'Deadliest Catch' Sneak Peek: Time Bandit Crew Gets 'Sea Kissed'

It’s been a rough start to the season on Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, as Jake Anderson has butted heads with Sig Hansen and a member of his own Saga crew, and more than one boat has needed repairs. But in tonight’s episode, Mother Nature is the source of drama as the exclusive clip above shows.

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After serving as a surprise therapist to Keith Colburn, who’s marriage has ended, Johnathan Hillstrand gets a tip from the Wizard captain on some hot fishing. In 15-foot seas and 25-knot winds, the Time Bandit crew prepares to haul their pots when a 20-foot rogue wave comes over the rail, smacking them hard.

Worth noting: This isn’t the storm that bends the Northwestern’s bow. That’s still to come. But when Hansen and new captain Sean Dwyer visited Yahoo TV last month (watch our Facebook Live chat below), Hansen described what being in that kind of weather feels like: “Why don’t you hop into your car, find a four or five-story building, because that’s about as big as the waves are, and then the winds blowing 50 or 60 or something. [Then] drive your car into the building and tell me how you feel. Because that’s pretty much what you’re doing,” he said. “Only it’s building after building after building after building. It’s just constant pounding like that.”

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Deadliest Catch airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Discovery.