[narrator] Sixteen celebrities \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhave enlisted \h\hin real military training.
\h\h\h\h\hTen days to prove \h\h\h\h\h\hthey can endure physically and emotionally.
\h\h\h\h\hNo prizes, no special treatment.
This is Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.
\h\h\h\h[narrator] In the last four days...
\h\h-[Anthony] Take a break. -We don’t want a [bleep] break.
\hYou were the team leader and you were not hustling anybody.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAre you ready for your next squid game?
[Foxy] Go!
Brake, brake!
[screams]
\h\h\h[narrator] The course has claimed eight recruits.
-You’re the first one to quit. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-My babies.
[Billy] If you should die, \h\h\hthat is nature’s way \hof saying you’ve failed.
-I’m... I’m done. Done. \h-[Carli] No, no.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I don’t wanna go. -I feel like I’m gonna pass out.
You’re either doing the task \h\h\h\h\h\h\hor you’re not.
\h\h\h[narrator] Now only eight remain.
[Remi] Go! Push yourself!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] But who will survive the day?
Stop!
\h\h\hDo as... Hey! Do as you’re told!
If you don’t change \h\h\h\hthat attitude
before we get back there, I’m taking that off you.
Respect. Respect.
\h\h-I’m [bleep] out, dude. -No, no, no. Come on, man.
[Dwight] Gonna be a lovely day, baby. We made it.
Another day fighting to survive.
-Is this day five? \h\h-[Kenya] Yeah.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Is it? -[Dwight] Think it is.
[Kenya] One, two, three... \h\h\h\h\h\h\hNo, four.
[Anthony] Guys, I’ve been \h\h\hcounting every minute, \h\h\h\h\h\hI’m telling ya.
We just started the fifth day.
Halfway through the course, and half of the recruits are gone.
[narrator] This morning, \h\h\hthe DS are gathered
\h\hto assess the performance of the recruits still standing.
[Rudy] Number 5.
-Obviously he’s a older guy. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Sure.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI mean, if he was 20 years younger,
it wouldn’t be an issue.
\h\hHe’s not a spring chicken, but 100% effort on every task.
-Number 16. -He’s fit.
-[Rudy] He’s fit. \h-He’s fit, you know.
He’s going full-fledged 110%.
[Rudy] He’s been an elite \h\hathlete his whole life.
\h\h\h\hWe need to put him under a lot more pressure.
\hIt’ll be interesting to see how much of a team player he is.
\h\h\h\h[Rudy] Let’s see what we can get out of him.
\h\h\h\h-[Foxy] Yeah. -[Rudy] Sound good?
-Yeah, sir. -All right.
Gus, do you guys wanna have, uh, or, like, adopt children?
-[tuts] We go back and forth. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.
-I think you’d be a good dad. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Thanks, D.
You’d be a good dad too. \h\hI’ll call you Daddy.
[both laugh]
16! One-six!
-You are now the duty recruit. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yes, staff.
All over to you this morning \h\h\hto get them motivated,
get amongst it, and let’s switch to rock and roll.
\h\h\h\h-Go. -Yes, staff.
[Billy] Chow is in ten minutes, 7:30. Get ’em in there.
Yes, staff!
-Chow in ten minutes! \h\h\h-Got it, Danny.
[Billy] The duty recruit has a number of purposes.
One: it gives us as a DS
\h\h\h\h\h\ha chance to look at their personality deeper,
\h\hhow they react to responsibility.
\hYou want more? You good? Come back for more if you want some.
\h\h\h\h\hSome people go crazy when they have a bit of power.
\h\h\hSome people just can’t handle it.
\h\h\h\h\h\hIf I didn’t get \h\h\h\ha full scholarship coming out of high school,
I was gonna join the military.
Tuck in, tuck in.
Sports is like war. We’re not killing anybody out there.
\h\hBut we are pushing ourselves to compete, and you have to win.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Rudy] All right, ruck up, recruits!
Get on the parade square! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go!
One team, on three. One, two, three...
[recruits] One team!
Let’s rip, let’s rip, let’s rip.
[Rudy] Listen up, recruits.
\h\h\h\hYou are entering the next phase of training.
\h\h\h\h\h\hThis phase is all about pressure.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat makes special operations successful
is that we train under pressure at all times.
We have to know absolutely \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwho you are,
mentally, physically \h\hand emotionally.
So we’re gonna turn the vice \h\h\h\h\h\hand squeeze you.
We thrive under pressure.
We expect the same from you.
[Remi] It’s time to extract. \h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s move.
[recruits] Yes, staff.
[narrator] For the first task \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof the phase,
\h\h\hthe DS have brought the recruits to the port of Aqaba
to learn a special forces \h\hextraction technique
used when it is the only way \hout of a towering building.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSingle file! Arrange your file like this!
Get in, get in, get in!
\h\h\h\h\hFor today’s evolution, each and every single one of you
will be utilizing a tactical rappel
to extract from this structure.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSo pay very, very close attention
to what’s about to happen.
Turn around.
