Season 3

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DEADLIEST CATCH       Season  3 Episode Guide       2006/2007

 1.  A TRAGIC BEGINNING:  Welcome back to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The largest fishing port in the United States is buzzing with life as 81 fishing vessels, including the Northwestern, the Cornelia Marie, and the Time Bandit, return to start the 2006 Red King Crab season.

2.  THE UNFORGIVING SEA:  After a fishing boat sinks, the fleet works with the Coast Guard to find survivors. Equipment failures plague the Northwestern & Cornelia Marie, and the Time Bandit & Maverick start fishing only to have one boat come up empty while the other fills

3. PAIN AND PAYBACKS:  After a deadly start, the Bering Sea is still claiming victims. Working in high seas, Deckhand Lenny Lakanoff of the Wizard suffers a crippling injury, leaving Captain Keith scrambling to shore. On the Northwestern, Deckhand Matt fears possible jail time.

4. CHEATING DEATH:  Halfway through the season the grind is on. On all the boats the men are working 40 hours without sleep. Equipment failures, fatigue and bad weather are making fishing even more dangerous, and the men of the high seas must deal with repairs and rescues.

5.  BERING SEA SALVATION:  The end of the king crab season is drawing near. Captain Johnathan and crew start dropping gear. The Time Bandit is back in contention, Captain Sig hauls in huge pots of keepers and onboard the Wizard, the crew is struggling to make their final offload.

6.  THE LAST LAP:  The grinding 2006 Red King Crab fishing marathon comes to a close — Sig Hansen and the Northwestern crew finish a 30-hour grind and steam for port while Phil Harris of the Cornelia Mariem aka “the comeback kid” returns to Dutch injury free.

7.  NEW BEGINNINGS:   As the Opilio crab season opens, several greenhorns are about to experience the subfreezing temperatures and icy winter waters of the Bering Sea for the first time.

 8.  CAUGHT IN THE STORM:  Only days into the Opilio season, a major storm system has arrived on the fishing grounds. High seas cause Captain Andy of the Time Bandit to call his men off deck, moments before a rogue wave hits the starboard side.

9.  CROSSING THE LINE:   Busted buoys, broken pots, and a blown engine have put the Northwestern more than a week behind schedule. Captain Sig hopes Lady Luck will smile upon him as he drops all of his gear far north of the rest of the fleet.

10.  TRAILS OF THE GREENHORN:   Greenhorns are put to the test as the Bering Sea’s harsh winter weather deteriorates. Guy, the Wizard’s greenhorn has only worked three days and is already faltering; but the Northwestern and Cornelia Marie greenhorns step up to prove their worth.

11. ICE AND OPEN WATER:  The promise of a great catch outweighs the dangerous risks faced by the Opilio Crab fishing vessels.

12.  A FROZEN FINISH:  Finale for the greenhorns- some have succeeded in their quests to become Bering Sea crab fisherman — others won’t be coming back. The 2007 Opilio crab tally’s in and a winner is declared.

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AFTER THE CATCH

SHOW 1: Overboard
The series opens with some of the Bering Sea’s greatest stories of successful and failed rescue attempts. Spike Walker himself will retell the great Master Carl story, and the ship’s two survivors will meet in person for the first time since their rescue over 30 years ago. The fishermen will talk about their own losses at sea, and they’ll get a chance to swap stories with two of the greatest Coast Guard personnel ever: superstar chopper pilots Jimmy Ng and Laura Guth. As always, there will be no shortage of laughs, as the guys inflate a raft (at the table) and make Mike wear a survival suit.

SHOW 2: Man vs. Nature
The fishermen will swap stories of the worst storms they remember; these are harrowing near-death tales of extraordinary focus at the helm. They will talk about what it’s like to face the ice pack and just how terrifying it is to know it could rip their boat and sink it like the Titanic. They’ll talk about what it takes to scare a sea captain, namely gigantic rogue waves that come from nowhere. They’ll relive the Big Valley tragedy and talk about what might have been done differently. Then, they’ll lighten the mood and have some fun with stories of exhaustion, notorious seasickness and crazy antics at sea.

SHOW 3: Mysteries at Sea
Our captains and deckhands shed light on some of the more peculiar aspects of crab fishing. What are the rituals these guys go through every time they head out? What kind of toughness is expected from a crab fisherman? Viewers will hear the incredible story of the Ghost Ship, the Golden Viking, told by Phil Harris’ dad, who was her captain. Spike Walker will return to lend a new angle to the St. Patrick story. The guys will also share their own “close call” stories, where they were barely spared their ships and their lives. Viewers will understand how many of these guys escape TO the Bering sea because of their troubled lives on land, and they’ll get a chance to meet the series creator, Thom Beers, who will explain how and why Deadliest Catch came to be. Finally, all the captains will disappear from the room, and the deckhands will take over. At that point, Mike can get the straight scoop on those captains.

SHOW 4: On the Edge
First, the guys will talk about the lineage connected to their career, starting right at the table, with the Hansens, Hillstrands, Harrises and even the Hendricks. Viewers will delight in tales of the glory days of crab fishing, when money flowed as freely as the booze and crab fishermen were the new breed of prospectors. Mike will have them weigh in on how they feel about those noteworthy “chickens” who abandoned ship, and he’ll invite a couple of Deadliest Catch’s most high-profile women to toss in their perspective as well. The guys will have a little send-up for the “Deadliest Greenhorn,” as they bring Kevin Davis to the table, and finally, they’ll celebrate some of the most notorious pranks, both at sea and onshore.