[action music] Colin: Welcome to a brand-new season of Survivalists, the adventure show where families face nature's most extreme challenges... together, using the healing power of the outdoors to strengthen bonds and mend family wounds.

I'm your host, Colin O'Brady.

This season, we're venturing south to the pristine peninsula of Baja, Mexico.

People across the country have submitted why they think Survivalists can provide the breakthrough their family needs.

Taking on the challenge this week is the White family, from Raleigh, North Carolina.

- My name is Kyla White.

I'm 17 years old.

These last few years have been tough on me mentally, physically, emotionally.

It's contributing to arguments with my entire family, specifically with my sister Kalissa.

I would really love to gain our family dynamic and relationships back.

Colin: And the Pettit family, from Mesa, Arizona.

Alex: My name is Alex and I'm 19 years old.

I recently moved out of my parents' house, and the changes have been really hard on my family-- especially my younger sister, Hannah.

She feels that I'm abandoning her.

I wanna show my family they can always trust and count on me.

Colin: These families will have to dig deeper physically... Woman 1: Just really trying to finish as a family and... I don't know if I can do it.

Colin: ...mentally... Alex: This is not how I thought this would go.

Colin: ...and most importantly, emotionally.

Kyla: [whispering] I feel like I'm-- I can never do anything right!

Colin: As they compete for a $10,000 prize.

This is Survivalists.

[intense music] Colin: White family, Pettit family, welcome to Survivalists!

All: [cheer] - You guys excited to be out here?

All: Yeah!

Bryce: Oh, I'm excited but I'm already sweating, so... Kalissa: [laughs] - Pettit family, you guys are used to this in Arizona, right?

- We're used to the heat, but not hiking this far.

We are not an outdoors family at all.

So this is definitely gonna be an adventure for us.

I'm just super excited to go on this journey with all of them.

We have a really large family.

We have 16 kids total.

Our family was built through adoption, and a lot of times from adoption there comes past traumas and, you know, scars, and so, I hope that we work a lot of those out.

I'm really hoping that this journey brings us all together and shows that we can make it through anything together no matter where we are in life.

- Alex, I hear from your plea there's some big changes in your life right now.

- I recently moved out about two months ago.

I-It’s been difficult.

It was like, it was like a shock, you know?

- How is it feeling to leave your sister, Hannah, kinda behind, uh, she’s still living in the family?

Alex: It’s been hard ‘cause we were always able to be, like, right there.

I grew up in foster care all my life.

The person that’s always been closest to me was Hannah.

I’ve known her since she was crawling.

We bounced around from home to home together.

When I was 12 years old, we had got adopted together.

Hannah’s been that one person that’s always been there for me.

- Hannah, for you?

Your older brother, used to having him all around, now he’s not there.

How does that feel for you?

- It was really hard.

It still is kinda hard to this day.

The foster care system wasn’t, wasn’t easy.

There wasn’t a ton of people that, like, were always there for you.

But, Alex-- he always cared for me.

He was like the older, big brother.

We were so close, and kind of before he moved out, we were kinda going through, like, a little bit of, like, arguing and stuff.

After he graduated he pushed himself away from me and kind of all of my family.

- For Hannah, it-it hurt.

And I want her to know that just ‘cause I moved out doesn’t mean I’m not gonna be there for her.

Colin: And Hannah, are you gonna have to look out for your brother, or is he gonna be the one looking out for you?

- I think he’s gonna be looking out for me.

- Fantastic.

Well, I’m so happy you guys are here.

I’m gonna talk to the White family now.

White family, welcome!

All: Thank you!

- Kyla, you said in your plea that it’s been a difficult couple years.

Talk to me a little bit about this.

- I think it’s definitely been difficult.

I’ve started to turn to, like, texting and FaceTiming people.

Having, like, not-so-genuine connections versus spending time with my family.

- She’s been a l-- kinda distant.

Usually on her phone.

She’ll be on it for hours at a time and we’re all in the same room together and we haven’t spoken once.

Me and my brother are like, hey, wanna do something with us?

And then she’s like, sure!

And then she goes back to her phone.

What makes it really sad is that we only have, like, three more months left of school before she leaves, and she’s using it spending time, like, on the phone with somebody else.

I’m excited to, you know, grow connections with my sister and get closer.

- Great opportunity to be really present.

Kalissa: Yes!

Colin: Bronson, you’re clearly, at least at this point, the smallest of the group.

What’s your biggest fear in being out here?

- Snakes.

Colin: Snakes!

White family: [laughs] - I wish I could say they weren’t out here, but, uh... keep your eyes peeled.

Colin and White family: [laugh] - I love hearing from both families 'cause you both clearly have such an important, familial reason for being out here.

I hope you really take the time this week to have those hard conversations and come out the other side stronger than ever.

Pettit family: Yes!

Colin: Now, let's get down to business.

This season's gonna be harder than ever before.

You guys are going out there for four days and three nights, all right?

Alex: What?

Bryce: No!

Alex: Now not only do we go from not ever camping, to now we have to camp for four days.

- And no showers!

- That is not the only change.

In the past, families had a GPS to navigate.

This season you'll only have a map and a compass - What?

- to help find your way.

Man: I was just thinking to myself, what did we sign up for?

- In my hands I've got your first map.

On my go, it's time to get on your adventure.

Three, two, one... go!

Grab your bags!

Kyla: Oh my gosh!

Alex: Just go, just go, bud!

Kalissa: Here wait, open the map.

Okay, ready?

Colin: Good luck, you guys!

[tense music] This season takes us all the way to Baja, Mexico.

And this week, families will be in the Cabo Pulmo region at the southern tip of the peninsula.

Over the next four days, these families will each travel different routes over 25 miles through rugged terrain and scorching desert heat.

Their first day we’ll see them hiking six miles of shifting sand and thorny bushes to get them to camp for the night.

[bugs whistling] [apprehensive music] ♪♪ Woman 2: Okay.

Bryce: All right, guys, I got the map.

Krystal and Kalissa: Okay.

North should be facing up, so let’s face north up this way.

Bryce: I mean, I think we go this way, but it’s north.

Kyla: North keeps changing.

Bronson: So we have to turn it?

Kyla: Until it’s north, but north doesn’t switch, you have to turn the paper.

Bronson: Turn the map, sorry.

I meant that.

Kyla: Okay, so now this is where north is.

Bryce: Which is the way we’re supposed to be going.

Yeah it’s-- I agree.

Bronson: Yeah.

Woman 2: Okay, let’s go.

Bryce, I’m just trusting you, I’ll just follow you.

