18x02 - Return of the King

[bunniefuu]

I am so crazy for
Naked and Afraid.

There's absolutely
no fan out there

who knows more about
Naked and Afraid han I do.

I admin True Fans on Facebook,

on The Official Unofficial
fan group page.

I think everyone knows Ernie.

He's one of the biggest
Naked and Afraid ans out there.

There's fans,
there's super fans,

and then there's Ernie.

I have three bags.

I have watched every
episode multiple, multiple times.

Guess what I'm watching?

I've met them. I went on
the aked and Afraid cruise.

I've met Ernie on
a few different occasions.

And he is the nicest person.

His love for the show

shines through in
every encounter.

What I am is a fan
who embraces the culture.

It's not about just
watching a show.

It's not a show.

This is a way of life.

- All right...
- Don't die.

"Don't die."

I can't believe this is real.

I can't believe this
is actually happening.

I can't believe I'm
actually gonna do this.

Here I am, made it to Mexico.

God, I feel like my heart
is beating in my chest.

My advice for Ernie

is you look back and
those hardest moments

are all going to be worth it.

Push through and enjoy the ride.

This is your chance
to go from armchair QB

to a legend like me.

You got this, Ernie.

This is your chance
to join the club, buddy.

You got this.

Man.

I can't believe
this is happening.

Wearing this necklace
and doing this right now

feels insane.

These people

are hardcore.

When I first saw this show,

I was

instantly drawn to it.

I knew that this show was made

for crazy people like me.

This is insane.

Just the concept

of being stripped
down from everything.

I like the idea of growth

and expansion and
challenging yourself.

That's why I decided

to become a
personal trainer. It was

because I didn't touch a weight

until I was 36 years old.

I was lost.

I was depressed and
fitness changed my life.

It made me confident,
made me strong.

And I wanted to be able to
make people feel that way.

I'm nervous.

You're nervous? Why?

I want to be able to
show my daughters

that I can do this.

Being in the military,
in the Marine Corps,

I was a combat engineer.

When we were in Iraq,
we had to fix the roads

that were destroyed by IEDs.

Those were all huge challenges.

And this show is
one big challenge.

And it's something that I
truly believe that I am built for.

But as excited as I am,

I'm not even naked.

And I'm already
kind of afraid.

If I'm being a little honest.

Like, this is real.

Just looking around
and seeing the thorns.

There's jaguars, pumas.

There are some lethal spiders.

Like, it literally feels

insane.

But 14 days in the
Yucatan Peninsula,

like, let's do it.

We're here. It's game time.

Mandy begins
this 14-day fan challenge

with a primitive survival
rating of 4.6 out of 10.

Honestly, being naked
is the least of my concerns.

Take my clothes and keep them.

But I'm very nervous
about my partner.

All right, I'm off to go
meet my jungle friend.

I can't
believe I'm doing this.

This is absolutely insane.

This is my token shirt here.

I hang it on the wall at home.

Matt Garland was
my first signature.

I got Kat Sibley.

I got a few more on the cruise.

And it hasn't been
washed in three years.

So, yeah, I'm not
doing it any favors today.

And here comes
my boy, Matt.

When I first watched
Naked and Afraid,

I thought these people
are out of their minds.

Yeah!

And then I started learning
more about bushcraft,

learning more about survival.

Pretty close. Not
bad for an amateur.

You know, I was in the
Army for almost 30 years.

I was a police officer.

And I realized that this
is something I can do.

These are my people.

But, you know, I feel
a little bit like Toto.

I'm not in Arkansas anymore.

Bugs are everywhere.

Tarantulas, scorpions, bats.

But, you know, hey, what's
life without a little adventure?

Let's do this.

Ernie
begins his challenge

with a primitive
survival rating of 4.9.

I am not a naked person.

I am not a nudist.

But,

I am absolutely
gonna do 14 days.

Okay.

This is crazy.

How many of y'all
out there that are fans?

This is our moment.

This is what we do
together. So, here we go.

