PHIL KEOGHAN: These are the fittest,
-[grunts] -strongest, most skilled workers
to ever compete for theTough As Nails title.
-Pay attention! -I got it.
Twelve seasoned professionals,
fueled by pride and honor,
all ready to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt...
I will never quit!
...that they are the toughest of them all.
Come on!
And for the first time
inTough As Nails history...
...they'll be competing on foreign soil,
in a Canadian city forged by steel.
The Hammer-- Hamilton, Ontario.
Real people,
-There we go. -real life,
real tough.
This is
Tough As Nails.
♪
[boat horn blares]
PAUL: Tough means never stopping,
never having a wall put in front of you.
Take it down.
Never taking no as an answer.
Life's way too short.
It goes like that.
AKEELA: I am not easily intimidated by anything.
I'm not worried about anybody else's skills.
You put your pants on the same way I do,
so I'm not afraid.
YESI: All my life skills
have led me to this moment
and to just kind of unleash the beast
is something I've been waiting to do.
Hey, Phil!
-[whoops] -You are the chosen ones!
[all cheering]
Congratulations. 12 badasses.
-You ready to do this? -[cheering] -Yeah!
Anybody know the name of this lake?
-Yeah. Lake Ontario. -KEOGHAN: Lake Ontario,
That's right. Uh, about 50 miles from here,
a famous natural wonder.
-Niagara Falls. -KEOGHAN: Niagara Falls.
-Anybody been to Niagara Falls? -Oh, yeah.
KEOGHAN: It's a beautiful spot. Canada is an awesome place.
They say that Canadians are the friendliest
people in the world. They say "sorry" a lot.
And for the first time ever, we allowed Canadians
to be on Tough As Nails.
As a matter of fact, you're standing next to
some Canadians here on the line.
Well, hot dog!
-There you go. -[all cheering]
Yeah.
Now, I have a very important message for you.
Good morning, everyone.
Martin Short here.
I want to be the first to officially
welcome you all to Canada.
-Yeah! -[whooping]
Hamilton, Ontario, where I was born and raised,
is affectionately known as the Hammer
and Steel Town. My father
worked just a mile away from where you're standing
at one of Canada's leading steel factories.
If you want tough,
you've come to the right place.
You know, this is
the first time that Canadians
are competing on Tough As Nails.
And, Americans, let me be the first to say,
dudes, I'm so sorry.
[laughing]
Anyway, time for you to get to work.
Break a leg, everyone.
Thank you, Martin Short.
That's your official welcome to Canada.
You're the fittest, you're the strongest.
You've collectively got more life skills than any
other group that we have ever had on Tough As Nails.
You're all a bunch of badasses. There's no doubt about it.
[whooping, applause]
You've all got the qualities needed
to be our Tough As Nails champion.
As you know, in the end, only one of you is gonna win
the $200,000, a brand new Ford truck,
and the coveted Tough As Nailsbelt.
-Oh, yeah. Gimme that belt, Phil. Gimme that belt. -KEOGHAN: That's you. Okay.
-You know I want the belt. -KEOGHAN: As you know, on Tough As Nails,
nobody goes home.
Because we also have a team competition.
That is where most of you are gonna be making your money.
In Tough As Nailshistory,
the team scores are tied up.
Dirty Hands have two. Savage Crew have two.
The reason that the scores are so tight
is because in previous seasons, people have made
very good team picks.
We're gonna start today with a competition
to decide who is going to get to pick our two teams of six.
You've got to get to know each other.
So to kick things off, tell each other who you are,
why you're here, why you would be a good
team member, and maybe...
[short chuckle] why others might want to be
a little scared about who you are.
I'm Todd Anderson. I'm from Wisconsin.
I'm a toolmaker.
I try to use every tool in the toolbox,
and I want to be a partner with the best team.
Paul Hamilton, cancer survivor.
Never give up, eh?
Licensed automotive technician. Right now
I work as a maintenance supervisor in a warehouse.
Whatever tool you give me, these hands are made for it.
Hi, my name is Carolina. I am from Texas.
I build motorcycles, cars, trucks.
I live my life at full throttle,
-and I'm bringing it in. -[whooping]
-Dustin. -Dustin from Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada. Firefighter.
The one thing I know is that tough times don't last,
but tough people do.
I'm Marcus Jones from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas.
I'm a technician with CO2,
and I'm ready here to take the truck home.
-The cash, I want it all. -[laughing]
I want the big belt.
I'm Jessica Hayes. I'm from Cedar Park, Texas.
I'm a remodeling contractor,
a chauffeur to my two children
and a very proud Army veteran.
My name is Kenji, and I am a jack-of-all-trade.
There isn't a job that I have not done
or not willing to tackle.
And I'm here to get the job done.
Hi, my name's Cheryl, 55 years old.
I've had 32 years in construction.
People sometimes underestimate my size,
but I'm here to show you that
big things come in little packages.
I'm Ben from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Um, I currently own my own, uh, tiling business.
But I did five years on the oil rigs.
And then also was a fisherman for two years.
I was in the worst of storms.
I'm not afraid of anything, so...
AKEELA: All right, I'm Akeela.
Minneapolis firefighter.
I see you. I'm a army veteran.
