It’s time to hate watch as Micromanager Sandy does the unthinkable and probably fires Chef Kiko. I can’t wait to see what stupid request the charter guests have been told by production to ask for this time. Native American Indian food? Branson, Missouri food? Martian food? Clearly, Kiko’s contract was for a certain number of episodes so that Malia’s chef boyfriend can come save the day. And that’s fine. But let Kiko fake an illness or an injury or have a crisis back home or something. Why humiliate him? They did the same thing to Chef Leon. I am not looking forward to this Below Deck Med recap.
Micromanager Sandy tries to backtrack from the way she treated Kiko. I bet they made her film that talking head in post production hoping we would hate her less. It’s not working for me. Meanwhile, production told a guest to say “no more fried food for the rest of charter.” But he says it to another guest who replies, “Speak for yourself.” Kiko tells Hannah that tomorrow he is leaving because Captain Sandy says he is incapable of doing his job. Hannah goes on deck and cries. She says “God I hate this fucking job.” It seems she was not privy to the storyline. She feels terrible.
Seriously, Who Is Captaining The Ship?
And to top it off they have to do a stupid Vegas party. It already looks cheap and tacky. It’s basically the uncoordinated deckhands jumping around shirtless with abs drawn on in magic marker and Malia doing hand stands. Shouldn’t they get fired for this? Perhaps, Hannah will? Meanwhile, Kiko is in bed SOBBING. Surely they told him that he only had so many episodes and just didn’t tell him about the humiliation? Or maybe they just blindsided him knowing he was going no matter what?
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Sandy stands in the galley with her fucking arms crossed and micromanages Hannah putting clean silverware away. Serious, who actual does all the captain’s duties on this franchise? Because it is not Micromanager Sandy. Jess is crying about Kiko while washing dishes. Who fires a crew member when guests are on board? Let alone IN THE MIDDLE OF SERVICE? Hannah goes to talk to Kiko and he says he doesn’t know how he is going to cook breakfast the next morning. Hannah says she will get up and help him. I’m not sure he needs any more “help” from Hannah. What he needs is Micromanger Sandy in his galley. They hug. Kiko has said Hannah and Jess were his best friends on the boat. Kiko is still crying hours later when everyone is two hours late going to bed. Hannah has a panic attack in her bed at 4 am. This is all Micromanager Sandy’s fucking fault. Malia checks on her in their head.
Kiko Has Another Breakdown
Three hours later Kiko gets up to make his last meal. There are still dirty cutting boards for him to wash in the galley. Micromanager gets right under his feet immediately and starts badgering him. Shut up Sandy! Kiko is too heartbroken to finish breakfast. Instead, he packs his knives and goes back to bed. Micromanager Sandy yanks him out of bed and humiliates him some, more. Because, bitch. Holy fuck. Do they have a whole nuther day??? Sandy is such a shitty boss. Kiko unpacks his knives again. Hannah gets up to help. Did I mention Sandy is THE WORST?
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Hannah makes lunch reservations for the charters on land. Meanwhile, Malia runs to Sandy and blabs about Hannah’s four am panic attack. And, she sucks up to fuctard Sandy. Malia’s a bitch too. So on top of everything Hannah has to deal with, Sandy calls her in and pretends to care about how she is feeling. I’ve a a principal like that. It makes things ten times worse. This is even worse than when Captain Lee didn’t fire the fucktard deckhands. Because in that case, he didn’t know because he actually, you know, does his job and relies on his crew to do theirs. He did blister their behinds at the reunion, though.
Rob And Jess Are So Inappropriate!
Rob and Jess play tourguide to the guests in Valldemossa. This involves Jess trying to read a guidebook outloud while walking at the same time. Thank God she isn’t chewing gum. She regales them with stories of Chop-IN. She’s clearly not a fan of classic pianists. Then, when the guests what a picture of Rob and Jess they make out for the cameras. Then the tour guides leave the guests to have a romantic lunch for two replete with both standing and sitting makeout sessions in full public view in uniform. Rob even tells her he loves her. I hope his girlfriend sees this episode. Sigh. To recap, Pete, Rob and Jess were NOT fired.
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Conveniently, Malia’s boyfriend Tom have a chat while the guests are on shore. When the guest come back two guest go out on jetskis that should not be out in the first place due to choppy water conditions. Rob is too busy mauling Jess in a cabin to be on deck watching the morons on the jetskis. One of the guests picks this moment in time to let Hannah know that he needs a birthday cake for his girlfriend to put her engagement ring in. WTF? Pete is in charge of buying a cake on shore when he picks up the crew food. What could possibly go wrong? He was sent to a pastry shop but he just gets one from the pizza shop. Because, that makes sense.
Jess Forgets To Take Breakfast Orders
At crunch time for the 90s birthday dinner, guess who is pacing around the kitchen irritating the holy fuck out of Kiko? I’ll give you one guess. This recap is exhausting. And not just because I have only had two hours sleep in the last two hours. The guests have Kiko come out to compliment him and give him a big round of applause. He rushes back to the kitchen to cry. Hannah hugs him and says she doesn’t want to be on the boat without him. Jess and Rob continue to make out instead of work.
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Poor Kiko has one more breakfast to make. Jess wasn’t paying attention to her job. So she didn’t write down the breakfast orders. Did I mention she is not fired yet? Sandy conveniently finds out that Malia’s boyfriend is a chef on the day he is coming. Despite the fact Malia talks about him every five minutes. Let’s get rid of these guests! They were so happy with service that they cried. Kiko tells Hannah he doesn’t want to hear anything else from Sandy so he’s not coming to tip meeting. He asks her to send him his tip. Hannah and Kiko have another cryfest.
