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 - 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.
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#2 - 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.
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#3 - 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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#4 - Smoky Mountain Hope
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/2021
Marty faces his most daunting challenge ever in the rescue of a Tennessee homestead. Down Misty and Matt, he calls on past homesteaders and friends Ken and Anita Corsini, a husband and wife HGTV home renovation team.
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#6 - 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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#7 - 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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#8 - 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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#11 - 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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#12 - 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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#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.
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#15 - Stuck In The Mud
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2021
Misty and Matt find themselves alone on a critical rescue of Alaskan homesteaders ill from dirty water and stuck in a crumbling cabin. It's all-hands-on-deck as the Raneys call in family reinforcements to bring all new ingenuity to save the day.
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#16 - A Golden Opportunity
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/2021
The Raneys rescue the Kramers in Alaska by converting an old barn into a commercial fishing kitchen. But when Marty is suddenly forced to quarantine, Matt and Misty must finish alone, leading to the discovery of the homestead's biggest resource: gold.
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#17 - Mississippi Mayhem
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2021
In Mississippi, the Raneys must first solve the mystery of flooding water before teaching a family of six to thrive off-grid together. Builds include a new Elvis-inspired "Heartbreak Goat-tel" goat pen, garden compound and metal forge.
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#18 - Sweet Homestead Alabama
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2021
The Raneys face an emotional rescue of young, inexperienced homesteaders in Alabama; to save the legacy of an eighth generation family property, they must use all new ingenuity including a solar kiln, tornado bunker and upcycled predator-proof coop.
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#19 - Home Sweet Homestead: Future of the Forty
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/2020
Spring arrives and the family self-shoots preparation for the epic expansion of their homestead. Misty plots a supersized greenhouse to feed three generations, while Matt and Marty acquire the family's first ever sawmill.
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#21 - Home Sweet Homestead: Winter Washout
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/10/2020
In Alaska, Marty races to rescue his property from a deluge of snow runoff. In Hawaii, Matt builds a human-sized slingshot to bring down invasive trees. The Raneys check-in with homesteaders rebuilding after devastating wildfires.
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#22 - Home Sweet Homestead: Homestead Is Where the Heart Is
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/3/2020
The Raneys kick off an annual tradition on the Alaskan homestead with a project that passes along essential skills to the next generation. The Raneys check in via video with homesteaders who built a house with 30,000 rubber tires.
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#23 - Home Sweet Homestead: Cold Hard Lockdown
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/27/2020
The intense winter has frozen the water supply on the homestead, forcing Marty to hunt for a new water source In Hawaii, Matt and his wife Katie self-film a lesson in Cacao harvesting on her family's plantation.
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#24 - Home Sweet Homestead: Safer at Home-stead
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/20/2020
The Raney family turns cameras on themselves as they shelter in place on their Alaskan homestead. When a moose kill is discovered dangerously close to their cabin, Marty attempts to track the predators.
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#25 - 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.
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