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The Dream

Episode number: 1

Overview: This episode introduces viewers to hundreds of candidates who volunteered to spend an entire year living as 1870s settlers, and profiles both the intense selection process used to select the two couples and their move onto the Manitoba prairie.

If Momma Ain't Happy...

Episode number: 2

Overview: The settlers struggle against illness, fatigue and self-doubt while plowing fields and caring for livestock; replacement couple.

Prairie Purgatory

Episode number: 3

Overview: The settlers endure an infestation of mosquitoes; isolation and close quarters cause emotional stress.

What Are We Doing This for?

Episode number: 4

Overview: Barn fire; strain between the two couples.

101 Chopping Days 'til Christmas

Episode number: 5

Overview: Crop failure; the settlers begin to hunt and cut firewood; snowstorm.

No Way, We're Not Leaving

Episode number: 6

Overview: The settles try to stay warm; deer hunting; the settlers celebrate a traditional Christmas.

The Long Haul

Episode number: 7

Overview: During the winter months the settlers make bread, quilts, furniture and deerhide moccasins; the dentist.

Going Home

Episode number: 8

Overview: Spring floods threaten to spoil the frozen meats and vegetables; blizzard.

Survivors of the Real West

Episode number: 9

Overview: The settlers reflect on their experiences as they return to the 21st century.