I am so glad that Below Deck is back tonight! I might have been a bit bored with a whole week without Bravo. That said, I didn’t miss Captain Sandy or Joao at all. I really tried to like Captain Sandy and hate how some of the crew calls her “Sandy” it seems very disrespectful and no one would dare call Captain Lee, “Lee.” Can you imagine?
We start right away with Joao sucking up to Captain Sandy and Captain Sandy complimenting him. I just can’t this storyline is played out.
These guests seem to be really enjoying themselves and Adam’s cooking. They are really goofy with their strange animal masks.
Adam and Hannah were getting along so well at the beginning of the season. How did they get to this point where they can’t stand to be in the same room together?
Colin, Kasey and Jaime have to set up a picnic on top of a mountain. They have to take a chairlift there. They have only one person seats! I could not do this. I am anxious just watching. They are so high up!
Joao is left on the board to set up water toys. Captain Sandy thinks he is fantastic.
I like Hannah and Conrad together. I think they make a cute couple. The picnic went off without a hitch. That almost never happens. Sadly, the ocean is starting to get a bit rough. Then they get some giant swells and the boat starts rocking. Some of the guest are very seasick. And of course Kasey is sick too. Captain Sandy is going to try to move them to calmer waters. Yet she still has time to bitch out Conrad and Hannah. She literally sent Conrad to ask Hannah her food and then bitches because they are talking to each other.
Brooke is going to throw a “30th birthday party” for Hannah. It’s a true kiss-up move. Captain Sandy bitches about everything Conrad does. Literally everything is a huge deal to her. She is ruining my summer yachting in Italy. How can you be so bitchy in such a gorgeous location? It’s time for these guests to leave. I think they were the best guests of the season so far. These people will forever be the worst. The primary gives high praise to Adam and the entire crew for all their hard work. It was a trip of a lifetime. He gets a bit choked up. I love these guests.
Conrad tries to clear the air with Captain Sandy. She’s pissed about his relationship with Hannah and continues to claim it is messing with his job when he it isn’t. She says she’s never had a Bosun calling the chief stew on the radio that much. She’s just a bitch. There I said it. When Conrad tells Hannah, she is pissed. She says they just won’t talk then and we’ll see how smoothly the next charter goes with no communication between the interior and the exterior.
The tip was lower than usual. I think $1,080 a person for a two day cruise is an extremely good tip. Adam gets a lot of praise. Then she tongues Joao’s dumb ass because he put out all the toys while the crew was on shore in Capri. They get a day off the next day at a beach resort. That seems like a great tip as well.
Brooke, Adam and Conrad dash into town to buy things for Hannah’s fake birthday. I’m sure Captain Sandy will ream his ass for this too.
At the dock party for Hannah, Colin tries to engage Brooke but she is missing all of his signals. Brooke is an idiot. Colin is miles above Joao and Adam and yet, she makes no effort with him. Joao invited some of his friends. A cat who was not invited was caught by the camera licking the meat that they are going to grill but seemed to go unnoticed by the revelers. Brooke tells Joao’s friends that she’s into Joao and thinks he is great even when he gets drunk and acts like a dick. Brooke needs a wake-up call. Joao is a dick sober and drunk. He’s just a dick. As she is talking, Joao is inviting Kasey to come to Zimbabwe. She watches as the two of them hug and carry on. Conrad bought Hannah pink Crocs for her birthday because she really hates that Adam wears then in the kitchen. She’s not amused. Hannah throws them in the water! WTF? Those things are not inexpensive!
Hannah and Conrad have a full on cake fight like a couple of New Jersey Housewives. Meanwhile, Brooke is miserable watching Joao and Kasey canoodling all night. Joao says he has made his decision and it’s Kasey. The episode guide for this show says, “During the celebration, the love triangle appears to be tipping in Kasey’s favor forcing Brooke to either take a chance and go for Joao or risk missing out forever.” As if Joao is some prize. What is she missing out on? Douchebaggery for the rest of charter? When Kasey briefly leaves Joao’s side, the pathetic Brooke moves right in. She says that she and Joao have “blantant chemistry.” She seems near tears. This is just so embarrassing. She begs him to tell her how he really feels. Then he just starts making out with her. They have Ott Rose on the table, that’s a tasty Rose! Now poor Colin has to watch the fool he foolishly likes make out with the douchebag. Kasey sees this and is pissed.
Next week: When Brooke tells Hannah that Joao kissed her, she says, “If you are going to do something with him, she needs to just stay the fuck away from her. Jaime is really sick with something contagious so it looks like she will be out for the remainder of the season. Nightmare guests, Kenny and Amber return to cause trouble. I think they are the “no onions” guest that Adam sabotaged last season. Hannah is falling hard for Conrad. Joao got some bad news and is crying. I hope it means he has to go home.
