EPISODE TWELVE – Tuesday, June 30 at 9 PM (ET/PT) Late into the season, each skipper faces his own personal brand of hell. Frozen crab, frozen gear, and a frozen harbor chill the hearts of even the most callous fishermen. On the Cornelia Marie, Skipper Phil gambles on the theory that air bubbles on the water means crabs are farting down below. On the Time Bandit, Captain Andy enters St. Paul harbor—now frozen enough to walk across. Five pack-a-day smoker Sig Hansen tries his hand at quitting the habit. When a huge storm kicks up he takes his stress out on his crew. Aboard the Wizard, Captain Keith demands an answer from his greenhorn: “Are you in or out?” It’s a season where very crab has been paid for in headaches—but the rising seas and oncoming ice-pack could make things worse.
EPISODE 11 – Lockout EPISODE ELEVEN – Tuesday, June 23 at 9 PM (ET/PT) The 250,000 square mile arctic ice pack is barreling South, swallowing the crab grounds one mile per every hour. Now, the skippers are faced with a major gamble: flirt with the icy, fertile waters to the North, or play it safe in the fished out Southern grounds. After some skippers strike gold, the race is on to St. Paul Harbor. But with the canneries in sight, the crab fleet finds a new challenge — one that threatens the value of their crab bounty…St Paul Harbor is frozen shut! The skippers will need to fight tooth and nail to plow their way to shore.
EPISODE TEN – Tuesday, June 16 at 9 PM (ET/PT) It’s week three of the Opilio Crab Season. Long hours and inhuman conditions already have the crabbers turning on each other. One skipper needs to deliver his crab but boat-crushing ice stands between his vessel and the safety of harbor. On the Northwestern, the bitter temperatures have the Jr. Deckhand showing signs of strain. While on the Wizard, Skipper Keith is still reeling from the after-affects of a monster wave that banged up his crew. On the Time Bandit the crab is crawling on board, but one old Deckhand wants to crawl off. A sea of misery surrounds the fleet — and the season isn’t even half over.
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‘Deadliest Catch’ captains, crew tape post-fishing-season show in S.D.
By David Hasemyer, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. June 10, 2009
PACIFIC BEACH – For every macho couch potato who wants to live the life of crab boat fisherman Phil Harris, the perpetually angry captain on the reality TV hit “Deadliest Catch,” Harris has this advice: Don’t do it.
“You haven’t got what it takes,” Harris said yesterday with a mix of disdain and empathy for adventure-seeking amateurs. Harris and the four other captains of the crab boats featured in the popular Discovery Channel series left the rough seas off Alaska for a round table at RT’s Longboard Grill in Pacific Beach this week. The captains are in San Diego until tomorrow taping a companion segment called “After the Catch,” which will begin airing Tuesday following the weekly installment of “Deadliest Catch.” Sig Hansen, the Seattle-based captain with Nordic good looks, is here. So is Johnathan Hillstrand, a resident of Homer, Alaska, with intense eyes and a rough-hewn nature.
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EPISODE SEVEN — Tuesday, May 26 at 9 PM (ET/PT)
As the 2008 King Crab Season comes to a close, skippers are desperate to top off their quota. While picking through bone yards of previously fished grounds, prospects look bleak. To the chagrin of the Northwestern crew, Captain Sig tries his hand at radio fishing. While on the Cornelia Marie, Relief Skipper Murray struggles to manage a frustrated crew. The Time Bandit has already ended their season, but will they finish on top of the crab count? For some it’s a race to the finish, for others the goal is just to get by.
