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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Skipper Harris in Training
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 9; CatchChat with Johnathan, Josh, Sig and Mandy.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Blonde Ambition
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 11.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Greatest Game Ever Fished
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 13.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Legends
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|ShortSummary = The captains talk about moments, their Gloucester comrades, and cameramen on the ships.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Brothers
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|ShortSummary = The captains and members of their crews talk about family, siblings on the same boat, traditions, and a love of fishing.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Emergency
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|ShortSummary = The captains talk about coping with the emergencies and crisis that occur on their boats when out in the middle of the Bering Sea with no assistance.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Deckhands
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|ShortSummary = Deckhands and Greenhorns from several boats talk about their first experiences and history working the deck.
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Real Life
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|ShortSummary = Captain Phil Harris of the FV Cornelia Marie recounts his life-threatening ordeal during the recent Opilio Crab season.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = The Time Bandit
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|ShortSummary = The crew of the F/V Time Bandit discuss John and Keith's fight, Phil's passing, and who will take over the helm of this crab boat.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = The Northwestern
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|ShortSummary = The F/V Northwestern crew talk about serving under the rigorous pace set by Captain Sig, and recall various events of interest aboard the boat during the season such as the Jake swap and Jake Anderson's father going missing.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = The Wizard
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = The F/V Wizard talks about its year, including its two greenhorns and its backfired bait recycling scheme during the king crab season.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = The Fleet
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = The group talks with Josh Harris and Freddy Maughtai about the aftermath of Phil's stroke, and the rest of the fleet, including the returns of Wild Bill Wichrowski and Russell Newberry. The Captains also tour the damage caused to the Louisiana coastline by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = The Good Captain Phil
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|ShortSummary = The Captains talk about the Cornelia Marie and the death of Phil Harris with Phil's sons, Josh and Jake, and some of his closest on-shore friends. The filming concludes with a jazz funeral held in New Orleans in Phil's honor.
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|EpisodeNumber = 242
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Cold War Rivals
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = A dramatic change in the Russian crab industry rocks global markets and drives new competition between Dutch Harbor captains and their Russian adversaries. As crab prices skyrocket, legendary captains return to claim their piece of a historic payday.
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|EpisodeNumber = 243
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Typhoon Hagibis
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|ShortSummary = Just as the fleet begins its race to beat the Russians, ferocious Typhoon Hagibis turns its deadly gaze on the Bering Sea; captains must choose whether to risk life and limb for a big payday or to sit out the storm and fish another day.
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|EpisodeNumber = 244
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Breaking Point
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Still reeling from deadly Typhoon Hagibis, the fleet claws its way back into competition against the Russians; the pressure to make up ground has mounted and it's do-or-die for the captains, even if it means danger or even war.
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|EpisodeNumber = 245
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Shotguns and Fist Fights
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|ShortSummary = Just as the Russians getting further ahead, co-captains Johnathan and Jake blast a shotgun at their problems while a vicious fistfight breaks out on the Seabrooke; Wild Bill blows an engine and Mandy bets on science to get back on crabs.
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|EpisodeNumber = 246
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Double Agent
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = The Cornelia Marie taps American satellites to spy on the Russians while Scott Campbell Jr. pioneers a long-dormant fishery. With his quota nearly caught, Wild Bill faces cataclysmic engine failure and squares off with an unruly Russian greenhorn.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 247
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The Bleeding Edge
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = It's all hands on deck to finish King season strong. Johnathan goes under the knife at sea. Junior bets it all while chasing the elusive Golden King crab. Wild Bill goes toe-to-toe with an unruly greenhorn.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 248
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Into The Red
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|ShortSummary = Junior risks crossing into Russian waters to tank golden crab. Co-captains Jake and Johnathan attempt an alliance with longtime rival Keith Colburn. Josh Harris bets his season on instinct. Short on quota and options, Wild Bill seeks work in Russia.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 249
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Mayday Mayday
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = The Coast Guard responds to a mayday call as captains and crew brace for the loss of friends during a brutal winter storm. Sig and Monte track an opilio hoard at the Russian line, and the clock is ticking for Wild Bill & Junior during the cod derby.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 250
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Cold War Heating Up
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = As the crab biomass migrates across the Russian line, Josh and Casey dump 175 pots on the border. Sig and Mandy go dark ship in towering seas. Jake's new deckhand gets injured while Junior attempts to steam through False Pass in a nighttime blizzard.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 251
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Harms Way
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Facing a 500-mile wide Siberian storm, Josh takes a big risk to keep the Cornelia Marie crew safe. Junior loses control of his rudders putting his boat at the mercy of heavy seas. Jake's greenhorn problems get a lot worse when one clogs the toilet.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 252
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Chase Boat Rescue
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Listing heavily and taking on water, Junior calls on chase boat rescue for the first time in series history. Wild Bill sends Nick 20 feet off the deck in spite of his fear of heights. Josh and Casey hit a massive wave that knocks out greenhorn Maria.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 253
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Dutch Harbor Double Cross
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = On the Summer Bay there's hell to pay when Bill's backup block goes missing; Cornelia Marie skippers Josh and Casey navigate a tenuous partnership at the Russian line; weighed down by three full tanks, Sig puts a heavy Northwestern in Mandy's hands.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 254
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Bomb Cyclone
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = The Wizard catches fire in a violent storm known as a bomb cyclone. Josh and Casey attempt to fish in 30-foot seas, while two rogue waves slam the Southern Wind. Wild Bill grinds his crew 72 straight hours bringing himself to the brink of collapse.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 255
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Bering Sea Crash
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|ShortSummary = Battling exhaustion, Wild Bill and his crew face the full wrath of the bomb cyclone. A snapped tendon puts the Summer Bay down a man. Josh gambles on crab-rich grounds in a costly venture north. An injured Mac fights to get Junior through the storm.|LineColor = 00CC22
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|EpisodeNumber = 256
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Gut Instinct
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = As an injury knocks Sig out of his wheelhouse, Mandy takes the helm to face a disgruntled Northwestern crew; on the Wizard, damaged hydraulics and an umbilical hernia deal Keith a double gut punch; Josh and Casey suffer tragedy on the Cornelia Marie.
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|EpisodeNumber = 257
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Bering Sea Wrecking Ball
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|ShortSummary = Stuffed pots come at a price as Jake scrambles to repair a slack tank before it kills his crab or capsizes the Saga. Josh and Casey's rudder fails in heavy traffic and Wild Bill's new greenhorn makes an easy target for an out-of-control picking hook.
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|EpisodeNumber = 258
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Danger Close
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|ShortSummary = Josh and Casey race to haul pots as engine failure threatens their delivery window. As seawater destroys his hydraulic motors, Junior attempts a risky high seas delivery of three new motors. Harley and his crew bang heads over his fishing strategy.
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|EpisodeNumber = 259
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Like Father Like Daughter
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|ShortSummary = Sig and Mandy conspire to get Jake to do their prospecting, but the former deckhand seizes the moment to fill his own tanks. The Wizard crew must break through ice to rush Keith to a doctor. Junior fears the worst as a deckhand falls from the stack.
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|EpisodeNumber = 260
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Rogue Wave Juggernaut
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|ShortSummary = A rare weather event churns up rogue waves as supermoon tides collide with a cyclonic snowstorm. Josh and Casey face a 55-foot monster, while Jake risks capsizing to repair his rudder in unruly seas. Monte's big move north pays off in massive pots.
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|EpisodeNumber = 261
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = A Problem Like Maria
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|ShortSummary = As the super snow-moon storm peaks, the Cornelia Marie's deck becomes a gauntlet for Josh and Casey's greenest greenhorn. Ice fog overtakes the fleet as Monte scrambles to stay afloat, Harley loses an engine and Junior fights a sea-flea infestation.
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|EpisodeNumber = 262
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = End of the Beginning
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = As the fleet mounts a final Winter season push, sad news rattles the Cornelia Marie wheelhouse. Lady Alaska greenhorn, Gabby, overcomes a painful injury to support her crew. Wild Bill's deckhands must devise a bush fix or face hauling pots by hand.
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|EpisodeNumber = 263
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Blood Is Thicker Than Water
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Saga loses a veteran deckhand, forcing Jake to steam a greenhorn army to the Russian line. Amid scuttlebutt that ports are closing due to a virus, Josh fights to get home for a reunion with his brother and Sig's daughter gets rushed to the hospital.
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|EpisodeNumber = 264
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Everything Changes
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|ShortSummary = The Cornelia crew fights to save their gear from sea ice. Jake risks the far north to fill his tanks before his son's birth. Amid news of a looming pandemic, Russian boats mysteriously disappear and captains race to dock before crab prices crash.
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|EpisodeNumber= 202
|EpisodeNumber2= 1
|Title= Battle Lines
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Sig and Jake have a massive falling out, leading to new strategies and new alliances. Josh Harris returns to captain his father's boat. Sean plays dirty, but Wild Bill shows him he's messing with the wrong Captain. With big rewards, come big risks.
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|EpisodeNumber= 203
|EpisodeNumber2= 2
|Title= First Blood
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Bering Sea draws first blood in a daring Coast Guard rescue. Jake strives to become an independent Captain, and Keith offers to take him on as an apprentice, but accusations fly and suspicions grow as the captains plunge head first into a brutal start.
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|EpisodeNumber= 204
|EpisodeNumber2= 3
|Title= Dead in the Water
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|ShortSummary=Wild Bill risks it all on new bait and fish strategy, hoping it will pay off big. Sean and Casey forge an alliance but betrayal may occur when one strikes crab. A dangerous mistake jeopardizes Jakes offload. The Cornelia Marie is hit by bad weather.
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|EpisodeNumber= 205
|EpisodeNumber2= 4
|Title= Salt Wounds
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Sig takes heads off the grid on a daring midnight mission to shake his rivals. The Corneila Marie pays the price for a rotten alliance and an injured deckhand could force them to go in early. Keith gets big news from his doctor on a mystery illness.
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|EpisodeNumber= 206
|EpisodeNumber2= 5
|Title= Collision Void
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As a flooding collision void threatens to sink Keith, he fights to keep the Wizard afloat. Jake is stranded at sea because of a missing boat part. Sig gets ready to pass the torch to Edgar, but the brotherly tension rises when he can't give up the reins.
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|EpisodeNumber= 207
|EpisodeNumber2= 6
|Title= Arctic Hurricane
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A massive arctic hurricane hits the fleet with high winds and big waves. On the Saga, an unstable stack threatens to capsize the boat. Wild Bill risks driving straight into the storm to catch his quota, while the other captains rush to pull and set pots before harboring.
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|EpisodeNumber= 208
|EpisodeNumber2= 7
|Title= Clash of Kings
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Jake makes a devil's bargain, huge crab for hidden perils, until his boat itself is on the line. Sig serves cold justice at sea and Wild Bill chases a King Crab jackpot. The Corneila Marie crew learns that when you bet on a boat, the wheelhouse always wins.
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|EpisodeNumber= 209
|EpisodeNumber2= 8
|Title= Becoming Captain
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=On the edge of failure, Josh Harris discovers secret fishing grounds in his late father's logbooks. A deck mishap on the Saga could end Jake Anderson's season. The Coast Guard attempts to hoist an injured sailor from inside a ship's tank in turbulent seas.
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|EpisodeNumber= 210
|EpisodeNumber2= 9
|Title= Purgatory
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Keith is forced to hand over the Wizard; Josh fights for the helm despite a bad showing; major engine trouble threatens Wild Bill's season.
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|EpisodeNumber= 211
|EpisodeNumber2= 10
|Title= Winter's Curse
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A massive tidal surge threatens Josh and Monte as they chase their bounty deep into an arctic storm. Wild Bill hopes to get his broken boat off the dock, while the rest of the fleet arrives for the start of Opilio.
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|EpisodeNumber= 212
|EpisodeNumber2= 11
|Title= Blackout
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A blackout leaves the Saga close to disaster in unfamiliar waters; unwilling to partner, Josh must fill his quota single-handedly; Keith makes an offer only a captain could refuse.
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|EpisodeNumber= 213
|EpisodeNumber2= 12
|Title= Winter's Fury
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The Winter season brings 40 knot winds and 20 foot waves. As accidents plague crews, the Bering Sea singles out one greenhorn for the worst. Strategy is more critical than ever with crab on the move and tension between Wizard co-captains reaches a breaking point.
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|EpisodeNumber= 214
|EpisodeNumber2= 13
|Title= Baptism by Fire
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|ShortSummary=It's baptism by fire aboard the Northwestern as Mandy takes her 1st shift in heavy seas. The Wizard crew battles over one crewman who isn't pulling his weight on deck. Caught short on bait gear & battered by high seas, Wild Bill changes his strategy.
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|EpisodeNumber= 215
|EpisodeNumber2= 14
|Title= Supermoon Storm
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A 150-year supermoon storm wreaks havoc on tides, churning undersea currents that rip pots right off their lines. The Coast Guard attempt a rescue mission in the heart of the storm.
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|EpisodeNumber= 216
|EpisodeNumber2= 15
|Title= Greenhorn Overboard
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Wild Bill faces his worst nightmare as a greenhorn goes overboard.
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|EpisodeNumber= 217
|EpisodeNumber2= 16
|Title= Turf Wars
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Sig pushes Mandy to invade the Cornelia Marie's ground, sparking a battle for the crab. As the Cornelia Marie's pots get tangled with the Northwestern's, Casey takes extreme measures to defend his turf. A Saga distress signal sends panic across the fleet.
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|EpisodeNumber= 218
|EpisodeNumber2= 17
|Title= No Safe Harbor
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A severe arctic gale batters the fleet, forcing captains to fight extreme wind and waves. For the second time, a greenhorn's life hangs in the balance on the Summer Bay. The Saga crew seeks shelter at St. Paul, where tidal forces snap Jake's anchor.
