Episode
Alone: Finding A Foothold
Overview
As the tumultuous first week nears its end, the remaining survivalists focus on regaining their footing.
Details
- Series
- Alone
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2025-07-10
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Finding A Foothold is Episode 4 in Africa of Alone. It aired on 2025-07-10. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 3: Thirst Trap
The Karoo Desert's heat and lack of shade continue to force the survivalists to focus on water or risk dehydration. Some participants get creative in stockpiling this life-saving resource, while others find themselves realizing it's a little too late.
Episode 5: The Tempest
The survivalists finally begin to cash in on food as game proves to be plentiful. This prosperity is short-lived, however, as dark clouds loom in the distance.
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Episode 2: Best Laid Plans
Faced with skittish game and unfamiliar plants, the final group of survivalists quickly learns their earliest strategies will be met with unforgiving resistance.
Episode 6: Purpose
In the aftermath of a freak storm, the remaining survivalists take stock of their place in the game. One participant takes a risk on an ambitious shelter, while another unknowingly finds themselves poised on a knife's edge.
Episode 1: The Land of Great Thirst
In Alone's driest location yet, ten new participants must survive in the Great Karoo desert as they face extreme temperatures, new species of predators, and a host of exhausting challenges, all for a chance to win $500,000. With big game more abundant than ever, some play the odds, while one survivalist gets hit with a debilitating infection.
Episode 7: Echoes of Emptiness
Starvation and exhaustion push the survivalists to their limits as wild game taunts them at every turn. While one participant looks for a reason to carry on, another teeters on the edge of their breaking point.
Episode 8: Weak Spot
The remaining three survivalists continue to push their limits as they reach nearly a month in the Great Karoo Desert.
Episode 9: The Promised Land
Burdened by a string of bad luck, the remaining participants find their chances of success begin to slip away.
Episode 10: No Regrats
The remaining survivalists make a final push to the finish line, but only one can win the $500,000 prize and make Alone history as the first winner in a desert climate.