- Whoo! I'm bear grylls,
Former special forces soldier,
Everest mountaineer, and survivalist.
All my life, I've sought out
The most extreme challenges out there.
It's often been a battle,
But along the way, I've shared lifesaving survival skills.
It could save your life.
But this is not that show.
[dramatic musical sting] - [retches]
- You must search through poop.
Every day, I meet people
Who think they could do it better.
- It doesn't look that hard.
- I know I can do it.
- It really grinds my gears
When people go on survival shows and tap out.
I can't do it. - The truth is,
Most people wouldn't survive in the wild.
They'd die. - Oh!
- So I've recreated
Some of my craziest survival situations
To see who can get off the couch
And prove they've got what it takes.
Five will enter, but only one will proudly claim
That, "I survived bear grylls."
[all cheering]
[bear roars]
[upbeat music]
- Hello, everyone. - Hello!
[together] hi!
- Hi! - I am world-famous comedian
Jordan conley.
Do you recognize me? [owl hooting]
- No. - Yeah, who?
- [laughs] - all right, we gonna work
On that, mom. - [laughs]
- If you don't know me, let's get some cheers going
For a man you might know
Who has led record-breaking expeditions
From antarctica to the arctic.
- I can't-- - start cheering right now...
- Whoo! - For bear grylls!
[triumphant music]
♪ ♪
- Yeah, buddy! - Let's go!
[cheers and applause]
- All right, guys.
- I'm shaking.
- Why didn't they do that for me?
- Hey, welcome
To what is potentially gonna be the hardest,
The dirtiest,
The most disgusting,
But potentially the most rewarding day
Of your life. - Yeah.
- You guys are here because you believe
You've got what it takes to survive in the wild
When you're truly up against it.
- And me. No one knows why I'm here.
[dramatic music]
Each of my four challenges takes place
In a unique terrain,
The sort of thing you'd find in the wild.
It's about seeing if you have what it takes
To be a true survivor. [bear roars]
At the moment, there are five of you.
At the end of today,
There's only gonna be one winner.
- And don't forget, the winners get $10,000!
- Whoo! - Let's go! Let's go!
- Let's go. Let's go.
- Let's meet our survivalists.
Bret, you've been a kind supporter
Of many of my shows over the years.
- Yeah, I mean, I've watched you
Since I was way younger.
I've watched everything you've done.
I feel like I was taught by the best.
I'm gonna be good.
[upbeat music]
I'm bret. I'm 29 years old
And I have been a superfan of bear for a long time.
I used to have him, like, on my binders
In school and stuff.
Like, I loved him. - Don't let me down.
- Oh! - Let's go, bret.
- Can we be honest? Do you have,
Like, a life-sized poster cutout of bear,
And when you wake up, you're like,
"good morning, bear"?
- I mean, like, kind of. I made this thing;
I called a "bear bible."
- ♪ bear grylls ♪
- And it has him just reaching out in the front,
And inside is all kinds of safety tips
From bear throughout the years, so...
- Wow. - Gita, you're obviously
Not afraid to work hard in the mma ring.
- Not at all. - And, kevin,
You stand before me as a strong guy,
But you've had a journey to get there, haven't you?
♪ ♪
- I'm kevin. I am from livermore, california.
I not only will survive bear grylls.
I will destroy the competition, because I have the mental
And also the physical. It took me a long time
To get here, but I think I have the physical ability to win.
I was 120 pounds coming out of college.
I wasn't confident with who I am.
Watching your shows, you actually helped me
Get to where I'm at today.
[wolf whistle]
And I hope to prove to myself that I can do it.
- So you were like captain america before
He went into the machine. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ugly duckling to, like, transform.
- Yeah. - Amazing. Respect. Respect.
- I'm so excited! - You got it, kev.
Sarah, when you were younger,
You did a bit of wilderness camp?
- Yeah. - And, rick,
Former pro basketball player,
But today you're also gonna need the mental side of things.
Survival is as much about this as it is about this.
- Absolutely. - What we've got here, though,
Is mount sherpa,
Named after the great nepalese climbers
That I've been on so many expeditions with in my life.
Your challenge is, you're gonna start at the top.
You're gonna slide down,
You're gonna retrieve an item at the bottom,
And then power back up.
Use that hemp rope to help you, 'cause it's gonna be slippery.
We're gonna be simulating,
Like, the mountain avalanching down on you.
We're gonna be throwing boulders at you,
Some stuffed animals. - Let's go.
- Awesome. - What?
- Have them throw taxes at them.
That's hard to dodge. [record scratch]
- Oh, I hate taxes. - Taxes? [laughs]
- First one to the top and to stack their items
Is then safe.
They get to sit on the mountain dew throne.
[ethereal music]
And this throne is definitely a sign
Of your badass status and all-around survivability.
Both: Mountain dew!
- And this throne is, like, a reward
To have a drink between challenges.
Meanwhile, the rest of you go again,
Each round adding more items to carry,
Till eventually just one person is remaining.
That person is gonna be going home,
Eliminated.
Are you ready? - Absolutely.
- Yes! - Let's go!
- Time to climb. Come on.
- Let's go! - Let's go. Let's go!
[tense music]
- Ready to face a mountain? All: Yeah!
