I've got you, just walk.
Short step...
just walk normal.
NARRATOR: Selection for the SAS is a test like no other.
The course is designed to see how you deal with failure.
But when our weaknesses are exposed,
do you know how to handle them?
Because on the battle field if you don't,
it will cost you your life.
(INDISTINCT YELLING)
Do not let yourself down now at this stage!
Argh!
Stop winging and work! Argh!
A new group of celebrity recruits have volunteered
to put their privileged lives behind.
Fight!
I think I'm tough but you know,
I had a baby six months ago so that is a big challenge.
(WATER SPLASHES)
(EXPLOSION) Ah!
Gas, gas, gas!
They'll be put through a tougher,
more intense selection course than ever before.
On the battle field, you won't get a second chance.
Ugh.
(JANA GASPS)
(SIRENS WAIL)
Look at these 'ableys' boy!
Woo!
(LAUGHS)
Go left, go left!
In high speed, high intensity, tactical driving...
Let's go, let's go! Into position!
The recruits must handle extreme pressure.
Get down, get down!
(GUN SHOTS)
(CRASHING)
What the (BLEEP) just happened?
But what is Dan's...
You trying to bullshit your way out of it.
..unforgivable act?
Stop!
(BLEEP) stop!
You're really (BLEEP) annoying me now!
The big key is integrity!
My integrity means a lot.
Your integrity's in question.
(GENTLE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Had a... Genuinely had a mouse
in my bed last night.
Yeah, you woke up saying...
I didn't know if you were dreaming it or...
It was, well, something was on my finger
and it was kind of just, like, nibbling and, like,
making this little feeling and I'm, like,
"What the freak is that?"
And then I kinda grabbed it and it was just like this little
squirling thing and I'm, like...
No way. (MOUSE SQUEAKS)
You throw it? No, it just ran away.
Shit.
It's the final days of the condensed
SAS selection course and of the 18 celebrity recruits
who began, now only five remain.
Five standing at the end.
Come on, Johnny.
We're all privileged but... Alright, we're all together.
We're a team.
Day 12, lotta love lotta support.
Just gotta do it. Three, two, one. Break.
Let's go!
Come on then, single file, aye?
Yep.
Bergens in number four.
This is number one. This is one.
Yep.
And then the rest of you in number one.
Over the past few weeks strong bonds have been forged.
Are you comfy there? Yeah.
(CAR REVS)
And as the recruits head out to their first task,
conversations turn personal.
How did you meet your ex?
A concert, and I never go to concerts.
We were just not meant for each other.
I... I was tryin' to force things.
I wanted a family, I wanted kids, I wanted like that...
yeah, the dream, right?
A house, well, I got it, I had it all.
It's like being head strong, I want it, I got it.
Yeah.
But I probably pushed her on a few things I knew
weren't quite right, well, I thought I could change that,
help her, I could mend that.
I couldn't do it.
That's sad.
In the past 18 months I've had a pretty tricky personal life.
My marriage broke down,
all in the public, too.
You know, we just didn't work out
as a couple.
I said to my mum, Paula, like two years into marriage.
I said, "Mum, (BLEEP) hell, is this right?"
She's like, "Sam, you're just never gonna make her happy."
She said that, "I've had a good two years."
I said, "Oh, I've got my kid... my kids in the house."
What... what am I supposed to do?
I didn't know what to do.
Most people would understand that relationships
can be quite complicated.
It's best we're not in... in a relationship together.
But now, kind of sad and upsetting but, um, it also...
it's, um, I just...
I just thought it's just life.
It's just life.
(CARS REV)
It's extraordinary how someone can affect
you so much, isn't it?
I didn't realise it was to that extent, mate.
I mean, that's pressure. I was very pressuring.
(CARS REV)
We thrive under pressure in the Special Forces.
And that's what we put on the recruits,
that pressure is constant.
Follow me.
Some people will collapse, they will crumble.
Single file.
Then you'll see the fighters, you'll see thinking soldiers
really use pressure to their advantage.
And they will find a way, no matter what,
no matter how hard...
to get the job done.
Number 16, you'll stop there.
Just follow in. Make a small U shape.
Sit down on your bergens and listen in to this detail.
The pressure is on.
The pressure's real right now 'cause what you're going to be doing
is transporting a VIP across the border.
And that VIP has valuable information.
Any little mistake could be fatal.
Designed to test their ability under pressure the recruits
must transport a VIP, DS Billy,
through simulated hostile territory to a safe location.
(CAR WHEELS SCREECH)
En route, they'll come up against road blocks
and armed assailants before making a life or death decision
to stop and be captured or plough head on
straight through a border checkpoint to safety.
So, this is where I'm talking about pressure right now.
Make the wrong decision, not only do you lose your life,
the VIP's life,
but that valuable information that could save many more lives.
Gone.
This will be your mode of transport.
(CAR TYRES SCREECH)
Your VIP will be in that vehicle.
Do not (BLEEP) this up.
The pressure is real.
Number 11, when I say go you will sprint over to the DS.
Is that understood? Yes, Staff.
Stand by. Go. Move!
