Misfit Garage
| Misfit Garage | |
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| Genre | Reality |
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| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | Pilgrim Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery |
| Release | October 13, 2014 – present |
| Related | |
| Fast N' Loud | |
Misfit Garage is a Discovery Channel reality-television show[1] spun off from Fast N' Loud. It featured two of the mechanics fired from that show's Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage, Tom Smith and Jordan Butler, as well as Thomas Weeks and Scot McMillan, who together start a new company, Fired Up Garage.[2]
The series, which premiered October 13, 2014, is produced by Pilgrim Studios, with Craig Piligian, Richard Rawlings and Eddie Rohwedder as executive producers, and Craig Coffman additionally serving as executive producer for the Discovery Channel.[2]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Average rating (millions) | ||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | 8 | Oct. 13, 2014 | Dec. 1, 2014 | 1.33 | |
| 2 | 8 | Mar. 23, 2015 | May 11, 2015 | TBA | |
| 3 | 8 | Mar. 7, 2016 | TBA | TBA | |
Episodes
Season 1
Season one started on October 14, 2014.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Fired Up About A Chevelle Part 1" | October 13, 2014 | 1.491[3] | |
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"Fired Up Garage" goes to work on a ’67 Chevelle. The team also enters a demolition derby for publicity, running into former co-workers of the shop they were all fired from by Richard Rawlings and who they later find out is their new shop landlord. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Fired Up About A Chevelle Part 2" | October 20, 2014 | 1.517[4] | |
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'Fired Up Garage' struggles to deal with 'landlord' Richard Rawlings, as well as the completion of their first major build. Will the amazing ’67 Chevelle redo put "Fired Up Garage" on the map, ready to go toe-to-toe with Richard and "Gas Monkey Garage". | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Jazzed About A '57 Gasser Part 1" | October 27, 2014 | 1.356[5] | |
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Thomas makes a profit flipping a car Richard turned his nose up at. Meanwhile, Thomas and Scot pick up solid a ’57 Chevy for their next build. Later, the shop is threatened when a tree falls on it, ruining their office and crushing a customer's truck. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Jazzed About A '57 Gasser Part 2" | November 3, 2014 | 1.433[6] | |
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Richard surprises FU garage with a rundown trailer as a replacement office. Scot has a buyer for the ’57 gasser and gives the crew a two-week deadline, but things come to a halt after Thomas builds an engine that's unacceptable with the other partners. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Furious ’65 Fastback Part 1" | November 10, 2014 | 1.143[7] | |
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The Misfits open house is shut down by Richard Rawlings.Thomas picks up a rare Ford Torino Cobra. Up a creek without a project car, the team hastily buys a ’65 Mustang fastback . Meanwhile, Thomas finds a ’69 Barracuda that he allows Tom to fix. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Furious ’65 Fastback Part 2" | November 17, 2014 | 1.448[8] | |
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The mustang comes back from paint and the guys get to work. A trip to Gas Monkey to use a tool costs them extra money when Richard catches them and invoices them. Things take a bigger turn for the worst when Soupbone gets white paint on the hood. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "One, Nasty Nova Part 1" | November 24, 2014 | 0.921[9] | |
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Thomas flips two classic cars that turn a quick profit: a ’53 Mercury and a ’58 Ford Fairlane. Thomas and Scot pick up a’65 Chevy Nova that Scot's dad did all the engine work on, but Corbett goes rogue and paints the car charcoal grey instead of white. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "One, Nasty Nova Part 2" | December 1, 2014 | 1.299[10] | |
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Moving forward after a surprise on the paint job, the Misfits hit a bump in the road when the axle they chopped and fabricated isn’t the right size. Thomas lands a ’31 dodge rat rod he turns for profit. Scot's dad pays a visit to tune the '65 Nova motor. | |||||
Season 2
