02x01 - Adrenaline Country

[bunniefuu]

The usual, is it?

Aye.

♪ There is freedom within ♪

♪ There is freedom without ♪

You all right, friend?

Yeah, I just
miss my friend...

Friend, I know.

You come in here every
day, tell me all of it.

I know.

It's just...

we went to Culloden...

♪ Hey now, hey now ♪

Abseiled...

♪ Don't dream it's over ♪

Well done, yourself.

♪ Hey now, hey now ♪

Shore some sheep...

♪ The world comes in ♪

I even got naked and
swam in the Atlantic.

♪ They come to
build A wall between us ♪

♪ We know they won't win ♪

You would be my-my choice

if we were to do
it all over again.

I really hope we do
do it all over again.

All over
again, over again...

♪ Sing me a song
Of a lass that is gone ♪

♪ Say, could that lass be I? ♪

♪ Mer... ♪

- Hello?
- Graham.

Hi, it-it's Sam.

Yes, Sam, hey, hey.

Good, good, wow.
How-how are you?

A-actually, I miss you, mate.

That's really, really,

really, uh, really sweet of you.

I miss you too.

Well, we-we had...

we had a good time in
Scotland, didn't we?

Yeah, we had a great time.

Ahh!

Ah, oh, f*ck!

What... what are you doing?

Jesus, f*ck.

- Gah!
- Oh!

Yeah, we-we should
do it all again.

I... I'd absolutely, uh...

Yeah, I'd love to do that.

You... you would?

Yeah, but you know that,
um, as I've said, um...

I'm-I'm, uh... well,
I'm... I'm in New Zealand.

Yeah, yeah, but...

Sam?

Bye, then.

Hey, Graham.

Ready to go on a road trip?

So we're on the roads again!

Anyway... yes, we are.

What do you think?

It's your home away
from home, huh?

Yet again, I find myself sitting

within a couple of feet of you,

- being driven...
- In a very confined space.

Very confined space, yes.

Yes, it's quite disturbing.

Yeah, how did we get here?

I... I often wonder that.

I often think, what did I do...

- Where did it all go wrong?
- To deserve this?

We obviously
met on Outlander.

Dougal!

- You look well, lad.
- Aye.

In spite of the misfortunes
you've suffered.

You'd already
been cast as, um...

James Alexander!

Big ba*ls
Whatever-his-name-is.

Malcolm MacKenzie Ginger.

You taught me well.

Too well.

And you were playing

Old Dougal MacAngry.

- MacKenzie.
- Dougal MacAngry.

We wrote a couple of books.

We wrote a
couple of books,

and we decided to go on
a road trip together.

But now you live in...

Well, you live on the
other side of the world.

- Yes.
- And I came

all the way down
here to do it again.

It was an easy choice.

I've heard so much about
the Scottish influence

- on New Zealand...
- Yep.

And I was dying
to see it for myself.

Well, there... there are lots
of Scottish connections here.

I'm loving the landscape,
which is very, very similar.

They have
Scottish restaurants here.

- They make haggis.
- Right.

I mean, I think
it's 20% of the population

claims Scottish ancestry.

Wow.

There's a whole
city called Dunedin.

Which is
basically just Edinburgh

- in miniature.
- Yeah.

So is that why you came here?

I came here for The Hobbit.

Oh, there's hobbits
here. Awesome.

- No.
- Have you ever seen one?

No, no.

I worked on The Hobbit
for 2 1/2 years,

totally fell in love
with this country.

It's like one of those
islands that a child draws.

It's got sandy
beaches. It's got...

- Snow-covered mountains.
- Y-yes.

Valleys filled with
vineyards, so lots of wine.

And modern cities packed
with restaurants and museums.

Ooh, yum.

And it's only
100,000 square miles,

which is just really
not very big at all.

And it's just all
kind of crammed in.

An incredible quality of life.

Wow.

The first party we had

at one of the producer's houses,

I remember saying to her,

"I bet you at least
one of us stays."

And so I did. I ended
up staying here.

My second daughter
was born here.

It's a great place for kids.

And they drive
on the same side

- of the road...
- They do.

which is very fortunate.

It's really
just one of the most

beautiful countries
in the world.

And it's a wonderful place
to be able to just sit back,

relax, and just take it all in.

