09x12 - Fan Down

[bunniefuu]

♪♪

Oh...

My feet feel like
they're coming apart.

You got this.

*Bleep* thorns --
they're everywhere.

My feet feel like
they're dying.

They don't want us here.

Man: come down here.
I'll eat your face.

See if I can get some dinner.

Woman: everything hurts.

Sitting on your couch watching
this show is not the same.

It's really *bleep* hard.

Oh, *bleep*.

It's not a good situation.

Medic, medic, medic,
need help. Medic.

God!narrator: for years,

Only one challenge
has pushed survivalists

To the brink,

Testing their mental
and physical limitations

For 21 days in the world's
harshest locations.

And now...

See that hair blowing
in the wind?

Aah, shake it.

Narrator:
...after a nationwide search...

There's no way that
I'm going to tap out.

Narrator:
...for adventure-hungry fans
of "naked and afraid"...

Do you see these
muscles right here?

A spatula.safe.

Narrator: ...from all different
walks of life...

I'm so freaking excited.

...two super-fans...

...with no primitive survival
experience...

And, yes, my shelter is made
out of wood pallets.

Naked and afraid training 101.

Narrator:
...will attempt their own
14-day challenge in the wild.

Nice and warm.

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Woman: everything sucks.

Can you believe
what's happening?

No.

My mom's going to be on
"naked and afraid."

My name's maci and I'm
from chattanooga, tennessee.

I would describe myself
as a badass.

This is my practice fire spot.

I'm pretty good at fire.

Been practicing that, like,
a lot, a lot, a lot.

I've been a fan of
"naked and afraid" for years.

Even though I may not be
an expert,

I've been camping multiple times
a year my entire life.

This challenge -- it is
something that I'm dying to do

And I really, really want it.

Are you going to survive
with the babies?

At least you'll have a couch...

And food.

I was a teen mom.

Being a mom prepares you
for a situation like this

Because the motherly instinct
kicks in and gives me an edge.

When I watch this show,
one thing that drives me crazy

Is people quit way too early.

Like, they don't even
give themselves a change.

The first sign of distress, they
tap out, like, they're done.

I just want to get the *bleep*
out of here now.

-I'm -- I'm done.
-Tapping out.

I mean, it's going to suck, for
sure, but I'm not going to quit.

You think I can do it?

Say, "go, mommy, go."

Go, mommy, go.

This is the first thing
I've done in a long time

That is just for myself.

I'm going to go survive
in the forest.

-Oh.
-Naked.

Oh.

I mean, I enjoy my life now,
and I do believe in myself,

But there's never a wrong time
to take something apart

And build it back better
than it was before.

Mwah.

I hope the challenge will
make me a better person.

I think you're going to do good.

Narrator: maci is hard-working
and resourceful,

And her adventurous spirit

Earns her a starting psr
of 4.3.

Whoo. I'm going to be on
"naked and afraid." Yeah!

My name's justin.

I'm originally from hawaii,
but I live in colorado.

I'm a nurse, and I work
in the intensive care unit.

I get patients when their life
is on the line.

I have to make
quick decisions every day,

And, um, making quick,
responsive decisions

Has always been
a strength of mine.

Pretty dead right now.

Practicing?

Diary cam.nice.

It's the little things
that my parents taught me

That made me a survivalist.

My father would always
go hunting to try

And provide food for the family,
whether it's catching

'A'ama crabs or pounding opihi,

We always lived
closely to the land

And knowing where
our food comes from.

How do you think I'll do?

I don't know. I don't --

I don't -- I have no clue.

Being a big guy like me,
I love to eat.

On the menu for today,
hawaiian-style loco moco.

Best kind of environment
that you could stick me into

Is the islands.

I can have me some fish and poi
because I'm a big boy.

And this has been "the cooking
corner" with justin.

Hey, pops.

I want to prove to my father
that I can do anything.

In hawaii, we call
that the mana,

The spirit to overcome anything.

Love you too, papi.

Good deal.

If I become half the man
my father is,

I'll be a great man.

