01x05 - Staying Afloat

[bunniefuu]

[slow string music playing]

[ambient forest sounds]

[thunder rumbling]

[Leiya] Nice to see you guys,
meet you guys.

Just think about kinda
what I mentioned here.

- Yeah.
- Sure.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

[Leiya] You know where to find me
if you want to talk. Enjoy.

- Sounds good. See ya.
- Good luck.

- Be safe.
- [Leiya] Mm-hm. Bye.

[Nikki] I think that's
a very interesting development.

[Maddy] Yeah. Truly, I will say this.

I'm not necessarily gung h*
about having another person on our team,

but I did get a good vibe from her.

She seemed very friendly.

Plus, I don't want Charlie to have
the upper hand with the boat.

[Nikki] I agree.

So it's like, would it be
in our best interest to accept her?

See what she could bring with her?

[Halle] If she could
bring that boat, 100%.

We don't know that much about Leiya,
so I can't say for sure

if she would really fit in
with our team dynamic.

But I would much rather our team
have the boat than any other teams.

Strategically playing the game,
would we be stupid to turn her away?

- An extra set of hands too.
- [Nikki] Yeah, I like Leiya.

[Ben] Well… I don't know.

My gut says we've got
a good thing with Alpha.

Don't mess with it.

Let everybody else play all that,
jump ship, and go somewhere else,

and I like the idea
of just, like, keeping it simple.

Also, I would love to end with four people
and split the million dollars that way.

[light percussion music plays]

[Nikki] It's not about
how many people you win with.

You never know what's gonna happen next.
Maybe someone would flare out on our team.

We need more hands on deck.

[Ben] I think at this point,
Alpha team is strong as we are.

So I think the risk-to-reward
of another team member is not worth it.

We're trying to make
the most possible money.

Why, at this point in the game,

would we choose to take on
another person when we could just not?

[Nikki] To get a boat.

I think, honestly… I think the key now
is just to, like, keep on keeping on.

Team Alpha, ride or die.

And, uh… yeah, we're not taking
anybody else at this point.

Um…

Okay.

I don't want to be the first person
to cause a crack in the team.

If nobody else is feeling stifled,
and it's just me,

I don't want to create a big problem,
and I don't want to create infighting,

'cause I don't think it'll serve the team.

[Ben] We have a good dynamic,
and we don't need to shake up

our trust in our team.

I'm kind of biding my time
to suss out Ben's behavior.

[Ben] We have the team
that we started with.

And that's the one
that we intend on finishing with.

[Nikki] We'll see how long
that lasts, though.

- [sticks cracking]
- [thunder rumbling]

[dynamic theme music building]

[thunder rumbling]

[theme music fades]

[ambient forest sounds rise]

[Sarah groans]

I'm hungry.

[Marshall] We're gonna go
try and get some food.

[Pharaoh] We're gonna go check the rocks
over there for oysters, lobsters,

whatever we can find… fish.

Hopefully bring back something
for you guys.

- Let's do it.
- Hell yeah. Thanks, guys. Good luck.

[Sarah groans lightly]

[slow drum and string music plays]

[Pharaoh] Check the rocks.

We're looking for tiny clams
here and there.

[Marshall] Five's a lot of mouths to feed,
a lot of water to drink.

We haven't had a lot of good food.

Nah, it's nothing.

[Pharaoh] That's okay. Try again.

[Marshall] I'm a bow hunter from Texas,

and this is a totally different
plant landscape environment.

[Pharaoh] We gotta get that rock up.
Tide is starting to come in pretty quick.

I'm not used to learning
how to forage food from the beach.

Nope.

[Pharaoh] Don't give up.

But if I had a bow,
I mean, we'd be eating for sure.

[Pharaoh] Go ahead, check it out.
I'll keep looking.

I just want to see
if I can see anything with the new mask.

I grew up with three older brothers.
So I love being tethered with Pharaoh.

I'm kind of learning a lot from him.

[Pharaoh] Take a look at this thing.

I found this in the fishing traps.

[Marshall] Whoa, what is that?

[Pharaoh] Big old snails.

[Marshall] He's very knowledgeable, smart.

He's the best jungle man I've been around.

[Pharaoh] Oh, yeah!
That's what I'm talking about.

[Marshall] Ooh!

- [Pharaoh] Whoa!
- [Marshall] Lookie there, baby!

[Pharaoh] Wow!

[Marshall] God dang,
that's like a hamburger.

The whole reason why I'm here
is to win this money.

I have a wife, three kids, two dogs.

We're only in a two-bed, one-bath,


And it's really tight.

Bro, these are crazy.

- Yeah, man.
- It's big. That's a lot.

[Marshall] It's the small victories
that will keep the spirits up.

That's the key
to the million-dollar prize,

because the mental aspect of this game

requires a deep strength
and mental fortitude.

Once you lose too much morale, it's done.

[Pharaoh] This was a success, man.

[Marshall] Bro, good job.

[soft ethereal tones playing]

[ambient forest sounds rise]

[distant helicopter blades thumping]

[tense music builds]

[narrator] An approaching helicopter
flies over the game board.

- [Marshall] Helicopter.
- [Morgan] Oh, God.

[Brett] Oh, sh*t.

- [Maddy] Helicopter.
- [Nikki] Halle, there's a helicopter.

I'm coming. I'm coming.

[Pharaoh] Come on, y'all.
Move quicker than that.

[narrator] So far, the teams
have been offered choices

and opportunities to obtain supplies

that may or may not help advance them
in their test of survival.

- [all exclaiming]
- [Abby] There it is.

[Sarah] Oh my God!

