The WORST episodes of Homestead Rescue
Every episode of Homestead Rescue ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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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#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Georgia Clay Mayday
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/2024
Young homesteaders and their livestock in Georgia are mired in mud clay.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Mesa Meltdown
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2024
Rookie homesteaders may not survive their first Arizona desert winter.
#7 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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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#12 - Rubble with a Cause
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2023
The clock runs out on Washington homesteaders when their cabin collapses.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#18 - It Takes a Village
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2021
The Raneys find a Montana homestead struggling through food, predator and power problems. Marty and Matt reunite them with old firefighter squad mates who help consolidate and build out a couple's homestead for safety and accessibility.
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#19 - Back in the Saddle
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2021
With a major setback in Misty's build, the Raneys race the clock in their rescue of a Texas homestead; Marty tackles the water crisis, Misty scrambles to complete the pond and garden, and Matt builds a hog trap for an additional food resource.
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#20 - All the Pretty Horses
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2021
With a major setback in Misty's build, the Raneys race the clock in their rescue of a Texas homestead. Marty tackles the water crisis, Misty scrambles to complete the pond and garden and Matt builds a hog trap for an additional food resource.
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#23 - Green Mountain Gurus
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2021
The Raneys bring some homesteading mastery to a Vermont couple who start but rarely finish big projects. Marty creates viable access through dense terrain, Misty builds an underground garden and Matt bear-proofs the homestead with ingenious builds.
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#24 - 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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#25 - Tropic Thunder
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/29/2021
The Raneys attempt to rescue a family descended from rock'n'roll royalty by reclaiming their homestead from the jungle on Kauai. But when a dangerous flash flood strikes, the Raneys find themselves on the wrong side of the river and out of time.