#2724 Below Deck Down Under S03E02: A Boy Named Sous

Summary

Watch What Crappens: Episode #2724 Summary Below Deck Down Under S03E02: A Boy Named Sous

Hosts: Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam
Release Date: February 11, 2025
Platform: Wondery

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Introduction

In Episode #2724 of Watch What Crappens, hosts Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam delve into the second episode of Season 3 of Below Deck Down Under, aptly titled "A Boy Named Sous." As usual, Ben and Ronnie provide their unique blend of humor and insightful commentary, dissecting every twist and turn of the yacht drama.

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Episode Recap

Serena and Anthony’s Tension ([12:10] Ben):
The episode kicks off with Serena addressing Anthony's demands to work harder. Anthony expresses his eagerness, but Serena counters by assigning him a high-profile task—organizing a beach lunch. This dynamic sets the stage for ongoing tension between the two, highlighting Serena's authoritative yet nurturing leadership style.

Lara's Emotional Struggles ([18:55] Ben):
A significant portion of the episode focuses on Lara, the chief stewardess, as she grapples with personal insecurities. After revealing her traumatic childhood and feelings of inadequacy, Lara breaks down in tears, leading to a heartfelt exchange where Serena attempts to console her. Ben notes, “[07:12] Ben: She’s gone from an impermanent family situation to an impermanent lamb situation,” emphasizing Lara's continuous battle with instability both personally and professionally.

Harry and Brianna’s Flirtation ([50:50] Laura):
Harry, the bosun from Beefcakes, is seen developing a romantic interest in Brianna. Despite Harry's earnest efforts, Ronnie humorously remarks on his friend-zoned predicament, adding a lighthearted touch to their analysis of workplace relationships.

Johnny the Greek’s Redemption Arc ([34:00] Laura):
Johnny, initially portrayed as arrogant and toxic, undergoes a transformation in this episode. His efforts to lead the deckhand team earn him a bit of newfound respect from the hosts, though Ben remains skeptical about his long-term reliability.

Marina’s Performance and Subsequent Sleep ([47:07] Ben):
Marina, the sous chef, showcases her dedication by sharing her personal story before unexpectedly falling asleep during a submarine tour. This juxtaposition of intense personal narrative and her sudden inattention adds complexity to her character, prompting Ben to comment on her inconsistency: “[27:14] Ben: So now they get at their dock, and then everyone says goodbye. It starts to rain and everything.”

Captain Jason’s Communication Breakdown ([66:23] Ben):
Captain Jason’s over-communicative approach leads to a near-mishap during docking. Ben humorously critiques Jason’s excessive chatter, noting how it contributes to the boat almost crashing: “[66:23] Ben: He just... he just suddenly converts into doing a cattle auction.”

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Host Discussions and Insights

Perfectionism in Leadership ([21:39] Ben & Laura):
Ben and Laura commend Lara's perfectionist tendencies, debating the pros and cons of such traits in leadership roles. Laura quips, “[21:39] Laura: People who talk about how much of a perfectionist they are are always fucking things up,” highlighting the irony often present in reality TV portrayals.

Cultural Clashes and Leadership Styles ([44:13] Laura):
The hosts explore the cultural differences between the American and British approach to yacht management, particularly focusing on Lara's condescending British demeanor towards Adair, a new crew member. Ronnie notes the tension, saying, “[44:13] Laura: So example. Set foot to set. I don't know why I said that.”

Communication Failures ([57:14] Ben & Laura):
A critical point of discussion revolves around Captain Jason’s flawed communication strategy, which nearly results in the yacht crashing. The hosts emphasize the importance of concise communication in high-stakes environments, with Ben remarking, “[57:14] Ben: What were you hoping would happen?”

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Notable Quotes

• Ben Mandelker ([07:12]):
  "She’s gone from an impermanent family situation to an impermanent lamb situation."

• Laura ([34:00]):
  "He’s such a little... poor Harry. Bless his friend-zoned heart."

• Ben Mandelker ([66:23]):
  "He just suddenly converts into doing a cattle auction."

• Ronnie Karam ([21:39]):
  "People who talk about how much of a perfectionist they are are always fucking things up."

• Laura ([44:13]):
  "You have to beat him into submission, girl. Beat him into submission."

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Key Themes and Conclusions

1. Leadership and Authority:
   Serena's ability to manage and assign responsibilities while maintaining crew morale is a focal point. Her handling of Anthony's ambitions showcases effective leadership contrasted with Lara's struggles.

2. Personal Insecurities:
   Lara's emotional breakdown serves as a narrative device to explore the psychological pressures faced by crew members, emphasizing the human side of yacht management.

3. Workplace Relationships:
   The budding relationship between Harry and Brianna adds a layer of complexity, illustrating how personal connections can influence professional dynamics.

4. Communication Breakdown:
   Captain Jason's failure to streamline communication underscores the critical need for clear directives in high-pressure situations, highlighting potential areas for character development in future episodes.

5. Cultural Differences:
   The interaction between American and British crew members sheds light on cultural clashes and differing management styles, offering rich material for the hosts' comedic and critical analysis.

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Final Thoughts

Ben and Ronnie provide a thorough and entertaining breakdown of "A Boy Named Sous," balancing humor with sharp critique. Their insights into character motivations, leadership styles, and interpersonal conflicts offer listeners a deeper understanding of the episode's intricacies. As always, Watch What Crappens delivers a blend of affection and mockery, celebrating Bravo's offerings while playfully tearing them apart.

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Supporting Content and Future Episodes:

• Live Stream Highlights:
  Ben and Ronnie reminisce about their successful live stream event, encouraging listeners to catch the replay before the deadline.

• Upcoming Tours:
  The hosts announce their forthcoming tour dates across various cities, promising engaging live shows.

• Exclusive Content:
  A reminder to listeners about bonus episodes and ad-free listening through Patreon and Wondery+ subscriptions.

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Transcript

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Laura]

Well, aren't you a little Cracker Jack?

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, I'm feeling like a Cracker Jack and, you know, maybe have a little present inside me. We are here today to talk Blow Deck Down Under. Before we get into that, a gentle and sweet reminder that you only have until Friday to watch the the replay of the golden crappies. And we highly recommend it. It was a great show full of laughter and singing and dancing and special guests. It really was a wonderful career highlight, I would actually say. So go check that out. That's crappens.com sorry, crappens.kisweed.com just go to watch crappens.com that's where you'll find it. So go check that out. It's a wonderful, wonderful stream. They did a great job. Everyone online has been saying it's actually the best our live stream has ever looked. So thanks to kids we for that. Um, also we have, you know, we have a little bit of a break before we go back out on the road. But then in March we're doing. We're going bonkers. Okay? We're going to Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Toronto, Charlotte, Atlanta, D.C. and Philadelphia, home of. Home of the super bowl winning Eagles. So maybe Saquon Barkley will come to our show. Who knows? You never know. Um, either way, that probably will not happen. But you can come to our show and we will have a great time. So watchcraftens.com for all those tickets and then of course, Patreon, you can watch us on video. Hello, people on video. Crap is on demand. And bonus episodes of the Traders, which. Who doesn't love the Traders? Anything I miss, Ronnie? Did I get it all?

[Laura]

No. Your neck looks so strong.

[Ben Mandelker]

Does it?

[Laura]

I can tell. Yeah, you have, like, cartoon. You have, like, cartoonishly strong.

[Ben Mandelker]

Let me move this. No, this. You know why?

[Laura]

Yeah. Good. Looks so tone. It's because it's strong.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's only because this T shirt is like. I actually sewed this T shirt and I stretched the neck by accident when I was sewing it. So I think it makes everything look kind of like.

[Laura]

Oh, my God. Make me one. You look.

[Ben Mandelker]

I will.

[Laura]

You look like Gaston. Or Gaston, as they would say on Southern Charm.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, my God. This does look really good. Now that I see it. That's making.

[Laura]

Yeah, yeah. You go, boy.

[Ben Mandelker]

Hey, bro. Hey, bro. I got a defined deck.

[Laura]

I can hug you.

[Ben Mandelker]

By the way, the working. By the way, y'all. By the way, Summer house is returning this week. So excited comes back.

[Laura]

Summer house is coming back. And guess what? The Denise Richard show is coming up soon, so.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.

[Laura]

It's gonna be good. All right, let's get to below Deck down under. Now, this is one of those episodes where you just. You have to remind yourself this takes a few episodes, right? I don't know who any of these people are. Who are these people? What are they talking about? Why aren't they crazy people? Also, below deck down under, I feel I'm just going to it, guys. It's maybe controversial. Just kidding. It's not at all. I think below deck down under should stay on small boats, and I think below deck sailings should stay on small boat, and I think the other one should have bigger boats. I like below deck down under smaller. I don't like this big production on below deck. I like it smaller and crazier.

[Ben Mandelker]

I like. You know, I never thought about that. I do like the idea that below classic blow deck should have the biggest boat, but I don't know. Blowjack down under has been so good. I think they've deserved a big. I think they've earned their big boat, so I'm actually okay with it. I love the addition of a sous chef like that. Every time we go to a scene down in the kitchen, it is just so awkward for me. Like, I cringe. Like, it's giving me a different energy than I've had on below deck before. Like, normally it's always like, oh, do your job, or oh, my God, you're a bad leader. But like, the chef and sous chef situation going on, I just am Like, I. I just tense up every time we go to that. And I really like that. That's a nice touch for me.

