Deadliest Catch (2005–…): Season 17, Episode 1 - Out of the Ashes - full transcript

what do you think, guys?
Looking kind of empty,
isn't it?

kind of eerie.

pretty weird.

you know, I've been
coming up here for 42 years.

And I've never seen
anything like this.

tonight,
on...

85 crew members
have tested positive
for coronavirus.

you know,
people are scared.

...Will be
quarantined and confined
to quarters.

fisheries
are on the brink,

900 crew
members have been
exposed to the virus--



and half the fleet
is tied up in seattle.

But we still have
to catch all our crab.

If we fail, the fishery dies.

We're gonna need everyone.

Guys who give it everything,

who know how
to channel their anger.

Those who know
about sacrifice.

Guys who got knocked down,
and stood back up.

You even work with guys
that you don't like.

What we need...

What we need are legends.

It's a tough year,
and now our fisheries
are on the line.

wave, wave, wave.
Watch out.

we fight for survival.



whoa. What the...

for our future.

The crab fishery is
the american dream.

And I'm not letting
that slip away.

What the
are you doing?

power off, now!

Ugh!

But we got to be
shoulder to shoulder

or watch it all burn.

You're the !

go, go, go, go!

Look out!

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

what a time to be alive.

October.

you want to go
in the middle?

Go up.

dutch harbor,
alaska.

every year
it kind of looks the same
when you come up.

But this year's
absolutely different.

We have guys that aren't
working, we have crews
that can't get to their boats.

It's times like these when
we remember we're mortal.

the fishing
industry is struggling
to stay afloat

because of the coronavirus.

...Making
an already challenging
fishery more difficult,

scientists are now depending
on fishing vessels

to judge the health
of the crab stocks.

locked down
by covid-19,

alaska fish and game
was unable to conduct

their annual
pre-season crab survey.

We don't know
how much crab is actually
on the grounds.

Is there a lot?
Is there a little?
Where are they?

now the fleet
itself must prove

the strength of the king
and bairdi populations

by catching the entire
five million-pound quota.

the information
that's gathered from
the fishing fleet

could determine whether
we even have a fishery
next year.

if they fail,
federal law mandates a two-
year closure of the fishery

to restore the crab stocks.

Rebuild years
is what they call them.

It's one thing
to just be shut down
and lose your income.

But if the russian fishery
continues to thrive,

we're toast.

it's up to those
still standing, to defend
the fishery.

those who do go out
there have got to make sure
we do get our crab caught.

Not only our crab,
but other people's crab, too.

or die trying.

You know, I got to tell you,
this has been
one crazy year so far.

And it just seems to be
getting worse for us.

with king crab
season only days away...

but guys are gun-shy.

It's hard to get people
to participate right now,
for many reasons.

northwestern
captain sig hansen
is on a recruiting mission.

With this much crab to catch,

you need someone that's not
afraid to stick his neck out.

And if anybody
fits that picture,
it's john hillstrand.

Oh, yeah!

let me know
if we got it.

Holy moly.

a highliner
for four decades,

yeah, baby, yeah,
we loaded this bitch!

john hasn't spent
a full season at the helm
in nearly four years.

rock 'n' roll, baby.

so, hopefully
he's willing to help.

I know he's around
here somewhere.

and he's easy
to spot. You can see
the car right there.

That was an easy one.

buddy!

-how you doing, man?
-Oh, my god.

can't miss you.

yeah.

Well, I want to talk
to you about something.
I want to do it in person

-'cause it's pretty serious.
-Oh.

just got to put
this air filter on.

- you got a minute
to have a quick chat?
- yeah.

It's important.

Let's go for
a quick drive, okay?

- we can talk
in the car.
- all right.

I want to make sure
this is running.

You got hillstrand driving.
What could go wrong?

-be nice.
-I'll be nice.

it's been so long
since I've driven in a car
that's got that sound.

- yeah,
that's pretty bad-ass.
- yeah.

she's ready to go.

Whoa!

whoa, whoa, whoa!

-yeah! How do you like that?

- oh, my god.
-This is a nice car, huh?

-She gets around.
I like that.
-Yeah.

- oh, this thing is fun.

-But I can't have
a conversation in this thing.
-I know.

-Pull over.
-I'll pull over, buddy.

I got to talk to you, man.
This is crazy.

-yeah, man, I just had to make
sure she's running good.

- she's running good.
- sorry about that.

-Please shut her down. Whew!
-I've shut her down.

What do you want
to talk about?

I mean, here's the problem.
This year has been crazy
for everybody.

And I don't know if there's
gonna be enough guys

to actually go out there
and catch the quota

that we need to get...

And if it is a closure,

well then, it's mandatory
two, three years.

We need you back, john.
Plain and simple. The fleet
does need you back.

I got a dog, I got
all these grandbabies,
you know?

I don't even know
if I can get a crew.

-So I don't know.
-You want to retire, I get it.

If you want to retire,
you've got to have your quota
leased to somebody.

-You can't do that
if there's no fishery.
-Yeah.

I would really appreciate
if you could step up
and do this, man.

I just have
to talk to heather.

I'll have
to let you know.

you see that water
right there?

It's leaking out of that seam.

The whole pipe's coming apart.

All right, you know what?

Why don't you shut
her down and take it out.

roger.

hey, keith,
I found a skylight.

Oh, my god.

whoa.

When you can watch
the sunset through one
of the rooms in the boat...

It's not a maybe,
this has to get fixed.

just three days
before departure...

the old gal's
pretty much rusting
from the inside out.

captain keith
colburn prepares
his wwii-era vessel

to catch the fleet's
single largest quota.

I got holes
in my boat,

I got holes in pipes,
I've got holes in everything.

But you know what?
We're gonna get it done.

And we're gonna
get out of here.

And we're gonna go fish.

turn around.

And even though we don't
have a survey, we have
to catch the crab

because if we don't catch it,
they may close it forever.

this is
alaska fish radio.
I'm laine welch.

The uncertainties
from no surveys
has the fleet on edge.

without the annual
report detailing the location
of the crab,

every skipper
is fishing blind.

I was fortunate
enough to get a little bit
of information.

This is probably the closest
thing to a survey

that we have for this
king crab season.

everyone that is,
except for captain
scott campbell jr.

you know,
I own the lady alaska now,

but I'm still also
on the seabrooke.

This is from the seabrooke.

They were out on
the cod grounds and they
ran into some king crab.

And this is the freshest
information that the entire
fleet has, right here.

I've got the biggest boat
in the fleet,

but I need a big
amount of quota
to make that big payment.

there's hoses on
the launch, there.

You got to get those
in the engine room now.

Double-time it, all right?

And I'm hoping that I can
trade keith for some quota.

we've got
all the bait on.

Double up the bow line
for me, all right, guys?

roger.

