The WORST episodes of Alone

#1 - The Gamble

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/2016

The final four contend with mental fatigue and physical exhaustion. As one participant faces stiff competition for fish, another may miss the salmon run due to a potentially disastrous miscalculation.

#2 - Storm Rising

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2016

Despite their best efforts, many of the participants are still battling debilitating hunger and starvation. Just as some find sustenance, an approaching storm threatens their survival plans.

#3 - Hell on Earth

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/2017

As their teammates attempt to set up camp, the hikers find that Vancouver Island's terrain is even more punishing when on the move. The island beats one pair into submission, while another grapples with a devastating accident.

#4 - Starvation's Shadow

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/2018

As food sources disappear, hunger drives the remaining participants to a new low. One attempts a risky climb into wolf territory in search of food and another contends with a potentially game-ending health issue.

#5 - Consequences

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2022

As hunger rapidly sets in, the participants find themselves in a time crunch to explore their surroundings. While some are able to provide, others face the emotional and physical toll of their decisions.

#6 - Double Or Nothing

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/2017

Reunited teams dive into the difficult task of surviving together and feeding two people. Meanwhile, the final hiker's brutal mountain climb could dash his hopes of ever making it to camp.

#7 - Desperate Measures

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2018

While some of the survivalists enjoy a bonanza of food, others are driven to increasingly desperate measures to sustain themselves. One hunter braves dangerous heights to stalk his prey, and another turns to one of Mongolia’s most revolting food sources.

#8 - Of Mice and Men

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/2018

After almost a month of solitude, the remaining participants begin to crack. One survivalist's shelter turns into an unbearable "green monster," while another takes extreme measures waging war on an uninvited guest.

#9 - Once More Unto the Breach

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/21/2016

#10 - Adrift

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2016

Emotions run high for the remaining participants as they struggle to adapt; one participant wrestles with the solitude, while the other risks it all, taking a perilous journey into the unknown.

#11 - Margin of Error

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/2017

On Vancouver Island, a seriously injured participant weighs the risks of seeking medical help and sacrificing his shot at $500,000. Danger awaits all participants as predators continue to stalk the island’s newest inhabitants.

#12 - The Serpent

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/2018

The survivalists begin to face external and internal threats as they work to secure food and complete their shelters. One participant comes face-to-face with one of Mongolia's deadliest predators, while another fights to overcome a debilitating health issue.

#13 - And So It Begins

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2015

Ten survival experts are dropped off in separate and extremely remote locations on Northern Vancouver Island. Equipped with only limited gear, their years of wilderness experience, and cameras to self-document their journeys, the men are completely isolated from one another as they struggle to live in the wild for as long as they can. Attempting to survive unaided in a thick and desolate rainforest presents immediate challenges to everyone. While each character battles to simply enter the dense forest and find a suitable base camp, they must also find water and make a shelter before night falls and temperatures drop. As the sun goes down, a new challenge presents itself: relentless rains and the struggle to build a fire without matches. Even worse, some find that water, shelter and fire are the least of their worries when the island's large predators wake from their dens and begin to stalk their new neighbors.

#14 - Of Wolf and Man

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/2015

While predators continue to cause problems for a number of the men, water soon becomes a crucial hurdle for others. From fast rising tides to relentless rains, each of the men must adapt to his new environment or tap out and go home. It's the fear of dehydration that plagues one man as another finds his survival threatened along the shoreline by a rogue wave. But it will be a quest for a clean water source that sends one man on a perilous journey in a rickety boat made of sticks.

#15 - Trial by Fire

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/9/2016

After three weeks, mental and physical struggles take their toll on the remaining participants; some teeter on calling it quits as they battle deep-seated conflicts.

#16 - Flare-Up

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/3/2017

After nearly a month on Vancouver Island, the three remaining teams face existential threats at every turn. One participant is forced to fight a raging fire, while rising tensions threaten to end another partnership.

#17 - The Talons of Fear

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/2/2015

After only a short time in the wild, the men find that extreme isolation is beginning to take its toll. A survivalist undertakes a massive cabin project, one man loses his most important tool and another is charged by a large predator leaving him to fend for his life.

#18 - Up in Flames

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/2019

The remaining survivalists start seeing their hard work pay off as they procure food, but as the days mount and the isolation continues, contestants start to notice the physical and mental toll of surviving arctic.

#19 - The Troll

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/5/2021

As the challenge comes down to the final four participants, Chilko lake continues its onslaught on those struggling to survive. Some survivalists attempt to change up their strategy as a new resource opens up and another copes with the mental head game.

#20 - Ablaze

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2019

As they approach the one month mark, the participants' survival is threatened by new factors. One contestant is forced to defend themselves from a huge predator. Another risks losing their shelter in a horrible accident. And another struggles with the most challenging element of them all: being totally alone.

#21 - The Beasts of Night

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2016

After a week on Vancouver Island, several of the participants are finding success in their new environment. But while some work in harmony with the wilderness, others battle against it and careless mistakes threaten to send two people home.

#22 - The Ice Up

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/21/2022

As the river begins its freeze, the participants suffer major setbacks; one survivalist doubles down on a daring strategy; another reaches their limit.

#23 - Winter's Fury

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/7/2016

Winter arrives and the final participants are forced to take risks as food sources dwindle. Between the frigid temperatures and the deepening need for human contact, the lure of home is stronger than ever.

#24 - Hunger's Grip

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2016

A severe lack of food takes a toll on the remaining participants. Many of them haven't eaten in days and it's beginning to impair their mental and physical capabilities, pushing some to the edge of surrender.

#25 - Thicker Than Water

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/2017

With rain pummeling the island, teams scramble to avoid freezing flood waters, while a group attempts a massive construction project that could be a key to survival and another chooses between betraying family or tapping out.