PHIL KEOGHAN: Previously onTough As Nails...
-Take that. -Get ready to wrap.
KEOGHAN: In the ultimate test
-of strength and coordination... -Go, go, go!
KEOGHAN: They've got to move
-15,000 pounds of net. -I'm too high.
-...Dirty Hands reeled in a win... -[whooping]
...taking the lead in the team competition...
Let's go!
...while Savage Crew failed
to pull through.
[Mister yells]
KEOGHAN: After an emotional
-message from home... -Love you, buddy.
...everyone came out swinging in the individual competition.
Ice flying everywhere.
-Jorge crushed first place... -[cheering]
...while Sergio and Jake struck out.
-SYNETHIA: Let's go, Sergio! -LARRON: Let's go, Jake!
KEOGHAN: Jake scooped up the win...
-[cheering] -Jake gets the win!
-...forcing Sergio... -ALL: Aw...
...to lose his chance at theTough As Nails title.
-Tonight... -[work whistle blows]
BETH: Go, go, go, go, go, go, go...
KEOGHAN: ...Savage Crew is down three-two
-in the team competition... -We need blades!
...while Dirty Hands grind it out
-to keep the lead. -Damn it. -Keep cutting!
KEOGHAN: In the individual competition,
Jorge will use his advantage to pair up teams.
I'm hoping some personalities come to play today.
-A little bit of this. -Whoo! -[grunts]
KEOGHAN: Which pair can wrap up the win?
[all screaming]
ILIMA: Come on!
This is Tough As Nails.
♪ ♪
♪ I'm tough as nails.♪
SERGIO: It feels good to be up three to two, you guys.
We're two away from 60 grand.
-Two away, guys. That's it. -SERGIO: Two.
There's a lot on the line here
for everybody. You don't realize
how much emotion is in that punch-out card
-when you get up on that board. -Yeah. It's definitely
an emotional journey, man.
I didn't plan on punching out early.
Now my goal is to just
be there for my team.
We're gonna make some money today, guys.
-Yes. -We're gonna make some money today.
JAKE: If we don't win today,
-we are screwed. -That's...
We have to win three in a row.
We're in trouble.
Dirty Hands is up on us.
The stakes have never been higher.
We need to get a win today.
Tie it up and build from there.
Dig deep and just fight hard till your guts come out.
-Don't stop until it's over. -Don't stop.
Don't stop.
♪ ♪
[whooping]
KEOGHAN: Morning, everyone.
Welcome to Crate Modular.
[cheering]
Team score right now stands at three to two.
Dirty Hands going out
to a lead for the first time
-in this competition. -Yes.
Savage Crew, I know you want to tie things up.
MISTER: I'm very confident that we're gonna close this gap today.
-Dirty Hands better look out. -KEOGHAN: As you can hear,
we are in a working, living, breathing factory.
They take containers
and they turn them into amazing things here.
Everybody, I want you to meet Rich,
the CEO of Crate Modular here.
RICH: There's a surplus of about four million
shipping containers in the U.S.
We take recycled shipping containers,
and we turn them into buildings such as
apartments, schools, all the way to
homeless shelters here in our community.
Awesome.
RICH: We start with a container,
we demo it, and then skilled tradespeople
install mechanical, electrical,
and plumbing systems. And by the time
the crate ends up at the end
of our assembly line, it's a completely finished unit
that gets shrink-wrapped, put on a truck,
picked up with a crane at the construction site
to create a larger building.
How cool is that?
[overlapping agreements]
So, today
these containers that you see right here,
they need to be cut.
This is the demo part of the job.
They cut out doors and windows. There are a total of seven cuts.
All the tools you need to get the job done today
are laid out
on your work benches.
There's 100 grinder blades.
Don't run out.
We've already marked out
cuts that you need to make on Module One,
but it's up to you to do the measurements
and the markings on Module Two.
We have Jay and Armando
who are going to be supervising your work.
When they see that you have the measurements correct,
they're gonna spray an "X"
to let you know it's ready to be cut.
You're going to be using one of these giant cranes
to move the seven pieces over here
where you see the Xs here on the floor.
The first of you
to get all seven cutouts stacked up
is gonna get the win for today's team challenge.
[Sergio whoops]
$12,000 on the line here for the winning team.
[cheering, whistling]
And that Badge of Honor.
Take a moment to strategize.
Think about who's gonna be the crew boss
and we're gonna get the job done.
-All right. -Let's go.
♪ ♪
MISTER: I would like to be the crew boss today.
I mess with these grinders all day long.
We've got faith in you. Today's your day to shine, bro.
This is my first time being the crew boss.
I'm kind of nervous,
but I do this every day with this grinder.
Let's communicate--
It's two to three. You know, Dirty Hands is up.
We're kind of like the underdog now.
We got to get it.
ALL: Savage Crew!
I would like to do the crew boss today.
I really think that I've grown enough
to where I can be the crew boss,
and I know that y'all have my back,
so I feel very comfortable.
BETH: Aly is definitely a badass for her age.
She works in general contracting,
so she can get anything done.
And for Aly to say, "I want to be the crew boss,"
it's a really proud big sister moment for me.
I was thinking Sergio measure and Synethia help him.
That way we can have Jorge cutting with us
'cause I feel like he'll be really quick.
Jorge does a lot of layout.
My thought was to take him and have Synethia do layout.
My thoughts only.
Whatever you guys want to come up with.
Yeah, yeah. By all means.
I actually wanted it to be Jorge starting on the grinding,
but Sergio said that he would be more comfortable
with Jorge doing the measuring.
We're gonna attack cutting.
