The Academy
A docu-reality style look at the L.A. county Sheriff's department academy as the recruits go through a grueling 18-week training program.
- 2007-2009
- 3 seasons
- Fox Reality
- Reality
A docu-reality style look at the L.A. county Sheriff's department academy as the recruits go through a grueling 18-week training program.
Season 3 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2009
Episode 1
Episode #3.1
44 mins
Orange County Fire Authority's Recruit Class 36 is introduced to an elite team of instructors known as the Cadre who will be transforming them into the toughest firefighters over a challenging 18-week training process.
Episode 2
Episode #3.2
43 mins
Some of the recruits of Class 36 struggle as they try and master some of the most basic fire skills. After being out for three weeks with injury, recruits Lefebvre and Bennett struggle to catch up to the rest of the class.
Episode 3
Episode #3.3
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 44 mins
Class 36 enters their first live burn where temperatures reach up to one thousand degrees.
Episode 4
Episode #3.4
44 mins
Recruit Gonzales is caught cheating off Recruit Adelman's quiz, putting both men in jeopardy of being terminated.
Episode 5
Episode #3.5
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 45 mins
Class 36 is put through an intense wildland training program working with bulldozers, massive waterlines and helicopters.
Episode 6
Episode #3.6
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 45 mins
Class 36 is exposed to their most difficult challenge yet as they must utilize all of the skills they have learned to work on live fire engulfed inside a tower.
Episode 7
Episode #3.7
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 44 mins
The recruits of Class 36 experience a day in the life of a firefighter. These real-time simulations bring unpredictable conditions and obstacles of what they will encounter in the field and give them a taste of the career they are about to enter.
Episode 8
Episode #3.8
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 44 mins
Recruit Torres reports for duty with a highly contagious infection. The Cadre are forced to shut down the drills grounds and decontaminate the entire academy.
Episode 9
Episode #3.9
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 43 mins
It's the final exam and the moment of truth for Class 36.