Narrator:
as a trauma nurse in the e.r.,

Justin is no stranger
to life-and-death situations,

But at 6'5" and 300 pounds,

He'll need a lot
of calories to survive.

He begins with a psr of 5.3.

Long, steady, even strokes.

In the weeks leading up
to their challenge...

Awesome!

...maci and justin receive
some hands-on training

From primitive survival experts.

Mattress broke.

I have a lot to learn.

And one of those
will stun the animal.

You want to hurl it?sure. You want to run?

No. You're joking, right?
I'll get out of your way.

You said small animals.

Every day that date
gets a little closer.

Yeah, it's -- it's starting
to feel real, for sure.

Good.

♪♪

Narrator:
chacocente, nicaragua --

This is one of
the harshest locations

Fan survivalists
have ever faced.

It is the hottest period
in a long, punishing dry season,

So food and fresh water
will be scarce,

Forcing maci
and justin to compete

With the wildlife
for sparse resources.

♪♪

Maci: I'm feeling anxious.

I've had nightmares
that I have to tap out.

I see a lot of beach, but I also
see some forest and elevation,

So that definitely
makes me feel better,

Like there are more resources,
but kind of scared.

We'll be pono here.
We'll be the righteous.

♪♪

All right.

Right here, the dreadful part of
taking my clothes off has come.

Ugh! I want to do it fast
and get it over with.

Hey, mom. I'm naked.

Naked for all to see,
and the boat tips me over.

♪♪

Hey! Hello!

Hey. I'm justin.

I'm maci.
Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you, too.
-Are you excited about this?

So excited.
Excited to be on --

On "naked and afraid."

I think my face is going to hurt
from smiling so much.

-You watch the show at all?
-Oh, my god. Obsessed.

-Yeah?
-All the time.

-All the time?
-All the time.

What do you think
about being on it now?

I'm excited to be here.

I still feel
a little awkward.

-Yeah?
-But I'm ready.

I'm ready to start.

I'm actually more comfortable
being naked than I should.

-Let's see what's in our bags.
-All righty.

Thank you.

Looks like I got,
uh, my machete.

Nice.

It's a nice, thick tang,
sharpened it up.

-Okay.
-So we should be good to go.

Oh, yeah.
That's heavy-duty.

Yeah. Looks like you got
a fire starter.

That will work perfect.
I brought my pot.

We got our sharp item.
We got our fire starter.

We got a source
for clean water.

Now we just got
to find clean water.

Well, I have the map.

Cool deal.
So what have we got here?

I think we need to be
somewhere right here.

There's probably
fresh water there.

Narrator:
to make it to fresh water,

Justin and maci must now hike

Into a dense canopy
of thorny acacia brush,

Home to hungry pumas...

And territorial howler monkeys.

Coral snakes also thrive here.

And their potent venom can cause

Respiratory failure
within hours.

There's a couple of little paths
we can take here.

Get ready for the thorns.

-Watch your step in here.
-I know.

There's a lot of cactus
on the ground right there.

That's why it's nice to have
a good walking stick

To poke in front of ya

If there's any kind of
branches or thorns.

-There's one right there.
-Yeah.

Watch yourself.

♪♪

You guys don't have, uh, hills
like this in tennessee, huh?

Oh, yeah, we do.

-Yeah?
-Uh-huh.

Oh, *bleep*.

I stepped on a thorn.
*Bleep*

Stepped on this *bleep*.

-You good?
-Yeah.

Going to find a spot
to camp

And get some water
and get our shelter going.

We'll have to examine
our feet a little closer.

Make sure that we're
taking care of our feet.

Sorry, I'm going to
pull this a little bit.

Collect things
while we're here.

Mm-hmm.

Pre-made cordage,
right from the store.

-Yeah, like these.
-Tarzan here.

You could seriously, like,
swing on this.

-You could. I can't.

We got papaya.

There's a whole
papaya tree here.

Oh, yeah. We do.
We need to get to that.

