7.2/1028 votes#1 - Battle Of Kings
Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2019
Hours before king season, a huge new boat with a renegade captain finds the crab are all in one spot. The fleet races to find the hoard and fight for their share.
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7.1/1025 votes#2 - Super Swarm
Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2019
Atop the king crab super swarm, full pots boil over into conflict as young guns Sean and Jake join forces to set down Sig. Keith and Harley reignite a decades old rivalry, and Sean faces the long arm of Alaska law when crab in his tank come up short.
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7.2/1022 votes#3 - Knife in the Ribs
Season 15 Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2019
In storm-driven seas, Cornelia Marie's crane goes off the rails; Sig risks navigating a rocky passage in treacherous conditions, and the Wizard crew face a rogue wave without warning.
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7.8/1020 votes#4 - Single Point Of Failure
Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2019
A freak accident strikes the Northwestern with Mandy alone at the helm. Josh charts a new course on the Cornelia Marie while Casey sleeps. Lights go out on the Wizard, and Harley's launcher snaps at the worst moment.
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7.5/1018 votes#5 - Shifting Stack
Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2019
In the biggest storm of the season, Jake faces a life-or-death decision when a shifting stack threatens to capsize the Saga. Sig and Mandy haul through angry seas, while Josh and Casey gamble on quota but find there's more on the line than numbers.
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7.8/1020 votes#6 - Blood in the Water
Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2019
The Bering Sea takes a toll on captains and crew. Wild Bill calls the Cornelia for help. Jake confronts a disorderly crew, forcing his toughest decision yet as captain. Josh mans the helm as Casey makes a risky ship-to-ship transfer in high seas.
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7.4/1016 votes#7 - Winter Is Here
Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2019
The coldest weather in nearly a decade threatens to crush hulls and freeze the sea. Monte must fill his tanks fast to get home to his ailing father, while a shocking mishap leaves a Hansen family member grasping for life.
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- 7.5/1017 votes
#8 - Tough Inheritance
Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2019
As winter intensifies, Sean faces an engine room fire. Summer Bay deck boss suffers a season-threatening injury. Harley offers a newfound nephew a trial run at greenhorn. Monte races to fill Wizard's quota so Keith can say farewell to their father.
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- 7.7/1018 votes
#9 - Russian Roulette
Season 15 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2019
Josh and Casey risk a 500 mile trek north to the icy Russian line. Jake tracks his own fast-moving crab horde. Sig does double duty on the Northwestern. The Bering sea cracks the Wizard's steel hull as the Colburns face the loss of their dad.
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- 6.8/1016 votes
#10 - Curse of the Russian Line
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2019
Josh and Casey haul in their biggest pots ever, starting a gold rush to the Russian line. Captain Bill gets some inside intel, while Harvey confirms the numbers his own way. As Arctic Storm Elsa strengthens, the fleet realizes the ice queen casts a deadly spell.
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- 7.3/1016 votes
#11 - Hell Hath No Fury
Season 15 Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2019
The wrath of Arctic Storm Elsa hits the Cornelia hardest as a breakaway pot thrashes Josh and Casey's crew; Capt. Keith orders deckhands onto the stack as Elsa's icy blasts threaten to capsize the Wizard; the Saga takes a rogue wave.
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7.3/1016 votes#12 - Sixty Foot Monster
Season 15 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2019
As arctic super-storm Elsa intensifies, a forecast warns of isolated waves of unusual size; trapped in the crab-rich northern grounds, the Cornelia Marie, Wizard and Southern Wind haul pots as big as the waves, until one boat faces a 60-foot monster.
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7.0/1017 votes#13 - Crane Wreck
Season 15 Episode 13 - Aired 7/9/2019
In storm-driven seas, Cornelia Marie's crane goes off the rails, smashing Josh and Casey's wheelhouse and injuring deckhand Taylor; Sig risks navigating a rocky passage in treacherous conditions, and the Wizard crew face a rogue wave without warning.
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7.6/1014 votes#14 - Devil's Cut
Season 15 Episode 14 - Aired 7/16/2019
Deckhands pay in blood as captains make up for time lost to the storm; on the Cornelia Marie, Josh takes the wheel as Casey conducts surgery at sea; Brenna A tests the mettle of a former Marine; a call from home has Sig facing a worst-case scenario.
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7.6/1015 votes#15 - Unbreakable
Season 15 Episode 15 - Aired 7/23/2019
The fleet battles a freight train of back to back storms. Sig's crew pays a price for some stuffed pots and Harley risks his gear to cash in on an elusive crab hoard under the ice. Freddy attempts to perform self surgery on the Wizard and on the Summer Bay the crew gets news on Nick's future.
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7.3/1014 votes#16 - Hell Or High Water
Season 15 Episode 16 - Aired 8/6/2019
Monte returns to co-captain the Wizard just as massive storms slam the fleet from the south. Jake risks hauling his pots in 30 foot seas to return to his family. Wild Bill goes farther north into the icy Arctic than any other boat in the fleet.
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7.7/1014 votes#17 - Unholy Alliance
Season 15 Episode 17 - Aired 8/13/2019
As the crab become harder to find, veterans Sig Hansen and "Harley" Davidson form an unusual alliance, however trust doesn't come easy for old school captains. Freddy pays a price for Keith's decision to haul in rough seas and Jake tempts fate to become a boat owner.
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#18 - Dark Ship
Season 15 Episode 18 - Aired 8/20/2019
As smoke starts to fill the Wizard, Keith and Monte face a dark ship nightmare. Massive breakers shatter Jake's steel anchor forcing him to fight to avoid the rocks of St. Paul Island. Battered by relentless seas, Sig turns to his family to fill the Northwestern's tanks.
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- 7.6/1012 votes
#19 - Time And Tide Wait For No Man
Season 15 Episode 19 - Aired 8/27/2019
The bone-breaking winter unleashes fury on the Summer Bay. A rookie mistake leaves Captain Bill short a hand. Jake hits the jackpot at sea, but forces on land cost him dearly. There's hell to pay when Sean discovers the fatal flaw in his crab count.
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- 7.5/1013 votes
#20 - Dead Or Alive
Season 15 Episode 20 - Aired 9/3/2019
Each captain’s next move determines who survives the final winter push. Winds put the Wizard on a collision course with a monster wave. Jake taps a Hillstrand to save the Saga. Josh and Casey hit numbers not seen since Josh’s father, Phil Harris, was captain of the Corneila Marie.
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7.4/1010 votes#21 - Now Or Never
Season 15 Episode 21 - Aired 9/10/2019
In the season finale, with just ten pots to go, a crushing injury requires Coast Guard rescue. Josh and Casey face a huge loss when their offload gets cancelled. Sig gambles on an early finish, while Monte hauls more crab than the Wizard can hold.
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Season 15 Ratings Summary
"Battle Of Kings" is the best rated episode of "Deadliest Catch" season 15. It scored 7.2/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/9/2019. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Super Swarm".