I am definitely glad

that I've been
walking without shoes

for a hot duration of time,

because it is super rough

and everything is really thick.

All right, Naked and Afraid.

Super pumped for this.

Let's get it started.

-Hi. -Hey there.

- My God.
- I'm coming.

This is crazy. How are you?

I'm good. How are you?

I'm Mandy. I'm Ernie.

- What's your name?
- Ernie.

- Ernie. Nice to meet you.
- Yeah. Like the Muppet.

- My gosh. Are you excited?
- Good to meet you.

I'm stoked. I'm stoked.

- Me too.
- I... This is,

like, I've been a
true fan for forever.

I am all over the
Facebook pages.

Are you on any... Do you follow
any of the Facebook pages?

You're ahead of
it more than I am.

I actually just saw my
first episode last year.

But the second I saw it,

I was like, "How
do we get on this?"

And here we are.

- I'm excited.
- I am. I am. I'm stoked.

- I'm stoked.
- Awesome.

- Awesome. Well, Ernie...
- This has been like Christmas...

you're my jungle
friend for 14 days.

- We got it, right?
- And we're gonna do this together.

- We got it. We got it.
- All right.

- We're amped.
- All right.

Where's
the bags here?

- Um...
- Um,

right here.

- Okay. Cool. Cool.
- Right here on the side of the tree.

Okay. Which one is...

Um...

- They don't matter.
- Just grab one.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Here we go.
- All right.

So...

All right.

All right.

It's amazing having this bag on.

Um, I think I have
three bags already.

Wow.

I have Matt Garland's arrow

that he took to
Africa up on my wall.

I have E.J.'s survival kit

- up on my wall.
- My gosh.

Um, yeah. Like I
said, I got these bags.

They're all in my
office up on a wall.

It's...

- Well...
- It's not a shrine, but...

No, it's a shrine. Yeah.

I'll bow down to the shrine.

- I got a lot.
- Well, I'm excited to find out what you have.

What did you bring?

Okay. So, I have

my recurve bow and arrow.

- Okay.
- All right. So, what do you have?

Okay. Um, before I show you...

Let me explain.

- Don't get mad.
- Okay.

Um, I brought dental floss.

All right.

Oral hygiene, it's important.

- It is important.
- We can use it as like...

Are you a hygienist?

I am.

- So, it's just...
- Makes sense.

And we can use it for
cordage and all of those things.

But I'm just kidding. I got a machete.

Thank God.

You were probably

- about to lose it. -
You know what? I was like, "Okay."

See, I say I'm a team player

- and you really...
- Your face, you were like,

- "I'm trying to be nice. I'm trying to be nice."
- Okay.

All right.

- We are good. We are good.
- All right. Awesome. Yeah.

- That's what I'm talking about.
- Okay. Awesome.

All right.

And it looks
like we also have this pot.

And then we have a fire starter.

- Boom. Boom.
- Fantastic. I'll carry that.

And it looks like

I have the map.

- Okay. We are here.
- We are here.

- And day 14 is here.
- Yep.

So, it looks like
we're gonna want to go here.

- For our water source.
- Yeah. It looks like this is water.

So, there's a little water here.

- Okay.
- That could be the opening of a cave.

And a cave is a huge bonus

if we don't actually
need to build a shelter.

- Yeah. Well, I mean...
- I don't know.

- It looks like we're gonna find out here shortly?
- Yeah. Absolutely.

- So, okay.
- Yeah. Yeah, it does. It looks like that.

All right.

- Let's get this party started, Ernie.
- Yeah. Yeah.

- Let's get it going.
- Okay.

To begin their
14-day fan challenge,

Mandy and Ernie will
head four miles southwest

through Mexico's rugged
northern Yucatan Peninsula,

a brutal terrain of dense jungle

and razor-sharp limestone rocks.

In the summer,
blistering triple-digit heat

gives way to violent
tropical storms

that strike without warning.

