Deadliest Catch (2005–…): Season 14, Episode 1 - Battle Lines - full transcript

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♪ THIS IS WHAT WE CAME FOR ♪

♪ AND WE COULDN'T
WANT IT ANY MORE ♪

♪ COULD NEVER TURN BACK NOW ♪

♪ GOT TO LEAVE IT
ALL ON THE FLOOR ♪

Narrator:
SUCCESS COMES AT A PRICE.

IT'S GETTING KNOCKED DOWN...

Man: HEADS UP ON THE BOW.
WATCH OUT. HANG ON! HANG ON!



Narrator:
...AND STANDING BACK UP...

WATCH OUT! WATCH OUT!
WATCH OUT!

Narrator: ...AGAIN...

Man #2: WHOA! HEY!
[BLEEP]

Narrator: ...AND AGAIN...

THIS IS HARD, BUT
YOU'RE DOING SO GOOD.

...TAKING THE PAIN,
TRANSFORMING IT TO COURAGE...

Man #3: GO! GO!

Narrator: ...TURNING TO THE GALE
AND SCREAMING,

"YOU WILL NOT
TAKE ME ON THIS DAY."

-YEAH!
-WHOO!

♪ BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE
LEGEND ♪

-WHOO!
-OH, MY GOD.

OOH, DOGGY!



♪ WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE
AIN'T JUST STANDING ♪

-OH!
-OH!

♪ THIS IS GONNA BE LEGENDARY ♪

Keith: WE'RE NOT GIVING UP.

HEY, I'M BLEEDING.
I'M BLEEDING.

WE HAVE TO FIGHT
OUR WAY THROUGH THIS.

[ GRUNTING ]

DON'T TELL ME I GO
BY A [BLEEP] RADIO!

GET OFF THE BOAT!

Jake: AND IF ANYBODY
GETS IN MY WAY,

I'M JUST GONNA FIGHT
LIKE HELL TO SURPASS THEM.

♪ AND EVERYBODY
HEAR YOUR POWER ♪

-YEAH!
-AAH!

♪ BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE
LEGEND ♪

-OH, MY GOSH!
-YEAH!

-BAM!
-WHOO!

Narrator: TO GET SOMETHING
YOU'VE NEVER HAD,

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
YOU'VE NEVER DONE.

Keith: ABANDON SHIP!
SURVIVAL SUITS ON NOW!

AAH!

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

Narrator: NO ONE EVER SAID

THE AMERICAN DREAM
WOULD BE EASY.

[BLEEP] OH!
MAN OVERBOARD!

MAN OVERBOARD!
GET THE ROPE!

VERN! VERN!

[BLEEP]

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Man #4: SECURITY.
SECURITY. SECURITY.

WIZARDOUTBOUND.

CAPTAIN SPADE
TRANSMITTING EAST SIDE.

Sig: RIGHT NOW,
I'M DOING 20 DEGREES.

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STARBOARD TURN.

CORRECT?
-ROGER.

WE'LL JUST GET
INTO A CIRCLE,

AND WE'LL TAKE
OUR TIME HERE.

WE NEED GUYS UP
IN THE MAST.

STAND BY. STAND BY.

Narrator: JUST OUTSIDE
DUTCH HARBOR...

I DON'T WANT
TO PLAY PREACHER.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE
TRIBUTE TO OUR FRIENDS.

...BEFORE THE START
OF THE 2017 KING-CRAB SEASON,

THE FLEET HONORS SIX MEN
WHOSE LIVES ENDED

TRAGICALLY ON THE BERING SEA.

Sig: JUST THIS LAST YEAR,
WE LOST ANOTHER FISHING BOAT,

THE DESTINATION.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE GONE.

Casey: THEY'RE A BUNCH OF GUYS
THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
THE TYPE OF GUYS

THAT WOULD WANT US TO CRY
OVER ANYTHING, THOUGH.

THEY WERE TOUGH CRABBERS.

I'LL GO DOWN THERE.

READY?

ONE, TWO, THREE.

YEAH.

-AMEN.
-AMEN.

-AMEN.
-GOD BLESS THEM.

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Sig: IT'S TIMES LIKE THIS
THAT REMINDS US

EXACTLY HOW FRAGILE
OUR LIVES ARE

AND THE DANGERS THAT WE FACE.

WE'VE ALL ACCEPTED THAT FACT.

TIMES LIKE THIS
MAKE YOU DIG DEEP.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO STOP.

WE'RE HERE TO GO CATCH CRAB.
THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE.

LET'S GO FISHING
AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO WE LOST

BUT MOVE FORWARD OURSELVES.

AGREED?

-AGREED.
-MM-HMM.

OKAY, GUYS. THREE, TWO,
ONE, LIGHT 'EM UP.

STRIKING CLEAR.
STRIKING CLEAR.

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[ INDISTINCT YELLING ]

Man #5: HEY.
HIT THE HYDRANT RAMP.

-STICK IT.
-MOVE THEM ALL ABOARD.

-COME ON. BRING IT ON, BOYS.
-LET'S GO!

GOOD!

IT'S KING CRAB SEASON 2017.

THE GUYS ARE GETTING
AMPED UP NOW.

WE'RE READY TO GO.

-LET'S GO.
-YEAH.

Narrator: AS THE START OF KING
CRAB SEASON DRAWS NEAR...

LET'S GO, GO, GO!

...THE AIR IS
THICK WITH TENSION.

Jake: NONE OF US HAVE SLEPT.

I'VE BEEN JUST PUSHING
AND PUSHING.

I NEED TO GET OUT THERE,
GET EVERYTHING SITUATED.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY.
MONEY MAKES MAMA HAPPY.

Narrator:
AFTER SEVERAL LEAN SEASONS...

Man #6: YEAH, YEAH, BABY!
COME ON!

...THE OPENING
OF NEW GROUNDS

BRINGS A RENEWED
SENSE OF OPTIMISM.

IT'S GONNA BE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT YEAR THIS YEAR

AND A DIFFERENT STRATEGY.

THE WATER TEMPERATURE
HAS SWUNG BACK TO A COLD YEAR,

THE BIGGEST SWING IN WATER
TEMPERATURE IN ONE YEAR EVER.

Narrator: BUT WITH A 4-DEGREE
DROP IN OCEAN TEMPERATURES...

Keith: WHO KNOWS WHERE
IT'S GONNA BE.

THEY'RE GONNA HIT SOMEWHERE.

Narrator:
...IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS

WHERE THE CRAB WILL BE
THIS SEASON.

EVERY DAY WE'RE OUT THERE,
WE'RE BURNING MORE FUEL,

GOING THROUGH MORE BAIT,

SO I'M GONNA GET THIS DONE

AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN

AND CLIMB THAT LADDER,
END UP AT THE TOP.

ALL CLEAR.

Narrator: NOW, JUST HOURS AWAY
FROM THE OPENING GUN...

Sean D.: IT'S BIG MONEY.

IT'S BIG RISK,
AND IT'S EVEN BIGGER REWARD.

YOU CAN HIT IT HARD, AND THAT
CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

Narrator: ...CAPTAINS ARE POISED
TO GRAB THEIR SHARE

OF THE $120 MILLION BOUNTY.

Bill: HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE CRAZINESS.

[ BIRD SQUAWKING ]

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Casey: THERE'S THE PLANE NOW.

Narrator: ON AIRPORT ROAD...

Casey: IT'S BEEN A QUIET PLACE
IN THE WHEELHOUSE WITHOUT HIM.

IT'S SO MUCH MORE FUN
TO FISH WITH JOSH.

NOW THAT HE'S BACK,

I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP
EXPECTS A LOT OUT OF HIM.

Narrator:
FORCED TO TAKE LAST SEASON OFF

BECAUSE OF FAMILY ISSUES,
BOAT OWNER JOSH HARRIS RETURNS

TO CO-CAPTAIN THE CORNELIA MARIE
WITH SKIPPER CASEY McMANUS.

WHEN JOSH WAS LAST ON THE BOAT,

HE WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF
COMING INTO HIS OWN.

THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 120,000
POUNDS OF KING CRAB TO CATCH,

AND WE HAVE TO CATCH
THE CRAB FAST.

IS HE GONNA BE ABLE TO PICK
UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF?

I'M JUST AS CURIOUS
AS EVERYBODY ELSE, REALLY.

HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?
-WHAT'S UP, BROTHER?

-HOW WAS THE FLIGHT?
-GOOD. GOOD.

JUST HAPPY TO BE BACK.

I'M GONNA KISS THE BOAT
WHEN I SEE IT.

I THINK THE BOAT IS GOING
TO BE HAPPY YOU'RE BACK, TOO,

TIRED OF ME
WHOOPING ON IT.

I JUST WANTED
TO TELL YOU, THOUGH,

I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR
ABOUT YOUR GRANDFATHER.

-THAT WAS PRETTY CRAZY.
-I MISS THE POOR OLD GUY.

YEAH,
HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

NOW, I'M, LIKE, THE LAST

OFFICIAL HARRIS
THAT'S FISHING.

HOPEFULLY, I DIDN'T
LOSE MY TOUCH.

I GOT THAT PARTNERSHIP
MEETING OVER THE PHONE,

BUT THEY'RE LIKE,
"YOU GUYS HAVE TO PRODUCE."

WE HAVE TO KEEP
THE BOAT IN THE GREEN,

AND I JUST REALLY HOPE
THAT YOU CAN PICK UP

AND KEEP CARRYING THE FLAG
FROM THE SAME SPOT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
-YEAH.

I GOT FAITH,
GOT A GOOD CO-CAPTAIN...

-YEP.
-...GOOD PARTNER IN CRIME.

I MISSED THE BOAT.

THAT YEAR OFF SUCKED.
I'M READY TO BE BACK.

I'M READY TO PROVE
THAT I CAN DO THIS.

GET BACK TO WORK.

-WHAT UP, BOYS?
-HEY.

-WHAT'S UP?
-LOOK WHAT I DRUG IN.

-OH!
-HEY!

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK,
BROTHER.

COME HERE.

I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK.
A YEAR OFF IS TOO LONG.

YEAH.

LET'S GET THIS PARTY
STARTED, GENTS.

BRING IT ON.

GOT THREE MORE TO GO.

-LOOKS GOOD. 2017!
-2017!

Narrator:
ACROSS THE HARBOR...

THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT IT,
RIGHT WHERE HE'S GOT IT.

Narrator:
...ABOARD THE 107-FOOT SAGA...

Man #7: HEY. LET'S GO!

WE TOOK THE BOAT DOWN
THIS SUMMER TO SEATTLE,

AND WE COMPLETELY REBUILT
EVERYTHING FROM ENGINES

TO CRANES TO DECKING TO LINES,

$750,000 ROUGHLY.

Narrator:
...CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON

PREPARES
FOR THE 2017 KING SEASON

WITH A REFURBISHED BOAT...

GOOD!

...FLOATING ON
AN OCEAN OF DEBT.

I KNOW I CAN CATCH THE CRAB,
BUT I NEED TO CATCH IT FAST.

HE'S GOT IT.
OKAY. LET GO! LET'S GO!