Y'all are gonna attack layout, right?
Sergio has a lot of experience
in construction, and I trust his plan.
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
♪ ♪
My strategy going in is,
I want to put Renée and Laura
laying out and getting the measurements
for one shipping container,
while Larron, Ilima, myself and Jake,
-we're all gonna be on the grinder. -KEOGHAN: Savage Crew
already cutting their first module.
Mister's looking after his blades
a little more than Jake is,
who's already gone through one.
Crew boss Aly
has also burned through the blade on her grinder.
Meanwhile, we have Jorge and Synethia
measuring out Module Number Two.
All the measurements are there in the plans.
You just have to look and see
what you're laying out and prep it
so the guys can fall in behind us and start cutting.
-Are you good on the mark? -Yeah!
I'm a carpenter apprentice,
so I'm always measuring in my everyday life,
like, metal studs, 2x4s, plywood.
KEOGHAN: Laura and Renée are measuring out
Module Number Two.
Put a mark on that.
KEOGHAN: Both teams using similar strategies--
dividing and conquering.
ALY: The hardest part of this job
is definitely the grinding.
ILIMA: The blades are thin,
and this container's really thick.
If you're not pulling
a straight line down,
it'll just shred your entire blade
right off of your grinder.
You're trying to guide this thing.
It's vibrating, you're moving it different ways,
so your arms start to throb a little bit.
[Ellery groans]
The blades were grinding down very fast.
It messes with your head
because you just put on a fresh blade,
and with a matter of seconds, you have to change it.
Dirty Hands frantically switching out the blades.
They have gone through dozens of blades already.
Meanwhile, Jake and Mister working
on this very large cutout.
MISTER: As soon as you dig off into that metal,
you feel that vibration going
and it feels like butter almost.
[Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" playing]
I'm thinking to myself, like, "This is easy."
Whoo!
Damn it.
I've never cut
giant holes in, you know,
big metal things before with a grinder.
Come on!
I'm panicking in my head like,
"Oh, my God, I'm, I'm holding our team up."
Dude, we're gonna run out of blades at this point.
KEOGHAN: Take it easy on those blades.
You've only got 100 each.
Savage Crew very close
with this big section on Module Number One.
Hey, Larron, where you at?
All right, I'm going over.
MISTER: Larron, he's gonna run that crane
because he does that every day at his work.
So I had plenty of faith in him to get the job done.
Mister! Hey, watch your head with the crane.
There you go.
Oh! Oh!
KEOGHAN: He's got the hook attached.
Now he can cut out those corners
and release the panel.
Corner's cut!
-All right. -Watch yourself.
Moving these large pieces of metal
with the crane is extremely dangerous.
LARRON: Watch yourself. It's sharp, guys.
It'll cut right through.
Ilima and Renée had to go and guide it
while I started moving it with the crane.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew, the first to get a cutout.
It might go down. Let it touch the ground.
They've got to get seven done.
All right, I got this. Now go back, go back.
-I got this. -Okay.
They are ahead of Dirty Hands.
That's the way they wanted it.
Hey, we got to get moving now.
We got to get going.
As a crew boss, you always feel
a little bit more responsibility for your team.
We're a little behind,
so I'm just trying to stay focused on my task
and, uh, get my panels cut.
-Hey, Ilima, get some more blades? -Yes.
-Cut the top. -I'll cut it right now.
This one's good.
Dirty Hands complete
measuring out two cutouts on Module Number Two.
That little piece there, watch it.
Laura's working ahead with the measurements
on Module Number Two.
All right, Ilima.
We need Renée. Go grab her.
ILIMA: Auntie Renée!
-I need you. -Go, go, go, go, go,
-go, go, go, go! -I got to go, I got to go!
LAURA: Renée is the glue to our team.
She is the utility player.
Renée!
-Got you. -Hold on, hold on.
-Don't pull it... -Okay, go.
She literally does every job
because people are constantly pulling her.
She's never not moving somewhere.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew
dropping off their second piece.
They have the lead.
Dirty Hands are yet
to deliver one of their cutouts.
LARRON: Right there.
All right, I got it. Y'all go. I got it.
-Aly, come on. -All right.
SERGIO: Hey, both you guys stay on the corner.
Okay. Pull it out.
Okay, coming my way. Let's go.
Here comes Dirty Hands' first piece.
They are one piece behind Savage Crew.
All right, I'm-a go.
Give me a blade! Give me a blade! Help out!
Jake can definitely get, uh,
I'll call it "animated"
during the challenges.
Whoo!
LAURA: What we have discovered is,
Jake's okay if you push back just the same way to him.
We need blades!
Dude, we're trying to get it!
Relax, Jake! Get a grip. Come on!
It works for us.
Chill, bro!
-You ready? -We're done, yeah.
Dirty Hands on the final stages
of this cutout on Module Number One.
And Sergio going to the top to attach the hook.
SERGIO: Beth came over and said, "We're ready for you."
We went to pull it out and it wasn't ready.
Sergio is trying to rip it out,
looks to see where it needs to be fixed.
SERGIO: So we're frantic, you know, we're like,
"Let's get a grinder. Let's cut these pieces."
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands, only one cutout complete so far.
This will complete Module Number One
for Savage Crew.
Now they can focus on just
cutting out the pieces on Module Two.
Over here.
Finally that piece came out.
KEOGHAN: Second piece for Dirty Hands.
Savage Crew have three.
LARRON: What's the deal with this one?
ILIMA: Somebody lost the pieces.
All right, I'm gonna try and find the pieces,
-okay? -Okay.
We lost one of the bits for one of the grinders.
