Sorry for the delay with the Below Deck recap. I was busy drinking and watching my Bulldawgs clinch the national championship. How ‘Bout Them Dawgs! Also, Below Deck did not record so I’ll be speed recapping from the on demand version as more of discussion post.
Hmm, it is not on demand either. Guess I have to watch on my laptop this make recapping at total PITA. The episode begins with Rayna and Jake basking in the afterglow of their sex session. Jake denies hooking up with her. But, no one is happier with the lie than Fraser. Bless his heart. Next we have a preference sheet meeting. The primary is a navy guy. They have few issues on their preference sheet. Also, Heather’s new stew is arriving. Fraser is not happy that the new stew is already friends with Heather. He is worried he will be left out. Heather is kind of bitchy about it.
What Is Going On With Rayna?
Eddie gets to drive the boat away from the dock. He’s nervous but he did great! I love the guests and the guests love the food and are very happy. Captain Lee is pissed that the guests are gone way far away from the boat. Nobody was watching them. Also, he pissed that Eddie is working as a deckhand. It’s about time someone noticed that. That has been happening all season. Also, Captain Lee is pissed with Rayna and her constant eyerolls and Wes who he caught texting on the job.
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At dinner the guests all suddenly want different proteins. Rachel is pissed. Also, one of the female guests is just determined to be miserable. Then, Captain Lee talks to Eddie again the next day about the deck crew. He fells like Eddie needs to get control of the deckhands. I sense drama ahead. Rayna got to pull anchor. She did a great job. Captain Lee personally congratulated her on a job well done. All is right in the world, right? Wrong. For some reason Rayna is mad and crying at the same time. They can’t just “flip the script” like that. WFT? Finally there is a positive moment for the crew and she’s pissed about that too? IDGI?
Neither does Captain Lee and Eddie who overheard her conversation with Wes because apparently someone’s walkie talkie was open. So much drama. Next week, the new stew arrives and Fraser doesn’t seem to have good intentions.
It seems like Rayna is just one of those people who can’t be happy. One of the things that drives me crazy about Heather is that she just expects Rayna to be at her beck & call. Pulling her off deck to cut strawberries for Rachel, without clearing it with Eddie first, is a huge no no in my book. Top it off with her telling the guests that Captain Lee will officiate at their vow renewals, without asking him, that’s another major error.
Oh God there is so much wrong with this crew. As for Rayna, suck it up buttercup.
Rayna need to focus on being a deckhand. Heather is not her boss. She is not Rachel’s sous chef. She has her own very important role on the boat. She needs to stop rolling her eyes, do her job and ignore everyone else.
I guess I thought that they asked Rayna to help in the kitchen because she was so happy when she got to be in there. She’s made several comments on how much she likes working in the kitchen with Rachel.
She does like it, but it is not her job. She is not focused on her actual job. And that is pissing off Captain Lee. You do not want to piss off Captain Lee.
The interior is down a stew. Captain Lee won’t give a toss about Rayna being asked to cut strawberries. He issues are nothing to do with that. All the exterior are helping out and Rayna, as Anonymous says, is exactly the right person to ask.
I get that too – I waitressed in a small restaurant with extremely talented chefs and I would always offer to pick parsley for them, etc, so I could hang out in the kitchen and watch and learn from them.
Rayna wants to work in the galley…she loves working with Rachel. Hell the only she just
does whats needed with no attitude or eye rolls.
Same here, Go Dawgs!!, I actually teared up a bit. Such a great season and what a way to cap it off!! ok now I’ll read about the show😁 I was going to watch the second showing till I realized, there was none, oh well.
Rayna just wants to be a victim. She is all happy to your face and immediately flips the script. This is the same behavior with Heather as with Capt. Lee. Girl your not to be trusted and you have an Eyore attitude hence the eye roll.
The client having a hissy fit and then refusing to eat seemed like production drama. Just let these people have a good time. The primary wife seemed determined to piss in the Cheerios thanks Boat Daddy for reminding of the phrase. I think the reason Fraiser is unhappy is because he will be stuck in laundry as third stew. He wants to be with the guests. Wes seems a little light on the work ethic and long on the talk.
Fraser will still be second stew.
Yes, Wes is absolutely lovely but probably too laid-back for this kind of job.
I’m a fan of Fraser and so I was disappointed to see him complaining about the new stew coming on and talking about bad it would be for him. The job only has a few weeks left — it’s not your lifelong career. But I was more disappointed in how Heather lit into him. That should have been handled privately.
Wes just wants to get back to his sailboat and chill. When they said no more headphones, I think it was just one more reason for him not to do yachting again.
I don’t know how it would go with other captains, but this is not the right job for Rayna either. They pull rank in yachting and it is very top-down. She takes that personally.
