The Great Escapists (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[intriguing music]
- Sorry, did I disturb you?
- What are you doing?
- I'm trying to get us off this island.
- Shh!
This is my first shipwreck.
Let me live in the moment.
Just experience it.
All right,
when you're done
having your moment,
I could use your help.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Just been in a shipwreck!
- I get why you hate boats.
- I told you.
Never trust anything that isn't
where you last parked it.
There. It's done.
What's done?
What's it look like?
[Tory] It's a big sign.
That way a plane flies over us,
looks down, sees "Help".
And we get rescued.
Why are you so worried
about being rescued?
This is a holiday beach, right?
Look at it.
Could be.
[Tory] Maybe we landed
on some billionaire's island.
There's nothing.
It's just you and me.
Just us.
Starting to grasp
the situation?
It's a nice day.
[Tory] Yeah.
We should find a way
to get off this island.
- Okay but how?
- Maybe we'll build a raft.
I'm not going out there
in a raft.
A full-sized boat just broke,
that's why we're here.
Anyway,
that is the Pacific Ocean.
Every kind of deadly shark
lives out there.
It's suicide.
And if we don't get eaten,
we won't last four days without water
and we don't have any.
I say we get off this island.
Why are you panicking?
People like us don't just disappear
or drop off the radar.
A transponder will go: "Oh no, Richard
and that other bloke's missing."
We won't get left behind.
People like us don't get abandoned.
Well, I won't be.
I'm Richard Hammond.
They'll find me.
[adventure music]
Mayday! Mayday!
[Richard] We're stranded here!
We're not going anywhere.
No one's coming for us.
- [bird screeching]
- What's that?
Come on!
Richard!
Look! Tools.
Woohoo!
We might be able to build
something to get us rescued.
[Richard] When do we start
drinking our own pee?
[Tory] Let's wait until
we run out of water.
Tory, I'm sinking!
He has to learn
to love it here
I'm gonna get rescued!
Oh no no no no!
Like I do.
We're never gonna get off
this island.
The man's gone mad.
[screaming]
[Tory] I'm gonna kill you!
[Tory] We shouldn't be fighting!
This is war!
[Tory screaming]
Fire!
I'm just a man,
but I'm holding a cannon!
Oh no!
Oh!
Right in the lavatory!
[dramatic music]
Richard!
Oh my God!
[Tory] Together,
we can do anything.
3-2-1
[screaming]
This could get us out of here!
We have a steam engine!
Come on, screw tank!
Work with me!
Ow! Ow! God!
Are we nearly there yet?
[joyful music]
Yeah!
Yoo-hoo!
[Tory] Look at it!
- [Tory] Yeah!
- [Richard] It's working!
It's amazing what you can do
when you have time.
[upbeat music]
[suspenseful music]
State your name please.
My name is Tory Belleci, Ma'am.
Well, you know who I am.
Richard Hammond.
TV's Richard Hammond.
The Grand Tour?
"El Tour-o-so Grandioso?"
Tough crowd.
We rented a boat out of San Diego
to go on a fishing trip.
Richard loves boats
and he said he'd done this
tons of times.
I'd never been
in a boat like that.
How was I to know
there was a storm coming in?
The worst storm.
I didn't think we'd survive.
We were lost. We were blown
off course for hundreds of miles.
So then it got a bit choppy,
there were some rocks,
a really huge bang,
then a lot more loud bangs,
then everything
went a bit fuzzy.
And then,
we woke up in paradise.
But you know,
we're not your normal castaways.
We're TV hosts.
I was on a show for years,
Mythbusters.
You have seen it?
The point is, we know stuff.
[cheerful music]
[Tory] So, I set up a shelter
covered my basics:
I made a water trap,
got some yucca plants,
and some coconuts.
I mean,
it was actually really easy.
I don't know why Bear Grylls
makes a big deal of it.
Then we set up an SOS signal.
Three fires:
the international sign of SOS.
I remembered that
from cub scouts.
