05x03 - The Darkest Hour

[bunniefuu]

[ Insects chirping ]

[Bleep] The shelter's on fire.

Narrator: One man
and one woman...

- Aah!
- Aah!

Narrator: ...Alone
for 21 days...

Aah!

Cut myself up pretty good here.

Narrator: ...To face the
most primal survival challenge

of their lives.

Mmm. Rat kebabs.

They have no clothes,
no food, no water.

Only their skills...

Ow. God, that [bleep] hurt.

Narrator: ...And
their will to survive...

Whoo-hoo!

Woman: Man, you
failed at this, too.

I'm Joe Brandl of
Dubois, Wyoming.

I'm a young 55 years old,

and I'm ready
for this adventure.

Can't wait to see
what my partner's like.

I really don't care age,
race, shape, form, anything.

The only thing I
really care about

is that he's trying to
prepare just as much as I am.

I guess the best advice
I could give myself

is just do what you do.

I'm Joe from Dubois,
Wyoming, cowboy state.

Almost 10,000 feet
here. God's country.

I'm a guy that's
going 9-0 all the time.

When my father died
when I was 10 years old,

I didn't have a mentor,

so I had a wrestling coach
and I had a scout master

that came along and said,

you know, "we're
gonna mentor you."

So, I vowed ever since
that time to mentor kids.

When I learn the skills,

I don't learn them
necessarily just for myself,

but I learn them to pass it
on to the next generation.

Narrator: Joe's leadership
qualities have been well honed

through his years
as a scout leader,

but his survival skills
have never been tested

in a marathon
survival challenge.

He begins with a PSR of 7.1.

Joe: If she's as
excited as I am,

then we're gonna have
a great relationship.

Ooh, are we getting
close? I'm getting nervous.

I'm Andrea.

I'm 29, and I am a
personal trainer from Moab.

I've always grown
up in the outdoors,

since I was little.

Hunting, fishing, camping
...I was out there doing it.

Up until about two years ago,

I spent five years
in law enforcement.

I worked everything from
patrol to undercover work

for Internet crimes against
children and things like that.

I've had to work through

a multitude of
child-homicide cases.

I actually was
diagnosed with PTSD.

I've definitely seen
things that I can't unsee,

experienced things that I never
would wish on my worst enemy.

And so I hope this
experience will help me heal

and get stronger.

Narrator: Andrea's
primitive skills tested well,

but it remains to be seen

whether her experience
as a crime-unit officer

gives her the mental toughness

to survive in the
wild for 21 days.

Her initial PSR
has been set at 6.6.

[ Sighs ]

It feels 150% real right now.

Wow, this is it.

It's a magic moment.

This is it.

Okay. Here we go.

All right, doesn't get
any more real than this.

Here it is.

[ Groans ]

I am not a naked person.

Even though I used to be a cop,
I don't have a lot of experience

being around men
in close quarters.

Here we go.

Joe: I'm a
conservative, republican,

cowboyish guy from Wyoming

looking for that hard-core
mountain woman, you know?

Andrea: As far as there
being any attraction

between me and my partner,

I definitely don't think
that's gonna happen.

Number one, I'm g*y.

Number two, we're out
in the middle of the jungle

trying to survive,

so I think that's gonna be
the last thing on our mind.

How's it going?

I've waited all my
life to meet you.

- Hi. I'm Andrea.
- Andrea, I'm Joe.

- It's nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

I am so excited.

Joe: When I first
see my partner,

and I know right
away it's very positive.

I think this is my bag.

All right.

Narrator: In addition to a pot,

Joe and Andrea have
each been allowed to bring

a single survival item.

I brought my fire starter.

I brought my survival knife.

Heck yeah. I was
hoping for that.

- Do you have a map?
- Yeah, I've got our map.

Okay, so it looks like we're
right there at that big tree.

So, follow... we could
follow the river up

and then up in
this little peninsula.

Hopefully will be lots
of resources there.

What do you think?

So, let's take off,
actually, in that direction

and head towards camp.

All right, that sounds great.

Okay, let's do it.

I get to go camping 21
days with a naked woman.

Go figure.

Narrator: Joe and
Andrea are embarking

on the ultimate survival safari

in the Zambezi
region of Namibia.

Africa is the deadly
domain of the big five...

cape buffalo, the African lion,

black rhino, nocturnal leopard,

and the African elephant.

But lurking in the
swampy marshes

is Africa's most dangerous
threat to humans...

the fiercely territorial
hippopotamus.

