Season 2
8 episodes · 2008
Living with the Mek: The Adventures of Mark and Olly premiered on Sunday, February 10, 2008. It charts Mark and Olly's time with the Mek tribe.
1Journey to the Unknown
Mark and Olly trek through the mountains of West Papua seeking a sufficiently remote village for their adventure. After an unwelcoming greeting, they convince the village of Merringman to allow them to stay.
2The Test
Mark and Olly get bossed about by chief Markus, eat tadpole kebab, get roped into a wedding from hell and, to their horror, hear tales of tribal revenge killings.
3Birth, Death & Initiation
Mark and Olly get bossed about, suffer from sleep deprivation, attend an elder's funeral and get initiated in the tribe's traditional penis gourds - painful!
4Home Sweet Home
Mark Anstice and Olly Steeds begin constructing a new house, are reprimanded for not wearing their traditional penis gourds, hear gossip about sex lives in the village and become embroiled in a tribal rape trial.
5Dark Side of the Mek
A sighting of suangi leaves the tribe terrified that they may be under attack by supernatural forces. As Mark and Olly help rebuild the village, Merengman's dark past rears its ugly head, and the tribe is forced to call on the services of a traveling shaman.
6Bridging the Divide
A food shortage calls for desperate measures and the tribe are forced to build a bridge across the river to get help from their traditional enemy, the village of Minay.
7The Battle of Beliefs
Mark and Olly visit their tribe's traditional enemy, only to find money, clothes and religion.
8Farewell to the Mek
Merringmen throws a farewell party for Mark and Olly before they leave for home.