The BEST episodes of Deadliest Catch season 22
Every episode of Deadliest Catch season 22, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Deadliest Catch season 22!
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.
#1 - Nine Souls on Board
Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/10/2026
Sig teaches Sophia how to captain the Northwestern at the Russian line.
#2 - Anything That Can Go Wrong
Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/26/2026
When Sig's crane blows a hydraulic line, Clark ascends the rig in 20-foot seas for a critical repair. The Cornelia Marie crew battles a fire as Jake's engine room fills with smoke. Monte fights a generator outage while Rick dumps pots to avoid capsizing.
#3 - Kings of the Frozen North
Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/8/2026
In the season premiere, the captains find a rare strain of red King crab in the north amid crushing ice and violent storms. Sig deploys an underwater drone to pinpoint the horde. Jake revives the legendary Cornelia Marie to battle perilous northern seas.
#4 - Rocked to the Core
Season 22 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/12/2026
When a rogue wave pummels the Wizard and sidelines its crew, Keith reconsiders the risks he's taking. Racing to make an offload, Sig loses a deckhand to a crushed toe. Rick finds crab but needs new tactics to fish a seafloor bristling with old crab pots.
#5 - Wrong Side of the Law
Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/19/2026
When Monte discovers Keith set pots in an illegal zone, he and the Wizard crew must pay the price in blood and treasure. A storm reconnects Jake to the larger-than-life hero of the Cornelia Marie's past. Johnathan gambles on a million-dollar fall season.
#6 - Hunger Game
Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/29/2026
When the Time Bandit's freezer fails, John makes an emergency trip to St. George Island to feed his hungry crew. Sig and Jake lure crab to their own side of a maritime boundary. Rick battles a perplexing engine issue amid the biggest waves of the season.
#7 - Headlong Into Halong
Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/15/2026
With no port for shelter, Johnathan fights to protect his crew as Typhoon Halong pounds the northern grounds. Rick's Red King jackpot halts when a line fouls his prop. In 25-foot seas, Jake discovers the limits of the Cornelia Marie's fishing operations
#8 - Saltwater Runs Deep
Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/2026
A dream leads John to a crab hotspot, but a rival trawler shares the vision for filling its own massive nets. Keith's crew races to save the Wizard as seawater breaches the engine room. On the Northwestern, an erratic crane drags Clark across the deck.
#9 - Stack Fire
Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/22/2026
After joining forces, Sig and Jake set their boats on a collision course. Crew tensions explode on the Time Bandit, leading Keith to lure Freddy back to the Wizard. When the Aleutian Lady's exhaust stack bursts into flames, Rick must fight fire with fire.