[cinematic music playing]
[Ky] If I fail, I'm letting an entire country down.
[Fernanda] Mexicans are resilient,
and we're here to prove that.
[Matt] I'm not just out here for myself.
I'm representing my country.
[narrator] For the first time ever,
seven teams representing seven regions
from across the globe
will compete together for their homeland
in Southern Africa's Zululand,
where they must survive the wild
and each other... -[screams]
...for 40 days...
[Alexa] This is our battlefield, and we're here to fight.
...with not even the clothes on their backs...
[sobbing] I'm freezing.
...to win $200,000.
[screams in excitement]
With national pride on the line and everything to lose.
If you're an American, you know what it is
to love your country.
-One team. -Viva México, cabrones!
-One winner. -Brazil!
$200,000.
-Yeah! -[cheering]
[Rene speaking]
Previously on "Global Showdown."
[Gabby] Go, go, go, Matt!
Teams competed in a Day 4 Gauntlet Challenge,
where USA South surprised everyone
with a first place finish.
[Matt] I don't know where they came from.
They were like a sneaky little ninja on this challenge.
Brazil and Mexico fell short,
earning no points.
[bleep]
While Texas and USA Pacific's point totals
keep them just above the red line,
and a potential elimination challenge.
[Kerra] If we're gonna make it to the top,
we've got some adjustments to make.
But Dan injured his back...
[Dan] [bleep] [grunts]
...putting his team's future in jeopardy.
[Rachel] If he hurts himself worse,
that's the end of our journey.
That's the end of our challenge.
And we are walking out of here with nothing.
Yeah, day five, hunting day is finally here.
Yesterday, we got access to bow and arrows,
and we're gonna put 'em into action.
I'm looking forward to it.
Team Texas added 100 points, bringing their total to 220
by completing a bridge.
They now have access to better hunting grounds
and a bow and arrow asset.
We were hoping to be further up on that scoreboard,
but we are above the red line, so, uh,
we're still in the game.
We need all of our strength in order to really be successful
in the next challenge, 'cause
I'm tired of being near the bottom.
[tense music playing]
[Jeff] We're looking for movement, we're looking for ears,
we're looking for tails, we're looking for the movement
through the bushes, anything that would signal
that there's wildlife in the area.
Oh, it hurts pretty good.
[Rachel] Do you think it's better or worse than yesterday?
-Mm, I don't know. -[Rachel] So, worse.
-Yeah, maybe. -[Rachel chuckles] Yeah.
Clearly, you're not going anywhere.
Yeah, I think I should rest for a minute.
Yeah, you need to rest, recuperate a bit,
take care of your back.
I've gotta go get this back in the water.
It's been a lot out here.
I don't think I've ever worked this hard in a challenge
before, let alone one of these competitions
and not had anything.
not even like a tiny fruit or a leaf to eat.
Nothing, nothing, nothing.
We're both starving. Oh, so hungry.
And all the pressure's on Rachel to get us something to eat.
[Rachel] Definitely, a little worried about Dan.
He woke up and his back was more stiff than it was
the night before, but it's only day five.
We have a lot of time left in this competition
and I can't afford to lose my partner.
Only 10 points above Texas in fourth place,
USA Pacific took bows and arrows
and fishing kits.
Found this
pile of poop.
This is very fruitful, if you will.
Lots of gross bugs.
There's lots of tiny little bugs here,
like ants and things like that.
If we could have every single one of those hooks in the water
working for us, that would be great.
Um, like, just having a passive means of gathering food is
always a good idea, so that it can work
while you do other things.
I'm out hunting and I am gonna go till my legs
can't carry me.
The difference today is everyone has bows now
and so there's a lot of people out in the field.
Just 10 points off the lead, Australia has a kudu hide,
saw and bows and arrows.
[Ky] We have a whole river system down here.
Animals can drink anywhere. We have vast grasslands.
They can be eating anywhere.
So you're gonna have to rely on a walking stalk.
When I'm hunting, I'm looking at wind directions,
smells, tracks.
Like, you're taking in the whole picture.
[bleep]
40, 45 meters, that's not shooting range
for me to be ethical.
And there's just a big space of grass between me and them.
They soon catch my scent with this swirling wind
and they're off into the wind.
[Teal] How are you feeling, Frank?
[Frank] Uh, feeling pretty good.
I'll be happier when this bridge is done.
Yes. I wanna see that points go up.
We have the opportunity to build a bridge to get
across this river into the prime hunting grounds.
[Teal] Yeah.
100 points below the lead, in third place,
USA South has a kudu hide, plus hunting and fishing assets.
[Frank] There are crocs in here, so I gotta be careful.
You know, and this is plenty deep enough to hide a croc.
A big lizard could be hiding in there.
[Teal] The Nile crocodile.
A lizard that wants you for breakfast.
Yeah.
[Teal] Oh, Frank and potatoes.
-[Frank] I do not wanna end up... -[Teal] Frank and beans!
...Frank and potatoes.
Teams that choose to build a bridge must construct it
with at least three rails from bank to bank
and a minimum of eight rungs, binding the rails together.
If USA South completes this bridge,
they will gain access to prime hunting grounds
and earn 100 points moving them into a tie for the lead.
-Are we going right into it? -[Frank] Yep.
-[Teal] OK. -Just go around -- OK.
Now turn it. OK, watch out.
I'm gonna throw it.
Go.
[Teal] I didn't know what we were doing.
-I'm so sorry. -[Frank] No, you're fine, you're fine.
You said, "go," and I didn't know what go meant.
-Go meant go. -[both chuckle]
-Go could mean so -- -Go means go.
[Teal] No, go does not mean throw.
I didn't know we were throwing it.
-I didn't know, I need a little... -It's OK, Teal.
-It landed exactly -- -[Teal] I need a little bit more explanation
next time, please.
[Frank] No, [indistinct]. It worked.
Teal and I, we do suffer the fact that
neither one of us are
like really people persons, and, uh...
But the skills we have work very well together.
We just have to remember to take some time apart.
You make me so nervous sometimes.
Well, you do too.
-I'm sorry. -[Teal chuckles] That's OK.
[Matt speaking]
[Gabby] No?
USA East has earned more assets than any other team,
including bows and arrows, fishing kits,
a kudu hide, and a saw.
[Matt] Our points now, 400.
Gabby and I are on the top of that leaderboard.
But there is a lot of pressure still every day,
actually, because we have to stay on top.
Our plan is not just to win this thing,
but to dominate it.
So hunting, even if there's no points for it,
it's points in the belly.
[whispering]
[tense music playing]
[Matt whispering] OK.
The trickiest part out here is to actually ambush your prey.
They're ready.
All they do all day is look around.
[whispering] Oh, [bleep].
New environment, new animals.
I got a decent, decent shot at that nyala.
and misjudged the range a bit.
[clicks mouth] It happens.
[Rene speaking]
-Yeah, OK. -[Rene] Let's go.
Tied at the bottom with 100 points,
Brazil's survival assets are limited to a fishing kit.
[Rene speaking]
Uh-huh.
[birds chirping loudly]
Oh!
Whoa! Woo-hoo!
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!
[triumphant music playing]
Woo-hoo-hoo!
[in Portuguese]
Woo, ooh, ooh, ooh!
-[Rene] Ta-da! -Whoa!
-Let's go. -Great! Oh!
Yeah.
-Cheers. -We have fishy!
-Mm! -Mm.
Mm.
I feel like I need to get us a fish right now.
