In preparation for tonight’s Below Deck recap, I did something I never do. I went back and read last weeks recap. I had to fight the need to go back and fix all the typos. Argh. With Abbi gone, tonight we return to the original redheaded female deck hand, Rhylee, to take the brunt of the shit. Um, YAY? At least Rhylee kind of antagonizes everyone so I don’t feel quite as bad for her as I did for Abbi. Most of my sympathy goes to Simone this week who is mercilessly sexually harassed by the obnoxious FSU alumni. Apparently, the #metoo message has not made it to Tallahassee.
It’s Pirate Day for the developmentally delayed morons. I will be so happy to see them leave. I can’t imagine how the crew feels. Why did these people came all the way to Thailand to do jello shots and be obnoxious? There are all sorts of places in Tallahassee to do that. Believe me, I did plenty of that there when I was in my twenties. On of the female guests is half-naked and mercilessly flirting with Ashton. He doesn’t seem to mind. Simone on the other hand, seems afraid of the primary. It’s very cringy.
Blumpkin?
The second Rhylee sees Brian, she is smitten. Ashton does his best to make Rhylee feel like a part of the team. Simone struggles to make ice coffee. Surely this is storyline, right? The pervert loves Rhylee who carries him like the child he is to a lounge chair. The children have a drunken food and drink fight at lunch while shouting “blumpkin!” Whatever you do, do NOT Google blumpkin. You do not want to know. After Kate witnesses the drunk pervert of a primary, Kate sends Simone down to do laundry to keep her safe.
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Ashton takes the scuzz buckets on a sunset cruise. One of the drunken females throws herself at Ashton the entire time. He doesn’t seem to mind. By the time they get back, Brian is back on deck. Rhylee gets first off so she can adjust to the new time zones. Tanner lets Rhylee know that he is into Simone. Captain Lee joins the fools for dinner.
ARRRRGH! Chef Kevin Oversteps His Boundaries
Kevin wants to serve the meat with the help of the deckhands of for the stews to serve the veggies onto their plates at the table. It’s an extremely awkward service plan and Kate knows it. But for some reason she just goes along with it. How much longer can calm, cool and collected Kate last? I predict…not very much longer. I there it is. She finally tells Kevin that he made her feel like shit and that he took over her duties. But she still did it as this sort of calm version of herself. Captain Lee bailed on dinner the second it was over. Because, drunken morons. Kate says she doesn’t want either of the up along with the primary tomorrow. There will be two stews at all times.
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The next morning, the drunkass primary goes up on the bridge to annoy the captain. This may not end well. Then he goes to ask Kevin for stir fried chicken rice. He has made a full breakfast with freshly made muffins. Meanwhile, Brian’s leg is a lot worse. Why have they not gotten him a doctor??? Why are they waiting until they dock? There are doctors who get on boats and come out to the yacht! At the dock they have the guy who can’t walk on his leg go upstairs to be seen by a doctor in the master suite.
Dickish Tips
Surprise, surprise, it’s an infection as we have been saying for the last two or three episodes. This is news to Captain Lee. The doctor shoots him up with antibiotics. Presuming they are the right antibiotics for the infection he should be much better in a day or two.
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In other shocking news the dicks left a crap tip. Well, it was $15K, which doesn’t seem like a small tip to me but the crew isn’t pleased. They still get over a grand for two days work on top of their Bravo checks.
Prickish Behavior
As high as the ratings are for this show, they only gave us two short previews for this and none were from the crew’s shore leave. For reasons that are unclear, Kate asks Kevin to order the food. When Rhylee says she’d like some sort of Paleo option that seems to upset Kevin’s apple cart. There are lost of Paleo options at Thai restaurants. Thai chicken and broccoli, beef and broccoli… all sorts of things. Anything that is meat and vegetables as far as I understand it. But Kevin is being a prick about it. Once again, I’m Team Rhylee, your mileage may vary.
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This the end of the world for the guys. Kevin stomps off to the beach and tells someone (Tanner) that Rhylee needs to eat a dick. Well, if dick was on the menu, Rhylee would have appreciated it if you ordered it. Because, Paleo. Am I the only one that is on Rhylee’s side here? Yes! Simone is thrilled that Rhylee is standing up to Kevin. I like Kevin and Rhylee but Kevin is being a prick. Even Kate is on Rhylee’s side. Then Ashton is a drunken prick to Rhylee.
Next week, Tanner and Simone hook up. Six older women come in and become fixated on Captain Lee. Simone continues to disappoint Kate. Brian’s infection is not improving and goes to the doctor onshore.
