12x10 - Bite Me

[bunniefuu]

I just sharted.

- Um...
- I need to go wash my butt.

Hey, don't... No! Hell,
no! Don't wash it out at the water hole.

- It's, like, a teeny bit. - No!

- It's fine. - It is not fine.

She just [bleep] put
it in our water source.

That is disgusting.

[man 1 screams]

[man 2] there's
nothing easy about this.

[man 3 screams]

we got hail.

[growling]

- [growling] - hyah!

Whew! My heart's racing.

[woman] you don't fight,
you won't make it.

Fight so hard!

[man 4] I'm gonna have
nightmares about this.

Just got my diary cam. Ah!

Fourteen days. I'm just gonna
get it done like it's nothing.

- I'm gonna be on naked and afraid! Hey!
- [all cheering]

I am a huge fan of
naked and afraid.

Definitely looking forward to it

but, uh, the dangers are
definitely gonna be out there.

One of the episodes that
I'm watching is in bolivia.

Sabrina eats a parrot head.

Not something that I
would personally do.

What do you guys think about
mom going on naked and afraid?

- It's... - No!

[ashley] in the last five
years I've seen my goals

kind of go to the wayside
for our family goals.

But I'm leaving my
family for a goal for me.

I'm hoping for a vacation
from the everyday mundane.

Hi,
jamie. I don't have to do dishes.

So many things
to be grateful for.

And if I start bitching and
moaning and complaining,

someone needs to just slap me

and say,
"put on your vacation goggles."

walking around barefoot
with an extra 30 pounds on me.

I don't have a lot of
survival experience

but I've always analyzed
the show as if I was there.

Gabrielle, she's just so chill.

I've been really
practicing a lot

so I'm feeling confident.

[singing] ♪ fire ♪

[matt] shaking the rust off a bit,
so doing a lot of the things

that I grew up learning how to
do. I've kinda been out of practice.

I've been walking
through concrete,

let the lime tear away at my
skin. Get some hardened feet.

Learned it from charlie
from naked and afraid

on one of his, uh, videos.

I'm getting ready to get on
the airplane. Will see y'all soon.

This is exciting.

It's insertion day.
Looking forward to it.

[narrator] looming 6,000
feet above the desert floor,

close to the border of
arizona and new mexico,

lies the chiricahua
mountain range,

a natural fortress
of rocky terrain

once used by the native
apache to repel invaders.

[matt] very cold
outside right now.

It's basically like
sitting in an ice box

without the moisture in the air.

[narrator] radical elevation changes
between the mountains and desert

generate extreme
fluctuations in temperature

that can send 100-degree days

plummeting into
the 40s at night.

[wolf howling]

in this dynamic ecosystem,

venomous mojave rattlesnakes

share the canyons
with mountain lions

and the rare american jaguar.

And ponderosa pine
grow among cholla,

prickly pear and fishhook cacti

whose thorns litter
the rocky terrain.

[ashley] my first impressions
of the chiricahua wilderness is

it's gonna hurt. [laughs]

there's a lot of
things out there

that are gonna prick
me and poke me.

[matt] it's very mountainous,
very hilly.

Uh,
a lot more than I was expecting.

I'm matt. I'm from benton,
arkansas,

and I'm a security contractor
for a family business.

I've been in scouts
since I was in tiger cubs.

And I'm a third-generation
eagle scout.

With this challenge I'm
basically going against

everything that I was
taught growing up.

In scouts,
the motto is "be prepared."

so with this I'm
stepping out into a realm

where I am completely unprepared

and I have to rely on
mental preparation.

This fan challenge
is going to prove that

I'm mentally tough enough
to deal without the equipment

that I would normally pack in.

Arkansas is known
as the natural state.

We've not had anyone from the
natural state complete a challenge yet.

Am I ready? Absolutely.

Arkansas has got this.

I've been having
babies for five years

and I have been
watching this show

dreaming of the day
that I get to come on it.

It's surreal. I can't
believe I'm here

and I'm about to get naked.

