I have a question: What is Dan's beef with Jeff? Dan is so incredibly negative and down right hateful towards Jeff. Where does this animosity come from? Sticky fingers is not a favorite of mine at all - especially after LOS season 1.

Episode Title: Breaking Borneo

–As we wait for a new N&A season, regular, XL, or LOS, I’ve decided to go back and do a running diary of different episodes throughout the show’s history.

–Let’s get to it!

–Breaking Borneo is a season 1 episode. It came out in 2013, when Breaking Bad was airing, hence the play on the name.

–Have we had many episodes in Borneo? Any classic episodes filmed there?

–Our female contestant is Julie, who is 6’4” tall and loves using her survival knowledge in the comfort of her back yard. It’s never a good sign when they film in their yard!

–Our male contestant is named…Puma. We don’t need to know anything else about this guy to know he’s going to 1) be an arrogant jerk and 2) fail miserably. Let’s find out!

–As Julie gets dropped off and then gets naked, she informs us that being naked will expose her to all types of plants and creatures: Rattan vines, leeches, Pumas…

–Puma is looking forward to seeing his partner nude. Perv.

–N&A really loves to drum up the initial “I’m attracted to my partner” nonsense.

–Looks like they got a pot, but I didn’t see the other items. Probably a knife and a fire starter.

–Initial PSR time! Easily the most useless part of N&A.

–Puma’s PSR: 7.1 Julie’s PSR…5.5

–Never change, N&A. Never change.

–These two are climbing down a jungle mountain. Looks dangerous.

–Julie identifies a boar track. I’m going to go out on a limb and say they do not kill a boar.

–Julie is dehydrated. Puma is concerned about her abilities. Shocker.

–There is a 100% certainty that these two are not going to be successful in making a fire on their first night. It’s way too humid there.

–They decide to build a shelter instead of concentrating on fire. They’re running out of daylight, so they choose to build the most difficult bed imaginable. It’s five feet off the ground. I bet you anything it breaks before night one is over.

–1:45 a.m. Our two heroes hear something moving around in the darkness. Time for some N&A stock animal footage!

–N&A is hyping up the wild boar danger. They’ll be ok. Stop your nonsense, N&A.

–They survive to day 2. The bed held up!

–Puma is making a fire making device while Julie is focusing on the shelter. Puma’s chances of getting a fire going on day 2 are zero percent.

–”I’ve never had this much trouble making fire.” -Puma.

–Puma thinks it’s time to drink water without boiling it because he sucks at fire building. He is not happy.

–Julie steps in to help with the fire building. Will she succeed where Puma failed? Probably.

–Puma finds a refreshing, small area stream from camp. He states he’s not going to tell Julie about it. Why? What’s that all about, Puma? I told you he was going to be an arrogant ass.

–Puma decides to take a chance with the secret water and he drinks some.

–It’s nighttime, and Julie is suffering from dehydration. She needs water asap or she’s not going to make it much longer.

–Day 3. Julie is struggling. Puma is still not telling Julie about his secret water source. He doesn’t seem to be suffering any ill effects from drinking the water, so why not share this information with her?

–Puma found an underground source of rain water that filters through the jungle. Good job by Puma.

–Puma’s back to making fire, but he’s not having luck, so Julie takes over, and it looks like they have a coal thanks to Julie’s skills!

–They have fire! Both contestants are feeling good right now. Maybe they’ll make it 21 days!

–They’ve found a few worms and a small river crab. They have themselves a snack. Thriving!

–Ominus music is playing. What’s about to happen?

–Uh oh. Their coals have burned out. Julie thinks this is Puma’s fault. Trouble in Borneo!

–And now the sky is opening up and they’re about to get absolutely drenched. Not good.

–Julie is trying to make another fire, and it’s obvious she’s using wet wood. What is she doing?

–Here comes the frustration and the first fight between Puma and Julie. They’re stressed!

–Julie is taking her anger out on random leeches she finds. She “wants them all to die.” Ok…

–Now the river is overflowing, and there’s a giant, murderous tree that Julie’s worried will fall on their camp. It’s getting intense for our heroes!

–The narrator lets us know that there’s a tropical storm moving through.

–A giant tree just crashed down near their shelter in the middle of the night.. Puma says it missed them by about 15 feet. That would be terrifying.

–It’s daylight, and they must rebuild their shelter. I’m going to make a prediction: These two will make it the 21 days. It couldn’t have gone much worse for them, and yet they’re still standing.

–Puma is feeling awful. He needs rest. We cut to nighttime and Puma says he’s got a bad fever and the chills. Maybe I spoke too soon about them making it 21 days.

–Puma is moaning throughout the night. He wonders if he got bit by a spider.

–It’s almost morning, and Puma calls for help. However, they’re stranded due to the flood, and help can’t come until morning.

–As the morning dawns, the narrator lets us know that Puma is at the breaking point. Finally the medical unit is able to reach him.

–The medics don’t know what’s causing Puma’s fever, but it could be serious. His temp is 105 degrees. He’s definitely getting tapped.

–They cool Puma’s body off in the river and then they carry him out on the stretcher. He’s gone.

–Julie’s now got 12 days alone.

–Puma is tested for a variety of infections at the hospital. Hopefully he’ll be ok.

–If you’ve watched enough N&A, you know that the female almost always makes it to the end when the male leaves early. Let’s see if that trend holds up here.

–Julie is hoping her fish trap will catch some food.

–Fish traps: The most useless survival invention ever.

–She checks the trap after leaving it in the river for several hours: no fish. Shocker.

–Another day, another useless fish trap failure.

–Julie says she feels weak and emotionally depleted. Is she about to give up?

–Day 15. The fire is out. She’s had no food, and now she needs to get the fire going again. She’s scared. She’s having an emotional breakdown.

