Fear Factor (2001)

Episode Overview

In this fifth installment of the seven-part series, eight couples vie for exciting cash prizes, with a grand prize of $1 million on the line. In the first stunt, couples must stand on a flatbed truck as it speeds along a pier. They’ll leap off into the water, swim to different buoys, and grab trapeze bars dangling from helicopters, which will then lift them out of the water and transport them to another set of buoys. After dropping back into the water, they need to retrieve flags from their buoys and swim to a platform to attach the flags to a flagpole. Time stops when both partners have secured their flags. The fastest couple will earn two Sony Sports Network Walkman Players and $20,000, with no one being eliminated in this round. In the second stunt, partners will be handcuffed together and must find their way through an electric maze.