[Laura]

Yeah, I like it too. I want it to be on a smaller boat because I like more of a fly by night operation on these shows, you know, would you like kind of making it up? It's more community theater vibes.

[Ben Mandelker]

Would you have preferred this to have been on a boat that used to be a Japanese trolla back in the 70s?

[Laura]

Yeah, you see that there?

[Ben Mandelker]

That's classic now, by the way, I have to give a shout out because we often talk about the turtle that they show they cut to. Inevitably on this show. They do a lot of marine life on Down Under. You know what? I think we have a new star. I'm not saying it's replaceable.

[Laura]

I know you're talking about, you know. Oh, yes. It's. The more I steal it from you. It's the eel. It's a eel. You guys, that is the cutest deal I've ever seen. Like, I've never wanted to hug an eel before, but I totally want to hug a nail that. He is so cute.

[Ben Mandelker]

And he is fabulous too. When he that that extended shot of him coming out of his hole and just going up and just rising up, you know, I was like slowly taking his time.

[Laura]

And like, they had one where he was like in a sitcom from the 80s where they were like, eel, it's your turn. And then he just like turned to the camera. He's like.

[Ben Mandelker]

He did.

[Laura]

His mouth was open. He was like.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like the Rip Taylor of eels. You know, he's like, ha, guys, that.

[Laura]

Is the cutest thing. And then. Do you. You know how sometimes I feel like I'm psychic and so like, I'm always looking for signs and stuff. Ben knows this. I'm ridiculous with it, but this was one of those moments. And also I'm reading a western right now that's so brutal. Like, everybody just dies. And so it makes you think, like, how will I die? And so I saw that eel and I was like, you know, one of my fears used to be getting eaten by eels. I would love to get eaten by this eel. So I imagine myself just getting eaten by this eel. And I was just like giggling the whole time because he's just so cute while he eats me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, it's got these. If I remember correctly, it sort of had some spots. I mean, it was just like a classic moray eel. And just, you know, it had that like Mr. Roper face, but somehow it's like, cute in this context. And.

[Laura]

Yeah, he didn't have myth. No, you know what? He didn't. He. I was gonna say Mr. Furley, but you're right. It was Mr. Roper. That little smile. Oh, my God.

[Ben Mandelker]

He totally has Mr. Roper face.

[Laura]

And we have to find. We have to find pictures of him.

[Ben Mandelker]

Maybe he is. You know, he's not Rip Taylor. He's honestly just Rip. He's just Stanley.

[Laura]

He's missing.

[Ben Mandelker]

Stanley Roper.

[Laura]

Stanley Roper. Yeah, Stanley. And the Turtle can be Mrs. Roper, you know.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Then we have to figure out who. Who the rest of the cast is. Well, that may be a season endeavor. I don't know. Yeah, no one's really made a sp. Like, there was a parrot fish that had, like, a moment, but only because it was called out. Someone was like, there's a parrot fish, so. Of course.

[Laura]

Yeah. And you know. You know who? I'm sick of the drama queen. Stingrays are everywhere, and there's such, you know, like, you murdered Steve Irwin. Like, I can't.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Laura]

And, like, I'm not gonna, like, come to this show where we're glamorizing stingrays. Okay? I'm not gonna have it.

[Ben Mandelker]

They really are just. You know what? The stingrays are kind of like Larry on Three's Company.

[Laura]

They are. They're just always coming in uninvited.

[Ben Mandelker]

They're always around, like, never really adding to the entertainment value of the show. It's like, go back to the legal eagle.

[Laura]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Are we gonna really start this off with some Larry slander? Larry was amazing. What are you talking about? You love Larry was like, I love Larry. Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

Really? I always.

[Laura]

I love Larry's.

[Ben Mandelker]

He was, like, fine. But, like, he was no Janet. He was no Chrissy. He was no Terry.

[Laura]

No. Here's why. Larry was great, because he wasn't fine at all, but in his mind, he was so fine, and he was all about, like, picking up the chicks. And, like, his. His shirt was always unbuttoned down to his belly button. But he's, like, gross. He's just, like, so gross. And I think that that's the first time I really understood, because, you know, that I was a little kid when that came out, and that was the first time I really ever understood the concept of, like, even ugly, straight white guys fail upward just because of confidence. You know, I never really learned confidence, but still, it was always a goal, you know, because of you, Larry.

[Ben Mandelker]

Larry really proved a lot of Things to us. He taught us a lot of things. Did they go to the legal eagle or is it the legal beagle? By the way, I said legal. You.

[Laura]

The regal beagle. The regal beagle.

[Ben Mandelker]

How dare beagles.

[Laura]

But Legal was a movie with Deborah Winger.

[Ben Mandelker]

Thank you. That's right. Yeah, yeah. From roughly the same era. A little bit after, but. Okay, thank you.

[Laura]

Yeah. So by the way, if you're driving in your car right now and you're wondering, why am I listening to this? Here's your answer. I don't know. Okay, so let's start. We started with Serena, who's downstairs with her sous chef, Anthony. And Anthony has just basically told her off in his way. He's like, we could be working harder together. We could be working harder together. And she's like, okay, well, do you want to be more involved in stuff? And he's like, yeah, for sure. She's like, okay, well, would you be excited if you got to go and do the beach lunch today? How would that sound for you? And she's really leaning into her Ruth Buzzy face. Have you noticed?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, you know, that's like, I want.

[Laura]

Her to like, beat him over the head with a purse.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. You know, that is. How have we have we never observed that? She really is just Ruth Buzzy. Like, this really is an episode of 70s stars, isn't it? Like, who? So we're going to this Old men.

[Laura]

Old men talking about below deck. It's our new. It's our new era. We're just old bastards, that's all.

[Ben Mandelker]

Who here is Maureen Stapleton? Yeah.

[Laura]

So he's like, okay, I can. I can do it. She goes. And then I can just crack on. He's like, okay, okay, fine. So then the skeevy guest. All these guests are like old dudes with like young hot women. A couple of them still maintain their, like, same age wives, but you know, they're on their way out. You know, I feel bad.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Laura]

There's one woman who I'm like, you're way too old for that guy. He's about to. He's about to cut you and go switch you out for a 25 year old who likes anal beads. Sorry, it's just how it happens.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, these were some. Definitely some trashy people. So this guy's like, well, you know, are you gonna go right here? And she's like, oh, my God, you have your microphone on. He's like, yeah, it's raw. I don't care how many cameras are looking. I'm like, well, we don't want to see that. And thankfully, we didn't actually have to.

[Laura]

I know, but that's why he's there. It's like he paid to go on a TV boat to prove to the world that his wiener still works. And if it worked that well, you wouldn't need that many toys. Okay, the obvious. Hey, wait a minute.

[Ben Mandelker]

No, that guy's definitely on steroids.

[Laura]

Hey, I put testosterone in my butt. Oh. I mean, listen. What? It doesn't do anything. I mean, I maybe get two more boners a month. I don't know what everybody's on about. Putting testosterone in your butt. That didn't make me any manlier.

[Ben Mandelker]

I just love that ever since we went to London, you've come back. You always say, I don't know what they're on about. It's like this funny little, like, Britishism that. That you say quite a bit, actually.

[Laura]

Yes, I remember I said that before.

[Ben Mandelker]

Maybe you did, but I. I just only have noticed it relatively recently that you'll be like.

[Laura]

Well, I. I think I've said it a long time because I was raised in my adulthood. My young adulth. Absolutely fabulous. So that came a long time before. But, yeah, I don't know what they're on about with that testosterone in your butt, because everyone's like, oh, my God, you're gonna feel like such a man. It's gonna change your life. It didn't do. Now, granted, making me feel like a man is a tall order, I have to say. I think, yeah, I think they're only legally allowed to put so much inside of me. But I got it tested, and they were like, well, your testosterone is normal. And I was like, but why am I still. Why do I still just want to, like, I don't know, cry to commercials and not get wieners? They're like, I don't know. Can't help you. You're beyond our help, sir.

[Ben Mandelker]

Some things testosterone can't fix, you know? So then Harry is. He's. He's with Brianna. Brianna's the. I think, the girl from New Jersey, the redhead. And he's like, let's make some beds. And she's like, all right. Bed making. One on one on super yacht. And he's like, is this the butt plug room?

[Laura]

Oh.

[Ben Mandelker]

And she's like, no, no, it isn't. And he's like, good, because I need gloves.

[Laura]

That room.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm not touching anything in that room.

[Laura]

Oh, loosen up a little, Harry. Literally.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Come on, get out of those budgie smugglers and buns and Boxers. Loosen up.

[Laura]

Yeah. You're like 22 and you're skinny. You should be trying more things.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So meanwhile, Anthony is talking about making crew lunch and doing. He wants to make focaccia sandwiches. And Zarina's like, no bread like that. He's like, no, focaccia. She's like, no. Jason wants, like, fresh fish and salads and stuff like that. And he's like, all right, fine, whatever. He, like, clearly wanted to make a splash with focaccia.

