Sit!
Selection for the SAS
is a test like no other.
These recruits need to come
on this course physically prepared.
If not they will suffer
unnecessarily.
It's not so much about the physical,
it's the psychological that we'll be testing
and the emotional which we will expose.
(HELICOPTER WHIRS)
Go! (ABBEY WHIMPERS)
A new group of celebrity recruits...
We're doing the weak a favour.
..have volunteered to leave their comfortable lives behind.
It's been 15 years since I won a gold medal...
To your right! To your right! (GUNFIRES)
Keep moving, go!
The question I've been asking myself is,
"Do I still have that grit?"
(BLEEP) what's all that shit?
Shooting like the (BLEEP) Sundance kid!
They'll be trained to survive the impossible.
Go! Go!
Don't be a (BLEEP) idiot.
Give me your number and this will (BLEEP) stop.
Chief instructor Ant Middleton and his team of directing staff
will make no exceptions.
Go!
Whoa...get down!
(STAFF YELLS)
(BLEEP) me!
Absolute (BLEEP) up.
Tonight...
Do you ever get cold?
(TIM SHIVERS)
Not as cold as him.
I'm so cold my nipples
have gone inside my boobs.
(RECRUITS LAUGH)
Recruit against recruit...
Come on, get off there!
..in a vicious desert battle.
Ram his (BLEEP) head into the sand!
Get in there! Go, go, go!
(PETER VOMITS)
Hurry up!
And even the strongest will break.
My body is starting to let me down in certain ways.
Which recruit... (CRAIG M GROANS)
..won't last?
What are you (BLEEP) doing?
And Zima faces her toughest test.
I'm little and I'm small.
Where the hell did that emotion come from?
(SOBS)
From my childhood...
(INTENSE MUSIC)
As the recruits wake on the merciless SAS course...
the freezing desert air is a painful start to day six.
At this stage of the course,
the recruit's bodies are breaking down.
Everything hurts so much.
(RECRUIT GROANS)
They're in a whole world of pain.
Oooh! That's fresh.
I haven't put my jacket on 'cause my elbows are so sore.
Yeah.
Brrrrr!
(CHUCKLES)
(GROANS) Is there some heat in that yet?
I thought yesterday was tough, this is tougher.
I hate the cold. Yeah.
I have like no body fat and no hair.
Well, if I'm cold, you must be (BLEEP) freezing.
Oh, my days!
I try to breathe, zone out.
You can zone out but the amount of fat your body's still shaking.
Yeah.
I was shaking so much, looks like I was twerking.
(ZIMA LAUGHS)
It's no time for jokes, I'm freezing!
As the days progress,
even the elite athletes struggle with the brutality of selection.
I'm still shivering.
Yeah.
This is (BLEEP) hard.
I think this is honestly, I'm not even kidding but,
I think this is like the (BLEEP) hardest
I've pushed myself like mentally.
Yeah. And physically.
This is the hardest thing I've ever done.
Yeah. No but that's what I mean,
I actually think this is the hardest
I've pushed myself through pain.
As athletes, we have to, like,
run that balance between pushing yourself hard
and not getting injured because when you get injured,
you're useless.
But I feel like mentally I'm a lot stronger.
Yeah.
Through my life experiences and rugby,
I've been through different challenges physically,
different challenges mentally.
It's definitely made me build resilience
and character as a person
and I'll definitely use that in this course to get to the end.
Do you ever get cold?
Yeah, I'm cold now.
Yeah?
(TIM SHIVERS)
Not as cold as him.
No. Tim you cold?
Yeah, I'm cold.
I'm so cold my nipples
have gone inside my boobs.
Like, I'm not kidding you.
I've got what looks like a penis only smaller.
(RECRUITS LAUGH)
Just a nub.
A nub!
(RECRUITS LAUGH)
Everyone, let's go!
Transported to their first task...
Get up here!
..the seven remaining recruits...
Close the gaps up. Heads high.
..will need to master an aggressive mindset
to be successful.
In the special forces,
we operate constantly in a level of aggression.
(BLEEP) move!
Let's go, come on!
Whether that's using aggression to get up a mountain...
Let's (BLEEP) go!
..or when face-to-face with the enemy.
Come on!
That's how we combat any situation.
You (BLEEP) better start showing some aggression today.
Aggression is the most powerful weapon
that a human can possess.
Welcome to Murderball.
This needs to go over that line
between both Bergens.
I don't care how you get this ball there
or how you (BLEEP) deal with each other,
but one of you needs to get this ball over that line.
No (BLEEP) punching, this isn't about (BLEEP)
going in like headless chickens
(BLEEP) clashing your (BLEEP) heads together
and injuring yourselves.
That's not the (BLEEP) thinking soldier.
When I call your numbers out, as soon as I say go,
you either go for this or you go for your (BLEEP) enemy.
It's up to you.
As long as that gets up there and over that line,
is that understood?
Yes, Staff.
This task is about using controlled aggression
to take down the enemy.
When you go into combat, it's do or die.
You fight to the death.
Number 6 and number 14.
International rugby star,
Mahalia will do battle against the largest recruit on the course,
OG Bachelor, Tim.
If you can control that code red aggression
on the battlefield...
Wait for the go.
..that will be the difference between mission failure
and mission success.
It's your (BLEEP) bag this.
Going into a battle on the rugby field I'm fearless.
It's where your time to (BLEEP) shine.
To be faced with aggression and you're being physically fierce,
it's go hard or go home.
I'm 90 odd kilos and I've always been
a bit of a...bit of a hybrid animal, athlete.
The upper body's like built for power
and the lower body's more built for a bit of endurance.
So, uh, we'll see how we go.
Number six, go.
Number 14, go.
Come on! Catch her number 14.
That's it! Come on 14, let's win something!
(TIM BREATHES HEAVILY)
Come on!
(MAHALIA CRIES OUT)
Good hit.
Yes! That's it!
(MAHALIA SCREAMS)
(STAFF YELLS)
Good effort! That's it!