- [narrator] But this drop is different…
- [Sarah] I'll get it.

…one that will offer a choice

that could drastically shift the tides
of this game…

- Over here.
- Right there.

…and overall strategic gameplay,
depending on the risk taken.

Got it.

[Nikki] Ooh. It feels like
more than a note. I'm nervous.

Let's bring it back to camp and…

- [Leiya] Read it together.
- …see what we got.

- We got another parachute, guys.
- [Wes] Oh-oh.

- You got a chute?
- [Wes] It's that time again.

Okay, guys, what do we think it is?

Okay. Oh!

[Sarah] Oh, sh*t.

It's a note?

- [Brett] We got another note.
- [Braxton] Ooh.

[Nikki] Lots of rope.

[Abby] It's cordage.

[Sarah] What is this?

A saw.

- [Wes] Oh…
- That's gonna be helpful.

[blowing]

Oh yeah, this is gonna be
very… very helpful.

Let's see what the note says.

- "From the game board. Teams…"
- "Teams…"

"Teams, the tides are changing."

[tense music playing]

"The next drop
will change the game drastically." Mmm.

"A water vessel may be
your only option to retrieve."

"White equals a way to earn a supply."

"Red, a way to eliminate."

[Abby gasps]

"How will you stay afloat in this game?"

[tense music fades]

[Wes] Mmm.

- With a raft. [laughs]
- [Marshall] Dang!

We're gonna have to make a boat.

[Maddy sighs]

Are you kidding me?

Leiya just offered a whole kayak.

And now this survival opportunity
requires a raft.

- [Halle] Mm.
- We have paddles.

We do have a paddle.

[Nikki] The girls of Alpha Camp
are definitely open

to exploring keeping Leiya.

But it was vetoed because of Ben.

And now there's no way
we are getting the kayak.

Because of course
Charlie is protecting it.

We lost a major opportunity.

I have learned my lesson.

And if he was less beneficial
as an extra set of hands

on all the tasks we have to do,
I think we would vote him off.

I'm so annoyed about it. [chuckles]

"White equals a way to earn a supply."

"Red equals a way to eliminate."

I wonder what they mean, "eliminate."

[Nikki] Is it a team or a person?

- I don't know.
- [Halle] Probably a person.

Obviously, the only supply
we're lacking at this point is a tarp.

But would we rather eliminate
or get a tarp?

[Halle] We definitely need a tarp.

We definitely need to be dry.

And we definitely need
to waterproof our shelter,

or else it's just not feasible
to be comfortable, to keep a fire going.

We're looking for red.

We want to eliminate.

- Charlie is gonna choose to go to red.
- Yeah.

[Marshall] So we need to beat them to red.

[Sarah] Our goal is
to get to that elimination one first,

because we just want to get people
out of here.

We want to finish this game quick.

We already know that
Charlie has a boat from the last drop.

Let's get it. We're on the water.
I'll take you where we need to go.

But they don't have the oar that we do.

So that's gonna be a huge advantage.

[narrator] In the last
survival opportunity,

Charlie team secured the kayak.

But Alpha and Bravo team claimed the oars.

Yeah, we getting to the red first.

You get to red first, grab that,
and go to white.

Why not get both?

If we could get both red and white

before Alpha or Bravo
get to either of them,

then we have the upper hand.

- I'm really excited.
- Me too.

We cannot let Team Charlie get
anywhere near either of those prizes.

Because that could mean
one of us gets eliminated,

and that's not happening.

We should start building.

[Pharaoh] Yeah, let's get to it.

You've been reserving your energy
for this.

- For this. I told you, man.
- Buddy, you too.

You've been bouncing off the walls.
I know you've got the energy.

I've been telling Team Charlie
I'm reserving my energy

for the big shebang.

And I think it's here.

Everyone is super excited
because we have a kayak,

and we think that
none of the other teams are equipped

with what we have here at Team Charlie.

[pensive music plays]

I haven't heard anything
from Alpha to bring the kayak.

It seems like they haven't
had a chance to come by

to talk about me switching teams.

But now the guys really need
the kayak for the note drop.

And so my plan just got complicated.

I ain't gotta leave this kayak.

I'm gonna watch with this [bleep].
I'm gonna sleep in this b*tch.

In this game, you need a team
in order to win and survive.

So I need to be patient
because you don't know what's next.

And you just gotta be ready for it
and see it as an adventure.

[light percussion music playing]

The only thing
we're missing from the kayak

is the paddles from the last drop.

Let's see,
here's the two nails for this one.

[Brett] The other teams, they have
the paddles, and it kinda worries me,

but there's no way we could've knew
what was in the boxes.

Damn.

Busted.

[Brett] It ain't nothing to go make some,

but we gotta make sure
we do it right quick.

[Braxton] All right.
We're ready for the sea now.

Yeah, we ready, baby.
Let's make sure we keep our baby safe.

What are we gonna name our kayak?
We gotta name it.

Charlina. Yeah.

Charlina. We riding out on Charlina.

That's cream of the crop right there.

Let's go!

- [music ends]
- [birds chirping]

[Ben] But here's the thing.

Do we think that we have a chance
of actually winning this race?

Yes.

[Ben] And they have a boat?

I don't think you're gonna be able
to compete with a boat, though.

I don't think any of us would be.

[Nikki] I just need to stop hearing
that plans are gonna fail,

because I might punch him in the face.

That buoy, you could just take that,
hold it to your chest, and just kick.

If you get tired, you just hang on to it.

- [Maddy] Is that what you want to do?
- [Ben] I mean, I'd rather not do anything.

He has the buoy. He can just kick.

