We are back on Below Deck where Don has just quit. The rest of the crew is happy that he is gone and are working much better together.
Rocky has a crush on Emile, but she says he is young and immature. Wait, Rocky thinks HE is immature? She also has a thing for Eddie.
The primary wants the crew and stews to have a dive off, off the boat. The winner gets $500. Rocky is a competitive diver, so she should be a ringer. Kate is wearing a full scuba suit because she doesn’t want to get her hair wet. Amy just wants to get it over with. Connie jumps off in a black tutu and spins. Kate fell on her face and head her nose. Emile had a balloon penis or something on. Eddie jumped in a Mexican get up. Rocky was the only one to actually dive. She did a double or maybe triple somersault with a pretty clean entry. Rocky won.
Dean wants to do an awards ceremony. It looks like Kate is also planning the Greek party.
While the guests are away, Emile and Rocky are taking a break together in Emile’s bun.
At the Greek party, Rocky swims in the ocean in her mermaid costume. The guests are thrilled. They also love Leon’s menu. Kate and Leon still don’t get along. The guests want to compliment the chef once again. 
Amy tries to teach Rocky how to be a stew. But, Rocky is not loving all the work. Rocky needs to take a break.
Meanwhile, the tow line for the tender has been caught up in the prop. This is a disaster and someone is going to have to dive under the charter boat and untangle it. Eddie has to scuba dive down to the prop and untangle the tow line. The docking process goes on without incident.
The guests all leave very happy. The charter was a success. Captain was happy. He complimented Rocky on her mermaid outfit which irked Kate who thinks that Rocky doesn’t deserve a tip. The tip was 20K which means everyone got two thousand dollars for less than a week of work. Rocky made $2,500 with her diving win.
Eddie’s girlfriend is giving him grief on the phone. Apparently, she cheated on him. They get in a huge fight and he hangs up on her.
The captain has said that no one can leave the boat tonight but Emile asks if it would be possible just to take Rocky to dinner. Why should they get to go and no one else? The captain gives them two hours. Not two and a half. You know Rocky will make him late. They go to a fancy restaurant. They have a ton of alcohol and keep mixing liquors. Drunkeness happens. Emile invites Rocky back to his bunk. Rocky has been trying to get in his pants for ever but apparently she has deemed him too drunk. Rocky did not enjoy the date.
Next week we get a new deckhand and he seems a bit brash.
I can’t believe Kate is only 31. She doesn’t look a day over 44.
Whaaa? I think Kate is gorgeous! And smart.
Rocky is a cocktease. She flirted relentlessly and then as soon as he showed interest she decided no. Emile got no game. But she shouldn’t flirt so hard.
I do wonder though… Do you think Rocky just dives into any body of water she comes across?
She’s at the mall… “OMG! Look! A fountain”… Dive.
She’s on a golf course..: “Look! A pond”… Dive.
She is a great diver!
The mermaid fin is pretty fucking cool. It looked hard to swim in, though.
I thought the same thing when she decided to dive into the water next to the dock. eww!
Pip, that’s funny. But I disagree on Rocky cockteasing. A sloshy drunk kid does not bode well for fun in the sack. He could barely walk.
Leon’s accent drives me nuts. If he’s supposedly been out of the UK for so long, he would have learned to speak more clearly by now. Goodness knows I have had to.
I prefer not to hear anything that comes out of his stupid rude piehole!
WHAT IS ON THE CEILING THAT ROCKY KEEPS LOOKING AT???
Drives me f-ing nuts!!!
Something shiny?
LOL! Maybe a feather…
Maybe she is thinking really hard about what she is saying. I have noticed that, too, when she is doing those confessions/interviews. I have not noticed her doing that in her interactions with the other people.
Regarding Rocky, all I keep thinking about is how Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti Stanger, would yelll at her to straighten her hair, if she wants a man.
She did it a little with Emile at one point in the galley.
Ditto – The staring up at the ceiling and her mannerisms are getting really old
It appears she is unable to look directly at the camera-, despite her clear desire for attention- adds tot he conclusion something isn’t quite right with her.
Easier not to make eye contact when making less than sincere statements. Always find it disturbing when some identifies with their self in the third party. Spooky.
I loved it when Kate did her match up of Greek mythology with the crew. It was quite perfect!