They'll definitely gonna see it.
How far away from the mainland
could we be?
Exactly.
[cheerful music]
So after a couple of days,
we realised
no one was coming for us
anytime soon.
We weren't going back out
into those shark-infested waters,
so we realised
Well
I realised, we were going to have
to make the best of it.
That's when we started exploring
the shoreline.
[light music]
You're not going to believe it!
Hurry up!
They are very excitable,
Americans, aren't they?
But fair enough,
Tory had found
something exciting.
[light music]
Two washed-up
shipping containers.
Richard! Look!
We could only imagine
what might be inside.
- There could be like a jet ski in here.
- Or sun cream.
- Food.
- Sunglasses!
Maybe water.
Fresh water.
- Gin!
- Yeah. Gin.
Nice designer shirts because I smell.
Alright then.
- [Richard] Condoms.
- Huh.
- They're not gonna be useful.
- They might be.
I'm gonna keep 'em.
All right.
[Richard] This is like Christmas
as a child.
It's the red bicycle,
it's the red bicycle! Oh, it's a puzzle!
Or a pair of socks!
Yeah, this is a bit upsetting.
It was so anti-climactic!
But on the bright side, the containers
were a good place to sleep,
which we needed,
because another storm rolled in.
[thunderstorm striking]
[wind blowing]
Yep, slept in a box.
But next morning, the storm had gone and
left us something pretty life changing.
Wait.
What's all that?
[intriguing music]
[Tory] Fishing nets.
Hey look,
the barrels from the boat?
- Yeah, could be.
- Look!
- Life jacket.
There's a dinghy.
The tyres.
Yep.
- Oh, wait a minute?
- Richard.
- [Richard] That is
- It's the boat!
- [Richard] It's Betty!
- It's Betty!
[cries of joy]
[Tory] We're saved!
We're saved!
- That is it!
- Oh my God!
Oh! She's come back.
All we gotta do is wait for the tide.
It's that simple.
- Oh, my God. This is the best!
- Wait!
Oh no.
[dramatic music]
[Tory sighing]
It's snapped.
I thought this was our chance.
We can't fix that, can we?
That is not going anywhere.
[soft music]
Mayday, mayday.
[Tory] Is anybody out there?
- I got terrible news.
- What?
The radio doesn't work.
- Oh, God, this is awful.
- I know it is awful.
These were polarized.
You worry about looking cool?
Richard,
the boat is in pieces.
I'm stuck on a tropical island
with no sunglasses.
UV rays.
Sight is a precious thing.
[Tory] Ah, gee!
My stuff's ruined.
Granted,
this is sub-ideal,
but look at all this stuff
we got now.
You're right.
And between the two of us,
we might be able to build something
to get us rescued.
Better yet,
to get us off this island.
Or to make our lives better
whilst we're on the island.
Sure.
The boat was full
of really useful stuff
that could make island life
more enjoyable.
So we decided to grab
as much of it as we could
before another storm
blew it all away again.
[light music]
- Richard!
- What?
- Tools!
- Oh yeah!
And they work!
- Woohoo!
- You see?
Smiling already.
He's happy!
[upbeat music]
Oh, look at you!
Old,
leathery,
peeling and out-of-shape.
I shall call you Clarkson,
and you can be my friend.
[soft music]
We didn't know what would
be useful to help us escape,
so I came up with a plan:
Strip the boat, take everything,
even the big stuff.
Yeah, I remember that day.
It all got a bit
too much like hard work.
[light music]
- Ready Richard?
- Yeah.
- Heave!
- Ho!
[groaning in pain]
Oh!
- Heave!
- Oh!
[groaning]
Oh, it's so heavy!
- Are you even pushing?
- Yeah!
- OK let's try this again. Here we go.
- Yeah.
Ready?
Three, two
one.
Heave!
Whoa! Whoa!
You've come off the logs and now it's
Oh!
- What is it, anyway?
- It's a boiler.
