- I'm bear grylls, former special forces soldier,
Everest mountaineer, and survivalist.
All my life, I've sought out
The most extreme challenges out there.
It's often been a battle.
But along the way, I've shared life-saving survival skills.
It could save your life.
But this is not that show.
- [gags] - [grunts]
- Must search through poop.
- Every day, I meet people
Who think they could do it better.
- It doesn't look that hard. - I know I can do it.
- Really grinds my gears when people go on survival shows
And tap out.
I can't do it.
- The truth is, most people wouldn't survive in the wild.
They'd die.
So I've re-created some of my craziest survival situations
To see who can get off the couch
And prove they've got what it takes.
Five will enter, but only one will proudly claim
That "I survived bear grylls."
[all cheering]
[bear roars]
[voices chanting]
- Welcome, warriors...
And wannabes!
I'm jordan conley. Hi.
[laughter] oh, my god, please.
That hurt my vocal cords.
Let's start clapping right now
'cause I'm about to bring out your host.
If you do not know this, he was the youngest chief scout
In the history of the uk,
And he taught survival classes at hogwarts.
Keep clapping for your host bear grylls!
- ♪ angel eyes ♪ [all cheering]
- [in slow motion] hey, bear!
- ♪ oh, angel eyes ♪
- I'll take it, team. I'll take it.
- Whoo! Yeah! - Whoo!
- Welcome to the hardest day of your life.
You guys are here because you believe
You've got what it takes to survive in the wild.
- I'm here for the exposure.
[laughter]
- I've created four incredible environments.
They're looking intense,
But they're just as I planned them.
- I'm psyched.
- At the moment, there are five of you.
At the end of today, only one of you's gonna remain,
And you're gonna be $10,000 richer.
- Nice. [all cheering]
- Yes!
- But between now and there is a whole world of pain.
- [chuckles]
- Let's meet our survivalists.
Fendi, you're obviously a fitness coach.
- Yes, I am.
- So you've got the physicality.
- Mm-hmm.
- And, tenley, your son just took you
On your first camping trip. - Yes.
- Did you learn anything out on that
That you think's gonna help you today?
- Um-- [chuckles]
I'm tenley.
I am a clinical social worker,
And I also teach hip-hop dance fitness.
I am extremely competitive by nature.
My ex-husband, aka my wasband,
He's very convinced that I wouldn't be able
To survive in the wild.
Today, I'm gonna show him exactly what I'm made of.
- Lynn, apparently you were heard saying
That you reckon it's gonna be child's play today.
- Yeah, bring it. It's gonna be fun!
- All I'll say is, words are words.
Actions are actions.
- Also, if this was "child's play,"
There would be knives involved, wouldn't there,
And little dolls? [laughter]
- Tyler, you've lived on a wilderness animal reserve.
- I did.
My name is tyler.
I'm from austin, texas.
And I am a tech consultant.
I have a tattoo. It's a cowboy.
That's how I see myself is this little queer cowboy
That's super jacked and just as country
As he is queer.
I'm here to prove
To my family, mainly my dad and my brother
Who do this kind of stuff on a daily basis,
That I can do the same things they do
And that I can basically do anything.
- Sylvester, you've been in the u.S. Navy.
- Yes, sir.
- You've had some survival training.
- I learned a whole lot about resilience
And being prepared for anything
And knowing how to embrace the suck.
And going by what I'm smelling and what I'm seeing right now,
There's a whole lot of suck happening right now.
- Get ready. [laughter]
- I don't even know what that is.
I'm smelling a lot of skunk, a lot of death.
But I'm seeing some dr. Seuss type unicorn.
- Well, you're not far off with skunk, blood, and stench,
Which brings me to the challenge.
Okay, you're here in my desert.
What's the one thing that is always with you
But that you can never escape?
- The judgment of my mother.
[laughter]
- And the weather.
In the wild, one of the most important things
To react and adapt to efficiently
Is extreme weather conditions.
- Three words...
- That's two. - In--
- One of the most dangerous environments out there
Is cold wind and rain.
It's actually often more dangerous than snow.
I remember one time I was stranded
In this coastal bog in winter in ireland,
Soaked, shivering.
But it was only by finding
The carcass of a mountain sheep
And dragging it out of the bog
That I made it through the night.
That is gonna be my sleeping bag.
- A bear in sheep's clothing.
That is adaptable.
[sheep bleats]
- You're about to crawl inside this challenge
And see if you can really hack it.
[dramatic rock music]
Here's how it works.
As you can see, we've got a huge pile of pelts.
And yes, that is real animal blood poured all over them.
