06x14 - Bares All: Battered and Broken

[bunniefuu]

Lee: I find myself
having repetitive,

cyclical thoughts,

which is often
really uncomfortable

and sometimes a bit terrifying.

Suddenly, out of nowhere,

I'm feeling massive grief.

[ Sobs ]

Narrator: 18 survivalists,
all complete strangers,

took on the toughest
challenge of their lives.

One man...

[ Howls ]

...and one woman...

[ Thunder crashes ] [ Sobs ]

...were paired up to try and
survive 21 days together.

Aah!

There's a bear
outside my shelter.

Narrator: They had no water...

Hurting real bad.

Narrator: ...No food...

[ Sobbing ] I'm so cold.

...and no clothes.

As the survivalists
struggled together

in some of the most
inhospitable places on the planet,

they were pushed to the
very limits of their endurance.

Medic!

[ Sobs ]

Narrator: In this
special episode

featuring
never-before-seen footage

and all-new interviews
with the survivalists,

they look back at the moments

where they were at their
absolute lowest point.

Julio: It's really
taxing on your body,

but what breaks
you is your mind,

which is what happened to me.

Narrator: Some
would persevere...

Can you do high kicks?

...while others would break from
the emotional and physical pain.

[ Sobs ] And I miss her so bad.

This is...

Man: No turning back now.

One of the things I'm doing
to prepare to go to Australia

is practicing some weaving
palm fronds that I have in my yard.

Narrator: Back home in the
days before the survivalist

in the middle of nowhere,

they prepared for their
adventures to come.

And voil.

Narrator: How they got
ready was as different

as their varied personalities.

For all you kids out there,

never make a fire
inside your house.

Not a good idea.

My wife is not gonna be really
happy when she sees this mess.

Now it's come down to
personal grooming time.

So, in the back of
my mind, I'm thinking,

"do I really want to roll
in with like a '70s [bleep]

And have my partner look at me

and all of a sudden hear,
like, '70s porno music?"

Bow-chicka-bow-wow
going on in the background?

And I think men just say,
"screw the manscaping.

We're just gonna go on out."

But women... we've
got a lot to think about

as far as grooming goes,
in addition to survival skills.

So, I am preparing for several
weeks of very little hygiene.

I took a stick, and I
used a rubber band.

How's that for
primitive survival?

And then what you do is you
just reach right on back there.

My next item to tackle...

butt hair.

Narrator: The big day comes,

and the survivalists
are inserted

into their wild locations.
- Kangaroos.

Narrator: Some were confident.

I'm coming out on top.
That's all that matters.

Narrator: Others less so.

I have to pee, but I always
have to pee when I'm nervous.

Time to go back to Eden.

Narrator: Baring all in
front of total strangers

is the first challenge
the survivalists must face.

The second challenge...

the awkwardness of meeting
their partner completely Naked.

Okay, now I'm a nudist.

[ Chuckling ] Holy [bleep]

I can't believe I'm doing this.

Ready for a big blur?

[ Laughs ]

All right. This is it.

So, I am Naked and walking
towards this little clearing,

and I see in the distance
...between the bush I see...

oh, that sounds horrible.

I see my partner coming...

I am really... like, I
have a really dirty mind.

I'm sorry. Let me
rephrase all that.

Hello, Naked stranger!

I tried to go for
the handshake...

- Hi. How are you?
- Hi. I'm tawny.

I'm Julio. Nice to meet you.

Julio: ...But she
went for the hug.

Way better than a
formal handshake.

That would have been
even more awkward.

- Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you.

- I'm Stacey.
- I'm Lee.

Meeting Lee for the
first time was really great.

He's just a wonderful guy,
and he looked amazing,

and he had this beautiful
accent and this beautiful smile.

And I was really glad that
I wasn't gonna be out there

with somebody
that wasn't attractive.

[ Laughs ]

Cassie: The morning
that I went out for insertion

I put "sorry Nana" on my
butt in permanent marker.

I thought it would be funny

and a nice, little
ode to my grandma.