[Laura]

Yeah, he was, like, into. He's like, this is my big moment to show off my focaccia skills. And she shot that right down. So she's like, I know where you're coming from. Really, I do. I'm so sorry about that. Just nerve focaccia. And he's like, okay, so you're not gonna do any prep up at all for this barbecue? She's like, no, no, I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna. Anything you need. I'm just not going to the beach. And he goes, what's your position in it to make the creep food excuse you? You just asked for more responsibility, and the second she gave it to you, look how you act. You act like she's, like, sloughing off and giving you her fucking work. You're a little. Yeah, see, I mean, you're a little backbiting Anthony.

[Ben Mandelker]

He is, because, like, he was right. He was not being utilized properly last episode. But now she's like, okay, well, you can go and cook for the guests on the beach. And now all of a sudden, he's like, well, that's your job. I mean, get over yourself. So he. She's like. She's like, I'm not making you do my job at all. I asked if you'd like it. He goes, no, yeah, I'm happy to. I actually love to. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She's like, no, if you'd like to go to the beach. But I'm not.

[Laura]

I.

[Ben Mandelker]

If you'd like to go to the beach, they go to the beach. But I'm not going to cook for any or anything like that. I was going to completely prepare you and send you on your way. And then, like, I want you to come and have some fun. She's basically like, I. I'm still gonna do the cooking. You're gonna execute it, so relax.

[Laura]

Yeah. And she's like, I'm not making you do my job. Don't worry. And he tells us, well, I'm not trying to attack Serena here, but suddenly I'm going from being a dishwasher to doing beach canape. And it's a bit weird. You asked for more and she's giving you more. Stop your bitching. I mean, talk about somebody with too much. Too much testosterone up their butt.

[Ben Mandelker]

This one fragile man, really? Like, I knew the moment that this guy walked in talking about, oh, he's worked under a Michelin star person, and then seeing that he has to, you know, cook under a woman who is not a Michelin star, I knew he was gonna. Oh, God.

[Laura]

Do you know how many. Do you know how many talented people I've worked under?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, yeah, Many, many. Like.

[Laura]

A hot beef injection is not a Nobel Peace Prize win. Okay, sir. So she's like, I'm just giving you this opportunity, so don't stop. Stomp around in my galley like a three year old. All right, so then Jason is looking for Lara, but she's changing and she's going to be with the guests. And so Serena checks with Lara, who is still crying. Okay. They show Laura crying in this. It's like a 20 minute segment of Laura crying. Lara, you are not cut out for this. If you're gonna cry for 20 damn minutes, there is no crying in chief stewing, ma'am. Okay, yeah. If you're gonna cry, make it quick. Amen. This is too long. Do you know how much there's only been one episode? How did they even have that much to edit? Her reasons for crying.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I'm surprised because I remember on classic blow deck, there was that one st. I forget her name. Was it like Claire or Agnes or something like that? She was on for like, she was right after Kate left, whatever her name was. And she. There was like a horrific first charter. The guests were terrible. And then she had totally inept stews. She had that stew that's created mustard gas that one episode. So like. And I remember she just broke after that first episode. She started crying.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

But like, I didn't feel like there was. There was definitely chaos happening last episode episode for sure. There was timing issues and going up and down those stairs, etc. I did not think it was like a. A sob worthy moment, but she sobbed and they made it dramatic. They made like the sound of her heartbeat and they're like, oh, my God. Lara. Lara. Oh, the pressure's on, Lara. And then Tsarina comes in and just was like, oh, they even showed her.

[Laura]

But they even showed like one of the memories was like she's sobbing because she didn't know to have spoons. And then Serena Said, could you put spoons on a tray and take them down? And she's like, that's not fine dining. And that was one of her reasons for the. I was dying watching that. I thought it was so good, you know, all she needs is to go to a Starbucks with a supportive barista who puts things like this on their cup. You rock. Yeah, you rock.

[Ben Mandelker]

That's what.

[Laura]

I saw that. And I was like, thanks.

[Ben Mandelker]

That was so nice. Did you tell them your name is you rock, though? You're like, my name is you rock. You're like. You kind of like.

[Laura]

No, but they accidentally. Their printer was broken, and so they print. They printed me twice, and they made me two of the same drink. And I was like, oh, I didn't order two. And she said, well, you're. It's your lucky day because our printer broke, so you get two. And so I was like, oh. So I took them, you know, because I'm. I don't. I don't piss on Mana from heaven. I put it in my knapsack, and so I took it. And then I noticed this one said, you rock. And then I was like, oh, my gosh. I wonder if the other one says something. And the other one said, you're so special. And I was like, you know what? I feel less special now that you're just writing this on every cup. You know what I mean? The better if you just feel like some John. Some random John.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. It's like too much praise, actually. Too much praise for a fragile game. Gay. Fragile. Gay. You know, ego. You know, like, we can't take thoughts around. Yeah. Only take so much before we're like, that's now. We're not special anymore. By the way, that being said, Lara crying was a disappointment. But other than that, I actually really like Lara a lot because she is a perfectionist. And I love a Chief sue who's a perfectionist because, A, they're more neurotic, and B, I love when they are. It usually means that they're meaner to their. Their stews. And we see a little bit of it later today, which is like, that's not how it's done in yachting. And I was like, oh, I love that. Passive aggression. So so far, like, I'm actually pretty pro. Lara.

[Laura]

Well, the thing is perfection. People who talk about how much of a perfectionist they are are always fucking things up. Have you noticed that there's never someone who's like, I'm such a perfectionist that's actually, like, perfect. They're always fucking up. And that's why I like it. Also, I like her because she has very insecure eyebrows. And what I mean by that is she does the thing where you like put them on with a magic marker, but they're not quite right and so now she's stuck with them. And I think that your eyebrows say a lot about you and I think she's got very terrified eyebrows, so I'm all for her.

[Ben Mandelker]

Also, she has disdain on her face at all times and that's really my number one qualifying, you know, like, characteristic for me to really enjoy you as a chief stew. Disdain.

[Laura]

Yeah, we love some disdain. Yeah, for sure. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappin's commercial.

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[Laura]

So we get Lara's monologue and guess what, you guys, you're going to be shocked. So she's like, I'm a bit hard on myself. A bit too much of a perfectionist. And I think it maybe comes from. Wait for it. Trying to impress my dad. Oh for fuck sake. Dad's out there. Could you do better? I mean, Jesus Christ. Bad father are like a factory for reality stars. Like they just pump out so many bad. I mean so many neurotic reality stars. Get it together. Dance.

[Ben Mandelker]

Now I know why she was crying. Cuz like cut to a flashback, Hope float style where she's like, daddy, Daddy, I brought you a fork and a knife. I needed a spoon. That's it, I'm leaving you and your mother.

[Laura]

And she's just standing on the street as a car drives away like, daddy, Daddy. You just see something fly out the side window and hit her on the forehead and it clinks to the ground and it's a spoon.

[Ben Mandelker]

I thought I could get over that trauma, but I just relive it every charter.

[Laura]

So she talks about how her parents divorced when she was three and her dad remarried and this lady already had three children. And she's like, you know, he basically found a replacement family and dumped us, which is so sad. But you're also entering onto below deck where they're going to dump you and get a new chief Stew next year too. So it's like, I don't know, stop the cycle. You know what I mean?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. She's gone from. She's gone from an impermanent family situation to an impermanent lamb situation. Now she's just always out in the world.

[Laura]

So she's out there with a Sharpie just trying to do her eyebrows once every six months and it up by a couple of inches and then this all goes to hell after that.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Zarina's in there right now because she actually wanted to go to the bathroom. But now she's consoling Lara. And Lara's like, my personal standards are dropping and I hate that. I mean that's what's kidding me. Because I've worked so hard to get to where I am. But who knew Sauces need spoons. Oh, God, I'll never get it right.

[Laura]

So Serena comes in and she just hugs her, you know, and I think that's a sweet friend who doesn't hug her. Yeah, I'm not a good friend because I would be hugging you going, that's okay. Just remember a spoon next time. Just remember a spoon. Like, I'd still be kind of sticking it in there. But Serena doesn't. She just hugs her and stays quiet.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, well, I did. Like, she had like a tray or something. And she just starts to fan. She fans Lara, like, all right, let's. Let's fan these tears away. No need to cry over the fact that you forgot to put out a spoon. Only one of the most basic utensils out there. Okay, I'm gonna go to the bathroom. Oh, you just went in the bathroom before me. Great, Great.

[Laura]

Yeah. So then Harry is working on cabins a lot, which is nice. And I think he's flirting with Brianna. So then he goes to the beach with we on, and Harry's like, so organized chaos. It's all right. Everything's all right. And he's like, what did you have to do this morning? It was so amazing. I never got to the butt plug room, though. God, I hope I don't have to go there. I feel myself clinching in anticipation.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then we. Han is like, well, I'm so glad that you can take initiative and do your thing, cuz Lara's really stressed. I'm like, wow, is this a bosun who's, like, happy that someone from the deck crew, like, actually helped out the interior? This doesn't make sense. He's never going to last.