No stranger to fast cars, adrenaline junkie,
Mark Philippoussis,
is first to put his tactical driving skills
to the test.
OK, I need you to paint a scenario in your head.
This country where we are right now is at war.
We have to be prepared to use whatever we have as a means
of survival, a means of escape.
In this case, our asset is the vehicle.
Right now, you have a VIP that is me.
You have to keep me calm.
And you need to give me complete instructions
of what's going on, always thinking a step ahead
in case an incident happens, what are our options?
Alright? Understood.
Border's two kilometres that direction but we don't know
what's in front of us.
Nice, steady, let's go.
(ENGINE REVS)
I do have a side of me,
that adrenaline side, where I enjoy danger.
Being a professional tennis player, back then,
the cars I drove
were incredibly powerful
so I did drive in courses.
So, I understood the power,
and knew when to push and when not to push.
Steady road ahead and clear road ahead.
Talk louder, talk loudly.
Clear road ahead, we're going straight ahead.
OK, that's good.
Now, of course, being a husband and a father
I look at things completely different
having the responsibility I have in the most precious cargo
in the world behind me,
so I make sure that, you know, I focus at all times.
No, still, not visible at the moment.
OK, is there a left or right off here, or we got...
Nothing on to the left.
We're going to the left again, to a bridge now.
OK, OK.
What have we got here, what's going on?
Staying to the left.
OK, we got obstacles, OK! Go, let's speed up!
(CAR REVS)
OK, anything happening in front?
Can you see anything happening in front?
There's some smoke on the right hand side.
What's coming from the- Smoke on the right hand side.
What's coming from front?
There's a vehicle coming ahead.
Vehicle! Come on don't get caught here, let's go!
Let's go, we've got to get going! (TYRES SCREECH)
Is it a left or a right here? What's happening?
It's a left. Go, let's go!
(EXPLOSION) Pay attention!
OK, OK, so what's happening? What's happening?
(CAR SPEEDS)
OK, tell me what's happening?
Anything in front? Talk to me! What's around me?
We gotta go through it!
It's a ram, I'm gonna go through it, I'm gonna go through it!
(GUNSHOTS)
Stop!
OK, talk me through, what you saw as it was happening.
We were coming onto a bridge...
OK.
..and there was a... a car approaching us, they were firing.
OK, what did that indicate to you?
Well, they were trying to stop our vehicle.
OK, so?
You had a decision to make and what was your decision?
To get away from him.
Was that the right decision, do you think?
Was that the right decision?
At... at the time, Staff.
You shouldn't hesitate.
Have the courage of your conviction when you stand by it!
Alright, that is our (BLEEP) survival.
It's a tool, it's a weapon. You used it as such.
You got me to where I need to be, it was the right decision.
Thank you, Staff. Alright, well done.
Despite needing to back himself more,
Mark drove through the barrier and has passed the task.
Oh, my gosh.
Tactical driving is having the ability to use
whatever you are driving
as your asset.
And also to use it as a weapon should you require to do it.
After military service I found myself doing humanitarian work
out in Haiti.
Haiti at the time, and still is a little bit unstable.
There was a lot of terrorist stroke criminal activity.
On a routine drive back home, with a passenger, Sean Penn,
we were driving to a safe location
and a situation unfolded in front of us.
OK, big fella, get in.
OK, let's roll.
I saw people with weapons, I saw road blocks go into position.
Two armed men come towards us, a lorry trying to block the road,
so we were totally trapped.
Behind us I can hear bombs, they're getting closer.
OK.
I saw the situation build up.
Before I could give any warning,
I drove at the people with the weapons
using the vehicle
as a weapon to take them out.
Literally got between the lorry and the wall with seconds to spare.
Any hesitation, we would've never got through it,
we would've been trapped.
(BLEEP), here we go.
There's an obstacle, was does that mean to you?
It means... I'm gonna go straight through it.
Let's maybe, let's speed it up a little bit.
We don't wanna be caught on a (BLEEP) bridge, do we?
Yes, sir. No, we don't... (INDISTINCT)
OK, not too fast, keep control of it.
Keep control of it. (CAR REVS)
OK, anything out here important on the road in front?
There's a car. Car coming for me.
Come on, let us not get caught on this mission.
Which way should we go?
(GUNSHOTS) Let's go, let's go!
What's happening, what's happening?
(INDISTINCT YELLING)
(EXPLOSION)
(INDISTINCT YELLING)
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try to take 'em out!
Taking 'em out, Taking 'em out.
(INDISTINCT YELLING)
OK! Stop!
OK, what I want you to do is talk me through
what was happening.
Yeah, my decision making was...
there's gun fire, my priority is getting through,
I thought I could break through the barrier.
I... I probably...
OK, so you're sticking what... with what you did?
Yeah, yeah.
Is that what you're saying? Yeah, I am.
You sure about that though?
We're in like a war zone so, I... I...
So, I'm asking the question.
Are you (BLEEP) happy with your decision?
I'm happy with it, I'm happy with what I did, yeah.
I got the... I got the hostage across the border.
Awesome. OK, what I want you to do is go around there.
The vehicle's around to the left.
Having full conviction in his decision...
Well done.
