document_title: Ice Road Truckers

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text: Ice Road Truckers

text: History[edit]

text: In 2000, History aired a 46-minute episode titled "Ice Road Truckers" as part of the Suicide Missions (later Dangerous Missions) series. Based on Edith Iglauer's book Denison's Ice Road, the episode details the treacherous job of driving trucks over frozen lakes, also known as ice roads, in Canada's Northwest Territories. After 2000, reruns of the documentary were aired as an episode of the series Modern Marvels instead. Under this banner, the Ice Road Truckers show garnered very good ratings.

text: In 2006, The History Channel hired Thom Beers, owner of Original Productions and executive producer of Deadliest Catch, to create a series based on the Ice Road book. Shot in high definition (although the season ended before History HD was launched in the US), the show "charts two months in the lives of six extraordinary men who haul vital supplies to diamond mines and other remote locations over frozen lakes that double as roads".[1]

text: Airings[edit]

text: During the finale of the show's first season of 10 episodes, The History Channel aired a promo for season 2 which began airing on June 8, 2008.[2]

text: Season 1 of Ice Road Truckers was shown on the British national commercial channel Channel Five in February/March 2008. In Australia it aired on Austar and Foxtel in early 2008 and from June 18 it also began being shown on Network Ten. In autumn 2008 season one aired on RTL 7 in the Netherlands.

text: The second season premiered on June 8, 2008 in the US; October 9, 2008 on History in the UK and in Australia; November 12, 2008 in New Zealand; and January 7, 2009 on Channel 5 in the UK. The first season was not aired in Canada until March 4, 2009 on History Television.

text: The third season premiered on May 31, 2009 in the US; September 10 in the UK. Channel Five debuted series 3 on January 5, 2010.

text: Reception[edit]

text: The series' premiere was seen by 3.4 million viewers to become the most-watched original telecast in the History Channel's 12-year history at that time.[3] Among critics, Adam Buckman of the New York Post said, "Everything about 'Ice Road Truckers' is astonishing".[4] Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times said, "Watching these guys ... make their runs, it’s hard not to share in their cold, fatigue and horrible highway hypnosis, that existential recognition behind the wheel late at night that the pull of sleep and the pull of death are one and the same. ... [I]t gets right exactly what Deadliest Catch got right, namely that the leave-nothing-but-your-footprints, green kind of eco-travelers are too mellow and conscientious to be interesting to watch. Instead, the burly, bearded, swearing men who blow methyl hydrate into their own transmissions and welcome storms as breaks from boredom ... are much better television."[5] During 2007 the series was shown in the United Kingdom, Australia and various countries in Africa.

text: The show opening features a truck falling through the ice. While real accidents with fatal outcomes might be mentioned, the show has never featured them and indeed, the show opening is a miniature model filmed inside a studio. A season 1 rumor that the sequence was staged using a real truck and dynamite caused discontent among the drivers.[2]

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Truckers[edit]

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Trucker
Seasons

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Alex Debogorski
Main

Hugh Rowland
Main

Rick Yemm
Main

Main

Drew Sherwood
Main

Jay Westgard
Main

T.J. Tilcox
Main

Bear Swensen

Main

Eric Dufresne

Main

Lisa Kelly

Main

Main

Jack Jessee

Main

Main

George Spears

Main

Tim Freeman Jr.

Main

Carey Hall

Main

Greg Boadwine

Main

Ray Veilleux

Main

Recurring

Dave Redmon

Main

Tony Molesky

Main

Maya Sieber

Main

Darrell Ward Ϯ Aug 28th, 2016

Main

Austin Wheeler

Main

Ronald Mangum

Main

Art Burke

Main

Todd Dewey

Main

Joey Barnes

Main
Recurring

Mike Simmons

Main

Steph Custance

Main

Reno Ward

Recurring

Main

text: Season 1[edit]

text: The mining companies that owned the road where the first season was filmed felt the show portrayed the road in a negative fashion. They believed the show depicted drivers as cowboys making a mad dash for money and taking excessive risks to do so. Also, the companies felt the cameras and filming created distractions for the drivers. As a result, the owners decided not to participate in future seasons of the show, and a new rule for the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Roads was enacted for the 2008 season, prohibiting commercial, media, video, or rolling film cameras either inside or attached to the outside of vehicles. In response, the show's producers located an alternate ice road for season 2.[6][7][8]

text: There were several differences in style among Seasons 1, 2, and 3:

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A main theme of Season 1 was "the dash for the cash", which was rarely mentioned in Season 2, but is a main theme in Season 3.[9]
In Season 1, companies' insignia on trucks and men's safety helmets were routinely blurred out. In Season 2, they were left visible.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: At the top of the world, there's an outpost like no other... and a job only a few would dare. The mission: To haul critical supplies across 350 miles of frozen lakes to Canada's remote billion-dollar diamond mines. The challenge: to transport 10,000 loads in 60 days—before the road disappears. The rewards are great; the risks even greater. These are the men who make their living on thin ice.

text: The series premiered on June 17, 2007. Six ice road truckers are introduced, and are described as men driving eighteen wheelers who haul equipment and supplies from Yellowknife, Canada, across a temporary road composed of portages and frozen lakes, to one of three diamond mines northeast of Yellowknife. The final episode in season one premiered on August 19, 2007.

text: The season has been of the most successful so far, with 10,922 loads totaling 331,000 tonnes (730 million pounds, or 365,000 U.S. tons) delivered. (Note: The total shown on screen is 662,000,000 pounds, corresponding to 331,000 US tons.)[citation needed]

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Ice road load count

The count
Rowland
Debogorski
Westgard
Tilcox
Yemm
(resigned)
Sherwood
(resigned)

Tons
722
648
542
374
369
363

Estimated cash
58.4K
57.0K
57.5K
37.0K
28.0K
19.0K

Loads
37
36
35
23
19
13

text: Specials[edit]

text: Three additional one-hour specials ran in the weeks following "The Final Run". Then and Now premiered on August 26, 2007 and provided a look into the development and future of Canada's ice roads. Clips from season 1 were featured, as well as further commentary from Rowland, Debogorski, and road pioneer John Denison. Off the Ice premiered on September 2, 2007, bringing all six truckers together for a chance to express their thoughts about the job and each other. On the Edge premiered on September 9, 2007, continuing the discussion and exploring the truckers' lives during the off season.

text: A fourth special, The Road to Season 2, aired on June 1, 2008. This hour presented highlights from the first season and gave a preview of things to come in the second one.[citation needed]

text: Drivers[edit]

text: Hugh 'The Polar Bear' Rowland (born 1957): A very rough-around-the-edges, 20-year veteran of ice-road trucking, based in Kelowna in southern British Columbia. He is of French descent and claims to be known by the ice road trucking community as "The Polar Bear", which he says refers to his overbearing, annoying personality, bearish attitude, stamina, and consistently high number of loads delivered per season. Rowland owns four trucks and drives one; the other three are manned by ice road rookies Drew Sherwood, Todd White, and Rowland's associate and year-round employee Rick Yemm. Rowland's trucks all have the emblem R&R Hoe Service on the doors - the company Rowland owns in Kelowna (actually Winfield, BC[10]).

text: During the course of Season 1, all three of Rowland's hired drivers end up prematurely leaving the ice road. White was banished for excessive speeding (episode 5), Yemm left following heated disagreements about the working condition of Rowland's trucks (episode 9), and Sherwood left after several vehicle breakdowns (episode 7).

text: Rowland's truck is called "The Crow's Nest" and is kept in good condition, as was Yemm's truck, besides the heater (as seen throughout the season). The trucks driven by Sherwood and White had a multitude of mechanical problems. After Sherwood's departure, Rowland hired a fourth driver named Danny Reese. In the final episode of the first season, Rowland's luck finally ran out when his truck was sideswiped by another trucker on the ice road, knocking a driving axle off the chassis. He ended up finishing the season in the truck originally driven by Yemm.

text: Rick Yemm: One of Rowland's employees. This brash, tattooed trucker, also from Kelowna, was in his second year as an ice road trucker during Season 1. In 2006, Yemm was one of the first truckers onto the ice road after it opened when, according to him, the sound of cracking ice was loudest. This stressful experience almost caused him to quit driving the ice road right then and there. He decided to continue, however, remarking, "I was too stupid and too stubborn to quit."

text: During Season 1, the floor heater in his truck was malfunctioning. This was a major source of tension between Rowland, the truck's owner, and Yemm, who expected Rowland to take care of the problem so that he could continue hauling loads without risking severe frostbite. Yemm ultimately quit and returned home, feeling his friend was not fulfilling his responsibilities to maintain the trucks.

text: Yemm is known for being hard on the trucks by constantly beating on them. In one episode, Yemm is seen bouncing up and down, pumping the accelerator pedal up and down, and messing with the steering wheel, all the while facing the camera and saying "yee-haw motha fucker!"[citation needed]

text: Alex Debogorski: A legend in the ice road trucking community, and 2007 marked Debogorski's 26th year as an ice road trucker. Debogorski has 11 children and nine grandchildren, and is a year-round resident of Yellowknife. As stated in Season 1, since he has been a staple driving the ice roads, it is something of a good-luck charm for Debogorski to pull the first load over the ice roads at the beginning of every season. He is such a devout Catholic that by season 9, when he joined long-time rival Hugh Rowland's company in Canada, Debogorski had "The Preacher Man" emblazoned on the side of his truck. (Polish Dębogórski means "coming from or living at Oak Mountain".)

text: In Season 2, Debogorski had to leave early because of illness (a pulmonary embolism) as seen in episode 8, “A Trucker’s Farewell”.

