The Summit (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

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♪
Welcome to Aotearoa,
New Zealand.
16 everyday Americans.
[grunting]
MANU: embarked on
a million-dollar mission
♪
to reach the summit
in 14 days.
JEANNIE:
Summit, here we come!
- [Rose whooping]
- [groaning]
THERRON:
You just got to keep going.
- Ah, please, God.
- [screams]
What did I sign up for?
MANU: The group has already
shed blood
- BECKYLEE: Tony?
- MANU: sweat and tears
GEOFF:
Sorry, Bo.
MANU: on their way
up the mountain,
all to keep the money
on their backs.
Oh, God, I'm dropping!
[screams]
MANU: With the mountain's
keeper watching every move
ROSE:
You guys, look.
MANU:
no one is safe.
BECKYLEE: "Two struggling
members of your group
"can hitch a ride on
a helicopter to the next camp.
"But
tonight,
there'll be no food."
I do feel like they should go.
MANU:
And at the checkpoint camp
You all have another chance
to steal somebody's money
by voting them off.
alliances were tested.
DENNIS: Geoff is the
scariest threat on this mountain,
and I will throw
his name out there.
I can truthfully say
that I wasn't going for Geoff.
If you want to vote Geoff off
the mountain, put your hand up.
[laughing]
MANU: Tonight,
with just 11 days
[grunts]
and 11 people remaining
- JEANNIE: Oh!
- DUSTY: Oh, oh, oh.
Holy crap.
You can't see a thing.
- MANU: ice and snow
- It's not good, bro.
MANU:
add to the already
treacherous battle
for survival
The snow is getting
worse and worse.
We're stuck.
MANU:
where you never know
who will be cut
from the mountain.
THERRON:
"It's a cliff so difficult,
- you should partner up."
- NICK: Oh, damn.
JEANNIE:
Whoever's not afraid of heights,
I would like to go
with somebody if I could.
I'm gonna go with Amy.
JEANNIE: Just opened my
eyes to who really has my back.
I don't have a partner yet.
And who doesn't.
[grunting]
I'm not letting you go.
JENNYE:
Nope. I don't want to do this.
Ah!
- DENNIS: Guys, watch out.
- JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
- PUNKIN: All right, open it.
- JEANNIE: Oh, my God.
I'm gonna piss
a lot of people off.
♪
It's an emotionally taxing day.
DUSTY: So that was
interesting. Geoff got voted off.
Frankly, being
in really good shape
and being a decent athlete
can kind of hurt you
in these scenarios.
Physically, I can do
anything he can do.
- Probably better.
- DENNIS: Hey, Dusty,
- can I talk to you real quick?
- DUSTY: Yeah.
So I'm doing everything I can
to just be myself,
which hopefully it doesn't
bite me in the butt.
I had to tell Dusty
that I did lie.
I wanted Dusty to get
on my side.
He's someone that I can
really trust in this game
up until I need to just
cut him off loose.
Shweta and I were the ones
that wanted to get Geoff out.
I do apologize, bro to bro,
and I hope
you can forgive me.
And I'm sorry about lying
about that.
No, I appreciate
you coming clean about it.
And honestly,
even having the t like,
the time to be able to come
and talk and, like,
- just be transparent.
- Yeah.
DUSTY:
My biggest concern,
actually, since day one,
um, was Dennis.
I don't trust him.
I don't think he's been
that genuine of a person.
I kind of felt like
he had a hidden agenda.
I don't want to jinx it,
but I actually don't think
the next vote is gonna be
a very hard one.
JEANNIE:
I'm exhausted. Good night.
[Punkin groans]
They just eliminated Geoff,
and I am pissed.
JENNYE:
Oh. Home, sweet, home.
PUNKIN: Now I'm looking
at everybody side-eye.
Who am I working with now?
- [chuckles] Here. Us.
- Us.
Okay, I know us.
But who else?
Because obviously
we need more than just us.
- Yeah, we have
- And we're
We're in a really
good spot right now.
- Yeah.
- And I can tell you, um,
Nick
- PUNKIN: Okay.
- BECKYLEE: Pati.
- PUNKIN: Mm-hmm.
- BECKYLEE: You, me.
- Therron, um
- Mm-hmm.
PUNKIN: Beckylee says
she's still in my corner.
I just have
to figure out where
my next move is gonna be,
and I think I got to make it
my best move.
So, are y'all
not working with Dennis?
'Cause he said Geoff's name
in the first, like, day or two.
- THERRON: Day, yeah.
- BECKYLEE: Yeah.
You have to have the numbers,
but then you have to know,
like, who you can go.
- You know what I mean?
- Mm-hmm.
And I want to get your thoughts.
We were thinking Rob.
- Could go?
- Yeah.
He's just sketchy.
PUNKIN:
I'm trying to figure out
what the heck happened
with Robert.
What he did tonight
just does not sit well with me.
I really don't think
he's as in with the other side
as he think he is.
DENNIS:
What Oh!
PUNKIN: He said that he was
gonna work with
Geoff and then flipped
his vote for the majority.
And then, I'm like
Stop being wishy-washy.
Stop playing a scared game.
It kind of tells me
that he can't be trusted.
Okay, I'm-I'm cold.
I-I got to go.
- Yeah, I know.
- Okay. Well
We're in the same tent,
aren't we?
- Cheers?
- Oh, yeah.
- Cheerios.
- You're not in the tent with us?
I'm in Oh, yeah, yeah.
- [sputters] Wow.
- Let's go home.
PUNKIN:
Night.
[thunder rolling]
MANU: The group has
spent the last five days
finding their pace
and gaining momentum
toward the summit.
But today, Mother Nature has
something else in store.
Holy crap.
You can't see a thing.
Day six. Woke up,
heard some things
slapping the tent.
Got outside, and it's, uh,
snowing.
It is freezing,
windy, foggy.
JEANNIE:
Oh, my God, Amy.
This is insane.
It's not good, bro.
[exclaims]
NICK:
Being from Louisiana,
I don't know
if I've ever seen snow.
- BECKYLEE: Our first snow.
- PUNKIN: Wow.
Merry Christmas.
-Us Californians aren't
used to this.
-I know.
I haven't seen snow in,
like, three, four years.
JEANNIE:
Really? Oh
THERRON:
I only deal with heat in L.A.,
but we got snow.
I'm happy to see it,
but I hope it's not here all day
because hiking is gonna suck.
If it keeps as bad as this is,
we might actually
have to just
- PUNKIN: Hunker down.
- THERRON: Yeah.
I mean, I've never been
in a whiteout,
but it looks
Like, I can't see anything.
THERRON:
Visibility is bad.
I did not expect to wake up
to a whiteout.
I think we've been pretty lucky
and fortunate
with the weather so far,
but New Zealand is
completely unpredictable,
especially here
in the mountains.
DUSTY: Kind of an
interesting morning, obviously,
as you guys are seeing.
Pretty white.
I get a little bit worried,
and if you guys disagree,
please let me know.
But I get a little bit worried
about safety
trying to navigate in this.
I don't want to end up somewhere
where we can't even
hunker down for the night.
If you guys want to,
we could play it by ear
and see if it opens up,
but I don't know.
♪
NICK: Realistically, there's no
way to tell which direction to go.
There's just no way.
JENNYE:
You can't navigate.
There's nothing that you can
even see above you
The sun. Nothing.
You can't navigate.
