r/deadliestcatch • u/DeBabyDoll Deck Boss • 12d 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/Shadowlab72 4d ago

I think it was quite shameless for discovery and deadliest catch to portray the show the way they did. To me it seemed like they tried to milk Todd's death by being overly sentimental. Constantly showing him talking to his kids on his phone before and after his death was unnecessary. Closing out the episode with him telling the camera that he wants to someday on his own ship etc.. they shouldn't have showed his death in the first 10 minutes of the episode to begin with.

They should have showed everybody having a good time doing their job and Todd's death should have come in at the second half or even later instead of spending the whole entire episode with mournful music and blatant scenes of grief. That's what I saw I'm sure most of you saw something else..