to go,
that would be awesome.

Being that it's so late today,
my biggest concern for tonight

is to get the mosquito net
something to hang off of.

It's gonna be something
we need to talk about.

Debbie: Well, having
a partner like bo,

I'm concerned that he's
this alpha male personality

and he's not gonna listen to me.

Okay, now we're
getting a lot of palm.

This is good.

So, do you want to be
somewhere closer to the water?

Bo: I'm thinking
because of daylight,

we find a flat
spot here shortly.

This maybe even has some
shelter potential right here,

like it's a ready-made rest to
stick to lattice across the top

and then put on some
of these palm leaves.

Debbie: Yeah.

For starters, maybe
we clear this out

so we have a decent
working space.

All right, so...

I know that you have,
like, an idea in your head --

you know what I mean?

Like, you're envisioning
something, and --

yeah, so try, like, you
know, a crosstie like this,

so it creates a kind
of support of itself.

Grab some cordage
and tie this one here.

Thread another one through here.

Mm-hmm.

Watch out. I'm gonna
sweep this by you.

Oh, sorry.

All right.

Looks pretty good.

It's getting there.

Tying the edges up so we
can easily get under here

and start putting
our bedding down.

Debbie: We're gonna
need water, you know,

and we'll probably need
fire to get that going.

Unfortunately, there's no
way we're gonna have time

to build a fire
before it gets dark,

so that's just not on
the menu for today.

Uh...

[ laughs ]

we should start putting
our bedding down.

Yeah. I might, like,
head back to, like,

that giant tree, just check
things out over there.

Okay, yeah. Yeah, okay.

Absolutely.

And I can put
stuff in my satchel.

Debbie: I just kind of need
to get away for a little bit.

Obviously, we need fire,

and my partner was just telling
me this is what I'm gonna do,

and then he was doing it.

My opinions weren't asked.

I'm not the kind of person
that's just gonna complain

and not talk to him about it.

Are you all right?

No.

You know, I'd kind of like
to talk about stuff together,

and I feel like you kind of
forgot to ask my opinion.

Yeah.

It's just coming
across a little bit like

you would treat a
person in the military.

Yeah, okay. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I didn't ask
your opinion up front.

I just want to make
sure that you don't think

I don't have ideas,
because I do.

Yeah, no. It's
cool. It's totally cool.

Okay.

Bo: I think the
initial mistake I made

in the rush to
get the shelter up,

I didn't really share
my thoughts with her.

I was being a boss
instead of being a partner.

I'm really glad we got that
straightened out right away.

Yeah. Me too.

Holy crap, it's getting dark.

Yeah.

You lose an hour of daylight

when you're in a
jungle that's this thick.

It's the end of day one.

We got our mosquito net up.

I'm not getting bitten
by any bugs right now,

so it's pretty comfortable.

Oh, my gosh. Look at these ants.

These ants are like -- they
just came out of nowhere.

And they bite. Trust
me. They freaking bite.

We got to move our shelter.

Yeah.

Oh, the flies are
biting me, too.

Debbie: Last night was terrible.

Even though we
had a mosquito net,

little ants got in,

and there were these
black flies that are just awful.

You can see I have some
bites on my shoulders

and all over my face,
apparently, as well.

I'm feeling
dehydration right now.

I know.

We are dangerously low on fluids

before we start doing a
boatload of manual labor.

Yeah.

We have to correct
that right away.

We can't put the full force
into effort of making shelter.

We can't go really
hard with the bow drill

when you're this dehydrated.

So I think we got to get
some water back in us.

You want to try the lake water?

Yeah. We have no other option.

I mean, right now,
there is no option.

Um....We have to
look out for the caiman.

Either you deal with the caiman

or you deal with
the dehydration.

So, you know, pick your poison.

Bo: It's dry season right now,

so there are no running
streams feeding this lake.

If we don't drink the water,
we're gonna get dehydrated,

and we're gonna be carted
out of here on a stretcher.

Debbie: What are those jumping?

Oh [bleep] oh, my
god, let's get out of here.

Get out! Get out!

Debbie: Oh [bleep] oh,
my god, let's get out of here.