Bryce: [laughs] Bronson: All right, everyone keep up the pace.

[bug buzzing] Alex: I know we wanna win, but slow and steady wins the race.

Hannah: Okay.

Alex: Always.

Crystal: So, our strategy is to be the hare and win!

Alex: No, the tortoise wins the race.

- Oh, we’re the tortoise!

- The tortoise wins the race ‘cause he takes his time.

All right, there’s a fork.

Man: All right, where do we go?

Crystal: Oh no.

Hannah: Go with your gut, because-- Man: We’re gonna go left, and then we’re gonna hang a right.

Alex: Let’s not use gut, let’s use... intuition.

Hannah: No, go with your gut because usually your gut is usually the first-- then always the first time you think, it’s always the right way.

Man: We gotta go-- Alex: Let’s not use gut!

Being adopted into the household with Hannah, it meant a lot because it felt like we were given a second chance, and we were given a, a chance to grow together.

But, I think Hannah and I both need a new way to, uh, connect with each other.

Crystal: Come on guys, this way.

Man: Okay, guys.

Hannah: Guys.

Man: Let’s go.

Alex: Guess we’ll find out.

Hannah: Can we just look and double check it.

‘Cause I don’t wanna walk all the way-- guys.

Guys.

Alex: Come on!

We got this.

Hannah: Ugh.

Colin: Both families have had some difficultly navigating, but it’s the Pettits who have opened up the early lead, and are about four minutes ahead of the Whites.

Bronson: Are we going this way then?

Woman 2: Right?

Kalissa: I guess so.

Bryce: Wait, wait, wait, so... Kyla: Wait.

Bryce: Ocean is this way, mountains are this way.

So, we wanna be going towards, the ocean?

Okay, let's, let's-- here is that better?

Definitely north is this way.

Kyla: Wait, so I'm still confused on why the ocean is in the incorrect position.

Oh my gosh, I'm so stressed.

Kalissa: What's hard about this whole thing is when her tension happens in our day-to-day lives, she turns to us and is really angry.

Kyla: Guys, we have to hurry, we didn't do anything this whole time.

Colin: While the Whites struggle to get their bearings, precious minutes tick by and the sun gets higher, bringing the sweltering Baja temperatures to over 90 degrees!

Just walking in this heat is difficult, but the deep sand in this dry riverbed makes every step unbearably exhausting.

Hannah: Um, I'm last.

I'm last.

I feel like I'm being left behind because I'm going slow.

Alex: Hannah is struggling with her pack.

I don't think she's done anything like this before.

- I think Alex is going a little fast.

This trip was supposed to be working together as a family, but I don't think this is working very well.

- I just wanna set a good pace.

I feel like Hannah feels that sense of, well, he's kinda going back on his, uh, word of saying he'll help me.

- I'm so tired.

This is probably one of the hardest things I've done.

But, I'm still gonna keep trying.

[bird cawing] Colin: As the Pettits trudge onwards, the Whites are desperately trying to make up for lost time.

♪♪ Bryce: I got confused on where we were at on the map.

Kyla: Guys, let's please walk fast.

I'm really stressed.

I'm really stressed, can we please go faster?

Bryce: Can you think of something that'll help you with your stress besides having people go faster?

Kyla: I really like being on top of everything and very in control.

Whenever something doesn't go according to my plan it causes a lot of stress.

Bryce: Calm down.

It doesn't help when you get stressed and you start yelling.

It doesn't help.

Kyla: I know, I just don't wanna be this person and I am.

Bryce: And getting stressed out and then having that pent-up anxiety come off on people doesn't help anyone else feel better.

Kyla: Okay.

Bryce: So, try not to use that.

Kyla: Thank you.

♪♪ Colin: While Kyla struggles to connect with her family, the Pettits are trying to build on their eight-minute lead.

[soft gong] ♪♪ Hannah: Ow!

Alex: Aw, there are thorns up here and I don't have pants on.

Ow!

Ow.

Colin: As the Pettit family climbs this nearly 45 degree slope in the blistering heat, sand and rocks slip from under their feet, making it nearly impossible to gain ground.

Hannah: Use your hands, Mom!

Crystal: I'm trying.

Colin: Progress is measured in inches, and their heavy backpacks constantly threaten to pull them down the mountain.

Ariana: Okay, I literally am gonna fall.

I can't.

I really did not think I could ever do something like that.

♪♪ Man: Grab my hand.

Ariana: I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die.

Mm-mm.

Crystal: You're not gonna die.

Man: Use that rock.

It's gonna give, it's gonna give.

Crystal: Okay, hold on, hold on.

I got you, I got you.

Ariana: I just had the feeling that at any given point I'm just gonna slip and fall down this thing.

Crystal: We got it, we're up to the top.

We're past the steep part.

Well that was a... adventure.

Colin: The Pettits have finally reached the top, but in doing so allowed the White family to nearly catch up.

As the sun descends, the families finally have a reprieve from the punishing heat.

Crystal: You're almost there.

Just keep following Alex.

Colin: But now face an equally difficult obstacle.

Kyla: All right, come on, guys!

I know, it's really slippery over here.

Bryce: I'm comin'.

Colin: With only the illumination from their headlamps, they must now navigate a dense maze of thorny vegetation.

Woman 2: Watch your guys's faces, these things whip back.

Bronson: Ow.

Woman 2: Are you okay?

Bronson: Yep!

Why are they so thorny?

Woman 2: I don't know.

Colin: And as they head to camp, they must also make dangerous descents over loose rocks in near pitch dark.

Woman 2: I don't feel like being out in the woods at night is my thing.

Bronson: I just want the thorns to end.

Woman 2: We're almost done, we're almost there.

Hannah: I see our flag!

[squeals] [laughing] [heavy breathing] Ariana: Wait, do we take this off?

Hannah: Yes!

Ariana: Yeah!

[cheering] Bronson: We're behind them, y'all.

Kyla: Keep running.

'Kay, guys, watch out.

Bronson: Slow down here, rocks, rocks.

Oh, the flag!

Kalissa: Ah, the flag!

Bryce: All right, let's go!

Bronson: Oh my gosh!

Woman 2: Good job.

Bronson: [laughs] Kyla: We made it!

Kalissa: Woo!

Bryce: Yes!

Bronson: "Congratulations, White family.

You survived Day One."

Bryce: Yeah, nice job, you guys.

That was Day One.

Bronson: All right!

Bryce: it only gets easier from here.

Bronson: Oh, let's hope.

Bryce: Or it might get harder.

Colin: After a difficult day, the Whites finish four minutes behind the Pettits.

Today didn't go as either family planned.