I didn’t listen. I’m like the kid who’s told to not touch the red button and then touches the red button. You were right, I should not have looked up bumpkin. I regret my childlike desires and lack of self control.
I TOLD YOU NOT TO PUSH THE RED BUTTON!
In other news I am catching up on THE VOICE. Every time I watch I miss telling you how wrong you are about your opinions… 🙁
Didn’t Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynch make a song called Country Bumpkin?
Yes they did!
Wrong Erica! There is an imposter here!
over.
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this made my day enough to draw me outta the shadows(:
le sigh
over.
Stay in the sunlight.
Over.
Imposters was a Bravo show, it’s an inside joke. I thought you watched. Perhaps not. Over. 🙂
I missed that one!
You stay in the sunlight too, TT – you’re one of a very select few upon whom I have a secret girlcrush and i need you in my life(:
I love Below Deck/ BD Med for their locations – I too was a Delta girl once upon a time and I had an incredible time traveling the world. For the record, I think your worldly nomatic plan is brilliant!
I get Rhylee – she’s a helluva worker and I don’t think she’s wrong in feeling slighted by her deckmates if last season’s edit is accurate – but she’s like a bull in a china shop. i’d like to see her pick her battles. I think she’d be more effective with a different approach.
What’s the problem with bumpkin? Can’t say for USA but in the UK it just means a kind of simple person from the countryside – and not stupid – just someone not used to dealing with complicated stuff. It’s hardly the worst thing anyone could be called…
The word we are discussing is not bumpkin. It’s bLumpkin. Again, you don’t want to know.
Rhylee, Rhylee, Rhylee (smdh). I didn’t like her last season and I still don’t like her. Damn you production for subjecting us to her again!!
Whatever is wrong with me, is the same thing people don’t like about Rhylee. I don’t think she did anything wrong. I used to have friend/coworkers who would read my emails to the admins before I sent them and tell me what I could not say. BUT WHY? IT IS THE TRUTH? Le sigh. I’m find with being Team Rhylee all alone.
I’m team Rhylee
She asked for a paleo option since someone else was in control of what she would be eating. She wanted a say. I get it. Kevin overreacted and created a problem where there was no problem
Imo, she came in too hot. She went from zero to sixty. I normally agree with you but I am team everybody else on this one.
Rylee is just an angry, undersexed cunt. She has to argue everything and that annoys the fuck out of me. I am over her sort of drama, it was terrible last year. The primary was a cheap dick, I hope he is embarrassed by his behavior when he watches this back, he was terrible to Simone. Kevin is a Whiny little bitch. Where do they find these crazy chefs?
She literally just wanted to participate in the ordering process. If this was Southern Charm and one of the girls told Whitney to just order for everyone and Cameron piped up and ASKED if she could have something more Paleo, would she be an undersexed cunt too?
No, it’s her whole attitude and demeanor. Kevin was a bitch about it but Rylee overreacts to the umpteenth degree. I thought they were both joking at first and the next thing I knew all hell broke loose. And just from her shit last season and now this….. just make her go away. I can’t handle her at all.
Agree. Kevin started this, is wrong. But even if Rhylee is right, she’s still wrong bc of poor behavior. She lets her emotions cloud her judgement and acts out. It’s not all abt Rhylee all the time, her need of respect and putting ppl in place. She does it at the expense of other ppl. Rhylee and Kevin embarrassed the crew, the guests and the boat. Not accepted behavior in a group. What’s annoying is that she tends to claim misogyny when men calls out her attitude and behavior. Poor behavior has nothing to do with gender. How will you grow if you are not accountable? She seems to have very strong feelings when it comes to men. Either love or hate them (kill or f). A lot of disrespect. Imagine she was a man? Not many ppl wld support him and call him a strong and independent. I think Ashton failed to pick the right side here though. He supported the guys instead of supporting what’s right. But I agree with what he said abt ppl who acts out are wrong. Rhylee needed to hear that.
I looked it up. Now I’m sad.
NO ONE LISTENS TO ME! I SHOULD HAVE JUST IGNORED IT! They are just such white trash.
Lesson learned!!
Anything with rusty in it too. Avoid at all costs!
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! 🙁 /cries
I’m not clear on the whole medical process for guests and crew members. Cellulitis is very painful fast spreading and dangerous. I think Caroline Bedol had it too – can’t they video chat in a doctor and have meds delivered like the provisions? Doesn’t the staff have first aid training? The medical care is not five star
I was SHOCKED that Captain Lee said he never thought it might me an infection. It’S THAILAND. And a swollen wound is that causes that much pain is always AN INFECTION.
