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The Best Episodes of Endurance

Every episode of Endurance ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Endurance!

Endurance is an American reality television children's program, previously shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. The show's format is somewhat similar to the

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    Endurance Season 1 Episode 1 - Right To Stay
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    #1 - Right To Stay

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    ""Endurance"" begins as 20 kids arrive on an island in the Pacific Ocean on an 82 foot ship. As the ship comes onto the beach, the contestants are introduced: Shane, 13 Cree, 15 Trevor, 12 Jenna, 14 Alejandro, 15

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  2. Endurance Season 1 Episode 2 - Partner Game
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    #2 - Partner Game

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    From Discovery Kids After breakfast, JD broke the news that the contestants wouldn't be picking their own partners, but another Endurance player would do it for them. An intense debate began on how to decide who gets who as a partner. Jonna saved the day by writing up ""The List"" of teams that each player decided on, and they all memorized it before the game to make sure it was followed. Max, on the other hand, didn't want to follow the list because as he says, ""if people get what they want that could pose problems for other teams."" In Fate Falls, the partner picking game, a colored ball was dropped from above through a 30-foot cage filled with obstructions onto the players and the first one to grab it chose any guy and any girl to be on that team for their entire stay on Endurance. Each ball was dropped until all seven teams of Endurance were formed, but not all of the players followed the list. At the Pyramid Piece Selection, each team selected their first piece, with Grey winning two

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  3. Endurance Season 1 Episode 3 - Tilt
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    #3 - Tilt

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    This episode opens with the kids playing on the beach, looking like they are having fun and are carefree. However, based on the kids' confessionals, that is not the case. Max, of the grey team, tells the cameras that things on the island somtimes get pretty slow. His partner, Jenna, says that she is noticing a lot of ""playful flirting"" between some of the other competitors. According to the kids, Chelsea has a thing for Max, and there is definitely something going on between Sabrina and Aaron. The kids have been teamed up with their partners for a few days now, and Jonna says that everyone is happy with their partner. However, Lana, from the green team, says that although her partner, Trevor, is strong, she isn't sure they'll make a great team. Trevor watches his competitors and makes many observations. It is obvious that Sabrina, from the yellow team, and Ashley, from the red team, are friends. At the same time, some people think that the grey team, as well as the yellow and red tea

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  4. Endurance Season 1 Episode 4 - Knotted Up
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    #4 - Knotted Up

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    As the episode opens, Sabrina, of the yellow team, explains that everyone is nervous about the upcoming temple mission. Chelsea, of the orange team, tells the cameras that her team is a target to be sent up to the Temple of Fate, but she isn't worried because she believes they'll do really well in the Temple Mission. Max, of the grey team, has a similar confidence and says that he isn't a target to be sent to the Temple anyway. Later, the teams meet J.D. Roth on the beach, where they get their first look at that day's challenge. The challenge, called ""knotted up"" will force teammates to work together as they are connected by the waist with a giant rope that has a large knot in the center. The first team to untangle the knot in their rope wins the mission. The teamates get into position, and as J.D. signals the beginning of the challenge, all teams rush toward the knot in their rope. The Red team (Christian and Ashley) and the Blue team (Jonna and Aaron) take an early lead, and are n

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  5. Endurance Season 1 Episode 5 - Plant the Flag
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    #5 - Plant the Flag

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    The morning after the Grey team's departure, J.D. met the kids near their huts,and gave Jonna Max's hat that he left behind. Along with the hat, Max left a note for Jonna. The note read: ""Give this to the next team you want to betray"". Aaron and Jonna of the Blue team are both shocked and confused by the letter, because, as Aaron says to the cameras, he thought Max understood why his team was sent to the temple. Jonna tells the cameras that she didn't agree to sending the Grey team to temple, and usually speaks up when she doesn't agree with something. Lana, of the Green team, tells the cameras that when her team returned from the Temple, Jonna pretended she was happy for them, but Lana claims it was only an act. Lana promises that if the Green team wins the Endurance mission, the Blue team will recieve the Samadhi. Later that afternoon, the teams arrive at the beach, where J.D. awaits for them. He explains to the teams that this weeks challenge is called ""Plat the Flag"" and is mo

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  6. Endurance Season 1 Episode 6 - Squeeze Play
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    #6 - Squeeze Play