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|EpisodeNumber= 219
|EpisodeNumber2= 18
|Title= Blood & Water
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As rogue waves threaten to capsize their boats, Jake and Sean must make life or death decisions for their crews on deck. Wild Bill faces a choice that could end his career, and Keith returns to the Wizard put an unexpected end to his brother's rule.
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|EpisodeNumber= 220
|EpisodeNumber2= 19
|Title= Storm Surge
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The captains take on the steepest waves yet in an epic final surge to hit their quotas. Jake fights through a debilitating crew injury on deck. Josh gambles big on his crab count, while engine failure leaves Sig dead in the water.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = The Unexpected
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Ambition
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = View From Shore
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Gamblers
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Fisherman's Code
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|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Looking Ahead
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|EpisodeNumber=115
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Mutiny on the Bering Sea
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|ShortSummary=At the start of the new season two new boats join the fleet. Elliott Neese has taken out a gigantic loan to buy his own boat, the Saga. But he is late arriving and the main fleet has already left. "Wild" Bill Wichrowski is now on the Cape Caution. The weather of season 8 left many boats stranded at the docks for major repairs. The Hillstrand brothers have spent over $1 million replacing the engines and hull on their boat. They are keen to get out and make some money to repay the loan. Keith Colburn has also invested heavily in refurbishing the Wizard. Meanwhile, Sig and Edgar Hansen have a vicious argument in the wheelhouse of the Northwestern over the latter's preparations for blue crab season, which in Sig's eyes were inadequate, whilst it is revealed that Jake Harris is still fighting his drug addiction and won't be participating in the new season. His older brother Josh is still working for the Hillstrands on the Time Bandit - but is still pondering his ultimate goal of regaining control of his late father Phil Harris's vessel the Cornelia Marie.
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|EpisodeNumber=116
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Dagger in the Back
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|ShortSummary=It's cloak and dagger time on the Bering Sea as Keith and Junior form a covert alliance. The Northwestern crew knocks out their rocky string but then faces a surprise challenge. Elliot finally debuts his new boat on the dangerous blue crab grounds.
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|EpisodeNumber=117
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Blood in the Morning
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|ShortSummary=On the blue crab grounds, brutal competition leads to more deceit amongst the captains. Serious injuries plague the fleet, and Junior's betrayal of his alliance with Keith comes back to haunt him with potentially lethal consequences
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|EpisodeNumber=118
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Crooke & The Tangler
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|ShortSummary=On the crowded blue crab grounds, a high seas showdown between the Saga and Seabrooke takes an unexpected turn. On the Northwestern, Captain Sig must make a tough decision about his brother's future, while the Time Bandit has a close call in False Pass.
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|EpisodeNumber=119
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Judgment Day
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary= Sig prepares to hand the captain's chair to Edgar for his first trip in the Bering Sea as captain of the Northwestern. On the Cape Caution, tensions between Wild Bill and Zack begin to mount as the latter struggles with throwing the hook. Meanwhile, Elliott's first season with the Saga gets off to a flying start as he engages in a partnership with Scott Campbell Jr, to share a lucrative area of blue crab.
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|EpisodeNumber=120
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Fist to the Face
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|ShortSummary=After returning to port with full tanks, Elliott Neese is on a roll—and quickly offloads and goes back out to sea to rejoin the Seabrooke on the lucrative blue crab grounds. However, Junior is not so keen to keep the partnership going. Scott Hillstrand is given a tough assignment by his father and uncle when he is asked to take the helm of the Time Bandit in total darkness through False Pass—a particularly treacherous and shallow area of the Bering Sea. There are celebrations on the Wizard, when Freddy announces to the crew that his wife is pregnant, and asks Captain Keith to be the child's godfather. Meanwhile, Edgar Hansen's first blue crab season as captain of the Northwestern starts to go awry when the trail goes cold and brings up nothing but empty pots. Tensions on deck later boil over when Jake and Matt come to blows over the latter's operation of the hydros. In a heated argument with Edgar, Jake is reminded that he was nearly fired by Sig five years earlier for fighting with Matt on deck before and violating the number one rule of the boat. Jake explains he has been offered a job on another vessel and it may be time for him to move on, and still blinded by rage from his earlier confrontation, leaves to reconsider his position.
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|EpisodeNumber=121
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Goodbye Jake
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|ShortSummary=As King Crab season comes to an end life-changing decisions must be made. The captains of the fleet pull up their last pots while young Jake Anderson struggles with his decision to leave the Northwestern and Josh Harris plots to buy his father's old boat.
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|EpisodeNumber=122
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Kicking off with a Bang
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|ShortSummary=Chaos kicks off the 2013 Opilio Season when an accident on the Time Bandit has them racing for the shore. Jake Anderson gets a not-so-warm-welcome on his new boat, the Kiska Sea. As these gladiators of the Bering Sea lace up for their biggest money season
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|EpisodeNumber=123
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Storm of the Season
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|ShortSummary=A Category 4 storm has landed on the fleet two weeks into the Opilio Crab Season. As the first pots come aboard some captains are dialed into the crab, while others are off their scent, but they're all struggling to stay afloat.
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|EpisodeNumber=124
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Sleeping with the Enemy
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|ShortSummary=Survival is the name of the game as the fleet battles their way through a ferocious arctic storm. Junior takes a huge risk in order to get back in the game; two greenhorns struggle to fit in with their crews; and Elliott's problems on land continue.
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|EpisodeNumber=125
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=We're Not Gonna Take It
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|ShortSummary=The fleet's weathered the storm, but the crab are still off the bite. Desperate to make their offload dates, captains mercilessly grind their crews, but some deckhands sick of being bullied when they're not making any cash aren't gonna take it.
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|EpisodeNumber=126
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Listing Lovers
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|ShortSummary=The crews and battered boats are feeling the brunt of one of the hardest Opilio seasons on record. While some crewmembers battle potentially catastrophic breakdowns to stay out on the grounds and keep fishing, others throw in the towel and call it quits.
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|EpisodeNumber=127
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=So You Wanna Be a Boat Owner...
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|ShortSummary=Midway through the crab season and the northernmost boats are in a race to save their gear as the polar ice pack descends onto the fishing grounds.
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|EpisodeNumber=128
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Ship of Iron, Men of Steel
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|ShortSummary=With only three weeks left in the Opilio Season, the fleet prepares to make the final push to wrap up their seasons. Captains battle weather, equipment, and their own men in a sprint to the finish, but nothing comes easy.
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|EpisodeNumber=129
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Man Overboard
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|ShortSummary=After enduring months of mechanical breakdowns, sleepless grinds, and infighting, the fleet is starting to crack. When deckhands on the Wizard are unable to lasso a floating walrus carcass, Freddy Maugatai takes matters into his own hands.
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|EpisodeNumber=130
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=The Final Battle
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|ShortSummary= As ice starts to consume the fishing grounds, the Hillstrands concede defeat after a succession of costly mechanical failures on the Time Bandit ruins their Opilio season. Captain Andy decides to cut his losses and return to Dutch, promising to pay his crew a basic salary for their efforts. At the end of the show it is revealed that Josh Harris succeeded in gaining control of his late father's vessel.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Sig Hansen
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = John and Andy Hillstrand
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Josh Harris
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|Title = No Trespassing
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|Title=A Tragic Beginning
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|ShortSummary=The boats prepare for the start of the king crab season. On board the Cornelia Marie, last season's greenhorn, Jake Harris, got a promotion to deckhand; the vessel's new greenhorn is Joshua Harris, Jake's older brother and Phil's eldest son. The new hand on board the Northwestern is Stan Hansen, cousin to the Hansen brothers; meanwhile, the Farwest Leader brings Ragnhild Moncrief, the captain's wife, aboard as their new greenhorn/cook/den mother. The Maverick is now under Blake Painter's control, and his crew is virtually all friends of his who are King-crab greenhorns, with only one experienced deck hand acting as Deck Boss. The crews go shopping for their season's crew provisions, spending around $5500 each trip. At the pre-season captains' dinner, Johnathan Hillstrand proposed a derby-style competition between the boats: Fewest pots needed to pull 100,000 pounds of crab. Sig Hansen upped the ante by proposing each captain kick in $100 for the prize to be given to the winner, and the UniSea Bar agreed to safeguard the $900 bounty. After dinner, the Hansen brothers decided to initiate the first pranks of the season by leaving a bag of bait fish under the Captain's chair on board the Maverick. The Cornelia Marie left Dutch Harbor hoping to catch a break between two storms, leaving the other boats to ride out the storms tied to the dock. The Northwestern tried a new strategy of more and bigger crab pots, carrying 150 pots on the initial trip out to the grounds, then returning to Dutch Harbor for 150 more pots afterwards as a way of capturing their very large quota shares at a faster pace. Several captains explained their strategies for setting crab pots in the Bering Sea—Sig Hansen looks at history, checks the official Alaska Fish and Game reports, then sets test pots for long soaks and evaluates patterns of crab caught in the test pots; Wizard Captain Keith Colburn tries to determine the best balance between history and state reports, noting that many captains spend time "chasing last year's crab" and not enough time doing test pot launching and trend watching; Cornelia Marie Captain Phil Harris noted that when the water is warmer, crabs move northward, but when the water is colder overall, crabs tend to stay in the shallows and it can be hard to determine how shallow is too shallow. Rookie Captain Blake Painter of the Maverick, who had been very confident during the captains' dinner about being able to find the crab on his own, became indecisive about where to drop his pots once the Maverick reached the fishing grounds and spent most of the first day out at sea "radio crabbing"—calling other captains on the radio for tips on where they were finding crab—which annoyed several of the veterans who had cautioned Blake against this very thing. During the first night, the Ocean Challenger capsized and put out a distress call, and by dawn, only one of the four crewmembers was found in a survival suit.
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|Title=The Unforgiving Sea
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|ShortSummary=The search for the crew of the Ocean Challenger continued by air and by the USCGC Douglas Munro. The bodies of two crewmembers, without survival suits, were recovered, while the fourth crewmember was lost to the sea. The survivor, Kevin Ferrell, tells his story to the Coast Guard. The fleet reacted to the loss of the Ocean Challenger. The Northwestern set its second load of 150 pots while dealing with a broken hose on the hydraulic launchers. Deck boss Edgar Hansen committed the karmic faux pas of estimating their catch before it's pulled. The Time Bandit finally set its pots using herring instead of cod for hanging bait with poor results. After a slow start, the Maverick pulled in full pots and returned to St. Paul to offload. The Cornelia Marie fished through the night at a fast pace. Rough seas on the Farwest Leader made greenhorn Ragnhild sick, but she pulled through and worked the deck after losing a bet on the number of crab pulled up in the first pot of the season; although she started out at the bait station loading bait buckets for pots, she gradually got over her fear of the snapping king crab to move to the sorting table and assist in the crab sort and count process.
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|Title=Pain and Paybacks
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|ShortSummary=The Northwestern had bad luck with its second string of 150 pots and decided to fish closer to its first set of pots where they had better luck. Northwestern deckhand Matt Bradley finally confessed to Captain Sig Hansen that he was due to be in court before the official end of the season for an outstanding criminal case that could land him up to eight months in jail; Sig chastised Matt for waiting so long to tell him of this important deadline, reminding him that there was no way to predict when the boat would catch enough to reach its quota. Rough seas caused a crewmember aboard the Wizard to have his finger crushed between two pots, which required professional medical attention at Dutch Harbor, a return to port which Captain Keith Colburn admitted was going to cost the crew thousands of dollars in lost fishing time but was necessary to avoid costing crew member Lenny Lekanoff his finger. When the Time Bandit pulled in low crab counts after having to move their greenhorn to the rail due to an injury to veteran crewmember Russ Newberry, the Hillstrand brothers decided to have a little fun at the expense of the greenhorn with a "flour pot"—a pot with several trash bags full of flour tied to the rope, which would burst when pulled up through the hydraulic block; the trick worked to perfection as greenhorn Nate put the sabotaged pot's rope into the blocks, only to be covered in exploding white powder seconds later. Captain Blake Painter of the Maverick received a tip on a hot spot to fish from Captain Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie, but Phil made him promise not to share it with anyone else; however, Blake decided to share the tip with Captain Corky Tilley of the Aleutian Ballad as a sign that he was willing to give information and not merely take it from other captains, not realizing that Phil was listening in on the same communication band Blake was using. An annoyed Phil got his revenge on Blake's betrayal by sabotaging one of the Maverick's pots, doing a variation on the Northwestern welded door trick: The Cornelia Marie crew emptied all the crab out of the pot ("Thanks, Blake!" crew members declared on-camera as they put 50-something keepers in their tanks), put Cornelia Marie bait boxes into the pot, welded the door shut, turned the pot around backwards and re-strung the "bridle" (the loop to which the pot shots are tied for retrieval) through the welded door, then relaunched the pot, with Phil declaring "That's how you {#bleep#} with somebody, Cornelia Marie style". The Farwest Leader had declining numbers of crabs in their pots, leading Captain Greg Moncrief to challenge his wife Ragnhild Moncrief to pick a better spot for fishing; Ragnhild picked a spot to the northwest of their current position, and was rewarded with a number of full pots pulled in return, prompting the crew to dub her "Captain Ragny". The Farwest Leader crew painted a grappling hook bright pink in honor of Ragnhild's increasing confidence in crabbing, and she got to toss the hook to retrieve one of the pots, snagging the line on her second try. The Cornelia Marie broke off a part of one her propellers and went to King Cove for emergency repairs.
