[dramatic music playing]
[man 1] I'm here to win.
That's it.
I'm here to win.
[narrator] Welcome to Outlast.
[man 2] I might be losing fingers,
but the last thing I'm gonna do is give up.
[narrator] A survival competition unlike any other.
[man 3] I would never let money compromise my morals and integrity.
-Ever. -[man groans]
[man 4] I'm not leaving unless they make me.
[man 5] I'll die out here starving to death if I have to.
[narrator] There's only one rule.
A player must be a part of a team…
[man 6] In my lifetime, I've been that wolf looking for a pack.
[narrator] …in order to win.
[woman 1] I believe enough in my skills to play this game fair.
I don't trust him at all now.
[man 7] Let's get rid of people.
-[groans] -[man 7] Let's handicap them.
-[retches] -Let's make 'em flare out.
That's the game I want to play.
You taking our stuff?
Got 'em. Confiscated.
You can't take them with you. We'll just grab it back.
[man 1] We're playing the game.
If we were back at home now, your ass would be calling an ambulance,
begging me to stop.
-[man 2] Go! -[man 3] Let's go!
[narrator] With a million-dollar prize on the line,
will players compete with honor…
[man 4] We play a clean game.
-[man 5] I think I'm honorable. -[narrator] …or…
This is a game with no rules. Shit can hit the fan anytime.
-[narrator] …will gloves come off… -[man 6] People's true colors'll show.
[man 7] Flare!
-[man 8] I wanna play this game fair. -[man 9] Same.
[man 10] So long, thief!
[narrator] …in order to win…
[woman 2] I'm so cold.
[narrator] …and split the million-dollar prize?
-[woman 3] God damn. -[man 1] You got it, Em. Push!
[narrator] The team who prevails will have to out-hunt…
-Got one. -[narrator] …outsmart…
Oh my goodness.
[narrator] …and out-strategize.
Come on!
[narrator] But above all else,
they'll have to…
[people exclaiming]
…Outlast.
[dramatic music fades]
[adventurous music playing]
[music fades]
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] Sixteen players have come to Alaska
in order to play a survival game of a lifetime.
[Zach] I've been to Alaska before, and it can be brutal.
The weather can change at any minute.
There's predators everywhere.
So it's a wild place.
[Joseph] Personally, I've never been to Alaska.
This… Alaska's my first time flying, to be honest.
[narrator] As they embark towards the game board,
players have been given strict instructions
not to speak to one another until the game begins.
[Eric] At this moment, all we can do is size each other up,
looking to see who might be the strongest, the weakest.
You're looking at people's gear, trying to get a feel for how tough they look.
[Julio] You don't know where you're going. I don't want to show a sign of weakness,
but inside I'm kind of quaking.
I'm like, "Oh man, this is intense."
[thunderclap]
[narrator] All players bring something uniquely different to the game.
[Brendon] Being a professional trapper, I spend 90% of my time in the mountains.
I don't know about everybody else, but far as I'm concerned,
Trying to play an honest game.
Not gonna mess with anybody unless we get messed with first.
[Meghan] I've been on Everest. I've been down in Antarctica.
These expeditions that I do,
they are extremely expensive.
[Tre] I know I'm gonna survive out here, 'cause I've been homeless.
Life has been nothing but losses for me.
I've had to learn to build on nothing.
[dramatic music continues]
[Drake] I do think I have the skills and the mental fortitude
to outlast everybody else out here.
[Drew] When it comes to a team, I see myself as a leader.
Somebody that's gonna get shit done.
I'm an asset, and I'm broke as shit right now, and I need some money. [chuckles]
[dramatic music intensifies]
[narrator] But for now, the game has just…
begun.
[music becomes quiet]
-[music fades] -[distant thunderclap]
[ominous music playing]
"Welcome to Outlast, the game with only one rule."
"You must be part of a team in order to win."
"The team you start with does not need to be the team you finish with."
"You can change teams at will."
"You may quit the game at any time by shooting a flare into the sky."
"If you find yourself without a team,
you have a full day to try and join another."
"If you cannot join one, you must shoot a flare
and remove yourself from the game."
[exhales deeply]
"The last team standing wins."
"The winning team will split the $1 million prize evenly."
-Whoo! -Yoo!
[people chuckle]
"For those of you holding a hatchet…"
[Tonia] What?
[Tre] Get out of here.
[man] Hey. [clears throat]
[Tonia] Wow.
Of course the men got to the crate first because they're all alpha males,
like it always is in this kind of deal.
[Zach] "For those of you holding a hatchet,
you will be selecting a team one player at a time."
[Drew] I'm super pumped.
Being able to handpick my whole team is huge.
Tell us why to pick you.
My name is Drake. I'm from West Texas.
I'm a hunter, a fisher, and a builder.
-All right. Who wants-- -Can I get my boy from Texas here?
Okay.
My first thought, "I want the big dude from Texas."
He just looked like my kind of people, and I don't know,
I felt a connection with him somehow, and I knew I wanted him on my team.
-Who are you? -[Tonia] I'm Tonia.
I work hard, I don't quit, and I'm very easy to get along with.
[sighs]
[Julio] I'm a criminal defense attorney.
I have a pretty good bullshit detector.
-I don't know that I trust her. -[tense music playing]
What do you do?
My name is Brianna.
I was in the military for six years. Fishing, bow hunting.
[Julio] And I'm thinking, "Get a hunter on your team."
That's my priority, because I don't hunt.
Come on over.
[whispering] Yes, nice.
Who are you?
I'm Brendon, from Central Idaho.
