PHIL KEOGHAN: Previously onTough As Nails...
Tie them up, get them in that wheelbarrow.
-KEOGHAN: Cheryl... -We're good. -[cheering]
KEOGHAN: ...led Dirty Hands to their
first team win of the season.
Fill them up more.
KEOGHAN: Tying the score with Savage Crew.
-I don't like it. -KEOGHAN: In the individual competition...
I'm off balance.
-What can I do to help? -Separate it.
KEOGHAN: ...Canadians Ben and Dustin
plowed their way to first place.
-Back end up. -KEOGHAN: While partners Jessica
and Carolina failed to deliver.
Never give up.
KEOGHAN: Jessica stayed afloat,
sinking Carolina's dream
of beingTough As Nails champion.
Tonight...
Welcome to Ontario, Canada's largest molten zinc facility.
...with the team score tied at one apiece...
-Step up. -KEOGHAN: ...things are heating up...
It's like an oven.
KEOGHAN: ...in the race to take the lead...
-Fix it. -KEOGHAN: ...in the team competition.
And in the individual competition,
-who will crumble under pressure... -Whoa.
-Oh! -KEOGHAN: ...and lose their shot
at theTough As Nails title?
This is Tough As Nails.
♪ ♪
♪ I'm tough as nails.♪
-Dirty... -ALL: Hands.
-BEN: Dirty... -ALL: Hands. [cheering]
YESI: Last team challenge, we won those
$12,000, and it's-- it feels good.
The dynamic between us,
it's exciting because
our enthusiasm and our capabilities
when we come together for these challenges
is so magical.
Score's one-one. We want to take that lead.
That's what's motivating us.
BEN: Let's make them sweat
a little bit today, you know?
DUSTIN: We got a couple motivating things today.
Carolina got eliminated,
so we got to come back and-and...
-For sure. -...and have, and have a team...
Some money in your pocket.
-[overlapping chatter] -CAROLINA: I'm bummed.
I didn't want to be the first one to punch out,
but I can keep winning with my team.
DUSTIN: And then it's Paul's wife's birthday.
-Big win for that. -OTHERS: Yeah. Yeah.
Today is my wife's birthday. Very special day.
And she sent me this letter.
Do you want to read it?
PAUL: She will 'cause I don't have my glasses on.
Yeah, so...
"Dear Paul, I am so proud of you
"for taking on this incredible challenge.
"A year ago, you were fighting for your life with cancer.
"I felt so helpless
"when I watched the pain you went through every day.
"I was so terrified of losing you.
"I have never seen you give up on anything,
"and I'm so proud to be your wife.
I love you so much, my love."
[clears throat]
We're proud of you, and we're so happy you're here with us.
-Absolutely. -Yeah. -Thank you, guys.
Last year, at this time,
I promised my wife
this is not the last time I'll be with her on her birthday.
To be here this year, fighting with my team,
I will fight this fight today,
like I did last year.
So is this win for her today?
-Yeah. -Hell yeah. -Absolutely.
[overlapping chatter, laughter]
Good morning, everyone.
-Good morning. -Welcome to Corbec.
This is Ontario, Canada's
largest molten zinc facility.
Now, does anybody know anything about zinc?
Being from the marine side, I know it's crucial to keep
the steel from rusting.
-KEOGHAN: Yes. -KENJI: The zinc gives it a nice coating,
protects it from the oxygen coming in and the salt,
if you are in a salt environment.
Beautifully said.
Here at Corbec,
they've got this molten zinc bath.
It is superhot, over 800 degrees.
[someone whistles]
KEOGHAN: So, your job today is to build a steel trailer.
You're gonna dip it in zinc,
and then you're gonna get it ready to hitch it up
to one of the trucks.
The first part of the job is you need to weld
three sides onto these trailers.
Once you get a sign-off on your welding,
you're gonna carry your trailer frames inside,
and you're gonna hang it up on one of the massive racks.
The second part of the job
is that your trailer
is gonna be dipped into molten zinc.
When your piece of metal comes out of the zinc bath,
you end up with these little drips right here.
You see that? They're super sharp.
So, you use these big paddles
along the edge of the metal surface
to get rid of those drips.
If you let those drips harden, you're gonna
have to grind them off later.
After you have dipped your trailer,
you are going to take your
zinc-dipped trailer back out here.
For the third part of your job,
grind off any drips that you missed earlier,
then start attaching the trailer pieces
that you can see on the back of your truck.
All the tools you need are laid out
on your workstations.
You've got an axle, two wheels,
swivel jack, trailer stand, coupler--
that's what attaches to the ball mount--
safety chain,
floor plates and a tailgate.
Then you're going to connect it to your trucks
so it's ready to roll.
When it is, the first team to get in their trucks
is gonna get the win.
Right now, the team score is tied up at one apiece.
-One-one. -One-one.
KEOGHAN: If you're the winning team,
I got another $12,000 in my pocket
and the Badge of Honor.
Take a moment to strategize.
"Zinc" about how you want to get this job done.
[laughter]
-CARLY: Okay, Dad. -All right, let's do it.
YESI: All right, guys. There's something about
this job that kind of calls my attention.
