PHIL KEOGHAN: We searched the country
for America's toughest workers.
I represent the Local 130 Plumbers.
I am ready to prove I'm Tough As Nails!
KEOGHAN: In the end, only 12 made the cut...
-MIKEY: Come on, Celi. -CELI: Hey!
KEOGHAN: Day one, they formed two teams...
We got this.
KEOGHAN: ...Dirty Hands and Savage Crew.
Every team challenge counts.
-CELI: Good job! -ANGEL: That's it.
KEOGHAN: By the end of the season,
Savage Crew came out victorious
in the team competition.
SCOTT: Punch it!
-KEOGHAN: Savage Crew with the win! -[cheering]
SAVAGE CREW: Savage Crew!
KEOGHAN: Tonight, it's all about
the individual competition.
SWIFTY: Three worthy competitors...
KEOGHAN: Along the way...
-My girl... [chuckles] -[laughing]
KEOGHAN: ...eight people have punched out.
This is only going to make me stronger.
KEOGHAN: Only four remain.
Swifty...
SWIFTY: Came here representing the United Steelworkers,
and I've learned that I'm more a warrior inside
than just on the outside, and if
the road leads me to fight a little harder,
then I'm ready for that fight.
Everything is on the line.
KEOGHAN: Zeus...
ZEUS: My priority in life is making sure
my family is okay.
Right here, y'all. Right here.
This competition has taught me
to lean on others when you need help because
you never know people's adversities.
I cannot leave here without that $200,000.
-KEOGHAN: Scott... -Let's go!
SCOTT: The things that my dad has taught me,
things that I've learned from my mom, raising 11 kids by herself,
my life has prepared me for this moment right now.
KEOGHAN: ...and Sarah.
Sarah takes the win!
SARAH: When I came toTough As Nails,
my goal was to show people
that females and type 1 diabetics can do anything.
I'm fine going up against the best.
[shouting]
KEOGHAN: Tonight, only one will be crowned
Tough As Nails champion,
win $200,000
and an all-new Ford F-150.
Real people. Real life. Real tough.
This is the finale...
SCOTT: Oops! Watch out, watch out! we're in trouble.
KEOGHAN: ...ofTough As Nails.
♪
Zeus, it's your day.
I've been thinking about you all night, Zeus.
-Not in that way! -No, I know.
-IRAIDA: Bromance! -Yeah.
IRAIDA: I'm proud for Zeus
for making it and representing Dirty Hands.
He's strong. He doesn't stop.
He doesn't quit. He never gives up.
And I can't wait for him to bring it.
SCOTT: Cyril has finished
right up there at the top the last several challenges,
and I will not underestimate him.
You better not underestimate anybody.
Down to the final four
feel like March Madness, you know?
You got to make it to the next round.
CELI: Like Sarah. She's very
humble and quiet, and she has
all these tricks up her sleeve.
She's an absolute monster.
She's like the silent assassin.
And all of us saw it, and she's doing this...
And then she's magically a roofer on the side.
Oh, whatever.
"And Sarah has finished the roof!"
-CELI: I said, "Sarah, I'm onto you." -What?
-I never done no roof. -CELI: Sarah, I'm onto you.
SARAH: This moment-- if I had to compare it
to a highlight of my life,
I'd compare it to being back in high school
running at Nationals,
towing that line with all the best in the nation.
I'm fine going up against the best. All you can do is worry
about yourself and go all out.
Uh-oh. Steel. Right there.
SCOTT: There's our lanyards up there.
MERRYL: You going to be okay, Scott?
As long as I don't have to jump off.
-Good morning! -CONTESTANTS: Good morning, Phil.
-KEOGHAN: Guys, you ready for the final four? -CONTESTANTS: Oh, yeah!
-KEOGHAN: Oh, yeah. -ANGEL: Let's get it.
KEOGHAN: Time to bring it.
ZEUS: I don't know where we are,
but I see a steel structure.
I hope we're working at height today.
As a lineman, I just like to climb.
Let's get it.
KEOGHAN: Congratulations for making it
-into the final four. -FINALISTS: Thank you.
But you know what happens from here. The last two
to finish this challenge
will compete against each other in overtime,
and by the end of the day,
one of you will be punching out, and then we'll be down
to our final three.
This is the University of Iron, here in La Palma.
This is a training center
for Local 433 and 416 Ironworkers.
Takes four years of hard work
to become a journeyman. For good reason: it's a dangerous job.
And today you're going to experience some of the training
that they do to become an ironworker.
SWIFTY: Got some experience working with iron and steel.
I don't think anybody would say it's, like,
glorious or something like that. You got to go-- you got to work.
KEOGHAN: And today,
you are going to be working in pairs.
Sarah, since you won the last individual competition,
you get to pick the pairs.
When that work whistle blows,
you are going to putting six iron beams
into this structure.
A long support beam
and four smaller beams that connect to it.
The sixth and final beam you need to connect
is painted white. You're going to have to climb up there
to put it in and finish the job.
And, as is customary, on the very top
you will be planting a Christmas tree
and an American flag. It's called "topping out,"
and it says, "job done."
You'll be using truck cranes.
We have Bill inside the cabin there. Say good morning to Bill.
-SWIFTY: Morning, Bill. -KEOGHAN: Morning, Bill!
-And we got Joe over here. -SWIFTY: Morning, Joe!
These guys know how to operate a crane,
but the only way they're going to know what to do
is with you signaling with your hands
to tell them where to put your beam.