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|Title=Cheating Death
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|ShortSummary=The fishing aboard the Northwestern was excellent and the crew filled their tanks to the brim, though the repetitive nature of fishing 300 pots became exhausting for the crew; on their way to another string of pots, Captain Sig Hansen and his crew discussed whether or not to take a break, with the decision by Sig to keep going, leaving Edgar to comment, "If Sig had any people skills, they were lost long ago. Only thing that keeps us going is the money." A replacement propeller was flown in for the Cornelia Marie, but repairs were delayed because the propeller is left handed, while the Cornelia Marie's propellers are right handed. Several days later, a second propeller arrived and is installed, allowing the boat to return to fishing, but not before Captain Phil Harris discovered his blood pressure was up in the 180/120 range; when Phil discovered that Jake and Josh had been charging shopping at Dutch Harbor to Phil's accounts, he cut off credit for both of them and blew his stack at them for spending his money so indiscriminately after Phil had just spent thousands of dollars on boat repairs. Jake and Josh both shrugged off Phil's anger, and Jake gave the captain a back massage as a peace offering. Aboard the Maverick, Captain Blake Painter fabricated a temporary fix for a broken dog on the pot launcher, then retrieved their sabotaged pot moments later; Blake declared the prank pot "lame". On their way to Akutan to offload, Blake spotted a Cornelia Marie pot and decided to take revenge by sabotaging the pot with backwards bridles and garbage offloads, but it caused little reaction on the Cornelia Marie when they retrieved it. On the Farwest Leader, a junior deckhand at the hydraulic controls caused an accident after failing to secure a pot and then broke the crane line, leaving Captain Greg Moncrief to comment to his wife that such accidents were why it was not safe to stand around the sorting tables while the pots were being emptied onto it. After poor results with their test pots, the Time Bandit pulled all their pots out of their current fishing grounds, changed strategy, and moved north. On the way to the northern end of the fishing grounds, Captain Johnathan Hillstrand observed a deckhand on another boat tying a pot stack off the side of another vessel, the Trailblazer. After the crew of the Time Bandit headed below for some rest, the man tying the stack was overwhelmed by the 30-foot swells and disappeared into the waves. Captain Hillstrand and his crew worked quickly to save the fisherman who fell into the sea. Their quick action saved the man from certain death, and the fisherman was overjoyed by the swift rescue efforts of the Time Bandit and her crew. Johnathan and the rescued fisherman were both overwhelmed with emotions after the rescue—ten years earlier, the Time Bandit had rescued a fishing boat crew in a similar situation but was unable to save one of the fishermen, and the memory had haunted the Hillstrands for years afterward; with this successful save, the Hillstrand brothers said they felt they had finally settled the score with the past for the loss of that fisherman.
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|Title=Bering Sea Salvation
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|ShortSummary=Good fortune smiled upon the Time Bandit after the rescue of the man overboard as they pulled up very full pots in a once-in-a-lifetime season. The Northwestern continued to have good luck after offloading nearly $800,000 in crab, though deckhand Matt Bradley was continuing to struggle with the uncertainty about making his upcoming court date. Edgar Hansen painted prison stripes on Matt's oilskins as payback for Matt's continued complaints about not wanting to spend Christmas in jail—"don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time," Edgar reminded the deckhand. Aboard the Maverick, Captain Blake Painter decided to risk striking out on his own and picked a spot to fish without any advice from other captains, resulting in full pots. Lenny, the injured engineer aboard the Wizard, returned to work the deck for the last strings. The Farwest Leader pulled up empty pots, but pulled up decent pots after receiving a tip from Johnathan Hillstrand on the Time Bandit.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Last Lap
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|ShortSummary=The boats rushed to pull up their last pots in order to meet their delivery deadlines at the processing plants. The Farwest Leader had one of their best seasons ever, and Raghnild Moncrief celebrated getting over her fear of the big king crabs by holding up one of the biggest crabs for the cameras during the offload at Akutan. Sig Hansen, knowing that the price of king crab will go down in a day, rushed the Northwestern to Akutan to empty its tanks, pulling in over $1M for his quota shares; more importantly, by getting to port ahead of schedule, Matt Bradley was able to catch a plane that night back to Seattle to avoid missing his court date. Captain Johnathan Hillstrand of the Time Bandit won the bet between the captains on the fewest pots pulled to 100,000 lbs. by averaging 70 crabs per pot; upon receiving his prize at the UniSea Bar, Johnathan donated a portion of the money to the Seafarer's Memorial fund, and Captain Keith Colburn of the Wizard matched it. The Maverick, which had been ahead in the crab-per-pot race the entire season until the Time Bandit went on their hot streak, "rail dumped" several pots thinking that they had reached their quota, only to find out they were actually 4,000 lbs. under quota when they offloaded at Kodiak. Blake was very upset and confused by his miscalculation of the load, and, since he was not returning for Opilio season, would have to wait to have a shot at redemption.
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|EpisodeNumber=29
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=New Beginnings
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|ShortSummary=The fleet began the opilio crab season. Northwestern deckhand Matt Bradley, who made his Seattle court date in time to avoid a lengthy jail sentence, returned to the Northwestern crew with his legal troubles behind him. The Northwestern added a new crew member, greenhorn Jake Anderson, from a multi-generational Norwegian fishing family, anxious to prove himself "a man" aboard the most respected ship in the fleet; Sig refused to greet him, as is his tradition with greenhorns. The Wizard also picked up a new greenhorn, Nick, to learn from greenhorn Crosby. After taking on Jake, the Northwestern went to pick up their pots stored near St. Paul Island and St. George Island and found that many of their buoys had been damaged by playful sea lions. The Time Bandit, captained by Andy Hillstrand, headed to a secret opilio fishing spot known only to the Hillstrand family. Out at sea, the Northwestern crew celebrated Matt Bradley's return to the boat by burning the prison-striped oilskins they made for him during King crab season; Sig was in a considerably less celebratory mood, noting to the cameras that as far as he was concerned, he had done Matt a huge favor by getting him back in time to go to court in the first place, adding that Matt needed to show some respect and gain some maturity. At Dutch Harbor, the Farwest Leader loaded up on provisions while waiting for the Coast Guard to conduct their inspections and drills. The fish processing boat Stellar Sea's engine room caught on fire, causing it to be towed to Dutch Harbor for repairs. The fire forced the Cornelia Marie and the Time Bandit to change their plans as they were contracted to deliver to the Stellar Sea. Captain Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie decided to dock at St. Paul to wait until the stricken Stellar Sea was repaired, while Captain Andy Hillstrand of the Time Bandit decided to switch to fishing bairdi crab which could be delivered to another processor. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk from USCG Air Station Kodiak was dispatched to rescue a seriously ill crew member from a fishing boat.
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|Title=Caught in the Storm
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|ShortSummary=The fleet dealt with a storm. The Time Bandit continued to fish for bairdi with poor results. The Farwest Leader loaded aboard 30 more pots at St. George, departed before the storm hit, and went fishing for bairdi crab. Aboard the Northwestern, the crew thought their luck had changed when they pulled up full pots, but a mechanical problem with the engine forced them to go to St. Paul for repairs. The Stellar Sea was repaired and the Cornelia Marie went out to fish. The Wizard headed to port for repairs after a wave sheared the gears in the transmission of the forward crane.
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|EpisodeNumber=31
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Crossing the Line
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|ShortSummary=The Northwestern pulled up full pots as the crew tried to make up for lost time. Although the Northwestern greenhorn, Jake, was becoming more accepted by the crew due to his eagerness to learn and his rapidly advancing skills, he learned the hard way that playing pranks on the deck boss is never a good idea; in response to Jake's snapping him with a spring-loaded bait hook, Edgar Hansen used cable ties to wrap Jake's oilskins into a compact bundle, causing Jake to be late getting back out on deck for the next pot run. The deck crew of the Cornelia Marie and Time Bandit were battered by huge waves. Captain Keith Colburn handed over the Wizard to his brother, Monte, after having to return home due to a family emergency. The boat also picked up a new greenhorn—Guy, a former rodeo cowboy—after greenhorn Nick injured himself and had to leave the boat, but greenhorn Guy found the work difficult. A wave caused a line to tangle around the starboard shaft of the Time Bandit, forcing the boat to return to port for repairs.
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|Title=Trials of the Greenhorns
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|ShortSummary=In rough seas and cold weather that causes ice to build up, greenhorn Guy on the Wizard hit his breaking point and walked off the deck, leaving the rest of the crew to pick up his duties. Guy complained about a lack of respect from the crew and that there was "no call" for taunts that he "pushes like a girl" from the more experienced crew members, but Captain Monte chastised him that walking off the deck signaled that Guy was a "quitter" who "couldn't handle the job" he'd volunteered to do one day earlier. The other greenhorn on the Wizard, Crosby, was amazed by Guy's retreat: "He didn't even last 24 hours! Come on—you can do anything for 24 hours!" The Cornelia Marie hurried to pull up her pots before a severe storm with gale-force winds was due to hit. While pulling full pots, but with mostly rejects, the Farwest Leader's port engine broke, forcing the crew to shut down the engine and chain the shaft so that the propeller turning from the force of the water itself would not burn out the drive shaft. Captain Moncrief of the Farwest Leader decided to continue fishing with one engine, but switched from fishing bairdi to opilio crab. Pulling full pots that were set back on the same spot inspired Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern to swap jobs with his brother Edgar and work the deck, something he had not done for over twenty years; each man lasted only a short time at the other's job before both admitting they'd rather be in their regular slots, and switched places once more after Sig successfully pulled fifteen pots. Meanwhile, the Northwestern greenhorn Jake tried to prove himself by working the rail under "Sig Rules"—that is, every miss cost him an article of clothing—and successfully pulled in a string of thirteen pots, though his many misses resulted in him wearing little more than a sweatshirt and long johns by its completion; Jake's willingness to continue learning to throw the hook and retrieve pots earned him respect from both Sig and Edgar. However, Jake then pushed it too far and then learned a lesson on fishing "old school style" with no hydraulics and no automated conveyor belts transporting crab to the tanks after Edgar heard him complaining about his aching hands. At Dutch Harbor, Captain Andy Hillstrand cleared a tangled line from the shaft of the Time Bandit. While the work was being done, greenhorn Nate was arrested for an outstanding warrant by the Unalaska Police and taken to jail; Johnathan and the rest of the crew headed for the nearest ATM to withdraw enough cash to pay Nate's bail so that he could return to fishing.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Ice and Open Water
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|ShortSummary=After heading north to scout for the January pack ice—and having Edgar leave snow angels and the Northwestern logo on one of the larger floes of pack ice they encountered—Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern hurried southward to pull his pots before the pack ice reached them. The disgruntled greenhorn Guy on the Wizard realized that it was not fair to his shipmates to stay inside, while the rest of the crew froze outside, chipping ice from the boat, so he returned to work. The increasingly cold weather and long working hours affected the Northwestern greenhorn, Jake, and he reached his breaking point, leading to a rare "pep talk" of sorts from Sig, which reminded Jake to keep focused on his goals. Fishing on one engine slowed the Farwest Leader, but the boat brought up full pots. However, the captain's decision to carefully sort the crab caused the deck boss, Chilly, to become grumpy, forcing Captain Greg Moncrief to have to face-to-face discipline with Chilly. Captain Andy Hillstrand turned over the Time Bandit to his brother Johnathan after an emergency required Andy to return to his horse farm in Indiana. With Johnathan at the helm, the boat pulled up huge numbers of crab, and the crew restacked the gear in preparation for the end of the season after successfully retrieving their quota. Aboard the Cornelia Marie, greenhorn Josh gained new respect for tossing the hook and working the rail after he discovered it is not as easy as it looks. On the Farwest Leader, greenhorn Raghnild cut her hand in the galley and Deck Boss Chilly hurried downstairs with Captain Greg to help her; the distracted crew failed to notice that the launch signal had not been given and launched a crab pot. Unintended launches often cause pots to get accidentally dragged under fishing vessels due to the captain not being able to steer the boat away from the waves near the launch position; when Captain Greg discovered the launch, he had his crew keelhaul a line from bow to stern to confirm that no pots had gotten tangled underneath. Meanwhile, the Time Bandit quickly made up time lost due to their own tangled pot line and headed for St. Paul for their final offload, only to run headlong into the dangerous January pack ice.
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|Title=A Frozen Finish
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|ShortSummary=The Time Bandit carefully made its way through the pack ice to the processing boat Independence at St. Paul Island. As the boat tried to leave St. Paul, it ran into too much ice and was forced to return to St. Paul and spend a tense night near the beach where the Alaskan Monarch ran aground in 1990 in the same conditions. As the pack ice tightened and bay rollers began shoving the boat toward the beach during the changing of the tide, Captain Johnathan Hillstrand sounded the emergency alarms to awaken his crew and ordered all of them to take ice watches—including going down into the holds to watch the ship's walls for puncture marks from the huge ice floes—as he struggled to find a way back to open water. By dawn, the Time Bandit finally spotted open water and made their way out of the remaining pack ice; the ship's hull was creased and dented but remained intact, and the Time Bandit headed back to Dutch Harbor. Aboard the Wizard, greenhorn Guy continued to lag behind and left the deck for the second time after being reprimanded by the captain, angrily cursing out the captain and crew and quitting the job for good, voicing his intention to "jump off the boat" as soon as they returned to Dutch Harbor. After greenhorn Crosby picked up the slack left by Guy's defection, Captain Monte Colburn decided to give him a 0.5% bonus out of his own share. The Farwest Leader had a lot of deadloss due to their bad engine slowing their pace—some of their crab had been in the hold for 14 days—but still managed to have a good season. Greenhorn Ragnhild Moncrief of the Farwest Leader decided that there was no place on a crab boat for a woman because there were so few jobs women could do, and declared she felt as if she had been a "wasted space" the entire season despite her notable contributions to the season's success. Aboard the Cornelia Marie, Captain Phil Harris and his two sons had their annual line coiling contest and the surprise winner was Josh, the boat's greenhorn. The Cornelia Marie had a record-breaking season, catching over one million pounds of crab. The Northwestern packed her holds full of crab—including dumping their entire sea water load to make more room for their last pots of crab—and once again won the dollars earned title, but then busted a hydraulic line on their crane as they worked to restack their last pots. After offloading at Akutan, the Northwestern crew decided that greenhorn Jake had earned the boat jacket that was his goal for the season, and Captain Sig Hansen gave Jake the jacket off his back and finally gave him the long-overdue greeting and praise for his work, adding that the jacket didn't make Jake a man, but "it does make you cool!" The Northwestern returned to Puget Sound at the end of the opilio season and were greeted by happy family members.
