E1 - Battle of the Pods

Aired: January 17, 2009

The experiment begins with a shocking twist. This season’s guests enter Solitary two by two and must fight for their very existence from the moment they arrive. Then two guests are sacrificed at the Solitary altar before this 90-minute special concludes.

E2 - Pinch Me, I Must Be Nightmaring

Aired: January 24, 2009

The remaining eight guests are put to the test - a nearly impossible one with over forty-thousand possible solutions - before they feel the sting of forty excruciating "Flesh Clips" in Val’s most painful treatment ever.

E3 - Rats

Aired: January 31, 2009

The agonizing conclusion of Val’s “Flesh Clip” treatment leaves the guests battered and bruised. Their nerves are further tested by dozens of snapping mousetraps. One guest unravels before an aromatic final-assault drives them all senseless.

E4 - I Am A Complete Idiot

Aired: February 07, 2009

A shocking showdown sends another guest home forever. And a microscopic message has them all speaking in tongues. Later, they devour a feast of cruel confections that makes one guest’s parting a sweet sorrow.

E5 - Sweeny Pod

Aired: February 14, 2009

Val’s mind games force the guests to question their sanity, and a gruesome test makes animals out of them all. Two guests earn freedom and a trip to "Club Val", while the other three are literally brought to their knees.

E6 - Hello, My Name Is Chubby

Aired: February 21, 2009

Change is good for some guests…and bad for others, as two break down and two bulk-up to win a suffocating test. Then, a new Valphabet teaches them that “P” is for “Painful” and “Q” is for “Quit”.

E7 - Rest In Pieces

Aired: February 28, 2009

Val’s most macabre challenge yet has the final three guests attend their own funeral - they build their own coffins before having to lie in them. Later, Val spins a spine-tingling treatment that leaves two lives cliffhanging in the balance.

E8 - The W Of S 3.0

Aired: March 07, 2009

The conclusion to Val's relentless experiment begins with one guest falling from grace. The final two go head-to-spinning-head in an "a-maze-ing" test that gives one of them an advantage in the electrifying final treatment.