16x10 - The Last Duel

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It's a confrontation
that's been brewing

all season long.

A duel between the brash
newcomer and the mining titan.

We got mccully moving in.

Two mining soldiers
on the frozen b*ttlefield

on a quest for supremacy.

Get it, John.

I put a lot of gold in the box.

Heck yeah.

Right now we're
going to wall street.

- Whoo!
- No gold.

That dive was a big win.

k*lling it.

Now it's time
for the final duel.

I'm gonna prove
that I'm untouchable.

As they take their last paces

I really got to
push to stay ahead.

- Aim.
- There's a new force in town.

And fire.

It's been a grueling


But now, a storm looms less
than 24 hours away from landfall,

bringing with it high
temperatures and rain

that'll put an immediate
end to ice mining.

So today is the fleet's
last chance for gold

before their dreams melt
to the bottom of the sea.

Last day of ice mining.

Get a couple of dives in.

We're struggling, struggling,

and this last week
we've been kicking a*s.

After rolling the dice

and stumbling on the
east tract close to town...

Thought this was going to
turn out to be a good spot.

But no gold.

Shawn pomrenke returned
to his trusted ground

on tomcod, and
reaped the benefits.

I haven't seen puddles
like this since bluff.

- Boo-yah!
- Whoa!

But will it be enough to retake
the top spot in the gold count?

I was a little worried that we
weren't going to make this winter.

But one week, we make
up for the whole winter.

There's no question. Today's
the last day we can mine.

That storm's going
to blow in late tonight

and that ice is never
going to survive.

This is our last chance
to hit the 100 ounce goal,

and to make sure that nobody
ends up with more gold than us

at the end of the season,
including Chris mccully.

'Sup, Joe?

Hoo-boy!

Pretty rich gold this
way. It's really rich.

We're on an
unbelievable pay streak.

We followed it down
just a little bit north.

If it's anything like that last hole,
we're gonna be bathing in gold.

Joe's gonna go down first, then
I'm gonna do down and clean up.

It's go time.

Yeah, let's get her, Joe.

Yeah!

Hopefully he can
get onto something.

How's that looking down there?

Yeah, that's not good.

All beat up down there?

Found a marker buoy?

Yeah.

Well, that sucks.

Frustrating.

Hoping to be diving
all day the last day.

Instead we're going to be
digging holes and moving again.

Tired of it.

Nothing.

Might be our worst
hole all winter.

From one of the best holes to
one of the worst holes, just like that.

This hole's a dud. So even though
we're down to just a few hours,

we're gonna move,
dig a new hole,

and give it another shot.

This is absolutely brutal.

I'd rather be on the bottom
sucking up gold than be up here

digging around in the ice.

While Shawn's coming up empty...

Gotta move swiftly.

Ain't no around today.

Chris mccully started
out hot this season.

And has never looked back.

We're ahead of the game.

And now in the final hours,

he's trying to nab
winter's top spot.

Trying to get two dives
today. That's the main goal.

Here we are. The final lap.

This season's all about
getting 100 ounces

and getting more gold than ever.

We're on some real hot ground.

So if we k*ll it today,

I think would have enough gold
to be the top dog of this season.

We're on wall street.

Amazing ground.

John's going to go down there
first and sweep up that sweet pastry.

When John is done diving then I'll be
the closer and I'll load up the account.

It all comes down
to the next few hours.

Whoop-whoop! Yeah.

All right, Chris.

Aight.

Idle up.

Yeah? Right on, dude.

Woo-hoo!

Ha, dude, I like
that. I like that, dude.

We're on the gold
again so I'm happy.

It's all gonna be
good from here.

What up, what up?

Okay, let me go and
do that real quick.

Idle down and up three times.

Three times.

Yeah, do that again.

The best way to
get a rock jam out

is you shut off the pump and
then you fire back up again.

The force of the water coming
back online will kick the rocks out.

We're gonna do this three times and
hopefully we can get that rock jam out

so we can get back on the gold.

And we got to do it quick.

Especially on our last day.
We got no time to waste.

Come on, come on!

Okay. No.

John's coming up.

Idle down.

Coming up.

That was a bust.

We have to pull the
diver up and the hose.

We basically have to find
that rock and clear it ourselves.

A season ending storm is
just a day away from nome,

and out on the ice...

Well, it's 30 degrees.
Tomorrow it'll be 40 degrees.

It's the end.

After a season of setback.

I'm not getting into
the water today.

After setback...

The hose broke right off.

Kris Kelly and his
revolutionary sea crawler

are crawling to the finish line.

The plan right now is...

Finish out this hole.

A big storm is coming and
it's going to start raining.

So it's almost time for e
to get the hell out of here.

Let's get going.

I hope we get a lot of gold.

Shazam, gold. Wow,
kris, gold, congratulations.

You made the crawler work gold.

When I started this season, I
envisioned a record setting winter

using for crawler
for reaper nation.

We were aiming for 75 ounces.

Well, that fairy tale when
out the window long ago.

We've got no gold
so far, nothing.

My goal at this point is
to prove this baby works.

So I'm ready to hit the
ground running this summer.

And I'd say 20 ounces
would be that proof.

Okay, we're almost ready to
put the crawler in the water.

The operation looks good. We're
gonna go down there, we're gonna k*ll it.

This is it. The last day. I need
the crawler to run flawlessly.