BOTH: (GRUNTS)
Good effort number six!
(BLEEP) good hit. Get her off you 14.
That's it! Go!
Let go of the top. Let go of the top.
Right you two stop, move, hurry up!
Let's go again! Let's go!
Number 14, go!
(STAFF YELLS)
(MAHALIA YELLS AND SCREAMS)
Yes! Good effort!
Get up! Both of you get back!
Sprint back, let's go. Sprint back down.
Well done.
Good effort number six.
Good work six.
With a quicker, more powerful run,
Mahalia defeats number 14, Tim.
(TIM PANTS)
Number two.
I'm five foot tall. Really little.
I am strong though.
And I love impact and physical fighting.
I've been doing some MMA fighting.
I'll do a high crotch grab
and lift them physically off the ground
and then throw them down.
I'm not a violent person but I love it.
It's terrible.
(LAUGHS)
It's really bad.
Number seven!
Actress Zima,
the smallest recruit,
is pitted against the oldest, at 57 years,
Thai cave rescue hero, Craig Challen.
I wouldn't say I'm someone
that's comfortable with physical conflict.
I'm not an aggressive person.
I don't think I've been in a fight
since I was at primary school in the playground.
(ZIMA EXHALES DEEPLY)
Go! Come on two!
Get a (BLEEP) move on!
Move!
Come on, (BLEEP),
is that the quickest you can (BLEEP) move?
Come on, get up here!
Ah, good work!
Wrestle him down two.
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
There's your goal!
There's your target!
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
Let's go two!
Murderball is a task to test their mettle.
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
To see if they can bite down on their gum shields when required.
Push seven!
Show the level of aggression that we need on the battlefield.
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
When they're fatigued, when they're under stress,
when they feel like their body
can't push through any further...
(CRAIG C PANTS HEAVILY)
..that's when we see really who these people are.
Alright, get that (BLEEP) ball two,
keep moving!
Keep (BLEEP) moving!
(BLEEP) 3ft from goal number 7!
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
Yes, two.
You should carry her over the line number seven!
Jesus Christ, she's vicious.
Just get her off you!
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
So, close!
Ah!
Right go, seven!
Go! Don't give up, two, go!
Oh, god. Drop the (BLEEP) ball there.
Number two. Well done, seven.
Put that in there, make your way down.
Good effort, let's go.
Good effort, number seven, let's go.
Let's go. Reset.
Despite her fighting spirit, Zima is beaten.
Number nine!
It's not in my nature for me to fight.
It never has been and I'm not sure that I want to,
to be honest with you.
And number four.
Actor Craig will face off with former AFLW champion, Abbey.
I am a competitive beast.
You know, I'm somebody who always wants to achieve
and do things 100% and-and win.
Number nine, go.
Number four, catch him!
Come on, four! Move!
(STAFF YELLS)
Keep going!
Get him, four! Yes!
(ABBEY YELLS)
Yes, number four!
Yes!
That's it! Get that (BLEEP) ball!
Get that ball, number four!
(ABBEY YELLS)
Come on four!
(ABBEY PANTS HEAVILY)
Come on, get in there, number four!
Good effort!
That's it!
(BLEEP) annihilate him number four!
Ram his (BLEEP) head into the (BLEEP) sand!
(ABBEY YELLS)
Alright, you two stop, get back down.
Move!
With neither recruit forcing a result,
the fight is drawn.
If I don't win or I don't do things exactly
how the DS expect,
I might be disappointing them, yes,
but I'll also be disappointing myself.
Next into the frey...
Number 13, go!
..world class athletes...
Go!
..and two of the strongest recruits,
Olympic gold diver Matt and Olympic runner, Peter.
Go! Go! Go! Go!
(STAFF YELLS)
Grab that ball and make this count!
Yes, go ten! Let's see some aggression!
That's it number ten.
Nice! Get in there!
(STAFF YELLS)
Aggression and a bit of anger is what's needed sometimes.
Turn around! Come on, get on it!
Get up there! Get up there!
Come on, number ten! Let's go!
Everything that you've got!
Grab it, get up there!
Come on, go!
Don't spank him. What's that?
What's that there?
Like a couple of (BLEEP) school kids
arguing over a packet of crisps.
(BLEEP) get it out of his hands ten!
Do something, 13!
Make a move, come on!
Come on!
That's it!
Being accused of being a drug cheat made me really angry.
Nice, number ten!
But it's just how you use that energy...
Get up there! Come on!
And you can use it positively.
(STAFF YELLS)
(BLEEP) get up there!
Showing aggressive determination...
Number ten, great effort.
Number ten earns the respect of the DS.
Well done.
The doping scandal has motivated me to be
the best middle distance runner in the world.
I'm innocent.
I'm not a drug cheat and this course is the chance
to show Australia who I am.
(CRAIG C PANTS HEAVILY)
But as the teams barely recover from the ruthless task,
the pain is set to continue.
When I say go, number 2, number 6,
number 14 and number 7.
You will go to the line at the top where the Bergens are
and you will face this way.
Yes, Staff.
Go!
Your job is to get that ball over that line, OK?
Their job is the opposite.
(PETER VOMITS)
Get up.
What's up, number ten?
Feel sick?
No, I just had to let it out.
Just had the breakfast out.
Yes, Staff. How are you feeling?
Good to go. Good to go? Good.
I know you're (BLEEP) good to go.
OK, so, (BLEEP) dry your eyes,
get whatever you need to get out.
Pushed to his physical limits,
Peter will need to dig deep
to ensure a victory.
(PETER BREATHES SHAKILY)
Go!
Throw the ball back, get it back.
Guys get the ball, get the ball.
Use each other. Use each other!
Roll the ball back. Here!
(ABBEY GRUNTS)
That's it, number four, go!
(ABBEY GRUNTS)
Good teamwork!
Running 800m is brutal and there's several times
I've been pushed to my absolute limit.
Good effort, number ten. Put the ball down.
