[music playing]
MAN: The south island of New Zealand, it's an epic place.
MAN: It's wet.
It's cold.
It's snowy.
MAN: If you don't respect the environment,
it will slap you hard.
[music playing]
WOMAN: I just need to bring some food in.
MAN: Look at that stonker.
WOMAN: [laughs]
MAN: Last night, it was deer all around me.
MAN: That's freaking delicious.
WOMAN: I know how tough it's going to be.
[sniffles] Oh my [bleep].
I miss them.
WOMAN: You got to feel safe.
Otherwise, you just die out here.
MAN: It doesn't feel as bad as it looks.
It feels worse.
MAN: This [bleep] just got real.
MAN: [bleep].
WOMAN: I'm scared enough to have an emergency tap out
in my hand.
[phone ringing]
MAN: Somebody help me.
MAN: What is my limit?
MAN: I thought I was going to die.
And it's not my time.
MAN: Being away from my family, that's not normal for mom.
I'm officially tapping out.
MAN: I don't trust my judgment.
I don't trust my physicality.
And I sort of don't trust my own psychology either.
I can't keep going.
MAN: Right before I got on this show,
I found out I was going to be a father.
There were big moments I'm not there for.
It's important to me now that I get home and take
care of my family.
MAN: I'm very happy for you to continue.
The numbers are all fine.
I want to finish on a high.
So I'd like to pull the pin.
What's got me through all these years is being careful.
If I continue, I'd be putting myself at risk.
I used to ask myself what it is I want to get out of this.
I think a lot of it I already have.
My head and my heart are in a good spot.
What do I do?
Do I take them on?
Stay longer doing something I don't really want to do?
[bird call]
Yeah, there you go.
Killing's not part of me anymore.
And you thought I was going to tap.
$250,000 will make a big difference to our lives.
You want to find out how far your limit is,
you got to go to the limit.
I love it.
[growls] I'm hungry, basically.
I haven't been sleeping well for quite a while now.
Oh, man.
ANDREAS: I honestly think I need to rest.
But I'd rather go out guns blazing, you know.
Oh [bleep].
KRZYSZTOF: This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If I quit, I'm going to regret it.
SUZAN: I do so want to be the last person here.
ANDREAS: They either win or they pull me,
because my body can't keep up.
I can't see myself giving up.
[music playing]
SUZAN: Day 54.
And it just feels like the hardest day yet.
I'm just very tentatively thinking that maybe something
shifted a little bit.
My mental state is quite clear.
But my emotional state is so reactive.
I just get so overwhelmed.
But I'm really keen to keep pushing as far as I can now.
If there's only one other person still out here,
I would just be handing them the $250,000
and going home without it.
And that just-- just so upsetting.
So I'm here.
I still got fat on my body.
It's all about this now.
[music playing]
Right.
I'm off to check out for some more supplejack berries
and some shoots.
The forage gives my mind something to do, you know.
I just get too bored, if I just hang out at the beach fishing
all the time.
It makes me feel more hopeful about staying out here
for longer.
Because the forage is predictably reliable.
Just look, a whole bunch, a whole bunch of berries.
Da, da, da.
Just loveliness, all fresh, very fresh.
See you in three months, eh?
Maybe four.
Yeah.
So it begins.
I don't think my reasons changed for being here.
I came here because I thought it was exciting to see how I could
go with my years of experience in the outdoors.
Six, I've come to berry land.
Lots and lots of merry berries.
Hunting is not my superpower.
Cooking possum, Danish.
Didn't get enough protein, no trout, no deer, no possum,
not yet.
But growing food and understanding plants,
that's my strength.
Bracken fiddleheads, are they not beautiful?
This looks promising.
Beautiful sedge.
Yeah, that's got seed in it.
So that's carbohydrate.
Smells good.
Smells like roasting sesame seed.
So good.
I think to be a human alone in the landscape,
providing for your own food needs
and shelter is the ultimate test.
And I know that I have the skills to do that.
But I know there's fear in me.
My heart rate's going quite fast.
And I think just had diarrhea all night.
And have no energy.
Just feeling miserable.
