NARRATOR: Previously...
MAT: It's the chaser. SAM: Hello.
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
..the chaser, Sam, caught the group,
earning the opportunity to steal one hiker's cash
and their place on the mountain.
No-one is safe.
PHIL: I want to tell you something. I'm carrying 250K in my backpack.
Oh, my god.
And when he learnt Phil was carrying extra cash,
the temptation was too great.
Phil, I've decided to choose you.
MAT: What are you doing?
CHARLOTTE: I was not expecting that.
Sam took out Phil, along with a motza of cash.
$230,000.
Damn, it would be sweet to take home that money.
What the hell is this bloke thinking?
To see that happen to Phil
and you think you're gonna get that to the top now?
Mate, you're in trouble.
Tonight...
WOMAN: Mountain's Keeper!
WOMAN: Go, go, go, go! ..a race to the duffel...
SAM: Shit. MAT: Not good.
..changes the balance of power.
(GROANS)
And...
WOMAN: Holy shit.
AVA: That water is aggressive.
..the full force of the mountain...
(TIFFANI CRIES)
..is unleashed.
(CRIES)
Which hiker will be left behind?
SAM: Mat is really struggling. MAT: Oh...
If Mat can't make it up, this could be almost too good to be true.
Oh...
SIMMONE: Oh, my god.
But that's not the only shock.
AVA: Oh, my god! Yes! Thank you, Mountain Keeper.
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
(FIRE CRACKLES)
The axe is stuck in the wood.
MAT: Really hard waking up without Phil in the camp this morning.
Great guy. Great mate in here. Someone I could trust.
Good morning. Hey. How are you?
There's a lot of animosity in the camp right now directed at Sam
for that vote.
Oh, here we go.
Here we go.
For that to happen in front of me,
a friend of mine like Phil getting voted out
by a guy that's been in this game for three days,
I am on the hunt and I am... it's seek and destroy.
(CLEARS THROAT)
You've got a heavy load to carry.
(LAUGHS) I was carrying it yesterday.
Yeah.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Sam's public enemy number one.
But I've got to use him and I will use him until I have to lose him.
If Sam's around, the focus is on Sam, not on me.
SAM: The only thing I was stressed about,
the tent blowing away through the night,
but, yeah, I was also stressed about, like, that target on my back
that I didn't want.
I want Sam to trust me and that way I can use him as a tool.
I've gotta find a way to build that trust with him.
Once I've done that and I've got him, then it's game over.
Well, mate, I tell you what, it's a courageous move
and people will see it as brave.
(EXHALES)
(LAUGHS)
TIFFANI: Simmone, did you get an extra long hug off Sam?
SIMMONE: Of course. (LAUGHS) Extra long?
Yeah, it was a nice hug.
I don't mind staying in there.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Good morning. TAYLOR: G'day.
TRISH: Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
Come on, Sam. Dumb, dumb move.
(LAUGHS)
Like, I braced myself that it was me and I wasn't gonna cry.
I was, "Alright, just hurry up and spit it out..."
Yeah. ..sort of thing.
Then when they said him, I was, like, surprised myself.
I was surprised too.
AVA: I don't have a connection with Sam like I did with Phil,
so it's gonna be much easier for me to vote out Sam
and get that money into the black bag.
Just, like, for me, it's the worst way to go out.
Yeah. It was terrible.
Like, Charlotte was saying, like, it's the best way
and I'm, like, "No."
Oh, no.
I would rather be blindsided in this game...
Yeah. ..rather than...
Yeah. ..someone that doesn't know me...
Yeah. ..to vote me out...
on a wildcard decision. Yeah.
Everyone's kind of talking about what's gonna happen next,
but there's eight of us left and there's five days left.
There's no chance that there's only two checkpoints and that's it.
After we take Sam out, who's next?
Can I convince the people I need to
to get the people I need out for me to get to the top?
(LAUGHS)
It's starting to get real now.
REAL real.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Mountain's Keeper!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's coming back.
Oh, that's like a nervous tummy.
TAYLOR: Oh, shit.
CONTESTANT: It's a bag.
WOMAN: Go, go, go!
MAN: Go. Go!
SAM: Right now, I'm vulnerable
and I'm not letting anyone get to this duffel before me.
MAT: Oh!
WOMAN: Bro, are you OK?
I'm not getting there.
WOMAN: Go, Tay!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
SIMMONE: Go, Tay. Far out.
(PANTING)
WOMAN: Go, go, go!
WOMAN: Go, Tay!
MAT: Go, Tay!
(PANTING)
Shit.
Man!
The bloody newbie. (PANTS)
Hey, we'll do it together.
"Open in private." OK.
TAYLOR: Saw the little side note and it said read in private.
