At this point of the year, Below Deck has become the most talked about show on Tamara Tattles! It’s been a great season! Tonight, things take a very serious turn when Ashton gets caught up in the lines and pulled overboard. Spoiler alert! He survives and is scheduled to be on WWHL tonight; however, Andy announced today that Captain Lee would be on tonight. The schedule said Ashton, Ross and Rhylee were scheduled. If I had to guess, I would guess Rhylee might be the one that dropped out? Or maybe they all four will be there? I am going to save that recap for tomorrow. It’s been a very busy day. Again.
Captain Lee hears Rhylee back talking Ross and calls him up to the wheelhouse and tells him he needs to put a stop to that. Meanwhile, the crew is down two people and they are all getting really tired. Meanwhile, the guests asked for simple comfort food, a burger and fries and got… lamb sliders and truffle fries and other oddities. The next morning they had scrambled eggs with truffles and they loved it. I am planning to have grits with truffle butter and bacon tomorrow morning, because I’m trying to move the heart disease along.
The guests all leave very happy with their trip. The tip was good. Captain Lee told them to get to work and there would be no shore leave that night but he had a full day of R & R planned for them at a resort the next day.
The new stew is starting the day before the day off and will be bunking with Adrian. She’s Canadian and a bit over qualified. She immediately complained about everything including how poorly the beds were made– by Kate and Josiah. So they already hate her. And she is rather annoying.
The crew has a barbecue on the pier and everyone gets to drink from the ship’s bar. I’m still not used to that. Rhylee is hoping for an ally in Laura. All the guys are hitting on Laura. Adrian is throwing Ashton under the bus for being a man whore and he’s pissed about that.
Le Meridien seems quite lovely. During a conversation between Adrian and Laura we find out that his father was 80 when he passed away.
Laura never shuts up so Kate and Josiah take off and ditch her and everyone else. Rhylee is all too happy to scoop her up, but she is going to have to do some cockblocking of Ashton first. Ross has a new appreciation of Rhylee when he sees her in a bikini on the beach.
Oh! It’s Ashton who is not showing up on WWHL tonight. I wonder if he is suing Bravo”
Ross makes the moves on Rhylee as soon as they get back to the cabin. They are totally going to hook up. But they haven’t yet. They are getting along much better.
The primary is a single woman and her friends who are having birthdays. Someone is gluten-free. They want a lot of tequila at all times. Seems like an easy bunch.
We get a hot new deck hand, Tyler who is rooming with Rhylee. Kate made a mistake giving Adrian Laura as a roommate. I expect her to change bunks with Tyler soon.
Laura drops an entire tray of champagne glasses right before the guests arrive. Shortly after the guests arrive, this happens.
You know it is bad when you see the real deck crew on camera.
To be continued…
I hope Ashton isn’t on because he is working or doing something fun. It must be Laura that Kate issues an ultimatum about to Captain Lee. Because she didn’t have to do that with crazy-ass Caroline.
Ohhhh!! I forgot about the ultimatum! Excellent reminder! I am excited…
Ugh! I just knew they were going to leave us hanging regarding Ashton’s accident. I hope he fully recovers – his just seems to disappear under the surf.
In other items…the new stew is indeed annoying but the faces Kate makes when listening to new stew’s verbal vomit are priceless.
Great recap!
lmao at trying to move te heart disease along
I literally lol’d!! At work.
So we HAVE to lose Ashton as a deckhand now, right? (And an OctoSnake..Adrian is a shady little unicorn). If his foot was close to amputation, he’d have to be out for the rest of the season?
I agree. This show and 90DF are keeping me going as the HWs go through their transformation or whatever the hell is happening.
Ashton’s accident gave me hives, even though I’ve seen the same clip a dozen times at least.
Ross’ approach to the unique HR issue that is Rhylee seemed to pay off. Probably not in the manual though!
What’s octosnake mean? My gay perverted mind immediately goes to penis size, lol. But I suspect that it is much more vanilla than that.
LOL, I was just assuming that it means he has like 8 penises or something and they are all flailing about, hoping to land in a hole? HAHAHA I just made myself laugh, typing that out!
You know it is bad when you see the real deck crew on camera.
What does this mean? Where ?
There was someone in the wheelhouse working with Captain Lee, and there was immediately a deck crew person, probably medical on the spot with Rhylee. They have on brown shirts I think. I only noticed it because I was screen capturing.