Something that honestly has
never been close to happening.

Okay, we're ready to
go. Let's get into position.

So the plan today is we rip
it around, do the south side,

try to start over here
and work around.

Everything's good.

Pumps are running. Everything's
going good, now it's just time to do work.

Okay, I don't want
to jinx anything,

but the crawler's working great,

and Andy is maneuvering
the thing great.

His attitude isn't terrible
which is pretty unheard of.

Already got gold in the box.

If it keeps going this
way, all day, we're golden.

Hey, you see? Look at that.
It takes everything, dude.

I'm gonna do well.

I'm gonna do real well.

Hear that sound? That's money.

Rocks through the box.

The only way you make gold
is put rocks through the box.

Everything's good.
Everything is good.

While kris' last day
could be his best,

just across the ice...

If this is my last dive,
I'm totally... I'm content.

It's been a winter of near death
experiences for Zeke and his crew.

What was that?

But the risk may have
been worth the reward,

as the team is within
striking distance of their goal

on the last day of the season.

Can you guys turn
my hot water up a little?

Yeah, up a bit.

It's been an all right season.

I feel somewhat redeemed.

Despite diving under these pressure
ridges, which has been super dicey,

we're just shy of
our 25 ounce goal,

and I want us to finish
as strong as we can.

Since its our last
day, if we get on gold,

I wanna keep as many
divers down as possible.

Hell, let's make it
a diving marathon.

That's what he said.

Wow, it's real nice down here.

Right, I'm on the bottom.

And...

Pump action!

What's it like down there?

Well, maybe it's just hiding from us
and it's still somewhere down here.

We can hope for the best.

Hell, yeah. That's good to hear.

That sounds awesome.

Yeah!

Yeah, that's awesome.

It ain't over 'til
the fat lady sings.

Twelve miles east...

All right. We're
running out of time.

This will be our last hole.

For Vernon adkinson,

it's been a series of
challenges above the ice

I had an attack Sunday night.

They operated on me Monday.

As well as below.

Come on, get him up! Get him up!

And it's kept the surly captain
far from his season goal.

Onward and upward.

This season went to
hell in a hand basket.

Started out sh**ting
for 200 ounces.

We'll be lucky is we get 20.

That said, I'll be rolling
in my grave before I quit.

As long as there's
still time to get gold

and get something decent
for the season, I'm going for it.

We got a battle plan.

Get two guys in the
water as soon as possible.

Start out with one
and work into it.

Take this one last stab at it.

Put some gold in the
box and just hammer it.

Not to sound like
a broken record,

but today I'm going to try to
get two divers down at once

and be successful at it, damnit.

Luckily, I think we have
the kinks worked out.

Keep bleeding it right there.

Until we get the
temperature right.

And we're on a new spot.

This one is near our super
gold spot from last summer.

And it better be super.

Because this is our
last bite out of the apple.

I feel really good right
now about this hole.

About closing the season off
and putting some weight in the box.

Wish we could've done this two
months ago, but it's never too late.

Test, test.

Okay.

Larry, how you doing down there?

Roger, Roger.

Okay, I'll set this temperature.

All right, that's what I'm
talking about. Good show.

Whoo!

He's on the gold. He's
pretty excited about it.

He's got good air, got good
hot water, camera's working.

All systems are go.

That's what we need to
finish with a bang here.

So, Larry...

He's getting suited up now.

It's a good feeling to
finally be on the ice.

Getting the gold.

Scott's harness is cut.

That's weird, Scott. I don't
know how that happened, buddy.

I think I cut a little bit of
tap when I was doctoring on

that thing right there.

This is a total cluster.

Scott's harness straps are cut.

The harness holds the umbilical
and the weight belt in place.

It's impossible to drive
without it, it's just a no-go.

How does that happen?

I have no clue.

All I know, it's the last day and
I'm already down to one diver.

It kinda put him
out of the ballgame.

Right now, we're back
down to just Larry diving.

I got another harness.

I think it's going to
be too big for Scott.

Might have a talk
to him about it.

He's not much in a
mood to talk right now.

He's kind of pissed off.

So, um... don't blame him.

Yeah.

It's costing us.

The last day of
the season could be

a road to redemption
for the riedel team.

We working today.

Whoo!

Finish strong.

This season's been a hot mess.

A lot of sniping and fighting.

I have an issue with you because
you don't know what the is going on.

I don't say that I do.

And things breaking down.

And not finding any gold.



Yeah, we at least did something.

I feel like we just finally found
our groove and it's just in time.

Aww.

My goodness.

So precious.

Now that Emily's a mom,
the five ounces that we made

is not going to keep that cute
little baby in diapers for long.

And then their daughter
is just going to on the floor.

'Cause there's no
money for her diapers.

The plan is to pull off a double
dive today with Jeff and Eddie

which sounds like
a pipe dream for us.

But we need as
much gold as possible.

Or I've totally let Emily down.

'Cause there is no gold.

And gold equals diapers.

Okay.

Okay, sounds like a plan.

My god. We finally have a
diver down and he's on gold,

and nothing's breaking down.

Like, could this finally be
the day where everything

works the way it's supposed to?

I mean, miracles
do happen, right?

Rocks look really good!

- Isn't that nice?
- Whoo, yeah.

As team riedel gets
a last minute reprieve,

a battle rages on the ice.

We have to move.