I'm a Brazilian jujitsu black belt.
So that belt-- you're gonna have to fight me for that.
You want me on your team.
My name is Yesi, I'm 31 years old.
I'm a union iron worker in Los Angeles, California.
And, uh, fortunately,
it's time to let the monster off the chain.
[Carly exclaims]
My name is Carly. I am 32 years old.
I'm a licensed electrician. I've been in the trade for 15 years.
I'm a relentless optimist, and I want to win.
KEOGHAN: Let me tell you a little bit about your job.
You're gonna be working right here
at Heddle Shipyard. They construct boats here,
they repair boats, they also cut up scrap metal.
So today, you are going to be cutting up
500 pounds of scrap metal.
-Oh! -All right. -Ooh!
There are 12 enormous scales at the far end
of the wharf here--
one for each of you. When that work whistle blows,
you're gonna run out onto the wharf
and you're gonna start picking up scrap metal.
You're gonna cut it into pieces,
making sure the pieces can fit easily
through the gauge on your scale.
No piece can be more than 20 inches long.
Closest to your workstations,
you've got some very light metal.
Then, in the middle of the wharf,
you've got some medium-weighted metal.
The far end, you will see some heavy metal.
To cut that up, you're gonna be using a plasma torch.
The first two of you to tip
your 500-pound scales
gets to pick our two teams of six.
Is everybody ready to get to work?
[all voicing assent]
-Follow me. -Oh.
Line up down there.
Ready to get the job done?
[all voicing assent]
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
First job on Tough As Nails season five.
First two to get the job done
get to pick our two teams at six.
DUSTIN: TheTough As Nails belt--
I-I really want that belt.
With the fire department, we have a belt that gets
passed around to anybody who does anything, uh, exemplary.
Everybody knows that you're
the firefighter of the block-- the FFOTB, we call it--
and, uh, the guys know I want it.
I really try for it all the time.
KEOGHAN: Three different strategies.
You've got your light metal closest to your workstations,
a little further away-- medium-weight metal,
and then way down the end of the wharf--
that heavy metal.
AKEELA: My strategy is to grab the light stuff
because I can go back and forth, and I can
wear myself out a bit doing this.
And when I get down to the heavy stuff, I can breathe,
I can sit there and just, you know,
blow through it with the torch.
As a firefighter, you got to move quick
and you got to be efficient.
KEOGHAN: Akeela is using her arm
as a way to measure this piece of metal.
Remember, no piece can be more than 20 inches.
TODD: Being a toolmaker, you have to be precise
and you have to have a plan ahead of time.
I think the plasma is just too much complication
for what we're trying to do.
I'm sticking with the medium-weight metal
and using just the grinder.
CHERYL: I'm going to the heavy metal first
because that's gonna give me the most bang for the buck.
Having worked around structural steel before,
I know that the way I beams are sized,
there is a certain amount of weight per foot.
If I can cut this up into chunks, I'm probably gonna
have 30 or 40 pounds of steel right there in that one piece.
KEOGHAN: That's it. Nice, Kenji.
Jack-of-all-trades, cutting at his workstation.
When I'm on a challenge,
I can just fall back on some of my experiences.
When I was in the Navy,
I learned diesel mechanic, hydraulic system.
I do plumbing.
I cut down trees. And then,
just became a full-time dad to support
the family, uh, at home.
Kenji just keeps plugging away,
just working slowly, methodically,
cutting through this pipe.
KENJI: I was born deep in the jungle in Vietnam.
I never really saw electricity that much.
When I came over to America, I saw cars,
trains, planes, all of those things for the first time.
I think my opponents might underestimate me.
You know, I'm only five, four.
I've always had to prove myself. And they think,
"There's just this little wimpy-looking guy.
What's he gonna do?" They won't even
see me coming.
And Kenji gets the first cut done.
Remember, no piece can be more than 20 inches.
Inspectors are going around and checking all the measurements.
These pieces are over 20 inches so I'm throwing them out.
KEOGHAN: Oh, wow.
Tragedy. Cheryl cut four huge pieces of metal,
and they're slightly oversized.
Big hits coming from down at the plasma end.
Wow. Look at Ben. Three pieces of heavy metal.
BEN: I've worked hard my whole life. I grew up
in a small town in Nova Scotia called Herring Cove.
Little fishing village,
tight-knit community. I was a part
of the oil industry for probably about five... five, six years.
Like any east coaster, they run
to the oil industry to make some quick money, right?
What a derrick hand does is
he's in charge of being in the stick,
which is 100 feet in the air.
Sometimes in minus 30, minus 40-degree weather,
usually, like, 16-hour days,
being very secluded in the areas.
What it's like working as a fisherman--
we'd have trips going down to the Grand Banks.
If you've ever seen
the movie Perfect Storm--
that's how much weather they can get.
And you're so far away from home.
That's it. You're at the mercy of the sea.
$200,000 would mean everything to me and my fiancée.
And being able to win this money to support a family
and create a good,
comfortable environment of our own would be amazing.
KEOGHAN: Ben has got the most heavy metal
on his scale at this point.
Marcus with a heavy piece in.
Dustin. He gets one in.
And Todd-- four pieces loaded.
Ah, Todd is just so methodical.