This could be a massive advantage in this game.
I need to use whatever it is
to protect Matty, myself, Char and Simmone.
There's a core four of us who's pretty solid and pretty tight
and we want to go all the way if we can.
Yew!
Alright, guys.
Gather round.
MAT: Oh...
Good start to the morning.
(TENSE MUSIC)
"The tools you need to climb a slippery slope
"that is blocking your path to the summit."
AVA: OK. What is it?
Oh, ascenders? Yeah.
OK. That's what we're doing.
WOMAN: Is that it?
Just a whole bunch of ascenders.
TRISH: Oh, right.
Let's get a move on and get the last few bits and pieces
and let's get prepared, gang.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES)
"It's time to cut the dead weight.
"Who is holding you back from reaching the summit?
"At the next obstacle,
"the last person to climb the waterfall must be left behind.
"Their cash will leave the mountain...
"but you will find yourself in a better position to reach the top."
(SIGHS)
OK.
I can't hold something like this
from people I'm very tight with here...
I agree. ..so...
I agree.
I just think we need to be careful...
It's too risky.
So, I 100% want to talk to Charlotte. Yep.
I want to talk to Matty and...
I think that's a great place to start.
We've got this, bro.
SAM: I need to use this to my advantage.
I feel like if I needed to make the next tactical move,
it would be to get rid of Trisha.
She hasn't made a single effort with me.
But I don't want to be a loud voice right now.
I'm gonna take a back seat and I want to see how this unfolds.
MAT: What?
TAYLOR: I want Ava gone.
Yeah.
Sam wants Trisha out.
So I said that's fair. I like that.
We figure that out as a group.
We just want to keep you in the loop, you know what I mean?
Got your back, OK?
Yeah, mate, I owe you big-time.
SAM: Hey, Char. CHARLOTTE: Yeah?
There was a second note in that bag, alright?
It said, at the next obstacle, the last person to go up is going home...
OK.
..and it pretty much says you've got to cut the dead weight.
I think the less people that know stuff like this, the better
because people give it away without meaning to give it away,
so I think just the less people that know,
the less chance of it getting out there is.
Yep.
TAYLOR: Here you go, darling. SIMMONE: That's alright.
No, give it here. That's alright.
Save those guns for today's climb ahead, OK?
(LAUGHS) I need to talk to you too.
There was another letter in there. No!
Yep. Me and Sam have the power... (GASPS)
..to leave someone behind on the obstacle.
MAT: It was meant to be a secret message for Taylor and Sam,
but they're rookies.
Tiff, there was another note in that bag.
TIFFANI: Oh.
Me and Sam have the power... Oh.
..to leave someone behind at the next obstacle.
MAT: I'm not happy what's going on at the moment.
Information is critical and they are talking way too much.
Alright, let's go.
MAT: Trish or Ava are gonna hear what the plan is.
It'll be a Mexican stand-off, because no-one wants to be last.
WOMAN: Moving out.
(LAUGHS) Bye, camp.
MAT: Sam and Tay, they're kidding themselves.
They are absolute rookies. Rookies!
I need to be in control of this game
in terms of who's going last to get voted out.
Ava has strategy in her blood.
Like, she likes this style of game and I know that she's studied it.
I want Ava out and that's what I'm gonna be pushing for.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Tiff.
TIFFANI: Come on, slowcoaches!
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
NARRATOR: 11 days in
and the remaining eight hikers
are lugging over 700 grand on their backs.
Oh, big drop there.
Big drop.
Are you right?
So far, they've trekked 127km
but thanks to the mother of all storms,
they're now a day and a half behind schedule
and they only have four more days to reach the summit.
TAYLOR: Holy shit.
Guys, have you looked up?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
WOMAN: Oh, wow.
Oh, my godfather.
We're going up. We're going up.
CHARLOTTE: There's a note.
"Icy waters ahead.
"One by one, you must make your way to the top.
"Who is brave enough to take the plunge?"
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
That's a plunge alright.
MAT: I think it's got a difficulty of 11 out of ten.
TAYLOR: Yeah, it's gonna be hard, guys.
NARRATOR: Coming up...
the hardest... (YELPS)
..coldest, most brutal obstacle yet.
MAT: Oh!
I am absolutely wrecked.
The body is just starting to break down.
Oh!
Who will be left at the bottom?
(CRIES)
CHARLOTTE: She's just freaked out.
(CRIES)
SIMMONE: Oh, my god.
(TIFFANI CRIES)
NARRATOR: A 30m ascent next to a raging torrent.
TAYLOR: Wow.
There are eight hikers, but not all will make the climb
because one will be left at the bottom of the waterfall.
