PHIL KEOGHAN: Previously onTough As Nails...
12 hardworking individuals...
You are the chosen ones.
...tough from their everyday lives...
I'm a union ironworker.
-Minneapolis firefighter. -I build motorcycles.
-...got right to work... -[work whistle blows]
...on the shores of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Tile setter Ben...
-Ben gets the win! -Yeah!
...and maintenance supervisor Paul...
Yeah!
...won the right to pick teams.
Dirty Hands, clean money.
Savage Crew's going all the way.
KEOGHAN: Welcome to Canada.
[work whistle blows]
-Hard hats. -Put your hard hat on.
[whoops]
Tire coming down.
KEOGHAN: The newly-formed teams
started powering through the first team challenge.
[groans]
Dirty Hands hit a snag...
That hose line is kinked.
-...while Jessica... -Nice, wide strokes.
...led Savage Crew to their first team victory.
Savage Crew get the job done.
-Tonight... -TODD: Let's go, baby!
...Savage Crew is up one-zero in the team competition...
Hell yeah.
...and Dirty Hands
doesn't like it one bit.
I ain't letting this [bleep] team beat me.
KEOGHAN: And in the individual competition...
-I'm dark and I'm scary. -You got me scared just then.
...12 of our toughest competitors ever
will punch in for the chance of a lifetime.
In the end, one will also punch out...
[bleep] just hit the fan.
...losing their shot at $200,000
and an all-new Ford truck.
You trying to lose this?
This is Tough As Nails.
♪
-[siren wailing] -[indistinct radio transmission]
♪
♪ I'm tough as nails.♪
CHERYL: All right, Dirty Hands. We're rolling.
BEN: There we go.
Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey.
We've got to step up our game.
It was kind of like our first dance.
-BEN: Yup. -It was a little, you know like,
"Okay, how... What's your style?"
-Yeah. -And I think the first dance
with any perfect team
-is gonna be a little wobbly. -BEN: Right.
But we're gonna build on our chemistry.
When I go to the job, it's not just Carly, the electrician.
It's Carly, the connector. I love people.
I want to hear people's stories.
I work as a licensed electrician.
I am a proud Canadian. I come from a large family.
A lot of my strength comes from what they've instilled in me.
I'm bubbly, super playful, flirty.
But I've run my own business for seven years.
I get it done.
Being able to manage my
exuberance
is a skill
that I am perfecting, still.
I definitely have what it takes to be able
to win this competition.
To do that, you need to not be
like Lucky Charms.
Sometimes you got to be Cap'n Crunch.
[laughs] Sometimes.
I want to show Savage what we're made of.
CHERYL: There is no way we are losing today.
We got to pull this [bleep] together.
Oh, we're gonna get this [bleep] win!
-[laughter] -[bleep]
Cheryl's talking. Bleep. Bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep.
Coordinate the bleep out of the bleep, bleep, bleep.
[laughing]
Has anyone ever competed in, like, a series before?
Like, best of three, best of five?
I've competed a lot in, uh, single matches,
-you know, tournament style. -Yeah.
-Mm-hmm. -But it's "one, you're done" going into it.
I think that's how we got to go into today.
Go in as the one-and-done mentality.
-Right. -PAUL: Yeah.
I am not easily intimidated
by anything.
Like, I'm serious when I say "anything."
I'm a Minneapolis firefighter.
Firefighting allows me to help people
and give back to my community, and I love it.
I'm also a part-time correctional officer,
Army veteran, and I'm a two-time world champion
Brazilian jujitsu black belt.
[cheering]
My secret weapon coming into this competition is
I've competed a lot.
I can usually keep a clear head.
I'm not worried about what anybody else can do
'cause it's not gonna change what I can do.
But I love winning, and I want that belt.
It'd be a nice addition
to all the other medals that I got,
and call myself Tough As Nailschampion.
-Good morning! -[overlapping chatter]
We all know what that team score is.
Savage Crew, one-zero.
-Right? -[whooping] -Oh, yeah.
You smell that? [sniffing]
-That's money. -That's exactly right.
It is a seven-billion-dollar business, selling
soil and mulch around the world.
Just one teaspoon of beautiful soil like this
has more living organisms in it
than there are people on the planet.
Black gold, right there.
-BEN: Yep. -Took the words right out of my mouth.
[laughing]
KEOGHAN: This job is gonna be done in two parts.
It's one hour's worth of work, but you're gonna be doing
30 minutes on big bags of soil, and 30 minutes
on small bags of mulch.
On the big bag side, you've got a lot
of very expensive equipment-- a front-end loader,
this hopper over here and two forklifts.
Once you dump the soil from your front-end loader
into this conveyor belt, it takes out all the things
that you don't want, comes down into this hopper,
and then gets dumped into these big bags.
Make sure you get them to the top
'cause they don't sell them around here underfilled.
In fact, they will be checking that you overfill them.
Once you tie it up, get the approval
that it can be loaded, and load it onto the truck.
-[whoops] -At the 30-minute mark,
we're gonna switch over-- small bags.
No big, heavy equipment.
We're talking wheelbarrows, shovels, poles,
-big guns. -[Paul clicks tongue] -[Marcus laughs]
KEOGHAN: You'll be taking up that mulch, putting it into
your wheelbarrows, taking it over to the bagging area.
Fill up the small bags. Make sure you get them full.