So essentially the grinder is useless until we find it.
I've got to find that piece. We're not gonna win without it.
We have got to find it.
We have a little bit of panic.
It's a critical error.
This may cost Savage Crew the win.
-It's got to be here somewhere. -LAURA: What would it look like?
-Hey, Larron... -[overlapping shouting]
Dude, we don't have the pieces.
-Somebody lost them. That's what I'm trying to find. -Go, Mister, go!
We got to find this 'cause we can't keep going
with just three grinders.
We need blades, it's slowing us down!
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew with one module complete,
three cutout pieces,
compared to Dirty Hands' two.
Can Dirty Hands catch up?
Aly, you want to swap out?
ALY: I let Jorge take over grinding
just 'cause I knew we were a little behind on that.
JORGE: I finished my measurements,
so I immediately jump on a grinder
and start cutting those windows out.
You know, as a concrete form setter,
I use a grinder maybe a couple times a week.
Using a grinder is just letting the machine do the work.
Dirty Hands desperately trying to catch up.
Look at Jorge just slicing through those panels
effortlessly.
Makes you wonder why he wasn't
working on the grinder from the beginning.
ALY: Jorge is fantastic with a grinder.
I think he is probably the best out of all of us.
He's definitely catching us up.
Larron, Larron!
Get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it!
Did you find it?
Yes! All right, go put one together.
Go, go, go!
Hey, we found the last piece, so we're good.
Savage Crew working on four grinders
after finding the missing piece.
They are going through blades
like candy right now on the jobsite.
Can't see nothing.
It's hot in this building and we're all sweating.
We can barely hear each other between the earplugs in,
grinders running,
machines running, a crane running.
SERGIO: Go ahead, go back. I got it.
JAKE: I got it. Go, go.
And it's time-consuming trying to get them blades
swapped out, because we're really burning through 'em now.
SERGIO: I got it. Go ahead.
Go back.
It's absolute madness in here.
Neck and neck.
Savage Crew on their final cutout.
Dirty Hands working on cutout
number six and seven.
Let's go, you guys.
We got it. Come on.
KEOGHAN: Jorge is on fire.
What a catch-up. This is gonna be close.
Hey, just give me a whole new blade.
MISTER: So it's coming down to the very end,
and we're running out of blades.
Yo, how the hell we gonna finish this without blades?
LARRON: We only have so many blades,
so I'm finding things that are still three-quarters left.
I started gathering them up, trying to figure out
if there's a way we can reuse 'em.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew have used up
their 100 grinder blades.
Dude, we have these blades,
but you got to use them all the way.
KEOGHAN: Oh. Dirty Hands get their sixth piece out.
Whoa!
And it releases off the hook.
Hey, new blade.
I need a new one.
Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.
Dirty Hands cutting out
with their sixth piece.
I got you. Go ahead. Go help them.
Both teams working on their final cutout.
It's gonna come down to final cuts.
Get it.
Hey, let the blade do the cut.
New blade, new blade.
LAURA: We're on it, we're on it.
Let's go. I need more blades.
SERGIO: Come on, you guys, let's go.
We're both neck and neck.
Sparks are flying on their end,
sparks are flying on our end,
and everyone's just going for it.
SERGIO: Don't stop, don't stop.
KEOGHAN: Both teams struggling with the last piece.
It's very close.
Hey, new blade, new blade!
-Hey! -Right there.
LAURA: Mister, Mister, Mister!
RENEÉE: Right here!
Don't look. Keep cutting.
Come on.
[overlapping chatter]
Come on, baby. Keep cutting, you guys.
We're there.
KEOGHAN: Here comes Savage Crew
with their seventh and final piece.
SERGIO: Don't stop, don't stop.
-JAKE: Go, baby! -LARRON: Go, go, go.
JAKE: Do we need to do anything else?
KEOGHAN: This will be for the win.
-LARRON: I got it, I got it, go! -[whooping]
KEOGHAN: There is a hustle in the step of Savage Crew,
cleaning up the jobsite.
-Savage Crew with the win! -[whooping, cheering]
God dang.
Whoo! Oh, my God.
You don't know how happy I am.
We were the underdogs and we came out fighting today.
Savage Crew on three.
One, two, three.
Savage Crew! [whooping]
MISTER: This challenge has helped me
trust in myself to be a, you know, crew leader,
you know, and have my team support me,
really push me over the edge.
-[whooping] -Three to three, baby!
Dirty Hands, Savage Crew,
bring it on over.
It sucks to lose. It's hard to lose.
I think that having Jorge on the grinder full time
instead of measuring
would have been a better move.
So, moving forward, I realize that
if I make a plan, I need to stick to it.
KEOGHAN: Armando and Jay, thank you very much
-for helping us out today. -ILIMA: Thank you!
KEOGHAN: First of all, I just want to say, "Way to bring it."
Mister, it was great to watch you
as a first-time crew boss today for your team.
Today was redemption day.
My crew, we just came together
and we fought hard all the way to the end.
We do have a game on our hands.
I want to award the $12,000
to the crew boss today on Savage Crew.
-[cheering] -Oh, man.
You were in your zone today.
-Here is your Badge of Honor. -Thank you.
We have tied it up, three apiece.
I love it.
-Good competition. -[cheering]
-Yes, sir! -[overlapping chatter]
KEOGHAN: All right, tomorrow we go back
to the individual competition.
Now, I just want to let you know,
Jorge, since you won the last individual competition,
you are gonna be pairing people up
because you will be working in pairs for the next challenge.
[whooping]
Get some rest.
I'll see you tomorrow.
-All right. -Awesome.