She wasn't really
looking forward

to seeing me Naked on TV.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. I'm Greg.
- Cassie.

[ Laughs ] Do you
want to see my butt?

[ Laughs ] What did
you do? There we go.

She actually did a
quite spectacular job.

I was surprised at
how legible it was.

So...

So, you know, sorry, Nana.

[ Both laugh ]

Jake: I'm not gonna lie.

Meeting Jamie was a very
awkward experience at first.

I'm not used to meeting a random
Naked lady out in the jungle.

I haven't seen a Naked lady in
probably close to 30-some years.

I had a very hard time with

deciding where my
eyes should focus.

Happy to finally meet you.

- I'm Jake.
- Jamie.

Nice to meet you, Jamie.

[ Both laugh ] This is nice.

These are my genitals.

- It's awkward.
- Yeah.

Angel: Just every step,
just kind of watch out, man.

We're in some hostile
freaking territory,

I'll tell you that much.
- Absolutely.

[Bleep]
- Yeah. Pretty much.

- Welcome..
- To hell.

We got our butts kicked,
like, just in the first hour.

Oh, come on.

- See like dried-up looking...
- [ Gasps ]

- You all right?
- Oh [bleep]

Angel: I remember just
kind of thinking to myself,

"how's this girl gonna
make it," you know?

Every step she's taking,
she's stepping on a new thorn.

Nicole: [Bleep] You!

Not you.

And I could just
hear it behind me.

She's cussing and screaming.

I was like, "man, this
is hilarious in a sense."

Ah!

[Bleep]

You all right?

I don't remember
cursing that much.

Oh [bleep] ow! [Bleep]

Sit down.

What the [bleep]
are these things?

Oh [bleep]

Ooh! [Bleep]

[Bleep] Me.

Night one.

Ready, babe?

Narrator: The first
night for the survivalists

can be a litmus test for any
future success as a team.

And in some of the locations,

they must face one of
the most severe physical

and psychological torments
in the wild... the cold.

Laura: What a
freaking nightmare.

We were freezing.

It was probably at least
40 degrees fahrenheit,

rain coming down on us.

And all of a sudden, I hear
Nicklas, you know, tearing up.

And it upsets me when
people, you know, are in pain.

[ Voice breaking ] And we got
through the morning together,

and that it would... I'm sorry.

[ Sniffles ] Now my
makeup's messed up.

Narrator: While some
teams could only suffer

through the terrible conditions,
others rose above the misery.

Case in point, Cassie
and Greg in Canada.

[ Grunting ]

I got nothing left.

My God.

[ Panting ]

Did we not get one?

No, she went out.

You can see where
it turned to ash.

Greg: So, the initial
night, I failed our team.

I didn't make fire
like I wanted to.

And with all the wet,

you know, wood and
environment and everything we had,

it didn't work in my favor.

God.

'Cause we were so close.

It just wouldn't kick over.

And then the cold weather
just moves in and just hits us,

you know, like a sledgehammer.

Narrator: Showing
their mental toughness,

Cassie and Greg got through
their very cold first night

with a sense of humor.

It's [bleep] freezing here.

So thanks, "Naked and Afraid."

So glad you sent us to
Canada without a fire starter.

P.S. Love you.

We decided, you know,

rather than freeze to
death laying out there,

we're gonna get up and, as
Cassie put it so beautifully,

we're gonna
jazzercise all night.

Today we're gonna
do Naked calisthenics.

[ Chuckles ]

This is a workout video

brought to you by
exceptionally cold Cassie,

and we're gonna do some
whatever I basically think of right now

that's gonna make
me feel warmer.

And 'cause I'm a little dizzy,
I'm gonna hold onto the pole.

So step one, make sure
you've got something to hold onto

when you're doing your really
cold wilderness calisthenics.

Second... you want to
get your knees really high.

High knees, ladies.

And, gentlemen, you, too,
'cause it's even better in your case.

Greg: We got really
close that night

because we were able to
talk and laugh and joke about,

you know, embracing the suck.

Oh!

Jamie: Something
bit the back of my leg.

You okay?

