It feels like I have writing Below Deck Med recaps for all of quarantine. It feels like the longest season ever. And it’s time to watch this hot mess of a season for you so you don’t have to. You’re welcome. I’m starving so this might be late.
We start with Tom making Aesha cry over The Great Cucumber Incident. Aesha goes to cry to Bugsy about Tom being an asshole. Tom complains to Malia who seems quite accustomed to placating his moods. Sandy wanders aimlessly through the kitchen for her 37th cup of coffee and Tom doesn’t acknowledge her at all.
Tom Has Anger Issues
Because the crew lost a frisbee game or something on the beach they have to wear speedos during dinner service. The table scape has panties everywhere. Who wants to each dinner with people’s underwear all over the place? Then the primary is half an hour later for dinner. This stressed out Tom again. Malia volunteers the stew to do all the dishes so Tom can go to bed. All his emotional outbursts have apparently worn him out. Meanwhile, Jess and Rob appear to be having sex right on the deck. And they are smoking. Malia shuts them down during their after sex cigarette.
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Malia’s mom is in Spain and apparently is going to meet Tom for the first time. But first the crew gets their tip! The primary raved about the service and then gave them no tip! Only a gift card for his restaurant in Malibu. What the actual fuck? Is this a joke? And it is. He had the tip in his pants. At the tip meeting, Sandy has a few words for Tom. It’s rather inappropriate to basically discipline an employee in public. The tip was $20K.
Jess Finally Gets Laid
All of the crew except for Jess and Rob go out on the town. Jess has convinced Bugsy to let her and Rob sleep in the guest cabin for the night. I just realized we haven’t seen Pete AT ALL in the last few episodes. How do they even do that? Oh and just as soon as I mention him we get a glimpse of him at the dining table. He’s next to Aesha but half the time it is just an empty chair. Back on the boat, we are treated to Jess’s sex noises. It’s like a porno.
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The next day, the entire galley goes to shit. The fish was delivered at room temperature. There is food everywhere. And once again Tom is having a fit. He expects Malia and everyone else to do his job for him. Sandy calls Malia out of the kitchen and tells he to quit saving them. Malia says if he doesn’t get some help he is going to walk. Sandy doesn’t care. Next week, the tantrums continue. And Jess continues to jealous of Aesha.
MALIA tells the stews to do his work? If I were Bugsy, I’d have them do it as it is part of their area and it was late at night with a charter going. But then I’d have words with Malia – or worse for Malia, Sandy.
Tom is such a brat. He expects everyone to bow down to him. Malia needs to get out of the galley. She doesn’t let him know how he is being a jerk, and that just makes her look worse that she already is looking.
PS… Tamara, I was hoping for your opinion about Real Housewives of Potomac. So much crazy happened. I hope you are getting some down time when you can. Your sharp wit is so necessary.
T – I know having a guest blogger is A LOT OF WORK, more than people realize. I suck at photos, and am grateful you still let me blog the award season. (I also suck at the Emmys. It was this Sunday. I watched half of it, and only recogized maybe 2 shows? I’ve not watched Schitt’s Creek yet.)
But I can say that if you have a reader willing to blog some of these shows… we don’t need more than one stock photo. Let said blogger know how to rid themselves of the double space after a period (I know, I know, I don’t practice what I am preaching)
I’d consider it, but I’ve not caught up on NY or BH let alone Potomac.
Didn’t anybody see that this whole Bugsy coming in and Tom conveniently being available was a plot.. Malia wanted Tom her boyfriend chief to take kikos place. Busy was hired to take Hannah’s place. Watch it over. Malia was complaining about kiko to her crew. Watch how Sandy and Malia look at each other. Malia and bugsy covered for Tom when he messes up. Karma will bite them in the ass.
Sandy has met her match with Tom! I like how he was ignoring her and that she had to speak first. If Kiko had Tom’s attitude she would of gone off. Instead she is placating Tom and walking on eggshells. I cannot believe that snarky comment Tom made to Malia’s mother. Tom and his tantrums, he will definitely not be back on the show. Malia on Instagram is stating she is single.
What did he say?
I missed it!
