04x03 - Mayan Sacrifice

[bunniefuu]

This heat's unbelievable.

I just feel like I'm
gonna pass out.

I'm gonna reach my
breaking point, I think.

Ohh.

Whoo!

This is a gift from god.

What is that?

[bleep] get out of here.

Is that a crocodile?
That's a [bleep] crocodile.

Narrator: In the world's
harshest environments,

two experienced survivalists

put their skills to
the ultimate test...

Oh [bleep]

...Without food,
water, or clothes.

Just one victory, please!

Narrator: Now, on a
rugged, sun-scorched coast

in the yucatan,

two strangers have
to work together

to survive for 21 days...

luke: This whole thing
is over. We're screwed.

I'm nervous. I'm not gonna lie.

Driving through
this jungle here,

it's not looking like something
that's very inviting, honestly.

My name's luke.
I'm 35 years old.

I'm a tattoo artist out
of southern california.

I'm pretty much
self-taught in basic survival.

Lots of youtube videos,
lots of reading books.

Just always been
something that's bothered me

to not be able to do something.

I feel like my inner
strength, honestly,

comes from my own pride.

I just need to do this to
prove to myself that I can.

This is the moment
of truth right here.

I feel like I've learned the
skills that make it possible,

and I want to show the world
that this is something I can do.

The heat and the sun, I think,

are my first-off
concerns around here.

My name's alyssa, and I
have a really strong background

in primitive survival skills.

The past few years, I've
been working with at-risk youth.

We try to teach them
important life skills

by surviving in the
desert for three months.

That's where my
experience comes from.

I believe a positive attitude

can get you
through any situation,

but I've never done
anything like this before.

I am nervous to take it all off
and run around in the jungle.

All right.

I don't have a big ego.

I'm not one to even really
like talking about myself.

So being able to
complete this challenge

is just going to make me so
much stronger as a person.

Here we go.

Luke: Oh, there's the water.

There's a lot of
coral to deal with.

This is not gonna be fun.

Going to see my
partner for the first time.

What I really want in a partner

is someone who has a
sense of humor and skills.

That would be nice.

I definitely see
someone down there.

[ chuckles ]

looks like she's enjoying
that coral on her feet

about as much as I am.

Luke: Hello.

[ chuckles ] hi!

The day has finally come.

It has.

Hi. Hi, I'm luke.

Luke. Alyssa. Alyssa?

Nice to meet you, alyssa.
Nice to meet you, too.

How are your feet doing there?

Good. How are yours doing?

They're in pain.

Found this stick on the beach.

It actually helps
a lot with the coral.

I mean, that's how I noticed
you was you had a large...

[ chuckles ]

um...

Yeah, so, what do you think?

I'm excited. It's beautiful.

[ chuckles ] awkward, right?

It is beautiful.
Thank god for that.

Shall we get our stuff?

Yep, let's go see what we got.

Here, try this out.
Oh. Thank you.

Narrator: For her
one survival item,

alyssa has selected an ax,

while luke has chosen a pot
for cooking and boiling water.

I was kind of hoping that
we'd come across some crab,

maybe some lobster.

Either way, it's gonna
be good for boiling water.

All that good stuff.
We'll need that.

So, let's see what we got here.

Luke and alyssa have been
inserted on the eastern tip

of mexico's yucatan peninsula,

along a rugged stretch of coast
last populated by the mayans.

Under the blazing caribbean
sun, razor-sharp coral

and deadly sea snakes
are a constant threat.

By heading north over
three miles of jagged beach,

they'll hope to
establish a base camp

near the edge of
the dense jungle,

and from there, try to locate
one of several small cenotes,

or sinkholes,

the only reliable source of
drinking water in the area,

but also a favorite
hunting ground

of the island's large
population of crocodiles,

which can grow to
over 10 feet long.

Alyssa: What are some
of your survival skills?

I like to think that I'm
pretty well-rounded.

That's good to know.

I used to go out with my
friends, like, once a year.

We'd go out for like
four days at a time

and not bring any food or water

and just kind of live
off the land, you know?

