PHIL KEOGHAN: Tough As Nails honors the men and women
-who show up to work every day... -Corner's cut!
-...get the job done... -Are we good? -We're good.
...wearing hard hats, wielding hammers...
-...and doing the heavy lifting. -Go, go!
Without them, our country would come to a grinding halt.
Thousands of America's toughest workers
-threw their hat in the ring... -Yes! Whoo!
...for the chance to prove who's the toughest of them all.
Only 12 made the cut.
The best of the best in their chosen trade.
Real people in real life
who are real tough.
[boat horn blares]
[seagulls squawking]
LAURA: Tough means being relentless.
I'm the type of person, when I need to get the job done,
I take the emotion out of it, put my head down and I grind
and close everybody else out.
MISTER: I have a prize in mind.
I'm not playing any games.
SERGIO: What I do is not easy, you know, it's not for the faint at heart.
The job has to get done,
and there's no room for tired.
ALY: I think from first look, they'll look at me and go,
"Why is this child here?"
But I'll arm wrestle The Rock if I have to.
I feel like we got a good group of people.
It's gonna be awesome.
LAURA: Oh, there he is.
ELLERY: Oh, there he goes.
-LARRON: There he is. -[Ellery laughs]
We are finally here.
-SERGIO: Well, it's time to get it on, everybody. -ALY: Let's go.
KEOGHAN: Morning, everyone.
-[cheering] -Morning. -Morning.
Welcome to Tough As Nails.
[cheering]
Welcome to Catalina Island.
We're about 23 miles off the California coast.
They've got wild buffalo here,
they've got beautiful beaches.
People come here to relax.
But guess what.
-Not us. -You guys will not be relaxing. -[laughter]
Now, as you know, you're 12 of America's toughest.
You have that combination of strength, endurance, agility.
You've got life skills, and you all have mental toughness.
But in the end,
only one of you is going home with $200,000,
an all-new Ford Super Duty, and the honor of being able to
say that you are our Tough As Nailschampion.
[all cheering]
So to get things started, why don't you tell America
a little bit about what you do for a living?
I'm a heavy-duty diesel technician from Austin, Texas.
I fix things that others can't, and I keep America running.
-KEOGHAN: Love that. -Yes.
I'm 54 years old.
I'm a war veteran.
-And I'm a New York City firefighter. -All right.
-We appreciate your service, sir. -Roger that.
I'm Renée. I'm an owner of a mason company,
and I'm as tough as the stones that I set.
I believe that your sons have a nickname for you,
-which is? -It's "Highlighter."
-Highlighter. I wonder why. -I wonder why.
I'm a union carpenter out of Local 714.
I'm here for my family. We lost my brother in February.
And we're still, you know, we're still trying to mend the pieces.
So I'm here to dedicate for him. I worked hard to get here,
-and now it's time to put the hammer down. -ELLERY: Roger that.
I am Mister Frost. That's M-I-S-T-E-R.
That is my real name.
-Your first name? -My first name.
I am a welder, and I'm bringing it all I got.
My name is Beth.
I'm a shipboard electrician,
and I'm here to prove that hard work pays off.
I'm from Norfolk, Virginia, and I'm a general contractor.
I'm in construction, and my motto is: why not me?
I came to Tough As Nails because of my daughter,
and I want to show everyone that your past
-does not determine your future. -Beautiful.
I forgot to say I was a carpenter, too.
[laughter]
My name is Ilima. I'm a construction worker,
and born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii.
And I just want to share the love from Hawaii
with everybody here.
I'm 34 years old, from a small town in Pennsylvania
called Little Meadows, Pennsylvania.
Men and women who work in the pipeline--
the natural gas industry-- are tough as nails.
My name is Jorge. I'm a concrete form setter
and I'm going home with a truck.
Sounds like we're going to be fighting it out
for that truck, everybody.
The good news is, there's a cash prize for
the winners of each individual challenge.
[cheers and applause]
Now, most of you will be making your money
in the team competition.
Even if you punch out of the individual competition,
you stay to compete with your team.
That's what makes Tough As Nails different; nobody goes home.
So we are going to do the team pick.
The first two of you to finish our challenge today
get to pick those two teams of six.
-Sound good? -[cheers and applause]
Well, as you can see, this harbor has lots of
permanent moorings for boats to safely tie up.
Each mooring has
a wand, making it easy for boat owners
to tie up to their mooring.
The wand is attached to a buoy, and underwater
there's an elaborate mooring system made up of chains,
marine line and connectors, all of which attach
to two heavy anchors on the ocean floor.
The salt water really takes a toll on these moorings,
so they need to be replaced every couple of years.
And that is what you are going to be doing today.
Replace a mooring system with everything
you see here on the dock.
When the work whistle blows, find the mooring service shop.
That's where you'll find all the components you need
for your mooring system.
A new wand, freshly painted
buoy, and a container filled
with chains, marine line and connectors.
Remember that not everything floats.
So if you drop something overboard
and it sinks, you're done.
Don't forget that you can refer to the mooring system
plans that are attached to the container.
You're also going to need to pick up
an inflatable eight-foot dinghy.
You'll need to pump that up as well as an outboard motor.
The first two of you
to replace an old mooring system
on Row "A" with a new one, make it back to shore,
and cross between the orange flags will be picking
-our two teams of six. -Wow.
I want to introduce you to somebody who has
replaced thousands of moorings here in Catalina.