Uh, you ever hear
of a redneck ladder?

Yeah.
I am from tennessee.

Give me your foot here.

Narrator: the papaya tree is
actually an herb that grows

Between 10
and 30 feet in height.

Whoo.

Narrator:
young papayas are fully edible,

Either raw or boiled.

I feel really confident
about making it the 14 days.

All right,
that's all I can reach.

All right, watch yourself.
Bringing you down.

And having a partner that seems
to have a really good attitude

And knows a lot of stuff is --
just made me feel a lot better.

I literally don't even know
where we're going,

But we got something to eat.

Day one -- getting some kind
of food in the basket already.

It's huge. It's huge.

So we can probably boil these.

Make, like, a little --
a nice little papaya stew.

-Yeah.
-Good for digestion.

♪♪

I think if we keep
following downhill,

We're bound to get
to water eventually.

Yeah.

Ow.

How are you feeling?

-My feet are k*lling me.
-Yeah?

Oh, *bleep* me.

*Bleep* thorns.

They're everywhere.
Oh, my god.

Can't wait to make shoes.

Growing up in hawaii,
we're used to walking barefoot.

I mean, since I've been
in colorado,

My feet aren't nearly
as tough as they should be,

And, frankly,
they hurt right now.

They -- I mean, we're walking on
shale, we're walking on rocks,

There's thorns everywhere.

I don't care how tough
your feet are.

It's going to hurt.

Is there a place
to sit down up there?

Yeah, we can pop a squat
anywhere here if you want to.

*Bleep* me.

Ugh.

This *bleep*.

Definitely thought it was
going to be this way,

But I think
I underestimated the pain.

Oh, my god.

My feet feel like
they're dying.

You got this.

My feet are just coming apart.

♪♪

Oh, my god.

It looks like it's opening up.

My feet
are going to fall off.

You want a piggyback ride?

-I don't want to k*ll ya.
-Ah. You won't k*ll me.

I'm a big, fat man.

All righty.

God, you're tall.

Yep. Squattin' down.

Oh, lord.

Okay. Ow. *Bleep*.
All right, one, two, three.

-All right.
-All right.

So, what we're going to do is

You're going to hold
onto my hand here.

Okay.

And I'm going to hold
onto your hand.

Okay.

And you're going to
hold onto my hand.

-Perfect. You're the best.
-Here we go.

Here we are.

It's one of those intimate
moments, walking in the woods.

Right?

You're lighter than most
of my hunting packs.

Usually I have shoes on, but...
Yeah.

Oh. Sorry. Are you okay?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

I think I got you
maybe more than me.

♪♪

Best partner ever!

We're getting closer.

This is glorious.

"Glorious," yeah.
All right.

My feet have never hurt
so bad in my life.

So what we're going to do is
I want to take another 10 steps,

And then you're
going to carry me.

-All right. Let's do it.

I'm just kidding.

It's going to get
a little thick here.

-Any time you want to...
-Okay.

-Just watch your head.
-Okay.

Or do you want to walk
through this?

-I can walk.
-You can walk?

-Yeah, I'll give you a break.
- I'm fine.

*Bleep*oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

-You all right?
- Yes.

I just don't want
to hit your head.

-You all right?
-Yeah.

Okay. So just through
this clearing,

And then it looks
a little thick right here.

-Oh, you think so?
-Oh, my god.

Narrator: the piercing shriek
of the howler monkey

Can be heard as far
as 3 miles away.

You think so, big man, huh?
Come down here.

I'll eat your face...

If it was legal.

Narrator: its howl is often
meant as a warning

To deter intruders
in its territory.

Oh, my god.
That's gnarly.

Yeah. That's badass.

He's going to pee on us.

Eh, chop down his tree,
and I'll pee on him.

They don't want us here.

♪♪

Oy.

This ground sucks.

I think I see water.

Right through
these trees here.

-Look over here.
-Oh, I see, right there.

-Yeah, we're here.
-Oh, my god. I'm so thirsty.

Oh!

That water looks beautiful.

It does.