[Laura]

Oh, but he's a guy from Beefcakes. The most sensitive guys in the world. That's my favorite thing is he used to work at a place called Beefcakes. That's right. So then Serena is talking to Sue Anthony and she's like, well, I think we should do all the salads as raw and fresh and light. And he's like, perfect, perfect. I mean, there's quite a bit of fat on there, isn't it? Like, you know, you're prepping some steaks there. It looks like quite a bit fat. So way to go against your own rules.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like, all right, I'll just do it on the barbecue. So then Lara goes to the beach with Anne Marina serving the guests before they go. And so Jass Jassy, who is one of the guests, is like, hey, so you're experienced on yachts. And now, ladies and gentlemen, Act 2 of the below Deck Childhood Trauma Olympics begins. It's an Olympics game that's also a performance. So it's an Act 2 of the Olympics. So Marina is like, yes, I. I've been working three and a half years now in the industry, and I'm working to become a chief Stew. Like, the chief of the department. It's a gorgeous place. So it's not so bad, honestly. And now she tells the story of life in the favela.

[Laura]

Yeah. So she wants to make her family's life easier because she grew up in a very humble house. House. And they always lived rent by rent. And when they couldn't afford the rent, they would go to the next place to rent. And it was tough. Grandpa was in a wheelchair because he had a disease. The dad left, so grandma had to work two or three jobs. She took care of the whole family. And then we see. And then she says, her. Her mom and 13 cousins. I mean, that's crazy. Y'all get a job. Why is the grandma doing it? Jesus Christ. And they show her mom looks perfectly fine. What was her mom doing?

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, also maybe, like, wear a condom. I'm just gonna put that out there. Like, that's a lot of kids for grandma to have to support. Okay, Sorry.

[Laura]

It's just a lot. Poor grandma, man. And. But this is really sweet, because she just wants to save up her money to get grandma a house. Well, I hope that you know that you're the person who gets all the grandma's money, because that would suck if you did that. And then your grandma left everything to your mom, who wouldn't even get a job to support her, according to you. I'm worried that Marina's gonna get over by her grandma. Doesn't that mean I know the grandma's supposed hero of the story? But I'm like, marina, she's you over. It's all a trick. Marina.

[Ben Mandelker]

Ryan, I would love it if this entire story were. Were false. Like, Marina were just, like, a huge liar and had this story about, like. Like, grandma, my 13 cousins, and grandma had to do it all. Grandpa was in the wheelchair, like, and then it turns out she's from, like, Costa Mesa. Orange County.

[Laura]

Yeah, yeah. She's, like, from a really rich single dad in Costa Mesa.

[Ben Mandelker]

She's fine. Fine. She's fine. So then, yeah, she's just a huge grifter that. I would love that But I like.

[Laura]

That she's a small time grifter because she's like, I'm gonna grift my way up the yachting hierarchy.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yes. So we have two cliches so far, which is we have the I'm a yachty because Daddy left. And we have a I'm a yachty because I just want to get a house for my. For my mom or my grandma. So those are like two standards.

[Laura]

And because Daddy. And because dad left and Daddy left. Not to be mean about, but it is part of both stories.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. I mean, look, it's just what it is in yachting. And of course, we're waiting for our trifecta, which, as we know, will be inevitably a child in Florida somewhere or Alaska. Can't wait to see who it is who has a child.

[Laura]

Who has a child somewhere. Yeah, for sure. Do you think it's I'm doing a toll for my child? Vyon?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yes.

[Laura]

Do you think it's.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm say Vyond. Vyon has a child somewhere and he's doing this all for his child.

[Laura]

Yeah, he has, like, sad I miss my child face for sure. He's got, like, kind of a sadness in his eyes. Like, I have a daughter somewhere and I'm ignoring her right now, which means she'll grow up to be a chief stew wannabe. Dun, dun, dun. The cycle below deck. The cycle continues. All right, so Harry is talking to Lara and he's like, how's the interior? And she's like, oh, I mean, they're really good. And goes, okay, well, who's first and who's second? Give me the tea, girl.

[Ben Mandelker]

And she's like, well, I haven't appointed anyone yet, but Marina definitely does have more experience because it's a small team and she also has a grandma story. So. But I don't know. I don't want to become, you know, hierarchy.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

And how about the chicas? How are you feeling about the chicas? Harry? That's girls, Harry. I know you're looking at me with strange eyes. Girls. It means girls.

[Laura]

I don't know. We'll see. It's too early. You need to talk. You need to talk to them properly, you know, get to know the insea, the. The wants, the needs sort of thing.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Probably is not.

[Laura]

Poor Harry.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, poor Harry.

[Laura]

Harry doesn't have any game. And who. He hooked up with someone last time. Right. But didn't he cry a lot? I felt like Harry cried in bed a lot.

[Ben Mandelker]

He tried with Margo, you know, and he was like, really, he was crushing on Margo and they sort of had a thing, but she wasn't friend zone yet. Yeah, yeah, friend zone. That's. That's gonna be Harry's journey in life. Life. So then now the food is. The food is going on to the tender or whatever. And Wehan is. Is it Wehan or Van? Van? I'm like, Van. Van is talking about steak and everything. And they're talking stuff. Food and steak and beach picnics and stuff. And then Johnny is saying, Johnny is the guy from Greece. And he's like, first, first impressions matter most. And mine, it was not so good. But I want to show the rest of the team my leadership and I'll be the lead deckhand of boat of Katina. So I don't know. You know what? I kind of like Johnny. This episode, last episode, I was like this guy, this arrogant, saying he's the lead deck and what a. But now he's like, humbled and now he's kind of sweet and I like him again. And by again.

[Laura]

Yeah, I mean, yeah, he's cute. I feel like he's just a road rage person. He's the kind of person you just don't want to cut off on accident, you know what I mean? Like, he'll follow you to the Marshalls and threaten to beat the out of you. He's just that guy.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's clearly toxic, but I'm kind of beguiled by him this episode for no good reason.

[Laura]

Yeah, but so are cigarettes. And I love, you know, I love those things. I love a lot of toxic things. So bring it on. So Laura is like, wait, who's Laura? Hold on, let me think. Oh, Lara's the chef. So she's talking about meat. She's talking about meat with Anthony, the sous chef. And she's like, so the meat is ready. I mean, the meat's gonna be ready when they're ready. And he's like, yeah, just sitting here, it's cooking through pretty quick. So, yeah, I know what I'm doing. You know, I've worked under lots of big people. You know, I've got a butt tattoo that says emerald on it, so make it that what you will.

[Ben Mandelker]

So she's like, okay, well, what's. And what is this? Lamb chop? She's like, oh, ok. So she serves it and a strawberry balsamic salad and lamb and salmon, whatever. And so Anthony is telling us. I've always been a bit of a food snob. When I was growing up, my mom would cook a big meal and I'd be like, this is delicious, but maybe a little bit more seasoning there. So you're a little prick. You're a little.

[Laura]

You're a little.

[Ben Mandelker]

Little snack. That's what she was.

[Laura]

Little brat.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Laura]

You would have been an orphan if I was your mother.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's like, I do think me and Zarina have different approaches to being a yacht chef. I mean, hers may be a bit more chaotic, mine may be a bit more struct and rigid, but my meticulous nature just comes from being passionate about food. Like, something's not right. I'll remember that. And I play it back in my head so you know that there's something really satisfying about like, serving something perfectly seasoned. Like a perfectly balanced, beautiful looking dish, you know, like, okay, yes, we like our perfectly seasoned food, but, like, please don't make that your personality.

[Laura]

Yeah, Also just, like, make my steak. You know what I mean?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, just make the steak. Just do it.

[Laura]

Yeah. Get off, get out. Get off the toe shoe, like, for sake. And also, if ever I want to hear a backstory, it's his mother's. I want to hear his mother's like, yeah. Here I was working 30 jobs just to make him happy, and I'd make him a potato, and he'd say, winch, this is unacceptable. Throw it against my face, and then make me start all over again. To this day, I still don't know how to make a proper magma tater.

[Ben Mandelker]

By the way, you don't win in a war because you like your food seasoned. Okay? Congratulations. It's called being a human being. Wow. You like salt? Ever since I was a little kid, I always liked my food to be properly seasoned. Really? Wow. What an innovation. You know what I don't like? I don't want my food to be properly seasoned. I don't like that. That's amazing that you like that.

[Laura]

Can I just tell you something? I'm so sorry that I keep bringing up the stupid Western that I'm reading. It is so dark. Ben. Yes. Here's what happens. Okay. It's just so brutal. Every is like them getting into some skirmish and everybody dying. Okay? That's the whole thing. It's a Western. So they're like, the enemy started a fire and burned all of our people, and all of our people were trying to jump over a cliff to not die from the fire. And basically I didn't jump over the cliff, but I hung onto a tree. A tree or something, so I didn't die. But then when I got back up there was a horse and it was fried. So I ate it. I just chopped into it and I started eating the horse. That's the whole thing. They just keep going through and just, like, killing something and just biting right into it. So when I hear this time, great. So when we get to this, I'm like, wow, we're so lucky that we have salt.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. We really are lucky. I mean, salt's been around for a while because you could just go to the ocean.

