TV Guide: Deadliest Catch

Listing: Mortal Men

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 04:00 PM DSC Storm waves damage the decks of the Early Dawn, North American and Northwestern; a rib injury causes Capt. Phil to cough up blood on the Cornelia Marie, but he refuses medical attention until his crew stops work in protest.

Listing: Big Weather, Big Trouble

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 03:00 PM DSC Capt. Johnathan joins the deck crew on the Time Bandit and has an accident while showing off his skills; the Northwestern crew angers Capt. Sig; Lenny from the Wizard barely escapes a huge wave; a North American greenhorn is hazed.

Listing: Blow Up

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 02:00 PM DSC A routine Coast Guard rescue becomes anything but; the Cornelia Marie heads in for repairs; fatigue causes errors on the Northwestern; a greenhorn locks horns with Capt. Keith on the Wizard; the Time Bandit looks for better grounds.

Listing: Storm Season

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 01:00 PM DSC Opilio season begins, but a dual storm system threatens the patched-up Cornelia Marie and nearly costs Time Bandit two men; a medical emergency brings in the U.S. Coast Guard, but freezing spray endangers everyone.

Listing: No Season for Old Men

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 12:00 PM DSC As King Crab season draws to a close, the Northwestern is slowed by a deck accident. Meanwhile, the Cornelia Marie has an inopportune power outage; the North American does a "Hail Mary" play; and the Wizard and Time Bandit compete for a prize.

Listing: Seeking The Catch

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 11:00 AM DSC As king-crab season comes to an end, the crew is dismayed when the pots come back filled with stinging jellyfish instead of the desired catch; the Cornelia Marie could lose Capt. Phil Harris for good; crew errors onboard the Northwestern add up.

Listing: Shipwrecked

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 10:00 PM DSC In the fifth-season finale, a storm results in multiple Maydays in the last day of the 2009 Opilio-crab season, and the Coast Guard is summoned to save four men before their ship becomes wrecked by jagged rocks.

Listing: Day of Reckoning

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 09:00 PM DSC An arctic storm front menaces the fleet near the end of the Opilio-crab season, and a tight-knit crew comes undone.

Listing: Bitter Tears

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 08:00 PM DSC Serious mistakes ensue as the fleet becomes fatigued, and one fisherman must cope with a heartbreaking tragedy on land.

Listing: Ends of the Earth

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 07:00 PM DSC The skippers take their crews to the far north after hearing about good fishing reports near the ice pack.

Listing: A Slap in the Face or a Kick in the Butt

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 06:00 PM DSC The skippers must contend with frozen crabs, frozen gear and an icy harbor. Meanwhile, one captain struggles against his cigarette addiction and a wicked storm.

Listing: Lockout

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 05:00 PM DSC An ice pack blocks the fleet from the St. Paul harbor, hampering the skipper's efforts to off-load their Opilio crab hauls.

Listing: Sea Of Misery

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 04:00 PM DSC The third week of the Opilio crab season brings conditions that turn the crabbers crabby. Also: a skipper must contend with icy seas.

Listing: No Second Chances

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 03:00 PM DSC The fleet reaches the Opilio fishing grounds, where the crews must contend with icy, treacherous seas and shoddy information concerning their quarry.

Listing: Payback Time

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 02:00 PM DSC The 2009 Opilio crab (aka snow crab) season begins. While the hauls make up for shortcomings endured during the king crab season, the fleet is imperiled by an oncoming ice pack and a monstrous rogue wave.

Listing: Down to the Wire

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 01:00 PM DSC Fished-out grounds create bleak conditions for the fleet as the king crab season winds down.

Listing: Deadline

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 12:00 PM DSC The skippers face adversity in the form of an arctic storm, battles within the ranks and a drop in the price of king crab.

Listing: Long Haul, Short Fuses

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 11:00 AM DSC Empty crab pots leave the skippers stumped while the long hours make their crews temperamental.

