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Gold Rush: White Water (2018)

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Gold miners Dakota Fred and his son Dustin are back – returning to McKinley Creek Alaska, determined to make a fortune no matter the risk. But to find the big gold payout, they'll put their lives on the line by diving deep beneath the raging waters of one of Alaska's wildest creeks.

IMDb rating
6.7 (1,131 votes)
Seasons
8
Streaming (US)
HBO Max · Discovery+ Amazon Channel · YouTube TV · Philo · Discovery · Discovery + · Spectrum On Demand
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2018)

6.06 avg 8 episodes 6.1 → 5.8 42 min avg

Ep 1: 6.1 · 38 votesEp 2: 5.8 · 34 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 31 votesEp 4: 6.0 · 28 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 28 votesEp 6: 5.7 · 25 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 29 votesEp 8: 5.8 · 25 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Between Craziness & Insanity6.138
2First Gold5.834
3Dredge Down6.331
4Boulder Battles6.028
5Inland Tsunami6.328
6Hypothermia5.725
7The Graboid6.529
8End of Days5.825

Season 2 (2019)

6.66 avg 11 episodes 6.8 → 6.9 43 min avg

Ep 1: 6.8 · 26 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 23 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 22 votesEp 4: 6.6 · 21 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 24 votesEp 6: 6.3 · 20 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 18 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 19 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 20 votesEp 10: 6.9 · 19 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 15 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Dakotas Strike Back6.826
2Burned Alive6.923
3When Bears Attack6.622
4Too Close for Comfort6.621
5The Nugget Trap6.424
6McKinley, We Have a Problem6.320
7Sacrifice & Sabotage6.418
8Landslide7.019
9The Widow Maker6.520
10Gold Strike6.919
11Diving Deeper6.915

Season 3 (2019)

6.71 avg 12 episodes 6.8 → 7.1 42 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 6.8 · 21 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 18 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 18 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 21 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 18 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 17 votesEp 11: 6.7 · 17 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 13: 7.1 · 18 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Two Teams, One Dream6.821
2The Pound Zone6.718
3No Guts, No Glory Holes6.618
4Enter the Superclaw6.718
5Birthday Gold6.618
6The Gold Cave6.518
7Nugget Heaven6.921
8Thunder Falls6.618
9End of the Rainbow6.617
11Rockfall Ravine6.717
12Hands Full of Gold6.718
13Royal Flush7.118

Season 4 (2020)

6.63 avg 15 episodes 6.1 → 6.9 47 min avg

Ep 1: 6.1 · 21 votesEp 2: 6.2 · 17 votesEp 3: 6.4 · 17 votesEp 4: 6.6 · 16 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 16 votesEp 6: 6.9 · 17 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 17 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 17 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 16 votesEp 10: 6.6 · 16 votesEp 11: 6.5 · 16 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 16 votesEp 13: 6.7 · 15 votesEp 14: 6.8 · 15 votesEp 15: 6.9 · 13 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Come Hell or High Water6.121
2Good as Gold6.217
3Swallowed Up6.417
4Enter the Mammoth Claw6.616
5Fistful of Nuggets6.816
6Rookie Mistakes6.917
7Happy Endings6.917
8Dustin to the Rescue6.917
9Depths of Despair6.716
10Ride or Die6.616
11A Special Kind of Crazy6.516
12In Too Deep6.516
13Under Pressure6.715
14Buried Alive6.815
15To the Edge6.913

Season 5 (2021)

7.15 avg 17 episodes 6.8 → 6.8

  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 6.8 · 15 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 14 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 13 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 13 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 15 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 15 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 14 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 14 votesEp 13: 6.9 · 13 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 14 votesEp 16: 7.0 · 12 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 18: 6.8 · 10 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Roll of the Ice6.815
2Fresh Blood6.913
3Shake Up7.314
4Who's the Boss6.913
5Groundbreaking Gold7.413
6Boiling Point7.215
7Gamblin' Man7.514
8Hard Times at House Rock7.415
9Cut and Run7.415
10Robbery at House Rock7.114
11Blood Runs Thicker Than Water7.312
12Curse of the Gold Gods7.114
13Blackout6.913
15The Motherload7.314
16Risk vs. Reward7.012
17A Golden Opportunity7.312
18The Last Stand6.810

Season 6 (2022)

7.60 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 8.0

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.2 · 16 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 14 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 15 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 15 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 17 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Fortune Favors the Bold7.216
2Into the Unknown7.416
3Airboat Accident7.714
4Dakota Fred Takes Charge7.814
5Homemade Highway to Hell7.314
6Fuelling the Pressure7.715
7Hot Mess7.715
8Explosion at Nugget Creek8.017

Season 7 (2023)

7.27 avg 9 episodes 7.2 → 6.7

  • Bad finale
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 7.2 · 12 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 13 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 12 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 12 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 13 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 15 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Missing In Action7.212
2Total Annihilation7.313
34-Ounce Nugget6.912
4Blood Red White Water7.012
5Risky Business7.111
6Mouth of the Dragon7.915
7In Death's Shadow7.613
8Hell from the Heavens7.712
9Judgment Day6.715

Season 8 (2024)

7.66 avg 11 episodes 8.1 → 7.2

  • saved-best-for-last
Ep 1: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 13 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 16 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 12 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 13 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Tragic Beginning8.115
3Trench Warfare8.114
4A Dying Wish7.713
5Fred Hurt Forever8.316
6Fred's Golden Gift7.513
7Unfinished Business7.915
8Welcome to My Nightmare7.514
9$70,000 Nugget7.514
10Dustin's White Whale7.514
11Get Rich or Die Trying7.012
12Dancing with Death7.213

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