It's been five days, we haven't eaten and, um,
it's just not sustainable if we wanna continue
this competition and we wanna win,
we have to catch something,
like we are running out of time
and we're running out of options.
Once again, no bait left on this hook.
Ow, biscuits!
And we should have one more on here, I believe.
I felt a little tug when I picked this up,
not the tug of a branch,
but the tug of something alive.
Now I just need to not lose it. [whispers] God.
Stop it! Stop it!
Enough!
Stop! Oh, my God, no!
[chuckling] No!
I'm so upset!
[exhales in frustration]
When I pulled it up, I tried to like get it away
from the bridge and bring it in as quickly as possible,
but broke the line and got away, and I feel awful.
Okie doke.
Well, there are definitely fish in the river,
so that's good.
Dan's gonna be so sad too. [chuckles]
Oh my God, I can't believe that happened!
[exhales sharply]
OK.
I'm always worried about not being good enough.
[crying] And I feel like Dan's gonna be really disappointed.
[sniffles]
[crying] ♪ But we're gonna do OK ♪
OK.
[Dan] Howdy, partner.
How you doing?
-[Rachel chuckles] -[Dan] Good?
-No. -[Dan] What's up?
[Rachel] You want the good news or the bad news?
-The good news. -There are fish in the river.
[Dan] What's the bad news?
I let it go.
-Well, [bleep]. -[Rachel] Yeah, [bleep].
[cackles]
-[crying] I'm so sorry. -[Dan] Don't worry.
It's a good sign. It means there's more fish.
[Rachel] Ugh, I know.
It's just like the emotional roller coaster.
-[Dan] Yeah. -Like the high of like,
"We have a fish! We're finally gonna eat!"
-And then like -- -[Dan] What kind of fish was it?
It was a catfish. It was a good-sized catfish.
-Yeah, like this big? -Like this big.
-It was a good size. Oh, that's OK.
It would have been a good brekkie.
-Yeah. -But it broke the line.
-So that's... [exhales sharply] -It broke through the line?
Mm-hmm, good to know as well.
There was another line on this side
that's broken as well. -[Dan] That's OK,
we can double, we'll double 'em up.
Yeah, so learning experience.
I rebaited the two that were in the water.
-[Dan] OK. -Um, down there
and then I have these for new hooks.
-Nice. -This one's still alive.
-Great. -[Rachel] OK.
[Dan] I'm a little
frustrated,
and I'm trying to, like, give space for Rachel
to do what she can. Um.
Well, there are times where I'm just like, feeling like
I need a little more.
I'll set a bunch more lines today.
[Rachel] Ah!
-Make that a goal. -[Rachel] Yeah, for sure.
You know, maybe there'll be something when I go back down
and I'll just have to be faster.
[clicks mouth]
Yeah.
[Jeff] We see animal tracks in the dirt,
and a lot of 'em.
This is clearly an animal highway that they take to get
to and from water.
We're in the right place. We're in the right area.
Now we just need to catch up to 'em.
[soft, tense music]
[warthog squeals softly]
[Jeff whispering]
[heartbeat playing]
[tense music builds up]
[warthog squeals loudly]
[dramatic chord strikes]
[warthog squeals]
[Jeff whispers] Did you hear it hit?
-Yeah. -OK.
Yeah. You hit it.
OK.
Oh, my God!
OK.
-[whispering] Oh my God, Jeff. -That's a kill shot!
Oh my God, dude!
This is gonna be a kill shot!
Oh my God!
The arrow went all the way through the warthog.
Holy [bleep]!
That also means it's gonna be bleeding,
'cause an arrow isn't plugging the hole.
Right. Oh my God.
[gasps quietly] Bro.
Day five [indistinct]!
-Oh my God! -Now we just need to find it.
[whispering] Oh, yeah, that's fresh.
And we know now where it ran.
-We ran through this thicket. -Into this thicket up here.
-So keep your head on a swivel. -OK.
-Yep. -This is when it gets dangerous.
[chuckles] Yeah.
A cornered warthog will kill to survive.
First, charging hunters on foot at 35 miles per hour.
And then using their 10-to-12-inch upper tusks
and razor-sharp lower tusks to slash a femoral artery,
which can cause a victim to bleed out in two minutes.
[Kerra whispering]
[tense music playing]
[warthog squeals softly]
[Jeff] Got it, got it! Kill shot.
-It's a kill shot, baby! -[Kerra] Yeah.
It's a kill shot.
-We got it! -Man!
Whoa!
-[Kerra] Wow! -[Jeff] Whoa!
[Kerra] There's the exit one right here.
Came in fifth place, but first with food.
-We're first place now. -Again!
-We are first place now. -Again!
Yeah.
Oh, thank you.
[Matt whispering]
[Jeff] This is what I live for!
[Matt] What the hell?
Jeff, must have got something.
That's the sound of gloating.
-[Gabby whispering] -Yep.
First kill of the challenge, baby.
-[Matt] Well done! Well done! -That's awesome!
-[Matt groans] -[Kerra] We might be fifth,
but we eat first.
-[Matt] That's nice. -[Jeff] Nice boar, huh?
Oh, heck.
I'd love to share this thing with you, but
no sharing and wouldn't wanna sabotage
by handing out too many steaks.
-You wouldn't share anyways. -That is the truth.
-[Matt laughs] -You better catch up, Matt.
Don't want me to embarrass you out here.
[Matt] I won't stay on behind, bud.
[Jeff] I got the first big-game kill over Matt Wright,
who is arguably the best hunter or archer
in the "Naked and Afraid" world,
but that might have been up until today.
After yesterday, they were looking
pretty deflated, defeated after the challenge.
So it's probably a good little morale and
sustenance boost. -[Matt] Oh, yeah.
There is times where I say,
"I'd rather be skillful than lucky."
Mm-hmm.
"And there is times where you get lucky
when you don't have skill."
[Jeff grunts]
Mission accomplished.
Oh, great job.
-[sighs] We eatin' tonight. -We eatin' tonight, baby!
Yee-hoo!
Due to predators in the area, a ranger insists on speaking
to the survivalists about their recent kill.
OK.
[Jeff] Mm-hmm.
[Jeff] Yeah.
-[Kerra] OK. -[Jeff] Understood. Thank you, sir.
Two bomas, two fires, all because we have to assume
the hyenas are gonna wanna get in.
I think we should find our area for our meat boma
and then maybe when I'm processing all the meat,
you can be dragging and blocking that off.
OK.
Time is of the essence to get this meat
cut off the animal, get it in as small of chunks as possible,
and get it hanging in the sun.
That's the most important right now because there are
predators out here that will fight us for that kill.
I claim this land
for Team USA South!
I think this bridge is done.
USA South completes their bridge build...
Ta-da!
...pushing their score to 400 points,
and unlocking a new survival item,
they choose a folding saw.
This bridge means we get 100 points...
-Mm-hmm. -...and we have now
surpassed Australia and tied with Team USA East.
And it means that Frank gets to go hunt on new,
pristine hunting grounds, so.
-The other side of Croc Canal. -[mouthing] Crocodiles.
Yeah!
Team Brazil also completes the bridge build
and selects a bow and arrow with their 100 points.
We are in the game.
Yeah. Brazilians never give up.
Brazilians fight until the end.
So let's go, Brazil!
-I have an idea. -You have an idea?
-Yeah. -OK, awesome.
I mean, we'll have to use jute, but you take
some jute, and you take a piece of meat, and you wrap it
around once, twist, and then another one, wrap around,
twist, and then it just kind of like...
-[Jeff] Oh, my gosh. -...hangs.
