Thom Beers
Director
Deadliest Catch (2005)
Season 3
Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.
Released April 12, 2005
Episode 54 min
14+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.alaska, imdb.crabbing, imdb.business-and-occupation-reality-tv, tmdb.crab-fishing, tmdb.bering-strait, imdb.crab, imdb.alaska + 5 more, imdb.pacific-ocean, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, tmdb.fishing
Watch Providers: Netflix, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Disney Plus, Discovery + 8 more, Discovery, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Original Productions
Network: Discovery
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S3E1 - A Tragic Beginning
The 2006 Crab season is underway in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Fishing vessels and crews are preparing for the harsh conditions they will endure. Fierce seas, high winds, and ice build-up will make this season of Deadliest Catch…deadly.
April 3, 2007, midnight
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S3E2 - The Unforgiving Sea
Fishing is put on hold for boats in the area of where a fellow vessel sank, fellow fishermen search with the Coast Guard to locate survivors. Between faulty equipment and bad fishing crews are struggling with a rough start to the 2006 season.
April 10, 2007, midnight
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S3E3 - Pain and Paybacks
The Bering Sea is relentless this season, claiming one life after another. The high seas are a dangerous place to work, a deckhand on board the Wizard is badly injured causing the captain to rush back to shore.
April 17, 2007, midnight
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S3E4 - Cheating Death
Despite the tragedies, fatigue, equipment problems, and weather the crews push on. Boats and crews are working forty hours with no sleep, making this dangerous job even more dangerous. With the Bering Sea still claiming victims crews are questioning decisions, working who will be the next victim.
April 24, 2007, midnight
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S3E5 - Bering Sea Salvation
The bright light at the end of the 2006 King Crab season is upon the fleet. Captains and crews muster up one final push for dropping gear, hauling pots in and getting crab off the boats.
May 1, 2007, midnight
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S3E6 - The Last Lap
The 2006 King Crab season has come to a close, so the Captains head back to Dutch Harbor. Despite the tragedy at sea, mechanical problems, and injuries…the fishing has been good.
May 8, 2007, midnight
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S3E7 - New Beginnings
As the Opilio crab season opens, several greenhorns are about to experience the subfreezing temperatures and icy winter waters of the Bering Sea for the first time.
May 15, 2007, midnight
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S3E8 - Caught in the Storm
A couple of days into the Opilio crab season a major storm system hits the fishing fleet. Forcing many captains to call their crews off their decks and even forces a few to head back to port because of breakdowns.
May 22, 2007, midnight
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S3E9 - Crossing the Line
Forced back to port because of a blown engine, the Northwestern, a week behind is now back on the fishing grounds. Capt. Sig hopes that putting all of his gear far north will pay off.
May 29, 2007, midnight
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S3E10 - Trials of the Greenhorns
Several greenhorns are put to the test as the Bering Sea's harsh winter weather deteriorates. The one on the Wizard is already faltering under the grueling working conditions; but the ones on the Northwestern and Cornelia Marie step up to prove their worth.
June 5, 2007, midnight
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S3E11 - Ice and Open Water
The 2007 Opilio Crab season continues to march on despite the dangerous risks faced by the fleet.
June 12, 2007, midnight
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S3E12 - A Frozen Finish
The 2007 Opilio season has been long, cold, dangerous, and filled with problems. Now, the captains and their crews hurry back to unload despite the freezing conditions, so they can cash in.
June 19, 2007, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 54 min.
Season Runtime: 19818 min.
Released: April 12, 2005
Last Air Date: Oct. 31, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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