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    From Discovery Kids.com With just six teams remaining on the island, and the Purple team not allowed to participate because they received the Samadhi, the five eligible teams competed in their second Temple Mission: Squeeze Play. This mission was a mental challenge based on the questionnaire the contestants took at the rock the day before. The kids were asked the same questions as before, but this time they had to answer based on what they thought the majority of the group said. Ashley answered four questions correct in a row on the way to the Red team's first victory. Now the hard part — picking two teams to send up to the Temple of Fate. At the Temple Selection the Red team announced that they were sending the Purple and Orange teams. This decision devastated Chelsea and Layla because they were best friends on the island and didn't want to be split up. They promptly spent the rest of the day together enjoying each other's company and making the most of their time. Both of their teams

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  7. Endurance Season 1 Episode 7 - The First Six Days
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    #7 - The First Six Days

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    A review of the first six episodes, and a preview of the upcoming competitions and events.

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  8. Endurance Season 1 Episode 8 - Water Logged
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    #8 - Water Logged

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    Weather becomes a critical factor in the competition; the Yellow Team vies with the Blue Team for most powerful as each team applies pressure to the other.

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  9. Endurance Season 1 Episode 9 - Eruption
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    #9 - Eruption

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    from Discoverykids.com The five remaining teams made the trek over to the Temple Mission to compete for the right to stay on the island for at least two more days. The winning team will also have to make the tough decision on which two teams to send to the Temple of Fate. The game, called ""Eruption"", was based on volcanoes. Pressure builds and builds under the earth's surface until it finally explodes, causing an eruption. This game was the ultimate test of strength and endurance as each team held on to a rope attached to a spring-loaded net containing water balloons that represented a volcano. The team who held on the longest would win ... sound simple? Not so fast. As the teams held on to their own rope, the entire structure holding the nets rose higher and higher off the ground making it nearly impossible to hold on. Since the Orange team had received the Samadhi, their rope was one foot shorter than everyone else's, making it that much harder for them to hold on. After an intense a

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  10. Endurance Season 1 Episode 10 - House of Cards
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    #10 - House of Cards

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    From Discovery Kids.com With the Orange team's departure leaving the Green team to fend for itself against the powerful Blue-Red-Yellow alliance, the final four teams competed in another Endurance Mission. As the girls walked up to the Endurance Mission, ""House of Cards"", they were shocked to find their partners buried in the sand up to their necks with their heads hidden beneath buckets. Modeled after the impressive construction of the Great Wall of China and intended to honor the many thousands of brave men and women who constructed it, the girls had to build a tower on their partner's head using blocks and pudding. The first one to pile all the blocks on their partner's head and maintain balance would win both the Pyramid Piece left by the Orange team and the right to dole out the Samadhi. In a huge shift of power, the Green team won their first mission and with the reward of the Samadhi and the Pyramid Piece, moved into third place with two pieces. Since the Blue team had sent G

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  11. Endurance Season 1 Episode 11 - Dial In
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    #11 - Dial In

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    From Discovery Kids.com The final four teams competed in a very important Temple Mission to ensure that they did not have to make the journey to the Temple of Fate. The mission, called ""Dial In,"" was patterned after the science of cracking codes. Each team had to decode a message from a giant wheel with letters and numbers that, when lined up correctly, would reveal a question that the teams needed to answer. Since the Blue team had received the Samadhi from the Green team, they had to start the game a staggering 15 seconds after everyone else. As soon as they got to their board they began cracking the code, and to everyone's shock, they finished first. Never before had a team that received the Samadhi won, and it sent a clear message to all the teams that Blue was the strongest team on the beach. When it came time for Blue to decide who to send to Temple, they seesawed back and forth for hours. Of course an obvious choice was the Green team who, despite making it this far, was still

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  12. Endurance Season 1 Episode 12 - Build a Pyramid
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    #12 - Build a Pyramid

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  13. Endurance Season 1 Episode 13 - Leap of Fate
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    #13 - Leap of Fate

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    The final face-off between the red, blue, and yellow teams. When two teams leave for the Temple of Fate, who will come back?