OK. Great job.
-Great job. -OK.
Now, this kill couldn't have come at a better time for us.
We're above the red line, but just barely.
This meat, protein, and fat that we get
from this animal, it's gonna give us an edge
over all of our competitors.
Located outside their boma, Texas's smoker is a tripod
lashed at the top and strung across with sturdy paracord.
Thinly sliced meat is hung in rows, and the smoke
from the low fire continuously funnels around
and through the meat, drying and turning it
into long-lasting jerky.
Finally, a boma of branches, leaves, and thorns encases
the smoker to deter predators.
[Kerra] And then the meat that's not on here
will be high up in the tree.
-[Jeff] That's right. -[Kerra] So that the hyenas...
so at least if they get this, then we have this at least.
[Jeff] Exactly. No, great idea.
Great idea.
I can't even wipe the own sweat in my eyes 'cause my hands are
so covered in blood and guts.
I don't even have time to wash my hands right now.
This is go time.
This meat boma, must be built well.
It must be built high. It must be impenetrable.
If we do that, we'll eat for weeks.
[Kerra] This area is full of hyenas,
so we took extra precautions and built an entire
separate meat boma that is actually
attached to our sleep boma.
There we go.
Today was the day Team Texas got the first kill!
-Yeah, baby! -Oh, man! This feels good.
Check out our meat castle.
Oh, my God, have you ever seen a barbecue so beautiful?
Look at this.
All these niblets that we can't possibly eat tonight,
they're going in the pot.
And we're gonna boil up an amazing meat stew.
Team Texas, we're here to live, we're here to survive,
and we're here to thrive, baby!
Cheers.
Mm!
-[loud howling] -[crickets chirping]
[hyenas calling]
They're close. Very, very close.
[suspenseful music playing]
Get away!
We're just painting a target on our back
for these hyena packs.
So we'll do what we can to protect our meat,
because we worked too damn hard for this
to let some hyenas come and steal it all.
[hyenas growling and calling]
They're testing their boundaries.
-[hyenas howling softly] -[tension in music building up]
Get outta here!
[soft growling]
Get away!
Get outta here!
[growling]
[hyenas howling]
[mysterious music playing]
All right, I'm gonna eat my first piece of
liver this morning.
These hyenas are getting braver.
They were moving in right after the sun went down.
[Kerra] Yeah. They -- yeah.
After I yelled and screamed...
-Yeah. -...boom, took off.
Will they remain that skittish,
or are they gonna get braver and braver?
No, they'll probably get braver.
They're very curious.
Now we've gotta make sure this boma continues
to be fortified.
[Frank] Well, I guess it's that time of day.
I'm gonna try to get some hunting in,
and, uh... -Wonderful.
-...see what happens. -I'm excited.
My first hunt in this part of Africa.
Yes.
[Frank] We have a day without any competitions or scrolls.
I can finally get out there and do what I do best.
Hunt.
I've been doing this since I was a child.
You know, I didn't play video games.
I was outside all day until they made me come back inside.
[Frank whispering]
[whispering]
That's a rhino.
That's a freaking rhino!
That thing is huge!
It's like a tank with a spear on its freaking bumper.
It just got worse. There's a baby one!
Oh my God!
This is not good. You know, I'm in Africa.
There is a mother rhino 100 yards in front of me.
This is not a good place to be.
[whispering] Look.
I don't know what to do now.
I'm just gonna try to stay downwind and be quiet,
maybe I'll give this rhinos some space.
But I still gotta find food.
My partner's hungry. I'm hungry.
[Matt] All right, so Gabby and I right now, we are headed
out on the hunt.
Yesterday we got to hunt a little bit
and get to learn the place.
Team Texas got a warthog.
So yeah, there's a lot of pressure,
but I'm not gonna let the pressure get to me.
I am going out on this hunt with Gabby
and we are going to be successful.
[whispering]
It's this one. It's a little bit thicker.
Yes, we need that.
[Fernanda] Today, we're building the bridge
because we really need those 100 points.
Now alone in last place by 100 points,
Mexico has only claimed bows and arrows.
It's very frustrating to be on the bottom of the scoreboard
because we are skilled, we are working so hard,
but we're just getting behind.
That's why I think that we need to adjust our strategy
and be more bold and be aggressive,
setting that competitive mindset.
And that's what we're doing right now.
So wait, because you haven't seen enough of us.
[Pablo] OK.
Team Mexico earns 100 points
for completing the bridge challenge
and unlocks a survival item.
They have chosen a fishing kit.
Mexico team. [in Spanish]
[birds calling loudly]
[Frank whispering]
[suspenseful music playing]
[warthog squeals loudly]
[Frank whispering]
He should be right up here, but man, this is so...
this scrub's so tall, he could be anywhere.
Got a little more blood here.
Oh, nice!
Oh, there he is!
There it is!
Right there!
Check this out! [laughs]
Oh my God! This just happened!
Check it out!
My first warthog in Africa.
Awesome!
I'm gonna need Teal's help to haul this thing.
Frank is out hunting. And you know what?
There's a lot of people that have skills,
but they are nowhere near to Frank.
But you know, it's the first hunt,
So, I don't have really high expectations.
-Hey! -[Frank speaking]
[Teal] How was it?
[Teal] Was there a lot of animals out there?
[Teal gasps]
Did you -- Oh, my God!
-Did you get an animal? -I got a warthog.
Oh, my God. Really?
Yeah. That thing is huge.
-[Teal] So we can go back and get it. -Yes.
[Teal] Frank just got a warthog.
As crazy as that is, he went out there
and just harvested a warthog.
Like, who needs a survival item when you have a Frank?
-We ready? -[Teal] I think we're ready.
[Frank] All right.
-Let's do this. -[Teal] Oh, my goodness!
-[grunting] Big little boy. -[Frank] Big boy.
That warthog is heavy.
I mean, it's gotta weigh 200 pounds.
-[Teal] You got him? -[Frank] Ready?
[Teal] Yep. Woo!
All right, fellas. This is POV.
[panting] I'm walking through Zululand
with a prize pig on a stick
with a master hunter. Whew!
This is how Frank lives.
This isn't a challenge for Frank.
This is a Tuesday.
[Matt] Gabby and I are on the hunt.
[whispering]
Any misstep right now and that warthog is gone.
[warthog squeals]
I hit that warthog good.
It, uh...
And now we need to kind of just tracking on the blood,
see where I can find him.
I saw him go through those bushes right over there.
Matt's a few steps ahead of me, and he's gonna lay
one more arrow into this thing and hopefully put it
out of its misery.
It's pretty scary.
[Matt] Right now, I see the ivory tips of this warthog's tusk
sticking up in a little bit of sunlight in this bush.
And this warthog's breathing.
[whispering] And I have to be extra, extra careful at this point.
If this warthog hears me, he's coming at me.
[tense music playing]
-[warthog squeals loudly] -[Gabby screams]
[tense music playing]
[warthog squeals loudly]
[Matt] Yee-haw!
[whispering]
[Gabby whispering]
[Matt whispering]
[chuckles]
-[Gabby whispers] Yes! -[Matt grunts]
Let's go! Oh my God!
-Oh, what a battle! -[Gabby] I know.
-Oh my God, that was a battle! -[Gabby] That was a long hunt.
-[Matt] Oh! -[Gabby] Wow!
[sighs] Thank you, buddy.
[panting] You were a warrior, just like we are.
Out in the Zululands, we are warriors together.
And I thank you for your sacrifice.