Despite being a herbivore,
this four-ton menace kills

by biting, crushing,
or drowning its victims.

This is the place

where I'm not so stoked
about being four feet tall.

[ Both laugh ]

And disappear.

Andrea: Out here,
being this little,

the grass out here
is taller than I am,

so I feel very vulnerable.

I wonder if this is
just a hippo trail.

They tend to walk
in a narrower trail.

Joe: We start wading
through it, and it's deep,

and we're following
hippo trails.

You know, that's how
we're getting to there,

so we're following the trails

of an animal that
people consider

one of the most
dangerous in this area.

It's really deep
here in the channel.

Okay.

Oh!

Yeah, this is thick.

All right, Andrea,
here we are. Dry land.

Yes! Made it. Home, sweet home.

I really do like the
overhang of the tree.

I feel like the backside's
gonna give us a solid,

like, foundation to start from.

I think this is
home. Let's do it.

It is perfect. It
was a great place.

It was a great idea on her part.

We're kind of
running out of daylight,

so hopefully we
can get water started.

Oh, I think that's a great idea.

Holy crap. Oh, my gosh.

Whoo-whoo! Water.

Andrea: After we get water,

we decided that
we need some fire

so that we can
boil and purify it.

This fire starter, actually,
my grandpa gave it to me.

Clearly I've used
it a time or two.

Oh, yeah. We have fire.

My partner can build
a fire. You're awesome.

Yes. [ Sighs ]

Honestly, I feel
like we're k*lling it.

My partner's in good
spirits. We've got fire day 1.

So far, I am so thankful
that I got Joe as my partner.

He's so encouraging,
he's patient,

he's really knowledgeable.

[ Laughs ] Fire!
I feel so happy.

Boom!

I would chest-bump you, but
kind of awkward naked, so...

[ Laughs ] Yes.

I feel so happy right now.

[ Animal grunting ]

We have heard
some hippos tonight.

They've been really close.

So, first night so far
is a little bit rough.

[ Grunting continues ]

There's a hippo in our camp.

I'm trying to get it.

It's right... Behind
our shelter.

[ Hippo grunting ]

Hey, Joe.

It's like 10 feet away.

Maybe 20.

[ Hippo grunting ]

Andrea: It was a
long, long night.

Last night was brutal.

Last night was
our first break-in.

Narrator: During their
first night in Namibia,

Andrea and Joe
managed to stay off

a curious hippo's dinner menu,

but one of the security
cameras wasn't as lucky.

[Bleep] From last night.
Joe: That is really fresh hippo

you can see where
they walked here.

So, you totally have
to take this serious.

You're in a place that you
don't know anything about.

Andrea: It's been hot.
We haven't eaten anything.

So, it's definitely already
starting to take its toll.

We decided that we're hunting

the little five instead
of the big five.

So, the big five being, like,
lion, hippo, cape buffalo,

all the, like, big five
most dangerous animals.

And we decided, since
we can't go after those,

we're going
after the little five.

So we've got minnows,
chameleon, grubs, snails, and bird.

The little five of Africa.

Watch out.

This actually looks
pretty promising.

Oh.

Look at that.

Joe!

Yeah.

I found us a grub.

All right.

[ Chuckles ] Aah! It's wiggling.

Come on, little
guy. Stay with me.

Got two in my tongs, but
they're trying to spin out.

In there.

I was never any
good at chopsticks,

especially when
my food was moving.

Oh, I don't want to touch
this, but I know we can eat this.

Fatty ones.

Oh, wow. Whoa.

Joe: All of a sudden,

here comes my partner
with the treat of the day...

two huge grubs.

Ooh.

Andrea: Instantly,
like, my heart is sinking

'cause I know that we
have to eat these poor guys,

and they're, like,
dying in front of me.

Joe: We do, like, prayer,
like, bless us, our lord,

and these, thy gifts,

we are about to
receive from thy bounty.

Through Christ, our lord. Amen.

- It's very catholic.
- Amen.

Freak, it's, like,
leaking out stuff.

Like, I'm down to eat some grub.

I think you just
eat the whole thing.

But it's so big.

All right.

Okay.

That's really good.

Is it?

It's nutty.

That's really good.

I look, Joe's already eaten his.

Mine's still staring at me.

It really tastes good.

You'll be super surprised.

I've always heard
they were nutty-tasting,

and they're exactly right.

Okay.

Ooh, I'm nervous. Okay.

You can do it.

