- 1
The Experiment Begins
The nine contestants enter their Pods, meet Val, and start the experiment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
- 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.
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Solitary Reunion