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Jay Westgard: Westgard is also a year-round resident of Yellowknife. Despite his relative youth (he is 25 years old), Westgard is considered by the ice road community as the most talented driver of his generation (as mentioned in the premiere). He began driving trucks at age 16 and owned his first truck by age 18; at the time of his introduction on IRT, Westgard had acquired a reputation as a driver who excels in hauling oversized loads. Because of his experience, he is entrusted with delivering some of the more demanding loads, such as a 48-ton ore scrubber. He also agrees to drive in a convoy (led by Mike Kimball) hauling vital jet fuel to remote Deline—a job most veterans would turn down because the trip is very risky.
T.J. Tilcox: A 21-year-old ice road rookie, Tilcox is vocal about how he hates the cold and ice, and explains that he is driving on the ice road for the experience, not the money. Tilcox has been trucking since age 16 and decided to try ice road trucking after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper. Early on he struggles with an older truck that lacks heat, but another driver grants Tilcox the use of his brand new Volvo truck leased to Trinity Transport. On his first run in the new truck, Tilcox gets in an accident before ever hitting the ice road, due to the brake service line's disconnecting from his trailer. Tilcox is ultimately cleared of responsibility and, after a delay, allowed back on the road.

text: After the accident Tilcox is injured while tying down a load, and several days later experiences severe abdominal pain which becomes so bad that he has to be flown out to receive medical care. Tilcox is able to return to the ice roads after being treated for his injuries. The expense of his treatment is highlighted on the show as a cause of concern for Tilcox. Despite his ordeals, Tilcox gains respect for the job and the people who do it, as well as self-satisfaction for having completed the entire season — a rare feat for a rookie (as mentioned in the finale). He leaves with the respect and admiration of his fellow ice road veterans.

text: Drew Sherwood: Sherwood is a veteran trucker but an ice road rookie. He joined Rowland’s team after answering an advertisement in the local newspaper. Early on, Sherwood expresses a high degree of confidence that he will have no problems adjusting from highway to ice driving. Rowland considers Sherwood an arrogant rookie and a "one year driver". In the series premiere, Sherwood states: "I have no intention of going into a ditch, bro", after which he soon gets stuck in a ditch later in that episode, a humbling lesson in how much respect the ice road demands.

text: Sherwood's hard luck, unfortunately, did not stop there, and he was plagued with a frustrating amount of mechanical problems. For starters, he loses his battery box and batteries (resulting in two days lost while a replacement box is fabricated on the spot), suffers a flat tire, and then experiences problems with his truck’s on-board computer that forces him to abandon a load on the roadside. Sherwood ends up driving the truck of expelled driver Todd White just to pick up where he left off, yet ends up suffering through problems in that truck, as well (as seen in episode 7). Hugh Rowland, the truck's owner, and Lee Parkinson, Rowland's mechanic, blamed many of these mechanical problems squarely on Sherwood. Sherwood ultimately decides enough is enough and leaves the ice roads to return home.

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Todd White: White (aka "Chains") worked for Hugh Rowland. He comes from Canada's eastern coast, and is a self-proclaimed trucker and singer. He responded to an ad that Rowland placed and was hired as part of his crew after a seven-year absence from ice road trucking. One of the main reasons White returned to ice road trucking was the need to earn $20,000 to repair his own truck. White was banned from ice road trucking after a speeding violation where he was clocked at 63 km/h (39 mph) in a 40 km/h (25 mph) zone. White appealed, claiming that he missed a speed limit sign, but his appeal was denied. After White left, Sherwood drove his truck.
Danny Reese: Shortly after Sherwood's departure, Rowland hired Reese to take over the truck vacated by Sherwood after it had finally received a new ECM (as seen in episode 8). Reese quickly noticed that the truck "had its quirks", which included problems with the truck's turbo similar to those Sherwood had experienced with this truck.

text: Support personnel[edit]

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Tom Tweed: Tweed is a dispatcher for Tli Cho Landtran in Yellowknife.
Rick Fitch: Fitch is a projects manager for Tli Cho Landtran, responsible for scheduling client loads. He is seen responding to several accidents in the series. Fitch has been working on the ice road for over 20 years.
Ken Murray: Murray is an officer for Secure Check, the organization responsible for security and rules enforcement on the ice road. A first-time speeding ticket can result in a five-day suspension, while severe infractions (including excessive speed) can lead to a driver's being banned for the rest of the season. Truck weights are also checked to ensure they will not over-stress the ice; a driver with an overweight truck can be fined several hundred dollars.
Lee Parkinson: Parkinson operates a garage in Yellowknife. He is the busiest mechanic in the north (as mentioned in the premiere) and works with his journeyman Mark Chang.
Neil McDougall: Safety and Compliance Supervisor with Tli Cho Landtran. His job is to set up and hire all the drivers and trucks for the winter road, and to monitor and police the drivers on the road so that rules are not violated and the truckers are not kicked off the road.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road: The first portion of the road is on pavement, following the Ingraham Trail for roughly 60 km (37 mi) until it reaches the shore of Tibbitt Lake.

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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories: Loads are assigned here.
Dome Lake Camp: A maintenance camp, located 22 mi (35 km) past the start of the ice portion of the winter road. Tilcox is forced to stop here when his injury flares up; he is then airlifted back to Yellowknife for treatment (episode 7).
Lockhart Lake Rest Stop: Lockhart provides catering and other services for truckers.
De Beers Snap Lake Diamond Mine: About 220 km (140 mi) northeast of Yellowknife.[11]
Diavik Diamond Mine: About 300 mi (480 km) north of Yellowknife.[12]
BHP Ekati Diamond Mine: About 310 km (190 mi) northeast of Yellowknife,[13] the northernmost stop seen on camera during this season. The road continues roughly 125 mi (201 km) past here, serving two defunct mines and stopping at the north end of Contwoyto Lake in Nunavut.
Colomac Mine: A closed gold mine that was recently cleaned up due to the risk the mine’s toxic materials presented to the environment. Now that the cleanup is finished, truckers (including Debogorski) are being called in to haul away equipment.
Tundra Mine: A gold mine that stopped production in 1968 and is now undergoing environmental cleanup. Equipment from the Colomac Mine is being transferred here to assist workers with the cleanup.
Deline, Northwest Territories: A small village, on the shore of Great Bear Lake, that depends on jet fuel shipments over the ice road to keep its airport operating.

text: Season 2[edit]

text: Season 2 premiered on June 8, 2008, following the drivers on the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road, a 194 km (121 mi) extension of the Dempster Highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Northwest Territories. Rowland, Debogorski, Sherwood, and Yemm take part as "highway maggots" (rookies on this road), working alongside the more experienced drivers.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: At the top of the world, there's an outpost like no other…and a job only a few would dare. The ice men return: two titans of the southern ice roads, and two contenders. Last season they drove loaded semis on frozen lakes…this year, the Arctic Ocean. Deeper into the deep freeze. Further out on thinner ice. The new mission: to haul the heavy metal of natural gas drilling rigs up a frozen river and across ice-choked seas. Ice road truckers have come to the edge of the earth. These are the men who make their living on thin ice.

text: The season premiere aired on June 8, 2008. As the ice road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk is completed, drivers converge on Inuvik for the start of the year's transport season. Debogorski, Rowland, Yemm, and Sherwood find themselves lumped in with the other "highway maggots" - the local drivers' term for rookies on this road - and must adapt to new rules and conditions. The road takes them up the Mackenzie River and over parts of the Arctic Ocean, visiting Aput and Later Langley rigs with long stretches in which drivers are out of radio contact. The final regular episode premiered on September 7, 2008.

text: Off the ice[edit]

text: Premiered on September 21, 2008. This episode provides a look back at the events of the season, with additional commentary from the truckers and support personnel. Topics covered include:

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Development of Canada's ice roads in general, and of commerce along the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road in particular
Building the road and outfitting trucks to drive along it
The truckers' personal motivations for working in the Arctic and comparisons between there and Yellowknife
Each group's opinions about the other (northern and southern drivers)
Truckers' comments about key events of the season: Sherwood quitting after one day, Debogorski leaving due to health problems, Yemm's personnel disagreements and firing, Rowland hauling sewage for most of his runs

text: Drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski, Rowland, Sherwood, and Yemm take part in this season as "highway maggots"—rookies on the ice road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk. The following experienced truckers are also profiled.

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Eric Dufresne: A 46-year-old native of Montreal, now a resident of Faro, Yukon, with 26 years of experience on this ice road. As a result, he is often entrusted with loads that are heavy or hard to handle, such as a derrick in the season premiere. He also does much of his own maintenance and repair work, and is used to the cold weather, stating that he can be comfortable in a denim jacket even at −30 °F (−34 °C).
Bear Swensen: Born in Saskatchewan, Swensen is a 59-year-old resident of British Columbia and a six-year ice road veteran. He has worked most of his life as a truck driver in the logging industry, with some actual logging experience as well. When not working on the ice roads, he works as a professional bear hunting guide. Like Dufresne, he frequently pulls heavier-than-average loads.

text: Support personnel[edit]

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Jordan Fedosoff: The manager of Matco's Inuvik branch office, Fedosoff was born in Saskatchewan and raised between the fields of Saskatchewan and the city of Montreal. He began working in the trucking industry in 1981. He has driven and worked in Inuvik since 1995. He has vast experience in the Mackenzie Valley and the Dempster Highway. Sherwood worked for him in season 2.
Doug Saunders: Saunders is the operations manager for E. Gruben's Transport, the company that hires Debogorski and Yemm. He considers Yemm to be one of his more "high-maintenance" drivers, in terms of Yemm's rough handling of the trucks and frequent complaints about the work environment.
Shaun Lundrigan: The chief mechanic at the Gruben's freight yard in Tuktoyaktuk, he finds himself repairing Yemm's trucks several times during the season. As a result, his opinion of Yemm as a trucker steadily deteriorates from week to week.
Jerry Dusdal: The "truck push" for Mullen Transportation, he takes responsibility for the truckers' safety and delivery of their loads. He states in the season premiere that he will never send someone else to do a job that he is not willing to do himself. When an entire drilling operation must be moved from one site to another, he deals with the logistics and equipment dismantling, as well as the delay caused by a winter storm that strikes the area.
Davey Lennie: A foreman on the Northwind ice road construction crew, he looks after the trucks when the road is closed, and also stands ready to respond to any distress calls that come in. In the season premiere, he describes an incident from the previous year in which his truck broke through the ice. Oversized loads, such as a survival shack hauled by Dufresne, sometimes require his help to get from the edge of town to the freight yard. His cousin Isaac drives with Rowland to get some road experience before taking the written exam for his truck driver's license.
Kelly Brown: A veteran driver in Inuvik, Kelly works for Matco Transportation, the second company that hires Sherwood shortly after the season begins. He rides with Sherwood on a training run to help him get used to driving the Arctic ice roads. Brown grew up in Montreal and began driving trucks in 1983; he has worked the ice roads since 1993.
Devon Neff: A rookie driver on the ice roads who works for Mullen, Neff is called in to help move equipment off the Langley site late in the season. Due to the poor condition of the road at this time, he must contend with hazards such as breaks in the surface and water overflows from beneath the ice.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road

