Love it, wondering what they will do when the come up on Captain Phil's passing.
That's my concern for this season along with my friend who watches hte show with me, I'm hoping it'll be one or two really good episodes dedicated to the event and remembering him, at most. I fear the show using it to help float the season along by using the unfortunate event as "filler" for half this season's episodes. He should be remembered, tribute should be paid, but i'm hoping it won't be overplayed to the point that I feel they're disrespecting his memory by not mostly moving forward with a strong stride.
Last season they almost killed me with how much they overplayed and kinda glorified one event that, boiled down and seeing past the editing of the show, was an idiotic mistake by a lazy skipper that didn't have the commen sence to have the crew batten down the hatches (put on a tarp in this case) BEFORE charging into the thick of a heavy storm... and he almost got his crew killed! I'm sure some disagree with me on my opinion of that event, but I argue that any "sea survival" technique that starts off with "Now when the storm starts to pick up, I'm gonna send you guys out onto the deck..." hasn't had more intelligent thought put into it than one's desire to scratch an itch on their behind. Last season when that skipper first pitched his idea and before we got to seeing the almost disasterous results, the responce I had in my head was "sh!@, why not just leave your pots lying around on the deck unstacked and unsecured before the last second too?", it seemed like just as intelligent an idea to me.
On the Jakes, I think Phil was the one last season who first said or responded to a question the camera/producer pitched while they were alone on the bridge that he thinks it would be a great idea if one of his sons got some experience working on another boat, but that he didn't know which one or how to even pitch it (had a hint of "they're my boys, I've never played favorites"). I think after that the producers did some proding/snooping, and then pitched the idea and let Phil and Stig stew on it for a little bit before one decided the time was right to just do it (because once they made up their minds, the exchange was made and paperwork signed in less than 24-hours, lol).