I signal helicopters. I signal cranes.
You have an 8,000-pound load over your head.
There's no pressure greater than that.
Sarah, have you made a decision
on who you're going to pair up today
-in the final four? -I have.
KEOGHAN: You've got to think very carefully about this
because who you're paired up with
will be the person that you're competing against
in the final three if you win today,
or the person you'll be competing against
-in overtime if you lose. -SARAH: It's a tough choice.
They all bring great qualities.
I agree with you. I don't know what I would do.
SARAH: Whoever I pick today,
I'm obviously taking with me tomorrow if we win.
And, right now, looking at Zeus,
Swifty and Scott, I'm not sure who's my best choice.
I've worked with these tools. I'm sure these guys have worked
with these tools before.
But a crane is very, I mean,
you've got to be very precise.
KEOGHAN: Your decision?
Scott.
I'm ready. Good choice.
SARAH: Uh, I work well with Scott.
I know Scott's used a crane.
It's going to be a tough challenge.
Both teams are going to give it.
So now, Zeus, you're going to be working with Swifty.
How do you guys feel about your chances up against these two?
-Man of Steel. -KEOGHAN: Yep.
Uh, Swifty brings it every challenge,
and I'm stoked to be working with him.
SWIFTY: Zeus is, uh,
the youngest still in the running.
So, uh, you know, he's got that youthfulness,
full of energy, and he's a strong young man.
Feel pretty good about that matchup.
Okay. Get your harnesses on, let's get to work.
Not thrilled to see a harness again.
SCOTT: Thank you.
But I'm ready.
Swifty says, "If you're always ready,
"you don't have to get ready.
You're just ready."
So I'm going to take Swifty's advice
[laughing]: and use it against him.
Thanks, Swifty.
-Good? -SARAH: Yep.
♪
Bill, start your engine. Joe, please start your engine.
[engines rev]
KEOGHAN: Remember: if you finish last,
you're going into overtime,
and you'll have to fight it out
to get into the final three.
[work whistle blows]
♪
LIZ: Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Making sure that the cable is in the center
of the beam will keep it balanced.
Once that cable has pressure on it, the beam can't fall out.
SARAH: It's kind of like a steel puzzle.
We've got to start with the big piece at the bottom
to put it across,
that way we can put the little pieces across.
Once we're done with the bottom,
we can move up top to put the last piece in.
ZEUS: Watch... All right?
Come on, Zeus!
KEOGHAN: Swifty and Zeus have their first beam up in the air.
IRAIDA: Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Great crane operation.
Beams are in the air!
And that first beam,
it's got to go up and over this structure.
You got two crane operators
with steady, experienced hands, but you've got
to direct those beams into the structure, and that's not easy.
-ZEUS: Clear. -KEOGHAN: All right.
Now they're getting it to work.
Time to bolt this thing in.
Zeus lifting his beam up. He wants to reset this.
Using the bull pin now to line up his beams. He's got it.
Now he gets to work on the bolts.
They've got to tighten them up until we see
red on the thread. Red on the thread
-means it's tight enough. -SCOTT: Sarah.
-Where do you need to go? -SARAH: I need to go down.
I'm good!
SCOTT: As soon as that first beam is into place,
we're going to both get
on bolting it together, and then we're going
take that cable off
and fly the crane out of there to get ready for the next beam
while Sarah stays in there and works on
-finishing bolting up the other beam. -SWIFTY: You got two!
-Grab that second one. -KEOGHAN: Both pairs
putting their second beam in.
-This is tight. -SWIFTY: Oh!
-We need signals. Signals, Zeus!-ZEUS: Yeah. Keep bringing it up.
-SWIFTY: He could come down. -KEOGHAN: Swifty and Zeus
getting a little frustrated
'cause they realize that their crane hook
is way up above.
They forgot all about giving instructions
to the crane operator.
-He will not move unless they tell him. -ZEUS: Hold that.
Come on, Zeus and Swifty. Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Swifty's waiting for that second beam.
They've got to be quick.
All right. There you go, guys. Come on, guys.
-[indistinct shouting] -Come on, guys!
Here comes the second beam now for Swifty and Zeus.
-Okay, watch your head, Swift. -KEOGHAN: Down, down, down.
They've got to make up time.
Once you've got your spud wrench in there, it's ready to go.
The most time-consuming is actually
getting the nut off the bolt beforehand
and getting the nuts, bolts, and washers ready.
Once I got my two in, he's got his one in,
I finish off the last one, and we're ready to go for the next.
KEOGHAN: Scott signaling to get their third beam into place.
Zeus bringing his crane in.
-They're one beam behind. -ANGEL: Come on.
Speed it up! Speed it up! Speed it up!
Watch your head, Sarah, coming in...
Whoa, that beam just took a hit.
They do need to get it under control.
Until it is, this could seriously
put Sarah and Scott behind.
SCOTT: We're in trouble, and I know that.
-We're losing time. -[shouting indistinctly]
LIZ: Scott is bumping his beam all over the place,
and it could give Zeus
and Swifty a chance to catch up again.
SWIFTY: Come on!
MERRYL: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
♪
Watch your head, Sarah. Coming in...
KEOGHAN: Don't worry about that beam slipping out.
It's very secure with that choker cable,
but it does eat up a lot of time
when it's swinging all over the place like that,
and that could give Zeus and Swifty a chance to catch up.
