♪ ♪
KEOGHAN: We searched the country for America's toughest workers.
Wow, it's competitive.
Only 12 rugged individuals made the cut.
BETH: My name is Beth.
I'm a shipboard electrician,
and I'm here to prove that hard work pays off.
SYNETHIA: I spent two years in prison.
I want to show that
your past does not determine your future.
We lost my brother in February.
I'm here to dedicate for him.
KEOGHAN: On Catalina Island,
Sergio and Mister earned the honor of picking teams.
I get my hands dirty quite a bit.
-[all laughing] -MISTER: I'm a savage.
We're going to get the job done.
We're gonna win.
JAKE: I was picked last.
You're gonna regret it.
KEOGHAN: After a long,
-hard-fought battle... -[groans]
Where's the number? That's the missing piece.
ILIMA: Oh, man.
Speak up. You're an adult.
BETH: I don't know how many times I said,
"Don't put the tires in first."
We're losing.
KEOGHAN: ...Savage Crew won
the overall team competition.
JAKE: Feels good to get a piece of home.
Reinvigorates you.
KEOGHAN: In the individual competition...
-[shouts] -Yeah!
-Please don't start. -Damn.
ALY: Let's go, Ellery.
JORGE: Don't slow down, man, come on.
ILIMA: Using my voice--
JAKE: Prove everybody wrong.
LAURA: I have sweaty palms,
but you have a job to do.
-[all cheering] -That's what's up!
KEOGHAN: Eight workers lost their shot at the title.
Ilima, you are a badass.
The Xena Warrior Princess of Hawai'i.
[crying]: The love that I got from...
-I will never forget it. -Love you, Ellery.
[whistling]
KEOGHAN: Tonight, only four remain.
Mister--
MISTER: I just want to be the example
for my family and my community.
I'm not giving up
till I get to the top and grab those keys.
I'm ready to win today!
It's a little loud.
-KEOGHAN: Jake-- -Keep hammering down.
I just want to represent pipeliners.
Once I get focused,
-there's nothing that can stop me. -[whoops]
-I can win this. -KEOGHAN: Larron--
This is my life skills being put to the test.
I'm going, baby.
I'm gonna push as hard as I can until I give out.
I'm hungry for the money.
-KEOGHAN: And Jorge. -You're a beast.
JORGE: I started working when I was 16 years old.
It's made me the man I am today.
I'm not the biggest guy,
but I'm consistent.
KEOGHAN: Winner today!
JORGE: I won three already and I just need to do it again.
KEOGHAN: Only one will win the $200,000 prize...
Let's go!
KEOGHAN: ...an all-new Ford Super Duty...
Hit the next gear!
KEOGHAN: ...and be crowned Tough As Nails champion.
Real people,
real life,
real tough.
On the work whistle...
This is the finale
ofTough As Nails.
♪ ♪
Jorge! Jorge! Jorge! Jorge!
Jorge! Jorge! Jorge! Jorge! Jorge!
[cheering, clamoring]
[whooping]
[indistinct shouting]
BETH: You know, Jorge,
you've done an admirable job here.
The grit that you have
and the ability to adapt well
-to any situation. -SYNETHIA: I learned a lot from you
that I could take home in my everyday life.
-Bring it home. -Thank you, Snye.
It feels amazing being in the final four.
I'm the only person left from Dirty Hands.
And I want to make them proud.
'Cause I'm gonna do what I have to do
and I'm going to take home that win.
I'm so grateful for you guys.
Man, we're getting all sappy. Somebody make a dirty joke.
[laughter]
RENEÉE: Mister, you have a lot of hidden talents
that you just don't know about.
You know, I'm gonna think about my daddy.
I'm gonna take everything that he taught me
and all my skills that I learned over the years.
If I never give up, I can go far.
JAKE: Larron, you are an ace hand.
That's what we call, a pipeline word.
-You're good. -Thank you, man.
The stakes are definitely the highest they've ever been.
but the example my dad set is hard work, always strive,
don't ever settle. People need to watch out.
LAURA: Jake, fearless workhorse, this Clydesdale,
but you still shift down in gear when it's time to pivot.
JAKE: First thing that I thought when I woke up this morning,
it's like, "Oh, here we go."
I'm excited I made it this far.
I had to go into overtime a few times to get here,
but that just gave me more experience,
and to be honest with you, it made me more comfortable
And I'm gonna keep battling until the end.
-Good morning, everyone. -CONTESTANTS: Good morning.
[indistinct chatter]
Final four, standing in front of me.
Three Savage Crew,
one Dirty Hands.
By the end of the day, someone will be punching out.
Does anybody have experience
working with an excavator?
-I work on them every day. -Okay.
When the work whistle blows,
you will get into your excavator
and pick up one of these steel balls
and place it on top of one of these vertical pipes.
Get out of your excavator,
run over to the pile of concrete bags,
and load ten bags
onto that far pallet.
Go back to your excavator, load up the second ball,
back to the pallet, pick up 15 bags,
load it onto the pallet.
After you balance that third and final ball,
grab 20 bags and load them up
-onto this closed pallet. -Mm.
-[whoops] -All right.
We're gonna run this in two heats.
If you win your heat, you will automatically
go into the final three.
If you lose, you go into overtime.
Fastest time today,
$10,000.
