Endurance

Twenty teens travel to a secret location to compete in Endurance: High Sierras. Once there, they begin the "right-to-stay" competition that will send 4 of them home.

The "right-to-stay" competition concludes, deciding the 16 official Endurance competitors. JD then announces that the winner of the next competition will get to pick the first team, which causes mass chaos as everyone tries to agree on the teams. Conflict emerges out of apparent happiness, and the episode ends in doubt as to whether they'll be able to agree on even one of the teams.

The competition to decide who will choose the first team concludes, and the eight official Endurance teams are chosen. Then a surprise elimination competition sends a team home on the same day, leaving just seven teams in the game.

The teams compete in the first Endurance mission, with the winning team getting a pyramid piece and the samadhi. However, this samadhi gives a team the power to switch two players. The Blue Team wins it, and after much discussion decide to give the power to the Red Team with the understanding that they'll switch the girls on Red and Green. However, all the other teams come up with an idea to switch Gray and Blue, and the episode ends not knowing which switch will actually happen.

Two teammates are switched, and the teams compete in another Endurance mission, and this samadhi will actually affect the next day's Temple mission.

The teams compete in the first Temple Mission of the season, and the first team is sent home from the High Sierras.

The six remaining teams compete in an Endurance mission, with the Heart piece and the ability to pick the super teams for the next Temple mission on the line.

The Super Teams compete in the Temple mission to decide the next teams that will be sent to Temple. A surprising twist affects the mission, leaving some teams powerless to control their fate.

The ninth episode of season five is a recap of the prior eight episodes, featuring highlights from the challenges and other dramatic moments.

The five remaining teams are greeted with another twist, and another team goes home.

The final four teams create their own game, with another pyramid piece and samadhi on the line, which will have a big impact on the next Temple mission and in deciding the final three teams. Another twist: the loser of this Endurance Mission will be automatically sent to the next Temple of Fate.

The teams compete in their next Temple mission, with Purple handicapped by the samadhi. Another team is sent home at the Temple, leaving just three teams.

The final three teams of Green, Blue, & Purple are left. As JD explains the magnitude of the next mission, he reveals that one team will have a huge advantage over the other two teams.

The Purple and Green teams put their friendship aside to win the Grand Prize trip to Hawaii. In their final time at the Temple, the Purple team starts with six pyramid pieces and the Green teams starts with seven.

A recap of the best moments in Endurance: High Sierras is shown.