We don't need it,
it's 30 degrees in the shade.
- I don't know. It might get cold.
- It's not gonna get cold.
- What do you propose we do?
- Hang on.
Why don't we make
something to pull this with?
A car.
I'd tie this behind my car
at home, and drag it along.
So you want to build a car
to drag the rest of this stuff back
to our beach.
- We'll kill ourselves doing it by hand.
All right,
if you think it'll work.
A car can do anything.
A car?
I know.
Don't get me started.
It was a dumb idea but
I couldn't stop him.
Right!
I need an engine!
[Tory] So, while he was
doing that,
I tried every SOS signal
I could think of.
The most important thing
was getting off the island.
[soft music]
Hey, Richard!
Would you stop doing that?
Is that a boat, there?
I can't see anything.
I'm blinded.
Do you think boats are like budgies?
They won't flock to a mirror.
Where'd you get that motor?
- Where?
- Yeah.
- I went to the hardware store.
- I didn't see that one.
- It was for pulling in lines.
- Huh! You still on that car kick?
That is the heart of the beast.
- You dragged it here?
- Yes.
By yourself?
No, I used the other bloke
who's been with us.
I'm impressed.
I love what you've done
with the workshop.
You'll love
the car even more.
Welcome. Here it is.
This is the chassis of my car.
You mean the frame.
- No.
- It's a frame.
It's a chassis.
- A "tchassis".
- No, "shassis".
"Sh-Sh" chassis.
[Tory] Why is it out of wood?
It's all I've got.
And wood's good for this.
Can you do that by hand?
- I am doing it by hand.
- No, the screw driver.
We shouldn't waste the batteries
we have on your little project.
As I was saying,
using wood because it's light,
lighter than you think
for its strength, it doesn't rust.
It is a bit weak in actual flexion,
some shear strength in there.
I've put triangulation pieces
to transfer the loads into compression,
it's better and it will help
hold everything against torsion.
Triangles are just brilliant.
I love triangles.
Look at that.
That is strength in that triangle.
So this is like the world's
most overbuilt soapbox cart.
Come in my workshop
and use terms like that is derogatory.
This my friend, is a car.
If you could build a car,
why wouldn't you build a boat?
Have you seen the size
of the Pacific Ocean?
We could have been thousands of miles
from land and I'm not
I can't think of any boat builder,
but I'm not one.
And anyway,
what was the rush?
The island was nice
and building cars is fun.
[dramatic music]
So these are my inner tubes.
Here we go.
Oh yeah!
I gotta give him credit,
I mean the design was pretty good.
But when he started
talking about speed
that's when he lost his mind.
[light music]
Oh. Actual metal.
- Yeah, this is gonna be my rear axle.
- Okay.
I've only got
these two sprockets.
This one and that one.
I've got a choice.
This is my engine.
- This one works out at about 1:1.
- It's very fast.
- Yeah!
- Yeah.
The only other one I have
is this
which works out
at about 1:4 as a ratio.
So four rotations of this
returns one of that.
- Right.
- It's a little slower, more torque.
- Yeah.
- But slower.
- Which
Your question is which sprocket
you want to go with.
- I want to develop this.
- The logical choice
is the bigger sprocket.
It's got more torque.
The whole point is to drag
heavy objects from the boat
to our base camp.
If you're going with that?
you're looking at speed.
Yeah, so if I go with this,
I'm trading
torque for speed.
- Yeah.
- But one of those things
is speed.
- The other one is just torque.
- But we need torque
for this.
We're towing heavy objects.
While you're having fun
with your go kart,
I'm gonna do something
to actually get us out of here.
What's wrong with you?
Why can't you just enjoy yourself a bit?
Everything's all about escape,
when we're having a nice time.
We need torque!
Speed!
I wasn't just standing around
watching a lunatic obsess
over speed,
I was busy trying to find
a way off the island.
[soft music]
[horn]
Oh yeah!
Oh my God.
Check out my ride!