I get, I get worried, too,
because even if we think
we know where we're going,
if we end up going
the wrong way,
we might be backtracking,
having to double-time it
or even triple-time it.
We're stuck.
We're stuck at this camp.
We don't have enough line
of sight to actually navigate.
And the snow is slowly
getting worse and worse.
So I'm stressed out
because the clock's ticking
on the amount of time we have
to actually get
where we need to go.
ROBERT:
We want to make sure we have
bags packed up,
so that way, if it clears up
and we need to go, we can go.
Other worry is that
we have a timeline, right?
We have 14 days to make it
to the summit,
and now we're just saying
we're gonna do nothing today?
It sucks, because
I did want to get a move on.
We have 14 days to get
this done, no matter what.
But there are people
that are weaker than me,
and I think
they're gonna struggle.
It's clear that Amy
and Pati are our slowest,
and I feel like now
we have to double book it
to make up for this,
this weather.
PATI:
What about our water?
I-I don't know how much
we have in there.
DUSTY: We could also boil
some of the snow that's nearby.
All right, so. Yeah.
What can we put the snow in
that we can melt it in?
DUSTY:
I'll go with you, Jeannie.
- JEANNIE: It's gonna be heavy bringing it up.
- DUSTY: Yeah.
So, can we talk about food?
- THERRON: Yeah.
- What are the options we have?
PATI:
We still have noodles.
ROBERT: I don't
think the bread's edible.
- We have a little hummus.
- BECKYLEE: Oh, we do.
- PATI: We have hummus and tapenade.
- BECKYLEE: And olives.
PATI: And olives,
and-and tomatoes and stuff.
- BECKYLEE: Yeah.
- PATI: So we could do that.
♪
I'm feeling very, very low.
I'm feeling very isolated.
I'm feeling very alone.
Everybody that I was gonna
work with is now gone,
so I need to start making
some new relationships.
After last night, like,
how are you feeling?
I think now kind of the game's
switched a little bit
after that vote.
I don't trust
I really don't trust Rob
right now.
AMY: I don't understand
why he did that.
He still can't make me
understand.
PUNKIN: I don't, I don't
understand it either.
But what I do know is
I think he tried to play
the middle of both sides.
He tried to be on our side,
and then he tried to be
on the other side, too.
-And then
-He's just gonna
coast the middle?
I don't think he can
coast the middle
because he's not good at it
because both sides know
- that he's in the mid
- Have seen it.
- [laughs] He was trying to
- You showed your cards.
You showed your cards.
I don't trust Dennis, either.
I wanted to call him out,
so bad yesterday,
I'm like, you are lying
through your teeth right now.
You know I have
to nominate Geoff.
Who brought up Geoff's name?
I-I didn't throw
Geoff's name out.
I can truthfully say
that I wasn't going for Geoff.
Wouldn't that be reason enough
to know we can't trust Dennis?
Like, we can say
we're always looking for a why
for the next person.
- Dennis. Yeah.
- He lied.
- Yeah, for sure.
- So now he's put himself
- on the chopping block.
- Yeah. Yeah.
PUNKIN:
Right now, I think I just have
to continue to play my game
so I can make it to the summit.
But I don't trust Dennis.
So, definitely sleeping
with one eye open.
DENNIS: This terrible
weather, it means adversity.
It means people are
gonna struggle.
And I need people to struggle,
'cause after last night,
clearly, I'm a target.
But Pati is my number one girl.
She has my back, no matter what.
DENNIS:
I'm out here to be a savage.
Maybe I came on too strong
in the beginning.
I think I need to do
a little bit of damage control.
And me just staying down low
in the sewers like a cockroach,
it's my best approach
to this game.
The Korean cockroach
still lives. [laughs]
I still really don't understand
your decision to flip.
My decision to flip was
because Dusty wasn't feeling
a connection to Geoff as well.
And with Dusty,
they had the full numbers.
I kept trying to switch it
over to Dennis.
-Mm-hmm.
-It wasn't until
we got here to the vote
that I knew that wasn't
getting it switched over.
PUNKIN:
Yeah, but then that just
makes me think,
like, what if it was me?
-Would you've just voted
with everybody?
-Oh. No. I would not have with
you.
-Well, that
I don't know that now.
But I'm telling you,
and you can,
-you can believe me or not,
-PUNKIN: Mm-hmm.
I feel solid with Jennye, you
and Dusty, that's who I do.
And I don't know
if you feel solid with me.
-Mm-hmm.
-And if this hurt that,
I-I do, I sincerely apologize,
-but I spent all day trying
to get it switched to Dennis.
-Yeah.
I really like you
and I really respect you.
- I will never say your name.
- [chuckling]: Okay.
It worries me that, uh, flipping
does put a target on my back,
and it's got me on edge.
It's got me worried.
It's kind of putting me
in a corner
and making me feel
very vulnerable.
And I kind of need
to keep my ear to the ground
and figure out
what to do to fix it.
♪
PUNKIN:
Hey, y'all.
It looks a little better
than yesterday.
JEANNIE:
Yeah, look at that.
That window's getting
a little bit bigger.
We're starting to be able
to see things.
[whooping,
indistinct chattering]
DUSTY: Brutal
morning. Uh, we woke up
and most of us
are already freezing.
Most of us get cold at,
like, 4:00 a.m.
You kind of start shivering
at 04:00 a.m. as it is.
But we need to make
some sort of progress today,
otherwise, it's gonna get
more and more bleak
as we move forward.
It's a little foggy,
but it's better than yesterday.
What do you guys think about
making some progress today?
-PUNKIN: We have a 14-day
deadline, and
-JENNYE: We just have no time.
NICK: I think if we miss
another day, there's just no way
we're gonna make it.
- We have to get going.
- JENNYE: Right. Right.
ROBERT:
Let's get going. Let's move.
♪
NICK: We've been snowed in
probably for over 24 hours now.
You can see the sun trying
to peek in.
There is a little blue sky
at the top
of that mountain up there.
And everyone's getting
a little antsy right now,
so I think we'll be
taking off here soon.
JEANNIE:
We're coming for you!
- [Amy laughs]
- JEANNIE: You hear me?
AMY: Maybe another
day. Today we're just
JEANNIE: These two
moms are coming for you!
NICK:
Here we go.
♪
MANU: After losing an entire
day to whiteout snow conditions,
the current weather provides
an opportunity for the group
to get moving again.
They must now descend
nearly 2,000 vertical feet
over several miles
to the valley below
to reach their next
checkpoint camp.
- PUNKIN: It's slippery.
- Slick.
PUNKIN:
It's very steep.
ROBERT: We have time
to make up, so we have to
move safely, but we have
to move quickly.
We're gonna have to push
some people.
- PATI: Good job, mom.
- AMY: I just don't want
to [bleep] my knee up,
so I'm gonna fall if I need to.
ROBERT: Not a good
place to fall, so be careful.
There's definitely some people
who are moving slower.
That's not to say
they don't have strength.
[groans]
[bleep]
ROBERT:
But we have to think
about what's gonna help us move
at the right pace
to get to the summit.
THERRON:
You see the sign?
BECKYLEE:
Oh, we got a note up here.
- JENNYE: Oh, is there a note?
- BECKYLEE: Yeah.
JEANNIE:
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
THERRON:
[sighs] Oh, no.
"To reach the summit, you must
traverse the sheer cliff."
NICK:
Oh, damn.
THERRON: "It's a cliff so
difficult, you should partner up
"because you will need
the support.
"One should be the leader
and one should be the follower.