I was a hunting guide, professional trapper, and I'm honorable.
Come on over.
[Eric] I, uh, looked at Brendon first 'cause…
-[Brendon] Good to meet you. -[Eric] …he was tough on the boat.
No gloves, no hat, just letting that rain pelt him.
He was just soaking wet. It just… didn't even faze him.
[Zach] The guy from Idaho, um, where I'm from,
I saw the confidence in him.
I saw his wicked cool cowboy hat and I was like,
"This guy is about that life."
And so that was the only person that I wanted to pick.
[exhales deeply]
[Meghan] Oh my God.
[Zach] So after that,
I… I didn't have a strategy.
Goatee?
My name is Joe. Carencro, Louisiana.
I'm a mechanic and outdoorsman. I got the heart of a Mack truck.
[Joseph] My work ethic is almost unmatched.
I'm gonna be an asset to any team I'm a part of.
KUIU jacket.
[Bayo] I'm Bayo,
a professional hunter and a trapper for the State of Florida.
Come on over.
My man down here on the end.
I'm Sammy, and I've been practicing primitive skills for over ten years now.
Come on over.
-Nice to meet you. Drew. -Yeah.
-The hat. -[Meghan] Hi, I'm Meghan.
I'm an engineer, so I MacGyver shit.
And I have a ridiculous amount of positive energy.
-Bring that positive energy over here. -[chuckles]
Did we just become best friends?
-Yellow gloves. -My name is Tina. I love to forage.
I've been a fisherman since childhood.
Come on over.
I'm a model, and I am out here
to break the stereotype that we're dumb, we're incapable.
My guy on the end.
[Tre] Hey, uh, my name is Tre.
Pretty much a nomad lifestyle.
I bring to the table being an arborist, angler,
and I'm really big on pre-prepping.
I'm going with the arborist.
[person chuckles]
[Tre] Who's your last pick?
[Zach] We get whoever's left.
Shit, oh, that's right.
[all chuckle]
-Who does he want to take? -Somebody to help with labor.
-[Julio] Mm. -Yes, please. Thank you.
-Girl in the blue jacket. -[Emily] Hey, I'm Emily.
I have formal and technical training in outdoor education,
and I can identify over two dozen plants native to this area.
Perfect. Bring it on over here.
Hey. [chuckles]
-The hat. -My name is Joey.
I worked commercial construction. I have fishing and survival experience.
-Our construction guy. -[Meghan] There you go.
Yes, dude.
I'll go number four. I'll go number four.
[tense music continues]
[Joseph] So I'm looking around, and I'm watching people get picked,
and all of a sudden, there's just me and this old lady,
and I'm just like, "Man, what?"
I was a top athlete, you know.
I'm that guy back home.
[Eric] Come on over.
[chuckling] Yeah!
[Joseph] But now I gotta prove myself? It's all good.
I'm a little man with a lot of power, and, uh, I got a lot of heart.
I'mma just show y'all.
[Tonia] I have no fear being picked last.
Happy to have you. Come on over.
-[Tonia] I felt like it was coming. -[Zach] Bring it in.
-[Tonia] Thanks. -[Zach] We're winning.
[Tonia] I know who I am, I know what I got inside,
and everybody else is about to find out.
-Dream team. Dream team. -Let's do this, people! Whoo hoo!
[narrator] The players have divided themselves equally into four teams.
Alpha…
[tense music continues]
Bravo…
Charlie…
and Delta.
-Are we ready? -Yeah.
[Tina] I'm ready. I've been ready.
I've been ready since I got here, honestly.
-Hope y'all are hungry for that money. -Hell yeah.
-Let's get to camp. -[Drew] All right. Let's make it.
[narrator] With only a few hours of daylight left,
the teams depart to their location on the vast game board
in order to find camp.
[Brendon] I was looking at the water, I see those seagulls sitting there eating.
-[Joseph] You always follow the birds. -[Brendon] Bingo, you know it. [chuckles]
[narrator] Teams Alpha and Bravo will share the same shoreline,
while the other two teams, Charlie and Delta, will be across the way,
separated by the cold, frigid waters of the Alaskan bay.
Each shoreline is uniquely different in topography, microclimates,
and what it brings in regards to wildlife dangers.
Kupreanof Island is known for its many bears,
but this bay in particular is known for its rather large wolf population.
[low growl]
Might be able to get up and over there.
[narrator] In order to make camp and survive,
each team has been given a bag with limited supplies…
-Yep. Let's do it. -[narrator] …consisting of…
-[Drew] Here we go. -[narrator] …a bow with eight arrows…
-a knife… -[Bayo] Nice and sharp.
-[narrator] …a flint… -[Drew] That'll do.
[narrator] …two tarps,
-a flashlight… -[Tonia] Good batteries?
-[Bayo] Yeah. -[narrator] …binoculars…
[Eric] Some opticals.
-[narrator] …paracord… -Cordage.
[narrator] …a small pot…
[Drew] That's what I'm talking about.
-There's only two. -…two wool blankets…
Oh boy.
-[chatter] -[narrator] …two cans of water…
Oh no, we don't want this.
[narrator] …and a flare gun…
-Not gonna need this. -Not gonna need it.
[narrator] …should a player choose to quit the game.
-Throw it out in the ocean? -With the tide.
That's a plan.
[tense music fades]
[contemplative music playing]
[narrator] Alpha Team…
[Zach] Trying to find a flat camp.
[narrator] …has yet to agree on a camp location
to begin setting up their shelter.
All right, guys. So this is our area.
The tide's coming in right now, so we gotta choose quick.
[Bayo] Yeah.
