The BEST episodes of Tough As Nails
Every episode of Tough As Nails ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tough As Nails!
This competition series celebrates everyday Americans who roll up their sleeves and don’t think twice about working long hard hours and getting their hands dirty, in order to keep their country running. Competitors who consider the calluses on their hands a badge of honor are tested for their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness in challenges that take place at real-world job sites.
#1 - This Is Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/22/2023
#2 - Mic Drop
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2021
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands take center stage when they must set up a lighting grid at the iconic Los Angeles theater The Wiltern.
#3 - Battle Lines
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2021
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands "pound the pavement" in the team competition where they must reseal a massive parking lot.
#4 - Bull In a China Shop
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2021
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands face off in the last team challenge, and the final five individual competitors battle for their chance to compete in the finale.
#5 - Dreams Never Die
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2021
With the title of champion and the $200,000 prize on the line, the final crew members compete in a series of challenges that test their life skills and physical strength.
#6 - Welcome to Catalina Island
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2023
Host Phil Keoghan welcomes 12 new crew members to Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California; competitors must build a concrete retaining wall for their first individual competition.
#7 - Perfect Symphony
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2023
Part two of a special two hour season four premiere.
#8 - I Look Like Curious George
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2023
Crew members visit a plant nursery where attention to detail is key when building a complex planter box in the individual challenge.
#9 - That's a Safety Hazard
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2023
Season three competitor and diesel mechanic Quincey Walker returns to guide the crews through a series of auto service challenges.
#10 - Crush It!
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/25/2023
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands get tangled up in the team challenge when they must organize and load a 15,000-pound fishing net onto a boat.
#11 - Rise and Grind
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/1/2023
Crew members compete in pairs to shrink wrap a large container, with the last couple to finish facing the overtime challenge where one person will be eliminated from the individual competition.
#12 - Skills to Pay the Bills
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/8/2023
Season three competitor and carpenter Lamar Hanger returns to guide the crews through a series of construction challenges.
#13 - Pressure Is On
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/15/2023
With the $60,000 cash bonus prize on the line, Savage Crew and Dirty Hands face off in the team competition where they must clean up trash in an alleyway.
#14 - Mud and Mayhem
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2021
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands try not to get stuck in the mud during the team challenge, when they must install a crop field irrigation system.
#15 - Keep Battling ‘til the End
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/2023
#16 - Tough Times Don't Last, But Tough People Do
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2023
Meet the 12 new crew members ready to test their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness on the new season of TOUGH AS NAILS. In the first individual challenge of the season, competitors will cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal. The first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates for Dirty Hands and Savage Crew.
#17 - First Dance
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/2/2023
#18 - Zink About It
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2023
In the individual challenge crew members are under "a ton" of pressure when tasked with designing and welding a structure that can withstand the crushing force of 1 ton of weight.
#19 - Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2023
In the team challenge, Dirty Hands and Savage Crew are tasked with completing a muddy motocross track to the exact standards of professional riders.
#20 - How Do You Like Them Apples?
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2023
Season three winner Lia Mort returns to guide the crews through a series of challenges at a local apple orchard. In the team competition, Dirty Hands and Savage crew race to gather as many bushels of apples as quickly as possible.
#21 - Just Trying to Be Me
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2023
Dirty Hands and Savage Crew race to locate and purchase a long list of heavy, bulky items from a large home improvement store during the team competition. Meanwhile, one crew member faces an extremely difficult decision.
#22 - Boom or Bust
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/21/2023
The crews take a trip to the quarry where the contestants face the most explosive individual challenge ever when they must install 20 detonators.
#23 - You Can't Always Be the Hammer
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/23/2023
#24 - Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/2023
#25 - Ready For Take Off
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/30/2023
The individual finalists race to demo, smash, cut and stack their way over shipping containers, with the first to finish the job crowned the winner.