This season has been so boring. I just can’t get into it.
I hate this crew!!!
I don’t know how much Crocs cost in Italy, but they’re only $37.99 on Crocs.com. Not expensive at all. My concern was the pollution. We’ve already got a plastic Island twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacifica and another huge one in the Atlantic. A friend of mine in Isrsel heads up EcoOcean, an organization dedicated to cleaning up the Mediterranean. This year’s message: no plastic on the beaches. Hard to achieve that when drunken revelers are launching Crocs into the water.
Maybe it is me, but I would not throw shoes in the water. If nothing else they would be gardening shoes! I would just never throw a gift in the water. I love gifts. And some I have to learn to love, but I just wouldn’t have done that. And shut up, I am looking for reasons to hate Hannah again and they are so few and far between this season. I’ll probably like stupid ass Kate next season at this rate.
I couldn’t believe she threw them out either. You could use them as slippers (cut the strap off like I do a lot) or gardening like you said—I thought they looked really cute on her, but I am an old fat hag so I guess it’s different. Anyway I agree with you TT.
I think $37.99 is expensive!
Hannah makes a living from the sea yet she throws plastic into it? No respect. I am shocked by her.
Was that a tongue ring on Joao? He’s really giving me jax vibes but if you can imagine a more punchable face 🤷🏻♀️
His social media apology tour is so Jax-like. Until he comes back the next season and tops himself. Let’s hope we don’t have to suffer through another season of Jaoa (sp?). One Jax is more than enough.
Hannah and Conrad are still so sweet together. Sandy is being unnecessarily nasty. Everyone talks about their boss behind their back. They could have been more discreet though. But still, Sandy knows the deal. She just clearly doesn’t like Hannah and loves Joao kissing her butt. Colin is awesome.
I think Sandy’s problem is she has a crush on Hannah and is jealous that Hannah likes Conrad.
Adam wears and loves crocs when he’s cooking? Hmmm… so Mario Batali of him. Makes total sense.
My extreme dislike of how Sandy manages her people continues to grow. Captain Lee would see right through the brown nosing shit, and would recognize the person quietly doing their job (in fact, he gave a shout out to Colin tonight… too bad we will never see Colin again because he is even quiet when he’s drinking… if he’s drinking.)
Oh… and I love love love that you got recognized by Hannah on social media tonight, TT!!! Love them or hate them, Hannah and Kate have some serious social media game where they don’t take themselves too seriously, but still stick up for themselves. (Oh, and you are so on point with the calling him Capt. vs. Lee… I mean you know Kate is on a first name basis with Capt. Lee’s wife and MAYBE calls him Lee when visiting with him socially – but she NEVER EVER calls him anything but Captain.
Why are these girls so taken with Joao and ignoring Colin?? Brooke looks so desperate, and I don’t see the appeal of Kasey at all–I don’t even think she’s pretty, and she’s certainly not bright.
I agree with everything TT said about Captain Sandy. And I was upset at Hannah throwing the shoe in the water also–I was thinking Conrad could just return them.
During the food fight, Hannah protested that her top was very expensive (and some designer–St Laurent? I didn’t quite catch what she said)–but it was just a plain nothing. Just a bias-cut tank top, nothing special.
Next week’s guests look terrible again. The beach the primary was wanting to move the lunch to looked pretty small to me–and the thing about beaches is that the tide comes in, and that one backed up to a cliff, so good luck with that. I can’t stand entitled people (“we can do whatever we want”).
Yves Saint Laurent. It was probably at least $1000.
It’s either feast or famine with yachties. They are homeless with matching LV luggage and Neverfulls.
I LOVE YSL, but in this case: The emperor has new clothes. Looks like a $15 shell from Target.
I think Hannah is coming across as a pure professional. A little silly that she’s involved with Conrad, but tight quarters may lead to romance that otherwise would never happen on land. I’m looking forward to how Adam handles next week’s guests … So far his food looks amazing. I hope he and Hannah can get on the same page. Still liking the idea of printed menus.
Very disappointed in Captain Sandy this year. Cannot understand her vitriol toward Conrad and Hannah.
The scenery makes up for everything!!
I binged watched the entire season yesterday leading up to the new one last night. I’ve been reading TT’s recaps so I didn’t have to watch.
Wow! i had no idea how bad the first charter guests were. Seeing it play out made me realize I really need to be watching it. The white gumball debacle? Geeze, who are these people?
Sandy IS a bitch to the 9th degree. She’s unprofessional. I can’t believe she’s so impressed with Joao. Yup, Captain Lee would see through the ass kissery in a second. I doubt he would blame Hannah for not training Kasey! He also would’ve given Kasey a plane ticket home due to her sea sickness making her unfit for the job. If not for that, for lying on her CV. Sandy’s so unprofessional.
