06x11 - Blown Off Course

[bunniefuu]

My wife left me,
my dog ran away.

I ain't got nothing,
but this.

He sat right there and told us
he didn't want to end up like us.

♪♪♪♪

There's plenty of these guys
out there, few are ****.

That I can guarantee him.

- You want something from me, you ask.
- I want you out of my life.

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

- I'm not trying to lie to you.
- Get out of my sight.

Come on, dad. Please?

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

[ Bon Jovi's "Wanted dead
or Alive" plays ]

Narrator: 330 miles to the
Northwest of dutch harbor --

A betrayal on the Cornelia Marie.

Phil: Give them back.

They're not yours, you thief.

Narrator: Captain phil has
Just caught his son Jake

stealing his prescription
pain medication.

Come on, dad.

Please.

When we get home, you're
Gonna go your way,

and I'm going mine.

I don't ever want
to see you again.

And I'm not [bleep] you.

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

And right now if you open your
Mouth up one more time,

I'm gonna turn around and hit you so
[bleep] hard it'll knock yourself silly.

I'll break every one of them
[bleep] teeth I paid for.

I am shaking.

I am so [bleep] --

No, I love you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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

No, dad.

I'm [bleep] sorry.

Something ain't adding up.

Why are you so sick?

Huh?

No, I -- I'm not--

I -- I'm --

Look, man, this got to end.

Yes, it does have to end.

I'm ruining my [bleep] life.

Yeah.

I never thought I'd be
a [bleep], an addict.

Well, you're gonna have to
change your lifestyle, man.

I don't know.

I don't want it to
be like this at all.

Then go to treatment.

I will.

That's the only mother[bleep]
thing that's gonna save your a*s.

I-I will.

I just want you to
be normal, Jake.

I'm trying to be normal.

I'm trying to keep
a chipper attitude.

I'm trying to do
everything, you know?

I'll go with you.

Okay, I understand.

I love you, dad.

It doesn't mean I
disrespect you at all.

I know, I know.

You got to go to treatment, man.

That's just all there is to it.

[bleep]

At least you'd have
a fighting chance.

You know, I never
wanted to

tell you what
I just told you, but --

Well, your honesty with me is
way better than just being not.

I love you, pops.

[bleep]

I need to get the
hell out of here.

Narrator: Phil cuts his trip short

and sets a course toward
St. Paul harbor.


time bandit steams

toward a 40-pot
prospect string.

Andy: The only ice I want to
see is in my drink.

I'm so done with this stuff.

I'm praying to god
there's some crab out here.

Narrator: Andy's epic
Four-week battle with the ice --

Ugh!

Ohh!

Narrator: Has slowed down fishing.

We have 11 hours to finish

Pulling as much gear as we can.

Then we got to go in.

Narrator: Now with a
looming delivery date

and half-full crab tanks,

Andy's "Hail Mary"
string must pay off.

Andy: The pressure is on big-time.

Coming around, Charlie Brown!

Come on, baby.

Hopefully tomorrow we'll be
stacking gear on, heading to town.

Man: Yeah, baby!

[ cheers ]

Oh, yeah.

Oh [bleep] chug-chug-chugaluga.

Yeah, baby!

Yeah!

That's a decent pot, brother.

[ laughs ]

Scott: That's what
I'm talking about.

[bleep] yeah!

Choo-choo!

Choo-choo, mama!

You bet!

Are those pretty
clean crab, Mike?

This is more what
we're looking for.

Give me the count, boys.



[ shouts indistinctly ]

Johnathan: Andy, man!

Whoo!

Mike's giving me a thumbs-up.

Yep.

Not too bad.

Pretty good.

I'm a happy guy.

Got some crab.

I'm seeing 400, my
friend, in 22 hours!

Narrator: Although stuffing the
tanks is good cause for celebration --

Andy: It's days like this
that make me glad

I'm a crab fisherman
out in the bering sea.

Narrator: Big brother Johnathan
has other things on his mind.

Well, andy --

I've been out here 30 years.

So, 2/3 of my life,
I've been on the water.

Andy: Yeah.

After three brutal
decades of fishing opies --

Captain Johnathan has decided to
take a mid-season break.

it's my 30th opie season.

