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Fear Factor Episode 402 Original airdate: October 13, 2003

These six players arrived at a pristine lake: Michelle, Josh, Buffy, Dominic, Gina, and Sean. Their first stunt involved the lake, a helicopter and many, many Fear Factor flags. While the helicopter spun over the lake, each players would have to climb out of it and collect flags positioned on the helicopter's skids. How would they get from one skid to the other you ask? They'd simply climb along the rope connecting the two skids, of course. The two men and two women who collected the most flags before falling off advanced to stunt two. Josh was confident, calling himself the "big dog." Big dog got out onto the first skid quickly and hustled over to the second skid within 20 seconds. He had splashed into the lake in 35 seconds, after snagging all the flags. Woof! Dominic wanted to finish the stunt in 32 seconds to "squash" Josh. Dominic's motivation was his ailing father, and he made it to the second skid in just over 20 seconds. Unbelievably, he tied Josh's score to the second! Josh and Dominic automatically advanced. Sean would have to beat 35 seconds to make it to the second stunt. Sean hustled and despite trouble with the last flag, he finished with 32 seconds! All three guys advanced.

Buffy was up first for the girls and was competing for her daughter at home. All three guys considered her their main competition. Unfortunately, Buffy fell only seconds after getting out of the helicopter and without grabbing a flag. With Buffy's automatic elimination, Gina and Michelle merely had to grab one flag to advance. Gina was next and knew that she could take her time. She used her arms and legs to maneuver across the first skid and nab her first flag. She almost made it across the rope to the second skid before doing a major belly-flop into the lake. Michelle was determined to outdo Gina. Her steady pace and small frame got her through the stunt in 49 seconds and with all the flags. On to day two…

Joe greeted the five remaining players in a suitably creepy location. For the second stunt, players would have to first dunk their heads in a tank of cod liver oil to retrieve a cow hoof (with their mouths). They would then have to drop the cow hoof into a trough of maggots. While they're face down in maggots, they'd have to get a mouthful of the wiggly guys and transfer them onto a nearby scale. The entire process would repeat for two minutes and the three players who transferred the most hoofs and maggots would advance. "Big dog" was up first. The cow hoofs were huge, but Josh moved quickly. When he was done, Josh had transferred 1.75 pounds of maggots. Michelle was next and said it looked pretty easy. She didn't even flinch as she took mouthful after mouthful of big, fat maggots. Her valiant effort, topped with a large burp, netted 1.5 pounds of maggots. Gina swore she was good with gross things as she bellied up to the oily hoofs. She seemed to be moving slow, but she ended up with 2.75 pounds which automatically got her into the finals. Sean, the Aussie, was next. He threw on his goggles an attempted to knock Michelle out of competition. Sean started slow, but made a comeback. His final amount of 2.2 pounds pushed Michelle out and even annoyed "big dog" Josh. All Dominic had to do was beat Josh's 1.75 pounds to advance. Dominic was extremely confident but had trouble with his very first hoof. He attacked the maggots, again and again. He had beat Josh way before time was up, but kept going for a final amount of 3.05 pounds! Big dog was out.

The final stunt took place out at a race track location. Gina, Sean and Dominic were pumped when they arrived, but even more excited once they saw the final stunt. They were going to race a car head on into a moving ramp car and launch themselves. The players who launched the furthest would walk away with $50,000. Sean was first and admitted being nervous. He suited up, strapped in and sped away. He flipped, spun and slid the car to a final distance of 65 feet, six inches. Gina got behind the wheel next and slammed the pedal to the metal. Like Sean, she landed upside-down. Unlike Sean, she went farther! Sean was out. Dominic had to beat 77 feet, one inch to win. Dominic floored the car, hit the ramp and almost did a complete 360-degree flip. His final slide pushed him ahead of Gina's mark, landing him at 92 feet, four inches and making him $50,000 richer!