Bananas, please.
Stéphanie: Any
edible fruit will do it.
Yeah, yeah. [ Gasps]
There's one here.
[ Gasps ] A fer-de-lance. Where?
On the rock. Look.
Oh, yeah. Damn!
Wait. Hold it. Watch out.
It's right there.
Yeah, I see it.
He's angry. Hang on.
He's trying to
attack. [ Screams ]
Narrator: Two strangers
...one man, one woman...
Oh [bleep] ...Dropped
into some of
the most hostile
environments on the planet...
- This is disgusting.
- Oh, I'm sore everywhere.
Man: [ Screams ]
Narrator: ...For 21
days with no food...
- This is food?
- Just the smell.
...no water, no clothes.
- A storm.
- Will put their survival skills
...to the ultimate test.
[ Thunder crashes ]
Woman: I heard noises.
I'm scared.
Narrator: ...And
in this unique event
that's been translated
from French,
two Europeans will take on
the 21-day survival challenge.
- I can't take this anymore!
- Aw, damn it.
- This is not good.
- It begins! Oh!
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in Colombia, South America,
two strangers will
attempt to survive.
Despite its extraordinary
beauty, this jungle is home
to some of the most dangerous
creatures on the planet,
full of deadly animals, snakes,
caymans, jaguars, and insects.
Danger is everywhere here.
The weather conditions
are also tough,
with temperatures of up
to 104 degrees fahrenheit
during the day,
but dropping drastically
at night below 64 degrees.
Our two participants
must learn to adapt
in order to survive this
hostile environment.
Stéphanie: My name is stéphanie.
I'm 35 years old, and I
come from Paris, France.
And I'm a reptile
zoologist expert.
I want to go on this adventure
because I want to
get back to nature.
I live in Paris, so I have
forgotten what that's like.
I also want to see how
far I can push myself
in difficult situations
because you can't
really know yourself
until you've faced adversity.
I'm quite strong-willed.
I'm usually quite an
enthusiastic and upbeat person.
I get things done.
I'm quite tenacious.
I've been to jungles before.
I know there are a lot of
dangers, especially snakes.
My life has gotten
too comfortable.
I know what I'm capable of.
I'm very careful and observant.
We're near a waterfall,
and I will try not to be
too hard on my partner.
Time for stéphanie to
go and meet her partner.
But first, she must strip down.
I'm not bothered
about being Naked.
We are all the same
under our clothes.
I'm not bothered by it.
It's totally natural for me.
♪♪
Steven: I'm Steven.
I'm 32 years old, and I'm
from the var region in France.
I've been working for
child protection services
almost three years.
After I graduated,
I decided to go out
and explore the world.
So I traveled the
world for six years.
I traveled to about
60 different countries.
Ever since I returned
home from my world trip,
I haven't really felt I
was challenging myself.
So I wanted to find something
that gave me that feeling again.
This place is amazing.
My main skills are
that I adapt very well
and I'm strong-willed.
Those are my two main strengths.
To me, this isn't just
a hostile environment.
We can survive here.
Somehow we learned to
shut off our primal instincts.
Narrator: For Steven, survival
begins when he has to strip Naked.
[ Groans ] Being Naked
will be my first challenge.
I don't feel very comfortable.
♪♪
Being Naked around other people,
that's going to
be my first hurdle.
♪♪
Narrator: To participate
in this challenge,
experts assess each
candidate's survival skills
in hostile environments
based on evaluations
concerning their psychological,
physical, and survival skills.
On a scale from zero to 10,
each survivalist is given
a primitive survival rating,
or PSR.
Stéphanie is a reptile expert
who is a great
fan of the outdoors
and feels at home with nature
thanks to her character
and capacity to adapt easily,
our experts have
given her a score of 6.7.
Steven has traveled the world
and is familiar with jungles.
The only issue... he must
try and learn new skills
and not just stick
to what he knows.
Our experts have
given him a score of 7.4.
At the end of their adventure,
the experts will
re-evaluate the candidates.
Stéphanie: I am a bit stressed
out about being alone in the jungle
without any resources,
because we really will
have to fend for ourselves.
