The BEST episodes of Tough As Nails season 1

Every episode of Tough As Nails season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tough As Nails season 1!

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.

Last Updated: 12/8/2024Network: CBSStatus: Continuing
Finish the Job
star
8.32
28 votes

#1 - 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.

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Cut It Up
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7.83
30 votes

#2 - 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.

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Trust Your Gear
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7.79
24 votes

#3 - 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.

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Game of Telephone
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7.69
32 votes

#4 - Game of Telephone

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2020

Teams are challenged mentally and physically when tasked with pushing 24 heavy barrels uphill and arranging them in a specific order at an oil field, and one crew member must conquer a fear of heights to climb a telephone pole.

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Trash Day
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7.67
27 votes

#5 - Trash Day

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2020

The two crews each look for an important win in the team competition when tasked with packing a moving van, and competitors look to avoid elimination during the individual competition by collecting and loading trash into a moving garbage truck.

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Release the Bull!
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7.66
35 votes

#6 - Release the Bull!

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2020

Tensions run high during the team challenge when one crew has issues with communication while building a large fence on a farm.

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Redefining Toughness
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7.58
45 votes

#7 - Redefining Toughness

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2020

Twelve hard-working Americans take on navigating a wheelbarrow and testing their brick-laying skills to win the opportunity to choose their teams, on part one of the two-hour series premiere.

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Heavy Metal
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7.32
41 votes

#8 - Heavy Metal

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2020

The crew competes in a series of challenges at a junk yard, where they must take apart a car and retrieve auto parts. Next, the last two standing need all the strength they can spare in an overtime challenge removing tires from the rims.

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Mind Over Matter
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7.10
29 votes

#9 - Mind Over Matter

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2020

It's no day at the beach for teams Savage Crew and Dirty Hands as they compete to fill and seal giant bags of sand.

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Get the Job Done
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6.20
15 votes

#10 - Get the Job Done

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2020

The crew takes on three additional challenges: they get down and dirty in their first team competition as they work to complete the missing part of a railroad track; they "punch in" for their initial individual test, and the last two standing face off in a railroad overtime challenge, on part two of the two-hour series premiere.

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