The big question I have going into this Below Deck recap is are the finally going to fire Elizabeth? The episode summary for this episode literally says, “Elizabeth spends the charter focusing on James instead of her job.” You know, just like every other episode. There is also a mention of Ashling’s “little white lie” catching up to her. Did I miss that on a previous episode? Let’s get right to it because Bravo is screwing up my DVR again by forcing me to tape for two hours. I think I have it all straightened out now but I wish there was a way to stop a recording earlier.
Good MornTING!
Oh Lord, is the Queen of Versailles and her brood on this episode. Le sigh. We left off with the drunk, entitled, white boys. Oh Ashling’s little white lie might have to do with cutting off the children. Ashling is worried she is going to be in trouble and probably ruined their tips. Newsflash these people are HORRIBLE tippers as we found out the last time they were on the show. Anyway, Elizabeth is still whining about James not acknowledging her 30th birthday.
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Speaking of Douchebags…
On of the entitled brats whines to mommy and daddy about being cut off at the bar after drinking “half a bottle of Hennessey.” He actually drank an entire bottle of Hennessey. Apparently, Ashling’s white lie was when she told the drunk child that the hot tub wasn’t open. He’s complaining like his whole charter was ruined. Francesca has Ashling’s back. Francesca and Ashling are going on the picnic on the shore leaving Liz on the boat to pretend to work. I literally want to drown all these charter guests. Apparently, Covid is a hoax to keep Trump from getting re-elected.
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James and Elizabeth are the only two on the boat. Elizabeth continues to whine about her birthday. The bratty children complain about a two hour car ride to see the stingrays when Daddy could by Sea World if he wanted to. I hate these people. Did I mention that? Meanwhile, Captain Lee is pissed that the galley if full of dirty dishes and Elizabeth is not doing what she needs to do. He literally has to tell her to do the dishes. Then she asks if she could go down the slide. WOW. The asshole children are begging for booze. I hope they don’t end up like their sister. There is something going on with these too beyond just being entitled douchebags. Even the stingrays don’t like these people. They know.
Even More Douchebaggery
Rob seemed like a good guy at first. But he also a douchebag. Rachel is not handling the on shore food service well. It seems like she forgot the condiments. Somehow, Francesca was supposed to handle that? Rachel tells Francesca that she is really horrible at her job. Maybe, if it is her job to anticipate what condiments you will need for your food. You packed the food. How was she supposed to know you wouldn’t bother to pack the condiments. Oh apparently, Rachel did pass of that duty to Francesca. Food is HER job. There is a commercial with fresh guacamole being made. Can one of you deliver that to my house right now? Please and thank you.
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Iggy saves the day by getting them ketchup. Jackie wants a tortoise and so do I. At this point I feel the need to share my childhood trauma with you. When I lived in Libya, my brother was at boarding school in Switzerland (yet he still seems to think I am the most spoiled). At some point he brought home a turtle (tortoise) and painted it red white and blue. Then he left it and went back to school. SO IT WAS MY FUCKING TURTLE! (can you see that there were many arguments about whose turtle it was)? My mama was the go outside and watch the ants or the grass grow or something and don’t come back until dinner type of mama. So I spent a lot of time talking to Myrtle.
Until one day Myrtle was gone. My parents explained that Myrtle ran away. Um, we lived behind walls in a villa. Flash forward a few decades and I learned at the Thanksgiving table that Daddy accidentally killed Myrtle with a fucking lawnmower!!! AND IT WAS AN OLD FASHIONED PUSH MOWER. Excuse me. I need to call my therapist again.
It’s Not About The Ketchup!
Sorry back to the show. The day trip is over and Captain Lee has to check on Elizabeth to see if she got the galley cleaned. Rachel overexplains to Francesca how to do service. Izzy tells Eddie that that Rob and James are being total douchebags. She asks for his advice on how to deal with men that can’t deal with a woman boss. As if he would be of any help. But I get it. She has to have someone to talk to. Eddie is actually very supportive.
