Deadliest Catch Discussion, Appreciation, Letching Thread

[Skydiver]

season finale this tuesday!!!

I hate it, it seems just when it gets going it's over for a year

[Fainne]

over for a whole year? NOOOO, what am i going to do then? *meh*

do the storms get worse every year or do they just make them look worse for the dratamic effect? in every season finale there is somebody saying that that's the worse storm he's ever seen.

[TameFarrar]

I finally got to catchup yesterday, Discovery ran a marathon.

The Northwestern
I had to laugh over Sig

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"Its official Sig quit smoking......for 3 hours" LOLOL I was in the kitchen slicing and dicing and listening to Sig give all the reasons why he needed to not be stressed. Hubs was giving me a running commentary as well of what Sig looked like...LOL talk about your rationalizations

Edgar was too funny ..."He couldn't load 150 pots if he was 25 years old!" It was even more funny to see all the witching SIg had been doing during that whole time and THEN to find out it had only been three hours in the end.... I don't know if it was editing or just how bad it was biting Sig...but it sure made me laugh

Greenhorns
Jake has got to be the best greenhorn this show has had hands down!! When he came onto the Northwestern he was so focused and knew what he wanted. He had a goal and knew it was going to kick his butt day in and day out to get it but he refused to give up. Even when he was worn down to a nub and he hated all of them he still worked his butt off.
The show really had to look for stuff on Jake to show him as *whiney*

Overall though I think not only is it a testament to Jake that he is now such a strong man on that ship but also to Edgar and Sig. They may have pushed and expected him to do the job, but I don't recall ever seeing Jake treated with as much disdain or just plain basic disrespect by any of the Northwestern crew like I see other greenhorns treated on other boats.

Jake's family

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I have to say I was in tears right along with Jake hearing about his loss. The compassion that came shining through from Sig and the same determination that Sig shows at working them to death was so apparent at how he was going to get Jake home. Made me just want to hug Sig.. I was just impressed completely at how they rallied around Jake, made the cameras leave and made sure they knew he had his job waiting.

Time Bandit
Jonathon and his tantrums

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I have to say I lost a lot of enjoyment in watching this boat after watching Jon up in the wheel house and then on deck acting like a tyrannical overlord (LOL no relation Sky ). I always had a bit of a soft spot for Jon after he was so shaken up after saving that guy who fell overboard. Well after watching that display, it hardened up a bit. After watching Mike hustle constantly around that deck for so many episodes and then to have Jon act like that was just kind of a shock IMHO...Andy also lost some of my esteem as well just standing there nodding.

Russell and the Sauna

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If they had an issue with Russel and the sauna they should have told him. The fact that they knew he was going in there and just let him IMHO told Russel that he was getting away with it or it was ok. So if they were letting him go over it, then they should have been up front about that. Instead Jon made Mike go through that "You're safe dude" thing and then Jon acts all contrite that he has to let Russel go. When up in the wheel house he is talking smack about "firing them all" But of course Scotty stays cause he is family...so that whole spiel many shows long ago about how ANY man who isn't pulling his weight , EVEN family will get canned was BS. Overall I think these few episodes really brought my level of enjoyment with this ship down alot.

The Wizard
Banged up crew
WOW I was shocked at just how beat up they all were still. I didn't realize that the one guy had a crushed cheekbone. Talk about committed to one's job and paying your bills.

Keith

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I was a bit surprised that Keith was so up front about his concerns about himself and his decisions. It made him a bit more human to me finally and helped me see him a bit differently. I am glad he took on Russell as well. I don't if the working arrangement will work but its good for both sides right now.

Greenhorns

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The kid who left the Wizard was a weird one to me. He really seemed to be ok, then not ok, then ok. Sometimes I think the crews make their own problems with these new guys. If you just keep riding anyone they are going to respond negatively no matter how hard they may work. In the end everyone has a breaking point. I guess they have to find one on each person but, the constant verbal stuff on this boat and a couple of others annoys me to no end and I usually end up getting a coffee refill when it comes on.

Cornelia Marie

The engine, pots on top of pots and friends

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Hubs about had a cow right along with Phil over the cost of the engine repair LOL. I was a bit shocked to hear that Phil and Keith were barely friends. that in no way was apparent on the show previously. But I have to say Phil had a point that Keith has always been an ass whenever he has felt slighted in this way so when Phil let him know there was an issue I was impressed Keith just stayed cool and said they would get their pots out of the way.

