Solitary Episode Guide

The Road to Solitary

First aired: May/29/2006

1 :01x01 - The Experiment Begins

First aired: Jun/05/2006

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

2 :01x02 - Bed of Nails

First aired: Jun/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 :01x03 - To Eat or Not to Eat

First aired: Jun/19/2006

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 :01x04 - Brainwashing

First aired: Jun/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 :01x05 - Head Spin / Tailspin

First aired: Jul/03/2006

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

6 :01x06 - Val Turns Up the Heat

First aired: Jul/10/2006

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

7 :01x07 - Everyone Goes Mad

First aired: Jul/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 :01x08 - The Final Expirement

First aired: Jul/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 :01x09 - Solitary Reunion Special

First aired: Jul/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.

The Road to Solitary 2.0

First aired: Aug/04/2007

10 :02x01 - Welcome to Solitary... Now Go Home

First aired: Aug/11/2007

The experiment begins as the guests are locked in confining boxes and plunged into darkness and sleep deprivation. One guest freaks out and quits before the first elimination treatment even begins, but when it does, the foot bed-of-nails has everyone else suffering the agony of da' feet.

11 :02x02 - Say Hello to Your Little Friend

First aired: Aug/18/2007

Val surprises her guests with a small companion in Solitary. But her kindness ends quickly as the guests' sanity and stamina are tested trying to memorize a twisted message. The winning guest is spared an exhausting dance with a weighted dummy that drags everyone else down.

12 :02x03 - From Dusk 'til Dominoes

First aired: Aug/25/2007

The experiment begins as the guests are locked in confining boxes and plunged into darkness and sleep deprivation. One guest freaks out and quits before the first elimination treatment even begins, but when it does, the footbed-of-nails has everyone else suffering the agony of da' feet.