[ Bear growls ]

[Bleep]

He's still there.

Human!

I'm human, hippo. I'm human.

Oh, wow.

It's brisk.

Narrator: Day
after day in the wild,

the survivalists had to
confront many challenges,

and one was always
rather personal.

When nature called, they
had no choice but to answer.

[ Farts ]

What?

Amber: So, when
you're out there,

your body naturally doesn't
digest everything appropriately,

and you get gassy.

[ Farts ]

I'm eating snails,
I'm eating grubs,

and I'm eating fruit,
so that's what you get.

Singing in the rain

Chalese: I peed everywhere.

I literally lifted a leg and
peed all over our camp.

Oh [bleep]

I can't aim well.

Runs right into my toes.

I think I just got lazy
as the time went on

and I tried to perfect
the man stance of peeing.

There's no toilet paper out
there, so I would shake my body.

Nice.

[ Both laugh ]

Thank you for waiting
for me to get out.

That is super sweet.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Narrator: In Colombia, Jake and
Jamie had a particularly difficult time

with bathroom issues.

Jake: Honestly,
taking a big [bleep]

Is kind of like doing
a magic trick out here.

[ Chuckles ]

It's like pulling a
rabbit out of a hat.

It's like, "how
did that happen?"

Jake: Initially,
the heart of palms

they are a pretty constant
food source out here.

A section of it's meaty,

but then it turns into a very
fibrous, almost like stick.

The bad side to eating
all these stick-like things

was it backed up in my colon.

I remember getting up
one morning and thinking,

you know, "today's the day."

It was time to blast a dookie.

And when the baby was
crowning, I started screaming,

and after probably about
45 minutes of intense labor,

I [bleep] out what
looked to be a baby seal.

Narrator: Finding relief
in the worst conditions

can be stressful
for the survivalists.

But in Australia,

Laura and Nicklas never
let it trump common courtesy.

When it was really
bad the first two days

and freezing-a*s cold outside,

I believe I [bleep] once
or twice in the shelter

so I didn't have to go out.

Nicklas: Yeah. No, no, no.

I'm gonna pee right here, okay?

- Huh?
- I'm just gonna pee right here.

No problem.

[ Urinating ]

Laura: That's one
thing we agreed on...

that I could [bleep]
in the shelter

'cause it was cold outside.

- Laura peed in our shelter.
- [ Chuckles ]

But she didn't do it without
permission, so it was okay.

[ Chuckles ] With permission.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: Ironically,
while the survivalists

tried to respect
their environment

by cleaning up
after themselves...

And that's how you bury [bleep]

Narrator: ...Nature,
always fickle,

you got [bleep] on by a bird.

I felt it, too.

Would you wipe that bird
[Bleep] off of me, please?

Jake: Ew.

Is that poop?

- What happened?
- Gross.

I think a bird
[Bleep] on my face.

Jake: So, I'm
laying in the shelter

it's gross, but, you know,

I choose to look
at it as good luck.

Narrator: In the wilds of Florida,
tawny's attempt to answer nature's

was delayed by something
much bigger than a bird.

[ Bear growls ]

[Bleep]

I actually heard the bear
come darting through the trees

like it was running toward me.

Scared the crap out of me.

[ Bear growls ]

I was like, "screw peeing.

I'll do that some other time
when I'm not gonna die."

Narrator: Along
with the difficulties

of safely dealing with
bathroom issues...

Mm. Ah. Caveman.

Narrator: ...The
survivalists also struggled

with the seemingly
impossible task of staying clean.

[ Chuckling ] I don't want to
know what a p*nis smells like

after five days
of not showering.

That's gonna be
absolutely disgusting.

Narrator: Sometimes
the survivalists

and tried to solve the problem
of being Naked and dirty.

This is how you brush our
teeth... get charcoal and...

Narrator: In
Colombia, Jake foraged

Jake: Do you have B.O.?

It smells like I've got
a European night club

under my arm.

I am out and about and
came across this little plant.

When you crumble it, it
smells very strongly of garlic.

