Bering Sea Gold (2012) s01e07 Episode Script
Bad Vibrations
Ian: THE WIND'S CHANGING.
IT'S GETTING COLDER.
THE WHOLE SEA IS A STEEL TRAP
ABOUT TO SNAP SHUT.
WE GOT TO SUCK UP AS MUCH GOLD
AS WE CAN BEFORE WE GET CAUGHT.
THIS IS OUR LAST SHO
FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE RACE TO THE END.
YOU BETTER HOPE YOU CAN TRUS
THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU.
'CAUSE IT'S TIME TO GET RICH
OR DIE TRYING.
AND YOU DON'T WAN
TO DIE TRYING.
[ "GOLD IN THESE HILLS" PLAYS ]
LISTEN UP CLOSE, NOW ♪
WHAT I SAY ♪
I'M A-GONNA TAKE THAT RISK
ONE DAY ♪
I HEARD ABOUT A FORTUNE
TO BE MADE ♪
AND I'M A-GONNA GET IT,
NOW, JUST YOU WAIT ♪
'CAUSE I HEARD
THAT THERE'S GOLD ♪
IN THESE HILLS ♪
--Captions by VITAC --
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
GOLD ♪
Meisterheim:
THE WEATHER'S BEEN TERRIBLE.
WEATHER'S SUPPOSED TO BE
REALLY [BLEEP]
FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON,
WHICH IS VERY SHORT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT.
Narrator:
OCTOBER IN NOME.
[ SEAGULL CRIES ]
Tenhoff:
IT'S DEFINITELY COOLING OFF.
YOU CAN FEEL
THE IMPENDING WINTER.
Narrator:
THE END OF A BRUTAL, THREE-MONTH
GOLD-DREDGING SEASON DRAWS NEAR.
Tenhoff:
WE'VE HAD LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
AFTER LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
ROLLING IN.
WE'VE HAD STORMS
ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
IT'S BEEN HARD ON ALL OF US.
Narrator: SOON,
THE HARBOR WILL FREEZE.
THE ICE IS GONNA COME DOWN,
AND, YOU KNOW,
EVENTUALLY,
IT'S GONNA SHUT US DOWN.
Narrator:
THIS WINDOW OF GOOD WEATHER
COULD BE THEIR LAST SHO
TO FIND GOLD.
Scott: RIGHT NOW WE GOT TO
PUT MORE TIME ON THE WATER.
GOT TO FIND MORE GOLD.
Steve: YOU GOT TO HAVE A
DIE-HARD ATTITUDE TO BE A MINER.
YOU GOT TO BE WILLING TO FIGH
FOR WHAT YOU WAN
TO PUT IN YOUR POCKET.
Narrator: AS THE FLEE
CROWDS THE GROUNDS
Meisterheim: ALL RIGHT. WE GO
TO GET THIS SLUICE BOX MOVED.
NOW THOSE BOARDS
HAVE TO COME OFF. YEAH.
Narrator: THE CREW OF
THE WILD RANGER
IS STUCK AT DOCK,
REPAIRING THE DREDGE'S
FAULTY SLUICE BOX.
THIS SLUICE BOX HAS PROVEN TO BE
A PAIN IN THE ASS.
IT'S ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
THAT VERN WANTS,
THAT'S ACTUALLY NECESSARY.
Narrator:
FOR THREE STRAIGHT MONTHS
IF THERE'S ANY GOLD,
IT'S GONNA BE VERY LITTLE.
ALL YOU NEED
IS ABOUT 50 MORE PANS LIKE THAT,
AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OUNCE.
THE WILD RANGER'S GOLD COUN
HAS BEEN A JOKE.
JUST 3/4 OF AN OUNCE --
$1,200 WORTH -- AND LAST TRIP
Adkinson:
I DON'T THINK THAT SLUICE BOX
IS WORKING WORTH A DAMN.
Narrator:
OWNER VERNON ADKISON REALIZED
HIS SLUICE BOX
WAS FAILING TO TRAP GOLD.
EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN SUCKING UP
ON THE BOTTOM
IS JUST GOING BACK INTO
THE OCEAN.
HE WANTS
ALL THESE CHANGES DONE.
RIGHT NOW
I GOT A BOAT TO FIX.
MY WIFE DIDN'T AGREE
WITH ME COMING HERE.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A PIPE DREAM.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
SHE DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD FIND
GOLD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
SO I LEFT.
THAT SIMPLE.
I ACTUALLY DIVORCED MY WIFE
TO COME HERE.
AND RIGHT NOW IT JUST --
IT'S NOT WORKING OUT.
I'M HERE TO PROVE HER WRONG,
PROVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG
WHO TOLD ME THIS WAS STUPID.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOING HOME.
[ CHUCKLES ]
GOT TO TAKE THIS --
ALL THIS DUCT WORK APART.
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S
A BIG [BLEEP] DEAL, MAN.
IT'S SIX SCREWS, MAN.
I DID THIS THE OTHER DAY.
I WANT YOU TO JUST TAKE
THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE OFF.
THAT'S ALL
YOU GOT TO TAKE OFF.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE
TO PUT THAT BOAT BACK TOGETHER
AND MAKE IT WORK,
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE
OF HOW [BLEEP] WORKS,
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGH
TO TRY TO FIX IT,
AND THAT'S JASON.
Walker: FRUSTRATED.
I MEAN,
WE'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE.
WASTING ALL THIS TIME
MOVING STUFF, CUTTING STUFF.
I DON'T WANT A BUNCH
OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
I JUST DON'T NEED THEM.
ALL I WANT YOU TO DO
IS DO WHAT I ASK YOU TO DO
WITHOUT SUGGESTING 'CAUSE NOW
YOUR SUGGESTIONS SLOW THINGS UP.
Meisterheim:
JASON HAS GOT WAYS ABOUT HIM
THAT IRRITATE THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF ME.
I'VE BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL
PEOPLE TO BE NICE TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO BE NICE TO HIM.
YOU'RE A DAMN TRUCK DRIVER
FOR 18 YEARS,
AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT GOLD RECOVERY.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST JOKE
OF THIS WHOLE PLACE RIGHT NOW --
IS YOU THINKING
YOU KNOW IT ALL.
YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR 35 YEARS,
AND HERE COMES JASON,
AND HE WANTS TO TELL EVERYBODY
HOW TO [BLEEP] FIND GOLD.
[BLEEP] YOU
[BLEEP] YOURSELF.
YOU CAN LEAVE.
I DON'T CARE.
Walker: I CAME HERE TO DIVE,
NOT TO PUT UP WITH A CHILD --
A 40-SOME-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.
LATER, DUMBASS.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO
[BLEEP] ON THIS BOAT, ANYWAY.
LATER, DUMBASS.
LATER, DUMBASS.
YOU CAN BARELY EVEN TURN
A [BLEEP] DAMN SCREWDRIVER.
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
I'M LEAVING.
SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP.
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
Narrator: JUST OFF THE COAST,
ON THE 19-FOOT SLUICEY
Ian: THERE ARE MILLIONS
OF OUNCES OUT THERE.
I WANT TO GET AS MUCH GOLD
AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator: GREENHORN DREDGE
OWNER IAN FOSTER
IS MAKING SURE HIS ROOKIE SEASON
ISN'T HIS LAST.
Ian: I LEFT SOCIAL WORK
TO BECOME A FULL-TIME MINER.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE
ON THE LINE FOR ME IN THIS,
JUST MAKING IT WORK
AND BEING SUCCESSFUL AT IT.
I NEED TO MAKE PROBABLY
40 TO 50 OUNCES --
ABOUT 60, 70 GRAND.
AND RIGHT NOW
I HAVE ABOUT 20 OUNCES,
SO I'M BASICALLY HALFWAY THERE.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SEE
WHAT A SWAMPED BOAT LOOKS LIKE?
HERE IS IT.
Narrator: THIS SUMMER'S BEEN
A LONG SERIES OF BREAKDOWNS
FOR IAN AND HIS PARTNER,
SCOTT FOSTER.
I'M JUST WASTING MY TIME
AND GETTING FRUSTRATED.
BUT NOW THE SLUICEY
IS RUNNING STRONG
Ian:
IT IS HARDER TO DIVE ALONE,
BUT THERE ARE MILLIONS
OF OUNCES OUT THERE.
Narrator: AND THE FOSTERS
ARE SPLITTING SHIFTS
TO MINE GOLD AROUND THE CLOCK.
I'M OFFICIALLY IN A HONEY HOLE.
GOLD EVERYWHERE.
EVERY TIME I PULL THE NOZZLE
BACK, THERE'S FLECKS IN IT.
GONNA CALL SCOTTY,
HAVE HIM START GETTING READY.
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
SCOTTY, IT'S IAN. I'VE BEEN
DIVING FOR SEVEN HOURS.
[ LAUGHS ]
SCOTT: Nice.
Do we need any fuel
or anything like that?
I GOT NINE GALLONS
ON THE BOAT, SO
Oh, wow. Okay.
Should be good, then.
YEP. I FILLED UP THE GAS TANKS
BEFORE I LEFT.
Need about a half-hour.
ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
LATER.
Narrator:
OVER ON BELMONT BEACH
Riedel: DON'T THINK BECAUSE
WE'RE GETTING A LATE STAR
DOES NOT MEAN
WE'RE LESS BADASS.
WITH A STORM IN THE FORECAST,
ZEKE TENHOFF ON THE CLARK
IS EAGER TO HIT THE WATER
AND MAKE SOME CASH.
Tenhoff: LAST YEAR, I RACK UP
180 GRAND OF DEBT AT A HOSPITAL,
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO PAY OFF SOME OF THAT.
IT'S FROM A --
Tenhoff: EMILY! HEY!
HURRY UP!
[ LAUGHS ] I'M HAVING
CONVERSATION TIMES.
[ LAUGHS ]
NOT EVEN GOD
COULD SINK THIS SHIP.
NOT EVEN GOD
COULD SINK THIS SHIP.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
THREE MONTHS AGO,
ZEKE HIRED LIFELONG FRIEND
EMILY RIEDEL TO BE HIS DECKHAND.
Tenhoff: I'VE KNOWN HER
MY WHOLE LIFE,
AND SHE'S NOT USED TO
DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.
SHE'S USED TO
GOING TO ART SCHOOL.
Narrator:
BUT THE ONLY FEMALE DREDGER
IN NOME HASN'T BEEN CUTTING IT.
LOOK, EMILY, I'VE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR YEARS, OKAY?!
[BLEEP]
WAITING!
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU GO
AND WORK FOR SOMEONE WHO [BLEEP]
I WILL. I WILL.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE FUN.
I'M AVAILABLE.
ALL RIGHT.
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE
ELSEWHERE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
EMILY BRINGS -- SHE BRINGS OTHER
KINDS OF DRAMA INTO MY LIFE
THAT JUST AREN'T COPACETIC
TO GETTING GOLD-DREDGING DONE.
RECENTLY, I'VE REALIZED THA
I'M REALLY ATTRACTED TO EMILY.
I'M NOT ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED
WITH HER
AS MUCH AS I MIGHT LIKE TO BE.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT RIGH
IN MY FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT MAKES ME ANGRY.
MAYBE THAT'S UNFAIR OF ME.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT,
AND YOU'RE, LIKE,
TALKING TO SCOTT.
I WAS SOCIALIZING.
YOU NEED TO GET WITH MY PROGRAM
ON MY SCHEDULE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
WHAT YOU WANT.
OH, OKAY. SO, WE'RE ON -- OKAY,
NO, THAT'S CLARIFIED.
FROM NOW ON,
WE'RE ON YOUR SCHEDULE,
AND WE'RE ALL DOING
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY.
WHY SHOULD WE BE ON ANYONE'S
BUT MY SCHEDULE?