I'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS BOAT

WITHOUT A REAL PARTNER,
EQUAL PARTNER,

AND I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE

THAT'S WILLING TO WORK
WITH ME GENUINELY EYE TO EYE.

SIG FITS THAT BILL
TO THE "T,"

BUT SIG AND I HAVE HAD
A CHECKERED PAST.

IS THAT HIM?

Narrator: JAKE LEARNED CRABBING
ON THE NORTHWESTERN.

GO SLOW EVERY TIME.

CAPTAIN SIG HANSEN
WAS NOT ONLY A TEACHER

BUT ALSO A FATHER FIGURE
TO THE YOUNG DECKHAND.

WELL, YOU'VE GOT
50 POTS ON DECK.

WHEN JAKE BECAME A CAPTAIN...

SHOOT UP THE HILL.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO.

...SIG TURNED
INTO HIS MENTOR...

SCREWED UP SO BAD.

...BUT THE PARTNERSHIP HASN'T
ALWAYS BEEN SMOOTH SAILING.

YOU DO YOUR THING.
I'LL DO MINE. OKAY?

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

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Jake: SO I'M GONNA GO OVER
TO THE NORTHWESTERN,

VISIT AND ASK SIG
IF HE'LL WORK WITH ME.

Narrator: ACROSS THE ISLAND...

FOUR ACROSS OR THREE?
THREE ACROSS?

Sig:
IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE

AND JUST HOPING YOU HIT
THE CRAB OUT OF THE GATE.

TO DO THAT,
I WANT A LOT OF POTS.

Narrator: ...CAPTAIN SIG
IS MAXING OUT ON POTS

SO HE CAN PROSPECT ACROSS DEPTHS

AND THEN HAVE PLENTY LEFT

TO BOMB THE BIOMASS
WHEN HE FINDS IT.

-HEY, ED.
-YEAH?

PUT ANOTHER 10 MORE POT.
PUT 79, 80 POTS.

I WANT ALL MY MULLETS
OUT THERE.

THAT'S A LOT
OF EXTRA HEADACHE.

I'M JUST SAYING,
IF WE DO THAT,

YOU'VE GOT MORE GEAR,
MORE GROUND.

MORE STRESS.

JUST FILL THE DECK,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LEAVE.

-OKAY.
-CALL IT GOOD.

NOT A GOOD IDEA, NOT FOR A GUY
WHO JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK

AND PROBABLY HEADED
FOR ANOTHER ONE.

Sig: I'M SICK AND TIRED
OF GUYS ASKING ME,

"OH, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
THAT'S GONNA BE MORE STRESS."

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?

IT'S MORE STRESS
WHEN YOU SIT THERE

AND ASK ME ABOUT
IT ALL DAY LONG.

IT'S GETTING OLD, YOU KNOW?

LET'S JUST GET
THIS STUFF AND GO.

Jake: YOU GUYS
NEED SOME HELP?

HEY!
WHAT'S UP, BUDDY?

-THE OLD MAN UPSTAIRS?
-YOU MEAN GRANDPA?

-HOW'S IT GOING, BUDDY?
-GOOD. GOOD.

THE BOAT IS
ALL FIXED UP, SO...

DO YOU FEEL
MECHANICALLY SOUND?

YEAH. YEAH, I REALLY DO,
BUT NOW I'M BEHIND,

AND THERE'S NOT REALLY
ANY EXCUSE FOR ME TO...

IT WAS EASY BEFORE BECAUSE
I COULD JUST SAY THE BOAT

WAS A PIECE OF GARBAGE
AND CREW SUCKED

AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT,

BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
THE BOAT OWNER IS LIKE,

"YOU EITHER CATCH THE CRAB
QUICKLY OR YOU GO,"

THEN ALL MY WORK
WILL BE FOR NOTHING.

-REALLY?
-YEAH.

-YOU JUST GOT TO GO GET THEM.
-YOU WANT TO...

DO YOU THINK YOU'D
WANT TO WORK WITH ME?

I'VE ALWAYS MANAGED
TO BE ABLE TO DO WELL

WHEN I FIND THEM,
BUT I CAN...

IT TAKES ME FOREVER
TO FIND THEM. I DON'T...

YOU CAN'T ASK FOR HELP
EVERY SINGLE SEASON

BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE
GONNA BE RELIANT

ON SOMEBODY ELSE
EVERY SEASON,

WHEREAS IF YOU DO IT YOURSELF,
THEN YOU'RE SELF-RELIANT.

HOW LONG HAVE I BLED, SWEAT
AND TEARED FOR YOU

ON THIS BOAT?

OH, I AGREE. YOU WERE
ON HERE FOR YEARS,

AND WE TRAINED YOU.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT.
-THAT'S THE POINT.

-BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING...
-WHY WOULDN'T YOU HAVE ME...

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE SAYING
I OWE YOU SOMETHING,

THEN YOU'RE SORELY MISTAKEN.
-NO.

MY POINT IS,
IS I KNOW HOW YOU WORK.

YOU KNOW
EXACTLY HOW I WORK.

AND YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
BY YOURSELF.

YEAH,
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS,

IS YOU HAVE PEOPLE
THAT YOU CAN TALK TO, LIKE...

I'M NOT TALKING
TO ANYBODY.

YOU TALK TO PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE GOT.

YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE
GETTING THEM OVER THERE.

I SEE.

YOU KNOW WHAT BAIT
THEY'RE USING.

SO ARE YOU CALLING ME
A RADIO FISHERMAN?

BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, GET
THE [BLEEP] OFF MY BOAT.

I'M NOT CALLING YOU
A RADIO...

IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE INSINUATING?

NO. I'M NOT INSINUATING
THAT AT ALL,

BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS
TO INFORMATION.

BY THE TIME
YOU GET INFORMATION,

IT'S TOO LATE,
YOU DUMB [BLEEP]

FIND YOUR OWN
[BLEEP] INFORMATION!

GO OUT
AND FIND IT YOURSELF!

DON'T TELL ME I GO
BY A [BLEEP] RADIO!

GET OFF THE BOAT,
AND I MEAN IT!

GET THE [BLEEP]
OFF MY BOAT RIGHT NOW.

-COME ON, MAN.
-GET OFF MY BOAT!

Sig: BY THE TIME
YOU GET INFORMATION,

IT'S TOO LATE,
YOU DUMB [BLEEP]

FIND YOUR OWN
[BLEEP] INFORMATION!

GO OUT
AND FIND IT YOURSELF!

DON'T TELL ME
I GO BY A [BLEEP] RADIO.

GET OFF THE BOAT,
AND I MEAN IT!

GET THE [BLEEP]
OFF MY BOAT RIGHT NOW.

-COME ON, MAN.
-GET OFF MY BOAT!

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I MEAN IT! GET OFF RIGHT NOW.
GET OFF. OUT!

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.

-GET OFF! GET OFF!
-YOU'RE A [BLEEP]

GET OFF THE BOAT.

ALL THE [BLEEP]
I'VE DONE FOR YOU.

GET OUT! GET THE [BLEEP]
OFF THE BOAT.

ALL THE [BLEEP]
[BLEEP] I'VE DONE FOR YOU.

-GET OFF THE BOAT.
-NO ONE HAS EVER DONE...

[BLEEP] YOU.
SHUT UP.

HE'S STILL SCREAMING.
[BLEEP]

HE'S STILL SCREAMING.

[BLEEP] BETTER FISHERMAN
THAN YOU

ANY DAY
OF THE [BLEEP] WEEK.

WHAT A LITTLE
ENVIOUS BABY.

THIS IS KING CRAB.
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE.

IT'S TIME TO KICK HIM
OUT OF THE NEST.

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Narrator: ACROSS TOWN...

Man #8: RONALD, DO I
HAVE ANY MORE POTS

TO PUT ON THE BOAT?

120 MINUS 85.

Narrator: ...ON THE 113-FOOT
SUMMER BAY...

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A MAD RUSH
TO PUT THIS GEAR ON THE BOAT.

Bill:
WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE.

WE'LL BE GETTING OUT
OF TOWN HERE SHORTLY.

Narrator:
...CAPTAIN WILD BILL WICHROWSKI

OVERSEES LAST-MINUTE
PREPARATIONS

FOR THE START OF THE SEASON.

Bill: YEAH, THIS IS THE SECOND
YEAR OWNING THE SUMMER BAY.

OWNING A BOAT,
IT'S NOT CHEAP.

IT'S NOT EASY.

THERE'S A LOT
MORE RESPONSIBILITY.

Tim: BILL HAS GOT A LOT,
YOU KNOW, RIDING HERE.

HE'S JUST BASICALLY
INVESTED HIS WHOLE LIFE,

AND WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE

AND GET THE QUOTA QUICK
AND GET HER DONE.

Bill: BOAT IS IN SOME
OF THE BEST SHAPE.

CREWS, THEY'RE
RUNNING ON AUTOPILOT,

SO WHAT IS USUALLY
A VERY STRESSFUL TIME...

THEY'RE STILL STRESSED ABOUT
FISHING, BUT IT'S A GOOD START.

I'M PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT
THE WAY THIS IS TAKING OFF.

[ PHONE RINGS ]

MY PARTNER.

HEY, IAN.
WHAT'S UP, MAN?

HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE WE TALKED TO HIM

AND HE SAID IT WAS OURS,
IT WAS OURS, IT WAS OURS?

Ian: Yeah. Yeah.

WHO ENDED UP WITH IT?

HOW IN THE [BLEEP]

[BLEEP]
ALL RIGHT. I JUST...

I GOT TO SETTLE DOWN HERE.

IF I NEED BAIL MONEY,

MAKE SURE THERE'S ROOM
ON THE CREDIT CARD.

Narrator: A 20% LOSS OF QUOTA
MEANS A MASSIVE

$160,000 HIT
TO BILL'S BOTTOM LINE.

Bill: I DON'T SMOKE, BUT I FEEL
LIKE I NEED A CIGARETTE

BECAUSE I JUST GOT SCREWED.

IN FACT, I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT
BEHIND ME, TOO, AREN'T THEY?

-YUP.
-YUP.

Sean D.: THE BOYS ARE LOADING
THE GEAR RIGHT NOW.

ZACK IS GETTING EVERYTHING
DIALED IN IN THE ENGINE ROOM,

GETTING READY TO GO.

Narrator:
ABOARD THE BRENNA A,

SKIPPER SEAN DWYER
FACES HIS SECOND SEASON

AS CAPTAIN ON
THE KING-CRAB GROUNDS.

Sean D.: THIS YEAR,
I BOUGHT MORE QUOTA.

IT WAS QUOTA THAT BILL
TRADITIONALLY FISHES,

BUT IT WAS A GOOD DEAL
THAT I JUST COULDN'T PASS UP.

I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT TAKING
THE QUOTA AWAY FROM BILL

BECAUSE BUYING THIS QUOTA
IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES

THAT CAME FROM MY DAD
AND HIS HARD WORK

BUT ALSO THE LAST FOUR YEARS
OF ALL MY HARD WORK.

I BOUGHT IT FAIR AND SQUARE,

AND I THINK BILL WOULD HAVE
DONE THE SAME THING.

BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.

