Lea: I'm so fed up with it all.
I don't want to
do anything today.
I really don't want
to do anything.
We have to redo everything.
We have to change camp.
We have to redo everything.
We're being bitten by
mosquitoes nonstop.
I'm scratching myself
because they're everywhere.
[Bleep]
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.
Narrator: ...No
water, no clothes.
Man: It's a storm.
Narrator: We'll 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!
In the north of Croatia,
two strangers
will try to survive
in one of Europe's
oldest forests.
It's the hunting ground
of bears and wolves,
as well as deadly vipers.
The weather
conditions are extreme.
Violent storms, torrential
rain, and risks of flooding
are frequent at
this time of year.
The two participants must adapt
to this particularly
hostile environment.
I'm Lea. I'm 24.
I'm from Bordeaux, France.
And I'm a territorial agent
and volunteer firefighter.
I'm taking on this challenge
because I need
to prove to myself
that I'm a woman who
can fend for herself.
Being a volunteer firefighter
has helped me in a lot of ways.
It's given me my values,
especially surpassing
physical barriers.
When we're firefighting,
we work in pairs.
Alone we go fast,
but together we go far.
So I think that this
will help me a lot.
This air is really
dense, really humid.
It's a wild and
primitive environment.
So to survive here...
It will be a real challenge.
Being naked, yeah,
I'm apprehensive,
but what I want to learn is to
manage these apprehensions.
The sensations at the start
are going to feel a bit strange.
I think I'll get
used to it quickly.
I hope that's the case.
I'm Pascal, 48.
I live just outside
of Paris, France.
And I'm a graphic designer.
I'm very athletic. I
love extreme sports.
I can run 75 to 100 miles
surrounded by nature,
which requires a strong mind-set
because it's hours
and hours of effort.
But I want to go further.
I spend hours and hours
in the forest, training.
It's my playground. I'm
closer to nature there.
For me, it's an
environment that I control.
We will always be
apprehensive about being naked.
What worries me
most is the mosquitoes.
Especially right now,
we're in high season.
They are already attacking me.
So that's my main worry.
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.
Lea, volunteer firefighter, is
used to emergency situations
and surpassing her limits.
She begins with a PSR of 6.5.
Pascal, great at extreme sports,
has always faced
personal challenges.
Due to his survival
skills and his endurance,
he starts with a PSR of 7.7.
Lea: Being naked in the
swamp, I feel really vulnerable.
I put my feet in the water.
I can't see where I'm going.
And I'm just anxious
to meet my partner.
Pascal: Straight away, I
have the feeling of being
Naked in front of nature.
I'm a bit cold, it's humid,
I'm being eaten
alive by mosquitoes,
but I'm confident at the moment.
Well, hi. Lea.
How are you
doing? You all right?
Pascal. Nice to meet you.
Yes. Nice to meet you, too.
I see you made an effort
to dress up for our meeting.
I didn't expect to
meet you in the swamp.
[ Chuckles ] Yeah.
Well, I'm happy to
begin the adventure,
and I'm pleased to meet you.
Me, too. I couldn't wait.
Yes.
I imagined you in so many ways.
[ Laughs ] It's crazy.
No, it's great. Yeah.
Narrator: To survive in this
forest, each person is allowed
to bring one
essential survival item.
I have a flint. There we go.
We can make fire. Great.
- Ah, good... a machete.
- That way, we can make shelter.
You handle it well. And you...
[ Both laugh ]
Okay, we will see. Okay, super.
Narrator: A rudimentary
map of the area is provided,
and a container because
in this environment,
it is impossible to make a
wooden fire-resistant vessel.
Lea and Pascal's
adventure will start
with a 3-mile hike
through the forest
to reach a clearing
near the river.
♪♪
You are not scared
of mosquitoes?
Because here it isn't so bad.
Lea: Out here? Well, yeah.
I'm trying not
to think about it.
We'll have to put mud on soon.
- Yeah.
- Put it on your back.
Oh, yeah. On my back.
Narrator: Mud is very
effective against insect bites.
Applying it to their body
can protect their skin
and relieve itching.
Lea: It's good. Let's go.
I'm following you, Pascal.
[ Laughs ]
Let's go this way. It's
better. It's less deep there.
Lea: To be
honest, at first sight,
Pascal is a reassuring
person, a bit like a dad.