Obviously, it's iron. There's welding.
So, if you guys are cool with it?
Yeah, I think you-you're on this one.
YESI: As an ironworker, I've been an apprentice,
and I just became a journeyman.
I haven't been in a leadership position
quite as much at work, but I know I'm getting close,
so I feel confident being the crew boss today.
The key to today's challenge is smooth is quick.
Who are you guys thinking for crew boss?
Paul.
-I agree. -JESSICA: Paul, are you okay?
Oh, yeah, for sure.
PAUL: As a warehouse supervisor,
this is in my wheelhouse.
Make sure that that piece of steel
is side to side, perfectly flush.
There's welding. There's building trailers.
[scoffs] I know trailers.
That's easy stuff for me.
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
-Time to get to work. -[work whistle blows]
[overlapping chatter]
KEOGHAN: First part of your job,
weld three sides onto your trailer.
And remember to get them square.
Right in the inside there, you see?
How do you want that corner, you think?
It has to be flush against this side.
YESI: Get it close.
Today's job's exciting.
We're gonna get to put together a trailer.
Me and Cheryl are getting ready with the welders.
Ben, Carly holding up the piece of iron
on the trailer to line it up.
-You good? -YESI: Todd's in there with the clamps.
Kenji, make sure it's nice and flush.
Okay, right there. It's good.
Who's got the side going?
We're going right now.
Is it square?
My strategy is let's get this front end
perfectly square. If we don't,
everything will be crooked
by the time you get to the other end.
Okay, that's square.
JESSICA: There's four welders.
So, it's Dustin, Paul, Akeela
and Carolina on the welders.
And then Marcus and I are gonna go through,
make sure everything's square and plump.
Yeah, that looks pretty damn good.
Working in residential remodeling,
this is something that I do every day.
Okay, clamp it.
KEOGHAN: Both teams have the front
and the sides of their trailers on,
and now they are welding them into place.
YESI: If you want two pieces of iron to mold together,
you use flux core, uh, welding.
It's wire that comes out of a wire feeder, and
you have to wear a welding helmet.
-Eyeballs. -KENJI: Look away.
-Tacking. -Turn your eyes.
PAUL: It'll burn your retina, if you're looking
at the weld, it's called a flash.
Feels like somebody's throwing sand in your eyes.
-Turn your head. -Eyes away.
-Where's the stitches going? -There's a mark.
It's just a little inch... inch thick.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have a slight lead.
YESI: Take your time with the weld.
Quick little stitches.
Stitch. Let's go.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew trying to keep up.
Is this square over here, Jessica?
No. No, it's not.
-Hey, two. Hey, two. -Come on, somebody else needs
-to tack with me. -JESSICA: This is too far past.
AKEELA: Right away, I realized
the communication was a little... little off.
Aw, what the hell?
Who did that weld?
And Paul's a loud crew boss.
That's not right. Fix it.
And I want everybody on the welder stitching.
AKEELA: Our team is a little frantic,
and I'm like, "What is going on?" [laughs]
PAUL: ♪ We be welding on the trailer.♪
Sparks are flying.
Hey, quick. Moving on. Moving on. Let's go.
Don't look too much. That's great.
Hey, you guys, watch your welding.
You're making holes.
It's not going. It's not going.
JESSICA: Carolina, what's the matter?
CAROLINA: It's not fitting the wire.
JESSICA: Okay, try this one.
CAROLINA: As a motorcycle builder,
I work with gas machines. This is flux.
It's very different from what I work with.
I'm going too fast.
Carolina, breathe, slow down.
-Oh, my God. -So, I'm having troubles with the machine
because the feed is going too fast.
And if you're not moving your welding guns fast enough,
it will get jammed inside the machine,
and it makes, like, a "bird's nest."
-What do you need? -CAROLINA: It's-it's all tangled.
I'm coming over there.
Yeah, this is the one we want.
Oh, Carolina, it looks like she's got a bird's nest.
The wire feed is all tangled up in the machine.
Somebody better fix that thing.
[groans]
KEOGHAN: So far,
Dirty Hands have a little lead on Savage Crew.
TODD: Things are flowing well, and the synergy's good.
We were moving fast. We had a system,
and it was a well-oiled machine.
CARLY: We're good in the front.
-Should we just go for it? -TODD: Okay.
-Check, please. -Check.
Dirty Hands looking for a check.
MAN: Are you guys ready?
-That's good. -[cheering]
AKEELA: Come on, guys. We got this. Come on.
One, two, three.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands get the job done, and they're taking
their trailer inside to hang it on the rack.
They have the lead.
Step up, step up.
CHERYL: We get our trailer put together, and we just
run in so that it's first in line
to go get dipped in the galvy.
-[groaning] -I got a lot of weight here.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew
really being slowed down by that broken welder.
This is when they got to keep their heads.
-CAROLINA: Is it working? -JESSICA: I don't know.
I'm scared because it's really chaotic.
Materials are twisted, cords are getting tangled,
and Dirty Hands is already moving on,
so we have to hurry.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew with some catching up to do.
They're a couple of minutes behind Dirty Hands.