So choose wisely
and don't look down."
Whoo.
"The clock is ticking."
JENNYE:
This mountain cat is
second-guessing
her life choices.
There's no way, man.
- One wrong step and you're done.
- Yeah, and you're down.
My worst nightmare.
I'm deadly afraid of heights.
I don't even want to look
there. Oh, my God.
I just cannot do this.
This might be my last obstacle.
♪
MANU:
Coming up
Someone's got to go
by themselves at the end.
JEANNIE: If someone is
comfortable in heights,
I would like to go with them.
Who's comfortable?
Jennye, you have a partner?
JENNYE:
I do.
JEANNIE:
I'm really just upset.
Like, I thought I had
a little stronger connection
with a couple of people here
that they would pick me
as a partner.
- [yelps]
- You're okay.
I am not moving
from this position.
-Okay.
-I'm gonna [bleep] stay
right here.
The ledge is maybe
the width of your shoe, maybe.
No, but I'm freaking out.
Nope.
I am not doing this.
[wind whistling]
THERRON:
"To reach the summit,
you must traverse
this sheer cliff."
NICK:
Oh, damn.
"It's a cliff so difficult,
you should partner up.
"One should be the leader
and one should be the follower.
The clock is ticking."
DENNIS: This obstacle
is very intimidating
for a lot of people.
We're literally
on the side of the mountain
trying to trek
on these tiny ledges,
and we have to trust this rope
to hold our, our whole weight.
This is absolutely insane.
ROBERT: All right, should
we talk about partners?
Just make sure if somebody
has height issues,
you get
with someone who doesn't.
THERRON:
Yeah.
Do we have an odd number?
- We have an odd number.
- Yeah.
We got 11.
♪
ROBERT:
As we're reading the note,
it's very clear
that we have to partner up,
but we don't have enough
to fully partner up.
And everyone's on edge about,
"What does it mean
to not have a partner?"
NICK:
Someone's got to go
by themselves at the end.
We've seen
the mountain's keeper tell us,
"Hey, you need to cut
this person out."
GEOFF: "When the
last person is crossing,
"use this ax to cut
the support rope.
From the mountain's keeper."
We love you, Bo!
So no one wants to be
without a partner.
THERRON: Dusty, I
would like to go with you.
-And you'll lead?
I'll follow you.
-Yeah, of course.
JEANNIE: If someone is
comfortable in heights, I would like
-to go with them.
Who's comfortable with heights?
- Want to go with me?
NICK: That's fine. I-I'll
make it no matter what, so
I'm-a go with Amy,
and, uh, I'll-I'll lead.
AMY: I know that
Nick is afraid of heights,
but being up there
is not an-an issue for me.
So I've got him
on the heights part
if he can get me
on the climbing part.
JEANNIE: I just figure,
whoever's not afraid of heights,
that's kind of brave to do this,
I would like to go with somebody
if I could.
- I'm gonna go with Pati, guys.
- Who's leading?
You want to lead?
Pati pulls me aside,
and she wants me to lead
and she's gonna follow.
I'm not scared of heights,
but this is gonna be
a challenge.
JEANNIE:
Jennye, you have a partner?
JENNYE:
I do. Rob.
He's gonna lead
and I'm gonna follow.
ROBERT:
So I partnered up with Jennye
because that's my buddy.
People already know I'm strong.
People know I can
do things like this.
It's not showing anything.
So I took the lead.
I don't have a partner yet.
I would like to go with someone
that's not afraid
- of heights.
- I'm not afraid of heights.
PUNKIN:
I'm going with Beckylee.
She's gonna lead,
I'm gonna follow.
Hey, come on, guys, I've been
a trooper this whole time.
That nobody wants to partner
with me,
it's just
a little bit upsetting.
AMY: I went with Nick
'cause I knew he was
afraid of heights, and I'm not.
JEANNIE:
I am really afraid of heights,
and I'm really just upset.
Like, I thought I had
a little stronger connection
with a couple people here,
that they would pick me
as a partner.
I felt like Rob and I
were closer than that.
Just opened my eyes out
to who's really
has my back and who doesn't
today, too.
-We have our decisions.
- PATI: Yes.
- THERRON: Yep, yeah.
Clock is ticking. I mean,
we still got to get to camp.
♪
- DENNIS: You good?
- I feel like, Rob,
like, I just don't
trust him now.
I know. I get that.
JEANNIE: And I know the
people that came up to me,
and I know the people
that did not come up to me.
Okay.
Low-key,
I love that Jeannie's
going by herself.
And the people that didn't go up
to Jeannie and comfort her,
those are the people
that Jeannie
is gonna literally want
off this mountain.
Okay. Sure right.
Okay.
ROBERT: All right, you ready?
I'm gonna just step down.
Yep.
ROBERT:
I'm a little bit nervous,
'cause we got a lot of people
who do not like heights,
and that's gonna
slow us all down.
But all I know is I'm gonna
do it as fast as I can
to make up lost time.
- Ready? All right.
- Yeah.
JEANNIE: Rob's going first.
See, I want to have a partner
helping me up the rock.
Got loose rocks over here.
Mm-hmm. Oh, God.
NICK: Let's go, let's
go, let's go, let's go.
JENNYE:
This is a primal
kind of terrifying because
you're hanging off
the side of a cliff.
This is climbing a ladder,
so I'm gonna step
I'll help you from here.
Left hand is gonna
come up to here eventually.
See it?
Nice.
- [Jennye grunts]
- See that staple?
There you go. Nice.
Well done.
You got it, you got it.
Give me your other hand.
- [shouts]
- You're okay.
- [moaning]
- I got you.
That's not it. That's not it.
- Oh, I can't do this.
- You can do this.
JENNYE:
I can't do this.
No, I don't want to do this.
Do you want me to come down
and help your feet more?
No, I don't want to do this.
[panting]
No, I don't want to do this.
No, but I'm freaking out. Nope.
- You it's okay.
- Nope, nope, nope.
Okay, what can I do to help?
Is there anything
Nope.
I am not doing this.
Nope, nope, nope.
I am currently [bleep] myself.
I am not moving
from this position.
- Okay.
- I am not moving.
- All right.
- Nope.
I'm gonna [bleep]
stay right here.
PUNKIN: Oh, I don't know how
far she's gonna be able to get.
JENNYE:
I can't find my footing,
I have no place to grab,
and the ledge is maybe
the width of your shoe, maybe.
And then, also,
the vertical climb
with nothing to hold onto.
I am hanging off the side
of the mountain,
and I am gonna stay here until
somebody comes and gets me.
NICK: If she quits,
we lose that money.
[yelps]
[wind whistling]
JENNYE:
[moans] I am not doing this.
Nope, nope, nope.
I am hanging off
the side of the mountain,
and I am gonna stay here
until somebody comes
and gets me.
[sighs]
Take a second. Take a breather.
Look at me.
Once you get up here,
it's a little easier.
Lots of easy steps.
- There's nothing to grab.
- There's me.
JEANNIE:
Careful.
[grunts]
Step up on that foot
there you go, there you go.
There you go, there you go.
Nice, nice!
- You got that.
- [cheering]
- Hey!
- You did that.
Rob is an amazing support.
ROBERT:
Just a little bit more to go.
You can do it,
with your badass self, girl.
JEANNIE:
It's really hard.
She's got a partner.
I won't have that.
[Jennye groans]
ROBERT:
Little more. Little higher.
- There. Nice, nice.