JORGE: It's a lot of pressure,
but, you know, I'm kind of excited.
I get to really set myself up for success
while also level the playing field a little bit.
-[grunts] -Good job, man.
That's gonna be interesting, how you're pairing up those teams.
We'll see what happens.
♪ ♪
SERGIO: Jorge, you got
a big responsibility on your hands today, buddy.
A big dawg decision, don't you?
I spent a lot of time last night going over
the possibilities.
My goal is always to stay out of OT,
and hopefully I get to do that today
if I make the right picks.
If I won the $200,000,
that would really set my family up.
I've wanted to start
a construction business for a while.
I think that would give me the foothold I need.
You know, I came here to be Tough As Nails champion.
I'm gonna do what I have to do,
and I'm gonna take home that win.
Let's just say,
the way the teams are gonna be set up,
um, I think somebody from Savage Crew is gonna
punch out today.
JAKE: I'm a little bit nervous to see who Jorge picks.
I don't want to think about going overtime,
but I don't want to go into overtime
with any of my teammates.
Last competition, I had to go
through overtime.
Very stressful moment.
So I definitely want to get into the top couple today,
making sure I don't have to go into that overtime.
If you are with one of your teammates
and you end up being the last ones,
only one of you is gonna make it out of there.
Yeah, no matter who they pair...
-Yeah. -...me up with,
I'm gonna be stoked to work with that person
one-on-one.
♪ ♪
KEOGHAN: Good morning!
ALL: Good morning.
KEOGHAN: Those of you who have punched out,
jump up there, make yourself comfortable.
The rest of you, today is a big day.
We are down to just eight.
And, Jorge, I know you've been doing a lot of thinking.
Yes, sir. I'm ready to roll today.
All right, well, we're gonna be talking about that
after I tell you what the job is.
You are going to be wrapping these finished beautiful
Crate Modular homes.
These finished homes are going to be going
to San Diego after they leave here today.
Somebody who does not have a home right now
will have a home by the time it arrives
down to them in San Diego.
-That's amazing. -That's awesome.
Now, in order for this beautiful home to arrive
in one piece, it is shrink-wrapped.
When that work whistle blows,
pull shrink-wrap over the container.
The idea is, you want to completely cover
this container with shrink-wrap.
Then trim the shrink-wrap to size, and then finally
you're gonna use the heat gun
to secure the shrink-wrap in place
to protect them from the elements.
That way, they arrive clean and pristine
in one piece.
Armando and Jay are back
with us today and they're gonna make sure
that the job's done right.
The winning pair today
is going to get
a cash prize of $6,000.
-Oh, dang. -Whoo!
KEOGHAN: $3,000 each.
But, Jorge, since you won the last individual competition,
you will be pairing everybody up.
Have you decided who you'd like to be paired up with?
Yeah, I'm choosing this person because
I've worked very well with them, and, you know,
that's what I want today, some good communication
and someone who's able to pay attention to details.
So, um, I'd like to pair up with Beth.
Let's do this, man.
Beth, how do you feel about being chosen by Jorge?
BETH: I feel like we work well together,
so this, uh, should be an easy task for us.
All right, Jorge, next pick.
You know, everybody here is a threat, but, uh,
there's some big players in here that I want out.
And, uh, you know, I kind of want to keep
Dirty Hands out of overtime as well.
So I think I'm gonna go with Ellery and Mister.
I know that Mister
keeps it cool and calm, and Ellery brings the heat.
They're gonna pair up real nice.
Ellery and Mister, how do you feel about
being paired up together?
Absolutely good.
Mister is focused.
I couldn't ask for a better partner.
And this is a Savage Crew-Dirty Hands pairing.
So that's gonna be interesting.
Jorge, next pick.
I'm gonna put Larron and Laura together.
-Let's go. -I know they're strong competitors,
but I got to keep Savage Crew together today.
I know she's got great experience
and I'm stoked to be partnered with her.
-Appreciate that, man. -Yeah. -KEOGHAN: Well, then there's
no guessing games with who's gonna be paired up over here.
They happen to be standing right next to each other.
Jake and Ilima. And, Jorge, the reason for that?
Honestly, Phil, um,
I'm hoping some personalities come to play today.
A little bit of this?
A little bit of this.
But, uh, you guys are both strong,
and you guys are threats to me.
He's a loud guy, I can't shut up,
-so I think it's perfect. -[all laughing]
I think, yeah, it might get a little loud,
but it's gonna be in a very passionate way.
I think we're really gonna be
surprising people out here today.
We're both strong and fast,
and I believe we're gonna come together pretty good.
As you understand today, if you are the losing pair,
you will go from working together
to competing against each other in overtime.
And at the end of the day, one of you will be punching out.
Everybody ready to get to work?
Yes, sir.
Take a second to strategize and let's get this job done.
[Ellery clears throat]
LARRON: I use shrink-wrap a lot.
When it comes to heat shrinking,
the main goal is: just don't hold
your thing on it and burn it through
-'cause that's gonna have issues. -Exactly.
I know we're both not scared of heights.
-You scared of heights? -No, hell no.
Me neither, I mean, I-I'm...
We don't want to have to go back
-and do something over. -No.
I think we got this.
We just want to make Jorge regret his decision
-to put us together. -Oh, yeah.
-To win it would be crazy. -That's the plan.
And he fears us.
[Ilima laughing]
♪ ♪
It's a team effort. Let's prove them wrong, bro.
KEOGHAN: Everybody ready to get the job done?
Let's go.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Beth!
ALY: Hey, let's go, Beth, let's go, Jorge.
