Needs a horn relay and needs a battery.
PHIL KEOGHAN: Previously onTough As Nails...
-Let's go, let's go! -Both teams used elbow grease
-to service some vehicles... -The key is to multitask.
...under the watchful eye of their favorite mechanic.
Can't lose in front of Quincey.
Savage Crew sprung a leak.
-This is a huge mistake. -Close it!
As Dirty Hands drove away with the win.
-[shouting, clamoring] -Tying the score
at two apiece in the team competition.
In the individual competition,
Who will be the first to get their V-8 started?
...Larron rolled himself into the winner's spot.
-Did it. -$1,000 going to you.
Ilima and Aly finished last.
Not correct.
Sputtering into overtime.
-Neck and neck. -Who wants this more?
Get in that truck and start! Get in that truck and start!
-[cheering, shouting] -Ilima with the win!
Forcing Aly to punch out.
-Tonight... -[work whistle blows] -Let's go, guys!
...we're halfway through the competition
with the team scores tied up.
Help me coil it.
Who can push and pull their way into the lead,
and secure their third Badge of Honor?
-They're gaining on us. -Focus on you!
In the individual competition,
who will be left in the cold?
I'm running out of ice.
As nine contenders
smash it out to stay
in contention for the $200,000 prize.
[cheering, shouting]
This is Tough As Nails.
♪ ♪
♪ I'm tough as nails.♪
BETH: How y'all doing, missing your families?
I miss home something terrible.
My family and me live, like, all of us live
within ten miles of each other.
So it-it's tough.
I'm a little more conditioned for it.
-Yeah. -Being in the military
-for so long, like go... -Right.
-six months without seeing family. -Yes.
I miss birthdays. I miss anniversaries.
I-I miss school trips.
A lot of people have never been separated
from their family the way that we have.
ELLERY: I am here for my children so they can see that I worked
very hard to make sure that they have
everything that they need in life.
Serving is a sacrifice.
MISTER: Yeah. I miss my family.
Mama's homemade breakfast
and lunch and dinner.
[all chuckling]
Yeah, definitely. Being a mom of two, I miss them a lot.
but I know that they're in great hands.
It's hard not to think about them, you know.
Like, this little family that we've
created reminds me so much
of, like, the family that I loved when I used to coach.
We are all working for the same thing.
-You know what I mean? -Yeah.
Um, and I miss that and I feel like I have that here.
Savage in the house.
-In the house. -Get it, Renée! [whoops]
We'll see what today holds, yeah?
-Yeah. -So the team score is two and two.
So let's break the tie.
This is gonna be fun today, boy.
Game day, game face.
Let's go.
LARRON: It's team challenge day.
We had a couple little mishaps
uh, last team challenge.
We've recognized those and we're changing up,
being more precise with what we do.
-Good morning, everybody. -ALL: Morning.
LARRON: But, overall,
we don't have any lack of confidence.
We want the win.
Take a look around at where you are, guys.
-Isn't this beautiful down here? -Stunning.
If you want a little fishy on your little dishy,
this is where you come to get a fish.
One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish.
[laughter]
Yeah. Team score
right now stands at two apiece.
We also know that the first team
to collect five Badges of Honor is going to get that cash bonus
prize of $60,000.
Today you are going to be
working on these two squid boats.
Savage Crew,
you are going to be working with Captain Pete.
Come on, let's see the smile. There you go.
Dirty Hands, you will
-be working with Captain Robert. -Yeah, Robert.
KEOGHAN: He's been fishing since he was 12 years old.
Does anybody know what a fathom is?
-Six feet. -These two nets
right beside you,
200 fathoms.
-Wow. -Your job today,
you are going to be moving
200 fathoms of fishing net
onto these boats.
You'll be using power blocks.
They are going to be lifting that 15,000-pound net.
Captains will be operating the power blocks.
You guys will be making sure
that the nets are laid out properly so when they come
off the back of the boats, they don't get tangled up.
There's a certain way to do that so you don't
run out of room on the boat
or have to stop the power block.
This is not about any one individual today.
This is about how well
you all coordinate with each other.
The second part of your job is three containers
that are filled with all the components for your neck.
You've got buoys, your net and lead line,
which weighs around 2,000 pounds.
You have to carry it all and put them on these trailers.
-Oh, boy. -First team
to complete both jobs will be rewarded
$12,000 for today's win
and today's Badge of Honor.
Take a moment to strategize.
-Yes, sir. -Let's do it.
I'm feeling pretty confident about this one.
-It's all about organization. -Yeah.
And teaming people up in the right groups.
So I'd really love to be the crew boss today.
Laura's always been a support system for Savage Crew.
She's always there to keep us level-headed.
We've had one before with her
as crew boss, so we felt it was a good decision.
I got crew boss today.
I think we can work well as a team.
-A little redemption? Yeah. -A little redemption.
-Let's do it. -Last time I was crew boss,
I felt like I let the team down.
There's only 34 things up here and there's supposed to be 40.
[groaning]
It's my fault for not checking.
I know a little bit about everything
that goes on on a ship.
I'm trying to use everybody's
strengths and weaknesses.
Our muscle guys, Jorge
and Ellery should be over on the heavy lines.
I'm going to have Serge in the middle,
setting the pace for everybody.
I'm really looking forward to today.
ALL: Dirty Hands!
ALL: Savage Crew!
KEOGHAN: Here we go.