It's going well,
and then we'll see
how we deal with each
other in difficult times.
Pascal: So, what do you like
to do in your free time, Lea?
I'm a volunteer firefighter.
Oh, okay.
I had imagined lots of people
...blondes, redheads, brunettes.
And I realize that she's
a lot younger than me,
but she seems to
be very dynamic,
and she smiles,
which is very important.
Lea: Deep?
We're sinking. Be careful.
Look up to
mid-thigh. Be careful.
Still pay attention if
there's not a snake, which...
Yeah... Still...
The most hostile part of this
nature is the swamp side of it,
the humidity and
everything that goes with it.
The mosquitoes surround it.
Beware of the nettles.
They sting a bit.
But they're nothing
compared to the mosquitoes.
There are large
nettles to get through.
They bite us. They itch us.
But it's an essential
plant for eating,
for making string, for
whatever you want.
Nettles will be
my ally tomorrow.
But today, I hate them
as much as mosquitoes.
The nettles are rich in
proteins and nutrients,
and when you eat
them, you lack nothing.
We can make soup.
Yeah.
Look, it's great
for getting started.
Yeah, that's good.
With Lea, I take all
the plants that we find,
so we collect them,
even if it means
hoarding right away.
And we'll make a
great soup tonight.
I think Pascal is a man who
does things, who has ideas.
I think they're good.
And it's encouraging
for the future.
The river. It's deep.
I think we'll have
to swim. Let's go.
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
yes, Lea, it's good.
It's here.
Splendid. Good.
Okay. Good.
The pebble beach
isn't bad, right?
Now we need to try and find...
Yeah... The perfect place.
The water doesn't go up here.
No. It's true.
And then there's sand.
Now we can set up.
How do you see the camp? Uh...
It's a bit flatter there.
I'm gonna get a really
big amount of branches
that I put... that
we'll wedge here.
And based on that, it
will give us a protection.
Yeah, that's good. I agree.
- Yeah, we'll do it like that.
- Let's go.
The priority is a roof
over our head immediately.
Lea: Pascal is strong.
He's going to look for
the biggest bits of wood.
I'll look for the smallest.
He advances, I collect it.
These things happen naturally.
Later, we'll see what
happens with other tasks.
But I think we're
working well together.
There we go, there
we go, there we go.
Pascal: It's already more
comfortable than pebbles.
[ Laughing ] Huh?
Lea: Let's clear.
Yeah, our shelter
is looking good.
We should prepare the
fire before it becomes...
Yeah, yeah... Too humid,
if we want to be warm.
- Let's go.
- Okay.
Pascal: There you go. Lea: Yes.
Take it in your hands.
No, no, no. All of it.
Yep. Go on. All the straw.
Gently, gently.
Don't choke it.
Okay, put it back.
There. The straw, the straw.
Yeah.
[ Chuckles ] Hey. Let's go.
Good? That's it.
We have fire.
Lea: So, a little visit
to the apartment.
So... Welcome to our home.
It smells of lovely smoke.
[ Chuckles ] Lea's first fire.
Well done.
[ Laughs ] No,
we did it together.
Let's go. Here we go.
Very good.
Impeccable, impeccable.
Oh, yeah. [ Laughs ]
Soup.
We've gone six or seven
hours without drinking.
We aren't dehydrated,
but we needed to drink.
It's time.
So we made a willow
soup, a big feast.
I hope we're safe because the
weather is starting to change.
The wind is picking up,
and a storm is approaching.
Lea: Well, I don't know.
What time do you think
it is? Around midnight?
Yeah, it could be
11:00 P.M., midnight.
Lea: We put down
small, hot stones.
We're trying to sleep a little.
We often ask
ourselves the question
whether the river
is rising or not.
Well...
If it rises, we're homeless.
We'll need to change shelter.
Yeah, if it rises, we
have to move right away.
It's a forced move because
we live in a sensitive urban area.
[ Laughs ]
Well, good night, Pascal.
[ Both laugh ] Okay, good night.
Good night.
I'm expecting
croissants tomorrow.
Yeah, don't worry. I'll
go get them at the bakery.
[ Both laugh ]
♪♪
[ Fire crackling ]
Narrator: Early in the morning,
the temperature has
dropped into the 50s.