-Hayden is here. -[applause]
Hayden is going to make sure
that you guys get the job done right.
-Yeah. Good to see you. -Good to see you.
Oh, man, I wish I could grow a beard like that.
[laughter]
Is everybody ready to get to work?
-Absolutely. -All right.
I want you to go out there and I want you to make Hayden proud.
Got to get it right. All right, let's get to work.
[caws]
KEOGHAN: On the work whistle!
[work whistle blows]
[whooping]
SERGIO: I'm not a runner. I'm a carpenter.
My work is steady pace.
Get it done, stay focused.
KEOGHAN: And Larron-- the first
-to the mooring shed. -[whooping]
LARRON: I'm going as fast as I can,
make as few trips as I can in carrying
all my supplies to the beach.
HAYDEN: Oh, look at them. Look at them go.
KEOGHAN: Sergio pacing himself. Ilima is, too.
Laura's already laying out her boat.
Look at Renée. You can't miss her.
RENEÉE: My outfit is how I dress
when I show up to a job.
And some people like, "Oh."
But I'm very physically strong and
I do know my stuff.
Jake-- the first to bring down an engine.
That's a smart move. Those things are heavy.
JAKE: The motors can flood.
I didn't want to turn it on its side or upside down, so
I'm propping my, uh, motor up against my buoy.
Nice work, Jorge!
Running with the engine. We haven't seen anybody
-run with an engine. -HAYDEN: Oh, he's trying
to do the motor and the dinghy all at once.
KEOGHAN: That's Ellery. He's not scared of hard work.
KEOGHAN: Mister's already starting to pump up his boat,
as is Laura.
Aly's starting to pump up.
Good endurance, baby.
KEOGHAN: Larron and Jake having a little conversation.
What do you think this is, a holiday on Catalina?
-[Larron laughs] -Let's do this. Come on.
That's nice work, Synethia.
The boats are getting inflated very quickly.
Here goes Ellery. He's the first in the water.
HAYDEN: There we go.
KEOGHAN: And Jorge has got his boat in the water.
Look how he laid his outboard out.
Let's hope he hasn't flooded it.
Ellery getting his motor upright.
And Aly doing very well. Look at that.
She's already got her motor attached.
Ilima has her boat in the water.
Ellery is pulling away,
frantically trying to get it started.
Who's going to be first to make it out to the moorings?
Come on.
[grunt]
KEOGHAN: They cannot get them started.
ALY: I did struggle getting my motor going
'cause I had laid it down. Whenever you lay a motor down,
it floods gaskets in places it's not supposed to be.
And my dad's going to give me a hard time about that because
I know that, and I should not have done that.
I don't want to disappoint my family back home.
The reason that I went into construction was because my dad,
but my first ever job was actually at my grandparents'.
They taught me a lot.
I am really close with my family.
I'd lost my grandparents, and
it was tough.
I-I'd never experienced anything like that in my life.
[voice breaking]: I know that they can see what I'm doing,
and I hope that I make them proud.
And Ilima's the first! Our Hawaiian is heading out
-to the moorings. -ILIMA: My motor was
the first one to start, and I'm just thinking,
"I'm out of here. I'm going out to that buoy,
and I'm gonna get this job done."
HAYDEN: Oh, we got another started down here.
KEOGHAN: And we have Jake!
But his propeller's in the sand.
JAKE: My prop hit the ground.
It broke the prop.
Even though my motor was broken,
next best thing-- used
part of the buoy to get out there.
I never quit, even if things are tough.
When I'm under pressure, that's when I perform my best.
Pipeline laborers are basically the grunts of
the work site,
digging ditches, building walls.
And our job is probably one of the most dangerous in America.
My job requires me to be away from home.
Right when you start a pipeline, they say,
"Don't make any plans because you don't know when
you're going to see your family again."
And I'm determined to win this prize
and leave nothing on the table.
KEOGHAN: Ilima's already started working on her mooring.
Whoa! There we go, Sergio! He will be the second
to get out to the moorings.
-Aly's heading out. -HAYDEN: Oh, wow.
KEOGHAN: Jorge has got his motor going,
and he's making his way out towards Jake,
who has made it out to his mooring without a motor.
HAYDEN: Wow. Look at that.
I cannot believe he used his wand
to get all the way out there. That's insane.
KEOGHAN: Ilima's having a good day.
She's got her new buoy in the water.
-KEOGHAN: Sergio. -HAYDEN: Look at him, yeah.
KEOGHAN: He's doing all right.
Not easy working out of a small boat like that.
You got to hold all that chain on board.
And then it's really hard trying
to disconnect the old mooring system and connecting a new one.
All of a sudden, you're in a tangled mess.
Ellery has decided to ditch the motor.
HAYDEN: He's swimming, man.
KEOGHAN: He's swimming out here in the bay
-to get the job done. -[laughing]
ELLERY: My engine would not start, and after a while
I got frustrated, and I'm like, "Okay,
this is not going to happen, and I'm not going to give up."
Tough As Nails isn't just about being physically strong.
It's about being emotionally strong, as well.
That comes from not only my military
and fireman background, it also comes from my mom.
I was raised in Nevis. It's a small island in the Caribbean.
My mother brought us to the United States
when I was 16 years old.
Once I got here,
I spent 30 years in the military. I loved it.
I retired a sergeant first class.
You can come from any place.
It doesn't matter your background,
it doesn't matter your creed, it doesn't matter your religion.