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  14. Endurance Season 1 Episode 14 - Don't Drop the Ball
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    #14 - Don't Drop the Ball

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    From Discoverykids.com In the final Endurance Mission, ""Don't Drop the Ball,"" the Blue and Yellow teams competed for the final Pyramid Piece, which the Red Team left behind when they were eliminated from the island. In this game, each team was perched atop their own platform above the ocean. The object was for each team to hold a giant ball over their head for as long as they could. The first team to drop their ball into the ocean would lose. Jon and Sabrina of the Yellow team were steady the entire game, while Aaron and Jonna of the Blue team switched off to allow resting. This proved costly when, during one of their switchovers, they lost control of the ball and dropped it into the ocean, dashing their hopes of yet another victory. With the win, the Yellow team evened things up at five Pyramid Pieces for each team. At the Final Temple, the Yellow team was shocked to discover the final Temple Mission was different from the ""Fire, Wood, and Water"" game the teams had become accustomed

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  15. Endurance Season 1 Episode 15 - Endurance Reunion (Part I)
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    #15 - Endurance Reunion (Part I)

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    Nearly one year after they first started the game, the 7 teams of ""Endurance"" come together to talk about their experiences on the show. The teens are shocked when they learn two of them will return to the island as a team for ""Endurance 2"". Hosted by J.D. Roth

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  16. Endurance Season 1 Episode 16 - Endurance Reunion (Part II)
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    #16 - Endurance Reunion (Part II)

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    The second half of the Reuniuon special features clips from the competitions and never-before seen footage from the last days on the beach. We learn that the audience has voted for Max and Jenna to return to the island, but the votes from the 14 competitors are yet to be counted, and the results will remain a secret until ""Endurance 2"" premieres. Hosted by J.D. Roth

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  17. Endurance Season 2 Episode 1 - Drop-Out
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    #17 - Drop-Out

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    In the season opener, 20 new teens have met in Baja, Mexico to play ""Endurance"": a game that will test their strength, mind, and will. The contestants are: Phil, 14 Michelle, 14 Shep, 14 Calley, 15 Maryelle, 14 Glen, 14 Sarah, 14 Scooter, 14 David, 14 Annie, 15 Jeff, 15 Christa, 13 Jacquelynn, 13 Tyler, 14 Abbey, 14 Mike, 15 Wayne, 15 Keetin, 14 Trey, 14 Simone, 15 The contestants, looking worried and a little excited about the upcoming events, ride donkeys to their new homes. During the ride, Calley explains to the cameras that she is scared because she doesn't know anyone. Some contestants are slightly more confident. Scooter explains that he is in it to win it, while Simone admits that people look at her as a 'girly-girl' and she wants to prove that she can hold her own in challenges. During the ride to their new homes, some contestants take time to size up the competition. Trey believes that Phil and Mike look like good c

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  18. Endurance Season 2 Episode 2 - Wash-Out
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    #18 - Wash-Out

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    It's day 2 on the ""Endurance"" beach, and the 14 new contestants learn they will be pairing up with their partnars later in the day. J.D. meets the teens on the beach, to get a feeling of who wants to be who's partner. When asked who he wants to partner up with, Shep says he wants to partner with either Jacquelynn or Christa. Jaquelynn feels that could be a good partnership. J.D. leaves the teens until later that day, and advises them to begin thinking about what partner AND team color they want. Later, the teens begin to discuss who they want to be partnered up with. In interviews, many of the girls seem to want either Shep, Phil or Tyler as their partner. At the same time, there is some animosity over the fact that many of the boys want to be partnered with Jacquelynn. While Wayne complains that HE should get Jacquelynn as his partner, Annie tells Calley and Michelle that Jacquelynn only wants to be partnered with Shep because she finds him attractive. Later, the teens meet on the

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  19. Endurance Season 2 Episode 3 - Tower of Power
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    #19 - Tower of Power

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    Only a few days into the game, the strategizing and whispering has already begun. According to Maryelle, the teams are split down the middle; The yellow, green and brown teams against the grey, purple, orange, and red teams. Meanwhile, the blue team has split too. While Scooter wants to align with the purple and red teams, Christa is going back and forth on her decision. When the teams meet on the beach to compete in their first competition, they learn the challenge is a Temple Mission, and one team will be leaving the game that evening. In the mission, ""Tower of Power"", teams race across the water and beach, collecting large blocks as they go. The first team to cross the finish line with all their blocks stacked in a tower will win the first Temple mission. When the mission begins, the yellow and brown teams take an early lead, while the orange team is still struggling to stay afloat in the water. Soon, many of the teams are struggling to keep their blocks stacked, and the green

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  20. Endurance Season 2 Episode 4 - Fireball
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    #20 - Fireball

