MANU: On tonight's season finale...
who will emerge victorious
and claim the nearly $750,000 prize?
The final countdown to the summit...
...has begun.
Fourteen days ago,
sixteen Americans came to New Zealand, each of them
driven up the mountain for a different reason.
-Exploration... -JENNYE: I am here
to find out more about myself.
[shouts]
-MANU: ...courage... -[Jennye screaming]
Keep screaming if that's what you need.
-Yes! -AMY: You're not giving up.
BO: I'm taking on this challenge
to show that I still got it.
MANU: ...family...
TONY: I am here for my kids,
-I'm here for my wife. -PATI: I want to prove
-to my mom that... -[grunting]
...I could do it.
This would change my family's life.
I couldn't imagine coming home and telling my husband
-that I won it all. -NICK: Ready?
NICK: I got you.
AMY: And that's what keeps me going.
[shouts]
MANU: But not everyone succeeded.
And now,
with the summit in sight,
only four remain.
JEANNIE: Let's do this.
MANU: Jeannie is the last mother on the mountain.
Our kids are gonna look back at this and say,
"I can't believe my mother did this."
I've always been there for everybody, and now
I need this for me.
Who's got confidence now?!
MANU: Therron's gamer instincts
have proven indispensable during his ascent.
He's faced adversity in his life,
and conquered his fears on the mountain.
You see that? We did it.
I am going to be able
to destroy this adventure
because there's always worse.
-NICK: Good job, dude. -Thank you guys for not letting me quit.
MANU: As a former athlete, Nick's physical ability
has never been a concern,
but the soft mound of a baseball diamond
is nothing like the jagged peaks of this New Zealand mountain.
NICK: [grunts] I can't do it.
I've always felt like I have just came up short
of so many things in my entire life.
That was the hardest thing I've ever done.
This is the major leagues for me.
This may be one of my last shots to really make it.
MANU: Punkin has a brave past
that no one knows about.
One, two.
MANU: Her Air Force training has enabled her to soar.
BECKYLEE: [whoops] Good job, Punkin.
MANU: Her and her wife's dream of children
has created an unyielding resolve.
PUNKIN: We want to do IVF, and IVF
is very expensive,
and so, if I win that money,
it'll definitely go towards that.
MANU: Tonight,
the group enters the final, icy stretch.
-NICK: Last push, guys. -Who will conquer
thousands of feet and prove themselves worthy
-of reaching the summit? -THERRON: We're not gonna be able
-to go this way. -PUNKIN: Did we choose the wrong path?
MANU: And what will happen when the mountain's keeper
reveals a final test?
"In the end, they may be gone,
"but their money stays with the group.
The mountain's keeper."
MANU: And ultimately,
a shocking reckoning awaits.
-There's a twist. -DENNIS: We were waiting for that one.
MANU: ...when they face those
who they eliminated from the mountain.
This group is gonna decide how much money they take home.
Wow.
DENNIS: About dang time I got some power here,
'cause I'm here to ruin lives.
MANU: Because as I warned them...
-THERRON: You ready? -MANU: ...reaching the summit...
-PUNKIN: Oh, my God. -NICK: No way.
MANU: ...is only the beginning.
[Punkin screaming]
[wind whistling]
PUNKIN: It's the last day.
-JEANNIE: Yeah! -[Punkin whoops]
-NICK: Day 14. -JEANNIE: To the summit today.
Isn't that, like, almost surreal?
It's insane.
NICK: I'm nervous. I don't know
if we're gonna have to vote somebody out,
if we all four make it, if two or one of us make it.
There's just so many unknowns.
This is the major leagues, and anticipation
right now is killing me.
-Last night was our last night in a tent. -JEANNIE: Ah, yeah.
-THERRON: Thank the Lord. Yeah. -NICK: Let's get on the road.
-PUNKIN: Last night in a tent. -NICK: For life.
-JEANNIE [laughs]: Yeah. -PUNKIN: Today's hike
up to the summit is gonna be our hardest
that we've done yet.
-PUNKIN: We got this. -JEANNIE: We got this. -NICK: Let's do it, guys.
PUNKIN: On top of that, time is ticking.
THERRON: You ready?
JEANNIE: This is it, guys.
-The summit! -THERRON: [whoops] We're coming.
MANU: Starting on the valley floor, the final four
have battled an unforgiving gauntlet of obstacles
and conquered treacherous terrain.