Well done, number ten, good effort!
Back down.
Good job, guys.
I'm always prepared to push my body and mind to the extreme,
to places where no one else can go.
Prepare yourselves for what's about to come.
Today is a very (BLEEP) long,
hard and painful day.
Get that in your heads, embrace it...
you'll be just fine.
Walk on number four.
Coming up...
Go! ..the most brutal day...
Get the (BLEEP) ammo!
Move it!
..gets even tougher.
Let's go! Hurry up!
Which recruits... Keep moving.
If you don't wanna be here, give us your (BLEEP) number!
..won't last? I can't.
Sick of your (BLEEP) bullshit excuses.
And later...
Zima's painful past.
I'm a foster child Staff.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
In the desert every sip counts, huh?
Yeah, that's right. Yes.
After such a savage task,
the recruits square away their kits and tend to painful injuries.
I just ripped my own toenail off so,
I just wanna make sure it doesn't get infected.
Everyone who's bleeding,
do you wanna come and get some iodine?
Yeah.
You are so physically strong when I tackled
and we were wrestling,
that testicle that dropped at breakfast, gone again.
(MAHALIA LAUGHS)
(MAHALIA SIGHS)
I hope you find your testicle.
I think you left it back in the big dune.
I think it is.
How can the days get harder than this?
I mean, like, I know how they can but...
(RECRUITS LAUGH)
Why does a runner have such big pecs?
What do you need pecs for?
Ah, because I like doing this one.
(RECRUITS LAUGH)
You know when I ran up that hill, did you see how much I threw up?
Did you throw up today? Yeah.
Oh, so much. Oh, he blew massive chunks.
Yeah. Pretty much.
All those oats went to waste.
(RECRUITS LAUGH)
To be honest, today's the most I've pushed myself.
I threw up, that's the confirmation.
(ZIMA LAUGHS)
I've broken down a lot doing track.
I've bombed a lot in races
and I was disappointed that I didn't perform
the way I wanted to perform it's-it's a tough sport.
Um, guys, I have to actually tell you guys something.
Uh, I'm actually gonna give up my-my number.
No way.
Just hear me out before
and then you guys can make a decision
whether it's the right decision or not.
Um...
I've got world champs this year, I've got the Olympics next year.
I was fourth in Tokyo, I don't wanna be fourth again.
The Olympics only comes every four years.
That fear of not being able to perform when it most matters,
that worries me a bit.
Is part of it self-preservation?
I don't wanna get injured.
To make in Olympic games you've got to be top 48 in the world
and to make a finals only top 8 in the world so,
I don't wanna put myself at risk physically
because I still have to go out there and compete,
um, for the country and I've got Paris to go.
And, you know, if you're going against the best in the world
you need every single one percent.
Every day counts.
As they say you just know when your battle is over.
I just want you to know that we're all behind you here,
Australia is (BLEEP) behind you
and we know that you're gonna go out there and (BLEEP) smash it.
Your Olympic gold will be our Olympic gold.
(RECRUITS LAUGH) For sure.
As an athlete
you're never given medals for believing you can win.
You're only given medals when you do-do it.
Thanks for understanding.
It's...this is your career, this is your passion,
this is everything you've worked your entire life for.
Staff!
(ANT WHISTLES)
What do I owe the pleasure of two of you?
Number ten has something he would like to say to you.
Do you need to be here number 13? I do not.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
Tell me what you wanna say to me
and I hope it's not what I think it is.
I wanna give up my number, Staff.
I've got a battle out there.
I've missed two months of being on the track.
This experience you won't get back.
You'll regret it if you VW.
I'm not gonna force you to stay, of course,
that's not what I'm here for.
If you've made up your decision you've made up your decision
but let me tell you one thing, you (BLEEP) smashed this morning.
You were (BLEEP) sick but you still come out on top.
I promise you, if you put your body
through what you're putting it through now
it will heal back in a way that nothing can shock it.
That's all I'm saying to you.
I want to VW Staff. You sure?
I'm 100% certain.
OK.
Give me your number, number ten. Really appreciate it.
Listen, you've been amazing on this course.
You've done really, really well.
I've written everything down.
Good.
And I've no doubt that you're gonna go out of here stronger.
Thank you.
And ready for that (BLEEP) gold medal.
We have faith in you. Thank you.
We've seen you (BLEEP) push above and beyond limits
physically and psychologically
and hopefully that's enough to get you back on that track
to become a world champion.
Take what you've learnt from here and smash it.
Amazing, good effort. Thank you.
I'm super proud of how far I got and-and what I've achieved.
Exceptional young man.
If I didn't have this whole drug scandal I wouldn't be here.
I wouldn't have met the wonderful people
that I've met during this course and so,
for a strange-strange reason
I'm really glad that everything happened the way it did.
You're gonna kill it, hey?
I will.
Win that gold man. I'll go for a run tonight.
(ABBEY LAUGHS)
The course has taught me not only to push myself hard
and toward my limit...
But to understand
different situations and how to deal with them.
Go!
When it's the recent allegations of being a drug cheat
or people not believing you,
just ignore that noise and keep moving forward.
Whether that's a gold medal or not,
in the future it's a skill that you need to use in life
because we are not guaranteed an Olympic medal
but we are guaranteed our mindset and how we deal with it.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
Everybody get on the (BLEEP) parade square now.
Alright. Let's do this.
Let's go.
Hurry up, let's go. Move it!
After a ruthless task of physical aggression,
the DS will now test the mental
and emotional resolve
of the seven remaining recruits.
Characteristics that we're looking for in the recruits
are integrity, honesty and determination.
We want them to hold themselves accountable,
to dissect their strengths and weaknesses.
It's the ultimate test would I have this person
on the battlefield next to me?
Would I give my life to this person to get me home?
Seven left.
Wonder how many more of you we can get rid of today.
All down to you.
Being a special forces operator, integrity is absolutely key.
Integrity to speak the truth.
Integrity to (BLEEP) not get things mixed up.