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|Title = Low Tide
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|ShortSummary = The captains discuss the 'highs' and 'lows' of fishing the Bering Sea. A tense reunion between Josh Harris and Derrick Ray during the roundtable nearly escalates into an on-camera brawl.
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|Title = Relentless
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|Title = Save Me
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|Title = Fresh Blood
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|Title = High Tide
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|EpisodeNumber = 287
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Long Live King Crab!
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = When the government closes the King Crab fishery, captains must save an industry they worked so hard to create. Sig pursues invasive Russian King Crab in Norway; John, Josh and Casey chase rising prices for a new species, and Jake mortgages the Saga.
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|EpisodeNumber = 288
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = No Sleep 'Till Rescue
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = An Arctic storm slams the fleet already reeling from the closure of King Crab. Seeking a new species, Johnathan sets pots deeper than ever before. Sig struggles to launch his Norwegian operation, while a deckhand fights for life on the Patricia Lee.
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|EpisodeNumber = 289
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = One Hell of a Story to Tell
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = His deckhand crushed by pots, Captain Rip charges into the Arctic storm to attempt the riskiest USCG helicopter rescue in recent history. John fights to save the Time Bandit at anchor, while Sig takes his first Norwegian rogue wave, flooding the Stålbas.
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|EpisodeNumber = 290
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Invasive Russian Reds
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Sig struggles with a Norwegian crewman who thinks he knows more than the captain. Captain Wild Bill fights to save his boat from the rocky Norwegian coastline with a line snarled in his propeller. Keith's greenhorn faces a violent brush with death.
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|EpisodeNumber = 291
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Desperate Measures
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = When Shyanne discovers a serious breach on the Saga, Jake and his crew scramble to save it from capsizing. In Norway, Sig drops pots on Russia's western line. As canneries close their doors, Josh and Casey call in a last-minute favor from Johnathan.
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|EpisodeNumber = 292
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Brother In The Bight
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Sig scrambles to get home for Bairdi and Mandy's baby as his crew finds a honey hole of Russian King Crab. Josh's brother Shane gets caught in the bight as a typhoon slams the Cornelia Marie. Rip faces a crisis when a greenhorn collapses unconscious.
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|EpisodeNumber = 293
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Follow the Rainbow
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Johnathan searches for a pot of Golden Kings at the end of a double rainbow. A medical mystery confounds Captain Rip when his greenhorn regains consciousness on the Patricia Lee. Keith partners with Josh and Casey until John steps in.
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|EpisodeNumber = 294
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Deepest Alaska
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Johnathan sets mile-deep pots and pulls up an unknown species. Jake faces reality when his niece, Shyanne, gets injured on the Saga. With Mandy's due date approaching, Clark takes the helm in Sig's wheelhouse to help tank the Hansen family Bairdi quota.
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|EpisodeNumber = 295
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Rip Tide
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Mandy breaks news of a pregnancy complication forcing Sig and Clark to reconsider their decision to keep fishing. Jake teams up with Rip Carlton in deep waters but when powerful Aleutian tidal currents unexpectedly shift Jake's string, lines get crossed.
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|EpisodeNumber = 296
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Dark Waters
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Jake and his niece set pots on the same waters their ancestor fished in the 1930s. Johnathan risks losing his entire live catch when the Time Bandit ventures into fresh water. Josh experiments with glow sticks to attract crab at the darkest depths.
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|EpisodeNumber = 297
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = No Good Deed Unpunished
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = With dock prices spiking, the fleet races to deliver. Jake witnesses a freighter severing his longline, forcing the Saga crew to drag the bottom for a valuable string of pots. Rip helps Johnathan locate the motherlode only to pay with a broken block.
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|EpisodeNumber = 298
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Sailor's Delight
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Clark scuttles Sig's partnership with Harley to get home for the birth of his and Mandy's baby. An orca leads the Cornelia Marie to the season's best pots. When John's autopilot fails, Jake is the star that leads him home.
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|EpisodeNumber = 299
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = To The End Of The Earth
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Nautical weather slams the fleet as Josh and Casey race north in hopes of beating the coming ice pack. Sig and Keith attempt to find common ground, and on the Time Bandit, Johnathan finds his co-captain a bit wobbly.
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|EpisodeNumber = 300
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Where Eagles Dare
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = The Northwestern loses steering when a bald eagle lays claim to its mast. Sig and Keith develop an unusual partnership to tank Bairdi in record time. Josh and Casey place a risky bet on hard-to-find quota, while casualties mount on the Patty Lee.
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|EpisodeNumber = 301
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = The Crush of Winter
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = New-mother Mandy returns to Sig's wheelhouse but as heavy ice builds on the Northwestern, she reckons with the risks the family is taking. Jake unveils a new super pot to stake his claim in the unforgiving cod derby as winter weather blindsides the fleet.
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|EpisodeNumber = 302
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = No Turning Back
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = A dangerous list forces Sig to jettison pots or capsize the Northwestern. One wrong move in the narrow False Pass causes Jake and the Saga to hit bottom. There's no accounting for taste when Sean Dwyer devises motivational punishments for greenhorns.
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|EpisodeNumber = 303
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Operation Anvil Drop
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Keith recruits Johnathan to intercept a Russian trawler fishing illegally in US waters but the situation intensifies when the Time Bandit crew spots a missile streaking across their position. Bill and Sean fight to defend their pots from rogue trawlers.
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|EpisodeNumber = 304
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Hell on the High Seas
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Josh and Casey race to the approaching ice edge as an Aleutian storm slams the opilio grounds. Jake discovers his niece and engineer have been hooking up more than crab gear as they risk life and limb climbing the 30ft crane to make a critical repair.
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|EpisodeNumber = 305
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Avian Apocalypse
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = The Cornelia Marie crashes into the ice pack when the greenhorn on watch falls asleep at the wheel. Jake's crew experiences a stunning phenomenon when a flock of seabirds bombards the Saga. Wild Bill tackles an unsafe sea state on the Summer Bay.
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|EpisodeNumber = 306
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Frozen
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = After risking his crew salvaging gear from the ice pack, Sig changes tactics deploying an experimental bait from Norway. On the Time Bandit, frustration boils over as Freddy tests Johnathan. Jake hauls in seas so volatile his crew must take shelter.
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|EpisodeNumber = 307
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Graveyard of Gear
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = With intense currents holding back the Arctic ice pack, Keith drives into deck-wrecking waves to retrieve his catch before the ice bounces back. Jake and Sean face losing everything when ice swallows their gear as Rip enters a pot cemetery of his own.
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|EpisodeNumber = 308
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Sub-Zero Scramble
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = The icy depths of the Bering Sea threaten to claim Sig and Wild Bill's gear unless they can move quickly enough to beat the rapidly freezing waters. Rip takes on a massive amount of extra quota and if he can't catch it, he'll have to buy it.
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|EpisodeNumber = 309
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Port of Last Resort
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As ice blocks St. Paul Harbor, captains race to deliver their final snow crab. Sig deploys a risky tactic his father pioneered, while Jake battles a slack tank to save the Saga. Keith and John scuttle a plan as the Wizard's 77-year-old hull cracks open.
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|EpisodeNumber=183
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Uncharted Territory
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The crabs have vanished, which ignites a grueling hunt to save the fleet's way of life. Captain Sig returns to the helm after a major heart attack. Wild Bill debuts his own brand new boat in a crisis season. A rescue is attempted for a heart attack victim.
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|EpisodeNumber=184
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Seismic Shift
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|ShortSummary=The fall season begins with some uncertainty. A seismic shift in sea temperature sends the fleet searching for displaced crab and then they must fight through an unseasonably large first storm.
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|EpisodeNumber=185
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Down in Flames
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Rising sea temperatures test the fleet. Toxic smoke engulfs the Saga. Meanwhile, Sean struggles to save the family business on the Brenna A and Wild Bill fears he could lose Nick to a terminal illness.
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|EpisodeNumber=186
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Crushing Blows
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Wild Bill finds out the truth about Nick McGlashan's terminal illness. Jake's future is threatened by a damaging mechanical issue. Warming seas force Keith to into the unknown.
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|EpisodeNumber=187
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Bad Moon
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand fish together for the last time. Keith's inattentive crew sends the Wizard on a collision course and a belligerent deckhand tests Jake's resolve as a captain.
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|EpisodeNumber=188
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Hail Mary, Full of Crab
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A massive leak fills the Time Bandit. A fistfight tests Jake's resolve while heavy winds and a snapped anchor threaten to wreck his boat. Sig's greenhorn has an awkward question.
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|EpisodeNumber=189
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Poisoned at Sea
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A big decision weighs on Sig Hansen. Rookie captain Sean Dwyer gambles on a new venture with a new crew. Jake Anderson struggles to replace a lost anchor before his quota is taken away.
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|EpisodeNumber=190
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=40-Foot Monsters
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The last moments of the fall season bring its biggest storm. Wild Bill struggles to pilot his new boat in big seas. Johnathan faces off with a massive swell in the perilous False Pass.
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|EpisodeNumber=191
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Russian Line
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Competition doubles when the quota is cut in half. Three captains arrive early for the winter season, but Johnathan goes one step further and plots a dangerous, 600-mile course to Russia.
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|EpisodeNumber=192
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Back to the Killing Season
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Sig returns to the season that nearly killed him. After a tough start, Keith and son struggle to prove themselves. Wild Bill gives Nick McGlashan a second chance and Jake lets go of a friend.
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|EpisodeNumber=193
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Hurricane Alley
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=When the Arctic opens up its winter wrath, the first of multiple back-to-back hurricanes descend on the fleet. Spotty fishing and mutiny also converge to create the perfect storm.
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|EpisodeNumber=194
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Arctic Mega Storm
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=An Arctic mega-storm rocks the fleet. Sig plays cat-and-mouse with towering waves. Keith watches an 800-pound crab pot launch into a deckhand's spine. Wild Bill fights for a comeback.
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|EpisodeNumber=195
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Dead-Stick
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Sig's stress takes a toll. Sean tries to dock in a hurricane. Keith is left dead-stick in massive seas. Jake motivates a defiant hand. Johnathan rolls the dice by Russia.
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|EpisodeNumber=196
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=450 Mile Storm
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Sig, Johnathan and Jake attempt to run from a second arctic hurricane, but Keith refuses to heed the warnings. Stress-induced chest pains threaten the remainder of Sig's season.
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|EpisodeNumber=197
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Respect Earned
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=After suffering chest pains, Sig waits in the hospital for some news. Wild Bill struggles to stay out of harm's way while also handling dissention on deck. Sean lays down the law on Zack.
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|EpisodeNumber=198
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Man Down
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=When Mother Nature stirs up the Bering Sea, Sean is set on a collision course with another boat. Two deckhands get taken down on the Wizard and Jake almost loses a deckhand...twice.
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|EpisodeNumber=199
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Hillstrand's Last Catch
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Two old friends race to finish their seasons, but one hopes to cap a storied career. Johnathan Hillstrand wants to bid farewell in a blaze of glory, but the Bering Sea may have some other plans.
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|EpisodeNumber=200
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Lost at Sea
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The U.S. Coast Guard desperately searches for a missing crab vessel in the Bering Sea. Meanwhile, the fleet anxiously waits to discover the fate of its six man crew. Sig contemplates an early exit after a plea from his wife.
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|EpisodeNumber=201
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Last Damn Arctic Storm
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=In the wake of the Destination tragedy one last storm bears down on Edgar, Bill, Sean and Jake. The Coast Guard attempts to save the crew of a fishing vessel while their boat is taking on water.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Overboard
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = The captains talk about ships that have sunk and men that have fallen overboard, including reaction to film footage of the Big Valley disaster.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Man vs. Nature
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|ShortSummary = The captains talk about storms, ice, rogue waves, and other natural events on the Bering Sea.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Mysteries at Sea
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|ShortSummary = The captains talk about traditions, superstitions, and bizarre events from the past.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = On the Edge
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|ShortSummary = The captains talk about family, money, bar fights, greenhorns, and practical jokes at sea.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Opening Day: King Crab
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|ShortSummary = Sig, Johnathan, Andy and Keith offer a preview of Season 9. Discussion topics: "Old vs. Young" (old guys staying in the game vs. new guys like Elliott and Junior); "Sibling Rivalries" among the Hansen, Hillstrand and Colburn brothers about sharing the helm (with guest Captain/deck boss Edgar); "Where We Left Off" (recapping Season 8's slashed quotas and early descending ice pack); "The Off Season" (what the Captains did for fun or work between seasons, including the Time Bandit engine and hull upgrades); "Wild Bill" the weatherman for The Bait, and also fired by the Kodiaks owners after Season 8 for losing crab pots due to the early descending ice pack; "The Josh Harris Situation": Johnathan and Andy interview Josh about the situation with him, his brother Jake, and three years of frustration trying to purchase the Cornelia Marie (with flashbacks from After the Catch IV and After the Catch VI).
Regular feature "The Hot Seat" debuts with Sig interviewing Elliott the dad; Keith interviewing Elliott the Captain (with guest appearance by Executive Producer Jeff Conroy showing time-coded tape of events that led to Elliott being fired from the Ramblin' Rose) and previewing Elliott's new purchase, the Saga (last seen in Season 1); and Andy interviewing Junior about his "legend-ary" Season 8 and previews of Season 9 troubles he'll have with Keith.
