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Total Blackout - Episode Guide

Season 1

Entering the Darkness

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2012

Entering the Darkness

Four competitors try to put their fears and phobias aside as they participate in a series of mind twisting challenges, all without their sense of sight in the pitch black. In this premiere episode, contestants must use their hands, tongues, and noses to successfully identify a variety of truly innocent and surprising items in total darkness. The player with the most refined palate will be the one to touch, taste and sniff their way to $5,000.

2 Heads Are Blinder Than 1

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2012

2 Heads Are Blinder Than 1

In this special episode, couples will compete through three challenges in the pitch black for a winner-take-all cash prize. In the dark, teams must battle their wild imaginations and identify an array of items in different tanks and race across a platform that is deceivingly difficult to cross. The final two teams must overcome their fear of the unknown and navigate a maze with critters perched on their heads. The winning team will conquer their minds - and the dark - to go home with $5,000.

Touch, Sniff, & Transfer

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 2, 2012

Touch, Sniff, & Transfer

Four competitors put their will to the test, as they are forced to strip down to a single sense in each game of this episode while also competing in the pitch black. First, players must identify items using only their hands to touch, then sniff out and identify cringe-worthy items with only their nose. The last two remaining must compete in a race against time while trying not to wake up a deceivingly scary critter!

Good with Your Hands, Good with Your Nose

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 2, 2012

Good with Your Hands, Good with Your Nose

Four competitors will be put through the ringer in three challenges testing very different skills in the pitch black darkness, including: identifying and arranging real-life creatures according to the food chain, identifying some truly pungent aromas from very unusual places, and searching for a specific item in a very confined space. The winner will conquer all of these challenges and come out from the dark $5,000 richer.

Lick, Limbo, Lather & Repeat

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 9, 2012

Lick, Limbo, Lather & Repeat

Four competitors are about to come face to face with the pitch black, as they lick, limbo and lather their way closer to winning the $5,000 grand prize. First, they'll need to identify items using only their mouth to taste, then literally dance their way around a dangerously electrifying rhythm. The finalists will overcome their fears and bathe in a tub with things that just might make their skin crawl.

Buddy System

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 16, 2012

Buddy System

In another special team's edition episode, contestants will battle one another in spine-chilling games that involve coffins, pitfalls, and poison.

Fear Is Served

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 23, 2012

Fear Is Served

In absolute darkness, surviving through three challenges, our contestants must serve dinner to carnivorous creatures, fondle things of all shapes and sizes, and put to rest their harrowing arachnophobia.

Jump Around

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 30, 2012

Jump Around

In this episode, four daring contestants must overcome their shared fear of the dark and compete in a series of challenges in the pitch black to win the $5,000 cash prize. Players will need to navigate the dark and avoid an obstruction that's sure to be stimulating, identify bizarre items in a bath, and risk their limbs reaching into some dangerous (and not so dangerous) tanks.

Season 2

Don't Burst Your Bubble Helmet

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2012

Don't Burst Your Bubble Helmet

In this team episode, duos face off in total darkness through three mind-bending challenges. First, teams must guess the weight of a variety of surprising creatures. Those who survive elimination must identify items placed around their heads inside a restrictive bubble helmet. The two teams that guess the best move onto a mouse trap laden maze for a chance to win $5,000.

Creatures of Darkness

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2012

Creatures of Darkness

Four competitors try and conquer their fears as they engage in a series of challenges that all take place in total darkness. In this episode, players must guess the height of oddly contortioned humans, transfer a wide range of mysterious creatures between tanks, and navigate a cross-maze full of peculiar surprises. The player who can control their imagination from running wild, will be $5,000 richer.

Glazed and Confused

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2012

Glazed and Confused

Four couples attempt to overcome their fear of the dark as they engage in a trio of challenges in total darkness. The duos must first identify mysterious flavors filled inside deceivingly tasty donuts, then transfer creepy critters between tanks in a timed challenge. The two remaining teams must overcome their imagination in a tub filled with interesting creatures to win the $5,000 cash prize!

Three Blind Mice!

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2012

Three Blind Mice!

Players battle three unique challenges in complete darkness for a winner-take-all cash prize! Contestants must first identify mysterious objects placed inside tanks. Those who survive elimination must then quickly retrieve plastic rings placed inside cringe-worthy boxes using only their mouths. The final two players must battle it out in a race against time through a booby-trapped maze to win a $5,000 cash prize.

Broken Glass & Hot Coals

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2013

Broken Glass & Hot Coals

Players battle three unique challenges in complete darkness for a winner-take-all cash prize! Contestants must first identify mysterious objects placed inside tanks. Those who survive elimination must then quickly retrieve plastic rings placed inside cringe-worthy boxes using only their mouths. The final two players must battle it out in a race against time through a booby-trapped maze to win a $5,000 cash prize.

Tub of Terror

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2013

Tub of Terror

Four contestants fight against the darkness for the chance to win $5,000! While confined in a straightjacket, players must identify items using only their tongues. The remaining players go on to guess the weight of various objects - including the most dangerous animal in Total Blackout History! The final two must then then take a dip in a water-filled tub to figure out what is being dumped on them - and not scare it away amidst the screaming!

Sibling Scare

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2013

Sibling Scare

In this special episode, teams of siblings brawl it out in total darkness to stay on top! Brothers and sisters must first guess the age of living things in the pitch black, and then identify a wide range of strange items placed in tanks. The remaining duos face off in a taste challenge where they must identify the fillings inside some very "special" donuts. The siblings with the most refined palette will take home $5,000!

Heavy Petting Zoo

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2013

Heavy Petting Zoo

Four players must battle through three challenges, all without their sense of sight! Players must identify animals in a mystery petting zoo and then identify eerie items placed on top of their strapped-down arm. The final two players square off in a timed challenge where they must cross a series of water-filled surfaces; each with its own surprise! The player who crosses in the shortest amount of time goes home with a $5,000 cash prize!

Love Is Blind

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2013

Love Is Blind

In this special 'couples' edition, three pairs of lovebirds and one team of exe's compete in total darkness in the ultimate test of their relationship! Our players must first sink their teeth into donuts while having to guess its 'not-so-desirable' ingredients! Next, they must work together to identify various objects and creatures in Total Blackout's most popular tank challenge! The remaining two couples must cross a narrow bridge hoisted stories above in hopes of taking home the $5,000 and keeping their relationship intact!

All-Star Blackout

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2013

All-Star Blackout

In this special episode, Total Blackout's most memorable contestants compete in total darkness for another chance at the grand prize!

Parental Blackout

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2013

Parental Blackout

In this special episode, Mothers are teamed up with their offspring to conquer challenges in pitch black!

All Bark, No Bite

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2013

All Bark, No Bite

Three tough women and one army vet compete in pitch darkness through a series of mind-twisting challenges!

Lick It Before You Pick It

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2013

Lick It Before You Pick It

Four teams test their limits through three challenges in pitch darkness for a winner-take-all cash prize!

Cold Feet

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2013

Cold Feet

Four teams overcome their fears and phobias as they put their wits to the ultimate test!

Count 'em, Lick 'em, Face 'em

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2013

Count 'em, Lick 'em, Face 'em

Four competitors control their fears as they participate in three mind-bending challenges... in pitch black! The last one standing will win the $5,000 cash prize!

Celebrity Blackout

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2013

Celebrity Blackout

In this celebrity episode, international music superstar Aubrey O'Day joins television host Bob Guiney, and Syfy stars Erin Way and Neil Grayston as they go head-to-head in pitch blackness to raise money for their charities.

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