08x10 - No Place Like Nome

[bunniefuu]

[ Seagull cries ]

♪♪

Shawn: winter's here.

Once the ice gets
so thick, you're done.

Nome gold's still
on the table.

If we're going
to have a shot,

I can't come back empty-handed
on this run.

Zeke:
it's been a hard road.

Tensions are running high.

My future
as an ocean gold dredger

Could come to
a very abrupt end.

I can't possibly
let that happen.

Kris: every day now,
I wake up thinking,

"This could be it."

And we don't have enough gold
for this being it.

I'm really scared, and I don't
want to tell my dad and brother,

But it's looking like
this might be the end.

Shawn: the moment of truth.

One last, final push here.

You're not in command.

[bleep]

I've got to do it.
I've got to get back down there.

Come on, big nuggets!

Shawn: this cleanup's
going to determine

How much we can bid
on the nome gold deal.

[Bleep]
mother of god!

Hey, watch out.
That thing could blow up.

Man: we're going to need
a bigger tray.

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Narrator: winter has come
to nome, alaska...

The temperature dropping

To a bone-chilling


For the fleet,

A brutal summer
of pushing farther

Than ever before
in the quest for new ground

Has come down to a last,
desperate push for redemption

To turn an empire
into a dynasty

And to secure their very future
as miners.

As the clock ticks away
the final minutes,

It's now or never before
winter freezes the door shut.

Ninety-five miles
east of nome.

Well, one last, final push here
before hell freezes over.

Narrator:
shawn pomrenke's window
to find gold is nearly closed.

We're trying to get as much gold
as we can

To make an offer
on nome gold.

I've got to get back
and get that bid in.

So we're running
on borrowed time right now.

Narrator: this season...

Shawn: here we go.

First claim I've ever staked,

And it's on the richest
offshore reserve in the world.

Narrator:
...in an effort to purchase
new gold-rich grounds

That will secure
the family's future...

There it is,
right there.

...shawn bet big
on the bluff.

Steve: the bluff
is a silly damn idea.

I think it's just silly,
shawn.

[ Laughs ]

And just when it looked like

He was going to prove
his dad wrong...

There's [bleep]
solid gold ripple!

...a serious back injury
put an end to his operation.

Now...
-Just about to get in the water.

Narrator: ...nearly $2 million
from his goal

And with the final bid
for the property due...

If our offer ain't big enough,

We won't get the ground
and the equipment.

So, hopefully,
everything works out.

Narrator: ...the gold
shawn recovers today

Could well be the difference

Between coming out on top
and coming up short.

This is it. This is
our final chance to get gold.

Narrator:
but with a busted back...

These boys better put
some gold in the box.

Narrator:
...shawn will be relying
on his crew to find the gold.

I'm used to doing everything,

Being right there,
hands-on, getting it done.

But now I'm having
to learn to step back

And try to manage from afar,
which I hate.

I like getting my hands dirty.
I like getting out there.

Man: we got the bottom
coming into view right now.

i can --
i can just barely see.

Shawn:
you got any vis at all?

no, not very much.

Narrator:
an end-of-summer algae bloom

Has reduced visibility
to mere inches.

i'm punching
a little hole.

Shawn: winter's here.
The ice is coming.

If we don't get gold now,
no more chances.

It's do or die.

How's that ground
looking down there?

I'm seeing something
that looks kind of promising.

I'm seeing a pretty
decent-looking clay right here.

It seems
that all these rocks

Are set up on this clay,
just against it.

It's almost impossible to work
without a pry bar.

Do you want me to just
chuck it down to you?

yeah.

Narrator:
large rocks on the seafloor,

Combined with the tidal action
of the ocean,

Act like the riffles
in a sluice box,

Sifting and trapping gold.

all right.
i found the pry bar.

it's going to be
a lot easier for me

to move some
of these rocks.

And to move
the 100-pound boulders,

They'll enlist the help
of a trusty pry bar.

The gold sits in the crevices
in here in this rock.