I'm actually using
it under my armpits

because my B.O. is so terrible.

This is probably the
first time in my life

where I thought garlic
was an awesome smell

to wear on my body.

Narrator: In Honduras,
Clarence chose

rather than take the
actual plunge into the river.

I'm going to shower so good

songs are what lifts the spirit,

and when people are
down and people are upset

and people are
depressed, you know,

I dare them to try to
stay sad and sing a song.

And if you do, it's called the
blues, and that feels good, too.

I'm going to use a
whole bar of soap

get out when the water's cold

nope

[ thunder rumbles ]

Narrator: There are
many things that interfere

with a survivalist's
desire for good hygiene.

But one of the biggest irritants

and a constant source of
physical and mental t*rture

came from the tiniest
of enemies... insects.

Lee: Oh, my God. The
mosquitoes are endless tonight.

- [ Coughs ]
- [ Chuckles ]

[ Insects buzzing ]

Narrator: In spite of the agony
these creatures brought them,

some survivalists never wavered

from watching
their partner's back.

Sometimes quite literally.

[ Sighs ] I think we're gonna
have to do a tick check.

Yeah, absolutely.

After going through all of this.

How am I looking? Clear?

Yeah, your legs, your
back... you look good.

You b*stard.

There goes the tick.

Chalese: I was really
concerned about ticks.

I was constantly
asking him to check me.

"Check me, check me."

It got pretty graphic.

You're good.

I think literally after awhile,

he just pretended to look
and didn't actually look.

Here are the bugs coming.

Narrator: One of the nastiest
traits of the invasive insects

is how they can get into
the most private of places.

The pain could be insufferable.

There's like
[Bleep] in my [bleep]

Laura: I feel like a cow.

I wish I had a tail

'cause I'd go like whoosh,
whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Like flies.

Yeah, flies like in
my [bleep] yeah.

The biggest nuisance
out there were these flies.

You know, I don't know
what kind of bugs they were,

but I definitely got bit, like
I said, three or four times

on the va-jay-jay,
and that was not good.

Aah! [Bleep]

Whoo!

Cassie: Holy [bleep]

I'm gonna cut out through
the wood line this way

and try and get around him.

Cassie: Okay.

Narrator: During the
survivalists' experiences

in exotic locations
throughout the world,

they often interact
with creatures

[ bear growls ] Both
small and not so small.

[Bleep] Okay, which
way do you want to go?

Hey, we'll... we'll go around.

[ Bear growls ]

Narrator: Sometimes
the encounters we

my little protector.

Narrator: And in
Namibia, Don's chance

was a transformative one.

And I had an opportunity
to get up close.

I heard females
and young elephants.

They don't make any sound.

It was the quietest
thing I've ever seen.

That was really amazing
to be able to see such huge,

dangerous creatures
[Chuckles] up close like that.

Wow.

Narrator: There is, of course,

another side to crossing
paths with animals.

[ Animal howls ]

Facing down predators can amp up

the survivalists'
psychological stress.

Tawny: There was
a bear in our camp,

and we heard the
bear several times.

Not a comforting feeling.

[ Rustling ]

Cassie: Hmm?

Holy [bleep]

That was the scariest
moment for me.

I really spent
probably half an hour

thinking I was going to die.

Don: I'd wake up occasionally
and stoke this fire up.

[ Hippo grunting ]

It's a hippo just
walking by in my camp.

At nighttime, you kind
of identify the creature

that's in your camp by the
sound it makes as it chews.

All a hippo really is, is just
one big set of jaws, right?

The hippo with its
huge mouth is gonna...

I always hear the "wkkt! wkkt!"

This huge, like, chewing
sound if somebody's,

you know, chewing a
salad right next to your head.

He's still there.

Human!

I'm human, hippo. I'm human.

Narrator: Encountering predators
in the light of day can be just as

for Jake and Jamie, crossing
a river in the Colombian heat

was anything but refreshing.

Tiny, gnashing teeth
moved through the water.

It's a little bit of a swim.

I'm not sure how deep
it's gonna be, but...

