This probably will be a very short Below Deck recap. Elizabeth getting fired is well overdue. She is begging for her job. She really doesn’t understand why she was fired. But really, this season is pretty much over due to Covid. Elizabeth has to pack her knives and go. Oops wrong show. I really need a new season of Top Chef. She leaves in a 1980s jean skirt. Props for that.
Rachel is a dick. Captain Lee seems to get that the Covid thing is a big deal. It is March 13th, the first day of my quarantine almost a year ago. This is when we found out it was going to be huge deal. The crew becomes concerned but eating in restaurants is still a thing. Rachel has another hissyfit and doesn’t want to get in the van. She rides alone in her own van.
Rachel calls her boyfriend in Italy. Rumor has it they are no longer together. I can’t imagine why. Meanwhile, it is all about Covid for most of the crew. But, Rachel goes to Captain Lee to complain about Francesca. On March14th, Captain Lee calls a meeting to explain that the last two charters have cancelled due to Covid. They are all going home tomorrow. Rachel cries over not being able to get to her boyfriend. Everyone is disappointed and drinking. Captain Lee takes some personal time. The crew gets wasted. I wish I wasn’t out of alcohol. AGAIN.
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James lets Rob know that Izzy wants to talk about his rude behavior. Rob approaches her first. He tries to be nice. But Izzy holds him more accountable. I hate that Ashing has another 30 hours on a plane. Captain Lee is the nicest person to ever be on reality TV. And is just as nice in real life. Aw.. he is so sweet and supportive of Eddie. And Izzy. He gives Eddie three stripes. He gets choked up talking about him being like a son to him. Captain Lee has a heavy heart and he is always in my prayers.
Literally nothing happened on WWHL.
Elizabeth’s reaction to being fired just proved how truly clueless she was. At 30 she is surprisingly immature & reacted like a child. Rachel, on the other hand, while I admire her “all in” for friendship, reacted liked a bully. She was probably more surprised that the cake didn’t get cancelled & took it out on Chess & everyone else. Granted, Chess was gleeful with Elizabeth gone but considering all she had to put up with that little Lotus Flower, she was entitled. I love how Capt. Lee stood up for Chess when Rachel went to bitch about her. I highly doubt that if Rachel had such a poor employee she would have been as tolerant. Sad to see the season end as it did. Glad that Izzy called Rob & James on their bullshit. Watching Izzy cut Rob about his “fake” apology was epic as was her calling James out for letting Rob know. Interesting season. I would be happy to see Chess, Ashling, Eddie & Izzy again. And of course Capt. Lee.
All I could think about during this scene was how Izzy wanted to call Rob and James out on their bullshit, but, when Francesca tried to call Elizabeth out on hers, Izzy called Francesca a twat. I wonder if Izzy has a different perspective now that she had to be the boss of people who didn’t do their job or were disrespectful of her authority?
I said this on another forum! Izzy was giving me ‘Ches vibes with the way that she spoke to them.
I cringed watching the back episodes of Elizabeth practically begging James to be in a committed relationship. Face it Elizabeth…he just wanted sex.
BTW, EXCELLENT recap title. PREMATURE EVACUATION! Priceless!
I dunno I’m really thinking Elizabeth was a production plant and to be that typical stew that’s gotta get fired. It just felt so fake to me. Overall I thought it was just a boring season.
Why did Capt. Lee go see the donkeys with the lackeys, when Eddie, Francessca and Rachel, the worker bees, stay behind and do all the work? I hope next season, Capt. Lee goes back to being a boss and not an LVP best friend. That just doesn’t work. I see Izzy coming back with Eddie. Courtney should be the chief stew or bring back Kate.
You are 100% correct! I read this post and it seems like nobody wants to take in consideration that although this is a supposed reality show it is still all scripted and the people that are on that boat we’re not hired by the boat owner or anyone related to that they were all hired by production and Bravo network. Francesca’s a horrible Chiefs to she is way too pompous and self-centered and she lies! We all saw Rachel tell her to bring the condiments and then she tries to turn it around and blame it on Rachel and says that Rachel is twisting it to make her look bad. I didn’t really care much for Kate, too much of a biatch for me but at least she took the time to train her students if they needed it. Francesca couldn’t be bothered. Then they turn around and try to make that villain and untrain stew. Hypocrisy of the show is getting ridiculous
I agree that Francesca was a horrible chief stew. I think that she got a burr in her britches about Elizabeth at the beginning and only saw the worst in her after that. We never saw her coach in a positive way.