Fine! I’ll Comment On WWHL
But, just because I want to know Kate’s reaction to this shitty episode. Andy admits he cried during the episode. SHUT.THE.FUCK.UP.SANDY. Is she really denying standing over the charters while they ate berating them about the meal?!?! Okay, Kate is not helping things here. Sandy continues to double and triple and quadruple down on her cuntiness. Who is shocked? Kate is kissing Captain Sandy’s ass. It’s disgusting. Captain Lee gives the Mazel to Kate. You can skip this whole show.
I cried watching Kiko that was mean of Sandy and I can’t forgive her
Me too. He is a sweet soul. It is cruel what she did to him. How outlandish to fire him in the middle of a charter then harangue him to the bitter end.
Indeed
Also as one who suffers from panic attacks for many years I can say that Valium is a prescribed medicine for this ailment. Would you judge in this shaming way to a diabetic needing insulin? Can we not perpetuate stigma? Sandy you need some education. Where is HR?
I’m pretty sure it was that B Malia. I heard the camera click when she was in the bathroom and she said gd.
Malia is an ass kissing snitch. My guess is while ramming her head up Sandy’s ass, she’ll mention the valium & get Hannah fired next week.
I can’t stand Bugsy, Malia & Sandy. If they all run shit together when Hannah leaves, I’m out.
My bad from the previews it looks even worse. Malia the snitch will send Sandy photos of Hannah’s valium. She & Sandy must have had a pact to get Hannah off the show. I usually am not a Hannah fan but I really feel for her this season.
The only thing that makes it palatable is that Hannah and Kiko are living their BEST LIVES right now. ❤️💕❤️
I was so upset about Kiko (even my husband loved Kiko!) that I had to check online what he’s up to – he is definitely living his best life travelling the world cheffing on a cat with his girlfriend for next 2 years .
Really? You don’t say… PLEASE READ THE COMMENTING RULES. Or at least READ THE COMMENTS.
From the preview, it looks like Malia wanted Hannah to move out of their cabin so she could sleep with the boyfriend and Hannah refused…so she stabbed Hannah in the back and got rid of her. Problem solved. Absolutely disgusting. Cannot stand her or Sandy.
But Sandy was made aware of Hannah’s condition last season when she had a panic attack & couldn’t leave cabin for a day.
The rat is now trying to explain to everyone that is bashing her that she had every right to snitch on Hannah and that the crew is supposed to tell the captain that they are taking anxiety medication. She went on to say that she wouldn’t want to be a passenger on a yacht where someone on the the crew is taking Valium. Oh but getting HAMMERED is ok? She’s a bitch. I haven’t always liked Hannah but she does her job.
Agreed
This was so far the worst episode. A “Vegas” meal not up to par with the micromanager manhater Captain. What she did to Kiko was dispicable! Clearly the Captain has issues with the opposite sex and has it out for any female she dislikes! She’s “molding” Malia pretty well. As for Bugs…she will be great as her Chief Stew until Bugs makes a big slip up. Then she’ll have the crew she wants in place. Time will tell as I’m turning this one OFF!
Malia is a little trouble maker loser, Sandy takes her lead . What kind of captain is she.
I refused to watch Sandy on WWH. I really, really can’t stand her. The way she stood on top of poor Kiko while he cooked dinner (after she fired him, humiliated him, and forced him to go back and finish cooking breakfast mind you!) was like watching someone be psychologically tortured. She’s really a giant twatwaffle. Malia running and tattling about Hannah’s panic attack for absolutely no reason other than to suck up to Sandy makes Malia just as big a twatwaffle. I used to like Malia, but apparently she’s willing to sell her soul for Sandy’s approval, and that sucks. Do you think that was Hannah’s bag they showed with the ‘drugs’ in it?
Just remember how she played Adam during that love triangle with that deckhand guy. She’s Sandy twatwaffle (love that btw!!) in training! At this point maybe its Pete to really throw us off, lol!
Twatwaffle is great, isn’t it? I stole it from a British uncle, along with douchelord!
Haha yes it!!, thanks for expanding my vocabulary😃
Heres my take away when Malia said to Tom, ‘Did you bring all your stuff’, basically implying you’re the new chef, you better have your knives!!! Yeah we already knew this. And then Hannah will get the boot for valium, I think I’d need something strong to deal with Sandy too! And yes do not watch WWHL it’s a let’s keep on berating Kiko Sandy show. I really have nothing to say about this epi i liked other than the touching moments of Kiko and Hannah together. I did binge season 3 of MDL with Chad Roger’s, omg I forgot how bad the 2000s were, lol!!
Malia and Sandy are birds of feather. Sandy is a horrible awful very bad boss and I hope that this show has exposed this in her professional off-camera life. Perhaps then she’ll be forced to make some changes. Unfortunately, because as you’ve pointed out, she’s doubled down, I don’t think she’ll come to a self reflective moment on her own. Her utter disdain and blatant demeaning of Kiko was cruel. I felt for Hannah also, and it was disgusting the way Malia ran to Sandy and called it a freak-out. It was heartless and underhanded.
The really bad thing it seems like every time Sandy reprimands someone, Malia is right there. First rule if you have to discipline an employee…you do it in private. First Kiko did his own food which everyone seems to be happy about. Except Sandy told him to up his game and bitched. When she had problems with the food then it was do your own food. Poor guy couldn’t win. Most of the guests complimented his food.
Sandy to Kiko: “WE” can do this together.
WTF?
She had on her Twitter that she wanted Kiko to succeed. She “proves” it by claiming to have helped wash dishes so he could get some rest. Trying to get people to stop dragging her all over “the socials.”