This island is one option that's flat,
but we could be stuck half the day.
I mean, being stuck on an island is not the best idea. [chuckles]
-So… -Land bridge over there.
[Zach] There is a land bridge, but it'll be covered in water here in about an hour.
-[Tre] Yeah. -So, too risky. Yeah.
Save that for the fish pot. Nice rock point.
-Yeah, for sure. -[Tre] Exactly.
-Let's go check it out. -Land it is.
[guitar music playing]
[Zach] I'm a super Type-A personality.
Always been a leader, going to take the leadership role in anything that I do.
I used to fight professional MMA.
So I'm pretty well-versed in being competitive.
[squirrel chitters]
[Zach] There's dinner. Right here.
[chitters]
[Tonia] Maybe we'll get lucky.
[Zach] Oh, I'm killing a deer before this is over.
I'm pretty versed in all things outdoors,
but I'd say hunting is definitely my strong point.
So when push comes to shove,
I'm going to make sure my team is fed on this game.
Here we go.
[Bayo] Watch your legs, your ankles.
[guitar music ends]
[Zach] Now just gotta find somewhere flat.
-[tense music playing] -[Tonia] Hm.
Wonder if somebody lives in there.
Right here it's pretty sheltered. Just straight above a…
[Tre] At least we'll get some sunlight if we ever get sun.
[Zach] Yeah.
Nothing's flat here, so this is our option.
We can't go there?
-[Zach] No-- -That tree?
[Zach] No, we're here, man. Yeah.
Okay.
[Tonia] Zach is definitely an alpha male.
I think he does see himself as the leader because he was holding the ax,
and that was put into the head and it has stayed there.
[Zach] Let's get a shelter and some fire, which is kind of paramount here.
Okay.
[Bayo] Zach got to choose every member of the team,
but just because you have a hatchet in your hand and you got to pick it first,
that doesn't mean you're the leader, man.
Here's the ax. Don't break your back.
But I'm willing to give the so-called team leader
a chance.
What are we doing for shelter?
[Zach] I was thinking just get two in on one side,
and then just a literal lean-to, to the ground tonight.
[Bayo] Yeah, we can modify it after.
Yeah, buddy. Looking good.
[Bayo] Looks like Alpha Camp for me.
[contemplative music playing]
[narrator] Sharing the southern shore of the bay,
eight hundred meters west of Alpha, is Team Bravo.
[Drake] We got to find a nice, flat spot to camp.
[narrator] And as the ticking clock of the sun setting continues…
[Emily] Sunset is about 6:15 these days.
We lose five minutes of sunlight every day.
-[Drew] Five? -[Drake] Yeah.
[narrator] …the team believes they have found a suitable camp location on a bluff.
Ooh, over here looks kind of good.
[Drake] Yeah, I think this is our spot here.
I don't know. What do y'all think?
Water might come down.
-[Sammy] We can start with this. -Dig this out, get rid of this here.
Or keep it for insulation.
[Drake] Beautiful. So where y'all from?
-[Drew] Um, I'm from Texas. Yeah. -No way! Where at?
Around Shiner, Texas, where they brew the beer.
-I'm from West Texas, Midland. -Nice, dude.
The idea of two Texas boys taking this down
and winning this competition just thrills me.
Some Texas boys, huh?
-Yeah, some Texas boys. -Not too far. Hell yeah.
I think Drew and I are gonna become fast friends out here.
Maybe 'cause we're both from Texas.
I think we have the strongest team. And I'm not bullshitting at all.
People from Texas tend to be a little more rugged, a little more outspoken.
So, I think that's why we clicked so well.
I think people from a lot of other states don't really understand that.
-What are y'all thinking for a shelter? -Shelter-wise?
Well, we've got some daylight left.
Like, if we wanted to keep it basic for tonight,
-we can always improve later too. -We could also do log cabin style.
We could do--
-A-frame? -A-frame style.
Maybe that's not today.
-Uh… -[Emily] I certainly want to present
a wide variety of knowledge and skills that I bring to the table
for the bushcraft and survival side of things.
I have studied this in school, I've taken courses, I've led trips.
I've incorporated it into my career.
[Drake] We could do teepee style.
My only concern with the teepee style,
I'd be worried we wouldn't have enough space.
But trying not to step on people's toes
is something that, like, I think I'll get better at being more assertive.
I think for this environment, like, the best thing we could do is a wickiup.
And you can do the fire pit in the center, and it goes straight up and out.
Okay. I'm down to try it.
Um, I'll start chopping wood first.
Cool.
I'm much more of a reserved type of guy.
I've done a lot of my survival experiences alone.
So I'm not used to actually being in a group.
-[Drew] You good to drop? -[Sammy] Yup.
[Drew] All right. One, two, three.
But I think that's kind of on my part, to kind of adapt to that.
[contemplative music playing]
This is perfect, dude.
-Nice feather stick. -[Drew] It's not as easy as it looks.
[music stops]
[Sammy] You know, survival situation, especially with a group,
-the hardest day is the first day. -Yeah.
Things will get better. The shelter will get better.
-[Drew] We'll have a shitter. -…in the zone.
We'll have a shitter. [laughing]
[Emily] Hmm. We want to go under both.
-[Drew & Drake] Under both? -Yeah, we want to wrap this four times.
-[Drake] Okay. -That's thinking with your dipstick.
-Dipstick? -[Drew] Think with your dipstick, Jimmy.
Drew and Drake, they're guys.
-[Drew] Hooty hoo! -[laughter]
[Emily] So they're being a little bit more reactive or even immature.
