♪
MANU: Deep in the New Zealand Alps...
Kia Ora. I'm Manu Bennett.
Welcome to Aotearoa.
...16 everyday Americans began their journey.
On their backs,
an equal share of one million dollars.
Oh, my God. That's insane!
You have 14 days to reach the summit.
If you miss that deadline,
you will all go home with nothing.
- Oh. - Ooh.
MANU: Their journey will take them up dizzying heights...
over treacherous terrain
and through arctic winds
that will push them to their limits.
And only those who make it to the top
will split what's left of the million dollars.
- JEANNIE: Summit, here we come! - (whooping)
JEANNIE: My family-- they think I'm a cool mom.
DENNIS: I see a lot of moms. (laughs)
I didn't expect that.
JEANNIE: We got to motivate each other.
Mom Squad.
JENNYE: Right now, there are
two groups forming.
One's slow...
JEANNIE: My backpack is so heavy.
JENNYE: ...and the other fast.
- You good? - Yup.
DENNIS: We-We got to keep going.
- Suck it up. - (groaning)
Whoa.
Hey, guys, Tony's down.
MANU: The first member of the group was taken off the mountain.
Tony!
MANU: And because he couldn't reach the checkpoint camp,
so, too, was the money he was carrying.
BO: That could easily be me or any one of us.
- Come on! - DUSTY: We got Pati
physically not prepared to be here.
I know that Bo's a great guy.
Physically, he shouldn't be out here.
You're running late.
Along the way,
the mountain's keeper will be tracking their every move
and forcing them to make difficult decisions.
The mountain's keeper is always watching.
She deems if you're worthy.
BECKYLEE: Go get it!
MANU: Last time,
given the chance to quicken their pace...
"A person was left behind.
"You can choose to abandon them
"if you believe it will keep you on track to reach the summit."
MANU: ...compassion got the better of them.
GEOFF: All in favor for bringing Bo over, raise your hand.
MANU: But after reaching their first checkpoint camp,
they discovered just how ruthless this game can be.
You're gonna get to steal somebody's cash.
You're gonna vote somebody off this mountain.
- Hold up! - DENNIS: Rose has rubbed people
the wrong way.
Hang on.
DENNIS: She's really bossy.
Anyone that wants to vote Rose out,
please raise their hand.
MANU: ...leaving the rest to continue on with her money.
DENNIS: We stole that money,
and I feel great.
MANU: Tonight,
the group is now down to 14,
with over $937,000 left in their packs.
Oh!
MANU: Now, they are about to tackle even harder terrain...
...and be faced with even more difficult decisions
that will leave one person's fate hanging
by a thread.
♪
(wind whistling)
AMY: I'm sorry, Bo.
I couldn't vote for Rose. I'm sorry.
Well, here's the deal.
(whispering): They pushed it on me.
GEOFF: Absolutely. They did the same to you.
AMY: They pushed it on Jeannie. They pushed it on Jeannie, too.
She voted a mom out.
Seeing Rose go was hard, and I think the vote
that shocked Rose the most was that...
...Jeannie voted her out.
Jeannie totally showed her cards
and went with the majority
'cause it was the easy vote at that point.
- We had to do a thing... - Yeah, we had to do it.
...that wasn't a lot of fun, and...
I also think it...
...I had to just use the most recent information I have.
- Yeah. - SHWETA: It's clear
that Amy's really emotional with this vote-out.
SHWETA: Amy and Rose, I mean, they were two peas in a pod.
But Amy is a social queen.
Like, she is playing a social game
that is so strong that nobody notices
she's at the back of the pack and holding everybody back.
But we're not going up to the summit with Amy.
- We've made our decision. - We have to live with it.
We have to live with it and move forward.
We made it to our first checkpoint.
And the point of that is that, like...
Yeah.
(birds singing)
MANU: It's a new day on the mountain,
and the group is waking up
after their first night at a checkpoint camp.
The luxuries of the night came at a cost.
But the campsite gave the remaining climbers sustenance...
- PUNKIN: Oh, my gosh. - JEANNIE: Wow.
MANU: ...and a much needed surprise...
PUNKIN: That's so beautiful.
We're going to that waterfall.
MANU: ...a chance to bathe.
(laughter)
NICK: Damn. I'm not sure if I can do it.
- You go, Beck! - (whooping)
Damn!
I'm not going. Nope. Look at these guys.
Do you...? No. Mm-mm.
(laughter)
JEANNIE: I really don't know how they're doing it.
THERRON: I'm, like, so excited
to take a shower and be clean.
- Hey! - Not bad.
'Cause I know my booty stank.
(laughs) I'm feeling so bad about it.
- Oh! - THERRON: Dusty!
DENNIS: Looking like a commercial right now.
BECKYLEE: Waking up this morning, Rose is gone.
There isn't an obvious group target.
- Okay, here we go. - THERRON: You got it, P.
BECKYLEE: I actually feel like I have a really
good position in this game right now.
(Therron whooping)
BECKYLEE: I'm bubbly, and I'm happy, and I'm smiley,
- and I'm genuinely fun to be around. - Aah!
But I'm also cutthroat, and I love to strategize,
and I love the game,
and I don't think I appear
as a person who would think like that.
So I think that could be a really good strength.
NICK: Dennis, I need you to hand me this
- right when I get out, all right? - Yes, Yes. Yeah.
- Go for it, buddy. - NICK: As soon as I get out.
(laughter, whooping)
NICK: Day three. The good news is, is right now,
I'm no threat. I'm laying low.
I'm letting the alphas try to be the alphas right now.
And obviously, we can easily tell by the Rose vote
that having people on your side is a good thing.
- Oh, buddy. - Ooh.
- You guys ready? - All right.
- You guys ready to go back? - Yup.
All right.
THERRON: Dude, that was crazy.
ROBERT: First round of veggies is available.
And we're leaving in one hour!
So, I had a hard time voting Rose off because I'm a mom.
Was there anybody else in there that, like, had...?
- Yeah. - So...
JEANNIE: Rose is gone.
I did go with the majority,
and that was the hardest part for me.
You guys know I have your backs because
for me to go against another mother took a lot.
You know, this, our first voting somebody off
really got to me. I mean, it did.
And I really didn't think it was gonna be this hard,
but it was so hard for me.
But I think you're having a hard time
'cause I think you voted out of...
- Yeah. Yeah. - Not pressure.
- Yeah. - But I think you voted out of...
You didn't want to be against the majority.
- Yeah. - This is your game.
Yeah.
You're out here for confidence, so stand on your own two feet.
AMY: Jeannie's a wild card
because literally she's like, "Hi-ho, let's go, moms."
And then... literally five minutes later, votes Rose off.
I'm not saying us moms
have to stick together, but we share a common interest.
JEANNIE: Yeah, yeah, I know. You're right. I agree.
When you raised your hand,
I think that's when I got the most upset.
I was just like, oh, my God, what's happening?
I know, it took a lot.
- If you saw me, I raised my hand. - You were--
- You were having a hard time. - I was.
And that's why I knew it wasn't your decision.
JEANNIE: It was hard for me to make that decision.
It was my first vote,
but they had the numbers.
Let's do this journey together.
- Confidence, mama. - Yeah. (laughs)
But I have to say, having a little bit more money
in the backpack today feels good.
♪
SHWETA: So now that Rose is gone,
the mom squad is broken out,
the vibe is up.
I think Bo's in trouble because Bo's a little slow.