So --

[ chuckles ]

I'm gonna leave you out here.

You don't need me
out here, anyway.

I always knew you
was the weak one.

[ laughter ]

I'm gonna trade in my boots
for some sandals.

I'm gonna go marlin fishing.

For years, the Hillstrand Brothers
have fantasized about retirement,

but one question still remains.

Who will take the throne?

We need to start figuring
about our future here --

What we're gonna
do for crabbing.

Here's a hockey puck for you.

[ chuckles ]

Scotty.

Yeah!

[ laughs ]

This is the kind of job that separates
the men from the boys!

[ chuckles ]

Man: Duck! Duck! Duck!

Rock 'n' roll!

[ exhales deeply ]

It's a big responsibility
to let go of this boat

and let a younger guy run it, too.

I'm saying "[bleep] you."

[ chuckles ]

I don't know if
we can trust them.

Narrator: The natural successor
is Johnathan's firstborn.

He sat right there and told us

he didn't want to end up like us.

I don't want to be [bleep]



no [bleep] bennies, no nothing.

Going, "[bleep] I'm a
crab fisherman."

I'll be one of those
guys in the [bleep] bar.

My family's left me,
my [bleep] kids hate me,

and I'm going [bleep].

And all I have is [bleep] drunken
bar stories to tell people.

[ chuckles ]

Scott: I didn't want to be a crabber.

I just ended up being one.

It turned out like that.

Narrator: It's been just two
short years since Scotty tried

escaping his fate.

My wife left me.

My dog ran away.

Narrator: And that's all
the time it took

for his worst fears to be realized.

I ain't got nothing but this.

This is my home --

My only only home.

Scott needs to either just do it.

We don't want to hear,
"I want the boat,

I want to do this."

We want to see him
not get off that boat

and be on that boat all summer,

go down that engine room,

and then learn everything.

Scotty needs to live on this
boat 10 months out of the year

For about five years, seven years.

Whoo!

Yeah!

Andy: John, we got to figure
something out here.

We got to pull the trigger, find
the guy that's gonna be right

For this boat year-round.

Narrator: Fishing 300 miles
northwest of dutch harbor

is the 155-foot wizard.

But the weather is the least
of the skipper's concerns.

Man...

Narrator: It's taken Keith
Four weeks to dial into crab.

Keith: 600, 700, 800 counts
are hard to come by this year.

If we get on 300s, it don't run.

Narrator: Now he's gambling


untested grounds.

Keith: If we can fill the
boat where we're heading --

What do you think the
chances of that happening are?

[ laughs ]

We need some crab in this gear,
so we can get the hell out of here.

Man, that sucks.

Narrator: 2 pots, 385 keepers.

This streak [bleep] sucks.

Narrator: Keith's new grounds
are underwhelming.

The stress has him
leaning on an old crutch --

A 23-year addiction to chewing tobacco.

Man: Ow. That pot hurts.

[ beeping ]

[ beeping ]

Are you there, bug?

Girl: Hi, daddy.

I'm here.

Bug, I started chewing
tobacco again.

I need some motivation, though,
because I said the other day --

I said, "I need to try to quit."

You're right.

You're right, bug.

It's gonna start somewhere
and keep going.

And the next thing you know, I'm
not gonna be around anymore.

All right, bug.

Thank you so much.

Can you go brush your
teeth and do all that stuff?

All right. I love you.

I love you, too.

I'll talk to you soon.

[ beep ]

She's constantly trying to
get me to chew gum.

If she sees me go for my chewing
tobacco, she grabs gum and says,

"do this instead."

I mean, she's always after me.

She knows it'll k*ll
me if I don't stop.

She doesn't particularly want her dad
walking around with no lower jaw.

Time to wake up.

Whoo!

Yeah!

See that crap?

If I can make it back from
fishing and I'm not chewing,

my kids will be way more excited
About that than how much crab

I caught or how much money
I made or anything else.

If I can stay on 300 average,

that's a good string.

Narrator: 60 miles to the North --

Dawn breaks over the Northwestern.

Sig: Hey, you got room back there?

Yeah!

