A sea change for DEADLIEST CATCH: fresh conflict, new captains join Discovery Channel’s hit series

Another season of king crab begins with new blood, old wounds and rivalries that never die. For some it’s a season of change; for others, a chance to make a name for themselves. But some things remain constant: the perilous, icy waters of the Bering Sea and the most dangerous job in the world. After a record-breaking, heartbreaking season last year, the Emmy? award-winning DEADLIEST CATCH returns to Discovery Channel this August. Premieres every Monday at 2200 hrs starting August 1 on TrueVisiosns 20. Encores every Tuesday at 1300 hrs, Thursday at 1900 hrs, Friday at 0900 hrs and Sunday at 1100 hrs. The dark clouds and long shadow of their father's death still hang heavy on Josh and Jake Harris but now they need to show the rest of the fleet that they can come back and step it up as co-owners of the Cornelia Marie. After briefly auditioning successors in the wheelhouse of the Time Bandit last season, Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand are centre stage again with no intention of stepping down but they soon find their lucky streak in crabbing could be coming to an end. Over on the Northwestern, Captain Sig Hansen is left guessing if his brother Edgar is even showing up at all this season. And the usually steady and reliable Captain Keith Colburn gambles and ventures into uncharted fishing grounds hoping for a big payoff for the Wizard. Two new boats join the fleet this season. Dubbed “the floating frat house,” the Ramblin' Rose introduces a young, rowdy crew skippered by Elliot Neese, all of 28 years old, and already boasting about his fishing prowess. Seabrooke Captain Scott Campbell Jr., 36, adds youth and cockiness as well but behind the steely confidence, Junior is still haunted by the loss of a deckhand at sea. Can he battle back and conquer his demons? DEADLIEST CATCH 7 EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS: New Blood The king crab season begins with an infusion of fresh blood into the Bering Sea crab fleet. Two new captains join the fray: 36-year-old Scott Campbell Jr., the hard-charging, skipper of the sleek and powerful Seabrooke and 28-year-old first-time crabber, Elliot Neese, who helms the rusty and rowdy Ramblin’ Rose. Following the death of their father Phil, brothers Josh and Jake Harris are back to keep the family fishing legacy alive - but soon find themselves tested by Derrick Ray, the Cornelia Marie's new skipper. Seasoned crews aboard the Northwestern, Time Bandit and Wizard battle heavy seas to get to their favourite hunting grounds, but arrive to hear the gut-wrenching sound of a mayday - signaling a crewman stricken on a nearby vessel. Proving Grounds Across the Bering Sea crab fleet, bad fishing causes high tensions and low morale as empty pots whittle away profits and nerves among the men. Hoping to resurrect the storied fishing success of the Cornelia Marie, the Harris brothers and new skipper Derrick Ray pull their first strings of the season, but find nothing but barren waters and marauding sand fleas. The strikeout rekindles hostility between captain Derrick and engineer Steve Ward. On the Northwestern, ambitious deckhand Jake Anderson gets a chance to briefly operate the boat, but has to face some personal demons in the wheelhouse. Up-and-coming boats Seabrooke and Ramblin' Rose experience polar opposites of fishing fortune on the grounds: one hits it big while the other misses completely. On the Wizard, volatile captain Keith Colburn reaches boiling point when his crew fails. Old Age and Treachery Veteran boats and tested skippers struggle to find their precious cargo as bad pots turn to blank pots. On the Wizard, danger strikes when a crewmember gets caught in a line. On the Seabrooke, Scott "Jr." Campbell defies the fishing odds by pulling up full pots, but a bitter, jealous deck boss, mars his triumph. On the Cornelia Marie, Jake Harris gets a sink-or-swim lesson in driving a crab boat, and steers the crew toward their biggest pots of the season - but a rift with captain Derrick Ray deepens in the process. Lastly, aboard the Ramblin' Rose, freshman skipper Elliott Neese realizes that all of his hard fought crab bounty could die in the tanks unless he makes a difficult choice. Breaking Point It's a time of reckoning as new and different challenges descend on the crab fleet halfway through their season. A greenhorn from Idaho onboard the Seabrooke gets a rude awakening when faced with the physical and mental rigours of crab fishing. First-time skipper Elliott Neese makes a rookie mistake that costs him and the crew of the Ramblin' Rose dearly during the first offload of his young career. Frustrated by the low crab count, Josh Harris confronts Skipper Derrick Ray only to get shut down by a sprawling arctic storm. The brutal weather forces everyone onboard the Cornelia Marie to put aside their differences and run for cover. Deckhand Jake Anderson gets another crack at making big decisions for the Northwestern when he's offered the chance to strategize a town soak. And over on the Kodiak, Skipper “Wild Bill” Wichrowski must contend with a broken crane that forces his crew to push the heavy pots, causing one deckhand to go down after a bad fall on deck. A Wing and a Prayer Bad luck finds the fleet in the latter half of the King crab season. On the Northwestern, the boat suffers a near-miss at port before bad fishing sparks a vicious fight between deckboss Edgar Hansen and deckhand Jake Anderson. The crew of the Wizard finds the source of the bad mojo aboard the boat and tosses it over the side, hoping to improve their fortunes. Captain Johnathan Hillstrand on the Time Bandit takes a massive gamble on barren grounds to find crab, while the greenhorn aboard the Seabrooke goes into a tailspin, leaving skipper Scott "Jr." Campbell in a bind. Click for photo release at www.thaipr.net

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