TODD: I identify what we're doing, I incorporate a plan.
Then you got to execute the plan.
When I cut my pieces,
I moved them all to the front,
and it will make the thing tip
at 500 pounds.
Work smarter, not harder.
BEN: This challenge is actually quite tough.
Those visors that you have on
are-are getting sweated up and fogged up, so it's hard to see.
DUSTIN: It's exhausting, it's hard.
My back's seizing.
My hips are cramping.
MARCUS: You can't think about, "I'm tired."
You just got to keep... you got to keep going.
That's why it's called Tough As Nails--
to see how tough you are.
JESSICA: It's the first challenge.
This is my moment to make an entrance
and slam my foot down and be like, "This is me. Here I am."
[panting]
PAUL: When it comes to cardio, I'm not that amazing at it.
It's time for the old geezer to start thinking
on how I'm gonna do this the quickest.
You only got one I beam.
I'm cutting 'em down
in small, manageable parts,
but flat so it can all be stacked on that dolly.
One shot. Don't have to go back and forth three times.
KEOGHAN: A lot of heavy pieces coming from Paul in one go.
Got to make sure those pieces can fit through your gauge.
And remember, no longer than 20 inches.
It keeps dying out.
I'm a bit
frustrated with this plasma torch
because my next door neighbors
are just slaying their metal.
It's not working. I need to just figure this out.
Ugh!
CARLY: Ugh!
It keeps dying out.
I'm a bit frustrated with this plasma torch
because it's not working.
[sighs] And then I look up, and I'm like, "Oh, my gosh,
my ground clamp."
Idiot.
I should know this, but, you know,
put my head down. I said, "Carly, you started this.
You better finish it."
I came here to win.
Yeah!
DUSTIN: Being a firefighter, I've used Sawzalls before.
I've used them to take cars apart.
KEOGHAN: Broken blade for Dustin.
When cutting the light metal, it-it isn't as light
as I thought it was.
It's a little different than a car.
And the Sawzall really didn't work at all.
Since I'm struggling with this light metal,
I'm gonna move on to the medium metal.
I'm from
Edmonton, Alberta.
I'm a first-generation firefighter
for 12 years.
I've done water rescue,
confined-space rescue.
We go to fires, and it's minus 35 outside.
My parents taught me how to work hard.
Tough is putting what I want
to the wayside and
doing what's right for my family.
I am a true competitor and
a force to be reckoned with.
KEOGHAN: That's a heavy piece
going in for Yesi, number one.
She's cut the ends off to make sure they're not too long.
Another good piece.
YESI: I want to make ironworkers proud.
Ironwork has taken me to build
offices and schools, big roller coasters,
and now LAX.
You have to really focus
when you get in the sky.
You're balancing
on six inches of iron
with a lot of air under you.
Cowboys in the sky.
KEOGHAN: She's used to working with heavy metal.
My dad taught me how to change tires when I was little,
how to change oil. I loved being
in the garage with him. I loved
that he had oil on his hands.
He was my best friend growing up.
He was a single father, he's a farmer.
And just seeing his hard work and his work ethic
formed me to be the woman I am today.
KEOGHAN: Nice work, Yesi.
KEOGHAN: It's been a long, hot day.
Sparks are flying.
Dust is flying.
Metal being cut.
Trying to get to 500 pounds.
Who's gonna take the win?
Carolina is starting to pick up the pace.
As a kid, I was in construction sites
all of my life. I grew up in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Both my parents were civil engineers,
but they both had
their own construction company.
My father had three girls.
I'm the youngest--
the-the boy that he never had.
And I was always helping my dad.
You know, like at the doctor's, where he would like, "Wrench,"
and I'd be like, "Here you go."
I love motorcycles because
they have given me the way
to find my own voice.
You are so present.
There's nothing else to think about.
Building motorcycles is a craftsmanship.
Really getting my hands dirty.
There's nothing like the satisfaction
of having, like, an idea in your head,
and then, see it in front of you
as tangible and rideable.
I feel like
everything that I have endured in my life
has brought me here, and,
now today, it's time for me
to prove to myself how tough I am.
KEOGHAN: That's it, Carolina. Beautiful.
Got a five-way race between Ben...
Come on.
KEOGHAN: ...Yesi, Kenji, Todd and Paul.
PAUL: Uh-oh. Somebody else is really getting close.
I better get my butt in gear and get it done.
KEOGHAN: Another piece for Kenji.
PAUL: I want to be first
or second to finish so I can pick my team.
KEOGHAN: Who will take out the first win?
Will Paul have enough on this one?
Ooh! It's very close.
Ben coming down.
Will this be enough to tip the scales and take the win?
-Ben gets the win! -Yeah.
Beautiful job. Well done.
[whooping]
BEN: I couldn't be more happy
right now, and, uh, I'm a humble guy, but this is me happy.
I've just won
the Stanley Cup.
So here we go. I'm on to the next.
KEOGHAN: This is a race definitely between Todd and Paul
and Yesi. This is gonna be close.
TODD: The first two people who finish this job get
to pick the team.
-You got Ben. -Let's go, guys.
And I'm representing skilled trades of America,
-so I have to win. -[Keoghan whoops]
KEOGHAN: That's very close.
-Ah! -KEOGHAN: Paul gets the win!
