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Dog the Bounty Hunter: Season 8

28 episodes Premiered Oct 6, 2010 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Dog the Bounty Hunter

Season 8 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dog the Bounty Hunter Season 7.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 8 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 8: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S8·E1 Mytharc

The Ice Man

Oct 6, 2010 · 43 min

Dog's latest fugitive, doesn't think small when it comes to illegal drugs: he was carrying almost a pound of methamphetamine when he was arrested. Now he's on the run with his preg

S8·E2 Core

Trouble in Paradise

Oct 13, 2010 · 45 min

Dog is back in Hawaii and tracking a dangerous fugitive through the jungles of the Big Island. Their prey is being protected by a ring of family and friends that Dog must forcefull

S8·E3 Core

Girl Power

Oct 20, 2010 · 20 min

When Dog decides to spend the day caring for his newest granddaughter, Beth enlists the girls to hunt down a female fugitive. Heading into a dangerous part of town the ladies will

S8·E4 Core

Prodigal Son

Oct 27, 2010 · 20 min

Fugitive beware: Dog's rolling with extra power today. His old friends Tim Chapman and Sonny Westbrook are riding with the team, so their target, a thief with violent tendencies, i

S8·E5 Core

Family Ties

Nov 3, 2010 · 20 min

Dog doesn't have the whole team today and he's got to catch a fugitive with a record of criminal assault. But when Dog finds the fugitive's former girlfriend, she thinks he isn't d

S8·E6 Core

Surface Scratches

Dec 1, 2010 · 20 min

Dog's latest quarry is running from abuse and assault charges. As Dog investigates, he discovers that this fugitive has gamed the system by jumping from one bond, and one bondsman,

S8·E7 Core

Special Delivery

Dec 1, 2010 · 21 min

For months, this fugitive has been stringing Leland along with a series of barely believable excuses. Out of patience, Leland calls in the Big Dog. The team whole team heads out to

S8·E8 Core

The Great Debate

Dec 8, 2010 · 20 min

When the co-signer of a bond is also romantically involved with the defendant, sometimes the bondman is put in the middle of a lover's quarrel. But sometimes the defendant is a thr

S8·E9 Core

Facebooked

Dec 15, 2010 · 21 min

Dog is in Denver helping Bobby Brown to track down a fugitive with a long rap sheet. But unfortunately they have no picture of the felon to work with, so the challenges are big on

S8·E10 Core

Mano-a-Mano

Dec 22, 2010 · 21 min

Back in Colorado, Dog`s on the hunt for a runner with more than a decade's worth of trouble with the law. But the fugitive's friends and family are reluctant to help Dog bring him

S8·E11 Core

The Road Show: Where Mercy is Shown

Dec 29, 2010 · 86 min

After releasing the second part of his autobiography, Dog and his family traveled across America, and this very special episode offers an intimate portrait of both the public and p

S8·E12 Core

The Comeback Kid

Jan 12, 2011 · 45 min

Dog is back in Colorado chasing a young man with a taste for trouble. He's fled to Texas but with his family's house on the line Dog is willing to try a risky strategy. He enlists

S8·E13 Core

Tent City

Jan 19, 2011 · 44 min

Today's hunt takes Dog far from the glittering hotels of Waikiki to the parts of Hawaii tourist rarely see, Oahu's ramshackle tent cities. The team searches for a woman who has los

S8·E14 Core

Dead of Night

Jan 26, 2011 · 44 min

This hunt is personal. Dog's good friend and fellow bondsman Chris is running out of time. He has only days to find his fugitive or risk losing his business. In his hunt Dog confro

S8·E15 Core

Best of ...

Jan 26, 2011 · 44 min

The bounty-hunter adventures of Duane "Dog" Chapman and his Posse are chronicled in this one hour "Best Of" special, featuring superlative memorable moments from the previous seven

S8·E16 Core

The Montrose Files: The Million Dollar Man Pt. 1

Mar 2, 2011 · 44 min

A small town bondsmen is in over his head, his business on the line, when he makes a desperate plea for help. Dog agrees and launches a high stake hunt through the desolate and dan

S8·E17 Core

The Montrose Files: The Million Dollar Man Pt. 2

Mar 9, 2011 · 44 min

Once in Montrose, Dog discovers that the million dollar fugitive is not the young bondsman's only problem. His kind heart and inexperience have led him to bail out a bevy of bail j

S8·E18 Core

The Montrose Files: Round the Clock

Mar 16, 2011 · 44 min

There's no rest for the righteous and nobody knows this better then the Dog. He is committed to saving his new friend's bail bonding business, and now must race against time to bri

S8·E19 Core

The Montrose Files: And Then There Were None

Mar 23, 2011 · 44 min

Can Dog complete his mission to clean-up this frontier town? With four outlaws still on the lam, Dog sets out to bring 'em in. As day turns into night and with the darkness and the

S8·E20 Core

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Mar 30, 2011 · 44 min

With a long record of violence and abuse and weighing in at over 200lbs, Dog's target for the day does not sound like a gentle giant. When the trail grows cold Dog turns up the hea

S8·E21 Core

Cap and Gown

Apr 6, 2011 · 44 min

Other than bringing criminals to justice, one of Dog's loves is teaching the next generation of bounty hunters the tricks of the trade. Today he has a new student. Friend of the fa

S8·E26 Filler

Behind the Scenes Part 1

Jun 9, 2012 · 30 min

A behind-the-scenes look at Dog and his team. Included: cast interviews and never-before-seen footage.

S8·E27 Filler

Behind the Scenes Part 2

Jun 9, 2012 · 30 min

A behind-the-scenes look at Dog and his team. Included: cast interviews and never-before-seen footage.

S8·E28 Core

God Looks on the Heart

Jun 16, 2012 · 30 min

The U.S. Postal Service assists Dog and his team in their quest to bring a footloose fugitive to justice.

S8·E29 Mytharc

Big Brother

Jun 16, 2012 · 30 min

Dog hopes to gain the trust and assistance of a Samoan fugitive's kinfolk, but tempers flare during a raid on the family's home.

S8·E30 Mytharc

Mid-Course Correction

Jun 23, 2012 · 30 min

Dog contends with problems within his team as he tracks a once-upstanding citizen who has fallen from grace.

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