Watch What Crappens: #3087 Below Deck Med S10E09 Part 1: Good Ol’ Unreliable Nathan

Podcast: Watch What Crappens
Hosts: Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam
Date: November 25, 2025
Episode Recap: Below Deck Mediterranean S10E09, “Un Peasant Unpeasant” (Part 1)

Overview

This episode finds Ben and Ronnie diving into the drama, hookups, and emotional turbulence aboard Below Deck Mediterranean’s season 10, episode 9. The podcast flows with their signature blend of sharp humor, loving mockery, Bravo-obsessed analysis, and — as always — a hearty serving of shade for the cast’s most cringe, messy, or lovable moments.

Ben and Ronnie riff on the shifting romance alliances, competitive girl drama, the B-level cast’s try-hard makeout sessions, and why Nathan is, as the episode title suggests, “good ol’ unreliable.” They also go on tangents about movie etiquette, Thanksgiving plans, and the glory days of tabloid scandals past.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Programming Updates & Host Banter (00:52 – 11:13)

• Podcast Schedule: No Southern Charm this week due to Thanksgiving but Salt Lake City and Married to Medicine recaps are coming (“We will be adding Married to Medicine rotation! It’s back!”, Ronnie, 02:40).
• “Dwell Hello” Pause: Last of their House Hunters recaps – thanked listeners who contributed suggestions.
• Shoutouts: (including The Washington Post’s Bravo feature and Ben’s Thanksgiving column on Substack).
• Hilarious Rants: A lengthy anti-shoutout rant against parents who bring small kids to late night movies, capped by a Wicked tangent (“Big anti shout out to this woman, like, why are you bringing kids at 7 o’clock at night?”, Ben, 09:07).

2. Transition to Below Deck Med Recap (11:13 – 12:02)

• The hosts compare pre-holiday podcast energy to classroom movie time, then dive in: “Below deck. Mediterranean Season 10 Episode 9… this is UN Peasant Unpeasant. Oh, God.” (Ronnie, 11:47).

3. Kizzy, Max & Kathy: The Love Triangle and ‘Girl’s Girl’ Debate (12:02 – 20:12)

• Main Drama: Kizzy makes out with Max, undercutting Kathy who had her sights set on him.
  • “Here’s my problem with Kizzy… get better goals. You’re literally holding a toilet scrub right now. The other thing you’re fighting to win is Max. Get better goals. You’re so sad.” (Ronnie, 12:20)
• Kizzy’s Self-Awareness — and Lack Thereof: Kizzy proclaims herself the winner yet resents being called out.
  • “You can’t be, like, a total bitch and do that and then, like, try to actually have people feel sorry for you.” (Ben, 18:51)
• Iconic Analogy: Kizzy compared to Tonya Harding (“Between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, I think I sympathize more with Tonya… she worked so hard and had it rough. I mean, soccer. I know. What a shot. She’s a Tanya Harding fan. No kidding.” Ronnie, 65:38).

4. Girl Code, Sadsack Max & the Clown Outcast (20:12 – 34:37)

• Asia’s Savage Reads: Asia/Asha nails why Kizzy’s actions are so grating (“Asha had some really funny reads this episode… She just says it right there, like, within earshot,” Ben, 16:21).
• Kizzy Laments Feeling Ostracized: After causing drama, Kizzy tries to play victim, leading to host eyerolls.
• Clown Chef Josh’s Loneliness: The chef is not a factor in the romance game, inspiring one of the episode’s running bits.
  • “No one is fudgeing a clown. You know what? Do you know why you never saw Marcel Marceau in fucking tabloids? No one fucked him smart.” (Ronnie, 14:17)
• Kathy’s Response: Instead of confronting Kizzy, she vows to be the better stew — cleaning aggressively to cope.