[Hannah] Wow.
Oh, God.
\h\h\h\hThe tower task is designed to test
the physical and the mental \hcapabilities of a person.
[Kenya] Oh, my God. Look at him. That’s insane.
[recruits gasp]
[Billy] In order to pass, \h\h\h\h\h\hyou have to keep
a good, clean body position,
legs and knees together, \hright arm is out,
\h\h\h\h\h\hand the only time it goes behind you is to brake.
[Kenya] That’s insane.
[Billy] If you get tangled up,
\hyou will smash against the side of the building
and you will fail.
[Remi] Watch his technique.
Slow and smooth. Watch how calm he is.
If you do not stay in control, \h\h\h\hyou will probably die.
All right, eyes on me.
This tower, as you can see, \h\h\h\his 75 meters high,
and you will be moving \h\h\h\h\h\hto the top
as fast as humanly possible.
How will I know?
Because I will be doing it with you
while applying pressure \hthe entire way up.
All right, make it happen.
Get your harnesses on. \hGet your helmets on.
And be hydrating. It’s a long ascent up.
[Hannah] How long is 75 meters?
230 feet, 250 feet.
It’s stressing me out.
[Remi] Number 16, you’re up first.
Hey, let’s rip. Have some fun.
\h\h\hIt’s not gonna be fun. On my heels the entire time.
\h\h\h-Check. -Yes, staff.
\h[narrator] Today’s duty recruit, Number 16,
Super Bowl champion \h\hDanny Amendola,
is the first recruit to take on the tower.
DS Remi sets a pace \h\hto purposefully
\h\h\h\h\hpush the recruits to their physical limits...
Get on my heels now! Let’s go! Dig deep!
...by forcing them to sprint up 300 stairs to the top,
\h\hcarrying a ruck weighing 30 pounds.
[Remi] Watch your step.
Push! Push!
\hWhen people hear my name, I think they think tough, gritty.
[Remi] Put your hand on the wall if you have to.
\hYou play in front of 20,000, 30,000 people on Friday night,
\h\h\h\h\hyou need to perform, and it’s on you to do your best
and not let people down.
[Remi] Challenge yourself! \h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go! Push!
[Kenya] I hear him \h\hyelling at him.
I mean, he’s a beast, this guy.
-Let’s go. Run it in! \h\h\h-[exhales]
[Billy] Drop your rucksack down there. Drop it in the doorway.
\hPressure is on. I want you to take a couple of breaths.
\h\h\h\hI don’t think you’re quite with it.
That was a [bleep].
Get your breath. Don’t lean on me.
I’m not your [bleep] best mate.
Right, legs astride. OK.
On the next lift up and drop, you’re gonna swing on that
\h\h\h\hand then start to control the descent.
So the idea is to lock off, you look, and then you move.
OK, start to lean back. \h\h\h\hLean back.
[Dwight] He’s about to go.
OK, away you go.
Don’t hesitate!
Let’s move!
Move. Move! Now!
[Billy] OK, away you go.
Control it!
[narrator] 250 feet up,
duty recruit, Number 16,
Super Bowl champion \h\hDanny Amendola,
is starting his solo rappel.
Lift it up and bring it towards you. Now, go. Control it.
Stop the spin! Control it!
It’s not easy.
He looks strong. He looks confident.
[Billy] Feet together.
Feet together!
I know how hard it is to get to the top of the top in my sport.
[Billy] There you go.
\h\h\h\hThere’s no room for the faint at heart.
Stop the spin. Control it! \h\h\h\h\hBounce off.
That’s it. All the way down.
[bleep] nailed it.
Good descent.
[Rudy] That’s a pass!
The stairs are a [bleep].
You got pro athletes complaining about going up the steps.
Help me, Jesus.
All right, from here on out,
nobody has any excuses,
especially you athletes.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou have absolutely no excuses at all.
Let’s move.
The tower descent is... \h\h\h\hit’s hard work.
You’ve gotta sprint \h\h\h\hup to the top
of a free-standing structure.
[Remi] Get your head up \hand your airway open.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[groans] -Gotta control the breathing.
You gotta control the pain.
[Foxy] You’re tired.
[wheezes]
\h\h-Push yourself! -I’m coming, sir.
\h[Foxy] Your legs are killing you. Your lungs are screaming.
Then you’re getting shouted commands.
[Remi] Come on, come on! \h\h\h\hNo excuses.
Block out the pain. \h\h\hLet’s go. Push.
I know this is gonna be tough.
\h\hI know this is gonna be a different type of pain.
But I wanna dominate this \h\hand make it to the top.
\h\h\h[Remi] This is nothing compared to the harder stuff
you have to deal with \h\h\h\hin your life.
Now, settle yourself down.
\h\h\h[Kenya] I’m concerned about my body holding up,
but if it’s about overcoming something,
I’m gonna win all day long.
[Remi] It’s that mind. \h\h\h\h\hStay up here.
[Gus] I have absolutely folded under pressure,
\h\h\h\hbut I don’t think I’ll fold under pressure here.