Oh, perfect. There's
a piranha right there.

Jamie: We saw
piranhas in that water.

That was kind of my first...

that was my first introduction
to my challenge, you know.

That was the first step.

To save time on our
hike towards our camp,

we decide to cross
this channel of water.

We noticed some piranha that
are known for being bloodthirsty.

Oh.

Jamie: Something
bit the back of my leg.

- You okay?
- Oh, yeah.

The only thing I could think
as we're crossing this water is,

"thank God I'm a better
swimmer than Jamie."

Narrator: Possibly
the most emotionally

and physically
agonizing experience

the survivalists must endure
is a primal one... hunger.

I really want some food.

It's kind of weird
because the mud right now

is smelling just like
beef stroganoff to me,

which is a sign that
I'm really hungry

and probably a little delirious.

You know, you
could just eat my calf,

like, right here if I die.
- Just cut it out.

Like, right here. Like,
that's a good muscle.

Like, that would fill you
up so much right there.

- Mm-hmm.
- You know?

Amber: I made a comment to
Don that if I died out in Africa,

he is able to eat my calf,
and I'd be okay with it.

Just my calf, though.

But only if I die, though.

I mean, if I'm injured, I
don't want you to take it.

- Mnh-mnh.
- Okay?

So, if I die, you can have it.
- Mm-hmm.

All the cannibalism is
just joking, you know.

We probably wouldn't
really eat each other.

Probably.

Mentally, I was preparing myself
to be in a very tough situation,

being hungry.

Food would be... it's
like a dream to me now.

My figure-four hasn't
caught anything yet.

I'm not naturally a hunter,

so I was concerned
about my hunting skills.

But I tried to continue
to look for food.

Looks like there's
something there.

Food!

Narrator: The harsh reality
of the challenge is this...

when it comes to
finding nourishment

in these isolated environments,

sometimes luck is just
as important as skill.

Thank you, rabbit.

Narrator: In Nicaragua,
Nicole and angel

in the muddy water.

Oh, just saw there's two.

- Where?
- Right straight ahead.

You ready for this?

Two for one.

What the...

are you kidding?

All of a sudden, angel
pulls up two turtles.

I was like, "yay! That's
awesome." [ Chuckles ]

You just caught two
turtles having sex.

I think we're gonna
have a good meal tonight.

Angel: To pull two animals
at one time out of the [?]

that was my Tarzan moment, man.

I came out there, I'm like,
"yeah, we're gonna eat today."

It was fricking awesome.

All right, cheers. Here we go.

Oh, my God.

Narrator: In Florida,
tawny suffered

[bleep]

I'm not giving up.

[ Sniffles ]

Narrator: In this never
before seen footage, Tawny...

suffering the challenge
without a partner,

had no one to vent
to except the crew.

[ Sobbing ] You
can't do anything.

I can't do anything.

I don't...

[ sniffles ]

Eventually, a little luck

in the form of a
generous otter appeared.

Tawny: Oh, my God.

I think that otter just
dropped a fish on the bank.

I thought I was hallucinating,
and so I bolt across the water

and there's a fish
laying on the bank.

Like, this otter just
dropped off a fish for me.

Now, that is fricking lucky.

[ Chuckles ]

Thanks, buddy.

That is some good
eats right there.

I'm so excited.

Yes, I got your fish.

Sorry, not sorry.

This will be the most
food I've eaten all week.

That was incredible.

It was the craziest
thing I've ever seen.

That was my first meal in seven
days, so I was super grateful.

Narrator: The need
for survivalists to

can trigger unexpected emotions.

Before Julio left on day 5,

he had minor success
by capturing a lizard.

The catch hinted
at problems to come.

Julio: I found
this little lizard,

and I stupidly look at it and
I make eye contact with it

and I realize that
it's a living creature.

Right, Fernando?

I guess I was tired
when I started, like,

being more prone to
expressing my feelings, I guess,

so it struck me even
harder than it usually does

when it comes to
k*lling an animal.

[ Sniffles ]

So it's like someone
opened the floodgates

and I just started, you
know, crying like a baby.