OKAY, YOU ARE PLAYING THIS
LIKE A MAJOR POWER TRIP
WITH ME TODAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT GONNA DEAL
WITH THAT [BLEEP] ZEKE.
THAT'S [BLEEP] I THOUGH
WE WERE WORKING AS A TEAM.
WELL, MY NEEDS
IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT,
I BELIEVE, ARE MORE IMPORTAN
THAN YOUR NEEDS IN THIS PROJECT.
LIKE, I HAVE A LOT TO LOSE.
I HAVE A LOT AT STAKE.
I HAVE A LOT OF DEBT,
AND, LIKE --
YOU'RE GETTING ALL
YOUR [BLEEP] PANTIES
IN A BUNCH ABOUT IT.
AND, LIKE, ALL THIS
CONTROL-FREAK [BLEEP]
THIS LONG SOB STORY
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE IN DEBT --
WELL, BECAUSE IT'S TRUE, EMILY.
IT'S TRUE, EMILY.
YOU CAN'
[BLEEP] TAKE A JOKE.
WELL, YOU CAN'T --
WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHAT THE
NATURE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP IS.
AM I YOUR --
AM I YOUR EMPLOYEE,
OR AM I YOUR FRIEND?
LIKE, SERIOUSLY.
YOU HAVE TO BE BOTH.
NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS HAS GOTTEN TOO --
IT'S GOTTEN TOO PERSONAL.
I'M FINISHED WITH IT,
SERIOUSLY.
I'M FINISHED WITH IT.
IT'S STUPID.
Riedel: I FEAR THAT ZEKE DESIRES
SOMETHING MORE FROM ME
THAN I'M WILLING TO GIVE HIM.
LIKE A RELATIONSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW THIS IS GONNA GO DOWN.
I DON'T LIKE
BEING IN THIS POSITION.
ESPECIALLY NOT IN THIS POSITION
WITH SOMEBODY
THAT I'M WORKING WITH
AND SOMEBODY
I'M TRYING TO LIVE WITH.
YOU SHOULD GET A COAT ON.
YOU'RE GONNA GET COLD.
HOW ARE YOU NOT COLD?
IT'S REALLY COLD OUT.
Narrator:
A HALF-MILE OFF WEST BEACH
WHEN HE CALLED ME, HE TOLD ME
HE RAN INTO A LITTLE HONEY HOLE.
THAT COULD BE AS GOOD AS
HALF-OUNCE TO AN OUNCE AN HOUR.
THAT MAKES UP FOR LOST TIME
PRETTY QUICK.
Narrator: WITH A STORM
ON THE WAY,
SCOTT FOSTER STARTS WHAT COULD
BE HIS LAST SHIF
ON THE SLUICEY.
Scott: I WANT TO GO HOME
AND BUILD A DREDGE THIS WINTER
AND GET IT UP HERE.
I COULD PUT A PRETTY SPECTACULAR
DREDGE TOGETHER FOR 50K
THAT WOULD DO THINGS
THAT NOBODY'S EVER IMAGINED
A DREDGE BEING ABLE TO DO
HERE IN NOME.
THE ONLY WAY I GET MONEY IS
WHEN I GET MY CUT OF THE GOLD.
Narrator:
SCOTT HITS IAN'S HOT SPOT,
SUCKING 14 POUNDS OF OCEAN FLOOR
PER SECOND
UP TO THE DREDGE'S SLUICE BOX.
BUT ONLY 10 MINUTES
INTO HIS DIVE
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
THE ENGINE
SENDING HIM AIR DIES.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOUR AIR COMPRESSOR
RUNS OUT OF GAS.
YOU HAVE TO COME UP FOR AIR.
Narrator:
SCOTT HAD A CLOSE CALL.
OUT OF FUEL,
HIS AIR COMPRESSOR SHUT DOWN.
SO, I WAS DOWN THERE,
AND I FELT MY OXYGEN WANING,
I WAS LIKE
AND I WAS LIKE,
"OH, I CAN'T BREATHE."
GONNA TOP OFF THE TANKS.
THEN I'LL DIVE SOME MORE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER --
I THOUGHT HE SAID
WE HAD A BUNCH MORE GAS.
Narrator:
THE SPARE CANS ARE DRY,
SO SCOTT'S ONLY OPTION
IS TO HEAD IN FOR MORE FUEL.
Scott: OH, THERE'S NOT MUCH GAS
LEFT IN THERE.
I THOUGHT HE SAID
WE HAD 10 MORE GALLONS.
Narrator: BUT HIS OUTBOARD
ENGINE IS ALSO RUNNING ON FUMES.
THERE'S ONLY LIKE AN INCH OR TWO
OF GAS IN THIS TANK.
OH, I REALLY, REALLY DON'T WAN
TO BE STUCK OUT HERE.
OH, WAIT A SECOND.
WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND DO
IS SIPHON SOME GAS
OUT OF THAT THERE
AND INTO THAT TANK.
Narrator: SCOTT NEEDS TO SIPHON
GAS FROM HIS SUCTION MOTOR
TO HIS OUTBOARD ENGINE.
IT'S HIS ONLY HOPE
OF GETTING BACK TO SHORE.
[ SPITS ]
UGH!
[ SPITTING ]
I HATE THE WAY GAS TASTES.
[ SPITS ]
AND THAT'S IT.
LET'S SEE HOW FAR THE GAS WE GO
WILL TAKE US.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
COME ON, BABY.
WE'RE GOING.
WE'LL SEE HOW LONG WE GO.
ON HIS WAY IN, SCOTT PASSES
THE DREDGING FLEET HARD AT WORK.
Scott: ALL THE OTHER DREDGES,
THEY'RE GETTING GOLD.
I'M JUST THINKING
AT THIS MINUTE,
"I'M NOT GONNA GET ANY GOLD.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY GOLD."
IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT I HAVE TO
BRING THE DREDGE IN RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA HAVE SOME WORDS
FOR IAN.
AAH!
COME ON, BABY.
[ ENGINE WHINES ]
[ Laughing ] NO.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE.
NO!
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
AAH!
I'M SWIMMING
AGAINST THE CURRENT RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO LET I
DRIFT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Narrator:
TWO MILES UP THE COAST,
ON THE 80-FOOT CHRISTINE ROSE
THERE'S GOLD, BUT IT'S HARD
TO SAY HOW MUCH IS THERE.
Narrator:
WITH AN APPROACHING STORM,
CO-OWNER SHAWN POMRENKE
IS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
MORE GOLD IN THE BOX.
WE GOT ABOUT 60 HOURS
ON THE BOX.
HOPEFULLY
THERE'S SOME GOLD,
ENOUGH GOLD TO PAY THE GUYS
AND PAY THE BILLS HERE.
THAT WOULD BE NICE.
TO MAKE SURE
HIS SPOT'S PRODUCING,
SHAWN WILL TAKE A TEST PAN.
IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY
TO OPERATE A RIG
OF THE SIZE
OF THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
I GOT TO FIND A LOT OF GOLD
JUST TO BREAK EVEN,
BUT THE WAY THIS WEATHER'S GOING
THIS YEAR,
I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
IF THE MOTHER NATURE DON'T LE
ME GO OUT AND MINE, I'M SCREWED.
Wade: LOOK IN THE BOX ALL
THE TIME, EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW?
THERE'S GOLD IN THERE.
WE KNOW THAT.
AT THIS POINT, HE OWES ME ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, $25,000, $28,000.
IT'S NOT LIKE
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
KIND OF BEEN WORRIED
A LITTLE BIT OF,
YOU KNOW,
IF AND WHEN I'M GETTING PAID.
Narrator:
THE BIGGEST DREDGE IN THE FLEE
ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST OVERHEAD.
AND THE CREW HASN'T BEEN PAID
YET THIS SEASON.
THIS MACHINE AIN'T GETTING GOLD,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY TO BLAME
BUT ME.
I GOT TO MAKE PAYCHECKS
FOR THESE BOYS.
Wade: I'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME
TO SIT AROUND
AND THINK ABOUT MY PAYCHECK
THAT I HAVEN'T HAD
AND, YOU KNOW,
WHERE THIS IS ALL GOING.
I'M NOT THE MOST PATIENT PERSON
IN THE WORLD.
I COULD GIVE TWO HOOTS
ABOUT GOLD. I WANT GREEN MONEY.
Narrator:
AT THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOR
Scott:
JUST ABOUT THERE.
AHH.
[ PANTS ]
IAN TOLD ME I HAD
10 HOURS OF GAS.
BALONEY.
I'M TIRED.
Narrator:
SCOTT FOSTER HAS DRAGGED
THE SLUICEY BACK TO SHORE
AND NOW HAS TO WALK FIVE MILES
BACK TO HIS CAMP ON WEST BEACH.
OH, THAT'S A LONG DAMN WALK
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HARBOR.
YEAH, IT'S DISAPPOINTING.
THE OPERATION
IS INCREDIBLY INEFFICIEN
BECAUSE OF JUST THE LACK
OF COMMUNICATION
WITHIN MY PARTNERSHIP.
AND THAT, TO ME,
WAS A REAL DOWNER
'CAUSE I JUST HAD THIS EPIPHANY.
I'M NOT GONNA FIND ANY GOLD
BEING IAN'S EMPLOYEE.
IT'S JUST POINTLESS.
ULTIMATELY, THE WHOLE IDEA
OF DREDGING AND FINDING GOLD
IS INDEPENDENCE,
NOT HAVING ANYBODY TO ANSWER TO
BUT YOURSELF.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DIVE
ON SLUICEY AGAIN.
[ SIGHS ]
TIME TO HAVE
A LITTLE CHIT-CHAT.
WAKEY, WAKEY.
Scott:
REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID
I MIGHT HAVE
ABOUT 10 HOURS OF GAS?
I DIDN'T.
SO, I'M JUST THINKING
THE THING IS,
TOMORROW MORNING,
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
Narrator: IT'S A NEW DAY,
AND THE WINDOW OF GOOD WEATHER
HAS SLAMMED SHU
ON THE BERING SEA.
[ SEAGULL CRIES ]
IN THE HARBOR
YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE GOLD
IN THESE.
YELLOW, YELLOW,
YELLOW, YELLOW.
AFTER 72 HOURS
OF DREDGING,
THE CHRISTINE ROSE
IS USING THE DOWNTIME
TO SEE HOW MUCH GOLD
THEY'VE HAULED IN.
DON'T ANYBODY GE
NO FUNNY IDEAS.
ESPECIALLY THIS BUCKET.
WE'RE GONNA GO CLEAN UP
THIS GOLD. LET'S GO.
ON THE WILD RANGER
CAPTAIN SCOTT MEISTERHEIM
ARRIVES
FOR ANOTHER DAY
OF SLUICE-BOX REPAIRS.
FAR FROM BEING IN THE MOOD
TO BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.
I'VE GOT A JOB TO DO.
THAT'S WHY I'M STILL HERE.
GOT MONEY TO MAKE.
IF I DON'T GO HOME
WITH AT LEAST $80,000,
I'LL BE IN PRISON
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
BASICALLY, I'M DREDGING FOR MY
CHILDREN TO HAVE CHILD SUPPORT.
THIS WINTER,
IF I AIN'T GOT A [BLEEP] DIME
OR POT TO [BLEEP] IN,
WHEN I GET BACK TO MICHIGAN,
I'M GONNA TURN MYSELF
RIGHT INTO THE [BLEEP] JAIL,
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE
GONNA PUT ME ANYWAY.
JASON NEEDS TO HURRY
THE [BLEEP] UP
AND GET BACK
FROM HIS LITTLE VACATION.
Narrator: BUT TWO MILES AWAY
Adkison:
MORNING, JASON.