[cheering]
Mister, since you won the last individual competition,
you get to pick the first nail out of the bucket
to figure out the pairings.
-Oh. -Oh, golly.
Okay, you have a marked nail.
Jorge.
Ooh, different heat.
Larron, you got the decider.
Will you be going up against Mister or will you be
going up against Jorge? Time to find out.
-LARRON: Mister, all right. -KEOGHAN: Going up against Mister.
Jake, that means you will be up against Jorge.
You will be up first.
All right, you ready to see some competition?
-[cheering] -Jake, Jorge,
get in your excavators. Let's get to work.
Okay, let's go, Jorgie. Let's go, big man.
JORGE: Early on, I underestimated Jake,
but I'm not gonna do it again.
He has a lot of life skills and experience
and he has crazy endurance.
But I'm ready for this challenge,
and I'm not gonna back down.
Jorge, he's won multiple challenges already.
He keeps on getting better and better,
so he's definitely a threat, but I'm gonna bring it.
We're gonna leave nothing on the table.
[work whistle blows]
-[whoops] -ALY: All right, let's go, Jorge.
Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Jake the first to get above his steel ball.
Now he's got to manipulate the steel ball
on top of the post.
JORGE: The controls are really delicate.
Just the slightest touch can throw it off.
I don't want to drop this ball and lose a lot of time.
Jake's got to have a gentle touch here.
-LAURA: Slow and steady. -KEOGHAN: Oh!
JAKE: I work with guys that are operators.
If I lose this, I will never hear the end of it.
ALY: Focus on you.
-Jorge with the balance. -SERGIO: Yes, do it!
-Oh! -KEOGHAN: Delicate touch.
[cheering]
And Jorge with the first ball on.
Now he's gotta start packing these bags of concrete.
Ten bags need to go on this first pallet.
The son of a gun got it. I got to move it now.
LAURA: You got this, Jake!
KEOGHAN: Jake gets the first ball on.
He's slightly behind, running back to start
loading concrete bags.
This is a chance for him to catch up.
Jorge has got to get ten.
You got this, Jorge, lets' go!
And he gets it done.
Back into his excavator.
JORGE: Grabbing those concrete bags,
it's hard to catch your breath.
So when you hop back in the excavator,
The key is to just control your breathing
and do things very precise,
because, uh, you don't want to make any mistakes.
Jake, he's loaded the ten bags.
His heart rate will be through the roof.
RENEÉE: I've used these excavators before,
and they're very sensitive.
Jorge doesn't have experience,
so for him
to pick up these controls
so quickly, that is pretty impressive.
KEOGHAN: Here comes Jorge.
Got to have a gentle touch here.
-Jorge gets his second ball on. -Let's go, Jorge!
A gentle touch from Jake.
He has his second ball on.
Now he's got to start loading 15 bags of concrete
on his second pallet.
JAKE: I got to do something to close this gap.
There's only one way to do this.
KEOGHAN: Jake going with two bags at one time.
That's 120 pounds.
-You got this, Jake. -Go!
JORGE: The bags are 60 pounds apiece.
The first ten are pretty easy.
As you get to the 15th, it's real heavy.
Puts a hole in your lungs.
KEOGHAN: Oh, now it's got to be hurting!
ALY: Let's go, Jorge!
KEOGHAN: Jorge has one more ball to pick up!
[whoops]
Jake good with 15.
-[cheering, clamoring] -Jorge has got a nice touch.
This is where Jake can't panic.
JAKE: You got to go fast when the time comes.
And if you bring that speed into that machine,
it ain't gonna work out, I can tell you that right now.
It's the last ball.
He's still a little bit ahead of me.
I can't lose this challenge.
KEOGHAN: Jake trying to calm himself down.
-BETH: Take your time. -Jorge is right on the edge.
-Ooh, it goes down! -ALY: Focus!
-KEOGHAN: Oh! -SERGIO: Just breathe!
-BETH: Focus! -KEOGHAN: Jake has his three balls on!
[all shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Do you want to be in the final three?!
Jake has got to get 20 bags on now.
Jorge is having trouble with this last ball.
Keep moving, Jorge! You got it!
[clamoring, shouting]
KEOGHAN: Jorge gets that last ball. He's out of his excavator.
Now it comes down to 20 bags of concrete.
Jorge, you got to give it everything you got!
He's five ahead!
JORGE: It's gonna be a fight to the finish,
'cause Jake's already loading bags,
but got to do what I can to catch up.
KEOGHAN: Remember, the fastest time here today
walks away with 10,000.
-[cheering, clamoring] -Jorge is closing in the gap
if he can keep his pace!
-You got this, bro! -JAKE: You get the first ten.
You're looking, I still got ten more.
[shouting, clamoring]
My back's burning.
I'm completely exhausted. I'm starting to see colors.
Jorge, you got this if you can pick it up.
Jorge, he's got this fire in his eyes, man.
Hopefully, our Dirty Hands brother can pull this out today.
KEOGHAN: Three bags left for Jake!
Jorge has got six!
[cheering, clamoring]
Four more bags left for Jorge!
Who wants this more?
Jake coming back with his last bag!
-Come on, Jorge! -And...
Jake gets the win!
Congratulations, you're in the final three!
[cheering, clamoring]
JAKE: It's an incredible feeling.
Me against Jorge, it was a hell of a battle.
I'm happy to come out on top today.