Lea and Pascal
begin to feel tired.
Lea: I slept for 10
minutes last night because,
well, I was a little cold
here, a little cold there.
I was really worried about
the river. It started to rise.
It's a real danger because
this water can't be stopped.
Can you imagine if our
feet were in the water
in the middle of the night?
You can't remake
a shelter, nothing.
It would have been [Bleep].
Really [bleep].
I think that the
storms last night
must have burst higher up,
so now all the rain is coming.
It's really rising.
So now our shelter
is already threatened.
If there's any more water,
we'll have to move quickly.
So we put up a stick,
we make a mark,
hoping it'll go down a little.
All right, let's go.
That's good. It's light.
This morning, mine
and Pascal's priorities are
to strengthen the shelter
a bit, make a little awning.
The roof is high
enough so nothing burns.
And in case of wind
or rain, a protection.
Lea: That's not bad, right?
Here, this is to
finish the roof.
Yeah, it's good.
The level has gone down a bit.
Ah, my back.
Ah!
What, have you hurt your back?
That's crazy.
Go ahead, huh? Don't be stupid.
Take a little nap, right?
Good.
Quick, anyway. I
don't know if I'll sleep.
♪♪
Whoa. [Bleep].
There's a snake there. Lea!
♪♪
Oh, [bleep].
Whoa. [Bleep].
There's a snake there.
Lea!
A snake bite can k*ll you.
I think Lea is fragile already,
and I think with
the river rising,
it panics her completely.
So there you go.
I'll soften the threat.
Are you scared of snakes?
Lea: Are there snakes? Mm-hmm.
I saw one there.
- What was it? A viper?
Eh, it was too
big to be a viper.
I think it was a
big grass snake.
It's in the pile of
wood there, you see.
Be careful in the heaps there.
Lea: Pascal just told me
there's a snake prowling around.
It freaks me out because I
don't do well with snakes.
A snake is danger.
It's a tap-out. It's fear.
So now I don't feel calm.
It's just trouble.
Narrator: To distract
herself, Lea makes a fish trap.
Lea: The purpose of this dam
is to bring back fish to Pascal.
Pascal takes initiative, and
I have a tendency to say,
"yeah, great idea.
I'll follow. I'll help."
It's true, and I'd like
to prove to Pascal
that I didn't just
come to sit by the fire.
When it comes to food, I can
bring him what he needs, too.
There they are.
Finally, these stupid fish.
We can trap them.
But there's not enough.
Pascal: When I see Lea's dam,
I think we won't catch
much fish with that.
The dam is a bit too shallow.
I think it's only 2 inches deep,
and there's lots of
leaks everywhere.
So the little fish
come in and... oh!
They even jump over the pebbles.
Pascal: [ Gasps
I There they are.
Look, there they
are. There's two.
Quick, they're
trying to get out. Oh!
Ah, that's it. They got out.
- [Bleep].
Over there. Yeah,
it's over there.
She wants to test
herself. She wants to do it.
She sets goals. She
wants to succeed.
She wants to hunt. It's good.
I prefer her being out there
than sleeping under the shelter.
It's too big, maybe.
So, my dam
there, it isn't great.
But hey, I'm going to
tweak it. I have time.
♪♪
♪♪
Last night, we didn't sleep,
not at all, I didn't sleep.
It was really cold, much
colder than previous nights.
I'm just exhausted,
so I don't know how
I'm going to keep going.
But I'll have to.
If I continue like this,
I think Pascal will
worry, and that's normal.
He doesn't want to be
alone, and neither do I.
Lea: [Bleep]. I'm falling apart.
Pascal: That's for
sure. You need to rest.
Have you seen the nights
we endure? That's for sure.
We have to fill up on food.
We're gonna try some
fish and even rotten fruit.
Yeah.
I feel good, a bit weaker.
I still haven't eaten.
But we need to think
about something else.
And we drink. We make soups.
But priority today
is going to the forest
to try to find
something else to eat.
I don't know, we
are going to look
and maybe find something.
We can survive like this.
We can, but the
body still has its limits.
The muscles demand
it. So we need to eat.
Maybe your fish
trap will be full of fish.
I doubt it.
Because now as
the water dropped,
perhaps they found
themselves trapped.
Yeah, but it rose again.
