I’m finally caught up on all the episodes of The Deadliest Catch. It’s the only reality show that I can watch. This season more than others has really bummed me out. Let’s start with the obvious, the death of Capt. Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie. Everyone knew that they would be showing what happened (and I was waiting for it) but how it came about was a complete shock. The fact that it took over 7 hours to get decent medical care had to be part of the reason that he didn’t survive the stroke.
But there have been other things about the season that have been depressing as well. The fact that Jake had been stealing drugs (pain killer I’d presume) from his father only to get caught, tell his dad that he is an addict then for his father to have the stroke. The pain that you saw in the kid’s eyes told it all. He felt like he was the one that caused the stroke. Then you have the Jake Anderson on the Northwestern discovering that his father is missing. Edgar on the Northwestern contemplating retiring due to his injuries is a very powerful realization that things are going to be changing in the fleet quite soon.
Over on the Time Bandit you have Jon Hillstrand going into semi retirement and he and his brothers deciding on an heir apparent, and it’s not Jon’s son Scott (although I think he’ll be running the boat in a few years). Over all there is a very sad feeling to this season not to mention this feeling of impending change. It will be interesting to see how things progress the rest of this season and how things start off next season. The potential for a lot of change is there.
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