Snake Salvation

2013 ā€¢ National Geographic Channel
3.9
17 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (16)

1 Appalachian Hunt
9/10/13
When a baneful copperhead snake bites a church congregant, pastor Andrew Hamblin is called in to pray for his recovery. With their snake supply dwindling, pastors Jamie Coots and Andrew Hamblin race to hunt and capture wild, venomous snakes before the reptiles go into winter hibernation.
2 Smoke 'em Out
9/10/13
Due to an unusually long winter in Appalachia, Pastor Jamie Coots' snake supply is running dangerously low. He hatches an ambitious but risky plan to travel all the way to Texas, hoping that he and his gang can hunt down some deadly western diamondback rattlers. They face a possibly fatal bite far from home for the one chance this month to stock up on snakes. In Tennessee, Pastor Andrew Hamblin adds a new specimen to his snake collection: a very rare, albino western diamondback. Andrew must decide whether to take up the deadly albino snake in service or leave it safely in its protective cage.
3 Courting Disaster
9/17/13
After being caught in Tennessee possessing and transporting illegal snakes for use in church, Pastor Jamie Coots must appear in court to defend his religion and avoid being sentenced to jail time.
4 Swamp Hunt
9/17/13
Religious snake handler Little Cody Coots fights excruciating pain, and possibly his life, after being bitten by a venomous cottonmouth while hunting in a Louisiana swamp.
5 Venom in the Veins
9/24/13
Twelve hours after a near fatal bite, Little Cody Coots is back to snake hunting, pushing his body and his marriage to their breaking points.
6 Casting Out Demons
9/24/13
When a prophetess senses that an evil spirit is threatening to destroy Andrew's congregation, the young pastor calls for a revival: daily services that will last until the evil is gone.
7 Bitten in Church
10/1/13
The foundation of Jamie's church is shaken when a copperhead bites his father.
8 Backsliding
10/1/13
Pastor Jamie Coots faces one of the biggest challenges of his lifeā€”his daughter Trina has stopped going to church. Jamie fears she is now heading to hell unless he can convince her to return.
9 Outlaw Religion
10/8/13
Pastor Andrew Hamblin goes to battle against state of Tennessee to overturn a law that forbids snake handling.
10 The Devil Fights Your Mind
10/8/13
Drug dealing and a life of crime are just a phone call away for Holiness church member "Big" Cody Wynn, who struggles to stay on the straight and narrow path towards salvation.
11 Temptation of the Flesh
10/15/13
Drug dealing and a life of crime are just a phone call away for Holiness church member "Big" Cody Wynn, who struggles to stay on the straight and narrow path towards salvation.
12 Sin or Serpents
10/15/13
Forbidden by her religion to remarry, Pastor Coots' daughter, Trina, faces an awful choice: leave her faith and fulfill her dreams of marriage or rejoin her family's snake-handling church but spend her life alone.
13 Deadly Legacy
10/22/13
Concerned about who will replace him should he die from a snake bite, Jamie tries to groom his son, Little Cody, to take over the pastorship. Meanwhile Andrew Hamblin holds a special outdoor service to help save a close friend.
14 Lethal Poison
10/22/13
Concerned about who will replace him should he die from a snake bite, Jamie tries to groom his son, Little Cody, to take over the pastorship. Meanwhile Andrew Hamblin holds a special outdoor service to help save a close friend.
15 Tempted by the Devil
10/23/13
Little Cody, son of Pastor Jamie Coots, is in a tough financial situation. He has been laid off from his job in the coal mine and has only heard about work in other parts of the state. Though his family needs the money, he's worried about putting his job before God, and falling off the path. In Tennessee, Pastor Andrew shows off the latest in his serpent collection: a 6-foot-long timber rattler. The snake will be a challenge for him or anyone to handle.
16 Tricks of the Trade
10/23/13
With the onset of fall and wild snakes hibernating below ground, pastors Andrew Hamblin and Jamie Coots are forced to obtain their deadly, venomous serpents by other means. The men travel to Repticon, a huge snake expo in Columbia, South Carolina, to purchase new snakes for their congregation. Jamie brings newborn rattlesnakes from his church that he will use to trade in for larger snakes at the expo. But Andrew is forced to pawn his prized electric guitar to get money to buy his snakes.

About this show

In the hills of Appalachia, Pentecostal pastors Jamie Coots and Andrew Hamblin struggle to keep an over-100-year-old tradition alive: the practice of handling deadly snakes in church. Jamie and Andrew believe in a bible passage that suggests a poisonous snakebite will not harm them as long as they are anointed by God's power. If they don't practice the ritual of snake handling, they believe they are destined for hell. The pastors must frequently battle the law, a disapproving society, and even at times their own families to keep their way of life alive.

Ratings and reviews

3.9
17 reviews
Mustang Lyfe 2.0
July 6, 2014
this is the one of my favorite shows ever aired on tv. its one of the few tv show you can watch as a family and not worry about the younger ones seeing or hearing things chritians dont want to.
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Kurt Blanchard
February 2, 2015
They really temp God and to believe if you remarried you will go to hell is wrong and not of God
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Conservative76
February 20, 2014
I know most of these people on this show and what you see is what you get. Real reality tv.
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