Sorry for the delay of this Below Deck Recap. It’s The Voice night and our bonding time. So, you’re just going to have to wait. And I will probably sleep afterwards so. Again sorry. Actually, we fell asleep in a big furry mess. It was great. Let’s see what I missed. Oh it looks like DRAMA! Shocking!
We start with everyone being hung over. And the big news is that Jake is engaged. And not to anyone he is hooking up with on the boat. I’m pretty sure that if you are in international waters hook ups don’t count. At least that seems to be the rule for these guys. Even Rachel seems to have the same thing going on. Everyone more or less has someone “back home” they care about and are just fucking around on this charter season. This charter is full of families from grandparents to a six year old. I remain, Team Fraser.
WAIT! You’re Gay! I’m Shocked!
Heather has a chat with Jessica because Jessica seems to be a bit off her game. We find out that her grandmother has some sort of procedure that has her nervous. She claims she is fine. Yeah. Me too. I am fine. Sometimes fine means doing the best we can. Fraser tells a story about how he told his parents he was gay. Fun fact for gay people still “trying to come out” the people who love you already know.
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When last I was teaching this happened to me twice. Two really attractive guys and I were BFFs. One faked “A conference” so he could go to a Cher “farewell’ number 32 concert and the other well, I just know these things. However, all the young hot teachers throwing themselves at them, could not understand the attraction to me. The fag hag. Back in the day we would go out to dinners and bars and do fun things. They were mystified. The youngest, cutest one once had a solemn talk with me when we were out at a bar. Because it looked like we were dating. LOL. I knew when we first went through initiation meetings together! He was shocked that I already knew. Gay men have always loved me. It’s mutual. I think it has to do with my abusive childhood. Gay men are pretty, and kind, and a safe place to fall.
Oh Noe! Fraser Has Lost His Radio
We know what that means… Oh God. There is a kid on board. And they are weird. The kid has their tip locked to his arm? Is Conjoined really a word to describe a bathroom? I have never seen them have to force everyone inside so they could cover all the outdoor furniture during a storm. Shitten Bay indeed. We all know Captain Lee has Fraser’s radio. This is what we call storyline. There was no reason to feed Captain Lee that comment otherwise. Oh Fraser finds his radio and is saved from the wrath of Captain Lee.
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The six year old is ADORABLE. His one scene steals the show. I love these charter guests. That kid is so well behaved. I’m also team Jessica. She is going in hard on her stews. But, I am here for it. Racheal is amazing as chef. Did you guys know that Captain Lee was from Michigan. 🙂 Can you blame all the women for hitting on Captain Lee? Noe. No you cannot. These are great guests. They are the nicest guests ever. But Captain Lee has to direct a guest to her room. I can’t say as I blame her if she assumed he was single. This was a happy episode. I’m going back to sleep with my dog. The six year old is the best behaved charter guest ever.
Captain Lee is as pissed off as a peed on Chicken. Some cushions have flown off the ship. Now someone has to get them. Now he is mad at Eddie. See you next week.
Hope you and Banjo had a good rest. We have a few similarities TT. I love my Gay friends dearly. Gay men were always drawn to me as well!
I worked for the school system here in FL as a Speech/Language Specialist but I almost chose Reading Specialist as my major. It was literally a toss of the coin.
Love your site TT, your family of commenters and most of all dear Banjo.
Good luck with Nancy from the Smokies on Friday. And Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m not through with the episode but Alexander is adorable and that dinner looked delicious and the guests (mostly) behaved themselves. After Captain Lee had to sit through that horrible dinner.
But then the question of how many kids does he have. That caused him pain.
SO very very nice to see nice guests having a great time!
And that kid is such a good kid!
YAY!
I am pretty confused as to how Frazer found his radio?
How did it get there?
As they were searching so many areas that it could never be, it was driving me crazy.
I thought for sure the Capt had it.
Did he find some sort of spare radio? LOL
This was an all around really good episode! It made me like all of the crew a lot more. I really like Heather now.
It looks like he dropped it when they were loading provisions in the underbelly of the ship. I love Fraser. Rachel is much, much calmer this season. Her food always looks delicious. Some of my best friends over the years have been gay men. We tend to have the same sense of humor.
Thank you!!
I’m fine, too, lol. Always thought FINE was an acronym for Fucked up, Irrational, Neurotic & Emotional.
Also, fellow fag hag here. I guess we’re not supposed to use that term anymore? If anyone knows the politically correct term for this these days, please share.
I enjoyed this episode.
When I moved to NYC, I referred to myself as a fag hag. My gay friends recoiled in shock, and said their definition of fag hags are women who think that they’re their gay friends’ true partner, and will often cockblock them when out.
The term for women who love the company of gay men but have happy relationships of their own with straight men is now “fruit fli” – it was coined by a NYC fruit fli ages ago in PR who throws fantastic parties.
Thanks for this. I won’t use the old term anymore. My BFFs back in the day were gay men, always. I lost most of them because, the 80s.
I had one true BFF who was a gay man and we did everything together: talked, ate, traveling, eat, pray, love, etc. I would NEVER cock block or have inappropriate ideas about our relationship. Funny, everyone assumed we were a couple when we were out together and we just laughed about it. Best sense of humor & most solid true friend I’ve ever had. I lost him a few years ago and it still seems like yesterday. I still miss him dearly.
He interestingly never had a problem with that term. Thanks again for the enlightenment.
People who aren’t hateful are okay. I worked as a temp in an office of three in a large building. I got a beautiful bouquet on the day I left the office from him. I still remember him. I did get to meet his boyfriend. I thought that was so sweet.
Oh, not at all! It’s not that you can’t say you’re a fag hag if you want to – it’s just that nice gay men started a while back to realise that it didn’t describe the women who loved them but didn’t fantasise that they were their wives or girlfriends. I actually know the gal who coined the term, and she’s now married to an adorable guy one of her gay friends set her up with…
Gay guys are great judges of women. I need a gay best friend! Actually went to a Drag Queen Bingo, hunni those girls were LIVING!!, and met a friend of a friend who wanted to go see the Psychic from Long Island, forget her name, but we never did make plans. I need to hit him up.
Does anyone else think this crew is too perfect? Like where are Ben and Kate having knock down drag outs? No stews are making a perfect dive overboard to exodus the boat! Where’s the fire in the galley? I do love to live vicariously through these charter guests. I would have been a great stew in my twenties, if had known about it, I probably would have tried to get into doing it. I grew up sailing and I love the water. I guess I will just enjoy the drama free beauty.
Getting ready for my trek to Atlanta, first to see my sister and then to see my sister from another mister Tamara. I want to make it clear this is Tamara’s personal home. Her safe place. So, no sharing from me about any particulars, I am sure we will get along great, we spoke on the phone last night and it put both of us at ease. Looking forward to it.
Good to know! I’d ask how much to pay but I’m on the Pacific coast.
There was a bit of drama that I may have slept through.
I actually thought this episode was kind of boring, watching people clean for half the show. The guests seem weird but nice, the kid falling asleep at the table was so cute.
I had a friend who I met when I was 13. I thought he was gay. He was also quirky as hell. People made fun of him but he was just his best self. He had a girlfriend from early high school, and whenever they broke up he slept with men. They got MARRIED, had a baby, and after a few years he could not do it anymore. He got divorced, became a travel agent (at the time), and has now been living his best life for over 20 years. I swear he gets better looking as he gets older, and he is still a great dad.