7.7/1030 votes#1 - Moonshine Season Starts
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/2011
As the season approaches, moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle search Appalachia for the perfect site to set up his operation. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate is on the hunt for his first big arrest, but runs into a dangerous web of counter-surveillance.
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8.0/1023 votes#2 - Point of No Return
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2011
Moonshiner Tim and his partner 'Tickle' perform a sacred rite that is rarely captured on film - firing up their still for the first time. Everything goes smoothly, until an emergency hits. Meanwhile, law enforcement agent Jesse Tate pursues a hot tip.
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8.2/1020 votes#3 - The Law Comes Knockin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2011
Equipment failure and an intruder threaten Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle's first run of moonshine. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate busts a nip joint. Moonshining legend Popcorn Sutton runs some 'shine the old-fashioned way.
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8.3/1017 votes#4 - Outlaw Brotherhood
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/2011
Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle soup up Tim's hot rod when they are forced into a daring, daytime bootlegging run. Meanwhile, a hurricane threatens the still site. Then, a new bootlegging biker legend sets out on an 800 mile run.
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8.2/1019 votes#5 - A Price to Pay
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/28/2011
With the leaves falling, Moonshiner Tim makes a risky move and adds a second pot to the still site to double his profits. Tickle has a bad accident - and Agent Jesse prepares for the mother lode of all busts.
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8.3/1020 votes#6 - A Moonshiner's Farewell
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/4/2012
In this season finale, one moonshiner will come to an untimely end. Tim and Tickle risk it all, running 'shine day and night, making more money than Tim's ever made. Agent Jesse makes his biggest move of the season when he ambushes an active still site.
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8.2/1019 votes#7 - Bootleg Hustle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2012
It's the dead of winter in Appalachia, and moonshine season is months away. Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle are planning a daring 100-mile bootleg run capped with a risky midday moonshine transfer - something Tim rarely does.
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Moonshine Season Starts" is the best rated episode of "Moonshiners" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/6/2011. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Point of No Return".