KEOGHAN: And now Beth is using her wand as a paddle,
-just like Jake did. -HAYDEN: Oh, there we go.
KEOGHAN: Synethia, don't you give up. You can do this.
That's right!
HAYDEN: Ellery, you're going to have
to get back to your boat, man.
Ellery has spent more time out of his boat
-than in his boat. -HAYDEN: Than in the boat. Yeah.
KEOGHAN: And, Hayden, look.
Jorge is meant to be working on "A" Row like everybody else.
He's totally confused.
He's pulling up the mooring from "B" Row.
What a waste of time.
And Larron's in pretty good shape.
Got his whole buoy on board.
Oh.
KEOGHAN: Oh! That's not good.
Oh.
KEOGHAN: Oh! That's not good.
-I dropped it. -KEOGHAN: That's game over.
Larron's lost the end of his new line overboard
so he can't attach a new mooring system and get the job done.
There's no getting it back unless you go scuba diving.
LARRON: Everything was going great
up until I started connecting things.
And when I did that, I dropped one of the ropes,
and it's-it's a little dejecting.
KEOGHAN: Ooh, and Aly is in trouble with her mooring line.
ALY: I'm pulling on my chain, and I'm like,
"All right, I got this."
What the hell?
And it's not going anywhere.
And I'm like, "Okay, I don'tgot this."
Son of a bitch.
KEOGHAN: Ah, Jake's the second person now
to be dead in the water.
He won't be picking a team either.
Yeah, his chain's sitting at the bottom of the ocean right now.
JAKE: The chain slipped out of my hands,
so, uh, that was kind of a bummer.
It's turning to hell in a handbasket, Hayden.
-I literally can't move. -Are you tied into something?
-Oh! Yeah, I am. -Unclip yourself.
ALY: I'm getting it.
JAKE: She was actually clipped in
to her other buoy.
I had her unclip,
and I started helping her pulling up her chain.
Since I couldn't do nothing for myself,
I'm trying to go out and help somebody else.
You, out.
Renée is working her way through this mooring line.
Come on, A-7.
KEOGHAN: Laura's doing really well.
Looks like she's methodically working her way.
LAURA: I think being mentally tough,
being able to adapt
to a situation--
that is one of the biggest attributes
of being tough.
Out of college, I actually got into coaching
Division One college lacrosse, but
about three years ago, I had
gone down to visit my family,
and my father just looked exhausted.
You could just see how hard he was working.
I decided to hang up my coaching whistle and pick up a hammer.
They would sacrifice for me,
so I felt like I should do the same thing for them.
KEOGHAN: Sergio replacing his old buoy
and connecting the new one.
He's already replaced his wand.
-[engine starting] -Wow. Is that it for Sergio?
HAYDEN: Oh, it looks like Sergio is making his way back.
Has he got everything to finish the job?
There's his old wand. He needs that.
HAYDEN: Look at that.
He's got to get his old buoy.
Nice work, Sergio. Got to clean up the jobsite.
-He is highly motivated today. -Wow.
KEOGHAN: He looked us in the eye and said
he wanted this job done for his brother.
Will he be the first to pick a team?
-And Sergio gets it done! -There you go!
-Sergio! -Sergio, bring it in here!
-[whooping] -Wow, man!
SERGIO: It feels great.
And I'm not gonna lie, man. I had a little bit of doubt,
you know, but I had a lot of determination.
-Sergio! -Give me high five, or ten.
Nice work.
Dude, you killed it out there.
SERGIO: I was out there just going for it, you know,
and I had to stay calm, just like I do at work.
You know, at work I'm under a lot of pressure, man.
13 years ago is when I started
taking the lead role as a foreman.
I love it more than anything.
Get up at the crack of dawn
before anybody's even thinking about waking up.
Get to the project and just know
that you're going to tackle this beast.
But a lot of the motivation right now is my family.
We have some pieces that we're trying to put back together.
I'm just here to show people that if you're willing
to stand up, shake it off, then you can get back out there
and get after it.
KEOGHAN: Take a really good look at everybody out there
working and figure out who you want to be on your team.
Uh, Synethia's having trouble with that motor.
HAYDEN: Look at Sergio coming to help right now.
-Look at that. -KEOGHAN: Isn't that cool?
HAYDEN: Yeah. Love that.
[engine starts]
-Go, Mister! -There you go.
Oh, we got another one, too.
KEOGHAN: We have a race.
Mister and Beth coming in at one time.
HAYDEN: Oh, wow. Who's gonna get to the beach?
KEOGHAN: Beth and Mister-- who's gonna get here first?
Who will get to pick a team?
It's going to come down between the two of you.
Got to bring up your old buoy,
your old wand and your old rope.
-HAYDEN: Looks like he's got it. -KEOGHAN: Let's go, Mister.
-Fight for it. -Come on, Mister. You got it!
KEOGHAN: Everything's got to be across the line.
You're going to need your wand, as well, and all your rope.
Beth, you can still do this! Don't give up! Let's go!
-And Beth making it. Dump it. -HAYDEN: Look at that.
-Mister. -That's it, Mister. You get to pick a team.
-Wow. -Congratulations. And Beth right behind him.
Wow. It's competitive. [whooping]
MISTER: I'm very proud of myself. I came in second place
So that puts me in position
to pick the teams, so, uh,
I have some thinking to do.
-HAYDEN: Wow. -KEOGHAN: Third to finish.