Dirty Hands, their steel trailer is hooked up,
and Dirty Hands are on their way
to the molten zinc bath.
Come on now.
-Let's go. -Come on, guys.
Come on.
You guys get it on that side, too?
-You want to get it inspected or what? -Yeah.
Check, check, check.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew anxiously waiting for a check
on their trailer so they can
dip it in their zinc bath.
-And Savage Crew gets a check. -[cheering]
Hard hats. Hard hats.
-Start passing them out. -JESSICA: We're behind by, like,
a lot.
One, two, three, go!
Let's go. Run.
JESSICA: And so, we're hustling because
now is our chance to make up the time.
-Let's go. -We need that tailgate, too.
-I've got it. -PAUL: Go, go.
Put it over there. Put it over there.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands ready to dip their trailer
in the zinc bath. Savage crew
desperately trying to make up for lost time
as they get that trailer on the rack as fast as they can.
-She's coming in. -PAUL: We got to catch Dirty Hands.
We have got to keep up.
[grunts]
Oh.
The next part is the galvanizing.
That trailer is dipped into
this pool of molten zinc
over 800 degrees.
KEOGHAN: Doors going up for Dirty Hands.
All right, all right.
KEOGHAN: First thing that the team has to do
is get rid of the ash and the zinc oxide
that's sitting on the surface.
CHERYL: Just watch the bubbles.
Nice job, guys.
YESI: The team's, like, kind of in a Zen state of mind,
and it reminds me of those
Zen Japanese, uh, gardens where you just rake.
-No, not there. Over there. -Are you sure? -Yeah, on the other side.
-Go. [grunts] -CAROLINA: Lift it up.
No, not the hook. I want the chain.
Damn it. You got-- No.
[overlapping arguing]
CARLY: Liquid gold, baby.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands getting ready to get that trailer out
-of the zinc bath. -YESI: Coming up, guys.
BEN: Get ready. Hey, hey.
KEOGHAN: This is where the detail work comes in.
If they leave any drips on this trailer,
they're gonna have to use the grinder to clean it up outside.
These paddles are almost catching fire.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
KENJI: Oh, boy, it's hot.
It's like an oven.
Can we get a check?
-We're good. Excellent. -[cheering]
We're ahead of Savage Crew, and we are feeling pumped for this.
KEOGHAN: Let's go. Let's go.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew get their trailer attached.
They're on their way to the bath.
You got some catching up to do.
Let's go.
A couple of minutes behind Dirty Hands.
Great. Let's go.
Move it. Quicker.
KEOGHAN: Look at those embers floating on the surface.
You can feel the heat just coming out of it.
AKEELA: It's 800 degrees, but as a firefighter,
I didn't feel a thing. [laughs]
-I got chains. I got chains. -Okay.
CHERYL: The last part of the challenge
is to assemble our trailer.
And we all have our jobs.
Easy.
CHERYL: Kenji's gonna go ahead
and take the axle, the tools,
the wheels, get them in place.
-Lowered. All right. -Okay, axle.
Ben and Todd's gonna do the axle.
I got to get some wrenches.
-Carly. -Yeah?
-Help Cheryl. -CHERYL: Yesi and I,
with some support from Carly,
we're gonna go attack the aluminum floorboards.
Lift that up.
-TODD: So you follow my lead. -BEN: Yeah.
-Stack them on the outside. -I got you.
When I look at Todd, I see a MacGyver...
-I'll put a bolt on, though, right? -Put a bolt in.
...who can do anything.
And he reminds me of my father.
Not on the inside.
-Ah... -You got it, buddy.
-Check. -You are good to go.
-Yeah. -KEOGHAN: Savage Crew get the job done.
PAUL: Trailer's out of the molten zinc bath.
Now we have to assemble it.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
[grunts]
PAUL: We've got to catch up.
Dirty Hands is way ahead of us.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew with some catching up to do.
Got to take off any imperfections
that are left from that zinc.
Files, grinders, sanders.
KEOGHAN: Then start attaching
all those pieces.
Marcus, run this.
JESSICA: As soon as we hit the ground running,
I give a grinder to Marcus,
he's polishing off all the burrs.
I do the same thing on the other side.
Paul and Dustin are on the axle.
Carolina, she's starting to lay the decking.
We're taking a chance with that end.
That as tight as it's going?
We put in that last floor plate, and
there's a little bit of an overhang
on that back end of the trailer.
KEOGHAN: That last floor plate's
sticking out at least a half an inch
right off the back of the trailer.
That's gonna make it really hard to get that tailgate on.
We may have to just go with it and take our chances.
Should we go with it?
We had already had enough screws down where we're like,
"Are we gonna have to unscrew this first
"floor plate, or should we take the chance
that it would be enough for that gate to close?"
CARLY: Yesi, look.
This needs to push in all the way.
That's all right. We can do that after.
-We can do that after. -Okay.
-It works. -Savage Crew,
working on the inside of the trailer.
Doing a lot of work with those grinders.
Come on, guys.
Work hard. Go.
Tighten the ... out of it.
Are you on-- are you all the way?
There's no holes in the bottom like that one.
What?