Both: Let's go!
- Ready, set, go!
- Whoa! - [laughs]
[upbeat rock music]
- Yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi! - Oh, my god!
- Go, go, go! - [grunts]
- I'm sorry. - [grunts]
I thought we were just gonna be running.
I ran 3, 4 miles every day. I lifted.
[laughs] then I come to see of it,
And I'm like, "okay, this is dish soap."
- That's a slip 'n slide, come on now.
Ooh. - Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
- Oh, my god. - Ahh! A boulder!
- [laughs] you gotta admit,
Throwing the boulders is kind of funny.
- Ahh!
- [grunts] - stay down!
Stay down!
- I ain't stayin' down!
♪ ♪
- [groans] oh, my god. - Go, go, go!
- [grunts] - put it down on it.
- Let's go!
- Damn it. - Let's go!
- There you go. - Rick, first to the top.
On the throne. You are safe. - Let's go!
- Nice job, rick. - Whoo! Get it, rick!
- Mountain dew, baby!
One challenge down.
I survived it, and, uh,
I can't wait to find out what's next.
Let's go!
- Even though I got second,
I feel like I surprised them.
But now they know that I'm someone to worry about.
- Okay, heat two.
This time you gotta get two items.
Ready, set, go!
- Let's go, guys! Come on!
- Oh. - Ooh.
Ooh, god. - [screams]
- Go, turn two, commitment. Come on. Here we go.
- You got it. - [grunts]
- Here come the boulders! - Ahh!
- Come on, sarah! Let's go, bret!
Get your rope, girl!
- [grunts] no!
- Come on. Here we go.
- Bear, why is there a goat?
[goat bleats] - yeah,
That's where they hang out.
- [laughs] - let's go, sarah!
You got it, girl!
- [grunts] come on, kevin. You've got this.
- You got it, bret! - Come on. Find it. Find it.
♪ ♪
- [grunting]
Yeah!
- Good job, sarah!
- [sighs] I'm forever second.
- We got another winner, sarah.
- Yeah, baby, yeah!
Straight back in. You now got three items:
Cooler, chair, and a lunch box.
- Packed some lunch for my babies.
- You ready? Set, go!
Both: Let's go!
- Ahh!
[glass shattering]
Sorry, that was not on purpose.
- Don't forget your lunch, sweetie.
Ooh, ooh. - Go, kevin, go!
- I can't get up. - Kevin, you got this, dude.
- Get it, gita!
♪ ♪
- No! Why can't I get up?
- You gotta remember,
They're trying to carry these awkward items.
- I was not made for this.
- And it is super slippery.
- Why can't I get up?
- Ahh! - It's chaos,
But welcome to the mountains.
When it starts to go wrong, things go wrong fast.
- I did it! - Go, bret!
Put it up! - Nice and easy, bret.
Don't give up. - Go, go, go, go, go!
[horn blows]
- Yeah, gita!
Gita, you are safe.
Go and join them on the mountain dew throne.
The rest of you, back at the top.
The final two.
[dramatic music]
One of you is gonna be going home.
You're gonna need to have a strategy.
You now got a tent as well.
- I can do this. I know I can do this.
- Yeah, kev! - Kevin, your mindset
Is getting your hand on the rope.
If you can get your hand on the rope, you're gonna win.
- I've got the heart.
Physically, I'm feeling not the best,
But I'm not gonna let anyone know that.
I'm invested. I'm in it.
- Ready, set, see ya. - [groans]
- Let's go, guys! Let's go, guys!
- See ya. - Go, kevin!
- I can do this.
I know I can do this.
- Let's go, guys. Come on. - Oh, god.
- [grunts] - ahh! Sorry.
- Kevin's going for the strategy
Of stuffing everything inside the tent,
Which might prove to be a really smart move.
- Let's go, bret! - Bret, meanwhile,
Is trying to hold everything, including the kitchen sink,
In her arms and haul herself.
This is gonna be hard.
- Oh! - [laughs]
- [groans]
- Why can't I get up?
- Kevin, calm down and get collected, buddy.
- You've got it, kevin!
- Oh, he done broke the tent.
Where you gonna sleep if you ain't got the tent?
- [grunts] no!
- Kevin, you're doing great, dude.
Do not stop. - Push, bret!
- Keep fighting! Do not give up!
- Why can't I get up?
Why?
- Don't let your mind defeat you.
- Push, bret!
- [screams]
- We got a survivor.
Bret, you are through. - Yeah, bret!
- Ahh! This challenge was so hard.
The worst part about it was that I kept getting second.
- Let's go! Let's go! - Damn it.
I'm forever second.
- Yeah, gita!
- [sighs]
But I'm glad I made it. [screams]
I'm in bear's world now,
And I have no idea what's coming next,
But I know I'm ready for it.
- You know, I don't think it was a bad strategy
To stuff everything in there.
- Let's go, kevin!
- It was gonna be much easier
Once you were on your rope for you to climb.
- I had fun. - I'm really sorry, my friend.
- Every time I slipped down the slope,
I could literally and figuratively feel
The $10,000 slipping away from me.
But you know what?
I'm proud of who I am, and this experience
Is worth than $10,000 in my head.
- Come here. You keep it going, ay?
You keep going. - I will.
