The BEST episodes of Tough As Nails

#1 - 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.

#2 - 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.

#3 - 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.

#4 - Finish the Job

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2020

The final five competitors battle to be crowned the champion of TOUGH AS NAILS and win the $200,000 prize! Plus, the finalists get a much-needed boost when their loved ones cheer them on.

#5 - Keep Battling ‘til the End

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/2023

#6 - 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.

#7 - 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.

#8 - 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.

#9 - 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.

#10 - 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.

#11 - Keep on Baitin'

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/2021

Things get slippery when the everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels into a container.

#12 - 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.

#13 - Orange You Glad You're Tough?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/2021

The Dirty Hands and Savage Crew teams dig deep as they compete to landscape the front yard of a new house.

#14 - 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.

#15 - Just Another Day on the Job

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2021

Twelve new contenders take on their first job -- making concrete; the first two to complete the individual task get to select their own crews for the team competition

#16 - Perfect Symphony

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2023

Part two of a special two hour season four premiere.

#17 - True Colors

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/2021

Crew members head into the city where they must complete a detailed paint job and clean the outside windows of a downtown skyscraper.

#18 - This Is Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/22/2023

#19 - Cut It Up

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/26/2020

Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.

#20 - Pressure Don’t Scare Me

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2021

Savage Crew and Dirty Hands race to the Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles, where they must work together to be the fastest team to complete a race car pit stop.

#21 - 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.

#22 - Facing Fear

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2021

Crew members visit the U.S. Coast Guard, where it's time to sink or swim in a search and rescue individual challenge.

#23 - 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.

#24 - 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.

#25 - Trust Your Gear

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/2020

Competitors take on a series of "Five alarm" challenges at a firefighter training facility, where they must clear a 60-foot-long section of brush, save a victim from a simulated disaster zone and extinguish a fire before rappelling down from the top of a four-story building.