$12,000 and today's
Badge of Honor on the line.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
BETH: Watch your heads.
Godspeed.
-Let's go. -Go, go, go.
Larron, you're with me. Larron's with me.
Ilima, get ready to wrap.
This is the first part of their job.
Get these 16,000-pound nets
onto their boats.
There you go.
Keep going, keep going.
KEOGHAN: The trick is getting
all that net laid out
in a very tight space
without a tangle. Not easy.
Renée, you're on net.
-Okay. -So pull it to the land.
To the land.
And then go to the sea.
Organization and communication is what I excel at.
Stay with me, Renée. Land.
So on the boat I split everybody into groups of two,
basing it on our personalities as well as our strengths.
Stronger people were out on the ends.
Ilima and Mister...
And then I'm gonna give it back to you.
-All right. -...and Jake and Larron.
Hold on, Larron, you're giving me too much.
The more excitable of our group
was kind of split with somebody
who had a calmer demeanor, that way they could work together.
And Renée and I were working in the middle folding
the netting down.
JAKE: I need you up here, Larron.
I can't roll it that quick.
Laura puts me and Larron up. We're gonna take care
of the buoys, basically roll them up in a coil.
You're-you're coiling it the wrong way.
There you, there you go. Thank you, Larron.
He was able to help feed 'em
to me and I could stack 'em.
You just got to keep it smooth and hopefully
lays in there nice for you.
Larron, good job.
KEOGHAN: This is all about coordination today.
Making sure that the cork gets laid out properly.
And that line is heavy.
It's lead line.
BETH: Let it fall to me and then I'm gonna grab it,
and pull it to you. Okay?
Today I decide that Ellery and Jorge are over on the lines.
Synethia and Serge in the middle fanning everything out.
Hey, you guys can move back a little bit.
-I got it. -BETH: Perfect, Aly.
And then Aly and I had a nice rhythm going
taking care of the buoys.
I look at the water and I know that this is my home.
-Synethia, push that over. -Yeah.
-Yep, I got it. -KEOGHAN: Good communication
coming from Dirty Hands.
But Savage Crew with a slight lead.
Coming across the land, coming to land, coming to land!
-JAKE: You're good. -[whooping]
I'm in the net, so I'm going to the land,
to the sea and I'm sweeping.
-Come in sea, come in sea. -To the land.
To the sea, to the land.
Go land, go land, go land.
We had it really moving, you know, almost dancing.
Go land, go land.
To the sea, to the land.
Come in, land. Come in, land. Come in, land.
But then these buoys are coming right down on my head.
Come in to sea.
Oh, my gosh. Why does that keep happening?
Think of the amount of pressure that is going through that power
block as it pulls this extremely heavy net up and over.
We need to go higher.
We're gonna have to with this one.
-It just is falling really easily. -Yeah.
Beth does give us an advantage.
She has worked on ships and she knows
how to fold up the buoys.
If you don't lay the buoys out right,
they'll topple over or they'll take up too much room.
Keep going, keep going. Smooth, smooth.
That orange buoy in the pile of net indicates the halfway point.
Who is going to get there first?
BETH: Hey, let's go, guys!
-Y'all got it? Y'all got it? -Yep. [grunts]
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew with the lead
-so far. -[whooping, cheering]
That orange buoy is making its way up.
Dirty Hands right there.
But they are slightly behind.
The orange buoy signifies that we have half of the job done.
It just gave us more motivation
to keep on going and work our hardest.
I'm going to have to move back with my buoys. I'm too high.
Well, you're going to run out of space.
It was just coming down
extremely fast and we couldn't keep up
with it to separate it.
Hold on a second. Don't feed no more.
KEOGHAN: Jake telling Captain Pete to stop the power block.
LAURA: Come on, guys, can't stop now.
We're trying to figure out where we were going wrong.
Come in more with the buoys.
You're allowed to go over it.
Okay. 10-4.
LAURA: Come on, guys.
KEOGHAN: And here comes Dirty Hands' orange buoy.
It's coming.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have caught up.
Their orange buoy went over almost at exactly the same time.
I hear that they have to yell stop on the other side
because they didn't set up their buoys appropriately.
Can we get more speed?
More speed. There you go.
Then I start calling for the boat captain
to pick up the pace. I knew that we were getting in a rhythm.
We're halfway, guys.
-We got a lot more coming. -JAKE: Hold on!
Slow it up, don't feed no more.
Okay.
Come on, we're wasting time. Come on, guys.
Well, I-I... [grunts] Hold on.
LAURA: We were running out of room where the buoys were,
so that's where we were kind of struggling.
Ilima, come here.
Wait. Don't pull it! Don't pull that!
It's gonna fall!
LAURA: The technique of wrapping them I don't
think was the most efficient.
So we're trying to get the buoys over
to the guys so they can keep
setting them, so we can keep going with the netting.
Jake, we'll take care of it.
-You guys get more going. -Yeah. Come on, guys, can't stop now.
We'll take care of this part real quick while
-it gets ready, there you go. -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have caught up.
They have got more of their net on the back of the boat
after being behind.
Savage Crew have some catching up to do.
Oh, we got them. Come on. We got them.
Speed! Speed!
Go. Here we go.
They're gaining on us!
Guys, don't worry about them, worry about us.
Let's go.
-We're almost there. Keep going. -Faster!
Dirty Hands getting towards finishing
the first stage of their job.
