Duck Dynasty is an American reality television series on A&E. It shows the lives of the Robertson family, who became wealthy from their family-operated business, Duck Commander, operated in West Monroe, Louisiana, which makes products for duck hunters, primarily the duck call named Duck Commander. The Robertson men, brothers Phil and Si, and Phil's sons Jase, Willie, and Jep, are known for their long beards. The business began in a family shed, where Phil Robertson spent 25 years making duck calls from Louisiana cedar trees. His son Willie is now the CEO of the company. The family was previously featured on the series Benelli Presents Duck Commander and its spin-off Buck Commander, which still airs on the Outdoor Channel.The show has broken several ratings records on both A&E and cable television as a whole; the fourth season premiere drew 11.8 million viewers, the most-watched nonfiction cable telecast in history.
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Willie calls the team into work on a Saturday afternoon for an HR training session, but the seminar quickly dissolves from unproductive to complete disaster. When Phil and Kay set out on a long drive to purchase a brand new washer and dryer, they find themselves lost on the outskirts of town. Unwilling to ask for directions, the trip home becomes an epic journey.
The episode was rated 8.50 from 116 votes.
Everyone comes together to plan a surprise wedding for Phil and Kay, setting up a special ceremony on their land, which the whole family attends. Si distracts Phil and Kay by taking them on a “trip down memory lane” to different places that were meaningful in their relationship.
The episode was rated 8.43 from 151 votes.
The Robertson family pulls together a family reunion to give Mia a big send-off before her surgery.
The episode was rated 8.38 from 127 votes.
John Luke and Sadie are getting some dental work done, complete with sedation, and it's up to Willie and Korie to take care of them through the process--including getting them back home safely. Phil goes to DC to recruit Jase and Jep to help him take care of a cottonmouth den and finds them emptying the contents of the broken fridge into trash bags. They set out to dump the trash but keep running into problems.
The episode was rated 8.35 from 159 votes.
The Duck Commander assembly room gets an unexpected shakeup when a disgruntled Si decides to quit his job. But when Willie hires a replacement that clashes with the duck call room, Jase and the guys quickly become equally miserable at work. Meanwhile, Si turns to Phil for work out on the land, turning a routine levee repair into a complete disaster.
The episode was rated 8.34 from 111 votes.
Stumped on a way to celebrate Willie's birthday, Korie enlists the guys' help and Jase takes the reigns in planning a trip to the lake where Phil and Kay used to live. Meanwhile, when the women realize a raccoon is inside the lake house, they ask for Phil to take care of the problem and he enlists the help of his grandkids on a search for the critter.
The episode was rated 8.33 from 131 votes.
When Willie is looking to hire a new assistant, Korie insists he interview her cousin, JD. Willie is hesitant at first, but immediately hits it off with JD, who truly appreciates Willie's sense of humor; now, JD just has to win over the duck call room guys, who are wary of having another Willie in the office. Meanwhile, when Uncle Si spends the day over at Phil and Kay's, Jep stops by with the kids to keep them away from Jessica, who has taken ill. To entertain the kids, Si takes them outside for a treasure hunt on Phil and Kay's land. But, in typical Si fashion, the treasure hunt has some interesting twists and turns, leading them to the ultimate treasure--fun!
The episode was rated 8.32 from 133 votes.
Jase feels being COO of Duck Commander entitles him to a new office. When Willie refuses, Jase hatches a plan to build one anyhow. Willie takes Ms. Kay and the grandkids to the petting zoo where Ms. Kay decides she needs Willie to buy her goats, just like she had growing up on a farm. But Willie's patience is put to the test when he returns to the warehouse to find that Jase has made some changes.
The episode was rated 8.31 from 134 votes.
It's the 40-year anniversary of Duck Commander and the Robertsons celebrate with a redneck-style shindig. To top off the event, Willie decides to construct the world's largest duck call, to be revealed at the party.On the home-front, Ms. Kay is tired of the constant upkeep of their house and decides it's high time they spend some of their hard earned money on a brand new home, but house hunting is not Phil's kind of hunting.
The episode was rated 8.31 from 128 votes.
Phil and Si fill in for Willie at his kids' career day in school and give the children some lessons they'll never forget by telling gory Vietnam stories and dismembering a duck right in front of them. Meanwhile, Jase and the guys have fun with some late-night frog hunting at Willie's country club--until club security shows up.