Walker:
GOT THE FIRE GOING, HUH?
WILD RANGER DECKHAND
JASON WALKER
MEETS WITH DREDGE OWNER
VERNON ADKISON.
PEARS.
PEARS.
SO, YOU PLANNING ON COMING DOWN
TO THE BOAT THIS MORNING?
VERN, I, UH -- I CAN'T WORK
ON THE WILD RANGER.
FEEL I'M WASTING TIME
WITH SCOTT,
AND I DON'T SEE ANY POIN
IN TIME IN THE FUTURE
WHERE THAT MIGHT CHANGE.
JUST WHEN I THINK
THAT IT WON'T GET ANY WORSE
THAN THIS, IT DOES.
IT GETS WORSE.
WE'RE NOT BEING
VERY PRODUCTIVE,
SO I NEED TO -- I NEED TO STEP
OFF OF THE WILD RANGER.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME
TO PART COMPANY.
Adkison:
I MEAN, JASON, YOU KNOW,
HE MIGHT NOT BE
THE SHARPEST TACK IN THE BOX.
AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS
I'M LOOKING FOR RESULTS.
I'M LOOKING
TO BUILD A DREDGE HERE.
DONE WITH HIM.
Narrator:
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOME
Shawn: KA-CHING.
Steve P.: KA-CHING.
KA-CHING.
KA-CHING.
IT'S OUR SLOT MACHINE.
Narrator:
THE CHRISTINE ROSE
CONTINUES CLEANING OU
THE BUCKETS OF GOLD-LADEN SILT.
Steve P.: YOU GO
THE GOOD BUCKET OVER HERE,
PRETTY MUCH ALL GOLD.
AND ROBBI'S HOPING THA
HE'LL FINALLY GET PAID.
RIGHT AT 75,
BUT IT'S STILL WET YET.
Wade: I'M LOOKING IN THE BOX,
YOU KNOW,
AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD,
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME,
I'M JUST WONDERING IS I
ENOUGH FOR US TO GET PAID?
OR IS IT JUST ENOUGH TO GE
THE, YOU KNOW, BILL MONEY AGAIN?
I'VE BEEN WORKING MY BUTT OFF
FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW,
TWO MONTHS.
I DESERVE TO BE PAID, AS WELL.
Wade:
I'M OUT OF HERE.
SEEN ENOUGH.
HEARD ENOUGH.
AY-YI-YI.
IT'S MINING.
THERE'S NO SET AMOUN
YOU'RE GONNA GET EVERY DAY.
LIKE I TELL THEM GUYS,
IF WE DO GOOD, WE ALL DO GOOD.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
Shawn: WHATEVER, ROBBI.
[BLEEP]
I'M GETTING TIRED
OF THIS, DUDE.
I'M [BLEEP] GETTING TIRED
OF YOU BITCHING AT ME.
YOU [BLEEP]
WELL, COME OVER HERE
AND [BLEEP] TALK TO ME,
THEN, FACE-TO-FACE.
DON'T DO IT ON THE PHONE.
"AM I GONNA GET PAID?"
WELL [BLEEP] YEAH,
YOU'RE GONNA GET PAID.
Shawn: WE GOT THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GOING OU
AND NO MONEY COMING IN.
AND HE'S LIKE,
"WHERE'S MY MONEY?
I WANT TO GET PAID EVERYTHING
RIGHT NOW,"
AND I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN."
POOR ROBBI, POOR ROBBI,
BOO-HOO-HOO, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, GOD ALMIGHTY.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THA
IT'S OUR GOLD AND NOT HIS.
GOD ALMIGHTY, THE GUY THINKS,
LIKE, WE'RE STEALING FROM HIM?
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE HECK HE'S DOING.
HE HAS A SERIOUS TRUST ISSUE
WITH EVERYBODY, IT SEEMS LIKE.
I'VE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS
LIKE THIS.
Shawn: YEAH --
WE'LL SQUARE UP TODAY,
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE,
YOU CAN LEAVE.
BUT, ROBBI, FOR YOU
TO COME AT ME AND BE
I AIN'T COMING
AT YOU, SHAWN.
LIKE WE'RE TAKING GOLD
OR HIDING GOLD --
LOOKIT, HERE. YOU WANT TO SEE
WHERE THE REST OF IT'S AT?
I DON'T CARE.
YOU GUYS SIT HERE --
THE GOLD AIN'T CLEAN YET!
HOW CAN WE SQUARE UP?
LISTEN. LISTEN.
HOW CAN WE SQUARE UP?!
THE GOLD AIN'
[BLEEP] CLEAN, ROBBI!
WHAT ABOUT THE LAST 20 OUNCES
AND THE 14 AFTER THAT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
ROBBI, I SAID WE WOULD SQUARE UP
THIS AFTERNOON.
YEAH, I TOLD YOU THA
YESTERDAY.
OKAY, WE'LL SQUARE IT UP AND
THEN [BLEEP] THAT WILL BE IT.
[BLEEP] IT. I CAN'T DEAL
WITH THIS [BLEEP] ROBBI.
I GOT ENOUGH STRESS.
ME, TOO, SHAWN.
ME TOO. ME TOO.
THEN [BLEEP] WHY YOU DOING I
NOW? WE GOT [BLEEP]
THERE'S 70 OUNCES IN THE --
RIGHT THERE.
WELL, WHEN IT SAYS
IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR
THIS, PAY FOR THAT,
NO,
IT DOESN'T SOUND --
WELL, THERE'S
80 GRAND THERE.
IT'S GONNA PAY
FOR SOMETHING.
I MEAN -- AND WE'RE GONNA
SQUARE UP, OR WHAT, DUDE?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
ROBBI IS REPLACEABLE.
HE DON'T TRUST US,
THEN HE CAN GO.
WE'LL SQUARE UP,
AND HE CAN LEAVE.
IF THAT'S THE WAY HE WANTS
TO THINK ABOUT US,
THEN HE NEEDS TO GO,
AND I AIN'T KIDDING.
Narrator:
ON WEST BEACH
TOMORROW MORNING,
I MIGHT BE IN THE WATER.
WHO'S TAKING ME
TO THE AIRPORT, THEN?
WELL,
YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
IT'S SCOTT FOSTER'S
LAST DAY IN NOME.
THINK YOU CAN HANDLE
ALL THIS WITHOUT ME?
YEAH.
Scott: I WASN'T MAKING
QUITE ENOUGH MONEY.
THERE WAS A GAMBLE
COMING UP HERE.
I DIDN'T DO AS WELL
AS I NEEDED TO.
I KIND OF GOT THE SHORT END
OF THE STICK.
THIS HAS BEEN NO VACATION
UP HERE.
NOW I'M JUST BURNED OUT.
Ian: HE MADE
THE DECISION FINANCIALLY
THAT THIS IS NOT WORTH HIS TIME
TO STAY UP HERE,
AND I 100% AGREED WITH HIM.
BUT SCOTTY MORE THAN EXCEEDED
ALL MY EXPECTATIONS.
I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL
FOR HIS WORK.
AH.
AND HE MADE 5 OUNCES OF GOLD,
ABOUT $7,500.
OKAY.
WHAT?
PUT HER THERE?
PUT HER THERE.
[ SPITS ]
THANKS, MAN.
Narrator: IN NOME HARBOR
LOT OF BAD VIBRATIONS COMING
FROM NOME, HERE, LATELY.
WILD RANGER OWNER
VERNON ADKISON'S ORIGINAL CREW
OF THREE
IS NOW DOWN TO ONE.
JASON WILL BE MOVING ON.
Meisterheim: WHEN SOMEONE
EVEN SPEAKS JASON'S NAME,
I JUST WANT TO [BLEEP] VOMIT.
CAN'T STAND TO HEAR HIS NAME.
I CAN'T STAND TO SEE HIM WALKING
THROUGH TOWN --
JUST [BLEEP] IDIOT.
IF IT HAD GONE ON ANY LONGER,
I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE
TOSSED HIM OVERBOARD.
IT'S LATE IN THE SEASON
TO GO AND SCROUNGE UP
SOMEBODY ELSE
TO FILL THOSE SHOES.
IT JUST IS NOT GONNA WORK.
THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
BIG PROBLEM.
AND WHAT I'M THINKING IS
HOW ABOUT STEVE?
Narrator:
FOR TWO STRAIGHT MONTHS,
DECKHAND STEVE RIEDEL CLASHED
WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT.
WHY AM I NOT HERE LIKE
AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO
WHEN IT STARTED?
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WAN
ALL THIS [BLEEP]
AND TWO WEEKS AGO,
STEVE GOT FIRED.
GIVE ME
THE [BLEEP] DAMN PHONE!
WHOA.
AND GET THE [BLEEP] OUT!
WE NEED HIM ON THE TEAM.
YOU WILL CALL HIM AND TELL HIM,
LOOK, WE NEED A HAND.
IF I GOT TO DO IT,
I GOT TO DO IT.
YEAH.
Meisterheim:
VERNON'S JUST AN IDIOT.
THIS ENTIRE OPERATION HERE
IN NOME IS [BLEEP]
BECAUSE HE'S
AN IGNORANT [BLEEP]
BUT HE'S MY BOSS.
I HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT.
[ CELLPHONE BEEPS ]
[ STATIC ]
STEVE.
HEY, IT'S SCOTT.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MEET ME FOR A DRINK
AND SO WE CAN TALK.
10:45 AT BREAKERS.
ALL RIGHT, THEN.
SEE YOU THEN.
BYE.
I'M ONLY PLAYING NICE
BECAUSE VERN ASKED ME TO.
I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
TO DO THAT, BUT I'M GONNA TRY.
I THINK
IT'S A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.
I LOSE MY TEMPER,
STEVE LOSES TEETH.
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
GOOD ON YOU.
OKAY. THAT'S NICE.
OH.
OH, YOUR APOLOGY ACCEPTED.
RIGHT.
WELL
I'M NOT GOING
TO COME BACK.
I ONLY DID THA
'CAUSE VERN ASKED ME
TO PLEASE BE NICE TO STEVE.
[BLEEP] STEVE
AND [BLEEP] YOU, VERN.
I'M NOT GONNA BE NICE
TO ANYBODY ELSE.
SO, YOU WANT TO BREAK UP NOW
AND GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS?
OH, I WANT TO FINISH
MY BEER.
I'M HERE TO SIT HERE.
DOES THAT MAKE YOU NERVOUS?
OKAY, YEAH.
WELL, SEE YOU LATER.
Steve R.:
NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING,
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,
SCOTT'S BEHAVIOR HAS GOTTEN
WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE,
AND I WON'T PUT UP WITH IT.
SO I AM DONE
WITH THE WILD RANGER.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS MUCH BETTER.
YEAH, NICE TALKING TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
Meisterheim:
YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY TRYING
TO STAY OUT OF JAIL.
I DON'T NEED ANY ASSAUL
CHARGES. I JUST DON'T.
IT TOOK A LOT FOR ME --
IT TOOK A LOT TO HOLD BACK.
Narrator: ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BAR
IS STEVE'S DAUGHTER, EMILY.
Tenhoff: I SORT OF REGRET HAVING
EMILY COME UP HERE IN THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT HACKS ME OFF
PRETTY TOUGH
WHEN SHE FLIRTS
WITH OTHER GUYS.
I HAVE TO SEE HER EVERY MORNING
WHEN I WAKE UP,
AND IT'S HARD ON ME
TO HAVE HER THERE ALL THE TIME.
SOMETHING'S GOT TO CHANGE.
Emily: IT'S REALLY EASY FOR ZEKE
TO GET MIXED SIGNALS
BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER,
BUT I HAVE NO INTEREST.
HE'S LIKE A BROTHER TO ME.