Because what comes out of your mouth
will be taken as gospel and used on missions.
Number four, get out here.
Hurry up.
Turn around.
Simple question.
It requires a simple answer.
Who is the weakest amongst this group?
Number two, Staff.
Away you go.
Number seven, out you come.
Turn around.
Who is the weakest amongst this group?
Who would you leave behind
if you had to take five people on a mission?
Number two, Staff.
Number two.
Away you go.
I feel like I've struggled a lot with my life
being so little and being like 52kg.
They think that you don't have strength.
Number 13, get out of here.
I know you're a man of integrity.
Turn around.
Who is the weakest here?
Number two, Staff.
Two.
(ZIMA BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SIGHS) Number two, Staff.
Number two, Staff.
(ZIMA SNIFFS)
Away you go number nine. Yes, Staff.
Number two.
Turn around.
Think about it number two.
Who's the weakest amongst this group?
(ZIMA SIGHS HEAVILY)
(SOBS) I think number two, Staff.
(WHISPERS) Number two, turn around.
Dry your (BLEEP) eyes.
Look at me. Yes, Staff.
Listen, get a (BLEEP) grip of yourself,
the (BLEEP) question,
turn back around.
The group in front of you,
who is the weakest amongst them?
Um...number nine, Staff.
Number nine.
Away you go, number two.
(ZIMA SIGHS SADLY)
When I say go, disappear into the accommodation.
Wait out for your next detail.
Number nine, you are now duty recruit.
Yes, Staff.
Standby.
Go! Move, hurry up!
Disappear!
The selection process is designed to strip you down
until you're vulnerable
because that's who you are as an individual.
It's how you deal with that and cope with that that will dictate
whether you pass the course or not.
(ZIMA SOBS) Honey.
(SOBS) I know...I know, it's fine.
Like, it's not you guys, it's not you guys.
I'm little and I'm small and I'm emotional.
It's not that. It's not that.
Listen to all of our reasons.
I don't need your reasons 'cause I know your reasons,
I know your reasons. It's not about being small.
It's just that emotion.
I just...know it's true so, it's sad.
But not for the reasons that you think.
No. Yeah.
And if I were at the back today
and you guys are pushing forward you deserve to be there,
I can't keep up, I can't keep up!
But then make that decision then.
Don't make that decision now.
And it sounds so silly... It isn't.
..and I know I'm emotional and-and people can't
cope with emotion,
I know that, but I can, it just comes out of me,
and I can cope with it and I just don't know.
Please don't let this be your undoing.
Just try and get through this next challenge.
Yeah, I wanna get.
I usually care a lot
about every single opinion in the room.
Sometimes my emotions will get the better of me.
You're good.
And I struggle with trying to find little balance of like being
sensitive but still strong.
You deserve to be here. Thanks.
We all want you here.
Thanks.
(ABBEY SIGHS)
That's so shit, it's not like, yeah,
it's just never nice doing that stuff.
(CRAIG M GRUNTS) Let's go.
(CRAIG M GROANS) Keep grinding, keep grinding,
Coming up...
Keep moving. Keep moving.
A back breaking test
of strength and grit.
(ZIMA GRUNTS)
(RECRUITS GRUNT)
Get (BLEEP) aggressive.
Get to the front of your team
and (BLEEP) lead them from the front.
(ZIMA PANTS HEAVILY) I can't.
(ZIMA CRIES)
It's been an emotionally tough morning on the SAS course...
and an uneasy silence...
hangs in the camp.
(ZIMA SIGHS)
Voted weakest by her fellow recruits...
Number two!
Zima is called in for questioning.
I care a little bit too much
about what other people think of me.
I am a little bit too sensitive
'cause I'm such an emotional person.
Number two, hurry up!
If you've gone through trauma when you're younger,
it will be in your life.
Step.
(DOOR BANGS SHUT)
Number two. Yes, Staff.
How do you think you're getting on?
Um, good Staff.
Tell me about your meltdown today
and why did you get emotional about it?
Um...uh...
..because I'm strong and I'm soft
and I like to stay positive and happy
and my gift is how much I feel about everything.
This is where you need
to let those emotions out,
make them work for you.
(SOBS) Yes, Staff.
Talk to me about your upbringing.
Um, I'm a foster child Staff.
At what age?
When I was born, Staff,
and back and forth,
I was moved around a lot.
I don't know my dad and,
um, my mum has, um, schizophrenia so,
she's mentally unstable.
She obviously never was capable
and then around two or three,
the psych in the foster care situation decided
that I'll just develop too many attachment issues
and emotional issues
if I don't find a stable place.
Going through foster systems and the state was pretty hard.
When you're young you are a sponge
and that's the time when you learn how to,
like, love people and how to like move as a person.
So, that was tough.
I love her to pieces
but when I was younger it was just too tough,
like when someone's mentally
not there at all.
She's like leave me places
and having to see...
episodes constantly of emotion
without control has been very tough.
When I was really little,
I remember the first time in a while
that I'd been allowed to go
along with my birth mother
and we walked to the supermarket
and she got to like the fruit veggie section
and she just started like unpeeling all of the bananas
and like throwing them and people were looking at me
but I had to be the adult and get the situation under control.
I feel like it shaped me to be such an emotional person
having to understand and like,
parent someone at such a young age.
I thought about it and I feel that my emotional outbursts
have been from my experiences when I was growing up.
My emotions have been very like...
Unstable. Yeah.
Inconsistent.
Yeah.
And that's why I chose acting, that's why I love it.
I love my softness and my vulnerability,
and I like that, so, I put it in my job.
Do you think you put on a bit of happiness
and a big smile to get you through life sometimes?
'Cause I like being happy
and I like making people feel happy too.
Everyone deserves like love and kindness and a happiness.
Sometimes I did feel that I was dealt a bad hand.
There were times that I did have bad thoughts
but in those times
you can't because that's reality and it doesn't help the situation.
Where's the aggression come from?