So you just pry it
out of the way

And suck up the silt
as you're doing it

And hope there's some
nuggets below them.

What are you seeing
under those boulders?

Come on, big nuggets!

[ Laughs ]

i don't know
what to do!

suck it up and put it
in the box, buddy.

let's go ahead and make
a big withdrawal today.

yeah,
sounds good to me.

One hundred miles west...

Kris:
ooh, it's [bleep] freezing!

Narrator:
...back in nome...

Kris: we don't have enough gold
for it to be our last day.

We need one more day of gold.

Narrator: ...the fighting kellys
are ready for one last bout

With the bering sea...

If they can get out
of the harbor.

Not even close.

Thankfully,
like all good captains,

Kris has a plan.

I need john to come.

I need him to take
that tugboat he has.

And I need
to push us a trail.

Call the boss and use
his tugboat as an icebreaker.

Hey, john.
Do you copy?

John: yeah, I'm right here.
hey, john.

Good morning.

So it looks like we're kind of,
like, cased in ice over here.

And I was wondering if you could
come over here and break us out

And try to make us a path.

yeah, no problem.
okay, man.

I'll see you.

Okay.
He's coming.

It's pretty safe to say

The kellys haven't had
an easy summer.

I just don't think I want
to take a chance on you.

They've been unable to
gain access to claims...

...and thrown off...

You know, I just want you guys
off the claim, okay?

...whenever they have.

This is a billionaire
letting us go on a good claim.

But the luck of the irish
finally came through.

And there's gold here.
Good job, andy!

Save our [bleep] season!

Narrator: kris wrangled
a one-day audition...

How you doing?

...on the grounds of local
gold czar john keeley.

You know, not to be
disrespectful, guys,

But this is pretty shoddy.

And despite failing
to impress...

This is your last shot,
all right? Make it happen.

...they were given
one last chance.

Here he comes.

Morning, john!

Good morning!

Thanks for coming
to save us!

Now, captain kris
is lofting a final hail mary,

Hoping for a score
that will satisfy the boss...

Okay, we made it!

I'm [bleep] soaked,
but we made it.

Whoo!

...and earn long-term access
to his vast mining grounds.

John, thank you very much.
I appreciate all your help.

You made it able for us
to get out there

And get you some gold.

Big swell ahead.

We'll talk to you
at the end of the day.

We're gonna do
our clean-out tomorrow,

So after that,

We hope to god we got enough
to stay on the claim.

roger.
okay.

I'll see you later.
Thanks again for all your help.

I hope to stay on keeley's
claims for the next three years.

He's really the real deal
doing this.

And I hope to god
that we get something

So keeley will be happy
and leave us --

Let us stay on these claims.

If we don't find anything,
then it will really be over.

I'm going to make this work.

[ Engine starts ]

Brad: better get as much time in
as you can.

Look, the weather's
blowing up again.

We've got seven miles
to go home.

I don't want our last day to be
our very last day, you know?

I want to make it home
to the harbor and be safe.

Okay!

♪♪

Kris: here we go.

Hey, you better not
need nothing on deck

Because it's too cold
to go out there.

Brad: what are you seeing
down there?

Oh.

All right.
whoo!

You're running so much
material up here, man.

Looking good.

All right!

♪♪

Check the hot water.

There's something going on.
I'm freezing down here.

You want some more what?
He wants it hotter.

Hotter?
Yeah.

It's cold?

Hey!
Watch out, eh?

Narrator:
seven miles east of nome,

The kellys' last day
of mining...

Hey!
Watch out, eh?

...blows.

Get out of the way!

Hey, watch out!
That thing could blow up!

Watch your leg!

Brad: kris!
the hot water blew up!

No, I'm serious.

You want to come on up?
You've got no hot water!

Kris:
no, I don't want to come up!

i want gold!

do something about it! Fix it!
i want gold!

that's your job!

Fine, don't come up!
We're going to fix it.

Now, just leave me alone
for a few minutes.

okay, well hurry!
it's cold down here.

it's, like -- it's really cold.