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Inuvik, Northwest Territories: Loads are assigned here to be transported north.
Mallik: An exploration site that encompasses fields of natural gas hydrates. By the end of the season, the crews working here succeed in extracting gas from these formations.
Aput: A natural gas exploration site set up by MGM Energy; later found to contain no significant deposits, whereupon the entire camp is moved 50 miles to Langley (see below).
Langley: MGM's second and last exploration site of the year; proves to hold sizable deposits.
Aklavik, Northwest Territories: A small hamlet, on the Mackenzie River delta, that depends on the ice road for delivery of needed supplies.
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories: Loads (e.g. backhauls) are assigned here to be transported south.
Wurmlinger and Arctic Star : Two ice-locked barges that serve as headquarters for crews in the field. In the summer the Wurmlinger carries goods around.

text: Final load counts[edit]

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Sherwood — 9; spent most of the season driving on pavement in Inuvik
Debogorski — 22 as stated in "A Trucker's Farewell"; left early for medical reasons
Yemm — 51; fired on the last day of the season
Swensen — 63; hauled a total of 4 million pounds, probably the most of any driver this season
Dufresne — 67
Rowland — 68

text: Season 3[edit]

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Season 3 of Ice Road Truckers covers the Dalton Highway, which connects Fairbanks, Alaska, Coldfoot, Alaska, and Deadhorse, Alaska near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, as well as ice roads constructed over the Arctic Ocean in the Prudhoe Bay area. The tagline for the season is: "In the Dark Heart of Alaska, there's a road where hell has frozen over". In this season the 2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity caused complications; the truckers had to carry many loads which were intended for flight, but the planes could not fly because of volcanic ash in the air.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: At the top of the world, there's a job only a few would dare. Last season, the dash for the cash was fought on the smooth playing field of Canada's Arctic ice. This season, two old pros join four of America's bravest truckers to tackle the tundra's deadliest ice passage. Just when you thought extreme trucking couldn't get more dangerous, ice road truckers take on Alaska. These are the men who make their living on thin ice.

text: The season premiered on May 31, 2009. The Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11) serves as only road link between Alaska's populated areas down south and the oil rigs of the arctic north, to bring supplies nearly 500 mi (800 km) from Fairbanks to the Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields and offshore rigs. However, the combination of avalanches, strong Arctic winds leading to whiteouts, and unforgiving terrain has led to hundreds of accidents in past years. Two thousand loads must be moved up the road within 12 weeks, before the ice melts on the Arctic Ocean.

text: The season finale aired on August 23, 2009.

text: Drivers[edit]

text: Rowland and Debogorski take part in this season as newcomers to the Dalton Highway in Alaska, working alongside the following local drivers at Carlile Transportation.

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Jack Jessee: A 38-year-old veteran driver and Virginia native, Jessee has 15 years of ice road trucking experience to his credit. He has earned a reputation as a "heavy hauler" who specializes in moving massive and/or oversized loads. In his introduction on the show's website, he offers this opinion about driving the Alaska roads: "You learn the road really fast… or you end up dead."[citation needed]
George Spears: Spears, 59, is a respected veteran driver in Alaska. He has been driving the ice roads for 29 years and helping rookies get used to the hazards. In the season premiere, he remarks about an incident in which he flipped his own truck over a cliff one year. He intends to retire at the end of this season, his 30th.
Lisa Kelly: A former school bus driver and state Freestyle Motocross champion, Kelly is starting her second year on the ice roads. At 28, she is the youngest female driver this year, and hopes to earn the veteran truckers’ respect and become Carlile's first female heavy hauler. In Season 4, the Wasilla resident stated that she had to sell the first horse she ever kept as a pet and was trying to earn enough money to buy it back, a goal she eventually accomplished.
Tim Freeman, Jr.: A 23-year-old ice road rookie from Blackduck, Minnesota, Freeman is a fourth-generation trucker with several years of over-the-road driving experience. Family friend George Spears has been helping him prepare for the challenge of driving Alaska's roads.
Carey Hall: The son and grandson of truckers in his native Louisiana, Hall, a 45-year-old African American, is known on the Alaskan ice as "Big Daddy" and is universally respected for his professionalism. He appears in one episode, driving with Jessee to deliver a pair of enormous storage tanks.[citation needed]
Phil Kromm: A 15-year veteran fuel-hauler from Alaska,[14] Phil is also in charge of safety, recruitment, and driver training to get rookie drivers accustomed to the Dalton Highway (most notably Debogorski in Season 3, and Redmon and Sieber in Season 5). He is also Lane Keator’s advisor on rookie progression. Despite his never being a main character in any of the future seasons, he plays a vital role in rookie training and has a hand in determining some of the rookies' being fired. (Fellow veteran driver Tony Molesky rides with Rowland on his first trip up the Dalton, and will join the cast in Season 5.)
Jack McCahan: Veteran Carlile driver who serves as one of Debogorski's escorts until he gets fed up with Alex's "rookie s***" in that he takes so long to chain up his tires.

text: Support personnel[edit]

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Lane Keator: Fairbanks Terminal Manager for Carlile. Among his responsibilities are making the final decisions on hiring, firing, promoting and demoting drivers.
Tim Rickards: Fairbanks Dispatcher for Carlile. He assigns loads for the drivers.
Jerid Lane: Mechanic at Carlile’s Fairbanks repair shop. He keeps the trucks running.
Roberta Klema: Driving instructor for Carlile Fairbanks. She puts new drivers through a driving simulator to familiarize them with the Kenworth tractors Carlile uses, as well as a preview of conditions they’ll face when driving the Dalton.
John McCoy: Driving instructor for Carlile Fairbanks. He gives physical road tests to new drivers behind the wheel of a typical Kenworth cab and trailer.
Harry McDonald: Carlile CEO. In episode 1, he describes the challenge they face this season moving 2,000 loads to Prudhoe Bay in 60 days, and gives a very brief history of the company he co-founded with his brother in 1980 in episode 4.
Greg Thompson: Carlile Heavy Haul Manager. In episode 2, he says that they need “the best of the best” drivers for hauling special loads like Jessee does, ”because a lot of guys won’t do it, they’re afraid of it”.
Reid Bahnson: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities avalanche technician. He leads a crew that triggers avalanches so natural ones are less likely to impact truckers and freight on the Dalton. His weapon of choice is a Korean War-era recoilless rifle that shoots 8-lb TNT mortars into avalanche chutes.
Donald Adkins: Grader operator for Alaska DoT&PF. He helps prepare and maintain the Dalton for the truckers, and helps pull out those who get stuck in snowdrifts.
Ken Bear: Plow driver for Alaska DoT&PF. He is one of many who plow the Dalton after snowstorms and avalanches.
Dan Schok: Project engineer for Flowline, supplier of 34-inch diameter 130-foot long pipe being transported by Jessee in episode 2.
Ben Kryzkowski: Owner of Ben’s Towing. He has 25 years experience removing wrecked trucks from the Dalton.
Terrence Cole: Professor and Historian from the University of Alaska. He appears to describe the impact of oil discoveries and the construction of the Dalton and the pipeline.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Dalton Highway:

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Fairbanks, Alaska: Home of Carlile Transportation’s Fairbanks terminal, the main trucking company featured in Seasons 3 and 4, and one of several featured in Seasons 5 and 6.
Coldfoot, Alaska: Home of the only rest stop on the Dalton Highway, serving as a stopping point for truckers when bad weather closes the road and the only services on the Dalton between Fairbanks and Deadhorse.
Deadhorse, Alaska: Home of Carlile's Prudhoe Bay terminal and the northern terminus of the Dalton Highway. Ice roads extend from here over the Arctic Ocean and adjoining rivers, allowing truckers to reach the offshore oil rigs in Prudhoe Bay as well as other communities to the west.

text: Final load counts[edit]

text:
Jessee — 20
Spears — 15
Kelly — 15
Rowland — 13
Debogorski — 12
Freeman — 11

text: Season 4[edit]

text: Season 4 of Ice Road Truckers premiered on June 6, 2010.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski, Rowland, Jessee, Hall, and Kelly continue driving the Dalton Highway for Carlile this season. Debogorski had a good season, stopping to help drivers in trouble on multiple occasions. Rowland spent the season trying to avoid the Department of Transport (DOT) Weigh station. Jessee was assigned some of the toughest loads, to be taken over some of the roughest roads. Kelly started out the season with goals to achieve: she wanted to try hauling heavier, bigger loads and have a go at push-truck driving; she also aimed to save enough money to buy back her horse. Both goals she eventually achieved.[15]

text: New drivers[edit]

text:
Greg Boadwine: At 27, Boadwine is starting his second season with Carlile, after his first one ended early due to his overturning his truck. He is grateful that his employers have given him another chance; at the same time, he feels he has a long way to go in order to regain their full trust.
Ray Veilleux: Veilleux, 44, ran his own construction business in Kalispell, Montana until it failed as a result of the U.S. housing industry crash. He signed on with Carlile and has worked his way up from freight yard duty to making ice road runs.
Merv Gilbertson: Gilbertson is a second-generation haul road trucker, running Big State Logistics based out of Fairbanks. Except for one Carlile delivery by Jessee late in the season, Gilbertson and his convoys make all the supply runs to Bettles shown this season.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Dalton Highway: The truckers make stops at Fairbanks, Coldfoot, Deadhorse and the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay as in Season 3, as well as the following new destinations:

text:
Bettles, Alaska: Located near the center of Alaska along the remains of the Hickel Highway, this small town is accessible from the Dalton only by driving over frozen swampland.
Nuiqsut, Alaska: Located west of Deadhorse, Nuiqsut is accessible by an ice road connecting it to the Dalton Highway during the winter.