I'm gonna be asking you guys some questions
That relate to animals and to pelts.
Then you guys have got to race to search through the pile
Until you find the pelt that matches the correct answer.
When you've found it, you're gonna get in it
Like a "sheeping bag."
[sheep bleats]
[laughter]
Pull it up nice and tight.
And then you've gotta log roll towards me
And cross that rope.
The first survivalist to reach me
Wearing the correct pelt is safe.
Then we go again.
Each round, we'll reset
For a new question, a new pelt.
At the end, one of you will remain.
That person will be eliminated from the show.
- Are you serious?
- It's gonna be a bloody good time!
[laughter] [all cheering]
- Okay so here we go, the questions.
Despite their size and weight,
These animals are very good swimmers.
They can even be totally submerged under the water
For around 30 seconds.
What animal is it?
[bell dings]
Go!
[tense electronic music]
- It's a sheeping bag.
- Ugh! - It smells horrible.
- If I could describe the smell,
The only thing I could think of is
If a skunk met some burned rubber
And then was wrapped up
That's exactly how I would describe it.
♪ ♪
- Tell me what you're thinking. Tell me what you're doing.
- You better get in that sack. - Oh!
- I thought I was gonna take a nap, you know?
[grunts]
- You better roll!
- Wow. Okay, stop. We got a winner.
- Whoo! - Tyler, like a machine. Wow.
You are safe!
- That was absolutely disgusting.
Smelled like skunk. Smelled like blood.
- Moose was the correct answer.
- I heard him mention the size of the animal,
And I heard him say "underwater."
And immediately, I knew it was moose
Because we didn't have moose
On the ranch that I lived on growing up,
But we had elk, very similar.
And I was right.
- I've never felt sexier. - Second question.
One day, they're gonna be able to clone bear grylls.
And we know it can be done because in 1996,
This animal became the first to be cloned
And was named dolly.
Go!
- Whoo! - Let's go!
- Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah.
Wrestle!
- You gotta be all the way in that.
- Get in there. Come on.
- In that sheeping bag.
Down and roll.
- There you go. There you go. Let's go!
- Be accurate in your roll.
- Whoo!
- This is how we roll.
- It's gonna be close.
- Photo finish. - [laughs]
- Okay, it's a photo finish.
Confirm it, team.
[urgent music]
Lynn passed tenley in heat two
By the skin of her teeth.
- Roger that.
Lynn, you are safe. - Whoo!
- It was definitely, I think, kind of neck and neck,
A little bit close.
- And for those of you who are wondering,
Dolly, yes, was a sheep.
Okay, next question.
If you're in iceland or new zealand,
You will not find one of these there.
Go!
- Come on, guys.
Come on!
- Jordan, we need more blood.
- Ooh! Wait a minute.
No! Oh, no!
Oh, I tripped...Again. - Come on!
Whoo! - Let's go, guys.
Whoo! - Whoo!
- There you go, fendi. Let's go.
There you go, girl. - Come on, tenley.
Come on, fendi. - Yes! Let's go, fendi!
- You gotta be accurate. You gotta be accurate.
- Watch the rock! - Gotta be accurate.
- Oh! - Whoa!
Coming in hot.
- We got--we got another photo finish.
- The previous play is under review.
- Fendi, you won that by another photo finish.
You all got it right.
In iceland and in new zealand, there are no snakes.
- The worst part would probably be
Getting all the way to the end of the finish line
And realizing that, you know, you are not the winner,
So you have to get back in a new skin
And do it all over again.
- Sylvester and tenley, down to you two.
One of you is gonna be going home
After this next round.
- Not me.
I'm not in the same shape I was in
When I was in the military, but I'm not out of shape.
I see everyone standing on the sidelines,
And I'm thinking, I should be over there too.
It's not a position that I was prepared to be in.
So I have to suck it up, shut up, and get the job done.
- Everything to fight for here.
- My strategy is, just roll. [laughs]
Just get in, don't think about it, and roll.
- Question is, the females of this animal are called does.
The males are called bucks.
And the babies are called kittens.
- [whispering] oh, rab--rabbits.
- Go!
- Argh! - Ah!
[all screaming in slow motion]
- Let's go, guys! Come on!
- Whoo! - Come on, guys. Let's go!
- Let's go! You got it.
- There you go. - Come on. You got it!
- I wonder if tenley has a younger brother named ninely.
- Let's get it. Let's go.
- Come on. Let's go.
- Come on. - Come on.
Let's go. Pick it up.
[all cheering]
- It's gonna be close. It's gonna be close.
- Go!