[ telephone ringing ]

Narrator: It's been 24 hours
since captain Sig learned about

the mysterious disappearance
of Jake's father.

[ telephone beeps ]

Sig: He's doing good, you know.

He just wants to be on the boat

And just go to work and just do his thing.

Yeah.

You know, they found
his truck yesterday.

Yeah, roger.

Narrator: Despite jake's attempt
to keep the dark news

from his mates, reports from the
Seattle media have trickled

through the fleet.

Well, just so you know,
they found his truck

northwest of Darrington
on a logging road.

Okay?

Right.

Well, I'm not gonna jump to
any conclusion, but, you know,

until we know some
facts, then I just --

they got to be
careful with it. Over.

Oh, yeah.

No, I agree.

Okay, man.

All right, buddy, I'm out.

Okay, man. See you later.

[ telephone beeps ]

Sig: We got to find a way to

break that news before
we get into town, I think.

You know, I mean, word's
already getting around.

I don't know how
he's gonna react,

you know, and I don't want him to be
a danger to himself or anybody else.

Beep, beep, beep.

Kid comes out, "Look out, dad!
She's backing up!"

If his mother lets him know that,

"Hey, we found the vehicle.
There's hope."

You know?

Give him something.

Maybe that'll -- keep him
going for the next trip.

You want me to do that, or you --

No.

I'm feeling it.

The bottom line is we need to
get ahold of his mom,

and find out what
she wants to do.

I can't decide any of that stuff.

We're just gonna
keep him working.

Narrator: Fishing 310 miles
northwest of dutch harbor

is the Time bandit.

Andy: Whoo!

Yeah [bleep]!

Yeah!

Nice pot.

Narrator: For the past 15 hours --
Captain Andy has been on solid numbers.

Andy: Whoa.

Seven.

Six.

Very, very good.

Narrator: If the next 15 pots hold up
-- Man: Oh, yeah.

A whole lot of crab.

Narrator: He'll stuff
his tanks and head in.

Man: This string's looking
pretty prominent.


Big numbers.

I got the golden ticket.

Man: The best pots we've had
all year -- right here.

This honey hole is one of the many
in the hillstrands' 30-year-old playbook.

Andy: Yeah.

Narrator: Now, with retirement
on the horizon --

A lot we got to think through, brother,
from a business point of view.

Narrator: The brothers
need to find a successor.

Scotty says he wants to go
out [bleep] learn the boat.

You know, if Scotty was just a
guy off the street,

there's no way he'd be even talking
about running this boat.

So, I'd love to have Scotty run this
boat, 'cause he's a hillstrand.

But Scotty's not ready.

If I could have a son, Mike Fourtner
would be, like, the son I'd want to have,

'cause he's organized.

He's just really good.

That's a lot to be said
for running a boat.

We might have to see.
I don't know, man.

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

Well look at JJ,


But 54 years old, man.

That's pretty old to be crabbing.

They have a lot more
chance to get hurt at 54.

People don't realize -- one mistake
and we don't have a living.

One [bleep] up and we
don't have a living.

That's a pretty big thing just to
go, "okay, you can run my boat."

Yeah, baby!

Our back tank needs to
digest a little bit.

Narrator: The tanks are stuffed
- That's what I like to see!

Narrator: And Andy wants to cram


J.J.: Grind.

It's always a grind.

Yeah, we're grinding.

We're grinding.

Andy: You can see the
guys getting tired.

When you get tired, that's
when accidents happen.

They just have to keep
plugging the tank, though.

But it's definitely a good
sign to see the tank plugged.

Fourtner: You okay?

Man: Whoo.

That was a hard [bleep] hit, big man.

All right!

That was a fast one.

Wow.

J.J. Was trying to stop
that table from moving.

So then, when he let go of it,
then it took him off his balance

and he went down.

And I saw his body just,
like, shake when he hit.

Huh!

Narrator: With the fall
knocking the wind out of the

aging deckhand, J.J.
steps off deck for a short breather.

John, J.J. Just went down.

We'll have to watch him.

If he starts falling -- it's
time to go back to work now.

I'm getting too old.

It's hard.

It's a young man's job.