-[Drake] "This is Sparta!" -[Drew] Skadoosh.
I mean, they're being bros.
Oh, I got a cramp in my gooch.
[laughs]
[Drake] Makes your old nuts hurt?
It's…
It's fine.
[both laughing]
[both] I think I'm gonna throw up.
But hanging out with a pack of bros is wildly new to me.
[Drake] One, two, three.
[Sammy] All right. Drake, you got a good grip on 'em?
-[Drake] I'm good back here. -I'm moving this one. Hold.
Okay. All right, hold, hold.
[Drew] Which one do we want to go on that?
-[Emily] Nice. -[Drake] Hell yeah.
-[Emily] Hell yes. -[Drake] Hell yeah, brother!
Hell yeah, brother!
-I think I shit my pants. -[Drake laughs]
[Drake] That's gold.
[mysterious music playing]
[narrator] Across the bay to the north,
Delta Team believes they have found the perfect camp location.
[Eric] Oh my God, this is amazing.
[rock music playing]
I smell mushrooms everywhere. Oh.
-[Joseph] I love 'em. -[Tina] It's beautiful.
[Eric] Unbelievable.
I've been a chef for the past ten years.
I have an eye for foraging.
Those are yellow-footed chanterelles right there, by the way.
They're so good.
I was raised very old school, in the Midwest.
My grandpa would, uh, take us out to the woods.
We would track deer.
Look at that there, you guys.
That's a buck rub.
He taught us about different mushrooms, different plants to eat,
things not to eat.
-We'll need a good flat spot up here. -[Tina] Yeah.
[Eric] And I think the teepee wickiup would be nice.
Coming into this, I think that I'll be quite a leader.
I, um, wouldn't mind being the, uh, the alpha in the pack.
Man, this place looks pretty good.
[Tina] Yeah. Pretty flat, nice and clear.
Nice and clear.
-[Tina] But-- -[Eric] Good cover all the way around.
-I think we're home. -[music stops]
-[Eric] Home sweet home. -Home sweet home.
[Eric] I guess we're gonna have to start getting at it.
I like it.
[Tina] All right, let's see, let--
Keep it to the right a bit more. To the right.
[quiet action music playing]
[Tina] Need help?
-[Eric] Uh, probably, thank you. -[Tina] You're welcome.
[Brendon] Didn't expect to be a leader.
I was like, "I'm just gonna cruise through."
[Tina laughs]
-[Eric] Hey, Tina. -Yep?
[Eric] Can you pick this mushroom before somebody steps on it?
Yeah.
Eric has taken on that leadership role.
I've become his little sidekick, I think.
-[Eric] Right here. -[Tina] It is a hedgehog.
-Hedgehog. Put it with our other hedgies. -[Tina] All righty.
I don't consider myself a leader, so I don't mind that he's taking it on.
Fire will be next.
-Fire, nice. All right. -[Eric] Got dry stuff to get a fire going.
All righty.
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
These guys are gonna burn themselves out too.
[Tina] They are.
[Eric] Oh yeah. Sundown.
I think that's it. I think we're good.
-I body slammed a tree-- -Hey, let's chop more tomorrow.
[tense music playing]
[panting]
You guys will get burnt out real quick.
Well, this is the last good burn… fire tree.
I'm sure we'll find… find some more tomorrow.
Eric's definitely trying to step into the leadership role.
By your lead, sir.
But I'm a loner. I never really had a boss.
So I don't necessarily take…
uh, being told what to do real well.
I think I'mma walk up there, see if there ain't no damn wood.
-[Eric] Do you want to do that? -Yeah, what the hell.
Yeah.
There's definitely potential for me and him to bump heads.
I don't know where we're going.
[Joseph chuckling]
[Julio] It feels like a happy family, you know?
[Bri] It is a happy family.
[narrator] On the same shore is neighboring Team Charlie…
Good picking, Julio.
…who have opted to set up shelter on much higher ground.
-Right up there is probably our best bet. -Yeah, this is by far the best spot.
-[Bri] Yeah. -[upbeat music playing]
[Julio] This is teamwork.
And no one got in a fight.
-Amazing. [chuckling] -No. No.
There's no arguing here.
I like the fact that already, we're communicating.
-Bouncing ideas off each other. -Yeah.
There's no leader, man. We're all leaders.
Agreed.
You know, we're not the 6'3", camoed-out, alpha West Texas guys.
-Yeah. -But we all have something to give.
-Let's keep communicating. -That… That's how you win.
If something irks you, let's talk about it.
Because I think if we just stay tight,
and just keep that positive energy and smile…
-Like, smiling is medicine. -[Bri] Okay.
-[Meghan] …opposite. -Let's get going.
So if you guys want to start gathering things to start the fire,
-we'll start working on the shelter. -For structure--
[Joey] I mean, in my mind, I see an A-frame.
-[Meghan] Hemlock is a good… -An A-frame's a good idea if we can do it.
And it'll take excavating some ground. We'll have a dig stick.
The boughs of a hemlock is going to be nice to build more of wood, raised beds.
So, last couple of ideas, um…
I get up to go to the bathroom. Keep that in mind.
Do you think this is cedar? What do you think this is?
-[Julio] Smell it. -Guys, we only have four hours.
We don't have a lot of time. All right, let's do this.
[action music playing]
[Joey] Shelter time.
Sleeping spot is right here, because this is the flattest spot.
I was in the military for six years. In the military, you have a clear leader.
You have structure.
-Where's your ridgeline? -What's that?
So you guys want it, like, right here? Or right here?