There are people who they sometimes introduce on the first episode that we never see again that are there incase shit like this happens. all the cast except for Captain Lee, are generally just people who go to FLL and take basic boat safety and first aid and their resumes are doctored for the show. There is additional crew on board for safety issues and probably a guy who could drive the boat if Captain Lee fell down and hit his head or something and also someone more familiar with Tahiti that helps navigate for this season as Captain Lee to my knowledge had never been there and was learning the area.
Wow, that’s a buzz-kill! I had high hopes this was one show not overly scripted and devoid of fakery. I knew there were engineers on board we never see but I didn’t know the actual cast doesn’t really do this for a living. I love me some Capn Lee. He’s my hall pass.
All the engineer people are not on camera for safety reason. First Officer, Engineer, etc.
I know but I thought the cast they show were really trained for their jobs, not just given a quick boat safety seminar and thrown on there.
FYI, Captain Lee and Hannah do both have yachting experience. However, to imagine that there aren’t people doing part of their jobs is unrealistic considering that filming would and does take away from the ability to do the job as it should be done.
For instance, the charters are probably booked weeks in advance. In a situation like this season, they are in a remote location. I imagine that Kate’s “contemporaries” without the benefit of a TV show and production crew have to make arrangements for the guests’ entertainment, food preferences, etc. ahead of time. I’m sure that the same is done for these charters – but by production, so that they can have those charter meetings where we (the viewers) and the crew find out about the guests at the same time.
When Capt. Lee is doing a scene with the guests or crew, etc… there still has to be someone on the bridge or monitoring the engines, etc.
I read or heard on a podcast that those engineers they introduce on the first show have no interest in being filmed for the show but sometimes when things get hectic we’ll get a quick shot of them. It also said that one of those off camera person is often a 1st Mate so that is probably the person that would take command of the boat if something incapacitated the Capt.
We only see a fraction of the crew. My dads a captain and there is always at least be one mate and two engineers.
Thanks my dear TT
I was wondering if these folks were all CPR trained/ first aid etc. I feel the charter would not be safe otherwise.
The LOVE boat always had “doc” creepy and inappropriate he was nonetheless a medical professional on board
Yes, they are all trained in CPR. Google maritime training and you can see what they go through to get on the boats. They also do fire training.
I know that traditional yacht staff is trained what I am wondering about is these particular individuals that we see on TV
Somehow snidely blaming breaking multiple champagne glasses on someone/something else? Man, that Laura has talent! She’s a conflict because her experience is encouraging for a third stew, but the attitude that comes along with that experience is NOT.
Also, cliffhangers are fucking lame (she says as she eagerly plans to tune in next week, the exact desired result for those who make cliffhangers).
Agree on both counts.
Laura breaking the champagne glasses was completely staged. I played it back to see that she was wearing shoes so her feet wouldn’t get cut during the fake event.
Ah good, hopefully her whole personality is staged then, because after she blamed ANOTHER mistake on someone else tonight, I’m starting to think no real person can be this obnoxious (yeah right there’s obnoxious people like her everywhere). Oh, you crapped down your amaaaazing work ethic because you thought it was “the vibe”? Really? Reeeeeeally? Yeah right. Fuck off.
I hate that I have to keep agreeing with the Kate fans this season. All third stews seem to be nutbars lately.
TT: Do you get the truffle butter at Whole Foods?
No I have a rich friend that sent me stuff from D’Artagnan. It’s an online place. Do not go there if you do not have a combined income in the six figures. It is outrageously expensive and then you can’t ever eat any meat that does not come from there again.
Sometimes I think I am going to die soon (part of the anxiety portion of my crazy) so I went there recently and bought a few things like the $35 dollar wagu filets (good but would not do again they have sort of a soft texture) and the Berkshire porkshops which are the only porkchops I will ever eat again and then I just drunk bought weird shit like the truffle butter. I do not like mushrooms but truffle butter is fantastic. The veal chops are excellent also.
Again, don’t start this unless you can afford to do it from time to time. I can’t buy poor people meat in the grocery store anymore. I keep trying to by ground beef and yet, just can’t.
The stuff we buy there is crap and inedible after you have eaten this stuff. Perhaps you could sell a child if you have an extra. Then try it.
Ah D’Artangan is the best. They’re local for me so they’re actually pretty damn reasonable (given the COL in the area). You should try Pat La Frieda too.
