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The Best Episodes of Deadliest Catch

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...

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  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Tragic Beginning

    S3:E1

    The 2006 Crab season is underway in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Fishing vessels and crews are preparing for the harsh conditions they will endure. Fierce seas, high winds, and ice build-up will make this season of Deadliest Catch…deadly.

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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Unforgiving Sea

    S3:E2

    Fishing is put on hold for boats in the area of where a fellow vessel sank, fellow fishermen search with the Coast Guard to locate survivors. Between faulty equipment and bad fishing crews are struggling with a rough start to the 2006 season.

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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Pain and Paybacks

    S3:E3

    The Bering Sea is relentless this season, claiming one life after another. The high seas are a dangerous place to work, a deckhand on board the Wizard is badly injured causing the captain to rush back to shore.

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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Cheating Death

    S3:E4

    Despite the tragedies, fatigue, equipment problems, and weather the crews push on. Boats and crews are working forty hours with no sleep, making this dangerous job even more dangerous. With the Bering Sea still claiming victims crews are questioning decisions, working who will be the next victim.

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  5. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Bering Sea Salvation

    S3:E5

    The bright light at the end of the 2006 King Crab season is upon the fleet. Captains and crews muster up one final push for dropping gear, hauling pots in and getting crab off the boats.

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  6. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Last Lap

    S3:E6

    The 2006 King Crab season has come to a close, so the Captains head back to Dutch Harbor. Despite the tragedy at sea, mechanical problems, and injuries…the fishing has been good.

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  8. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - New Beginnings

    S3:E7

    As the Opilio crab season opens, several greenhorns are about to experience the subfreezing temperatures and icy winter waters of the Bering Sea for the first time.

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  9. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Caught in the Storm

    S3:E8

    A couple of days into the Opilio crab season a major storm system hits the fishing fleet. Forcing many captains to call their crews off their decks and even forces a few to head back to port because of breakdowns.

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  10. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Crossing the Line

    S3:E9

    Forced back to port because of a blown engine, the Northwestern, a week behind is now back on the fishing grounds. Capt. Sig hopes that putting all of his gear far north will pay off.

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  11. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Trials of the Greenhorns

    S3:E10

    Several greenhorns are put to the test as the Bering Sea's harsh winter weather deteriorates. The one on the Wizard is already faltering under the grueling working conditions; but the ones on the Northwestern and Cornelia Marie step up to prove their worth.

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  12. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Ice and Open Water

    S3:E11

    The 2007 Opilio Crab season continues to march on despite the dangerous risks faced by the fleet.

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  13. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - A Frozen Finish

    S3:E12

    The 2007 Opilio season has been long, cold, dangerous, and filled with problems. Now, the captains and their crews hurry back to unload despite the freezing conditions, so they can cash in.

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  14. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Everything on the Line

    S5:E1

    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.

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  15. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Red Skies in the Morning

    S5:E2

    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...

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  16. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Stay Focused or Die

    S5:E3

    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.

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  17. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Put Up or Shut Up

    S5:E4

    It¹s 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.

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  18. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Long Haul, Short Fuses

    S5:E5

    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.

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  19. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Deadline

    S5:E6

    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.

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  20. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Down to the Wire

    S5:E7

    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.

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  21. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Payback Time

    S5:E8

    The 2008 King crab season is over with and 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.

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  22. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - No Second Chances

    S5:E9

    In this episode the fleet arrives on the Opi Grounds and boats struggle with ice, big seas, and bad information to hunt down the crab. A skipper regrets sending his men out in savage weather to save the boat but there are no second chances on the Bering Sea.

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  23. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Sea of Misery

    S5:E10

    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.

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  24. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Lockout

    S5:E11

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

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  25. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt

    S5:E12

    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

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  26. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Ends of the Earth

    S5:E13

    When the fleet gets word of great fishing by the ice pack, the chase is on to the ends of the earth! Two egos collide, when Keith and Phil fight over fishing turf. Sick of hauling mangled, barnacle-ridden crab down south, Captain Harry on the Incentive faces his fears and climbs north to frozen waters. While aboard the Northwestern, Sig pushes his crew and himself to the edge of insanity with a sleepless, 38 hour grind. Hellacious hours and missing pots-a journey to the far north will push these men over the edge.

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Tragic Beginning" is the best rated episode of "Deadliest Catch". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/3/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Unforgiving Sea".