Deadliest Catch S5E12 — A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt

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Deadliest Catch•Season 5•Episode 12

A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt

7.6/10 · 39 votesJun 30, 200950 min

Ranked #11 of 16 in Season 5•−0.2 vs season avg

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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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Seasons22

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Season 5 Episodes16

E1 8.0

Everything on the Line

E2 8.1

Red Skies in the Morning

E3 8.2

Stay Focused or Die

E4 7.6

Put Up or Shut Up

E5 7.9

Long Haul, Short Fuses

Deadline

Down to the Wire

Payback Time

No Second Chances

Sea of Misery

Lockout

A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt

Ends of the Earth

Bitter Tears

Day of Reckoning

Shipwrecked

Cast6

Phil Harris

Self

Murray Gamrath

Self

Derrick Ray

Self

Keith Colburn

Self

Sig Hansen

Self

Mike Rowe

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Episode Summary

"A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt" is episode 12 of Deadliest Catch season 5. It scored 7.6/10 from 39 votes, ranking #11 of 16 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on June 30, 2009.

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