..Sam Burgess is the second recruit to pass the task.
How'd you go?
I... I drove straight through the barrier.
Me too. I went so fast.
Me too.
Next to be tested under pressure is action movie star,
Dan Ewing.
Get in.
Close the door. Put your seat belt on.
Let's roll.
Pressure is such a huge part of an actor's life.
You have to be really grounded
and really strong to cope with that.
So, on the SAS selection course it's on me to keep my focus.
Think with my higher self.
Feel with my higher self and continue to make decisions
and not get wrapped up in what's going on around me.
This is your asset.
This asset is your tool to survival, it's your weapon,
its everything.
I am your focus.
You must get me to safety across the border
which is two kilometres that way.
We need to deal with crisis and make an instinctive decision.
(CAR REVS)
Good to go. OK. Nice, steady.
What's happening?
High ground to the left, high ground to the right.
Stay nice and calm for me, OK? I'll get you through this.
OK, so...
We're about to get you home.
Single road... is there a left off, a right off?
Single, single road. No turns at this point in time.
OK, what we got?
Back left, back right is clear, no-one up our arse.
OK.
Possible enemy coming up behind us, let's... let's get going.
What we got? We got a barrel on our right...
OK, let's go then!
Let's not get caught, there's obviously activity.
What's happening? Speed up a little bit.
Anything happening to the front? Keep in control.
Both hands on the wheel.
What's happening in front? Anything happening in front of us?
Bit of an obstacle course coming up.
What else? Further.
We got a vehicle approaching...
OK, we don't want to get caught and involved in what they're doing!
Is there a let off, is there a right off?
What are we gonna do? What's happening?
We're gonna go left just here! What's happening?
(GUNSHOTS) OK, go down, go down!
Well done, well done. Let's go!
Keep your head down for me. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's happening, what's happening?
We're ambushed, right ahead, ambushed, ambushed, stop!
What's going on? What're we gonna do?
Which way we gonna go? Look behind us!
Watch the angle from behind! What're we gonna do?
We got guys behind. We got guys behind.
What're we gonna do? What're we gonna do?
What's... what're we gonna do, then?
What're we gonna do? (GUNSHOTS)
What's happening? What's happening?
Use your voice!
Talk to me! Make a (BLEEP) decision!
Coming up...
Gas, gas, gas!
..an unexpected ambush.
If you are captured, the first thing you must try and do
is escape.
Head down, head down.
And later...
Agh! Ah, why do they always touch me?
Panic in the dorm.
(BLEEP), that's a big ass spider!
Don't kill it! Get it (BLEEP) that way.
Don't kill it. Do mouse eat spiders?
(LAUGHS)
Possible enemy coming up behind us.
The DS are testing
the recruit's decision making skills
in a high pressure and dangerous tactical driving mission.
We got a vehicle approaching... OK...
And actor, Dan Ewing, is at the wheel tasked
with transporting a VIP through a hostile war zone.
Hold on tight, well done. Let's go.
What's going on? What're we gonna do?
But in order to reach safety he must plough forward,
straight through the barrier.
(GUNSHOTS) Which way we gonna go?
Look behind us. Watch the angle from behind.
What're we gonna do? We got guys behind.
We got guys behind! What're we gonna do?
What're we gonna do, then?
(GUNSHOTS) Tell me what's happening!
What's happening? Make a (BLEEP) decision!
(GUNSHOTS)
Stop!
I was gonna... plough through.
I was gonna plough through.
Safety. Ah.
OK, what was behind us?
There were guys behind us so my next port of call,
so, that was blocked, my next port of call was to plough
through here, keep driving.
OK, you were right, they were coming behind us.
So... Then, what did you do then?
What was that next move?
Um, well, my next... I had it in reverse.
My next port of call was to plough through here.
OK, your biggest (BLEEP) drama there was what?
Uh...
We went backwards into it.
Remember, the problem was gunfire.
That is a clear indication there's a problem, right?
We do not go back into it.
That's why I stopped ya,
that's the only reason I stopped you.
You had enough time and clarity to think, change gear, and go.
That was a second that you and I departed this earth.
That was the wrong decision, alright?
I made the right decision too late.
That was the wrong decision.
I acknowledge that, Staff.
As the only recruit so far deciding not to drive
through the barrier, Dan has failed the task.
What do you think? Froze.
He did freeze.
It's not so much he froze, he did freeze,
but then he went into reverse.
I saw his reverse and I was like come on, oh, (BLEEP).
As soon as he went into reverse,
I had to say, that was it.
It was a fail.
Yo, how'd you go?
I... stopped at the second one when I should've well...
I didn't stop...
I... I stopped initially, checked my back mirror,
had it in reverse and he stopped me automatically
but my next thing was,
I'd put it in drive as he was saying stop
to plough through so I didn't plough through.
But you going... you were reversing though?
Despite admitting fault just moments ago to DS Billy...
Yeah, I... No, it was in reverse, right?
'Cause we got to that thing with the guy with a gun.
Dan is now trying to justify his mistake to his fellow recruits.
I paused initially and I had it in reverse, right?