'Cause that aggression today I saw was venomous.
We're just like,
step back before we (BLEEP) get caught up in it.
Yeah.
And where does that come from?
I've been in like,
um, abusive, um,
manipulative relationships in the past...
Physically abusive? Physically abusive.
I've been drawn to people
who need help sometimes
and I like that
and sometimes thought I feel
it could have been like a form of punishment to myself.
Because of my family upbringing,
I always seem to choose people
that couldn't love me
and that's probably where most of my emotions
and breakdowns have been.
You wanna help people,
but you do that at the detriment of yourself.
Yeah.
But I feel like this is what I bring to the table,
and this is what I show people.
That you can just be kind
all the time whether or not
they're not kind to you...
Do you not think they're taking advantage of you?
Even though it may be taking advantage of me
it doesn't, like, bring me down in that way.
If you continue to open yourself up
because you think that you're there to help
when ultimately there's a lot of people out there
that will take full advantage of you.
I think you're right.
And there's nothing wrong with having anger against people
who've abused you.
Yeah. Use that anger.
But if you end up feeling compassion
for these people then you'll never move out of that trap.
And look, all that stuff that you've been through,
all that stuff from your childhood,
all that stuff from your abusive relationships
builds you to who you are now.
Like, the same as going to war, the same as our childhoods.
It (BLEEP) bullet proofs us.
That's a (BLEEP) gift.
Yeah. You need to use that gift.
Find people that (BLEEP) lift you up.
Are you in a relationship now?
Yes, and my partner is great.
Good. Yeah, he's great.
He better be he'll have a black hood over his head.
He'll be sitting there in no time if he's not.
Definitely. You make sure you tell him that.
I will. OK?
100%.
You're doing really well.
This afternoon is gonna be tougher
but it's where you use the positive people around you,
that make sense?
Yes, it does make sense, Staff. Good.
Big little steps forward for you.
Yeah. OK, So, keep going.
Guard!
Chin up, number two.
Step.
(BLEEP) hate hearing shit like that, mate.
I know. I hate it.
She's (BLEEP) like... I know.
Positive, happy, small.
People take (BLEEP) advantage of that.
(BLEEP) kills me.
I would love to be more strong in myself.
I feel so deeply on all levels, so much love, so much happiness.
But when I feel sad, I feel so much sadness.
Just remember number two, easy makes life hard, yeah?
Yes, Staff.
If it's not hard, you don't grow from it.
Not at all.
If it's not hard
it's not really an achievement, is it?
Not at all, Staff.
So, the discomfort, embrace it.
Alright? Thank you, Staff.
Hopefully, I will prove that I'm strong
and that I can push past my emotions.
My thoughts are my thoughts and it is my choice.
Single file, single file.
Stay behind me.
Come on old man, hurry up!
Move! Up there!
Follow the DS.
(BLEEP) go!
In the oppressive heat,
the recruits are about to face the ultimate test
of endurance in the most hostile desert environment.
Turn and face the DS.
Alright, take your Bergens off.
Sit down.
What we're about to move onto this afternoon
is the ammunition re-supply.
This is a team event.
Communication, leadership,
weak leadership, the team will fall apart.
You're taking necessary equipment
to your muckers
who are (BLEEP) pinned down on their belt buckles
on their chin straps,
relying on you to (BLEEP) save their lives and win the fight
'cause if you don't get there, they (BLEEP) die.
Split into two teams,
the recruits must locate ammunition cashes
and military supplies
and haul them through 5km of draining heat and sand
before a final mount ascent to the finish line.
The team that crosses first, wins the task.
Now, I'm gonna break you down into two teams.
The team leaders for those teams are number nine...
Yes, Staff. Team Alpha.
Team Bravo, number two.
With an opportunity to prove themselves to their fellow recruits,
the DS have selected number two,
Zima and number nine, Craig, as team leaders,
having been voted the weakest on the course.
You will be joined by number 14...
and number 6.
You are Team Alpha.
Everyone else, you are Team Bravo.
I feel in a really high pressure situation,
if I need to be a leader, I might struggle during physical tasks.
Being so small when I'm exhausted
and my body feels like it's flaking
I can get a bit too in my head and focus on myself.
But I will never not try.
Put your Bergens on.
I think about leadership,
and I ask myself, could you lead the group?
Historically that's not been me.
I follow orders as an actor.
What I mean is, I've spent a lifetime being directed.
So, I hope I can be the leader they need me to be.
Go!
Come on!
Come on, Team Bravo.
Get over here!
Let's go! Come on.
Ultimately, this ammo re-supply
is a vital part of our chain.
If they cannot move this kit and equipment
to the people that need it on the frontline
of the battlefield...
Get the (BLEEP) ammo, pick it up.
People are gonna die.
Come on. Team leaders, take charge.
Let's go!
Don't wait for him, let's go!
Come on!
Already with the weight of the Bergens,
both teams find the first ammo cache,
each weighing a hefty 80kg
and start lugging it through the terrain.
We're going straight to where that gully is.
Come on! (BLEEP) hurry up!
Keep going, keep going.
Hitting water, the teams locate more supplies.
Get in the water!
Number thirteen across the water!
And are ordered through the mud to search for more.
Get in there!
Do not leave anything behind.
Come on, let's work together!
Communication.
It's not meant to be easy.
Hurry up!
Talk to your (BLEEP) team!
Move, let's go! Get in there!
Come on, let's get it moving, come on!
Let's go, come on!
What did I say about staying tight as a (BLEEP) team?
Start coordinating!
Get across here!
Upon here look, number four!
Look, there's more ammunition up there, look!
Come on!
(BLEEP) come on.
Out of here, under cover now!
Keep going, keep going.
Come on, move it!
Do not stop! (BLEEP) move!
Ammunition located!
Come on, Bravo!
More ammunition here.
(RECRUITS PANT)
Stop making (BLEEP) stupid noises.
Let's go!
In the scramble to locate equipment,
neither team can take a lead on each other.