Get out! Get out!

Bo: Okay, out of the lake.

I think stomping through there

is probably not something
that we want to do.

No.

We need to find a
safe spot to drink.

Yeah.

Narrator: Because
it is breeding season,

it's a particularly
dangerous time

to be at surama lake.

If they feel their
young are in danger,

caiman will viciously protect
them against any threat.

This is where we
came in yesterday.

I'm gonna try to get
just far enough out

and start drinking.

It's a 50/50 chance we're
gonna be regretting this,

but -- actually,
I won't regret it,

'cause if I don't drink
now, we're gonna be done.

Debbie: Yeah. We have no choice.

Oh, I cannot
believe I'm doing this.

Oh, my god.

It's either that or
go home, you know?

Debbie: I'm just
hoping I don't get

gravy train, whatever
you want to call it.

Oh, well, at this point in time,

it's more important to move
our shelter than get fire.

Yeah.

Let's find a better spot.

Yeah. Absolutely.

Okay, like, behind you,
there's a y-shaped stick,

so that can be the
top of our a-frame,

and, then, we start stacking
in a traditional a-frame.

We're just gonna be
on the ground again?

That sound good?

I mean, we can try it tonight,

but if we get eaten again,

like, tomorrow, we have
to do something different.

Have to do the platform?

Yeah. Yeah.

So, how are you
feeling after the water?

It's not in my system yet,

but at least my mouth is not
crazy-dry like it was before.

Put a little tension on there,
and then put our ties on there.

Here.

Thank you, partner.

Five-star resort right there.

Yeah. Black fly shelter.

I think that's as good
as it's gonna get.

Okay.

Let's make some f'ing fire.

[ thunder crashes ]

son of a b*tch.

Look at that.

Freshwater. Probably
better than the lake water.

This rain -- you
know, it will pass.

Yeah, it's not gonna last long.

Bo: Looks like our bow drill is
gonna be on pause for a while,

'cause everything's wet.

We have water, but we
really, really wanted to

make fire with the bow drill,

because I don't like being
wet and cold when I sleep.

It will give us some
basic protection

from caiman, snakes,
and other reptiles.

Oh, man. It's cold. This sucks.

Bo: It's cold in here.

I am freezing.

We can just untie
the mosquito net

and use it for a blanket
for body heat, you know?

Yeah.

Okay, so, here's the...

That's a little bit better.

Debbie: Last night
was [bleep] cold,

and we didn't have a
fire to keep us warm,

so we did have to
share body heat.

It was a little bit awkward,
and I am kind of wanting to

get something to cover
myself up, just so I, you know,

feel better walking around.

And hopefully, it will
help with the bugs, too.

So, it comes out here.
It will come across here.

Occasionally, your
end flaps might flap up.

You may have to pull those down.

Bo: I found these two roughly
triangular pieces of cloth,

and right away I saw it.

I said, "hey, you know,
that could be a bikini top."

you want the knot
showing in the front,

or you want the knot
away from your skin?

Yeah. Yeah.

I think any woman, if you're
naked and you're running around,

you're gonna feel,
you know, exposed.

And I think it's gonna boost
her self-confidence that,

you know, she's not walking
around completely naked.

I'm gonna have my ba*ls
busted by every green beret

on the planet, like, "dude,
you're on tv making bras?

What the [bleep]"

oh, my gosh.

Thanks, bo. [ laughs ]

no worries. Let's
make some fire.

All right. Let's do it.

[bleep]

yeah, I just don't
have enough energy.

I just -- I don't.

[ sighs ]

[bleep] it smells like rain.

Should we check
it? See what we got.

Yes!

Yes, we're good.

Take it easy, take it easy.

I don't think so.

[ blows ]

we got no smoke at all now.

The rain is coming. I can
hear it getting closer and closer.

Okay.

[ thunder crashes ]

narrator: Three days
into their challenge,

bo and debbie are frantically
racing to get their fire going,

as a storm threatens overhead.

[ sighs ]

debbie: We have to hurry, bo.

Yeah.

I just want to
give you one tip --

to put your body weight
more over, like more forward.