It's something I've
never done before,
so it will be a real challenge.
Steven: I am nervous about
meeting someone for the first time
and being all Naked,
so I hope we'll be able
to lighten the atmosphere
and move on quickly
to our adventure
and sort out what
needs to be done.
[ Both laughing ]
Hi. Hi.
Nice to meet you. Bring it in.
What's your name? Stéphanie.
Steven. Nice to
meet you, Steven.
[ Laughs ] You too.
It's a bit cold.
Oh, it's not too
bad. It's quite warm.
I'm a bit embarrassed.
Embarrassed.
Oh, no.
But let's forget about that
and go start our adventure.
Don't worry. We're
all made the same.
Yeah. Don't worry about it.
How are you feeling? Good.
Shall we go get our stuff?
Let's go. Let's go.
Narrator: In order to survive
these extreme conditions,
each candidate was allowed
to bring an object
of their choosing
which they deemed
essential for this adventure.
Ah! Nice machete.
That will come in handy.
Ooh! It's a big
one, too. [ Laughs ]
It has a saw and a blade.
That better? Very practical.
Yeah? What about you?
Yes. [ Laughs ] A fire lighter.
I'm excited to have this.
Oh, yes. Me too.
The perfect
combination. Totally.
They have also been given
a basic map of the area,
as well as a small, handheld
camera to film at night
and film their adventure
from their own point of view.
Stéphanie. Yeah?
How are you feeling?
Great. I'm so excited. Excited?
Yeah, I can't wait.
Let's get started.
Alright. Let's go.
The adventure begins
with a two-mile hike
through the stifling
jungle to reach the river
and find a place to camp.
♪♪
Snake stream. Encouraging name.
Steven: Meeting stéphanie
in the jungle went really well
because she quickly
made me feel at ease,
and we started chatting easily.
We were both really excited
to begin our adventure.
Be careful where
you put your feet.
And your hands.
And remember to
look in front of you.
Yeah.
The snakes you need to be
careful of are the bothrops,
which are about this big.
But what's it called?
Bothrops, the fer-de-lance.
Oh, they call it
the mapana here.
Do they? I don't speak
Spanish. The mapana.
They're quite big,
and it camouflages
itself very well.
Yeah, yeah. So we
need to be careful.
Well, I did actually come
across one in the Amazon.
Really? Yeah.
Good. So you know
the Amazon jungle then.
Yeah. It's a hostile place,
but it's also amazing.
Stéphanie: I'm pleased.
He seems like a
really capable guy,
and he's a bit of
an adventurer, too.
♪♪
Steven: So, you're
a reptile expert?
Yep.
How long for? Over 12 years now.
Wow.
I've been living with snakes
and reptiles and
insects for years.
Steven: When she told me she
worked with reptiles, I thought, "great.
I know we're gonna have to
eat [Chuckles] at some point.
So it's great to be with someone
who isn't Afraid to grab a
stick and catch a snake."
♪♪
The way I see it, our
main goals for today
are to make a decent shelter.
Yeah. And a fire. And a fire.
And that should do it. Yeah.
I'm trying not to
walk on the red ants.
I saw what they were
doing. Those hurt.
Oh, look. They're
carrying leaves.
♪♪
Crossing a river is
trickier than it looks, but...
You know, we
helped each other out.
- Oh, my [bleep]
- [ Laughs ]
But I think we work
really well together.
We communicate really well.
We need to find a good spot.
Yeah, it's getting late.
Well, we don't really
know what time it is.
Oh, wow. Hey, I
just saw something
that will make our
lives a lot easier.
Oh, yeah? What?
Bamboo.
Oh, wow! It's huge! [ Laughs ]
Oh, we know what to
use to make our shelter.
Yeah. Good old bamboo.
It's the first bamboo
we've seen here.
Oh, so great. Awesome.
♪♪
Narrator: Steven and stéphanie
begin building their shelter.
They decide to use bamboo
to make a raised platform
that will help keep them safe
against some of
the area's dangers,
including the fer-de-lance,
which hides in rocks
and is considered the deadliest
snake of South America.
Yeah, that one looks better.
♪♪
Yes.