Mr. Gold's been forced
to find new ground

after coming up empty.

Story of my life.

I'm spending more time on the
backhoe than I am on the bottom.

While eight miles east...

One of those days.

A young superstar's
still stuck between a rock

and a hose piece.

We're just shy of 100 ounces.

And I'm trying to get more
gold than anybody in this fleet.

Now the hose is
completely out of the water,

we're looking for
this stupid rock.

That means I'm not
making any money,

but that's our
situation right now.

You know, the last few
hours we could be diving

is now passing us by.

You got the knife? Thank you.

See, look?

There's our
culprit, right there.

Yeah, she's a
good one right there.

Holy. That won't even
come out just by doing this.

- Get right in there.
- There you go.

Man.

- Yep.
- All it takes.

That's all it takes. Yeah.

I mean, just look
how small that rock is.

But when it goes
that way, it's perfect.

It clunks it perfect?

All right. Ready
to go back to down.

So we avoided major crisis.

We lost a little bit of time, but the
great news is we're still on wall street.

We know we're on k*ller
gold, so it's time to crush it.

Get money, dude.

Yeah.

We got the rock out.

John's back in the water.

Just a minor hiccup.

Things are looking
pretty good from here.

While Chris gets a
home run on wall street...

We got a lot of gold in the box.

And it's building up at the front
where it should be building up.

Reaper nation could be
experiencing a miracle.

Looking really good. Lots of
material. Lots of big boulders.

We're working this out.

We're getting a system.

More importantly,
we're getting gold

without jumping
underneath the water.

Can I get a hallelujah?

I think it's gonna
be a great day.

Check this out.

Trouble free crawler action

for like, a few actual hours.

This is what I've been
talking about all season.

It looks like we're really
gonna finish strong.

There's something wrong.

What the is going on?

What the is going on with that?

Your umbilical line
cable's on something.

It's stuck.

What's the matter?

- Umbilical!
- What?

The umbilical line's
tangled on something.

Okay, well...

Maybe we're just not
supposed to have nice things.

I don't know.

Andy runs those controls
like he's playing pac-man.

He doesn't really pay attention to
anything that's happening down there.

A bunch of lines got tangled
and ripped some cameras off.

So now the whole
thing's impractical.

We're basically
running blind down there.

Andy just us.

I wish Andy would have
taken it easy to start with.

We're gonna have to
take it out of the water

to, put the cameras
back into position.

So right now, I have
to dive in the water,

direct Andy to get the crawler
positioned underneath the hole

so we can hook it
up with the winch.

I have to be his
eyes down there.

We're not making
any money right now.

Just what I want to do on
the last day of the season.

This is a joke.

Pull up his umbilical, only
give him what he needs.

K, can you hear me?

I can barely hear you. This
comm-box is taking. Say again.

Left and back?

'Kay.

- Hey, Daniel!
- Get the in here.

What?

'Kay.

What?

Set the comm-box. I
can't do this and that.

Pissing me off.

Left, left, left,
left. Get left.

I'm just saying...

Stop. Okay, go to your left.

Keep going left.

'Cause I'm blind in the back.

So if I go too far back,

I'm worried I'm
gonna run him over.

He has to go
backwards for a second.

'Kay, what do you need?

Say again.

We're the comm-box with him.

Can you hear me, kris?

Can you hear me, kris?

Can you hear me, kris?

He's not answering.

What do you need?

Pull the umbilical up.

Keep pulling it.

Well, I've been in
better situations.

Let's just put it that way.

It ran over my umbilical.

It got trapped.

- I don't wanna talk about it.
- It's.

Super.

I'm glad I made it
out of that situation.

Thank god that the
hose didn't rip in half.

So that was a clown show.

The comms weren't working.
Those guys can barely hear me.

And Andy drove
right over my airline.

Yeah, good times, man.

But whatever, I survived.

We just need to get the
cameras back on the crawler,

so we can get it
back under the water.

Get some gold and
retain some dignity.

Winch it up.

We're mining today,
one way or another.

Nothing's stopping us.

Even if he has to get down
there with a bucket and a shovel.

Well, I wouldn't go that far.

Meanwhile...

Back at the duel.

How goes everything, John?

That's awesome.

Wall street is paying big

for the mccully team on
the last day of the season.

Hey, John, you've been
down there for four hours now.

Just come up
whenever you're ready.

John's coming up.

You can't stop us.
No one can stop us.

We're unstoppable.

That kind of a rock jam,
that we just experienced,

it would have ended the
season for other miners.

But we got it cleared out
and we're back on the gold.

Now wall street is a
bull market today, man.

Hey, buddy.

Now it's time for
me to go down there

and close the
season out in style.

Booyah!

Last dive.

All right. Got to the bottom.

Last dive.

You like what you are seeing?

I know, baby.

While Chris mccully
knocks it out of the park...

There we go. Punch
a couple holes,

drop the drill pipe down.

Take a couple samples.

See if we can find some gold.

After striking out,

Mr. Gold's stepping
back up to the plate...

With a bigger bat.

See if this works.

I can't afford another
swing and a miss today.

We're running out of time.

Instead of going down
blindly on the next hole,

I'm gonna use a core
sample device that I devised

and pinpoint a spot.

You drill a hole in the ice,

haul a piece of pipe
down to the bottom.

Pull out a sample, yank it out.

Pan the sample with the boot.