PAUL: Come on. Stop talking and put them in.
Dude, you got to stop, man.
As we're working, Paul yelled at me.
It's not like we were having a cup of tea talking.
We were trying to figure out the job.
You need to take a chill pill.
Oh, the pressure is on right now.
-You got the bolts on backwards, man. -No.
-Yeah, you do. -No, that's correct.
BEN: Well, go to the other side, then.
Want to go this way.
BEN: No. Flip it around.
-Flip the tire around. -YESI: Figure it out, guys.
Savage Crew are putting in a good effort to catch up.
Come on, come on, we're almost there.
I'll hold it. You can hit it.
-Grab it. There you go. -Good.
I noticed we are all working better
than we were working at the first, uh, phase.
And our team started, like,
slow and steady, catching up.
-JESSICA: Let's get it. -Let's go, y'all. Let's go.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew have already got their tailgate up.
Dirty Hands yet to get theirs up.
It's gonna come down to the details.
Come on, get your hands going. Let me know.
BEN: Come on, guys.
BEN: Now we're a little bit panicked.
We're yelling at each other a little bit,
and all of a sudden, Savage Crew is catching up.
BEN: What are we gonna do? Come on.
KENJI: Hey, so we're gonna take the blocks out.
There's nothing else we need to do.
Yeah, there is. We got a bunch up here to get.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have realized that they got to put
some more screws into the floor plate.
The sun has well and truly gone down.
They've been working on this trailer all day long.
-Who's got the ice? -Get a drill. Get a drill.
-Missing a screw. -DUSTIN: Where is it?
We realize we're missing a bunch of screws on the floor.
Just trying to put the screws in
as quickly as we can.
We got this. Now, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go.
No, we got to put this out. Lift it up.
We're good here. We're good here.
[overlapping shouting]
Trailer is down for Dirty Hands.
They're putting the tailgate on the back.
Savage Crew, can they make up for lost time?
Check, check, check.
[overlapping shouting]
I'm pulling them.
-Go. -Hurry up.
JESSICA: It's on.
-That's not good. -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands
struggling with that tailgate.
I got to go your way a little.
They've got to latch it in.
-What do you need? -Bring it down.
All of a sudden, the tailgate wouldn't close.
We couldn't get the pin in.
Dirty Hands have come to a standstill.
-[grunts] -Hold on, we're getting caught on the edge.
YESI: We're all in a panic.
That overhanging floorplate
that, uh, me and Cheryl talked about,
that's the thing that is not going to allow us
to put that gate up and get that pin in.
Push, push, push, push.
PAUL: We're trying to bend the gate.
We're trying to grind the gate. Anything that we could
possibly do to get that gate on.
More, more.
Get out of my way. I got it in.
Savage Crew, they're struggling with their tailgate.
AKEELA: Dirty Hands is in some trouble.
We're actually catching up,
and the fire is burning in us.
-Now. -KEOGHAN: Both teams
struggling with this tailgate.
They've got all the tools in the world out here,
and they're using a concrete block
to try to fix this job.
Pretty sure Todd the toolmaker
has never used this method on a job before.
-PAUL: That doing anything? -That's not it.
Go. Hold on.
[overlapping shouting]
-The pin. -Who's got the pin?
-I got it. -KEOGHAN: Savage Crew...
-Put it in. -KEOGHAN: ...continues to fight for the win.
Get in the truck.
Keep it going.
KEOGHAN: Ben is using all his strength.
-Get it on. -KEOGHAN: They're using everything.
Come on.
-Get in the truck. -Get back in the truck.
Come on, come on. Let's go.
Oh, my gosh.
-[horn honks] -Savage Crew get the win.
-We got the win! -[cheering]
Boom. Pulled out the win.
-We did it. -Back on top.
Savage Crew, two-one to Dirty Hands.
That was a hell of a day, guys.
Savage Crew finished the job ahead of Dirty Hands today.
I'm not proud of the fact that we lost our
consistency and our cohesion.
We worked so hard together, and we were right there.
We had it in our hands.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands, I know you're disappointed,
but, Paul, for you,
I know it's a special day,
your wife's birthday.
And as the crew boss,
I'd like to present you with
the third Badge of Honor.
-Thank you, sir. -Well done.
-JESSICA: Whoo! -DUSTIN: Good job, Paul.
-Yeah, Paul! -This is for Dina.
KEOGHAN: Team score right now,
two to Savage Crew,
one to Dirty Hands.
Tomorrow, we go back to the individual competition.
Pressure is gonna be on, literally.
I'll see you in the morning.
Good job, guys.
[overlapping chatter]
AKEELA: So, what's some good things
and some bad things?
Some good things that we did, some bad things.
Let's start with the bad so we feel good after
-we talk about it, you know? -[laughs]
So, we were a little
-all over the place. -Yes.
To be honest, I'm-I'm surprised we won.
We won, but
we're working through some challenges as a team
in our communication, and for me, I feel like
there's still room for improvement.
Paul, I'm gonna say this for constructive feedback,
but I tell you what, do not tell me
to stop talking and keep working.
Are you on-- are you all the way?
There's no holes in the bottom like that one.
