PHIL KEOGHAN: Previously onTough As Nails...
You are going to be building three gabion baskets.
[yelling]
Kenji, you are on the puzzle.
-KEOGHAN: -Dirty Hands grappled... -Oh, this sucks.
with closing the gaps...
The puzzle is becoming a nightmare.
...allowing Savage Crew... -Check, please.
...to secure a much-needed victory.
-KEOGHAN: Savage Crew takes the win! -Oh, man.
KENJI: I felt responsible.
ALL: Whoa!
KEOGHAN: In the individual competition...
You are going to be setting 20 blast holes.
[grunts] I ain't giving up today.
-...Ben clinched his fourth win... -Yeah!
-while Paul and Kenji... -[groaning]
-I'm not giving up. -faced off in overtime...
-[grunting] -Thumbs up to Kenji!
-sending Paul... -Don't ever give up.
...to punch out. Tonight... -Let's go!
...this is Savage Crew's last chance
-to force a tiebreaker. -CHERYL: Clear those!
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands are one victory away
-Boy, oh, boy. -from winning the overall team competition...
We don't want Dirty Hands to win this one.
...and the $60,000
-cash bonus prize. -Come on! Let's go, let's go, let's go!
KEOGHAN: There's $8,000 up for grabs
in the individual competition.
-Think, think, think. -PROBST: Which competitors will be
riding into the final five?
-Damn it. -Ooh!
KEOGHAN: And whose journey will stop dead in its tracks?
Come on.
This is Tough As Nails.
BEN: Good morning, Canada!
[laughter]
I am hungry today.
I want it, and I want it bad.
The stake today is huge.
We have a chance to get that $60,000 prize.
I want to shut it down.
We have to be on point with the details,
and we have to work our friggin' asses off.
I was in my room, and I couldn't stop thinking about you guys,
and so I kind of just wrote something.
It says, "The moment Ben began forming Dirty Hands,
"there was a common factor: art, hunger, energy, attitude,
"rhythm, trust.
"Six strangers colliding to form an incredible bond.
"We possess power and capabilities
"unlike anyone else.
"We allowed for us to blossom collectively as a team
"and as individuals.
I love you, Dirty Hands. Let's make history."
-Yeah! -Nice job.
-BEN: You should write a book. -Yesi. Wow, man.
That's awesome.
-Outstanding. -That is awesome.
Yesi's letter said, "I see you, Cheryl,
and I see us as a team."
That was very moving for me.
I have never worked with a finer group of people.
BEN: This is a lot of money, guys.
-It is. It is. -This is a lot of money.
Like, I will literally break every bone in my body
to get that today.
I feel it, Ben.
We gonna tie it up today or what?
-Darn right we are. I'm ready for it. -Yeah, we are.
-I'm so ready. -Gonna do it, man.
-I feel closer to this team. -Yeah, another person.
JESSICA: Well, and Akeela, I can tell you that I feel it.
Especially with you.
We've all worked...
-Through our differences. -...through our differences,
and before the last team challenge,
like, your energy and your attitude
was so great, powerful.
My team's been through the ups and downs,
and gotten more honest and more open with each other.
That's made us stronger,
you know, as people, as-as teammates.
And we got to bring that energy here today
so we can get this win.
I can feel that. Did you feel that?
[laughing]
PAUL: We're gonna kick some major butt.
-DUSTIN: Good morning, Dirty Hands. -CHERYL: Morning.
Good morning, everyone.
-Morning, Phil. -Beautiful day again in Canada.
-Yeah! -[chuckles]
It's four to three in our best-of-nine competition.
Dirty Hands, you are one win away from $60,000.
For you, Savage Crew, if you tie it up today,
we're gonna go into a tiebreaker.
Today is the day to bring it.
We are on special ground here. This is First Nation land--
the people who were first on this land.
Today is all about giving back to others.
-Nice. -You will be building
two sides of a playground. You can see that
there is a community right now working on
sprucing up picnic tables. And we also have
the chief of the Mississauga people.
-Chief, good morning. -Good morning, Chief.
-I feel a little overdressed. -[laughter]
Well, you're sporting the colors
of one team, who I'm sure are very happy
-about that. -Yes! -Yes.
I've got some green on, too, guys.
-You got some green on, too. -[laughs]
KEOGHAN: I was wondering if you could give us the significance
of where we're standing today.
So I think the best way is to do a land acknowledgement.
We give thanks to the creator.
We acknowledge the world around us
and understand our place within it.
We acknowledge the many nations that walked this land
in the past, and welcome you to the Treaty Lands
of the Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe.
Playgrounds for the kids is an awesome win for us,
and I know they'd appreciate it, so,
meegwetchand thank you.
Thank you for having us here, sir.
By the end of the day, whether you win or lose,
you're gonna feel good about the work that you've done
because it's going to last for generations.
-Say good morning to Trevor and Matt. -Good morning.
-Morning. -Morning.
Trevor and Matt are from Peak Play.
The whole goal is to use materials
that can help connect kids with nature.
We have a number of volunteers who are helping us out.
We have the Active playground Equipment, Zeager Brothers.
We have Rona. They helped supply
some of the wood and the paint that we need
to be able to do this job.
A lot of people who have pulled together
to make this happen.
When that work whistle blows,
go to your workstations, look at the schematics.
You're building two sides of a playground.
They're mirror images of each other.
There are five structures that you need to assemble
and install: a log crossing,
log stilts, log rope bridge,
log climber, and finally, a zip line.
-[laughing] -Yeah.
The first team to get everything together properly
zip their way down to the end and ring the bell.
Look at these beautiful, fresh notes.
$12,000 going to the winning team today.