KEOGHAN: Remember the $6,000 on the line
for the first pair to wrap
one of these homes.
-$3,000 each. -All right, go.
KEOGHAN: All right, first step
is getting the shrink-wrap
-over these beautiful homes. -Right there.
Mister, the first to get up his ladder,
closely followed by Jorge.
Everybody has a five-point harness on today for safety.
JORGE: Hey, Beth, I need you to help me
-push it that way. -BETH: Yep.
Jorge picked me, and I'm excited to be paired up with him,
but I also feel like there's a lot of pressure.
-There we go! -So I'm hoping that
we communicate really well together
and do whatever it is
that we need to accomplish today
-to bring home a win. -KEOGHAN: They are working well together.
That's exactly what Jorge wanted.
I can't do it because we pushed the A-frame back.
It's only six foot.
Ellery is on, uh, Dirty Hands,
and it's our first time working together, but...
watching Ellery through all the other challenges,
you know, he, he always brings it.
So I think it's a,
you know, a great combo for me.
[grunts]
[overlapping shouts]
You okay, Ellery?
I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
MISTER: All of a sudden, he's...
"Whoa, oh, oh, oh!"
He's down on the ground. He fell off.
He done fell off the ladder.
I'm thinking, "Oh, my God. Ellery done died on me."
-I'm good. -Firemen are not supposed
to be falling off ladders, but it does, it does...
[chuckles] ...it does happen.
-[grunts] -Got it.
I got it. [grunts]
ELLERY: It scared a lot of people,
but I came out unscathed.
-Pull it. -[grunts] I am!
KEOGHAN: I know you're competing, but it's also about safety.
We're gonna finish this
with everybody in one piece.
Try to fold it up for us.
Okay. Hold up.
Where's the edge of it, Ilima? Right here?
-On the inside, right here. -I know that today
I just need to keep Jake cool, calm and collected.
[groans]
Jake can get really loud, but he's a pipeliner.
He's down in a trench and he's having to yell at people
because they can't hear. They have machines going.
They have so much things happening around them
that that's just his personality.
-I have way too much. -On this side, yeah.
He's panicking. He's throwing.
-SERGIO: Yeah. -Just talk to me, okay?
I'm so used to that on jobsites.
So bring it on, baby.
Here we go. Just hand it up to me.
I got you, I got you. Got it?
Larron and I work really well together.
I do have a fear of heights and he's more comfortable
putting on the harness and going up on heights.
-I'm gonna feed it up. -So I'm prepping
everything in order to get
the plastic up to him.
That should be plenty, Larron.
Stretch it out.
-JAKE: Make sure you have enough. -Jake, you ready to go back?
-Okay. Go ahead. -ILIMA: Let's go when you're ready. Ready?
-Go ahead. -ILIMA: Go.
JAKE: Moving around the A-frame,
you have to move this in unison
because if you get it cockeyed,
it gets pushed up against the structure.
So for us to work as one today,
we really have to just focus on
taking the time to listen to each other.
-Go, Ilima. -[grunts]
-I'm stuck. -ILIMA: Okay.
There's a hole in the concrete.
Come on! Jake, we can't even move this thing.
Next step, Jorge and Beth
are doing the cutting of their plastic,
getting it sized up.
BETH: Initially,
we're making really good time.
But then, I cut myself.
Jorge, I cut myself, dude.
-You all right? -Yep.
I just need something to wrap it with.
I was rushing, but in my job,
I've learned that it's important to take a step back
and move slow.
This is a two-person job.
Like, Jorge is not gonna make progress
if I'm not right there helping him.
-SERGIO: You good, Beth? -Yep, I'm good. -SYNETHIA: Go, Beth!
Be careful!
KEOGHAN: That overhang is the toughest part
of this wrapping process.
Let's see if Ilima and Jake can
figure out how to do that.
They're getting rid of the excess plastic.
-Okay, I'm gonna push it up. -LAURA: Larron and I used
the broom that we were given
to help push the plastic up underneath.
Then we could tape everything back nice and tight
-and finish it off. -I got this.
MISTER: I'm gonna start cutting
some of this extra meat off.
ELLERY: There was an overlap
off the container,
so we cut inwards
so we could fold it in.
You want to win today, Ellery?
ELLERY: I want to win today.
MISTER: Yes, sir.
Hold this, hold it. Grab the tape first.
I'll get that. Grab the tape, Jake.
Jake, grab the tape.
ILIMA: Jake and I, we find ourselves
a little at each other.
We got to put some tape on this to wrap it first
-to hold it. -Let me just wrap it tight, huh?
ILIMA: Grab this seam and tape it up to the roof.
No. No, no, no, no.
But we need to find the strategy in order to move forward
and not knock heads the way people think we do.
Right here by my broom.
-Grab that, tape it. -Okay.
You know, getting to know Jake, he actually has
a great ability to just listen,
and when you can make eye contact with him,
that changes the whole game.
-You see what I mean? -Come forward, though.
-Pull it just like this. -Hold on.
Don't pull too hard. Oh, you got it. Yeah.
-That's what I'm saying, though. -Feed me tape, baby.
-You got to trust me too. -I trust you.
Remember, sideways.
Jorge and Beth, the first to get
their heat guns out. With the heat shrink,
you don't want to go from top to bottom in sections.
-You want to go around like a layer cake. -Around.
JORGE: We're kind of struggling with using the heat gun.
It's just, you can't leave it on one spot.
It starts burning a big hole.
And once you get a little hole, it just starts spreading.
It takes a delicate touch.
You hold that heat on the plastic too long,
you get a hole.
Looks like Mister's got a nice touch.
