Solitary (2006)

Season 1

Solitary is a reality show on the Fox Reality Channel whose contestants were kept in round-the-clock solitary confinement for a number of weeks with the goal of being the last contestant remaining in solitary, for a $50,000 prize.

Released June 6, 2006 Episode 45 min 14+

Genres: Game Show, Reality, Reality TV

Keywords: imdb.pod, imdb.red-button, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.solitary-confinement, imdb.sleep-deprivation, imdb.psychological-stress, imdb.isolation

Network: Fox Reality Channel

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

8.4

/503/

Trakt

/30/

TMDb

/7/

S1E1 - The Experiment Begins

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

June 5, 2006, midnight

S1E2 - 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.

June 12, 2006, midnight

S1E3 - 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.

June 19, 2020, midnight

S1E4 - 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.

June 26, 2006, midnight

S1E5 - 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.

July 3, 2006, midnight

S1E6 - 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.

July 10, 2006, midnight

S1E7 - 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.

July 17, 2006, midnight

S1E8 - 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.

July 24, 2006, midnight

S1E9 - 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.

July 31, 2006, midnight

Fox Reality Channel

45 min/ep

45 min

June 6, 2006

June 19, 2020, midnight

Ended

TV-14 / 14+