- Okay.
- [Halle] So buoy it is?

I think both. If we can have
more than one person out there, we should.

[Maddy] Yeah, I agree.

All I know is red means elimination,

and white means a supply of some sort.

I don't trust Ben's decision-making.

With a million dollars on the line,
losing could be detrimental for us.

Not taking the kayak was the worst idea.

It's pretty disappointing.

So do you guys know who you want
to have piloting this bad boy?

Um… I think I'll just do it.

Halle, I think you need to rest.
You've already expended a lot of calories.

Unless you really want to.
I'm not gonna stop you.

[Halle] Honestly, I'll just do it.

I might not be the best hunter.
I might not be the best forager.

But I know that I'm an athlete,
and I know that I can do it.

[Ben] All right,
let's make a shitty paddleboard.

- You guys can modify it any way you want.
- Okay.

[bright instrumental music playing]

[Halle] Rodeo and growing up with horses
definitely takes grit.

I'm constantly pushing my body
and my mental fortitude.

I don't like to lose.

Is it through?

Keep going.

[Halle] Being 20,
I'm the youngest one on this game board.

I'm gonna be underestimated.

- Yay.
- There we go.

[Halle] This is a perfect opportunity
to really prove to everyone around me,

once again, that I'm a badass. [chuckles]

Whee.

[music ends]

- It's like hella tight.
- I know.

[Nikki] I am very much someone…
I like to fill in the gaps.

This is what I'm doing,
and this is what I'm focused on,

and I'm making it happen.

I don't give up.

Fighting is in my blood.

I'm here to fight to win
and go home with a million dollars.

I need the money because I…

was in a very a*usive relationship,

and one of the aspects of it
was financial abuse.

My savings were basically drained,

and when I got out of it,

it felt like completely starting over
as an adult,

where you have nothing.

That feels really solid.

[Nikki] Starting over comes at a price.

Winning this feels like
the last puzzle piece

to fixing what was taken from me.

It's a good raft.

I think it's gonna float.

It looks great.

I like it.

[gentle music playing]

- [rain pattering]
- [thunder rumbling]

- What do you think about this, Pharaoh?
- That's perfect.

- Yeah.
- All right, let's go.

[Pharaoh] Hurry up. Let's make it quick.

I'm excited for this. I want a big change

because it seems like
nobody is flaring right now.

All right. Got these ones.

We need a little bump,
a little hiccup in the game,

to be able to get more people to flare.

[Sarah] This already looks
like a raft. [chuckles]

We need to build something that can float

and something that will get us
to whatever is gonna be sprung on us.

[Pharaoh] I want to see
what you have envisioned.

[Abby] So this is what I'm thinking here.

The Filipino fisherman's raft

is bamboo pieces going
all the way across right here,

and then bamboo pieces
on top of them, stacked.

From there, there's gonna be two pieces
at the end here.

We have the idea that I came up with

to put together
a Filipino fisherman's raft.

- All right, want me to start hacking away?
- Sure.

I've seen these boats in the Philippines
work amazingly.

- There you go.
- [Abby] Hey, nice, okay. Perfect.

I think that would be the best way
to get over the surf,

remain balanced, everything like that.

[energetic music playing]

- There you go.
- [Abby] Yeah, this is looking good.

- Fingers crossed.
- Yep.

- We did a good job. Looks nice.
- And a prayer. It does look nice.

I think that our raft does stand a chance
against Charlie's boat.

We also have the oars earned
from the last drop package.

Charlie is probably just gonna
be using some wooden paddles

that they're gonna MacGyver together.

[Pharaoh] So pressure's on.

[Abby] We have to beat Charlie
to the elimination spot.

That's the thing.

- Yep. And, you know, I think we can.
- Yeah.

I don't want to sleep on them.
They do have an actual boat.

- Right.
- We worked pretty hard on this, though.

- And I'm proud of it.
- Yeah.

- And, uh, no regrets, you know?
- [Abby laughs] And it floats, yeah.

[Pharaoh] No regrets.

- [thunder cracking]
- [wind whistling]

[gentle music rises slowly]

[birds singing]

[helicopter blades thumping]

Is that a helicopter?

Yeah.

It's going down.

[tense music builds]

- Come get your shoes on.
- All right.

- What do you need?
- Rope.

- Grab the paddles.
- Got you.

[narrator] One and a half kilometers
offshore, two buoys are being dropped…

equal distance from land
and from each other.

What teams don't know is the red buoy
holds the elimination package,

the power to take out a rival.

The team that claims it can remove
one player from another camp.

If that player can't find
a new team within 24 hours,

they'll be forced to flare.

[Ben] Let's do it.

[narrator] The white buoy
holds a supply package,

a chance to cr*pple another camp

by stripping away their key survival item
they started the game with.

- [Sarah] One, two, three.
- [Abby] Three.

[grunting]

[Sarah] Let's go.

This is gonna be hard.

The red and white buoys
are so much further out

than the swim challenge.

But I'm pretty confident in Bravo's raft.

[Sarah] You guys got this.

Make sure you're breathing in
through your nose, out through your mouth.

- [Nikki] Okay, let's go.
- [Ben] This is gonna be a lot of work.

- [Nikki] Yeah.
- [Ben] And it's just a lot of calories.

[Nikki] We should have taken the kayak
from Charlie when we had our chance,

but I've worked so hard on this raft…

Careful on the rocks.

…and I know Halle's got this.

But if the raft doesn't float,
I've got a buoy, and that will be my boat.

- [Wes] Let's get going.
- [Brett] Get it.

[Brett] I'm excited.

I only have one thing on my mind
and that's whipping a*s.