[sniffles and sobs]
Good fight, Matt.
It's an emotional moment when you get out here and,
and have to survive.
Today, we just secured a hell of a lot of food.
Absolute beautiful animal. Was a freaking warrior.
[exhales sharply]
-Hey, Team Texas. -Whoa!
Look what you guys got.
How does it feel that every time you think
you're a step ahead, you're just one mile behind, bud?
Right now, there's seven teams in it,
and you guys got a little bit to catch up.
Good luck, though. I hope you guys do have...
get some points on this next coming challenge.
-[Jeff] Yes, sir. -[Kerra] Thank you.
[Jeff] Typical Matt Wright right there.
Not only showing his trophy off, which is fine,
but just a little knife in the back
on the way out to his boma.
-[Dan] We need food. -[Rachel] We do need food.
[Dan] I'm not gonna get better if we don't get food.
[Rachel] That's very true.
[Dan] Right now, to be laid up with my back aching is
absolutely killing me,
but survival is interesting 'cause you have to
trust your partner and trust their skills
to better your situation.
Where do you wanna go fishing?
[Rachel] I would like to explore further down this way
towards some of the other camps,
see if there's some deeper water,
better fishing spots.
Losing that fish was definitely a gut punch.
And, you know, I have a lot of doubts being out here,
sometimes feeling like I don't belong with Dan,
who is a legend in his own right and has won
these competitions before.
You wanna cross the river first?
which I feel like generally this side seems to be
steeper than the other.
[Dan] No, let's go put out up here.
There might be a spot right there, actually.
I'm gonna go check her out.
-Take a look at this spot. -[Rachel] Mm, OK.
This like off the tree trunks there.
I just wanna make sure we have room to like,
fling them up onto the land.
I don't wanna lose another fish.
[Dan] That'd be nicer.
So you wanna keep moving or you wanna go here?
[Dan speaking]
[Rachel] I wish that sometimes he would just pause a little
to hear my idea rather than be so focused on his.
So how are you making sure the fish doesn't just
grab it and go? -[Dan] You hold onto the line.
I've been feeling a bit frustrated with the dynamic.
I feel like my ideas are generally pretty quickly
dismissed without any consideration.
I feel like I am here for a reason, um.
And it's like, I know you've done a lot
of these things before,
but it feels like just because you've done it a way
and it's worked, it doesn't mean there's not
another way it could also work.
I just feel kind of lost in the sauce.
And I'm like...
-[Dan] I'm sorry. -No, it's OK.
No, it's not. It's not.
-I'm really sorry I made you feel that way. -Don't make me cry.
-But it's, like, at a point... -[Dan] Truly --
...where I feel like I don't wanna
show any kind of initiative
because I feel like if I do something,
you're gonna be like, "Mm,
that's not how I want it done."
-And then -- -I'm sorry.
So it's kind of like I'm waiting for a direction,
[crying] and I don't like that.
-All right. -No, it's OK.
Like, I just wanted to express it.
-So, like... -[Dan sniffles]
I'm feeling -- You're not allowed to cry, too,
'cause then I'll cry more.
[Dan] It broke my heart into a million pieces,
honestly, to see that she was upset like that.
Getting along with people is usually one of my, like,
very strong suits.
And we get along.
She's the sweetest person in the world.
But, like, you need a little bit more than that
when you come into these competitions.
I'm trying to teach as I can, but, you know,
and I'm struggling with that.
I'm really glad you brought that up, 'cause that --
that's like, yeah, a really good sign
of communication for both of us.
[Rachel] We're gonna get fish. That'll help.
I'll feel better when I get fish.
I'm definitely in, like, a hypersensitive state
currently, starving and not sleeping and all that.
Yeah, we can be both.
It's a lot! [chuckles]
[Dan] I think we're starting to get desperate and needing
this win right here. -[Rachel] Yeah.
I wish I had a chair with a back on it.
[Gabby] So by laying this in the sun,
the flies don't come around as much.
[Matt] What'll happen is it'll get a hardened crust
on the outside... -Right.
-[Matt]...as it dries. -Right.
[Matt] And that hardened crust won't allow the flies
lay eggs. -[Gabby] Got it.
[Matt] We got a lot of food, more than most survivalists are
gonna be able to have out here.
But now, with no sharing allowed this time,
my team is Gabby.
Everyone else is on their own.
The bounty and rewards of every day's hunt goes to us.
USA East, we are going to feast.
We're going to have to eat
more than you think you should want to.
This is a good problem to have.
[Matt] This -- [chuckles]
It's a very good problem.
I'm just gonna let that chill like it's doing.
-[Teal] Yes, sir. -[Frank] Licking the meat.
We're dealing with this warthog, and look at Teal.
-She's up here just... -Happy as a pig in mud.
[Frank] Happy as a pig in the mud.
So this is what we got going on.
And this is a competition, and I don't -- you know,
starving people don't win competitions.
Well fed ones do.
Speaking of, we should eat more.
Yeah, we should. We're gonna eat now.
[Teal] You look like a caveman, Frank.
That is actually very tender.
Teal, bite that.
Oh, my God, that's really good.
-That is real good. -[Frank] Mm-hmm.
[Matt] The heart of any animal is sort of where
it holds its spirit. So, to take a bite of the heart
is like embracing the animal's spirit.
The heart is the least gamey, the most like steak.
[Gabby] OK.
We're feasting around the fire, right?
Could be a piece of roast beef.
Matt is the best partner I could have imagined out here.
We have full trees of meat hanging out, drying in the sun.
The hope is that we get some biltong from this
and we can eat this in the upcoming days and weeks
in this challenge.
Man, I've never had anything like this, Matt.
Not on any of my five challenges.
Delicious.
[hyenas howling softly]
[Matt] Right now, we have,
we have a meat tree that's about 20 feet from us right now.
And it is
protected by a smoking pile of embers,
um, a thorn boma and protected by height.
So we're hoping that the thorns will keep
anything from wanting to climb it.
And if all works out well, if we do hear anything,
we can yell at it and keep it away.
We do our best. That's all we can do.
Oh, God. [bleep]
[Rachel] It's definitely concerning me that your back's not
getting better, but I'm not surprised
'cause we're not eating.
Your body needs protein to heal...
-[Dan sniffles] -...and we just haven't been
getting it.
Makes me anxious.
I feel like if we were thrown into a challenge right now,
you're just gonna hurt yourself more.
[Dan] Ugh, speaking of which.
-[Rachel] Oh, are you kidding? -[Dan] Great timing.
-Ooh, here we go. -Oh, God.
"Head to the X to do what needs to be dung."
-Dung? -Dung.
-D-U-N-G. -Yeah.
[Pablo] Dung?
-I don't know what dung is. -Crap's about to get real.
-Crap is about to get real. -[Teal] Dung?
-Not "Done." -Yeah.
[both] Dung.
[Marina] Oh, my God.
[Rene] At least above the red line today.
-Be ready for anything. -Oh, good God.
Head to the X to do what needs to be dung.
[Rachel] Oh, my gosh.
[Dan] This sucks.
It's definitely overwhelming.
We're in fourth place right now, but my back is just screaming.
Sorry, I've done this before, but I don't normally ask people
to do it while I'm naked. -[Rachel laughs]
We're about to enter a challenge.
I'll take all the help I can get.
Yeah, definitely. Ready?
One, two, three.
This challenge is going to be physically demanding.
I know Dan will give it 1,000%, and I don't know that he has
1,000% left in the tank right now.
It's definitely not looking great for Team Pacific.