They've almost got all their net
onto the back of their boat.
We got to speed it up. We're getting smoked.
No, we're not. Focus on you!
Plenty of challenge left, guys. Focus up.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands so close now.
-Watch your head! -Go ahead.
-Go, go, go! -Watch the slide.
-Watch out, guys! -KEOGHAN: Nice work from Dirty Hands.
First part of the job complete.
You can come up on the dock.
Dirty Hands with the lead
so far, led by crew boss Beth.
JORGE: After we finish putting
our net on our boat, we got to move
these three big container bins full
of the lead line, the buoys and the rope
onto a trailer bed.
KEOGHAN: These are the components for a fishing net.
Let's everybody lean this back.
SERGIO: The key to moving these three containers
is how heavy are they?
Can we load one of these containers
on the trailer without emptying it?
-Tilt it up, tilt it up. -No, no, stay here.
Beth, we need all the muscle.
I need more on this side.
You're gonna have to muscle this up to me.
The whole pile is falling.
Hold on. Stop.
Hold up, hold up.
LAURA: What happened?
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew asking Captain Pete to stop that
power block for the third time.
LARRON: It's getting really intense
'cause we've had a couple things
that haven't laid perfectly.
You're like, okay, we're behind now.
Come on. We're wasting time.
-Come on, guys. -LARRON: Guys, guys!
The whole thing is going to collapse.
We need a hand over here.
[Larron groans]
KEOGHAN: Nice work! Dirty Hands with the lead so far,
led by crew boss Beth.
Second part of the job is to move these three
containers onto the trailer.
[groans]
The whole thing is going to collapse.
Hold up, hold up! Oh!
Savage Crew have come to a standstill.
-I'm going to have to go back. -Go down below you.
You've got room.
-10-4 there. -What are you doing?
-They're stuck over there. -We're falling behind.
Getting our net aboard the ship.
Jake and Larron were having a bit of trouble.
The net was starting to fall forward.
Sometimes faster is slower.
Especially in this, uh, situation.
Just stack on top of it.
We got plenty of space, guys.
Here we go. Keep it coming, keep it coming.
It's going to be heavy, okay?
Hey, we're almost done, let's go.
One, two, three, four. [grunts]
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have their first container up on their trailer.
Two more to go.
ALY: The buoy container's the lightest.
We knew that we could pick it up and put it
on the trailer using leverage.
Walk it, walk it, walk it!
The second container that we tackled was the nets.
Same thing.
Everybody pull back.
One, two, three.
This one's heavier.
ALY: We thought that we could do the same.
Use the leverage.
-Ready? -One, two, three.
[shouting, grunting]
It was a lot heavier than we thought.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew getting towards the end of their net.
-Can they catch up? -Slow and steady, guys.
Get it right so we don't have to stop. We're almost there.
Higher, higher now, we got to get higher.
One more try. One more time.
Can they get this very heavy net up onto the trailer?
One, two, three, up.
[grunting]
-Yeah! -Here you go!
-[grunting] -Hey, we're on! We're on!
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
Let it fall. Watch your heads.
-[shouting, clamoring] -All right, go get bins!
Go, go, go, go, go!
LAURA: We're finally done moving our net.
Now it's time to hit it into overdrive.
Time to make it up. Here we go.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands are now moving on to the lead line.
Go, go, go!
KEOGHAN: 2,000 pounds of line
that they've got to get on that trailer.
-Let's just get it. -There was no way
we could just pick it up. It was very heavy.
-Tighter, we don't want to spread it out too much. -Yeah, not too far.
So we start laying it down on the pavement in a loop fashion.
-They got to be long coils, okay? -Yeah.
Push, push.
Bring in here, bring it here, bring it here!
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew not giving up!
We got to lift these up. Let's go.
KEOGHAN: They have two containers that they move
very quickly over to their trailer.
One, two, three!
[grunting]
KEOGHAN: One container on for Savage Crew.
Can they catch up?
Savage Crew trying to put their second
container up onto their truck.
-One, two, three. -[shouting, grunting]
Jake used some power there to pull that up.
Wow, look at Savage Crew moving at lightning speed.
Made up a huge amount of time.
-Larron, get up top! -All right!
KEOGHAN: Working together as a team and moving that heavy line.
No double handling like Dirty Hands.
-LAURA: Stand and hold! Stand and hold! -LARRON: Come on, guys!
Laura decided, "Let's do an assembly line. Let's just
"be really efficient with what we're doing,
minimize the trips that we're making."
Being a coach gives her experience
to look into a situation and say, "All right,
here's the best way that we can do that."
-LAURA: Keep it in line. -MISTER: [grunts] Push.
-[grunts] -KEOGHAN: Wow, look at them leaning into that!
Ellery's using his back.
ELLERY: When we think that we have take out enough of the lead line,
we would move it closer to the flatbed.
-BETH: Go, go, go, go, go, go! -[exhales sharply]
One more time, on three. One, two, three, push.
-[groans] -SYNETHIA: This side is stuck.
-There you go. -We're not gonna be able to get this up like that.
ELLERY: We realized
that it was still heavy.
Want to dump it?
-Come on. -Dump it. Yeah. -Let's just dump it.
ALY: I look over and I notice that Savage Crew
has caught right back up to us.
-Let's go, baby! -KEOGHAN: Savage Crew
have picked up the pace!