MAT: The Mountain's Keeper gave us an ultimatum, you know -
the last person is going home.
This is a very difficult obstacle.
I think Ava could do it.
But she's not gonna have to.
Can I make a suggestion? Sure.
Tay, you go up first.
I'll go first.
SAM: We can do that. Yep.
MAT: Ava, you're the most experienced, you come up last.
You're at the end. You're at the tail.
Yep. Let's do it.
That's fine. Cool.
CHARLOTTE: Alright.
I wanted to get rid of Trisha but Mat wants to see Ava gone.
I'm gonna go with it to win favour, to see me getting further across.
Who's up first?
Alright, lead the way, baby hippo.
Always nervous when it comes to the obstacles.
It's always gonna be hard,
just to keep levels up time and time again.
Here I go. Go, Taylor!
You got this. Whoo!
But I'm more nervous about this gameplay than the obstacle.
Knowing that I'm directly involved
with ending Ava's time on this mountain,
it is horrible.
It sucks.
NARRATOR: Ava's fate is not sealed yet
because if another hiker fails to get to the top,
they must return to the bottom of the waterfall and the back of the line...
WOMAN: Go, Tay! Show us how it's done!
..where the last one standing goes home.
(STRAINS) Come on, Tay!
(STRAINS)
Oh, he's on his knees. Holy shit.
TAYLOR: The start was super hard, you know.
You're trying to put your feet somewhere
but there's literally nowhere to put your feet.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(STRAINS)
Oh, my god.
That's insane.
SAM: That looks way harder than I was expecting.
That's so slippery.
TAYLOR: Like, I'm sliding, I try to stand up a couple of times,
sliding all over the place.
It's freezing cold.
(STRAINS)
That's a nightmare, man.
TAYLOR: It was so slippery
and this bag with the extra cash, super heavy.
But I just decided to dig in deep... (STRAINS)
..and just pull my body weight up.
Yes, Tay! Whoo!
(STRAINS)
Good job!
WOMAN: Well done!
MAN: Let's go! Whoo!
AVA: Yeah, nice, Tay! That's it!
TAYLOR: With this one,
anyone who sort of lacks sort of upper-body strength
is gonna probably struggle.
SAM: This will be tough, but it doesn't look nearly as slippery.
It's that first section that's the hardest.
Whoo!
We got this, guys!
TRISH: Good job!
TAYLOR: I'm starting to think, while Ava's in the crosshairs today,
whoever can't make it up the waterfall
might be left behind instead.
WOMAN: Whoo! WOMAN: Whoo!
Yeah!
SAM: Nicely done!
Alright, guys, who's next? Yeah, Tricia!
MAT: Trish! Let's go, Trish! You've got this!
Knock it out of the park, Trish!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
AVA: Come on, Trish! WOMAN: Go, Trish!
You've got it, girl.
Oh, my god.
TRISH: No...
Whoa...
Oh, she's just getting pummelled. Oh...
Now I'm scared.
TRISH: That's my worst nightmare.
Cold as well. The water's just smashing you from the side.
I have not been waterboarded before.
Like, it's brutal.
Come on, Trish!
She's getting up there slowly.
SAM: What? OTHERS: Come on, Trish!
Yeah! That's it, Trish. That's it.
Yes, Trish! MAT: Go, Trishy!
Yeah, Trisha! Get it!
Well done! Good job!
MAN: Well done.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (TRISH STRAINS)
Yes, Trish!
I'm actually really impressed that she's doing this.
Yeah.
TAYLOR: Yeah, girl!
Mate, that was brutal.
I don't know how the rest of them are gonna do it.
Who's up next? Tiff.
WOMAN: Tiff, you've got it. Tiff!
You've got it. You've got it.
TIFFANI: This particular obstacle, out of all of them,
has me terrified the most.
Oh...
(TENSE MUSIC)
This one's freaking me out.
(BLEEP).
TIFFANI: I am scared of water,
so this is going to be near impossible for me.
You can do it! You're so strong! You've got it!
Alright, she's there.
Let's see how she fares.
MAT: Right, without a doubt, the most difficult part, uh?
I've got a lot of confidence in Tiff.
She's a little pocket rocket.
She's a lot tougher than what she lets on.
Yep.
TIFFANI: Oh, my god.
This is hard-core.
Wow.
AVA: That water is aggressive on her.
I can't see.
TIFFANI: As soon as that water hit me,
it felt like I was just tumbling underwater in the ocean.
(YELPS)
No way can I do this!
Oh, my god.
Oh! (CRIES)
It's alright, Tiff! It's alright!
(CRIES)
MAT: Tiff! WOMAN: It's OK!
(CRIES)
CHARLOTTE: She's just freaked out.