But as they each gather around their campfires they have an opportunity to plan for a better tomorrow.

Hannah: How do you feel like it went today?

Man: It was not without its stumbles.

Hannah: When I was, like, in the back, and when I was just, like, kind of, like, by myself... I don't know, I kind of felt, like, alone.

So I was kind of feeling like giving up, like, a lot.

And so, yeah.

Alex: I did say that I wanted to, I guess, show you, in a way, that I would always be there, and then I kinda just... left and jetted up ahead trying to be a-- trying to be the leader.

[emotional music] I wanted to show that I could be there for you.

But I felt like I didn't do the best of job at that.

I definitely could have been better today at trying to be a-- trying to be the leader.

[inquisitive music] Woman 2: What do you guys feel like was one of our wins today?

Kalissa: Well, we didn't understand a lot, so I think that we now know what to do tomorrow.

That's kind of a win, so, yeah.

Kyla: So, what's an actual win?

Kalissa and Woman 2: That is a win!

Kyla: I just hope we get on top of things.

Today was extremely discouraging.

Kalissa: Well-- Kyla: I'm not used to failing at things.

This is-- I am extremely upset, like, it's difficult to function after.

Bryce: Yeah.

- I... gah.

Woman 2: We had a lot of things not quite go how we wanted or expected.

Kyla: Quite, not go at all.

[laughs] I don't fail, ugh.

Bryce: Failure's a good teacher, right?

- Let's not do a life lesson right now.

Woman 2: That's okay, that's okay to feel that way.

Kalissa: I think we kept having a negative mindset of, we're so far behind, instead of more of, like, hey, let's try to get this done as a family, like... let's, like, carry each other instead of being, like, why aren't you doing this.

Woman 2: Yeah.

So, a more positive mindset tomorrow?

Kalissa: Yeah.

Bryce: Yeah.

Just don't let me use the map.

All: [laugh] [bugs chirping] [lizard hissing] Alex: 'Kay, so, it's Day Two, and it's six in the morning.

[yawns] Another two days.

Colin: Good morning!

Crystal: Good morning!

- How are you guys doing?

Ariana: Good.

Crystal: We survived!

Colin: You survived?

Surviving the Day One hike is an accomplishment on its own.

But these families are here to do more than survive.

And while the Pettits are four minutes ahead to start Day Two, I wanna check in with Alex to see what progress he's making towards his personal goal.

I know you said in your plea that you really wanna make sure that your sister, Hannah, knows that you're really there for her.

Alex: Yeah.

- Do you feel like you've done a good job of that so far?

Alex: I don't think I've done as best as I should.

Like, there were times where I was way up front and she was way behind and... so I'm gonna try to work on that today.

- We're out here for multiple days.

Alex: Yeah.

- Everyday you can get a little bit better.

You gotta look back in the rearview and learn what you can from it.

You know, sometimes you think about leadership and you think about leading from the front, you know?

Leading the way, you know, pointing the direction.

And sometimes, that's important.

But also, leading from behind can be an incredibly valuable form of leadership.

- Yeah.

- You guys are a team out here, so it doesn't matter if one person gets there first, it's about getting the entire family there all together.

- All of us.

Yeah.

♪♪ [birds chirping] Bryce: Let's go guys, we got this!

Kyla: Wow, it is really cold out here.

Bryce: Kyla and Kalissa working together is important for their relationship because they only have a few short months to be together as sisters, and then after that once Kyla moves out and moves on, if they don't have a relationship before she moves, it's gonna be really hard for them to have a relationship after she moves.

Kyla: All right.

Crystal: All right, let's get our first map!

Alex: We go from here by keeping our heads high and working together really well.

Hannah: Maybe we can remember not to separate and start doing things more together.

Baja is famous for its off-roading and you're about to find out why.

Put your driving skills to the test-- Man: Yeah!

- --all the way to the next checkpoint.

Crystal and Ariana: Woo!

Colin: It’s Day Two, and today families will have to travel through a series of checkpoints.

At their first they’ll pilot off-road vehicles through two miles of twisting desert trails.

At checkpoint two, they’ll hike nearly five miles through rocky river canyons to a third checkpoint, where they’ll ride horseback through two miles of roasting, sandy river bottoms, before reaching their final checkpoint, a one-mile sprint to camp.

♪♪ [smack] Man: Okay.

Difference between you and me?

I make this look good.

All: [cheering] Aaron: Let’s ride!

All: [cheering] Aaron: Yeah, let’s go!

All: [cheering] [engine roaring] [cheering, laughing] - Oh my gosh, this is, like, the best time ever.

Look at that view.

Look at those mountains.

Ariana: There’s so many cactuses.

Our mom’s definitely, like, in her element.

[engine roaring] Aaron: I got dust in my mouth.

Bryce: Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Bronson: "Baja is famous for its off-roading, and you’re about to find out why."

All: Yes!

- I am super excited.

- Seventy miles per hour the whole time.

Bryce: This was my time to shine.

Kyla: [cheers] Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.

This is how we’ll make up all of our time.

Bryce: Zooming through the desert and hearing the girls laughing together was really great.

- Put your hands in the air!

Girls: [cheering] Bryce: It’s something we haven’t heard much of lately, uh, but it’s a promising sign.

- Right now, I am in heaven.

♪♪ Colin: As the Whites speed along in their ATVs, a mile ahead, the Pettits have disembarked and reached the second checkpoint, a five-mile hike through sun-baked sand and rocky canyons.

[wind whistling] ♪♪ Crystal: We’re gonna be on the mountain for a while.

Trying to keep with even.

Be careful of snakes, guys.

We started the day on a really big high.

Ariana: Guys, there’s a cactus right there.

Alex: Ow!

Dude, this hit me.

Crystal: We are now hiking and hiking and hiking, and it feels like it’s never gonna end.

Hannah: I’m getting hot now.

Colin: The midday sun has raised temperatures to over 90 degrees.

As the Pettits trudge through the thorns and the brambles, every grueling step is a fight against the loose sand and the tangled underbrush.

Alex: I can’t do this.

This tent's so heavy.

Colin: In conditions like these, it can take over an hour to travel just one mile.

Alex: Like, I’m seriously all tapped out.

I don’t wanna do this anymore.

Aaron: Talk to me, buddy.

What’s goin’ on?

- It feels like we’re not getting anywhere.

It’s just trail after trail after trail.

Crystal: It’s the challenge.

It’s challenging your body and your mind.

Alex: Well, this challenge is stupid.

♪♪ Crystal: When Alex first came into our household, he threw a major temper tantrum.

He started crying and was like, it’s okay, you can send me back.