SERGIO: Push. One, two, three.
There you go.
ALY: Dig it out, dig it out.
Savage Crew's got it down
to an exact science, like an assembly line.
We have to go a little bit faster.
We don't want them to sneak in and get this win last-minute.
[groans loudly] It's heavy.
[groans loudly]
Oh, my God.
We're giving it all we got.
-Pull it! -[groaning]
MISTER: But the lead rope was
the heaviest.
Oh, my God.
[groaning]
-We can push it now! Come on! -That took
a lot out of me.
[groaning loudly]
To the left!
I made so much noise.
[laughs]
-Put this on the trailer. -Come on.
-Then we feed it back in. -It's not that heavy, guys.
-There you go. Good job, guys. -All right, you ready?
Hey, one lift. Everything you got.
[grunting]
One! Two! Three!
[grunting]
LAURA: There you go! Slide it on!
JAKE/LAURA: One, two, three!
[grunting]
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew have their third container up on their trailer.
Take off your vests, guys.
KEOGHAN: Here we go! It is a race
to get the line into that last container!
-[grunting] -Don't stop. Don't stop.
-How bad do we want it? -[groaning]
[groans]
SYNETHIA: My arms are burning.
My hands are sweating.
My legs are burning.
Go, go, go!
-Don't stop! -Keep going.
[groaning loudly]
Let's feed it up to you!
We got a fighting chance! Come on!
Let's go! This is it!
-[shouting] -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands just
a few feet away from a victory!
-[grunts] -This will be the first time that they have taken a lead
in the team competition!
-And Dirty Hands get the win! -[whooping]
-[cheering] -Whoo! Yeah! -Yeah!
-Whoo! -Guys, come on.
We're not done yet.
-How's that redemption taste? -Yeah!
Thank you.
I'm overjoyed.
-Good call. -BETH: Slight redemption
from the last team loss that I was
the crew boss.
I can't take credit for this.
It was my team that brought home the win,
and I couldn't be prouder.
LARRON: Good job, boss.
-I'm sorry, man. -No.
No, no. Wasn't on you. We did good.
LAURA: Little disappointed. As a coach,
I'm like, "What could I correct?"
But I don't think we necessarily
had any specific breakdown.
None of us are fishermen. So once we got back on the land,
we made up a lot of time there.
But, unfortunately, it wasn't enough.
KEOGHAN: I just want to say
I am super impressed with all of you.
-I know Captain Robert's pleased. Look at that. -Oh, yeah.
-Good job. Good job. -KEOGHAN: You have the winning team today.
Thank you for having us on your boats today, guys.
We appreciate it.
-ILIMA: Thank you, Cap. -Got a little insight
into just how hard it is to be a fisherman.
That is a lot of weight you just moved.
-ILIMA: Oh, yeah. -Savage Crew,
a lot went right,
but, today, the win does go to Dirty Hands.
Crew boss today, Beth.
-Yeah! -Yes!
You have won today's $12,000.
-Yeah! -[cheering]
Along with today's Badge of Honor.
Whoo!
KEOGHAN: So, congratulations to you,
Dirty Hands. You go up
-three to two against Savage Crew. -Yeah!
Tomorrow, we transition
from the team competition into the individual competition.
But before you go home tonight,
there is something special waiting for all of you
on the dock. Good job, everybody.
Whoo!
♪ ♪
-What could it be? -I don't know.
ILIMA: Oh, my God.
ALY: What's that?
-BETH: Oh, shut up. Seriously? -ALY: What is that?
-SYNETHIA: Oh, my God. -JORGE: Oh, my gosh.
ALY: No way.
-ALY: What is that? -BETH: Seriously?
-SYNETHIA: Oh, my God. -JORGE: Oh, my gosh.
ALY: No way.
BETH: Oh, shut up.
ELLERY: I have been deployed
in the military overseas,
and one of the biggest morale booster
-is Mail Day. -JAKE: Who's gonna be Santa? -ALY: Seriously?
-No way. -Are you gonna be Santa and pass out the presents?
ELLERY: The worst part of Mail Day is when you didn't get
the care package. I mean, it kills your morale.
To see six care packages,
it meant that I was receiving a package.
SYNETHIA: This is my daughter.
SERGIO: Wow.
And she wrote me a little letter that says,
"Hey, Mom, I miss you. I hope you're doing good over there,
"and always remember I'm good home by myself.
-I love you." -[laughter]
A big book.
And my angel on my wing, my mom.
This woman is tough as nails right here.
I'm telling you, you guys, uh,
my brother,
not being able to say goodbye to him the proper way,
having to see him through a window...
is what really broke my heart and my family's.
We're all still trying to pick up the pieces.
So...
this box means everything to me.
[sighs]
My gosh. [sniffles]
Whew.
So, that's me and my, um, brother Braeden.
We do everything together. He's, uh...
He's my best friend. Um...
And that's my family in Tennessee this year,
when I went to visit them.
That package is pure motivation for me.
My number one goal in being here is to earn money
in order to relocate to be with them.
It just reminds me of why I'm here and that they got my back.
[chuckles] Bunch of weirdos.
My brother just got a new job.
He's a firefighter.
This is my mom when my dad was
in Houston on the heart transplant list.
We finally found a hospital that was willing to take him in.
This is why I'm here--
to continue to fight for them.
♪ ♪
ALY: This is the first time I've ever been away from my family.