And what I'm looking at
reminds me that I'm a novice

and this is new to me.

But I'm super strong mentally.

I hope that by
the end of 14 days

I can earn that title
that I am a survivalist.

[matt] one of my concerns is
there's not a lot of leafy tree.

Toilet paper might have been
on the agenda for a survival item.

All right. Let's do this.

Most worried about is getting
pulled from the challenge.

Uh, I don't want to be in a
scenario that's beyond my control.

Here we go. It's game time.

Okay. Let's do it.

It'll be strange.
It'll be awkward.

Normally, I'm a modest person.

Like,
I don't even wear spaghetti straps.

I wear a one-piece mom suit.

Only a stay-at-home mom
would sign up for naked and afraid

fan challenge to get a
break from their children.

So, here's my vacation.

It's time. Let's go!

This is way harder on
your feet than it looks.

[narrator] ashley has
spent the last five years

raising her three children

and is known in her
family as a bad-a*s mom.

But her lack of survival skills
could compromise her challenge.

She begins with a
primitive survival rating,

or psr, of 4.8.

Matt is a former scout who
thrives on being prepared,

but an inexperienced
partner could test his patience.

He begins with a psr of 5.4.

- Hey! - Hey! How's it going?

- I'm ashley. - I'm matt.

- Oh, my gosh. Here we go!
- We're walking down.

[indistinct] these rocks.

Thank you. Oh.

- How are you doing?
- I'm great.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. Uh...

- This is weird, right?
- Very weird.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Big fan of the show?

- I've seen, like, every episode.
- Good deal. Me, too.

- Got any babies? - One baby.

- Baby boy. - I got three.

- Oh, congratulations!
- Help me not to miss them.

And I'll help you
not miss yours.

- We'll see. We'll talk about it more.
- Yeah.

Want to check out our bags?

- Absolutely. Let's do this.
- Awesome. Yay.

[narrator] the team has been given
a pot. Matt has brought his hatchet

and ashley a fire-starter.

[ashley] I really wanna
be warm at night.

- Absolutely. It's cold out here.
- Yeah. And boil our water.

- I have the map. You wanna take a look at it?
- Woo-hoo!

We probably wanna head
towards that water right there,

but look at all this
stuff in between.

[matt] some diamondbacks and,
golly, there's a jaguar.

Oh, my gosh. I didn't
know those were in arizona.

Uh, get out there and say,
"here, kitty, kitty."

- see what happens.
- Oh, no! Don't do that.

- Let's do this. All righty.
- All right. Let's go.

Recognize what view
you got back there.

- Oh. - [both laugh]

I'm sorry. If it makes you uncomfortable,
I'll move forward.

- No, no, no.
- I can promise you I'm staring straight at the ground.

[ashley] I can totally tell
that matt has my back.

He is being a total gentleman.

I totally feel safe
with him already.

Ow!

- Whoa! - Easy.

[ashley] ow!

- [matt] everything has teeth.
- Yeah.

Ow!

As I had no idea the hiking
would be this long and grueling,

I wasn't prepared for that.

Fudgesicles.

You like my mom cuss
words? [both laughing]

ow! [bleep]

ow, every fricking step
is harder than the other.

Ow!

A lot easier when you're
sitting on your couch.

[matt] absolutely
nothing like tv.

[ashley] I see a bottom area.

- You see a bottom area? - Yeah.

Woo-hoo!

That is some bear turds.

[narrator] black bears pose the
largest physical threat in the area

and can detect a scent
from 20 miles away.

[ashley] oh,
there's a little sand.

[gasps] is that water?
I think I've found water.

- [matt] oh, you're my hero.
- I think I did.

- I think I did.
- Praise the lord. Halleluiah. Thank god.

Oh,
it's not what I wanted but it's something.

Mosquito fly central.

[bleep]

there's no natural
spring like I envisioned.

It's not an oasis.

[matt] well,
good news is we got water.

And there's quite
a few fish in there.

Hearing my partner say that
she was hoping for an oasis,

I think we came into this challenge
with a couple of different mindsets.