If we take Bo out, maybe we'll be a little bit faster,
because the game is getting
to the top of the summit in 14 days,
but Bo might not make it up at all.
ROBERT: You guys think you can be ready about five to ten minutes?
SHWETA: My game plan moving forward is to get out of the driver's seat.
I think I really controlled a lot of the vote yesterday.
I think I was in the front, I had the map.
THERRON: Yeah.
- Hey, Therron? - THERRON: Yeah? Yes?
We're thinking of, like, changing up the roles today.
- THERRON: Roles? - Does anybody else want the map?
DUSTY: No, I like Shweta with the map.
- I hate you. - (laughter)
SHWETA: My plan is to play it cool,
get rid of this map and get the target off my back.
Geoff, do you feel strongly?
Yeah. You want it?
I'd love for you to have it.
I think I'm gonna do better than people think,
- competition-wise. - I trust you with it.
We'll take turns.
It would probably help me to be underestimated.
If people don't think I'm a threat,
then I'm lurking in the shadows. I'm like a snake in the grass,
and I'm okay with that in the beginning.
I mean, I'm wearing head-to-toe pink, and I'm super girly.
I talk like a Valley girl, but people don't know
that I'm super smart.
I work in strategy at some of the largest
and most dominant tech companies in the world.
I'm kind of the brains of the operation,
and I scored in the top 25% of the top 1% on my SATs
the first time I took them.
I mean, what, like it's hard?
If everybody can see, this circle right here
is our starting point,
so we have a lot of ground to go over.
JEANNIE: Oh, man.
So we need to take off that way.
- PATI: Let's do it. - PUNKIN: Let's do it.
JENNYE: Day three.
MANU: On day three, with 14 people remaining
and over $937,000 split between their packs,
the group still faces lung-burning altitudes,
a freezing alpine lake
and a dangerous glacier traverse
before they can reach the final icy ascent to the summit.
- (whooping) - (laughter)
The journey will test them in ways they've never known.
And today, the group must take
a steep descent through thick brush,
cross a rickety, dangerous bridge
and then climb a near vertical grade
in order to reach their next checkpoint camp.
- PUNKIN: Let's go, guys. - THERRON: Good attitudes.
Teamwork. We got this.
GEOFF: Today we have to really work on communication,
and we have to work on pace.
We tasted a really nice checkpoint for the first time,
and it's amazing, right? The food, the drinks.
We definitely want to have more of those.
ROBERT: Oh, watch out. Little slippery here.
GEOFF: I feel great about taking this leadership role.
I see it as an opportunity.
- Steep downhill coming up. - AMY: Long downhill, guys.
JENNYE: We're going downhill, guys.
GEOFF: You want to show that
you can help everybody get to the goal
that we're all trying to accomplish.
I would like to think that I'm trained for this adventure.
I would definitely consider myself an athletic person.
Grew up playing football, basketball, and track.
However, I've been in school my entire life,
since the age of five.
Neuroscience was my undergrad. And then I recently earned
my PhD specializing in cognitive brain sciences.
So I'm a fresh doctor.
I love the brain. I love the mind. I loved how it worked.
a-Big rock on your right. - AMY: Big rock on your right.
Once you learn the power that it really has,
you're unstoppable.
Hey, communication's
- stopping right now. - GEOFF: Every day is a learning curve.
We're getting better and better and better.
All right, we're still moving. Steady pace.
Hey, Geoff, I know this is your first day in the front,
but why are you taking us all through this brambles?
- (laughs) I'm sorry, Rob. - (Robert laughs)
No, you're doing great, dude. Thanks so much.
You know, as I'm talking to people,
I'm not hearing a lot
of outdoor experience.
I'm like, okay, this is good.
This is something I can bring to this team.
Make sure you space out for brush.
As a camp counselor for years, which I love...
Just pass back to remind people to watch what they grab.
Great color out here, Rob.
...but I also try to keep some of that to myself
because I don't want to be seen as somebody who's always saying,
here's what we need to do.
Here's what we have to do.
At some point, you're gonna be going,
"Can you shut your mouth, please, Rob?" (laughs)
GEOFF: Another drop-off.
- Oh, a little... Whoa! (bleep) - AMY: Geoff!
I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
PUNKIN: Hey, y'all, we kinda have to hurry up.
- We gotta move. - GEOFF: It's slippery.
It's slick down here.
BECKYLEE: I just soaked myself.
- Oh, no. - BECKYLEE: Big wet hole.
SHWETA: You get one foot.
- PATI: (chuckles) Yeah. - GEOFF: You good, Amy?
Yeah, I'm good. I just hit that branch.
Little muddy.
AMY: Guys, watch the trees coming back at you.
- Big step down over here. - Okay. Oh, and slippery.
BO: You know, yesterday, I was in the back
a lot of the time, but today I'm trekking down the hill.
Calves are doing good, but the ankles are hurting
because of the going down in different angles...
GEOFF: All right, slippery here.
BO: ...but I'm up in the front.
I feel like I'm proving myself.
- Feeling good? Good. - Yeah.
How's everybody back there? We good?
We elected Geoff to be the leader.
Hey, it gets a little bit better.
A little bit better up here.
BO: Man, what a good leader he is.
Don't let me hit you.
I knew that he would take a look back,
and if Bo needed to slow down, he would slow down.
GEOFF: Bo, we're almost through.
SHWETA: It's so dangerous to be the leader.
That's why, when I had the map,
I offloaded it immediately to Geoff.
I'd love for Geoff to be a little more of a target,
and I think other people feel the same.
Geoff, he is showing his strengths.
He is super likable, gaining trust of others,
but he's also a top elite athlete.
And those are three things that worry me.
But once people start to notice
how strong of a player he is, socially and physically,
I think that will be his demise.
If we didn't get Rose out there, that would have been a problem.
No, no, he knew the plan.
...him and Dusty, sneaky, athletic, too.
Dude is (bleep) chiseled.
He's chiseled like a Greek god.
We will get screwed.
...well, how soon is too soon?
DENNIS: Yeah, but when we have
the mutual agreement and understanding,
it is the time.
I think we'll all speak up and be like, this is the time.
- I think let's, like, keep it close to our chest. - Yeah.
Let's not play our hand too soon.
DENNIS: You hear that, Punkin?
- PUNKIN: Mm. - Let's just chill out, have a good time.
DENNIS: Geoff is by far the scariest threat
on this mountain,
and I will throw his name out there at some point.
JEANNIE: We're climbing after this, guys.
We're going uphill after this.
Just so everyone can prepare.
GEOFF: Let's have a break over here.
We got a nice little flat spot.
- BO: Could you get my water out? - Oh, my God.
My man. Got that second life, huh?
- Yeah. - Make sure you get a little water break.
This might be the last one for a minute.
Got something to prove now. Gotta prove.
Hey, we kept you for a reason, dude. You know what I mean?
I trust you. You got it.
This is gonna be tough, but we'll make it.
DUSTY: Frankly, I think we're going too slow,
and I'm getting worried about it.
I'm starting to picture day 14 at the summit.
I don't see a world where we could just maintain this pace
and be happy with how it turns out.
But for now, I really am trying to be a little bit of a fly
on the wall, not rub anyone the wrong way.
I think there's a ridge, a big ridge over there.
No way to cross. We gotta go down and around.
- Deal. - ROBERT: All right.
We're straddling the stream,
and it's gonna get slippery, of course,
'cause it's water.
DUSTY: But when folks are out of shape and unhealthy,
it naturally kind of bugs me.
