18x20 - Frozen

[bunniefuu]

[Sig] I think we got hit.

The ice is just chasing
after us now.

[Sig] Is it?

[Sig] This will be chaos.

How do you think you can
[Bleep] Take over my spot?

I'm ready to [Bleep] Punch
his teeth out.

I'm not dealing
with this [Bleep].

I'll fire him right now.
He can stay in his bunk.

It's evil.

[Bleep]

[Men shouting]

[Sig] Scientists
have figured out

That bait works 30% better
than anything they've been doing.

I don't know. This is suspect.

Clark, you gotta have faith.

[Man exclaiming]

- Swing, batter.
- Whoa!

- [Sig] Stupid, stupid.
- Watch out!

[Man groaning]

Oh, man!

*DEADLIEST CATCH*
Season 18 Episode 20

Episode Title: " Ghosted"
Aired on: September 06, 2022.

[Johnathan] We're just
getting to our gear.

[Narrator] 500 miles north
of Dutch harbor...

[Johnathan]
We got 37 pots up here.

And they're all, like,
a half a mile apart.

...On the time bandit..

We know we got easterly
and northeast coming,

Which is gonna be evil again.

I just asked Andy. He's gonna give
me the new ice report that came out.

We'll see what
that's gonna do.

[Phone ringing]

Hey, Andy.

Andy speaking...

Ice is coming.

It's good to be scared
of that [Bleep].

So, we're pulling the... We got
about three more days fishing

And then retreat.

[Andy on phone] Oh, yeah.

[Narrator] The report from captain
Johnathan hill strand brother Andy...

Ice floes are on the March

Moving at speeds
of up to 10 miles per day

Meaning the veteran skipper
must find fast fishing

Or sacrifice his pots...

On the altar of the ice.

So, I gotta go up there
and stack that on

And I don't know
what I'm gonna do then.

So, I'll have to call you up

And have
a conference with you.

Executive decision time
or whatever.

[Jared] What's wrong
with that, dude?

[Freddy] I'm not trying to
disobey you in any way, right?

[Jared] That's right. So,
this is the small string.

- This is the small string.
- No!

It's my spot. When I
[Bleep] Up, when I stopped...

- Freddy.
- When I missed...

You get to go
on the long strings

And I get to draw
the short strings, bro.

For the other pots
that were gone

I asked for 100%
of the string.

Okay, brother.

[Andy on phone]

- Bye.
- [men arguing]

That was my brother, Andy.

Wow!

- [Men arguing]
- [Johnathan] Freddy and Jared Porter.

We've always had
issues with fighting

And I'm getting too old
for this [Bleep].

- The only people who kick me out...
- But that's Freddy way.

- That's a Freddy way, dude.
- The only people who'll kick me out of the spot

Is the [Bleep] Captain.

And he had kicked me out.

Do you understand me?

[Men arguing indistinctly]

[Johnathan] Freddy's
been here a long time.

I think he feels like he nee
to throw the hook.

He's doesn't want
no one to miss

And he takes a lot of pride

And he's said, like,
"you gotta earn that!"

You can't just [Bleep]
Show up and...

Freddy, you can't [Bleep]
Throw the whole time.

- You can't just show up and [Bleep]
- Freddy, I've been out here

20 [Bleep] Years, dude.

Jared's not
a greenhorn by far.

He's been fishing a long time.

- I feel like I'm stuck at it.
- [Jared] That's messed up, dude.

- Because...
- No, you're messed up, man. It's [Bleep] Up.

We're a team here, you know.

One guy can't do all the work.
We gotta split it up.

Hopefully we can
figure it out.

I'm ready to [Bleep] Punch
his teeth out

Because he [Bleep] Walked out
and said, "this is my throw."

I go, "hey, hey, hey.
Listen to me, [Bleep]."

- Buddy...
- Sorry, captain.

- What?
- Heather speaking...

Yeah. He's
not taking your job.

He just wants
to throw a couple.

- I just feel like I just got fired.
- I want you to be happy.

No, you didn't.
No, you didn't. No.

- He's a half-a*s [Bleep], captain.
- I'll talk to him about that.

- Excuse my language, mama.
- [Heather] It's okay.

How about let him
throw this string

And I'm gonna get you guys
together and we'll make it work.

I'm gonna make it work.