TT, your comments lead me to believe you’re in the south eastern part of the country (SC or GA). You may have a store called The Fresh Market near by. I’ve seen it there for some outrageous price for a very small container. I giggled at the guests reaction to the truffle oil Adrian used. I watch a lot of Chopped episodes and the judges hate when contestants add it to their dishes. That usually gets them sent home.
Thanks, Gertie, I will check
my local Fresh Market.
I don;t think Adrian would have put truffle oil in eggs. That would be gross. I presumed he had truffles on hand.
He visibly sprays the oil on, and when they serve the eggs they are pure yellow – none of the brown (or white) specks chopped truffles would create
When Josiah tells Adrian the women want truffle eggs, I saw him put what I thought must be truffle oil. My bad. Like I said, they chop the contestants that use truffle oil so I have always thought it was nasty
TT: if you have access to a Italian deli, you can get truffle oil from 10 to 17 bucks. There is also a can of white n black truffle sold that is around the same. Both can last a while and are very healthy spectrumly. Check some sites, I know my deli is online cause the owners son dated Lauren Manzo, so they got some cachet.
P.s. try Oscars smokehouse in the Catskills for meat. There are others in the Woodstock area but be warned, shipping may put you in the same range you mentioned, but quality is assured. They shipped a Turkey for my company’s Thanksgiving. They still reach out to me to get the info.
I am not a fan of Truffle oil. I do enjoy truffle butter. But truffle oil really doesn’t have anything to do with truffles.
Sometimes I come across truffle oil in the food section of Marshalls or TJ Maxx. Usually it is under $10 bucks.
My local grocery store sells truffle butter for about $6. I also picked up truffle salt for about $4 at Trader Joe’s a couple of weeks ago that I have been putting on everything 😉
Sadly I just googled truffle butter to better educate myself and I was horrified at what cane up. Warning to anyone who tries this -urban dictionary seems to have hit the top of the google search…
oh my God, Kate. I guess this saves me money now!
Ashton is not on WWHL but I know he flew to NYC so I wonder what he’s doing.
Perhaps he got sick, the thing with Captain Lee being on only happened today.
I am not watching or recapping until tomorrow, my brain is full.
You’re right. On Andy’s Sirius radio show Andy said he called Cap’n Lee at last minute and he had to fly like a red eye? or something to get to WWHL and how great he was that he did it last minute. I wonder what is up?
Right? He did a lot of press today according to his Instagram. I think Bravo May have held him off for ratings.
Someone asked Andy on Twitter and he said that they decided to wait until the incident was shown so they could discuss the whole thing with Ashton.
That’s exactly what I thought when he wasn’t on, that they realized it would be better to have him on next week and not spoil the next episode.
It’s kinda weird Ashton isn’t on – he’s in a pic on Catherine Giudici Lowe’s (The Bachelor) Instagram in NY today.
And now he’s on Below Deck Med Colin’s insta in DA CLURB!
I don’t get it. 9 comments in 75 minutes is the most talked about show here? RHONY brings more commentary than that! Can’t wait for the next season to air…
“At this point of the year, Below Deck has become the most talked about show on Tamara Tattles! “
Maybe they realized that with Ashton there, they would have had such a hard time not talking about next week’s show. Maybe they’ll have him on next week?
Too bad becasue they really could have made fun of his game when going after Laura. Seirously that dance in the water?
I don’t get the allure of Laura. Beside her being new., I guess? She never shuts up (so far) and I didn’t blame Kate for wanting quiet time.
Ridiculous how she criticizes the bed making then can’t handle a tray of champagne glasses. I can’t make a bed for shit but I can’t carry trays of 10 plus drinks, no problem. Yay for waitressing in college!
She knew fucking damn well they probably made the bed… who says something that insulting 5 minutes in on the job to the people who probably did it?
Plus her attitude of “what have they been doing”? Um, working their asses off being down a stew (practically the entire season).
Caroline’s minions were implying that the bad hair was an act,that they’d really been lazy because the bed wasn’t made to Laura’s standards.
Its a bad look for Caroline since they were so behind on laundry just because she couldn’t hack it.
I immediately disliked Laura & wanted her to leave…
Did WWHL seem stale or almost boring with Captain, Ryhlee and Ross? They couldn’t or wouldn’t say much when asked questions. I would have loved it if it were only Captain Lee and he talked about his book.
