J. Rupert Thompson
Director
Fear Factor (2001)
Season 6
Competition reality series in which contestants must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their fears while outpacing the competition.
Released June 11, 2001
Episode 60 min
16+
Genres: Game Show, Reality, Reality TV, Thriller
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium + 3 more, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Endemol USA, Endemol Entertainment, Pulse Creative
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Heist Fear Factor
This episode featured four co-ed pairs competing for keys to an armored car containing $1 Million in gold. In addition to the money, the winning team would also win a trip to Universal Studios Orlando.
Stunt #1 (Helicopter cargo net) As a helicopter flew 400 feet above a lake at 90 miles per hour, the men would have to climb out onto a cargo net hanging off the back, collect four flags from the net, climb back up into the helicopter, and collect a final flag. The women would then have to do the same. The three teams to get the highest total of flags in the fastest time would receive a key for the armored car. The team to get the least flags would be eliminated.
Stunt #2 (Tunnel Escape) While chained together, partners would have to make their way through a ventilation system. While crawling through the shafts, they would have to make their way through rats, spider webs with tarantulas, raw sewage, and complete darkness. At two points in the tunnel they would have to pull le
Dec. 6, 2005, midnight
S6E2 - Blind Date Fear Factor
This was a special blind date episode. Four single men would be introduced to four single women, and the women would get to pick which man they wanted to be paired up with. The four couples would then compete as teams for the $50,000.
Stunt #1 (Hanging boat) One partner would be driving a boat across a lake while the other partner would grab a hook hanging from a helicopter and attach it to the boat. The helicopter would then lift the boat out of the water and one person would have to climb onto a cargo net on the underside of the boat, release four flags, and drop into the water. The second partner would then have to do the same. The couple to get the most flags in the fastest time would get to choose which couple would be eliminated.
Stunt #2 (Crab Dump Escape) Couples would be locked in a large tank filled with 45 degree water and large Dungeness crabs. As more cold water and crabs were pumped into the tank through two pipes, both team members would have to find which of
Dec. 13, 2005, midnight
S6E3 - Teams
This episode featured four pairs competing as teams.
Stunt #1 (Human cannonball) As a truck drove along a pier with a crane hanging off the side, one team member would hang from the crane and drop into the water when they passed a buoy. They would have to retrieve two flares from the buoy, swim to a platform, and use the flares to light the fuse to giant cannon. Their partner would then be shot out of the cannon and into the water. Once in the water, their partner would swim to a boat, climb aboard, and clip a flag to a flagpole. The team to complete this stunt the fastest would get to choose which team would be eliminated.
Stunt #2 (Trash Can Scavenger Hunt) Teams would have to dig through two dumpsters to find items including a toaster, a shoe, a gas can, a baseball glove, a hard hat, a tin can, a thermos, and a radio. Another of each item would be hidden among barrels filled with oil, mud, rotten fish parts, and lard. To retrieve the items from the barrels, they would ha
Dec. 27, 2005, midnight
S6E4 - Psycho Fear Factor (1)
This episode was part 1 of 3 in a series featuring six couples staying at the Bates Motel from the movie Psycho and competing on the set where the movie was filmed for a grand prize of $250,000.
Stunt #1 (Buried alive) This first stunt would take place in front of the infamous Psycho house. Going two couples at a time, the women would be locked in coffins with rats and super worms and be buried under two tons of dirt. The men would have to dig them out using shovels and open the coffins. Once free, the women would have to dig through a pile of dirt and worms to find a key. The three winning couples would automatically advance to the next round and get to vote on which one of the three losing couples would be eliminated.
Between stunts, the couples would be staying in the Bates Motel. When they checked in, it was not what they were expecting.
Stunt #2 (Snake Water Escape) In the basement of the Psycho house, both members of each couple would be locked in one side of a divide
Jan. 3, 2006, midnight
S6E5 - Psycho Fear Factor (2)
This episode was part 2 of 3 in a series featuring six couples staying at the Bates Motel from the movie Psycho and competing on the set where the movie was filmed for a grand prize of $250,000.
