The BEST episodes of Ed Stafford: First Man Out season 2

Every episode of Ed Stafford: First Man Out season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ed Stafford: First Man Out season 2!

Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the battle.

Last Updated: 1/14/2025Network: Discovery Channel (UK)Status: Continuing
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7.69
13 votes

#1 - Ed vs Will Lord

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2020

Ed faces his old bushcraft teacher, Will Lord, in Bashan, central China. Both without a knife, they must navigate huge cliffs and Asia's largest bamboo forest.

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7.33
15 votes

#2 - Ed vs Josh James

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2020

Ed takes on the `Kiwi bushman', Josh James, in the Three Parallel Rivers plateau of Yunnan Province. Josh draws on his Maori-heritage to make fire in the mountains.

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7.33
15 votes

#3 - Ed Vs Ky Furneaux

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2020

Ed neemt het in de Zoige-moerassen in de Chinese provincie Sichuan op tegen ex-PSYOPS-marinier Hakim Isler. In de moerassen wordt hun wilskracht danig op de proef gesteld.

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7.00
7 votes

#4 - Ed vs Xinlei Wu

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/27/2020

Ed faces former French Foreign Legion desert specialist, Xinlei Wu, in the Aksai Desert of north-west China. They encounter huge sand dunes and rock-valley mazes.

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7.00
11 votes

#5 - Ed vs Matt Wright

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/21/2020

Ed challenges Matt "The Juggernaut" Wright in the Wanshan Archipelago off the coast of southern China. They race to secure islands that can provide raft-building materials but storms come in and Ed has to face his fear of deep water.

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6.00
7 votes

#6 - Ed vs Hakim Isler

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/20/2020

Ed takes on ex-PSYOPS marine and real-life ninja, Hakim Isler, in the Zoige Marshes of Sichuan Province. The unforgiving wetland tests their willpower to the max.

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