- [grunts]
ROBERT:
Keep that up, girl.
[shouts]
[panting]
- ROBERT: Yell it out.
- [shouts]
ROBERT:
You got it.
- I am done with this.
- NICK: Jennye!
[whooping]
- BECKYLEE: You did it.
- [grunts]
Okay.
[sighs]
DUSTY:
Rob!
- [whoops]
- Good job, y'all.
[laughs]
You did that.
I hope I helped you
in the right ways.
- Thank you so much.
- You were amazing.
I couldn't have done it
without you.
I couldn't
have done it without you.
THERRON:
Come here, Jeannie.
- You got this, mama.
- All right, baby.
[chuckles]
DUSTY: You're gonna
get to see all of us do it.
-All right, thanks, Dusty.
Thank you.
-Of course.
- [chuckles]
- Of course.
[grunts]
Yeah. Okay.
DUSTY:
Good?
- Yeah.
- Let's go, boss.
Come on, come on.
DUSTY: We got rocks in front
of us, Therron. We're good here.
[whistles]
I don't really trust
any of this.
-So just be careful.
-THERRON: Oh, yeah, these rocks?
No.
DUSTY:
I'm willing to go with someone
who has a massive fear
of heights
because we need to make up
for yesterday.
We need to be quick,
and I can bring confidence
to anybody,
and I think that's what
I'm about to do with Therron.
THERRON:
I don't know where to grab.
- DUSTY: It's okay to drag a little bit.
- [whoops]
-DUSTY: You're okay, I got you.
You're good.
-Oh. Oh. Yeah.
- DUSTY: You're good.
- There's a foothold down here.
THERRON:
Okay.
- Thank you.
- DUSTY: Hardest part's over.
DUSTY:
We're okay.
- THERRON: Ooh ooh.
- [grunts]
- THERRON: Oh, you got it?
- JEANNIE: Oh, my gosh.
DUSTY: Could have been
worse. Appreciate you.
THERRON: Sorry, I barely
grabbed your backpack.
DUSTY: It helped. You
took two pounds away
from my grip, and it helped.
DUSTY:
I'm gonna get up to a safe spot.
- THERRON: Oh, [bleep].
- You got right hand
THERRON: I don't know
how I'm gonna get up here.
DUSTY: You're okay. Do
you have a left-hand grab?
THERRON:
No. [grunting]
[bleep]
DUSTY:
Just keep breathing.
THERRON:
Think if I
Oh, God. Oh, God.
[shouts]
- DUSTY: Ah, no, you're all right. I got you.
- Okay.
- DUSTY: Good?
- Yeah.
DUSTY:
Keep breathing, keep breathing.
Attababy. Good.
- DENNIS: Attaboy, Therron!
- That was the best.
I honestly couldn't have
did this with anybody else.
One of the biggest challenges
for me
is to be okay
with being afraid of heights,
but getting through it,
because I'm a lot stronger
than I give off.
I lost my first sibling
when I was in the fifth grade.
And losing someone as a kid,
it's hard to process.
And then my sister
was, unfortunately, killed
by her boyfriend.
And we were the two siblings,
out of all
of my 17 brothers and sisters,
me and my sister were the two
that were always together.
So losing her was the hardest
thing I've ever been through.
And, you know, I just recently
experienced that again.
2020, my dad was murdered.
But that experience
of losing people
has compounded into
the person you see today.
This is insane.
People always ask me,
"You've been through so much,
why are you so happy?"
and I think it's because
I get to be the person
that gets to show
all my siblings behind me
that, like,
if you put your mind
to something, no matter where
we come from,
we can do anything.
And so, I'm doing this
because I have
so many people back home
who have no one to look up to.
And now they can look up to me
because it's my time.
I am so grateful to be alive.
- AMY: So close. You're so close!
- DUSTY: Oh, hey. Come on,
come on, come on, come on.
DUSTY:
Good. Yeah, Therron, baby.
Good. Good.
- [whoops] Get [bleep]!
- Attababy.
- Whoa.
- All right.
THERRON:
I feel so proud of myself
because I'm conquering
a lot of my fears.
I think my dad,
my sister, everybody looking out
from over me,
um, would be very proud
that I'm challenging myself
and doing stuff.
I'm doing this for them.
DUSTY: We got a lot
of people to come still.
THERRON:
I think that, when we saw this,
we should have
chose someone else
- to do this by themselves.
- We took a long time,
- and I think people are gonna be even slower.
- Yeah.
- And this is
- I think so. It's 'cause it's really scary.
And this is a day
when we need to be
even faster than we've been.
We put someone last
who's afraid of heights.
So I love Jeannie
but it's we're gonna have
to encourage her,
to push her, because
we are on a time crunch.
JEANNIE:
Oh, my God, we're high up. Oof!
BECKYLEE: Oh, rope.
There's a rope up here.
[panting]
I'm gonna wait here for you.
PUNKIN: Where are
you putting your hands?
- BECKYLEE: You want me to try to give you a hand?
- Yeah.
I can't reach.
[grunts]
- [shouts] No.
- BECKYLEE: No?
DENNIS:
Come on, guys.
I need people to struggle
and show that they are weak,
'cause it gets the target
off my back.
PUNKIN: I don't know
where to put my feet.
And then try to grab on
to that rock.
PUNKIN:
Oh, I can't.
They're so slippery.
I don't have anything
to hold onto.
- ROBERT: Pick it up!
- JENNYE: Let's pick it up, guys!
- BECKYLEE: Here.
- PUNKIN: Wait.
My backpack's falling off.
[shouts]
[moans]
[grunts]
[cheering]
- BECKYLEE: Are you good?
- PUNKIN: Yeah.
All right!
PUNKIN: I'm confident
in Beckylee as a leader.
I feel like she has my back.
- AMY: Good job, Becky.
- PUNKIN: To have people in your corner,
it's just extremely important
if you want to make it
to the summit.
[grunts]
- BECKYLEE: You got it.
- [shouts]
You're doing great.
- [grunts]
- BECKYLEE: Yes.
- [groans]
- JEANNIE: Good job, ladies.
- [cheering]
- AMY: Hey!
Yes. All right.
I'm scared for Jeannie,
because this obstacle
is strictly upper body,
so you need a lot
of physical strength.
And Jeannie's by herself.
JEANNIE: I think
when I got to pull myself
on the rope, I need to grab
onto some kind of rock
on the bottom for some grip.
Um, maybe try to twist
the rope on my arm
to get me more, like, leverage.
Maybe that'll help me
get through this obstacle.
Oh, man.
[exhales sharply]
- You got that rope, Pati?
- PATI: I got it.
DENNIS: Pati's knees
are giving out on her,
but I'm not gonna let her quit.
She's my number-one ally.
She truly has a good heart,
and her vibes match my vibes.
I need Pati in this game.
I need her vote.
I'm gonna drag her up
this mountain if I need to.
PATI [strains]:
God!
DENNIS:
I know it hurts, girl.
No one said
this is gonna be easy,
but I know you ain't a quitter.
- No.
- I will pick you up, okay?
I promise you.
There you go. There you go.
- Keep pushing. Keep pushing.
- [grunting]
Keep pushing.
- Yeah.
- [Pati shouts]
- DENNIS: Come on!
- Go go team, go.
- I'm gonna fall back.
- No, you're not.
I'm not letting go.
I'm not letting go.
- [shouts] - DENNIS:
Don't let go of that rope.
- Don't let go that rope. I got you.