You know what I mean? Yeah.

Keep going, keep
going, keep going.

Oh, we got fire.

Okay.

We got fire.

Awesome job, bo.

We are like the best team ever.

[ laughs ]

your pliers and bow
drill are awesome.

[ laughs ]

you're amazing.

Oh, my gosh. We're
not gonna get rained on.

Great.

Bo: We had a near-miss
with the rain today.

We're really, really lucky.

We are super-excited
about our fire right now,

and I wish I had some
marshmallows and some hot dogs,

but we'll get some food soon,

and it's gonna be awesome.

So, I'll just show you
what's on my feet right now.

I have, like, bites all over.

There are these black
flies, and their bites are about

10 times worse
than mosquito bites.

All those little red dots,
they just itch like crazy.

[ insects buzzing ]

you can keep
those flies off of us.

I know. This is ridiculous.

Besides the lack of food,
it's the bugs that are k*lling us.

Do you want to watch the fire?

If you're okay with that.

Yeah.

I am just gonna kind of not
overexert myself right now

until I get some food.

All right. I'll be back.

Bo: Debbie's covered with bites,

so it's starting to
take a toll on her now.

She's definitely well
behind on storage of calories

on her own body, so...

The soil here is
really nutrient-poor,

so it doesn't have the ability
to support a lot of the fruits

that you see in other jungles.

Nothing there.

Score!

These palms have
these nuts on them,

and inside these
nuts are the worms

that get inside to eat them.

[ gasps ]

that's what we're looking
for -- the grubs inside.

Wow.

Mm.

Debbie: It's just disgusting,

but there's no
other food option,

so got to take what you can get.

You want them?

Go ahead. No, keep going
until you start feeling better.

Yeah. So...

It kind of tastes a
little bit like coconut,

but, like, oily.

I'm figuring if we toast
them, it will taste like --

toasted coconut!

Let's steam those bad
boys up, see what happens.

Oh, there they are.

Ooh. They're golden.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, yeah. It has a
smoky flavor now.

Watch.

[ both laugh ]

that's funny.

Debbie: I'm very
thankful for this,

get our energy up a little bit,
then maybe we can get some

serious protein.

Do you want to go out that way?

Yeah, I think I'm gonna
try, like, away from the bank

so we don't get the
sticks tearing at the net.

Bo: We're sitting on a lake,

so we just got to get
some methods to catch fish.

If we could draw some
protein out of the lake

without getting attacked by
a caiman, we'll do just fine.

Debbie: We have to go
in the water quite a ways

to try to just find
something to eat.

A caiman could
come up at any time

and try to take a bite, so
we're always on the lookout.

Let's check it.

Nothing flopping around.

No.

[ groans ]

a lot of silt. A lot of silt.

We can hear the fish
jumping all day long,

and it's really frustrating
when you're so hungry

and you know that food is,
like, almost at your fingertips

and you just can't get it.

[ sniffs ] that
smells real lemony.

I've never used this
particular vine before.

But the natives all
around this area --

this is how they
make fish traps.

One of the things I learned
throughout my military career is

always have a backup.

So I use that same
philosophy here.

I have a different
tool for every task,

and hopefully
it's gonna pay off.

The fish swim into this basket,
and they try to get the bait

that's gonna be way
down there on the end,

where you can see
it's all closed up.

So then he is stuck, so --

or she.

Or she.

Debbie: My job is to be on
guard, because, you know,

a caiman could
come up at any time,

and we need to have
each other's backs.

No movement over here.

So, bo is just staking it
in there so we don't lose it.

Oh, man. I'm ready
to eat some fish.

[ rustling ]

I heard something in the
water that sounded like a person.

I'm hoping that that's the
sound of a fish trapped in my trap.

If I had a flashlight, I'd
go check it out, but I don't.

We'll just see in the morning.

I'm gonna go over
and check the trap.

I'm so hungry.

No caiman in sight.

Holy [bleep]

there's something in there.

What have we got?

Something's flapping.

I can't see how
big it is, though.

Yeah. Just bring
the whole thing in.

Hold it by the lip, and
just let it drag behind you.