I'm going to try to
stay positive with her.

How about a place to camp?

[ashley] this is where things come
for water in the middle of the night.

- We don't need to be anywhere near this.
- Right. Totally agree.

So,
what I think we need to do is take our pot,

fill it with water

all the way,
carry it up somewhere flat.

We actually have to go
up the hill and hike a little bit

to scope out a different spot.

Even though our feet are
tired it's gonna be worth it

because we're not gonna be in
the way of dangerous game at night.

That sun's got an hour, max.

Probably a good eighth
of a mile from the water.

It's flatter up here.

What do you think of this spot right here,
matt?

- Yeah, this will work.
- All right.

[matt] I think, at this point, we're
really running out of daylight really fast.

We've got a pot full of water
that I'd really like to get boiling.

- Okay. - I'll rake this back.

Uh,
do you need help getting the fire started?

- [ashley] no. - The grass

will serve as sort of our
shelter for the time being.

[ashley] jeez.

This is way harder than
I thought it would be.

[matt] you focus
on getting us fire

and I'll focus on
getting us comfortable.

'cause right now,
water would help me out so much.

[matt] look at you.

Oh, that feels good.

We're not gonna freeze tonight.

That means we're gonna
make it through one night.

[matt] I wanted to get this
water boiling as soon as possible.

- I know I am parched. I figure you are, too.
- Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

Really need some
water. It's getting rough.

[ashley singing]
♪ we got water ♪

♪ and fire ♪

♪ we're gonna survive ♪

freezing. Are you shivering?

[matt] yeah,
my legs are getting cold.

I'll lay with you if
you want to lay down.

- You gonna lay here? Okay.
- Yeah.

[ashley] tonight,
all we have is body heat.

We haven't made a shelter yet

so we've got the
fire and each other.

I just grabbed your hand like
you're my husband. I'm sorry.

- [matt] you're fine. - Oh.

I am very nervous to
lay with grass around me.

There's not a lot between
you and whatever is out there.

[rustling]

- [animal screeching] - oh,
my god.

- What? What? What?
- I don't know.

[matt] git! Git! Git! Git!

[matt] get out of here,
get out of here.

[rustling] [matt]
git! Git! Git! Git!

It was a deer.

- Yeah? - Deer. [indistinct]

- you sure? - Positive.

- [ashley] so many noises last night.
- [matt] it's so [bleep] cold.

[ashley] yeah.

[matt] we definitely got the
cuddles down on day one.

It got us through
but we kept having

to toss and turn with
very little comfort.

I'm just gonna start making a pile of
stuff that we could put on our shelter.

We have to have
a shelter by tonight.

If nothing else
we get done today,

that is what we have
to get done today.

- Dig down about 6 inches in the dirt...
- Okay.

Spread these nice and wide.

My plan is to set up a good
a-frame with some coverage over top.

I learned this in scouts.

Oh,
my gosh. You have some big faith in me.

[ashley] let's get a shell
and then we'll weave sticks in.

[matt] got our shelter.
We're getting there.

We got good grass bundles,

and made a nice
insulation blanket

to make sure that the ground
doesn't zap all our body heat from us.

[birds clucking]

uh, right now I'm chopping up some
sticks. Make some deadfall traps.

Back home I'd enjoy hunting, and I came out
here wanting to prove myself as a provider.

I'm using some acorns.

And then whatever's
gonna eat it,

gonna go out there
and hopefully drop down.

See how she does.

[ashley] we built a new
shelter. We're gonna try it out.

[matt] so far it's
warmer than last night.

[ashley] it's super itchy.

[sighs in
exasperation] this hurts.

It feels like you're laying
on a bed of needles.

Argh, this is terrible.

Oh, [bleep], it hurts so bad.

[groaning] ugh, I don't know,
I don't know if I can sleep here.

[moaning] I can't,
I can't. I gotta get out.

What the [bleep]?
I'm freaking out.

- [sighs impatiently] -
what can I do to help?

[ashley] I don't know.