Represent!
I want to make everybody proud in Canada,
but when I beat
the Americans, I'm gonna say, "Sorry, we beat you."
My warehouse has got about
six million dollars worth of food coming in and out,
day in and day out.
Whatever's broken, I fix.
-Everybody... -Yeah!
representing Canada right here.
Growing up, I didn't have money.
I never got a pedal bike as a kid.
I had to build it.
At the age of 16, I started an apprenticeship.
Kept me out of trouble.
You'll be picking teams. Congratulations.
-Yeah. -Paul, way to fight it out.
-Really proud of you. -Yeah. -Split it up a little bit.
-Yeah. -Didn't we now? Ah!
I want to be on your team.
-Yeah, yeah. -I screwed up.
My biggest support system is my wife.
She believes in me.
I'm 56. Don't underestimate me.
You can't take the old farts down that easy.
KEOGHAN: Time to pick some teams.
Ben, you got the job done first today.
Paul, you were a close second.
Picking this team is-is very important, you know?
I mean, I want wisdom on my team.
A team of heart, a team
of no-quit, um, a team of great attitude.
In the history of Tough As Nails,
the team score is tied up--
two to Dirty Hands and two to Savage Crew.
So this season, we're gonna
find out which team will take a little bit of a lead.
Do you want to be a part of the Dirty Hands legacy
or do you want to be part of Savage Crew legacy?
I'm gonna break that tie and, uh, go to Dirty Hands.
Now, is there a reason for that?
Dirty Hands, clean money.
-Yeah! -You work hard for your money, right?
There you go.
Paul, you'll be putting your name on Savage Crew.
PAUL: Dirty Hands-- they'll be going home with clean hands.
Savage Crew is going all the way.
You've got to think very, very carefully about these picks,
because people who are on your team
are gonna determine how much money you go home with.
BEN: I'm gonna pick the best of the best.
I think Americans are tough, especially
when they have a Canadian on their team. They'll do fine.
If any of you would like to pitch why they should pick you.
I'm an excellent team player. I fill in, I fall in roles.
I know what to do when it needs to be done.
I'm a hard worker. I go to the end, too.
No matter what team I'm on, I'm going hard as I can.
I don't stop, and even though I'm small, I pack a punch.
KEOGHAN: Now, Ben,
that all-important first pick.
BEN: This is hard.
Oh, God.
Now, Ben,
that all-important first pick. Who is it going to be?
So this person, right from when I first seen him,
I could tell he had wisdom I've seen in my father,
and never giving up, and that person's Todd.
Yeah.
-[whooping] -Thanks, man.
I'm thinking that Ben's the kind of son
that everybody would want to have.
He didn't give up, and he was so excited
when he won the challenge, and I thought,
"I need to be on that team and support that guy."
-[whoops] -Yeah, let's go, buddy. You got this.
Paul, were you considering Todd as a pick?
-Yup. -Okay. -[laughter]
[indistinct chatter]
KEOGHAN: Paul, you've got the next pick.
Somebody's big and strong and likes to carry heavy stuff.
-Marcus. -[Marcus laughs]
-All right. -There you go.
-Appreciate it. -No problem.
KEOGHAN: And Marcus, how do you feel
about being picked on Paul's team?
He picked a good man.
[laughter]
And he won't regret it, I promise.
-Kenji. -All right!
BEN: Kenji-- he's a jack-of-all-trades,
and his high energy is just something that's unbelievable.
-I won't let you down. Yeah. -Yeah, let's go. Yeah.
Akeela, for sure.
-Let's go. -CARLY: Yeah.
PAUL: Akeela--
MMA fighter, firefighter.
She's got a heck of a lot of cardio.
Oh, for sure.
Next person, uh, every time I've looked over,
she had this eye of the tiger on her, and that's Yesi.
All right. [whoops]
Paul, get the next pick.
-Jessica. -Hey.
In my time in the Army, I really valued
my relationships with my fellow soldiers,
and so I'm really excited to build
that family and build
the battle team.
Right, Ben, your pick.
Carly.
-All right! [whoops] -There we go.
BEN: Instantly, I'm impressed with Carly.
I want a good attitude
because without a good attitude, teams don't work.
-Yay! -Yeah, that's what I want on a team.
We love a smile. We love a smile.
-I want-I want a team player. That, too, yeah. -Yeah.
Carolina.
Carolina's
a bike mechanic, She knows how to twist wrenches.
She's not scared
to get her knuckles scratched up.
And now we have your pick, Ben.
Yup.
-Cheryl. Yeah, yeah, Cheryl. -KENJI: All right! Absolutely.
Absolutely Cheryl 'cause she wants to be Dirty Hands.
-KENJI: All right! Yeah! -You won't regret this.
I'm Dirty Hands all the way.
I get my hands dirty, callous, broken and bruised
to earn a honest wage every day.
We know what that means.
-Yeah, come on, Dustin. -Dustin, you'll be over here
on Savage Crew.
DUSTIN: Being a smaller guy, I tend to get underestimated
in what I can bring to the table,
and it lights a fire within me to prove myself.
They all can't be Clydesdales, right?
The big guys-- they tire out, whereas the stallions--
they'll just keep going.