Narrator: WITH THE START OF KING
CRAB 2017 JUST HOURS AWAY...

Jake:
I'M READY FOR SOME SLEEP.

Narrator:
...CREWS TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF SOME MUCH-NEEDED SHUT-EYE.

Josh: ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.

IT'S TIME TO GET
THIS PARTY STARTED.

IT'S TIME TO GO FULL NINJA.

OH, THIS IS
GONNA BE FUN.

Narrator: EVERYONE, THAT IS,
BUT THE CORNELIA MARIE.

WE'RE ABOUT READY

TO PULL THE BIGGEST PRANK
ON THE BERING SEA.

WITH ANY LUCK TONIGHT,
WE SHALL PUNK TWO BOATS,

BRENNA AAND SAGA,
ALL IN ONE SHOT.

Narrator: CAPTAIN JOSH HARRIS
HAS PLANNED A LITTLE SOMETHING

TO KEEP HIS RIVAL
YOUNG GUNS OFF BALANCE.

AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW
I'M BACK IN TOWN,

SO TIME TO GO NINJA.

-WHOO!
-WHOO!

Casey: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S ROLL, TWO TEAMS.

WE'LL SHUT DOORS LATER.

HOLY CRAP!

IF THEY CATCH US, WE MIGHT JUST
HAVE TO GO OUT AND DROP ANCHOR

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT RETRIBUTION TONIGHT.

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BE VERY, VERY QUIET.

GO IN THROUGH THE WHEELHOUSE,
GUYS, NINJA STYLE.

Narrator: CASEY'S TEAM
SPLITS OFF TO THE SAGA...

Josh: OKAY.

...WHILE JOSH TAKES AIM
AT THE BRENNA A.

SHH.

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Casey:
WE GOT TO GET UP HERE.

SHH.

-[ LAUGHING ]
-IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.

-HANG ON. HANG ON.
-OKAY.

-WHOA!
-OH!

-OVERBOARD! OVERBOARD!
-COME ON! COME ON! COME ON!

Man #9: WHAT DID I MISS?!

Narrator:
JUST BEFORE THE FLEET LEAVES

FOR THE 2017 KING-CRAB SEASON...

-OKAY. LET'S GO.
-COME ON. IT'S GOOD.

-WHOA! WHOA!
-GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!

Man #9: WHAT DID I MISS?!

-OVERBOARD! OVERBOARD!
-COME ON! COME ON! COME ON!

-WHOA!
-HOLY [BLEEP]

Man #10:
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

[ ENGINE STARTS ]

-WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
-IT'S A [BLEEP] LIFE RAFT!

THERE'S A LIFE RAFT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GALLEY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

-HEY, SEAN.
-MORNING, CAP.

[BLEEP]

[ MUTTERS ]

WHO DO YOU THINK IT WAS?

Narrator:
20 MINUTES LATER...

ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, BOYS.
WELL DONE.

-MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
-OH, FOR SURE, MAN.

BOOYAH.

Narrator: ...JOSH'S NINJAS
RETURN UNSCATHED...

...SO FAR.

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

HEY, JAKE.
WHAT'S THAT NOISE?

-WHOO!
-HEY, GUYS! THEY'RE HERE!

-GETTING YOU BACK!
-IT'S PAYBACK!

-WHOO!
-PAINTBALL!

[BLEEP]

-[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
-GO! GO!

GO! GO! GO!
GO! GO!

YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!

-WHOA! AN EGG!
-GET DOWN!

-GET IT! GET IT!
-GO LONG!

-WHOA!
-OH, THIS IS AWESOME!

THIS IS ALL-OUT WAR.
-PAYBACK!

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DUDE, THAT WHEELHOUSE
IS FANTASTIC.

I THINK WE GOT THEM BACK.

CAN I GET A WET WIPE?

♪♪

[ ALARM RINGING ]

Keith: ABANDON SHIP!
SURVIVAL SUITS ON NOW!

[BLEEP]

Keith: ABANDON SHIP.

LET'S GO NOW.
IT'S ABANDON SHIP.

ABANDON SHIP,
SURVIVAL SUIT,

LET'S GET THEM GOING.
GET YOUR CREW MOVING RIGHT NOW.

GET AHEAD AND FIND OUT WHERE
THE REST OF THE CREW IS.

WHERE'S TYLER?

SEND SOMEONE DOWN TO GET HIM.

WHERE'S TYLER?

WAKE UP, MAN. START THINKING.
WHAT DO WE NEED?

WE'RE GETTING OFF THIS BOAT.

LAST MAN THERE, HELP TONY
GET HIS [BLEEP] ON.

SORRY TO WAKE YOU UP
LIKE THAT

ON A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
IN DUTCH HARBOR,

BUT I NEEDED TO SEE
JUST HOW WE WOULD REACT

COMING OUT OF A DEAD SLEEP.

Narrator: CAPTAIN KEITH COLBURN
HAS ONE LAST ITEM ON HIS LIST

BEFORE HEADING OUT TO SEA --
GIVING HIS CREW A REALITY CHECK.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS --

YOU HEAR THAT BELL,
YOU RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE HIS OR HIS
OR HIS THAT DEPENDS ON IT.

ALL I CARE IS ABOUT
IS GETTING YOU UGLY,

SLOW,

SLEEPY PEOPLE HOME
IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS.

THAT WAS A HELL
OF A WAKE-UP CALL.

KIND OF AN EPIC FAIL.

I'M ACTUALLY NOT HERE.

I'M THE GUY WHO DIED BECAUSE
I DIDN'T HEAR THE ALARM.

Keith:
I'VE GOT A GOOD CREW.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS
BITCHING AND MOANING,

"OH [BLEEP] A DRILL
AT THIS TIME IN THE MORNING?"

NA NA NA NA NA.

YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE ALL
LIKE, "OKAY, LET'S DO THIS."

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVEN'T
TAKEN ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.

I'VE GOT ABOUT $1 MILLION WORTH
OF CRAB I'VE GOT TO GO CATCH.

MY GEAR IS IN PERFECT SHAPE.
THE BOAT IS IN GREAT SHAPE.

I FEEL GREAT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GAME TIME
IN THE BERING SEA.

IT'S TIME TO GET OUT
THERE AND GET FISHING.

-READY? GO.
-GO! GO!

Narrator: WITH THE OPENING OF
KING SEASON JUST HOURS AWAY...

RED CRAB, HERE WE COME.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
PUT YOUR BIG-GIRL PANTIES ON.

TIME TO GO FISH.

-LET'S GO MAKE SOME MONEY.
-WHOO!

Narrator: ...THE ENTIRE FLEET
RACES TO THE GROUNDS.

-KING CRAB 2017, HERE WE GO.
-SECURE TAPE. SECURE TAPE.

BRENNA AOUTBOUND EAST CHANNEL,
STANDING BY 60 AND 9th TRAFFIC.

Man #11: ALL CLEAR.

Keith: [BLEEP] JAKE. JAKE.
REMEMBER?

I IMAGINE YOU'RE PARTNERED UP
WITH KING SIG, RIGHT?

NO, NOT TALKING TO HIM
AT ALL IN FACT.

WHAT I'M THINKING IS,
I'M JUST GONNA STUDY

THE FISH-AND-GAME SURVEY
AND HOPE I GET LUCKY.

Man #12:
ALL RIGHT, BOYS. GO!

Narrator: BOATS ARE PREPPED.

Jake: A TON OF MONEY SPENT
IN THE SHIPYARD.

BOAT IS IN FANTASTIC SHAPE,

JUST AS GOOD AS ANY
OTHER BOAT OUT HERE.

Man #13: HERE WE GO!

Sig: KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED
WE CAN GET ALL THE CRAB WE NEED,

GET IN AND OUT
AS FAST AS WE CAN.

Narrator: CAPTAINS HAVE PUT
THEIR CHIPS ON THE TABLE.

Bill: IT'S MY JOB TO GET
THIS DONE AS QUICK

AS I CAN TO MAKE SURE
THESE GUYS GET SOME MONEY.

Josh: IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO
GET A REPUTATION TO BE GOOD.

IT TAKES A SECOND
TO GET A BAD REPUTATION,

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE
TO GO OUT THERE

AND SHOW THEM THAT WE GOT IT.

Narrator: NO MORE EXCUSES.

IT'S TIME TO CLAIM
THE BERING SEA FORTUNE.

Sean D.: THIS IS, LIKE, THE ONLY
PLACE LEFT IN THE WORLD

WHERE YOU CAN COME OUT
AND JUST BUST YOUR ASS

AND REALLY LIVE
THAT AMERICAN DREAM.

Man #14: 2017, LET'S FREESTYLE,
BABY. HERE WE GO!

-WHOO!
-YEAH, BABY!

Narrator: COMING UP...

WHAT DO YOU SAY WE DO A LITTLE
BIT OF COMPETITION HERE?

SHOW OLD WILD BILL
WHAT'S UP, OLD MILD BILL.

COAST GUARD.
THIS IS HELICOPTER 36004.

THERE'S A COAST GUARD RESCUE
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

Man #15: ABORT!
ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!

Narrator: 250 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR...

WE'VE GOT TO TRY ONE IN HERE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT UP ON THE
RIDGE, BUT WE GOT TO TRY IT.

Narrator:
...ON THE NORTHWESTERN...

Sig: I WANT TO SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON UP HERE

BECAUSE THIS IS SHALLOWER,

SO THIS WILL BE MUCH
FARTHER NORTHEAST

THAN WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

Narrator: ...PROSPECTING
AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS...

I JUST WANT TO UTILIZE MY GEAR.

I'M NOT PLANNING
ON EVERYTHING TO HIT,

BUT FRANKLY I DON'T CARE.

THIS IS JUST TO GET
A LAY OF THE LANDS.

Narrator: ...CAPTAIN SIG HANSEN
WILL SET HIS POTS

IN A 30-SQUARE-MILE-WIDE AREA
TO HONE IN ON THE CRAB.

Sig: YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE CRAB ARE,

AND YOU GOT TO SPREAD OUT.

Narrator: BUT BEFORE SETTING HIS
FIRST POTS OF THE KING SEASON...

EVERYBODY BITING THE HEAD TODAY?

SOMEBODY BETTER.

Narrator:
...THE SKIPPER AND HIS CREW

HAVE SOME IMPORTANT
BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

GO DOWN AND SEE IF SOMEBODY
HAS GOT THEIR TRADITION

IN THEM OR NOT?

[ LAUGHTER ]

Narrator: YES, IT'S THAT GOOD
OLD NORWEGIAN CHESTNUT --

BITING THE HEAD OFF A HERRING.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO THIS.
LET'S GO.

-DO IT. LET'S GO.
-DO IT.

MAKE A TOAST, EDGAR.

-TO KING CRAB 2017!
-KING CRAB!

-AMERICA!
-LET'S GO!

-AW, GET INTO THE GUTS NOW.
-IT'S FROZEN.

Sig: YOU GOT HIS HEAD.
THEY'RE FROZEN.

LOOK AT THAT.
I GOT TEETH MARKS IN IT.

OH, LOOK AT THAT ROE.

-DO IT!
-LET'S DO IT.

