[intense music playing]
[Riley] I'm Dr. Riley Elliott and my specialty is sharks.
Over the last five weeks,
I've trained my eight recruits
at all the shark skills a rookie needs to master.
Perfect.
Now, in this last week,
they face their final test.
I need to do everything that I can to win this.
It's like championship game.
[Riley] Before I pick the best
to join my crew on a future expedition.
Here to win, here to get a job.
[Riley] So far, they free-dived
into a swarm of reef sharks.
If you weren't awake, you are now.
[Riley] Worked up one of the most aggressive sharks
on Earth, the bull shark.
I'm getting teeth and jaws in my face.
[Riley] Survived being marooned on a desert island.
This way, this way.
Give me a machete and I'm good.
That was the hardest night of my life.
[Riley] Forced to face fear.
If I tell you to do something, I need to know
that you will do it.
Ready? Fall.
- [indistinct shouting] - [woman] [bleep] Is he okay?
[Riley] Dived into a great hammerhead feeding frenzy.
Let's go.
[Riley] They've got close.
He will do anything that I say.
I love that. [laughs]
[Riley] And butted heads.
Do something. Stop telling us
- what to do and do it. - Out of control.
I wasn't targeting you like Ryan.
[Riley] Now, we're sailing a hundred miles north
to their ultimate challenge.
That's Bimini, fading off into the distance.
We're about to head out there, into the abyss.
[suspenseful music playing]
[man] This is insane, I can't believe
- this is about to happen. - If you can't handle this,
we are gonna draw that line in the sand and say,
- "Get out of the water." - [woman] Right behind you.
Can't pick one person out right now.
One last chance.
I need us to put another challenge up against them.
To prove their nerve.
For you three, it's your day of reckoning.
- I am scared. - [Riley] And skill.
If you put this on too aggressively,
it's gonna react.
Oh, my God, she's going for it.
- I got it. - [woman screaming]
[Riley] With one of the deadliest sharks
in the world, the tiger shark.
[suspenseful music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
So I'm going in to the pilothouse
and we're off on an adventure
so I'm gonna see who's driving this boat.
- Oh, look. - Hey, what's up?
[Randy] Hey, how's it going, man?
- Not who you expected? - [Randy] Not at all.
- You're driving this boat. - [Ryan] All 120 tons of her.
It's, uh, actually pretty, uh, relaxing job.
I don't have anyone to compete with here,
just us and the open ocean.
[Randy] What do you think Riley has in store for us?
[Ryan] Uh, he's thrown so many curveballs at us
and, uh, and most of them
I never would've been able to predict.
So all I know is that there's gonna be bigger,
better, badder sharks on the horizon.
How bad do you wanna get chosen?
It'd be kind of heartbreaking if we didn't get it.
- What do you think? - That's what we came here for,
I mean, to go home without it, it would, like,
- you know, it'll hurt. - We came here for a reason.
This is the climax and this is where
we all find out who's gonna make it,
who might be selected.
[Riley] My eight recruits are reaching the end
of my intense six-week training program
in shark research.
We're on the boat in the middle of the, uh,
the Gulf Stream,
heading off to this tiger shark hotspot,
which is in the middle of the ocean,
there's no one there,
there's nothing waiting for them
but a hugely intimidating environment
filled with 12 to 15-foot long sharks.
This week, this isn't another challenge.
This is very much a final performance review.
In just a few days, I'll pick one of my recruits
to join my crew
and enter the exclusive world
of shark research.
I got fasting today, what do you guys want?
I'll have three poached eggs with hollandaise sauce
and a blanched spinach and garlic.
That's not in the menu, darling.
Let me re-plate them, we only have banana,
pancakes, and you have eggs,
the simpler, the better.
I'll have three poached eggs.
[Juliana laughing]
I'll have one banana pancake, please.
- [Juliana] Okay. - And two eggs,
- appreciate you. - Thank you. Okay.
- [Brad] Thank you, Juliana. - What's next?
Three banana pancakes please.
- Four fried eggs. - [Juliana] Four?
Okay.
[upbeat music playing]
- Oh, guys, I think we're here. - Nice.
All right, guys, so we've dropped anchor,
we've got the Gulf Stream on that side,
shallow banks this side,
the reef should be right under us.
[man laughs]
[Riley] Yeah, we're in the right spot, guys.
[overlapping chatter]
[Riley] We are definitely in the right spot,
- check that out. - [man] Sharks.
[Riley] We got lemons, we got blacknose,
we got nurse sharks, we got reef sharks,
and the infamous tiger shark will eventually turn up.
They tend to be shy, they tend to wait
for the show to start,
and then they make their grand entrance.
So let's keep our eyes peeled.
You'll be diving in that swarm
gathering data on tiger sharks.
