19x02 - Wheelhouse Bound

[bunniefuu]

Can you believe that?

We haven't even been
out here for two weeks,

someone's already
messing with our gear.

Going over!

I mean, we'll just
keep watch, you know.

Obviously somebody's got a lot of guts
to pull your gear, that's pretty ballsy.

Yeah. Yeah, well,
they're pretty ballsy.

We just gotta keep an eye out, like you're
saying, and, you know, take it from there.

Roger, roger.

We got your back.
We'll keep out eyes open.

Bye.

There's a couple of sneaky
figures we've seen running around.

And I wanna get this crab
in my tanks, for myself...

Going over.

And that's just the bottom line.

I've been dealing with these
trawlers all my frickin' career.

I haven't seen 'em
for 12 hours or so now.

Hope I stopped 'em.

Scared 'em at least.

I'm here to fish, you know.
I'm not here to play games.

- Going over.
- Whoa.

Gotta stand our ground and
fight for what's ours in our own backyard.

Anytime you find the crab you're gonna
find that ill*gal fisherman are close by.

Set this right now.
We're setting him down.

You just cost me
4,000 bucks, a*s!

Quit worrying about hashbrowns,
and catch some crab.

I played you like a fiddle, boy.

Do they know
how much time is left?

On the eastern bairdi grounds...

We got a lot of gear. And a lot
of gear covering a lot of ground.

aboard the Wizard.

I love fishing.

Before fishing, I was
actually homeless,

living in the back of my
Chevy S10 going to school.

Since fishing, I've just learned to
really appreciate having responsibilities

and having a family, having a
crew, having a place to belong.

It's been a good
learning lesson, for sure.

I think maybe I can learn a little bit
from Keith before I take on my own boat.

All right, guys,
let's haul these pots fast.

Slurp or two, okay?

So be aware of that at the rail.

Whoo! Bairdi 2022.

It's nice to see the
crew getting pumped up.

Couple of days of bad fishing to
start the season is not good for morale.

Three days after tangling gear

with a suspected ill*gal vessel

on the northern Bering
Sea fishing grounds...

We're got b*ll*ts up forward
to set once we find some crab.

And we will find some crab.

Captain Keith Colburn rallies his
troops 60 miles south of the encounter,

prospecting for his $500,000
of prized eastern bairdi crab.

Come on, show me something.

Give me a 50 count.

Come on, crab.

Oh.

Waah, waah, waah.

I can't afford that.

I'm hoping it's gonna get
better as we get into this string.

Ooh.

No table.

Goose egg. Zero crab, zero grab.

We're gonna go set
these a little bit deeper,

see if we get a
little better number.

Roger.

Going over.

Nothing yet.

Captain can't be happy.

Hey, hustle, hustle.

Watch yourself.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Jacob, get outta there!
Get outta there now!

Y'all good? All good?

Yeah, roger.

Now we're gonna
have a conversation with Jacob

about staying the away
from the damn coiler

when that going over the side.

As the crew hauls in a
pot, the line slips from the block.

Hey, hustle, hustle.

Newcomer, Jacob Hutchins,

steps forward into what
fisherman call the bite.

A pinch point only
inches from rope

connected to 1,000
pounds of sinking steel.

Instinct took over,
I wanted to jump in.

Roger already had it handled.

Keith let me know to
stay back. All is good.

What Jacob just did
was put not only himself,

but some of my crew in a position
to where I might lose a man.

- Regardless of years, you're just there for support.
- 'Kay.

Okay. Thank you.

Sorry for getting in your way.

Even though he's got multiple
fisheries, apparently, that he's been in

I'm seeing gaping
holes in his knowledge.

Listen, clear the deck.
And everybody come on in.

Roger.

I gotta go have a
talk to these guys real quick.

So I'm unimpressed

with how you responded
to that snarl just now.

You drove right into while these
guys are trying to deal with it.

These guys will explain
what you do, but...

that's not what a
experienced man does.

Roger.

I like Jacob's
energy and he wants to learn.

I'll teach him anything
he wants to know.

But he's gonna
learn the Wizard way

or he's gonna learn how
to pack his bags real fast.

56-miles, southwest...

Whoo!

aboard
the Barbara J.

