The whole Jake/Jake transfer was a cluster waiting to happen. They would have been better off meeting in Dutch or waiting till the end of king crab season.

The show is about to get depressing. They've been teasing the Phil thing all season long. Spent a lot more time on the Cornelia Marie this season. Almost nothing with the Wizard. Not that it matters. Keith is a horse's ***.

Agreed.

Agree also and for some reason I keep waiting for Phil to get sick on the show. Wonder if they will show this?

Seems there's been plenty of clandestine operations going on behind the scene in Dutch Harbor.

Deadliest Catch Production manager charged with cocaine dealing

http://www.adn.com/2010/05/05/1265419/deadliest-catch-employee-charged.html

i missed the reasoning behind the jake jake trade.  Why? 

i missed the reasoning behind the jake jake trade. Why?

The Harris brothers were going to kill each other if Phil hadn't gotten Jake off the boat.

i missed the reasoning behind the jake jake trade. Why?

The Harris brothers were going to kill each other if Phil hadn't gotten Jake off the boat.

And it seems it didnt help anything. 

What did Keith do?

Tried poaching crewman from other boats. 

I think that the Jake/Jake tradeback was more staged than anything. I'm sure they hammed that one up big time. To many set-up shots, to much staged screaming.