8.5/1045 votes#1 - Death on the Coq
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2012
Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue's 'A' team, Adam and Kevin, spend a busy morning clearing spun-out semis off the road when word comes that a multi-vehicle pile-up has closed down both northbound lanes.
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8.0/1030 votes#2 - Where's My Rotator?
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/2012
A double-trailer load of lumber has flipped and spilled across a quarter mile of highway. Even with three heavy rescue trucks, Jamie's crew doesn't have enough equipment to do the job.
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7.9/1027 votes#3 - It's Stormy Everywhere
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/2012
Jamie's right hand man Kevin shows up to a wreck without the gear he needs to control traffic. When Jamie confronts him, Kevin storms off the job.
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7.9/1025 votes#4 - Roughing Up the Rookie
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2012
To keep up with a busy season, Jamie hires a new guy, greenhorn driver Rob. When Rob turns out to be a slow learner - and then goes AWOL during a major blizzard - Jamie's patience is pushed to the breaking point.
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8.0/1024 votes#5 - No Tears in Towing
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/2012
Jamie isn't the only tow guy on the Coq. Lone wolf Al Quiring is a tough as nails wrecker and Jamie's main rival. Their dads did battle a generation ago, now Jamie and Al are fighting it out for the title - 'King of the Coq'.
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7.9/1022 votes#6 - The Avalanche Zone
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/2012
Heavy snowfall has created avalanche conditions on the Coq. Plow crews are barely able to keep up. When traffic starts backing up in high-risk avalanche zones, highway authorities decide to close the road in both directions. A team of avalanche techs flies up the mountain in helicopters to drop concussion bombs and release the build-up, but bad weather hampers their first attempt. With the Coq closed overnight, trucks are using the back roads to get through.
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7.8/1021 votes#7 - Family Business
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/2012
In the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, on the Coquihalla Highway, a small job turns into a major headache and a father's dreams of his stepson joining the family business backfires as Brandon Kodallas' aspirations of being a gym instructor and his disdain to drive a manual transmission vehicles does not sit well with anybody else, while teaching Ken about rigging, something the Richmond-based city towie doesn't do.
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8.1/1024 votes#8 - Yin & Yang
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/2012
A head-on collision between two semis has the crew battling to clear the charred wreckage and get the road open. While Kevin captures the action on tape, Samy does most of the heavy lifting, earning him a bottle of scotch.
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8.2/1022 votes#9 - I Can't Take It Anymore!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/2012
When a semi full of mail goes off a cliff, Adam and the crew are sent out to unload and recover it. When a winter-worn cable snaps, narrowly missing Adam's head, Jamie's most senior driver threatens to go on strike.
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- 7.8/1022 votes
#10 - After the Crash
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/25/2012
HIGHWAY THRU HELL: AFTER THE CRASH catches up with the heavy rescue crew as they reflect over the highs and lows on the mountain last winter. In between highlight clips, showing some of the best and worst times they had the over the season's eight gripping episodes, the guys talk about their toughest wrecks, worst injuries, stormiest weather, tense moments on the team, and why they stick it out despite it all.
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Death on the Coq" is the best rated episode of "Highway Thru Hell" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/2012. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Where's My Rotator?".