06x10 - The Darkened Seas

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Whoo!

Whoo hoo!

Best fishing season ever!

It's cold.

Really cold.

Kodiak, rescue. ??

In position.



Yeah.

I heard somebody had a
heart attack last night.

A heart attack at sea,
that's the worst enemy.

I hope he makes it.

This episode of "deadliest
catch" is presented by frost

brewed coors light.

Narrator: 40 miles away from
the opelio crab fleet --

Narrator: -- A brother
fisherman is in trouble.

Narrator: The heart attack
victim has been without medical

attention for over 12 hours.

The wind is coming right out
of the northeast at about 50.

A squall just ran through.

Speed is 143.

Your speed is 130.

We're 160 miles to go pick
up this heart attack victim.

The boat should be on
the right-hand side.

Narrator: On the deck of the cod
fishing vessel alaskan leader.

Narrator: The fishermen used
their own cameras to sh**t the

coast guard arriving on scene.

Yep.

Eight hours ago--

Narrator: Another coast guard
team attempted a rescue.

Whoa!

The strong winds and high
seas forced them to abort.

Okay.

Narrator: Now --
The target on this will be real tough.

Narrator: The conditions
remain just as treacherous.

It's rough.

Yeah.

This time we have about


Narrator: With time running out
for the fishermen,

the coast guard prepares another hoist.

Narrator: With the boat
pitching violently, the hoist

operator must time the lowering
of the rescue swimmer with the

swells to avoid smashing him into the
mast with the force of a car crash.

The plan is get the vitals
and more than likely use it.

Hey, watch out.

Watch the mast!

Watch out, watch out.

Whoa, whoa.

And hold.

Swimmer is holding while
we it for the swell.

Roger that.

Roger.

Old.

Power's gonna
holding at 75 feet.

Okay.

There is some good wind.

Yeah.

Narrator: 15-foot swells continue to rock
the vessel while the coast guard

swimmers secure the
heart attack victim.

Patient on deck.

Looks like there about ready.

Get the hoist.

Narrator: The fierce wind violently
spin the strien fisherman.

Easy back and left.

Okay.

Another swell approaching.

Going to pitch.

Narrator: The victim
is on the aircraft.

Next, they will pull up
the rescue swimmer.

Swimmer is inside the cabin.

Hoist complete.

- Cabin door's closing.
- Roger.

Narrator: 40-year-old Chad
Smith is given oxygen

and a course is set for St. Paul
where the patient will be transferred

to a c-130 and flown to a
hospital in Anchorage.

Nicely done.

Nicely done.

Roger that.

Narrator: News of the rescue
spreads across the fleet.

That's God smiling
upon us right there.

Right on.

The coast guard pulled
another guy off.

Lucky.

The guy's going to make it.

They've got him.
He's on his way to town.

That's what we're talking
about right there, brother.

Yep.

Hopefully there aren't many more
stories like that this season.

Narrator: 320 miles to the northwest of
dutch harbor is the Cornelia Marie.

Narrator: For the past
three days the skipper has been glued

to the Captain's chair working
the gear on difficult grounds.

My back just went out of control.

It's really painful.

And it just doesn't get any better
an I've got to learn to deal

with it, you know?

Narrator: Phil's honey hole,
the rock pile, has been

producing monster numbers.

Narrator: Tough technical fishing
is taking its toll on all aboard.

It's a bad day every day when I get up.

Some days are a little
bit better than others.

Narrator: One deckhand isn't
making it out of bed at all.

Let's hit it.

I want to ?? today
really, really bad.

This is bull[Bleep].

That's what it is.

I'm done with
waiting on a dime here.

[ Bleep ].

[ Bleep ].

Come on, Jake!

On.

I just woke up.

[ Bleep ] you, Jake.

[ Bleep ].

I just got my gear on.

"Why aren't you outside"?

Thing [ Bleep ], it's another.

Saying something like,"yeah,
you're supposed to be a hot shot

"deckhand an something."

I thought he was complimenting
me, but it wasn't a compliment.

[ Sighs ]

Jake!