♪♪
- [Bleep]
- Are you okay?
I cut myself badly. [Bleep]
[Bleep] Damn it.
- Aah!
- Are you okay?
I cut myself badly.
- I'm coming.
[Bleep] Not now.
[ Sighs ] Damn it.
Stéphanie: Did you
cut it with the machete?
Yeah. [Bleep]
It cut deep.
Oh [bleep] yeah.
Yeah, it's deep.
Damn. Sit down.
Let me see if I
can use this plant.
That's a deep cut. Yeah, it is.
Think you need stitches.
Yeah.
Narrator: The production team
decides to bring in a doctor.
The open wound is deep and
could become badly infected.
It needs to be stitched
up and cleaned quickly.
I feel really bad for stéphanie.
It's a bad time
for this to happen.
But luckily, it
doesn't hurt too bad.
But I do feel bad because
it's slowing us down.
We have a lot of
bamboo to bring over.
These things happen.
We just have to accept it.
♪♪
Stéphanie: It's tough,
emotionally speaking. Yeah.
Getting an injury like
that on the first day,
I really, really hope he
won't have to give up already.
But this is when you realize
how easy it is to hurt yourself.
So we need to be careful.
Narrator: The doctor gives
Steven several stitches.
Thank you very much.
However, he receives
no medication for the pain.
How's your hand?
I can't do much with it.
♪♪
What kind of shelter is that?
Hey!
I pictured it huge.
It's very nice.
You made a raft. Ah!
A raft.
♪♪
Stéphanie: Right.
Fingers crossed.
The moment of truth.
Do you want to put
it in the bamboo?
No. I'll keep it in my hands.
You need to close your hands
and blow when you see embers.
Yeah, yeah. I've
never done this before.
[ Laughs ]
♪♪
That looks good.
♪♪
I'm doing it all
wrong. No, you're not.
Shall I try?
I'll hold it. Come on.
♪♪
Ouch.
Let's go.
♪♪
I think it's working.
Come on. Work.
Yeah, it looks good.
Yeah. I'm not sure.
Look, we made a
fire. Ah! Yes! [ Laughs ]
Yeah. Done. One job down.
But we still need
to dry out the wood
and move the wet wood closer.
Right. Now we need a roof, a
lounge, and the baby's room.
Here we go. Oh,
I feel a lot better.
I feel good. Oh, that's great.
♪♪
Stéphanie: We are
sitting by the fire.
Steven, lay down
on our platform bed.
And the next thing we
knew, we were on the ground.
He broke the bed. Steven: Yeah.
All that work...
Just to end up...
Just to end up
back on the ground.
Yeah.
Surprisingly, we
didn't hurt ourselves.
Everything fell apart,
though. [ Laughs ]
We'll be sleeping at an angle.
That's not a bad one.
Yeah. Oh, my [bleep]
Steven: We're praying it doesn't
rain because we don't have a roof.
If it rains, we'll be
right below it. [ Laughs ]
The heavens will open on us
because there is
one gap in the trees
and we are right underneath it.
Yeah, our worst
fears are confirmed.
It's raining heavily.
We're soaked.
[ Rain falling ]
It's freezing.
We're trying to
keep the fire going.
♪♪
[ Groans ] We could
have set up here, too.
Now we are on sand.
It's better, isn't it?
[ Exhales sharply ]
Honestly, this is crazy.
Narrator: In view of
this disastrous first night,
Steven and stéphanie
decide to move their camp
to a more comfortable location
a few yards from the first one.
Come on.
♪♪
Cricket. Lets eat.
Really? Yep.
[ Laughs ] Awesome.
Ha. You're spoiling me.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, I like that.
That's a big cricket.
I like that.
Fire's ready. Dinnertime.
Dinnertime.
Another cricket. What?
You're a machine.
Oh, wow.
I'm going to call you
the cricket machine.
The cricket machine.
It's cricket corner here.
It's good we moved here.
Lunch break. There you go.
Quite tasty.
Peace to your
soul, little cricket.
May you be reincarnated in
something more impressive.
Well, I'm glad
we're eating a bit.
Yeah. Oh, look.