You did it, Richard!
You built a car!
- I did.
- This is incredible.
Man, it feels so good
to be in a car again. I got wheels.
- It's adorable.
- Yeah! Brilliant!
- Oh my God.
- It's good, isn't it.
- This is so cool.
- Yep!
Is that a fin
for the downforce?
These break wing-tip vortices, which
you'd get over the edge without these,
thus making more effect
of the downforce.
Found an old surfboard
for the nose cone.
- [Tory] I love it!
- Yeah.
I am actually impressed,
but
I don't think it's gonna work.
The steering is gonna be
all over the place,
the gearing's completely wrong.
It's not gonna pull anything,
especially through the sand.
It has sidepipes.
You're criticizing a car
with sidepipes.
You didn't strike me
as that kind of man.
Listen
You're criticizing a car
with sidepipes!
Look at those babies!
[Tory] We're not gonna drag
anything with this.
- So it's no good?
- Yeah, it's not gonna work.
- Could you do better?
- I know I could do better.
- Oh really?
- Yep.
- Well, go on then.
- All right.
- Do better.
- I will.
- Do.
- I will.
Do it.
I'm outta here.
Sayonara!
[light music]
[Tory] Once I threw that message
in a bottle?
That was it.
I'd tried everything to get
an SOS to the world.
After that, I realised it was time
to get my hands dirty.
[upbeat music]
Ow!
This razor is getting blunt.
What are you doing anyway?
- I'm welding.
- Welding?
Yeah. You only need
three batteries to make a stick welder.
I put them in series,
that way I get
about thirty-six volts.
I found some sticks
on the ship.
Then what I did is attach
one electric end to the metal,
the other to my rod.
When I get it close to the metal,
it creates an arc
which melts the steel
and allows me to weld.
That's welding?
- Yeah.
- Which you can do.
Would have been good to know.
I've just built a car out of wood!
Yeah. You can't weld wood.
We can make stuff.
What is that?
My vehicle.
- Your what?
- My vehicle?
Wait a minute.
So, you agree with me about building
a car to pull the stuff we need to save?
Well, I didn't agree with you
until I saw your vehicle
and I knew
it wasn't gonna work.
So I'm building one
that will actually help us.
- Your is better than mine?
- Way better.
Right. We'll sort this out
in the only way that matters.
- How's that?
- I'll see you on the track.
Huh? All right.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- See you out there.
- See you on the track.
Wait, we're on a desert island.
- There's no track.
- I'll build one and I'll see you on it.
- Okay.
- Whatever.
Going down, cowboy.
[light music]
It's simple.
If you wanna know who has the best
vehicle, there is only one way to do it.
Which is..?
Have you really seen none
of my TV shows?
A race!
You have a race!
[dramatic music]
I'm pulling it to the start line because
we could only salvage so much fuel,
and once it's gone
it's gone, Clarkson.
- What the hell is that?
- That's Clarkson.
But what the hell is that?
This is my screw tank
and you're screwed.
[American anthem]
How did you make it?
Where did you get these?
[Tory] These are the intakes
from the ship,
the engine
is from the generator.
The hydraulic motors
are from the net hoists.
- Wait until you see it in action.
- How much does it weigh?
I have no idea.
I'm sure a lot.
But the whole point of this
is gonna be pulling power.
So at first I wanted to make
some kind of tank tracks,
but I didn't have
anything strong for my tracks.
So I ended up going
with helixes.
The spirally things
down the side?
- They're not spirals,
they're helixes.
A helix is actually one
of the greatest inventions.
It takes a small turning force
and turns into a large
forward thrusting force.
Are you gonna tunnel your way off
the island. Does it go like?
No, they allow me
to push through the sand
and get across the finish line
before you.
You know you're mad?
Just saying.
As soon as I saw
the size of Tory's tank
Oh.
- His tank?
- Yeah.
I knew it must weigh a ton.
The race was in the bag,
I was ready to rocket
my way to victory.
