PHIL KEOGHAN: Previously on Tough As Nails...
-[work whistle blows] -Let's move, let's move!
KEOGHAN: Moving a lot of material.
In a down-and-dirty test of strength and endurance...
Ellery, why did these tires go on? Why?
...Savage Crew cleared a path to victory.
-[whooping] -Savage Crew with the win!
KEOGHAN: Crushing Dirty Hands' dream
of winning the overall team competition.
I don't like to lose.
I just feel like
some people aren't as passionate.
KEOGHAN: In the individual challenge...
-[work whistle blows] -There you go.
...everyone sealed their fate after pairing up.
Jake and Larron finished first...
Yeah!
...and won the $8,000 prize.
While Mister and Ilima burst under pressure.
-[work whistle blows] -Get that thing off!
KEOGHAN: Mister hooked the win.
-I have nothing in my hole. -KEOGHAN: Forcing Ilima's shot
at theTough As Nails title down the drain.
ILIMA: I'm gonna go home and I'm gonna
take everything that I learned here with me.
-KEOGHAN: Tonight... -This is a battle of the trades.
Having lost the overall team competition
-to Savage Crew... -Come on, hustle!
...Dirty Hands have one more shot at redemption
in the final team challenge of the season.
And in the individual challenge...
It's a race to the final four!
...the future of the five remaining contenders
hangs in the balance.
[yelling]
This is Tough As Nails.
♪ ♪
JAKE: Every team win for us
has been so close.
Like, I'm trying to think of,
like, one team win was
like, the best for us.
But, I mean, we've had so many.
-[all laughing] -I just can't remember one.
JAKE: That's being, that's being real. But I mean...
Like, I'm trying to think of one that really stood out.
It's been great.
ILIMA: Last team challenge,
we won that $60,000.
But there's $12,000 on the line today
and we're definitely not letting off the gas.
It ain't over yet.
RENEÉE: Let's win today.
ILIMA: We're gonna give it everything we got, man.
ALY: It's the last time we'll be working together as a team.
I will say shout out to Sergio
for putting us all together.
What a team you created.
SERGIO: When I picked this team, I could tell
something about these five people that I saw,
when I looked into their eyes,
I could just tell something was different.
It was like we had already known each other in a way.
I just love their drive.
I love everything about them.
Serge, you know, I appreciate you.
Like, you know, seeing that fire in my eyes,
and I know, like, I can get upset,
particularly in the last challenge.
I've been vocal
after some of our losses about, like, the amount of
energy that I'm seeing from the team, and I think
that message has been
received, because the energy
that I'm feeling today
is a little bit different, and, you know, I'm hopeful that
we'll see all that effort today.
Today we say we are going to win this challenge.
-Yes. -[overlapping agreements]
Let's do it!
BETH: Even though we lost
the overall team competition,
we want to get that fourth win
for pride and take home an extra
12 grand as a team.
Let's do it!
♪ ♪
KEOGHAN: Good morning.
[overlapping greetings]
KEOGHAN: So the team score
is five to three.
Savage Crew, you took out that team win,
you got that $60,000
cash bonus prize.
[cheering]
KEOGHAN: But we do have one more team challenge.
-[whooping] -$12,000 on the line.
Dirty Hands, this is a moment for redemption
-Definitely. -Yeah. -KEOGHAN: Today.
This is a real battle of the trades.
You are going to be going head-to-head,
one at a time,
-one discipline at a time. -All right.
The first job is using a splitting maul
to split up three logs
so that the pieces can fit through this gauge
and then stack them up on the rack.
Second discipline,
all about power-to-weight ratio.
You're gonna run this line out
to one of these truck rims way out into the distance there,
clip onto the truck rim,
and then start using this big wheel
to pull your body weight back here to the stand.
-Oh. -God.
KEOGHAN: The third discipline,
you need to remove a tire from a rim.
You got to cut through the bead,
extract the rim,
and then stack it on this rack right here.
You get a win, you earn a stake for your team.
But on the fourth round,
you need to pick somebody from your team that will do
all three disciplines.
-Ooh. Gracious. -KEOGHAN: And if that person wins,
they will be getting two stakes for their team.
-Ooh. -KEOGHAN: First team to collect five stakes
will win today's team competition
and the $12,000...
-[whooping] -KEOGHAN: ...not to mention
-today's Badge of Honor. -ALY: Yeah.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew,
since you won the last team competition,
you get to pick your first opponent.
Dirty Hands, that means you get to pick the first discipline.
Choose who you go up against carefully,
because everybody on the team will have to work
before somebody else gets an opportunity to go
for a second time.
Also, you have to go through
all three of the disciplines
before it rotates again.
Take a moment to strategize, and let's get to work.
[indistinct chattering]
If we're choosing the player,
then I would say one of our stronger competitors goes first.
RENEÉE: So, Mister, maybe you take it--
Ilima, you'll put the fear in someone.
I don't mind.
LARRON: Who do you want to pair against?
So that's the question.
As a task,
what does each person feel most comfortable with?
I think I can do the weight pull.
I'm comfortable with anything besides the tire.
This is our final challenge
-as a family together. -Yep.
SERGIO: Let's just leave some blood,
sweat, and tears
on this playing field today.
This is your redemption.
Savage crew on three. One, two, three.
ALL: Savage Crew!
