Oh YAY! It’ time for another Below Deck recap. If it wasn’t my job to do this, I would have bailed on this misogynistic crap about three or four episodes ago. Tonight, Ashton is going to try and get Rhylee fired for not having a penis. Will it work? I suppose you have to have a dick to be a dick hand on Below Dick. Whatever. Let’s get through this so I can go watch The Bachelor.
For some reason, Below Deck says it is recording but the recording is not available for me to choose. This is problematic as it means I probably have to be done with the show by the time it ends. I cannot pause, fast forward or rewind. So this is going to be super fast. Kevin seems to be struggling to do his job. Me too, Kevin, me too but we have to get the job done by any means necessary.
Dick Hands Will Be Dicks
We are going to revisit Ashton trying to get Rhylee in trouble for not knowing the fishing laws of Thailand. This is not a deckhand responsibility. Especially not a third deckhand. It’s the Captain’s responsibility. Or productions. Or one of those guys on the boat that do the heavy lifting off camera. Then more abuse from all three dick hands. Rhylee is trying to do her job and they are blocking her from doing that.
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Kate goes to scout out a beach for a picnic with Ashton. She is very polite to him and points out that if she quit a charter every time she had to work with someone she didn’t like she would never work. Imagine that Ashton. Simone continues to be a clueless idiot.
Don’t Give Up Your Day Job
After lunch on the beach, Molly from ANTM wants to do a photo shoot on the boat. It’s pathetic. This was the best shot out of like ten screen shots. How did Molly even get on ANTM?
Meanwhile, Kate and Rhylee have a sweet chat where Kate points out that Rhylee is probably a better worker than the dick hands. I wouldn’t go that far, but she is a hard worker. Rhylee calmly approaches Ashton about him ratting her out. She tries to get him to see her side of things. Ashton is a full on asshole. He starts lecturing her and point his stupid finger at her and refuses to make eye contact. He is trying to say she has “insecurities.” Wait what? I though she was too brash and demanding? Make up your mind you fucking fucktard. It’s YOUR insecurities.
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I never really want whatever Kevin is making. And I am someone who likes to eat anything I don’t have to get up and make for myself. But the snotty chef seems to like it. And, overall the dinner with the captain went very well. Tanner is already planning on “putting the moves on Kate” on shore leave. Tanner has some sort of bizarre nightmare at 4 am.
Dick Hands
The next morning, Captain Lee who is sleeping in a living area because of asshole Jaime and her demands for a private room, wakes up and Rhylee, the third deckhand offers to bring him coffee. This could save her job. When Tanner comes across Simone wiping down the table for breakfast, he offers to take over. That is out of character.
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Asshole, I mean Ashton goes crying to Captain Lee asking for him to fire Rhylee for the last six days of charter. Captain Lee calls in Rhylee separately. I wish he would have talked to them together. Rhylee speaks with intelligence to Captain Lee. I would have just said he is a misogynist piece of shit who is difficult to work for. Meanwhile the dick hands are lazying around talking about Rhylee and calling her “cancer.” Fuck those fools. Captain Lee essentially wants to poll the audience. That is not how one leads. The dick hands all lie. They say they want her fired.
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Ashton tries to confront Kate over Riley situation. He is so delusional. He demands an apology but doesn’t get one. The guests leave. I do not believe for a moment they were real Charlestonians. They seem like carpetbaggers. Kate tells Ashton he wants to fire her. They got a great tip. $1,700. A the tip meeting Captain Lee is pissed at the dick hands. He still doesn’t know what he is going to do.
To be continued… Will Rhylee be fired next week? Will the boat survive Alexis Bellino? Kevin has a medical emergeny. AND… SEND at 10 On the dot!
Oh and I guess I am off to recap this WWHL with tons of former castmates in honor of the 100th episode.
I never thought I’d say this, but Ashton is making Joao look good.
Jeeezus!