Letters from my mom, my dad, my girlfriend.
It got me a little emotional.
Made me realize just how much I'm missing out on.
Oh, God.
"We love you, Daddy."
-SERGIO: Aw. That's awesome. -My kids.
-SERGIO: Aw. -ALY: Aw.
[crying]
JORGE: This is the longest I've been away from my son.
I sleep with him every night, and...
he cuddles up next to me.
Man.
SYNETHIA: The whole family. That's right.
SERGIO: Are there tacos in there?
-JORGE: Oh, man. -[laughter]
I tend to hold a lot of emotion inside. The last time I cried
was probably when my dad passed away
when I was 12 years old.
Just seeing all their faces and being away
just really touched me.
I told everybody
-I was gonna come in clutch... -[cheering]
...with the Hawaiian candies.
Nuts.
[laughs] She know I love nuts.
[laughter]
[laughing]: Okay!
Feels good to get a piece of home.
-Yeah, it really does. -Right? -Yes.
-Kinda reinvigorates you. -Definitely.
Gets you the rest of that steam you need to make it,
you know, the rest of the way.
♪ ♪
Good morning!
OTHERS: Good morning!
ILIMA: With that care package yesterday, I'm reminded
of why I'm here. That definitely was a booster.
Those of you who have punched out, have a seat.
The rest of you, line up over here.
ILIMA: What it means to me to be tough as nails
is persevering and pushing on through.
My brother lost his life back in 2002
due to a car accident.
He was ejected from the car.
It was definitely
a tragic, tragic morning.
I was 16 at the time
and had to identify my brother.
It's definitely
something heavy that I wear on my chest every day.
I wear a lot of stories on my body.
My first tattoo was actually my brother's name
and an independent star.
He was so talented and artistic,
and he had stars all over his head at one point.
I love stars because of my brother.
I wear it proudly.
So, let me tell you a little bit about the job.
We have been using ice
to help preserve food for thousands of years.
Going back into the 1800s,
there used to be an ice cart that would go around the cities
with big blocks of ice like this,
and it would drop off at the various businesses.
-Awesome. -Ice is obviously a great way
of keeping food nice and fresh,
and it's certainly used in a warehouse like this
where they package seafood.
-[beeping] -Your job
is to crush three times your body weight in ice.
-Wow. -When that work whistle blows,
you'll be running to the far end of the warehouse
and you'll be going down to that freezer down there.
Inside the freezer are these big blocks of ice.
These blocks weigh about 300 pounds.
-[gasping, whistling] -Oh, man.
You're gonna want to start dragging your ice back here
to the ice crushing stations.
Get those sledgehammers out, start smashing ice.
Break it down into small pieces
so it will fit through the grates that you see
at the top of each of your workstations
and into those big containers.
As you can see, three times your body weight
is displayed on the scales.
Fill up those buckets with ice as fast as you possibly can
and get that countdown to zero.
In the first individual competition,
Jake, $2,000 you won.
Jorge, you got $3,000.
Larron, you got $4,000 for your win.
So guess what's happening today.
First to get it done wins $5,000.
That is a serious chunk of change.
Last two of you to finish will be facing off in overtime.
And by the end of the day,
one more of you will be punching out.
All right, is everybody ready to get to work?
-[assenting] -JORGE: I think
a lot of people might underestimate me.
I'm not the biggest guy.
But once the work whistle blows,
I drown out everything that's around me
and I'm just so focused on what I'm doing.
On the work whistle!
-[work whistle blows] -SYNETHIA: Let's go, guys!
You got this!
LARRON: The work whistle blows,
and I'm off.
KEOGHAN: Whoo!
They are motivated today!
LARRON: I want to be the first one
in the ice cooler.
Sorry. Excuse me. I'm so sorry.
BETH: Everybody gets down there
in, like, a jumbled mess.
-Sorry. -Back off.
I can't even get the son of a...
There it go.
KEOGHAN: Larron, the first one out with a block of ice.
LARRON: I decided not to use the tongs.
Pushing it is incredibly easy.
I'm literally gliding back, just trying not
to lose my grip.
KEOGHAN: Whoa!
Jake with an overtaking maneuver, sliding
right past Larron.
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Ellery!
Jorge, you got this.
KEOGHAN: Wow!
Mister, the first to start smashing.
Go, Sergio!
I use a sledgehammer daily on my job to pound stakes.
My strategy, you know, right away,
I said, "Okay, Serge, pace yourself."
KEOGHAN: Sergio going with a cross-hitting technique.
SERGIO: I'm 215, so I had to smash out
645 pounds.
That's a lot of weight to smash.
Ice flying everywhere.
JORGE: As a concrete form setter,
I use a sledgehammer all the time,
so I learned how to swing it right.
You're not using your power, but you're using your momentum.
SYNETHIA: Oh, Mister!
Yeah. He's going crazy, man.
MISTER: I've never chopped up a block of ice.
Nah.
[yells]
I go to the freezer and get it.
It's already ready. [laughs]
Big hits coming from Laura.
Look at the power coming through that sledgehammer.
Wow!
LAURA: My theory is crush the large pieces of ice
with the sledgehammer and then I'm gonna grab
the smaller sledgehammer to try and
strategically hit some of the smaller pieces
to be able to fit them through the holes.
-Go, Jake! -Nice work, Jake.
Jake has smashed his ice extremely quickly.
JAKE: We're not messing around with the small tools.
