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The Best Episodes of Tough As Nails Season 1

Every episode of Tough As Nails Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tough As Nails Season 1!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 1 - Redefining Toughness
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 2 - Get the Job Done
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 3 - Heavy Metal
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 4 - Release the Bull!
    8.6/10(17 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 5 - Mind Over Matter
    8.6/10(16 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 6 - Game of Telephone
    8.7/10(15 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 7 - Trash Day
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 8 - Trust Your Gear
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 9 - Cut It Up
    8.6/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Cut It Up

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 10 - Finish the Job
    8.9/10(17 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Redefining Toughness" is the best rated episode of "Tough As Nails" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/8/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Get the Job Done".