SARAH: Third beam's coming down,
and it's a little unbalanced,
but I got an eye on it. So I know where it's at.
KEOGHAN: Now the third beam being dropped in
-for Scott and Sarah. -IRAIDA: Come on, Zeus.
-Come on! Come on! -SCOTT: You good?
-SARAH: Yup. -KEOGHAN: Zeus bringing in
-the third beam to try to play catch-up. -CELI: Come on!
LIZ: Go, guys, go, go, go. You got this.
-You got this! -ANGEL: Let's go. Let's go!
-ZEUS: You good? -SWIFTY: Yeah.
-ZEUS: Wait, right there. Drop it down. -SWIFTY: Let them down.
KEOGHAN: Zeus and Swifty
-moving on to their fourth beam. -CELI: Come on, Swifty!
-KEOGHAN: Ahead of Scott and Sarah, taking a slight lead. -CELI: Come on, Sarah!
KEOGHAN: Six beams total they have to get into place.
This is great work from them. Getting into a rhythm now.
Bolted that one in very fast.
SCOTT: Zeus and Swifty are picking up
their fourth one quick. I almost couldn't believe
that they had, like, caught up to us and passed us.
Once we had a little bit of a lead,
I thought we would just build on that.
KEOGHAN: And it's up in the air.
Slightly ahead of Scott and Sarah.
CELI: Come on, Swifty!
Let's go, Swifty.
Scott and Sarah keep kind of taking the lead,
but Swifty and Zeus keep catching up to them.
I mean, it is neck and neck.
ZEUS: Whoa! Hold up!
KEOGHAN: This is their fourth beam. Only two to go.
MERRYL: All right, Swifty. Good job, Man of Steel!
SCOTT: Good?
KEOGHAN: Now it's a race for their fifth beam.
We have six beams to put into this structure.
It's going to come down to the last beam at this rate.
♪
KEOGHAN: Neck and neck.
All about getting these bolts in.
SCOTT: Sarah, you got it?
SARAH: Yeah, I got this.
-Put the tree in and stuff. -SCOTT: Got it.
-ZEUS: Bro, you got your bolt in? -SWIFTY: No. I can't even get
-the damn thing. My eye bolt's so tight. -ZEUS: Here.
SWIFTY: It seemed like all of my bolts were really tight.
The first two or three that I did, you know,
I was able to get them in there and get them tight.
But the rest, I really had to work
really, really hard to get them.
KEOGHAN: Scott directing the white beam up into the air
with the Christmas tree and the American flag.
Zeus putting the cable
-around his white beam. -LIZ: Good job, Scott.
-Come on, Zeus. Pay attention. -CELI: Gonna knock someone out.
This game is falling apart now for Swifty and Zeus
unless they can catch up.
-SWIFTY: Come on! -IRAIDA: Dude, pay attention!
SWIFTY: Hey! No! Put the Christmas tree in!
♪
Be careful, Sarah.
Sarah's kind of locked up.
SARAH: I'm stuck.
SARAH: Swifty and Zeus are right behind us.
And I'm all tangled up, and I'm thinking, "Oh, this is--
it's too close to be losing time."
Like, and if I slip and fall, it's going to be over.
SCOTT: You got to untwist.
You've got to untwist.
You're on the wrong side of the lanyard.
SARAH: I mean, I've never been
on a, you know, a small--
basically a gymnastics balance beam
while putting in, you know, steel.
But it's-it's game time. We got to go.
-Bring it up. -SWIFTY: Come on!
Both teams are four bolts away from a finish!
SCOTT: Where do you-- where do you need it, Sarah?
-SARAH: Down a little bit. Down a little. -SCOTT: Wh-where do you need it?
IRAIDA: Heads up! Heads up! Heads up!
KEOGHAN: Sarah has the bull pin in, lining it up,
-and so does Scott. -IRAIDA: Come on!
KEOGHAN: Four bolts away from a win.
SCOTT: All of the sudden,
Swifty and Zeus have their beam up there.
So it comes down to who can get these bolts in faster.
SCOTT: Are you good?
-SARAH: Yes! -SCOTT: Sick.
KEOGHAN: Scott and Sarah getting the first two bolts
into their white beam. Swifty and Zeus
-have their first two bolts in as well. -LIZ: You've got this!
-KEOGHAN: They've caught up. -IRAIDA: Come on, Swifty!
-ANGEL: Swifty! Swifty, let's go! -IRAIDA: Man of Steel!
-Man of Steel! -ANGEL: Zeus!
SARAH: I got it. I got it.
KEOGHAN: Down to the final bolt. Who will have red on the thread
first and get the win?
-SCOTT: Sarah, what you need? -SARAH: I'm good. I'm good.
-LIZ: There you go! Go, go, go, go! -ANGEL: Let's go!
SARAH: Done, done! Let's go, Scott!
CELI: Come on, Swifty!
-SARAH: Let's go, Scott! -IRAIDA: Come on, Man of Steel!
Red and red!
Sarah and Scott get the win!
-Yeah! Yeah! Sarah! -MERRYL: Yes!
-Yes! -[cheering]
SARAH: Swift, good job, brother.
KEOGHAN: Congratulations.
You have made it through to the final three.
-SARAH: Hell yeah. -SCOTT: Good job!
KEOGHAN: And now, you may sign
your white beam.
CELI: Savages!
SARAH: Savage Crew!
SARAH: It feels great to be in the final three.
If I win that Tough As Nailschampion belt,
I'm going to take that thing and wear it around the job site.