And then my next port of call was, that's it,
straight through the barrier and by,
and I put it in drive like that and he yelled stop.
Did he go nuts at you?
Not really, no, because he saw that I had it in drive
and that was my next decision.
So, it's good and bad.
Aw... I hammered it! (LAUGHS)
Yeah, good, good, good! I went, boom!
(LAUGHS)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Next, in the driver's seat is the only female recruit left
on the course,
doctor and dual Olympian, Jana Pittman.
You need to be able to make an instinctive, sharp,
focused decision and it has to be (BLEEP) quick.
It's crisis management basically. Yeah.
Alright, you have to deal with that.
In terms of decision making, I'm good under pressure.
As a doctor I'm very good
when everything else
is flying around me,
being able to really focus on
what the job at hand is.
It's alright, we're stating on a mission now.
Stay nice and calm.
I make decisions very quickly and usually well.
Not... not until you put it in (BLEEP) gear we're not.
Apologies.
But if I have time to think about it I can overthink
and outthink myself.
Come on.
Alright, so we know there's a village behind us,
you've just got to stay calm.
What's happening in front of us?
Ah, straight road, there's no avenues off
at the moment.
We've got definitely high sides we've just to keep our eyes
peeled around.
OK, I'm hearing bombs behind us.
They're obviously getting a big closer.
OK, hearing bombs so we're trying to get a bit...
gotta get away as fast.
Please make sure you keep your seatbelt on.
I'm with you. What's happening now?
We're going round a bend.
OK, you're driving me around the bend.
OK, we're going over a bridge now so it will be clear on either side.
So, what's happening here?
There's some, um, obstacles we're about to go through.
Obstacles, well, what does that tell ya?
Go, let's not hang around then.
This is a choke point what do you think is going on?
OK, anything happening in front of us?
Anything in front of us, anything?
There's something burning on the right hand side,
I can't make it out.
Anything else coming? And what's happening?
Yeah, there's another vehicle coming towards us...
Well let's not get caught, let's go, let's get out of here!
Looks like we're going left, we're going to go left!
Let's go then, (BLEEP) don't tell me!
(GUN FIRES)
What's happening in front of us? What're we gonna do?
(GUNSHOTS) What's behind us?
They're behind us.
There's a vehicle coming!
What're we gonna do then?
Get down, get down!
(BARRICADE SMASHES)
Stop!
(BLEEP) hell Ms Daisy!
Remaining calm under pressure, number four, Jana,
has made the right decision.
Good clarity all the way round.
Kept me calm.
Actually pushed my head down.
Yes. Alright.
Well done. Thank you, Staff.
She's now the third recruit to pass the task.
Excellent. Good effort.
And the (BLEEP) grabbed my head and pushed my head down.
Serious?
She grabbed my head and pushed my head down.
Honestly.
That's 'cause she was sick of looking at it.
(LAUGHS) Oh, I (BLEEP) don't blame her.
That was the biggest... That was the biggest threat to her.
(LAUGHS)
And then I put his head down! I said, hold the head down!
And ran through. Oh, yeah, did you?
Nice.
And I thought, "Oh, my god, I just, like,
"literally man handled Staff."
I love it. I love it. That's the idea.
That's great, perfect.
Last to get behind the wheel is world class sprinter,
John Steffensen.
We're off.
Nothing happening now, nice single road here.
See the high ground, there's no-one there.
Everything, everything looks clear.
Nobody loves pressure, nobody goes
and seeks it out and goes,
"I can't wait to put pressure
in my day today," but, ah,
being blessed running, I... I deal with that well.
I want you to keep your ears pinned back, eyes peeled.
Yeah, talk loudly because I'm a bit deaf.
Keep your eyes peeled.
Yeah, OK, OK.
We're going over a bridge now.
You need to stay really present in the moment,
try and simplify what I can control and take the direction
that I need to take.
But we in enemy territory now.
I want you to stay low, stay down, stay down.
Slow it down, slow it down a little bit.
Yeah, OK, yeah. Anything happening in front of us?
There's some smoke in front of us.
What else? What else is happening?
And some tyres and some... and some tins.
I don't know if it's because of running
in front of crowds but I know how to really tunnel vision in
and focus on what needs to be done.
And there's a car coming our way.
Where can we go?
(GUNSHOTS) Got it!
(INDISTINCT YELLING)
Hold it, hold it, hold it, what's happening now?
So, now, we're gonna go straight through!
What about the barriers?
Don't worry, we're going straight through!
OK, stop!
Decisive and confident under pressure,
John has completed the mission.
Well done.
Well (BLEEP) done.
You did the right thing! In my opinion!
Yes, Staff. Yes, staff. Alright? Yeah?
Yes, Staff.
With the task now over,
all the recruits are called together for a final debrief with DS, Billy.
Alright, guys.
The reason we did this, it's all about pressure.
Being under (BLEEP) pressure.
We've given you a little bit of a slice of our world,
what we deal with.
One thing is for fact and what we're trying to get out
of this is, decision making.
When the chips are down we're looking for the person
who could stand up, make a decision and drive forward.
We are the eyes and ears for the nation, for the world.