. Did you
lifted the waves?

Give me a break.

We're on the
furthest west string.

And our deepest too, 53-fathoms.

Looking like a softer bottom.

Been quite a bit
of boat activity

when we thought we
were the only ones up here.

After planting 1-ton boulder
next to their vulnerable end pots,

a move designed to damage
the nets of encroaching trawlers,

rookie-Captain, Jack Bunnell and
veteran-Skipper, Steven Harley Davidson

look to see if they've laid
the cornerstones of a jackpot.

If you can pull something outta
this, buddy, then we're on 'em.

Jackpot, baby. Whoo!

First string that we set
had over a crab an hour,

so we're hoping this
one's the same thing.

Right now, I got a feeling we're
gonna be on some money here.

All right, there
comes the first one.

Oh.

Almost nothing.

Oh, man.

- That's not a very good pot there.
- Oh, God.

That only looks like about...

ten crab on the table.

Wow, all right.

Well, that's just the first
pot, let's get to the next one.

No good.

We have two keepers too.

- Yeah, baby.
- Water haul.

This is not what we
were looking for at all.

Where ya gonna find some?

There we are.

There's the Saga down there.

No, don't get bothered.

I I wanna
find out what he knows.

I don't think Jake's
gonna wanna work with me.

Yeah, that's right,
you guys had a run in.

Yeah, after he fired me.

Ow!!

Jack, are you okay?

Yeah, I'll be honest.

After Saga's
skipper, Jake Anderson,

hired then engineer,
Jack Bunnell.

Takes a lot more than 1,000
pound pot to put me down.

What are we getting fired, Jake?

You disobeyed a direct order.

What was the direct order?

The fiery deckhand
used his exit interview

for some constructive criticism.

You're the worst skipper
I've ever seen in my life, Jake.

Thank you.

Get him outta here.

Now, having climbed
his way into the wheelhouse,

Jack targets 60,000 pounds
of family owned crab quota.

Big.

You know, what Jake
don't know don't hurt him.

Just be quiet when
I'm talking to him.

Whoo!

That's a good one.
That is a real good one.

That's some
big daddy fish. Whoo!

Hey, ya Saga, how
about, Jake? Ya on here?

Hey, Harley. How's it going?

You're fishing bairdi, right?

Yeah. Yeah, I just, uh, I'm just
heading now to... I seen ya over there.

I'm just curious
if you're seeing

any kind of a activity with
some bairdi around here.

I'm little bit concerned about sharing
information 'cause you got Jack onboard.

I just... I can't work with him.

I'm little bit concerned about sharing
information 'cause you got Jack onboard.

I really respect you and the fact
that you've given him an opportunity.

But I just... I can't
work with him.

Yeah, he's on the boat,
but he ain't up here, Jake.

He's frickin' down
there chopping bait.

- Jack's on deck?
- Oh, yeah.

All right, well,
here's the lowdown.

Fishing's hot.

Big fish, lots of
fish, lots of tanneri

and the 250 range, I
couldn't get away from 'em.

That's interesting. All
right, well, thanks, Jake.

Yeah, roger.

I don't mind giving
out information,

but...

I did a lot for Jack.

I gave him an opportunity
that nobody gave me.

And he all over me and
then wanted to beat me up for it.

I hope I don't regret
giving that information out.

Tanneri, they're
deep water bairdi crab,

but they're the same family.

He's seeing 'em right in there.

I'm just gonna come
right inside here

and get in that blue
and that green there.

And go see what
the hell's up there.

530-miles, northwest...

Uh, can hear it straining.

aboard
the Northwestern.

Big one in
there. They're crawling.

- Yeah!
- We have a quota!

I can see 'em.

Yeah, buddy.

What's it look like? Those big?

- It's big.
- How big?

How many you think?

We need a few more of
those and that'll fill that tank.

After chasing an
unidentified trawler from the grounds,

Captain Sig Hansen and
Co-Captain and daughter, Mandy,

haul gear south of
the Russian boarder.

With each pot clearing the
rail averaging 1,600 bucks.

Jonathan had a pot that had
the door ties were different,

so somebody's
been poking around.

- Oh, yeah.
- Let's go!

Loaded!