Beneath the dense canopy,

there are predatory puma,

venomous spiders,

rabies-carrying vampire bats,

and the highly
aggressive cottonmouth,

a deadly threat on
both water and land.

Okay.

Here we go.

Whoo.

Okay. So this
stone's a little sharp.

- Sharp stones, got it.
- Little bit. Little bit.

Careful.

Jesus Christ.
There's rocks everywhere.

Yeah.
They're everywhere.

You read about how

there's no rivers
and it's all limestone.

Yeah.
This is it.

And you're like,
"Wow. Holy."

This is it.

My first impressions
of Ernie are awesome.

His energy, like,
he is so excited.

Um, I love the fact that
he is, like, a super fan.

So remind me, have
you seen every episode?

- I have.
- My gosh.

Okay, there's some
more stones coming up.

- Awesome.
- Yeah.

- They're not comfortable.
- Got you. Thank you.

I'm glad you're pointing
out the rocks and stuff. So...

- Yeah, yeah, trying.
- Yeah, go, team. So...

Mandy and I are getting
along really well right now.

And, wow, I know it's
the honeymoon phase,

but I'm pretty happy.

That hurt.

- You good?
- Yep.

Okay.

How far do you think we are?

I think we've done
at least a couple of miles in.

Is that a cave?

- Holy.
- That's a cave.

- Awesome.
- That's a cave.

I'm a little nervous.

A cave can
be a really good win

because it provides us shelter.

We're out of the elements.

It'll protect us. It'll
help us keep in heat.

I don't know, 'cause
it's, like, inside caves are bats

and spiders and snakes

and whatever wants
to hang out in there.

What was that sound?

- Did you hear something?
- I sure did.

Could have been bats.

Most
bats will run away.

I'm not 100% against down here.

I'm worried that as
the sun goes down,

it's just, we're gonna run
out of time exponentially.

No, you're right. I'm
gonna look. I'm gonna look.

- Yeah.
- I'm at least gonna look.

We'll
have to burn it out

and that'll get rid of the bugs

- and stuff that are in there.
- Yeah. That's true.

And it even looks
like it has its own little

conduit system over
here of water collection.

On the
map, it looked like

- there was a little bit of blue.
- Blue, right?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

I think I can see it.

Yeah. I see it.

- There's water.
- See?

All right, well, we've
got our water source.

We're gonna need some light.

We're definitely
gonna need some fire

to ward off the predators.

Okay, here we go.

Moment of...

Starting fire was something
that I did not know how to do,

and it was something
that I really tried hard

to be able to do to be
able to apply for the show.

And so my biggest fear is, like,

practicing making fire

and then it not working out.

Right there.

It's right there.

I just want it to light so bad.

I need something dry.

Where is it at?

She'll get it. She'll get
it. I'm not worried about it.

There we go.

My bag is damn near full.

You got stuff. Okay.

I got a
bird's nest here.

- You found a nest?
- Yeah.

Okay.

That is good
on you, my friend.

We got it.

Got it, Ernie!

Yeah, girl.

Good job.

There you go.

Good.

It's getting pretty
smoky in here.

Yeah, you ain't lying.

Girl, you ain't lying.

'Cause the
eyes are starting to burn.

Well, that's not good.

- Is it hard for you to breathe?
- Yes.

I'm starting to think we need to
move that fire closer to the entrance.

I hate to move it, but...

- Might have to. Yeah.
- Okay.

Not good.

Plenty of mistakes
are going to be made,

and we're just gonna
keep learning from them.

That way, by day 14,

hopefully, we are survivalists.

There you go. Good job!

Not bad for day one, though.

- Two fans.
- God.

Definitely my first rodeo,

but we're learning as we go.

This is just crazy.

This is crazy.

All right, friend.

This is the moment
of truth here.

All right.

We're doing it.

Just hear all the bugs.

Yeah.

It's a shame we
couldn't have that fire in here.

- I know.
- Yeah.

It would have been so nice.

The sun is literally
almost gone.

I mean, it is pitch
black in here.

Boom.

Pitch black.