Help each other.
Let me up. Come on, move it!
Let's (BLEEP) move! Jump up.
Help, give it to me.
Ammo resupply is a gruelling task.
The leaders are critical for mission success.
Let's move forward, are you good?
It's not just about moving all the heavy kit
and equipment from A to B.
Stay tight as a team!
It's always about thinking
where are my team's strengths and weaknesses?
I'll carry it.
How are they gonna navigate the terrain?
Ultimately, they're gonna have to employ
some level of tactics to enable them to move
efficiently across the battlefield.
Come on!
(BLEEP) surely one team can move faster than this!
Let's go!
With the teams neck and neck...
There's two items to your left that might need to come with ya!
Both are alerted to more supplies.
Get it up. (BLEEP) take charge.
Do you wanna hold it in the other hand?
Hold it in your other hand.
As the load increases...
Keep pushing.
..to a massive 150kg.
(MAHALIA PANTS)
Keep going, keep moving those legs.
Working at pace,
the three recruits making up Team Alpha,
have a commanding lead.
Well done, you lot.
Let's get this (BLEEP) ammunition to our troops.
Let's go.
They're (BLEEP) bags of shit behind.
You lots are gonna (BLEEP) save lives right now.
Good. Remember the purpose.
It's not about you, it's about the mission, let's go!
(BLEEP) aggression.
Keep this up. Let's keep this up.
There's (BLEEP) four of them as well.
Good effort you three.
(TIM PANTS HEAVILY)
(BLEEP) get a jog on, honestly!
Behind them, Zima's Team Bravo...
Stop. Ow, ow!
..struggle with the energy sapping load.
(BLEEP) pick it up. Get aggressive.
Despite having an extra recruit.
You are (BLEEP) lagging behind.
You've got more men, more manpower than the other team.
(ABBEY PANTS)
What did I say about staying tight as a (BLEEP) team?
Stay tight!
What the (BLEEP) are you doing?
Go on two.
(BLEEP) diabolical!
As leader Zima offers no direction
or support for her team.
You need to (BLEEP) increase your speed!
And fatigue is taking hold.
Runs and forth, (BLEEP) do it.
When I'm exhausted
and when I'm in pain I get anxious, I wanna stop.
If you went any (BLEEP) slower you'd be moonwalking backwards.
Sort your shit out!
Number two get that (BLEEP) tyre like that.
I'm really bad at continuing...
(ZIMA PANTS HEAVILY) I can't.
It's really hard for me to keep going
when things physically hurt.
So, I'm sure there will be things throughout the course
that will challenge me,
100% and I will want to quit.
Regroup as a (BLEEP) team!
Get in!
With Zima on a knife's edge
and the team disorganised, DS Ollie steps in.
Start (BLEEP) thinking!
Use your brains.
What are you gonna do?
I want to see some (BLEEP) from you.
We're gonna put it... Directive action from you.
We're gonna put it into the box. Do it then!
Let's go team, move it...
Move it up, lift it up.
Upwards and then slide the second into this spot here,
number 13.
Alright, number two, come up
with a (BLEEP) plan and a solution to move.
Come on. No, take the tyre.
Go, let's go. Let's move.
Up here. Let's go.
Good job number four, keep going.
Heads down and (BLEEP) work like (BLEEP) beavers.
With the load organised...
Keep pushing.
And Zima taking charge,
Team Bravo must move fast to run down Alpha's lead.
I will commit to whatever is thrown at me
and I will try
and if I can't then I will be W but I'll definitely try.
(ZIMA PANTS HEAVILY)
Still to come...
I was like, ooh, I feel like I could do that,
but she was like you wouldn't have been able to do it.
Tim's biggest weakness revealed.
I was jealous.
She was so empowered.
There are some mental blocks there,
you know there are.
(CRAIG M GROANS) Keep grinding, keep grinding.
Remember the purpose of the mission.
Ammo resupply.
You don't get this supply to them, they're (BLEEP).
Let's move!
Needing to be the first to arrive
at a designated rendezvous...
the recruits lug 150kg
of military supplies through 5km of desert.
Keep moving, keep moving.
Team Alpha have a lead on Team Bravo.
What are you (BLEEP) doing?
The other team is catching up.
Let's push. Yep.
One, two, three.
(BLEEP) dig deep.
Carrying ammunition is hard.
It's a grunt.
It's a grind.
Keep this thing level.
You feel fatigued, you feel tired...
You got it? Yep.
Your body's drenched through.
Oh, hang on.
All salt's excreted from your system.
And all you can think about
is putting one foot in front of the other.
Three. Three.
Battling the tortuous grind...
See some aggression.
of heavy equipment and heat,
Team Alpha approach...
Oh, (BLEEP).
The final supply pick up.
(RECRUITS PANT)
Let's get some command-and-control, number nine.
You're supposed to be team leader in this (BLEEP) team.
But Craig is exhausted...
Stand that up. ..And struggles to lead.
Start taking charge, start taking command.
That's it.
Come on, let's get moving! Let's go.
Let's start, come on! Give me the tyre.
Pick the box up. Chuck me the tyre.
Put the tyre over me.
Tyre over you, yeah.
Let's get that box moving, come on!
Come on, lead the way number six, let's go.
You got it? Let's go.
Instead, it's number six, Mahalia,
who steps up to drive Team Alpha forward.
Let's go number six, good.
If anyone can (BLEEP) keep them alive, you can.
There's been times where I have been on the footy field
and my body feels like it's physically gonna give up
but I push myself to the end.
Number six,
the friendly location is just over that ridge.
Let's go, they're catching us!
Come on, let's get it going.
Pick it up, let's go. Let's go!
Ignore your pain, ignore the (BLEEP) suffering.
Let's go!
I'll crawl if I have to crawl.
I will drag my body if I have to drag it.
(PANTS HEAVILY)
Keep moving, keep moving, keep moving.
Keep leading the way, number six, good.
Go, hurry up!
