Sneak Peek at 'Sarah Palin's Alaska': 'Just for the Halibut'

With the faux controversy (and real television shooting) surrounding Bristol Palin living to dance another day on Dancing With The Stars this week, it is fitting that Bristol the Pistol is featured in this episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska.

The goal in this episode was (ironically) to get Bristol away from all the stress and tabloid controversy she was enduring. What better way to blow off some steam than to go skeet shooting and do some fish “stunning”?

This week, we see the Palins’ playful, competitive streak. In one scene, for example, a fun quote comes from Bristol’s skeet shoot when she teases Sarah: “Mom, take your prom hair back home.” In another, Sarah and Todd challenge each other to a friendly race.

We also get to see more of the gorgeous Alaskan outdoors when the the Palins go to Homer (Doh!) ” just for the halibut.” Sarah Palin tells Bristol, “Here’s a lesson for you, there are plenty of fish in the sea.” As Bristol and her mom go on a mother-daughter fishing trip, we also get a glimpse at more of the Alaskan lifestyle and work experience — the commercial fishing business.

In addition to the scenery and the fishing experience, we get to see the Palin parents and kids on a family road trip doing stuff other normal families do — picking on each others’ physical attributes, talking about boogers, and tattling “Mom, did you see what she did?” When it comes to reality tv, you don’t get much more real than that.

And there is much more in this week’s Sarah Palin’s Alaska at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.