The human body cools


Than in air.

And in the sub-40-degree
waters of the bering sea,

Without a hot water supply,
kris has 10 minutes

Before hypothermia
begins to set in.

Hurry up, please.
It's cold down here.

I'm trying to get gold.

It'll work.
We'll make it work.

[Bleep] barely move my hands.

Can everybody hurry
with the hot water?

Haul this coil out
and get it ready to go in there.

We're good.
We're ready to go.

Is the heat working now?

It better.

Okay!
We repaired it!

We need this gold.

We really need to put
some real serious time in here.

♪♪

you put in
your time today, kris.

It's getting rough.
Let's pack up.

no, let's stay another hour.
everything's good.

I can't. The ocean's getting
rough. It's time to go in.

We're going to be
in a bad situation again.

we're in a bad situation now.

let's just hang out
for another hour.

Narrator: while kris is pushing
the kellys' season

To the bitter end...

...three miles east,

At the mouth
of hastings creek...

I want to get at least 5 hours
on this sluice box

Before I clean it up

Because I'm real excited
to get back onto this stuff.

...captain zeke tenhoff
and tender emily riedel

Are looking to finish
their season strong...

Uh, I don't know, dude.

It's just kind of like
a big greasy swell.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

...assuming they can agree

On whether or not
it's safe to dive.

I would really like to at least
try to get a few more hours.

I mean, the harbor
was freezing up this morning.

Yeah, I want to --
I definitely want to see

Some, like, gold
after all this time.

I just get worried
with you down there, like,

Diving so deep in these kinds
of conditions, you know?

It kind of freaks me out
up here.

I know it freaks you out
down there.

It's something
we've got to try.

Emily is somebody

Who makes money
off the mining business,

But emily's not a dredger.

In the mining world,
you're going to have to deal

With these terrible conditions
and soldier forward.

We don't give up.

Emily, I've got to do it.

I've got to
get back down there.

It's been a bumpy season
for zeke and emily.

I haven't seen gold
all [bleep] summer.

After failing to strike gold
early on...

The gold
should be fanning out

From the mouth
of the penny river.

...persistence paid off...

It looks like gold's

Been getting pushed up
right into this bench.

...first,
at the penny river...

Holy mother of god!
Look at that!

...then on a prospecting trip
to hastings creek.

No one has ever ocean mined
in front of hastings creek.

There is a discovery to be made
right out in front of this creek

That's going to
change everything.

Now, zeke and emily
are down to their final hours.

And zeke is determined
to find enough gold

To prove hastings creek
can secure a golden future.

I've got to get my a*s
down there.

Emily:
you know, when it comes to,
like, matters of safety,

We rarely agree on things,

And he's just
so bloody stubborn.

I can't fight with him.

I mean, it's the end.

The bering sea, the weather,

Everything is telling us
to go home and that it's over.

But this is the last chance
zeke and I have

To do what we set out to
this season,

Which was to make a future
for ourselves.

And if we don't
find gold this time,

You know, I don't know
if we have a future up here.

♪♪

Zeke: it's real dark
and spooky down here.

i got just enough visibility
where I can kind of see.

it's really mineralized.

I'm actually starting to be able

To see some gold
in this pay layer.

Emily: that's awesome, man.
that's really good to hear.

Narrator: on what could be
his last dive of the season,

Zeke may have finally found

The untouched deposit
he's been searching for.

It is absolutely, 100%,
undoubtedly here.

I'm going to move this
as fast as I can

So we can get checked out
of here.

all right.
wrap it up.

i don't have very much reach
with the hose.

i need the boat to swing
a little bit over to the right.

Well, you'd better come up
and do that

If we're going
to move the boat.

if we could just get the boat
to move over just --

i mean, really,
it would only take 15 feet.

No, dude. I'm not going to
fire up the outboard
when a diver is down.