-What? -There's no holes...
Come on. Stop talking and put them in.
JESSICA: You respect me like
I respect you because I would never say that to you.
That's the last time I'm gonna bring it up,
and I hope you take me seriously.
PAUL: I'm sorry that I did that.
I was excited, and it's like cheering you guys on.
Just keep working, like, pushing.
No. You told me to stop talking.
PAUL: Well, you took it the wrong way.
You're probably right. I did.
That's disrespect. I don't take that.
That wasn't meant for disrespect.
I was in the heat of the moment.
I apologize for it.
Okay, I'll take it. Let's move on.
Well, no, that's-that's not move on
for me, right?
Now that you, Jessica, you say stuff like that,
now it's like walking on eggshells.
That's what makes me nervous. Like, I don't know...
We're still learning each other, too, right? So...
Yeah, but I don't have the cupcake approach.
PAUL: We don't know what pushes everybody's buttons.
And it's fine. You don't have to have the cupcake
because this is not about that.
It is about us
being together and grow together.
PAUL: We're all learning what pushes our buttons,
and so we just got to move on from it.
I didn't hear him scream. I didn't hear her sc...
Like, I don't even know what happened with them.
I just hope it doesn't affect our team
'cause this is money for all of us.
-Paul? -Yes.
Yesterday, I was a little heated when I said that,
and I'm sorry that I, um,
called you out in front of everybody, and I don't want
to make you feel bad at all.
-I didn't take it personally. -JESSICA: Okay.
-PAUL: It's the heat of the moment, so... -Yeah, for sure.
Let's go crush it still, you know?
-Exactly. -I don't want that to, like, change our team
-at all, you know? Yeah. -Doesn't change nothing on our team.
AKEELA: Actions speak louder than words.
-There you go. -We need to have
winning action,
and we need to have a winning attitude.
YESI: Going into an individual today, I'm excited.
I think it's gonna unleash some things
that I got to kind of show and prove.
When I became an ironworker, my father was a little upset
because I was stepping into a zone that,
in his eyes, is dangerous,
and whether he said it or not, he was a little scared for me.
But being onTough As Nails is definitely an opportunity
for him to see my mental strength,
my physical abilities and to showcase myself.
Let the last two that go into that overtime
-be from their team. -BEN: Yep.
Good morning, everyone.
ALL: Good morning.
Welcome back to Corbec,
Ontario, Canada's largest molten zinc facility.
-Carolina, you'll be with me today. -Yeah.
My co-commentator. All right.
This is gonna be a test
of your life skills.
This is about being a designer, an engineer
because this individual challenge is
all about how you handle pressure.
As a matter of fact, just over a ton of pressure.
When the work whistle blows,
you are going to use
the materials at your workstations.
Each bin has different small pieces of metal.
You've got a welding machine,
some pliers and chalk,
you've got a grinder
to build a three-foot structure
to withstand the weight
of 2,316 pounds.
When you have built a structure
that you feel is strong enough,
you'll grab a number, you'll go in line,
and you'll go in for a test.
The goal is for you to have a structure
that will hold this weight
for ten seconds.
If you don't get to ten seconds,
you're gonna be on the clock
to see how long your structure holds
from the moment
that that weight touches your structure
to the moment you break the green laser line.
You've got 90 minutes to get the job done.
For the person who wins here today,
I've got $3,000 to give away.
-We like the money. -KEOGHAN: Yes, you like the money.
I like the money.
But, ultimately, the goal is to make sure
that you stay out of overtime,
and that's gonna come down to which two
structures collapse the fastest 'cause,
by the end of the day, one of you will be punching out.
Is everybody ready
-to get the job done? All right. -PLAYERS: Yeah.
Get to your workstations,
and we will get these structures built.
TODD: My motivation today is my family.
I've got a wife, two daughters,
seven grandkids and one on the way.
I can picture my grandkids saying,
"Come on, Grandpa, you can do it."
And today, Grandpa's gonna get it done.
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
Whoo!
Yeah.
I'm gonna do four of those.
CARLY: We have 90 minutes to build
a structure that can withstand
2,316 pounds
for ten seconds.
KEOGHAN: Todd, our toolmaker,
is pulling out all the resources he has.
The supplies provided for us are all over the gate.
We've got square tubing, angle iron, rebar.
Organization is key building something like this.
You've got to have a plan.
Got to get the height.
KEOGHAN: It's got to be a freestanding structure at least
three feet high.
This is gonna be weird.
I'm nervous because I don't really work
with metal like this,
and even as a carpenter,
I'll have enough material to build
whatever it is I want to build,
and I'll know exactly what I'm going to build.
[takes deep breath]
KEOGHAN: We have seasoned professionals
all doing the same job, but they're all coming at it
from completely different points of view.
Come on.
YESI: As an ironworker, I deal with
bigger scale of structural steel.
This is some small steel, thin steel, so
there's pressure there.
One, two...
JESSICA: During my time in the Army,
when we were deployed, our first mission
was to build a temporary
float bridge.
And I'll have my four corners.
If I get a good base,
it can just redistribute the weight,
and it will be able to withstand the pressure
of the one ton.
