Deadliest Catch‘s big reveal included Captain Elliott Neese leaving Saga for rehab to battle his drug and alcohol addiction and a crew going through Typhoon Nuri.
Deadliest Catch‘s drug reveal is not that surprising, but Captain Elliott Neese‘s decision to enter rehab is. In the newest episode of Deadliest Catch, the men on Saga learned that while they could handle Typhoon Nuri, they were no match for Captain Elliott Neese.
The cameras of the Discovery Channel show caught Neese trying to have a private conversation with his crew. After discovering that he was being filmed, as always he got into a fight and threatened the cameramen.
Following the heated exchange, the captain turned over the boat to relief captain Jeff Folk and decided to work on the deck where things went from bad to worse. Another brawl took place between Neese and Folk over the fact that the relief captain was too slow at locating the switch for the deck lights.
The argument led to Neese pitching a bottle, and that is when everyone on the boat understood that their leader needed help. Unable to fight his drug and alcohol addiction and incapable of handling his anger issues, the Deadliest Catch star went to rehab in California. Via Twitter, he explained:
“To everyone yea I had issues but went to passages Malibu for 60 days and have a new outlook on things now!Hate all you want but I’m above it. All you people out there only see what DC wants! There are worse things going on on other boats but they just choose to expose my hardships.”
While he was at it, he defended himself for always appearing as a villain on the reality show. “I just watched the trailer for tonight, its like Im watching fiction cuz that’s not how it went down its TV they gotta get ratings,” he claimed.
Jeff Conroy, executive producer for Original Productions, gave his thoughts on the big reveal. He shared:
“Knowing what’s going on, you look at that and go, “This is a person with a real problem.” He’s at that point where he doesn’t want to fully face it. Last year, the stuff we had with him going to rehab — the things he says in the car are shocking. He’s talking to his dad about drug use and [saying] “I don’t have a problem.” That’s the point: He’s not thinking clearly. Something is inhibiting the way he thinks and changing his judgment to a point where it’s not rational.”
Fans are hoping that Deadliest Catch will go on and that Neese’s attitude and drug issues will be resolved with the help of his father.
What do think of Deadliest Catch‘s big drug reveal?
To everyone yea I had issues but went to passages Malibu for 60 days and have a new outlook on things now!Hate all you want but I'm above it
— Elliott Neese (@CaptElliott) May 14, 2015
All you people out there only see what DC wants! There are worse things going on on other boats but they just choose to expose my hardships
— Elliott Neese (@CaptElliott) May 13, 2015