Now, with only five hours left before their sunset deadline,
they must finish the last leg of their 14-day journey
by climbing a steep incline of deep snow
or risk losing
the near $750,000
in their backpacks.
However, one final test remains.
At this altitude, looks can be deceiving.
Sometimes when you think you've reached your goal,
the end is still so far away.
NICK: Damn, man. We're up here. It's hitting me a little bit.
JEANNIE: Since day one,
I've been, like, "The summit-- what would that
look like?" And I'm almost there.
NICK: Last push, guys.
JEANNIE: I keep falling through!
You got to have somebody in this game that you trust.
At least one person.
My loyalty's gonna be with Nick.
Sometimes, you just have to pick a person
that supported you from the beginning.
-PUNKIN: We just got to push, y'all. -NICK: Geez, I'm beat.
THERRON: I don't know if this is working,
but I'm trying to kick my toes in.
PUNKIN: After last night, when Beckylee said my name,
I am definitely questioning my relationships,
and I need to change my strategy.
-You got this, Punkin. -PUNKIN: I need to have trust in the people
that I'm playing this game with.
So, Nick telling me
Beckylee was coming for me
just really showed me that I'm good with him.
THERRON: My hands are frozen.
I am really happy with my position in this game right now.
I have a final two with Punkin, I have a final two with Nick,
and a final three with me, Nick and Jeannie, so...
if the unpredictable mountain's keeper throws in
some kind of twist, no matter what, I'll be safe.
And I absolutely think I can win this thing.
-NICK: You good, T? -[panting]
Not much more to go.
-PUNKIN: Last push, y'all. -NICK: This has to be the top.
-PUNKIN: We're almost there. -[grunts]
[panting]
[Nick grunts]
JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
That was exhausting.
What is this?
JEANNIE: What the hell?
-[groans] -NICK: I don't understand.
-NICK: What do we do? -I don't know.
-PUNKIN: Did we choose the wrong path? -JEANNIE: Yeah.
THERRON: We're not gonna be able to go this way.
JEANNIE: We cannot go down that.
[wind whistling]
MANU: Now, stopped on the edge of a cliff...
...an insurmountable valley
stands between the final four and the summit.
There's only so much room at the top,
and every decision
comes at a cost.
JEANNIE: What are we gonna do?
PUNKIN: Uh-oh.
-What? -JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
NICK: No way.
NICK: Oh, we're all attached.
-PUNKIN: Yeah, we're all tied up. -Yep.
-THERRON: Grab it. -JEANNIE: Oh,
I hope it's something to help us.
-THERRON: You got it? -[grunts]
-PUNKIN: All right. -NICK: Come on.
"Between you and the summit
"is an impassable chasm.
"The only way to cross is on a long line
attached to a helicopter."
-What? -"The first person you choose
"will cross with all of the money.
"Hold on tight, it's a hell of a ride.
-The mountain's keeper." -THERRON: Oh, my God.
JEANNIE: I say let's-- you want Nick to do it, or...
I would like to do it.
NICK: The mountain keeper's
kind of a little bit of a wild card, so...
I want to go first, but if I challenge Punkin too much,
and she still goes, she could be questioning
my loyalty to her,
so I have to be very careful how much I push
because it could cost me my game.
I would like to lead... if y'all trust me enough to...
-NICK: So one person holds the money? -It's... Yeah.
I mean...
You guys trust me?
Of course.
-PUNKIN: Yeah? -NICK: I'm good with whatever y'all want to do.
-JEANNIE: All right. -PUNKIN: We all got to reach the summit.
We have a small window to do it.
Okay.
My military background means that I am able
to be mentally resilient, and doing all these obstacles,
it's almost like my mission, and it's just something
that we have to do in order
to reach the summit in time.
Come on, P!
PUNKIN: I hold on to you?
THERRON: Punkin, you got this.
You can do this.
PUNKIN: Hold me tight, please.
[shouts, screams]
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, this is crazy!
-Wow. -What
is happening?!
NICK: Wow!
[Punkin squeals]
-Well, there goes our money. -Yep.
PUNKIN: Ooh, ooh.
Oh, my God.
[gasps]
[whimpers]
[grunts, moans]
Oh, my gosh.
Testing, one, two, three. Punkin, how we doing over there?
