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#1 - Pour Your Heart Out
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/10/2021
Crew members look to score a win in the team competition when they must convert a stadium from a concert venue to a soccer field.
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#2 - Finish the Job
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2020
The final five competitors battle to be crowned the champion of TOUGH AS NAILS and win the $200,000 prize! Plus, the finalists get a much-needed boost when their loved ones cheer them on.
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#3 - Orange You Glad You're Tough
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/2021
The Dirty Hands and Savage Crew teams dig deep in order to sow the seeds of victory as they compete to landscape the front yard of a new house during the team competition.
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#4 - Everything Is on the Line
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2021
The final four crew members, Scott, Sarah, Zeus and Swifty, put it all on the line and compete in a series of challenges to be crowned the champion and win the $200,000 prize.
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#5 - True Colors
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/2021
Crew members head into the city where they must complete a detailed paint job and clean the outside windows of a downtown skyscraper.
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#6 - Bull in a China Shop
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2021
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- 8.7/1013 votesLoading...
#7 - Running on Empty
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/31/2021
Dirty Hands looks to clench the $60,000 bonus in the team competition by being the first crew to restore a wreck into a working car.
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#8 - Game of Telephone
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2020
Teams are challenged mentally and physically when tasked with pushing 24 heavy barrels uphill and arranging them in a specific order at an oil field, and one crew member must conquer a fear of heights to climb a telephone pole.
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#9 - Trash Day
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2020
The two crews each look for an important win in the team competition when tasked with packing a moving van, and competitors look to avoid elimination during the individual competition by collecting and loading trash into a moving garbage truck.
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#10 - Trust Your Gear
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/2020
Competitors take on a series of "Five alarm" challenges at a firefighter training facility, where they must clear a 60-foot-long section of brush, save a victim from a simulated disaster zone and extinguish a fire before rappelling down from the top of a four-story building.
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#11 - Cut It Up
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/26/2020
Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.
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#12 - That's a Safety Hazard
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2023
Diesel mechanic Quincey Walker guides the crews through a series of challenges that involve servicing automobiles.
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#13 - Pressure Is On
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/15/2023
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#14 - First Dance
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/2/2023
Competitors cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal; the first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates.
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#15 - You Can't Always Be the Hammer
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 7/23/2023
Crew members compete in a series of challenges that give back to the local community
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#16 - Release the Bull!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2020
Tensions run high during the team challenge when one crew has issues with communication while building a large fence on a farm.
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#17 - Mind Over Matter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2020
It's no day at the beach for teams Savage Crew and Dirty Hands as they compete to fill and seal giant bags of sand.
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#18 - Nothing Personal, It's Business
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/2021
Fan favorites from season one stop by to lead the crew in the final team challenge hanging sheet rock, and in the individual challenge laying shingles.
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#19 - Mud and Mayhem
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2021
The crews must install a crop field irrigation system.
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#20 - Dreams Never Die
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2021
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#21 - Perfect Symphony
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2023
Part two of a special two hour season four premiere.
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#22 - I Look Like Curious George
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2023
Crew members visit a plant nursery where attention to detail is key when building a complex planter box in the individual challenge.
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#23 - Zink About It
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2023
In the individual challenge, crew members are tasked with designing and welding a structure that can withstand the crushing force of 1 ton of weight.
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#24 - How Do You Like Them Apples?
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2023
Season 3 winner Lia Mort returns to guide the crews through a series of challenges at a local apple orchard; teams race to gather as many bushels of apples as quickly as possible.
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#25 - Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/2023
Dirty Hands and Savage Crew compete in the final team competition when they battle it out in a series of head-to-head matches inspired by the trades.
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The Best Episodes of Tough As Nails
Every episode of Tough As Nails ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Tough As Nails!
Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.
Genre:Reality
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Pour Your Heart Out" is the best rated episode of "Tough As Nails". It scored 9/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/10/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Finish the Job".