Maybe whoever's monkeying around

might kinda take the
hint and get outta here.

Oh, yeah.

Looks good.
What'd you think?

Eighteen, 19?

Yeah, buddy.

Set it!

Going over.

Pot's in. Let's go, let's go.

Hello?

You don't sound
good. What's wrong?

She's not eating
and, um, it's not good.

Okay, all right.

I gotta think about this.

You know?

Okay. All right,
thanks, sweetie.

All right, now, Mom's doing
bad, it's gotten even worse.

My mother's not doing well.

She's had, uh, it's what's
called Lewy dementia.

And she's been very
coherent, but lately it's been...

been getting worse.

Ready.

You know, I didn't say
"I love you" when I left.

And I didn't say it because I felt like
if I said that to her in that moment...

253.

She would know that
something was up.

Not quite sure how I'm gonna
break the news to the guys.

Especially my brother,

you know, that's not something,

you know, anybody
should have to...

think about while
they're working on deck.

Let's just finish these pots and then we'll
figure out what the hell we're gonna do.

570-miles, southeast...

aboard the Wizard.

We will find crab.

And when we do

will have to concentrate our
gear on where the best fishing is.

Going over.

'Cause we know

where there's no fishing.

But right now, we've gotta
add a shot to every pot,

so there's little
extra work there.

Captain Keith pushes
his crew into their 19th straight hour,

adding 200-feet
of line to every pot.

Here we go.

Let's see what we got here now.

Get some, baby.

All right.

Nothing.

None at all.

None.

God.

What is this?

Not good.

All right, go ahead.

Like that.

Moron.

Yeah, we don't...

they come untied.

Roger.

A poorly taped knot can
unravel under the 1,000 pound load,

stranding $2,000 pots and their
c*ptive crustaceans on the ocean floor.

Can you say
"clear" for them, Jacob?

I told you where
to tape 'em, right?

So I just always measure right to the
same spot on my arm every single time.

And when you measure it the
same exact way every single time

you wind up with the same tail.

- Going over.
- Yep, clear.

I'm not perfect, but I
know my favorite bend knot.

You can blame me, that's fine.

All right, guys, that's
probably 2-miles or so.

You know, we got breakfast
and a little more down time.

Yeah.

Cody, you cooked
those hashbrowns yet?

No, I just started 'em. I
didn't know he wanted me to.

All right.

Quit worrying about hashbrowns
and catch some crab.

Jesus.

- Bad idea, bro.
- Rude.

Bad idea.

God, I hate teaching people

how to do this job.

You, don't ever
hang up on me on the phone.

And number two, don't tell
me the to catch crab.

You do your job
and that's what you do.

And you keep your
mouth shut. Got it?

Got it!

Hey!

Don't say it with any attitude.

Say, "Yes, sir."

- Yes, sir.
- "Captain."

Thank you.

Last thing I need right now
is this bull-with Jacob.

The with this
kid's attitude, man?

545 miles
northwest of Dutch Harbor...

on the golden
king crab grounds...

I'm always the one who preaches,

"Don't let the baggage
at home affect your work."

But, uh...

she's not eating.

I don't think that
my dad's told Norman yet...

the extent of their
mom's situation right now.

He'll probably try to
hold that off until he gets

a real game plan.

It's not fair to give someone
bad news out at sea

when you really can't
do anything about it.

Aboard the Northwestern...

I see some!

Some king in?

Yeah, buddy!

Nice!

Hello?

Oh, hey Sig.

What's wrong?

So, she's in hospice.

It could be hours, nobody knows.

Okay, I'll, uh...

I'll get this thing
turned around.

We're gonna head in.

Maybe, you know,

you guys will be lucky and
make it before, you know...

I'll... I'll connect
with you, uh...

when we're on our way in, okay?

Okay. Okay,
talk to you soon.

That's bad.

Well, that's...
that's it. Probably.

That's really hard
getting the news out here.

I didn't want to end
the season on a note like this,

but, uh... we're not
talking days anymore.

We're down to hours.

I gotta let my brother know.

Hey, Norm?

Clark, do you wanna
come up here for a second?

- Roger!
- Okay.

Well, what's up is...

a phone call I just got.

From Mom, and she's
not doing good at all.