Love you. We love you, Freddy.

[Johnathan] Yeah!

- Yeah, I don't know.
- Aw.

- Thanks for [Bleep].
- Thanks for finding

- Some route for us.
- Can we get a break down there?

- [Johnathan] Wow.
- [Neal] It's gonna pull through for us.

- It'll diffuse the situation.
- All that trouble. All that trouble.

Okay.

[Johnathan] I got about three
more days before the ice gets here,

So we'll see what
this first one's got in it

And then, you know,

Hopefully we'll run
into something.

[Jared] Oh, yeah, baby1

[cheering]

Whoo! Jackpot!
Whoo!

[Freddy] Jackpot! Whoo!

[Johnathan] That's a good po

Holy moly!

Holy moly!

Whoo!

- Yeah, Freddy!
- Ohhh!

[Chuckling]

- [Johnathan] 300!
- Whoo!

300. Three.
Three, three, three.

Three, three. Three, three.

Three, three.
Three, three. 300.

- Whoo!
- Going over!

My hair's standing on my neck.

300.

Whew!

We needed this
'cause the ice is gonna

Shut the whole damn
grounds down.

So, we might be able to get
what we need and get out of here.

[Cheering]

[Indistinct cheers]

It's looking really good.
Good crab.

We just need
to keep pulling 'em.

- 332!
- Roger.

Hoo-hoo-hoo! That's a
good one. Oh, my lord.

[Johnathan] I can set a coup
little strings right here

But I'd be taking a big ris
setting a few of these back

We might be trying to get
our pots back for two days

Instead of harvesting crab.

But I'm just gonna...

Ay-ay-ay.

Ooh.

Johnathan speaking...

Hopefully we get
away with this.

Standby and see
if I'm an idiot or not.

[Narrator] 25 miles northwest

On the Northwestern...

I wanna make the most
out of this daylight I can.

See if I can recover some of
those pots we couldn't find last night.

[Narrator] With his gear
dragged off station

By the 300,000 square mile
arctic ice pack,

Captain Sig Hansen scours
the far north

For his remaining
60 lost pots.

Ice comes through,
you lose 100 to 200 pots.

Just...

Snap a finger, they're gone.

Drug either over the edge
too deep

Or they've been moved so far or
just destroyed, you know, in the ice.

Yesterday we lost
a bunch of pots,

So we're gonna try to rescue
the ones we lost last night.

- Lauritz is very dangerously tired.
- [lauritz] I'm not tired!

Yeah, you are. You are
dangerously tired.

Dangerously tired lauritz is
right now. Look at him.

He was shoveling water

While we're supposed
to shovel snow.

That's lauritz.

Lauritz no tired.

Lauritz is young, strong,

But he needs to get
his head in the game.

[Narrator] With the ice pushing his
gear further southwest by the hour...

Don't crack
under pressure, lauritz.

...Sig pushes his crew,

Including 21-year-old
greenhorn lauritz lekven,

To retrieve his pots
from the encroaching pack.

That ice is dense, jagged
and two to three feet thick.

So, we need to be
very careful here.

The ice floe just went through

And just ripped bags,
tore line,

So who knows
if we can even find them.

[Sig] [Bleep]

There it is.

I'm finding these
off their marks.

This pot was drug
three-tenths of a mile.

So, I draw a line
on my plotter

Where the plots should be
and where I see it.

It should have been here.
It's down here.

Draw a line.

If the other ones are gone
you can kind of...

Hopefully it's
a similar direction.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Sig] Oh! I see some crabbies.

Whoo!

I'm liking that.

So, Sig's got us
in a very good spot,

But this ice is k*lling us.

How much was that? About 400?

Five in that one, Sig.

[Sig over radio] Awesome.
500 crabs. Take it any day.

I'm pretty sure
that's our pot.

Similar distance.
Similar angle.

44. That's the one.

One of you got a guesstimate
on that pot?

[Sig] 250?

It's still a good Sign.

All right. We got
about half a mile

To that third pot
if she's there.

Rather than run up my string

I'm gonna run
parallel to my string,

Stay about three-tenths
of a mile off of it,

So if that pot was drug,

I'm searching those grounds

And hopefully she's in place

Oh, I got her!
Uh! Right there!

Right there. Right there.
Right there.

It's right on the edge
of the ice there.