Narrator:
ON WEST BEACH
THERE WAS DEFINITELY POTENTIAL
FOR US GETTING INVOLVED,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED
REALLY QUICKLY EARLY ON
THAT THERE'S NO WAY
IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
Narrator:
THE GROWING TENSION
WITH FRIEND AND BOSS
ZEKE TENHOFF
WEIGHS HEAVILY ON THE ONLY
FEMALE DREDGER IN NOME.
Emily: IT'S TERRIBLE.
IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION
TO BEGIN
BECAUSE THERE ARE TONS OF MEN
IN NOME,
AND HE'S REALLY JEALOUS OF THEM,
AND THERE ARE NO WOMEN IN NOME
FOR HIM TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN.
I THINK ZEKE
SOMEHOW, LIKE, BELIEVES
THAT IF HE'S PERSISTENT ENOUGH,
HE WILL -- HE'LL WIN ME OVER.
BUT IT'S NOT -- THAT'S NOT GONNA
HAPPEN. [ CHUCKLES ]
OH, GREAT.
HI, EMMY.
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?
I WAS AT THE BUS,
AND ZEKE DECIDED TO BRING ME
OUT HERE JUST TO HANG OUT.
WELL, ME AND EMILY'S
RELATIONSHIP,
LIVING IN A REALLY SMALL SPACE
IN THE YURT,
IT'S BEEN GETTING A LITTLE MORE
TENSE, MORE AND MORE TENSE,
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGH
FOR A LONG TIME
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE
BETTER FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP
IF SHE GAVE ME
A LITTLE MORE SPACE.
YOU KNOW, EMILY,
IT REALLY BOTHERS ME
THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S CONSTANTLY ALL ABOUT
WHAT I'M TRYING
TO DO IS, LIKE,
IT'S NOT WORKING OUT,
US LIVING TOGETHER,
AND I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE YOU
AND FIND ANOTHER PLACE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND
LIVING SITUATIONS IN NOME.
I HONESTLY FEEL --
I FEEL THROWN OUT.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE
NO OTHER CHOICE.
RIGHT NOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP
IS SUCH A DISTRACTION TO ME,
AND I DO NOT NEED TO HAVE,
LIKE, WOMAN PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE
AND IN MY PERSONAL SPACE.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE
TO LOOK AT YOU
WHEN I WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T WAN
TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
IT'S, LIKE,
TOO MUCH OF A DISTRACTION.
IT'S NOT WHAT I NEED
RIGHT NOW.
Steve R.:
GET IN THE BUS, OKAY?
[ SCOFFS ] YEAH, THIS ISN'
GONNA WORK FOR, LIKE --
YEAH.
YEAH. ANYMORE.
I JUST WANT TO GET THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF HERE.
Tenhoff: EMILY CAN GO FIND
SOMETHING ELSE TO DO.
SHE DOES NOT NEED TO BE
ON MY TEAM. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
SHE CAN GO WORK
ON SCOTT AND IAN'S BOAT.
I DON'T CARE. SHE'S FIRED.
THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT.
Narrator: ON THE NORTHERN
OUTSKIRTS OF NOME
Shawn: AND ALL THIS
"ME, ME, ME" STUFF,
IT DON'T FLY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRUS
THAT GOES INTO MINING.
LET'S WEIGH
THIS GOLD OUT.
WEIGH THE GOLD OU
SO WE CAN JUST HAND IT TO HIM
AND BE DONE WITH IT.
STEVE AND SHAWN POMRENKE
JAR UP A PAYOU
FOR DISGRUNTLED DECKHAND
ROBBI WADE.
18.15.
IT WAS ABOUT THAT MUCH.
I JUST WAN
TO JUST GO GET THIS DONE.
I EXPECT HIM TO HAVE
HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS
AND NOT WANT TO QUIT,
SO THEN IT'S GONNA BE UP TO YOU.
AND HERE'S HIS PAY.
25 GRAND IN A LITTLE BOTTLE.
THAT INCLUDES THIS WEEK, TOO.
Shawn: TRUSTING.
DON'T TRUST US,
IT'S DONE.
GET UP.
WE NEED TO TALK.
WELL, ROBBI, I'M DONE.
I AIN'T GONNA BE CALLED
A LIAR AND A THIEF
AND HAVE YOU
CALL DAD A THIEF,
AND I'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY
LIKE THIS BEFORE ON MY CREW,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF --
I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT.
WELL, YOU'RE TELLING DAD
HE'S STEALING BUCKETS
FROM THE BARGE
TO THE CLEANUP SHACK,
AND THEN [BLEEP] THERE'S
A LOT MORE GOLD.
I SAID
HE WAS STEALING?
NO, I ASKED, SHAWN.
I ASKED.
WELL, THAT'S ACCUSING HIM
OF STEALING, ROBBI.
IT'S SAME THING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT,
SO I ASKED WHERE IT WENT.
THAT'S NOT INSINUATING.
HERE'S YOUR PAY.
USUALLY, THE CREW HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE CLEANUP.
USUALLY, THERE AIN'
NO INVOLVEMEN
WITH YOU GUYS ANYWHERE
IN THE CLEANUP.
THAT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH IT.
AND THIS YEAR,
WE LET YOU GUYS COME IN
JUST BECAUSE
IT'S A FUN PART.
IT'S A FUN PAR
OF THE JOB.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A --
HELP BUILD SPIRITS,
BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE GOLD,
AND YOU'RE LIKE,
"68 OUNCES? [BLEEP] IT.
THAT SUCKS,"
AND THEN YOU GET PISSED OFF,
AND YOU WALK OUT.
AND THEN YOU CALL ME UP,
AND YOU START YELLING AND
SCREAMING ON ME AT THE PHONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AIN'T DEALING WITH IT ANYMORE.
I'M NOT DEALING WITH I
ANYMORE, ROBBI.
Narrator:
IN NOME HARBOR
I'M GETTING MY STUFF
OFF OF THIS BOAT.
Narrator: DISGRUNTLED
DECKHAND JASON WALKER
MAKES ONE LAST TRIP
TO THE WILD RANGER.
[ GRUNTS ]
I'M DONE WITH THIS JOKE
OF A DREDGE.
Meisterheim:
GOT IT ALL?
NO, THERE'S SOME DETAILS.
YOU'LL COME --
YOU'LL GET THEM.
YOU'LL GET THEM TODAY
'CAUSE IF NOT,
I'M JUST GONNA THROW THEM
ON THE DOCK.
I DON'T NEED TO [BLEEP] LISTEN
TO YOU, MAN.
YEAH, YOU DO.
NO, I DON'T.
'CAUSE YOU'LL BE
FISHING THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF THE [BLEEP] DAMN
RIVER.
DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
DON'T THINK I WON'T,
JASON.
OH, I DON'T DOUBT YOU,
BUT MAYBE YOU'LL GO SWIMMING
FOR YOUR OWN [BLEEP]
A GROUP OF PEOPLE
CAN BE PUT TOGETHER
AND SUCCEED AT SOMETHING
EVEN WITH THE INEXPERIENCE,
BUT THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
AS A TEAM.
SCOTT WANTS TO BE ALONE
ON THE WILD RANGER.
WELL, GUESS WHAT.
HE'S ALONE ON THE WILD RANGER,
AND HE CAN HAVE THAT BOA
AND SHOVE IT UP HIS [BLEEP]
ALL HE WANTS.
I AM SO GLAD THAT [BLEEP] GONE.
SO GLAD HE'S NOT GONNA [BLEEP]
WORK ON THIS BOAT,
DIVE OFF THIS BOAT,
HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS [BLEEP] BOAT ANYMORE.
Narrator:
IN THE CITY OF NOME
FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE AND REN
IN NOME IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
I'LL STAY ON THE FLOOR
OF THE BUS, BUT IT'S TEMPORARY.
I NEED TO FIND
SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE.
I ALMOST KIND OF FEEL
LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
HE CAN GET BACK AT ME
FOR NOT DATING HIM,
LIKE, IS TO TAKE A --
YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS FROM ME.
Tenhoff:
I NEED TO RECALIBRATE MY FOCUS
AND STOP THINKING
ABOUT THAT DRAMA
AND START FOCUSING A LITTLE
HARDER ON THE TASK AT HAND,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GOLD MINING.
Emily: I DON'T WANT TO BE
KICKED OFF HIS DREDGE
OR TO STOP WORKING HIS DREDGE
FOR SUCH A STUPID REASON.
[ Voice breaking ]
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE
I CAN REALLY TURN
TO ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE I --
I DON'T EVEN FEEL
LIKE I HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
[ SOBBING ]
Narrator:
AT STEVE POMRENKE'S HOUSE
I MEAN,
HE DON'T TRUST US.
"ME, ME, ME."
YEAH. "ME, ME, ME."
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
MOUTHS TO FEED AROUND HERE,
AND HIS AIN'T THE ONLY MOUTH
THAT GETS FED OFF THIS GOLD.
Shawn:
ROBBI ENDED UP BEING
WAY MORE OF A PAIN IN ASS
THAN HE WAS WORTH.
HE POSITIVELY WON'T BE
COMING BACK NEXT YEAR
BECAUSE OF HIS ATTITUDE PROBLEM.
WHAT I'M WORRIED
ABOUT IS, LIKE, HIM
FLYING OFF THE HANDLE
AND THEN
THEN WHAT?
AND ME KNOCKING HIM
THE HELL OUT?
I DON'T KNOW.
PERSONALITY IS
ALMOST LIKE THAT,
WHERE HE WOULD FLY OFF
THE HANDLE AND GO BERSERK.
WELL, THEN I'LL JUST KNOCK HIM
OUT AND BE DONE WITH IT.
GUARANTEE YOU GE
IN A FIGHT WITH HIM, SHAWN,
AND YOU'LL BOTH
BE LOSERS.
MM-HMM.
Narrator: ACROSS TOWN
Wade:
GO CHECK MY BANK ACCOUN
AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY I GO
IN I
SO I CAN GET OUT OF HERE.
[BLEEP] THIS [BLEEP] HOLE.
Narrator:
AND ON THE WILD RANGER,
CAPTAIN SCOT
IS THE LAST MAN STANDING.
Meisterheim:
HATE THIS BOAT.
I HATE WORKING ON IT.
I HATE DIVING OFF OF IT.
I HATE LOOKING AT IT.
I'VE BEEN HERE IN NOME
FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS.
I'VE MAYBE BEEN OUT 10 TIMES
WITH THE WILD RANGER.
AND I'VE ONLY RECOVERED
3/4 OF AN OUNCE OF GOLD.
MY CUT OF 3/4 OF AN OUNCE
IS SO SMALL, AT THIS POINT,
I WOULDN'T EVEN MISS I
IF I DIDN'T GET IT.
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHICH
WOULD BE EASIER --
THIS OR [BLEEP] PRISON.
LEAST IN [BLEEP] PRISON,
YOU GET THREE [BLEEP] MEALS
AND A SHOWER ONCE IN A WHILE.
[BLEEP] IT.
I GOT TO CALL VERN.
[ Telephone ringing ]
ADKISON: Yeah.
Hey, it's Scott.
I don't want to be on your boat.
I'm done, Vern.
BYE.
[ Receiver clicks ]
[BLEEP] DAMN.
Narrator: AS THE END OF
A PUNISHING SEASON DRAWS NEAR,
EVERY DREDGE
LOSES A KEY PLAYER,
AND EVERYONE
STILL HAS GOLD TO HAUL
IF THEY WANT TO TURN A PROFIT.
Ian: IT'S LITERALLY COME DOWN
TO THE WIRE.
TALK TO ME LIKE A REAL HUMAN
BEING AT MY [BLEEP] WORK.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA CHANGE
AFTER TODAY.