But I've always
had an interest in it,

you know, kind of studied it,

watched videos online
and stuff like that.

And...Ow!

Luke seems awesome.
He seems really fun.

But you can read all
the books in the world.

And when it comes down
to it, you just need to practice

your skills in
real-life situations.

That sun is pretty brutal.

Scorched the
crap out of my feet.

The water's definitely gonna
be important out here, too.

We're gonna get so hot.

Like, we're gonna sweat buckets.

Luke: I don't expect her to have

every survival skill in
the survival handbook.

I don't expect her
to know everything,

but as long as we can get along,
I think that we're gonna have

a pretty successful
experience out here.

Let's see what this
area looks like right here.

We've got water
somewhere right here.

Yep.

So, looks good to me.

It does to me, as well.

How are your shelter-building
skills, do you think?

I think they're all
right. How are yours?

[ laughs ] I think
they're all right.

I think we can
figure something out.

Ooooh!

This is soft.

Ohh, it's like
heaven on my feet.

This would be, like,
really good for, like, shade

with the rocks protecting.

Yeah, we can build
a fire right here,

and that'll kind of
block the wind a little bit.

If we can make it
really deep and tall,

then we can skooch
back into it for shade.

And we can always add,
too, you know what I mean?

We'll have a mansion by
the time the thing's over.

If it doesn't work tonight,
we just try again tomorrow.

I like the way you
think. I like your style.

All right, I'll go
get some cordage.

All right, sounds good.

This thing's gonna
be a taj mahal

by the end of a
couple days here.

Alyssa: I think luke's
ideas for the shelter

are a little ambitious, but
I'm willing to give it a try.

We just need to get it done.

Then after that, we'll
definitely get some water.

That's definitely
gonna be a huge issue

with the sun and the heat.

Yeah, I can get a lot of
stuff done with this thing.

What do you think?
That's a good start?

This thing's gonna be big.

So, this is our
gorgeous little home,

and I'm sleeping right now
on the little bed that I made.

And it's actually pretty sweet.

Me?

I just found an ant
crawling on my butt [bleep]

that's definitely
a new one for me.

They're all over everything.

These things are relentless.

Alyssa: It's day
2. It's way too hot.

Luke: We're both
feeling drained already.

The only thing on my
mind right now is water.

This heat's unbelievable.

[ sighs ]

that sun -- it's just -- man,
it drains you so quickly.

Alyssa: Today we decided
we are going to go out

and go get some actual
water from the cenote.

Narrator: If luke and alyssa
are unable to locate and secure

fresh water from the
sinkholes by the end of day 2,

the effects of
extreme dehydration

will begin to quickly escalate
from headaches and nausea

to eventual brain
damage and death.

I don't think anything
can get better

than when we get water.

The problem is we could
end up walking a long way

to not even see anything.

Yeah. Aah!

You okay?

Yeah, there's
lots of thorny stuff.

Yeah, it is...

Definitely watch your feet.

I stepped on, like, a
whole foot full of them.

Aah!

Well, I'm starting to see water.

I was hoping to see
a swimming pool.

It's dirty as hell.

Keep an eye out for crocodiles.

Luke: Looks nasty.

Formed by a collapse
in the limestone bedrock,

the cenote contains
extremely high levels of sulfur,

which can cause diarrhea.

And its dark, murky
color is a warning sign

of other deadly contaminants
from plant and animal life.

Oh, god. Looks like urine.

Luke: There's really
no way of telling

what kind of bacteria is
floating around in this water,

but at this point, it's the
only water we've found.

So, hopefully, we can boil it

to the point where it
doesn't make us sick.

Alyssa: The water that
we have is gonna definitely

so it's definitely changed
the rush to getting fire.

I'm just gonna go slow
with it till things start building.

How are your hands doing?

Hands are okay, but
shoulders are getting tired.

Nice.

You're doing awesome.

Oh, that [bleep] biting the
back of my leg right now.

Oh, my hands are
getting all slippery.

God, it smells hot.

It's not even making any...

Nothing.

It's just sitting there
cooking the wood.

It's day 2.

