I’m not sure if my DVR didn’t record episode 12, last week or if I somehow deleted it. I may have deleted it on purpose because Captain Lee is going to talk about the loss of his son. And that will be difficult. I’m watching the episode now on demand. Which means I have to watch all the commercials. UGH. I totally remember recapping this episode, but I can’t find a recap. So it’s time to start another Below Deck recap for this week. Just incase you need a refresher on the last episode, here it is.
S8, EP12 Blue Skies and UTI’s
James Is A Complete Asshole
Okay, on to the latest Below Deck recap. James continues to be a fuckstick toward Elizabeth. On the last episode Izzy got meds for a UTI. This week a doctor is coming to see Elizabeth, and Rachel. Elizabeth joins the UTI club. Rachel needs an IV for her tummy issues. Why does Francesca have to tell Elizabeth that setting the table requires plates and cutlery? WHY? And now she and Ashling are ignoring her on radio. She should have directed the radio to Elizabeth though. Instead, Elizabeth’s mind is on James and she is interrogating Ashling to see if she thinks James is into her now.
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Elizabeth and James are both assigned to clean the crew mess. Elizabeth gets more pathetic every second. Girl. Stop being so damn easy. If only you gave Francesca this much of your attention, you might be able to do your damn job properly. By the way, the charter guests are super easy. Eddie promotes Izzy to lead deckhand. And she is worried that James won’t listen to her. And that is a valid concern.
Elizabeth Is A Waste Of Space
Rachel survives the last service without crapping her pants. Some of the last few days that has been my goal of the day. So, I see that as an accomplishment. Meanwhile dinner is still happening. Captain Lee is at the table. And birdbrained Elizabeth radios James to meet her in the main salon. So. She. Can. Feed. Him. A. Cannoli! I can’t with this one. Kate would have thrown her overboard on the third charter. She finally gets some kisses out of James before heading to bed. Gurrrrl. He’s just not that into you.
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The next morning, Francesca struggles to the eggs out to the guests. I have know idea how you would know if eggs were over easy or over medium or whatever unless the chef told you and pointed before taking them out. And for some reason the egg dishes are on the bar and they are trying to do this over the radio. This recap seems to be taking forever. I think it’s because I got started after the show ended so I not racing the clock. Also, I feel like shit. The very sweet charter guests finally leave. they got $1,400 each.
Clean The Beach
The crew is committed to cleaning a beach as some volunteer work. No one is very excited and most of them still don’t feel well. Rachel goes onshore for a IV drip. It’s not a cute white beach where you just pick up stray trash. It’s a mangrove full of shoes and underwear and other random shit. The remove TONS of crap. Like boatsful. Everyone heads back to the boat including Rachel. It’s bed time. They worked for a long time.
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Everyone goes to bed except Elizabeth and James who decide to fuck in the VIP guest cabin. It is Izzy’s first day as lead deckhand. And I’m surprised that Rob isn’t thrilled about it. And the next day, they both treat her like shit. Ashling has the tummy thing now. The doctor is going to see her. The problem is I have it too and this is not helping me. Apparently, having to sprint to the bathroom is like yawning. When someone else does it, you have to do it too. OMFG! It’s the Queen of Versailles people on the next charter. UGH. For so many reasons.
Within minutes of the new work day everyone knows that James and Elizabeth slept together all night in the guest quarters. James and Elizabeth may both be getting fired next week.
WWHL With Captain Lee and Rachel
Captain Lee was pissed about how James and Rob treated Izzy on her first day as lead deckhand. Am I the only one that flinches when Andy call Captain Lee, “Lee”? Captain Lee soft peddled on Rachel’s off shore drunkeness. Holy crap! Tornado Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning! my heart is banging out of my chest! Looks like it will be like this until seven am.
Sorry. Trying to calm the fuck down. Captain Lee said that Elizabeth should have been fired. I still think it could happen next week. Rachel pays her rent by doing “Eat my Cooter!” Cameos.
Why the hell did Andy do a top five of his favorite karoke songs at the end. Who cares?
Who would want to do that fuck boy James? He’s just a creep.
Elizabeth May not be the best worker but neither is Francesca. She clearly has a raging hard on for Elizabeth who cannot do anything right as far as Ces is concerned.
When Elizabeth started working on time in the morning, Ces told her she wanted to have a team meeting first. When Elizabeth checked with her before she got started, Ces complained about it to Ash.
Ces complains about Elizabeth not being professional. But Ces complains about her to her peer Ash, not cool. Ces reprimanded her about sleeping in the guest quarters in front of others, where she called Elizabeth unprofessional. Sorry but losing it and calling someone out in public isn’t professional. Hypocrite much Ces?
