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Alaska: The Last Frontier (2011)

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Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father) the family have lived on their land for four generations. The show also features the homesteaders who live nearby and interact with the Kilchers.

IMDb rating
7.6 (1,868 votes)
Episode average
8.2 ↑ +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons
9
Streaming (US)
HBO Max · Apple TV+
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.81 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 8.1 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 33 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 29 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 30 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 24 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 21 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 20 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 17 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 15 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Before the Freeze7.833
2Fueling the Fire7.729
3Snow, Cold and Darkness7.730
4Dead of Winter7.824
8The River Wild8.021
9Something's Fishy7.320
10Legend of Terrible Island7.619
11Fall Feast7.920
12Life According to Otto8.217
13Homestead Innovations8.115

Season 2 (2012)

8.18 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 8.5 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 17 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 20 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 13 votesEp 12: 8.9 · 18 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 16 votesEp 14: 8.5 · 16 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Till the Cows Come Home8.317
2Spring Has Sprung7.720
3Cattle Drive7.420
4Range Riding7.421
5Family Ties8.613
12Poopsicle8.918
13Eve's Hunting Dilemma8.616
14Fall Flurry8.516

Season 3 (2013)

8.45 avg 17 episodes 8.4 → 8.6 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 16 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 14 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 14 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 14 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 12 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 14 votesEp 8: 8.9 · 14 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 14 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 13 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 12 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 14 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 17 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Cabin Fever8.416
2Father-Son Ingenuity8.414
3Spring Has Sprung8.514
4Spring Delicacy7.714
5Parlors and Poop Chutes8.414
6Outhouses, Cow Bras and Bears, Oh My!8.312
7Hunt in the Clouds8.314
8Thanksgiving8.914
9A Prickly Situation8.411
10Of Moose and Men8.411
11Homestead for the Holidays8.914
12Predators and Prey8.011
13Marital Maintenance8.611
14Call of the Wild8.613
15Circle of Life8.412
16Baby Kilcher Arrives8.914
17Extreme Seasons8.617

Season 4 (2014)

8.42 avg 20 episodes 8.2 → 8.5 41 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 10 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 10 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 10 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 12 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 9 votesEp 13: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 10 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 12 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 9 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 7 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 9 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Mild Winter8.214
2Moving Toward the Future8.411
3Spring Forward8.110
4On the Move8.410
5Loaded for Bear8.511
6Greener Pastures8.610
7Waste Not Want Not8.110
8Thanksgiving on the Homestead8.610
9Secrets of the Range Rider8.410
10Journey to Perl Island8.710
11Christmas Kaboom!8.912
12Ties That Bind8.59
13Claims, Cans and Cabins8.410
14A Hunt Above the Clouds8.610
15Call of the Cattleman8.912
16Fall Bear Fall8.29
17Snowy Roundup8.39
18Will Winter Come?8.310
19Hardcore Homesteading7.87
20Super Bull Special8.59

Season 5 (2015)

8.22 avg 19 episodes 7.1 → 8.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 13 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 15 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 15 votesEp 8: 6.8 · 15 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 15 votesEp 10: 9.1 · 17 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 13 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 12 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 7 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 7 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 7 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 20: 8.6 · 8 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Big Changes7.113
2Blood, Sweat, and Beers8.114
3Fear and Floating8.615
4Calling All Bears8.611
5Mobility, Mo' Problems7.112
6One Small Flush for Man8.513
7Homestead Hardships8.415
8Olden Days, Olden Ways6.815
9No Rain, Big Pain8.515
10The Fall9.117
11Hard Road Home8.813
12A Very Kilcher Christmas8.512
13Cycle of Life8.27
14Recovery Road8.27
15New Beginnings8.47
16Do or Die8.013
17The Last Straw8.48
18Surviving the Seasons8.29
20Truth Be Told8.68

Season 6 (2016)

8.33 avg 15 episodes 8.6 → 8.8 47 min avg

Ep 0: 8.6 · 7 votesEp 1: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 8 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 9 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 9 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 8 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 9 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 8 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 9 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 7 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 7 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 8 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Epic Adventures8.67
1The Great Kilcher Quake/Shattered Shelter7.811
2Stranded8.09
3Killer Repairs8.58
4Under the Knife8.39
5One Man Short8.19
6Kilchergiving8.010
7The Prodigal Daughter Returns8.88
8The Monster Catch/When Cows Attack8.39
9Chopper Rescue8.58
10Homesteading for the Holidays7.79
11Bracing for Change8.48
12The Danger Zone8.67
13Winter Is Coming8.67
14Gold Rush8.88

Season 7 (2017)

8.24 avg 10 episodes 8.9 → 8.2 50 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 9 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 8 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 8 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 8 votesEp 7: 8.7 · 9 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 7 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 7 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 7 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Day the Homestead Almost Died8.99
2The Day The Ice Road Shattered8.58
3The Day The Homestead Caught Fire8.09
4The Day The Cattle Swam8.08
5The Day The Buffalo Broke Free8.38
6Buffalo 2, Cowboys 08.28
7The Day the Glacier Fell8.79
8The Day Thanksgivng Went Moble7.67
13Hunting on Land and Sea8.07
155,000 Mile Hunt8.27

Season 8 (2018)

8.15 avg 15 episodes 8.1 → 8.6 41 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 8 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 8 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 8 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 8 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 9: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 8 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 7 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 9 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 6 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1New Frontiers8.112
2A Predator Strikes8.48
3Roll Yuletide Roll8.08
4The Beach is Burning8.28
5Range Danger8.28
6A Bridge and a Bear8.08
7A Yuletide Thanksgiving8.48
8To Live or Die on Perl Island8.48
9Earning Seven6.410
10Calling All Kilchers8.48
11Coming of Age8.08
12Holly Jolly Homesteading8.09
15Thrill of the Hunt8.47
16Collision Course8.79
17High and Dry8.66

Season 10 (2020)

7.43 avg 9 episodes 6.6 → 8.7 83 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 5 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 5 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 5 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 6 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 5 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 5 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 6 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 5 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 7 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Whole New Frontier6.65
2Homestead Closed6.65
3Emergency!7.65
4I Don't Want to Die Today8.06
6Land of the Midnight Sun6.85
7Tsunami Evacuation6.85
9Backyard Prey7.86
10Homestead Heartache8.05
12Fox Cabin Finale8.77
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