-LET'S GO.
-LET'S DO IT.

-LET'S GO. DO IT.
-WHOO!

DOWN LOW.
DOWN LOW. DOWN LOW.

Narrator: HAVING APPEASED
THE CRAB GODS...

OKAY, SET THEM WHEN YOU'RE
READY. GOING OVER!

Narrator: ...THE NORTHWESTERN
CHARGES IN

TO THE 2017 KING-CRAB SEASON.

-HOW'S THAT? FIRST POT.
-2017!

Sig: HOPEFULLY,
IF THIS WEATHER HOLDS,

WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL OUR POTS
THE FIRST TIME THROUGH,

SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY
FIND SOMETHING.

IF I KNEW WHERE THE CRAB WERE,
I'D STICK THEM ALL IN ONE SPOT,

BUT I DON'T.

THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT
FISHING, NOT CATCHING.

GOING OVER!

KICK ASS!

Narrator: WHILE SIG HEDGES HIS
BETS AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS

TO FIND THE CRAB,

ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...

WHOO! WOO-HOO!
GET IN THERE!

YEAH! I'M GONNA GET IT!

Josh: HEARD THE WATER
TEMPERATURE

IS A LITTLE BIT COOLER
THIS YEAR.

FOUR DEGREES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
GOING A LITTLE BIT SHALLOW?

LET'S SEE.
THAT'S A GOOD PLAN.

Narrator: ...CAPTAINS
JOSH HARRIS AND CASEY McMANUS

FOCUS ON WATER TEMPERATURE.

WE'LL DEFINITELY GET
SOME UP SHALLOW TO SEE

IF THEY MOVED UP
THAT WAY,

AND THEN SEE WHAT THE WATER
TEMPERATURE IS LIKE.

-[BLEEP] THAT'S MY MAN.
-THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. LET HER GO.
LET HER GO.

-WOO-HOO!
-WHOO!

Narrator: WIZARDCAPTAIN
KEITH COLBURN BANKS

ON HIS 30-PLUS YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE UP NORTH,

UP IN AN AREA
WE CALL WALLY WORLD.

WE'VE FISHED UP THIS GULLY
FOR DECADES, YOU KNOW,

AND, I GUESS, IF THERE'S ONE
THING I DO HAVE GOING FOR ME,

IT'S 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
AS A CAPTAIN FISHING KING CRAB.

YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT MORE YEARS
SITTING IN THIS CHAIR

THAN THE BRENNA, CORNELIA MARIE
AND SAGACOMBINED.

-WHOO! WHOO!
-WOO-HOO!

EVERYTHING IS SET IN MOTION.

I WENT DOWN SOUTH
AND TO THE WEST.

2017!

Narrator:
AND WITHOUT A PARTNER,

CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON
BETS ON THE SURVEY...

WE STUDIED THE
WATER TEMPERATURES.

WE STUDIED CRAB MOVEMENTS,
LOOKED AT THE TRAWL SURVEYS.

WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD WITH
ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAD.

IS IT GONNA WORK?
I DON'T KNOW.

Sean D.: KING CRAB 2017.

-WHOO!
-WHOO!

Narrator:
...WHILE IN THE DEEPER,
COLDER WATERS, THE BRENNA A...

BOAT IS MOVING, MAN.
WE GOT TO PACE.

WE GOT TO SET THESE THINGS OFF.

Narrator:
...AND THE SUMMER BAY...

LET IT GO.

Narrator: ...WORK GROUNDS
THAT HIT LAST SEASON.

Bill:
THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THE FACT

WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE
AS FAST AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE WE'RE ALL COMPETING
AGAINST EACH OTHER.

Narrator: SIX BOATS ON
THE BERING SEA CHESSBOARD,

EACH FIGHTING FOR THEIR SHARE
OF THE ALASKAN KING CRAB BOUNTY.

TOUGH WAY TO MAKE A BUCK.

IF IT WAS EASY,
EVERYBODY WOULD DO IT.

♪♪

♪♪

-GO, GO, GO, GO!
-LET'S GO! COME ON!

Bill: THE BRENNA A.

WHY DON'T WE GET THE DECK
READY LIKE WE WERE TALKING?

-GET IT READY?
-STACK THE POTS ALONG THE RAIL.

NO. WE'RE JUST GONNA PICK
IT UP AND MOVE IT OVER HERE.

Narrator: WITH JUST 10 POTS
LEFT TO SET...

Bill:
THE GUYS ARE OUT THERE

DOING A LITTLE PREP WORK
FOR THIS THROWDOWN

I'M ABOUT TO GIVE THEM.

I KIND OF THINK
HE'S COMPETITIVE ENOUGH.

HE'S GONNA FALL FOR THIS ONE.

Narrator: ...WILD BILL
GREEN-LIGHTS A PLAN

TO EXACT SOME REVENGE
ON THE BRENNA A.

YEAH, BRENNA,
SUMMER BAY,YOU ON THERE?

YEAH, BILL. GOT YOU FINE.
WHAT'S GOING ON?

SAW YOU DRIVING BY,
AND I GOT TO BE HONEST.

IT HURTS THAT
YOU GOT THAT QUOTA.

I THOUGHT WE'D PUT
AN END TO THIS.

LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT.
-[BLEEP]

WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE DO A LITTLE BIT

OF A COMPETITION HERE,
A LITTLE HEAD-TO-HEAD?

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO MESS WITH AN OLD GUY.

I'M LISTENING.

WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD
OVER HERE, YOU KNOW,

GOT SOME GOOD GUYS ON DECK,
YOUR SON BEING ONE OF THEM.

WHAT YOU GOT IN MIND HERE?
I'M GAME.

SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES
FOR THOSE YOUNG GUNS

TO GET 10 POTS IN THE WATER,

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE OLD BOAT

TAKES GETTING 10 POTS
IN THE WATER.

ALL RIGHT.

CALL OUT WHEN YOUR LAST ONE,
YOUR NUMBER 10,

GOES OFF THE LAUNCHER.

ROGER. YOU GOT IT.

I'M STAGED
AND READY TO GO.

Narrator: NOW THAT HE'S SET UP
THE UNSUSPECTING CAPTAIN...

I WAS HOPING YOU WERE UP
FOR THE CHALLENGE.

Narrator: ...IT'S TIME FOR
WILY BILL TO KNOCK HIM DOWN.

Bill: HERE IS THE DEAL.
IF YOU BEAT ME,

I WON'T BUST YOUR CHOPS
ON YOU TAKING THE QUOTA,

BUT IF I WIN, YOU GOING
TO JUMP IN THE TANK?

OH, I SEE
WHERE THIS IS GOING.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
YEAH. SURE. WHY NOT?

I'M NOT AFRAID
OF A LITTLE WATER.

[ LAUGHS ]

HEY, GUYS. I THINK THEY'RE
GONNA BITE ON IT.

YEAH.
GONNA KICK SOME ASS!

WILD BILL WANTS TO HAVE
A LITTLE CONTEST.

HE THINKS THE OLD SCHOOL

HAS GOT IT BETTER
THAN THE NEW SCHOOL.

I THINK WE CAN SET
FASTER THAN HIM.

IT'S A HEAD-TO-HEAD
RACE HERE.

AND IF THE SUMMER BAY
BEATS US,

WE STILL HAVE
MORE QUOTA THAN THEM,

SO I THINK WE WIN.

SUMMERWHO?

IS THAT A BOAT?

Narrator:
THE TERMS OF THE BET ARE SET.

WHOEVER DUMPS 10 POTS
THE FASTEST WINS.

I DON'T THINK
THEY HAVE A CHANCE.

Bill: NOBODY SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT DOING THIS FAIR.

Narrator: IF YOU'RE NOT
CHEATING, YOU'RE NOT TRYING.

I'M GONNA DO
FIVE FLAT ON THE DECK,

FIVE ACROSS THE TOP OF THOSE,

AND WE'RE GONNA SET
IN A SEQUENCE

WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS A POT
GOING OVER THE RAIL

OR BEING DRUG TO THE LAUNCHER.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES
THE OLD-SCHOOL GUY

HAS A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE.

I THINK HE'S GOING
TO BE SURPRISED

THE WAY THIS WORKS OUT.

THE BRENNA A,YOU GUYS
ARE GOING DOWN, SUCKERS.

OKAY. NICK, THAT'S LOOKING GOOD.
EVERYTHING IS TIED UP, RIGHT?

WE ARE READY.
READY TO KILL IT.

ALL RIGHT. HERE COMES THE
COUNTDOWN, GO ON HIS THREE.

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS.
WHOO!

ALL RIGHT.

ON THREE, TWO, ONE.

OKAY. HERE WE GO.
GO, GO, GO.

Narrator: 215 MILES
OUTSIDE OF DUTCH HARBOR,

THE SUMMER BAY...

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!

Narrator:
...AND THE BRENNA A...

Nick: WHOO!

Narrator: ...ARE POISED
AT THE STARTING LINE.

ALL RIGHT.
ON THREE, TWO, ONE.

OKAY. HERE WE GO.
GO, GO, GO.

-GOING OVER!
-BOMBS AWAY, BOYS.

BE CAREFUL.
SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

Narrator: BILL'S STRATEGY
OF STACKING MULTIPLE POTS

ALONG THE RAIL...

-GO, GO, GO!
-POT COMING OFF!

Narrator: ...HAS RIGGED
THE GAME IN HIS FAVOR.

-GO! GO!
-GO, GO!

-GO ON! GO! GET IT! GET IT!
-GET IT! GET IT!

THERE'S ONE, BOYS!

ON THE BRENNA,SEAN AND CREW
HUSTLE LIKE THEY HAVE A CHANCE.

-GET UP! GO!
-LET'S GO, BOYS.

SHOW OLD WILD BILL
WHAT'S UP, OLD MILD BILL.

THEY DON'T.

WE GOT TWO.
WE GOT TWO.

-IT'S GOING OVER!
-GO! GO!

IT'S NOT OLD SCHOOL,
OVER-THE-SIDE FISHING.

Narrator:
BILL'S STACKED DECK...

Bill: LET IT GO.

GOING OVER! GOING OVER!
GOING OVER!

Narrator: ...LEAVES THE YOUNG
GUNS IN HIS WAKE.

COME ON.
YOU'RE ON THE RACK.

-COME ON.
-WHAT'S THAT, SEVEN?

LOOKS GOOD. LET IT GO.

-PUT IT IN THERE!
-GO!

LET THE LAST ONE GO
AS QUICK AS YOU CAN.

LAST ONE! LAST ONE!

GO, GO, GO!

[ CHEERING ]

ALL RIGHT. 10.

OKAY. THEY'RE ALL OVER.

THEY'RE ALL GONE.

NUMBER 10 IN THE WATER.

WHAT?

10 IN THE WATER,
HOLY [BLEEP]

NO WAY, DUDE.

NO [BLEEP] WAY,
NOT EVEN A CHANCE.

YOU KNOW ABOUT RUNNING DOWN
THE HILL AND GETTING ONE?

WELL, WE WALKED DOWN
AND GOT THEM ALL.

DUDE, HOW IN THE [BLEEP]

IS HE SETTING THEM
THAT FAST?