ALL: Dirty Hands!
KEOGHAN: All right.
Savage Crew, who would you like to pick?
ILIMA: I'm gonna go first on Savage Crew,
and I'd like to go up against Beth.
I would just love this opportunity
to go up against one of their strong competitors, though.
KEOGHAN: This is gonna be a battle for sure.
[laughs]
KEOGHAN: Beth, you get to pick
first discipline.
We're going to go with the reel pull on this one.
KEOGHAN: Ooh-hoo-hoo.
This is gonna be a goody.
Pulling your own body weight.
All right, step up to the wheel. Let's get it done.
Here we go, Ilima!
Here we go, Beth.
Here we go, girl, come on!
ILIMA: I'm not in the individuals anymore.
That just means I'm gonna take all that extra energy
and push it towards our team competitions.
Dirty Hands better watch out for us.
♪ ♪
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
Time to get to work!
[work whistle blows]
[cheering]
Go, Ilima, go! Yeah!
[overlapping shouting]
-ALY: Let's go, Beth! -SYNETHIA: Come on, Beth!
KEOGHAN: Beth wants this win for her team badly.
ILIMA: For this challenge,
there's a big clip,
and as I'm running out there,
holding onto the rope, it clips onto my glove,
and I'm fighting myself to get that clip off
of the palm of my glove.
[Keoghan whoops]
Beth is the first back.
SERGIO: There you go, Beth!
BETH: Pulling your own weight
over, you know, a 50-yard span
is not easy, but when I was in the Navy,
we were pulling heavy lines.
We have to pull a lot of heavy things
all the time,
so my strategy is
reaching really high up on it
and coming all the way down.
KEOGHAN: Ilima pulling frantically.
[grunting]
Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig!
RENEÉE: Come on, Ilima!
ILIMA: Beth's endurance is insane.
I look over and I just see her rim flying past mine.
And I'm trying to grab the side and see
if it'll be easier to grab one side and pull it down.
[overlapping cheers]
Beth pouring everything in.
Ilima right behind her.
BETH: The whole time I'm pulling,
I can just hear my team screaming behind me.
Beth, you're there!
-[indistinct shouting] -Almost there!
And that kind of motivation just puts you
in a different mindset.
Pulling, like, even harder.
Dirty Hands looking for redemption.
-And Beth gets the win. -[Beth shouting]
[shouts]
-Good job. -Damn.
Thank you for pushing me.
KEOGHAN: Beth, I'm pleased to say that
you have earned a stake for your team.
JORGE: Wow.
KEOGHAN: Way to lead by example, Beth.
Take a moment to strategize.
Dirty Hands, your chance to call out an opponent.
Savage Crew, you'll be picking
from the two disciplines that are left.
I kind of want to go, and I want to call out Laura.
I don't think they'll pick the grinder with her
'cause when they cut the shipping container,
she didn't use the grinder at all.
And I think I can beat her chopping wood.
-Savage Crew! -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands,
who would you like to call out this time?
Uh, I'm gonna take this one.
It's all about pride at this point.
We got to prove
how strong of a team we are.
I'm gonna call out Laura.
I knew it.
[Laura laughing]
KEOGHAN: Laura, you get to pick the discipline.
I'm gonna go with the tire.
I know that Aly has
chopped wood before,
so even though I have no experience
working with these tires
-and the rims... -KEOGHAN: Laura.
Aly, step up to the table.
LAURA: ...I'll take the risk
versus her having some sort of advantage over me.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have one stake.
Savage Crew yet to get off the mark.
Time to get to work.
-[work whistle blows] -JAKE: Come on, Laura, you got this.
-ILIMA: Come on, Laura. -SERGIO: There we go.
SYNETHIA: Come on, Aly! ELLERY: Come on, Aly.
ALY: Right away
I put my tire on the edge of the table
so that way I could cut
all the way around
and see where my cuts meet
when I flip it over.
Come on, Laura. You got it.
You'll feel it.
LAURA: The tire is held
onto the rim with the bead,
but quite honestly,
I have no idea what the bead looks like.
I don't know what it feels like, I don't know
-what it sounds like. -Cut that bead, mama.
-JORGE: Come on, Aly. -Nice and steady.
KEOGHAN: Oh, you can smell that burned rubber.
JORGE: Keep going.
I got the fire extinguisher just in case we need it.
RENEÉE: Come on, Laura. Come on, Laura.
MISTER: You got this, Laura.
-Yes! -Heard it loud.
I heard it, I heard it crack.
I feel the first pop,
I realize that's what I'm looking for.
And I realize "Okay,
I've got to flip back to the other side
before I can take the tire off."
-Let's go, Aly! -There you go, Aly.
KEOGHAN: First to get the tire off this rim
-wins it. -ALY: As I'm working,
I'm trying not to pay attention to Laura.
Just trying to stay focused.
KEOGHAN: Once both those beads are cut,
the tire will come off.
Laura's using her sheer power
to try to pull the tire apart.
Use your tools. Come on. You got this.
KEOGHAN: Laura's still trying to get the top bead cut.
Finally, I feel the top of that second bead.
[indistinct yelling]
Yes! Yes.
[cheering]
-Get it on the rack. -Get it on the rack.
You got this. You got this.
And...
Laura gets the job done.
[cheering]
Yes!
