The WORST episodes of Dude, You're Screwed

Every episode of Dude, You're Screwed ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dude, You're Screwed!

Whose turn is it to play the game? In DUDE, YOU'RE SCREWED, five of the world's most elite, thrill-seeking survivalists will find out! Unprepared and left to fend for yourself, what would you do if you were captured, blindfolded and taken to an unknown, remote location? Five survivalists must prove they have what it takes week after week as they play this "game" that puts all of their skills to the ultimate test.

Last Updated: 11/2/2024Network: Status: Ended
Volcano Nightmare
star
7.12
76 votes

#1 - Volcano Nightmare

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/8/2013

In the opener of this reality-competition series, in which survivalists must make their way out of an extreme environment and back to civilization, Jake, our former Navy SEAL, is ambushed and dumped atop a volcano in Iceland. Facing deadly avalanche fields, boiling mud pits and sulfuric geysers, Jake could lose more than the game when he makes a near-fatal error in the land of fire and ice.

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star
7.59
34 votes

#2 - The Hunger Game

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2014

Casey Anderson thought he was being brought in as a bear expert for last week's challenge. Little did he know, he's next to play the game! Can the bear whisperer escape the Canadian Rockies in less than 100 hours and prove he's got what it takes?

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star
7.73
44 votes

#3 - Mayan Sacrifice

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/2014

John Hudson is captured and dropped into the deep and claustrophobic water caves in Mexico's Yucatan region. Can "The Professor" escape the labyrinth of bat-infested caves and beat the game in less than 100 hours?

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Arctic Disaster
star
7.75
40 votes

#4 - Arctic Disaster

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2014

Primitive skills expert and endurance athlete Matt is captured and dropped into chest-deep snow in the Arctic circle. Wearing nothing but his buckskin shorts and sandals, he has to fight through a frozen swamp of snow to find his way back to civilization.

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Green Hell
star
7.78
59 votes

#5 - Green Hell

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2013

Matt, our primitive skills expert, is snatched from his surfboard and dumped into the Costa Rican jungle in his flip flops. Treacherous waterfalls, poisonous snakes and blood-sucking ticks abound. Will the jungle eat Matt alive before he can escape?

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Dead Man Walking
star
7.83
52 votes

#6 - Dead Man Walking

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2014

Army Veteran Tom is captured, hooded, handcuffed, and dropped on a volcano in the wilderness of Chile. He’ll need all his bushcraft skills to scale glaciers, conquer an impenetrable jungle, and brave the desolation as he races to find civilization.

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Embrace the Suck
star
7.83
64 votes

#7 - Embrace the Suck

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2013

Terry, our Green Beret, is ambushed on vacation and tossed out of an airplane into the middle of the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico. Facing the threat of dehydration and freezing conditions, will Terry's training help him survive the challenge and find land?

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Conquering Alaska
star
7.86
50 votes

#8 - Conquering Alaska

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2013

John, our extreme survival instructor, is put to the test as he's taken down in broad daylight and dropped on an Alaskan glacier with little more than a pool cute to defend himself. Can he navigate across the tundra before his body goes hypothermic?

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star
7.90
31 votes

#9 - No-Sleep Nightmare

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2014

Bushcraft expert Tim is interested in playing the game, but he's completely blindsided when the Dudes immediately come to collect him. Dropped in the freezing terrain of Norway, he suffers from a dangerously long day with the sun never setting. In the epic season finale, can Tim find rescue in less than 100 hours and win the game?

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star
8.00
40 votes

#10 - Death Row

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2014

After being kidnapped by the Dudes, barefoot survivalist Chris Swanda is left shackled and alone in the abandoned Bison Prison. Can he break out of jail and find rescue in the Canadian woods in less than 100 hours?

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Deadly Inferno
star
8.06
48 votes

#11 - Deadly Inferno

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2014

Extreme Survival Instructor John Hudson is gassed by the guys at his dentist appointment, extracted to the endless Canyonlands of Utah, and dropped into a 200-foot crevasse. Forced to confront a devilish maze of claustrophobic dead end passages, can he make it out?

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star
8.07
44 votes

#12 - Island of Death

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2014

After failing to complete the game earlier this season in Namibia, Jake is given a chance at redemption in Nicaragua. Facing croc-infested waters and dehydration, can Jake find rescue off Zapatera Island in less than 100 hours? Or will he become the first Dude to lose twice in one season?

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star
8.11
38 votes

#13 - African Ambush

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/2014

Primitive skills survivalist Matt Graham is kidnapped by the Dudes and dropped in Tanzania. With giant predators lurking at night and dehydration beginning to kick in, will Matt be able to escape in less than 100 hours?

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star
8.22
40 votes

#14 - Epic Fail

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/2014

Jake's game takes a deadly turn in the Namib desert.

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star
8.26
35 votes

#15 - Pain in the Neck

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/2014

After being thrown out of a helicopter in Transylvania, Terry Schappert discovers the hardest part of his challenge will have nothing to do with his own health. Tasked with caring for the well-being of a small puppy, the game has never been harder. Can Terry find rescue for himself and his new pet?

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