Season 1 Plot

Ask anyone in Louisiana and they ll tell you that the Bayou State's favorite first family doesn't live in the governor's mansion but in the backwoods. Meet the Robertsons, who run Duck Commander, a homegrown mom-and-pop turned sporting empire selling top-of-the-line duck calls and decoys out of salvaged swamp wood. Their rags-to-riches story unfolds weekly on the hit show DUCK DYNASTY on A&E. There s business-savvy Willie, brother Jase, their respective wives Korie and Missy, patriarch and Duck Commander founder Phil, and Uncle Si. Dressed in camouflage and bandanas, this crew shows the world how a family can work together and be a success at the same time. Their booming business employs half the neighborhood, and each day brings a new set of challenges, but this clan meets them with a special brand of Southern know-how and humor. At the end of the day, the whole family enjoys some down-home time at matriarch Miss Kay's dinner table, ready to do it all again the next. See for yourself why DUCK DYNASTY has won millions of viewers and fans across America.

Duck Dynasty Season 1 aired on March 21st, 2012.

Season 1 Episodes

1. Family Funny Business

March 21st, 201230 min

Family Funny Business - Willie gets fed up with Phil and Jase's lax attitudes regarding work in the series premiere of this reality show about a Louisiana family who operate a thriving business manufacturing duck-hunting gear.

2. CEO for a Day

March 21st, 201230 min

Phil decides to teach his grandkids the value of a hard day's work by building a football field and culminating in a family football game. But Robertson vs. Robertson competition is further sparked between brothers when Willie and Jase make a side bet that Jase can't handle the responsibility of being CEO of a day.

3. High Tech Redneck

March 28th, 201230 min

After a big order comes in Willie pushes the Duck Commander team to meet the tight deadline, so Jase and the warehouse guys come up with a plan to build a conveyer belt. Elsewhere, Phil and Si declare war on the beavers whose dams are disrupting the water supply.

4. Frog in One

March 28th, 201230 min

Brotherly competition gets the best of Willie when he ditches his kids' career day to go play golf with Jase. Stepping in for Willie, Phil and Si show up at the school and become the teachers' worst nightmare. Later that night, Jase returns to the golf course to hunt the prized bullfrogs he'd seen earlier. Unfortunately for him, country club security is also there.

5. Redneck Logic

April 4th, 201230 min

After blowing up one of Phil's dangerously antiquated duck blinds, the Robertson boys hatch a wild plan to build a luxury duck blind in the sky. Meanwhile, Ms. Kay and the Robertson women hold a yard sale and sell some of the boys' most prized possessions, which the boys don't exactly appreciate when they find out.

6. Too Close for Comfort

April 4th, 201230 min

Jase feels being COO of Duck Commander entitles him to a new office. But when Willie refuses, Jase hatches a plan to build one anyhow. Willie takes Miss Kay and the grandkids to the petting zoo where Miss 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.

7. Leave It to Beavers

April 11th, 201230 min

It's duck blind maintenance time again and the boys have discovered the waterline is low. At the levee, they realize this is the work of Phil's bucktoothed arch nemesis...THE BEAVER. Phil enlists the help of the Robertson men to go on a mission to destroy the pesky vermin. Problem is, they keep coming up beaver-less. Ms. Kay decides she wants to open her own restaurant. As a test run she takes over a local restaurant for one night and recruits the family to help. With her experience feeding a huge family, she figures it will be piece of cake.

8. A Big Duck-ing Call

April 11th, 201230 min

It's the 40-year anniversary of Duck Commander and this celebration is a redneck Robertson 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.

9. Sauvignon Beard

April 18th, 201230 min

Willie decides to expand the Duck Commander brand into the winemaking industry and buys a vineyard...sight unseen. While the family is off helping at the vineyard, Phil and Si take over babysitting duties for the granddaughters. Who will prevail?

10. Plan Bee

April 25th, 201230 min

While out duck hunting, Willie, Jase, and Uncle Si stumble across what redneck's consider nature's most prized succulent treasure--a beehive dripping with wild honey. Knowing the possibilities are endless for this redneck decadence the men decide to capture the hive. Back at the office, its Martin and Godwin to the rescue when Korie and Jessica get themselves in to some trouble while trying to find duck decoys to use in the Duck Commander carnival game at the West Monroe Harvest Fest.

11. Daddy's Got a Gun

May 2nd, 201230 min

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.

12. Fishin' for Business

May 9th, 201230 min

To prove once and for all who rules the river AND the boardroom, Willie and Jase revive their childhood rivalry and go head-to-head in a fishing competition with the added challenge of having to sell their catch. They bring their sons, John Luke and Cole, for a little lesson in business...and defeating kin. Three generations of Robertson men battle for victory when Phil and Si tag along offering their sage advice...or annoyance. To expand the women's line at Duck Commander, Korie suggests Miss Kay to launch her own apron line. While she excels in most domestic duties, Miss Kay cannot sew, nor can any of the Robertson women. But that doesn't stop them from trying and failing...repeatedly.

13. Redneck Roadtrip

May 16th, 201230 min

Jase volunteers to take the Duck Commander RV out on pick up, but neglects to mention to Willie, he's taking Si, Martin and Jep along for a road trip. Back home, Phil and Willie have to use some redneck logic when Ms. Kay calls them to get rid of a gator she found in the yard.

14. Winner, Winner Turkey Dinner

May 23rd, 201230 min

Jase and Si embark on a turkey hunt for the annual Robertson men vs. Robertson women cook-off to create a feast of fresh wild game. With Phil's discerning palate as judge, the teams pull out all of the stops with their best country cookin' secrets. Phil decides to visit the Duck Commander office after he hurts his ankle while working on the land. To keep himself occupied, he decides to go work in the office. But it's been a while since Phil has stepped foot in the warehouse and things have changed quite a bit.

15. Willie Stay or Willie Go

May 23rd, 201230 min

When a big business decision must be made affecting Duck Commander, Willie plans an employee retreat. But trust falls and rope courses are not the type of team building that for this group. Phil steps in with the true Robertson way and gets everyone back to nature. The camping trip gets derailed when Si stumbles upon some giant snapping turtles!

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