Pesca Mortal

The king crab season begins with tensions at an all-time high. One deckhand threatens to quit while another sets his sights on the wheelhouse. When the captains gather for their annual meeting, a line is crossed.

A storm looms as the fleet hauls their first king crab. A greenhorn on the Wizard cramps up after just a few pots, and two deckhands are tested on unfamiliar boats.

An experiment in trading junior deckhands comes to an end. One considers a permanent change, but the other can't wait to get back to the Cornelia Marie. On the Wizard, a skipper's authority is tested by his brother and his crew.

Captains Sig Hansen and Phil Harris reclaim their junior deckhands with a high seas transfer, but the plan quickly spins out of control. The Time Bandit fights to keep the boat from sinking.

A monster storm stands between the Time Bandit and their final offload for king crab season. The Northwestern hunts the planet's most elusive crab: blue king. Cornelia Marie captain Phil Harris gives his son, Jake, an ultimatum.

A white knuckle, boat-crippling passage stands between the Time Bandit and their final offload. The Cornelia Marie loses power, and a broken circulation pump puts the entire season's worth of king crab in jeopardy.

After the Cornelia Marie runs into a reef, Captain Phil Harris faces another massive repair and anxiety about a delayed season. On the winter crab grounds, the skippers run into a huge ice storm and risk capsizing.

Days spent bashing ice off the boats have the crews in pain. On the Northwestern, the exhausted crew struggles to keep up with Captain Sig Hansen's maniacal pace, and one deckhand pays the price in blood.

The Cornelia Marie gambles on the most difficult fishing grounds, and an ice storm puts the Time Bandit in emergency mode. Meanwhile, a boat calls the Coast Guard for a man suffering from a heart attack.

A Coast Guard helicopter attempts a rescue in dangerous seas. The deck of the Time Bandit becomes a deadly gauntlet of falling ice chunks, and on the Cornelia Marie, the skipper's son reveals a dark secret.

Johnathan Hillstrand leaves the Time Bandit for warmer waters. On the Cornelia Marie, Captain Phil Harris pays a heavy price for his hard-living ways, and a phone call home brings heartache to the Northwestern's Jake Anderson.

A critically ill Captain Phil Harris is flown to Anchorage, leaving his son behind on the Cornelia Marie. Captain Andy Hillstrand trains a young deckhand to be a relief skipper, and the Kodiak's crew gets a night at the bars.

Cornelia Marie captain Phil Harris battles for his life in the hospital, and the Wizard is stuck in a maze of ice. Sig Hansen's false promises have his brother, Edgar, on the brink of quitting.

The Time Bandit deck disintegrates as two deckhands fight for the captain's chair. Edgar Hansen trains his greenest deckhand on the Northwestern's hydros. As the fleet faces epic weather, Phil Harris battles for his life.

Captain Phil Harris loses his battle, and the skippers are unaware of his passing as they battle a huge storm and concentrate on filling their tanks before the end of the season. Phil's son, Josh, breaks the news to the fleet.

Tensions are high on the Northwestern, where Edgar Hansen is fed up and confronts his older brother, Sig. Josh Harris returns to the Cornelia Marie after his father's death, and the opilio season ends with a harrowing mayday.