All right, take a moment to strategize,
figure out who's gonna be the crew boss,
and we'll get the job done.
Crew boss? Anybody?
Yeah, man, I'll-I'll take it.
But that doesn't mean do not speak up.
This is my second time being the crew boss.
I'm not a micromanage type of a leader.
Let's all be crew boss on this, right?
I want to divvy up into the three groups of two,
because last time, it worked really good.
I'll step up and be the crew boss again
-this time, if you'll have me. -Yup. -Yup.
We're gonna work both sides towards the middle.
So, Yesi and Ben, get on that zip line.
I was thinking I can strung that line,
run the whole thing all by myself.
That's a lot to ask for.
-I guarantee you. -That's a...
I'm a little bit hesitant because I feel like we should
have two guys on it, but
I'm gonna trust him. That's what you got to do
when you're teammates is trust them.
I'm 100%.
I'm feeling very confident on making that zip line.
The last competition, I felt responsible for the team loss,
so, today, I feel like I could do something
that's gonna give them the win.
A lot on the line for both of you.
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
We have five primary jobs to get complete.
I got it, I got it. You just tell me where you want it.
KEOGHAN: On both sides of this playground.
They're a mirror image of each other.
-Are you sure this one goes here? -Yes.
All right, I'll trust you.
We have to build a playground.
Kenji wants to do the zip line.
-I got B and C. -Okay.
Carolina and Yesi are gonna
build a log climber.
And me, Cheryl and Todd are
gonna start putting in a log crossing,
a rope bridge and some stilts.
AKEELA: "You will need these."
Jessica and I-- we're gonna
handle the log climber.
We need some tools, guys.
AKEELA: Paul loves tools, so Paul and Marcus
got the crossing.
Dustin and Carolina--
they'll take on the log stilts.
Everybody's got their head on.
They're dialed in.
We are trying to get this win
and hold Dirty Hands off.
The first three! Clear those!
The footings for these posts are below grade, which means
dirt, rubble, everything's gonna
sort of want to spill into the hole.
Clean this one.
We have to redrill those holes
to clean any debris,
and that's a critical part of this.
If those anchor bolts are not seated right,
it's not gonna hold
the structure tightly.
Dirty Hands cleaning out the holes first before
they put their bolts in. It's really a smart move.
-Oh, my God, I can't... -It's heavy? You need help?
-Get over here. Yeah, get over here. -Okay.
-KEOGHAN: This is heavy. -Lift. Lift.
And we're turning 180. Holy!
KEOGHAN: Akeela running over to help her teammates.
JESSICA: Akeela, do you need my help?
AKEELA: Nope. [grunts]
MARCUS: Took all four of us
to pick that thing up. It was still heavy.
-Now bring it over. -KEOGHAN: That's a lot of weight.
-PAUL: Hold on. -KEOGHAN: And got to be careful
that wood chips don't fall in those holes.
-Bring it back. Lift up. -I got it.
DUSTIN: Come my way.
This playground-- it's not a light task.
You got to be quick. You need to be concise.
And luckily, our team is feeling cohesive, and we struggle,
but then, we finally get it in the right place.
-MARCUS: Now we're good. -AKEELA: Yeah, that's it.
-Go. -[grunting]
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands are lifting their log crossing
almost at the exactly the same time
that Savage Crew are putting their section in.
-TODD: There. -CHERYL: All right.
KEOGHAN: Jessica and Kenji
working on the zip line.
JESSICA: It's fairly simple. There's no real schematics.
I understand how it works.
Okay.
"A is rope facing high."
The log climber
has a few different pieces
that you have to follow the schematic and put together.
And each piece has a letter.
Bottom side of high E.
You know, B
is under E.
-Why is... -So A...
A needs to have two.
CARLY: And A is
over E log on this side.
Nope.
Oh, this feels like a hard Sudoku.
That's weird, eh?
-Okay, now we're good. -Yeah.
-Jessica, come on. -Akeela, what do you need?
-We're gonna have to start this. -Okay.
KEOGHAN: Jessica started a zip line, but
she's not completed the job yet.
Akeela needs her to help assemble
that complicated log climber.
JESSICA: So if one's standing up, the tall spot...
What the hell?
Diagrams are my nemesis.
I just see, like, a bunch
of random pieces of timber
and a bunch of paper.
-Here. You want to look at it? -Goes here maybe?
KEOGHAN: Kenji is doing the zip line all by himself,
and so far, has a lot of it assembled.
KENJI: When I was a camp counselor, I had to set up
a lot of rope course
up in the trees.
I am a jack-of-all-trade. And, oops.
I forgot to tell Phil
that I also assembled zip line in the past.
KEOGHAN: Both teams bringing it today!
Savage Crew, this is your last chance
to force a tiebreaker.
Dirty Hands-- one victory away
from winning the overall team competition.
[grunts] Check?
-Good. -Good.
KEOGHAN: Kenji has completed the zip line and now
he's going back to help his team.
Kenji, it looks great.
KENJI: Growing up, I had very little trust from my mother.
I was always getting in trouble.
It was very hard for me.
So when the team placed that trust in me...
Okay, I'm done.
...I knew that I had to perform,
and feels really good.
I'm not understanding why there's two holes on that,
-but there's only one hole here. -Oh, I get it.
So, on this side, we're gonna put it through...
-Oh. -We're gonna make a hole here.
JESSICA: You know, Akeela and I-- I've always said
if we could figure out how to work together,
we would be unstoppable.
-Up, up, up. -Okay.
Well, now,
we both understand
the way that we communicate,
and we're unstoppable.
-There you go. -KEOGHAN: Akeela and Jessica
working extremely well together as teammates.
AKEELA: I like it.
DUSTIN: Aah! Come on.