WE GOT 10.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THERE'S NO WAY...

-WHOO!
-WHOO!

ZACK, YOU SHOULD KNOW.

YOU SHOULD KNOW, ZACK.

[ LAUGHTER ]

TAKE THAT!

WE HAD IT SET UP.

I'M SURE HE'S OVER THERE
SCRATCHING HIS HEAD.

Sean D.: IT'S BEEN 5 MINUTES

SINCE THAT FIRST ONE
WENT IN THE WATER.

THAT'S A POT
EVERY 30 SECONDS. NO WAY.

DUDE.

HE [BLEEP] PUNKED US.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, GUYS, AND I'D
LIKE TO SEE THE TANK THING.

ALL RIGHT.
WELL PLAYED, SIR.

WE'VE BEEN HUMBLED.

HEY [BLEEP]
YOUR CATTLE RANCH

BECAUSE I SMELL
SOME BULL[BLEEP]

I STILL GOT
YOUR QUOTA, THOUGH.

[BLEEP]

OVERHEATED MY MAIN
DOING THAT.

WHEW. KICKED THEIR ASS.

Narrator: AS THE VETERAN CAPTAIN
SAVORS VICTORY...

...ACROSS THE FLEET...

Man #16: LAST ONE! AH!

NICE [BLEEP] JOB.

Narrator: ...CAPTAINS IN THE
DEEPER WESTERN CRAB GROUNDS...

WE'RE FISHING, FELLOWS!

Narrator: ...AS WELL AS THOSE

FISHING SHALLOW NORTHERN WATERS

EAGERLY AWAIT THE FRUITS
OF THEIR LABOR.

Sig: WHOO!

NICE JOB, GUYS.
-THANKS, SIG.

WE JUST GOT A,
"GOOD JOB," FROM SIG.

♪♪

Woman:
6004, FROM THE 1714, OVER.

Man #17: A MEDEVAC,
21-YEAR-OLD MALE,

75 MILES EAST
OF ST. PAUL.

THERE'S A COAST GUARD
RESCUE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

Narrator: 260 MILES
TO THE NORTHWEST...

...AN EMERGENCY CALL SHOWS
JUST HOW FAST TIDES CAN TURN

WHEN THE BERING SEA
SHOWS ITS TEETH.

A COAST GUARD MH-60
JAYHAWK RACES

TO A 135-FOOT LONGLINER
IN DISTRESS.

UPDATED STATUS
ON THE PATIENT?

NAUSEA, HEAD HURTS,
DOUBLE VISION.

A 21-YEAR-OLD CREWMAN
HAS TAKEN A 50-POUND BAG

OF FROZEN BAIT TO THE HEAD

AND IS STRUGGLING
TO STAY CONSCIOUS.

Man #18: WE'RE SHOWING WINDS
OUT OF THE SOUTH, SOUTHWEST.

YEAH.
WE'LL BE BUMPING INTO IT,

SO WE'LL BE BOUNCING
A LITTLE BIT HERE.

OKAY, ROGER.

OH, BOY.
OH, MAN.

THAT'S GONNA BE TIGHT.

OH, MAN.

Narrator: THE RESCUE HAS
TWO ENORMOUS OBSTACLES --

THE FORE AND AFT GANTRIES
USED IN LONGLINE FISHING.

DOORS OPEN. WOW.

LOOK AT THOSE SEAS.
I BET IT'S REALLY WINDY.

OH, YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

OH, THOSE ARE SOME
PRETTY GOOD ROLLERS, HUH?

YEAH.

Narrator: TO EXTRACT
THE INJURED CREWMAN,

THE PILOT MUST LOWER
THE COAST GUARD SWIMMER

DOWN ONTO A DECK
BUCKED WITH WAVES...

HOLY [BLEEP]

...AND GUARDED BY THOSE
TWO PITCHING STEEL TOWERS.

OH, BOY.

WE GOT TO TRY IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BOAT HERE.

IT'S LIKE TRYING TO
THREAD A MOVING NEEDLE.

20.
FORWARD AND RIGHT.

10.

EASY.
FORWARD AND RIGHT.

OH.

ABORT! ABORT!

Narrator: 350 MILES
NORTH OF DUTCH HARBOR...

-PRETTY GOOD WAVES THERE.
-OH, YEAH. THEY'RE BOUNCING.

Narrator: ...THE COAST GUARD
IS ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE

AN INJURED CREWMAN
FROM A 135-FOOT LONGLINER.

Man #19: ALL RIGHT.
I'M MOVING BACK A LITTLE HERE.

THE FIRST ATTEMPT FAILS,

AND THE SWIMMER IS PULLED
BACK ABOARD THE JAYHAWK.

HE'S NOT ONLY
PITCHING UP AND DOWN.

HE'S ROLLING, SO IT'S EASIER
BEING ON THE SEAS.

IF HE WAS ONLY PITCHING,

IT'D BE KIND OF DIFFERENT.

Man #20: I DON'T LIKE IT.
IT WAS...

TRAIL LINE IS GOING DOWN.

Narrator:
TO BETTER THEIR ODDS,

THE CREW DEPLOYS A TRAIL LINE

TO THE DECK
TO STEADY THE SWIMMER.

SWIMMER IS GOING DOWN.
SWIMMER IS GOING DOWN.

THAT FORWARD COMMAND
OR WHATEVER REFERENCE YOU HAVE.

HOOK IS ON ITS WAY UP.

Narrator: WITH THE SWIMMER
SAFELY ABOARD...

...A STRETCHER IS
LOWERED TO THE DECK.

FORWARD, FIVE.

ALL RIGHT.
GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA PICK ELI UP.

AND PREPARE TO
TAKE THE LOAD.

HOIST COMPLETE.

Narrator:
WITH THE RESCUE COMPLETE,

THE JAYHAWK RUSHES TO COLD BAY

TO GET THE CREWMAN IMMEDIATE
MEDICAL ATTENTION.

-GOOD WORK, TEAM.
-YEAH. NICE JOB.

Narrator: 240 MILES
TO THE SOUTHEAST

ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...

Casey: HEY, JOHN. SEE THAT
SEAGULL ABOVE YOU?

KEEP AN EYE ON THAT
SEAGULL ABOVE YOU.

SEE HIM?

[ AIR HORN BLOWS ]

[ LAUGHING ]
-[BLEEP]

Casey:
DID HE [BLEEP] ON YOU?

SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO PLAY
THE WIND JUST RIGHT,

WAIT UNTIL THE SEAGULL
IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT,

GIVE THE HORN A LITTLE HONK,

AND THEY BLOW IT OUT
THE BACK END SO FAST.

Narrator: YOU SAW IT.

CASEY JUST SCARED THE [BLEEP]
RIGHT OUT OF THAT SEAGULL.

AND THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.

-READY TO GO!
-OVER, POT IS GOING OVER!

ONE MORE!
ONE MORE!

Casey: WE ONLY GOT ONE LEFT
FROM THE RACK,

AND WE WILL HAVE SET
ALL 180 POTS SAFELY.

-HEY! LAST POT!
-LAST POT!

Casey: SO I'M REALLY, REALLY
PROUD OF THESE GUYS RIGHT NOW.

-I GOT HIGH HOPES, BUDDY.
-ME TOO.

IT'S GONNA BE
A GOOD-LUCK SEASON AGAIN.

-ONE MORE POT, BOYS!
-UP.

Casey: YOU NEVER KNOW
WITH KING CRAB.

THEY CAN BE DEEP.
THEY CAN BE SHALLOW.

THEY COULD BE ON PINNACLES.
THEY COULD BE ON FLAT GROUND.

THEY'RE JUST GOING
TO GO WHEREVER THEY WANT.

Narrator: AFTER 18 MONTHS AWAY
FROM THE WHEELHOUSE...

Josh: IT'S 4 DEGREES
COOLER HERE.

IF WE GO TO SHALLOW,
COULD BE THE OLD TICKET.

-I'M WITH YOU.
-ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC.

Narrator: ...CAPTAIN JOSH HARRIS
HAS BET HIS FIRST SET

ON THE WARMER AND SHALLOWER
WATERS OF THE NORTHERN GROUNDS.

I THINK,
WITH THE COLDER WATER TEMPS,

I THINK THE CRAB
ARE GONNA BE UP THERE.

WELL, HOPEFULLY.
LET'S HOPE, HOPE AND PRAY.

-LAST POT!
-LAST POT!

-ALL RIGHT!
-LAST POT!

WOO-HA!

-AND IT'S OVER.
-THAT'S A WRAP.

DJ: HEY, WE GOT OUR WORK DONE.
YOU KNOW, DECK IS CLEAR.

LET'S SEE NOW IF THE CAPTAINS
ARE DOING THEIR JOB,

GET US ON THE CRAB.

Man #21: LET'S GO SEE WHAT
JOSH MADE FOR DINNER.

I BET IT'S GOOD.

Narrator:
WHILE MOST OF THE CREW

HEADS IN
FOR SOME REST AND RELAXATION...

Johnny: HEY, CASEY?

I THINK I GOT A LITTLE
INFECTION IN MY FINGER HERE.

I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO GET IT OUT.

...DECKHAND JOHNNY MAVAR
IS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME RELIEF.

WE CAN POP THAT THING,

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT
CLEAN AFTERWARDS.

-SURE.
-NO. HANG ON.

I LEARNED SOMETHING
LAST TIME --

EYE PROTECTION.

Narrator: LAST TIME CASEY
PLAYED DOCTOR...

-OH, GOD!
-...HE TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM.

EYE PROTECTION. HERE.

JOSH, CAN WE USE
THAT CHAIR FOR A MINUTE?

-CAN WE HAVE THE ARM REST?
-DON'T MAKE A MESS.

-PAPER TOWEL?
-SCALPEL.

Josh: ARE YOU REALLY
USING THAT NEEDLE?

HELL YEAH.

Man #22: WHOO, LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THAT PUPPY.

THIS JUST DOESN'T SEEM SAFE.

THERE YOU GO.
-SMALL POKE.

DOES THAT HURT?
-I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL THAT.

Casey: THAT'S BECAUSE
I HAVEN'T PUT IT IN YET.

SORRY.
-PUT IT IN.

Josh: I DON'T KNOW IF LAUGHING
DURING THIS...

LOOK, HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S
JUST READY FOR THE PAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS

THAT YOU LAUGH ABOUT RIGHT NOW
WHEN YOU'RE GETTING READY...

Man #23:
OH, MAN, THAT'S BAD.

-UGH!
-UGH! OH, YEAH.

Josh: OH, GOD.

CASEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT
STUFF. HE'LL MAKE IT HURT.

-OH!
-OH, DID YOU SEE THAT ONE?

DOES THAT HURT?

IT DON'T FEEL GOOD.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

THAT HURT.

-I THINK WE'RE GOOD, DUDE.
-THANK GOD.

THAT'S WHAT CAME
OUT OF YOUR FINGER.

WOW. SWEET.
THANK YOU.

Josh: DUDE, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW
MUCH [BLEEP] WAS IN THERE.

FEELS BETTER ALREADY.

-YEAH. THAT'S GROSS.
-THAT'S GROSS.

