<<<I just hope they're not trying to build up the season into something it's not>>>

I think the initial hype in the first episode was just to create a sense of how dangerous the job is. I'm looking forward to seeing how the season plays out. The newest greenhorn is complaining an awful lot, so I'd expect him to go the way of Gus(I think that was his name) last season. I was glad to see that Jason is back and was trying to be one of the guys as hard as ever. Biting that herring reminded me of the cod heart incident last season :)

LWW