Tomorrow, we get into the team competition.
Remember, every one you win, you get
$12,000 and a Badge of Honor.
The first team to collect five Badges of Honor
is gonna get that cash bonus prize of $60,000.
And tomorrow, we will find out
who is the best team out of the gate.
-We are. -All right. -[laughter]
KENJI: We rock. I like this team.
I love Dirty Hands.
[cheering, whooping]
-Dirty Hands! -Dirty Hands!
-We're gonna win tomorrow. -KENJI: I feel it, man.
-I feel it. -I mean, our team's stacked.
TODD: So where's everybody from?
CARLY: I grew up in Oakville. It's just outside
of Toronto. As you guys say, "Tor-on-toe."
-[laughter] -Got to get out there.
But if you're from Toronto, you say "Tyranna."
-ALL: "Tyranna." -CARLY: Yeah. Yeah.
I started my apprenticeship when I was 17.
It was the best decision in my life.
-And... -YESI: You're an electrician, yeah?
-Yeah, yeah. -YESI: Nice.
Like, ironwork just kind of called my name.
I'm like, "Wow. That looks
-so free, you know?" -And you look badass, too, man.
-You do. Like... -You know, there's something
really cool about being
a small person in a monumental world.
KENJI: Yes. Right? Right? Right?
-Exactly. -CHERYL: You know, and you're pushing
-the boundaries of what people say you can do. -Yup.
For 32 years,
I've been a union carpenter.
I built bridges and tunnels and highways.
I just love being in that environment
and building something monumental.
One of my first jobs, you know, the foreman
is like, "What am I gonna do with her?"
So then, he sees me work,
-just going fast and moving, and... -Good for you.
at the end of the day, he was like,
"Oh, I know what I'm doing with her."
-CARLY: Nice. -You proved him wrong.
CHERYL: I will be eligible to retire in one year.
Winning would be, like,
the most awesome way to sort of top off my career.
It's really awesome to be here.
It's kind of like a-a great send-off.
-You know what I mean? -Yeah. -For sure.
I am here to just show you what I'm capable of,
and that's winning Tough As Nails.
-Dirty. -ALL: Hands.
-Dirty! -Hands!
-Dirty! -ALL: Hands!
-Yeah! -[whooping]
PAUL: Today's our first day of the competition.
New competition.
We got to knock that "zero" off our board and put "one" up.
-Yes. -Exactly.
-12 Gs. -We got this, guys. We got this.
JESSICA: Want to put this out there. I'm a little bossy.
-[laughing] -I manage a small business, and I work
with my husband every day of my life.
He's my biggest cheerleader.
I'm a talker. I'm really bossy.
But I will probably be the mom
of the group and make sure
everybody does the right thing, but also, there is
the warrior side of me where it's, like,
I don't play,
and I'm ready to crush it.
I'm a third-generation service member.
I walked into the Army recruiting office at 18.
I said, "Sign me up."
I just thought, "I'm going on this big adventure."
It didn't even cross my mind that I would be deploying.
It was a little daunting, to be honest with you,
'cause I'm like,
"This is really happening. You're gonna war."
So, who's all military here?
JESSICA: I've got to where I am
because I've worked hard for my family.
I can and will be
the winner of Tough As Nails.
So if I'm being too bossy, please let me know.
DUSTIN: Do we have a code word for that or what?
-[laughing] -I love it!
Good morning, everyone. Let's go!
Welcome back. Got a big job for you.
-Looking good in your uniforms. -Thank you.
-I see that you've personalized your uniforms. -AKEELA: Yeah.
Cheryl, looking pretty good.
You know, on the jobsite, there's this tradition
where there's, like, a Hawaiian Friday.
And for me, I really like flamingos, so
I make it, for me, Flamingo Friday.
KEOGHAN: Very nice.
Now, yesterday, you were brought in on a tugboat.
During the day yesterday,
this tugboat was put up on a dry dock.
Takes about four hours.
Just so happens that it's due for a little bit of TLC.
You guys are gonna be cleaning
this beautiful tugboat up.
Hey, Rick?
This is Mr. Rick Heddle.
Started this business with one welding machine, one boat.
Slowly built his business, and now this is the biggest
ship repair facility in the Great Lakes area.
-Give him a nice, warm welcome. -Hey.
I-I don't know why I'm welcoming you to your own business.
Um, it's his business.
It's great to have youse.
Rick, today they're going
to give this beautiful tugboat a little TLC.
-RICK: Yup, yup. -KEOGHAN: Your job today
is that you've got to power-wash
all the algae off one side of the hull,
completely dry it off,
and then give it a fresh coat of paint.
You also need to replace five tires.
The tires act as fenders for the boat
to avoid damage when it's docking.
Once you've got the job complete,
the first team to ring that bell
on the bow will be getting
-$12,000... -Wow.
-Excellent. -and today's Badge of Honor.
-[contestants voicing assent] -PAUL: We'll take it.
Judging your work today is gonna be Lance and Jason.
Rick, any advice you want to give them?
Make a good plan.
Everybody ready to get the job done?
-[all voicing assent] -Take a moment to strategize,
figure out who's gonna be
the crew boss, we'll get it done.
-[indistinct chatter] -[whooping]
I feel like I have a lot of knowledge in this,
-and I could lead this easily. -Yup.
