Bering Sea Gold (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - Episode #3.5 - full transcript
Zeke: IN ANY KIND
OF MINING PARTNERSHIP,
YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD
AS THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH.
WORKING WITH GLEN RIGHT NOW,
IT'S LIKE, THE GUY JUST TAKES
ANY OPPORTUNITY HE CAN
TO BELITTLE ME AND WHAT I DO.
Glen:
ZEKE MAY OR MAY NOT REALIZE THE
FACT THAT HE'S WORKING WITH ME
IS GONNA ALLOW HIM TO JUMP,
LIKE, YEARS IN ADVANCE.
I KNOW THAT I OUTRANK ZEKE,
AND I'VE KNOWN THAT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
NOT EVERYONE
THAT'S ON THE NOZZLE
IS AS GOOD AS THE NEXT GUY.
IT LOOKS LIKE
ALL ZEKE DID
WAS A BUNCH OF PROSPECTING.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
IT'S BUILDING AND BUILDING.
THERE'S JUST GOT TO BE A LINE.
YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY
BEING AN [BLEEP]
DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?
HEY [BLEEP] YOUR [BLEEP]
SMIRK, YOU [BLEEP] PUNK.
♪ LISTEN UP CLOSE, NOW
♪ WHAT I SAY
♪ I'M A-GONNA HEAD OUT WEST
ONE DAY ♪
♪ I HEARD ABOUT A FORTUNE
TO BE MADE ♪
♪ AND I'M A-GONNA GET IT,
NOW, JUST YOU WAIT ♪
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: NOME, ALASKA.
WE'RE MEDICATED
AND HIGHLY MOTIVATED.
WE'RE GETTING SOME GOLD TODAY!
Emily:
PEOPLE COME UP HERE, AND...
THEY'RE SICK. THEY'RE SICK.
THEY HAVE GOLD FEVER.
WHOO-HOO.
Narrator: FOUR WEEKS INTO
THE WINTER MINING SEASON,
GOLD FEVER IS ON THE RISE.
JUST HOPE IT KEEPS COMING.
[BLEEP] YEAH.
I'M GONNA GET THE GOLD.
SCREW EVERYBODY ELSE.
Narrator:
WITH THE CLOCK TICKING...
TIME, MONEY.
EVERY MOVE IS TIME AND MONEY.
...THE RACE IS ON TO CASH IN...
Andy: IT'S AMAZING
HOW MONEY MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD.
Narrator: ...AND LEAVE THE
COMPETITION OUT IN THE COLD.
THE WAR'S GONNA GET STARTED.
GRAB YOUR PIPES.
GET YOUR [BLEEP] BATS READY.
THAT I.R.A.'s MOVING IN.
Andy: LET'S DO IT!
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: SEVEN MILES
WEST OF NOME HARBOR...
...ON THE TOMCOD CLAIM...
EVERYTHING'S MOVING
AND JUST ABOUT READY TO GO.
THEY'RE PUTTING
THE FINAL TOUCHES.
THE EDGE OF OUR "O" CUT
IS PROBABLY
ABOUT 30 FEET FROM HERE.
SOME OF THE BEST GOLD SEEN.
Narrator: LEADING THE PACK
IN THE GOLD COUNTS --
WILD RANGER OWNER
VERNON ADKISON,
WITH OVER 100 OUNCES,
WORTH 130 GRAND.
WE'RE GETTING READY
TO FIRE IT BACK UP
AND START
MAKING SOME MONEY AGAIN.
WE GOOD TO GO?
Man: GOOD TO GO.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Narrator:
SET UP ON A FRESH DIVE HOLE,
VERNON IS ON TRACK
FOR A 200-OUNCE SEASON.
Vernon: YEAH, THIS IS LOOKING
REAL DAMN GOOD TO ME.
A LOT BETTER AROUND HERE
SINCE JASON'S NOT HERE.
A LOT BETTER.
Narrator: BUT TO GET THERE,
HE'LL NEED A NEW LEAD DIVER.
I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN
TO ANYBODY
BITCH, PISS, MOAN, COMPLAIN.
IT WAS MISERABLE
DEALING WITH THAT GUY.
Narrator: SO FAR...
THAT'S LOOKING VERY JUICY.
THAT FEELS GREAT!
Narrator: ...VERNON'S CHARGE
TO THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD
HAS BEEN LED BY ONE MAN...
YOU PISS OFF EVERYBODY
IN THIS [BLEEP] CREW
WITH YOUR NEGATIVE [BLEEP]
...RECENTLY FIRED CREW CHIEF
JASON WALKER.
NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY
WHAT I DID.
OH, YEAH,
YOU'RE THE GREATEST, JASON.
YOU'RE THE GREATEST.
NOBODY.
Vernon: ESSENTIALLY,
JASON PUT ME ON THE GOLD.
I GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.
HE WORKED THERE ALL SUMMER.
HE KNEW THAT AREA
LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
SO, NOW I HAVE TO GO AND FIND
SOMEBODY ELSE TO FILL THAT SLOT.
YEAH, I WEAR THIS RIGHT HERE
SO I DON'T TEAR UP MY WET SUIT.
Narrator:
TRYING TO FILL JASON'S SHOES
IS AN UNTESTED ROOKIE MINER,
28-YEAR-OLD KENTUCKY BOY
JUSTON COOK.
I'VE BEEN DOING COMMERCIAL
DIVING FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I GOT A DAUGHTER
THAT'S 5 YEARS OLD.
I REALLY MISS HER,
SO I'M READY TO GET HOME
AND JUST SHOW HER
THE GOLD THAT I'VE BEEN FINDING.
IT'S SO MUCH BETTER
TENDING FOR JUSTON,
'CAUSE HE'S NOT A LITTLE BITCH,
AND I DON'T HATE HIM.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M GLAD
I'M NOT A LITTLE BITCH.
[ LAUGHS ]
KNOWING JASON'S GONE
AND I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE --
IT'S JUST GONNA DRIVE ME
TO NO END.
I CAN'T WAIT
TO GET OUT THERE NOW
AND JUST KNOCK OUT
A LOT MORE WORK
AND JUST BUST MY ASS
THAT MUCH HARDER.
JUSTON IS A COMMERCIAL DIVER.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'LL LET HIM GO IN THERE
AND SEE HOW HE DOES.
Juston:
LET'S GO MAKE SOME MONEY!
Juston: HEY, TOPSIDE,
YOU GOT ME?
Elaine:
YEAH, WHAT'S UP?
Vernon: I'D LIKE FOR JUSTON
TO JUST BEAT JASON'S PANTS OFF
IN GOLD RECOVERY.
PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE.
Narrator: WITH THE SPRING MELT
JUST AROUND THE CORNER,
VERNON CANNOT AFFORD
TO MISS A STEP.
Vernon:
MY GOAL IS 200 OUNCES FOR
THE WILD RANGER FOR THE SEASON.
I'D HATE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M
GONNA DO IF THIS DOESN'T WORK.
I'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT ALL MY EGGS
IN THIS BASKET.
SO, ALTOGETHER,
HE'S MY KEY MAN RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF HE'S GONNA BE GOOD OR NOT.
Narrator: AS VERNON'S NEW
KEY MAN GETS AFTER THE GOLD...
AND THIS WAS OUR DIVE HOLE
RIGHT HERE WHERE THAT BOARD IS.
...JUST 200 YARDS AWAY...
AND THAT'S
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU WANT TO GO,
FROM HERE, SOUTHWEST.
OKAY.
...FOR HIS FORMER KEY MAN,
IT'S PAYBACK TIME.
I LOVE CONTROVERSY
IN THE MORNING!
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M FEELING GOOD OVER HERE, TOO.
LET'S DO IT!
THIS IS GONNA FINISH OFF
OUR SEASON. LET'S GO.
ALL THE WAY OVER HERE...
Narrator:
ANGERED OVER HIS FIRING,
JASON IS GIVING UP THE GOODS
TO THE KELLY BOYS.
YOU'RE A CROOK, VERN,
A [BLEEP] CROOK.
JASON WALKER,
THE HIDDEN SECRET.
VERN PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
RIGHT NOW BANKRUPT, GOING HOME,
IF JASON WOULDN'T HAVE
SAVED HIS SEASON.
WE DID OUR BEST GOLD
RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
WE WERE SAVING THIS
TO COME HERE LAST.
RIGHT ON. WE'RE GONNA GO RUSH
OUR [BLEEP] OVER HERE RIGHT NOW.
DO IT. DO IT.
OKAY, WE'RE GOING.
LET'S GO GET OUR [BLEEP]
AND GET IT OVER HERE.
Narrator: THIS WINTER,
THE KELLYS HAVE BROUGHT IN
JUST 13 OUNCES,
WORTH BARELY 17,000 BUCKS.
JASON'S LEAD COULD TURN
THEIR WHOLE SEASON AROUND.
NO, WE WON'T.
WE WON'T. WE'RE GONNA PROVE
VERN [BLEEP] UP.
WE WON'T, BRO. THANKS.
I'VE SHARED MY SPOT
BECAUSE VERN'S A SCUM BAG.
HE'S A WORTHLESS SCUM BAG,
AND EVERYBODY IN NOME KNOWS IT.
HEY, YOU GOT TO LOVE
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES, HUH?
JASON'S A PRETTY GOOD GUY TODAY.
SOME DAYS, HE'S AN [BLEEP]
BUT TODAY, I LOVE HIM.
Narrator:
SEVEN MILES TO THE EAST...
...IN DOWNTOWN NOME...
Zeke: I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN DIVING
OUT THERE IN THAT DEEP WATER
FOR, WHAT --
LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS NOW.
WE'RE JUST -- WE'RE IN
THE DANGER ZONE. WE ARE.
Narrator: ...DIVER ZEKE TENHOFF
HAS A PROBLEM.
MY LEG'S GOING NUMB.
LIKE, I'M GETTING REALLY DIZZY
AND GETTING THE SPINS
AND GETTING VERTIGO.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST KIND OF,
LIKE, A BIG CHECKLIST
OF, LIKE, DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
SYMPTOMS THAT I'M HAVING.
Narrator: FOR NEARLY A WEEK...
...ZEKE AND HIS PARTNER,
GLEN LeBARON,
HAVE WORKED SIX-HOUR DIVE SHIFTS
AT DEPTHS OF NEARLY 30 FEET...
SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME AFTER
AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF DIVING
DOWN HERE AT THIS DEPTH,
I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF DRUNK.
Narrator:
...PUTTING THEM AT RISK
OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS --
A DANGEROUS BUILD-UP
OF NITROGEN IN THE BLOOD STREAM.
I DON'T FEEL PHYSICALLY TIRED,
BUT MY BRAIN FEELS REAL SLOW.
Narrator: FOR ZEKE, THOSE FEARS
ARE BECOMING A REALITY.
Sarah: YOU HAVE
NITROGEN POISONING, OKAY?
OKAY, NOT OKAY
FOR YOU TO CONTINUE DIVING.
GLEN --
I DON'T CARE IF HE'S SUPERMAN.
HE'S GONNA GET IT, TOO.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA DIVE
TONIGHT.
I DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY
DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD.
GLEN'S ALL FREAKIN' OUT
ABOUT HIS BANK ACCOUNT,
AND HOW WE'RE NOT
GETTING ENOUGH GOLD,
AND THAT THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN
GOING SMOOTHLY ENOUGH,
AND NOW THIS'LL BE
ANOTHER MAJOR SLOWDOWN.
Narrator: OUT AT THE DREDGE...
Jasmin:
HOW'S IT LOOKING DOWN THERE?
Glen: RIGHT NOW, I'M PUNCHING
A HOLE IN SOME COBBLE.
AND SO FAR, SO GOOD.
SEEING SOME COLOR.
Narrator: ...DESPITE THE DEPTH,
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR GLEN.
GOLD'S NOT HARD TO FIND
IN THIS AREA.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE DEEP,
IS ALL.
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
WHAT?
I GUESS HE'S HAVING
NITROGEN POISONING, LIKE, BAD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE IT OUT ON ME, GLEN.
HE'S BEING SO CRABBY TODAY.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE.