Yes. Captain Lee doesn’t like to talk about Ashton; Ross doesn’t want to say anything negative in front of Captain Lee; Captain Lee isn’t a fan of Rhylee; and Ross and Rhylee seemed awkward together. Not a great mix unless they were ready to ready to cross some lines.
I know Captain Lee is upset about what happened to Ashton, but I also wonder if he clams up because he wants to blame the minimal training that they had and he can’t go there because it breaks the premise of the show. I could be wrong. He’s an interesting guy in how in chooses to address things or hold back. You can tell he thinks before he speaks. I should learn from Captain Lee.
Yeah. It saved me a recap. Nothing was said at all.
Flying Captain Lee up last minute was a huge mistake. Rhylee’s reckless mouth would have been so much more interesting without Captain Lee there. It was a whole lot of canned responses and crappy interview skills by Andy.
TT… watch the aftershow. I haven’t yet, but Caroline called in. Her minions are saying she “owned” Andy (Um sweetie – a lot of people use fake names to call in).
She didn’t “own” anything. She basically restated one of her rambling tweets that made no sense when she tweeted it. I hate that her minions are pumping her up and making her think she was great. She’s just going to look even more delusional if she ever gets a platform to put her story out there.
She didn’t own a damn thing. After the initial shock Andy shut her down. He was quite masterful at it.
Caroline’s Twitter friends told her . . . “Don’t . . . don’t call in to WWHL”! She did anyway. She told Andy that she made him a “pipe”! Andy said . . . “send it to me”! The conversation was bizarre! Andy handled it well. Caroline’s call was all the justification anyone needed prove her state of mind!
Damnit I CAN carry a tray full of drinks. Priorities. Bed making has never been one of them!
She had a cloth On the tray. The cloth was caught in the cabinet door. She blamed it for being Lumpy but that just made no sense
That new stew Laura reminds me of the mouthy braggart Jennifer on RHONJ.
My entire opinion of Adrian changed massively last night.
I really don’t like him at all.
Makes a LOT of sense that his father was 80. That’s why he is so strange.
And the way he behaved around that new stew was really weird and he seemed very insecure.
He seemed like he was really competing with the other guys for her attention, and hadn’t shown anything like that earlier.
Totally opposite of what he had been portraying.
The stuff he says reeks of falseness.
The scraggly hair, soft voice and dislike of fried things is a big turnoff for me. His snack making abilities can’t even make up for it.
Yes, he seems very wimpy….Maybe his Zen act is a cover up for a wimp.
My opinion of Adrian changed when he was whining about the water fall lunch not being set up.
In addition, I’m wondering if Adrian might be attracted to Ashton??? Hence the awkward name calling “octo-snake” stuff, actions of a jealous lover? Not saying he would act on it, but, perhaps
deep down Adrian has some attraction for Ashton.
I know Ashton was freaked out by Adrian’s obnoxious behavior.
Really childish.
I agree with all of your comment!
I’m beginning to wonder if Rhylee is secretly gay. She has such anger towards all the guys, and watching Ashton hook up with the woman in the van last week really pissed her off! It’s looking like she’s angry that she can’t just bring a woman back to the boat herself.
Not that there’s anything wrog with that, of course. I just think she might be happier if she could be herself, instead of pretending to be interested in the guys.
I thought the complete opposite. She’s the attractive boss in a male dominated job. She’s probably used to men trying to get her attention, whether because of her position or her looks and was able to pick and choose which ones were allowed to spend special time with her. Everything about her current position is the complete opposite of that. She’s not the boss and there are plenty of other attractive women for the men to choose from.
Think you nailed this one. She’s an open book, she’s used to being as raw as she wants to be and guys in her industry are normally good with that. Hard when you have to compete with others for attention, she doesn’t play that game. I for one, like her. Yeah, she’s rough and angry, has a chip on her shoulder, but she’s young and she works hard. And she looked amazing on WWHL last night, great outfit.
I agree that she is used to having male attention and gets really pissy when she’s drinking and no one is giving her what she wants. Of course she’s really pissy when sober as well. LOL
Weird as it may seem, I think her and Kate could be good friends.
I think Kate & her have the same quick whit and same sense of humor.
Perhaps in the right setting they could be buds.
“She’s used to male attention and angry when she doesn’t get it”?
Doesn’t anyone remember one of her earliest visits to a bar when she angrily tore into some guy, “Get. Your hand. Off. My. Ass!!”