Let 'em know. [laughs]
Swifty and Zeus, I got to hand it to you.
You made it a hell of a competition.
SARAH: Good job, Swift. Good job, Zeus.
-ZEUS: Good job, bro. -KEOGHAN: You work so well together,
but you will be going head-to-head
against each other in overtime.
And by the end of the day,
one of you will be punching out.
♪
SWIFTY: I'm willing to do overtime every day. Whatever it takes.
I got to stay in this. I made it too far.
Um... not giving up.
And if the road leads me to fight a little harder,
then I'm ready for that fight.
ZEUS: Something I learned from day one is don't be overconfident.
Swifty has always been a powerhouse,
and he don't give up.
I'm comfortable going into any challenge because
the pressure that I felt at my job
surpasses any challenge. I got no breaking point.
SCOTT: There they are.
[cheering]
SCOTT: Zeus. Man of Steel.
"Zeus. The Man of Steel." I like that.
It's the god of thunder and lightning versus steel.
Who's going to win?
Me. [laughs]
KEOGHAN: It's overtime!
-Showdown. -KEOGHAN: It's a showdown.
ZEUS: It will be.
KEOGHAN: Yeah. Zeus and Swifty,
when this overtime is finished,
one of you will be out of the individual competition,
and you'll be punching out.
They call ironworkers "cowboys of the sky."
They work up high.
One of the things that they practice here
is being able to climb up a column.
That way, you can access the work area more efficiently
and sometimes, you may be called upon
to rescue a fellow worker.
You want to get to them as fast as you possibly can.
Task is pretty simple.
When that work whistle blows, get onto this column,
climb it as fast as you can.
Get a good grip, 'cause there's no foot or handholds.
First to ring the bell
makes it into the final three.
ZEUS: As a lineman,
we climb all kinds of things.
I didn't know it was possible to climb a beam,
but I'm feeling good.
All the jobs that you have done so far on Tough As Nails,
they have taken sometimes hours to complete.
This one could be over in seconds.
Swifty, I know you like a good sprint.
SWIFTY: No experience doing that.
But, in my life, there's times I could've gave up.
I persevered and, you know,
kept my nose to the grind,
and turned things around.
Kind of mind-blowing, but the best of the best can climb
a column like this in under five seconds.
SARAH: I like Zeus, but this is my boy Swifty.
He brings it. He's got all heart.
He'll sprint out like he did at the soccer stadium.
You never know what Swifty's going to do.
-KEOGHAN: Let's go into overtime. -CELI: Yeah!
-SCOTT: Let's go! -IRAIDA: Go!
SWIFTY: Been in overtime.
This makes the third one and, uh,
I just move forward.
I get up and strap up these steel toe boots every day
and work these 12-, 16-hour shifts.
I came here representing the United Steelworkers,
and everything's riding on this.
ZEUS: Going into the challenges, you have to adapt pretty quickly.
That's what linemen do. We adapt on the fly,
and we learn fast.
And, you know, we work in high-pressure situations
every single day, so this is nothing new.
I'm going to give it my all
and just rip through it.
Okay.
Up to you whether you go with gloves or not,
but this is gonna come down to technique, core strength.
Most importantly, mental toughness.
This is for the final spot
in the final three.
One last chance for you to be able to stay
in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle $200,000,
going up against Sarah and Scott.
-Is everybody pumped? -[cheering]
MERRYL: Come on, Zeus.
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle.
-[work whistle blows] -SCOTT: Go, go, go, go, go!
♪
KEOGHAN: One last chance for youto be able to stay
in contention for the Tough As Nailstitle.
On the work whistle.
-[work whistle blows] -SCOTT: Go, go, go, go, go! Go, go!
ZEUS: Losing the grip is like losing the grip
on the $200,000.
SCOTT: Go! Go!
SWIFTY: I come out the gate full speed. Full steam ahead.
I think I have a good lead.
SCOTT: There we go! There we go!
IRAIDA: Go, baby!
KEOGHAN: Head-to-head!
MERRYL: Use that technique. Everything.
-Use that technique. -There you go, Zeus!
-SCOTT: There you go, Swifty! -IRAIDA: Make it hot, Zeus.
Make it hot, Zeus.
SCOTT: Go, go, go!
♪
SCOTT: All the way up! Get it up!
-[cheering] -KEOGHAN: Oh, and Zeus gets to the top!
-Gets it done. -[cheering]
ZEUS: I'm so stoked
to be in the top three.
It's like a dream come true, dude.
KEOGHAN: Swifty, you know what? You came on this show
to prove that you were Tough As Nails.You've proved that.
I really did give it everything I had,
and, uh, you know, th-that's what matters to me.
SWIFTY: I came into this competition determined,
and focused.
Ah, get in there. Get in there!
It's been painful from the start.
I always knew that I wouldn't quit, regardless.
Get up on 'em. Get up on 'em.
I've learned that I'm more warrior inside
than just on the outside.
SCOTT: Good job, Swifty!
-SWIFTY: Yeah! -MERRYL: Let's go, Swifty!
SWIFTY: I truly think I got
eight friends right here, you know? For life.
-It's great. -CELI: Yeah. Go, Swifty!
Man of Steel!
KEOGHAN: You know, if your family
were here with you right now,
-what would they be saying to you? -SWIFTY: I would be
overwhelmed with the love, you know?
Uh, my girl would be right here telling me I'm still Superman.