–Julie refuses to give in to the dark side. She’s trying to get up to pee and can barely walk, but she’s fighting hard.

–Julie confesses that all of her training and skills were useless. Turns out making fire in your back yard is a little different than making fire in a rainforest. Who knew?!

–Day 18. Julie taps. I was wrong that she’d make it after Puma left.

–Julie wasn’t thriving and she wasn’t surviving either.

–Puma and Julie: FAILURES

–PSR Time! YES!

–Puma’s new PSR: 6.1

–Julie’s new PSR: 5.0

–Never change, N&A. Never change.

–That’s a wrap on this episode, and the first of (hopefully) many N&A running diaries as we wait for a new season.

See you next time!

Anybody else think they use armed guides when they are filming or some kind of deterent, I'm just surprised someone hasn't been mauled by a lion

I started off liking Eva a lot until XL1. Not throwing shade on her skills.

Heather: well I'm still not a big fan. Her last challenged showed a woman who was trying hard to be a good teammate. She worked hard.

There have been plenty of different people on this show from all walks of life, I have heard all sorts of sad and bizarre stories, some of them have even been downright weird!

Im quite a fan of the ninja guy who appeared early on, "the black MacGyver" as he called himself and I also have a soft spot for the man, Trent who said that a bigfoot sat on him when he was a child!

Who is the one who made an impression on you the most and for what reason?

Nathan was so incredibly rude to his partner to the point she tapped. When he climbed the coconut tree and slid down causing awful scrapes everywhere seemed the the ultimate karma.

I hope they never do another episode where the partners speak different languages. If he could have communicated to her his frustrations with her work ethic it might have been a good episode

Seen lots of episodes these last weekse via free streaming temporarily. So... After all I've seen and read... that cockroach called Jeff should meet far more karma than he did is last one standing s1.

I know this question has been put out there before but, If you were selected as a contestant for N&A, would what be your worst fear? Being naked? Skills readiness? Etc… ?

I stumbled upon a short, but clearly unblurred clip in an episode (on Max) that shows a contestants breasts. I believe it slipped through because the contestant is in the back of the frame, partly hidden by vegetation. However you can clearly see her breasts and nipples.

I feel like I should do something, but I have no idea who to even contact! Any of you have any idea or should I let this go?

Edit: you guys are out of your mind asking me to post it lol

I am new to naked and afraid. The first shows I watch were the last one standing. I then watch the first one of XL that Jeff was on. He was a nice guy on there and willing to share his catch. On LOS, he was not sharing. He seems like a completely different guy and not the nice guy he was on XL.

She defiantely has skills and is a kind person (starvation can change the nicest of people im sure) but dang dude idk something about the way she talks makes me feel like I'm a child and she's just being very condescending. Also---- she reminds me so much of Gabby Hannah 😭 I'm sorry eva

You guys are going to love this. I don't remember the place ,or the episode,or even the survivalist. There was an episode southern states swamp . When one of the two directed their camera into the forest at night there was a person in a kkk pointy hat looking back at them....I'm not losing my marbles I have witnesses who saw it too.

It's a YouTube video, part of an "Expert Rates" series, where, in this case, survivalists rate survival scenes from movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zTmKN2u4o

I feel bad saying this but I find it very hard to have any sympathy with the various vegetarians/vegans on this show. They surely know what to expect and the remote chances of finding sufficient non-meat food. Why even bother to go when it's clearly going to cause you additional stresses and pain as well as causing stress for your team mates. I almost think it's a selfish choice to burden your team mates with your problem that is entirely of your own making. It was a choice you made.

Currently watching xl season 8 and she is just so lazy , took over 3 weeks on a fishing net didn’t even use it untill amber leftt their lazy assses

The "everyone getting naked" song. The "there is a scary animal in the bushes." The "I miss my family SO much."

Boop ba deep deep doot!

I first saw Suzanne in Valley of the Banished. Eventhough Seth was clearly out of his depths, Suzanne came across as a nagging mom. I’ve seen her in two other challenges now and it’s the same. She drives her male partners to exhaustion because nothing they do is to her liking and she just wants to stay at the shelter. And then when they tap, she finally shows her survival skills. I felt for the guy on S9E10. He should have made it to 21 easy but he was trying to stay busy to tune out Suzanne.

Since last one standing ended i noticed no new episodes on Sunday does anyone know when the next season (any version xl, standard, los, ect) starts back?

Big fan. Recent rewatch binge. This one was an insane challenge after the storm. Both were amazing.

But that pot find.. I laughed out loud at that one.

Watching this couple ATM, Philippines location. They have a fire starter and they are striking weak and fast. Why do the challenge when you don’t know how to use a fire starter?

Slow and strong grinds on the starter. Plenty of magnesium and dry materials.

Victim or Villain?

I thought that she was overly judgmental and bossy with her original partner, but that the other team was a bit harsh with her when she came to stay at their camp.

Not sure if anybody else watched this season due to the Spanish audio, but it was crazy. Lots of taps due to environment even though it was only 21 days.

I love this show especially the XLs but I'm watching the season where Laura and Jeff are doing their 60 days and then the rest of the group is doing 40.

Man do Laura and Jeff get on my nerves. They are so rude and I just can't stand watching them. They are such a mean girl/boy.

I get everyone needs to do what they can to survive but they go out of their way to be rude.This season changes my opinion of both of them so much.

Especially coming off season 4 after lacey left that group really comes together well at the end.

End rant. But this is one of my least favorites to be honest.

For me, reality tv is not generally moving, but there have been a few moments in XL that genuinely get me right in the feels. Jeremy hearing Mel’s voice and running to her makes me actually cry and is made even sadder bc of her subsequent death, imo. Another moment is when Duck taps to support his ride or die Charlie. Do others have moments like this?