In the wet season, this would
be an awful spot to camp

Because water would be
coming through here.

-Right.
-But this ain't a terrible spot.

I do think this area would be
really nice for shelter.

-Sure.
-Plus this is just

Something nice to look at.
-For sure.

-You can start a fire here.
-Yeah.

And start boiling water
so we have something to drink

'Cause I would love
a drink of water.

Yeah, I'm dying.

-Want that?
-Mm-hmm.

That'll help you with fire.

You want some of this
for your firewood?

Just a few small pieces,
and I can find some little...

Some thin wood.
Oh, my gosh.

Watching "naked and afraid"
from your couch,

It's easy to point out

All the things you think
people are doing wrong.

When you're here,

And you can actually
feel the thirst

And the pain in your body,

It's a completely
different story.

♪♪

Come on. Stay.

Stay.

Stay.

Don't go out, you b*stard.

Yeah, we can use
some of these leaves.

Good.

Fire, you crusty b*tch,
you better keep *bleep* going.

-Go, go, go, go, go.
-Don't smother, don't smother.

Come on. Ah!

Actually my fire dance,
my nut slap.

I am man!
We have fire!

We made fire
day number one.

Whoo-hoo! Yeah.

-We're awesome!
-Yeah.

Justin:
it seems like she's going to be
a valuable asset to the team.

You are woman.
You make fire. Ooh-wee.

We are badasses.

You are a badass.
That was beautiful.

She's doing a great job,
and I'm proud of her so far,

And our goal is to keep
that fire going.

Keep that baby dancing for us.

Ain't it beautiful?

There's never enough time
in the day,

But we'll get a bed in here.
I just need to start chopping.

♪♪

Justin: we're just going to, uh,
have two logs kind of raise us

Up off the ground a little bit.

Um, and then have a bunch
of beams across it.

It's not going to be comfy,

But it'll get us
off the ground.

Everything is *bleep*
thorns around here.

We're not going to get
a lot of sleep.

Tonight is going to suck.

♪♪

Yeah. Anything without thorns.

Yeah.

Justin:
there's my partner on our little
makeshift high-rise bed.

Definitely hard.

We got water, and, uh,
we're alive still.

Yeah, those thorns.

-You can feel them, huh?
-Oh, yeah.

Our feet hurt so bad
that you can just hear the pain

Every time we take a step.

Yeah. Oh!

I'm going to have some cuts
and scrapes in the morning.

*Bleep* thorns and everything.

Yep.

Oh, my gosh.

Was that important?

Yep.

What can be worse than

A bunch of thorns
to your *bleep* ba*ls?

This definitely sucks.

Seriously.
Just have to laugh this off

Because if I don't
just die laughing,

I'm going to cry.

I'm seriously going to cry.

It's *bleep* hell.

♪♪

Trying to weave up
some slippers.

My feet are hurting, so trying
to increase my mobility.

The process is just getting
two loops, and then, uh,

Weaving the same
kind of material

Back and forth,
back and forth.

And we were on thorns
all night.

Couldn't sleep in the bed
because every piece of wood,

Every thing of leaves
that we tried to lay down for --

To be softer had thorns on it.

Gonna try my best to keep myself
from the breaking point.

Try to keep myself busy.

Try not to think about...

How nice
it would be to go home.

Everything sucks.

Everything hurts -- physically,
mentally, everything hurts.

Sitting on your couch watching
this show is not the same.

I don't think that I can.

It's really *bleep* hard.

♪♪

♪♪

Shoes are awful, but, uh, I'm
gonna put a little mud in them.

Maybe that will make them
a little better.

Your monkey's
laughing at you.

I know.

He's saying my pee-pee's small.

Yeah.

♪♪

Let's see what these do.

The mud makes them better.

-Mm-hmm.
-But they also make them heavy.

Yeah.

What's nice about them is at
least every step is consistent,

So, like, you can
actually relax.

Right.

Because you know what the step
is going to feel like.

Yeah.