It's tough to be out here at my age.

Aches and pains.

It's kind of like a
football game or something.

It's part of the deal --
taking bumps and bruises.

I just hate to see [bleep] suffer.

J.J.'s got two arms
that are bum.

We're watching a 54-year-old man
deteriorate right in front of our eyes.

It don't take long to get old
out here on a crab boat.

"I'll sh**t him, son."

"No, dad."

[ Chuckles ]

[ Laughter ]

"I'm sorry, yeller."

[ Imitates g*nsh*t ]

Everything you do on a boat has
to do with how you can fit in.

So if you're not as valuable to
us, then we have to assess the

business situation.

So the old dog -- I don't know.

There ain't nobody out
here that isn't sore.

I mean, even the young
guys are sore, you know?

Sometimes old guys
don't die gracefully.

You got to put them
down with a hammer.

It's kind of like your dog when
you know you're gonna take him

to the vet and put him down.

And he doesn't know
it, but you know it.

And then pretty soon, he kind
of gets in the car, gets in the

truck, and you got that look on you,
and all of a sudden, he knows.

J.J.'S kind of on the edge here.

Look at him right now.

He's looking down.

He just thinks maybe there's a ride
to the vet's office coming pretty soon.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, my God.

Narrator: With stuffed tanks
and a weathered crew, Captain

Andy sets a course to dutch
harbor for his first off-load.

Narrator: 290 miles northwest
of dutch harbor

on the cornelia Marie --

Phil: What the [bleep] are you--

What are you doing?

Jake: Dad, please, you got to --

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

I don't ever want
to see you again.

Narrator: The steam into St. Paul
Harbor is the longest of Phil's life.

I never thought I'd be a -- an addict.

And I am.

Phil: You know, Jacob's got
an addictive personality --

Just like me.

You know, he's been drinking a
quart of booze a day, you know?

Live hard and play hard.

But if you want something bad

enough, you put that [bleep]

aside and you grow up a little bit.

He's right at the stage where he

has to make that decision
to put it aside and --

Or grow up.

Jake: Crawl through there and
get it all, so I'm just gonna

Grab a handful.

I don't want him out
getting [bleep] up.

Jake's got some of his own
demons he needs to fix.

It's all up to him. You know?

Home sweet home.

Uh --

Feel good.

Phil: He had a rough time of
it when he was young.

Both of these guys did.

You know, I can only feel bad

raising them 'cause I
wasn't around a bunch.

I don't know if I'll ever get
over that guilt.

[ indistinct radio chatter ]

Narrator: 70 miles away on
the northwestern --

Sig consults with jake's uncle,

Nick, about whether to reveal
ominous news to his junior deckhand.

Basically, her biggest
thing is that --

They just want to kind of keep him
in the dark right now so he doesn't --

Start speculating.

Right.

We know something, you know --

I don't want to keep him
in the dark, you know?

If he don't keep his head in
the game, this is not a good,

Safe place for him either.

No.

It's not.

And she certainly doesn't want
him to go home and sit there

and worry and speculate.

Yeah, that ain't gonna
do him any good.

No.

I think this is the best
place for him right now.

So -- I mean --

I don't know how
we'd approach that.

The guy has a right to know,
and we're keeping it from him,

and that's not my place, you know?

She wanted to tell him.

She wanted to be the one.
That's fine.

[ sighs ]

Narrator: The skipper makes a decision.

Send Jake up here.

Yeah.

Jake needs to call home.

[ telephone ringing ]

Woman: Hello?

Anderson: Hey, mom.

Mom.

Hey.

Yeah, I can hear you.

Okay.

And -- uh --

[ static ]

Mom?

Mom?

[ static ]

Mom?

Oh [bleep] man, this
is for real.

They can't find --

They found the truck.

[ telephone ringing ]

[bleep] man.

[ ringing continues ]

Mom?

Mom?

Can you hear me?

Yeah, I can hear you.

They found the truck, but
they haven't found him yet.

But they're still searching, and
our families are out searching.

They're gonna offer a reward.

I just want you to not
give up hope yet, okay?

[ static ]

Mom?

[ static ]

Oh, god [bleep].