-Hats off to you, brother. -Congrats.
Jake got me.
He started grabbing double bags
and he's a lot stronger than me,
so he was able to do it.
I'm feeling real gassed out.
But I got to save my energy right now for overtime.
You win this heat,
you go through to the final three.
Finish last,
you will be going into overtime against Jorge.
MISTER: I've never operated this type of equipment.
So going up against Larron, I feel kind of nervous
since he has more experience.
But my daddy always told me,
"Don't be afraid to-to learn new things."
LARRON: Going up against Mister,
I-I am a little bit nervous.
He's a fast learner.
And he's proved more than once that he can
hang up there with the best of them.
But I'm looking forward to the competition against him.
On the work whistle.
-[work whistle blows] -Let's go!
[indistinct chatter]
ILIMA: Let's go!
-There you go! -JAKE: There you go, Larron!
-Good job, Larron. -KEOGHAN: Larron coming back with his first ball.
MISTER: You have to grab this ball
working two different controllers with a baby touch,
and this excavator is rumbling.
My stomach was rumbling, too, I'm so nervous.
ALY: There you go!
[cheering, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Who will be the first
to get their ball on the end?
It's Larron!
Closely followed by Mister.
Whoa!
But Mister's quicker out of his excavator!
Mister's already underway with his first bag.
Larron's going with two at a time onto his pallet.
He's got to get ten.
LARRON: Strategy for moving concrete bags is
start with two bags and make fewer trips.
I dead lift on a good basis, and so lifting the bags
isn't necessarily the hardest, but it's
holding them while you're moving.
KEOGHAN: Here comes eight for Larron!
MISTER: I wanted to do one bag approach.
I mean, those 60-pound bags are heavy.
My arms are burning.
Larron carrying two bags.
I'm already out of breath. We're just running.
KEOGHAN: Mister finished
his first pallet. Ten from Larron.
-Unbelievable. -[cheering]
Wow. Mister has his second ball in the bucket.
-Let's go, Larron! There you go! -ALY: Smooth!
-JAKE: Smooth operator. -ILIMA: There you go!
Oh! What a delicate touch from Mister!
Are you kidding?
Larron's got his second ball on!
-[yelling] -15 bags of concrete
onto your second pallet!
Larron still going with doubles!
This is where their strength and endurance kicks in.
-ILIMA: You got this, Larron! You got this! -KEOGHAN: Wow.
-Come on, buddy! -JAKE: Larron, be careful!
KEOGHAN: Now Mister's going to doubles.
He knows he's got to do it.
Larron's coming with three bags of concrete at one time!
LARRON: It's 180 pounds. It's more than I weigh.
But Mister is right there neck and neck with me.
I'm not about to make
two more trips.
Larron's good with 15.
At the same time, Mister's good
with 15.
-Let's go, boys! -Come on!
Back in for the last ball.
-Catch your breath, Larron! -Larron has his ball in the claw
at the same time as Mister.
It could not be closer.
-Let's go, Larron! -It is
gonna come down to the bags,
if they can drop these balls successfully.
-[gasping] -Mister right on the edge.
-Oh! Yes! -[cheering]
-You got it, Larron! -[shouting]
Ooh! Larron drops his bucket!
It's gonna come down to the 20 bags.
This is for the final three! Whatever you've got!
SERGIO: Come on, Mister!
KEOGHAN: Remember, the fastest time today walks away with $10,000.
Why are you here, Larron? Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Mister still ahead.
He's working incredibly fast. Larron using brute strength.
Push, Larron, push!
LARRON: My muscles are giving out at this point,
but I'm gonna go at it
with everything I have.
KEOGHAN: Larron with two again.
The final three!
KEOGHAN: One spot guaranteed in this final three!
Do not stop! Keep going!
-Go back there. -Four bags left for Mister!
-[grunts] -Larron's got to go for doubles
-if he wants a shot. -JAKE: Listen up! If you want
-that final three... -ALY: You got to go!
Hurry up! You got four left!
[groans]
-Get up, go! Push! Push! -Come on, Larron!
KEOGHAN: Two bags for Mister!
We got it!
KEOGHAN: And Mister gets the win!
[whooping, cheering]
-Yes. I know how bad it hurts, brother. -Wow!
[whoops] I made it to the final three, baby,
and I'm fittin' to bring the heat.
I gave it my all in each challenge.
Hard work and dedication-- that's just what it takes
-to make it to the end. -ILIMA: Good job. Way to not give up, man.
Still awesome. You're still in it. It ain't over, bud.
Feeling a little dejected. I just got to use that dejection
as fuel. It's not over.
I still got one last shot.
All right. Mister, Jake, I'm pleased to tell you
you are in the final three on this season of Tough As Nails.
[cheering, applause]
Larron, Jorge, you'll be going into overtime.
You're fighting it out for one last spot in the final three.
We got one more piece of business to sort out--
who took the win.
Within seconds of each other.
Mister.
-[cheering] -You have won the $10,000.
-Are you for real? -Yes, I'm for real.
-[whoops] -[laughs]
I never made that much money that quick.
Let's go, Mister!
♪ ♪
[cheering]
[whistling]
JORGE: I told my family
I was gonna come home with the $200,000, so...
I have to make it to that final three.
-Yeah! -LARRON: I'm here for my family.
We have been through a lot in the last several years.