I think that if I were in charge, and saw such a lack of quality in Elizabeth right off the bat…and it continued…and continued…and continued…I would absolutely have a burr in my britches, especially considering my other stew seemed to be just fine, with the exact same coaching. Just my opinion. If Francesca was such a terrible coach and Chief Stew, how come Ashling had no problem doing her job and doing it well? I would work with a Francesca any day. I wouldn’t work (for very long anyways) with an Elizabeth. Elizabeth wasn’t fresh out of stew school. She claimed to have 5 years’ experience.
Maybe Ashling didn’t need any coaching, I didn’t see any coaching taking place at all. I also didn’t see anything that Elizabeth did or didn’t do as bad as F was making it out to be.
Agree to disagree, I think F was a nasty incompetant chief stu. You think otherwise. I am hard pressed to argue over what amounts to inconsequential opinions about a reality show.
Also made a comment below, if E has a 4.5 year level of experience as a stu, and assuming that as with most jobs, references are used, it would be unlikely she was incompetant, otherwise she wouldn’t keep getting jobs.
You shouldn’t have to train somebody that stated she had five years being a stew. They should already know all the basics. The only thing to learn is what your manager likes or dislikes and don’t do the things that she dislikes.
Team Francesca all the way.😁
Me too. I’m surprised at all the support Elizabeth has. Have they never worked with someone like her?
Yes
Looking forward to the coming season for Top Chef too. One of the Top Chef contestants from Season 12 (Adam G) was killed in a motorcycle accident in Sept 2020.
I read about Adam deaths. So sad! Top Chef has to be one of my favorite shows. Also, Melissa who won, she posted some photos before she lost a lot of weight. I was shocked looking at them.
Also looking forward to (not bravo) but Guys tournament of champions which has some awesome top chef alum competing (the brothers, Brooke and a few others)
When is that and what is the channel?
March 7th / Food Network / Photos on Food Network Post
Thanks so much. I’ll try to remember even though my brain hasn’t been working for quite some time. If you think about it, remind me? 🙂
I couldn’t believe Elizabeth was 30. 30??? She acts more like a high school freshman girl. I would be mortified if I were her parents. Who are her parents? I am going to investigate this. Rachel is off TV for now, thank God, cuz she was getting on my last nerve with her anger issues. I also heard they broke up. Sad way for the season to end but it is “reality” in some sense of the word. Premature Evacuation = First laugh of my day so THANK YOU for that.
Elizabeth said her Dad was a Bad Ass Attorney in New York. They showed a couple of pics of him.
Makes sense now about Elizabeth. If daddy was a wealthy (or upper middle class) attorney, perhaps she had a spoiled “upper crust” kind of upbringing where not much was expected of her in terms of work ethic. I’m not saying that all kids from upper middle class to wealthy backgrounds have this issue (kids from all backgrounds can be great if people in their lives took the time to teach work ethic), but some certainly do. I wonder if E actually had the five years experience- we’ve learned in other seasons that lying on resumes may be somewhat common in yachting? I remember one under Sandy who did that (but of course, Sandy coddled that one and expected the chief stew to do the same). Chess tried in the beginning with Elizabeth, but E always reacted like a surly spoiled brat. She shouldn’t have been expected to kiss E’s ass and continue to try to “mentor” after the passive aggressive eye rolling on the part of baby Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth & Ashling were on WWHL, Ashling pointed out that the 4.5 yrs experience Elizabeth was claiming was actually a few months here and there over 4.5 yrs. So E may not even have 12 months of actual experience. At one point, she was told to check on the guests in 10 min. 45 min later, the guests were looking for a stew, had not been checked on. Any idiot is capable of saying “can I get you fresh drinks?” She is just lazy and consumed w/chasing dick. She made a fool of herself trying to get a commitment out of a guy who simply screwed her a few times. Now, she is publicly bashing Capt Lee saying he is miserable, judgmental and checked out. I hope she sealed her fate in yachting.
She was cast on a TV show to be a stew. I don’t think any actual yachting job where people are hired to get a job done would have hired Elizabeth anywhere. I think any experience she may have actually had might have been on booze cruises. Although she didn’t seem to know how to fix a drink either.
Elizabeth wasn’t worthy of all the attention & malfunction her laziness caused. Francesca was so much more happy & fun the second Elizabeth left. Elizabeth was a drain of energy. Shane’s laziness was at the least FUNNY!! Taking a nap in the middle of a work day? Did he think he was in kindergarten?