[Wes shouting] Let's go!

[energetic music playing]

[Pharaoh] All right, let's go.

I'm a gator-wrestling champion.
When I compete, I don't compete to lose.

We'll start a bit to the left,
work our way over.

It kind of feels like do-or-die,
so we have to come out on top.

[Brett exclaims] Whoa.

Let's go.

With this race,
there's honestly a lot on the line.

[Brett exclaiming indistinctly]

[Wes] If we get to the white,
we'll have an opportunity for a supply.

And if we get to the red,
we'll have a chance to eliminate.

If you have the ability to take both,
you do that.

Two, three, four.

Let's switch.

[narrator] Charlie and Bravo teams are
heading for the red elimination package.

Alpha is taking a different approach,
going for the white supply package.

With no competition on their route yet,

they've got a clear shot
at an early advantage.

I'm just getting pounded by waves.

I'm looking around, and I don't see Ben.

[plucky string music playing]

Ben's just waiting.

[Ben] Right now,
Charlie has such a big advantage

because they have a boat.

And the rest of us
were building bamboo boats.

- [sloshing]
- Hey!

That it's almost… discouraging

to attempt to compete and burn calories.

- [sloshing]
- Whoa.

[Ben] I guess I should have spent
more time thinking about options

like taking Charlie team's boat.

C'est la vie.

But either way,
I'm gonna enjoy the swim.

That's [bleeping] dog sh*t!

It's super frustrating,
but I'm not willing to give up.

- [Pharaoh grunting]
- [tense music playing]

[Pharaoh] Keep going. Keep going.

Let's go, Bravo!

[Abby] The current is very, very strong,
and it's pushing us back the entire time.

We are going forward,

but we're not going
as fast as we had hoped.

[Marshall] Row! Deep! Long! Strong!

And now Charlie is right in front of us
towards the red package.

Now we're in rhythm. Whoo!

Proper preparation
prevents piss-poor performance.

That's the six P's.

The paddles are doing way better
than we expected.

We got into a rhythm.

[both] One, two, three.

I can see the finish line getting closer.

Let's go, guys!
Bring this home for Charlie!

sh*t.

[tense music builds]

[Abby] It's becoming very, very apparent

that Charlie is gonna make it
to the red package before we are.

Paddle, paddle.

Reverse.

We're freaking screwed.

They are crushing it.

[Wes] We've secured the elimination box.

All right, on to the next one.

There was no question
that we were going for the second drop.

[Brett] We got plenty of time.

We had that in our mind the entire time,

even though our arms were dead tired.

[Brett] …two, three, four. Keep going.

Man, that sh*t sucks.

Damn, like, they're beating us.

[grunting]

- [Wes] Let's go.
- Hell yeah.

That's not good.

I'm gonna be stuck at Charlie.

They don't deserve to win anything.

Halle's actually doing really good.

[Brett] We can do this. We got this.

[Wes] As we make a beeline
towards the white balloon,

we see Team Alpha actually,

you know, farther out
than we had expected.

So we realized
we gotta get there sooner than later.

Let's go!

[heavy music playing]

I hate this so [bleeping] much!

I see the white buoy.
Like, I'm almost there.

I'm making progress.

Let's go!

We almost there.

Let's go, guys!

[Halle] And I'm like,
"I'm not gonna quit. I'm not gonna quit."

[Wes] Come on.

Keep going.

[panting]

[Halle] But at the end of the day,

these homemade bamboo rafts
are just no match for a kayak.

[Brett] Keep paddling. Hard, hard, hard.

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

There we go.

Damn.

Yeah! All right, let's get back to home.

Charlie was able to secure both buoys.

Team Charlie, baby!

- The whole game.
- Not one! Two!

Yeah!

If I were Alpha or Bravo today,
I wouldn't be able to sleep good tonight.

[Braxton] Whoo!

I hate them.

[pensive music plays]

Oh, nice try, guys.

It's frustrating because
we can't really make any more moves

until we know what Charlie's moves are.

- Yeah!
- Whoo!

Don't mess with Charlie.

What is going to happen,
and how is it gonna affect our team?

Hey, Mama raised a lot of things,
but a b*tch ain't one!

- Whoo!
- [music fades]

This is exciting.

- [upbeat music plays]
- [Brett] Hell yeah!

[Wes] Oh-oh!

[Brett] Oh-oh.

- Hell yeah.
- We did it!

- [Leiya] Nice job.
- Let's go!

Securing both the red and white balloons
means we're the team to beat.

And at this point, I think everyone
on the game board knows

that Team Charlie is the strongest.

- Hell yeah.
- It's time to find out what these mean.

Which one do y'all want to open first?

The energy is up.

We are all very excited.
Everyone is on the edge of their seat.

- I'm feeling this guy first.
- Yeah.

Okay, what do you think's in it? A note.

- [Wes] What's it say?
- Which one is it?

"Supply removal."

"You have the ability to remove
an entire supply from any camp."

"Choose."

"Hunting equals bows and arrows."

"Fire equals ferro rods."

"Shelter…"
We don't gotta worry about that.

"Hand this note
to any team on the game board."

"They must hand over all of the supply."

Looks like we just got our ferro rods
or our bow and arrow.

- We just gotta choose.
- [Wes] Good stuff.

- [Braxton] Time for the red.
- This is the one I wanted to see.

- [Brett] Yeah.
- Red.

This is exciting stuff, guys.

You ain't lying.

"Hand this to a player."

"They are now removed from their team
and can never rejoin their team again."

- [tense tones rise]
- "Make your move tomorrow."

Tomorrow. Okay, so let's think
about this before we go over there.