Oh, I thought you had the knife. Sorry. [chuckles]
It's obvious that that is not the structure of Charlie Camp. [chuckles]
Before we cut any paracord, can you look at this first?
-Yeah. -[Bri] Okay.
This is good.
We can just tie it up higher.
[tense music playing]
-Yeah. -[Meghan] We just keep it folded over.
-Yeah. Okay. -[Meghan] For right now.
Until we do something bigger.
[Bri] I think I will emerge as a leader,
even though I might not have as much life experience.
Um, I put that Y stick over next to you.
-Can you grab that, please? -All righty. Okay.
Because without leadership roles, there's no way of making it to the winning prize.
-[Meghan] We'll use paracord? -[Bri] Yeah.
We'll just pull this out.
Then we want that notch probably facing the other way.
[Meghan] I do think for sure
that Bri fancies herself as the leader, and would like to be the leader.
[Bri] We should probably be facing it this way.
-So the stake, instead of this way… -[Meghan] Uh, yeah.
The paracord is going to go around this.
-Right. -And then--
[Bri] But I'm saying if this is facing that way,
it'll probably hold better than if it's facing the direction that it's pulling.
Does that make sense?
[Meghan] No.
Because there is a lot of micromanaging that's happening.
-Where's that hatchet at? We'll find it. -[Joey] I haven't had it.
Let's try to keep stuff in a consolidated spot.
So if we put something down, let's keep it with all the rest of our things, please.
[Meghan] However, for us, Charlie Team,
we are working as a… as a roundtable and as a committee.
[Bri] Guys, we are, like, running out of sunlight.
-[Meghan chuckles] -[Bri] Did you guys hear me?
-We have three hours. -[Meghan] We got it. Yeah.
[Bri] Um, okay.
[ethereal music playing]
[music becomes dramatic and tense]
All right. Let's get a fire.
-[Bayo] Before it gets dark. -[Zach] Yeah.
[narrator] With nighttime rapidly approaching,
the race to get a fire started intensifies.
[Meghan] We need to go get some wood.
[narrator] But this temperamental rainforest…
-[Meghan] We gotta work fast here. -[narrator] …presents unexpected hurdles.
God, this just feels so wet.
[dramatic, tense music continues]
The driest wood we could find is this not-very-dry stick.
[Eric] This'll take a minute.
Cool.
[Eric sighs]
[narrator] Basic fire skills alone…
[Drew] Got some smoke going.
…will not be enough to solve this wet puzzle.
[Drake] ****, for a second.
-[Julio] Shouldn't we have it there? -[Meghan] Well, but fire goes up.
[Julio] Right. I'm sorry, Meghan, but your moving it from there to there
is gonna have a breeze blowing any little flame out.
I've done it that way a million times. But you wanna set it down there?
-Set it down. -Let's try your way.
[Tre] Wall here.
[Tre] I started pulling stones for the fireplace.
Think any of the other camps got fire already?
I don't see any smoke.
I knew it was gonna be tough out here.
[dramatic, tense music stops]
[Bayo] All right.
See that? And I got more to come.
[ethereal harp music playing]
[Tonia] We were all working at the fire.
Tre worked at it for a while.
It's going to take a while, but we'll get it.
[Tonia] I mean, I worked at it for a long time.
[Bayo] Nothing we can't do.
But Bayo's the one that stayed there and kept going
and kept going and kept going.
He wouldn't quit.
[blowing]
[Tonia] Yeah.
Keep going.
-[Zach] Yeah, boy! -[Tre] Bring it.
[Tre] Let's go!
[Zach] Let's go! Look at that, baby.
[Tonia] I feel like, uh…
[Bayo] A million bucks?
-[Zach laughs] -I do feel like a million bucks.
[Tre] That is right! Whoo!
[Zach] Oh, that is a beautiful sight, man.
[narrator] While Alpha Team celebrates
being the first team on the game board to have fire…
[dramatic, tense music playing]
-at neighboring Team Bravo… -[Drew] I smell something burning.
[narrator] …Drew's idea to use a pot as a wind blocker…
[Drake] There it goes.
Oh, yeah, she's rolling now.
[narrator] …pays off.
-[Drew] Yeah. We got a fire going. -[Drake] Sweet!
[Emily] Nice work, guys.
[Drew] This environment is wet. I know it's cold, it's unforgiving.
So far everybody's pulling their weight, doing great.
We're kicking ass.
There we go.
[narrator] Across the bay,
teams Charlie and Delta are still struggling.
[groans]
[Meghan] God, a shotgun isn't even working.
Keep it going. Keep it going.
It's gonna go out. Dang it!
[blowing]
I'm just gonna keep shredding some stuff down for you.
[narrator] Delta Team's technique to use long, thinly processed wood shavings
does the trick.
-[Eric] That was a good idea, folks. -[Tina] That was a fantastic idea.
[Eric] Day one, and I have to say, our team is solid.
I may have fallen, like I said, into the leadership role, and I'm glad I did.
I mean, I worked really hard on our shelter,
worked really hard on getting a fire going.
We're here to win.
[Joseph] Good to see some fire.
It sure is pretty.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] As the temperature drops, and the cold, damp air rolls off the bay,
starting a fire becomes even more difficult.
[Julio] I know. It's freaking demoralizing, right?
[chuckling] Yeah.
[narrator] And Charlie Team has no source of heat to keep them warm.
Oh, you guys, this ground is cold.
[Eric] This is really, really uncomfortable.
[shivering]
[Drew] It's so cold.
[Emily] Yeah, it just… it feels, like, debilitating to me.
I'm, like, about to want to go home because I'm so cold.
