Escape or Die!

Season

2015

7.1

Dean Gunnarson is hailed as the world's greatest escape artist, entertaining global audiences with remarkable stunts that cheat death. Escape or Die! is a show that takes viewers behind the bright lights of the main stage and the roaring crowds and into Dean's unique life as he prepares nail-biting escapes that threaten his life every time.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Shanghai Express

Dean Gunnarson attempts to defend his title of World's Most Daring Escape Artist by escaping from one of Shanghai's biggest and fastest roller coasters - the same one that shattered his ankle the last time he attempted this escape.

S1 • E2

Burning, Bound and Upside Down Escape

Escape artist Dean Gunnarson is bound in a straight jacket, hanging upside down 45 meters over the deadly cobblestone square of Zipaquira, Columbia. The clock is ticking and the only thing between Dean and a deadly fall are two rapidly burning ropes.

S1 • E3

Viking Funeral Escape

Dean is reclaiming his Icelandic roots by attempting to escape from a burning Viking ship in the middle of the North Atlantic. Dean must break free of chains, reach the Viking sword and cut himself free and swim to shore before the ship explodes!

S1 • E4

Deadly Dallas Draft Escape

Everything's bigger in Texas - including the beer cans - and the danger! Dean is in Dallas, Texas attempting an escape that almost killed Harry Houdini. Dean will be locked up in chains then submerged in a full can of beer. He must escape the chains and not drown before a live, cheering crowd.

S1 • E5

Death Tank

Dean Gunnarson has spent years honing his escape skills to face the Death Tank once used in WWII as a torture chamber. Dean is in Miami Florida to change the course of history, and be the only person to escape this death trap.

S1 • E6

Man vs. Machine Escape

World famous escape artist Dean Gunnarson returns home to icy Winnipeg Canada, and his old nemesis the Red River. Dean will be torn apart by two massive machines, chained on each side as he struggles to break free from his constraints or he will be splayed on the ice.

S1 • E7

Buried Alive

Escape artist Dean Gunnarson will be wrapped in chains inside a steel coffin locked tightly, and buried alive. Dean will be clawing his way up from six feet below in Udupi, India for 24 hours.

S1 • E8

Death Cage Escape

High up in the isolated mountains of Zhangjiajie China, Dean Gunnarson is chained and caged and hauled 45 meters into the sky. He has minutes to escape before the cage plunges him to his death in the river below.

S1 • E9

Blazing Ball of Death Escape

Quebec's world famous ice hotel is the backdrop for Dean's blazing ball of flames escape. The burning ball is positioned to drop and crush Dean in 90 seconds if he doesn't break free of his chains frozen in 500kg of ice.

S1 • E10

Malaysia Viper Escape

Dean Gunnarson has one fear...SNAKES. So...Dean and the team are at the Snake Temple in Malaysia where Dean will be in a glass box while handcuffed with deadly vipers crawling over him. He needs to break out before getting bitten or passing out.

S1 • E11

Haunted Asylum Escape

The Society of American Magicians has challenged Dean to defend his "World's Most Daring Escape Artist" title by breaking out of West Virginia's most haunted asylum. He must ALSO find his team and free them in less than 60 minutes in over 25,000 square feet of hospital, at night, with no light.

S1 • E12

Underwater Coffin

Escape Artist Dean Gunnarson died attempting the underwater coffin escape 30 years ago. He was brought back to life. Dean is intent on doing this escape again but this time in an ocean rather than a river, in a coffin with holes and with sharks surrounding him.