- All the cards are on our table.
- [Wes] All the cards are on our table.

What do we want,
the ferro rods or bow and arrow?

[Brett] Hmm.

[pensive music playing]

Honestly, the ferro rods are
the only thing holding Bravo together,

because if they don't have fire,
then they can't boil water,

they can't cook food, none of that,
and they're gonna starve.

- They still have all three ferro rods?
- We're gonna take all of 'em.

- We're gonna take all of 'em.
- Yeah.

[Braxton] To set Bravo all the way back
to day one would be so brutal.

They haven't tried any primitive method.
They have no idea what they're doing.

And they don't know
how to get that fire started.

If we could only pick one person
to put out, who are we picking?

[Braxton] That's a tough question.

[Brett] What do y'all say?
Do we pick one of the guys?

[Braxton] Who do we think's strongest?

Yeah, we should choose Abby or Marshall.

[Brett] I think Pharaoh or Marshall.

What are you thinking, Wes?

Or should we just say bye-bye Ben?

We can say…
All right, if we take away Ben,

their team's probably gonna
fall apart shortly after.

[mysterious music plays]

Ben has taken over
the role as leader of that team.

He's first on command,
trying to puff out his chest.

It would be a proper call
in order to get Ben out.

I think this will help us in the long run,

leaving Maddy, Halle, and Nikki
on the game board for Alpha.

I don't think they'll last too long.

We could take down a team
getting rid of Ben.

[Wes] Let's do it, then.

[Braxton] I'm liking the plan.
Great thinking.

I noticed Leiya's face.

She didn't have a smile.
She didn't seem excited.

I didn't like it at all.

I like having the power in our hands.
You know what I mean?

We are going to k*ll the entire spirits
of this game board

in one clean sweep, guys.

- This is exciting stuff.
- [Brett] 100%



[tense music playing]

[Morgan] There's honestly no reason
for us to beat ourselves up about it

and overthink it now, you know.
Whatever happens, happens.

[Sarah] Exactly.

[Marshall grunts]

[Abby] They had it.
They had it in the bag.

Ah, it's just frustrating.

Yeah, I mean, we were five minutes in,
and I knew it was over. Hopeless.

[somber music playing]

[Pharaoh] I noticed
Marshall's taking this loss pretty hard,

but it's more important to just focus
on the future, not the past.

We don't know what's gonna happen
after Charlie won those drops.

We're just kind of guessing at this point.

[Abby] Think Marshall's doing okay?

Kind of seems like
he's starting to lose it a little bit.

- [Pharaoh] Yeah.
- He just isn't used to--

- It's a mental thing too.
- Mm-hmm.

[Abby] Maybe he didn't come as…
as prepared, maybe.

- He's all right. He's just tired.
- Hm.

Being away from my kids and my wife,
it's extremely hard.

And every day it gets harder and harder.

I just feel like…

this just deep sadness within me,
and my soul is just not right.

It's, like, ripping apart.

But I came out here to win this money
for my family, for our future.

I gotta stick it out for them.

[pensive music playing]

[Halle sighs]

[Halle] I just need to sit down.
I need to cool my body down.

[Ben] Same.

Sorry, I really need to cool down,
like, immediately.

I definitely think that my body
is pretty angry at me, and it sucks.

I got so hot, and I was so dehydrated

that I felt like
my body wasn't sweating anymore.

So that was, like, very worrisome.

- It's so weird, my arms keep going numb.
- [Maddy] The whole arm?

[Halle] I'm not sure why.

I need to lay my a*s down.

- [Ben] Do it.
- Whoa.

[Ben sighs] Mmm…

Figure out what's comfortable.

This all sucks.

[light music plays]

Between the last two drops,
my body's really struggling,

and it's probably my mind
more than it is my body,

but all of it's hard.

[tearfully] Just as of right now,
I think that I'm, like, kind of in a low.

- [Nikki] Yeah, Halle's doing rough.
- [Maddy] Mm-hmm.

She's starting to look rough too,
like, in her face. You can tell.

Today was a whole humble pie.

Halle is not doing well.

And then on top of that, we have no idea
what Charlie is going to do.

It's not good.

[Ben] Breathe, be with us.

[Halle] I just don't
want to let y'all down.

[Halle] I am super proud of myself,
and I'm not giving up yet, at all.

[wind whooshing softly]

[dark music playing low]

- [insects chirring]
- [night creatures calling]

[Pharaoh] How we feeling?

[Marshall] I'm not gonna lie,
I really miss my kids.

My wife.

I'm hurting for them.

[Sarah] Use it as fuel
to keep you going, you know?

[music turns pleasant]

[Marshall] Good night, Mabel.

Sweet bean that I love so much.

Good night, Stella Bella.

Good night, Stetson.

Little strong soldier.

I love you dearly.

- [music fades]
- [night creatures stirring]

- [Nikki] You okay?
- [Halle] No.

My entire body feels, like, really tingly.

[Nikki] Mm.

[Halle] And, like, my head, and my arms.

It's like not very settling.

[Nikki] I'm sorry.
You are such a tough girl mentally.

You are.

Seriously.

[Halle] I just miss home.

[crying softly] And food.

I'm so hungry.

[sighs deeply]

[light percussion music plays]

All right, real talk, guys, we gotta be
on our P's and Q's tomorrow.

They're gonna do some desperate sh*t.

[Braxton] I think that
we have the perfect play.

If we can snuff their morale, dude…

That's how we k*ll their team.

Hey, we gonna whoop a*s tomorrow.

Hey, Ben's gonna be sh*t out of luck.