I wanna do the best job I can.
[Remi] It’s the last stretch! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on!
\h\h\h\hThere you go. Run, run, run, run!
To me, keep coming, \h\h\hall the way in.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThere you go. Take the ruck off. Head up.
\h\h\h\hThe mind won. Now compose yourself.
[bleep]
[Foxy] Then you’ve got to deal \h\h\hwith the emotion of fear
and somehow take that 10 seconds to breathe, recalibrate.
[Billy] Lock your legs. That’s a good position. Hold it there.
Bit more. Ready?
\h\h\h\hAnd then you’ve gotta throw yourself off the edge.
[Billy] Let’s go! \h\hDon’t hesitate!
-Let’s go! -[grunts]
Go.
Stop flailing your feet!
You’re flailing your feet \h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike a budgie!
\h-[Hannah] Ah, Mooch. -[Gus] He’s, like, 60.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd he’s, like, this, like, short little thing.
-He, like, shouldn’t be here. \h\h\h\h-[Hannah laughs] No.
\h\h\h\h[Billy] Feet together! Control it! Don’t keep kicking!
Feet together!
[Rudy] Push off the wall, Six!
Big fat fail!
[Billy] Look over your shoulder. That’s good.
She’s great. She’s awesome. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m clapping.
-[Rudy] That’s a pass! \h-[Billy] Good effort.
-Cough it up. Spit it out. \h\h\h\h\h-[phlegmy cough]
Very pleasant. Oh, nice.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBack slightly. Get your feet right on the edge.
Let’s go, Carli.
OK, away you go.
Let’s go. Speed it up. Come on!
[Rudy] Finish strong!
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
[Billy] Push off with your feet!
-[Rudy] Push off! -[Billy] Push off!
\h\h\h-[Rudy] That’s a fail! -[Billy] Absolute muppet.
\h\h\h\h\hWasn’t smooth, but... I got down alive.
[Rudy] Let’s go, 13!
\h\h\h\h\h-[Gus] He’s so tall. -[Hannah] He looks so tall.
-My God. -[laughs]
[Danny] He looks confident.
[Billy] Good position! \h\h\h\hWell done, 13.
Ah, he’s nailing it.
Pass! Turning into a proper soldier.
\h\h\h\h-Yes, sir. -Very good effort.
-Way to follow instructions. \h\h\h\h\h\h-Thank you.
\h\h\h\hLock your legs. That’s a good position.
\h\h\h\hHold it there. Hold it. Hold it there.
[bleep]
\h\h\h\h[Billy] Get control of that [bleep] thing, you clown!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[bleep] -Push off with your feet!
Control it!
\h\h\h\h\h-Look down! -[Hannah] You got it, Gus.
[Billy] Keep your right hand \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon the rope!
That’s a fail. Panicked. Fell before he needed to.
Fail!
I, um, was lowering back to the edge
and just had a moment where I got mixed up.
Damn.
\h\h\h\h[narrator] With only three recruits
passing the task so far...
[Remi] Number 4, ruck on.
...next to face the tower \h\h\h\h\h\his Number 4,
former Bachelorette \h\h\hHannah Brown.
The thing with heights is \h\h\hthey freak me out.
Keep pushing yourself.
Go, champ. Run! Run!
But ultimately it’s just doing it scared but doing it anyway.
\hHow you feeling? Ready to take your own life in your hands now?
-Yes, I guess so. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-OK.
-That’s what I’m about to do. \h\h\h\h-Well, you are, yeah.
[Hannah] My hands are shaking.
Go. Push off!
\h\h\h\hDown you go, now. There you go. There you go.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat first bit, look where you’re going down.
OK, now raise the right hand so that you move. That’s it!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-That’s good! -[Mike] Come on, come on.
[Billy] Push off!
[Rudy] That’s it!
Excellent technique. \h\hBest one so far.
Thank you.
-That was tough. \h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.
Oh, I’m shaking.
Great work. You did it.
\h\h\h\hAre the stairs, um, steel or concrete?
\h\h\h-Both. -[Mike sighs]
[bleep]
Who’s my next victim?
Number 5, get your ruck on. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go.
-Number 5, staff. \h\h\h-All right.
I want your 110%.
I played 16 years in the major leagues.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI think the public’s perception of me
is one of the better hitting \h\h\h\hcatchers of all time
in the history of baseball.
One of.
This is where we ramp it up.
It’s gonna suck. Ready to rock?
-Yes, sir. -Rock on.
[Mike] Retirement as an athlete,
when you get to the highest \hlevel of your profession,
is very difficult.
It’s easy to get soft.
[Remi] On my heels. Let’s go!
\h\hDo I still have it? Do I still have that fire?
[Remi] Hurry up! Let’s go!
Bring that back. Push yourself!
You don’t need a break. \hOn my heels now!
Is the eye of the tiger \h\h\h\h\hstill there?
[Remi] Hurry up!
Challenge yourself! Let’s go!
\h\h\h-Push! -[groans]
[grunts]
[Remi] Run it all the way in.