It's like not taking care of your house.
It's like not taking care of your yard or your car.
Why do you expect to feel good if you're not taking
care of your body? That can be kind of a pet peeve of mine.
I currently live in Boise, Idaho, and
I'm a real estate agent. Real estate agents
have a (bleep) reputation for probably a good reason,
because most of them are kind of slimy.
We call it they have "commission breath."
And I think there's a lot of car salesmen out there,
but I try not to be one of those.
My strategy going into this game is going to be
to make sure that I'm not too much of a threat.
I want to make sure that I'm approachable.
I want to make sure that folks trust me.
Thank you. Thank you.
DUSTY: I'm more than happy to help people.
I'm more than happy to be supportive.
But at the end of the day, if it's gonna
lessen my ability to win, I can't do that.
- SHWETA: What is this? - JEANNIE: No way.
- ROBERT: Oh! - DENNIS: Oh. Oh, my God.
- What are we doing? - DUSTY: I'm not even looking.
THERRON: Oh, no.
DENNIS: No, no, no.
Sketchy, sketchy bridge.
THERRON: Oh, my God. Okay.
We walk up on this bridge,
and clearly she has not had any TLC in a long time.
There's pieces missing. There's pieces dangling.
There's a whole section in the middle missing.
And I'm like, I know they don't think
- I'm about to cross this bridge. - DENNIS: Oh, my God.
(wind whistling)
- Whoa. - DENNIS: Oh, my God.
"This gorge stands between you and the summit.
"Pick the strongest and most trustworthy person
"to cross the old bridge first, but choose wisely,
because with this power comes a great responsibility."
- SHWETA: Oh, my gosh. - GEOFF: Strongest and most trustworthy.
- I like-- My gut wants... - I kind of like Dusty or Geoff.
I think Geoff is, like, on a roll today.
DENNIS: Geoff, because he's already leading.
GEOFF: I'm comfortable doing
whatever is best for the team.
Geoff, Geoff, Geoff.
Oh, he's a great guy.
Love him to death, but he is a threat.
I appreciate y'all for trusting me with this.
(others assent)
NICK: I'm probably gonna have to get Geoff
out of this game sooner rather than later,
because he definitely can influence people.
You can see he wants to be a leader.
So Geoff's definitely on my radar.
PUNKIN: Don't pick me second.
And don't pick-- but that's what I'm saying.
Don't pick you first either to give it away?
Yeah, yeah, don't pick me first after you.
- Got it, got it, got it... - That-That's gonna be...
Got it. Cool.
And...
And I wouldn't lie to you.
GEOFF: Dennis could actually be gunning for me.
I thought he was one of my guys.
I thought he was somebody I could trust.
Clearly not.
Wow.
All right, everybody good?
(others assent)
DENNIS: I'm, like, super sketched out
of, like, the middle part, where there's no planks.
I'm like, what are we supposed to do there?
NICK: I think you're gonna take these boards
- and fill in the gaps. - GEOFF: Build it.
- Okay. Yeah. - Yeah. - Yep.
Careful of the middle.
ROBERT: All right, Geoff.
PATI: Come on, Geoff. You got it.
AMY: There you go, bud. Good job, Geoff.
Atta baby. Atta baby.
GEOFF: We know that this bridge
is very unstable, and
I'm not gonna trust the middle 'cause I just know
one of them is gonna snap.
Oh, yeah. We got this.
- BECKYLEE: Nice job, Geoff. - DUSTY: Atta baby, Geoff.
AMY: Watch that loose one, babe, watch that loose one.
Oh, my God. I cannot believe how wobbly this is.
I mean, he's, like, really tilting. This is insane.
GEOFF: Every time I put my weight on the left side,
the entire bridge sways to the right.
Every time I put my foot on the right side,
the entire bridge sways to the left.
That makes it very hard to balance,
plus keeping this wood plank under my arm.
BECKYLEE: Oh, this is a big, this is a big step.
- Can you hook it? - PUNKIN: With your feet.
DUSTY: My man!
- BECKYLEE: Yeah! - (all cheering)
- PATI: There you go. - DUSTY: Atta baby.
- DENNIS: That's why we picked you! - (laughter)
AMY: Geoff, you're more than halfway, babe.
PUNKIN: Good job, Geoff.
(engine powering up)
MANU: The group has fallen behind.
Yesterday, on the obstacle, they were given a tough decision
that should have quickened their pace.
All in favor for bringing Bo over, raise your hand.
MANU: But they chose empathy over the objective.
Now, to get them back on track,
the mountain's keeper will force their hand.
PUNKIN: Oh!
- NICK: Breathe. - PUNKIN: Oh, my God.
- Is that the mountain keeper? - Breathe, just breathe.
JEANNIE: He's coming over here.
- No, no, no. - What is this? What is that?
(all shouting)
PUNKIN: The mountain keeper! Be careful, Geoff!
The mountain keeper!
I'm just focused, I'm zoned in, I'm super concentrated.
And out of nowhere, the mountain's keeper comes
and flies right next to me.
The blades are about to hit me.
And the wind from the helicopter is extremely strong.
- Hold on, Geoff! - (group shouting)
- You got this. - You got it, Geoff!
You got it, Geoff!
- Yeah! - There you go.
- Nice. - PATI: Come on.
- NICK: Come on. - AMY: Deep breaths, Geoff. Deep breaths.
(overlapping shouting)
(all cheering)
(applause)
- DUSTY: Nice. - PUNKIN: Nice, Geoff.
PUNKIN: They warned us at the beginning
that the mountain had eyes.
Put that plank down if you can.
JEANNIE: Oh, my God!
- Put it down now? - JEANNIE: I don't know.
If you, if you can.
PUNKIN: Use it.
DUSTY: You got it. You got it.
AMY: There you go. Take your time, take your time.
- DUSTY: Atta baby. - PUNKIN: There you go, Geoff!
DUSTY: Easy.
AMY: You're doing great, Geoff.
(contestants clamoring)
PUNKIN: Okay, Geoff!
NICK: Nice, Geoff.
AMY: You're there!
DENNIS: We picked a great leader!
- GEOFF: Yeah. - Good job! - Good job, buddy.
- PUNKIN: Yeah! - (cheering)
BECKYLEE: Yes, king!
- JEANNIE: Oh, my God. - PUNKIN: No!
- Oh! - JEANNIE: Helicopter.
BECKYLEE: Uh-oh.
It's coming your way!
- NICK: Go get that! - Geoff, go get it!
Go get the bag!
(all shouting, clamoring)
My heart just dropped.
Big bag, big responsibility.
All right.
"To make the summit on time,
"hard choices must be made.
"But while crossing the gorge yesterday,
that was avoided."
"Not today."
"Choose the next person to cross.
"When that person crosses, they will choose the next.
"And so on.
When the last person is crossing..."
Oh.
"When the last person is crossing, use this axe
"to cut the support rope.
The bridge will break."
"Leaving that person behind, along with their money.
The clock is ticking. From the mountain's keeper."
Damn it.
Oh, my. He might have to make a big decision.
He's got two options,
and both of them are bad.
That's what I think that is.
(wind whistling)
He's not looking happy.
I freaking hate this.
He looks like he's struggling.
JEANNIE: Look at him. He's, like,
really distraught, man.
GEOFF: Yo, you got to be kidding me.
JEANNIE: We're not even seeing what's inside
- of the bag. - BO: No.
Here he comes. Here he comes.
BO: Here he comes.