Bats.

They're more afraid
of us than we are of them.

- Right?
- For sure.

Okay.

We slept in a
cave last night.

- Yeah, we did.
- Crazy.

Last night was a
little rough. I felt like

John Candy in Great Outdoors

where the bats, like...

Passed our heads,
'cause you can hear them.

At first, it started
out a little rocky,

but we got used to it.

Apparently, bats
also call this place home.

They didn't mess with us.

I like to think they handled
a lot of the bugs for us.

So, today, what
do you want to do first?

Well, I think we
need to start that fire.

Last night, we lost our fire.

- All right. So...
- All right. God.

- ...we need to get this...
- Yeah.

...fire started again.

All right. Ready?

Yeah. As I'll ever be.

All right. Here we go.

Right there. Right
there. There it goes.

, it's dying.

dying.

Yeah. Yeah.

The fire out
here is more frustrating

than I've ever had it
in any part of my life.

All right. Back to
the drawing board.

Everything's so wet.

We've tried splitting wood.

We've tried looking for
drier wood, higher wood.

What do we see up?

Not finding.

It's just
so wet.

No, that's rotten.

All these trees that are fallen,

they're all soaking wet.
They're like sponges.

So, I'm gonna go
ahead and break apart,

I mean, I know they're
really thin and small,

but they snapped.

So, that lets me
know that they're dry.

Sometimes, if
you can't find a solution,

you just got to make one.

There we go.

You got it. Good job.

Hey, that tinder
bundle came in handy.

When you watch
people in human environments,

jungles, the Amazon, all that,

you say to yourself
in your head,

"Wow, that
really looks hard."

But when you're out here,

you start going through
your head and go,

"Damn, this
is impossible."

To all the survivalists,

God bless you. You're amazing.

We have shelter, water,

fire, which means

now we can explore the area.

Yeah. That was gross.

I just felt something
go down my butt crack.

It's probably just
sweat.

I don't think so.

I would like
to make a little spear.

Sure.

Looking for anything to

just stab and k*ll and eat.

It'd be
nice to be able to

get some sort of
mammal or a bird.

So that's the plan for today.

Let's see if we can't score

a snack for tonight.

Snakes can be in trees,

trying to get birds, bird nests.

Some may be out in the
sun just to sun themselves.

See? We can't see
anything under this rock.

No, no movement.

Back at home,
running the group fitness classes,

I have a very strict regimen

of, like, high protein
all the time, every day,

trying to fuel my body.

And so that's why

finding a good source of food

is so important to me.

- Anything going on?
- No.

I'm not seeing nothing.

. Okay.

Hey, check it out.
That's a cactus.

It is.

I've never had it.
Have you had it?

Nope.

- Well, we can grill it.
- Yep.

Exactly. We'll
see if we like it.

We'll see how it goes.

That'll be our first meal.

I'm pretty excited and happy.

We haven't had, like, a
really big food source yet,

so energy is not the same.

Moment of truth.

It's like a cucumber.

Not bad.

Not good.

Yeah. Definitely bland.

Right.

A little bit of a bitter taste,

but it's edible.

That's thunder.

No.

God.

Whoo!

I think we'll have to move this.

Now grab the wood.

This rain is cold, though.

Whoo!

That rain came out of nowhere.

Hopefully with this being
closer to the entrance,

it won't, um,

smoke us out.

Want to see
what we're dealing with?

Take a look at the
water that comes out.

It's great.

It's raining
in the cave too.

All the way down.

Hopefully it doesn't
flush us out of our shelter.

It's a bit scary.

It might get messy tonight.

Yeah.

All right.

Yes.

Last night was cold.

Yeah, last
night was brutal.

All of our wood got wet.

And our fire went out.

So I was really nervous.

I was worried
about the rain last night.

Nowhere dry to lay down.
Nowhere dry to sleep.

And we don't know if
our cave is gonna flood.

It's important
for us to be safe.

I don't foresee it
getting much better.

We may need to move.

