[Crowded House's "Don'tDream It's Over" playing]
♪ ♪
The usual, is it?
[person] Aye.
[singer] ♪ Thereis freedom within ♪
♪ There is freedom without ♪
You all right, friend?
[person] Yeah, I justmiss my friend...
Friend, I know.
You come in here everyday, tell me all of it.
[person sighs]
I know.
It's just...
we went to Culloden...
[chuckles]
[singer] ♪ Hey now, hey now ♪
[Sam] Abseiled...
[singer] ♪ Don'tdream it's over ♪
Well done, yourself.
[singer] ♪ Hey now, hey now ♪
[Sam] Shore some sheep...
[laughter]
[singer] ♪ The world comes in ♪
I even got naked andswam in the Atlantic.
[singer] ♪ They come tobuild A wall between us ♪
♪ We know they won't win ♪
♪ ♪
You would be my-my choice
if we were to doit all over again.
I really hope we dodo it all over again.
[echoing] All overagain, over again...
- [cell phone buzzing]- [ringtone playing]
[singer] ♪ Sing me a songOf a lass that is gone ♪
♪ Say, could that lass be I? ♪
♪ Mer... ♪
- Hello?- Graham.
Hi, it-it's Sam.
Yes, Sam, hey, hey.
Good, good, wow.How-how are you?
A-actually, I miss you, mate.
That's really, really,
really, uh, really sweet of you.
I miss you too.
Well, we-we had...
we had a good time inScotland, didn't we?
Yeah, we had a great time.
- [yells]- Ahh!
Ah, oh, fuck!
What... what are you doing?
Jesus, fuck.
- Gah!- Oh!
Yeah, we-we shoulddo it all again.
I... I'd absolutely, uh...
Yeah, I'd love to do that.
You... you would?
Yeah, but you know that,um, as I've said, um...
I'm-I'm, uh... well,I'm... I'm in New Zealand.
Yeah, yeah, but...
[line beeping]
Sam?
[door thuds]
[soft music plays]
Bye, then.
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
[dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
Hey, Graham.
Ready to go on a road trip?
[upbeat bagpipe music plays]
♪ ♪
So we're on the roads again!
[Sam] Anyway... yes, we are.
What do you think?
It's your home awayfrom home, huh?
Yet again, I find myself sitting
within a couple of feet of you,
- being driven...- In a very confined space.
Very confined space, yes.
Yes, it's quite disturbing.
Yeah, how did we get here?
I... I often wonder that.
I often think, what did I do...
- Where did it all go wrong?- To deserve this?
[laughter]
[Sam] We obviouslymet on Outlander.
Dougal!
- You look well, lad.- Aye.
In spite of the misfortunesyou've suffered.
[Graham] You'd alreadybeen cast as, um...
[Sam] James Alexander!
[Graham] Big BallsWhatever-his-name-is.
[Sam] Malcolm MacKenzie Ginger.
You taught me well.
Too well.
[Sam] And you were playing
Old Dougal MacAngry.
- MacKenzie.- [Graham] Dougal MacAngry.
We wrote a couple of books.
[Sam] We wrote acouple of books,
and we decided to go ona road trip together.
But now you live in...
Well, you live on theother side of the world.
- Yes.- [Sam] And I came
all the way downhere to do it again.
It was an easy choice.
I've heard so much aboutthe Scottish influence
- on New Zealand...- Yep.
[Sam] And I was dyingto see it for myself.
Well, there... there are lotsof Scottish connections here.
I'm loving the landscape,which is very, very similar.
[Graham] They haveScottish restaurants here.
- They make haggis.- [Sam] Right.
[Graham] I mean, I thinkit's 20% of the population
claims Scottish ancestry.
[Sam] Wow.
There's a wholecity called Dunedin.
[Graham] Which isbasically just Edinburgh
- in miniature.- [Sam] Yeah.
So is that why you came here?
I came here for The Hobbit.
Oh, there's hobbitshere. Awesome.
- No.- [Sam] Have you ever seen one?
No, no.
I worked on The Hobbitfor 2 1/2 years,
totally fell in lovewith this country.
It's like one of thoseislands that a child draws.
