Solitary 3.0: Milk & Cookies

In the fourth episode of Solitary 3.0, we joined the guests in the middle of the nasty smells and tastes treatment.

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The guests had been forced to smell many nasty smells and then they had to start drinking shots of the horrible liquids. The first awful liquid to be drunk was the essence of horseradish. Number 5 didn’t do it at first and got a penalty round where she had to drink two. Before her fate was determined, #2 pushed the red button. When she somehow managed to get both shots down, #2 was told that he was the first to quit and was eliminated. This was a real shocker since he had been winning most of the tests.

Next, the remaining people were told to drink a shot of essence of cow intestines. Number 5 didn’t drink hers and decided that someone else must have already quit so she hit the red button. Then Val stopped the treatment.

At this point, they were all given a wheelchair to sit in and there was a string of letters that circled the entire room. They would have to stay in the wheelchair and figure out where the paragraph began. Then they had to memorize it and after they hit the green button to let Val know they were ready to recite it, they had to first turn around three times in the wheelchair.

Here’s what the paragraph said:

I always knew deep down that I could never survive this hellish madness I am a complete idiot who is incapable of ever succeeding in this place and now all that I can see is a huge red button calling my number believe me I am about to crack

The winner of the treatment was #9. Then Val ended the treatment. They were all shocked that he was the one who got it right first.

They were given crayons with which to decorate their pod and most of them put encouraging words and pictures. But # 4 was different than the others. Since he’s the huge fan of Solitary, he posted a list of all the previous cast members of Solitary along with their numbers and the challenge that took them out. Wow! That’s amazing!

Val then gave them all a comfy stool to sit on. But #3 saw a spider in her pod. She said it was one of her biggest fears. After all kinds of difficulties, she figured out how to kill it. Val used it as an entertainment.

Then the guests were given 16 tickets, each worth a half hour of sleep. They would use the tickets in an auction. (Now remember, these folks have had almost no sleep for days and very little to eat.) These were the results of the auction:

• Hamburger & French Fries: sold to #8 for 3 hours of sleep
• Large Cheese Pizza: sold to #3 for 4.5 hours of sleep
• Hugh Bowl of Ice Cream: sold to #4 for 1.5 hours of sleep
• Jumbo Burrito: sold to #4 for 4 hours of sleep
• The Ability to Inflict 10 Flesh Pins to Any Part of Any Other Person for 30 Minutes: sold to #5 for 2 hours of sleep
• The Power to Make Another Person Sit for 30 Minutes on the Bowling Ball: sold to #9 for 1.5 hours of sleep
• Give a Handicap to One Person in the Next Treatment: sold to #5 for 2 hours of sleep
• License to Steal any Item From Another Person: sold to #9 for 5.5 hours of sleep

When the auction ended, here’s what happened:

• Number 7 kept 8 hours of sleep
• Number 9 used all of his tickets except only 1 hour of sleep – He stole #5’s treatment handicap. He assigned the bowling ball punishment and the treatment handicap to #5.
• Number 5 gave the 10 flesh pins on #9’s fingers
• Everyone else got to eat the foods they won

When the next treatment was about to begin, #5 had to eat a marshmallow chocolate bar as her handicap. They all were told that they would begin rounds of eating sugary treats. The person in each round to eat the most could skip the next round. The person eating the least would get a penalty round.

Then Val gave everyone a jar of chocolate malted milk balls. They were told to eat as many as possible in the next 3 minutes. Number 8 ate the most and got to sit out a round. Number 5 got a penalty 8 oz. of milk to drink in 2 minutes. (She weighs only about 100 lbs. so she is having a tough time with the challenge)

Round 2 began with everyone getting a jar of chocolate covered donut holes to eat. It was funny because #3 kept saying that she wanted a glass of milk. But #5 was wishing she had no milk. At the end of the round, #7 ate the most got to skip a round. Number 5 ate the least and had 3 minutes to drink 12 oz. of milk. She really struggled, but did it.

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In round 3, they each got a jar of chocolate chip cookies. Number 5 only ate one, so she got to drink another 16 oz. of milk. Number 4 won that round and got to skip a round.

Round 4 was a jar of red licorice sticks. Number 5 threw up without even getting down one of them. She had to hit the red button and was eliminated. The episode ended before we could find out how the others did in the challenge.

I’m disappointed to see both #5 and #2 leave the show. I liked them both and thought they both had a real chance of going to the end. Now I think it’s more likely that #4 or #9 will be the winner, but #8 is pretty awesome too. I love this show!

What do you think of this week’s treatments? Who do you think will win? Who do you want to go home next?

Be sure to watch Solitary 3.0 on FOX Reality Channel!