KEOGHAN: [chuckles] You are Superman.
Uh, felt like Superman when your kids were little,
and they always reached up and-- and reached out for your hand
to protect them and guide them and make sure
they were full and clothed and safe, you know?
That was-- were, you know,
some of the things that made it so easy
and so great to be a father, you know what I mean?
And, uh, I think I caught that moment again
today cause when they see this, I think, uh...
I think they'll be proud.
KEOGHAN: Swifty, unfortunately
you were the last to finish in overtime,
and I do need you to punch out of the individual competition.
We love you, Swifty!
♪
KEOGHAN: So now we go into the final three.
We have Scott, Sarah, Zeus.
There is a lot on the line.
-Yes. -Get some rest, 'cause tomorrow
we will found out who is the toughest of them all.
♪
-ZEUS: Well. It's us three. -SCOTT: [laughs] Here we are.
-It's crazy. -An honor.
-Yes. -It is definitely an honor.
Absolute honor to be here with you two.
You guys are beasts.
ZEUS: It was fun, man.
It was cool to see everyone grow, you know?
Something I learned is
-I don't really, uh, lean on others. -Mm-hmm.
-Yeah. -I usually just want to do things myself.
-Figure it out yourself. -Like, "I got this."
But, you know, coming here,
-it's so important, you know? -Oh, yeah.
-To lean on others. -Absolutely.
SARAH: I think, for me, a big one
-was just opening up to you guys, like... -Yeah.
SARAH: Y'all know some stuff that--
I've been friends with people for years that don't know.
SCOTT: I learned a lot about myself.
I still have a little bit of patience t-to learn. [laughs]
SCOTT: I came in here knowing
I'm a very competitive person.
Let's go! Yes!
SCOTT: There have been a couple low points for me, personally.
You can't just pick it up!
CELI: Calm down, Scott.
I'm calmed down on the-- how many times, now?
SCOTT: We've seen how I've lost not-so-graciously before.
And I've learned...
Hey!
SCOTT: ...you can take a loss graciously,
and no matter what happens,
I'm going to show that I gave it my all,
and I'm going to be a better person because of it.
One final thing.
One of us is going to go away with 200 grand and a truck.
Unreal.
Un-freaking-real.
ZEUS: That's crazy, dude.
♪
SARAH: I'm fine going up against the best.
We know we all didn't sleep much last night.
We're all nervous.
But now I got to bring it.
KEOGHAN: All right, Sarah's in the house.
SARAH: When I came toTough As Nails, my goal was to show
people that females and type 1 diabetics can do anything.
Keep going, you guys! Keep going!
SARAH: Along the way with my teammates,
I've revealed myself, and we've all learned that
we can trust each other.
[cheering]
SARAH: They've shown me that you can find a brother and sister
out of somebody. Um, it doesn't have to take years.
It could be right away.
[clapping]
ZEUS: My main priority in life is making sure
my family is okay.
The dangers that I face every day--
I never know when my last day is going to be, you know?
Keep working. Let's go.
Coming toTough As Nails,
I learned a lot about myself.
I wanted to be more sensitive
to other people's ideas or viewpoints.
It's pointed here. Like, it's not pointed out.
I learned not to be too overconfident.
-Come over! -PATRICK: Come over! Even with me!
I got to come down!
This competition has taught me
to lean on others when you need help
because you never know people's stories
or adversities.
-Scott, get ahead of them. -CELI: Hut, hut!
ZEUS: And I'm so grateful
that I grew as a person, you know?
[clapping]
Good morning, everybody.
CONTESTNATS: Good morning, Phil.
KEOGHAN: This is where Murph won
Tough As Nailsseason one.
And today, we're going to crown another champion.
You're the best of the best. We started with 12 contestants,
and now we have just nine.
But I have a surprise to deliver.
SARAH: What?
Patrick!
-Hey! -[cheering]
KEOGHAN: Fresh out of quarantine.
PATRICK: Having to leave my team was the hardest part.
These are my brothers. These are my sisters.
And I wanted to end my season with me supporting my teammates
-for the victory. -LIZ: We missed you.
IRAIDA: We miss him so much. He's such an important
-part of our team. -KEOGHAN: You had somebody looking after you.
-A guardian angel. -PATRICK: I told her, "Thank you for taking care of me."
I knew I was in good hands.
Well, we can't tell you how nice it is to see you back.
IRAIDA: Yes!
Are you surprised at who's in the final three?
-PATRICK: This is who I thought might be there. -KEOGHAN: Is that right?
Yeah.
KEOGHAN: So. Scott, Zeus, and Sarah,
you are the last three in the Tough As Nails
individual competition.
But you got a lot of work to do
before you get that $200,000
and the all-new Ford F-150.
When that work whistle blows, pick up a sledgehammer.
You're going to smash through this wall
as fast as you possibly can.
When you get through to the other side,
you're going to see a concrete block.
Inside that concrete block is a bolt cutter.
The way you get it out is you're going to use a jackhammer.
Use the bolt cutter to cut through a chain-link fence.
Cut a hole big enough so you can take some lobster traps
through the hole in the fence and use ten
to build steps to get up on top of a container.
Once you're on top of the container,
you see those three I-beams sticking up in the air?
Pick up a hacksaw and start cutting away at a chain.
Once the chain is broken,
that I-beam is going to drop down onto the container.
That will create a bridge.
Go across the bridge and drop into the final workspace.