The boat's looking
pretty rough, man.

he's leaving
out to sea with a hole
in his house?

how's it going, keith?

- all right.
How you been?
- good.

I think I got a little
something that might
be interesting to you.

I mean, seabrooke
was out fishing.

This is the only information
where the crab are.

-Is that right?
-I'll give you the current
information that I have,

give you a good
starting point for king crab,

you give me some quota.

So you're asking me
to give you, basically,
give you money,

and trust you that that is--

in not having a survey,
here's the information
that could save you weeks

of time of searching.
You know how it is.

Catching my crab is not
an issue. It may take
some time, but you know what--

the reality is, this is
the only information.

-What's on that disk...
-This is the hotspot.

...Is not valuable
enough to me.

This thing's rusting away.

I don't think you can catch--

whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey.

-This boat's caught
more crab in the bering sea--
-maybe back in the day.

Not a problem. But if
you change your mind,

here's the information.

What an !

joke. Guy can't
catch his crab anyway

and he still
won't give it to me.

I think he's making
a huge mistake.

I just
can't believe it.

the gear's
almost rigged,
the boat's ready,

and I've got a lot of pressure
on me right now

due to the fact that
I'm trying to buy crab quota.

But I need the funds.

captain jake
anderson targets expansion,

but to secure
the additional percentage
of the fleet-wide catch,

jake needs $100,000,
cash in hand.

Being able to purchase crab,
that's a legacy being born
right there.

My kids will have the money.

Their kids will have the money
because we will
own the product.

So I need to make a lot
of extra money this season.

But right now,
I'm waiting for a partner
of mine.

I know sig's going around
to get fuel here,

and this is, right here,
the calm before the storm...

Because it's just too calm.

okay, let's go.

all right, sig.

I've got a little fuel
on board right now,

but I want to go get
another 10,000 gallons.

I want to be right and tight
before we rock and roll.

northwestern
captain sig hansen,

and daughter mandy
top off their tanks
before the king crab opener.

I've got to go around.
East out of hog island...

-And then...

is that you, jake?

Yeah, well...

There's fishermen out here
and I wasn't paying attention,
and I just got it...

I got the nylon
in the wheel now.

-And I think
there's buoy bags...
- oh, my god!

What is he doing?

I don't really know
what to do, and I'm drifting
at about .8 to the south,

I mean,
do you need a tow?

Yeah.

Oh, my god. You know what?

Do not move.
I'll be right there.

Okay. Roger.

not good.

how'd he manage
to do that?

All right, guys.
Sig will be coming around.

That's jake right there.

You know, there's guys
that have been fishing
cod out here with pots,

so if he did get
a line in his wheel,
you stall your engine.

Next thing you know,
you're stuck.

okay, here he comes,
here he comes.

jake may be
the one sitting idle...

Jake, I don't see nothing
on your starboard side.
I got nothing on your stern.

But let me come around
and I'll check out
the other side.

okay. Roger.

but he's not
the sitting duck.

let the games begin!

-Is that john?
- yes, he got
the time bandit!

what the hell?

It's an ambush.
It's a trap. Ha-ha!

Ready for battle.

- what the hell?

just outside
dutch harbor...

Is that john?

here we go, guys!

a bering sea pirate
hoists his jolly roger.

Ready for battle.

Hey, sig, have a nice day.

Fire away! Fire away!

-what are they doing?
-Paintball!

yeah, baby!

give them
everything you've got!

you ready?

All right, here we go.

oh, my god!

hey!

oh, my god!

holy !

welcome back,
hillstrand style!

He's tearing up my boat.

okay!

Okay.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

ceasefire, everybody.
Ceasefire.

Aw!

sorry, man,
got a little to into it there.

But you wanted me back, sig.
You're the one that wanted me
to come back.

He's flipping us off.

I love you, man!

pretty proud of anderson
right now.

he set the bait.

thanks for helping
anderson out there, sig.

You really
came to the rescue there.

Did a good job there.

I mean it. Oh, my god!

We just washed the boat.

Oh, my god...

Dude, it's bad.

thanks for the paint job.

love you guys.
See you at the docks.

That was awesome.

yeah.

That's good.

all right,
take it forward.

okay.

Swing it in! Go ahead.

weird times, man.

Crazy to see
how many boats are registered

and how many are fishing,
like, we'll see.

It's like 50% are staying in.

I'm going to go out and catch
us about $1.5 million's
worth of crab here.

-1.3.
-$1.3 million of crab.

Makes me nervous.

with half the fleet
tied up...

you got it!

a lot of people aren't
making it, you know.

Scared to come out.
We lost tj and maria.

those planning
to fish scramble
to nail down their crews.

jeff isn't
a crab fisherman.

He's never even seen
a crab pot.

But he is a fisherman.

to fill out
their deck,

cornelia marie
captains josh harris
and casey mcmanus

press rod and reel expert
jeff silva into service.

Casey called me
saying he needed my help.

Jumped on a plane.

Here I am.

Jeff's their business partner
in hawaii.

dang, that guy's good.

Jeff silva. Fish master.

but on
the bering sea,
he's a fish out of water.

He's not gonna have much time
to get acclimated
before we're fishing.

it's pretty
nerve-wracking.

It's just a total...
It's just a total,
total different game.

It's pretty overwhelming.

we got it.

while the cornelia
marie's new greenhorn gets
a crash course in crabbing...

My brother, he got covid,
but without andy,
I'm just one short.

captain
johnathan hillstrand eyes
a plan to fill out his crew.

This year is really important,
you know.

So I want to really
make sure I got
every advantage I can.

yeah, baby!

instead of
reprising his role

as co-captain
of the time bandit...

50s and 60s.

john's brother,
andy, contracted covid-19.

While he's on the road
to recovery, john
still needs a co-pilot.

I don't think
they could pass this up.

I don't think
they're gonna say no.

there's no graceful way
to get on of a boat this big.

Hey, guys.

-Hey, boys.
-What's up, johnny?

How are you?

I'm gonna ask you a question.

But don't say nothing
for ten seconds.

I need him to go fishing
with me for king crab.

-Think about it.
-Next year?

This year.

I need somebody
over there with me.

I thought I was
gonna have andy.

And I just want to make sure
there's nothing phil
didn't teach you.

I want to teach you
everything I know.

Just think about it. And
I could give you some quota,
if that sweetens the pot.

Uh-huh?

-What type of quota are
we talking about here, john?
-Won't be a little.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

It's kind of a heavy ask
before we're supposed to be
checking out here.

Just give us a little bit
to talk about it.

See if can we get
some stuff figured out.

All right.

Cool.

-We'll let you know, buddy.
-Okay.

Down the road a little ways.

What do you think
about all that?

I mean, pulling this off
on your own will be
a real tough one.

I have my reservations.

It'll be difficult,
it'll be a little bit slower.

