Gold Rush

HOLY

Narrator: AS ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH"

COMES TO AN END...

Narrator: ...THE MINERS TAKE THE HOT SEAT.

YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO ANSWER THAT?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

Narrator: TO REVEAL THEIR HIGHS...

...AND LOWS.

I JUST MISS THE HECK OUT OF HIM.

Narrator: THEY DROP BOMBSHELLS...

AT THAT POINT, WE WERE -- WE WERE DONE.

SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT TAKING HIM UP THERE

AND GIVING HIM ONE MORE CHANCE.

Narrator: ...AND EXPOSE THE HIDDEN TRUTH...

IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF US.

Parker: OH!

Narrator: IN NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE...

THEY WERE SHOOTING GUNS IN CAMP.

YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON TV? I DON'T THINK SO.

Narrator: THE MINERS OWN UP TO CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS

THAT NEVER MADE THE SHOW.

BULLETS TRAVEL THROUGH THINGS.

DID YOU GUYS GET IT ON CAMERA?

Narrator: THEN THE MINERS GIVE US A TASTE

OF WHAT'S TO COME NEXT SEASON.

WE'RE GONNA USE TECHNOLOGY NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE.

I HAVE A FEW PIECES OF GROUND

THAT I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I COULD PULL THE TRIGGER ON.

WHOEVER MOVES THE DIRT THE FASTEST,

THEY'RE GONNA WIN THE GAME.

Narrator: AND FINALLY, GROUND-BREAKING NEWS...

ONE KEY MINER HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS.

I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.

HIS TIME WAS UP.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

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Narrator: LAST SEASON,

TODD HOFFMAN LEFT GUYANA A BROKEN MAN.

Todd: THERE'S PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN LIFE --

THAT WAS DEFINITELY A FREAKING VALLEY.

Narrator: HIS DECISION TO MINE IN THE JUNGLE

WAS AN EPIC FAILURE.

HE FOUND JUST TWO OUNCES OF GOLD

AND SOME LOW-GRADE DIAMONDS,

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE LOST THE FAITH OF HIS MEN.

THE JUNGLE DESTROYED TODD.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN TODD THAT DEPRESSED.

Narrator: WHAT WAS NEVER REVEALED IN THE SHOW

WAS JUST HOW DEPRESSED TODD WAS.

BACK HOME IN SANDY, OREGON, HIS FAMILY WAS WORRIED SICK.

I DO NOT WANT THIS TO GO ON.

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. IT'S BEEN WEEKS NOW.

YEAH.

AND I -- I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.

TODD HAD DECIDED TO QUIT MINING FOR GOOD.

AT THAT POINT, WE WERE -- WE WERE DONE.

PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL GO AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT?

WILL YOU? YEAH.

I'LL DO IT. I'LL GO TALK TO HIM.

Narrator: BUT JACK REALIZED THAT TO GET TODD BACK ON HIS FEET,

HE NEEDED HELP FROM SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD THE HOFFMANS' DREAM.

PASTOR MIKE HALSTEAD WENT WITH THE HOFFMANS TO ALASKA

IN SEASON ONE.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS DAY, AND, LORD, FOR THE GOOD WEATHER,

AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE ADVENTURE.

Narrator: BACK IN SANDY, WITH NO PLAN TO GOLD MINE,

TODD AND JACK WENT TO HELP MIKE BUILD HIS NEW CHURCH.

MIKE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE TODD SOME COUNSELING.

IT'S NICE HAVING YOU AND JACK AROUND.

I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP,

BUT -- BUT REALLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

IF YOUR HEART'S IN MINING, YOU NEED TO BE MINING.

WE'RE NOT MINERS ANYMORE, MIKE.

I'M NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.

NO, I CAME OUT OF THE JUNGLE DIFFERENT.

AND...MY MINING DAYS ARE OVER.

YOU KNOW, TODD, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS

QUITE A BIT.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO TRY IT AGAIN,

AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE RIGHT BACK IN THE KLONDIKE.

I'M NOT QUITTING ON LIFE.

I'M QUITTING ON MINING.

THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE

WHO DIDN'T GIVE UP AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST KEPT WEATHERING THROUGH AND DOING IT,

AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT THAT IN YOU.

THE PROBLEM IS, MIKE, IT DOESN'T AFFECT JUST ME --

IT AFFECTS MY GUYS.

I KNOW, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT DIFFERENT.

YOU'RE JUST WIMPING OUT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M LOSING FRIENDS, AND I'VE LOST THE FAITH OF MY GUYS.

YOU MESSED UP LAST YEAR.

YOU MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS,

AND THESE GUYS CAN'T EVEN MAKE THEIR HOUSE PAYMENT.

SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT TAKING 'EM UP THERE

AND GIVING 'EM ONE MORE CHANCE.

Jack: TODD WAS JUST RIGHT AT THAT EDGE --

WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO JUST TOSS IT ALL IN OR GO FOR IT.

WHO ELSE IS GONNA LEAD 'EM?

WHO ELSE IS GONNA GIVE 'EM ONE MORE CHANCE?

IT'S GOT TO BE YOU.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S PUT IT TO ME LIKE THAT BEFORE, MIKE.

AND MAYBE I'M BEING SELFISH, AND MAYBE I SHOULD, YOU KNOW?

KIND OF KICKED MY ASS, AND I NEEDED THAT.

MIKE'S A SPECIAL GUY.

Jack: PASTOR MIKE JUST REACHED OUT

AND HIT A NERVE THAT NEEDED TO BE HIT AND ENCOURAGED TODD.