We can't survive without
water for three days.

Luke: We need water.

I mean, if we don't have
water, then we're screwed.

This whole thing is over.

Luke: Ohh.

Nothing.

It's just sitting there
cooking the wood.

Narrator: After two days
in the sweltering yucatan,

luke and alyssa have
had nothing to drink

and have yet to create a fire

to purify the only
water they have.

Before departing,
they were evaluated

by a panel of survival experts

and each given a primitive
survival rating, or psr.

Luke displays great confidence

and has studied a wide
variety of complex techniques,

but has never
applied those skills

in a long-term
survival scenario.

He scores a psr of 6.8.

As a youth survival counselor,

alyssa has amassed years
of actual field experience

and is an expert in
essential primitive skills,

but her passive nature
could prevent her

from applying that
knowledge effectively.

She earns a psr of 7.1.

Their scores will
be re-evaluated

at the end of their challenge,

if lack of hydration doesn't
force them to tap out first.

Luke: It is day 3.

We really didn't get
a whole lot of sleep.

We really need to figure out

this whole
lack-of-water situation

'cause it's really
starting to hurt.

We're gonna start a fire.

Alyssa: The hand
drill wasn't working,

so I wove some
really good cordage

so I could make a bow drill.

Today is the day.

Alyssa: Today is the day.

Today is the magical day.

All right, you ready? Ready.

Luke: Our whole eating
and water situation

is pretty much 100%
dependent on the fire.

Okay, I think I'm
gonna start cranking it.

Ready? Go.

Nice! That's it!

Ohh!

That's okay. Let's see it.

[ panting ]

good job. How you feeling?

I'm tired.

Okay, good.

[ panting continues ]

oh, god.

You good? I got to stop.

Here, let's look
at what we have.

We'll take a break.

Looks really good.

No, it doesn't.

If it was an ember, it
would look really good.

That's true.

Oh, my god, that's exhausting.

How you feeling?

[ sighs ] [bleep]

alyssa: I know that
luke is frustrated,

but I really just like to look
at the world in a different way,

thinking that, you know,
everything's gonna go well.

And if it doesn't,

then you just change it
and roll with the punches.

We could make -- we
could try it with bigger bows

and then try again.

[ wood squeaking ]

nice.

Damn it!

You got it.

Ohh [bleep]

it's pointless if
it's doing that.

I need a break.

Let's take a break
from the whole thing.

Let's clear our
conscience of it.

Luke: I'm kind of at a
loss on the fire thing.

I really don't know
what to do about it.

This is bad. We need
to do something now.

You know what we could do

is see if we can make
some kind of water filter.

We're not gonna stop
working on the fire,

but it sure would help to
have a little extra energy

by having some water in us.

I really like that plan.

All right, I'm gonna
go see what I can find.

Might actually work.

Just test this to
see if it holds water.

And it looks like
we're in business.

The idea is fill one of these
things with sand and rocks,

and that's gonna
give us our best bet

on filtering that water out of
those cenotes that we found.

Would you lookie there?

That's actual charcoal.

That's from some kind of
burnt driftwood or something.

We crush that up, that's
gonna make a real nice filter.

That's even better.

Everyone's heard
of a charcoal filter.

Narrator: Charcoal and
sand are natural filters.

If properly layered,
they will absorb

the majority of the
contaminants and bacteria

from the water as
it passes through.

Okay, that's actually full.

Let me pull this out here.

Look at that.

It's working pretty good.

How's it taste?

All right, here goes nothing.

Ahh.

That tastes like amazing water.

Ahh. Oh, my
god, it's refreshing.

If properly maintained,

the filter should work for the
remainder of the challenge.

But without a fire for cooking,

the choices of
food will be limited.

Is that gonna hold? Yeah.

Luke: As disgusting as they
are, it's okay to eat the raw snails.

It's the best thing that we have

to get some protein
in our bodies right now.

And there's pretty much an
abundance of them out here.

Narrator: For their size,

sea snails are rich
in protein and iron.

But to obtain a minimum
amount of required calories,

they would have to eat
about 65 snails a day.