-[Drake] Put my winter jacket on, Emily. -[Drew] Yeah, get warm.
[Sammy] Get by the fire.
[Drake] It worries me that Emily said she's so cold, she wants to go home.
[Sammy] Yeah, let's let that build up for a minute.
[Emily] You guys, thank you. I'm sorry.
-[Drake] Don't be sorry. -[Drew] We're a team.
-We do team shit. -[Emily] Thank you.
[Eric] Oh, shit.
That ground is cold!
[Brendon] We're in Alaska, with a fire and a shelter.
We got most of the puzzle.
[Joseph] I'm proud of y'all.
[tense music playing]
[distant wolves howling]
[Tonia] It's a wolf.
[howling continues]
-[Tre] Uh-oh. -[Tonia] Oh, there's more than one.
[Eric] I'm a little worried about bears. "Da Bears."
[Tina] "Da Bears."
[Julio groaning]
[Bri] I'm so cold.
[Julio] It is freaking freezing. I'm so cold.
[intense shivering]
[deep groaning]
[Bri] Well, guys, I'm hoping that we have some mother-effing fire tomorrow.
[dramatic music playing]
[blowing]
[Zach] First night in the bag.
First night.
Nobody wanted to say they were cold, they wanted to seem tough,
but we were cold.
We have a lot of work to do today.
[Bayo] Get firewood.
And I'm going to get us some actual calories.
-Fire. -I'm ready for some squirrel.
-A lot of cuddling last night. -[Julio] Some whimpering.
There was some whimpering.
My first night at Charlie Camp was cold, to say the least.
We were in a wind tunnel with our shelter in the Alaska wilds with no fire.
-Our priority tonight is to have a fire. -[Bri] Today. Today.
-Sorry, yeah, today is to have a fire. -[music stops]
-Yeah. -Let's get to work.
[Meghan] All right.
-The first night's the hardest night. -[Drake] Dude, it was so cold last night.
Going to get all the roofing material here for the shelter.
Super important today.
[Emily] Going to feel like home in no time.
[contemplative music playing]
[Brendon] I was waking up, and look over at that fire.
I had to blow on it and get it going again.
First night went pretty good. Heard a lot of, "Oh, I'm cold."
I'm a little chilled right now. It's not even cold yet.
The whole time, it's just going to get worse and worse and worse.
[Meghan] Came with 14 extra pounds, I think I lost two last night.
-There's a squirrel right there. -[chittering]
-Should we put the bow together quick? -[Joey] Yeah, we can.
[upbeat music playing]
I'll wait 'til you're at a stopping point, because I've never put a bow together.
[Julio] You know, here we are in day two,
and I picked a bow hunter who introduced themselves to me as a bow hunter.
[Bri] That squirrel is running around there. Sorry, that's all I'm looking at.
-[Joey] Want to go get it? -[Bri] Yeah.
Can we get a squirrel with our hands? Is that okay?
[Joey] We can't shoot it?
We can, but that's hard. That's a really small target.
At first, she was really adamant about her bow hunting skills.
I'm glad you're here to set up this bow. I've never done this. I'm gonna watch you.
[Julio] The girl didn't know how to string the bow.
I don't know how to string a bow,
but I don't wear a sign that says I'm a bow hunter either.
[Bri] Okay, here's the string.
That's all you.
Okay.
[Bri] Is this an arm guard?
-Yes. -[Bri] Okay.
[music fades]
[Joseph] I can't stop looking at the fire. I'm like, I got a fire.
We got shelter.
We're not doing bad.
[narrator] With fire and shelter secure,
Team Delta turns their attention to another major need.
-If we had water, I'd be happy. -Yeah.
-I'd be happy. [chuckles] -[bluesy music playing]
[narrator] With their provided water gone,
they will need to find a source of fresh water.
-[Joseph] We'll head out to find water. -[Eric] You need something to carry water.
-[Joseph] Y'all gonna need the pot? -[Tina] Or can or something.
Bring the pot and the can.
[Joseph] I mean, yeah, grab the can.
-You're going to grab your purse too? -[bluesy music playing]
-I'm ready. -Come on, man.
[tense music playing]
Come check this out.
Look at that. That's deer.
-It's buck. -The big one.
Look how fresh that scat is.
[Brendon] Maybe we ought to be quiet.
Animal's gonna lead the way, so…
They're gonna always stay close to the fresh water.
Let's roll.
[country guitar music playing]
If I get too far, holler.
I'm trying to follow the path of least resistance.
I hear something.
I can hear it.
[Joseph] Yeah. So if we keep walking,
we'll be able to fill all the cups and pots up.
[screeching]
I'm overheating again.
You just live to sweat. That's what you do.
[Brendon, chuckling] I'm just too hot for this world.
-You're too hot, man. -[both chuckle]
Big boy. He too hot.
My boy, Mountain Man.
How come you keep calling me Mountain Man?
[Joseph] It just feels right.
[chuckling]
[Joseph] Feels right.
Oh. Oh, Joseph.
I… I like the heck out of Joseph.
He's a good-hearted kid.
Seems like he wants to work.
I think he's going to be a great benefit to the team.
[Joseph] Oh, Mountain Man, look.
Bam! We got water.
-Found the water? -[Joseph] Yeah.
[narrator] After four hours of searching,
Joseph and Brendon have finally found a fresh water source.
But it's over two kilometers from their camp.
This means every time they need to refill their supply,
they will need to make an hour-long round-trip hike to get there.
[Joseph] Ready to get back?
Lookit, we burning daylight.
[Brendon] That walk sucks for water.