Oh, yeah, but um,
you won't be sitting back.

Why not?

This is adrenaline
country, my friend.

- What?
- Yes.

You thought you could
hide that from me, huh?

Everyone here is crazy

for extreme
adrenaline-inducing action,

and we're gonna dive right in.

Whoo!

Oh, God.

In 1987, when
Kiwi AJ Hackett

threw himself off the
Eiffel Tower with nothing

but a thick elastic
rope around his ankles,

he announced to the
world that his homeland

was ready for action.

The following year,

the world's first
commercial bungy jump

opened in New Zealand,

and the country has
never looked back.

Since then, millions of people
have traveled to New Zealand

every year to get
their adrenaline fix.

There's everything
from canyon swings,

tandem paragliding,
helicopter skiing,

and some of the
other crazy stuff

you're about to see us do.

It's no wonder New Zealand
is often referred to

as the adventure
capital of the world.

So you flew
halfway around the world

just to terrify me?

Yeah. It's
my favorite pastime.

Oh, my God! What's that?

Black cat!

Just... look,
just get on with it.

What-what exactly...
exactly do you have in mind?

We are going zip-lining.

The last time we abseiled,

you-you-you overcame
a fear and...

Great stuff. Good stuff, mate.

You seem pretty
good with heights now.

- I mean...
- No. No, no, I'm not.

I feel like this zip line is
only just a little bit higher.

What could possibly go wrong?

Right?

You're gonna love it.

It's in this picturesque
mountainside town

with a wee Scottish
name, Glenorchy.

Why are you laughing?

It's so good.

It is. I know. It is.

Oh, I think
it's aptly named

the Paradise Ziplines
because it...

I mean, it really is paradise.

- It's stunning.
- Yeah.

Oh, Graham, you can see

Mount Aspiring National
Park from the top.

This is ridiculous.

And actually,
as a Scotsman,

how similar this
is to Scotland...

Yeah. It's Scotland
on steroids.

- Yes, it is, really.
- That's right.

It's the best
description of this place.

- Yeah.
- What diabolical mind

uh, thought this up?

So it's a man called
Chris Russell.

About ten years ago, they came
to have a look at this valley,

and they thought they really
wanted to build a bungy jump.

And then they thought
they need to build

just a couple of
little zip lines

to get people across the stream.

- To get to the bungy?
- Yeah.

And then they pretty much
just got carried away.

Just built more and more.

Eight in total. Yeah.

I have to ask, how tall,

how high is your highest,
most scary zip line?

First one's 100 meters tall

and goes 200 meters
across the canyon.

100... 100...

- 100 meters tall.
- Yes, I heard him.

There may be no return.

How do you feel about that?

It's a bit of déjà vu, really.

Mm.

You've got your work
cut out for you.

You'll be fine,
buddy. You'll be fine.

You'll be fine, bud.

Don't... don't.

Go on, so yeah.
Hook yourself on, Graham.

Gonna need to walk
down three steps.

You're not gonna
go anywhere yet.

- Three steps.
- Oh, no. That's pretty high.

One more step.

Dead man walking.

Dead man walking.

Please stop. Stop. Stop.

- Stop.
- You're telling me to stop?

- Not you.
- Not you.

Oh, sorry, sorry.
Okay. All right.

No, no, no.

Just be clear who
you're talking to

'cause it make me do
something I shouldn't.

Sorry, I'm...

No? Maybe not.

So I'm gonna get you to
take your safety off.

This is your last time to look
deep into Sam's eyes before...

I mean, I don't
want to look at...

- I don't want to look at him.
- Buddy.

So just turn around.
Keep walking.

And then just one more
teeny, little step.

Oh, so...

Uh, I'm not really feeling
very good, actually.

I'm really not feeling good.

Deep
breaths. Deep breaths.

Doing really well, buddy.

Wait.

Whose idea was it to
make Graham hang off

the edge of a cliff?

Oh, yes.

I've got
you. I've got you.

You're not going anywhere.

I want you to feel
the harness working.

- Oh, God. Oh, f*ck.
- There we go.

- Oh, God. Oh, God.
- Are you all good?

No, have I got my... am
I holding on properly?

You're holding on perfect.
Feet up off the ground.

One foot out, you want to
keep your head to the side.