And while I’m talking about funny, why does Bravo leave out all the funny stuff for Secrets Revealed? We need funny during the season! Southern Charm secrets revealed was the best episode of the season. It’s Covid-world Bravo – give us funny!! We need it.
Oh, the irony of it all. Elizabeth get fired and the last 2 charters are cancelled anyway.
I bet she thinks it was karma! As if the universe revolves around her. Maybe she thinks covid took over to avenge her.
You won the internet. I actually did laugh out loud.
I found it HILARIOUS that as Elizabeth gets fired, covid effectively fired the rest of them. Franchesca should have TRAINED her better but had no time for that, but it’s part of her job! I LOVED RACHEL! Open, honest and not afraid to speak her mind…
Did anyone else notice that, “sleeping in the passenger cabin was disrespectful while EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING FRANCHESCA, WAS JUMPING ALL OVER THE FURNUTURE AND TOSSING PILLOWS ABD CUSHIONS AT EACH OTHER? I would say that’s disrespectful to not only the owners of the boat but two prospective guests also! The hypocrisy of Francesca is disgusting and I hope to never see her again.
Everyone needs to remember, that although this is a quote” reality show, it is still scripted and they provide a villain every season. This season they made a sweet young lady not only a victim but the villain of the show…. I see the villain as Francesca she is pompous, and when she forgets the condiments which we all clearly Saul Rachel tell her to bring she tries to say that Rachel’s twisting it around on her!. While I didn’t care much for the last Chiefs stew, she at least did her job and trained the stews below her as well as possible.
This right here! I hope Rachel comes back every season.I don’t need to see Elizabeth again but I’m not a Francesca fan at all. She was too invested in finding fault with Elizabeth while she wasn’t 💯 herself.
Yay!! 2 others that want Rachel back besides me!
I loved her.
I did think she was so dramatic and ridiculous about the cake though…
Who cares?
I know she is psycho, but she’s fun to watch and probably fun to have on your side.
I absolutely cannot stand Elizabeth though. Just saw some stuff she said about Capt Lee on another site and now I want to punch her. She acts like she is 13, not 30.
Yes! I like Rachel and would love to see her back. I don’t like Francesca or Ashling. The powers that be need to spice things up if the show comes back for another season.
I love Rachel too! She’s a bit uncouth and has a filthy mouth, but she’s honest and not afraid to be herself. I found her to be really funny, and her amazing talent in the kitchen was a joy to watch! Francesca took things way too personally with Elisabeth and let it color her feelings about her and how she treated her. She was a terrible supervisor. Absolutely TERRIBLE! Elisabeth wasn’t a great stew, but with even a little training and supervision (NOT scolding),:she could have been at least satisfactory.
But should you have to train someone not to run after a guy while they are supposed to be on service? I guess I assumed that anyone other than a teenager would know better. I would have fired Elizabeth after she made that mustard gas but that is just me expecting people to do their jobs and ask for help when needed. I think it was very telling that Captain Lee said Francesca was not getting enough sleep because she was constantly having to cover for Elizabeth so I am thinking she was probably worst that shown.
I agree with you 100%!!! I’m not understanding the Francesca hate. She had too much responsibility…to the captain, the guest quarters, service, beach trips, etc, to have to babysit a fucking 30 yr old. She told Elizabeth to take the damn mustard gas mixture outside, she told her to check on guests & she wouldn’t. Francesca was a lot calmer than I would’ve been when she was telling Elizabeth to do her job vs chasing James acting desperate for dick.
Amen.
Thank you.
It wasn’t mustard gas, that man was ignorant of chemistry, it was chloramine gas, and I accidentally made chloramine in my bathroom once because I didn’t realize that the product I was using had ammonia, I thought it was bleach also. You just open a damned window, it isn’t as big a deal as it was made out to be, and mustard gas is not a mix of home available chemicals.
That’s true. It is still unsafe.
Uh….Elizabeth had 4.5 years of experience. Francesca should have to train her. Having said that, Francesca TRIED many times to give her guidance and tell her what needed to be done, but she thought she would get by on her looks and fake apologies. Even Ash tried to help her and would tell her to write things down but she refused. I guess you’ve never had to manage an Elizabeth or Shane, so of course the boss who wants the employees to do their jobs looks like a villain to you. Francesca was a whole lot nicer and professional to Elizabeth than I would have been.