Not much. Just a little.
- We need to go and see.
- Come on.
Look, you got a ray
of sunshine. Come on.
Ah! [ Gasps ]
[ Inhales sharply ]
[ Inhales sharply ]
So? Nothing.
So, we're building a fishing rod
to go and get some fish.
Pascal: Here, a
stick to make the bob.
And we braided the
nettles, the dried nettles.
Now it's very resistant.
Unless you take out a
50-pound fish, anyway,
a small fish will be fine.
There. The hook is a thorn,
a slightly upturned acacia.
And with another thorn, I make
a hole where I can put through
the end of my string.
♪♪
Narrator: Despite
all their efforts,
Pascal doesn't succeed
with his fishing rod.
My attempt at a fishing
rod, it's not conclusive.
And above all, it's
particularly a time-k*ller.
I'm gonna lose three, four
hours in the heat of the day.
Pascal: Well, I think we're
losing precious time here, right?
- Yeah, that's for sure.
- Never mind.
We're gonna get
dehydrated. This is not good.
Lea: It means
going to the forest
to find something
more substantial to eat.
Come on. We'll take this.
Here. The spear.
Okay, let's go.
Narrator: After three
days without food,
Lea and Pascal's priority
is finding something to eat
in the hopes of
lasting three weeks.
Nothing, huh?
♪♪
Oh, nothing.
[Bleep] Mosquito.
[Bleep], [bleep].
We're getting eaten for nothing.
- Okay, I'm fed up.
- So, we'll move like this.
And if you see anything
that jumps to the side...
Yeah.
♪♪
[Bleep]. But nothing
jumps at all. It's crazy.
Yet here would be the
perfect place for frogs.
Oh!
Wait, there is a frog here. Ah.
Yeah, sure. Hold
on. She's hiding.
[Bleep]. Where did she jump to?
- She's there, she's there.
- Ooh! Yep.
Go ahead, go ahead.
Hey, you have to be faster.
Oh, wait, wait, don't move.
- Yeah, yeah.
Did you spot her? Oh, hold on.
Wait, wait, move
more. I'm following it.
Yeah, I see it. Okay.
It accelerated.
It means they're there.
- It's there, it's there.
Where is it?
Do you see it?
Right there. Above.
Oh, yeah. Okay.
There's two of them.
Wait. Oh, there's two of them.
You have one right next to it.
Be careful. Wait.
Ah! Oh!
Pascal: Ah, too bad. The
other one, we will have...
Oh!
[Bleep].
[ Laughs ] Careful. Did
I scare the second one?
Yeah.
Oh, no, it's there.
It's okay. I spotted
the other one.
Come on. I should
have gone even closer.
I was too far away the
time I... in the water.
Oh! Oh, that's it. I have it.
[ Exhales ] Finally.
Approach Max, Max, Max.
Yeah.
Super.
Okay. [ Laughs ] Whoo-hoo!
There we go. We
both have a frog.
Well done. You were quick.
Come on. Go ahead. I have it.
Oh!
I'm very proud of myself
for having caught a frog.
I feel like I'm bringing
something to the partnership
I'm forming with Pascal.
And it's good for
me. It's a small step.
It's not...
It's not huge, but
it's a small step.
Pascal: We both have one.
Well, they were a bit small.
We always hope for
better, but it's very good,
and it's the first
one she touched,
so it's a milestone for her.
I think it's very
positive for both of us.
Here. Take the other leg.
There we go. Come on, eat.
♪♪
So, is it cooked or not?
♪♪
Yeah, it's good.
Does it feel good, anyway?
Yeah.
Even if it's not much, it's...
It's a bit of protein.
A bit of meat.
Just that feeling
of meat, you know?
Yeah.
♪♪
Lea: This morning,
I'm a little worried
because we thought that
there would be loads of frogs
and we'd be able to
keep hunting them,
but they're hard
to see and catch.
So I started thinking to myself,
"[bleep], what are
we gonna eat?"
[Bleep]. I missed four in all.
Oh, well.
I feel like Pascal is a little
annoyed, so we split up.
[ Grunting ]
♪♪
Well, I missed...
I missed the same frog twice.
So our meal
tonight, I missed it.
Lea!
Happy coincidence.
I feel like nature is
spoiling us right now.