(CRIES)
She's losing her shit.
(CRIES)
MAT: You can do this, Tiff! (CRIES)
I know you can!
(TIFFANI CRIES)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(CRIES)
I feel horrible for her. Oh, my god.
(CRIES)
TIFFANI: I couldn't help myself. I couldn't...
I was thinking, "I can't do this."
I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I don't want to do it.
It's alright, Tiff!
(CRIES)
Tiffy!
Tiff, you've got it! You've got it! Come on, Tiff!
You've got this! You can do it!
MAT: You can do this, Tiff! I know you can!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (CRIES)
Just relax! Get composure! Just relax.
(CRIES) It's alright.
You've got this, Tiff!
We're all behind you!
SIMMONE: Go, Tiffy!
WOMAN: Come on, Tiff! It's OK.
TIFFANI: I turned around and everyone was cheering.
You can do it, Tiff! MAN: You've got this!
CHARLOTTE: It's OK!
TIFFANI: I didn't feel like they should be cheering
'cause I didn't feel like that.
But you've got no choice.
You've gotta somehow get to the top,
because if you don't, you're at the bottom.
(WHIMPERS)
SAM: There we go. There we go. Yes, darling! Yes!
(YELPS)
WOMAN: Yes, Tiff! Yes!
WOMAN: Go, Tiff! Come on!
(WHIMPERS)
CHARLOTTE: Yes, Tiff!
(STRAINS)
MAT: You're nearly there, Tiff! Well done!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(WHISTLING) WOMAN: Yes!
(SAM WHISTLES) Yes, Tiff!
TAYLOR: Yeah, Tiff! WOMAN: Whoo-hoo!
Well done. Come here.
(CRIES) It's OK. Come on, take small steps.
Small steps.
Oh...
(CRIES) Oh...
So proud of you. Well done.
How strong are you! You did it!
That's the hardest thing I ever did too.
TIFFANI: That was the scariest thing I've ever done.
I prefer to give birth six times over than do that shit.
OK. You're here. It's all good.
But I am proud to be standing up here. That's...
That's the happy part.
Half the battle would be carrying that soaked pack up.
It'd be so much heavier wet. I know.
SAM: Seeing that Tiff really struggled to get up that waterfall,
it's a good opportunity to win favour with a few people
I haven't gotten close with yet.
Do you want me to take your bag up? How? You can't take two bags.
I can figure it out. I think it's gonna be way easier...
Without the bags. ..without the bag.
And I'm willing and happy for the sake of speed...
Really? ..to do that for you.
Yeah. Yeah. Oh, my god!
SAM: I'm definitely the outsider and the black cat of this group
and I'm hoping I can win them onto my side
and they can see value in me
and that I'm doing the best thing for the group moving forward.
Hopefully that's enough to save me.
Charlotte, one of us can take your bag as well.
I'm sure... I'm sure Mat's more than willing and able as well.
OK. I'll take your bag.
Are you... Are you willing?
Yeah, I'll take a bag.
It's not a matter of pride or anything.
But if it means the majority of us can get up there quicker, amazing.
AVA: Yep. Let's get everyone up there.
SIMMONE: This obstacle is like nothing that we've faced before.
This one is just completely berko
and I'm absolutely terrified right now.
Like, I feel like crying.
Game face on, though.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
SAM: Nice! TAYLOR: Look at her go!
There we go, there we go. Yes! Yes!
SIMMONE: I'm really, really thankful to the boys.
With the pack would've been near-impossible.
The brutality of the climb itself
and now the brutality of cutting someone...
Yeah, Simmone! Whoo!
But there was no choice.
Whoo! Whoo!
SIMMONE: We're gonna have to cut someone to get to the top.
Come on, Char! MAT: Let's go, Char!
Yes, Char!
CHARLOTTE: This is the most real obstacle that we've done, I think.
Everyone is just getting beaten by freezing-cold alpine glacier water.
Given that this is a lot of upper body, I'm very apprehensive.
OK. You've got this.
I'm just gonna give it the world's biggest crack, as per usual.
(STRAINS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(STRAINS)
TAYLOR: Come on, Char! Dig deep!
MAT: Come on, Char, you've got this!
(WHISTLING) Oh...
(CHEERING)
AVA: Yeah!
She is amazing. (LAUGHS)
(STRAINS)
I was using my teeth at one point
to put tension on the rope so I could move my clip-it-on.
TAYLOR: Well done!
Whoo!
I literally got up here by the skin of my teeth. (LAUGHS)
Yes, Char! Whoo!
Nothing is impossible!
I'm not sure how it's gonna work
but if we all get to the top, Ava is not gonna progress.