There are termites!
Oh, that's good.
That's good.
Go ahead. Pick 'em up like that.
Mmm. What's that thing moving?
What's that? What's that
thing that's moving in there?
It's an earwig.
Is that an earwig?
Yeah. You can eat it.
Do you want to share it?
[ Speaks indistinctly ] Yeah.
Well...
It's tasteless, but good
at the same time. Crazy.
Yeah, it's a bit a
bit like potato chips.
A bit like potato chips. Yeah.
♪♪
So, it's almost the
end of the second day.
We finally made some
progress on the camp.
Feeling a bit of fatigue
at the end of the day.
The energy is... [
Whistles ] A bit low.
Yeah.
♪♪
Well, we have the same
problem as last night.
It's the cold.
We're freezing.
We're almost
sleeping in the fire.
We are really cold, and we
are set up badly on the floor.
I guess that tomorrow's
priority is to insulate the hut
and make blankets
for the evening,
because it's really,
really cold at night.
♪♪
Another very complicated night.
It was very cold
and a very long night.
Stéphanie: Today, it's
hard. We feel very weak,
and we know there
isn't anything to help us
make it more comfortable.
So it's physically and
psychologically hard,
but we're going on a little
expedition to find some food.
So fingers crossed,
and we'll keep our
eyes wide-open.
♪♪
Okay? Yeah.
Let's go then. Go.
Okay. Let's go. Let
mother nature be kind to us.
♪♪
Wow. It's really hard
to see a snake in there
if it's not moving, but...
I prefer when they
don't move. [ Laughs ]
Yes, if it's not moving.
Because if it isn't moving,
you have to think
about how to approach it.
I think you could put
10 of them in front of me
and I wouldn't see them.
Maybe we've already passed
them and not seen them.
Still, I'm very careful.
Ooh [bleep] there's
one right here.
No. Yes. A rattlesnake.
A what? A rattlesnake.
Where? Just there.
Can you see it?
Oh [bleep]
It's a big one.
Ooh. Get the machete.
Yeah. Wait a minute.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Steven: Wait.
Stéphanie: [ Sighs ]
We're getting organized.
I have to get it. I'm hungry.
Go on. I trust you.
You block it off, and I'll come
with the stick behind. Hmm.
Come on. Come on.
Wait. Tell me how far
behind you want me.
You can't imagine how
fast my heart is beating.
That's normal. [
Exhales sharply ]
Go on.
Okay. Yeah.
No, it's not a rattlesnake.
It's a bothrops.
A what? A fer-de-lance,
if you prefer.
It's a mapana. Yes.
♪♪
You got it or not?
Got it.
Got it. Go on. No, no, no!
You can't imagine how
fast my heart is beating,
that's normal. Got it. Go on.
No, no, no!
♪♪
Almost here.
I'm holding it.
The other way, from above.
Calmly. I'm holding it.
I'm holding it firm.
Yes.
Yes, we're there. We're
going to eat snake!
[ Both laughing ]
I told you. [Bleep]
Look at that.
♪♪
Wow. We're gonna eat snake. Wow.
And that's not a
small one either.
I'm proud of us. Honestly.
Really, and we
didn't go far either.
What a job. [Bleep]
Look at its head.
And the teeth.
You see these teeth
here? And the teeth.
[Bleep]
I'll leave him there
so he's visible.
Hang on. I prefer to bury him.
He's even bitten the
leaves. He's bitten the leaves.
So we'll go back any eat.
Oh! [ Laughs ]
That's what I like to hear.
Steven: I feel joy and pride
coming back with stéphanie.
You know there are snakes.
You know it's dangerous.
You know you can k*ll
them and eat the meat.
But until you've actually
done it and felt this,
you don't get it.
So, how do we cut it up?
Make a little opening.
And it comes off easily.
♪♪
See how it's still moving? Look.
Reptiles like snakes
have rigor mortis,
a stiffening of the
joints and muscles,
and can still move up
to an hour after death.
That's the problem.
There's no meat.
Hardly any flesh.
Well, we've got to
eat it all, bones and all.
♪♪
I think it's fully cooked.
Go ahead. Then.