Narrator: COMING UP...

-GO!
-YEAH!

-COME ON!
-COME ON!

LET'S HOPE THERE'S
SOMETHING IN IT.

WHOO!

IF I SEE SIG HANSEN
AND I FIND OUT

THAT YOU'VE BEEN
TALKING TO HIM,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A VERY SHORT LIFE.

Sig: QUIT IT, YOU BITCH.

MOTHER[BLEEP]

Narrator: 185 MILES OUTSIDE
OF DUTCH HARBOR...

...ON THE SAGA...

FIRST POT OF THE SEASON,
DON'T MISS, PLEASE.

Man #24: OKAY!

I'M COVERED FROM
48 FATHOMS TO 40.

I'M REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT GOING DEEP

BECAUSE THE WATER
IS GETTING COLDER,

BUT THAT'S WHAT I GOT.

Narrator:
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON CREEPS UP

ON THE FIRST POT
OF HIS KING SEASON.

Jake: NOBODY EVEN KNOWS
IF THERE'S ANYTHING HERE.

ALLS WE KNOW IS
THAT THE SURVEY SAYS

IT'S CROWDED WITH CRAB.

Narrator:
FISHING WITHOUT A PARTNER,

THE YOUNG SKIPPER
HAS BET ALL HIS 100 POTS

ON A 6-MONTH-OLD
GOVERNMENT SURVEY.

Jake:
I CAN DO ALL THESE STUDIES.

I CAN PULL OUT ALL THIS DATA.

TRUTH IS, THERE'S
ONLY ONE PERSON

THAT KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON,

AND THAT'S THE GUY WHO PICKED
THEM UP AND LOOKED AT A POT.

PRESSURE IS ON, JOSH.

♪♪

♪♪

THE BOAT IS IN AS GOOD A SHAPE

AS ANY OF THE GOOD
BOATS OUT HERE,

SO I DON'T HAVE
ANY EXCUSES THIS YEAR.

UP!

NOW IT'S ON ME.

25-POT STRING, HERE WE GO.

Narrator: COMING OFF
A $750,000 SHIPYARD...

I HAVE STAKES IN THIS, TOO.

IF I'M NOT PRODUCING,

THAT MEANS THAT I DON'T MAKE
MONEY ALONG WITH THE OWNER,

AND I NEED THAT MONEY.

Narrator: ...JAKE IS HOPING
THE INFORMATION IS STILL GOOD.

-YEAH!
-YEAH!

-YEAH!
-YEAH!

YEAH, MOTHER [BLEEP]

YEAH, BOY!

THERE'S 30 IN THERE.

YEAH, BABY.
NICE POT! WHOO!

-WHOO!
-WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

-OH!
-DAMN IT!

-[BLEEP] LOOK OUT!
-[BLEEP] RIGHT OFF THE BAT!

[BLEEP] DAMN IT,
THE DOGS ARE ON!

IT SLIPPED OFF THAT [BLEEP]
GET THE HOOK.

OH, COME ON.

REALLY?

GOT TO WATCH THE CRAB.
IT'S MAXED OUT NOW.

Narrator: THE 900-POUND POT
SLIPPED OUT OF THE DOGS

AND SLAMMED ONTO
THE SORTING TABLE.

DAMN IT!
FIRST POT, REALLY?

Jake:
YOU GUYS GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FAST.
IT JUST HAS TO BE RIGHT.

[BLEEP]

24!

24 LIVE ONES THAT
WE DIDN'T KILL WITH THE POT.

SO THAT WAS THE ANCHOR POT.

IT'S GOT TO BE
CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT.

CHUCK IT!

OKAY!

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE
A CONTINUOUS 30-COUNT MINIMUM

TO EVEN MAKE IT WORTH IT.

♪♪

♪♪

AW.

-BAIRDI.
-BAIRDI!

LOTS OF BAIRDI.

ONE, THREE.

13.

SUCK BALLS.

Sean: 13 IS NOT THE NUMBER
WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

WE NEED A ZERO AT THE END.

COMING NEAR YOU.

GET ALL THIS [BLEEP]
OUT OF HERE.

EIGHT!

Jake: IT FEELS LIKE YOU
TOOK AN ICE PICK,

ACTUALLY, LIKE, SIX
OR SEVEN ICE PICKS,

AND YOU STABBED THEM
RIGHT IN YOUR EYES.

-ONE!
-AW, MAN.

-TWO!
-CAREFUL.

-A LOT OF THEM.
-THAT SUCKS, MAN!

Narrator:
AFTER A HOPEFUL START...

...JAKE'S NUMBERS
HAVE DWINDLED.

SEVEN.

YOU WANT
TO TAKE CARE OF IT?

Sean: WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE
NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING FOR,

SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS
GEAR ON AND GET OUT OF HERE.

♪♪

WELL, UGH, NOW WE RUN AGAIN.

I HATE RUNNING.

♪♪

Narrator:
WITH THE SURVEY A BUST,

THE YOUNG SKIPPER
IS BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

Jake:
NOW I JUST GOT TO DO MY JOB

TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING
TO COUNT NOW.

♪♪

Narrator:
90 MILES NORTHEAST...

Keith: ALL RIGHT. IT'S GONNA BE
COMING UP PRETTY QUICK.

Narrator: ...ON THE WIZARD...

Keith:
THE FURTHEST GUY NORTHEAST
IN THE FLEET RIGHT NOW,

WE'RE IN WALLY WORLD.

THIS IS WHERE
MY MENTOR USED TO FISH

AND A PLACE WHERE
WE'VE SEEN WALRUS UP HERE,

AND EVERY TIME I SEE WALRUS,
I FIND KING CRAB.

WE'VE HAD SOME
HUGE SEASONS HERE.

LAST 25 YEARS,

I'VE PROBABLY SPENT
15 YEARS UP IN THESE CANYONS

AND ESPECIALLY
THIS CANYON RIGHT HERE.

Narrator: WITH MORE THAN 3
DECADES OF FISHING EXPERIENCE

UNDER HIS BELT,

CAPTAIN KEITH HAS SEEN
THESE OCEAN CONDITIONS

MANY TIMES BEFORE.

I LOOKED AT ONE PAGE
ON THAT SURVEY,

AND I SAW THE WATER TEMPERATURE,

AND I KNEW THIS WAS
WHERE I WAS COMING.

Narrator: AND EACH TIME, HE'S
HAD SUCCESS IN AN OLD HOT SPOT

HE CALLS WALLY WORLD.

ALL RIGHT. GUYS,
FIRST POT OF THE SEASON.

IT'S GAME TIME, GUYS.

BETTER BE READY.
HERE SHE COMES.

THIS IS WHERE
THE CRABS ARE, OKAY?

FIRST POT OF THE SEASON,
BABY!

I'M FISHING 25 YEARS'
WORTH OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

AND BERING SEA KNOWLEDGE.

WE'LL BE DRIVING BACK
THROUGH THE ENTIRE FLEET

WITH A LOAD OF GEAR ON.

I'M NOT GONNA RUB IT
IN ANYBODY'S FACE.

I WON'T HAVE TO
BECAUSE THAT IN ITSELF

WILL BE THE STATEMENT THAT SAYS,

"SEE YOU."

GIVE ME SOMETHING. GIVE ME
SOMETHING. GIVE ME SOMETHING.

COME ON.
JUST NEED TO SEE THEM.

-WOO-HOO! YEAH!
-YEAH!

OH, YEAH. THERE'S SOME
BIG BOYS IN THERE.

WE'RE GONNA GET AT LEAST
25 OUT OF THAT ONE.

THERE ARE SOME BIG KINGS
IN THERE, TOO, MAN.

THESE ARE
BIG MOTHER[BLEEP]

THAT'S RIGHT!
-HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.
THIS IS A GOOD START.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE GOT
A BIG JAG OF KING CRAB IN HERE.

GOOD START.

Keith: 26.

THAT IS DEFINITELY
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, GUYS.

WHOO!

COME ON, CRAB.

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT ON.

-GOOD START.
-YEAH, BABY.

LOOKING GOOD NOW,
LOOKING REAL GOOD.

47, RIGHT ON.
POW, POW!

WALLY WORLD IS
TREATING US PRETTY GOOD.

Narrator: IF WALLY WORLD CAN
MAINTAIN A 30 AVERAGE PER POT,

CAPTAIN KEITH WILL CATCH HIS
85,000-POUND QUOTA IN NO TIME.

Keith: BAIT THEM UP.
BAIT THEM UP HEAVY.

I'M GONNA KEEP
COMING AT A GOOD,

LEGIT FISHING PITCH, GUYS,
OKAY, SO LET'S HAVE SOME FUN.

WHOO!

KA-CHING.

POW.

-THAT'S A BIG ONE.
-HOLY [BLEEP]

6-1?

81, 8-1!

MM, MM, MM!

-WHOO!
-WHOO!

LITERALLY BLOWING
THE DOORS OPEN.

-YEAH!
-MORE CRAB!

WOO-HOO!

Keith: 7-3, 73.

YES, YES, YES!

GOD, I LOVE WORKING UP HERE.

YEAH.

WE'VE GOT A RUN ON.

AH. [BLEEP]
[BLEEP] NEWS.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

16 BOATS ON THE RADAR.

OH, KEITH, COME ON.

OH, IF THERE'S [BLEEP]
BOATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

EXPECT THERE'S GONNA BE
GEAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Narrator: HOT FISHING TENDS
TO ATTRACT...UNWANTED COMPANY.

Keith: SOME OF THE BOATS
THAT HAVE COME IN HERE,

I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR.

THREE'S A COUPLE OF THESE BIG
BOATS THAT PUSH PEOPLE AROUND.

THEY SPOT-CHECK PEOPLE'S GEAR.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST SCUMBAGS,
AND TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'D JUST AS SOON THEY DIDN'T
CATCH ANY CRAB AROUND HERE.

Narrator:
TO HELP BLOCK HIS RIVALS...

I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK I'D GIVE THEM...

CALL, SEE IF HE'S UP,

SEE IF HE'S INTERESTED IN MAYBE
TRYING TO CATCH SOME CRAB.

Narrator:
...KEITH PHONES A FRIEND.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

HEY, IT'S JAKE, SAGA.

HELLO, JAKE.
THIS IS KEITH ON THE WIZARD.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

OH, I'M TRYING
TO CATCH UP.

UH-OH.

ARE YOU CATCHING ANY CRAB?
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY CRAB?

NO. I HAVEN'T FOUND
ANYTHING YET.

I SENT THEM
THE 56, 40, 161, 52.

I PROBABLY HAVE
ENOUGH RIGHT NOW

TO FILL A COUPLE TOTES,
SOMEHOW.

I'VE BEEN SEEING ANYWHERE

FROM 25 TO 80 CRAB
IN 24 TO 28 HOURS.

I'M ON REALLY GOOD FISHING.

-OH, YEAH. THERE WE GO.
-HERE WE GO!

OH, YEAH!

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN TRYING TO,

YOU KNOW, TO WORK TOGETHER,

BUT IF YOU HAVE
ANY INTEREST, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU TELL ME.