What did Tom say to Malia mom , I missed it too. Tom’s food was no better than kikos .
Malia and Sandy planned that whole Tom replacing kiko and bugsy replacing Hannah. Malia saw the drugs Hannah had way before she reported it. Malia is vicious and thinks she’s perfect. Welcome to karma Malia, it’s your turn…
She referred to the Galley as the kitchen. Tom said “it’s a Galley (Mahlia’s mom name was)”. I thought it was snarky but then I thought maybe he knew her and that’s why he made the comment. I had no idea that was there first time meeting. What an a-hole.
Haaaa!
Yes, what a lovely first impression.
Correcting someone on something trivial.
Mansplaining sucks at any level, at any time. I once had a man mansplain to me how to get to my own house as I was driving… (turn here, then go there). FFS really?
I quit watching this show 3 episodes in. I saw the handwriting on the wall. Can’t stomach Sandy and her camera obsession and micro-managing. Can’t stomach Malia and her manipulating ways. I come here for the validation that I made the right choice. I did.
He is a prick!
And Malia was so excited about her Mom visiting and getting to meet him.
Mom handled it well, but is probably happy that her daughter is no longer with that jackass!
Well we knew he was a jerk when he abandoned his dying family member to be on TV with his girlfriend
What a little bitch Tom is.
It seems to me that a Chef should be able to do his own bidding with the suppliers if they deliver an inferior product, and not have to run to the Captain to fix it for him.
And all of his “It’s not fair! It’s not fair!” whining? That’s a child’s argument. An adult who is a manager and a professional doesn’t concern himself with all of that but instead moves to a solution.
Apparently, Sandy never learned the first rule of managing employees: Praise publicly, counsel privately. HOWEVER, what she said to Tom at the tip meeting was mild. And I give her a pass for it because it contained information that benefited the crew as a whole: when you’re going on break, let people know! Then maybe people won’t knock on your door next time you’re 18 minutes into your 15-minute break.
I’m loving your comment. It’s so true. His shell pieces in his oysters and all the other mistakes he made were also kept quiet …I wonder if Sandy saw the episode. She sure as hell didn’t stand over Tom like she did to kiko. They have no idea how much they hurt kiko. Both personally and professionally. Him and Tom were day and night in the kitchen. Tom cried like a little girl.
I agree with you. What bothers me is that Tom ignored Sandy and she took it. There is no way in hell that she would of taken it if that were Kiko. Double standard much.
Kikos food was amazing. Sandy stood behind him at every meal. I know she’s a profiler. She probably looked at kiko and thought ” he doesn’t go with this mega yacht. She probably thought he looked like the dishwasher. She’s not a good person and I think she’s a racist profiler. Kiko said to Sandy ” I cook tonight and then I leave.”. And Sandy didn’t say anything. She nodded her head yes. That was so suspicious , because kiko was waiting for Sandy to say ” no, stay, I’ll give you another chance. But you see, Sandy already knew that chef Tom ( Malias boyfriend) was coming to take his place. Malia was standing in galley listening, because she also knew,.
To Sandy and Malia; Karma is coming your way.
Kiko never had a tantrum and never complained even when stuff was thrown at him. Kiko never insulted the guests regarding their pallet and he never talked down to the stews and the captain. On the other hand Tom Tom has done all this. It looks like Sandy’s karma might be coming for her soon. The clip is so bad on so many different levels. Too bad, so sad.
Also, no one said Kiko’s oysters had shells. I wonder if he brought his own shucking knife and took it when he left!
I can’t believe there are three more episodes!
I don’t know, have mix feeling about the all season, Captain Sandy show a side of her that had naver seen before. I fallow this BD series..
from the beginning and had found myself disgusted at Captain Sandy this season… Yes Tom looks kind of a moody person but I blame Malia for putting him in the situation and he shouldn’t never accepted… the Cucumber incident was Tom Fault for not communicating that he was taking a 15 or 20 min. break wish was justified the way he’s been working… but Captain Sandy acted like ungrateful person to someone that actually was making her favor by saving her to look for chef in the middle of season…her lack of empathy has been very clear thru the season, understand her job as a Captain but am getting the impression that she’s been playing to the Cameras a lot more than before by the way Hate that huge Yacht to me it needed more staff and seem uncomfortable in all the wrong places… Resuming is been a terrible season,interesting dynamics but awful situations…
I can’t believe I have to wait until November for Captain Lee but I’m grateful he’s back. I’ll soldier on 😂
Rob seems to have very little sense of humor, IMO.