Today, it is all about bag count,
trying to get as many bags onto your trucks as possible.
I got another $12,000 in my pocket
-for today's job. -MARCUS: Yeah, let's go.
A coin toss determined. Savage Crew, you'll be working
on the small bags first.
Dirty Hands, that means
you'll be working with the big bags.
Go to your table, strategize. Let's get the job done.
-All right, guys. -So, guys,
I want to be the crew leader on this one.
Crew boss. Cheryl, let's do this.
Something inside of me just was like, "You know what?
Step up and be that boss."
As a foreman in my day job,
I have to take complex tasks and break it down
to step-by-step instructions
for my crew, and I knew that I was capable of doing that.
Okay, number one-- who's the boss?
-I think Akeela should be the boss. -You want me
-to be the boss? -Yeah. -There you go.
-Do it. -Because you have more experience.
-Just logistics and stuff like that. -All right.
All right, so I'm the boss.
JESSICA: When Akeela was in the military,
she did a lot of logistics
and moving materials, and so, we thought
this would be a great time for her to be crew boss.
PAUL: We'll get a rhythm,
and we'll just adjust as we go.
On the work whistle!
-[work whistle blows] -MARCUS: Let's go, baby!
KEOGHAN: First round, 30 minutes.
Savage Crew working
on small bags.
Dirty Hands need to fill up the big ones.
CAROLINA: Our strategy is
Akeela and Jessica are filling the bags.
-There you go. -Make sure they don't blow off.
CAROLINA: Paul and Marcus are getting the mulch.
-Let's go! -Come on, brother. All day long.
Keep going.
Eventually, I'm gonna be tying the bags
and Dustin is gonna run finished product to the truck.
But right now, we're scrambling to get everything together.
KEOGHAN: Off to a flying start. That's one minute!
29 minutes to go.
There's two forklifts at play.
We've got Cheryl, who works in construction
and Yesi, who's an ironworker, knows how
to drive a forklift, and she's using those skills right now.
Coming in!
My dad's a farmer,
so I-I know how to drive tractors.
Okay, perfect.
KEOGHAN: The big bags take
a lot longer to load.
Figuring out how to operate these hydraulic levers
is gonna be crucial.
BEN: I go over to the hopper
because I'm good with hydraulics
and hand equipment.
KEOGHAN: Todd is on the front-end loader.
TODD: I have to load the hopper with some dirt in there
'cause without product,
we're not gonna fill bags. Ready?
-Yup, ready. -Yeah, let it drop.
That's good.
Nice work. Perfect.
Need to tie!
KEOGHAN: Kenji is running back and forth
between loading bags and tying off bags.
-Good! -KEOGHAN: Yesi's taking that first big bag over
-for a check. -We're good.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have their first big bag.
Meanwhile, nobody on Savage Crew has loaded a bag.
Ten minutes into this job!
AKEELA: Now, let's go, let's go! Dustin?
-Yeah? -I'm gonna need you to roll back now.
-Three's good. -KEOGHAN: Oh,
and here comes Dustin, our firefighter,
running their first bags to the trailer for a check.
DUSTIN: I run over with three bags.
-Drop 'em in front. -Okay.
It's just like
when we go to a fire.
Uh, we're carrying lots of weight.
We're doing lots of strenuous work.
That's three getting checked by Green Horizons.
-Which one? -All. All of them.
KEOGHAN: Oh, a thumbs down.
All three bags have got to go back. They're not filled up.
That's a huge mistake from Savage Crew.
Need more in!
JESSICA: All of a sudden,
here comes Dustin.
-Fill 'em up more. -AKEELA: More?
He's coming back with bags that are not...
They're not good enough.
They all failed.
-JESSICA: All of 'em? -All of them.
JESSICA: We have to pack these bags
completely full and make sure
there's no reason to send the bags back.
We got to get this figured out before it's too late
-and we can't come back from it. -Put it in here. Put it here.
Put it here!
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew working on small bags, and yet
to unload any on their truck.
Hey, fill 'em up more!
They all failed.
-JESSICA: All of 'em? -All of them.
AKEELA: We have to make sure the bags are full
before you tie 'em.
I need one more. I need one more.
Maybe even over-bag.
Fill 'em up, fill 'em up, fill 'em up!
-KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands still have a lead. -Clear!
Kenji gets the bag tied up.
Come on, Cheryl, you got this!
And I go over for my first bag
to get on the truck.
MAN: No good.
KEOGHAN: That is a thumbs down for Cheryl.
That bag is not full enough.
CHERYL: We have to load the bags so it's overflowing...
-This one needs more full? -It needs more.
CHERYL: ...but not so much that we can't actually
tie them properly.
-Let's load up this one. -Okay.
How much more?
-CHERYL: Overfill. -CARLY: Copy that.
-Overfilled. -Oh, my...
-[mutters] There you go. -Set. Go!
-Go! Go! -[horn toots]
CHERYL: All right, here we go!
We're good.
KEOGHAN: That's three big bags
for Dirty Hands.
Oh! And this time,
-Dustin comes back with two bags. -Yeah.
Gets a thumbs up on one.
And there is two.
Oh, baby.
JESSICA: Hey, we're all doing good.
Finally, it's just flowing really nicely.
[indistinct chatter]
Instead of going a shovel at a time,
let's lift it, dump it in.