THAT'S GOT $20 MILLION WORTH
OF GOLD ON IT.
IT'S GETTING COLDER.
THE WHOLE SEA IS A STEEL TRAP
ABOUT TO SNAP SHUT.
WE GOT TO SUCK UP AS MUCH GOLD
AS WE CAN BEFORE WE GET CAUGHT.
THIS IS OUR LAST SHO
FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE RACE TO THE END.
YOU BETTER HOPE YOU CAN TRUS
THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU.
'CAUSE IT'S TIME TO GET RICH
OR DIE TRYING.
AND YOU DON'T WAN
TO DIE TRYING.
[ "GOLD IN THESE HILLS" PLAYS ]
LISTEN UP CLOSE, NOW ♪
WHAT I SAY ♪
I'M A-GONNA TAKE THAT RISK
ONE DAY ♪
I HEARD ABOUT A FORTUNE
TO BE MADE ♪
AND I'M A-GONNA GET IT,
NOW, JUST YOU WAIT ♪
'CAUSE I HEARD
THAT THERE'S GOLD ♪
IN THESE HILLS ♪
--Captions by VITAC --
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
GOLD ♪
Meisterheim:
THE WEATHER'S BEEN TERRIBLE.
WEATHER'S SUPPOSED TO BE
REALLY [BLEEP]
FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON,
WHICH IS VERY SHORT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT.
Narrator:
OCTOBER IN NOME.
[ SEAGULL CRIES ]
Tenhoff:
IT'S DEFINITELY COOLING OFF.
YOU CAN FEEL
THE IMPENDING WINTER.
Narrator:
THE END OF A BRUTAL, THREE-MONTH
GOLD-DREDGING SEASON DRAWS NEAR.
Tenhoff:
WE'VE HAD LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
AFTER LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
ROLLING IN.
WE'VE HAD STORMS
ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
IT'S BEEN HARD ON ALL OF US.
Narrator: SOON,
THE HARBOR WILL FREEZE.
THE ICE IS GONNA COME DOWN,
AND, YOU KNOW,
EVENTUALLY,
IT'S GONNA SHUT US DOWN.
Narrator:
THIS WINDOW OF GOOD WEATHER
COULD BE THEIR LAST SHO
TO FIND GOLD.
Scott: RIGHT NOW WE GOT TO
PUT MORE TIME ON THE WATER.
GOT TO FIND MORE GOLD.
Steve: YOU GOT TO HAVE A
DIE-HARD ATTITUDE TO BE A MINER.
YOU GOT TO BE WILLING TO FIGH
FOR WHAT YOU WAN
TO PUT IN YOUR POCKET.
Narrator: AS THE FLEE
CROWDS THE GROUNDS
Meisterheim: ALL RIGHT. WE GO
TO GET THIS SLUICE BOX MOVED.
NOW THOSE BOARDS
HAVE TO COME OFF. YEAH.
Narrator: THE CREW OF
THE WILD RANGER
IS STUCK AT DOCK,
REPAIRING THE DREDGE'S
FAULTY SLUICE BOX.
THIS SLUICE BOX HAS PROVEN TO BE
A PAIN IN THE ASS.
IT'S ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
THAT VERN WANTS,
THAT'S ACTUALLY NECESSARY.
Narrator:
FOR THREE STRAIGHT MONTHS
IF THERE'S ANY GOLD,
IT'S GONNA BE VERY LITTLE.
ALL YOU NEED
IS ABOUT 50 MORE PANS LIKE THAT,
AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OUNCE.
THE WILD RANGER'S GOLD COUN
HAS BEEN A JOKE.
JUST 3/4 OF AN OUNCE --
$1,200 WORTH -- AND LAST TRIP
Adkinson:
I DON'T THINK THAT SLUICE BOX
IS WORKING WORTH A DAMN.
Narrator:
OWNER VERNON ADKISON REALIZED
HIS SLUICE BOX
WAS FAILING TO TRAP GOLD.
EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN SUCKING UP
ON THE BOTTOM
IS JUST GOING BACK INTO
THE OCEAN.
HE WANTS
ALL THESE CHANGES DONE.
RIGHT NOW
I GOT A BOAT TO FIX.
MY WIFE DIDN'T AGREE
WITH ME COMING HERE.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A PIPE DREAM.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
SHE DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD FIND
GOLD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
SO I LEFT.
THAT SIMPLE.
I ACTUALLY DIVORCED MY WIFE
TO COME HERE.
AND RIGHT NOW IT JUST --
IT'S NOT WORKING OUT.
I'M HERE TO PROVE HER WRONG,
PROVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG
WHO TOLD ME THIS WAS STUPID.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOING HOME.
[ CHUCKLES ]
GOT TO TAKE THIS --
ALL THIS DUCT WORK APART.
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S
A BIG [BLEEP] DEAL, MAN.
IT'S SIX SCREWS, MAN.
I DID THIS THE OTHER DAY.
I WANT YOU TO JUST TAKE
THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE OFF.
THAT'S ALL
YOU GOT TO TAKE OFF.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE
TO PUT THAT BOAT BACK TOGETHER
AND MAKE IT WORK,
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE
OF HOW [BLEEP] WORKS,
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGH
TO TRY TO FIX IT,
AND THAT'S JASON.
Walker: FRUSTRATED.
I MEAN,
WE'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE.
WASTING ALL THIS TIME
MOVING STUFF, CUTTING STUFF.
I DON'T WANT A BUNCH
OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
I JUST DON'T NEED THEM.
ALL I WANT YOU TO DO
IS DO WHAT I ASK YOU TO DO
WITHOUT SUGGESTING 'CAUSE NOW
YOUR SUGGESTIONS SLOW THINGS UP.
Meisterheim:
JASON HAS GOT WAYS ABOUT HIM
THAT IRRITATE THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF ME.
I'VE BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL
PEOPLE TO BE NICE TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO BE NICE TO HIM.
YOU'RE A DAMN TRUCK DRIVER
FOR 18 YEARS,
AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT GOLD RECOVERY.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST JOKE
OF THIS WHOLE PLACE RIGHT NOW --
IS YOU THINKING
YOU KNOW IT ALL.
YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR 35 YEARS,
AND HERE COMES JASON,
AND HE WANTS TO TELL EVERYBODY
HOW TO [BLEEP] FIND GOLD.
[BLEEP] YOU
[BLEEP] YOURSELF.
YOU CAN LEAVE.
I DON'T CARE.
Walker: I CAME HERE TO DIVE,
NOT TO PUT UP WITH A CHILD --
A 40-SOME-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.
LATER, DUMBASS.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO
[BLEEP] ON THIS BOAT, ANYWAY.
LATER, DUMBASS.
LATER, DUMBASS.
YOU CAN BARELY EVEN TURN
A [BLEEP] DAMN SCREWDRIVER.
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
I'M LEAVING.
SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP.
[BLEEP] [BLEEP]
Narrator: JUST OFF THE COAST,
ON THE 19-FOOT SLUICEY
Ian: THERE ARE MILLIONS
OF OUNCES OUT THERE.
I WANT TO GET AS MUCH GOLD
AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator: GREENHORN DREDGE
OWNER IAN FOSTER
IS MAKING SURE HIS ROOKIE SEASON
ISN'T HIS LAST.
Ian: I LEFT SOCIAL WORK
TO BECOME A FULL-TIME MINER.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE
ON THE LINE FOR ME IN THIS,
JUST MAKING IT WORK
AND BEING SUCCESSFUL AT IT.
I NEED TO MAKE PROBABLY
40 TO 50 OUNCES --
ABOUT 60, 70 GRAND.
AND RIGHT NOW
I HAVE ABOUT 20 OUNCES,
SO I'M BASICALLY HALFWAY THERE.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SEE
WHAT A SWAMPED BOAT LOOKS LIKE?
HERE IS IT.
Narrator: THIS SUMMER'S BEEN
A LONG SERIES OF BREAKDOWNS
FOR IAN AND HIS PARTNER,
SCOTT FOSTER.
I'M JUST WASTING MY TIME
AND GETTING FRUSTRATED.
BUT NOW THE SLUICEY
IS RUNNING STRONG
Ian:
IT IS HARDER TO DIVE ALONE,
BUT THERE ARE MILLIONS
OF OUNCES OUT THERE.
Narrator: AND THE FOSTERS
ARE SPLITTING SHIFTS
TO MINE GOLD AROUND THE CLOCK.
I'M OFFICIALLY IN A HONEY HOLE.
GOLD EVERYWHERE.
EVERY TIME I PULL THE NOZZLE
BACK, THERE'S FLECKS IN IT.
GONNA CALL SCOTTY,
HAVE HIM START GETTING READY.
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
SCOTTY, IT'S IAN. I'VE BEEN
DIVING FOR SEVEN HOURS.
[ LAUGHS ]
SCOTT: Nice.
Do we need any fuel
or anything like that?
I GOT NINE GALLONS
ON THE BOAT, SO
Oh, wow. Okay.
Should be good, then.
YEP. I FILLED UP THE GAS TANKS
BEFORE I LEFT.
Need about a half-hour.
ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
LATER.
Narrator:
OVER ON BELMONT BEACH
Riedel: DON'T THINK BECAUSE
WE'RE GETTING A LATE STAR
DOES NOT MEAN
WE'RE LESS BADASS.
WITH A STORM IN THE FORECAST,
ZEKE TENHOFF ON THE CLARK
IS EAGER TO HIT THE WATER
AND MAKE SOME CASH.
Tenhoff: LAST YEAR, I RACK UP
180 GRAND OF DEBT AT A HOSPITAL,
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO PAY OFF SOME OF THAT.
IT'S FROM A --
Tenhoff: EMILY! HEY!
HURRY UP!
[ LAUGHS ] I'M HAVING
CONVERSATION TIMES.
[ LAUGHS ]
NOT EVEN GOD
COULD SINK THIS SHIP.
NOT EVEN GOD
COULD SINK THIS SHIP.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
THREE MONTHS AGO,
ZEKE HIRED LIFELONG FRIEND
EMILY RIEDEL TO BE HIS DECKHAND.
Tenhoff: I'VE KNOWN HER
MY WHOLE LIFE,
AND SHE'S NOT USED TO
DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.
SHE'S USED TO
GOING TO ART SCHOOL.
Narrator:
BUT THE ONLY FEMALE DREDGER
IN NOME HASN'T BEEN CUTTING IT.
LOOK, EMILY, I'VE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR YEARS, OKAY?!
[BLEEP]
WAITING!
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU GO
AND WORK FOR SOMEONE WHO [BLEEP]
I WILL. I WILL.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE FUN.
I'M AVAILABLE.
ALL RIGHT.
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE
ELSEWHERE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
EMILY BRINGS -- SHE BRINGS OTHER
KINDS OF DRAMA INTO MY LIFE
THAT JUST AREN'T COPACETIC
TO GETTING GOLD-DREDGING DONE.
RECENTLY, I'VE REALIZED THA
I'M REALLY ATTRACTED TO EMILY.
I'M NOT ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED
WITH HER
AS MUCH AS I MIGHT LIKE TO BE.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT RIGH
IN MY FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT MAKES ME ANGRY.
MAYBE THAT'S UNFAIR OF ME.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT,
AND YOU'RE, LIKE,
TALKING TO SCOTT.
I WAS SOCIALIZING.
YOU NEED TO GET WITH MY PROGRAM
ON MY SCHEDULE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
WHAT YOU WANT.
OH, OKAY. SO, WE'RE ON -- OKAY,
NO, THAT'S CLARIFIED.
FROM NOW ON,
WE'RE ON YOUR SCHEDULE,
AND WE'RE ALL DOING
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY.
WHY SHOULD WE BE ON ANYONE'S
BUT MY SCHEDULE?