When we say this country's gonna go to war,
behind us is a (BLEEP) massive economy built,
a massive deployment of troops based on our reality, our truth.
Men does all this shit and all these horrible things
all around the world trying to do good things.
If we're trying to sound all convincing and bullshitting,
imagine what that's doing to families, to people,
to the economy, to the (BLEEP) country,
to the world.
That's the strategic level we work at that's a piece
of that cake I'm trying to give you right now.
ALL RECRUITS: Yes, Staff.
On the battlefield you won't get a second chance.
Do the right thing and stand by it.
That's the important lesson from this.
You, trying to bullshit your way out of it.
No, Staff. I wasn't embarrassed...
Stop! I made a mistake...
(BLEEP) stop!
Dan's explosive dressing down.
I told you, you got it wrong!
The big key is integrity.
You've just (BLEEP) pissed me right off.
(BIRDS CHIRP)
G'day.
I was saying in the car, I was like, you're incredible.
You are just incredible.
As the final five recruits take stock of this morning's task...
Jana Pittman, last woman standing.
Mmm.
The boys celebrate Jana's achievements
as the only female remaining.
I always knew she's a psycho.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
I didn't wanna... I was gonna be nice about it.
(LAUGHS) And I'll say... there's no...
there's no surprise with me.
Sorry, Jana.
That's alright, darl.
It's a real honour to be on this course with you.
Thank you, that's very sweet.
Y'all don't know, Jana came back from having a baby
and became world champion dog.
(LAUGHS)
Psycho.
Yeah, like in the shortest period of time.
How long after? Six months.
Six months after. Oh, my god.
Six months after you became world champion?
See what I'm saying?
Oh, seven months, seven months by the time
the world champs came up.
And beat a Russian drug cheat. I'm... I'm gonna put it out there.
That's all, sorry. I'm sorry. She...
we all know she was on the snacks, man.
She was the Russian champion. (LAUGHS) On the snacks!
Did they prove it? Nah, never did.
Nah. And then Jana took her on in Osaka...
Yeah.
Gave her the beeswax, pulled up to her like turtles
to go, girl crumbled, boss.
Jana, Jana, Jana just kept going bargee.
(LAUGHS)
Meanwhile, on the otherwise of basecamp,
the DS need to discuss the recruit's performance
in the tactical driving task.
Um, we went straight
into the vehicle ambush/vehicle VIP
move across the border.
11 went first.
Um, gave good direction as he got, uh, up the road.
Very calm, good... good effort.
So, that was number 11. (CAR REVS)
Number 16 did a good job, too.
Came down into the, uh,
holding position and he didn't hesitate too long
but it was obvious what he was gonna do.
11 was slick but 16 was just that little bit more... on it.
Was just more... Yeah. Yeah.
Quick on it. Yeah.
But the one that stood out for me was number four.
Wow, the thing about number four,
is she grabbed my (BLEEP) head, pushed it down and drove.
Go, go! Get down, get down!
(GUNSHOTS)
It was... it was impressive.
I'll be honest and straight through the barrier, bang.
So, really good start and finish.
Love that.
I was quite shocked at number nine,
I was like what the (BLEEP) are you doing?
Yeah, number nine.
He basically looked over his shoulder,
seemed to see something there but then put into reverse
but to make it worse he then started to reverse.
Stop!
Didn't go far but it was enough.
But he did, he started to go back.
Yeah, he actually started to move back.
So, it wasn't even a bang and then, so...
He went back and that's when I stopped him.
It was enough done.
Yes. Yep.
It was too late then because,
do you know the fact that you've gone back into a shield
of fire, which is a (BLEEP) definite no way.
You've got to go forward.
OK, so at that point he kinda got out the car
and then I put him straight.
Seemed alright about it and off he went.
I heard him a bit later blaggin' it, as well.
Oh, go on. Blaggin' it?
Admittedly, it wasn't to us but I did over hear him saying,
"Oh, I banged it into reverse so I could get the momentum
"to then go forward again."
And I was just thinking, you blanking twat.
I got to the thing, I saw the guy with the gun,
really close to the package so I backed up a little bit
to get some momentum to go...
(BLEEP) sake.
That's just, you know, he genuinely said that as well,
I'm not just jumpin' on him.
That's, you know...
whether that's because he's...
whether that's because he's embarrassed
inn front of his peers or...
Why don't you just admit that you (BLEEP) up?
Yeah, exactly, yeah!
What confronts me is that goes all the way back to integrity.
Yeah, it does.
Can you imagine if you got off on an op or whatever
and you come back and you then start making bullshit because you...
and he's the one like, ah, "I've got no ego."
That's all about ego because he don't want
to look embarrassed in front of everyone else
instead of having the courage and balls to go, "I (BLEEP) it up."
So, I mean, that's why I didn't bullock him on,
he got it (BLEEP) wrong but learn from it.
Go and share the lessons with the rest of the group.
Yeah.
And then he goes to the group and... lies about it.
Yeah.
Alright, let's (BLEEP) bring him in.
Number nine!
Coming, Staff.
(CHAIR CLANGS)
Good?
Very good, Staff.
Come close.
What did you get out of today?
Did you enjoy it?