I think if we wait any longer,

it would be counterproductive.

- I think so too.
- Like, it would really hurt us.

You know, it doesn't have a
whole lot of food options here.

Okay, so
let's look at the map.

If this is our insertion, right?

This is where we ended up.

This is extraction.

- It looks like a cenote there.
- Yeah.

And at the size of that cenote,

there'll be more things around.

To the north,
through three miles

of thick jungle,

lies one of the
area's large cenotes,

a natural sinkhole
in the limestone,

filled with life-sustaining
groundwater.

But these pools also contain

hidden dangers,

including deadly water moccasin,

caiman,

and the American crocodile

that can grow over 15 feet long

and has one of the
strongest bites of any animal,

with a crushing force

of over 3,700 pounds
per square inch.

But if
you figure we did,

what, a few miles
just to get here...

- Yeah.
- ...it's gonna be a few miles

- to get there.
- To get there, I know.

I know going to the next spot

is a risk,

but we can't stay here.

- I'll work on some shoes.
- Cool.

I have never made shoes,

but I'm determined to
make these shoes.

Have you worked with
this henequen plant before?

- The henequen plant? No.
- Yeah.

- No, I can't say I have.
- Man.

I've been practicing with it,

and I am very
excited about that.

- Awesome.
- The fibers we can get

- from inside of that.
- Sure, for sure.

- Yeah, making cordage.
- Freaking fantastic.

- Yes.
- Yeah.

I just cut these
henequen plants into strips

and then bend them.

You can hear that snap.

And it literally
makes it pliable.

I am super appreciative
of you making shoes.

Holy.

I've watched every episode

of Naked and Afraid.

I don't recall seeing
a fan challenge

where they left their location

to go to another one.

Man, we gotta be
crazy doing this.

Yeah.

I'm nervous. I cannot lie.

It took us a while
just to get here,

and that was when we were fresh.

Our energy was up.

I'll take the pot. You
have the fire starter?

- I do.
- And bow and arrow.

So I'm nervous.

I can't deny that at all.

- Ready to rock and roll?
- Let's rock it.

All right, here we go.

That sun is hot.

Holy crap. Whoo.

This
is so thick.

It is thick.

The bugs are
kind of stupid right now.

- Yeah, they're there.
- Jesus Christ.

They're everywhere.

Hundreds of them.

My God. Ernie,

there is a vine

that literally almost
went up my vag*na.

That would be horrible.

Yeah.

My shoe is falling apart.

That sucks.

I feel so badly about that.

You shouldn't. You tried.

Um, it just didn't work out.

All right, you got to
be careful up here, Ernie, okay?

All right.
What do you see?

Nothing but stone.

That's awesome.

So just kind
of watch my foot pattern.

Just really take your
time, with your footing.

Thanks.

Okay.

You okay?

My feet feel bruised.

These rocks are eating my lunch.

- Do you need to take a breather?
- Nope.

- Okay.
- Nope.

- No. I'd rather drive on.
- Okay.

It's gonna take
forever, though, to put in

four or five miles like this.

My gosh.

It feels like we're going
in circles a little bit,

so that's a little
nerve-wracking.

I think we're lost

because everything
just looks the same.

All right. Relentless.
Relentless.

I hear a lot of birds.

It looks like it's opening
up a little, maybe.

Ernie.

Yeah?

There's water right
there. It's huge.

There's so much water.

What do you
think of this, Ernie?

I'm really excited.

Are
you happy, Ernie?

Gosh.

He's happy.

He's happy. He's speechless.

My

I am happy for the
big water source,

but this area sucks.

And the water is full of caiman.

There's crocodile.

Definitely gotta
be aware of that,

- not to put our shelter too close to the water.
- Yeah.

All right, let's go explore.

Hoping the
terrain eases up...

A little bit, though, somewhere,

'cause this sucks.

So I'm slowly starting to look up...

...for options.

You wanna take a breather?

No.

It's more important to find
the right spot than it is my feet.

So it opens up.

Yeah.

