The BEST episodes of Dual Survival season 2

Every episode of Dual Survival season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dual Survival season 2!

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: 2/15/2025Network: DiscoveryStatus: Ended
Up the River
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8.77
65 votes

#1 - 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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Hippo Island
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8.36
97 votes

#2 - 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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Out of Africa
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8.22
105 votes

#3 - Out of Africa

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/2011

Cody and Dave take on a survival scenario in South Africa's backcountry where dehydration kills in hours and hungry super-predators kill even faster. Armed with nothing but a machete, they show how to escape the bush without getting eaten alive

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Road to Nowhere
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7.93
98 votes

#4 - Road to Nowhere

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/1/2011

The hosts portray two lost travelers who run out of gas on an abandoned logging road in Northern Maine. To survive, they loot a broken-down truck for supplies and find a can of dog food.

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Stuck in the Muck
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7.89
135 votes

#5 - Stuck in the Muck

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/2011

Dave and Cody head into the Everglades to take on the role of airboaters stuck in a sawgrass prairie marsh under the blazing Florida sun. They must seek shelter in a nearby swamp where water moccasin, python and alligators lay in wait.

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Adrift
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7.80
76 votes

#6 - Adrift

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2011

Our intrepid duo take on the survival scenario of two castaways adrift at sea and show how to survive being stranded on a deserted jungle island in the South Pacific. This time, even Dave goes barefoot.

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Out of the Clouds
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7.78
100 votes

#7 - Out of the Clouds

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2011

Dave and Cody take on the role of biologists lost in the wet cloud forests of Panama 7,000 feet above sea level with only a poncho, specimen jar and a broken lighter to aid in their quest for civilization.

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Bitten
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7.70
107 votes

#8 - Bitten

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/2011

Cody and Dave are dropped in the Highland jungle of Thailand that has few tools for survival but lots of things that like to bite

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Slash and Burn
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7.68
142 votes

#9 - Slash and Burn

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/2011

How lost hunters can survive in the harsh conditions of Tierra Del Fuego, how to survive and extreme injury.

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Frozen Plains
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7.58
103 votes

#10 - Frozen Plains

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/2011

Cody and Dave take on the scenario of two ranchers, stranded on the Northern Great Plains in Montana during the dead of winter. Their only survival supplies are the charred remains of a burned-down shack: an axe head, a bison hide, a glass jar, a metal tin and a steel striker

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Eating Dust
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7.54
104 votes

#11 - Eating Dust

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/10/2011

From the barren salt flats to the vast desert woodland, Dave and Cody battle the elements in the sun scorched desert of Baja, Mexico. With few supplies, they each demonstrate how to make use of an unlikely resource - urine

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Buried Alive
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7.52
114 votes

#12 - Buried Alive

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2011

David and Cody show how to survive the harsh Rocky Mountains.

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