Deadliest Catch

So we saw the ep where they swapped Jakes back again.
Risky business, that....:unsure: You would think that at least one of the fishing vessels would have a small boat on board that they could use for such a transfer, instead of having each guy don a survival suit and go in the water attached by a rope to a buoy for the guys on the other ship to snag with their hook and pull them aboard. As it was, Jake Anderson almost got sucked under the stern of the Cornelia Marie, which would have brought him perilously close to the ship's propellers.
IMHO, that was a dumb way to transfer personnel at sea. They'd have been better off going into port and making the switch dockside.

Soooo the truth about Jake harris is that he's a pill popping addict... wow. Busted in his dads state room on the boat... Honestly I wasn't shocked though. The trade between the northwestern did NOTHING for that kid. Speaking of shocking though... what was going on in Jake andersons life was... pretty sad. Father just up and left and know one in the family knows where he's been gone for 3 weeks... wow.

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Originally Posted by Cloud23465

Soooo the truth about Jake harris is that he's a pill popping addict... wow. Busted in his dads state room on the boat... Honestly I wasn't shocked though. The trade between the northwestern did NOTHING for that kid. Speaking of shocking though... what was going on in Jake andersons life was... pretty sad. Father just up and left and know one in the family knows where he's been gone for 3 weeks... wow.

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Yeah, and it gets worse in next week's episode. That covers Capt. Phil's suffering the stroke that eventually killed him. I tell you, it's going to be hard to watch it next Tuesday, knowing what's going to happen....:errr:

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Originally Posted by TransWarpDrive

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Originally Posted by Cloud23465

Soooo the truth about Jake harris is that he's a pill popping addict... wow. Busted in his dads state room on the boat... Honestly I wasn't shocked though. The trade between the northwestern did NOTHING for that kid. Speaking of shocking though... what was going on in Jake andersons life was... pretty sad. Father just up and left and know one in the family knows where he's been gone for 3 weeks... wow.

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Yeah, and it gets worse in next week's episode. That covers Capt. Phil's suffering the stroke that eventually killed him. I tell you, it's going to be hard to watch it next Tuesday, knowing what's going to happen....:errr:

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Yeah, no doubt about that... I just hope Jake got a reality check after his father passed.

Well, they showed the ep about Capt. Phil's stroke tonight. It was indeed hard to watch. At least he got to talk with both his sons and bond a little with them before it felled him. And we saw the rest of the scene in the wheelhouse after he caught Jake swiping his drugs. Since he'd been through the substance-abuse mill himself when he was younger, Phil was able to show some compassion for Jake as he urged the boy to enter rehab after the season's end.
After all, Jake's his son. What else could he do? Once he heard Jake describe his addiction, Phil couldn't possibly throw him out on the street like he wanted to right after catching him stealing the drugs.
Between that, Jake Anderson's (deckhand on the Northwestern) problem with his dad leaving home and disappearing; and the Hillstrand brothers discussing who should captain the Time Bandit after Johnathan retires, this was one episode that really stressed a family theme.

It really was... I had a few tears in my eyes... there's no doubt in my mind that his son, Jake's addiction had alot to do with that stroke. Seeing that stress level he had when he found Jake in his state room... wow. The show will not be the same without phil... the Cornelia marie and the Northwestern are really the 2 boat I like in the whole show. The Wizards ok but, I dont care much for the time bandit anymore after that shove down during the captains meeting at the start of the season.

Don't forget: Tonight's the 2-hour special episode about Capt. Phil. I know it'll be hard to watch, but I'm going to tune in and pay my respects to the guy.
I'm really sad to see Phil go. I never met the man in person, yet I feel as though I knew him and his sons, thanks to all the media exposure they got on Deadliest Catch.:rip:

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Don't forget: Tonight's the 2-hour special episode about Capt. Phil. I know it'll be hard to watch, but I'm going to tune in and pay my respects to the guy.
I'm really sad to see Phil go. I never met the man in person, yet I feel as though I knew him and his sons, thanks to all the media exposure they got on Deadliest Catch.:rip:

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I would of loved to meet Phil... Sig is probably the only other captain I'd wanna meet but... man... it's been hard to watch...

Season finale tonite... sounds serious... edgar confronts sig is what i have on my preview info on my dvr... oh boy.:errr:

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Originally Posted by Cloud23465

Season finale tonite... sounds serious... edgar confronts sig is what i have on my preview info on my dvr... oh boy.:errr:

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As it turns out, that "confrontation" was rather low-key. I got the impression that Sig really doesn't believe that Edgar's serious about quitting. IMHO, he's in for a shock when Edgar does leave the boat.