Good morning.
It feels like Christmas morning.
- It does. - It makes me grateful
that we've spent five weeks learning about sharks
and how to interact with them because I don't think
I would've been jumping in in this water on day one.
Yeah.
It's really sharky, it's scary.
There's six to seven different species of sharks here.
You have sharks at every part of a water column.
So you're gonna have lemon sharks at the surface,
nurse sharks below you,
reef sharks mid-water column,
bull sharks off in the distance stalking you,
tiger sharks coming in,
hammerheads around.
You have to look up, right, down, back, forward,
everything basically to make sure
that you're not being hunted.
You don't wanna become a prey.
Tiger sharks are scavengers,
they usually always come in
from an approach of ambush,
somewhere where they can use the sunlight
or the waves to sneak up.
I have no [bleep] had
a fifteen foot tiger shark sneak up on me,
it was just that well camouflaged, it just came
and then all of a sudden, it's two feet away from me.
So you got to keep your eyes peeled.
What Andre just outlined is us seeing whether or not
you can play all those angles,
all those levels at the same time.
You've been given the tools to handle the scenario,
this is your ultimate test.
If you can't handle this,
we are gonna draw that line in the sand and say,
"Get out of the water."
Get your gear ready and I'll see you in the back.
[upbeat music playing]
A lot of sharks and beautiful clear water.
This is stunning.
All the work that we've done to get to this moment
is finally here, and this is where it pays off,
it's like championship game.
Look at that.
Crazy.
Those are the little guys.
There are big sharks here
and they are all over the place.
I probably should be a little nervous
but I just wanna get in there. I wanna do this.
Here to win, here to get a job.
I personally think that me, Randy, and Ren
are the frontrunners.
[upbeat music playing]
Clearly we've come to the right place
where the deep water meets the shallow reef
because right now below us,
we're being surrounded by multiple
12 to 14-foot tiger sharks.
- Yes. - [man] All right.
This is your final test, this is your last chance
to step up and show me what you got.
Everything you've learned to this point
has to come together.
You're gonna be on scuba and for safety,
just four of you at a time, each working in pairs.
One person needs to be getting photo ID,
the other person is writing down dive slates
of the unique features of each individual
that we can compare later.
This will be a very measurable way
to see how far you've come or not.
You guys need to stand on your own two feet now.
You need to watch your surroundings,
you need to know what is coming in on your six,
and you need to get the data.
Basically, guys, the number one thing
you wanna think about is we're a few hours
from any hospital or any medical treatment,
so anything happens here,
you have to remember worst case scenario,
you may not make it back,
you can bleed out within minutes
if you hit a major artery.
But you're gonna have to hold your own space
with that animal.
So basically you have your pull,
you see that shark coming in,
before it gets to this point,
you wanna have it out,
just extending that space,
you're not using it to wait and poke,
extend that space because that shark's probably
gonna turn before it even gets to that pull.
There is no situation today
where you should be touching a shark.
If I see that, I will step in
but I don't wanna have to step in,
you guys should be at the position now
where you can handle your own space.
[Andre] Just like at hammerhead shark dive,
keep count of them, but you need to know
where each tiger shark is in the water at all times.
[Riley] It's time that you get face to face
with the biggest mega predator in the Bahamas.
They are a cannonball of momentum
packed with teeth that can crush a turtle shell
like a nacho.
So just be aware, be calm, be collected,
you have the skills to do this,
focus on the task.
Strap up, let's get in the water,
let's go.
[suspenseful music playing]
If the water's cold, I will be warm
because I'm confident that I will be peeing
in this wetsuit very quickly
and then maybe all the nerves will dissipate
and I'll be good but, heck yeah, I'm nervous.
Honestly, I just can't wait to get in there.
Any small mistake
and we're out basically,
so lots of pressure.
Can I just get in the water now?
[Cassidy] I can't wait to see some tigers, like, honestly,
they're the shark that I'm the most scared of,
so this is gonna be crazy.
I want this so bad.
I have a successful career.
I gave it up. I'm done with that.
I want to work with sharks.
Now that we're at the final challenge,
I need to do everything that I can to win this.
[suspenseful music playing]
Okay then.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Riley] There is a lot of tiger sharks here, guys.
So you can see with the tiger shark,
they're just made for chewing through things,
tiger-like stripes that'll give them camouflage
in this unique sea grass clear water environment
where there's a little sunrays
that penetrate through the surface.
I've experienced big 14-foot sharks like that
actually be able to sneak up within feet of me
because of this camouflage.
Okay. This is it.
First group is on their way down,
we got Austin and Ren.
And then Juliana and Ryan.
As you can see, it's pretty hectic down here.
One wrong move and any one of us could be in trouble.