Go. Hell, yeah.
-[Marcus grunts] -Yeah!
KEOGHAN: Dustin rolling in with two more.
This is all about hard work.
KEOGHAN [whoops]: Another thumbs up.
Now they're getting it right.
Meanwhile, Ben has got one hand on the bag
and the other hand on the hydraulics.
This is a lot of eye-hand coordination.
-CARLA: Keep loading! -KENJI: I got you!
This is jamming up!
BEN: If you're loading the dirt
too quickly into the hopper, it's gonna start
-overflowing, and it can clog. -[squeaking]
KEOGHAN: Can you hear that noise?
That's the hopper overloaded. Too much soil.
-CARLY: Okay, back up a little. -That's good.
I can learn quick.
I would just feather my lever to allow
a constant, consistent flow
into my bag.
Whoa! She's coming! Nice.
Get this on the truck.
KEOGHAN: Yesi's rolling in, looking for an inspection.
-You're good. -KEOGHAN: Four big bags for Dirty Hands.
And we've got 20, 21,
-[grunts] -22 small bags
for Savage Crew. -PAUL: Yeah. Come on, guys.
KEOGHAN: That clock is gonna stop in one minute.
-Then you swap jobs. -Finish that.
-Okay! Set! Go! -Tie! Tie! Tie!
-Come on. -Come on, make it count.
KEOGHAN: Five, four,
three, two,
one. Tools down.
That's the halfway mark.
We're gonna reset the jobsite.
AKEELA: As a crew boss of this challenge,
I think we're doing hard work.
We're trying to get into our groove here
and understand how
each other works. It's still anybody's game.
KEOGHAN: 30 more minutes on the clock.
Savage Crew, you're now on the big bags.
Dirty Hands, you're on the small.
Remember, it's the total bag count that's gonna win it.
-[work whistle blows] -Let's go! Let's go! Come on!
CHERYL: Now it's time to go over to the small bags.
This is where
we make up for any shortage on the big bags.
Load it up. Load it up.
Our original plan is to dump
the product right down on the ground.
TODD: Don't scoop any rocks.
CHERYL: Crap. Hold on. We can't grab from the ground.
KENJI: But we don't want any rocks in the bags.
We have to have
a clean product.
Want me to keep on loading up?
CHERYL: Keep loading up.
So we started all over,
and I hope that mess-up
isn't the one that makes us lose.
AKEELA: Forks up!
This next challenge
is loading up these
massive bags full of topsoil.
I went around and asked people what they want to do.
It's not about me assigning a job. It's about,
what do you think you'll be good at?
I did eight years in the Army, working on forklifts.
Hey, hey! Forks. And I know that
when you got somebody on the ground giving hand signals...
Clear.
...you're working a little bit faster.
There you go.
Savage Crew getting that first bag under the hopper.
-Okay. -KEOGHAN: Jessica working with the hydraulic controls.
All right, that's good, that's good.
So far, Savage Crew seem to be
loading those big bags a little faster.
-Let it sink down a little bit. -That's it. That's it. -Clear!
PAUL: I know how to drive a forklift. That's like
brushing your teeth and eating
in my world.
KEOGHAN: Paul's taking his bag over to Carolina,
who will be tying it up as Dustin rolls in.
Todd, our toolmaker, has got four bags
of mulch on his wheelbarrow.
Are you kidding me?
TODD: I was born to work.
When I was raised on the farm with my grandfather,
if you grabbed one brick, he'd look at you
and say, "Why you only grabbing one? You got two hands."
I could run four
when most people probably grab two or three.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands is getting their first check.
TODD: I already know.
Dirty Hands have two bags rejected,
and that is a huge waste of time.
TODD: Two rejects.
We have to do the job right the first time.
Getting rejected bags is not gonna work.
CARLY: Overfill, overfill.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew are bringing their first bag
over for an inspection.
That is rejected.
KEOGHAN: But it is not tied up properly.
AKEELA: Hey, I'm gonna get it as close as I can.
-Right? You just feather that. -Oh, sorry.
Don't even jump in.
You got to work the hydraulics on that side,
and, uh, I'll take care of the bagging.
-You good? -Yup.
JESSICA: I'm on the lift,
and it's hard to see because
the bag is all the way up to the thing.
Just, just... Hold up. You're good.
Aah! What you doing?
Because she was doing two things at once,
I don't think Jessica realized that
I'm getting showered with dirt.
-It's falling on me. -[Jessica yells]
KEOGHAN: Oh, just like Dirty Hands.
They have not done a great job at measuring out all the soil,
so, it's shaking this hopper like crazy.
And neither team has added bags to their trailers.
But here's Todd back for a recheck.
And he gets the thumbs up.
They got to be on the truck to count.
-Okay. -Get 'em in the truck. As soon as they're tied,
-get 'em to the truck. -KENSI: Guys, give me some.
KEOGHAN: Wow. Look at Ben. He's got his guns out today.
Savage Crew are struggling. They're miscommunicating.
-Ugh. Akeela is frustrated. -Get out of here. Get out of here.
-PAUL: Okay, look out. -[horn toots]
KEOGHAN: Here comes Dustin.
-You're good. -KEOGHAN: Savage Crew
finally loaded a big bag for a total of 28.
And there's Paul, looking for an inspection.
We're good.
JESSICA: Marcus, do we need more dirt?