I hope this crew has brushed up on its fire-fighting skills because someone’s pants are on 🔥! (And I don’t mean that someone is hot.)
Is Pete still there? I thought he was gone.
He was fired after filming was done. Production went back and cut “most” of his scenes. They left in the cringe-inducing stuff from Bugsy’s first few days.
Proof (to me) that this is all fake storyline: Sandy’s constant micromanaging and meddling “so happened” to not have her witness any of Pete’s sexual harassment behavior. There were SO MANY things that we saw. There must have been more, but she never “happens” to be around when he does it.
Point blank, Sandy saw what she wanted to see.
It’s official. I hate Sandy.
So much. She’s awful. I just don’t have words.
Watching her lie her way through WWHL after Below Deck really sealed the deal for me.
Sandy is the worse kind of boss. Who fires someone before the charter is over and than expects them to keep working?! I would of said “F You Sandy”. She could of at least waited until the charter was over and than let him go. For some reason I thought she had a heart and would of reconsidered, of course NOT. But what else bothered me was that Hannah NEVER told Sandy that it was her suggestion. I’m sure those charter guests after watching the show felt bad for Kiko. I would of left also without saying goodbye to Sandy. On WWHL Sandy still double downed even after Andy said it was Hannah who suggested the menu. Kiko was planning on doing a completely different menu UNTIL Hannah suggested that menu. Even Kate got on Sandy for firing him before the charter was over and expecting him to still have his head and heart in it. Btw, valium is a prescription and I wouldn’t consider it as a “recreational drug”. I take Xanax for anxiety and employee’s are not supposed to hold that against you. I can already see what’s going to happen for the rest of the season (I see you Malia and over aggressive barrette wearing Bugs . Kiko you are so better off leaving than staying with that micromanaging passive aggressive wannabe Captain Lee. So annoyed with this episode.
I forgot to mention that Sandy LIED on WWHL about asking immediately the guests if they liked the food. She had the nerve to say she asked the next day. NO YOU DIDN’T IT WAS FILMED!! She must think that we are all village idiots! F^CK YOU SANDY!!
I KNOW, she was hovering over them and the food was still on the table. The nachos were right there and she was already asking them. She has done the same thing every damn season.
I rewound that part because I thought she was lying. Either she did nit express herself well, OR she tried to backtrack (Guess which I believe.) She said that asking the PRIMARY the next day is her MO. But, watching herself this season, she saw that she sometimes did ask ALL of the guests DURING the meals and that she didn’t like watching that.
Sandy not only asked during the meal and hovered over the dinner table, she kept pushing until she got a negative feedback.
Hannah tweeted in response to someone saying she didn’t take responsibility for the suggestion, that she did in fact tell her, but of course, it was edited out.
‘Over aggressive barrette wearing’ is my new favorite insult, thank you!
Thank you Roxanne, I am to please.
aim (smdh)
Unless I misunderstood, Kate did say that if you ask someone something enough times they will find something to complain about. Also, about firing Kiko in the middle of guests being on board.
Kate is right. It wasn’t even just asking how they liked their food. She stood over the Nachos and said “What is that?” 3 times in the most ridiculous manner. She wanted a negative review of the food. It was completely unnecessary other than for the storyline of bringing Malias BF on as the replacement chef. Then to ask him to continue cooking for the charter after firing him was twisted. I am really sad because I refuse to watch any further and will miss it.
Sandy is an evil bitch. Malia is right there with her. Her being little and cute is a great cover, but her horns show through eventually. How dumb do they think their audience is? This was an obvious setup to bring on Tom for the rest of the season. Sandy just took the opportunity to break a great chef for shits and giggles. Why would Valium be considered illegal on a charter? Especially if you have a history of panic attacks.
Shouldn’t be unless she didn’t have a prescription ? But I find that hard to believe.
I agree on all counts! And then some! Sandy suck’s! Malian is a kiss ass. Valium is a prescribed medication.
Shell… Bugs had plenty enough Horn Ornaments to share with the Capt & Malia. This whole show was a script set up from the start!
How transparent could they be?
Those phoney baloneys can eat my chonies!
Sandy Yawn showed all of us her true colors tonight. She makes me sick to my stomach. Aside from Colin Kiko was the kindest most hard working team player ever cast on this show. Sandy threw him under the bus for some extra face time on camera WE SEE YOU SANDY YAWN. Nothing she can say or do will redeem her unctuous behavior. Bravo please tank the sea witch. Ursula would be a better Captain next season. I actually rewound this episode & her words & actions towards Kiko were unwarranted & vile.
I love the word “unctuous”.
Perfectly applied!
Bugsy cried when the clients left… was she crying because she sold her soul?
One of them stole her barrettes.
LOFL. Best way to start the day is with a laugh. Thank you.
💙💜💙
I wish someone would because I don’t know if I can watch the rest of the season with those stuck in her hair.
Bugsy accessorizes like Dorit if Dorit shopped at the Dollar Store.
Yes she is a cheaper version of Dorit! They’re both so cringy.
LOL! I told my mom I thought she looked like she’d been attacked by a Claire’s.
Watching WWHL on my 3rd glass of wine.
Lets be real… Kate’s real answer to “what would you do if your captain blindsided you by hiring your former nemesis as your second stew?” is “My captain wouldn’t do that to me without warning.”
But she’s very aware that only she is leaving the show and Captain Lee has a strict policy about not badmouthing the other captains.