Ooh, I can't look at it.

That's pretty good, isn't it?

Mm.

Delicious. That's grub-alicious.

Mm-hmm.

[ Laughs ]

The grub's so mushy.

It, like, crunches and explodes.

Ugh. Thank you, grub.

[ Laughs ]

Ahh. Yes.

There it was.

The first of the little five.

Would you eat another one?

On day 7.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, you rock.

It's not that our
bed's uncomfortable,

'cause it's
actually pretty nice.

It's the fact that it's
completely inundated

with ants that want to
crawl in every direction.

We're deciding to try
to rub some ash on us

and hopefully get some
of these bugs off of us.

Oh, that's great. Hot
sand and ash on your body.

I'm not used to being
around a lot of males...

at all. Hardly ever.

You know, even a naked guy.

Like, that's
uncomfortable for me.

Okay, bend over.

It's too hot?

Nope, it's fine.

Joe's more of a
touchy-feely guy.

I tend to not be
as much as he is.

Not that I'm not,
like, a warm person,

but that's just who Joe is.

All right.

It's so cold at night.

We know we're gonna spoon.

You just have to
do it. That's survival.

She's so small,
she fits perfectly.

And being so
much older than her,

I feel really protective of her.

Andrea: I didn't
sleep at all last night.

Maybe got an hour of sleep.

It was really hard to come
out and say that I was a l*sbian.

That was very, very
hard for my parents,

very, very hard for my family.

So, for me, I'm
really very careful

with who, like, I talk
to and share with that.

I get the sense from Joe,
based on his background,

like, he 100% believes
marriage is death do us part.

And grew up very, very catholic

and talks about
God all the time,

and so it's one of those things

like I don't even want
to toy with or bring up

until I feel safe in doing so.

Oh, look.

Oh, my gosh.

We come in, we
find a sausage tree.

Narrator: The sausage tree,
also known as Kigelia Africana,

gets its name from its
long, sausage-like fruit,

which is eaten by
elephants and hippos,

but poisonous to people.

Whoa, look at this baby.

All right, what do you think?

[ Laughs ] Yeah. I don't
think it's long enough.

Guys make a lot of
p*nis-reference jokes,

and not that it,
like, offends me.

It's just new.

And so I don't really
know how to react

because I don't know what
the normal reaction would be

because I'm just
not around that.

All right. That's so cool.

Plan for today for me
is definitely clothes.

The real thin ones,
you can really get it tight.

It's just so not worth working
with those thicker bottoms.

Yep.

I don't feel comfortable

just being naked
walking around at all.

Like, I hate it, actually.

Clothes! Yay!

Yes!

I feel a million times
better having something on.

All right.

Turn my back so
you don't get to see

the rest of the opening act.

[ Chuckles ]

- Ready?
- Yep.

- Oh, nice.
- There you go.

And it won't rub on
your legs or anything.

- Nope. That works good.
- Yeah.

Much better.

This is the petite model,
so yeah, this is good.

In a weird way, I feel
like I have this little secret,

which I don't like having.

Like, I don't like
keeping secrets.

I don't... I don't
really do that well.

I guess that is,
like, the benefit

of having your
partner be a l*sbian.

She doesn't care

if it's the giant model
or the petite model.

[ Chuckles ] There you go.

- Right?
- Sure.

I just let Joe know about
the whole l*sbian thing.

It's one of my own demons.

There's always that little fear

in the back of my
mind of rejection.

To each their own, you know?

It doesn't make
any difference to me.

Doesn't make or
break you as a partner.

Doesn't make or
break you as a person.

It makes absolutely
zero difference to me.

As far as I'm concerned,
her sexual orientation

has nothing to do with
what we're doing here.

Her being a l*sbian
has no more implication

than me being straight.

My fiance was going,
"Yes! She's a l*sbian."

[ Both laugh ]

- I bet.
- Yeah.

Andrea: This
challenge is all about,

that was just as hard
for me as eating a grub.

Joe: You know, I
think when a person

comes out to a
person, it builds a trust.

Every time we encounter
something difficult,

we build another
brick in our foundation.

And hopefully at
the end of 21 days,

we've got a heck
of a foundation built,

complete trust with one another.

You have to have that.

When I was getting
out of law enforcement,

it was really, really hard.

Like, I had so many
child-death cases.

Everything about
it just was horrible.

And when I got out
of law enforcement,

I felt like I failed.

I felt like it wasn't
my plan to get out.