[sighs]
THERRON: You in, P?
[panting]
This girl is not answering.
She's probably still getting the backpacks.
[grunts]
THERRON: Punkin?
PUNKIN: Hey, y'all.
I just landed safely.
Got the money.
-Give me a second. -Good.
THERRON: Thank you, Punkin.
"Enjoy your ride? It comes at a cost."
[exhales heavily]
"Use the radio to choose who will cross next.
"After crossing, that person will choose who is next.
"When there is one person left..."
[sobbing]
"When there is one person left,
"cancel the helicopter, leaving them behind
as payment for this crossing."
Punkin, let us know who's coming over next.
"In the end, they may be gone,
"but their money stays with the group.
The mountain's keeper."
Oh...
Punkin, can you hear me?
Punkin?
[wind whistling]
"Enjoy your ride? It comes at a cost."
THERRON: Punkin, can you hear me?
PUNKIN: I have to call over the next person, and the last person
that's left is not going
to make it to the summit.
In my mind, I'm just going
through relationships that I've built.
[sighs] I think
I know what to do.
[over radio]: Nick, you're coming over next.
Go ahead and prepare for the long line.
Thank you, Punkin. He's on his way.
All right.
It's a tough decision,
but I know I just have to go with my gut,
and my gut was telling me Nick.
NICK: Let's go.
[groans, gasps] Don't look down.
JEANNIE: Oh, my God. This is so scary.
NICK: Damn, this is high.
[whoops, laughs]
[Nick groans]
Holy...
Whoo!
-Thank you. -PUNKIN: There's a note.
There's a note.
NICK: "When there is one person left,
"cancel the helicopter,
"leaving them behind
as payment for this crossing."
Damn.
PUNKIN: Yeah.
PUNKIN: It's not an easy decision to end someone's dream.
I owe Therron everything.
PUNKIN: Yeah.
Man, that's gonna kill Jeannie.
[radio chirps]
Hey, y'all, I've made it safely.
Who's coming over next?
[crying]: Therron, you're next. Prepare for the long line.
Gotcha. I'm on my way.
JEANNIE: We're all making it to the summit, right?
-Jeannie... -I heard him crying.
-Do not say that. -I heard him.
He was breaking up and... [sighs]
Nick called Therron over, and,
you know, he's, like... like, crying a little bit.
I just-- I keep thinking about what we did to Bo.
There's so many twists and turns to this game...
[Therron squeals]
[screams]
JEANNIE: ...that you get nervous every time you're left behind.
[Therron groans]
I just hope he calls my name.
Okay. I'm safe. I'm safe?
I'm safe. I'm scared, but I'm safe.
Oh, my God.
Whew!
[sobbing]
I know.
THERRON: This is gonna crush her.
Jeannie, this is Therron.
Please tell me some good news.
...and there's a note,
and the note says...
...that I have to cancel the helicopter
and I have to leave you behind...
[sobbing]: I'm sorry, Jeannie.
Who made the decision for the last person to come over
and bring that person over? Was it Nick?
Each person that landed chose the next person.
All right. I just thought you had my back.
[sighs]
It really sucks sitting up here, knowing I was so...
NICK: I would not have survived the Becky vote without Therron.
I owe him
for me still being here,
but nothing has changed with you and I, Jeannie.
I hope you know that.
Yeah, but...
...to take you out.
And I said I could never do that.
I was, like, 100% on your side.
You know that. [sighs]
I do know that, Jeannie.
And I've never questioned that.
[sighs]
Well, you made the decision,
and now I know where we stand.
Oh, no...
[tone sounds over radio]
JEANNIE: It's heartbreaking.
Was I just a pawn in their game?
I really thought me and Nick were closer than that.
I was honest and loyal to him.
I guess he was closer to Therron than he was to me.
I was the oldest one here and I gave it my all.
And just to come here, to be here on top of the mountain,
so close, but not be able to reach the summit.
I'm just really disappointed
in myself and...
I'll be thinking about it for the rest
of my life.
[sniffles]
NICK: This decision
has been completely ripped from me,
and I have no control.
THERRON: This feels like blood money.
NICK: I would have taken Jeannie to the top,
no doubt about it.
PUNKIN: Let's go, y'all.
That was tough.
NICK: Jeannie, I hope you can forgive me.
MANU: The mountain now ends
another member's journey.
But for these final three everyday Americans...
