7.5/1010 votesLoading...#1 - Meet the Legend
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2014
After waking up in the stump of an old tree, Mick sojourns to a remote spot called the Highlands a place that looks out over the entire valley and holds special significance to his family. The purpose of his journey: to fulfill his father's dying wish by spreading his dad's ashes over the land. But before Mick can carry his dad up to the mountains, he will first have to remember where he stashed him.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Trading Up
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2014
In the Hoh Rainforest, Mick uses a prized bow and arrow gifted to him by his grandfather. But when he goes to retrieve it from a stash, it's gone, stolen from its hiding spot. Mick makes a plan to replace the bow utilizing the age-old economy of bartering and trading. There's only one man he knows who can craft him a new one: a legendary archer named Norm. To find the currency he needs for the trade, he'll head to The Boneyard, which is filled with remnants and scraps from previous logging.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Hunger Pains
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/2014
Living in the Hoh Rainforest, Mick Dodge doesn't have easy access to food. He survives off mostly vegetation, but he also needs protein. After almost a week without a decent meal, he sets out to scour the Olympic Peninsula for protein. As he begins his outing, he shows just how desperate he is becoming investigating elk feces for larvae eggs to eat. Then, Mick runs into a man named Will of Stone, who joins him in the food hunt at the river.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Mending Mick
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/14/2014
Mick is fighting a bad case of Beaver Fever, an illness that's left his belly aching. For a remedy, he'll rely on a time-tested healing process he's devised using only the forest. The first step is a trip to the forest physician, Doc Gair, who has been living in the woods practicing forest medicine for ages. The two men collect natural ingredients to brew up a cure-all elixir.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Forest Under Siege
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/2014
It's a holiday weekend at the Olympic Peninsula and tourists have flooded the area. The usually peaceful Hoh Rainforest has been taken over by hikers, campers and hunters. To escape the chaos, Mick Dodge journeys deeper into the forest toward a special place where he knows he can find refuge from the intruding city dwellers. After a long and dangerous hike, Mick finds that his go-to sanctuary has been compromised and is forced to come up with a new plan.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Gabu is Gone
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2014
In the far western corner of Washington state, off-the-grid pioneer Mick Dodge and his wild dog Gabu have been relying on each other for survival for more than two years. Gabu is as wild as her master and often runs off on her own for hours. But with bear, cougar and elk roaming the forest, Mick knows it is much safer for the duo to stick together. When Mick can't find Gabu for nearly two days, he worries that she may be in danger and sets off on a mission to track her down.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Passing the Torch
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/2014
Encroaching loggers are forcing Mick Dodge's friend and student, Will of Stone, from his cabin in the woods. Although Mick is accustomed to sleeping in tree stumps and living off the land, Will still has one foot in the modern world and is not ready to give up the roof over his head. Fearing that he might lose the one man who will carry on his legacy, Mick offers to help his friend take the next step in his transformation life completely off the grid.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Pacific Pilgrimage
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/2014
With his birthday approaching, Mick Dodge prepares for an epic celebration. But unlike most people, Mick doesn't celebrate with cakes and balloons. Instead, he embarks on an ambitious 25-mile journey to his favorite place on the Pacific Coast a birthday tradition he has kept alive for more than two decades. To get there, Mick has to travel down the foaming whitewater of the Sol Duc River and trek amongst the gigantic spruce trees of the Hoh Rainforest.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Midnight Ambush
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/2014
When Mick Dodge catches wind that some poachers are scheming to steal trees from a protected area in the Hoh Rainforest, he and his friend Moss Hopper team up on a risky mission to sabotage the heist. Hoping to catch the poachers red-handed, Mick and Moss plan a stakeout and prepare for battle. The two men will stop at nothing to protect their home as the dangerous mission leads to a late night showdown with the armed thieves.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Out of the Wild
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/2014
Winter is approaching and Mick Dodge knows that he needs supplies to help him weather the cold months ahead. Although the wild provides Mick with most of the tools he needs to survive, there are a few essential items that can only be found in the modern world. With temperatures dropping fast, Mick embarks on his annual trip to Forks, Washington. But in order to get the supplies, Mick will have to ignore his instincts and walk directly into the middle of civilization.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - The Harvest
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/11/2014
As winter moves in, legendary wild man Mick Dodge is on an important mission to track down and harvest his main source of food for the coming months chanterelle mushrooms, a delicacy that appears in the Pacific Northwest only once each year. But Mick knows that he is not the only one after this rare treat. With chanterelles selling for up to $20 per pound in the market, mushroom hunters from all over the world flood the rainforest to cash in on the golden bounty.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Winter is Coming
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2014
With winter on the horizon, Mick Dodge sets out on his annual migration to a cave close to the ocean, where he can take refuge during the toughest time of year. But before Mick can reach the safety of his underground shelter, he must move 150 pounds of gear to the opposite side of the mighty Hoh River. With the help of his close friend Norman, Mick attempts to navigate the dangerous obstacle.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - The Legend Returns
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2014
After a long cold winter, Mick Dodge is raring to go. After discovering a map tucked away in his grandfather's journal, Mick sets out on a treasure hunt with hopes of unearthing Will Dodge's old stashes and one very special relic.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Call to Arms
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2014
Mick Dodge hears from an old Hoh rainforest friend that hunters are illegally trespassing on his property. While appreciating the ancient art of hunting he can't tolerate outlaws, and together they sabotage the culprits.