Well, one does need to ask, if Elizabeth kept getting hired on yachts over 4.5 years, and I presume that references are given for such a job, could she really have been as bad as she was made out to be?
I would assume that if she was really a lazy stu she would have difficulty finding jobs.
It was pointed out on WWHL that she did not work consistently through 4.5 yrs. It was said when she & Ash were on one night that she worked a few months here & there over a 4.5 yr time span. That means she may not even have 12 months of actual experience.
How many times are you going to train a person and they just don’t get it? Elizabeth was horrible, lazy, and all about herself and her love life. It was disrespectful sleeping in the guest cabins. As Captain Lee said before you ask special permission for that and she didn’t deserve to sleep in a guest cabin. I thought it was hysterical that she didn’t get the hint that her lover did not wanna be her lover anymore. She was practically begging him but as she stated in one of her confessional‘s she’s had an affair on every boat she’s been on. I think she lied that she’s been working yachts for five years not possible. She’s probably been on one charter and that’s it her job ethics reflect this. I would be mortified if my boss had to tell me to do the dishes in the galley. Shouldn’t she already know that. Never once has she been proactive.
Captain Lee of all people having to tell her to clean the galley was CRINGEY. I was really hoping that was production, but now I don’t think it was. That would have been so humiliating.
It always amazes me that we all have different perspectives on the show and the crew even though we’re all watching the same episodes. I’ve had to work with/supervise employees who were a lot like Elizabeth, so in my opinion, she should have been fired long before she actually was. Francesca was OK as far as I’m concerned. Elizabeth said she had 5 years of experience on a yacht so Chess shouldn’t have had to invest a lot of time in training her. Rachel’s food always looked delicious but her personality is obnoxious, even when she’s sober. The guests, and Captain Lee, loved her food and she should be on the next season, if she wants to be. I love the relationships Captain Lee has developed with a few of his crew. Eddie seemed much more mature this season than he has in the past. I think part of that was having Izzy running things for him so well. Until this season, I didn’t realize how short Eddie is.
All in all, I thought it was a good season and I was sad to see it cut short. Since so many places had closed down, I wonder how difficult it was for some of the crew to get home.
Totally agree. I also did a double take watching Izzy walk off from Eddie and was like whoa! I would love to see this cast come back, minus Elizabeth. I saw that Josiah was supposed to replace her and I would love to see him come back with them next season, if there is one. I always was a fan of Captain Lee and I love how he took Francesca and Eddie immediately under his wing.
As soon as I heard Josiah say he was going to be the replacement, I’m sure Chess was kicking herself for not firing Liz sooner! Her team would have been Amazing.
Rachel’s food always looked delicious but her personality is obnoxious, even when she’s sober…..I absolutely agree!!!
Watching the crew deal with the news of the coming pandemic really brought home how terrifying it was a year ago. That meeting was the most real scene of any on Reality TV in a very long time. The last scene I remember being this real was actually more surreal — Vicki Gunvelson learning about her mother’s death as Shannon is screaming “Bunco” from the other room.
I’ve worked in lots of restaurants and hung out with lots of other restaurant workers and Elisabeth would have been axed pretty early on in real life. Francesca’s putting two people on the same line was bad, but if she had written salmon salmon, it would have caught the chef’s eye. The coincidence of it being mahi mahi … that reeks of production. Her insistence that she ALWAYS was right over Rachel was obnoxious.
I love Rachel. It cracks me up when she dances around the galley singing “motherfucker salsa” and such. She does have anger issues, but I can see why she had them toward Francesca. I do not think she would have suffered Elizabeth’s laziness and poor judgement if she had been her sous chef.
Capt. Lee … I love him so … I hate to see him hurting so much. I think he had a hard time leaving his bride to mourn without him. But he knows they have to keep going forward. His final scene with Eddy and the stripes was both heart-warming and heart-breaking. I wish we could have Eddie as first mate and Kelly as boson and Amy as chief stew (because we can’t have Kate and Josiah).
BD Sailing Yacht is starting soon and it looks like Capt. Glenn may have the worst behaving crew ever — hookups galore.
Why not write “fish”, or “fish entree? So stupid. And use one line per guest. Fran doesn’t have much common sense.