Come on. Let's go.

Oh, there!

Yeah, baby.

Yeah.

So you're stoked, huh?

I mean, are you excited?

I would give my right
[Bleep ] to be able to do a

back flip, to get all that
fat going in one direction.

Narrator: The first pot is
stuffed with over 600 keepers.

[ Laughs ]

Yeah, baby.

Yeah!

Oh, tickle me with a feather!

That's what I'm talking about.

All that work for all those
years to make today happen.

Narrator: As the big clean crab
calculator onto the launcher,

the new recruit comes back to life.

Come on, man.

Narrator: With one exception.

[ Bleep ].

Well, that's great.

He's had a rough time
about something.

I just bang it every time.

Continue on the bang.

The bang's going to live on.

Holy [ Bleep ]!

[ Bleep ].

Holy [ Bleep ]!

[ Bleep ].

Right now I'm worried
about catching crabs.

Whether the ding-dong's going to
get out of fantasyland or not.

Narrator: Two miles outside
st. Paul harbor,

night falls over
the Northwestern.

Trying to get it to unload.

There was a boat that tried
to get in five minutes ago.

He turned around, didn't make it.

He said there were a couple of big
swells that tried to roll him.

It gets real dangerous.

Narrator: Captain sig Hansen
has a boatload of crab,

but standing in the way of delivery,
a treacherous passage into st. Paul harbor.

So the waves build up and they
start hitting this breakwater.

This is a manmade breakwater.

You want to come in and through.

Basically on scale, there's
only two boat lengths wide.

If those waves are forcing you
this way, you've got to have

enough power to kick the boat around


If the goat gets sideways in the
jetty, she hits rocks on both sides.

You have to go in, turn the
corner and get the last one.

Then it calms down and you
can sh**t straight in.

You don't want to beach the
boat for a delivery of crab.

But you've got to get in.

Narrator: The longer the
Northwestern stays out,

the higher the risk of debt loss.

You don't want to k*ll the crab.

Once in a while you
get some big 15-footers.

Oh, yeah.

They're right in front of you.

It's open there if I
come in pretty quick?

Just look at it there.

It don't look so comfortable.

Give it a couple hours.

Well, we either go for it or we don't.

Go for it.

Yeah?

Yeah.

All right.

St. Paul harbor, stand by, 16.

Go for it!

Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

Not a fun harbor to go into.

I can't even see the damn
-- Where is the breakwater?

Where the hell is that breakwater?

Whoo!

Is that one coming?

Yeah.

Wow.

I can't... I can't see it.

Where the hell is it?

It's right there.

Oh, getting a little close, boy.

We're a little close.

Dangerous, huh?

Oh, I've got to get over
a little bit, don't I?

Ooh.

I'm awake now!

Oh, come on.

Anything coming?

Nope.

I've got her all the way over.

[ Cheers ]

Okay.

I've got to calm down here.

Good timing, Northwestern.

I was right in between them.

That went all right.

Thank you, sir.

Daytime you can see it.

Nighttime.

[ Laughter ]

Got to get the stern line right away.

'Cause it's ground swell.

We're good!

The good news is we're here.

We get to unload.

There are other boats waiting.

Recharge.

Narrator: 280 miles to the northwest
of dutch harbor is the time bandit.

There is a long road
ahead of us today.

Just getting started.

I don't have one single
pound on this boat.

My turn to put on 30,000 pounds today.

Narrator: During the 24-hour soak the
time bandit gathered 30,000 pounds.

This is our ?? freezing, miserable.

Narrator: Of ice.

You find me any man who wants
to wake up at 5:00 in the morning

and beat ice like this.

And I'll tell you he's crazy.

Just a lot of work and you get
really, really, really tired.

Narrator: The time bandit has
been struggling to get their

trip jump started and now the
crew is bashing another ice

mountain, the fourth
time in just four days.

This is a whole new
definition of tired.

I could almost puke right now.

So cold you can't breathe.

Okay, guys.

Jam down there and start
pulling gear up like a madman.

Still got a lot of ice left.