They've weathered the storm. You know, they've taught me
never quit. My goal is
that last spot in the final three.
ELLERY: Aw, yeah.
KEOGHAN: All right. Your job today,
when that work whistle blows,
is you'll be using jackhammers to remove
metal stakes from three concrete blocks
which get progressively bigger and more difficult.
The first of you
to get all three stakes out of the concrete
and put 'em on the rack
will go into the final three along with Mister and Jake.
If you finish last, you'll be punching out.
-Get to your jackhammers. Let's get it done. -Come on, guys.
Let's go!
♪ ♪
Time to get to work.
-[work whistle blows] -Go, go, go!
-LAURA: There you go, Larron. -KEOGHAN: They're both breaking away
the front corner.
ALY: Hey, let's go, Jorge!
LARRON: I install hydraulic breakers, so I'm going to apply
that knowledge today with the jackhammer,
-which is very similar. -ILIMA: Let's go, Larron!
LARRON: I start going from one edge in.
Maybe I can break off chunks as I go.
Focus on you. There you go!
-SERGIO: Hammer down! -ALY: Hey, let's go, Jorge.
This overtime challenge is in my wheelhouse,
but Larron's a tough competitor.
He's moving fast. He's getting it done.
And we both have the same approach.
-It's anybody's game right now. -SYNETHIA: They have to hit
this concrete with jackhammers.
We just was looking like,
"Oh, this is gonna be all day."
[laughs]
KEOGHAN: Jorge has broken the concrete
all the way up to his spike.
-Larron's done the same thing. -Let the tool do the work!
KEOGHAN: The last job was all about strength and skill.
This is about technique.
-Oh! -Go, Jorge!
KEOGHAN: That is a big chunk.
-Jorge has exposed that spike. -LARRON: I'm not breaking off
as big of chunks as I hoped. You know, seeing
how long going from the outside in is taking,
I wanted to see
if I can break up around the middle
and loosen up the stake as I go down.
KEOGHAN: Larron's pulling the debris
-out of the way as he goes. -LAURA: Come on, Larron!
Let's go, buddy!
-ELLERY: There you go! There you go! -ALY: Yeah, Jorge! That's it!
JORGE: I get a big chunk
of concrete off.
I see the first stake
-and I pull on it. -KEOGHAN: Oh!
-Jorge goes back. -JORGE: I fall flat on my butt.
But, you know what, I got that stake out
and that's all that mattered to me.
KEOGHAN: Jorge with the first spike,
moving on to the second block of concrete.
-Come on! Keep it moving. -Larron still trying to get that first spike out.
Larron going deep.
He's come to a standstill. Oh, disaster.
Larron's jackhammer is stuck in the block.
-RENEÉE: Come on, Larron! -KEOGHAN: The first of you to remove three stakes
from your concrete blocks will make it into the final three
with Mister and Jake.
-Jorge has the lead. -JAKE: Larron, come on. Don't get it stuck.
-KEOGHAN: Larron's jackhammer is stuck. -RENEÉE: Come on, Larron!
KEOGHAN: That Tough As Nailstitle is on the line.
-[grunts] -RENEÉE: There you go! There you go, Larron!
[cheering]
Larron gets his first stake.
Moving on to the second.
JAKE: Come on, Larron. Pick it up.
KEOGHAN: Larron is determined to use
the same method for the second stake.
LARRON: I got the first stake out going down in the middle
with the jackhammer, so I'm gonna try to apply that
to my second stake.
It really comes down to strategy.
I may try several different strategies.
KEOGHAN: Big chunks coming off for Jorge
on his second block of concrete.
He's exposed the second spike.
-Come on, Larron! Faster! -ELLERY: Come on, Jorge!
-There you go! -There you go! Come on! -That's it! Let's go, Jorge!
ELLERY: Okay, let's go, let's go!
KEOGHAN: Two stakes in for Jorge!
He has one more to go!
-LAURA: Let's go, let's go, let's go! -KEOGHAN: Oh!
Larron gets his second one!
Oh, he's going to the outside!
Come on, Larron!
KEOGHAN: Larron breaks the center,
exposing the stake.
This is driving me nuts. He can get it stuck.
-KEOGHAN: And now looks like Jorge is stuck. -ALY: Let's go!
ILIMA: Don't stop! Keep going!
My jackhammer gets stuck. I just need to stay calm.
Come on, Jorge! Let's go!
JORGE: We're here to win some money for our families.
You know, we're not gonna back down.
-Don't stop, Larron! Come on! -Dig deep! Dig deep!
KEOGHAN: Larron's on the other side of his stake now.
If he can get this concrete to crack a certain way,
he could catch up.
LARRON: It's do-or-die. This is it.
You can pass out later, but now it's time to give it everything.
-LAURA: There you go! -JAKE: Yeah!
KEOGHAN: Ah, Jorge's jackhammer's broken free.
-LAURA: Keep digging! -Come on, Lare! Let's go!
-Keep going, man! -ELLERY: Go! You got it!
-You got it! You got it! -And Jorge is breaking
-a big piece off his concrete block! -You got it!
He grabs the third stake
and Jorge gets the win!
-[whooping] -Yeah, baby!
Hey, you did a good job. Good job.
-[whoops] -Good job, good job.
JORGE: It feels amazing. It's been a lot
of hard work from day one, from Catalina to now,
and a lot of emotion. And...
there's only one competition left, and...
it-it feels good to be here.