I think it's really sad
but I think she's probably one of the people
that is the least trustworthy.
'Cause she's so strategic.
She's a rocket scientist who's obsessed with 'Survivor'.
TRISH: Whoo!
I've been wanting a moment to talk to you because...
Yeah. What's going on?
..this morning, in that duffel drop, there was another letter.
Oh. Get out.
Me and Sam have to choose to cut one loose at the next obstacle...
so he said that he wanted to cut you...
and I said, well, I wanted to cut Ava.
TRISH: I had to keep my poker face on.
I wasn't gonna give them the satisfaction of seeing me sad.
You know, secretly, I was devastated.
So, what did the note actually say? Oh, you've got it?
"At the next obstacle, the last person to climb the waterfall
"must be left behind.
"Their cash will leave the mountain
"but you will find yourself in a better position to reach the top."
Oh...
Wow.
They probably didn't let me know
because they may have been afraid that I would've told her.
My heart was just breaking for her, even more so than my own.
Like, just left down there and cut off from us all.
NARRATOR: With only Mat, Sam and Ava left to tackle the waterfall...
SAM: Who's going next? MAT: Yeah, it's me, mate.
Yeah? Are you alright? Yep.
I'm taking the double.
NARRATOR: ..Mat must make the climb with two packs,
carrying a total of 40 kilos on his back.
If he doesn't make it, he could be left behind.
Hey, good luck. Get up there.
You've got it, Matty.
MAT: Yeah, look, it's really awkward knowing that, you know,
we're gonna go up and we're gonna be with the rest of the team
and Ava's not coming.
Them's the breaks.
How's that?
Oh, that feels good.
Yeah?
I'm ready to go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Let's go, Mat!
Oh... Oh...
Oh...
AVA: Come on, Mat!
MAT: About three steps in, I'm feeling pain.
Oh!
That weight of those two packs...
Far out.
It's a lot of weight.
MAT: I'm about 85 kilo and I've got another 40 kilo on my back.
My knees absolutely buckled.
And just trying to pull yourself up
but I struggle with my grip strength...
Oh...
Oh!
That is so hard. That is so hard.
AVA: I'm nervous.
He looks so exhausted.
Oh...
Oh... Oh...
SAM: Mat is really struggling right now
with both his pack and Charlotte's pack.
If Mat can't make it up, this could be almost too good to be true.
Mat out and my hands are clean.
SIMMONE: Oh, my god.
Oh...
(TENSE MUSIC)
MAT: Oh...
MAT:
Oh, my god.
NARRATOR: This raging waterfall could be Mat's undoing,
but giving up means returning to the back of the line
and today, last place isn't a wooden spoon.
Oh... It's instant elimination.
I am absolutely wrecked.
The body is just starting to break down.
SAM: He's gassed.
My knees are absolutely buckled.
Very slippery rocks.
You can't get any traction.
SIMMONE: Oh, I hope his knees are OK.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh, this is a...a mistake.
This is too hard.
I need to have a rest.
Oh...
This is the hardest thing I've done so far.
This is...
I've got two soaking-wet packs on my back.
That looks like a mile.
And it's, like, 20m.
I'm 47 years old and for me, as a professional athlete,
I've experienced a lot of pain
and nothing has been more brutal than this.
RAY WARREN: (COMMENTATES) Rogers has got the ball
but, oh, he's been smashed in the tackle.
Oh...
RAY WARREN: How much pain can you be in?
MAT: This is taking me back to that competitive nature,
to fight for something that means so much.
RAY WARREN: He's a pretty tough character, Mat Rogers.
He'll be getting back up.
I've never wanted to give up.
(CHEERING)
TAYLOR: Matty's coming, guys.
Yeah, brother!
SIMMONE: Yeah, Matty!
Whoo! Matty!
On you, Matty! You're a superhero, mate!
You're a champion, mate.
Are you OK?
MAT: Oh, I've been better.
Well done, man.
I've never experienced pain like that.
Oh, my god. You're an absolute legend.
Far out.
Are you alright? Oh, bro.
Well done, brother. That was so hard.
Well done, man. That was so...
You're a hero, mate. Oh...
I feel so bad. I wish I could've helped you out there.
Oh... Oh, I don't know how I did it.
Honestly, just adrenaline...
and pain and fear of, you know, not getting to the top
and not being in the game anymore.
(TENSE MUSIC)
SAM: Alright. Here goes nothing.
AVA: You've got it.
You've got it.
This is gonna hurt.
It's just me and Ava down here.
This is really tough.
This obstacle has shown that it is ready to knock anyone down.
It is really tough.
My bag was already heavy and suddenly it is way heavier again.
TAYLOR: Let's go, Sam!