Would be interesting if Ashton got tangled & fell off the boat this season as well! I’m pretty sure Rhylee (conveniently) would NOT have her walkie with her & would distract hero cameraman for a few minutes!! I’m not really watching this season but have been reading your recaps faithfully. Awesome and spot on about The Loathe Boat and dickhand’s misogyny! I’m hoping Capt Lee fires Aston since he can’t lead, is an abusive liar and needs the Stud of the Sea to babysit! Bosun my ass! Bring back Edie!!!!
I believe Rhylee would do the exact same thing. No matter what. Reverse situation Ashton would let her go. He’s an ass.
The Loathe Boat ; astute observation! Laughing out loud with your clever rebuke of tbis God awful season.
I’m too damn invested in this misogynistic show. I bitched through the entire episode. Ashton created the toxicity within the deck crew as soon as Capt Lee told him Rhylee was coming onboard. Yes, she has a mouth and sometimes an attitude, but sometimes it’s warranted. He has been out to sabotage her from the moment she stepped onboard. He had Bryan and Tanner poisoned against her before they actually spent time around her. She never had a chance. The deck crew acts like some boys crew, like they can treat women anyway they want. It all infuriated me…Ashton shoving his tongue down Kate’s throat, then wanting to hit her minutes afterward in the last episode. Kate is his superior and he has no respect for the ranking. Tanner acting like he’s some irresistible stud and can choose Simone one minute, Kate the next. He makes me want to hurl. From the preview, it appears Bryan is going to give Courtney the same treatment that Tanner has been giving Simone.
I watched the after show special. Capt Lee and Kate both seemed glad none of the other crew from this season were there. Capt Lee made a comment about it still being raw. Therefore, it sounds like nothing improves in the upcoming episodes.
I felt for Rhylee. This Magic Mike knock off clearly fell hard from the pole and bumped his head. Rhylee approached him with diplomacy and expressed that she felt ostracized and under attack constantly (which is true). This bitch ass flexed muscles instead of brain cells, and immediately became defensive and started attacking her blaming it on insecurity. Of course, Rhylee gave it right back and he didn’t want to hear it; so he dismissed her. These BRUS make me sick!
I thought I was the only one that saw Ashton for what he truly is. Demanding to know why the stews wouldn’t suck his dick. Shoving his throat down Kate’s throat (twice), then becoming violent towards her. Destroyed property in his ‘Smashton’ phase. Hits on the stews and guests! Hated Riley from jump, disrespects her every chance he gets and now, wanting her ejected off the boat. He should NEVER have been Bosun, hell, not even a deckhand. He’s an egotistical, sexist, maniac that loves himself and only himself. Every time I watch the show, I’m sickened!!
All them boys need their butts kicked. They not only have no respect for authority they have no respect for women. They’re nothing but a bunch of sheep and Ashton is sheep herder and that’s a very scary thought. It’s like they can’t think for themselves. It feels like grade school all over again. Their mommies must be really proud. I’m glad rhylee sticks up for herself. And if Ashton would have stuck his tongue down my throat like that I would have bit it then punched him in the throat. I applaud her restraint. Kevin, you’re just an overall douche bag. Girls, keep up the good work, I’m becoming impressed. Just stop bunk hopping it’s not very becoming.
Agree! I especially wish Simone had more self respect. I have been cussing the tv every time she runs to Tanner’s bunk like a stray dog craving attention. It’s sad to watch.
I’m really confused about why it never comes up between Ashton and Rhylee about the accident the season before. Isn’t Ashton grateful for her quick action? I can’t help but tho I that is the tension between them as it was a near death experience for him. Maybe he feels as if he owes her something and people like Ashton need control.
Watch the after show on YouTube je addresses that. He is a ass in his response. He won’t even give her credit fully for saying man overboard
Your quote: “I suppose you have to have a dick to be a dick hand on Below Dick” summed this shit show episode PERFECTLY. I am only watching now because of Kate. If Rylee is fired, Kate won’t be enough to keep me. My Bravo TV shows are dropping like flies after a cold snap in Montana.
