The WORST episodes of Tough As Nails
Every episode of Tough As Nails ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#6 - 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.
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#7 - Fight, Tooth, and Nail
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2021
Crew members punch in for their first individual challenge, repairing snow fences on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in Los Angeles.
#8 - Ready for Battle
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2021
Phil Keoghan welcomes the 12 new crew members to Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in Southern California, where season one winner Marine Veteran Kelly "Murph" Murphy returns to kick off the new season and guide the crew through their first challenge: race to receive cargo dropped from a C-130 plane.
#15 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#23 - It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Freight Train
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2021
Season two crew member "Freight Train" returns to lead the competitors through their individual challenge of delivering boxes.
#25 - 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.