06x12 - Empty Throne

[bunniefuu]

Just gonna give you a little oxygen.

Can you feel this, Phil?

Don't worry, dad.
It's gonna be okay.

All right, dad, I'm
here with you, buddy.

[ Siren wailing ]

♪

♪ another place ♪

♪ where the faces are so cold ♪

♪ I'd drive all night ♪

♪ just to get back home ♪

♪ I'm a cowboy
on a steel horse I ride ♪

♪ I'm wanted, wanted ♪

♪ dead or alive ♪

narrator: Over 120 minutes ago,
"Cornelia Marie" Captain Phil Harris,

collapsed.

[ Siren wails in distance ]

And I don't even know
how to feel right now.

And I'm sitting outside of
the emergencyroom door.

He may never be able to come back.

[ Monitor beeping ]

This is not easy on any of us.

I feel really, really lost right now.

[ Footsteps ]

They felt pretty confident
in saying it was a stroke.

Now we have no Captain.

Nobody here is certified
to run the boat.

We to have figure out
what we're going to do.

Narrator: Josh's father is in critical condition,

but the emergency flight
to the intensive care that he needs

is three hours away.

[ Siren wailing ]

Phil has been without the proper

medical attention for five hours.

Every minute that passes
closes the window

on his chances for a full recovery.

Be good.

Jake's gonna be right there to
take care of you, all right?

I'll get the boat squared away.
Everything's gonna be good.

Steve's on it, too.
Yeah.

I love you, buddy, and
I'll see you soon.

Ready?

All right, guys.
See you.

Take care of him for us.

Ready?

Hop in, Jake.

Narrator: While his father flies
off to face the battle of his life,

I went from having
my whole family on the boat,

now I'm the only one,

the only Harris on the boat now.

Narrator: Josh has elected to stay with the boat

to take care of the family business.



the crew of the "Time Bandit"
faces a battle of their own.

Going over!

It is cold outside.

Not fit for man nor beast.

That's why the crabbers are out here.

Conditions out here suck.

Cold and miserable.

Conditions are not very userfriendly.

Narrator: Although it's just
shy of 5 below, the deckhands

will have to suck it up and splash gear
for another three hours.

I feel cold and lonely, like
nobody loves me out here.

Narrator: That is, every deckhand but one.

Mike!
Come on up here [Bleep].

Mike Fourtner's been stepping
it up bigtime this year.

Mike's pretty excited about running this boat.

Narrator: Five days ago...

As a business point of view Mike,

You're the guy
that me and Johnathan picked.

Narrator: The Hillstrand's selected Mike Fourtner

as the new Captainintraining.

He doesn't want to get his hopes
up, 'cause he knows things

can change, but he
knows the stakes, man.

It's a lot of responsibility
to give to a young kid.

Fourtner reporting.

Please excuse Mike from the deck.

This is how I set up things.

What you do is you want
to write your fathoms.

Narrator: Lesson one, setting gear.

Write what mark you're doing,
what color it is, the date, and

then you got to write the time.

And you just write down the
buoy number as it goes over.

Sometimes I write the
depth, as it changes.

I'm gonna let the pirate
sit in the chair.

I think Mike disappeared.

I think he cashed in his mulligan.

Narrator: For the last string,
the frostbitten crew

find themselves shorthanded.

I've got Mike down in the engine room.

Testing the hammer.

Narrator: And the victim of a ruse.

No, Mike won't be out.

I don't know where Mikey is.

Changing the muffler bearings.

This is Mike's
getoutofjailfree set.

In case it doesn't pay off.

But if it pays off, it's Mike's set.

See the witch? See the chin?
See the big nose?

What's this right here?
That's the witch's chin.

That's the chin, okay.

And you can see where we've been getting the crab,
in those fathom contours.

Yeah.

As they come around here.

And that whole contour, those are
like a butt cheek right there.

Straight to the butt cheeks.

Hey, are we gonna
launch these, or what?

Say "fire at will."
That's what I always say to you guys.

Okay.
Fire at will.

Buoy 7?