- Amazing. - Thank you.
- You're heading that way. Don't slip.
- Y'all a baaad group of contestants.
We gonna get crazier than this.
- Crazier? - Yeah, bear!
- Yeah. - You've got 30 seconds
To rehydrate, compose yourselves,
And then we're moving on. - Bet.
- Let's go. - 30 seconds this time.
Come with me. - Oh, dear lord.
- I hope you got your mosquito repellent,
'cause we're going to the swamp.
- Let's go! - Yes!
Let's go! - Let's go! Let's go!
- What's up, bear? - Congratulations.
You're through to the next round.
- Let's go! - Whoo!
- And after all of that physical climbing,
You must be hungry.
Both: Oh! - [laughs]
- I'm glad you asked. I am famished.
Something about watching these people get wiped out
Really gets my appetite goin', you know?
- Survival food is never pretty,
But in the wild, you need energy.
I remember once in the namibian desert,
Totally out of food,
And after a couple of days, I managed to dig,
And I found some snake eggs.
- Whoa. [laughter]
- I mean, I've watched all the episodes,
So I know he's eaten a lot of gross stuff.
- Holy smoke. That is horrible.
- I've seen him eat ox blood... - Warm, salty.
- Drink pee through a snake...
- Snake innards and pee.
- So when I walked up there, I was like, "oh, no.
Something's different here, and I don't like it."
- Rick, have you eaten much wilderness food?
- Back in the day, I got dared to eat a snake.
It was for money.
It was only $11.
- [laughs] - my name's rick,
And I am from chesterland, ohio, and I used to be
A professional basketball player internationally.
And now I'm just dad.
I'm runnin' up and down steps,
Changin' diapers, you know,
Playing in the backyard, which I love,
But I want my kids to be able to see
That dad's got a pretty wild side to him,
And he's a fierce competitor.
- You ate a snake for $11?
This should feel way more rewarding then,
'cause it's 10,000. - I hope so.
- The stakes are higher--
The snakes are higher.
[laughter]
Bret, what about you? Any experience
Of eating terrible things?
- I ate a grasshopper.
- The worst you've had is a grasshopper, really?
- Yeah, and my mom's cooking.
Don't tell her. - [gasps]
- Oh! - Bret!
- I'm sorry, mom.
- Sarah? - I've eaten worms.
I've eaten beetles. I've eaten bugs.
In elementary school, but still.
[laughter]
My name is sarah, from easley, south carolina,
And I might look like a doll, but I am a badass.
Mic drop. I have an eight-year-old son.
His name is blaze.
He believes in me with this.
Well, if bear wants me to do something, I'll do anything.
I'm not afraid. Bring it on.
- Gita, why have you gotta win this?
- So many people think that trans people are victims,
But we are victors, and we are able to prevail at any cost.
My name is gita.
As a transgender and mma fighter,
I have faced a lot of naysayers,
And I'm here to show the world a different narrative.
Members of my community can take on big challenges,
And we can conquer them.
- You're all gonna need to summon all
Of that spirit for this.
As a survivor, I love eggs.
They don't bite me, they don't run away,
And they are a complete food source
Of everything you need to stay alive.
- Um, I'm glad you said eggs,
Because look who brought some.
- Those aren't eggs.
This is an egg. - Ahh-ha!
- There's no way. - What's in that thing?
- It's an ostrich egg.
- Is it fresh out? - It's real?
- Give it a crack...
- Ahh! - [laughs] oh, no.
- [gags] - and look how much is in this.
- You gotta make a lot of grits with that much egg.
- Oh, my god.
- You got a lot of grits in here.
- Yeah. - I was expecting some sort
Of food challenge.
I talk a big game at home
Saying I could eat anything, and so it's time to show up.
- I'm calling this challenge scrambled.
- Ugh. - And it's all about
Pushing your mind to do whatever it takes to survive,
Like I've had to do so many times on expeditions.
Here's how it works.
On the board there you're gonna see a scrambled word
Of a survival food.
You got buzzers in front of you.
First person to hit that buzzer
To unscramble that word doesn't get that food added
To their scrambled eggs. - Oh, my god.
- Then you're gonna be eating it.
You've gotta swallow all of your scramble
And show a cleared mouth if you're gonna survive.
And the last person to get it all down is eliminated.
- [shudders] - first things first.
Jordan, do me the honors.
Fill them up with the raw yolks.
- All right. - Ew.
- Pump up the yolk. - Oh, my god!
- I don't even like normal eggs.
Sarah's yacking already.
- Oh, my gosh. - Wow, wow.
That's a lot. - Whoa, hey, oh.
- Hold up. - Who likes scrambled eggs?
- I do. I don't see a skillet anywhere.
- What is that chunk? - It's just for you, man.
- It's gonna be delicious. - Here we go.
- It's disgusting. - This is something I've eaten
Many, many times in the wild,
And when I find eggs, I'm happy bear.
[both grumbling]
First question. You ready?
Hands on that buzzer.
[tense music]
- [gags] - oh, boy.
I mean, listen, I have quite a high threshold
For this stuff, but it makes me wanna gag.
[laughs] - [spits]
- First question. You ready? Hands on that buzzer.
You gotta unscramble this word.