Season two started on March 23, 2015.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Flipped for a '69 Chevy Shortbed, Part I" | March 23, 2015 | N/A |
| 10 | 2 | "Flipped for a '69 Chevy Shortbed, Part II" | March 30, 2015 | N/A |
| 11 | 3 | "A Rusty, Crusty '67 Camaro, Part I" | April 6, 2015 | N/A |
| 12 | 4 | "A Rusty, Crusty '67 Camaro, Part II" | April 13, 2015 | N/A |
| 13 | 5 | "A '31 Ford Hot Rod and '71 Holy Grail Cuda" | April 20, 2015 | N/A |
| 14 | 6 | "The '71 Holy Grail Cuda/Goodbye Little Richard" | April 27, 2015 | N/A |
| 15 | 7 | "The Race to Finish the '71 Holy Grail Cuda" | May 4, 2015 | N/A |
| 16 | 8 | "Revving up the '31 Ford Hotrod[11]" | May 11, 2015 | N/A |
Season 3
Season three started March 7, 2016.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 17 | 1 | "Launching a '69 Satellite, Part 1" | March 7, 2016 | N/A | |
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The "Fired Up Garage" guys buy their next build: a '69 Plymouth Satellite to turn it into a racer with a 750-hp big block 440 engine. Thomas Weeks has his eyes on a '32 Ford Five-Window Body owned by Richard Rawlings. | |||||
| 18 | 2 | "Launching a '69 Satellite, Part 2" | March 14, 2016 | N/A | |
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The "Fired Up team attempts to finish the 1969 Plymouth Satellite after flaring tempers lead to a blow-up between Tom & Thomas. Thomas and Kevin are having a bad day pickin' and are about to call it quits, until they come across a 1954 Ford F100. | |||||
| 19 | 3 | "Crushed GTO and Chopped '41 Ford" | March 28, 2016 | N/A | |
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Tom & Thomas buy a '71 Pontiac GTO and it quickly becomes apparent that much of the body is rusted. Thomas visits Gas Monkey Garage looking to make a purchase from Richard. The Fired up team buys a '41 Ford from a friend and make it their next big build. | |||||
| 20 | 4 | "Crushed GTO and Chopped '41 Ford, Part 2" | March 21, 2016 | N/A | |
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The "Fired Up Garage" team teaches Thomas a lesson by taking the 1971 GTO to a field and crushing it with a tank. Thomas buys a 1941 Ford to turn it into a flaming blue hot rod as well as a food truck to kick start the dream of a Fired Up Garage empire! | |||||
| 21 | 5 | "57' Corvette" | April 4, 2016 | N/A | |
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Thomas Weeks & Tom Smith get a'57 Corvette for a bargain & help Sue Yu-Lan Martin purchase a '56 Ford Truck that the "Fired Up Garage" will rebuild. Tom's food truck arrives & Soup Bone drops the ball on parts as a new team member is brought on. | |||||
| 22 | 6 | "57' Corvette, Part 2" | April 11, 2016 | N/A | |
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Soup Bone fails to get parts in time and pays the price. After weeks of delays the Misfits finish the '57 Corvette and look for a big payday. Richard Rawlings casts doubts on whether the guys can make it a go with their Food Truck. | |||||
| 23 | 7 | "Sue's Custom '56 Ford" | April 18, 2016 | N/A | |
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Having sold the '57 Corvette for $80,000 the guys start on Sue Yu-Lan Martin's '56 Ford truck. The truck takes over 3 weeks to paint & Tom Smith has overspent,so he flips a '55 Dodge Royal Lancer, flips the '64 Thunderbird, & even asks Sue for an advance. | |||||
| 24 | 8 | "Sue's Custom '56 Ford, Part 2" | April 25, 2016 | N/A | |
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Thomas and Tom pick up a rusted but original '67 Chevelle to flip for money towards Sue Yu-Lan's Martin's '56 Ford truck. Sue gets angry with the length of the build and brings Richard Rawlings into the fold. | |||||
International broadcast
Australia — Began airing in Australia on Discovery Turbo MAX from 16 December 2014.[12]
United Kingdom — Began airing in United Kingdom on Discovery HD from 2015.[12]
References
- ^ "Misfit Garage : Discovery Channel". Dsc.discovery.com. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ a b "Misfit Garage: New Series Premieres October 13 at 10PM ET/PT" (Press release). Discovery Channel. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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- ^ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Tops Night + 'Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood', 'SportsCenter' & More". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. December 3, 2014.
- ^ "Watch Misfit Garage Season 2 Full Episodes". Ovguide.com. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ^ a b Higgins, D. (15 December 2014). "NEW THIS WEEK: The Newsroom finale, The Killing S3, Cordon, Test match cricket and Christmas programs". The Green Room. Foxtel. Retrieved 22 December 2014.