...the summit is almost in reach.
Oh, my gosh, that is straight up, it looks like.
-That's steep. -Yeah, that's steep.
NICK: Yeah, we got it.
THERRON: Yeah. [exhales]
[Nick and Punkin grunt]
PUNKIN: Slowly but surely, we're making it.
Y'all, this is tough.
Yeah.
We didn't come this far just to come this far.
THERRON: We're almost at the top.
-What is that? -I don't know. I don't know.
-NICK: Is that a note? -PUNKIN: Another note.
THERRON: There's a note. Ugh.
No way.
Let's see.
All right.
"Mark this moment by writing a message
"on a mountain flag.
"Your message will be carried by the mountain's wind
"and bring good luck
-as you make your final ascent." -Whew!
No way, huh?
Oh, we...
Oh, man.
THERRON: At the beginning, I was super nervous
that I wouldn't be able to show
my full potential, so it's almost...
surreal that I'm about to be at the end of the journey.
"My sisters...
"my dad,
my brothers..."
I am an indoor gaming nerd,
but I was able to come out here and play with the best of 'em.
-Love it. -Love it.
-Thanks. -PUNKIN: All right.
"This is dedicated
"to...
"my wife,
Mommy..."
[chuckles]
"and my sisters
for always believing in me."
I was told many times that I wouldn't
be anything.
[crying]: And I've always fought
to prove people wrong.
I'm just really proud that I was able to be
that representation for the little boys
and girls that look like me.
Ah, okay.
Mine's obviously gonna be to
my mom and dad.
I feel like they've given me everything
for my whole life and...
I've came up short a lot.
And I'm glad to be able to change that conversation
from, uh, "Good effort, you came so close."
-To "You did it." -To now, "We finally made it."
I'm just picturing myself standing at the top.
This is something that's gonna basically complete me.
I want to finally finish something.
And obviously, y'all know.
We'll just go ahead and call her my future wife.
[both laugh, clamor]
And now "my future family."
That's really what I'm doing it for.
-Let's get those notes up there. -Okay.
[breathing heavily]
THERRON: Oh, my God.
PUNKIN: Oh, God.
THERRON: People do this for fun? [exhales]
PUNKIN: This is slippery!
THERRON: Don't fall!
[panting]
PUNKIN: Oh, my gosh.
THERRON: Get me up this thing.
[grunting]
Nick, come on up, baby!
THERRON: It's so pretty up here.
[Nick laughing]
Whoo!
[whooping, clamoring]
-[Therron laughs] -NICK: Man! -PUNKIN: We made it!
NICK: Congrats, man.
Congrats.
[exhales]
-14 days later, man. -14 days.
NICK: 14 days.
Y'all ready?
We made it.
NICK: Oh, who would've thought? [laughs]
The experience to go
through such hard times and just kind of
getting to know who you really are is life-changing.
And I think that this experience showed me
that everything that I've always thought about myself is true.
I was born for this.
-[all whooping] -THERRON: I came out here with a goal.
I accomplished that goal.
Where I come from,
people don't get a lot of opportunities.
And I've been very blessed
to get this opportunity to come out here
and compete and show the world who I am.
[all whooping]
PUNKIN: This does not compare to anything
I've ever experienced.
Good job.
But out here,
I've been able to just push through
every adversity, and...
it's one of the best feelings ever.
-[Nick sighs] -Hi.
Congratulations, you three.
Thank you so much.
You reached the summit.
[all three cheering, clamoring]
Yeah!
MANU: Down on the riverbed on the first day,
I looked at 16 people
who had no mountaineering experience.
14 days later...
Ooh.
...facing various obstacles
and fighting against the weather...
Yeah.
...you three prevailed.
But, guys, you reaching
the summit is not the end of your journey.
[groans]
On your way to the summit,
you had to judge people.
-[helicopter whirring] -Well, now it's time
for you to be judged.
Have you ever heard of the saying
"Never to cross somebody on your way to the top
because you might encounter them on the way back down"?
THERRON: Are you serious?
Oh, my God.
NICK: Damn. Didn't see that coming.
PUNKIN: Well...
THERRON: This is too much.
Do you see those people
in that helicopter?
THERRON: It's Dusty.
MANU: Those are the people you left behind.
BECKYLEE: Not a lot of us are fans of Nick right now.