As I put the first anchor in, I'm feeling resistance.
Just hammer these down.
I grab a hammer. I figure
I can force it in.
Paul, are-are yours going flush down?
No, they're not. They're sticking out.
DUSTIN: As soon as the concrete anchor go flush,
the inside of the bolt expands
in the concrete, keeping it secure.
PAUL: They should go flush, but there's stuff in it.
I should have known better.
When we were moving the log crossing, debris must have
settled in the holes.
We got to take these out and redrill 'em.
I've used these before.
My sister helped me
put window wells in at my house.
[grunting]
So, I use that experience
to help my team.
There's got to be a way.
Where's that crowbar? Because now,
when we were hammering those down,
we might have stripped the top of them.
Even though we cleaned out the poles,
what I'm noticing with the structure
is it's not quite level.
So, some of the bolts
are either stripped a little bit at the top, or
it's not quite biting.
Boy, oh, boy.
CHERYL: Do we need to pry them out?
I don't know what to do. Ugh!
Ben is struggling with the bolts.
BEN: This is crazy.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have one of their five structures complete.
BEN: Boy, oh, boy.
I don't know what to do.
KEOGHAN: But they've stripped some bolts
on their log crossing,
and that's left the door open for Savage Crew.
This is crazy.
Savage Crew is side by side with us.
We want that overall team win
-and $60,000. -That's stripped.
But I think it's neck and neck at this point.
DUSTIN: What's our plan? Just to do all of them by hand?
PAUL: They're not going all the way down,
so I'm just trying to squish 'em in
so they can hold steady, right?
DUSTIN: Yeah, yeah, you need it flush.
Some of these bolts are tightening.
It's just all by hand at this point.
We're gonna try to work our way through these mistakes.
Come on, baby. Come on. [grunts]
-Check. -This?
That's a good check.
Dirty Hands get their second structure of five checked off.
CARLY: Nice work, Dirty!
This isn't lined up.
-That's my big conundrum right now. -Hold on.
KEOGHAN: This log climb is the most complicated
of the five elements that they need to put together.
So E is on the outside, which is what we're looking at.
As an ironworker,
I deal with the orientation of beams,
but this puzzle's tricky.
-Let's loosen it, and we'll come closer. -Okay.
KEOGHAN: Jessica started the zip line,
and now, Carolina is finishing off the job.
CAROLINA: Sorry.
I'm just practicing.
Carolina is trying to get some tension on that zip line.
[grunts]
Marcus?
I know that I need to ask for help because
it's getting tougher to hold a cylinder
to get the rope.
Ready?
KEOGHAN: Carolina's called in some reinforcements.
-She's got Marcus helping her with the zip line. -Go.
Okay.
We're good. Check.
We're good.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew with approval on their zip line.
Now they've got one of their five play structures complete.
AKEELA: Come on. Let's go, y'all.
We got this.
Yeah, hold it. You're just bending it.
-Okay. -You're just bending it.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands trying to MacGyver
a solution to get this log crossing secure.
AKEELA: Come on, you guys.
Yeah, theirs is above.
Look at theirs.
KEOGHAN: That's good. They're smart.
Akeela and Jessica looking up what Dirty Hands are doing.
-Slide it over just a little bit. -Just a little?
-Yup. -JESSICA: Can we got a check, please?
Good check.
Savage Crew have a check on their log climber.
They can bring it over to the playground.
AKEELA: Good job, guys. We're done on this thing.
-Where are we at? -I can try to tighten these ones.
This one looks like it might be all right.
Hey, guys, there's a piece missing up there.
-DUSTIN: This piece. -PAUL: This piece is missing.
DUSTIN: I don't know where that club just went.
Oh, no.
There was a screw missing
in the last shackle
to put the bridge together.
I'm gonna go help.
-What do you need? -We're missing this piece.
PAUL: It got lost
in the heat of the moment.
Where's the shackle piece?
It's missing.
Ugh. [bleep]
I was disappointed about
the shackle that we're missing.
Keep looking.
JESSICA: It's easy to point fingers,
but we're past that.
It goes right behind the zip line.
At this moment in time,
we have that really good synergy.
I think we're finally there, and so,
I want to rally this team together.
Where are we at? What do you guys need?
Switch it. Off. Off right here.
I realize
the top piece of our log climber
needs to be flipped around.
We changed it quickly, and that's our last piece.
-That's a good check. -Okay.
-Taking it over. -Okay.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have completed their log climber.
I'm gonna come up top for now.
We lost a little piece for the rope.
I don't care.
I'm gonna use a nail to put it together.
You can't get hung up.
You got to improvise and keep moving.
That's as tight as it's going, Cheryl.
Check.
[Akeela groans]
-Good check. -Move that!
CHERYL: We get a good check
on the log crossing.
It looks like things are coming together,
and we just have
one last structure to go.
Come on, guys. We got this! Come on!
That's in there. This one's done.
-Check. -Check.
No check.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands gets a thumbs down.
KENJI: How am I gonna get this?
-CHERYL: Lift it up. -TODD: Get a crowbar under here.
Dirty Hands are working on their rope bridge frantically.
What do you got in you, Savage Crew?
This is your last chance to stop Dirty Hands
from taking the overall team win.
That's in there.
Dirty Hands got a bad check. I'm thinking,
"We got this.
Just keep this moving."
-Go back. -CHERYL: Put that under there.
TODD: Cheryl's stuffing everything underneath there,
and I'm hammering it under there,
trying to get this thing tight enough to get a check.
This is good. That's good.
-CHERYL: Check. -CARLY: Yes, yes.
-That's a good check. -Yeah!
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands complete their rope bridge.
All they got to do is clean up the job site and ring that bell.
-Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. -DUSTIN: It's okay.
Keep your head in it. Let's go.
-Go! Yeah! -Go! Yeah.
BEN: Get over here. Get over here.
Dirty Hands coming down to the end to ring their bell.
-Yes! -[cheering, laughing]
-Ring it. -Dirty Hands get the job done!
[cheering]
Dirty Hands are our team champions.
BEN: We did it!
-Gosh! -We did it. -[whooping]
BEN: We got that $60,000
in our pocket.
That's what Dirty Hands have been working for since day one.
We got a toolmaker, a jack-of-all-trades,
an ironworker, an electrician and a carpenter.
I couldn't be more proud
to bring six people together from different backgrounds
and bond into a family
and get the win.
That's just the best honor you can get.
-Dirty! -ALL: Hands!
[cheering, whooping]
-CARLY: Yes! -JESSICA: Guys.
it's a loss, and it sucks,
but we all worked together really well.
-PAUL: Yeah. -Right?
-DUSTIN: Yup, and it's... -Tell me I'm wrong.
-No. -PAUL: No.
AKEELA: These challenges--
they're all tests, right?
How well can we work together?
We had our ups and downs,
and we worked through it.
You know, this is just a process.
-Good job, y'all. -Showed class the whole time. -Yeah.
-Good hustle. -Good job.
KEOGHAN: Okay, guys, line up.
[whoops] Peak Play, have you ever
seen a playground go up that quickly?
-No. -[laughter]
Neither have I.
Once again, it just speaks
to the quality of the work from both teams.
Team score now-- five to three
in our best of nine competition.
Dirty Hands, you pulled out a win,
and for that, I have got $12,000,
and the fifth Badge of Honor
going to the crew boss, Cheryl.
-CARLY: Crew boss! -KEOGHAN: Well deserved.
Congratulations to you, Dirty Hands.
You have won $60,000 as a cash bonus prize.
-Congratulations. -Thank you, team.
I'm just amazed
that this team has had
so much faith in me to be
their leader since I started.
Kenji volunteered to do the zip line by himself.
I looked up, I saw you working on it, Kenji.
-Next thing, it was done. -Yup.
I can't take credit for any of these wins
because it was truly
a team effort.
KEOGHAN: And Akeela, great leadership today.
There was a lot that went well, and I would say,
all the way along this journey, you guys have learned
a lot together as a team.
PAUL: I wouldn't have traded
any single one of 'em.
They all put their hearts out there.
Savage Crew, even though Dirty Hands have already won
the overall team competition and that cash bonus prize,
there'll be another $12,000 up for grabs
-in the final team challenge. -Yeah.
AKEELA: The way we communicated and worked today,
I wouldn't change anything.
Going into the last team challenge, I know that
we can come out with a win.
This playground has come about
because you guys put in the work
to make something special that is gonna last decades.
-This plaque... -Oh, cool.
is gonna be left here at this playground
to honor the hard work that you guys have done here today.
JESSICA: Even though we lost,
part of my journey here is for the legacy
that I leave, and for my kids to look back
on everything that I did
in my life and in these special moments.
-Thank you, everybody. -Thank you. -Thank you, Phil.
KEOGHAN: See you tomorrow.
JESSICA: A piece of me is here
and I hope it stands the test of time.
It truly was an honor to be a part of this today.
KENJI: Good morning, team.
CHERYL: Good morning.
Today is another individuals competition.
TODD: Yeah. I changed my motivation today.
I've told you guys about my grandkids.
-Yes. -Today, me and my mom are gonna be there.
Okay.
She left me in 2000, and, uh...
I miss her.
The number one person
who inspired me was my mother.
From the beginning of my life, she was the rock.
You couldn't find a negative word out of my mother.
She was always a positive influence.
I can hear my mom say,
"Todders, you can do it."
So that's my motivation today.
She's the strongest person I ever knew.
And it's me and her today.
-CARLY: I love that, Todd. -CHERYL: That was beautiful.
JESSICA: It's really getting down to it.
CAROLINA: Who do you think is gonna be there?
Jessica, Akeela and Dustin
are going to the next competition.
JESSICA: Unfortunately, Dirty Hands took
the overall in the team competition,
so, it's a little rough coming off yesterday, but it's time
to push as hard as I can and see how far I can get.
They haven't had a Dirty Hands versus Dirty Hands OT yet.
CAROLINA: I know.
I'd love to see two of them go against each other.
Give us that gift.
[laughter]
-Morning, guys. -Morning, Savage Crew and Dirty Hands.
Those of you who have punched out,
take a seat on the bleacher.
Make yourself comfortable. The rest of you,
out in front of me.
This is a crucial day
in the individual competition.
We're gonna be going from six down to five.
It's really starting to get real.
Yesterday, you were able to do something really special.
And I want you to know that what you're doing today
is also part of giving back.
You are going to be making bicycles for kids.
-Mm. -Some of them who have never had a bicycle,
never had an opportunity to have a bicycle,
are going to get a brand-new bike.
-Yeah. -And I do want to thank Scott Bikes for stepping up
to help us do that. We have
a mechanic who's gonna be working with us today.
Say good morning to Mel,
-everybody. -ALL: Good morning, Mel. -Morning, crew.
She's a cycling enthusiast. Mel is also from
one of the top bike shops in Canada.
As you can see, there are six stations and three
different bikes that you're going to be putting together,
starting with this small bicycle. Then you'll be building
a single-speed bike and then a mountain bike that has
lots of gears, so you can do lots of climbing.
You'll be following the checklist on your workstations.
Each of the three bikes
gets progressively harder to assemble
'cause they have more and more parts.
You can use these finished bikes as a reference.