When you get down, you're going to see
two marine lines.
Untangle both lines as fast as you can.
Pull the line through an eye hole.
That'll pull up a ladder,
and then tie them off to a bollard.
Once you've tied off that ladder on both sides,
climb the ladder,
and at the top, you're going to see a key fob
and an all-new Ford F-150.
See it shining off in the distance?
The first person to get there and unlock it wins.
Sounds easy, right? No, not so easy.
Now, these are crazy times.
Ideally, I wanted to have your families here,
but it is a challenging time in the world.
So I have the next best thing.
I've got some video messages from your families.
CELI and IRAIDA: Aw.
LINDA: Hey, Sarah.
We miss you. We love you.
You've faced some adversity
in your life, but you've always overcome it.
So we all are so proud of you,
and so just go out there and give it your all.
SWIFTY: We love you, too, Sarah.
KEOGHAN: Tell us about your mum, Sarah.
She's incredible.
That's probably where my toughness came from.
She was always there. She's just an incredible woman.
KEOGHAN: That's awesome.
This one is for you.
ZEUS'S WIFE: Hi, Dad!
ZEUS'S KIDS: Hi, Dad.
We miss you!
And you look...
ZEUS'S WIFE: And no matter what,
we're proud of you, Dad.
No matter what, we're proud of you, Dad.
ZEUS'S WIFE: Go get 'em, babe.
-Say, "Bye, Daddy." -Bye, Daddy.
-I love you. -Love you.
ZEUS'S WIFE: We love you.
[clapping]
Zeus, tell us about that family of yours. Those beautiful kids.
ZEUS: They're my support.
My inspiration.
And that's why I'm here.
KEOGHAN: Last but not least.
HOLLY: Hey, babe. We love you.
And we miss you like crazy.
But we're so excited for you and couldn't be prouder.
Love you, Scotty-dog. Let's get a win!
HOLLY: And one last thing.
ALL: Be better!
[clapping]
Win or lose this, I hit the jackpot of life.
Holly's given me everything.
I'm going to give everything for her right now.
$200,000 on the line.
Are you guys ready to get this on?
-Let's do it. -LIZ: Yeah.
♪
On the work whistle.
[work whistle blows]
LIZ: Let's go, guys! Come on, come on!
-KEOGHAN: Sprinting out of the gate. -LIZ: Good idea, Zeus.
KEOGHAN: Zeus is grabbing two hammers.
Zeus going with the lighter hammer.
Scott going with the heavier and Sarah going with the heavier.
We're going through some ply,
then through to some drywall.
Scott just ripping off that drywall.
Pulling with his hands. Sarah pounding away.
-MERRYL: Go, Sarah. -PATRICK: There you go.
-KEOGHAN: Zeus making a big hole and... whoa! -LIZ: Zeus!
KEOGHAN: Whoa, Zeus
breaking right through that drywall.
The first to get to the jackhammer
in this Tough As Nailsfinal.
-CELI: Yeah, Sarah! -MERRYL: Let's go.
-KEOGHAN: Oh, Sarah's getting stuck. You're good. -SCOTT: You're good.
-MERRYL: Let's go. Yes. -CELI: You got it. You got it.
Come on, Sarah!
SWIFTY: There you go! There you go!
MERRYL: Sarah, you got this.
CELI: There you go.
-Let's go, Sarah! -KEOGHAN: Here she goes.
Jackhammer time.
All about technique.
ZEUS: I know there's a technique.
Um... I don't know what the technique is.
KEOGHAN: Zeus going from the center.
Scott starting on the corner.
ZEUS: I look over and Scott starts at the edge.
He's working his way in.
I figure I do the same thing
and copy his strategy.
KEOGHAN: And Sarah starting on the corner.
LIZ: Yeah! There you go!
Inside, we have bolt cutters.
That's how they're going to open up this chain-link fence.
CELI: Sick job, Sarah.
KEOGHAN: Scott giving it everything.
Zeus leaning into his jackhammer.
PATRICK: Let the machine do the work, Zeus. Come on.
MERRYL: Keep it going, Sarah.
♪
So much on the line.
After all the jobs they've done.
-PATRICK: You got it. You got it. -MERRYL: Come on, Sarah.
Let's go, Zeus!
KEOGHAN: Oh, Zeus
has found the center of his block.
ANGEL: Zeus, hurry it up.
CELI: There you go, Sarah!
KEOGHAN: Scott using his hands,
trying to get to the center of his block.
CELI: Let's go, Scotty!
KEOGHAN: Sarah doing the same thing.
MERRYL: Let's go, Scott!
KEOGHAN: Scott looking for the bolt cutters.
He sees something...
...and he gets the bolt cutter!
-IRAIDA: Come on, Zeus! -MERRYL: Good job, Scott!
-IRAIDA: You have to move! -CELI: There you go, Sarah.
KEOGHAN: Sarah can see her bolt cutters. They're right there.
She's so close.
MERRYL: Sarah, let's go!
PATRICK: Zeus, if you're at soft stuff, start digging.
KEOGHAN: Sarah, she's got a bit more work
to get it done.
PATRICK: There you go. Dig, buddy. Dig.
♪
Good job, Scott!
ANGEL: Zeus, come on, man. You have to get out of there, man.
KEOGHAN: Sarah's so close to getting her bolt cutter out.
-It's right there. -MERRYL: Let's go, Scott!
KEOGHAN: And look how
Scott destroyed that chain-link fence.