We have a lot more quota
to catch. That part of it's
not gonna be easy.

We're trying to build this
business still. We're trying
to make it better and better.

But my old man owed him a lot.

After my dad passed,

I spent two-and-a-half,
three years over there,

rebuilding our life
in order to get this boat.

You know, he was there for me.

But it's taken a long time
to get this boat up to par.

It's nerve-wracking
to leave it.

Just a lot of what-ifs
right now.

I found this
last night when I was
going through my room.

It's the last bit
of possessions that mahlon
left on here.

on the summer bay...

mahlon
was a hell of a deckhand

and we still have to go out
and really say goodbye.

We're not even
through this yet.

while the fleet
prepares for a new season,

captain wild bill wichrowski
and his crew prepare to
send off a fallen shipmate.

Gotta get them on the boat.
We'll make some money.

last summer,
38-year-old bering sea
veteran mahlon reyes

passed away unexpectedly.

he had
a heart attack. Left a wife
and four kids behind.

He was just one of those guys
that was always happy.

It's just sad.

A lot of emotion in crabbing,
sometimes.

You think you're all through
with the pain and it doesn't
take a lot to bring it back.

Mahlon's wife took the time
and effort to come from
montana all the way to alaska

to deliver mahlon's remains
to the dock.

Because of covid, she
can't even come on board.

We can't give her a hug.
Can't hold her,
can't do anything,

but she did not want to
just put his remains in a box
and put him in the mail.

So, we're going to do
a little ceremony.

I made it.

Whew.

Hey, heather.

Thanks for coming.

He's here and he's going
to love it so much.

But I love you,
all of you guys.

And, bill, thanks for
keeping him safe for me
for all these years.

This is really hard
and we can't give you a hug.

I know, I'm just like...
Nick's one of my best friends.

Last night, I was
going through the room.

Me and mahlon's shared.

I found that sweatshirt.

We wanted you to have it.

Thank you so much.

I love you guys so much
and thank you.

- thanks for coming.
-Yes.

bye, guys.

I consider myself
a pretty tough individual,

but I don't deal with death
very well.

Seen a lot.

The hard part
is the ones left behind.

we've got mahlon
on board again.

All right,
we're gonna get going.

"and god
shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes,

and there shall be
no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying,

neither shall there
be any more pain."

thank you for coming.

Yeah, you bet. Anytime, bill.

mahlon worked
for me for about five years.

He loved the sea,
loved to be out, fishing.

Sad day.

we're here
to honor a friend.

A shipmate.

A father of four
who loved his family.

He'll be with the boat forever
in our hearts, forever.

rest in peace, mahlon.

loss is hard.

And it's not the bering sea.

It's the bering sea lifestyle.

When it comes to fishing,
there's always dangers
and there's always risk.

We're here to do
a dangerous job.

And this year's way different.

If we fail at this,
so does the fishery.

If we're going to survive,

we're gonna
have to fight for it.

that was
the real party,
after you left.

- yeah...
- that was
a real party...

it was, wasn't it?

guys!

We represent so much
of the quota right here.

If we can work together,
we can cut down our time

and we can find the crab
that much faster.

There's the bottom line.

I mean, if we grid it out,
if we just pick so many
square miles each

and run a grid
and then be honest.

If you're not honest,
it ain't going to work.

If you're honest...

- I'll be honest!
-Which is a really
difficult word for you.

in norwegian,
that's like, four syllables.

oh, you're a funny guy.

You're asking one, two,
three, four.

You're asking a number
of boats to try and work
together as a team?

-Yeah, I am.
- we have a hard
enough time working together.

-Right?
-With two.

-Yeah.
-Let alone two, four, six...

sig, it's a big ask.

I'm not asking anybody
to fish for me.

That's where I struggle,
sig, is because--

this isn't about...
It's not about pride!

I'm not asking you
to catch my crab.

you're asking
one, two, three, four...

You're asking a number
of boats to try and work
together as a team.

I'm not asking anybody
to fish for me.

That's where I struggle,
sig, is because--

this isn't about...
It's not about pride!

I'm not asking you
to catch my crab.

I don't wanna catch your crab.

I'm just saying
we should share information.

We. We share information.

We have to.
The old-school mentality
that we all grew up on.

It says find your spot.
Keep it. Don't tell nobody.

We don't have
that option anymore.

If we keep that mentality,
and we don't evolve,
then we're all .

You know, I came back
to help you guys.

So let's work together.

I'm in this.
Anybody in this with me?
Raise your hand.

Raise them up.

We'll do it.

-Jake?
-You in, anderson?

You in?

We got scott?

Hey, keith, you in?
Raise your hand
if you're in.

Oh!

Good. Okay.

Well, if we're gonna do this
on the radio, we're going to
need some codes.

-Roadrunner.
-Coyote.

Coyote.

-Skeeter?
- no!

-You are skeeter!
-I am not!

-Ironman!

no, you are skeeter!

-We got sasquatch
on the end.
- sasquatch!

what was jr.'s
nickname then?

- legend!
-Legend!

legend!

How the did he
get a good name?

he's the only one
with a good name!

Can't pick your name.

skeeter!

we want the green ones!

all right,
everybody ready on the bow...

we got everybody
on deck here now? Go.

all right, you guys.
Showtime. Let's drop some...

get the cords secured,
and the drop lines

and head on out.

been on quarantine
for two weeks now.

Let's go catch this crab.

it's really
a big deal for us to get out
and get this stuff caught,

but we're going to try
to help each other out,

which is really unnatural
for most crabbers.

These guys aren't
real forthcoming
with information.

good!

we've had some rocky starts
in the past, but I think
we're ready to go this time.

And I need it.

I need to get out here on time
and catch this crab
and be done with it.

Hey, bill, we got a problem.

What do you mean?

Nick just walked off deck
and says he's not
feeling good.

-He walked off deck?
-Yeah.

What the hell's going on?

I don't know. I'm gonna
go check on him right now.

All right. Let me know.

Roger.

oh, my god.

Nick was fine this morning.

I don't know how
you get sick this quick.

What's going on?

Yeah. Sweat pouring off
of him. His nose is running.
His eyes...

He doesn't look
like normal nick.

-Is he in his room?
-Yeah.

Close the door
right now. We need to get
everybody stabilized.

-I'm going to shut
these mains down.
-Okay. I'll be back.

We're probably gonna need
to get medical.

roger that.

wash your hands.

Put your mask up.

let's get the lines
off the boat.
Let's go fish, all right?

after weeks
of uncertainty...

Time to go! Come on, boys,
make it fast!

Throw the line!

the depleted fleet
makes last-minute
preparations...

Going to
the king crab grounds!

for what could be
their final king season.

I'm hoping the guys
want to work together.

I mean, I don't
always like it.
I'd rather be alone.

But this year's different.

Hello, captain scooby.
Reporting for duty.