[upbeat music]
Did you waste a life jacket
to make a crash helmet?
I've got a history with these things.
I'm wearing a helmet.
- You look like Luke Skywalker.
- You're an amateur.
You don't giggle, now.
This is serious.
Gold leader one to Luke.
Stay on target!
- Stop being childish!
- All right, let's do this.
- OK.
- May the best man win.
That's me.
Start your engines.
I've gotta get out.
I thought you were
the car racing guy?
I didn't build it
for a Le Mans start.
[engine revving]
- You gonna go mow the lawn?
- Shut up.
- [engine revving loudly]
- Oh my God!
[screaming] OK.
Well, when you're ready,
pull the rope and Clarkson
will start us.
[Tory] Here we go,
on three,
two,
one.
Go!
And they're off!
You pulled Clarkson off!
Richard Hammond takes the lead.
[upbeat music]
[Richard] Oh, this is mine
to win.
First corner coming up!
[Tory] And he's out of control!
[Richard screaming]
I only have limited steering!
Yoo-hoo!
[upbeat music]
[Richard] What's he doing?
He's going bloody sideways!
That's not allowed.
Tory pulled out
his secret weapon,
which is going side-to-side.
Oh no!
Tory seems to be stuck in a rut.
[Richard laughing] Don't discount me
yet. Come on, old girl!
Come on, screw tank,
work with me!
What are you doing?
You're ruining the track!
Eat my dust, Richard!
Ow! Ow! Ow!
What's he done to the ground?
He's turned it into a rally course!
The ride is not brilliant,
I'll be honest.
Because there's no suspension.
Ground clearance is a problem.
And if you're following
a screw tank, it's a nightmare.
Ow. Ow. God!
Oh-oh,
here comes Richard Hammond.
He's catching up with Tory,
but Tory's gonna block him.
And Richard Hammond
takes the lead!
I just got to make this left.
Turn! Turn!
Turn, you
[beep]
Turn!
I can only go right,
I can't do left.
No worries.
Richard Hammond has
once again lost the track.
I'll try to steer
my way back round.
[laughing]
Eat it, Hammond!
Woohoo!
Come on! Come on!
Oh, God!
Richard Hammond seems
to be having technical difficulties.
Damn!
[Richard] Come on!
Richard Hammond
might be out of the race.
Start, damn you!
I feel victory coming!
Please!
Please!
I can see the finish line!
This is your last chance!
This is it!
Last chance ever!
And then I destroy you.
[motor revving]
Good. Well, wait for me,
you bloody idiot, we got to go
together or it doesn't count!
[laughing]
Yes!
This isn't a race
if I'm not in you!
Don't hit the barrels.
Oh, come back, damn you!
Here we go! Here's the finish.
And Tory Belleci
has crossed the line!
- No!
- Victory!
No!
Woohoo!
Damn you!
[Tory laughing]
I told you you'd have a problem
with that steering!
He's bloody won!
The finish line's over here.
- Woohoo! I win.
- What did you win?
Ha! Your stupid race.
What's a race got to do with anything
we built these for?
These aren't designed for speed,
they're for pulling stuff.
So we've had our fun
which is a waste of time
and childish and immature, but OK.
You're feeling better. Good.
Now let's test them.
We built these for moving stuff that
we can't move by hand. What we need
is a drag race.
Richard, this whole race idea
was yours.
- Yeah, whatever.
- I said
- I said that in the beginning!
- Let's go!
- Drag race. Come on.
- All right, you're on.
So you waste your whole time
racing each other?
No.
No, I just needed to quickly humiliate
Tory's stupid tortoise tank
so I set up a load pulling test
with some heavy stuff
and two sledges.
[upbeat music]
This was your idea.
Just remember that.
OK.
If we're ready
Start your engine
[engine revving]
Three, two, one, go!
[upbeat music]
Come on!
Do you wanna push?
Goddammit,
are you no good at anything?
[laughing]
Woohoo!
Almost there!