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Oh Lord, Captain Lee is invited to dinner again. Jackie gives all the female crew crowns. During dinner service, Elizabeth is begging James to love her. It’s just sad and embarrassing. Everyone is killing themselves with service and Elizabeth is just chatting with James. I’d want to drown her if I was Francesca. Deck crew has to come up and help with dishes. Elizabeth has to get fired now. Right? Francesca finally has to just break them up. Yay! The Weakest Link And the The Bachelor are both recording which is good because I got very behind her telling my traumatic childhood stories. lol. Sorry.
French Toast With Bacon
I am starving to death and have PF Chang Drunken noodles all ready to eat when I get finished. But I’d really like to be on a mega yacht eating French toast and bacon with whipped cream if someone could arrange that for me. 🙂 The charter guests leave please. Did Captain Lee say that they left everyone $18,500 each? I think he means total. They are notoriously bad tippers. OH YES! They are ready to fire Elizabeth. YAY! She’s fired. And BOO! Next week is the season finale. I will miss this show.
I’m going to recap WWHL with Ashling and Elizabeth in comments.
Nene slamming her now-ex lawyer and publicity team on Twitter and nothing at TT??
Ashling and Francesca go at it right away. Andy is somehow supporting Elizabeth in the drama. Elizabeth is clueless. Clearly these to hate each other. I hope there is a reunion. Ashling says that Elizabeth is just not cut out for yachting. This is a nasty/nice argument. I love Ashling. Elizabeth is awful. But this show is seemingly being supportive of Elizabeth.
Elizabeth does admit that she looks like an idiot on this episode. She is at least embarrassed about her teenaged crush. Elizabeth refuse to admit that she hooked up in the guest cabin, she also doesn’t deny it. We HEARD YOU MOANING.
Ashling needs her roots done. I hate dark haired people who go blonde in the first place, brunettes are hot. But is you must thin don’t have skunk head.
Elizabeth says James did not care at all when she was fired. DUH. Finally someone takes Elizabeth to tasks for being a shitty stew.
HOLY SHIT! TOP CHEF IS COMING BACK APRIL FIRST. I need to start a countdown series of posts this makes me so happy!
Have to disagree. Ashling showed herself to be a liar and a back stabber. Both Andy and Elizabeth had Ashling’s number cold and the virtual audience agreed. Ashling was in it for the Bravo shock value – likely hoping that she gets picked up for a future show. She was thoroughly unlikeable. While Elizabeth was not great at her role, she was a third stew – she needed training and managing as well as growing up and acting her age. Francesca is both a bad manager and a tacky hot mess. Viewing her lack of skill at managing her staff and her inability to effectively communicate with the galley(or in keep her hair brushed), I would not hire her for future chief stew work. James is a douchebag child. I miss Kate….
Elizabeth was SECOND STEW WITH 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON HER CV!!!!
She was hired because she didn’t need training! Ashling was the one who was supposed to be 3rd stew, but she at least had fucking common sense and knew that if there was a sink full of dishes – WASH THEM.
Elizabeth needed a clue and worth ethic. She was a giddy teenager that had her head in a clouds all season I made extra work for the other two.
Agree with Barbara, Francesca and Ashling are awful.
Yes, and there is something about Francesca that leaves me cold. Her ccommunication and leadership skills see lacking.
Elizabeth was flighty ., but not mean spirited at least.
I was hoping they would give the chief stew position to Courtney. She was witty and quick with responses.
Is that you Elizabeth?
Yes I see that too. You see the way Andy is acting towards Elizabeth and treating Ashling like crap. Can’t stay Andy Cohen.
I’m done with Francesca and her attitude of ‘you remind me of when I was young and trusting so I’m taking it out on the girl who reminds me of her’.
I’m glad Elizabeth is gone. Shady Andy pissed me off on WWHL. I didn’t finish watching it. I will comment on it when you recap in comments.
I just saw WWHL and I thought Andy was pretty awful to Ashling. I don’t think he said one nice thing about her without a snide look, and was fawning all over Elizabeth.
Ashling is a clone of the pissed off stew.