[Laura]

I think they had salt too, but I don't think they always had it on them. Like, they didn't have Adobo. You know what I mean? Right.

[Ben Mandelker]

They definitely didn't have salt, like, readily available. Like, if you were in the middle of the country, if you're in, like, Lonesome Dove land, which I assume is like somewhere between Texas and Montana, isn't that the whole story that they're.

[Laura]

Well, this one's Texas and Mexico, but yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh. Oh, I thought.

[Laura]

I'm reading the whole four. I'm reading the whole four book thing. So it started four books, and they're on their way to Mexico.

[Ben Mandelker]

I thought it was one book. That's a lot of doves, girl. They're not so lonesome anymore.

[Laura]

I read for, like three hours, and then it's like, you're 1% of this book. I'm like, oh, my God, I can't take it. This is too brutal. But I can't put it down.

[Ben Mandelker]

You're reading it on the plane. And I looked over to look at the page because I was curious to see what, like, a slice of Lonesome Dove was like. And it was like there was some guy who had, like, two names. It was like Bose Dexter or something like that. Do you know who I'm talking about? It was like Bose or Dark Bose. It was like Bo. Dean Bodine said, we gotta go yonder. And then it was like. And then Muriel said, but about what about the. The fried horse or whatever? And I was like, no, but I'm Bo something.

[Laura]

No, there's someone named Call and there's someone named. Yes, and there's someone. And there's like Longface Bill and Bigfoot or something.

[Ben Mandelker]

There was definitely someone who had two names.

[Laura]

And then there's Matilda. The Matilda. The is my favorite because she just, like her opening scene, they basically take a hooker around with them so that they have somebody to please them or whatever while they're, you know, know, Ranger in. And Matilda is like a big girl, and her first scene is just being naked in the River. And she catches a snapping turtle and stabs it and eats it for breakfast. And I was like, that's my favorite kind of a turtle. A turtle catching. Snapping turtle catching. And let me tell you, I'm a thousand pages in, and Matilda's still with us, so that's great. She made it longer than anybody else. And guess who didn't talk about any daddy issues? Matilda by the tail.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I guess you didn't complain about seasoning until you need that snapping turtle. Let me tell you something. Listen, if you're going to take on a snapping turtle, that is impressive, because those things, they will bite your monsters off.

[Laura]

Yeah, they're monstrous. Anyway, I'm sorry to go into Lonesome Dove, you guys. My point was seasoning. We should be grateful, so. Shut up. Shut up, sous chef. That's my point. Okay? So then Jason checks on Serena, and she, you know, he's like, how you doing? How's this charter going for you? And I like that she. She tries not to throw that little shithead under the bus, because she totally could have, and she didn't. She's like, you know, I mean, he's great. He's great. Let me tell you, he's fantastic. The only thing is, I'm obviously just so blunt that maybe sometimes when I say stuff, he thinks, like, it's a confrontation. And it's not really a confrontation. So Jason is seeing. This is like. Well, she's difficult, and she makes her own problems. So I gave her a sous chef this year, so good luck. Luck.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, exactly. And she's like, whatever. I mean, like, it's just. It just seems, you know, I mean, it's going to be difficult, especially because, you know, I look like this, so obviously it's distracting. And Jason's like, huh? All right, we're still doing those jokes. Okay, got it. So now the guests come back from their beach thing because they're gonna go on a submarine tour on an adorable, smiling red submarine that's so cute on the top, and then down on the bottom is basically like. Like a coffin. But that's okay. So Marina is saying, you know, when your boss allows you to go on excursions with the guest, sometimes this is a real test to see if you can handle about going above and beyond. And, you know, I want to be Lar Lara's right hand, so I'm going to be here for whatever she needs, just like Grandma. And I will not be able to sleep, take a shower, or eat, but yolo. At least I get to go on tiny, tiny Cramped submarine. Excited for that, I guess.

[Laura]

So then Vion is talking about how he wants his deck team rested. And yesterday was a massive day. First day of charter, working in the sun all day. However, I understand where Jason is coming from. Jason can be rest assured this won't be happening again. By the end of the season, we're going to be best friends. Beefcake. Beefcake.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, wow. Vian seems like pretty good manager so far. I'm like, like, he's. He's like, nice. He's happy when his team helps out at the interior. He wants to make sure they're rested. Now he's like, oh, I will never make this mistake again. And we're. I'm going to work on our friendship.

[Laura]

Yeah. Now, what mistake did he make?

[Ben Mandelker]

He.

[Laura]

The guy floated away without a radio.

[Ben Mandelker]

No, but he. He had his crew sleep in a little bit instead of being up, and so that was.

[Laura]

Oh, okay.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So he'll be awful. I know. We'll. We'll see some s. He'll. He'll. I'm just enjoying him now while we still think he's nice. So then Zarina is asking Anthony about the beach, and he says that. That seemed happy. And she says, all right, well, the menu for tonight is cowboys and cowgirls hoedown alone, some dove style, and there's going to be a beef chili, a vegan chili, jacket potatoes, a snapping turtle, and a lobster platter.

[Laura]

Yeah. And he's like, well, wait a minute. How does lobster come in? It's like, because they want surf and turf, you know? And he goes, oh, surf and turf. Okay, fine, Fine, then. So it's a surf and turf hotel. Lighten up, because. Oh, okay, so that's surf and turf, then.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then she's like, yeah, I mean, like, duh, if I'm having a hoedown, I always want my surf and turf. I don't know what you do do. She's, like, trying to make jokes and trying to, like, kind of, you know, be, like, funny or whatever. And he's like. He's like. He's kind of trying to banter with her, but also, like, what sucks is that you can see. Like, honestly, a male chef would not have to make this banter to try to, like, win over the. The sous chef. The male chef would be like, just do this. But, like, this is what sucks. I. I'm. I am bit. Getting on a soapbox, which is because I do think it's much harder for, like, women in this. In, like, cooking and. And restaurants, and it's it's up. It's. He should just be giving her respect because she's his boss and that's it. She shouldn't have to be sitting here trying to endear herself to him.

[Laura]

Right. But I think that's the thing because you, you said like, a male chef wouldn't do that. No, a male chef would have no problem being a hard ass and saying, this is your job. Shut the up. I didn't ask your opinion. Fucking do it. And I think she feels the need to placate him and be nice to him. And that's where it's like, he doesn't, he doesn't understand that kind of power dynamic and he's going to take advantage of privilege. He's going to run all over her. Yeah, he's going to run right over her for being like that. You know, you can't be like, you have to beat him into submission, girl. Beat him into submission.

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[Ben Mandelker]

So now they get on the submarine and Marina falls asleep in the submarine, which is kind of funny. And they like wake her up. Like the guy's like, hey, hey, hey, sorry. Wake up. By the way, whether we're there or not, Dino's at 8:00. Is that okay? Cuz like we want, we want to have dinner at 8 o'clock no matter what. Because this guy Blair is like a real hard ass about timing. Cuz he was really upset the other day when like he told them 8:30 in the morning for breakfast. But then he got up there at 8 and breakfast wasn't ready. Then he got pissed about.

[Laura]

About it, which was his fault too.

[Ben Mandelker]

His fault?

[Laura]

No, because that's not. Wasn't it something that he said? He wanted breakfast at 8:30, but then he got up there at 8 and it wasn't ready. So he was all mad. Yeah. Is that what you said?

[Ben Mandelker]

He's all mad.

[Laura]

So this guy's such an. So what A dick. Also, what's funny is Marina just gave us that speech of like, I do this, I do that, I do this, I do that, I don't stop. Yolo. You only live once. I'm going to do everything. And then she sleeps. She falls asleep, like immediately after the monologue.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Laura]

So this is a weird plot point because now he's like whether, whether we're there or not, dinner needs to be there at 8 o'clock on the dot. And she's like, okay. Then he's like, so you need to tell the chef dinner has to be at 8 o'clock on the dot. Do you get it? Whether we're there or not. She's like, okay, well that's crazy. She can't do that.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's stupid. What a stupid person.

[Laura]

Yes. You were the one who up the time in the first place, butt plug.

[Ben Mandelker]

Like it should be. Dinner is served. When you all get there, don't yell at the staff, yell at your friends to get ready. Ready. So then meanwhile, back in the, in the, in the galley, Anthony is asking what, what he wants. What? Like what he should do. And Zarina's telling him to prep the lobster tail and she's like, so what were you like as a kid? He's like, oh, you know, just, like, chilled. You know what I mean? I was throwing mother's baked potatoes out into garbage because they had no seasoning.

[Laura]

I was pretty chill. Unfortunately, I had to recook everything that was ever served to me. So that took most of mine. That took most of my time. And she's like, so getting arrested or what kind of chef are you? You know? Do you have. Do you have any tattoos symbolizing your heroin addiction?

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like, I'm just trying to give you an opportunity to say, oh, yeah, I used to be on drugs. And cooking saved my life. I used to live in the gutter. And I would have. I would have been dead by now had I not discovered cooking. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Standard chef monologue. Come on to your moment.