I have a friend that really enjoys the show very much but when Captain Lee takes the Lord’s name in vain that upsets her. Also a few others have been saying it also. She wishes they would use other words instead of “oh my God,” “God damn it”, etc. She doesn’t want to stop watching the show but some language offends some people.
ROFLMAO. “Your friend” should probably stick with Nickelodeon or Disney if they are that sensitive. Or maybe just read the Bible and stay away from TV and movies altogether.
😂😂😂 I am with TT on this!!!!!
I agree with you! It really does make it hard to watch the show. And that doesn’t mean we have to be regulated to no tv or movies. It’s okay to not like an aspect of a show and share it.
If you are going to be offended by language in this day and age, you really should stick to Disney and PBS. Why watch things you find offensive?
This entire ridiculous conversation reminds me of something that happened on a field trip bus ride when I was in elementary school in Libya. I learned a lot of things in elementary school in Libya from my American friends who were almost all from Texas. I remember the Snowden sisters telling me about the word FUCK in a bathroom at school. I about slapped them silly when they told me my parents did that.
But the main thing I remember was the moronic kids saying that if you say “God Damn” you would go straight to hell. You see, I knew a lot about God. I was an avid reader and in Libya one of the things you can always read is The Bible. I also read Last Tango In Paris (or at least the juicy parts) in the third grade. LOL. So back to the field trip. God Damn is not cursing God. It’s someone asking God to DAMN someone else. Like when Trumpsters say God Damn America. They are asking God to DAMN America. Damn is a Verb. The word DAMN is in the Bible numerous times. So perhaps you should skip the Bible too.
GOD DAMNIT is literally a cry for God to DAMN some struggle or person in our lives. It is not about mortals damning God. Perhaps you should reread your Bible as I explained to the children on the bus. There is literally nothing in the Bible restricting language.
I love you so hard for this🙏🏻
I have tried and tried for years to get people to understand this, and they look at me like I’m from another planet!
This also reminded me of when I went on my Maya Angelou reading binge. In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings we learnt that when Maya says “by the way.” Momma considers them blasphemous words. She immediately kneels down and prays to the Lord to forgive Maya. When Bailey tells her that white folks use the phrase all the time, Momma tells them both that white folks’ words are often loose and, therefore, an abomination before Christ.
I guess some religious people just look for ridiculous issues to clutch their pearls over
Now we know Capt. Lee’s #3 — #1 Always carry your radio. #2 Don’t embarrass yourself, don’t embarrass the boat. #3 No fucking eyerolls! Another GD eye roll and he “will come apart like a cheap suit!” Bwahahahaha!
If Rayna doesn’t want to be scolded by a “daddy,” she needs to stop acting like a child! She was rolling those eyeballs long before Heather said the N-word. Jake “blueballing” (blue-clitting?) her got her all discombobulated. Not a good idea for anyone confined to a yacht to have sex with their boss. Especially Rayna; she is too immature to handle it.
Why do they need to be told not to wear headphones (safety) or text on the job (getting paid to work and to PAY ATTENTION, not play on their phones)? Where does production even FIND these lame-ass “workers”? At least Wes is sweet. Jessica and Rayna SUCK!
One more WTF: After Rachel’s chef-crafted gourmet food, these idiots just about cream their jeans over DOMINO’S pizza! The second worst pizza after Little Caesar’s! Who knew Domino’s has a shop in the Caribbean?
Rayna does like being told what to do. She has no respect for rank or others. She says one thing to someone, something else all together to some one else. She is acting like a brat with the eye rolls and constant complaining. Understand why she & Jess were friends – birds of a feather.
Strange how more mature and pulled back is this season. No crazy drunks, no filthy mouth (basically). She’s obviously a brilliant chef.
Don’t know how I feel about Heather. I feel she’s getting a raw deal in how she’s being portrayed. And Rachel made the request for Rayna to slice the strawberries. But Rayna didn’t have her radio on. But that wasn’t her fault because nothing ever is.
I try really hard not to cuss, but, you have to admire Rachel’s ability cussing creatively!
This episode didn’t record for me either. Had to find it on demand.
You just can’t please Rayna. Even when she gets positive reinforcement she’s unhappy.
I like Eddie, and I think he’s trying to manage his team, but he isn’t quite there in terms of management. There’s no way he should be picking up the slack for them. He needs to learn how to get them to maintain standards and exhibit a better work ethic. If they don’t have the common sense to know two of them shouldn’t go to lunch together when guests are using toys, they need to be more closely managed.
I like Fraser but his insecurities are legion. This isn’t middle school. It’s a job on a megayacht. He’s second stew. Do a great job and forget about the personal bullshit.
As far as the language on the show, can’t you just see captain Lee saying “Gee willikers!” or “Shuckydarn!” LOLOL
Go Dawgs! What a scary, exciting game!
We are huge Georgia fans even though my father went to Tech.