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Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
Out of the Ashes
Tue, Apr 20, 2021 120 mins
With half the crab boats tied up, Sig devises a plan to save the fishery from destruction. As Bering Sea legend Johnathan Hillstrand returns with the Time Bandit to help, veterans struggle to prove they can work together to defend the American dream.
Episode 2
Russian Dragger
Tue, Apr 27, 2021 61 mins
When Mandy devises a plan for partnering, Sig must rethink his own hard-won tactics; on the Time Bandit, John and Josh conspire to outmaneuver a Russian captain who tells them what to do in US waters; all hell breaks loose as two vessels collide.
Episode 3
Point of No Return
Tue, May 4, 2021 60 mins
Jake attempts a daring nighttime rescue in high seas as hundreds of dolphins lead the Summer Bay into an approaching cyclone; Scott Campbell Jr. finds himself out of options, leaving Sig to make a controversial call to save the fishery.
Episode 4
Time Machine
Tue, May 11, 2021 60 mins
Josh and Casey attempt Johnathan's strategy for tracking King Crab across time and space. On the Summer Bay, Wild Bill's crew fights a mid-gale power outage, but the days are numbered for their greenhorn.
Episode 5
Force Majeure
Tue, May 18, 2021 60 mins
As a typhoon rocks the Bering Sea, the Summer Bay suffers a collision. Sig gambles all his pots in one spot, while Casey takes a scientific approach to finding the elusive Bairdi crab. John and Josh rush a pit stop to get the Time Bandit back in the hunt.
Episode 6
Restricted Zone
Tue, May 25, 2021 60 mins
Johnathan and Sig partner to hunt the elusive Bairdi hoard at the edge of the Restricted Zone. Jake earns an unexpected windfall of King Crab quota, but extended fishing and mechanical failures put safety at risk just as the Coast Guard boards the Saga.
Episode 7
What Would Phil Harris Do?
Tue, Jun 1, 2021 120 mins
With the Bairdi fishery open for the first time in years, Josh and John on the Time Bandit reopen the Phil Harris playbook and ask Casey and Sig to help tank the fleetwide quota. Wild Bill bets on Nick McGlashan to turn the tide for the Summer Bay.
Episode 8
Tangled Web
Tue, Jun 8, 2021 120 mins
Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie race for the last spot at the cannery, but as word spreads of an emergency shutdown of the Bairdi fishery, they return to the grounds as Sig Hansen rallies his fellow captains with an unconventional plan.
Episode 9
Dedication
Tue, Jun 15, 2021 60 mins
The fleet reels from the loss of Summer Bay deck boss Nick McGlashan; Wizard and Cornelia launch early into a massive Arctic storm; Johnathan can't see eye-to-eye with an old friend; shocking news forces Sig to change his plans.
Episode 10
Truth Will Set You Free
Tue, Jun 22, 2021 120 mins
When Johnathan trusts his instincts, the Time Bandit makes a surprise appearance in the Northern Grounds just as Josh and Casey need him most; Sig puts his crew exactly where they need to be in a matter of life and death.
Episode 11
Shipbreakers
Tue, Jun 29, 2021 120 mins
As seawater floods in, Wild Bill's crew scrambles to locate a hole in the Summer Bay's hull. Johnathan faces a fire on the Time Bandit and a catastrophic hydraulic failure forces Jake to send his chief engineer 25 feet above the Saga's rolling deck.
Episode 12
Extreme Arctic
Tue, Jul 6, 2021 121 mins
As a polar vortex storm slams the Cornelia Marie in the far north, Josh navigates the biggest seas of his career while Casey performs emergency surgery. A catastrophic collapse of the Northwestern's crane leaves Sig and Mandy with no way to haul pots.
Episode 13
Of Ice and Men
Tue, Jul 20, 2021 120 mins
Sig makes a desperate bid to save his gear from the descending ice pack while Jake dumps pots to avoid capsize. When Wild Bill gets a line caught in his propeller far from Dutch Harbor, he enlists Jake's diver to attempt a risky underwater repair.
Episode 14
The Crush
Tue, Jul 27, 2021 120 mins
As the fast-moving ice edge crushes all in its path, Sig and Mandy rush north to rejoin the fray. On the Cornelia Marie, Josh and Casey's race to save their pots comes at a cost in blood and pain. Heavy freezing spray threatens to capsize the Wizard.
Episode 15
Run Silent Run Deep
Tue, Aug 3, 2021 120 mins
Skirting the ice line to the deepest set of their careers, Josh and Casey apply frontier medicine to a bleeding deck boss. A block wound sidelines Wild Bill's new rail man, while injuries on the Time Bandit take out two crewmen and threaten family bonds.
Episode 16
First Come First Served
Tue, Aug 10, 2021 120 mins
As canneries unexpectedly change delivery rules, captains must race to get to the front of the line. Jake risks a daring entry into St. Paul harbor, as Johnathan seeks help from Wild Bill. Josh and Casey bet their season on a deep set at the Russian Line.
Episode 17
Quid Pro Crab
Tue, Aug 17, 2021 120 mins
Captains scramble to meet an expanded quota in the path of a violent system dubbed "Squall-pocalypse". A breakdown on the Wizard puts Monte in debt to the Time Bandit and Josh and Casey exceed their own quota when it comes to injuries on deck.
Episode 18
Winter's Gambit
Tue, Aug 24, 2021 120 mins
Sig ventures into deep waters that he has not fished in 17 years.
Episode 19
Wicked Game
Tue, Aug 31, 2021 120 mins
Josh and Casey venture into uncharted waters based on an unsolicited tip from another fisherman. Captain Keith steers the Wizard near the ice edge despite the risks that could result in a great loss of money and precious equipment.
Episode 20
Over the Rail
Tue, Sep 7, 2021 120 mins
Jake battles a hurricane in the fleet's smallest boat while Keith orders crew over the rail to avoid capsizing. When Johnathan discovers crab in his cod pots, his crew scrambles to locate the hoard as "Blind Dog" finds himself in a bone-crushing position.
Episode 21
First in Line
Tue, Sep 14, 2021 120 mins
When processors shut down due to outbreaks, Sig bets he can zero in on a rare "crab highway" before there's no place to deliver. Josh and Casey race to deliver live crab after their pump fails, while Harley risks shipwreck to be first to enter St. Paul.
Episode 22
The Ultimate Price
Tue, Sep 21, 2021 183 mins
In the season finale, Keith risks pushing through jagged ice in search of the Wizard's lost pots. Attempting a risky harbor entry, Wild Bill overturns the Summer Bay and a beloved crewman makes the ultimate sacrifice on the deck of a veteran crab boat.