text: Some heavy haul loads bound for Prudhoe Bay originated in Anchorage and reached Fairbanks via the Glenn Highway and George Parks Highway before going on the Dalton.

text: Final load counts[edit]

text:
Veilleux - 19
Rowland - 18
Jessee - 17
Kelly - 17
Debogorski - 16
Boadwine - 11

text: Season 5[edit]

text: The focus of this season is split between two locations. One group drives the Dalton Highway, moving freight between Fairbanks and Deadhorse with occasional side trips to Nuiqsut and Anchorage. Meanwhile, a second group transports loads between Winnipeg, Manitoba, and several remote communities over winter and ice roads.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: The on-screen graphics for type and weight of each load hauled featured in the first four seasons were discontinued with Season 5, now only showing time of day or temperature depending on the situation.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski and Rowland return to Canada, and Yemm (seasons 1 and 2) joins them for this season to drive the ice roads in Manitoba, Debogorski for First Nations Transport, and Rowland and Yemm for Polar Industries (also hauling loads for First Nations for the first eight episodes under contract through Polar). For Carlile, Kelly and three other truckers haul freight on the Dalton, and Hall appears in two episodes to deliver heavy loads. Kromm returns to train rookie drivers, notably Redmon and Sieber, and later advises Lane Keator to fire Redmon.

text: New drivers[edit]

text:
Dave Redmon: Redmon, 45, is an Alabama native with 25 years of over-the-road trucking experience. In 2010, he, Yemm, and Kelly spent two months hauling loads on the dangerous roads in India (see IRT: Deadliest Roads, below). This season marks his first year of ice road trucking, but he is ultimately fired due to concerns about his driving performance and attitude toward other truckers (especially Tony Molesky, who abandoned Redmon at Coldfoot halfway through his first training run on the Dalton).
Tony Molesky: Molesky is a 19-year veteran of the ice roads, and like Kromm, serves as a safety and driver instructor for Carlile. In the season premiere, he describes a recent accident in which he had to swerve into a ditch to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming rookie driver. His truck took a glancing blow, scattering debris which he later returns to pick up; by season's end, the truck is repaired and put back in service. (He was also seen briefly in Season 3 episode 3 as Rowland's co-driver.)
Maya Sieber: Sieber is a 27-year-old resident of New York City, with three years' trucking experience on its roads. Like Redmon, this is her first year on the ice.
Vlad Pleskot: Pleskot is one of Polar’s drivers. In Season 7, he and Rowland will form their own company.
Mark Kohaykewych: Mark owns Polar Industries, and drives a pilot car for an oversized load convoy Pleskot, Rowland and Yemm make to St. Theresa Point (episodes 4 and 5). Even though Mark is rarely seen at the wheel of a big rig, he will be in the opening credits as one of the series’ stars by Season 7.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text:
Dalton Highway: Truckers make stops at Fairbanks, Coldfoot, and Deadhorse as before. Kelly and Molesky begin a heavy haul from Anchorage via the Glenn and George Parks Highways before reaching the Dalton (episodes 6 and 7).
Manitoba/Ontario ice roads: Truckers haul freight on the ice roads to re-supply isolated communities that have no other economical way to bring in materials. Communities serviced by the truckers during Season 5 include Oxford House, Red Sucker Lake, Bloodvein, Little Grand Rapids, St. Theresa Point, Garden Hill, Tadoule Lake and Lac Brochet and Victoria Beach in Manitoba, and Muskrat Dam in northwestern Ontario.

text: Final load counts[edit]

text: Canada

text:
Debogorski - 22
Rowland - 21
Yemm - 20

text: Alaska

text:
Kelly - 28
Redmon - 27
Molesky - 25
Sieber - 22

text: Season 6[edit]

text: The focus of this season is split among three locations, listed in “Route and destinations” below.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski, Rowland, and Yemm continue driving in Canada for this season, moving cargo along the Dempster Highway (Debogorski) and Manitoba's winter roads (Rowland and Yemm). Jessee (seasons 3 and 4) returns to drive the Dalton along with three newcomers, and Hall appears in one episode to help move a modular building up from Fairbanks. Near the end of the season, Veilleux (season 4) is called in to help transport the last loads up to Prudhoe Bay. Molesky and Kromm are involved in training drivers new to driving on the Dalton Highway for Carlile Transportation. Additionally, both Molesky and Kromm independently monitor other drivers' standards and behavior, and advise Fairbanks Terminal Manager Lane Keator if there are issues like those that led to Redmon and "Porkchop" being fired.

text: New drivers[edit]

text:
Darrell Ward (1964−2016): Coming to Alaska from Montana, Ward has 31 years of highway trucking experience, including driving logging trucks in the Rocky Mountains, and drove the Dalton for Alaska West Express in 2009.[16] This is his first (and only) year at Carlile, and he ends up coming second to Jack Jessee by one load. Darrell, easily one of IRT's most popular drivers ever, was killed in a plane crash at the age of 52 on August 28, 2016. Ward at the time was a business partner with Lisa Kelly. The plane was piloted by Mark Melotz and it crashed near Rock Creek, Montana.
Austin Wheeler: Wheeler, 23, has been a Carlile employee for almost two years, transporting heavy loads in southern Alaska before transferring to the Fairbanks depot. While his season ended early towards the end due to engine power issues, he earned credit in saving Darrell when the latter was stranded in the middle of the season.
Ronald "Porkchop" Mangum: Mangum, 35, is a South Carolina trucker with 14 years of experience. Like Ward, he is starting his first season on the Dalton; he is fired near the end of the season due to concerns over his driving performance.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text:
Dalton Highway: This is the final season for the Dalton on the show.
Dempster Highway: Connects the Northwest Territories to the rest of Canada’s road network through the Yukon.
Manitoba ice roads

text: Final load counts[edit]

text: Alaska

text:
Jessee - 29
Ward - 28
Wheeler - 23
Veilleux - 5 (not full season)

text: Canada

text:
Debogorski - 25
Rowland - 14
Yemm - 6

text: Season 7[edit]

text: The focus of this season is the winter road network originating in Winnipeg.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski, Kelly, and Ward relocate to Winnipeg this season and begin driving for Polar Industries. Rowland and Pleskot return as well, leaving Polar to start their own trucking company, VP Express.

text: New drivers[edit]

text:
Art Burke: Burke, a Yellowknife resident, has driven the diamond mine ice roads for 15 years. He originally signs on with VP Express to drive for Rowland but switches over to Polar, after being fired. He also brings the winning load for Polar by the end of the season.
Todd Dewey: Dewey, a logging trucker from Washington state, is starting his first year on the ice road to work for Rowland. He is also featured in Ax Men season 8, especially driving logs for Rygaard Logging into the saw mill during the warmer months. Dewey is the nephew of Craig Rygaard and cousin of Gabe, Jason, and Burt. Craig is the original owner of Rygaard Logging, and when he retired, Gabe took over.[17]
Joey Barnes: Barnes, known as the "King of Obsolete", and his daughter Xena live in northern Manitoba, well past the end of the winter roads. He uses vintage trucks and modified tractors to travel over the rough terrain for equipment delivery/pickup runs.[18][19]

text: Final load counts[edit]

text:
Polar - 181
VP - 180

text: Season 8[edit]

text: This season all drivers from season 7 return to Winnipeg, and the same companies, Polar and VP Express, are shown. This is also the first season in which the program is a US / Canadian co-production, with Prospero Media and Shaw Media (owners of the Canadian History franchise) producing the show with Original Productions and History (as seen in the end credits of each episode). Season 8 premiered on July 7, 2014.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Darrell Ward, Art Burke, and Lisa Kelly drive for Polar. Todd Dewey switches from VP Express to Polar.[20] Alex Debogorski drives for longtime rival Hugh Rowland’s and Vlad Pleskot’s VP Express.[21] After a tense verbal exchange with Polar owner Mark Kohaykewych, Darrell quits Polar in episode 5, frustrated with repeated truck breakdowns and how few loads he has been given, and goes into business for himself. Joey Barnes appears in episode 10 to escort Burke on a delivery run through the Manitoba wilderness, after Burke avoided being fired after jack-knifing his truck the previous trip. Also in episode 5, Burke was fined $490 and "shut down" (suspended from driving) for three days, due to multiple log-book infringements and over-working, from being stuck in the snowstorm on the previous round trip. In episode 12, Kelly, Burke, Dewey, Darrell and Reno all make it to Fort Severn, while Kelly decides to support Darrell and help him go further into Peawanuck. Kelly was not censured by Mark for her actions, as it was "a morally and ethically right thing to do," and she was offered a job by Darrell for the next season; she was undecided on switching sides.

text: New driver[edit]

text: Reno Ward: Darrell Ward’s son, he was hired to help his father in episode 9.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Manitoba/Ontario ice roads: Two new destinations in northwestern Ontario: Fort Severn and Peawanuck.

