10x07 - Swamp Don't Care

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Jake: nights have been getting
really, really tough on melissa.

I woke up this morning,
and I'm definitely

A little concerned for her,
and I'm gonna go out,

See if I can't
maybe find some snakes,

Something that we could
have for dinner.

♪♪

Melissa: this is, by far,
the hardest environment

I've had to deal with.

I have never felt this weak
in my entire life.

I need to find some food.

♪♪

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

Melissa!

Jake:
I have no idea where melissa is.

She's been gone for a while now.

I want her to be okay.
I really care about her a lot.

Melissa!

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Ugh!

-We got to get to water.
-Almost there.

-Hey! Get out of here!
-Hey!

Man:
I got a bad feeling about this.

-Whoo!

Man #2: holy hell.

-We got this.
-Yeah!

Get me out!

Jake:
this black water freaks you out.

Three days until insertion,

And I am hard preparing
for this big adventure,

And I'm working at becoming
comfortable being naked again,

Which, for me,
is not that difficult.

I enjoy my body.

Okay, so, I'm reading
a news article right now.

"Breaking news --
missing woman's arm

Found in the stomach
of an alligator,"

And that is
right where we are going to be.

Holy crap.

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There is a very eerie feeling
to being out in the swamps.

It does smell like death.

Narrator:
blackwater swamp --

A survivalist's worst nightmare.

Spanning
more than 6,000 acres,

It's part of florida's
treacherous wetlands

That are crawling

With over 1 1/2 million
ferocious alligators...

...and just
as many deadly snakes,

As agile on land
as they are in water.

The water here is so black,

It provides perfect cover
for north america's

Only poisonous water snake --

The cottonmouth.

Daily storms
with gale-force winds

Can quickly cover up
the little dry land there is,

Disorienting even
the best navigators

And making it almost impossible
to stay dry.

I bet there's a lot
of gators right now

That are watching me
that I can't see.

Narrator: in a unique challenge,
two elite veteran survivalists

Are returning to take on
this putrid swampland.

Facing suffocating humidity
and a flooded landscape,

Melissa and jake will need all
their expert primitive skills

To survive here.

This is gonna be
an awesome challenge.

I think I might have signed up

For the biggest mistake
of my life.

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I have survived in many
different types of locations.

I did my 21-day challenge
in amazonia.

Rotisserie tarantula --

It tastes a little bit
like burning hair.

I attempted the 40-day
in south africa.

I almost died.

I don't want to leave.

Man: one, two, three.

Jake: people think I'm
a little crazy for coming back

And taking on this challenge
yet again.

I probably am.

I feel like I need redemption.

I've got to go out there
and do this.

I have never put my skill set
to the test

In a location like this

Where we've got gators,
venomous snakes

That can take you out
in a heartbeat.

If somebody asked me,
"what's the one place

You don't want to survive in?"
I found it.

It's here.

It's gonna be relentless
for 21 days.

Melissa:
this environment is no joke.

I think this is definitely
gonna be the ultimate test.

I really got to be on top
of my game,

And I can't be making
foolish decisions.

I need to watch every step.

This is my third time
on "naked and afraid."

I was in the amazon jungle
for three weeks.

This will be a good meal.

And I survived 40 days
in africa.

-Yeah.
-Yes!

Melissa: this is gonna be
the hardest environment

I've ever survived in.

I can do anything
I set my mind to.

I'm ready to kick a*s.

I'm ready just to be out there
right now.

I'm so pumped.

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Home, sweet home.

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Let's go find a naked lady.

Hoping she's my type.

Looks like I'm back
in my element.

Let's do this.

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Narrator: jake has relied on
his expert primitive skills

In many different environments
worldwide,

But this will be
his first survival test

In florida's deadly
blackwater swamp.

Jake begins with a psr of 8.0.

Melissa prides herself on being
a hard-core survivalist,

But her self-confidence
will be severely tested

In her most demanding challenge
yet.

She begins with a psr of 7.7.

Melissa: hi.

Jake nodar!

Hi.
Oh, my gosh.