We're going for the big dogs.
I believe that sledgehammer was an eight-pounder.
I'm used to using 16, 20 pounders at work.
I won't get tired swinging that hammer.
KEOGHAN: Jake is the first to start putting
ice through his grate and into his container.
Remember, everybody's got to count down to zero.
Three times their body weight.
ELLERY: I'm gonna have to break up 549 pounds.
I should've lost some weight before I came on this show.
[laughs]
Ilima has the lead at the moment.
390 pounds to go.
Go, Ilima!
Ilima is a beast, like, hands down.
Jorge has picked up his work rate.
He's down to 470.
Beth, 460.
Laura, 436.
Beth and I started with a similar weight.
I at least need to keep pace with her to stay in contention.
KEOGHAN: Ilima's gone back for her second block.
Ellery's gone back for a second block.
Jorge running back for another block of ice.
Whew, Ilima's work rate is frantic today.
She's still with the lead. But Beth is right there with her.
Mister not too far behind.
Ellery has crushed a ton of ice so far.
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Ellery!
But the lead is still with Ilima.
ELLERY: All I heard is "Ellery and Ilima, Ellery and Ilima."
I am ignoring it.
Ellery and Ilima, neck and neck.
-"Ellery and Ilima." -Ellery the first under 200 pounds.
He has the lead.
Ilima is at 203.
"Ellery, Ilima," and then out of nowhere I hear...
Oh, and Jorge now with the lead.
I'm like, "Jorge. Where did he come from?"
SYNETHIA: Go, Jorge!
KEOGHAN: Jorge had a huge amount of work to catch up, and he has.
JORGE: The hardest part of my job is wearing
our bags every day, all day. They're very heavy.
But you have to still be fast at what you're doing.
Let's go, Ellery.
KEOGHAN: Firefighter Ellery doing a fantastic job today.
He's highly motivated.
He's a little heavier than some of the other competitors,
so he does have a lot of ice to crush.
ELLERY: My endurance is definitely one of my strengths.
When you are fighting a fire,
you can't say, "Hey, boss, can I take a break?"
The job is about mind over matter.
KEOGHAN: Ellery takes the lead, now Jorge highly motivated.
This is where stamina kicks in.
Oh, this is gonna be close.
I'm running out of ice and I keep hearing
Ellery's right on me.
KEOGHAN: Ellery with the lead, closely followed by Jorge.
He's about ten pounds behind.
I have to either go get more ice or just pick
up all the chunks that I got lying all over the floor.
KEOGHAN: Ilima is in third.
But will Ellery and Jorge have to run
back and get another block of ice?
And Jorge is running.
JORGE: I made the decision to run and get more ice.
I feel like he's gonna beat me because of this.
But I don't have quit inside me.
KEOGHAN: Ellery with the lead, Jorge is gone.
ELLERY: I'm looking at the ground.
I'm running out of ice.
And I am picking up every bit that I can.
SYNETHIA: Go, Jorge!
ALY: Don't stop, Ellery.
KEOGHAN: Ellery with the lead,
closely followed by Jorge.
$5,000 of motivation.
That'll do it to you.
Ilima's in third.
That's 73.
JORGE: Throughout this whole competition so far,
I've been pushing and conserving my energy
and trying to stay motivated.
KEOGHAN: Jorge is down to 35 pounds.
-Yeah, Jorge! -Let's go, Jorge!
KEOGHAN: Ellery's at 25 pounds.
ELLERY: I'm looking at the ground.
And I am picking up every bit that I can.
But I'm running out of ice.
KEOGHAN: 16 for Jorge!
17 to go for Ellery.
Ilima's at 70.
12 for Ellery!
Six for Jorge.
11 for Ellery.
Three for Jorge.
And Jorge gets the win!
[cheering, clamoring]
An amazing job.
JORGE: $5,000.
That just makes it all the more worth it.
My goal is to start my own construction business.
Seeing my uncle and how successful he was
really gives me motivation to start my own.
Yes!
KEOGHAN: Ellery gets the job done.
Ellery, our firefighter.
-Thank you. -We're super proud of you.
-Oh, man. -Jake is making his way back
with a third block of ice. He's used
to working hard, big jobs.
But he's got a lot of extra ice to crush.
Larron, diesel mechanic.
A lot of power in those arms of his.
Let's go, Sergio. Don't give up.
You're been on tougher jobsites than this.
I'm halfway through, and there's no room for tired,
you know, because the job has to get done.
KEOGHAN: Ilima looks like she'll be third.
She's 31 pounds away.
But not if Laura can help it.
Laura's at 38.
But, hold on, here comes Beth at 31.
SYNETHIA: Beth!
KEOGHAN: That's it, Beth.
Who's got third spot?
Ilima, Laura and Beth.
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Beth!
Ilima gets third spot.
Beth gets fourth.
BETH: I've been riding kind of right along
in the middle on almost every individual challenge,
and the middle is shrinking.
KEOGHAN: Laura, you got the job done, bring it on over.
I see that nice red pin pop up and I'm like...
[Mister whoops]
And Mister gets the job done.
We are down to three.
Two of you going into overtime.
LARRON: I'm loading ice in as fast as I can.
I'm fitting it every which way.
The margin of error is incredibly slim.
Sergio, Jake and Larron, Nobody wants overtime.
JAKE: I picked my head up, and I can't believe
that everybody else is done.
