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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Deadliest Catch Season 2 Episode 6 - A New Hunt Begins
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    #1 - A New Hunt Begins

    S2:E6

    A new crab season beings and this time its the Opilio Crab season. As the crews and the ships return to Dutch Harbor in January, they prep their ships in hopes that this new season will better than the last one

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  2. Deadliest Catch Season 4 Episode 15 - As Catch as Catch Can
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    #2 - As Catch as Catch Can

    S4:E15

    The Arctic ice pack descends on the fleet as they make their final runs. Both the crews of the Northwestern and Wizard battle freezing spray. The Cornelia Marie's crew suffers from "Bering Sea dementia" while the Time Bandit's crew is at its breaking point.

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  3. Deadliest Catch Season 6 Episode 8 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore...
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    #3 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore...

    S6:E8

    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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  4. Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 15 - Release the Beast
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    #4 - Release the Beast

    S8:E15

    Two brothers find themselves in the same dire situation that sunk their father's boat. After a midseason hiatus, the fleet returns to the Bearing Sea, but the ice is back and worse than before. Now the skippers could get pushed past their breaking points.

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  5. Deadliest Catch Season 9 Episode 11 - We're Not Gonna Take It
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    #5 - We're Not Gonna Take It

    S9:E11

    The fleet's weathered the storm, but the crabs are still off the bite. Desperate to make their offload dates the captains mercilessly grind their crews. Not making any money, the deckhands start to get sick of being bullied.

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  6. Deadliest Catch Season 9 Episode 14 - Ship of Iron, Men of Steel
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    #6 - Ship of Iron, Men of Steel

    S9:E14

    With only three weeks left in Opilio season, the fleet prepares to make the final push to wrap up their seasons. Captains battle weather, equipment and their own men in a sprint to the finish, but nothing comes easy.

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  7. Deadliest Catch Season 9 Episode 15 - Man Overboard
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    #7 - Man Overboard

    S9:E15

    After enduring months of mechanical breakdowns, sleepless grinds and infighting, the fleet is starting to crack. And when deckhands on the Wizard are unable to lasso a floating walrus carcass, one man takes matters into his own hands.

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  8. Deadliest Catch Season 9 Episode 16 - The Final Battle
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    #8 - The Final Battle

    S9:E16

    The younger generation is put to the test as the fleet races to finish a grueling Opilio season. As defiance on the Wizard turns brother against brother, an accident brings one crabber's career to a gruesome end.

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  9. Deadliest Catch Season 11 Episode 6 - Wasted Talent
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    #9 - Wasted Talent

    S11:E6

    With a higher king crab quota than any other captain, Elliott Neese bids farewell. Jake Anderson struggles to fill Edgar's shoes.

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  10. Deadliest Catch Season 11 Episode 12 - 5-Year Storm (1)
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    #10 - 5-Year Storm (1)

    S11:E12

    The most menacing storm of opilio season moves in on the fleet. A rogue wave terrorizes the Cape Caution, ripping steel and timber. The Wizard crew races to plug a gushing leak. The Saga, captained by Jake Anderson, is nearly capsized by a 40-foot wave.

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  11. Deadliest Catch Season 15 Episode 18 - Dark Ship
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    #11 - Dark Ship

    S15:E18

    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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  12. Deadliest Catch Season 15 Episode 19 - Time And Tide Wait For No Man
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    #12 - Time And Tide Wait For No Man

    S15:E19

    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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  13. Deadliest Catch Season 15 Episode 20 - Dead Or Alive
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    #13 - Dead Or Alive

    S15:E20

    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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  14. Deadliest Catch Season 15 Episode 21 - Now Or Never
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    #14 - Now Or Never

    S15:E21

    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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  15. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 8 - Mayday Mayday
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    #15 - Mayday Mayday

    S16:E8

    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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  16. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 9 - Cold War Heating Up
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    #16 - Cold War Heating Up

    S16:E9

    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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  17. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 10 - Harms Way
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    #17 - Harms Way

    S16:E10

    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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  18. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 11 - Chase Boat Rescue
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    #18 - Chase Boat Rescue

    S16:E11

    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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  19. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 12 - Dutch Harbor Double Cross
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    #19 - Dutch Harbor Double Cross

    S16:E12

    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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  20. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 13 - Bomb Cyclone
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    #20 - Bomb Cyclone

    S16:E13

    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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  21. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 14 - Bering Sea Crash
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    #21 - Bering Sea Crash

    S16:E14

    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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  22. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 15 - Gut Instinct
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    #22 - Gut Instinct

    S16:E15

    As an injury knocks Sig out of his wheelhouse, Mandy takes the helm to face a disgruntled Northwestern crew.

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  23. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 16 - Bering Sea Wrecking Ball
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    #23 - Bering Sea Wrecking Ball

    S16:E16

    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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  24. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 17 - Danger Close
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    #24 - Danger Close

    S16:E17

    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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  25. Deadliest Catch Season 16 Episode 18 - Like Father Like Daughter
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    #25 - Like Father Like Daughter

    S16:E18

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"A New Hunt Begins" is the worst rated episode of "Deadliest Catch". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/2/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "As Catch as Catch Can".