You want me to pull
a bunch of cordage,

And, uh, see if these
will work for you?

They work for you?

They're not perfect,
but they're better.

I feel like my feet
are just coming apart,

Like literally ripping open.

It's taking everything
I have not to go home.

-Really?
-Yeah.

I just --

I just have a feeling
you're going to really,

Really, really regret
that decision.

The mindset of leaving
didn't even cross my mind.

Come on, girly.
You got this.

Maci's not doing great.

I mean, it's important
for both of us to finish

Because this would be
huge for her,

But it's for both of us
to finish this challenge

And finish it strong.

The world is your oyster.

What will you make of it?

♪♪

Maci:
coming into this,

I 100 percent
was confident in myself,

But it's easy
as a fan to say that

Because you don't feel like
you're standing in a *bleep*

Fire because
you feet hurt so bad.

I'm tapping out
of this challenge.

You sure?

Yeah.
It's the best decision for me.

I feel like if I stay here
any longer,

I'm legitimately
going to lose my mind.

I know you'll finish it.

I'll work on it.

All right.

Leaving my partner is probably
the hardest part about leaving,

I'll be honest.

Yeah, catch you
on the flip side.

Good luck.

Thanks.take care of yourself.

I'll try.

The only reason why I lasted
so long through the morning

And throughout the day

Was because I didn't want
to leave him here.

I feel selfish,
but just how I --

How I was mentally was not
doing anything good for him,

So it's best for me
to get out of his way.

I believe in him.
I think he'll get it done.

I'll see you guys later.

Narrator: unable to handle the
discomfort and deprivation,

Maci exits the challenge
on day two,

Dropping her psr from 4.3

To 1.3.

Maci just quit.

She, uh, didn't want
to do it anymore.

It's day 2.

This is the fan challenge.

I'm glad it's not
the full 21 days

'Cause, ooh, by myself?

It's hard.

I need to focus
on what's important here

Because, right now,
my belly's empty.

I definitely could
use some food.

♪♪

Look there --
something in the trees.

Could be a possum or something.

It's not a monkey by any means,

So I think
it's in the food chain.

I can already feel that
fatigue from not eating.

I definitely need to get some
kind of protein in the pot.

This is my first solid meal.

It means dinner,
but it also means

I can take his organs
and put it in a trap

And see if fish
want to taste that.

Narrator:
a full-grown possum of this size

Can mean as much as
10,000 calories for justin.

See if I can get some dinner.

Nailed him,
but didn't knock him out.

♪♪

♪♪

Ooh, got him again.

Tough little *bleep*.

Suck it, b*tch.

♪♪

*Bleep*

Lost him in the trees.

♪♪

My feet -- frickin' k*lling me.

Those spikes really got to me.

They really eat up my feet.

It wears on you because,
yeah, this sucks.

This is not a fun situation.

Maintain and improve --
might as well make my shelter

A little more substantial.

I ripped out a dead branch
right there.

Same idea, but there's a lot
of these big vines,

And I'll probably just
weave them back and forth.

And make almost, like, a wall,
and then put mud over the top

Of all the branches that
I'm weaving back and forth.

It's a little more substantial,
a little more sturdy,

And less of a haven for insects
and bugs.

♪♪

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♪♪

Last night sucked.
It was hard.

This is the fan challenge.

It's harder than I thought
it was going to be,

And so I'm just trying
to play this game safe

Because I got so many cuts
and scrapes all over my feet.

Infection is definitely
a concern.

I mean, I'm an icu nurse.

An infection into the
bloodstream can be fatal.

What happens
if you don't treat it

Is your body keeps fighting it

Until the viral load is so high
that it can't handle any more,

So you go into a septic shock
where it is life-threatening.

Stuff like that is what's
going to take me out of this.

It's going to be an infection or
a stupid swing of the machete.

Something like that.

So I'm trying to keep my feet
as clean as possible,

But I don't even know
why I even try.

♪♪

Day 14 is a long ways away.

I can already tell it's taken
a toll on my mind.

I'm not thinking
nearly as clearly.