And you would expect that as a welder.
He knows how to work with heat.
I can see when my material is getting too hot.
You know, I have an eye for that.
ELLERY: Looking good, Mister.
Just hit this and then I--
Too close.
-Hey, hold on. -There you go. Good.
Ilima's talking calmly to Jake...
-[laughing] -...and he seems to be reacting calmly back.
I'll help you.
-Yeah. -KEOGHAN: Meanwhile, at the other end,
Beth and Jorge are struggling.
No, no, no. Ah... not right there.
It's got to go up right here first.
-I... [groans] -We got to create a seam right here.
-It has to be. -No, I know. But that's after.
We have way too much
bunched up shrink-wrap, so we're trying to
think of ways to fix that.
We're gonna strap,
we're gonna wrap it all the way around. Come on.
BETH: Jorge wants to tape everything to
the shrink-wrap itself,
but I think that some of it
probably needs to be cut out and we needed to wrap it
more like a Christmas gift.
This is kind of a mummy-wrap coming from Beth and Jorge.
BETH: But I know that Jorge, he has a lot more experience
as a whole, you know, when it comes
to this challenge.
So right now, I'm not voicing my opinion.
That's it. All right.
Laura and Larron got a lot of excess
on the bottom of their container.
Jake! We're almost done.
I know, keep it going.
Keep your head on straight. Let's go.
KEOGHAN: Jake and Ilima very close to
-getting the job done. -Although Mister and Ellery--
Mister and Ellery right there.
Who will get the job done first?
$6,000 on the line.
Trying to stay out of overtime.
Let's send Beth and Jorge into overtime.
You already got that side done?
Yeah, that side is done.
ILIMA: Home stretch.
JAKE: I'm looking around,
basically at Mister and Ellery
at the same point that we are.
So me and Ilima,
we turned it up and I mean,
we're running around that thing as fast as we can.
Burn it, burn it, burn it.
-ELLERY: Ask for a check. -Huh?
Ask for a check.
Man, we call, we call for our first check.
Just throw a little, a little heat. A little.
MISTER: Let's go, Ellery. Let's keep it going.
He said we almost looking good.
ILIMA: It ain't over till it's over.
Looking for a check.
Jake and Ilima looking for a check.
You like that, don't you?
Do we have a thumbs up, sir?
It's a thumbs up.
Jake and Ilima get the job done first!
[cheering, whistling]
JAKE: Everybody thought, "They can't work together"
and to be able to prove everybody wrong,
that was an incredible victory. One that I'll never forget.
Send them into OT today.
-ALY: Let's go! -$6,000 is going to them.
-Whoo! -KEOGHAN: This is not what Jorge
-wanted today. -ALY: Let's go!
And here they thought we'd be last.
Winners!
And... thank you, Jorge,
for pairing me up with Jake 'cause today
I learned a lot about myself stepping up
and using my voice a little more than normal today.
Let me know that I have leadership skills
that have allotted me to be a leader.
Let me know, Armando!
Mister and Ellery looking for a thumbs up.
And Mister and Ellery get the job done!
-Whoo! -KEOGHAN: Safe from overtime. -[cheering, whistling]
-Yeah, there you go! -ILIMA: Good job, boys!
[laughing]
-JAKE: Staying out of OT, boys! -[groans]
-I like it, baby! [laughing] -[overlapping chatter]
It was a hard-fought battle, baby.
Hey, but look who might be coming in last place. [laughs]
KEOGHAN: The last two to finish the job today going into overtime.
-Who's it gonna be? -LAURA: Come on, Larron. Let's go, let's go!
-JORGE: Beth! -Yeah.
I need you over here. Get the other gun.
It'd be really embarrassing if I had to go to overtime
on a day that I had all the power.
KEOGHAN: Beth and Jorge are struggling.
They've done one side of their container
which looks like Swiss cheese.
This could be lights out for Jorge and Beth.
BETH: Come on.
KEOGHAN: The last two to finish the job today
going into overtime. Who's it gonna be?
LARRON: We have to cover
the entire container in heat shrink
to seal everything
and make it as tight as possible.
Got to hit all the holes.
Get it, guys. You guys got this.
By the end of the day, someone is punching out.
ELLERY: Come on, Beth. Come on, Beth.
-JORGE: Beth? -Yeah?
I need you over here. Get the other gun.
LARRON: Jorge and Beth, they're catching up
and it's coming down to who can avoid the most mistakes.
Jorge!
JORGE: The only thing I have on my mind right now is,
I got to stay out of overtime.
I just know we got to get this job done.
ELLERY: Plug those holes.
Come on, Laura. Slow and steady, Larron.
-Slow and steady. -Come on, come on, come on!
Are we good?
ARMANDO: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Right there on the top corner. Top left corner.
LAURA: Top left corner.
We ask Armando for a check and he finds a hole.
KEOGHAN: Larron and Laura desperate to stay out of overtime.
-Right here? -LAURA: Yeah. Put it on, put it on.
ELLERY: Dig deep, baby! Dig deep.
KEOGHAN: But Beth and Jorge have not given up yet.
ELLERY: Dig deep. Come on.
-JAKE: There you go. -ILIMA: Let's go, Beth!
LAURA: Just a little.
ELLERY: Come on, Jorge.
-LAURA: Is that good? -KEOGHAN: Larron and Laura
looking for an inspection.
What do you say, Armando? It's a thumbs up,
-and they get the job done! -[whooping, cheering]
-Way to go, buddy! -LARRON: I'm happy,
but I'm more relieved than anything.
[groans]
LARRON: My goal was
to stay out of overtime, and we did that.