This is much flatter, I think.

It's a little
softer here. That's nice.

We start a fire, get some water,

and then we start
a debris shelter.

There it is. It's started.

Damn it!

And we are
just building a quick

debris shelter for tonight.

We only got maybe...

45 minutes to an
hour left of daylight.

So we gotta get something
up quick and then we'll work on

the nitty gritty tomorrow.

Yeah, that's gonna have to
be good enough for tonight.

My God.

This is tight.

Wow, you weren't lying.

I wasn't.

We're just gonna
make it work for tonight.

Something
biting me in the a*s.

We will not be doing
this again tomorrow.

Yeah. We gotta
figure something out.

We'll figure something else out.

It's so cold.

Last night,

sleeping wasn't great.

It sucked.

I hated it in there.

It was awful.

We have to
make a new shelter.

The plan for the new shelter
will be to make an A-frame.

That way we have more room.

More room to bring
our stuff in with us.

More room to sleep, to sit up.

Hopefully we'll have it
done before a storm hits us.

Which I expect it should hit us.

Yeah.

Now...

we know.

When you're watching the
show and you're like, "Wow,

they got a whole bunch
of stuff done real fast."

They didn't get
it done real fast.

It takes forever to
get this done.

It could
always be worse.

For sure.

God.

Yeah.

She's coming in hard.

This is gonna
be fun to ride out.

We gonna...

We gonna make a memory, Amanda.

I'm scared.

Yeah, here she comes.

And it's cold, man.

- And it is cold.
- It is so cold.

- Thank you.
- You're doing a great job.

Every time I hear it thunder,
like, my stomach drops.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm super proud of you.

Last night was a big
fear moment for you.

I really
appreciate that.

Okay? And you...
you buckled down.

You saw that moment.

You expressed
your vulnerability.

And you put your
nose into that fire.

We did. I was afraid I
was gonna cinge my hair.

You were in it.

You were in it.

I feel like as fans,

we owe it to them
to push through this.

- We owe it to them.
- I know.

We need to
get shelter done today.

Working on our
shelter for the third time.

Shelter 3.0.

We're gonna try to
economize on size.

We're taking it apart.

And then instead of leaving
it in an A-frame formation,

I'm actually gonna bring
it down to the ground

almost like a lean-to.

The idea is to fill
in the entire walls

with as much wood as possible.

And then to use

some greenery
to fill in the gaps.

Now it's like,
it is crammed in there.

This tight seal,
that's gotta be it.

It's tedious, but,
like, I want us to have

what we see people have

when they're in a
storm and they're okay

and not in panic mode.

Third time's the
charm. We got it.

Perfect.

Just two fans
trying to figure it out.

Hear that?

Lots of thunder coming in.

It is cramped in here.

But we will stay warm.
And I do think that

we will stay

dry.

I am very excited to say

that shelter 3.0 survived.

Like, we didn't get
a single drop on us.

And that felt really good.

But, um,

we need some food.

So, in the next week,

that's what I'm kinda
hoping for, is to find

use my bow and try to
get us something to eat.

I assume that

that cenote has fish,

but I don't see any fish in it.

The water's still.
It's not moving.

It's a mud hole.

A lizard.

It's right there.

That mother...

My
aim is horrible, clearly.

It's so frustrating.

Maybe tomorrow.

There's a high expectation
you're gonna get something

when you have a bow.

At least from fans.

Goddammit.

It's very hard to
bow hunt in here.

Can't walk through this without
making ton of noise.

I'm gonna go out every
day. I'm gonna try my best.

But expectations are low.

As the days go on,

my body just feels
worse and worse.

I can feel the weight loss.

On the sides.

On the sides.

It feels like painful
when I laugh.

This is definitely the hardest
thing I've ever done in my life.

We're so close.

And I want it so badly.

And I know Ernie does too.

My gas tank

is running on fumes.

That is a big one.

Ernie!

- Yeah?
- Can you bring the bow?

Bring... The bow? Yeah.