But there's too much at stake to not get up this waterfall.
AVA: You've got it, Sam.
The Mountain's Keeper said to cut the dead weight.
I'm not happy with our decision.
I didn't want Ava to be cut at the waterfall
but Mat wants to see Ava gone.
I'm gonna use that to my advantage and try to secure more loyalty.
Yeah, Sam!
See you later, Ava.
No slowing down now.
SIMMONE: Yeah, Sammy! TAYLOR: On you, Sammy!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
She's waving.
AVA: This obstacle is crazy.
The volumetric flow rate has definitely increased.
But I am confident.
I think I know a little bit more than the rest of them
about how to use the tools
and I have the capacity to get up this obstacle.
TAYLOR: Well done, mate! SIMMONE: Good job, buddy!
Well done!
Oh, my god, she's dancing. She's so happy.
TIFFANI: She is? Yeah. She's dancing.
AVA: I'm ready to do the harder things that are coming up.
I'm ready for the snow, I'm ready for the summit
and I just really want to get there.
So, let me show everyone how quick I can get up this waterfall.
Ready to go?
(BLEEP).
TAYLOR: Oh... SIMMONE: I feel a bit sick.
(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)
Oh, guys.
Look up here.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
WOMAN: What the hell?
Oh, shit.
MAT: What's happening?
WOMAN: Oh, my god.
Dropped down the waterfall.
Oh...
It's going down to her. WOMAN: It's going down to her!
It's going down to her!
It could be a lifeline. It could be safety, for all we know.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Thank you, Mountain Keeper.
(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)
Oh, shit.
It's dropped down the waterfall.
WOMAN: Oh, my god. It's going down to her.
Yes! Thank you, Mountain Keeper.
MAT: It could be a lifeline.
TAYLOR: It could be safety, for all we know.
I hope this is good.
MAT: I just...
I'm worried about what's going on at the moment.
TRISH: You just don't know.
(TENSE MUSIC)
It's wet.
TAYLOR: Oh, god.
"The group has decided to cut you and your cash loose.
"Say goodbye to The Summit."
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
WOMAN: She's not coming up, mate.
WOMAN: She knows, hey.
Oh...
TAYLOR: It's just brutal.
AVA: I wanted it so badly.
The hardest part is I know I could've got to the summit.
And I never doubted myself.
The whole time, she was so worried about getting cut at an obstacle
and then that's the way it's turned out so late in the game.
WOMAN: How brutal. Brutal.
TRISH: I was on the cutting block, so I'm relieved, if anything.
But you never know when you're safe or not on the mountain.
MAT: Oh, alright. We're gonna pack up, get out of here.
Are we all ready to go? Yep. Yep. We're loaded.
As sad as it is, as much as it sucks,
we've got to get a wriggle on.
We've got to keep going.
We're still a day behind, so let's get going, alright, guys?
MAT: Let's do it, mate.
AVA: There's no doubt in my mind, like,
I pictured myself on top of that summit.
NARRATOR: The Mountain's Keeper demanded
that they cut the dead weight.
Whether Ava was the right choice is yet to be seen.
But there's no time for second-guessing.
They're now only 7km away from checkpoint six,
their second-last chance to steal someone's cash
and vote them off the mountain.
SAM: Here we go. Use me as much as you need.
Coming into the next checkpoint, I know that I'm very vulnerable.
You can grab underneath here as well.
I need to be really careful with how to play this.
Good job.
Mat is a massive game-player.
He is leading the group with strength, with power
and with natural leadership.
I really need to make sure he is on my side.
TAYLOR: Go, mate. Be careful.
Yeah, good job.
MAT: Oi, I just want to say, well done today.
(TENSE MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES)
MAT: Guys, checkpoint.
WOMAN: Yes. WOMAN: Oh, my god!
WOMAN: Oh, wow! MAN: Oh!
WOMAN: Please tell me that fire's on. (LAUGHS)
SAM: Oh, man. I'm not ready to go through this again.
WOMAN: Me either. WOMAN: Let's go.
MAT: I'm so not ready.
MAT: Arriving at the checkpoint, I think it's the perfect scenario.
SAM: This may be the most bitter checkpoint.
MAT: Sam trusts me, but the bottom line is I want to get to the top
and him being around is a great threat to that.
So, Sam, now you're gonna go home.
Oh...
What's your thoughts, mate?
It'll be good to get the money back in the game.
TAYLOR: Yep.
I love the guy, but I think he's gonna beat all of us physically.
And, like, running's not my forte,
but this morning, I literally only did that not for my sake
but for the sake of him not solely having power.
So, we're, like, sticking to the... The game plan?
Yep.
I'm happy to roll with it if you want.