Narrator: ON THE WIZARD...

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN TRYING TO,

YOU KNOW, TO WORK TOGETHER...

Narrator:
...AND THE SAGA...

...BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY
INTEREST, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU TELL ME.

I HAVEN'T REALLY WANTED
TO WORK WITH ANYBODY

BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT
I'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST,

FELT LIKE
IT WAS ONE-SIDED.

WHAT IS THIS [BLEEP]?

YOU KNOW
WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.

JAKE, THE FIRST THING
YOU GOT TO DO

IS MAN UP AND SAY
THE GUY'S NAME.

SIG HAS BEEN [BLEEP]
YOU OVER, OKAY?

I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY
WANT TO GIVE AWAY

ANY OF MY TRADE SECRETS,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
BOTTOM LINE IS,

YOU KNOW, I LIKE YOU,
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO WELL.

YOU'VE GOT THE SURVEY
WITH YOU, RIGHT?

-YEAH.
-OKAY.

LOOK ON THE SURVEY ON THE
SECOND-TO-LAST PAGE, OKAY?

SECOND-TO-LAST PAGE,

SECOND-TO-LAST PAGE,
YEP, 178.

NOW, YOU REALIZE WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THAT POSITION

THAT THAT'S NOT
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE,

THOSE ARE DECIMAL POINTS,
RIGHT?

OH.

OH, I SEE.
HOLY COW.

Narrator:
JAKE HAS BEEN MISREADING

THE CRAB-SURVEY COORDINATES

AS NAUTICAL DEGREES
INSTEAD OF DECIMALS...

SO THAT IS PROBABLY 20 MILES
ABOVE YOUR GEAR, IS MY GUESS.

Narrator: ...KIND OF LIKE
MISTAKING CENTIMETERS

FOR INCHES.

YEP, 21 MILES.

BRING YOUR GEAR UP AT 56, 55
AND 161, 30.

GOT IT?
-YEAH.

MAN, I'M EXCITED
TO LEARN SOME TRICKS.

I'M...NO ONE HAS EVER
REALLY TAUGHT ME ANYTHING.

I JUST KIND OF SET
AND PICK.

IF I SEE SIG HANSEN [BLEEP]
ANYWHERE NEAR MY GEAR

AND I FIND OUT THAT
YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A VERY SHORT LIFE, OKAY?

YOU DON'T GOT TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE I JUST...

I DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY,

YOU KNOW,
IF WE'RE PARTNERED UP.

THIS ISN'T JUST BEING KIND.

ONE, I LIKE YOU,
AND I WANT TO SEE YOU LEARN.

TWO, THE FLEET IS
STARTING TO CATCH ON.

THEY'RE HEADING THIS WAY.

IF YOU GET ENOUGH GEAR IN THE
AREA, THE FLEET WON'T SET ON IT.

-OKAY.
-ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

GET YOUR GEAR ON
AND START CHARGING, MAN.

WE'LL SEE YOU UP HERE
TOMORROW MORNING SOMETIME.

ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, KEITH.
GOOD NIGHT.

Narrator:
KEITH HAS JAKE STACK ON HIS GEAR

AND TAKE A TRIP TO WALLY WORLD.

Jake: KEITH IS A REALLY, REALLY
GOOD FISHERMAN, ALWAYS HAS BEEN,

AND I FEEL TICKLED PINK
THAT HE WOULD CALL ME.

I'M EXCITED TO HAVE SOMEBODY
TO WORK WITH,

INSTEAD OF FOR.

♪♪

Narrator: 35 MILES NORTHEAST,
ON THE SUMMER BAY...

Bill: ALL RIGHT. FIRST ONE.

YOU ABOUT READY?

HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE CRAB.

Narrator: ...CAPTAIN
"WILD BILL" WICHROWSKI

APPROACHES POTS ON GROUNDS

WHERE HE FOUND
SUCCESS LAST YEAR.

WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED.
WE WANT TO SEE SOME CRAB.

WHOO!

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Bill: THIS YEAR, I'VE GOT MY
GEAR ALL IN THE SAME AREA.

I'M HOPING IT WORKS.

AND ON THE AIS, WE'VE GOT
A LOT OF ACTION WEST OF US.

ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH OUR GEAR,

THERE'S PEOPLE WORKING,
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S AMAZING WE'RE NOT
ALL GAMBLING JUNKIES

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THIS FEELS LIKE.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

Man #25: WHOA!

COME ON!

-GOT ONE.
-WE GOT ONE.

ONE CRAB AT ZERO, ONE.

[BLEEP] DAMN IT.

NICE TO JUST HIT
ONE OF THESE [BLEEP]

RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

NOW, IF YOU LEFT IT
TO SET ON PAPER,

THAT'S WHAT THE TEXTBOOK SAYS.

OBVIOUSLY, THESE
CRABS CAN'T READ.

TWO CRAB.

Narrator: THESE GROUNDS MAY HAVE
PAID OFF BIG LAST SEASON...

NO BUENO,
ALL BAIRDI.

...BUT THIS IS NOT LAST SEASON.

THE UPDATE LOOKS LIKE FISHING
IS NOT SO GOOD RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL FIND THEM.

Bill: YOU CAN'T CATCH THEM
UNTIL YOU CAN FIND THEM,

AND WHERE WE'VE LOOKED
WITH THIS FIRST STRING

IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE.

THREE CRAB IN THAT
LAST POT AT ZERO, THREE.

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A CAR SALESMAN.

♪♪

Narrator: JUST 15 MILES
NORTHWEST, ON THE BRENNA A...

ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST POT
WE SET YESTERDAY...

♪♪

♪♪

SO THE LAST YEAR,
THIS IS WHERE I FISHED.

THIS YEAR
IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLDER.

I'M HOPING THAT THE FISHING
AREA EXTENDS INTO HERE,

AND I'LL BE RIGHT
INTO THE MEAT OF IT.

I'M HOPING THIS WORKS.

Narrator: LIKE "WILD BILL,"

CAPTAIN SEAN
IS FISHING NEAR GROUNDS

WHERE HE FOUND
SUCCESS LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING,
AND WE'LL SEE HOW THIS DOES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN
IN THE WATER FOR 22 HOURS.

WE GET 20.
WE'RE LOOKING GOOD.

I'M GONNA HOP
DOWN THERE ON DECK.

CAPTAIN ON DECK.

BIG DAY, BIG DAY.

♪♪

AH!

OH, THAT DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.

WAH-WAH.

ALL RIGHT.
LET ME GO PUT IT ON THE MARK.

FIVE CRAB, OH, NO.

FIVE IS KIND OF CRAPPY,

SO WE'LL SEE.

NOTHING.

ZERO CRAB.

Narrator:
SO FAR, THE YOUNG SKIPPER

IS TRENDING
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

I THINK IT'S A DEPTH THING.

I THINK
IT'S A WATER-TEMP THING.

THREE.
[BLEEP] YOU.

OH, WHEN YOUR POTS COME UP
WITHOUT KING CRAB IN THEM

AND YOU'RE KING CRAB FISHING,
YOU'RE IN THE WRONG SPOT.

Sean D.: I MADE A BIG INVESTMENT
THIS OFF-SEASON.

I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF QUOTA,

AND I'VE GOT ABOUT A MILLION
BUCKS ON THE LINE HERE.

Narrator:
BUYING BILL'S QUOTA

HAS EXPOSED SEAN TO MORE DEBT.

Sean D.: I'M STARTING
TO FEEL THE HEAT.

WE GOT BILLS TO PAY, MAN.

IT'S NOT LOOKING PRETTY.

Narrator:
50 MILES TO THE EAST,

ON THE SHALLOWER NORTHERN
FISHING GROUNDS...

GOOD MORNING,
MY LITTLE FISHERMEN.

TIME TO GET UP.

IT'S THAT TIME.

GETTING READY
TO SLING SOME CRAB, YEAH.

Narrator: ...CAPTAIN JOSH HARRIS
ROUSTS HIS CREW...

Casey: IT'S ABOUT 17 MINUTES
TO GO TIME.

JOSH WILL BE UPSTAIRS HERE
IN JUST A MINUTE.

Narrator:
...AND CAPTAIN CASEY McMANUS

POINTS THE CORNELIA MARIE
TOWARD THEIR FIRST POTS.

THESE ARE OUR FARTHEST NORTH
AND MOST SHALLOW STRINGS.

Narrator: BUT GEOGRAPHY ISN'T
THE ONLY QUESTION MARK ON DAY 1.

Casey: YOU KNOW, JOSH WASN'T
ON THE BOAT LAST SEASON.

Narrator: TODAY,
JOSH TAKES THE HELM

FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 18 MONTHS...

NOW HE'S COMING BACK.
HE'S REALLY AMPED UP.

HE'S REALLY GETTING HANDS-ON.

Narrator:
...ON GROUNDS THAT HE CHOSE.

Casey: THIS WAS JOSH'S DECISION
SET IN HERE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
IT'S ALL YOU. YOU READY?

YES, SIR.

FEELS GREAT TO BE BACK
IN THE OLD DRIVER'S SEAT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

JOSH IS BACK.

-YEAH!
-SHOW US THE MONEY!

Josh: I WILL BE YOUR CAPTAIN
FOR THIS STRING.

WE'VE GOT FAIR WEATHER
FOR TODAY,

SO TRY TO MOVE AS FAST
AS WE CAN HERE.

-ALL RIGHT!
-WHOO!

Josh:
I'M READY TO DO SOME DAMAGE.

DJ: JOSH IS BEHIND
THE WHEEL UP THERE.

LET'S SEE IF IT HOLDS TRUE.

USUALLY, IN THE PAST,
WHEN JOSH DRIVES,

THE CRABS SEEM TO LIKE JOSH,
SO MAYBE HE'S POSITIVE STUFF.

Casey: SET THE AUTOPILOT
AT 40 DEGREES.

-WHAT'S THAT?
-SET YOUR AUTOPILOT 40 DEGREES.

OFF THE [BLEEP]
PORT SIDE.

YEAH. I SEE IT.

TAKE ME A SECOND TO GET BACK

INTO THE OLD GROOVE
THING, YOU KNOW?

-[ MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-ALL RIGHT!

[ MEN YELLING ]

AH, THERE THEY ARE.

SO HERE WE GO.

-LET'S GO, GUYS.
-YEAH, BOY.

WHOO!

GAME TIME, BABY,
JOSH BEHIND THE WHEEL.

♪♪

FIRST CRAB POT OF
THE SEASON RIGHT HERE.

COME ON, BABY.

-ALL RIGHT.
-HERE WE GO.

Man #26: FIRST POT COMING
OVER THE RAIL.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
UP!

IT'S COMING UP.
-IS IT GOOD?

WHAT DO WE GOT?
WHAT DO WE GOT?

Narrator:
ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...

AH [BLEEP] DAMN IT.

GET THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF HERE WITH THAT THING!

JUST GIVE IT A KISS.

NO. IT BITES,
AND THEY BITE HARD.

I KNOW THE...
[BLEEP] DAMN IT.

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
[BLEEP]

WHAT THE [BLEEP]
IS WRONG WITH YOU?