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    The next afternoon, J.D. meets the remaining teens near their huts, and gives the green team a note left by Wayne and Maryelle. The note tells the purple team to send Tyler home and to stay true to the alliance. It also reveals that the grey team wishes to give the purple team their pyramid piece. When J.D asks the teams if anyone had an alliance with the grey team, Annie reveals her team, purple, DID indeed have an ""agreement"" to work together. Now, with the grey team's pyramid piece, Annie and Jeff have taken the lead in the game. When the teams return to the huts, Annie tells Michelle the only reason she was sent to temple was because many people want to see Tyler go. In the other hut, Tyler complains to Phil and Scooter about how annoying he finds Michelle. As the purple team walks to the pyramid piece poles, away from the other kids, Annie tells Jeff she was closest to Maryelle and wishes orange went, while Jeff admits he is worried that other people will see their team as a threa

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  21. Endurance Season 2 Episode 5 - Rollerball
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    #21 - Rollerball

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    With the second Temple mission looming, tensions are high on the beach. Michelle, of the Orange team, is determined to win the challenge, in hopes of gaining more respect, and Jenna explains that the brown team's strategy is to win. As the teams meet on the beach, they learn about the temple mission, entitled ""Rollerball"". In the challenge, each teammate takes one side of a board with small walls scattered across the board. The object is to move two balls from one side of the board to the other, maneuvering around the walls and falling into a pocket on the other side of the board. The first team to drop both balls into the pocket wins the temple mission, and will get the privilege of sending two teams to Temple. Shortly after the challenge begins, both the brown teams and the green teams get one ball into the pocket. While the other teams continue to have trouble keeping their first ball on the board, the green and brown team appear to be neck and neck. However, the green team is abl

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  22. Endurance Season 2 Episode 6 - Tide Pull
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    #22 - Tide Pull

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    The next morning, J.D. meets the remaining teams near their huts, and gives Mike and Keetin a note left from the Red team. Within the note, Jacquelynn and Phil write that they can't wait to see the Green team go home next, and that they are leaving their Discipline pyramid piece with the Blue team, Christa and Scooter. That gives the Blue team two pyramid pieces, while the Purple team holds the lead with three. Although Mike and Keetin seem to laugh off the note in front of everyone, they reveal their true thoughts to the camera. Mike worries that other teams may begin to dislike them because the Red team accused them of being backstabbers. Meanwhile, Max, of the Brown team, tells the cameras that the Blue team wants the Green, Yellow, and Brown teams out. The teens later meet on the beach to compete in their next Endurance mission, ""Tide Pull"". In this Endurance mission, one member from each team paddles their boat as far as they can away from the shore within 30 seconds. After 30

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  23. Endurance Season 2 Episode 7 - Halftime
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    #23 - Halftime

    S2:E7

    A recap of the first 6 episodes, and a preview of what's to come.

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  24. Endurance Season 2 Episode 8 - On the Ropes
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    #24 - On the Ropes

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    It's morning, the day of the Temple mission, and the teams are gearing up to prove who deserves to stay in the game. Some teams, especially the Blue team, feel they could go home if they don't win this mission. Although his team has the Samadhi, which will handicap them in the challenge, Scooter vows that his team, Blue, will win the mission and send the Brown and Yellow teams to the Temple of Fate. Later that day, the teams meet J.D. on the beach, to learn they will be playing an a mission called ""On the Ropes"". In the mission, one member from each team takes the end of their rope and strings it through a series of hoops. The compeititor that strings their rope through the last hoop will win the mission for their team. The catch? The player with the rope will be blindfolded, and their partner will scream directions from the starting position. The teams take their positions, and the mission begins. The blindfolded team members take off, ropes in hand. Many of the contestants have a

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  25. Endurance Season 2 Episode 9 - Face to Face
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    #25 - Face to Face

    S2:E9

    The next morning, the five remaining teams meets with J.D. near the huts, to discuss the Blue team's elimination from the game. J.D. asks Annie to read the letter from the Blue team. In the letter, Christa and Scooter write that they compliment Jenna and Max for having the guts to send them to Temple, and that they hope the Green or Purple team win. Also, the Blue team writes that they leave their two pyramid pieces to the Annie and Jeff, of the Purple team. While Annie and Jeff are excited to hear they have received two more pyramid pieces, the other contestants question why the Purple team received the pieces. Calley, of the Yellow team, tells the cameras that she believes Scooter left the pieces to the Purple team just to irritate the remaining contestants. It seems, however, that Calley is not upset her enemy, Annie, received pieces. Both girls tell the cameras they have talked about their differences, and have agreed to get along. Later, while the teens relax near their huts, t

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Best Episodes Summary

"Right To Stay" is the best rated episode of "Endurance". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/5/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Partner Game".