text: Final load counts[edit]

text:
Polar: 171
VP: 170
Total: 341

text: Season 9[edit]

text: On July 21, 2015, History announced season 9 would premiere August 2, 2015, at 9/8c.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: With the departure of Rowland and VP Express from the series due to a 2014 pickup accident which severely injured him while riding with one of the series’ producers,[22] the “dash for the cash” theme is less emphasized from this season on. As a result, load counts are no longer shown, and the focus shifts to delivering loads to communities as shortening ice road seasons permit, as the season’s two-part finale demonstrates.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: This season features all the truckers from the prior season with the exceptions of Hugh Rowland, Vlad Pleskot and Reno Ward. Debogorski, Dewey and Burke drive for Polar, while Darrell Ward and Kelly drive for their own company.[23][24] Barnes appears in episode 8 to help Burke haul a load of fuel.

text: New driver[edit]

text: Mike Simmons: Mike is the owner of Bad Apple Escorts, Inc., a pilot truck service based in Edmonton, Alberta. Although he is an experienced heavy hauler on the Alberta oil fields, this season marks his first exposure to ice road trucking. He is hired by Polar to help keep loads moving, in response to the threat of competition posed by Ward and Kelly.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text:
Manitoba/Ontario ice roads
Seal River, via cat train convoy from Churchill: Darrell and Mark teamed up to send their best drivers (Dewey and Kelly) to make this haul over the southwest part of Hudson Bay.

text: Season X (10)[edit]

text: Per the History Channel Website, Season 10 (which the site calls Season X or "IRT X") premiered on August 4, 2016 at 10/9c.[25]

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski, Darrell Ward, Kelly, Dewey and Burke continue driving for their respective companies. Mark Kohaykewych briefly drives Darrell’s truck, as well as a heavy loader to push trucks over steep hills during the two-part season finale convoy.

text: This was Darrell Ward's final season, as he was killed in a plane crash on August 28, 2016.[26]

text: New driver[edit]

text: Stephanie "Steph" Custance: Steph, 22, is a first-year ice road trucker with less than one year of commercial driving experience. Mark hires her to work for Polar, deciding that his need for drivers outweighs the problems he sees during her road test. She has a five-year-old son.

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Manitoba/Ontario/Alberta ice roads: In addition to previously seen destinations in Manitoba and Ontario, two new destinations were added in Season 10: Fort Chipewyan, Alberta and Summer Beaver, Ontario.

text: Season 11[edit]

text: Season 11 premiered August 24, 2017 on History.

text: Returning drivers[edit]

text: Debogorski, Dewey, Burke and Custance continue driving for Polar, and Kelly continues to run the company she and Darrell Ward founded. Darrell's son Reno Ward (Season 8) joins the cast in episode 5, helping Kelly repay a debt to Polar owner Mark Kohaykewych. Mark also drives a pilot car for an oversized load hauled by Kelly and Reno (episodes 5 and 6).

text: Route and destinations[edit]

text: Manitoba/Ontario ice roads: One new destination added in Season 11: Kasabonika, Ontario.

text: IRT: Deadliest Roads[edit]

text:
IRT:Deadliest Roads

Genre
Reality
Documentary

Starring

Hugh Rowland
(Season 2)
Lisa Kelly
Rick Yemm
Dave Redmon
Augustin Rodriguez
(Season 2)
Tim Zickuhr
(Season 2)
Alex Debogorski
(Season 1)
G.W. Boles
(Season 2)

Narrated by
Thom Beers
Tom Cotcher (UK)

Country of origin
Canada
United States

Original language(s)
English

No. of seasons
2

No. of episodes
23 (list of episodes)

Production

Producer(s)
David McKillop
Dolores Gavin
Thom Beers
Philip Segal
Dawn Fitzgerald
Adam Martin
Aron Plucinski

Location(s)
India and South America

Running time
45 – 48 minutes

Production company(s)
Original Productions

Distributor
A+E Networks

Release

Original network
History

Original release
October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03) – December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)

External links

Website

text: Season 1: Himalayas[edit]

text: On October 3, 2010, a spinoff series, titled IRT: Deadliest Roads, premiered immediately after the Season 4 finale. Rick Yemm, Alex Debogorski, and Lisa Kelly traveled to India and put their driving skills to the test on the narrow, treacherous mountain roads that lead from Delhi to Shimla, then up to the Karchan and Kuppa hydroelectric dam construction sites in the Himalayas. Debogorski quit in the first episode due to fear of angry mobs if he were involved in an accident, and was replaced by Alabama trucker Dave Redmon (who has since been featured in Season 5 of Ice Road Truckers). As the season continued, the drivers were dispatched to carry supplies over the stormy Rohtang Pass to the town of Keylong, which had been cut off for months due to the bad weather. The season finale aired on December 5, 2010, with the truckers' attempting to deliver loads of jet fuel for helicopter crews who were working to rescue people stranded in the mountains by the storms. Yemm and Redmon turned back, deciding that the conditions were too hazardous for the volatile cargo; the next day, Kelly hauled the entire shipment herself and delivered it to the crews, becoming the only North American trucker to complete the entire season.

text: The roads were often hacked out of vertical cliffs like a tunnel with one side open to the air, with rock overhangs overhead and drops of several hundred feet below. One part of the road was called "the Freefall Freeway".

text:
In Episode 5: "Crumbling Roads", Kelly and Yemm delivered two images (one each, well packed with sandbags and sand and straw) of the goddess Kali (shown as treading on her husband Shiva) along a frightful mountain road hacked out of cliffsides to a temple at a town called Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh.
In Episode 6: "Thin Air", they struggled with a worse road and altitude hypoxia on the Rohtang Pass, and one of them delivered an image of Buddha and some Buddhist scriptures to a Tibetan-type Buddhist monastery in the mountains.

text: Early promotional spots for the series listed the title as IRT: Himalayas.[citation needed]

text: Season 2: South America[edit]

text: The second season of IRT: Deadliest Roads premiered on September 25, 2011. Six North American drivers are sent to Bolivia to haul cargo along the Yungas Road, notorious for its extreme hazards. The drivers work in pairs - Hugh Rowland and Rick Yemm, Lisa Kelly and Dave Redmon, and newcomers Tim Zickuhr and Augustin "Tino" Rodriguez. Redmon and Yemm quit in Episode 2; Rowland continues driving alone, while Texas trucker G.W. Boles arrives to ride with Kelly in Episode 4. Starting with Episode 8, the truckers relocate to Peru and begin transporting loads to sites high in the Andes mountain range.

text: In episode 6, Kelly and Boles transport 32 breeding llamas across the Salar de Uyuni, the world's biggest salt flat, 12,000 ft (3,700 m) above sea level. On the way, their truck's radiator begins to leak; after they mend it, they must empty all their drinking water into the radiator to replace the loss. Abundant lithium deposits cause their magnetic compasses to read incorrectly, and for a time their GPS malfunctions.

text: Feature film[edit]

text: In 2008, 20th Century Fox acquired rights from the History Channel to create a scripted, theatrical action film based on the series.[27]


document_title: Protocol-dependent module

question_text: what is the purpose of the eigrp pdm

question_tokens: what is the purpose of the eigrp pdm

root

text: Protocol-dependent module

text: Protocol-dependent modules (PDMs) are used by the routing protocol EIGRP to make decisions about adding routes learned from other sources; for example other routers or routing protocols to the routing table. In fact EIGRP has the capability for routing several different protocols including IPv4 and IPv6 using protocol-dependent modules (PDMs). The PDM is also capable of carrying information from the routing table to the topology table. EIGRP offers support for various routed protocols (e.g. Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), IP, IPX, AppleTalk), and has added support for Service Routing (SAF) PDMs. The only other routing protocol that comes with support for multiple network layer protocols is Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS).

tag: p

text: "In theory, EIGRP can add PDMs to easily adapt to new or revised routed protocols such as IPv6. Each PDM is responsible for all functions related to its specific routed protocol. The IP-EIGRP module is responsible for the following functions:

text:
Send and receive EIGRP packets that bear IP data.
Notify DUAL (Diffusing Update Algorithm) of new IP routing information that is received.
Maintain the results of DUAL routing decisions in the IP routing table.
Redistribute routing information that was learned by other IP-capable routing protocols."[1]When a newly discovered neighbor is learned, the address and interface of the neighbor are recorded, and this information is held in the neighbor table, stored in RAM. There is one neighbor table per each protocol-dependent module.

tag: ol

text: When a newly discovered neighbor is learned, the address and interface of the neighbor are recorded, and this information is held in the neighbor table, stored in RAM. There is one neighbor table per each protocol-dependent module.[2]


document_title: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

question_text: who does tyler perry play in boo 2

question_tokens: who does tyler perry play in boo 2

text: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

text: Plot[edit]

text: The film opens after school on Tiffany's 18th birthday. She and her friend Gabriella encounter Tiffany's dad Brian and brother B.J. outside the school. It seems that Brian always picks her up from school on her birthday wearing a birthday hat. Tiffany's mom, Brian's ex-wife Debrah, arrives and she and her new husband Calvin surprise Tiffany with the car she wanted (and hoped her father would give her), but she can't drive it well. She and Gabriella drive it to the frat house, where they hear that Jonathan and the others are having a Halloween party at Lake Derrick. She hopes to make it up to them for ruining the previous year's party. Jonathan invites her.

text: Brian finds Madea, Joe, Bam, and Hattie at his house to surprise Tiffany; she's underwhelmed. She sees her friend Leah and tells her about the party. Tiffany asks her mom if she can go to the party. She says yes to upset Brian, but he lets her go there to teach her a lesson.

text: Madea overhears Tiffany's conversation about the party and gets her friends to go with her to Lake Derrick to get Tiffany. Meanwhile, Tiffany rounds up Gabriella, Leah, and Anna (a girl who's stalking Horse) and they arrive at Lake Derrick in her new car. The frat boys meet up and have fun with the girls until frat boys disappear after seeing "Derrick", his brother, and his daughters.