- Okay, okay, okay. Hold on.
There you go.
Grab-grab my hand.
One, two, three.
- [shouts] Come on.
- [grunts]
PATI [exhales]:
There we go.
Come here, girl.
Give me your hand.
PUNKIN:
Good job, Pati.
Well done.
- You did it.
- [Pati crying]
PATI:
Moving forward,
I have to stick with Dennis.
He absolutely killed it.
And I would not have been able
to do it without him.
We have really good people
to lift us up.
I know.
[wind whistling]
NICK:
All right, Amy.
- Let's rock and roll.
- Yep.
NICK:
We've done over water,
we've done bridges
that are high up.
This is a full climb
up a rock, straight vertical.
I am terrified of heights.
Looking at Amy counting on me
and trying not to think
about the fear.
How many rocks have you climbed?
- Zero.
- Yeah.
[Nick exhales]
All right, Amy.
- Okay. I see, I see.
- Now look.
Can you swing
your other hand up to me?
I need to push up with
this foot, and it's so far up.
NICK: Okay. Hey, listen,
I'm just gonna pull you up.
- Ready?
- [grunts]
Hang on.
Uh, my feet are grounded,
- but I have nowhere to put my
- Can you give me your other hand?
- Yeah. Can you hold this one?
- Okay. Yes.
Get just get your knee
up there to it and I got you.
- Three, two, one.
- [strains]
[grunting]
Yeah? Hold on.
- Hold on.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
AMY:
I have nothing to hold on to.
Don't pull me.
[shouts]
- NICK: I got you, I got you, I got you.
- Okay.
- I got you.
- [panting]
AMY:
Holy [bleep]!
[panting]
JEANNIE:
Oh, God, I hope
that does not happen to me.
- AMY: Grab my backpack.
- Grab it?
- Yeah, grab it.
- Okay, I got it, I got it.
- I'm up.
- Yep, yep, yep.
- I'm up. Okay.
- Take your time.
NICK: Amy is struggling,
and I have to help her.
So I am having to hold
my fear of heights back
because I need to make sure that
we both get up this mountain.
And if you can get close
to the edge,
I can reach down
and pull you up.
[grunting, shouting]
- Grab
- [both grunting]
I got a better grip now. Ready?
You good?
- All right.
- BECKYLEE: How you doing, Amy?
- [whoops] - PUNKIN: Come on, girl.
- BECKYLEE: You did it!
AMY: That was the hardest
thing I've ever done in my life.
Nick, who is so afraid
of heights,
literally bent over
and deadlifted me up
onto the next ledge, like
who does that?
[sniffles]
[wind whistling]
♪
How do y'all think Jeannie's
gonna get over here by herself?
I don't know.
Like, that was tough for us.
PUNKIN:
That was tough for us.
DUSTY:
I do think Jeannie is gonna
struggle with this obstacle.
She doesn't have
any hands to grab.
I get a little worried that
she might freak out a little.
I would panic
if I was by myself.
- That first rope part.
- Yeah.
- This is steep.
- MANU: Coming up
Oh, my God!
The mountain keeper's here!
No.
THERRON:
Jeannie, it's okay, girl!
AMY: He's got
a yellow bag.
ROBERT:
There's a yellow bag in there.
Yeah, I see it.
JENNYE:
Go get it.
- It's for Jeannie.
- THERRON: What?
Okay.
THERRON:
Oh, my God. Oh, this is messy.
Oh, God, this is so messy.
JEANNIE:
I'm gonna piss
a lot of people off
if I do that.
[wind whistling]
Come on, Jeannie!
- NICK: Come on, Jeannie!
- THERRON: You got it!
JEANNIE:
Okay, here we go.
All right. I got this.
I'm really nervous.
I'm scared about the obstacle
'cause I'm a big talker,
so I would love to
talk to somebody about it,
but I'm gonna be doing it
all on my own.
This is steep.
I'm not gonna really be
doing it all my own,
to tell you the truth,
'cause my kids will be with me.
Just don't look down, Jeannie.
Don't look down.
Number one rule.
Don't look down.
[groans]
Oh, [bleep]. Ah!
[bird calls]
[chitters]
[engine starting up]
MANU: This cliff is one of
the most difficult obstacles
on the way up to the summit.
[groans]
MANU:
Especially without a partner.
I got this, I got this.
MANU: The mountain's
keeper is going to pay a visit
and ultimately deliver a message
that will impact
the entire group.
NICK:
Come on, Jeannie!
- [Jeannie grunting]
- PUNKIN: You're strong!
JEANNIE: It's hard when no
one's helping you with a hand.
PUNKIN:
Come on, Jeannie!
[grunting]
[helicopter approaching]
[grunts]
JEANNIE: Oh, no. The
mountain keeper's here!
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's coming for her.
- No.
- Oh, no.
- No.
PUNKIN: The mountain's
keeper is coming for Jeannie.
No.
What is happening?
I am worried
that this may be the end
of Jeannie's journey.
This is, uh, this is a really,
really tough obstacle,
and especially by yourself.
This could, uh, very well
be the end for her.
[Jeannie grunting]
I just hope she makes it.
THERRON:
Jeannie, it's okay, girl.
JEANNIE:
Oh, [bleep].
Oh!
Oh, my God!
Stop!
I'm trying to climb!
[groans]
I got dirt in my eyes.
I can't freakin' see.
Be careful! Stay focused!
JEANNIE:
For a long time, 24 years,
I've always
been there for everybody,
and now, my kids see
that I needed an adventure.
"Ma, you're not meant
to stay here
"and cook and clean anymore.
"You're meant to be out there
and doing something you love."
So, I am taking
a step back for me,
'cause I feel like my kids
are in a good spot right now,
and so is my husband,
but I'm not in a good spot.
Mom needs some her time, too.
I don't know if that makes sense
for all the moms out there.
But I feel so alive being here,
and I feel so like
me again.
I have my kids in the back
of my head, my husband.
I got this, man.
I got this.
PUNKIN:
Jeannie, we love you!
DENNIS:
Jeannie!
JEANNIE:
My kids would be so proud of me
doing this on my own.
And so is my husband.
[groans]
I'm so close.
[straining]
Yes!
- [cheering]
- Jeannie!
[laughs]
JEANNIE:
I had to do something
where I believed in myself.
There was no one else around.
Sometimes, when you talk to
yourself and you tell yourself
you could do something,
you really can.
- Who's got confidence now?
- [cheering]
JEANNIE: And to get that
confidence, it's something that
money really can't buy.
I did it, guys!
ROBERT:
You did it.
[cheering]
JEANNIE:
When I made it in the end,
they all jumped up,
they gave me big hugs.
But then, I was thinking
in the back of my head,
nobody here
wanted to be my partner.
That was a breeze for you.
Aw, thank you. Thank you.
JEANNIE:
So, when Rob came over,
I wanted to say, like, is this
a true hug? Is this, like,
"I'm glad you did it,"
or is this, like, "Oh, shoot,
I should have probably
picked her as a partner."
PUNKIN:
So, what do y'all think
the mountain's keeper
coming meant?
THERRON:
I don't know.
JENNYE: Each time that the
mountain's keeper has shown up,
somebody either goes home,
or we have the option
to send someone home,
or they bring up the fact
there's weaknesses
in some regard.
So, none of us
know what will happen,
but we know that
there's something coming.
JEANNIE: The mountain keeper
doesn't have anything on me!