Elizabeth couldn’t follow directions. She never heard accepted responsibility. She never quit whining. She was lazy. Flighty. She obviously just joined to have a showmance. She should have been fired right after she made mustatd gas, AFTER she was told to READ the instructions and take the bleach OUTSIDE.
James is a jerkwagon. Rob hates women.
I don’t blame Rachel for getting angry with Francesca. She did ask for the condiments. Francesca didn’t even bring the bags to pack the food. Her list for dinner was confusing.
I didn’t understand the Ashling hate. It’s true that you need to be polite to coworkers even when you don’t like them. You would HAVE to vent about Elizabeth.
Agree with everything you wrote!!
I really liked Ashling, she seemed great at her job and got along with everyone.
I would definitely work with her.
Andy was being a total asshole to her.
YES, you are supposed to be fake to get along with coworkers sometimes.
When dealing with Rachel, Francesca seemed to not really listen to her at all.
The condiments….Rachel asked her to pack them, but she turned around and it wasn’t clear if she heard it or not. She seems afraid of Rachel getting mad…So she ignores her, and then messes up. I know Rachel has some of the blame as well, but imo, not as much as Francesca.
And sorry…I still love Rachel. I think she is hilarious.
Elizabeth needs to grow up! Still blows my mind that she is 30.
I was so hoping Lee would scream at her when he caught her and James not working at all for who knows how long! I really do not want to see her again.
Team Kate & Rachel!!!
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What was wrong with Andy on WWHL? Was he on something? Or drunk? My god, embarrassing. I’ve decided I don’t like any of the girls. Rachel is a great chef but crazy when she drinks, Chess thinks she’s all that and honestly, has never ONCE admitted she was wrong and she’s messed up a lot, Ashling doesn’t really have a personality so I guess she’s okay, and Elizabeth is a ditz. I had a girl working for me years ago and the one morning she shows up for work crying hysterically and tells me she is TRAUMATIZED and has to leave and I asked why and she said River Phoenix died the night before. I didn’t even know who he was i was such a nerd but I couldn’t believe someone would do this. Show up for work, tell me she’s leaving, and then goes back home to recuperate herself from someone dying she didn’t know. Some people are not cut out for the workplace. Bless their hearts….
I don’t have anything to say about WWHL, but as a long time lurker with anxiety issues I love your work recapping. It’s 100% entertaining every time!
Thanks?
YAY finally someone who appreciates my mental health issues! lol. Welcome to the site. The things you love now will annoy the piss out of you later, but I hope you stick around anyway.
I’ll def stick around it just took me awhile to have the nerve to post lol. Tbh I think you posting how you really felt was great cause most people don’t feel comfortable enough to do it. And everyone already annoys the piss out of me hahaha
I thought when you said “The Weakest Link” and “The Bachelor” were Elizabeth and James!
The charters are AWFUL. The princes are full of shite. I wish they had gotten stung by the stingrays.
BTW: It was Franchesca’s fault about the fucking mahi mahi. EVEN IN A GREASY SPOON, you do not write TWO guests side by side; it should be a LIST. You can write it however you want on YOUR ticket, but not on what you give the chef! Francesca thinks that writing mahi mahi makes it TWO fucking orders because she wrote only “mahi” and not “mahi mahi” on the other orders. Like when I was cocktailing and a guy ordered Two Tuaca. I asked up or on the rocks. He kept saying Two Tuaca. He finally said in a brandy glass [snifter]. I brought them out; he wanted ONE Tutuaca. He thought it was Tutuaca. So I had to drink one Tutuaca myself! Bwahahaha!
That must have been AWFUL! P.S. There is a drink named after that bitch in Spain???? /giggles I do kind of miss her.
ALso, watching The Weakest Link now and it is a fucking rerun. But I still love it. Still have not gotten to watch The Bachelor. Don’t spoil me Bro.
I don’t get why they are showing reruns, but I LOVE Jane Lynch as host. She is perfect.
Chess READ the order to Rachel. It was easy to read as well. But the real problem was the Rachel only made 1 serving. And chef knows you have to make enough in case the guests want more. Had she done this like she was supposed to, it wouldn’t have been a problem.