There you go.
I just feel like I let my team down.
Um, I know how bad we need this today.
KEOGHAN: Laura ties things up for Savage Crew.
Yes.
There is one discipline left.
Splitting some logs.
So, Savage Crew, it's your pick.
I think I'm gonna call out Sergio.
Jake and I went head-to-head in overtime in
the squid challenge, and, unfortunately, you know,
he beat me in that, so I want to get a little redemption.
-Time to get to work. -[work whistle blows]
-Come on, Jake. -Come on, Sergio.
You got it, man. Let's go.
-Oh, yeah. -[cheering]
Good job, Jake. Good job, Jake.
-Come on, Jake. -There you go, Jake.
-There you go. -There you go, Serge!
[overlapping yelling]
I don't really chop wood, but, uh,
swinging an ax is like swinging a sledgehammer at work.
Oh, yeah.
Come on. [grunts]
-Don't hit it like that. -LAURA: All you, Jakey.
Just like at home, buddy.
JAKE: I have experience with chopping wood,
so I know that
you're not gonna need that much force
with a sharp ax.
-It's how you wield it. -Use the weight of that ax.
JAKE: You know, you don't come over your shoulder with an ax.
Either you come up over the top of your head.
Jake is trying to get through that gauge.
-It's tough. -LAURA: Don't force it.
No, you can't force it.
-It's stuck. -It's your fault.
-You got to get it out. -Don't force it. Come on.
KEOGHAN: Sergio getting it through the gauge.
-Sergio, hit it! -Come on.
-BETH: Come on! -ELLERY: Faster, come on
All I'm focused on is let's get the win.
KEOGHAN: He wants this so bad for his team.
-BETH: Just like that. -[cheering]
-Pick up the pace. Pick up the pace. -Keep going.
KEOGHAN: This is where the stamina kicks in.
BETH: Hustle!
-Good job, Jake. -Sergio hasn't finished chopping
his wood, but he's starting to stack.
Let's go. You got to stack.
Come on, Serge. Hustle!
LAURA: Come on, Jake. One more piece.
KEOGHAN: Jake is trying to get his stacked onto the rack.
Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Sergio is just a couple of pieces away now.
Good job, Jake, almost there.
-Who is hungrier? -No, no, no.
It's coming down to seconds.
There you go. There you go.
And Jake gets the job done.
[cheering]
LAURA: Good job.
I wanted that redemption, you know,
so I was bummed, but
one sour apple could spoil the bunch.
KEOGHAN: Jake, I am pleased to tell you
that puts the score at two to Savage Crew,
one to Dirty Hands.
You have broken the tie.
Good job, big dawg.
KEOGHAN: But as you all know, there's two stakes on the line
for the winner of the next round,
all three disciplines.
All right, take a moment to strategize.
I can do all three of them. I know I got the strength.
I'm pretty sure I have the endurance.
ILIMA: Oh, yeah. Let's do this.
Absolutely, man.
I think I have the stamina to do all three.
-Okay. -Yeah, yeah. -For sure.
This is not a sprint. This is a marathon.
I'm gonna keep the same momentum
throughout the whole entire exercise.
We have our oldest competitor...
-Ready. -...against our youngest competitor.
Two stakes on the line.
On the work whistle.
-[work whistle blows] -[cheering]
Let's go, Larron.
Let's go, baby, you got this.
-Right through the center. -Just focus, man.
I have actually never chopped wood before,
but I've swung a sledgehammer,
and the technique is similar.
-Ooh. -JAKE: Come on, Larron.
KEOGHAN: Ellery the first to go through his gauge.
ELLERY: As a fireman,
I am familiar with swinging an ax,
and I know I have the endurance
to keep up without any problem.
Ellery down to the last few pieces.
LARRON: Right out of the gate, I was aiming,
but I wasn't focusing on keeping my blade straight,
and so, I just sent the logs flying.
KEOGHAN: Ellery is already stacking his wood on the stand.
This will give him a solid lead.
Hurry up, Larron.
-Let's go, Ellery. -There you go. Keep that pace.
Ellery moving on from the wood.
ELLERY: As I'm running, I see Larron
is still chopping wood, and I'm like, okay,
I got this.
LAURA: Hey, don't slow up, don't slow up.
[cheering]
Hurry up. Beat him.
JAKE: We're just in panic mode,
and at this point, I'm really freaking out.
JAKE: Hurry up. Don't worry about him.
Ellery doing everything he can to get this done.
-Now Larron goes on to stacking. -JAKE: Come on, Larron, quick.
-Power coming from Ellery. -Let's go! Come on!
JAKE: Okay, finish up strong. Come on.
BETH: Good job, Ellery.
-[cheering] -Let's go, Ellery.
KEOGHAN: And he's moving on to the grinder.
JAKE: Hurry up, Larron. You got this. You can still catch up.
LARRON: Ellery's already started on his tire,
and I realize he has a substantial lead on me.
KEOGHAN: Larron is running down, trying to catch up.
JAKE: Run! Run!
KEOGHAN: Ellery's trying to cut through that bead.
You still got this. Push!
You got this, Larron, you got this.
KEOGHAN: Ellery's still working on that top bead.
I have very little experience
working with grinders.
LAURA: It ain't over till it's over.
KEOGHAN: Larron is closing the gap.
