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Deadliest Catch Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Reality series profiling crab fishermen in Alaskan waters.
Episode 1
Everything On the Line
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 60 mins
The opener of the fifth season finds two captains combating life-threatening illnesses while the fleet strives to recover from debts incurred by summer repair bills.
Episode 2
Red Skies in the Morning
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 60 mins
In the second week of the season, a brutal storm keeps the captains fixated on their radios as a distress call is made.
Episode 3
Stay Focused or Die
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 60 mins
A typhoon makes waves, and stories about a sunken ship cast a pall over the fleet.
Episode 4
Put Up or Shut Up
Tue, May 5, 2009 60 mins
Hazing incidents and grueling hours at sea test the greenhorns on the fourth week of the king crab season.
Episode 5
Long Haul, Short Fuses
Tue, May 12, 2009 60 mins
Empty crab pots leave the skippers stumped while the long hours make their crews temperamental.
Episode 6
Deadline
Tue, May 19, 2009 60 mins
The skippers face adversity in the form of an arctic storm, battles within the ranks and a drop in the price of king crab.
Episode 7
Down to the Wire
Tue, May 26, 2009 60 mins
Fished-out grounds create bleak conditions for the fleet as the king crab season winds down.
Episode 8
Payback Time
Tue, Jun 2, 2009 60 mins
The 2009 Opilio crab (aka snow crab) season begins. While the hauls make up for shortcomings endured during the king crab season, the fleet is imperiled by an oncoming ice pack and a monstrous rogue wave.
Episode 9
No Second Chances
Tue, Jun 9, 2009 60 mins
The fleet reaches the Opilio fishing grounds, where the crews must contend with icy, treacherous seas and shoddy information concerning their quarry.
Episode 10
Sea Of Misery
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 60 mins
The third week of the Opilio crab season brings conditions that turn the crabbers crabby. Also: a skipper must contend with icy seas.
Episode 11
Lockout
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 60 mins
An ice pack blocks the fleet from the St. Paul harbor, hampering the skipper's efforts to off-load their Opilio crab hauls.
Episode 12
A Slap in the Face or a Kick in the Butt
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 60 mins
The skippers must contend with frozen crabs, frozen gear and an icy harbor. Meanwhile, one captain struggles against his cigarette addiction and a wicked storm.
Episode 13
Ends of the Earth
Tue, Jul 7, 2009 60 mins
The skippers take their crews to the far north after hearing about good fishing reports near the ice pack.
Episode 14
Bitter Tears
Tue, Jul 14, 2009 60 mins
Serious mistakes ensue as the fleet becomes fatigued, and one fisherman must cope with a heartbreaking tragedy on land.
Episode 15
Day of Reckoning
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 60 mins
An arctic storm front menaces the fleet near the end of the Opilio-crab season, and a tight-knit crew comes undone.
Episode 16
Shipwrecked
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 60 mins
In the fifth-season finale, a storm results in multiple Maydays in the last day of the 2009 Opilio-crab season, and the Coast Guard is summoned to save four men before their ship becomes wrecked by jagged rocks.