Look, I got
josh harris over here.

Look, I got josh harris!

to hell or high water.

- yeah!

you don't look
so hot. Dude, you okay?

-are you serious?
-Yeah.

I've never thrown up
on the ocean before.

All right, guys,
good luck out there.

We're all in this together.

Smooth sailing.

it's not every
day you see

all these guys
together like this.

But if that's the case,

I'd like to take the sombrero.

What about you, john?
What are you thinking?

I'm gonna cover
gooseneck area, guys.

And I'll go from
amak west and cover
the southern district.

I wanna take shark fin.

I'm going where
we were last year.
West of 164.

Jr., can you take
the other side of 164?

Yeah. Okay.

Well, then I'll just
'll shoot up to 164
line to the east there.

That sounds good.

not really where
I wanted to go.

Got some information
that showed some king crab.

If I don't like what I see.

I'm gonna divert off
and go my own direction.

if we all cover
a bunch of different ground,

we do talk to each other

and nobody tries to hold out,
we will be successful.

good luck, guys!

Stay safe out there, guys.

Good luck to all of you.

All right. Here we go.

Let me see what the hell
you got going on here.

You're running
about 101 right now.

So that's a fever.

I gotta get...
I'm gonna call the clinic

and see if I can get
somebody down here.

Hey, guys, I'm not really sure
what's going on with him,

so let's take the precautions.

Landon, go ahead
and raise that single flag,
then put both flags back up.

right.

And you guys stay up forward.
Stay away.

roger.

that's a sight I didn't
want to see there.

Oh, my god. Financially,
this could ruin me.

If I can't fish.

And if he is sick,

I don't know what
the hell's gonna happen.

far from the safety
of dutch harbor...

-Attaboy!
-Go, brother.

we're just
a few minutes
from the set time,

so we're gonna throw

these pots over
the side here at noon.

captains and crews
aim over 1,200 pots

at their 2.6 million pound
king crab quota.

this year they didn't
have a survey.

So we're essentially doing
a pot survey fleet-wide.

- three, two, one.

oh, yeah!

Right now, we're right next
to what I call the shark fin,

we're gonna work
our way from here
over to the east.

the plan?

Cut up the 100,000 square mile
king crab grounds,

setting over
a variety of depths

and bathymetric features

to pinpoint the biomass

and then share
the information.

what we're gonna
do today,

is we're gonna go over,
straight across
the gooseneck.

we might find
a little honey hole.
A little hillstrand hole.

Einstein said once...

-when they're there,
they're there.

when they're not,
they are not there.

But he's talking
about his socks.

That's a quote.
Einstein quote. Seriously.

That's for good luck.

Let's do it.

- don't throw up.

Good.

Look, we decided
go to to sombrero.

We're gonna start sharing
information "hopefully."

all right, good luck.

-Be safe.
-All right.

Be safe.

yeah, buddy!

Let's go. Whoo!

As my old man used to say,
now there's nothing
left but the crying.

Do you think we're going
to do the burn barrel
sig hansen survey?

No!

Now he's still sitting there,
licking his chops.

He's gonna soak up
any information he can
from radio crab like a sponge.

sig has
all kinds of habits.

Habit number one,
use the radio

and every bit
of intel you can get.

Number two,
never give any
information back.

Number three,
if you get on good fishing,
turn the radio off.

we're rolling, 2020.

We start hauling 60s
and 70s down here at amak.

I don't know
if I wanna be that truthful

on the family channel.

no. If this does
well down here,

I have to report it.
I don't want to, but I will.

when we were fishing cod.

I was seeing signs
of king crab all through
my cod here.

And I'd really
like to go there.

But, you know,
I'm gonna stick to my guns.

I'm gonna set some gear
on the 164 line.

we made a pact.
We gotta stick to the pact.

But if I don't like
what I see, I'm running.

We're coming back.

the last string!

It's almost gone.

We have a lot riding on this

and josh isn't here.
He's over on the time bandit.

So it's just, I don't have
a sounding board anymore,

but I've got jeff on here
at the last minute
to help us out.

king crab 2020, baby.

Started at the bottom.

Or the top. Bait boy.

with
captain casey's
opening set nearly done...

all right.
Good job today.

Why don't you go and get
something going for dinner?

...Greenhorn jeff silva

gets the order
to stop cooking crab food

and start cooking crew food.

how do you think
that galley is going to
look here in a minute?

Well, jeff's down
there cooking.

it's one thing
to have way bigger seas
versus in hawaii...

But also being on
a bigger boat,

it completely changes
the roll.

roll over. Last line.

All right. Good job, guys.
Thank you.

That's gonna be it
for this evening.

So come on inside
and eat some dinner, guys.

whoo!

ow!

you okay?

Hey, case,
jeff just fell down
the stairs. He hit his head.

-What stairs?
-The bottom level stairs.

He's laying on the ground.

not good.

It's on auto.

Yo! Dude, what's happening?

You okay?

Where at?

I fell from the very top.

Move your hands for a second.
I wanna feel this.

Oh, yeah, you got
a good goose egg there.

What did you hit it on?

I fell off... I just...

I feel I'm gonna throw up.

- are ya?
- yeah.

Here, you wanna get up?

on
the cornelia marie...

foot got hung up
in his sweat pants.

He hit his head.
There's a grab bar

coming down
the stairs right here.

You know, it's about an inch
and a half aluminum,

but it's pretty damn hard
and he came down

and he hit his head
on the wall, too.

That's teak.
That's pretty hard.

. ..A violent fall
down ten stairs

ends in a blow to the head,

leaving greenhorn jeff silva

showing signs
of a severe concussion.

he's so dizzy right
now, he can't even stand up

so we'll give him a minute
to get his feet under him

and, uh, keep checking on him
throughout the night...

Reevaluate in the morning.

Hopefully, we don't
have to make a trip in,

but if we have to, we will.

Okay, guys,
we got about ten minutes,

then we're gonna pull.

come at you!
Come on!

their pots
soaking for 24 hours...

I told the guys that
I was going to the 164 line.

That's where the crab
had been the last two years.

...Six boats
survey the bottom

at six strategic locations
across the grounds...

I just pray to the gods
that we blow this tank up.

Whoo! Whoo!

...Hunting
for enough crab

to improve
the health of the fishery

and keep their
own boats in the black.

I haven't seen a king crab
for a whole year.

I'm excited to see one.

Hopefully, at least one of us
can get off to a good start,

and then we can
start to dial in.

I want
every pot to do well.

I don't want
to haul blanks.

The fleet does not
want me to haul blanks.

I don't want anybody
in the fleet to haul blanks.

we got to
outmaneuver the others.
Swing wide or

we'll be in trouble.

We just gotta get
through it together.

Okay, guys.

King crab season 2020
of fisheries. Doing it.

Whoo!

don't miss
on the first one.
That's bad luck.