How are you?

You smell way too good
for this challenge.

Oh, thank you. Likewise.

And our babies
would be adorable.

Oh, I know.

Melissa: I could not be
more excited to have jake.

This is a third round
for both of us,

And we both know what it takes
to get through these 21 days.

I'm excited.
We're gonna k*ll it.

Yeah. Hell, yeah.i feel very good about this.

All right, you want to take
a look at what's in our bags?

Yeah.

Narrator: jake and melissa
have been given a pot

To purify
the stagnant swamp water,

And they've each brought
a personal item --

A fire starter
and a nepalese kukri knife.

I have the map right here.

Oh, the map.
Okay.

I think we are right here.

What we're gonna need to do
is go upstream this direction.

Look, some dry land
right up here.

Yeah. We definitely want to be
as high as possible.

And we'll have to watch
for the gators

When we do the river
crossing, for sure. That's...

Especially since that water
is, like, black.

Yeah, not gonna
see them coming.

Ready?
Yeah. Let's do this.

Okay.

Melissa and jake
are walking unprotected

Into the blackwater swamp,

Where the alligators can grow
to more than 15 feet in length.

Weighing up to 1,000 pounds,

These freshwater K*llers
can deliver a bite

Twice as powerful
as a grizzly bear,

And they can hide underwater
for up to 24 hours,

Dropping their heart rate to two
to three beats per minute,

Allowing them to lie in wait
for unsuspecting prey.

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Ugh.

Oh!

Oh, gross.

Starting to smell
like swamp.

Oh, god, it smells.

Jake:
swamp-like conditions,

Gross, stagnant, smelly water.

Every 100 feet deeper in that
we get, it just gets worse.

Smells
like rotting eggs.

That is horrible.

It's like we're heading
straight to hell.

Everything does look
exactly the same here.

Let's just hope
we're not going in circles.

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We're gonna have
to find higher ground.

Yeah.

It seems like
the other side of the river

Is definitely higher.

That look like it might be
a little dry patch of land?

Yep. Yeah.

Want to go check that out?yeah.

We might
just have to cross it.

Let's get there.

Hopefully,
it's not too deep.

Yeah, keep our eyes
out for gators.

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Oh *bleep*

What the hell is that?

I don't know.

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Is that a gator
crossing it over there?

Yes.

I mean, we can't camp anywhere
in this, or we'll be...

No.
...eaten alive.

No.

This is
extremely dangerous.

The water
is the gator's territory.

You don't want to mess with
a gator when it's in the water.

We need to find a place
to start building

A shelter away from the river

Because we don't want gators
literally right by our camp.

This might be high enough.

Yeah.

We have some
sunlight penetration.

And this area seems
to be the driest.

Absolutely.

Jake:
we're building an "a"-frame.

Really gives us
a lot of extra space,

A lot of extra room
for wood storage

Because, out here, you need
plenty of dry wood.

Yes, queen.
Okay.

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Melissa:
yeah, fire is so important here

Because it is the only thing

That provides
a sense of dryness.

Jake: great job.

So far, I am really happy
with my partner.

She's got
a crazy-strong work ethic.

Think
we're gonna really k*ll it.

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Oh *bleep*

I am not feeling
awesome about this.

Oh, my gosh.
Lookit. Whew!

Oh, look at the river.

Melissa:
it is absolutely crazy out.

Everything's getting really wet,

So we're just kind of hunkering
down in our shelter right now,

Just kind of waiting out and
hoping that it passes us soon.

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Aah!

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Last night
was less than glamorous.

It rained quite a bit.
Didn't sleep very well.

Up all night feeding the fire.

Day 1 really sucked.

Wonder
what's gonna happen today.

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Holy *bleep*

Look at the size
of him.

Holy *bleep*

Dinner.
It's huge.

Hey, melissa.
Block the way to the river.

Okay.

Okay, I'm gonna go
around this end.

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*Bleep*

There's something
in the water.

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*Bleep*

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Jake: gator!

Melissa, get out.

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It's right there.

