Tonight we begin the Below Deck Med recaps with much less Pete! I could not be happier about that. The fucktard recently responding to his firing by basically saying he enjoys sex with all races of women and therefore cannot be racist. He is not even smart enough to at least pretend he sees the problem and plans to better moving forward whether he means it or not. Add to that the fact we don’t have to see Lara ever again means this season is getting better and better!
We begin with a deck crew meeting on the bridge to address Pete and all the male crew about how to address Malia. And guess what Pete, it’s not “sweetheart.” Sandy is pissed. It was short but sweet; however, the guys look sort of irritated. Pete acts like the meeting wasn’t about him. They all may not have giant ears like him but their hearing is just fine. And so is all of ours. Once again Pete just denies his crap behavior. He literally asks Malia who was calling her that. This redneck version of Thomas Ravenel is disgusting. Rob goes to Malia to make it clear he has the utmost respect for her.
I Saw The Sign… And The Sun!
This is Kiko’s first picnic ever. Apparently, private yachts don’t do picnics. And neither do Brazilians according to him. I find that hard to believe. He has made them quiche and Captain Sandy is leaned up against a wall in the kitchen criticizing his lunch menu. Her micromanaging make me furious. I feel like it is all for camera time.
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As the guest go on a tour of the amazing cathedral we get to see inside it too! Meanwhile the deckhands have a very limited amount of time to do the setup for the picnic. Also, it’s threatening to rain on their picnic. Pete is completely incompetent and breaks a bunch of the glassware. At least they got their lunch in before the bad weather hit. On the bad news side, Lara was such a disaster as a stew that no one noticed that Jessica sucks too. Pete threw the broken glass straight into the plastic trash bag. When Malia went to pick it up, the glass cut her leg. Is it me or does this episode seem all about Pete and his incompetence.
Hannah Discovers Kids Are Messy and Jessica Sucks As A Stew
Hannah is loving having kids on the boat. She says it is mommy training for her. And just in time since Hannah is pregnant! However, these kids run around making messes and dropping food all over the place. I love that they try to play the guitar and randomly sing Pretty Woman. It’s adorable.
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Jessica is a complainer and was very late coming back from her break. She also can’t keep up with her uniforms. There is also a torrential downpour going on. CLEARLY, they did not have time to edit this episode because it is all about Pete.
Sandy Is Annoying AF!
At dinner, the guests are hungry so the moved dinner time up to 8:30. Then they took forever getting ready. So the food is just sitting there getting cold waiting for them. Sandy is pissed because Kiko is serving a dish he made on the first charter. The season that Leon was a chef, they used to rant about the fact that he made beef cheeks on every charter. But all the guests loved his beef cheeks. So what is the problem. These guests love Kiko’s Brazilian style sea bass. Should they have been deprived of it because the previous guests had it as well? And by the way. I was a Leon fan when he was the chef. That was one of my favorite seasons. I also liked the crazy female diving girl. Sorry, Captain Lee.
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Captain Sandy tells Jessica that she has got to get the laundry room in order. It’s a hot mess that Lara left for Jessica to clean up. That sucks but she’s got no choice but to clean it up. But first Jessica informs us that she has managed to avoid laundry for her entire yachting career. Guess what, buttercup! You are third stew and will be living in the laundry room this season. Jessica and Hannah are on WWHL together tonight. I wonder how that will go?
Guess Who’s Coming Back!?
Somehow everyone managed to make it through the charter, but it was not a smooth trip. Sandy praised everyone which is unusual for her. And everyone got $1,845 for a two day charter. Bugsy is going to be the new second stew. Hannah is not happy about it. The last time Bugsy worked under Hannah, she told her on the last day that she sucks as a chief stew. I see you 51 Minds casting! Bugsy is a really good stew who will make Hannah look incompetent. Bugsly and Malia are really good friends. Sandy is already telling Hannah how great the table settings will be now.
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Off the crew goes for a night on the town. Jessica is crushing hard on Rob who is in a relationship that he says is open. Malia says that Rob is a “deep” guy and Jessica… well she may be “deep in places.” Malia! lol! At the club Pete is rubbing up and all the women. Kiko calls Pete a “tarado” which he says means horny guy and Google translate says means moron. Both are correct. I don’t know why they are not giving us the names of the guys in the talking heads. I think the other deckhand hitting on every thing that moves in the club is Alex. When Kiko goes to get in his bunk, he finds Rob and Jessica in full makeout mode. He goes to sleep in Jessica’s bunk.