I mean, I haven't paid attention
to farther down on the outsides of me.
KEOGHAN: Who's it gonna be?
Larron gets the job done.
Larron, you are safe from overtime.
-Golly. -That was difficult.
But now I'm one step closer to being
with my family, uh, in Tennessee.
Work ethic today from all of you was extraordinary.
At the end of the day, our winner.
How about a round of applause for Jorge today?
[cheering, applause]
You have won the $5,000 for today's job.
[cheering, clamoring]
What was motivating you today, Jorge?
Uh, my son. He's a year and a half,
and, uh, you know, I pictured him
sitting right here in the corner, and it really
pushed me. I love him.
Uh, this was for him.
Well, Jake and Sergio,
you were the last two to finish today.
You knew you had your work cut out for you.
-Oh, yeah. -Just trying to get, you know, that jump
and head start and just keep it up.
-But it wasn't enough. -Yeah.
Quite frankly, to see the two giants here on Tough As Nails
go head to head against each other,
-there's gonna be something to watch. -Yeah.
Ready for overtime?
-Yes, sir. -Ready.
All right, let's get to it.
-All right, guys! -Let's go, boys!
[cheering, clamoring]
JAKE: I'm pumped, and I'm ready for this.
And I don't plan on punching out.
This $200,000 prize
will take a lot of burdens off my shoulders.
Maybe only have to work a 40- or 50-hour week.
And spend more time with my mother and father
and my girlfriend and her two kids, you know.
Those are the things that-- in life that matter the most.
SERGIO: We're here for a purpose, and my purpose is
to help my mom and my sister
to put our puzzle back together.
Our hearts, they were ripped out.
This is how we're gonna mend it.
I'm gonna go and I'm gonna do this
for my mom and my sister.
So you know you're facing overtime today.
You're gonna be packing
a whole lot of squid today.
SERGIO: Nice.
We're talking about a thousand pounds of it.
SERGIO: Wow.
And a 40-pound box just like this one right here
will fetch you about $120.
Very valuable.
First thing you have to do is you've got
to make a cardboard box, fold it into shape.
And then use this giant stapler to make a box.
Use this squid scoop.
Get some nice squid out of here.
Look at that, huh?
Nice and tasty.
Load your squid into your box.
Slide it along your conveyor belt,
put it onto the scale.
Got to get 40 pounds
of squid into your box.
Get your shovel
and start packing it with ice.
Then you go down the conveyor belt,
get your lid.
Pack it.
Then you stack it.
25 boxes.
First of you to get it done
stays in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
The last of you to finish the job today
will be punching out.
Let's get to work.
[cheering, clamoring]
JAKE: Two biggest fellas now
are headed into, uh, the overtime challenge.
Sergio is a great competitor, but I'm no stranger
to working late, working long days,
and having to exert my body, you know,
to the point where I feel it's going to break.
SYNETHIA: You got this, Sergio.
SERGIO: Jake is gonna give me a run for my money,
so I have a challenge ahead of me.
I just have to go for it.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
[players shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: 25 boxes need to be made.
Eight staples in the bottom
part of the box, eight staples in the top.
As a foreman in my industry, I don't have any experience, uh,
packing squid, but I'm used to taking on a big task.
I don't punch out till my job's done.
LARRON: There we go, Jake.
KEOGHAN: Looks like they're going with
making multiple boxes at one time.
I don't know anything about building boxes.
I am worried about how efficient
and how quickly I'm going to be able to build these.
-Let's go, Sergio, you got it. -Let's go, Sergio, you got this!
ILIMA: Let's go, Jake. You got this, bud.
Did you see the way he's folding that?
Sergio, you ever work in a pizza shop?
Sure, been around the block.
It looks like you have five bottoms made,
and he's making the tops for those boxes now.
Jake working on his ninth bottom.
JAKE: I decided I want to build ten boxes first.
Then I could package them, then do ten more.
And then as I was running out of steam at the end,
I would just have five then.
-ELLERY: Good job, Sergio. -KEOGHAN: Remember, we got to get
40 pounds of the squid into these boxes.
15 pounds on that first scoop.
Sergio looking for 40 pounds.
All right, more than enough right there.
So he's taking some of it out.
You see that, now he can use it for next time.
Good job, Serge! Keep going!
KEOGHAN: You got to get that ice completely covering the squid.
Meanwhile, Jake's decided
that he wants to do a lot of boxes.
JAKE: You know, I'm just trying to think about what my dad
always said to me when we race Motocross.
Don't worry about anybody else here.
He says, "It's just you, and you just be smooth and efficient."
KEOGHAN: Sergio is already onto his second box,
Just over 40 pounds before he starts
putting in the ice.
Jake is starting to work on his squid.
He has ten boxes made.
Sergio went with five boxes.
LARRON: The way that Sergio is going,
I'd be saying Sergio right now.
-SYNETHIA: Let's go, Sergio! -LARRON: Good job, Jake.
ILIMA: Let's go, Jake, you got this!
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Sergio!
[all groaning]
KEOGHAN: Oh!
[all groaning]
KEOGHAN: Oh!
All of a sudden I look over and I got squid everywhere.
Sorry, Squidward. Sorry.
Sergio, that squid does not count.
It can't be sold.
Yeah, no, no worries.
I didn't panic. I just kept pushing from there.
KEOGHAN: We got to get 40 pounds into these boxes.