I shouldn't be looking in
their eyes that freaking long.

That kind of humanizes
them too much for me.

[ Sobs ]

You probably grew up
with a maid or something.

You got everything done
for you or something.

h*! That was below the belt.

You have no idea the [bleep]

That I've had to
put up with in my life.

I swear to God, one
day I'm gonna k*ll you.

Narrator: As the days pass by,

the stress and strain on the
survivalists begins to show.

Lack of sleep,
hunger, fatigue...

there are many ways that
the survivalists' mental edge

can become dulled.

And that's when
accidents begin to happen.

Aah! [Bleep]

[ Spits ]

Aah! [Bleep]

Every damn time.

You win. Whoops.

[ Gasps ] I am so sorry.

Angel: Oh, sorry. You okay?

Oh!

Mm. Not really.

Sorry.

I have been
b*tch-slapped by a tree.

Narrator: The
extreme conditions ca

the survivalists' emotional
and physical resolve.

And often, as morale
sinks, conflicts rise.

In Australia, Laura and Nicklas,

who shared sympathetic
tears earlier in their adventure,

grew to share only
frustration and animosity.

So, can we do like
this? I start trying.

Ow, ow, ow.

And then if I don't succeed,
then you can continue?

Sure. Let's try to help
each other get this done.

And I really need to focus,

so we can do it without
anyone giving tips.

Laura: Oh, my God.

I may not know a
lot about everything,

but I do know how to
make wet-condition fire,

and you need to have a
plan when you're making a fire.

No, no. Don't do it like that.

You need to make a
pile, like, in front of it.

You got magnesium in there?

No.

You got to pick it up and
blow like they do, I think.

Please.

I do it my way now, and
then you do it your way.

- Why can't...
- I just need to focus...

that's just the way I work,
and I asked you to respect that.

She was talking all the time,

so my ears started bleeding
on the very first day, I think.

My brain works like this.

When I stay focused on a task,

I need to be focused and
no one give me advice.

"Do that, do this, do this."

- Okay.
- It doesn't work.

Laura: I'm just frustrated.

You know, my feet are
hurting, and I've had zero sleep.

Narrator: By day 7,

Laura and Nicklas' relationship
reached its breaking point.

So, the apocalypse
began the night of day 6

and the morning of day 7.

Oh, my lord.

For the whole week,
once we got the fire going,

I always tended the
fire, so I got no sleep.

Can you hand me
the knife, please?

Now, I'm very in shock now

because he couldn't
take one second

to hand me a knife to
be a decent human being.

So he acts like a man child
like he had been all week long.

You're so ridiculous.

I swear to God, one
day I'm gonna k*ll you.

I can tell you right now.

Producer: Well,
unfortunately, regardless

of how serious the threat
was that you made to Nicklas

saying, "I want to
k*ll you right now,"

we need you to tap
out of the challenge.

We think that would
be the best thing.

I blame Nicklas 100% for
me not being in the challenge,

and that's the truth,
the whole truth,

and nothing but the
truth, so help me God.

Yeah, you said you know how
to build shelter, so any time...

of course I know
how to build shelters.

Yeah, then nobody's
been holding you back.

Angel: I just wanted
to call her out.

I was like... I was
getting tired of, you know,

her saying she
could do something

and not proving it to me.

Why don't we just
stick with something

that's really simple?

If you want to... yeah, I'm
down to have a simple shelter.

I'll be delighted
if you build it.

Then I'll definitely help you.

But you'll say something,
and you never start on it.

I was kind of fed up.

I was like, "well, then show me.

You know, show
me what you can do.

You know, you
gonna build a shelter?

Build a shelter."

Show me how to do it.

We need to work as a team.

Please do not make me
go drill sergeant on you.

No, see, and
that's your problem.

You go drill sergeant on me
all the time, bossing me around.

- I do [bleep] not!
- Yes, you do.

I tried to keep as
positive as I could,

but that day, I don't
know what she did.

She just hit a button,
and I just let her have it.

You probably grew up
with a maid or something.

