8.0/1037 votes#1 - Big Head Bites It
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/22/2010
Welcome to one of America's last frontiers: the wild swamplands of Southern Louisiana, a place whose history stretches back to the 17th century. It's the start of the most exciting and dangerous time of year for the swampers, the month-long alligator season.
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7.5/1024 votes#2 - Houdini's Last Escape
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/29/2010
Troy enters one of the most mysterious hunting grounds in the swamp: the ominous cypress groves, in search of a monster gator that's escaped his traps for years. Meanwhile, Junior enters a different kind of foreign territory as he reluctantly hosts the ultimate greenhorn, an Italian leather buyer.
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7.8/1026 votes#3 - Troy's Gamble
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/2010
Troy desperately needs to find a new honey hole, a corner of the bayou teeming with gators. He thinks he's found one, but the rights to hunt it will cost him a lot of cash. He takes the risk--but will it pay off? Meanwhile, Joe and Tommy contend with their own greenhorn, a landlubber named Bud.
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7.3/1023 votes#4 - Cannibal Gator
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/2010
Alligators are among the most territorial of animals, and won't hesitate to eat smaller gators that wander into their feeding grounds. Joe and Tommy come up against the notorious cannibal gator they call "Godzilla," when they discover smaller gators on their bait lines scarred with bite marks.
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7.1/1021 votes#5 - Force of Nature
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/19/2010
A cold spell is coming, one that could drive gators into early hibernation, ending the season early. It's a race against time as every gator hunter in the gulf tries to beat the storm.
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6.5/1020 votes#6 - Family Feuds
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/2010
It's halfway through the grueling alligator season and the stress is taking a toll on families throughout the swamp. Joe and Tommy are fighting... and even Troy is frustrated. Meanwhile, nuisance gator hunter Howard McCrea is tracking a deadly gator.
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6.7/1025 votes#7 - Swamp Wars
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/10/2010
As the swampers race toward the end of gator season, Tommy and Joe have a poacher after their catch and vow swamp justice. Meanwhile, Junior and Willie try different ways to earn cash: catching frogs and snakes.
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6.6/1022 votes#8 - Gator Voodoo
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/17/2010
With just a week left in the season, the gators have mysteriously stopped biting. Is it the full moon? Swampers fight back with their own tried and true tactics, from new territories to a traditional Cajun bait called "shake and bake.
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6.8/1021 votes#9 - Final Countdown
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/24/2010
With just a few days left in the season, the pressure's intensifying. Can the swampers "tag out" in time?
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7.3/1021 votes#10 - The Last Battle
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/31/2010
It's the final two days of alligator season. There are still a lot of gators to catch, not the least of which is the big daddy of all cannibal gators, the one known as the "Loch Ness Monster." Troy faces his ultimate nemesis, as other swampers race to end the season.
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Big Head Bites It" is the best rated episode of "Swamp People" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/22/2010. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Houdini's Last Escape".