HOW DID YOU EVEN
GET A SEAGULL?

WHAT THE [BLEEP]
IS WRONG WITH YOU?

YOU ARE
A SICK MOTHER [BLEEP]

[BLEEP]

NO BIRDS WERE HARMED

IN THE CAPTURE
OF THAT PARTICULAR BIRD.

-LET'S GO, GUYS!
-YEAH, BOY!

Narrator:
ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...

-YEAH!
-ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.

Man #26: FIRST POT
COMING OVER THE RAIL.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
UP!

-LOOKING GOOD.
-WHAT DO WE GOT?

WE GOT SOME BAIRDI.
WE GOT SOME BAIRDI.

-WHOA. WHOA.
-EASY ON THE...

A COUPLE KEEPERS, MAYBE.

♪♪

ALL RIGHT. WHERE'S
OUR NEXT VICTIM, HERE?

OH, IS THAT THE BAG SET UP
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US?

I THOUGHT I WAS
SEEING THEM THERE.

Casey:
NOPE. THAT'S A WAVE.

TOUCHé.

Narrator: THE EARLY RETURNS
ON JOSH'S FIRST STRING

IN 18 MONTHS...

-OH, WE HAD SEVEN.
-EH, NOT VERY GOOD.

Narrator:
...NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.

Josh: I THINK IT'S GOING
TO GET BETTER.

EVERY TIME THAT YOU SAY,
"EH,"

OR YOU HAVE
SOME SORT OF SMART-ASS COMMENTS

IS USUALLY WHEN
IT JUST KILLS IT.

Narrator: ON THE BERING SEA,
IT'S NOT HOW YOU START.

IT'S HOW YOU FINISH.

LET'S SEE
HOW MUCH WE GOT.

PULL IT ON.
-THERE WE GO.

-YEAH! WE GOT CRAB!
-YEAH! WE GOT CRAB!

IT'S AMAZING.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS.

YEAH, BABY.

SO FROM SEVEN, NOW WE'VE
JUMPED UP TO THIS?

I KEEP TELLING YOU, MAN.

EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK
IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY.

-NICE, NICE BIG CRAB.
-ALL RIGHT!

GOOD POT.

HEY, JOSH, 30.

-HOW MANY WAS IN THAT ONE, 30?
-30.

TAKE IT.

DJ: YEAH, BABY.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

YEAH.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE, GUYS.

-YEAH.
-THAT'S A GOOD POT.

-YEAH. THAT'S A BIG POT, YES.
-THAT'S A GOOD ONE, DUDE.

-YEAH, BITCHES.
-THAT'S A GOOD POT.

DJ: THEY FOUND THE CRAB.
THEY FOUND THE CRAB.

AMAZING POT WHEN
YOU GOT FOUR GUYS SORTING,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

3-2, 3-2.

-THERE WE GO.
-YEAH!

-HECK YEAH!
-YEAH, BABY.

Casey: OOH, A LITTLE
SOMETHING, SOMETHING.

-YEAH.
-WHOO!

-ALL RIGHT!
-WHOO!

Josh: IT KEEPS GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER.

LOOK AT THAT.
-WHOO!

A HEAPING TOTE.

A HEAPER,
WE GOT A HEAPER.

OH, BUT IF WE'RE
GETTING THIS MUCH CRAB,

I MAY HAVE TO GO DOWN
AND HELP SORT.

OH, BABY!

OH, A BIG OLD FAT ONE,
JUST LIKE JOSH LIKES THEM!

BIG OLD HEIFERS.

I SAID, "CRABS LIKE JOSH."
IT'S STILL TRUE.

EVERY TIME HE GETS
IN THAT CHAIR,

CRABS ARE ON THE TABLE.

-WHOO!
-HERE WE GO AGAIN.

Narrator: AFTER HIS YEAR
AND A HALF LAYOFF,

JOSH STILL HAS
THE CRABBER'S TOUCH.

YEAH.

-JOSH STILL GOT IT.
-WE GOT CRAB!

-YEAH!
-WE GOT CRAB!

Casey: HERE I WAS WORRIED,

THINKING YOU WEREN'T
GONNA REMEMBER ANYTHING.

[BLEEP]
THAT MAKES TWO OF US.

RIGHT BACK ON THE BIKE.

I THINK THE OLD MAN
AND MY GRANDPA

ARE GONNA BE
WATCHING OVER ME.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL THING.

PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

Narrator:
20 MILES SOUTHEAST...

Sig: TIME TO START PULLING.

Edgar: ROGER!

Narrator:
...ON THE NORTHWESTERN.

LET'S HOPE THERE'S
SOMETHING IN IT.

IF I LIKE IT,
NOW WE'LL HAVE 50 POTS

WE CAN LAY IN THERE
SIDE-BY-SIDE,

AND WE CAN GET
A JIG OUT OF THEM.

COME ON!

Narrator: PROSPECTING ACROSS
MULTIPLE DEPTHS,

CAPTAIN SIG HANSEN IS PULLING
UP HIS SHALLOWEST STRING.

COME ON. COME ON. COME ON.

-YEAH!
-WHAT?

-YEAH!
-COME ON.

-OH [BLEEP]
-WHOO!

OH, MY GOD!

-YES!
-OH, YEAH.

YES!

OH, MY GOD!
ARE THEY BIG?

-OH.
-YEAH!

BAM!
BAM, BABY!

THANK GOD WE GOT
FULL ONES!

LET'S GO CHECK THIS OUT.

NOW, YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE ONE OR
TWO LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT...

HOW ARE WE LOOKING?

-94.
-94!

WHOO!

Sig: LET'S JUST SET BACK
WHAT WE CAN.

SEE HOW SHE DOES,
STAKE OUR CLAIM, OKAY?

Narrator: TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF HIS EXTRA POTS,

SIG DOUBLES DOWN
ON HIS NEW HOT SPOT.

OKAY.

♪♪

-THAT'S THE MEAT.
-YEAH.

-HOW MANY?
-71.

Sig: THAT'LL WORK, 71.

OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH.

LOOKING GOOD?
-THAT'S FULL.

WOW!

ALL THE SAME?

OH, MY GOODNESS.

Edgar: THAT'S HOW A REAL GOOD
POT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK,

NOT JUST GOOD, REAL GOOD.

Sig: COULDN'T ASK FOR
A BETTER START RIGHT NOW.

I REALLY COULDN'T.

THIS IS REALLY, REALLY SOMETHING
TO SEE, VERY UNEXPECTED.

WE'RE GONNA
HAVE COMPANY, DUDE.

I HATE THAT, MOTHER [BLEEP]

COME ON, MAN.
[BLEEP] OFF.

Narrator:
JUST AS SIG PLANTS HIS FLAG

ON THESE PRODUCTIVE GROUNDS...

Sig: QUIT IT, YOU BITCH.
DON'T COME HERE.

Narrator:
...THE FLEET MOVES IN.

Sig: I SEE GUYS DOWN THE HILL,
AND THEY ARE HEADING THIS WAY.

[BLEEP]

JAKE IS A PAIN
IN THE ASS FOR THE MOST PART,

BUT MAYBE THIS TIME
I COULD USE HIM.

Narrator: LIKE KEITH,

SIG CAN'T DO MUCH
TO FIGHT OFF THE ONSLAUGHT

WITHOUT A PARTNER.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]

Jake: IT'S SIG.

I CAN'T HAVE HIM
IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.

[ RINGING CONTINUES ]

COME ON, MAN. BE THERE.

Narrator:
WE ARE ALL TESTED...

Sig:
WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL [BLEEP]

Narrator: ...MADE HUMBLE...

Jake: THE LAST THREE YEARS,
I'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH SIG,

BUT THAT WASN'T A PARTNERSHIP.

THAT WAS JUST HIM
HAVING A CREW MEMBER

THAT JUST RAN ANOTHER BOAT.

Narrator: ...LEFT WITH THE SCARS
OF BATTLES LOST...

Jake:
THAT WAS FUN TALKING TO KEITH.

IT'S LIKE SIG WAS
MY GRADE-SCHOOL TEACHER,

AND NOW I'M IN COLLEGE.

Narrator:
...AND STILL FORGE AHEAD.

Keith: JAKE HAS DONE IT ALL
ON HIS OWN.

HE'S A KID
THAT CAME OFF THE DOCK

WITH NOTHING BUT A BACKPACK.

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE
DID THAT 33 YEARS AGO?

ME, AND SO, YEAH,
I LIKE THE KID.

Narrator: WE MUST BELIEVE,
EVEN WHEN OTHERS DON'T...

[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

OH, IT'S A GREAT
FEELING TO BE BACK OUT.

Narrator:
...AND TRUST IN WHO WE ARE...

Josh: THIS IS WHAT
MY FAMILY HAS DONE

FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS.

THIS IS ALL I KNOW HOW TO DO,
AND I'M PRETTY GOOD AT IT.

SO WITH ANY LUCK, YOU KNOW,

HOPEFULLY I'LL KNOCK IT
OUT OF THE PARK AGAIN THIS YEAR.

-LET IT FLY.
-WHOO!

Narrator: ...LOOKING BRAVELY
INTO THE UNKNOWN...

-COME ON!
-WE GOT ONE CRAB.

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

THERE'S NO HR DEPARTMENT
IN CRAB FISHING.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
BERING SEA, YOU NEED DRIVE.

YOU NEED TO WANT IT.
YOU NEED TO WANT IT BAD.

Narrator: ...HEADS HELD HIGH,
STRONGER THAN EVER.

APPARENTLY WE LOST A WAGER
WITH "WILD BILL."

REMEMBER, I'M DOING THIS
BECAUSE YOU GUYS LET ME DOWN.

Narrator:
IT AIN'T EASY...

-WHOO!
-WE'RE DOING IT!

-YEAH.
-WHOA!

Narrator: ...BUT WE WOULDN'T
HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

♪♪

Bill: OH, THERE SHE GOES.

WE'RE GONNA GET OUR ASS
KICKED BY THE TIDE.

Man #27: WATCH THE RAIL,
THERE, BIG WAVE.

TSUNAMI, IF SOMETHING
LIKE THAT HITS,

IT'LL COME IN LIKE A MOUNTAIN.

-OW! OW!
-WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA. WHOA.

IT'S A FREAKING
STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW.

Man #28: FUEL LEAK!

DO WE HAVE A FUEL
SPILL RIGHT NOW?

WHAT THE [BLEEP]
IS GOING ON?

-OH!
-GET BACK!

SO GET THE [BLEEP] OFF THE DOCK!
I'M ON MY POTS!

-[BLEEP]
-HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY.

I WANT TO TRUST KEITH,
AND IT MAKES ME NERVOUS.

WE'LL HAVE A GOOD IDEA
OF HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE...

Man #29:
WATER, NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD!

...AND WHAT THE FUTURE
OF MY FISHING CAREER IS.

-WHOA! MAN OVERBOARD!
-GET THE LINE!

Casey: IT'S A YOUNG MALE.
HE HAS AN INJURY.

BUSTED PELVIS,
POSSIBLE FRACTURED ARM.

-YOU OKAY?
-YOU ALL RIGHT, MAN?

IS HE BREATHING?