The BEST episodes of Homestead Rescue
Every episode of Homestead Rescue ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Homestead Rescue!
Expert homesteader, Marty Raney, along with his daughter Misty and son Matt, give struggling families a second chance at surviving off-the-grid. The stakes are high, but the Raney family is determined to prepare these families for nature’s worst and set them up for success.
#1 - Where the Wild Wind Blows
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/2023
A Colorado war veteran's family and stable of horses are ravaged by hurricane-force winds that make subsistence all but impossible. But when the Raneys learn of their larger dream, they pull out the stops with some of their most creative builds yet.
#4 - Grizzly Bait
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/2017
Arctic Temperatures and a hungry grizzly wreak havoc on a struggling homestead. The Raneys leap to action with huge builds including a blacksmith shop, but tragedy strikes.
#5 - The Hill of Death
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/29/2017
The Raneys must save an Oregon homestead trapped at the bottom of a 100 foot cliff separating them from four acres of land they need for food and livestock. Marty risks all forming a road up a bedrock cliff to a forest crawling with mountain lions.
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#6 - Wolves at the Door
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2017
Poisoned well water and a mystery predator plague an Arizona homestead. After the family dog is killed, the Raneys must act quick to stop the couple from becoming the next victims.
#7 - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/2023
Oregon homesteaders find their dream in jeopardy following a near-fatal accident; the Raneys face a daunting rescue where a dilapidated bridge has cut them off from their land, and strict building regulations force them to get creative.
#8 - Tennessee Unplugged
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/10/2023
A three-generation family in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains finds their homestead failing because they choose to live on the useless side of their land attached to power. The Raneys embark on a high-stakes rescue to convince them to move to the other side.
#9 - Denali Double Rescue
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/17/2023
The Raneys enter the shadow of Mount Denali to tackle their first-ever dual homestead rescue; Marty, Misty and Matt race against the clock to address food, water and shelter concerns that could ensure both homesteads survive the next brutal winter.
#10 - Rubble with a Cause
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2023
The clock runs out on Washington homesteaders when their cabin collapses.
#11 - Maine Bog Blues
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/2024
Two struggling homesteaders fight a losing battle against Maine's brutal winters and boglands. To save them, the Raneys bring all-new ingenuity to dry out their unfinished cabin and create higher ground for animals above the soggy New England soil.
#12 - Bus, Sweat and Tears
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2023
Bus-dwelling Virginia homesteaders struggle for a foothold in the wilderness. After learning the couple sent their son to live with his grandmother until the homestead can thrive, the Raneys undertake one of the biggest rescues ever to reunite the family.
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#13 - Kentucky Calamity
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2023
A Kentucky homestead, built in the historical remnants of an old mining town, faces biblical flooding. To get the family above water, Marty revives the original barn, Matt devises a livestock escape pod and Misty conceives her first floating greenhouse.
#14 - Stormy and Raney in Texas
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/2023
An early 20s couple struggle to keep their homestead afloat in torrential Texas weather. But the Raneys face a tense and daunting rescue to save the rain-devastated cabin and soggy livestock shelters under threat of storms and tornado warnings.
#16 - Texas Rift
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/7/2024
An extended family of homesteaders are on the brink of disintegration in Texas, crowded with their animals on a sliver of their land; to overcome the rift between the homesteaders and the homestead itself, the Raneys must execute an epic overhaul.
#17 - Mesa Meltdown
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2024
Rookie homesteaders may not survive their first Arizona desert winter.
#18 - All My Stresses Live in Texas
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/28/2024
A family of recent transplants from California that is longing for ranch life in central Texas finds itself on one of the most unsuitable homesteads the Raneys have seen yet; to save them, the Raneys must execute a total homestead makeover.
#19 - Georgia Clay Mayday
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/2024
Young homesteaders and their livestock in Georgia are mired in mud clay.
#20 - Lone Wolf
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2024
As the Raneys scramble to ready their 40-acre homestead for winter, Marty gets an urgent SOS call from a fellow Alaskan. A tragic plane crash has destroyed access to his homestead across a treacherous river, and he's dangerously unprepared.
#21 - Mystery of Cursed Ground
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/2024
Virginia homesteaders are on the brink after the unexplained disappearance of their water and food sources. The Raneys race to solve these mysteries, creatively revamping their infrastructure to give them the confidence to complete their dream cabin.
#22 - Home Is Where the Yurt Is
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2021
In the rugged Tennessee mountains, the Raneys scramble to save a family without suitable food, water and shelter; Marty constructs a massive yurt, Misty transforms a rundown pond into a food source, and Matt creates a workshop with a propane forge.
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#23 - Subarctic S.O.S.
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2023
The Raneys answer an urgent call where they find a family with all the infrastructure, but minimal skills to realize their dream; with subzero temps looming, the Raneys must help them winter-proof and set them up for the spring ahead.
#24 - By a Landslide
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2023
The Raneys meet their match on a homestead in Idaho, where millennial off-gridders are plagued with dead soil, grizzly bear visits and constant landslides; making matters worse, COVID strikes one of the Raneys, jeopardizing the rescue.
#25 - Black Hills Hope
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/28/2023
The Raneys struggle to revive an inherited Wyoming hill country homestead with a tragic legacy; to bring water to the property, Marty must solve the mystery of an untapped well; Misty and Matt combine forces on one of their most ambitious builds.
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