7.4/109 votes#1 - New Frontiers
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2018
Otto and his son Eivin's hunt for Ptarmigan ends in disaster; Atz Lee and Jane tour Jane's past and travel to remote Adak Island in search of Caribou; Atz Sr.'s pioneer spirit leads him to an abandoned barge.
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#2 - A Predator Strikes
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2018
Otto and Charlotte defend against the homestead's first predator attacks; Atz Lee and Jane travel to Lake Louise to catch massive lake trout; Atz Sr. renovates his new floating homestead; Eve takes on more work as Eivin recovers from a broken rib.
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#3 - Roll Yuletide Roll
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2018
Atz Lee and Jane rush to aid a fellow homesteader; Atz Sr. searches for a remote spot to anchor his floating homestead; Otto, Eivin and Levi rebuild a homestead hot tub; Charlotte takes extreme measures to protect her herd from predators.
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#4 - The Beach Is Burning
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2018
Otto and Eivin fight to douse a raging coal seam fire on Kilcher beach; Atz Sr. attempts the most unconventional bear hunt of his life; Jane and Charlotte take a girl's day adventure clamming.
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#5 - Range Danger
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2018
Otto creates a calf caboose for his spring cattle drive at the Head of the Bay; Atz Lee and Jane bring sustainable power to their remote cabin; Atz Sr. builds a smoker to preserve the meat from his epic hunt; Levi renovates his childhood cabin.
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#6 - A Bridge and a Bear
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2018
Atz Lee builds a bridge and encounters a predator in the backcountry. Otto's hay season nearly comes to a halt when a broken tractor forces him to get creative.
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#7 - A Yuletide Thanksgiving
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2018
The Kilcher family takes Thanksgiving to Atz Sr.'s floating homestead, the Yuletide; steeped in family tradition, each person brings something special to share, from homestead dishes to the dinner table itself.
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#8 - To Live Or Die On Perl Island
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2018
Atz Lee journeys to Perl Island to build a homestead for a friend; tempers flare as Otto, Eivin and Levi work to move an old workshop cabin to Otto's property; Tela constructs a fence for a surprise horse for her children.
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- 6.8/108 votes
#9 - Earning Seven
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2018
Singer Jewel Kilcher throws her son a coming-of-age celebration on the Yuletide; Atz Lee battles worsening weather to help Grady build a homestead on Perl Island.
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#10 - Calling All Kilchers
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2018
The Kilchers mobilize a major sea/land effort to help finish Grady's Perl Island cabin build, under threat of the approaching remnants of a typhoon; Charlotte and August build a cat patio to keep their house cats from killing the local animals.
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#11 - Coming Of Age
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2018
Charlotte and August build a cat patio to keep their house cats from killing the local animals.
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- 7.6/108 votes
#12 - Holly Jolly Homesteading
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2018
This Christmas, it's the first-ever Couples Secret Santa; the Kilchers film themselves crafting inventive homemade gifts.
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#13 - Hill Country Hunt
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/2018
Atz Lee and Atz Sr. take Jane on an epic hunt on horseback in the foothills; Eivin builds a one-of-a-kind motorized cart for Findlay; and Otto, Charlotte, and August race to repair a fence breach after their cattle escape.
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#14 - Wind and a Prayer
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/2019
Otto and Levi bring wind power to the remote cabin; Atz Lee and Jane help homesteader Mike re-purpose a city house into a cabin; Tela gets help from the Kilchers as she struggles to fix her dry spring; August moves back home on his 21st birthday.
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#15 - Thrill of the Hunt
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/2019
The fall cattle roundup takes an electrifying turn when a horse gets tangled in electric wire; Eivin and Levi go on a rock-climbing expedition to secure access to a valuable, new hunting ground; Atz Sr. takes Bonnie on an epic hunting date.
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- 8.4/108 votes
#16 - 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.
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#17 - High and Dry
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/2019
With the Constructor dead in the water, it's up to Otto and his crew of family and friends to save the invaluable boat for future use; Eivin takes novice hunter Levi on a last-chance hunt to Shuyak Island to stockpile deer meat for winter.
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"New Frontiers" is the best rated episode of "Alaska: The Last Frontier" season 8. It scored 7.4/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/2018. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "A Predator Strikes".