The first word is going up. Jordan.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[bell dings]
Bret, first up.
- Fish eyes. - Fish eyes is good,
Which means the rest of you are gonna get some fish eyes.
- [laughs] - jordan, grab me
The fish eyes. - Oh, my god.
- Ahh! No!
Stay away.
That is disgusting.
- We thinking two or three, bear?
- I think three eyes.
- Three eyes. One, two, three.
[upbeat music]
You need to see your eggs.
- [gags]
- [laughing] you're gagging already.
- That stank. [laughs]
- I thought because I was so tall, I wouldn't smell 'em.
[shudders]
- Bret is looking very happy about this.
There's no fish eyes for you.
- No fish eyes for me, bear.
- You ready with the next word?
One, two, three.
Here is the word.
♪ ♪
[bell dings] - who's first? Rick.
- Ox lip. - Fast.
Ox lips is the correct answer. - Yay.
- You are safe from some ox lips.
Bret, sarah, and gita,
You're about to get a smackaroo from the ox.
[ox snorts] give it to 'em.
- Ring-a-ding-a-ding.
Got some ox lips.
- Oh, lord. - Are you kidding me?
This is real.
- Why is it pointy? - [laughs]
- They want that kiss to stick; that's why it's sharp.
- [laughs] give it some kissies.
- Oh.
- Oh, lord, no.
- Next word. Are you ready for this?
One, two, three. Whack it out.
♪ ♪
[bell dings] - uterus.
- Bret, you won that one. Good job.
- ♪ I'm not gonna eat a uterus ♪
- Here is a uterus.
Serve it up, jordan.
Serve it up. - Oh, my gosh.
- Dude, don't come near me with that.
No way. - Is this my torture
For not actually having one?
Thanks, god.
- Here we go.
- It looks like some dried sausage, man.
- [gags] - oh, boy.
- Final word.
Ready, set, get it up.
Here you go.
♪ ♪
[bell dings] - whoa.
Rick again-- - whoa, rick again.
What do you think it is? - I was gonna say pizzle.
- How do you spell it?
- Correct. Correct.
Do you know what pizzle is? - No.
- Pizzle is another word for penis.
[together] ahh!
♪ ♪
- No!
- Get some of that cow pizzle, fa shizzle.
- I literally got everything.
- Thank you two for serving me with a lovely five-course meal
Of everything on that board. - [giggles]
- I saw the egg yolk. I already don't like eggs.
I'll do it.
I'll do it. I'm not scared.
I will throw anything in my mouth.
[laughs] sorry.
I'm not lookin' forward to doin' it,
But I will absolutely do it,
And I'll do it with a smile on my face, and I'll win.
- Thank you. - There you go. There you go.
- It's just floatin'.
- [laughs] hey, hey, hey. Look how big that pizzle is.
♪ ♪
- I'm extremely happy I did not have to eat a pizzle.
[laughs] I don't know if I could've gone home
And looked my friends in the eyes
And told them that I was eatin' pizzle.
[chuckles]
- Just remember, in the wild,
Sometimes I haven't been able to get a fire going.
It's been torrential rain, strong winds like today.
I never said anything about cooking the scrambled eggs.
We're eating this raw, but you gotta get it all down.
- [laughs] - bet.
- The last person to get it all down
Is a casualty of the wild today and is out.
- Better not spizzle that pizzle.
- [laughs] - [gags]
- Gita, you got a mountain to climb.
That is one full bowl.
Sarah, that pizzle's looking prominent.
You're not gonna be able to swallow a pizzle that big.
[laughter] - you gotta chew.
- I never thought I'd hear bear grylls say that
In my life. [laughs]
- Okay, you ready? - Yes.
- One, two, three. Down we go.
- Oh, my god.
- Oh, that's gonna be a slow technique.
- ♪ chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug ♪
♪ ♪
- She started with the tongue. - There you go, yeah.
- [gags] - was that the penis
Or was that the uterus?
- Eyes.
- Eyes. Eyes are the good one.
- Oh, lord. - This smells like eggs
If you let 'em sit in the trash can.
- Oh, I can smell that uterus from here.
You're gonna have to chew it,
'cause it's not gonna go down in one.
- Oh! Come on!
- ♪ this other fool decide ♪ - [gags]
- How are you doing? How does this taste?
- Ugh. - Okay, that's a good answer.
Ooh, ooh.
- [gags] - there you go.
- It's mind over matter.
- ♪ mmm, my ears still ring ♪
- [gags] - ♪ chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug ♪
- Ugh! - What's going through
Your mind, rick? - It's not good.
- [laughs] - [spits]
- Oh, boy, I mean, listen, I have quite a high threshold
For this stuff, but... - [gags]
- I think it's watching it that's worse.
- [retches]
- Let's go; let's go. - Rick is crushing this.
- [screams]
- Ooh, let me check this.
- Ahh.
- Rick is good. - Let's go!
[groans] - yeah.
I've started off really strong.
I'm not going to relax.
I'm gonna keep the pedal to the metal, and, you know,
Like the great ricky bobby says,
"if you're not first, you're last."
- First one is safe.
This is your time. - [food crunches]
- Come on, sarah. You got it.
Is that a uterus or a penis? - You guys got this.