Yes!
Victory is mine!
Ours! We made something that works!
That is gonna save our lives.
Aha! We're good.
That is gonna pull
everything we need.
- Hold on a minute.
- We've done it.
Your car's still there.
Yeah, and this could
pull that as well.
We have done it.
Yeah?
- Gosh.
- This is good. We've done it.
We are winners.
- We made something amazing!
- You just won't let me win!
Being a sore loser is one thing.
But trying to take credit
for my screw tank?
The nerve of this guy!
[upbeat music]
This is brilliant!
Oh yeah!
Woohoo!
[laughing]
And you were angry
about this?
No. No.
No.
Yes.
[upbeat music]
We invented something to shift
all the salvaged supplies
from the boat wreck
to the camp.
It was brilliant.
Although not necessarily
the quickest.
[light music]
There in a second!
Hurry up!
Here I come!
Full throttle!
I'm on my way!
Hurry up, Richard!
Nearly there!
Here I come!
Let's enjoy for the first time
in a long time, a nice sit down.
- That is better.
- Oh yeah.
Can I just say,
a nice sit down
is the single best thing
life can afford a chap.
You're right.
Name any activity in life
that can't be enhanced
by breaking off and saying:
"This is great, Angelina.
I'm gonna break off for a while
and have a nice sit down."
That said,
I'm starving.
- Yeah.
- I'm hungry. We could sit down and eat.
How'd you fancy another of
our favourite game of can roulette?
All right.
Look away.
I go that one.
- There you go.
- All right.
This is already so much better.
- Maybe it's sardines.
- Sitting down
I got beans! Oh!
I got some kind of stew thing.
It's dog food.
[Tory] That's disgusting.
My dog likes it.
I got beans.
Oh yeah.
[retching]
Do you mind?
I'm eating.
How did I get stuck
with this can?
At this point, I'd say
things were going pretty well.
We had shipping containers
for shelter.
We'd built our own cars
out of scrap.
We were
you know,
living in a tropical paradise.
But oh no,
none of that was enough
for Mr Misery Guts.
[intriguing music]
This is depressing.
Something's off with this island.
This is all we could catch!
Oh, for crying out loud,
it's an island.
It's the sea, there's fish in it.
We'll catch some eventually.
- What the hell?
- What?
Look, the camp!
What?
So now we're running?
I hate running on sand.
- [Richard] Everything's fallen over.
- Fallen over?
- Someone's wrecked it!
- Someone?
- Look at the footprints.
- That's ours. We were running.
[Tory] No. Those are new.
No, they're ours.
But I agree.
Something's done it. Something came out
the woods: pig, maybe.
It's people.
- Rats. Big rats.
- This is not good.
- This is not good at all.
- Whoa!
- Everything's come off the sledge.
- We're not alone.
It's like we had a party.
Did we have one?
Oh no!
Oh. Oh!
It's all right. Come on, my precious.
There you go. Come on, babies.
- They left your autobiographies?
-Yeah.
They must have good taste, then.
These are important,
precious memories. Priceless.
- Richard.
- Yeah?
They found us.
Which means they're gonna be back.
We have to move camp.
We can't stay here.
Bit drastic, mate.
I've settled in.
Gotta move
to higher ground.
Yeah, we're on a beach.
Pick the nearest mountain.
It's a beach.
It's all flat.
- What do you suggest?
- Tell you what,
we're good at building stuff.
- Yeah.
We've built a tank.
Right.
Yeah, well, why don't we
build a house on legs
on the beach with a sea view.
Like your house in Malibu.
I don't have a house
in Malibu.
You do.
You've all got 'em.
No.
We'll build a bigger,
better one. Come on.
- Put that down. Let's go.
- All right.
- I really don't own a house in Malibu.
- Make it beautiful!
Wild boar.
That's probably what it was.
Very grumpy wild boar.
Not bogeymen.
That was just in Tory's brain.
He still wasn't up for building
a giant treehouse.