Off you go.

Oh, God. Oh, sweet Jesus.

Oh, God.

f*ck!

What have I done?

I actually kind
of liked the guy.

Why, Heughan?

Why, Heughan? Why, Heughan?

Why?

What have I done?

He's never gonna forgive me.

Oh, God.

How much do I f*cking
hate that man?

- There you go.
- How do I get up?

Oh-oh, God.

- Beautiful.
- Jesus Christ.

Yes!

I'm not gonna do that.

That looks far too terrifying.

"Come to New Zealand," he said.

"I want to see where
you live," he said.

"Yeah, let's have some fun.
We can do some adventure."

I'm coming for you, Graham!

We're gonna
walk on down now.

Oh, wow. It's really high.

Oh, my God.

I'll give him more credit.

This is actually... this
is actually pretty scary.

I can... oh, Jesus Christ.

Oh, my God.

Has anyone ever fallen
off here, Dougie?

Not that's complained about it.

How fast does this go?

It depends on your
size, but you're looking at

about maybe 50 kilometers
an hour with the wind today.

Ah, great. Thirty-one
miles an hour.

Fast-fast
enough, mate.

All right. I'm
ready. Let's do this.

- Look down.
- Yeah.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Whoa!

Yes!

Yes! Whoo!

Whoa!

Yes.

Well done, buddy.

Very impressed.

That was, uh...

that was pretty high.

- Yeah. Yeah, it was.
- Ah.

Ooh, I think I uh, may have
soiled my trousers there.

No, you didn't. You're fine.

- Let's go do some more.
- Would you stop hitting me?

Here we go. Three, two, one.

Whoo! Oh, my God.

Wow!

Wow! Oh, my goodness!

Whoo! Oh, yeah!

All right.

Wow! Just wow!

New Zealand!

Wow!

- That was insane.
- Well done.

That was really amazing.

Ahh!

Well done.

- That was amazing.
- Now that was fun.

- The other one?
- So good.

- I don't know. But that was...
- Yeah?

It was so fast as you're
going along the water.

- I looked down...
- Oh, yeah.

You were going
really, really fast.

- Yeah.
- Really fast.

Yeah. Came quick.
But ah, amazing.

Such an adrenaline rush, right?

Oh, yeah. Totally.

Mate, I'm so proud of you.

- You did really well.
- Thank you.

- So do I get a hug now and...
- Oh, all right.

Thanks, mate. Well done.

Well done. I'm
very proud of you.

- Right.
- All right.

Just gonna smooth
my eyebrows down.

- They're a bit...
- They've come a bit...

they're still startled
from the zip lines.

Yes, you have this
constant state of...

- Hmm.
- ...expression of...

- Hmm.
- ...fear and surprise.

Obviously, you survived,
and you did really well.

So now...

now we're gonna up
things just a little bit.

We're gonna turn...
turn the volume up.

You seem intent

on just compounding
my fear constantly.

It's to test you, because
people in New Zealand

seem to be into extreme sports.

- Yes.
- Extreme everything.

They are.

I see mountain bikes everywhere,

- people surfing.
- Mountain biking.

I can do mountain biking.

- Really?
- Yeah, yeah. No.

I have no problem
with mountain biking.

What about downhill
extremely fast?

Well, I can go downhill.

I don't see the necessity
to go extremely fast.

I mean, what, like,
cut the brake cables

- and just see what happens or...
- Yeah.

- Right.
- Faster the better.

That's your idea of a good time.

- If you survived.
- Literally,

we can hand you the mountain
bike, and you'll go,

"I'll be cutting
the brake cables."

- Why not?
- "Why not?"

Yeah.

Is there anything
that you wouldn't do?

Let me think about that. No.

Hold on!

Stop being such a hero.

What does adrenaline
do to your body?

It sort of levels me out.

No, I'm not
talking about you...

Oh.

'Cause you're a freak.

But what does it do
to a normal person?

It's probably a little bit
like somebody throttling you

and then just letting
you go at the last minute

- so you can breathe.
- Yeah.

Well, I mean,
whatever you're into.

I mean, little insight
into your private life.

So what is your
lack of a frontal lobe

planning next?

Ah. It's not so bad.

Oh, really?

I don't believe
you for a minute.

It's terrifying.