[ telephone ringing ]

[ static ]

[ telephone ringing ]

[ ringing continues ]

Narrator: In dutch harbor --

-- on the Time Bandit.

Yeah.

This is our third take, our
biggest one, so this is gonna

take quite a bit of
brails to go through.

Narrator: While the crew off-loads


Johnathan: Yeah, baby!

Those are beautiful crab.

Narrator: Captain Johnathan
says good-bye to his crew.

Love you, man.

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

Okay.

Okay, man.

Andy: All righty.

Let's get out of here.

Right now, I'm gonna take
off, but I'll come back.

Yeah.

Narrator: Johnathan's flying
to warmer seas to fish marlin.

Me and you have not caught a marlin.

If we don't do it now,
we'll be too old to do it.

My knee hurts right now just
thinking about fishing.

Narrator: But the brothers still
have some final business.

Okay, John, I'm thinking that
we need to start figuring about

our future here with what we're
gonna do for crabbing, who's

gonna be running the boat for crab.

A lot of stuff could happen, John.

Scott needs to just do it.

It's his birthright to do
it, but he has to step up.

Well, we've told Scotty what he
needs to do to run the boat,

and now it's either he's
gonna do it or he's not.

He'll just be a crew member.

Scotty's gonna do what he wants to do.

If Scotty bucks up, then
we'll take it from there.

Yeah.

J.J. would want to run our
boat, but he's already old.

Mikey's the guy.

He wants that boat so bad.

Yeah.

He said there won't be no
-- no monkey business.

So now it's put up or shut up.

You will talk to Mike.

I'm going on vacation.

Yeah.

We'll see you guys.

Andy: Throw the lines!

We free?

They got my crab off-loaded.

I got my fuel on board.

That's a huge start.

We got two more trips, and
then we are out of here.

[ Buoy bell dinging ]

We have an eight-hour run right now.

So, we're going north.

Hey, Mike, come on up
here for a second.

I got to talk to you.

Andy: As a business point of
view, Mike, I just have to look

at what's best for my boat.

And you know this boat as
good as us if not better than

everybody else on the boat.

So -- you're the guy that me
and Johnathan have picked.

J.J.'s hoping he can
come to the wheelhouse.

So he's gonna be real disappointed if
Mike Fourtner takes the last trip.

But it's not gonna go over
well -- down on the --

when they're freezing and
you're up here ha-cha-cha-cha!

[ Chuckles ]

You got to catch crab [bleep].

You'd be up for that?

Yeah.

I would really enjoy the challenge.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Birds calling ]

Fourtner: The fact that they
trust me with this boat, with

this much responsibility, I feel
honored, I guess, that they

would trust me with all this.

And -- you know, I think I'd
make some enemies doing it --

potentially, guys that I work
with, because they might think

that they deserve it before me.

I like it.

Narrator: 270 miles away in
St. Paul harbor --

Yeah, things have been
going pretty well here.

Two down, and we got three to go.

Narrator: The crew has been
racing to off-load the last

three tanks of their
$400,000 delivery.

This is what the cannery wants right
here, this nice clean crab --

real white on the bottom.

We're getting good numbers.

Real excited about that.

Narrator: Jake and his father
have been keeping to themselves

since their raw and painful
confrontation 19 hours ago.

There's Jake.

He could do anything he wants to.

He's that smart.

And that's what bothers me.

Okay, down!

We're gonna get those off-loaded, and
then we have one left after that.

Ryan!

Yeah?

You got to go this way!

Man: Yeah, baby!

Josh: That's the ugliest-looking
kid I ever seen.

[ Laughs ]

Just joking. Is that you?

Of course.

There's pictures of you in here.

Get out of here.
Where'd you get this?

There's you and Jake.

There's a good-looking
[bleep] right there.

Who is that?

Remember when this was taken?

Look how little he is.

He looks 12 years old.

[ Chuckles ]

This one here is my favorite picture
of you when you were little.

Oh, my gosh.

You looked like a short,
little, fat [bleep].

[ Chuckles ]

And the suspenders with that shirt.
He loved that shirt.

When was this taken?

God, I was skinny-looking.

Look at the mullet then.

Wow!