You'll be pumping up these tires from zero.
Mel will be checking that the PSI is correct.
The job is gonna require a lot of running.
You'll be going up and down this hill a lot.
When that work whistle blows,
grab the small box that has your small bike in it.
Bring that box back to your work tables
and put this bike together.
Then run that bike down the hill again.
Put it in the slot. You'll see who you're making your bike for.
Make sure that everything
that you don't need for your bike assembly goes
into the back of the truck.
You're then gonna need to run
right back up here and pick a number.
In the order that you pick a number,
you will be able to get a check.
If you make a mistake,
you'll need to bring your bike
all the way back up to your work tables and fix it.
If Mel gives you the thumbs up,
it's rinse and repeat until you assemble all three bikes.
-[Todd laughs] -Attention to detail.
-The infamous words. -[laughter] -KEOGHAN: So,
you get to do something nice for some kids,
and we're gonna pay $8,000
for the winner of today's job.
-[whoops] -Nice. -KEOGHAN: However,
the last two of you today will be going into overtime.
-Everybody ready to get to work? -ALL: Yeah.
Okay, let's call in the kids.
Dustin, Akeela, Kenji,
Ben, Todd, Jessica, you are building bikes
for these young kids right here.
[whooping]
On the work whistle.
-[work whistle blows] -CARLY: Let's go!
-[whooping] -[cheering]
TODD: I'm thinking the biggest competition in this challenge,
physically, is Ben, but I'm very confident.
Having two daughters,
I've put several bikes together.
-[whooping] -CHERYL: Go, Kenji. -KEOGHAN: Kenji, the first
to get his bike up onto a stand, followed by Akeela.
AKEELA: The first bike is a balance bike.
There's no manual here. You just got a model bike
and your bike that's in pieces.
Damn it.
That stand's foreign to me.
I'm used to flipping a bike over and working on the ground.
You got to stay on there for me, buddy.
This first bike is pretty simple, guys.
There's not a lot to it. You got to get that front wheel on,
get the handlebars on.
DUSTIN: I'm not the best bike mechanic,
but I've put a bike together for my daughter, so,
I know what needs to be done.
-[cheering] -To see these kids there, it's very special.
I miss my kids dearly at this point.
They are my motivation today.
[cheering]
JESSICA: I've never used a bike stand before,
so I thought, "You know what?
"I'll just flip it over
"and put the tires on so then I don't even have
-to mess with my bike stand." -[cheering]
KENJI: When I was 13, I bought my first bike on a bike shop
with my life saving in a piggy bank,
all $265 of it.
I wanted a job, and he said, "I'm sorry,
but you're just too young." I said,
"You don't have to pay me,
"but can I just come in and sweep the floors?
Whatever you need me to do."
He saw that I came every day,
and he finally gave me a job.
This challenge is like
being back in that bike shop.
[cheering, applause]
BEN: These kids cheering me on is just a huge motivation.
Building bikes is not something
that I'm an expert in, but I know
I can assemble stuff.
No pressure!
-No pressure? -[cheering]
-This is all about pressure. -[whooping]
Jessica going for a check.
JESSICA: When you think you have your bike correctly built,
you have to take your bike and the box that it came in,
run it down to your log, drop your bike off,
drop the box off in the back of the truck,
and then you have to run and get a ticket number
from the work whistle.
KEOGHAN: Jessica the first to take a number.
JESSICA: And then you got to run back for a check.
So much running.
Oh, my gosh.
KEOGHAN: There goes Todd.
Come on!
Oh, [bleep]. How do you pump that one up?
-32. -32. Yes.
Jessica's got a check on one bike.
First to come back with the second bike box.
-[cheering] -Thank you.
KEOGHAN: Todd is getting a check on his first bike.
-CARLY: Nice. -Thank you. Appreciate it.
-[applause and cheering] -Todd comes back with his second bike.
JESSICA: The second bike is a bigger frame.
The tires are a lot larger,
and the wires
are getting tangled up, so,
now I have to work off my bike stand.
[panting]
KEOGHAN: Akeela's running to get a check,
closely followed by Ben.
-There goes Kenji and Dustin. -DUSTIN: [bleep]
I realize I forgot the box. It's frustrating. I need
to not make mistakes.
KEOGHAN: Looks like a relay race out here.
Four competitors
trying to get a check at one time.
BEN: When multiple people want a check, you want to be
the first one to grab that number
because if you don't, then you're gonna end up
waiting for the other people
to get their checks before you.
[panting]
KEOGHAN: Kenji, Akeela and Dustin behind Ben,
-[Ben sighs] -all waiting to get
a check on their first bikes.
CARLY: I like the numbers idea.
I'm at the deli waiting for a sandwich here.
[laughter]
You'll want to recheck your tire pressure.
-Okay. -KEOGHAN: Oops.
Something's wrong with Ben's bicycle.
BEN: I know immediately that I need
to pump my tires up a little bit more.
I set them right for 30 PSI,
but somewhere, it lost a little bit of air.
You'll want to check your handlebars.
KEOGHAN: Oh, Akeela with an error.
AKEELA: I kind of messed up my handlebars.
And now my wheel.
[laughs]
Come on, Akeela.
All the pieces, all the pieces.
[cheering]
-Go, Akeela! -AKEELA: Thanks, man. [sighs]
KEOGHAN: Kenji with a good check.
[cheering, applause]
Ben has picked up another number.
There we go. Thank you.
KEOGHAN: And that's a thumbs up for Dustin, who's picking up
-his second bicycle. -CARLY: Yeah, Dustin!
-You'll need to check your tire pressure. -Holy.
KEOGHAN: Oh, a second rejection for Ben.
