Season 1

1. The Experiment Begins

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

2006-06-05 • ? min

2. Bed of Nails

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.

2006-06-12 • ? min

3. To Eat or Not to Eat

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.

2020-06-19 • ? min

4. Brainwashing

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.

2006-06-26 • ? min

5. Head Spin / Tailspin

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

2006-07-03 • ? min

6. Val Turns Up the Heat

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

2006-07-10 • ? min

7. Everyone Goes Mad

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.

2006-07-17 • ? min

8. The Final Experiment

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.

2006-07-24 • ? min

9. Solitary Reunion Special

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.

2006-07-31 • ? min