Survive This
Survive This is a Canadian reality television show in which eight teenagers with limited survival skills training are taken into a forest and confronted with a number of survival challenges to test their skills and perseverance. The series aired on YTV in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States. The show is hosted by Les Stroud, who narrates each episode, provides the teens with survival challenges, and assesses their performance. The show premiered on April 7, 2009, in Canada and on June 17, 2009, in the United States. Cartoon Network ceased to air Survive This after August 19, 2009, and screened the final three episodes only on the network's Web site.The series' second season debuted on April 19, 2010.
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Season 1
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S01 E01
Apr 7, 2009
Impact Apr 7, 2009 Eight teens are sent out into the wilderness from Survival School to face their first challenge: To survive a bus crash in an isolated forest. They must now work together to salvage what they can from the wrecked bus, build shelters, make a fire, and boil water to drink.
S01 E02
Apr 14, 2009Shelter Apr 14, 2009 As punishment for placing their food in an unsafe location, Les Stroud takes away some of the group's rations. The girls and boys compete to see who can create the better shelter. Catarina suffers from heat stroke, and Zac catches frogs for dinner.
S01 E03
Apr 21, 2009Hunger Apr 21, 2009 The group splits up into pairs to find food: Zac and Catarina hunt for frogs, Kareem and Holden fish, Adam and Jen search for edible plants, and Becca and Becky hunt for edible insects. Les takes away the group's fire-starting materials, and the fire must be kept going despite rain. Laziness sets in. Adam catches and kills a pheasant, but accidentally cuts his leg with a knife and suffers a deep cut.
S01 E04
Apr 28, 2009Navigation Apr 28, 2009 Les Stroud rousts the group from their beds at night, and sends them on a night hike armed with nothing but a GPS device and a set of geographical coordinates. Becky leaves the show.
S01 E05
May 5, 2009River May 5, 2009 Les sends the group down a river on a whitewater rafting challenge, but the inflatable boat is punctured on a sharp stick and sinks. Les meets the group and orders them to the other side of the river without food or sleeping gear. They must avoid injury, make a fire, prevent hypothermia, and stay out of the poison ivy.
S01 E06
May 12, 2009Deep Woods, pt. I May 12, 2009 The group is split into two teams—Team 1 (those with strong survival skills: Adam, Jen, and Zac) and Team 2 (those with weak survival skills: Becca, Catarina, Holden, and Kareem)—and each is left in the deep woods. They must find food, shelter, and water, and make a fire. Adam kills a porcupine, Jen makes fire, and Team 1 builds a shelter and locates water. The other team fails in everything, and gives up. Kareem tries to build a shelter, but falls ill and a paramedic assists him. Kareem's illness worsens as the episode ends.
S01 E07
May 19, 2009Deep Woods, pt. II May 19, 2009 Kareem, suffering from exhaustion, is declared fit to continue by the parademic. The next morning, Team 1 makes a breakfast of flour and water cooked over a fire. Team 2 goes hungry. The two teams are told to hike east, forcing them to navigate around lakes and across a swamp—navigating by using the sun and a watch. Team 1 heads east but goes the long way around a lake, that a five-hour hike becomes a 10-hour hike. They meet Les Stroud at their destination. Team 2 becomes lost, but finds sphagnum moss and squeezes water from it. The Team 2 members quarrel with one another, and by nightfall end up almost where they started from. Becca, Catarina, and Holden leave the show.
Season 2
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S02 E01
Apr 19, 2010Season 2, Episode 1 Apr 19, 2010 The eight teens are dropped near the shore of a large lake, the "victims" of a floatplane crash. Justin and Nicole are parted from the others, and must survive the night on their own.[4] Les Stroud reveals that he will declare one of the teens "Ultimate Survivor" at the end of the series.
S02 E02
Apr 26, 2010Season 2, Episode 2 Apr 26, 2010 Les requires the main camp of teens to boil water using two different methods. If they succeed, Justin and Nicole will be returned. Meanwhile, the two teens separated from the group try to find food and water and keep calm while waiting for rescue.
S02 E03
May 3, 2010Snakes on a Plate May 3, 2010 The participants must gather as much food as they can during the next day. Les Stroud helps them out by providing them with a live snake which they can kill for meat. The participants decapitate and kill the snake for food.
S02 E04
May 10, 2010Sick and Tired May 10, 2010 Les sends the teens on a hike that will take several days to complete. They start out at night. Partway through the ordeal, Ian collapses from a real illness. The group splits up, dividing their resources. The teens debate how best to survive, and how to get reunited.
S02 E05
May 17, 2010Season 2, Episode 5 May 17, 2010 The days-long hike continues. The teens are confronted by a cliff and a swift river with rapids. Deciding to risk it, they jump into the river but lose all their supplies. Les Stroud helps them by offering a single match.
S02 E06
May 24, 2010Season 2, Episode 6 May 24, 2010 Les Stroud asks each teen to find a nearby cave and make a survival tool out of what they find there. Each teen must then build a fire. Michael, Manaal and Patricia leave the show.
S02 E07
May 31, 2010Season 2, Episode 7 May 31, 2010 Nicole is required to fake a medical emergency. The other four must transport the "injured" participant to a nearby log cabin, using only a compass for direction. If they make it to the cabin, they may use whatever supplies they find there. For some of the teens, the supplies prove more of problem than a solution.