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#15 - Man Down
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2014
With each changing season in the Hoh Rainforest comes new opportunity. Mick sets out for his favorite springtime ritual, an annual journey to a hidden maple grove to harvest sap straight from the tree.
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#16 - Naked and Unafraid
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/2014
When a routine river crossing goes wrong Mick loses all of his gear--including his clothes. Though he often dons his birthday suit just for fun, frigid temperatures send him on a mission to replace his lost leathers.
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#17 - Food Run
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/2014
Mick Dodge keeps many stashes in the forest including a "pantry" stocked with food, but suddenly discovers his coffers are running low. He must visit the "forest supermarket" to restock.
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#18 - School of the Wild
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2014
Mick Dodge takes on a new student, Dave, who wants to see the forest through Mick's eyes and to reboot, refresh and reconnect with his primal instincts. Mick's lessons don't involve any text books or maps. For Dave, it's time to sink or swim.
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#19 - Mission to Main Street
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/2014
Though Mick lives primarily in the wild, he's craving some creature comforts. To satisfy them, he ventures into town and hopes to get in and out undetected. But due to an unexpected detour, Mick may have to go without the creature comforts he's after.
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#20 - Storm Surge
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/2014
A huge storm is approaching the hoe and Mick takes NO shelter in the most crazy place.
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#21 - The Legend Lives
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/2014
Mick Dodge is up to his old tricks while taking on new adventures. Rafting the Hoh with his good friend Karl, making do with mud when his clothes go missing and braving town to satisfy ...
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#22 - Native Medicine
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2015
For over three decades, Mick Dodge has lived wild and free in the Hoh Rainforest, and he's got the battle scars to prove it. But with aches and pains beginning to slow him down, Mick will need to do something to get him back in fighting form. He has long admired ancient Native American culture and now he seeks the help from a Makah medicine woman to get a special healing balm few know how to make.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Super Moon
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2015
In the Hoh Rainforest, a full moon is on the rise - and this one won't be like most. Nicknamed the super moon, its orbit will bring it closer to Earth than usual...presenting a slew of opportunities for Mick Dodge. Traveling through the night, Mick aims to reach a secret cove by sunrise, where extreme high tides brought on by the super moon could deliver a seafood harvest.
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#24 - Stairway to Heaven
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2015
With Mick's oldest friend's 65th birthday just a week away, Mick rallies the troops in hopes of bringing Karl's vision of 100 ft. log ladder to life. This "Staircase to the Sky"will give him an unobstructed view of Mt. Olympus right out his front door
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#25 - Independence Day
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/13/2015
July 4th invites the kind of reckless behavior that threatens Mick's home, forcing him to stand guard, keep watch and protect the Hoh Rainforest. As Mick begins his 24-hour vigilance, he runs into a group of campers trashing the forest. Not one to look the other way, Mick prepares for a confrontation... But this encounter is just the beginning. When the sun sets, darkness brings a new danger, as the dry forest comes under fire from all angles.
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The Best Episodes of The Legend of Mick Dodge
Every episode of The Legend of Mick Dodge ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Legend of Mick Dodge!
25 years ago, Mick Dodge walked away from the modern world, leaving civilization behind to live alongside nature's wonders in the Olympic Peninsula. Following a...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Meet the Legend" is the best rated episode of "The Legend of Mick Dodge". It scored 7.5/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/2014. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Trading Up".