Episode 4×03 - A Numbers Game

Episode 3 airs tonight at 9pm - don’t miss it!  If you want to chat about the show while you watch, feel free to jump in on our forums at:

http://deadliest-catch.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=41

Enjoy!

Tonight’s the night - at 9pm EST on the Discovery Channel, Deadliest Catch will be airing the first episode of the 4th season! Its titled “Get ‘em Back Safe!” and the short episode description is:

It’s the beginning of a new king crab season and everyones looking to cash in. Some boats are slow to start but eventually get to catching some king crab.

For anyone who wants to chat away with fellow fans during the show, be sure to point your browser to our forum dedicated to this episode:

Episode 4×01 - Get Em Back Safe!
http://deadliest-catch.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24

Enjoy! I can’t wait to see it!

Get ready for Season 4!

If you’ve not yet caught up on Seasons 1, 2 and 3 be sure to grab yourself the DVD sets from Amazon - they’re only between $16-$22 for an entire season, so its dirt cheap - not to mention crystal clear and without commercials. What more could you ask for?

Take a quick look around the Deadliest Catch Shop and stock up before Season 4 airs on April 15th!

It’s official - Season 4 of Deadliest Catch will premiere on Tuesday, April 15th at 9pm.  It will be a two-fer - with two back-to-back episodes running from 9pm through 11pm.  Seems like forever since the last season ended, but now we’re so, so close to the new episodes - I can’t wait!

Here are some Deadliest Catch video clips from YouTube to keep all us fans busy while we’re waiting for Season Four to beign (tentatively scheduled for April 2008). Enjoy!

Nice little interview with Sig Hansen from the New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10466299

Tonight’s Show

They risk dying to make a living. Fishermen from the reality smash “Deadliest Catch,” storm chasers and more. Inside America’s most dangerous jobs with video you won’t believe.

Tonight on Larry King Live, on CNN. 

Just a peculiar article today that caught my eye from The Scotsman:

Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch is one of the only things ’safe’ for Guantanamo prisoners to watch

I wonder who’s Al-Qaida’s favorite skipper - Sig or Phil? 

A couple of folks have sent in questions or posted comments asking if and when Season Four of Deadliest Catch will be airing on the Discovery Channel.  At first I heard rumors about an October 2007 return with new episodes, but now it sounds like it may be March of April 2008, according to the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/06/18/2007-06-18_inner_tube.html

Either way, it sounds like Discovery’s made the right choice and has ordered another action-packed season from Original Productions.  If this last season is anything to go by, these guys still have lots of new tricks up their sleeve.  The deep-sea submersible camera, which apparently didn’t work out very well in season 3 because of inclement weather, may make another appearance, providing some dramatic shots of the ocean floor and crab in their natural habitat.  Or the producers and camera crew may figure out some great new way to film a shot… they already use chaser boats, gimbled-cameras on helicopters… heck, they even strap themselves onto hydraulic cranes and lay suspended 30 feet out from the boat just to get a good shot of the deck.  (My personal favorite was the CrabberCam - where they attached a small camera to a skateboard helmet and had one of the deckhands wear it while he worked… you really got a feel for the fisherman’s-eye-view of things.)

Anyway, the important thing is YES, Virginia… there will be a Season Four!  The big questions now are, which boats and captains will be featured?  Phil and Sig are shoo-ins, and it looks like the Time Bandit Brothers will probably stick around.  The Maverick will probably stay in, just so we can see Blake in his transition from deckhand to greenhorn-captain to full-fledged captain.  But what about the others?   I’m not crazy about the Farwest Leader, though I do have a soft-spot in my heart for Ragnhild… the boat I really miss though is the Rollo.  Eric was always good for a snarky comment or a subtle witticism, and his crew was constantly pulling pranks for the camera.  Maybe the production guys thought they were trying too hard to make “good television”?  Who knows.  But of all the captains I always liked Eric, just as much as Sig or Phil, if only because he seemed like he was cut from a different cloth… a little cleaner and more refined, younger and with a more laid back management style.  He provided a nice contrast with the other salty-dog captains. 

So far, Season 3 has been, in my opinion, the best season yet. With breathtaking film angles to daring rescues, I’ve been on the edge of my seat all season.

Here is the recap of the episodes past and the next few left in the season.

Season 3 Aired Episodes:

1. A Tragic Beginning
2. The Unforgiving Sea
3. Pain and Paybacks
4. Cheating Death
5. The Last Lap
6. New Beginnings
7. Caught in the Storm
8. Crossing the Line

Season 3 Episodes Left to Air:

1. Trials of the Greenhorns (June 5, 2007)
2. Ice and Open Water (June 12, 2007)
3. A Frozen Finish (June 19, 2007)