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The Summit

Season 1
Sixteen strangers embark on a 14-day trek through the perilous New Zealand Alps. Each holds part of a $1 million prize, but only those who survive the harsh terrain, Antarctic winds, and intense challenges will win.
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  1. S1 E1 - To the Summit
    September 28, 2024
    1 h 5 min
    TV-PG
    Sixteen Americans embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey through the treacherous New Zealand Alps in an attempt to reach the peak of a mountain in just 14 days in order to keep their share of the $1 million prize they're carrying in their backpacks.
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  2. S1 E2 - Hard Choices Must Be Made
    October 8, 2024
    1 h 3 min
    TV-PG
    After an unexpected twist, game plans shift as they begin to tackle harder terrain. While the trekkers are challenged with crossing a rickety bridge, emotions surge as the Mountain's Keeper arrives with a shocking choice for the trekkers to make.
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  3. S1 E3 - Snakes and Ladders
    October 15, 2024
    1 h 1 min
    TV-PG
    As the trekkers struggle with the arduous terrain, the division of alliances among them becomes noticeable. When the Mountain’s Keeper observes the group’s slow pace, she offers a proposition to help them stay on track to reach the summit in time, but not without both individual and collective consequences.
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  4. S1 E4 - An Unexpected Storm
    October 22, 2024
    1 h 1 min
    TV-PG
    After a weather delay pauses the group's progress, they set out to try and make up for lost time. When they reach an obstacle that forces them to split into pairs, one trekker is left to face the challenge alone, bringing alliances and connections into question.
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  5. S1 E5 - Succeed Together, Fail Alone
    October 29, 2024
    1 h 2 min
    TV-PG
    As the trekkers hit the halfway mark on their journey and venture toward the snow line, a divide in pace emerges within the group. After a daunting obstacle the group learns that they have broken a fundamental rule of THE SUMMIT.
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  6. S1 E6 - Never Show Your Weakness
    November 5, 2024
    1 h 2 min
    TV-PG
    After an unexpected checkpoint elimination, the group struggles when they must cross a precarious deep ravine by crawling over a bridge made of two parallel ropes to stay on their route. During the obstacle, one of the trekkers’ injuries is revealed to be much worse than they’ve expressed, and other members start to question if they can truly make the journey to the summit. When the Mountain’s ...
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