8.4/1029 votes#1 - Redefining Toughness
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2020
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1022 votes#2 - Get the Job Done
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2020
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1019 votes#3 - Heavy Metal
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2020
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1017 votes#4 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1016 votes#5 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1015 votes#6 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1015 votes#7 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1015 votes#8 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1019 votes#9 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1017 votes#10 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
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
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 N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/8/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Get the Job Done".