It's a beautiful day
to go out on the ocean.

Put on wet suits, get into
a cage, go underwater.

We're going great
white shark diving.

I've often wondered
what the description

of the worst day of my
life would sound like,

- and you've just done it.
- This is it.

Graham, here's some fun facts...

I know you're a facts
man... To pass the time.

Great whites are the largest
predatory fish on Earth,

- with 300 serrated teeth.
- Oh, God.

They also can swim
up to 35 miles an hour.

Which is about 25
miles an hour faster than me.

You better swim fast.

This is like
some aquatic nightmare.

- Why are you doing this?
- Yes.

New Zealand is a top
five global hotspot

for great white shark sighting.

They can smell your blood
from three miles away.

Don't cut yourself.
Don't bleed out.

No getting in the cage.

Bleed out?

Listen, on the good
side, we've got a cage.

Well, have
you seen these clips

from around the world, the
shark gets in the cage?

What... what
clips? Good grief.

And why is that man filming it?

I mean, how
is that guy alive?

We've done some uh, some
stupid things in the past.

But this might just
take the biscuit.

There's just so many
things that could go wrong.

What?

You look fantastic.

No, I don't. I
look like a tit.

- Right beside you.
- Where?

Oh, God. Look
at that. Oh, Jesus.

I'm actually
quite scared now.

This-this might be the
closest we've come to...

to our demise,
right? I mean...

See him there?

Oh, God. That's huge.

Oh!

Oh, no!

Nice knowing you.

Bye.

When do we start to
just sit in armchairs

and read books?

Wow. That was amazing.

Well done, mate.

You faced all 20 of your
fears in-in one attempt.

Yes. Yes, it was.

There's moments there

where you just
have to take a beat

and really appreciate
what you're experiencing.

- Yeah.
- Which is being close

to something... it's
just almost mythic.

Ah, it's an
incredible experience.

But I'm getting a little worried

that we're just standing here...

Yeah.

While that great white is
still circling underneath.

Let's get out and maybe
have a cup of tea.

Oh, God! Oh!

Ah!

Yes! Yes!

Ah, that felt good.

So you've
uh, you've just spent

the whole leg of this trip

challenging my capacity

for sort of
trouser-staining madness.

- Mm-hmm.
- And now it's time

for me to turn
the tables on you.

- Oh, really?
- Oh, yes.

We're going to do something

I know you've never done before.

- A helicopter ride...
- Oh.

over Milford Sound!

I... actually, I will say

I'm... I'm slightly nervous.

It's gonna be one of your
most memorable experiences.

When you get there, your brain
can't take in its beauty.

You're looking at
it and you're going,

- "Is this actually real?"
- Yeah. Wow.

'Cause it looks like
an ideal primordial landscape.

So Milford Sound,

it was formed over the
last 2 million years...

Almost as old as you.

By these
massive... Yes, thank you.

Massive rivers of ice,
some more than a mile long.

And Milford Sound's
first permanent resident

was, of course, a Scotsman.

- Ah.
- Donald Sutherland.

- It's not the actor.
- Not the actor.

This was
hundreds of years ago.

Ah. I'm so excited.
I can't wait.

I've heard great things

about Milford Sound,
how beautiful it is.

It's truly, truly...

you cannot oversell
Milford Sound.

You'll look at it and
just go, "Oh, God!"

"My God!"

I make that sound all
the time, actually,

getting up in the morning.

"Oh, God!"

When you put your socks on.

Just to get
serious for a moment, okay?

It does rain more than
half the year here.

A lot of rain, a lot of rain.

And they once recorded
a windspeed...

- Are you paying attention?
- Uh-huh.

...of more
than 150 miles an hour.

Oh, great, perfect for
my first helicopter ride.

Here we go.

Wow.

Look at this.

Isn't it
just magnificent?

Closer, closer.

Oh, my God.

And we're
now going sideways.

I mean, the
Maori were exploring

this entire region
hundreds of years ago.

They used some of the same paths

that they're still using today.

Did they
have helicopters?

No.

Oh, God.
Oh, God. Oh, God.

Coming in hot.

Oh!

It's ridiculous.

This is...
this is pretty scary.

Coming up
over this peak, Sam.

Yeah.

It's gonna be amazing.

Oh, my God.
Look how close we are.