Stunt #3 (Psycho Shower Rescue) The women would be handcuffed to the showerhead in one of the Bates Motel rooms as blood rained down on them. Outside, the men would have to unscrew an axe from the bottom of an ice chest filled with disgusting slop and use the axe to chop down the door to the room. They would then have to find a key which would be hidden in a vase, a potted plant, a lamp, or a nightstand. Once they had had the key, they would have to chop down the bathroom door and use the key to free their partner from the handcuffs. The couple to complete this stunt fastest would have two options: They could accept a pair of customized bikes from Metropolitan Choppers or be exempt from the next stunt. They would have to give the prize they didn’t choose to another couple. No one wo
Jan. 10, 2006, midnight
S6E6 - Psycho Fear Factor (3)
This episode was part 3 of 3 in a series featuring six couples staying at the Bates Motel from the movie Psycho and competing on the set where the movie was filmed for a grand prize of $250,000.
At the end of the last episode, the couples were unpleasantly surprised when thousands of Madagascar hissing cockroaches came crawling out of the holes in the walls. At the beginning of this episode, they were informed that whichever couple could collect the most roaches and keep them alive until morning would win a prize.
Stunt #1 (Eat the Camel Spider) Both partners would be bound in straight jackets and have to work together to get free as fast as possible. But first, each person would be given the opportunity to eat two live Iraqi Camel Spiders, each worth 30 seconds off their time, giving each couple the chance to deduct up to two minutes off their time. The couple to take the longest escaping from the straight jackets would be eliminated.
Stunt #2 (Psycho House explosion) Racing
Jan. 17, 2006, midnight
S6E7 - Teams #2
This episode featured four co-ed pairs competing as teams.
Stunt #1 (Helicopter platform transfer) Both team members would have to leap back and forth between two platforms hanging from helicopters, each person transferring up to 10 flags from one platform to the other and then jumping in the water below. The three teams get highest flag total would advance to the next round. The team with the least flags would be eliminated.
Stunt #2 (Fear Factor Barber Shop) One team member would be seated in a barber chair and their partner would spin them. When the chair stopped, they would have to get whichever haircut their head was pointing to. The options were Mohawk, bald spot, patches, the taco, sideways Mohawk, and bald. Teams would advance to the finals if both members got their designated haircuts.
Stunt #3 (Exploding container) As a crane lifted a large container to 200 feet in the air, both team members would have to climb rope ladders hanging from the container. Once they
Jan. 24, 2006, midnight
S6E8 - Mothers & Sons
Mother son teams compete in stunts including balancing on a ledge, an obsticle course with aggressive snakes, and positioning a car under a semi truck before climbing out the sunroof into the truck. Fear Factor travels to Ontario, California for a Home Invasion.
Jan. 31, 2006, midnight
S6E9 - Freaks vs. Geeks
Teams do a helicopter/jet ski stunt, transfer objects by mouth while locked up with frogs and alligators, and drive an ATV off a pier. Fear Factor travels to Huntsville, Alabama for a Home Invasion.
Feb. 7, 2006, midnight
S6E10 - Reality Stars Fear Factor (1)
None
June 13, 2006, midnight
S6E11 - Reality Stars Fear Factor (2)
*Note: This episode has been postponed for a later date.
This 90-minute episode will feature parent-child teams competing at Universal Studios Orlando. Stunts include the parents jumping from a helicopter as their children race down a zip line, parents peddling a machine that shoots fish at their kids, a stunt on top of the Dr. Doom ride, and a the kids balancing on top of a car while their parents drive it through gross road-blocks. Shaquille O'Neal makes a guest appearance.
June 20, 2006, midnight
S6E12 - Reality Stars Fear Factor (3)
None
June 27, 2006, midnight
S6E13 - Family Fear Factor #3
None
July 11, 2006, midnight
S6E14 - Military Fear Factor
None
July 18, 2006, midnight
S6E15 - Fire Fear Factor
None
July 25, 2006, midnight
S6E16 - BK Viewers' Choice Episode
None
Aug. 1, 2006, midnight
S6E17 - Old vs. Young
None
Aug. 8, 2006, midnight
S6E18 - Disaster Fear Factor
None
Aug. 22, 2006, midnight
S6E19 - Blind Date Fear Factor #2
None
Aug. 29, 2006, midnight
S6E20 - Farm Fear Factor
None
Sept. 5, 2006, midnight
S6E21 - Ex Factor
None
Sept. 6, 2006, midnight
S6E22 - Celebrity Fear Factor #4
None
Sept. 12, 2006, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 9360 min.
Released: June 11, 2001
Last Air Date: July 16, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 16+
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