OKAY, YOU ARE PLAYING THIS
LIKE A MAJOR POWER TRIP
WITH ME TODAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT GONNA DEAL
WITH THAT [BLEEP] ZEKE.
THAT'S [BLEEP] I THOUGH
WE WERE WORKING AS A TEAM.
WELL, MY NEEDS
IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT,
I BELIEVE, ARE MORE IMPORTAN
THAN YOUR NEEDS IN THIS PROJECT.
LIKE, I HAVE A LOT TO LOSE.
I HAVE A LOT AT STAKE.
I HAVE A LOT OF DEBT,
AND, LIKE --
YOU'RE GETTING ALL
YOUR [BLEEP] PANTIES
IN A BUNCH ABOUT IT.
AND, LIKE, ALL THIS
CONTROL-FREAK [BLEEP]
THIS LONG SOB STORY
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE IN DEBT --
WELL, BECAUSE IT'S TRUE, EMILY.
IT'S TRUE, EMILY.
YOU CAN'
[BLEEP] TAKE A JOKE.
WELL, YOU CAN'T --
WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHAT THE
NATURE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP IS.
AM I YOUR --
AM I YOUR EMPLOYEE,
OR AM I YOUR FRIEND?
LIKE, SERIOUSLY.
YOU HAVE TO BE BOTH.
NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS HAS GOTTEN TOO --
IT'S GOTTEN TOO PERSONAL.
I'M FINISHED WITH IT,
SERIOUSLY.
I'M FINISHED WITH IT.
IT'S STUPID.
Riedel: I FEAR THAT ZEKE DESIRES
SOMETHING MORE FROM ME
THAN I'M WILLING TO GIVE HIM.
LIKE A RELATIONSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW THIS IS GONNA GO DOWN.
I DON'T LIKE
BEING IN THIS POSITION.
ESPECIALLY NOT IN THIS POSITION
WITH SOMEBODY
THAT I'M WORKING WITH
AND SOMEBODY
I'M TRYING TO LIVE WITH.
YOU SHOULD GET A COAT ON.
YOU'RE GONNA GET COLD.
HOW ARE YOU NOT COLD?
IT'S REALLY COLD OUT.
Narrator:
A HALF-MILE OFF WEST BEACH
WHEN HE CALLED ME, HE TOLD ME
HE RAN INTO A LITTLE HONEY HOLE.
THAT COULD BE AS GOOD AS
HALF-OUNCE TO AN OUNCE AN HOUR.
THAT MAKES UP FOR LOST TIME
PRETTY QUICK.
Narrator: WITH A STORM
ON THE WAY,
SCOTT FOSTER STARTS WHAT COULD
BE HIS LAST SHIF
ON THE SLUICEY.
Scott: I WANT TO GO HOME
AND BUILD A DREDGE THIS WINTER
AND GET IT UP HERE.
I COULD PUT A PRETTY SPECTACULAR
DREDGE TOGETHER FOR 50K
THAT WOULD DO THINGS
THAT NOBODY'S EVER IMAGINED
A DREDGE BEING ABLE TO DO
HERE IN NOME.
THE ONLY WAY I GET MONEY IS
WHEN I GET MY CUT OF THE GOLD.
Narrator:
SCOTT HITS IAN'S HOT SPOT,
SUCKING 14 POUNDS OF OCEAN FLOOR
PER SECOND
UP TO THE DREDGE'S SLUICE BOX.
BUT ONLY 10 MINUTES
INTO HIS DIVE
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
THE ENGINE
SENDING HIM AIR DIES.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOUR AIR COMPRESSOR
RUNS OUT OF GAS.
YOU HAVE TO COME UP FOR AIR.
Narrator:
SCOTT HAD A CLOSE CALL.
OUT OF FUEL,
HIS AIR COMPRESSOR SHUT DOWN.
SO, I WAS DOWN THERE,
AND I FELT MY OXYGEN WANING,
I WAS LIKE
AND I WAS LIKE,
"OH, I CAN'T BREATHE."
GONNA TOP OFF THE TANKS.
THEN I'LL DIVE SOME MORE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER --
I THOUGHT HE SAID
WE HAD A BUNCH MORE GAS.
Narrator:
THE SPARE CANS ARE DRY,
SO SCOTT'S ONLY OPTION
IS TO HEAD IN FOR MORE FUEL.
Scott: OH, THERE'S NOT MUCH GAS
LEFT IN THERE.
I THOUGHT HE SAID
WE HAD 10 MORE GALLONS.
Narrator: BUT HIS OUTBOARD
ENGINE IS ALSO RUNNING ON FUMES.
THERE'S ONLY LIKE AN INCH OR TWO
OF GAS IN THIS TANK.
OH, I REALLY, REALLY DON'T WAN
TO BE STUCK OUT HERE.
OH, WAIT A SECOND.
WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND DO
IS SIPHON SOME GAS
OUT OF THAT THERE
AND INTO THAT TANK.
Narrator: SCOTT NEEDS TO SIPHON
GAS FROM HIS SUCTION MOTOR
TO HIS OUTBOARD ENGINE.
IT'S HIS ONLY HOPE
OF GETTING BACK TO SHORE.
[ SPITS ]
UGH!
[ SPITTING ]
I HATE THE WAY GAS TASTES.
[ SPITS ]
AND THAT'S IT.
LET'S SEE HOW FAR THE GAS WE GO
WILL TAKE US.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
COME ON, BABY.
WE'RE GOING.
WE'LL SEE HOW LONG WE GO.
ON HIS WAY IN, SCOTT PASSES
THE DREDGING FLEET HARD AT WORK.
Scott: ALL THE OTHER DREDGES,
THEY'RE GETTING GOLD.
I'M JUST THINKING
AT THIS MINUTE,
"I'M NOT GONNA GET ANY GOLD.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY GOLD."
IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT I HAVE TO
BRING THE DREDGE IN RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA HAVE SOME WORDS
FOR IAN.
AAH!
COME ON, BABY.
[ ENGINE WHINES ]
[ Laughing ] NO.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE.
NO!
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
AAH!
I'M SWIMMING
AGAINST THE CURRENT RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO LET I
DRIFT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Narrator:
TWO MILES UP THE COAST,
ON THE 80-FOOT CHRISTINE ROSE
THERE'S GOLD, BUT IT'S HARD
TO SAY HOW MUCH IS THERE.
Narrator:
WITH AN APPROACHING STORM,
CO-OWNER SHAWN POMRENKE
IS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
MORE GOLD IN THE BOX.
WE GOT ABOUT 60 HOURS
ON THE BOX.
HOPEFULLY
THERE'S SOME GOLD,
ENOUGH GOLD TO PAY THE GUYS
AND PAY THE BILLS HERE.
THAT WOULD BE NICE.
TO MAKE SURE
HIS SPOT'S PRODUCING,
SHAWN WILL TAKE A TEST PAN.
IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY
TO OPERATE A RIG
OF THE SIZE
OF THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
I GOT TO FIND A LOT OF GOLD
JUST TO BREAK EVEN,
BUT THE WAY THIS WEATHER'S GOING
THIS YEAR,
I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
IF THE MOTHER NATURE DON'T LE
ME GO OUT AND MINE, I'M SCREWED.
Wade: LOOK IN THE BOX ALL
THE TIME, EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW?
THERE'S GOLD IN THERE.
WE KNOW THAT.
AT THIS POINT, HE OWES ME ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, $25,000, $28,000.
IT'S NOT LIKE
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
KIND OF BEEN WORRIED
A LITTLE BIT OF,
YOU KNOW,
IF AND WHEN I'M GETTING PAID.
Narrator:
THE BIGGEST DREDGE IN THE FLEE
ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST OVERHEAD.
AND THE CREW HASN'T BEEN PAID
YET THIS SEASON.
THIS MACHINE AIN'T GETTING GOLD,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY TO BLAME
BUT ME.
I GOT TO MAKE PAYCHECKS
FOR THESE BOYS.
Wade: I'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME
TO SIT AROUND
AND THINK ABOUT MY PAYCHECK
THAT I HAVEN'T HAD
AND, YOU KNOW,
WHERE THIS IS ALL GOING.
I'M NOT THE MOST PATIENT PERSON
IN THE WORLD.
I COULD GIVE TWO HOOTS
ABOUT GOLD. I WANT GREEN MONEY.
Narrator:
AT THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOR
Scott:
JUST ABOUT THERE.
AHH.
[ PANTS ]
IAN TOLD ME I HAD
10 HOURS OF GAS.
BALONEY.
I'M TIRED.
Narrator:
SCOTT FOSTER HAS DRAGGED
THE SLUICEY BACK TO SHORE
AND NOW HAS TO WALK FIVE MILES
BACK TO HIS CAMP ON WEST BEACH.
OH, THAT'S A LONG DAMN WALK
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HARBOR.
YEAH, IT'S DISAPPOINTING.
THE OPERATION
IS INCREDIBLY INEFFICIEN
BECAUSE OF JUST THE LACK
OF COMMUNICATION
WITHIN MY PARTNERSHIP.
AND THAT, TO ME,
WAS A REAL DOWNER
'CAUSE I JUST HAD THIS EPIPHANY.
I'M NOT GONNA FIND ANY GOLD
BEING IAN'S EMPLOYEE.
IT'S JUST POINTLESS.
ULTIMATELY, THE WHOLE IDEA
OF DREDGING AND FINDING GOLD
IS INDEPENDENCE,
NOT HAVING ANYBODY TO ANSWER TO
BUT YOURSELF.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DIVE
ON SLUICEY AGAIN.
[ SIGHS ]
TIME TO HAVE
A LITTLE CHIT-CHAT.
WAKEY, WAKEY.
Scott:
REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID
I MIGHT HAVE
ABOUT 10 HOURS OF GAS?
I DIDN'T.
SO, I'M JUST THINKING
THE THING IS,
TOMORROW MORNING,
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
Narrator: IT'S A NEW DAY,
AND THE WINDOW OF GOOD WEATHER
HAS SLAMMED SHU
ON THE BERING SEA.
[ SEAGULL CRIES ]
IN THE HARBOR
YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE GOLD
IN THESE.
YELLOW, YELLOW,
YELLOW, YELLOW.
AFTER 72 HOURS
OF DREDGING,
THE CHRISTINE ROSE
IS USING THE DOWNTIME
TO SEE HOW MUCH GOLD
THEY'VE HAULED IN.
DON'T ANYBODY GE
NO FUNNY IDEAS.
ESPECIALLY THIS BUCKET.
WE'RE GONNA GO CLEAN UP
THIS GOLD. LET'S GO.
ON THE WILD RANGER
CAPTAIN SCOTT MEISTERHEIM
ARRIVES
FOR ANOTHER DAY
OF SLUICE-BOX REPAIRS.
FAR FROM BEING IN THE MOOD
TO BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.
I'VE GOT A JOB TO DO.
THAT'S WHY I'M STILL HERE.
GOT MONEY TO MAKE.
IF I DON'T GO HOME
WITH AT LEAST $80,000,
I'LL BE IN PRISON
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
BASICALLY, I'M DREDGING FOR MY
CHILDREN TO HAVE CHILD SUPPORT.
THIS WINTER,
IF I AIN'T GOT A [BLEEP] DIME
OR POT TO [BLEEP] IN,
WHEN I GET BACK TO MICHIGAN,
I'M GONNA TURN MYSELF
RIGHT INTO THE [BLEEP] JAIL,
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE
GONNA PUT ME ANYWAY.
JASON NEEDS TO HURRY
THE [BLEEP] UP
AND GET BACK
FROM HIS LITTLE VACATION.
Narrator: BUT TWO MILES AWAY
Adkison:
MORNING, JASON.
Walker:
GOT THE FIRE GOING, HUH?
