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The Best Episodes of Deadliest Catch Season 5

Every episode of Deadliest Catch Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Deadliest Catch Season 5!

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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 prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 1 - Everything on the Line
    7.9/10(47 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 2 - Red Skies in the Morning
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #2 - 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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 3 - Stay Focused or Die
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 4 - Put Up or Shut Up
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 5 - Long Haul, Short Fuses
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 6 - Deadline
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 7 - Down to the Wire
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 8 - Payback Time
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 9 - No Second Chances
    7.7/10(37 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 10 - Sea of Misery
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 11 - Lockout
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 12 - A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #12 - 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

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 13 - Ends of the Earth
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 14 - Bitter Tears
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    #14 - Bitter Tears

    S5:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 15 - Day of Reckoning
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #15 - Day of Reckoning

    S5:E15

    The Opilio season is almost over, but an arctic storm front has the skippers on edge. The boats race to plug their tanks with crab and get back to port unscathed. On the first boat to finish, a tight knit crew fractures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episode 16 - Shipwrecked
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #16 - Shipwrecked

    S5:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Everything on the Line" is the best rated episode of "Deadliest Catch" season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/14/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Red Skies in the Morning".