She’s also influenced by the fact that Hannah was talking shit about her to production while pretending to be friends with her face to face (hmmm… a perfect match for Sandy)
Agree could have handled kiko firing in a different way BUT anyone tell me truthfully is it ok for a chief to google food ideas and have no great ideas how to cook vegetarian food. I mean this is 2020 you pay good money to go on a super yacht. I also recall Hannah threw kiko under the bus when she told sandy she gave him ideas but she thought he would at least make it presentable, lastly why during charter the crew bitches and moan on how hard Captain Sandy is treating them but when it’s time to put that $1200+ for only 3days work there is nothing but $$ in their eyes. If don’t like to b micromanaged then make sure you know you work otherwise jump ship.
My guess is he was googling “Vegas food” ideas. I’m sure he wasn’t googling recipes.
He should have done both. All chefs use recipes when making new foods and even familiar ones. Every chef on these shows uses Google. They can’t exactly carry on a bunch of recipe books. I don’t know why so many people think Googling is an issue.
Right! As if a chef should know know every cuisine, recipe, ingredient.
Hell, I googled “ unctuous “ after reading a comment above. Does googling it make me ignorant and stupid? Learning is an ongoing process.
Thanks for the heads up about this episode TT. I don’t want to see Sandy micromanaging Kiko ever again. At the beginning of the season I just thought she was trying to get more camera time. Sadly it just showed what poor management skills she has. Scripted or not, She should stick to running the boat and staying the hell out of the kitchen.
I didn’t watch. Last week did me in. I hate Sandy, REALLY HATE THE EVIL BITCH. I don’t like Malia. She showed what she was the season with Adam. I really wish this would be the last season for this show.
Same, girl. SAME.
MUST READ POST HERE ABOUT KIKO! It’s the happy news we all need!
Oh, now I love him even more!
He could have trashed the Yawner, but he went high!
And he is funny as hell.
Nicole is one lucky lady!
Thanks. Good interview. He really is a happy person and I am happy for him.
Thanks for that TT. Kiko is such a sweet, lovely man. Our stud of the sea has never, ever reprimanded a crew person in front of others. I enumerated the reasons last week why she was such a shit manager of personnel. Her WWHL appearance just showed how tone deaf and lacking in integrity she is. She said he was only good enough to do crew food. What a slap to his face. His food was fine other than when the stews either interfered or effed up the service. I can’t wait for Yawn’s (what an appropriate last name) restaurant fails. I hope she loses a yacht full of money. How she thinks she is capable of running a successful restaurant is beyond me. Especially when the stats show most fail their first year. Just because I have flown on innumerable planes doesn’t mean I can start an airline. I can’t stand the twat and she needs replacing or I may just delete this show from my DVR.
@ Navymommy. Thank you for your comment. I couldn’t agree with you more. She’s such a C U Next Tuesday that she doesn’t even realize or care to realize that she broke him. That she made him doubt if he was a good chef. How horrible to do to someone. I do not see how anyone could prosper in that toxic environment. I do believe her karma will come for her soon. I am so glad that he is doing better and is happy.
Thank you for this update on Kiko. I just love him! He is so genuine. I’m so glad he’s happy.
That made me love him even more! Thanks for posting the link.
I was hoping you would mention this interview. I wonder how long it took before he got over the sadness and sense of failure Sandy’s actions caused. Kiko has more class in his pinky finger than most of the charter guests.
Speaking of guests, I wonder if these guests will feel used or misrepresented by edits. They were one of my favorite groups of all of the BD franchises (I hope the tip is appropriate for the extra day and matches their effusive praise). They ADORED KIKO. Even if they thought the Vegas night food was a miss, it was a tiny blip in their experience. I would be PISSED if I were seeing myself like that.
Well this IS happy news! 🙂
Thanks for the link. I am so happy that Kiko is happy. It sounds like he got an amazing job. The experience is going to be amazing especially doing it with a love one. He was still positive even though Sandy made him doubt if he was a good chef. We understand what he was saying about Sandy without putting her her down. He did it with elegance and grace. I do believe that Kiko will have a good life.
He is the real deal, smart , sweet , funny , kind with a strong work ethic. I wish him well. Thanks for posting. Happy to know he is doing well!
This made my day, thanks TT.
I love that Kiko is happy. He makes my heart smile.
Aww, thanks for posting this link Tamara. What a nice interview. I’m genuinely happy for Kiko. He’s one of the most likable people they’ve ever had on the Below Deck franchise. What an exciting adventure to go around the world on a boat for two years, and he gets to have his girlfriend with him too! I wish I’d known about this kind of thing when I was young. I definitely would have loved a chance to travel and see the world, and I wouldn’t have minded working my ass off as a stew or deckhand in order to do it!
Oh man. This was just so sad. Kiko is just such a wonderful, sunny person and very talented. If anything got in his way (besides Sandy) it was his organization skills. That is a must. I’m always amazed at how they cast this show. They always talk about it being a super yacht, how much the charter costs but then they throw greenhorns on the crew which always causes problems. It’s a sink or swim kinda thing. And Sandy – man, to have someone constantly looking over your shoulder, hanging in a very crowded galley arms crossed. That would shake anyone’s confidence. The fact that the entire crew were trying to help Kiko speaks volumes about him. Hannah responded to him because he showed respect for her unlike Ben or Adam before. His ego didn’t prevent him from be being decent. I’m not a huge Hannah fan – think she’s a bit of a snob – but this season seemed to put a target on her back. It’s as if there was a conspiracy to make it as difficult for her as possible. The minute that Bugsy was mentioned, she checked out, seeing the writing on the wall. She’s not stupid. I’m actually glad she & Sandy are no longer pretending to be friends. As
For Kiko, he’s lovely, talented, kind. Commendable that he just walked off the boat without talking to Sandy. Why should he? She had nothing to say that he wanted to hear. It makes me happy that he’s so happy where he is now. He came out of this a hero; Sandy came out a zero.