You have an instant
read on the ground below.

Here we go.

Think I made it through.

Let's see if there's
any gold here.

Good sample.

We got a good sample.

Yeah. That's what
I'm talking about.

Whoo.

Look at that. That's from
this little three inch pipe.

You can see one,
two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.

There's 15 plus
colors in that pan.

And that's how you find gold.

I think I found
our next dive hole.

With no diving involved.

That tells me if there's that much
gold in a little tiny three inch pipe,

that there's a whole bunch of
gold right underneath our feet.

Now we just gotta get the
shack pulled over and get moved.

We're gonna make
some money, honey.

It's the last chance
to get some gold.

If this hole can be good,
then we will be good.

Well, you never know until
you get back down there.

The core sample doesn't lie.

The more colors in the
pan, the better the hole.



It's down there. I
just gotta get on it.

This is our last chance.

Let's crush it.

Go get 'em.

Booyah, Shawn.
One more pile of gold.

Man, it looks really
good down here.

What you seeing
down there, Shawn?

Lots of cobble. Lots of rocks.

Sounds like a difference
from the last hole.

I have some fresh
ground over here.

Let's find some gold.

Come on baby, where you at?

Come on, baby.

Haven't seen gold yet.

I'm gonna try this. There's
more rock here and material.

Where you at?

Aw. There we go. There we go.

I'm seeing gold!

Yeah!

Okay, guys. I'm
looking at it. Yeah!

Look at that. Look at that.

Yeah!

Back in business.

Yeah!

As the storm, that'll
shut down winter mining,

advances on nome...

Zeke's making it count on the
last mining day of the season.

I mean, I'm having
a great time now.

I'm already stoked on
coming back next winter.

All right, guys.
I'm gonna head up.

You wanna pull up my
tether? I'm done for this winter.

Sounds good.

I'm leaving on a
high note for sure.

I love the way we're
ending this season.

No major pressure ridges.

Great gold. And we were
able to get multiple dives in.

We're gonna get Nate
down there and then Sam.

And we're just gonna
keep this party going.

All righty.

Yeah, I'm looking
at this little hole.

It's just kind of like, on top
of that silky stuff, you know.

Holy.

I see some big old chunks.

Yeah.

Yeah. That's good stuff.

Just across the ice...

Hey, Vernon.

Yeah. It's big. But it's
not as big as you, Larry.

After a rocky start,

Vernon's team is
rockin' and rollin'.

All right. Let me see that...

Golden rainbow underneath it.

Whoo.

Stay on it.

And now, a last-minute
victory could be in sight.

Yeah. Here we are end of season,

and we got a good hot hole,

and we moved quite a bit
more material with two divers.

But, Scott cut out.
His harness got cut.

I got one other harness
and it's like, a large harness.

Actually, it's extra-large.

So when Larry comes up,
we'll send Leonard down.

He'll mop everything up.

Get all the gold, but we'll
do it one diver at a time.

Okay.

I'm gonna go ahead
and come on up.

I'm gonna leave the nozzle here.

We might not have gotten
two divers down at once,

but Larry made up...
More than made up for it.

There's gold in that box.

Hot water was working.
The air was working.

And I'm seeing gold.

Started... came into
a line on that one.

And we just knocked it out.

- Well, that's a good thing.
- Yes, it is.

We thought we were down
to one diver for the day,

but Leonard fits perfectly
into that back-up harness.

So we're gonna
get him down there.

And I call him the
Mike Tyson of diving.

But his first time under the
ice, he almost got knocked out.

He got caught in
a bunch of lines

and we had to pull
him up to safety.

Hold, hold, hold. Hold
on. Get him up. Get him up.

Get him up.

Hopefully, he isn't g*n-shy,

because he's gonna be our
last batter at the plate this season.

Figure it's gonna
be the last dive.

Put some gold in the box.

All right.

- Okay, Leonard, you hear me?
- Yes.

Pay attention to your umbilical.

Make sure it
doesn't get twisted,

or caught up on
the hose or rocks.

Okay.

He's doing well. He's
down there. He's...

Taking suction. Hopefully
there's some gold in it.

A pay layer? Okay.

That sounds good.

All right. Well, that's the way
we want it. Make the season.

It's been a slow roll out,

and a couple of bad holes
and some bad weather.

But, maybe this hole
will make up for it.



Everything's up and running?

Back at it.

That's money, baby.

That is. That's money.

As the book is nearly
closed on winter,

kris Kelly has the
crawler back in business.

I had a really bad day.

I came really close
to losing my air supply,

and being pinned
underneath the water.

Even though nobody believes me.

And I don't give a.

You know what?

That was a close
call with my airline.

No matter what Andy says.

I mean, the thing
weighs two tons

and you're running
over rubber hoses.

Screw him. I don't care.

The most important thing is,

we got the crawler back down
there and we're running material.

Idle up.

We're seeing gold in the mats.

Suction's really good. Lots of
material. Lots of big boulders.

And we're lucky.

You know, like,
we, for some reason,

land on gold for no...

And Andy's one lucky son of a.

It's probably
his only real gift.

That's what I'm
talking about, baby.

Everything's actually great.

And I swear to
god as my witness.

Strike me dead if I'm lying.

It's gonna get a lot
better right now, from this

magical point on.

What the is going on?

Something's wrong.

And the problem is,
I got no suction hose.