Oh, well.

We'll start.

Starting to pull gear.

This is what it's all about.

This is the super bowl
right here. [Bleep].

Narrator: If these pots don't
pay off they'll have a missed

delivery date and another
week in this frozen hell.

That let there be crab, brother.

Oh, baby.

Daddy needs a new house.

Come on, baby.

Not good.

Not much.



Hard [ Bleep ] Start.

Just k*lled the C.O.D.

Looks like I ain't going
to get [ Bleep ] easier,

I tell you that.

Narrator: As the sun rises --
- It's gotten calmer out

and it's gonna warmed up a little bit.

Narrator: So does the temperature.

Oh, yeah.

That's enough to make a living on.

Narrator: Thankfully, the crab count.

Seeing these numbers.

Some 200s.

We'll take it.

There we go.

Wow.

Is that icing?

It's coming unglued.

Big chunks of ice fall off the crane or
the mast, that could k*ll somebody.

Narrator: With deck barraged
by ice chunks, every step

the crew takes could be their last.

[ Crash ]

Holy [ Bleep ], dude.

J.J. Just [ Bleep ] moved.

Big dog would have been down.

That's [ Bleep ] gnarly, man.

Those are the guillotines.

There it is. [Bleep]

Holy [ Bleep ].

Jeremy had a big chunk
of ice fall off the rigging

and hit him right in the head.

That's Russian roulette with
the ice melting off of us.

Never know who's going to get hit.

Crab look really good.

This is something.

It's better than nothing.

Oh!

Holy [ Bleep ]!

You all right, Fourtner?

[ Groaning ]

Ice hit him [ Bleep ] hard.

Narrator: A rock hard 60-pound
ice chunk falls 25 feet

from the crane, bashing
Mike Fourtner's skull.

He's lucky he didn't drive his
face right into the crab.

Serious [bleep].

You all right, Mike?

Don't see Mike smiling.

Not many times Mike doesn't smile.

Fell from about, oh, 25 feet.

That's [ Bleep ] gnarly, man.

It knocked me out.
I was seeing stars, man.

That's the hardest I've
been hit in my life.

Never been knocked out.

Never been in a fight.

If that's what a fight feels like,
I don't want any part of it.

Son of a --

Mike's probably one of the best
crew members I have hired.

He's one of the toughest
[bleep] guys I have ever met.

Last pot on the first string.

Ice melting on the crane
almost k*lled Mikey.

It's been a rough one.

Narrator: 327 miles to the
northwest of dutch harbor

the Cornelia Marie
steams between strings.

You did it.

You did this.



And you did, both of you.

I'm proud of you.

You guys are doing great.

I haven't yelled at
you once this year.

Actually, you got that ??
out this morning.

Yeah. I did.

Narrator: Phil's youngest son
has been underperforming.

But today instead of shouting,
the old man tries a different tactic.

I was kind of waiting for you guys
to show initiative to run the boat.

I can do it, yeah.

No.

There's more to it if you're going to
be a captain, than what you're doing.

I know. But what are
we supposed to do?

Leave our job out there to come
up here and try to learn yours?

You guys have to have some drive.

First off, you always tell us
when it comes to driving the boat

that you would tell us when
it's timement. We need [bleep].

That's right.

And you're going to tell us
when you want us start moving us up.

But you gotta have some...
You do come up here.

You don't.

- Because I always try to get the
deck set up and st... - Josh does.

Josh comes up here all the time.

You have to put extra time in.

You don't do it.

You just don't sit in the chair.

It's knowing the engine room, too.

You wouldn't know how to
start the main engine.

I probably could maybe.

"Probably could maybe."

Jake, you have to know the engine
room before you can drive a boat.

People depend on it.

You can't just make a mistake
and go, "oh, well".

I'm going to be a main engine
firing up, powering [ Bleep ].

Yeah.

Out of you two, Jake, you're
probably going to be the fisherman.

It's not something I can
tell you or make you do.

I know, dad.

It's something you've
got to want to do.

When you want it bad enough,
you will do what it takes.

