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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 Worst Episode
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    Tough As Nails Season 1 Episode 1 - Redefining Toughness
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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!
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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
    0.0/10(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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  11. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 1 - Just Another Day on the Job
    0.0/10(21 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 2 - Keep on Baitin
    0.0/10(15 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 3 - The Roller
    0.0/10(17 votes)

    #13 - 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."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 4 - It's Gonna Be a Sheep Show
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 5 - Pour Your Heart Out
    0.0/10(15 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 6 - True Colors
    0.0/10(17 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 7 - Orange You Glad You're Tough
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 8 - Running on Empty
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Running on Empty

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 9 - Nothing Personal, It's Business
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Nothing Personal, It's Business

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Tough As Nails Season 2 Episode 10 - Everything Is on the Line
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Everything Is on the Line

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Tough As Nails Season 3 Episode 1 - Ready for Battle
    0.0/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Ready for Battle

    S3:E1

    Twelve new contestants arrive and their first challenge is to race to receive cargo dropped from a C-130 plane.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Tough As Nails Season 3 Episode 2 - Fight Tooth and Nail
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Fight Tooth and Nail

    S3:E2

    Crew members punch in for their first individual challenge, repairing snow fences on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in Los Angeles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Tough As Nails Season 3 Episode 3 - It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Freight Train
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #23 - It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Freight Train

    S3:E3

    Season two crew member "Freight Train" returns to lead the competitors through their individual challenge of delivering boxes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Tough As Nails Season 3 Episode 4 - Facing Fear
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Facing Fear

    S3:E4

    Crew members visit the U.S. Coast Guard, where it's time to sink or swim in a search and rescue individual challenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Tough As Nails Season 3 Episode 5 - Pressure Don't Scare Me
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #25 - Pressure Don't Scare Me

    S3:E5

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands race to the Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles, where they must work together to be the fastest team to complete a race car pit stop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Redefining Toughness" is the worst rated episode of "Tough As Nails". It scored /10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/8/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Get the Job Done".