So I brought in several local safety divers
to keep watch,
they'll bait the sharks
and try to influence where they swim around us
in these currents.
[Juliana laughs] What a [bleep] riot.
This is the best thing ever.
[Riley] All right, guys, remember that you gotta
watch your own six,
so every now and then, make sure you scan
the back of yourself.
[Ren] Big mama incoming.
To Austin, that one had a scratch
right before the first gill.
[Austin] Yeah, I see it. All right.
[Ren speaking]
[Riley] You see that big, big girl there?
That's the most famous tiger shark around here.
- Look at the size of her. - [Ren] Yes.
[Riley] That's a tiger shark that'll come around,
sneak up behind you.
Austin,
Austin, can you hear me?
Austin, behind you.
Copy that and I see it. Yeah, I see it.
[Riley] Austin had me worried there for a second.
Maybe he's just blown away
by everything going on around him.
Ren is doing well.
I can see her holding her ground
and hear her pointing out key markings on the sharks.
[Austin] Three tigers to the left, Ren.
[Ren] Oh, man, this one's a little intense.
All females?
These three big mamas have us covered
from every angle.
[Ren speaking]
[Austin] Tiger on your six, Ren.
[Ren] Austin, my heart skipped a beat for a second there.
[laughs]
You and me both, Ren. You and me both.
[Riley] Nice, well done. Well done.
That's better, Austin.
He's looking out for Ren there,
that's great teamwork.
[Ryan] Tiger shark coming behind us.
[Juliana] I can see one, two, three, four.
This one's incoming right here.
[Juliana speaking]
[Ryan] It has a lot of coloration
on the left side of its snout.
[Juliana] Incoming. Dorsal fin on this one is different.
Staring right at me.
[Ryan] I count three sharks, right?
- Three tigers. - [Juliana] I see the fourth.
Do you see the four, Ryan? Right above?
[Ryan] I see it.
[Riley] Juliana's unsurprisingly
the most vocal of team two,
but she has her eyes open.
She spotted the fourth tiger shark
and that's a good observation.
Ryan is holding his ground well
but I'm not seeing much data collection from him
without Juliana's help.
All right, guys, after these two big tigers
go past, we're gonna rotate, okay?
We'll have to watch our backs,
when these two tigers clear,
we'll pick our time to get back to the boat, okay?
[suspenseful music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
Biggest sharks I've ever seen in my whole entire life.
That was...
I don't know, man, I need a minute.
So I think we did well.
Juliana and I worked well as a team.
That was super intense.
I'm still kind of mesmerized,
like, I close my eyes and I see them
coming right by me.
I wanna know now, did I make it, did I make the cut?
I wanna know what Riley thinks of our performance.
I wanna know it all. I want this more than ever.
[Riley] Now, the last four recruits,
it's their chance to show what they've got.
It's Randy partnered with Cassidy.
And then Brad with Sophia.
[Brad] All right. It's game time, baby.
Let's do this, Soph.
Feeling good, lots of tigers.
- [Sophia] Woo-hoo. - [Riley] Hey, Brad,
you need to move there
and you need to hold your position
because you're pushing Sophia down past me.
It's vital the recruits use their redirection poles
to deflect incoming sharks down here.
The sharks detect this physical barrier
three feet before they get near the diver.
That's three extra feet you want between you
and an adult tiger shark.
[Cassidy] Wow, this is just the most epic thing
I've ever done. So many tigers.
[Randy] Yeah, a tiger coming in right here.
[Cassidy] Whoa, Randy, right behind us.
[Randy] Hey, Cass, that's shark one
on the bait right now.
And shark two has a scar on his right side,
by gill slit.
Hey, Cass, you all good?
Cass, can you hear me?
[Riley] Cassidy, Cassidy,
I haven't heard a word from you yet.
Come on. Tell me how you're feeling, Cassidy.
[Cassidy] Does anyone hear me?
I think my comm is broken.
I can't hear anyone.
Right behind you.
[Riley] Well spotted, Randy, keep that head on a swivel.
[Cassidy] Can anyone hear me?
[Randy] Yeah. I think Cass...
I think Cassidy's comm is out.
[Riley] Losing comms is not ideal down here,
especially when we are surrounded.
But I'm not stepping in unless I have to.
Let's see how these guys cope and work as a team.
Wow, I'm really impressed with Randy.
He hasn't let this fluster him
and started communicating with Cassidy
with improvised sign language.
Randy and Cassidy are both really stepping it up,
a creative solution
in this high pressure-situation.
And I can see them making lots of notes.
The recruits use dive slates
with a standard lead pencil that writes at any depth.
It looks like Randy's taking some great photo ID shots.
Excellent work.
Let's see how Sophia and Brad are doing.