I mean? come on,
it's every schoolboy's dream!
Schoolboys.
[light music]
[Tory] So, we started
building straight away.
Gathering all the debris,
salvage wood and bamboo
we could find.
We used Richard's
triangular framework
to make the structure
strong as possible.
[upbeat music]
Once we drained
all the power tools,
we carried on by hand.
[upbeat music]
The whole build took six weeks!
Six weeks of us
stuck on that island.
The only upside is,
by the time it was done,
it was awesome.
I don't know about you,
Richard, but I am impressed.
It's amazing what you can do
when you have time.
Yeah, it's good.
[orchestral music]
There is scope to go bigger
in the future.
Good thing is
we've now got a home
that we can improve. Americans love
doing home improvements.
Keep you happy.
You got something to be proud of.
- You know?
- That's awesome.
- We can be proud of ourselves.
- Yep.
- I feel good.
- Yucca chip?
[light music]
- They're French fries, Richard.
- It's chip.
We've been through this.
[light music]
After all that work, you would think
Tory might be happy.
But oh no.
I was starting to feel pretty good
about the island life.
But then there was
the sail incident.
[dramatic music]
[Tory] We took a trip
to the boat to see if there was
any useful salvage.
Where's the sail?
- [Richard] What?
- The sail. Where is it?
The sail?
Yeah. The big thing
that was over here.
- The roof?
- Yeah.
I don't have it.
- Sorry?
- I don't have it.
- Where'd it go?
- You got it?
- No, I don't have it.
- It's gone.
- What do you mean it's gone?
- Do we need this pipe?
What do you mean
by gone?
It's not there. That's what
I mean. I don't know.
I tied it here.
It's blown away.
It's a sail.
Do you want this pipe?
I'm gonna take it.
There is no way that sail blew off
these sticks. I tied them securely.
Well, it's a sail.
They're tricky. They tend to
I dunno, sail.
- Oh look.
- [Tory] I don't know, man.
You know what,
if you see a sail thief,
you can film on that. It's got a camera
in its face. There you go.
Catch them in the act.
Hey, it works.
This is Tory Belleci,
but you probably knew that.
If anybody finds this camera,
you need to know
what actually happened.
Richard Hammond
took me on a fishing trip.
He crashed the boat on a deserted
island. And we are stuck here.
And we might not be alone.
If anyone finds this,
please
tell my family I love them.
Yeah, come and see
our cool tree house.
Come on, show them.
I want to show it off.
I want to go home.
Well, we're going home.
To our treehouse.
- I mean real home.
- That is our real home.
Bring bunny.
Well after the whole sail thing,
he became obsessed
that we weren't alone.
It became a real problem
for me.
[soft music]
Richard, you decent?
Richard.
Richard.
That's how to tell a story.
What?
I don't mean to be a downer,
but base camps just
don't tear themselves apart.
Sails don't magically disappear.
I mean
What if somebody is here
on the island with us?
Tory, you are killing
my buzz here.
Look at what we've got going on.
Look at this.
Listen to the sea.
Listen to the parrots.
- We've got a fantastic thing going on.
- But I just feel like
we need to come up with a plan in case?
- In case of what?
- There is somebody here.
- There is somebody here. Me!
and you're ruining it for me.
Better be safe than sorry.
Oh, right. Okay.
As a side project,
I will build for you
a security system here.
At our house.
Feel better?
- Yeah, much better.
- Good.
- Great. Can't wait.
- Go to your room.
- Feel better already.
- Good.
- Go feel better in your room.
- Yeah. I feel comfy.
Thanks, Richard.
Good talk.
That's why I made
an anti-intruder system.
Not so much to protect us,
more to stop him moaning
so I could have a nice time.
[intriguing music]
Hey, Richard.
What's that?
Well whoa!
Just be careful.
This is the security system
I've built for you.
Oh, is this some kind of
predator net trap or something?
-Yep.
Predator net trap something
was my mission statement
when I was building this.