Luke: This is gonna
be our first real food.

Sorry. Ohh!

Is that the entrails? Yeah.

Cheers. Cheers.

Ohh! [ laughs ]

it's delicious.

Right here. Salty.

Luke: Plan for today is
we're gonna go explore

a different part of the jungle
and look for some more food --

something different
than raw snails.

That's what I'm talking about.

Look at that.

Wow. Gorgeous.

It looks amazing.

I'm gonna climb in.
I'm gonna go for a swim.

It's gonna feel so good.

Ohh. Whoo!

Ohh!

It is super-cold but amazing
'cause it's hot out here.

A big, like, shock
to your system.

Ohh.

This looks fresher than the
water we've been getting.

Actually, it smells
like boiled eggs.

It smells like sulfur, farts.

[ both laugh ]

ohh, worst-smelling
heaven I've ever been in.

What is that?

[bleep] get out of here.

Is that a crocodile?
That's a [bleep] crocodile.

[bleep]

luke: [bleep] get out of here.

Alyssa: Is that a crocodile?
That's a [bleep] crocodile.

[bleep]

dude.

I cannot believe we just saw
a freaking crocodile that big.

So, take a pee right now here.

Today we're gonna try to
get some fire going...Again.

I'd really like
to start hunting.

I'm tired of eating snails --
taking snail pills for protein.

All right, so, I'm working
on just a different idea.

I'm gonna fill each
of these with rocks.

You wind this up. The
cord winds around it.

The stick goes up.

So, when you push it down,

the momentum
from the rocks in here

keeps it spinning to
push it back up again,

and then you just
keep doing it like that.

It's making a hole in
that pretty damn quick.

It's hot. Want to try it?

Yeah. Let's do it.

Before it breaks. Hurry up.

Ready? Yeah.

I'll get it going.

Nope. It's out.

Oh, it's bending in the middle.

Yeah, that's what's happening.
It's breaking in the middle.

This is done. It's shot.

Ah.

[ groans ] that really sucks.

Alyssa: I don't
know what time it is,

but I haven't slept at all
'cause the bugs are so bad.

I don't even know where
these bugs are coming from,

but just, like, constant,
constant biting.

It's day 8, and did
a little scavenging.

I found this, which could
be very useful in starting fire.

Also found this.

Can probably use
the bottom of that.

An idea that I have.

All right.

I've got a new invention.

Trying to do, like, a
telescope type of deal.

The two of those put together
-- it makes a pretty good beam.

You know, the inventions --
they may seem a little kooky,

but I'm gonna try
everything that I can think of

until we get this to work.

Alyssa: At this point,
no idea is a bad idea.

Maybe one of his inventions
will work, and that will be amazing.

But until then, I
am just gonna try

and stick with this bow
drill and try on the cordage.

So, I'm finding
that it looks like

I get a better beam of light

with just the single
piece of glass.

But it's still not,
like, really hot.

Honestly, I'm kind of
giving up on this idea.

I just don't think the glass is
good magnifying glass, you know?

Hopefully, this'll do.

All right.

This cord seems a lot
stronger than any other one.

Strongest cord yet, huh?

It is.

Well, then, this is the
moment of truth right here.

[ wood squeaking ]

see it?

Mnh-mnh.

I don't understand why it
won't turn into a freaking ember.

I just cannot believe

it's this hard to
get this fire started.

I really can't.

We've come so close every time.

It should have worked.

Yeah. It sucks.

Luke: It's an extremely
frustrating process.

Probably one of the
most frustrating things

I've ever tried to do.

I've run out of energy.
I just can't keep going.

These damn flies are relentless.

And they bite!

Like, draw-blood bite.

Oh, yeah, you're dead.

[bleep]

luke: Ooh! Alyssa: Ooh!

Looks like we got
a storm a-brewing.

I see.

Right there,
coming directly at us,

is the biggest storm we've
seen since we've been here.

Do you want to collect
a bunch of rain water?

Yeah. Put some bamboo
out and collect it with that, too.

What do you say we try to
get a fire while it's raining?

Yeah, we could do that.