text: On their way up to Lake Derrick, Joe and the ladies' argue to Madea about why she is taking them with to Lake Derrick instead of taking them home. Hattie decides to get out of the car and walk, but changes (she says "shanged") her mind.

text: While driving, Madea accidentally hits one of Derrick's daughters with her car when she mysteriously appears on the road; the gang argue over who will get out of the car and check on the little girl. Madea goes, and Bam and Hattie reluctantly follow. The little girl is crying. Madea says that they must go check on her, but Bam and Hattie are afraid to go check, but do so anyway. She pulls her hair and shows her face, which has scars, cuts, to everybody. The ladies run back to the car and Joe decides to drive. The little girl appears on top of the car, scaring everyone again, and Joe immediately drives away.

text: Back at Lake Derrick, Tiffany, Gabriella, Leah, and the remaining frat boys are at the campfire discussing the murders that happened in the area but Gabriella doesn't want to hear this and insist on leaving. They soon realize that some people from the party are missing, so Horse and Leah agree to look for them, but they actually want to get away to have sex. "Derrick" and his family chase them into the woods; running for their lives they trip and fall, giving "Derrick" a chance to grab Horse and drag him away from Leah. Leah says she'll get help but Horse is presumably "killed." Leah runs out of the forest and sees Madea and the gang waiting for the Cadillac to stop smoking so she waits with them until Bam sees a "grim reaper" standing in the middle of the road. Everyone except Madea is afraid; Madea thinks the frat boys are pranking them so she confronts him. She touches his scythe and gets a cut on her hand. She tries to touch his face, but when she just feels air she goes back to the car. The Grim Reaper follows and slashes one of the Cadillac's tires, but Joe continues to drive it anyway.

text: Gabriella reluctantly seeks safety in a tent with Dino, a frat brother who had been flirting with her all night, but they discover "Derrick" and his daughters outside the tent. In another tent Tiffany hooks up with Jonathan until "Derrick" tears down the tent. Tiffany, Gabriella, Jonathan, and Dino escape from the camp after Tiffany tries unsuccessfully to call her mom. Madea's group finally arrive at Lake Derrick, but the camp is empty. In the car Joe flirts with Leah until she run away after seeing Derrick's daughter at the car, and Joe makes rude comments to the little girl. While they are looking for Tiffany, Madea and Hattie go to an outhouse where Hattie relieves herself. Madea waits, but Derrick appears out of the river and she runs away. Hattie also runs away when the little girl appears and tries to grab her.

text: At the police station Debrah and Calvin desperately ask the sheriff to check for Tiffany at Lake Derrick but Brian shows up and tells Debrah that he will go look for her with his friend Victor, Gabriella's dad. Madea's car stops in front of a old broken-down house. Madea, Bam, and Hattie run into the house when they see the little girl who tells Joe that "Derrick" wants to talk him about the rude comments he made earlier. Joe goes to the chainsaw killer, but Joe runs away from him. Madea, Bam, and Hattie discover that Tiffany, Jonathan, Gabriella, Leah, and Dino are hiding in the house from Derrick too and think the adults are pranking them. At the window Madea, Bam, and Hattie think Joe is dead when they see "Derrick" and his brother drag him away so they try to come up with a plan to save everyone but the ladies argue until the little girl reappears, scaring everyone out of the house. Brian and Victor are waiting for them - they had been pranking them for lying and sneaking out, and for Debrah to learn to co-parent. Debrah agrees, and the people who were "killed" are found at the police station. However, the masked chainsaw killer at the outhouse wasn't part of the prank; he is the actual Derrick. When Brian and Victor realize this, they drive away from the camp. Joe then appears and it appears that he befriended the chainsaw killer. He then asks if he can help him kill Madea and he responds yes.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Tyler Perry as Mabel "Madea" Simmons, Brian Simmons, and Uncle Joe Simmons
Cassi Davis as Betty Ann "Aunt Bam“ Murphy
Patrice Lovely as Hattie Mae Love
Taja V Simpson as Debrah Simmons
Yousef Erakat as Jonathan
Diamond White as Tiffany Simmons
Lexy Panterra as Leah Devereaux
Andre Hall as Quinton
Inanna Sarkis as Gabriella
Hannah Stocking as Anna
Alex Wassabi as Allen
Lauren Riihimaki as Lisa
Jared Sawyer Jr. as Geeky College Student
Brock O'Hurn as Horse
Tito Ortiz as Victor
Mike Tornabene as Dino
Akende Munalula as Calvin
Dearra Taylor as Deidre
Ken Walker as Kevin
Rae Sremmurd as Themselves

tag: ul

text: Production[edit]

text: Principal photography on Boo 2! A Madea Halloween began in March 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. The movie apparently cost 25 million dollars to make.[4][1] Lionsgate released a teaser trailer for the film on July 18, 2017,[5][6] and a full trailer on August 18.[7]

text: Release[edit]

text: In May 2017, Lionsgate announced the film would be released on October 20, 2017.[8] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 30, 2018.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Boo 2! A Madea Halloween grossed $47.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $48.3 million, against a production budget of $25 million.[2]

text: In the United States and Canada, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween was released alongside Geostorm, The Snowman and Only The Brave, and was expected to gross $20–25 million from 2,388 theaters in its opening weekend.[9] The film made $760,000 from Thursday night previews and $7.5 million on its first day. It went on to open to $21.7 million (down 24% from the first film's $27.6 million debut), becoming the 10th Tyler Perry film to finish first at the box office. Like typical Perry films, the opening weekend audience demographics were diverse: 38% African American, 31% Caucasians and 21% Hispanics.[10] In its second week the film dropped 52% to $10.1 million (more than the 39.6% of the first film), finishing second behind newcomer Jigsaw ($16.6 million)[11] and in its third week the film made $4.7 million (dropping another 53%), finishing 4th at the box office.[12]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 6% based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 2.9/10.[13] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 17 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[14] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 73% overall positive score.[10]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Award
Category
Subject
Result

Golden Raspberry Awards
Worst Actress
Tyler Perry
Won

Worst Screen Combo
Nominated

Either the ratty old dress or worn-out wig
Nominated

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
Nominated

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document_title: List of Reading F.C. managers

question_text: who is the manager of reading football club

text: List of Reading F.C. managers

text: This is a list of all managers of Reading Football Club.

text: Managerial history[edit]

text: Managers in italics were hired as caretakers.

text:
Manager name
From
To
Duration
P
W
D
L
Win %

Paul Clement
23 March 2018[1]
Present
7001670000000000000♠67 days
0
0
0
0
0

Jaap Stam[2]
13 June 2016
21 March 2018[3]
7002646000000000000♠1 year, 281 days
98
40
23
35
40.82

Brian McDermott[4]
17 December 2015
27 May 2016
7002175000000000000♠175 days
30
9
8
13
30

Martin Kuhl[5]
4 December 2015
17 December 2015
7001130000000000000♠13 days
2
0
0
2
0

Steve Clarke[6][7]
16 December 2014
4 December 2015
7002354000000000000♠354 days
53
19
14
20
35.85

Nigel Adkins[8]
26 March 2013
15 December 2014
7002629000000000000♠1 year, 264 days
80
29
20
31
36.25

Eamonn Dolan[9]
11 March 2013
26 March 2013
7001150000000000000♠15 days
1
0
0
1
0

Brian McDermott[4]
16 December 2009
11 March 2013
7003118100000000000♠3 years, 85 days
152
70
41
41
46.05

Brendan Rodgers[10]
4 June 2009
16 December 2009
7002195000000000000♠195 days
23
6
6
11
26.09

Steve Coppell[11]
9 October 2003
12 May 2009
7003204200000000000♠5 years, 215 days
282
126
66
90
44.68

Kevin Dillon[12]
10 September 2003
9 October 2003
7001290000000000000♠29 days
7
2
1
4
28.57

Alan Pardew[13]
16 September 1999
9 September 2003
7003145400000000000♠3 years, 358 days
216
104
52
60
48.15

Tommy Burns[14]
25 March 1998
16 September 1999
7002540000000000000♠1 year, 175 days
68
20
18
30
29.41

Alan Pardew[13]
18 March 1998
25 March 1998
7000700000000000000♠7 days
1
0
0
1
0

Terry Bullivant[15]
30 June 1997
18 March 1998
7002261000000000000♠261 days
50
15
14
21
30

Jimmy Quinn[16]
Mick Gooding[17]
5 January 1995
9 May 1997
7002855000000000000♠2 years, 124 days
127
46
34
47
36.22

Jimmy Quinn[16]
Mick Gooding[17]
Adrian Williams[18]
Jeff Hopkins[19]
15 December 1994
4 January 1995
7001200000000000000♠20 days
5
2
2
1
40

Mark McGhee[20]
10 May 1991
14 December 1994
7003131400000000000♠3 years, 218 days
135
53
41
41
39.26

John Haselden[21]
30 April 1991
10 May 1991
7001100000000000000♠10 days
2
0
0
2
0

Eddie Niedzwicki[21]
1 April 1991
30 April 1991
7001290000000000000♠29 days
7
1
1
5
14.29

Ian Porterfield[22]
14 November 1989
1 April 1991
7002503000000000000♠1 year, 138 days
70
27
22
21
38.57

Lew Chatterley[21]
23 October 1989
14 November 1989
7001190000000000000♠19 days
4
1
0
3
25

Ian Branfoot[23]
31 January 1984
23 October 1989
7003209200000000000♠5 years, 265 days
295
116
79
100
39.32

Maurice Evans[24]
26 February 1977
31 January 1984
7003253000000000000♠6 years, 339 days
334
133
93
108
39.82

Charlie Hurley[25]
13 January 1972
26 February 1977
7003187100000000000♠5 years, 44 days
284
108
82
94
38.03

Jimmy Wallbanks[21]
1 October 1971
13 January 1972
7002104000000000000♠104 days
12
6
1
5
50