Beth gets it done.
Here. Give me a ten. Bam.
BETH: To know that I finished ahead of nine other people
is always exciting.
KEOGHAN: Synethia climbing on board
as Ilima makes it back to shore.
First to get out to her mooring.
You've got this.
Got it all in one?
ILIMA: Going out first
but coming in fourth, I still feel great.
I'm definitely going to give everybody a run
for their money to the end.
KEOGHAN: And that's it.
Synethia's getting her motor started.
[sighs]
-Let's go, Renée! You got this. -HAYDEN: Look at that.
That's Tough As Nails right there.
RENEÉE: I've always said, "Don't underestimate me
the way that I'm dressed."
The work I do is extremely physical.
Being a dry mason, I build walkways, walls, patios.
I'm carrying, like, the 80-pound bags of mortar.
When you're doing a wall that's, like, 100 feet,
that's a lot of bags that you're moving.
For the past 12 years, I've worked for somebody else,
but right after COVID hit, I decided to start my business.
My two boys work for me, my daughter works for me,
and I hit my five-year goal in 15 months.
Rocking it!
KEOGHAN: All right, guys, congratulations.
Let's go pick some teams. Wow, that was a tough job today.
So impressed with everybody.
HAYDEN: And you never gave up.
[birds cawing]
KEOGHAN: Want the competition
-to be fierce. -Right.
SERGIO: When it comes to picking,
I do feel a little bit of pressure.
I want to pick a team with people
who are determined, and I've already seen it.
To see someone swim their boat all the way to shore--
that is determination. There's no quit.
KEOGHAN: Sergio, extremely impressive,
closely followed by Mister.
Well done.
Sergio, since you finished first today,
you get to choose whether you want to be part
of the Dirty Hands legacy or the Savage Crew legacy.
Wow.
In Tough As Nailshistory,
the team score is Dirty Hands-- two, and one to Savage Crew.
So, who are you going to be picking for?
SERGIO: You know, uh...
I get my hands dirty quite a bit,
so I'm gonna run with Dirty Hands.
Dirty Hands.
SERGIO: Boom.
You know what that means, Mister?
-I'm a Savage. -You're a Savage Crew. -[laughter]
MISTER: Now that I'm choosing for Savage Crew,
I'm going to get the job done.
I'm going to set us up all the way,
pick the right people for the right team.
We're going to win.
KEOGHAN: So, Sergio, all-important first choice.
If there's anybody here who would like to pitch themselves
to either Sergio or Mister, this is your opportunity.
I'll be on either one of your teams.
I am a mason, and I do run the tools,
chain saw, skid steer,
anything to do with masonry and landscaping.
I'm resilient. My engine didn't work.
That didn't stop me. I jump in that water
to get the task done.
-That's right. -There you go.
I proved myself today. I don't give up,
and everything I do from here on out is going to be in my heart.
I'm always going to be there to help our teammates through it.
KEOGHAN: I cannot stress enough
how important it is to make good picks
because tomorrow you will be going
-into your first team challenge. -Oh, man.
This is going to be tough, man. I mean...
[sighs]
But I'm gonna pick...
KEOGHAN: So, Sergio,
since you finished first, you are going
-to get first choice. -Yes, sir.
Who would you like to be on Dirty Hands with you?
Oh, man. This is so difficult
'cause I've already seen your skills,
and you're all winners to me.
But I'm gonna go with Beth.
BETH: I was honored to be picked by Sergio first.
We're going to get that extra $60,000.
All right.
Beth is a standout.
I could just see the grit and determination in her.
-Mister? -I'm gonna pick Ilima.
ILIMA: All of my Hawaii brothers
have been on team Dirty Hands.
-Let's do this. -Let's do this.
As the first female from Hawaii, it felt good
to start a legacy on Savage Crew.
As a carpenter in the union, you know, we're a brotherhood,
so I'm gonna take my man Jorge.
MISTER: I'm going to go with Laura.
What impressed me about Laura-- to be a coach, you have
to be able to balance
a lot of different personalities.
It's gonna be very helpful.
[whoops] We're getting down to it.
-[Sergio laughs] -Sergio, I know why you're here.
I want to help you honor your brother.
It would mean a lot to me if I could help you win some money
and take that home to your family.
[whoops]
-Oh, you're making me cry. -SERGIO: Wow.
The heart that I just heard--
that's all it takes.
This young lady right here.
Aly hit home with me. She's determined.
-She wants to finish. -Larron.
MISTER: At the beginning of the challenge,
he was the first one out the gate running
like a quarter horse.
-KEOGHAN: Only four of you left. -SERGIO: I got to go
with anybody who can put their life on the line for others.
-Ellery. -Thank you.
[applause]
-Renée is gonna be my next pick. -Yay!
MISTER: Renée-- she has a lot of knowledge, so...
Savage!
-...that will be very helpful. -Thank you.
Well, the final pick, Sergio.
Oh, man.
Well, this young apprentice,
and I will gladly have her on my team.
Synethia, how do you feel about being on Sergio's team?
I feel so blessed. Everybody on this team is, like, elite.
Jake, you know what that means. You will be with Savage Crew.
JAKE: It's exciting to be on Savage Crew.
They wouldn't have chose me last
once they see what happens
over the next few days, so I'm looking forward to it.
Tomorrow we start with our first team competition.
-[whooping] -$12,000 on the line
and the first Badge of Honor.
