On Below Deck the charter was cancelled due to the client’s insufficient funds. This means the crew has three days to get in trouble. But first Captain Lee wants to do a fire drill. Kat is pissed off at Ben for agreeing to do her a favor by switching rooms with her. Why? Because he dared to have a conversation with Adrienne about it first and now he is sleeping with the enemy. Kat is making more enemies.
The fire drill was not successful. Captain Lee reams out Aleks. Aleks’s entitled attitude is almost as bad as Sam’s.
But everyone is off to an island for dinner and drinks. At dinner, everyone says they have Aleks’s back and that the Captain is an asshole. Really? My elementary students could have done a better fire drill. Eddie leaves because everyone is obnoxious. He actually leaves before dinner arrives and takes a taxi back. I’m am surprised the gay guy didn’t leave with him, he looked very uncomfortable as well. Everyone manages to get their drunk asses back on ship. And then….
Kat strips off her clothes and goes into her old room and jumps on Ben. And he goes with it. So where the hell is Adrienne supposed to sleep now? Kat is insanely jealous that Ben is civil to Adrienne. Apparently, she thinks a blow job or two will win him back to “her side.”
The next morning everyone is drunk and hungover. And they decide to do an abandon ship fire drill. This should be a fine good morning for the drunks. Kat has misplaced her pants. The crew thought they did well. But Captain Lee had lots of complaints. He also tells Sam to wipe the smirk off her face. She smart mouths him back. Why does this girl still have a job? Later, during dinner the Captain cancels shore leave for the night so that the crew can actually get some work done the next day. This results in a ton of bitching and moaning, mostly from Kat. Eddie is once again appalled by the disrespectful behavior of some of his crew mates. Pretty much everyone is turning on Kat.
So Kat gets really drunk and tries to convince the Captain to let her “go for a stroll” and says no. Kat goes anyway. This may be the end of the like for Kat. The captain catches up to her on the dock and she eventually comes back. Next week she is back in uniform but Sam and CJ go swimming and drinking while on duty. These people are disasters.
cj has a fiancé and was busted in Arizona this past week for assault on girlfriend
That sounds about right. He’s getting creepier and creepier with that sam obsession
I agree with James. CJ is putting off the creep vibe.
I’m curious as to why Ep. 3 (Dude, That’s a Dude, Dude) has been pulled from rotation and is no longer available on line. What happened in that episode that would cause it to no longer be ANYWHERE?
Well if you saw the episode you would have seen how “funny “, “weird ” and “disgusting ” the crew felt about the trans girls. I imagine either the trans community complained or even Bravo itself decided it was offensive and pulled it.
Why don’t I remember this episode? I am pretty sure I watched them all…
I noticed that this episode is missing also… I usually record “SIBERIA” on Monday nights, and get the repeat of Below Deck later… My DVR did record a repeat episode with the “Dude, that dude is dude” title, but the actual episode was not the episode with the transsexuals. …I have not read about any controversy over this episode, but there was a marathon the other day and it was conspicuously missing.
I have missed THREE Siberia episodes due to dvr conflict going unnoticed. I need to get caught up.
You must watch them online. There are still a lot of questions but no answers. I must shut up now to avoid spoilers…..
I’m in love with Eddie!!
I think Kat or CJ or Sam (or maybe all three) could loose their jobs if they are not careful. The capt.doesn’t have a sense of humor (and he shouldn’t) when it comes to acting in a professional manner when it comes to that ship and I don’t blame him. Those young people don’t know how good they’ve got it.
I’ve been watching this dastardly crew, and what amazes me is how little they seem to do. Fuck, I could run circles around these youngsters. Kinda pisses me off and Sam, that Sam…I’d be wiping that smirk off her punk face. That girl has a tude, a big one. Kat is evolving more and more into a drunk skank and at first I liked her. Adrienne is dealing with a couple of insubordinate idiots, but she’s anal too. The guys are pretty cool, but they’ll accept that poontang if offered. Obviously all of this is to be expected with coed sleeping arrangements and lots of booze. People will be hooking up, but stupid Kat is acting all territorial with Ben. She threw it out there, he took her up on it, and now they are a couple? Whatevah. Girl, you just more meat to him, and you’re not the tenderest of filet mignon’s either. Kat needs a long drying out period, like forever long.
I agree with everything you said.
SORRY FOR DROPPING THE ‘F’ BOMB SO RUDELY AND CRUDELY IN MY POST ABOVE. There was no reason to go that overboard 🙂
Amen,Gingersnap. You called it perfectly. I totally agree. I add that CJ makes me cringe, and Adrienne needs to seriously lighten up. She is not at all likeable. Can you imagine if there is a reunion?
In one of the online trade magazines there was a link to an interview with Captain Lee. Puts the whole show in a new perspective, still entertaining to me, but explains why most of the crew has not be fired. Let me see if I can dig it up….
http://www.the-triton.com/article/the-reality-of-below-deck-on-bravo.html
Excellent LINK, KWM, thanks so much for sharing!
I thought you would enjoy it, we have been talking about it at work and then one of the daily digital sailing magazines had the link, it was really fascinating. And explains why Lee put up with all the crazy!!!
I can see Lee and the two actual sailors sitting around at night mocking the Bravo cast. 🙂
i hope they really dont mess things up for the rest of the industry. pretty darned sure the guests being filmed will watch their own episodes.
The guests were screened by Bravo for maximum entertainment value and signed away all of their rights in the film release. 🙂 They got a cruise on a ship they could never afford for a fraction of the cost and to fulfill the dream of so many morons who want to make fools of themselves on TV.
interesting read! I get what she’s saying though about the original crew not being good for TV because of visas, felonies, etc. It makes sense.
In the end, I watch it purely for entertainment and take the reality aspect with a GIANT grain of salt.
been hoping you’d cover this. dont know how they break up responsibilities but i was glad to see aleks in a little trouble. he was acting superior over adrienne’s trouble w her staff so it was good to see him a little humbled. no way does he seem ready to run such an expensive boat.
was it just me or didnt they cut the prior week’s teaser to make it look like everyone had to abandon ship coz ben drunkenly started a fire with a blow torch in the galley?
This show is stupid in every way. Like watching a bunch of spoiled teenagers at their worse. Watched it once. I’d rather watch the people who rent the yacht, their travel destinations and adventures. A bunch of brats on a boat is way too limited a story line. It seems Bravo will produce about anything these days and doesn’t know when to give it up.
Kat is absolutely crazy, and I am pretty sure she should not be mixing alcohol with her anxiety meds, but maybe I’m wrong! One of the guys said all it takes is one drink to get her acting crazy, so I’m sure the drinks interact with her meds.
I bet Capt Lee COULD NOT WAIT for these a-holes to get off this ship.
LOVE THIS SHOW!
Haha I still love this show and I don’t know why. I still like Sam. She doesn’t give a fuck. She’s got rich parents. She’s got a degree. Why should she?
Kat is absolutely insane. I love when Ben called her a trailer park refugee. I like Ben, but guys like Ben fuel the crazy of girls like Kat when they sleep with girls like Kat! Then they complain when girls like Kat get psycho. Well, you shouldn’t have fueled the fire, have some restraint.
What’s up with Kat’s accent? I know she’s from the East coast, but why the hell does it sound AUSTRALIAN?
I agree, Ben should have declined her invite. I bet he regretted it as soon as they were done! Ben is a cutie though, very funny. Probably the only one of the bunch I would sleep with if I was on that boat. Besides Capt Lee. I like a man in charge!
She only uses that fake accent when she’s trying to be funny. It doesn’t work.