Phil was a bit of a flake about it going on and on but that could have been editing or the questions asked. He had every right to be angry if it truly was pot after pot set right on him. Cause that is just poor fishing. But it seems like these guys don't ever give any benefit of the doubt that nature or pure chance could have screwed things up when the other guy seems totally oblivious to the whole deal.
I shook my head a bit over that.

The storm
It sounded like this was one of the biggest storms in years that any of them had faced. The comment was made that even to them the storms seem to be getting colder, bigger and badder. So I hope this finale doesn't end the way the year started with a boat not only in trouble but losing men

All in All it was a great afternoon and evening catching up on the Gang ...and of course Josh is still the hottest guy on a crab boat

[Skydiver]

my opinions on the time bandit

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yeah, i used to love jonathan and andy and they were so free spirited and such...but man, they were pricks. it's like the two of them feed each other nasty. it's liek they talk trash and become a yin and yang of 'i'm gonna show them' ego fest. after all the years that mike has worked they coouldn't give him the benefit of hte doubt that maybe he didn't hear them?
the tantrum had me shaking my head and i was moderately disgusted with them.

russell

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i agree, they should have talked to him - or maybe they did and we didn't see it. but russell was being lazy. he'd calculated exactly how long he could sit in the sauna between pots, and apparently it's something he's known to do since that one person on the wizard crew said 'if we're gonna hire him we need a sauna for him to sit in'

russell got a bit too comfortable in his position and forgot the cardinal rule of employment, every job is temporary and can last months or years, it's up to you

sig and jake

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the northwestern crew was heartwarming. there was no 'great, we're gonna lose time' or 'damn, that's gonna cost me', they turned the boat around before they even told him. as soon as they knew, sig started towards st paul. and i loved nick telling the camera folks to leave him alone. apparently the camera guy went down the stairs, around the corner and just taped the audio, which you hear. they discussed that on after the catch. the producer for the boats said 'i probably would'nt have made that decision and probably would have taped it...but i also haven't been with these guys adn i'm a stranger and the camera guy isn't so he made his decision and i stand by what he did' or something to that effect.

keith and phil

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you know, i get the idea that monte screwed up, put the pots down where they shouldn't have been. after monte came back, he was captaining the boat and keith was working the rail (they swapped because monte's ribs wouldn't allow him to work on deck). I think keith was covering for his brother. I do think phil exaggerated a bit, it wasn't every pot, it was two that were overlapping

now maybe, as soon as he realized, keith should have pulled and reset those pots, but he's also under a massive crunch and likely thought 'we'll just come back and pull the string before phil comes and he'll never know'

[TameFarrar]

I have to say the longer I watch the show the more you do feel like you are getting to know all of them a bit more. At first it seems like they are shown as *Tough Guys of the Seas* but as each season has gone on each boat has gotten more defined and then each person as well.

I doubt HIGHLY we will ever really know any of them all that well but when things are extreme, it does seem like the *Real person* comes out over time. So the gist of the person's character does come up.

I think too that due to editing we will never see the really gads awful just because the Capt will tell them to get off his boat next time. So I do think they have to be a little bit careful.

That producer

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If the producers of the show would disregard a person's feelings in a moment like that then I am pretty disgusted with them. Something like that would make me stop watching this show altogether

[Skydiver]

as to the producer

you know, getting stuff is his job. he tells the camera folks 'find out from phil how he feels' 'what did keith mean when he said that' etc

i'm not saying that it's not predatory or cold hearted - and there's a 'behind the scenes' thing monday night that will probably go into this more - but the 'drama' is the job.

and one of hte camera guys job is to interview the captains, ask them questions, ask the crew questions, why did you do this, why did you do that, why did htat happpen, etc.

and they talked about the times that the camera guy put down his camera...like when phil almost died, it was the camera man that set his camera down to take care of phil. or when keith's crew got hurt, he set down his camera because he was EMT trained and these guys needed to be assessed to know if they could stand to wait until Keith got them into port or if they needed to call the coast guard for a rescue.

it's a mixed bag of good and evil.

[TameFarrar]

I am glad that the guys who are actually there have the sense AND the autonomy to make those calls.

I think if the show was based only on getting the *drama moment* and tried to put everylittle bit out in the public eye I wouldn't like as much as I do. So that credit does need to go to the Camera guys and the show producers.

