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Deadliest Catch is returning to Discovery and is addressing nan sad passing of deckhand Todd Meadows, who died during production.
The bid returns to nan cablegram web connected Friday, May 8 astatine 8pm.
Meadows was moving connected nan Aleutian Lady, 1 of nan vessels filmed for nan long-running show, sportfishing for crabs connected nan Bering Sea astatine nan clip of his decease connected February 25. The charismatic origin of decease was “drowning pinch probable hypothermia” and “submersion of assemblage successful acold water”.
The show, which is produced by Fremantle’s Original Productions, was successful accumulation erstwhile nan incident occurred and accumulation concluded soon thereafter arsenic nan Aleutian Lady was nan past of nan vessels still astatine sea.
The show will reside “tragedy of his passing pinch attraction and grant his memory” but will not show his decease connected air.
The play besides includes a tribute in the premiere section and successful later episodes will look backmost connected nan events of nan sportfishing season, including Meadows’ contributions. He will characteristic successful episodes successful nan 2nd half of nan play pinch his earlier scenes filmed successful nan weeks earlier nan accident.
Season 22 follows a caller king crab organization appearing acold north, and nan fleet relocates 225 miles to St. George Island, facing colder upwind and much utmost seas.
Per nan logline, for nan first clip successful decades, nan captains wantonness acquainted sportfishing grounds to pursuit a uncommon breed of Red King Crab lurking successful nan stiff waters of nan acold North. This elusive catch, worthy a fortune, pushes nan fleet into distant territory and tests their acquisition and resilience astatine nan separator of nan world.
Captain Sig Hansen besides launches a covert scouting mission, deploying an underwater drone into nan chartless waters successful an effort to find nan uncommon strain of king crab earlier nan remainder of nan fleet arrives. Captain Wild Bill Wichrowski journeys to St. George Island guiding Sig done caller grounds successful pursuit of bigger, richer crab.
Meanwhile, after losing some his vessel and his marriage, Captain Jake Anderson starts nan play arsenic a deckhand for nan first clip successful eleven years earlier an opportunity emerges to reconstruct nan legendary Cornelia Marie and put him backmost into nan captain’s chair.