"Boat Tour": Johnathan is pranked by Keith and Monte after touring the Wizard; Wild Bill shows Edgar his new ride, the Cape Caution, which required a lot of repairs by the owners to put it in service again on short notice. Celebrity questions from actor Steve Carell.
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|Title = Midseason Kings
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|ShortSummary = Mike Rowe's introduction to the episode, over fist fights and a flaming hook, sums up the first half of 2012 King Crab season perfectly: "The fiery battles continue throughout the Bering Sea: for turf, for survival, and for the Deadliest Catch. So before tonight's new episode, the Captains are set to hash it out and crank you up."
Continuing on last week's old vs. young theme, they talk about how captains typically took five years or longer (and presumed past age 30) to go from working a deck to the wheelhouse, and many young guys, like Josh Harris and Jake Anderson are trying to get there before age 30, as well as Edgar wanting a crack at captaining Northwestern for Blue King Crab season. And as highlights from the episode air, Edgar reminds viewers that the "SH" letters on the vessel's shield "do not stand for Sig Hansen" (they stand for Sverre Hansen, their father); Wild Bill trying to educate his son Zack in a hurry on how to fish crab; Junior and Elliott trying to catch blues.
First up, "The Saga Saga": The Captains interview Elliott, and Sig reveals he didn't even know the boat was still functional, followed by Elliott giving Edgar the "Boat Tour". Back in studio, they talk about how Saga hasn't fished in eight years, and Elliott also mentions the Season 1 man overboard of Kevin "Kado" Davis (later one of Elliott's Ramblin' Rose deckhands) when he was working on the Saga. "Alliances": Sig, Johnathan, Keith and Elliott confront Junior about how he does alliances.
"Edgar vs. Sig": Using footage from the "Revelations" special and "Mutiny on the Bering Sea", we see why Edgar has had an uphill fight with Sig to learn the wheelhouse side of the family business, as Keith sits inbetween the brothers for the interview. "Boat Tour": Sig gives Zack a tour of the Northwestern.
"The Cape Caution": The Captains interview Wild Bill, commending his ability to pull his new ship out of mothballs and have it catching crab in a very short time, and reviewing adventures of the father/son deck hand duo of Kirby and Mikey Mitchell.
Celebrity questions from NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr., answered by Wild Bill in person at the race track. Johnathan, captain/children's book author, reads to kids at the Unalaska library.
"The Hot Seat": Sig interviews Josh Harris and Johnathan about Jake Harris' problems, and Josh's efforts to procure the Cornelia Marie, and Josh announces he is going to be a father; Sig interviews Andy, who is keeping a close eye on his brother's health, in the wake of Johnathan breaking his ribs TWICE inbetween 2012 Opilio and King Crab seasons, the first was bull riding caught on tape for After the Catch VI and the second in a motorcycle accident while the boat was being repaired (as seen in the "Legend of the Time Bandit" special).
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|Title = Opilio Kicks Off
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|ShortSummary = Before the Captains kick off a 2013 Opilio season that may prove to be just as icy and nasty as 2012 Opilio season was, they have to tie up the loose ends from 2012 King Crab season.
First up, "Captain Edgar's Blue Crab": Despite Sig's reservations, he let Edgar take the helm for blues. Edgar fixed a failed part, caught their quota AND defused a reprise of the Season 4 fight between deck hands Jake Anderson and Matt Bradley; Matt joins Sig, Edgar and Keith to discuss the aftermath. Jake left after kings to pursue an opportunity to captain the Kiska Sea.
Johnathan and Andy give a quick "Opilio Geography" lesson on where the fishing grounds are. Mike Rowe and Time Bandit deckhand Mike Fourtner describe "Dutch Harbor Bunker Hill", from its World War II days as an Army base with Fourtner giving the physical tour. The Captains sing "Bill's Blues" with Wild Bill, going too far north and low numbers on blues until late in the season.
The Captains put Elliott in "The Hot Seat" to talk about his first season as a boat owner, and what it will take to start turning profits; then they add Junior to the discussion as they square off over their blue "alliance"; then they talk about being sons of crab fisherman, and Scott Sr.'s near-fatal accident that cut short Junior's king season. Also in "The Hot Seat" (again) is Josh Harris, still working on the Time Bandit as he works to procure the Cornelia Marie, and will be given the graduation boot by the Hillstrands at the end of the season.
Celebrity studio visit and question by Meat Loaf. Keith and Lenny show us "Dutch Harbor's Deadliest Church", the iconic 1825 Russian Orthodox church shown in the Deadliest Catch opening credits and Keith rings the bells installed in 1894. As Wizard prepares to sail with yet another greenhorn deckhand, the Captains discuss Keith's reputation as "The Greenhorn Slayer", with Executive Producer Jeff Conroy adding "cameraman slayer" to Keith's reputation over footage he had reviewed on the day this episode was taped.
The first ever "The Bait Exclusive" (footage not aired on Deadliest Catch or On Deck) shows Wizard being pummeled by a massive rogue wave.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Fouled By Weather
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|ShortSummary = Opening with scenes depicting Opilio fishing described in Mike Rowe's introduction as "fouled by weather", the Captains and crews are having some anger management issues over another very bad Opilio weather season, especially Zack and crew on the Cape Caution, a deckhand fight on the Wizard and Captain Andy and the Time Bandit crew of veteran deckhands.
First up in "The Hot Seat", the Time Bandit crew, represented first by Josh Harris then by deck boss Mike Fourtner discussing the lack of bait (Axel's job) and Andy missing a double-rogue wave call that endangered the crew and sent a pot overboard. What likely saved the crew was their "sea wall", a high section of railing that crew can duck behind, as Junior demonstrates on Seabrooke where his rails were before the season, and where they are now after installing the sea walls.
Wild Bill delivers a typical rainy Seattle weather report, with Edgar providing the garden hose rainfall. Back in studio, the Captains and Wild Bill discuss lousy fishing, Mikey having a new girlfriend back in Oregon, and Zack berating the old man for the bad numbers. During a break in taping, Johnathan and Andy try to poach Zack from Wild Bill until Bill sees what's going on.
Celebrity questions from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. Their musical and community appreciation is shown with footage from "The Captains' Concert" at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. When asked by a local reporter what kind of music they listen to on deck, Sig and Johnathan tell him no music, because they need to be able to communicate, which leads into a discussion back in studio about "Distractions at Sea", led by Elliott's boom box drowning out a rogue wave much like the one Andy missed.
Next up in "The Hot Seat": Elliott, discussing his personal problems and their effect on the Saga crew. Junior provides an update on his father being past the critical stage and recovering, and facing a two-week delay in the start of his Opilio season heading into a descending ice pack driving the rest of the fleet south as he heads north.
Next in "The Hot Seat": Jake Anderson makes his debut on The Bait, facing Sig and Edgar again, and also discussing the Seattle/Oregon rivalry when the Kiska Sea crew resents a Seattle kid potentially running the boat. "Sunshine", Jake's replacement on Northwestern also appears.
Special guest C. J. Cutter from Blood and Oil visits the set and previews an episode of that Discovery series. Lenny and the Captains discuss Freddy's fight with the Wizards greenhorn.
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Iced Over
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|ShortSummary = The episode opens with the Captains talking about the previous week's Deadliest Catch episode, where boats came in to port at St. Paul Island to offload crab after battling the fast-descending ice pack and mechanical problems; and previews of that night's episode returning to see who lost gear, who caught crab, Wild Bill fixing a mechanical problem at sea, and Wizard hit by a rogue wave. They also discuss how the ice problems throw off delivery schedules and potential loss of crab, pots and money if the gear goes off the edge into deeper water without enough line to the buoys.
First up in "The Hot Seat": Keith, since at this point in 2013 Opilio season, he's the only one "on the crab" and he's in a race to pull his gear before the ice claims any pots. Then the other Captains add fuel to the fire by bringing in Wizards oldest deckhand, Lenny, and Edgar to discuss insubordination, and how older crew like Lenny can give a "smooth f--- off" to Monte and get away with it because of his tenure, when greenhorns like Dane cannot. As they discuss how one greenhorn being confined to quarters can flip control of a deck, Keith asks "Can I get out of this seat sometime soon?" as they show the rogue wave compounding Keith's problems.
Johnathan tries his hand at captaining a Seattle police boat on Lake Washington.
Next up in "The Hot Seat": Elliott joins the Captains as they discuss how insubordinate Sagas crew is towards him; followed by Junior, who is making up for lost time by fishing in dangerous conditions, turning a planned quick 48-hour trip into a 12-day adventure.
Celebrity questions from actor Tom Green.
Wild Bill is next to sit in "The Hot Seat", talking about his challenges teaching son Zack the ropes of fishing, including insubordination; Zack joins the discussion. Then they discuss the early departure of engineer Kirby Mitchell while Bill was repairing hydraulic lines on the Cape Caution.
Wild Bill and Zack do some indoor skydiving on a break, experiencing 120-knot winds without the seaborne elements like salt or jellyfish.
A new special feature, "Fourtner Finds Out" debuts, as Time Bandit deck boss Mike Fourtner finds out how hydraulics on a crab boat work, in response to Tom Green's second question. (The facility where the demo is performed serviced the cranes on both Time Bandit and Northwestern.) Footage from Time Bandits hydraulic pump failure from the previous week's episode is shown.
All three Hansen brothers revisit their auto shop teacher at Shorewood High School, recounting how lessons learned in shop class saved their lives at sea.
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|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Hail Mary
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|ShortSummary = The Captains start by discussing strategies for dealing with unexpected events, in a season where all the worst elements came together: injuries, breakdowns, bad fishing, bad waves, and bad ice.
While talking about bad waves, "Fourtner Finds Out" exactly what a rogue wave is at the NOAA Western Regional Center in Seattle.
"Battling the Ice": Junior and the Captains discuss how the ice was a game-changer in how they fished, and that the best ice strategy is to stay out of it; and how the top layer "suitcases" of pots with the buoys and lines still tied inside can be shed at a loss, if necessary, to save a boat.
"Seattle": Keith shows how boats beat up by the ice get repaired and reprovisioned in Seattle at much lower costs than up in Alaska.
Wild Bill delivers a sunny weather report, while talking about how two "kids" in Elliott and Jake Anderson are trying to run crab boats, and will learn "being a boat captain, it ain't kid stuff".
First in "The Hot Seat" is Jake Anderson, discussing how he left Northwestern only for an opportunity to captain a boat, not likely to happen soon there with Edgar and Norm Hansen already in line, and getting more information than helm time on the Kiska Sea.
Next in "The Hot Seat" is Elliott, discussing why he let his bad-mouthing engineer go, with Keith commenting how it takes time for a young captain to build a good crew, and how he still has problems with new greenhorns; then they discuss a really unusual unexpected problem: sand fleas that eat bait and crab, and using squid in their bait to eliminate the problem.
Junior joins Sig, Andy and Keith to discuss how "Junior's Hot Fishing" spot came from the Colonel (Scott Sr.) and adopting his fishing techniques, as well.
Celebrity questions from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Wild Bill and Zack join the Captains to discuss how Bill had to repair the crane on a boat that hadn't fished in a while, and how that helped the relationship with Zack.
Sig answers a fan question about girls on the boat, and we see the first pictures of his daughter Mandy on deck during summer tendering, with Johnathan telling Sig he'd love to see her fishing king crab, and Andy saying "Women are not built for that job." for winter opilio fishing. Footage of Mandy and Matt Bradley on deck during tendering is shown as Johnathan explains what tendering is.
After Sig answers a third question from Andrew Cuomo regarding having challenging younger brothers in the family business, Edgar joins Sig and Andy to discuss being "Back on Deck" after a successful Blue Crab season in the wheelhouse, and previews a short-of-quota Sig offering Edgar a chance to run the boat for an Opilio trip.
Johnathan demonstrates how heavy those 800-lb crab pots are by squashing a squash and a melon with one.
In "Crabbers Gone Wild", we see how the end of the season drives the crews crazy. Wild Bill joins the discussion, and Keith previews the craziest thing he's even seen as Freddy jumps overboard to help harness a walrus carcass.
Mike Rowe makes his first on-camera appearance on The Bait at the end of the episode when Johnathan says "Who needs Mike Rowe?", as the Captains' timing for the start of that night's Deadliest Catch episode is off by a few seconds.
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|Title = The Home Stretch
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|ShortSummary = The Captains begin the episode by entering the home stretch: previews of the 2-hour Season 9 finale, which continue the theme of the season, old vs. young.
In "Boat by Boat" segments, we get a look at the future of each boat. First up, Time Bandit and the departure of two seasoned deckhands.
Landing first in "The Hot Seat" is Josh Harris, who announces to a toast of Coors (instead of "duck farts") that he has purchased the Cornelia Marie. Josh plans on having a co-captain for at least one season, maybe two, after seeing what Time Bandit endured during Season 9, and Freddy on deck (Freddy promised to return if Josh ever ran the boat). Joining him is Time Bandit deck boss Mike Fourtner, retiring after 15 seasons due to expecting twins with his wife.
Keith gives a shout out to the men and women who protect their livelihood: the United States Coast Guard.
Wild Bill catches a fish in Pike Place Market because the previous week, he was chewed out for not being able to catch crab, which Sig also had problems with last week.
The Northwestern "Boat by Boat" update starts with Sig offering Edgar the boat for the end of Opilio season, and continues with Sig finally sitting in "The Hot Seat", questioned by Wild Bill, Johnathan, Edgar, Andy and Keith, discussing the drama from the start of the season over blue quota, and Sig trying to apologize for underestimating Edgar's abilities. They also discuss Jake Anderson's decision to leave, and Sig interviews Jake at Sig's house.
"Boat by Boat": Elliott is taking care of Saga business in Kodiak, so is not able to defend himself for appearing "disrespectful" to older captains for doubting his ability to catch crab; and on Seabrooke, Junior's alliances and bad news from home caused much grief. With Andy and Sig looking on, Junior confronts Keith about his perceived wrong to him, and walks off the set before violence erupts.
