8.0/1038 votes#1 - Category 5 Survival
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2018
A category five Hurricane blasts through the camp of Amal, an Iraqi war refugee now living in Iowa and her partner, Duke. In addition to the hurricane, the pair also endure venomous spiders, insects, and nocturnal predators in the swamps of Florida.
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6.5/1033 votes#2 - A Screw Loose
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2018
In a haunted Mayan jungle, a painful injury tests the resolve of survivalists Leah and Caesar. Surviving is a struggle as they are faced with suffocating humidity, hungry predators, torrential rainfall, unrelenting insects and intoxicating fruit.
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8.2/1045 votes#3 - Swamp Queen
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2018
In the snake-filled Mississippi swamps, Gabrielle, a former fan survivalist takes on the full 21-day challenge. Gabrielle and Brian are faced with deadly snakes, unrelenting mosquitos, nocturnal predators and a relentless week-long thunderstorm.
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7.2/1043 votes#4 - Forbidden Fruit
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2018
Terribly poisoned without food or water, in the arid and desolate, savannah region of Brazil, survivalists Gary and Karra will be tested unlike any other survivalists before them. Depleted and broken will either of them make it to Day 21?
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7.2/1035 votes#5 - Island of Tears
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2018
Max and Bianca face off with aggressive caiman, boa constrictors, large spiders, and thorny mangroves in this Superfan challenge on a tropical island in Panama.
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7.3/1034 votes#6 - Thieves in the Night
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2018
One survivalist falls into a roaring fire after weeks of depleted energy due to no food. With just days to go, the pair makes a daring plan for how to survive...but will it cost them the challenge?
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7.9/1035 votes#7 - Love At First Fight
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 4/22/2018
Instant attraction gives way to unforgiving conditions on a Nicaraguan island teeming with bull sharks and big cats. As the struggle to survive hits a low point a brutal flood threatens to wipe out the camp and all chances of survival.
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7.2/1034 votes#8 - Burnt To A Crisp
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 4/29/2018
Tormented by hostile crocodiles, territorial howler monkeys and no tree canopy to protect them from the sun in this post-hurricane Nicaraguan jungle, one survivalist suffers third-degree sunburn while the other's life is threatened by a mysterious illness
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7.9/1038 votes#9 - Loaded for Bear
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/2018
Surrounded by aggressive and territorial black bears day and night, two survivalists must compete against the apex predators for resources in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
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6.0/1027 votes#10 - Pick Your Poison
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2018
Swarming wasps, deadly anacondas, poisonous toads and venomous stingrays surround the survivalists in sun-scorched Brazil. Just days into their challenge, a standoff with a poisonous Fer-de-lance snake threatens to send both survivalists home.
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6.8/1024 votes#11 - Trouble in Paradise
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2018
Torrential downpours and brutal wind storms push two starving survivalists to their breaking points in the Honduran jungle.
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6.0/1020 votes#12 - Fan Down
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2018
A freak injury puts super-fan survivalists Maci and Justin at risk as they attempt to survive the treacherous Nicaraguan jungle for 14 days.
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6.4/1020 votes#13 - Naked and Afraid of Sharks
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 7/29/2018
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7.1/1011 votes#14 - Blindsided
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 8/5/2018
A dangerous burn and clashing survival strategies plague survivalists Angela and Steven in the jungles of Panama.
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7.4/1025 votes#15 - Fire and Fury
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 8/12/2018
Stalked by aggressive leopards and unable to get fire for protection, two survivalists fight the elements and each other as they look for double redemption on a predator-filled plain in South Africa.
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The Best Episodes of Naked and Afraid Season 9
Every episode of Naked and Afraid Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Naked and Afraid Season 9!
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Category 5 Survival" is the best rated episode of "Naked and Afraid" season 9. It scored 8/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/11/2018. This episode is rated 1.5 points higher than the second-best, "A Screw Loose".