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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!

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.

Seasons5

  1. Background image for First Dance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - First Dance

    S5:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Zink About It
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Zink About It

    S5:E3

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for How Do You Like Them Apples?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - How Do You Like Them Apples?

    S5:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for You Can't Always Be the Hammer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - You Can't Always Be the Hammer

    S5:E8

    Crew members compete in a series of challenges that give back to the local community

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks

    S5:E9

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It

    S5:E4

    Teams are tasked with completing a muddy motocross track to the exact standards of professional riders.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Just Trying to Be Me
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Just Trying to Be Me

    S5:E6

    Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Boom or Bust
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Boom or Bust

    S5:E7

    The crews take a trip to the quarry where the contestants face the most explosive individual challenge ever when they must install 20 detonators.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Redefining Toughness
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Redefining Toughness

    S1:E1

    Twelve hard-working Americans take on navigating a wheelbarrow and testing their brick-laying skills to win the opportunity to choose their teams, on part one of the two-hour series premiere.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Get the Job Done
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    #10 - Get the Job Done

    S1:E2

    The crew takes on three additional challenges: they get down and dirty in their first team competition as they work to complete the missing part of a railroad track; they "punch in" for their initial individual test, and the last two standing face off in a railroad overtime challenge, on part two of the two-hour series premiere.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Heavy Metal
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    #11 - Heavy Metal

    S1:E3

    The crew competes in a series of challenges at a junk yard, where they must take apart a car and retrieve auto parts. Next, the last two standing need all the strength they can spare in an overtime challenge removing tires from the rims.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Release the Bull!

    S1:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Mind Over Matter
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    #13 - Mind Over Matter

    S1:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Game of Telephone
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Game of Telephone

    S1:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Trash Day
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    #15 - Trash Day

    S1:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Trust Your Gear
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    #16 - Trust Your Gear

    S1:E8

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Cut It Up
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    #17 - Cut It Up

    S1:E9

    Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Finish the Job

    S1:E10

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Just Another Day on the Job
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    #19 - Just Another Day on the Job

    S2:E1

    The 12 new contenders who are everyday heroes take on their first job - making concrete - with the first two to complete the individual task named crew bosses who get to select their own crews for the team competitions.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Keep on Baitin
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    #20 - Keep on Baitin

    S2:E2

    Things get slippery when the 12 everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels into a container.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #21 - The Roller

    S2:E3

    The crew members dig deep in the individual competition as they maneuver a bulldozer through a course in order to avoid "punching out."

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for It's Gonna Be a Sheep Show
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    #22 - It's Gonna Be a Sheep Show

    S2:E4

    Crew members get down on the farm in a series of jobs that require stacking 100 bales of hay, herding sheep and making horseshoes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - Pour Your Heart Out

    S2:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - True Colors

    S2:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Orange You Glad You're Tough
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    #25 - Orange You Glad You're Tough

    S2:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"First Dance" is the best rated episode of "Tough As Nails". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/2/2023. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Zink About It".