[laughter]
MANU: The group still
has several miles to trek
to the next checkpoint camp
before sundown,
where they will
have another chance
to steal someone's money
- and vote them off the mountain.
- THERRON: Watch your step.
MANU: But there's
still plenty of time
for the mountain's keeper
to shake up their plans.
Oh, Jeannie, you zooming.
Big hole to the right, Rob.
Big hole to the right.
Wow.
JEANNIE: I don't know how close
you guys want to get to the waterfall.
ROBERT:
Close as you want to take us.
DUSTY:
I think Robert
tries to be too fake
empathetic and understanding.
ROBERT:
If we go up there to look at it,
we'll get a good view of where
the best place to cross
the river probably is, too.
JEANNIE:
Okay, yeah, let's do that then.
Cause we know
we got to cross the river.
DUSTY: I think he's coming
off a little bit condescending
because he's acting like
this heroic
camp counselor
that's leading this team.
ROBERT:
Hey, Geoff, I know this is
your first day in the front,
but why are you taking us
all through those brambles?
If you pull these straps to
bring the back in closer
while you're going up,
that's what helps.
Don't forget to sunscreen
even though the clouds are out
and the sun's not out.
There you go. Find your footing.
- And just take that step
- Rob, can you let
- Just let me do it.
- Okay, sorry. You got it.
SHWETA:
Thank you, though.
We're adults. We're fine.
We can shake our socks out
when we need to.
We can handle
when to put sunblock on.
We're not we're not three.
I think that's gonna
rub people the wrong way.
Got you. Got you.
- Thanks.
- ROBERT: Dusty?
- Yeah?
- If we don't keep pace,
we're not making it.
- We got to get going.
- Yeah.
Hey, I'm going a little quicker,
if you guys are good with it.
- Yeah.
- NICK: Yep, yep. Get us there.
DENNIS:
Honestly,
I couldn't care less if we
made it to checkpoint today,
'cause that means that my name
will be out of people's mouths,
'cause I know
that I can pick up the pace
to make up those days.
People in the back,
they're gonna be
up for elimination
if they don't pick up the pace.
Ooh.
This is ankle roll city.
Be careful.
Oh! [chuckles] Ah!
- AMY: Oh!
- NICK: Oh, oh, oh.
- AMY: I'm okay.
- NICK: Okay.
AMY:
Don't fall in that.
DENNIS:
I'm struggling, man, back here.
[Therron groans]
Our feet are gonna get wet
no matter what.
My body's physically, you know,
it's day after day of hiking.
Like, it's
There's no rest, really,
and it's really hard,
and I have to find
the joy in
what I'm doing every day
and enjoy this,
'cause I don't get this
in California,
you know what I mean?
Oh, my God. It is cold.
P, just watch your foot.
There's a lot of holes.
You got to be really careful.
PATI:
This mountain's kicking my ass.
It's too much,
and I'm way behind.
I'm in the back.
Nobody wants to be
in the back, but, like,
it stresses me out
because they're stopping
multiple times for me.
THERRON: P, there's
a nice little path here.
I know you're pushing.
I just want to make sure
you can still see
where I'm walking.
PATI:
It's hard to keep going
every single day.
I don't need to be the best,
I just need to not quit.
[groaning]
Growing up, my mom and dad
divorced really young,
and me and brother
grew up with just Mom.
She just worked her ass off.
Two jobs, sometimes.
It was rough.
She would take us
to the Goodwill.
She would say,
"Okay, we're going to Macy's."
She just never made us feel
like we didn't have anything.
[groaning]
- You good, Pati?
- I got it, baby.
Good.
I'll catch up. [groans]
One day,
I got this phone call
[crying]
from my aunt.
She said,
"Your mom's in the hospital,
and it was
a really bad car accident."
So, the hardest thing in my life
that I have ever
had to deal with
is driving two hours
not knowing if my mom,
this one person that has
loved me my whole life,
and protected me
and took care of me,
was dead or alive.
And she survived.
She is that brave, single mom.
The one person that
I'm gonna be thinking about,
and that's gonna get me
through this game is my mom.
I want to prove to my mom
that I could do it.
[grunting]
JENNYE:
Oh, my God.
Why can't we be done?
- Wow.
- [groans]
[bleep]
Damn it.
[wind whistling]
♪
[bleep]
Damn it.
[Pati panting]
[groans]
- Are you all right?
- Yeah.
I know, uh, Pati is struggling,
and I don't think
it's right for her
to just be left so far behind.
She can say,
"Keep going, keep going,"
but she should keep going
with somebody back there
keeping her company.
You can step down.
- All right.
- Decent sized hand
- if you need it.
- Appreciate you.
Yep. All right.
PATI:
I'm just gonna slide, okay?
ROBERT:
Yep, yep, yep. Do you.
[grunts] Thank you.
ROBERT: Do you mind if
I stay back here with you
- or do you
- Yeah, for sure.
I just usually
speed my ass up
- Yeah, I know.
- as much as I want.
I will I'll match your pace
so you have
someone to walk with.
Hey, we have a camp.
JEANNIE:
Camp? We do?
- DUSTY: We got a camp.
- [Jeannie cheers]
DUSTY:
No bivies. No bivies.
- NICK: Yeah, we're here.
- THERRON: Good hustle, y'all.
JEANNIE:
Oh, my God. That's awesome.
DENNIS:
There we go.
DUSTY:
That's a good finish to the day.
- PUNKIN: Yes!
- JEANNIE: Yeah!
PUNKIN:
Yes.
JEANNIE:
I am so happy
we don't have to set up camp.
- Yeah, girl! We did it!
- [cheering]
[laughing]
- Yeah!
- Yes!
DENNIS:
Wow, we made it.
PUNKIN:
What we got to eat, y'all?
BECKYLEE:
Potato chips. Oh, burgers.
- ROBERT: Burgers.
- DENNIS: Oh, my God.
PUNKIN:
Whoo!
- We got taters.
- Oh, yes.
JEANNIE:
Oh, burgers!
- NICK: Good stuff today.
- BECKYLEE: Yeah.
- Good job. Yeah.
- I'm so happy.
- Yeah. [bleep]
- [laughs]
AMY:
We'll start the burgers.
DENNIS:
Load it up.
AMY: Go ahead and get your
plates and stuff ready. Pati!
We made it.
Hey!
Rob!
- Yeah, I'm here, too.
- [Jeannie chuckles]
JEANNIE:
Pati, P!
THERRON: Pati, you
know, is kind of in the back,
um, and being a little slower.
I love her with all my heart,
but she can't keep doing this.
You know, we are
on a time crunch,
so she has to move
a little faster
to keep up on
the rest of the journey.
Would you grab
a couple pieces of smaller wood?
- Yes.
- Would you mind? It's right behind you, sweetheart.
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry, you just got
- so comfortable in that chair.
- No, it's all right.
DUSTY: If we can't get
Robert out today, I think
it's a no brainer
that we go for Dennis.
However, if anyone else
has a plan
to get someone else out,
I'm actually not that worried
about Robert or Dennis.
I think they're gonna go home
in the next
three or four days anyways.
If they want to go after Pati,
for example.
She's slowing us down a lot.
Will you put
one over there, um, Nick?
If you can,
reach your little hand in there.
Look at you, Mountain Man Nick.
I made a really master move,
because I got rid of Geoff,
Amy's number one, and now I have
Amy on my side.
What are we doing with the vote?
Like
BECKYLEE:
So, we were talking about
potentially, like,
throwing some votes on Dennis
just to, like, hide our numbers.
