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The Best Episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier

Every episode of Alaska: The Last Frontier ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier!

Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led...
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Fall" is the best rated episode of "Alaska: The Last Frontier". It scored 8.9/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/6/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Poopsicle".

  • The Fall
    8.9/1015 votes
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    #1 - The Fall

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2015

    After a feverish summer of work, the Kilchers prepare for winter. Included: Eivin scales treacherous peaks to fill his freezer; Otto helps with Shane's cabin build, while it takes a perilous turn; and for Atz Lee, one fateful step leads to catastrophe.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Poopsicle
    8.8/1017 votes
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    #2 - Poopsicle

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/26/2013

    Otto gets creative to beat the frozen soil when he realizes he must move the outhouse, now. Eivin takes Eve on her first deerhunt on Afognak Island, which is teeming with wild animals including awake bears. Atz and sons gather trees for a big new project.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thanksgiving
    8.8/1013 votes
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    #3 - Thanksgiving

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2013

    Thanksgiving on the homestead. The Kilchers come together to enjoy the fruits of their year-long labor and share each dish's story. From turkey and pumpkin pie to Yule's famous nettlebread and Homesteader pie, nothing comes easy when making this feast.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Homestead For The Holidays
    8.8/1013 votes
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    #4 - Homestead For The Holidays

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/2013

    Homestead holidays bring gifts of kindness: Otto decides to give his "Wacky Yak" to a friend, but the gift rejects the idea of being given. Atz Lee gathers lumps of coal--for the nice--as his gift. Atz deals with cows on ice to bring a friend's herd home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby Kilcher Arrives
    8.8/1013 votes
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    #5 - Baby Kilcher Arrives

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/2014

    The Kilchers work on last-minute projects before winter comes; Jane faces weather and quicksand on her first cattle drive; Eivin and Eve introduce a new Kilcher.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Christmas Kaboom!
    8.7/1011 votes
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    #6 - Christmas Kaboom!

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/2014

    In true homesteader holiday spirit, the Kilchers put their own spin on a Secret Santa gift exchange: hand-making something useful for someone in the family. With gifts ranging from a crossbow to explosives this Christmas special is filled with surprises!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Call of the Cattleman
    8.7/1011 votes
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    #7 - Call of the Cattleman

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/2015

    The Kilchers, fellow homesteaders & cattlemen pay tribute to a fallen friend by driving over 100 cattle back home. Atz Lee winterizes the Hunters Cabin, preparing to move further off the homestead. Jane & Eve's halibut fishing trip ends with a bang.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Day the Homestead Almost Died
    8.7/108 votes
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    #8 - The Day the Homestead Almost Died

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2017

    The Kilchers kick off a complete homestead overhaul; blindsided by a massive snowstorm, the family uses every piece of heavy machinery in their arsenal to ensure the survival of future generations.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fall Flurry
    8.6/1013 votes
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    #9 - Fall Flurry

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/10/2013

    The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter hits.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prodigal Daughter Returns
    8.6/107 votes
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    #10 - The Prodigal Daughter Returns

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2016

    Otto puts his recovery at risk to help save a paralyzed cow; Jane and Atz Lee put their differences aside to prepare for winter; Atz Senior prepares for a very special visitor: his daughter and singer-songwriter, Jewel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hunting Season
    8.6/107 votes
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    #11 - Hunting Season

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/2017

    The Kilchers look to the future as winter looms; Atz Sr passes on vital survival knowledge; Atz Lee embarks on a risky solo hunt to a remote and dangerous island; Eivin builds the ideal boat for his young family's adventures on the water.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Eve's Hunting Dilemma
    8.5/1015 votes
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    #12 - Eve's Hunting Dilemma

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2013

    Otto pulls porcupine quills out of a colt's face. With Eivin's legal quota met, it's up to Eve to bring home more deer meat from their hunting trip, but she's conflicted about the kill. Atz and Atz Lee snare rabbits; Jane gets a lesson in rabbit skinning.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Extreme Seasons
    8.5/1016 votes
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    #13 - Extreme Seasons

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/2014

    The Kilchers adapt to the seasons; rescuing calves; swarms of mosquitoes; Otto tries to live down his fisherman's curse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Journey to Perl Island
    8.5/109 votes
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    #14 - Journey to Perl Island

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2014

    The Kilchers face their biggest challenges yet. Otto, Jane & Shane help a fellow homesteader transport a cabin to the distant and uninhabited Perl Island but things take a sinister turn when they discover a predator on the loose.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Day the Glacier Fell
    8.5/108 votes
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    #15 - The Day the Glacier Fell

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2017

    Atz Lee and Charlotte rush to save the life of a stuck cow before it's too late; a father-son shrimping trip turns deadly when Otto and his sons must outrun a colossal caving glacier; Eve and Jane fish for salmon for their family.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fall Flurry
    8.4/1015 votes
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    #16 - Fall Flurry

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2013

    The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter finally hits, prepping the hunter and cattleman cabins, winterizing the bee hive, sorting the root cellar, bottling the raspberry mead, and creating a new field with an excavator and barge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Marital Maintenance
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #17 - Marital Maintenance

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/2014

    With winter on their doorstep., the Kilchers race to finish their summer projects. Otto's enormous new project strains his marital bliss. Atz's horse strands him on the range. Eivin works some chicken magic. Atz Lee teaches Jane to fell a tree.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Call Of The Wild
    8.4/1012 votes
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    #18 - Call Of The Wild

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/2014

    Otto and Eivin use a duck hunt for some last minute father-son time before Eivin becomes a dad himself. Atz and Atz Lee's father-son bonding time is less fun; they're repairing the new bridge. Jane has her own adventure: fishing--and shooting--halibut.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Mild Winter
    8.4/1012 votes
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    #19 - A Mild Winter

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2014

    The family faces the fallout from a warm Alaskan winter; an emergency mission to supply and secure hunting cabins; Charlotte and Jane search for a missing newborn calf.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hard Road Home
    8.4/1011 votes
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    #20 - Hard Road Home

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2015

    Otto and Charlotte set out on an urgent rescue mission; Atz Sr., Eivin, Shane and Nikos come together to help Atz Lee.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Collision Course
    8.4/108 votes
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    #21 - Collision Course

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/2019

    Otto and August radio Eivin for rescue after facing an emergency at sea; Atz Sr. must choose between living on the Yuletide and returning to the family homestead; Atz Lee puts Jane's homesteading skills to the test with a wilderness scavenger hunt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fox Cabin Finale
    8.4/106 votes
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    #22 - Fox Cabin Finale

    Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/2021

    Atz Sr. reveals his Fox Cabin legacy build after months of backbreaking effort. As winter begins, Eivin scrambles to complete a vital project he'd fallen behind on. Jane and Atz Lee attempt to airlift a piano to their remote cabin before snowfall.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 'Till The Cows Come Home
    8.3/1017 votes
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    #23 - 'Till The Cows Come Home

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/20/2013

    The Kilchers rush to finish winter prep work and Otto drives his herd home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spring Has Sprung
    8.3/1013 votes
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    #24 - Spring Has Sprung

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2013

    Springtime on the homestead; Atz and the family goes on a black bear hunt; Atz, Sr.'s confidence wavers; Otto gives CPR to calves; Eve plants the family garden.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Loaded for Bear
    8.3/1010 votes
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    #25 - Loaded for Bear

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2014

    Atz Lee and Jane venture out in a risky hunt for black bear, but instead come face to face with a massive grizzly. Using the constructor, Otto and Eivin race the tide to transport and introduce two new bulls into the family herd at the head of the bay.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A