We could make some spears,
start to make some traps.

Alyssa: There's plenty of
things to eat around here,

and most of them
require cooking.

All right, ready?

Luke: As soon as we get
fire, we can start hunting,

and we can actually
cook something if we k*ll it.

This...

Let me see if I
can tighten this.

Yeah.

I want to make this
so that it's not lopsided.

That's what's kicking it
out of the hole every time.

Oh, my god.

Ohh.

Oh, wait, wait, wait,
wait. Right there.

Oh, my god! Wait. Okay, okay.

It's a coal. It's
totally a coal.

Here, get it in.

That's gonna be it right there.

Come on, baby.

There we go. There we go!

Fire!

[ fire crackling ]

there it goes!

Oh, my god!

It's finally here.

Oh, my god, we have fire!

All right, partner. Awesome!

Yes! Ohh!

That feels so good.

Luke: That's it.

We're able to start hunting now.

Let's hope we can have
some success with that.

And everyone knows that
fire keeps the bugs away.

This is christmas.

Luke: I'm so
tired of these flies.

The first night
that we have fire,

and I swear the smoke
doesn't even scare them.

They don't even care.

It's been a long night so far,

and I still think we
have a lot more to go.

Luke: Apparently, I'm [bleep]

there's no escaping
them anymore.

They're just as bad
out here on the rocks

[bleep] shelter. As they
are on the [bleep] damn

I don't [bleep] care if
this makes it on [bleep] tv.

[bleep] a hundred [bleep] I'm
gonna sit here and say times.

This is [bleep]

I don't know if I can [bleep]
not sleep for a [bleep] week.

[bleep]

luke: Vultures, in
my understanding,

start coming around,
waiting for you to die,

so that they can
pick your bones clean.

Get out of here!

I'm not dying!

Narrator: After 10 scorching
days in the yucatan,

luke and alyssa
finally have fire...

Awesome! Yes!

...But have subsisted
only on a meager diet

of sea snails and coconut.

Weak from the oppressive heat

and long trips to
fetch water for filtering,

they must secure more
significant sources of protein

if they hope to
make it to day 21.

Luke: So, I'm trying to
get an iguana with this trap.

I've got a stick right here,
which is holding up a snare.

And I've got some
coconut for bait right here.

I've pulled this log out so
that the iguana has no choice

if he wants it but to come
down the top of the log.

Hopefully, his neck
comes through like this

as he comes toward here,

and it catches
his neck like that,

and then he has nowhere to go

until I run over
and slit his throat.

This is gonna be
our fish basket --

fish/crab, hopefully.

It takes a lot of vines,
but the good thing about it

is that you can just
set it and leave it.

Let its magic do
the work, hopefully.

Luke: There's an iguana
checking out the trap that I set.

Oh, he's going toward it.

He's probably three
or four feet away.

If he goes through that
snare to get to the food,

I might actually have him.

Oh, he's going. He's going.

His head's, like,
right at the snare.

Unless he goes
down and to the side,

he has to go through it.

He's just sitting there,

but he's inching
closer and closer to it.

Oh.

Oh, he's going
to the left of it.

Oh, he's going around it.

Ohh.

Oh, no, it didn't get him.

It didn't work.

I need to set my traps better.

They suck.

Narrator: Over the
next several days,

luke and alyssa continue
to check their traps

and set new ones.

Luke: Iggy will come along here,

and he's gonna try to
take a bite out of that.

It's gonna pop out.

This is gonna let the rock down,
and it's gonna slam on his head.

I've seen traces of some
decent-sized mammals around.

This is my opportunity to give
us some really good meat to eat.

Got the noose, the bait.

If he steps on any
one of these sticks

and he pushes this stick down,

and then he just
can't go anywhere.

Every day, I'm just, like,
just a little bit weaker.

So it gets harder
every single day.

Alyssa: No crab.

Luke: Should we try a
different hole, maybe?

Not now, to be honest.

I don't have the energy.

Alyssa: Our bodies
are really feeling it.

I feel like they're
starting to shut down,

and we're losing so much energy.