There's my coupler.

There's no hose.

You know what? I just can't win.

This is gonna shock people.

But one of the most
important things

to get gold off the sea
floor is the suction hose.

The gold won't
magically float up,

or jump off the
floor of the ocean,

like a magical jumping bean.

You need a hose.

And now suddenly,
we don't have one.

Once again, we have my
brother to thank for this.

The truth is,

if you were looking at the back
of the camera occasionally...

- Okay. You can go.
- You can plug it in, every now and then.

Watch the front camera.
Yeah, like that ain't got more?

I know. But you look like every
hour and every half an hour,

you could plug the other one in,

it's like, everything's
cool here.

Idle down the hydraulics.

Andy just us, hard.

That's gonna be a to fix.

We might as well
just call it a season.

'Cause, you know,
like, this is a joke.

That storm's coming.

We don't have enough
time to do a fix like this.

Not even close.

I would say, this is not the
way I wanted to end this season.

But hopefully, Andy's
psycho-aggressive style

has netted us some gold.

'Cause whatever we
got in the box right now,

is what we got for the season.

Well, it started off like it
was gonna be a good day.

It's definitely not turning
out to be a good day.

All right, Leonard. This is
the final dive of the season.

Diver Leonard lowens
finishes his fourth hour

muscling up gold in the waning
moments of winter mining.

All right, Leonard.

He's coming up. He's coming up.

Well, it wasn't
two divers at once,

but it was the next best thing.

Two divers separately getting
a lot of hours on the box.

I doubt if they're gonna
pull in 150 ounces,

but I'm glad we had a
successful dive for once.

That was a good dive.

Yep.

Come on up.

Great dive.

I'm not trying to be a
bitter sourpuss right now,

but I'm not exactly celebrating.

I mean, let's be honest.

This season was an
absolute ball buster.

No disrespect or anything,

and I'm not talking about you,

but I'm disgusted
with this season.

But even now, once we
finally got things working,

- now it's over.
- Season's over.

We got little bit
of gold in this.

We'll put it on the
scales and we'll see.

We'll just bag it, tag
it, take it to the house.

It is what it is.

I'll take my licks
and keep on ticking.

As Vernon packs it in...

This to me is like,
pleasure town, man.

This is good, clean fun.

And I'm seeing a lot
of nice chunky pieces.

The gold train keeps
chugging for team tenhoff.

There's still probably a
lot of good stuff to the west.

We're gonna have to get
around to it at some point.

But, gold on that whole bench.

So, I mean, can't ask
for much more than that.

This is the kind of material you could
just put your hand down and work.

You've been down about
four hours at this point.

This hole's really good.

Whoo!

You always wanna finish strong
and that's what we're doing.

I had a strong dive and
Nate absolutely k*lled it.

Pop down there, put a herd
on this ground we've got.

Got some good ground, so
I'm excited to see some gold.

And now it's time for
Sam to mop up what's left.

We're ploughing through
our gold. That's for sure.

All right.

Yeah, pretty much there.

And then you can see
it follow towards this,

where it meets the sand
and there's that big wide strip.

Hell yeah!

Whoo!

Any luck of finding
where it's at in the hose?

Rock jam.

That's a bummer for sure.

But honestly, if
it's gonna happen,

it might as well be in the
last hour or two of the season,

after you've been
crushing it all day.

Don't wear yourself
out if you can't find it.

Usually we'd pull the hose
out and try to find the rock,

and then pull the rock out.

But we basically
got no time left.

And we've already
had an amazing day.

I'm cool calling
it for the season.

And I think it's beer-thirty.

Hell yeah. Whoo.

I was working a little bit. Man,
there's so much gold down there,

it's awesome.

This is all working great.

Like, I'm so happy with what
we were able to do this year.

I want to do it again.



Are you seeing gold?

After a season of
struggles, Jane and the team

just might be ending with a bang

as their last day
might be their best.

You're at three hours right now.

Okay.

Wow, Jeff had a
trouble-free awesome dive.

I'm kind of in a state of shock.

After this, maybe
we'll get Eddie down

and then maybe
lightning will strike twice.

I guess it took to
the very last day

for us to get our crap together.

Yeah, let's check out the box.

Well, that's.

Yeah. I don't know how.

Unreal.

One of the screens
that separates the gold

from the other
material popped out.

So now it's at the bottom of
the Bering sea somewhere.

Along with half the gold

from the last three
hours that was on it.

Seriously, all the way
down to the last day,

we are still a hot mess.

That's irritating.

What a bummer.

Just sucks losing the screen.
Like, that's a lot of material

that just got taken
out of the box.

It just bums me out,
because, you know,

blow out $4,000 or
$5,000 in 20 minutes.

Probably more than that, yeah.

That's what I'm saying.

Do we want to just
try and get the screen

back in the box and run more?

I think the odds of finding
that screen right now

- are going to be like slim to none.
- Low.

I just don't even have
access to any more screens.

And so it doesn't make sense

to do a dive if we don't
have a back screen.

We can't get it back.
So do we just wrap it up?

We might as well
just... Just wrap it up.

What an embarrassing,
crappy way to end the season.

But it's par for the
course this winter.

I guess I'd be kidding myself

if I expected
anything different.

That's sad, man. That
makes me really upset.

We'll just clean the box,
and we'll call it a season.

Well, that's it,
guys. Our last hole.