Ahh! Just drifted
a little farther.

0.6 miles. So...

Careful.

Stupid, stupid.

That was a bad move.

[Narrator]
On the Northwestern...

[Sig] Oh, I got her! Uh!
Right there.

Right there. Right there.
Right there.

Careful.

Stupid, stupid.

That was a bad move.

The missing pot's in the floe.

Got a hydro leak!

We got a hydro leak.

Hydro leak?

[Sig] Oh, [Bleep]

[Iauritz]
This ice is k*lling us.

[Bleep] The ice.

You know, you hear
[makes hissing noise]

It just feels like a blow off,

You know,
of all the hydraulic oil.

So, you can hear it, smell it.

[Narrator]
The jolt of hitting the ice

Knocks loose the hydraulic
line that controls the dogs,

Metal teeth that grip
the pot to the rack.

[Sig] Dogs are important.

The purpose they serve is
all about safety.

You know, pots aren't flying
out of that launcher

And when it gets hit
by a wave it's stationary.

Those dogs have saved
a lot of lives.

I can guarantee you that.

Oh, I was thinking to myself,

You don't want
any [Bleep] Ups here today.

How are we looking?

[Sig] Thumbs up. Okay.

[Sig] We gotta
get going right away.

That ice,
it's supposed to move.

We have to get these pots.

I am half-tempted
to set these back in here.

We're seeing 500 crabs
in some of those,

So we know there's life
underneath the boat right no

I just don't wanna risk any
more pots if I can help it.

I think we should just keep
running south someplace

And keep our fingers crossed

You know, we gotta try.

Hopefully this works out,
but I don't know.

[Narrator]
80 miles southwest...

On the saga...

Oh [Bleep] Me, dude.

This is an evil [Bleep].

[Bleep]

The weather's
so bad right now.

Wave heights are
about 18 feet steady.

Depth, I can't read it.
The waves are too big.

That's what it says.
I just can't.

But about 130 fathoms.

The weather's nasty.

[Narrator] Far from the calm
waters around the ice pack,

Captain Jake Anderson charges
into a confused and towering sea

Where the waves move
in unpredictable patterns.

I have to jog while they're
hauling and stacking the pot.

Then I have them go
completely inside up forward

Jake speaking...

And then I don't have to worry
about watching four people.

The old haul and hide is
what we call it.

Gnarly [Bleep]. Gnarly.

It ain't getting nicer out.
That's for damn sure.

Most of the crew members
that I have know what happen

When you're running
from pot to pot

And you breach
the danger zone.

It'll just k*ll you

Or break your back
or smash your head.

All right. Now I'm at the po

I'm as close to the pot as
I can get and I'll jog here.

All right. Go ahead.

Hey, hey, hey!
Go, go, go!

Holy [Bleep]

[Bleep]

Ahhh!

Everybody inside.

- What?
- Everybody inside.

All right.

I'll shout at you down below
when I get to the next one.

The swell in the waves now
running to this pot

Are gonna be
on the starboard bow.

So, some of them
are gonna breach in.

So, now it's so dangerous

I can't even have them
up in the bow.

They're all inside where they're
as safe as they possibly could be.

We're good!

Thank you.

All right. Here we go.
The next pot.

This is
the haul and hide string.

Haul one, go hide.
Haul one, go hide.

It's not fun.

[Jake] It's been
a stressful haul.

It'll take six hours
to haul 11 pots.

They're spread out.
The waves are so big,

All right.
Let's [Bleep] Do it!

So, you gotta get 'em off
that rail as fast as you can.

[Joe grunts]

There's a big wave
on the port.

Watch out!

[Groaning]

Oh, man.

[Narrator] On the saga...

There's a big wave
on the port.

Watch out!

[Groaning]

Oh, man.

[Bleep]

A big wave was coming
from over there

And right as I looked
for that wave,

Joe got hit on this side
by another one.

You okay, Joe?

[Bleep]

It was big one.

It was big.

Even when you're
hauling and hiding,

It does not mean
that somebody can't get hurt.

I got 12 pots to move.
I cannot stop.

[Narrator]
60 miles to the east...

[Clark] Lauritz!

We're getting ready to set.
You better hurry up.

...On the Northwestern...

[Clark] Oh, oh! Gross!

