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Shark Week: 2004

8 episodes Premiered Dec 12, 2004 Updated Sep 27, 2026

Previously on Shark Week

Season 17 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Shark Week Season 16.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 17 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

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S17·E1 Mytharc

Primal Scream

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E2 Core

Tiger Shark Attack: Beyond Fear

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E3 Core

Monster House: Shark House

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E4 Core

Great White Shark: Uncaged

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E5 Core

Dive to Shark Volcano

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E6 Core

Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E7 Mytharc

Sharks: Size Matters

Dec 12, 2004 · 42 min

S17·E8 Mytharc

Shark Attack: A Boy's Fight to Survive

Sep 5, 2004 · 42 min

In the last 330 years, there have been only 25 recorded shark attacks in Texas. But 18 of those have happened in the last two decades. And the summer of 2004 was shaping up to be o