[ Voice breaking ] And
I was so upset at myself

that I felt like such a failure,

like I wasn't strong enough
or, you know, whatever.

Or like I should've
been able to save

all these babies and
stuff in some weird way.

At that moment in my life,
like, I was so devastated,

like, in so much pain,
like, I just hurt so bad.

But I've learned that by sharing

my struggles, maybe, you know,

it will give somebody else
strength and give them hope.

I just like to take every day
being thankful for everything.

Thankful that I'm here,

thankful that I have
this opportunity,

thankful that maybe
I can help somebody,

and that's, you know,
what I'm trying to do.

You just want to reach out
and touch the person, you know,

because you let them
know that you're there.

We're only at day 4 and
we've gotten all this off the table.

It's like, whoa.

[ Chuckles ]

If anything, it just brings
us closer together as a team.

You're so awesome. I'm
so glad you told me that.

Mm-hmm.

I'm gonna try and
go over to the water,

see if I can't find some snails.

Okay. Be safe.

Narrator: During
Joe and Andrea's first

the intense survival situation

has triggered traumas
in Andrea's past.

I wanted to die that bad
'cause I just hurt so bad.

Entering week 2,
securing more food

is their number-one priority.

Andrea: It's been a week.

The only protein that
we've had is a grub.

I really want to get
something in the water.

Hopefully we can
catch something.

I think the fish trap's gonna
be more efficient than snares.

So, I want to try to
work on a fish trap today.

So, right now, I'm
just sharpening the tips

so that I can get them
stuck into the ground

and start building
the shape that I want.

It might be a lot of work
to build a fish basket

to find no fish.

Man, if we can have
six or a dozen snails,

that would be great.

[ Hippo grunts ]

Oh, man.

Protein would be
monumental right now.

Oh, my God.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, my God.

Andrea's gonna be so pumped.

Oh. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

How we doing,
Joe? What'd you get?

You like snails?

Holy crap, are you serious?

Yeah.

[ Gasps ] Oh, my gosh!

[ Chuckles ] Thank you.

Now it's sizzling.

Oh, yeah, you
can see it bubbling.

Hm.

You know, it's the closest
thing to meat that we've had.

It's mushy. It's
not even like...

no, it's good. No,
it's really good.

We've eaten snail,
we've eaten grub.

We're just working our
way up this food chain.

Joe: Was there any
water left in that bowl?

Andrea: Unh-unh.
No. We finished it off.

Oh, yeah, let's
go get some water.

We need water.

Yeah.

It's a little risky at night

going down to the
hippo pond, but...

Yeah.

We'll just have to be really
quiet when we go down there.

Okay.

I'm gonna stay here
and keep my eyes peeled.

[ Growling ]

Andrea. What?

Did you hear that?

Yeah. Listen.

[ Grunting ]

[ Clanging ]

Right over there,
there's a hippo.

It's right over there. You
can see the moonlight on it.

It's right there.

We got to go.

All right, Joe.

We'll just back up...

[Bleep] Way slow.

Okay.

Oh, my God.

[Bleep]

Holy crap, that was close.

Too risky for my blood.

I know, but we got water.

Yeah. We almost got eaten, too.

One of the more glamorous
parts of our camp is our latrine.

This is our digging hole.

So when we need
to go to the bathroom,

we just come over
here, do our business,

and then bury it.

That way, lions don't come.

But I haven't
pooped for eight days.

Probably a lot of it is
'cause I haven't eaten much.

I haven't gone once
since we've been out here.

Eight days. Joe: Eight days.

Not one time in eight days.

Yeah, that's a record.

I don't think that's healthy.

Yes! Attaboy, Joe!

Yes.

We decided to eat
chameleon for lunch.

We're working our way
through the little five.

That's the best
chameleon I've ever eaten.

Andrea: There isn't a lot
of meat on a chameleon,

but it's more protein than
we've seen in eight days.

Yep.

I don't know, Joe.

Just... it's freaky.

You need it.
You've got to eat it.

Here's to survival.

[ Laughs ]

Maybe I can finally poop
and not feel like crap.

And I still haven't gone.

Are you holding back?

Heck, yes. My
body's like, "uh, no."

Maybe I'll poop today.

We are hoping for that.

It's day 11. Still
hasn't happened.

Day 12. Still haven't pooped.

It is day 13.

I am a little concerned
that I haven't pooped.

I think anybody would be.

Oh [bleep]

Oh, my God.

That is an egg.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, holy crap.