They all do.

I put my hand on his shoulder and I told him, I will love you no matter how you act.

And we had this moment where we just knew we were mother and son, and it was always meant to be.

Aaron: How much water have you drank?

Alex: Being adopted, I do feel like I felt home with the Pettits because, they were just, they were different from other families.

Like, you could tell they were more patient.

[sighs] We can keep goin’.

I never had a good mother figure.

Mothers are supposed to be gentle and kind and there for you.

I guess all the ones I was used to were the opposite.

In reality, I just needed someone to tell me, like, it’s okay.

And my mom did that.

If we don’t get anywhere, I’m just gonna get worn out.

Colin: The Pettits are finally on the move again, but their stop has given the Whites an opportunity to gain ground, and they’re now less than half a mile behind.

Kyla: Guys, please pick up the pace a bit.

Woman 2: A lot of uphill.

Kalissa: Kyla, stop.

Bryce: Remember to use your stress to help.

Kyla: That’s what I’m trying to do.

Kalissa: Doing that is not helping.

Bryce: For Kyla, she likes to do things so well and so perfectly that even if they’re just a little bit off, she gets really hard on herself.

Kyla: Dad, you have the map.

Which direction?

Bryce: Honey, it’s hard.

We’re all looking at the map together, but it’s really challenging.

It’s important for her to understand that there’s something to learn from every experience, and even the times when you don’t succeed how you want to, you need to focus on the positive, and now use that to fuel you forward.

Bronson: Well, it has this orange marker.

- It’s literally straight across.

Straight across.

Bryce: All right, Kalissa, let’s go, baby.

Colin: The Whites have found the path again.

While five minutes ahead of them, the Pettits are approaching the third checkpoint.

Ariana: Oh, the checkpoint.

"Time to saddle up your horses and ride them all the way to your next checkpoint."

All: [cheering] Colin: At checkpoint three, the families will ride horseback two miles through a narrow and sandy riverbed.

♪♪ [hooves clomping] Crystal: This is nice.

Alex: This is awesome.

I appreciate your patience.

You just listened and you understood that I was upset.

That really did help.

Crystal: I feel ya.

Feel the same way.

Hannah: The horses kind of relate to us in a way, because they were all, like, following each other, and kind of all had trust in each other, so I hope that we can do that.

Alex: Good girl.

You’re such a good girl.

- Are you sure we’re on the right trail?

Bryce: Yep, we’re on the right track now.

Make up some time.

I see it, right ahead!

Straight, straight, straight.

Kyla: Go, go, go, run, run, run, run, run.

Woman 2: Time to saddle up your horses?

All: [cheering] [horse snorts] Woman 2: I am not a horse rider, but I am so excited to get on those horses.

This is so cool.

We’re riding horses in Mexico.

Bryce: Nice, Kaliss.

Bronson: I’ve not ridden a horse before.

That was the best part of everything.

Kyla: Good job.

You’re doing great.

How do you make them go faster?

Crystal: I see our checkpoint.

"I hope you enjoyed your ride.

Now it’s time to dismount and hoof it to camp."

Ariana: We’re almost to camp, guys!

Aaron: We’re almost to camp.

Hannah: And we’re going to camp.

Colin: The Pettits have reached the final checkpoint: A short, one-mile hike to camp.

Meanwhile, the Whites continue to gain ground, and are only a quarter mile behind.

[horse snorts] Kyla: Whoa.

Bryce: These guys are just runnin’ along.

Whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Woman 2: [screaming] Bryce: Whoa, whoa, whoa.

This way, this way, come on.

[hoofbeats] Bryce: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Man 2: Are you okay?

Bryce: You all right, Krystal?

Krystal: I’m very, very dizzy.

No.

My head hurts really bad.

I don’t remember exactly what happened when I fell off.

It’s kind of a blur.

It just took off.

Medic: I’m gonna ask you a couple questions, and you just answer the best you can, okay?

- ‘Kay.

Medic: Can you tell me your full name?

- Krystal Michelle White.

- And where are we?

- Mexico.

- You okay?

- I feel lightheaded.

Very, very lightheaded.

Medic: I’m gonna hold you just for observation.

Colin: With Krystal being held for medical attention, the White family faces a difficult decision: stay with their mom, or finish the day, and possibly the race, without her.

♪♪ - Whoa.

It’s okay, guys, we’re almost there.

Crystal: Maybe over this mountain or this little hill thing.

[overlapping excited chatter] Crystal: That is so beautiful.

Aaron: Walking over the dune and seeing the ocean just out in front of us, it feels so amazing.

An ocean breeze hitting me in the face.

It was like walking into heaven.

Alex: Dude, there’s a whale!

Aaron: Yeah, guys, there’s a whale.

[excited exclamations] Hannah: This was so worth it.

Wait, our flag!

[yells] Crystal: Let’s go!

Alex: Let’s get that flag.

All: [cheering] Aaron: There’s a card.

Let’s read it.

Ariana: It says, “Congratulations, Pettit family.

"You survived Day Two.

"I hope you use this time to remember what really brought you out here."

- There was a time I didn’t want to make it here, but I’m glad I did.

[flapping] ♪♪ Kalissa: You’re doing so good.

You’re doing really amazing.

Bryce: They are so okay.

- I definitely wanted my family to go on.

Bryce: There, baby.

We’re gonna go, okay?

Love you.

Kyla: Bye!

Love you.

Kids: Love you!

Krystal: I love you.

Bryce: Our Heavenly Father, we’re very grateful for all the medics and people who are here to help her.

Please keep her safe.

Please help us as we continue along today and finish this day strong.

‘Kay, guys, let’s do this.

♪♪ I think some of the problems that our family has faced today with Krystal falling off the horse, that wasn’t, uh, a highlight for me.

It was good to see the family kind of bond around her, and then we kind of unified in finishing the day.

♪♪ Kalissa: Yes!

Bronson: It’s the flag.

Bryce: You did it.

Made it!

Kyla: We made it!

[cheers] Bryce: Ah, yeah, you did it!

Kalissa: "Congratulations, White family.

"Another hard fought day in the books.

"I hope you use tonight to remember what really brought you out here."

Bryce: All right.

Colin: Today has tested both families.

The Pettits expanded their lead to 21 minutes, despite Alex nearly reaching his breaking point.

And the Whites had to finish the day missing one family member.

Kyla: And then just set that one in here, Kalissa.

Good job.

We are thriving.

Bryce: Oh, look.

Krystal: Hey, guys.

Kyla: Hey, gorgeous.

Krystal: I’m sorry to scare you.

