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The Worst Episodes of Drain the Oceans

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Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Drain the Oceans Season 3 Episode 10 - America's Last Slave Ship
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - America's Last Slave Ship

    S3:E10

    Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Drain the Oceans Season 5 Episode 4 - The Alamo
    6.9/10(30 votes)

    #2 - The Alamo

    S5:E4

    Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America’s most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Drain the Oceans Season 5 Episode 2 - The Amber Room
    7.0/10(28 votes)

    #3 - The Amber Room

    S5:E2

    The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany’s Dunkirk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Drain the Oceans Season 1 Episode 5 - Legends of Atlantis
    7.3/10(114 votes)

    #4 - Legends of Atlantis

    S1:E5

    Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Drain the Oceans Season 6 Episode 1 - Alaska
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Alaska

    S6:E1

    Revealing the graveyard of a fleet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Drain the Oceans Season 3 Episode 2 - The Viking Seas
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    #6 - The Viking Seas

    S3:E2

    A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Drain the Oceans Season 3 Episode 4 - The Battle of Britain
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    #7 - The Battle of Britain

    S3:E4

    Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Drain the Oceans Season 3 Episode 6 - The American Revolution
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #8 - The American Revolution

    S3:E6

    Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Drain the Oceans Season 4 Episode 4 - The First Americans
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #9 - The First Americans

    S4:E4

    Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Drain the Oceans Season 2 Episode 6 - Lost Nukes of The Cold War
    7.5/10(71 votes)

    #10 - Lost Nukes of The Cold War

    S2:E6

    When the world’s two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Drain the Oceans Season 3 Episode 9 - Chicago
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #11 - Chicago

    S3:E9

    Chicago's past emerges from the waters of Lake Michigan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Drain the Oceans Season 4 Episode 2 - The Battle for the Black Swan
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #12 - The Battle for the Black Swan

    S4:E2

    Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Drain the Oceans Season 4 Episode 3 - Hollywood
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Hollywood

    S4:E3

    From a buried film set to a WW1 Navy ship and old fishing barge, we discover the role these ruins played in Hollywood movie-making history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Drain the Oceans Season 5 Episode 5 - Maya Collapse
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Maya Collapse

    S5:E5

    New discoveries made at a lost city and a tale of human sacrifice offer a new insight into the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Drain the Oceans Season 2 Episode 7 - Secrets of The Spanish Armada
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #15 - Secrets of The Spanish Armada

    S2:E7

    Spain’s attempted conquest of England fails when its armada is defeated. Draining the ocean reveals how the English stole technology to build an empire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Drain the Oceans Season 3 Episode 1 - The Atomic Ghost Fleet
    7.6/10(48 votes)

    #16 - The Atomic Ghost Fleet

    S3:E1

    The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Drain the Oceans Season 4 Episode 1 - The Wild West
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #17 - The Wild West

    S4:E1

    Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Drain the Oceans Season 5 Episode 3 - Pearl Harbor
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Pearl Harbor

    S5:E3

    Draining Hawaii reveals Japan’s secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Drain the Oceans Season 1 Episode 1 - Nazi Secrets
    7.7/10(135 votes)

    #19 - Nazi Secrets

    S1:E1

    The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Drain the Oceans Season 1 Episode 3 - Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #20 - Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean

    S1:E3

    The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Drain the Oceans Season 1 Episode 4 - Sunken Treasures
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #21 - Sunken Treasures

    S1:E4

    Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Drain the Oceans Season 1 Episode 6 - Deadly Pacific
    7.7/10(104 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Pacific

    S1:E6

    The Ring of Fire is an area in the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis form; the ocean is drained to reveal the geological forces behind natural disasters and to uncover threats along the coast of Seattle, Tokyo and New Zealand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Drain the Oceans Season 2 Episode 2 - Secrets of New York City
    7.7/10(77 votes)

    #23 - Secrets of New York City

    S2:E2

    In just 400 years New York has become a global powerhouse. By draining the ocean, revealing submerged shipwrecks and subterranean secrets, we explain how.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Drain the Oceans Season 2 Episode 4 - Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #24 - Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush

    S2:E4

    Winners took all in the race to get rich in the California and Klondike gold rushes; unearthing the ships involved reveals the risks taken to go west.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Drain the Oceans Season 2 Episode 11 - Secrets of Loch Ness
    7.7/10(74 votes)

    #25 - Secrets of Loch Ness

    S2:E11

    Combining over 100 years of data with military-grade scanning equipment, Drain the Oceans pulls the plug on the world’s most famous lake to reveal the monster within.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"America's Last Slave Ship" is the worst rated episode of "Drain the Oceans". It scored 6/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/18/2020. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Alamo".