- Let's go, tenley! - Come on.
Come on. - Let's go. Pick it up.
Let's go. - Come on.
- Oh, here comes the rock. Oh!
- It's gonna be close. It's gonna be close.
- Go! - Come on!
- Let's go!
- Whoo!
- Sylvester, you are safe.
You're going through.
- That's military right there.
- You both got it right. It's a rabbit.
You obviously got the pink pelt for that.
- Little-known fact, hot pink is common in nature.
- Sylvester, you're through. You're the winner.
- Whoo!
It was real close, but I survived.
I did the damn thing, and I'm going on
In the next challenge, and I'm stoked for it.
- Tenley by a whisker.
But do you know what? Total commitment.
- Thank you. - You've got to admire that.
- Thank you.
I definitely think this is a reminder
Of how difficult it is to survive in the wild.
I can't imagine when bear said that he actually did
Have to put on a pelt when he was alone.
I would love for my ex-husband to get in one of the pelts.
I don't think he'd be able to hack it, to be honest.
Mm-hmm, I don't think--think it's a little too physical--
Physically demanding.
- Give tenley a big round of applause.
[all cheering]
Okay, guys. You're through.
Now we're gonna start upping the ante.
We're just starting to cull.
This adventure's only just getting going.
- [laughs] - okay.
Follow me. Come on. - Let's go!
- You know, after rolling in animal skins, I'm hungry.
Let's head to the forest.
[rock music]
♪ ♪
[refined piano music]
♪ ♪
[distant scream] - [cackles]
- Okay, guys. Come and take a seat.
- Hear, hear. Hear, hear.
- Wow. - Okay.
Who's gonna say grace?
- I've been praying for different reasons, man.
- Please, lord, let us all survive bear grylls.
- Amen.
- And then there were four.
This is where it gets a little bit more stomach-churning.
- Oh.
- An obstacle you will almost always face
When survival is on the line is hunger.
Sometimes, you've got to eat the truly disgusting.
To move in the wild, you need energy.
To get energy, you've got to eat.
And survival food is never pretty.
Ugh.
But the rewards always go to those who can dig deep.
They can do the unimaginable.
So this challenge is all about overcoming those prejudices
And eating the difficult.
- How come I feel like you already know
Which one of us you would eat first?
- You're quite meaty.
[heart beating]
Welcome to bear's lunch party.
- Ring-a-ding-a-ding.
- [sighs]
- I was somewhat prepared coming in
That there was going to be an eating component,
Just knowing what bear has eaten on his shows prior,
Seeing him eat certain bugs and brains and all of that.
- It's gripping my lip. Look.
- In general, I'm kind of funky with food textures.
- I'm a little nervous. I don't know.
- I'm gonna put three different survival foods
In front of you.
About the different options.
I'll then count down from three to one.
You select your choice, put your finger on it,
You're then committed to that answer,
And then you eat it.
And if you're right, you get a point.
If you're wrong, you get zero.
If you don't eat it, no points.
We'll start with a big bite, and you're gonna then
Have to eat more each round.
The players with the fewest points at the end
Get eliminated.
The rest of you go through.
It's gonna be difficult.
What's the worst thing you guys have ever eaten?
- Maybe beats?
- By dre?
- [laughs] no.
The purple ones.
- Yeah, I'm with you on that. - [laughs]
My name is fendi.
I'm from the boogie down bronx,
And I'm a fitness coach.
What I'ma do here today is just prove to the world
That your weight does not define you.
You can be whatever you want, whoever you want,
And that's it.
- And sylvester, what about you?
- I was in the military, so that was,
Like, five years of bad eating.
There's a lot on that list.
Hi, my name is sylvester.
I'm from portland, oregon.
I'm a civil engineer and former united states navy.
You know, I think I have a little bit more experience
Than your average person.
The military taught me resilience.
Sometimes it's gonna suck.
You've got to suck it up, shut up, and get the job done.
- And lynn, what would you be prepared to do
To go to the next round of this?
- I will eat anything.
Bring it. [laughs]
- You might not be laughing quite so hard
When you see the menu.
Okay, let's get these questions going.
- This one's dripping juices.
Here you go. Get in there. It's nice and juicy.
This is disgusting. I don't--yeah, that--nope.
- Yep, this one might take you to the edge, team.
Lift the hoods.
- [coughs] oh.
What the [bleep] is this?
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- What you have here is a mix of testicles.
Awesome survival food.
And I have had the misfortune of having to chomp down
On a lot of testicles over the years
In the name of survival.