Kalissa: I was really worried about her the whole time, and just seeing that she was okay made me feel a lot better.

Bryce: How you doin’?

Krystal: They said I should be good, I just need to rest.

Kalissa: We’re glad you’re okay.

I was just happy to see her be able to be on her feet and smiling.

- I won’t be goin’ on a horse for a while.

[laughs] Bronson: Me too.

Bryce: Oh, there goes the tent!

Krystal: Go grab it, go grab it!

[laughing] Alex: I’m serious, that was so hard.

Got annoyed and lost my temper a bit.

I do appreciate you giving me that time to be upset instead of, like, stop being upset, we gotta get to this next checkpoint!

You let me be upset, and that helped get it all out.

- ‘Cause all feelings are valid, and it’s okay to not feel okay.

Like, that’s okay.

- Yeah.

Crystal: I feel like right before you graduated high school is when I noticed this, like, little change in you.

You were less patient, quick to anger.

It felt like you were almost kind of putting up a wall with, like, a lot of us in the family.

- I, I think I was just stressed, ‘cause, like, I’d just graduated, I wasn’t going to college, and I was scared of, like, the real world.

- I think when you’re feeling like that, that’s when you need your family the most.

And then I feel like recently when you moved out, I didn’t know what was in store for our family.

- I really didn’t think I impacted the family that much.

- No, you’re a huge part of this family, and in particular, Hannah, she had so much abandonment in her life.

- Yeah.

- And so I think you moving out, she felt abandoned in a lot of ways.

Coming on this trip, though, I think you have an opportunity to really show that you, you would never abandon her.

- Yeah.

I want her to know that I’ll always be there.

I’m not going anywhere.

Going forward, there will be no more walls with her, ‘cause she does mean the world to me.

- A wall’s come down?

- And so a wall’s come down.

- I love to hear that.

- I love you.

- I love you.

♪♪ [crickets] [waves breaking] ♪♪ Alex: I learned from my mom last night that I was a big aspect of the family.

I guess I was looking at it through my point of view and not through everyone else’s.

Up until now, I didn’t realize I was putting up those walls.

It affected Hannah pretty big, ‘cause I didn’t realize how much distance that there was between us until last night.

I don’t think it’s too late to talk to her about it.

I just have to do it in the right way.

[sighs] Another day.

Hannah: Another dollar.

Alex: Another journey.

Ariana: ‘Kay, let’s go find this flag.

- [laughing] Alex: Are you okay?

Hannah: Are you okay?

Ariana: Yes.

All: [laughing] Ariana: It's very windy.

Alex: That was funny.

♪♪ Bryce: Having this time together without any distractions, devices, is awesome.

Totally worth it.

Except for the horse falling part.

Let’s not do that again.

Krystal: Yes.

Bryce: I think as each day has gone forward, we’ve learned and we’ve, uh, adapted, and we’ve gotten better and better.

If we continue to work together, we’ll hopefully get the similar success.

Kalissa: Dad, after all of this, I’m buying you a massage with the money I got from work.

Bryce: [laughs] Thanks, honey.

Bronson: I’ll pitch in to make it a better massage.

Kalissa: [laughs] Okay, cool.

Alex: See what we’re doin’.

“All aboard.

"The Sea of Cortez provides your first challenge today.

"Pettit family, you will need to work together on this challenge."

Hannah: What?

Ariana: Okay, what does the map look like?

All: [groaning] Ariana: Oh my gosh.

Crystal: Ocean!

Colin: It’s Day 3, and a whole new challenge awaits.

Families will need to leave land and face relentless waves and ocean currents to make their way a mile and a half around the cape, and then tackle a five-mile hike over loose rocks and dry sand on their way to camp.

[waves roaring] All: [exclaiming] Aaron: What are these?

Ariana: Is that paddle boarding?

‘Cause I’ve never done that a day in my life.

Aaron: I was just so excited.

Crystal: I’m not feeling the same way.

[laughs] I just don’t know what to expect, and the waves look really big.

If I fall in this water, it’s gonna be freezing.

Hannah’: Kay, come on.

Ariana: Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.

Hannah: You’re fine.

Get on, everyone, get on!

Paddle!

♪♪ Alex: This is gorgeous, honestly.

Crystal: It is gorgeous.

Aaron: You’re doin’ good, guys.

Keep goin’.

Alex: Okay, it’s getting windy.

Aaron: We’re about to hit ocean currents.

Colin: As the Pettits push further from land, the full brunt of the wind and the waves turn into an exhausting, and perilous journey.

Alex: Okay, I'm starting to freak out.

[overlapping chatter] Aaron: On the right.

Don’t freak out.

Ariana: I feel like we’re going backwards!

Colin: They must fight against strong currents to keep moving forward and to avoid being swept into the rocks.

Ariana: [screams] Hannah: Oh my gosh.

Crystal: Dig deeper, guys, we’re going backwards.

Ariana: I swear if I fall-- Crystal: You guys are pushing us out too far.

Hannah: Well, that’s what you guys keep saying to go far out.

Crystal: Not too far.

Aaron: We gotta turn.

Ariana: Everyone-- Hannah: We all need to work together, or else we’re not gonna get anywhere.

Colin: As the Pettits regroup, a half mile behind them, the Whites are starting their journey.

Krystal: "Today’s first challenge "is out on the water.

"You will need to show that you can work as one to round the cape."

[overlapping chatter] Bryce: In the ocean, sticking together is crucial.

Everyone get on the same stroke.

Kyla: We’re going straight, that’s all that we need to be worried about.

Kalissa: I know, but-- Kyla: That means that right side needs to have-- Bronson: Turn to the right, turn to the right.

Kyla: No, left side.

Bryce: You know, if we’re not together, you know, then it’s gonna cause conflict.

You’re gonna turn us out towards the ocean.

Kyla: We’re just gonna hit the rocks.

Colin: As the White family fights against the waves and the currents, the Pettits, finally in sight, and with their lead cut to 17 minutes, are rounding the cape.

Crystal: ‘Kay, ready?

One, two, three, dig.

One, two, three, dig.

One, two, three, dig.

[overlapping chatter] Paddle board, in such a short time, we went from frustrated to, like, we don’t know what we’re doing, to all of a sudden working together.

Alex: Yep, we gotta go straight.

There we go.

Aaron: There we go.

Crystal: We made it!

♪♪ Kyla: All right, we need to turn out more, guys.

Krystal: ‘Kay, that means that right side needs to have more-- Bronson: Turn to the right, turn to the right.

[seals yelping] Bryce: I tried to kind of help the family, you know, get in that rhythm.

