Woodwalkers
Woodwalkers Season 1 follows an entire semester of training at the Southeast Lineman Training Center. Students from all over the country have just 15 weeks to prove that they have what it takes to become a lineman. It's their chance at a high-paying, exciting, and dangerous career. We'll watch as our crew of green, starry-eyed students are divided into groups called "pole circles." They are handed bags of new tools, books, boots, and climbing gear then sent off to meet their new instructors. Over the course of a few weeks the students find their feet and settle into their new skill set. With each ounce of confidence the students earn, the instructors have a new curve ball ready. The students are hit with weekly exams, stormy night training, 4-hour climbing sessions, and even a Navy Seal adventure course. Some will make it; some will not. But with each challenge we learn more about our protagonists. Student Fabian Pantoja finds motivation in a deep wound from the recent past to overcome injury and the expulsion of fellow student and cousin, Ivan Pantoja. Frank Diaz refuses to let age set his limits and earns the admiration of his fellow students as he is elected pole circle captain. Robert and Michael, too, overcome inner demons to achieve incredible personal developments. The season closes with a graduation celebration that leaves an already invested audience full of pride.
- 2017-2017
- 1 season
- CarecoTV
- Reality
Woodwalkers Season 1 follows an entire semester of training at the Southeast Lineman Training Center. Students from all over the country have just 15 weeks to prove that they have what it takes to become a lineman. It's their chance at a high-paying, exciting, and dangerous career. We'll watch as our crew of green, starry-eyed students are divided into groups called "pole circles." They are handed bags of new tools, books, boots, and climbing gear then sent off to meet their new instructors. Over the course of a few weeks the students find their feet and settle into their new skill set. With each ounce of confidence the students earn, the instructors have a new curve ball ready. The students are hit with weekly exams, stormy night training, 4-hour climbing sessions, and even a Navy Seal adventure course. Some will make it; some will not. But with each challenge we learn more about our protagonists. Student Fabian Pantoja finds motivation in a deep wound from the recent past to overcome injury and the expulsion of fellow student and cousin, Ivan Pantoja. Frank Diaz refuses to let age set his limits and earns the admiration of his fellow students as he is elected pole circle captain. Robert and Michael, too, overcome inner demons to achieve incredible personal developments. The season closes with a graduation celebration that leaves an already invested audience full of pride.
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
So you want to be a lineman
Fri, Sep 29, 2017 22 mins
It's registration day at the Southeast Lineman Training Center. We find that lineman have a rich history and culture in a highly marginalized industry. The students are about to find out just what it takes to become a part of this elite community.
Episode 2
Enter the circle
Fri, Oct 6, 2017 22 mins
Welcome to the first day of class: Here's a bag of tools. Here are some boots. Meet your new instructor. Now get climbing! Here we meet students, Frank Diaz and Chase Leonard.
Episode 3
The Cross We Bear
Fri, Oct 13, 2017 22 mins
A week into their training and Students Fabian Pantoja and Robert Self are finding out it is going to take more than hard work to become a linemen. They'll need speed, precision, and technique to make it.
Episode 4
The Gauntlet
Fri, Oct 20, 2017 22 mins
Every semester students must pass through an intensive 4-hour training session, which they lovingly refer to as the gauntlet. Not all of our students are up for the challenge.
Episode 5
Easy come, easy go
Fri, Oct 27, 2017 22 mins
As one student steps down, another steps up as a leader. Student Michael Robertson is impressing his instructors and peers alike. Meanwhile Frank Diaz contends with homesickness, and Fabian Pantoja battles an injury.
Episode 6
Thicker than water
Fri, Nov 3, 2017 22 mins
Fabian's cousin, Ivan Pantoja, has been suddenly and swiftly dismissed from the Southeast Lineman Training Center. Fabian must continue on alone, while Frank Diaz gets a long overdue visit with his beloved wife, Camela.
Episode 7
Eyes on the prize
Fri, Nov 10, 2017 22 mins
Fabian and cousin Ivan have a chance to reunite and come to terms with Ivan's expulsion. We learn more about Michael's rough-and-tumble past, while Robert Self gets some hard news about the amount of penalty points he has acquired.
Episode 8
Hog hunt
Fri, Nov 17, 2017 22 mins
Life on campus is not all work and no play. Some of our instructors and students head to a hunting camp in east Georgia for some well deserved R and R. Back on campus Michael loses a hammer and pays a hefty price.
Episode 9
Into the storm
Fri, Nov 24, 2017 22 mins
Our students have now had several weeks of training, and are building confidence by the day. Tonight, however, they must repair power lines mangled by the skilled hands of their very own instructors, simulating a true emergency power restoration.
Episode 10
Sealfit pt 1
Fri, Dec 1, 2017 22 mins
During the last few days at the school many of the students will spend their time in the study halls preparing for the final exam, while a few others have chosen a path that will push their mental and physical abilities to the breaking point-Seal Fit 20X.
Episode 11
Sealfit pt 2
Fri, Dec 8, 2017 22 mins
Bodies broken, burdens exposed, the true self emerges, and our students go forth. Each started Seal Fit one person and emerged another: better, stronger, focused.
Episode 12
Finals, rodeo, and graduation
Fri, Dec 15, 2017 22 mins
After a critical final exam, it's the morning of graduation and SLCT's main campus has a celebratory feel. Michael, Fabian, Robert, and Frank have all passed their tests, and their families are here to celebrate-linemen style.