I'm definitely dragging.

I'm definitely feeling the fact
that I haven't eaten,

But, hopefully, I don't hit
that breaking point.

Just making a fish trap.

Making some ties to, uh, kind of
hold the center in place,

And then I'm going to
make a basket.

First time I made a trap like
this, but as a fan of the show,

*Bleep* let's see
if I'm even up to snuff.

Ooh-wee!
Coordination is a problem.

If you were a fish,
would you want to go in there?

If I put something
tasty inside, maybe.

I don't know if there's
any termites

In these termite mounds anymore,

But I'm going to try and put one
of those mounds inside the trap.

I've seen episodes on the show

Where they get
those termite nests

And they throw them
in the water.

Narrator: live termites
in an active colony

Can number into the millions.

Justin: there's a bunch of
larvae and live ones.

Narrator: so even a small
portion of a mound

Is attractive bait for fish
like grouper or rainbow bass.

Oh, yeah. They're all over,
climbing up already.

If I get something, whoo-hoo.

Fish on the barbie.

I'm jamming it between
a couple of branches.

I think I put it
in a pretty good spot.

My hopes are high for it.

I'm hoping it -- it --
it pays with abundance.

♪♪

Cannonball!

I'm just hoping and praying
that, uh, I was successful.

Nothing.

Let's put it back,
and let it keep hunting.

I don't know what else
to do there.

That's a shame.

Every time I think there's
a possibility of failure,

I think of my dad,
and how he provided for us,

And I always get
a little emotional.

I don't like to fail.
I'm very competitive.

♪♪

I am starving.

This is a rough and barren area.

People don't come here
to hunt and fish for a reason.

Got some gourds.

Whoo-hoo.

Ah. Just got to pretend
that I'm picking out

A breakfast burrito
right here.

Bacon, sausage, and eggs.

Oh, yeah.

Crack this b*tch open
and see what's inside.

Maybe I can get some
sustenance in me tonight.

Narrator: because of its hard,
waterproof shell,

The bottle gourd,
while edible, is usually used

To craft simple tools
and containers.

Justin: I don't know if you
see that, but it looks

Absolutely disgusting.

Burnt gourd.

I'm not sure if it
just turns black,

But I don't think this is made
for human consumption.

♪♪

I'm hoping for some
protein tomorrow.

I'm not completely discouraged,
but it definitely wears on you.

♪♪

I like being in the water.

It takes the weight
off of my feet.

Ooh, it's cold.

Aw.

Oh, you *bleep*.

Damn it.

Crab crawled over my leg,
and I missed him.

He's a fast little sucker.

They got holes right here,
so they dig in these holes,

And they come out in this river.

Oh, *bleep*.
Damn it.

Where did he go?

That's what you get for
being a big, clumsy oaf.

Got you, *bleep*.

I just caught a little crab.

All I need is a little unagi,
some rice, cucumber, avocado,

And I got me a little
soft-shell crab roll.

It's scrum-didly-umptuous.

Narrator:
justin is used to getting
1,400 calories per meal.

These tiny crabs will
only provide 10 calories each.

I'd like to collect a few more.

Got you.

He pinches pretty hard
for a little sucker.

I'm cleaning his guts out,
and he still pinches me

Like a son of a g*n.

These are tough little suckers.

♪♪

Got some dinner.

This is my happy dance.

This is my "got the fire going,

Got something different
in my pot" dance.

Get yourself a pair
of chopsticks like this.

It's just like those plates
that you have

At super-fancy restaurants.

It's a good morale booster,
it's uplifting,

Saying that it's possible

To catch something
in this environment.

And, right now, I feel good.

But there's not a lot
of calories here to put back

Everything that I'm losing.

I don't know if there's anybody
bigger of a fan than I am,

But it takes a lot out of you.

This is definitely a challenge
not for the weak-minded

Or faint of heart.

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♪♪

♪♪

Good news.

*Bleep* squirts started today,
so that's *bleep* awesome.