His team right there with him, cheering him on.
And Larron moves on to get his grinder out.
Wow. Huge comeback.
BETH: This is you, Ellery. Let's go.
JAKE: Come on, Larron, you're right there!
[indistinct yelling, cheering]
Ellery desperate to try to get through the second bead.
Looks like Larron has that top bead cut.
He's flipping his tire over.
He's tied it up. It's a race to the finish.
[cheering]
And...
Ellery with the win!
[cheering]
There is no stopping me. There is no stopping.
My team needed it.
KEOGHAN: You have earned two stakes.
Giving Dirty Hands the lead,
-three to two. -Yeah.
Dirty Hands, I think it was a moment that your team needed.
Age is just a number.
If it's one thing I-I have it's endurance.
-Yes, you do. -Yeah. -Yeah.
Dirty Hands, you get to pick an opponent from Savage Crew.
I'm-a take this one, Phil.
-I'm gonna go with Mister. -[cheering]
Well, Savage Crew,
you have all three disciplines to choose from.
I'm-a go with, uh, the tire.
KEOGHAN: All right. Get to your workstations
and let's do the job.
-[work whistle blows] -Go, Jorge. Go, Jorge!
-Let's go, Mister, let's go. -Let's go, Mister.
[overlapping cheering]
I want to bring home as much money for my team as I can.
Let's go, Big Jorge. Come on.
KEOGHAN: Jorge going from the top to try to cut that bead.
Come on, Mister. Bring it home.
There you go.
Sounds like terrible sounds in a dentist's.
JORGE: All of a sudden, the grinder binds up
and starts going so slow.
Jorge's grinder's come to a standstill.
It's buried inside the tire.
JORGE: So, I'm just like, you know what?
I'm gonna just change my grinder out.
JORGE: Are you kidding me right now?
JORGE: I like to rely on
my ability to step back and just be like, okay.
KEOGHAN: Jorge, now back to the grinder.
-[grunts] -JORGE: This isn't working.
What do I need to do?
Mister's trying to pull his tire off.
It's a chance for him to catch up.
Focus on you.
MISTER: At one point, Jorge had to get a new grinder.
You'll feel it kick.
MISTER: So I'm thinking, all right, man,
-I just need to pull ahead. -JAKE: Let's go, Mister,
you got to cut that thing.
It is so close.
So, I'll put my hands inside the tire, and I...
[indistinct shouting]
JAKE: Get that bead.
Don't worry about him.
KEOGHAN: Mister gripping that tire.
[cheering]
-Let's go, Mister. -Let's go, Jorge.
[cheering]
Jorge gets the win for Dirty Hands.
Yes, Jorge!
MISTER: You won that battle, Jorge,
but you ain't gonna win the war.
I'm gonna get some redemption from Jorge, believe me.
-[whoops] -Sergio, how's your heart now?
I think it's still beating.
[laughs]
Dirty Hands up 4-2.
Renée, Synethia,
you're the only two that haven't competed.
-What would you like to do? -Pull my body weight.
-[cheering] -Okay. Step up. Let's do it.
Dirty Hands, you need one more stake
to win today's team competition.
-[cheering] -Yeah, Synethia.
I know that Synethia came into this thinking
she didn't have the qualities
that some of us have because,
you know, she's an apprentice, currently.
But Synethia is
the hardest worker on this team.
Renée, if you take the win today,
you give your team a chance of fighting back.
-Time to get to work. -[work whistle blows]
[overlapping cheering]
If I win, we win the team challenge.
[cheering]
SYNETHIA: And I clipped my carabiner first,
and I got back first.
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
KEOGHAN: Oh, Synethia is the first back.
Go, go, go.
It's feeling easy in the beginning,
but once I begin to pull it with the weight,
I'm thinking, "Oh, no."
-Synethia struggling to pull. -There we go, pull!
All of a sudden, we're neck and neck.
KEOGHAN: They are right next to each other.
LAURA: Your boys are watching.
Let's go.
Savage Crew right behind Renée.
-LAURA: A-Team, don't stop. -And then I hear my team.
Your boys are watching.
-Let's go, Renée. -[cheering]
-Let's go! -LARRON: Let's go, Renée!
Renée's got about a foot on Synethia.
RENEÉE: I just kept seeing my name come closer and closer.
Keep going, keep going.
Synethia exhausted.
RENEÉE: And you don't even know where that strength comes from,
but now I know it's there.
[screaming]
[cheering]
-Yeah, let's go! -Keep going!
-Renée with the win. -[cheering]
LAURA: So proud of you.
[cheering]
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew,
that means you've got to win two in a row
-to close it out. -We got this.
[laughs]
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands, you need just one win,
and since everyone has competed,
you get to choose the matchup for wood chopping.
If y'all would let me, I want to take this one.
I want to get a little redemption here.
I want to call out Laura.
-Let's do it. -We're behind you 100%.
SERGIO: We believe in you.
KEOGHAN: All right, Dirty Hands, have you made
a decision about what you'd like to do?
Well, Phil, Laura got the best of me
in the tire-cutting challenge, and, uh, I'm hoping to
even it up a little bit right here.
All right, you ready to get it done?
Let's go.
If I lose this challenge,
it's all over.
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
-Come on, Laura. -Let's go, Laura.
[overlapping cheering]
Go Aly!
