The BEST episodes of Naked and Afraid XL

#1 - Jungle Gangsters Out

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/3/2022

#2 - All in to Get Out

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/27/2021

Days from the end of their 60-day challenge, the remaining survivalists join forces against the frigid swamp. Desperate for a big kill, all seven go on an epic group hunt. During extraction, a vessel takes on water and puts a pair at risk for hypothermia.

#3 - Banished But Not Broken

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/2/2020

With extraction just days away, one survivalist goes against the group, is banished and must try to complete the challenge alone. Gwen and Sarah deploy crossbows as they push for one last kill. A deadly snake could end someone's challenge on Day 40.

#4 - Keep Your Frenemies Close

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/12/2020

Wes scores another kill, but when a group enters their camp, the win creates tension. A desperate Bulent migrates to Seth's watering hole. Seth is open to a partnership but Bulent remains solo and quickly gets a major food win in Seth's backyard.

#5 - All-Stars: Africa Strikes First

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2018

An attack by a venomous predator puts one of the survivalists at risk just three days into the challenge; with food scarce, the competitors hunt warthogs and impalas, and, as they track their prey, the survivalists are also being stalked.

#6 - All-Stars: Hunted Humans

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2018

Stalked by lions, hyenas and aggressive crocodiles, 13 all-star survivalists try to survive for 40 days in Africa's sun-scorched Selati Basin; resources are scarce, and when one group scavenges meat, hungry predators stalk their camp.

#7 - You Left Us to Rot

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/19/2022

#8 - Belly of the Beast

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2019

With extraction on the other side of the island and the open sea too dangerous to navigate, the only way out for the survivalists is to go in. But trekking through the jungle they must watch out for venomous centipedes, vipers, and monitor lizards.

#9 - A Bridge Over Swampy Water

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2021

To cross the gator-filled swamp, Rylie, Matt and Ryan engineer an epic 50-foot bridge in a desperate attempt for resources. Harassed by a black bear, Jeff and Steven must abandon their camp. EJ stalks a gator who has been stealing his fish.

#10 - Mutiny in the Jungle

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2022

EJ creates poison blow darts while Matt embarks on a an ambitious dock build. Jeff adds tension to Amber's team.

#11 - Third Times the Harm

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/19/2020

Wes and team get their third big-game kill, but the victory quickly becomes an unexpected and very dangerous medical situation. A broiling heat wave pushes temperatures to 130 degrees and tests Bulent's ability to survive solo.

#12 - A Feast of the Eyes

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2021

An eye-popping, reckless move puts a survivalist's challenge at risk.

#13 - Careful What You Fish For

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/12/2022

#14 - Out of Africa

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/31/2016

All 12 survivalists return to bring viewers behind-the-scenes of their epic 40-day challenge in South Africa. Through new interviews & never-before-seen footage, they show a whole new side of the most difficult group survival challenge ever.

#15 - Chomping at His Bits

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2021

Matt puts himself at risk of a challenge-ending injury for a potential big alligator win. Massive storms send Steven on a desperate search for resources. The swamp claims its first victim as one all-star calls it quits.

#16 - A Gathering Swarm

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/26/2022

#17 - A Matter of Life or Seth

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/5/2020

Brutal heat punishes Suzanne as she makes a new start after leaving Seth. Barehanded Killer Bulent takes on a monitor lizard. A potential snake attack could be Seth's first African food win. A tribe plans a move that could upend the challenge.

#18 - EJ's Ball and Pain

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2021

A brutal injury threatens EJ's challenge and manhood. Jeff and Steven are stalked by a territorial black bear. Rylie, Matt and Ryan land their second huge win of the challenge. Max and Gary plan a risky raid of an active beehive.

#19 - That All You Got, Lousiana?

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2021

12 of Naked and Afraid's best battle their biggest challenge yet – 60 days in Louisiana's punishing swamps. Surrounded by aggressive alligators and snakes, it's rodent bacteria attacking the All-Stars' most private areas that threatens to take them out.

#20 - Waterworld

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2019

12 elite survivalists are dropped into the brutal South China Sea where they must survive 40 days on land and sea. Plus, 2 All-Star survivalists enter the same challenge looking to survive not just 40 but an unprecedented 60 days.

#21 - Feastmode

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/2020

An unlikely alliance scores the challenge's first big-game kill. Suzänne risks her survival by banishing herself from Seth. Bulent wards off hyenas and baboons. On a two-day hunting mission, Ryan's surrounded by deadly predators.

#22 - The Final Fight

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/11/2017

After Russell's shocking decision to quit the Amazon challenge, the remaining survivalists struggle to regroup in time for a brutal two-day 15-mile water extraction journey. Electric eels, anaconda & caiman all pose threats in this jam-packed finale.

#23 - Surviving with Sharks

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2019

With resources dwindling, the survivalists venture into the shark-infested waters of the South China Sea searching for a much-needed meal. The all-female team is punished by scorching heat, brutal storms and a deadly insect that could end their challenge.

#24 - Goodbye Cruel Waterworld

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/21/2019

Season finale. Medics closely monitor Jeff's high fever and prepare his evacuation. The others scramble for a 5-mile extraction journey through shark-infested waters. A survivalist pushes too hard leading to a medical emergency on the open sea.

#25 - No Hand-outs

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/2019

A survivalist on a hunting expedition is bitten by a snake and requires an emergency medical evacuation; tensions arise between teams as hunting grounds get territorial; one group scores protein while their neighbors are on the brink of starvation.