Episode Breakdown
| Episode | Guest | Locale/description |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jim Jarmusch | Fishing for shark off the coast of Montauk, New York State. Out here, the shark is at the top of the food chain. |
| 2. | Tom Waits | Lurie and Waits fish for red snapper in Jamaica. Tom periodically becomes grumpy. A game of cards on dry land makes Tom feel much better. Waits catches a fish and puts it in his pants. |
| 3. | Matt Dillon | Dillon and Lurie fish in San José, Costa Rica. Supernatural events ensue. |
| 4. | Willem Dafoe | Ice fishing in northern Maine. Dafoe and Lurie run out of crackers and, the narrator tells us, starve to death. |
| 5. | Dennis Hopper | The narrator happily reports that Lurie is still alive. Lurie and Hopper search for the mythical and elusive giant squid in Thailand, which also is apparently hunting them. |
| 6. | Dennis Hopper | Part two in Thailand. The squid hypnotizes the protagonists with its "volley ball" sized eye. Deeper and deeper into Thailand, few are chosen. |
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