Clear the path, come on, ahead.
Come on, you're catching them!
Stop (BLEEP) shuffling those little legs, number two.
Having doubled their efforts and made the final ammo pickup,
Team Bravo have closed the gap on Team Alpha.
We've got them, we're so close, keep pushing!
Come on! Come on!
Good effort.
Whatever you're doing is (BLEEP) working.
Well done.
All that separates the teams now
is an excruciating 500m climb...
to the rocky clifftop and finish line.
Team Alpha, let's get up
and over this (BLEEP) ridge and we're done.
Up and over the ridge.
Do not let them (BLEEP) catch you, let's get this re-supply done.
Two seconds.
(TIM PANTS HEAVILY)
OK.
Ready, set, go...
14, 9, pick it up, let's (BLEEP) go.
Ah, hang on.
One, two, three. Come on, they're right behind you!
As Craig and the seemingly strongest recruit,
Tim, reach exhaustion, struggling to carry the load...
We've worked hard, let's go. We're not losing.
(BLEEP) get past this team!
Team Bravo...
Good job, Bravo, keep pushing!
..Are now dangerously close.
Let's go, eat a bit, shit a bit, bite a bit.
Move. (RECRUIT GROANS)
Two, keep moving.
As Team Alpha stumble again.
Let's go. Yes, come on!
Let's go, let's go, look at your team number two!
Go!
Zima pushes Team Bravo...
Come on! ..into the lead.
Get up number two, get up this (BLEEP) hill!
Ammo re-supply is about not giving up.
Come on, let's go. Come on, two, send it!
Come on. You cannot afford to stop.
You've got people's lives in your hands.
Got it, I've got it. Keep moving.
This is where aggression comes to the forefront.
You've got to ignore the pain,
ignore the elements
and just give absolutely everything you've got to get to that location.
Drop your ammo here, let's go.
(ZIMA YELLS)
The ammo re-supply is here.
Good effort number four, get up there!
(ABBEY PANTS HEAVILY)
Get it up. (BLEEP) outstanding effort.
Put your Bergens down.
First to cross is Team Bravo, winning the task.
(MAHALIA PANTS)
As Team Alpha struggle in behind.
(BLEEP) hell number six you (BLEEP) carried this team.
(TIM GROANS)
Hurry up! Let's go.
All the way in.
Good effort. Put it on there.
Team Alpha, three of you...
number nine, you were the leader,
you didn't take much (BLEEP) control, did you?
Not enough, Staff. No.
Not enough at all.
Number six, (BLEEP) outstanding leadership effort there.
Was phenomenal.
I (BLEEP) rarely say that.
Well done.
Thanks, Staff.
Number two, strong effort.
(BLEEP) knows how you all (BLEEP) voted number two as the weakest
'cause I tell you what, there's weaker amongst you,
trust me.
That is the biggest (BLEEP) you that you give this lot number two.
(BLEEP) well done.
Right there till the end she was (BLEEP) digging out blind,
covered in kit.
All in all, good effort.
When I say go, stand up and put your Bergens on.
Go!
Single file.
Lead on.
Zima!
(BLEEP) incredible.
You lost it.
You're a superhero.
How do you feel?
I like that stuff. I don't like running.
Yeah, neither.
That's how I feel. Neither.
(WIND HOWLS)
Oh, look, I got chaffed too.
Wow! From today.
Shit!
From a wet crotch.
Oh, that's probably why I got...
Yeah.
How have you been dealing with it? With baby powder?
Yeah, it's not working. Oh, really?
Yeah, no. Might have to get vaso.
Vaseline? Yeah.
You should vase on it and then put the baby powder on it,
so, it doesn't rub.
'Cause you just put vaso it's... That's just gonna create a glue...
Yeah, I would think... ..or a paste.
Slight bit of baby powder first to dry it up and then Vaseline.
Vas will make it stick
to my pants though.
Yeah.
Afternoon tea would be lovely.
Yeah, imagine,
like a little bikkie...
A morale bikkie.
Yeah. Oh, nice!
(LAUGHS)
A morale bikkie, yeah.
Yeah, that would absolutely
top team morale.
Morale sugar.
That would make a lot of difference.
As day gives way to night in the desert camp...
Ooh!
..the DS need to debrief on each of the recruits.
Shame to see number ten go.
His body was breaking down, but he did do well.
Now, we move forward
with the seven that we have in front of us.
Today was a horrible day, a hard day.
They all dug out blind.
You could tell they all wanted to be here.
I'll tell you who did stand out there was number two.
The aggression that she had was almost,
sort of, out of control.
(ZIMA SCREECHES)
Oh, she was wild, wasn't she? Yeah.
On the ammo re-supply she was team leader of Team Bravo.
Keep pushing!
She was, sort of, leading the way.
Yeah, she was the star of the team there.
Took over the other team
and made it first to the top.
The rest of them said number two's not strong
but she dug out blind.
It was a sterling effort.
Number six.
She was just on a different level.
She was carrying two jerry cans,
at one stage she had a tyre on her head.
She was just phenomenal.
I thought four did really well.
Stand out.
And to be fair, number four's always consistent.
She's always there, she's always present,
she's always turning up.
Number nine, the team leader of Team Alpha with ammo re-supply.
Zero level of leadership coming from him.
Let's get some command-and-control, number nine!
I was (BLEEP) screaming at him, take control of your team.
It's a simple leadership task.
Your job is to get that ammunition and your team to a location.
Zero of that from him.
I mean, I-I don't even think he opened his mouth.
Yeah.
Um, number 14.
14 was lagging a little bit which I was quite surprised about.
Kept dropping it.
You'd expect someone with his physical attributes
to be absolutely smashing it.
As we know, his wife was on the last course.
Yeah. She smashed it.
Got some boots to fill.
Yeah.
Is he here for himself?
Is he here to prove something to someone else?
Mmm, about his wife,
you know, wearing the trousers when it comes to SAS selection.
He's come on this course looking good...
Yeah.