Jess is more playful but young, inexperienced and inexplicably insecure.
Add in the yacht “summer vacation romance” sense of time…a recipe for heartbreak!
On the bright side, I am liking Malia and Sandy more this episode!
Holy crap Tom is a WEENIE.
Amazing!
He’s whining about his reputation while ruining it beyond repair!
And he was so desperate to go to bed he didn’t even want Malia in the bunk with him.
That right there shows Maia what a horrible person he is….Just thinking of himself, and how unfair everything is. Whaaaaaaa
I couldn’t believe when Malia said they would do the dishes. Excuse me?
Ugh that fish was so gross!
He is the WORST!
He might even be worse than Beef Cheeks Leon!
What did Tom say to Malia mom , I missed it too. Tom’s food was no better than kikos .
Malia and Sandy planned that whole Tom replacing kiko and bugsy replacing Hannah. Malia saw the drugs Hannah had way before she reported it. Malia is vicious and thinks she’s perfect. Welcome to karma Malia, it’s your turn3…
I would rather have kiko’s Brazilian stew and tapas any day over Tom’s not so properly shucked oysters! Ha and I would love to sit down and have a beer with Kiko rather than wobbly chucker Tom – I cant stand those whingy whiney spoilt British men
Amen Lisa. Amen
Aesha
Love her bubbly personality but slightly crass
Bugs and Alex
He seems like such a genuine guy and she seems so reluctant to get involved ( but I do believe that he is one of the good guys – come on Bugs)
Malia and Tom
Wow he is coming off badly and so is she, with the stand by my man routine
Rob and Jess
I missed the WWHL episode, what did Jess have to say
Why did Malia think she could assign another person’s crew to do ANYTHING! Especially late at night. Oh, that’s right, Sandy’s Top Toadie. I remember Sandy saying — after she fired him — how supportive she was of Kiko and how one time she EVEN did the dishes so he could get to bed.
Well….I’m thinking we might not ever have to deal with Sandy again I hope!
On another site not as good as this one I just saw that Sandy tells the world on tape that she thinks Malia is a lesbian.
WOW.
WTF!
And I have no problem with LGBT people in any way….But I do have a problem with someone announcing that about someone else!
LMAO ~ She thought people hated her before….
Someone sent me the link on Twitter
It’s part of a Cameo someone bought for her husband.
Sandy seems drunk or something and looks like a hot mess. She says she thinks Malia is “secretly gay” and “production thinks so too.”
https://twitter.com/RealityTVBliss/status/1308190654342799363 I hope this gets her fired.
I just clicked & watched. I agree, I hope it gets her fired. And YES, she acts drunk/F’d up. I can’t stand her. I don’t give a f**k about Malia, but this is just wrong….to out her if she is or for Sandy to be trying to discern if she is/isn’t period on a video she knows is going to go public.
What did Tom say to Malia mom , I missed it too. Tom’s food was no better than kikos .
Malia and Sandy planned that whole Tom replacing kiko and bugsy replacing Hannah. Malia saw the drugs Hannah had way before she reported it. Malia is vicious and thinks she’s perfect. Welcome to karma Malia, it’s your turn…
Omg, Sandy is definitely on something. I wish someone would of called her out and asked if she had a prescription. I have a feeling if this link gets around that she will get fired.
🙏 from your lips to God’s ears TT
Holy shit
Agreed.
Me too!
My God she really thinks she is the shit.
No Sandy…You are shit.
What does her shirt say?
SuperDick?
Okay…It isn’t that, but it should be.
Omg! I so hope she gets fired over this. Wow. I wonder if she was back on the sauce while driving the boat… can we get Malia to explain maritime law on this? Ohh karma is brutal. This should be plastered on ALL THE PLACES. She’s definitely on something!