♪♪
Mmm. Meat.
♪♪
It's really good.
Incredible.
Oh. Thank you.
[ Laughs ] She's happy now.
Does it show?
It shows.
You look like you did
on the first day again.
[ Both laugh ]
♪♪
Narrator: Thanks to the meal,
Steven and stéphanie get some energy,
and they can get on with
improving their shelter.
♪♪
Stéphanie: Go on a bit higher.
More and more and more.
Great. Yes. It's great.
We'll put it on
craigslist when we go.
♪♪
Hello, world.
While they could boil the water,
Steven and stéphanie
decide to drink it
straight from the riverbank...
a real risk, as waterborne
diseases are a primary threat.
I want to find some
fruit stuff. Me too.
I'm in need of natural sugar,
what you get from fruits.
So, today, if we could find
some fruits, that'd be great.
I want to go in
and look for fruits.
♪♪
You want to go and take a look?
Sure. Then we won't
have any regrets.
♪♪
These trees are huge. Huge.
Do you recognize any palm trees?
No. [ Exhales sharply ]
No palms on the horizon?
Bananas, please.
For the love of [bleep]
♪♪
Coconuts.
Coconuts. Or any edible fruit.
[ Gasps ] There's
another one. No.
Another bothrops, fer-de-lance.
It means you have to
watch out all the time.
That's why you
have to watch out.
That's why I've been
going so carefully.
I'm going to get him
before he slips away.
Yeah, yeah.
This one's more active. [Bleep]
Have you got him by the body?
Let him tire himself out.
Can you hold him?
Careful. He's just there.
Yeah, yeah. Yes.
Wait. I see him. He's active.
Yes, he's very active.
♪♪
The head. Hey.
He's attacking.
Wait. I think I got him.
Yeah. Got him?
Yeah. You can't leave
him or he'll attack.
Am I too low?
No, you're okay. I'll try
and grab him higher up.
I just need a good grip.
Damn he's aggressive.
Have you got hold of him?
Yeah, I got him.
Damn [bleep] he's attacking now.
Yeah, I know. Don't worry.
♪♪
Yes.
Yeah. Here we go.
♪♪
Peace to his
soul. It's a female.
♪♪
Good. So we've got that to eat.
I don't feel like snake, though.
What? 10 yards above
the first one, I think.
Yeah. I think it is a
...a nest of snakes.
A nest of snakes.
We're really in the
heart of the forest now.
♪♪
Well, we've already
got something to eat.
Oh, but I wanted fruit.
Yeah, I wanted fruit, too.
But we're really lucky.
We've got something to eat.
Yeah. We're going to eat.
♪♪
It's a really hard night.
There is a draft in the
room blowing across.
Other parts of my
body are frozen.
The mattress is so hard.
I feel like I'm broken.
It's all really, really tough.
It's a really tough night.
♪♪
Stéphanie: Troubled night.
[ Sighs ] Steven's
still sleeping.
But it was a very
troubled night.
Our mattresses are horrible,
and Steven was in a draft.
Not so easy.
Steven: Today, stéphanie and I
said we would rebuild our beds
because the nights
are too hard... too hard.
I mean, the thinner I get,
the more I feel my
bones on the bamboo.
It's like sleeping on concrete.
I can't do it anymore.
I think it's worth it to
spend some energy
to rebuild a bed
and sleep better.
Or at least I hope so.
[Bleep]
[ Groans ] I hate this bamboo.
♪♪
Oh [bleep]
[ Sighs ] It takes
so much energy.
♪♪
♪♪
I've used up so much
energy, you can't imagine.
♪♪
Narrator: So they
can get better sleep,
Steven decides to build a bed
by cutting bamboo lengthwise.
He builds a frame,
then he cuts fine strips
to create a platform bed.
♪♪
I haven't stopped simple
since I got up this morning.
We haven't stopped.
We got up, and I got
straight on with the bed.
I thought it would take an
hour or an hour and a half,
but in the end, it
ate up the whole day.
So it's been a long, long day,
but I'm eager to try it tonight.
Oh, [bleep]
Stéphanie: So?
It's not bad. It's better.