[Iauritz heaving]

He's a puker?

[Sig chuckling]

[Clark] Oh!

I told him,
"suck it up, buttercup."

[Sig over radio]

[Heaving] Are you okay?

[Clark heaving]

Yeah, you sound weak

...We're supposed to be
the sailors of the world.

[Pretending to vomit] Lauritz.

[Sig over radio]

We can't lose another body.

Oh, yeah.

Well, it's about 5:00
in the morning

And we're gonna get
these pots off the boat.

We picked up some pots from
ice edge down here to the south.

I've got some
experimental bait from Norway.

So, we're gonna get
this in the water

And see if it does any good.

[Narrator] Clear of the ice

Captain Sig borrows a trick from
his new contacts in the old country

To lure in the crab
on his southern set.

Hey, lauritz.

Can you...

Fill this bait in here?

This is a liquid bait.

- We're gonna give it a try.
- Yes, sir.

That's from Norway by the way.
That's your bait.

Norwegian.

We're smarter
than the Americans.

[Sig chuckling]
He's all proud.

[Sig laughing] Oh, my god.

In Norway, the scientists
have figured out

That bait works 30% better
than anything they've been doing.

It looks like dog [Bleep].

It smells like caviar.

Caviar?

It looks like...

It looks like poo.

[Sig] Normally
we use bait bags

And then with the herring
or sardines,

You know, when you shred it,

They kind of attack that bag
and little particles come out

And it gets them
in a feeding frenzy.

This is more of a liquid for

I just wanna see
if it attracts.

That's what we're looking for.

Whoo!

- [Iauritz chuckling]
- I don't know. This is suspect.

Clark, you gotta have faith.

Yeah.

All right.

- That's stinky bait.
- [lauritz laughing]

Okay, you guys ready?

Norway science.

[Clark chuckling]
Norway science.

[Iauritz singing]

[Iauritz singing]

He's singing
the national anthem.

[Iauritz singing]

- America!
- [chuckling] America.

[Sig] Who knows, you know,
if we can get that to work,

That's a big game changer.

[Johnathan over radio]
Are we ready, guys?

[Narrator]
40 miles northeast...

- Yeah, almost.
- [Johnathan] Yeah, go ahead and get it ready.

...On the time bandit..

[Phone ringing]

We got a phone call coming in.

Coming in hot.

[Johnathan on phone]
Time bandit.

- Johnny, do you copy?
- [Johnathan on phone] Yeah.

It's Sig, Northwestern.

Oh, hey, Sig.
How you doing, man?

[Sig on phone] I'm good.
I can see you down there.

Have you got
the latest ice report?

Andy gave me the ice edge

And it's supposed
to be right here

In three more days is
what I heard.

I think you heard wrong.

[Johnathan] Oh, no.

[Sig] It's supposed
to be there in a day.

Are you [Bleep] Me?

[Sig]
Don't spread out too far.

[Johnathan] Too late.
Ay-ay-ay.

Well, Sig just called me and told
me the ice will be here tomorrow., so...

All hands on stations.

Okay. Whatever
you say, captain.

[Johnathan on phone]
Okay, thank you, Sig.

[Sig on phone]
All right. Good luck.

Okay. Bye.

He says the ice
is gonna hit us

And it's supposed to be
here in 24 hours

When my brother said
three more days.

So, that's a big difference.

Very large difference.

I gotta pull it
as quick as I can.

Go save those pots.

Hi-ya!

[Freddy shouting indistinctly]

- Oh, doh-doh-doh. Here we go.
- [Freddy shouting indistinctly]

Freddy speaking...

...And today the hook is
down there.

What are they doing
up there I wonder?

Got bent. See?

Caught between the deck boards

And then got hinged
somewhere down there.

[Narrator] By failing
to stow the hook properly,

Crewman Jared Porter
breaches boat etiquette

Allowing the steel to lodge

Under the time bandit's
deck boards.

Oh, it got stuck?

[Johnathan over radio] Went off
and the cord got caught or something?

Yeah! It got caught
in the deck.

So, I don't wanna cut it
'cause I need this.

I wanna make him to get
that [Bleep] Thing out.

Hey, Freddy. I could go
really slow if you need

To pull a deck board
or something.

Yeah, Roger. But he's not touching
my hooks ever again, captain!