PUNKIN: All right, Geoff.
All right, Dusty, come on over.
ROBERT: What's going on?
SHWETA: Can you tell us what's happening?
NICK: What was in the bag?
ROBERT: Okay.
Come on over, bro.
- JENNYE: All right, Dusty. - GEOFF: I choose Dusty to go
after me because he's somebody I can trust.
And I, as a leader, wanted stronger team members
to lay the foundations with more planks
being laid, making it easier for those that follow.
Got it, big dog. Keep going.
DENNIS: So, I think I can keep up with Geoff and Dusty.
I think
we're probably physically
the three strongest people
- on this mountain. - Whoo!
- Nice job. - JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
PUNKIN: Grab your plank back if you can.
- JENNYE: There you go. - NICK: Nice, nice job.
- Whoo! - JEANNIE: Oh, my God. - NICK: Nice job.
It's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
AMY: You're more than halfway. You're doing great.
JENNYE: There you go.
Having to step so wide is rough.
I don't want to risk falling through.
I mean, if Dusty's having a hard time with that?
- Oh, my God, forget it. - Am I gonna try that?
- I don't know. - JEANNIE: Oh, God. - Whew.
AMY: Almost there, bud. Almost there.
Good job, Dusty.
DENNIS: Attaboy, Dusty.
- AMY: Good job, Dusty. - PUNKIN: There you go.
You did good.
This is what I couldn't tell everybody
until they came over
one at a time.
Hey. How you feeling?
You know, it's just, I just got a bad feeling.
With what?
DENNIS: What they're talking about.
Like, I'm confident with Geoff, like,
building that relationship, but I'm not confident
- with Dusty. - I know, but I think
because Geoff has
the responsibility, it goes on him.
Yeah, definitely.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
I have always been a safe place for everybody.
I'm a barber in Beverly Hills.
And being a barber in L.A.
is not just cutting hair.
I'm like their little therapist.
It's showing up for people.
My whole life, I've been that person.
And that's my strategy for this game--
being that safe place-- because that's
the only way to get somebody to trust you.
I'm so ready.
I wanted to take on this challenge
to just prove to myself that I could do it.
And this is a perfect time because it's just,
all the puzzle pieces
have fallen into place, and it's just, it...
it's exactly where I need to be.
I mean, they're still
going back and forth about it.
I think they're gonna cut somebody.
Yeah.
And I think today is,
"Okay. Let me just show you how serious this is."
We're not choosing the actual person
who gets left behind, but we are making the choice
of who does come over next, securing their safety.
And everybody will know the choice that we made.
DUSTY: Only some of us have what it takes to reach the summit.
I would much rather cut someone off
because they're a cancer to the group
and they're causing problems.
I don't want this to turn
into us just cutting off
the weakest link performance-wise.
But, unfortunately, if we're too slow,
we're gonna have to make those, those really hard calls.
- That's a voting thing. - Yeah, yeah.
DENNIS: I'm pretty sneaky when it comes to strategy.
So I want something right now
to just start some commotion.
So I need to deploy the plan
to pick apart Geoff
and Punkin for sure.
- THERRON: Oh, wow. - Yeah.
I'm just still being a little sneaky evil
right now, and I feel great.
(chuckles) I hate saying that,
but I feel great. (laughs)
Hey, Nick.
- Get over here. - JENNYE: All right, Nick.
- JEANNIE: Yeah, Nick! - JENNYE: You got it, Nick.
BO: So I was picked last at the first obstacle.
You know, I-I know I'm not going first,
but the concern comes back in my head
that I may get picked last again.
- AMY: You're doing great, bud. - JENNYE: Good job, Nick.
- Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! - (Nick groans)
AMY: Hang on, hang on.
- You're good. You're good. - There-- Yep, yep.
- (cheering, clamoring) - ROBERT: What a save!
Great job, Nick.
- JEANNIE: All right, Nick. - DENNIS: Attaboy.
- (cheering) - Nice job.
Attaboy, attaboy, attaboy.
DUSTY: Atta baby.
This has taken quite long
- with some of our stronger people. - JEANNIE: Yeah.
Yesterday it took us a long time
to get through those hikes, and we made it to camp.
But if we take too long here, I don't know if we can.
PATI: The time pressure is what's really getting
to everybody because we got to still get to a checkpoint.
So...
you don't want to be the one
that's the slowest.
BECKYLEE: Tucking it...
- Yeah. - ...allows you to go faster.
NICK: That last gap ain't easy.
If we want the whole group to make it,
I think we got to strategize to make it
easier on every person behind them.
I think the next two people will have to carry a board.
- We also got to go fast. We got time running out. - We got to go.
This is one of the obstacles
where if you fall, you mess up,
that's causing more time for the obstacle,
more time for the rest of my team,
and just delaying the entire day.
It's-it's up to you.
Therron.
(stammers) You know Therron has a thing with heights,
so I don't know if he is the best for this.
- I want to be here, but... - I know.
You did so good today.
Thanks.
I would like to watch a few more people.
Maybe a few more boards go down,
uh, so I can get across.
Y'all, we're running out of time.
We got to get moving.
We need somebody to carry a board.
- I'm gonna try as well. - You sure?
I'll carry a board as well.
Therron, bring a board. We have to have it.
BECKYLEE: I raised my hand from the very beginning.
I know I can put a plank down.
And you decided to still
choose men, so I did
take offense to that.
And I did definitely make a mental note.
The men should not be
counting the women out.
It's me versus the rope.
And you can kind of see the ground.
Come on, T.
You got this.
BECKYLEE: All right, Therron, show us how it's done.
DUSTY: Good, Therron, slow down your breathing.
Guys, I can't. I don't even have, like, the room.
I wish I could, like, I want to.
- We'll have enough boards. - Yeah, don't worry.
- Don't worry about it. - I wish I could take one.
AMY: Shweta immediately says
she can't carry a plank.
And so she starts having a meltdown.
But she hasn't had a lot of empathy for anyone else.
She certainly did not feel for Tony.
DUSTY: Hey, guys, Tony's down.
SHWETA: I think maybe Tony's taking a little break.
I think maybe he needs a little water.
He needs a granola bar.
Do you want to try taking the board?
I don't think I can.
- You're incredible. - Like, I don't even know if I could take one board.
- Like, how pathetic is that? - It's okay.
PUNKIN: Mm-hmm.
Dude, the-the crying.
Like, just stop the crocodile tears.
Like, take a chill pill.
Just get over the damn bridge.
PATI: Don't let it bother you. T.
GEOFF: Get your center back. Yep, yep. Get your center back.
NICK: Good job, Therr. Keep breathing. Keep breathing.
THERRON: It's so hard to get out of your head
when all you're doing is facing your fear day in and day out.
PATI: Just relax! Relax!
JENNYE: How is he still holding on?
THERRON: I truly do not know if I'm gonna make it
to the top of this mountain.
(groans)
(wind whistling)
Way to trust your body. You're good.
You're good. There you go.
THERRON: I'm scared. I'm looking down.
I'm like, "Don't look down. Look up."
DUSTY: Good job, Therron. Keep breathing, keep breathing.
- Stay center. - GEOFF: Yep, yep.
You're okay to be center.
THERRON: I'm like, do I have time
to be afraid of heights right now?
ROBERT: Great pace!
(all cheering, clamoring)
JEANNIE: Let's keep this up!
(shouting, cheering)
You did it, T!
Yeah!
You were the fastest one!
I have conquered heights for now.