WILD RANGER DECKHAND
JASON WALKER
MEETS WITH DREDGE OWNER
VERNON ADKISON.
PEARS.
PEARS.
SO, YOU PLANNING ON COMING DOWN
TO THE BOAT THIS MORNING?
VERN, I, UH -- I CAN'T WORK
ON THE WILD RANGER.
FEEL I'M WASTING TIME
WITH SCOTT,
AND I DON'T SEE ANY POIN
IN TIME IN THE FUTURE
WHERE THAT MIGHT CHANGE.
JUST WHEN I THINK
THAT IT WON'T GET ANY WORSE
THAN THIS, IT DOES.
IT GETS WORSE.
WE'RE NOT BEING
VERY PRODUCTIVE,
SO I NEED TO -- I NEED TO STEP
OFF OF THE WILD RANGER.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME
TO PART COMPANY.
Adkison:
I MEAN, JASON, YOU KNOW,
HE MIGHT NOT BE
THE SHARPEST TACK IN THE BOX.
AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS
I'M LOOKING FOR RESULTS.
I'M LOOKING
TO BUILD A DREDGE HERE.
DONE WITH HIM.
Narrator:
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOME
Shawn: KA-CHING.
Steve P.: KA-CHING.
KA-CHING.
KA-CHING.
IT'S OUR SLOT MACHINE.
Narrator:
THE CHRISTINE ROSE
CONTINUES CLEANING OU
THE BUCKETS OF GOLD-LADEN SILT.
Steve P.: YOU GO
THE GOOD BUCKET OVER HERE,
PRETTY MUCH ALL GOLD.
AND ROBBI'S HOPING THA
HE'LL FINALLY GET PAID.
RIGHT AT 75,
BUT IT'S STILL WET YET.
Wade: I'M LOOKING IN THE BOX,
YOU KNOW,
AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD,
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME,
I'M JUST WONDERING IS I
ENOUGH FOR US TO GET PAID?
OR IS IT JUST ENOUGH TO GE
THE, YOU KNOW, BILL MONEY AGAIN?
I'VE BEEN WORKING MY BUTT OFF
FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW,
TWO MONTHS.
I DESERVE TO BE PAID, AS WELL.
Wade:
I'M OUT OF HERE.
SEEN ENOUGH.
HEARD ENOUGH.
AY-YI-YI.
IT'S MINING.
THERE'S NO SET AMOUN
YOU'RE GONNA GET EVERY DAY.
LIKE I TELL THEM GUYS,
IF WE DO GOOD, WE ALL DO GOOD.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
Shawn: WHATEVER, ROBBI.
[BLEEP]
I'M GETTING TIRED
OF THIS, DUDE.
I'M [BLEEP] GETTING TIRED
OF YOU BITCHING AT ME.
YOU [BLEEP]
WELL, COME OVER HERE
AND [BLEEP] TALK TO ME,
THEN, FACE-TO-FACE.
DON'T DO IT ON THE PHONE.
"AM I GONNA GET PAID?"
WELL [BLEEP] YEAH,
YOU'RE GONNA GET PAID.
Shawn: WE GOT THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GOING OU
AND NO MONEY COMING IN.
AND HE'S LIKE,
"WHERE'S MY MONEY?
I WANT TO GET PAID EVERYTHING
RIGHT NOW,"
AND I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN."
POOR ROBBI, POOR ROBBI,
BOO-HOO-HOO, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, GOD ALMIGHTY.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THA
IT'S OUR GOLD AND NOT HIS.
GOD ALMIGHTY, THE GUY THINKS,
LIKE, WE'RE STEALING FROM HIM?
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE HECK HE'S DOING.
HE HAS A SERIOUS TRUST ISSUE
WITH EVERYBODY, IT SEEMS LIKE.
I'VE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS
LIKE THIS.
Shawn: YEAH --
WE'LL SQUARE UP TODAY,
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE,
YOU CAN LEAVE.
BUT, ROBBI, FOR YOU
TO COME AT ME AND BE
I AIN'T COMING
AT YOU, SHAWN.
LIKE WE'RE TAKING GOLD
OR HIDING GOLD --
LOOKIT, HERE. YOU WANT TO SEE
WHERE THE REST OF IT'S AT?
I DON'T CARE.
YOU GUYS SIT HERE --
THE GOLD AIN'T CLEAN YET!
HOW CAN WE SQUARE UP?
LISTEN. LISTEN.
HOW CAN WE SQUARE UP?!
THE GOLD AIN'
[BLEEP] CLEAN, ROBBI!
WHAT ABOUT THE LAST 20 OUNCES
AND THE 14 AFTER THAT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
ROBBI, I SAID WE WOULD SQUARE UP
THIS AFTERNOON.
YEAH, I TOLD YOU THA
YESTERDAY.
OKAY, WE'LL SQUARE IT UP AND
THEN [BLEEP] THAT WILL BE IT.
[BLEEP] IT. I CAN'T DEAL
WITH THIS [BLEEP] ROBBI.
I GOT ENOUGH STRESS.
ME, TOO, SHAWN.
ME TOO. ME TOO.
THEN [BLEEP] WHY YOU DOING I
NOW? WE GOT [BLEEP]
THERE'S 70 OUNCES IN THE --
RIGHT THERE.
WELL, WHEN IT SAYS
IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR
THIS, PAY FOR THAT,
NO,
IT DOESN'T SOUND --
WELL, THERE'S
80 GRAND THERE.
IT'S GONNA PAY
FOR SOMETHING.
I MEAN -- AND WE'RE GONNA
SQUARE UP, OR WHAT, DUDE?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
ROBBI IS REPLACEABLE.
HE DON'T TRUST US,
THEN HE CAN GO.
WE'LL SQUARE UP,
AND HE CAN LEAVE.
IF THAT'S THE WAY HE WANTS
TO THINK ABOUT US,
THEN HE NEEDS TO GO,
AND I AIN'T KIDDING.
Narrator:
ON WEST BEACH
TOMORROW MORNING,
I MIGHT BE IN THE WATER.
WHO'S TAKING ME
TO THE AIRPORT, THEN?
WELL,
YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
IT'S SCOTT FOSTER'S
LAST DAY IN NOME.
THINK YOU CAN HANDLE
ALL THIS WITHOUT ME?
YEAH.
Scott: I WASN'T MAKING
QUITE ENOUGH MONEY.
THERE WAS A GAMBLE
COMING UP HERE.
I DIDN'T DO AS WELL
AS I NEEDED TO.
I KIND OF GOT THE SHORT END
OF THE STICK.
THIS HAS BEEN NO VACATION
UP HERE.
NOW I'M JUST BURNED OUT.
Ian: HE MADE
THE DECISION FINANCIALLY
THAT THIS IS NOT WORTH HIS TIME
TO STAY UP HERE,
AND I 100% AGREED WITH HIM.
BUT SCOTTY MORE THAN EXCEEDED
ALL MY EXPECTATIONS.
I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL
FOR HIS WORK.
AH.
AND HE MADE 5 OUNCES OF GOLD,
ABOUT $7,500.
OKAY.
WHAT?
PUT HER THERE?
PUT HER THERE.
[ SPITS ]
THANKS, MAN.
Narrator: IN NOME HARBOR
LOT OF BAD VIBRATIONS COMING
FROM NOME, HERE, LATELY.
WILD RANGER OWNER
VERNON ADKISON'S ORIGINAL CREW
OF THREE
IS NOW DOWN TO ONE.
JASON WILL BE MOVING ON.
Meisterheim: WHEN SOMEONE
EVEN SPEAKS JASON'S NAME,
I JUST WANT TO [BLEEP] VOMIT.
CAN'T STAND TO HEAR HIS NAME.
I CAN'T STAND TO SEE HIM WALKING
THROUGH TOWN --
JUST [BLEEP] IDIOT.
IF IT HAD GONE ON ANY LONGER,
I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE
TOSSED HIM OVERBOARD.
IT'S LATE IN THE SEASON
TO GO AND SCROUNGE UP
SOMEBODY ELSE
TO FILL THOSE SHOES.
IT JUST IS NOT GONNA WORK.
THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
BIG PROBLEM.
AND WHAT I'M THINKING IS
HOW ABOUT STEVE?
Narrator:
FOR TWO STRAIGHT MONTHS,
DECKHAND STEVE RIEDEL CLASHED
WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT.
WHY AM I NOT HERE LIKE
AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO
WHEN IT STARTED?
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WAN
ALL THIS [BLEEP]
AND TWO WEEKS AGO,
STEVE GOT FIRED.
GIVE ME
THE [BLEEP] DAMN PHONE!
WHOA.
AND GET THE [BLEEP] OUT!
WE NEED HIM ON THE TEAM.
YOU WILL CALL HIM AND TELL HIM,
LOOK, WE NEED A HAND.
IF I GOT TO DO IT,
I GOT TO DO IT.
YEAH.
Meisterheim:
VERNON'S JUST AN IDIOT.
THIS ENTIRE OPERATION HERE
IN NOME IS [BLEEP]
BECAUSE HE'S
AN IGNORANT [BLEEP]
BUT HE'S MY BOSS.
I HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT.
[ CELLPHONE BEEPS ]
[ STATIC ]
STEVE.
HEY, IT'S SCOTT.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MEET ME FOR A DRINK
AND SO WE CAN TALK.
10:45 AT BREAKERS.
ALL RIGHT, THEN.
SEE YOU THEN.
BYE.
I'M ONLY PLAYING NICE
BECAUSE VERN ASKED ME TO.
I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
TO DO THAT, BUT I'M GONNA TRY.
I THINK
IT'S A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.
I LOSE MY TEMPER,
STEVE LOSES TEETH.
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
GOOD ON YOU.
OKAY. THAT'S NICE.
OH.
OH, YOUR APOLOGY ACCEPTED.
RIGHT.
WELL
I'M NOT GOING
TO COME BACK.
I ONLY DID THA
'CAUSE VERN ASKED ME
TO PLEASE BE NICE TO STEVE.
[BLEEP] STEVE
AND [BLEEP] YOU, VERN.
I'M NOT GONNA BE NICE
TO ANYBODY ELSE.
SO, YOU WANT TO BREAK UP NOW
AND GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS?
OH, I WANT TO FINISH
MY BEER.
I'M HERE TO SIT HERE.
DOES THAT MAKE YOU NERVOUS?
OKAY, YEAH.
WELL, SEE YOU LATER.
Steve R.:
NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING,
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,
SCOTT'S BEHAVIOR HAS GOTTEN
WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE,
AND I WON'T PUT UP WITH IT.
SO I AM DONE
WITH THE WILD RANGER.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS MUCH BETTER.
YEAH, NICE TALKING TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
Meisterheim:
YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY TRYING
TO STAY OUT OF JAIL.
I DON'T NEED ANY ASSAUL
CHARGES. I JUST DON'T.
IT TOOK A LOT FOR ME --
IT TOOK A LOT TO HOLD BACK.
Narrator: ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BAR
IS STEVE'S DAUGHTER, EMILY.
Tenhoff: I SORT OF REGRET HAVING
EMILY COME UP HERE IN THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT HACKS ME OFF
PRETTY TOUGH
WHEN SHE FLIRTS
WITH OTHER GUYS.
I HAVE TO SEE HER EVERY MORNING
WHEN I WAKE UP,
AND IT'S HARD ON ME
TO HAVE HER THERE ALL THE TIME.
SOMETHING'S GOT TO CHANGE.
Emily: IT'S REALLY EASY FOR ZEKE
TO GET MIXED SIGNALS
BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER,
BUT I HAVE NO INTEREST.
HE'S LIKE A BROTHER TO ME.
