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Bens the bosun, which makes this extra unacceptable.
Now I feel guilty about not cleaning my own room.
He choreographs a routine, but it seems to just be walking and krumping when they rehearse.
Xandi sends her apologies to Beyonce in advance.
These women really nailed the Beyonce costumes, and Nicks strawberry birthday cake looks like a great reward.
The interior crew briefly argues over scheduling because Barbie wants to sleep her full eight hours tonight.
Xandi says shes never gotten eight hours, and Barbie shouldnt get special treatment.
The next morning is our final day of charter.
Sunny feels proud of herself and her first time as a lead deckhand.
Ben apologizes to Kerry about the cabin inspections.
Kerry appreciates the apology but is still disappointed.
He thinks if someone cant follow easy orders, he cant trust them to follow tough ones.
Kerry hopes its a learning experience for Ben.
These cracks dont show during their last docking, which they say is the best of the six-week season.
Six weeks is nothing!
Teenagers go to summer camp for longer.
They also make it their entire personality for the year, but theyre teenagers.
As adults, this season is a blip on the casts resumes.
Kerry tells the crew theyve exceeded his expectations, so I have to assume he had low expectations.
The guests leave, prompting Kyle and Ben to immediately start drinking.
Kyle helps turn over the boat with a beer in hand.
Its a solid $20,000 tip, bringing the total for the season to $208,750.
Dylans pumped to invest in more protein and pre-workout.
He thinks hes in love.
His mom says shes welcome to visit.
These unsuspecting souls dont realize theyre in the first act of a horror movie.
The crew goes for dinner at the waterfall, which you may remember from the wedding/vow renewals inepisode four.
Now the venue seems to be a restaurant, and shes keeping an eye on Kyles alcohol intake.
Barbie tries to switch his Long Island order to a water.
I agree that you should be cut off if youre ordering a Long Island.
They havent even eaten yet, andKylesready to jump in the waterfall.
Predictably, Barbie does not want him to.
He starts pulling his pants down, but the others stop him before he can moon any unsuspecting diners.
She agrees because shes a hopeless romantic.
Hopeless romantic sure does sound a lot sweeter than ignoring any and all red flags.
After all the hype, Ben, Dylan, and Kyle go skinny dip in the waterfall.
Ben yells, Get your willy out!
in case anyone is unsure they are naked.
Can everyone in this restaurant see and hear them??
Or is it rented out for the show?
Either way, Barbie is pissed once again, figuratively this time.
Shes falling in love with him, and he loves her too.
Hes sorry for being an idiot.
They kiss, restoring a shaky peace.
The powder keg is closer to exploding.
This is basically the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, or in this case, Barbies character.
Historians will interpret Xandis comment as the perfect excuse for Barbie to declare war.
Xandi clarifies that she was happy Barbie made it through and changed her attitude.
They get quiet for a bit, but then the entire car devolves into a yelling match.
Xandi and Barbie both want out of the car.
Remember when, mere hours ago, Kerry claimed they all got along?
At least turn on some royalty-free music.
Back on the boat, Barbie locks her cabin door so Kyle cant come in.
Shes mad he didnt stand up for her more.
Shes sick of everyone, especially him, and tells him to go fuck himself.
She packs up her things, drunkenly planning to go to a five-star resort.
Im shocked her outburst wasnt an empty threat; she actually leaves in the night.
Barbie walks right past Kyle on the dock without saying good-bye.
The next and last morning is rough as a badgers arse, to borrow the phrase from Kyle.
Nick wakes up from snoring in the crew mess.
I hope he gets that checked out by an ENT.
Paris and Xandi eat chips in bed.
Xandi wishes things didnt go down like that with Barbie, but drunken mouth speaks sober truth.
Hes putting on a brave face, but hes gutted.
He thinks he felt more than she did.
The scheduled departures and farewells start with the mid-season replacements.
Kerry would work with Dylan again and sees his potential.
Paris leaves after Dylan and says shell especially miss Xandi.
Ben fills Kerry in that Barbie left last night.
She didnt feel supported, and Kerry acknowledges she never quite fit in.
Fraser also didnt realize Barbie left until the morning but is less diplomatic about it.
He thinks she didnt change one bit and showed her real self now that the job is over.
Soon after, Xandi leaves: Witch out.
Kyle says his good-byes next.
He may have lost the girl, but he still loved the job and the team.
Ben checks out with Kerry next, feeling like the deck crew was a success.
Kerry tells us he doubts that hed put Ben as bosun again.
Ben may not have won the respect of his boss, but he did win the girl … tentatively.
Sunny knows its iffy and will protect her heart going forward.
The two leave together hand in hand.
Fraser is the last to go.
Kerrys really impressed with how Fraser has grown and turned things around.
Is this accurate, or did the season conveniently end before anything else could go wrong?
Normally, Kerrys reads are spot-on, but hes been off this episode.
Fraser says hes lucky to have had Kerry and is grateful to the captain for rerouting him.
Hed rather learn from his mistakes than regret things hes done.
For the record, those are not mutually exclusive options.
But thats yachting, and Im grateful for all of it.
Oy, that was one hell of an adventure.Its been one hell of a pleasure recapping for you all.
Post-Season Plans
Xandi has nine days off in Miami before returning to her other yachting job.
Shes starting to think about land life because she wants to find love and have babies.
Xandi leaves with four bags, which seems like enough of a handful for now.
Paris plans to go back to work the day after they get back.
She manages a house and works on a boat once a week.
Barbies going to spend a month at her parents house doing nothing.
Shell tell her dad about Kyle … later.
Dylan got a new job as a chase boat captain.
Nick is not going to leave the couch for a while.
Same, Nick, same.
