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Test of Character

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

Weakness

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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.

Mindset

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

Trust

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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.

Pressure

Episode number: 5

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

Fear

Episode number: 6

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

Resilience

Episode number: 7

Overview: 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.

Courage

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.

Survival

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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.

Interrogation

Episode number: 10

Overview: The last remaining recruits face their final phase -- enduring the mental duress of enemy interrogation.