[Brad] Pretty gnarly current down here,
definitely feel like the scent trail
is going all over the place, so...
we got sharks all around us.
So don't forget to check your six.
Got one at 3:00 here coming in.
[Sophia speaking]
They are everywhere
and they're getting close up and personal.
[Riley] Brad's doing a great job looking around
and watching Sophia's back at the same time.
Sophia should have that pole in her hand,
but hopefully she's quick to use it if needed.
They seem to be working well together,
communicating and recording shark data well.
Sophia, you need to keep your hand in
and use your pole.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Brad] Holy cow, that was intense.
Whoo, dude.
[Riley] Sophia isn't using her pole
to redirect the incoming shark.
She's reached out with her hand,
one of my safety divers had to intervene.
Hand redirection takes years to master.
It's not a novice move.
Now we can get out of the water.
Everyone's had some pretty close encounters
with these tigers.
All right, guys, let's go.
[Brad] All right, I'll lead the way.
[dramatic music playing]
I can't even believe what just happened.
Huge tiger sharks all over the place.
I mean, oh, my Lord.
[Riley] There's some hard decisions to make,
need to weigh out not only how they performed
on that dive, their last final test but...
the culmination of their entire six-week program.
I think I did really good, honestly.
I was checking my six the whole time.
I was communicating really well.
The only thing that I did get in trouble
was when some of those tigers were coming in
for a close check out,
I felt the pole wasn't better
than using my hand.
But I see Riley and Kori
redirecting with their hands
and I trust myself, and I hope they would trust me
that I can do that as well.
So I feel like I freaking got it down there.
Hopefully we did what we had to.
I know we got some really, really good photographs.
I feel really good about my performance.
And I think I proved that I'm capable.
I mean, at the end of the day, that was a tricky dive.
There was, you know, you had to... had to know
what you were doing, you have to be ready to do it
or else somebody was gonna get hurt.
There's just too many big sharks down there.
I think I'm gonna cross that finish line
my hands in the air.
I gave it my all. I know I got some good shots.
I took the best information I could.
Cass couldn't hear me so I had to signal it out,
like shark one, shark two.
So we had to adapt, it's not always gonna be perfect
and you just kind of have to adjust.
So we made that adaptation, I mean we did our best.
So the work here is done.
Now we just wait, you stay patient,
we just have faith in what we did.
[dramatic music playing]
[Cassidy speaking]
That's all that matters is you gave it your all
- and you had no regrets. - But it's like
such a stupid thing, like...
Like, you just got to chalk it up to the game
- at that point because... - But I still tried.
- Like, I still tried. - Yeah, no, exactly.
Nobody can take that away from you.
Nobody can ever take that away from you,
because you accomplished some stuff
that people dreamed of doing.
- And you've done it tenfold. - I know.
Weeks and weeks [bleep] yeah.
And I'm not gonna take away your feeling of like
being hard on yourself because I know how I feel.
But just don't do it too much
because there's too much life to live,
- you know what I'm saying? - No, I agree.
Unfortunately,
you can't always control things that happen.
And when I got in the water, I just wasn't hearing
anyone in my comm. I hate when I feel
I didn't do my best.
And I don't wanna blame it on circumstances
out of my control because, you know,
some people I think in this situation,
if their comm wasn't working, they would have just went up
and, like, bailed on the dive.
Scanning through the recruits' data
and it's by each pair, and look at that.
Crisp, crisp clear shot.
Get all these notches, these notes are perfect.
To be honest, this is what I would expect
from Randy and Cassidy.
I won't be holding the comms issue against Cassidy,
problems happen on expeditions.
And it's how you cope with them that matters.
There's such great shots here.
I remember Randy getting this one a message
I'm on the comms, perfect shot,
because I was right beside him, I could see it.
And he's been really good at this, full shark,
got the lasers on there for the size measurements.
I can see that they've captured
most individuals on good angles.
And that's Juliana at the end getting that.
Great shots, perfect alignment.
Brad and Sophia,
lot of photos here, this is nice.
But I can't forget Sophia going against instruction
and not using her pole to deflect that shark.
Using her hand could have been a costly mistake.
And then last but not least, Ren and Austin,
good clean gold here.
Great shots.
I really thought there would be much more
of a spread at this stage of the game.
I need to go think long and hard about this.
[dramatic music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Riley] Hey, Cap, can I have a word for a sec?
[Jonathan] Hey, what's up?
I just wanted to bounce some ideas off of you
on these recruits.
Do you have... Do you have any standouts?
Any thoughts on these guys?
So Ren and Randy, hands down.
The both of them from day one,
their work ethic is outstanding.
I mean, they are just there for every single task,
not just the fun stuff. Juliana for me...
she came on and I would never have expected
to be saying this six weeks later.
We bumped heads a couple of times.