Yeah.

This is...

this is insane.

Rudyard
Kipling described it...

He was an author,
a British author...

You might have heard of him.

Yes, I know who
Rudyard Kipling is.

Described Milford Sound

as the eighth
wonder of the world.

You can see why.
It's... it's beautiful.

We'll be coming up
to Hobbit Country shortly.

Oh, really?

Ah, Middle Earth.

There it is.

The fields and mountains
in Milford Sound,

they were once part of
a huge mountain range

on the mega continent...
And that's sort of bigger

than a normal continent...
Of Gondwanaland.

So the way Mother Nature
just created it all,

it couldn't have happened
anywhere else in the world.

The marine effect
moderates the temperature

so you can have lush forests

right next to
snowcapped mountains.

Ah, you're a
fund of Kiwi knowledge.

Yes, I am.

Oh! Oh, my word.

Look at that.

Wow.

Look at that lake.

I can see
why you came here.

Oh, it's...

There's nowhere-nowhere
else like it on earth.

No.

Amazing to share
this with you, mate.

All right,
we're gonna land.

Oh, my God. Here
we go. Are you ready?

Closer. Closer. It's
getting very close.

Oh!

Oh, my God.
Look at that.

Wow.

I'm actually speechless.

Yes, I told you it was
gonna be a great surprise.

And this is it.

I couldn't
even imagine this,

flying through the clouds
over Milford Sound,

countless peaks,

and landing on a
glacier 7,000 feet up.

A bloody
glacier in New Zealand

in the middle of summer.

It's incredible.

I really genuinely
want to say thank you.

No, no, you're welcome.

I- It was your first
helicopter trip.

- It was.
- And I wanted it to be...

This.

I... I have to admit,

I feel like an explorer.

We might be the first
people ever to come up here.

Uh... no.

But it's still really great.

Well, the first men in
kilts to come up here.

The-the first... maybe
the first people in kilts.

The first people in
commando on a glacier.

Didn't really need to know that.

But do we have to
go back in the helicopter?

Yeah, the helicopter
is one of the best bits.

Ah.

Thank you.

Cheers, mate.

What a great start
to the journey.

What do they say here?

I can't
really tell you,

'cause I've got a
mouthful of shortbread.

What do they say? Cheer...
They don't say cheers, do they?

- They say cheers. Or sláinte.
- Okay.

Whatever they say
in New Zealand.

And hey, listen,
I'm super impressed

at the stuff you
brought with you.

- Mmm.
- Um...

I'm trying a square one now.

Well, we've just done
some incredible stuff.

- We did.
- The zip line

was definitely a good
way to start it off.

- That's a warm-up, mate.
- That was a warm-up.

Great white sharks,
pretty, pretty bracing.

And it's all a blur
to me, frankly.

I was just relieved that
we got to the end of it.

Taking you to Milford
Sound, truly incredible.

It's magical.

I... I love that place so much.

Well, I'm really glad I
got to show it to you.

- Pretty epic.
- This is gonna be great.

Oh, my God.

Really.
Really, really, really.

What are you most excited about?

Wildlife
here is crazy.

Wow, look at you.

There's stuff here
that you never see

- anywhere else in the world.
- Right.

I am excited about
the Maori culture.

There are
definitely elements of this

that are causing me
sleepless nights.

Just... just think
about the food.

Think about all the delicious
food you're gonna try.

Mmm.

- It's so not what you expect.
- No.

So this
is quite literally

the lull before the storm.

There's this quiet moment

in front of a fire in a carpark.

Yes. Yes.

And from now on, it's just

the sound of my
high-pitched scream.

- Oh, God. Oh, God.
- That's it. All right.

Mm.

This island has got everything.

- Hasn't it?
- Islands!

I-Islands.

Yes. There's more than one.

Serious?

Just a
basic understanding

of the geography of the country

would be helpful,
as you are the one

doing the driving.

- So it's not...
- Well, how do I drive

between islands?

I'll let you think about that

and see if you can work it out.

Oh, my God!

Why are we doing this, Heughan?

Oh, my God! We're gonna crash!

I'll never complain
about your driving again.

- Ahh!
- Make it stop!

Please tell me that
wasn't just the warm-up.

Me to the funny farm now!

I'll be a good boy.