After a break, Johnathan and Wild Bill return on set as "Boat by Boat" views the Wizards crazy season, topped off by the crazy interview that just finished.
Celebrity questions from none other than narrator Mike Rowe.
"Boat by Boat" updates wrap up with Cape Caution's bad fishing, breakdowns, and family drama.
Concluding the "old vs. young" theme, Jake says to Sig that the younger ones, especially the sons of fishermen like Josh Harris and Scotty Hillstrand aren't pushing the bar, they're trying to keep up with the progress their fathers made at those points in life.
Edgar, Mike Fourtner, Junior and Josh join the Captains on camera to wrap up the season, Edgar and Mike bringing in a TV to watch the season finale.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=New Blood
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|ShortSummary=The episode opens with footage of the crews holding an informal memorial for Phil Harris before the start of the King crab season. Phil's ashes are placed in a crab pot and then dropped into the sea (which according to Josh Harris was his fathers' wish), and the crews set off fireworks (and a few guns) into the air. The Kodiak, the Time Bandit, the Northwestern, the Wizard, and the Cornelia Marie (now under Captain Derrick Ray) are joined this season by two new boats: the Seabrooke (Captain Scott Campbell Jr.), and the Ramblin' Rose (Captain Elliot Neese).The season is barely under way but tensions are already running high. On the Cornelia Marie, still in dock at Dutch Harbor, Jake & ships' mechanic Steve go on a shopping trip without letting Captain Derrick know. On their return Derrick & Steve get into a shouting match that nearly escalates into a physical confrontation. On the Wizard, Captain Keith listens to a distress call from cargo vessel Ever Unique regarding a crew member with a broken neck. The Coast Guard medivac chopper is dispatched to retrieve him, and despite the size of the massive ship, has a difficult time finding a suitable spot to lower their man. On the Northwestern, it is teased that Edgar Hansen has left the boat, with Sig wondering where his "baby brother " is. Edgar eventually is seen and begins work for his 23rd season. Meanwhile, Jake runs back and forth between the deck and the kitchen trying to have a meal ready for the crew who are confronted with a potentially work-ending issue with the crane. On the Seabrooke, problems are less serious: an empty coffee pot. While the coffee pot may be empty, they find full crab pots. On the Time Bandit, Captain Johnathan's tactic of setting on scallop beds does not pay off. On the Wizard, a pot is lost when the line gets caught in the propeller. The rest of the pots come up empty, forcing Captain Keith to rethink his plans. Captain Derrick & Steve have agreed to set their issues aside and focus on fishing, and the Cornelia Marie finally leaves Dutch Harbor. On the Ramblin' Rose, Captain Elliot is upset when his crew parties all night and leaves a mess for him to clean up. In a meeting in the wheelhouse the other crew members blame Naiuli, and Captain Elliot decides to kick him off the boat.
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|EpisodeNumber=84
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Proving Grounds
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|ShortSummary=The Cornelia Marie and the Ramblin' Rose struggle to catch blue king crab. Engineer Steve Ward questions the skill of Captain Derrick Ray. Captain Elliot Neese discards the fishing advice he received from a friend and moves onto different fishing grounds. On board the Wizard, Captain Keith Colburn moves to a spot last used during the 2008 and 2009 seasons, but still can not find the crab. Concerned about his brother being on the stack, Captain Keith orders his brother Monte to take greenhorn Paul Edgren up on top to train him. When the crew grumbles about Paul slowing down the deck, Captain Keith pulls the entire crew from the deck and berates them about not following his orders. The Northwestern gets good numbers from their first string of the season and sets back. Still on the crab, the Seabrooke also sets back. When the Seabrooke's greenhorn Kyle Babb slows down the deck, Captain Scott Campbell shuffles up the assignments and the deck pace picks up.
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|EpisodeNumber=85
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Old Age & Treachery
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|ShortSummary=The struggles aboard the Cornelia Marie continue with poor numbers of crabs. Josh Harris asks Captain Derrick Ray for assurance that they will find the crab. Egged on by the crew, Jake Harris asks for and receives time at the helm. Then next day, when he asks for a second time at the helm, Captain Derrick Ray tells him no when he believes that he smells marijuana on Jake. Two weeks into the season with low numbers, Captain Keith of the Wizard pulls out all of the superstitions to catch crab in an area called Black Canyon, but the good luck doesn't come and the boat continues to pull in low numbers. Greenhorn Paul Edgren gets caught up in the line of a pot, but the crew saves him from going overboard. Seeing no sign of changing numbers, Captain Keith decides to move to where his partner boat has good fishing. The numbers caught by the Seabrooke drop off, causing Deck Boss Bob Perkey to grip about Captain Scott "JR" Campbell. Junior decides that Bob has to go once they reach port to offload their red crab quota. Bob's son, greenhorn Kyle Babb also voluntarily leaves the boat. Hoping to break their own bad luck, the crew of the Time Bandit fires an AK-47 and AR-15 at a buoy named after former deckhand John Jorgensen who left the boat after the previous season, but their prospect string produces low numbers and the crew move on to a different fishing spot.
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|EpisodeNumber=86
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Breaking Point
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|ShortSummary=The Seabrooke takes on an enthusiastic new greenhorn before heading off to go blue crab fishing. After two hours of fishing, the greenhorn enters the wheelhouse complaining that he has reached his mental breaking point after being hazed by the rest of the crew. On board the still struggling Cornelia Marie, tensions run high as both captain and crew begin to doubt each other. Josh and Jake Harris confront Captain Derrick Ray about the low numbers and how Derrick is running the boat. After getting a report on incoming weather and fearing dead loss, the Cornelia Marie anchors behind St. Matthew Island to wait on the storm. On board the Kodiak, a broken hydraulic system in the deck crane forces the crew to push pots on deck. Deckhand Jake Jolibois injures his back after slipping on the deck. Jake refuses to come off deck until Captain Bill Wichrowski orders him off deck. The Ramblin' Rose offloads at St. Paul harbor where Captain Elliot Neese expects to offload around of blue crab, but when the offload is complete, the boat has only delivered . As the Ramblin' Rose heads out for their third trip of the season, Captain Elliot receives email from the boat's owner that they must catch of crab this trip or be forces to go out on a fourth trip. On the Northwestern, Sig Hansen lets Jake Anderson pick the location of a 52-pot town soak.
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|EpisodeNumber=87
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=A Wing and a Prayer
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|ShortSummary=After offloading of crab, the Northwestern heads off for their second trip. However, a power failure leaves the boat drifting uncontrollably towards the dock. While the rest of the crew ineffectively scrambles to drop the anchor, Edgar Hansen switches over to the auxiliary engine and restores power to the boat. On board the Wizard, the low numbers of crab makes Captain Keith Colburn feel that there is "bad juju" on board the boat and he orders the crew to sweep the boat for anything out of the ordinary. The crew finds a broken guitar handle belonging to Captain Andy Hillstrand of the Time Bandit that the crew had taken from him during an incident at a bar in town. The crew tosses the handle overboard, but the poor numbers continue. The next day, when Deck Boss Monte Colburn heads inside to take a break, he finds a seagull in the galley. Seagulls are thought to be the souls of lost seaman, so the crew takes it as a good sign that their luck as changed. Their luck does change as big numbers of crab finally come over the rail. When Deckhand Lynn Guitard takes wheel watch on the trip in to offload, he falls asleep at the wheel after turning off the watch alarm. The Seabrooke heads out to the blue king crab grounds. Low numbers of crab force the crew to step up the pace, which causes the greenhorn to struggle. He finally pulls himself off the deck when he can no longer deal with the cramps in his hands. On board the Northwestern, Jake Anderson takes the poor results of his town soak string of pots personally. When Jake and Edgar Hansen have a fierce argument, Captain Sig Hansen counsels Jake on how to handle the situation. Still pulling low numbers, Captain Johnathan Hillstrand of the Time Bandit heads back to the "slime banks" to fish an area that he did not cover weeks earlier. While the crew is dubious since the "slime banks" had produced low numbers, the gamble pays off and the Time Bandit pulls up good numbers.
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|EpisodeNumber=88
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Exit Wounds
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|ShortSummary=Captain Keith Colburn of the Wizard catches deckhand Lynn Guitard asleep during the wheel watch. The next day, Lynn apologizes, but Keith tells him that he may never do another wheel watch again, but if he does and falls asleep again, he will be fired immediately. When the Wizard finally offloads after a 15-day trip, Captain Keith sees more dead loss that he would have liked. On the Time Bandit, Captain Johnathan Hillstrand shuts down the deck after heavy seas knock deckhand Mike Fourtner off his feet. Captain Johnathan is worries that the crab bio mass might move while the deck is shut down, but the fears prove unfounded when good numbers are pulled in once the weather clears. On board the Kodiak, Deck Boss Adam McCalden's constant belittling of the crew about working slowly forces Captain Bill Wichrowski to order him off deck. With deckhand Jack Jolibois still down with a back injury, the boat has to work with a three man deck. After offloading of blue king crab, the Harris brothers tell Captain Derrick Ray that if the Cornelia Marie does not have good numbers with the town soak string that the boat needs to abandon blue king crab fishing and go red king crab fishing. When the string pulls up blanks, the boat heads off to the red crab grounds. However, on the way, the crew decides that they can no longer work under Captain Derrick they decide to end their king crab season. The Seabrooke's big push before heading to offload is made harder when the greenhorn does not come back on deck after quitting. After offloading of blue king crab worth $250,000, the boat gets a new greenhorn, Josh "Stroker" Graves, as the previous greenhorn departs. The new greenhorn gets off to an inauspicious start when he becomes seasick a few hours after the boat gets underway.
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|EpisodeNumber=89
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Thick as Thieves
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|ShortSummary=While steaming to Dutch Harbor, Captain Derrick Ray of the Cornelia Marie, still suspecting that some of the crew are using marijuana, goes on a hunt to find the drugs and finds drug paraphernalia in the engine room. Captain Derrick calls the Unalaska Police Department about his suspicions and asks them to be at the dock when the boat arrives at Dutch Harbor. When Captain Derrick confronts the crew about what he finds, the crew deny that it is theirs. On board the Northwestern, the crab count picks up after Edgar Hansen apologizes to Jake Anderson, easing the tension between them that started after Jake's town soak string pulled up low numbers. The deck of the Kodiak is back to a five-man crew after deckhand Jake Jolibois says he is recovered enough to help on deck and Deck Boss Adam McCalden apologizes to Captain Wichrowski for his treatment of the rest of the crew. However, the five-man deck does not last for long as the short handed work has taken a toll on long time deckhand Eric Anderson's foot and he is ordered off deck. On the Ramblin' Rose, Captain Elliot Neese's pushing of the crew makes crew morale drop. When Deck Boss Kevin "Kado" Davis is injured and weather not improving, Captain Elliot reconsiders his push and shuts down the deck. Back in Dutch Harbor, as soon as the Cornelia Marie pulls up to the dock, Jake Harris jumps off the boat to avoid the police. However, the police catch up to him at Unalaska Airport. When questioned, he denies taking drugs, but refuses to take a drug test. After a search of his person, the police let him go as they have no evidence of drug use. Jake boards a plane and takes off.
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|EpisodeNumber=90
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Graduation Day
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|ShortSummary=The fleet makes a push towards the end of the season before a storm hits the Bering sea. On the Ramblin' Rose, the crew continues to grumble about Captain Elliot Neese driving them hard. A few talk about not returning next season. However, when the season ends and the deckhands receive their $30,000 share of the blue crab haul worth $900,000, all four deckhands agree to return. On board the Northwestern, Captain Sig Hansen receives a call from former deckhand Matt Bradley who missed the king crab season due to a drug relapse. Matt asks for his spot back for opilio season. After the crew finishes up the season, Edgar Hansen tells Captain Sig that he will not be returning for the opilio season in January. It is prank time on board the Time Bandit. The first prank is an initiation for deckhand Justin Tennison as he is asked to return for opilio season. The crew rigged up the last pot of the season with flour bombs so that when Justin reels in the pot, flour explodes from the block. The second prank is pulled on Captain Sig of the Northwestern. Several sky lanterns on launched up wind of the Northwestern to spook Captain Sig into thinking he saw a UFO. The season's bad luck on the Wizard continues when five pots of the last string of the season are lost due to heavy currents which pull the buoys underwater.
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|EpisodeNumber=91
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Sea Change
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|ShortSummary=The 2011 opilio crab season starts with many crew changes: the Hillstrand brother's annual changing of the helm of the Time Bandit with Andy taking over; Travis Lofland formerly of the Wizard and Eddie Uwekoolani Jr., son of deckhand Eddie Uwekoolani, joins the Time Bandit; Edgar Hansen leaves the Northwestern while Matt Bradley returns and Ken Blakley joins the crew; Freddy Maugatai departs the Cornelia Marie to join the Wizard; and the Cornelia Marie gets a new captain in Tony Lara, a new engineer/deckhand Troy Hulls, and a new deckhand Dale Pruitt. The fleet heads out to sea to try to drop their pots before a large storm hits. The Time Bandit and the Cornelia Marie head to time-tested fishing spots. The Ramblin' Rose is stuck in port undergoing repairs. The fierce storm hits, causing the fleet to suspend operations to wait out the storm.
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|EpisodeNumber=92
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Frontier Medicine
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|ShortSummary=The arctic storm makes for rough fishing aboard the Northwestern with several stops and starts due to extreme waves. After some deck repairs, the Wizard pulls some pots. Engineer Lenny Lekonoff is knocked to the deck by a wave and suffers a puncture wound to his elbow. Captain Keith Colburn puts in several stitches to Lenny's elbow and Lenny heads back on deck. Injuries also occur on the Time Bandit when a wave drives Mike Fourtner's face into the sorting table. Captain Andy Hillstrand patches him up and Mike goes back on deck. However, fishing stops again when greenhorn Eddie Uwekoolani Jr. reveals to the Hillstrand brothers that he has been fishing with an abscessed tooth. Not taking any chances, the Time Bandit heads to port in St. Paul to tend to Eddie Jr. Fishing north of the fleet, the Seabrooke fights heavy icing on deck. Captain Scott Campbell Jr. dumps the top layer of his crab pots overboard in order to prevent the boat from icing over. The remaining pots are nearly frozen solid causing extra work for the crew as they drop them on the fishing grounds. The whole fleet deals with icing on the deck.