It's got sandybeaches. It's got...
- [Sam] Snow-covered mountains.- [Graham] Y-yes.
Valleys filled withvineyards, so lots of wine.
And modern cities packedwith restaurants and museums.
[Sam] Ooh, yum.
[Graham] And it's only100,000 square miles,
which is just reallynot very big at all.
And it's just allkind of crammed in.
An incredible quality of life.
[Sam] Wow.
[Graham] The first party we had
at one of the producer's houses,
I remember saying to her,
"I bet you at leastone of us stays."
And so I did. I endedup staying here.
My second daughterwas born here.
It's a great place for kids.
[Sam] And they driveon the same side
- of the road...- [Graham] They do.
[Sam] which is very fortunate.
[Graham] It's reallyjust one of the most
beautiful countriesin the world.
And it's a wonderful placeto be able to just sit back,
relax, and just take it all in.
[Sam] Oh, yeah, but um,you won't be sitting back.
[Graham] Why not?
[Sam] This is adrenalinecountry, my friend.
- [Graham] What?- [Sam] Yes.
You thought you couldhide that from me, huh?
Everyone here is crazy
for extremeadrenaline-inducing action,
and we're gonna dive right in.
[person] Whoo!
[Graham] Oh, God.
[Sam] In 1987, whenKiwi AJ Hackett
threw himself off theEiffel Tower with nothing
but a thick elasticrope around his ankles,
he announced to theworld that his homeland
was ready for action.
The following year,
the world's firstcommercial bungy jump
opened in New Zealand,
and the country hasnever looked back.
Since then, millions of peoplehave traveled to New Zealand
every year to gettheir adrenaline fix.
There's everythingfrom canyon swings,
tandem paragliding,helicopter skiing,
and some of theother crazy stuff
you're about to see us do.
It's no wonder New Zealandis often referred to
as the adventurecapital of the world.
[Graham] So you flewhalfway around the world
just to terrify me?
[Sam laughs] Yeah. It'smy favorite pastime.
Oh, my God! What's that?
Black cat!
[Graham] Just... look,just get on with it.
What-what exactly...exactly do you have in mind?
[Sam] We are going zip-lining.
The last time we abseiled,
you-you-you overcamea fear and...
Great stuff. Good stuff, mate.
[breathing shakily]
[Sam] You seem prettygood with heights now.
- I mean...- No. No, no, I'm not.
I feel like this zip line isonly just a little bit higher.
What could possibly go wrong?
Right?
You're gonna love it.
It's in this picturesquemountainside town
with a wee Scottishname, Glenorchy.
♪ ♪
- [laughing]- Why are you laughing?
It's so good.
It is. I know. It is.
[Sam] Oh, I thinkit's aptly named
the Paradise Ziplinesbecause it...
I mean, it really is paradise.
- It's stunning.- Yeah.
[Sam] Oh, Graham, you can see
Mount Aspiring NationalPark from the top.
[Graham] This is ridiculous.
[Sam] And actually,as a Scotsman,
how similar thisis to Scotland...
Yeah. It's Scotlandon steroids.
- [Sam] Yes, it is, really.- [Graham] That's right.
[Douglas] It's the bestdescription of this place.
- Yeah.- What diabolical mind
uh, thought this up?
So it's a man calledChris Russell.
About ten years ago, they cameto have a look at this valley,
and they thought they reallywanted to build a bungy jump.
And then they thoughtthey need to build
just a couple oflittle zip lines
to get people across the stream.
- To get to the bungy?- [Douglas] Yeah.
And then they pretty muchjust got carried away.
Just built more and more.
Eight in total. Yeah.
I have to ask, how tall,
how high is your highest,most scary zip line?
First one's 100 meters tall
and goes 200 metersacross the canyon.
[dramatic music plays]
100... 100...
- 100 meters tall.- Yes, I heard him.
There may be no return.
How do you feel about that?
♪ ♪
It's a bit of déjà vu, really.
Mm.
You've got your workcut out for you.
You'll be fine,buddy. You'll be fine.
You'll be fine, bud.
Don't... don't.
♪ ♪
[Douglas] Go on, so yeah.Hook yourself on, Graham.