Here we go.

Let's go!

First pot!

This is it, man. This is it.

Oh, yeah. Keep on turning
what he did last.

Let's do it.

We'd love to see
some numbers here.

Come on, guys. Give me
a dance, give me the dance,
give me a dance.

yeah!

if the fleet can get off
to a good start as a whole,

then that really sets
the precedence
for our next year.

So this really is important

that we find
something quickly.

If we get 20, I'm gonna
be just crapping my pants.

-First one.
-First one...

bingo. Good job.

coming! It's coming
in hot, very hot!

There's the moment
of truth, big guy.

Moment of truth.

-Moment of truth.
-Drum roll, please.

all right. Here we go.

Money.

Here it comes.

All right. Come on, baby.

Be there for us,
be there for us.

this is it.

No way. Big bucks,
big buck.

Oh!

Oh, no.

Ay-yi-yi.

all right. Here we go.
First pot!

Let's see what we got.

ooh, I don't see anything.

let's go!

What is this?

well, there's
a morale damper right there.

Ug!

Yikes!

All right, guys!

Nothing.

that's not good.

You gotta be kidding me.

man, where's our crab at?

-Number is one zero.
-Ten!

Ten crab in the tank.

We're just getting warmed up
over here.

- yeah, we're just
getting warmed up.
-Just getting warmed up.

Pretty bleak.

Nine crab.

Niner.

Had three in the first
one right there.

Three crab. That's it.

Got one.

-One.
-I had two.

That was it, the whole pot?
Are you sure?

Yeah.

Don't panic. Do not panic.

all right, manny.
First one's up.

Is there life?

Come on.

Come on.

whoo!

Oh-ho-ho!

All big.

Hell, I told you.

- that's some crab!
- whoo!

We said we wanted to see life.

There's life.

oh, yeah!

Got some crab.

Give me an estimate.

Two four,
and they're good crab.

They're big.

We'll see if there's
any kind of a correlation

between crab and depth.

This is 45 fathoms.

So if we see any kind
of sign or a consistency

that changes in depth,

then that's gonna
teach us something.

Let's see what happened.

♪ come on, come on
come on, come on ♪

I'm excited.

oh, yeah, it's crab.

are those big?

Yeah, money!

- nice.
-Oh, my god. Oh, my god.

big, big, big, big.

Right.

oh, my god.

coming up.

Maybe five in that one.

What was that? Three crab?

two!
We have two keepers.

no good.

I've got too much gear

committed in this
depth right here.

One crab. One!

this looks bad for us.

ouch!

Ouch!

Womp, womp, womp.

What's in that bag, dude?

Five and six crab
on a 24-hour cycle.

Wanna stay out here
until christmas?

ai-yi-yi.

It's like abysmal.
We needed it home.

anybody on air?
Anybody on the family channel?

-Thank you. It's wizard here.
-Wizard on board.

-You guys there?
-Roger. Roger. Roger.

Anybody pick me up?

Yeah. Roadrunner.

how's fishing?

Not doing good
over here, my friend.

Slow so far.

Our numbers have
been similar to yours.

But I'm having no fun again.

I don't...
I don't have much.

I figured there wasn't gonna
be much down here anyway.

Where's the grand master
designer of this?

oh, yeah.

♪ da, da, da, da
da, da, da, da ♪

come on, come on, come on.

sig, do you got me?

Copy, copy, copy?

Sig, you on there?
It's jake.

That'll wake you up
in the morning.

Yeah, buddy!

Wow!

It's getting better
on this end.

Oh, my goodness.

Hey, sig. Wizard here.

Wizard. Wizard.

hey, anybody on here?
Hello? Hello?

there's
no boats here.

- what do
you got going on?

we just got to get
our gear situated.

six grand survey
alliance is unraveling fast.

well, well, that's a shocker.

Oh, man. That sucks.

That sucks.

Sig?

roadrunner.
Roadrunner's here.

Yeah. I'm here.

rider!

oh, yeah!

hey, sig. Wizard here.

Wizard. Wizard.

Hey, anybody on here?
Hello? Hello?

there's
no boats here.

six grand survey
alliance is unraveling fast.

and well, well,
that's a shocker.

there's a trench
that runs through here.
You see it?

- yeah.
-They're in this gully.

They're not on the ridge
or on the top of a ridge.

-They're on the bottom.

sig, roadrunner.
Roadrunner's here.

We better all start
working together

if we're going
to make this work.

We have a season next year.

oh, my god!

Whoo!

can you hear me?

Yeah, roger, roger,
got you.

I just got on here.
I got the tail end of that.

You had me a little worried
with your silence, sig.

I know you.

yeah!

Well, we've seen good numbers.

And they're big crab.

-Yeah, we got how many?
- 53.

-How many?
- five three.

53.

Sounds like
sig's getting a few there.

All right, good. Whoo!

roger that.

all right.
Well, it sounds good, man.
Good job there.

Hopefully, the rest of that
string pays off like that.

So where are you at right now?

56, 40, 62, 30.

56, 40, 62, 30,
right now.

copied.

And they're large.

do you know what I'm sayin'?

Wow.

How deep are you right there?

I didn't expect this.

Honest to god, john,
this is what I know.

How deep are you there?

there's a good layer,

top to bottom. But right now,
how would I check it?

How deep are you there, sig?

But this is-- yeah.
Anyway, all right, guys.

We'll have it all in here.

- why'd you do that?
- all right.

What is wrong with you?

I couldn't help it.

The reality is, I'm more
worried about next year

than I am right now.

I understand that,

but realistically, if I was
sitting in that chair,

you were taking a snoozer,
and I wake you up,

"oh, by the way,
I was on the family channel,

I give them my position."

-I would have had a fit.
-Yeah.

I would have had a fit.

Well, they've got
the information.

Maybe not all the information.

You know, I didn't get
specific about the gullies.

I got 'em in the ballpark
but I'm not gonna run
the bases for 'em.

You know, I don't trust sig,

but I honestly
think that, um,

he may have been straight up
with what he was saying there.

Flag.

Is there enough crab for ten
boats to work on it? No way.

sig strikes first,

but it'll take more than
one honey hole to catch

what's left of the
2.6-million-pound
king crab quota.

Make sure we just walk our way
that way,

and not to boat
too far towards him.

Just capture all our gear
right on that one spot.

It's the most important
season of our lives.

We're gonna have to
find something.

Still on the hook.

god,
I've never felt so worried

about somebody
not feeling good.

I mean, nick's my guy.
Nick's my heartbeat
on deck.

If he's positive for 19,
it's like...

...You gotta wonder

what happens to him,
what happens to us.

right now, I'm freaking.

48 hours
after his deck boss came down
with covid-like symptoms...

So hopefully, this guy
gets down here,

and we can administer test.

