Below Deck

Just finished the reunion and man, Sunshine has still not shown any growth or sense of humor. He's such a little snot.

I give Chess a ton of credit, she showed a lot of character by not really hammering Rachel and Izzy. Both were quite snotty but Chess seemed to put it behind her...mentioned it but only when she was accused of "bullying" Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Sunshine are not people I would have wanted to work with...showed no growth. Rob...oh Rob, my fellow Canuck really gave me no reason to like him. Rob's a donkey.

I do not understand how people like Shane and Rob come on a show like this having no clue what it's all about. Shane seemed shocked everytime he was asked to explain why he did what he did and respond to the audience. Izzy said Rob would avoid talking anytime the cameras were around, and found an excuse to avoid the reunion. I get that there are people who don't want their lives filmed - I'm one of them! But I don't go on reality shows. Why did they? I know Shane would say it was to spread awareness ... but if he's made the decision to take the trade off, he needs to live with it.

While I do put more blame on Elizabeth than Francesca for all their problems, I can't give Francesca a free pass. As a manager, she has to figure out how to reach each of the people she's leading. When she figured out what what she was doing with Elizabeth, she didn't really try any other management styles. Compare that to Eddie, a more experienced manager, who altered his style to each person. In addition, there were times when Fracesca gave mixed messages to Elizabeth which didn't help. She'd tell James to go help her with something, and then be surprised that the two of them were standing around talking instead of doing the task. Not smart!

My impression of Kate disagreeing with firing Elizabeth was that it was so late in the season there was no point. I thought her point was that it was more about revenge than improving the crew at that point. Of course, had she known Josiah was the replacement, she may have changed her tune!

It's hard to form an opinion on most of the cast members this early in the season; however, I do feel bad for Jean-Luc not being able to sleep well because of his height and the length of the cabin beds. It seems they get little sleep under the best circumstances. As this height/bed issue was mentioned several times in the first episode, I wondered if any of the cabin beds might be more generous in size and whether this was looked into for him to have such a cabin. I did get the idea that Jean-Luc is going to be the weakest link in the crew this season.

I felt bad for Natasha upon her arrival in the galley to find it was left in such disarray. I don't know if this is common or not (it probably is) but it took quite a bit of work to straighten it out and visually take inventory of what was there and where it was located.

I never knew the rules for working while on a sailboat vs. large yacht are different because of the rougher water conditions on a sailboat, i.e. not using an iron while sailing and the disaster in the galley when the cabinet emptied itself onto Natasha.

All in all, it looks like this will be a great season for us viewers. Love Captain Glenn.

I know what you mean.  They are making decisions on their trip based on whether the sailing portion is in place and can possibly keel the boat.  I agree with you, I don't know if it would be much of a vacation for me either. Power boat is looking more appealing to me  .

There have been so many people on these shows that have said breakfast is the hardest meal. It’s the one where guests usually get to ask for anything, you don’t know when they’ll want it, different people come at different times etc. I get it would be tough ... but the chefs job is to work around the guests wants!

Season 2 of below deck was replaying today on Bravo. It was so refreshing to see how much Ben understood it was his job to accommodate. He was certainly a diva chef in other ways. But when guests demanded things or changed their minds, he got that it was their prerogative to do so!

Did you know Captain Lee & Sandy have no say as to who is cast on the show? They do have a say for key hires, I'm assuming chief stew, bosun as well as the people we seldom see. The rest are hired by BRAVO. Yes they do have to be certified at their position. Google it.

I'm also not buying that Elizabeth made mustard gas by mixing bleach with Tide. While mustard gas is made when you mix bleach with ammonia, Elizabeth used Tide which does not contain ammonia.

I think after Med & now this one I have outgrown Below Deck.

How funny, I can tell the guys apart but I was having a hard time with some of the girls this episode

I have a feeling this is going to be a sloppy season

I hope this show doesn't become Summer House on the water.  I'll be checking out as well if it does.

This is the first time I am watching sailing lot and I LOVE Glen, I like how he is laid back (I love a man who reads in bed!) but also has command, I liked how he backed up the chief stew without taking over (take notes C. Sandy).

OMG, I was calling that guest some bad names when he was saying 'I have been quarantined and this is BS!' when he was told he had to stay in his cabin. I'm sorry, but you chose to vacation in a pandemic, so yeah, you have to take the consequences of doing that. Staying in a lux cabin for a bit is the least of your worries right now.

Also, I don't see the beauty of having someone unpack for me. It's like asking someone to brush my teeth for me.

I was watching an old episode yesterday where a guest asked for a stew to unpack for him, and then when she started doing it he came in and told her not to unpack the suitcase she was, just the other one. How would she have known that???? And in this case, it wasn't the primary who asked for the unpacking - it was one of their guests.

I kind of think that's the difference between people who earn money and people who come into it. Those who earn money appreciate what it took to get it and don't demean other people making them do tasks they are fully capable of doing themselves.

Bravo has been having a BF marathon all month. Got me thinking who my dream crew would be. Granted not taking into account rank. They could all be chief stew and bosun as far as I’m concerned, lol! But here’s mine

Captain-Captain Lee, duh!

Interior
Kate
Josiah
Aesha

Exterior
Eddie
Ashton
Ross
Connie


Almost forgot the Chef! I would have to pick Rachel, need a little crazy in there!

Let’s hear yours!

I am in the middle of watching tonight's episode and I feel like I have to stop. I literally don't want to hear that man complain or even speak one more time. Relax, my goodness! Enjoy the view. Kick your feet up. Take a hot tub. Have a nap. I swear all I have seen them do is gather around that table and complain about the food. Mind you...Natasha was way off on the poached egg vs eggs benedict thing. If you want a benny, you order a benny. If you want just a poached egg, you will say so. He also ordered baked beans and they weren't on the first plate at all.

Either way...dude, SHUT UP!