I've been pretty good
about boiling my water

And not eating anything
that I think would cause it,

But maybe these papayas --

I've just kind of been
putting them in my water,

To kind of give me the flavor,

But, oof, they run
through me like water.

Oh, my word.

Just another day in paradise.

♪♪

I was really, really,

Really worried
about my feet last night.

They're really hurting me.

But they're better this morning,
so we'll take what we can get.

♪♪

This place --
it will beat you up.

It will take it out of you.

Every night's hard on me.

I still get lighthearted
standing.

I still, like, feel the shakes,
like I'm a little weak.

Like I'm not as strong as I am,

And my brain definitely isn't
seeing as clear as I could.

I just need to grit my teeth
and bear it.

♪♪

I think most of these holes
are made by a couple of crabs.

I've been catching these little
crabs along the shore,

But they're small little crabs.

If I caught one of these
big guys up on the land,

I'd call that a decent meal.

I'm a big meat-eater,
and that's what gives me energy,

So catching a crab
would be huge.

These holes are so *bleep*
deep.

Once they get into
that softer soil,

It's just like an ant hill
that just...

...all intertwines and probably
goes out into the water.

Narrator: ghost crabs live both
in water and on land,

Burrowing deep underground
in a vast system of tunnels.

They can also change color
to blend into their surroundings

And evade predators.

*Bleep* *bleep*.

The people who have
completed this challenge

Definitely deserve respect.

Sitting at home,
you see a situation,

You're like,
"ooh, hindsight, 20/20.

He should have done this
or they should have done that,"

But when you're
in the situation,

And you haven't eaten,

And you're not properly
hydrated, your feet hurt.

It makes things
a little more difficult.

Coordination is awful
at this point.

Narrator:
seven days into the challenge,

Justin has consumed
less than 100 calories,

All from tiny morsels of crabs

And the papayas
collected on day 1.

Whee, got light-headed.

Stood up too quickly.

Narrator: with justin accustomed
to having 4,000 calories a day,

His body is in
a major calorie deficit,

Resulting in compromised motor
skills and loss of coordination.

Justin:
it takes a lot of effort,
but got to keep working.

Stay busy.
It's no joke.

♪♪

*Bleep*

Medic, medic, medic.
Need help. Medic.

♪♪

*Bleep*

Ooh. *Bleep*

*Bleep* my life.

*Bleep*

The elastic one.

-That one.
-This one?

Reysell, man,
what's the --

What's the diagnosis?

Well, your injury
is quite serious.

And also, um,
a systemic infection,

So I need to medically
tap you out

Because of the risk
of self-infection

In these kind of conditions.

I get it.

I, uh --

I really felt like I was
going to make it through.

It was just a freak thing,
and I don't *bleep*.

It -- it sucks that
I'm out of the challenge,

But I'm an icu nurse,

And the fact that
I have seven days left,

A massive infection
can occur in seven days,

And if an infection
gets into my foot,

You have to amputate,
and it's not worth my foot.

We'll get you
all stitched up.

Narrator:
justin leaves the challenge
ten pounds lighter,

And the forced medical tap-out
lowers his psr to 5.0.

Back at the base camp,
to relieve the pain,

The doctor must
administer lidocaine

All around the open gash.

Aah!

Yeah, that's -- that's pain.

Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-
hoo-hoo-hoo!

Narrator: justin then receives
eight sutures

To close the wound
and protect the exposed vein.

Justin: usually, I just do that
duct-tape sort of thing,

But this was a little more
extensive than duct tape.

♪♪

Ah, you got eight stitches.

Thank you.

But I'm definitely going to
get some, like, "really?

"Really?
That's how you're going out?

Really?"

♪♪

It's been a few weeks since
I went on "naked and afraid."

Uh, went on a nice little hike
today, did a little trail run.

Testing how the foot is.

Foot's all nice and healed up.

Even though I failed,

The challenge has given me
more confidence

In my ability
to overcome any challenge.

Thanks for letting me
be on your show,

And thanks for the adventure.
See you on the next one.