Kyla: ‘Kay, guys, we should go out all on the same.

Kalissa: I know.

Bryce: And I felt like we really, we really gelled.

Kalissa: Kyla, is this better than being stuck at home?

Kyla: This is so much fun.

Bryce: We should be full-time family adventurers.

Krystal: This is way better.

Bryce: [laughs] You know, everyone just kind of followed through with it.

Krystal: Headed for shore.

Kalissa: Whoo!

Bryce: All right.

Nice job, guys.

Krystal: Everyone did really good.

Colin: By working together on the water, the Whites managed to chip the Pettit’s lead down to 14 minutes.

And now, back on dry land, the families are heading five miles up the mountain to reach their final camp.

But there’s no time to waste, as the White family is hot on the Pettit’s trail.

Kyla: Do you think we could go a little bit faster?

Kalissa: Nope, I’m good.

Kyla: ‘Cause this is the easiest part we’ve done.

From here on out, just push through.

I’m very competitive, and so if we don’t win, this is gonna be a huge bummer.

Mom, can you set the pace again?

Krystal: What?

Kyla: Run ahead and set the pace.

You’re really good at that.

Kalissa, Mom’s gonna pass you, and then... let’s talk, girl.

What’s wrong?

Kalissa: It doesn’t matter.

You didn’t want me in the front anyways.

You seem to have zero confidence in me, and anytime I’m trying to go in the front, you’re like, no, let Mom.

A lot of times, I bottle things up and try to, like, not make fights.

Kyla: What can I do to make this better?

Kalissa: Today it kind of, just one thing after another.

You know, you never actually let me into your room even.

I have gone to you so many times.

Kyla: I apologized, and I’m trying to really reach out so that we can have a more genuine conversation.

Kalissa: When you reach out, it does not feel very genuine.

I’m so sorry, but I don’t want to hear it.

That’s why I didn’t want to say anything.

Kyla: I don’t feel heard by my sister, and I know my sister doesn’t feel heard by me.

I would love to have a relationship with you when you are ready.

I am right here-- Kalissa: I’ve been ready, and every time I’m ready, you’re not, so, it’s very, very one-sided.

Kyla: Kalissa, I’m obviously reach-- Kalissa: We're done with this conversation.

Bryce: The relationship between those two has been a struggle.

Kalissa’s getting to that point where she feels like she’s had enough, and so sometimes it gets frustrating for her.

Kyla’s kind of now realizing that, you know, she needs to mend that relationship.

Aaron: I see a flag!

Hannah: Oh, my gosh.

Aaron: Guys, I see the flag!

Ah!

Crystal: Yay!

Ariana: "Congratulations on making it "to your third and final camp.

"Please use this last night to look up at the stars "and each reflect upon your journey.

I will see you at the finish line."

All: [cheering] Hannah: Our last camp!

All: [sighing] ♪♪ Bryce: All right, keep your eyes open, guys.

Krystal: Today’s been a little bit rough.

We were having moments where things were going well, like the paddle boarding.

Bryce: Oh, there’s orange.

Bronson: Orange, we found the flag!

Krystal: But at the same time, there was a lot of times, though, that we’re still kind of struggling and fighting.

- "Congratulations, White family.

"You made it to your final camp!

"Take tonight to reflect on what truly brought you out here."

Krystal: Aw.

Bryce: Let’s go.

Woo!

Final camp!

Colin: As the sun sets, emotions are still running high.

For each family, their final night brings one last opportunity to open up to one another and confront their most pressing personal issues.

Alex: I... didn’t notice, uh, how you were feeling sometimes, especially when I moved out.

The thing, I guess, that really scared me was after graduation.

I think that’s when I really started to build these walls.

‘Cause I got scared.

I didn’t know where I was going in life.

♪♪ Hannah: After, I feel like, you graduated, you kind of went through, like, a phase where you kind of were just rude to everyone.

You kind of, like, didn’t care what anyone would say to you.

So, I don't know, I was kind of, like, hurt by it, but then I was like, I guess he can do what he wants, and I guess that’s, like, his life.

- I guess I just thought as soon as I graduated that life was gonna take over and everyone was just gonna forget I was there.

So instead of feeling that, I guess the easiest thing to do was to just push everyone away and do this all alone.

And I didn’t know, like, that hurt you as much as it did.

- I don’t know, I-- at first it was super hard, because not always have, like, people been there, like, my whole life, so... - I definitely know how much you’ve lost and how many people you’ve lost.

I just want to make a promise to you.

Even if I’m not physically there, I’ll always be there, no matter what.

Come here, give me a hug.

♪♪ Colin: How has today been for ya?

Kyla: The dynamic between me and my sister has been very difficult.

I’m just really upset that we fought.

I don’t understand how the relationship is supposed to thrive.

- How is it, when you come out of a fight like that, how do you resolve that, generally?

- Typically we kind of just part ways instead of mending whatever issues that we have.

- Yeah, that makes sense.

I know also it sounds like in the past, you guys maybe have kind of swept some things under the rug, and then they boil up later.

Confront that head on, even if that means apologizing.

You’re kind of saying the hard thing in the moment rather than just kind of letting it go.

Kyla: Maybe the next day instead of just, like, parting ways, if she needs something, I can be there, be present.

'Cause that is what she needs from me.

- I think that’s the role as the older sister.

Sometimes you gotta pave the way, but also, you know, you gotta leave room for that two-way dialogue, and, and listen and be vulnerable to really make an even deeper bond.

- Yeah.

- I have no doubt that you have it in you to do that.

Krystal: I am most looking forward to a shower.

Kalissa: Amen.

Krystal: A shower and a nice, comfy bed.

Kalissa: Today I did get mad.

Me and my sister got in a big fight.

It’s scary if we’re only gonna see each other every single day for a few more months before she’s off to college.

It’s kinda sad.

She’s my sister.

I would love to-- know that she loves and cares about me, but sometimes I don’t feel that, and it’s really hard for me, because I love her so much, and it’s sad ‘cause sometimes I don’t feel like she feels the same way, and that I’m the only one pulling, like, the weight.

And it’s really hard.

♪♪ [fire crackling gently] Crystal: It’s our last night out here, and I just want to say how proud I am of every single one of you.

And I just want you guys taking this in the future.

Always know your self worth, and always know how important you are, and that there’s a reason why you’re in each situation, and you, and only you, can bring that something special and that talent to that.

Hannah: Maybe next time we go camping, if we ever do, I know-- Crystal: What?

Can’t believe you’d even say that!

Hannah: I know how to make a tent.

[laughs] I know how to build a tent.

Alex: That’s awesome.