[grunts softly] Ugh.
Ow.
[Dan] I've never felt so poorly walking up to the starting line
of one of these challenges before.
My back is out. I haven't eaten a single bit.
It puts me into a panic.
[Jeff] I'm excited to go into this competition.
Kerra and I, we're strong. We're well-fed.
Our communication has improved.
We processed that entire warthog together.
I'm feeling confident.
[Fernanda] We've struggled in this challenge.
We lost at the primitive fire, and then we lost at the torch
and trapping challenge, so that brought us down,
but we're not gonna let that into our mind.
We need to score points.
Are we ready to see what's on the scoreboard?
-[all] Yeah. -[Kerra] All right, let's do it.
-Whoa. -[Jeff] OK.
You guys got some bridges built over there.
East and South, tied up.
Building a bridge on Day 5 has added 100 points
to USA South's score
and created a tie for first place.
[Frank] A lot of people kind of realized that we'd snuck up
on 'em a little bit.
After the bridge build, we're right up under the lead.
Both of us are very confident in our skills,
and we really don't need to showboat.
We're just gonna keep moving forward.
[Alexa] Frank and Teal are now ten points ahead of us.
It means we're still in the top three,
but we started out this challenge
with the maximum amount of points,
and we're gradually slipping down the leaderboard.
This is concerning.
Some movement at the bottom there.
The lower four teams are so close.
While Brazil and Mexico remain under the red line,
the 100 points they earned for completing the bridge build
has tightened the competition.
Now the bottom four teams are separated by just 30 points.
[Rachel] Right now we're in fourth place.
We're only 30 points above the elimination line.
So Dan and I are still very much not safe.
-Oh, yeah, it's close. -So close.
Anyone could take that today and change it.
[Kerra] Well, we got one more, so let's see what that is.
"Today, each team must build a suspended
baited basket bird trap."
Typically for ground-based
trapping of birds and small mammals...
[Teal] Heck yeah!
...the arapuca trap has been used by survivalists
to trap game for centuries.
This variation utilizes two baskets
suspended in a tree.
It is ideal for trapping a wide range of birds
common to Zululand,
including the red-necked spurfowl.
[Rene speaking]
I make it full time in my home.
For the first phase of this multi-step challenge,
the survivalist must find bait for their bird traps.
The best bait in the area are flame tree seeds,
a common food for the area's rhino population.
Seeds are prevalent
in the nearby rhino-grazing savanna.
But to find 10 undigested seeds,
each team must dig through piles of rhino dung.
Oh!
I knew we were gonna get dirty.
It's about to get [bleep].
I am stoked about digging through crap
and looking for seeds.
I don't know if it's the archaeologist in me
or just the dirty little kid.
"Craft and bind two bird traps to the trunk of a tree
large enough to capture a spurfowl."
After gathering ten seeds, each team moves to
the adjacent grove, where they will collect materials
and build their suspended bird traps
using the provided paracord.
"At the completion of this challenge,
"teams below the red line will face off
in an elimination battle tomorrow."
-[Rachel] Oh, my God. -[Matt] Wow.
-[Rachel] Oh, my God. -Whoo!
In today's challenge, teams earn points based
on the order of finish.
First place earns 100 points,
second place receives 70,
and third place, 50,
while the bottom team earns nothing.
Those bottom four are in trouble.
Yeah.
-First elimination tomorrow. -[Teal speaking]
Woo!
[Kerra] We're literally just above the red line,
so we really need to do good in this challenge
to keep our asses in here.
Just 20 points, Jeff. Take care, Kerra.
[Rene speaking]
We can get 100 points.
Oh, my God.
We need to beat Texas and USA Pacific.
[Pablo] Yeah.
[Fernanda] We don't wanna face elimination.
I don't care if we have to grab those seeds like
with our mouths in the dung. I don't care.
We're gonna do it because we're not leaving, my friend.
[in Spanish]
[voices overlapping]
I can't do another challenge.
Like, 30 points is not that much.
No, it's not.
And we really can't do another challenge tomorrow.
-We need to let you heal. -[Dan] Yeah.
With my back the way it is right now,
I cannot physically handle two back-to-back challenges.
So I don't just want to win right now.
I have to.
I wanna stay in this competition.
-Your challenge starts now. -[Dan] Go, go, go, go.
Go!
-[Dan] Go, go, go, go! -[Ky] Go, go, go, Lex!
[Gabby] Get 'em, Matt!
Get 'em, Matt! I'm right behind you, man!
The survivalists have been tasked with building
a suspended double arapuca bird trap.
In phase one, they must collect 10 seeds from rhino dung
to be used as bait.
[Teal] Frank, two! Frank, three!
-[Matt] I got three, Gabby. -[Gabby] Three? OK.
[Matt] Rhino dung is mostly grass.
And because of that, to find 10 seeds fast
is gonna be a trip.
They're smaller than a sunflower seed.
It's like a needle in a haystack.
[Fernanda and Pablo speaking Spanish]
-[Dan] How you doing, Rachel? -[Rachel] Have five.
Six, seven, eight.
-[Jeff] Have you found any yet, Kerra? -[Kerra] Yeah, one.
I'm digging through, digging through this pile right now.
I'm not seeing any seeds.
-I think my pile's no go. -[Kerra] Three.
I managed to collect ten in what seems like
a blink of an eye.
Nine and ten.
We are the first team to leave the dung pile, and I think,
"Hallelujah, maybe this is gonna go exactly as planned."
Now that Ky and Alexa have collected all ten seeds,
they can move on to phase two
and begin constructing their trap.
-I got five. -I got it, we got it.
-We got it. -Go, go up there.
Team Australia is quickly followed by USA East...
[Rachel] Nine, ten. OK, let's go.
...USA Pacific...
[Kerra] Ten, I got it.
-...Texas... -Let's go.
-Ten! -...and USA South.
[Fernanda and Pablo speaking Spanish]
[Rene speaking Portuguese]
The last two teams today go to elimination tomorrow.
[Marina and Rene speaking Portuguese]
We need to finish this competition in first.
I don't want a more mistake.
[Fernanda] Seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Rene and Marina speaking Portuguese]
All the teams have completed phase one of the challenge.
They move on to phase two,
gathering the necessary materials for
and then building their suspended bird traps.
The trap is made of two arapuca baskets,
each consisting of eight layers of sticks,
laid horizontally and vertically
to create a pyramid structure.
The provided paracord must be stretched tight
in order to maintain structural stability.
The spaces between rungs must be small enough
to keep a spurfowl from escaping.
Long, I need long.
Longer the better, please.
I've done these traps and snares before.
Yeah, I need long sticks, please.
Straighter the better, guys, please,
otherwise the bird can escape.
So I'm feeling confident that at least
the double arapuca part of this challenge we have nailed.
[Alexa] Straight.
We still haven't eaten yet, but we are 10 points
off unlocking a new survival item.
If we can just get the fishing lure today,
that would be a huge win.
[Ky] All right, Alexa, you're up.
[Dan] Where do you wanna work? How about right here?
-Right here. -[Rachel] OK.
-[Dan] This spot's nice. -[Rachel] OK.
[Dan] This is a really intimidating challenge.
I've built an arapuca bird trap many of times,
including on a previous competition.
We're resetting our trap, shoving sticks in all
different places, just trying to get it to be good.
It's gotta be stable when it falls.
Hit the trigger.
It collapses. It's not a proper trap.
It's not easy.
Our game plan is to go slow and steady
and get it right the first time.
That's a good working area right there.
[Rachel] I like it too.
