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.

Kings of the Frozen North (Episode 1) 10.0
Air date: 2026-05-08
Runtime: 97 min
Overview: 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.
Headlong Into Halong (Episode 2) 9.5
Air date: 2026-05-15
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Stack Fire (Episode 3) 10.0
Air date: 2026-05-22
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Hunger Game (Episode 4) 10.0
Air date: 2026-05-29
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Saltwater Runs Deep (Episode 5) 10.0
Air date: 2026-06-05
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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 when seawater breaches the engine room. On the Northwestern, Clark gets dragged across the deck by an erratic crane.
Rocked to the Core (Episode 6) 10.0
Air date: 2026-06-12
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Wrong Side of the Law (Episode 7) 10.0
Air date: 2026-06-19
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Anything That Can Go Wrong (Episode 8)
Air date: 2026-06-26
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Nine Souls on Board (Episode 9)
Air date: 2026-07-10
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: In the winter season premiere, Sig teaches Sophia how to captain the Northwestern at the Russian line. Jake stacks the Cornelia Marie for a risky trip north. When a crab boat sinks near St. George, the Wizard is the only vessel close enough to reach it.
He's In the Water! (Episode 10)
Air date: 2026-07-17
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: When Wizard deckhand Lynn Guitard falls overboard in 15 foot seas, Keith and Monte scramble to rescue him before hypothermia sets in. On the Northwestern, Sig lets Sophia prove herself at the Russian line. A greenhorn joins the crew of the Aleutian Lady.
O Captain, My Captain (Episode 11)
Air date: 2026-07-24
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: On the Aleutian Lady, greenhorn Todd's abscessed tooth forces Rick to consider a costly return to Dutch Harbor. Sig hands new protégé "Bob" the helm for her first-ever opilio season. Johnathan performs surgery-at-sea on his favorite Time Bandit shipmate.