-No, I'm full. -AKEELA: It's all over here.
Yeah, watch him.
You have to be competent on
what you're doing and what you're using.
And if you don't know, you got to ask.
-JESSICA: Still coming out both sides. -That one's close.
-Which one? -AKEELA: Let's go. Let's go. -This one.
-Don't touch this one. -Come on. Keep going!
-PAUL: So now you're completely open. -AKEELA: Keep going!
I am. I am.
Akeela gives very direct commands.
Come on, let's move. Time, time.
JESSICA: I understand that because we both
come from the military.
I'm trying not to be the bossy lady.
I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut
and just do what I was told.
-Hey, don't get frustrated, right? -JESSICA: I'm not.
-AKEELA: Just got to move a little fast. -Yeah.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew have a lot of time to make up.
Ah. Ben has decided he wants to get those bags on the truck.
-Look at the workload here. -[Ben grunts]
I feel gassed.
I'm taking three bags at a time,
running them down to the trailer.
Go, go!
I'm thinking about when I used to work as a derrickhand,
being away from home, being very secluded.
You got to be on your A game at all times.
I think of all my family, definitely my fiancée.
I'm doing this for them.
I'm getting in that mindset, and I'm just gonna keep on going.
-[grunts] -KEOGHAN: Five minutes!
Dig deep! Dig deep!
Bag number four for Savage Crew going onto the truck.
-[grunts] -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands desperate
to even up the team score today.
Look at Ben go! Two minutes.
JESSICA: Come on, Savage Crew!
-We got this! -You're good.
MARCUS: Did it, baby. Work, work.
I ain't letting this [bleep] team beat me.
-Ooh. -TODD: Go, baby, go!
CARLY: Don't stop 'till the whistle blows.
[Carly whoops]
TODD: Go, man, go! Get it on there!
-KENJI: Come on, Ben, come on! -[Carly whoops]
Put your...
[work whistle blows]
Come on.
The whistle went off, and
couldn't even get the bag in.
I really hope
that we have enough bags
to pull off this win.
All right, Savage Crew, Dirty Hands, bring it in.
DUSTIN: The anticipation
is killing me. I just want to know
how many bags or who's won.
KEOGHAN: It was close. Separated
by only a couple of bags.
Dirty Hands, you've won it today.
-[cheering, laughter] -Good job.
[whooping]
BEN: Go team! Yeah!
So, Cheryl, I'm extremely pleased to present to you
$12,000 and today's Badge of Honor.
-CARLY: Yeah! -[whooping]
-I'm so happy to get the agricultural badge. -Yeah.
That's it, Cheryl.
CHERYL: Even though I do construction,
there's, like, a country girl in my heart. I must have been
on a farm in a former life.
It's one of the occupations I might pursue
after retirement.
I'll be honest. I was worried.
-[laughter] -You know what I mean?
-You know? -Not was. You are. -[laughter]
I know we got some competition. I'm not gonna lie.
Stay worried. [laughs]
Team scores tied up at one apiece.
-So, tomorrow... -Bring it.
we go to the individual competition.
♪ Dun, dun, dun.♪
-See you tomorrow. -CARLY: All right. [whoops]
-DUSTIN: That was a tough one. -AKEELA: It was a tough one.
We lost to ourselves.
I feel a little pissed off right now.
I'm no stranger to failure.
I understand it. I know what it feels like.
I don't like it, but I'll sit in it.
Tomorrow is an individual challenge,
and I love my team, but
it's all about what Akeela
can do tomorrow.
We are on to individuals today.
-Yay. -Yes!
-That's gonna be fun. -JESSICA: Yeah.
It's our first one we're punching in.
-Nobody in this van is punching out. -Yeah.
-Yeah. We're here, and we're ready to work that. -Yup.
-Work that butt off. -JESSICA: Yeah.
MARCUS: My grandmother told me, "Do it right
the first time, or you got to go back and do it again."
-JESSICA: Yeah. Yeah. -And it makes sense.
My grandmother was out there
and you are working.
I learned how to drive a tractor,
catch chickens, I learned how to kill a hog.
I love hard work. It just motivates me
to support my family.
I'm a CO2 technician. The tanks--
they can weigh about 500, 600 pounds.
The job can be very dangerous
if you're not careful what you're doing,
but I love what I do.
I have three beautiful grandkids. I want them to see
that if I can do it, they can, too.
-Oh! -JESSICA: Oh!
-Gonna call you Grandpa. -JESSICA: Oh.
[laughing]
-Just Papa. Papa. -Papa. Papa.
They look up to me.
So I want to leave a good example.
When you're tired and you keep on going--
now you're being tough.
I am tough as nails 'cause I'm Marcus Jones.
TODD: Going into the individual,
-it's anybody's game. -Yeah.
Now it's our time to say, "Look what I can do,"
-and put it on the line, go after it. -CHERYL: Yeah.
For 40 years, I've been in the skilled trades,
and I wouldn't trade it for nothing.
Being a toolmaker, you have to be precise
and you have to know how to run a lot of equipment.
I can't perform at my best when I don't have a plan.
Charts don't lie, graphs don't lie.
Being onTough As Nails is pretty much like that.
You have to break it down
using every tool in the boxes, so to speak.
I think my competitors are gonna
say, "What's this old guy doing up here?"