- What you have in front of you here
Are three different types of testicles:
Bull's testicle... [bull lows]
Goat's testicle... [goat bleats]
Turkey testicle. [turkey gobbles]
Which of these testicles is commonly known
As rocky mountain oysters?
Three, two, one, commit to your choice, go.
- [groans]
- Go, go, go.
- Ugh.
- Good big mouthful of it. Here we go.
- Wait till you see the dessert menu.
[dramatic classical music]
♪ ♪
- Fendi, a good big mouthful of it.
Here we go.
- Why I gotta be first?
- If you've made the right choice,
You'll earn yourself a point.
- [scoffs]
[squelches]
- You got it.
[quirky music]
- [grunts] - oh.
- [groans] - so what does it taste like?
- I'm not sure, but I'ma imagine
It tastes like turkey meatballs.
- Where are you buying your turkey meatballs?
[laughter] - I'm done.
Those bull testicles were disgusting.
- Sylvester.
Decent bite. Gotta be as big as fendi's.
There you go.
- Oh, he used the chompers and the--oh!
Oh! Oh!
- That's the boiled sperm inside the testicle.
- Oh, come on.
- That's the really nutritious bit.
[laughter]
I could have had such a sensible office job.
[laughter]
Instead, I've ended up in the middle of the georgian woods
Next to the nuttiest man on the planet
Feeding a whole bunch of other nutters
Some proper testicles.
Talk us through it, sylvester.
- It tastes like it's a piss-covered wad
Of chewing gum.
- What? - Ugh, it's disgusting.
It's not something that I would recommend.
- Lynn, go for it.
Oh, I really don't want to do this right now.
- Uh-uh, that's not a bite. Gotta be as big as them.
There you go.
- Uh-uh.
- You're gonna have to get through the outer sac
Of the testicle. - Okay.
You don't got to say it so descriptively.
- [grunts]
- Yeah, that's the sperm duct right there.
Give that a pull.
- Does it taste like the balls are bursting with flavor?
- [groans] my name is lynn.
I am from denver, colorado, and I am a professor of art.
I'm slightly feral, honestly.
I think when my students see this,
They're gonna be motivated to try harder
And maybe try new things, and they're gonna see
What resiliency and rolling around in dead animals
Does to a person.
Bear grylls, I'm gonna win this show
And show what I can do in the outdoors.
And I'm gonna look good doing it.
Oh. - Lynn, how is that?
- Tastes like chicken.
- I love it.
- You know, I'm from colorado.
We have rocky mountain oysters there.
They're usually deep-fried, though,
So it kind of hides what you're eating.
And this is not the case.
It was just straight up boiled testicle,
And it was disgusting.
- Tyler.
[squelches]
That's a proper bite.
That's like an apple.
- Ugh. - Although it's not.
- He's a savage. There you go.
- Come on, man. You got it. - [gags]
- Come on. You got it, you got it.
- You got it, man. - Come on.
- There you go.
- Yeah! Let's go, man.
- Hey.
- Well done.
Okay, the correct answer, bull testicles.
Full four points. Good job.
- Whoo! - Let's go.
- Yes.
- It took some balls to get that point.
[laughter] [bell rings]
[refined music]
- This is where we start
To turn the dial up a little bit.
- Ey, the dial was already turned up.
- Lift the lids.
- Oh, no.
- First of all, that look like some--
Some salad, a little bit of balls in the cup.
- You never had one of those?
- What is--
[laughter]
- Okay, which of these three foods
Is the best source of calcium?
Is it the chicken foot, the raven egg, sea urchin?
Here we go.
Three, two, one, pick out your choice.
Pick it up.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Okay.
Smash it down.
- Mm. Don't think about it.
- Bone apple tea.
Military taught me, you don't taste your food.
You eat it and you move on.
- Probably a bloody embryo inside.
- Oh, you say that after he takes the bite?
- Oh, it--
[groans]
- Are you good? You turning into a monster?
This man almost turned into a werewolf out here.
- [groans]
[wolf howls]
It's sharp going down too.
- He said it's sharp going down.
- How was it?
- It tastes like a vinegar-infused lump of snot.
[groans]
Just with a crunchy fingernail exterior.
- It's like a-- a crunchy fingernail
With asbestos in it, you know?
[laughter]
- My compliments to the chef?
No, I don't think so.
- Okay. Lynn, go for it.
- In case you were wondering, to get a table
Here at café bear, it's going to be a six-month wait.
- Mmm. Oh.
- Lynn, how is it?
- It's like a jell-o shot but not as fun.
[laughter]
- Tyler.