Hey, you won't
believe what I found.
Careful. Oh!
Lea: [ Gasps ] You scared me.
Oh, cherries!
- Wild cherries.
Look, there's a
cherry tree behind.
Oh, [bleep], no kidding.
Crazy.
I'm gonna look
for others, but...
If I get the runs...
No, not from one.
...you watch out.
A ton, yes, but...
It'll give you
some bitter juice.
Yes.
Are they good,
too? No? [ Laughs ]
Yeah.
They're very good.
They're not bitter.
They're not bitter?
Wait, I'm coming.
Look, just just grab a
branch and pull it towards you,
and they're more or
less orange, red up there.
Oh, there, there, there, look.
Oh. For tomorrow?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Oh, yes.
In this jungle there,
all of a sudden,
poof, a wild cherry tree.
It's unexpected,
a good surprise.
Lea: Eating sugar in these
conditions is such a luxury.
The taste is great,
and it varies our diet.
It's good for our mood, too.
Pascal: The fire's dead.
[ Gasps ] You let it
die during your nap.
We get back, the fire is out.
We said to ourselves, "[Bleep].
We went out for too long."
Pascal: So, a little panic
because the fire
is completely out.
Night will fall,
so we still have
to re-light it quickly.
Here we go.
♪♪
♪♪
Pascal!
- What's the matter?
- I'm in real trouble.
Leave more room, go
and breathe your nest,
and then close it gently.
Gently! Don't panic.
Lea: And the mosquitoes
are beating me down.
I arrive at the
shelter, and I see that
Lea is a little tense
because it's not working.
And then you can see
that she gets angry.
So someone who gets upset
to do this, it's screwed up.
Here, you have the
right start. It's good.
♪♪
There, there,
there, you got one.
Stop. Gently, gently.
You got one.
So at that point,
I get beside her.
I ask her if she
needs help with repair.
It's easier to be two
and then add the extras.
You have to do a
lot of things quickly.
[ Blows ]
Okay, come on.
Yes, it burned me.
Gently. No.
The goal is to
give her confidence
that she brings
things to survival,
so I gladly let
her finish it off
because it's great if
she makes the fire.
Whew!
He downplays things every time.
And it's cool because I
have a tendency to overreact.
It's really great
that he's like that.
It reassures me a lot.
[ Thunder rumbling ]
Pascal: Well, as you
can see, it's getting bad,
and now it's getting
dark in the background.
♪♪
Okay. We are literally
soaked. It's raining.
Luckily, we have a fire.
And we're soaked. The
whole shelter is soaked.
We had brought some sand
to sleep better. It's soaked.
Now we will be forced to
change shelter and location
because the water
is rising considerably
and it's coming
close to the shelter.
And there's so
much current that...
It's too dangerous.
♪♪
Narrator: The next morning,
the shelter is flooded.
Pascal: Last night was
the worst night we've had.
The storm stopped
us from sleeping.
It was very violent.
And then in the early hours,
we realized that the river
has gone up, up, up, up, up.
So this morning, we've made
the decision to move our camp.
So we dismantled
what we could take apart
to set up a little
further into the forest.
♪♪
Lea: Now I lost my balance,
and my morale is gone.
Pascal... for him,
it's a challenge.
You have to do that,
change the place,
so I change places.
He's going full-speed.
He does everything,
and he doesn't complain.
And I feel a bit useless.
Narrator: Pascal takes
charge building a new shelter,
but this support doesn't
seem to be enough.
I don't want to
do anything today.
I really don't want
to do anything.
We have to redo everything.
We have to change camp.
We have to redo everything.
We're being bitten by
mosquitoes nonstop.
I'm scratching myself
because they're everywhere.
[Bleep].
Besides, I haven't slept
at least in eight days.
I've slept maybe
an hour each night.
Pascal worked very hard.
He made the frame of
the shelter and everything
but me, I've been
a complete blur.
[ Exhales shakily ]
Can't wait to get back.
It's just everything...
Is against me.
[ Sobs ]
It's harder than anything.
I'm so fed up with
it all, and honestly,
my partner is really great.
It's just that, frankly, I just
don't want to be here anymore.
I want to leave.
You could have
made a yellow side,
a red side, a green side.
[ Lea chuckles ]
I'm not proud of myself.
I boast way too much.