Paul is working this grinder. Ooh, wow.
We have a good-looking structure already.
These are how long...
DUSTIN: I'm just thinking I got to rely
on junior high shop class,
using toothpicks and-and wood glue,
so I instantly knew that a triangle
was gonna be the strongest shape out there.
Whoo!
So, just taking a look so far
at everybody's approach, is that what you would do?
CAROLINA: I see a lot of squares,
which I would not pick.
They say that, um, triangular shape...
That's what I was thinking.
KEOGHAN: We're halfway through the job.
PAUL: Yes, I built my base,
I built my top.
Now I'm gonna take my rebar
and my cold rolled steel
and start making my triangles.
As long as my structure
is square and is straight, and I use triangles...
[scoffs] I can hold the world.
KEOGHAN: We got some builds going on.
It's getting exciting now.
Whoo!
KEOGHAN: Remember, after 90 minutes, you got to test whatever you've got.
[groans]
KEOGHAN: Who will be the first to get back for a check?
JESSICA: Mother... of a hen.
Fireman puts the fire out on his workbench.
Come on, doofus.
KENJI: Now, I'm freaking out 'cause
I haven't gotten my structure supported enough.
My structure is too big for the workbench.
I can't even sit it on the table.
-[metal clatters] -Doofus.
KEOGHAN: Some very interesting designs
coming out of this workshop.
Paul's structure is getting close.
PAUL: As my structure's coming together,
I'm thinking, "What am I gonna top it up with?"
'Cause it's still too short.
I'm looking at my steel and my pipe.
KEOGHAN: This is about staying out of overtime today.
-[metal clatters] -Come on.
AKEELA: I'm losing my mind.
It's loud, it's hot,
sparks flying everywhere.
I kept forgetting.
Like, "What was my plan?
What was that number?"
-KEOGHAN: 25 minutes left. -Don't get frustrated.
KEOGHAN: Kenji looks like he's getting close.
-JESSICA: Whoo! -PAUL: Finally,
I call for a check.
We got the height, and we got the strength.
KEOGHAN: Okay, Paul is going under.
PAUL: I'm the first guy finished.
Uh-oh,
am I the first guy that'll fail?
Okay, crane is coming down.
Can it withstand 2,316 pounds?
As soon as I seen the chains
get slacked, I see
absolutely no movement.
-And... -[work whistle blows]
-And Paul gets it done. -Yeah!
-JESSICA: Good job, Paul. -Good job, buddy.
KEOGHAN: You've won the $3,000 prize.
PAUL: This win gives my wife and me
a nice little vacation.
-Yeah! -JESSICA: Nice work, Paul.
I am ecstatic about it.
Good job, dude.
I'm gonna be the best.
YESI: When I hear Paul celebrate,
I'm worried because my structure
might not be strong enough.
Oh, my goodness gracious.
-Are you doing okay? -CARLY [laughs]: I'm doing okay.
I just-- The time thing, hey.
I know. We may be overengineering it, too.
I am, like, so far behind,
and my elaborate, overengineered plan is slowly
slipping through my fingers,
-and I'm starting to panic. -[grunts]
KEOGHAN: Ooh, that time is ticking away so quick.
I would get fired doing crap like this.
-You want to try it? -Yep.
As I submit my structure to be tested next,
I am so nervous.
Let's see what your structure does.
It's holding, but it's buckling and...
[buzzer sounds]
-Okay. -That's fine.
KEOGHAN: 12 minutes to go.
-Todd, you good for a check? -Yeah.
I'm not proud of it.
I'm very upset with the way it looked,
but here we go. It's go time. Let's see what happens.
-[buzzer sounds] -Not good.
You got a couple of seconds at least. [chuckles]
You tried it, buddy. You tried it.
KEOGHAN: All right, Marcus, you're up next.
CAROLINA: Get it, get it, Marcus.
MARCUS: Me and Phil are both
looking like, "Oh, oh, oh."
Oh!
-No. -KEOGHAN: Oh...
-[buzzer sounds] -[inhales sharply]
Golly, man.
Please, God.
-Yeah, it's done. -Oh, oh... -[buzzer sounds]
That ain't good, that ain't good.
While I'm waiting, I hear... [imitates metal clattering]
And I'm thinking, "Oh, my gosh, I hope
that's not my piece, I hope that's not my piece."
KEOGHAN: Okay, here we go.
Ooh, Cheryl, Cheryl.
-That's all right. -[buzzer sounds]
-[groans]
KEOGHAN: I know you guys are the best of the best
in your chosen trade,
but pressure really got to you today,
-didn't it? -Art deco.
AKEELA: I don't know how long it held up, but
it better have held up long enough
to keep me out of overtime.
KEOGHAN: Let's go, everybody.
20 seconds.
Get it, get it, get it.
KEOGHAN: Ten.
-JESSICA: What? -KEOGHAN: Nine.
Eight. Seven.
-Six. Five. -Move it.
KEOGHAN: Four.
-Yesi, get a number. -Get a number. -Three.
-Two. -Yesi, get a number.
-KEOGHAN: One. -[work whistle blows]
TODD: Good job.