Ordinarily, I would send you off to your vans,
but tonight you're stuck on the island.
-You're going to be camping! -[group assenting]
-Yes. -All right.
Get to know each other around the campfire.
First night together as a team.
-[whooping, whistling] -Good night, everybody.
-We didn't come to play any games. -[laughter]
[birds squawking]
SERGIO: Oh, this feels good.
Does anybody say the blessing before they eat?
-I do. -Or is that not a thing?
SERGIO: Here. I'll do it. How's that?
Heavenly Father, thank You for tonight.
Thank You for this team. Bless this meal to our bodies.
We love You, Lord, and we thank You.
-In Jesus' name. Amen. -Amen. -Amen.
SERGIO: Let's get it on!
ILIMA: So, Renée, where'd you say
you're from again?
I grew up in Massachusetts.
-What about you? -Honestly, I grew up
in the country on the Big Island.
My mom put us to work every day.
We were picking coffee, we were cutting down trees.
So, don't let a pretty face fool you. I get down and dirty.
[laughter]
Everybody here, man, has talent.
There was something about you guys,
you know, each and every one of you.
I'm so grateful to be on this team because
you guys all have a different skill that I don't have,
and I can learn a lot,
not just for the competition but for everyday life.
'Cause basically, I spent
two years in federal prison for bank fraud.
I was about 18 when I started. I was, like,
mesmerized by the flashy things that everybody else has.
And on May 12, 2012,
30 federal agents came to my house
at 5:55 a.m. to arrest me.
Going to prison-- my daughter, she was 12.
I felt guilty the whole time because
whatever she's going through, I'm not going to be there.
When I came home, my biggest goal was, number one--
I never have to leave her again, and number two--
I don't have to resort back to me doing
what I did to go to prison in the first place.
I did not think I was going to be a carpenter.
Carpentry changed me a lot.
Once I started taking courses,
I realized that I never had to commit a crime to make money
because now I know how to make money legally.
It also teaches me how to be tough.
I am not a product of my past or my environment.
If I winTough As Nails for the $200,000,
I would love to build a transitional house
for people coming out of prison
to learn new trades and skills.
If everybody has someone to be there for them,
we can all succeed.
So I'm glad to be here with you guys.
-SERGIO: Wow. Yeah. -BETH: We're happy to have you. -ELLERY: Yup.
ALY: Hearing Synethia's story--
it makes you want to work that much harder.
I've never been in that situation,
so I have no idea what that... the weight that that carries.
I just commend her for coming out the other side
so strong.
-That's the way you bounce back. -Yup.
It's about redemption.
RENEÉE: All right, I've been dying to know.
Mister, where did you get your name?
I always asked my parents,
"You know, why'd you give me this name?"
'Cause I hated it growing up.
The meaning behind it is, I always, you know, get respect.
But my parents, the way they taught us, I have to be the one
to, you know, give respect, too.
My dad-- he was an equipment operator for masons, so,
for him to work on my crew-- well, that's just me and him,
-so I don't have a crew. -[laughter]
Uh, you know, but it-it really gives me joy.
I love every day that I spend with my dad.
And I'm definitely here
to make my parents proud.
I'm ready to win. I know y'all want to win.
We're going to have to bring it home.
-Five-and-oh, baby. Five-and-oh. -Yeah.
I'm just gonna give it a good Savage "roo-hah."
[laughter]
LARRON: It's time to get Savage andDirty.
-Good morning. -ALL: Good morning.
Looking good in those uniforms.
All right, we got some work to do today.
Like I said, on Tough As Nails, nobody goes home empty-handed.
Most of you will be winning your money
in the team competition because
there will be only one Tough As Nailswinner.
But today I got $12,000 in my pocket.
-[whooping, cheering] -Yes.
KEOGHAN: A lot of Benjamin Franklins.
This is going to today's winning team.
Also, first Badge of Honor is up for grabs.
The first team to collect five Badges of Honor
will get a cash bonus prize of $60,000.
-Ooh-wee! -A bigger stack.
So there's only 4,000 people
that live on the island of Catalina, but
there are one million visitors who come to this island.
They come for lots of reasons.
The boating is great, the beaches, but they love also
coming over here to Catalina for the camping.
And in order to camp here, you got to have
shady structures like the ones you see around this campground.
-These two you see need a little TLC. -[laughter]
So today that is what you are going to be doing.
When the work whistle blows, use one
of these trucks to pick up
the supplies you need from the other side of the island.
You want to do the load in one trip.
Takes about ten minutes to drive over there,
another ten minutes to drive back.
-Oh. -KEOGHAN: You've also got to demo
the rest of the structure,
leaving the posts for your rebuild.
Pay careful attention to the blueprints.
-Let's do it. -Yeah. -Take a moment to strategize,
figure out who's going to be the crew boss,
and let's get this job done.
SERGIO: My background
is a foreman and a lead guy all the time.
-Let me take this one over, okay? -Yeah.
This is what I do on a daily basis.
I have a crew, I make a plan, we execute it,
whatever it takes, until the job's done.
Who do we want to be the crew boss?
She knows how to read plans in construction.
-ILIMA: You know how to read plans? -Yeah.
I do have experience with blueprints.
-Laura, you're going to be the crew boss. -Okay.
The leadership that I had
working in construction,
the experience I have with blueprints, and being
the collegiate coach for nine years, we figured
all those skills put together,
that I'm going to be the crew boss today.