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|EpisodeNumber=93
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Birds, Bones and Blood
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|ShortSummary=An ancient ritual of drinking blood from the cod bait done by Freddy Maugatai and greenhorn Kevin Stafford bring good weather and good fishing to the Wizard. Rough seas makes for rough fishing aboard the Northwestern. Deckhand Nick Mavar Jr. has his nose broken when he is struck by the picking hook. While trying to anchor up in St. Paul harbor to wait for their turn at the dock, the Time Bandit snaps the line on their anchor, forcing Captain Andy Hillstrand to have to jog the boat for eight hours until their offload time. While the boat is offloading, Eddie Uwekoolani Jr. goes to the dentist to have two teeth pulled. After the offload is complete, the Time Bandit crew retrieve their anchor from the sea floor. The engine repairs are completed on the Ramblin' Rose. Captain Elliott Neese makes a gamble by setting 100 pots without prospecting, but the gamble does not work and the crew pull up blanks.
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|EpisodeNumber=94
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=It's Not All Mai-Tais & Yahtzee
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|ShortSummary=Concerned about making their delivery date, Captain Tony Lara moves the Cornelia Marie off of 600+ fishing grounds to grounds closer to their processor. However, the move doesn't work out when the new grounds result in low numbers. While picking up "survival" pots dumped overboard ahead of the storm, deckhand Chris "Whipper" Welch of the Seabrooke is hit by a chunk of ice that falls from the deck crane. The Northwestern fishes their last strings ahead of a scheduled offload. The flu spreads among the crew of the Kodiak. A free-swinging pot causes a tense and dangerous moment for the crew. The Wizard offloads of crab at Dutch Harbor worth $615,000. Deckhand Lynn Guitard receives a reprimand from Captain Keith Colburn after Lynn does a poor job tying down the stack on the deck. After the dismal numbers from the "survival" string and two prospect strings, the Seabrooke is finally on the crab with the third prospect string.
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|EpisodeNumber=95
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Pirate School
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|ShortSummary=Grinding through low numbers, Captain Tony Lara of the Cornelia Marie uses a mistake by deckhand Ryan Simpson, who had failed to inform the captain when bait was running low, as a teaching experience for Josh Harris. After moving to a new fishing spot, the boat is once again on the crab. On the Ramblin' Rose, the pots are pulling in great numbers. Captain Elliot Neese thinks he has thrown a propeller, but when he checks again, he discovers that he has only sheared the control line from the throttle in the wheelhouse to the gearbox. On the Time Bandit, a pot that nearly breaks lose from the dogs gives the crew a scare. Johnathan Hillstrand decides that Eddie Uwekoolani Jr. should learn how to cuss like a sailor, but Eddie Jr. doesn't take the bait. On the Wizard, Captain Keith Colburn thinks greenhorn Daniel Maki has a bad attitude and was slacking on deck after working an extra long shift. When Daniel is told he can come off deck, instead of racking out, he heads back on deck to prove to Captain Keith that he was not slacking. While fishing good numbers, deckhand Chris "Whipper" Welch of the Seabrooke calls home to talk to his wife. Whipper thinks he has to go home to take care of family issues. He complains to Captain Scott "Junior" Campbell that the stomach injury he suffered during king crab season flared up. Captain Junior and the crew show him little sympathy. Captain Junior thinks Whipper may be using the injury as an excuse to go home.
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|EpisodeNumber=96
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=The Island
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|ShortSummary=Big swells in St. Paul harbor make for a difficult offload for the Wizard. Lines break and the boat rocks until Captain Keith Colburn borrows heavy lines from the crab processor. When the offload is complete, the Wizard has delivered of crab worth $882,000. Grinding ahead of their scheduled offload, Captain Sig Hansen on the Northwestern gets frustrated at deckhand Matt Bradley repeatedly missing when throwing the hook and replaces him with Jake Anderson on the rail. On the run in to offload, exhaustion catches up with Captain Sig calls for Jake to relieve him at the wheel. Captain Sig lets Jake take the boat into the docking at St. Paul. On the Seabrooke, Captain Scott Campbell pushes his brother Chris "Whipper" Welch into finally admitting that he has an issue at home that he needs to take care of. Whipper departs the Seabrooke when the boat offloads. On the Kodiak, Deck Boss Adam McCalden fails to inform Captain Bill Wichrowski until the string is over that half way through the string, the crab caught were "dirty" with barnacles. The oversight makes Captain Bill question if Adam has what it takes to advance and run the boat.
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|EpisodeNumber=97
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=I Smell a Nightmare
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|ShortSummary=The fleet makes a big push to finish the season ahead of a large storm. On board the Time Bandit, lack of sleep causes tempers to flare between deckhands Mike Fourtner and Justin Tennison. A line jumps out the block and over Mike Fourtner and Scott Hillstrand. Quick reactions in jumping over the line prevent the line from dragging the two overboard. While fishing their last string of the season, the compressor motor that runs the hydraulics on the Ramblin' Rose overheats and fails. Captain Elliot Neese patches together a fix with a compressor used to fill the buoys. The crew races to retrieve the last 200 pots before the patched together hydraulics fails. On the Cornelia Marie, Captain Tony Lara swaps positions with deckhand Jake Harris while retrieving a string to give Jake more experience at the helm. Captain Tony tears his right bicep muscle while loading a shot into a crab pot and heads off deck. Captain Tony lets Josh set his first string ever. On a 48-hour push with low numbers of crab, Captain Scott Campbell of the Seabrooke succumbs to the pain of a passing kidney stone and leaves the wheelhouse. On board the Wizard, pots with low number crab due to sand fleas eating the bait frustrate Captain Keith Colburn and he takes it out on Bradley Carper, a cameraman for the series.
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|EpisodeNumber=98
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Mohawks & Madness, Goodness & Gladness
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|ShortSummary=After a long grind with low numbers, the crew of the Wizard shave their hair into mohawks at the urging of deckhand Freddie Maugatai in order to break the boat's bad luck. The boat's luck changes when the "mohawk" string pulls in full pots. On the Cornelia Marie, the string set by Josh Harris pulls in great numbers and the boat heads in for the season. Captain Scott Campbell of the Seabrooke passes the kidney stone that had waylaid him and resumes the helm for the final string of the season. Captain Bill Wichrowski of the Kodiak lets Deck Boss Adam McCalden take the boat into Dutch Harbor. The Northwestern races to finish the season ahead of a storm. Captain Sig Hansen puts Jake Andersen in charge of stacking the deck. After a shaky start, Jake finishes the task and gains the respect of the crew. In revenge for the sky lantern practical joke done by the Time Bandit, Captain Sig lures Captain Andy Hillstrand into taking the Time Bandit in close to the Northwestern to investigate a possible vibration at the stern of the Northwestern. When the Time Bandit approaches, the crew of the Northwestern unleash a volley of fireworks on the Time Bandit. The Time Bandit crew "return fire" with their own fireworks.
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|Title = Family Affair
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 2 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Darwin's Law
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 3 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Against the Law
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 4 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = On the Rocks
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 5 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Falling Down
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 6 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Lost at Sea
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 7 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Cornelia Marie Blue
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|ShortSummary=Season 10, episode 8 expanded. In one of the "On Deck Extra" scenes, Keith is upset with Monte for not ensuring the Wizard crew properly configured new rigging for their opilio pots before loading them on deck.
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|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Skipper Harris in Training
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 9 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Fisherman's Daughter
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 10 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = Women Drivers
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 12 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = Greatest Game Ever Fished
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 13 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 12
|Title = Breaking Mandy
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 14 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 13
|Title = Sabotage
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 15 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 14
|Title = You'll Know My Name Is the Lord...
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|ShortSummary = Season 10, episode 16 expanded. (2-hour episode)
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Inside the Catch: Deckhands
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|ShortSummary = While the captains are the brains behind the operation, take a trip on deck to meet the heart, soul, and muscle of every crab boat. Find out what it takes to make it as a deckhand and meet the men who seek their fortunes on the edge of the earth.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Inside the Catch: Best Brawls
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Inside the Catch: Near Death
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|EpisodeNumber = 265
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Out of the Ashes
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = With half the crab boats tied up due to COVID-19, Sig devises a plan to save the fishery from destruction. As Bering Sea legend Johnathan Hillstrand returns with the Time Bandit to help, veterans struggle to prove they can work together to defend the American dream. Plus, Wild Bill learns his longtime deck boss may have contracted the coronavirus, potentially infecting his entire crew and threatening to end his season before it even starts.
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|EpisodeNumber = 266
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Russian Dragger
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = When Mandy devises a plan for partnering, Sig must rethink his own hard-won tactics. On the Time Bandit, John and Josh conspire to outmaneuver a Russian captain who tells them what to do in US waters. All hell breaks loose as two vessels collide.
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|EpisodeNumber = 267
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Point of No Return
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As hundreds of dolphins lead the Summer Bay into an approaching cyclone, Jake attempts a daring nighttime rescue in high seas. Scott Campbell Jr. finds himself out of options, leaving Sig to make a controversial call to save the fishery.
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|EpisodeNumber = 268
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Time Machine
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Driving the Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie, Josh and Casey attempt Johnathan's strategy for tracking King Crab across time and space. On the Summer Bay, Wild Bill's crew fights a mid-gale power outage, but the days are numbered for their greenhorn.
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|EpisodeNumber = 269
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Force Majeure
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As a typhoon rocks the Bering Sea, the Summer Bay suffers a collision. Sig gambles all his pots in one spot, while Casey takes a scientific approach to finding the elusive Bairdi crab. John and Josh rush a pit stop to get the Time Bandit back in the hunt.
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|EpisodeNumber = 270
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Restricted Zone
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Johnathan and Sig partner to hunt the elusive Bairdi hoard at the edge of the Restricted Zone. Jake earns an unexpected windfall of King Crab quota, but extended fishing and mechanical failures put safety at risk just as the Coast Guard boards the Saga.
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|EpisodeNumber = 271
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = What Would Phil Harris Do?
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Josh and John take a page from the Phil Harris playbook to help tank a fleetwide quota while Wild Bill bets on Nick to turn the tide for the Summer Bay.
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|EpisodeNumber = 272
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Tangled Web
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie race for the last spot at the cannery, but as word spreads of an emergency shutdown of the Bairdi fishery, they return to the grounds as Sig Hansen rallies his fellow captains with an unconventional plan.
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|EpisodeNumber = 273
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Dedication
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = In the Winter premiere, the fleet reels from the loss of Summer Bay deck boss Nick McGlashan. Wizard and Cornelia launch early into a massive Arctic storm. Johnathan can't see eye-to-eye with an old friend and shocking news forces Sig to change his plans.
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|EpisodeNumber = 274
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Truth Will Set You Free
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = When Johnathan trusts his instincts more than his partners, the Time Bandit makes a surprise appearance in the Northern Grounds just as Josh and Casey need him most. Sig puts his crew exactly where they need to be in a matter of life and death.
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|EpisodeNumber = 275
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Shipbreakers
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As seawater floods in, Wild Bill's crew scrambles to locate a hole in the Summer Bays hull. Johnathan faces a fire on the Time Bandit and a catastrophic hydraulic failure forces Jake to send his chief engineer 25 feet above the Sagas rolling deck.
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|EpisodeNumber = 276
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Extreme Arctic
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As a polar vortex storm slams the Cornelia Marie in the far north, Josh navigates the biggest seas of his career while Casey performs emergency surgery. A catastrophic collapse of the Northwesterns crane leaves Sig and Mandy with no way to haul pots.
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|EpisodeNumber = 277
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Of Ice and Men
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Sig makes a desperate bid to save his gear from the descending ice pack while Jake dumps pots to avoid capsize. When Wild Bill gets a line caught in his propeller far from Dutch Harbor, he enlists Jake's diver to attempt a risky underwater repair.
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|EpisodeNumber = 278
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = The Crush
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As the fast-moving ice edge crushes all in its path, Sig and Mandy rush north to rejoin the fray. On the Cornelia Marie, Josh and Casey's race to save their pots comes at a cost in blood and pain. Heavy freezing spray threatens to capsize the Wizard.
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|EpisodeNumber = 279
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Run Silent Run Deep
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Skirting the ice line to the deepest set of their careers, Josh and Casey apply frontier medicine to a bleeding deck boss. A block wound sidelines Wild Bill's new rail man, while injuries on the Time Bandit take out two crewmen and threaten family bonds.
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|EpisodeNumber = 280
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = First Come First Served
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = As canneries unexpectedly change delivery rules, captains must race to get to the front of the line. Jake risks a daring entry into St. Paul harbor, as Johnathan seeks help from Wild Bill. Josh and Casey bet their season on a deep set at the Russian Line.
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|EpisodeNumber = 281
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Quid Pro Crab
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Captains scramble to meet an expanded quota in the path of a violent system dubbed "Squall-pocalypse". A breakdown on the Wizard puts Monte in debt to the Time Bandit and Josh and Casey exceed their own quota when it comes to injuries on deck.
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|EpisodeNumber = 282
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Winter's Gambit
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = An Arctic storm blasts the fleet as Sig ventures to deep waters he hasn't fished in 17 years. Johnathan steers the Time Bandit into 30-foot waves in a hail Mary run toward Russia. Captain Keith attempts a risky maneuver to save the Wizards pots.