[Laura]

Do you have a child that you're dead beating somewhere? I mean, come on. Then he's like, nope, nope, nothing, nothing. Just a good person. And she's like, God, Manotar's coming home in police cars. Freeze the taxi. It ridiculous for me. And he's like, disgusting.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like, whore. So then Lara is talking to Adair because I forgot that Adair A existed and B is a Dex stew. So Lara's like, all right, tonight for the theme, I'm going to leave the entertainment up to you guys, if that's good, because you're American. And I don't understand this cowboys and cowgirls thing. As far as I know back in England, what we have instead are crumpets and clotted cream. And that is our theme for our special events. So please, you take over.

[Laura]

And AD Is like, oh, okay, lasso. I'll do that. And I can teach him a little dance. I just need him to be able to get in line and count to eight. She goes, well, that's expecting a lot, but good luck to you.

[Ben Mandelker]

I don't know what any of this means, but you just do that American thing.

[Laura]

Yeah. So then Brianna. Harry's helping Brianna again, and she's like, actually, I'm quite impressed with your stew skills, Harry. He's like, oh, really? That's amazing. I've cleaned bathrooms on boats before. You know, I've got lots of experience.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. And she. She. She thinks she likes him. She's like, oh, do you have a home base or do you. She's like, do you have a home base or are you just like, boat to boat? He's like, nah, no home base. She's like, oh, that's Cool. She says, I like Harry. He's a positive energy. I think he's so sweet. We're going to be best friends. I was like, damn, he's already been friend zoned.

[Laura]

Already friend zoned.

[Ben Mandelker]

The flirtation has even started yet.

[Laura]

Yeah. And he's like, breathe. Way above my league. I look at girls like that and I'm like, not even worth trying. Not even worth trying. And yet here you are making your ninth bed of a day. Of the day. Oh, poor Harry. Bless his heart.

[Ben Mandelker]

Bless his friend zoned heart. So now they come back from the sub and they're going to take a nap and everything. And then Marina goes up and tells Lara that the guests are very adamant that they want everything on the table before 8:00. It doesn't matter who is there there. They're going to start eating. So 8 o'clock. And so Zarina's like, okay, fine. And then I guess. I guess Marina told Zarina that. And then Lara is speaking to Johnny. Who's Johnny again? I'm blanking at it. Oh, Johnny Greek.

[Laura]

Johnny the Greek.

[Ben Mandelker]

Johnny the Greek. So she's asking if he's. He's just like, are you free? What are you doing? He's like, free like relationship or free for your time? Just. She's asking to get into a relationship with you right now.

[Laura]

Yeah, Johnny, she wants you. She's like, no, please hang these decorations, you idiot. So Serena's like, for this dinner, I just think rustic hay bales, greasy hands, smoky flavors. Prior to this charter season, I was in Arizona, so I know what to do. They cooked all sorts of meat. You know, there's baked potatoes, corn slaw. I mean, literally served on wood. It was like eating a trough or something. I just felt I was very cowgirl. Eating with your hands and the dirt.

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, and that's. It's very like Lonesome Dove, you know, fried horse, snapping turtle puree soup. Horse serving food naked. No.

[Laura]

So she was like, so, Anthony, we have to explain the dishes. Would you like to come up with me? And he's like, I don't mind. You can go. I'll come up at the end. Oh, really? You want to come up at the end and act like the chef? Of course you do. Get your ass with me right now, sir.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. And she's like, okay, well, I'll just tell them which ones you made. He goes, no, no, don't just do it as is. We're a team in it. And then he basically says, oh, thanks.

[Laura]

You see what he's doing? Though, don't you? He's saying, don't, don't do that. We're a team, so I can take credit for everything. Like all those pictures that he showed before when he's like, here's my five star service. And then he's showing all these gorgeous, you know, magazine worthy pictures. How many of those were his and how many of those were his? Chefs that he just took pictures of and he maybe helped.

[Ben Mandelker]

Exactly, exactly.

[Laura]

Like, you know, cutting a carrot.

[Ben Mandelker]

Exactly. Congratulations. You put some sort of like mushroom soil on a plate. So Anthony is like. Which I hate when chefs describe.

[Laura]

I know you hate a soil.

[Ben Mandelker]

And here on the side, is this. Is it pistachio soil? No, it's pistachio. Don't say it's soil.

[Laura]

Stop. That soil's so gross.

[Ben Mandelker]

And you know, I made like, I, I was cooking the other night and I made a pistachio zatar, which was very fun. And when I was mixing, you have to mix it with your hands because there's lemon zest in there. In the lemon zest clumps. You have to. In their hands. And it felt sure. And as I was doing it, I was like, I bet if this were at a restaurant, some asshole would say, and here's some pistachio soil. Because it felt like soil. But I wasn't willing to call it soil because good for you.

[Laura]

Stand against.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm an adult. So Anthony basically is like, thanks, but no thanks. I don't want them to think I've cooked that. Just because the theme's basic doesn't mean the food has to be basic. If it was my menu, I would have been out there at the barbecue making it a more immersive experience. You know, some short ribs, slow cooked, you know. Yeah, slow cooked short ribs, perfect for a barbecue. So he goes, you know, could have even done hot sauce platter where you make different Scotch bonnets, different sauces, different spices. Possibilities are endless.

[Laura]

Shut up, dude. Okay, go ahead and do it. And you're not, you're not. It's not immersive grilling in front of them. Give me a break. It's not a bad hana. You're not going to be throwing it in their mouths.

[Ben Mandelker]

Don't. Don't invoke the onion tower in front of Zarina, Ronnie. But that was her. That was a sore point for her last year, as we saw.

[Laura]

Yeah, they showed it today. Yeah, they showed it today. It was really funny when he's like, well, you know, Serena does make her own problems. He's like, it's gonna be like a Benihana. She's like, not doing it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Now, that being said, I do think that this meal could have been a little bit more upscale, but I don't know if these guests really needed it to be up. I think the guests were not very upscale people. So it was fine. It could have. It could have been a little bit more refined, but I don't think you needed to have like a Scotch bonnet hot sauce platter that gets passed around.

[Laura]

Yeah, it's cowboy day. I mean, give me a fucking break. So Serena is telling Anthony, are your lips real? And he goes, oh, yeah, so forget my lips. Done. She goes, are you upset with me? He's like, why would I be upset? Why would I be upset? You basic nothing of a woman. And she's like, I don't know. You just seemed angry for a minute. That. So now the timing comes in where the guest has asked for this to all be out at 8 on the dot. But of course, the guests are not up at 8 on the dot. They're getting ready and taking their sweet ass time. So Marina comes into the galley and she wants the food. And so Laura's like, but are the guests even there? And she goes, no, but they asked me to be before 8, so they will come. That's what they said. And she's like, well, Blair said that if we're not there by eight, bring it out. So just. Let's just wait. It's like, but Blair said, bring it before 8, because then they'll come. And she's like, if they're not there at 8, bring it out. She goes, well, he says something completely different to me. So he said, oh, no. Was it a dream? Was it real? Did he really say it in the submarine?

[Ben Mandelker]

Sorry, the. Everything froze. I think my. My lap. My computer was like, wait a second, there's a new mouse. But okay, I'm back. Sorry. Yes, Laura, continue on, continue on.

[Laura]

I'm just timing. They're just talking about this, whether it's served at 8 or whatever. So then Lara's like, well, the guests are not going to be happy finding the hot food now. Cold food, because they took an extra 10 minutes getting ready. I mean, the food needs to be hot. I mean, sorry, it. But sometimes I know better than the guests, which is true.

[Ben Mandelker]

What were you.

[Laura]

You don't serve food to an empty table. That's crazy.

[Ben Mandelker]

What were you hoping would happen? Because I couldn't tell. At that moment, there was part of me that didn't want Laura to up again because I was feel. I, I, I didn't. I didn't want her to be a up. But then there was part of me that also felt like it was obnoxious that, like, she was disregarding the message that Marina was sending. So, like, I kind of wanted the guest to show. Show up at. At and be like, where's the food?

[Laura]

No, Marina was doing that thing where she's like, the guest is always right. And I think that that's something you have to do to a degree. But Laura knows guests are stupid, and if she actually did that, the guest would be mad, and they would also be right if they were mad. So she's like, nope, you don't serve guests. I'm glad she stuck to her guns and didn't listen to an underling, because if she listened to somebody lower in rank and it up, that would be very bad. You know, that would be a very bad foot to set right at the beginning.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Laura]

So example. Set foot to set. I don't know why I said that.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Lara is. Yeah. She's like, where. Where is everyone? And. And the, like, match will be cold right now. So Marina. Marina realizes that she messed up. She's like, no, I learned. But Lara is right. They're not here yet. I could do better. I'm like, they. This is shocking. After Below deck, down below deck, sailing, where the stews were like, well, you know what? The only reason why I gave that message is because Daisy didn't inspire me to give me to give a better message. So it's not really my fault. And you know what? I don't even like Daisy's leadership in the first place. But here they're like, this was. I can learn from this. I really made a mistake. My boss is right. I'm like, this is so strange.

[Laura]

It is weird. Yeah. I don't need Marina to, like, self flagellate over it or anything. But yeah, relax. Yeah, it was interesting.

[Ben Mandelker]

Interesting.