JENNYE: Yeah, Therron is a snake.
I feel extremely betrayed.
BECKYLEE: I have some words for Punkin, too.
MANU: There's a little twist.
How much money you take home
lies in their hands.
I love that y'all in the hot seat.
It's not just about winning, it's how you do it.
-You lied to everybody. -NICK: Hold on a second.
Who's deceiving, who's not deceiving?
-I feel hurt by you, Punkin. -Yeah.
You don't got to lie to all of us.
You said I'm lying?
Yeah.
[wind whistling]
-Over there. -Okay. -Here they come.
I can't even look at 'em right now. Like, I'm so pissed.
It's time to face the music.
PUNKIN: I'm really confused.
I've carried so much money up to the summit,
and to have our fate left in people's hands
that have been kicked off the mountain
is very scary.
We have no clue
what this twist in the game means.
Hey, guys.
Take a seat.
[sighs]
14 days ago...
...I stood with all of you at the river
and I set you all this challenge of climbing a mountain
and reaching the summit.
Nick,
Therron,
Punkin, you three prevailed.
You three have earned yourselves...
...$250,000 each.
The $250,000 that you carried to the summit
is yours to keep.
THERRON: I am shocked.
I just won $250,000!
[laughs]
It just doesn't feel real.
Nobody in my family has ever had this amount of money.
I don't even know what you can buy
with a quarter of a million dollars.
I only owe $22,000 in student loans,
so after I pay that off,
I'll have a lot of money.
[exhales]
MANU: You earned it
by carrying it all the way to the summit.
However...
...it came at a cost.
Your journey to the summit
meant voting these people off the mountain.
Another $250,000
was left on the mountain by Bo,
Tony, and Dusty.
This $250,000...
...is going to go to one of you.
Who that goes to
is gonna be decided
by the group.
It's a lot of power, and I guess your decision
is gonna be based upon
who you believe
is the most worthy.
BECKYLEE: My wounds are fresh.
I'm ready to bring the fire to all of them,
so one last chance to make my mark on the game.
I'll take it.
If you've got something to say...
...how about you let that energy out?
So, Nick...
...when the helicopter came to get you,
I kind of felt, like, a sigh of relief.
I really thought you were gonna back me up.
Yeah.
I felt like you were my son, so I really trusted you.
I had so many dreams crushed of mine.
I'm 56, that was my chance...
for my dream to come true.
If you, for a second, think I wasn't planning
on taking you to the top...
...that does hurt me
'cause I think you know that that was genuine.
I called Therron over because I would not have been
in that decision if Therron did not tell me
that Beckylee was gunning for me the night before.
Therron risked his life in the game for me,
and I owed him one, and I just...
That was a debt that I had to pay.
[voice breaking]: That decision's gonna haunt me forever.
I'm the most hurt
by things I'm hearing about you, Nick, because
you never told me you wouldn't say my name, so I'll be clear
about that, but after that obstacle
we had together, you made me feel such a way
that I thought you had me until you couldn't anymore.
So my question to you is,
was your strategy...
...to deceive all of us in thinking
you had all of us until you didn't?
I'll make this clear.
I think what you're asking me is if I was genuine in it.
Every one of you, I can talk about your personal lives.
Rob, we sat there and talked in the tent
about raising your kids with the-the cell phone usage.
You were having a tough time. I asked you,
"How do you parent that in a time like that?"
Geoff, near-drowning experience,
to go back in the water the very next day
because you were not gonna let that haunt you.
Dusty, you got two older brothers that look up to you.
Pretty incredible.
BECKYLEE: We know you know about everybody.
-NICK: Yeah. -We're asking about your gameplay.
NICK: Hold on a second here.
I appreciate you, and I know you're probably
stirring a lot of it up,
which, that's the biggest heartbreak.
Beckylee, you're gonna realize you had
one person that was absolutely always had your back.
You were in my final three...
-We know who were in your final three. -...until you crossed me.
You went to Punkin and Therron
to try to do a three-way vote
to get me out and go for Jeannie next.
-BECKYLEE: To protect my true ally. -NICK: You had your final three.
You weren't my true ally.
-I'm sorry if I was yours. -NICK: See?
So who's deceiving, who's not deceiving?
Can I say one thing? I love that y'all in the hot seat
'cause I was in the hot seat multiple times.