We expend a lot in the morning,
and then towards the afternoon,

we just can't really
move too much.

It's about 110 degrees
outside, and it's really hot.

Our energy is just
completely gone.

All I can think
about is, like, food

and how much I want just so
many different types of food.

I'm so hungry.

Snails are still there.

Nothing there.

Luke: [bleep]

and the rope kind of broke.

[ sighs ]

[bleep] I got to sit down.

You okay? What's wrong?

I just feel like I'm
gonna pass out.

I've been reaching my
breaking point, I think.

If you want, I can
just go get the water.

I don't know if
I'm gonna make it

all the way to the
water and back.

Don't. I'll do it.

You should go back and rest.

Alyssa: Luke's really
hurting right now,

and I mean, it's literally
my job back at home

to take care of people
who are kind of struggling.

So I just -- in
those situations,

that's where I kind of thrive.

Luke: Seeing spots [bleep]

my body finally, like,
hit its limit, I think.

I don't know how I'm
gonna do extraction.

Alyssa: Luke's really
struggling right now.

I'm getting really
concerned for him.

I know there's a way for us
to get some serious protein.

We have to.

Right now we are braiding
these fairly dead palms

'cause we are gonna do
some night crab hunting.

Narrator: Crabs in
this area are nocturnal

and could provide
the survivalists

with thousands of calories.

But alyssa's solution
to hunt them at night

is extremely risky.

The razor-sharp rocks, you know,

as you get closer to the water

and it just gets treacherous
there and it's dangerous.

And pitch-dark -- I just
hope I don't crack my head

on one of those sharp rocks.

And then you have your torch.

I got it.

I'm gonna go closer
to the beach a little bit.

Narrator: Even with torches,
luke and alyssa's visibility

on a cloudy, moonless
night is reduced by over 70%.

Luke: This is, like, the most
jagged part of the rocks --

ow!
-- That I would never walk on, ever, normally.

And I'm doing it at night.

[ gasps ] all right, quickly.

There's a really big one.

Where'd he go?

I moved for a
second, and he's gone.

This is the last
torch. It's going out.

I changed sticks for two
seconds, and he's gone.

He was a big guy, too.

[ wave crashes ] ohh!

Great.

We're pretty much just done.

Narrator: Before beginning
their 21-day survival challenge

in the sweltering
heat of the yucatan,

luke and alyssa were both given

a primitive survival
rating, or psr.

With the exception
of a water filter,

luke's many
inventions have failed.

And despite finally
achieving fire on day 10,

they have only been able
to secure raw snails for food.

As a result, luke's strength and
confidence have slowly eroded,

while alyssa's quiet positivity
has remained an asset.

Their decisions over
the next four days

can still affect their scores,

but only if they're able to
secure the protein they need

to make it to the end
of their extraction.

Alyssa: All right, quickly.
There's a really big one.

This is the last
torch. It's going out.

And he's gone.

He was a big guy, too.

[ wave crashes ] ohh!

Great.

We're pretty much just done.

[bleep]

[bleep] hate my life.

Narrator: Weak
from lack of food,

luke and alyssa are now
several hundred yards from camp

with almost zero visibility.

Oh, my gosh, you
can see how dark it is.

We can still look
with our diary cams.

We're gonna get a crab.

I know it.

Ohh!

Aah! Damn it!

Aah! Ohh!

Where are you off to?

Aah!

This rock is like
razors under my feet.

How you doing, luke?

I'm wondering how the hell
you can walk on this so fast.

Here's another one!

Got him.

We got crabs!

Luke, I got another!

Nice!

He's struggling, though.

That one looks pretty big.

Got it.

Nice! I know!

We're eating crabs, yes!

Yeah, yeah, you get the big one.

We'll share them. We'll
both have a big claw.

That's awesome. Good job.

My feet might be
cut up. I'm not sure.

We got two crabs. You want
to go back and eat them?

Yeah. Let's do it. Let's do it.

Alyssa: Two big guys.

Luke: Oh, man, those
things are a good size.

Mmm.

That is amazing.

That is so good.

I'm so happy.

Happy girl. This
is a happy girl.