Agreed! Not only did she read it to Rachel, but Rachel dismissed it and made a comment about how she wouldn’t remember it. That one is all on Rachel.
Similarly the condiments – Rachel used “we” need to bring them, then started talking about how she had certain ones. She can’t communicate worth shit, gets angry when Francesca asks her questions, and then blames her for it.
I also thought the line (on the dinner orders) had 2 names. I saw _____ & ____ ( w/names filled in) but don’t remember the 2 names. Mahi was written 2x by those 2 names & was written 5 times on the paper. Rachel doesn’t own anything. Kate had already told Andy that this charter wasn’t the first time Rach had walked off the job, Kate said that she had done it multiple other times.
The WWHL episode was shitty. I thought Ashling handled Elizabeth w/a certain amount of decorum on the boat, DIDN’T see it as being two-faced at all. Ashling owed Elizabeth nothing. Why did Elizabeth think it was fine for her to talk shit about Francesca to Rachel, to James, to Izzy, to Ashling, but somehow it was not ok for Francesca to consult Ashling as to whether they could handle the last charter w/o the dead weight bitch??? Hypocritical cunt! Francesca had every right to check in with the reliable stew doing 99% of the work. I don’t know how Ashling kept from losing it on Elizabeth, she was having to pull Elizabeth’s dead weight & phony Elizabeth claimed 4 yrs experience. Lol I felt for Francesca. She had a stew claiming to have 4 yrs experience but couldn’t do the job. Elizabeth mixed a potentially lethal gas. She ignored the guests after being told to check on them. She helped herself to a free guest cabin. She had to be told every F’n move to make. I can’t get over her gall!!!! Elizabeth is a moronic imbecile….production’s nut job for this season. We see this shit every season on every Below Deck franchise.
Andy was an absolute cunt last night trying to put Ashling on the spot.
I hate Bravo more & more each week. I’ve got to quit watching this shit. Capt Lee is the ONLY reason I watch BD.
Basketball Wives starts tonight and I have been watching Jersey Shore Family Vacation. Anything has gotten better than the F’ Bravo shit shows. I will always love TT’s flair with the recaps though.
I disagree. Maybe it’s a NY/NJ or east coast thing but I think Ashling needed to be real and straight on the boat. I understand being professional. No need to be rude to a coworker but Ashling played the caring coworker, giving Elizabeth advice when she should have just been more honest with Elizabeth. Told her she could understand why Chess was frustrated etc instead of just figuratively stroking her head and pretending to be a caring friend. I find that two-faced but I know there are different opinions about this. I think it’s about our personal preference on how direct and honest we want people to be with us.
With the exception about Basketball Wives (which I don’t watch) I agree with EVERYTHING you said heee!
My above reply was directed to MelG
👍🏻👎🏻 Nanette is correct. Chess is an idiot!
When that A**H**E canninballed and could have killed that stingray, all I saw was a future murderer who can’t behave! Those boys are awful! I see them in prison in a few years. And while everyone is working, Elizabeth gets to use the slide. Wow! (Her parting gift.)
Agree! I couldn’t believe he did that to the stingrays.
Glory be – Elizabeth finally gets fired! The fact that she was so shocked proved how clueless she really was. Yet, back an episode ago when it was known that she & James had slept
In the guest cabin, when James said: “ I wonder what repercussions they’ll be”, Elizabeth said “nothing.” Clue. Less. Capt Lee had to tell her to wash the galley dishes, Francesca spent 1/2 her time checking up on her, reminding her or doing her work. Washing & folding laundry (which seemed to be all she did) is not a full time job. She’s just one of those “wounded birds” to sensitive for the world. BS!
James is just a jerk, James an asshole. And Rachel, while a brilliant chef, never admits her mistakes & has a screw loose. I don’t think Francesca is perfect at all but I do feel her frustration & exhaustion with Elizabeth was the source of that. And Andy is both of a jerk & asshole. He lives to stir the shit & he was exceptionally obnoxious last night. The fact that Ashling didn’t rag on Elizabeth to her face while thinking the opposite is the professional way to handle co-worker conflict. She didn’t talk badly about her to anyone else and with Francesca, she basically agreed with her. When 2/3 of a team have a problem with ur work, there IS a problem. Apologies only fo so far especially if things don’t improve. The one who DID complain & speak I’ll of others all the time??? That would be Elizabeth. Good riddance!