[music becomes dramatic]
[narrator] With the basic resources of fire, water, and shelter now in place,
Alpha begins to wonder about the location of their nearest competitors.
-All right. Let's go. -Let's go see.
[Zach] Four of us are a solid team, but, uh,
in a game like this,
it's not just about survival. You've gotta worry about the other teams as well.
Show yourselves.
[Tre] Are they hiding in the bush 'cause they're afraid?
[Tonia chuckles]
[Tonia] Oh, there, I see two, you guys. I see two.
[Drake screams]
-[Drew] That got you right in the face. -[Drake] Right in the face, dude.
Oh, my bad.
[person howling]
-[upbeat music playing] -[person whistles]
-No way. -[person makes animal sound]
-[Drew] Is there someone on the beach? -[Drake] Yeah.
[Tonia] There's got to be two more.
[chuckling] Unless they flared out.
[Bayo and Tonia laugh]
[Drew mimics animal sound]
-[Drake] I see 'em. -[Drew] Where are they at?
[Drake] Twelve o'clock from me.
[Tonia, shouting] How's it going?
-[Drake] That's Alpha. -[Sammy] That's them.
For sure.
[Emily] They do have all four players.
[Drew] Yeah, nobody's shot a flare yet.
[Bayo] They know we're thriving. They see the fire.
Do I believe that we can outlast everybody else?
Definitely.
But this is a game.
We need to get some players out of here.
-I want to scout out Bravo. -We got to play it smart, though.
-[Tonia] Yeah. -Yeah.
I'm not afraid… to shake shit up.
We got to go over there with some food like we just walked out of McDonald's.
Yup.
-[Bayo] We're Alpha. We dominate Alaska. -[music fades]
We have to go over to Bravo.
-[ethereal music playing] -[distant thunder rumbling]
-[sighs] -[Joseph] Let's make it back.
[Tina] I hear them coming in.
[sighing] I'm dragging ass.
How'd it go?
-[Joseph] I'm taking my time. -[music stops]
We got a lot of water though.
-[Brendon] I feel like a whupped dog. -Yeah.
[Brendon] Thirsty whupped dog.
[Joseph] First thing I want to ask, did we leave with a can?
You did.
[Joseph] I knew we did.
It was probably by the water
when I took everything out to fill everything up.
[tense music playing]
-If it's there, we'll get it next time. -Yeah.
-I got a strong feeling of where it's at. -[Brendon] I didn't see it.
[Brendon] That whupped my ass. I ain't going to lie.
I'm going to sleep good tonight.
[Eric] I'm upset about the can. I'm going to have my words.
-[Tina] Yeah. -[Eric] Now.
Sorry if I'm going to be a dick.
Not to be that guy, but damn it, you lost a can.
[Joseph] Yeah, it's--
That puts us at four people drinking out of one can.
-[Joseph] It's over there. -It takes three to ten minutes--
[Joseph] It ain't lost, it's down there.
-Let's go get it. -[Brendon] No.
[Brendon & Joseph] I ain't going.
I'm happy you guys got water,
but god damn, man.
[tense music continues]
God damn.
Yeah. [groans faintly]
Sometimes it's like that, bro.
Yeah, I know it is.
Sacrifice one thing to get another.
[groans]
[Joseph] I'm noticing Chef, my boy Eric,
he has the knowledge to be a leader, but one thing I know, man,
when you do things in a nice manner and you talk to people in a nice manner,
it gets a lot more done than yelling and, you know, pointing the finger,
so I did not like that, man.
He getting cranky.
-Hm? -Starting to feel cranky.
Right now, I ain't good for nothing.
Me neither. I'm done.
No, I'm done.
[Eric] Goddamn it. I lost the flashlight again.
[both sigh]
-[dramatic music playing] -[wind howling]
[distant thunder rumbling]
I think last night was the coldest night yet.
At least nothing's wet inside.
It has been raining pretty much nonstop, and it's been really cold.
Got him.
Looks like meat's back on the table, boys.
We'll boil this down, get as much nutrients as we can.
-So good. -Mmm.
-Oh my gosh. -[Joseph] We got a squirrel.
[Tina] We got a squirrel.
[tense music playing]
[Bri] The fire battle is not the battle
that I thought we would be having through day four.
[Julio] Go, dude! Come on, man!
You know what? I'm going to put a pin in it.
[Bri] Pretty frustrated.
Our team just talks a lot about what we should be doing,
and not getting fully into action.
And I feel like that's really limiting.
[narrator] Across the bay, Bravo Team forages for shellfish…
-[Drake] Big one there. -[Sammy] That one looks nasty.
…which are plentiful but risky, due to toxins in the water.
-That tastes like an oyster. -Dude, they're good.
[narrator] Meanwhile, Alpha Team settles for some sea slugs…
[Tre] It's a little juicy.
[narrator] …while waiting for Zach's bow hunting experience to finally pay off
with safer, land-based protein.
Dang it.
I'm just mad at myself that I haven't killed any squirrels yet.
I don't want to let my team down. It scares me, honestly.
Well, I'm going to head over and check the snares on the way back to camp.
[tense music continues]
[wolves howling]
[music stops]
[slow, dramatic music playing]
What are you making?
Uh, we need a spoon.
Yeah.
-We just need some protein. -Yeah. We need some good protein.
I need some right now.
Zach, the professional bow hunter.
All he talks about is,
"I killed this back home, and I killed that,
and I'm a badass with my bow and arrow."
And he's been going out hunting…
[Zach] Gosh dang it.
…and he's been coming back empty-handed.
-[Bayo] Yeah. -I want something that's not plant life.