I'm just not going to do it.
That's just too risky.

you need to come up, and then
we'll just move the boat over.

i've already explained to you
why I'm not going to do that.

i am 100%
not going to do that.

Well, I'm 100% not going
to [bleep] move the boat

When a diver is down.

The conditions are too bad.
You can't see [bleep]

I can't see you.
I can barely, like,

Tell where
your bubbles are.

i'm not a diver.

i am the person who is
in command of the situation.

and I'm asking you
to put this boat in reverse

and pull it over 15 feet.

You're not in command
of the situation.

This is a partnership.

That means I am in command
of the situation, too.

I'm in command
of what happens topside,

and I'm in command of whether
i fire up this outboard

and move the boat over.

i just need the boat
to adjust a little.

this is not
that big of a deal!

All right! All right! All right!
Just stop talking.

[Bleep]
I'll [bleep] do it.

[Bleep]
okay!

♪♪

Ohh.

[ breathing heavily ]

[Bleep]

[Bleep]

Narrator:
at hastings creek...

[Bleep]

[Bleep]

♪♪

I think he's coming.

Zeke!

Mother of god!

Are you okay?

Aah!

Dude, what's happened?

My mask got ripped off!

I think.
I don't know what happened!

After ordering
tender emily riedel

To reposition the boat
over a pay streak,

Captain zeke tenhoff's mask

Was ripped off
by his own tether.

It was real abrupt-like,
took that puppy right off.

When the boat swung around
on the anchor,

It must've drifted off.

Dude, I told you we shouldn't
have [bleep] moved the boat.

Dude.

I'm done.
I'm calling it.

It's been enough struggling
for one day.

Having your mask ripped off
abruptly,

I mean, just all your capacities
just go out the window.

I mean, your whole sense
of direction,

And, you know, the cold water
just hits your face.

It's hard to even know
which way is up.

Had no breath,
I didn't know how far,

How long it was going to take me
to get to the surface.

Just terrible.

I really don't have anyone
to blame but myself.

I'm the one that
made this happen.

Emily is not a very good hand
to have

In situations
that are tense

And require a lot of action
and quick thinking.

She's a little panicky.

I should've known better.
I'm just glad I'm okay.

Narrator:
despite the close call,

Zeke only has one thing
on his mind.

You see anything in there?
No, I'm definitely seeing

A little gold
building up in here.

I mean, there's more coarse gold
than I imagined there would be.

I think I have enough to be able
to make a reasonable estimation

Of what they average out
per ounce, per hour,

Around here.

Yeah.
It looks really good, dude.

I want to get the [bleep] out of
here and go clean up this box.

As zeke and emily call an end
to their final dredge,



Brad:
dude, it's getting rough.

There's white caps forming,
and it's getting a swell.

And I don't want this to be
our last day out here ever.

Coming up.

Narrator:
...after a day of battling ice
and blown hoses,

The fighting kellys
are calling it quits.

Oh, he almost fell off.

The 2016 summer mining season
is officially a wrap...

...for all but one.

Come on, big nuggets!

there's bound to be one here
right in front of me.

I like it.
I like it a lot.

Narrator:
mr. Gold, shawn pomrenke,

Is pushing it
to the the absolute limit.

how is the weather
going up there?

The weather's not bad,
but we're losing daylight fast.

All right.
I'll pack things up.

I've got to make it back to town

And put a bid in
on old nome gold.

Narrator: in his sights,
a qualifying offer

On over 9,000 acres
of gold-rich ground.

Back to town.

Oh, [bleep]

I'm hurting.

I am [bleep] hurting.

This season's over.

♪♪

Narrator:
as a new day dawns over nome,
final cleanups are under way.

After a grueling


The members of the fleet

Are about to see
who struck gold

And who struck out.

At the kelly
cleanup container...

Today's our big day,
our grand finale.

Narrator:
...the reputation of the kellys
as gold-getters in nome

Lies in the pan.

Kris: dad, how many ounces
do you think we got?

I'm just hoping there's


If this clean-out's
not at least 10 ounces,

We're not going to have access
to his claims anymore.