I think it's really better.
♪♪
I'll tell you tomorrow morning.
♪♪
Is that it? Are you up?
Yeah. Little by little. Huh?
And you?
I'm waiting for you. Huh?
I'm waiting for you. To hunt?
That's right. Yes.
This morning, I hit rock bottom.
Really.
We have no energy,
and there are two reasons.
The first is the big expenditure
of energy yesterday,
and there are no vitamins.
We haven't had any
fruit from the beginning.
That's a week... a
week starting today.
And you really feel it.
I'm going to lie down.
I don't feel very well.
♪♪
I don't understand
why I feel so bad.
Look at all the energy
you used up yesterday
to make your bed.
That must be it.
You think so? Huh?
You think that's it?
I think so.
I really feel bad.
We're emptied out.
My stomach's in a knot.
We're supposed to go hunting,
and we postponed it an hour
so I could rest a little
bit and see how I feel.
♪♪
Some food, please.
♪♪
[ Sighs ] Some food, please.
♪♪
♪♪
Steven: Aah!
I stepped on something. Aah.
♪♪
Are you okay? I'm hurt.
[ Groans ]
I'm bleeding. It's
hard for me, stéph.
Okay, stay there.
Steven: Going into the
forest looking for fruit,
I got two big thorns in my foot.
The first one went in my heel,
and then the second
one in the front of my foot.
It hurts, but the
problem is that
I can't put my foot
down flat on the ground.
I'm sorry. I can't
find anything.
We'll go back down, huh?
Yeah.
♪♪
Steven: It's by far
the hardest day.
I'm running on empty.
We walked an hour and a
half, two hours looking for food.
Nothing.
My feet are shattered, and I
walked on a ton of brambles.
I think it's my mental state
that has to get the
upper hand now.
♪♪
What is that?
♪♪
It's scary when you
don't know what it is.
It sounds like lions.
And they're really close.
It must be howler monkeys.
♪♪
[ Groans ] [Bleep]
[ Groans ]
[ Hisses, groans ]
[ Groaning ]
♪♪
When I went into
the forest to get fruit,
I stepped on two big thorns,
and it got a lot worse
during the night.
I thought they'd come
out again, but I checked,
and the tips are in there.
As I'm always walking on it,
it's a bit infected,
a bit inflamed,
so I can't put my
foot down anymore.
It hurts. [ Groans ]
My body isn't up
to defending itself.
♪♪
What can I do?
Stéphanie: I sense
he's tense today.
He's tired. He's tense.
Where I feel positive,
he's sometimes very pessimistic.
Today, he's moaning a lot.
Hmm. He doesn't want to do it.
His foot hurts.
I understand why he's like that,
but it's tiring for
the other person.
So I hope he picks
himself up a bit.
♪♪
Stéph, may the
coconut God be with you.
And the banana God.
And the banana God.
And fruits from nature
and fruits from nature.
Listen.
Let's pray that it comes true.
I know.
Don't worry. I don't
know how long it'll be.
Okay.
If you have the smallest
problem, whistle.
Be careful. I'll be careful.
I won't hurt myself. Exactly.
May the force be with you? Yes.
♪♪
Not being able to walk,
it's been really frustrating,
and I feel guilty once
again about stéphanie,
because I want to
go and hunt with her
because I want to help her,
but I have to accept that
there's nothing I can do.
And I would have done the
same if it happened to her, so...
I'll get some rest.
That's all I can do. Yeah.
♪♪
I'm not doing great.
I got up. I don't
feel that well.
I don't have any energy.
I'm really, really hungry.
♪♪
I hope stéphanie comes
back with something.
♪♪
Because it's hard.
It's hard today.
♪♪
Stéphanie's been out
foraging for a while,
and I'm a bit worried because
she shouldn't be gone this long.
I hope nothing's
happened to her,
that she hasn't hurt herself.
So I hope everything's fine.
♪♪
♪♪
It's terrible, but
when I see a log,
it makes me think of
an almond croissant.
I really want to
eat it. It's crazy.
Stéphanie's really
been gone a while.
She didn't say she'd
be gone so long.
I'm starting to worry now.