(WIND WHISTLES)
Are they chicken thighs, are they?
CHARLOTTE: Straight up slap them on the flames.
TIFFANI: Yum. Yum.
Well done, Sam. Oh, this actually smells so good.
SAM: With the amount of cash that's in my bag,
I know that's painted the biggest target on my back
but I've put in a lot of work today to secure my place.
Thank you so much for taking my bag today.
It was a logical choice.
It's OK.
I'm glad you did so well.
It was all feet. Yeah.
(LAUGHS) One arm.
Yeah, that's right. One arm.
SAM: Charlotte, Mat and Simmone have a really strong connection
and the fact that I took Simmone's bag at the waterfall
and agreed to cutting Ava,
I really hope it's enough to secure their loyalties.
Can you see my yellow puffer jacket hood?
Yes. Do you think you can hood me?
Yes.
I've been trying with my gloves but it's not working.
There you go. Thank you so much.
And the yellow one? Yeah, I reckon.
SAM: And I really hope that I can rely on the people
I've had to put my faith in.
Hey, do you have any idea where everyone's heads are at?
Not yet.
I want to get rid of Trish.
I reckon we should.
Yep.
Sam, do you want a pita?
Just start eating something? Sure. I might get my bowl, though.
OK. I might get my bowl out.
OK.
TIFFANI: Yep.
Yep.
TRISH: We've just gotta stick to the plan.
Yep.
It's not right that an original person goes.
It really isn't.
MAT: Gets the money back in the game.
Yeah. 100%.
Yeah.
Yeah. It sounds simple. MAT: It is simple.
Who?
Sam carried my bag up.
Yeah, but wasn't he asked to?
MAT: No. No, he volunteered.
Oh.
Mmm? Are you guys OK with this?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Even though I know it's a wise strategic move to get rid of Sam,
I think physical strength is definitely becoming
more and more important as we get closer to the summit.
We're at the pointy end of the game now,
so we need to be thinking about how we get to the top.
MAT: Alright.
And he just did carry your pack up a waterfall.
I know he did, yeah, and I feel, like, absolutely, like, shit.
He's also gone out of his way to make everyone's lives easier.
I would much prefer to see Trish go tonight than Sam.
Oh... You know what I'm worried about, though?
I'm worried about tomorrow.
The bag drops. He gets it... Yeah, I know.
..and gets some sort of safety. Yep.
We can't... Get the cash back.
..get the cash back. Yeah, yeah.
But is Trish gonna slow us down
so much that it's such a disadvantage?
Sam would get us to the top.
Happy to go for Trish.
I thought the vote was simple.
I thought that everyone was gonna vote for Sam.
But I've formed an amazing friendship
with Charlotte and Simmone.
I'm not really prepared to vote against them.
Trish, Tiff and Tay want Sam.
Simmone, Charlotte and Sam are going for Trish.
And I feel like I'm in the middle of that.
I'm absolutely stumped right now as to what to do.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MAT: Oh, look who's here.
We've got a visitor.
WOMAN: Oh, no.
Oh, my god.
(EXHALES)
Why do you guys look so miserable?
(LAUGHS) Our clothes are all wet. And it's freezing.
Pull up a pew.
Try and make this short and sweet.
(WIND WHISTLES)
It's an icy zero degrees with windchill.
Snowstorm on the way in.
And I'm sure it probably feels even colder after your waterfall ascent.
But with all that water pounding down over your heads,
you still can't wash the blood off your hands.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Why Ava?
TAYLOR: Uh...
I feel the majority of us
were noticing that there was a fair bit of gameplay going on.
Just a few unnecessary tactics that didn't need to happen.
So I think the majority of us had our doubts if we could trust her.
So, everyone was on the same page?
I think... I think so. Yeah.
(FIRE CRACKLES)
So, you obviously think you can move faster without her?
That's what the Mountain's Keeper was asking for, right?
Cut the dead weight in order to reach the summit on time.
So, Ava was considered dead weight?
So, it just came down to a long-term thing of, you know,
who you can and can't trust.
And that was the decision in the end.
(SAM LAUGHS)
Alright, well, I hope you made the right decision for your sake
'cause with four days to go,
you're still coming in a little short of reaching your goal.
You're behind time. It's time to get cutthroat.
And for some of you,
it seemed like that waterfall was nearly the end of the road.
Tiff? TIFF: Yeah, I had...
I had a big trauma moment.
It felt like when the waterfall hit me,
it was like a wave and I couldn't move.
I couldn't move.
But I moved.
(LAUGHS) Yeah, you did.
I ended up moving and somehow...
I can't remember it, but somehow I got to the top.
Good on you.
It was full-on. (LAUGHS)
Mat... How tough was that?