Buoy 1.



Yep.

That's 2,000 miles?

That's .2.

.2?

.02.

Yeah.

Frosty the snowman wouldn't
even like it here.

It's much warmer sitting in this chair
than it is out there throwing shots, I can tell you that.

Now you're half Captain,
half deckhand, just like me.

Half Captain, half deckhand.

Grab them boys!

Let's go!

You know, honestly, my first
time fishing on this boat,

I wasn't... my thought
of being Captain...

You have to earn the respect of your crew.

Been a long day.

Last one.

Whoohoo!

Yahoo!

Fricking last pot.

Yeah, right there.

Yep.

Go right there, dude.

Thank you for letting me set those.

That was fun.

I liked that.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

[ Laughs ]

I'm gonna go down and talk to the
guys and have some ice cream

now.

Does this Captain thing start
to feel like a reality?

You know, Andy letting me set
these pots, and, you know.

It's exciting.

I think with me being so young,
if I was to run this boat for

crab, my biggest hurdle
would be the crew.

[ Laughter ]

You know, Scotty's a Hillstrand.

I'm not a Hillstrand.

J.J.'S run crab boats 30 years.

So the fact that they're giving
me the chance to do it means a

lot to me.

If I had a chance to run
it for crab, it'd be fun.

I would really enjoy the challenge.

Narrator: 290 miles northwest of Dutch harbor

on board "the Northwestern"...

This is the last string we
have before our town pick.

It's better than we expected,

and we're getting off to the right start.

They came out pretty good, so
we'll try them again right in

here.

A few 50's is all we need.

Narrator: The crew has been grinding
on solid numbers for 15 hours.

But with each pot...
Edgar: Kind of wantedering around.

Kind of doing his own thing.

Narrator : Jake Anderson's
been drifting away.

And I just can't help but feel,
you know, like I should be

down south searching
the woods for my dad.

But my mom and my family, they're
just like, "stay there."

Narrator: 48 hours ago,
Jake received devastating news.

They found the truck.

They haven't found him yet,
but they're still searching.

I just want you to not
give up hope yet.

Okay?

Narrator: About his missing father.

I mean, what else can you do
when everybody's telling you to

stay, and that's a
tough decision, dude.

Kid's got a lot on his plate.

In the roundabout big picture of
things, I'll tell you he's one

of the strongest kids that I've seen.

Being able to deal with what's
going on and still functioning.

It's obvious there's a lot on the
guy's mind, with good reason.

And so, you know, I'm
sure he's worried.

Who wouldn't be?

He looks like it's starting
to affect him more and more.

Narrator: Only two more
trips, and the crew of the
"Northwestern" can head home.

Part of it, too, is
nobody talks to me.

Nobody, like, says anything.
You know what I mean?

I'm dealing with it on my own.

I miss my dad, you know?

You have to be here, focused.

You can stay busy as much as you
want, but there comes a time

when it starts to get to you.

And I don't want him to be a
danger to himself or anybody else.

Uhoh!

Watch out, watch out, watch
out, watch out, watch out!

Bridle snapped.

Narrator: With Jake at the coiler,
the bridle holding

the 900pound steel cage
breaks on one side.

The crew runs to safety.

Jake is the only one to put
himself in the line of fire

to save the pot.

Whoa.

Pot swung way out.

Came in and hit sideways.

It hit so hard that it
snapped the bridle.

Cover your head and run, man,
till you know what's going on.

I was gonna double back and
see if I could help Jake.

I've been knocked in the head
by picking hooks and [Bleep].

You know, what happened was the
hook fell out of the bridle, so

then you got the line on deck,
pot going down, and the hook

flying around the air.

See the one little loop there?

If that were to grab his ankle.

[ Whistles ]

When in doubt, run.

It's not worth risking your
life for a piece of steel.

We can buy a new one.

Narrator: Jake answers
the Captain's call.

All that... hey.

Quick reaction, huh?

Like lightning.

Like lightning.

One question.

Did you know there was a hook
flying around the top of your

head when you did that?