You don't have to tote it.

Oh [bleep]

[ groans ]

got out?

Yes.

Well, check it for any others.

If not, just put it back down.

We know it's working then.

[ whimpers ]

debbie: I'm just frustrated
beyond explanation.

I feel like I let our team down.

Bo: If you grab it by the sides,

it morphs the trap
and makes it --

yeah, I know. I know.

All right. Let's go.

We won't make the same
mistake next time, right?

No.

I'm just so hungry right now,

my stomach's,
like, eating itself.

Bo: We had a lack of
food the last couple days,

but we can't give up.

I've always had my
issued military equipment,

but I realized to survive
here, I got to make my own,

so I'm just trying
something new every day

to see what we can do to
capture one of these big fish,

'cause our big protein
is in those big fish,

and we've got to get one.

There's always seems to be
something jumping right there.

Oh, I see a fish right here.

You see one?

Yeah. It's a good size.

[ splashing ]

I got one!

Are you kidding me?

No, I'm not kidding
you. Oh, my gosh.

This is a big catfish.

Awesome.

I got one!

That thing is humongous.

That's a monster.

We can get the
guts out from here.

I'm still not satisfied
with that one.

You're gonna want a bigger one.

Yeah, this is a good-size one.

I want a 20-pound one next time.

[ laughs ]

this is the huge protein score
that we've been looking for.

This is gonna fuel us
up for a good, long time.

That's all right. I
don't mind a little dirt.

[ blows ]

mmm. God. Mm.

Mm.

Oh, that's so good.

It's awesome.

Mm-hmm.

Good job. Thank you.

I can feel it, like,
soaking into my body.

Debbie: The catfish
just gives me more hope

that we are gonna be able
to continue to be successful

with food, because we
still have a lot of days to go,

and I'm not leaving
here on just one catfish.

All right. It's time
to check the trap.

Yeah, I am hoping
there's something in there,

'cause I'm ready for some food.

You ain't kidding.

Something's definitely
trapped in here.

Oh [bleep]

there's a caiman in here.

Oh, sweet! There's
a caiman in here.

Oh, my god.

And he's deep in there.

Let's go way, way up on shore.

Okay.

I didn't think about a caiman.
I was thinking about fish.

Oh, my god.

I didn't imagine that we'd
have a caiman in here.

Dude, I've never
eaten a caiman before.

We're about to
have a caiman lunch.

Bo: Deb, you work
the spear action.

You want me to do what?

If you just run the spear
all the way through him,

out the other side.

Holy [bleep]

bo: Debbie hasn't done
anything like this before,

so this is a great
opportunity for her to try out

her warrior spirit
and do something big.

Holy [bleep]

drive it straight through.

My heart is, like, pounding.

Get your she-ra
jungle k*ller face on.

There you go.

Oh, my god.

You did it.

He's dead. Wow.

Look how fat his tail is. Wow.

That's a boatload
of meat on that thing.

Oh, he's still moving.
Oh, he's -- hang on.

Let's just make sure
he's -- finish him off.

[ thud ]

debbie: I'm so happy
and thankful right now.

You know, we are
in a survival situation,

and k*lling something
for the first time like that,

I felt strong and like I could
provide for my partner and I.

It was empowering to me.

Do you want to
butcher this thing?

Yeah.

It's not hard.

Yeah. I'll do it. Just
kind of supervise.

Oh, my gosh. That's tough.

Nice. It's all great
fish-bait stuff right there.

That goes right
back in the fish trap.

That's crazy.

This appears to be a tapeworm.

And if you eat this guy,
he will live in your stomach.

This guy's full of
worms. Oh, my gosh.

All right, well, normally,
I wouldn't call this edible,

but this is a big-protein
meal that we need,

so it's a calculated risk.

I'm so hungry.

Okay, he's getting
cooked well-done today.

Yes. I like my caiman
well-done, de-wormed.

Let's put this bad boy on.

Whoa! Oh, my god. Look at that.

He doesn't like being cooked.

I guess not.

Oh, man. The skin
is just, like, falling off.

That's awesome.

