Below Deck

I tend to think that Hannah may have some stumbling blocks to falling in love, combined with being embarrassed by how she's let her personal life get in the way of doing her job. She knows that Sandy is after her, she knows she's been ineffective in leading her team. She's embarrassed and was trying to escape the mistakes she made ... but when you live on your workplace with your co-workers, it's hard to escape ... which adds to the anxiety.

I think I agree, but part of me wondered if Sandy was truly sympathetic, of if she was coming more from a place of "I can't have this in front of guests and crew, go hide yourself" and it will come back to bite Hannah.

Brooke is amazing and if Hannah doesn't continue with the show she'd be great cast as a chief stew. Though it's possible that she's great at the job but not necessarily being a leader. As much as I like Hannah, I wouldn't mind at all if Brooke was given that role next season.
I saw both sides in the issue between Sandy and Hannah. I think that in Hannah's mind, the guests wanted her to be there, and she was being present to keep them happy, as well as doing one of the fun things in her job. In Sandy's mind, she was leaving her crew behind to do the hard work on their own. Hannah was right to ask for Sandy's blessing instead of just going. Sandy probably could have been a little more clear in her answering to Hannah. Had she said "I don't mind you having a coke with them, but then want you to come back rather than staying all day. Your crew did double duty yesterday and Brooke could use a break" woudl liekly have had more of an impact than the casual way she answered. She left room for interpretation, Hannah interpreted it as "Do whats needed to keep the guests happy".
But i do think Sandy was unprofessioanl in the way she addressed Hannah when she returned. IF she knew she was that angry, she should have told COnrad to tell Hannah to go straight to her cabin and Sandy would come find her when she was ready.

I felt really bad for Hannah and the anxiety attack. Anxiety disorder can be so misunderstood, and to have to go through it in an environment like that had to be really tough.

Been trying to think of how I felt about this week's episode:

On the one hand, I've been so disappointed in Sandy for continuing to praise Joao and Kasey for nothing. I feel so conflicted about her-she obviously forms her opinions about people and situations based on just what's actually in front of her face instead of the whole picture. She's pretty hostile to Hannah and by default Conrad because of what happened last season which is totally unfair to Conrad. But I really appreciate her jumping in, checking on sick crew members, and helping out wherever she can. I like that she doesn't consider herself above washing dishes and I like her commitment to helping the deck crew learn about steering the boat.

On the other hand...she's right about Hannah at least. I feel like she over exaggerated that anxiety attack because she wanted a day off in bed. And everything really did run smoother with her out of the way. Kasey seems to be a whole lot more on her game and is starting to redeem herself in my eyes. She's ditzy yes and doesn't have the experience, but she seems to be picking up the pace and working hard. Even with the whole love triangle situation, she clearly responds better to Brooke as a leader.

Brooke is messy as can be in her personal life, but she's really good at her job.

Adam has done a good job cooking this charter, but he really should have had some snacks out before dinner. I don't know why they don't just have snacks out all the time in case the guests get hungry between meals.

Hannah-after being out for a full day, she shouldn't have been out with the guests doing nothing but pouring drinks all day. When Sandy said she didn't want Hannah gone for long, she should have said okay then, I need to send someone else in case they want to stay out a long time.

Joao is disgusting. I don't understand why he has to question every single thing Conrad tells him. Yes, maybe Joao knows more about some things, but he doesn't always have the same information that Conrad has, like the situation with moving the slide.

Still wish we could see more of Jamie and Colin.

Totally agree! Hannah did not present a good look last night, and I thought that Conrad was exactly right in what he said to her. But the demise of Hannah does not justify Sandy's behavior. In addition to mixed messages about their relationship, unclear direction on things like going off with the guests and doing whatever is necessary to keep guests happy, she's also been inconsistent in how she's supported the crew. Hannah burned out early because of all the extra work in covering for Kasey, and Sandy's reaction was that if someone is sick there's nothing that can be done about it. But when Hannah is sick, she's supposed to feel guilt that the crew had to cover for her? Sandy created that by setting a tone of being hands off for illness, and then doing an about face.
I'm glad for Conrad that he saw Hannah's true colors when he did, and is able to move on.

For the reunion this season, I would love it if Andy had a pre-recorded segment where Capt Lee was asked about some of Sandy's decisions. I'd like to see her answer to someone whose experience she could not dismiss critiquing her performance. I think that being on TV has gone to her head more than any other captain, but she's been dodging it by trying to claim that viewers knowledge of running a yacht is limited. That may be true - but Capt Lee knows what's what.

Sandy has been doing A LOT to undermine her chief stew and bosun ... and then seems to wonder why they are not more respected by their teams. Every time she chooses one of the deckhands to drive the boat, talk about how great they are doing, etc, she's undermining Conrad's authority. When she ignored Hannah's legitimate complaints about Kasey, and instead praised every small effort that Kasey made along the way, she undermined Hannah's leadership of the stewards. She's sent a signal to the entire crew that they should ignore the person they directly report to and suck up to her instead. Sandy may think she's inspiring the crew that way, but all she's really doing is feeding her own ego.

Involved in every detail of service AND behaving like a guest instead of the captain!

I did go to look at Capt Lee's tweets from last night, as well as Kate's. Kate tweeted that the only think she could say was no comment, and Capt Lee agreed.

Sandy's exact words were, "just as long as it's a coke and you're not gone for hours and hours". That's why I said Hannah just should have called. I do feel that Sandy was over the line once Hannah got back.

We'll agree to disagree, I thought "not being gone for hours and hours" was pretty clear.

People can attain positions of power and still be incompetent.  And people in positions of power still have a responsibility to motivate people to do great work ... not just demand / expect it. This crew is a mess in a lot of ways this season.  As you said, they all work for the captain ... so that would mean the problems fall on the shoulders of the captain, which means she wasn't right about some things!

Sandy has really SUNK to a really low level IMHO.

Dropping the F BOMB as the Capt of a Charter vessel full of crew and guests I would expect ALLOT more PROFESSIONALISM from her.

I am sooooooooo over Sandy.






p.s. just read my post and wanted to state that first sentence was NOT a PUN!!!!