I love KIKO!! Will not watch another episode, last night was it! Please can we bring this show back without SANDY. I always enjoyed watching this show for the sights.
I’m guessing that, due to all the Kiko love here & elsewhere, Bravo is trying to figure a show that would feature him.
“Kiki with Kiko?”
“Kiko Kooks?”
“The Happy Chef?”
“Kiss My Ass, Sandy. Love, Kiko?”
Any other ideas out there????
Kiko has a two year booking on a sailboat with his girlfriend. There is a link to the info upline. Bravo really fucked up on this one.
So the big ad push before the season was for a “strong” female crew crumbles to whining, high maintenance, pain in the butt females on their periods. Thanks ladies for sending us back to the dark ages. And proving estrogen and testosterone make us different and you can’t pretend to have what you don’t. Best of luck Kiko! Owners of Super Yachts-stick with Captain Lee!
I agree. It was a terrible look for females.
All of this was set up by production because Malia’s chef BF wasn’t available for the start of the charter. Much like Bugsy, they brought in someone without the requisite experience to prepare foods for multiple charters in the same season….with guests requirements going from simple home cooked foods to super fancy haute cuisine. Obviously the plan was to let Kiko go but Sandy made sure she made Kiko look as bad as possible by hovering over him during meals and constantly harassing the guests about the food. She’s a lousy leader who should be ashamed of her conduct.
I’m also convinced this is the same for Bugsy … not available at the start of the charter so set up one of the stews to look inept and insubordinate. However, I think Lara decided she wasn’t going to be put in the position of being fired so beat Bravo to the punch and just left. So now who’s next .. Hannah? Bugsy becomes the new chief stew (oh Sandy would be creaming in her jeans), she complains about Jessica’s conduct with Rob and the laundry issues so Sandy fires her and brings in Aesha or Anastasia, who probably also were not available at the start of the charter. Hmmmm…
Didn’t captain Lee fire Leon mid charter and Leon left immediately? It was very classy of Kiko to stay onboard and finish charter
Captain Lee fired Leon once the guest had left. Once again, they already had another chef coming in. It wasn’t about the beef cheeks.
So do these people only sign up for a certain number of episodes at the beginning?
Pretty much. But there is a clause that says something like UP TO x number of episodes. I don’t think Kiko knew he was not going to be on the show. But clearly PRODUCTION planned it all out. You don’t fire a chef in Italy without a replacement at hand.
I thought Leon quit mid-charter which really pissed Captain Lee off. Then Rocky had to cook dinner (with Eddy cooking the beef since she undercooked the chicken for the crew and he didn’t trust her) and she put grenadine on the oysters and oreos on the salad. One of the guests got sick. I really watch reruns of this show way too much.
I have a strong ass stomach unless something has egg or peppers on it, and the thought of grenadine on oysters still makes me gag.
The word “class” and “Leon” are not compatible.
I would eat the beef cheeks though.
Seeing Hannah laugh and giggle a couple of times on this episode really drove the point home now miserable she is most of the time in this job. She hardly even smiles except that paternalistic smile she gives the guests.
Kate doesn’t smile much either, but with her, I believe it’s more deliberate to maintain that aloofness. Hannah seems beat up. I’m happy for her that she got out. She seems so much lighter in interviews.
I haven’t clicked the Kiko link yet but I said to my husband, someone will hire him after watching this! He’s so adorable and positive. I think Sandy was wrong not to let him apologize to the guests because I think it would have been good for both sides. I know she wants his five star image, but you blew that hiring Bravo. Kiko could have gone out and said, I’m sorry I missed the mark, what can I make you to make up for it? Or…the whole thing was fake, because why no vegetables or salads at all? Especially after his Amazing dinners earlier on.
I didn’t understand why Sandy wouldn’t let him apologize to the guests. They would have understood and said “that’s okay”. They were so laid back that they would of totally been fine with it. I think Sandy intentionally wanted him to look bad to the guests.
They were some of the nicest charter guests ever to be on the show. You know they had to be mortified when they watched the show and saw what Sandy did to him. I wonder how Sandy would feel if Captain Lee was booked as a guest and he spent all of his time telling her how to captain the yacht?
Wouldn’t that be great if he was a guest! Also have Kate as a guest as well. I would definitely like to see that!
I’d love it, but Captain Lee is too nice a guy to give Sandy a taste of her own medicine. I wish they’d just find someone else to take Sandy’s place.
I like that you mentioned the guests seemed to be nice and were just wanting to have fun. I hope they had a good time beyond the producer driven drama.
This show has been terrible. I do think Kiko is very competent but having a captain staring at you constantly is annoying.I watched WWHL and Captain Sandy was awful. She is under the impression that everyone wants to learn from her. The conversation with Hannah was difficult to watch since Hannah has no trust in her. Malia was never a friend to Hannah either. It was all a front. Another Bravo show ruined….
WTF is wrong with BRAVO?
This sh*t is clearly scripted….Why do they have to make it so nasty?
I’m so glad to see that Kiko is doing well and is happy.
He’s the best chef they have had personality wise.
Why pretend they haven’t even thought of having Malia’s boyfriend be the replacement chef? Do they really think they are fooling us?
Sandy, you SUCK in so many ways. I never want to see you again.
I never liked Hannah that much, but she isn’t bothering me at all. I know she could have told Sandy that the food was her idea, but I don’t think it would have made any difference.
Great news guys. I read an interview with Kiko and he’s living his best life now. He’s a chef on a cruiser, it sounds like for one rich dude. And it will cruise around the world for 2 years and Kiko’s girlfriend will be working on the ship too. The ship has 2 or 3 captains. He stays in touch with Hannah, Jess, Alex and Rob. I don’t know the posting rules, so I didn’t post the link. But you should be able to find it easily. He’s really happy.