Hey, can we find enough
food to make Andrea poop?

Yeah.

Joe: Look at that little thing.

Looks awesome.

It does.

Mmm, smells like egg.

Oh, that's so freaking good.

[ Laughs ] It
tastes like an egg.

I tried so hard. Didn't happen.

Pfft. No luck.

[ Crackling ]

What the [bleep]
shelter is on fire!

Andrea: I have PTSD
bad, and it sucks.

And it pisses me off sometimes.

Narrator: Over the
next 40 minutes,

the fire burns itself out,

and Joe builds a
second fire nearby

to provide warmth and
get them through the night.

Joe: I wanted to make
light of the situation,

and that's how I do things.

Um, it bothered her.

When she's sitting
there by the fire,

and her eyes are just red,
you know, she's tearing up,

then you know
there's more to it.

What's left of our shelter.

Andrea: I had an
incident a while ago

and I ran into this
house that was on fire.

And there was a guy
inside, and me and my buddy,

we ran into this house,

and this guy is sitting
cross-legged on the floor.

And we've got
flames all around us,

and you can't breathe
'cause there's so much smoke.

I'm upset.

Not because, like, I
have these memories.

It bothers me that I
feel like sometimes,

it controls me when
I want to control it.

Got to be kind of careful.

Those ashes are
probably still a little warm.

I'm gonna build a new
shelter today to keep us warm.

I just felt all night that,
you know, she's so little.

I just felt that I
just needed to,

you know, just stand over her.

Oh, my gosh, this is fantastic.

See you in the morning.

All right. I'm glad you like it.

I do like it.

We have just under a week
till our extraction day comes up.

Both of us are exhausted.

Both of our bodies
are exhausted.

We've gone days now

with only eating,
like, these little things.

Physically, we're wearing down.

We need to catch some birds
or some sort of bigger animal

that we could eat.

We have some kind
of ground birds here.

They call them Franklins.

They're kind of a
ground-feeder bird.

This is the trap that was
used in South America.

It's just a cage.
We're building a cage.

You know, all [bleep]
aside, this is tough.

Not overwhelming,
but a huge obstacle,

bigger than I thought.

I mean, we haven't
had [bleep] to eat.

Andrea: It gets frustrating

where we're not having
any calories incoming,

but we're exporting,
like, a ton of calories

just to set stuff up that
possibly might work.

It's kind of mushy, but maybe
it will give it some fragrance.

Joe: Africa's not
giving us anything.

It's so harsh out here.

All right.

Nothing is safe from
the brutal conditions.

[ Vultures cawing ]

As you can tell, we
are losing weight.

Yeah, I'm getting a lot thinner
than I was coming in here.

Thin, thin.

I am feeling rough today.

Oh.

Check our bird snares.

No, it's empty.

I don't know who has or
hasn't gone days without eating,

but what it does is, you just
feel like you're in slow motion.

Like, mentally, you
break down a little bit.

And I think this is the
part of the challenge

where it gets
tough for everybody,

and we're forced to keep going.

We're forced to
keep building stuff

and do the best that we can

with the little
energy we have left.

Oh, man.

Protein would be
monumental right now.

It's hard to do
much of anything,

because I'm hot, I'm
worn out, and I'm hungry.

Andrea, I'm gonna walk
over and check my trap again.

Andrea: Okay.

Joe: I'm hungry.

I don't give a [bleep] how
good you think you are.

I think I'm as
tough as they come,

but I now know
what toughness is.

This is tough.

Looks like it's still up.

Oh, my God. [Bleep]

[Bleep] Bird, bird,
bird, bird, bird!

Narrator: 19 days ago,
Andrea and Joe entered

the Zambezi region of Namibia

with primitive survival
ratings of 6.6 and 7.1.

The stress of survival
is threatening to break

Andrea's strong mental resolve.

Andrea: I have PTSD
bad, and it sucks.

Narrator: While a
severe lack of food

has her on track
to record a first

in "Naked and Afraid" history...

Still haven't pooped.

Narrator: ...Joe has
remained strong for his partner,

but the harshness
of the challenge

has left his nerves
raw and exposed.

Their PSRS will be re-evaluated

if and when they can
make it through extraction.

Oh, my God. [Bleep]

[Bleep] Bird, bird,
bird, bird, bird!

Andrea!

Yeah?

Come quick!

Coming, coming, coming!

Heck yeah!

For the record, this is
my "incredibly happy,

unbelievable, we did it" face.

Oh, my gosh! We
get to have dinner!