You’re no good to me if you get to the target and you die.
You can’t operate.
[grunts]
[panting]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[grunts] -[Remi] Get back into the fight.
Don’t make me tell you again.
Get up here on my heels \h\h\h\hright now.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Mike] My dad was in the military,
\h\h\hand I’ve always felt a certain amount of guilt.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou know, I live in this great country,
but I’ve never really helped to preserve this country.
[Remi] Almost there.
\hI gotta get out there and I gotta see if I can do this.
Finish strong. That’s it.
\h\h\h\hThere you go. Stop. Drop your ruck.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLook at me. You’re in a world of your own.
I really need you to listen to me,
\h\h\h\h\hbecause once you go over that ledge,
if you don’t get it right,
you’re gonna have a problem.
Here he is, guys. Here he is.
[Billy] Let’s go.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHold it there. Hold it there. Hold it there.
Lock it on there. Lock it on there.
-[grunts] -Control it!
[bleep]
Put your hand down to the right. Put your hand down to the right.
\hYour hand down to the right. Push off the wall and go. Move.
There you go.
Get your right hand down!
Right hand down! There you go!
[grunts]
[Billy] Slow it down!
Keep your right hand \h\h\h\hon the rope!
That’s your control!
-[Rudy] Push off! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Oh!
[Rudy] That’s a fail!
\h\h\h\h\hExplain to me the wobble at the top.
I did not catch it right
\h\h\h\h\hand then wasn’t able to control it when I fell back.
Get your head together! \h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go!
It’s embarrassing. I screwed up.
I was out here, and I was, like, why ain’t I going anywhere?
But I didn’t realize you have to kind of go like this to feed it.
-[Danny] Don’t be hard \h\h\h\h\hon yourself. -It’s just, you know...
I hate it when they tell you something and I don’t do it.
I feel like a sack of [bleep].
\h\h\h\h[Foxy] It’s not about pass or fail on these tasks.
You just need to be able \hto take the knocks.
It’s about picking yourself \hback up and going again.
That’s the most important thing about selection.
\h\h\h\h\h\hEverybody had \ha different experience, some better than others,
\h\h\h\hbut you can’t afford to be hanging upside down like a fruit bat, all right?
\h\h\hDo not sit back on your laurels now.
It’s gonna get [bleep] tough.
We are gonna really put the screws on you, OK?
Turn to your left.
\h\h-[Rudy] On me! -[Billy] Let’s go.
\h\h\h\h[Carli] I mean, we’re gonna eat, right?
I... I really hope so.
-I’m starving now. -[Hannah] Oh, yeah.
[Gus] Could you imagine \hthe morale booster
\h\h\h\h\hif we went in there and there was cold cans of Coke?
[Kenya] Oh! Jell-O. Give me...
\h[Carli] Oh, my God. Jell-O would be so good.
-[Kenya] Any kind of sweet. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[laughter]
[Gus] If I get eliminated before the end, when I get my phone,
I’m finding this [bleep] place \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon Google Maps
and I’m Postmates-ing y’all \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\ha pizza.
[laughter]
[Mike] Oh, my God.
\h\h\h\hI literally have, like, not one drop of glycogen left.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m disappointed that I’m not grasping the tasks.
I’m getting a little frustrated. I feel like I’ve ragged off.
[Carli] Can we just, like, \h\h\htake a mental break?
\h\h\h[Mike] I’m sorry. I’m just trying to keep my mind off this.
You don’t have to worry \habout everything.
\h[Rudy] All right, we have eight recruits left. Start at the top.
[narrator] The DS are meeting \h\h\h\h\hto discuss recruits
\h\hthat have come to their attention.
Let’s go with Four.
[Remi] Uh, for me,
her 110% was not stopping.
-She’s been steady, hasn’t she? -[Remi] Yeah.
-She was one of the better ones. -[both] Yeah.
-[Rudy] Number 8. \h\h\h\h-She suffered.
Yeah, it was a fail.
All right. Now Number 10.
\h\h\hHe got onto the edge and then he bent his knees
and ended up upside down.
All right, Number 6.
His exit was great, controlled,
and then all of a sudden his legs turned into bees’ wings.
-[Rudy] We got 16. -He’s fit. He’s fast.
\h\h\hAs he’s done with all the other tasks as well,
performed, listened, \h\h\hgot on with it,
and one of the better ones.
All right, Number 5.
-He... He was very nervous. \h-Had a wobble at the top.
Definitely scared, definitely exhausted.
When we got to the top, \h\h\h\hhe was gassed.
I mean, I was concerned \hhe was gonna die.
-[Rudy] Yeah, I’m with you. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Literally.
And I didn’t want his death \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon my hands.
-He takes failure... -[Remi] Yeah, hard.
\h\h\h\h\h\h-...really hard. -[Rudy] Let’s bring in Five.
\h\h\h\h\hHe’s on the edge. Let’s see how much he has left.
[Foxy] Five!