..but his actions don't back up the muscles.
He's built for show, not for tow in my opinion.
Either that or he's another one who's just (BLEEP) holding back,
will never give 110%.
Yeah, trying to hold something in reserve.
Yes, in reserve. Yeah, I agree.
I've seen him today.
He's doing all the right things,
can't really pull him up on anything.
I wanna keep a close eye on him.
So, let's get 14 in.
Number 14!
Yes, Staff.
(TIM CLEARS HIS THROAT)
14. Hold that thought.
Go.
Go, go, go, mate.
Coming, Staff.
(TIM COUGHS)
I've always been such a motivated person,
physically, mentally.
But my body is starting to let me down in certain ways
and I've lost a lot of self belief in my physical ability.
You got up.
It's really from a, you know, mid-life crisis.
I just feel like a ticking time bomb.
Step up.
So, finding that confidence again in my ability,
that's the challenge for me.
Sit.
(DOOR BANGS SHUT)
Step up.
Suspected of holding back
and not giving his all to the course,
the DS have summoned number 14...
Sit.
..for questioning.
(DOOR BANGS SHUT)
Number 14,
how are you finding the course?
Oh, hard.
What are you finding hardest?
I don't let you guys down.
I don't like letting people down.
And I've had a few injure...
I tore my bicep off the bone,
tore my quad off the bone,
had surgery re-attached,
I've torn my hamstring in half, gone,
my knees have got tendinopathy.
I've had five years of chronic back pain
where every morning I get up,
I struggled to pick up the toilet seat to take a piss.
Every morning it's painful
and that has just worn me...
So, what are you doing here number 14?
Why would you (BLEEP) wanna come here
to risk (BLEEP) yourself up?
I wanna go through even more pain
so that I can reset
'cause sometimes chronic pain, it's in your brain, you know.
It's in your (BLEEP) head, right, mental block.
I see that sometimes (BLEEP) hell,
you're having to really concentrate
to stay in the game.
Psychologically,
I've seen a few (BLEEP) bumps along the road.
I don't wanna use my pain as an excuse.
It's just, it sucks my motivation.
I've always been such a motivated person.
It really sucks my energy as a dad,
as a husband
and I don't wanna be that person.
Tell us who you are.
I'm a father, a husband, chiropractor, an actor.
Tell about your upbringing.
Grew up in Newcastle, it was a working-class town.
My dad really instilled a strong work ethic in me.
Dad working away all the time or...
Yeah, he's just a hard worker.
He had a strong work ethic and not away but just,
you know, just leave home at 8:00
and doesn't get back till 7:30 most, like every night.
Come on, give me a (BLEEP) exciting story number 14,
you boring twat, come on!
I wanted to play footy.
I was...I was never into team sports.
I was always a very shy kid
and mum had one of those home gyms with,
you know, all those bits and pieces and started using that,
I'd sit there watching Dawson's Creek
and pumping iron to Dawson's Creek
and that became my discipline...
(BLEEP) pumping iron to Dawson's Creek!
..Pumping iron to Dawson's... Who does that? (BLEEP).
Who does that?
You know what, it obviously worked
because you're (BLEEP) in good shape!
(BLEEP).
But up until I was, sort of, 16, 17, no one at that stage
was lifting weights and it gave me a sense of strength
and-and taught me discipline and I've carried that through.
What do you do now number 14?
What is your day-to-day job?
I come from reality background.
Ten years ago, I met my wife Anna who you know from last season.
Anna!
Cor, you've got some big (BLEEP) shoes to fill.
That woman (BLEEP) crushed it.
She did, she did.
Whilst Anna was on the course
I thought maybe I'll get a call in three days
and then we got to the fourth day and the fifth day
then the sixth and the seventh and the eighth
and I'm like, "I'm playing Daddy Day Care hun."
Come home and look after,
no I was, I was so proud.
Every night you wait for that phone to call, and it wouldn't ring,
and I'd just go to bed and go like, "Well done you."
How'd you feel about coming in here
trying to (BLEEP) fill those shoes?
I didn't wanna think of it as a competition.
But it (BLEEP) is!
Do not lie to me number 14,
it is definitely a competition, right?
I would like to, well,
I can't even beat her 'cause she made 11 days,
and this only goes for 10...
There you go. ..so, she's won no matter what.
She's (BLEEP) won, she's beat ya.
Defeated already number 14.
I can't compete with my wife, she's a machine.
But maybe I can just use the excuse
that I'm in the desert and she wasn't so,
you just can't compare, it's apples to oranges, you know?
I had respect for her when she did it
and I helped train her beforehand.
Mentally I was there when she left.
I was like, "Oh, I feel like
I could do that but she was like you wouldn't have been able to do it,
your back'd be shot."
But there was a part of me that was like, "Oh...
(LAUGHTER)
..if I had the chance."
When she came out of it, she was so happy,
she was so empowered
and she'd gained so much self-belief,
I couldn't believe it and...
I was jealous of that self-belief
and that strength that she'd gained.
She'd come home and just order me around the house.
(LAUGHS)
You're physically very fit and strong, we can see that.
You can't hide that.
But I wanna see how far you can push yourself mentally
because I don't think you're really being tested too much yet.
You've been pushed but I think you've got more to give.
There are some mental blocks there, you know there are.
So, you need to (BLEEP) purge them out of your (BLEEP) head
and view these next few days
to really (BLEEP) benefit your (BLEEP) headspace.
Understood? Yes, Staff.
Guard!
Up.
I don't wanna wait for our lives to be over.
You know what? He's just nice.
Genuine bloke. (BLEEP) what a nice guy.
That's just (BLEEP) boring...
..but a nice guy. (BLEEP) nice guy.
Nice guy.
I haven't always had great self-belief
and at the moment there's a lot of doubt with things.
Am I good at what I'm doing?
Am I pursuing the right path?
I may be going through a mid-life crisis but that feeling,
that self-belief that's what I want.
(TIM SIGHS)
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