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Enduring Extremes

Pearl, 9.30pm

After watching some poor soul spend close to half a day swimming around in freezing water to prove that shivering is the body's way of keeping warm, I've decided Enduring Extremes is actually quite fun.

Billed as an excessive version of Don't Try This At Home, Enduring Extremes is basically about the science behind the silliness. People subject themselves to potentially

life-threatening situations to illustrate to armchair athletes why, when push comes to shove, the body opts for timeout.

This week, the pain is not physical but emotional. Instead of fractured limbs, exhausted muscles and bruised egos, this episode involves frayed nerves, numbed senses and bruised egos. The point is to observe the brain under pressure in a bid to measure, among other things, fear. The artificial scenarios the scientists have set up to create extreme fear include putting a woman and a great white shark together and having a climber scale a sheer rock face without safety ropes. Soldiers, another favourite source of guinea pigs for scientists, also get to tough it out in a sleep deprivation experiment while a karate expert enters 'the Zone', usually frequented by NBA basketball stars, before chopping blocks of ice with his bare hands.

La Femme Nikita

Pearl, 10.30pm

Rising from the ashes of B-movie purgatory, Maxwell Caulfield finds himself guest starring in tonight's episode as Helmut Volker, a playboy arms dealer. Caulfield, if anyone can remember him, has eked out a career of sorts with a string of bit parts, playing mostly greasy playboy types. The reason he tends to linger in people's minds is because of his role as Miles Colby on 1980s television series Dynasty. On La Femme Nikita, his role is recurring, so you can expect to see him in next week's episode as well. Starring Peta Wilson (above) and Roy Dupuis.

Red Heat

Star Movies, 9pm

Director Walter Hill tried to repackage his previous hit, 48 Hours, into Red Heat, but the chemistry is just not there.

James Belushi does his best opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger but the action comedy routine that was so successful with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours soon tires.

As Ivan Danko, a Russian police officer on the trail of a drug lord, Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), Schwarzenegger (above) puts in a decent performance. However, Belushi's Art Ridzik is left with a sparring partner without enough presence to make this buddy cop film work. Most notably, Laurence Fishburne also puts in an appearance as Lieutenant Stobbs. (1988)

The Drew Carey Show

Star World, 8pm

Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller) goes out with a sweet guy who calls himself 'The Devil'. But Drew Carey and the guys, Oswald Harvey (Diedrich Bader) and Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles), find out that he takes his name seriously.



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