(laughs)
As the second and third person comes over,
we know how it looks.
Let's get a girl over!
Who said they could carry a board again?
- I can carry a board! - I can carry two.
We need women over there.
It can't be a bro pack.
We need to break up the good old boys club.
I'm gonna choose...
...Punkin!
- Oh... - There you go. You got it.
I'm gonna try my best, y'all.
Come on, Punkin.
PUNKIN: I think one of the biggest obstacles
in life is being
a black woman in a white, male-dominated career.
When I came into the military,
I was talking to one of the guys who was
higher-ranking than me and was like,
"Hey, what, what are some good bases to-to be stationed at?"
He looked at me and told me, "Don't worry about it.
"You're not gonna be in long enough
to go to any of these places."
Ended up outranking him.
- NICK: Nice, Punkin. - GEOFF: Oh, yeah. You're killing it, Punkin.
PUNKIN: You tell me no,
that is going to fuel my fire.
Small but deadly. Small but mighty.
I think that's all me.
(overlapping encouragements)
- NICK: Good. Breathe. - GEOFF: Yeah, you feel it now.
Hey, hardest part is over.
PUNKIN: I don't want anybody to have predispositions
about me being in the military, so I have not told anyone that.
I just told them I work in logistics,
which is my job in the military, and I just leave it at that.
- GEOFF: Good job, good job. Good job. - (others cheering)
- Great job, Punkin! - Yeah!
I think if I'm underestimated a little bit,
I won't be seen as such a big threat.
And then I'll come in with the sneak attack. (laughs)
GEOFF: You're only in charge of
- the next person that you call over. - (groans)
- Yep. - But, um, the last person that doesn't make it,
I got to take an axe and cut the rope.
- Oh. - So somebody's not making it.
NICK: Somebody's going home.
Waiting this long
is making me, like, ugh, anxious.
You know? I want to be on the other side already.
DUSTY: Because time's an issue,
We have to prioritize boards
- to make sure we can get across quick. - Got it.
If I get called, I'm-I'm taking two planks.
Dennis, I'm calling you over.
- Go, Dennis. - (cheering)
PATI: Come on, D.
With Dennis being comfortable
to bring over two boards,
that was, that was kind of just a no-brainer.
DENNIS: You got this. You got this.
♪
Two boards is a lot harder than it looks, guys.
Yeah, get rid of one. You're wasting too much time.
- All right. - ROBERT: Now get moving.
♪
(bleep)
- BECKYLEE: No. - GEOFF: Did he drop...?
- Oh! - Dang.
I'm-I'm sorry, guys.
- Just get across. - PUNKIN: Just go.
BECKYLEE: Dennis was so vocal
that he would carry two boards
and he would do our group so well.
He dropped both of the boards,
and he also took one of the longest times.
JEANNIE: God, we have to get going.
ROBERT: Yeah, he's just got to move.
BECKYLEE: 'Cause he's wasting time now.
(overlapping agreements)
This really hurt us. This one right here.
I'm sorry, guys.
Damn.
BECKYLEE: I think it's funny that some of
the more confident guys really struggled.
I'm very pro-woman, so I would love
to break these macho guys out of here.
DENNIS: I'm calling Rob over!
- Yeah. - BO: Yeah.
This isn't just a bridge that's hard.
It's a bridge
that has some consequences.
Someone's gonna get cut,
and it feels wrong.
PUNKIN: Wow, Rob, look at you.
BECKYLEE: Look at you. You look like a beast, baby.
- Yes! - (overlapping agreements)
NICK: It's a lose-lose.
We're not only gonna lose someone from the group,
but we're also gonna lose the money.
Becky, get suited up and get ready.
PUNKIN: Good job, Beckylee.
Great job.
- DUSTY: Good job, Becks. - GEOFF: Becky!
Beckylee. Way to do it. Way to do it.
BECKYLEE: Jennye.
Let's do it. Come on over.
PUNKIN: Good job, Jennye.
NICK: You're killing it, Jennye. You got it. Good job.
Middle's good. Middle's good. Need that board.
Very nice.
- PUNKIN: There you go. - NICK: You got it, Jennye.
- PUNKIN: Perfect, Jennye. - BECKYLEE: Nice jump, girl.
Jennye, we got to fill you in.
JENNYE: The mountain's keeper of the previous day
gave us the opportunity to
"trim some fat," and we didn't,
and now it seems like the mountain's keeper is
forcing us to trim the fat.
So I knew I was choosing Amy.
I know that she's been at the back of the group.
so I thought she might be in jeopardy.
They also know I have a very strong personality,
and I'm gonna do whatever I want to do.
Somebody's not making it.
- What? - GEOFF: Yeah.
Their journey ends at this obstacle.
ROBERT: Shweta's not afraid, I don't think.
I think she's afraid of letting people down
by not carrying boards.
DENNIS: I think also Pati could carry the board.
Like, she's strong enough to do that.
Who do we think can for sure make it?
Ultimately, it's up to you.
AMY: Shweta!
- We need you to be fast and nimble. - Okay.
Haven't had the most connection, so I think
the reason I picked Shweta was to build Shweta's confidence
and some loyalty in me.
ROBERT: You got this.
One step. You got it.
Just keep those feet moving.
Not a problem.
It's just, it's just a bridge you're walking across.
There you go. Find your footing.
- Just take that step. - Rob, can-- Rob, just let me do it.
- ROBERT: Okay, sorry. You got it. - Thank you, though.
♪
- BECKYLEE: Shweta! - (clapping)
PUNKIN: Good job, Shweta.
Three left.
I'm getting a little anxious here.
The last person to go,
I have to cut the rope while they're on the bridge.
Come on.
No, but... Guys, I can't make this decision.
BECKYLEE: I think we should send Pati first.
- We agree on Pati that-- - Guys...
I'm dying to get on the other side
and see what's going on, that's for sure.
PATI: The anxiety is insane,
and it doesn't matter who you're cool with,
or what your strategies are,
or who you had dinner with last night,
or cheers'd a beer with.
Like, this is a game.
Jeannie, I know you got this!
- Ah. Okay. - You get it. You got it.
THERRON: Let's go.
PUNKIN: There you go.
THERRON: Your kids are gonna be so proud.
Keep going, girl.
I just want to get up there with you.
That's our goal. That's our goal.
- (panting) - AMY: Let's go, Jeannie.
- BO: Good job, Jeannie! - JEANNIE: I can't believe it.
Not everybody is coming with us.
Somebody is not making it past this bridge.
You choose who comes next,
and the last person will then come,
but in the bag is an axe,
and I have to break the bridge.
I... Listen, Bo is my age,
and I know he wants this just as bad as me.
PUNKIN: I think he got a kick in the butt yesterday.
- JEANNIE: Yep, yep. Yep. - He's been, he's been in the front all day today.
- And I just think that's worth taking into consideration. - GEOFF: Talking about.
JEANNIE: But Pati, like, I feel like she would be
- a great asset to this team. - PUNKIN: Yeah.
♪
Since I met you on day one, you've never changed.
I appreciate that.
I appreciate that, B.
You don't, you don't get that very often.
Pati!
Come on over, girl!
You got it. You got it.
And I know, you know, when you get over there,
I know you're gonna be waiting for me over there.
- 100. Big old hug? - (chuckles) Yes.
You got this, don't look down.
BO: Doing good, Pati.
JEANNIE: I picked Pati over Bo
because I knew Bo-- we saved him once.
We carried his backpack.
