I first started watching this show a couple of years back, around 2007. Initially I watched it with a sense of amazement about what these people went through weather and working condition wise in order to make a living. As I got sucked in and watched the show develop over the ensuing seasons it has become, in my opinion, one of the most gripping a riveting shows on TV. The personalities of the different boats, the conflict between the crew members on the different boats where they are stuck together for weeks and months in a violently rolling, pitching prison became an even more compelling reason to watch the show. The savage Alaskan weather and stark scenery that I originally watched the show for started to take a back seat to the people involved. Finally with this latest season (written mid 2010) and the death of Captain Phil so poignantly and tastefully documented, along with some other serious problems for other boats and crews, this show has become the most heartfelt, compelling thing I can find to watch. I eagerly await each Tuesday night for the latest instalment. THIS is what reality TV should be, other networks take note.
Review of Deadliest Catch