I want to make sure that
we're starting off on the right foot.
A victory is really going to set us up.
-On the work whistle! -[work whistle blows]
-Here we go. -Unstrap it. Unstrap it.
-Get on the straps, Aly. -KEOGHAN: First part of the job--
getting those ladders off the trucks.
Now it's on your side.
-KEOGHAN: And that tool chest. -Tools coming out.
One, two, three, pull.
Today we're building a shade structure.
-One, two, three. -LAURA: One group's gonna go get the supplies,
the other group is gonna be
tearing down and setting up.
In the truck. Truck, truck, truck, truck, truck.
KEOGHAN: Already they're getting to their truck.
-Come on, guys. -Let's go, Savage.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew are already on their way.
LAURA: We put a lot of the muscle
into the truck
so we can load the lumber really quickly.
Mister, Renée and I are setting up
all of the tools, all of the power cords.
That way, once they get back,
everything's ready to go.
Set it down.
Oh, man. Today's challenge,
we have to go get our lumber.
-Seat belts. -Let's do this.
I'm taking Beth and Aly with me.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands on their way.
SERGIO: Meanwhile, we have to have somebody
tear down the existing structure.
Jorge, being that we're both union carpenters--
I know he knows how to demo a structure,
so I'm leaving him
to take the lead in that
with Synethia and Ellery.
There you go.
KEOGHAN: Jorge is the foreman here.
He's making sure that they follow Sergio's plan.
We're gonna get that structure down fast, so I'm kind of
nervous about the time it's going to take to get
all the supplies. I just hope
they're back in time.
-Got a grinder. You want a grinder? -Yeah.
LAURA: To be the first crew boss--
it's a lot. Uh, you know, not knowing our team, not knowing
how well we work together.
There's a lot of pressure going into it, and I want
to make sure that we get this right.
KEOGHAN: Mister cuts away that top beam.
They're caught up now to Dirty Hands.
Let's do this.
You can see the, uh, pallets are going to be over there.
Piece of cake, guys. We got this.
Myself, Larron and Jake--
our job is to load up lumber as fast as we can.
All I could think about is, "Let's go, baby. Let's go."
-Watch your face. -Good.
I'm gonna pull the allthread off.
Getting it out of the way.
-Go, go, go, go, go. -Push it up. Just push it.
I got it. You guys feed the next one.
We're going to load the bigger beams up top,
then put our roofing boards in the back of the pickup,
and then the cross brace beams go on the side.
That way, as we're building the structure,
everything's in order and we're not wasting time.
We have a great lead. Let's just keep it.
ALY: Oh, I see 'em. They're right there.
Oh, no.
BETH: The very first team challenge,
you want to get off to a strong start.
And we were behind the other team.
There's a lot of adrenaline and a little bit of panic.
-Go, go, go, go! -Don't let off the gas, you guys. Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
You got power on the other cord.
We need to start cutting, or I can cut it right here.
KEOGHAN: Teams are split up, three and three.
Savage Crew off to a good lead.
Going out to the other side of the island
to pick up the new supplies to get this job done.
Then they got to rebuild their structures
after they get it demoed.
-All right, let's go, let's go. -Yeah, set it off to the side.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands working furiously.
ALY: Our strategy of loading the supplies was
to keep the slats for the roof off of everything else.
We don't want to waste time
digging pieces out from underneath them,
trying to get those out of the way.
-Got it? -There you go. Get it balanced.
They're gonna gain on us. Let's start doing two at a time.
All right. Let's go. Let's keep on going.
On three. This... Oh.
Dirty Hands are working extremely well.
Start cutting them in half.
-With the Sawzall? -Yeah, yeah, with the Sawzall.
SYNETHIA: I'm a carpenter apprentice, so Jorge and Ellery
told me what to do, I executed it.
Dirty Hands, everything off their posts.
That's going to put them way ahead.
-Long beam-- you ain't finished. -I'll cut this one, too.
Come on. You got to cut them all.
ELLERY: Synethia is an apprentice.
She's still learning.
She's reluctant
to take a chance and make an error.
Keep cutting. Come on.
Hopefully, going forward,
she can feel strong enough that she can
actually take on a challenge.
KEOGHAN: Mister gets this T-bar cut down.
And look at Renée. Savage Crew have made up a lot of time.
SERGIO: Just keep throwing it in.
-Watch that window. -Good gracious. Yeah.
How many you got? Just get a rough count.
-Around 80 or so. -That's not enough.
ILIMA: Oh, man.
-I just broke our window. -That's all right. Keep going.
All I can think about is, "Oh, my God.
I just shattered a window."
All right, we're good. We got 115.
-You got 115? -Hey, top me off on that side.
-Then we're good. -That's good.
Come on. We got to get our lead back.
-Let's get out of here. -We're doing good.
I had to make sure we have enough. I don't want
to make a second trip.
SERGIO: I see Savage Crew take off first, and
I didn't let it get to me.
Okay, that's it. We're gone.
We have a lot of work to do.
Anything can happen.
Are they coming?
It's frustrating. We got our job done fast,
and we're still waiting on material.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands desperately waiting
for their team to turn up.
They're at a standstill.
And it's Savage Crew who are the first
to return with their supplies.
Come on.
MISTER: They pull up. It's all good,
and we're ready for 'em anyway.
Watch yourself. Watch yourself.
MISTER: Immediately we start unloading the truck.
