7.8/1027 votes#1 - Cold War Rivals
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/2020
A dramatic change in the Russian crab industry rocks global markets and drives new competition between Dutch Harbor captains and their Russian adversaries. As crab prices skyrocket legendary captains return to claim their piece of a historic payday.
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7.4/1023 votes#2 - Typhoon Hagibis
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/2020
Just as the fleet begins its race to beat the Russians, ferocious typhoon Hagibis turns its deadly gaze on the Bering Sea. Captains must choose whether to risk life and limb for a big payday, or to sit out the storm and fish another day.
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- 7.3/1017 votes
#3 - Breaking Point
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/2020
Still reeling from deadly typhoon Hagibis, the fleet claws its way back into competition against the Russians. The pressure to make up ground has mounted and it's do-or-die for the captains, even if it means danger or even war.
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- 7.5/1015 votes
#4 - Shotguns and Fist Fights
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/2020
With the Russian menace looming, co-captains Johnathan and Jake blast a shotgun at their problems while a vicious fist fight breaks out on the Seabrooke. Meanwhile, Wild Bill blows an engine and Mandy bets on science to get back on crabs.
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- 6.5/1015 votes
#5 - Double Agent
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/2020
The Cornelia Marie uses US satellites to spy on the Russians, Scott pioneers a dormant fishery and Wild Bill faces off with a Russian greenhorn.
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7.4/1015 votes#6 - The Bleeding Edge
Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 5/19/2020
Johnathan finds himself going under the knife at sea as King season comes to an end. Junior chases the elusive Golden King and Wild Bill faces off with a greenhorn.
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7.9/1017 votes#7 - Into The Red
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2020
Junior risks crossing into Russian waters to tank golden crab. Co-captains Jake and Johnathan attempt an alliance with longtime rival Keith Colburn. Josh Harris bets his season on instinct. Short on quota and options, Wild Bill seeks work in Russia.
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7.9/1015 votes#8 - Mayday Mayday
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/2020
The Coast Guard responds to a mayday call as captains and crew brace for the loss of friends during a brutal winter storm. Sig and Monte track an opilio hoard at the Russian line, and the clock is ticking for Wild Bill & Junior during the cod derby.
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7.5/1015 votes#9 - Cold War Heating Up
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2020
As the crab biomass migrates across the Russian line, Josh and Casey dump 175 pots on the border. Sig and Mandy go dark ship in towering seas. Jake's new deckhand gets injured while Junior attempts to steam through False Pass in a nighttime blizzard.
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7.3/1014 votes#10 - Harms Way
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2020
Facing a 500-mile wide Siberian storm, Josh takes a big risk to keep the Cornelia Marie crew safe. Junior loses control of his rudders putting his boat at the mercy of heavy seas. Jake’s greenhorn problems get a lot worse when one clogs the toilet.
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8.1/1015 votes#11 - Chase Boat Rescue
Season 16 Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/2020
Listing heavily and taking on water, Junior calls on chase boat rescue for the first time in series history. Wild Bill sends Nick 20 feet off the deck in spite of his fear of heights. Josh and Casey hit a massive wave that knocks out greenhorn Maria.
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7.5/1014 votes#12 - Dutch Harbor Double Cross
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 6/30/2020
On the Summer Bay there's hell to pay when Bill's backup block goes missing. Cornelia Marie skippers Josh and Casey navigate a tenuous partnership at the Russian line. Weighed down by three full tanks, Sig puts a heavy Northwestern in Mandy's hands.
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7.5/1015 votes#13 - Bomb Cyclone
Season 16 Episode 13 - Aired 7/7/2020
The Wizard catches fire in a violent storm known as a bomb cyclone. Josh and Casey attempt to fish in 30-foot seas, while two rogue waves slam the Southern Wind. Wild Bill grinds his crew 72 straight hours bringing himself to the brink of collapse.
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7.6/1016 votes#14 - Bering Sea Crash
Season 16 Episode 14 - Aired 7/14/2020
Battling exhaustion, Wild Bill and his crew face the full wrath of the bomb cyclone. A snapped tendon puts the Summer Bay down a man. Josh gambles on crab-rich grounds in a costly venture north. An injured Mac fights to get Junior through the storm.
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7.3/1013 votes#15 - Gut Instinct
Season 16 Episode 15 - Aired 7/21/2020
As an injury knocks Sig out of his wheelhouse, Mandy takes the helm to face a disgruntled Northwestern crew.
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7.5/1013 votes#16 - Bering Sea Wrecking Ball
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 7/28/2020
Stuffed pots come at a price as Jake scrambles to repair a slack tank before it kills his crab or capsizes the Saga.
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6.9/1014 votes#17 - Danger Close
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 8/4/2020
Josh and Casey race to haul pots as engine failure threatens their delivery window. As seawater destroys his hydraulic motors, Junior attempts a risky high seas delivery of three new motors. Harley and his crew bang heads over his fishing strategy.
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6.9/1013 votes#18 - Like Father Like Daughter
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 8/18/2020
Sig and Mandy conspire to get Jake to do their prospecting, but the former deckhand seizes the moment to fill his own tanks. The Wizard crew must break through ice to rush Keith to a doctor. Junior fears the worst as a deckhand falls from the stack.
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7.3/1015 votes#19 - Rogue Wave Juggernaut
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 8/25/2020
A rare weather event churns up rogue waves as supermoon tides collide with a cyclonic snowstorm. Josh and Casey face a 55-foot monster, while Jake risks capsizing to repair his rudder in unruly seas. Monte's big move north pays off in massive pots.
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7.3/1019 votes#20 - A Problem Like Maria
Season 16 Episode 20 - Aired 9/1/2020
As the super snow-moon storm peaks, the Cornelia Marie's deck becomes a gauntlet for Josh and Casey's greenest greenhorn. Ice fog overtakes the fleet as Monte scrambles to stay afloat, Harley loses an engine and Junior fights a sea-flea infestation.
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7.2/1013 votes#21 - End of The Beginning
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 9/8/2020
As the fleet mounts a final Winter season push, sad news rattles the Cornelia Marie wheelhouse. Lady Alaska greenhorn, Gabby, overcomes a painful injury to support her crew. Wild Bill's deckhands must devise a bush fix or face hauling pots by hand.
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6.8/1015 votes#22 - Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 9/15/2020
Saga loses a veteran deckhand, forcing Jake to steam a greenhorn army to the Russian line. Amid scuttlebutt that ports are closing due to a virus, Josh fights to get home for a reunion with his brother and Sig's daughter gets rushed to the hospital.
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7.4/1017 votes#23 - Everything Changes
Season 16 Episode 23 - Aired 9/22/2020
The Cornelia crew fights to save its gear from sea ice; Jake risks the far north to fill his tanks before his son's birth; amid news of a looming pandemic, Russian boats mysteriously disappear and captains race to dock before crab prices crash.
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Season 16 Ratings Summary
"Cold War Rivals" is the best rated episode of "Deadliest Catch" season 16. It scored 7.8/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/14/2020. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Typhoon Hagibis".