This show is getting beyond the normal suspend belief for an hour bs to outright spiraling down into the comedically TLC level scripting. Who does Rocky have the dirt on in production?!? This girl gets more face time than the others and as I believe TT may have previously stated, she’s clearly an aspiring actress/ singer/entertainer. I know, aren’t they are. But she clearly has some singing talent and seems like she’s experienced in performing/ comedy/ plays, etc. Besides that, C’MON!?!! A diving challenge?!??! When she happens to be some jr Olympic blah blah diver. Which we’ve been reminded almost every episode. Does anyone truly think that a group that has chartered an expensive yacht for the privilege of being around people of their choice and being served without feeling they are guests on someone else’s boat – who have the means and Kate the greatest and most creative party planner ever?, are going to request that the crew perform in a diving competition?!?
How convenient for Rocky and whoever she’s servicing in production! The yacht crew isn’t there for entertainment. People expecting that go on cruise ships. Maybe that’s where Rocky should be. Snotty Kate who criticized tacky cruise ships last week, had no problem performing for guests. The whole, “what we do for tips” is a joke. No one would expect the crew to become circus monkeys at their whim.
I’ve always loved this show but it’s so ridiculous. I didn’t even tune in this week. Read recap first. Then watched on DVR. Rant over. Thank you for recap.
“No one would expect the crew to become circus monkeys at their whim.” You must not have ever worked in a service industry, Petunia.
I thought the dive contest was fun. Maybe Dean felt comfortable requesting it because he had chartered with them several times, and it’s also possible that Dean got the idea from hearing Rocky discuss her diving background. She isn’t exactly shy about it. Kate jumping in the rescue suit was funny – good idea to keep her hair dry!
Leon is a bit of a jerk. Kate has been pretty polite to him and always compliments his work. His attitude towards her seems pretty unreasonable. Lying about using their freshly-caught conch and instead substituting FROZEN was a red flag. God forbid he ask someone on the crew for advise. . My final straw with him was his comment looking down on theme nights as “more of an American thing” because Europeans are more sophisticated.
Rocky is looking for more of a vacation experience than a work one. She has quite a pissy attitude about work. She tried to blame her attitude towards her initial training on Kate, but she did the same thing with Amy. I don’t blame Kate for thinking she and Amy deserve her tip. She seems to spend a lot of time goofing off and flirting with the guys. Any bets on whether she jumps from Emile, to the new deck hand, to Eddie?
Dean is a plant for the storyline. IJS. And an attention whore who wants to be on TV. They actually DO pay to be on the show and are horribly inconvenienced ALOT but the film crew, and the restrictions on the guests movements while onboard. They are not allowed to leave the boat until the crew is ready to film it. They are giving things to discuss and bring up just like real housewives and yet, THEY PAY for the privilege and are given a tip range they must bring cash to tip within.
So I’m guessing they don’t get too many volunteers then cause personally I find Dean pretty dull as a guest, not very entertaining to watch. Would like to see more of the old flavor brought back showing different situations with all crew members as I’m not that interested in watching the Rocky Kate show I feel like Amy is an afterthought so far this season
I think Leon feels threatened by Kate because she’s got his number. He’s obviously not very bright and has exaggerated his “Chef” experience, and she knows it. Just a couple of examples: In the preview for this season, he proudly stated he’s worked on ‘ ALL FOUR CONTINENTS’! Also, he genuinely seemed to think Angel Hair Pasta was a Mexican dish before Kate called him on it. He may be a talented COOK but he’s no CHEF, imho.
“He may be a talented COOK but he’s no CHEF, imho.”
That takes me right back to scary island lol
I would have to have a TON of money and be awfully desperate to be on TV to put up with all of that! I still wouldn’t do it. Even though the food looks really good 🙂 Attention whore sounds like a perfect description in this case.
I’m hating Kate less this year. Actually, she is a great “love to hate” character. Leon is a “hate to hate.” I’m dying for sexy Ben to get on board. My God, that voice shivers me timbers. I suspect Rocky has a serious mental illness and I’ll be shocked if she makes it thorough the season. She is adorable at times, but very strange.
What kind of recap is this? No offense but I want some wit and snark not just a blow by blow sorry
It’s the kind of recap that if you don’t want to read then don’t. But a lot of work goes into putting these recaps together for us. I feel like if you have to say you meant no offense then it was probably offensive. I applaud Tamara for all the time she takes to make the stories come to life for us.
It seems like Rocky would like to stain a decorative pillow with each member of the male crew.
Haha. They must take that shit seriously. The two cast members who dared muss the decor are no longer on the show – at least for now.
TT, resting bitchface just clapped at me on Twitter for something I believe I wrote here!! Lmao she may have blocked you but shes still checking for you!! Shes a closet fan. Loves it !!