Nick, you reverted the target
off your back and you completely blamed me for it,
basically running my name through the mud,
and obviously you and Amy had two shakedowns
where you were super defensive.
You know, I feel like a lot of people here
think you did them truly wrong, so...
NICK: Yeah. With you, Dennis,
I think you did absolutely ruin
your own game. You did start saying every name
in the book to get it off your back.
You could have lasted so much longer.
PATI: What are you talking about?
You lied to everybody.
You would tell me not to tell...
"Don't tell her. Don't tell her."
-That's what you would say. -NICK: I'll address this.
You're holding a grudge against me because
I had the toughest decision to make.
Tonight you will vote for either Pati
or Dusty.
What?
Forget the game.
Morally, I'm not voting out a guy
that we put in the front.
We didn't ask you to be in the back. Don't blow the game up
-because you're mad about one decision I made. -PATI: Listen. Jennye... No.
-This is the truth. Go watch it. -Because I know who's
-really stirring it up, Pati. -Listen. Me?
You did it when you hugged everybody.
You said, "Don't trust Nick."
PATI: I trust him, and I trust her.
NICK: And you're fighting for them to win.
People did have to go, and I hated to see everybody go.
I was loyal to Therron from day one.
I said I'd never say his name.
You, too, Beck. Never was gonna say your name.
Hurt to hear you say mine.
This is a game, y'all.
Think about who you are outside of it.
MANU: Okay, Dusty.
You had a pretty rough exit from the game. Sudden.
DUSTY: Therron,
your decision proved to me that, instead of overcoming challenges
and trying to be a better leader than I was,
you would just remove me from the equation.
Do you think you acted
in high character making that decision,
and do you think you're one of the three best people here?
The vote to vote you out was actually really hard.
I was trying to be strategic to put myself in the best position,
and I'm the one that took all of the heat.
Beckylee and Nick
both wanted to say your name,
and that night
we were all gonna vote you out anyways.
-You don't got to lie to all of us. -THERRON: Huh?
You said I'm lying to all of you?
About those two saying it?
Yeah.
All the blood was on my hands, and
I did blindside you. I'm sorry.
DUSTY: Something I am happy about is that...
...we get to decide it's not just
about winning, it's how you do it.
I feel most personally hurt
by you, Punkin.
Yeah.
BECKYLEE: Because I-I did spend
that last day fighting for you.
PUNKIN: Yeah, so... [sighs]
I heard you were saying my name.
I would have never thrown your name as a pawn,
and so, for you to throw my name as a pawn
really, really hurt me.
I never threw your name out
legitimately.
It was always us three, and I never questioned us three.
I never questioned it either until that moment,
and I started thinking back. Like, the Geoff vote,
you were cutting people that you knew I was close with.
How is that me and you working together?
Becky, I trusted you from day one,
and we worked together all the way until the end,
but in that moment I had to go with actions at that point,
and that was the toughest vote
I had this entire game, and it--
it still-- I'm hurt by that vote.
Punkin was gonna play an honest game.
Punkin always came to me, until she couldn't,
and let me know what was going on, and I appreciated that.
You played an amazing game.
I may not always agree with all the decisions you made,
but I respect the game that you played.
This is the moment
when your power becomes meaningful.
It's another quarter of a million dollars on the line.
It's a lot of power.
Should we start with the vote?
[sighs]
[wind whistling]
Well... [sighs]
...who is gonna take home the gift from
the mountain's keeper...
...of $250,000?
Should we start with a vote?
Beckylee, who's your vote?
My vote...
is for Therron.
Thank you.
MANU: That's one vote for Therron.
Pati,
who are you voting for
and why?
PATI: This was hard, but
I vote for Punkin.
We connected on different levels.
For me, it's very more personal and...
but your game was solid,
and I appreciate that.
Thank you so much.
Bo?
BO: You're definitely, all three, worthy.
But my vote went to Nick.
I'd say he played the honest game.
That's one vote each.
Shweta?
I think Therron was
well-rounded in every category,
and I think he earned this money.
I have to vote for Therron.
Thank you, Shweta.
MANU: Dennis,
who's your vote for and why?
I love all three of you guys,
and this is gonna be really surprising.
Me and her are very similar,
even though we were frenemies.
My vote's gonna go for Punkin.
Wow, thank you.
DENNIS: The reason is,
is because of her loyalty
and her adaptability when
her alliance members left was very admirable.