Todd: GOD, FOR SOME REASON,

GIVES ME SECOND CHANCES ALL THE TIME.

AND HE GAVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THIS TO GO --

TO GO AFTER THIS AGAIN, AND -- AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

Narrator: EVERY SEASON, PARKER HIRES ROCK-TRUCK DRIVERS,

BUT HE'S STILL NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT GUYS.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I LOOK FOR IN A TRUCK DRIVER.

HOW LONG YOU BEEN IN THE YUKON?

THREE WEEKS?

PARKER'S HIRING PROCESS FOR THOSE GUYS --

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S JUST LIKE, "OH, YOU GOT NO EXPERIENCE,

AND YOU'RE FROM LIKE 2,000 MILES AWAY?

YOU'RE HIRED."

WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE GUYS

BEING IN YOUR FACE? THEY'RE ALREADY HERE.

I'LL BE FAMOUS PROBABLY ON THE TV SHOW, EH?

Parker: I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT QUESTION TO ASK PEOPLE

AND WHAT ANSWERS TO LOOK FOR TO WEED OUT THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.

USUALLY YOU CAN TELL IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA MAKE IT OR NOT

WITHIN THE FIRST HALF AN HOUR, HOUR.

ROBERT, I CAN OFFER YOU A JOB.

OKAY.

STARTING TOMORROW MORNING.

YEAH.

Narrator: OFTEN, THE GUYS PARKER HIRES ARE SO INEXPERIENCED,

HE HAS TO GIVE THEM A DRIVING LESSON.

YOU WON'T GO OFF THE EDGE, EH?

I'M JUST SHOWING YOU THAT YOU DON'T NEED

TO WORRY ABOUT GOING OFF THE EDGE, SEE?

AFTER PARKER SHOWED ME WHAT I NEEDED TO SEE,

I THINK I SHOULD BE JUST FINE FROM HERE.

I KNOW THERE WILL BE A GOOD SEASON AHEAD.

PARKER BROKE A NEW RECORD THIS YEAR

FOR SOMEBODY LEAVING WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ARRIVING.

IT WAS JEREMY LeBLANC.

Ness: WHAT THE WHAT IS HE THINKING?

OH, NOW YOU'RE BACKING UP, YOU'RE FORWARD,

YOU'RE STOPPING THE DOZER, YOU'RE STOPPING THE NEXT TRUCK.

IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE.

LeBlanc: JUST GOT STUCK IN A HOLE.

NEEDED RICK TO COME PULL ME OUT...YET AGAIN.

Narrator: ON THE WAY TO THE CLAIM FOR HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK,

JEREMY HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE YUKON RIVER.

HE CAME TO THE CLAIM IN HIS LITTLE "SOCCER MOM" S.U.V.,

AND HE TOOK A WRONG TURN, SAW A CREEK.

HE TRIED TO DRIVE HIS LITTLE S.U.V.

INTO THE CREEK TO CROSS IT,

BUT SUDDENLY REALIZED IT WAS 3 OR 4 FEET DEEP.

I WENT TO GET ANOTHER TRUCK TO PULL IT OUT,

AND WHEN I CAME BACK FOR MY VEHICLE,

THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WHERE I LEFT IT.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING I'VE EVER SEEN SOMEBODY DO

ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF WORK.

WE SENT SOME OF OUR GUYS OUT TO HELP HIM, AND BY THAT STAGE,

THE CAR WAS 100 YARDS DOWNSTREAM

WITH THE RIVER FLOWING RIGHT THROUGH IT.

IT HAD BROKEN OUT THE BACK WINDOW.

IT WAS FLOWING RIGHT THROUGH IT.

Parker: I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A BUBBLE BATH.

I DON'T THINK THESE ARE MADE TO BE UNDERWATER.

PARKER, CAN YOU SEE A HOOK ON THIS SIDE AT ALL, OR NO?

Parker: NO, I'VE GOT A HOLE IN THE FRAME.

OH, OKAY.

Parker: SHE'S IN YOUR HANDS NOW.

THERE WILL BE A CHEAP CAR FOR SALE HERE PRETTY SOON.

OH. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING OVER.

NO, IT'S GOT TOO MUCH WEIGHT IN THE FRONT THERE,

WITH ALL THE WATER.

OH, JUST -- JUST LET ME GET IN MY CAR REAL QUICK.

YEAH, OPEN THAT.

Browne: THE CAR IS A TOTAL WRITE-OFF.

IT WILL NEVER RUN AGAIN.

IT WAS RUINED, AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.

I SHOULD PROBABLY BRING HIM HIS COAT.

Parker: YOU TALK ABOUT A GRAND ENTRANCE?

THERE'S YOUR GRAND ENTRANCE.

LIKE, "OH, DONE WITH THIS CAR."

TOMORROW IS A DIFFERENT DAY.

IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER DAY.

I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD SEASON.

THE NEXT MORNING, WE CAME UP,

HIS TENT WAS EMPTY, HE WAS GONE.

HE'D TAKEN HIS STUFF AND WALKED OUT OF CAMP.

I MEAN, THAT WAS BIZARRE.

NOBODY HEARD HIM LEAVE OR KNOWS HOW HE GOT OUT OF THERE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE'S WALKING

THROUGH BEAR COUNTRY BACK TO DAWSON.

Cheeseman: YOU DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

AND DON'T TELL ANYBODY WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE 50 MILES FROM TOWN.

YOU KNOW, JEREMY IS -- IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A GUY,