The BEST episodes of Dual Survival

Every episode of Dual Survival ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dual Survival!

Surviving in the wild is not an exact science. Beyond the basics of finding water, food, shelter and eventually help, opinions vary. Two experts tell how they think it's done. Equipped with minimal gear, the pair are left in remote locations where they battle the elements and sometimes each other.

Last Updated: 7/26/2026Network: DiscoveryStatus: Ended
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15.00
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#1 - Escape and Evade

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2015

Joe and Matt take on an escape and evasion scenario on the border between Texas and Mexico. Here they confront the dangers of the wilderness without their knives, including being restrained with zip-ties, traveling solo and evading pursuit.

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15.00
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#2 - Nambian Nightmare

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/22/2015

Stranded in the vast scrubland of Namibia, Joe and Matt are in a race to get out alive from one of the driest countries on earth. They run into trouble with a troop of baboons, proving that Mother Nature isn't the only force in the wilderness.

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15.00
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#3 - Attack of the Elephants

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/2016

Stranded and lost in the drought-ravaged Okavango Delta in Botswana, EJ and Jeff must face down aggressive bull elephants and territorial three-thousand pound hippopotamuses in their quest for survival and a way back to civilization.

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15.00
2 votes

#4 - Cuban Crisis

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2016

Cuba is uncharted territory for the Grady, Bill and most Americans.

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15.00
2 votes

#5 - Gator Bait

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/2016

Waist-deep in the backwater swamps of Louisiana's Atchafalaya river basin, EJ and Jeff find themselves surrounded by alligators and poisonous snakes. With no clear way to safety, they must find a direction out of the bayou and onto safe dry land.

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14.00
2 votes

#6 - Mosquito Coast

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/2016

Grady and Josh slash their way through the Nicaraguan jungle battling snakes, mosquitoes and dehydration. They struggle to start a fire using a soil testing kit, go on a nighttime hunt for caiman and build a raft to cross croc-infested waters.

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14.00
2 votes

#7 - Tracking Lions

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2016

Lost in the middle of South Africa’s Wild Coast, EJ and Jeff find themselves surrounded by African lions. Without food, water or protection they must navigate through some of the most hostile terrain on the planet to find their way back to salvation.

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14.00
2 votes

#8 - Nautical Nightmare

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2015

Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, Matt and Joe are caught in open water, where a nightmare scenario of a sunken ship is made worse by prowling sharks, razor sharp coral, unpredictable weather and false hope for rescue.

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13.00
2 votes

#9 - Fractured Journey

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2015

Matt and Joe take on one of the most common and deadly scenarios in the wilderness: an injury that requires medical intervention. Caught in a thick jungle, this worst-case becomes a test of will in the struggle to get out alive.

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13.00
2 votes

#10 - Colombian Chaos

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/3/2016

Military Veterans Grady Powell and Bo McGlone are dropped into separate locations of a Colombian jungle. With only a map and machete, they must survive in the jungle while trying to link up and find rescue.

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12.00
2 votes

#11 - Eat Or Be Eaten

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/2016

Grady and Bill survive the Zambezi River Basin during the dry season.

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10.28
29 votes

#12 - Into The Canyons

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2015

Joe and Matt face down the high desert canyons of Matt's home of 20 years: southern Utah. Without knives or any modern supplies, they attempt to survive and seek rescue in this harsh terrain that's more favorable to rattlesnakes and mountain lions.

No Man Is an Island
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10.21
29 votes

#13 - No Man Is an Island

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/2014

Teti and Matt Graham in their first episode together in Panama

Mayan Mayhem
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10.07
29 votes

#14 - Mayan Mayhem

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/4/2014

Trapped in a labyrinth of underground tunnels, Joe and Matt face down darkness and risk drowning only to emerge on surface and find an inhospitable jungle. Their opposing approaches to survival pit them against one another before bringing them to rescue.

Up the River
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9.86
29 votes

#15 - Up the River

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/2011

In Kentucky, Dave and Cody take on a scenario of two kayakers who are dumped into the cold river just a few hours before sundown. To make things worse, they become separated from each other by two miles of rushing river. Then, Dave traps an irate skunk.

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9.86
29 votes

#16 - Out of the Ashes Part Two

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/2015

Trapped on high ocean cliffs, Joe and Matt struggle to cross a volcanic island covered with jungle and water-filled canyons. Every setback fuels a rift between the guys and only a successful hunt can help them get out alive.

Panic in the Jungle
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8.89
56 votes

#17 - Panic in the Jungle

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2010

Dave and Cody take on a lost hiker scenario in the sweltering jungles of Laos

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8.73
56 votes

#18 - Swamplandia

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/2015

Stranded in a black water swamp in southern Georgia, Joe and Matt are deep in alligator territory where peat bogs, mysterious floating islands, and poisonous snakes stand in the way of getting out and finding rescue.

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Deadly Dunes
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8.70
56 votes

#19 - Deadly Dunes

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/7/2014

Marooned in a sea of sand dunes, Joe and Cody traverse the unforgiving desert and trek deep into the mountains of Oman. Threatened by dehydration and heatstroke, their journey shows how nomads have survived for millennia in this hyper-arid land.

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Journey's End to a New Beginning
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8.70
56 votes

#20 - Journey's End to a New Beginning

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2014

After 15 episodes, the partnership of Cody Lundin and Joe Teti is coming to an end. This special episode of Dual Survival goes behind the scenes with the show’s crew to get the scoop on who is leaving and who’s moving on with a new partner.

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8.70
56 votes

#21 - Downed and Out Part Two

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2015

Marooned on a barren island under the tropical sun, Matt and Joe risk a long swim through shark-infested waters and fight for life-sustaining basics at every turn.

Hippo Island
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8.66
55 votes

#22 - Hippo Island

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2011

In Botswana's Okavango Delta, Cody and Dave -- equipped only with a dying GPS and waterlogged binoculars -- seek to escape the dangerously territorial and deadly hippos that rule the marshland.

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8.66
56 votes

#23 - Grin and Bear It

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2015

Joe and Matt travel through the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, contending with freezing rain, steep ravines and bears.

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8.48
56 votes

#24 - Downed and Out Part One

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2015

Matt and Joe start at the site of a plane crash on an uninhabited tropical island.

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8.48
56 votes

#25 - Out of the Ashes Part One

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/2015

On the slopes of a tropical volcano, Matt and Joe face roadblocks in their quest to navigate towards the coast including thick rainforest, steep-walled gorges and towering waterfalls that stop them dead in their tracks.

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