[Freddy shouting indistinctly]

Watch out. There's
a bunch of waves here.

[Man groaning]

I don't know what the [Bleep].

[Johnathan] I don't have
time for this.

We got all other
kinds of problems.

This is the most stupid thing
I've ever [Bleep] Dealt with

Porter!

[Bleep] Done with this.
I'm done with it.

I'll [Bleep] Fire
him right now.

He can stay in his bunk.

[Johnathan] Porter!

He [Bleep] Up my hook.
He better [Bleep] Fix it.

I don't have time for this.
They're both being babies.

[Narrator]
On the time bandit...

Get him up here. Porter!

I'll [Bleep] Fire
him right now.

He can stay in his bunk.

He's sore.

He's [Bleep] All mad,

But I'm not dealing
with this [Bleep].

So, let's let him throw
the hook and then [Bleep] It.

We'll just get
through the season.

Let him throw
the [Bleep] Hook.

- Let's just be a better man, okay?
- All right.

Thank you.

Yeah. And just be happy.

I'm not gonna [Bleep] Play
these [Bleep] Stupid games.

So, if he goes out there and
gets his a*s beat up, good.

I love them both,
but this is ridiculous.

You're never gonna touch
my hook ever again. Please!

[Indistinct shouting]

He got it back, so shut
the [Bleep] Up, Freddy.

Thank you, cap!

It's your hook
for the rest of the season.

[Johnathan over radio] It's Freddy's
hook for the rest of the season.

Whoo!

Whoo! I love you, captain!

[Johnathan]
It's just [Bleep] For me.

Whoo! Thank you!

Danny, look.

[Freddy chanting]

[Johnathan] We'll have
a pretty good little area

To crab fish right here.

We'll see what happens.

[Johnathan] Crabs.

Still got crabs.

Swing, batter.

Got a good table.

That's a good table.

[Crew cheering]

[Bleep]! [Cheers]

[Crew yelling happily]

Pretty good spot. Just needs
to hold up a little bit longer.

Please hold up!

Don't want to get hit
by the ice.

[Narrator] 80 miles south..

50 days I've been out here
and not made a dime.

[Narrator] ...On the saga.

Running down south,
looking for something.

We came from
all the way up here...

And now we're here and I'm
gonna set some gear in here

And some gear in here.

This is the same depth people
were getting crab 300 miles from here.

So that's what I'm gonna do

Get ready to set.

[Narrator] After missing
a shot in the north,

Captain Jake Anderson pivot
to the southern grounds,

Betting his 75 pots
on a Ridge 62 fathoms down.

We're gonna set this deck off,
start fishing.

[Jake on radio]

[Joe on radio]

Things are not going
as planned for today.

[Jake] Deck hydraulics
don't work.

These pots right here,
they need to get off the boat.

[Phone rings]

Yo.

[Mason on phone] Hey. So,
what happened was

The rotor seal's thread
busted inside of the bushing

I'm getting it out right no and I'm gonna
try to seat I deeper if it will go deeper

Don't have time.

Get your a*s outside,
get the crane on it.

What you're gonna do is, you're
gonna stack the [Bleep] Pots

And you and Joe are gonna [Bleep]
Have to push them over the rail.

Okay.

Just as many as you can
for now.

- [Mason] All right, doing it.
- Cool. Thanks.

Yeah. Bye.

That sucks.

We're gonna get rich and
we're gonna get rich right now

And this is how
we're gonna do it.

Your deck hydraulics and your crane
should always be on two separate pumps.

Bag it and tie it
just in case.

[Jake] So shyanne untied
the pot, hooked it up.

Mac swings the crane over..

Go this way a little bit!

...Brings the pot
to the starboard rail.

[Mason] All right! Yeah!

Joe and Mason pull
the shots out

And set everything
on the top of the pot

And they're gonna
push it over.

[Mason]

I don't like setting this way
'cause, one, it's really dangerous

And, two, with all the lines
and buoys on the top,

It's easy for the pot to land
on top of the lines and buoys.

You can lose the pot.

So, just because I'm gettin
them off the boat

Does not mean
I'm getting them back.

I have to do what I have
to do to make money.

- [Joe] On his Mark, ready?
- [Mason] On his Mark.

[Jake on radio] Set it
when you're ready.

[Joe] One, two, three, slide.