Let's go. Come on. - Ugh, that's a tongue.
That ox hasn't brushed his teeth for a long time.
- You nasty. - It's too chewy.
- Are you crying? Is this tears?
- Uh-huh. - We got tears in here.
- Those are tears of excitement to have so much nutrition.
- Come on, bret. Just go.
- The ox lips are chapped.
I wonder if it tastes like dead skin.
- [gags] - oh, god.
Makes me wanna gag. - [laughs]
- Just gonna be a little moment here.
- [laughs]
- Oh, my god. Poor them.
It's the first time I've felt sorry for them.
- Come on, girls. You got it. - Honestly, out of everything
Out there, it looks like the ox lips are gonna be the toughest
To get down. - I cannot tear this apart
With my teeth or anything.
- Well, then just swallow it down.
That's okay to swallow.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- Ooh. - Come on. You got it.
You got it. Good job. Good job!
- Oh! - I did it for you!
- Well done. - Oh, my god! Come on, bret.
Don't stop, bret. Don't stop! - Get it. Get it.
♪ ♪
- I look crazy. - You look awesome. Great job.
High five, high five. Don't do it.
- [retches] - oh, she did it.
Good job, bret. - Well done, you.
- Thank you. - That's not easy.
- [laughs] - it's that last bit
Getting that down. Respect.
- Thank you. - Respect.
Good for you. - Thank you, bear.
Yes, bear is a beautiful human,
And yes, I feel like anybody would have a crush on him.
[ethereal music]
I did not mean to throw up in front of bear.
- We're down to two.
- Two? - Yeah.
- Is that going in?
- Uh-uh. - Well, you gotta chew it.
She's catching you.
- Come on, sarah. You gotta push it, girl.
- You got it, girl. You got it.
Think about your son. You got it girl.
- Come on, sarah. - You got it.
- Get it down. - Gita, sarah,
It's gonna be a race to the end.
Time to dig deep. You can do this.
You just gotta chomp, chew, swallow.
- Gita, sarah, it's gonna be a race
To the end.
Time to dig deep. You can do this.
- Gita's using the turtle strategy:
Slow and steady.
- Come on. Come on. Get it out.
- Pick up the tongue. - Yeah.
- 10 grand on the line; how much do you want it?
- Sarah, I know it's nasty, but you gotta swallow it.
- Are you choking? Are you choking?
- Just swallow it. You can do it.
Don't think you can't.
- Yes!
- Like a racehorse at the end. - Yes!
- Wow. Well done, you. - Whoo!
- Well done.
Sarah, oh, my word. - It almost went down.
- I know. - Never give up!
- Tell me who you came here for.
- Blaze. - And he's gonna look at it
And be super proud.
I mean, that is everything on the line, total commitment.
- Blaze, I love you so much.
Like, you're everything to me.
I tried my best, but please, just throughout your life
Push, push, push,
And I will always believe in you and be proud of you
No matter what.
[laughter]
- Guys, give a big round of applause.
- Awesome job, sarah.
- Sarah!
♪ ♪
Don't tell your son you ate pizzle on tv.
Don't show him that part. [laughter]
- The rest of you... - Yeah.
- Still managing to hold it down?
Ready to go? - Ready.
- Now it gets dirty. Follow me.
- Hey, who wants some dessert?
Oh, wait, sorry. We're going to the desert.
[upbeat rock music]
- Oh, look at this.
- Yeah. - Yes.
- Two more challenges remain.
After this one, only two of you
Are gonna be going through to the final.
The stakes get ever higher.
The challenges get ever harder and, arguably,
Ever more disgusting,
Which you might find hard to believe after your lunch.
- [laughs] - I remember once
In southwest africa I was with some true masters of survival
Called the san bushmen,
Efficient, stealthy, ruthless.
You're gonna need to be all of those things
If you're gonna win at this hunting challenge,
And it's called mind over matter.
This challenge takes my experience
With the san bushmen and simulates what it's like
To hunt for your survival in different environments.
Your prey for this challenge is a nine-piece puzzle.
The three of you are gonna start
By digging through a big pile of worm-infested raw meat.
- Ugh. - There are two pieces
Of the puzzle buried under that meat.
You've gotta get those pieces of the puzzle out...
Without using your hands.
- Oh, no.
- Mouth.
[dramatic music]
Once you got two pieces of the puzzle,
We move on to the poop trough, or the [bleep] pit.
You got two pieces of the puzzle
To get out of the [bleep] pit.
Now the good news is, you can use your hands.
- Okay. - Once you've found them--
Keep them all together--
You're into the fish tank.
When I say "fish tank," it's like a bloody fish tank
Of guts and bad stuff,
And it's where you'll find your remaining pieces
In three bundles. At the end,
You go to that station.
You've gotta think now clearly under pressure.
The first two to assemble the puzzle correctly
Are through. The last one, sadly,
Is gonna be going home. - [exhales]
- You good at puzzles?
- I mean, if it's ages three and up, I'm competitive.
- Well, well, this is quite an extreme three-year-old,
But he could--he could certainly give this one a go.
[upbeat music]
Rick, how are you feeling about this?
- Not good. - [laughs] he just--
- You got more uterus?
[laughter] I'll eat more uterus.