That's a huge bird!

Just do it quick.

Thank you so much, bird.

That completes our little five.

We did it.

I feel so successful right now.

I'm so thankful right now.

I could seriously, like, cry.

[ Sobs ] But
they're tears of joy.

[ Sniffles ]

Couldn't happen
to two better people.

[ Voice breaking ] I know.

I'm so thankful.

Joe: It's just an
incredible amount of work

you have to go
through to catch a bird.

And I will tell you right now,

that Franklin is
the ultimate catch.

We're gonna be eating
in the dark, but that's okay.

Like, I feel overwhelmingly,
unbelievably happy.

Maybe I'll poop.

Oh.

Oh, my gosh.

I had, like, one bite
and swallowed it,

and my stomach just is
thanking me right now.

I haven't had, like, a
mouthful of anything

in my mouth for two weeks.

This is definitely the
champion of the little five.

[ Laughs ]

Joe: Today is "E" day.

It's nothing like I imagined.

Watching that sun
come up this morning

is a religious moment.

It's a great feeling.

Do you want to just
start tying these together?

Andrea: Yep.

Narrator: For Andrea's
and Joe's extraction,

they'll need to journey
through the swamps

in water of
unpredictable depths,

so they spend the next few
hours assembling a reed raft.

Yeah, it's looking solid.

Should we check our little map?

Joe: Yeah.

At this point, all
we really know

is we're heading
the way the sun rose.

Joe and Andrea
face an exhausting

mile-and-a-half raft
ride through the swamps,

whose waters attract
many of Africa's

highly dangerous big five.

They will then
need to hike along

a razor-sharp grassy game
trail to reach the main river,

where they'll be rescued.

Ready? Yep.

Headed home!

It's our ride home.

Cold ride home.

This goes back a
long ways, doesn't it?

Andrea: Yes, it does.

Oh, man, this is gonna
be a mess to get through.

I know.

What was that?

I don't know. I have no idea.

Let's just be really quiet.

The channel's getting
pretty narrow now.

I don't see much of
an opening up there.

Me either.

We may be hoofing
it from here on out.

Yeah, we may be
abandoning ship now.

Uh-huh.

It's just nasty going
into this crappy swamp.

[ Gasps ]

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Oh, I haven't touched yet.

Oh!

That is cold and deep.

I hate not being able
to see underneath me.

Yeah.

Man, you expend a lot of
energy going out through here.

Man, I don't see
the river anywhere.

It is so freaking hot,
I can't even explain.

[ Groans ] Oh, this sucks.

It's getting hotter out, too.

There's a little
bit of a trail here.

Maybe we just
need to listen now.

I know.

See if we can hear anything.

Listen.

Shh. Nothing.

You think this is it?

No.

[ Rumbling ]

The boat!

Yeah! Yeah!

Oh, my God! Hey!

Yeah! Hey, hey, hey!

Joe: For me, this has
been the ultimate challenge.

Whoo!

I asked for two
things in a partner...

someone who could work
hard, and someone with a soul.

Thank you for being my partner.

Thank you for putting
up with me for 21 days.

I'm pretty lucky.

Yeah!

Andrea: We made it!
We freaking made it.

Wow.

I am so thankful
that I did this.

I feel like that little bit
of confidence that I lost

when I got out of
law enforcement

has been restored.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And I feel like
this gifted it to me,

and I will treasure that always.

Yeah! Yeah!

Farewell, Namibia!

Farewell!

Whoo! Whoo-hoo!

Narrator: Surviving three
weeks in the wilds of Namibia

took its toll on Joe,

and he lost a
total of 21 pounds.

Overcoming adversity
and limited resources,

Joe's strength of character
was revealed by the way

he bonded with his partner
when she needed him most.

As a result, his PSR
rises from 7.1 to 8.0.

In spite of an extreme
lack of calories,

Andrea's internal
plumbing problems

limited her weight loss to
only seven-and-a-half pounds.

Andrea struggled
with past demons,

but showed great resilience,
successfully completing

one of the most extreme
challenges of her life.

This increases her
PSR from 6.6 to 7.5.

An odd couple created
a formidable team

and lived to tell about
it... "Naked and Afraid."

In me, going through
"Naked and Afraid"

and having PTSD,
I think personally,

it's so rewarding to say,

"you know what?
No, I'm not weak.

I am strong, and
look how strong I am."

And coming home with that gift

has changed my world in a
way that I can't even explain.

And I finally pooped!