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Coast Guard: Mission Critical Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

10 Episodes 2020 - 2023

Episode 1

Needle in a Haystack

Sat, Jun 20, 2020

When a fisherman goes missing off the Florida coast, USCG Air Station Miami is tasked with the impossible; finding a 14-foot boat in a vast, churned up Atlantic ocean. In the Pacific Ocean, the USCG Cutter Munro and Tactical Law Enforcement team members track down suspected drug smugglers in international waters.

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Episode 2

Night Shift

Sat, Jun 27, 2020

Smugglers try to evade US counter narcotics intelligence, but darkness doesn't stop the United States Coast Guard Cutter Munro and TACLET team members from taking down the suspects. In Oregon, surging high tides trap two hikers at sunset, and in the Florida Keys, rescuers search for a man reported struggling in the water. Upon finding him, the rescue takes an unexpected turn.

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Episode 3

In a Marathon Minute

Sat, Jul 4, 2020

In Florida, USCG Sector Key West receives a report of plane debris floating in the water. In a race against time, the search and rescue crew from Station Marathon follow clues scattered in the water and search for survivors. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, the USCGC Munro and Tactical Law Enforcement Team members engage drug runners in a dangerous high speed chase through international waters.

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Episode 4

Storm Front

Sat, Jul 11, 2020

Multiple US Coast Guard crews search for vessels in distress overtaken by powerful storms. In the Florida Keys, a sailboat calls the Coast Guard for help, and the only way to save the captain and his boat is by taking a leap of faith. During the night in the Pacific Northwest, rookie rescue swimmer Jesse Cheely from Air Station Astoria gets his first case; attempting to rescue a family and their dog who must abandon ship in 20 foot storm ravaged seas.

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Episode 5

Cliff Hanger

Sat, Jul 18, 2020

In Oregon, the United States Coast Guard Air Station crew from Astoria navigate challenging elements and extreme shoreline terrain to extract a stranded hiker perilously clinging to the edge of a cliff. In the Florida Keys, Station Marathon personnel sharpen their climbing skills in a completely different way, then are called on to rescue a man and his dog stranded overnight on a small remote island. In a bizarre plot turning change of events, the man's wife - missing with their boat - becomes a person of interest.

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Episode 6

Semper Paratus

Sat, Jul 25, 2020

A family cruise takes a terrible turn for a mum when her young son becomes critically ill. Air Station Miami is launched to rescue the six year old boy with a possible burst appendix, and in the midst of the Covid Pandemic, far from shore, in the open ocean, a passenger must be evacuated from a cruise ship.

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Episode 7

Swept Away

Sun, Dec 20, 2020

Off the Florida coast a man on a cruise ship has suffered a heart attack, and the Coast Guard helicopter medical evacuation turns into a race against time. In Marathon, Florida, an accident with a crab pot, has disabled a sail boat, and in the Pacific Northwest, storms batter the coast and a family is swept out to sea.

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Episode 8

Paws for Freedom

Sun, Dec 20, 2020

In Clearwater Florida, three men and their dog are in distress way off shore. In Miami, the Coast Guard team trains with two members of the canine explosives detection team, and when a fellow coast guard member gets injured, his brothers jump in to assist.

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Episode 9

Southern Waters

Tue, Feb 3, 2026

When Air Station Clearwater responds to a distress signal in the Gulf of Mexico, they find themselves in a standoff with the vessel in distress.

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Episode 10

Service Above Self

Tue, Feb 3, 2026

Air Station Miami performs their annual wet drills, an intense training exercise that prepares flight crews to survive in the event that their aircraft has an accident at sea. Then a a look back at some of the seasons cases, and the loss of one of their own.

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