You got everything done
for you or something.

h*! That was below the belt.

You have no idea the [bleep]

That I've had to
put up with in my life.

Well, that did not go good.

Narrator: The hardship
and depravation

can also cause deep
internal struggles,

the toughest and most
common being homesickness.

Just keep yourself saying
you got to stay busy, you know?

When people crash out
here, from what I've seen,

is they start
thinking about home,

and you can't do anything
about home right now.

We're out here, we're Naked,
in the middle of Alabama, okay?

Home stuff is
home stuff right now.

To worry about it here
doesn't help anything.

I love you.

I love you.

Be a good girl, okay?

[ Sighs ]

Jaylynn, I love you,
and I miss you so much.

Mwah.

Angel: There's our
beautiful sunrise.

Wish my little girl and
wife could see it now.

I think that's one
of the hardest things

about being out here.

I really miss my family.

Just want to walk around
with my little girl Sada.

That's my pretty
little girl named Zoey.

Say hi, Zoey.
- Hi.

I did miss him greatly,
and the girls did, too,

and I truly found myself
just walking around

and I would stop and
sort of just, you know,

feel this pressure on
my chest, and that's...

I felt that that was
me missing him

and him being a part of
us, and that was difficult.

Narrator: In Croatia,
Lee was homesick, too.

But the grueling experience
he and Stacey shared

left him more emotionally
vulnerable than he expected.

He relived the pain of not
just someone left behind

but a daughter lost forever.

The most difficult thing
about the challenge

was the feeling of
being so vulnerable.

That was what came up for me.

My story is that, two years
ago, our daughter died.

- Oh.
- She was 3, and she got cancer.

I felt like I got to let
go of a whole bunch

of psychological and emotional
stuff that I'd been carrying.

- That was like 2 years ago.
- Ohh...

So she'd be 5 now
if she was alive.

[ Breathing shakily ]

And most of the time,
I can tell that story,

and I don't even cry, but
it's like [laughs] out here...

that's a horrible,
horrible thing to happen.

Yeah, it is. It's
like, out here,

like, I'm so close to
my limit emotionally

with the [bleep] mosquitos

and every [bleep] thing
that happened today already.

[ Laughing ] It's like day one.

And it's like, oh [bleep]

[ Sobbing ]

Lee: I felt like I got
to do some grieving.

I got to express and let go
of whole 'nother level of grief

around Blaze's death.

And I also think
if Blaze was alive,

I probably wouldn't
have done the challenge,

so I kind of felt like that
whole experience was, in part,

her gift to me.

You know, that was an
experience I wouldn't have had

if I was still her father.

And I miss her so bad.

[ Sobbing ] I miss her so bad.

Narrator: In Florida,
Julio's dark emotions

brought on by sleep
deprivation, isolation,

and his guilt for having to
k*ll living things to survive

were too much for him to endure.

My mind is, uh, is starting to,

like, bring up this
really dark side.

I'm scared of myself.

This place is messing me up.

The mental aspect is
much more challenging

than the physical aspect.

The whole thing broke me.

That little whisper

that I've been hearing
for the past few days,

that's a... it's become
like a full-out scream.

And not being able to get
rest the way you're supposed to

started playing tricks on me.

I would start hearing things
that were not really there,

and that's always pretty freaky

when you start, like, hearing
whispers right next to your ear

and you know
there's nothing there.

I just keep, like, having
really dark thoughts

about life in general

and these really bad
thoughts come to me

of me doing really bad
things to people and to myself.

Tawny: It takes a toll on you.

I mean, by day 5,

you mentally start to break down
when you haven't had a meal.

And I'm pretty good at
holding myself together,

and I'm mentally really strong.

I wish I could say
the same for Julio,

but he definitely had
kind of a meltdown.

Hey!

Cassie: Oh, look at the plane!

Whoo!

[ Humming ]

Narrator: For some survivalists,

song, dance, and humor was a
way of pushing through the pain.

"Naked and Afraid" now.

[ Beatboxing ]

Honduras, what?

Ah! That got me good.

Ant bit me.