Literally, like,
right there.

Um...

And I see the bubble.

Yeah.

That's pretty crazy
there's something that big

Splashing so close.

What the *bleep*

The splashes we heard were loud.

This wasn't a small gator.

And it's just around the corner.

Just gonna have to keep
our eyes out whenever we get in.

There are gators everywhere,

And I don't want
to be one's lunch.

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Here. Here, jake.
Put some of these on it.

Melissa:
I know it's only been a few days
since we've been out here,

But we are already
feeling weak and tired.

It's just all-around colder
at night,

And we have to expend
all of this energy

To keep the fire burning.

I'm going on close to 48 hours
of no sleep,

And we're out here working hard,

So we definitely need
to find some nourishment.

We need some protein.
Yeah.

We're going on a walk to look
for any signs of food.

These muscles
need protein.

Mm-hmm. g*n show.

We can't feel them alone.

There's fish
everywhere here.

Hopefully no alligators.
Yeah.

We are going to be working
on fish traps today.

There are clearly some
very large fish in this river,

And, hopefully, be grilling fish
in the next day or two.

Melissa: there's a really
good current in this river,

So the best type of trap
to do out here

Would be kind of
a current trap.

The design is really simple.

Basically, we take sticks
and make an enclosure,

And then we corral,
make a leading entrance

Into that circular enclosure.

The fish, they tend to stay
in that little pool area.

Jake: you don't even need bait,
because if a fish,

Turtle, bullfrog, whatever,
flows in there,

It's very challenging
for them to turn around,

Go upstream,
and find the narrow exit.

That's great.

That looks good.

Let it sit for a while.

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It's looking very, very creepy
very quick.

I think we're about to get hit.

We have something
really strong coming in.

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Jake: the winds
are really serious around here.

We have got crazy debris
falling from trees

Hundreds of feet up, hitting our
shelter, coming into our camp.

We just really want
to get through this

As soon as possible.

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This is absolutely nuts.

Everything is flooded.

This all used to be
completely, completely dry.

Crazy.

Jake:
having a storm this significant,

It just kind of sucks
the life right out of you.

I mean, a flash flood
could literally wipe us out

And k*ll us.

Melissa: this environment
is just the worst

That I've ever experienced on
a "naked and afraid" challenge.

42-Degree nights in africa

Is nothing compared
to sitting in sheer mud

And smelly swamp water.

Let me know when you want
to go look at the fish trap

And see the damage.

Hope for the best.

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Can't believe this was
just dry ground yesterday,

And now we're walking
through a stream.

Oh, my god.
Look how high up it is.

Melissa: not good.

I can't tell if this section's
gone or just underwater.

The bad part about this is,
any fish getting trapped in here

Is just gonna swim
right up out the top now.

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*Bleep*

Feeling like I'm getting
way more anxious now.

At this point, I might eat
an injured or sick animal

Or a dead one.

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Look at that.

A little gator.

-Oh, yeah.
-Over there, too.

Yeah.

I want to eat it.

That's an option.
We've got them here.

We just have to have
the right circumstances

To make it happen.

We need
something like that.

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Jake: this morning,
we are going to head out,

Try to go after some gators.

Melissa: we know there are
smaller gators in the area

That we think that
we could wrestle and hunt.

We are mudding up,
and I am going to let melissa

Give me a nice smoky eye.

We're gonna be
in their territory.

If they're not on dry land,
the risk is huge.

They can drop into
that dark water.

They completely have advantage
of the situation.

These things
have huge, powerful jaws,

So even a smaller one
can inflict some serious damage.

But with everything in survival,

You're always weighing out
risk vs. Reward.

We're up against a wall
right now.

We need to eat
so we can get to day 21.

Okay. Go see
if we can't find a gator.

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We are going to a place
where we think gators might be

More likely to be at.

A place with sun
for them to bask.

We are looking for 2-foot,
3-foot gators up on land

So we can hunt them.

I'm not seeing
any real, like, slides

On the side
of the riverbank

Where they might be
going in and out.