[Foxy] Selection is there to emulate war fighting,
\h\h\h\hand war fighting never goes according to plan.
You will fail.
\h\hIt’s about how you pick yourself up and go again.
\h\h\hOnly the people that can bounce back
from put-downs and failures \h\h\h\hwill pass this course.
Face me. Yeah, hands together.
[door bangs shut]
\h\hHow do you feel you’ve been doing?
I’ve been finishing but not doing well in the process.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI feel like there’s room for improvement.
A little disappointed. \h\h\h\h\h\hNeed work.
Need work.
Your maturity shows.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m just hoping that your body keeps going.
\h\h\hIt’s not perfect and, uh, not what it was.
[Billy] You are so focused.
\h\h\h\hYou seem to have \h\h\h\hthis facial expression of almost kicking yourself.
Are you struggling \h\hwith anything?
When I played and did my sport,
if I got one hit, I wanted two, if I got two, I wanted three,
if I wanted three, I wanted four, and...
I just saw the greatest players that ever played do that and...
Where do you think \h\hthat came from?
Let’s go back to your childhood.
I think it came from my father.
Yeah?
My dad recently passed away...
Take a breath, just...
I... We put him in the ground \h\h\h\hlast year, and, uh...
\h\h\h\hHe was buried with military honors.
He served in the US army. He was drafted for Korea.
And, uh, he had this work ethic
that just inspired me \h\h\hand forced me,
and so it’s just in my... \h\h\h\h\h\hin my DNA.
[Billy] What’s your reasons \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor being here?
Is it try and get a feeling what your father went through maybe?
\h\h\h\h\h-Or what is it? -Yes, that’s part of it.
And just that I’m so grateful...
because of what you and your comrades
and everyone else in history \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhas done,
\h\hhas given us this country that we can achieve our dreams.
And, be honest with you,
sometimes I feel real guilty \h\h\h\h\h\habout that.
I don’t feel like I did enough.
\h\h\h\h\h[Remi] I’m sure your dad is proud of you
and will continue to be proud of you,
so keep giving it 110%.
\h\h\hAnd we understand your limitations, given your age.
But keep charging forward.
It will get tougher.
I will do... do my best.
Guard!
[door opens]
My father, I think he had \h\h\ha lot more faith in me
\h\h\h\h\h\hthan I did many times in my life.
But if you don’t bet \h\h\h\hon yourself,
then you’re doing the wrong thing.
\hI wouldn’t have come here if I didn’t think I can do it.
\h\h\h\h\h\h-You good? -Yeah, yeah, it was good.
\h\h\h-[Carli] Good, Mike? -Yeah, I’m OK. Keep going.
[Mike exhales]
OK, now, this is one \h\h\hfor your back.
\h\h\h\hYou’re gonna put your butt out like this,
stretch, and then curl it under like this.
Ya-de-ya-de-ya-de-ya-de.
[Kenya] Like, hold it, hold it, hold it.
Like a turtle. Stop.
Hand on your partner \h\h\h\hnext to you.
\h\h\hWe’re gonna do a hamstring stretch.
-[Rudy] Recruits! \h\h-What’d he say?
\h\h\h\h\h-Parade. -[Rudy] Fall out!
On parade.
[narrator] For the final task \h\h\h\h\h\h\hof this phase,
\hrecruits have been taken 40 miles out of the desert
to a deserted village
to test how they react \h\hunder enemy attack.
Let’s go! Get your rucks!
-[Danny] Heads up. -[Rudy] Right here!
One of the many taskers
that you as a professional \h\h\hoperator may receive
is to protect an asset.
[tires screech]
When you take on this mission, \h\h\h\h\heverything about you
is wrapped around protecting \h\h\hthe life of your asset.
Your life is now secondary.
One of the many taskers
that you as a professional \h\h\hoperator may receive
is to protect an asset.
[narrator] Transporting people \h\h\h\h\h\h\hout of war zones
is a special forces duty.
Now, in a test of their ability \hto remain calm under fire,
recruits will attempt it \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthemselves.
When you take on this mission, your life is now secondary.
I need you to be aware of the battlefield,
\h\h\h\h\hdriving at speed, and being able to think clearly
and save that asset’s life.
\h\h\h\h-All right? -[recruits] Yes, staff.
All right, get suited up. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet’s go!
To pass the driving ambush, \h\h\hyou need to think fast.
Gunfire, explosions, IEDS.
\h\h\h\hIt’s critical to keep a calm head,
take things one step at a time, and make the right decision.
[Danny] OK, let’s listen up to the instructions, signals.
\h\hLet’s come up with something, maybe use anything that we know.
Number 6.
\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] First to take the wheel
\his former White House communications director
Anthony Scaramucci.
[Billy] You’re my driver. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m security.
The country has gone \h\h\h\hto civil war.
\h\hWe’ve entered the embassy and we’ve got all the nationals out.
\hWe are the last two. The border is one kilometer off this track.
Your job is to tell me exactly \h\hwhat’s going on around me,
\htell me what you’re doing, \h\h\hand then tell me what you’re gonna do about it,
\h\h\h\hand get us, alive, safely across that border.