Gonna need to walkdown three steps.
You're not gonnago anywhere yet.
- Three steps.- Oh, no. That's pretty high.
One more step.
[Sam] Dead man walking.
Dead man walking.
Please stop. Stop. Stop.
- Stop.- You're telling me to stop?
- Not you.- [Sam] Not you.
Oh, sorry, sorry.Okay. All right.
No, no, no.
Just be clear whoyou're talking to
'cause it make me dosomething I shouldn't.
Sorry, I'm... [sighs]
No? Maybe not.
So I'm gonna get you totake your safety off.
This is your last time to lookdeep into Sam's eyes before...
I mean, I don'twant to look at...
- I don't want to look at him.- Buddy.
So just turn around.Keep walking.
And then just one moreteeny, little step.
[tense music plays]
Oh, so...
Uh, I'm not really feelingvery good, actually.
I'm really not feeling good.
[Dougal] Deepbreaths. Deep breaths.
Doing really well, buddy.
Wait.
Whose idea was it tomake Graham hang off
the edge of a cliff?
Oh, yes.
[Douglas] I've gotyou. I've got you.
You're not going anywhere.
I want you to feelthe harness working.
- Oh, God. Oh, fuck.- [Douglas] There we go.
- Oh, God. Oh, God.- [Douglas] Are you all good?
No, have I got my... amI holding on properly?
You're holding on perfect.Feet up off the ground.
One foot out, you want tokeep your head to the side.
Off you go.
Oh, God. Oh, sweet Jesus.
Oh, God.
Fuck!
What have I done?
I actually kindof liked the guy.
Why, Heughan?
Why, Heughan? Why, Heughan?
[upbeat music plays]
Why?
[laughing] What have I done?
He's never gonna forgive me.
Oh, God.
How much do I fuckinghate that man?
- There you go.- How do I get up?
Oh-oh, God.
- [Shane] Beautiful.- Jesus Christ.
Yes!
[whistles]
I'm not gonna do that.
That looks far too terrifying.
"Come to New Zealand," he said.
"I want to see whereyou live," he said.
"Yeah, let's have some fun.We can do some adventure."
I'm coming for you, Graham!
[Douglas] We're gonnawalk on down now.
Oh, wow. It's really high.
Oh, my God.
[dramatic music plays]
I'll give him more credit.
This is actually... thisis actually pretty scary.
I can... oh, Jesus Christ.
Oh, my God.
Has anyone ever fallenoff here, Dougie?
Not that's complained about it.
[Sam] How fast does this go?
[Douglas] It depends on yoursize, but you're looking at
about maybe 50 kilometersan hour with the wind today.
Ah, great. Thirty-onemiles an hour.
[Douglas] Fast-fastenough, mate.
♪ ♪
All right. I'mready. Let's do this.
- [Douglas] Look down.- Yeah.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Whoa! [laughs]
Yes!
Yes! Whoo!
Whoa!
[rock music plays]
[laughing]
[Graham] Yes. [laughs]
Well done, buddy.
Very impressed.
That was, uh...
that was pretty high.
- Yeah. Yeah, it was.- Ah.
Ooh, I think I uh, may havesoiled my trousers there.
No, you didn't. You're fine.
- Let's go do some more.- Would you stop hitting me?
[laughter]
♪ ♪
Here we go. Three, two, one.
Whoo! Oh, my God.
Wow!
Wow! Oh, my goodness!
Whoo! Oh, yeah!
♪ ♪
All right.
Wow! Just wow!
New Zealand!
Wow!
- [laughing] That was insane.- [Shane] Well done.
That was really amazing.
Ahh!
- [laughter]- Well done.
- That was amazing.- Now that was fun.
- The other one?- So good.
- I don't know. But that was...- Yeah?
It was so fast as you'regoing along the water.
- I looked down...- Oh, yeah.
You were goingreally, really fast.
- Yeah.- Really fast.
Yeah. Came quick.But ah, amazing.
Such an adrenaline rush, right?
Oh, yeah. Totally.
Mate, I'm so proud of you.
- You did really well.- Thank you.