The start of the season,
I was damned near dead.

I hung in there, and these
guys hung in there too.

We got some gold, and,

we finally got hot water, air.

But by the time we
worked out the problems,

we were on the last hole.

It was not the season
he had hoped for.

But at least Vernon
adkison is ending

with a little something
on the scale.

Nice little pile there.

Weigh it up and see
what it came out to.

We did not go quietly.

We had two good
divers to end it,

and hopefully there's some
good numbers coming our way.

God knows we could use it.

Every speck is
welcome at this point.

All right.

Okay, there's one,
two, three, four.

Four point six nine.

All right. Pretty damn sweet.


worth nearly $9,000,

bringing the surly
captain's season total

to 17.87 ounces,
ringing in at $34,000.

Now it's over, and at
least we got some gold.

It's not the first
disappointing season I've had,

but hopefully it'll be the last.

All we can do is lick our wounds

and get ready for a
big summer campaign,

because we're going
to need to crush it

to make up for this winter.

Some years it just feels like

I'm banging my
head against the wall,

and other years I hit.

I would like to get on
a continuous streak

of hitting like every year,

but that day has
not come quite yet.

Anyway, that's the
name of that tune.

Back on the ice.

After losing one
of their screens,

Jane and the team are trying
to turn lemons into lemonade,

searching for every
speck of gold they can find.

Losing the screen,
we lost 40% of our box,

so it is what it is.

- I hope so.
- Finish strong.

It's not easy, but right now

we have to de-box
half full people,

instead of UN-box
half empty people.

I mean, look, Jeff
had a good dive,

so maybe there's still a
big number on the scale.

I can only hope at this point.

I see gold, Eddie.

Yeah.

There we go. Look at that.

- I like it.
- Yeah.

Wow.

Nice pile.

Sexy.

We're finally seeing some
good gold come through.

So hopefully we're going to
end this season on a high note,

like one of Emily's high
notes. She's a soprano.

And not a trombone.

Is that the sound
a trombone makes?

Okay, moment of truth.

One ounce, two
ounces, three ounces.

Show me five.

- Showing you five ounces.
- Whoo!

Six point one six.

Wow.


just shy of $12,000.

Sweet.

- It's the season, so...
- I'll take it.

Bringing the team's
season haul to 11.12 ounces

worth just over 21,000 bucks.

Pretty good for a
brand-new operation.

- And a rookie diver.
- New diver.

First ice mining season
for Jane, you know?

- Yeah.
- I learned a lot.

We did not get rich, and
we did not reach our goal.

We even lost gold in the end.

Like, who loses gold?

We do.

But I see this as the
first year of a new startup.

And we definitely came
a long way in the end.

I just hope Emily
sees it that way

when I give her the final stats.

So, end of season, everybody's
happy, everybody wins?

Yeah.

I can't wait to do it again.

Whoo!

Okay, sorry.

The riedel camp may
have called it a season,

but two teams are
still working away.

All right!

Yeah!

Whoo-hoo!

Gold's flowing like a fine wine.

Shawn pomrenke is
ending his season in style.

Booyah!

Keep sending it into the box.

Nice pieces of gold coming
up the hose right now.

Go on up the hose.

Let's go.

Nice, coarse-looking gold.

Is this going to make for
a strong finish to the year?

I think we're going to
finish strong, buddy.

Booyah.

How many hours is that, boys?

You're at about five
hours now, Shawn.

Whoo!

I got this hole finished up.

I'm going to get outta here.

That's a wrap.

Strong finish for the year here.

Wow, talk about a comeback.

I wish the whole day
could have been that good.

Hell, I wish the whole season
could have been that good.

But I'll take it.

Hell, yeah, I'll take it.

We got about 20,000
pounds worth of gear

out here on the ice

that we're going to get the
hell off before we go through.

Look at it, it's all rotten.

Water on top of the ice.

I'm pretty sure we
blew past our goal.

But the question
is, by how much?

Yeah!

Whoo!

As Shawn pomrenke
takes the gravy train home

eight miles east.

Chris mccully's been
living on wall street,

and now he's cashing out
on his final dive of the season.

I hear you.

Yeah, that'll be nice.

Start the summer
season off good right here.

Whoo-hoo!

Now pull your umbilical out.

Booyah!

Well, what can I say?

I couldn't have asked
for more this season.

And to end like
this, on gold that hot,

I really wanted to make a
big statement this winter,

and we more than did that.

I can't wait to see
that gold on a scale.

Not bad for my last dive.

Look at this. k*lled it.

Gotta be 20 ounces in there.

After we clean this box,
that will seal the deal.

Heck, yeah.

Whoo. Yeah.

That's it. That's all she wrote.

We're done!

And now, another episode
of "social hour with Vernon".

Sometimes I just
have to cheer myself up

and check the social media.

The thing about it is,

I don't lose that much
gold every season.

I lose gold some season,
and I make gold some season.

But this season, I gotta
own it. It was a bust.

I didn't get nearly the gold

it would take to
cover my expenses.

I had health problems.

I need to talk to the heart
doctor is what I need to do.

But damn it, I showed up the day

after I got out of the hospital,

and I've been here ever
since, plugging away.

I had enough in reserve
to keep me in the game,

and I remain optimistic

that the day will
come when I hit.

And I'm not quitting.

That's the main
thing in the gold game

and the game of life.