Now he's got to get ten traps to make the necessary steps
to get up and over this container.
ANGEL: Let's go, Zeus!
Still plenty of time to catch up.
Sarah looking for a bolt cutter.
-It's so close. It's right there! -CELI: Good job, Sarah!
KEOGHAN: Sarah with her bolt cutter.
Zeus has got some catching up to do now.
MERRYL: Sarah, great job, Sarah.
SARAH: I've never used bolt cutters
to cut through a fence.
I've never had to cut through a chain-link fence.
But, I mean, you've seen it on TV and stuff.
KEOGHAN: Zeus with his bolt cutter!
Now he starts.
PATRICK: Breathe, Zeus. Breathe.
KEOGHAN: Can Zeus and Sarah catch up to Scott?
Sarah's making a low hole.
SWIFTY: Boom. Good cut. Good cut.
KEOGHAN: It's got to be big enough
to be able to get the traps through.
Scott has stacked six of them.
Coming through with a seventh.
PATRICK: It's not a sprint, Zeus.
It's a marathon. Be there at the end, buddy.
MERRYL: Deep breaths, Scott. Deep breaths.
CELI: You're doing good, Sarah.
KEOGHAN: One more cut at the top
-and that'll make the hole big enough. -CELI: Yes, girl!
KEOGHAN: Sarah now able to move her traps
as Scott has nine traps in place.
Remember, we've got to get ten traps in to make these stairs.
IRAIDA: Let's go!
CELI: Got to pick it up, baby.
LIZ: Let's go, Zeus. Let's go, Zeus!
KEOGHAN: Scott got ten traps.
He's going up on top.
ANGEL: Scotty!
KEOGHAN: Zeus is trying to muscle two at one time.
Scott is already hacksawing away.
He wants to drop this 25-foot I-beam down
to make a bridge to get across to the other side.
MERRYL: Sarah, you're doing great.
KEOGHAN: Sarah now with six.
PATRICK: Now you've got the lower ones. You're good.
She's got four more to go to finish the ten.
LIZ: Let's go, Zeus!
KEOGHAN: Scott still cutting on the hacksaw.
He's halfway through the link.
MERRYL: Let's go, Scott.
KEOGHAN: Two more for Zeus and two more for Sarah.
LIZ: Last two, Zeus!
Then you never have to touch a lobster trap again!
MERRYL: Let's go, Scott.
CELI: Holly's watching you.
CELI: Yeah!
[cheering]
MERRYL: Yes!
KEOGHAN: Down goes the beam for Scott.
Zeus going up over the top.
He got his traps stacked much quicker than Scott did.
LIZ: Yeah, Zeus!
KEOGHAN: There you go. Sarah finished stacking her traps.
Pick it up. Up and over.
SWIFTY: There you go.
MERRYL: Celi, this is the time to yell at Scott
like he yelled at you. Let's get into gear!
Come on, Scott! Get it done!
SCOTT: They're telling me not to stop.
-And I'm not stopping. -MERRYL: I ain't playing with you right now.
SCOTT: I know you're not.
KEOGHAN: He's starting to slow down a bit.
Can Sarah and Zeus catch up?
Zeus is going at double speed.
Let's go, Sarah!
Zeus!
[cheering]
-KEOGHAN: Here comes Zeus. -IRAIDA: Go! Don't stop, baby! -ANGEL: Run, run!
Run! Run!
KEOGHAN: Zeus on the comeback trail.
ANGEL: Run!
He's right on your ass, Scott!
-Yeah! -Go, Zeus! Go! -Run! Run!
Run! Run!
KEOGHAN: Go, Zeus.
This is for the Tough As Nailstitle.
-PATRICK: Get over here, Zeus. -CELI: Let's go, Scott!
PTRICK: Let's go! Come on!
LIZ: You're still in this, Zeus.
Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Scott has one line done.
MERRYL: Don't give up.
Do not stop, Sarah.
ANGEL: Zeus, this is you. Come on, man.
Blood, sweat, and tears! Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Zeus pulling through the first line
as fast as he possibly can.
LIZ: Good job, Zeus. Keep it up! Keep it up!
-KEOGHAN: Keep moving, Sarah. -PATRICK: Here we go.
KEOGHAN: Let's get this bridge down.
SWIFTY: Everything you got, Sarah.
I am so proud of you, Sarah.
SCOTT: Come on.
LIZ: Come on, Zeus! You're a Greek god!
You've got this!
KEOGHAN: Zeus moving on to his second line.
-LIZ: Let's go! -KEOGHAN: Scott is on fire!
Scott... [laughs] Zeus is gaining on you.
Sarah's still back there sawing away.
Breathe, Sarah. Breathe.
Here comes Scott with his second rope.
Through the eye, now we've got to get this ladder pulled up.
Zeus, everything you have.
Come on, Zeus, buddy. Come on.
MERRYL: Do not stop, Scott. Let's go.
Let's go. Pull it.
Scott's pulling back on the one side of his ladder.
PATRICK: Stay with it, Zeus. Stay with it.
KEOGHAN: Zeus has got the heart of a lion.
But Scott tying off his first line.
-MERRYL: There you go. -SWIFTY: Beautiful, Scotty.
Beautiful!
KEOGHAN: Zeus, so close to undoing his second line.
CELI: Come on, baby.
MERRYL: Pick it up, Scott.
You tired? You can rest in the flatbed of that truck.
You understand me?
[cheering]
KEOGHAN: Sarah gets her bridge done.