Here is what Captain Lee has to say about Elizabeth:
Let’s get Liz out of the way first. I spent the whole season trying to justify keeping her on board, giving her chance after chance to redeem herself, but she seemed to have her own agenda, and that didn’t include yachting duties, I fear. As to her motivation, I have no idea, except she seemed to be motivated to do anything but her job. The sunscreen, the drinks for the beach picnic, making the guests wait so long (42 minutes) for a cocktail check, they finally gave up and went to bed, the one bottle of Prosecco for 8 guests on the beach, the bleach incident which put lives in danger, the constant pursuit of James, who really didn’t give two shits about Liz, but she followed him around like a lost dog and the list could continue, but why. I do think Liz has potential, but not on Superyachts. In hindsight, I should have cut her loose about 3 charters ago but wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt which was grossly misplaced on my part. I didn’t do her or the crew any favors by prolonging what turned out to be the inevitable outcome. I have to take responsibility for that one, my bad. Poor decision making on my part. Good luck to you Liz, I hope you find your way.
And his review of James is SCATHING. He cannot stand James.
This is what he said about Francesca …
Chess, helluva ride huh? I think I may have told you that day one. But you stuck it out and did a good job under very stressful conditions. I do think you let Liz get into your head a bit, and you will learn from that, but letting her go was the proper move. I was really pleased the way you and Rachel were willing to put aside differences and pull together for the last two charters and found a way to get the job done. Even though they were cancelled, you two would have nailed it. As you stated, you both were after the same goal, just different methods of getting there. Sorry we didn’t get to finish the season. Stay safe out there and thanks for all the great effort you put forth in making this season work. You hung in there and that is an admirable quality. Keep it up. I wish you the very best.
These are pretty obvious opinions, except for a lot of you. It’s like Elizabeth bots have arrived with a strange recollection of the season.
Yes, the fucking Elizabeth bots are annoying. She fucking sucked at her job. It was brought up on WWHL that her 4.5 yrs experience realistically was a few months here and there over that time span. She may not have an actual 12 months of time on the clock. She chased dick when she should’ve been working. Dick is fun. Dick is good, but not while you’re being paid to tend to toilets and dishes and guests. I saw what she said publicly about Capt Lee. I hope she sealed her fate. She needs to pursue a different lane of yachting. Maybe she should call Brielle Biermann.
What did that little ingrate say about Captain Lee?
That he’s miserable and judgmental and completely checked out. Oh and this wasn’t her opinion pre firing her incompetent ass!
What an idiot. She hasn’t quite figured out when to just shut the hell up.
No she hasn’t. She is in a hole and digging it deeper.
Clearly, Elizabeth is no judge of character. She thought James was just super fantastic. Captain Lee actually despised James for taking advantage of the little twat. He was also very supportive of Izzy and Eddie who both did their fucking jobs all season. Despite working with cracked ribs all season, he never mentioned it other than having to tell everyone why he was in the hospital.
Captain Lee is highly involved with multiple charities. Mostly for children. He been married to Mary Anne for years and years and frequently professes his undying love for her. All of our interactions he has been extremely kind and the FARTHEREST THING from judgmental. And I’m a person that is kind of easy to judge.
He has been dealing with the loss of his only son with Mary Anne. It has left him with a profound sadness that he works to keep at bay as much as possible. That might make him a tiny bit checked out. And yet, he is very kind to others are genuinely cares about those he loves.
Elizabeth on the other hand has no self esteem, is completely self-absorbed, has zero work ethic, and seems to have the intellectual capacity of a twelve year old boy crazy girl. She’s extremely emotionally and intellectually delayed and is only focused on her wants and desires. She may be a lost cause at 30.
Yes, I had a feeling Elizabth bots had invaded- had not seen certain names before. Funny how that happens 😊
Whatever anyone else thinks about the season and Chess vs. Elizabeth, I can’t help but watch Elizabeth after her firing and note:
Elizabeth’s reaction after her firing is exactly why in corporate culture Security is waiting outside the door to escort you out of the building (or in this case it would be off the yacht). They go in and pack up all of your stuff to be shipped or returned to you.
I’ve always hated this additional humiliation added onto a firing, but Elizabeth reminds me why this is done.
I liked this season, I would have most of them back, except the “dickhands” and Elizabeth of course.
Captain Lee at the end breaks my heart. That was the biggest story of the season, how he was able to go on despite having the worst thing in the world happen to him.
I think everyone’s covered most in the comments. All I want to add is I love me some captain Lee!! I wish he was my dad that’s how much I love him!! The end