Time's out, and
I'm worried
because I don't think that I had
enough time to make it strong enough
in order to keep me out of overtime.
KEOGHAN: Time's up,
and we've got four structures left to test.
So far, Paul's the only one with a build
that's held the ton weight for ten seconds.
I have random pieces everywhere.
It's sort of my Picasso.
-Interesting shapes there. -[laughs]
I'm just hoping it holds.
-Whoa. Whoa. -Whoa.
-[others cheering] -It doesn't have to look pretty.
[work whistle blows]
Whoa! He got it.
[cheering]
At this point, I'm safe, and it's a relief.
[laughter]
-It doesn't matter afterwards. -Take it home.
-KEOGHAN: Okay, who's next? -CAROLINA: Whoo!
That's one of the more
impressive-looking structures, Yesi.
-See if it holds. -YESI: I'm really nervous
because I do not want to go into overtime.
See if all those welds hold.
-[buzzer sounds] -ALL: Oh!
YESI: It's not a good feeling
to be surrounded by something that I'm comfortable with
and I wasn't able to have
a structure that's solid.
JESSICA: For the love of God, please hold.
My structure looks ridiculous,
and I'm just praying that
it holds just long enough
to keep me out of overtime.
KEOGHAN: Yeah, baby.
-[buzzer sounds] -JESSICA: It's holding.
KEOGHAN: It did hold for a little bit.
[blows raspberry]
It's a little off-kilter.
I'm optimistic.
KEOGHAN: It's holding, but
-it's buckling and... -[buzzer sounds]
Aw...
Hey, well done, everybody.
Well done. We have two passes.
Unfortunately, all the other structures failed,
and so it's going to come down
to which two structures collapsed the fastest.
The two of you who will be going in
to overtime...
-Yesi and Jessica. -PAUL: Here we go.
It's okay. I'm used to it. I'm good at it.
Again, I'm in survival mode.
I mean, I was here last time.
In my mind, I want to say, "Oh, I got this,"
but Yesi is a strong competitor,
and I'm really nervous.
KEOGHAN: So, Yesi, Jessica, by the end of the day,
one of you will be punching out.
YESI: Jessica is a powerhouse, but
there's a sense of fire in me.
I feel that nothing will stop me from getting to the end.
-All right, everybody ready for overtime? -Yeah.
[cheering]
YESI: As I go into overtime, I think about my dad.
Seeing him work hard
taught me how to be tough, and
my dad's never watched me work iron.
He hasn't really seen my skills develop.
For him to look back and be like,
"Wow, that's my daughter," would be amazing.
JESSICA: Going into this challenge,
I have a lot that fuels that fire.
In my everyday life,
I'm called in so many roles.
I'm a mom, I'm a wife,
I have a small business. So, for so long,
I've been so much for everybody else,
but now this is my time.
Okay, would you guys mind removing the sheet?
OTHERS: Wow. Oh, wow.
KEOGHAN: That is a beautiful eagle.
JESSICA: I see this beautiful bald eagle,
and, as a veteran, it represents
everything that I fought for,
and I realized that
I can do this and I have to do this.
This beautiful creature
is made with 13 pieces
and 26 nuts and bolts.
Take a good look at it. Each of you is going
to make an eagle.
When that work whistle goes,
you'll find the 13 pieces you need
hanging on these racks.
You're gonna use the 26 nuts and bolts to assemble it.
The first to make an eagle
will stay in contention
for the Tough As Nailstitle.
If you're last,
you will be punching out.
All right, get to your workstations.
Let's get it done.
YESI: I'm here to do a job,
to do it right and to do it quicker than Jessica.
It's her or me.
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
BEN: Here we go, here we go.
-Let's go, Jessica. -Come on, Yesi. -Let's go, Yesi.
This is all you.
JESSICA: Today, we have to put together
a bald eagle.
There's 13 different pieces.
[groans] Come on, baby.
-BEN: That's it, Yesi. -KEOGHAN: Look at that.
She knows the first piece that she wants.
JESSICA: I get a couple pieces. I'm stuffing them in my pants.
I'm pulling my shirt up. I'm trying to get
as many pieces as I can.
KEOGHAN: Yesi's deciding not to use the bolt cutters.
I see Yesi go over there and untwist the wire,
and I was like, "There's the ironworker."
BEN: You've got this, Yesi.
For me, as an ironworker, I'm quick with my hands.
I could've used the bolt cutters,
but bolt cutters will slow you down.
CHERYL: Get all your pieces.
Put them on the table. Come on.
There's no diagram.
All we have is a put-together model.
But in residential remodeling,
sometimes you get plans, and they're only
in French, or, you know, there is no plans.
I deal with that all the time.
Nice, nice.
YESI: This challenge, it's a detailed puzzle.
I'm looking at the demo. I'm looking at what I have.
I'm thinking I got to build the more
kind of detailed pieces first.
So, I start with a wing,
and there's three pieces with each wing.
The bottom part of the wing, the middle part
and the top part of the wing.
KEOGHAN: Yeah, the thing with this,
you have to get everything
assembled in a particular order,
and that-that's something that could trip them up.