Up piss creek without a paddle, son.

Well, that's all, folks.

- [music fades]
- [insects chirring]

[slow ambient music playing]

[Nikki] You okay?

Halle.

Are you okay?

- [Halle] Huh? Sorry.
- No, you're okay.

[Halle] Huh?

Whoa. I'm fine.

Did I just get white?

Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm good. I just got up too fast.

I'm struggling.

I just don't think, at this point,

it's worth it for me
to keep pushing my body,

especially considering I didn't come
into this with very much weight on,

and I just feel very frail and very weak.

[Nikki] Take a deep breath in.

Breathe out.

- Breath in, out.
- [Halle breathing deeply]

- It's not worth it for me. I'm sorry.
- [Nikki] Yeah, I get it.

[Halle] Ultimately, I do think
today is my last day.

Um…

[gentle guitar music playing]

I just don't want to let my team down.

Guys, um…

I think that… like, after today, I'm done.

[voice breaking] I just wanted to say
thank you for everything,

and for being the best team.

I just will never forget
this experience, so…

It feels like watching your little sister

going through her first giant heartbreak.

You want to fix it

so badly,

but you also know you can't.

- You're the only one with an eight-pack.
- [chuckles weakly] Shush.

[Ben] Having three people is going to be
the minimum for survival comfortability,

but as far as splitting the money,

I'm happy to split
that million dollars three ways.

So it's just whatever
she's comfortable with, I guess.

[sweeping instrumental music builds]

I think going into this, 100%,
everyone comes in for selfish reasons,

but I think that I'm taking way more away

just from, like, being out here
and struggling.

Because if anyone says I'm a baby,

I dare you to come out here
and sleep on the floor,

and get eaten alive by bugs.

Like, it's not fun.

At the end of the day,
even if I don't win…

[sniffs]

…I commend myself.

[sweeping vocals rise]

[music halts]

[flare pops, hissing]

[uplifting music plays]

Oh my God.

- [Leiya] What was that? A flare?
- There could be a flare, guys.

- [Leiya] That sounds like a flare.
- [Wes] That's a flare sound.

Damn.

Yo! Yo!

[Brett] That was down by the water.

- [Leiya] Crazy.
- [Wes] Hey-oh.

- There it goes. Whoo!
- [Wes] Hey!

Somebody just flared.
And we haven't even done anything yet.

[Braxton] Yeah.

What you see, Brax?

I think it might be Halle.

I think our team demolition strategy
just got easier.

I like it.

I love it.

- [Sarah] Yo!
- What?

- Halle's flaring.
- She's flaring?

- [gasps]
- She's flaring.

Whoo!

[Sarah] Damn! Oh my God.

I hope she's okay,
but damn, that feels good.

This definitely feels like
somewhat of a relief

because I think Charlie did decide
to remove someone from Alpha.

And every time we see that flare,
it's just more money coming our way.

[Pharaoh] Maybe it wasn't fully
their choice, you know?

- Damn.
- [Pharaoh] Maybe it…

[Marshall] They had to pick someone,
kick someone out?

[Pharaoh] Something.

You think that they just picked a team
and then they kicked her off?

I think so. That…
I think that's what happened.

Marshall and I head over
by the beach to see what's going on.

[Marshall] Is she flaring?

We're excited.
It's just gonna be one less player here.

Wow, that's crazy.

[Marshall] Bro…

I think I'm gonna flare too.

- No, you're not.
- For real.

Why?

I miss my kids.

[melancholy music playing]

[Marshall] Watching Halle flare,

I thought it was gonna be uplifting,

but it also made me realize
that being away from my kids and my wife,

it's agonizing, really.

The worst feeling in the world.

[Pharaoh] You sacrificed
too much to be out here.

[Marshall] I know.

Bro, it's tearing my soul apart every day

to not be with my family.

I understand.

I feel bad trying to convince you
otherwise if you made up your mind.

[Pharaoh] It appeared to me
that him being a present father

at this time was more important
than the money.

Personally, I wish he would stay,
but, you know, if he… feels in his heart

that he has to go,

then I believe that's the best thing
for him to do.

You know. It's gonna be just
a little bit harder from here on out.

[music fades slowly]

- I've decided to go home.
- You're lying.

Yeah, I just… My soul is, like,
breaking and dwindling for my family.

- It's just…
- What?

It's too much. Like, I'm sorry.

- Oh, Marsh.
- I'm sorry, Marshall.

It was sad, and I felt sorrowful
and disappointed doing it,

but at the same time, I felt relieved

and just grateful for the opportunity

and grateful for the experience.

I knew Marshall was hurting,
but I did not see this coming whatsoever.

Like, it took me so… by surprise,
and it just sucks.

This is gonna be hard without
somebody else to help with the camp.

Having two guys is amazing.

[solemn guitar tune playing]

Go win it, fool.

Go win it. Come on. I know you will.

This game is not for the weak.

It's an absolute beating.
It's full of hardships.

But at the same time,
it was a great experience,

and I realized that the suffering
that I've gone through

changed me in a way for the better,

so I'm walking away a better parent

and a better husband.

[music halts]

[flare hissing and whistling]

- What?
- Holy sh*t. Guys.

- [Nikki] Is that a flare?
- That's a flare.

We hear another fricking flare,
and I'm like…

what?

Is it someone from Charlie?

- [Ben] It's Bravo.
- Oh.

[Maddy] So we've already lost Halle,
and we hear another flare.

We're getting to the point
where people are gonna start cracking.

[Wes chuckles] Oh my God,
another flare, y'all.

Whoo!

[Wes] Marshall.

