As the season with big pots and big paydays, the Seabrooke captain fights an illness and the Northwestern takes revenge on the Time Bandit.

As Opilio season winds down, two skippers suffer debilitating injuries and the captain of the Wizard physically assaults an unlikely victim.

The treacherous waters surrounding St Paul Island make off-loading crab a terrifying necessity. And another greenhorn walks off the Seabrooke in a cloud of shame.

The captain and deckhand clash on the Cornelia Marie over a crippling lack of bait, and the Time Bandit's soft-spoken greenhorn goes to 'Pirate School'.

A crewman on the Seabrooke narrowly avoids serious injury. Meanwhile a loose pot turns into a half-ton wrecking ball on the Kodiak.

As winter storms rip through the crab grounds, the Ramblin' Rose takes a big risk and the Time Bandit courts danger at the dock.

Ice and injuries have the captains considering desperate measures as the fleet battles for survival in the face of an epic arctic hurricane.

Massive change strikes every returning boat as Opilio Season begins. Edgar finally says goodbye to the Northwestern, and a new captain boards the Cornelia Marie.

The season closes with a fierce storm, a great prank on the Northwestern by the crew of the Time Bandit and the departure of one of the fleet's most valued fishermen.

The police are called in after a confrontation on the Cornelia Marie while a debilitating injury to a Kodiak deckhand ends his career for good.

In the midst of a rough King Crab season, a mutiny transpires on the Cornelia Marie while mental and physical breakdowns plague the crew of the Kodiak.

Crew members nearly come to blows on the Northwestern and a deckhand on the Wizard falls asleep at the wheel, sending the boat hurtling toward a fleet of nearby vessels.

A storm is brewing as a serious injury forces a crew member to his bunk after the crane breaks on the Kodiak, and the Seabrooke's greenhorn has a mental breakdown.

Jake Harris gets a sink-or-swim lesson on driving the Cornelia Marie, and danger strikes the Wizard when a crew member gets caught in the line.

Across the Bering Sea, unrewarding crab fishing amongst the fleet causes high tensions and low morale as empty pots whittle away profits and nerves among the men.

Two new skippers join the veteran fleet to take on the treacherous Bering Sea, but when they invade the Wizard's crab grounds a bigger battle is on. Who will be victorious?