The whole game is a mental game.
Everything is about the psychology.
[singing] Sandstone cliffs are glowing purple in the evening
light, pulling me home pulling me home.
I started physically missing my pack, missing the--
the skin contact.
Get the psychology right, and bring in a bit of food,
and then you got it in the bag.
But getting the psychology right is not easy.
On that foraging expedition, I got all of that, and this.
So I'm real happy with that.
Maybe I can get by on foraging for another week or two.
[music playing]
I would like to go home with the $250,000.
The possibility of being the last person standing
and bringing that home to the family,
and that's-- that's big for us.
That would enable us to construct another waterhole
and have more water security moving forward with climate
change, because we have drought where we are.
And just moving into our old age,
to have that financial security, which we don't yet have.
So I'd like to be able to gift that to John.
[music playing]
At this point in the game, that's why I'm here.
That's why I'm still here.
[rainfall, thunder rumble]
Make no bones about it.
That is why.
[music playing]
KRZYSZTOF: OK.
It's time for another night.
It's getting long.
Maybe for a little bit, right?
We'll call up to the other night.
Oh yeah, another day.
I think it's 53 or something.
You know, I don't really care.
It's just every day is another day.
[music playing]
I suppose myself I've made it this far.
I honestly thought that I'd get out here,
drop shock would hit me, and I'd be like, no, get me the
[bleep] out.
But we're here.
And we're still going.
I live just down to here, paradise beach
where we got first dropped off.
It's nice out there.
It's nice and sunny.
It's a good day.
Well, guys, this is it.
Bye, baby.
I'm going to miss you so much.
KRZYSZTOF: Coming on this adventure,
my plan was always to treat it like a holiday.
So long.
Farewell, and Amen.
Very much enjoy being out in the bush.
I might start work on the permanent shelter.
It's relaxing.
It's comfortable.
It's like my second home.
Beautiful.
Here, fishy, fishy.
Maybe they don't speak English.
How would I describe finding food?
Frustrating is probably an understatement.
You're kidding me, no.
It's another reel.
There you go.
Off you go.
Oh, well, what can you do?
Yeah.
Lack of food's definitely make things more challenging.
Not operating with as much energy as I normally do.
I'm really starting to feel it.
But it could be a hell of a lot worse.
[music playing]
I think my neurodiversity has been a definite advantage.
It allows me to think outside the box a lot of the time,
and just come up with creative solutions
to different problems.
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 11 years old.
Since then, the word Asperger's was thrown around a little bit
as well.
I just need something to keep myself occupied to stay out
of a negative mindset.
My brain was my biggest superpower, and my biggest
Achilles heel.
I've been lying here for what?
The last three hours or so trying to fall asleep.
My brain is going a million miles an hour.
I don't have my system of switching off out here.
I've actually got quite a headache this morning.
Really like falling asleep again.
And it just means I'm sleeping in later as well.
I'm beyond tired.
I'm exhausted.
Oh.
I'm getting bags under my eyes.
Holiday mode sort of finished.
I haven't been sleeping well for quite a while now.
So I'm just running on a lack of sleep, low energy,
malnutrition, combination.
[music playing]
Yeah.
I think I'm going to go into a take-it-easy mode
from this point out, and just do things really, really chill,
and see how long I can last.
It's not so much wanting to win.
I just want to see how long I can go,
because I'm not going to get this opportunity again.
We are experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
We'll see what the next few weeks bring, all right?
Huh, next few weeks, next few months, next few years,
anything is possible.
Let's just slow down, take it easy.
[music playing]
[bird call]
ANDREAS: It's early afternoon.
I was laying here on the side.
And I felt my ribs sticking out of my skin.
Like I'm scrolling now, man.
I'm fading, right?
I'm fading quickly.
And it's frustrating feeling it.
But at the same time, I feel I've invested so much time,
effort, and money into this project.
I don't want to quit.
I've tried everything I know.
I'm running out of ideas.
But if I quit now, I've wasted 50 days.
I could have done something useful.
So get up.
Time to get dressed, put some hunting gear on.
I'm going to collect some berries.