- (groans) - Good job, Pati.
JEANNIE: We saved him a second time,
and I felt like, how many chances can you get?
- Yeah! - BECKYLEE: Pull it. Let it fall.
(all cheering)
BO: Way to go, Pati!
- Good, P. Good job, P. - You got it.
- GEOFF: Remember who you're doing this for! - (groans)
You're almost there.
You got it!
PUNKIN: Nice, Pati!
(cheering, whooping)
Way to go, Pati!
So, you know, we all called
whoever comes after us over the bridge.
Um, and, you know, there had to be someone last, that's Bo.
Good thing is, you get to call him over.
Um, what sucks is, there's an axe in here,
and as soon as you call him over...
(cries): No.
(voice breaking): ...I have to cut the rope.
(crying)
That-That's it for him.
(Pati crying)
I have to call him over?
I just talked to Bo, and...
he literally said,
"You better be that last one to give me a hug at the end."
Come on, B!
Come on over, baby.
I'm coming for you, Pati.
♪
(wind whistling)
- PATI: Come on, coach. - ROBERT: You got it.
PATI: Come on, Bo!
BO: I got 13 of my best friends over there on the other side,
and Bo's gonna give it his damnedest
to get across this thing.
Keep the motivation.
- (overlapping cheering) - All right, yeah. Come on, Bo!
- Come on. - You have picked it up today.
I'm so proud of you, Bo!
(Pati crying)
You know I love you all.
OTHERS: We love you, too, Bo.
JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
- This part is horrible. - PUNKIN: Come on, Bo.
- JENNYE: Let's go, Bo. - PUNKIN: Let's go, Bo!
DUSTY: Come on, boss.
(panting)
One step at a time.
DUSTY: Love you, boss.
We love you, Bo!
♪
GEOFF: Sorry, Bo.
We didn't, we didn't have a choice.
- None of us wanted it, Bo. - (crying)
And you proved yourself today, man.
I'm gonna make it to the top for you, baby.
I'm so proud of you!
(crying): Him not knowing
and then him just falling.
This is so messed up.
THERRON: All the tears let loose
because that man is such a good man.
And not only did we lose Bo, we lost his money.
And having one less person may make the group faster.
JEANNIE: Let's get to camp, guys. Come on.
THERRON: But I would have rather
someone got voted out at a checkpoint.
The mountain's keeper is giving us a message.
Everybody's not gonna make this journey,
so we need to stop being so kumbaya.
♪
BO: I-I got a lot of emotions going on.
Uh, tried to hang in there as long as I could.
(voice breaking): I learned how complete strangers...
...can be some of your ultimate friends.
I'm proud of myself for not quitting.
Uh, I took on the challenge.
So at the end, I know I did my best.
MANU: Now it's down to 13 people
and just over $870,000 left in their packs.
The group still has five miles of a near-vertical climb
in order to reach the warmth and comfort of a checkpoint camp.
But should they make it,
an elimination vote waits for them.
- (thunder rumbles) - And right now they're not only racing
against the 14-day deadline
to reach the summit but also the weather.
(thunder rumbling)
♪
- Whoa. (groans) - You got this.
AMY: I think the mountain's keeper
forced our hand today as a group.
I hate this.
AMY: It was terrible letting Bo go.
That was rough,
but we're checking the sun
and we know we need to make checkpoint tonight.
Okay, you go.
And we can move quicker now,
but if we're really saying Bo held us up,
I know now I've got to move my feet quicker
because now I'm two and three from the back,
so I don't want my name to be called next.
JEANNIE: I cannot believe how steep this is.
- It's very steep up here. - (panting)
DENNIS: Good stuff. Way to go, guys.
You, too.
I've started to notice alliances forming.
I know that Geoff and Punkin are an alliance.
Right behind you.
Myself, Nick and Shweta are an alliance.
And then Therron is playing the middle as of right now.
He's trying to figure out which side he wants to play on.
Move fast and you won't sink.
Aah! Nick just hit me in the face with a tree.
I appreciate it. I'll remember it.
My motto is, "Team Therron or die."
So, you're either with me or you're against me.
SHWETA: That's how I felt yesterday.
THERRON: Wait, did I hit you with a tree?
SHWETA: Yes. Remember?
THERRON: Oh. Whoops. Just kidding.
I am a server, but if I wasn't
serving at a restaurant,
I'd be working at a board game company.
I love board games with my whole soul.
I'm a nerd.
I've always been the black sheep--
no pun intended-- the black sheep
of the family. 'Cause we are Black.
But I've played so many games,
and I know so many strategies to different types of games,
so I'm going to be able to outthink everybody.
Who made this path?
I'm gonna be a thief in the night.
Golly.
(thunder rumbles)
GEOFF: If anybody needs a hand on this one...
- ROBERT: Push? - Yeah.
Not graceful.
But it's doing the job.
- GEOFF: Nice. - JENNYE: Tummy and roll.
ROBERT: Now, I got your back.
I'm gonna push, okay?
- One, two, three. - Boom.
Easy. Go, roll.
- AMY: Thanks, babe. - I got you. Yep, yep.
AMY: Geoff and I are tightly aligned
as best we can on day three.
And I'm thinking, hey, I got strongman on my side.
This is what I need.
- NICK: Oh, yeah. - ROBERT: Nice.
AMY: It's gonna take someone like Geoff
to help most of us get up that mountain.
Geoff definitely is that helping hand.
Guys, this sucks. I'm not up.
- ROBERT: No, it's okay. GEOFF: There you go.
- Ooh. - Thank you.
GEOFF: Good. That's everybody.
- JENNYE: Are we running late? - GEOFF: I think we all know
we're a little bit behind, so if there's
any type of shortcut that we can take,
maybe if we get wet, maybe if we get dirty,
do we feel that that's worth making camp?
Yeah, we gotta remember the food and what we get.
DUSTY: Just make sure tomorrow's
a manageable day. Just think about tomorrow
being easier, and it'll help today a lot.
- JEANNIE: Yeah, let's go. - I like it.
I like it, Dusty.
NICK: Geoff, go ahead, lead the group.
You're putting a big target on your back,
which is perfect for me.
GEOFF: Gonna have to duck real low up here.
AMY: Oh!
No! No!
GEOFF: What happened?
(shouts)
NICK: Right now, my goal is to lay low.
There's really only one alpha in the group, and it's me.
I'm just waiting on the right time.
I grew up in Louisiana,
where sports is everything.
I have played sports since I could walk.
I played baseball in high school,
and then I went on to play, uh, college baseball.
Safe.
Whoo! Come on!
Unfortunately,
I've had a desk job for the past five years.
I haven't played any sports,
competed in anything athletically.
So, I knew coming in that
this was my shot,
and my plan is to play this game
aggressive and super calculated. I don't want to get
too much blood on my hands, so I kind of want to
do a little puppet stringing when I can, so... Uh...
But I'm definitely coming to win.
GEOFF: Super steep coming up.
JEANNIE: Climbing up and up, struggling to breathe.
This is so hard. Totally exhausted.
(grunts)
JEANNIE: The backpack, I swear,
I think it weighs, like, 60 pounds.
But you still got two more miles to go.
PATI: Let's go, Punkin.
PUNKIN: I don't have anything to grab.
(Punkin shouts)
JENNYE: Give her some space, hon. Becky, give her some space.
DUSTY: Whether it's already happened
or going to happen in the future,
people are going to know that
physically, I can handle any of this.