- [slurps]
[gags]
If you think you've ever had a nasty burp,
You know nothing. [laughs]
- You did better on that one.
- You got some protein, some good energy.
But what you didn't get is any points.
- [groans]
[bleep]. - And nor did you, lynn.
And nor did you, fendi.
The only person who got a point is sylvester.
- Let's go!
- The correct answer,
The most calcium is the raven egg.
It has all come down to this.
We saved the best to last.
This is the round that counts.
- My breath smells like [bleep].
- [laughs] [bell rings]
- This one's gonna blow you away.
- [groans]
- That should be a vegan one.
This should have no gluten.
Okay. - Oof.
- [sighs]
- Lift the plates.
[dramatic music]
[all groaning]
I'm not ready to eat this stuff.
- Which of the following was considered a holy meat
By native americans?
Sheep brain, pig snout,
Or buffalo tongue?
One, two, three, go.
♪ ♪
Okay. We'll start with you, fendi.
- Don't smell it. Just--
- Go for it. Take a good mouthful of it.
- Okay, we'll start with you, fendi.
You've gone for the buffalo tongue.
Remember, the only way to earn a point
Is if you've made the right choice.
All right. Take a big mouthful.
- This is me proving this to a bigger community,
To my curvy fit community.
I have to keep that in mind and push forward.
You're looking at someone who just swallowed tongue.
- Not great. - Sylvester?
- Do I have to?
- You don't have to at all. - Quit.
- Yeah, I ain't got no quit in me.
- Nope, you don't. - Let's go for it, whole thing.
- Going for the buffalo tongue.
The whole lot has gone in.
Gotta admire the commitment.
- [groaning]
We good. - Good job.
Lynn, are you ready?
Going for the buffalo tongue as well?
Take a good mouthful of it.
- Oh, she--oh, yeah. She just--
- Y'all are brave.
- The thought of that skin, like, scraping in my mouth
And having to swallow it all--
That was a little bit disturbing.
- Okay.
Tyler, you're going for the sheep's brain.
Go for it.
- You have silverware there for a reason.
- Yeah, boy, you got it. - Oh, yeah.
- I've had a lot of brain over the years.
- Not for free.
[retches] - that's a little--
- It's great because you can double it up as a vomit bowl.
- Mm. - Well, he's still going.
He's--yeah. There you go, tyler.
- Oh, my god.
- Hey, you did great in my book, eating that down.
You got that down.
- So the answer is buffalo tongue.
- [bleep] me. - Ha!
Let's go. - Three survivors.
- I got to put balls in my mouth for nothing.
- [laughs]
- You've dug deep, you've done three courses,
Three of the most horrendous things.
Tyler, you've gone through the hurt locker but for no point.
- My family and my friends are gonna be like,
"oh, that question was obvious,"
Or, "you should have known that answer,"
And they're probably right, but unless they're willing
To put the same things in their mouth
That I did today, I, like, don't want to hear
Any of it. [laughs]
- Tyler, I think you should be proud of yourself.
- I didn't quit, so I have no, like, regrets about it.
- Take that spirit of the wild. Take it into life.
Well done, my friend. - Thank you.
- Head on that way.
Being one of the first persons safe in the first challenge,
Felt really good about that.
I just got stumped by some balls.
[gags]
Story of my life.
[laughs]
- This is only just getting going.
Zone in now.
Okay. Let's go, guys.
[rock music]
- Who's ready for dessert?
It's about to get icy in the tundra.
♪ ♪
[snake hissing]
[all cheering]
- Oh, wow.
- You've just been transported 20,000 feet
To the himalayas onto everest.
- Let's go.
- And I remember on mount everest,
For five days straight we had gale-force winds,
Whiteout conditions.
And when it's like that,
It's so easy to lose that vision,
That sense of balance as well.
And this is what you're gonna face ahead of you.
I've called it the everest ice fall challenge.
This is gonna require balance, focus, courage
'cause you're doing tasks along the way.
And here's how it's gonna work.
You're gonna go one at a time
From each platform across these ladders.
And if you look at these ladders...
[ladder creaking] they're wobbly.
And the icefall on everest is an unforgiving place.
If you fall off it on everest, you die.
I fell off one of these on everest.
My life was saved by one of the guys
I was climbing with who caught me
On the end of that rope by a whisker.
[yells] - wow.
- When I give you that signal,
You've got to set off across these rickety metal ladders.
Once you've reached the final platform,
You've got to retrieve the surfboard, beach ball,
Pick up the dummy, back to the first one,
Pick up that deck chair, and then all the way home.