I definitely have a strategy.
You know, I want to stand up as many pieces as I can,
so that way I'm not
constantly bending over, picking up other pieces.
KEOGHAN: Aly splitting that wood perfectly,
not hitting too hard.
My goal is to try
and hit the logs mainly
where the splits are and just praying that my aim
is what it needs to be.
SYNETHIA: Aim, aim, aim.
Laura determined.
Let's go!
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Dirty Hands, one win away.
-There you go. There you go. -Let's go, Aly!
Oh, wow, three beautiful chops coming from Aly.
She knows. She knows what she's doing.
KEOGHAN: Laura gets another piece through,
and another.
She's picking up the pace.
JAKE: Good job, Laura.
You're doing great. You're doing great.
KEOGHAN: We're down to the last few pieces.
ILIMA: You got this, Laura. Good job, mama.
Don't forget your log out there.
KEOGHAN: Laura realizes that
she has a piece off on one side.
You got it. You got to split it in half.
[cheering]
KEOGHAN: Aly just a couple of pieces away now.
It's gonna come down to the stacking.
I'm trying to use a technique that we use
back home to stack the wood as fast as you can,
which is one hand to the other.
Two at a time. Two at a time.
Aly desperate for redemption.
Come on, Aly! Come on!
This will be the win for Dirty Hands if they get it.
-Speed! Pick it up! -Stack it! Stack it!
Pick it up, Aly.
-Get it on, get it on. -Laura trying to catch up.
Come on. Come on.
And Aly gets the win for Dirty Hands!
[cheering]
ALY: I couldn't be more proud of myself
and where I've come since day one here.
I grew more these past weeks than I have
the last two years of my life.
Good job.
I owe this growth to my team.
They pushed me to do things
that I didn't think that I could do,
and it showed today.
-JAKE: Good job, Laura. -[cheering]
I am so impressed with both of you. That was just awesome.
And what a way to close it out.
-And so much on the line. -ELLERY: Good job, Aly.
To get this last win, it means everything.
Even though we didn't get the $60,000,
this one meant so much.
Beth, I know you wanted more from your team.
You wanted that extra gear.
You've been asking for it.
Yeah, today was just that little extra spark
that we've been looking for,
and I couldn't be more proud of everybody.
I want to congratulate you, Aly,
for getting your moment of redemption
and also bringing your team to a win today
in the final team challenge.
So, I'd like you to go grab the stake,
and at the same time grab that Badge of Honor
while you're back there.
SYNETHIA: I'm sad that the team competition is over
because the bond that we formed in such
little time now has to come to an end.
The journey of Dirty Hands has been heartwarming,
loving, caring, encouraging,
and definitely fun.
I'm gonna award this to you as the person who closed it out
for Dirty Hands today.
I've been wanting to shake your hand for a while.
-[laughter] -$12,000 going to Dirty Hands today.
A well-deserved win. Way to close it out
and, uh, share that with your team, right?
-Yeah. -[cheering]
ALY: As I walk away from
the last team challenge today, it's bittersweet.
We got this win today, but this means that I won't ever
get to compete with these people again. And, uh, yeah.
Dirty Hands forever.
Final score in the overall team competition: 5-4.
-Pretty amazing. -Yeah!
We now transition into individual.
Only five of you left.
Ellery, Jorge, Jake,
Mister, Larron.
One of you is going to be our Tough As Nailschampion.
Get some rest.
See you tomorrow.
[cheering, clamoring]
♪ ♪
Hey, thank you guys for yesterday.
-It was awesome. -Oh, yeah.
Now we switch gears.
Today's the day, guys.
Today is the day.
It's the race to the final four.
We're all friends,
but I'm here to compete.
I'm here for my family.
So, you know, I want to win money.
This is for your daddy,
for that little boy back home
and for your wife, come on.
And all the carpenters across the world.
-That's right, baby. -[cheering, clamoring]
Ellery, this is for your girls, this is for your wife,
-this is for your mama. -Thank you.
-You're gonna go get it! Go get it! -All your coworkers!
Let the fire out!
Yeah!
JAKE: So, Mister, Larron, good luck to both of you today.
It's definitely going to be some tough competition.
You know, Mister, he's just been staying steady
mid pack or up to the front of the mid pack.
Larron, he is fast and he is very strong, as well.
So it's paramount today to end up in that final four.
LARRON: I'm definitely nervous. I am before every competition.
You know, physically, Jake is tough.
He's got endurance. He's got his life skills.
Ellery's a workhorse.
He's got a lot of secret weapons
that he doesn't like sharing.
You know, I've got to get my game on
and come out with a win on this.
I just want a shot at redemption.
I got to beat Jorge.
My biggest competition today will be Jorge.
He's quick, you know, he's diligent.
And, I mean, we're always right there, neck and neck.
We made it this far.
Nobody wants to punch out.
Final four. Here we go, baby.
ALL [chanting]: Jorge and Ellery! Jorge and Ellery!
Jorge and Ellery! Jorge and Ellery! Jorge and Ellery!
[cheering, clamoring]
♪ ♪
Ah! Tough as nails!
[whooping]
Yeah. Yep.
Those of you who have punched out, grab a seat.
The rest of you out in front of me,
let me tell you about today's job.
Welcome to the final five.
[cheering, clamoring]
Today, you're going to be putting in some HVAC.
