19x04 - Bering Sea Superstition

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I know you're very ambitious,

and wanna get up here
in the chair,

and I really understand that
and I wanna make sure

that you learn everything
you possibly can, the right way.

- Does that make sense?
- Yeah.

I like that you're pushing me
out there to do every position.

I have to know what I'm doing in
each position before I can come up here

and tell people
what to do. Yeah.

Remember what it was that you
told me your dad used to tell you?

"Smooth seas don't
make good sailors."

Everybody wants
to be the rockstar.

Where's Kevin?

My God.

She's laying on the
floor in the fetal position.

My God!

Watch out!

Holy ! Are you okay?

Go out there and show
everybody what you can do.

Roger. A good attitude is
good fish. Thank you, boss.

470 miles northwest
of Dutch Harbor...

Let's get back out
on the gear here.

On the Time Bandit...

We had a lot of
crazy stuff happen.

Chases, fires, bandits. Not the
good kind of bandits like we are.

But, um, anyway,
we're gonna stay vigilant,

but right now, we need
to stay focused on fishing.

Two weeks into the fall season,

Captain Johnathan Hillstrand and brother
Andy approach the end of their 40 pot load,

eager to claim a piece of the $90
million golden king crab fishery.

We're gonna go to kick a*s
and take names, baby! Whoo!

Don't take it personal when
I say, like, stuff like that.

"Baby"...

you're in trouble now!

Staking her own claim, 28-year-old
greenhorn, former Dutch Harbor bartender,

Mckenzie Twyman.

I learnt how to change
a tampon, this morning

on a moving boat,
so that was fun.

I got bad period cramps.

And I'm just really bitchy,
so, that's not a super morning.

All right, guys, coming up.

God!

Whoo!

Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on, come on.

Time Bandit, baby!
Whoo! Right, Kenzie?

Oi-yoy-yoy-yoy-yoy.

Boo.

Where's all the crab at?

Three, brother.

Only three? Roger.

Stack it.

Okay!

Stack it.

Pull it back up and
see what we get.

Let's get something, baby!

Aah, not a lot.

I had high hopes for this but
it's not coming up too pretty.

Aw! Stack her!

What the!

Blanko stanko.

Blanko in the tanko.

Looks like Kenzie is
not feeling very good.

Putting the green in
the greenhorn here.

I wouldn't wish being sick or
getting seasick in a million years

on my worst enemy
because it is miserable.

Come on baby! Whoa!

I gotta get my rhythm back.

I gotta get my mojo back.

My God!

Watch out, guys,
watch out! Whoa!

You guys okay?

Roger. Yeah, we're good.

The table will k*ll you.

Thank God, nobody got hurt.

Live to fight another day.

This don't look like
the spot to me today.

So we gotta find a home.

Another day at
the office, brother.

460 miles southeast...

Hi baby.

I miss you so much. I hope
you're having fun down there.

Are you ready for Halloween?
You gonna dress up?

What are you gonna be?

On the Summer Bay...

I'll be home soon for you, okay?

Have fun with Aunty Shauna.

I love you.

Muah!

Hey, Maria.

How's everything going?

Good, my daughter's great.

Um, I miss her like
crazy, obviously.

Is this the first time you've been
away from Hazel since she's been born?

Yeah, I think the longest
was five hours before this trip.

That's a big adjustment. I know.

Well, thank you.

Yep, thank you.

After weeks away from home,
captains, Linda Greenlaw...

Change of the guard.
Yep. Thank you.

You bet.

And wild Bill
Wichrowski fix their sights

on 60 pots soaking in
the western shallows.

And their remaining 60,000
pounds of bairdi crab quota.

Yeah, let's get ready, guys.

Roger!

Whoo!

First pot's coming up.

I hope there's some
crab in this string.

When they're in the pots
you look like a genius.

And then there's
the other times.

Let's go! Let's go, baby!

Come on.

Yeah. Yeah, dude.

Not what I'd hoped for.

I need a number.

Me.

The second pot, coming up.

Damn. Nothing.

h*-h*,.

If you see it
like this, it's like

what's the point?

Smooth is fast.

Don't hurt yourself.

Well, it looks like we're going
to give Maria a shot here.

Wait for the sure shot.

Everybody wants
to be the rockstar.

One shot, one k*ll.

You'll get it. You'll get it.

Swing and a miss.

So good! Let it
sink. Let it sink.

Aw, man.

We're gonna pull you
back off the rail there.

You gotta earn being a star.

You can't just
jump into the spot.

You only get so many
chances on a crab boat.

Not good.

This is basically like
starting over. I mean it's...

I don't know what to do.

Maybe pump a little bit to the west,
out to the 166 line and set above it.

You gotta take chances.

We gotta find 'em.

42 miles southwest,

aboard the Aleutian Lady...

This is what we've been fighting
this whole fricking week for.