And I might as well take my bow with me and go for a wander.
I feel pretty fatigued today.
But I need to get that food in me.
I really, really, really would like to get to 68 days.
That way, I've stayed longer than Season 1.
This is one of the most daunting things I've ever done.
Things just got real.
I've got my bows and arrows all set up.
See what my land has to offer.
When I started this, I had this idea
that fishing and hunting would be my way to sustain myself.
[thump]
[grunts] Hi, food.
It's something I'm comfortable with.
So freaking good.
And I have done for a long time.
But mother nature always have a big finger in the game.
The last couple of days has been the technical term
is a [bleep] show.
Hunting for deer, it's just a lot harder than I thought.
Everything is damp.
Oh, look at that stonker.
I got the trout.
But I can't make a fire.
I can't boil water.
I can't eat, just fog, rain, and [bleep].
Competition as such is nothing like I thought it would be.
You're so close now, man.
You should smell it.
[bleep].
Trying to keep it up.
Don't have too much fat left.
Sort of feeling the odds is against you.
[thump]
[groans] You still just got to keep going.
I've just physically watched two pairs of trout spawning.
So I'm going to take the risk.
Walk over, grab the fish, walk back over.
[bleep] it.
Deeper than I can go.
Good with a bow and arrow.
I honestly think I need to rest.
But I still obviously want to win this thing.
I'm going to continue fishing and hunting,
trying to gather food, do the best
I can until I get sent home.
I want to prove to myself I can do it.
I want to have the pride of keeping my head high and say,
I did the best I can.
And in this case, that was enough.
But I'm going to walk slow and take my time.
Saw a couple of deer prints, which is good, not too far
from camp.
[sighs] But one of the bad things
is that I feel a bit unstable today.
Like I'm missing steps.
And I'm clumsy.
But it is what it is.
[music playing]
[thump]
[grunts] I fell bad, man.
I shouldn't be running around in the bush in my state,
to be honest.
So I think I'm going to just go back to camp.
It's not worth it.
[grunts] It's going to be a punish.
Too much.
It's one step, one think, one step, one think.
I'm not enjoying this at all.
It's getting hot.
[thump, groans]
[music playing]
There was an eye opener.
You know walking-- walking back and failing
the way I did was the first time my logical side
and my emotional side said same thing.
And it was go home.
It struck a chord.
Like I just walked home.
And they both went, you're done, mate.
Go home.
Too much, too long, pushed it too far.
That's essentially it.
But here I am.
My view is nothing in life really comes easy.
And if you stop as soon as something gets hard,
then you tend not to get anywhere.
I expect this experience to be brutal at times.
A failure would be crumble for no reason to give up.
Unexpected low point, just giving up.
[animal growls]
[whispers] There's a possum outside.
False alarm.
I thought it was just an absurd little warm.
[gulps] I'm going to switch off and snooze, and sleep,
and snooze, and sleep all night.
And then we'll see how I feel in the morning.
Person who stays the longest wins.
[music playing]
KRZYSZTOF: Sorry for the inactivity.
I'm just-- need some time.
My lack of sleep has been getting progressively worse,
and worse, and worse.
I'm getting maybe one or two hours of sleep a night.
Yeah, things take longer than first anticipated out here.
But they're taking even longer now.
Operating at 40%.
I miss home Miss playing Fallout with Erin.
Miss coming home from work and doing a little better day.
Miss food.
Miss my bed and my pillow.
Miss my family.
But we persevere on.
We'll get there.
I don't want to quit.
So I'm going to hang around until I get pulled,
or if Erin comes and gets me.
Do I make myself pretty for when Erin visits.
All I need is like one good night's sleep.
And I'll bounce back.
And I should be OK.
[music playing]
SUZAN: Gee, I'm finding it hard to talk right now.
I just don't want to talk.
My mind changes rapidly and unexpectedly.
I think one thing in the morning.
And in the evening, I'm thinking an entirely different thing.
So there's a great fluidity to this situation,
and how my mind moves through the day,
and how my emotions move through the day.
I could just keep on going and resting until my body can't
do this anymore.