Listing: Put Up Or Shut Up

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 10:00 AM DSC Hazing incidents and grueling hours at sea test the greenhorns on the fourth week of the king crab season.

Listing: Stay Focused or Die

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 09:00 AM DSC A typhoon makes waves, and stories about a sunken ship cast a pall over the fleet.

Video: Bitter Tears

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Weeks into the Opilio Season, the fleet is bone tired and desperate for home. As delirium sets in, deadly, rib-crunching mistakes are made. But for one fisherman, a tragedy on land spells gut-wrenching, heartbreak at sea.

Video: Ends of the Earth

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

When the fleet gets word of great fishing by the ice pack, the chase is on to the ends of the earth! Hellacious hours and missing pots-a journey to the far north will push these men over the edge.

Video: Shipwrecked

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It's the final 24 hours of the 2009 Opilio crab season. A savage arctic storm causes multiple vessels to send out maydays. The Coast Guard is in a race against the clock to save four men before their boat is pounded into splinters against jagged rocks.

Video: Multiple Maydays

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

For two decades the Alaskan crab fleet has been haunted by the legendary "Black Sunday" storm. Now history repeats itself when multiple maydays go out during a massive arctic storm. Most Coast Guard assets are deployed to save a boat from going ashore

Video: Sea Of Misery

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It's week three of the Opilio Crab Season. Long hours and miserable conditions already have the crabbers turning on each other. Boat-crushing ice stands between one skipper and the safety of harbor.

Video: Payback Time

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It's the start of the 2009 Opilio Crab Season. Anything the Bering Sea held back during King Season is now being paid out in spades. The skippers have their eyes on the oncoming ice pack -- but it's a lethal, 40-foot rogue wave that's on the hunt.

Video: A Slap in the Face or a Kick in the Butt

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Halfway through the season, each skipper faces his own personal form of hell. Frozen crab, frozen gear, and a frozen harbor chill the hearts of the most callous of fishermen. On the Northwestern, Sig battles a fierce cigarette addiction-and a fierce storm

Video: Lockout

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

After weeks battling freezing spray, forty foot waves, and sub-zero temperatures, skippers have begun plugging their boats with Opilio crab. As they lrace to St. Paul harbor for offload, the 250,000 square mile arctic ice pack stands in their way.

Video: Deadline

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A new deadline is set: an upcoming drop in the price of king crab has the skippers rushing to finish their season.?? But crew battles and a fierce arctic storm block the way.??

Video: Down to the Wire

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The King Crab Season is down to the wire and skippers are desperate to top off their quotas. It's looking bleak as crews pick through bone-yards of fished out grounds. Some boats dig deep for an end of season sprint, --other boats just scrape by.

Video: Everything On The Line

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The 2008 King crab fleet faces huge stakes - before boats even cast off. Skippers Keith and Phil could be sidelined by life threatening illnesses and all the boats are in debt from summer repairs. A skipper is pressured to take a potentially fatal risk.

Video: Red Skies in the Morning

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It's week 2 of the season, and boats are hunting down the elusive King crab. A vicious storm kicks up and a Mayday goes out. The Skippers are glued to their radios -- waiting to hear the fate of 11 brother fishermen in distress...

Video: Stay Focused or Die

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The fleet is still dialing into the crab, and already a typhoon has taken its toll. A boat has sunk - and bone-chilling accounts of the fate of its men relay around the fleet.

Video: Long Haul, Short Fuses

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Crab pots still come up empty and the skippers are out of ideas.??Low bait and long grinds take our crews to dark places -- the smallest infractions from a Greenhorn or fellow Deckhand cause tempers and even violence to flare.

Video: Put Up Or Shut Up

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It??s week four of King Crab Season. Seven souls have perished, but the fishermen soldier on, in the hunt for crab.?? Grueling hours and vicious hazing test the Greenhorns -- and some start to crack.

Photo: Deadliest Catch - Season 5 - Captain Johnathan Hillstrand on the deck of the Time Bandit