7.5/1045 votes#1 - Slow Burn
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/2010
The 2009 King crab season begins with tensions at an all time high. One deckhand threatens to quit, while another sets his pre-mature sights on the wheelhouse. When the captains gather for their annual meeting, a line is crossed.
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7.4/1036 votes#2 - Breaking 'Em In
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2010
It's week two of King Crab season and a storm looms as the fleet hauls their first crab. One greenhorn cramps up after just a few pots, while two junior deckhands are tested on unfamiliar boats. But it's the veteran deckhands that really try the skippers' patience.
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7.3/1038 votes#3 - Sea Tested
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2010
It's the third week of hunting King crab and Captain Phil and Captain Sig's experiment in trading junior deckhands comes to a close. The young crew members are tested by big waves and cruel pranks until the end. Meanwhile, conflict between skippers and deckhands continues to rage unchecked.
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7.5/1038 votes#4 - Bering Sea Swim Club
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2010
Captain Sig and Captain Phil liaison to reclaim their junior deckhands with a high seas transfer. But when the young crew members submerge themselves in the bitter, treacherous tides - the plan quickly spins out of control.
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7.5/1036 votes#5 - Arctic Quest
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/2010
The boats unload and head back out to top off their quotas but the fishing is poor. Captain Sig takes the Northwestern on a risky excursion to the northwest for blue king crab. The high seas are fighting everyone.
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7.4/1034 votes#6 - False Pass
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2010
A white knuckle, boat-crippling passage stands between the Time Bandit and their final offload. A maniacal skipper continues to risk mutiny in the far northern reaches of the Bering Sea. Meanwhile, Captain Phil has to deal with an major engineering glitch that threatens Cornelia Marie's entire King crab catch.
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7.5/1033 votes#7 - When Hell Freezes Over
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/2010
An ice storm arrives on the winter crab grounds; skipper Phil Harris faces hefty repairs and untimely delays when the Cornelia Marie runs aground.
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7.6/1035 votes#8 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore...
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/2010
Ice bashing takes its toll on the fleet; an exhausted crew tries to keep up with the skipper's maniacal pace on the Northwestern.
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7.4/1036 votes#9 - Glory Days
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/2010
The Coast Guard is summoned regarding a heart attack; the Time Bandit faces an emergency; the Cornelia Marie tries out difficult fishing grounds in the Bering Sea.
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7.8/1041 votes#10 - The Darkened Seas
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/2010
The Coast Guard helicopter continues an attempted a rescue in dangerous seas. The deck of the Time Bandit becomes a deadly gauntlet of heavy, falling ice chunks while on the Cornelia Marie, the skipper's son reveals a dark secret.
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7.5/1039 votes#11 - Blown Off Course
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/2010
On the Cornelia Marie Captain Phil comes to grip with his son Jakes's drug addiction. Phil and a couple other skippers contemplate retirement and who can take charge of their legacy. Captain Sig has to deliver some hard news to a deck hand. The fleet returns to unload and is reminded that bad things happen in port too.
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7.9/1038 votes#12 - Empty Throne
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/2010
Josh remains behind to handle affairs on the Cornelia Marie as Captain Phil is medevaced to Anchorage. Captain Andy starts training Mike as relief captain, to the jealousy of the other deckhands. Word of Phil's stroke begins to reach the other captains, sending shockwaves through the fleet.
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7.9/1040 votes#13 - Cain and Abel
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 7/6/2010
Drama dominates the crews of the fleet during the mid-season grind. Jake and Josh Harris suffer a new falling-out with their father's life hanging in the balance.
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7.8/1046 votes#14 - Redemption Day
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 7/13/2010
A power struggle for the captain's chair erupts between Mike and Scott on the Time Bandit; Edgar Hansen schools his greenest deckhand; ominous weather awaits the fleet while Phil Harris fights for his life.
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7.9/1044 votes#15 - Valhalla
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 7/20/2010
Captain Phil Harris loses his battle for life while the boats - unaware of the news - battle the biggest storm of the season. Eventually, eldest son Josh breaks the news to the fleet and reactions are intense and unforgettable.
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8.6/1066 votes#16 - Captain Phil Harris Remembered
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2010
Saluting Capt. Phil Harris, who died on Feb. 9, 2010.
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7.7/1035 votes#17 - Endless
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 7/27/2010
Tension runs high on the Northwestern, as Edgar Hansen is fed up with the 22 year marathon of pain, confronts his older brother Sig. Josh Harris returns to the Cornelia Marie and the Opilio Season ends with a harrowing mayday.
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Slow Burn" is the best rated episode of "Deadliest Catch" season 6. It scored 7.5/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/13/2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Breaking 'Em In".