Narrator:
ON WEST BEACH
THERE WAS DEFINITELY POTENTIAL
FOR US GETTING INVOLVED,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED
REALLY QUICKLY EARLY ON
THAT THERE'S NO WAY
IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
Narrator:
THE GROWING TENSION
WITH FRIEND AND BOSS
ZEKE TENHOFF
WEIGHS HEAVILY ON THE ONLY
FEMALE DREDGER IN NOME.
Emily: IT'S TERRIBLE.
IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION
TO BEGIN
BECAUSE THERE ARE TONS OF MEN
IN NOME,
AND HE'S REALLY JEALOUS OF THEM,
AND THERE ARE NO WOMEN IN NOME
FOR HIM TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN.
I THINK ZEKE
SOMEHOW, LIKE, BELIEVES
THAT IF HE'S PERSISTENT ENOUGH,
HE WILL -- HE'LL WIN ME OVER.
BUT IT'S NOT -- THAT'S NOT GONNA
HAPPEN. [ CHUCKLES ]
OH, GREAT.
HI, EMMY.
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?
I WAS AT THE BUS,
AND ZEKE DECIDED TO BRING ME
OUT HERE JUST TO HANG OUT.
WELL, ME AND EMILY'S
RELATIONSHIP,
LIVING IN A REALLY SMALL SPACE
IN THE YURT,
IT'S BEEN GETTING A LITTLE MORE
TENSE, MORE AND MORE TENSE,
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGH
FOR A LONG TIME
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE
BETTER FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP
IF SHE GAVE ME
A LITTLE MORE SPACE.
YOU KNOW, EMILY,
IT REALLY BOTHERS ME
THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S CONSTANTLY ALL ABOUT
WHAT I'M TRYING
TO DO IS, LIKE,
IT'S NOT WORKING OUT,
US LIVING TOGETHER,
AND I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE YOU
AND FIND ANOTHER PLACE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND
LIVING SITUATIONS IN NOME.
I HONESTLY FEEL --
I FEEL THROWN OUT.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE
NO OTHER CHOICE.
RIGHT NOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP
IS SUCH A DISTRACTION TO ME,
AND I DO NOT NEED TO HAVE,
LIKE, WOMAN PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE
AND IN MY PERSONAL SPACE.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE
TO LOOK AT YOU
WHEN I WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T WAN
TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
IT'S, LIKE,
TOO MUCH OF A DISTRACTION.
IT'S NOT WHAT I NEED
RIGHT NOW.
Steve R.:
GET IN THE BUS, OKAY?
[ SCOFFS ] YEAH, THIS ISN'
GONNA WORK FOR, LIKE --
YEAH.
YEAH. ANYMORE.
I JUST WANT TO GET THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF HERE.
Tenhoff: EMILY CAN GO FIND
SOMETHING ELSE TO DO.
SHE DOES NOT NEED TO BE
ON MY TEAM. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
SHE CAN GO WORK
ON SCOTT AND IAN'S BOAT.
I DON'T CARE. SHE'S FIRED.
THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT.
Narrator: ON THE NORTHERN
OUTSKIRTS OF NOME
Shawn: AND ALL THIS
"ME, ME, ME" STUFF,
IT DON'T FLY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRUS
THAT GOES INTO MINING.
LET'S WEIGH
THIS GOLD OUT.
WEIGH THE GOLD OU
SO WE CAN JUST HAND IT TO HIM
AND BE DONE WITH IT.
STEVE AND SHAWN POMRENKE
JAR UP A PAYOU
FOR DISGRUNTLED DECKHAND
ROBBI WADE.
18.15.
IT WAS ABOUT THAT MUCH.
I JUST WAN
TO JUST GO GET THIS DONE.
I EXPECT HIM TO HAVE
HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS
AND NOT WANT TO QUIT,
SO THEN IT'S GONNA BE UP TO YOU.
AND HERE'S HIS PAY.
25 GRAND IN A LITTLE BOTTLE.
THAT INCLUDES THIS WEEK, TOO.
Shawn: TRUSTING.
DON'T TRUST US,
IT'S DONE.
GET UP.
WE NEED TO TALK.
WELL, ROBBI, I'M DONE.
I AIN'T GONNA BE CALLED
A LIAR AND A THIEF
AND HAVE YOU
CALL DAD A THIEF,
AND I'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY
LIKE THIS BEFORE ON MY CREW,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF --
I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT.
WELL, YOU'RE TELLING DAD
HE'S STEALING BUCKETS
FROM THE BARGE
TO THE CLEANUP SHACK,
AND THEN [BLEEP] THERE'S
A LOT MORE GOLD.
I SAID
HE WAS STEALING?
NO, I ASKED, SHAWN.
I ASKED.
WELL, THAT'S ACCUSING HIM
OF STEALING, ROBBI.
IT'S SAME THING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT,
SO I ASKED WHERE IT WENT.
THAT'S NOT INSINUATING.
HERE'S YOUR PAY.
USUALLY, THE CREW HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE CLEANUP.
USUALLY, THERE AIN'
NO INVOLVEMEN
WITH YOU GUYS ANYWHERE
IN THE CLEANUP.
THAT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH IT.
AND THIS YEAR,
WE LET YOU GUYS COME IN
JUST BECAUSE
IT'S A FUN PART.
IT'S A FUN PAR
OF THE JOB.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A --
HELP BUILD SPIRITS,
BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE GOLD,
AND YOU'RE LIKE,
"68 OUNCES? [BLEEP] IT.
THAT SUCKS,"
AND THEN YOU GET PISSED OFF,
AND YOU WALK OUT.
AND THEN YOU CALL ME UP,
AND YOU START YELLING AND
SCREAMING ON ME AT THE PHONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AIN'T DEALING WITH IT ANYMORE.
I'M NOT DEALING WITH I
ANYMORE, ROBBI.
Narrator:
IN NOME HARBOR
I'M GETTING MY STUFF
OFF OF THIS BOAT.
Narrator: DISGRUNTLED
DECKHAND JASON WALKER
MAKES ONE LAST TRIP
TO THE WILD RANGER.
[ GRUNTS ]
I'M DONE WITH THIS JOKE
OF A DREDGE.
Meisterheim:
GOT IT ALL?
NO, THERE'S SOME DETAILS.
YOU'LL COME --
YOU'LL GET THEM.
YOU'LL GET THEM TODAY
'CAUSE IF NOT,
I'M JUST GONNA THROW THEM
ON THE DOCK.
I DON'T NEED TO [BLEEP] LISTEN
TO YOU, MAN.
YEAH, YOU DO.
NO, I DON'T.
'CAUSE YOU'LL BE
FISHING THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF THE [BLEEP] DAMN
RIVER.
DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
DON'T THINK I WON'T,
JASON.
OH, I DON'T DOUBT YOU,
BUT MAYBE YOU'LL GO SWIMMING
FOR YOUR OWN [BLEEP]
A GROUP OF PEOPLE
CAN BE PUT TOGETHER
AND SUCCEED AT SOMETHING
EVEN WITH THE INEXPERIENCE,
BUT THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
AS A TEAM.
SCOTT WANTS TO BE ALONE
ON THE WILD RANGER.
WELL, GUESS WHAT.
HE'S ALONE ON THE WILD RANGER,
AND HE CAN HAVE THAT BOA
AND SHOVE IT UP HIS [BLEEP]
ALL HE WANTS.
I AM SO GLAD THAT [BLEEP] GONE.
SO GLAD HE'S NOT GONNA [BLEEP]
WORK ON THIS BOAT,
DIVE OFF THIS BOAT,
HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS [BLEEP] BOAT ANYMORE.
Narrator:
IN THE CITY OF NOME
FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE AND REN
IN NOME IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
I'LL STAY ON THE FLOOR
OF THE BUS, BUT IT'S TEMPORARY.
I NEED TO FIND
SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE.
I ALMOST KIND OF FEEL
LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
HE CAN GET BACK AT ME
FOR NOT DATING HIM,
LIKE, IS TO TAKE A --
YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS FROM ME.
Tenhoff:
I NEED TO RECALIBRATE MY FOCUS
AND STOP THINKING
ABOUT THAT DRAMA
AND START FOCUSING A LITTLE
HARDER ON THE TASK AT HAND,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GOLD MINING.
Emily: I DON'T WANT TO BE
KICKED OFF HIS DREDGE
OR TO STOP WORKING HIS DREDGE
FOR SUCH A STUPID REASON.
[ Voice breaking ]
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE
I CAN REALLY TURN
TO ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE I --
I DON'T EVEN FEEL
LIKE I HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
[ SOBBING ]
Narrator:
AT STEVE POMRENKE'S HOUSE
I MEAN,
HE DON'T TRUST US.
"ME, ME, ME."
YEAH. "ME, ME, ME."
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
MOUTHS TO FEED AROUND HERE,
AND HIS AIN'T THE ONLY MOUTH
THAT GETS FED OFF THIS GOLD.
Shawn:
ROBBI ENDED UP BEING
WAY MORE OF A PAIN IN ASS
THAN HE WAS WORTH.
HE POSITIVELY WON'T BE
COMING BACK NEXT YEAR
BECAUSE OF HIS ATTITUDE PROBLEM.
WHAT I'M WORRIED
ABOUT IS, LIKE, HIM
FLYING OFF THE HANDLE
AND THEN
THEN WHAT?
AND ME KNOCKING HIM
THE HELL OUT?
I DON'T KNOW.
PERSONALITY IS
ALMOST LIKE THAT,
WHERE HE WOULD FLY OFF
THE HANDLE AND GO BERSERK.
WELL, THEN I'LL JUST KNOCK HIM
OUT AND BE DONE WITH IT.
GUARANTEE YOU GE
IN A FIGHT WITH HIM, SHAWN,
AND YOU'LL BOTH
BE LOSERS.
MM-HMM.
Narrator: ACROSS TOWN
Wade:
GO CHECK MY BANK ACCOUN
AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY I GO
IN I
SO I CAN GET OUT OF HERE.
[BLEEP] THIS [BLEEP] HOLE.
Narrator:
AND ON THE WILD RANGER,
CAPTAIN SCOT
IS THE LAST MAN STANDING.
Meisterheim:
HATE THIS BOAT.
I HATE WORKING ON IT.
I HATE DIVING OFF OF IT.
I HATE LOOKING AT IT.
I'VE BEEN HERE IN NOME
FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS.
I'VE MAYBE BEEN OUT 10 TIMES
WITH THE WILD RANGER.
AND I'VE ONLY RECOVERED
3/4 OF AN OUNCE OF GOLD.
MY CUT OF 3/4 OF AN OUNCE
IS SO SMALL, AT THIS POINT,
I WOULDN'T EVEN MISS I
IF I DIDN'T GET IT.
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHICH
WOULD BE EASIER --
THIS OR [BLEEP] PRISON.
LEAST IN [BLEEP] PRISON,
YOU GET THREE [BLEEP] MEALS
AND A SHOWER ONCE IN A WHILE.
[BLEEP] IT.
I GOT TO CALL VERN.
[ Telephone ringing ]
ADKISON: Yeah.
Hey, it's Scott.
I don't want to be on your boat.
I'm done, Vern.
BYE.
[ Receiver clicks ]
[BLEEP] DAMN.
Narrator: AS THE END OF
A PUNISHING SEASON DRAWS NEAR,
EVERY DREDGE
LOSES A KEY PLAYER,
AND EVERYONE
STILL HAS GOLD TO HAUL
IF THEY WANT TO TURN A PROFIT.
Ian: IT'S LITERALLY COME DOWN
TO THE WIRE.
TALK TO ME LIKE A REAL HUMAN
BEING AT MY [BLEEP] WORK.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA CHANGE
AFTER TODAY.
THAT'S GOT $20 MILLION WORTH
OF GOLD ON IT.