So I'm gonna be crew boss for today,
and we're gonna divide it in three.
I'm a Navy veteran and I work on boats.
This is nothing but a playground for me.
I mean, I'm used to all this.
Me, Cheryl and Carly--
we're gonna be pressure-washing
because we're short. We can get underneath it, get all around.
Todd and Ben, you guys are taller and stronger.
Take the tires off and put them back on.
Yesi, you're gonna rig up the tires, and then,
once we're all done, we'll paint together.
BEN: All right. I'm in.
KENJI: I had a solid plan of what to do.
We just have to follow it through.
-Crew boss. -I think Mom should be boss.
-Want me to take the first one? -Yeah. -[overlapping chatter]
Oh, the first, you want me?
I think you'll be great because you're organized,
and you tell it like it is, and you will keep us all consistent.
-Exactly. Exactly. -Okay. Okay, I'll take it.
So they choose me as a crew boss.
Especially for such a momentous challenge--
it's a lot of pressure.
I got to lead them to a win.
PAUL: Okay, strategy.
Only three pressure washers.
-Three pressure washers. -I'll take one.
-You want to pressure-wash? Okay. -That's fine.
And then me and Dustin will be there
-working on the tires. -I'll go up and take 'em off.
-Oh, work, work! -ALL: Savage Crew!
-Yeah! -Yeah!
-Dirty! -Hands! -KEOGHAN: All right.
Down onto the dry dock. Let's do this job.
This is about honor.
Dirty Hands, you good to go?
[all voicing assent]
Savage Crew?
[all voicing assent]
On the work whistle!
-[work whistle blows] -TODD: Yeah, here we go.
-Hard hats. -Hard hats. -Put that on.
I got to take some pliers, guys.
YESI: Today's challenge-- we have
to clean a tugboat. We have
to pressure-wash, we have to dry.
We have to paint. We also have to rig up new tires
and take down old tires and replace them,
and then rush to ring that bell for the win.
What do you think? That's good. Like, working out?
Watch your foot. Watch your foot. Excuse me.
KEOGHAN: Straightaway, Savage Crew are getting
water-blasting from the back of the tugboat.
JESSICA: Marcus, get off the stairs.
Let Carolina get it because she's shorter.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. She's shorter.
I can reach it. "Well, hey, we need a ladder.
No, we need Marcus Jones." [laughs]
-Right. Slightly behind. -Got you.
Hey, start from here down.
As a crew boss, it's really important
for me to have the different height levels
on the power-washing.
So I thought Marcus could do the high stuff,
Carolina can use the ladder and go behind him
on the tallest part of the hull.
And then, Akeela-- I put her on the front of the boat
where she was out of the way of Carolina and Marcus.
Paul is on the top of the scaffolding,
undoing all of the old tire bumpers off the top of the bow.
And then, Dustin and I are working on the tire rigging,
running the new cables through the new tires
so Paul and Dustin can get them back up
to the top of the bow.
CARLY: Oh, my goodness. Aah!
Got to get those kinks out, right?
-Otherwise, there's no pressure? -None whatsoever.
Aah!
Whoa, whoa, whoa. That hose line is kinked.
There was probably about 12,000 kinks in there.
So, I just tried to, like, kind of curl them out.
It didn't work.
Got to get those kinks out.
-You want some help? -I would love some help.
-Yup. Give me this. -Okay.
-Nope. Here we go. -But I can't take it off
of that because it's hooked to the water. Running it back,
it's just gonna coil it up there.
So either way, I'm kinked.
I know I need to disconnect the power washer
to take the kinks out,
but all this water is going to just go everywhere.
-CARLY: Ugh! It's gonna... -TODD: Here, here, here.
No. Kink the holes, and I'll remove it right away.
-Oh, oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll do it here. -Got you.
-I got it. -KEOGHAN: We got Dirty Hands. Look at that.
Kenji sunk down his, and then, he's pinched it,
-which turned off all the water. -RICK: Yup.
KEOGHAN: Getting all the kinks out--
-that's a smart move. -Sure is.
CARLY: Dirty Hands! [whoops]
JESSICA: Come on, Carolina! We got this.
CAROLINA: As a motorcycle builder,
I work with pressure washers all the time.
We will pressure-wash grease off axles.
I feel very comfortable, and
I'm just so ready to kick ass.
[whooping] Success!
Oh, it's got to go through the slide.
So as an ironworker,
I do rig, qualified rigor.
One of the parts of the challenge is
to follow the instructions to rig, uh, up some tires
and use the cable and clamps,
and something that I'm confident with
because I... I do that for a living.
So, on the tires, there's three holes,
and you have to run a cable through that hole
and out and then back in, and use a clamp to tie it together
so when you bring up the tire, you have hooks,
and it connects to that boat.
-Come on. -BEN: Good work, team! Good work! Keep it up!
So, a bite at the top.
Then it goes inside,
through the inside and inside. That's right.
JESSICA: So my initial role is to get the tires
and the shackles with Dustin.
But as soon as I looked at the diagram, I struggled.
-So then, it comes back around... -Okay.
-Oh, my God. I'm slow. -on the side.
JESSICA: I just couldn't get my head wrapped around
the example of how it was working.