No, I understand that.
Trust me.

Oh, I know.

Kris: the realization hits me
that this is the end.

Whatever gold you have,

That's going to be
the gold for the season.

There's no more days.
There's no more second chances.

There's no more adventures.
There's no more nothing.

It's what we have is what it is.

And if it's not enough,
then we lose.

I just hope to god
we got enough gold
so he'll be happy,

We make a little money,

And we have a future
to go to.

Oh, man.

All we needed
was for this season

To be half decent
at the end, you know?

I don't know, dude.
Think we got over the 10 ounces?

I don't know.
It looks like flour gold.

It takes a lot of flour gold
to make ounces.

Okay.
Finally, the moment of truth.

It's a scary moment, actually.

Okay. Here we go, baby.
Here we go.

Two.

Four.

Six.

What did we get?



Narrator: 14.2 ounces
is worth over $18,000.

That's awesome, andy.
Continue your captaincy.

Finally, you're leading us
down the right path.

That was pretty good, huh?
It was really good.

We did it.

Let me just say
I knew we could do it.

Risk versus reward
finally worked today.

The reward is here.
I knew this was going to work.

I feel really good.

This whole thing
has turned around for me.

It couldn't have happened
at a better time.

I hope keeley's going
to be happy with us.

I'd call this a success.
Wouldn't you?

I would call it a success.

There's nothing more to say
about it, you know.

Kris did what he said
he was going to do.

I think we've done great.

Yeah, my brother can continue
playing captain if he wants.

I don't mind it. I might even
get him a captain's hat

And one of those shirts
that says

"I'm with stupid" but have
the arrow pointed upwards.

Narrator:
now, kris must bow to fate.

Let's go and see john keeley
and see what he has to say.

And let's just [bleep] find out
what the future holds for me.

Narrator:
on the outskirts of nome...

...at zeke tenhoff's compound...

♪♪

[ Knock on door ]

Hey.
Zeke: what up?

How you doing?
I'm doing good.

I'm seeing some gold
in this, for sure.

After spending
most of the season

Trying and failing
to locate the next big thing...

This is dope,
let me tell you.

...zeke tenhoff
and emily riedel

May be onto something
at hastings creek.

The ground
where this came from,

I mean, that's way
off the beaten path.

I'm really excited
about hastings creek.

I just --
you know, I really hope

That the samples I got
prove to me

That I have a future here.

Zeke: this is b*mb. This is what
I'm talking about right here.

Emily:
that's 2 hours, isn't it?

I mean, this is like


Somewhere around there,

But, like...
That's insane.

Narrator:
though he had to battle
deep and treacherous conditions

To find it,

If zeke's discovery pans out,

It could set him up
for years to come.

All right.
You ready to burn some gold?

Time to burn some gold.
Here. It's your job.

Oh, yay.

I'm the first person
that found good gold

On the bottom of the ocean
in this place.

All I have left to do now is
see if I actually have a sample

That proves that hastings creek

Is going to be a bonanza for me
going down the road.

How much do you think?
Two ounces? 1.5 ounces?

God, dude. I don't know.
I think it's three ounces.

Get the hell out of here.
It's cold outside.

Let's weigh it up.

Zeke: at least an ounce
to two ounces.

And there's more
than three.

Emily: oh, we're going to get
a little more than 5, then.



Five ounces.

Even a little more
than 5.

Whoa!
Just over 6.

Unbelievable.

Narrator: just over 6 ounces
is worth almost $8,000...

That's banging!
That's, like, yeah!

That's what
I'm talking about!

...making the pair
an unheard-of 4 grand an hour.

Finally! Finally!

I've got this cleaned up,
and it's coming up
on 6 ounces.

That blows all my estimations
out of the water.

For the amount of time
I spent down there,

That's freaking phenomenal.

Narrator:
the hastings creek haul
gives zeke and emily

A summer total of 27 ounces,

Worth over $35,000,

Pulling them out of the hole
to break even for the season.