I don't know about this.
I'm here to prove to my kids
That dad's a strong competitor.
And I was first to the dew throne,
First to finish the eggs,
But I knew going into this whole day
I'm just not a puzzle guy.
It's my weakness for sure.
- Bret, you still somehow look excited,
And it's what I love about you.
- I'm so excited to be here still.
I get to do this in front of you?
Wow.
- [laughs] - come on.
- What a great meeting, bear. - You can do it.
Gita, who's back home cheering you on?
- Honestly, my boyfriend's cheering me on,
But he also doubts me, because he thinks the diva
In me is gonna prevail
And I'm not gonna make it through anything.
So I'm here to prove him wrong too.
- That sounds like a breakup to me, don't it?
[laughter] you better believe in me, baby.
- No, no, no, no.
I'm like rambo and cardi b in one person.
I'm a beautiful badass.
There have been moments of doubt,
But I just keep pushing.
I'm so close to winning.
[dramatic music]
- On your marks.
Get ready.
Go smash it!
- [groans] - oh, boy.
There you go. Get in there.
- [spits]
- You gotta think like survivors.
You're not just being a meathead.
Excuse the pun. - Ha.
- Ahh! [coughs]
There's a--there's a worm in my nose!
- I can't get it with my mouth.
I would describe the raw meat
As putting your head in a toilet.
Like, that's how gross it is.
But then everything's wriggling.
The things I do for bear, man.
- Ahh!
- There you go. You got one.
- Oh, there you go.
Remember, you're looking for two pieces.
- Oh. - There you go. There you go.
- Augh! Oh.
- There you go, gita.
You're thinking like a survivor.
Gita, two pieces done!
Moving on.
[rock music]
Bret, you got one.
- Oh!
It smells like [bleep].
This is so gross.
- Hey, rick, get deep in that [bleep].
- You've almost got it. You've almost got it.
There we go. - Yeah, this is great.
- I have spent far too much of my life
Digging through poop.
Not one of the better drinks I've ever had.
- Y'all are some super pooper scoopers.
- How's it smelling, guys?
- I just smell the meat on my head.
- You can smell the meat on your head
And the [bleep] on your hands.
Welcome to "I survived bear grylls."
Come on. - Jumping in a vat of poop
Is not how I imagined meeting bear.
Out of respect for bear's family,
I won't say that it's a date,
But I will say it's a great first meeting, you know?
I hope I'm impressing him.
- Must search through poop.
- I know there's a lot of poop you're digging through,
But think about how much hand sanitizer you could buy
With $10,000.
- Oh, finally!
It's game on now.
- There you go. - Okay, you found one.
Here we go. - That's all I needed.
- Ahh, yes!
- Gita, you found one? - Yes.
- Rick's got three.
Gita's got three.
Bret, keep searching.
- Are we sure they're in here? [laughs]
- I found it! - Okay, that's number four.
You continue. Go, go, go!
You got two to find. You got one remaining, rick.
- Where at?
- Ahh!
♪ ♪
- Gita got in there.
[in british accent] it's bloody good fun.
[in normal voice] 'cause it's blood.
Is it cold?
- Okay. - Oh, my god.
- Bret, there we go.
You got one. Keep digging.
- Fourth, got it! - Okay, go!
Continue.
Bret, you've still got one to find.
- Whoo!
Oh, it's cold!
- I found it! - Go, go, go, go
Into the fish tank! - Come on.
You all gotta find those three bundles of pieces.
Whoo. Whoo.
♪ ♪
There you go.
- This is called a fish baptism.
Remember, lead with your brain.
Think about technique.
- [bleep] it smells.
- And it's a horse race now.
- Yeah! - All the gloves are off.
It's chaos.
- Look at you. You're almost done.
- One of you is gonna be going home!
You need to find a way.
Gita, well done.
Now you gotta get 'em all together,
And you gotta assemble it.
♪ ♪
- Keep goin'. You're almost done.
- Rick, go, go, go!
There you go.
- [gasps] oh, god, help.
- Rick is out. - There you go.
- Bret, you're out.
Now it is a race to assemble the puzzle.
Here we go.
Who can still think calm when you're tired
And you're beaten-up and you're stinking?
♪ ♪
- Now it is a race to assemble the puzzle.
Here we go.
You gotta think smart.
You gotta think fast.
You gotta think on your feet.
- How do we clean this [bleep]?
- Ah, that's the question.
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
- Bear, she cleaned the [bleep] in the blood.
- Smart.
- It's the last time you heard that get said.
- Figure it out.
What might you be trying to make a puzzle of?
- I know what it is.
I just can't figure it out.
Come on, rick.
You gotta do this.
Oh, [bleep].
♪ ♪
- Done. - Bret...
- Whoa! - You're finished.
- What's up! - You were the last one.
You were the last one. - Yeah, bear!
- You were the last on out-- - [screams]
I feel confident going into the final round.
I am badass,
In that even though I don't have a ton of experience,
I can impress myself and bear grylls.
♪ ♪
- So who's gonna be joining bret in the final challenge?
♪ ♪
- Rick, I'm counting all your pieces.
I'm only counting eight.
♪ ♪
- Oh, [bleep]! - Bear!
♪ ♪
- Got it! - Oh, gita got it!