-SERGIO: Proud of you, brother. -Sergio,
I see you got tears in your eyes.
Yeah. You know, uh,
Jorge, I lost a brother and I gained one.
You know? It touches me, because I love this guy.
Uh, Larron, dude,
you're a beast. You're 22 years old.
You got the whole world ahead of you.
You left it all out here on the field.
I know your family's proud of you.
[applause]
-Jorge. -JORGE: Damn right.
You came out here and, uh, you kicked some ass.
-I have a lot of respect for you. -Thank you, man.
-Likewise. Likewise. -Larron, hold your head high.
Know that you are capable of absolutely anything.
Thank you.
I'm used to setting the example.
My brothers have always seen
the more responsible, more stern,
more disciplined side of me.
It's tough to ask you to do this.
We do need you to punch out.
LARRON: But in coming here, I have
learned to let my guard down a little bit more.
-[laughter] -I've met new friends,
new family. I'm able to laugh.
-Savage Crew with the win! -[cheering]
-[engine revs] -LARRON: When I go back home,
I do want to teach my family what I've learned
-along this journey. -Yeah, baby!
-[shouting indistinctly] -Compete as hard
as you can, but, yeah, have fun in life.
♪ ♪
Tomorrow you will be hitting a gauntlet.
This gauntlet is the toughest one yet.
Jake, Mister, Jorge,
one of you is gonna be our Tough As Nailschampion.
Get some good rest. I'll see you tomorrow.
♪ ♪
[crow cawing]
JORGE: Down to the final three, guys. That's it.
Someone in this van's gonna win a new truck and 200 Gs, baby.
-[laughing] -Someone in this van.
-Man, can you believe it? -JORGE: That's crazy.
By the last OT, I could see a big change in you, Jake.
You went from crazy running around
to, like, real calm and, like, taking your time and...
-More control. -Yeah, I know. I come in like a hurricane.
You know what I mean? I'm just...
-[chuckles] -You know, there is times,
you know, when that's good, but other times
in life and in these challenges where you got to kind of
back it down and dial it down a notch.
Being here, you're working with people you don't know
and it's for a lot of money.
-Measure twice, right? -Go! Go!
JAKE: A lot of stress, a lot of pressure.
You know, you're in your head a lot.
What is going on right now?
I had to realize I had to step back in a lot of cases.
-Give me a blind, help out! -We're trying to get it, relax!
JAKE: And, uh, really think things through in order
to win some of these competitions.
There ain't nothing finer than a pipeliner!
Back to Catalina, I was picked last.
Now it's down to three of us.
I need to take what I've learned and then apply it
to the task and, hopefully, it's a winning combination.
Sometimes we think speed, speed, speed, speed, speed.
But sometimes it's about, you know, just steady precision.
I do get in my head a lot.
Oh, my lord.
I'll just take it one challenge at a time.
I don't have to focus on the end result.
-And I smell that money. -[laughter]
So I need to focus on being in the present
and working that out.
Use all my fast skills, my listening skills,
my paying attention skills.
I think I do have what it takes to finish
and come in first.
[shouting]
That's how you win, man. You learn from your mistakes
-and you keep moving on. -Yeah, yeah.
JORGE: When I first came here,
there was no lack of confidence.
-And Jorge gets the win! -[cheering, clamoring]
JORGE: But then I saw a lot of great competitors,
a lot of strong people, and I didn't know
where I was going to end up in the mix.
And then the first overtime really humbled me.
KEOGHAN: This is not how you wanted it to work out.
Not at all. I find me and Beth to be final three.
I've learned a lot of things being here on Tough As Nails.
Ever since my dad passed, I kind of...
put a lid on my emotions, tried to be strong for my family.
But as time went on, a lot of emotion came and I just,
I couldn't hold myself back.
Sorry.
Don't be sorry, brother.
-It's good to let it out. -"We love you, Daddy."
From where I started to where I am now,
I'm stronger than ever and I'm gonna take home that win.
I got so much respect for you guys,
but at the same time, I want you guys to lose.
-[laughing] -You, you, you know
what I'm saying, you know what I'm saying.
No, no, no, no, you can be straight up, bro.
Ain't not one of us in this van don't want to win today.
I want y'all to lose, too.
-JORGE: Exactly. -"I want y'all to lose, too."
MISTER: Oh, my God.
JAKE: There's that truck, man.
MISTER: Oh, my God.
KEOGHAN: Here come a bunch of badasses, guys.
[cheering, clamoring]
Planter boxes? What the heck?
Welcome to the gauntlet!
By the end of the day, one of you will be
our Tough As Nailschampion.
A lot on the line today.
$200,000. That's a game changer.
So let me tell you a little bit about the gauntlet.
Today you will be facing challenges
that you have seen along your journey here on Tough As Nails.
When the work whistle blows, you'll be grabbing
one of those sledgehammers
and you'll be smashing your way through these walls.
You got to get these ten planter boxes
through the hole in the wall to create some steps
to get up on top of that container,
undo all those chains, get those tires
off the container, put the tires on the car
and go charging right through that wall.
Get out of your car and grab a grinder.
Use your grinder to cut through the container.
That's where you will see blocks of ice with a saw inside.
Smash the ice until you get your saw out.
Use the saw to cut 2x4s to build
a ladder to get up on top of another container.