I'm not strong enough.
Above all, I'm scared
people won't be proud of me,
and that is my
problem, but I won't quit.
There's the shelter, like that.
The fire is burning
in front of the shelter
and the shelter inside.
I don't know if we
can see well here.
There are quite a
few small mosquitoes,
but anyway, we'll deal with it.
So, for me, the
negativity, it's done.
You have to bounce back.
There are still days to go.
We had a horrible
night. Really awful.
This is a mosquito's
world, not ours.
It was a mosquito nest,
so it was a sleepless night.
And on top of that,
we lost our fire.
Lea: So, there you go.
This morning, we decided
to go and see if our shelter
is still in place.
If the river hasn't
carried it away
and if the level has
gone back down,
we could go back there.
Pascal, what do
you want to tackle?
We need to let everything
dry. Have you seen... look.
We dry the door, the fire kit.
You have to really
wait until they dry.
We'll redo the
base of the shelter.
Pascal: The fact that we
discovered the camp this morning,
well, it's the same pleasure
as when people are
evacuated from their homes
due to flooding
and they come back.
That's what it did to us.
It was a little damaged.
Straight away, we had
to restore it, clean it, dry it.
Lea: We're going to
try and start the fire.
Calmly.
And I said to myself,
"Lea, do not fail.
You really have to
take care because
without fire, we
don't have water,
we can't eat properly,
and then the nights
will just be horrible."
And then I started
telling myself,
"now, Lea, if you can't rekindle
the fire, you're in trouble."
So then I am... at the
moment, I'm a little bit worried.
Come on, Lea. It's our survival.
Come on. Yeah, I know.
Don't worry. I know.
- Come on.
Pascal: To make the fire, I
must continue to leave it to Lea.
She's lacking confidence.
She's losing it more and more.
If I say, "come on,
get off it," I don't think
that's the best
approach to take with her.
You don't want to rest instead?
Yes.
Yeah, yeah. Go and have a rest.
♪♪
I'm breaking because it takes
so much energy and patience.
I tell myself I'm so stupid
to be doing it like this,
"you should have
chosen another fire steel.
You should have paid
more attention to it."
It endangers the partnership.
It endangers our lives.
It calls everything
into question.
♪♪
Hey.
Well? We will get there.
Of course, come on.
Fire is life.
So, come on, you've
already done it many times.
Yeah. Come on.
Pascal gave me some
reassuring words and gestures.
Don't stress. Relax.
And there you go.
And we'll try again later.
If you start right
away, it's too early.
Yeah. So have a break.
I said to myself,
"come on, it's time.
You don't have a choice."
Pascal gives me so much energy.
He does so much for me that I...
That I have to give
him a little strength, too.
There we go.
Pascal says to me,
"with one stroke."
I get there... cha
...in one stroke.
Pascal!
- Yeah?
- It's good.
Pascal: What? It's
good, come quickly.
You have it? Yeah. Oh, [bleep].
You see? In the end, huh?
Oh, boy.
Lea: I'm really
happy with myself.
This is why I came
here... to do things
I've never managed before
under such conditions.
So it's cool.
Hey, well done. Yeah.
Come on.
You see? One fell swoop.
Oh, [bleep].
Pascal! Pascal, come look.
- What is it?
- There are loads of little fish.
We have to catch
them and eat them.
Oh, yeah!
Oh, there!
I'm gonna go get the pan.
Pascal: Lea calls me
loudly for the first time.
At first, I think
there's a problem.
But no, the emergency's
great, a moment for rejoicing
because once again,
mother nature has
given us a great gift.
A whole little
group of fish larva
got trapped with the
river level dropping.
Can't get any fresher than this.
They're jumping. Look.
Yeah, for sure.
It has a huge impact on
our health already because
we'll be able to feed
our muscles more
because they're working
without food at the moment.
And in terms of well-being,
it's excellent for morale.
Lea: We're cooking
the fish with garlic.
Pascal: It's a fanciful feast.
Mmm! Mmm!
[ Laughs ] Eating
with fingers, sorry.
It's super.
It's one of the things
that boosted the mood
and which as a result moves
us forward maybe one more day.
This morning and then all night,
there were gusts of wind
with some rain.
We're holding on,
but we're very cold.
Pascal: So, day 11.