- Wow, what a day. Two in one.
- [Leiya exclaims]

- [Wes] Well…
- [Braxton] They know we're the strongest.

[Wes] They scared of what we got
in our pocket. Yeah, they sweating.

- [music fades]
- [bird cheeping]

You're gonna sh*t your [bleeping] pants.

It's Marshall holding it.

- No way.
- [gasps]

Marshall's holding the… Hell yes.

Yay!

It's Marshall, so we're all pretty shocked

to see a strong player off the board,

and quite frankly, filled with relief.

[Ben] He is.

Oh my God.

- Wow!
- Let me see.

I did not see that coming.

[Nikki] I feel like
that's a huge hit to Bravo.

That's a huge hit,

and we're all hoping
that it was Charlie who did it.

[Wes] We just tampering down the plan.

We going over to Team Bravo,
presenting them with the note

to let them know that we need
all their fire resources.

- Tell them we got a warrant.
- [Wes] Hey, we got an executive warrant.

- Let's have Wes deliver the note to Bravo.
- [Brett] Yeah.

[Braxton] I like that.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news.
No, I don't. I don't hate it at all.

And then after that,
we'll go to Team Alpha,

and we'll have Leiya present Ben
with the note--

[Leiya] I don't really want to do that.
I'll be there though.

[intriguing music plays]

Why not?

Leiya may be on the chopping block
on Team Charlie.

We wanted to make it impossible
for her to join another team

after we vote her off by being
the one to hand Alpha the note.

And Bravo has already had a flare today.

Once we take their ferro rods,

I don't know how much longer
any of them can really last.

Me needing to hand
the note over to somebody

definitely isn't what I prefer because…

I'm still planning to go to Alpha.

I guess it's just more like, I just…

I thought somebody else was doing it,
and I didn't get to, like, discuss that.

It's just a note drop,
and then you go forward.

You don't even have to speak.
Just… "Here!"

[Braxton] I'm gonna need
a smile out of you at both camps.

Because the sadness looks weak.
We can't have weakness.

It doesn't even have to be a smile.
It can be like…

You know, put on that mean face.
That, "Ah! Err!"

I ain't hearing no words.

Well, I'm… I'm just already practicing.

She's practicing.
She's practicing that… that, "Mmm."

[Brett] That right there is perfect
'cause it looks like you're like, "Yeah."

[guys all laughing]

[Leiya] Sadly, Charlie has the power,

and so for now, I do have to play a role
that is gonna definitely keep me safe.

[music fades]

[Ben] I don't think
Marshall flared on his own.

- I think that had to be Charlie's doing.
- [Nikki] Yeah.

[Ben] At least I hope so.

I think we've suffered enough.

I'm not sure what's gonna happen.

There are so many unknowns
with what's coming our way.

- [Brett] Wes.
- Yo.

[Brett] Grab that note.

- [Wes] Braxton.
- Yeah.

- [Wes] Keep an eye on camp.
- Will do.

[intense percussion music playing]

Good luck, Charlie. You guys got this.

[Brett] Hey, hold it down.

The game is so surprising,
and it's so twisted and turning.

[Brett] I think it's gonna be
a good day today.

I feel like we never know
what's gonna happen next.

[Wes] All right.

Let's do this.

[music settles]

[distant laughter]

[Pharaoh] Here we go. We got company.

[drum music rises slowly]

- You say we have company?
- Yep.

- Who?
- [Pharaoh] Charlie.

[Sarah] Go ahead.

I have nothing good to say,
to be honest with you.

- How's everything?
- Pretty good.

[Wes] All right, all right.
I'm just here to deliver the news.

[tense music playing]

"Supply removal. You have the ability
to remove an entire supply from any camp."

"Choose. Hunting equals bows and arrows."

"Fire equals ferro rods.
Shelter equals tarps."

"Hand this note
to any team on the game board."

"They must hand over all of the supply."

All right.

[Abby] We were Team Fire.

And those ferro rods gave us power
throughout this entire game.

Thank you.

Handing them over is just like
a big bummer to the entire team.

Yo, appreciate it.

Pharaoh hands us the ferro rod,
and it looks like he's about to cry.

Honestly,
like sucking the life out of him.

He thinks he's hot snot
on a silver platter,

but all he is is a cold booger
on a paper plate.

[dramatic note lingers]

[Wes] All right. Y'all take care.

[slow percussion music plays]

[Brett] Getting both of the letters
from the helicopter drop

put us in a really good spot.

I think Bravo either starve out
or drive each other crazy.

And now we are heading up to Team Alpha.

We fully expect
to take the life out of their sails

when we present this note to Ben,

informing him that
he's been kicked off of Team Alpha.

[slow drum music playing]

[Brett] I don't think
Alpha knows what's coming to 'em.

I think Ben is their strongest player.

Once we get him out,

I think it's only a matter of time
before them girls start flaring

and just giving up.

Howdy, howdy.

[music fades]

Just my stomach drops.

Oh, hey.

They're coming for us. I don't know
what they're gonna say, gonna do.

- What's up, guys?
- [Brett] How's it going?

[Nikki] Good. How are you?

[Brett] Can't complain.

Leiya, Brett and Wes stroll into our camp,

and I can see the look
all over Leiya's face

that this doesn't mean
anything good for Alpha.

What brings y'all this way?

Well, we're making the rounds.
We just stopped by Bravo,

delivered a note,

and we came up here
to deliver the last letter.

Oh.

[heavy music builds]

Ben, I believe this one's for you.

[Ben] All right.

This doesn't look good.

"Hand this to a player."

"They are now removed from their team
and can never rejoin their team again."

Wow.

I was not expecting that.