I wake up, and I say, "Hello, world. What do we got today?"
And it's like, giddyup. Let's go.
Here they are.
[all shouting greetings]
Make yourselves comfortable.
I'll take a front-row seat.
Cheryl, nobody has ever brought
pink flamingos to Tough As Nails,
-and you make it look good. -Thank you.
This is the start of the individual competition.
We know what's on the line-- $200,000, a brand-new
Ford truck, that Tough As Nailsbelt.
-Oh, yeah. -There's only gonna be one
Tough As Nailschampion.
We are only gonna have you punch in once.
You do not want to touch this time card again,
because if you do, it'll mean you are punching out,
lost your shot at that Tough As Nailstitle.
So we're gonna get you all to punch in,
starting off with Yesi.
Don't ever believe in "can't."
You can be anything you want to be.
[whooping]
For all Canadians and every single person
fighting cancer right now.
[Carly whoops]
Let's get her done.
I'm punching in and I'm not punching out.
I'm dark and I'm scary and once I hit that warrior mode,
there's no stopping me.
You got me scared just then.
[laughing]
I ain't got nothing to say to y'all.
Oh, all right.
Family never gave up on me.
Trust me, I'm never gonna give up on them.
Beautiful.
Okay, now, for the first time in Tough As Nailshistory,
we're gonna have you pair up
for the first individual competition.
-Whoa. -KEOGHAN: You want to stay
out of overtime, so choose carefully.
This is a sod job. Beautiful sod like this
takes one to two years to grow,
and then, eventually, they got to harvest it.
-Oh, yeah. -KEOGHAN: We have got something
very special for you today.
[engines whirring]
You're gonna be using these machines.
Both tractors are gonna be running at the same time,
with a pair of you operating each tractor.
One of you will be driving
while the other one is picking up the sods that are being cut
and stacking 'em up onto a pallet.
Once you think you have enough sod rolls, drop your pallet,
get a forklift and load it onto the truck.
Any sod that's left on the ground
or falls off your pallet will not count.
We're gonna be running this in three heats.
You're gonna be on the clock for 20 minutes.
The pair that gets the most rolls of sod under their truck
at the end of this competition
will win $2,000.
That's $1,000 each.
But the pair that gets the least number of sod rolls
loaded onto their truck will be going into overtime
and one person will be punching out.
Now, the big question is who's gonna be paired up with who?
I'm gonna leave that decision to you.
CARLY: That's insane.
We're all getting to know each other.
We don't know each other's
personality types, and
that's a lot at stake.
KEOGHAN: Yes. Carly.
I'm advocating myself to Yesi.
We would dominate the sod. [laughs]
KEOGHAN: Yesi, do you accept that?
-Yeah. -We have our first pair. Yes. Dustin.
I'd like to pitch myself to Ben,
fellow Canadian. He's on the other team.
I don't know how many opportunities
I'll have to work with him.
I'll take you.
Right on, bud. Let's do it.
I would love to pitch myself to Jessica.
She's great at what she does.
I would love the invitation, Carolina.
I'd like to pitch myself to Paul.
I think the old guys can show you guys how to do something.
I'm loving that pick.
Canadian and American,
and we'll work as a team.
[laughs]
I'd like to pitch myself to Akeela.
-Ooh. -We're gonna win it.
CHERYL: I'd like to pitch myself
to Akeela, as well.
-Damn it. -CHERYL: She's a beast.
And I got a lot of experience.
The two would make a winning combination.
-Mm. -KEOGHAN: Akeela, you must be
a little torn right now. You got two people who want you.
I'm gonna go with Kenji on this one just
because he picked me first.
CHERYL: All right. No hard feelings here.
And we know what that means, Cheryl.
You'll be working with Marcus.
I'm cool with that.
It's really cool with me.
All right, well, we have our six pairs.
Someone from each pair, pick a spade,
and we're gonna see what heat you're in.
Time to find out who's a cut above the rest!
Todd and Paul,
-Carly and Yesi, -Yee-haw!
-on the work whistle. -[whooping, cheering]
-[work whistle blows] -Here we go. Time to cut some sod.
Todd and Paul off to a flying start.
-How you doing? -Good.
TODD: It's quite a complex piece of equipment
to cut the sod. It runs it up a conveyor,
then it comes up to another thing that actually rolls it.
-Want a little more speed? -No.
I feel very confident with Paul.
Both of us have experience
on a tractor. We just have to
keep a steady pace to keep from getting a jam.
They're catching up to us.
-Come on, Carly! -KEOGHAN: Carly is doing
a magnificent job with her stacking so far.
These rolls are coming out spitfire.
[whoops] I'm just trying to fold
so that the flap isn't going to make the rolls
fall off the pallet.
KEOGHAN: Five minutes into this job.
Got to slow it down a little bit.
-Jamming up. -Whoa! Stop.
You got it, Todd!
It's just jammed up bad.
Yesi and Carly almost got a pallet full.
-Should we drop it and then do another? -YESI: Yeah.
Holy crap.
-Oh, no. -That's okay.
CARLY: We build one pallet. We dropped it.
And once the tractor pulled away,
I had, uh, molten lava cake of sod rolls.
-Put them on the other pallet? -Um, Yes.
Yesi jumped in and she passed me all the rolls.
And we are a beautiful conveyor line.
It's okay, we'll make up with the forklift.