...Captain wild bill
faces the reality

that he and his entire crew
may have been exposed
to the coronavirus.

Nick's one of the toughest
people I've ever met.

I've seen him break bones,
sprain ligaments.

So seeing him
like this right now

really has me worried.

onboard. Let's go see
what's going on.

hey, nick.

Medic's here, man.
Think you could get

maybe get up
and get in that chair?

how are you doing, nick?

great.

good. So what
seems to be going on?

- you've been
sweating at all?

yeah.
It looks like 101.2.

All right. We're gonna
go ahead and get your
covid test done.

ah, I hate this.

I know. I'm just gonna
have you breathe in

and then breathe out and get
the swab done really quick.

Go ahead and remove
your mask for me.

It's not just a temp?

and put your head
all the way up.

All right.

god.
God, that sucks.

so, doc,
when do we get results?

we can get results
back in 24 hours.

We'll put you back
in your bunk and get you set,

and as soon as
the results come back,

then we'll let you know
where we go from there, okay?

65!

They're all big?

yeah!

They're in this gully.

But I don't know how far
to the north or south
I can go.

It's a lot of ground to cover.

But I don't got
enough pots right now

to play around with all that.

All right, mandy,
you take over here.

I'm gonna grab
a cup of coffee.

yep.

we're on good numbers now,
but we gotta stay proactive.

We have to know
where they're going.

We're getting a good idea
of where the crab are,
east to west.

But I do want to see how
far north the crab extends.

with the best sign
on the sombrero

in the cooler
underwater trenches...

Who's around here?

Maybe I can fill in the blanks
a little bit,

get some more intel.

...Mandy spies
an opportunity

to extract
extra information...

From a vessel in need.

not good.

Oh, man.

Oh, god.

where's all the crab at?

Oh, man.

yeah, roger.
What's going on?

Let's go to the two-meter.

okay, roger.

hey, jake.
You got me here?

yeah, I got you there.

What's going down?

You heard what he said
on the channel, right?

I think there's
a little bit more to it
that you should know.

We're seeing the crab
in the gullies.

So why don't you come over
here and set north-south?

I really just don't...

I mean, I know
sig's trying to do
what he can for the fleet,

but, I mean...

I'm just a little bit
nervous, mandy,

'cause I know sig.

Oh, well, don't worry
about sig.

there's no harm in sharing
some extra information

that'll help both of us out.

These numbers suck.

All right.

I'm about two,
three hours away.

When you hear me whistle...

...Then let's just go up
three clicks on the
family channel, all right?

So we'll just whistle
to each other, okay?

you know I don't know
how to whistle though, right?

that'll do.

sounds good.

I'm not hiding anything
from my dad.

I'm just not telling
him everything.

I'm gonna do it my way.

This is going to be
our first pot.

I'll let you guys
sleep a little bit extra,
just because, you know,

we're gonna be
a man down today.

I don't want jeff
out there just yet.

You know, it's gonna be tough,
one extra guy down. But...

I know
you guys can do it,

so if it feels like
I'm shoving them
down your throat,

it's 'cause I am.
Just keep up.

-We got it.
-You know me.

we're excited
to get this season underway.

It's been way too long
since I hauled a pot.

This is a shark fin

and it's slightly shallower
than last year.

I chose shallower
because the water temp
is just a little bit colder

than what it was last year.

Let's see what she has
in the hole.

It's different not having
josh here, you know.

It's definitely
a game-changer.

We got a lot of crab to catch
on this boat,

and hopefully we do it
in a fairly short amount
of time.

Looking for these crab
in such a vast area

is just like searching
for a needle in a haystack.

Especially when you're doing
it in blind set.

come on, baby.

come on.

Here we go.

wow.

There's actually crab
in that one.

yeah, baby.

Whoo!

Yeah!

Two nine.

Three nine?
Two nine.

yeah!

It's more fun when
josh is here to high-five.

Yeah!

-nice work.
-Yeah!

starting to see some
good numbers out here.

I'm no mathematician
but I think that's about
two grand right there.

One pot.

♪ can I get a 30? ♪

yeah!

57.
Five seven.

Yeah!

this area,
it's, like, really special.

And I don't see a single pot
around me.

Yeah!

the second boat
in the fleet
to land on the crab.

Hey, uh, set that off.

ay, ay.

casey makes a call
to set back his entire
180-pot load.

I wanna get
these pots in the water
while I still got real estate.

Before anybody else
figures out what I got going,

we'll have 'em
all in the water.

coming over.

get your gear
in the water.

then worry about sharing crab.

mcmanus.
Mcmanus. Mcmanus.

I got you just fine.
What's up?

we've got about
seven and a half average
for 24 hours, so...

That was out-beavered. You see
where I'm at right now?

And I'm gonna be
pulling my gear, packing,
and getting out of here.

I mean, probably
going over there.

uh... Yeah.

coming over.

come and get it.

whereas josh and I,
you know, are business
partners and best friends...

But their gear is their gear
and my gear is my gear,

and we got a lot of crab
to catch on this boat.

Sort of quiet on that radio.

yeah, yeah.

and I'm gonna
be pulling my gear, packing,
and getting out of here.

move!

sort of quiet on that radio.

yeah, yeah.

Ai, yi, yi.

Okay, not to throw
a monkey wrench at you
or nothing but...

I mean, that's one way
to read that.

yeah, okay.

that sucks.

got word from
another buddy that
they're up by the bowling pin.

There might be crab
over that way.

Where was that at?

Where's the center
of that one?

Man, I feel like
you're a puppy dog

whose ear just curved up
when I said car ride.

-Puppy dog.
- you ready?

Uh... 33.94.

-33.94.
- 44 even.

-44 even?

and then 34 and 7.

We got gear there.

- you do?
-And it was ugly.

we've got about
a three-and-a-half average.

not buying that one either.
Uh-uh.

Nope.
What's up with that?

There's a lot
of questionable activity here.

Yeah.

good luck there.
Talk to you later.

Yogi out.
Say hi to boo-boo for me.

smart-ass.

oh, your puppy dog ears
just raised right up.

We got our gear
there, jackass.

- yeah.
it's not adding up.

Doesn't he get it, you're
not supposed to do that?

They hauled a couple pots
down below them

in the great trauma scene.

My dad always says,
"if you're looking
for sympathy,

look between and
symphony in the dictionary.
It's in there somewhere."

we should try to see
if we can sneak up on him.

-Oh, god.
-We'll sneak up
on your boat.

Because he saw us,
he's fallen tens and twelves.

Puppy dog ears.

Let's go see
what he's really pulling.

the truth
will set you free.

93 miles northwest...

On the other side
of the crab grounds...

Whoa!

Uh-oh.

Man, tide is just up against
the weather right now.

We're rolling
all over the place.

two boats,
the lady alaska
and the wizard...

Keep hanging out there.
Just keep an eye
on the weather.