You don't know how much slack
is in it, and it comes around.

You're worried about getting it
in the block, and you get

the hook in the back of your
head, and you're dead.

No pot's worth your life.

Never.

Next time, let me buy a new pot.

Narrator: Despite his heroic
effort, Jake can't win.

I take the brunt of all of it.

And once one team member picks
on me, they all come together

and pick on me.

Kids.

[ Chuckles ]

That's why I got to
be alone sometimes.

I can't talk to people or
hear people talk to me.

Narrator: As dawn breaks 18
miles away, skipper Bill and

the "Kodiak" are shoving up
on pots with a 24hour soak.

We're trying to get this quota
of the 360,000 into the

island caught.

And I think we're well on
our way to having a trip.

We're ahead of the game here
on the mighty kodiak today.

Coming up.

We cannot miss our delivery date.

Narrator: With his first
opilio delivery due in just



See what we got here.

[ Cheering ]

Whoohoo!

Yeah!

Now we're talking.

Oh, yeah.

That's a nice one.

If we roll all this, we should
get through this reasonably

quick.

Freaking excellent right there.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Oh, yeah, when you get pots
like that, it's exciting.

Underwater money just
coming in on a pot.

I'm loving it.

That's what pays the bills.

Narrator: While the crew
rallies on solid numbers.

I don't know what kind of
hand signals those are.

Are those Spanish ones?

That's Spanish hand signals.

Narrator: One deckhand
is k*lling the groove.

Oh!

There are like 20 in ther I
think he's too stupid to go

back to school, though, too.

I'm not gonna let his negativity
put me in a [Bleep] Mood.

You know, if he wants to be out
on a boat with five guys that

he's got to live with for three
months, an attitude change is

probably best.

Narrator: No one likes getting a
hard time from the deck boss.

Yeah, this is crazy.

He's obnoxious.

Narrator: Especially when
he's not the deck boss.

It just shows he has no
respect for the crew.

Yeah, he's... he's [Bleep].

The minute I laid eyes on him, I
told Adam, I said, "God, this

guy is not gonna work."

I think he's starting to come to
the same opinion I am about this

character.

He doesn't show up for his watches.

He's in trouble in town.

And he's just everything
a skipper doesn't want.

You guys are pretty slim
pickings the last few pots.

Narrator: Insulting the
crew is one thing.

I don't know.

I hate dealing with
this kind of [Bleep].

But I guess it's got to be done.

Narrator: Insulting the
Captain is another.

Nobody wants to live with a [Bleep].

It's about 20 minutes.



Narrator: On a quick run between
strings, the skipper has

a word.

If you want to be here, you
got to shut the [Bleep] Up.

Quit belittling everybody.

Quit being an [Bleep].

I'm not...
shut up.

That's what I'm telling you right now.
I don't want any... this is it.

Do you want to get off in St. Paul,
do you want to do two trips and get off,

or do you want to [Bleep] Shut your mouth
and quite belittling the crew?

We got a long [Bleep]
Time to be together.

I'm saying that we got to get
a relationship going that...

no, you know what?
That's not gonna happen.

These... these are people
... This is my house.

And you're in my house.

And if you keep giving people [Bleep]
On my deck, you're [Bleep] Gone.

[Bleep].

Can't dwell on it.

He's either gonna heed,
or he's gonna heaveho.

In my head, what I'm always
thinking about is my two girls.

You know?
Kind of straighten out my ways

and be more responsible, step up
to the plate, take care of business.

It's pretty important that I
make it through this

and finish out the season here.

And, yeah, it's really important.

Narrator: In St. Paul harbor...
hey, how you doing, buddy?

Narrator: Josh gets an update
on their dad from little

brother, Jake.

How's dad doing?
Is he responsive and everything?

Is he still, you know, with it?

Oh, man.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh [Bleep].

Make sure that he knows that we
all love him very, very much.

All right, bye, buddy.
Love you.

[Bleep] Stay strong.

All right, bye.

So, they did say he
had a massive stroke.

And they're gonna actually remove
a good portion of his skull.

