I think you will see a change on the 13th when after the catch focuses on Phil

I'm not saying that there have not been sad moments on After the Catch, I was just saying that I felt they were havng a pretty good time overall. I'd truthfully be shocked if the entire Phil/CM certric ATC episode was sad and morose. I'm not sure that Phil would want that.

I like them but I wish they dealt with the episode they directly preceded

From what they said in the first After the Catch, they filmed those segments only 3 months after Phil's death. If that's right, I'm not sure they would know how the DC episodes would be edited and therefore wouldn't be able to talk about what specifically happened in the hour beforehand. I'm sure just about everything is a blur after the season ends anyways.

Another tough one to watch and I'm guessing next weeks 2hr show will be heart wrenching. I was surprised at jonathans reaction. I know it's a tight knit community but I wasn't a fan of him til tonight for some reason. Just horrible to see the brothers go at it at the end. Just difficult to see how they each cope with the loss

Parts of After the Catch were tough to watch, too. Got to give credit for the Harris family for wanting this to be filmed and shown. It had to be absolutely heartbreaking for everyone to see Phil seemingly defy the odds and cheat death once again only to die.

Did anyone catch Leno last night. Josh and John H. were on. They played a clip from tonights episode and if thats any indication, this is going to be VERY hard to watch.

Btw, kudos to Discovery for doing this with class and dignity. Very well done.

Yeah, this will be tough. I hope I don't lose it in front of those I'll be watching it with.

Just finished watching and to be honest last week was much more difficult to watch. It sucks how he seemed to be doing ok then took the turn. I'm going to be watching next week as well

I agree, both DC and ATC were much harder to watch last week.

Next weeks should be pretty tough too as everyone finds out.

That's what I was thinking. Next week and the tribute should be sad

I wonder how much longer discovery will run with this show. Phils gone, edgar seems to be on the verge of quitting, the time bandit guys both are looking to retire...could be interesting though to see jake & josh try to take over running the boat, might be kind of funny situation where they own the boat, but still work on the deck (neither one has the license to run a ship that big yet)

Now there will be no Northwestern or Time Bandit. This show is done for me:

http://tv.yahoo.com/deadliest-catch/...9-us_deadliest

I'm sure it could get worked out in the end, but looks like it's done.

Wow, the three most entertaining boats all gone. Anyone up for watching the Keith Colburn Show? Didn't think so.

definitely wouldnt be much of a show without these guys, and phil harris, so thats a bummer.

im waiting for more info to come out but right now the hillstrands are looking like the bad guys, but im sure there is gonna be more to the story.

That sucks. Show won't be the same without those guys.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/1...ex.html?hpt=T2

(EW.com) -- An emotional hell that was "more stressful than crab fishing": That's how the "Time Bandit" captains who quit "Deadliest Catch" last week described the ordeal that temporarily threatened the future of Discovery's most popular franchise.

Speaking exclusively to EW from Alaska, Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand explained what led them and "Northwestern" Captain Sig Hansen to make such a drastic decision.

"It was a lot about our rights to do our own brand," said Andy Hillstrand, who together with his brother and Hansen, went on a speaking tour in September that supposedly conflicted with production of "Hillstranded," a set of specials the brothers shot for the network that'll air next June.

"There was a lot of misunderstanding," Andy Hillstrand told EW. "We thought Discovery had everything they needed but then they came back and said they needed pickup shots so our schedule was pretty much screwed. It got to the point in our relationship where something had to change and we just said enough's enough. So we butted heads for a while."

Hansen handed in his walking papers too because "it was the right thing to do," he told EW.

"We are brothers. I told these guys a long time ago, it's fishing first. We made a lot of fans. We've affected a lot people in positive ways. People like us because we are real and what they see is what they get. All of a sudden, things got a little out of kilter. So what you see is what you get."

"It kind of made it look like me and Johnathan were doing this and then Sig stood up with us but Sig was with us," added Andy Hillstrand.

"Emotionally, it was hell," continued Johnathan Hillstrand. "We didn't want to be sued. We didn't want all the fans hating Discovery."

The trio was also told not to discuss their status with the other "Deadliest Catch" fisherman, who like the Hillstrands and Hansen, were in Alaska's Dutch Harbor this week preparing to set sail for the show's seventh season on the night of October 14.

Captain Keith Colburn, however, didn't have much to say about the matter.

"I'm going to take the fifth," he told EW from the deck of "The Wizard" in Dutch Harbor this week. "There's enough animosity between the fishermen at times on stuff. I don't need to generate any more."

Fortunately for the show's legion of fans -- some of whom fired off angry letters to Discovery -- both sides came to an agreement and now the Hillstrands and Hansen are signed for two more years of "Catch."

The trio can also continue with their speaking tour that took them throughout Canada and the east coast in September.

"We just want our lives back, sort of," said Johnathan Hillstrand. "But it's a little too late for that. So we're sticking around. We are glad to be back and we're glad that everyone is happier."

In "Hillstranded" -- which will air after "Deadliest Catch" debuts in April 2011 -- the siblings will investigate myths and legends around Alaska, including a Lochness-type monster in a local lake.

"Our personalities have just been silly and kind of different," said Andy Hillstrand. "We had a lot of fun doing them."



BTW, is there any way we can get the thread title changed? The current one stinks.

Poor Keith, he thought he was going to be the star of the new season...that maybe if he was the only regular returning that people would have to stop thinking he was a giant douchebag.

They finally found Jake's father's remains after 2.5 years:

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/H...160854895.html

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/02/de...-father-found/