Storm was very cold,
so we need to keep our
little fire going at all costs.
Egg position,
we've been keeping this
position for several hours.
Yes, and a good
part of the night,
it's the only position which
can give us heat and safety.
Lea: Still waiting.
It's very cold.
We still have a little fire.
Not much wood.
But not much more wood.
And it's...
It's [bleep].
We're really struggling.
Without fire, we're finished.
And the wind is picking back up.
That's it. The storm is
starting to pick up again.
If the weather doesn't
change, we can't hold on.
So that's it. It's clear.
Without fire, that's for sure.
Oh, yeah.
[ Breathing shakily ]
Come on. Come on.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Okay.
We're both very cold.
We tried to make
fire, and we can't do it.
Yeah, we have embers,
but the wind has
extinguished the flames.
It's hard. [ Sniffles ]
♪♪
You're too cold? I'm shivering.
Yeah. I'm worried you could
be starting to go hypothermic.
Pascal: It's against us.
Mother nature is against us.
So it comes straight for
our stuff, puts out our fire.
♪♪
♪♪
Here. Lea: You're a warrior.
What? You're a warrior.
[ Laughs ]
I'm not a warrior.
Why do you say that?
Because you're a warrior.
Lea: What keeps me
going, it's clearly Pascal...
Because this man is...
He's a... he's a
[Bleep] warrior,
and it is touching.
And I don't know, I tell myself
that I can't give
up on this guy.
No, you can't disappoint
someone like Pascal.
♪♪
♪♪
Pascal: [Bleep].
I'm the only one who
can hear music and lyrics?
Uh, yes, because I
hear nothing at all.
You're hallucinating.
Well, yes, because I heard
♪ yes for him ♪
♪ yes for me ♪
I think I can hear
melodies, but...
But repeatedly and constantly.
You don't hear music? Really?
Is it in my head or what?
Yeah, I don't hear music.
And all the lyrics come.
Then I say to Lea, "but
listen, there are lyrics."
[Bleep].
I hear all the lyrics
and everything.
So maybe it's a
daze, I don't know.
Maybe I'm delirious,
but I don't feel delirious.
His hallucinations
are worrying me
because it can put us at risk
for the rest of the adventure.
Yeah, it's weird.
And I say to myself, "if
we have to go on the raft,
if we must, I don't
know how we'll do it."
Narrator: Pascal's
auditory hallucinations
are due to exhaustion since
the start of the adventure.
He will have to draw
on his last resources
to get to the end
of this challenge.
Lea and Pascal will
have to build a raft
to travel 6 miles
down the river.
They will have to
face strong currents,
which may jeopardize
their crossing
before finding
the extraction point
where a team will pick
them up in a rescue boat.
Come on, Mr. T. Do you
want me to take that end?
I took that one out.
It's solid. It's
sturdy on each side.
Do you see?
[ Grunts ]
[ Grunts ] Careful. There we go.
♪♪
What do you think about it?
The more water there
will be, if we're wider...
Yeah, yeah, of course.
...The less we will sink.
It's okay.
Good. Come on, okay?
♪♪
There we go.
Good.
I think it's good.
[ Exhales ]
Tomorrow, we'll
set sail. We will.
Without sails.
But we'll set sail. We'll go.
It's been a hell of an
adventure together.
Coming into this challenge,
I was expecting
fights, ups, downs.
Not at all. We shared
well. We shared the roles.
In the end, we didn't
even need to talk much,
like an old married
couple, so there we go.
It's mastering our sharing
which made us get to the end.
Come on. I'll shut the door.
What's left?
There you go. Come
on. Bye. It's time.
Bye.
Good bye, shelter.
Pascal: There we
go. We close it forever.
And yeah, we're
leaving the shelter.
It feels a little weird, but
it's like when you leave
an apartment or a house
where you lived for awhile.
Look, it's been like a
little fisherman's hut.
Lea: Yeah.
It's leaving a beautiful place.
But it's also leaving a
place... it's leaving hell.
1, 2.
Ah! Okay.
1, 2. [ Grunts ]
Oh.
1, 2.
[ Straining ]
Come on. [ Grunts ]
Come on. We're nearly done.
1, 2.
There we go. Amazing. Come on.
Let's go. Get on
it. [ Lea exhales ]
Come on.