So there's an iguana

at the top of that tree.

Okay.

Yeah.

- I got him.
- yeah.

Yeah, he's running.

God damn it.

It fell off
when he dropped.

- There you are.
- You found it?

- Yeah, he's running up the tree.
- I see it.

He's at least
20 feet up. Watch out.

That was right next to him.

All right, we're
gonna chop this down.

Chopping
down the branch.

We're just chopping
down the branch.

I've been wanting
to eat so badly,

and this iguana is so big.

I'm excited about it.

I don't know if there's
ever been a fan challenge

where someone scored a k*ll.

This may be the first one.

If that branch comes
down, he comes down.

You ever get used to
seeing asses everywhere?

Right? I mean, you
can't get used to that.

Yes.

Y'all got a hard job, man.

What do you do?

I blur out private parts.

I hate
this lizard.

One of my biggest complaints

is that people don't
realize how hard this is.

"food is planted for them.

They get food on the
last couple of days."

off.

There's no planting food.

You have to fight for
everything you get.

Let's see if he falls down.

- I got it.
- There we go.

I don't even see it anymore.

Looks like it jumped from
our tree to the next tree.

No.

I'm
done. He wins.

I ain't trying to chop
down no other tree.

My God.

I'm trying so hard.

It's just not good
enough.

I almost wish I had
never even seen it.

I just don't know if I
got anything left.

It's not that big of a deal
to get upset about. It really isn't.

We tried.

"We tried."

Yeah,
it. We tried.

Better luck next time.

This whole
thing is the epitome of grit.

I wonder, like, how do these
people on 21 and 40 days do it?

He was like 18.

Maybe plus.

- Eighteen plus.
- Yeah, can you imagine eating that guy?

Man.

He's got the nutritional
value of four chicken nuggets.

And a fish stick.

It's day 14.

I am so excited!

And for a true fan like myself,

I didn't know it's
gonna suck so bad.

For the sake of
my feet, my health,

my mind, my body, I need shoes.

I'm using some palm husk

because the rocks
really kick my a*s.

You think we're ready to go?

Yeah, I do.

I'm nervous.

I'm exhausted.

Probably more
exhausted than I've felt

this entire time. Hands down.

How do we get out of here?

All right, over here.

So we're
moving southwest.

All the way to the
edge of the earth.

We have to be
careful of snakes and...

- We know there's predator animals out there.
- Yeah.

So it's gonna be hard.

Just got
to take our time.

- Yeah.
- You got everything?

- Yep. Let's go.
- Let's rock and roll.

To reach
their extraction point,

Mandy and Ernie must
navigate through four miles

of jagged rocks and
dense, untamed jungle

where highly venomous
pit vipers wait to strike.

And one of the world's
deadliest apex predators,

the jaguar, hunts by stealth

and crushes the
skull of its prey

with a single precise bite.

You could die here and no
one would ever know or hear you.

All the vines want to
reach out and grab you.

It's kind
of scary 'cause, like,

there could be things
under here.

- For sure.
- And we don't know it.

Be careful.

Careful,
there's some thorns.

Yeah.

The rocks get sharp too.

This trail would be impossible
had we not made shoes.

Man,
we're going uphill.

I hate
this place.

Whoo!

- Damn, that sun.
- Whoo! Yep.

It's hot.

Cottonmouth
has gotten so bad.

It's so dry.

I'm gonna be honest,

it's getting harder
for me to talk.

Yeah.

I'm not sweating.

I don't have a drop of sweat

anywhere on my body,

which is very concerning

for dehydration purposes.

I feel like we've
been walking forever.

Yeah.

Man,
this is just brutal.

I can feel the toll.

You start to feel like
the gas tank is empty.

When you have nothing,

you have to make the
decision to move on.

Using sheer will

to move yourself forward.

You okay?

No, my shoe just came undone.

All right,
let's take a breather.

I don't want him to risk

hurting his foot
and taking longer.

This is probably a
blessing in disguise, really.