I still haven’t watched this episode yet, but from the moment it spread and before it was clearly cellulitis, my first thought was that if they waited too long to get him to a doctor, he would end up being septic. But I also figured that if it had been something that serious we would have heard about it in real time.
We used to go to the lake all the time when I was younger. My BIL’s bff got a cut on his leg (similar circumstances and not even in Thailand—plenty of bacteria in lake water) he ended up dying of septicemia.
And, I googled bumpkin too. Sorry for both of us for that part.
the Crew is in very close quarters. Who is responsible for keeping their rooms and toilets clean? Someone is always sick or hurt. They need better first aid when things first crop up.
Kevin over reacted to Rhylee’s request. I think he was drunk and read too much into what she said. Yeah, it is annoying when someone at a restaurant asks for gluten free, vegan, etc options BUT she asked Kevin (who is a trained chef) to order that plateo option for her because he should know what that would include. She wasn’t being rude or obnoxious to the staff. He made a big deal out of nothing.
Totally agree. I also hate picky orderers. ALOT. I need nut free, plant based tofu blessed by monks is a PITA. This was more like a “dressing on the side” sort of request. There were a million “Paleo” options. Meat and green things is basically all it is. Spareribs. Or sauteed mushrooms (ew) or a million things on most menus are Paleo I THINK.
On WWHL Brian said he was out of it when the stuff was going down with the pervert. He says that the dick has been in FLL recently and is friends with his roomate and is “a bit handsly” when he is drunk, which is apparently often. Brian was also shocked we think Kevin is a dick and people are on Kate’s side by like 99%
Brian says when he finally got to hospital for his leg they did a bit of surgery while he was awake. He started to fear he would lose his leg. AS WE SAID TWO EPISODES AGO!
By a hair, the viewers would rather fuck Brian. I’d be fine with either. Toss a coin. 🙂
80% of people are fuckheads who don’t want Rhylee back. I love Rhylee.
Tanner was both the most hungover for work. And the most well hung.
Shockingly (NOT) they choose Rhylee as the answer to all the bad questions. I LOVE RHYLEE!
People think Brian and Tanner are pigs. Rhylee says she has a bigger dick than all of them.
These guys are dicks.
Mazel Andy announced that Koda Kotb and Tinsley Mortimer both got engaged this week. Yay!
Jackhole goes to Roy Moore. is he even relative anymore? Roy Moore is a piece of shit child molester.
WHY WHY did I not listen. I googled blumpkin save yourselves don’t do it
I KEEP TELLING YOU GUYS THIS! I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING GROSS BUT I STUPIDLY WANTED A REMINDER.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO GOOGLE IT.
Yeah I googled also. It’s no good.
Sad to say I already knew what a Blumpkin is. DO NOT EVER GOOGLE ALABAMA HOT POCKET!!!!
OH MY GOD.
I feel like I need a antibiotic just from reading it.
EVERYONE STOP! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW! GAWD!
Also, am I the only one who loves Captain Lee but think they are really overdoing the “folksy male sayings this season?” I just can’t
omg, I thought the exact same thing, TT! They are really emphasizing those folksy sayings, with Captain Lee deadpanning onscreen and its drawn out for effect. I thought I was the only one who noticed that! And, I am with you somewhat in that I like that Rhylee is a strong female and she isn’t afraid to speak her mind. She’s also a hard worker. But, she does tend to be a bit over-reactive and she likes to push people’s buttons. There had to be a lot more to the dinner scene that we didn’t see, particularly with Kevin accusing her of thinking she was a “big star”. Definite back story there that production left out…
In the earlier seasons, Captian Lee’s one liners were cute, except for the one about dragging his dick through broken glass. That one would have been more fitting for these guests. That season the crew was horrible to the guests. But production loved his comments and clearly suggested he do it more often. Now it is just overkill and not organic at all.
Also, I was catching up on this and Below Deck is rerunning. THE FIRST THING KEVIN ORDERED WAS THREE CHICKEN SATAY.
THAT IS PALEO.
So this is all storyline to make Rhylee look like a bitch. I HATE PRODUCTION.
Rhylee just posted on her IG stories that production asked her to “be herself” when they called her about joining the show this season.
They won’t ask her back again unless she goes off on everyone!
When I saw him order chicken satay, the blow up became a head scratcher for me.
