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Fear Factor Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Couples Reunion
Mon, Aug 30, 2004 63 mins
In the fifth-season opener, teams from last season's couples edition return for another round of dares, including a high-beam walk. Of course, it's not that simple: The stunt also features a jet-ski jump out of a three-level garage. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 2
Favorite Winners
Mon, Sep 6, 2004 43 mins
Six former winners, including the first episode's champ, return to devour a juiced-up worm concoction and ride a bike across a six-inch beam suspended between two moving trucks. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 3
Couples #2
Mon, Sep 13, 2004 43 mins
Four couples face a series of car-themed stunts, including a rescue from a submerged limo and an escape from a convertible hanging off a ledge. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 4
Jet Ski to Float Plane Transfer/Eel Helmet/Donkey Kong
Mon, Sep 20, 2004 43 mins
Dares include gathering flags off of pontoons while hanging from musician Kenny G's seaplane; and sharing a diver's helmet with some moray eels. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 5
Best Friends
Mon, Sep 27, 2004 60 mins
Four pairs of best friends team up in a "Fear Factor" first: A passenger directs a blindfolded friend to drive their car up the back ramp of a moving automobile carrier and park inside.
Episode 6
Babes, bikinis and The Roadkill Café
Mon, Oct 4, 2004 43 mins
Six members of the fairer sex take on host Joe Rogan, who ropes them into a dare that involves hanging from a helicopter in restraints. Also: feeding time at the Road Kill Cafe.
Episode 7
Rolling Flag Snag/Sand Crab Panning/Suspended Car Rotisserie
Mon, Oct 11, 2004 60 mins
Dares include snatching flags off the back of a moving dump truck and a vehicle spinning on a spit over a lake. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 8
Water Paddle; Fear Factor Bar; Heli Surfing
Mon, Oct 18, 2004 60 mins
Dares include being chained to a rotating wheel that's half-submerged in water; and "heli-surfing" on a long board being pulled by a chopper over a lake. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 9
Tram Cargo Net Climb,Rat Stew, Dual Suspended Heli Wall
60 mins
The competitors try to snag a flag from the bottom of the Roosevelt Island tram as it moves across the East River. Later, they agree to sample some stewed rats.
Episode 10
Siblings Fear Factor #2
Mon, Nov 1, 2004 43 mins
Four pairs of siblings get their gross-out on in a dare that finds their heads trapped in glass boxes filled with spiders. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 11
New York 100th Episode
Mon, Nov 8, 2004 60 mins
Joe Rogan hosts the show's 100th episode from the Big Apple, where players are dared to dine on a rat stew in Times Square and snatch flags from the bottom of the Roosevelt Island tram. Also: an aerial stunt around the Statue of Liberty.
Episode 12
Co-Ed Models
Mon, Nov 15, 2004 60 mins
Male and female models take on less-than-pretty dares, including a trapeze stunt while dangling from a helicopter, and a high-pressure water challenge. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 13
Thanksgiving Episode
Mon, Nov 22, 2004 60 mins
Thanksgiving gets a "Fear"-ful makeover, as the players sit down to a feast of maggot-festooned mashed potatoes and sheep-brain pie. Later, the surviving diners get to walk a plank strapped to a 10-pound weight. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 14
Best Friends No. 2
Mon, Nov 29, 2004 44 mins
Best friends compete in a series of challenges designed to test their ties, including a mouth-to-mouth leech transfer. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 15
Christmas Fear Factor #3
Mon, Dec 6, 2004 60 mins
Christmas goes very wrong in a series of dares, including a car challenge with a snowman-bowling twist and a gift-giving obstacle course kept watch over by a trio of guard dogs. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 16
Couples Fear Factor II (1)
Mon, Jan 3, 2005 43 mins
In the first round of a seven-part elimination, eight couples test their love---and each other's patience---in a round of dares, including a helicopter ride over a lake that could land some of the ladies in the drink. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 17
Couples Fear Factor II (2)
Mon, Jan 10, 2005 43 mins
The second installment of the seven-part couples edition finds the pairs tangling with a crane that yanks them off a 12-story building; and a game of toss in a stinky swamp. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 18
Couples Fear Factor II (3)
Mon, Jan 17, 2005 43 mins
In Round 3 of the seven-week couples edition, each of the six pairs must navigate a car ride while blindfolded. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 19
Couples Fear Factor II (4)
Mon, Jan 24, 2005 43 mins
In Round 4 of the couples edition, one half of each pair must hang out underwater in weighted boots while their partner tries to free them. But a twist in the challenge sets off fireworks between several couples that could lead to more than one elimination. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 20
Couples Fear Factor II (5)
Mon, Jan 31, 2005 43 mins
In Round 5 of the couples edition, one entrant in the pair is blindfolded and led through an electrically charged maze replete with trip wires. The twist: spring a wire, get a jolt. And it's both contestants who get the shock. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 21
Couples Fear Factor II (6)
Mon, Feb 7, 2005 43 mins
In Round 6 of the seven-week couples edition, the ladies search a pit of rats and snakes for the key that can free their men from a cage filled with frogs. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 22
Couples Fear Factor II (7)
Mon, Feb 14, 2005 43 mins
In the finale of the seven-week couples round, three pairs vie for $1 million by climbing a rope ladder from a boat to a helicopter, which then drops them onto a speeding truck that is carrying their getaway car. Pheew! Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 23
Las Vegas Teams
Mon, Feb 21, 2005 65 mins
Four pairs beat a path to Sin City for the third annual Las Vegas edition, which dares the duos to attempt a high-wire walk between the wings of a hotel before hitting the tables. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 24
Reality Stars
Mon, Feb 28, 2005 60 mins
Reality vets, including Ryan Sutter ("The Bachelorette"), Nikki McKibben ("American Idol"), Jenna Morasca and Ethan Zohn ("Survivor"), Reichen Lehmkuhl ("The Amazing Race") and Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth ("The Apprentice") compete in four dares. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 25
Fear Factor Twins #3
Mon, Mar 7, 2005 60 mins
It's sink or swim for four sets of identical twins, whose challenge involves a helicopter, a frigid lake and a moving speedboat. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 26
Tarzan Semi to Semi/Fear Factor Donut Shop/Falling Beam Maze
Mon, Mar 28, 2005 43 mins
Dares include swinging between two speeding trucks and swallowing the grossest donuts ever. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 27
Miss USA
Mon, Apr 11, 2005 60 mins
A half-dozen hopefuls from the 2005 Miss USA pageant smear their makeup for a trio of decidedly unglamorous dares.
Episode 28
Rotating Car; Sushi Rolls, Balance Beam
Mon, Apr 25, 2005 43 mins
Players must escape a car that has been half-submerged as it spins on an axis. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 29
Best Friends 3
Mon, May 2, 2005 43 mins
Four pairs of best friends are forced to play a high-speed game of chicken with one another. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 30
NY vs. LA Show
Mon, May 9, 2005 60 mins
East meets West as players from New York City and Los Angeles attempt a series of stunts, including a crafty escape from a freezing meat locker. Joe Rogan hosts.
Episode 31
Newlywed Universal Orlando Show
Mon, May 23, 2005 60 mins
Pairs of newlyweds converge on Orlando's Universal Studios theme park to face a series of challenges, including an alligator-eyeball wedding cake and a "just married" car stunt. Joe Rogan hosts.