Jack Mansell[26]
1 April 1969
1 October 1971
7002913000000000000♠2 years, 183 days
130
49
28
53
37.69

Ray Henderson[21]
1 February 1969
1 April 1969
7001590000000000000♠59 days
15
4
6
5
26.67

Roy Bentley[27]
1 January 1963
1 February 1969
7003222300000000000♠6 years, 31 days
322
136
79
107
42.24

Harry Johnston[28]
1 November 1955
1 January 1963
7003261800000000000♠7 years, 61 days
356
143
76
137
40.17

Fred May
James Carter[21]
1 October 1955
1 November 1955
7001310000000000000♠31 days
10
3
1
6
30

Arthur Smith[29]
1 June 1952
1 October 1955
7003121700000000000♠3 years, 122 days
164
59
38
67
35.98

Ted Drake[30]
1 June 1947
1 June 1952
7003182700000000000♠5 years, 0 days
234
114
46
74
48.72

Joe Edelston[31]
13 April 1939
1 June 1947
7003297100000000000♠8 years, 49 days
55
21
14
20
38.18

Johnny Cochrane[32]
1 March 1939
13 April 1939
7001430000000000000♠43 days
10
4
2
4
40

Billy Butler[33]
1 August 1935
1 March 1939
7003130800000000000♠3 years, 212 days
167
81
38
48
48.5

Joe Smith[34]
1 June 1931
1 August 1935
7003152200000000000♠4 years, 61 days
184
92
49
43
50

Angus Wylie[35]
1 July 1926
1 June 1931
7003179600000000000♠4 years, 335 days
229
75
52
102
32.75

Harold Bray[36]
1 October 1925
1 June 1926
7002243000000000000♠243 days
38
20
10
8
52.63

Arthur Chadwick[37]
1 January 1923
1 October 1925
7003100400000000000♠2 years, 273 days
112
38
28
46
33.93

The Board[38][39]
11 May 1922
1 January 1923
7002245000000000000♠245 days
138
35
36
67
25.36

Jack Smith[21]
23 December 1920
11 May 1922
7002504000000000000♠1 year, 139 days
65
20
15
30
30.77

Harry Marshall[21]
23 February 1920
23 December 1920
7002304000000000000♠304 days
19
6
2
11
31.58


document_title: This Is Us (season 2)

question_text: when does season 2 end for this is us

question_tokens: when does season 2 end for this is us

text: This Is Us (season 2)

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson[1]
Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson[1]
Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson[1]

Niles Fitch as teenage Randall Pearson[2]
Lonnie Chavis as young Randall Pearson[2]

Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson[1]

Hannah Zeile as teenage Kate Pearson[2]
Mackenzie Hancsicsak as young Kate Pearson[2]

Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson[1]

Logan Shroyer as teenage Kevin Pearson[2]
Parker Bates as young Kevin Pearson[2]

Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson[1]
Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon[1]
Ron Cephas Jones as William H. "Shakespeare" Hill[1][3]
Jon Huertas as Miguel Rivas[1]
Alexandra Breckenridge as Sophie[1]
Eris Baker as Tess Pearson[2]
Faithe Herman as Annie Pearson[2]

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Lyric Ross as Deja, Randall and Beth's foster child.[4]
Jermel Nakia as young adult William H. "Shakespeare" Hill[5][3]

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Sylvester Stallone as himself, actor in Kevin's movie.[6]
Debra Jo Rupp as Linda, social worker who works with Randall and Beth when they foster Deja.[7]
Sam Anderson as Walter Crowder, judge in young adult William Hill's case.[5]
Delroy Lindo as Ernest Bradley, judge in Randall's adoption case.[5]
Joy Brunson as Shauna, Deja's mother.[8]
Kate Burton as Barbara, a psychologist at Kevin's rehab who facilitates his meeting with the family.[9]
Garrett Morris as Lloyd, a resident living in William's old apartment building.[10]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

19
1
"A Father's Advice"
Ken Olin
Dan Fogelman
September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)
2AZC01
12.94[11]

On the Big Three's 37th birthday, Randall wants to adopt a baby, but Beth convinces him they can honor William's legacy by adopting an older child. Kate auditions as a band's lead singer after initially leaving, because all the other women auditioning are thin. She is rejected because of her inexperience, not her weight; Kate is confident she can work her way up. Toby tells Kevin that he, not Kevin, needs to be Kate's "person." Kevin explains that Kate informed him of their father's death, and being Kate's brother is the only thing he is really good at. In the past, Rebecca takes the Big Three to a movie after her argument with Jack. Rebecca urges Jack to come home; Jack admits his drinking is out of control. Later, the family house has burned and Rebecca, in the car with Jack's possessions in a bag, screams and cries.

20
2
"A Manny-Splendored Thing"
John Fortenberry
Dan Fogelman & Bekah Brunstetter
October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)
2AZC02
11.06[12]

Kevin is invited back for the 100th "The Manny" episode. The producers try to embarrass him for how he left the show, but Sophie helps him do it anyway. Randall, Beth, their girls, Rebecca, and Miguel travel across the country to see the live episode. Randall and Beth take a walk during the taping to discuss Randall's worries about fostering an older child who could have major issues. Also during the taping, Kate gets a call for her first gig; however, she does not want her mother to criticize her performance, so Kate asks both Rebecca and Toby not to follow her, but they do anyway. Later, Kate confronts Rebecca about how she has always treated her. Rebecca seeks support from Toby, but he clearly sides with Kate, which wins Rebecca's approval. After the episode taping, Beth learns from Kevin that Randall only risked failure once: in asking her out. Beth reassures Randall they can go through with their plan. In flashbacks, Jack confesses to teenage Kate that he has an alcoholism problem. Jack (when on the wagon before) vented his anger on a punching bag; this time, he lets Rebecca take him to an AA meeting.

21
3
"Déjà Vu"
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra
Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger
October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10)
2AZC03
11.02[13]

On Kevin's movie set, Kate—excited that Sylvester Stallone is his co-star—bonds with "Sly" and tells him what his films meant to her father, and about his death. After talking with Stallone, Kevin's memories of his dad surface, affecting his performance in a scene. Randall learns that a young girl, Deja, is being brought to his home. Later, when Deja yells at Beth for "stealing" her mom's cigarettes, Randall defends his wife, and Deja shrinks to defend herself from apparent aggression. Randall talks to Deja about the joy he found in having Jack and Rebecca, as well as William. Kevin takes pain medication after injuring his knee—his old football injury—from a scene explosion during filming. In flashbacks, when the kids are teenagers, Jack talks about his efforts to rehabilitate from alcoholism; Randall tries to find his birth parents through an ad, and is comforted by Kate and Kevin after a woman claims to be his birth mother for his family's money.

22
4
"Still There"
Ken Olin
Vera Herbert
October 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)
2AZC04
10.65[14]

Randall takes his daughters and Deja bowling, which does not go as expected. Beth offers to help Deja take care of her hair, and the two bond. Randall admits to Deja that he has had problems with nervous breakdowns and has taken up running to deal with his anxiety; he invites her to come with him. Kevin undergoes surgery on his injured knee, and continues to overuse his pain medication. Kate visits a gynaecologist for an ultrasound, revealing that she is pregnant. In flashbacks, Kate and Kevin contract the chicken pox, and their doctor urges Randall to do his best to catch them as well so it would not occur later for him. Rebecca's mother pops in intent on staying for a while, and her overbearing attitude and the fact that she treats Randall differently than Kate and Kevin leads to Rebecca confronting her about it all and calling her a racist, which Randall overhears. Rebecca's mother takes her words to heart and reaches out to Randall, recognizing for the first time how special he is.

23
5
"Brothers"
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra
Tyler Bensinger
October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24)
2AZC05
10.60[15]

Kate and Toby share news of her pregnancy. Kevin, set to be auctioned off by Sophie for a large-scale charity event she is hosting, gets drunk while trying to get a pain medication prescription; he misses the auction, embarrassing Sophie. Randall earns Deja's trust. In the past, when Jack takes 10-year-old Kevin and Randall camping, Rebecca learns that Jack's father is dying. She calls Jack, but he had issues with his father, and he is trying to have Kevin get along with Randall, so Jack says that he will not return. Rebecca reassures Jack's father (who sees his granddaughter, Kate) that Jack is a great father and husband. Kevin finds a notebook where Randall wrote notes of how to keep peace between them, motivating him to be nice to Randall. Later, Jack looks at a picture of him and his brother in the army. During Jack's childhood, he and his never-before-seen brother await their father's return to the car as he gets drunk at a bar.

24
6
"The 20's"
Regina King
Don Roos
October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31)
2AZC06
8.43[16]

In flashbacks, with the 10-year-old Big Three, Rebecca takes Randall trick-or-treating, while Jack takes Kate and Kevin to a haunted house. Randall learns about Kyle's death from the neighbors; Rebecca then tells him the facts of his adoption. In other flashbacks, with the Big Three being in their twenties, Kate finds out she is involved with a married man. Kevin, desperate for work as an actor, attempts to steal a role from his roommate and best friend. Meanwhile, Randall and Beth prepare for the arrival of their first daughter. Beth unexpectedly goes into labor after agreeing to help Rebecca get a Facebook account. With no time to get to the hospital, Randall helps Beth through a home delivery. Kate and Kevin commiserate about their deadbeat lives and decide to live together. When Rebecca posts a photo of her granddaughter on Facebook, she gets a message from Miguel, asking how she has been the last 8 years. (Jack's death was sometime before Miguel last saw Rebecca.)