Exactly to all of this! YAY Elizabeth is gone. Wish Francesca would be assertive with Rachel, but she’s probably afraid Rachel would become homicidal.
Not much to say cuz I didn’t watch this episode yet, but your turtle story slayed me 😊. My brother was big on “box turtles”. Thanks for the memory!
For some reason WWHL didn’t record last night so, if I get bored enough, I guess I’ll watch in on On Demand over the weekend. I hate that rich family. The Covid was created by the Democrats so Trump wouldn’t get reelected comment pushed me over the edge. What a bunch of idiots. I’m disappointed that next week is already the season finale, but I’m looking forward to Below Deck Sailing Yacht. Loved your turtle story.
I agree, that Covid comment was disgusting and so ignorant. I wonder if Captain Lee still “loves” these idiots after he’s viewed the show and heard what they said.
Rachel makes for good television but I would never want to work with her. She’s too volatile and abrasive. Ashling and Elizabeth are co-workers not friends. So fake doesn’t apply here .. smile and get on with your job to get it done which is what ashling was doing. I think the confusion over the condiments is on Rachel. She’s aggressive and in your face Francesca is not an an in your face type of person. You can see she’s uncomfortable around Rachel now which Rachel created. Elizabeth she should have been fired earlier. I really think Elizabeth gets away with so much cause she plays the dough eyed helpless deer and people
Fall for it. I like Francesca I would be out of patience as well.
I played that scene back. Rachel tells her things she’s getting ready, and Chess confirms that Rachel was doing the honey pots and condiments. Then Rachel says she needed sauerkraut and relish and she has the sauerkraut. So the only thing that Chess may have screwed up was the relish. But since it was only ketchup that was missing, that was on Rachel. From every previous season, the chef was responsible for all the food. The stews were in charge of plates, utensils, napkins, tablecloths, glasses, booze, water, non-alcoholic drinks, any tables/chairs/umbrellas, towels, and sunscreen.
That’s what I thought also!! The chef always packs everything. I only heard sauerkraut and relish discussed.
Was the turtle still painted red, white, and blue during the push mower accident? When I was 18, I accidentally ran over our family dog pulling in the driveway and he died. It was horrible. He was a miniature daschund named Buddy and he didn’t pass right away and it was just awful. My parents were just sobbing in the driveway and I felt like such an asshole.
That must have been awful.
My dad didn’t want me to be present when he buried Buddy the next day. That really made me feel like shit.
Oh I’m sorry. When I was young, we were returning home one night and my dad ran over our dog. I can still hear the sound of it in my head. Awful!
Wow, it seems many of us have murderous parents. How tall must the grass have been not to see the turtle? I haven’t even told my therapist this story. BUT NOW WE SAID IT! lol.
RIP, Myrtle.
Was the turtle still painted?
Any idea if you think Francesca will be the new face of Below Deck and will be brought back?
I hope not.
I don’t dislike her, but I do find her kinda boring.
Ashling also was rooming with Elizabeth. I’m sure she didn’t want any more drama than necessary. Now that there’s a little distance, she can express her true feelings.
That’s a very good point. Earlier I mentioned she should have been more direct with Elizabeth but you might have a point in that you’re also rooming with this person so why make things worse for your living situation.
I lost the last segment of the show so I’m glad to see Elizabeth finally fired. She supposedly has years of experience but still asks how to bleach clothes. Then doesnt listen to instructions. Then says that that’s how she’s done it before. THEN WHY ASK? that scenario will always piss me off. Her and Rachel made for good TV but I couldnt work with them. Rachel lost me when she started blaming Ches for her mistakes and of course who does she complain to? Elizabeth,
Also awful – those boys. Whiney, entitled, immature and awful.
