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The Best Episodes of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 Episode 6 - Survival
    8.7/10(46 votes)

    #1 - Survival

    S2:E6

    The recruits face the most dangerous task yet, a helicopter survival drill, as a test of their ability to mentally handle a life-or-death situation.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 8 - Courage
    8.5/10(51 votes)

    #2 - Courage

    S1:E8

    The recruits find themselves back in the water with one of the most physically challenging tests thus far; as the group forms a deep emotional bond with one another, one recruit has a shocking exit.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 Episode 8 - Evasion
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    #3 - Evasion

    S4:E8

    In one of the most intense physical challenges yet, the remaining recruits are split into two teams to attempt an extraction operation and are uplifted by heartwarming messages from home.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 9 - Survival
    8.3/10(49 votes)

    #4 - Survival

    S1:E9

    The final group of remaining recruits attempt to go behind enemy lines without being captured, and face tough lessons of survival, leadership and how to decipher a map.

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  5. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 1 - Test of Character
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #5 - Test of Character

    S1:E1

    Sixteen household names arrive in the desert, about to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 7 - Resilience
    8.2/10(52 votes)

    #6 - Resilience

    S1:E7

    The DS test the remaining recruits with a chemical warfare challenge; celebrity contestants reveal their personal stories that led them to signing up for the show.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 3 Episode 5 - Panic
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #7 - Panic

    S3:E5

    Recruits must unlock a safe in a gas-filled room, perform a helicopter insertion into the blistering cold sea, and select recruits are forced to bury their teammates into coffins after cheating in a previous challenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 3 Episode 6 - Trust
    8.2/10(37 votes)

    #8 - Trust

    S3:E6

    The recruits must trust each other in order to survive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 Episode 9 - Interrogation
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Interrogation

    S4:E9

    In the final week of selection, the recruits are subjected to a multi-stage process of interrogation and are placed under gradually increasing duress.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 5 - Pressure
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    #10 - Pressure

    S1:E5

    The recruits face a skyscraping tactical repel and a high-pressure simulation.

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  11. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 Episode 5 - Trust
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Trust

    S4:E5

    The recruits were split into teams and competed in a grueling race under the scorching heat, aiming to be the first to complete the course. This task tested their physical limits and ability to work together under extreme conditions.

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  12. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 6 - Fear
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #12 - Fear

    S1:E6

    The celebrity recruits learn a valuable lesson in using fear to inform and help.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 Episode 1 - Far from Home
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #13 - Far from Home

    S2:E1

    A new troop of 14 household names face the harsh reality of winter warfare training.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 Episode 3 - Panic
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #14 - Panic

    S2:E3

    The celebrity recruits are put to the test of safely protecting a convoy under a surprise attack.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 Episode 5 - Pressure
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Pressure

    S2:E5

    The remaining recruits are taken to the top of a mountain range to face the most demanding exercise of selection so far using a single rope to crawl across a deadly ravine.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 3 Episode 3 - Terror
    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Terror

    S3:E3

    The recruits face new challenges including escaping a boat crash and an intense combat exercise.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 3 Episode 9 - On the Run
    8.0/10(37 votes)

    #17 - On the Run

    S3:E9

    Entering their final week of Selection, the remaining recruits are challenged mentally to harness their vulnerability and shift their mindsets to overcome the final tasks. The recruits fight the "Redman," escape an ambush and evade an enemy hunter base, and approach the most terrifying phase of the course, resistance to interrogation. As the recruits experience the most challenging part of their journey, they must try their best to conceal that they have been working with the Special Forces in order to successfully pass Selection.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 Episode 7 - Composure
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Composure

    S4:E7

    The recruits must perform under stress, but also learn from failure (as some pairs did) and improve their mindset. The staff keep pushing the notion that attitude matters as much as skill.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 3 - Mindset
    7.9/10(62 votes)

    #19 - Mindset

    S1:E3

    The recruits are faced with an emergency escape drill; tensions begin to arise as the recruits confront each other over disagreements and the pressure of the selection process becomes too much to handle for some.

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  20. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 4 - Trust
    7.9/10(58 votes)

    #20 - Trust

    S1:E4

    The celebrity recruits must have trust in each other and in their leaders in order to survive; each recruit must rely on another to break their fall from a skyscraping cliff.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 Episode 4 - Character
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #21 - Character

    S2:E4

    As a test of their character, they are tasked with a 2-mile race, navigating treacherous terrain, while carrying a 220-pound boat.

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  22. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 1 Episode 2 - Weakness
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    #22 - Weakness

    S1:E2

    Celebrities endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual special forces selection process; their goal is not to win votes and face eliminations -- for them it is just about survival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 3 Episode 7 - Duty
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #23 - Duty

    S3:E7

    Contestants take on a search-and-rescue course, crawl over a rope spanning a canyon and face a brutal three-stage endurance test

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 Episode 3 - Warzone
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    #24 - Warzone

    S4:E3

    With nothing more than a radio kit and each other, the recruits must communicate effectively and move quickly as they work together to identify fallen comrades in a casualty evacuation test behind enemy lines. Then, when their team's mission is compromised, they must cross rooftops to make it to extraction.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 2 Episode 7 - Grit
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #25 - Grit

    S2:E7

    The recruits are taken to a remote mountain range where they are tasked with pulling sleds through two miles of dangerous terrain, then later escaping invasion from enemy hunters, before they take on their last 24 hours of selection.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Survival" is the best rated episode of "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test". It scored 8.7/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/13/2023. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Courage".