Narrator:
EIGHT MILES TO THE WEST...
...BACK AT THE WILD RANGER...
Elaine: SO, YOU THINK
WE'RE GONNA SUFFER AT ALL
WITHOUT THE GREATEST DREDGER
IN THE WORLD ON OUR TEAM?
Juston: YEAH.
...JUSTON HAS BEEN UNDER THE ICE
FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS,
WORKING AN AREA
OVER 30 FEET FROM THE DIVE HOLE.
SEEING ANY GOLD
DOWN THERE YET?
NO, NOT YET.
I'M STILL MOVING
A COUPLE LAYERS OVER.
A LOT OF ROCKS. I STILL HAVEN'T
HIT NO TYPE OF GOOD BOTTOM.
WE'LL WORK ON THIS
FOR JUST A MINUTE,
SEE IF WE CAN'T
GET ON SOMETHING GOOD HERE.
YEAH, I COPY.
LOOKING ANY BETTER?
UH...
NOT QUITE SURE YET.
JUST TRYING TO GET BACK THROUGH
THIS LAYER OF COBBLE.
IT'S HARD WORK.
[ GRUNTS ]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE [BLEEP]
[ GRUNTS ]
Narrator: SEVEN MILES WEST
OF NOME HARBOR...
...AT THE WILD RANGER...
Juston: WE GOT A SITUATION
GOING ON.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
OH. THERE WE GO.
Elaine: WHAT THE [BLEEP]
I DON'T KNOW.
DID IT FREEZE UP?
YEAH, SOMETHING.
WHEW.
Vernon:
WHAT HAPPENED, ELAINE?
WE JUST HAD A FREEZE-UP
IN THE REGULATOR.
JUSTON LOST AIR.
GAVE ME
ABOUT TWO BREATHS OF A WARNING.
AND THEN
IT WAS JUST [BLEEP] NOTHING.
Spenser: RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN IN HIS POSITION,
WHAT HE JUST WENT THROUGH,
AND IT'S NO FUN.
YOU NEVER REALIZE HOW PRECIOUS
YOUR NEXT BREATH OF AIR IS
UNTIL IT'S NOT THERE.
YOU KNOW, IF IT HAD GOTTEN
TANGLED, PULLED TIGHTER,
AND THE TANGLE WAS WAY DOWN
AT THE END OF THE HOSE,
HE COULD STILL BE DOWN THERE
RIGHT NOW.
I'M ASSUMING THAT NOBODY'S
GONNA DO THIS SPARE AIR THING.
I MEAN, IT'S BEYOND ME.
I CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT.
IF I CAN MAKE IT BACK,
I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT BACK.
IF I GET FOULED UP
AND TANGLED UP,
AND I KNOW
I CAN'T MAKE IT BACK,
THEN I'LL RIP THAT MASK OFF
AND USE THAT REGULATOR.
Narrator: DIVING WITH
AN EMERGENCY BAIL-OUT BOTTLE,
JUSTON OPTED
TO RACE FOR THE DIVE HOLE
RATHER THAN DEPLOY HIS RESERVE.
OH, YEAH, IT ALWAYS GETS
YOUR HEART BEATING REAL FAST.
YOU JUST GOT TO STAY CALM
AND KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
BOBBY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE
A SAFETY MEETING.
JUST GET YOUR ASS
BACK TO THE HOSE,
IS ALL YOU CAN DO,
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator:
EVEN AFTER A BRUSH WITH DEATH...
BUT HAVE TO GO DOWN
AND MAKE US SOME MONEY.
...JUSTON PREPARES FOR ROUND TWO
WITH THE BERING SEA.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S
THE KIND OF ATTITUDE I LIKE.
YEAH!
Vernon:
JUST GO FIND ME SOME GOLD.
[ DOG BARKS SOFTLY ]
YEAH, IT'S AT 120.
Juston: IF YOU'RE GONNA BE
A DIVER AND A GOLD DREDGER,
YOU CAN'T SIT THERE
AND CRY AND COMPLAIN
ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING
THAT HAPPENS.
THERE JUST AIN'T NO ROOM
FOR CRYBABIES.
HELL, YEAH. WELL, KEEP DOING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
GOT A NICE, BIG, PRETTY
GOOD-SIZED BOULDER RIGHT HERE.
SO WE'LL SEE
WHAT LIES BENEATH.
IT'S LOOKING A LOT BETTER.
OH, YEAH.
SEE, IT'S A GOOD COLOR
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S BRIGHT.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.
THAT'S THE BOMB DIGGITY
RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S GOOD STUFF!
OH, YEAH!
HELL, YEAH.
DREDGE IT ON UP.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
GONNA HIT THAT GOOD SPOT.
SO IF WE CAN JUST STAY IN
THE GOLD LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE,
WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
HEY, JASON,
WE'RE DOING IT!
Narrator: JUSTON'S NOT THE ONLY
ONE TO HAVE FOUND A PAY STREAK.
EIGHT MILES TO THE EAST...
ON CLAIM 12...
Glen: OH,
THIS IS INTERESTING.
...AT THE MISS NOMER...
I'M DREDGING A DROP-OFF
IN THE HARD PAN HERE.
AND AT BOTTOM
OF THE DROP-OFF,
THERE'S
SOME PRETTY DECENT GOLD.
...UNDER 30 FEET OF WATER,
GLEN LeBARON IS ALSO CASHING IN.
IT'S ALL REAL FINE STUFF, BUT
THERE'S GOLD JUST EVERYWHERE.
TO DATE, GLEN AND ZEKE
HAVE PULLED 10 OUNCES
FROM THESE GROUNDS.
TOPSIDE,
GLEN'S GIRLFRIEND, JASMIN...
Jasmin: HE'S JUST
BEEN CRABBY ALL MORNING.
HE NEEDS A BREAK, BUT
ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS DREDGE.
I'M JUST LETTING HIM
DO HIS THING.
I HOPE HE COMES UP HAPPY.
AND HOPEFULLY,
HE LIKES MY SEASHELLS.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I'LL TELL HIM
THAT I MADE IT FOR HIM.
IT'S THE BEST I'VE SEEN
DOWN HERE.
IT'S LIKE THE CENTER
OF A GOLD VORTEX.
Zeke: HELLO, JASMIN.
Jasmin: HI.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
DOING ALL RIGHT.
HEY, GLEN, IT'S ZEKE.
HOW'S IT GOING?
IT'S GOING FINE.
I FOUND THIS AREA DOWN HERE
THAT LOOKS REALLY PROMISING.
ALL RIGHT, FANTASTIC.
WELL...
...YEAH, I MEAN,
WHENEVER YOU WANT TO COME UP,
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHAT
WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
Zeke:
HAS IT BEEN STRESSFUL OUT HERE?
Jasmin: YEAH, HE'S JUST
HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY.
I HOPE THE NITROGEN
ISN'T GETTING TO HIM.
HE SAYS IT'S NOT.
Glen:
GUESS I BETTER COME UP SLOWLY.
MAKE SURE I GET ALL
THE NITROGEN OUT OF MY SYSTEM.
Jasmin: HE'S, LIKE,
REALLY STRESSED OUT RIGHT NOW.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Zeke: HOW'S IT GOING?
OH, FINE, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, JUST,
TODAY ENDED UP BEING
REALLY FRUSTRATING
AGAIN.
YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL,
I'M REALLY --
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
I JUST WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT REALLY, LIKE, HAVING
A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF THERE BEING, YOU KNOW,
A NITROGEN PROBLEM THAT WE'RE
HAVING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
THIS WHOLE LEG
WENT NUMB...
AND IT'S STILL NUMB.
I'M HAVING SYMPTOMS.
MM-HMM.
IT'S UNDENIABLE,
YOU KNOW, SO...
YEAH, WE NEED
TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
I KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE -- I'M
NOT REALLY ARGUING WITH THAT.
AND THE MONEY'S HERE.
AND YOU'RE HAVING
SOME NITROGEN SYMPTOMS,
AND THAT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.
I REALLY DON'T THINK NITROGEN'S
A PROBLEM FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR LEG.
WELL, SO, I MEAN,
ARE YOU HAVING ANYTHING
THAT YOU WOULD REGARD
AS SYMPTOMS OF...
YOU KNOW, A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS AMOUNT OF NITROGEN?
HONESTLY, LIKE, I'VE BEEN
A LITTLE MORE IRRITABLE,
BUT I THINK THAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF JUST --
I'M JUST FRUSTRATED THAT,
LIKE, MORE GOLD PRODUCTION
ISN'T HAPPENING,
AND THE GOLD'S THERE.
I'M NOT READY
TO BAIL OUT OF THIS SPOT.
I'M DEFINITELY
NOT QUESTIONING
WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S GOOD GOLD HERE.
DEFINITELY NOT
QUESTIONING THAT.
WELL, ALL DAY LONG,
I WAS AT 25 FEET.
25 FEET'S HARDLY
A DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, DEPTH.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO SAY,
"WELL, YOU KNOW --"
I MEAN, BASICALLY, YOUR RESPONSE
IS, "I THINK IT'S SAFE."
I THINK
IT'S ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY QUESTION
MARKS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING --
THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE
TO ASK OF YOU.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
DECIDE ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT
LEAVING THIS PLACE RIGHT NOW,
AFTER THE DAY I'VE HAD,
YOU KNOW, IS JUST MORE
THAN I CAN REALLY STAND.
IN MY OBSERVATION,
YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE IRRITABLE
THAN YOU USUALLY ARE,
THAT IT SEEMS TO ALMOST BE
A PRETTY CLEAR SYMPTOM
THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG.
MM-HMM.
ALL OF US CAN SEE THIS, GLEN --
ALL OF US BUT YOU.
OKAY, WELL, THIS IS JUST --
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER --
THIS IS JUST...
RIDICULOUS.
I THINK I'M JUST GONNA --
I'M GONNA PULL --
I'M IN SUCH A BAD MOOD. I'M JUST
GONNA PULL [BLEEP] GOLD.
Zeke: YOU KNOW,
I NEVER TELL GLEN HE'S WRONG.
I'M NEVER LIKE,
"GLEN, YOU'RE WRONG."
BUT GLEN IS
THE MOST DEFENSIVE PERSON
I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
OUR GOLD STRESS
AND OUR, YOU KNOW, NEED
TO MAKE MONEY LIKE IMMEDIATELY
REALLY CAN'T BE A FACTOR
IN THIS DECISION.
Narrator: EIGHT MILES TO THE
WEST, ON THE TOMCOD CLAIM...
TIPPED OFF
TO A POTENTIAL HOT SPOT,
THE FIGHTIN' KELLYS
ARE PLANNING AN INVASION.
YEAH, OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW
IS TO MOVE THIS [BLEEP]
AS FAST AS WE CAN,
AND THEN WE GET SET UP,
AND ANDY'S GONNA
GO DOWN AND SEE
IF THE GROUND IS ACTUALLY
WORTH WORKING OVER THERE.
Narrator: ALL IT TAKES...
Kris: I MEAN, COME ON,
LET'S JUST GET GOING HERE.
...IS A 700-FOOT MOVE.
NICE AND EASY.
Andy: STOP!
[ LAUGHING ]
BUT AT THE REAPER...
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
JUST HAPPENED?
[ CONTINUES LAUGHING ]
Narrator: ...THEY DON'T DO
NOTHIN' NICE AND EASY.
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WAS THAT?
Kris: IT'S FROZEN!
Andy: FROZEN?
I SAID TAKE IT SLOW.
I JUST TORE UP MY [BLEEP]
THOUSAND-DOLLAR SHACK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT'S NOT FUNNY. WE JUST TORE THE
WHOLE [BLEEP] FRAME IN HALF.
I TOLD YOU
IT WAS [BLEEP] FROZEN
THREE INCHES
ON THE SIDE OVER HERE!
GO SLOW!
IT WON'T BUDGE.
WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
WE JUST TORE OUR FRAME IN HALF.
IT --
I KNOW, I KNOW.
I TOLD EVERYBODY
IT WAS FROZEN IN
THREE INCHES
ON THE SIDE HERE.
