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#1 - Best of the Best
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2013
Many have fallen short of the title; now sixteen All-Stars compete to become the next Top Shot. In the first challenge, marksmen climb ropes to fire the SVT 40, shimmy up a pole to shoot the Larue Tactical OBR and balance on an unstable platform with the FAL ISS. Two face elimination, where the fierce M32 Grenade Launcher threatens to knock a player out of the running.
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#2 - Down to the Wire
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/19/2011
Marksmen shoot while hanging from a 125-foot crane, then shoot from the back of moving jeep. In the last episode before the finale, the final five marksmen face the two biggest challenges of the competition.
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#3 - Friend or Foe?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/2010
The remaining 13 contestants' ability to tell a friend from a foe is tested; rising tension threatens the strength of the teams.
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#4 - The 1000 Yard Shot
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/2011
Marksmen face a supreme long-range test, the iconic 1000 yard shot. They will use the biggest gun ever used in Top Shot competition -- a Barrett 82A1 .50. Teams dissolve and it is every marksmen for himself.
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#5 - Zipline of Fire
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/2010
The slide-action Beretta puts the contestants' pistol skills to the test; team accuracy is ranked; two compete in a zip-line elimination challenge.
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#6 - Archer Enemies
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/2010
Contestants compete with longbows; a team wins immunity; two competitors face off in a William Tell elimination challenge.
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#7 - Shoot or Be Shot
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/2011
For the first time on Top Shot, contestants will be able to shoot ... each other! Using prohibition era weapons, teams will have to hit their targets, all while the other team tries to shoot them with paintball guns. In the elimination challenge, two contestants face off with the iconic "Tommy Gun".
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#8 - Wild, Wild West
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2010
Targets fly in an extreme shooting gallery; halfway through the competition a rule change forces contestants to start evaluating their own teammates.
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#9 - Sharpshooter Surprise
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2011
14 men and 2 women arrive from around the country to compete for the $100,000 prize and the title of Top Shot--only to face a surprise right from Civil War history: exactly 150 years ago, soldiers had to pass a test to get into the first sharpshooting regiment. Using the same weapon, marksmen will face the same challenge and find another surprise. The two marksmen who had the best shots, two amateurs with dramatically different personalities, now have the opportunity to choose their own teams, a situation that sets the entire competition in motion. After choosing teams, they face a team challenge of extreme billiards and an elimination challenge which ultimately sees the first marksmen sent home. Colby Donaldson returns as host.
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#10 - Catch .22
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2011
Competitors face an extreme shooting gallery. With only eight remaining, it's back to marksmanship basics. The marksmen face off with a firearm they're all familiar with, a .22, and the level playing field allows them to see who really excels.
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#11 - The Shakedown
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2011
The competition shakes up literally, as the final six marksmen are forced to shoot from unstable platforms. Season One winner, Iain Harrison, returns to lend a steady hand. Meanwhile, tensions among the final competitors come to a head.
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#12 - The Good, the Rat and the Ugly
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/11/2010
Using muzzle-loading weapons, contestants compete in an old-fashioned frontier face-off; a heated conflict on one team plays out in the elimination challenge.
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#13 - Trick Shot Showdown
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2010
The contestants face off at legendary trick shots including shooting backwards with a mirror, hammering nails into a board with bullets and throwing multiple targets in the air to shoot.
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#14 - Bury the Hatchet
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2011
Marksmen compete with legendary primitive weapons: the tomahawk and blowgun. One of the most intense challenges of the season allows us to see who has natural skills and adaptability -- and who doesn't.
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#15 - Throwdown Showdown
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2011
Competitors endure some old school playground dynamics as the teams call each other out with primitive weapons, including one of the earliest known to man. In the elimination challenge, two shooters compete head to head with the largest, most powerful weapon ever used on Top Shot.
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#16 - Turn the Corner
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/13/2011
Contestants are shocked to see two Top Shot champions return as honorary captains for the team challenge. Marksmen compete with a just-released, ultra modern assault rifle and tensions flare when a fight erupts between two competitors.
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#17 - The Shortest Fuse
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/8/2010
The teams dissolve, as everyone competes for him or herself, and three people are ultimately sent home; In the first of two surprise challenges, everyone has to shoot a lit fuse sending the shortest fuse home.
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#18 - Uphill Battle
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/2011
In this military-themed episode, teams try to blow up an ammo dump. Using the legendary M1A rifle, they face a literal uphill battle. One contestant's shocking mistakes put his team in jeopardy. In the elimination challenge, marksmen face an obscured targets challenge using the Glock 17 pistol.
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#19 - Quickfire Face-Off
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2011
It's all about speed as marksmen face off in a head-to-head speed-shooting showdown. Using a Colt .45 and a rarely-seen Razorcat Racing Gun, contestants also get surprise visitors to help them with their training.
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#20 - Down and Dirty
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/16/2011
Teams get down and dirty with one of the most influential firearms, the legendary AK-47. They face an extreme obstacle course with mud pits, barbed wire and exploding mortars. The Blue Team employs unusual, divisive training methods and the Red Team remains unimpressed. In the elimination challenge, two shooters face a friend or foe challenge with a military and police pistol.
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#21 - Compound Fracture
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2011
Using a modern compound bow, contestants' archery skills are put to the test. Contestants must rank themselves before competing in a tubular team challenge. Meanwhile, tensions with team leadership threaten to unravel the group.
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#22 - Stacked
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/4/2011
The individual stage of the competition kicks off with the highly accurate McMillan TAC-50 Sniper Rifle. Taking aim at targets 500 yards downrange, one marksman has a meltdown and struggles to complete the individual challenge. In the elimination, it's all on the line for two competitors as they duke it out with a notorious WWII handgun.
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#23 - In the Trenches
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2012
Teams grapple with an explosive obstacle course and endure trench warfare conditions while firing the legendary Browning Automatic Rifle. And in a Top Shot first, two competitors duke it out in a fierce battle with a multi-shot grenade launcher.
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#24 - The Razor's Edge
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/1/2010
Contestants compete with throwing knives and slingshots; in addition to the elimination challenge, another contestant suddenly goes home.
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#25 - Trick Shot Showdown II
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/2011
It's a Trick Shot Showdown! Contestants split a bullet on an axe, shoot with both hands and upside down as they attempt iconic shots from exhibition shooting history. Some marksmen step up to the extreme challenge while others fall short.
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The Worst Episodes of Top Shot
Every episode of Top Shot ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Top Shot!
Top Shot is an American reality television show that debuted on the History Channel on June 6, 2010. The show features 16 contestants, split into...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Best of the Best" is the worst rated episode of "Top Shot". It scored 6.7/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/29/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Down to the Wire".