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The Best Episodes of Solitary

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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

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    Solitary Season 2 Episode 5 - Open Wide and Say "Ouch"
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Open Wide and Say "Ouch"

    S2:E5

    A treadmill challenge gives their little friends freedom. Then Val uses restraint.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Solitary Season 1 Episode 1 - The Experiment Begins
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    #2 - The Experiment Begins

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Solitary Season 1 Episode 2 - Bed of Nails
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    #3 - Bed of Nails

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Solitary Season 1 Episode 3 - To Eat or Not to Eat
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    #4 - To Eat or Not to Eat

    S1:E3

    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.

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  5. Solitary Season 1 Episode 4 - Brainwashing
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    #5 - Brainwashing

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Solitary Season 1 Episode 5 - Head Spin / Tailspin
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    #6 - Head Spin / Tailspin

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Solitary Season 1 Episode 6 - Val Turns Up the Heat
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    #7 - Val Turns Up the Heat

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Solitary Season 1 Episode 7 - Everyone Goes Mad
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    #8 - Everyone Goes Mad

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Solitary Season 1 Episode 8 - The Final Experiment
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    #9 - The Final Experiment

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Solitary Season 1 Episode 9 - Solitary Reunion Special
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    #10 - Solitary Reunion Special

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Solitary Season 2 Episode 1 - Welcome to Solitary... Now Go Home
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    #11 - Welcome to Solitary... Now Go Home

    S2:E1

    The experiment begins where season one ended as the guests are locked into individual black boxes. 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Solitary Season 2 Episode 2 - Say Hello to Your Little Friend
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    #12 - Say Hello to Your Little Friend

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Solitary Season 2 Episode 3 - From Dusk 'til Dominoes
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    #13 - From Dusk 'til Dominoes

    S2:E3

    A child's game becomes the most frustrating test yet as the guests try to steady their nerves and build an impossibly long chain of dominoes. Then Val turns up the cruelty in a treatment that blends the guests' favorite foods together into a vile smoothie that will "throw up" one of them for an exit from Solitary forever.

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  14. Solitary Season 2 Episode 4 - Don't Let This Happen to You
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    #14 - Don't Let This Happen to You

    S2:E4

    Val's Solitary Auction puts the guests at each other's throats as they fight over comforts for themselves...and discomforts for each other - before Val's brutal "grump rope" treatment causes another guest to bite the dust.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Solitary Season 2 Episode 6 - Handcuffs Across America
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    #15 - Handcuffs Across America

    S2:E6

    A test of mathematical madness teaches one Solitarian that quitters never win. Then Val spins one guest out of control and out of Solitary forever in Solitary's latest Treatment.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Solitary Season 2 Episode 7 - All Locked Up and Nowhere to Go!
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    #16 - All Locked Up and Nowhere to Go!

    S2:E7

    Val puts the remaining guests under lock and key... fifty times over. Then a relentlessly puzzling treatment with lots of ups and downs will help shape the final two.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Solitary Season 2 Episode 8 - Hell Night - Morning - Afternoon
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    #17 - Hell Night - Morning - Afternoon

    S2:E8

    The final two Solitarians compete in a vicious gauntlet of tests that pushes one to their limit. Then Val's Hammock from Hell promises to destroy one guest and make the other fifty thousand dollars richer.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Solitary Season 2 Episode 9 - Solitary Reunion Special
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    #18 - Solitary Reunion Special

    S2:E9

    The nine guests from "Solitary 2.0" meet for the first time to reveal their secrets and share their experiences from their pods. Hosted by Todd Newton.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Solitary Season 3 Episode 1 - Battle of the Pods
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    #19 - Battle of the Pods

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Solitary Season 3 Episode 2 - Pinch Me, I Must Be Nightmaring
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    #20 - Pinch Me, I Must Be Nightmaring

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Solitary Season 3 Episode 3 - Rats
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Rats

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Solitary Season 3 Episode 4 - I Am A Complete Idiot
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    #22 - I Am A Complete Idiot

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Solitary Season 3 Episode 5 - Sweeny Pod
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Sweeny Pod

    S3:E5

    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.

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  24. Solitary Season 3 Episode 6 - Hello, My Name Is Chubby
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    #24 - Hello, My Name Is Chubby

    S3:E6

    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”.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Solitary Season 3 Episode 7 - Rest In Pieces
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Rest In Pieces

    S3:E7

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Open Wide and Say "Ouch"" is the best rated episode of "Solitary". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/8/2007. This episode scored 10.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Experiment Begins".