The next thing we need is
an allthread,
which is going to go through
the post to help
put up the new structure.
The allthread. You got 'em...?
-No, we don't. I got... -ILIMA: The allthreads?
Didn't we grab those?
This ain't a good start.
I'm gonna go get the allthread.
MISTER: And then I see that the back window
of this truck is broke. I'm like, "What in the hell?"
Did I just pick the Three Stooges or something?
Crew boss Laura just realized
that her team forgot the allthread at the supply yard.
Larron's gone back to get 'em, but he's left
with the roof slats still in the truck.
Let's hope they don't run out of work before Larron returns
-with what they need. -On these crossbeams,
the brackets with studs-- start getting those on.
KEOGHAN: All right. Here comes Dirty Hands.
Here they come. Here they come.
JORGE: I see Savage crew pull away
for the second time.
Sergio comes down the hill,
and, you know, it gets me excited
because that gives us the advantage
to make up some of that time that we lost.
-Read them plans, buddy. -KEOGHAN: The first time
Dirty Hands is working together as a team of six.
-Come on, come on, come on. -Here, here, here, here.
ELLERY: Got to move faster than that.
-You got to move. -SERGIO: There you go, guys.
Keep it going.
Jorge, Ellery, and Synethia had already demoed the structure.
Right away, I just started breathing easy.
I put people where they needed to be,
and we just started jamming.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands working
on their big beam.
Most dangerous part of your job right here.
Let's go, Ellery.
ALY: We knew immediately
that we had to put our middle beam up.
Can't really do anything until that beam is set.
-It was pretty heavy. -KEOGHAN: Nailing in
those Simpson brackets onto the beam.
That's already made it safer.
LARRON: Forgetting the allthread
was ultimately my fault.
I set 'em off to the side
and we completely forgot about 'em.
We're now behind, and this is all on me
if we're not going to get the win today.
-One, two, three. -KEOGHAN: Big move from Savage Crew
with this very heavy beam.
JAKE: Got it, Come on, baby. Yeah.
-There you go. -Fantastic teamwork.
-Come on, Ilima. You got this. -Swap with me, swap with me.
KEOGHAN: Here comes Larron. He's finally back.
They have some time to make up.
LAURA: Let's go, Savage Crew!
-We need two more. -Try that one.
-Slide it right in. -Got you.
Make sure we have a washer and bolt.
-Gonna put it in front of you? -I got you.
SERGIO: Whatever it takes to build a structure, I can do it.
Jorge is like, "I'm right with you, bro."
We just meshed really good
right away.
Start spinning that nut on there.
Look at the hustles coming from Savage Crew.
LAURA: "Quiet time 10:00 to 9:00."
And on the other side we got "11:00 checkout."
MISTER: Oh, my Lord, what is he doing?
-LAURA: You need help over there? -KEOGHAN: Whoa.
Jake is lifting up that crossbeam all by himself.
He's got the bolt in already.
-ILIMA: That's it. That's it. -KEOGHAN: Now they're working
together beautifully as a team.
SERGIO: Let's go, you guys. Don't be looking.
-Let's just stay focused. -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands
has all four of their support struts
in place on their crossbeams.
Savage Crew only have two in place.
But look at the speed in which Jake is moving.
-Pull it out, man. Go, go, go. -LARRON: All right. Go.
-Place that, get the allthread. -ILIMA: We're through.
We're through, we're through.
JAKE: I have some construction background, so I'm ready
to show 'em what a valuable team player I am
and show the rest of the competition,
you know, we're going to be a force to be reckoned with.
KEOGHAN: Here comes another big beam
-for Sergio and Jorge. -[overlapping chatter]
-[grunts] -Two men of the trade slipping
that beam into the Simpson brackets.
Tape measure's under the table.
-[grunts] -Savage Crew have made up time.
JAKE: I'm good over here. Keep hammering down.
KEOGHAN: Look at this. Both teams doing
the same job at exactly the same time.
One hour and 20 minutes into this job, everybody!
Let's get it done before the sun sets.
-LARRON: Got you. -JAKE: Once me and him
get going with these, he needs somebody
-to feed up the pieces. -Savage Crew the first to get
their roof slats up, and the first roof slat
-is going up for Dirty Hands. -Come on. Nail it.
KEOGHAN: It is a race to get the roof slats on.
-Do you want the other ladder? -Yeah.
-What do you need? What do you need? -JORGE: We're getting
this roof structure on, and it's tedious, you know?
It's climbing down, moving the ladder, climbing back up.
We're working hard and we're working fast.
-You guys were meant for this job. -You guys are doing good.
-Let's go. -KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands are ahead on the roof slats.
You're too close to your work, man.
-I can't reach it then. -LAURA: Savage Crew!
We got four ladders and four people.
-I can hit him easily, though. -I understand. It's not about
what you can do, it's about what you should do.
-ILIMA: Just listen to her! -All right.
LAURA: The team isn't utilizing
all of the tools as well as we should.
Let's make sure that we get a nice assembly line going,
and we're getting all those guns going good.
KEOGHAN: Laura and Renée are feeding the roof slats
up onto the roof.
They have four ladders and four nail guns working.
Dirty Hands are using just three ladders and three nail guns,
but Ellery is loading up all the old wood onto their truck.
Find out whether that's going to pay off.
-[grunts] -ILIMA: Jake, let's do it!
I wonder if I can just lay up there.
