Sixteen household names arrive in the desert to endure some of the hardest and most grueling challenges from the book of actual special forces soldiers.
The celebrity recruits must have trust in each other and in their leaders in order to survive; each recruit must rely on another to break their fall from a skyscraping cliff.
The remaining celebrity recruits reach the halfway point in their 10-day journey, and the tasks are only getting harder; the recruits face a skyscraping tactical repel and a high-pressure simulation that puts one recruit over the edge.
The celebrity recruits learn a valuable lesson in using fear to inform and help, rather than allowing it to overpower their thoughts; a pole crossing challenge and a fire run.
The DS test the remaining recruits with a chemical warfare challenge; celebrity contestants reveal their personal stories that led them to signing up for the show.
The recruits find themselves back in the water in physically challenging tests. The group forms a deep emotional bond with one another and one recruit has a shocking exit.
The final group of remaining recruits attempt to go behind enemy lines without being captured, and face tough lessons of survival, leadership and how to decipher a map.
The recruits face the final phase enduring mental duress of enemy interrogation. They buckle under pressure and must survive the last day and pass toughest test.
