280 | episode 2: this episode was INTENSE

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5 • 39.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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▶we’re back with episode 2 of special forces!!! in this one, we’re breaking down everything you didn’t see on camera- from how we were actually feeling in those wild moments to all the behind-the-scenes chaos that didn’t make the final cut. we’re sharing the real stories, the funny moments, and what surprised us most watching it back. grab a snack and debrief with us, it’s a good one :) Love you guys! Shawn & Andrew ROCKET MONEY ▶ Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://RocketMoney.com/eastfam today. BEAM ▶ Head to https://shopbeam.com/couplethings and use code COUPLETHINGS to get up to 40% off while supplies last! SKIMS ▶ Shop our favorite bras and underwear at https://SKIMS.com. NURTURE LIFE ▶ head to https://NurtureLife.com/EASTFAM and use our code EASTFAM for 55% off your first order PLUS free shipping. GOGURT ▶ Try the new GoGURT protein we talked about, it’s amazing! ▶ https://bit.ly/3HCC0BY Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletter Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en (00:00:00) there’s no way they can show it all (00:01:25) our daily morning routine (00:04:52) what wasn’t shown on the show (00:07:45) getting the day started (00:13:30) heading toward the dam (00:15:00) a race to the top (00:17:27) coming up on the plane (00:20:00) it’s made to make you feel alone (00:21:30) our plane experience (00:30:44) figuring out strategies and executing them (00:32:44) what happened to eva? (00:38:24) loading up and heading to lunch (00:39:46) heading to the fight (00:45:20) the rules of the game and what it was like to watch (00:48:35) our perspectives (00:49:40) andrew’s fight (00:53:40) shawn’s fight (00:58:30) “don’t get blood on my gloves!” (01:00:59) bonding with bri (01:02:40) ending the day and the somberness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody. Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.2	With Sean and Andrew.
0:03.3	This is the special forces series edition. Episode 2 recap.
0:08.7	We were not planning on doing weekly recaps of every episode.
0:12.3	We were going to do like a couple times over the season.
0:15.7	Sean was. But y'all have been loving it.
0:18.0	I love talking about it.
0:19.8	The people love it.
0:20.5	I love talking about it. I love talking about it.
0:21.4	I wonder why that is.
0:22.7	But we're going to keep doing more of it until you tell us not to.
0:25.5	I think episode two was one of the best episodes in the show's history.
0:32.3	Really?
0:32.8	Period.
0:33.4	Why do you say that?
0:34.5	It was dramatic, bro.
0:37.3	It was dramatic. bro. It was dramatic.
0:39.2	And it was dramatic on TV, but it was like a hundred times worse in person.
0:44.7	I thought you were going to say it was one of the episodes that didn't show all that happened in real life.
0:50.3	Well, yeah.
0:50.6	I don't think there's any way any episode is going to be able to show everything that happened because every day we were going for 24 hours. Like they can't show 24 hours in an hour period of time. It just, compared to like the first episode, I feel like with the helicopter, the relay race, the night workout, there actually wasn't that much crazy
1:11.4	stuff that happened. Yeah. The second episode, I feel like in real life, there's so much to happen that they had to compress down. And then you're also trying to tell the storylines and like the character development of the cast. And so they just had to cut a lot out is what I feel like. Okay. So let's take it back. Episode two, what you didn't see, we'll walk you through it to the morning of episode two.
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