-BEN: Needed air. -KEOGHAN: Akeela and Ben
really struggling to assemble their first bicycles.
Oh, yeah, I know I got to catch up.
Geez, man.
This is all twisted.
You see people running back and forth, asking for checks.
-39. -39. All right.
-Akeela with the thumbs up. -[cheering]
Now we have everybody on their second bike.
DUSTIN: I know what needs to be done.
I just got to stick to my pace.
KEOGHAN: Jessica the first to come back down for a check.
JESSICA: I'm in the lead.
It feels good.
-[panting] -Check your pedals.
KEOGHAN: Jessica gets a bad check.
-Kenji's got his second bike done. -[groaning]
-KEOGHAN: As has Todd. -CARLY: Run, Todd!
KEOGHAN: Jessica's running back.
JESSICA: I'm like, "Oh, the pedals--
"they're just not threaded all the way.
"Let me run my bike
all the way back to the top of the hill."
-[groaning] -KEOGHAN: Side by side.
Ooh, running back for that number. Look at this.
[whooping]
Man! Todd's like, "All right, let the young fella have it."
TODD: Today we're fighting
to make it to the final five.
We're a very competitive group.
KEOGHAN: Kenji's the first
to come back with his third bike.
TODD: My strength is I never give up, I never give in.
KEOGHAN: Todd gets a check.
-Thank you. -CARLY: Go, Todd!
-Go, Todd! -Hey, Todd! -Go, Todd!
Oh, not my expertise. Think, think, think.
JESSICA: My pedals weren't threading all the way in,
but they were tight.
I'll just tighten it a little bit more, run it back down.
KEOGHAN: Boy, she's got a lot of energy, huh?
Go get a number, run back down.
-This is really hard. -KEOGHAN: Will she get it right this time?
-[Jessica panting] -Still thumbs down.
-[Jessica grunts] -That's the second one. Seeing
a lot of cross-threaded pedals going on these bikes today.
KENJI: In order to put a bike pedal on,
you have to know
the left pedal is not
the traditional righty tighty.
It's reverse of that.
This could be a crucial mistake,
and if you've never done it,
you would not know to look for those things.
[Jessica panting]
Third time's the charm.
-It is a pedal issue. -It's a ped...
KEOGHAN: That's Jessica's third fail
on her second bike.
JESSICA: I still get a thumbs down.
Super frustrating.
Why don't I tighten them
the other way, and see
if that makes a difference?
KEOGHAN: Dustin coming back down for a check.
Ben thinks he's finally got it done.
Then Jessica-- she has done more running
than anybody today.
DUSTIN: Once again, I'm racing
to the ticket holder.
Ben's about to grab a ticket.
Jessica and I are shoulder to shoulder.
-Can you guys hold on? -Hold on, there, bud.
DUSTIN: She beat me to the ticket, so,
I just got to patiently wait.
[sighs]
Thumbs down. Check your
brakes and handlebar.
-Thank you. -KEOGHAN: Jessica
with a thumbs up on her second bike.
-DUSTIN: Thank you. -KEOGHAN: Thumbs up
for Dustin, second bike complete.
Ben and Akeela still trailing.
What am I supposed to do?
KEOGHAN: Everyone else working
-on their third and final bike. -AKEELA: Aah!
Jessica putting on the pedals for her third bicycle.
Todd's pumping air, trying to get 30 PSI in his third bike.
Oh, man.
Oh, no. It's on the outside.
Todd is on a roll.
He's top three right now.
And as he's pumping up the tire,
his inner tube creates a bulge,
or a kink in it.
KEOGHAN: Got to really pay attention
as you're pumping up your tires
'cause we don't have spare tubes.
-Don't blow them. -[groans] It's holding air.
TODD: I start pumping,
and I just happened to see out of the corner of my eye
something didn't look quite right.
Oh!
-Ooh! -[bleep] -TODD: Oh!
CAROLINA: Oh, snap.
KEOGHAN: Oh!
CAROLINA: Oh, my gosh.
TODD: Hey, I got an issue here.
KEOGHAN: Got to really pay attention as you're pumping up
your tires 'cause we don't have spare tubes.
TODD: It's holding air.
Oh! Blown the tire.
-Oh, snap. -Uh-oh.
-CAROLINA: It pops. -KEOGHAN: Oh!
CAROLINA: We're looking at each other like,
"What's gonna happen now?"
-Yeah, that... It got pinched. -[Todd grunts]
TODD: I'm pretty much out of the challenge
unless I get this tire figured out.
KEOGHAN: Todd working frantically, trying
to fix this tube.
TODD: There's ways that you can fix tires
in the field when you have
a bad situation like this.
In mountain biking, we've tied knots in tubes
to get enough pressure in it.
There's got to be a way.
JESSICA: Todd's tire
blows.
He was my biggest threat.
This is my chance
to really step it up and
finally get a first-place win.
KEOGHAN: Oh, here comes Kenji.
-He thinks this will do it. -CARLY: There you go.
KEOGHAN: His third and final bicycle!
-This is for my boy. [panting] -KEOGHAN: Kenji's
-running back for a number. -CHILD: Go, Kenji! Go, Kenji!
Go Kenji! Go!
JESSICA: All it takes is one mistake
on Kenji's bike,
and I can take the win.
KEOGHAN: Kenji's nervously waiting for a check.
If he gets this done, he wins the $8,000.
Kenji gets a thumbs up, and he wins!
-Yeah! -[cheering]
KEOGHAN: He's through
-to the final five. -All right.
-[cheering] -KENJI: Ooh!
Is this for Nathan?
To have the kids on the sideline
I'm building the bikes for...
Congratulations. Enjoy it.
...and to see the smile on their faces
is priceless.