I was very glad to see capt lee call Kate in to talk to her as well, I think he knew that the boys were playing the same game. Ashton wants to take all the credit and none of the ridicule if things don’t go well. He really is stupid.
Despite everyone claiming she has special treatment, I can NOT recall Kate ever saying anything like what she said about Ashton about any other deck crew! Chefs, maybe, when they are impacting her job.
I think Lee suspects something at this point, which is why he is waffling and not just going with his bosun.
I am disgusted with the misogyny of Ashton and Tanner, and was very disappointed to hear Brian giving the “we’re casual, right?” line to Courtney—but some of the blame lies with Rhylee as well. She is very prickly, quick to take offense and dial it up to eleven. She views herself as trying to help and work with the guys, but she gives an energy of impatience and criticism in her conversations with them. She says she’s trying to help and they won’t let her, but her manner communicates that she thinks she knows better than all of them. To me, it is a classic case of neither party being fully in the right or in the wrong. They just don’t click together.
For Tanner to think he should put the moves on Kate–how clueless and self-centered can one be? He doesn’t even consider how that would make Simone feel. What a jerk.
PS. Ashton’s behavior to Kate is way worse than anything he said/did to Rhylee, but Rhylee is much more quick to take offense. We saw Kate calmly riding the tender to the beach with Ashton, because she is a professional, whereas Rhylee has to escalate every little thing.
Spot-on, PD. Many like to scream “Misogyny!” but Rhylee is antagonistic, an instigator and disrespectful. She may be good at chumming in Alaska but is not the best technician on deck.
Rhylee: What can I do to help?
Bryan: I don’t like your attitude
Exactly! Rhylee’s prickly attitude is not the issue. The deck hands now literally turn their back on her when she is with them. And Kevin has started the same behavior with Kate. Not answering her conversation when she is trying to have a good working relationship with him. The males are acting like children! This may be my last season with Below Deck. 🙁
Exactly this! Bozun Ashton has set the tone for this kind of attitude from the “bru’s” toward Rylee.
Yes, Ashton is so busy pointing fingers and calling other people toxic, when he is the toxicity on that boat. He should never be managing other people. Rhylee is a hard worker and may be prickly but not even close to the pricks she works with.
THANK YOU! I’ve keep thinking “yeah, Ashton is an asshole and doesn’t deal with women well at all and Tanner is a follower. But Rhylee is horrible!” Her behavior is the same as last year. She may work hard but she is completely subordinate (sorry Ryh, but he IS your boss), and so quick to jump down the guys throats because she always assumes they are attacking her when they are not at all.
I disagree. I did not like Rhylee at all last season but the only time I can remember her really going off the deep end this season is the night she came in and Kevin was such a douche that I didn’t really blame her. She definitely has some issues and even insecurities about being treated differently than the boys but they banded together that night and decided they hated her and they do disregard her. I‘ve even wondered if bravo was trying to set up their own “Me Too” moment. The guys are usually my favorite but they are all so gross this season. And I don’t know why but every time one of them says “bru” it gets on my nerves so bad that it makes me dislike them even more!where the fuck is Eddie?? He needs to come back!
Because they are. Ashton told them from day one not to like her so ,like sheep, they don’t. They’ve made her life a living hell. He’s banished her and then blamed her just to make her look bad. Then knowing she’s going to get upset cause she’s not being treated like a real deckhand he tells her she’s irrational and to calm. While putting his finger in her face. If he wants to be treated like her superior he should act like one. If he wants to act like a butthead then he’ll be treated like one.
All Kate has to do is mention how appalling Ashton’s behavior was the last time they went out. There are about three instances that would have him fired alone. Does she not remember?
As far as Rhylee, I do like her and she is a hard worker. Cursing out the boss, though (even if he is an asshole) is never good.