Oh, yeah, it's
like the leg is just

falling off the
bone like chicken.

All right.

All right. Here
goes. First caiman.

Cheers. [ chuckles ]

so, how's your first k*ll taste?

It was very rewarding, you know?

Debbie: When you're out
here starving every day,

you're just thankful
to have anything,

and it's great that bo is
able to encourage me.

I'm really thankful
that he's my partner.

Tastes just like chicken.

Bo: It's day 14.

Earlier this morning, we
got up, and we built a bench.

So now we have
a bench to sit on.

It's notched so the
thing doesn't roll,

and we won't have to
sit in the dirt anymore.

And we also built
a rack for our tools.

They're organized.

You can come by and
grab the tool that you need

and head on about your day.

It was deb's idea, and
it paid off handsomely.

I think a lot of times,
success breeds success,

so when you get a big
victory like that caiman,

you want to seize
that opportunity

to keep pushing the
envelope further and further.

These downed leaves are
as good a place as any to start.

If I were a snake,
I'd hide there.

At this point, my number-one
objective before extraction

is to get a snake.

I'm a green beret. We're
known as snake eaters.

And, you know, if I'm
out here for 21 days

and I can't come
up with a snake,

you know, that's
not saying much.

Well, this is prime
snake habitat.

I'm not coming up with [bleep]

nothing here.

Debbie: So far, no
movement over here.

Oh! Jackpot.

Holy [bleep]

yes!

There we go.

He is definitely a constrictor,

'cause he's squeezing
me pretty good.

This guy's going on the grill.

Nice.

This is gonna be great.

This will fuel us up for
another couple days, hopefully,

until we can get
something else big.

Being out here, I've
eaten a lot of things

that I don't eat every day --
grubs, caiman, and now snake.

You know, I'm pushing
myself to the limit

and seeing what I'm made of.

I have upheld the
green beret legacy

of being snake eaters.

My to-do list as a green beret
has been checked off today.

[ laughs ]

this is an example of people
who are thriving, not surviving.

Kick a*s, sea bass.

That's how much
a*s we're kicking.

[ thunder crashes ]

it's cold. This sucks.

This rainstorm has
lasted a decent while.

Getting more and more
worried about our fire,

'cause I didn't want to start
a fire from scratch again.

Narrator: The rain
intensifies, trapping

and forcing snakes and
caiman to seek higher ground.

Bo: It is the morning of day 18.

Our feet are waterlogged.
Everything's waterlogged.

We're sitting in our shelter.
We got leaks all over.

Check out the floor.

You can see it's
all wet inside of

this rainy, damp, stinky,
musky, moldy, wet shelter.

It is [bleep] absolutely
miserable out right now.

We are soaking-wet and --

[bleep] cold!

Yeah, getting wetter
by the moment,

[bleep] cold. And it's really

this officially sucks right now.

Like, it's reached
that level. It sucks.

Narrator: The cold is
sapping their energy reserves,

and the plagues of sand
flies are a constant menace.

The tiny insects are vectors
for a terrible skin disease

resembling leprosy, and
their increasing numbers

put bo and debbie at
higher risk of infection.

They were getting my
inner thigh during nap time.

I can't even [bleep] grasp this.
They were just chewing me up.

Another day of this... Aw, man.

It's not gonna come fast enough

to get me the
[bleep] out of here.

[ thunder crashes ]

bo: It is day 21.

I woke up this morning,
and the rain has stopped.

We're just feeling low energy,
like just really out of gas,

but we're ready to go, like,
we're ready to take a shower.

We're ready to get
something to eat.

We're ready to turn into,
like, normal human beings.

We're here.

Yeah, here we
are by the columns.

Narrator: To reach
safety, bo and debbie

to a native village on the
far edge of the wetlands.

To get there, they
must first cross

caiman-infested lake
surama and then hike through

nearly four miles
of uncharted jungle.

Bo: We have a good
ways to go to the water,

and that's really
gonna be difficult.

This lake is totally
overrun with caiman.

We got to use extra caution.

Oh [bleep]

there's a caiman.
There's two of them.

