Deadliest Catch

The crab season starts with tensions high. Blood isn't thicker than salt water on the Cornelia Marie, there's deckhand poaching afoot and the fleet loses a vessel.

On the Kodiak and the Wizard the greenhorns are finding out how hard crabbing really is. And on Northwestern, skipper Sig is battling his brother as well as the seas.

It's the third week of hunting King crab and skipper Phil and skipper Sig's experiment in trading their junior deckhands is coming to a close.

Skippers Sig and Phil try to re-exchange their deckhands in a high seas transfer. But when both fall into the freezing water it's a race to fish them out.

The Skipper of the Northwestern becomes obsessive in his hunt for the fabled blue King crab. As a storm closes in, his crew start to doubt his sanity.

Time Bandit heads into False Pass to a crab offloading spot. But in the midst of storms and sand bars they're close to sinking. Can they make it through safely?

On the Northwestern it's Edgar's birthday, and skipper Sig is worried about his advancing age. And, most of the fleet have to battle with deadly ice.

On the Northwestern, the exhausted crew struggles to keep up with Captain Sig's maniacal pace - and deckhand, Jake Anderson, pays the price in blood.

A distress call is issued when a man on a vessel suffers a heart attack and the coastguard attempts a dramatic rescue in huge seas, with low fuel and low visibility.

The Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie are hauling in huge crab numbers. But Captain Phil's good mood is severely dented when his son reveals a terrible secret.

Crisis hits the Cornelia Marie as the skipper becomes ill. While on the Northwestern, Jake Anderson learns disturbing details about his father's disappearance.

Skipper Phil Harris is airlifted to hospital in Anchorage and his son Josh is torn between catching the rest of their crab quota and his father's bedside.

The fleet is beset by crisis. Skipper Phil fights for his life as his sons fight each other, and sick of false promises, Captain Sig's brother thinks of quitting.

On the Time Bandit, Scott steps up to challenge Mike for the Captain's spot. But all skipper Andy sees is his deck start to disintegrate.

Captain Phil sadly loses his fight for life while the fleet are out battling a massive storm. But once they find out they celebrate his life - crabber style!

Edgar Hansen is fed up with the 22 year marathon of pain, and finally confronts older brother Sig. Meanwhile, the Opilio Season ends with a harrowing mayday.