-Put it here, man. -She did incredible.
We knew we were behind a couple people,
but we were like, "No, we're not gonna be last."
KEOGHAN: Jorge and Beth trying to get the job done.
JORGE: My plan didn't work out as I thought it would.
Jake and Ilima are both really strong
and they're good competitors.
But, uh, with Beth today, the communication wasn't there.
We weren't really seeing eye to eye on certain things.
You guys are done.
JORGE: But at the end of the day, I'm still happy
to have Beth as my teammate today.
KEOGHAN: Jorge, you had a plan today.
I think things didn't play out exactly the way
-you wanted them to. -Not at all.
-[laughing] -Bit of a surprise.
-This thing sucks. -[all laughing]
You're gonna go from working together
to try to get the job done, to now facing off in overtime.
This is gonna be a difficult one for you, I imagine.
JORGE: Yeah, definitely.
But at the end of the day, I'm doing this for my family,
so I'm here to fight.
It is what it is.
And we're gonna go to this OT and one of us is gonna
come out and live to fight another day
and one person is gonna be working with their team only.
-Everybody ready for overtime? -ILIMA: Yes, sir.
-JORGE: Yes, sir. -Let's go to it.
-I'm sorry, dude. -Good job, Beth.
BETH: Dude, I totally let you down.
Nah, you're all right. Come here, you're all right.
I feel terrible. [sniffles]
I just feel like I let my partner down, you know?
He was the one person who got to pick his own partner.
Like, he had faith in me,
so that's why I'm disappointed, you know?
You just got to focus on... overtime now, all right?
-Yeah. -That's it. You're all right.
-Hey. -Come on.
Hey, don't worry about all that. Come on.
[laughing]
BETH: The only thing I care about is,
-I let this guy down. -[overlapping chatter]
-I really let him down. -ALY: You didn't.
All right. You didn't. You didn't.
♪ ♪
[whooping, whistling]
I know that I'm lacking,
like, a lot of confidence at this point.
I need to find that.
Jorge is my buddy,
but I'm just gonna think about my wife and my son.
This for them, you know? I have to stay in this.
JORGE: It sucks going into overtime against Beth.
She's someone I greatly respect,
but, you know, at the end of the day,
I want my son to grow up
and show him that I can be successful.
No matter what the odds are
or what has happened in my life. I'm ready, I'm focused.
And I'm gonna take home that win.
KEOGHAN: You picked Beth because
you have tremendous respect for her,
and unfortunately now,
you know, you're going up against somebody
that you see is super strong.
She's badass.
We're both gonna bring it.
I expect it to be very close.
Today's job is a little bit of a pressurized piping puzzle.
You are going to be putting in 29 feet of copper piping.
The job is to install the copper piping
so that the water will flow through it,
come out the other end from the spigot.
All the tools you need
are sitting on top of these workstations.
You will install the copper piping
through the holes that's inside this framing.
The first thing you're gonna do is cut your copper piping
into the lengths you need to get the job done.
You then want to
brush flux on all your connections
so you get a proper seal
at the end of the job.
Next, you need to solder everything together.
And finally,
I need you to deliver me a glass of water.
The first of you will stay in contention
for the Tough As Nailstitle.
Last of you to get it done,
you'll be punching out.
♪ ♪
Beth, you'll be over here.
Jorge, you'll be working there. Let's get to work.
ALY: Here we go, guys.
On the work whistle. Time to get to work.
-[work whistle blows] -SYNETHIA: Let's go, Beth.
Go Jorge, you got this.
ELLERY: All right, Beth.
BETH: At work, we do occasionally
have to solder wires into place.
I know what I'm doing going into this.
First thing I want to do is go take a measurement,
make sure the size of pipe I need
so I can get that first piece cut.
ALY: Hey, let's go, Jorge.
He's good with the tape measure, for sure.
I've never soldered before
and never installed pipe,
but as a concrete form setter,
I deal with a lot of tools,
so I'm hoping to be able
to use that as an advantage today.
BETH: I go and get my first piece of pipe
cut down to size and then the next step after that
is to put a lot of flux on the pieces,
make sure everything's, you know, nice and clean.
There we go, Jorge. Keep it up.
KEOGHAN: So much about working on any job
is how you organize the job, how you make sure
that your tools are readily available.
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Beth. You got this.
BETH: I turn the heat gun on and I start to heat up
the entire joint.
The process for using the torch is to heat underneath without
making a mess of it, without glooping it all up.
JORGE: I feel like I'm making good time.
I kind of peek over at Beth
and, oh, crap, she's already ahead of me.
KEOGHAN: Beth is up high now in her ladder,
up and over this doorway.
He's just like, what, one piece behind her right now.
However, she's yet to solder that top piece in.
ELLERY: Measure twice, cut once.
-LAURA: You got this, Beth. -[grunts]
No. Ooh, there's a pipe.
BETH: I noticed that I had made a mistake.
One of my pipes was a little cockeyed
and it ends up being too tall up there.
It's not gonna work.
KEOGHAN: Beth's vertical pipe
is sticking up too high.
ALY: Hey, let's go, Beth.
SYNETHIA: You got this, Beth!
ALY: What's she doing?
KEOGHAN: She's making a cut.
-ELLERY: No. -LARRON: Don't cut it.
I have to. It's not gonna go.
-No! -[groaning]
BETH: At my job as an electrician on board the ship,
I learned how to adapt
quickly in my mind
in any situation.
Hey, just do what you need to do, Beth.
BETH: I know I'm ahead
by a little bit at this point
and I'm just trying to keep that lead.