It’s all clear right now, sir.
\h\hOK, let’s go, then. Let’s keep moving. Let’s go, come on.
Enemy are closing in behind us.
[bleep] We’re getting mortared. What’s going on now?
\h-[Anthony] I got it, sir. -Which way are we gonna go?
More on the left.
The driving task is based \h\hon a realistic scenario
where I was in a war zone.
\h\h\hWe were coming back along a particular route.
There was three armed men coming towards a vehicle.
-Where’s that fire coming from? -Gunshots on the left, sir.
[Billy] Which way we gonna go?
I had to make a decision,
which was to use that vehicle \h\h\h\h\h\h\has a weapon
to take out the threat \hand get us to safety.
[narrator] To pass the task, \h\h\hrecruits must identify \h\h\h\h\h\hthe route out...
Where we gonna go?
...by driving through a manned checkpoint.
[Billy] Where we gonna go? \h\hLet’s go round it! OK.
\h\h\h\hAnything behind us? OK, what’s going on in front?
What’s happening in front? \h\h\h\h\hWhat’s going on?
-What we gonna do? -There’s a terrorist.
I’m backing up. I’m backing up.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] In a panic, Number 6 reverses
\h\h\h\h\h\hinto the path of an ambushing vehicle.
Stop!
Stop! Stop.
-What did you do wrong? \h-I went in reverse.
That was the dumbest thing \h\hto do, wasn’t it?
\h\h\h\h-Yes, it was. -So now we are dead.
That’s a fail.
Pressure, decisions. \h\h\hYou understand?
Yes, I do.
Brutal.
-Number 16. -Yes, staff.
Get in the car.
\h\h\h\h\h-What? -This side.
How you gonna drive from there? Round here.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-What? -You can drive, right?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah. -Jump in the car. Let’s go.
[Danny] I have confidence \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin my ability
under stressful situations.
You play football and you’re told you gotta be the best.
You must have an ego, \h\h\h\hyou have to,
because otherwise you’re not gonna bear
the confidence to perform.
OK, what’s going on? \hAnybody around us?
-Tell me what’s going on. \h\h\h-I don’t see anything.
\h\h\h\hAnything behind us? OK, you’re gonna go left here.
Slow down! Slow down! Slow it down a bit.
\h\h\h\hYou’re driving like a [bleep] lunatic. Calm down.
\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat you gonna do? What’s happening to the front?
OK, which way we gonna go?
We’re getting hit!
Go right! There’s the border! \h\h\h\hWhat we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
Stop! Stop!
Stop!
\hDon’t [bleep] look at me like you’ve fallen in love with me.
-Why didn’t you [bleep] stop? \h\h\h\h-I don’t know, dude.
Don’t "dude" me, or I’ll bounce you all round this car.
\h\h\h\h\h-What just happened? -I went right through the gate.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Why? -Because we could.
-Was that the right decision? \h-[Danny] I have no idea.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA guy with a gun that’s gonna shoot me, I feel...
So, I’ll ask you one more time,
\h\h\h\h\hdo you think that was the right decision, yes or no?
[Billy] Stop!
\h\h\h\h\h-What just happened? \h\h\h\h-I don’t know what you’re trying to say, dude.
Don’t "dude" me, or I’ll bounce you all round this car.
I’ll ask you one more time,
\h\h\h\h\hdo you think that was the right decision, yes or no?
\h\h-Yes. -You do?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah. -Well done. Calm down.
All I’m asking you to do is tell me what happened
\h\h\hand why you made the decision you made.
-Do you understand that? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Yes.
\h\h\h\hKind of intense, bro. He was yelling and screaming.
I was like, "Oh, my God." Like I [bleep] something up.
I been sitting here wondering
if that was the right thing \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto do or not.
\h\h\h\h100%. He told me it was the right thing to do.
-Oh, did he? \h\h\h-Yeah.
He say, "Congratulations. \h\h\hYou passed the test"?
No, he just said, "Good. Get out."
I called him "bro" one time. \h\h\hHe got mad at me.
\hYeah. I love the fact that you drove right through the [bleep].
I love you, man.
Number 4.
Let’s go. Anything behind us? \hAnything in front of us?
-[Hannah] Nothing behind us. \h\h\h-OK, keep going, then.
\h\h\h\h-Bombs on the left. -Go on, let’s get out of here!
\hAnybody else behind? Where are we gonna go?
We’re gonna turn right!
I do not like yelling at all,
so I’m gonna just have to \h\h\h\h\h\hblock that out,
because I want to be here \h\h\htill the very end.
\h\h\h\h-What’s happening? -There’s a person right here!
-What are you gonna do about it? -We’re gonna run it right up!
Stop!
\h\h\h\h\hYou actually think that was the right decision,
\h\h\hnot to go back but to go forward and run that guy over?
\h\h-Yes. -You do?
\h\h\h\h\h-Yes. -Well done.
\h\h\hGood job, kid. Is your heart racing?