As you can see, we have five lines of HVAC
that need to be assembled by the five of you.
When that work whistle blows, you'll run across the room
to your scissor lift, take it back to the starting position,
and then start assembling all the pieces across the ceiling.
You'll be following this plan right here.
There are 13 pieces, 13 connections,
all held together with 33 screws.
Once you have everything assembled
and you're ready for a check,
park your scissor back into the marked area.
First of you to get it done,
you get $9,000.
[cheering, clamoring]
The last two of you will be going into overtime.
By the end of the day, one of you will be punching out.
Let's get this job done.
Let's go, guys!
[cheering]
MISTER: I really want this $9,000.
I kind of been just cruising, you know, staying above water.
And this is like the last lap on the track meet.
It's time to go all out.
Time to get to work!
[work whistle blows]
[shouting, clamoring]
I'll take off like a bobcat.
ALY: Let's go, Mister!
I'm ready to go. You know, I'm jamming on it. [growls]
I'm thinking, "Oh, my Lord,
I can't even get this thing started."
KEOGHAN: Everyone off the mark on their scissor lifts
except for Mister and Ellery.
ALY: Come on, you got this, Ellery.
-There you go. -Mister got it.
We're installing some HVAC ducting.
Um, we have different-sized pipes to assemble.
Uh, we got connectors, down vents, and reducers.
I work with pipes, but ones that have natural gas in them.
The pipe I work with, you can bang up against it
and it's all right. This stuff is very flimsy.
KEOGHAN: Remember, 13 connections,
13 pieces, and 33 screws.
My strategy is to disconnect both clamps on one side,
put my ductwork in, and then secure it again.
What is going on with Ellery?
ELLERY: What is wrong with this thing?
Instead of a scissor lift, I got myself a merry-go-round.
Let's go, Ellery!
One of the things that I have learned from being
a soldier and being a fireman is that
when you're doing something and it's not working,
pivot from that.
So I stopped it right there, I grabbed at each part
then started assembling them.
Ellery is going with a completely different
approach from everybody else.
The smaller parts would be much easier to assemble
on the ground, and it will cut down
on the time that I will spend in the air.
Smart, smart.
KEOGHAN: Mister has a T connection.
He's also got that down vent.
Used to be a union pipe fitter,
but this is what we did every day.
My strategy is
do not take the hangers apart.
Your pipe should never fit
right inside of your hanger.
So that means I didn't have
to do any work but screw it in.
ILIMA: Come on, Mister!
ALY: Let's go, Jorge. Come on!
KEOGHAN: Jorge has a few connections.
Jake is attaching a down vent
to his 12-inch T.
Way at the far end,
Larron also attaching a down vent to his 12-inch T.
Jake having a lot of trouble with this connection.
Going from that reducer
down to the eight-inch duct.
JAKE: The most difficult thing is
if you have a piece that gets damaged,
it can cause you to crimp in your ends.
Have to reshape it.
KEOGHAN: Ellery is finally up in the air.
Looks like Ellery is going to get
his 12-inch duct attached.
-[Mister shouting] -[all clamoring]
Let's go! Mister, in the heat of the battle,
makes a bunch of noises.
[shouting]
KEOGHAN: Mister is pumped!
Let it out!
When he's extra hungry...
Gonna get some, baby!
...you can hear it in his body.
[growling]
Ellery, he's struggling to get this duct in.
It's not easy.
It was a little cumbersome
removing the screws and, at the same time,
hold the weight of the duct while I try to put it in.
It just wasn't lining up.
KEOGHAN: This job is going fast.
JORGE: All of a sudden I noticed
that Mister was sliding in his ducting
while I spent a lot of time
taking apart the clamps and I think that decision
was really killing my time.
KEOGHAN: Mister has a clear lead
in the air at this point.
He's already got his eight-inch duct in place.
Here comes Jorge!
He's made some great connections.
BETH: Focus up, Mister, focus up!
-[clatter] -Oh, no.
I'm on my last section.
And my socket
fell all the way on the ground.
JORGE: All of a sudden,
Mister drops his socket, so I'm like,
okay, this is my chance.
ALY: Let's go, Jorge! Hurry up!
KEOGHAN: Mister and Jorge neck and neck.
ALY: Jorge, right here, you got to go.
KEOGHAN: You know Mister is hungry for a win.
He wants redemption from Jorge
after losing to him in the last team challenge.
LAURA: Home stretch, Mister! You got this, Mister!
KEOGHAN: That hanging clamp needs to be tightened.
LAURA: You got to move, Mister, you got to move!
-Come on, baby! -Mister thinks he has the job done.
He has gone through this in record speed.
Get the wheels all in.
[shouting]
And Mister with the win!
[cheering, clamoring]
Let's go, Mister!
$9,000. You're going through to the final four.
-[cheering, clamoring] -MISTER: You know,
it's my first time winning an individual.
You know, it was $9,000.
That would be a great start for my family to have
a sustainable farm and...
I might take my wife on a trip or something.
Vacation trip.
Finish it up, Jorge. Let's go.
-SERGIO: Come on, Jorge! -KEOGHAN: Jorge close now.
SYNETHIA: Yeah, Jorge!
KEOGHAN: And now Jorge,
he's coming back.
ALY: Good job, Jorge!
