Deadliest Catch - Season 5
Episodes

Everything on the Line
Aired: Apr 14, 2009
The 2008 King crab fleet faces huge stakes - before boats even cast off. Skipper...

Red Skies in the Morning
Aired: Apr 21, 2009
A vicious storm kicks up and a Mayday goes out. The Skippers are glued to their ...

Stay Focused or Die
Aired: Apr 28, 2009
The fleet is still dialing into the crab, and already a typhoon has taken its to...

Put Up or Shut Up
Aired: May 5, 2009
It¹s week four of King Crab Season. Seven souls have perished, but the fisherme...

Long Haul, Short Fuses
Aired: May 12, 2009
Crab pots still come up empty and the skippers are out of ideas. Low bait and lo...

Deadline
Aired: May 19, 2009
A new deadline is set: an upcoming drop in the price of king crab has the skippe...

Down to the Wire
Aired: May 26, 2009
The King Crab Season is down to the wire and skippers are desperate to top off t...

Payback Time
Aired: Jun 2, 2009
The 2008 King crab season is over with and It's the start of the 2009 Opilio Cra...

No Second Chances
Aired: Jun 9, 2009
In this episode the fleet arrives on the Opi Grounds and boats struggle with ice...

Sea of Misery
Aired: Jun 16, 2009
It's week three of the Opilio Crab Season. Long hours and miserable conditions a...

Lockout
Aired: Jun 23, 2009
After weeks battling freezing spray, forty foot waves, and sub-zero temperatures...

A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt
Aired: Jun 30, 2009
Halfway through the season, each skipper faces his own personal form of hell. Fr...

Ends of the Earth
Aired: Jul 7, 2009
When the fleet gets word of great fishing by the ice pack, the chase is on to th...

Bitter Tears
Aired: Jul 14, 2009
Weeks into the Opilio Season, the fleet is bone tired and desperate for home. As...

Day of Reckoning
Aired: Jul 21, 2009
The Opilio season is almost over, but an arctic storm front has the skippers on ...

Shipwrecked
Aired: Jul 28, 2009
It's the final 24 hours of the 2009 Opilio crab season. A savage arctic storm ca...