No! No! No!

[Narrator] On
the Northwestern...

[Clark] Let's go!

[Coughing and retching]

Yeah! Oh, yeah!

- [Cheering]
- Poor b*stard.

[Retches]

[Clark] Oh, my [Bleep].

Lauritz is really
hacking them up. [Laughs]

You could tie a knot
and fill a bait bag.

As soon as you get rid of it,
typically, you feel better.

Get your head in the game,
get your barf out of the game.

- You ready now?
- [retching]

[Clark] Still going!

[Narrator] Falling in to an
unfamiliar fifth on the leader board,

Sig hopes his crew and his
season can stage a comeback.

[Joe] One, two, three, slide

[both groaning]

No! No! No!

Teeter, teeter...

Teeter... Let it go.

That's good.

Looked like it was okay.

[Narrator] On the saga...

This is technically what
you'd call suit casing gear...

And this is something
that you do

In an emergency measure
to get your pots off the boat.

[Mason]

[Joe]

[Jake] Joe and Mason,
I have to be careful

They don't get any line
wrapped around themselves.

[Joe] Pull this back.

It is very, very dangerous
doing what they're doing.

[Joe] Now!

[Mason] That was upside down.

You think they're okay?

[Jake over radio]

[Mason] We're trying not to!

Flip the pots,
one, they don't fish

And, two, they'll land on top of the
line and buoys and we lose the pot

And this will all be
for nothing.

[Joe] Close as you can
to tilting.

I think we need to get
it tilted and then drop it.

There's an art
to setting gear.

[Joe] Okay, ready?

Slide!

- [Mason] Yeah!
- [Joe] Damn!

That was a good one.

[Both groaning]

- [Joe] That's it.
- [Mason] That's it.

- Port!
- Go!

[Joe] Ready? Go!

Go!

Go.

There we go.

I have 12 in the water.

Gonna set one more,
then we'll stop.

I don't want to lose
any gear, but I need to get

As much of it in the water
as I can.

[On radio] This is
the last pot.

[Joe] Rodger!

Last one, Mac!!

[Jake] I don't even need
hydraulics, I got Joe!

That's the last one.

We're pulling up
to save them from the ice.

Now I'm heading south. I
just want to be done with this.

Just finish the trip.

Hopefully, we get to go home

I don't even want to really
be on here anymore, dude,

'cause it's way too much crazy
anger, dude, and I'm not a part of that.

I came out here
to enjoy myself.

So this will probably be
it for me, man.

[Mason] Hydraulics are good.

[Mason] Thank you.

[Sighs] Back at it.

Mason got the hydraulics fixed

And we're going to see
how it goes right here.

[On radio] All right.
Here we go, guys.

I'm hoping I don't have
to move.

We just lost a lot of time.

Last year,
we did real good here.

That doesn't
guarantee anything.

It's hot, dude.

[On radio] That's hot fish in
that's 14 hours, bro.

Lot of crab on the table.

Let's see how the sort goes.

[Jake] That's pretty [Bleep]
Damn good. There's crab here.

[Joe]

Looking good so far.
Numbers are looking good.

Hot fishing.

[Sig] We moved a lot of our pots
down away from the ice edge.

Now is the real test.

Okay, lauritz,
this is the Norwegian pot.

I'm just happy to be here.

I'm just happy to be here.

We baited this with some
special bait from Norway.

So, we'll see.

[On radio] Is there life?

[All laughing and cheering]

[Yelling happily]

[Sig laughing happily]

[Clark] All big!

That was all big.

Five on that one.

500? Good.

That's awesome.

Oh, yeah!

[Iauritz] Got some crab!

[Sig laughing] Oh, my god!

[Crew yelling happily]

Yeah! Yeah!

- [Crew yelling happily]
- [Sig] Wow.

I'm just flabbergasted.

That worked just fine.

Good job, lauritz.

Did all but work!

[laughing]

[Sig] It's good to see. I've
seen a lot more out of him

And I think the more crab we're
catching, the more inspired he is.

- So that's good.
- [crew yelling happily on radio]

[Clark] Have fun, eh?

We found some spots
that are working

And we'll just have
to hit those again.

[Crew yelling happily]

[Sig] Sometimes, you've got to
experiment and try new things.

Can't just stick to the same
old program all the time.