So there’s a clear example of a male giving her sexual attention and she got angry. So she’s angry when she gets attention and she’s angry when she doesn’t get it as well?
She wants to be in charge and call all the shots. Don’t touch until you’re invited to touch which is how it should be.
Why is the death of an 80 year old father less tragic than the death of a 40 year old father? Being Zen doesn’t mean Adrian is PERFECT. It means he’s searching for answers.
I think because at 80, many men simply die around that age, after a long life well-lived (hopefully!) At age 40, a man is in his prime and should easily be looking at another 40 years of life. To a man’s child, though, no matter what the father’s age, the loss is tragic.
First.. I LOVE ME SOME BELOW DECK! This season makes up for last season and then some! Second, I get that he’s a good chef, but Adrian is creepy AF. His laugh and mannerisms are gross and he’s just yuck. Maybe it’s his age.
The broken champagne glasses looked like a set up. First of all they were empty. Why carry them upright on a tray if they’re not filled? Second the napkin was flopping over the sides of the tray. That’s not how they’ve been presenting drinks to guests. Third the camera was just too perfectly positioned to capture the whole thing. I think she’s annoying too but the narrative requires Kate to be queen of all stews for all time and well it doesn’t seem like that’s really the case. She is a queen among reality tv characters though, that is for sure.
exactly
Sometimes it sucks to be overly educated, no? Ignorance is bliss.
If you look at that scene you can clearly see that she’s closed the cabinet on the end of the towel. When she started walking the door held the towel and jerked it.
Did anyone watch the aftershow? Caroline called in and it was beyond uncomfortable/cringy. Something is really wrong with her. Andy actually handled it well and kept calling her Carolyn….
Thank you for letting me know about Caroline on the WWHL Aftershow.
OMG, she sounded HIGH as Eff!
The sound was crackling, but on one of her long sporadic rants
did I hear her say to Andy, “why would I watch your show?
you are so not cool. I’ve reached out to you. I thought, No,
He’s a Jew!”
WTF was that all about?
She wanted camera time and intruded on Cap Lee, Rhylee, and Ross’s time.
Andy allowed it, said that she was very entertaining, and HOPED that he see’s her on the reunion show!
She got what she wanted out of that phone call.
AND didn’t she say she made him a PIPE?
Andy wants her to send it to him.
So, they could be smoking buddies, perhaps.
I’d like to see THAT on film! LOL
Laura reminds me of Angelina from Jersey Shore.
I agree, she does resemble her, especially with the brunette hair.
Who starts pointing out things that are wrong on a ship that is down crew members?
Duh, that’s why they need your little Angelina looking ass, right? LOL
I’m finally seeing this episode. I “cut the cable” (Cox) several months ago and only have Hulu Live (which includes most live tv channels with DVR) but I wasn’t able to see the last half of the show yesterday for some reason.
Regarding Laura… why do young people insist on tattooing their arms when it is visible in a professional setting*. It’s gross.
For example, I watch a shitload of HGTV and I’m flabbergasted by David Bromstad’s sleeves and neck tattoos. It is destroying his future career opportunities and he looks like cheap trash. It was a ridiculous fad that has passed quickly and these fad-chasers are scarred for life.
* I have an upper arm and calf tattoo, neither are visible when I’m clothed in a professional setting, so I’m not anti-tattoo.
Very few ppl can pull off full sleeves. I don’t understand 20 year olds who go get an entire arm done in a few days. Maybe I’m old school, but I think of sleeves as a collection of life experiences and when you run out of room, you get fill work done. No one has enough life experience for that many tattoos before age 25. It’s just not possible. It’s like getting your knuckles done when you have only have two pieces. Neck tattoos are for punks, tattoo artists, sailors, established artists/musicians and should only be done when you’ve got the money/career security to never need a “regular job” again; in any other circumstance they tend to look like you run a meth lab out of your car’s back seat. These are just my opinions. I have no tattoos because I’m a commitmentphobe but I love great body art. Unfortunately I see very few great pieces these days. My late husband was a submariner and had a full sleeve and a half sleeve. His first tattoo was across his stomach, Tupac style. But he was the kind of guy that could pull it off and get compliments. Seems like no one these days understands that tattoos aren’t universally attractive. I also totally agree that tattoos shouldn’t be visible in business attire.
It must be me. I never would speak to my supervisor the way Caroline and Rhylee did. Unbelievable.