List of Deadliest Catch episodes


Deadliest Catch is a documentary television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab, queen crab, and snow crab fishing seasons. The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is the base of operations for the fishing fleet. The show's title derives from the inherent high risk of injury or death associated with the work.
Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005, and the show currently airs worldwide. The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the finale airing on June 14, 2005. Subsequent seasons have aired on the same April to June or July schedule every year since the original 2005 season.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2005)

Season 2 (2006)

Season 3 (2007)

Season 4 (2008)

Season 5 (2009)

Season 6 (2010)

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Season 7 (2011)

Season 8 (2012)

Season 9 (2013)

Season 10 (2014)

Season 11 (2015)

Season 12 (2016)

Season 13 (2017)

Season 14 (2018)

Season 15 (2019)

Season 16 (2020)

Specials

Mini-series and extended episodes

''After the Catch''

After the Catch is a mini-series that aired following or during the main Deadliest Catch seasons from 2007 to 2012. It primarily consists of roundtable discussions between the captains about their experiences as featured on the show, and after the season ended. After the Catch III-VI also include vignettes of the captains taking part in various activities where taping happened. After the Catch uses the same opening credits as Deadliest Catch except for the title and theme music.
Deadliest Catch narrator Mike Rowe hosted all episodes except After the Catch III, when Cash Cab's Ben Bailey hosted. After the Catch IV-VI began airing before the current season of Deadliest Catch was over, usually around the start of Opilio season.

''After the Catch'' I

Filmed at the "Lockspot" bar in Seattle, Washington.
Theme music by Andy Kubiszewski.
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''After the Catch'' II

Filmed at "Pratty's" pub in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Theme music by Andy Kubiszewski.
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''After the Catch'' III

Cash Cab's Ben Bailey hosts this season. Filmed at "RT's Longboard Grill" and other locations in and near San Diego, California.
Theme music by Andy Kubiszewski.
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''After the Catch'' IV

returns as host; filmed at the "Blue Nile" bar and other locations in and near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Theme music: "Hard Row To Hoe", written and performed by Dege Legg.
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''After the Catch'' V

Hosted by Mike Rowe, and filmed at in Hawaii Kai and other locations on Oahu.
Theme music: "Hard Row To Hoe", written and performed by Dege Legg.
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''After the Catch'' VI

Hosted by Mike Rowe, and filmed at the "Whale's Tail" bar and other locations in and near Breckenridge, Colorado.
Theme music: "Hard Row To Hoe", written and performed by Dege Legg.
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''The Bait''

The Bait is a "pregame show" roundtable documentary-style television mini-series that previews select episodes of Deadliest Catch since Season 9, filmed in Dutch Harbor, and hosted by Sig Hansen, Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand, and Keith Colburn, with narration by Deadliest Catch narrator Mike Rowe.
The captains swap stories about the off-season and hints on what the viewers can expect in that night's episode, with previews of the upcoming season in the king crab and opilio crab kickoffs.
Regular features include "The Hot Seat" and questions from celebrity fans of the show.
The spin-off series is produced in partnership with Original Productions and Silent Crow Arts.
Theme music is a six-second instrumental clip at the end of "Hard Row To Hoe" by Dege Legg.

''The Bait'' 1

Episodes 4-7 were filmed at Mercer Island VFW near Seattle.
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''The Bait'' 2

The catch phrase for The Bait 2 is "You can't catch crab without The Bait."
Episode 6 filmed at Harlem Yacht Club in City Island, New York; Episodes 7-10 filmed at Mercer Island VFW near Seattle.
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''On Deck''

In the ninth season in 2013, Discovery continued the trend of expanded show notes and unaired scenes in its series with Deadliest Catch: On Deck. On Deck episode titles are the same as the Deadliest Catch episode they expand on.

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''Decked''

Decked is a rebroadcast episode of Deadliest Catch featuring webcam CatchChat with one or more Captains between episode segments.
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