Malia is in between a rock and a hard place with Bugsy coming onboard. Those two are super close and Malia has been tight with Hannah all season. And she is Hannah’s cabin mate.
Next week: Pete continues to be a problem. Perhaps he gets fired before the end of the season? Also the guests seem to be all asshole guys who want to pick up girls and bring them back to the boat suddenly requiring Kiko to whip up dinner for twelve. The weather continues to be problematic.
UPDATE: WWHL Mini Recap In Comments HERE
Yes! Sandy is annoying AF! I don’t like her, can’t stand her. Her micro managing is ridiculous. Even worse than her micro managing is when she quizzes the guests about their food, or their service. She comes across like she’s expecting negative reviews. She makes the crew look incompetent when she does that, and there is something to “the power of suggestion.” I feel like she tries to suggest negativity to the guests subconscious or something. I really like Kiko. Why can’t Sandy be content if the guests are happy???
Well shit (just catching up on TheLeslieJordan on IG) I am so happy that it’s Bugsy! Now I am oh, shit sure that Lara was a plant — real stew or not — because why else would Bugsy not already be chief stew on another yacht? STAGED! If only Adam were here to rub it in! But then Malia would be having a hard time and we wouldn’t have the wonderful Chef Kiko. So I guess it’s good Adam isn’t on board.
Sandy is ridiculous. Her second-guessing everything Kiko does is obnoxious. Of all of the crew, he is the one who needs her buttinski crap the least. She is going to undermine the tips if she doesn’t get her nose out of everywhere and her face out of the camera.
I am not a Sandy fan but I think we have a case of once burned, twice shy. In Adam’s case, it would be continually burned, shy forever. He was also the engineer on the Bugsy train that ran over Hannah that season. Not that she didn’t deserve it. If Sandy is so paranoid about the menus, clearly she should have had a conversation about her expectations with the chef before the first charter. I believe this is the first season we have seen Hannah earn her paycheck. I am with her on the sticky fingered kiddos. I don’t care how much money you spent. Keep your kids’ hands clean. It is common courtesy. Poor Virginia Pete. He is so tone-deaf it is almost like he has brain damage. Someone should have slapped his mama but I doubt it is her fault. He’s just ignorant and unattractive. I am enjoying this season so far. Is it a thing now that the BD franchise must have at least one bone-head bro charter per season? I am here for it so we can all collectively cringe.
WWHL Mini Recap:
Hannah
Hannah has HUGE pregnancy boobs and looks very healthy and happy she just a bit over five months along and is due in late October. She met her baby daddy at a bar in Sydney the day after she got home from filming Season four. He’s an asset manager at a commercial real estate firm. She’s done well! He doesn’t want to be on her social media and would like to keep his life private. The zoom from their house is very tight and doesn’t reveal much but I think I’ve seen photos of her and she was in a very lovely home. Hannah says Lara was the worst stew she’s ever worked with, times ten. And she and Jessica seem to be friends despite the fact she still seems to think Jessica is also a bad stew.
Andy asked if Kate had congratulated her on her pregnancy. She said she had not but that’s normal because they don’t talk. Hannah walked a politically correct line with Jenna where she basically said first seasons on Below Deck are hard because it’s odd having a camera in your face while doing your regular job all the time.
Andy asks Hannah how things went with Captain Sandy this season. She said, “Same as every season, rocky.” Hannah should be grateful for Captain Sandy, she makes Hannah a sympathetic character. I used to not like Hannah that much but now I root for her and am thrilled for her new life. I’ll truly miss her.
Jessica
Madison from BDSY is dating Rob from BelowDeckMed. Jessica claims she has no knowledge about that. BTW, Jessica looks STUNNING and there is a wide shot of where shes is filming and if that is her house/her parents house, they are loaded. Jessica didn’t know about Rob’s “open relationship” until the show aired.