[Laura]

So then Serena's like, okay, here's some lobster. Here's some steak. But apart from that, everything's vegan. Even the cornbread, which is not that easy to do vegan, by the way. And so they're like, thanks. And now a Darren Marina.

[Ben Mandelker]

How do you do it vegan? How do you do it vegan? Because you can't have an egg in there. The egg would be the real issue. Huh. Because you could do it with honor.

[Laura]

The buttercream or whatever. Or the buttercream milk. Don't you use buttermilk and biscuits? I'm not biscuits. Cornbread.

[Ben Mandelker]

I guess you don't eat milk and.

[Laura]

Cornbread all the time.

[Ben Mandelker]

I just use, like, the. Mark Bitman has a really good cornbread recipe in the New York Times that uses just milk. But I've done it with almond milk before. It's, like, not as luscious, but. But the thing is, there's an egg in there, I think. How do you do it without the egg?

[Laura]

I don't know. Some things you can use applesauce for. For an egg, but I don't know. I don't know.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, we'll have to put a pin in.

[Laura]

We should look up a corn bread, try it out. I'm. Should.

[Ben Mandelker]

Should I look it up right now? Is this. Is this a marching order? Vegan corn bread?

[Laura]

Yeah. Leave it in there. I want to know.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay, everybody's want to know here. How about nor the best vegan cornbread by Nora Cooks. Okay, Nora. Oh, God. She goes, hello, I'm Nora. Okay, jump to recipe. Enough of you. Nora. Jeez.

[Laura]

You know, my husband loves cornbreads. You know what he hates? Animal products products. What's a girl to do? Well, let me tell you what happened when I went to the post office this morning.

[Ben Mandelker]

Here's what Nora has to say. This is it. The best vegan cornbread, just like mom used to make, but vegan. Soft, tender, and sweet with just the right amount of cornbread texture. So she uses flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, baking powder, unsweetened almond milk, canola oil, and. Oh, I guess that's it. Okay, well, canola oil, but there you go.

[Laura]

There you have it.

[Ben Mandelker]

But, I mean, that's. I thought there was eggs. I thought there was eggs.

[Laura]

No, you know what? Not in vegan cornbread.

[Ben Mandelker]

Maybe not. Maybe there never was an egg. Maybe there never was an egg.

[Laura]

So now they're clearing dinner and doing all that, and the deck is. The deck is getting ready to do a cowboy performance. They have to do a line dance, and they're shirtless for this, and Harry dances as a shirtless h. It's just a hooting and hollering great time. So then Serena tells Anthony she needs help cleaning, and he does, and he's actually being kind of decent for this. Five minutes. So then Bri is giving a cabin rundown while checking her work. And so Bree's like, you know, perfectionists can usually be seen as someone that can be overbearing. I mean, with Laura, the way she just appreciates yachting so much, she's someone I look up to and I admire. So whatever she Needs. I'm here for it.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's like, what is. What's happening in this season? The standard line on Below Deck is, you know, perfection. Perfectionists are so overbearing, and they just, like, don't see the bigger picture. And, like, they just make my life. It's like a power trip. Like, I do. I am not here for it. But they're like, I love that she's a perfectionist. I love that she's, like, making me go back and refold this sheet 15 times until I get it right. Like, I'm really learning a lot.

[Laura]

There is something about the format that definitely needs that. If I would, Chief Stew, we need that character.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. These. Well, I think we kind of get one later. Of course, it's the American, so that makes sense. Although Brianna's American, too.

[Laura]

Brianna's American. Yeah. And there's also too many Americans on this.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's like, two Americans too many. So Lara is saying how, like, oh, the guests are nice and everything. And Zarina's like, yeah. And she goes, you know, if it. If it had been anything worse, I don't know how I would have done. Dinner was perfect. And then Harry is talking to Anthony in the room, and Harry's like, yeah, are you happy with the crew? And Anthony's like, yeah, the crew's nice and everything. And he's like, well, what about Zarina? And he's like, well, if she worked a bit cleaner, it would be nice. It's like, well, sir, you were the one who was supposed to be cleaning, and you complained about cleaning, and now you're not cleaning, and now you're upset that there's no one to clean things.

[Laura]

So, yeah, sorry. And Harry's like, so what? You just have to clean up behind her. Then? He's like, yeah, it's just like, a mess everywhere. You know, it's just dirty. It's just not hard work. You know what I mean? He's like, well, I'm sure if she said, I reckon you could be a bit cleaner, she'd say, yeah, okay, I'll try. You know, she wouldn't take offense. It's just about how you worded. If you go in guns blazing, like, clean up off yourself. I just made myself so uncomfortable right now.

[Ben Mandelker]

And he's like, yeah, that would come the third time.

[Laura]

Scared, Anthony?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, relax.

[Laura]

Arrogant little.

[Ben Mandelker]

Sorry you didn't get to make your hot sauce platter. You don't have to unleash your toxic.

[Laura]

Sorry you didn't get to do a variety of Scotch bonnets.

[Ben Mandelker]

Sorry you didn't get to make a slow roasted short rib, yet paradoxically wanted to barbecue it too. Sorry.

[Laura]

Sorry it wasn't immersive enough for.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, sorry you couldn't use your immersion blender to make it more immersive.

[Laura]

Idiot. Dum dum. Okay, last day of charter. It's already 90 degrees in the morning, and Laura's asking if Adair can do cabin. So Adair's like, but wait, they're turning up cabins? Why would they be turning them up? I mean, they should just strip everything. I'm gonna go tell them. I'm gonna go tell them that they should just strip it. So she marches up to Lara. Like, she's gonna, like, school Lara on something. It's like, so, are y'all gonna turn up the rooms? I mean, shouldn't we just wait and then strip everything once they leave? I mean, they're only here for two more hours.

[Ben Mandelker]

She goes, no, that's not how it works in yachting, darling. They have to be made perfect this morning, which, oh, I loved. I love when British people just condescend to us Americans because sometimes we really, we deserve it and we need it. And you know what? Like, Lara being. Being so patronizing to Adair in that moment was just chef's kiss for me.

[Laura]

Well, you're gonna tell a chief stew that you don't want to make up the rooms in the morning. That is completely stupid. And then she's like, well, my idea of guest treatment and her idea of guest treatment are so polar opposite. You're from a mud boat, ma'am.

[Ben Mandelker]

I forgot about that.

[Laura]

Are you kidding me?

[Ben Mandelker]

You're only here because you thought you were gonna get abducted and you seem to be down for it.

[Laura]

Yeah, you idiot. Go make a bed. So Lara's like, well, Adair isn't used to working on a super yacht, so, you know, I give her a little leeway, but go. God, this isn't Motel 6.

[Ben Mandelker]

Hold on for my British friends. It's an American thing. A trashy American motel that thankfully is restrained North America.

[Laura]

Sorry, back. So now breakfast is being served and Bri is working on cabins with Adair. And she's like, well, we really have to pull all the wrinkles out, cuz Laura wants all the wrinkles out and she wants it very tucked. I mean, she's amazing, isn't she cool? I just want to make her happy. I just, you know. You know, I'm going to change, change this one because I don't think I can get the wrinkles out the way Lara Likes it. I'm gonna change it. And Adair's like, God, just tuck it in for sake.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. And they do a really good job. I really want to learn the ins and outs of how to make a bed like these dos. So then now it's time to go back to the dock. Time to dock. Time to dock at the dock. Better to dock at the dock than dock at not a dock. That would be awkward. That wouldn't be the first time it's happened with Captain Jason. So then Jason is like, well, first time. First time docking. It's a little bit of wind, so I'll need some good calls on my port side, you know. And then we see Jason has been like, all right, everyone. Spring, spring breast, spring breast, breast, spring thigh, chicken bone wings. And also like, Jason, are you putting in an order right now, or are you giving us commands? A little bit of both.

[Laura]

Like a bit of butter on a hot skillet, ain't it? All right, we're going to need good communication and planning. This is the test. Let's go. Son's like, all right, Harry, Harry. That forward leading spring, that's got to be your last one after spring. First breast, breast swing, swing around, swing around the side. Breast under, butt of the lid, Butter the lid. Butter the lid, butt of the lid.

[Ben Mandelker]

He just. He just suddenly converts into doing a cattle auction. All right, there's a little bit too much chatter happening here on the radio. He's like, okay, missy, messy. Busy, busy. $50, $15, $45. All right, all right, I'm a little bit too much chatter here.

[Laura]

I think it's Lara's childhood all over again.

[Ben Mandelker]

So they're getting in closer.

[Laura]

Horse member.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, of course.

[Laura]

So we's just talking too much. He's like, okay, Captain. Clear, clear, Clear the turn. Clear the turn. Clear the turn. Eggs on the skillet. Eggs on the skillet. Hash browns coming down. Hashbags come down. Got some cholesterol on the grill. Got some cholesterol. Wait for it to melt, kid. Melty, melty, melty. Sizzle, sizzle.

[Ben Mandelker]

Bacon, bacon, bacon streaks on the china. Never matter before, no one cared.

[Laura]

Let's drop greens are nothing but greens. Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery. Asparagus and watercress and f lettuce. He said, all right, but it wasn't quite. Cuz I caught him in my autumn garden one night. It's like, all right, could we please do less? Into the woods on the radio. I'm trying to dock a goddamn boat.