So I decided to delegate to Paul.
Okay, once I get these tires off,
-I'll help you guys out. -Okay.
-You got it? -Yeah. Up and over.
Keep her going at it. Got to get these shackles here.
BEN: Me and Todd-- we are getting
off the shackling of the tires,
and we're using our pliers to get it loose, and then, once
you get it loose, then you can turn it by hand.
-Off. -Off. -KEOGHAN: Remember, when you get
those five old tires off, you then have to attach five
new ones in their place.
Hey, guys, tire coming down.
Those tires are 12-ply tires.
I'm a licensed mechanic, so I know.
And these are big truck tires so they are heavy
going up and down.
-Got it. -Coming down.
-[overlapping chatter] -I'm gonna get some of this for you.
-[Carly whooping] -Yes.
CARLY: Oh, look at you go, Kenji!
[Carly whoops]
CHERYL: Kenji is on quality control,
and he realized that if
we scraped it with a scraper that a lot of stuff came off
and it actually made it easier
to clean it with the power washer.
CARLY: Guys, I got to get you all filthy.
I'm so sorry.
Keep your mouth shut. [laughing]
No problem.
-Ready for a check! Tires going up! -Go!
Thumbs up from Jason.
Dirty Hands have their tires approved.
[whoops] Okay.
-Come on, man! -Going up with a rope!
There's a fire. We got to put it out.
-We got to. -You guys got it figured out?
-Yeah. -Awesome.
-This is easy. -Hell, yeah.
I'm installing cables all the time at work,
and making the crimps.
When it comes to tools, I got it.
MARCUS: Let's go, baby! Let's go! Go, yo!
KEOGHAN: On Savage Crew,
Paul's asking for a check on the tires.
Are we good? Yeah!
-Ready, set? -Go, go, go! -[whooping]
[Ben groans]
KEOGHAN: Ben, using his sheer power.
That's 500 pounds of tires
he's just pulled up on the scaffolding.
Now he's got to reattach 'em.
I think it's a lot easier when we do both together, eh?
Yeah.
PAUL: I love working with Dustin.
We're both Canadian.
We're both from Alberta
and we're both hardworking people.
-Hey, I'm about to tie right now. -Don't worry about us.
When you're working by the water, you get wet.
-Exactly. -I'm not made of chocolate.
-You? -No.
-[whoops] Come on, baby. -Yeah.
There you go. There you go. Perfect, perfect, perfect.
-Good work. -[laughs] I like that.
-I like that. -Oh, we do the same thing?
Hey, wait up. Back up. Back up.
MARCUS: Come on. Come on. Let's check.
KEOGHAN: Lance is doing a check.
He's putting his hand over the tugboat
just to see if there's any algae.
Savage Crew have asked
-for a sign-off. -That's good. -[screaming]
Savage Crew get a sign-off.
They've completed their water-blasting.
MARCUS: Go, baby! Go!
-Hard work, work. -ALL: Savage Crew!
-Hard work, work! -Savage Crew!
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew have their tires complete.
Everybody is working towards this drying phase
because we're all ready.
So we have three blowers going,
and everybody was using squeegees,
and we all worked together as a team
to get all the drying done.
That's what I'm talking about.
Get some of that off of there. Get that off of there.
Get-get off of there, I say! Get that... Get off of there!
-Go down. -Hey, check.
Thumbs up. Coming down.
KEOGHAN: So, Dirty Hands get the check on the tires.
Final stages here on the pressure-wash.
BEN: What do we need? What do we need?
Just look around and see if we missed any spot.
That looks great.
Any spot that's high-- can you get it for me?
Well, I think we're looking good.
I noticed we missed a spot here, we missed a spot there.
And when I work, I like to have the job
well done and done well.
We got a spot right here.
Yeah. Next, next, next, next!
BEN: It's neck and neck. I'm thinking,
"Let's go, team. We got to-we got to step it up a notch here."
-I think we're good. -I think we're good.
-Yeah, yeah. -Shall we take a step back?
-Cheryl, let's take a step back. -Check!
KEOGHAN: Lance is looking around.
He's putting his hand over the boat.
KENJI: Come on, Lance. Come on, buddy.
CARLY: Lance, you do a great job inspecting.
-I believe in you. -You're good.
-[cheering] -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands get the check.
-Blowers. -Blower, squeegees.
Blowers got to come high. Blowers got to come high.
They're dry. They're dry.
I don't see no wetness.
I don't feel nothing.
Check! Check! Check!
MARCUS: How you looking? How you looking?
TODD: Come on! Get that squeegee! Get it going!
Keep moving! Keep moving!
KENJI: You guys are doing good. Almost there. Keep it up.
BEN: Come on. We can catch 'em. Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
No, it's not dry enough.
KEOGHAN: Thumbs down for Savage crew,
and Dirty Hands has a chance to take the lead.
JESSICA: We failed the check,
and I have this moment of panic.
No, it's not dry enough.
KEOGHAN: Thumbs down for Savage Crew.
JESSICA: We failed the check,
and I have this moment of panic.
We've come this far. I don't want to lose it.
Keep your head down and just keep working.
Come on. We can catch 'em. Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
MARCUS: Go! Let's get this money!