- So do I get a hug now and...- Oh, all right.
Thanks, mate. Well done.
Well done. I'mvery proud of you.
[soft music plays]
♪ ♪
- [Graham] Right.- [Sam] All right.
Just gonna smoothmy eyebrows down.
- They're a bit...- They've come a bit...
they're still startledfrom the zip lines.
Yes, you have thisconstant state of...
- Hmm.- [Sam] ...expression of...
- Hmm.- [Sam] ...fear and surprise.
Obviously, you survived,and you did really well.
So now...
now we're gonna upthings just a little bit.
We're gonna turn...turn the volume up.
You seem intent
on just compoundingmy fear constantly.
It's to test you, becausepeople in New Zealand
seem to be into extreme sports.
- Yes.- Extreme everything.
They are.
I see mountain bikes everywhere,
- people surfing.- Mountain biking.
I can do mountain biking.
- Really?- Yeah, yeah. No.
I have no problemwith mountain biking.
What about downhillextremely fast?
Well, I can go downhill.
I don't see the necessityto go extremely fast.
I mean, what, like,cut the brake cables
- and just see what happens or...- Yeah.
- Right.- Faster the better.
That's your idea of a good time.
- If you survived.- Literally,
we can hand you the mountainbike, and you'll go,
"I'll be cuttingthe brake cables."
- Why not?- "Why not?"
Yeah.
Is there anythingthat you wouldn't do?
Let me think about that. No.
[laughs]
[upbeat bagpipe music plays]
♪ ♪
Hold on!
♪ ♪
Stop being such a hero.
What does adrenalinedo to your body?
It sort of levels me out.
[Graham] No, I'm nottalking about you...
Oh.
[Graham] 'Cause you're a freak.
But what does it doto a normal person?
It's probably a little bitlike somebody throttling you
and then just lettingyou go at the last minute
- so you can breathe.- [Sam] Yeah.
Well, I mean,whatever you're into.
I mean, little insightinto your private life.
[Graham] So what is yourlack of a frontal lobe
planning next?
[Sam] Ah. It's not so bad.
[Graham] Oh, really?
I don't believeyou for a minute.
[Sam] It's terrifying.
♪ ♪
It's a beautiful dayto go out on the ocean.
Put on wet suits, get intoa cage, go underwater.
We're going greatwhite shark diving.
I've often wonderedwhat the description
of the worst day of mylife would sound like,
- and you've just done it.- This is it.
[tense music plays]
Graham, here's some fun facts...
I know you're a factsman... To pass the time.
Great whites are the largestpredatory fish on Earth,
- with 300 serrated teeth.- [Graham] Oh, God.
[Sam] They also can swimup to 35 miles an hour.
[Graham] Which is about 25miles an hour faster than me.
[Sam] You better swim fast.
[Graham] This is likesome aquatic nightmare.
- Why are you doing this?- [Sam] Yes.
New Zealand is a topfive global hotspot
for great white shark sighting.
They can smell your bloodfrom three miles away.
Don't cut yourself.Don't bleed out.
No getting in the cage.
[Graham] Bleed out?
Listen, on the goodside, we've got a cage.
[Sam] Well, haveyou seen these clips
from around the world, theshark gets in the cage?
[Graham] What... whatclips? Good grief.
And why is that man filming it?
[Sam] I mean, howis that guy alive?
♪ ♪
We've done some uh, somestupid things in the past.
But this might justtake the biscuit.
There's just so manythings that could go wrong.
What?
[seagulls calling]
You look fantastic.
No, I don't. Ilook like a tit.
[tense music plays]
- [person] Right beside you.- [Graham] Where?
[Sam] Oh, God. Lookat that. Oh, Jesus.
[Graham] I'm actuallyquite scared now.
This-this might be theclosest we've come to...
to our demise,right? I mean...
[man] See him there?
[Graham] Oh, God. That's huge.
Oh!
Oh, no!
Nice knowing you.
[Graham] Bye.
[dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
When do we start tojust sit in armchairs
and read books?
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music plays]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
Wow. That was amazing.
- [sighs]- [Sam] Well done, mate.
You faced all 20 of yourfears in-in one attempt.