And, Jorge, you are through to the final four.
-Congratulations. -ALY: Yeah, Jorge!
JORGE: It feels amazing getting to the final four.
I'm thinking about my little boy, my wife, my daughter.
Only one person is gonna be theTough As Nails champion.
I'm that much closer.
It is a race
between Larron, Ellery and Jake.
This for a safe spot in the final four.
Two of you will be fighting it out
head to head in overtime.
I have gone to overtime before, so it's paramount
today to not even get in that overtime position.
KEOGHAN: There's one more spot left
to keep you safe out of overtime.
ELLERY: It's down to me, Larron and Jake.
I'm trying to move as fast as I can,
because I'm here for my wife, my daughter and my mom.
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Jake!
KEOGHAN: Ooh!
Jake misfires with that screw.
What the-- [groans]
SERGIO: If you want it, you better get on it, Jake!
SYNETHIA: Let's go, Larron!
LARRON: I'm able to slide my ducting off.
I feel like I have a shot now.
SERGIO: Pick up the pace. Let's go.
-Larron coming in. -ILIMA: Good job, Larron!
ALY: Come on, Jake, don't give up!
Come on!
And Laron gets the last guaranteed spot
in the final four.
[cheering]
[whoops] That's got to be a relief, huh?
Being in the top four is a dream come true for me.
Congratulations, you are through to the final four.
-Thank you. -These two here are
gonna have to fight it out.
JAKE: Definitely doesn't feel great to be going to overtime.
Ellery is fast and smart, so I just need
to get that self-confidence back.
If I could find that, I think I'll be all right.
ELLERY: I'm not going to underestimate Jake.
Jake is like a slow-moving glacier.
You think it's no harm, but it can overpower you.
Jake and Ellery, there is still one more
spot to get through to the final four.
-One of you is gonna get it. -All right.
-KEOGHAN: Ah, here we go! -[cheering, clamoring]
ALY: Let's go, guys.
Going into overtime, I'm not gonna rush and mess this up.
I need to take my time and think this through.
This is about fighting your way back
into contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
I've been underestimated in my life.
I've been underestimated in-in this game.
And I am here
to prove that I am not to be messed with.
Guess what you're doing today.
We're making a table?
You're going to make a table.
As you can see,
there are four pieces of aluminum
that this table is made up of.
All the tools you need are laid out here on your workbenches.
You're going to take some of this aluminum tubing
and you're going to bend it into shape.
The most important tool that you'll be using today
is this rolling device.
Take your straight piece of aluminum pipe,
put it into the roller, wind that pressure down,
roll it back and forth until you get it into the perfect shape.
You've got to make two arcs.
The wider arc are for your legs and the tighter arc
is for the supports.
You're gonna need to adjust your roller according
to which arc you're making.
Once you feel like you've got the right size,
you can come and test it in here in the jig.
If it fits in nicely, you know that it's sized properly.
Then you can trim off the excess and get
to work assembling the leg
and support pieces that go on your table.
Everybody ready for this?
[cheering, clamoring]
All right, set up behind your tables and we'll get to work.
♪ ♪
-Time to get to work. -[work whistle blows]
Here we go.
This to stay in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
ALL [chanting]: Ellery! Ellery!
Ellery! Ellery! Ellery!
-[clamoring] -Let's go, baby, come on.
ELLERY: I just need to stay calm, listen to my teammates
in the background cheering me on and use that as motivation
-to come out on top. -ALY: You got this!
KEOGHAN: Ellery's already got
-a lot of his pipe through. -Let's go, Jake, you got this!
Jake marking his piece of metal first.
JAKE: Man-jig, you got to keep it straight as you can
so I mark my pipe, so I can watch it
as I bend it through to make sure
that those marks are centered.
RENEÉE: All about precision, Jake.
ILIMA: Slow and steady, baby. Slow and steady.
There you go, Ellery.
ILIMA: In this challenge,
it's gonna come down to the attention to detail,
and Jake, under pressure,
can get a little frustrated, uh,
and work too quick and miss some things.
KEOGHAN: Key here is patience.
Ellery's getting that gauge.
Gauge is lining up.
ELLERY: I'm feeling good about my pipe.
Put my pipe under jig,
and I see that
I still need some more bending.
KEOGHAN: He's got to adjust the angle.
Straight lines today, straight lines.
These bending devices have been used for hundreds of years.
They work a lot better than these made-up
techniques that you're coming up with here.
[laughter]
ILIMA: It's all right, Jake.
KEOGHAN: Jake getting his first piece through.
[cheering, clamoring]
Ellery's right behind him. Wow!
It's competitive.
Oh, okay!
Get it, Ellery.
KEOGHAN: Jake has got his first pipe complete.
Jake's moving on to his second.
Ellery is finishing up his first.
-Good job, Ellery. -ELLERY: Jake, he's ahead of me.
But I do know that at times Jake can get flustered.
And I am hoping that that happens,
and it can give me an advantage.
ALY: Let's go, Ellery!
KEOGHAN: Ellery gets his first piece complete.
JAKE: Moving on to my second leg,
I kind of knew how many turns I could use.
Secured tight.
If I went three cranks every time,
I could give it enough.
I get a lot of bend out of it
without kinking it.
KEOGHAN: Ellery working away on his
second piece of pipe.
Jake finishing up second set of legs.