Kris:
BASICALLY, MY DAD CONSTRUCTED
A PIECE OF [BLEEP]
ON A COUPLE SKIS.
SO WE STAY IN ONE SPOT
SO [BLEEP] LONG
THAT OUR SKIS ARE FROZEN
SIX INCHES INTO THE ICE.
THAT'S MY MASTER
MECHANIC/ENGINEER/
DREDGE BUILDER/ULTIMATE MAN
OF THE UNIVERSE.
AND THEY SAY
LUCK OF THE IRISH?
[ SCOFFS ]
WE AIN'T GOT NO LUCK.
WE DO HAVE LUCK --
BAD LUCK.
WE SHOULD HAVE USED PLASTIC.
YOU KNOW, PLASTIC DOESN'T FREEZE
INTO THE ICE.
WHO THE [BLEEP]
KNOWS THESE KIND OF THINGS?
LIKE, SERIOUSLY!
PLASTIC DOESN'T FREEZE IN --
THEY NEED TO WRITE
THIS [BLEEP] DOWN
IN A DREDGER'S HANDBOOK
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE...
Narrator: WITH THEIR DREDGE
FROZEN IN PLACE,
THE KELLYS HAVE A SOLUTION...
SO ARE WE STILL DOING IT?
Brad: YEAH, CUT IT
JUST ALONG THE ICE LINE.
...HACK IT TO PIECES.
WANT ME TO SHOW YOU?
NO, I GOT IT.
I'M GONNA BE HERE
ALL [BLEEP] DAY.
MAKE SOME SANDWICHES.
HEY, WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.
LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
[BLEEP] YOU, MAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
THIS IS [BLEEP] STUPID.
Narrator:
OFF THE COAST OF NOME...
OHH [BLEEP]
...SIX HOURS
AFTER RECEIVING A TIP
THAT COULD SAVE THEIR SEASON,
THE KELLYS
HAVEN'T MOVED AN INCH.
WE SHOULD BE ON THE GOLD,
BUT WE'RE FROZEN IN SOLID.
SIX HOURS TODAY. WE'RE NOT
MAKING ANY [BLEEP] MONEY,
AND LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS
OUT TODAY.
HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE SKIS ARE BROKEN FREE.
ABOUT TIME.
SEE, THAT'S HOW MY BROTHER
REALLY MAKES HIS MONEY
RIGHT THERE --
HANDS AND KNEES.
SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Brad:
IT'S JUST CHEAP-ASS WOOD.
YOU KNOW, HERE IN NOME, 50 BUCKS
APIECE, WE CAN BUY SOME MORE.
Kris: HOLD ON.
COME BACK A FOOT!
MOMENT OF TRUTH.
OKAY, SO IT'S TAKEN US ALL DAY
LONG TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE BETTER WATCH OUT,
OR WE'RE GONNA MISS IT.
OH [BLEEP]
THANK GOD.
HEY, BE CAREFUL.
NOW TRY IT!
ONE MORE!
WHOO!
GO, GO, GO!
RIGHT!
WHOO-HOO!
I KNEW WE WERE GONNA DO IT.
I NEVER DOUBTED MY TEAM.
WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE
[BLEEP] WE'RE DOING SOMETIMES.
Andy: WE'RE FREE!
Kris: FREE AT LAST.
[BLEEP] YEAH, MAN. I KNEW
IT WAS GONNA WORK, HUH, EH?
LOOK AT THE [BLEEP]
WE LEFT IN OUR HOLE.
I KNOW. YEAH!
WE MADE IT, THOUGH.
WE'RE JUST RIPPING
OUR OPERATION TO [BLEEP]
AND NOW, BASICALLY,
WE HAVE A HUGE HOLE IN THE BACK.
OUR BACK SIDE IS ALL BROKEN.
OUR ENTIRE OPERATION
IS AT A LEAN NOW
BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S
ALL MESSED UP.
IF THIS HOLE PANS OUT,
IT'D BE [BLEEP] AMAZING,
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA LAST
TOO MANY MORE MOVES.
DISASTER AVERTED.
WE'VE STILL GOT
LIKE 30% OF OUR SKIS LEFT.
AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP IT FROM
FREEZING AGAIN, WE'LL BE FINE.
Narrator:
EIGHT MILES UP THE COAST...
...AT THE MISS NOMER...
...LOOKING TO PROVE THAT
THE GROUNDS ARE WORTH THE RISK,
GLEN HAS CLEANED
THE DRAG AND SLUICE BOX.
YEAH, 4.3 OUNCES
FOR THAT ONE.
IT'S NOT TOO SHABBY.
IN JUST THE LAST THREE DAYS,
THE SPOT HAS PRODUCED
NEARLY 6 GRAND IN GOLD.
Glen:
THIS IS REPRESENTING,
I THINK,
THE POTENTIAL OF THIS LOCATION.
AND WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS,
ARE YOU WILLING TO JOIN ME
IN DREDGING THIS SPOT FOR
AT LEAST ONE OR TWO MORE DAYS?
YOU KNOW, I HAVE VERY NOTABLE
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS SYMPTOMS.
IT DOESN'T REALLY
SOUND LIKE
YOU'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY
AT ALL.
OKAY, WELL, BASICALLY,
THIS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
I'M NOT READY
TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS PLACE.
I WANT UNTIL 5:00 TOMORROW
TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS PLACE
AND [BLEEP] DREDGE HERE BECAUSE
THERE'S [BLEEP] AWESOME GOLD.
PROBABLY CLOSE TO 10 YEARS
MORE EXPERIENCE THAN YOU.
I KIND OF KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
FIVE YEARS INTO IT,
AND I KNOW
YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
AND I CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU PAN.
I CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU DREDGE.
I CAN SEE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
MORE YEARS OF DREDGING TO DO
TO GRADUATE TO MY LEVEL, BECAUSE
I WENT THROUGH THOSE YEARS.
AND WHETHER IT'S DREDGING HERE
OR THE RIVER OR ANYWHERE,
THERE'S LITTLE STEPS YOU MAKE
THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF
UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH
THOSE STEPS.
WHY ARE YOU GETTING ANGRY
RIGHT NOW?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE
I'M CHALLENGING YOU?
NO, BECAUSE [BLEEP] I DON'T LIKE
THIS [BLEEP] CONVERSATION.
I THINK YOU'RE INTERMEDIATE
AT BEST
WITH YOUR MINING EXPERIENCE.
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S A FACT.
GLEN, GLEN, YOU --
YOU --
GLEN, YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY
BEING AN [BLEEP]
THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHEN YOU ARE BEING AN [BLEEP]
I MEAN,
DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE
YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST
IN WORKING WITH ANYONE.
YOU'RE NOT BEING NICE.
[ ARGUES INDISTINCTLY ]
I DON'T WANT TO [BLEEP]
LEAVE HERE AT ALL.
I THINK IT'S TOTALLY ABSURD
TO [BLEEP] LEAVE HERE.
I THINK IT'S [BLEEP] ABSURD.
I THINK YOUR NUMB LEG
MAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
[BLEEP] NITROGEN ALTOGETHER.
UH-HUH.
I REALLY [BLEEP] THINK THAT.
BUT WHAT I'M OBSERVING
IS THAT YOU'RE [BLEEP]
TOTALLY OFF THE CHAIN.
LIKE, YOU'VE BECOME, LIKE --
I MEAN, AS FAR AS
MY OBSERVATION IS,
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON
IN YOUR BRAIN
TO CAUSE YOU
TO BE EXTREMELY EASY TO ANGER.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOT --
IT PUTS --
YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU
THIS MUCH. I'VE FOUND --
HEY [BLEEP] YOUR [BLEEP]
SMIRK, YOU [BLEEP] PUNK.
WHAT?
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT MY PSYCHE.
AND YOU THINK THAT'S NOT GONNA
BE SLIGHTLY [BLEEP] ANNOYING?
YOU WERE JUST FLIPPING OUT.
YOU'RE LIKE, "HEY,
WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE,
YOU [BLEEP] PUNK."
PEOPLE HAVE PASSION,
AND I HAVE PASSION ABOUT WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETIMES.
YOU JUST CALLED ME
AN INTERMEDIATE DREDGER
WHO DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT HE'S DOING.
YOU ARE. AND YOU ARE.
NONE OF THIS
HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
YOU'RE A COMPLETELY
INNOCENT PARTY.
Zeke:
AT THIS POINT, I THINK
THAT YOU'RE JUST BEING
SUCH A GIANT [BLEEP]
THAT I DON'T REALLY SEE
WHY I WOULD EVEN WANT
TO EVEN CONTINUE EVEN THINK
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN TRYING
TO COME TO ANY SORT OF AGREEMENT
WITH YOU ABOUT ANYTHING,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
MY VOICE IS SILENT.
[ SCOFFS, LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS MOCKINGLY ]
Zeke: ENOUGH. I MEAN,
THIS IS THE LINE, YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN'T TREAT
PEOPLE LIKE THIS. YOU CAN'T.
THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP
THAT IS GONNA GO NOWHERE.
[BLEEP] HIM.
Narrator:
OFF THE COAST OF NOME
AT THE WILD RANGER...
Vernon:
HE'S COMING UP.
...FOR TWO DAYS,
VERNON'S NEW ACE DIVER
HAS BEEN PUSHING
TO LEAD THE CREW BACK TO GLORY.
Vernon:
JUSTON'S SAYING HE WAS ON
SOME DYNAMITE GOLD DOWN THERE.
IT WAS LIKE THE BOTTOM
WAS PAVED WITH GOLD.
Narrator:
NOW IT'S TIME TO SEE IF JUSTON
CAN MEASURE UP TO JASON.
JUSTON LIVES OR DIES
BY WHAT HE DOES DOWN THERE.
OH, YEAH, WE'RE ON KICK-ASS GOLD
RIGHT HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST GOLD
WE'VE BEEN ON ALL SEASON.
THAT LAST HOLE
WAS DAMN NEAR 40 OUNCES.
I THINK IT CAME TO 38.77.
THIS ONE -- I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS
BE A 50-OUNCE HOLE.
Narrator: WITH ONLY 20 DIVE
HOURS TOTAL ON THE NEW HOLE...
THIS IS A FRESH MAT
BEFORE MY DIVE.
Vernon: YESTERDAY.
...THE PROOF
WILL BE IN THE SLUICE BOX.
IT'S LOOKING DAMN GOOD.
MAKES ME HAPPY.
THE REGULATOR CAN FREEZE UP
ALL IT WANTS.
I'M GONNA JUST KEEP
GETTING TO IT, KEEP PUSHING.
THIS RIGHT HERE
IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
Vernon: I'VE GOT THE BEST TEAM
THAT I'VE EVER BEEN WITH,
BAR NONE -- IN THE ARMY,
IN THE MERCHANT MARINES,
UP HERE MINING.
NUGGET! WHOO!
WE GOT JUSTON -- THIS GUY IS
LIKE A TIGER SHARK UNDER THERE
WHEN IT COMES TO
GETTING THE GOLD.
I MEAN, THIS GUY --
HE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.
Narrator: THE NEXT STOP
FOR A GOLD-LADEN SLUICE BOX
IS THE CLEAN-UP SHACK.
Juston: MY GOAL IS
TO TOP JASON'S CLEANOUTS,
AND IT WILL HAPPEN.
I'M HOPING OUR OUNCE-PER-HOUR
GOES UP, AND...
IT'S ALL LOOKING GOOD.
Bobby:
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO SEE
IT -- THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR?
Juston: OH, MY GOD!
[ LAUGHS ]
WHOO! HELL, YEAH.
NOW, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING
TOGETHER AS A TEAM, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S COMING TOGETHER.
RIGHT HERE, BOBBY.
HERE WE GO.
KILLIN' IT!
JUSTON TURNED OUT TO BE
A DAMN GOOD GOLD FINDER.
HE TAKES OVER FROM JASON,
AND IT'S A HELL OF AN UPGRADE.
IT'S ABOUT A 1,000% UPGRADE,
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
HEY, LET ME GET A PICTURE
REAL QUICK. SMILE.
SMILE FOR ME, JUSTON.