All right, all right,
stop biting me, y'all.

In the jungle

mm, mm, mm, mm-mm

and I'm happy, y'all

[ laughs ] That's fire!

Yeah. Can you do high kicks?

Getting funky with it

ohhh

[ beatboxing ]

What?

[ Beatboxing ]

Jungle, jungle.

[ Beatboxing ]

- What?
- Whoo!

"Naked and Afraid."

[ Howling ]

Fire.

Water, shelter.

I'm the predator.
I'm the big one.

You need to be scared of me.

[ Growls ]

Animal!

Nicklas: Okay, fire.

You have been my
best friend for two weeks.

Without you, I have never
been able to make this.

So thank you very much.

I will never forget you.

Narrator: For the survivalists

who were able to make it
through the 21-day ordeal,

the last day, extraction day,
is one they will never forget.

You ready to get
the hell out of here?

Sure am. Let's go.

Extraction day, for me,
was an incredible day.

You know, we woke
up in such great spirits

because we knew we
were heading home.

We just had this last
leg in between us,

and I was ready to go.

Bye, shelter.

You have served us well.

You're a [bleep]hole.

[ Chuckles ]

Lee: Right now, I'm just
marking the transition.

The end of this 21-day challenge

and the beginning
of the new challenge,

the journey out of here
and then what lies beyond.

I was feeling so like a
wild, stone-age human

that I was actually
feeling reluctant to leave.

Narrator: Lee, having survived
on his own for most of the challenge

was euphoric as he
climbed onto his rescue boat.

Whoo!

Viking is coming home!

Whoo-hoo!

Now this is the last day.

This is the last effort,

so it was really something that
gave me strength and motivation.

Ah, yes.

To the summit!

Aahhh!

Hey!

Oh, hell, yeah.

Seeing the plane was
really, really exciting.

I was so happy.

Cassie: Oh, look at the plane!

[ Laughs ]

Finally we knew we
were saved. That was it.

And I was so happy.

My God, we got an airplane.

- Let's go home.
- Goodbye, Canada.

Cassie: Taking
off from that lake

and then getting to fly over
and sort of see where we'd lived

and, you know, see where
we'd spent our whole time,

it was amazing.

- I love it.
- It's so beautiful from up here!

And to think it all
started right there.

Cassie: We came out
here to take on Canada,

and I think we
kicked Canada's a*s.

It's just weird.

It's like my feet
can't fit to the ground.

Narrator: Once they were
out of their rustic locations

and waiting for
flights back home,

the survivalists
quickly embraced

the simple joys of civilization.

Man: My God, look at
this. And air conditioning!

Man #2: Is that your first beer?

This is my first beer,
dude, in, oh, God, 21 days.

It's... oh, ooh.

Narrator: After three weeks
of having their physical

and mental fitness
pushed to the brink,

sometimes failing, but also
experiencing some victories,

it all leads to a
shared reward...

going home and returning to
those who love and miss them.

Mommy!

[ Laughs ]

Woman: Are you
happy mommy's home?

Yeah!

Angel: "Welcome home, daddy."

Oh, this is the best thing ever.

Look at these two.

Look at this great
family I have.

What's up?

Steven: When I got back

and I finally got to see
the two things I love most...

my girl and my dog... it
was an amazing experience.

I am back home, and I'm
getting ready to eat a real meal.

The doctor said,

"you want to start with
something really small,"

so that's what I went with.

Say hi. That's my mom.

Hey.

The challenge really
just reinforced an ideology

that I already knew,
that is I am amazing.

Tawny: I definitely don't take
the simple things for granted

anymore after this challenge.

And when people complain about,
you know, Wi-Fi, no Starbucks,

I really want to punch
them in the face.

If you are thinking about
going on "Naked and Afraid,"

you cannot underestimate
the power of mental toughness.

Lee: It was really
difficult to try

because I felt like I'd
been through so much.

Survival... it's an
incredible challenge.

It's multi-dimensional,
multi-layered.

It's physical,
emotional, mental,

and that's what I love about it.

God, what an awesome adventure.