If you quit, you don't win.

This has been another episode of

I'll be here every damn
season that rolls around

until they roll me into
that hole in the ground,

or more preferably,
I'd prefer to go

to Davy Jones' locker,
if you don't mind.

Just roll me off
the side of the boat,

put a couple of shackles
around my ankles,

and call it good.

But in the meantime, as long
as I can keep coming back,

I'll keep coming back.

We'll see how it
plays out, stay tuned.

This has been another episode
of "social hour with Vernon".

We're pannin', see!

There's gold in
these hills, boys.

There's gold.

We struck gold.

The tenhoff g*ng
is ready for their

final clean-out of winter.

Last pan of the season.

I'm feeling good, and it's
been a great day under the ice.

I feel like hitting
our 25-ounce goal

is totally within reach.

I'm loving the way
we're ending this season.

What do we got here?

Boom, there's an ounce.

Two ounces, yep.

Four.

Fiver, dude.

Six? Hell yeah.

Dude, we're gonna
breach eight. Watch this.

Dude!

Dude, that's a pleasant
surprise right there.

Almost ten, almost ten ounces.

That was a good haul.


worth over $18,000,

bringing the mad
genius' winter haul

to an impressive 31.2 ounces

and banking a
very cool 59 grand.

I haven't filled one of these up

in a season yet, but I will.

This summer.

I mean, this is like


Probably worth like, I
mean, approaching $60,000.

What a season. I love the setup.

We had a great team,

and we even ended with
our best one-day total,

in god knows how long.

I'm really happy with
how everything went,

and it's got me really
primed and motivated

for heading into this
next summer season.

I'm happy with where we're at.

I'm really, I'm like,

feeling waves of
relief now that like,

we're pulling all
our stuff off the ice.

I'm so happy with what
we're able to do this year.

Right now we're going
into the first cleanup

from the ice pool.

Kris Kelly's last clean out
of winter is also his first,

as the captain hopes to prove

the merit of his
beloved crawler.

And I'm hoping, praying,
to see 10 ounces.

Ten ounces would be nice, dude.

That's what I need.

That would be...
That's necessary.

So we started the season
with 75 ounces as our goal.

Audible to 20, now we're
adjusting again to 10.

Look, I just need
something to give me hope

that moving forward,

the crawler is the
future of reaper nation.

And now that we've
gotten the kinks out,

big times are ahead.

Huge, in fact.

Okay, that's it.

Jesus.

It really doesn't even
look like five ounces.

Okay, well, whatever
we got, we got it.

Man.

So we got four ounces.

Four ounces.

So that's terrible.




The entire season.

Well, you know, let's
not cry over spilled gold.

You know, this total right
now may seem pathetic.

And it is, I admit that.

But I'm writing this season off

as research and development.

Okay, we're ready to go.

And now that we got this crawler

firing on all four cylinders,

I think sky's the limit.

In fact, this summer
season coming up

could be our best season ever.

Let's just push forward

and hopefully just
goes better for me.

And between my
crawler, the mistress

and all the other
things I got planned,

no one's going to
have a better plan

than I am this year.

Trust me.

I know I always say it,

but next year will be better.

A lot better.

Meanwhile,


in homer, Alaska.

Emily.

Hey.

My goodness.

Hey, welcome back.

Welcome back to civilization.

Well, almost civilization.

This is Evelyn.

Evelyn Isobel, we decided.

No way. I love it.

With her first ice
season under her belt,

Jane kilcher checks
in on another first,

the first baby in the
Emily riedel household.

I mean...

It's definitely not something
I want to do every weekend.

It was a very intense season.

After all that stress,

it's really nice
to see my friend.

And it's just really nice

to be away from
all that insanity.

And see the baby.

'Cause it's the cutest thing.

Cute little booties.

Those are awesome.

Check those out.

I'm still going to
have to give her

an end of season
report, which is not great.

We got 6.1 ounces as our last,
um, clean out and weigh out.

But that sluice box, the
engine is so powerful.

It blew out the back
screen completely,

like into the ocean.

No, I probably didn't
lose that much gold.

- That's been my fear this whole season.
- I know.

Well, this sluice box
made us lose all the gold.

We were on really good gold,

but this sluice box
made us lose it all.

I've heard that one before.

I know Jane's disappointed that

she didn't make
more gold for the team,

but I mean, this is her
first time ice mining.

Like just a little
bit is a miracle.

Ice mining seems so simple,

but it's so much harder
than anyone realizes.

Most people strike out,
but the fact that Jane didn't

just shows how
badass she really is.

And, I hope she
sticks with the team.

Summer's our time to make money.

Alex and I, we're heading
up in a couple of months,

so we're starting the
summer pretty broke,

but, um, we know where
there's some good gold.

Hey, if you want
to come up again,

we'd love to have you.

I will help.

I'm thrilled that
Emily still wants me

to stay with her crew,

and honestly, I cannot
wait for summer.

That's the time when
we make a profit.

I think you will, because
we left a lot of gold for you.

I know, I know.

Apparently you blasted
it right out of the box.

So we just got to go
look for Jeff's tailings

and we'll be good to go.

And now it's time to
test your brain muscles

on the bsg final exam.

This winter, how many times

did someone on the tenhoff crew

almost meet their maker?

What was that?

How many times this season

did Jane get into a
screaming match?