Helping me set
my pace a little bit.

- All right.
- There you go.

- You good?
- Good.

All right. Let's go.

You're doing great, Ernie.

Hey, you're a badass.

- I don't feel like it right now.
- Every step you take,

- you're a badass.
- I don't feel like it.

I don't know how much
more my body can do.

I got two little girls
that look up to me.

And I want them to know
that they can do anything.

I want them to know if they set

that goal, no
matter how hard it is,

they can do it.

And I want them to see that.

I'm hoping that...

I might be seeing a road.

Is that a road?

It's a road.
For sure.

All right. Do you hear that?

I hear it.

- I hear it.
- My gosh.

Come here.

- We did it.
- My gosh.

We did it.

- I'm so proud of you.
- I'm so proud of you.

As a true fan,

it's the best
feeling in the world

to see that truck rolling up.

Good job.

I've anticipated

what this would feel
like multiple times,

but nothing comes close to it.

My God.

It is literally

one of the best feelings I
have ever felt in my entire life.

My God.

It's so much more empowering.

- We did good!
- My God.

I can't believe it.

It just really comes to show

that in our minds, we set
limitations for ourselves

because we're scared.

There's no limit.

You may think there's a limit,

but there's not.

People have called
me a badass sometimes

and I never felt like that.

Right now, I feel
like a little bit.

A little bit of a badass.

Mandy completes
the 14-day fan challenge

22 pounds lighter.

Her primitive survival rating

climbs from 4.6 to 5.7.

I definitely
have moved from

being a true fan
to something more.

There's no greater honor
than to be able to know

that I've earned
my own necklace,

- to earn my own bag.
- Yeah.

Completing this
challenge, it's so much harder.

So, so much harder
than I thought it would be.

I'm so grateful to
be a part of this.

I want to get my bag.

I want to get every
single thing I can keep.

And I want to make a shadow box.

I'm gonna cut holes into my wall

so that the pot will fit in it.

Yeah, it's gonna get stupid.

I feel like I've joined

an elite club of people.

And if you don't
have that experience,

it's hard to describe it.

But it feels very special.

Yes!

Over the course of
two weeks, Ernie shed 15 pounds.

His PSR jumps from 4.9 to 6.0.

I couldn't have done that
without you, like, I swear.

People who do
these things, like,

I bow down to all of you.

Like, y'all are amazing,

because I almost died

on just 14.

Hallelujah!

Hey man, congratulations!

What?

No way!

Congratulations, man.

Welcome to the team.

I appreciate it, man.

I can't believe that I'm
actually talking to you.

Did you ever think from
your first fan challenge

- that it would...
- No.

I didn't even know I was
gonna be able to make it

in the first 14
days out there, like,

having fun and figuring it out,
you know what I mean? But...

And survived naked for 14
days out there with nothing,

like that requires some
pretty high level skill.

Man, thanks so
much. It means a lot.

You are definitely
one of my heroes,

so, um, hopefully I can

follow the trail you blazed.

- I'll see you out there, I'm sure.
- All right, brother.

- Take care, Ernie.
- You too. Bye, Dan.

How cool is that?

I don't want to!

I knew it was gonna be hard,
but it's on a different level.

I'm ready to rock and roll!

21 day redemption, lets go!

I'm back, ladies and gentlemen,
you're welcome in advance!

No way!

What's up, guys?

Yes!

I'm Laura.

Surprise, I'm back!

Whatever.

Every day, you're
all in these cocounts.

My body can't do it!

You know what, at this
point, I'm done, I don't need it.

I don't need any of it.

My gosh.

He's just so obsessed.

Maybe you don't understand.

You are freaking impossible.

Coming out here, it will show
your weaknessses real quick.

I'm just not enough of a man

to deal with the biggest
part of this challenge.

You're gonna experience
all enemies of survival...

Whoa! Hey, whoa,
put it back, put it back!

and the depths of
how dark things can get.

No!

No, no!

Stabbed you!

I'm really scared.

My god!

Steven!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!