I googled blumpkin cause I like to learn new words or slang ( or in case of a Scrabble game or appearance on Jeapordy) thoroughly nauseated yet somewhat amused! If loving you is wrong twin I dont want to be right. Love you Happy Thanksgiving xoxo Marc 😘
I imagine that I would enjoy playing scrabble with you! Lol! 😂
Rhylee’s loud, strong, nasally voice is offensive to 99% of humans. Might sound okay to whales and other sea life; probably not. So many other unpleasant people this season. Capt. Lee needs a co-captain. For many reasons.
On RHONY, when at an amazing restaurant or place the ladies GLADLY beg Bethenny to order everything as the trained chef. She takes it as a compliment. Kevin is a douche in this instance… he should be taking it as a compliment that his crew mates want him to order for them. I see the paleo request as nothing different than my reminding someone of my food intolerances.
Sadly I’ve known what blumkin was for years from Howars Stern. It’s been a running gross joke with my husband. I caught a few minutes of the show thinking I missed it, no I didn’t! I stop BDMed about halfway threw and threw in the towel with the Franchise. Way to go Bravo, you really want someone to lose a leg, ugh. Production is such a show killer.
I just finished this episode and I’m sorry but it’s all Rhylee and her reactivate, combative personality. She doesn’t know when to drop it and she’s obnoxious. I can’t stand her.
Also, I don’t understand how the guests don’t get thrown off a charter when the behavior is so bad that the crew is scared of them. Shouldn’t the captain at least have a talk with the primary and give them a warning about their behavior and that if it continues, they’ll be asked to leave without refunds and a mandatory minimum tip? It pisses me off that evidently they think that they have paid enough to treat others like shit. It’s not okay and that crappy tip is just another example that the dbag probably doesn’t have as much as everyone thinks he does. (And we all know he got a discount for being on the show) How is there not some sort of basic conduct code in the contract they sign when procuring the charter?SMH
As an aside, I’ve been missing out on some comments until I just figured out that the ads have invaded the comment section and there was more below if I had kept scrolling.
Wait. Never mind. It’s Bravo… asked and answered!
Saw the WWHL previews Brian and Tanner looked hot! Brian was cute to me during the season but went overboard with the tattoos I much prefer his polished look from last night. Kevin and Rhylee’s thing seemed like a drunken tirade, I hate people ordering for me so I understood Rhylee’s request. Ashton didn’t help diffuse the situation –wonder what Captain Lee would have done. Why does everyone thing Simone is so much older? The only thing that irked me last night was when Rhyee commented on her age in relation to Tanner. Maybe because I’m old now but age doesn’t matter!!!!!!!!! They act like Kate is trying out for an episode of Tales of the Crypt. She’s only 36! which I know when you’re only 24 seems like an eternity.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I LOVE Reilly!
We were laughing so fucking hard at her going OFF!
Funniest thing was when Tanner said something and she just screamed STFU!
She is hilarious and fun to watch!
Kevin is a major douchebag. Cannot stand him. He’s ugly and goofy (in a bad way…I normally love goofy).
Why was that guest so fixated on Simone? That was horrible. I wish somebody threw him overboard.
And sorry….Telling people not to Google something makes them automatically go to Google! It’s disgusting, but certainly not the grossest thing on Urban Dictionary.
Great recap! We are worlds apart on Rhylee. I would only work with her if my uniform came with a tranquilizer gun. Kevin is out of control & on a serious unearned power trip. I was the type of kid who touched the stove after being told not to. Then I grew up & got old. I listened & heeded your warning! From the comments, my instincts were spot on. I am happy to go to my grave without certain visuals 🤣
My hubby suffers of cellulitis. Once it’s been in you system, you’ll forever be susceptible. He’s had it 4-5 times at differed parts of his legs with just little tiny scratches. The first 2 times it started to get just short of needing hospitalization, but we caught it in time, it’s no joke, we watch it like a hawk. Once Brian said his knee was worse we knew what was happening.
I’m team Rhylee here. He was placing the order, she just asked that he order something for her. He is so proudly the chef, how would he not know exactly what to order? Why would he get so rude? THEN get mad when she gets mad about it? Why can she not have an opinion? They always do this to her. Use her anger as an excuse to just ignore her, and not listen to her.
Sometimes I feel like it’s not what a person says, but how they say it. I don’t think her asking was too big of a deal. Kevin is an asshole no doubt. But, Rhylee has a pattern of just going ballistic over tiny stuff. It’s her anger that gets her the attention and why production brought her back. It’s not going to serve her well in real life if she continues to act like a spoiled, angry brat. By the same token, I doubt “Mr. Dobson” is going to become some famous chef. I picture a school file saying “does not play well with others” for both of these dimwits. Neither has any self awareness or boundaries.
