The Selection: Special Operations Experiment

2016 • HISTORY
4.7
29 reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 Dip In The Fire
12/8/16
30 civilians begin the most intense physical and mental challenge of their life as they begin The Selection, led by six Special Operations veterans. Unrelenting physical training, interrogations, and tear gas exposure.
2 Hell & High Water
12/15/16
After only two hours of sleep, the instructors lead a grueling day of Navy SEAL training in the Pacific Ocean, where exercises in surf immersion, land portage, and extreme exposure to the cold push the participants to the edge.
3 Man In The Arena
12/22/16
The Instructors send the remaining 15 participants to rescue a "downed pilot," an exercise designed to test the teamwork of the group as well as the leadership of a select few. The group also attempts to keep up with Instructor Haggerty.
4 Weeding Out The Weak
12/29/16
In a stealth and concealment exercise, the participants go out on the ultimate game of hide and seek, where they are tasked with camouflaging themselves in a hide-site to evade detection by the instructors.
5 Pass, Quit or Drown
1/5/17
Instructor Bowen leads the group in a class on hand to hand combat training before all of the candidates must face off against each other. The group is then led to a swimming pool where the Navy SEALs put the remaining candidates.
6 Seed of Doubt
1/12/17
The remaining candidates are forced onto an eight mile timed ruck march while carrying 50 lbs. on their back. Poor performance by one candidate attracts special attention, while another candidate reaches his mental breaking point.
7 Humility
1/19/17
Instructor Care leads the remaining participants through an exercise he calls "integrity stations." After one candidate fails to complete the course, he must determine whether or not to let this individual continue.
8 March of Tears
1/26/17
The remaining candidates are required to complete a field training exercise, commonly known in the military as an FTX. Everything they have learned up to this point must be used in order to pass the different stages of this FTX.
101 Sneak Peek
11/27/16
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About this show

The Selection places 30 men and women with no military background through the most intense physical and mental challenges of their lives—including psychological warfare, tear gas and more. Veterans of the Navy Seals, Green Berets and Army Rangers train and push the participants to determine who has what it takes to succeed as one of America's most elite Special Operation Forces.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
29 reviews
Zyra L. F.
November 30, 2016
History channel ruined by new ppl and became another crap reality show channel like A&E
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Vincent Gowans
December 27, 2016
Drop out rate is fact 80%
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A Google user
December 16, 2016
Great look at elite training.
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