Cut your way through two chains
holding those I-beams on the container.
That'll cause the I-beam to drop between
the containers, creating a bridge
to the other container where you will see
a big pile of knotted-up line.
Untangle it and start spooling that line up,
pulling up both sides of a rope ladder.
The rope ladder is what takes you
up to the top of the container
where the Ford Super Duty is, and grab that key fob.
The first of you to get to that truck today's going home
with $200,000,
an all-new Ford Super Duty,
and the Tough As Nailsbelt.
[exclaiming]
Before we get started here,
got some messages here from your families.
Oh, here come the waterworks.
BOTH: Hi, Jake.
We want you to know that we're rooting for you.
You're the most solid, hard-working man we know.
You've got this.
You've got this, brother.
It's good to see their faces.
BOTH: Good luck. We love you.
JAKE: I have a great support system.
And I-I thank God for that.
And, uh, Mister, got a message
from your family.
Babe, we are all in Oklahoma
rooting for you, cheering you on.
We know that you got what it takes.
I just feel it's good to see, you know, see my family,
see my wife and my kids.
What's up, son? I know you've got this,
so come on home.
We miss you. Love you.
[crying]: I come from him.
[exhales]
You know, I just really want to represent for my daddy.
What you taught me is not in vain.
You're doing a great job.
MISTER: Thank you.
Jorge.
Good, Daddy.
[whoops] Hey, Dad. We miss you.
We love you.
Congratulations on making it this far,
and bring back the grand prize.
Yes. We believe in you. You can do it.
Say bye, Dada.
-Dada! -[whooping]
ALY: There it is, there it is.
Nothing like the sound of a happy kid, right, Jorge?
He's huge.
[laughter]
I'm grateful to my wife and my kids.
And, you know, I told her I wanted to do this.
You know, she had my back from day one.
You guys got this. We got your backs today.
-Are you guys ready to get the job done? -Ready.
-Yes, sir. -All right. Let's get to it.
[cheering]
$200,000 and the Tough As Nailsbelt.
Time to get to work.
-[work whistle blows] -[cheering, clamoring]
Go, boys!
KEOGHAN: Jake, Mister and Jorge
smashing through that wall!
Bam!
We have a welder
a carpenter and a pipeline worker
going head-to-head to be Tough As Nailschampion.
Mister with his first one.
Let's go!
[cheering, clamoring]
Mister already starting
to stack up his planter boxes.
Remember, we've got to get ten here
to make the stairs to go up on top of the next container.
Jorge has all his planter boxes through.
So does Jake.
Rest when this is over, bro, let's go!
Just go!
KEOGHAN: Jake up on top of the container!
And Jorge going up.
One more planter box there left for Mister.
Meanwhile, Jorge and Jake
almost through getting their first tire.
Now goes Mister up and over!
[shouting, clamoring]
Jorge has his first tire undone!
Jake close to getting his first one done.
As is Mister!
All three with one tire free.
[cheering]
And Mister the first to get his second tire done!
Closely followed by Jake, who's got two.
SERGIO: There you go, Jorge!
KEOGHAN: Jorge gets his second tire clear.
It is dead even.
You need these four tires to get these cars going.
And Jorge is
the first to get his third tire done.
He's moving on to the fourth.
Same time Mister gets his third.
And... Jake gets his third.
Dead even!
What are they thinking about now?
Who is driving them? Who is motivating them?
Fourth and final tire!
Jorge gets his fourth tire.
Jake has got all four done, as well.
ILIMA: You got this, you got this!
Let's go. Let's go.
BETH: Let's go, let's go, let's go!
KEOGHAN: Mister still struggling with that fourth tire.
He's got some catching up to do.
This is taking a lot longer than he wanted it to.
Jorge jacking up the car.
JORGE: It's a good feeling, knowing that you're taking the lead,
but you want to stay focused on what you're doing,
because these are great competitors, and I know that
it's a marathon, and I got to, you know, treat it as one.
KEOGHAN: Jake is jacking up his car.
Mister coming down with his tires.
He's got a little catching up to do, but that's okay.
He can do this.
Jorge's first tire is on his car.
There you go. There you go, Jake.
Mister getting his tire on the back left.
Meanwhile, Jorge working on that second tire.
He's getting his lug nuts on.
Go. You got it.
Jake has gone to the back rear tire.
There you go, Jake.
-There you go, nice job. -There you go, Jake.
KEOGHAN: Mister has one tire on.
SERGIO: Just stay focused, mijo,you got this!
You got to you got to give it a little bit more, let's go!
KEOGHAN: Jake has got a lot of catching up to do,
but it looks like he's letting the jack down on his car.
Yes, he has both wheels on the back of his car.
He's moving on to the front at the same time
that Jorge is putting the right front tire on.
[shouting, clamoring]
ILIMA: Just a little bit more, Mister!
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Jake with the left front tire, putting that on.
And Jorge on the front left tire.
He might be the first to get off the mark.
Once they get all four tires on, get in
their cars and drive through this wood to the other side.
ELLERY: All right, Mister, let's go!
There we go, come on!
ILIMA: There you go, make your machine work for you.
Let your machine work for you.
[engine starts]
KEOGHAN: Jorge gets through to the other side.
Next part of this is to get the grinder out
and cut a door through this container to the other side.
[shouting, clamoring]
Nice job. Keep on going, Jake.
