Deadliest Catch“Changing Tides”
Original Air Date: July 8, 2008
Jeff P. – Two Cents Reviewer
jeffp@thetwocentscorp.com
“My name’s Edgar Hansen… Welcome to my hell”. This quote comes from the Northwestern’s deck boss, so you know this episode will be packing a punch. With tempers flaring and a couple of near misses, Deadliest Catch delivers again.
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Original Air Date: July 8, 2008
Jeff P. – Two Cents Reviewer
jeffp@thetwocentscorp.com
“My name’s Edgar Hansen… Welcome to my hell”. This quote comes from the Northwestern’s deck boss, so you know this episode will be packing a punch. With tempers flaring and a couple of near misses, Deadliest catch delivers again.
The Northwestern –
Captain Sig Hansen is bringing in the Northwestern’s 184 thousand pound catch through St Paul Harbor for an offload. Unfortunately they are traversing through cakes of ice. They want to offload quickly before it gets too cold and potentially lock them in the harbor. Later his fears become a reality as he has a tough time getting out. When they do get on their way, the main goal is to retrieve all of the pots from the grounds that have been soaking, no matter what the counts are. The Arctic ice pack is coming down and they could lose their gear if they don’t get them out in time. It’s 5 degrees below zero and they have to remove the ice from the boat first. When they finally crack all of the ice they see that the pots are loaded with Opie gold. And by getting their pots, the mission is complete.
The Wizard –
Captain Keith is offloading 407 thousand pounds of Opies. He and his brother (and co-captain) Monte get into an argument and Keith loses his temper. At one point, Keith shoves the camera away with his hand so he can have a private conversation with Monte. At the end of the talk, Keith tells Monte that he’s lost his privileges as his brother. But the following day they mend fences. As Keith puts it: “Family first, fishing second”. And when the fishing starts, it doesn’t start on a good note. The first couple of pots come up empty. Keith hopes this will change soon.
The Time Bandit –
Captain Andy Hillstrand is seeing that his Opilio season is still on a big hot streak. And after the retirement (as a deckhand) of Neil, Jonathan’s son Scott has been honing his skills on the hydraulics. He needs more practice, but Andy thinks that safety is the best way to go, so Scott takes it slow. At one point however, Scott forgets to lock a pot onto the launcher and the pot barely misses a crewmember. At 1000 pounds each, a pot could kill you. As the crew gets up to a 72-hour shift, fatigue starts to set in. Since they’re pulling in female and juvenile crab, they have to dump the pots out. And this means Scott has to man the hydraulics even longer. When a surprise wave hits, Scott loses control of the crane and a pot misses greenhorn Earon’s head by inches! Scott is upset about it, but Jonathan orders him to keep at what he’s doing. It’s important to work well under pressure. But Jonathan and Andy aren’t happy about the way that Scott handles their criticism.
The Cornelia Marie –
It’s been 4 days since Captain Phil had checked himself in a hospital in Anchorage. Josh is manning the helm and gives his dad the daily call to check up on him. Phil tells Josh that he may not be able to fish again this season with all the tests still remaining. On an off-camera moment, Phil tells Josh that he’s not sure that he’ll be able to fish at all ever again! But deckhand Murray isn’t buying it. He knows Phil too well and can’t imagine him not getting back behind the wheel. Josh tells us that he wanted his dad to see how far he has come in his skill as a fisherman. When they get going, they start to see great fishing for the first time in this crazy season. They have pulled in 172 thousand pounds of crab, and greenhorn Dan has kept up so far. So much so, that deckhand Freddie shakes his hand as he promised he would, after they’ve completed their first trip.
This season is not only proven to be the longest to date, but it has also been the most dramatic. For the last couple of weeks we’ve been concerned about Phil’s health and it shows in the faces of his sons. And seeing the crewmembers almost getting hurt (or worse) aboard the Time Bandit was intense. I have to say that this is my favorite season so far. And we’re not even finished yet! What do you think? Will Phil come back? He has to, right? I wonder what his two cents on the subject would be?