Crystal: You’re so good at camping and outdoors.

Well, let’s just finish this race together tomorrow.

Hannah: Yeah.

Alex: We’re so close, guys.

We are... right there.

[fire crackling gently and crickets] ♪♪ [bird squawking] Hannah: Time to pack up!

Aaron: Daddy's busy over here.

Alex: We’re finally on our last day.

Last time we get to put away this tent.

Aaron: Excellent tent roll, Alex.

Alex: Thank you.

♪♪ Crystal: We had this amazing discoveries over the last few days.

We sat by the campfire last night and just really opened up and took all of our walls down with each other.

- We’ve been doing so good.

So let’s just keep a positive attitude, Mom.

You’re good at that.

Let’s cross this line.

Aaron: Let's take this into the finish line.

- Let’s do this.

Aaron: Go, team!

Crystal: Let’s go!

♪♪ Bryce: Yesterday when Kyla and Kalissa got into an argument, it got a little heated at some points, but sometimes those arguments are, are necessary to try and get through some difficult things.

Kyla: My sister and me, we had a very strong bond when we were little, and then I lost the bond with her by not being there.

As her older sister, that’s like my one job.

That’s my one responsibility, and until I show her that I am 100% always there for her, there’s not gonna be any difference in our relationship.

Bryce: All right, guys.

Let’s get our bags and let’s get!

I think for Kalissa, what she would love to see is, you know, something that really shows that genuine love.

[crunching footsteps] Hannah: Okay, you get it.

Crystal: There’s a card.

"Today is a race to the finish.

"Only one family can win the prize.

"But win or lose, make sure to enjoy the journey, and leave having said everything you came to say."

So it looks like we’re hiking up mountains today, ‘cause all of these lines are mountains.

Alex: Oh my gosh.

Colin: It’s the last day, and it’s gonna be an uphill battle.

The families will have to hike five miles, finding their way through a maze of dry riverbeds and clambering up steep, mountainous terrain on their way to the finish line.

Aaron: I’m feeling yes, tired, yes, hurting, but at the same time, looking at where we’ve been the last three days, what we’ve gone through as a family.

We’re so close.

You know, it’s just a little bit more.

Crystal: Let’s move a little faster.

Everyone feel good with that?

All: Yeah.

Crystal: ‘Kay.

[intense music] Kyla: This is day four of extreme hiking.

Uphill, downhill.

Krystal: Guys, we’re gonna run.

Everybody focus on your breath!

Kyla: I just am trying to make sure that we all just give it our all this last bit.

If I’m pushing too hard, let me know.

Kalissa: All right, cool.

Krystal: I think that there is a lot more pressure today ‘cause it’s the last day.

Kyla: They’re right on our tail.

You’re good.

Bronson: Downhill, y’all.

Kyla: Downhill, run!

Krystal: Everyone is trying to push each other.

Kyla: Guys, y’all are really killing this.

Good job.

Krystal: In a good, kind way still, trying to encourage at the same time.

Kyla: Y’all got it!

Colin: The White family is off to a hot start.

They’re keeping an ambitious pace, while Kyla maintains her positivity and support for her sister.

Kyla: Y’all good?

Kalissa: Good!

I’m right behind you!

Colin: Allowing the family to cut into the Pettits' lead.

Kalissa: You got this, Orange Team!

Yes!

[apprehensive music] Alex: We got this.

Crystal: Hold on one second, guys.

I’m just gonna make sure we’re going the right way.

Because it looked like... we’re supposed to be going down the mountain right here.

Aaron: I think we’re still going up it though.

Because look, this is actually higher than this part down around here.

I see kind of a pathway over on the mountain over here, and I think that’s where we’re supposed to end up.

Crystal: Okay, let’s keep going.

I think we’re good.

Aaron: Let’s keep moving.

Hannah: Guys, is it this way?

Alex: I trust you.

[footsteps] ♪♪ Kyla: Long strides, guys!

Bryce: We’re doing good!

♪♪ Kyla: How are you doing, Kalissa?

Kalissa: I’m lightheaded.

Kyla: Are you eating something?

Kalissa: I’m not hungry, I’m just so hot.

I’m starting to get a headache.

Kyla: Pause.

Dad.

Krystal: You guys, Kalissa needs a longer break.

She feels like she might be getting a migraine.

Bryce: All right.

Kalissa: I get migraines, and if I don’t get on top of it fast, then it’s kind of scary.

Krystal: Just take some deep breaths.

Kalissa: Sometimes I can’t even open my eyes.

It can get really intense.

Kyla: Like, are you getting d-d, like, dizzy?

Kalissa: Yeah.

Krystal: Take some deep breaths.

Kyla: I’ve been extremely worried about us not winning.

She means more to me than winning, and I need to show that.

Kalissa: I know, I just feel bad.

Kyla: Don’t feel bad!

Just close your eyes.

It’s okay.

Kalissa: She’s definitely been a lot kinder and more willing to help with those little moments.

It definitely gave me hope.

- It’s something I never thought I would say, but if we lose, it’s worth it because it’s such a victory for my sister and me to heal together.

Colin: The Whites' stop has allowed the Pettits to build their lead back to eight minutes.

Hannah: Okay, it led us to a wash.

Do we keep, do we go up, Mom?

Crystal: But this wash doesn’t take us right.

Aaron: We’re supposed to go on the wash.

Crystal: No, ‘cause look.

Aaron: Because this path going up this way, and curving around the mountain.

Alex: That makes no sense, we’re going back that way!

Hannah: No, I think Dad’s right.

I think we need to go this way.

I’m kinda nervous because I feel like we just went through all of, like, building our relationships, growing as a family.

But, what if today all we worked on doesn’t hold up?

Alex: Guys, we look like fools.

We can’t even read a simple map.

Aaron: Trust me, I know where we’re at.

Let’s go.

Come on.

Alex: It’s gonna be a long day.

Colin: As the Pettit family struggle to find their way, with Kyla's help, Kalissa has bounced back.

The White family is again gaining ground.

Kyla: All right.

Long strides up, guys, you are killing it!

Good job.

Sorry for pushing you so hard, Kalissa.

You're doing awesome.

Krystal: For Kyla, I think it's been really good to be here.

I've seen her trying to help out, especially her sister.

I see her, like, connecting.

Kyla: Is this helping at all?

Kalissa: A little bit.

Krystal: I can see her trying.

Bryce: Let's push it through, guys.

Bronson: Then can I collapse?

Bryce: When we make it to the finish line.

Alex: It's like we're climbing a mountain.

♪♪ Crystal: The grind going up the mountain was literally the hardest thing I've ever done.