Zeke: we found some
really good gold.

It just totally
changes things for me.

So, I mean,
I don't really know

What our future
is going to mean exactly,

As far as
a business partnership,

If there is to be one.

I enjoy being around emily,
but I don't trust emily at all.

Like, you know, so...

[ Sighs ]

Now that we've found a place
that could be promising,

That doesn't mean we have
to stop doing business
with each other.

I need to be
making money, too.

I-i-i don't know.

Emily:
I don't know what the future
of our business arrangement is.

The complication is that

Now that we've found gold
at hastings,

You know, whose is it?

Zeke:
I don't think emily assesses
very accurately

Her own contributions
to what's going on.

She was a tender.
That's it.

Can emily demand that she get


That I mine from that place

Just because she was on the boat
when I discovered it?

We made the discovery together,
working together.

Who has the rights to it?

Zeke: she has, like,
this entitlement complex

That's just off the chain.

I found that gold.
I don't think she can claim

That she was a discoverer.

Well, I don't know.

I think
I'm going to take off.

All right, copy that.

[ Guitar strums ]

♪♪

Emily: I'm definitely not going
to walk away from hastings.

I mean, the gold is too good.

And I'm going to need
to get a part of it.

As soon as spring rolls around,
everything thaws out,

I'm taking my boat down to
hastings with or without zeke.

Narrator: eight miles west...

Back in town.

We got the last inland mine
cleanup to do,

Last christine rose cleanup.

Narrator: ...after a summer of
aborted dives and a busted back,

Mr. Gold, shawn pomrenke,

Is about to see
if his toil has paid off.

One last thing to do is go
get a bid in on nome gold.

Hopefully, we get it.

Narrator: if they land the bid,
shawn will secure

Over 9,000 acres
of gold-rich grounds

That could transform
the pomrenke empire

Into a gold dynasty.

Going into the final cleanup,
this one needs to be big.

It's really important
for me and my family.

If we got this property,

For the next 30, 40 years,
we'd be able to mine.

I want my kids to benefit,

And I want their kids
to benefit.

This needs to be enough
for nome gold.

Hopefully, about 1,000,


Would be nice.

I'd really like to see 1,000.

I want to see 1,000.

I want to see $1 million.

Narrator:
to meet his staggering goal,

Shawn is cleaning a season's
worth of concentrates...

That was heavy.

...from the pomrenke
inland mine,

Excavator barge christine rose,
and, of course, the bluff.

This cleanup's
going to determine

How much we can bid
on the nome gold deal.

We can only bid
as much money as we have,

So it's time
to clean up some gold

And see what we got.

♪♪

Seeing a little bit of gold.

Not enough.

Just the start.

Oh.

I've got a ton more dirt
to run yet.

Hoping that the gold gods
take care of us.

Narrator:
on the outskirts of nome...

Shawn: here's 200.

Narrator: ...the pomrenkes' haul
is hitting the scale.

Moen: it looks like more.

We're going to need
a bigger tray.

The long-awaited moment of truth
has finally arrived.

Shawn: 123.45.







Another 2.

♪♪

Geez.

The season's final cleanup...



Narrator:
...a colossal 1,316 ounces
of bering sea gold...

Shawn:
$1.5 million right there.

[ Laughter ]

Narrator:
...an incredible bounty,
over $1,560,000...

That's a pretty good pile.

Oh, we forgot the 51.
There's another $50,000.

Narrator: ...a payday
most can only dream of.

Shawn: we've got enough gold
to put in a bid for nome gold.

Put an offer in,
see if they take it.

Narrator: but mr. Gold...

Shawn: it's 60 -- 60 pounds.

Narrator: ...is playing
for higher stakes.

Shawn:
all this gold's going towards
the nome gold bid.

This is all I got,
and I hope it's enough.

Now it's time
to put in the offer.

We got enough for about
a $3 million bid.

Now alls we have to do
is sit and wait.

How's it going?
It's going good.

How is that bid
coming out?

