Episode guide
Deadliest Catch: Season 18
23 episodes · premiered Apr 19, 2022
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- Episode 1: Long Live King Crab! Apr 19, 2022 · 1h 27m When the government closes the king crab fishery, captains must save an industry they worked to create. Plus, Sig pursues invasive Russian king crab in Norway.
- Episode 2: Crushed at Sea Apr 26, 2022 · 43m Captain Sig suddenly loses power as he battles to launch his new Norwegian fishing operation. Plus, Captain Rip Carlton races to save an injured deckhand.
- Episode 3: Five Souls on Board May 3, 2022 · 43m Captain Rip heads into an Arctic storm to attempt the riskiest helicopter rescue in recent history. Plus, John fights to save the Time Bandit at anchor.
- Episode 4: Invasive Russian Reds May 10, 2022 · 43m A deckhand who thinks he knows more than Captain Sig fights for his life tangled in a potline. Wild Bill struggles to save his vessel from impacting the jagged fjords.
- Episode 5: Desperate Measures May 17, 2022 · 43m In the extreme north of Norway, Sig risks dropping pots on the Russian line. As water floods the Saga's engine room, Jake scrambles to save his boat and his niece. Josh and Casey call in…
- Episode 6: Sons of Legacy May 24, 2022 · 43m Sig scrambles to get home for Bairdi and Mandy's baby as his crew finds a honey hole of Russian King Crab. Josh's brother Shane gets caught in the bight as a typhoon slams the Cornelia…
- Episode 7: Follow the Rainbow May 31, 2022 · 45m Johnathan searches for a pot of Golden Kings at the end of a double rainbow. A medical mystery confounds Captain Rip when his greenhorn regains consciousness on the Patricia Lee. Keith…
- Episode 8: Deepest Alaska Jun 7, 2022 · 45m Johnathan pulls an unknown species with mile-deep commercial crab pots. Jake's niece gets injured on the Saga and Clark takes the helm in Sig's wheelhouse.
- Episode 9: Rip Tide Jun 14, 2022 · 45m Mandy's pregnancy complication forces Sig and Clark to reconsider their stand. Jake and Rip team up in deep waters to battle powerful Aleutian tidal currents.
- Episode 10: Dark Waters Jun 21, 2022 · 45m Jake hits pay dirt taking his niece to an ancestor's fishing grounds, but after a crewman leaves a hatch open, their prized black cod escape by the hundreds. When the Time Bandit ventures…
- Episode 11: No Good Deed Unpunished Jun 28, 2022 · 43m With dock prices spiking, the fleet races to deliver. Jake witnesses a freighter severing his longline, forcing the Saga crew to drag the bottom for a valuable string of pots. Rip helps…
- Episode 12: Sailor's Delight Jul 5, 2022 · 43m In an epic Fall season finale, Clark scuttles Sig's partnership with Harley to get home for the birth of his and Mandy's baby. An orca leads the Cornelia Marie to the season's best pots…
- Episode 13: To The End of the Earth Jul 12, 2022 · 43m In the Winter premiere, nautical weather slams the fleet as Josh and Casey race north in hopes of beating the coming ice pack. Sig and Keith attempt to find common ground, and on the Time…
- Episode 14: Where Eagles Dare Jul 19, 2022 · 43m The Northwestern has a risky encounter with a bald eagle. Josh and Casey place a bet on a hard-to-find quota, while casualties mount on the Patty.
- Episode 15: The Crush of Winter Aug 3, 2022 · 43m New-mother Mandy returns to Sig's wheelhouse, but as heavy ice builds on the Northwestern, she reckons with the risks the family is taking; Jake unveils a new super pot to stake his claim…
- Episode 16: No Turning Back Aug 9, 2022 · 45m Sig is forced to jettison pots lest he capsizes the Northwestern; Jake and the Saga hit bottom; Sean Dwyer devises creative motivation for his greenhorns.
- Episode 17: Operation Anvil Drop Aug 16, 2022 · 45m Keith recruits Johnathan to intercept a Russian trawler fishing illegally in US waters but the situation intensifies when the Time Bandit crew spots a missile streaking across their…
- Episode 18: Hell on the High Seas Aug 23, 2022 · 45m Josh and Casey race to the approaching ice edge as an Aleutian storm slams the opilio grounds. Jake discovers his niece and engineer have been hooking up more than crab gear as they risk…
- Episode 19: Avian Apocalypse Aug 30, 2022 The Cornelia Marie crashes into the ice pack when the greenhorn on watch falls asleep at the wheel; Jake's crew experiences a stunning phenomenon when a flock of seabirds bombards the…
- Episode 20: Frozen Sep 6, 2022 After risking his crew salvaging gear from the ice pack, Sig changes tactics deploying an experimental bait from Norway. On the Time Bandit, frustration boils over as Freddy tests…
- Episode 21: Graveyard of Gear Sep 13, 2022 With intense currents holding back the Arctic ice pack, Keith drives into deck-wrecking waves to retrieve his catch before the ice bounces back. Jake and Sean face losing everything when…
- Episode 22: Sub-Zero Scramble Sep 20, 2022 The icy depths of the Bering Sea threaten to claim Sig and Wild Bill's gear unless they can move quickly enough to beat the rapidly freezing waters; Rip take on a massive amount of extra…
- Episode 23: Port of Last Resort Sep 27, 2022 As ice blocks St. Paul Harbor, captains race to deliver their final snow crab. Sig deploys a risky tactic his father pioneered, while Jake battles a slack tank to save the Saga. Keith and…