Naked and Afraid: Season 9
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Naked and Afraid Season 8.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Category 5 Survival
Mar 11, 2018
A category five Hurricane blasts through the camp of Amal, an Iraqi war refugee now living in Iowa and her partner, Duke. In addition to the hurricane, the pair also endure venomou
A Screw Loose
Mar 18, 2018 · 60 min
In a haunted Mayan jungle, a painful injury tests the resolve of survivalists Leah and Caesar. Surviving is a struggle as they are faced with suffocating humidity, hungry predators
Swamp Queen
Mar 25, 2018
In the snake-filled Mississippi swamps, Gabrielle, a former fan survivalist takes on the full 21-day challenge. Gabrielle and Brian are faced with deadly snakes, unrelenting mosqui
Forbidden Fruit
Apr 1, 2018
Terribly poisoned without food or water, in the arid and desolate, savannah region of Brazil, survivalists Gary and Karra will be tested unlike any other survivalists before them.
Island of Tears
Apr 8, 2018
Max and Bianca face off with aggressive caiman, boa constrictors, large spiders, and thorny mangroves in this Superfan challenge on a tropical island in Panama.
Thieves in the Night
Apr 15, 2018
One survivalist falls into a roaring fire after weeks of depleted energy due to no food. With just days to go, the pair makes a daring plan for how to survive...but will it cost th
Love At First Fight
Apr 22, 2018 · 60 min
Instant attraction gives way to unforgiving conditions on a Nicaraguan island teeming with bull sharks and big cats. As the struggle to survive hits a low point a brutal flood th
Burnt To A Crisp
Apr 29, 2018
Tormented by hostile crocodiles, territorial howler monkeys and no tree canopy to protect them from the sun in this post-hurricane Nicaraguan jungle, one survivalist suffers third-
Loaded for Bear
May 6, 2018
Surrounded by aggressive and territorial black bears day and night, two survivalists must compete against the apex predators for resources in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
Pick Your Poison
May 13, 2018
Swarming wasps, deadly anacondas, poisonous toads and venomous stingrays surround the survivalists in sun-scorched Brazil. Just days into their challenge, a standoff with a poisono
Trouble in Paradise
Jun 10, 2018
Torrential downpours and brutal wind storms push two starving survivalists to their breaking points in the Honduran jungle.
Fan Down
Jun 24, 2018
A freak injury puts super-fan survivalists Maci and Justin at risk as they attempt to survive the treacherous Nicaraguan jungle for 14 days.
Blindsided
Aug 5, 2018
A dangerous burn and clashing survival strategies plague survivalists Angela and Steven in the jungles of Panama.
Fire and Fury
Aug 12, 2018 · 60 min
Stalked by aggressive leopards and unable to get fire for protection, two survivalists fight the elements and each other as they look for double redemption on a predator-filled pla