I could go on on with Ces’ hypocrisy and blatant favoritism toward Ash. I can’t wait to see Rachel call it for what I’m seeing next week in that “Francesca sucks”.
On another note, Rob is weird. There is something off about him.
Rob is VERY weird….Since day 1!
I think he was zipped in that suitcase too long.
OMG what are you watchin? Elizabeth sucks, I would have thrown her overboard a long time ago. Her work ethics suck. As a hard worker myself I could not work with this person and have zero respect for a person that does not do their job and she gets paid good money…for what? Lose Elizabeth!!! If Francesca only knew that it wasn’t their first time having sex in the guest cabin. YOU SUCK ELIZABETH!! TEAM Francesca!!!
I agree Elizabeth sucks but do does Francesca!
Why do so many people stick up for Elizabeth? The girl is too busy bitching about Francesca or chasing Rob? If she did her job and did it well I could see it but the girl really is worthless
Sorry, I meant James, not Rob
I agree that Francesca sucks. She has a hard on for Elizabeth, who may not be great at her job, but does better than more of the dumb ass third stews we’ve seen. Production makes a point to show Elizabeth working diligently (I guess), and Francesca repeatedly unable to get the plates to the table in a timely way. It seems like both Rachel and Lee are frustrated by Francesca.
I’m sure it has been hard for Francesca to replace Kate, but she falls way short– Not funny or sarcastic at all, and a complete snooze fest. It’s like she has zero personality.
I’m asking this in all seriousness. Are you sure you don’t have Elizabeth and Francesa confused?
And we’ll see how much Captain Lee likes Elizabeth next week.
This right here kdwagz! 💯
Oh man was watching WWHL last night and captain lee said something about Delores (drunk guest who jumped ship) and have you seen her PFD’s?! I was like, oh no captain lee!! 🤦🏼♀️ The look on Andy’s face was like 🥴
PFD’s?
Personal floatation device
AKA boobs
Francesca has been clear in her instructions and delivered them as politely and directly as possible under the circumstances. Elizabeth is a poor worker who’s head is not in the game. Hef throwing herself at James, all the marriage talk, pathetic.
I can’t remember what stew it was in a previous season but some chick was always complaining about how the chief stew was talking to her when it really was just someone asking her to do her job. Precious little snowflakes require a boss to say pretty please with sugar on top would you if it’s not too much trouble could you please if you have time and feel like it but if you don’t it’s okay maybe see your way clear to cleaning a toilet today but only if you feel like it and it doesn’t trigger you?
Grow up Elizabeth.
Jennifer from a past season of Below Deck whined and complained all the time that Kate was picking on her.
James is lazy and conceded. Time to shake up this show. It’s starting to look scripted and Capt. Lee and Eddie are terrible actors. Lee talking to that chief stew Chess? about his son was so off. He barely knows her. Lee and Eddie should had that conversation.
I agree that it would have been much more fitting if that conversation was with Eddie.
Sorry to be a jerk….But you wrote James is lazy and conceded.
That means he is lazy and gave up!
Conceited is true!!
Sorry. My Bad! CONCEITED is what I meant.
No problem!!
I kinda like it as giving up! Hee!
Tamara, DEFINITELY missed u last week. Glad ur back.
This was just a holy mess of an ep. Sorry, but I find James useless and not worth the time of day. He seems to revel in his assholeness. His sneakiness to and about everyone is venal. For all of Elizabeth’s “wholeness” she is totally without a clue. Her neediiness is appalling. That said, the games James plays can be seen from
miles away except by her closeup. As horrible as last week’s takedown of him was at dinner, he kinda deserved it and is acting out appropriately. I completely understand Cess’ total frustration with Elizabeth. She has to constantly monitor her like a 3 year old and has lost all patience with her. Watch Elizabeth’s eyes when Cess confronts her about the guest room. She’s caught & her mind is spinning trying to justify her actions. I get why Cess blew up at her. She had enough 2 charters ago.
The way Rob & James acted towards Izzy getting the promotion was appalling. Seems we have another “bro code” like what happened last BD with these two. She’s worked her ass off the entire season and for them to speak/act like that to her was just shitty. Did James actually think he was going to get that title with his commentary & slacking off? Rob is competent but has shown no initiative. It was a proper promotion and if they had an ounce of respect for Eddie, they would have acted accordingly.
I was so furious at the way Rob and James acted. A woman promoted, she must have had sex with Eddie. No, she’s just competent, unlike you two idiots. I was kind of unimpressed the way Izzy acted as a stew, but she has thrived as a deckhand. Sometimes jobs don’t suit you but you find the one that does, and she did.