I don't wanna be
awake all night. [crying]

- [matt] we made it.
- [ashley groans]

that night was brutal.

It's the morning of day
three. It feels like day 40.

[ashley] nights just
go by so slow here.

It's way slower than I thought.

The shelter that we
worked on for hours

does nothing for me
because my body hated it.

Just from this grass right here,

my shoulders are,
like, itchy and on fire.

[matt] this is the style of
grass that is agitating ashley.

So, doing the best I can to see

about finding nice, soft,
single-blade grass.

Fatigue is
definitely setting in.

You know, I genuinely think

that she has a
desire to be out here,

but I don't think she has
the skill set to be out here.

I'm gonna do my best
to make her comfortable.

Hoping that this
is okay for her.

[matt] all right,
I've got a bag full of grass.

Ah! Totally could sleep in that.

- [matt] you can? Okay. - Maybe.

[ashley] yeah.

[ashley] I can tell right now that he's
doing everything he can to help me stay warm

so that I can
sleep a little bit.

And that makes
me appreciate him.

[matt] run down,
check my traps real quick.

Yeah. I could lay on that.

[matt] deadfall traps, so far,

has not yielded
any positive results

other than they're coming
up and stealing my bait.

Right now I'm going
through the soft grass.

Keeping it all the way
in the back of our shelter.

We'll see how it goes.

[matt] when you just
step away from the fire,

it's like stepping into
the freezer naked.

[ashley exclaims in pain]
it hurts. I can't breathe.

[ashley coughing
and gasping for air]

I feel like I'm gonna puke.

I can't breathe.

[ashley coughing]

I think I'm allergic to the hay

'cause my whole body,
it's so itchy right now.

I thought I could
do this no problem.

I still think I can. We'll see.

We'll see, we'll see.

[ashley shivering] so cold.

I don't wanna do another
night like last night.

Well,
kinda what we signed up for.

It is my form of t*rture.

I get it. We don't...

I'd rather not sleep
than sleep on needles.

I mean,
I know it sucks in there,

but we have to do the best
we can with the best we got.

Well, how about this? We
can build a nice rock wall

in a half-moon,
pushing heat towards us.

- I can do it.
- It's a lotta work.

[matt] that's gonna
expend a lot of energy.

I watched the show and I'm like,

"you guys are a bunch of [bleep],
you're fine."

and now I can't
even will my body

to move faster than it's going.

I'm not asking you
to be super energetic.

I can't sleep if
you can't sleep.

It really kills us, so...

- Let's just make this work.
- Okay.

[ashley] my tired mind is like,
"why are you doing this?

You have beautiful kids at home

who love you no
matter what you do."

she and I are gonna stack a
substantial amount of rocks.

The grass is not effective
at keeping us warm,

so we're building
a nice rock wall

to reflect heat as well
as hold our fires in.

It's important that
the team succeeds.

If she taps,
I won't tap but I still failed.

I wasn't able to help her.

And if I lose a member of my
team for any reason, then I've failed.

[ashley] matt, be careful with
our logs. Might knock it over.

Wow,
that rock wall really works.

Whoo. It's reflecting
all the heat back on us.

Well, miss ashley,
how does it feel

sleeping outside
by the fire tonight?

That feels so
comfortable and warm.

Hoping to get some hour to
two-hour stretches of sleep.

Stoke up the fire.

- [rocks falling] -
[ashley screams]

- oh, god.
- [ashley whining, groaning]

- [rocks falling]
- [both scream]

[ashley whining, groaning]

the rock accidentally
fell on my arm.

It's easily a
second-degree burn.

This little rock was stacked up,
and it just fell down on her.

And I am genuinely
concerned 'cause it's...

...It's bad.

Best way to describe last night,

- [bleep] didn't go as planned.
- I'm a wreck.

I don't even know
why I'm crying.

- I'm just tired. [sniffles]
- how's your arm?

It's bubbling there,
there's two bubbles that are gonna pop.

I feel like a big
loser. [sniffles]

like I can't figure
it out. [cries]

it's not a puzzle to figure out.