-There you go, buddy! -Jake's going for his third piece of pipe.
Now he's got to make the tighter arc.
-There you go. -ELLERY: I am falling behind.
I need to get this done.
So I take my piece
and I slide it in.
-ALY: Good job, Ellery! -KEOGHAN: That fits through nicely.
Good job!
ELLERY: So I just kept going, kept going.
MISTER: There you go, Jake.
BETH: Is that the wrong pipe?
He's using his big one again.
Yeah. The template's underneath.
Jake is using the wrong model to bend his pipe.
Ellery can start catching up because Jake is making
a pretty critical error.
KEOGHAN: Ellery now going on to third pipe.
Oh, baby.
Oh, man.
LARRON: Jake lines up to his jig.
He's like, "What the hell? It doesn't fit."
Pay attention to the details.
It sucks because we can't tell you what to do
when we see what's wrong.
I just used that template piece.
Like, how am I this far off?
-BETH: Oh, oh, oh. -LARRON: That's-- No.
MISTER: Jake, he was using the wrong guide.
You can see the confusion on his face.
Come on, Jake.
You just want to go, "Jake, you're using the wrong pipe."
And you see Ellery over there, and that's when he pulled ahead.
KEOGHAN: Ellery working on his fourth pipe.
At this point, I'm really freaking out.
But in this competition, I've learned
that you just need to take a relaxed approach to it.
KEOGHAN: Oh...
Oh!
-There you go, there you go! -Oh!
You got to be kidding me.
A light bulb moment from Jake.
ILIMA: Good job, Jake.
KEOGHAN: Jake is going to see if everything lines up.
Ellery back to the gauge
for the tighter arc.
Very smart, Jake. Good job,
LAURA: Jake cut his pipe.
He actually gets two pieces out of it.
KEOGHAN: Jake about to make a big move.
Feeling good about his third and fourth piece.
Ellery needs a little bit more of a bend in that piece.
-[Jake whooping] -[cheering, clamoring]
It fits! Beautiful!
There you go, Jake.
KEOGHAN: Jake's back in the lead right now.
ELLERY: I'm trying to stay calm.
My pipe is crooked.
I'm trying furiously
to keep it straight.
Jake has his tabletop out
on his work bench.
BETH: Keep moving, Ellery, come on!
JORGE: Make your moves count, man.
KEOGHAN: Now Jake's got his legs attached.
ELLERY: I'm on my fourth piece.
I know he's ahead, but
I'm telling myself stay the course, stay the course.
KEOGHAN: Ellery gets it done.
Jake looking under his table for some more nuts and bolts.
Meanwhile, Ellery stays steady.
Still anyone's game.
Don't stop, Ellery, you got this.
KEOGHAN: Jake searching desperately and he finds it.
All right, Jake.
Jake is trying to get his table straight
as Ellery keeps on working away.
Not giving up.
Jake gets the win!
[cheering]
It's been a long road coming here for me.
I've been through a lot, and here I am, top four.
Ellery's a great competitor and a great person.
Uh, so it's, uh, it's hard.
-That was difficult. -It was hard.
That was hard.
SERGIO: Ellery, you're
the definition of tough.
-[clamoring] -Good job, Ellery.
Way do not give up.
I appreciate everything
that have been given to me here.
I appreciate every single one of you.
-Love you, Ellery. We love you, Ellery. -Love you, Ellery.
JORGE: Let it, brother.
KEOGHAN: A lot of emotion coming here, huh?
[crying]: Because...
the love that I got from... [sobbing]
I still feel like I won, in a way,
because even in that loss,
what I gained is acceptance.
What I gained is love from my family here.
The love that I receive here,
I will never forget it.
I know from what you all gave me
what actual love and affection is,
and I appreciate it.
That's what's up.
Thank you.
I'm a man. I was told
that man, man, man's supposed to be tough.
I'm a soldier. I'm supposed to be tough.
But when I look at everyone's face,
I realize that I am worthy of self-love
and I know that I'm a better person than when I came.
Ellery, we appreciate what you have done,
serving our country as a fireman,
We appreciate your integrity.
Unfortunately, your journey
in the individual competition has come to an end
and I do need you to punch out.
-[cheering] -Good job, Ellery.
-ALY: Good job, Ellery. -Love you brother. Love you, brother.
[cheering]
Good job, Ellery.
KEOGHAN: Jake, I just want to congratulate you.
You've made it through to the final four.
-Well deserved. -[cheering, clamoring]
You'll be going up against Jorge,
Mister and Larron.
A battle of the best.
One of you will be our Tough As Nailschampion.
[growls]
Good job, man. Give 'em hell.
Yes, sir, I will.
-Love you, man. I honor you. -Dude...
I appreciate you 100%.
Thank you for putting me on your team, man.
-I appreciate it. -Always.
-Good job. -Love you.
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KEOGHAN: Next time, the season finale ofTough As Nails.
We're down to the final four.
I've waited so long for this opportunity.
LARRON: I've got the strength, the skills.
People need to watch out.
I'm not gonna back down.
I didn't come this far to punch out.
KEOGHAN: The toughest gauntlet inTough As Nails history.
Hit the next gear! Come on!
SERGIO: He's got this fire in his eyes, man.
-[grunting] -[all cheering and clamoring]
♪ ♪