Deadliest Catch

Tempers flare onboard Wizard and Northwestern. Time Bandit has a dangerous electrical short. On Cornelia Marie, Phil’s health deteriorates. Early Dawn runs headlong into high seas when its greenhorn falls asleep at the wheel.

Long strenuous hours and the harsh working conditions endured by the crews start to take their toll and tempers start to flare up.  We first get a glimpse of this on the Wizard where brothers and fellow captains Keith and Monte get into it after Keith complains about Monte’s attitude after being forced out on deck.   Apparently Monte  doesn’t like to start out on deck after waking up and the last thing Keith wants from his crew at this point is a lowering of morale.  The Wizard isn’t the only boat to see some blood pressures rise as Matt on the Northwestern had had enough of greenhorn Jake showing him up and lunges at him going for his throat.  Edgar and Sig both make it clear that the Bering Sea is no such place to handle their differences as there are just too many dangers that need to be concentrated on.

The Time Bandit also suffers a setback on it’s way back to the crabbing grounds after being unloaded.  A large ballast shorts out causing the entire boat to lose power under the darkness of night while traveling in heavy seas.  The crew is able to quickly repair the damage and get the power and lights restored.  All this while being a man down and a man injured with an empty hold needed to be filled.  We are also introduced to another greenhorn aboard the under performing Early Dawn, Bryan, whose father happens to own the company who owns the boat.  Needless to say this already has made it tough for him to earn respect on the deck, but when he falls asleep during his watch in the wheelhouse it only makes him less popular with is captain and crew.

Finally the luck on board the Cornelia Marie has seems to finally improve as Capt. Phil gets back to his pots and starts pulling up nice numbers of crab.  It might be the lucky hair cuts that his son Josh started with or maybe its was the superstition that made him stay in port an extra day to avoid leaving on a Friday but the Cornelia Marie definitely seems to be on the crab, which takes some of the stress off everyone.