You got it? Okay.
[Bleep]. It's going
to the other side.
Hold on, let it do its thing.
[Bleep]. We're going
to be upside down.
Worst case, we turn over.
Yeah.
Wait.
Come on, let's go.
Come on.
Whew!
Whoo-hoo!
- Whoo!
[ Laughs ] We're going.
It's impressive how it floats.
Pascal: We're moving
away, little by little.
It was flat. It's
good conditions.
It was really beautiful.
And then we say to ourselves,
"oh, wow, we still
have a makeshift boat
that we made ourselves
with pieces of wood and vines.
Will it hold up?"
♪♪
I feel like there's... it's gonna
speed up a bit now, right?
Down there? Maybe.
Yeah, I think so.
When I see the rapid in
front of me, I'm a player.
I say to myself, "nice,
we're gonna pick up speed.
We're gonna paddle less."
A raft is heavy.
We should be careful here.
We're not gonna turn
around. You'll see...
okay. Oh, go ahead.
Now. Yes. There we go.
Too late, too late.
Careful. Hold on, because
we're going towards it.
♪♪
Careful, careful,
careful. We're gonna hit it.
Careful. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Aah! Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
Careful, careful,
careful, we're gonna hit it.
Careful. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Careful. Lea: Aah!
Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
Did you get cut? I'm okay.
Come on.
Lea: It freaked me out,
especially because we hit
those branches with full speed,
and we could easily be injured.
When I saw Lea under the
branches, I said to myself
that we really have to hold on.
We must not give
up now in any way.
I can see it in her eyes that
she's changed her resolve.
She's a fighter. I see it.
Lea: Okay, we have
to get off the raft.
Wait, wait.
Yes, come on. We'll
go to the stumps.
[Bleep].
Lea: It's dangerous.
We don't have
control of the raft at all,
which is enormous
and super heavy.
I try to hold on with
what strength I have.
Pascal: Now we go straight to it
- aah!
- Right on it.
Pascal's the same.
He tries to pull aside,
and my feet hurt so much.
Ah!
- Pull again.
- Ah!
[ Pascal grunts ]
Got it? Go, come on.
I'm telling myself, "okay,
I hope this is the
last hurdle because...
The raft is starting
to give up, too.
[Bleep].
We're gonna turn around.
If you lower yourself
well, it's good.
There you go. That's good.
Here we go again.
Yeah, is that it?
I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, it's them. Okay.
Hey! Hey!
Hey!
Come on, Pascal.
Pascal: When I see the rescue
boat and people calling to us,
I tell myself, "the
finish line... it's done.
Yeah, it's over. I
passed the test."
Come on, we're there.
I don't realize that I
did something like this.
We made it. I say "we"
because we were a [bleep] team.
So, yes, I went through
all states of mind
where I may have
hurt myself and all that,
but I had to go there.
Ooh!
Come on, let's go.
I'm no longer the
little girl who said,
"yeah, one day, I'll do it."
Yeah, I'm a woman.
[ Grunts ]
Whoo-hoo! [Bleep].
[ Both laughing ]
Well, it's the fulfillment.
We did it together.
We both did it, so it's moving.
It's a beautiful thing to
share. I'm really proud of her.
Did you see what you did,
with your little frame
and everything?
I'm really emotional to
have done it with you.
Honestly, Pascal. [Bleep].
Lea: I made it to the end.
So many times, I said,
"come on, Lea, give
up. Don't hurt yourself."
I couldn't because of
Pascal, and he never gives up.
I want to have a mind
like that from now on.
I'm really happy to
have met you, honestly.
Me, too. Me, too.
I met an endearing,
sensitive, willing person,
but above all, a
warrior, and it's great.
Honestly, Lea, so
proud of you. Congrats.
Whoo-hoo!
Yeah!
We did it!
Narrator: At the
end of this challenge,
Pascal lost 22 pounds.
He kept his head in all
situations and never gave up.
His primitive survival rating
increases from 7.7 to 8.0.
Lea lost 20 pounds.
Despite the setbacks,
Lea persevered,
drawing on the partnership
and her own mental strength
to develop her survival skills.
Her PSR rises from 6.5 to 7.0.
Through thick and thin,
Lea and Pascal have
proven the value of solidarity
in trying to endure
life's harshest moments.
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