THERRON: Everybody good back there?
DUSTY: Frankly, we do have folks slowing us down.
I thought that Pati had been really slow up to this point.
- THERRON: Y'all got this. - (grunts)
DUSTY: I'm feeling that Amy is little bit too slow.
JEANNIE: Come on, Amy.
DUSTY: Getting rid of one of our
weakest links will help the group as a whole.
And, honestly, it'll prevent one person
from having another hard day tomorrow, and instead,
they could go back
- and sleep in a normal bed. - PATI: It's slippery.
JENNYE: Guys, give each other space.
- DENNIS: My God. - JENNYE: Guys, slow down. Slow down.
DENNIS: This is not getting any easier, right?
JENNYE: Careful, debris.
(grunts)
(wind whistling)
AMY: Dusty? Dusty, can I get a hand?
DUSTY: Y'all good?
AMY: Thanks.
(Geoff hoots)
- We're here? - We're here!
DENNIS: Good job, guys.
- It's it. - AMY: We're here!
(cheering)
- GEOFF: Yep, yep, yep. - DENNIS: Come on!
GEOFF: And the fire's going.
Oh, we got chips! (laughs) We got chips!
We got Doritos!
THERRON: We got margaritas?
- AMY: Wait, there's margaritas? - PATI: Yeah, margarita.
JEANNIE: Chips!
- NICK: Let's go. - DUSTY: Oh, we got
a little taco stand here.
JEANNIE: Tacos!
We're living the dream!
- Give me a hug. (laughs) - (shouts)
(laughter)
JEANNIE: I made it!
THERRON: Give me a cup. I want a margarita.
We should probably get our bags in and make a plan.
I don't know if this rain's going to get harder or...
PUNKIN: Today was a tough day, but I'm feeling good.
I think the decisions coming forward
- are only going to get tougher. - GEOFF: Absolutely.
The thought of having to vote someone else out tonight,
that one's going to be tough.
It's going to be intense.
We've already lost two people's money at this point,
and we definitely want to have as much money as possible
at the summit for however many people make it to the top.
Now, I need to go start getting my ear down to see,
figure out a name
and see what's going to happen tonight.
Uh, wow.
JEANNIE: We gotta make all of this. There's a lot of people.
I haven't heard any names. Not yet.
No, I... I didn't think about it until we got up here.
And I'm going, "Oh, crap. We're gonna have to
- start thinking pretty quick." - Yeah.
The only thing I could think is,
we've had no problem with Shweta,
but she's just been kind of negative.
So, if we just played the attitude game and said,
who's got, possibly, in the future,
the most harmful attitude, it could be Shweta.
I don't-- I don't question Amy's attitude.
Amy's attitude's great.
Pati's, she's energetic, and she's at least motivated.
Um, what are you thinking?
NICK: Here's the problem, dude.
I truly-- I've said this a couple times--
I truly do want as many people to finish as possible.
Yeah. Me, too.
- Yeah, just to keep the pace. - You know?
We're starting to figure out, okay, time out.
When we get to checkpoints,
it's a huge celebration, but we have the chance
to steal someone's money.
Robbie Rob.
But because it's an open vote,
everyone is terrified to be the one person
who strays from the group.
Everyone wants to make sure that
they're with the majority,
and making sure they don't accidentally
cast a vote for someone who stays.
Kia Ora.
Just in time for dinner.
Well, welcome to checkpoint camp...
number two for you guys.
- How's everyone feeling? - Good.
Why don't we take a seat, yeah?
JEANNIE: Oh, can I sit with you guys--
MANU: You're gonna have plenty of time to chitchat.
So, you've made your checkpoint camp
barely in time, and currently, at this pace,
I have to warn you,
you're still not gonna reach the summit.
And I guarantee you,
from here on in, the ascent of the summit,
it's gonna be a lot steeper,
it's gonna be a lot colder,
and it's gonna be a lot harder.
So, whatever it is that's slowing you down,
you need to consider
when you make your next decisions.
'Cause if you don't get to the top in time,
you're gonna have carried all of your cash for nothing.
And as you've seen today, the mountain's keeper
is always tracking you.
- Mm-hmm. - Yep.
MANU: Today, the mountain's keeper
demanded a sacrifice.
And as you know, Geoff,
what the mountain keeper wants, she gets.
So, you lost Bo today.
PUNKIN: Yeah.
MANU: How do you feel about that?
PATI: That was tough.
JEANNIE: Yeah, it was tough.
NICK: Bittersweet feelings about it.
I think we're happy that, uh,
he was able to not quit.
He told us time and time again he was not going to quit, and...
- AMY: He didn't quit. - ...he didn't quit.
PATI: That was hard,
but I don't think that he would want anybody
to feel any type of way
because that's just who he is.
So, we made the right decision.
MANU: Well, guys, you've reached
another one of your checkpoint camps,
so, tonight, you're going to get the opportunity again
to steal someone's money...
...by voting them off the mountain.
I'm gonna give you some time to make your decision.
I'll be back.
THERRON: I... do not know who's going home tonight.
- Well, I like what Punkin said. - GEOFF: WE got a lot of conversations to have.
- I think smaller. - Talk. Yeah.
BECKYLEE: Let's take a breather.
We need to chat, though.
♪
Like, now, tonight, where it's gonna get
very tricky because,
unfortunately, the obvious people
have gone home, right?
This is the first night where we all love each other.
We all did great today. So who the hell is going?
What's gonna be most important in here?
Is it gonna be people who have heart and who pull through?
Is it gonna be people who can go fast?
Is it gonna be-- Are those gonna be threats?
People who are likable?
I don't want to have them
up there with me. I don't know.
DENNIS: That's the scary thing.
Like, the most likable people are the scariest people.
So, that's me.
(laughs)
ROBERT: Geoff is, like, one of the kindest,
sweetest, most beautiful human beings I know,
and I've met, and he's got beast mode on.
He's got strong, he's got heart,
and people are like, well, what if, in the end, it goes to
a likable player? He is more likeable than me.
Uh, and I think that scares people.
DENNIS: The physical threats in the games
are people people watch out for, you know?
When do these-- have these conversations come up?
No. I mean, I'm not saying people have had a conversation.
But I'm saying, like, people look at you as
a great leader, but they also are like,
damn, like, he is someone that could potentially take my money.
Why are we in this "me versus you" mentality?
Where is-- Why are people stuck in that?
I'm just, I'm just thinking that, like, bigger picture.
This is a guy we need to look out for
because he might be the one
that offs us on this mountain.
I would hate for the people that are weaker,
that are like, "Hey, like, why don't we
get a good chance to just get Geoff out right now?"
He kind of
set the target on his back.
I like you enough, and I really,
actually, I could see you being one of my childhood friends.
You're like my sleepover buddy.
- I don't know if you could say that - Sleepover buddy.
You're like a sleepover friend, dude.
Like, I'm being serious, like...
It's just who you really trust out here,
at the end of the day.
GEOFF: I'm picking and pulling the people
who I can and cannot trust,
and I-I study people.
And I know the signs to look for.
- Yeah. - And that'll tell me everything
- that I need to know. - Yeah.
DENNIS: Someone's about to go home,
and someone's not gonna be happy going home.
But being able to potentially
make more money in this game
is only gonna get me to be more evil.
(wind whistling)
- GEOFF: Yeah. - PUNKIN: Who?
Shweta. She's so fake to me.
Like, every conversation I have with her, it's not genuine.
- NICK: She's so what? - PUNKIN: Fake.