Thank you.
Jennye?
This is a very hard decision.
I had to look at the game
as a whole, and therefore...
...my vote is going to Nick.
I think that, all around,
I think Nick
played the best game.
Thank you.
That's two votes each, guys.
Rose...
...who do you pick and why?
ROSE: My vote came down to
a person who has integrity,
heart, kindness...
...great leadership.
I chose Punkin.
Thank you. Thank you.
Dusty?
[sighs] This is brutal
because, Punkin and Nick,
I... I didn't even know what to do 20 minutes ago,
and I respect you guys both a lot.
You guys are both
really, really good people,
but I thought Nick played a very well-rounded,
authentic game
but also extremely strategic,
-and I got to give it to you. -Thank you.
Now this is close.
We have three votes for Punkin,
three votes for Nick,
and two votes for Therron.
Geoff?
My big worry coming into this game was identity.
Uh, Punkin, you played a game where
you did not have to compromise
and you stayed very close to who you are outside of this game.
My vote goes to you, Punkin.
Thank you.
Tony?
I'm voting based on
first impressions,
your answers here, obviously...
...and that's Nick.
MANU: That's four votes for Nick,
four for Punkin,
and two for Therron.
Three votes left.
Okay, Robert.
So, for me, I go to the person who I felt
played honest,
showed leadership,
and adapted every single day
to do what she needed to do
to stay in that game,
and that is you, Punkin.
Thank you.
Punkin takes the lead.
Five, four and two.
Two votes left.
Jeannie
and Amy.
Jeannie?
THERRON: I'm shocked that there's so many people here
playing with their hearts and not with their minds.
PUNKIN: People don't remember
what you do,
they remember how you make them feel.
NICK: Looks like I am,
once again, going to fall short.
[wind whistling]
♪ ♪
[calls]
Punkin takes the lead.
Five,
four and two.
With only two votes left,
Jeannie?
JEANNIE: Well, for me,
I came here to get some confidence,
and I'm definitely leaving with some confidence.
But I have to say, the person who gave me
that confidence from day one is you, Nick.
[crying]: I know you might be surprised,
but I told you I had your back,
and I always keep my promise.
What you did, you gave me a lot of confidence.
I was struggling. You know that.
I was crying, going up those hills,
and you're like, "Pull it together.
You got this."
So, um, my vote's for you.
I really respect your game,
and I thought you did it really classy.
[laughs] I got you.
-Thanks, Jeannie. -Yep.
How you feeling, Nick?
I'm just glad she doesn't hate me.
[laughs]
[sighs]
Well, the vote right now...
...is five against five.
Therron, you have two,
and there's only one vote left.
Amy...
...it's in your hands.
[Amy crying]
AMY: Guys, this was such a hard decision for me.
Because one player played the way
I would play with my heart.
She never lied,
she always brought me in,
she always yelled at me if I was
taking too much time in the back.
And another player deceived me,
made me think that
I was safe when I wasn't.
But there's no way I could've made it
up the mountain without him.
My vote is for Nick.
Oh, my God.
JEANNIE: Oh, wow.
[applause]
Punkin, I love you.
JEANNIE: Nick!
Man, thank y'all so much.
It's okay to cry.
[laughs]
-Thank you so much. -You're welcome.
Thank you all so much.
Nick, the mountain
threw everything at you,
and now the mountain's keeper
is gifting you...
...with another $250,000.
Thank y'all so much, man, y'all...
[applause]
Thank you.
MANU: You're going home with
-half a million dollars. -Thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you.
MANU: Nick, you are
the champion of The Summit.
I can't thank y'all enough, man.
This has been
a wild experience.
Um...
I truly do
love each and every one of you guys,
even if it doesn't feel like it.
MANU: Show the guy some love.
JEANNIE: Yeah, Nick! Yay!
NICK: Thank you so much.
Just an unbelievable feeling.
I don't even think it's set in yet
how crazy this is.
Thank you so much. Really.
Dude...
-I'm proud of you, man. -Oh, man.
DUSTY: Of course.
Half a million dollars.
PUNKIN: We made it.
[sighs]
NICK: That money is going to
change my life more than I can probably describe.
-Bye, Becks. -Bury the hatchet.
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
NICK: Aside from the money,
the mountain has shown me that
I had to find out who I was again,
and I didn't come up short this time.
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