On the hottest day of gator season, a brutal heat wave pushesLouisiana's hunters - and their gear - to the brink.Bruce and Anna gamble by sinking gators in cool water to savethem from the heat - and possible poachers. Daniel andZak's day nearly collapses when their airboat overheatsin the swamp. Troy and Pickle recruit a friend to help outrunthe high temps. Joey and Kallie employ old-school swampknowledge to keep their catch from spoiling.
16-year-old Max':s ambition is to work on vast engineeringprojects but first he must overcome a formidable obstacle.Meanwhile Ellie questions her relationship with boyfriendSteven.
A witness':s shocking confession forces Ormewood, Angieand Faith to race against the clock and reinvestigate adeath-row case. Meanwhile, Will and Ava's dinner dateerupts into chaos when she's followed and accused oftheft.
When Martin':s parents make a surprise visit, Martinsuspects that his father, Robert, after blindsiding hissister Sarah with some infuriating news, is experiencing aserious health condition. Also, while trying to avoid theschool's forthcoming closure amidst its annual SpiritWeek sleepover, Louisa is made acting principal, and Martinand Robert must operate together on Mark.
Tim and Howard race to complete a thousand-gallon order beforethe Canadian tariff-running boat docks. Josh takes cover assurveyors set stakes above his underground still site. Mike andJerry tail their bootlegger and uncover a backroads speakeasy.
Excitement abounds as the team is poised to raise the massiveboulder on Lot 8. And in the swamp, a shocking artifact isdiscovered that suggests a connection to the AmericanRevolution.
Jacob and Little Willie hunt a legendary cannibal gator knownas Bone Crusher. Bruce and Anna hide their lines to stay onestep ahead of poachers, forcing Bruce to rely on his uncannyswamp memory to find them again. Troy and Pickle turn anunexpected encounter with a party barge into a heartfeltVeterans Day on the water. Chase leans on high-tech sonar totrack down deep-water monsters. And deep in the flooded woods,Ronnie and Timmy gamble everything on a brutal pirogue mission.
Parker does the unthinkable to get all of the GoldenMile's paydirt. Rick's mechanic Ryan considersleaving. Mike Beets finally fires up the trommel on the hill.
When a fraternity golden boy and his friend are found dead,Will, Faith, Angie and the team work to unravel the case.Meanwhile, Angie juggles parenting class; Seth faces new-dadanxiety; and Faith confronts her future.
Nolan, Harper and Miles face a dangerous situation when aroutine check takes a sudden turn. Meanwhile, Bailey conductsa covert investigation at the Pentagon at the request of Lt.Grey.