-Congrats. -Oh, my God.
Who knew when I was 13,
working in a bike shop
without pay would be something
that's gonna pay me $8,000 for winning this challenge?
Unreal.
KEOGHAN: Jessica got a number.
Will this be a good check?
-Jessica gets a clear check! -[screams]
She's second to get the job done.
I feel so good.
I'm working through these challenges,
and I'm continuously proving myself.
I'm now gonna be in the top five.
And Ben gets a thumbs up!
Moving on to bike number three.
-You have a pedal issue. -Ugh!
I run back up to try and figure this out.
There was a gap in between the pedal
and whatever that other piece is called.
I lubed it up, put some muscle into it, and it gets to turning.
Ugh!
-Thank you. -Dustin gets the job done.
Have fun with it.
I secured my spot
in the final five.
It's one step closer to my goal.
All for the kids.
I came here to compete.
I came here to win.
KEOGHAN: We are down to three.
Ben working on his third bike.
Akeela is trying to wrap up her second.
Todd has blown a tube, but he's trying to fix the problem.
TODD: I'm not a quitter.
Only one safe spot left to stay out of overtime.
If it works, we're set.
These challenges are so close that if
somebody has the same problem as me
and I can get it figured out,
I'm staying out of overtime today.
KENJI: Keep trying, man. Keep trying.
-Yes! -[cheering] -And Akeela gets a thumbs up!
And now Ben's coming with his third bike.
Has he got the job done?
AKEELA: Hoping that Ben gets a bad check.
Sorry, Ben.
We have a pedal issue.
-Ugh. -JESSICA: It's where you make up ground, Akeela.
DUSTIN: Ben's a strong competitor.
He's won four competitions up to this point.
But now, this is the closest he's been to the bottom two,
and he's definitely struggling.
Can't go that way 'cause that's left.
-KEOGHAN: Ben thinking righty tighty. -Ugh!
KEOGHAN: But this is an exception.
That left pedal tightens to the left.
It's the exact same.
I'm getting super frustrated because
I don't know what's wrong.
[echoing]: Pedal issue. Left and right. I greased it.
Is my mind playing tricks on me?
Pedals.
JESSICA: You're doing good, Akeela.
KENJI: Never give up, Todd.
[sighs]
Now the panic's starting to set in.
It's like rolling a huge boulder up Mount Everest.
I don't know how I'm gonna do it, but
I don't want to give up.
[Ben sighs]
AKEELA: When I notice Ben struggling,
I kind of kick it up a gear.
In jujitsu, you got to have grit.
I'm trying to get into the final five.
Nothing else matters.
Come on.
If I move this thing around a thousand different ways...
I'm trying everything I can possibly think of
to get that tire pumped up.
Take care, baby.
Nothing's working out, but I'm not gonna give up.
KENJI: I like the way you keep thinking, man.
TODD: That's something that my mother taught me.
We're close.
BEN: Lightbulb goes off,
and I notice that I'm maybe
two millimeters not tightened on my pedals.
KEOGHAN: Ben's figured it out.
Now he's tightening that left pedal correctly.
BEN: I retighten them nice and snug,
and I'm just hoping that's the only problem.
KEOGHAN: Ben's running back for a check.
JESSICA: All right, Akeela. Let's hustle.
KEOGHAN: Oh, wow. Akeela's going back.
BEN: Pressure's on.
There's only one more spot to stay out of OT.
-DUSTIN: Don't give up, girl. -JESSICA: Nice, Ben!
Come on, sister. You got it.
-[Ben panting] -CAROLINA: Keep going.
-So close. -Ben's pacing nervously,
waiting for this check. Akeela caught up so well.
Got to have 30 PSI at least in the tires.
-Yes! Yes. -[cheering]
KEOGHAN: And Ben gets the job done.
BEN: Yes. Thank you.
BEN: I feel great that I got
to finish three bikes, but at the same time,
it was a little too close for comfort.
Sorry, Todd. You would have had that
if you didn't blow that tire, buddy.
All part of the game.
I could have been in OT.
I never want to be that close again.
-CARLY: Good job, Ben. -[whooping, applause]
-It's you and me, buddy. -I know. -KEOGHAN: We saw
-some fantastic work from everybody. -PAUL: Wow!
-Wow! -This is not water.
Akeela, that comeback at the end was incredible.
You were right on the tail of Ben.
And then, Todd, what I love about you
-is you just never gave up. -Yup.
Unfortunately, we're gonna be going into overtime.
-All right. -Are you ready to get to work?
-Yup. -Let's get to it.
KEOGHAN: It's a beautiful walk, right?
Yeah, it is.
In life, I like to have a plan.
This is my first overtime.
I'm gonna have to work on the fly.
I'm not used to it, but
I don't want to fail.
AKEELA: In jujitsu,
you fight by yourself.
So going into overtime--
kind of the same situation.
I've been in overtime before and
I won the challenge, and I think I bring the mental toughness
to this and also, the calmness.
KEOGHAN: Akeela and Todd,
this is your last chance to get into the final five.
If you lose this, you will be punching out.
So, Yesi, Jessica, do you recognize these eagles?
JESSICA: Oh, yeah.
KEOGHAN: Going through a final inspection.
-Thumbs up, and Jessica gets the win! -[applause and cheering]
[groans softly]
-Nightmares. -For the Mississauga people,
these eagles represent strength, courage, loyalty,
honor. You can see they're flying.
They're being held up by these skid steers.
But we need to give them a place to land,
and that is gonna be your job.
When that work whistle blows, there are five pieces
that you'll be working with, including the eagle,
along with ten pieces of hardware.