I am nervous about Dan's back.
So the best bang for our buck is for him to build
and me to do the chopping. -Knife is...
[Dan] Ha-ha!
Yep, that looks good. So now material collection.
-I'll start collecting the 32 sticks. -[Kerra] OK.
If you wanna start collecting the four trigger sticks.
[Kerra] We have to construct a double arapuca bird trap,
which is not anything that Jeff and I are good at doing.
You have to be really good at bushcraft to get
this kind of trap done correctly.
Otherwise, it just falls apart.
It's a very finicky trap. It's a very delicate trap.
Jeff and I are not delicate people.
I'm collecting everything first, and then we will build
after that is done.
Every great survivalist can admit their weakness.
My weakness is bushcraft.
[Patrick] Jeff made the basket for this trap
completely wrong.
It's just falling apart, dude.
I thought that he knew how to build this.
I'm gonna have to start all over again from scratch.
Kerra's a better partner than Patrick was.
And so this time, the trigger stick,
it's gonna work. We're gonna be just fine.
[Teal] OK.
Wait, how many sticks do we need?
-[Frank] 64. -[Teal] OK.
This is a trap I'm very familiar with.
I've been making this trap since I was young,
and I hope it shows.
OK, so here they are.
You wanna start stabbing one? Ooh, wait a minute.
That's gonna be way too short.
It is way too short.
That middle paracord's gotta be way longer,
'cause it's gotta go up at a third dimension.
So, basically, it's like, uh, a right-angle triangle.
So, we need to do, like, A squared plus B squared
equals C squared, and we need to make sure we have
twice as much as that cordage.
The bird trap is held together by two pieces of cordage
tied to the basket's base.
Twisting the two runner sticks into an X shape creates tension
as the trap rungs are stacked beneath the tightening cordage,
creating a sturdy pyramid structure.
It has to be twice the distance.
-Cut me a new piece of cordage. -[Frank] Damn it!
[Pablo] I'm looking for big branches, small branches.
[Fernanda] OK, this is one trigger.
We are below the red line.
We don't wanna get into an elimination challenge,
so we really need to win this challenge today.
Give me a paracord.
Obviously, that's a lot of pressure on us,
but we can handle this.
[in Spanish]
[Rene speaking]
[in Portuguese]
Where do I tie these? Just the four corners?
-Do I do that now? -Um, yeah.
Tie one there and then tie one on this,
and then we'll drape them up and over and tie them in.
[Kerra] OK.
Once the pyramid is constructed,
we take our paracord, we wrap it around the top,
which provides top-down pressure,
holding this entire trap in place.
[Kerra] I'll tie mine, you wait. Keep that tight.
[Jeff] And this is critical.
If you do not have enough top-down pressure
with the paracord, it will come loose and it will fall apart.
That one is done.
I'm gonna gently set this to the side,
out of our work area.
Nice job. Very, very nice.
-Very nice. -[Kerra] OK.
Our first trap is built, and I look around.
No one else has their first trap built yet.
Hey, Team Australia! Better catch up!
[Alexa] We don't need to catch up, Jeff.
We're not going home tomorrow.
[Rene speaking]
We need to hurry.
[Fernanda in Spanish]
How did he build a trap that fast?
This is not good.
Oh, [bleep].
It almost seems impossible to have completed a trap
that quickly.
I cannot let them beat us.
All right, let's go.
Hey, Team Australia! Better catch up!
[Alexa] We don't need to catch up, Jeff.
We're not going home tomorrow.
Gloating should never be done, but it really shouldn't be done
when you haven't finished the challenge.
-Is this eight? -[Alexa] Yep.
You keep going. Start on that one.
[Alexa] At least we're on our second trap.
This is good.
While Australia and Texas begin their second basket
for the suspended double arapuca bird trap,
all other teams near completion of their first
eight-rung basket.
What do we got here? Let's count this.
We got one,
two, three, four, five, six, seven, and that should be
eight there. Matt, this is good.
This is tight. This is a bird trap.
-OK. -First one's done.
Moving on to trap number two.
[Dan] Technically complete. That's really tight.
-That's really tight. -[Rachel] That looks really good.
That looks great, Dan.
[Fernanda speaking in Spanish]
Pablo and I, we have a goal today,
and it's win this challenge
because we have to go above the red line.
[in Spanish]
Just stack it. Stack it with sticks.
It doesn't matter. It doesn't have to be perfect.
[in Spanish]
[Gabby] That's eight.
And then let me do the other way.
You should do it, Matt.
As fast as I can cut branches,
Gabby is stacking 'em in this bird trap.
All right, so I got the trigger mechanism here.
OK. Eight on that side.
-Done. -[both] All right.
The first to complete their baskets, Matt and Gabby,
move on to phase three,
suspending their trap from the tree.
To be functional, the trap's bottom basket must
be set upside down, securely tied against the tree
using cordage, and propped up with a sturdy support stick
to keep the trap level after the top basket is triggered.
-We wanna tie it on one side. -You got it, buddy.
Tie it across here. it's going to be stronger.
We get both traps made record time.
No one else is as far as we are right now.
To the best of my knowledge, we might have the first trap
assembled up on the tree.
Hold what you got.
Like a lot of people are gonna think they're done and then...
-[Dan] Yep. -...have to start over.
Pushing these out. [bleep]
Upon trying to get the trap in place,
we realized one of the strings come untied.
Ugh, do you want me to take it down?
[Matt] You wanna take it down and re-do it?
-Yeah. -[Matt] OK.
Got it?
Now, one loose knot that Gabby tied could be
the thing that costs us first place
or even this whole competition.
While you tighten that one, I'm gonna tighten this one
just to make sure they're as solid as we can get. -[Gabby] Please.
Yep.
[Frank] There's eight. Yes!
All right.
[Teal] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
We get the traps baskets both built.
I think they're strong enough to be able to be used
multiple times.
You want this one to be the top?
See these long ends sticking out?
Might be too long.
Uh, OK, I'll take it with the saw then, I guess.
We're getting a place in the tree,
and it becomes instantly apparent that we need
more clearance on the basket.
So this is the moment that
folding saw really comes in clutch.
If we didn't have this,
we would have to remake the top basket.
[Kerra] [bleep], dude...
[Jeff speaking]
[Rene speaking Portuguese]
-It's the same. -No.
Yeah. Look.
-Yeah. -No, no, no, no.
[in Portuguese]
-[Marina] No! The base is -- -[in Portuguese]
Take a look.
-We need the same size. -Ah, OK.
Rene is so perfectionist. We need to get this done.
Just need work. Don't need be perfect.
[in Portuguese]
Can I check? Can I check?
Yes!
Is perfect.
[Alexa] So we're almost finished both traps now.
I'm just checking them with a hole.
[Ky] Lex, you got it? You happy with that?
[Alexa] Ky and I have now made the two traps
and now we have to tie them together
and tie them to the tree.
Oh God, they're moving.
[Ky] Higher.
It's better to be safe than sorry.
[Fernanda grunts]
[in Spanish]
I see that some of the other teams
are already done building the trap.
We need to work faster because we need to win this challenge.
We're 50% done, Pablo.
-[Dan] OK, done with these. -[Rachel] OK, perfect.
That's pretty good. Pretty good.
[Rachel] Good. All right, let's get her up.
I see a lot of people kind of in the tree step, so...
People are moving fast.
They're getting these traps built fast, but I'm thinking,
there's no way that people are putting these together
that fast and actually making, like, a solid, sturdy trap
that's going to be able to close on itself
and not just fall apart into a million pieces.