You just gotta get through it.

[matt] a rock fell onto my
partner. It burned her pretty good.

And my goal is to be able
to collect a lot of acorns

and boil off the tannin
and use it to clean her burn.

Also, we haven't eaten, so,

honestly, acorns would probably
be the most important food source,

but I am not seeing
many options for acorns.

[groans in pain]

can't imagine
getting off the plane

and being like, "I gave up."

I have to say, "I did it,
mommy did it!"

even if my mind
wants to tell me,

"just walk away 'cause your
body's falling apart." [sniffles]

but I think my body's okay.

I think it's my head
that's having a hard time.

[matt] I have an oak tree.
It's producing a lot of acorns.

I'm gonna chop this branch down

and then I'm gonna harvest
as many acorns as I can.

Note to self: Next survival item,
bring a chainsaw.

It's a lot of work to
get any food out here.

Watching the show, "why don't they have,
like, five million traps out?"

Monday-morning
quarterback on the couch.

- Check it out. - Oh, my gosh.

- Fifty acorns.
- Thank you, man, high five.

[matt] all right,
we'll get this on your arm here.

[ashley] acorns,
when they're boiled,

release tannic acid that
has anti-bacterial properties

[ashley] thanks, man.

[matt] also,
these acorns are definitely edible.

Taste like chewing
up sand and peanuts...

- Without the peanut flavor.
- The aftertaste is disgusting.

[matt] acorns take a lot of work,
so today, hopefully,

I'll be more successful with
obtaining other protein sources.

I may see about
building a fish trap.

They are heavily
active right in this area.

- Are you making a corral?
- [matt] yes, ma'am.

There's a perfect
hand-sized hole right here.

The fish sh**t in
and out of that hole.

There's a place to hide and run.

Uh, I've blocked up everything
except for that opening.

I feel rather confident I
can make this happen.

But ain't it pretty?

[bird chirping]

[ashley] I need to lay down
in the shade. I'm shaky.

[matt] third and fourth trap,
no dice.

Five traps, no luck.

Still feel like I'm
failing the challenge

'cause I'm not
getting any protein.

- How you doing, ash? - Good.

Is there any fish
in your corral?

[matt] don't see any right now.

[ashley] man,
I was really hoping to eat

a fish or crawdads here.

- [gasps] a snake.
- [matt] where?

[ashley] he's under that
rock. Do we wanna k*ll it?

[matt] hell, yes.

Keep an eye over
here. I'll keep it inside.

Oh! There he is! [bleep]

[ashley] where'd he go?

- [matt] bring a stick.
- [ashley] here. Here, here.

[matt] all right.

[matt straining]

[ashley] we can eat him!

- [ashley] okay, that's...
- [matt cheering] yeah! Whoo!

We k*lled a snake! Oh!

I already feel ecstatic 'cause I
know we're gonna have dinner tonight.

- [ashley] I wanna taste the snake.
- It's almost done.

So when you're
going for the meat...

[ashley] the meat's on the top?

[matt] there's so
little meat on it.

[ashley] there's, like, none.

That much meat. That's how
much meat I get every bite.

Snake was more of a mental victory versus,
like, a caloric victory,

but to be gnawing on this snake
right now feels really badass.

I really... I'm struggling here,
hon.

I had some adverse side
effects from the snake.

Terrible stomach cramps,
liquid diarrhea.

I think it hurt me
more than it helped me.

Gonna go make water,
check traps.

[matt] gotcha.

[ashley] I think matt's
getting a little down on himself.

So I'm definitely gonna
make sure I'm helping him.

Oh, there's one.

I just don't know
how to trap an animal

other than to
throw a rock at it.

Oh,
I caught a fish! I caught a fish!

[yelling] matt! I caught a fish!

- How'd you catch him?
- The pot.

- Look at that. - Yeah!

- [matt] cool.
- [ashley] mama's cooking dinner tonight.

Yeah, I'm a fan, but now my on-the-job
training, I'm learning more every day.

I caught another big one!