Come on. Come on. Come on. Push, push. We good?
-Thumbs up. -Guys, start painting!
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew get a check, ready to paint.
DUSTIN: We finish the drying
and we start painting and Dirty Hands is right behind us.
We all know we got to keep our foot on the gas
'cause they're coming up, and
we need to win. We're gonna get the win.
Can we get a check, please?
All right, everybody. Come on.
-CARLY: Check? -KENJI: Step up.
YESI: We're good. We're good.
Get ready to paint. Get ready to paint.
-We got it. -Come on. Catch up.
KEOGHAN: Thumbs up.
-TODD: Let's go. -KENJI: All right. Let's paint.
Dirty Hands get the check. You can start your painting.
TODD: Savage Crew started before us on the painting,
but we were moving. We were moving fast.
It's all hands on deck on this one.
-CARLY: Okay, let's get it, guys! -CHERYL: Let's go.
-Like this. -KENJI: Yeah, we got it. Come on.
Don't dry-roll the paint!
Make sure you have a lot of paint.
So painting is the last part, and it's really nerve-wracking
'cause, you know, like, that's the finish line, right?
I'm a little worried because I don't want a situation
where they're painting
and nobody's paying attention, and they end up
dry-rolling everything and then
you have to pretty much repaint the whole thing.
Good job. Hey, make sure you got lots
-of paint on your roller. -Yup.
KENJI: You guys are doing good! Almost there!
Guys, we only need one layer, one layer good!
JESSICA: How's it looking, Carolina?
-CAROLINA: Almost done. -JESSICA: Almost done.
-Paul, how's it look? -Good. I'm done with this section.
-KENJI: Come on, keep it up. -BEN: Push! Come on!
Go, go, go! [whoops]
-Let's get a check. Check. Check. -Check.
Come on, guys. Right to the end. Let's go, let's go, let's go!
-JESSICA: He came up. -MARCUS: I think I'm ready.
JESSICA: Yup. Okay, bottom is done.
KEOGHAN: Lance is being very meticulous,
looking all the way down from the front of the bow.
BEN: Come on, let's do it. Push, push, push!
All right. Paint looks good. You got it.
-[cheering] -Oh, ring the bell!
-Go, Jess, go! -Ring that bell.
-[bell rings] -Savage Crew get the job done!
-MARCUS: Hard, work, work! -ALL: Savage Crew!
[cheering]
[whooping, laughter]
KENJI: Because I'm the crew boss and we lost,
it is on me.
Uh, maybe I was
a little bit too critical
on the quality 'cause that's who I am, and I think
we got slowed down just a little bit because of that.
KEOGHAN: Okay, guys, come on over.
Great job today. I want to thank
Rick and his team for having us here
-at Heddle. -Yeah.
-Thank you, Rick. -TODD: Thank you.
It's been a great experience for me, too.
KEOGHAN: I think, uh,
everybody's got a new appreciation
for the hard work that you have to do here.
Paul, you picked a team.
You managed to get a victory today.
What was the secret to the success of your team?
-Guts and wanting to perform. -Right. -Yeah.
I got a hand of poker, and it's a full house.
That's the way
I look at my team.
KEOGHAN: With that, Jessica,
congratulations to you and your team.
I'm gonna award you, as the crew boss,
the first Badge of Honor, and...
Yeah!
[overlapping chatter]
Show me the money.
$12,000.
Savage Crew-- one on the board for us for sure.
I'm on top of the world right now.
I'm so proud of our team.
A leader is only so good as his team, you know,
and our team just crushed it.
Didn't I tell you we want that money?
Didn't I tell you we want the money?
KENJI: Savage Crew, congratulations to them, but
we just got dialed in.
Next challenge, they're gonna have
to fight for it, 'cause we're gonna come.
We're hungry for it now.
Right now, the team score is one to zero.
Well, tomorrow we start back with the team competition.
Dirty Hands, a chance for you to even up the score.
Remember, this is the best of nine.
First team to get five wins is gonna
get that cash bonus prize
of $60,000.
And then there's the individual competition.
You ready?
KEOGHAN: Winning is gonna require each of you
to turn yourselves inside out.
-[people groaning] -KEOGHAN: I promise you
that you will be physically
and mentally pushed like never before.
-Are you okay? -No.
KEOGHAN: You're gonna be working
in some extreme conditions.
It's hot out there.
It'll be relentless in that blazing sun.
[sighs]
Some of you will reach your breaking point.
What are you doing?
KEOGHAN: You may get outworked.
-You didn't listen to the rest of us. -Yup.
KEOGHAN: You may collapse from sheer exhaustion...
[groans]
...after gut-wrenching defeat.
In the end, only one of you
-will be left standing. -Yeah! -Oh!
KEOGHAN: Only one of you will experience
the exhilarating high of victory.
Ah! Yes!
KEOGHAN: Only one of you is gonna win
the $200,000 prize,
an all-new Ford Lightning,
and be crowned ourTough As Nails champion.
Who's it gonna be?
-Thank you, Rick. -Thank you. -KEOGHAN: All right, guys.
Get some rest.
See you tomorrow.
AKEELA: Dirty, man. I look dirty, don't I?
JESSICA: You look good. You look like you worked hard.
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