If either you or anything you're carrying
Fall in the crevasse below,
You've got to go back to the start,
And you'll receive a 30-second time penalty.
The person who is slowest back to that first platform
Will get eliminated.
Get ready.
- I just want to confirm, I am not the dummy.
- That is correct. - Yes!
- On this rare occasion.
[laughter]
Behind you is the mountain dew throne.
[bear roars] - whoa!
- Wow. [laughter]
- Hey, hey.
The bear just like me.
- The person with the fastest time
Earns the right to sit up there.
But if your time is beaten by your next competitor,
They replace you on that throne.
At the end, there'll only be one.
And the person with the slowest time gets eliminated.
Sylvester, you're up first. Are you ready?
- Yes, sir.
- The other two, we're gonna take you out of vision
So you can't see what's going on.
- Good luck. You're gonna need it.
- Time is of the essence.
Focus.
Death zone time.
Ready, set, go.
[intense music]
Balance. - There you go.
- And poise.
- There you go, peasant.
Oh, I feel so powerful up here.
[laughs]
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
- You're now getting a little higher
And a little wobblier.
- Whoo, boy.
- What's it like, sylvester?
What's it like?
- Shaky.
Whoa.
Oh, that's a rough one.
- Take your time, but you're against the clock.
[squeaking]
Through to the second platform.
- I knew it was gonna be a matter of balance.
And I knew if I tried to go through it
Too quickly that I wouldn't be able to find
My center of gravity.
I took my time going into it and figured out
Where the center of gravity of the platform was.
And once I was comfortable, I moved a little bit quicker.
- Started to recover the items.
Surfboard, beach ball.
- Oh, god.
I got this, I got this.
♪ ♪
All right. Come on, frank.
- Did you name the dummy frank?
- Yes, sir.
- Oh, great job.
Great job, sylvester.
- Okay.
Let's do it.
- There you go.
Go, sylvester. Go, sylvester.
- Are you feeling it now? Are you feeling it?
- I'm feeling it.
- Whoo! - Whoo!
- Monster time. - Let's go!
- 3:41. - Let's go.
Get off my throne, man.
I earned that one.
I'm trying to win this for myself.
But more importantly, I want to be able
To look my family in the face and say,
"I survived bear grylls."
Yeah! [bear roars]
Big bear. - You've earned it.
- Thank you, sir.
- All hail sylvester.
- Let the games continue.
- Fendi, sylvester with 3:41.
If you want to earn a place on the mountain dew throne,
You've got to beat that.
You ready? - Yes.
- Go.
- Oh, you got it.
That clock's ticking.
Efficiency.
- Ooh, yeah. - There you go.
- Whoo.
[gasps]
- How is it, fendi?
- Shaky.
[tense music]
- I don't want to throw you off,
But I love the purple pants.
Like, that's--the color choice was fantastic.
Don't forget frank.
I see what you're doing. - Uh-oh.
- Ooh. - Uh, uh, uh, uh.
Oh, you're so lucky.
That would have been a 30-second time penalty.
You can take those to the end and then go back.
It's up to you.
- Keep it shaking, fendi. You got it.
Oh, boy. - There you go.
- Whoo, quick feet! Let's go!
[glass shatters]
- Ooh. Go and get it.
- Muscle memory.
There you go.
- Under pressure decision-making.
- Yeah, yeah!
- You got it.
You gotta finish strong.
- Breathe it out step by step.
- Finish strong.
That's right. You got this.
- Yeah! - Done.
[applause]
- I'm still in the process of building that self-confidence,
And I think for me that this definitely just added
Levels to my self-confidence.
You're stronger than you think.
- Do you want to know your time?
- Yes.
- Fendi, your time to beat is 3:41.
Your time was...
4:03.
- Damn.
- Which means sylvester... - Yeah!
- You're safe still on the mountain dew throne,
And you're heading to the final round.
Keep hydrating.
- Okay.
- Sylvester, I'm gonna take you.
- All right. You can try.
- Okay, lynn. Just you remains.
You've got to figure out your strategy.
You've got to beat fendi's time of 4:03 to survive,
Which will also grant you access to the final round.
Are you ready? - I'm ready.
- Go for it.
- Okay, lynn, you've got to beat
Fendi's time of 4:03 to survive,
Which will also grant you access to the final round.
You ready? - I'm ready.
- Go for it.
- Ooh.
Okay, starting off with some speed.
[dramatic music]
- Whoo, let's go! - Here we go.
That clock is ticking.
- Take your time.
Find the center of gravity of the platform, then move it.
- You're finding your groove with it now.
Here we go.
You're gonna leave the body for now?