Fake.
BECKYLEE: Especially at the challenge today.
Like, that was, like, my,
"Okay, I cannot do another night with her."
- You're incredible. - I don't even know if I could take one board.
- Like, how pathetic is that? - It's okay.
BECKYLEE: I do want to get to the end with women,
but Shweta is in with a lot of the men,
so I want Shweta out, tonight.
You guys said that you found her not to be...
- Genuine. - Correct. - ...genuine at all.
PUNKIN: Every conversation I've had with her
has just been very, like, pointed.
Like, she knows exactly what to say, when to say it.
BECKYLEE: She would turn on me,
and she could rally the numbers with the men,
because she's clearly working with people
like Dennis and Nick.
Do you not get those same vibes from, like,
Rob or anybody like that?
- PUNKIN: I don't. - BECKYLEE: No, not yet.
THERRON: I'm working with Shweta.
That's a number for me.
She's never gonna say my name. What is happening?
What am I doing? Where do I go?
Who do I talk to? How did this happen? What changed?
Y'all can do what y'all want.
I don't know if that's the way my vote is,
but maybe that's because I just feel like I have
- a better relationship with her. - Yeah.
- BECKYLEE: That's fine. - That's okay.
But maybe I'm just not seeing that.
Did I get a bad read on someone
that I like?
SHWETA: Last night, I think some people thought
that I ran that vote,
and those people would be very smart,
because that's exactly what happened.
Like, would you rather have somebody
who can't carry their own weight
or have somebody who's bringing us all down?
Rose is bringing down the mood,
bringing down the mood.
SHWETA: But tonight, I think it's really smart
to lay under the radar.
So my plan is to go with the majority
and not give too much input.
(thunder rumbles)
- Jeannie, what are you hearing? - Well, I don't know.
Dennis was saying Punkin and, uh, Geoff are very close.
PUNKIN: I don't have no beef with Dennis...
- Mm-hmm. - ...but you're my number one.
Relationships are definitely important to me,
and 1000% I trust Geoff, and I know he has my back,
so I'm gonna do the same and have his back.
GEOFF: When I was just over there, it was just first me and Dennis,
and I just wanted to see
if any authenticity would come through...
- PUNKIN: Mm-hmm. - ...and it didn't.
He is playing his role.
Who do I really want to trust? Who do I really want
to go to the summit with me?
He's like, "To be honest, Geoff, you're a threat.
And some people might see that, and--"
- PUNKIN: And it's him. - Yeah.
GEOFF: The only person who would be next to go
is the only person who's giving me a reason,
and that's Dennis.
- Let me just talk about this. - Yeah.
- Let's just be honest, me and you. - Yeah.
- The slowest. - Yeah, we're in the back.
Me, you and Jeannie.
We can't pick off the slow people one by one
because there was a lot of fight and a lot of heart
that went into what we did today.
And I think sometimes people who struggle the most
show they have the most heart.
Now that Bo is gone, I don't know who the target is.
We just can't pick off the slowest players,
because if that's what we do,
then...
my days are numbered.
- I just don't want to be blindsided. - No.
- So, if you hear my name-- - Listen, I will--
Because I'm gonna campaign for myself.
Look, y-you're not going home. Listen to me.
- (crying): I fought my ass off to be here. - Shh.
Really hope it's not me tonight.
♪
Okay, guys, you made your decision?
ROBERT: You know, it's beyond hard.
Everyone's talking what is the best mechanism?
What's the best measurement of how to make this vote
when we don't know so much of what the future holds?
And so there's a lot of conversations going on.
So what names are coming up right now?
Shweta.
MANU: Shweta.
Why do you think your name is being thrown around?
I think one of the strengths that I bring to the table
is that I'm a strategist,
and I think that maybe people don't trust that.
So you feel a target on your back?
I didn't realize that that was the game that we were playing.
Like, I thought we were getting to the summit,
and whoever gets to the top together splits the money.
And I thought I was bringing skills
that would help us get to the top.
I just think some people feel
there hasn't been some genuineness,
and I-I think that we all have seen some,
and then we haven't. And then there's, like...
Like a little bit of a switch where some people
just maybe feel some type of way.
I disagree with some of that.
But also, we're all seeing different things
in different people.
We have different relationships with everybody out here.
SHWETA: I think the frustrating part of this
is that what might be happening is there might be
two or three really loud voices,
and everybody else just wants there to be a majority
or a consensus so badly.
Punkin, did you nominate Shweta?
I was not the first person that said Shweta, but...
- SHWETA: Who was? - It don't matter, really.
I mean, it matters to me.
You're saying I'm the loud voice,
and honestly, it wasn't me that even first mentioned--
I-I wasn't referencing you as the loud voice.
I just said there was a couple of conversations
- probably that are swinging things, but... - PUNKIN: Yeah.
So what other names?
Jeannie, do you have a second name?
Well, as I was just talking to everybody,
two people really just said a couple different names.
I think Geoff got brought up once.
PUNKIN: That's good to know.
Who threw Geoff's name around?
I haven't heard Geoff's name specifically at all.
You've done well with some of these physical challenges,
but that can rub people the wrong way.
Like, that could be intimidating. And I get it.
MANU: Go back to everybody's reason...
...for being on this mountain.
Have a think about that
when you make this next decision.
So, put your hand up
if you'd like to vote Geoff off the mountain.
Geoff, you're safe.
Put your hand up if you'd like to vote
Shweta off the mountain.
(sighs)
MANU: 12 votes.
Look, guys, you made the call you needed to make,
but I'm looking around,
and I have some friends who voted me out
because they don't want to say another name.
And so I also hope that you play your own game.
I hope you each say the name that's best for you,
and you don't just come to a consensus that's easy.
Go and grab your bag, bring your money out,
give it to the group and say goodbye.
Okay. (clears throat)
Shweta, thanks for coming to New Zealand.
Thanks for having me, guys.
Really good luck.
I really want to see you guys up there.
THERRON: I think this game
is forcing us to make some really hard decisions
and people that I consider allies
I'm gonna have to figure out
who's at the bottom of the totem pole.
Right now, it is a numbers game,
and I know Shweta did not have the numbers.
Hey, you are strong.
This is not how I wanted my journey to end.
I didn't make my summit,
and I got kicked off unanimously by all my friends.
Bye, Shweta, we love you.
- BECKYLEE: Bye, Shweta. - Love you, guys.
They voted off somebody who was smart,
who was strategic, who was loyal,
and who was killing it in these hikes.
Let's see how they do without me.
(indistinct chatter)
You got to, like, make the connections.
She didn't.
ROBERT: Two bundles?
BECKYLEE: Shweta is out, and now I have $72,000 in my backpack.
- There is strategy going on. - AMY: This is the game, though.
This is clearly gonna become, and already is, a numbers game.
And we're gonna get to a point
where we're gonna be a split group,
and you need numbers on your side
to ensure that you don't go home.
♪
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MANU: This mountain is going to test you like never before.
PATI: This is insane.
- (grunts) - DUSTY: We are supposed to get up to the summit in 14 days.
Amy and Pati have been slowing us down.
"Who is struggling? What is best for the group as a whole?"
Ask these questions and you'll find your answers.
I'm scared.
JEANNIE: The mountain keeper, she's kind of telling us, listen,
- you're doomed. - We have to go up that?
JEANNIE: That is the longest ladder
I've ever seen in my entire life.
- (whimpering) - THERRON: Oh! - JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
♪