Episodes 9

1 The Experiment Begins

June 5, 2006

The nine contestants enter their Pods, meet Val, and start the experiment.

2 Bed of Nails

June 12, 2006

The contestants continue their first treatment and then do a brand new test. Finally they must lay on a bed of nails until they are told to get up or until they quit.

3 To Eat or Not to Eat

June 19, 2020

As the contestants finish the bed of nails treatment, someone has been elimated. They do a brand new test which is a puzzle in a horror movie, and start a new treatment. They must eat until they quit or until they throw up. Someone else is elimated.

4 Brainwashing

June 26, 2006

The contestants finish the eating treatment. They enter a brand new test, which Number 6 can not participate in and begin to start the next treatment. Number 6 leaves his Pod and is elimated from Solitary.

5 Head Spin / Tailspin

July 3, 2006

Val tests the concentration of the five remaining guests and challenges them to a turbulent test of equilibrium. Another person is elimated.

6 Val Turns Up the Heat

July 10, 2006

The final four guests are put into darkness, and confront their fears. The next treatment is a fiery experiment of pain.

7 Everyone Goes Mad

July 17, 2006

After days without human contact, a test forces Val’s guests to begin raving like mad men. Then they face off in a grueling battle of physical endurance that isn’t over until someone collapses.

8 The Final Experiment

July 24, 2006

In the most difficult challenge yet, the final two guests are locked in Extreme Solitary—and only one emerges with the ultimate prize: $50,000.

9 Solitary Reunion Special

July 31, 2006

Join the nine former pod people, including the grand-prize winner, as they look back on their time inside their octagon-shaped cells. Get the inside scoop on what it was like dealing with their solitude and the infamous Val.

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