The BEST episodes of I Shouldn't Be Alive season 1

Every episode of I Shouldn't Be Alive season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of I Shouldn't Be Alive season 1!

I Shouldn’t Be Alive is a series that documents incredible stories of human survival through accurate re-enactments of the scenarios that took place. Each episode takes the viewers into another nightmarish scenario with the commentary of individuals who have survived through the ordeal.

Last Updated: 10/31/2024Network: Animal PlanetStatus: Ended
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Alaskan Avalanche
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8.00
13 votes

#1 - Alaskan Avalanche

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2006

Two climbers are scaling a sheer ice-wall in an Alaskan mountain when one of the climbers falls and is badly injured. A passing aircraft sees their SOS signal, but damages the landing gear in the process. Now, the people on board are also stranded on the icy wasteland.

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Escape From the Amazon
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7.79
84 votes

#2 - Escape From the Amazon

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2005

Three friends go to the Amazon for a trip but things get nasty when their guide leads them to jeopardy. As the four (three friends and guide) split into two groups, one pair faces disaster at every turn, while the other two are never heard from again.

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Jaws of Death
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7.78
23 votes

#3 - Jaws of Death

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2005

A man crashes his plane in the African savannah. With legs broken in a total of six different places, he has to make it alive past lions and other dangerous predators in a state of intense pain and loss of leg mobility.

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Lost at Sea
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7.75
8 votes

#4 - Lost at Sea

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/9/2006

Two sons looking to repair their relationship with their father plan a fishing trip with their father in Mexico. An unexpected storm leaves them stranded in the middle of the Sea of Cortez.

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Shark Survivor
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7.60
112 votes

#5 - Shark Survivor

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2005

1982. Five people get caught in a tropical storm and their yacht sinks. They have to survive in the middle of the ocean on a raft with absolutely no survival equipment. To their horror they find the area of the ocean to be infested with sharks.

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Crash in a Volcano
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7.50
14 votes

#6 - Crash in a Volcano

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/16/2006

Three men filming a volcano in their helicopter crash after losing control and get trapped in a crater of the active volcano. Surrounded by unclimbable ridges and poisonous gases, they must send one of them to radio for help.

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Trapped Under a Boulder
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7.40
15 votes

#7 - Trapped Under a Boulder

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2006

An environmentalist heads for a remote island off the coast of Queensland, he then meets a Dutch man on a deserted beach. A one ton slab of granite hits the environmentalist and pins him down to the bed of a creek. The Dutchman must find help for his new friend.

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Shipwrecked
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7.40
15 votes

#8 - Shipwrecked

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2006

Two cousins go on a fishing trip when they realize they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.

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Lost in the Snow
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7.26
38 votes

#9 - Lost in the Snow

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2005

A U.S. Army Private, his wife, and their five-month old son travel to a funeral, but on the way there, they miss the sign that leads to the city and instead go into an uninhabited national park which is closed for the winter.

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Ice Cave Survivor
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7.25
12 votes

#10 - Ice Cave Survivor

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2006

US Air Force pilot Mike Couillard takes his ten-year-old son Matthew skiing in Turkey. Losing the trail in a freak snowstorm they wander blindly into the wilderness. Tired, cold and hungry, they find a cave to shelter for the night. Days pass with no sign of rescue, despite a massive search operation. Back home Mike's wife and other children wait, praying. Mike makes an agonizing decision to leave his son and seek help. Reaching some abandoned huts, he collapses. Two days later, he's discovered by passing woodcutters who he directs to the cave. They find Matthew, frostbitten but alive after his ten-day ordeal in the wilderness

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Swept Away
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7.00
18 votes

#11 - Swept Away

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2005

Two friends go kayaking in the Strait of Georgia. When the tide comes in, one friend falls from his kayak and fears that he will end up in the Pacific Ocean.

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Lost in the African Bush
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7.00
10 votes

#12 - Lost in the African Bush

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/23/2006

Five survivors of a private plane crash must survive the dangers of the desolate African wilderness. With two severely injured, some of the group must wander off to find rescue, even though there is no civilization for hundreds of miles.

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Kidnap In the Killing Fields
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6.95
22 votes

#13 - Kidnap In the Killing Fields

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2005

A man involved in demining Cambodia accidentally steps on a landmine and blows off his leg. Two years earlier, he was kidnapped by a murderous group of Khmer Rouge.

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