And... drain out...
release the pressure.

Yeah.

[ Sea birds calling ]

Narrator: 49 miles to the west
is the 118foot "Time Bandit."

I just pulled up on a fivepot
string that Mike Fourtner set.

Narrator: Last night, Captain Andy secretly called
Mike Fourtner off deck,

and into the Captain's chair.

Yeah, brother.

Hopefully, there's a couple
hundred crab in this pot.

It's got, like, a 21hour soak
on it, so I'm looking for 300 or
400.

Oh, the string Mike set.

I see.

He was supposed to be
down in the engine room.

Coming up, Miguel.

Looking for the mother lode here.

I hope it's good.

I'm hoping for about 15,000
pounds in this pot so we can go in,

but anything.

If I see crab, we're in.

Narrator: Now this string
holds the results of Mike Fourtner's.

First Captain's exam.

Ouch.
It's no good.

Hoping for better than
that, I can tell you that.

Way better.

First pot, not very good.

I'm not impressed.

Not too good.

That was a terrible first pot.

It sucks.

Make sure you badmouth
Fourtner up here all you want.

I just followed Captain's
orders last night.

Narrator: Captain Andy's apprentice
has failed his first test.

You know better than to set on
the corner of a [Bleep] Hump.

I wanted to go to a butt cheek.

I wanted to go to a butt cheek.

I never would have set here.

I don't know what the [Bleep] He's doing.

[ Laughs ]

Hopefully, we'll see
something better here.

Very terrible pot.

This is crab fishing to me.

It's a little depressing right there.

Oh, not too great.

Getting kind of low numbers here.

Push it around, set a whole
string right back to the 500's.

Sometimes you find 'em.
Sometimes you don't.

But Mike sure liked setting those pots.
I could tell.

Back to the 500 land.

You can't hit the
lottery every day, so.

[ Sea birds calling ]

I don't know.
I don't really know anything right now.

I am numb.

And I don't know what the
right thing to do is.

We should take a trip.

I think it would be better for you.

We can do this without, you know.

It would be the happiest
thing ever, you know.

But I feel like... this is
where he'd want me to be.

This is his legacy, you know?
Legacy lives on.

You know, and I feel like
he deserves me, you know.

I owe him that.
I owe him, you know, to be here.

To make sure that things get
done the way he would want them

to get done.

I'm not telling you what to do.

But the bottom line is, what
do you think the old man would
Want me to do, Freddie?

You think he would.
He knows I love him.

I know he loves me.
Of course, of course.

But do you... he would want me here.
'Cause Jake is there.

What if something really bad happened.

Are you going to take that
the rest of your life?

It's always nice to be
there for him, you know?

Just some advice.

Every year.

Only one dad, bro.

You know, the crab is always a catch.

We always make money every year.

But we cannot catch a dad every year.

Something happens.

You want to be there for him.

[Bleep], I'm gonna think
about this today.

It's okay, Freddie.

What I'm gonna do if I was, you know.

My old man passed away, too.

Five days after the season, he was fishing
off Australia and he passed away.

The hardest thing ever, you know.

I was not there for him.

Show up for a dead body.

It was the hardest thing ever.

[ Coughs ]

What to do?

Narrator: 340 miles to the
southeast of St. Paul...

Sometimes, this entrance
seems so small when you're

coming in, when you're doing a
crazy... right in the middle of

it.

Narrator: Captain bill has made
his deadline with 15 hours

to spare.

I think we have about


We had some problems with numbers.

Narrator: But weeks
of careless counting.

How many crab came out of those totes?

Simple [Bleep] Concept.

Narrator: Could
jeopardize his delivery.

So you don't know how to add it?

Is that what's been going on?

You can't add [Bleep] Numbers?

I imagine it's gonna be...
it's got to be 200,000.

More, more.

We want to make a good
name for ourselves.

You know, this is the first time
kodiak, with me driving, has

delivered here to the island.

Positive.

I'm positive right now.

[ Sea birds calling ]

Okay, first delivery's
out of the way, finally.


to be about 240 grand.