- Whoo! - Yes!
- Whoo-hoo!
[both screaming]
- Well done, you. Respect.
- I'm wet. I'm dirty. I'm probably smelly.
Every challenge has been harder and harder and harder.
I'm fighting, I'm not giving up,
And winning would be that much better.
- My god, that's a heartbreaking one,
'cause you did so well.
You were in front for all of that.
- Yeah. - If there's one thing
That's important for me with you leaving here,
It's that your kids at home know that your dad
Is a true never-give-up competitor.
- My kids will definitely be proud of dad, I think.
This is gonna be awesome.
You know, the competitive drive was relit in me.
It was so much fun
Being shoulder to shoulder with bear grylls.
My kids will be disgusted.
I don't know if my wife will ever kiss me again.
[laughs]
Thank you, bear. Appreciate it.
- There you go. Legend. - Whoo!
- Good for you. - There you go.
- For you two, zone in now.
This is only just getting going.
We're heading to the final. Turning that dial up again.
It's getting serious. Come with me.
- Wait for me. - Go.
- It's time to go to the forest,
Or as bear likes to call it, home.
[bear growls]
- Wow. Bret, still smiling. Amazing.
Gita, same. - Yes.
- And how cool to see two women in the final.
This is good news. Both: Yes.
- Good job.
- And now it is all to play for.
One of you's gonna leave here with $10,000...
- Yeah.
- And the pride to know that you truly survived
The worst that bear grylls could throw at you.
- Yes!
- So far you have shown your courage,
You know, guts, tenacity, and you've shown your strength.
But to win the $10,000,
You're gonna need to conquer one more thing:
I want to see your killer instinct,
Your ability to deliver when it really matters.
- [giggles] - a few years back,
I was in one of the most rugged wilderness landscapes
In the u.S., the rockies.
[bear growls]
I was days in, I had seen no food,
And finally, by chance, I spotted a small chipmunk.
And I backed away-- he didn't see me--
And I went into the bushes and I got my backpack,
Pulled out some elastic,
[both gasp] one shot.
[dramatic music]
- [laughs] - yay!
- [laughs] - and I'm here,
And the chipmunk isn't. [laughter]
Which brings us to our final challenge,
And it's called you're killing me.
[tense music]
As I've done many times in the wild,
You're gonna need to shoot a target to survive.
Here's how it's gonna work. Your targets are here.
- Ooh, don't point at me. Don't point at me.
- They are pictures of both of you.
All the ones in the front are worth one point,
The ones in the middle three points,
And if you go for the harder targets at the back,
They're worth five. - Bull's-eye!
- If you hit your opponent, you lose a point.
[buzzer blares]
You need to be hitting the pictures of yourself, okay?
After you've both done one round,
We're gonna make it harder.
We're gonna then add some goggles.
Little pinpricks in them.
Reduce your vision, your visibility.
Person with the most points at the end
Wins $10,000...
- Oh, my god.
- And the pride that you have truly survived bear grylls.
- Yeah. - Bret, you have come so far.
Why do you really want to win this?
What would this really mean?
- Honestly, growing up,
My mom got remarried to my stepdad,
And we bonded watching you.
So it would mean a ton to me to say to my stepdad,
"I met him. I survived him."
I feel like so far, I have done what I set out to do
When I got here, which was prove to myself,
My family, and to bear
Here we go.
- Gita, why is it so important to you to win this?
- Because I have a whole community of people
That are rooting for me and depend on me.
Each challenge pushed me a little harder,
And I got through it all.
This is just a helpful reminder that I am badass.
- Well, we love you. We cherish you.
We have your backs.
It's down to you to show what you're made of.
- Thank you.
- And if they don't have your back,
I'ma shoot 'em with a slingshot.
[laughter]
- Okay, there's yours.
Let's get you to your marks. - Ooh.
- Ohh.
[intense music]
- Gita, here we go.
Remember, there are pictures of both of you there.
You're aiming for yourself.
They're not out to kill each other.
Jordan, do not stand there.
Gita, first shot.
- It's one versus one.
It's time to show out.
Sorry, bret, but you're going down.
♪ ♪
- Remember, there are pictures of both of you there.
You're aiming for yourself.
Gita, first shot. There you go.
[dramatic music]
[glass shatters] - nice.
[glass shatters] - hey.
- One point. Great job. Second shot.
[buzzer blares] - ooh!
- Tell me your strategy. What are you thinking?
- I'm just keeping my eye on the ball,
Just like in baseball.
[glass shatters] - nice.
- That's a great shot. Three points.
Shot four.
[buzzer blares]
- [bleep].
- One more shot. You're still on four points.
- Come on, gita. - Focus.
Here we go.
♪ ♪
[glass shatters] - oh, no!
- You just hit bret. - That's okay.
- You're now down to three points.
- Okay. - Bret, here we go.
- Here we go.
- It's like a bear grylls karate class.
♪ ♪
- Oh, goodness gracious. [buzzer blares]
- Going for the fives at the back.
- We're getting spicy with it, bear.
- Yeah.
You go for it.
Aim accurate. Control it.
[glass shatters] - there we go!
- There you go! - I got spicy with it, bear!
- Three points. - Go ahead, be a spice girl.