Good job tonight.

Best meal ever.

You hooked it up big time.

Well, the day has come.

This is gonna officially be
the last snail I will ever eat.

Ahh. [ belches ]

ahh.

Good riddance.

So, this morning, by the ocean,

I found a big, old bundle
of rope, which is awesome.

Well, you ready to get
this show on the road?

I am.

Narrator: To reach their
extraction point in time,

luke and alyssa
must move quickly.

Their destination
lies six miles away,

near two landmark rocks on
the other side of this peninsula.

The most direct route

will lead them away
from the jagged shore

through densely
packed, thorny jungle,

where the threat of
crocodiles remains.

But they only have eight
hours before the rescue vehicle

will have to turn around

and make the return trip
to safety without them.

Time to make like a
baby and head out.

Ugh.

We just need to get on the
road and get there in time.

Let's do this.

Luke: How are your feet doing?

They're good. How are yours?

They're holding up.

Nice.

There's some thorn trees, so
careful which ones you hold.

Aah! Aah!

There's those thorns.

[bleep] damn it, those
things got me in every [bleep]

alyssa: There's thorns catching
your hair and ripping it back,

and it's misery.

It's really, really,
really difficult.

Ow! [bleep]

I got to get away
from all these thorns.

All right, we still
got to figure out

which way we're going here.

Luke: The jungle keeps
getting thicker and thicker,

and if we keep
getting turned around,

I don't know if we're gonna
make it to extraction at this point.

We might have gotten lost.

We came out from
right there, right?

Uh-huh.

So, I --

seemed like we would
just keep walking.

Wouldn't go back.

Yeah, here we go. Okay.

We're getting near.

All right.

The ocean!

I'm so glad to be out of that.

I'm about to fall over, though.

Alyssa: Is that it?

Luke: Nope.

Not quite there.

Narrator: Luke and
alyssa have miscalculated

and emerged from the jungle

over two miles south
of the extraction area.

Luke: We can still make it to
the extraction point on time.

We're just gonna make
our way down the beach

as quickly as we possibly can,

and we're gonna get
to that extraction point

by the time we need to be there.

I think I see the rocks ahead.

They definitely look
like the ones in the map.

We're getting close.

We're getting there.

[ engine humming ]

did you hear that?

I hear something.

That's a car.

Screw this.

Oh, my god, we're so close.

Oh, I definitely hear a car.

Oh, yeah, that's
a vehicle for sure.

That has to be it.

I see it! I see it!

Yeah!

We're here! We're here!

Yeah! Wait!

I am so glad to see you!

You're a sight for sore eyes.

Oh, my god.

Luke: Yes!

Luke, we're saved! Whoo!

Ohh! Ohh!

Yeah! We did it!

All right, partner!

We made it! We made it!

Oh, my god!

Luke: I'll be honest.

I don't think I could have
asked for a better partner,

you know, under
a stressful time.

That's what helped
me get through,

but I think that I
have a long way to go

before I can call
myself an expert

because I found
out a lot of things

that I thought I
knew didn't work.

I mean, my confidence in
myself has skyrocketed right now,

knowing that I just
survived 21 days.

And I think at first, I sat on
the sidelines for a little bit,

but now I'm ready to take
kind of a leadership role.

Luke: Yes! Alyssa: Whoo!

Peace out, mexico!

Thanks for all the snails.

I'll never forget this feeling.

Narrator: The
three-week challenge

took a great physical
toll on both survivalists.

Alyssa lost 14 pounds,
and luke lost 21 pounds.

After a final psr evaluation,

alyssa's steady focus and
positive approach raised

her score significantly
from 7.1 to 7.8.

Despite his difficulties
and frustration,

luke ultimately persevered
and improved from 6.8 to 7.2.

Alyssa: So, I'm eating ice
cream since I've been home.

Mmm. So good to be back.

I just made it halfway to my car

before I realized
I was barefoot.

You know, the brain's still
wrapped around that beach,

I think, a little bit.

Narrator: They've
both now joined

a select group of survivalists

who can claim they have
what it takes to survive...