I really hope she
brings something back,
because to be gone so long
and come back with nothing...
that's hard.
Narrator: Stéphanie has
been gone for five hours.
I'm back.
Sorry I was gone so long.
Steven: Did you find anything?
[ Exhales sharply] We're cursed.
No. Yep.
We're cursed, I tell you.
I found the coconut
tree, and they're all empty.
About 40 on the floor.
That's not true, stéph.
Yep.
They're all empty? All empty.
Nothing.
We can say goodbye to coconuts.
Is it far? Yes.
You saw how long I was gone.
Were there any on the tree?
Okay, I didn't see the tree.
I think I saw the trunk,
but I didn't see
the top of the tree.
It went above the canopy.
I don't know. I looked around.
And none of the ones
on the floor were full?
None.
We're nearly a month late.
Nothing.
You saw inside the brown
shell, there was nothing?
Rotten.
Yeah. Rotten.
♪♪
So tomorrow, it's snake.
♪♪
It's not like I haven't
searched today.
Did you do anything?
Did you walk away?
No. I got up, but
I didn't feel well.
I don't feel good today.
I'm really hungry.
I'm really, really
hungry. I know.
Steven: This is the hardest blow
since the start of the adventure.
The hardest blow.
I can't do it anymore.
♪♪
So tomorrow, it's snake.
I'm really hungry.
I'm really, really
hungry. I know.
Steven: I think for me,
this is the hardest blow
since the start of
the adventure...
the hardest blow.
It's been days and days
that I've been imagining
eating a coconut.
And to see an empty coconut
like that, it's terribly hard.
My hopes were high.
It's a terrible day for me...
terrible.
♪♪
Narrator: Over the last week,
Steven has been
in a negative spiral.
Steven: So it was terrible, the
first big blow of the adventure,
when stéphanie came
back with empty coconuts.
But I need to change the...
the record. That's enough.
No more moping,
being disappointed.
It's time to move forward.
I need positive thoughts.
The strength from my
family, my loved ones,
from life onwards and upwards.
Keep your chin up.
Stéphanie: You're up?
Good news.
Steven: Yes.
So...
That's good to see you up.
This morning, I'm going to
go and hunt with stéphanie.
It will wake up my muscles.
Okay. Let's cross our fingers
that it goes well and
that we find something.
♪♪
Ow!
Aah. Ants.
Wait. There's an ant nest.
Yeah. [ Groans ]
It's hard for me, stéph.
I know. It's hard for
me, too, you know?
♪♪
I'm stopping a moment. Okay.
♪♪
I don't feel very well.
Huh?
I don't feel very well.
♪♪
I don't know if I
can go on, stéph.
If we don't go on, we don't eat.
We need to eat.
[ Sighs ] Let's go.
He's been resting for two days,
so I shook him a bit.
Hey, I wanted to put
him back into the context.
We're in survival mode here.
There's no one waiting
with a meal tray for us
at the end of the day.
As I said to him,
it's hard for me, too.
♪♪
There, by the stones.
Ready? Boy.
Machete.
Whoa! Careful!
♪♪
Go on. I got it.
Got it? Yeah, I've got it.
♪♪
Let's go.
Stéph.
There we are.
Shall we eat now?
Huh? Shall we eat now?
Yes.
We don't need persuading.
We're not going to wait.
Stéphanie has
spent a lot of energy,
physical and psychological,
because she was worried
about me n the last two days,
and I thanked her for that.
It's really cool to
have her on my side.
♪♪
♪♪
Stéph, you got the map? Yeah.
I think the best thing
would be to arrive at
the bank on the beach.
I have no idea how we're
going to cross that swampy area.
I don't know what kind of
swamps we'll come across.
Yeah.
Narrator: Steven and stéphanie
we'll have to complete a
treacherous five-mile hike,
which will have them
descend a waterfall
cross the dried riverbed,
then cross a swamp
teeming with caymans
in order to reach
their extraction point,
where the river meets the sea.
♪♪
Thank you, stéphanie.
Thanks to this
place for having us.
Thanks, fire, for warming us.
Thanks to all the
elements for guiding us
and for making sure this
was an incredible adventure.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you.