I’ve enjoyed this show because it’s not been a bunch of screaming women like the HWs shows are. Production clearly is trying to reach the same demographic by ruining this show with more screaming, angry women. I hate production and I am on the verge of a complete Bravo boycott because it’s not fun to watch anymore. Ugh
Sorry, I didn’t mean for this to be a reply to @kaveloz!
lol, it’s ok, not taking any offence to a direct reply. I just take it that she was brought in by production to make a show. I do not think that she is like this 100% all the time in real life, just some of the time, and was amped up by production to bring the goods.
Totally agree with you IJC.
Totally agree with this! This is probably why Rhylee is working on a fishingboat in Alaska. Still I liked that Rhylee came back. Boring she is not!
I am team-get-Rhylee-off-this-show. She is a horror show and does a disservice to independent women. She’s an antagonistic witch …. not entertaining, not an example of someone standing up for herself, not even tolerable. I did the unthinkable …. I changed the channel when she started winding up her dirty-mouthed antagonisms.
TT- Great recap! I agree with both TT and IJC. I like that Rhylee speaks her mind but I think she tends to over react. In her case it is usually not what she says but how she says it. I think if she could control her temper and explain why she is upset people would hear her and not feel so defensive. I think Kevin was drunk and antagonizing her. Brian needs to get that knee drained. I have a feeling the swelling is all nasty infection and needs to be washed out. Maybe when he first nicked it he could have soaked it in the saltwater. From what I remember saltwater is great for cuts and scrapes. But that may just be a wives tale I was told back during my surfing years.
On WWHL he stated that he had to go to a hospital and they did minor surgery while he was awake. I’m assuming that they drained it.
I haven’t been this ticked off at myself since I Googled “dirty Sanchez.” EWWWWW!
Of course I had to look up bumpkin… WTH is wrong with people???!!! I definitely learned something new today (and I really would like to unlearn it).
I thought I caught some chatter from Kevin implying that Kate wasn’t where she was supposed to be (in the galley, waiting on him) when the two stews were there already, and that one of them said if she was needed, she could call Kate. Then Kevin said no, and put the call out to the deckhands instead – pulling them all off of THEIR jobs.
I thought that was shady and perhaps an attempt to “prove” Kate is not working when in actuality she was on the bridge with the Captain at the Captain’s request.
I remember TT saying that the rumor is that Kate drinks on the job. Did you notice this year, it showed her sampling a cocktail, I think it was with this group, and then also a half-full bottle of wine in her and Rhylee’s bathroom while getting ready for dinner service?
My google timeline had an article dated Nov 27 2019 saying Kim Z is pregnant…… is that true? 🥴
She said no, but….. Everything we know is here.
Kevin is a total ass, he is condescending to every woman on that boat. Go get em Rhylee.
Ugh Rhylee! Part of me can’t blame her bc of her being a redhead, but she kind’ve perpetuates the redhead stereotype. I’m related to one, my mom, and well when she was a kid like ‘49 or ‘50 the kids in her grade would sing “red red wet the bed and wiped it up with gingerbread “ which I thought was pretty inventive for a kids tease song.
Two betta fish in the same tank results in the alpha fish surviving. It was nice knowing ya’ Brian, le psi.
Why are Rhylee’s nipples always hard? I noticed that last season. It’s not even cold in Thailand. WTF??
Ask yourselves what if Tanner or Ashton had asked Kevin to get some Keto or Paleo. I’ve spent my whole life in a “man’s world” of accusations of being “difficult” when baited to the point of commenting on hypocrisy.
I am Rhylee.
Fuck them all.
And I would have mockingly called this douche CHEF when he said to “order a salad.”
Totally agree.
Sorry but I don’t agree. Rhylee doesn’t seem to understand that she can be the queen bee, men would respect her, and she would get what she wants if she would just retract her stinger a little bit. She has all the power. She’s not always going to have her looks going for her and she’ll end up a bitter old lady. When will women realize that they don’t have to be men or compete with them to succeed in a “man’s world”?
For those that dont like Rhylee I suggest listening to Colin’s podcast interview with her. It gives more info on what wasnt shown with her and the guys. I listened to it after hearing she was upset with Capt. I think she’s a hard worker but very reactionary. She may go overboard in her reactions but I think she generally has a reason.