Yeah, are you...?
Honestly, no,
I was pretty, like, lasered in.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Yeah. No hesitation. \h\h\h-No hesitation.
\h\h\h\h\h-Bus it. -I just busted it.
\h\hThat was crazy, and it was right.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[narrator] Only those who have the ability
to make the right split-second \h\h\h\h\h\hdecision under fire
will pass this task.
[Billy] One-four.
13!
Number 5!
The best way the recruit can act in driving ambush
is to remain calm in chaos.
\hThat is essentially what we’re trained to do
as a special operations soldier, is to almost embrace the chaos.
Gunfire to the left! Going to the right!
Going to the right! Fire, fire.
\h\h\h\h\hWe love it. It’s where we’re happiest.
We remain calm. And that’s \hwhat we want them to do.
\hComing in from the left. Which way are we gonna go?
We’re gonna go right.
What’s happening in front?
\hWhat’s going on? What you gonna do?
-I’m gonna turn around. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Stop!
-What did you do? \h\h\h-I turned.
I’ll tell you what you did.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Panicked? -You got us both killed.
Blockage in the road. Blockage in the road.
I’m gonna go through it. I’m gonna go through it.
[Billy] Do something!
That’s the right decision. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell done.
-What you gonna do? \h\h\h\h-Turn around.
Stop!
I decided to say turn around, which was the wrong thing.
-I got us killed. -You got us killed.
What’s happening? Which way we gonna go?
I’m chasing the bad guy.
[bleep]
Stop!
Absolutely catastrophic fail. \h\h\h\hOK. Get out the car.
[Danny] Oh [bleep].
We were under attack.
Your job was to save our lives,
get us across the border.
This is a real scenario \h\h\h\h\hI’ve been in.
That’s why we’re doing this.
Away you go.
-Hey, buddy. \h\h\h\h-Yo.
\h\h\h\h\h-Hey. What’s up? -He made me get out of the car.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSo what? He made me get out of the car.
\hI just [bleep] hate feeling like I’m doing the wrong thing.
\h\h\h-Yeah. -I’m like...
\hI know that’s the military, and we’re learning and growing,
and so, like, I’m here for it, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI wanna grow,
\hbut also I’m like... it’s just frustrating.
\h\h\h\h\h[Rudy] Recruits, get your rucks on quickly!
Hold!
Face the building.
\hThat’s pressure. That’s decision-making.
Most of you screwed it up.
16, pass.
10, catastrophic fail.
13, pass.
4, pass.
14, fail.
6, fail.
8, fail.
5, fail.
Disastrous. Terrible.
You had a job to do,
and most of you screwed it up.
\h\h\h\h-Understand me? -[recruits] Yes, staff.
Turn to your left.
Follow me. Let’s go.
Get to your vehicles. Get your Bergens in.
\h\h[narrator] The recruits move out, led by Number 16,
duty recruit Danny Amendola.
\h\h\h\h\h[Billy] Duty student, make sure everybody’s in there \hand accounted for. Let’s go.
\h\h\h\h\hThis course is not a nine-to-five job.
You don’t finish a task \h\h\h\h\hand go home.
We’re constantly watching you,
constantly listening to you, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hhow you react.
\h\h\h\h[Billy] Ten seconds. Let’s go. Let’s get back.
Come on, let’s go. Get in your vehicles.
\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on, let’s get in your vehicle, 13. Let’s go.
Let’s get out of here.
Bro, we’re trying, man. \h\h\h\h\hWe’re trying.
-Don’t "man" me. \h\h\h\h-[bleep]
-Come here, come here. \h\h\h\h-Come on, man.
\hDon’t "come on, man" me. What’s the matter with you?
-Get a grip of yourself. \h\h\h\h\h-I have a grip.
-I mean... Hey! -I have a grip.
Shut the [bleep] up. \hDo as you’re told.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I... -Do as you’re told.
-I’m trying to listen to you. \h\h\h\h-Do as you’re told!
-You had one responsibility. -What was my responsibility?
-To get people into the vehicle. -The responsibility was...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’ll tell you what the responsibility is.
To get your team into the vehicle.
\h\h\h\h\h-I’m trying. \h\h\h\h-Get your ass in the vehicle now!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOn this course, there is no place for attitude,
\h\h\h\hbiting back, any form of arguing,
because ultimately, on the battlefield,
that will get you killed,
\h\h\hand we... we have to stamp it out straightaway.
Get in that vehicle now.
Get the [bleep] door shut.
You’ve got one more chance. \h\h\h\hI’ll tell you what.
\h\h\hIf you don’t change \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat attitude before we get back there,
I’m taking that off you.
Move your hand. Move your hand.
Respect. Respect.
[bleep]
I’m [bleep] out, dude.
No, no, no. Come on, man.
Yeah, you can take my [bleep] badge too.
I’m going with Danny. I’m going with [bleep] Danny, OK?
[bleep] that. [bleep] that.
[Anthony] If you are leaving, \h\h\hI’m definitely leaving,
because I’m not letting you walk out the door by yourself.