I mean, I threatened to throw her off the boat
- at one point. - Yeah.
[Jonathan] And she's just continually come back,
come back with fire and with tenacity
and with spirit and with ability.
You know, if I had to pick one more,
I think it would be between Brad and Cassidy.
I mean, everybody's done a great job.
You're picking the good egg
- from a batch of good eggs. - Yeah.
I don't envy you this task.
Cheers, mate.
[dramatic music playing]
Any of us have a chance and I truly don't know
who he's gonna pick.
I genuinely think that everybody is.
- [Juliana] Mmm-hmm. - Anybody can get it.
And like, if that's me,
it's like I'm gonna be happy,
but do me and Riley's personality clash?
That's the thing, I'm like, I could be picked.
He might think we clash too much.
I don't know. I would say, okay,
Sophia is strong free-diving and scuba diving.
You're an instructor.
Ren is a force of nature
who is good at everything she does,
and Cass, the fact that she completely changed
within a matter of days into her free-diving skills,
you're like, all these women are strong.
- [Juliana] Mmm-hmm. - The guys are, too.
Randy's strong.
He's just wise beyond his years.
[Juliana] He could pick like Ren and Randy,
because they're such like a dynamic duo
and they're both very smart.
Outside of our strengths and weaknesses,
I think it also really comes down to personality.
- Right. - There's no telling.
- No. I agree. - Honestly.
[dramatic music playing]
[Riley] That was perfect tiger shark interactions
with research being collected and sent on.
And for the recruits to just be
in their little positions,
doing their work, holding their ground,
I saw some incredible, incredible data collection
whilst keeping an eye on their back... Their backs,
like, I was really, really impressed.
I mean, how did you guys feel?
[Matt] Yeah, I was really happy to see
that they were being diligent and understanding
what we're trying to do for research.
[Kori] They were really focused,
they were actually doing their jobs
really, really trying to get those details.
[Matt] Yeah, I think they've made that transition
from tourists and awe-inspired
to now, being researchers.
It's been a really close race at the end here.
They've all kind of stood up.
But in my eyes, it's not just that,
it's the last six weeks.
Plus their backstories of who actually wants
this opportunity so bad.
This is really, really difficult
because I felt by this point,
it'd be obvious who was a standout.
Can't pick one person out right now
and I'm sure you guys are in a similar mindset.
So I need us to pick out the cream of the crop.
And I need us to put another challenge up against them.
And what I'm thinking, because it's probably
the hardest thing I've ever done
and one of the coolest as far as cutting-edge research
is deploying a fin cam on a free-swimming shark.
[Kori] If you put it on a feisty tiger shark,
and I have done that, and I put that thing
on one of our most dominant ones
and as soon as she had it on her,
she was not happy.
And she just came straight back to us,
and we couldn't even get any footage
because she was just charging us the entire time.
There is also the possibility they put it on
and it actually changes the behavior of that animal.
So them knowing how to get down in that position
to be in that safe spot,
and having to be able to react after that
if that tiger does turn straight back at them.
I mean, some of...
Maybe, I think there's two, I think they can pull it off,
but the rest, I think I wouldn't even let them
- have a shot at it. - I think it's a great way
to put all of the stuff that they've learned together,
understanding the sharks' behavior,
understanding free-diving,
understanding everything else going on around you.
[Kori] It is a big risk,
but I think it is a good test, there's no...
Not much else you can do that's above that.
It is the ultimate test, no longer are they gonna be
standing or kneeling on the bottom observing sharks,
they're gonna have to dive into the shark's world.
That's someone I can trust on our crew
to do research themselves.
That's what I need to see out of this.
You know, there's only select few of the recruits
are capable of doing it.
And we need to put them up against each other
one more time.
This is gonna be the test
that decides who may join us on our crew.
[indistinct chatter]
- What's going on here? - [Riley] All right, guys,
I just wanna outline you've all blown me away
on this program.
The growth from the start to today
has been amazing.
I've had to make a decision about who gets an opportunity
to join my crew in a future expedition.
And that decision, because you are all so close,
is to choose three of you
to take on one final ultimate test.
This is a test
that even I put up there as a difficult one.
The ultimate task that you're gonna face
is to free-dive and deploy a fin cam
on the dorsal fin of a tiger shark.
The three people that I think have shown
that they've got what it takes
are Ren,
Randy,
and Juliana.
The rest of you,
I don't mean to shatter dreams,
but I probably am.
But I want you to take home
the experience that you've got from this.
Thank you so much for trying so hard on this program.
It's been an absolute pleasure to work with you.
Try and sleep, see you in the morning.
[woman] Congratulations.
Dude, I'm really [bleep] happy for you.
How do you guys feel? Holy [bleep].
I'm so surprised, like, really me, are you sure?