You're a fish slayer.

[ashley] they're only
three or four inches long,

but I'm super proud of myself.

- I caught another one! - Yay!

When I get home,
we're gonna go fishing.

Chiricahua!

Oh, that's so good.

Real simple, clean, white meat.

[ashley] eating this fish
feels like such a victory.

But it was also a victory
to offer my partner,

who is the hunter and trapper,
some protein.

I could eat 100 of these.

[ashley farting]

[ashley] the fish are
making me fart. [laughs]

[farts] we have a problem.

[matt] what?

I just sharted. [chuckles]

I'm not kidding. I went to fart,
and it was wet and juicy.

- Um...
- But I need to go wash my butt.

Luckily I wasn't
sitting on my bag.

[ashley] look away!

[matt] hey! Don't! No! Hell, no,
don't wash it out at the water hole!

- [ashley] it's, like, a teeny bit.
- [matt] no!

- [ashley] it's fine.
- [matt] it is not fine.

We boil the water anyways,
it's fine.

She just [bleep]. Put
it in our water source.

- These things poop in the...
- [matt] [bleep] disgusting.

[matt] hell, no,
don't wash it out at the water hole!

[ashley] it's fine.

- These things poop in the...
- [matt] [bleep] disgusting.

Where else would you
like me to clean my bum?

[matt] anywhere else!

[ashley] okay, let me go find
another watering hole for you.

[matt] have you been
doing this this whole time?

This is my first time.
I haven't sharted yet.

That is the worst
thing you could do.

[ashley laughing] oh,
you're so dramatic.

[matt] my number one
fear is being taken out

by circumstances
beyond my control.

I don't wanna be
medically tapped

'cause of somebody
else's poor decisions.

[matt] you do
understand that's toxic.

That water is toxic. We boil it.

[ashley] everything you drink
had poop in it at one point.

All the water that's ever been on
the earth, has ever been on the earth.

You're drinking indian poop.

I get that. It's been
purified to a sense.

This is going to
have floaters in there.

No! There was nothing to it,
it was literally water.

It didn't even have a smell. You
could smell my fingers if you want.

I... no. No.

[ashley chuckling loudly]

[matt] I'm really glad you're finding
some humor in this, 'cause I'm not, at all.

Any kind of a issue
or problem with her,

I've swallowed it and
been happy-go-lucky,

"no problems,
I'll get through it."

when somebody makes a choice

that affects themselves,
their prerogative.

But that affects me,
that affects my challenge.

It's done, and I'm moving on,
and I won't do it again.

So you could keep
being mad about it...

I'm going to take a
day to get over this.

That is disgusting.

- Time to get over it, time to move on.
- That makes it a lot more...

Hey,
you know what? [bleep] up on this one.

I'm standing my
ground on this one.

[matt] I don't know what to do.
I've gotta find another water source.

[ashley] I was embarrassed,
so I'm just gonna give him his time

and I hope he can see

that you don't treat people like
that when they're embarrassed.

And, I mean,
I would never have treat him like that.

So,
this soil has been wet the entire time.

I'm gonna try to... Dig down,
see if I can hit water.

I'm really not a huge fan of expending
additional calories in a scenario

where we're struggling for
as many calories as possible.

My patience is
stretched at this point.

Praise god, halleluiah. This right
here is exactly what I was looking for.

Now I just have to wait for
the water to filter this soil.

I don't know if I'm gonna be sharing
this water hole with my partner.

- Found another water source.
- What'd you say?

[matt] I found
another water source.

Makes me nervous to be around
him because he seemed so angry.

We also need water, right?

I'll do water. I know
where the gypsy well is.

I actually...

...Feel like I want to cry.

He's, like, slamming stuff.

[bird cawing]

I want to just say I'm sorry.

We're sleep-deprived and hungry.

When you've just sharted... Who
would think natural in that situation?

I thought you were
being disrespectful to me.

You felt disrespected by me?

If that be the case,
I am genuinely sorry.