Narrator: Bill hits his
quota right on target.

It's done, you know?

We got the first one out of the way.

We've only got six more to go.

Narrator: And a happy Captain
... He might even let us have a

beer tonight.

Narrator: Means a happy crew.

I ran into the barmaid when I
was over at the store, and she

said, "I can't believe
Clint's still on the boat.

I thought he would have gotten
canned the first trip, knowing

you, bill."

He has a reputation that precedes him.

Narrator: The skipper will allow
the crew some shore leave.

You get goofy on whiskey, I'm
gonna [Bleep] Cut you off at the

knees.

No whiskey for Clint.

Narrator: But with the departure
set in just ten hours.

I'd kind of like to see you
guys back around midnight so

it's not a [Bleep]
Fest in the morning.

Okay.

Narrator: He's keeping a short leash.



Maximum 1:00?

I think you're missing it.

I just said 12:00.



All right.

You guys are gonna get actual
firsthand footage of the rise

and demise of Clint.

You know me well enough that you
know I'm serious about midnight,

right?

I'll bring him home.

I'll be home by midnight.

Stay out of trouble, Jake.

He's out of here if he [Bleep]

Up.

Narrator: Despite
inconsistent numbers from his

deckhands, Captain bill hits the
mark on his first offload.

Narrator : 190 miles to the east of Dutch harbor,

"the kodiak" crew is at king cove's
Only watering hole.

Oop !

Bartending tonight at king cove.

This is the most work he's done

in a month right here, making
This drink.

Narrator : While the minutes
Tick past their midnight curfew...

cheers.

Cheers.

I got no curfew.

Grown child.

I'm allowed to stay awake
as long as I want.

Here we go.

Grown child and badass deckhand.

Not [Bleep] Going home when I'm
Supposed to.

[ Laughs ]

What can I get you ?

Oh, really ?

How often do you go out
and fish ?

Narrator: Instead of jumping on Clint,

Bill zeroes in on Jake Gelibaugh,

his loyal deckhand of four years.

No, I'm having a beer.

We're not having shots,
Remember ?

They got no sense of humor right
Now.

When you came out tonight, I
Said, "don't be drinking shots."

[Bleep] What are you doing ?
I didn't.

Shut up.

[Bleep] You guys.

You're done drinking on this ship.

I love you, bill !

We weren't expecting to have
[Bleep] Big boss come in here.

I guess I'm off the hook right now.

Narrator : Shortly after bill's visit,

the crew stumbles back to the boat.

[ Laughter ]

Narrator : With a whopping one hour
to sleep it off.

It's 4 :40 A.M.

Went out drinking last night, so

it's a little, uh...

it's a little tough right now.

Narrator : One deckhand...
[ Snoring ]

Hasn't even made it out of bed.

Get up.

Get out of bed now.

Let's go.

I woke up before.

[Bleep].

I gave him the wild bill wake up, so...

[Bleep] Jake.

Guys go to excess.

Jake kind of a little bit over
The edge.

I was surprised.
Clint hung in there.

He was up today.
He was up first call.

Looks like he's doing his stuff,
So.

I mean, I can't ask more than
That.

Narrator : 480 miles to the northwest

is the "Time Bandit."

Andy: As I left Dutch harbor and I started setting gear,

I have come 190 miles

from the east side of St. George all the way
up here to the butt cheeks.

Looking for crab, looking for
What I want to see.

And I don't see what I want to
See yet, so.

We're gonna keep going till we
Find what we need.

Whoa !

Yeah !

That's what I'm talking about,

right there.

Hell yeah !

[ Laughs ]

We found it !

Yeah, baby !

Good numbers right here.

Making money.

I think we got something here !

Off to a good start.

We're looking pretty good.

[ Telephone ringing ]

Hello ?

Yeah, this is Andy.

Narrator: Josh Harris reaches

reaches out to the fleet

for the first time.

My dad, he had a stroke, a
Major stroke.

What ?
What the [Bleep] Dude ?

Say that again ?