I have to start sacrificing time.

It's something you've
got to want, Jake.

I can wait for you to
learn on your time.

But I might be sitting here
until hell freezes over.

You're plenty capable.

I do want to sit in this chair.

It's something you've got to want, Jake.

See you on deck.

See you in the wheelhouse, dude.

Josh never was one to
run this boat ever.

Jacob, on the other
hand, Jacob's a lot like me.

I have seen him say things
like that and do exactly that.

I have also heard things
and he blew it off.

He'll either blow it
off or blow it off.

We'll see.

You've got to have the want.

Narrator: 80 miles to the east
in st. Paul,

the Northwestern is cashing
in on a boatload of crab.

It's really important because that
ain't turning you ain't earning.

Narrator: Sig's plan was to
take it easy on these guys,

let them recharge,
but plans change.

You always deserve the time
to relax when you're done

fishing, but on this boat it's
just one job after the next.

We'll fix the ram right now.

Narrator: Fixing the ram
should tame Edgar's bad dogs.

My dogs are not working well at all.

Whoa!

An 875-pound pot on your
head is going to k*ll you.

It's not gonna hurt.

It just kills you.

There's three ways of
doing things out here.

The right way, the wrong
way and the easy way.

I'm doing it in the easy way!

Ow.

Do you want a hammer?

He's a MacGuyver.

You can't stop this one. Watch.

I can't stop it.

We've got our security blanket back.

We can haul a little more gear.

We ?? going to do some damage.

Narrator: Before they can head out,
Jake Anderson heads for the clinic.

We had a kid stick
himself with a knife.

It went to the bone, so the doctor
wanted us to administer a tetanus shot.

Going to find out about my wrist here.

She said I probably did Nick a tendon.

I'm supposed to wear this
splint four to six weeks.

I've got to tell Sig I'm rocking a
splint for the rest of the season.

She gave me this thing.

She said four-six weeks.

Don't worry.

Nothing changes.

No bending or stooping, lifting?

Lifting, lifting, lifting.

Requires a sit-down job?

That's not mine.

Bathroom break?

You might as well go home.

There's no reason to have you
around if you can't lift.

You know yourself if you're in pain.

Can you use your hand or not?

Yeah.

Are you saying yes because you
think I want to hear yes,

or because you can lift
your hand and move it?

Of course I can.

Okay.

Then take off the cast and go to work.

When do you want your
bathroom breaks?

Take it easy.

I knew that was going to be ugly.

Jake came back from the clinic
all taped up like a mummy.

That's what doctors say.

"Don't go fish, it's bad for you."

Yeah, right.

Narrator: The Northwestern is
ship-shape, back on the hunt.

We're going to run ten
knots and get right to it.

Narrator: On the steam out,
the crew finally gets some

well-deserved down time.

On wheel watch, Jake Anderson
calls his big sister.

Hello?

Wendy.

Hi, Jake.

I just wanted to tell you I love
you, and we're here supporting mom.

We're hoping for the best and, you
know, we're still working on it.

We're not going to let it go
away until we have daddy home.

This sucks.

Narrator: Three weeks earlier
Jake's father left home

and the family hasn't
heard from him since.

So far, there's been no explanation.

I haven't even been talking on deck.

Nobody knows why.

Narrator: Jake kept the
disturbing news from his

crewmates since the start of opies.

At some point I have to
talk about something.

Yeah, I know.

Just call me if you need me.

I'll come right home.

Okay. I love you.

Bye-bye.

Uh-huh.

Bye-bye.

That was an awful call.

Narrator: 290 miles to the
northwest of dutch harbor,

the Northwestern arrives back
on their fishing grounds.

The area was productive.

It's got the nicest crab around.

You've just got to work it.

That's exactly what I intend to do.

Narrator: The deckhands worked
through their 48-hour offload.

Narrator: Now, with just a
five-hour nap, they're back on

the grind, resetting sig's gear.

It's early in the morning, you know.

Nobody's going to be
bright and cheery.

That's life.

Little tired.

Job takes its toll on you.

