Don’t forget to watch “After the Catch” Tonight
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007The Discovery Channel is airing a four part mini series entitled, “After The Catch”, starring the captains of the vessels from Deadliest Catch. Along with Mike Rowe, the captains will relive some of the previous aired video and talk about some fishing stories.
The Mini-Series aires tonight 10PM EST on the Discovery Channel. You won’t want to miss it!
Here are the mini-series overviews:
SHOW 1: Overboard
The series opens with some of the Bering Sea’s greatest stories of successful and failed rescue attempts. Spike Walker himself will retell the great Master Carl story, and the ship’s two survivors will meet in person for the first time since their rescue over 30 years ago. The fishermen will talk about their own losses at sea, and they’ll get a chance to swap stories with two of the greatest Coast Guard personnel ever: superstar chopper pilots Jimmy Ng and Laura Guth. As always, there will be no shortage of laughs, as the guys inflate a raft (at the table) and make Mike wear a survival suit.
Premiere: May 29, 10 p.m. ET/PT
SHOW 2: Man vs. Nature
The fishermen will swap stories of the worst storms they remember; these are harrowing near-death tales of extraordinary focus at the helm. They will talk about what it’s like to face the ice pack and just how terrifying it is to know it could rip their boat and sink it like the Titanic. They’ll talk about what it takes to scare a sea captain, namely gigantic rogue waves that come from nowhere. They’ll relive the Big Valley tragedy and talk about what might have been done differently. Then, they’ll lighten the mood and have some fun with stories of exhaustion, notorious seasickness and crazy antics at sea.
Premiere: June 5, 10 p.m. ET/PT
SHOW 3: Mysteries at Sea
Our captains and deckhands shed light on some of the more peculiar aspects of crab fishing. What are the rituals these guys go through every time they head out? What kind of toughness is expected from a crab fisherman? Viewers will hear the incredible story of the Ghost Ship, the Golden Viking, told by Phil Harris’ dad, who was her captain. Spike Walker will return to lend a new angle to the St. Patrick story. The guys will also share their own “close call” stories, where they were barely spared their ships and their lives. Viewers will understand how many of these guys escape TO the Bering sea because of their troubled lives on land, and they’ll get a chance to meet the series creator, Thom Beers, who will explain how and why Deadliest Catch came to be. Finally, all the captains will disappear from the room, and the deckhands will take over. At that point, Mike can get the straight scoop on those captains.
Premiere: June 12, 10 p.m. ET/PT
SHOW 4: On the Edge
First, the guys will talk about the lineage connected to their career, starting right at the table, with the Hansens, Hillstrands, Harrises and even the Hendricks. Viewers will delight in tales of the glory days of crab fishing, when money flowed as freely as the booze and crab fishermen were the new breed of prospectors. Mike will have them weigh in on how they feel about those noteworthy “chickens” who abandoned ship, and he’ll invite a couple of Deadliest Catch’s most high-profile women to toss in their perspective as well. The guys will have a little send-up for the “Deadliest Greenhorn,” as they bring Kevin Davis to the table, and finally, they’ll celebrate some of the most notorious pranks, both at sea and onshore.
Premiere: June 19, 10 p.m. ET/PT