I love Conrad. He and Hannah make a cute couple. Are they still together?
Sandy is more and more unprofessional each week. Her blatant bias is embarrassing. I don’t know how she shows her face on talk shows.
Sandy is the poster child for an employer choosing a male and not a female candidate for a job.
Apparently there is a video on Bravo of Sandy going through the crew’s rooms with a blacklight looking for stains? So unprofessional and such an invasion of privacy
Sandy is a cunt! I feel like she’s going to get dragged at the reunion. But this season seems more scripted than prior seasons. I’m bored and over it.
When is Captain Lee coming back? He’s awesome! A true salt of the earth sailor.
I agree about the “Sandy” address instead of the formal one bothered me also. But I haven’t noticed if, say, Jao, addresses her correctly. Since she deals mainly with the Bosun and the Head Steward it wouldn’t surprise me if “Captain Sandy” told them to just address her as “Sandy” especially since she gets over-involved with them. Passive aggressive behavior to give them a false sense of comradeship then she turns on them for little crap. Was it me or did she specifically tell Hannah she couldn’t eat yet but then turned around and told Conrad to go get it? Very vindictive person.
Do you have any real time dish about if Brooke and Colin are together ? I tried to watch WWHL and it put me to sleep. And they are all over each other’s IGs.
You all should check out Kate Chastains Twitter. She live tweets during the shows and is hilarious!
OMG. Can someone please start a GoFundMe page so Adam can buy a pair of cheap black shoes to wear when the crew meets & later says buh-bye to the guests on the damn dock? I get that he thinks he’s the most important person on the ship & he believes the rest of the crew should revolve around him 24/7 (and Hannah should have ESP & intuitively know the needs/plans of each guest 60 minutes before they do), but the fact that Adam is the ONLY one staff member that does not follow the dress uniform guidelines drives me crazy.
You are the only person other than the captain who is personally acknowledged by almost every single group of guests throughout the trip & again when they leave the ship, Adam. The least you can do is PRETEND to be part of the team.
Can’t wear black soled shoes on a yacht. He has to wear shoes on the yacht when he cooks and they are particular shoes that will not leave a mark on the floors.
I’m a pretty good tipper but What would be an average tip? I’m guesstimating they charge a that is between 50 and 70k. I think someone mention they got a 10% tip but fell it should be more do you as any nut body know what the average tips should be? I know $22000 is a verley large tip but they can’t expect to get that every time and I also know that 5K was a joke and that man should be ashamed of himself. They seem to be unhappy with an with even 18% tip?
I just can’t take “Sandy” she is not a good boss at all!! She shows favor to some employees, and likes to demean and embarrass others, not cool! She is supposed to lead by example, instead she acts like a catty, jealous, bullying cunt! How do you respect her???? She needs to “check” herself, and put away her vibrator she was gifted by her girlcrush in front of her crew. Yea, that would NEVER happen on Cpt. Lee’s watch, always a gentleman and definitely leads by example. He is some one to look up to and admire, not someone who belongs on “Big Brother” #Sandystyle #perfectfit
Great comment. Agree 100%. Also, did anyone else think the photo of Adam in the galley looked more like an inmate at a Federal prison dishing up meals for the prisoners? Just saying…
I’m wondering what Sandy did to production that she is getting such a bad edit.
She is clearly being coached by production. Why do they hate her?
She seems to be so nice in person.
You are probably her type, so she is nice to you. Even Brooke said on WWHL that Captain Sandy had some sort of personal grudge against Hannah. And Brooke and Hannah don’t end the season as allies I don’t think.
Sandy is being an ass of epic proportions, but I still think Hanna is an asshole and a bully as well. Brook is an embarrassment and needs to be forced to see how crazy she looks in the show. Even though I don’t like Hanna, that Kasey needs to go. She literally moves like she has molasses up her ass, and she’s a kiss ass. Fortunately TT’s recaps and the scenery make up for it!
It was very difficult to watch Captain Sandy’s overt hostiity toward Hannah & Conrad.
I was rooting for her as I would imagine women mega-yacht captains are few and far between. Unforunately her behavior this season is indefensible. Sandy could go suck an egg. I want the original Med captain back.
I agree! So saddened that this is how Cpt. Sandy is this season! I WANT TO see strong women empowering not just women, but everyone! I’m sure there’s a production driven story here but she’s given me personal cues that she’s either taken direction to “act” a certain way and agreed to digress from correct management of a super yaght (who does that and why…?) and in addition just poorly manages her crew with extreme mixed messages. No wonder her entire crew is running amuck!
I don’t do to well on social media, but I am going to look in a bit on her and her crews thoughts!
Captain Sandy meh
The dismembered unicorn head is disturbing. Giving Kaartom vibes from The God Father.