Yes. [laughs] Yes, it was.
There's moments there
where you justhave to take a beat
and really appreciatewhat you're experiencing.
- [Sam] Yeah.- Which is being close
to something... it'sjust almost mythic.
Ah, it's anincredible experience.
But I'm getting a little worried
that we're just standing here...
Yeah.
While that great white isstill circling underneath.
Let's get out and maybehave a cup of tea.
Oh, God! Oh!
[laughs] Ah!
Yes! [laughs] Yes!
Ah, that felt good.
[light music plays]
[Graham] So you'veuh, you've just spent
the whole leg of this trip
challenging my capacity
for sort oftrouser-staining madness.
- [Sam] Mm-hmm.- [Graham] And now it's time
for me to turnthe tables on you.
- [Sam] Oh, really?- [Graham] Oh, yes.
We're going to do something
I know you've never done before.
- A helicopter ride...- Oh.
[Graham] over Milford Sound!
[Sam] I... actually, I will say
I'm... I'm slightly nervous.
It's gonna be one of yourmost memorable experiences.
When you get there, your braincan't take in its beauty.
You're looking atit and you're going,
- "Is this actually real?"- Yeah. Wow.
[Graham] 'Cause it looks likean ideal primordial landscape.
So Milford Sound,
it was formed over thelast 2 million years...
[Sam] Almost as old as you.
[Graham] By thesemassive... Yes, thank you.
Massive rivers of ice,some more than a mile long.
And Milford Sound'sfirst permanent resident
was, of course, a Scotsman.
- [Sam] Ah.- [Graham] Donald Sutherland.
- It's not the actor.- [Sam] Not the actor.
[Graham] This washundreds of years ago.
Ah. I'm so excited.I can't wait.
I've heard great things
about Milford Sound,how beautiful it is.
It's truly, truly...
you cannot oversellMilford Sound.
You'll look at it andjust go, "Oh, God!"
"My God!"
I make that sound allthe time, actually,
getting up in the morning.
"Oh, God!"
- When you put your socks on.- [both straining]
[Graham] Just to getserious for a moment, okay?
It does rain more thanhalf the year here.
A lot of rain, a lot of rain.
And they once recordeda windspeed...
♪ ♪
- Are you paying attention?- [Sam] Uh-huh.
[Graham] ...of morethan 150 miles an hour.
[Sam] Oh, great, perfect formy first helicopter ride.
[soft music plays]
♪ ♪
[Graham] Here we go.
♪ ♪
[Sam] Wow.
Look at this.
[Graham] Isn't itjust magnificent?
[Sam] Closer, closer.
Oh, my God.
[Sam] And we'renow going sideways.
[Graham] I mean, theMaori were exploring
this entire regionhundreds of years ago.
They used some of the same paths
that they're still using today.
[Sam] Did theyhave helicopters?
[Graham] No.
[upbeat music plays]
[Sam] Oh, God.Oh, God. Oh, God.
[Graham] Coming in hot.
[Sam] Oh!
♪ ♪
[Graham] It's ridiculous.
♪ ♪
[Sam] This is...this is pretty scary.
♪ ♪
[Graham] Coming upover this peak, Sam.
[Sam] Yeah.
[Graham] It's gonna be amazing.
[Sam] Oh, my God.Look how close we are.
[Graham] Yeah.
[Sam] This is...
this is insane.
♪ ♪
[Graham] RudyardKipling described it...
He was an author,a British author...
You might have heard of him.
Yes, I know whoRudyard Kipling is.
[laughing]
Described Milford Sound
as the eighthwonder of the world.
[Sam] You can see why.It's... it's beautiful.
[pilot] We'll be coming upto Hobbit Country shortly.
Oh, really?
Ah, Middle Earth.
There it is.
The fields and mountainsin Milford Sound,
they were once part ofa huge mountain range
on the mega continent...And that's sort of bigger
than a normal continent...Of Gondwanaland.
So the way Mother Naturejust created it all,
it couldn't have happenedanywhere else in the world.
The marine effectmoderates the temperature
so you can have lush forests
right next tosnowcapped mountains.
[Sam] Ah, you're afund of Kiwi knowledge.