[ LAUGHS ]
TEAM'S UNITED. TEAM'S HAPPY.
[ SCOFFS ]
COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER.
WITH THE CREW I'VE GOT,
SKY'S THE LIMIT.
Narrator: WHILE VERNON'S CREW
CLEAN GOLD...
[ FLAG FLUTTERING ]
WE GOT BLESSED WITH A GOOD SPOT.
WE GOT OUR DREDGE LOOSE.
WE CAN GET 30, 40 MORE OUNCES,
IT'LL MAKE OUR SEASON.
Narrator:
...THE REAPER BOYS HAVE FINALLY
MADE IT TO THEIR NEW SPOT.
Kris: WE GOT A HUGE TIP
FROM JASON WALKER,
A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE
FROM VERN ADKISON,
SO WE'RE GONNA DO
WHAT WE DO BEST
AND THAT'S TAKE EVERYTHING
AND LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND.
Narrator: BEFORE THEY CAN PUT IT
TO THE TEST...
THREE SIDE-BY-SIDES,
BRAND-NEW,
WE'RE GONNA GET
OUT OF THIS HOLE.
JUST, LET'S CONCENTRATE
ON DOING THE HOLE.
...THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
TO SET UP SHOP.
OKAY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
WORK AS A FAMILY.
GET THE [BLEEP]
OVER HERE.
Kris:
I AM WORKING AS A FAMILY.
I'M [BLEEP]
STANDING NEXT TO YOU, AREN'T I?
IS THIS ALL --
CAREFUL.
WHY ISN'T THAT
BROKEN FREE?
'CAUSE I GOT A LITTLE PIECE
RIGHT HERE THAT I CAN'T HIT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.
KEEP GOING THERE.
HONEST TO GOD,
IF I DON'T DO 90% OF THE WORK,
ALL WE'RE GONNA DO IS ARGUE,
AND NOTHING'S GONNA GET DONE.
[ ANDY LAUGHS ]
[BLEEP] AGAIN?
YOU OKAY?
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
WHY CAN'T YOU TRY TO [BLEEP]
DO IT YOURSELF?!
OH, MY GOD. YOU'RE GETTING MAD
AT ME 'CAUSE YOU JUMPED --
NO, BECAUSE
EVERYTHING'S [BLEEP]
TWO OR THREE TIMES
EVERYTHING YOU DO!
THE HOLE'S DONE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
IT'S NOT DONE,
OR IT WOULD BE DONE!
OCCASIONALLY, I GET A LITTLE BIT
EXCITED, BUT REALLY,
THAT'S AT THE POINT, YOU KNOW,
THEY'VE ALREADY PUSHED ME.
[ BRAD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
WHAT HAPPENED?
I WAS A [BLEEP] MORON.
OKAY, SO [BLEEP]
I'M ACTUALLY NOT THAT WET.
JUST FREAKING OUT OVER NO
REASON.
LET'S SET THIS UP
AND GET GOING.
Narrator:
AFTER CUTTING THE DIVE HOLE...
[BLEEP] OKAY,
ROLL THAT PIECE OF [BLEEP]
...THE KELLYS FACE A FAMILIAR
FOE -- A TWO-TON ICE CUBE.
OKAY, GO!
FOUR WEEKS AGO...
GO!
...THE FAMILY'S WITS...
...WERE MATCHED.
WHOA.
TODAY...
FLOOR IT!
...THEY BROUGHT A TIRE.
DIDN'T GET IT.
OKAY, JUST BACK UP!
WE JUST GOT TO
MAKE IT WORK.
FLOOR IT!
HOLY [BLEEP]
THAT WAS COLD!
I THINK YOU'RE WEDGING IT
THE WRONG WAY.
HE'S GOT IT GOING.
GO.
YEAH!
OKAY, GOOD JOB.
THAT WAS CLOSE.
GOOD LITTLE "OLé!"
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO
WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM,
WE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT JUST TAKES US A LITTLE BIT
LONGER THAN NORMAL PEOPLE.
WE'RE THERE. YEAH, WE JUST
GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF...
LITTLE FINISHING TOUCHES
TO OUR DIVE HOLE,
AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
CLOSE ENOUGH.
THAT MOVE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN
TWO HOURS, THE WHOLE THING.
Narrator: THE GRAND TOTAL
TO MOVE JUST 700 FEET --
THE KELLYS LOST
A DAY AND A HALF,
TWO WOODEN SKIS, AND THE ENTIRE
BACK SIDE OF THEIR DREDGE.
I REALLY HOPE
THIS IS WORTH IT.
WHAT A BITCH.
IF I HIT THE MOTHER LODE,
I WOULD RETIRE.
IF I HIT THE MOTHER LODE,
I WOULD DREDGE FOR FUN.
GIVE TO CHARITY.
SPEND IT ALL ON GOLD MINING.
WHAT'S THE MOTHER LODE --
LIKE, A HUGE AMOUNT?
I WOULD GOLD-PLATE A GRILL.
I'M GONNA HAVE MYSELF
A TRICKED-OUT, 85-FOOT,
STEEL-HULLED SAILING YACHT.
NOT A GOLDEN GRILL,
BUT A GOLDEN...
[ IMITATES MEAT GRILLING ]
ALL THE AMENITIES,
INCLUDING A MOON POOL
AND A TRAINED DOLPHIN
TO FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I GO.
IF I HIT THE MOTHER LODE,
I WOULD DEFINITELY JUST
KEEP LOOKING FOR THE NEXT ONE.
Narrator:
IN THE CITY OF NOME...
AT VERNON ADKISON'S TRAILER...
Vernon: BOBBY,
YOU GOT THAT STUFF COOKED OFF?
SHOULD BE COOL ENOUGH.
...FOR JUSTON,
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAS ARRIVED.
WITH JUST 20 HOURS OF MINING,
IT'LL TAKE 12 OUNCES OR BETTER
TO BEAT THEIR RATE
FOR THE LAST CLEANUP.
16.17.
[BLEEP]
[ LAUGHTER ]
WE KILLED IT.
LET ME
ADD THAT IN THERE.
Narrator: 16.17 OUNCES
IS WORTH MORE THAN $21,000...
OUR TAKE WENT UP DRAMATICALLY
AFTER JASON LEFT.
Elaine: HELL, YEAH.
SOUNDS GOOD SAYING IT.
Narrator: ...CEMENTING JUSTON'S
PLACE AT THE HEAD OF THE CREW.
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
NOT BAD.
Juston: JASON'S GONE NOW,
AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP
JUST ROCKING AND ROLLING
AND JUST KEEP BRINGING IN
MORE GOLD, YOU KNOW?
Vernon:
BOY, I'M REAL HAPPY.
BEST TEAM I'VE WORKED WITH,
BAR NONE.
DAD'S TAKING US ALL OUT
FOR A STEAK DINNER TONIGHT.
RIGHT, DAD?
SWEET.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator:
BACK AT THE MISS NOMER...
Glen: ZEKE AND I
HAVE REACHED A CROSSROAD.
WE'VE BEEN INEFFECTIVE
AS A TEAM.
WE HAVE NOT REALIZED
OUR POTENTIAL,
AND WE'VE REACHED THE POINT
WHERE IT'S TIME TO PART WAYS.
Narrator:
...THE FIVE-WEEK PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN GLEN LeBARON
AND ZEKE TENHOFF
IS ENDING IN DIVORCE.
Zeke:
GLEN IS JUST A PSYCHO.
YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT,
IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT GLEN DOESN'T WANT
A PARTNERSHIP.
HE WANTS A SLAVE.
CLEARLY,
WE HAVE REACHED A POINT
WHERE WE HAVE SOME
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES.
I TOLD ZEKE THAT HE WAS
AN INTERMEDIATE DREDGER AT BEST.
AND I MEANT THAT,
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S TRUE.
AND HE LIKES TO THINK
THAT I'M JUST ARROGANT.
I TOLD HIM MY HONEST OPINION
ABOUT WHAT I THOUGHT
OF HIS ABILITY,
AND I DON'T THINK
WE'RE GONNA BE FRIENDS ANYMORE.
Glen: AND THIS IS
THE REST OF OUR SPLIT.
LET'S WEIGH THIS UP.
THERE'S THE PIECE OF PAPER.
Narrator: NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF SETTLING THEIR ASSETS.
OKAY, 5.74.
MINUS 15%...
2.4395
WOULD BE YOUR CUT.
I'M GONNA SAY THAT THIS IS
PROBABLY GONNA BE WORTH,
YOU KNOW, ABOUT --
GOD. WHAT -- A LITTLE UNDER
3 GRAND, I IMAGINE?
YEAH, ABOUT $2,500.
YEAH, 2,500 BUCKS.
YOU KNOW, I'LL PAY SOME BILLS
AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT REALLY IN THE MOOD
TO DISCUSS ANYTHING FURTHER
RIGHT NOW.
I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF SLEEP
LAST NIGHT.
NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED
TO DISCUSS ANYTHING FURTHER.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU.
I DON'T EVEN REALLY CARE
IF WE'RE DOING THAT, DUDE.
YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO
SHAKE MY HAND?
NO, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO
SHAKE YOUR HAND.
IF YOU WON'T EVEN
SHAKE MY HAND,
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY REASON
TO SPEAK TO YOU ANYMORE.
YEAH, WELL --
YOU'RE JUST INCORRIGIBLE.
MM-HMM.
DUDE, YOU'RE JUST --
YOU'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY SMUG,
MAN.
LIKE, YOU'RE JUST
A [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
YOU'RE THE [BLEEP]
LIKE, LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE SO PLEASED.
YOU'RE SO [BLEEP]
I'M NOT PLEASED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT.
YOU WON'T EVEN SHAKE MY HAND.
YOU'RE CLEARLY PLEASED.
WHAT ARE YOU
SO [BLEEP] PLEASED ABOUT?
IT PROVES TO ME
THAT, LIKE --
DUDE, I DON'T WANT TO [BLEEP]
TALK TO YOU. [BLEEP] OFF.
UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU'RE SO SMUG, BABY.
I'M SO SMUG.
YOU KNOW, THE HANDSHAKE
IS JUST TOTAL PHONY BALONEY.
LIKE, ON THE TERMS
THAT WE'RE LEAVING ON,
A HANDSHAKE
ISN'T APPROPRIATE.
WE'RE NOT LEAVING
ON FRIENDLY TERMS.
WELL, IT WAS A BITTERSWEET
VICTORY, BUT WE'RE FREE.
I KNOW. I MEAN,
IT WAS LIKE --
A BURDEN.
I REALLY TRIED.
I GET AN "A" FOR EFFORT.
YOU GET AN "A"-PLUS FOR EFFORT.
I GET AN "A"-PLUS FOR EFFORT.
YEAH.
YEAH.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M OUT OF HERE.
Zeke: WITH GLEN, IT'S LIKE --
OKAY, WHEN YOU'RE
IN A RELATIONSHIP --
LIKE, SAY YOU'RE IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A GIRLFRIEND.
IF YOU KIND OF THINK
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK OUT,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MOMENT
WHEN YOU SHOULD END IT.
YOU SHOULDN'T WAIT FOR, LIKE,
A MORE CONVENIENT TIME.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME
TO BREAK UP WITH GLEN.
IT'S NOT.
IT PUTS ME IN
A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SITUATION,
BUT, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE.
I'M FREE. I'M FREE TO DO WHAT
I WANT TO DO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'VE SUCCEEDED ON MY OWN,
UNDER MY OWN AUTHORITY BEFORE,
AND I CAN DO IT AGAIN.
Narrator: ZEKE AND GLEN'S
DOOMED PARTNERSHIP
EARNED THEM A TOTAL
OF 31 OUNCES.
NOW THEY'LL START FROM SCRATCH.
AS FOR THE KELLYS --
WELL, THEY MOVED THEIR DREDGE.
Vernon:
LET THE GOLD WARS BEGIN.
I WANT TO
GET TO THAT NUGGET FIRST.
Man:
DANG, YOU'VE DONE WELL.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE NOME!
YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE NOME!
Man:
HEY, DUDES, MY AIR!
