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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Deadliest Catch Season 2 Episode 6 - A New Hunt Begins
    0.0/10(51 votes)

    #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

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Deadliest Catch Season 4 Episode 15 - As Catch as Catch Can
    0.0/10(39 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Deadliest Catch Season 6 Episode 8 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore...
    0.0/10(38 votes)

    #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
    0.0/10(25 votes)

    #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
    0.0/10(31 votes)

    #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
    0.0/10(27 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Deadliest Catch Season 9 Episode 15 - Man Overboard
    0.0/10(26 votes)

    #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
    0.0/10(29 votes)

    #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
    0.0/10(31 votes)

    #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)
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #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 18 Episode 10 - Dark Waters
    0.0/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Dark Waters

    S18:E10

    Jake hits pay dirt taking his niece to an ancestor's fishing grounds, but after a crewman leaves a hatch open, their prized black cod escape by the hundreds. When the Time Bandit ventures into freshwater, Johnathan risks killing his entire live catch.

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  12. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 11 - No Good Deed Unpunished
    0.0/10(18 votes)

    #12 - No Good Deed Unpunished

    S18:E11

    With dock prices spiking, the fleet races to deliver. Jake witnesses a freighter severing his longline, forcing the Saga crew to drag the bottom for a valuable string of pots. Rip helps Johnathan locate the motherlode only to pay with a broken block.

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  13. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 12 - Sailor's Delight
    0.0/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Sailor's Delight

    S18:E12

    In an epic Fall season finale, Clark scuttles Sig's partnership with Harley to get home for the birth of his and Mandy's baby. An orca leads the Cornelia Marie to the season's best pots. When John's autopilot fails, Jake is the star that leads him home.

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  14. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 13 - To The End of the Earth
    0.0/10(20 votes)

    #14 - To The End of the Earth

    S18:E13

    In the Winter premiere, nautical weather slams the fleet as Josh and Casey race north in hopes of beating the coming ice pack. Sig and Keith attempt to find common ground, and on the Time Bandit, Johnathan finds his co-captain a bit wobbly. 300th episode.

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  15. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 14 - Where Eagles Dare
    0.0/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Where Eagles Dare

    S18:E14

    The Northwestern has a risky encounter with a bald eagle. Josh and Casey place a bet on a hard-to-find quota, while casualties mount on the Patty.

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  16. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 15 - The Crush of Winter
    0.0/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Crush of Winter

    S18:E15

    New-mother Mandy returns to Sig's wheelhouse, but as heavy ice builds on the Northwestern, she reckons with the risks the family is taking; Jake unveils a new super pot to stake his claim in the cod derby as winter weather blindsides the fleet.

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  17. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 16 - No Turning Back
    0.0/10(15 votes)

    #17 - No Turning Back

    S18:E16

    Sig is forced to jettison pots lest he capsizes the Northwestern; Jake and the Saga hit bottom; Sean Dwyer devises creative motivation for his greenhorns.

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  18. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 17 - Operation Anvil Drop
    0.0/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Operation Anvil Drop

    S18:E17

    Keith recruits Johnathan to intercept a Russian trawler fishing illegally in US waters but the situation intensifies when the Time Bandit crew spots a missile streaking across their position. Bill and Sean fight to defend their pots from rogue trawlers.

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  19. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 18 - Hell on the High Seas
    0.0/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Hell on the High Seas

    S18:E18

    Josh and Casey race to the approaching ice edge as an Aleutian storm slams the opilio grounds. Jake discovers his niece and engineer have been hooking up more than crab gear as they risk life and limb climbing the 30ft crane to make a critical repair.

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  20. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 19 - Avian Apocalypse
    0.0/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Avian Apocalypse

    S18:E19

    The Cornelia Marie crashes into the ice pack when the greenhorn on watch falls asleep at the wheel; Jake's crew experiences a stunning phenomenon when a flock of seabirds bombards the Saga; Wild Bill tackles an unsafe sea state on the Summer Bay.

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  21. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 20 - Frozen
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Frozen

    S18:E20

    After risking his crew salvaging gear from the ice pack, Sig changes tactics deploying an experimental bait from Norway. On the Time Bandit, frustration boils over as Freddy tests Johnathan. Jake hauls in seas so volatile his crew must take shelter.

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  22. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 21 - Graveyard of Gear
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Graveyard of Gear

    S18:E21

    With intense currents holding back the Arctic ice pack, Keith drives into deck-wrecking waves to retrieve his catch before the ice bounces back. Jake and Sean face losing everything when ice swallows their gear as Rip enters a pot cemetery of his own.

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  23. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 22 - Sub-Zero Scramble
    0.0/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Sub-Zero Scramble

    S18:E22

    The icy depths of the Bering Sea threaten to claim Sig and Wild Bill's gear unless they can move quickly enough to beat the rapidly freezing waters; Rip take on a massive amount of extra quota, and if he can't catch it, he'll have to buy it.

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  24. Deadliest Catch Season 18 Episode 23 - Port of Last Resort
    0.0/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Port of Last Resort

    S18:E23

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Deadliest Catch Season 19 Episode 1 - Call of a New Generation
    0.0/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Call of a New Generation

    S19:E1

    In the season premiere, a young generation ventures to the Bering Sea forging unlikely wheelhouse alliances across the fleet. But as high prices draw illegal foreign boats, captains young and old must band together to defend America's prized crab grounds.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A New Hunt Begins" is the worst rated episode of "Deadliest Catch". It scored /10 based on 51 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".