No way.
-You all right? \h-You OK, man?
-I might bounce. -[Carli] What’s...?
The most disrespectful [bleep] that’s ever happened to me.
\h\h\h\h[Danny] I’ve always been very curious about the military.
\h\h\h\hIt demands teamwork, it demands communication,
it demands leadership.
I want to be depended upon \h\hand be accountable.
Honestly, I’ve... I’ve... I’ve passed every drill,
passed every test.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSo, like, you know what I’m saying?
You made this far. Don’t give up now.
And now I’m, like, well, why the [bleep]
would I ever give a [bleep]
about doing any sort of drill \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor you again?
Carli, was it out of line?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I... I just... -[Dwight] In the context of...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIn the context of what we’re thinking...
-[Kenya] Let Carli speak. -[Mike] Yeah, no disrespect.
\h\h\h\h\hI just think if we’re gonna meet...
-Let Carli speak. -[Hannah] Yeah, let...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI get it. Let’s all talk at one time.
He literally just asked her \h\h\h\hif it was out of line.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Kenya] Just please let her speak.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Dude. -You jump in on everybody.
\h\h\h\hLike, straight up, my biggest issue right now
isn’t actually them \h\h\h\hyelling at me,
\hit’s [bleep] you interrupting everybody.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI was gonna say if we’re gonna have a good meeting,
\h\h\hthen no one interrupt each other.
That’s all I was gonna say, man.
I don’t know why you gotta jump like [bleep] every...
She jumps and says "Let Carli speak,"
\hand then you chime in and say "Can’t we have a conversation?"
\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s, like, just let her speak, then,
like, let her speak.
All right, let’s let her speak. Let’s go back.
Let’s not jump on each other,
’cause we only have each other \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hright now.
It was a heated moment, but I also felt like...
\h\h\h\h\hthat’s just what they’re trying to do.
Because he’s the best, and the best leader and the brightest,
he’s trying to break him down \h\h\h\hand [bleep] with him.
That’s why he did it, because he’s good. It’s not about us.
It’s not about our lives, our medals, our trophies.
It’s about we are pieces \h\h\h\hof [bleep],
\h\h\hand we have to break ourselves down
and find out what we’re made of
\h\h\hand if we were possibly even close to being material,
special ops material, right?
[Billy] 16!
Michael, you can’t let him leave by himself.
-What are you talking about? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-He’s leaving.
He’s not gonna [bleep] leave.
\h\h\hIt’s getting intense, and everyone’s exhausted.
It’s for a reason.
Do you think I ever thought about having an opportunity
to speak to a corporal sergeant,
for the first two years \h\h\h\h\hof training,
except "Aye, Sergeant," \h"Aye, Corporal"?
They call us jarheads because they unscrew
our freakin’ top of our head, \h\h\h\htake out our brain,
and then put in Marine Corps.
Then they screw it back on.
There are times on selection
\h\h\h\hwhen you are gonna get shouted at and screamed at,
and it is gonna seem unfair,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut ultimately, as far as the DS are concerned,
\h\h\h\hthey are always right, so you have to deal with that.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSit down. What’s your problem, man?
I’m walking back to the car, \h\h\hand you blew up on me.
\h\h\hWhat have you been told we were doing with you today?
\h\h\h\h-Pressure. Pressure. -Pressure. This is pressure.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I get it, bro. -Look how you’re reacting to it.
How am I reacting to it?
\h\h\h\hLike a [bleep] child that’s been [bleep] slapped.
What are you talking about?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTrust me, this is our [bleep] process.
You’ve never been spoken to \h\h\h\hlike this before.
-The military is like this 24... -I’ve...
Listen, you’re getting a sample of what we are.
-Here’s the deal. It’s... -We don’t do deals, buddy.
-You don’t do deals? -We don’t do deals.
We’re running a course here.
We ain’t gonna bow down to you
or to nobody else.
\h-I get it. I got it. -Let me tell you that.
You will not be dictating to us,
whether I come and shout \h\h\h\h\h\hat your bed,
whether I [bleep] shout at you \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin the car,
whether I shout at you \h\h\h\h\h\hout there.
-That’s the deal. \h-I get it. I get it.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I got it. -There’s the [bleep] line.
-How about that? \h\h\h\h\h\h-OK.
\h\h\hTake a breath. What do you wanna do?
[narrator] Next time...
Let’s go!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Rudy] This phase is all about fear.
Stand up straight, now! \h\h\h\h\h\hPathetic.
[Remi] You’re on fire!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Billy] The enemy will do everything
to destroy you.
[Rudy] Run! Go, go!
\h\h[Foxy] I think everyone does have a breaking point.
Ah, [bleep] I can’t do it.
[Foxy] But physical strength \hwill only get you halfway.
[Rudy] Let’s go, Four!
Everything hurts. Everything hurts.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMental strength that will get you to the top.
\h\h\h\h\hDon’t look at me like I took your teddy bear off you
when I told you you failed.