-[Rachel] That feels secure. -Does that feel stable?
-[Rachel] Yeah. -All right.
Trigger.
[Gabby] All right, Matt, this one's ready to flip.
All right, coming up and around.
Matt and I work very expeditiously
to put this basket back together.
Let's see what we got for a small side.
We're getting it back up, and I look over, and I see
USA South tied their basket onto the tree.
We don't have time to slow down in this challenge.
All right, hold that in place just like this.
[Gabby] OK.
We need a solid stick like this.
With both of their baskets secured onto their tree,
USA East is the first team to move on to phase three
of the challenge, building a trigger,
baiting the trap with all ten seeds,
and successfully deploying the trap.
The trigger will utilize four sticks,
a Y-shaped support stick, notched into a fulcrum stick,
then flanked on each side by two trigger sticks.
The setup is meant to be delicate so that even
the light touch of a wing will activate the trap.
[Teal] What can I hold? Nothing?
You can hold
that right there. -[Teal] OK.
[Frank] I'm setting this trap,
and it's not an easy trap to set.
You know, you've got four sticks
you've gotta control with two hands.
[exhales sharply] [bleep]
It's OK. Deep breaths.
You got this.
I'm snapping these sticks off with my teeth
because I'm thinking at any second,
I'm gonna hear other people start screaming, "Oh, I'm done!"
If we're this close,
there's gotta be people right behind us.
Right there. That's gotta be there.
Set. Where's the bait?
In my bag.
-Seven... -[Frank] Boom.
...eight, nine.
[gasps] I'm missing a seed.
No!
I pull the seeds out of my bag, and I count them,
and I only have nine. I just dropped one.
I can go back to get a seed now, right?
[Teal] If you're going, you better go now.
I can't look in the brush here for a seed,
so I book it back to the pile.
We have a trap that's almost done,
and you don't know who could be just moments behind.
[Gabby] Here we go. Come on.
[Matt] Gabby and I wanna win first place
every time in these competitions.
I see USA South has to go get more seeds.
And as long as we don't make a mistake, we're winning this.
[Teal] [bleep]!
[tense music playing]
[Teal] I've only got nine seeds,
so I book it back to the pile.
I remember exactly the pile of dung that I was in.
While teams Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Texas,
and USA Pacific work to suspend their double arapuca traps
in phase three,
teams USA South and East are both
in the final phase of the challenge
and must trigger, reset,
and bait their traps in order to finish.
[Gabby] Already got pushing these out.
[Matt] No, we can't finish the top.
Gabby, we gotta take this down.
Gotta go fresh from the start.
We got everything almost assembled, and dang it,
the trap's falling apart, sticks are falling out again.
-All right, pull her off. -[Gabby] Yep, lifting it.
Ready? Down.
Our sticks are not very straight,
and they're very smooth.
I'll fix this in place.
You don't have to move it.
I'll get the -- It's just we have
wobbly sticks, so I'll turn them out so that there's no holes.
This is a costly mistake.
This could cost us first place finish.
There is no time to have to redo something
on a challenge like this.
Matt, remember, there's a bunch of other groups
that are gonna go through the same exact thing
we just went through.
[Teal] I grabbed three seeds because I am not gonna
miscount this time.
-Did it trigger? -Huh?
-Did it trigger successfully? -[Frank] Yes.
[Dan] I think I just need to angle it in a sort
of precarious way. -[Rachel] OK.
The trigger mechanism we're using is so sensitive
and so finicky...
This part's hard.
I've never done this trigger before.
I'm confused how this is gonna stay stable ever.
...but then it seems like something just sort of
clicks into the place.
-[Rachel] OK. -[Dan exhales sharply]
[Rachel] Yeah, it does.
OK.
[Dan] My God, we've got it.
I heard Matt was way ahead on his trap trying to put it
in a tree a long time ago, and I've heard silence
from them since.
So we might not be too far behind.
[Rachel] Seeds.
-So that's ten? -[Teal] Yep, and I will be --
[panting]...just in case.
-Complete! -Go!
[Teal] See y'all over there, guys!
[chuckles]
I knew Frank was a legend, but Jesus Christ, mate.
Team USA South won it.
-[bleep] -[Teal] Woo-hoo!
[Fernanda whispering in Spanish]
Damn it, man. That's incredible.
Now that's good for us, because that means
the 100 points is gone
and it went to a team that didn't need it.
That's actually good for us.
[Teal] We did it again.
We just took another first place win.
-Victory! -Yes!
-Where's the rest? -USA South!
-All right. -Where is everybody?
For Teal and I, we were our own competition
out there and we aced it.
USA South's first place finish
brings their point total to 500,
which unlocks a new survival asset,
two ostrich eggs.
I want some ham and eggs breakfast, lunch,
and dinner, please.
-[Rachel] We have time. -Yep.
Just remember you have to count 'em in there, OK?
[Dan] Mm-hmm.
Placing the seeds into the trap, I need to be
so careful that my hands aren't touching
any part of this trigger mechanism.
It feels like I'm playing that game Operation as a kid,
where I'm, like, reaching in gingerly and without shaking,
without moving, pull my hand back out.
And we are so close.
I can't mess things up.
Yes! Yes! [chuckles]
-Woo! -[Rachel] Woo!
Oh, my God! We did it!
Even broken, we [bleep] did it!
I was so low walking up to the starting line,
between my back and everything,
but getting second place, it's an awesome morale boost.
-Come on, come on, come on! -[laughing]
[Dan] If we don't have to do a challenge tomorrow,
I'm gonna heal my damn back.
[Rachel] So good!
We freaking did it. We locked in second place.
We got those 70 points, we are safe from elimination
and we get another item. Like this is the best day ever.
[laughing]
The tides are turning.
Team Pacific is on the rise
and I feel really good about where this is headed.
We just have to keep this momentum up.
-[Dan] Yay! -I'm so proud of us.
USA Pacific's second place finish earns them 70 points,
bringing their total to 300.
They have now unlocked the kudu hide
and can choose that or the folding saw.
-The saw... -[both]...or the hide.
We're creatures of comfort.
-We're creatures of comfort. -[Rachel] Yeah.
-[chuckling] Let's get this guy. -[Rachel chuckles] OK.
It's so soft.
With first and second places claimed, five teams compete
for the remaining points.
USA Pacific is now safe from elimination,
while Mexico, Brazil, and Texas are still at risk.
[Alexa] Does it need to be in the center?
Yep.
Don't breathe.
-[Alexa exhales sharply] -[Ky whispers] OK.
We set the trap, we trigger it, and it works.
Amazing.
The trick is then to be able to reset the trap.
Oh, my [bleep] God. Everything fell down.
But unfortunately, the triggering of the trap has
dislodged the top arapuca basket, and it just
falls into a pile of sticks.
I know in these situations the only way to go fast is
to go back to the drawing board.
[in Spanish]
It's very nerve-wracking to set up the trap.
[in Spanish]
We set it up, but it is not leveled enough.
We need to hurry, because if we don't build this trap,
we could be out for elimination.
[in Spanish]
[Fernanda] OK.
[in Spanish]
All right, this trap should do the trick.
I just gotta prop it up,
so that it is the proper height.
[Matt] USA Pacific just finished second place.
If we didn't have this slip-up, we would have been
smooth sailing.
But now, we have to continue what we can.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
One more here. We'll make eight.
This extra time is now like making two sets
of these arapuca bird traps.
Here we go, Matt. Let's get this thing
in the tree. -[Matt] [indistinct] sure.