Wow, I was not expecting that.
I'm highly shocked.
I mean, thankful but highly shocked.
How exciting is it to put a fin cam on a tiger shark?
[Juliana] Incredible. Wow, I'm still like...
- [man] It will be crazy. - I'm still, like, in shock.
This is one of them feelings where it's just, like,
I don't know, it ain't real yet.
[dramatic music playing]
[Riley] Ren and Randy have been frontrunners
from the get-go, you know,
they're both naturals underwater
and are very intuitive with sharks.
Juliana, well, she's proven to be a good diver
and has guts and a real burning passion
for shark science.
You know, it's a curveball,
but I'm giving her one last shot
to show me what she's got.
Brad, Sophia,
Austin, Ryan, and Cassidy,
look, they all have their own strengths,
but I have to thin the pack.
[dramatic music playing]
- Should we like celebrate... - [woman] Celebrate.
- ...or something, guys? - [woman] Yeah, hello.
[Cassidy] Okay, let's put music on and then celebrate.
[Sophia] I think it's time to celebrate.
Every one of us really could have been...
Could have been chosen but these guys really have,
like, all shown such personal growth
and so much heart and passion for this.
I mean, I'm just ultimately happy for them,
really, really happy for them.
Even though of course it breaks my heart
that I didn't get a spot,
I really feel really strongly about Randy
going to the finals.
He's super strong
and he deserves this.
[Randy] I still got work to do
but I'm super happy,
I'm excited, it's a great feeling.
Yeah, I'm disappointed that I wasn't chosen,
but honestly, I'm really happy for them.
I'm not trying to offend anybody
but I was a little bit surprised
- by just one person. - I couldn't be happy.
It's just I don't know exactly what's going on
through my brain right now. It's just...
So?
[Ren] I'm freaking scared, man.
I know.
I'm, like, I'm scared.
I'm very scared.
And it's okay.
I think the best thing you could do
is to really channel it
and embrace it,
and then everything else would be all right.
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's do this.
[Brad] Feeling heartbroken,
don't fully understand the choices.
Definitely I wouldn't agree personally with the decision.
I think Randy's been great throughout
and Ren is fantastic as well.
And Juliana, that was a bit of a shocker.
Yeah, I think was a shocker for her too, you know.
I guess I would doubt anybody kind of saw that coming.
- [Austin] Cheers. - [woman] Cheers.
You guys are gonna do awesome.
Hell yeah.
[dramatic music playing]
[Riley] All right, guys, beautiful day,
a perfect day for this ultimate test.
This task cannot be overstated.
For each of us, this would be a challenge.
For you three, it's your day of reckoning.
All right, let's get down there.
Let's get our suits on and let's get in the water
for one last challenge.
[upbeat music playing]
[Riley] This is the final decision.
After this dive,
I'll know which of these recruits
is gonna be invited onto our crew.
I'm hoping that these guys through all the skills
they've learned in the last six weeks
can take this calmly and just execute the task.
Because at the end of the day, I'm gonna be helpless
on the bottom just watching.
[suspenseful music playing]
All right, guys, this is your ultimate challenge.
Putting the fin cam
on the dorsal fin of a tiger shark
while you're free-diving.
It's animal-friendly, it's got a spring mechanism
that will release after two hours,
it'll come off the shark, it'll float to the surface
and we can track it down with the VHF tag.
So out the back now, we've got a nice current,
it's lining up the animals well.
You're gonna be on the surface
with Kori and Andre.
As your safety divers, Matt and I are gonna be
on the bottom, viewing you from down there
and observing how you do.
If you do this perfectly,
the shark won't even know that's there
and that is unbiased data.
That's what we're after,
insight to the natural behavior
- of the tiger shark. - [Kori] Essentially,
you guys are gonna have to choose the time you go down,
which shark you're gonna choose,
watch how the shark is behaving, watch its path,
watch how it's responding to the feeder.
If it's an animal that's opening its mouth,
doing a lot of rolling, a lot of really
intense behaviors when it hits that crate,
that's not the prime tiger to choose.
The prime tiger to choose is the one that's calm,
coming in slow, not too responsive to touch.
But be mindful that when you dive down,
focus on your shark, but not forget
that there may be two more following behind.
So you need to be looking over your shoulders at all time.
We're gonna be there but we are not
going to intervene unless it is absolutely necessary.
You guys are pretty much alone in this.
[Riley] The stakes could not be higher.
If you put this on too aggressively,
it's gonna react.
If you get in front of it, it's gonna react,
and that's a 14-foot predator,
you need to blend in.
And you need to execute this to perfection.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Riley] Okay. I'm gonna get in,
I'm gonna get in here.
All right. One, two, three, here I go.
Look at these tigers.