You have some vertical posts, a landing perch,
some brackets, and you got to put these structures up
as fast as you possibly can
to stay in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
-Good luck. -Yeah, you, too.
Todd's a toolmaker, he's 58.
He's been around this longer than I've been alive.
I got to be efficient and minimize my mistakes.
I'm gonna put my best foot forward.
TODD: Akeela would not be the first person
I want to go against in overtime.
Pound for pound, she's probably the strongest person here.
But my years of experience
and the fact that I'm not gonna quit means
I'm gonna win this challenge.
All right, Akeela, Todd,
on the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
-On the work whistle. -[work whistle blows]
Go, team. Go, team.
AKEELA: In this challenge, there's two eagles, and
we're gonna have to put them on poles.
-CARLY: Nice work. -AKEELA: A lot of bolts,
washers and nuts.
It's a short challenge, so,
you got to do it right.
TODD: This is like
when I was a maintenance mechanic.
A lot of times, we had to do things on the fly
in a fast, speedy pace.
We're just chasing the clock.
Come on.
Todd and Akeela going for the same technique--
tightening it on the bench.
Come on, Akeela.
Todd's got some years over her on tools,
but Akeela learns so fast.
Actually, she's ahead of him.
KEOGHAN: Akeela's moving on to her first bracket.
Nice work, team.
KEOGHAN: Todd is right behind Akeela.
Pressure is on.
CARLY: They're moving so quick. Drills are going.
Like... [imitates whirring]
KEOGHAN: Akeela's moving on to her second bracket.
AKEELA: This challenge is all speed and quick hands.
There's not many mistakes that you can make.
Don't fumble nothing.
-Oh, come on. -KEOGHAN: This is
when you got to keep your head.
Just keep it slow and steady.
KEOGHAN: And here comes Akeela.
AKEELA: Putting the pole on,
and I knew I was kind of in the lead
just by a hair.
CARLY: Nice work, Todd.
-They're neck and neck right now. -That's it, buddy.
CARLY: Nice work, nice work.
KEOGHAN: Akeela's got her first bolts through the bottom.
CAROLINA: There you go. One more. One more.
Smooth is quick.
-Smooth is quick. -KEOGHAN: No. Quite close.
AKEELA: As soon as I get the bolts in at the bottom,
I'm unsure if I can reach
to attach the eagle. I see there's a stepladder.
My instinct is to grab it.
-Akeela with a slight lead. -Come on.
TODD: I could tell that I was behind Akeela, so,
I'm choosing not to use the stepladder.
I'm trying to save those steps in my time.
It's very, very close. Todd and Akeela
are both working on the same components at the same time.
Both get to the final two
mounting screws, and...
Ah!
...Akeela drops one.
Damn it.
I found the nut. I'm trying
to get the bolt through.
CAROLINA: Keep breathing.
AKEELA: Trying to keep calm and stay focused.
CAROLINA: Almost there. You got this.
CARLY: You're good, Todd.
AKEELA: I'm close. Come on!
TODD: Got the bolt through, got the nuts on.
Then I came back with my impact driver
to finish tightening the other screws.
Done.
-Todd gets the job done! -Good job, Todd.
Good job.
-[exhales sharply] Yeah! -CARLY: Wow. Nice work.
TODD: I've got such a sense of relief right now.
I'm still in the running
for the Tough As Nailschampion,
but I came real close to punching out.
-KEOGHAN: Wow. -TODD: I don't like that.
It's gonna be a battle to the end,
so I have to bring my A game.
CARLY: Nice work, both you guys.
AKEELA: It sucks, but
all you can do is do your best.
Not every day you're gonna be the hammer.
Sometimes you're the nail, and, uh, today I was a nail.
Good job, pal. I knew you were gonna bring it, girl.
I got 34 years on this Earth.
I knew I was gonna go up against people who
turned a tool longer than I've been alive.
How long have you been using tools, Todd?
I've been making money with them for 40 years.
Longer than Akeela's been on this planet.
Yeah, longer than I've been alive, see? I knew it.
But that's okay, you know? I got a long way to go.
-Yeah, you're doing good. -Thank you. -KEOGHAN: One of the things
we admire about you is you've ditched the excuses.
You've achieved things.
You got to go for your dreams.
And sometimes it's hard in the beginning, but
-it gets easier. -Akeela, I do need you to punch out.
Oh, yeah.
All right.
Well,
-Mom, it was a good one. -[Carly laughs]
AKEELA: Since starting this journey,
there's a lot of personal things that I've learned about myself.
We can all get better at tools.
We can all get better at operation
of machines or whatever.
This is more,
"Can you stand on your own two, Akeela?"
"What's your will look like?"
There's a bunch of lessons that
I'm gonna take from this place.
The universe has showed me a lot of stuff, and
I'm gonna get to work.
So, guess what is happening tomorrow?
The final team challenge.
Any of you have any vendettas,
any business you want to settle, you're gonna be going
head-to-head for the Battle of the Trades.
-Thanks, Phil. -Thanks, Phil. -Thanks, Phil.
TODD: Thanks, guys.
Damn. Now I got to face you, still. [laughs]
-I'm just kidding. Good job, buddy. -Good job, good job.
I didn't need the ladder. I could have sat here
-and did it. -It's all right.
KEOGHAN: Next time on Tough As Nails...
Welcome to the Battle of the Trades!
-[grunting] -AKEELA: Over that shoulder.
CARLY: This thing is heavy.
DUSTIN: It's literally anyone's game at this point.
KEOGHAN: It's all about getting down to the final four.
All you got to do is make a picnic table.
YESI: Nice and smooth.
KENJI: I just have to keep up the good work.
JESSICA: Those boys better watch out.
-KEOGHAN: It's all on this. -CARLY: Yee-ha!
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