Down a little farther maybe?absolutely.

Keep an eye out
for those big gators.

Yeah.

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Okay.

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Gators.

Where?

It's where
that double-down log is.

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Holy crap.

*Bleep* *bleep*

I'm not *bleep*

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Okay.

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Holy crap.

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Jake: *bleep* *bleep*

♪♪

Oh, my god.
Holy *bleep*

We're not messing around
with something that big.

We know our limits.

Yeah.
It was massive.

That scared the bejesus
out of me.

♪♪

Jake: now that the rains have
let up for a few days,

Hopefully the animals
will be coming back out,

And we can finally catch a meal.

Yeah.

♪♪

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

♪♪

This land
is completely flooded.

There's no way
to track anything.

Holy crap.

There's a rattlesnake.

It's a pygmy rattler.

Narrator: the pygmy rattlesnake,
despite its size,

Is responsible
for more human snakebites

Than any other venomous snake
in florida.

Hi, buddy.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Get it.
Yeah.

Good.

Okay.

Let's see your head.

A little closer.

♪♪

Yay.
Yes.

That'll be good
to eat tonight.

It's kind of alarming.

One little slipup,
and those things

Are gonna be putting some
serious venom into your leg.

We are coming home
with a fat pygmy rattlesnake,

And we are going
to feast tonight.

That's so awesome.

Yeah.

♪♪

Narrator:
pygmy rattlers are viviparous,

Meaning they don't lay eggs,
but give birth to live young.

Melissa:
after skinning the larger snake,

We come to find
little baby snakes.

It is hard to k*ll
and eat baby snakes,

But we're starving out here,

And we need every amount
of food we can get.

Jake: that is
gonna be so good.

Okay, cheers.

Cheers.

♪♪

Oh, it's so good.

Mm-hmm.

These smaller snakes,
you can eat the bones,

So it has a very,
very crispy texture,

And it tastes
a little bit like chicken.

These make me nervous.

Oh, gosh.

Okay.
Ready?

♪♪

Mmm.

Oh, that's delicious.

Yeah,
that is really nice.

We need to k*ll more snakes
that are pregnant.

Goals.

♪♪

Has been raining
for about 2 to 3 hours.

It is absolutely crazy out.

♪♪

We're in full-fledged thunder,
lightning, and pouring rain.

♪♪

It is still pouring rain.

Jake: the storms keep coming
again, again, and again.

I don't like it at all.

This is, by far,
the hardest environment

I've had to deal with.

Every day, there's a storm,
and that is super-scary.

The skin ripped off,
and it just started pus'ing.

It's just super-painful,

And I feel that feeling
on multiple places on my body.

*Bleep*

Our entire shelter
is in standing water.

This is the bottom
of our entire shelter.

*Bleep*
the river is rising!

-Yeah.
-We might get flooded out.

*Bleep*

Oh *bleep* *bleep*

♪♪

Jake:
after some massive storms,

I am worried with
how wet the ground is.

Nothing is stopping
the alligators from now

Just coming right over the bank
and right around our shelter.

Nights have been getting
really, really tough on melissa.

I'm definitely
a little concerned for her.

The storms really seem
to put her

Into a very negative headspace.

Melissa: this challenge
is nothing but highs and lows,

And I'm definitely experiencing
some major lows right now.

I've never been
this sleep-deprived in my life.

Narrator: the severe lack
of protein and sleepless nights

Are lowering the amount
of dopamine in melissa's brain.

Dopamine helps the body regulate
motor skills and emotions.

Low levels could make melissa
feel anxious and disoriented.

♪♪

Jake:
I'm gonna go out on a solo walk,

See if I can't
maybe find some snakes,

Something that we could have
for dinner for the two of us.

Can I sleep for, like,
20 more minutes,

And then
I'll bust my a*s?

Jake: don't feel like you
have to do anything.

Take care of yourself.
Yeah.

Yeah, don't feel guilty
about that at all.

I mean, I'm kind of going
at a slow pace myself,

And I'm probably gonna need
a nap when I finish up this,

So just, yeah.