And so, with that
being said, uh...

I mean, I know I
wanna get out of here.

I'm sure you do too.

So...

You agree with that?

Um...

It's not the golden crab
season we wanted, but...

she's withering away.

Okay.

And if we're lucky, we can
see her before she goes.

But, uh, I can't guarantee that.

All right, let's get the gear
onboard so we can get home.

Right now, we're hauling
gear for a different purpose.

It is literally just
to try to get down

before she goes.

That's... It's...

It's happening.

I'd like to see
her one last time.

530 miles southeast...

on the Barbara J.

Saga, he's right in here.

I gotta come and check with him.

Hey, hey. You pick me
up on this one, Jake?

Yeah, roger.

Yeah, I'm just making sure.

You said right above
that 12 line, right?

That's where... That's where
you saw the Tanner, right?

Yeah.

Roger.

I got you.

You can keep it about 83,000,

right above that shelf.

Yeah, that's
where I would do it.

Roger.

All right, bud. Thanks.

Okay, let's let this one go.

Going over!

After stacking
and moving all 125 pots

to the westernmost
edge of the grounds...

We gotta take anything
we can get right now.

Co-captains Harley and Jack

bet a tip from Captain
Jake Anderson

will put them on track to catch
their $700,000 fall season take.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Do or die, get 'em!

Whoo!

All right, let's come
and check this out, I'll show ya.

Just keep it right
straight in this course,

and right on that edge.

- You got it.
- Yeah, right on.

Hey, Harley.

I still don't understand why you
bring that guy in your wheelhouse.

He seems to be...

a liability.

You know, Jack...

you know, it seemed
like he had a lot of potential,

but I think you're
making a mistake.

He called me a terrible captain

when he's the one getting drunk.

And I had 100,000
pounds of king crab to get.

Honestly, I can't even
believe you hired the guy.

What, you're just on the radio
talking behind my back?

Real manly, Jake.

Why don't you go ahead and
say that to me when we're in town?

The only reason
why you're on that boat

is because of the
quota you have!

I've been in the wheelhouse
the whole time, Jake.

I played you like a fiddle, boy!

Came up here and Jake's
talking on the radio

as I'm taking the seat.

I don't wanna hear that.

It's ridiculous.

He fired me.

I don't need to work with him.

It's all reputation out
here in the Bering Sea.

And he took that away from me.

, rat b*stard!

! Come over
here and call me,

absorb me for information...

and put me in that position.

Now I need a new damn VHF.

, this.

Set this right now,
we're setting this down.

We're setting down
the Barbara J for good.

No fishing in our grounds.

Let's go!

That's it.

I'm gonna bury his gear so much

so his block won't
even be able to pull it.

We're gonna teach him a lesson.

350 miles northwest...

Right now...

Uh, we're trying to get
back to see my mother.

She does not have long to live.

Honestly, this is
a race to get in.

But, uh, with half
the gear on board,

I don't want to leave a couple
hundred thousand dollars

of pots right there, either.

Hillstrand.

All right!

Are you there?

Yeah, roger.

Jackpot!

Yeah!

Whoo!

So, just FYI, my mom's like...

not doing well.

Oh... Oh, I'm so sorry, brother.

Me and you lost our dad when...

I mean, mom's gonna be way...

that's a big one, ouch.

Sorry, brother.

Yeah.

So we decided to
cut the season short.

But, uh, if there is
somebody that comes in here,

especially if the guy that
checked your string comes in here,

I don't know...

if the gear's gonna be safe.

But maybe you can
take a whack at 'em.

Uh, is that possible?

Yeah,
roger that. Yeah.

See what happens here.

- Thank you.
- Okay, man.

Uh, spares to ya.

And I'll... I'll
see you in town.

So the guys on the Time
Bandit know what's going on.

Still gotta catch a flight.

And then you gotta catch another
flight from Anchorage to Seattle.

You know, just, uh...

hope and pray we get there.

Before it's too late, or at
least be able to say goodbye.

See what happens.

390 miles southeast...

And you don't find crab...

on the Wizard.

Without looking.

We're banking on the deep.

I'd like to think we get
something out of this.

We've put, like, virtually
nothing in these tanks right now.

Come on, show me something.