Yeah, my dad just had
a major stroke.

[ Laughter ]

Whoa.

Yeah.

Steve went in to check on him in

the wheelhouse and found him all

contorted on the floor.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, buddy.

Man, that's terrible.
I'm sorry to hear that, Josh.

Yeah.

The whole left side of his body
Is paralyzed, and they hopped on

the medevac jet.

He's not doing very good.
They don't know.

Wow.

Dude, it's bad.
It's real bad.

It's been a bad day.

I'll keep you informed, buddy.

Okay, Josh.

Man, sorry to hear that, buddy.
Love you, man.

Yeah, I love you guys, too, man

all right, Josh.
Thanks a lot, man.

Wow.

Wow.

Oh, that puts it in a lot
Different perspective.

You think pulling 125s are bad ?

Try to be the guys on the

"Cornelia Marie" with four guys

and no full crew and no Captain.

And your dad, on top of that, on
The edge of dying.

That'll put it in a little bit
More reality for you.

Would not want to be those kids
Right now.

[Phone dialing]

[ Phone ringing ]

Hey, John, it's Andy.

Hey, I just got a call from Josh
On the "Cornelia Marie."

His dad had a major stroke.

He's being flown to Anchorage
Right now.

So, I don't know if one of
your...

yeah, I don't know if you were planning
on going through Anchorage

or when you were gonna go through there,
but if you're up there,

you might want to go see him
or check in on him.

Okay, well, maybe if you see him,
update us if you could.

Okay, bye.

Narrator: 293 miles to the northwest of Dutch harbor

is the "Northwestern.'

I see a lot of white!

My God!

[ Cheering ]

[ Laughs ]

Here we go!

[ Laughs ]

[ Radio beeps ]

Hey, sig, get on the phone.
It's Andy.

[ Beeping ]

Yeah, I got you.

Yeah, Roger.
I called you, sig, there.

I just got off the phone with
Josh on the "Cornelia Marie,"

and his dad had a major stroke.

They found him on the
wheelhouse floor, okay?

And they were in St.
Paul, unloading their crab.

And they came up in the wheelhouse,
and they found Phil on the floor.

His left side of his body was paralyzed
and he couldn't talk very good.

Oh, man.

Well, he was coherent.
I mean, he could talk, right?

Yeah, Josh said he was talking.

That maybe kind of give me a
little bit of hope there, but...

Oh, man.

What do you do?

What do you say?

Walking a thin line.
That's all I know.

Stuff is k*lling him.

All right, buddy.
Thanks, man.

Just stay in touch, okay?

Okay, sig, if I hear anything,
I'll let you guys know. Stand by.

God.

[Bleep].

♪

what the hell happened with Phil?

What's up with Phil?

He had a massive stroke.

They had to medevac him to Anchorage.

He's in major surgery right now.

Yeah, I'll definitely
be saying a prayer.

Thanks for passing that along.

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Voice breaking ]

Cut him some slack, big guy.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Cut him some slack.

♪

okay.

[ Laughter ]

Phil is in the hospital.

It's the real thing, and he,
uh... it doesn't look good.

♪

it doesn't look good right now.

They had to take part of
his... you'll see it.

So, let's go.

♪

hey, go ahead, come on and eat there.

We're gonna take time out and eat.

I got to let you guys know something.

♪

what happened?

Uh, Phil Harris had a
major stroke, man.

They don't know if he's gonna make it.

♪

there's millions of people
praying for him right now.

Your brother needs you, too, man.

♪

Phil's always been so caring.

Caring of me and treated me like a...

... like a son, you know?
Like a friend. Like a...

... He always told me the things
that I wanted these guys to tell me.

Like, "hey, how did you
know I was really good?

I thought I only knew that."

Dad, if you can hear me, buddy,
it's Josh. I'm here.

I love you, buddy.

And I'm gonna be here
when you wake up.

Sit down on this bench.
Let's do this.

Our whole life is changed
right now, you know?

Those poor boys.

I know what they're going through.

Thinking about losing their father.

All day long.

It never goes away.