I loved it, Staff. Great learning.
Yeah? What was the main lessons for ya?
Make decisions but stick
to the convictions of them in that...
execute them faster.
Yep.
I feel I made the right decision but didn't execute it the right way.
You made the right decision in what respect?
In the respect that I knew what I was doing.
It wasn't just a reactionary response.
I reversed with intention of getting some momentum
to go forward...
What, what, what... stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
You reversed and I told you to stop.
Yeah.
Alright, and then we had our debrief and you (BLEEP).
I told you what you did and you went, "Yeah,"
that's what you did, right?
Yes.
That was the wrong decision.
I acknowledge that, Staff.
It was the wrong decision in terms of going backwards.
Once you made that commitment to going back,
you'd gone back a yard, two yards, it doesn't matter.
We're going straight into a hail of bullets.
End of job, stop. That's it.
You finished there.
You don't get a second (BLEEP) chance
when there's a piece of led flying
at you at (BLEEP) 600 miles an hour.
That's why I stopped it, that's why I said stop.
Your decision was to reverse.
It was the wrong decision.
I thought the gun outside the window was putting you
in more danger than the ones behind.
I wanted to make it a harder angle for that hostile there.
Did you say that in the debrief at the end with the DS.
Because the way I see it at the moment I feel like
you're stitching yourself up even more here
because we've already discussed...
let me (BLEEP) till before you start interrupting me.
Debrief is done for reason, it's to learn from mistakes,
we do them all the time.
Whether you (BLEEP) up or not it doesn't matter.
It's ballsy, put your pride away,
integrity comes out and you're at...
"That's what I did, that's where I (BLEEP) up,
"let's all learn from that."
Not just my learnings from the (BLEEP) up,
it's so everyone can learn.
And what I saw and heard in your personal debrief
with the rest of your peers was you trying
to bullshit your way out of it
because you were embarrassed because you were the only one
to reverse out of that contact.
No, Staff. I wasn't embarrassed, I made a mistake...
Stop, (BLEEP) stop!
You're really (BLEEP) annoying me now.
What I saw and heard
in your personal debrief
with the rest of your peers
was you trying to bullshit
your way out of it because you were embarrassed
that you were the only one to reverse out of that contact.
No, Staff. I wasn't embarrassed, I made a mistake...
Stop, (BLEEP) stop!
You're really (BLEEP) annoying me now.
We all make mistakes.
I'm not your team mates and...
Ah, they're screaming at him.
(BLEEP)
You're not putting your boots on, just in case we gotta go?
Yeah, putting my boots on, right now.
Shit's about to get real.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
We make mistakes. We all make mistakes.
I make em', he makes 'em.
You know what the thing is?
We admit the (BLEEP) thing! The big key is integrity.
People behind us are coming, people, bodies moving.
On your say!
You had your (BLEEP) chance!
I told you! You got it wrong!
You have just (BLEEP) pissed me right off.
Just take it on the chin,
stop (BLEEP) finding an easy way out!
We're not looking for that.
You stand taller by just telling us, "Yeah, I (BLEEP) up."
Sharing that information with your team, like you should've,
that's why I didn't bollock you.
You have just pissed me right off. Staff.
The whole thing that we've been talking about
with integrity, failure, is about learning, moving forward,
but ultimately taking it on the chin 'cause feeding your ego's
got no place, does that make sense?
Staff, I agree with you 100%.
Then take it on the (BLEEP) chin and learn from it. Listen.
You know when we do operations, we don't get back and go,
(BLEEP) well done we did, we got it right.
What did we get wrong?
And your getting wrong was a great lesson for you to share,
which is brilliant, and I...
that's what I want you to do.
You stood tall.
Stop trying to back out of it, just take it on the (BLEEP) chin.
Staff, I don't get my emotions attached
to my mistakes, I learn.
I dissect everything I do to do it better.
Every task we've done. You have my word on that.
My integrity means a lot, Staff.
Your integrity is in question.
I'm telling you that right now.
You're (BLEEP) disappointing me.
Guard!
He just can't take it on the chin.
I know, he still couldn't take it then.
You're in your court, done.
(FOOTSTEPS)
Alright, I'm gonna take this hood off.
Do not look back, go straight to the accommodation.
Move, move! Move! Yes, Staff.
Yo!
(DOOR SLAMS)
(DAN HUMS) Did you get yelled at?
Yeah. OK.
What about?
I think he was a little confused about when I...
The car?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
About what, sorry?
Um, I think he...
when I... I expl...
I was explaining what I was thinking,
what I was trying to do.
Um, he thought that was me trying to weasel out
and I was just trying to explain that was how I learnt.
Like I admitted when we got together that
I (BLEEP) up, and I should've done that,
that and that.
But he saw that as no, that's not, that's weaselling out.
Or something like that.
Yeah, but bro, they went hard as (BLEEP), man.
Huh?
They went hard by the sounds of it, bro.
But is he saying that
you should've stuck with your guns, as in like, as in...
back your decision?
Oh, no, 'cause they said I made a mistake.
'Cause in my mind, what I was doing, I knew what I was doing.
