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The Best Episodes of Deadliest Catch Season 17

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 9 - Dedication
    8.6/10(36 votes)

    S17:E9

    In the Winter premiere, the fleet reels from the loss of Summer Bay deck boss Nick McGlashan. Wizard and Cornelia launch early into a massive Arctic storm. Johnathan can't see eye-to-eye with an old friend and shocking news forces Sig to change his plans.

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  2. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 10 - Truth Will Set You Free
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S17:E10

    When Johnathan trusts his instincts more than his partners, the Time Bandit makes a surprise appearance in the Northern Grounds just as Josh and Casey need him most. Sig puts his crew exactly where they need to be in a matter of life and death.

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  3. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 22 - The Ultimate Price
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    S17:E22

    In the season finale, Keith risks pushing through jagged ice in search of the Wizard's lost pots. Attempting a risky harbor entry, Wild Bill overturns the Summer Bay and a beloved crewman makes the ultimate sacrifice on the deck of a veteran crab boat.

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  4. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 11 - Shipbreakers
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    S17:E11

    As seawater floods in, Wild Bill's crew scrambles to locate a hole in the Summer Bay's hull. Johnathan faces a fire on the Time Bandit and a catastrophic hydraulic failure forces Jake to send his chief engineer 25 feet above the Saga's rolling deck.

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  5. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 13 - Of Ice And Men
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    S17:E13

    Sig makes a desperate bid to save his gear from the descending ice pack while Jake dumps pots to avoid capsize. When Wild Bill gets a line caught in his propeller far from Dutch Harbor, he enlists Jake's diver to attempt a risky underwater repair.

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  6. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 14 - The Crush
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    S17:E14

    As the fast-moving ice edge crushes all in its path, Sig and Mandy rush north to rejoin the fray. On the Cornelia Marie, Josh and Casey's race to save their pots comes at a cost in blood and pain. Heavy freezing spray threatens to capsize the Wizard.

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  7. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 15 - Run Silent Run Deep
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    S17:E15

    Skirting the ice line to the deepest set of their careers, Josh and Casey apply frontier medicine to a bleeding deck boss. A block wound sidelines Wild Bill's new rail man, while injuries on the Time Bandit take out two crewmen and threaten family bonds.

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  8. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 18 - Winter's Gambit
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    S17:E18

    An Arctic storm blasts the fleet as Sig ventures to deep waters he hasn't fished in 17 years. Johnathan steers the Time Bandit into 30-foot waves in a hail Mary run toward Russia. Captain Keith attempts a risky maneuver to save the Wizard's pots.

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  9. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 4 - Time Machine
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    S17:E4

    Driving the Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie, Josh and Casey attempt Johnathan's strategy for tracking King Crab across time and space. On the Summer Bay, Wild Bill's crew fights a mid-gale power outage, but the days are numbered for their greenhorn.

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  10. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 7 - What Would Phil Harris Do?
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S17:E7

    With the Bairdi fishery open for the first time in years, Josh and John on the Time Bandit reopen the Phil Harris playbook and ask Casey and Sig to help tank the fleetwide quota. Wild Bill bets on Nick McGlashan to turn the tide for the Summer Bay.

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  11. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 12 - Extreme Arctic
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S17:E12

    As a polar vortex storm slams the Cornelia Marie in the far north, Josh navigates the biggest seas of his career while Casey performs emergency surgery. A catastrophic collapse of the Northwestern's crane leaves Sig and Mandy with no way to haul pots.

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  12. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 1 - Out of the Ashes
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    S17:E1

    With half the crab boats tied up, Sig devises a plan to save the fishery from destruction. As Bering Sea legend Johnathan Hillstrand returns with the Time Bandit to help, veterans struggle to prove they can work together to defend the American dream.

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  13. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 8 - Tangled Web
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    S17:E8

    Time Bandit and Cornelia Marie race for the last spot at the cannery, but as word spreads of an emergency shutdown of the Bairdi fishery, they return to the grounds as Sig Hansen rallies his fellow captains with an unconventional plan.

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  14. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 16 - First Come First Served
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    S17:E16

    As canneries unexpectedly change delivery rules, captains must race to get to the front of the line. Jake risks a daring entry into St. Paul harbor, as Johnathan seeks help from Wild Bill. Josh and Casey bet their season on a deep set at the Russian Line.

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  15. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 19 - Wicked Game
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    S17:E19

    Cornelia Marie skippers Josh and Casey follow a blind tip from an unknown fisherman into uncharted waters. Johnathan fears for the worst when Freddy lands in the icy Bering Sea. On the Wizard, Captain Keith tempts fate, risking thousands in crab gear right at the ice edge.

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  16. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 2 - Russian Dragger
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    S17:E2

    When Mandy devises a plan for partnering, Sig must rethink his own hard-won tactics. On the Time Bandit, John and Josh conspire to outmaneuver a Russian captain who tells them what to do in US waters. All hell breaks loose as two vessels collide.

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  17. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 3 - Point of No Return
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    S17:E3

    As hundreds of dolphins lead the Summer Bay into an approaching cyclone, Jake attempts a daring nighttime rescue in high seas. Scott Campbell Jr. finds himself out of options, leaving Sig to make a controversial call to save the fishery.

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  18. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 6 - Restricted Zone
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    S17:E6

    Time Bandit and Northwestern are struggling so they decide to join forces and throw cages down on either side of the restricted zone. Will their new technique work out?

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  19. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 20 - Over the Rail
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    S17:E20

    Jake battles a hurricane in the fleet's smallest boat while Keith orders crew over the rail to avoid capsizing. When Johnathan discovers crab in his cod pots, his crew scrambles to locate the hoard as "Blind Dog" finds himself in a bone-crushing position.

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  20. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 21 - First in Line
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    S17:E21

    When processors shut down due to outbreaks, Sig bets he can zero in on a rare "crab highway" before there's no place to deliver. Josh and Casey race to deliver live crab after their pump fails, while Harley risks shipwreck to be first to enter St. Paul.

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  21. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 5 - Force Majeure
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    S17:E5

    As a typhoon rocks the Bering Sea, the Summer Bay suffers a collision. Sig gambles all his pots in one spot, while Casey takes a scientific approach to finding the elusive Bairdi crab. John and Josh rush a pit stop to get the Time Bandit back in the hunt.

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  22. Deadliest Catch Season 17 Episode 17 - Quid Pro Crab
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    S17:E17

    Captains scramble to meet an expanded quota in the path of a violent system dubbed "Squall-pocalypse". A breakdown on the Wizard puts Monte in debt to the Time Bandit and Josh and Casey exceed their own quota when it comes to injuries on deck.

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Season 17 Ratings Summary

"Dedication" is the best rated episode of Deadliest Catch season 17. It scored 8.6/10 from 36 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on June 15, 2021. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Truth Will Set You Free".