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Melissa: when you're out here,
you just have your thoughts.

♪♪

This challenge
gets to so many people

Because those thoughts
start to drive you insane.

Your mind just goes in a million
different directions out here,

And no matter what you try
to do, you can't stop it.

Can't stop the thoughts.

Very tired.

I feel weakness.

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Melissa.

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Melissa?

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Melissa!

♪♪

Melissa is gone.

She's been gone for a while now,

And I have no idea
where she is.

♪♪

She left her bag.

That is weird.

No, definitely not.

Melissa!
-Melissa!

She didn't take anything
with her.

She's not responding
to anyone's calls.

We have over a dozen people
out looking for her,

And no one's been able
to find her yet.

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

Melissa!

♪♪

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

Jake:
I have no idea where melissa is.

People have been screaming
all over this territory

With no response.

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

Jake: melissa!

Going up and down this river,
I'm seeing gators.

I'm seeing alligators all over
and, you know,

Just hoping, you know,
that nothing happened,

Hoping that all of
these terrible thoughts

That are climbing into my head
are all wrong.

♪♪

Man: melissa!

Narrator:
after two hours of searching
for melissa with no success,

The producers call in
local search-and-rescue units.

Jordan: we're fanning out
in a grid, both the film crew

And the search-and-rescue crew.

We're working together
to try and find her

As fast as possible.

Man: melissa!

We've been combing this place.

I've been helping as much
as I can.

And there was a woman
recently eaten

By a gator not far from here.

Man #2: melissa!

And you really start wondering

If this is gonna be
a missing-persons thing

Or if we are looking for a body.

♪♪

Um, I want her to be okay.

I really care about her a lot.

Man: melissa!

-Melissa!
-Melissa!

♪♪

Man #2:
oh, they did find her.

Narrator: 3 1/2 miles away, the
rescue team has found melissa,

Who appears to be unharmed.

She's taken to the medic tent
to have her condition assessed.

All right.

♪♪

Melissa's vital signs
are checked,

And after a thorough
examination, the medical team,

Confident she is strong enough
to continue,

Clears her to return
to the challenge.

♪♪

I'm so sorry.

You okay?

I'm so sorry.

It's okay.

I'm glad you're okay.

I'm so, so sorry, jake.

I did not mean to scare
you like that.

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There are so many things
going through my head right now.

Just the thought
of getting lost out here

And potentially
not making it back.

It's one of the scariest things
I've ever dealt with.

Jake: what happened?

Where'd you go?

I started going through
the woods there,

Cut across,
and I was trying to come back,

And I was going
the opposite direction.

Oh.
I just was going, going,

And then I was like,
"holy *bleep*

I have been walking for,
like, 3 miles at least,"

And I just got turned around.

I'm sorry that I did that
to you.

No, it's just, I mean, I spent
four hours of my afternoon

Literally in the pouring rain
walking up

And down the river
looking for your body.

I mean, I'm thrilled
you're okay,

But it's just, like,
I'm numb right now.

Jake is physically upset,
and it's k*lling me right now.

I care for him so much,

And I would never, ever want
to hurt him.

This was a stupid,
stupid decision to just --

To go off and venture
too far from camp.

If I hadn't been found,

I could have been
in some deep trouble,

And I want to go forward strong
and make positive decisions

That are not gonna jeopardize
me or jake's situation.

Do you think mentally
you're in a fine-enough place

To keep going on?

Yes.

Well, I'm glad
you're back.

Thank you so much.

♪♪

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Extraction
is right around the corner,

And my biggest concern right now

Is to finish this strong
with my partner.

I'm gonna head up
to go look for food.

Don't worry.
I won't venture too far.

All right.

Try to avoid being eaten.

These challenges
mean everything to me.

They are who I am.

I'm here to fight this
to the end.

Gonna go start
getting firewood.

♪♪

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Holy crap.

Holy *bleep*

I just found a snake.

Oh.

It's huge.

Oh. Oh *bleep*

♪♪

Here in the swamp,
there isn't too much

To really look forward to
every day,

But we do have
this beautiful luxury.