[Graham] Yes, I am.
[Sam] Oh! Oh, my word.
Look at that.
♪ ♪
[Graham] Wow.
♪ ♪
Look at that lake.
[Sam] I can seewhy you came here.
Oh, it's...
There's nowhere-nowhereelse like it on earth.
No.
♪ ♪
Amazing to sharethis with you, mate.
[pilot] All right,we're gonna land.
[Sam] Oh, my God. Herewe go. Are you ready?
Closer. Closer. It'sgetting very close.
[Graham] Oh!
[Sam] Oh, my God.Look at that.
♪ ♪
Wow.
♪ ♪
I'm actually speechless.
Yes, I told you it wasgonna be a great surprise.
And this is it.
[Sam] I couldn'teven imagine this,
flying through the cloudsover Milford Sound,
countless peaks,
and landing on aglacier 7,000 feet up.
[soft music plays]
[Graham] A bloodyglacier in New Zealand
in the middle of summer.
[Sam] It's incredible.
I really genuinelywant to say thank you.
No, no, you're welcome.
I- It was your firsthelicopter trip.
- It was.- And I wanted it to be...
This.
[Sam] I... I have to admit,
I feel like an explorer.
We might be the firstpeople ever to come up here.
Uh... no.
But it's still really great.
Well, the first men inkilts to come up here.
The-the first... maybethe first people in kilts.
The first people incommando on a glacier.
Didn't really need to know that.
[Sam] But do we have togo back in the helicopter?
[Graham] Yeah, the helicopteris one of the best bits.
[Sam] Ah.
♪ ♪
[Graham] Thank you.
♪ ♪
Cheers, mate.
What a great startto the journey.
What do they say here?
[muffled] I can'treally tell you,
'cause I've got amouthful of shortbread.
What do they say? Cheer...They don't say cheers, do they?
- They say cheers. Or sláinte.- [Sam] Okay.
Whatever they sayin New Zealand.
And hey, listen,I'm super impressed
at the stuff youbrought with you.
- Mmm.- Um...
I'm trying a square one now.
Well, we've just donesome incredible stuff.
- We did.- The zip line
was definitely a goodway to start it off.
- That's a warm-up, mate.- [Sam] That was a warm-up.
Great white sharks,pretty, pretty bracing.
And it's all a blurto me, frankly.
I was just relieved thatwe got to the end of it.
Taking you to MilfordSound, truly incredible.
It's magical.
I... I love that place so much.
Well, I'm really glad Igot to show it to you.
- Pretty epic.- This is gonna be great.
[Sam] Oh, my God.
[Graham] Really.Really, really, really.
What are you most excited about?
[Graham] Wildlifehere is crazy.
Wow, look at you.
There's stuff herethat you never see
- anywhere else in the world.- [Sam] Right.
I am excited aboutthe Maori culture.
[chanting]
[Graham] There aredefinitely elements of this
that are causing mesleepless nights.
Just... just thinkabout the food.
Think about all the deliciousfood you're gonna try.
[Graham] Mmm.
- It's so not what you expect.- No.
[Graham] So thisis quite literally
the lull before the storm.
There's this quiet moment
in front of a fire in a carpark.
[Sam] Yes. Yes.
And from now on, it's just
the sound of myhigh-pitched scream.
- Oh, God. Oh, God.- [person] That's it. All right.
[screaming]
Mm.
This island has got everything.
- Hasn't it?- Islands!
[Sam] I-Islands.
Yes. There's more than one.
Serious?
[Graham] Just abasic understanding
of the geography of the country
would be helpful,as you are the one
doing the driving.
- So it's not...- Well, how do I drive
between islands?
I'll let you think about that
and see if you can work it out.
[soft music plays]
Oh, my God!
Why are we doing this, Heughan?
Oh, my God! We're gonna crash!
I'll never complainabout your driving again.
- [Sam] Ahh!- [Graham] Make it stop!
Please tell me thatwasn't just the warm-up.
[rock music plays]
♪ ♪
- Me to the funny farm now!- [Sam laughing]
[laughs] I'll be a good boy.
[child giggles, seagull cries]