I understand your embarrassment

and at the time

I was trying my best
to hold my composure,

but when you threw
it back in my face

and tried to make me
look like I was the idiot,

I have no patience for that,

and honestly...

We're officially an
old married couple.

You take this marriage
thing to a crazy degree.

I've been married
for eight years.

- That's the only way I know to survive.
- [laughs]

teamwork.

I appreciate it
and it's all forgiven.

That could have ended both
of our challenges very quickly.

But we made our apologies,

believe that both of us were
heartfelt in those apologies,

and we're able to
move forward with it.

[utensils clanking]

we just tried our first
gypsy-hole pot of water.

Seems to be doing real well.

Why do we have to
have a gypsy hole?

Uh...

- ♪ defecation,
no breathing ♪ - [chuckles softly]

[ashley] because
ashley is a dummy.

I've just been dreaming
about that fish meat.

I want, like,
20 fishies right now.

We have a major
protein source of fish

and our plan is to go
catch two fish a day,

hopefully to get us
through to extraction.

I need nutrition,
just finding words...

Everything's
slowing down a little.

Every other thought
is about food.

I just want to go lay
down and not move.

My body is trying to
push me to go get food.

What?

Dead fish.

What could have done that?

One, two, three, four, five.

I'm super nervous

about matt saying
it was my poop.

[sighs]

I have to go sit down
'cause I'm gonna pass out.

I don't have any energy.

How's the fire, partner?

Oh, my gosh!

- I'm gonna cry. - Why?

There's six floating
dead fish in the water.

I guess it's a good thing
we didn't drink that water.

I wanted to eat today.

Yeah,
I was looking forward to it too.

Gotta think that her
doing what she did

k*lled those fish...

...Probably.

But, grand scheme of things, she is a good
partner for what she brings to the table,

and maintaining
a positive outlook,

and she helps me, I help her.

So I'm going to focus on
trying to get some protein in us

and get us through
to extraction.

[groans] we're gonna
get something in the trap.

I sure hope so.

Lord,
I would love... Love to have...

Squirrel.

Something to carry us through.

Nothing appears to be disturbed,
so...

Another hungry day.

Haven't eaten in four days.

My body is exhausted

but I'm gonna conserve
every bit of energy I have

and try to help by making shoes.

We have to have
shoes for extraction.

There's no other option.

And I'm going on day 14.

- Any action? - Nope.

- Not even a nibble? - Nope.

It's day 11. We need food.

I know I can capture
small animals.

I know I can hunt,
I know I can stalk prey.

Big old fat squirrel.
I'd like to eat him.

[whispers] damn it!

[sighs]

all right, you little b*stard.
I hear you laughing at me.

[ashley] even pregnant,
giving birth,

I've never felt my
body feel like this.

So I'm going to conserve
every bit of energy I have

for the extraction hike.

I've been pushing pretty hard...

...The last week.

The level of fatigue
that I have right now

is unparalleled to
anything in the past.

I've consumed less
than 1,000 calories.

It's taxing on the body.

The prickly-pear
cactus is something

I was really expecting to
find in large abundance.

Thus far on our
two-week challenge,

I haven't seen any, so...

I'd like to look for
some prickly pear.

My body...

...Is starting to say...

"stop treating me like [bleep]."

for being a fan with
minimal survival skills,

what I knew was
true in the beginning

was that my mental
game is strong,

but my body is shutting down.

Oh, my...

[groans]

we've done some weird cuddle
positions just to keep warm.

[ashley] here's the newest one.

I got a foot.

During the night,
me and matt joked that

we could have a kama sutra book

because we have hundreds
of different positions we tried.

- Is that too much?
- This is great.

No holds barred.
It's just a free-for-all.

This is crazy. I'll
just touch your butt.

I just don't care.

- [ashley yelps] - [matt] sorry,
sorry.

I can't handle
much more. [groans]

[bleep]

[matt] I'm truly hoping for,
honestly, anything.

You know, when you're so hungry,
everything is difficult.

But uh, we need the calories.

Ha! Prickly pear.

Absolutely awesome.