But too many of these *reality shows* are just Jerry Springer in real life and that isn't something I would want to watch. So I am glad that these guys seem to have a sense of what would be crossing the line

[Skydiver]

i think they know it's about people risking their lives to make a living....not desperate fishermen

[TameFarrar]

LOLOL... well...now if that means I would get to see Josh without a shirt more often...

[Skydiver]

lolol

letch away my dear, letch away

i letch after mike rowe.

[Fainne]

I'm gone for a day and you start a discussion



Keith/Phil

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i read that Phil isn't that pissed of anymore. he said what happened happened and that's it. no more talking about it

seems to me the guys are different during fishing than being on land and living their normal lives

I didn't know thes camera guys took care of hurt fishermen. I really like that because on one point one - as a camera/documentation guy -has to decide between noninvolved observers or saving lives. i see them as crew members as well because they are on board of these vessels as long as the fishing crew.

[Skydiver]

they said that there are times when you set down the camera and help.

keith was talking about how the camera guy helped him with his injured crew (and there are 2 camera guys on each boat)

I do think, in the heat of the moment, when they're tired adn stressed and frustrated that they do and say things that they normally wouldn't do. then, when hindsight kicks in, you see how silly your tantrum was (or they see the tape)

[susanne]

*reads so many spoilers* HOW MUCH HAVE I MISSED? bluddy hubby and bluddy sky.
....

not you sky! dont land on me!

i can only get the free channels until we can afford sky again. i miss the discovery channel.

[Fainne]

*huggles susanne*

[TameFarrar]

So the finale is tonight now if I can just stay awake
with having to start working at 5 & 5:30am last week and this week to accommodate meetings with the East Coast I can barely make it past 8 each night.......

Hopefully all ships will be ok through the storm

[Fainne]

Geez, this was a final

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they made a lot of flashbacks plus the episode "roughest and toughest" make me fear this might be the end of DC... i don't know but usally these flashbacks are used to finish something. please tell me there will be a new season

So Tame, did you make it? Starting work at 5 - wow, when do you have to get up then? that's hard, i always need at least 7 hours of sleep

[Skydiver]

i never got the idea that it'd be the last season ever. the show is a ratings bonanza

I do think, as much as i love the guys, they need to branch out a bit. I love Sig and Keith and Jon and Andy and Phil...but there are about 80 more boats, how about rotating through some of those

did you see the behind the scenes one?

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with teh one camera man that got so sick he had to be air lifted off? or the otehr one that was sea sick for weeks.

it's not just the crabbers that are risking their lives.

I do wonder, however, what will happen should any of the focus boats run into trouble. especially if there are fatalities.

[Fainne]

i never really though of this show ending too, but these two episodes made me feel like they were finishing something.

true, watching the early season there were a lot more boats in it. this season they had the Incentive but i wish they would show more. maybe one reason for this is because these captains are really famous now and kind of monopolizing it.

i don't really want to think about one of these boats getting in trouble. i know htat the captain of the Big Valey once had a tram on board, but i wonder if they had a filmcrew on board when they sank. it's quite sad because the captain (Gary?) explained the function of one life suite before they left the harbor.

edit: no, haven't seen Behind the scenes yet. but i'm on it to catch this one up.

Spoiler:

the camera man who had to be airlifted off, on which boat was he?

[TameFarrar]

So Tame, did you make it? Starting work at 5 - wow, when do you have to get up then? that's hard, i always need at least 7 hours of sleep

No I didn't I was so out like a light on our loveseat within 30 minutes of putting the Peanut to bed (which means 7:30pm) ..LOL I feel so old I too am one that likes to get at least 6-8 hours of sleep or I end up with headaches and then migraines.

I work from home so I can get up at 4:30am, stumble to the coffee pot and then stumble into my office I can sit in the meetings in my bathrobe

So I haven't read any of your spoilers yet cause I am going to try to see if I can't see the episode this weekend. They do DC marathons alot here so I am crossing my fingers.

You guys just got the feeling something was ending but there has not been any official anything??

[Fainne]

awww, well i'm sure you can catch it up. being housewife, mother (I assume that from your "Peanut"), wife and working is really exhausting, so it's your right to fall asleep at 7.30

atl east you don't have a long way to work which saves you some time haha, meetings in bathrobes. imagine that in a real office xD

i'm watching a rerun of DC in german TV and just noticed they have scenes in the episodes for Europe they don't show in US It's the episode where Jake Anderson starts his job at the Northwestern, and they've shown how sig explains him how to do the watch while the crew is sleeping. and i just don't remember having seen it in the US version but one reason more to watch the german reruns