KEOGHAN: Paul and Todd still
loading up some sod onto their first pallet.
-TODD: Good! -They've left a lot on the ground.
Not what a sod farmer wants to see.
-Go. -I'm trying to, man.
KEOGHAN: Carly and Yesi edging ahead.
CARLY: Yeah, baby!
KEOGHAN: They've dropped their third pallet.
The clock ticks away.
[bleep]
I better get my butt in gear
and figure this machine out.
It jammed again.
KEOGHAN: Ten minutes to go.
I'm gonna hop on the forks.
I'll grab the far one.
YESI: At that ten minutes, me and Carly look at each other
and say, "Hey, let's go get those rolls on that truck,
and have something before the time runs out."
Take your time.
KEOGHAN: Some great work coming from Yesi and Carly.
They're now on their forklifts.
Get over, Paul.
Got to drop balance.
-I'm off balance? -Stop and drop. Stop.
As we're going through all this turmoil,
I'm sitting there thinking,
"Is Paul this smart?" If we lose this,
Does he think that he can beat me in overtime
and knock me out of the game 'cause I'm
one of his biggest competitors?
KEOGHAN: You can see the frustration of Todd's face.
He has had enough.
They're really struggling.
-Stay over here. -Okay.
I was really starting to get revved up.
You're pissing me off.
KEOGHAN: Seven minutes left on this job.
Stuff is just flying off
the back of Paul and Todd's tractor,
-who are really struggling today. -TODD: Go!
I can't believe it.
If we lose, does he think that he can beat me
in overtime and knock me out of the game?
-Come on! -Sorry, man.
No. Nobody would try to do that.
-Come on, go. -We're running out of time.
We need to get something on the truck.
Drop that pallet and get forward.
KEOGHAN: Todd and Paul are leaving most
of their rolls on the ground.
Their work area looks like a disaster zone.
YESI: All day, baby, all day.
KEOGHAN: Yesi's coming up with the first pallet.
That's a good stack of sod.
And that's what we're counting.
Carly with her second pallet onto the trailer.
Oh, and here comes Paul.
Picking up rolls of sod as he goes.
This is what you call yin and yang.
A Pollock painting
and a Monet over here.
The Canadian beast is out!
PAUL: I'm going crazy right now.
I'm going in zigzags
just to clear a nice path
to get to that pallet.
-What's he doing? -Oh, my.
KEOGHAN: Desperate times.
Only a few minutes left.
Here comes Todd with their first pallet.
Ooh, there's a lot of sod rolls stacked on there.
And Yesi back with a third pallet.
Paul coming up with the second pallet.
Clock is ticking down.
Ten, nine,
eight, seven...
ALL: Six, five,
four,
three, two,
-one. -[work whistle blows]
Carly and Yesi, you won your heat.
We did so good!
PAUL: I'm not happy with my performance,
and now I got to sit
and cross my fingers,
hoping somebody does worse than I did.
They kicked our ass.
-Cheryl and Marcus. -Ready!
-Carolina and Jessica. -We got this. -We got this.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
Got it, got it, got it.
It just takes off like a bullet.
It's, like, shooting those things out the back.
If it had a missile fire,
it would have ended up in Mexico.
Slow down, whoa, slow down!
KEOGHAN: Cheryl and Marcus are doing
a good job.
Keep going. Keep going.
They've dropped off their first pallet.
They're 5:30 into this job.
CAROLINA: Forks down!
KEOGHAN: Jessica and Carolina dropping off
their first pallet.
A lot of rejected sod coming out
of Cheryl and Marcus' tractor.
CHERYL: We're jammed up here.
It's very difficult
to coordinate the speed of the machine
with the speed of the conveyor
rolling up the sod.
Keep going. It's getting punched up.
[bleep] just hit the fan.
Go!
Oh, this is terrible. [groans]
[grunting]
I was definitely experiencing
rage against the machine.
[grunting]
Cheryl's just a beast. Look at her.
CHERYL: I mean, this sucks.
KEOGHAN: We're almost ten minutes into this job.
Get it out, get it out.
Drop it. Let's go.
We got to get something on that truck.
You get the forklift.
While he's running for the fork,
I go back 'cause I know some of
of the stuff that I pulled out of the jam
-are still good rolls. -Cheryl moving quickly.
-AKEELA: Keep working, Cheryl. -While she was picking up rolls,
I went and started picking up pallets.
These pairs did not know each other
just a few days ago,
and here they are working together.
Let's go get those forklifts.
We'll get a couple more. I think,
"Let's make another pass and then we'll have three pallets.
Marcus and Cheryl only have two."
KEOGHAN: Marcus loading their first pallet.
But not a lot of sod rolls stacked on that one.
That piece falls off, it's not gonna count.
-That's it. -I'm gonna go get a forklift.
-Okay. -KEOGHAN: Jessica and Carolina have some heavily
stacked pallets on the ground,
but they got to get them
on the truck or they won't count.
Time was running out, So we got to move,
like, right now, pick up speed.
Forklifts rolling in, one minute to go.
Jessica has their first pallet on the truck.
But not a lot of sod rolls on it.
And Cheryl gets a second pallet up.
30 seconds.
Carolina! Lift your back end up.
KEOGHAN: Carolina still got her forklift attached.
It won't count unless she pulls that forklift away.