25
7
"The Most Disappointed Man"
Chris Koch
Kay Oyegun
November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)
2AZC07
9.89[17]

Jack and Rebecca prepare to finalize Randall's adoption when Randall is a year old. Their case worker gives a glowing recommendation, but their judge is against interracial adoption. After Rebecca's letter about being Randall's mother, the judge recuses himself; the new judge grants the adoption. Concurrently, William pleads guilty to a drug charge. Although the judge is disappointed because William had a clean record, William claims to be more disappointed, due to the loss of his loved ones and son. The judge visits William in jail, offering to reduce the sentence and get him help, if he stays sober. William keeps this promise for at least 30 years, until hearing his cancer is terminal. As he is about to use, Randall introduces himself as William's biological son. In the present, Randall takes Deja to visit her mother Shauna in prison, but Shauna declines the visit. Randall later talks to Shauna, who intends to take Deja back after her release. He lets Shauna call Deja collect. Kevin's relationship with Sophie deteriorates as he continues abusing pain medication and alcohol. Kate and Toby announce their pregnancy to Kevin, plan to get married at city hall, but then consider a big wedding.

26
8
"Number One"
Ken Olin
K.J. Steinberg
November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)
2AZC08
10.05[18]

Kevin's addiction to pain medication and alcohol is wearing him down. He attends the Alumni Honors Ceremony at his old high school, receives the Distinguished Alum Award, but says he does not deserve it. He pretends to play football on the field, doing play-by-play commentary on his ruined opportunities. Charlotte, an alumna, invites him to her house; when she is not looking, he searches her house for medication, and finds and steals a prescription form. He goes to a pharmacy with a fake prescription, sees police officers, notices his pendant missing, and leaves. In flashbacks, Randall starts a Harvard application, but is interested in Howard University. Kevin and his family meet a college football recruiting coach; afterwards, Jack is angry with Kevin for his attitude; Jack later apologizes. Kevin's football aspirations end one game when his knee is injured. Jack comforts Kevin and gives him the pendant he received in Vietnam for protection. In the present, Kevin goes to Charlotte's house to find the pendant, but she will not let him in. Kevin is desperate, needing help; he goes to Randall's house to tell him something, but Randall assumes it is about Kate losing her baby.

27
9
"Number Two"
Ken Olin
K.J. Steinberg & Shukree Hassan Tilghman
November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)
2AZC09
9.34[19]

Kate miscarries. She and Toby struggle in their relationship after Kate said the miscarriage happened to her, not Toby. Kate tries to keep her singing gig, but then has to leave early. She goes to a buffet restaurant, but does not eat the food she piled on her plate. Rebecca comforts Kate, relating her struggles after baby Kyle was stillborn. Toby eventually comes through for Kate. In flashbacks, Jack and Randall leave for a college visit. Kate and Rebecca, at Kevin's football game, are distracted when discussing the music college Kate wants to attend, as Kevin gets injured; when they notice, Rebecca has Kate page Jack.

28
10
"Number Three"
Ken Olin
Shukree Hassan Tilghman
November 28, 2017 (2017-11-28)
2AZC10
10.94[20]

Deja's mother Shauna appears unannounced at Randall's home after the charges against her have been dropped. Deja convinces her to leave and wait for them to be reunited via official channels. Randall and Beth are opposed to Shauna resuming custody of Deja, and plan to fight it, but eventually relent. In flashbacks, Jack takes teenage Randall to Howard University in DC; Jack takes the official tour while Randall is shown around by a friend. Jack then shows Randall the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and talks about being drafted and how the war affected him. In more recent times, William tells adult Randall about the two times he saw Randall's mother, how he followed Rebecca to her home, but ultimately decided not to see Randall. In the present, Randall learns of Kate's miscarriage. Randall and Beth plan to try fostering again after a while. Kevin appears at Randall's house, and Randall notices Kevin drinking vodka early in the day. Later, Kevin speeds down the road, unaware at first that Tess has hidden in the back seat. Kevin is pulled over and arrested for DUI, and Randall and Beth are angry at Kevin for endangering Tess.

29
11
"The Fifth Wheel"
Chris Koch
Vera Herbert
January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09)
2AZC11
9.65[21]

Toby finds junk-food trash. Randall and Beth check on Tess; she said she was sad when Deja went home. The family visits Kevin at rehab; Barbara, the facilitator, wants only immediate family at Kevin's first session. Kevin apologizes to the family, but Barbara has him discuss family issues. Kevin says they are a family of addicts. Kevin felt like an outcast ("fifth wheel"): Kate had Jack's support; Rebecca loved Randall more than Kevin. Randall scolds Kevin; Rebecca, crying, says why Randall was easier to love. Toby, Beth, and Miguel talk at a bar about being outsiders, Miguel being the only one who knew Jack. After the session, the Big Three reconcile; Rebecca tells Kevin why she never worried about him, but they had their moments. Kate admits to Toby about hiding junk food since miscarrying. When the kids are 10, Jack takes the family to a cabin vacation, getting Kevin after football camp. Randall's new glasses are missing. Rebecca notices Kate's food obsession; Jack has her exercise, but later takes her for ice cream. During a thunderstorm, Kevin brings Randall's glasses to their parents' room—Kate and Randall are sleeping with them. He sleeps on the floor; Rebecca joins him.

30
12
"Clooney"
Zetna Fuentes
Bekah Brunstetter
January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16)
2AZC12
9.82[22]

William’s stray cat “Clooney” wanders. After rehab, Kevin stays with Rebecca—whom Miguel is protecting since Kevin upset her by getting arrested and criticizing her at rehab. Miguel later tells Kevin that Jack and Rebecca were a unified couple, not separate individuals; thus, he did not love Rebecca while Jack was alive, but does now and is staying. Kate befriends Madison from support group; they go wedding dress shopping, where Kate discovers Madison’s bulimia; Madison later faints and calls Kate for help. Kate says losing weight as a teenager did not make her happy. Randall visits Beth at work; she says working again would help him. Randall gets William’s box from storage, searches for a lady about whom William wrote and drew, and discovers from a picture it was Billie Holiday. Randall tells Beth he wants to buy and manage the run-down building with her. When the kids are teenagers, Jack and Rebecca take them shopping for suits and dresses for the winter formal and Jack's job. Though the kids are almost starting college, Jack again wants to start "Big Three Homes" (which he put aside to support his family). Randall asks a redhead out. Someone forgets smoke detector batteries.

31
13
"That'll Be the Day"[23]
TBA
TBA
January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23)
2AZC13
TBD

32
14
TBA
TBA
TBA
February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)[24]
2AZC14
TBD

33
15
"Across the Border"[25]
TBA
TBA
February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)
2AZC15
TBD

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: On January 18, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second and third season of 18 episodes each, for a total of 36 additional episodes.[26] Dan Fogelman, Isaac Aptaker, and Elizabeth Berger serve as the season's showrunners.[27]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Main cast members Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, and Ron Cephas Jones return from the first season as Jack Pearson, Rebecca Pearson, Randall Pearson, Kate Pearson, Kevin Pearson, Beth Pearson, Toby Damon, and William H. Hill, respectively.[1] Jon Huertas and Alexandra Breckenridge, who recurred as Miguel and Sophie, respectively, throughout the first season, were subsequently promoted to the principal cast in the second season.[1] Also promoted to series regulars are young actors Hannah Zeile as teenage Kate, Niles Fitch as teenage Randall, Logan Shroyer as teenage Kevin, Mackenzie Hancsicsak as young Kate, Parker Bates as young Kevin, Faithe Herman as Annie Pearson, and Eris Baker as Tess Pearson. Lonnie Chavis will continue to recur as young Randall.[2]

text: In August 2017, Sylvester Stallone and Debra Jo Rupp were cast in a guest starring roles.[6][7]

text: Filming[edit]

text: The show was awarded over $9.9 million in tax incentives by the California Film Commission for its second season.[28] Production on the season began on July 11, 2017, in Los Angeles.[29]

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The second season was originally set to move to a Thursday timeslot, to anchor a new Must See TV lineup, alongside Will & Grace, Great News and Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, with NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt explaining, "While this is a bit risky, there is a bigger case to be made about redoing Thursday night. If there is one show we could move, it would be this one."[30] However, on May 30, 2017, NBC decided to keep the series on Tuesdays at 9 pm EST,[31] allowing it a run of 10 uninterrupted original episodes in the fall.[32]

text: The season began airing on September 26, 2017, on NBC in the United States,[33] and on CTV in Canada.[34] This Is Us will serve as the lead-out program for Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018.[24]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 8.12/10 based on 19 reviews.[35]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"A Father's Advice"
September 26, 2017
3.9/13
12.94[11]
2.6
6.93
6.5
19.87[36]

2
"A Manny-Splendored Thing"
October 3, 2017
3.1/11
11.06[12]
2.4
6.15
5.5
17.21[37]

3
"Déjà Vu"
October 10, 2017
2.8/10
11.02[13]
2.2
6.11
5.0
17.13[38]

4
"Still There"
October 17, 2017
2.9/10
10.65[14]
2.3
6.32
5.2
16.97[39]

5
"Brothers"
October 24, 2017
2.8/10
10.60[15]
2.2
6.09
5.0
16.69[40]

6
"The 20's"
October 31, 2017
2.0/7
8.43[16]
2.4
6.50
4.4
14.94[41]

7
"The Most Disappointed Man"
November 7, 2017
2.5/9
9.89[17]
2.3
6.28
4.8
16.17[42]

8
"Number One"
November 14, 2017
2.6/9
10.05[18]
2.2
6.10
4.8
16.15[43]

9
"Number Two"
November 21, 2017
2.5/9
9.34[19]
2.0
5.71
4.5
15.05[44]

10
"Number Three"
November 28, 2017
2.8/10
10.94[20]
2.0
5.65
4.8
16.60[45]

11
"The Fifth Wheel"
January 9, 2018
2.7/9
9.65[21]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

12
"Clooney"
January 16, 2018
2.5/9
9.82[22]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
Result
Ref.

2018
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
This Is Us
Nominated
[46]

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown
Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Susan Kelechi Watson
Nominated

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Vera Herbert for "Still Here"
Nominated

Outstanding Performance by a Youth
Lonnie Chavis
Nominated