Narrator: During nearly
three weeks on surama lake,

bo, the green beret, and debbie,
the wisconsin mother of three,

have forged a
strong partnership.

Working together, they used
a variety of tools and traps

to obtain protein.

I've never eaten
a caiman before.

We're about to
have a caiman lunch.

But on the verge of extraction,

a four-day rainstorm
trapped them in their shelter,

shutting down
their ability to hunt

and putting them at the
mercy of voracious sand flies.

Yeah, screw the
flies. Death to all flies.

Their ability to overcome
these challenges

and find their way
out of the jungle

will determine bo and debbie's

final primitive
survival ratings.

Bo: Oh [bleep] there's a
caiman. There's two of them.

Debbie: Oh, my god.
No, there's more than two.

It means we definitely
ain't going that way.

No.

We want to pick our way
through here carefully.

I can't wait to get shoes.

Yeah.

See where we're supposed to...

I think maybe
it's this way here.

Bo: The vegetation is so thick.

Can't get a bearing on the sun,
because you just can't see it.

Green berets are world-renown
for their ability to navigate.

And I'll also tell you,
there's an insider rule

for all special-forces soldiers.

Rule number one is look cool.

Number two is don't get lost.

Rule number three
is if you get lost,

see rule number one.

So you got to do that.

It appears to be like a
game trail in front of us.

Let's stay on that.

Okay.

I said, I think we're
almost out of here.

So, this is a
double-track trail.

That means a car's been on here,
which means we're getting close.

There's the village.

Wow.

I see a truck.

That's our ride.

Sweet.

Wow.

21 days in the
jungle, and I am done.

Awesome.

Awesome.

Great job, partner.

Debbie: I'm totally happy.

I'm beyond ecstatic with
how bo and I did out here.

I feel like I've
grown as a person.

You know, I feel a lot stronger
and more confident in myself.

I can go home and be
a better mom to my kids,

and that's what I'm focusing on

is seeing my
kids at the airport.

[ voice breaking ] sorry.

[ laughs ]

I'm just not letting them go.

Bo: This is a difficult thing,

and your number-one
survival tool is that other person.

What I was hoping
for in a partner

was somebody who could be a
team player and work together,

and deb answered that in spades.

It's been absolutely a
pleasure to watch debbie grow

as a survivalist.

We've worked together, and
we accomplished our mission,

and I think we're
gonna be lifelong friends.

It's been a great experience.

Once in a lifetime.

Yeah, well, maybe once.

I'd do it again.

Whoo-hoo! Whoo!

Narrator: Over 21 days,
bo shed 25 pounds,

but proved himself a
formidable survivalist,

displaying top-notch
foraging and fishing skills.

He also adapted
his military attitude

for an entirely different type
of partnership with debbie...

Thanks, bo.

...Elevating his final
psr from 7.3 to 8.3.

Debbie entered
her 21-day challenge

with very little body fat,
yet still lost 11 pounds.

Her strong communication skills

and willingness to jump
headfirst into the challenge

boosts debbie's final
psr from 6.2 to 6.9.

Together, bo and debbie
demonstrated the skill,

tenacity, and team spirit
needed to survive 21 days

naked and afraid.

I came, I k*lled, and I ate.

Okay, I'm getting off the plane.

I'm gonna go see my family.

Man: Whoo-hoo!

Come here.

Oh, I missed my little man.

We missed my mommy.

[ laughs ]

let me hug you guys.

I brought some stuff back
with me, unfortunately.

I have a case of
cutaneous leech maniasis.

If you look closely at my ears,

one is much larger
than the other.

Leech maniasis is
transmitted by a sand fly.

Got bit by a sand
fly while I was there.

I've been on
numerous antibiotics.

So, on the pain scale, it's
about a 6 out of 10 right now.

About two weeks
after I got back,

my skin started having lesions,

so I'm being treated
for leech maniasis.

There's a suture there,
because I've done a biopsy,

and then I have one
on the side of my toe.

I've been feeling weak,
and my hair's been falling out,

and hopefully, we're on
the right track of treating this.

It's a risk that is involved

when you sign up
for this challenge.

Yeah, guyana bites back.