The people who defend Elizabeth are either friends/family or are Elizabeths, as in you make the rest of us work harder and it’s actually easier without you. She doesn’t even make the show more interesting. She always has that infuriating face when she talks with Francesca, like you’re talking to a young teen. I’d have throat punched her by now.
👍👍👍. Agree completely- the world (or bosses) shouldn’t have to wrap every request in roses and lollipops and offer explanations every time people are asked to perform basic tasks in the workplace. That employee “expectation” quite frankly scares me (almost in terms of the future of the world😊). Having been on the supervisor end of employees with those expectations in the past has made me want to poke my eyes (or theirs) out with a stick.
I’m trying, but I just can’t get into this season’s characters at all. I find myself just feeling annoyed in a general way the whole time I’m watching. Production needs to get its paws out of every little thing (in general, on most of the shows anymore). Production is ruining Bravo I think.
My favorite Below Deck related show now is Galley Talk. It’s like seeing old friends, and it feels much more natural because they have all actually done the job and they really know each other, so their comments feel more funny and authentic and they seem comfortable with each other in a real way. When the Galley Talkers are on and commenting on the previous week’s show, that’s the only time I even half enjoy BD this season.
What is PFD??
personal flotation device or life preserver.
Personal Flotation Device
AKA fake boobs
Anybody else think about Sunshine when they cleaned up the island?????
Hah- good one! Can you imagine how obnoxious and preachy he would have been?
So true!
It was making me pissed off that Rachel had stomach issues, talking about bathroom urgency constantly and was preparing food. This week it showed her with gloves on but last week? No. Elizabeth cannot be this stupid, although James could possibly be that arrogant, so there is that. Something about this season is off. Maybe it’s the lack of Kate’s sarcasm.
I am loving every minute of this season. Except for the recent episode there’s been no division between boys and girls like last season. I’m so happy that I could continue watching Captain Lee because I will no longer watch SANDY who is just downright evil.
AGREE so much!
I CANNOT watch any more of Sandy.
NOPE.
Absolutely. Next BDM has Sandy AND Malia back.
NOPE!
Agreed! Probably the only thing that will make Bravo “hear” its viewers’ opinions on their terrible casting picks is if we vote with our feet and stop watching. They continue to disregard the opinions on cast members like Sandy and Malia, Braunwyn, etc. (as expressed in blogs like this, Twitter, etc.), probably because they think we will continue to watch the people we “love to hate”. Which is true to a certain extent.😊
they think
Prediction: Elizabeth gets the boot next week but James doesn’t. James, as awful has he is, actually does do his work and aside from being an asshole, I don’t think Eddie has a big problem with him. Elizabeth, on the other hand. Has yet to do a single charter where she hasn’t fucked up SEVERAL times (besides the first & that was only in comparison with how awful Izzy was as a stew) . And it’s NEVER her fault. Cessa is “picking” on her(?). Cessa is just over it. Liz is almost as incompetent as Shane was. It takes more work checking on her than just doing it yourself. And if Elizabeth has FIVE YEARS experience in yachts, then so do I. Didn’t she also have a problem with her last Chief Stew? Coincidence? Think not.
I agree, plus I’ve paused when Captain is telling them about lockdowns and I don’t see Elizabeth in the group.
Cessa is not picking on her, she’s just had enough. Sure she could have been more tactful and talked with Elizabeth in private about the room, but she’s just exhausted over it. Like you said, she’s talked to her multiple times in private, about the same issues.
James is a HUGE douche, but he does get the job done.
I’ve lost interest in a lot of the Bravo shows ever since the Theresa table flip. I thought it was horrible behavior, and apparently it is still rewarded. We all watched Delores being an asshole. She was on a yacht, and I’m not. I’m getting tired of being a decent person. It doesn’t pay.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I way prefer Francesca to Kate. Sure, Kate is really quick witted and funny, but she’s mean funny. I don’t enjoy that, especially since she can’t take similar jokes herself.
I felt super bad for anyone serving under her, because it was always obvious that she was going to go all mean girl and pick one stew to be adoring minion, but be nasty about the other.
Francesca seems like a professional. Elizabeth has no clue how to do a job – she may be a sweet person, but has no work ethic.
So far, I’m not liking Francesca OR Elizabeth. I feel nowadays, a lot of people are conditioned to be either Team A or Team B. But I’m Team N … for Neither.
I miss Kate being chief stew. This year USA snooze fest. Chess is always complaining to Captain Lee. Kate almost never did. She pitched in and worked. Remember season 6.
My favorite season. I wish Bravo would play it again so I can DVR it.
I liked Kate as well. She could go a little mean girl which wasn’t flattering to her but she always worked hard and knew her stuff. And she didn’t go boo hooing to captain Lee every 10 minutes.