MY AIR, DUDES!
OF MINING PARTNERSHIP,
YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD
AS THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH.
WORKING WITH GLEN RIGHT NOW,
IT'S LIKE, THE GUY JUST TAKES
ANY OPPORTUNITY HE CAN
TO BELITTLE ME AND WHAT I DO.
Glen:
ZEKE MAY OR MAY NOT REALIZE THE
FACT THAT HE'S WORKING WITH ME
IS GONNA ALLOW HIM TO JUMP,
LIKE, YEARS IN ADVANCE.
I KNOW THAT I OUTRANK ZEKE,
AND I'VE KNOWN THAT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
NOT EVERYONE
THAT'S ON THE NOZZLE
IS AS GOOD AS THE NEXT GUY.
IT LOOKS LIKE
ALL ZEKE DID
WAS A BUNCH OF PROSPECTING.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
IT'S BUILDING AND BUILDING.
THERE'S JUST GOT TO BE A LINE.
YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY
BEING AN [BLEEP]
DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?
HEY [BLEEP] YOUR [BLEEP]
SMIRK, YOU [BLEEP] PUNK.
♪ LISTEN UP CLOSE, NOW
♪ WHAT I SAY
♪ I'M A-GONNA HEAD OUT WEST
ONE DAY ♪
♪ I HEARD ABOUT A FORTUNE
TO BE MADE ♪
♪ AND I'M A-GONNA GET IT,
NOW, JUST YOU WAIT ♪
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: NOME, ALASKA.
WE'RE MEDICATED
AND HIGHLY MOTIVATED.
WE'RE GETTING SOME GOLD TODAY!
Emily:
PEOPLE COME UP HERE, AND...
THEY'RE SICK. THEY'RE SICK.
THEY HAVE GOLD FEVER.
WHOO-HOO.
Narrator: FOUR WEEKS INTO
THE WINTER MINING SEASON,
GOLD FEVER IS ON THE RISE.
JUST HOPE IT KEEPS COMING.
[BLEEP] YEAH.
I'M GONNA GET THE GOLD.
SCREW EVERYBODY ELSE.
Narrator:
WITH THE CLOCK TICKING...
TIME, MONEY.
EVERY MOVE IS TIME AND MONEY.
...THE RACE IS ON TO CASH IN...
Andy: IT'S AMAZING
HOW MONEY MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD.
Narrator: ...AND LEAVE THE
COMPETITION OUT IN THE COLD.
THE WAR'S GONNA GET STARTED.
GRAB YOUR PIPES.
GET YOUR [BLEEP] BATS READY.
THAT I.R.A.'s MOVING IN.
Andy: LET'S DO IT!
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: SEVEN MILES
WEST OF NOME HARBOR...
...ON THE TOMCOD CLAIM...
EVERYTHING'S MOVING
AND JUST ABOUT READY TO GO.
THEY'RE PUTTING
THE FINAL TOUCHES.
THE EDGE OF OUR "O" CUT
IS PROBABLY
ABOUT 30 FEET FROM HERE.
SOME OF THE BEST GOLD SEEN.
Narrator: LEADING THE PACK
IN THE GOLD COUNTS --
WILD RANGER OWNER
VERNON ADKISON,
WITH OVER 100 OUNCES,
WORTH 130 GRAND.
WE'RE GETTING READY
TO FIRE IT BACK UP
AND START
MAKING SOME MONEY AGAIN.
WE GOOD TO GO?
Man: GOOD TO GO.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Narrator:
SET UP ON A FRESH DIVE HOLE,
VERNON IS ON TRACK
FOR A 200-OUNCE SEASON.
Vernon: YEAH, THIS IS LOOKING
REAL DAMN GOOD TO ME.
A LOT BETTER AROUND HERE
SINCE JASON'S NOT HERE.
A LOT BETTER.
Narrator: BUT TO GET THERE,
HE'LL NEED A NEW LEAD DIVER.
I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN
TO ANYBODY
BITCH, PISS, MOAN, COMPLAIN.
IT WAS MISERABLE
DEALING WITH THAT GUY.
Narrator: SO FAR...
THAT'S LOOKING VERY JUICY.
THAT FEELS GREAT!
Narrator: ...VERNON'S CHARGE
TO THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD
HAS BEEN LED BY ONE MAN...
YOU PISS OFF EVERYBODY
IN THIS [BLEEP] CREW
WITH YOUR NEGATIVE [BLEEP]
...RECENTLY FIRED CREW CHIEF
JASON WALKER.
NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY
WHAT I DID.
OH, YEAH,
YOU'RE THE GREATEST, JASON.
YOU'RE THE GREATEST.
NOBODY.
Vernon: ESSENTIALLY,
JASON PUT ME ON THE GOLD.
I GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.
HE WORKED THERE ALL SUMMER.
HE KNEW THAT AREA
LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
SO, NOW I HAVE TO GO AND FIND
SOMEBODY ELSE TO FILL THAT SLOT.
YEAH, I WEAR THIS RIGHT HERE
SO I DON'T TEAR UP MY WET SUIT.
Narrator:
TRYING TO FILL JASON'S SHOES
IS AN UNTESTED ROOKIE MINER,
28-YEAR-OLD KENTUCKY BOY
JUSTON COOK.
I'VE BEEN DOING COMMERCIAL
DIVING FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I GOT A DAUGHTER
THAT'S 5 YEARS OLD.
I REALLY MISS HER,
SO I'M READY TO GET HOME
AND JUST SHOW HER
THE GOLD THAT I'VE BEEN FINDING.
IT'S SO MUCH BETTER
TENDING FOR JUSTON,
'CAUSE HE'S NOT A LITTLE BITCH,
AND I DON'T HATE HIM.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M GLAD
I'M NOT A LITTLE BITCH.
[ LAUGHS ]
KNOWING JASON'S GONE
AND I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE --
IT'S JUST GONNA DRIVE ME
TO NO END.
I CAN'T WAIT
TO GET OUT THERE NOW
AND JUST KNOCK OUT
A LOT MORE WORK
AND JUST BUST MY ASS
THAT MUCH HARDER.
JUSTON IS A COMMERCIAL DIVER.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'LL LET HIM GO IN THERE
AND SEE HOW HE DOES.
Juston:
LET'S GO MAKE SOME MONEY!
Juston: HEY, TOPSIDE,
YOU GOT ME?
Elaine:
YEAH, WHAT'S UP?
Vernon: I'D LIKE FOR JUSTON
TO JUST BEAT JASON'S PANTS OFF
IN GOLD RECOVERY.
PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE.
Narrator: WITH THE SPRING MELT
JUST AROUND THE CORNER,
VERNON CANNOT AFFORD
TO MISS A STEP.
Vernon:
MY GOAL IS 200 OUNCES FOR
THE WILD RANGER FOR THE SEASON.
I'D HATE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M
GONNA DO IF THIS DOESN'T WORK.
I'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT ALL MY EGGS
IN THIS BASKET.
SO, ALTOGETHER,
HE'S MY KEY MAN RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF HE'S GONNA BE GOOD OR NOT.
Narrator: AS VERNON'S NEW
KEY MAN GETS AFTER THE GOLD...
AND THIS WAS OUR DIVE HOLE
RIGHT HERE WHERE THAT BOARD IS.
...JUST 200 YARDS AWAY...
AND THAT'S
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU WANT TO GO,
FROM HERE, SOUTHWEST.
OKAY.
...FOR HIS FORMER KEY MAN,
IT'S PAYBACK TIME.
I LOVE CONTROVERSY
IN THE MORNING!
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M FEELING GOOD OVER HERE, TOO.
LET'S DO IT!
THIS IS GONNA FINISH OFF
OUR SEASON. LET'S GO.
ALL THE WAY OVER HERE...
Narrator:
ANGERED OVER HIS FIRING,
JASON IS GIVING UP THE GOODS
TO THE KELLY BOYS.
YOU'RE A CROOK, VERN,
A [BLEEP] CROOK.
JASON WALKER,
THE HIDDEN SECRET.
VERN PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
RIGHT NOW BANKRUPT, GOING HOME,
IF JASON WOULDN'T HAVE
SAVED HIS SEASON.
WE DID OUR BEST GOLD
RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
WE WERE SAVING THIS
TO COME HERE LAST.
RIGHT ON. WE'RE GONNA GO RUSH
OUR [BLEEP] OVER HERE RIGHT NOW.
DO IT. DO IT.
OKAY, WE'RE GOING.
LET'S GO GET OUR [BLEEP]
AND GET IT OVER HERE.
Narrator: THIS WINTER,
THE KELLYS HAVE BROUGHT IN
JUST 13 OUNCES,
WORTH BARELY 17,000 BUCKS.
JASON'S LEAD COULD TURN
THEIR WHOLE SEASON AROUND.
NO, WE WON'T.
WE WON'T. WE'RE GONNA PROVE
VERN [BLEEP] UP.
WE WON'T, BRO. THANKS.
I'VE SHARED MY SPOT
BECAUSE VERN'S A SCUM BAG.
HE'S A WORTHLESS SCUM BAG,
AND EVERYBODY IN NOME KNOWS IT.
HEY, YOU GOT TO LOVE
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES, HUH?
JASON'S A PRETTY GOOD GUY TODAY.
SOME DAYS, HE'S AN [BLEEP]
BUT TODAY, I LOVE HIM.
Narrator:
SEVEN MILES TO THE EAST...
...IN DOWNTOWN NOME...
Zeke: I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN DIVING
OUT THERE IN THAT DEEP WATER
FOR, WHAT --
LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS NOW.
WE'RE JUST -- WE'RE IN
THE DANGER ZONE. WE ARE.
Narrator: ...DIVER ZEKE TENHOFF
HAS A PROBLEM.
MY LEG'S GOING NUMB.
LIKE, I'M GETTING REALLY DIZZY
AND GETTING THE SPINS
AND GETTING VERTIGO.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST KIND OF,
LIKE, A BIG CHECKLIST
OF, LIKE, DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
SYMPTOMS THAT I'M HAVING.
Narrator: FOR NEARLY A WEEK...
...ZEKE AND HIS PARTNER,
GLEN LeBARON,
HAVE WORKED SIX-HOUR DIVE SHIFTS
AT DEPTHS OF NEARLY 30 FEET...
SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME AFTER
AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF DIVING
DOWN HERE AT THIS DEPTH,
I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF DRUNK.
Narrator:
...PUTTING THEM AT RISK
OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS --
A DANGEROUS BUILD-UP
OF NITROGEN IN THE BLOOD STREAM.
I DON'T FEEL PHYSICALLY TIRED,
BUT MY BRAIN FEELS REAL SLOW.
Narrator: FOR ZEKE, THOSE FEARS
ARE BECOMING A REALITY.
Sarah: YOU HAVE
NITROGEN POISONING, OKAY?
OKAY, NOT OKAY
FOR YOU TO CONTINUE DIVING.
GLEN --
I DON'T CARE IF HE'S SUPERMAN.
HE'S GONNA GET IT, TOO.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA DIVE
TONIGHT.
I DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY
DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD.
GLEN'S ALL FREAKIN' OUT
ABOUT HIS BANK ACCOUNT,
AND HOW WE'RE NOT
GETTING ENOUGH GOLD,
AND THAT THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN
GOING SMOOTHLY ENOUGH,
AND NOW THIS'LL BE
ANOTHER MAJOR SLOWDOWN.
Narrator: OUT AT THE DREDGE...
Jasmin:
HOW'S IT LOOKING DOWN THERE?
Glen: RIGHT NOW, I'M PUNCHING
A HOLE IN SOME COBBLE.
AND SO FAR, SO GOOD.
SEEING SOME COLOR.
Narrator: ...DESPITE THE DEPTH,
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR GLEN.
GOLD'S NOT HARD TO FIND
IN THIS AREA.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE DEEP,
IS ALL.
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
WHAT?
I GUESS HE'S HAVING
NITROGEN POISONING, LIKE, BAD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE IT OUT ON ME, GLEN.
HE'S BEING SO CRABBY TODAY.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE.
Narrator:
EIGHT MILES TO THE WEST...