The episode was rated 8.31 from 150 votes.
Willie receives a special gift from a Japanese business associate – a “priceless” samurai sword, which Willie keeps out of the hands of Jase and the guys. But when Willie leaves the office, Jase and Si can’t help but put the weapon to the test and soon they find themselves searching for a repair shop that can handle ancient Japanese steel. Back home, Willie and Phil decide to take his daughter Sadie out for some shooting lessons.
The episode was rated 8.29 from 100 votes.
After all their hard work, Willie decides to take the entire Robertson clan on a family vacation to Hawaii. But Willie's daily itinerary for the trip gets constantly undermined by the family's desire to participate in their own island activities.
The episode was rated 8.29 from 114 votes.
After Willie's son (John Luke) leaves Willie's pickup in the driveway with a bone-dry gas tank, Willie and Korie decide that it's time to get the kid his own car. But without a car of his own for the day, Willie is forced to let Uncle Si drive them on their journey to find the perfect vehicle for the teenaged boy. Back on the family land, Jase, Martin, and Godwin make a mess of their fishing trip when a mishap puts Phil's boat at the bottom of the swamp.
The episode was rated 8.29 from 111 votes.
Willie finds his office in shambles and alerts the authorities that the warehouse has had a break-in. But soon Willie discovers that the culprit was his brother Jase, who needed supplies for an early morning frog hunt. Disturbed by his brother's ability to break in so easily, Willie installs a state-of-the-art surveillance system that he uses to become Big Brother to the duck call room throughout the day. At Phil and Ms. Kay's house, Willie's daughter, Sadie is sent to do house chores to help her unplug from her constant texting issues.
The episode was rated 8.27 from 113 votes.
Though Jase lost his wedding ring long ago, Missy decides it's time for Jase to replace it with a new one. When Jase is duck hunting, once again, he loses the ring and is forced to come up with a game plan to approach and appease Missy. Trying to help Jase find the ring, Si goes back to retrieve his metal detector. But Si is distracted when he believes he found the treasure he buried in his yard years back when he returned from Vietnam.
The episode was rated 8.27 from 119 votes.
After attending a local radio show as a guest, Willie sees an opportunity to host a show of his own. When the station gives him the opportunity, Willie makes the mistake of bringing Uncle Si on the air with him. Jase gets fined by his neighborhood homeowners association for a multitude of local infractions, and decides to fight his case like a true Robertson.
The episode was rated 8.26 from 102 votes.
When NASCAR sensation Clint Bowyer pays a visit to the Duck Commander warehouse, Willie and the guys are fired up to spend the day hanging out with the professional racecar driver. But too much enthusiasm about the celebrity's mode of transportation turns into a drag race showdown between Willie and Clint. Phil and Si have their hands full fixing Ms. Kay's barbecue when a trip to the outdoor grill store turns disastrous.
The episode was rated 8.26 from 107 votes.
When a heat wave envelops West Monroe, the air conditioning unit at the Duck Commander warehouse goes down, turning the duck call assembly room into a boiling sweatshop. Desperate to cool off, the guys leave Willie behind and head to the local lake where they construct their very own redneck waterpark. Meanwhile, Willie hires the local Mr. Fix It, Mountain Man, to get the AC unit up and running once again, which proves to be a painstakingly slow process.
The episode was rated 8.26 from 112 votes.
Tomorrow is the opening day of Duck Season and the men are carrying on their tradition of camping on the Robertson Land the night before... including Willie, who typically opts out of “roughing it.” But when Willie shows up to meet the guys in the Duck Commander RV, the camp is divided between those who want comfort, and those that will rough it. Back at Phil and Ms. Kay's, Phil has a tradition of his own that he'd like to carry on before Duck Season--getting a little loving from Ms. Kay. But because one of his other traditions is to go without bathing before Duck Season, Ms. Kay isn't allowing it.
The episode was rated 8.26 from 136 votes.
When Willie finds out that his daughter Sadie has a new boyfriend, he wants to get to know him, while instilling some fatherly fear--Robertson style. To keep Sadie preoccupied, Grandpa Phil and Uncle Si take her on their own outing.
The episode was rated 8.26 from 125 votes.
Last updated: jan 22, 2023