[Nikki] Oh my God.

Well, Alpha, it's been real.

[exhales deeply]

So I would assume at this point,

my options are either go see
if there's a spot on Bravo,

or in the unlikely event you guys
gave this to me hoping I come join you…

- I'm guessing that's not it.
- Wishful thinking.

- But that's… You never know.
- Yeah, I feel you.

[Wes] He's laughing through the pain.
I know a lot of guys like Ben

who like to use sarcasm

as a coping mechanism
at times when it hurts the most.

The reason you guys chose me
is because I'm super handsome.

You guys are intimidated by that.
I get that. Totally understandable.

Oh… sh*t.

- Hey, it be like that, man.
- [laughing]

Honestly, I think
ever since Ben first got here,

he's been putting on this happy face
and this persona.

He thinks he's some smart guy.

Honestly, just a dumbass
who talks too much.

Ben, hey, it's been real, man.

And you guys keep holding strong up here.

[music fades]

Oof.

Well, that was a hit.

I mean, that was very surprising.

I know.

Well…

The game has
all kinds of twists and turns in it.

[Nikki] Well, you're not gone.

[Ben] No, you know,
so I'll play it by ear.

I feel disappointed that I am going
to have to leave Team Alpha,

but I'm just focusing on the things
that are inside my control.

So I think because Marshall flared out,

they'll be open
to potentially receiving me over at Bravo.

[light drums playing]

[Nikki] So Ben's only real option
is to go over to Bravo.

Frankly, it feels like
it's for the best that Ben is going.

I've been feeling very stifled,
and it is his time to leave.

[music fades]

Well…

We gotta talk what it looks like
being just the two of us.

Yeah, we do.

I don't think it's realistic that only
one person leaves camp at a time.

That's gonna be so hard.

I think getting Leiya over here is,
like… important now.

[Maddy] Mm-hmm.

Actually, what if I bring
a bow to sweeten the deal?

Put it down. I don't think
you need to sweeten the deal, though.

They just lost Marshall.
I think they're gonna want another man.

Yeah.

No, you can't take a bow! After everything
we've been through with Bravo? No!

I'm not giving you a bow!

[Ben] It is sad.

We had a really good thing going.

[solemn music playing]

I think that Ben's energy
was kind of suppressing Team Alpha.

Nikki and I got that dog in us.

We definitely don't need
anybody to hold our hand.

We're the true leaders of this team.

All right.

Take one last pull off of the bottle.

Good luck to you.

Thank you, thank you.

At this point, it feels like Maddy
and Nikki don't care for me.

[Nikki] I just wish Halle
was still here to see all of this.

Okay. I'm excited no matter what happens.

[Ben] They seem relieved.

I think it's time to go ahead and get out.

- [Maddy] I think they'll take him.
- Yeah.

[sighs] And then there were two…

Two bad b*tches!

[chuckling] Yeah.

[Nikki] It feels right that he's gone.

[narrator] Ben has been removed
from Alpha Team permanently.

He now has less than 24 hours
to join a new camp.

If he's unable to secure a spot,

Ben will be forced to flare.

Really, there's only one thing to do,
and that's for me to go to Bravo Team

and see if they'll take me on
as a team member.

I can be persuasive.

I think Team Bravo will take me on.

[intense music rises and fades]

- It's about to go down.
- Ahoy, Bravo.

[Sarah] Oh, it's Ben.

Hey.

Permission to come aboard.

What's going on?

All of a sudden, here comes Ben,
holding his sack of clothes and his shoes.

- [Morgan] Hey, Ben.
- Hey.

- Good to see you, Morgan, Abby.
- [Abby] Hey.

[Abby] Maybe Charlie voted Ben off,

and he has to come over to Bravo.

- I'm gonna plop down. I'm smoked.
- [Sarah] Yeah, come sit.

[Ben] Charlie just shot their last shot,

and they took it at me,

and so it forced me off of my team.

Charlie's clearly not gonna take me.
I can never go back to Alpha.

Here's the pitch. If you guys take me,
we work together as a good team.

I'm a solid team member. I work hard.

I'm a good bushcrafter.
I can help you guys with all this stuff.

I really like all you guys.
You guys just lost, like, a solid player.

And I'm here to take his spot.

I figure y'all need to have a powwow.

Yeah, we need to discuss it first.

I'm gonna head out to the beach.
I'mma take a little swimmy-swim.

- [Sarah] Yeah, for sure.
- [Ben] Because it's hot.

[pensive percussion music plays]

Okay, it's clear we don't want
Charlie to get their W.

We can vote him off
in three days if we wanted to.

- But we don't want Charlie to get the win.
- Guys, I don't… I don't think we should.

- What are your thoughts?
- I really don't know.

- We were five-strong before.
- I don't think we should.

No, we are not letting him stay.

That's what would give…

Charlie would want that.
We would have the control.

That's okay.
They're not getting anything in return.

I don't want them to get their way.
I don't. Maybe it's just me.

Maybe I have a sour taste in my mouth

and I don't want Charlie to get
anything they want.

[Abby] Like, this is a game.
We lose a lot of money if we keep Ben.

I don't know. I feel like he could provide
and, like, be another helping hand.

We can use Ben.

He would be an asset to Team Bravo,
especially after losing Marshall.

If we keep him in the game,
we're not giving them what they want.

It's a win for us too.

[exhales heavily]

[Morgan] I'm kind of in the middle.

I understand where they're coming from
on both sides, but I just…

I don't know what to do.

And this decision is something

that is gonna determine
the future for the game.

[tense music builds]

[music fades]

[somber music playing]

[music fades]