But I think a large part of it is I just
don't want to keep doing this.
Uh, and I so missed John last night.
It's just this like, oh.
Oh, I want to be close to him again and the land
that we care for, and the little dogs, Toby and Charlie.
Not really something I'd like to admit,
but it's the reality of my situation
right here, right now.
I just want to go home.
But [chuckles] a big part of me wants to go home with $250,000,
not empty handed.
I heard there are only two of us left.
And if that's the case, and it might not
be the case, is that other person going to tap today
or tomorrow, you know.
Oh, I just don't know what to do.
ANDREAS: I felt awfully bad.
Everything feels scrambled.
I'm still head spinning.
And I'm still a bit clumsy.
I also got an elevated heart rate even laying down.
I can't do long excursions.
I can't physically exert myself.
I can no longer do what I do.
For me, survival from now on is starvation.
I spent my whole life teaching people how to feel better.
That's basically what I do.
I teach people how to look after themselves
and strengthen their body, strengthen their mind.
And I've done the same thing to myself all my life.
I think physical and mental exercise is the why I'm still
here so far into it.
Why am I out here voluntarily thrashing myself?
So I feel probably as bad as I felt in my whole life.
Being fit, and healthy, and strong has always
been important to me.
How low do you go and still get benefit out of it?
Every day count.
Every minute count.
I pushed it to one more day.
There is no way in any shape or form
that I can sustain myself here any longer.
It's all about what's important in life, huh?
Fifty seven days is enough.
Yeah.
[music playing]
Yeah.
[phone dialling]
MAN (ON PHONE): Andreas?
Hello.
This is Andreas.
And I'm officially tapping out.
Talk to me.
What's happened?
You know what?
I'm a competitive person.
I just want to win.
But this is as far as I could go.
Are you proud of yourself?
Not yet.
I hate quitting.
Being a competitive guy, I always saw this as
go in, and conquer, and win.
But it's not.
Survival skills is important.
But then mother nature is going to have the last say, anyway.
The thing I'm proud of is that if someone asks me,
could you have done any better?
Could you stayed longer?
And I can definitely say, no, I could not.
This is as far as I'm willing to risk my health and sanity.
I got to realize what's important to me in life.
It's to feel good, to feel happy, to feel strong.
Eight weeks, and one day, fifty seven days.
[music playing]
I've just shifted tack entirely.
I'm going to initiate a three-day fast.
And I'm going to hunker down in my sleeping bag,
conserve my energy.
And I'm not going to focus on getting food at all.
I'm going to focus on my internal psychological
nurturing.
All right.
I just need to exercise some patience.
KRZYSZTOF: I have bad feeling my time will be coming to an end
soon.
Mentally, I have indefinite days.
But unfortunately, the brain and the body
don't often see eye to eye.
My body is giving out.
Things that are shutting down in order of least importance.
Yeah, can't operate like this.
Everything's OK, except for the little sleep.
I need more sleep.
[music playing]
Man, I just feel the anger coming up at me
again and again.
I just can't get my jumper off when I get angry, you know.
Yeah,The other people out here,or the one other person,
or the other people, they might just keep on pushing through
for another month.
Do I endure another week of misery
to possibly win $250,000?
I want to be patient.
But I just--
I'm so full, full, full.
How do I slow my mind down, you know?
Just dealing with my internal state, it's just challenge.
[music playing]
To the land here, thank you.
Thank you for supporting me for the last nine weeks,
and holding me safe in this place,
providing me with firewood, and water, beautiful birds.
Thank you for the food that I've foraged from you.
And land, I release you.
It's time to go.
It's not a question anymore to tap or not to tap.
It's really I'm ready.
I'm ready to go.
My body's ready to go.
I'm going home tomorrow.
Starting my journey home, boys.
Home to the land of vegemite sandwiches.
Oh yeah, baby.
Oh yeah.
I want my life back.
[music playing]
Hi.
This is Suzan.
And I'm officially tapping out.
I'm going home.
Hmm.
MAN: How are you feeling?
I'm feeling really relieved to be starting
the homeward journey.
I'm really happy to be doing that, yeah.
