About this season
Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.
Episodes (16)
1. New Blood
9.0Aired 12 April 2011
Fresh blood join the crab fleet as the 2010 crab season begins; new skippers are Scott Campbell Jr. on the Seabrooke and Elliot Neese on the Ramblin' Rose.
2. Proving Grounds
9.0Aired 19 April 2011
Across the Bering Sea crab fleet, bad fishing causes high tensions and low morale as empty pots whittle away profits and nerves among the men
3. Old Age & Treachery
9.0Aired 26 April 2011
Jake Harris gets a sink-or-swim lesson on driving the Cornelia Marie as danger strikes the Wizard when a crew member gets caught in the line.
4. Breaking Point
9.0Aired 3 May 2011 • 60 min
A serious injury forces a crew member to his bunk after the crane breaks on the Kodiak, while the Seabrooke's greenhorn has a mental breakdown.
5. A Wing and a Prayer
9.0Aired 10 May 2011
A deckhand falls asleep at the wheel and sends the boat towards a fleet of vessels.
6. Exit Wounds
9.0Aired 17 May 2011
In the midst of a rough King Crab season, a mutiny transpires on the Cornelia Marie while mental and physical breakdowns plague the crew of the Kodiak.
7. Thick as Thieves
9.0Aired 24 May 2011
The police are called in after a confrontation on the Cornelia Marie while an injury onboard the Ramblin' Rose causes the rookie skipper to have a change of heart.
8. Graduation Day
9.0Aired 31 May 2011
The King Crab Season closes with a fierce arctic storm, a spectacular prank on the Northwestern by the crew of the Time Bandit and the departure of one of the fleet's most revered fishermen.
9. Sea Change
9.0Aired 7 June 2011
Massive change strikes every returning boat as Opilio season begins. Edgar finally says farewell to the Northwestern, a new captain boards the Cornelia Marie and the entire fleet is shut down by an epic arctic storm.
10. Frontier Medicine
9.0Aired 14 June 2011
The fleet battles a devastating arctic hurricane as the focus shifts from fishing to survival; the captains consider drastic measures as the ice and injuries pile up.
11. Birds, Bones and Blood
9.0Aired 21 June 2011 • 60 min
A crewman's nose gets broken on the Northwestern; the Ramblin' Rose takes a gamble as a winter storm rips through the crab-fishing grounds; danger at the dock for the Time Bandit.
12. It's Not All Mai Tais and Yahtzee
9.0Aired 28 June 2011
A loose pot causes havoc on the Kodiak; a Seabrooke crewman is nearly crushed by ice and the new skipper of the Cornelia Marie courts mutiny when his new string comes up lean.
13. Pirate School
9.0Aired 5 July 2011
A captain and deckhand clash on the Cornelia Marie over a crippling lack of bait, while skipper Elliott Neese attempts to fix a possible season-ending breakdown and the Time Bandit's soft-spoken greenhorn goes to the Hillstrands' Pirate School.
14. The Island
9.0Aired 12 July 2011
Offloading crab in the treacherous waters off St. Paul island proves a daunting task as a harbor surge snaps lines on the Wizard and the Seabrooke loses a crew member.
15. I Smell a Nightmare
9.0Aired 19 July 2011
As the Opilio season winds down exhaustion causes tempers to boil over on the Time Bandit; the skippers of the Seabrooke and the Cornelia Marie both suffer injuries.
16. Mohawks & Madness, Goodness & Gladness
9.0Aired 26 July 2011 • 60 min
The Seabrooke captain fights a painful illness; the Cornelia Marie returns from what could be its final season as the Harris brothers mull over who will run the boat and the Northwestern exacts some revenge.