I know you won’t see this, because clearly if you had read the comments you would know it was already posted here.
Clearly I didn’t see it because I haven’t read one of these comments. Just sharing information.
The comments here are conversations. Not announcements.
Thanks for the recap so I knew not to waste my time watching it. Sandy is the absolute worst and hope her, Bugsy, and Malia get dragged hard on social media.
It’s truly best you didn’t watch it. I am still pissed the next day.
Making Kiko cry is like kicking a sweet puppy, I will never forgive sandy for that. She is a terrible cunt! Maybe one day someone will throw her ass overboard and leave her to the sea.
I will never watch the show again.Sandy is a self-serving bitch. And Malia is just as bad. I loved Kiko and if she had let him alone there wouldn’t have been a problem. Hannah has her touchy moments but works hard and doesn’t deserve the disrespect she gets.
Note to Malia, Bugsy and Sandy: Keep your day jobs. your “acting” sucks.
Note to 51 Minds (production): You 3 Tiny Minds should stick to producing reality, your “writing” skills suck. You have misgauged your audience’s bullshit meter.
I think production came up with the plan to bring in Bugs and Chef Tom and let the three women come up with their own dialog (and Sandy with her own “style” of how to fire someone), thinking it would seem more authentic. That works for Christopher Guest (e.g. in Best In Show) because he KNOWS how to create situations for PROFESSIONAL actors to ad lib. Not so muchfor 3 Tiny Minds.
It’s possible the 3 Tiny Minds have created a backlash that may bite their asses. THEY have hired crappy, inexperienced people, without checking references (or despite bad reports), to create drama. THEY set up the “save the day” situations. THEY put their captains in a bad position.
Sandy is all about “grrrrl power” and the opportunity to use her platform to promote it. BUT … would 51 Minds have put Capt. Lee in this position? Even the 3 Tiny Minds know it wouldn’t fly with Capt. Lee because HE has integrity. AND, because they know WE wouldn’t buy it, coming from him.
Sandy has set herself up for this by showing she has less integrity and a crappy management style. The way she treated Conrad like crap and then lauded Joao, who showed what a crappy judge of character she has upon his return as bosun, show her to be amenable to this crappy storyline.
You have misgauged your audience’s bullshit meter. EXCELLENT!! True!
I LOVE Best In Show so much!! Cookie, is that you??
LOLOLOL–favorite movie! Cookie–Cookie Googleman?
A few years ago, 51 minds did some sort of dating show. I forget the name. But one of the guys on the show chopped someone up and threw them in a trash can or something similar. I think this happened after the show, I don’t remember much about it. I just remember the backlash against the production company because it was sort of a Bachelor type show. And IIRC he had an extensive criminal background. The main thing I remember about it is thinking “Well that production company will never get another job. Then along came Bravo.
Omg I remember that. It was like Megan Marries A Millionaire or something like that. The male contestant chopped up his ex girlfriend and killed himself while trying to flee to Canada before the cops zeroed in on him. Christ on a cracker, had no idea that was 51 minds. That’s just horrific. Bravo is worse than I thought! Holy shitballz!
Yep! That’s the one! I knew it was Millionaire something. Here are the grusesome details of the murder of the woman he married shortly after filming ended. He murdered her just a few months later.
The murderer was cast by 51 minds the producers of all Below Deck shows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jasmine_Fiore
I was living in San Diego at the time. Not going to lie it freaked me out
if I remember correctly the show was on VH1. Yes I actually watched it….
Not shocking and just like Bravo to hire them. You’ve commented for at least a couple of years now, I think, about their misogyny, and I agree 100%, but it seems like more than ever they really like to bring toxic drama into every single thing show on their air. It’s just not my bag anymore. I can’t hang with that.
I’ve stopped watching all HWs shows and only keep up by reading your blog. I still watch VPR, but the mean girl schtick and sociopathic behavior they encourage from some of the cast members is exhausting and that, too, is on my last nerve. I loved BDM because of the destinations they were featuring and seeing the on-camera crew chemistry (positive or negative) was also interesting, but this season took a dark turn. Malia has doubled down on Instagram for throwing Hanna under the bus after her panic attack. She shows zero empathy for her and in comments she implies Hannah was using “drugs” other than Valium and not all legal. Who gives a shit? The woman was clearly in crisis and distress! STFU. Even, if this was the case, she has completely exposed Hannah’s private medical issues for all to see and all so she can have a leg to stand on. It’s backfired immensely. She closed comments and removed them from view after almost every single comment out of over a thousand was calling her out for her lack of professionalism, empathy and just decency. Tearing people down and pulverizing them emotionally for a reality show is just NOT entertainment. It’s cruel.
Did you see where she is trying to imply that the crew signs a drugs and alcohol agreement, and basically insinuates that you have to hand over prescription drugs over to the Captain – like I guess you go to the Capt. if you need it? That is stupid. If it is a daily medication, what a pain in the ass and a time waster. If it is drugs you take “as needed” that could be a dangerous delay.
Plus, Sandy KNOWS she has panic attacks.
And plus they CLEARLY ignore alcohol rules.
No I DIDN’T See it! I feel like y’all saw a preview I have not. I heard something about drugs on board, and I just thought what a tired storyline. DO THE GUESTS HAVE DRUGS? We’ve done that two or three times already. I knew when they decided to include a clip of Hannah taking a pill before bed that something would come of that.
