About this season
Coast Guard Mission Critical takes you on board with the United States Coast Guard as they patrol and protect against drug runners, smugglers and human traffickers, as well as rescuing people, wildlife and property from loss at sea.
Episodes (10)
1. Needle in a Haystack
Aired 20 June 2020 • 44 min
When a fisherman goes missing off the Florida coast, USCG Air Station Miami is tasked with the impossible; finding a 14-foot boat in a vast, churned up Atlantic ocean.
2. Night Shift
Aired 27 June 2020 • 44 min
Smugglers try to evade US counter narcotics intelligence, high tides trap two hikers at sunset, and rescuers search for a man struggling in the water.
3. In a Marathon Minute
Aired 4 July 2020 • 44 min
USCG Key West spots plane debris; Marathon's crew hunts for survivors. In the Pacific, USCGC Munro chases drug runners.
4. Storm Front
Aired 11 July 2020 • 44 min
Crews search for vessels in distress overtaken by powerful storms, a sailboat calls for help, and a rookie rescue swimmer gets his first case.
5. Cliff Hanger
Aired 18 July 2020 • 44 min
The USGC extract a stranded hiker perilously clinging to the edge of a cliff and rescue a man and his dog stranded overnight on a small remote island.
6. Semper Paratus
Aired 25 July 2020 • 44 min
Sixty miles off the coast of Key West, Fla., a family cruise takes a terrible turn. Air Station Miami rescues a six year-old boy with a possible burst appendix and during the Covid Pandemic, a passenger is evacuated from a cruise.
7. Swept Away
Aired 1 August 2020 • 44 min
A man on a cruise ship suffers a heart attack, an accident with a crab pot disables a sailboat, and storms sweep a family out to sea.
8. Paws for Freedom
Aired 8 August 2020 • 44 min
Three men and their dog are in distress offshore, the USCG trains with the canine explosives detection team, and brothers assist a fellow coast guard.
9. Southern Waters
Aired 15 August 2020 • 44 min
When Air Station Clearwater responds to a distress signal in the Gulf of Mexico, they find themselves in a standoff with the vessel in distress.
10. Service Above Self
Aired 22 August 2020 • 44 min
Air Station Miami performs their annual wet drills, then a look back at some of the season's cases, and the loss of one of their own.