Jessica did not watch Below Deck before auditioning for the show. She ordered a season just before getting hired. Andy asked if watching gave her preconcieved notions about Hannah and Sandy. She says that the episode she order was of Below Deck, not Below Deck Med because she didn’t know the difference. LOL. She says it was a lot harder than she thought it would be and there was a lot of sleep deprivation,
I am now watching Find Love Live On Demand at 4;30 am because it came on TLC while I was recapping another post for tomorrow…errr today. WHY CAN’T I JUST GO TO BED!?
Didn’t get to see this. Thanks for recap! Glad Hannah is doing well. Nice to hear positive news for a change!!
I’ve not been watching WWHL but I did last night and you’re right. Jessica is stunning!
The main charter guest Rob Orbison Jr., is the son of Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison wrote and sung Pretty Woman. He has some other classics like Only the Lonely, Sweet Dream Baby, etc. So, thats why the kids were sing Pretty Woman.
Water is wet. The sky is blue. The world is round. Are we just posting things that everybody knows now?
Hahahahahah
Yes, when the little boy was singing he said “this is my grandpa’s song”.
I HATE the buckshot method of dealing with problem that as any and Malia used. It never gets the job done and makes leaders look weak. Pete didn’t hear it as him doing something wrong and Rob was insulted that he was lumped in. If Skippy is doing something wrong, pull them aside, OR, ask them to remain after a group meeting, and address it one on one. Leaders have to get comfortable having uncomfortable conversations.
Agreed. Malia made herself look weak and in that moment.
Malia still seems too insecure to be a leader. She should have nipped that “sweetheart” in the bud the first time, or counseled him privately. She let Sandy believe they were all disrespecting her. Sandy makes Hannah tackle her own problems but covers for Malia? The whole situation was handled so poorly, I felt sorry for Alex & Rob. Then Malia turns around and calls them “boys.” Rank or not, respect should be a 2-way street – it should be given as well as earned. Meh. I don’t care for Malia or Sandy.
Seeing Roy Orbison III sing Pretty Woman was pretty cool even though the poor little guy is probably tired of doing it. I watched this an hour ago and I’ve got “I saw the signs” stuck in my head.
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I accidentally started watching the never before seen version of the last episode. It took me 15 minutes to realize that I was watching the wrong one lol. However, there were extra scenes that made Sandy and Pete look bad so it wasn’t a total waste of 15 minutes. They’re both assholes. I love kiko and feel really bad for him for upcoming episode. If Sandy is a cunt to him and replaces him with Ben I will never watch the bitch again.
Kiko is one of the most laid-back chefs I’ve ever seen. And I’ve worked with DOZENS. I got along with all but two assholes who would scream “You butches get in here and get your food!” instead of ringing the little dinger bell. Back before everyplace used personal pagers. Or whatever they use nowadays.
I don’t understand why the menu has to be completely different every time unless the guests request certain items. If they were the same people on the boat then yes you would want different items but it isn’t.
I wonder if it is because Captain Sandy eats the same meal and doesn’t want a repeat which is just selfish.
I’m so over Captain Sandy.
Me too!!!!!!!’
Me three!
Right!? As a former caterer/owner, we had requests for our best dishes over and over.
I barely remember Bizzy um Bugsy except she looked like a Harry Potter reject and the boys were inexplicably hot for her. But I sure wanted to smack that stank face off of Hannah.
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How many times has Hannah told us how big this yacht is? Having someone as competent as Bugsy should be a dream come true. They can divide up the work and rarely need to cross paths. Hannah’s the boss, so she should get to pick. Bugsy can set a beautiful table and then go down a pour wine. Hannah can stay on service. Jess can do breakfast and laundry. I’ve got it all figured out. 🙂
Oh so weird – I meant to say set the table and then go down and do cabins, but I was thinking about who would pour the wine. This is what happens when you try to comment and watch the little cuties on Outdaughtered at the same time.
Still a really good show (even when we have been dropping Bravo shows like Flies).
Hannah annoys the f outta me.. just a piss poor attitude.. permanent resting b face.. she just seems so unhappy all of the time.. no humor, just a total pill. Good for her she found a rich dude and can move on.. what I need a new Kate Chastain type.. she was really entertaining and miss her smart comebacks!
Did you watch this episode? Hannah was super sweet and happy playing with the kids. Kate on the other hand hates kids.
Kiko is so ADORABLE. I hope that he doesn’t get fired.
I was surprised how much of Pete we saw.