The BEST episodes of Deadliest Catch season 7
Every episode of Deadliest Catch season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Deadliest Catch season 7!
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 - Sea Change
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2011
Massive change strikes every returning boat as Opilio season begins. Edgar finally says farewell to the Northwestern, a new captain boards the Cornelia Marie and the entire fleet is shut down by an epic arctic storm.
#2 - I Smell a Nightmare
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/19/2011
As the Opilio season winds down exhaustion causes tempers to boil over on the Time Bandit; the skippers of the Seabrooke and the Cornelia Marie both suffer injuries.
#3 - Proving Grounds
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2011
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
#4 - Breaking Point
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2011
A serious injury forces a crew member to his bunk after the crane breaks on the Kodiak, while the Seabrooke's greenhorn has a mental breakdown.
#5 - Thick as Thieves
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2011
The police are called in after a confrontation on the Cornelia Marie while an injury onboard the Ramblin' Rose causes the rookie skipper to have a change of heart.
#6 - Mohawks & Madness, Goodness & Gladness
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/26/2011
The Seabrooke captain fights a painful illness; the Cornelia Marie returns from what could be its final season as the Harris brothers mull over who will run the boat and the Northwestern exacts some revenge.
#7 - Pirate School
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/5/2011
A captain and deckhand clash on the Cornelia Marie over a crippling lack of bait, while skipper Elliott Neese attempts to fix a possible season-ending breakdown and the Time Bandit's soft-spoken greenhorn goes to the Hillstrands' Pirate School.
#8 - Old Age & Treachery
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/2011
Jake Harris gets a sink-or-swim lesson on driving the Cornelia Marie as danger strikes the Wizard when a crew member gets caught in the line.
#9 - New Blood
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2011
Fresh blood join the crab fleet as the 2010 crab season begins; new skippers are Scott Campbell Jr. on the Seabrooke and Elliot Neese on the Ramblin' Rose.
#10 - Birds, Bones and Blood
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2011
A crewman's nose gets broken on the Northwestern; the Ramblin' Rose takes a gamble as a winter storm rips through the crab-fishing grounds; danger at the dock for the Time Bandit.
#11 - The Island
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/12/2011
Offloading crab in the treacherous waters off St. Paul island proves a daunting task as a harbor surge snaps lines on the Wizard and the Seabrooke loses a crew member.
#12 - Exit Wounds
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2011
In the midst of a rough King Crab season, a mutiny transpires on the Cornelia Marie while mental and physical breakdowns plague the crew of the Kodiak.
#13 - Graduation Day
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/31/2011
The King Crab Season closes with a fierce arctic storm, a spectacular prank on the Northwestern by the crew of the Time Bandit and the departure of one of the fleet's most revered fishermen.
#14 - Frontier Medicine
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2011
The fleet battles a devastating arctic hurricane as the focus shifts from fishing to survival; the captains consider drastic measures as the ice and injuries pile up.
#15 - A Wing and a Prayer
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2011
A deckhand falls asleep at the wheel and sends the boat towards a fleet of vessels.
#16 - It's Not All Mai Tais and Yahtzee
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/28/2011
A loose pot causes havoc on the Kodiak; a Seabrooke crewman is nearly crushed by ice and the new skipper of the Cornelia Marie courts mutiny when his new string comes up lean.