Took everything in me just to keep putting, like, one foot in front of the other.

Alex: You got it, guys, we're almost there.

I can feel it, we're close.

Crystal: It's just this uphill is so hard.

Alex: You got it, guys!

Almost there!

- My body was like, give me a second.

I'm not, like, able to do this.

Alex: You need a break?

We can take one.

Hannah: Just look at the view.

[wind blowing] [intense music] Colin: While the Pettits have halted, the Whites are hot on their heels.

Just a quarter mile behind them, and gaining fast.

Kyla: Long strides up, guys.

You are killing it!

Bryce: Nice job.

Krystal: You guys are doing so good!

Just keep moving.

You guys are doing really good.

Kyla: Everybody focus on your breath!

Krystal: Are you good?

Bryce: Let's, let's go sure-footed here.

Krystal: Feeling good, Kaliss?

Kalissa: Yeah.

Bryce: Mom's runnin', Mom's runnin, let's go.

Come on, Bronson.

Alex: Hey, you got this, Mom.

You've been doing so good.

You've been smiling all week and I love it.

Crystal: I was done and to hear him like, Mom, we got this!

- Come on, Dad, let's go, come on.

Crystal: To hear him step in and take a role that I had taken his entire life... Alex: You got it, Mom!

Come on, Pops.

Crystal: Was a huge moment for us.

A huge moment for me.

Alex: Look at that!

Hannah: It's pretty!

Aaron: Look how far we've come, guys.

Colin: The Pettit family finally summited the mountain, but their slow pace allowed the Whites to catch up.

And now they're in a dead heat, as they must sprint down the mountain and ascend the final peak to the finish where the first to raise their flag will be the winner.

Hannah: You guys good?

Crystal: This whole experience was amazing.

Now that we're, like, right towards the end, the cherry on top would be to win the race.

Alex: You got this.

You've got it, you've got it!

Bryce: All right, here's the hard left!

Bronson: Come on, y'all!

Kyla: Now that I'm here, about to cross the finish line, I'm realizing, like, family is what makes us win.

Regardless.

Bryce: Push it in gear, guys.

Bronson: Y'all, come on!

Pick up the pace!

Alex: We're almost there!

Go, go, go!

Bryce: See the flag pole at the top of the hill right there!

Let's go!

I looked up and saw there were no other flags on it.

I couldn't even believe it.

Let's go.

Kyla: Kalissa and Bronson, like, just out of nowhere they're both just like running up the hill.

They like flew past us!

Kalissa: The whole time I just kept thinking, oh my gosh, the flag's about to go up on the other side and we're gonna barely miss it.

Colin: Bronson's the first one here!

White Family, you guys are the first family to the finish line!

Bryce: Yes!

All: [cheer] Colin: But, if you wanna take the victory, you guys gotta raise this flag up!

- Such an important moment for our family.

I knew I was exhausted, they were all exhausted, you know, but we did it.

It was definitely a proud dad moment.

I was very proud of our family, for all of us.

[flag billowing] Colin: White Family, you are the winners of Survivalists!

All: [cheer] Bronson: [squeals] Throw me up in the air.

Krystal: We just felt so grateful.

[laughs] Like, oh my gosh, we made it.

Colin: That's amazing.

Look at that!

Look at that.

Bryce: [laughs] Kalissa: It meant a lot to me when we reached the finish line as a family and I just feel like she's being genuine with me.

Colin: I know you and your sister kind of had some challenges out there.

How's it feel to be standing here, next to each other, victorious?

Kalissa: Good.

Colin: Yeah?

Kalissa: That's for sure.

Just, like, listening to each other really helped.

Bronson: Yeah.

Kalissa: Being out here has definitely given me some hope for me and my sister's relationship.

I feel like that was the first time that me and Kyla have had, like, a positive experience in a while.

Kyla: I'm extremely proud of you because I've never seen you push through something that-- on this different level.

And, I know how strong you are, and I'm just really proud, like, that you're my sister.

Colin: Kalissa, how does it feel to hear your sister say that?

Kaliss: Really, really nice!

Kyla and Kalissa: [laugh] Kalissa: That's for sure.

So... yeah.

Colin: Beautiful, beautiful.

- By the time I move out and go off to college, I think I'll be able to have a steady relationship with everybody in my family if I can keep this up and just always put family first.

- You guys did an extremely incredible job.

Working together as a team, as a family, and, uh, of course, taking home the prize as well!

So, congratulations!

Awesome job!

All: [cheering] Kyla: Oh my gosh, I forgot we get $10,00!

Oh my gosh.

Woo!

Bronson: We won!

Kalissa: We made it.

♪♪ Colin: There's the Pettit family!

Hannah leading the way!

Hannah: I get up there, the Orange Team had made it before us.

I look back and I see my family kind of, like, disappointed in themselves.

- We're just really trying to finish as a family and... I don't know if I can do it.

Alex: We're so close!

You got this, Mom.

It hurt.

But then seeing Hannah be that first one up there.

Colin: Come on in, you're almost there, you're almost there!

Alex: Getting to the top, seeing these two do that final push up the hill-- Colin: You have made it to the finish line.

Alex: --I was happy to just raise this flag.

Colin: All right, raise it up as a family!

There it is!

Alex: We can say that we did it, we finished.

Colin: Pettit Family, congratulations.

You have finished Survivalists!

Crystal: I'm proud that we, like, finished as a family.

- We all overcame something up here, and we left nothing behind.

Alex: It would have been nice to win, I feel like... finishing together is the win.

- I know in your plea you said, I want my sister to know that I'm there for her always no matter what.

Do you have anything specific you wanna say to you sister Hannah?

Alex: Uh, I'm really proud of you, and that last charge up here was definitely one of my favorite sights to see.

Made me see her in a different light to see her be that warrior trekking through this hot desert and how strong she is on her own.

It was just an amazing feeling.

I'm proud of you for that.

Colin: How does it feel to hear him say that to you?

- It feels really good.

This experience has made me closer to Alex.

Some of the stuff he said to me I didn't even know was going on.

I'm really happy we had that talk so I could better understand where he was coming from.

Crystal: To see them push through and to see them just overcome their own challenges and their self worth, it was just incredible.

Prior to coming into this, I was really worried with all the changes in our lives on what our family was gonna look like.

I now view change as not a bad thing.

Change is good; we're supposed to evolve as people and we're supposed to grow.

No matter what we're going through in life, we all got each other's backs and we can do anything as long as we're together and we have that solid rock.

Just because it looks different, it's still just as beautiful.

Families: [chattering] ♪♪