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Sourced overview

Glass Bridge

Choose between paired transparent panels to cross an elevated bridge.

United KingdomTrust and chanceSeason 1 · episode 7, “Friend or Foe”
Glass Bridge
Pete Dadds / Netflix · Copyrighted program still; open reuse license not verified. Image source ↗

The real story

Reveal the result · spoilers

Wrong choices eliminated players. An informal turn-taking plan generated conflict.

Documented separation of player and stunt exposure

Reported safety steps

Acrylic panels, controlled trapdoors, independent adjudication; stunt doubles performed the falls with an airbag and visual effects.

How it ran

A real choice and real reaction were combined with a separately performed stunt fall.

Who made it

Ben Norman · games designer, directly credited by Netflix

Who played

20 remaining players, including Trey, Ashley and TJ

This is a sourced overview, not a full safety audit. Missing incident reports do not prove a game is safe.

Bring the receipts

Read the source for the full account. We do not guess an episode number or turn a TV scene into injury odds.

Our take

Editorial reading: the money and group obligation make a simple binary choice feel enormous.

The Challenge Genome

0 = not coded · 1 = small part · 2 = big part · 3 = the point. These are editorial tags, not danger scores.

Height3/3
Water0/3
Impact0/3
Strength0/3
Speed0/3
Endurance0/3
Balance2/3
Claustrophobia0/3
Gross-out0/3
Animals0/3
Navigation0/3
Sleep deprivation0/3
Cold0/3
Heat0/3
Breath control0/3
Puzzle0/3
Cooperation2/3
Betrayal3/3
Survival craft0/3
Machinery0/3
Vehicles0/3
Psychological stress3/3

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