I haven't had a day off
in 20 days already.

We could have started at


that there wasn't enough sleep.

I get this through the grapevine.

There is a grapevine.

I say we crush the grapevine
and make wine out of it.

Do you know why the lack of
sleep doesn't bother me?

It's the [bleep] promises
that are made.

I find it insulting that you've
got to gripe when you're

sleeping every night.

It ain't that often
that they sleep at all.

Somebody upstairs slept in town
the whole time we were there.

Eat me, you know?

That's not my problem.

I can go back to crab fishing 101,
too, and start jamming gear

like I'm supposed to do.

Then we'll get done and
we'll get plenty of off-time.

It's been tough on all of us.

No sleep and a Captain who doesn't
want to give it out freely.

Dysfunctional family at best.

Right here.

They're not the grumpy
ones this morning.

I am.

I just realized that.

I'm the [ Bleep ].

[ Laughter ]

Narrator: After
jogging for eight hours --

Beautiful weather!

Snow.

Narrator: -- The Northwestern
is ready to haul.

What does he win, Johnny?

There we go!

Ta-da!

I like it.

[ Laughter ]

Awesome.


five or six hours of sleep.

Makes every hour worth it.

[ Phone ringing ]

Nobody's got this number.

Hello?

Take care of what you need to.

We will talk to you here
in a few days, okay?

I don't even know
where I am right now.

Don't worry about Jake.

He's going to be just fine.

I'm just trying to
make it 14 more pots.

All right.

Wow.

I just got off the phone
with Jake's mother.

His father has been
reported missing and --

Basically, I'm keeping some
truths from him for now.

Narrator: Sig also learned
Jake's father's truck was found

on a remote logging road
without any sign of him.

She asked me to just keep him busy.

I said, "I can do that."

We'll keep him busy.

Narrator: The coors light crab count.

After weeks of bad luck, the time
bandit's numbers are finally picking up.

Narrator: 320 miles to the
northwest of dutch harbor,

on the Cornelia Marie.

Jackpot!

[ Bleep ]

Awesome.

[ Laughter ]

Come on, baby!

That's what we're talking about.

Yeah!

[ Cheers ]

[ Bleep ].

Are you okay, Phil?

[ Bleep ].

Narrator: Unable to focus.

Okay, guys.

Come on in.

Narrator: Captain Phil
shuts down fishing.

My back is just k*lling me.

I've got to do something.

Narrator: When the skipper
goes to retrieve his

prescription pain
medication --

Grabbing some --

- They're not yours, you thief.
- I know.

Narrator: He finds his son,
Jake, stealing his pills.

Why are you stealing from me?

- I feel sick.
- I don't give a [ Bleep ].

You're a thief.

Stay out of my [ Bleep ] room.

You want something
from me, you ask.

I want you out of my life.

I want you.. You're out...
You're out of my life.

I would have asked, dad.

- I just -- I mean, I --
- You're a liar.

You're a [ Bleep ] Liar.

Don't come up here and
tell me that [ Bleep ].

You're a [ Bleep ] Thief.

I'm not trying to lie to you.

You're nothing, but
a thief, you're a thief and a liar.

Get out of my sight.

I'm not lying to you, dad.

Come on, dad. Please?

When we get home, you go
your way and I'm going mine.

I don't ever want to see you
again and I'm not [ Bleep ] you.

You're a [ Bleep ] thief and a liar.

Right now, if you open your
mouth up one more time

I'm going to turn around and hit
you so hard it will knock you silly.

I'll break every one of
those [ Bleep ] teeth I paid for.

- I am shaking I'm so [ Bleep ]
- I know.

- You know, I love you, dad.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're so full of [ Bleep],
your eyes are brown.

Come on, dad.

You know how it is.

I love you to death.

I never wanted this, you know?

I get sick and I'm [ Bleep ] sorry.

I'm [ Bleep ].

And I've been a bad son lately.

I'll try -- I'll do
anything you want me to do.

Something ain't adding up.

Why are you so sick?

I'm an addict.

Huh?