In town, all the
BS, all the ,

we're finally here,
we're doing our jobs,

we're doing what we love to do.

Are you down with
that? Hell yeah.

Let's rock and
roll, guys.

- Let's do it. Ben.
- Let's do it.

Let's get 'em wet.

Going over!

Here we go. Money stream.

After leaving dock
behind the fleet,

fifth-generation
skipper Rick Shelfer

ploughs through two story high
rollers, sprinting to plant his flag

on the eastern
bairdi crab grounds.

It's an old-timer fishery.

I don't know
how to fish it well.

But what I do know is the knowledge
passed down to me through my family,

charts I've been given,
that's why I'm at this line bank.

This spot is a spot
that my father fished.

He would come in here and just
kick the crap out of bairdi season.

It used to be a hotspot
back in the day, but

nobody's really fished
here in a while, so, hopefully,

we can get on something big.

There she goes!

Watch out!

Everything has got to go right
for us this season, we need

to prove this
boat is profitable.

Watch out!

Are you okay?

What the?

On the Aleutian Lady...

Watch out!

Are you okay?

Pallet of bait just broke free.

Rocked by a 16-foot surge...

the force of the bow crash
sends the 1000-pound pallet of bait

hurtling into deck
boss Noah Harbeck.

Can you move it?

You got quite a lot of
swelling down underneath.

You got some scraping and
bruising going down the toe.

You got that thing good.

Well, let's elevate it, let's put
some ice on it here real quick,

and let's pay attention.

All right.

All right guys, here we go.

Roger.

I'll give it a couple hours
here, see how it is, and...

if it ends up being a problem
then we gotta head in.

But we still have to prove
this boat is profitable.

We need some luck.

80 miles southwest,

on the black cod grounds...

All right guys, one
mile and we'll start.

Just be careful
when you're out there.

Aboard the Saga...

Roger!

So, I'm just getting to the
point where I'm gonna set.

Figured we'd try
the shallows so,

hopefully we land on 'em quick.

Amid building seas, Captain
Jake Anderson, readies his crew

to set his long line gear,

gunning to make his fourth delivery of
60,000 pounds of black cod in just 72 hours.

Let's get outta here.

I don't want to be out here.

Buoys on this one.

The tide's running real hard.

And the wind's blowing.

So, you need to get those buoys as
far away from the boat as possible.

Throwing the two sets of
end bags, skipper-in-training

Sofia Bob Nielson.

Bob's been through a lot.

She lost both her
parents at a young age.

And she inherited
the family business.

And I know her sights are set
on a bairdi fishery this winter,

but I need to know
what she's capable of.

The best way to do that,

is to throw her to the wolves.

Get ready.

I'll show you how a
long line string works.

I'm fishing in the
mountains, right.

So, normally when you're long lining,
normally I'd set a buoy system right here,

and it would run
down to the first pot.

And that would run
down to the second

and that would run down to the
third and so on, to the very end,

to the next buoy system.

I'll have 20 pots
anchored to the long line.

That's worth, with
product in it, a 100 grand.

What was that?

Come on.

Where's the line?

Mason get up here, I
think I got it in the wheel,

I can't see it coming
out of the stern.

Roger!

Mason, talk to me! What
do you see back there?

I don't see anything.
I think we trapped it.

I can feel it Mason, I got
something in the wheel.

There they are! We
dropped the buoys.

A suicide set, a long lining term for
losing one of the two buoy set ups,

leaves Jake's 20 pots,

along with $50,000 of cod fish
within trapped on the ocean floor.

If we lose these bags,

I'll lose the whole string.

With only one
shot at retrieval...

This is gonna be a
tough one to haul.

I don't know if I'm even gonna
be able to find that set of buoys.

Going over!

'Cause sometimes you can't.

I really need this
to make my delivery.

Only time will tell.

420 miles northwest...

They're not always
in the same place.

Crab got little legs.

On the Time Bandit...

I think they're moving
deeper right now.

'Cause it seems like
solid crab right here.

So I'm just gonna set
down here a little deeper.

Between 180 and 220.

Could be all blanks, you
could set it on the motherlode.

Right now, we have to spread
our gear out to find the crab.

Put them back on like one little
spot, and like get the nest tight.

Coming up blank at 160 fathoms,

the Hillstrand brothers
probe deeper into the canyons

northwest of the
Pribilof Islands,

hunting the school of
golden king crab down slope.

Okay guys, we'll dump one here.

We're gonna have
10 shots in all these.

Ready?

Going over!

I don't see my greenhorn.

I don't know what's going on.

I see Russel, I see
five crew, I don't see six.

Where's Kenzie?

She needs to get her sea
legs right now. Come on!

She's struggling with it.

I saw her out there for the chop
and bait and then she disappeared.

I'll report back to you.