MAT: That was the hardest thing I've done.
That was that hard, I just...
I didn't know how I did it, to be honest, you know.
I just thought, "I can't stop on this mountain here"
and I just found a way to get to the top, which, yeah, I'm glad I did.
How did you find it, Sam?
That was really challenging.
I might have had a second pack on my back as well, but it wasn't easy.
You wanted to help everyone get there?
Yeah. Yeah.
Want to see everyone go as far as they can.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Well, unfortunately, your day's not gonna get any easier.
The terrain and the conditions from here on are only gonna ramp up,
so you need to think and decide
how you as a group are gonna actually get this done.
If you don't make the summit in time, none of you get any cash.
Think about how you do that.
Listen to what the mountain's saying.
Have a discussion, kick around some names,
figure out whose money you're gonna be stealing
and stuff it in this duffel bag.
Stay warm. I'll be watching.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Has anybody got anything to say?
(TENSE MUSIC)
No?
It's gonna be a tough vote if we don't talk.
Someone's gotta nominate someone.
(WIND WHISTLES)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MAT: Someone's gotta nominate someone.
(TENSE MUSIC)
SAM: I'm going to nominate Trish.
I haven't been here long and I had to do a terrible thing...
when I took Phil out.
But if I could put all that cash in the duffel bag, I would.
I would prefer to walk to the top of that mountain
with absolutely nothing in my pack
just to be here with you guys and to know that I can achieve it.
And I can do it. I can help you guys there.
So...
I'm going to nominate Trish...
based on loyalty and trust.
You've been a closed book
and I haven't felt as close with you as I have
with every single other person here.
Has anyone else got any nominations?
Yeah, I'll go.
I nominate Sam.
Nothing personal.
It's just you've been here and had your crack at it before.
It's our chance now.
It's that simple.
I would like to have connected with you a little bit more,
but it is what it is.
That's it.
(SIGHS)
Oh... Show of hands for Trisha.
CHARLOTTE: I'm sorry, Trish. I can't vote for Sam.
So, yeah, sorry, Trish.
SIMMONE: I also cannot vote for Sam
because he carried my pack up that waterfall today and I just...
I can't, so I'm sorry, Trish.
(TENSE MUSIC)
MAT: Show of hands for Sam.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Sorry, mate.
Nothing personal.
There can't be 230 grand on someone's back individually.
(EXHALES)
Deja vu.
Been here before.
TRISH: Come on, give us a hug, big fella.
Oh, darling.
Cool? Yeah.
Hey, bro.
Before you take off, can you bring your cash over?
Yeah, I'm gonna go get it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
We need it from the bag.
I am seriously surprised with Mat
because his one vote could've very easily swayed the tide.
Oh...
That's a heavy pack.
Heavy pack. (LAUGHS)
Had I not had that cash, it could've gone any other way.
TAYLOR: I guess the chase is over.
After how much work I put into this, how much ground I made up,
if they don't see the value in me...
Good luck if they can make it to the summit.
I just... You know, he voted... He voted our boy Phil out...
Yeah.
..and he picked up the poisoned chalice.
I said to him, I said, I don't know if that was...
you were being genuine or if it's the money.
I don't know, because I didn't know him yet.
I feel like we all were comfortable with Phil holding that money
because we knew Phil. TRISH: Yeah.
My mission was to try and get Phil and the money to the top.
Sam took that away from me, so I had to take Sam out of the game
and get that money into that black duffel.
It's a new day. SIMMONE: Yeah.
We've got to make up time, guys. Yep.
I'm absolutely running this game. There's no question about it.
NARRATOR: Sam's departure sees the 230 grand he was carrying
now safely back in the group's black duffel bag of stolen cash.
CHARLOTTE: How outrageous is it that there is $400,000
in a duffel bag underneath our dirty clothes?
How many kilos do you reckon it is?
MAT: It's proper heavy. I reckon it's 15 kilo.
I don't know how the hell we're gonna carry that.
We'll manage. We're getting it to the summit.
We'll manage. I can smell the money.
That's just me.
(LAUGHTER)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Next time... (WIND WHISTLES)
CHARLOTTE: It's so windy!
..with only three days left to reach the summit...
Move! Let's go!
Argh...
..desperation builds...
Holy shit. Oh, man, this is bad.
Oh!
..pushing them to the brink.
And the Mountain's Keeper...
WOMAN: Go, go, go, go!
..demands another sacrifice...
MAT: "Before sunrise,
"you must leave one person behind at camp with their cash."
..forcing a heartbreaking betrayal.
MAN: Knock, knock.
It sucks, but I've made a deal
and if that means cutting people and it seeming unfair, so be it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
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