You can see
where this is going.
Whoa!
Just be very careful.
So cunningly and invisibly concealed
beneath the sand here
is a large net gathered together
at this point. This rope goes up there
to that pulley,
which is up high
because along there
next to it
is that counterweight.
As that falls,
it'll accelerate and that'll accelerate
all the more the net
and we'll catch whoever
or whatever it is up there.
I've put enough weight in there
that anything this side
of a thieving T-Rex
will be gathered up in it
and suspended there
for us to see we've caught them.
Err, does it work?
I should imagine so.
Did you test it?
- That's where you come in.
- Okay, shall we use a stick and just?
We should test it on a live subject
and who cares most about,
you know, invaders?
Oh, so you want me to actually be in it
when we test it?
- Uhh!
- So you gotta stand there.
- The trip wire's here.
- OK.
Put your foot over it
and stand there.
Now, let me just get into my position.
Erm
So the net under me
is going to scoop me up?
- Yeah.
- Richard, will I get hurt?
Probably not.
Look at it this way,
if you are hurt
then you'll feel
even more secure because
whoever is trying to get you
is going to be hurt.
That is not comforting.
It is. Totally is, mate.
Come on. It is.
Close your eyes.
There will be a lot of sand
and pain.
OK, go on then.
Oh, this was such a dumb idea.
- All right.
- Yeah.
- In three, two, one
- Wait a minute!
Before you do this,
can you impersonate whatever you think
is going to attack us?
- Not now.
- Walk how to make sure it works!
This sucks.
Look, I'm not worried.
- Yeah.
- Be more like me.
- OK, here we go.
- Yeah.
- In three, two
- Wait a minute!
What?
Got anything in your pockets
that might be useful to me?
This is torture.
- You hate me?
- No. We're testing.
Observing is hard.
I've got to focus.
In three, two,
one.
[shouts of joy]
- Look at that! It worked!
- It worked, Richard! That was awesome!
- [engine revving]
- What the hell is that?
Well, it's my alarm,
I fitted it as an extra.
- What?
- It's an alarm!
- I can't hear you!
- It's brilliant!
Quite simple to make.
You need a spinning rotor in the middle.
It spins inside a cylinder
with holes around the outside.
When the rotor spins, centrifugal force
forces the air out the holes.
That creates
a pulsating wave of air,
which is sound.
You figured that out?
It's how World War II
sirens worked.
I got no power,
so it started with a rip cord.
The weight comes down,
pulls the cord and spins it.
- Richard, that is so cool!
- I know!
- But you're just a car guy.
- No.
I can do stuff.
- You see?
- Can you get me down now?
- Let you down?
- Yes, please.
- I haven't fitted that.
- Uh.
I hate heights.
Richard, let me down!
[soft music]
[Richard] Good night, Richard.
Good night, Richard.
Good night, Richard.
Did you forget someone?
Oh, yeah.
Good night, Clarkson.
[intriguing music]
Hello, darling.
We're still here, obviously,
but you know?
Things are looking up.
We built a house
and an alarm system
with the net, so,
I don't know,
I kind of feel safe finally.
We're doing everything
we can to get rescued.
But, you know what? For the first time,
I feel like tonight
I'm going to get
some good sleep.
I love you. I miss you.
I hope to see you soon.
Goodnight.
[intriguing music]
[engine revving]
Richard! The alarm!
If anybody finds this,
this is probably my last entry.
We are probably dead by now.
They're here.
They're coming for us.
It's go time.
Richard!
They're coming!
[Richard] They're coming!
Who's coming?
- [Tory] I don't know!
- Oh no!
- [Tory] Somebody's in the trap!
- It works! Oh God, it works!
[Tory] Man your station!
- [Richard] Which is my station?
- This is it!
- [Tory] I can feel it!
- Clarkson, save me!
- [Tory] Hand me that oar!
- Oh no, I can't find my shoes!
- [Tory] Hand me that oar!
- That's not an oar!