I think we've got
a pretty good shot at this.

We're hoping for the best,
that it goes through, huh?

Yeah. It'd be nice
to have 9,000 acres to mine.

That would be nice, not paying
royalties to somebody.

But they got to
accept our bid first,

So see what happens.

Narrator:
as the pomrenkes wait to see
what their future holds,

Across town...

Kris:
I hope this is enough.

...the kellys are just hoping
they have a future...

So all said and done,
the last week or so,

We got 14 ounces --
a little over.

...as they face claim owner
john keeley.

This is some of the hardest gold
I've ever had to get.

Well, I was impressed
that you guys went out there

Because it wasn't
the best condition.

I mean, obviously,
you stuck it out.

The bottom line is that you guys
are hacking it,

And I actually
applaud your effort.

And as far as I'm concerned, you
guys proved yourselves up to me.

So, I'm more than willing
to continue the relationship,

Give you access
to what I consider to be

The best ground up here.

So I think all that worrying
I've been doing all week long

And [bleep]
it all paid off.

Kris: it feels great
to achieve my goal.

It's nice to know
that we'll be set up

To finally start
making real gold.

I really made a future
for my family.

We're moving towards
establishing ourselves

As a real commercial business.

Okay, john,
thanks for your time.

Get home safe.
And I think you did great.

I feel really good about it.


Would've been amazing,

But at least we got established.

Our reputation is building.

My next feat is taking a joke
of an operation in ice mining,

Turning it around where we make
at least 100 ounces a winter.


And 300 ounces in the summer,

And I'll be happy.
Brad: let's celebrate.

You should buy your crew
a little lunch.

No, I don't think so.
Let's go.

Oh, god.

Narrator:
in the end, the pomrenke empire
reigns supreme.

The summer may be over.

But in mining,
there's no off-season.

And as the boats are pulled
from the freezing waters,

Plans are already under way
to dive back in

For another battle
for bering sea gold.

♪ Listen up close, now ♪

♪ To what I say ♪

Zeke:
it's time to pull this boat
out of the water.

My goal was to find an area
that was previously unknown

That has good gold,
and we did that.

And now it's sort of,
like, where do we go?

I'm going to figure out a way to
go dredge as much of that gold

For myself
as I possibly can,

And I don't think emily really
has any part in that equation.

Emily:
I don't know what the future is.

It's going to be hard
to preserve friendship

And try to go forward
in business, as well.

♪ 'Cause I heard
that there's gold ♪

♪ In these hills ♪

Straight!

Little left!
Keep going!

Good!

I think we've hit our goal
this season --

Establishing
a half-decent reputation,

Getting an operation that runs,

And getting on claims
that actually have gold on them.

♪ And I'm a-gonna get it,
now, just you wait ♪

We made it!

That was super simple,
too.

So it seems like the kellys
are finally

Heading in the right direction
with me at the head.

Good job!

Oh [bleep]
whoa.

[Bleep]
great, a $1,000 trailer.

Oh, man.
[ Laughs ]

♪ 'Cause I heard
that there's gold ♪

♪ In these hills ♪

♪ Gold ♪

[ Cellphone rings ]

Hello?

Uh-huh.

No, no, no.
That's fine.

Thank -- thank you.

Well, they didn't
accept our offer.

They sold nome gold to
somebody else who outbid us.

It would've been nice to get it,
but we didn't get it.

So does that mean
I get the money

We were going to spend on
nome gold for the mega dredge?

Yes, that's your money
for the mega dredge.

Oh, you're giving it up
that easy?

Usually, you don't give
your gold away that easy, dad.

Can I get a new dozer?

You can get a new dozer.
Oh, good.

We may have lost nome gold,
but we have other options.

Next year, we're going to do
very well off the bluff...

There was a lot of gold
out in the ocean.

...millions of ounces
left out there.

The pomrenkes aren't
going anywhere.

I don't think they are.

They ain't going nowhere.
You're right.

We're still building
this empire.

The sky is the limit.