The WORST episodes of Edge of Alaska

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

Hidden deep in the wilderness of eastern Alaska and built during the Gold Rush as Alaska's original 'Sin City', only 42 residents currently brave the extreme conditions in McCarthy. It's an isolated outlaw town - a refuge for people who don’t want to be found that’s surrounded by extreme wilderness over 100 miles from the authorities where young men go to prove themselves and old outlaws go to die; hunters, gold miners, gunsmiths, and survivalists who reside in this 'Old West' town are willing to risk their lives to live truly free. While some believe in continuing the town’s frontier way of life, others feel the future of McCarthy depends on dragging itself into the modern age. Which way of life will reign supreme?

Last Updated: 11/26/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Ended
star
7.21
78 votes

#1 - Defend the Frontier

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/28/2015

The hidden city is within reach, but the locals will need to help; temperatures drop, threatening ranchers; an emergency meeting is called.

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Last Days of Winter
star
7.27
132 votes

#2 - Last Days of Winter

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2014

The last days of winter bring change, and the future of the town lies in the balance. Jason races the melting river crossings to reach his crashed airplane. Jeremy tests his nine-year-old son with a risky solo dog sled run through the woods.

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star
7.29
76 votes

#3 - Starvation Country

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/21/2015

Winter's grip on McCarthy threatens starvation so locals must brave the frozen wilderness to hunt big game, but when the town's richest landowner begins his secret plan to open the frontier to the outside world, McCarthy could be fractured forever.

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star
7.32
110 votes

#4 - Bear Attack

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2014

McCarthy is under attack from awakening bears. Jeremy’s livestock is attacked and he goes on the hunt. While Gary searches for horses spooked by a grizzly.

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Winter's Grip
star
7.33
221 votes

#5 - Winter's Grip

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2014

Hidden deep in the wilderness of Alaska is the toughest town in America: McCarthy. Locked in winter’s grip, the 42 souls who are brave enough to live here must battle the elements, and each other, to maintain their pioneer way of life.

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star
7.37
101 votes

#6 - McCarthy Rising

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2014

An emergency meeting is held in an attempt to stop plans to create an electrical grid in McCarthy.

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star
7.37
84 votes

#7 - Dying Days Of Winter

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2015

In the dying days of winter, McCarthy locals join forces to survive wolf attacks and starvation, but the plan to open the frontier to the outside world turns residents against each other when locals night at the golden saloon turns into a free for all.

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star
7.37
70 votes

#8 - Return to the Mother Lode

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2015

The battle for McCarthy wages on as a team of experts works to locate the only known entrance into the Mother Lode mine. Meanwhile, locals fight to break free of Neil's stranglehold on the town by casting their own ammo.

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The Thaw
star
7.39
126 votes

#9 - The Thaw

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/2014

As seasons change in McCarthy, the town is haunted by its darkest day. The icy ground thaws into a quagmire, and old-timer Tim Mischel is marooned at his remote cabin. Neil and Jeremy's frozen truce is set on fire.

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The Road
star
7.39
120 votes

#10 - The Road

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2014

Spring means locals can finally reach the outside world to resupply. Jeremy walks a bull calf home through bear country and faces off with a hungry black bear. Jason's brother Eric departs town for a new job, leaving Jason to face the wild alone.

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star
7.41
78 votes

#11 - Brave New McCarthy

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/2015

Neil defies both nature and locals by developing his mine tour. However, a line is drawn in the sand after his secret construction project is discovered. Meanwhile, tragedy forces one of McCarthy's best to fight for their life.

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star
7.45
69 votes

#12 - The End of the Frontier

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2015

Neil breaks through to the Mother Lode mine; the locals battle waking bears; Jeremy and his son set up a tree stand; Jenny hunts the bear that has been stalking her cabin.

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star
7.47
101 votes

#13 - The Last Stand

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2014

A showdown looms in McCarthy in the Season 1 finale.

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star
7.47
109 votes

#14 - The Motherlode

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2014

Hidden in McCarthy is the largest man-made ruin in the world - and Neil wants to open it up to tourists. Jenny finds a secret creek that holds gold and must pack a raft to inspect the claim.

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star
7.52
96 votes

#15 - Barnstorm

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2017

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star
7.53
70 votes

#16 - The Breakup

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2015

Wolves are threatening the livestock. Later, Tim retreats to his mountain-top summit.

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star
7.57
138 votes

#17 - Thaw & Order

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2016

A new era is upon McCarthy. Big money brings even bigger change as plans for tourism at the Mother Lode mine push forward. And as the last days of winter threaten life as they know it, McCarthy locals must once again band together.

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star
7.60
118 votes

#18 - Big Bad Wolf

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2017

A bulldozer breakdown sends Jeremy on a cross-country journey. A wolf stalks Jenny and her baby.

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star
7.61
162 votes

#19 - Fight For McCarthy

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2016

In McCarthy, Neil Darish is on the brink of reopening the Motherlode mine for tourism, but a new arrival puts Neil’s empire at risk. And to grow his family's farm, Jeremy Keller begins a new venture, and an unlikely alliance is formed by two rivals.

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star
7.62
130 votes

#20 - Frost and Found

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2017

Jeremy and his sons search the frozen wilderness for a lost bulldozer to sustain his family farmstead; Mark sets out to show his new fiancée the beauty of McCarthy, but finds danger; Neil makes a last-ditch attempt to save his dream.

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star
7.63
100 votes

#21 - Winds of Change

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2017

Bears threaten Jenny and her newborn when they get stranded on an island in a storm; Jeremy gets his farmstead up and running, but unfinished business gets in the way; bad blood and a build gone bad make Neil regret a deal with Jeremy.

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star
7.64
105 votes

#22 - Deal With The Devil

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2017

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star
7.65
150 votes

#23 - The Old Man on the Mountain

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/2016

Tim returns to McCarthy and the Nizina River threatens Jeremy's hopes of growing a farm. Later, a shortcut to McCarthy brings the city closer to becoming a tourist attraction.

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star
7.65
101 votes

#24 - Wolves at the Door

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2015

A wolf pack descends on the frontier town forcing the residents to have to work together to get rid of them.

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star
7.69
118 votes

#25 - Uprooted

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2017

The town works together to recover from a powerful storm; Jeremy discovers his barn is destroyed; Mark must clear dangerously damaged trees before it's too late; Lobo makes a tough trip with valuable but fragile loot.

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