Here we go.
Holy smokes, Beth is on a move.
JORGE: Beth, she's fast
and she's smart. Something inside me
just kept wanting to look over.
But I really kept picturing my son sitting there
telling me to hurry up and stop looking over there.
SERGIO: Come on, Jorge, I'm thirsty.
I'm thirsty.
Hey, let's go, Beth.
ALY: Whenever you have two team members
going into OT, you don't know who to root for.
Hey, let's go, Jorgie.
But I had a little bit of allegiance towards Beth.
She's helped me through a lot. Um, she's always
by my side if I need her, so I wanted to be there for her.
Stay calm. Know what you got to do.
Think about your steps, Big Jorge.
Beth is a strong player, man.
I mean, she adapts.
But Jorge, you know, he's the same way.
Since the first day I met him,
I've seen a lot of growth out of him.
[air hissing]
[groans]
JORGE: All of a sudden, my torch isn't starting.
I think I got a little bit of soldering inside.
I hear gas coming out, so I know that if I grab the flint,
I can get that thing started.
That's not where I wanted to be.
That's a valuable waste of time.
But, you know, I got to get it done,
I got to get it started, otherwise,
-I'm never gonna finish. -SYNETHIA: Jorge, you got this.
[Jorge groaning]
KEOGHAN: This is where you got to try not to panic, right?
JORGE: I finally get my torch started
and now I have to pick up the pace.
I got to make up for some time.
KEOGHAN: Remember, the first person
to get the water flowing and then turn on the spigot
and pour a glass of water
will stay in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
It's neck and neck. We got this.
SYNETHIA: Come on.
ELLERY: Breathe. Breathe. Calm, calm.
KEOGHAN: Jorge and Beth, you can see
how close they are to the finish of this job.
They're working through their last piece.
JORGE: The last piece I'm cutting goes
to the tail end of my water pipe.
Jorge realizes how close Beth is as well.
JORGE: I got to make my moves count
and I got to finish this job before Beth does.
LARRON: There you go.
KEOGHAN: Down to the last connection.
Could not be closer.
-ALY: Sergio, is he short? -SERGIO: Yeah.
-Is he gonna be able to connect it? -SERGIO: I don't know.
KEOGHAN: Ooh, that's a big move from Jorge.
It is really down to the wire.
JAKE: Jorge and Beth are pretty much tied up.
It's all gonna come down to
whose soldering skills are better in this.
Dang it, I'm nervous.
♪ ♪
BETH: Please, let me get this soldered in place
quicker than Jorge.
KEOGHAN: It is down to the wire.
-ALY: Come on, Beth. -ELLERY: Come on, Beth.
KEOGHAN: Jorge now going, he's turning on the water.
Looking for pressure...
looking for leaks.
And Jorge has the job done and hands me a glass of
very dirty water, but it's done.
ALL [chanting]: Drink it! Drink it!
[laughing]
Be my guest. [chuckles]
[sighs] I'm happy I won,
but at the same time I'm not that happy that, you know,
Beth had to punch out today.
Good job, dude.
JORGE: Hey. You're a killer.
JORGE: Beth is an amazing teammate,
and I'm here to give 100% for that team,
and I'm not gonna stop.
You know, we got a lot of work to do still,
and, you know, we're gonna make it count for Beth.
A little bittersweet for you, Jorge,
-because you did pick Beth. -JORGE: Yeah.
KEOGHAN: This is not how you wanted it
-to work out. -Not at all.
I planned me and Beth to be final three.
-[laughing] -Yeah.
JORGE: You're amazing, Beth.
I couldn't have wanted to go against anybody else.
He's one of my, you know, best friends here.
Um, we see eye to eye on a lot of things.
We both have little boys,
so I want Jorge to bring it and I want him to bring home
the $200K and the F-150.
-Got it in you, Jorge? -ALY: Definitely. -I do.
Being here, it's amazing, and it's, you know,
really changed my life in a lot of ways.
You know, I've met all these amazing people,
and, you know, I'm just grateful
to live another day.
KEOGHAN: Beth, I love your spirit,
and you should know that your team is here for you.
-We got you. -I know that.
You know, I'm a little standoffish.
I didn't expect to, like,
really create, like, this little family,
this little home away from home.
So, you know, I'm very grateful for the opportunity,
and, you know, I did everything I could.
Jorge just did a little bit quicker today.
KEOGHAN: Unfortunately,
Beth, your journey in the individual competition
-has come to an end. -That's all right.
-And I do need you to punch out. -I can do that.
LARRON: Good job, Beth.
BETH: When I first got here, I had a lot of confidence
in my everyday job.
And then coming here, I got a little discouraged
because I don't specialize in all these things.
But it's helped me understand
that I don't need to be perfect at everything,
and I'm gonna go home a better person for that.
But now I'm ready to bring it for my team,
and it feels good to walk out of here
with my head held high.
I can tell you this-- tomorrow,
you are all going to get schooled!
All right. Get some rest. We'll see you tomorrow.
-All right. -Let's go, guys.
-[grunts, laughs] -Oh, man.
LAURA: Good job, Beth.
ELLERY: That was neck and neck.
[chatter continues]
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KEOGHAN: Next time onTough As Nails...
-It's Hanger time. -[cheering, whooping]
-Need the next brace. -I got it. -I need help.
Something's out of square here, guys.
KEOGHAN: 72 tiles need to go
-into the ceiling. -Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Hanger is looking for perfection.
-I want that $7,000. -Damn it.
I have a fear of heights,
and I don't think that I can do it.
MISTER: I am never giving up!
-This is not acceptable. -[groans]