Also, did Tom cheat? Is this why he & Malia broke up? I wonder how his sick uncle is doing.
Sandy being off the wagon would also explain why she would think opening a new restaurant is a good idea. I’m no Miss Cleo, but I see rock bottom in her future. Just wow.
OTOH, congrats to Hannah and Kiko. They are both too classy to gloat but ya gotta know that they both are inwardly doing the happy dance and I am so incredibly happy for both of them and their bright futures. Happiness is definitely the best revenge!
TT, Thanks for posting this and for watching and recapping it so we don’t have to! It definitely seems like the longest season ever!
I resisted 90 days when everyone kept telling me how good it is. I was like NOPE! Not going to get hooked on anything else.
HOW WRONG I WAS.
90 Day is A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN BRAVO. I dread the end of every season. Bravo shows I am secretly waiting for them to be over on the first episode.
The new below deck season 8 promos are up. I haven’t watch any of the new episodes (med, sailing yacht) since midway through the nightmare that was BD Season 7, but I am very tempted!!!!!! Ok, I will probably watch it just for Captain Lee and Eddie.
Capt. Sandy is vicious ..Malia is worse. She’s ferocious. Malia was talking crap bout kikos food to everyone. Saying to crew ” You should have seen the breakfast he cooked for guests this morning “. Then Malia knew Hannah was taking valium and cannabis cbc oil. But she waited til Hannah said no about rooming with Bugsy, to take picture on phone and sending to Sandy. Then it was Bugsy Sandy called to be 2nd stew. Then Sandy calls in for a replacement for kiko and says ” send me ANYBODY ” WTH. Bogus crap. I think Sandy and Malia conspired to have Bugsy take Hannah’s place and then get unemployed Malias boyfriend chef Tom to replace kiko. I can see by the look Malia and Sandy gave each other at the galley and the wheel. It was Sandy who told Hannah to help kiko in the kitchen and then when kiko made Hannah’s suggested Las Vegas meal , Sandy said to kiko ” Don’t bring Hannah into this , she had nothing to do with it “. A message to Sandy, ” hope you get fired and Malia gets fired and for Tom to feel what kiko was feeling when he got fired. Oh yea that’s called karma. As for Bugsy and Malia, I’m hoping Sandy watched that episode where chef Tom sent out oysters to the guests with shells in them and the guests needed a dentist. And all the other mistakes chef Tom made. As for you kiko, I hope you get a Michelin star for your cooking one day. Malia was trying to cover her guilt when she told kiko ” this isn’t the end of you, my boyfriend said he experienced the same things. Sandy needs to go.
What did Tom say to Malia mom , I missed it too. Tom’s food was no better than kikos .
Malia and Sandy planned that whole Tom replacing kiko and bugsy replacing Hannah. Malia saw the drugs Hannah had way before she reported it. Malia is vicious and thinks she’s perfect. Welcome to karma Malia, it’s your turn3…
I wrote what he said above.
My husband hugged my mom the first time he met her and shook my father’s hand. Tom did neither. It amazes me that he keeps talking about his reputation when he’s the only one doing it damage. Sandy and Malia still suck too.
Didn’t anybody see that this whole Bugsy coming in and Tom conveniently being available was a plot.. Malia wanted Tom her boyfriend chief to take kikos place. Busy was hired to take Hannah’s place. Watch it over. Malia was complaining about kiko to her crew. Watch how Sandy and Malia look at each other. Malia and bugsy covered for Tom when he messes up. Karma will bite them in the ass.
Totally agree is all been scripted..Captain Sandy is playing to the cameras…agree with everyone…This is been quite a season. BUT they got us talking and that the purpose of it all …saw the new Season trailer with Captain Lee and we are for another one we been talking about it…
OMG. Will someone please keep Malia out of the galley!?! Go do your actual job!
When she told Sandy that she’s going to name a lead deck hand, all I could think was – yeah – so that he takes on more work, leaving you more time to hang in the galley.
Like she really cares about boosting someone’s confidence or doing something to help someone else’s career.
Stay on deck, you condescending little manipulator.