[Ben Mandelker]

So it's more More like van is just kind of giving too much information, and then there's a lot of stuff going back and forth, and the boat pretty much is like, as close to crashing to the dock as can be because the poor fender just gets squeezed into a pulp. And I think pops at one point, it's that that fender gave its life for this docking. And Jason's very embarrassed because, you know, he kind of has a reputation of crashing boats.

[Laura]

Yeah, he really does. It's like this poor guy just can't get over win, you know, and beyond. Actually, his problem is over communication, which is rare. You know, it's a. It's a weird season. He's just communicating too much, and he's like, please shut up on the radio too much.

[Ben Mandelker]

So they get at their dock, and then everyone says goodbye. It starts to rain and everything. And Mark is like, so I just want you to say that the food was exquisite. And, you know, just like, the authenticity, the integrity, and just feeling our personalities. They've got side. Just wonderful, excellent food. The sort of food you'll always remember. Like, I don't care how many anal beads are in me, because I'll know I had such good food coming out of me earlier. So, you know what. What a great time. And Anthony is just like. He's, like, shocked. He's shocked that they. That they thought the food would actually be good.

[Laura]

Yeah, he's such a little. So then they meet at the bridge, and Jason is like, yeah, coming into doing. We've got to find our feet, you know? I mean, Jesus Christ. Point to the lines. I want the line on. I will say the communication on the radio was intense. All right? It was a lot. So what I want. I just want 5 meters, 2 meters kick forward, clear on your port side. That's it. That's it. That's it. Boson. And he's like, okay, I'll stop talking so much. He goes, audiobooks, Audiobooks. That's.

[Ben Mandelker]

That's where you go. It's like, it was just so much going. It's like. There's just so much going on that radio. Yo. It's like audio books. So then Johnny tells us. He says, like, I've been impressed with Captain. He's very motivating guy, you know, when both happens and, you know, it just is what it is, and we're here to fix it in a. In a silent way, I think. I think he's expert in that. So big respect to top G. Nice. I was like, wait, so the egomaniac is like, chill with the people who are over him. Something is wrong with this season. Everyone's way too, like, mature and responsive.

[Laura]

Yeah, I know they'll all go to hell soon. So Serena's like, oh, my God. I mean, I think Anthony sees me as, like, a new stepmom, and he doesn't really want it, but he has to put up with it. But I think we're finally bonding. Or he's just humoring me, but either way, either way, it's working much better now, so.

[Ben Mandelker]

So, yeah, now it's, like, super rainy. Super, super rainy. And now it's time for the tip meeting. He's like, Jason says, congratulations, everyone. We got the boat together. A lot of hurdles, and there's a big effort from Lara to get everything going. And Zarina's done a great job in the valley as well. Okay, so here's the tip. It's $20,000. US$20,000, which only matters for two people on this entire cast. So congratulations. Everyone else has to do conversions. All right, so that brings me to my old friend, and he pulls out the disco helmet. And he acts like he's gonna give it to Johnny because Johnny got himself stranded in the middle of the ocean on the Jet Ski. But instead he gives it to Viann and as like. Because Beyond's in charge of him and.

[Laura]

Also van up that docking too. But he doesn't. He doesn't give him like that. He's just like, you were in charge of the idiot who lost the key or whatever. So, you know, you. You have to wear it. And Serena's like, maybe you should wear it on the Jet Ski so if you get lost again, we can find you.

[Ben Mandelker]

Anthony's all mad that people chuckle. He, like, really? They thought that was funny.

[Laura]

So we find out that Lara. Lara's in yachting because she's saving up for an old barn, which I'm renovating. I manage the builds myself. I pay all the bills. There's a. There's a little house in the back for dad. He's never visited.

[Ben Mandelker]

I can't imagine how many spoons are in that house just waiting for him. Dad.

[Laura]

Dad's house is completely built from spoons. It's all made out of spoons.

[Ben Mandelker]

So she's like, I'm just gonna live there. Be my forever home one day. Just me, the dogs, and that's it. Me, dogs, and a lot of spoons. So then Von is saying that he's got his helmet on. He's talking about how he's taking one for the team and everything. And Blah, blah, blah. Cuz he's got the helmet on. So then now they are. They're all going to go out. And now this entire episode, there have been like little moments of like Von and Brianna kind of like encountering each other and being nice. And there was like a moment where like his, his shoes were squeaky and she's like, hi, squeaky. So he's like, brianna's definitely the prettiest girl on the boat. And I truly believe I do have a shot with Bri. Usually I would develop a crush pretty quickly, especially when, you know, it's more person. Like Bri, who was a former model for Vogue, you know, someone like that I'll tend to develop a crush for. I'm like, yeah, you think, you think she was like the pretty girl?

[Laura]

Yeah, yeah, the hot one. I like that. They all make it sound like some romantic story when they pick the prettiest girl on the boat. They're like, oh yeah, it was meant to be. Although I will say I think it might be meant to be between Von and Bri because they are the exact same color. And I don't mean just their skin, like their hair even is the same because it's not the most normal color. Right. It's kind of like a strawberry blonde, but like, I don't know, latte colored. I don't know how you would explain it. Yeah, but they're like the same color. Rust. You know, it's like they've both gone under kind of. Yeah, they've both rested to the same degree. So I think they deserve to be together. Look like they go. I don't know how to explain it, but I was like, that's just such odd coloring that they both have the exact same hair.

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, I didn't notice that with his hair. I noticed with her hair. I didn't. I have no. Like, when I think of him, I don't think of his hair. I just thought. I feel like. Was it. Is this hair spiky? It feels like it's spiky.

[Laura]

No, it's like greasy. It's like kind of greased and I don't know how to explain it. But no, it's not spiky. But yeah, is their hair color is so similar that I think that. I don't know. I think people with the exact same hair color fall for each other. I don't know. I guess we'll see if it works.

[Ben Mandelker]

Out well as well. Especially I mean, like, you know, with gays. Gays always, like not always, but like there's a. There is a large segment of gays who date their mirror image, and it's hilarious. And it's also, I feel like. So. I feel like it's so egotistical, too. And, like, you see these gays and they pose together. They have the same facial hair, the same hair hairstyle, same hair color, same body type, same same fashion, and they do it all the time. So I. So this is sort of like an extension of that. It's like, well, your hair is rust colored and mine is rust colored, so we should probably date.

[Laura]

Yeah, we should be together forever. I mean. Yeah, gays do tend to date ourselves, which is why I'm single. Like, I got better taste in that. All right, so Harry is checking with Serena, and so they're all out having a good time, you know, And Laura and Anthony are talking. And Laura's like, so, what's your background with cooking? And he's like, well, when I was a kid, I've just always been good at it, you know? I mean, no, it sounds arrogant, but I don't want to be arrogant. I really just, you know, I don't really carry too much of an ego. That's me. No ego. Me, no ego, Anthony. That's what they call me. And Serena's just kind of over there biting her tongue, like, really?

[Ben Mandelker]

And then Harry's talking to Zarina, and she's like, so my sous chef, has he said anything bad about me? And Harry could have just said, oh, no, he seems to really like you. But he goes. He sort of, like, laughs and smiles like, I know something. And he's like, well, he says he's been doing all the cleaning up after you. And she goes, well, yeah, you should, because he's my sous chef. I'm sorry, but that's what you're supposed to do. He goes, I'm not disagreeing because, you know, first child, I've already let him do guest food because he's complaining, so I have to suck up to him. Oh, I have to clean up. I love to. I love to clean. Okay. If you don't want to wash up, then you get. Go get a head chef job and tell someone else to clean it. Definitely in need of a cigarette. And she just storms off from the table.

[Laura]

Yeah. She's like, he has one job to do, and that's have my back. And instead he's talking about me to the other crew members. It's just so disrespectful.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, she's right. But also, don't ask that question if you don't want to hear that response, because she kind of suspects that's the response. And. And. And now she gets the response, and she's like, wait a second. The only answer was no, of course not.

[Laura]

Well, I hope that her reaction to this is just to toughen up on Anthony in the kitchen and demand respect, and I hope it's not. Let's have a talk about this, because that's just not.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yes.

[Laura]

That's not what this guy's gonna respond to.

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, he's not. He. He needs. You know, he needs. He needs a stern mother who doesn't give a fuck if her baked potato was seasoned or not because she had a long day at work. And that's what he's gonna get. What you get is what you get.

[Laura]

Yeah. Is what you get, you little fuck. You know, when you learn to hold a skillet, you can. You can do it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, exactly. Earn the respect, and then you'll get the opportunities. Don't come in entitled to them.

[Laura]

Yeah. And if Anthony's mother is out there and needs a place to vent about this little fucker and what he was like growing up, feel free to give us a call. I'd love to hear it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I would love to hear it. Thanks, everyone, for being here today. Fun times. And we will have. We have all sorts of shows later this week, so we'll look forward to hearing from you there. And then, of course, don't forget to get your tickets to our mounting Hysteria tour, which is resuming in March. Bye, everyone. Watch what happens. Would like to thank its premium sponsors. Ain't no thing like Allison King Our.

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