-All right, it's tight? -[Gabby] It's tight.
Let's go. Let's hang it.
Ready? Let's go up.
[Matt] We're gonna do what we can to get in third place.
We're gonna have to push it just to get that point.
OK, buddy. Let's go.
There's some teams neck-and-neck with us.
This is what we live for right now.
Tie that bitch as tight as possible.
[Kerra] Yeah, I'm trying.
[Jeff] We have to build fast, because right now we're
battling for third place.
We need those 50 points.
It's too close for comfort.
Take your hands off.
-[Kerra] Uh, it is... -Are you touching it?
-[Kerra] No, I'm not touch -- -Not at all?
-No, but... -OK, I'm gonna take mine off.
...it looks very fragile with this wind.
OK. All right, that's complete.
Now we need to go get the top piece.
Here's another Y.
[wind blowing loudly]
[Gabby] That is a pesky little trigger there.
[Matt] Yeah.
The baskets are looking good, and Matt begins working
on the trigger mechanism.
And it is a finicky trigger, but we get it set up.
-[Matt] OK. -[Gabby] Back up.
I look around, and I see everyone is about
at the same stage at this point.
We cannot take our foot off the gas if we were to clinch
third place in this challenge.
[Gabby] Reset.
[speaking Portuguese]
Ah, just put this trigger.
Trigger.
This is the one part we cannot rush.
-[Kerra] Yeah. -So here's the...
[Kerra] Careful with the trigger on the bottom.
Yup, connect the two.
-Yup. -[Jeff] All right.
[Kerra] And then the two back pieces.
[Jeff] Yeah. OK.
[Kerra] USA East and Brazil are both
setting their trigger.
We need to get those 50 points.
So it's imperative that we get this done
and we get it done quick, so that we can be
above the red line and not be up for elimination.
[Jeff whispering]
It's almost set. We almost got it.
-[Kerra gasps] -[Jeff] [bleep]!
[Jeff whispers] And that is triggered right there,
just like that.
-[Kerra gasps] -[Jeff] Ah, [bleep]
Damn it! Damn it!
This thing collapses, it falls apart.
[Kerra] Any salvaging it?
[sighs] I don't think so.
That would be better if we just took it down
to do it right. -It's too hard to do it
upside down. -[Kerra] Yeah.
Just do it right.
[Jeff] We have to rebuild it.
This is demoralizing,
absolutely demoralizing right now.
[whispering] OK. Damn it.
As Texas rebuilds their trap, Australia has repaired theirs
and begins to set their new trigger,
while Brazil and USA East only need to bait
and reset their traps to finish.
All I have to do is bait it, Matt.
So once you get it set, just let me know,
and I will come in with the bait.
Didn't stay up. Got it.
Dang it! The trigger mechanism slips.
It is another costly mistake.
We didn't come out here to be last.
Right now, we're on the top of that leaderboard,
but we have to be able to stay there
to secure that position for the rest of this challenge.
[Marina in Portuguese]
[Rene in Portuguese]
[cheering]
[screaming in Portuguese]
[Marina] Woo!
Oh, it's amazing!
Oh, my God!
[Rene speaking]
I'm not go home today!
[Kerra] Team Brazil is done with their trap.
That puts us in the danger zone,
and I'm honestly shocked.
Jeff and I are once again at the bottom of a challenge.
Nobody wants to be the first team to go to elimination.
-I need more sticks somehow. -[Jeff] OK.
I don't know how the [bleep] that happened, but OK.
We have to take both pieces
and basically start from scratch.
And at this point, I'm trying not to show it,
but I'm getting emotional inside.
-God damn it! -[Marina] Woo!
Almost there.
Brazil gets third place, and they were the last team
to actually start building their traps.
We can't afford to make any more mistakes.
[Matt] OK, all right.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
We came in fourth place because we had a couple slip ups.
Gabby and I are better than that.
We gotta shake off what happened out there today
and never give up.
That was the most frustrating challenge
I think I've ever had.
The dung was actually the best part of the whole thing,
I think. -Good job, good job.
It's all good.
Hey, we'll get the next one, Matt.
Just sort of let that rest. OK, so...
Put the seeds in.
-[Alexa] Yeah. -Just watch everything in there.
We're finally back on track. We have the trap in the tree,
and I can see Texas and Mexico are still on the playing field.
We're not out of the game yet.
[Ky] Yes!
How's your trap setting now, Jeff?
Man, it feels good to beat Jeff.
And now it looks like Texas and Mexico are heading
to elimination tomorrow.
[cheering]
Thank God the challenge is over.
We didn't come first, but we didn't come last.
We are still gonna get some points from today.
Woo!
We didn't come last!
Australia's fifth place finish yields 20 points,
pushing them past the 400-point milestone
and earning their choice of a new survival asset.
I mean, I don't think there's anything to discuss here.
-What do you think? -[Alexa] No.
Fishing kits for the win?
[Ky] We need some food in our camp.
[Alexa] We do indeed.
[Jeff whispers] OK. Trap set.
And, oh, seeds.
[Kerra] Unfortunately, Jeff and I are up for elimination tomorrow.
Battling out for last place is not where we wanna be,
but we have got to keep going because at least
we have a chance to get 10 points.
[Jeff whispers] Seeds are in.
Let's run to the finish line.
Today was so brutal, but we cannot let this get
under our skin.
We just need to go into elimination tomorrow,
handle our business, and then make a comeback.
-[Jeff chuckles] -[Kerra exhales sharply]
Texas goes big, all right? We wanna shoot things.
We wanna eat. We wanna dominate.
Bird's nest doesn't really fit our motto.
Good job. We did what we did.
-[bleep] -[Pablo] Mm.
-Team Texas finished. -So [bleep] sad.
It's hard. It's painful to be
at the bottom again and...
[Fernanda] Not scoring points, but we worked hard.
We still have a chance tomorrow.
I'm not gonna beat myself up.
We fought till the end, guys.
That was a really hard one, though.
[exhales in frustration]
[Frank] Let's see what this thing says.
[all] Oh!
[Kerra] Big numbers up there.
New point totals have shifted the overall rankings.
Finishing in first for the second straight time
has put USA South on top of the leaderboard,
and Brazil's third place finish is good enough to move them
above the red line.
-Dropped down to second. -I know, it's a bummer.
[Teal] Frank and I are now at 500 points,
well above the rest.
There are a whole bunch of legends out here,
and maybe we're legends, too.
-Look at us. -I like that better.
-[Dan] Yep. -[Marina] Wow, Brazil.
We got this. We got this.
Tomorrow's the day.
At the bottom of the scoreboard,
Texas and Mexico will face off
in an elimination challenge tomorrow.
-Good luck. -Good luck.
-[Gabby] See ya.
[Matt] Out here on these challenges,
you cannot underestimate your opponent.
[in Spanish]
Tomorrow, it's possible that Team Mexico is about
to show Team Texas what's up.
This challenge is getting real.
I am frustrated. There's a lot on the line.
None of us wanna be the first team to go home.
[Jeff] Team Texas, our backs are up against the wall.
But if there's anything I learned,
you do not corner a dangerous animal.
[Fernanda crying] I feel a little ashamed, to be honest.
Being here in Africa
in a "Naked and Afraid" challenge, has been
a dream of mine since a lot, a lot of years.
And now that I'm gonna face Team Texas
with that pressure over our shoulders,
we have to win.
We're gonna be the laugh of everyone back at Mexico,
and what does my family is gonna say,
and it's too much.
[crying]