I'm not sure
where this came from.

It wasn't forecast
or projected.

...Fight building seas

as they search for crab
on either side

of the 164 meridian.

a little squall come in.
Weather's kicking up.

Bering sea doesn't want
to give up her bounty.

We may have to deal
with this one. Not fun.

I would really like
to see some crab in this spot.

oh, no!
What is this?

what are they doing?

I haven't seen any crab yet

on the 164 line.

You know, I've only seen
one set of bags up here

that's familiar,
and it's junior.

So I'm not sure
what he's up to.

And to be honest,
I really don't give a .

Coming up.
Let's see what happens.

Oh! Horrible.

oh, !

You know, I said I was going
to go the 164 line...

But I just don't know
if working together
is really the answer.

oh!

right now,
I just got to concentrate
on getting my crab.

hey, heads up!
Heads up!

whoa, whoa,
whoa!

I mean, we have
no survey this year,

and I basically have
survey information.

I tried to share
that information with keith.

Money ain't part of it.

I'm thinking
I'm going to change my mind.

I'm going to go do
my own thing.

And I'm going to use
the information that I got.

I got to get up there
and try and figure out
where those crab were.

It was fun while it lasted,
but not that fun.

Here we go.

That was my ais.

Now they won't even see us.

Hello, boys.

We're going to go do our own
thing like we always do.

We're breaking away
from the pack.

We're going our own way.

grab on. Yeah!

So here we go.

A new spot, a new hope.

we got junior
over here saying,
"I need crab, give me crab."

he's got his
little floppy disk he's
running around with right now,

thinking I'm gonna call him
for the big save here.

You know what?
Don't buy a boat

if you don't have
any crab to catch

and don't come to me
and ask for it.

I've got a huge crew

and I've got a lot
of mouths to feed.

just be careful,
we may take a slurp

as I'm going...
Making this turn.

Whoa!

You're a rock star.

If the crab doesn't hit,
do I have a plan b, c or d?

No, but I'll make one.

But one thing
I'm not going to do...

It's extend some type of
partnership with junior.

It ain't going to happen.

got them!

oh!

even if my whole
first set bombs...

- you got one?
- one.

...Bottom line is this...

You know, I cover a lot more
ground than most of them.

watch out there!

and I've mapped
this gully out

probably better than
any boat in the fleet.

This is the wizard's
home turf.

Whoa, what the
is that?

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa!

I can't watch a thing!

Wait, heads-up,
heads-up, heads-up!

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Let's go.

Whoa, what the
is that?

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa!

Watch out, watch it.
Hang on! Hang on! Hang on!

How are we doin'?

Give me a head count.

We got five guys, right?

are we all good?

that was a lot of water.

Wow.

Just missed that one, man.

It came rolling down
the port side, big time.

Where's the next at?

Damn it, keith.

Give me a minute, guys.

Working on this string here.

I'm gonna need, uh...

I need some time
to regroup here a little bit,

-all right?
- yep.

rocked by
a 30-foot wave,

captain keith fights
high seas...

...For low numbers.

made a bet they come up

and, uh, let's hope
for some decent numbers.

They're going to
probably drop off,

but we'll do our best.

rather than run
in gale conditions...

what are we going
to do about this situation?

We're going to get information
out of this gear.

...The skipper
doubles down,

expanding his search
near the 164 line.

you know,
I'm still doing my survey,
still looking.

Just struggled to find
the real hotspot

that's, you know, big enough

for the whole fleet
to work on.

I'm not giving up hope yet.

so far, I have
no complaints

about what's been going on
in these gullies.

big crab. Nice.

Is that us?

well, it's right
on my pot there.

Who the hell was that?

who is that?

There's a bunch of them
down here.

saga.

That's the number.

well, it's not pot-for-pot.
He's crossing through.

Sooner they get
into the gully.

Now I'm seeing saga here
all over the place.

Well, I mean, you shared
some info with everyone.

I shared information,
but not specific.

Not like that.

I've been doing this
a long time.

I know when a guy
is looking around

and when a guy's dialing in,

and that is dialing in.

Why the hell is jake
over here?

Have you talked to him?

Did you tell him
to set us down?

No.

But you told him
we were over here?

I never told him
exactly where we were.

I just told him that
they'd like the gullies.

That was it.

You got your friends
and I got my friends.

And he's honestly,
he's practically family to me.

family?

I don't see him
on this boat anymore, do you?

That is my personal,
private information.

That is sacred to me,
that's sacred.

I mean, look,

that's what you get,
every time you try to be nice,

they step right on you.

You know, you start
jumping on people like that,

then your numbers
go in half.

I mean, that's just
common sense.

Just thought I'd bounce
a little bit of information
back and forth,

you know, I hoped then
he could help me someday.

whoa!

Yeah.

all right.

Hey, are you on this one?

What channels have you
been using here?

That's not my channel. Jake?

yeah, all right,
let's set it.

jake?

Yeah. Roger!

so you're talking
to mandy, huh?

yeah, she's, uh...

The channel named mandy.

Well, I'm figuring that out
pretty quick here.

So what have you guys
been talking about?

Fishing.

yeah, I can
see you've been
talking about fishing.

I see that all around me.

That's very obvious.

I thought we're supposed
to work together, all of us.

If you're not
sharing the depth...

That's only a half truth.

If you ask me,
that sounds a lot like a lie.

Well, I am working together.

I have shared information.

I've been on a channel
with the whole damn fleet.

So we are working together.

I'm just saying,
by going all in on one spot,

you can hurt the end game.

He just doesn't get it.

-He doesn't get it.
- this is a fleet effort.

He won't get it.

He will never get that
we know what we're doing.

If we fail, everybody fails.

I don't think we're cramming
them all into one basket.

I get it. That's why I'm
looking all around.

-That's what she's looking.
-You're not getting it.

You just don't see
the big picture.

-We know the egg's
in the bas...
- off.

When you're done talking,
you're done talking.

I'm not mad at you guys.

I just... I understand
what you're doing, mandy.

I get it.

The point is, we need to play
this game a little bit longer,

everybody, so that we can
get done as a whole.

I was just
trying to help, dad.

I know.
I know you were.

there it is.

okay, please do.

-Yeah, uh...
-Oh.

thanks, doc.

Thanks for your help.

Absolutely. My pleasure.
You guys take care.

-All right, thanks.
-Stay healthy.

Stay healthy. There you go.

take them damn flags down.

He's negative.
He's just got the bug.

-Oh, come on.
- yeah.

Thank god.

- ready? Let's go!
- ready.

Hey, nick, get up.

-You ain't got it.
- no?

No, you came negative, buddy.

with his deck boss
testing negative for covid-19,

I don't have covid,
I'm good to go.

Whatever you got, don't
give it to the rest of us.

...Captain wild bill
can finally join the fleet

on the king grounds.

