Below Deck Mediterranean
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Pop stars, theyre just like us!
I think Jono shouldve helped, but Ellie shouldve had better time management and not woken him twice.
Its ridiculous that they dont have frozen food ready for this.
At 1 a.m., anything will taste good.
Ellie finally gets started on the drinks while Gael works on the grilled cheeses.
(I wonder how long it took her to make.)
The next morning, Jono is proud he stuck up for himself and didnt get out of bed.
Sandy overhears and compliments Aesha on the pep talk.
He tells Sandy about Ellie trying to wake up Jono.
Jono tells Aesha, who points out that the preference sheets said the guests wanted late-night snacks.
In the tense present day, Aesha says he should prep something next time, and he agrees.
Sandy calls Jono to the bridge and similarly suggests he make some panini ahead of time.
Its a first-charter learning curve, but its a new expectation going forward.
Sandy and Aesha are still texting the provisioner about the rose and the rest of the wine.
Theyre told itll come later that evening, which is too late because the charter will be over already.
So for lunch, they send Joe to a neighboring superyacht to ask for four bottles of rose.
This is his first lead-deckhand role, and he wants to prove himself.
I would love to see those Facebook Marketplace messages.
The neighboring captain quotes them 75 euros a bottle.
So much for negotiating experience.
The guests are elated to finally have rose, and they love the food.
Jono nailed their individual preferences with special non-spicy versions of dishes.
Its like a game of Who will break first?
Downstairs, Bri continues to struggle with getting the correct laundry back to the guests.
This is stressful for Bri because she went to boarding schools where they sent the laundry out.
She briefly goes into her cabin to cry, and I think about rewatchingThe Holdovers.
Bri then returns to the laundry, finds Nicks missing pants, and puts them in the dryer.
Ellie calls her out to never dry guests clothes on high to avoid shrinkage.
Ellie then lies to Nick and says they took so long because they were hang drying.
I love this sneaky little side of her.
Bris day gets worse when she accidentally stubs and cuts her toe on the lip of a door.
In a nice moment, Joe bandages it for her.
Joe then struggles with the winches not gripping the rope.
Sandy can tell Nathan has experience, and he seems to earn a point in her book.
I dont know how much I believe him when he just called out Joe in front of the captain.
She then checks in with the stews, finally abandoning some of her relentless positivity.
Bri needs to be faster and keep track of whose stuff is whose.
This is the same boat sending tipsy guests out on Jet Skis, but okay.
At the tip meeting, Sandys happy so far with everyones character.
The tip is a decent $15,000.
Sandy emphasizes to never wake the chef and restates the plan for premade panini going forward.
Ellie pushes back: It wasnt just panini they were asking for, and thats why she woke Jono.
Sandy interrupts her: They have only one chef, so dont wake him.
Ellie doesnt feel she gets enough compassion from everyone.
In tears to Bri, she says she was awake for 25 hours.
They made her feel like she was incompetent for going above and beyond trying to clean everything up.
She worries that Jono has skewed Sandys perception of her.
Im worried more about labor laws and whether Ellie will get overtime for such a long shift.
Jono calls his boyfriend, David, an opera singer, to debrief.
Like Gael and her boyfriend, theyve been together for five months.
Jono tells David about Ellie: This bitch is going to drive me crazy.
We love some dramatic foreshadowing!
Speaking of Gaels boyfriend, their goal is to find a boat they can both work on.
However, she does think Nathans a little cutie and thinks a platonic friendship with him is possible.
Nathan thinks shes a flirt and doesnt care about her boyfriend whatsoever.
Its the first crew night out, and everyone dresses their best.
They go to dinner on Lycabettus Hill overlooking Athens.
Gael thinks shes part of Nathan and Joes bromance and calls herself the thorn between two roses.
This makes no sense, but the conversation moves on to relationships.
Based on how shes flirting with Nathan, it seems her boyfriend is the one who should be concerned.
Nathan listens to all this, ears perkedwayyyup.
Both Bri and Ellie think Joe is charismatic and hot, but his eyes are on Bri.
The crew heads to dance at a club, where Bri and Joe dance together.
Iain tries to ask Ellie to dance, but shes not interested.
That sneaky side comes out again.
They want to lose the cameras to get this strawberry.
Do they think theyre actually pulling one over on us?
Or do they just not want video proof of cheating?
Youre on a reality show, babe; everyone is going to find out!
Back on the boat, Joe asks if Bri needs her toe rebandaged.
Bri throws subtlety out the window: I want you to suck it.
A bit later, they near-kiss trying to Lady-and-the-Tramp what looks to be a macaron.
Gael reasons that shes not harming anyone.
Um, your boyfriend?