I got you.
ILIMA: Let's go, Mister!
Jake coming through much more.
Oh, his beautiful parking job, look at that.
He didn't even hit the water, look at that.
-[horn honks] -Jake up and over the K-rail.
Can Mister catch up?
-You got this, you got this. -Take your time, man.
LAURA: Your specialty is next, my friend.
That's where you're gonna make up the time.
-All right. Yes. -Right?
Man, I'm just going to be behind this whole competition.
Okay, Mister, you got to get it together.
Wh-What's happening?
KEOGHAN: Here comes Mister!
MISTER: The next challenge is, you know, get on that grinder.
I know I'm good at this. This is right up my alley.
I can really make some time up right here.
This is my time.
KEOGHAN: Mister's doing a good job at cutting,
making up a lot of time.
See that? Good cutting.
LAURA: I told Mister, when he was on the wheels.
I was like, I'm like, "Your specialty's up next, buddy."
I was like, "Make it up there." He's like, "Yeah, yeah."
KEOGHAN: Jake is changing out a blade.
Jorge switching out a new blade on his grinder.
SYNETHIA: Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Mister gets a new blade on his grinder
in record time. You can tell he's done this before.
And he's making up for a lot of time.
He's very good with this grinder.
Jake is almost down to the bottom on one side,
but he hasn't tightened his blade properly.
Focus, Jake! Jake, focus! Focus!
JAKE: I need a new blade.
And for being so pumped up from moving that chain,
I'm shaking pretty good.
Put the blade on. Round's wobbling.
Had to take it back off. Get a new blade.
I lost a lot of time there. Mister was able to catch up.
KEOGHAN: Mister is almost at the top of his door.
ALY: Yeah, let's go, Jorge!
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Jorge is through
his door and he's smashing his ice
Got to be careful here not to break that saw.
Who will be the next through?
[shouting, clamoring]
[Mister whoops]
Mister through his door.
Throws off his face mask.
And he starts smashing ice.
Jake has still got some catching up to do.
He is a little behind.
Mister does a great job.
He's made up a huge amount of time.
Jorge working with wood.
You know he's used to doing that. He's a carpenter.
We have two different techniques going.
Jorge making all the cuts first
and Mister nailing them in first,
then cutting as he goes.
Hey, let's go, carpenter. Come on.
KEOGHAN: We'll find out which technique is going to be the fastest.
Wow, look at how quickly Jorge is moving
through the cutting.
He is driven today.
Jorge, he's only got one more cut to make,
and he can start putting his ladder together.
-Come on, Jorge... -Hey, this is the skills!
These are your skills, right here.
KEOGHAN: So far, super close.
Jorge got out to a good lead.
And Jake finally making his way through the container.
Here he goes.
He knows he's got to make up time.
This is where you've got to dig deep.
I know your arms are burning, muscles getting tired.
But there is $200,000
on the line.
-There you go. -KEOGHAN: Who's going to be first
to make it up to the next container?
LAURA: You got this, buddy, you got this.
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: This is where you've got to dig deep.
There is $200,000 on the line.
Who's going to be first to make it up to the next container?
Jorge doing a great job putting in these steps.
Mister's just got to do some more cuts.
ILIMA: Let's go, Mister, you got to move!
Last nails are going in for Jorge.
[shouting, clamoring]
-ILIMA: You got to move, Mister. -Jorge gets his ladder up.
Jake cutting two planks at one time.
LARRON: You're getting closer, Jake!
KEOGHAN: That's a smart catch-up move.
And here comes Mister getting his ladder up.
Almost there. There's plenty of ways to catch up.
Jake had all his steps cut and Mister's
now climbing up onto the top of his container.
Mister starts hacksawing.
He's not far behind now.
Made up a huge amount of time with the grinder.
-SYNETHIA: Let's go, Jorge! -LAURA: Here we go, Mister!
KEOGHAN: Jorge using both hands on the hacksaw.
And he breaks the first chain.
-Good job, Jake. -You're doing great, Jake.
-Keep up the great work, Jake. -You're doing great, man.
KEOGHAN: Mister working away now with his right hand.
And he breaks one side.
It's an even race again.
-SERGIO: Attaboy! -LAURA: Come on, Mister!
[screams]
KEOGHAN: Jake has his ladder done.
He still has a shot at winning this.
KEOGHAN: Handling it. And there goes the I-beam!
ALY: Yeah, Jorge!
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: The same time as Mister's. Holy crap!
ELLERY: Come on!
-Come on! -[Mister whoops]
KEOGHAN: They're neck and neck. They're working on their knots.
The win is about 20 feet away.
-[grunts] -These lines are heavy
and they are heavily knotted.
SERGIO: Come on, baby, come on! There you go!
Come on, buddy, come on!
KEOGHAN: And Jake gets his beam down.
He is making his way across.
Catch-up time for Jake.
BETH: Focus up. Focus up.
KEOGHAN: This is the closest finish
we've ever had on Tough As Nails.
All three, neck and neck.
Focus.
-[Mister grunts] -I told you it was gonna hurt.
Keep going, Mister!
KEOGHAN: Embrace the pain.
[Jake shouts, grunts]
Hit the next gear, Jake. Come on.
KEOGHAN: You want to be Tough As Nailschampion?
-Let's go, Jorge. Jorge! -Come on!