She doesn't know how to get the load off.
KEOGHAN: Ten seconds left.
Carolina, push this up.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Tilt your forks down!
KEOGHAN: Three, two,
-one. -Now lower. -[work whistle blows]
Oh! Too late, Jessica and Carolina.
Marcus and Cheryl win the second heat.
Look easy, but that's work.
We did good.
KEOGHAN: Final heat. Kenji and Akeela
cutting against Dustin and Ben.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
BEN: Our strategy is we're gonna
get two pallets on one row
and then another two pallets on the other row. Dustin's gonna
go down and get one row on the forklift and I'm gonna go
-and get the other side. -KEOGHAN: Ben is trying to keep it steady.
They're making good progress at this point,
unlike Akeela and Kenji.
When you put it down,
don't move it back up!
RPMs are too low.
RPMs should go faster?
Lower it more. Lower it all the way down.
There it goes. Go, go, go!
KEOGHAN: Only three minutes into this, and already
Dustin and Ben have their first pallet on the ground.
-How we doing? -Good, good, good.
Ben and I are working well together.
I think it was a Canadian thing.
We were able to communicate each other.
Straight out, straight out.
KEOGHAN: Ben and Dustin got the second pallet.
Got 12 minutes left.
Ben and Dustin are kicking butt.
-Go forward. -It's not eating!
Kenji's a quick learner, but he is really struggling
with the controls.
The machinery has to go at a certain speed
or you'll overload.
And you're just not operating efficiently.
You got to do something different.
-You're doing it wrong. -What can I do to help?
-Operate! That's what you can do. -Right.
You can operate.
KEOGHAN: Seven minutes and 45 seconds left
as Dustin and Ben load a good stack
of sod onto their truck.
They are gonna give us a run for our money.
KENJI: Akeela,
we're running out of time.
We got to put it up.
I haul butt down
and roll them by hand,
because they jam up the machine.
KEOGHAN: Just over two minutes to go.
Dustin and Ben dropping off two more pallets.
-Kenji, dig deep! -Come on, Kenji!
KENJI: We have to get some sod on the truck.
I'm not gonna let my son or my daughter see me just
put up my hand in the air and say I'm done.
Every roll matters.
KEOGHAN: Five, four,
three, two,
one.
-[work whistle blows] -That's it.
That's all we can do.
AKEELA: We only got one pallet on the truck.
I don't know how many rolls we got.
And, uh, I think we're going into overtime.
A long and frustrating day, guys.
-[all assenting] -I'll never be a landscaper.
[laughing]
Now, I did say that I had $2,000
for the winning pair today.
And it came down to five rolls of sod.
Wow.
The Canadians took it out.
-Ben and Dustin, $2,000 -Buddy.
Going to you guys.
We did Canada proud today, didn't we? Pass.
-Shoot. -Score.
-[buzzer sounds] -[crowd cheers]
We have our three losing pairs.
Todd and Paul, Carolina and Jessica,
and Akeela and Kenji.
Todd and Paul...
you are safe from overtime.
TODD: What a relief.
I'm not punching out today.
Down to two pairs.
Carolina and Jessica, you had the least amount of sod.
KENJI: Oh, my goodness. It's just
a weight off my shoulder.
You're gonna go from working together
to fighting it out. Let's go to overtime.
JESSICA: Please don't make me operate that damn thing.
I want my kids
and my grandkids to talk so highly of me, like,
"She made it. She did good. She crushed it."
It's more about the legacy that I want to leave.
That's why I'm here.
CAROLINA: Let's get wet.
Going to overtime,
my son is my fuel.
I can show him by example that he can do whatever
he sets his eyes onto and maybe
I can be an inspiration for that.
KEOGHAN: Carolina, Jessica,
you find yourself in overtime.
You may have noticed that over here what looks like
a water fountain is called an aerator.
It helps stop the algae building up.
Today you are gonna be helping out
the Green Horizons team by putting in two more aerators.
This is the job right here that you have to do.
First, assemble your aerator.
You see that you have two stakes
to hold your aerator in place.
Take your aerator out into the center of the pond,
and hold it in position with the lines that you have.
And then you're gonna need power connected to your aerator,
which goes all the way back to the other side of the pond
where there is a control panel.
That's where you've got to plug your aerator in,
hit the switch, get that aerator working
just like this one right here. First of you to get it done
stays in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
If you're last, you will be the first to punch out.
Everything you need to get the job done
is laid out on the grass here.
Now, this is Tough As Nails,
so we gave you a canoe with holes in it.
-[laughs] -BEN: Oh, man.
That's some motivation for you to get the job done
as fast as you possibly can.
Carolina, you'll be on this side.
Jessica, you'll be working on this side.
JESSICA: Carolina is someone that I've gotten to know
and someone that's on my team.
Blue is my color.
Having to go against her is not fun,
but I know I have to win this challenge.
All right, one hand on your canoe.
CAROLINA: This is all business. It's not personal.
Only one person takes the 200K.
And that's gonna be me.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
-KEOGHAN: On the work whistle. -[work whistle blows]
Let's go, let's go. Go!
KEOGHAN: The first part of the job:
-assemble your aerator. -Here we go.
JESSICA: This aerator is super easy.
There's just a couple of pieces to it.
So I want to do everything that I can on the ground before
I set myself out to sea because once you get in the water,
you're in a canoe with holes in it.