That's Billy Ray cyrus-style.

[ Laughs ]

Now it's feathered.

You're a freak.

Jake: That was taken about 20
years ago with this necklace on.

Same necklace.

Narrator: The boys hit the deck
to off-load the final brailers.

Getting real close -- down
to the last two bags.

Man: Okay, that's good.

We've hardly got any
dead loss whatsoever.

We've just got a tote here.

Man: Okay, get that Joshua!

Narrator: But before the
off-load is officially finished,

the skipper will have to sign
off on the final numbers.

Steve calls the skipper
in his state room.

[ Telephone ringing ]

[ Ringing continues ]

[ Knock on door ]

Ward: Phil?

[ Knock on door ]

Phil, you in there?

]] ward: Phil?

[ knock on door ]

Phil, you in there?

Narrator: Cornelia Marie
engineer Steve Ward

has just discovered captain Phil Harris
facedown and unresponsive.

Ward: Hey!

[ indistinct shouting ]

[ telephone ringing ]

Woman: 911 --
What's your emergency?

Josh: I think my dad had a stroke.

[ indistinct shouting ]

Man: [bleep]

Uh, top up, top up, top up!

[ siren wailing ]

[ indistinct shouting ]

[ siren continues ]

[ indistinct conversations ]

Do you know your name?

What's your name?

Phil.

Phil? Great.

I think the old man might've
just had a stroke.

He didn't answer the phone, and
I knew something wasn't right.

Can you smile for me?

Can you make your cheeks go up, Phil?

Josh: I know you're
allright, dad, but just try it.

See if it helps you out.

Man: We're gonna just give
you a little extra air here.

[ speaking indistinctly ]

We're just gonna give you a
little oxygen here, Phil.

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

It'll help you out
with breathing.

When I came up here, he could
not move his left arm or anything.

He could not pull it out
from underneath him.

A smoker?

Yeah, he's a heavy smoker.

[ speaking indistinctly ]

Can you feel this, phil?

Yeah.

Can you feel me pinching you?

Yeah.

You can.

Okay. Can you move this arm?

[ speaking indistinctly ]

Can you move this toe?

Move your left toe, dad --

Left toe, left.

This -- last night, he was just
really, really tired after he'd

already slept, which is abnormal.

And then today, steve came in.
He was on the floor.

And so I flipped him over, and
then this whole side of his face,

there was drool all down it.

He was just not moving at all.

Oh, god.

[ indistinct conversation ]

They're gonna check
your pulse, Dad, okay?

[ indistinct conversation ]

We got a lot of [bleep]
to figure out.

Josh, I wouldn't be calling
anybody right now.

Don't be making this --
Man: Jumping the g*n.

Just wait, Josh.
Trust me.

Okay, well --

Let's just wait and --

But, you know, this is my
situation here, 'cause if it

does happen that he has to get
medevaced out, then we got to

Find somebody to take this
boat, because --

Well, but there is
no hurry, Josh.

Let's see what's going on.

Josh: Don't worry, dad.

Man: Do you know what your
blood pressure runs, Phil?

Woman: Hang in there.

Yes, he is.
He's still conscious.

[ indistinct radio chatter ]

We got to get you
out of here, okay?

Oh, he's just tied.
That's all.

Hang in there, phil.

Hold on. We gotcha.

I'm right here, buddy.

I'm right here, buddy.

[ indistinct conversation ]

Man: In the stretcher
from the crane.



Move together as a team.

How are we going down?

We got to get down.

Josh: Come slowly up, guys,

Slowly up.

[ indistinct conversation ]

Okay.

Here we go.

That's all you.

Set him down.

Set him down for a second.

Let's readjust.

[ indistinct conversation ]

Man: They got a hook strap
right there -- hooks.

Man #2: Do they?

[ indistinct conversation ]

'Cause then if it swings or
something, we'll see it.

[ crane beeping ]

[ caws ]

Jake: How's that?
Feel better?

]] man: He's cold up front.

]] josh: He's cold?

[ siren wailing ]

[ siren wailing ]

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

Phil: I ain't leaving you.

[ siren continues ]

[ bird calls ]

[ siren continues ]