Is it Rob?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
BECKYLEE:
Why don't we do
you, Punkin,
and you, Dusty,
vote for Dennis.
AMY:
You got to make sure
you got that locked down, Becks.
- Yeah.
- 'Cause it could go the other way.
I wouldn't even throw
anyone else's name out tonight
other than Dennis's.
I've heard Rob's name.
I think that they know
I'm a number for Rob.
Um, the scary thing is,
I'm working with them.
The seven.
Pati, Becky, Therron, Punkin.
I mean, Punkin's brought me in
on every conversation,
so I know I can trust her.
And then me, Nick and Dusty.
They can't know that
I'm working with y'all
- Yeah.
- 'cause they don't know.
No, you're voting for Dennis.
Right, but if I don't,
they're gonna know that
- I'm working with you.
- Yeah.
And if Rob and Jennye
also vote Dennis, that's five.
We need to make sure everybody
knows the plan, so they know,
that they know that I'm not
- just going against y'all every single time.
- BECKYLEE: Mm-hmm.
DUSTY: I can go either
way and not feel bad.
Is the reason, though,
because he-he flipped
the Geoff vote?
I think it just kind of adds up.
I didn't love that, personally,
'cause I haven't flipped.
[helicopter flying overhead]
DENNIS:
Guys, watch out.
JENNYE:
That looks a little suspicious.
JEANNIE:
Oh, my God.
He's got a yellow bag.
ROBERT:
Yep, a yellow bag in there.
DENNIS:
Does he have a yellow bag?
Yeah, I see it.
PUNKIN:
What do you think's in it?
ROBERT:
There it goes.
Go get it! Go get it!
D, go get it!
- THERRON: Jeannie!
- JENNYE: Go, Jeannie! Go get it, Jeannie!
There you go, Jeannie!
- JENNYE: Go, Jeannie.
- BECKYLEE: Bring it back.
It's heavy?
DUSTY:
Let's check it out.
- Put it in the middle, guys.
- Open it.
- All right, there you go.
- Open it, Jeannie.
- PUNKIN: Jeannie, go ahead, girl.
- He got it first.
It's for Jeannie.
[cheering]
Okay.
- NICK: Yeah, Jeannie.
- Oh, my God. I'm scared.
- [laughs]
- THERRON: Me, too.
Nothing to be scared of, girl.
- You were awesome yesterday.
- Me, three.
I told you.
Okay, it says,
"On this mountain,
"bravery is rewarded.
"I watched you on the cliff,
"and you traveled
the cliff alone.
"You now have
"the power to choose
"who votes at the next
"checkpoint camp vote.
"You can join
"the leaders or the followers
"from the pairs that crossed
"the obstacle.
"Whichever group
"you join must steal
"from someone
on the other team tonight,
ending that person's journey
to the summit."
Oh, my God.
- That makes sense. Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
Oh, this is messy. [laughs]
Oh, God. This is so messy.
Jeannie's gonna choose
between the leaders
and the followers, so if she
joins the follower group,
then the followers
all get together
- Yes.
- THERRON: and vote out one of the leaders.
BECKYLEE:
This game
is so unpredictable,
and anything could happen.
- Wait, can we
- Or vice versa.
do a quick refresh
of who was a leader
and who was a follower?
I don't like to sit pretty.
I get too antsy.
I do want to be in control.
Leaders, raise your hand.
NICK:
Yeah, leaders, raise your hand.
And then the followers,
raise your hands.
- Oh, my God.
- NICK: So, do you
- Did you follow that? Okay. Okay.
- JEANNIE: Yeah.
Uh, I do follow that.
This is hard.
ROBERT: Jeannie got a note.
After everything that's happened
the last few days,
could be a good thing for me.
You know, I was a leader
in that challenge,
so if she chooses to go
with the leaders,
then I'm safe, but, you know,
I've got to make sure
I talk to Jeannie
and-and pitch her, "Hey,
"this is my chance
of staying in,
and I'd love for you
to help me."
If you go with the leaders,
you're gonna see
people's true colors tonight.
- I know. I know. I know.
- If you go,
if you go with the followers,
they're gonna send me home.
- Unless
- Yeah, but you don't know that for sure.
There's a lot of people there.
I mean,
do you know that for sure?
- No, Jeannie, I know it.
- There are
some people in the lead
that I do genuinely like
and trust. Um
- and some people in the
- Then go with the people you trust.
Yeah, I know. I know.
I think if you go
with the leaders,
you have stronger characters
who are playing an honest game.
I was just telling her
she's got a choice,
and it's, it is her choice,
- and solely her choice.
- Yep.
I said to go with the people
you trust the most.
If that's leaders, go with them.
If she goes with the leaders,
that leaves the followers
Nick will protect you.
I will protect you.
I just don't think
there's any way in this game
where we are right now
that you would ever be able
- to ensure my safety.
- Yeah.
You know? You're not,
you're not casting
this whole vote.
If she went
with the leaders,
that puts my game at risk.
Would Beckylee
choose to keep me?
I mean, I put Dennis
on the chopping block
next to Geoff.
Would he choose to keep me?
So, the selfish side of me
wants her to join my team
on the followers.
JEANNIE:
I'm really torn.
This is really hard for me.
From what I'm told,
it was either Dennis or Rob,
but you know what?
Pati was a follower,
and Pati definitely
slowing the group down,
so I would shake things up
if I picked the leaders.
I really would.
DUSTY: Yeah, it'll work
out the way it's supposed to.
We'll see.
I'm gonna piss a lot of people
off if I do that.
[wind whistling]
[whistles]
Oh, boy. It's Manu.
- AMY: All right.
- DUSTY: Here he comes.
You guys have accomplished
quite a bit in the last day.
ALL:
Yeah.
You got snowed in.
- ALL: Yeah.
- Welcome to the mountain.
- Yeah.
- [laughter]
When you reach
that level up there
you're gonna start facing
things like avalanches,
potentially blizzards.
Oh, great.
MANU:
You guys did a good job
moving faster
to make up time today,
but you're still behind
and will need to continue
picking up the pace
if you want to make it
to the summit on time.
So let me ask you
about something.
Today you learned about trust.
How did that go?
- PUNKIN: Scary.
- JENNYE: Very scary.
It was extremely nerve-racking.
There were lots of places
where the footing
was nonexistent.
I heard you struggled.
I did. I did struggle.
There was a moment
where I was sitting there,
and I was like, "I don't want
to move from this spot."
Cl Kind of like
a-a cat in a tree
waiting for the fire department
to come get her.
[chuckles]
That's exactly what happened.
I froze.
But Robert helped me.
He was very, very patient.
How did you feel
about having to carry Jennye?
Oh, I didn't have to carry her.
I just had to support her,
and I will support her any day.
I'll support anybody
in this group any day.
MANU:
What about you, Amy?
Were you a leader?
No, sir. I was a follower,
but I trusted
my leader implicitly,
'cause there was one point, um,
I was literally
hanging off the cliff
by one arm and one leg.
I looked at Nick and I said
I wasn't quitting, I just
didn't think I could do it.
And Nick took every bit
of strength he had
and he pulled me
up the mountain with him.
So I'm very grateful.
[sniffles]
I got a feeling, if you make it
to the top of the mountain,
you might stop crying.
[laughter]
Crying is okay. [laughs]
But there was one person
who didn't have a partner.
OTHERS:
Jeannie.