JESSICA: I start putting my pieces together,
and based on the model,
I realized that you have to put the feet on first
before the outside
because the bolt is actually
hidden behind the side plate.
So, I start putting the legs on,
and then I move on to the outside.
KEOGHAN: Jessica's made a smart move with those talons,
but she's not getting her pieces
attached to it as quickly as Yesi.
I have one wing up. I'm starting on my second wing,
and I'm feeling good. I feel like I'm ahead.
I feel there's no way that she's gonna
catch me if I keep this up.
Mm, interesting.
Does this wing look right?
-It doesn't look right. -MARCUS: It's going the wrong way.
Yeah, it's going the wrong way.
CARLY: Yesi's wings are backwards,
and we can't say anything,
which is the worst.
I'm just hoping that
she figures it out because
Jessica, at this point,
she's catching up.
PAUL: Hustle, hustle, girl.
YESI: As I'm finishing that second wing, I'm looking at the demo,
I'm looking at what I have,
and I take a step back,
and I recognize that my wing is-is...
the orientation is backwards.
KEOGHAN: Okay, she spotted it.
I knew I needed to start, uh, taking each part
of the wing off as quick as I can.
-She don't have to undo all that. -She can just do the bottom.
BEN: Oh, come on, Yesi.
Oh, this is such a close race now.
You got it, Yesi.
I'm thinking to myself, "Just unbolt the bottom,
just the bottom, not the whole wing."
Oh, my gosh.
KEOGHAN: Yesi's wing is facing the wrong way.
She's got the feathers facing forward rather than facing back.
-CHERYL: Keep working. -CAROLINA: Keep moving forward.
Come on, Yesi, you can do this.
Yesi has the wing backward,
but she's taking off one piece of the wing one at a time
rather than just swap it around.
Jessica's already got the head of the eagle on.
Go, Jessica!
Good job, Yesi. Keep going.
I get finished up taking all my mistakes off.
Now I have to put my wings in the right place.
I'm moving quick.
I'm moving smooth. I'm keeping myself calm,
and I'm hoping that it's enough.
KENJI: You're still in it, Yesi.
JESSICA: I'm starting to get a little excited
because I'm getting closer, so I'm just trying to speed up
as fast as I can and get those last pieces on.
Check.
KEOGHAN: Thumbs down.
YESI: Jessica gets her first check,
and she gets a thumbs down.
This is my opportunity to catch up.
Jessica's tail's upside down.
It's just that one little detail.
I don't know if she's gonna see it.
Looks like Yesi's getting very close.
Got it.
JESSICA: I'm starting to panic, and
I look at the model, I look back, and I realize,
"Oh, my gosh, it's just the tail, and there's
only two bolts."
I can do this.
Good work. Good work.
-Come on, Yesi. Good job. -CAROLINA: Come on, you got it.
-TODD: Hustle, hustle, girl. -CHERYL: You got it, Yesi.
Come on.
Oh, it's so close.
[overlapping shouts of encouragement]
[cheering, applause]
Check.
-[cheering and applause] -Jessica gets the win.
-Good job. -TODD: Good job, girls.
-Yeah, Jessica! -Good job, girls.
CAROLINA: Yee-haw!
Just wasn't my time to punch out today.
-BEN: Good job, Yesi. -[cheering continues]
Good job, Yesi.
JESSICA: The big thing that I'm learning about myself
is that I really am a fighter.
Don't count me out
because I'm not, I'm not going anywhere.
KEOGHAN: I just want to say to both of you
how everybody here is just so impressed
with your tenacity.
You can see you've brought tears
to a lot of people's eyes 'cause,
Jessica, you've survived two overtimes.
It's bittersweet.
I was very terrified to go up against her,
to be completely transparent.
Yesi just got that fire in her,
and it-it hurts my heart
that it comes to this.
Yesi, we want you to know that everybody here,
they think you're amazing.
-We still love you. -CARLY: We got you.
KEOGHAN: So, Yesi, I want you to hold your head high.
We want you here right to the very end.
We want you working with your team.
I'm very sorry to tell you that
your opportunity to be the Tough As Nailschampion
has come to an end,
and I do need you to punch out.
YESI: I think I'm just, uh, emotional
because I definitely had a vision
for myself, uh, being that champion,
but that's not how it played out.
I'm proud, you know?
It doesn't stop here.
Taking on this journey
was something out of my comfort zone, and
I think, uh, my dad watching this will be proud of me.
At the end of it, you know,
I'm proud of myself.
-[applause] -The most important thing for me to remember right now
is that, ultimately, I have a strong team,
and tomorrow's another day,
and so I have many opportunities
to showcase my skills.
Proud of both of you.
We go back to the team competition next.
I will see you guys tomorrow.
Everybody get in there and give Yesi some, uh, support.
I learned so much from you.
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KEOGHAN: Next time onTough As Nails...
That is what you are gonna be building today.
-Some whoops. -Keep hustling.
-It won't come out of "park." -[screams]
Get the dirt here.
This is nuts.
Did you notice that there's a lot of mud here?
JESSICA: Just don't get stuck. That's the objective.
KEOGHAN: Remember, there is $4,000 on the line here today.
I'm not giving up.