Good job, Serge! Keep going.
-[grunts] -KEOGHAN: While Sergio
starts to clean up,
Jake has got a lot of squid.
JAKE: When I start filling the boxes, I notice
I can pick up more than 40 in one scoop
LAURA: Breathe through it.
JAKE: That's gonna save me a ton of time.
Even if I can't build the boxes as quick as Sergio,
I know I can load and put this ice in there quicker than him.
KEOGHAN: He just has to cover the top of the squid with ice.
-That's another box. -ILIMA: Don't lose it, don't lose any boxes.
You got this, bro!
KEOGHAN: Jake with five complete.
Sergio has got a fourth on the conveyor belt.
He's lost one.
Come on, Sergio, keep pushing, man.
-Keep pushing. -[Jake grunts]
KEOGHAN: Jake's on a roll, packing these boxes.
Squid juice squirting all over the floor.
I guess both vans are gonna get some nice squid smell
in them tonight.
-Oh, thank you. -Yeah.
Oh, easy now!
SERGIO: There was squid on the floor, you know?
Then you had to watch your step.
Ooh!
I about fell on my face.
Oh, goodness.
It was like trying to dance on butter.
[grunts]
[whoops] Heavy lift there from Jake.
That takes a lot of power to lift up.
LARRON: Keep those feet moving.
-Keep them moving. -KEOGHAN: Sergio with a scoop.
28 pounds on that scoop.
He's going for a second scoop.
LAURA: Focus on you, Jake.
KEOGHAN: Jake has been pouring right on the money,
and he does it again.
That one-scoop maneuver is saving Jake a lot of time today.
Seven boxes complete for Sergio.
Jake's back to making bottoms on his box.
He's got ten boxes complete. Can Jake maintain this pace?
BETH: Serge, you need big scoops, big guy, big scoops.
[grunts]
SERGIO: Jake is an animal.
And I knew that guy was gonna be pulling squid out
of that tank like it was two pounds.
[grunts]
So I knew he had an advantage in scooping.
I just knew I could not let anything stop me.
Just keep moving.
ALY: Come on, Sergio, you got this, let's go.
KEOGHAN: And there's 17 for Jake.
-In the bag, bro. -There you go. There you go.
Come on, Serge, come on!
KEOGHAN: Sergio's with 15.
He's got to try to catch up with making boxes.
20 boxes complete for Jake.
He has five to go.
[shouting, clamoring]
ELLERY: Jake don't have any more squid.
There's 21, here comes box number 22.
LARRON: Five more. Five more.
There you go, Sergio!
KEOGHAN: Sergio has not given up.
Jake has his 25 boxes filled up.
It's your last one, let's load it up! Take it home!
Jake, all he has to do now is pack
the last five boxes.
22.
[cheering, clamoring]
Here's 24!
-And... -[cheering, clamoring]
Jake got the job done!
[cheering, clamoring]
Yes, baby!
LAURA: Guys, way to grind.
Great match.
JAKE: I can't believe it.
It's just amazing that I pulled it off.
And I'm so happy. I just want to thank my mother
and father for everything they did for me.
Them giving me that drive is what pushed me through today.
This pipeliner's got a lot of fight in him.
And he's not done yet.
I just want to say you're an awesome person, man.
Everybody here I know looks up to you
and respects you, and it was an honor
-to compete against you. -Yeah, likewise, my man.
-I feel the same way about you. -Thank you, brother.
I almost lost my voice
-trying to pump you up. -I heard you, man.
I appreciate it.
I love all you guys. You guys are awesome.
Sergio is the glue that keeps our team together.
He is the one who created Dirty Hands.
You know, we're a brotherhood.
ELLERY: This is a tremendous blow to us,
but nonetheless, we are here to support him
and make sure that we are successful
in the team competition.
You know, Sergio, your brother's proud of you, man.
He's looking down on you and seeing what you've accomplished.
He's been here with me, you know, the whole time.
He's picked me up a couple times, and maybe this is
him telling me, "Hey, pump your brakes.
Go help your family."
Don't do it. Don't make me cry.
Good job, man.
Sergio, unfortunately, I do need you to punch out
of the individual competition.
10-4.
Punching out wasn't the goal.
I had this vision of being in the final three.
And the goal now is to support my family
and help them get to that $60,000 mark.
You got me this far.
The work's not done yet.
I still got a lot to, uh, pay back to you,
brother, and honor your legacy. I love you.
I was rooting for Sergio the whole time.
And he's a strong competitor. If I wasn't going to win this,
I really wanted for him to win it.
-You know I got your back. -I know.
We gonna win a little, a little more dough.
We're gonna win you some money, big dawg.
We're gonna win all y'all some money because...
We're gonna get you some money.
I would hug you, but you squid-y.
Dude, I'm nasty, I'm nasty.
Good job, brother.
KEOGHAN: Next time onTough As Nails...
Feels like butter almost. [whoops]
KEOGHAN: You got to get seven done.
Find that piece. We're not gonna win without it.
-It's absolute madness. -[screams]
BETH: This is a two-person job.
Jorge, you will be pairing everybody up.
-[imitates drumroll] -Want to feed it up?
-I have way too much. -LARRON: I'm not good at wrapping presents.
KEOGHAN: Last two going into overtime.
-ILIMA: No, no, no, no, no! -Looks a little bit like Swiss cheese.
-Come on. -Just not as tasty.
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