THEY ARE NOT IN PRISON. Sandy has no right to her prescription medications. That is a violation of her HIPPA rights. They can’t do that. They don’t need to know if someone is on HIV meds, diabetes meds, any of that. That said, they do that on Big Brother, so I guess it is legal. I remember when I went throught Big Brother interview process, I made it through the first round. I was not going to go on the show, I don’t even like having my photo taken. But I was sent an inch thick booklet of legal documents after the very first round where you had to agree to give your doctor permission to discuss all medical issues. And your shrink. And your gynecologist. It was extremely invasive. And everyone on BB is tested for STDs. That is how Evel Dick found out he was HIV positive.
Still it would be PRODUCTION that would give her her meds, not Sandy.
I hate this show even more.
If you haven’t done so yet, take a look at Malia’s Instagram. She goes on about how it’s Maritime Law to disclose all meds to the captain and the captain has to give them and monitor the member. And…It’s a fireable offense if they are not disclosed. She also said that they could all lose their licenses…blah, blah, blah….. In season one when Kat was being harassed by those guests, she started drinking. Adrienne brought it to Lee. Kat blamed it on the Xanax she was taking. Lee asked to see the script. Kat wasn’t fried for having the script. It makes no sense.
Malia doesn’t immediately tell sandy about the Valium, which by the laws she rattled off, she should have. She only does when Hannah doesn’t give her what she wants. She is awful.
I just googled the Maritime laws on drugs and alcohol. And the entire thing clearly refers to UNPRESCRIBED DRUGS. Interestingly it is against maritime laws two consume any alcohol within four hours prior to your assigned shift thought or while on shift. *cough* Kate *cough* HOWEVER there Maritime law seems to be referring to CARGO SHIPS, not private cruise ships. So it’s all irrelevant.
Capt. Lee asked to see Cat’s Rx bottle, but if it had been illegal, Capt. Lee likely would have spoken about it the way that Capt. Glenn did about the recreational drugs “ALLEGEDLY” brought on board by the guests.
If Sandy (no honorific) uses that in the wrong way, I don’t know what legal recourse Hannah will have, if any. I HOPE it is a misleading preview like with the Sailing Yacht. We shall see…
JEEZ. I remember running that story as a centerpiece among commentary at the last newspaper. I didn’t remember 51 Minds because I didn’t know LOTS of stuff I’ve learned here, so it meant little to me. I DO remember thinking “What kind of idiots didn’t thoroughly vet candidates after the Rodney Alcala (Dating Game Killer) homicides?”
I wonder how 51 Minds can find any company to provide insurance. There have been cases where people are killed at sea by some deranged person either wanting to steal a vessel or just because they are twisted. I hope they are more careful for the Below Deck crew. Lots of things can happen at sea.
Here’s hoping 51 minds is blackballed in two ✌️ and two ✌️.
YOU are all the go! That was a classic.
And screw chuck woolary & his political proclivities toward potus.
Thank you for getting my antiquated humor here. And agree…what a douche bag Chuck ended up being. He needs to stfu already.
They could have brought in Aiesha as second stew from the get go and we would have had a fun season to watch. Now they are bleeding viewers. I know I am out, I am taking it off of my DVR. I am not going to spend another season pissed off like I was watching BD last season. I haven’t watched WWHL since the reunion disaster with the brus. Bugs, Malia, and Captain Sandy think they can gaslight the viewers, big mistake.
Somehow I knew this was going to be a bad season. I told myself not to watch, yet I am weak and I tuned in each episode. Much to my regret.
I bet those at Bravo are smirking and dancing in their offices. They have exactly what they wanted. DRAMA. All the negative posts are like ambrosia to them. It means people are watching and talking about their show. I hate to give them their satisfaction, yet here I am.
We all knew it was coming, but it was still heartbreaking to see the end of Kiko. I am so glad to learn he is happy in spite of the show. He’s with his girlfriend, sailing around the world and receiving so much love from fans.
I am yet again feeling bad for Hannah. She really should have made season 4 her last season. She does not deserve season 5 at all. Having Sandy, Malia and Bugsy to contend with just wasn’t fair. They have shown themselves to be a three headed snake. What Malia did was reprehensible. Pretend to care about Hannah and offering to help during the panic attack. Then slither up to Sandy’s den to report on her. Now she’s sneaking into Hannah’s things to take photos of her medications? If she was a true caring and decent person she would have first talked to Hannah about this and give her the option to tell Sandy herself, and if she refused then Malia could say she will have to tell Sandy. But to sneak behind her back like that? It clearly shows her intent to stir trouble. How nice for her, the boyfriend comes at just the right moment, then her bestie becomes the chief stew to replace Hannah. She has slithered her way up Sandy’s whoHa. All is well for Malia, Bugsy and Sandy.
The deal with Rob and Jess has really gotten grossly out of hand, and nobody seems to notice. Yet Hannah and Conrad were constantly being watched by Sandy. I believe she reprimanded them once or twice too.
So many double standards. Remember BD season 2 with Capt. Lee, when Cat came to him with her story about taking prescribed medication for her own mental illness. Lee was very stern with her, but willing to listen to her first before saying anything. He gave her a no nonsense warning and a 2nd chance. Does Sandy do anything remotely like that? NO! She judges right off and decides what she wants. Oh but she’s so caring about it. Blah!!! I’ll stop my rant now. lol Sorry.
Tamara, when you started your 90-Day recap, Below Deck may not have been trending on Twitter. It is now. One guess what an OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of people are saying about Sandy. And about Kiko. You guessed it right!
Hey Nanette, I don’t have social media. But glad to know people are dragging Sandy. I’m convinced that you were right about her just wanting to promote herself for her stupid restaurant which is doomed to fail.