Your momma is not here
to take care of you anymore.

Get the
back out on deck.

Go ahead, when you're ready.

Going over!

She's not in her bunk.

You can throw up and work.

Going over!

Hello?

My God.

480 miles northwest
of Dutch Harbor.

Where's Kenzie?

On the Time Bandit.

Might've already
lost a crew member.

But, you know, we'll find out.

You're just throwing up.
You seasick or something?

Yeah, I hear you. Okay.

Um, you wanna try to go
to your bunk and lay down?

Okay.

Remember, try to
drink some fluids.

I just wanted to check on you.
We didn't see you out there.

Boy, John.

She's not doing good.

I mean, you know,

just 'cause you don't feel good,

doesn't mean you can't work.

You can work.

Go breathe some fresh air,

go stand over
there by the crane.

When you're ready.

Going over!

Don't let her go to bed, Andy.

- Don't... You can't treat her like that.
- Dude, she's laying

she's laying on the
floor in the fetal position.

She is? Okay,
I didn't see that.

I need to ask you a question

that I don't know.

What?

She told me she took
some Midol for her period.

How long do women
have periods for?

Is it a month?

- I don't know.
- Is it seven days? Do you... You don't know.

Going over!

I... I mean, if she
can't get past this

then I gotta take her to town and
it's gonna cost us a lot of money.

It's It's like how it felt
when I have the flu.

So, I just...

Whatever.

She seems like a good
kid. I want her to succeed

and be part of this boat.

So it's up to her.

430 miles southeast,

on the Summer Bay.

Little under three miles
and then we'll turn and set.

We're starting over, basically.

The, eastern end was weak.

So we'll pump a
little bit to the west,

out to the 166 line

and set back a
little bit above it.

I'm hoping we get a little
deeper and we see him.

Gotta take chances.

Yep.

You wanna do what?

I'd like to urine on
these pots for good luck.

Have at her.

We gotta go, we got 13 minutes.

Okay, sounds good.

I'll go coll... I'll go
collect the sample.

I heard the tradition
was a little different.

Let's do this.

At closing time,

they used to tell
the barmaids that

for good luck you gotta come
down and pee on the pots.

And that was the way to get the
barmaids from the bar down onto the boat.

But it was a tradition.

Damn, girl.
- Locked and loaded.

And I thought I heard them all.

We're blessing the pots.

There are a lot of things
that fishermen believe,

you know, will
change their luck.

Bill could shave his
beard off. Might help.

Try the pee first.

Whoo-hoo!

Cheers.

It may work. This may
be the thing we need.

Going over!

Let's see what happens
when we come back.

100 miles southwest...

on the Saga.

You know...

I don't know.

But the long lining of
six-byes and seven-byes

it's, it's really dangerous.

Yeah.

I miss you a lot.

- Bye.
- Bye!

My brother, he's my best friend.

But after my mom passed

and I was just a
rebellious teenager,

and he was trying to be parent,

we would just butt
heads all the time.

But nobody pushes
me like he does.

So if he says I can do
something, I know I can do it.

Yeah.

Keep your eyes peeled.

No worries.

Heading toward the
suicide set right now.

There's only one
end with bags on it.

If something
happens to this end,

I'll lose $100,000 in product,

lost revenue and
the pots themselves.

It's gonna be really bad for me

because I have a delivery date.

And I need it today

to fill the boat.

The weather's
picking up significantly.

Well, look at the waves, they're
already just starting to blast now.

This is it, man. This is it!

Bob, you're throwing
on this one so get ready.

It's Bobby.

We got... She's got one shot.

She cannot this up

and I'm not gonna
let her know that

'cause if I start putting pressure
on her, she's gonna it up.

Nope.

Come on.

Let's go!

On the Saga...

All right. Here
we go. First one!

Come on.

Let's go!

Nice throw, Bob.

Thank you!

Beautiful display.

That's how you're
supposed to do it right there.

You know, I'm
still not very good,

but with a little bit of practice,
I'm sure I'll get a lot better.

First pot's coming up

and there is no
turning back now.

I really need this to hit

to make my delivery.

Come on.

What have we got?

Holy No way,
that's... My God!

That thing is huge!

Looking good.

Yeah!

Damn!

Look at that.

That's money, money,
money right there.

We need a bigger boat.

And she can
learn it really quick.

Hopefully we keep
getting those numbers

and get the hell out
of here and get to town.

We'll see.

85 miles northeast...

on the Aleutian Lady.

We're at the slime bank,

in my old man's honey hole.

Pot's been soaking for a while.

But I need to check
on, Noah here.

Hey, Noah, you wanna
come up for a minute?

He's helping cook. He's
doing wheel watches.

But still, his foot

looks like he's got
elephantiasis of the foot.

Here, come sit down at the chair

and I'll stand up.

Hey, sit down.

