The WORST episodes of Highway Thru Hell

#1 - Better Call Al

Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2026

#2 - Heavy Liftoff

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/2021

Al recruits reinforcements to get truckers moving; Dylan faces a heavy breakdown on a remote job; Merv pilots a warplane through a city while Brian and Greg grapple with a mysterious load.

#3 - Beer O'Clock

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/2013

Producer and Host Mark Miller joins the crew of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue for "Beer O'Clock" for a pre-game build up to the season finale. Jamie, Adam, Scott, Ken, Bruce, Kevin and the rest of the guys share beers and trade stories about season 2 on the Coq. Find out which wrecks made it to the Top Five List as they reveal the hairiest behind-the-scenes moments from the most challenging, gnarliest, most grueling recoveries of the winter. Discover some of the surprising impacts being on TV has had on them - and on the Coq. No subject is off the table as the crew turns the focus on each other and share their personal struggles. How did "Comeback Kid" Scott rate on his return to heavy rescue after a decade out of the game? Were his frustrations with the vintage Five Star General legit? What happened with Ken's big ambition to kick Jamie's car towing business into high gear? Why did 65-year-old Bruce have such a tough time handing over the keys to his Holmes wrecker and switching to a lighter truck? How did rookie Gord do on his first winter on the Coq? And what's the deal with Chris? Never towed a car? No license to drive a heavy wrecker? As we build up to the premiere of the final episode, the crew looks at their own future. Is the competition and rotation driving Jamie off the Coq? Will the guys be back to keep the highway open next winter? Stay tuned.

#4 - Double Down

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2021

A double-rotator recovery has the Aggressive team on the edge; a crash near the border tests Kirpal and his sons; Dylan takes Reliable's offroad warrior out for its first blacktop battle; Rooster is on the front lines of recovery and fatherhood

#5 - Under Pressure

Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2026

Deep in the mountains, MSA wrestles a sideways semi back onto Highway 1; Reliable Towing's John Dods leads a crew of new operators with a torn up tractor trailer on the Coquihalla; and more.

#6 - The Toll

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/2021

The men of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue fight to keep open some of the most economically important, most traveled and most inhospitable trucking routes in North America.

#7 - Top Dog, Lone Wolf?

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

For the first time all season Howie and Adam end up on the same BC wreck and the old Coq vet doesn’t like how the new guy is running the show. In Alberta, the crew faces one of its biggest challenges yet when they attempt a recovery with two big wreckers on a very narrow industrial road.

#8 - Suck it Up, Princess

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/2013

A semi hits a barrier so hard that it tears off the trailer's rear axle, blocking the Coq's most important exit. Scott tells Jamie he's fed up with the vintage truck he's been driving, and a mysterious new driver shows up in the yard to start work.

#9 - War Zone

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2015

Colin faces the biggest recovery of his career. Al Quiring faces bad snowstorms on the Coquihala. John faces off against a mangled tractor.

#10 - Snowmageddon

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2014

A record snowfall brings B.C.'s vital Coquihalla Highway to a standstill and sends shockwaves across the region. Howie leads a team on a dangerous recovery that sparks an unexpected emotional reaction. In Alberta, Adam and Colin have to get a toxic chemical wreck safely back on the road.

#11 - Arming for Battle

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/2014

In the season finale, Jamie finds himself in harm's way on a very difficult technical recovery. Later he makes a bold gamble impacting both his BC and Alberta operations. Adam faces a tough choice about his future in Heavy Rescue.

#12 - Nervous Wreck

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/2015

Al and Gord gamble on a job which pushes both wreckers to the limits. In Alberta, Jamie's crew battles a whiteout. Back in B.C., a wrecker is called in to help solve an underwater mystery.

#13 - Immovable Objects

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2015

A simple job turns urgent which forces Jamie back out on the road; An overturned truck is trapped under it's load of steel.

#14 - Prove Yourself

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2014

The Alberta crew faces a complex recovery with a million dollar truck while Jamie struggles with an unstable wreck. Colin is forced to go it alone after a freak snowstorm leaves the highway littered with crashed vehicles.

#15 - Fork in the Road

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/2015

Jamie takes control of the rotator for the first time in months, and turns to his competition for advice about a major decision that will determine the future of heavy rescue.

#16 - A Tow Man's Worst Nightmare

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2025

Team Reliable's Laine trains two junior operators while clearing a flipped semi; Al wrestles a broken trailer with a fragile load off the busy Highway 1; Jamie climbs into the mountains to rescue European tourists and their imported motorhome.

#17 - One Man, One Truck

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2014

IN B.C., a truck full of wine is sliced in half... Less than 24 hours after Jamie ships the Rotator to Alberta. Howie must tackle this monster recovery all on his own. And a cascade of wrecks on two different highways mean both Al Quiring and Adam Gazzola must face their own night from hell.

#18 - Fly or Fall

Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/2022

Team Reliable is in foggy chaos; Ken turns an off-road recovery into a joyride; Greg takes charge on his biggest recovery without the boss; Gord hustles to open the Coq's steepest stretch.

#19 - Family Affair

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2025

Rob and Kyle navigate tight spaces around a tractor-trailer on Highway 97; Cary uses his late grandfather's old wrecker to rescue a trail worker's equipment; Jamie is impressed by his twin daughter's skills while recovering a car on a snowy backroad

#20 - High and Low

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/2021

Dylan and Brandon attempt to recover a tippy sem. James Luke and Cary battle to save a unique machine, as MSA Towing navigates unusual conditions. Jamie's classic iron is pushed to its limits with a wreck that doesn't add up.

#21 - Rubber Meets The Road

Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2026

Rob from Autow faces a daunting Super B-train logging truck buried under tons of timber on the Barkerville Highway.

#22 - Jailhouse Wreck

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2020

On his first job in a heavy wrecker since his heart attack, Ken Duperon faces a load of pipe outside a prison; a familiar face switches teams and leads Reliable Towing on a major recovery.

#23 - Be Afraid

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2014

A close call on the highway shows Brandon that fear is his best friend when it comes to staying alive. Jamie’s called to help save a woman trapped in an overturned truck submerged in an icy river. In Alberta, tempers flare in the extreme cold as the new crew is put to the test.

#24 - Get 'Er Done

Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/2022

Aggressive Towing mobilizes both rotators to help MSA on back-to-back recoveries; two young Reliable Mission up-and-comers are hours from civilization when a backroad recovery goes into night; Greg is helped by Jamie on a jackknife in winter.

#25 - Casualties of War

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2015

A snowplow is pulled from the river; Colin takes on a new role; a Heavy Rescue legend leaves the group.