E1 - The Experiment Begins

Aired: June 05, 2006

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

E2 - Bed of Nails

Aired: 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.

E3 - To Eat or Not to Eat

Aired: 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.

E4 - Brainwashing

Aired: 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.

E5 - Head Spin / Tailspin

Aired: July 03, 2006

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

E6 - Val Turns Up the Heat

Aired: July 10, 2006

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

E7 - Everyone Goes Mad

Aired: 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.

E8 - The Final Experiment

Aired: 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.

E9 - Solitary Reunion Special

Aired: 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.