Still kind of

under the weather.

Well, I think I can still
help on deck.

nick can
have the flu.

He could have a cold.

He could have a clap,
but it ain't covid.

Hey, guys, come on in here
for a minute.

I got something to show you.

come on up, guys.

All right, what you got?

I got these
night vision glasses.

Here, try these on.

- whoa! What is this?
- night-time vision.

It's nighttime vision.

Yeah, nighttime vision.
Try it on, try it on.

-Does that work?
-Wow.

I can see miles
and miles away.

we're gonna
sneak up on your boat,

see what casey's gettin'.

I'm gonna turn
all the lights off,

so I'll watch you guys
spill the seed.

what do you do
if you suspect your partner
is cheating?

these fellas use
more of tens and twelves.

-We're gonna spy on you.

see what kinda crabbing
they got.

well,
if you're a hillstrand,

you strap on
night vision goggles,

turn off your tracking beacon,

and sneak your
328-tonne vessel

into his blind spot.

We're just making sure
that, uh,

casey is keeping the boat
honest over there,

he's being honest.

I wanna scare the hell
out of him, too.

He might have
to change his underwear.

We're gonna go stealth mode

and sneak up onto him
and surprise him.

okay, we've got contact.
Let's go!

Shut our lights down.

Let's turn it all black.

He can't see us, dude.

Black ops.

we're almost there.

-yeah!

I like it!

it started off a little slow,

but now it's paying off.

yeah, baby!

Mmm-hmm.

Happy, happy.

that's the cornelia,
right there.

I can see the name
of the boat.

I'm gonna get in closer.

I feel like a stalker
ex-girlfriend right now.

-Isn't that strange?

he can't even see us, dude.

We're right in there,
they don't even know
we're here.

He's got a full pot.

He's got a pot
right up in front of him.

Is that what it is?
Do you see a pot?

There we go.
He's pulling a pot in.

-Okay.
- coming over.

okay. It looks
something like
he got that pot.

yeah, baby!

are you kidding me?

Sons of bitches,
we got you.

That's a nice pot.

- yeah, dude.
-Dude!

Game's over, buddy.

The jig is up.

-Gotta call your boys, man.
-Yeah.

Dude, I'm calling him
right now.

cornelia marie.
This is casey.

Dude, what are you doing
right now?

What am...
What am I doing?

What do you mean
what am I doing right now?

I'm gonna go haul
some more gear.

I've been through the gear.

Just, my first average
on the initial set sucked.

I bumped it around
a little bit.

I think I might be better off
over here by myself

'cause I'm getting
sign of crab.

I just haven't got
into the meat pile yet.

You can't make
that up there.

dude.

Johnny, hit the lights.

Oh, yeah.
Surprise, surprise!

we got you, baby!

this week
on salty takes...

Well, I'll tell you this,

never get into
a staring contest
with a seagull.

...Unsure if he can
trust the fleet,

keith forges a bond

with a new-found
feathered friend.

I mean,
it does get lonely up here.

So, I mean,
there are times when

just having a seagull
in your window
is not a bad thing.

You got somebody
to talk to.

just had a conversation
with him.

He's gonna go do some
scouting for me.

Better than a drone.

Go find some crab
for me, buddy.

Dude, what are you doing
right now?

I'm getting sign of crab,

I just haven't got
into the meat pile yet.

yeah,
that's the spirit!

You can't make that
up there.

dude.

Johnny, hit the lights.

Oh, yeah.

Surprise, surprise! Ha-ha!

we got you, baby!

- we got you, buddy.
- got you!

I can see you!

-Yep, we can see you.

dude!

We've got you, mcmanus!

what?

That was pretty good,
mcmanus.

Nice try.

we've been
following you for about
ten minutes, dude.

Holy

dude! Where the hell
did he come from?

Where the hell
did you come from?

we got night vision
over here, dude.

are you listening
to this?

-night vision.

Johnathan has
night vision goggles?

that's the only guy
that would do that.

only guy
on the bering sea.

Oh, yeah, ma'am.

You're a tough fish,
so I'm watching you.

Dude!

casey is...

These fellas use more
of tens and twelves.

That's john on
the family channel.

it's like 50.

What? No.

the game's over,
buddy. We got you.

We got you!

oh, god.

Now you got me good.

Sounds like time bandit boys
gave casey a little spanking.

All right, buddy,
what type of fish are you on?

This string started off
a little rough,

but we are trending better
as we move to the east.

We got some pretty good pots
coming over the rail here.

I'm not the
that didn't call in.

I tried, it just...

Get your gear in the water,

then worry
about sharing crab.

It's always been
our motto on this boat

and it's worked well
for josh and I.

Sorry, guys.

Dude, if you're gonna cheat,
don't get caught.

it's all
gonna fall apart.

Everybody's gonna think,
"oh, he's lying to me.

He's doing this,
he's doing that."

all of this expensive

and you didn't see
a 120-foot boat coming.

I wasn't watching, brah.

Apparently.

Mcmanus, straighten up.

It's okay.

it all, move on.

I understand.

I understand that.
That's a human nature thing.

It's hard to change
your human nature.

But there was a deal,
the deal was made.

We all agreed.
We raised our hands.

That's what we did
at the pier.

It's gonna be interesting
to see how long

this little "band of brothers"
stick together.

we're doing it.
We're making a move right now.

Keith made a big mistake.

He should have
listened to me.

oh, man. Come on!

I generally don't do this,

but, you know what?

I'm gonna at least
listen to junior

and see what he has to say.

asking a bunch of crab
fishermen to work together

is damn near impossible.

But we still have
to catch that boat.

wow.

52, just like mandy said.

Take it aboard.
Mandy's on our side.

the game
we're playing is too big.

Hey, jake.

I'm just calling to tell you
I know where they are,

north to south in the gullies.

but at the same time,
the ocean is so volatile.

Injuries, breakdowns,

storms as well.

Dump it.

it's inevitable.

We've got 200 pots
on one long string right here.

Here with the cornelia.

When all of us
work together,

we could save our fishery.

You know, and it's...
I don't...

I don't want to hang up
the reins yet.

Are we ready?
Let 'em loose.

-Let's go fishing!
- yeah!

if we fail,
we could lose everything.

No more thinking about it.
It's time to do it.

I know we could
start together.

As far as how long
that trust is gonna last...

...We're just
gonna have to wait and see.

♪ the strong survive ♪

♪ we're all
fighting something ♪

looking bad, looking bad.

Easy, easy!

-Oh, watch out.
- watch out!

push!

You put your best guy
on the crane!

Whoa, watch out.

Watch it, watch it!

we got it!

Dude!

Bang, bang!

♪ the strong survive ♪

he can't tell us
we can't fish there.

Please, god, please, no.

You moron!

I gotta go.

-What is going on?
-I don't know!

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