Okay, keep going then.
This is taking too long.
I can kill two birds with one stone.
Now, both sides are coming up with wood,
and all I have to do is nail them.
-Yup. -KEOGHAN: Very good strategic move.
Mister working along the spine of this roof.
He's not having to move on a ladder,
and they are making up huge amounts of time.
-Come on, you guys. -ALY: Here. I need one.
SYNETHIA: I got you, Aly.
ALY: We're neck and neck the whole time.
We just went into overdrive,
and we started putting our two nails in
as quick as possible.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have been working
ahead to clean up their jobsite.
Ah, but Ellery's throwing away their number,
and they need that to finish the job.
-Let's go! -ELLERY: As it was coming
down to the wire, you could feel
the tense feeling.
SERGIO: Come on. We're almost there.
It's gonna come down to who can clean up
their jobsite faster and nail up their number.
BETH: It's epically close, y'all.
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew have one more slat to go on the roof,
but they've got to clean up the jobsite.
Yeah, like that. Yeah.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands get all their slats up on the roof.
-[whoops] -Savage Crew with all their roof slats done.
Now it's a matter of cleaning up.
MISTER: It's down to the wire, everybody's scrambling.
Man, we got to win it.
KEOGHAN: This is close, Savage Crew.
Dirty Hands, it's going to come down to seconds.
Where's our number block?
We've got this.
Everyone's loading the vehicles, tying things down.
All we have to do is nail up a number.
Had it right here.
Anybody know where the number's at?
-Oh, come on. -Somebody help him with the number.
That's the missing piece.
Couldn't find it.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands desperately looking for their number.
That's given Savage Crew a chance to catch up.
-BETH: Where's the number?! -SERGIO: Where is the number 16?
[groaning]
KEOGHAN: Both teams have completed their shady structures
and are now cleaning up their jobsites.
Who will nail their number on first?
$12,000 on the line.
-Oh, don't. No, no, no, no, no. -KEOGHAN: Oh, Dirty Hands,
all your hard work's going to go to waste unless you can
find that number 16.
ELLERY: Once he started calling for the number,
it just dawned on me.
It's in the truck.
SERGIO: I had it right here.
Go, go, go!
KEOGHAN: Savage Crew trying to shut down their ladders.
Coming down to the last few seconds.
-It could not be closer. -Here. -Yeah.
KEOGHAN: Dirty Hands have found their number.
-Savage Crew get their wood on. -[overlapping chatter]
BETH: Go, go, go, go, go!
-Got it! -Go, go, go, go! -Go, go, go!
-Strapped in! -There it is, she got it.
-[cheering, whooping] -KEOGHAN: Savage Crew
with the win. They take out the first team competition.
Dirty Hands just a few seconds behind.
-[whooping] -Hell yeah.
JAKE: It really was a bad feeling for me
to get picked last.
Awesome job.
A lot of these people-- they don't know my work ethic.
And today they saw it.
I think now they're happy that I'm on their team.
ALL: Savage!
[whooping]
We just came in with a victory.
-Good teamwork. -LAURA: I am elated.
-Yes! -I wanted to get a good start. 1 and 0.
-You guys did awesome. -We had a system. -Yeah, we did.
Uh-uh. Do not hang your heads.
We gave it everything we had.
I'm proud of you.
This is what makes you tougher, okay?
I cost my team a win.
We were practically a minute ahead of Savage Crew,
but by the time I got the number,
it was a tad bit too late.
-Good job. -By a split second.
Man, that was close.
I'm going to have to redeem myself
from this loss.
I just want to say how incredibly proud I am
of all of you. That was a hell of a job.
You've been working for about two hours straight, and
it literally came down to seconds.
And, Mister, you got to be feeling good right now
about the team you assembled.
I am feeling great, and I have one question for you, Phil.
Yes.
-Can I smell that money? -Oh.
-Yes! -[cheering] -Oh, man.
Soon enough.
Oh! Yeah.
First Badge of Honor goes to our crew boss on Savage Crew.
-Congratulations. -Thank you so much.
[cheering]
-And $12,000-- that goes to you. -Thanks so much.
MISTER: Man, I'm so happy that we won.
I'm the one that chose these guys.
[cheering]
I picked the right team.
The team competition continues tomorrow.
-[Sergio whoops] -And then, after that,
you will be going into your first individual competition.
This is just the start of your journey.
-[work whistle blows] -Go!
You are going to be pushed to your limits.
JORGE: Don't slow down!
Well, where were you in the huddle?
-Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys. -Nobody asked nobody.
[all gasping]
KEOGHAN: Some of you will be
-bleeding from your efforts. -[grunting]
You will be sweating.
-[grunting] -You already know that.
-Don't stop. -You'll know what it's like
to experience the highs of victory...
[cheering, whooping]
...and the lows of defeat.
-Whoa! -LARRON: This is a huge mistake.
KEOGHAN: In the individual competition...
-Go, go, go, go! -...there are cash bonus prizes
for winning like never before.
But in the end,
only one of you will be left standing.
Only one of you is going to go home with
the $200,000 prize...
...the all-new Ford Super Duty...
-[engine running] -[cheering]
...and the title ofTough As Nails champion.
Get some rest. Reset.
I'll see you guys bright and early in the morning.
ILIMA: Yes.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
-I need some water. -Man, I'm thirsty. I am thirsty.
ALY: We got to stay organized is all.
[indistinct chatter]
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