These females are at least 12 feet long
and must be over a thousand pounds.
I've never seen such a gauntlet
for somebody to swim through.
The recruits are free-diving
30 feet down into the shark swarm.
They must think about their breath hold
and the risk of blackout,
as well as the scientific process
and clocking the location of all these sharks.
This is the most dangerous task so far.
They'll need to remember everything I've taught them
in the last six weeks.
So I just do feel nervous, but I'm super excited
that I actually have the opportunity
to do something like this.
I am grateful that they have seen my growth
and that they believe that I could do this.
I'm just gonna enter that water
with the most respect and I'm gonna do everything
in my power to make it happen.
[Riley] All right, Matt, we got Juliana up the top.
Well, there is a lot of action going on down here.
This is gonna be pretty intense for Juliana.
Oh, my God, she's going for it.
[Matt] Nice and quick for Juliana.
[Riley] It's upside down though,
put it on upside down.
Oh, wow, she just kept going,
that's amazing, she got it on.
I got it.
[woman] Yo, hurray.
- Whoo. - Whoo.
[all shouting]
[Riley] Over the past six weeks,
Juliana has gone into every
shark challenge with intensity.
She almost dived into the bait box
with that tiger shark.
I could see Kori ready to pull her
back in case she went too far.
But her drive and confidence is paying dividends now.
In a swarm of tiger sharks, a flurry of bull sharks,
she realized that she put that on upside down,
but she re-corrected it,
she committed and got that fin cam on.
[Juliana] Got camera on the tiger shark.
It was... It was an incredible experience.
[Randy] It's not gonna be easy, but prepped for this,
it's that moment, you know, we all been waiting for,
and it's time to shine, that's it.
[Ren] I'm going up against one of my bestest,
bestest friends, Randy.
I hope he does well.
We all want to be part of Riley's team.
Gotta get the job done,
put the camera on the shark, be safe.
[Riley] There's a relentless train of sharks.
This is a big stage, that's been set.
Randy's up next and we'll find out if he's up for it.
[Matt] All right. Here we go for Randy,
a nice big tiger shark coming in all on her own.
[Riley] He's positioned well.
He's gonna go now, he's gonna go now.
That was his opportunity, I'm surprised he didn't go.
All right. Here comes the big girl.
It's gonna be his shot,
I can see him looking at the tiger.
This is the one he should be trying.
I don't know if Randy's scared or what's going on
but he's missing opportunity after opportunity.
Better to take longer and being safer
and actually doing it right,
than rushing it and messing up.
[Riley] Randy's gotta step up,
he's gotta show me he's got this.
That's the shark, big confident girl,
she's pregnant, massive, and getting a fin cam on her
would really give us some unique insight.
He's going, standby.
Oh, he nailed it.
Another big pregnant girl.
He nailed it absolutely perfectly.
That is so incredible.
She doesn't even notice it's there.
[Randy shouting]
That shark kept on going as if you were never there,
which was the absolute goal for this.
- That was perfect, man. - [Kori] That was so good.
Man, thank you.
[Kori] That was amazing, that was perfect.
Hey, there was never a doubt in my mind
that I'll get it done, like,
I don't plan to fail, I plan to win.
This is it. This is the final test.
- I think I'm ready, no. - You are ready.
I am ready.
All right, girl, see you on the other side.
Yeah.
[Riley] All right. Ren is in position.
She's sitting comfortably on the line.
She's been an absolutely natural
in the ocean this whole program.
This shark in front of me is spicy,
it's not an ideal animal.
Now, Ren's going for it,
she's going for the smaller animal,
it'll be interesting to see how she reacts here.
Wow, get out of there, Ren, quick.
Yes, Ren, well done.
Wow, she got that on really nicely.
Real talent with animals and reading their behavior.
[all shouting]
[Riley] Ren succeeded in that challenge.
I think it's time we all get out of the water
and leave these sharks to do what they do.
Because now we've got eyes of the tiger
and we could follow it from the fin cam.
Mission accomplished.
[man] Yeah, girl.
[Juliana] I'm nervous about whoever he chooses,
but I think that I did what I had to do.
So, yeah, I think I did well.
[Randy] Yeah, I'm geeking. I'm so happy for you.
- We did it. - We did it.
Now it's up to Riley to make that decision.
It's a bit... It's kind of a bit of a buzz kill
actually after getting out of that amazing dive,
realizing that that was my final measuring point
for these guys.
Ultimately, they did a, you know, incredible job.
Now I've got some hard decisions to make.
[upbeat music playing]
[woman] I don't even know where to start,
- I got clothes everywhere. - [woman] What?
Like, give me my dress.
You guys made this like so amazing for me
and honestly I can't imagine literally
living in these quarters with anyone else.