- Yes.
- Let's go.
Goodbye, cabin.
Bye.
Stéphanie: A bit
of a heart pang,
because while we
spent three weeks here,
we threw ourselves
into making the house,
which we're now abandoning.
So, yes, a bit of a heart pang,
but happy to see
something different.
♪♪
Steven: Holy cow.
It's so beautiful.
Oh, it's good to
have an open view.
Oh. Stéphanie: It's beautiful.
[Bleep]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
It's good. No.
We have a full coconut?
Are you kidding?
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughs ]
[Bleep] That's a lot.
Half and half?
Oh.
♪♪
Mmm.
Doesn't taste much like coconut.
It completely tastes of
coconut. How can you complain?
How is that possible?
I'm not used to eating
coconuts like this.
Wow. It's the best
thing of my life.
Mmm.
♪♪
Steven: Oh. Stéphanie:
Did you see anything?
It moved. It's in there.
♪♪
That's exactly where crocodiles
and caymans would cross.
We need to be very careful.
♪♪
Stéphanie: Let's
get out of here.
That's exactly where crocodiles
and cayman's would cross.
Steven: We need
to be very careful.
♪♪
Stéphanie: Let's
get out of here.
We need a raft to stay
safe from the caymans.
This looks like a good
spot for resources.
Narrator: Stéphanie and
Steven construct a bamboo raft
to help avoid the cayman
and the dense jungle
en route to their rescue
point two miles away.
♪♪
Good?
1, 2, 3.
We get on, and
[bleep] if it sinks,
it's a catastrophe,
so close to the
end that it's over.
Oh [bleep]
Maybe you need
to go further forward.
Stéphanie: We tested,
and the raft floats.
A miracle.
It floats.
[ Chuckles ] Thank
you, God. Let's get going.
Let's go!
To the right? To the right?
♪♪
We need to watch the caymans.
Yeah. If we were
swimming, can you imagine?
We have to be careful.
Even on the raft,
we have to watch out.
♪♪
We're going very
slowly. We're exhausted.
Building the raft took a
lot more time and energy
than we thought.
Stéphanie: We're in
the heat. It's boiling.
We can feel the
sun beating down,
and there's no current.
Hard. Very hard.
Steven: Hard.
Stéphanie: We're
growing and growing.
I thought we would
never get there.
And then release, relief.
The beach.
- Yes!
- Finally.
- Come on!
Come on. [ Laughing ]
♪♪
Yeah!
Freedom! [ Laughs ]
Steven: It's incredible.
I live my life to
feel these emotions.
So strong, so intense.
Time stops.
You don't know who you
are, what you're doing.
It's unreal.
Oh, the sea! Look!
Yes.
Stéphanie: All the
emotions are coming up.
It's magical.
Steven: I'm happy today.
Feeling this is extraordinary.
[ Laughs ] Yeah!
I can see a lot of emotion
in stéphanie's eyes.
She knows what
I'm talking about.
We've lived it together.
So to share that
emotion with her,
it's a beautiful moment... a
beautiful moment to share.
♪♪
It's been a life
that I'll never forget.
I'm thinking of the force
that is far behind me.
I'm thinking of our
everyday life in France.
We really want to live
it differently after this.
We really want
to live differently.
♪♪
We only get one life,
and I want to live it.
Steven: Whoo-hoo! Freedom!
Narrator: After three
weeks of survival
in the middle of the
Colombian jungle,
where they've had to
withstand an array of dangers,
Steven and stéphanie
have both reached their goals
to arrive together at
the end of this adventure.
On leaving this experience,
stéphanie lost 20 pounds.
She was able to take
risks and never gave up,
increasing her
PSR from 6.7 to 8.1.
Steven, already slim at
the start, lost 28 pounds.
He put a lot into
building a good shelter
and bounced back from
some painful setbacks,
thanks to the unfailing
support of his partner.
His PSR increases
from a 7.4 to a 7.7.
Despite all the ordeals
they went through,
Steven and stéphanie
stayed solid until the end
in their effort to survive
the jungles of Colombia
Naked and Afraid.
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