Below Deck Adventure
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There are two unexplained mysteries in this episode that I have about 17 squillion questions about.
The first comes when Lewis, Jess, Faye, and Captain Kerry are at a preference-sheet meeting.
Lewis gives the ladies his phone to show them an area of Norway where the guests will be going.
A fancy dress party, as the English call them?
Was it a fruit-themed party?
Was this just for fun?
Did he do it for an exs birthday, and she was really into tropical fruits?
I mean, we get to see the whole picture but no context whatsoever.
At the start of the episode, theyre still at the chip-less picnic, and Faye is seething.
Faye and Oriana head back to the boat, leaving Mike and Seth to clean up.
They decide that cleaning up means polishing off an entire platter of sandwiches.
When theyre back on the boat, Faye has a conversation with Jess, Oriana, and Kasie.
Oriana asks if they ever found the chips, and Faye says it doesnt matter.
Where they were or who forgot them doesnt really matter; what matters is that things arent running smoothly.
But also, come on we want to know how the story finishes.
There they find the chips sitting in a bin bag.
(Since English people call a trash can a bin, then a bin bag is a trash bag.
Its an excellent expression.)
Okay, so we know the chips came back from the picnic, but how did they get there?
I didnt forget them.
This is not the satisfying ending I was promised.
They get through the whole Gay Pride dinner, and it never comes up.
At the tip meeting, Kerry says hes not happy with how the charter went.
Kerry also says that the deck crew is first league-ing it, which I think means looking amateur.
Heres the thing: Im starting to think that Kerry is a bad captain.
Yes, he is handsome and personable, but the crew has been a mess since the season started.
I dont love Captain Lees style, but you know he would not stand for that shit.
And look at Captain Sandy in this current season ofBelow Deck.
What does Kerry do?
Just giggling and stealing treats from the larder with Faye saying they needed to do a freshness test?
Wait, so youre going to promote him past his incompetence?
This is thePeter Principalein action.
The power immediately goes to Seths head.
Hes basically like, Im your boss now, and Im going to make you hate your life.
Later, Seth, Nathan, and Mike are all eating in the crew mess that Kasie just deep-cleaned.
She goes in and, as nicely as possible, tells them to clean up after themselves.
We dont need a babysitter!
Seth yells at her as he starts to make a huge scene.
As Nathan said, less like a lead deckhand and more like a lead dickhead.
This is the guy youre going to listen to?
Nathan tells him to nod his head and clean up after himself.
Just nod your head and pretend it didnt happen.
The real drama, though, is going on between Faye and Jess.
Their first clash starts early in the episode at breakfast.
Jess gets mad at Faye that Faye didnt tell her that the guests were seated for breakfast.
Yeah, but Faye did, and Jess wasnt listening to her radio.
Then Faye asks Jess if she can take egg orders from the guests yet.
Instead of just answering her question, Jess says, Do I look like Im ready for egg orders?
I mean, ask Nathan how to deal with it.
You just nod your head and say, Give me [Xnumber of minutes].
Jess is always banging on (more Britishisms!)
about how Faye is bad at communication, but it seems like she is as much of a problem.
This is illustrated very plainly in the next charter.
Jess makes them a snack and brings it to them.
While there, she asks them if they want pizzas, totally unprompted.
When she returns to the galley, she tells Faye that she is making them pizzas now.
Im not going to fuck around with a snack.
Thats a silly idea.
Faye tells her that wasnt the plan she just agreed on.
Jess counters, We did, but I just flow naturally.
Thats yachting, baby.
I have never seen a chef who wanted to do her job less than Jess.