DENNIS:
Yeah, Jeannie.
How did you feel about that?
Just right now, I just realized
that you see how
each one of you explained
what you did and how you did it,
and you looked
at that person's eyes,
and you were laughing,
supporting them.
I don't have that.
I didn't have that.
I can't look across and
tell anybody that I had that.
And I'm such a team player,
and I had to
- do this thing on my own.
- Yeah.
You know what I did?
The only thing I did is,
I thought about
my family, you know?
- PUNKIN: Mm-hmm.
- And that got me through it.
My kids, my husband,
and that's it.
But it-it does, it does stink,
you know, it hurts. It hurts.
Well, not only did Jeannie
make her way to the top,
she got a visit
from the mountain's keeper.
- Yeah.
- So, for her bravery,
Jeannie has a decision to make.
Put your hand up
if you were one of the leaders.
Put your hand up if you were
one of the followers.
Okay.
Because Jeannie has a choice
right now to choose
either the leaders
or the followers.
She's gonna join that group,
and you're gonna select
the person
from whom you're gonna
steal the money
and send off this mountain.
What's going into your decision?
Me trusting them
is a big part, and them
really trusting me now.
MANU:
And do you think you have
the same opinion of this group
before this obstacle today?
Or did the obstacle
change your mind?
JEANNIE:
It definitely
changed my mind a lot,
but
I have to do what's right for me
and for my game.
And so that's why I'm gonna
pick the team that I'm picking.
Is it going to be
the followers or the leaders?
Oh, my God.
[wind whistling]
MANU:
Jeannie has a decision to make.
Either the leaders
or the followers.
JEANNIE:
I have to do what's right for me
and for my game, and so
that's why I'm gonna pick the
team that I'm picking.
So, since I'm closest
to the followers
I'm gonna pick the followers.
Yay.
Sorry.
MANU:
Okay, followers.
Jeannie's gonna join you,
and between the six of you,
you're gonna make a decision.
Come on, guys.
Let's go over there.
MANU:
You got to talk about
who it is you're gonna vote
off the mountain.
JEANNIE:
There's just a couple people
in there that
I don't know if I could
totally still trust
to get to the summit with,
and that's why I want to pick
the followers.
How does it feel
having a target on your backs?
This game is anything
but predicable.
Anything can happen,
but I'm choosing
to trust the people
that I have put my trust in.
I think there's two of us
who are very worried
on the bench right now.
A lot of uncertainty
being on this side
- when you don't have a vote.
- Mm-hmm.
DENNIS:
Sucks.
ROBERT:
I know my name is being
thrown out there, and I know
people are making me a target,
and it's got me worried.
JEANNIE: All right, so
what are we thinking here?
THERRON: I know it
sounds weird, but, like, I think
- that whole bench is stacked.
- Yeah.
No matter
who we get rid of tonight,
it's going to be someone
that is strong
- in our group.
- I mean, if we're looking at physical threats, obviously
Nick and Dusty are gonna be
the two bigger guys.
I honestly would not have
made it through that obstacle
if it weren't for Nick.
I just don't know,
in this moment,
how I could vote for Nick.
I think we need
to keep strength on the team
until we get
further up the mountain.
- It's only gonna get harder.
- Yep.
JEANNIE:
So, um, Rob?
He told me, you know,
"I'm working with you.
I'm working with Geoff."
I came in this game saying,
"Your word is your bond."
Once that is broken for me,
the trust is gone,
and if I can't trust you
in this game, then
what do I have?
AMY:
I also was upset with Rob.
I physically saw him tell Geoff,
"I got you,"
and then I saw him
go with the majority.
However, Dennis
lied to Manu.
He did throw
Geoff's name out first.
We know Dennis is a liar.
We don't necessarily know
that Rob is a liar.
Dennis, he's lied,
but I think his actions
have spoken very humbly.
- Yeah.
- Like, if he said he's gonna do something,
he's just been doing it.
What it's coming down to
right now, I would say,
- is Rob or Dennis.
- OTHERS: Yeah.
THERRON:
And are we going with someone
who we know
is lying to our face,
or are we going with someone
who may say they're with us
PUNKIN: Until he
doesn't want to be, right.
THERRON: You know what I mean?
Is he gonna be with me
- when the majority isn't? Question mark.
- AMY: Yep. Yep.
JENNYE:
I think that Rob looked shifty
from his own doing, but Dennis
is a known liar.
Having someone
you absolutely 100%
know you can't trust,
that is crippling.
Not even Dennis's friends
trust Dennis.
BECKYLEE:
They're coming back.
- DENNIS: Yeah.
- ROBERT: Yeah.
Well, welcome back.
It seems like
the followers have decided
which of the leaders
is going to leave
the mountain tonight.
So, what we're gonna do is,
I'm gonna name some people
on the leaders' side.
When you hear their name,
if it's the person
you want to vote
off the mountain,
raise a hand.
Let's start with Beckylee.
If you want to vote
Beckylee off the mountain,
raise a hand.
Looks like you're safe.
Dusty.
You're safe, Dusty.
Nick.
Okay. [sighs]
Well, Dennis, Robert.
Plead your case.
DENNIS:
I really hope
it's not my time 'cause
I still got a lot
of fight in me.
I still want to get to know
you guys a little bit better.
You all know me.
You all know my heart.
That's what I bring
to this team.
Hopefully I can continue
to bring that to this team.
MANU:
Okay.
Raise your hand if it's Dennis
you want to send off
the mountain.
Raise a hand if it's Robert
that you want
to vote off the mountain.
MANU:
That's five votes.
Robert,
before you go,
what do you want to say
to the group?
I wish you all
would have weighed my heart.
But I'm gonna
tell you this, y'all.
Some people are playing
with their head,
and some people
are playing with the heart,
and if you're playing with
your heart, it's not too late
to band together.
MANU:
Robert,
your time on the mountain's
come to an end.
JENNYE:
It came down
to the liar and the almost liar.
But apparently
trust means nothing
because we kept Dennis,
who lies about everything.
Go to the tent. Grab your stuff.
ROBERT:
It sucks to
be cut short of the adventure.
It stings right now.
It hurts right now,
but, you know,
it's not the adventure
that took me out.
It was the game play.
Kick ass.
I wish it wasn't cut so short.
[groans] Seven days.
I wish I could have done all 14
and seen it through
with some amazing people.
Um, but I'm not.
Anything that we do can choose
to build us up or tear us down,
so I'm gonna
choose to take the amazing
things from this adventure
and help it build me up.
JEANNIE:
Okay.
DENNIS:
So, the Korean cockroach
survived another day.
And let me tell you,
it feels good.
I might not have been as open
and aggressive as I wanted to
in this game,
but it's working in my favor,
and I'm still here.
Top ten, baby.
Captioned by Media Access
Snow's getting deeper, you guys.
JENNYE:
I don't see them.
I don't see Amy or Pati.
[screams]
I'm stuck between this rock.
[grunts] Oh, my God.
[Jeannie screaming]
- DENNIS: Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
- [crying]
- JENNYE: Therron. Therron.
- I know, I know, I know.
- I'm sorry.
- Well, congratulations
for reaching the halfway mark
to the summit.
- [cheering] - MANU: I told
you a rule on the first day.
The mountain keeper's
been watching,
so tonight we're gonna have
a different vote.
Are you kidding me?
- JENNYE: Oh what?
- [crying]
DENNIS:
I think they just
killed the Korean cockroach
and just woke up
the Korean bull.