- I always leave the bodies.
- Oh. - She be dropping bodies.
- Jordan, you've been abandoned on everest.
- Are you saying I'm the dummy?
- Okay. Good plan.
- Back she goes.
- A lot of my skills from hiking in the backcountry
And rock climbing and just having
Really good body awareness is beneficial to me surviving.
Frank's kind of heavy, but he's not too heavy, so--
- Ooh.
Quick feet, yeah. Keep it going.
- Put him down. - All right.
- There you go.
Yeah!
- I stomp my way through life, all right?
- Last one. - Keep it shaking.
- You're the first one who's done this strategy,
For what it's worth.
Is it a good strategy or is it a bad strategy?
Only the clock will tell.
- Yeah!
- It's done.
- It's close. - Here we go.
Sylvester remains on the throne.
- Yeah!
This is king.
- 3:41 is unbeaten.
Fendi got 4:03.
- Yeah, fendi.
- It's all down to lynn.
- Lynn, you got...
[tense music]
♪ ♪
3:48.
You're going through.
Well done. - Good job.
- Fendi, you've got a great survivor spirit.
Look at that smile, still there.
Focused. - Yeah. Always a winner.
- And fendi, we're saying adiós to you.
There's always gotta be one, but we think you're amazing.
Well done. - Thank you so much.
Just to know that I put myself out there
Doing something
That I never thought I'd be able to do,
It's truly a blessing just to prove that to myself,
Prove that to my supporters back home,
My clients, my boyfriend.
I know my mother's looking down.
I hope she's proud.
- The whole day has come down to this.
Follow me.
[rock music]
- Let's go!
- Take off your parkas
'cause we're headed to the swamp.
♪ ♪
- You've made it to the final.
- Yeah.
- You think you've got enough in the tank
For one last dance? - Oh, I get it.
So you're gonna make them have a dance-off,
But, like, the loser has to moonwalk.
- Ooh.
- You're good at that. - Thank you.
- Only one of you is gonna walk away
With that 10 grand there.
Between now and that is a whole world of mud, of pain,
Adrenaline, danger.
You've got to bring it all together now.
- [exhales]
I survived a bunch of challenges today.
I got covered in blood.
I've eaten bull testicles.
Every single challenge was a surprise.
Every single challenge required me to think on my toes.
I have no idea
What bear has in store for the final challenge.
But now it's time to bring home the bag.
- One of the biggest obstacles you can face in the wild
Is getting injured.
Then things become difficult.
I once recreated the survival tactics
Of a cross-country skier who'd broken his leg
During a solo expedition.
And it's such an important quality in a survivor,
That ability to improvise.
And as you know, when you get injured bad,
It knocks your confidence as well.
You know, so much about survival,
You need that confidence.
You need that belief that you can do this.
In this challenge, we're gonna simulate
That you've got a broken leg.
Inside the backpack are gonna be two pieces of wood
That you're gonna use to splint your broken leg
And some zip ties to secure it.
Protect your broken leg.
You've got to make your way across this swamp.
You need to stay on that log.
Once you're across that log, you'll see a cell phone,
One for each of you.
Be careful approaching that cell phone.
If you look behind you, there is a live alligator
In front of them.
- Worrying about an alligator.
I got pretty nervous.
Definitely going to be an extreme challenge.
- Oh, god. An alligator.
This is intense.
Something out of a horror movie.
[gator growling]
- Yeah, that alligator means business.
- The first one back across the log
To give me that cell phone wins the 10 grand.
- So in order to win the money,
You literally have to phone it in.
- [laughs]
- But as ever, there's a twist.
- [exhales]
- Broken legs are extremely painful.
Since you're not gonna have a real broken leg,
We're gonna recreate it.
We're gonna zap you with the pain simulators--
50,000 volts of shock into your body.
- Bear is an absolute madman.
He's one of those people that's not afraid
To take the risks that need to be taken.
Oh, my-- - it is safe,
But it is extremely painful.
I would say on about the same level as a bad break.
- [laughs]
I actually thought the alligator was scary.
And then they introduced the tasers.
This is a whole nother level.
But I'm gonna survive it.
Oof. - Let's get you ready.
I'm gonna get those simulators onto you.
- Let's do it. - Let's do it.
[gator growls]
- Okay. Lift it--lift it up. I need final checks.
- Ah!
They put one shocker on the back
And then one shocker on the front ab.
- Ow! [bleep]. Mother love.
[laughter]
So listen to me.
Focus, focus.
You are both now wired.
- I literally thought I was gonna
Throw up from the pain.
- Okay. We're going up to 25.