...BACK AT THE WILD RANGER...
Elaine: SO, YOU THINK
WE'RE GONNA SUFFER AT ALL
WITHOUT THE GREATEST DREDGER
IN THE WORLD ON OUR TEAM?
Juston: YEAH.
...JUSTON HAS BEEN UNDER THE ICE
FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS,
WORKING AN AREA
OVER 30 FEET FROM THE DIVE HOLE.
SEEING ANY GOLD
DOWN THERE YET?
NO, NOT YET.
I'M STILL MOVING
A COUPLE LAYERS OVER.
A LOT OF ROCKS. I STILL HAVEN'T
HIT NO TYPE OF GOOD BOTTOM.
WE'LL WORK ON THIS
FOR JUST A MINUTE,
SEE IF WE CAN'T
GET ON SOMETHING GOOD HERE.
YEAH, I COPY.
LOOKING ANY BETTER?
UH...
NOT QUITE SURE YET.
JUST TRYING TO GET BACK THROUGH
THIS LAYER OF COBBLE.
IT'S HARD WORK.
[ GRUNTS ]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE [BLEEP]
[ GRUNTS ]
Narrator: SEVEN MILES WEST
OF NOME HARBOR...
...AT THE WILD RANGER...
Juston: WE GOT A SITUATION
GOING ON.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
OH. THERE WE GO.
Elaine: WHAT THE [BLEEP]
I DON'T KNOW.
DID IT FREEZE UP?
YEAH, SOMETHING.
WHEW.
Vernon:
WHAT HAPPENED, ELAINE?
WE JUST HAD A FREEZE-UP
IN THE REGULATOR.
JUSTON LOST AIR.
GAVE ME
ABOUT TWO BREATHS OF A WARNING.
AND THEN
IT WAS JUST [BLEEP] NOTHING.
Spenser: RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN IN HIS POSITION,
WHAT HE JUST WENT THROUGH,
AND IT'S NO FUN.
YOU NEVER REALIZE HOW PRECIOUS
YOUR NEXT BREATH OF AIR IS
UNTIL IT'S NOT THERE.
YOU KNOW, IF IT HAD GOTTEN
TANGLED, PULLED TIGHTER,
AND THE TANGLE WAS WAY DOWN
AT THE END OF THE HOSE,
HE COULD STILL BE DOWN THERE
RIGHT NOW.
I'M ASSUMING THAT NOBODY'S
GONNA DO THIS SPARE AIR THING.
I MEAN, IT'S BEYOND ME.
I CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT.
IF I CAN MAKE IT BACK,
I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT BACK.
IF I GET FOULED UP
AND TANGLED UP,
AND I KNOW
I CAN'T MAKE IT BACK,
THEN I'LL RIP THAT MASK OFF
AND USE THAT REGULATOR.
Narrator: DIVING WITH
AN EMERGENCY BAIL-OUT BOTTLE,
JUSTON OPTED
TO RACE FOR THE DIVE HOLE
RATHER THAN DEPLOY HIS RESERVE.
OH, YEAH, IT ALWAYS GETS
YOUR HEART BEATING REAL FAST.
YOU JUST GOT TO STAY CALM
AND KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
BOBBY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE
A SAFETY MEETING.
JUST GET YOUR ASS
BACK TO THE HOSE,
IS ALL YOU CAN DO,
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator:
EVEN AFTER A BRUSH WITH DEATH...
BUT HAVE TO GO DOWN
AND MAKE US SOME MONEY.
...JUSTON PREPARES FOR ROUND TWO
WITH THE BERING SEA.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S
THE KIND OF ATTITUDE I LIKE.
YEAH!
Vernon:
JUST GO FIND ME SOME GOLD.
[ DOG BARKS SOFTLY ]
YEAH, IT'S AT 120.
Juston: IF YOU'RE GONNA BE
A DIVER AND A GOLD DREDGER,
YOU CAN'T SIT THERE
AND CRY AND COMPLAIN
ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING
THAT HAPPENS.
THERE JUST AIN'T NO ROOM
FOR CRYBABIES.
HELL, YEAH. WELL, KEEP DOING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
GOT A NICE, BIG, PRETTY
GOOD-SIZED BOULDER RIGHT HERE.
SO WE'LL SEE
WHAT LIES BENEATH.
IT'S LOOKING A LOT BETTER.
OH, YEAH.
SEE, IT'S A GOOD COLOR
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S BRIGHT.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.
THAT'S THE BOMB DIGGITY
RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S GOOD STUFF!
OH, YEAH!
HELL, YEAH.
DREDGE IT ON UP.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
GONNA HIT THAT GOOD SPOT.
SO IF WE CAN JUST STAY IN
THE GOLD LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE,
WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
HEY, JASON,
WE'RE DOING IT!
Narrator: JUSTON'S NOT THE ONLY
ONE TO HAVE FOUND A PAY STREAK.
EIGHT MILES TO THE EAST...
ON CLAIM 12...
Glen: OH,
THIS IS INTERESTING.
...AT THE MISS NOMER...
I'M DREDGING A DROP-OFF
IN THE HARD PAN HERE.
AND AT BOTTOM
OF THE DROP-OFF,
THERE'S
SOME PRETTY DECENT GOLD.
...UNDER 30 FEET OF WATER,
GLEN LeBARON IS ALSO CASHING IN.
IT'S ALL REAL FINE STUFF, BUT
THERE'S GOLD JUST EVERYWHERE.
TO DATE, GLEN AND ZEKE
HAVE PULLED 10 OUNCES
FROM THESE GROUNDS.
TOPSIDE,
GLEN'S GIRLFRIEND, JASMIN...
Jasmin: HE'S JUST
BEEN CRABBY ALL MORNING.
HE NEEDS A BREAK, BUT
ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS DREDGE.
I'M JUST LETTING HIM
DO HIS THING.
I HOPE HE COMES UP HAPPY.
AND HOPEFULLY,
HE LIKES MY SEASHELLS.
[ CHUCKLES ]
I'LL TELL HIM
THAT I MADE IT FOR HIM.
IT'S THE BEST I'VE SEEN
DOWN HERE.
IT'S LIKE THE CENTER
OF A GOLD VORTEX.
Zeke: HELLO, JASMIN.
Jasmin: HI.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
DOING ALL RIGHT.
HEY, GLEN, IT'S ZEKE.
HOW'S IT GOING?
IT'S GOING FINE.
I FOUND THIS AREA DOWN HERE
THAT LOOKS REALLY PROMISING.
ALL RIGHT, FANTASTIC.
WELL...
...YEAH, I MEAN,
WHENEVER YOU WANT TO COME UP,
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHAT
WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
Zeke:
HAS IT BEEN STRESSFUL OUT HERE?
Jasmin: YEAH, HE'S JUST
HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY.
I HOPE THE NITROGEN
ISN'T GETTING TO HIM.
HE SAYS IT'S NOT.
Glen:
GUESS I BETTER COME UP SLOWLY.
MAKE SURE I GET ALL
THE NITROGEN OUT OF MY SYSTEM.
Jasmin: HE'S, LIKE,
REALLY STRESSED OUT RIGHT NOW.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Zeke: HOW'S IT GOING?
OH, FINE, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, JUST,
TODAY ENDED UP BEING
REALLY FRUSTRATING
AGAIN.
YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL,
I'M REALLY --
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
I JUST WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT REALLY, LIKE, HAVING
A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF THERE BEING, YOU KNOW,
A NITROGEN PROBLEM THAT WE'RE
HAVING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
THIS WHOLE LEG
WENT NUMB...
AND IT'S STILL NUMB.
I'M HAVING SYMPTOMS.
MM-HMM.
IT'S UNDENIABLE,
YOU KNOW, SO...
YEAH, WE NEED
TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
I KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE -- I'M
NOT REALLY ARGUING WITH THAT.
AND THE MONEY'S HERE.
AND YOU'RE HAVING
SOME NITROGEN SYMPTOMS,
AND THAT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.
I REALLY DON'T THINK NITROGEN'S
A PROBLEM FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR LEG.
WELL, SO, I MEAN,
ARE YOU HAVING ANYTHING
THAT YOU WOULD REGARD
AS SYMPTOMS OF...
YOU KNOW, A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS AMOUNT OF NITROGEN?
HONESTLY, LIKE, I'VE BEEN
A LITTLE MORE IRRITABLE,
BUT I THINK THAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF JUST --
I'M JUST FRUSTRATED THAT,
LIKE, MORE GOLD PRODUCTION
ISN'T HAPPENING,
AND THE GOLD'S THERE.
I'M NOT READY
TO BAIL OUT OF THIS SPOT.
I'M DEFINITELY
NOT QUESTIONING
WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S GOOD GOLD HERE.
DEFINITELY NOT
QUESTIONING THAT.
WELL, ALL DAY LONG,
I WAS AT 25 FEET.
25 FEET'S HARDLY
A DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, DEPTH.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO SAY,
"WELL, YOU KNOW --"
I MEAN, BASICALLY, YOUR RESPONSE
IS, "I THINK IT'S SAFE."
I THINK
IT'S ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY QUESTION
MARKS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING --
THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE
TO ASK OF YOU.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
DECIDE ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT
LEAVING THIS PLACE RIGHT NOW,
AFTER THE DAY I'VE HAD,
YOU KNOW, IS JUST MORE
THAN I CAN REALLY STAND.
IN MY OBSERVATION,
YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE IRRITABLE
THAN YOU USUALLY ARE,
THAT IT SEEMS TO ALMOST BE
A PRETTY CLEAR SYMPTOM
THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG.
MM-HMM.
ALL OF US CAN SEE THIS, GLEN --
ALL OF US BUT YOU.
OKAY, WELL, THIS IS JUST --
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER --
THIS IS JUST...
RIDICULOUS.
I THINK I'M JUST GONNA --
I'M GONNA PULL --
I'M IN SUCH A BAD MOOD. I'M JUST
GONNA PULL [BLEEP] GOLD.
Zeke: YOU KNOW,
I NEVER TELL GLEN HE'S WRONG.
I'M NEVER LIKE,
"GLEN, YOU'RE WRONG."
BUT GLEN IS
THE MOST DEFENSIVE PERSON
I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
OUR GOLD STRESS
AND OUR, YOU KNOW, NEED
TO MAKE MONEY LIKE IMMEDIATELY
REALLY CAN'T BE A FACTOR
IN THIS DECISION.
Narrator: EIGHT MILES TO THE
WEST, ON THE TOMCOD CLAIM...
TIPPED OFF
TO A POTENTIAL HOT SPOT,
THE FIGHTIN' KELLYS
ARE PLANNING AN INVASION.
YEAH, OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW
IS TO MOVE THIS [BLEEP]
AS FAST AS WE CAN,
AND THEN WE GET SET UP,
AND ANDY'S GONNA
GO DOWN AND SEE
IF THE GROUND IS ACTUALLY
WORTH WORKING OVER THERE.
Narrator: ALL IT TAKES...
Kris: I MEAN, COME ON,
LET'S JUST GET GOING HERE.
...IS A 700-FOOT MOVE.
NICE AND EASY.
Andy: STOP!
[ LAUGHING ]
BUT AT THE REAPER...
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
JUST HAPPENED?
[ CONTINUES LAUGHING ]
Narrator: ...THEY DON'T DO
NOTHIN' NICE AND EASY.
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WAS THAT?
Kris: IT'S FROZEN!
Andy: FROZEN?
I SAID TAKE IT SLOW.
I JUST TORE UP MY [BLEEP]
THOUSAND-DOLLAR SHACK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT'S NOT FUNNY. WE JUST TORE THE
WHOLE [BLEEP] FRAME IN HALF.
I TOLD YOU
IT WAS [BLEEP] FROZEN
THREE INCHES
ON THE SIDE OVER HERE!
GO SLOW!
IT WON'T BUDGE.
WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
WE JUST TORE OUR FRAME IN HALF.
IT --
I KNOW, I KNOW.
I TOLD EVERYBODY
IT WAS FROZEN IN
THREE INCHES
ON THE SIDE HERE.
Kris:
BASICALLY, MY DAD CONSTRUCTED
A PIECE OF [BLEEP]
ON A COUPLE SKIS.
