Deadliest Catch

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Crab-fishing crews brave towering waves, crushing gear, and exhaustion on the treacherous Bering Sea, where one haul can mean a fortune.

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  1. 43m
    Episode 1

    Greenhorns

    Fifteen hundred fishermen converge on Dutch Harbor for the opening of Alaskan king crab season, each chasing a share of 14 million pounds and a year's wages in a single week.

  2. 43m
    Episode 2

    Long Sleepless Nights

    After a night of baiting and setting pots, the crews wait on the call to start hauling. The first pot of the season sets the mood, and the boats that come up short rethink their strategy.

  3. 43m
    Episode 3

    Lady Luck

    Forty-two hours into the season, Fish and Game announces an early closure. Every boat has 24 hours to pull the gear it has in the water, and the last pots decide the trip.

  4. 43m
    Episode 4

    Beat the Clock

    With half a day of king crab season left, the crews haul everything they can, then race for the dock, where minutes separate a fast offload from days idling in the harbor.

  5. 43m
    Episode 5

    Dead of Winter

    Winter cuts Dutch Harbor down to six hours of daylight as opilio season opens, and 171 boats set out for the grounds under a forecast of cold and building weather.

  6. 43m
    Episode 6

    Man Overboard

    Opilio season opens with the Big Valley down and her crew missing. Good Samaritan boats join the search in freezing water while the remaining 170 boats try to keep fishing.

  7. 43m
    Episode 7

    High Hopes

    A day into opilio season, the Bering Sea has already taken six lives. The rest of the fleet hauls the pots it set twelve hours earlier as the weather finally turns calm.

  8. 43m
    Episode 8

    Good Fishing

    Unseasonably warm weather and flat seas hand the fleet record numbers. Sig Hansen and the Northwestern find the crab early and grind through their gear, filling two of three holds.

  9. 43m
    Episode 9

    The Clock is Ticking

    Rumors of an early closure push the fleet to fish harder. After a long run of blank pots, Jim Stone of the Retriever gives up on the northern grounds and moves his gear.

  10. 43m
    Episode 10

    The Final Run

    With the last hours of a costly opilio season ticking down, a second race begins — the run back to port, where captains jockey for a place in the offload line.