-Come on, Sarah. -CELI: Let's go.
KEOGHAN: Bring it on over.
Scott going up the ladder as Sarah comes down to finish.
Scott's just got to get to the top of the ladder, and Zeus
is pulling the rope through desperately, trying to finish.
CELI: Let's go!
KEOGHAN: Here comes Scott.
He's a few steps away.
-SWIFTY: Scotty! -KEOGHAN: As the sun sets here,
Scott at the end of his journey
on Tough As Nails...
...grabs the fob and takes the win.
[cheering]
CELI: Sarah!
Let's go!
Scotty! That's my bro!
Holly!
You've given me everything. This is for you.
Scott, I am pleased to tell you
that you are our Tough As Nailschampion.
-Congratulations. -CELI: Let's go, Scotty!
Let's go!
SCOTT: This is absolutely life-changing.
Oh, my gosh.
KEOGHAN: Here comes Zeus now.
He wants to finish off the job.
All the way to the top.
LIZ: Good job, Zeus. Good job, Zeus.
KEOGHAN: Ah, wow.
Congrats, bro.
-Thank you. -Looked easy.
ZEUS: I didn't quit.
That's what tough people do.
Tough people just believe in themselves,
and they believe in others.
They inspire others.
KEOGHAN: And you know, Scott and Zeus,
what Sarah has been through in her life.
The obstacles that she's overcome.
SCOTT: From day one, I knew Sarah
was going to be an absolute monster in this.
But look at this. Here she comes.
-Doing what she does best. -CELI: Let's go! -MERRYL: Yeah!
[cheering]
MERRYL: Go, Sarah!
CELI: Good job, Sarah!
[Sarah inhales sharply]
[sniffles]
-[sobbing] -SCOTT: Hey. You're amazing.
You're amazing.
What you did was amazing. Unbelievable.
-SARAH: Thank you, Scott. Good job, bud. -SCOTT: You, too.
You're... just an inspirational person. Take your time.
[sighs heavily]
KEOGHAN: Sarah, I want you to hold your head high.
You've put so much on the line
not just physically, but... this is hard.
I'm thankful for this opportunity
to show females that, I mean, you can do anything.
Today, I knew I needed my 100-plus game day.
But it's okay. Um...
I'm fine with losing to these great men right here.
They're outstanding people,
and all of them are outstanding people.
[cheering]
Congratulations to our final three.
-[indistinct shouts] -CELI: Congratulations!
♪
-LIZ: Congratulations. -SCOTT: Thank you.
Tough, to me, is just not giving in.
-You all right? -Yeah. I'm fine.
I'm so proud of you.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
SWIFTY: Tough is...
being able to get up
and go to work and provide for your family
when you don't feel like it.
Hey, I'm stopping if you stop. Let's take five together.
[groans]
We're just all hard workers.
-IRAIDA: Liz! -LIZ: I'm okay. I'm okay.
I'm okay. I got this.
What all of us gained here
was a family.
Good job, my friend.
It's not over for me.
It's not over for us.
To me, that's worth more than money.
TARA: Man overboard!
MERRYL: Wrong side, Swifty!
You did great, man.
MERRYL: It is an honor
to be your friends
-and to be family. -And our family. That's right.
There's this camaraderie I haven't felt since I retired
from the Air Force.
Oh, thank you.
I don't think anyone understands
what it means to be
Tough As Nails until you're with a group of people
-and you form that bond. -SCOTT: Thank you so much...
-CELI: I love you, girl. -SARAH: I love you.
It's important for us to take
everything that we got out of this
and put it into our everyday lives.
-It's okay. -Man, they whooped our butts.
You know, just become a better person every day.
♪
CELI: Ooh!
You get the Tough As Nailsbelt.
Take that off, put it over your shoulder like a boxer.
-MERRYL: Yeah! -KEOGHAN: And right in here...
Oh, my God.
...$200,000.
SCOTT: I was blessed to be just a part
of this competition. To be part ofTough As Nails.
And blessed to be Savage Crew.
-CELI: Congrats! -[cheering]
SCOTT: And even more blessed and honored
to be the champion of season two.
♪
KEOGHAN: After returning home,
Iraida continued to work on her fitness.
She and her son recently travelled
to Panama to visit her mom
for the first time in a year and a half.
Mikey "Eyebrows" is saying goodbye
to the cold New York winters
and moving his family out west.
Celi is working at a vaccine clinic
and also got engaged.
[laughs]
Zeus was inspired by Roofer Lee
and now helps out a friend on the weekends.
He also accepted a position training lineman apprentices.
Tara got a new job as a mate
on a towing vessel in western Alaska.
She's now training to become an officer.
Angel is giving back to his community
as a fitness coach and mentor to troubled kids.
He also flew his son to Miami for a special visit.
Merryl is adopting her foster daughter
and publishing an autobiography.
After becoming Tough As Nails champion,
Scott is sharing his message to "Be Better."
-Celebrate that victory! -Let's go!
-Yeah! -[laughs]
KEOGHAN: Sarah's been catching up
on projects around the house
and breaking personal records at the gym.
Swifty was honored by his union,
United Steelworkers Local 1011,
for his hard work and dedication to his trade.
Knuckles and her family are heading off on a new adventure.
They're expecting a new baby in the fall.
Freight Train went right back to work...
WOMAN: Thanks, Freight.
KEOGHAN: ...in shorts, all the way through winter.