I didn't, I had a plan to, you know,
reverse and then go forward and it got stopped.
So, I was just trying to explain that and I think
he thought I was trying to weasel out.
My biggest fault, in my point of view,
is when ego is engaged.
When's it's insecurity.
Fear.
Desperation. Pride.
I probably just didn't explain myself right, or whatever,
but it's OK.
I'm not trying to change that.
I'm imperfectly perfect.
I know what happens if I don't commit to working
on myself every single day.
That is my constant work.
To operate from intention and love.
Not ego.
You look great, bra.
Nah, serious your body looks silly.
Serious, bra.
As the exhausted recruits prepare to call it a night...
Look at these 'ableys', boy.
I haven't had these bad boys in at least eight years, baby.
John Steffensen is still awake and distracted.
Hey?
Woo!
Hey!
I'm back like cook crack, baby.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(MOUSE SQUEAKS)
With all the recruits
now sound asleep...
the DS are about to once again test
their resolve under extreme pressure in a surprise ambush exercise.
(DOOR OPENS)
Gas, gas, gas! Gas, gas, gas!
Scrambling for their gas masks...
Go!
..the recruits take cover and hide but are quickly captured...
then blindfolded to confuse and disorientate them.
Get the (BLEEP) out!
Now, detained, the DS are about to lead
the recruits into a pitch black bunker.
Move.
Which replicates a prisoner holding cell.
Here they will be bound and shackled in a test to see
who, if anyone,
has the initiative to escape
a potentially life threatening scenario.
Head down, head down.
(DOOR SLAMS)
Watching on nearby are the DS...
Who do you think?
..who will scrutinise their every move.
I reckon 16, mate.
He'll probably rip the chain off.
So, what they've got at the end of each chain...
Is a carab.
Is a carabena. Yeah, I saw that, yeah.
So, they should be able to reach around...
Unclip.
Unclip it and make their way, all the way,
one end is secure, where number sixteen is.
The other end has a screw carabena where they could all get off of it.
They're talkin'.
Hey, Johnny.
As a Special Forces soldier,
if you are captured,
the first thing you must try
and do is escape.
The earliest moment you can do that is more likely
to guarantee you your success.
So, really, the escape room is about understanding
whether those people are gonna take the opportunity to try and escape
or whether they're just gonna stand there and allow themselves
to be subject to whatever's in front of them.
(CHAINS RATTLE)
Number four, Jana,
is first to explore her surroundings.
And instantly discovers the carabena clip.
Who's talking though, can you tell?
It's, ah, number four.
Four. (CHAINS RATTLE)
I certainly wanna learn
if I'm as mentally tough as I think I am.
Because I think it is something
that I value in myself
and I would like
to continue throughout life
and also pass onto my children.
I can't get that clip off.
Shh.
I can't get the clip off.
For (BLEEP) sake.
But there are a lot of challenges in here
that I am going to find really difficult.
So, I'm going to have to cope with that.
Guys, I need help with the clip.
(CHAINS RATTLE)
She's good.
Got it.
I've got my clip off.
Here we go.
Four's (BLEEP) great.
Successfully unclipping from the wall,
Jana is still bound by at the wrists and attached
to the chain.
But with no sign of movement from fellow recruits.
Number 11 says you'll have to go around me,
I'm not moving.
He hasn't even said a word.
Jana takes charge of John instructing him to unclip
so he can help her escape.
OK, I've got...
I've got my clip undone.
But unlike Jana,
John manages to force one hand out of his wrist constraint.
Here we go, 14's off. Yeah.
And can now figure out what to do next.
Guys, guys, guys, guys. Shh.
Good lad.
Good effort.
Examining the chain his other hand is tied to.
Look, look, look, look, he's clicked on!
He's clicked on!
(CHAIN BANGS)
John manages to unlock the bolt securing the chain.
Yeah, he's got it. Yeah.
Let's... let's see if they all get off this chain first.
Yeah.
You got it, you got it. You got it.
(CHAINS RATTLE)
Alright, stay, stay, stay, stay.
11's still, look at 11.
He's still (BLEEP) blindfolded.
He's just not having it.
But he's getting along with it but he hasn't taken
his mask off so he can (BLEEP) be like,
"Oh, I wasn't part of this."
Take this off.
Take this off me!
Shh!
As John and Jana continue to successfully lead the escape...
What's with the two by four?
Is that a weapon?
Good girl. (BLEEP) great.
Let's get outta here. We gotta get outta here!
All of you, on your knees, on your knees, on your knees!
Put that down!
The DS call time on the mission and will now debrief
with the recruits on their performance.
Once you get captured you must try and escape
at the earliest possible opportunity and the reason for that is...
people, your captors are a lot less organised
at the start.
Once they start passing you down the chain there's no way
of escaping from there.
That was an exercise, the exercise is over now.
OK?
When I say go, disappear into the accommodation.
Alright, away you go. Move! Let's go!
Grab your respirators, take them back with you!
What's stopping you
from seeing yourself at the top?
..Jana's painful past.
As a young person I was very vocal with my ability
and in our country that's not always something that should be done.
There was so much media about me.
When they labelled me Drama Jana.
