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Cloud23465
So uh... wow... i watched last nights episode and im pretty much speachless... I think the Cornelia Marie... is done. Jake had something to hide and he proved that when he hauled butt to the airport, then refused to be tested. If he had nothing to hide... he would of took it just to prove them wrong... but, he couldn't back up his words. How sad:dubiety: Phils memory and legacy deserves better then the fate that has been drawn.
It certainly looked that way to me. Yet, captain Derrick Ray couldn't prove conclusively that it was Jake who was smoking the weed on board. And when the police officer searched Jake's cabin, he found nothing incriminating - no drugs, or the paraphernalia for using them. And when he searched Jake at the airport, he still found nothing. So we're left feeling a little doubtful here - "Did he or didn't he?"
And don't forget, also, that the Harris brothers were experiencing frustration with how the crab fishing season had been going up to that point. For all Derrick's claims of being a skilled crabber, they caught very few of the elusive Blue King Crab before deciding to go after the Red Kings, which are more plentiful and thus easier to catch. I think it was Josh who said they were spending $2000.00 a day on food and fuel with little or no results up to that point. Both boys wanted to make the boat succeed, in order to carry on their father's legacy in a manner that would have made Phil proud. And they weren't doing that.
I also think there was a serious clash of personalities between Josh, Jake, and Derrick that no one could have foreseen. And that, IMHO, is what mainly contributed to the early end of the
Cornelia Marie's crab fishing season.