I have an issue with you

because you don't know
what the is going on.

I don't say that I do.

Everyone knows that
I'm very new to all of this.

That's the agreement.

All right. Chill.

How many times was
Vernon forced to lie down?

I got to go sit down.

My heart is up again.

Here it goes again.

I'm about ready to pass out.

And how many times did any
crew member toss their cookies?

Hey, you're not supposed
to swallow the gasoline.

You know that, right?

Thanks for playing, everyone.

There will be no prizes.
See you next time.

The fight on the
b*ttlefield is complete.

And now it's time for each
soldier to fire their last shot

and determine a winner
in the great duel of nome.

Damn, that was a nice hole.

Rich looking dirt. Hard earned.

Especially as it came
from that one hole mostly.

Well, it was all that one hole.

I know we crushed it, but the
only question is by how much?

Nice little pile.

And then hopefully we'll have

more than anybody
else in the fleet,

including Chris mccully.

h*-h*-h*. That's a heavy one.

Yeah, man, it looks good.

- Real good.
- Looks good, boys.

Let's see.

- Three, seven, - 10, 15, 22...
- What?



- 41.75.
- Hell, yeah!

Yeah.

- Good job, fellas.
- Yeah. Suck it up.

Forty-one, seven, five.

Nice hole.

That's what we're looking
for. That's why we moved.


rings in at $79,000,

bringing Mr. Gold's season total

to an impressive 140
ounces worth over $265,000.

Could have been better.

Never enough.

I mean, come on, that's
just a huge number.

And a monster
haul on the season.

I'm not gonna say
it's a done deal,

but with a total like that,

I'm feeling pretty confident
that we're untouchable.

Never enough.

But it certainly
could have been less.

- Yeah, it could've been less.
- Yep.

But across town...

This is it. Best
cleanup of the year.

Look at that.

Wow, Chris.

That's a lot of gold.

It's the young g*n's
turn at the scale.

Yeah.

That's insane, dude.

We're gonna throw it
in the pot and dry it out.

Put it on the scale.

So it all comes down to this.

Final number.

Question is, how high can
we go past 100 ounces?

And are we gonna have
the most gold of anyone?

I don't know.

But the way it's looking,

there's a lot of
gold over there.

This might be the
biggest haul yet.

Looking good.

The pot sounds really good.

That's the best
sound right there.

Ready to weigh it out.

Okay, we're gonna go by grams.

Here we go.

So there's 100, 200,







My scale only goes
up to 1,000 grams.

Are we gonna tip it?

Yeah, it's okay.



So put this aside.

And we still have
more left in the pot.

We got another 238.

That's a total of 1,140 grams.

That's 36 ounces.

- Whoo-hoo!
- Yeah.

Good job.

Wow, dude.

I'm a little shaky, but...

Good feeling.


in at over $68,000,

raising Chris's mammoth
season total to 148 ounces

worth a hefty $281,000.

- Wow.
- Damn, dude.

Easily blowing past
his 100-ounce goal

and surpassing every
other member of the fleet

for the season, even
Shawn pomrenke.

Good job, guys.

Thank you, thank you, guys.

Good job.

Good feeling, dude. k*lled it.

Wow.

What a feeling.

So I had high hopes
for this season,

and we have accomplished
them and more.

I'm so proud of the
job that we've done,

and there's no doubt
that this guy right here

is the top player in town.

So, nome, better watch out.

Yeah, dude, let's
get you guys paid?

Yeah, dude.

Feels so good to get paid, man.

- Vacation time.
- Vacation.

Dude, I'm happy, man.

Dude, we k*lled it.

In a stunning upset,

the newest member of
the fleet, Chris mccully,

edges out Mr. Gold,
Shawn pomrenke,

for top spot of the season.

This summer...

All right, you saw belly
son of, let's go mining.

Every morning, what are
you gonna look for? Gold!

We're gonna keep
that gold rolling in.

Revolution is in the air.

I love this crane. It
makes more possible.

Ooh, we're like
clockwork out here.

Okay. Now you can go.

It's gold time.

Whoo!

This dredge is a 14-inch suction
dredge, a custom made suction dredge.

It is the most
powerful ever made.

We basically use the gantry to
lower everything into the water.

You can process more yardage
per hour than Christine Rose can.

- So this is it?
- Yeah.

Looks like Frankenstein.

Gonna use that boat
to launch my crawler.

We're gonna go to a depth
where nobody can dive at.

I know there's a bunch of untouched
gold sitting there and I'm going to get it.

We're gonna get chunks
of gold that big this year.

This is the future of mining.

A lot of people around
here call it the short bus,

because it's got
a short bus on it.

The lights flash.

This chair was
designed for my a*s.

What?

I'll make a thousand
ounces for the year.

It's like 1.8 million dollars.

But every revolution...
Half of that is mine!

Private money that
I... I'll see you in court.

Has its battles.

Doesn't wanna turn. Dammit.

Stop! Stop!

Hey!

And nothing in nome...

We got a big blow coming in.

Hurricane force winds.

Will ever be the same.

No one in the gold mining fleet has
ever experienced a storm like this.

We're gonna have to evacuate.

We're sinking.

I'm not leaving without my gold!

I could lose every boat I own.

Man!

This thing could explode.

- Move back!
- He's trying to get us out.

So let's move back.

This is crazy.

Everybody's screwed.