Now, I... I down talk myself.
That's up here, in your head.
(BLEEP)!
It's a big ass spider! Oh, don't kill it!
Go (BLEEP) that way! Don't kill it!
I'm not, I just want it to go that way.
(LAUGHS)
He... he needs to go outside. He's not a nice friendly one.
Jesus, Mark, why don't you step on it?
Yeah, get rid of it. What?
Step on it, Mark.
I'm not gonna step on it but... go that way.
No, it's not a black one. It's not a black one.
It's just a... it's just a...
It looked pretty black to me.
Yeah, kill that... He's not a... he's not...
Kill that! Get rid of that thing!
Jana, that could jump on you, Jana!
Or run away.
Look at that! I am, guys.
Just gonna get rid of it. Why?
Kill that!
Why, it's not hurting you?
Kill it, man! (INAUDIBLE).
You kill it then, I can't kill spiders, I'm just...
I love spiders. Can they pick...
don't... ah, ah, ah! Don't, don't.
Just pick it up and put it outside.
Look, there's a mouse! Let the mouse eat it!
Do mouse eat spiders?
No. Just, make a decision.
Yeah... I'll get a thing and get it outside.
Alright, you took the lead.
Well done, guys.
That was, um, it's not gonna eat you in the night.
Everywhere I look there's mouse everywhere.
Look at that. I know, there's mice everywhere.
Oh, little mouse there. Agh!
Why do they always touch me?
I know, it hit my foot!
It did a lap around your other foot...
Did that have a compass on it?
(LAUGHS) It's just a mouse!
Now that I've been nibbled by one I'm a little bit less,
little bit more paranoid about them.
(CRICKETS CHIRP)
Number four!
As the only female recruit remaining on the course,
the DS summon number four, Jana Pittman, for questioning.
Hands together.
I've got you. Just walk normal.
(DOOR SLAMS)
What's it like,
being the only woman left, number four?
Um, in the challenge today,
it gave me a bit of courage actually.
And you're mixing it at the very top.
Do you see it that way?
I'm trying.
What's stopping you from seeing yourself at the top?
Punching with the big hitters?
You're right, mental limitation.
I've got to eliminate that.
(BLEEP) right, you do.
'Cause you're up there.
You are, like a lioness. You're right.
There's something inside you that just...
you always been like that?
You always had that spirit and that sort fight inside of you?
'Cause what we're seeing is...
I think so. Very impressive.
You think so?
I think, I've had a little... it's wavered.
In the past I've had sometimes a bit of a disconnect
between physical and mental.
But now you've gone back to that?
Yeah, it's snapped back in which is quite a nice...
quite a nice feeling.
Can you feel it within yourself? But, yeah, I can, actually.
You can!
Yesterday was the first time, in truth.
I really felt that real connection between physical
and mental strength.
It was quite empowering.
So, what's stopping you from admitting
that you're up there, then?
As in, voicing it?
I don't know.
No, I do know, actually. If you don't mind me saying.
I think, as a young person I was very vocal with my ability,
as in, you know, I would say,
I think I can make the Olympic final or I think I can win the Olympics.
And in our country that's not always something
that should be done.
We like the underdog.
We like the person to not be so outwardly confident in their,
um, discussions about themselves.
So, I think, and I got hammered for that a little bit in the press
so I think therefore maybe now, I down-talk myself.
I'd love to say that
the public opinion didn't impact me
but just my personality is one
that has always wanted to be liked.
And it's the media stuff,
did feel like I was under attack at times.
There was so much media about me.
That was around the time that they labelled me, Drama Jana.
Do you feel like the underdog now?
No. I do not. No, no.
And rightly so.
But it comes back to again, my...
in a desire to be liked,
I thought the more well known I am, the more people would like you.
You're better off just actually sitting back
and letting your performances
and person who you are shine through.
Um, but you have to learn that.
That is definitely something that came with time and experience.
I see that, change in pace.
I've seen that shift in gear.
And it's really, really refreshing to see.
That means a lot.
Now, listen. It's not over yet.
No, no, I'm well... well aware!
So, make sure, as we've said, you maintain that.
'Cause that spark is well and truly ignited.
Wherever the (BLEEP) you got that from, keep it there.
Take the strength from the people
who have fallen by the wayside.
It's a statement in itself.
Just remember that.
When the going gets even harder, just remember how far you've come.
There's no point getting off the train now.
You know what I mean? Yeah, I appreciate that.
And we would like to see you here at the end of the course
but that is not a decision that we make,
that's the decision that's up here, in your head.
Do not waver.
Yes, Staff. Guard!
Scared then, weren't ya? I did (LAUGHS).
Got me! Good.
Nice and sharp.
Lets me know that you're alive.
(LAUGHS)
There were definitely people in Australia
who didn't like me and absolutely I understand
why that'd be the case.
Realistically, I didn't end up winning the Olympics.
So, how do I have won and justify that amount of media?
Perhaps their might have been more of a positive story.
Step.
But that's why I am so grateful to have the opportunity
to do this course because it would be pretty special
to have the DS turn around and say, physically and mentally,
you're enough.
Nothing beats that really.