Episode
Naked and Afraid: A Screw Loose
Overview
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, torrential rainfall, unrelenting insects and intoxicating fruit.
Details
- Series
- Naked and Afraid
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2018-03-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
A Screw Loose is Episode 2 in Season 9 of Naked and Afraid. It aired on 2018-03-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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