Everybody's hungry. Everybody wants to eat.
And so I'm going hunting today.
[slow, dramatic music stops]
[ethereal music playing]
-As a trapper, I don't bow and arrow. -[music stops]
I'm not into archery.
[animal trilling]
But I had to take charge.
Here.
[ethereal music resumes]
[trilling continues]
[music becomes mysterious]
[exhales deeply]
-[animal trilling] -[gasps]
[mysterious music fades]
[Bayo] All right.
-Traps are coming along? -Yep.
How's the fire?
Fire's good.
How'd your hunt go?
-[chuckles faintly] -[person giggles]
-[all squealing and cheering] -[upbeat music playing]
-Yeah, dude. -[Tonia] Look at that!
[Zach] I'm really in shock because,
literally, he had never even shot a squirrel, and let alone with a bow.
-He told me. -[Bayo]
Nothing gets away from Trapper Bayo.
Whoo hoo!
[chuckles]
[Zach] You know, I'm sure he was happy that he had killed one before I did,
but, uh, anybody can get lucky,
and we're going to eat red meat, and I am stoked about it.
Bayo. Come here.
[Bayo] ♪ Dah-dah-dah-dun ♪
Let me taste that.
Oh boy, does that look good.
-[Bayo] Look at that. -Here you go, buddy.
Oh my gosh.
Oh.
Ohhh.
[Bayo] Who's the real hunter here?
Who's the badass?
Not you, bud.
Trapper Bayo.
Damn!
Tastes like dark meat from a chicken.
-Tastes good. -[Tonia] It's so good.
-Thank you, universe. Thank you, Bayo. -[upbeat music fades]
-[quiet, dramatic music playing] -[wind howling]
[thunderclap]
[thunder crackling]
[Bayo] Need a spoon. We need a spoon.
[Zach] All right, guys.
When the tide gets a bit lower, do you guys want to go over to Bravo?
-[Bayo] I'm down. -So--
-[Tre] Talking to me? -[Tonia] Do you want to go over to Bravo?
-Somebody got to keep an eye on the fire. -[music fades]
-[Bayo] Yeah, somebody needs to stay. -[Tonia] Okay.
Never know. Y'all go and run over to Bravo,
and they got a creeper coming around y'all backside.
They be like, "Hey, everybody's here. Let's go rob them early."
[Zach] Dude, we gotta see their freaking camp.
-[Tonia] Yeah. -I want to see what's up.
I'd like to play the approach, since they're on our same side, the…
Friendly approach?
Yeah. Go in there friendly. Make it cordial.
You… You think they're going to be nice to us?
They are!
[Bayo] So far, I've given Zach the benefit of the doubt.
[tense music playing]
He's been trying hard,
but it's the game.
You got to bring on the game.
It's time for me to play the game my way.
[Zach] I like the idea of maybe an alliance.
If they look like they're doing strong,
I'd rather have an alliance with a team that looks strong.
We don't have an ally right now on our side
to help us with anything, or for us to help them.
And having an alliance is a way and a means to get more food
and being able to make it longer on this competition.
[Drew groans]
Sleeping on the ground'll do a number to you.
[Sammy] That feels so good.
[Drew] It feels like we're working our asses off.
[Sammy] It's so hard too, without calories.
We need some food.
[tense music continues]
I'll… I'll make a water run.
[Emily] Okay.
We got, like, seven little angel wing mushrooms here for you, Sammy.
-[Sammy] Really? -[Emily] Yeah.
[Bayo] Hola.
-[Drew] What up, guys? -[Bayo] How you doing?
Alpha Team is thriving.
So, being friendly…
I don't think so.
-[Bayo] What's up, buddy? -What's up, man?
-What's going on? -How's it going? Y'all collected food too?
-[Zach] No. We brought you gifts. -Some breakfast.
-Really? -Squirrel head and mushrooms.
-No way. You got a squirrel? -Bayo did.
Have you guys been, uh…
Dang, dude. How'd you get it?
-[Sammy] That's awesome. -Bow and arrow.
-Can I see? -We got two archers.
-That is sick, dude. Check it out. -[tense music playing]
-[Zach] We're like, "Let them boil it." -Thank you so much.
Those mushrooms, they don't know what they're called.
I let them eat them first yesterday, then I ate them this morning.
-[Drew] They've been fine so far? Cool. -[Zach] There's a ton of those mushrooms.
-[Sammy] Hey, you're Julio? -[Drew] Oh man. Some fat in that head.
[Emily] No, Bayo. -[Drew] It's gonna be great.
-[Sammy] Bayo? -[Emily] Yeah.
-[Sammy] Oh, my bad. -[Drew] Oh my God.
-Just you guys coming over to visit? -[Zach] Yeah.
-[Drew] Yeah, check out the crib. -[Emily] Nice. Welcome.
You, uh, you taking our stuff?
Got 'em. Confiscated.
Part of the game.
Yep.
[Drew] Yo, yo.
So, where--
[Sammy] He took the cans and the pot.
[Bayo] I got 'em. Confiscated.
-[Drew] Huh? -[Bayo] Confiscated.
[Emily] Oh my goodness.
-You can't take 'em. We'll grab 'em back. -[Bayo] We're done here.
Yo, Drake. Come on up, please. Bayo's stealing our shit.
-[Drew] Eat shit. -[Bayo] I'll eat you.
-I'm coming! -[Drew] You'll get what's coming to you.
[Zach] So, I'm caught off guard.
That was not our plan as a team.
You ******* idiot.
[dramatic music playing]
[music stops]
[mysterious music playing]
[mysterious music fades out]