One of the guests, I think her name is Madison, who’s family owns that Gywm’s store Katherine “worked” at. She’s appeared in southern charm a few times
Alexis Jesus Jugs Bellino’s voyage will be riveting. I’ve always been fond of her yet must admit her sense of entitlement & delusions of granduer make it difficult to like her. Same for Heather formerly of the O.C. Carole from N.Y etcetera etcetera. Great recap twin. Miss you much
In the real world Asshole eer Ashton has 3 termination events. Yes R6lee can be a pain but Ashton can’t handle it. All a women means to Ashton is a mouth breasts and a vagina, and his Male crew it that crap up like bottom of the barrel fraternity
If someone saved my life I would be eternally grateful and nice towards them. I wouldn’t try to get them fired. What a dick
I thought Tanner’s nightmare was extremely bizarre! And it took me quite a while to figure out what the hell word they were bleeping out!
I was like what swear begins with mi?
I find it a bit odd that the word midget gets bleeped on a damn reality show….But God forbid anyone gets offended.
I do hate Ashton, but I also think Rhylee is incredibly abrasive and ready to pick a fight at ANY moment.
She definitely is a hard worker though.
I was in the kitchen when Ashton did his photoshoot. Glad I missed it, he is really gross. He looks way more into it than the women do in that pic above!
I totally missed that they bleeped the word midget. Bitch is fine, but midget is not?
Oh and Kevin….Is SO mature! My God what an IDIOT!
The girl apologized and then complimented you. So, ignore her….What a jackass.
Please don’t bring him back.
I know TT is always pointing out that these shows are producer driven, but I want to bitch slap these producers. With a large tuna. They are making it seem okay to harass women and gaslight them. People are asking why didn’t Kate say anything to Lee. Um, why is it all on her to report aggressive behavior? There were witnesses.
She is good at being a chief stew, but gets called a bitch for expecting people to do their jobs. Meanwhile Ashton and Kevin are crap at their jobs.
The “brus” are playing at Mean Girls. Riley and Kate won’t win.
The guys want women who seem willing to play. Even of they won’t, these guys want an illusion. Many guys want to think the women want them. The fantasy makes the day go by faster.
I have always worked in male dominated blue collar industries. My good fortune was that I was part-time and had children. No guy wants to fantasize about a co-worker who says, every day “time to get the kids from school!” If I had to be trapped on a boat full-time with those boys, they’d drown me. I would be so annoying.
Below Deck has consistently been one of my favorites but I can’t wait for this season to be over. I find it increasingly upsetting and difficult to watch. I’m hanging in because I’ve come this far but I really hope they do better next season.
Ashton uses smashton as a excuse for his horrid behavior. He is not that good at much but strip teasing. We would have gotten into a fight for the way he treated the ladies. And what a dolt destroying DJ equipment. Not someone who should be Bosun, big mistake.
Kevin seems to think he is great at everything, he’s a good cook but the arrogant attitude and the balding skull, he’s not all that. To diss the Captain the way he did, not very professional.
Brian surprised me with his strange behavior, seems to be just a follower and laughs at other’s expense, but when the tables are turned, he gets upset. And does he gossip about others, but then he is upset when the gossip is about him.
Tanner is a drunken fool, can not even get out of bed on time then slams others for their work ethic. He is like a drunk rabbit.
Rhylee and her chip on her shoulder. She’s not the Captain and should come to terms with that. The constant questioning of every word is tiresome.
Simone all those brains didn’t and couldn’t make her a good 2nd Stew. No racist or evil because you are not good at the job. And your fling was chasing your Chief Stew before you hooked up with him. Not her fault.
Courtney a liitle bit sensitive. Interesting because she puts out a tough demeanor at times.
Kate is the Queen, been there, done that. How hard it must be to make decisions when you know some of those below you are incompetent.
Captain Lee, the boss. Like him or not, he is the boss. I like him.