The BEST episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier season 8
Every episode of Alaska: The Last Frontier season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier season 8!
Following the Kilchers provides a look into life off the grid, where going without running water and electricity and having limited contact with the outside world is part of the daily routine. While capturing the spirit of pioneer living is never easy, Alaska: The Last Frontier transports you to a place where day-to-day life is truly different from what we know.
#1 - A Bridge and a Bear
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2018
Atz Lee builds a bridge and encounters a predator in the backcountry. Otto's hay season nearly comes to a halt when a broken tractor forces him to get creative.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - A Yuletide Thanksgiving
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2018
The Kilcher Family celebrates Thanksgiving at Atz Sr.'s floating homestead.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Earning Seven
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2018
Singer Jewel Kilcher throws her son Kase a coming-of-age celebration on the Yuletide. Atz Lee battles worsening weather to help Grady build a homestead on Perl Island. Otto constructs a drawbridge between his cabin and his new man cave.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Range Danger
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2018
Otto creates a calf caboose for his spring cattle drive at the head of the bay; Atz Lee and Jane bring sustainable power to their remote cabin; Atz Sr. builds a smoker to preserve the meat from his epic hunt; and Levi renovates his childhood cabin.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Coming of Age
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2018
Eivin takes son Findlay on his first ever, coming of age hunt. Atz Lee and Jane venture far out into the wilderness to fish for elusive pike. Atz Sr. upgrades the Yuletide for the impending cold.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Roll Yuletide Roll
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2018
Atz Lee and Jane rush to aid of a fellow homesteader; Atz Sr. searches for a remote spot to anchor his floating homestead; Otto, Eivin and Levi rebuild a homestead hot tub; and Charlotte takes extreme measures to protect her herd from predators.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Hill Country Hunt
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/2018
Atz Lee and Atz Sr. take Jane on an epic hunt on horseback in the foothills. Eivin builds a one-of-a-kind motorized cart for Findlay. Otto, Charlotte, and August race to repair a fence breach after their cattle escape.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - High and Dry
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/2019
With the Constructor dead in the water, it's up to Otto and his crew of family and friends to save the invaluable boat for future use; Eivin takes novice hunter Levi on a last-chance hunt to Shuyak Island to stockpile deer meat for winter.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Wind and a Prayer
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/2019
Otto and Levi bring wind power to the remote cabin. Atz Lee and Jane help homesteader Mike repurpose an old city house into a cabin. Tela gets help from the Kilchers as she struggles to fix her dry spring. August moves back home on his 21st birthday.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Calling All Kilchers
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2018
The Kilchers mobilize a major sea/land effort to help finish Grady's Perl Island cabin build, under threat of the approaching remnants of a typhoon; Charlotte and August build a cat patio to keep their house cats from killing the local animals.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Thrill of the Hunt
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/2019
The fall cattle round up takes an electrifying turn when a horse gets tangled in electric wire and Atz Sr. takes Bonnie on an epic hunting date.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - A Predator Strikes
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2018
Otto and Charlotte defend against the homestead's first predator attacks; Atz Lee and Jane travel to Lake Louise to catch massive lake trout; Atz Sr. renovates his new floating homestead; and Eve takes on more work as Eivin recovers from a broken rib.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Beach Is Burning
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2018
Otto and Eivin fight to douse a raging coal seam fire on Kilcher beach; Atz Sr. attempts the most unconventional bear hunt of his life; and Jane and Charlotte take a girl's day adventure clamming.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Collision Course
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/2019
Otto and August radio Eivin for rescue after facing an emergency at sea; Atz Sr. must choose between living on the Yuletide and returning to the family homestead; Atz Lee puts Jane's homesteading skills to the test with a wilderness scavenger hunt.
#15 - To Live or Die on Perl Island
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2018
Atz Lee journeys to Perl Island to build a homestead for a friend. Tempers flare as Otto, Eivin, and Levi work to move an old workshop cabin to Otto's property. Tela constructs a fence for a surprise horse for her children.
#16 - Holly Jolly Homesteading
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2018
This Christmas, it's the first-ever Couples Secret Santa. And this year, the Kilchers film themselves making inventive homemade gifts.
#17 - New Frontiers
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2018
For eighty years, the Kilcher family has flourished in the deep Alaskan wilderness, but with chronic damage to the homestead, the family legacy is jeopardized, and the Kilchers embark on their greatest challenge yet: a complete homestead overhaul. Will the Kilchers be able to reconstruct and ensure the homestead's survival, or will their way of life come to an end?