As soon as I say go--
- [screams, laughs]
- No, we're on 5 still.
We are on 5. Hold it.
Ready?
Get in that zone.
Control it.
- This is intense.
[grunting]
- [grunting] - ready.
Get in that zone. Control it.
- This is like a whole nother level of pain.
- Remember, you've got to cross the log, get the cell phone,
And make your way back, all whilst being zapped.
- [blows raspberry]
- Go!
Get splinting.
Your leg is injured. Hit the floor.
The splint needs to be secured with all three zip ties
Before you go for your phones.
Every, like, four, five seconds,
You're getting a shot of that voltage.
- [screams]
Having bear shock me, he had a smile on his face
The whole time, and I sure as [bleep] didn't.
[screams]
- I'm--I'm-- they got me screaming.
- Concentrate on what you're doing.
- Do, like, pregnancy breathing.
[breathes rapidly]
- Lynn has her first zip tie.
- [bleep]!
- It's all about pain management and focus
And calm in the storm.
- Ugh. Ball sack.
- You got this, guys.
- Tell me when you've got three on.
You are good to go.
[intense music]
You are good to go.
Jordan, keep zapping them. - Okay.
[both grunting]
[zaps] - ah!
- ♪ I'm electric ♪
- Now we're gonna see who's really got what it takes.
- It's my job just to make sure that I persevere.
You're fighting against the mud and the water,
The shocking that's happening.
[screams]
Worrying about if an alligator is about to come up
And take a bite out of your ass.
- Come on, lynn. Keep moving.
- The worst part of this challenge was the taser.
[zaps] - oh. Oh, jesus.
- ♪ I'm electric ♪
- I believe in mind over matter,
But I literally thought I was gonna throw up.
- Sylvester's in the lead.
[dramatic music]
Watch out for that alligator!
Sylvester, keep your eye on that alligator.
It's behind you.
- Oh!
- No weight on that broken leg.
- That's possible?
- Sylvester, how's that splint looking?
It'd better be in perfect condition.
- Ah.
- Come on, lynn. It's down to this.
- Come on, you guys. You got this.
Don't even worry about me messing with you.
- This is all for the taking.
[zaps] - [grunts]
- This is for $10,000.
Protect your splint, sylvester, and protect your injury, lynn.
Come on, sylvester.
- [grunts] - dig in.
- Lynn's moving ahead. All the way.
You've got to reach me with that cell phone.
Where is the cell phone?
- [grunting, gasping] [bleep].
♪ ♪
- We have a winner!
- You did it!
- Okay, we can stop zapping.
[zaps]
Lynn, you have just earned $10,000 the hard way.
Respect. - Ow!
- Good for you. - Ow.
[laughs] - wow.
- [bleep]. - You've earned these stripes.
- [laughs]
- So have you, my friend.
Well done, you.
- Ow!
Earlier today, I said that bear's challenges
Were child's play.
And maybe I ate my words a little bit,
Especially that last one.
- Yeah, lynn.
- I'm feeling amazing, honestly.
I feel accomplished. I feel successful.
- Get it. Let's go.
I met some amazing people.
I'm feeling it.
And the entire experience is something
That will live with me forever.
- Sylvester, a little part of me feels,
For you, it was never about the money.
This is about, like, finding something in yourself.
- Absolutely.
I feel like a lot of people, when they separate
From military, they feel like they don't have a purpose
Or a mission anymore.
This is my mission.
- And from one veteran to another,
Respect for your service.
And the brotherhood lasts forever.
Proud of you. - Thank you, brother.
- Really.
- I got a cool autograph from bear
On my--on my deployment cover.
So I'll cherish that one forever.
- You've been an awesome opponent.
- Lynn, you said you really, at the start of this,
Wanted to push yourself to a new level.
- Yeah.
- So tell me what today's meant to you.
- Well, it means a lot to me to be able to go back
And tell my students that I did something really accomplished
And hopefully motivate them.
- You did that and beyond.
You crushed it.
- It was pretty amazing at the end
To be able to interact with bear
And think of us both as motivators and educators.
And that's amazing.
I can go back a winner and tell the tale
Of surviving bear grylls.
- As for you, lynn, I've got someone here
Who wants to share your victory with you.
Sue? - Yes.
- Your daughter is $10,000 richer.
- You should be so proud of her.
Here she is.
- Mom, I survived bear grylls.
[laughter]
- Wonderful.
- Yeah. - "sounds good."
- [laughs] I survived bear grylls.
Whoo!
- Join me next time to find out
Who can survive bear grylls.
But until then, stay wild.