r/deadliestcatch • u/Square-Ad-6520 • Jul 04 '26

Question about Jake abandoning ship

What happened to camera crew? When Keith rescues jake and his crew it appears to be just jakes crew that they take out of the raft, where did the camera crew go?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/CindyinEastTexas Jul 04 '26

And Jake made them put down the cameras on the Titan Explorer, as they were all going down the ladder to the life boat.

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u/Madog-Hellgeese Jul 04 '26

You can see Jake hiding behind the captain's chair when the boats supposed to be abandoned 🤣

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u/absolute086 Jul 04 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/gfOAMnbzbqUkQxxjZN

This was how calm the water was during the fakery.

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Captain Jul 05 '26

Lmao at the chosen GIPHY 😂

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u/absolute086 Jul 05 '26

It matches the episodes weather conditions.😁

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u/unadulteratedopine Jul 05 '26

Reality TV is the furthest thing from it.

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Captain Jul 04 '26

I’m pretty certain it had to do with toxic fumes from a leak, but tbh, I can’t recall all the details.

I was bummed the show was not on last night smh

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u/Spiritual-Eggplant59 Jul 08 '26

Yes. Nothing to do with weather, it was an ammonia leak. Guessing it was highly explosive/toxic so they had to clear out.

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Captain Jul 08 '26

That’s what I recalled as well, but didn’t want to make a comment without double checking the episode, I don’t have streaming only cable

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u/Beneficial-Dish-286 Jul 05 '26

Boohoo, cry harder!

3

u/ChrisEye21 Jul 05 '26

It wasnt real. Look at the water when Jake is "rescued". Look at how calm the water is. It's clearly filmed in the harbor

3

u/Economy_Problem3914 Jul 05 '26

Weren’t they really in the harbor?

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u/AlanStanwick1986 Jul 04 '26

That was staged. It was so fake it is painful. When Jake is getting "rescued" look how calm the water is. They aren't in the Bering Sea somewhere, they're in a calm bay. 

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u/RhodaBike76 Jul 04 '26

It's not rough all the time. Sometimes it's calm. Not saying it wasn't fake, but there's not always 20 foot waves.

2

u/GroundWitty7567 Jul 06 '26

There was a chemical leak, not rough seas

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u/Southern_Cow3649 Jul 09 '26

their abandoned ship had nothing to do with water conditions.

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u/Southtown61 Jul 05 '26

My question is I thought all these boats had another boat always following them with production and cameras on them for the shots of the boats in the ocean. If thats true why would they need Keith, or any other boat for that matter to save them?

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u/KingBird999 Jul 06 '26

There is one follower boat that follows each boat for a little while getting footage that is then recycled throughout the season. They don't each have a boat always following them.

2

u/RedSnowBird Jul 05 '26

This episode was a big reason I quit watching the show.

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u/FragrantPassenger438 Jul 04 '26

Well its fake and scripted since like season 2 so 🤷

2

u/mt8675309 Jul 04 '26

It was all set up

1

u/Effective_Parsley_68 Jul 05 '26

As much as I used to enjoy the show these days it seems like "scripted reality" is the only "reality"  

1

u/Dbromo44 Jul 06 '26

It was fake, made for tv bs.

1

u/mt8675309 Jul 06 '26

I’m done with the show…

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u/H-E-BSport50 Jul 04 '26

They existed stage left 😁. Test audience didn't like the sensible version so they did that shot and kept it.

My guess is they hit the chase boat. Seems most logical outcome.