Like, I am so grateful that you three
are the other women in this.
[Ren] Feels like a lifetime that we were like, you know,
all walking into this room and you guys
were struggling to put your suitcases away.
[woman] We've come a long way.
[Ren] You know, I saw you guys with your suitcases,
I was like, "It's gonna be a ride."
- Oh, my God. - [woman] We were worried.
Me and Ren were like...
I was just like, "Oh, my God, I can't stand them already."
But now, like, gosh, I love you guys so much.
[woman] Family.
- I love you. - Thank you.
I love you.
It's because [bleep] how amazing girls.
Couldn't have been more different like the four of us.
I'm gonna miss bunking with you guys, honestly.
I love you, guys, and it's bonkers
that it's the end, but in a way,
it's only just the beginning, so.
Yeah, man, four lifelong homies, like,
I couldn't ask for anything more from this, like,
it's really just the beginning for all of us,
like, going forward and...
We're all gonna do something big in this life.
- Yes, hundred percent. - More adventures to come.
Hundred percent.
Caribbean cowboys on three?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
- One, two, three. - One, two, three.
Yee-haw.
I didn't know how much...
No, of course I know how much I want it,
but I haven't really been able to voice it until yesterday.
So, yesterday, it actually... Like the wave of emotion
of what I am, what I really care about,
I don't... I can't see myself going back to my regular job.
I don't like to have expectations,
simply because having expect...
Expectations have only brought me disappointments.
After the dive we did today, I have never had a feeling
of mine so confirmed
that I want to dive
with sharks for the rest of my life.
[Randy] I'm still writing it out but it was a good day,
beautiful experience.
And it was cool to have, like, everybody around,
like, it was fun.
Me busting my ass, I know that's all gonna pay off,
but I got no other choice but to
because I've seen some [bleep]
been through [bleep]
Our group can go back to great lives,
but I ain't trying to go back home, uh,
like, I... And I think that's the difference.
I gotta elevate myself.
My biggest thing is to secure this position
on Riley's trip.
Man, this could change my life.
All right, boys, ready for the light to go out?
[man] Yeah.
Good night, man.
[somber music playing]
Wow, what a wild ride, guys.
I think we can all agree for all of us
there's been life-changing experiences
in this last six weeks.
The eight of you were selected from across the globe
out of almost a thousand applicants
and every one of you
made the most out of this opportunity.
Some of the best shark dives you've ever had,
some of the coolest research collection
any of us has ever done, one of the most unique
living experiences and life-changing concepts,
I think.
You came an incredibly long way
in a very short period of time.
Nobody got bit, that's a victory.
Everybody I'm sure will take a lot home from this.
You've changed as people.
We have also. We've all evolved together.
And it's been an amazing experience.
I started this journey in search
of a new recruit to join my crew.
My crew and I have discussed long
and hard the last six weeks.
Not only how you performed in challenges
but where you've come from and where we think you can go.
And we've made a decision.
One of you has turned up every day
with the perfect attitude that is so rare in this world,
the ability to be a competitive individual
but also an absolute morale booster for a team.
This one person we think has that spark
to carry a voice for this environment,
a voice for these animals,
a voice for sharks into that world.
We all agreed on this one person
and I think all of you will, too.
My new crew member is...
Randy.
[triumphant music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
- Give me a hand. - Oh, man.
This is everyone, everyone thought this.
Tell me how you're feeling.
[Randy] Oh, my God.
Hallelujah.
[Ren] Let's go, let's go, let's go.
You got what it takes to be on this crew.
We'd love you to take this opportunity.
I humbly and gladly accept.
I literally dreamt for it and worked my ass off, like,
dreams come true.
Like...
- Thank you. - [Andre] I'm proud of you.
[Ren] Yes, yes.
[Randy] Y'all my first team.
[Riley] When I started this process,
I was looking for someone exactly like Randy.
Someone that is coachable, but also someone
that has burning passion, and that's why from the start
he has really stood out, but to follow it through
and just get better and better and better
throughout the six weeks, that showed he can do it,
it wasn't just our interpretation of it.
This whole journey, like, yeah, this for my city,
this is for my people, this is for our family
and anybody out there who feel
as if they can't go achieve something.
I'm very happy for Randy. I could totally see it, too.
A great, great addition to any team,
so I'm very happy for him.
Riley's final decision
couldn't have been more spot on.
Randy deserved this more than anybody in the group.
Meeting him on day one,
he just seemed like the whole package.
I can't wait to get out to New Zealand
and work with Riley.
It's totally gonna blow my mind.
It's something I've always been waiting for.
This is the world's toughest job interview
and he's got the job and that's testament
to who he is and I'm...
I can't wait to work with this guy.
[man] Whoa.
Yeah.
[upbeat music playing]