It's a moss-covered stump,

And it is the most
wonderful toilet

You could imagine
in a survival setting.

It's really nice having
something to actually sit on

And go to the bathroom here.

I've never had that before,
so, yeah,

Makes me feel a little human.

I mean, how many people
get to sit

On a moss-covered toilet
and blast a dookie?

So blessed.

So, so blessed.

♪♪

Holy *bleep*

I just found a snake.

It's huge.

Oh. Oh *bleep*

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Okay.

Head down.

Oh, quick.

Oh, that's a nice-sized snake.

Like, some sort
of ribbon garter snake.

Narrator:
a ribbon snake is not venomous,

But its teeth are as sharp
as hypodermic needles,

And it's capable of inflicting
many painful bites

In quick succession.

Oh, that'll be a good meal.

Oh!

♪♪

Saw this nice-sized snake,
so...

Holy smokes.
Look at that.

So, that's pretty --
I'm, like...

No, that's substantial.
Yeah.

That's great. Good find.thank you.

Thank you.

We're out here, starving,

And here comes melissa,

And she's got
a big old snake in her hand.

Oh, my god.
It's fantastic.

Ah! Food porn.

♪♪

I am feeling so grateful
right now.

One meal like that can be
a game changer out here.

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Melissa: I've been waiting
three weeks for today.

I am so eager to get out,
but the terrain of this area

Has completely changed
since we first got here.

There's so much running water
through these grounds.

Gators are going to be
everywhere.

Definitely gonna be
on high alert.

This is gonna be really rough.

Oh, let's take a look
at this extraction route.

So, we're right
in this area.

Narrator: melissa and jake
face a dangerous 5-mile trek

Through the blackwater swamps,

Avoiding deadly alligators and
extremely toxic water moccasins

That can take them out
with a single bite.

They will need to keep
track of the river --

An especially challenging task

In a completely
flooded landscape.

♪♪

This could have been
completely dry the other day.

This all just kind of
blends together.

It's crazy.

Melissa: we know that we need
to follow the river,

But navigating this terrain
is really, really difficult.

With the sun,
that definitely feels south.

I agree.

I just don't want
to get lost again.

Yeah.

♪♪

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Oof!
It's getting deep.

I am really scared that
it's only gonna get deeper.

Let's just go and see.knock it out.

Keep an eye out
for those big gators.

Yes.

♪♪

Oh *bleep*

Gator.

♪♪

Oh, my god.

Oh!

Melissa!

You okay?
Oh, yeah.

Alligator.

That one.

All right. Let's go.

Yeah.

♪♪

This better be leading
to a river.

Yeah, looks like
it's flowing ahead up here.

That's what we want.

That looks like
actual river.

Oh, my god.
This has got to be it.

This is
definitely a river.

Hi!

-Whoo!
-Hello!

Let's go, right?
-Yep.

♪♪

This, hands down, was
the most difficult environment

That I have had to survive.

It definitely pushed me mentally

More than any of
the other challenges have.

40 Days in south africa
was not as mentally trying

As 21 days here in the swamps.

Goodbye, swamp!

Never want
to see you again!

Having to deal
with constant beating storms

Was something that I had
never dealt with before,

And once again, I learned
that I'm a complete badass.

Getting lost out here
was super-devastating.

Jake really helped me.

I honestly feel so blessed
to have had him by my side.

Jake: melissa getting lost
was definitely

One of the scariest moments
of my life.

But I lucked out.

I truly got an all-star
with melissa as my partner.

I'm so proud of us.

We did awesome.

Narrator: jake lost a total of
37 pounds during the challenge.

His psr rises to an 8.6.

Melissa's going home
19 pounds lighter.

Her psr increases to an 8.1.

Whoo!

Jake: get us
the hell out of here.

It's been a week since
I returned from the swamps.

I have put on
close to 30 pounds,

And I can't stop eating.

I'm happy to be home.

I just hope I can stop
eating fairly soon

Because it's getting out
of control.