Prove that you're worthy of it.
[shouting, clamoring]
Get that cargo net up.
[shouting, clamoring]
Jake and Mister... Jorge,
all on the first spool at the same time.
That's how close it's been this entire competition.
Jorge and Jake
and Mister at exactly the same time
getting the first side of their cargo net up.
Who will be first to get the second line up?
ALY: Let's go, Jorge, let's go!
SERGIO: Come on, Jorge!
LAURA: Hey, get it in a new gear!
KEOGHAN: What do you got, Mister? What do you got?
ILIMA: Let's go, Mister, you got this, Mister!
This is all you got.
Come on.
Oh!
MISTER: I discover I got a, a knot that I didn't even see.
KEOGHAN: Oh, Mister.
Mister's found a knot in his line.
He's got to pull everything back.
[grunting]
Jorge is going for his second line!
[cheering, clamoring]
[Jorge grunting]
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Jorge putting everything he can into it.
[shouting, clamoring]
ILIMA: Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
Come on, yes!
You did it, mijo!
Come on, Jorge!
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Jorge is up on the cargo net!
SERGIO: Come on, focus, Jorge!
ALY: Do this for that baby, Jorge!
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Jorge is ten feet away.
[shouting, clamoring]
SERGIO: Come on, mijo!
[shouting, clamoring]
[cheering, clamoring]
Jorge is the Tough As Nails champion.
[cheering, whooping]
-ELLERY: Dirty Hands! Dirty Hands! -Yeah!
-Yes! -ELLERY: Dirty Hands!
SERGIO: Come on! ELLERY: Dirty Hands!
Attaboy, mijo!
-We got you! We got you! -I love you, kid!
Ah, I love you guys.
[shouts]
Good job, Jorge!
I can't even describe how I'm feeling right now.
Like, I'm just... [inhales deeply]
I'm lost for words.
This whole experience has just changed
the way I look at life.
Good job, man.
I gained more of that confidence.
The only person you're up against is yourself.
[cheering]
-Yeah, baby! -Yes!
You know, I'm coming home a better man.
That's all you can ask for.
Our final three on Tough As Nails,
we are super impressed.
You guys absolutely crushed this gauntlet.
It was not only the toughest gauntlet
in Tough As Nailshistory,
but that's the closest finish we have ever had.
[cheering, clamoring]
You are Tough As Nails.
I'm proud of Jorge to be champion.
Coming in second place,
I still believe that, you know, I still made
my family proud, and, you know,
I'm gonna keep the Frost, uh, legacy going.
You're that silent assassin, man.
You just, you're stay, you stay consistent.
This journey has been a-an incredible one.
You're Tough As Nails,bro.
-You know I love you, too, man. -God bless you, man.
I was able to make it in the top three.
And I thank God, my friends, my family,
everyone who's made this possible for me.
KEOGHAN: At the end of the day,
there is one Tough As Nailschampion.
And, Jorge, congratulations to you, my friend.
ALY: Yeah, Jorge.
Hey, so when you start your business,
will you hire me?
You're hired! You're all hired!
Yeah, Jorge!
That was badass, I love it. Way to get it done.
ILIMA: There's definitely a bond between
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands.
We all love each other.
Doesn't matter what team we're on.
MISTER: We've grown to be close friends
in such a short time.
ELLERY: We had so much laughter.
SYNETHIA: It's definitely been
a life-changing experience for me.
I've never been around positive people
who make me believe in who I am.
Savage Crew!
RENEÉE: We're gonna have a bond forever.
You can shake the mud off your boots, but you
but you can't take Savage out of your heart.
BETH: From day one, I didn't want to form
any attachments to anybody,
but this taught me growing as a family
is the most important thing.
Jorge, this
brand-new Ford Super Duty and...
Let's go, baby!
[all cheering, clamoring]
-$200,000. -Yeah.
But wait, there's more.
[cheering, clamoring]
Hold that puppy up.
JORGE: I'm so grateful
to be part of theTough As Nails family.
Day one, you're standing with a bunch of strangers,
people you don't know,
people from across the country.
And we're family now.
I love you guys.
Proud of you, Jorge.
Congratulations, our Tough As Nailschampion.
-Drive safe. -[cheering, clamoring]
-ILIMA: There you go! -Yeah!
LAURA: You just lost a truck.
-[laughs] -It's got all my stuff in it.
ILIMA: Wait for me, Jorge.
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KEOGHAN: After heading home fromTough AS Nails,
Mister welded a new line of furniture,
working alongside his favorite employee, his dad.
Jake went back to work on the pipeline,
inspired to become a foreman.
Ilima is tackling her own home repairs,
using a grinder like a boss.
Sergio continues to honor his brother's memory,
spending as much time as possible with his family.
Ellery is training for a Spartan race
with his fellow firefighters.
Aly took a gig working with Laura,
who has taken up woodworking in her spare time.
Synethia continues to learn as much as she can
on her journey to becoming a master carpenter.
Larron returned to spend time with his family in Tennessee,
and hopes to move closer to them as soon as he can.
Beth is coaching her son's baseball team
and using her Tough As Nails skills
to complete a brake job on her truck.
Renée's company has a new billboard and was nominated
for best landscaping business
on Massachusetts' South Shore.
And theTough As Nails family is growing.
Season four winner Jorge and his wife are expecting a baby.
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