I think all three of these women were a BAD combination. I did not like Francesca at all, and that could be my ability to let go of Kate, but there it is. Ashling was def not a nice person. She was a kiss up and a phony. Elizabeth was an airhead. She was sweet and unaware but still did not belong on that yacht. I think Francesca handled so many of those situations wrong. Admonishing an employee in front of others is not ok. When she confronted her about her night in the cabin with James in front of others she lost me totally. She basically threatened Capt Lee with leaving if he didn’t get rid of Elizabeth. When Capt said because of Covid 19 they might not get someone in was she ok with being a stewardess down she said, I have no choice. Please Momma, you asked for and you got it stop whining.
James is a total nasty boy. This reunion there is going to be some fireworks. Eddie even ticked me off this charter. Although he did redeem himself sticking up for Izzy.
I like Rachel and hope she comes back….. Sober
I love Francesca. I don’t think Elizabeth is so sweet she didn’t care about the stress she was putting on the others by not doing her job. Every time I watched I wanted to strangle her. Thank God Ashlin came along because everything would’ve gone to shit if she didn’t. If Francesca got stuck with Elizabeth and Izzy holy moly That would have been a definite nightmare.
All things considered, I would like to see Francesca return if only to see her with others & a different crew. From Day 1 Chess was behind the eight ball. Izzy was a terrible stew, Ashling traveled 24 hrs & thrown into charter, Elizabeth continued to fuck up, not follow directions and had to be watched like a hawk to be sure she had her work done or told numerous times about the same things over & over and still didn’t do things right. So I don’t think Chess got a fair shot here. She seems like a decent, able person & not naturally prone to bitchiness. But she got a raw deal from the get go.
I said somewhere else that folks are expecting Kate level experience from Ches but excusing Elizabeth’s 5 years of having her head in a cloud. I can recall quite a few episodes where the chef complained about Kate and the way she was handling the interior (Ben and Adam mainly). The hypocrisy is beyond annoying.
So sorry to hear about Myrtle!!! Your description painted a ‘word picture’ for me that unfortunately so many of us can relate to; loosing a family pet prematurely or in old age is always heartbreaking and haunting. I hope you can remember the best part of having Myrtle and the happiness she brought to you and your family!
Elizabeth honestly seems to feel (from WWHL) that she didn’t deserve to be terminated, and that she was treated unfairly! Did I miss something somewhere? It was Elizabeth that had to be consistently reminded to do her job, who made mustard gas, who slept/screwed in the guest cabin, reminded to do her work and what her duties were…all while claiming to want to keep things “professional” and to try and do better…blah blah blah. What the hell was she previously a 2nd Stew on, a dinghy???!!! Francesca and Ashling were constantly making up for Elizabeth’s lack of performance. Yes, Francesca could have handled it better, yes, she could have communicated with Rachel better, but has anyone else noticed that so many of them are not taking responsibility for anything ?!?! Elizabeth was not qualified at all; she was the proverbial ‘anchor’ on the interior team.
I was stunned that Andy was shady to Ashling, and enabled Elizabeth so much on WWHL. YUK. (Maybe Andy should hire Elizabeth to be on HIS staff and see how well THAT works…hmm? (Just a thought.)
Izzy had a crush on Elizabeth and they were friends. People want to find support and camaraderie within the workplace as well as having their point of view validated. So Izzy and Elizabeth hate on Francesca, and Francesca and Ashling whine about Elizabeth. Anyone surprised?
Shame on Francesca for keeping Elizabeth and demoting her ( bad move…promote the other one to 2nd and divide the work clearly between them maybe? Dunno – Kate mentioned that somewhere…)
BTW it is definitely difficult to get used to someone else other than Kate (who I love!!!) but don’t you think she would be a tough act for anyone to follow??!!!
Rachel is kick-ass gifted as a Chef and hands down freakishly talented. (I’d be scared of her too!!!). she mentioned the workplace being hostile toward Elizabeth and we didn’t see everything, but I gotta believe some of that was also frustration with Francesca and the difficult communication between them. Too many ‘dis-connects’ on this boat!!!
Anyway, just my ‘two-cents worth”