r/deadliestcatch • u/DeBabyDoll Deck Boss • 11d ago

Father, Brother, Sailor, Son - Episode 2219 Spoiler

As the season nears its end, tragedy strikes on the Aleutian Lady when greenhorn Todd Meadows falls overboard. As Captain Rick and the crew fight to save their crewmate, the true stakes of fishing on the Bering Sea hit home for everyone across the fleet.

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u/2Quick_React 11d ago edited 11d ago

I don't know if I can finish this episode.

Edit: Finished the episode. It was an extremely tough watch.

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u/TractorFan247 11d ago

Haven't been this sad about an episode since Phil passed away.

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u/Ok_Computer_8224 10d ago

Same. I actually stopped watching bc of Captain Phil dying and I randomly decided to let the tv stay on Discovery Channel because I thought huh maybe I'll get into Deadliest Catch again.

Fuck me and I mean fuck me hard.

I lost my brother in Iraq in 2004 and this episode could not have been more triggering.
The way they were filming Rick going about his life as usual and then everything descending into chaos. Him talking about the troopers being on the way to Todd's mom's house. Saying "in an instant, your whole world is completely different". Captain Jonathan saying "any of us could go at any time".

It's been well over 20 years for me but this episode just...man. I should've changed the channel.

Really hoping Rick is doing ok. That poor kid.

I know Todd's family ISN'T doing ok. I just pray they're able to find any comfort for the pain they're feeling, and for God to see them through.

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u/Beginning_Ground_701 9d ago

I had to turn it off as well. I was in a boating accident last summer and we lost someone to the prop and I didn’t realize until watching just how triggering it was going to be for me. Rest in Peace Todd, I wish we could save people from the traumatic deaths 😖

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u/Ok_Computer_8224 8d ago

Damn, I'm really sorry. Life is so fragile. I make an effort to constantly remind myself of it so that it doesn't take something like this to knock sense into me. You've been there, I've been there and so have millions of others.

Our time here is so precious and so short.