My question is, according to social media, is she still married? I thought her wife/partner had cancer. If so, and this is what she chose to do instead of being at home with a sick partner who probably could use some support just makes her look even more selfish in my eyes. I guess some people actually do believe that bad press is better than none, and most of that mindset are usually D-list narcissists. Just curious about her IRL situation.
OTOH, To play devils advocate, maybe she needs the money to pay for her partner’s care. Even if that’s true, it doesn’t give her a pass for being a shitty captain or super cunty. Doubtful of this scenario seeing as her judgement as you pointed out is awful, too. Who opens a restaurant with zero experience when your life partner is fighting a health battle?
I’m so glad Kiko is living his best life. But he was just a kid and she easily could have scarred someone his age for life.
I just fucking HATE her and figured you’d have the scoop on her personal life. I’m sure she is not easy to live with IRL either.
Just curious.
I think her partner has completed her treatments and is doing well. I am not sure if that was the case when this was filmed or not. If I recall that was a fairly recent update.
I’m from Jacksonville. I KNOW exactly the building she bought for her restaurant. Its a cool building actually. It’s a former fire station. It’s in DT Jax which is DOA at night. The building is not well located. If it succeeds, it will be a miracle. My crystal ball tells me it won’t.
I just took a look at Malia’s IG. Her defensive post and responses spills the tea on what happens next week….
Kiko living his best life while Sandy clearly looked bothered by the negative backlash on WWHL is his best revenge. Buh-bye micromanager, look at Kiko now!
I’m sure they weren’t expecting Kiko to be such a big a fan favorite. Plus they really thought they sold that bs storyline with that godawful acting. We smelled something rotten last week.
Tamara – You keep me in stitches. This episode was hard to watch but “Branson, Missouri food?” I died cackling.
I truly believe that Sandy (dream crusher) isn’t a very happy person on and off the show. As someone said to me before, “Hurt people, hurt people”. It just seems her goal in life is to crush peoples dreams, spirtis and feelings, like she did with Conrad, Colin and now Kiko.
Profound.
He mentioned a cook book in the article. I will definitely buy it. I just looked up a recipe for Moqueca and yum!!!!!!! Definitely in this Puerto Rican girl’s flavor profile. I will definitely add some shrimp and use swordfish as it is the season here. I will let y’all know how it turns out. I will try to get to the fish market by Friday.
I made Moqueca and talked about it in an open forum if you put Moqueca in my search box you should be able to fine it.
Regarding the Valium, someone made a good point about a previous prescription issue. The stew was given the choice of telling the captain herself under the proviso that if she didn’t, the chief stew would. THAT’S management. If Malia snuck in, took pictures & forwarded them to Sandy, THAT is a bitch move.
No, not really. Kat wasn’t given that option. She sensed Adrienne’s strategy and did an end run and went right up to the captain herself and crafted her own narrative to Capt. Lee and he chose to accept it. Adrienne was cut out of the loop entirely. Kat was very smart.
Hannah finds herself in a different situation entirely. She has Bugsy and Malia ready to eviscerate her at the first opportunity with a captain who pretty much can’t stand her. So, she is fucked.
Sandy needs to learn that white glove service, regarding food, is not served wearing white gloves. A royal butler stated that no one would ever be wearing white gloves to serve, not even to the queen. Hands are easier to maintain cleanliness.
NOE! NOE! NOE! … I seldom watch the “never before seen” versions of the Bravo shows. But I am watching the one about the “vegan charter.” The scene that didn’t make it would not have seemed like a big deal when the extra scene FIRST AIRED.
But knowing what is coming up changes things. Because it is another set-up scene. We didn’t see it, so I guess 51 Minds decided it needed a different “casual conversation” or “fuck with Hannah” set up.
Bugsy is complaining about her quarters. It starts with Jess going on break and Bugs promising not to disturb (implying hookup time with Rob). So dumb because the short breaks seem to come as they can fit them in, not at exact times. Jess asks “What am I supposed to do?” Bugs says “Go live with your boyfriend … Rooooobbb.” Off-camera, Bugs “confides” that she CANNOT get ANY sleep. She “caught” Rob “GOING into” her cabin. (Not COMING into when she would be woken up.) It’s “driving me INSANE.”
The setup continues. Jess asks who Bugs would bunk with. Would it be Kiko? Kiko overhears and jokes it’s a love triangle — Kiko, Rob, and Jess. THAT seems like natural flow in response to Bugs telling Jess it’s awkward sharing a bunk with someone trying to squeeze in hookups.
But IT’S SO MUCH MORE! Because it shows 51 Minds at work making Bugs the reason for the shuffle. Jess + Rob = Bugs + Kiko (new chef). But that won’t work because new chef is Malia’s boyfriend. Jess + Rob = (Chef) Tom + Malia = Bugs + Hannah = NOE! That means HANNAH must go to keep the Bugs and Malia part of the equation copacetic.
I guess Production didn’t NEED to show that setup. Because another, more nefarious, setup “just fell into” its lap. Next week, if an incident of Hannah and drugs comes up and that precipitates Hannah’s exit, Perry Mason* would argue circumstantial evidence that Hannah was set up.
*HBO’s Perry Mason gets better every week. Last Sunday’s penultimate episode was the best yet. Matthew Rhys is KILLING IT. The S1 finale is Sunday. It’s been renewed for S2. That’s MY FUCKING HOORAY!
Not a fan of Sandy and yes I too cried about Kiko, also I’m glad to see the link you provided about his current situation! Did it bug ( no pun intended ) anyone else when a charter guest complimented Melia and then she complained about the woman calling her cute? I just thought that was overkill…I am over her and Captain Sandy!