Show me something,
show me something.

Come on, crab!

Time for a comeback.

No!

We don't need this right now.

We need to find
something more substantial.

Damn, that's...

Pretty pitiful here.

I'm not seeing much.

This gear sucks.

Oh! You
want a break or what?

Yeah.

All right.

Get that started.

Oh!

Oh, man.

We went through this days ago.

Tape the nod up by tape,

and then the last when
the tail was too short or both.

We just lost a pot because
some of the guys tying the knots

left the tails too short, and...

Yeah, pot's gone.

Hey...

Jacob, I don't know what kind of
bull-knot you're tying.

What's going on?

You just cost me $4,000 a*s-!

Hey, Jacob!

I remember Dad was always gone,

so, you know, my
mother was left to raise us.

Because she was on her own...

she kind of had to push her
boys a little bit harder sometimes.

If you messed up, you knew it.

When I first started fishing,

I was like 12 years old.

She was very positive about it.

The old man was scared to death.

He didn't want me up here.

And so it was her that
basically pushed him...

to let me do
what I wanted to do.

So I suppose you could say,

she's waiting on the family
fisherman one last time.

I really hope and
pray she can hang on.

On the Wizard...

Hey, Jacob!

I am so tired of your bull-!

What did I do?

You just cost me a
damn crab pot!

How do you know that
was me who tied that knot?

- I know it's you!
- How do you know?

I haven't seen it in 15 years!

That's the first
time I've seen it too!

Oh, that's bull-!

I'm not trying
to be disrespectful.

There's a reason why you
haven't lasted on any boats!

Yeah, just maybe
go up and make bait.

We lost a pot.

Kind of a knot malfunction
or whatever, and...

I'm getting blamed for it.

That's fine.

I'll make bait.

Come on in. Gonna
take another break here.

Roger, copy.

When you're the
new guy on the boat...

you don't question the captain
that's been on the boat for 30 years.

You just do what he says.

Mmm-hmm.

It's fine.

I'm hoping and trying to...

be a valued member of this team.

It is what it is.

I'm not exactly sure
where we go next, but...

I'll succeed.

And I'll be a captain up here.

100 miles southwest...

- Coming up on the Tanner crab stream?
- Yeah.

Man, we're following
the lead to see.

on the Barbara J.

Okay, here it comes.
First one on the bow.

After feeding Saga skipper Jake

some alternative facts...

co-captains Harley and Jack

discover if the prize
is worth the lies.

We need a hit right now, dude.

We can find 'em
right here at this depth.

We can... We can
zero in on it and k*ll it.

It could be really good...

or really bad.

What do we got?

Oh, yeah!

Boom!

Whoo!

Look it's... hey!
That... That'll work!

Bam!

That's a good
four... 40-50 in that.

Yeah, keep 'em coming!

Yeah! Whoo!

What the hell is that
other buoy right next to it?

Tangle! We're...
We're tangled up!

Roger.

Oh, God.

Anytime you find the damn crab,

- you're gonna...
- find the damn

ill*gal fishermen
that are close by.

What's the fishing game
number on that other one?

Two...

Are you kidding me?
That's freakin' the Saga.

How about Jake, you
got me on this one?

And now you see where I'm at...

It... It tangled when
you're here, dude.

Yeah, well you can
thank your partner for that.

I blew up on him.

You know I don't
like being lied to.

No, no. I get it. Thanks, Jake.

Yup.

It sounds like it's time for you
to put those swords down, man.

You gotta have a short memory.

That's part of being a captain.

We just let that stuff go and
move forward, you know?

There you go Jack,
he's coming along.

You gotta have those skills if you're
gonna be a captain and sit in this chair.

Hey guys, we
gotta stack this stuff.

Roger.

We have too big of an
ocean to be fighting with people.

I can hear you, go ahead.

So is she...

she's gone?

Was she in pain?

All right, thank you for
that. Thank you very much.

Well, we just...

found out that my
mother passed away.

Uh, literally we
missed her by...

seven hours.

So, now we move
to the next phase.

Um, you know,
we have a funeral, uh...

We give our respects.

And, uh, we try to, uh...

you know, acknowledge
the person that she was.

And, uh...

I'll be very proud to do that.