The Worst Episodes of Deadliest Catch
Every episode of Deadliest Catch ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Deadliest Catch!
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 meet their quota and make it home safely.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Deadliest Catch" is "Lights Out!", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Lights Out!" aired on 7/2/2024 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Double Agent".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - Lights Out!
Season 20 Episode 4 - Aired 2024-07-02
A below-deck brawl puts Sophia "Bob" Nielsen's captaincy to the test on the Seabrooke. A hydro leak on the Summer Bay threatens to send Wild Bill's King Crab season into the red. Rick must make a crucial decision when Jacob's deckmate crosses the line.
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- 6.4/10 14 votes
#2 - Double Agent
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 2020-05-12
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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6.5/10 13 votes#3 - Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 2020-09-15
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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6.5/10 17 votes#4 - Quid Pro Crab
Season 17 Episode 17 - Aired 2021-08-17
Captains scramble to meet an expanded quota in the path of a violent system dubbed "Squall-pocalypse". A breakdown on the Wizard puts Monte in debt to the Time Bandit and Josh and Casey exceed their own quota when it comes to injuries on deck.
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- 6.5/10 15 votes
#5 - Blood and Treasure
Season 19 Episode 6 - Aired 2023-05-23
When Sig and Mandy disagree on a fishing strategy, Clark is caught in the middle. Wild Bill comes down hard on deckhands as Linda gets too close to danger. Keith pulls the Wizard alongside the Saga and unleashes unexpected bad blood.
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6.6/10 25 votes#6 - Listing Lover
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 2013-07-02
The crews and battered boats are feeling the brunt of one of the hardest Opilio seasons on record. While some crew members battle potentially catastrophic breakdowns to stay on the grounds and keep fishing, others throw in the towel and call it quits.
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- 6.6/10 15 votes
#7 - Between Payday and Mayday
Season 19 Episode 10 - Aired 2023-06-20
An early closure forces captains to work together to get their catch safely to port; Sig crosses a line when he repositions a rookie captain's pots; Jake and Sean race back from Adak while Linda bolsters her east coast reputation in the Bering Sea.
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- 6.7/10 21 votes
#8 - Bering Sea Superstition
Season 19 Episode 4 - Aired 2023-05-09
A new deckhand falls ill on the Time Bandit, raising questions for Andy and warning signs for John. A bait pallet breaks loose, forcing Captain Rick to deal with a severe crew injury. When Wild Bill's plan A fails on the Summer Bay, Maria tries plan P.
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6.8/10 13 votes#9 - Danger Close
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 2020-08-04
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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6.8/10 12 votes#10 - Like Father Like Daughter
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 2020-08-18
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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- 6.8/10 19 votes
#11 - Wheelhouse Bound
Season 19 Episode 2 - Aired 2023-04-25
Sig gets tough news at sea forcing the Hansens to make a critical decision as John and Andy lend a hand. With wheelhouse ambitions, Jacob hits a wall with Keith on the Wizard. New captain Jack crosses a line when Harley makes a deal with Jake.
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- 6.8/10 17 votes
#12 - Amazing Grace
Season 19 Episode 3 - Aired 2023-05-02
Sig buries his beloved mother and the last of his family's pioneering generation. Sean Dwyer joins forces with Rick Shelford but the two captains don't see eye to eye on rules. Jacob fights back on the Wizard and finds no safe harbor from Captain Keith.
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6.9/10 26 votes#13 - Rise and Fall
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 2012-06-12
With unrelenting northerly winds bearing down on the fleet, every skipper steels himself for battle with the descending polar ice pack. And as temperatures drop on the grounds, tempers on deck flare up.
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- 6.9/10 15 votes
#14 - Curse of the Russian Line
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 2019-06-11
Josh and Casey haul in their biggest pots ever, starting a gold rush to the Russian line. Captain Bill gets some inside intel, while Harvey confirms the numbers his own way. As Arctic Storm Elsa strengthens, the fleet realizes the ice queen casts a deadly spell.
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6.9/10 11 votes#15 - End of The Beginning
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 2020-09-08
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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6.9/10 20 votes#16 - Force Majeure
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 2021-05-18
As a typhoon rocks the Bering Sea, the Summer Bay suffers a collision. Sig gambles all his pots in one spot, while Casey takes a scientific approach to finding the elusive Bairdi crab. John and Josh rush a pit stop to get the Time Bandit back in the hunt.
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- 6.9/10 10 votes
#17 - Port of Last Resort
Season 18 Episode 23 - Aired 2022-09-27
As ice blocks St. Paul Harbor, captains race to deliver their final snow crab. Sig deploys a risky tactic his father pioneered, while Jake battles a slack tank to save the Saga. Keith and John scuttle a plan as the Wizard's 77-year-old hull cracks open.
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- 6.9/10 14 votes
#18 - Cold Hard World
Season 19 Episode 7 - Aired 2023-05-30
On the Saga, Sean Dwyer joins Jake for a high-risk trek west to Adak Island. Rick attempts a dangerous shortcut through the treacherous tides of Unimak Pass. Sig’s deckhand Lauritz takes a brutal fall while Johnathan bids farewell to a lifelong friend.
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- 6.9/10 12 votes
#19 - Million Dollar Season
Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 2023-06-13
With a storm threatening his record-breaking run, Johnathan allies with Keith to triangulate the crab; Jack braves treacherous tidal currents, staking his redemption on loaded pots; in 30-foot waves, chaos strikes the Wizard.
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7.0/10 32 votes#20 - Payback Time
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2009-06-02
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.
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7.0/10 25 votes#21 - Alien Abduction
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2012-05-08
Past the halfway point of the King Crab season, man and machine alike show signs of wear under the brutal hand of the Bering Sea. While repairs can be made to the equipment, the fishermen must dig deep to soldier on in a place where nature rules.
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7.0/10 24 votes#22 - Collision Course
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2012-06-26
The polar ice pack invades the opilio crab grounds, forcing the captains to make a decision: grab their gear and run, or keep fishing and fight the floes. Two deckhands fall victim to an ice assault; a captain's troubles are compounded by a call home.
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7.0/10 20 votes#23 - Release the Beast
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2012-07-17
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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- 7.0/10 23 votes
#24 - Super Swarm
Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 2019-04-16
Atop the king crab super swarm, full pots boil over into conflict as young guns Sean and Jake join forces to set down Sig. Keith and Harley reignite a decades old rivalry, and Sean faces the long arm of Alaska law when crab in his tank come up short.
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7.0/10 15 votes#25 - Crane Wreck
Season 15 Episode 13 - Aired 2019-07-09
In storm-driven seas, Cornelia Marie's crane goes off the rails, smashing Josh and Casey's wheelhouse and injuring deckhand Taylor; Sig risks navigating a rocky passage in treacherous conditions, and the Wizard crew face a rogue wave without warning.
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