TODD: Take your time. Think about it, think about it.
I've never set up a fountain before.
So I carefully look at the schematics.
I just want to be smart about it.
Just keep working, let's keep working.
Check.
KEOGHAN: Jessica's got the thumbs up.
PAUL: Good job, Jessica.
-Come on, you can do it. -Focus.
That's it, look at that.
KEOGHAN: That stake has got to go all the way down to the red line.
Jessica's got that first stake in the ground.
Now she's got to get to the middle of the pond
-with her aerator. -Here we go.
Oh!
Check.
Good check.
[shouting, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Jessica is sliding her canoe into the water.
Carolina's got all her tools in, but she's still
got to drive this stake.
Ooh, and she's putting some power into it.
-TODD: Pound it! -PAUL: Drive it in there.
There it is.
JESSICA: My thought is if I move
fast enough, I don't have to worry about the holes.
KEOGHAN: Jessica's looking like a pro.
CAROLINA: I'm so far behind
that just... I start panicking.
[cheering, clamoring]
Carolina is driven right now.
This is a moment for Carolina to catch up.
TODD: Pick it up now, let's go.
CAROLINA: Back home in Texas, I paddleboard.
Like, I could go superfast.
PAUL: That's it, Carolina.
JESSICA: I've got my aerator hooked up
and I'm literally dead in the water.
This big electrical cord
is a jumbled mess.
Oh, [bleep].
Jessica's boat's getting kind of low.
KEOGHAN: Oh, she's really taking on water.
Water is starting to come into my canoe.
It's gonna weigh me down and could ruin everything.
PAUL: Come on, girls. Keep going. Don't give up.
They're both bailing.
CAROLINA: I saw Jessica next to me, so I'm like,
"Oh, let's do this."
I have my buoy and I had the aerator,
and I had to connect them somehow.
Careful. Be careful.
-Bail! Bail! -That's it, Carolina!
CAROLINA: The water is getting in faster than I thought.
All I'm thinking is, "I hope
that Jessica will make a mistake."
Damn it. Come on.
I realized that I have more slack
to untangle it and unwind it, and I was
able to move on.
Come on, baby.
-[shouting, clamoring]
CAROLINA: As I connect
my buoy and aerator,
the whole front part of my canoe
is underwater.
-Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. -[exclaiming]
-YESI: That's right, girl! -CAROLINA: I'm like,
"Might as well swim and just that until the end," you know?
[shouting, clamoring]
It is really hard to swim with clothes.
And I was carrying
things in my hands, too, that they were heavy.
But my kid is my number one inspiration.
And I just have to keep going.
Great work, Jessica!
CHERYL: Don't stop!
I'm never gonna quit.
KEOGHAN: Just got to sort out that line,
but she did get her canoe all the way over to the other side.
JESSICA: I see Carolina
swimming, and she's starting to catch up.
PAUL: Swim!
KEOGHAN: Oh, Jessica's over on the other side,
she's driving that stake in.
TODD: Yeah, she made it. You got it!
[cheering, clamoring]
KEOGHAN: Carolina's still in this.
I'm not laying down. I'm like, I'm gonna keep going.
CARLY: Find your mark!
How the hell... There's no switch.
This doesn't even fit in here.
[shouting, clamoring]
Keep it up, Carolina!
[whooping]
Let's go.
-[Carly whistling] -And Jessica gets the win!
[cheering, clamoring]
I'm so sorry, Carolina.
I'm sorry.
I survived.
You realize you are safe and you can continue.
I'm overjoyed.
But then I see Carolina.
That hits me, too, because her journey
in the individual challenge is now over.
You gave it you your all. You swum half a lake.
[laughing]
KEOGHAN: Carolina, you kept on going.
You refused to give up.
I don't know.
Just all my life, I can never give up.
I want you to know that you got a family here now.
And your focus is gonna shift
from the individual competition to the team competition.
Remember, nobody goes home on Tough As Nails.
Your team needs you.
Still a lot of money to be won.
I'm gonna work hard for you guys.
Listen, I'm not done.
DUSTIN: We got your back.
We're gonna hit that motorcycle ride.
Carolina, I'm very sorry to tell you
that I do need you to punch out.
I know that we all have our life stories.
I know for me, I come
a long ways to be here.
Who would have thought this little girl
in Mexico, you know...
coming to America.
It's an honor and a privilege to be with all these people,
and I'm just gonna keep working hard to make some money.
This is just the beginning and this
is for me to just keep going, you know?
It's sort of like the American dream,
you know, like being able to afford a good living
and keep building your life.
KEOGHAN: Tomorrow we go back to the team competition.
Get some rest, everybody.
[cheering, clamoring]
You should be proud of that. Honestly, be proud of that.
I wouldn't have swam across that.
I would have just gave up in the middle, I would've.
[Ben and Carolina laughing]
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-Next time onTough As Nails... -The team score
-is tied at one apiece. -[work whistle blows]
Stitch, let's go! I got a lot of weight here!
-CAROLINA: It's all tangled. -KEOGHAN: Dipped in molten zinc.
It's like an oven.
TODD: That's not right. Fix it!
KEOGHAN: This individual challenge is all
about how you handle pressure.
Come on! Oh, oh.
JESSICA: I'm starting to panic.
DUSTIN: Oh!
I would get fired doing crap like this.