How sure are you about the decision you're making today.
Oh, absolutely, absolutely sure.
I gave it what I could give it.
And I did the best I could, yeah.
I really did want to bring home the $250,000 to the family,
you know.
And that was a real--
a real drive.
But more than that disappointment
is the happiness of moving towards home to my own forest
and to my own pack.
I knew it was going to be a tougher mental game
than physical.
I knew that going in.
I went through incredible hunger.
I went through incredible frustration.
But I think the experience of being here
has given me a deeper appreciation of water, food,
shelter, and companionship.
That's really all you need to experience joy.
[music playing]
I can't even look at the camera.
Makes me nauseous.
Well, and another day.
I feel like absolute garbage.
Nausea is almost overwhelming.
Vision is blurred.
But it's a beautiful blue sky day.
Have you gotten a message before saying it's magic day?
I think today might be it.
Unfortunately, I am wreck, wreck, rickety wrecked.
Morning.
MAN: Hello.
How are you today?
Oh, I'm pretty good.
Glad to hear it.
How about you?
Feeling like garbage.
But I'm not going to quit.
And still you're going to have to pull me out.
You say you're not going to quit?
OK.
All right.
You just take your time.
Oh, sorry, one second.
MAN: Take your time.
Oh.
MAN: Do you feel sick?
Mm.
Excuse me.
Yeah.
[pukes]
All right.
Sorry.
I'm just not feeling well at all.
No, no.
You're not in great shape.
But you-- you know that.
We can't manage that here.
So Krzysztof, I'm sure you understand.
Based on the symptoms that you're displaying,
it is no longer safe medically, for you
to continue in the competition.
Cool.
WOMAN: This however, is not a medical extraction.
What is it?
[music playing]
So Krzysztof, I'm sure you understand,
based on the symptoms that you're displaying,
it is no longer safe medically, for you to continue
in the competition.
Cool.
WOMAN: This however, is not a medical extraction.
What is it?
WOMAN: Erin is currently on her way here.
She's making her way to New Zealand.
And she was hoping to be the one to tell you that you're
the last person standing.
Really?
WOMAN: You've won.
Really?
Oh, well.
Well, OK, that's-- uh, that's--
really?
WOMAN: Congratulations.
Yeah.
WOMAN: You're the winner of "Alone Australia", Season 2.
Oh, wow.
I was not expecting that.
Cool.
You did it.
Wow.
64 days.
Well, I wasn't going to quit.
Oh, that's awesome.
That's so cool.
Well, I'm getting all emotional now.
There's something that's just flown both--
both my eyes.
Wow.
I-- I-- wow.
Thank you.
That was the last news I was expecting to hear.
So that's pretty crazy.
WOMAN: Shall we get you home?
Yeah, let's do that.
[music playing]
KRZYSZTOF: The thought of actually being the last person,
it was never in my mind.
Like for me, just getting out here and having an opportunity
to do this experience was going to be the big win for me,
anyway.
But I would have kept pushing.
I would have been in pretty rough shape.
But I would have kept pushing.
Time is finite.
You only get so much time in the world.
So you make the best of every opportunity.
I spent 64 days alone, but I never felt alone.
I got to camp.
I got to build things.
I got to have a million-dollar view.
I've learned from the experience.
And I'm grateful for it.
[music playing]
Since coming off the land, recovery
has been actually going really, really well.
I still don't believe that I've won.
It's-- it's crazy.
It was a little bit disappointing
when I was out there and Erin wasn't there to greet me.
But it's probably for the best, because I had just vomited.
And the last thing that I think she'd appreciate
is me kissing her with a vomit in my beard and--
and stuff.
So-- oh, [bleep].
[laughs] Aw.
Mm-hmm.
You have disappeared.
[chuckles]
Oh, baby.
Oh my god.
It's so good to see you.
I want to hear all the stories.
Hopefully, we get to go out there as well.
I'll show you my shelter and everything.
[laughs]
I missed you so much.
[laughs]
[music playing]
I think it's starting to sink in.
Yeah?
Yeah.
You did it.
Apparently, I did.
I'm proud of you.
[music playing]