SO WE STAY IN ONE SPOT
SO [BLEEP] LONG
THAT OUR SKIS ARE FROZEN
SIX INCHES INTO THE ICE.
THAT'S MY MASTER
MECHANIC/ENGINEER/
DREDGE BUILDER/ULTIMATE MAN
OF THE UNIVERSE.
AND THEY SAY
LUCK OF THE IRISH?
[ SCOFFS ]
WE AIN'T GOT NO LUCK.
WE DO HAVE LUCK --
BAD LUCK.
WE SHOULD HAVE USED PLASTIC.
YOU KNOW, PLASTIC DOESN'T FREEZE
INTO THE ICE.
WHO THE [BLEEP]
KNOWS THESE KIND OF THINGS?
LIKE, SERIOUSLY!
PLASTIC DOESN'T FREEZE IN --
THEY NEED TO WRITE
THIS [BLEEP] DOWN
IN A DREDGER'S HANDBOOK
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE...
Narrator: WITH THEIR DREDGE
FROZEN IN PLACE,
THE KELLYS HAVE A SOLUTION...
SO ARE WE STILL DOING IT?
Brad: YEAH, CUT IT
JUST ALONG THE ICE LINE.
...HACK IT TO PIECES.
WANT ME TO SHOW YOU?
NO, I GOT IT.
I'M GONNA BE HERE
ALL [BLEEP] DAY.
MAKE SOME SANDWICHES.
HEY, WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.
LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
[BLEEP] YOU, MAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
THIS IS [BLEEP] STUPID.
Narrator:
OFF THE COAST OF NOME...
OHH [BLEEP]
...SIX HOURS
AFTER RECEIVING A TIP
THAT COULD SAVE THEIR SEASON,
THE KELLYS
HAVEN'T MOVED AN INCH.
WE SHOULD BE ON THE GOLD,
BUT WE'RE FROZEN IN SOLID.
SIX HOURS TODAY. WE'RE NOT
MAKING ANY [BLEEP] MONEY,
AND LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS
OUT TODAY.
HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE SKIS ARE BROKEN FREE.
ABOUT TIME.
SEE, THAT'S HOW MY BROTHER
REALLY MAKES HIS MONEY
RIGHT THERE --
HANDS AND KNEES.
SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Brad:
IT'S JUST CHEAP-ASS WOOD.
YOU KNOW, HERE IN NOME, 50 BUCKS
APIECE, WE CAN BUY SOME MORE.
Kris: HOLD ON.
COME BACK A FOOT!
MOMENT OF TRUTH.
OKAY, SO IT'S TAKEN US ALL DAY
LONG TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE BETTER WATCH OUT,
OR WE'RE GONNA MISS IT.
OH [BLEEP]
THANK GOD.
HEY, BE CAREFUL.
NOW TRY IT!
ONE MORE!
WHOO!
GO, GO, GO!
RIGHT!
WHOO-HOO!
I KNEW WE WERE GONNA DO IT.
I NEVER DOUBTED MY TEAM.
WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE
[BLEEP] WE'RE DOING SOMETIMES.
Andy: WE'RE FREE!
Kris: FREE AT LAST.
[BLEEP] YEAH, MAN. I KNEW
IT WAS GONNA WORK, HUH, EH?
LOOK AT THE [BLEEP]
WE LEFT IN OUR HOLE.
I KNOW. YEAH!
WE MADE IT, THOUGH.
WE'RE JUST RIPPING
OUR OPERATION TO [BLEEP]
AND NOW, BASICALLY,
WE HAVE A HUGE HOLE IN THE BACK.
OUR BACK SIDE IS ALL BROKEN.
OUR ENTIRE OPERATION
IS AT A LEAN NOW
BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S
ALL MESSED UP.
IF THIS HOLE PANS OUT,
IT'D BE [BLEEP] AMAZING,
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA LAST
TOO MANY MORE MOVES.
DISASTER AVERTED.
WE'VE STILL GOT
LIKE 30% OF OUR SKIS LEFT.
AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP IT FROM
FREEZING AGAIN, WE'LL BE FINE.
Narrator:
EIGHT MILES UP THE COAST...
...AT THE MISS NOMER...
...LOOKING TO PROVE THAT
THE GROUNDS ARE WORTH THE RISK,
GLEN HAS CLEANED
THE DRAG AND SLUICE BOX.
YEAH, 4.3 OUNCES
FOR THAT ONE.
IT'S NOT TOO SHABBY.
IN JUST THE LAST THREE DAYS,
THE SPOT HAS PRODUCED
NEARLY 6 GRAND IN GOLD.
Glen:
THIS IS REPRESENTING,
I THINK,
THE POTENTIAL OF THIS LOCATION.
AND WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS,
ARE YOU WILLING TO JOIN ME
IN DREDGING THIS SPOT FOR
AT LEAST ONE OR TWO MORE DAYS?
YOU KNOW, I HAVE VERY NOTABLE
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS SYMPTOMS.
IT DOESN'T REALLY
SOUND LIKE
YOU'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY
AT ALL.
OKAY, WELL, BASICALLY,
THIS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
I'M NOT READY
TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS PLACE.
I WANT UNTIL 5:00 TOMORROW
TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS PLACE
AND [BLEEP] DREDGE HERE BECAUSE
THERE'S [BLEEP] AWESOME GOLD.
PROBABLY CLOSE TO 10 YEARS
MORE EXPERIENCE THAN YOU.
I KIND OF KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
FIVE YEARS INTO IT,
AND I KNOW
YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
AND I CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU PAN.
I CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU DREDGE.
I CAN SEE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
MORE YEARS OF DREDGING TO DO
TO GRADUATE TO MY LEVEL, BECAUSE
I WENT THROUGH THOSE YEARS.
AND WHETHER IT'S DREDGING HERE
OR THE RIVER OR ANYWHERE,
THERE'S LITTLE STEPS YOU MAKE
THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF
UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH
THOSE STEPS.
WHY ARE YOU GETTING ANGRY
RIGHT NOW?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE
I'M CHALLENGING YOU?
NO, BECAUSE [BLEEP] I DON'T LIKE
THIS [BLEEP] CONVERSATION.
I THINK YOU'RE INTERMEDIATE
AT BEST
WITH YOUR MINING EXPERIENCE.
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S A FACT.
GLEN, GLEN, YOU --
YOU --
GLEN, YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY
BEING AN [BLEEP]
THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHEN YOU ARE BEING AN [BLEEP]
I MEAN,
DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE
YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST
IN WORKING WITH ANYONE.
YOU'RE NOT BEING NICE.
[ ARGUES INDISTINCTLY ]
I DON'T WANT TO [BLEEP]
LEAVE HERE AT ALL.
I THINK IT'S TOTALLY ABSURD
TO [BLEEP] LEAVE HERE.
I THINK IT'S [BLEEP] ABSURD.
I THINK YOUR NUMB LEG
MAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
[BLEEP] NITROGEN ALTOGETHER.
UH-HUH.
I REALLY [BLEEP] THINK THAT.
BUT WHAT I'M OBSERVING
IS THAT YOU'RE [BLEEP]
TOTALLY OFF THE CHAIN.
LIKE, YOU'VE BECOME, LIKE --
I MEAN, AS FAR AS
MY OBSERVATION IS,
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON
IN YOUR BRAIN
TO CAUSE YOU
TO BE EXTREMELY EASY TO ANGER.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOT --
IT PUTS --
YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU
THIS MUCH. I'VE FOUND --
HEY [BLEEP] YOUR [BLEEP]
SMIRK, YOU [BLEEP] PUNK.
WHAT?
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT MY PSYCHE.
AND YOU THINK THAT'S NOT GONNA
BE SLIGHTLY [BLEEP] ANNOYING?
YOU WERE JUST FLIPPING OUT.
YOU'RE LIKE, "HEY,
WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE,
YOU [BLEEP] PUNK."
PEOPLE HAVE PASSION,
AND I HAVE PASSION ABOUT WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETIMES.
YOU JUST CALLED ME
AN INTERMEDIATE DREDGER
WHO DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT HE'S DOING.
YOU ARE. AND YOU ARE.
NONE OF THIS
HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
YOU'RE A COMPLETELY
INNOCENT PARTY.
Zeke:
AT THIS POINT, I THINK
THAT YOU'RE JUST BEING
SUCH A GIANT [BLEEP]
THAT I DON'T REALLY SEE
WHY I WOULD EVEN WANT
TO EVEN CONTINUE EVEN THINK
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN TRYING
TO COME TO ANY SORT OF AGREEMENT
WITH YOU ABOUT ANYTHING,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
MY VOICE IS SILENT.
[ SCOFFS, LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHS MOCKINGLY ]
Zeke: ENOUGH. I MEAN,
THIS IS THE LINE, YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN'T TREAT
PEOPLE LIKE THIS. YOU CAN'T.
THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP
THAT IS GONNA GO NOWHERE.
[BLEEP] HIM.
Narrator:
OFF THE COAST OF NOME
AT THE WILD RANGER...
Vernon:
HE'S COMING UP.
...FOR TWO DAYS,
VERNON'S NEW ACE DIVER
HAS BEEN PUSHING
TO LEAD THE CREW BACK TO GLORY.
Vernon:
JUSTON'S SAYING HE WAS ON
SOME DYNAMITE GOLD DOWN THERE.
IT WAS LIKE THE BOTTOM
WAS PAVED WITH GOLD.
Narrator:
NOW IT'S TIME TO SEE IF JUSTON
CAN MEASURE UP TO JASON.
JUSTON LIVES OR DIES
BY WHAT HE DOES DOWN THERE.
OH, YEAH, WE'RE ON KICK-ASS GOLD
RIGHT HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST GOLD
WE'VE BEEN ON ALL SEASON.
THAT LAST HOLE
WAS DAMN NEAR 40 OUNCES.
I THINK IT CAME TO 38.77.
THIS ONE -- I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS
BE A 50-OUNCE HOLE.
Narrator: WITH ONLY 20 DIVE
HOURS TOTAL ON THE NEW HOLE...
THIS IS A FRESH MAT
BEFORE MY DIVE.
Vernon: YESTERDAY.
...THE PROOF
WILL BE IN THE SLUICE BOX.
IT'S LOOKING DAMN GOOD.
MAKES ME HAPPY.
THE REGULATOR CAN FREEZE UP
ALL IT WANTS.
I'M GONNA JUST KEEP
GETTING TO IT, KEEP PUSHING.
THIS RIGHT HERE
IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
Vernon: I'VE GOT THE BEST TEAM
THAT I'VE EVER BEEN WITH,
BAR NONE -- IN THE ARMY,
IN THE MERCHANT MARINES,
UP HERE MINING.
NUGGET! WHOO!
WE GOT JUSTON -- THIS GUY IS
LIKE A TIGER SHARK UNDER THERE
WHEN IT COMES TO
GETTING THE GOLD.
I MEAN, THIS GUY --
HE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.
Narrator: THE NEXT STOP
FOR A GOLD-LADEN SLUICE BOX
IS THE CLEAN-UP SHACK.
Juston: MY GOAL IS
TO TOP JASON'S CLEANOUTS,
AND IT WILL HAPPEN.
I'M HOPING OUR OUNCE-PER-HOUR
GOES UP, AND...
IT'S ALL LOOKING GOOD.
Bobby:
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO SEE
IT -- THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR?
Juston: OH, MY GOD!
[ LAUGHS ]
WHOO! HELL, YEAH.
NOW, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING
TOGETHER AS A TEAM, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S COMING TOGETHER.
RIGHT HERE, BOBBY.
HERE WE GO.
KILLIN' IT!
JUSTON TURNED OUT TO BE
A DAMN GOOD GOLD FINDER.
HE TAKES OVER FROM JASON,
AND IT'S A HELL OF AN UPGRADE.
IT'S ABOUT A 1,000% UPGRADE,
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
HEY, LET ME GET A PICTURE
REAL QUICK. SMILE.
SMILE FOR ME, JUSTON.
[ LAUGHS ]
TEAM'S UNITED. TEAM'S HAPPY.