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|EpisodeNumber = 283
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Wicked Game
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Cornelia Marie skippers Josh and Casey follow a blind tip from an unknown fisherman into uncharted waters. Johnathan fears for the worst when Freddy lands in the icy Bering Sea. On the Wizard, Captain Keith tempts fate, risking thousands in crab gear right at the ice edge.
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|EpisodeNumber = 284
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Over the Rail
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = Jake battles a hurricane in the fleet's smallest boat while Keith orders crew over the rail to avoid capsizing. When Johnathan discovers crab in his cod pots, his crew scrambles to locate the hoard as "Blind Dog" finds himself in a bone-crushing position.
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|EpisodeNumber = 285
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = First in Line
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = When processors shut down due to outbreaks, Sig bets he can zero in on a rare "crab highway" before there's no place to deliver. Josh and Casey race to deliver live crab after their pump fails, while Harley risks shipwreck to be first to enter St. Paul.
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|EpisodeNumber = 286
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = The Ultimate Price
|OriginalAirDate = (Discovery+) (Discovery Channel)
|ShortSummary = In the season finale, Keith risks pushing through jagged ice in search of the Wizard's lost pots. Attempting a risky harbor entry, Wild Bill almost overturns the Summer Bay and a beloved crewman makes the ultimate sacrifice on the deck of a veteran crab boat.
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|EpisodeNumber=147
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=A Brotherhood Tested
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A 12-million pound Bairdi quota increase causes a fishing frenzy; a boat is stolen on the eve of a launch; an alliance takes root.
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|EpisodeNumber=148
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Prodigal Son
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=An additional 15 million dollars in crab sends the fleet into a fishing frenzy. To get ahead, the Time Bandit and Wizard must put a decade old rivalry behind them. Josh Harris learns a difficult lesson.
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|EpisodeNumber=149
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Ultimatum
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A fire threatens the Cornelia Marie; Keith has a showdown with his crew on the Wizard; Sig receives a shocking surprise aboard the Northwestern.
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|EpisodeNumber=150
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Super Typhoon Part 1
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=With Super Typhoon Nuri closing in, the captains make hard choices to save the seasons; the Northwestern charges into the storm, Cape Caution retreats, and the Wizard gets a replacement deckhand.
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|EpisodeNumber=151
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Super Typhoon Part 2
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Super Typhoon Nuri swallows the fishing grounds. With lives and livelihoods on the line, rookie Josh Harris' weaknesses are exposed, Captain Sig loses control of the Northwestern & Captain Elliott Neese steps down from the helm of the Saga.
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|EpisodeNumber=152
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Wasted Talent
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=With a 1.5 million dollar boat of his own and more King Crab quota than any other captain in the fleet, Elliott Neese throws it all away and bids a final farewell. With a baby on the way, Jake Anderson struggles to fill Edgar's shoes on the Northwestern.
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|EpisodeNumber=153
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Heavy Lies the Crown
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=On the Northwestern Jake gets a whiplash style captaining lesson from Sig. A long trip and a prank threaten Captain Johnathan's catch on the Time Bandit. To restore order on the Cornelia Marie Captain Josh must hit below the belt.
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|EpisodeNumber=154
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Zero Hour
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=King Crab season draws to a close: Casey forces Josh to fish at full throttle on the Cornelia Marie. Jake takes another turn at the wheel on the Northwestern. Wild Bill turns up the heat on the Coast Guard.
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|EpisodeNumber=155
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Hell's Bells
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Christmas at sea for the Time Bandit is disturbed when an unhinged deckhand terrorizes the crew. Jake Anderson awaits the birth of his baby, when an unexpected phone call throws a wrench in the plan. A greenhorn's season is cut short by a gruesome injury.
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|EpisodeNumber=156
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Lunatic Fringe
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Three boats hit the Opie grounds early. Jonathan Hillstrand struggles with a rogue deckhand. Meanwhile Jake Anderson prepares for the birth of his baby. On the Cape Caution a hydraulic explosion calls Zack Larson's dedication into question.
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|EpisodeNumber=157
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=New Captain on the Block
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The rest of the fleet arrives in Dutch Harbor to take Opilio season by storm. Jake Anderson prepares to captain the Saga for the first time. Captain Andy Hillstrand returns to find the Time Bandit in disarray. Keith Colburn's new greenhorn turns heads.
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|EpisodeNumber=158
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=5-Year Storm Part 1
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The most menacing storm of the opilio season moves in on the fleet. A rogue wave hits the Cape Caution, ripping steel and timber. The Saga, captained by rookie Jake Anderson, nearly capsizes by a massive 40 ft wave.
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|EpisodeNumber=159
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=5-Year Storm Part 2
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=A 600 mile wide storm continues to batter the fleet. Rookie skippers Jake Anderson and Josh Harris struggle to keep their heads above water while veteran captains Andy Hillstrand and Sig Hansen charge straight into the heart of the tempest.
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|EpisodeNumber=160
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Bite the Hand
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As a second major storm slams the fleet, Rookie skipper Jake Anderson reaches out to Sig Hansen for help. Josh Harris arrives on the grounds weeks late. Captain Keith Colburn and Wild Bill Wichrowski struggle to keep their greenhorns in the game.
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|EpisodeNumber=161
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=New Blood, Old Wounds
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Late into Opilio season, the fleet battles mental and physical breakdowns. After deliberately defying Sig, Captain Jake Anderson has a shot at redemption. Captain Keith props up one ailing greenhorn after another. Wild Bill must decide to call the Coast Guard for a medevac.
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|EpisodeNumber=162
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Beastmode
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Super Bowl Sunday & the Bering Sea: The Cornelia Marie hatches a scheme to watch the Seahawks play. An injured crewman jeopardizes Captain Keith Coburn's plan on the Wizard. The Cape Caution crew makes a near fatal error. The Time Bandit loses a Captain.
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|EpisodeNumber=163
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=I'm the Captain
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The polar ice pack descends upon the fleet, threatening the end of the season. Jake struggles to lead his crew in the worst of conditions. Sig attempts to offload his crab before saving his gear. Casey shows Josh what it means to be a Captain while Keith grinds to the finish.
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|EpisodeNumber=164
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=We Have Not Yet Begun to Fight
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Polar ice descends and each Skipper must choose flight or fight. The Saga is in danger of sinking and Jake must act fast to save his crew. Josh takes a huge gamble against Casey's wishes and heads towards the ice. Sig and Johnathan race to rescue gear.
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|EpisodeNumber= 221
|EpisodeNumber2= 1
|Title= Battle of Kings
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Hours before king season, a massive new boat with a renegade captain discovers the crab are all in one spot. As the fleet races to find the quarter billion-dollar hoard, captains battle each other and the Bering Sea to claim their share of the bounty.
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|EpisodeNumber= 222
|EpisodeNumber2= 2
|Title= Super Swarm
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Atop the king crab super swarm, full pots boil over into conflict as young guns Sean and Jake join forces to set down Sig. Keith and Harley reignite a decades old rivalry, and Sean faces the long arm of Alaska law when crab in his tank come up short.
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|EpisodeNumber= 223
|EpisodeNumber2= 3
|Title= Knife in the Ribs
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As the first arctic storm of the season arrives, Saga's deck boss takes a knife to the ribs. Josh and Casey's record-setting haul gets interrupted when a hand gets tangled in the coiler. Capt. Bill takes one last stab at motivating a lazy greenhorn.
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|EpisodeNumber= 224
|EpisodeNumber2= 4
|Title= Single Point of Failure
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=With Mandy alone at the helm, a freak accident threatens the Northwestern. Josh charts a new course on the Cornelia Marie while Casey sleeps. Lights go out on the Wizard, and Harley's launcher snaps at the worst moment.
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|EpisodeNumber= 225
|EpisodeNumber2= 5
|Title= Shifting Stack
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=In the biggest storm of the season, Jake faces a life-or-death decision when a shifting stack threatens to capsize the Saga. Sig and Mandy haul through angry seas, while Josh and Casey gamble on quota but find there's more on the line than numbers.
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|EpisodeNumber= 226
|EpisodeNumber2= 6
|Title= Blood in the Water
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The Bering Sea takes a toll on captains and crew. Wild Bill calls the Cornelia for help. Jake confronts a disorderly crew, forcing his toughest decision yet as captain. Josh mans the helm as Casey makes a risk ship-to-ship transfer in high seas.
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|EpisodeNumber= 227
|EpisodeNumber2= 7
|Title= Winter is Here
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The coldest weather in nearly a decade threatens to crush hulls and freeze the sea. Monte must fill his tanks fast to get home to his ailing father, while a shocking mishap leaves a Hansen family member grasping for life.
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|EpisodeNumber= 228
|EpisodeNumber2= 8
|Title= Tough Inheritance
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As winter intensifies, Sean faces an engine room fire. Summer Bay deck boss suffers a season-threatening injury. Harley offers a newfound nephew a trial run at greenhorn. Monte races to fill Wizard's quota so Keith can say farewell to their father.
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|EpisodeNumber= 229
|EpisodeNumber2= 9
|Title= Russian Roulette
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Josh and Casey risk a 500 mile trek north to the icy Russian line. Jake tracks his own fast-moving crab horde. Sig does double duty on the Northwestern. The Bering sea cracks the Wizard's steel hull as the Colburns face the loss of their dad.
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|EpisodeNumber= 230
|EpisodeNumber2= 10
|Title= Curse Of The Russian Line
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Josh and Casey haul their biggest pots, starting a gold rush to the Russian line. Captain Bill gets inside intel, while Harley confirms numbers his own way. As Arctic Storm Elsa builds in fury, the fleet realizes this ice queen casts a deadly spell.
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|EpisodeNumber= 231
|EpisodeNumber2= 11
|Title= Hell Hath No Fury
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Arctic Storm Elsa hits the Cornelia hardest as a breakaway pot thrashes Josh and Casey's crew. Captain Keith orders deckhands onto the stack as Elsa's icy blasts threaten to capsize the Wizard. No rest for Jake as the Saga takes a rogue wave.
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|EpisodeNumber= 232
|EpisodeNumber2= 12
|Title= Sixty Foot Monster
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As arctic superstorm Elsa intensifies, a forecast warns of isolated waves of unusual size. Trapped in the crab-rich northern grounds, the Cornelia Marie, Wizard and Southern Wind haul pots as big as the waves, until one boat faces a 60 foot monster.
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|EpisodeNumber= 233
|EpisodeNumber2= 13
|Title= Crane Wreck
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=In storm-driven seas, Cornelia Marie's crane goes off the rails, smashing Josh and Casey's wheelhouse and injuring deckhand Taylor. Sig risks navigating a rocky passage in treacherous conditions, and the Wizard crew face a rogue wave without warning.
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|EpisodeNumber= 234
|EpisodeNumber2= 14
|Title= Devil's Cut
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Deckhands pay in blood as captains make up for time lost to the storm. On the Cornelia Marie, Josh takes the wheel as Casey conducts surgery at sea. Brenna A tests the mettle of a former Marine. A call from home has Sig facing a worst-case scenario.
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|EpisodeNumber= 235
|EpisodeNumber2= 15
|Title= Unbreakable
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The fleet battles a freight train of back to back storms. Sig's crew pays a price for stuffed pots, while Harley risks gear on an elusive hoard under the ice. Freddy attempts self-surgery on the Wizard. The Summer Bay crew gets news on Nick's future.
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|EpisodeNumber= 236
|EpisodeNumber2= 16
|Title= Hell or High Water
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Monte returns to co-captain the Wizard just as a train of storms slams the fleet from the south. Jake battles the risk of hauling pots in 30 foot seas to return to his family. Wild Bill drives farther north into the icy Arctic than any other boat.
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|EpisodeNumber= 237
|EpisodeNumber2= 17
|Title= Unholy Alliance
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As crab turn elusive, veterans Sig Hansen and "Harley" Davidson form an unlikely alliance, but trust doesn't come easy for old-school captains. Freddy pays a price for Keith's decision to haul in intense seas. Jake tempts fate to become a boat owner.
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|EpisodeNumber= 238
|EpisodeNumber2= 18
|Title= Dark Ship
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=As smoke fills the Wizard, the Colburns face a dark ship nightmare. Breakers shatter Jake's steel anchor, forcing him to fight to avoid the rocks of St. Paul Island. Battered by relentless seas, Sig turns to family to fill the Northwestern's tanks.
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|EpisodeNumber= 239
|EpisodeNumber2= 19
|Title= Time and Tide Wait for No Man
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=The bone breaking winter unleashes its fury on the Summer Bay and a rookie mistake leaves Captain Bill short a deckhand. Jake hits the jackpot at sea, but forces on land cost him dearly. There's hell to pay when Sean discovers a fatal flaw in his crab count.
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|EpisodeNumber= 240
|EpisodeNumber2= 20
|Title= Dead or Alive
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=Each captain's next move determines who survives the final winter push. Winds put the Wizard on a collision course with a monster wave. Jake taps a Hillstrand to save the Saga. Josh and Casey hit numbers not seen since Josh's father, Phil Harris, was captain of the Corneila Marie.
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|EpisodeNumber= 241
|EpisodeNumber2= 21
|Title= Now or Never
|OriginalAirDate=
|ShortSummary=In the season finale, with just ten pots left, a crushing injury requires a Coast Guard rescue. Josh and Casey face a huge loss when their offload gets cancelled. Sig rolls the dice on finishing early and Monte hauls more crab than the Wizard can hold.
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = Mutiny on the Bering Sea
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 1 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Dagger in the Back
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 2 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Blood in the Morning
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 3 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Judgement Day
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 5 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Fist to the Face
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 6 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Kicking Off with a Bang
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 8 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = The Storm of the Season
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 9 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = We're Not Gonna Take It
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 11 expanded.
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|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = Listing Lovers
|OriginalAirDate =
|ShortSummary = Season 9, episode 12 expanded.
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