That's a happy day right there.

[sighs] yes!

It is a slow, delicate,
and often... Ow!

...Painful process.

[narrator] the pads of
the prickly-pear cactus

are rich in vitamins and
can be eaten raw or cooked.

[matt] this is a win we needed.

Let's see about heading
back to my partner,

getting some of
this in our stomachs.

[sighs]

prickly pear!

Ohhh! You're my favorite.

We're eating like kings tonight.

My partner comes
up with prickly pear

and I'm so grateful.

This is awesome.
Thank you so much.

Absolutely. Let's cook 'em up.

[ashley] do you open it
up and eat the middle?

Kinda tastes like snot.

But I know there's
nutrients in it

so we can't be picky right now.

- Not at all. - Yeah.

Very grateful for the win today.

[ashley] super,
super grateful for it.

[sing-song] it's extraction day.

So excited.

[ashley] got new shoes
made that are really good.

My body feels frail

but I'm hoping the adrenaline
keeps my eye on the prize.

Check out the map.
Here's where we are.

We come up,
hopefully skirt the ridge before noon.

So, in the heat of today,
hopefully we won't be blistered in the sun.

[narrator] to reach
their extraction point,

ashley and matt face
a brutal 2000ft climb

through deadly black-tailed
rattlesnake territory,

followed by a two-mile
descent along a jagged ridgeline

in the domain of large
180-pound mountain lions.

[matt] oh,
the sun's starting to hit the ridge.

Here we go,
tail lights, let's do this.

Could you imagine trying
to do this without shoes?

[ashley] we'd be toast.

I just don't wanna
see a snake head.

- Wait for me. - [matt] okay.

[sighs] the extraction's uphill,
rocky.

If this is the beginning,
this is going to be really tough.

[matt] climbing this mountain
is like climbing an ice hill.

The rocks keep sliding
out from under you.

[ashley] damn! That was,
like, a nerve!

This is difficult,
extremely difficult.

[ashley] this is never-ending.

[matt] oh, careful,
careful, careful.

Concerned about my partner.
Worried she's fading on me.

She seems to be
falling down a lot.

- Oh! Easy. Are you all right?
- Ow!

- Ashley, come on. You got this.
- All right. Let's go.

[matt] skirting this sage.

[ashley] man! It is up and
down and up and down.

[mountain lion growls]

[sighs]

[matt] how you doing back there,
partner?

[ashley sighs] I feel
like I'm gonna pass out.

I'm just living in the...

"seeing my kids" moment
to help me get through this.

Come on,
ashley. Let's finish this strong.

We got this, come on.

[ashley] my mouth
is like cotton.

- [matt] you need some water?
- No, I just want to keep going.

Just wanna [bleep] get there.

[groans]

- [matt] see the road. - No way.

- Yeah! - Whoo!

[both cheer]

yeah!

Whoo! Get in this thing.

- Heck, yes. - [matt exclaims]

[both cheer]

first arkansan to
complete the challenge.

- Oh, I'm so happy.
- Oh, we made it.

[ashley] this challenge was not the
vacation that I thought it would be.

This was way harder.

Being a fan, I've seen people
with way more skills than me

not complete this,
and so I'm feeling pretty badass.

We did it!

[narrator] during this
14-day fan challenge

ashley lost 13 pounds.

Her psr increases to a 5.5.

Yeah!

[matt] 14-day challenge
has taught me a lot.

Patience is a lesson that I'm
taking away from this, for sure.

I'll always be able to pull from

some of the bad times out here

and clear my
head before I react.

[narrator] matt lost 14 pounds.

His psr rises to a 6.1.

- I hope my family's proud.
- Don't get me started.

I chose to take this on because

I was looking for a
challenge that reminded me

that I'm not just a mom,

but my biggest takeaway is

my family is actually
my biggest adventure

and I don't need to get away.

I just want to go
see 'em right now.

It's all I want to do,
is be a mom.

Hop out here and do
another seven days?

- [bleep] off.
- [matt laughs]

[ashley] now feed me!