[ SCOFFS ]
COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER.
WITH THE CREW I'VE GOT,
SKY'S THE LIMIT.
Narrator: WHILE VERNON'S CREW
CLEAN GOLD...
[ FLAG FLUTTERING ]
WE GOT BLESSED WITH A GOOD SPOT.
WE GOT OUR DREDGE LOOSE.
WE CAN GET 30, 40 MORE OUNCES,
IT'LL MAKE OUR SEASON.
Narrator:
...THE REAPER BOYS HAVE FINALLY
MADE IT TO THEIR NEW SPOT.
Kris: WE GOT A HUGE TIP
FROM JASON WALKER,
A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE
FROM VERN ADKISON,
SO WE'RE GONNA DO
WHAT WE DO BEST
AND THAT'S TAKE EVERYTHING
AND LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND.
Narrator: BEFORE THEY CAN PUT IT
TO THE TEST...
THREE SIDE-BY-SIDES,
BRAND-NEW,
WE'RE GONNA GET
OUT OF THIS HOLE.
JUST, LET'S CONCENTRATE
ON DOING THE HOLE.
...THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
TO SET UP SHOP.
OKAY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
WORK AS A FAMILY.
GET THE [BLEEP]
OVER HERE.
Kris:
I AM WORKING AS A FAMILY.
I'M [BLEEP]
STANDING NEXT TO YOU, AREN'T I?
IS THIS ALL --
CAREFUL.
WHY ISN'T THAT
BROKEN FREE?
'CAUSE I GOT A LITTLE PIECE
RIGHT HERE THAT I CAN'T HIT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.
KEEP GOING THERE.
HONEST TO GOD,
IF I DON'T DO 90% OF THE WORK,
ALL WE'RE GONNA DO IS ARGUE,
AND NOTHING'S GONNA GET DONE.
[ ANDY LAUGHS ]
[BLEEP] AGAIN?
YOU OKAY?
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
WHY CAN'T YOU TRY TO [BLEEP]
DO IT YOURSELF?!
OH, MY GOD. YOU'RE GETTING MAD
AT ME 'CAUSE YOU JUMPED --
NO, BECAUSE
EVERYTHING'S [BLEEP]
TWO OR THREE TIMES
EVERYTHING YOU DO!
THE HOLE'S DONE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
IT'S NOT DONE,
OR IT WOULD BE DONE!
OCCASIONALLY, I GET A LITTLE BIT
EXCITED, BUT REALLY,
THAT'S AT THE POINT, YOU KNOW,
THEY'VE ALREADY PUSHED ME.
[ BRAD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
WHAT HAPPENED?
I WAS A [BLEEP] MORON.
OKAY, SO [BLEEP]
I'M ACTUALLY NOT THAT WET.
JUST FREAKING OUT OVER NO
REASON.
LET'S SET THIS UP
AND GET GOING.
Narrator:
AFTER CUTTING THE DIVE HOLE...
[BLEEP] OKAY,
ROLL THAT PIECE OF [BLEEP]
...THE KELLYS FACE A FAMILIAR
FOE -- A TWO-TON ICE CUBE.
OKAY, GO!
FOUR WEEKS AGO...
GO!
...THE FAMILY'S WITS...
...WERE MATCHED.
WHOA.
TODAY...
FLOOR IT!
...THEY BROUGHT A TIRE.
DIDN'T GET IT.
OKAY, JUST BACK UP!
WE JUST GOT TO
MAKE IT WORK.
FLOOR IT!
HOLY [BLEEP]
THAT WAS COLD!
I THINK YOU'RE WEDGING IT
THE WRONG WAY.
HE'S GOT IT GOING.
GO.
YEAH!
OKAY, GOOD JOB.
THAT WAS CLOSE.
GOOD LITTLE "OLé!"
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO
WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM,
WE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT JUST TAKES US A LITTLE BIT
LONGER THAN NORMAL PEOPLE.
WE'RE THERE. YEAH, WE JUST
GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF...
LITTLE FINISHING TOUCHES
TO OUR DIVE HOLE,
AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
CLOSE ENOUGH.
THAT MOVE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN
TWO HOURS, THE WHOLE THING.
Narrator: THE GRAND TOTAL
TO MOVE JUST 700 FEET --
THE KELLYS LOST
A DAY AND A HALF,
TWO WOODEN SKIS, AND THE ENTIRE
BACK SIDE OF THEIR DREDGE.
I REALLY HOPE
THIS IS WORTH IT.
WHAT A BITCH.
IF I HIT THE MOTHER LODE,
I WOULD RETIRE.
IF I HIT THE MOTHER LODE,
I WOULD DREDGE FOR FUN.
GIVE TO CHARITY.
SPEND IT ALL ON GOLD MINING.
WHAT'S THE MOTHER LODE --
LIKE, A HUGE AMOUNT?
I WOULD GOLD-PLATE A GRILL.
I'M GONNA HAVE MYSELF
A TRICKED-OUT, 85-FOOT,
STEEL-HULLED SAILING YACHT.
NOT A GOLDEN GRILL,
BUT A GOLDEN...
[ IMITATES MEAT GRILLING ]
ALL THE AMENITIES,
INCLUDING A MOON POOL
AND A TRAINED DOLPHIN
TO FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I GO.
IF I HIT THE MOTHER LODE,
I WOULD DEFINITELY JUST
KEEP LOOKING FOR THE NEXT ONE.
Narrator:
IN THE CITY OF NOME...
AT VERNON ADKISON'S TRAILER...
Vernon: BOBBY,
YOU GOT THAT STUFF COOKED OFF?
SHOULD BE COOL ENOUGH.
...FOR JUSTON,
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAS ARRIVED.
WITH JUST 20 HOURS OF MINING,
IT'LL TAKE 12 OUNCES OR BETTER
TO BEAT THEIR RATE
FOR THE LAST CLEANUP.
16.17.
[BLEEP]
[ LAUGHTER ]
WE KILLED IT.
LET ME
ADD THAT IN THERE.
Narrator: 16.17 OUNCES
IS WORTH MORE THAN $21,000...
OUR TAKE WENT UP DRAMATICALLY
AFTER JASON LEFT.
Elaine: HELL, YEAH.
SOUNDS GOOD SAYING IT.
Narrator: ...CEMENTING JUSTON'S
PLACE AT THE HEAD OF THE CREW.
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
NOT BAD.
Juston: JASON'S GONE NOW,
AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP
JUST ROCKING AND ROLLING
AND JUST KEEP BRINGING IN
MORE GOLD, YOU KNOW?
Vernon:
BOY, I'M REAL HAPPY.
BEST TEAM I'VE WORKED WITH,
BAR NONE.
DAD'S TAKING US ALL OUT
FOR A STEAK DINNER TONIGHT.
RIGHT, DAD?
SWEET.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator:
BACK AT THE MISS NOMER...
Glen: ZEKE AND I
HAVE REACHED A CROSSROAD.
WE'VE BEEN INEFFECTIVE
AS A TEAM.
WE HAVE NOT REALIZED
OUR POTENTIAL,
AND WE'VE REACHED THE POINT
WHERE IT'S TIME TO PART WAYS.
Narrator:
...THE FIVE-WEEK PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN GLEN LeBARON
AND ZEKE TENHOFF
IS ENDING IN DIVORCE.
Zeke:
GLEN IS JUST A PSYCHO.
YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT,
IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT GLEN DOESN'T WANT
A PARTNERSHIP.
HE WANTS A SLAVE.
CLEARLY,
WE HAVE REACHED A POINT
WHERE WE HAVE SOME
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES.
I TOLD ZEKE THAT HE WAS
AN INTERMEDIATE DREDGER AT BEST.
AND I MEANT THAT,
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S TRUE.
AND HE LIKES TO THINK
THAT I'M JUST ARROGANT.
I TOLD HIM MY HONEST OPINION
ABOUT WHAT I THOUGHT
OF HIS ABILITY,
AND I DON'T THINK
WE'RE GONNA BE FRIENDS ANYMORE.
Glen: AND THIS IS
THE REST OF OUR SPLIT.
LET'S WEIGH THIS UP.
THERE'S THE PIECE OF PAPER.
Narrator: NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF SETTLING THEIR ASSETS.
OKAY, 5.74.
MINUS 15%...
2.4395
WOULD BE YOUR CUT.
I'M GONNA SAY THAT THIS IS
PROBABLY GONNA BE WORTH,
YOU KNOW, ABOUT --
GOD. WHAT -- A LITTLE UNDER
3 GRAND, I IMAGINE?
YEAH, ABOUT $2,500.
YEAH, 2,500 BUCKS.
YOU KNOW, I'LL PAY SOME BILLS
AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT REALLY IN THE MOOD
TO DISCUSS ANYTHING FURTHER
RIGHT NOW.
I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF SLEEP
LAST NIGHT.
NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED
TO DISCUSS ANYTHING FURTHER.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU.
I DON'T EVEN REALLY CARE
IF WE'RE DOING THAT, DUDE.
YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO
SHAKE MY HAND?
NO, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO
SHAKE YOUR HAND.
IF YOU WON'T EVEN
SHAKE MY HAND,
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY REASON
TO SPEAK TO YOU ANYMORE.
YEAH, WELL --
YOU'RE JUST INCORRIGIBLE.
MM-HMM.
DUDE, YOU'RE JUST --
YOU'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY SMUG,
MAN.
LIKE, YOU'RE JUST
A [BLEEP] [BLEEP]
YOU'RE THE [BLEEP]
LIKE, LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE SO PLEASED.
YOU'RE SO [BLEEP]
I'M NOT PLEASED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT.
YOU WON'T EVEN SHAKE MY HAND.
YOU'RE CLEARLY PLEASED.
WHAT ARE YOU
SO [BLEEP] PLEASED ABOUT?
IT PROVES TO ME
THAT, LIKE --
DUDE, I DON'T WANT TO [BLEEP]
TALK TO YOU. [BLEEP] OFF.
UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU'RE SO SMUG, BABY.
I'M SO SMUG.
YOU KNOW, THE HANDSHAKE
IS JUST TOTAL PHONY BALONEY.
LIKE, ON THE TERMS
THAT WE'RE LEAVING ON,
A HANDSHAKE
ISN'T APPROPRIATE.
WE'RE NOT LEAVING
ON FRIENDLY TERMS.
WELL, IT WAS A BITTERSWEET
VICTORY, BUT WE'RE FREE.
I KNOW. I MEAN,
IT WAS LIKE --
A BURDEN.
I REALLY TRIED.
I GET AN "A" FOR EFFORT.
YOU GET AN "A"-PLUS FOR EFFORT.
I GET AN "A"-PLUS FOR EFFORT.
YEAH.
YEAH.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M OUT OF HERE.
Zeke: WITH GLEN, IT'S LIKE --
OKAY, WHEN YOU'RE
IN A RELATIONSHIP --
LIKE, SAY YOU'RE IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A GIRLFRIEND.
IF YOU KIND OF THINK
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK OUT,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MOMENT
WHEN YOU SHOULD END IT.
YOU SHOULDN'T WAIT FOR, LIKE,
A MORE CONVENIENT TIME.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME
TO BREAK UP WITH GLEN.
IT'S NOT.
IT PUTS ME IN
A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SITUATION,
BUT, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE.
I'M FREE. I'M FREE TO DO WHAT
I WANT TO DO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'VE SUCCEEDED ON MY OWN,
UNDER MY OWN AUTHORITY BEFORE,
AND I CAN DO IT AGAIN.
Narrator: ZEKE AND GLEN'S
DOOMED PARTNERSHIP
EARNED THEM A TOTAL
OF 31 OUNCES.
NOW THEY'LL START FROM SCRATCH.
AS FOR THE KELLYS --
WELL, THEY MOVED THEIR DREDGE.
Vernon:
LET THE GOLD WARS BEGIN.
I WANT TO
GET TO THAT NUGGET FIRST.
Man:
DANG, YOU'VE DONE WELL.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE NOME!
YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE NOME!
Man:
HEY, DUDES, MY AIR!
MY AIR, DUDES!