- You are both equal points,
And you've only done two shots.
Here we go.
[buzzer blares] - okay. Sorry.
- Who'd you apologize to?
- I don't know. Probably a squirrel.
- Two more. Here we go. Laser in.
[buzzer blares] - oh, gosh.
- Good effort. - So close.
- Last shot. You got 10 grand out there.
Make every single shot count.
♪ ♪
[glass shatters] - boom!
- Ohh!
[bell dings]
- Five points.
Good for you. - My goodness gracious.
- You take the eight. You're on three.
We're now going to the next round.
[bear growls]
We're gonna make it harder.
Tiny little pinprick holes. Look at these.
Reduce your vision, your visibility.
Can you make it now when it's low light?
Maybe it's dusk. You can't quite see.
You've got a storm conditions, maybe.
- What the hell? - Oh, god.
I cannot see anything.
I wish that you guys could see as viewers
What I see with those goggles.
Like, it's just, like, little tiny pinpoints.
Like, shooting blind for the most part.
- Bret, you are on eight points.
You're on three, gita. You need to make it up now.
Bret, you got five shots with the limited-visibility goggles.
- Here you go.
[glass shatters] you better do that, girl!
- Wow, another point. - Yee-haw!
- You're on nine. - Let's get it.
- Remember, if you hit one of the back ones
And it's gita, suddenly you're back to four.
- Ooh!
- The stakes get higher as we get closer.
♪ ♪
- Oh, oh, same place.
♪ ♪
[glass shatters] oh, no!
[buzzer blares] - you've hit gita.
- I'm sorry. - It's cost you three points.
- No! - You are now down to six.
Two more shots.
♪ ♪
- Oh, did I hit anything? - You were close.
You were very close.
- You got one shot remaining.
[buzzer blares] - oh, god.
[groans] - okay. You're on three, gita.
You need to make it up now. Dig deep. You got five shots.
- Remember, yoda taught luke when he was--
He couldn't see, but he was-- okay.
You don't get it. That's fine. - Here we go.
♪ ♪
Oh, so close. [buzzer blares]
Four shots.
♪ ♪
[buzzer blares]
- That was a great shot, though.
Great shot, though. - That was close.
Three more. Bret's at six. You're at three.
Total confidence.
Oh, so close! - That was really close.
♪ ♪
[glass shatters] - nice!
- That is a great shot, but it's only worth one point.
[bell dings]
You're now at four points. One more shot.
- See the portrait.
- This is everything.
Three or more points, and you win.
♪ ♪
- Oh! Ahh! [buzzer blares]
- Oh, so close.
Bret, you've just won $10,000. - [screams]
- I need a hug.
- Ahh!
- Gita, what a-- what a rock star you are.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- One of the bravest, most determined,
Strongest people you'll meet.
Respect. - Thank you.
This tested in ways that I never saw possible.
- ♪ I'm only climbing to the top of the planet ♪
♪ already made it, but I like panoramics ♪
- But I fought through it, and I can go back home
And continue to inspire people to just live their truth
And be confident in knowing that they have what it takes
To conquer feats like this.
- Bret, you said to me earlier you used to watch
A lot of the shows with your stepdad.
- Yeah. - What's his name?
- His name's russ. I call him russo.
- Russo? - Yeah.
[line trilling] - russo, are you there?
- ♪ can't help but feel good ♪
- Well, just to let you know, the very incredible bret,
She's just won $10,000.
- I did it, russo!
- It's bear grylls!
- And jordan. [owl hooting]
- Well, I know you're proud of her regardless,
But she has smashed it.
- Thank you, russo. I love you.
I did it. I survived bear grylls.
- 1,000, 2,000, 3-- that's a lot of counting.
$10,000. - Oh, my gosh.
I know bear has some amazing stories...
- We've got a show machete here.
- Oh, my god.
But now I have one of the most amazing stories
Of all time with bear grylls.
- ♪ can't help but feel good ♪
- So this week's challenge, bret smashed it.
A true worthy winner.
I'm bear grylls. - I'm jordan conley.
- And until next week, stay wild.
- Whoo!
- ♪ can't help but feel good ♪
[all gagging]
- I didn't think we was gonna drink our own pee.
- It's like a wine tasting.
- I'm about to throw up watching this.
- Welcome to what is gonna be
The roughest, toughest,
Most vomit-inducing day of your life.
- Oh, come on!
- ♪ and I'm rising up ♪
- You're here because you believe
You've got what it takes
To survive and thrive in the wild.
- Oh, my lord, oh, my lord, oh, my lord.
- So if any of you've got any doubts,
Now is probably the time to leave.
[music fades out]
Apart from you, jordan. - Okay.
[rock music]
- This is what survivors do.
- Oh, god, I'm loving this. - Oh!
- What was the most disgusting thing I ate?
Everything. It was awful.
- Welcome to the wild. Sometimes [bleep] happens.
- Whoo! - I can't do it.
- Ugh! - Whoo!
- Go. - Go!
- You got it, girl. Sean, barry, go.
- Let's go! - Make it count.
If you're gonna put in the effort, make it count.
- Whoo! - [gags]
- This show is only just getting real.
Get in safety team, paramedics.
[siren wailing]
[bear growls]