The Best Episodes of Nailed It!
Every episode of Nailed It! ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nailed It!!
Home bakers who have a poor track record in the kitchen seek redemption -- and cash -- on this series. In each episode, three contestants try their hand at re-creating edible masterpieces. The projects don't always turn out great, but whichever amateur baker comes closest to a successful dessert by the end of the episode takes home the $10,000 prize, which they might want to use on baking lessons. Comic Nicole Byer and renowned pastry chef Jacques Torres host. It's part reality contest, part hot mess.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Nailed It!" is "Umbrella Academy", rated 7.6/10 from 38 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Umbrella Academy" aired on 10/5/2022 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Slime Time".
7.6/10 38 votes#1 - Umbrella Academy
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2022
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7.5/10 36 votes
7.4/10 174 votes#3 - Fantasyland
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/9/2018
The bakers do their best to make jelly-filled doughnuts fit for a pirate before tackling an edible tower with a princess on top.
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7.4/10 118 votes#4 - Fictitious and Delicious
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/29/2018
It's "happily ever after" or bust when the bakers try to make fairy tale cupcake pops, then stack cakes in the form of a majestic unicorn.
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7.4/10 67 votes#5 - Howdy, Failure!
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2020
A Western-themed round inspires deep-fried cowboy-duck doughnuts, a root beer-infused rodeo cake...and really bad flavors.
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- 7.4/10 58 votes
#6 - Im-Paw-sible Cakes
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2021
A funny, furry pet theme finds the cooks concocting giant exotic-animal cookies, then re-creating Nicole's adorable dog, Clyde, in cake form.
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7.3/10 89 votes#7 - Out of This World
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 6/29/2018
Space-themed challenges throw the hapless bakers for a loop when they're asked to make cosmic cupcakes and a supersized solar system cake.
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- 7.3/10 48 votes
#8 - I've Failed and I Can't Get Up!
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2021
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7.3/10 44 votes#9 - The Witcher
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2022
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7.2/10 138 votes#10 - Big in Japan
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2018
A YouTube star known for her fondant work watches the bakers try to copy two of her most popular Japanese-themed-cakes.
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7.2/10 114 votes#11 - High Society
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/29/2018
The contestants raise the bar with two half-baked "high-society" challenges: late-night munchie-inspired pancakes and a gravity-defying tea cake.
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7.2/10 108 votes#12 - Tailgate, Failgate
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/2018
The cooks divide and conquer to fill sections of a savory snack stadium before building a cake that looks like a barbecue grill.
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- 7.2/10 74 votes
#13 - Let's Get Lit
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2020
Two bookish treats inspired by literature set the bakers up for epic fails: Shakespearean stained-glass window cookies and a pop-up "Moby Dick" cake.
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- 7.2/10 61 votes
#14 - Chariots of Failure
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2020
The bakes go for the gold – and miss masterfully – with sports-medal cookies and an elaborate swim cake that's topped with a waffle cone torch.
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- 7.2/10 60 votes
#15 - The Burbank State Fair
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2021
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- 7.2/10 49 votes
#16 - Can't Believe It's Cake!
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/2021
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7.2/10 51 votes
7.1/10 150 votes#18 - Head Under Water
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2018
Two daunting desserts -- a chocolate-filled "hot tub" and an open-mouthed shark cake -- have the hapless home cooks struggling to stay afloat.
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7.1/10 167 votes#19 - In Your Face!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2018
Dogged contestants are seeing double when they're asked to paint their portraits on a cookie before building an edible bust of Donald Trump.
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- 7.1/10 63 votes
#20 - The One with the 90's Theme
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2020
Edible ice cream boom boxes made with liquid nitrogen and a fresh and fly fondant-covered cake? Oh, snap – that sounds like a '90s challenge.
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- 7.1/10 53 votes
#21 - Paranormal Pastries
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/2021
The bakers make candy apple aliens and a sculpted Loch Ness monster cake based on mysterious creatures from outer space... and the freshwater depths.
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- 7.1/10 43 votes
#22 - C'est Jacques!
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2021
Treats inspired by "Mr. Chocolate" Jacques Torres include lollipop portraits and a cake spiced with cocoa and cayenne. Mais oui laugh? But of course!
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7.0/10 138 votes#23 - Weird Science
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2018
Contestants loosen up a food scientist with a cupcake-cocktail pairing before serving him questionable slices of a bubbling volcano cake.
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- 7.0/10 58 votes
#24 - Jungle Bungle
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2020
Jam-filled animal pastries and a coffecake shaped like a sloth push the contestants out of their comfort zones – and the results are wild.
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- 7.0/10 51 votes
#25 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Cake
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/26/2021
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