I didn't bring no cigarettes.

Have one of mine,
they're right there.

How's she feeling, my friend?

But you can't even
walk on her right now

and you could limp on it and
put some pressure on the ball,

but it's gotta
improve a crap ton.

I don't see your ankle
getting good enough.

Even within a week,

enough to be able to be
screwing around on deck.

I mean, do you?

I get you wanna stay,
and I want you to stay.

I mean, right? I want you here.

But your ankle is top-priority.

That thing took
some trauma, man.

And it's gonna take a bit.

You're probably right.

We can't four-man it

and you can't go out there.

So we're gonna head in.

Just take it easy
right now, man.

Keep it elevated, you know?

Yeah.

We have to get a guy lined up.

Yeah, it just sucks.

I'm going to town.

460 miles northwest...

on the golden
king crab grounds...

aboard the Time Bandit.

My first year I came
out, 19 years old,

I didn't speak any
English. That's impressive.

So every time the
captain says something,

I turn around, "Yeah, roger!"

And I turn around.

Every time.

Back here on the ridgeline.

Hopefully we'll have
the rest we need

for the offload right
on this spot right here,

we'll have all the crab we need.

Get our offload in.

The brothers Hillstrand
returned to the edge

of an 1800 foot abyss

after setting all 40 pots

on the underwater
canyon's decline.

Only got five little
soldiers out there.

I think I'm missing a Kenzie.

That's not good, man.

We've had this happen

and I can see it
happening again.

And she's two days into
this and she's not drinking,

and she's not eating.

Just gonna cost us a lot
of time and a lot of money.

I'm hoping for the best.

Are you kidding me?

God.

Yeah.

"Help me. I can't swim."

"I'm drowning!" That's
all my brother said.

It's always about Andy.

What about me?

"Help me, I can't
swim. I'm drowning!"

I need mustard.

I go throw my hot dog down
and go save my brother.

- Yeah, I mean... - Then I come back
and then the hot dogs are all gone.

I didn't get to get a hot dog.

No hot dogs for me.

I'm pretty needy.

Next time I have to pick
between him and a hot dog,

I don't know which
one I'm gonna pick.

The Hillstrands.

Gotta love that brotherly love.

On the Time Bandit...

Are you kidding me?

Kenzie, Kenzie
might not be sick.

She just might be smoking
Fentanyl in her bathroom.

- My God.
- You know people that have been...

- I can't hear this right now.
- I know, I didn't...

didn't wanna tell you.

It doesn't matter.
Now we're on the hook.

There's zero tolerance
on boats, brother.

This is our Catch 22.

We gotta get her
off this boat

as soon as possible.

All right, guys...

Just can't have that
kinda liability on the boat.

There's no other choice.

430 miles southeast...

on the Summer Bay.

Here we're about to haul.

Was sitting on deck,
minding its own business,

and then Maria comes
up and sprinkles all over it.

I've been through some
weird deals for good luck,

this is probably one of
the stranger ones here.

Hopefully this pays off.

Here we go.

Fishermen will try anything
to change their luck.

Hopefully it's stuffed.

Here comes piss pot number one.

Yeah!

Yeah.

Beautiful.

I mean, did you give
us your best shot?

Twenty-three.

Twenty-three looks pretty good.

That's what we
need, a bunch of them.

Hey Maria.

Jump in and throw a couple.

Be careful, kid.

In you go, Maria.

Let's go.

Okay. Yeah.

Yeah! Come on,
bring it in, bring it in.

Yep. She got it.

Come on, guys.
Let's go, let's go!

Pot coming up.

That's solid.

Mid fours probably?

Yeah, baby!

Decent looking
crab. Color's good,

bellies are clean.

Maybe there's something to her

peeing on the pots.

Pretty damn good.

Yeah, you're welcome, Bill.

Yeah! Whoo!

110 miles southwest.

Never would've imagined we'd
be at this point running the Dutch.

Rest up and heal up so I can

come back up and make
some money, hopefully.

Every minute we're here...

we're going backwards.

Yo, ready to go!

We're a guy light. I
ain't waiting anymore.

It's time to go fish.

Hey, Kenzie.

Hey, we're at St. George here.

And we're gonna drop you off

and you're gonna
fly back to Dutch.

So we need you to get up

and get your stuff packed, okay?

I would've never hired her if I had for a
second thought this was gonna happen.

I'll probably care when
I don't feel like.

Right now I just
feel like.

Let's go, take it
one step at a time.

So, lesson be learnt
from me, you know,

happens.

Crab piss happens.

It's awesome to see everything that
we caught and everything's still alive,

and that means we're
gonna get paid good.

It feels good to know that

what we're doing
is actually working.

You're throwing
stuff in the water

and you're picking back up gold.

So let's just turn a bird and
go at it again, you know?

Can't wait to go back out
there and catch some more fish.