5. Day Off Shenanigans: Makeout-athon & B-cast Energy (34:37 – 46:24)

• At the Beach Club:
  • Kizzy tries to work her way through all available men (“I’ve already gotten Max. I’m gonna get Nathan later today, and then tomorrow I’ll get Joe, and that’ll be absolutely everyone I could make out with. Right, Josh?” Kizzy, 44:26).
  • Commentary on the desperation and “B-cast” level of this crew: “Why would you want to go to a party of a whole room of people that nobody wants to fuck? ...And that’s Kind of like watching a B cast on Below Deck. All try and make out for airtime.” (Ronnie, 39:12)
  • Ronnie laments the slide from occasional flings to full-on Love Island casting.
• Josh the Chef as Unfuckable Meat:
  • “You’re the unfuckable meat in a fuck sandwich. You’re just like the buffer between two fucking pieces of bread. So sad. But it’s your fault. Put down the guitar, cut your hair…” (Ronnie, 48:50)

6. Joe & Vee: The Fuckboy Therapy-ification (49:19 – 55:49)

• Joe’s Backstory and Excuses:
  • A convoluted, improbable tale of real estate scams, lost furniture, and a self-imposed exile in his car (“Was this Mia Thornton that you sold it to?” Ben, 51:45).
  • The hosts point out this is really: “He used to be chubby and addicted to carbs, and now he’s skinnier and he’s gonna fuck every everything and anything that he can.” (Ronnie, 52:14)
• Modern Fuckboy Tactics:
  • Both hosts decry how therapy-speak has supercharged the fuckboy playbook (“The worst thing we ever did was send a fuckboy to therapy where they could learn how to speak therapy speak. Therapy has unleashed an unstoppable brand of fuckboy onto this world.” Ronnie, 55:20)
• Joe’s ‘Emotionally Vulnerable’ Lines:
  • “Bro, I told her there’s an expiry [exp. date].” Ben observes that’s the only honest thing out of Joe’s mouth.

7. Nathan’s Reliability Questioned; Kizzy’s Slog for “Women Everywhere” (56:24 – 64:28)

• Nathan tries to assure boss Asha he’s under pressure, struggles with his role, and finds solace in kissing.
• The hosts assess Nathan as one of the more likable bosuns in recent memory, even if he’s a bit hapless.
• Kizzy positions her desperate snogging as an act of feminist liberation: “I’m doing this for the women of our nation. I’m like, the suffragettes!” (“You’re not making anything up by having a meaningless slog, okay?” Ronnie, 45:25)
• Ronnie: “With Kizzy, it’s just sad because she just wants to win something, and there’s just no winning in this game, you know?”

8. Iconic Bravo/Pop Culture Tangents (66:00 – end)

• Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan Deep Dive:
  • Hilarious, nostalgia-laden breakdown of the figure skating scandal and why it was the perfect tabloid event (“That was such a good scandal… and then three months later we got OJ. What a great span for us.” Ben, 68:38).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [12:20] Ronnie: “Get better goals, Kizzy. You’re so sad.”
• [14:17] Ronnie: “No one is fudgeing a clown. ... That’s why you never saw Marcel Marceau in tabloids.”
• [18:51] Ben: “You can’t be, like, a total bitch and do that and then try to actually have people feel sorry for you.”
• [44:26] Kizzy (imitated): “I’ve already gotten Max. I’m gonna get Nathan later today, and then tomorrow I’ll get Joe, and that’ll be absolutely everyone I could make out with.”
• [48:50] Ronnie (on Josh): “You’re the unfuckable meat in a fuck sandwich.”
• [55:20] Ronnie: “The worst thing we ever did was send a fuckboy to therapy where they could learn how to speak therapy speak. Therapy has unleashed an unstoppable brand of fuckboy onto this world.”
• [52:14] Ronnie: “He used to be chubby and addicted to carbs, and now he’s skinnier and he’s gonna fuck every everything and anything that he can, and that’s it.”
• [66:00]–[68:38] Ben & Ronnie: “That was such a good scandal because Nancy Kerrigan was like this perfect little angel... then three months later we got OJ. What a great span for us.”

Important Segment Timestamps

• 00:52 – 11:13: Podcast updates, off-topic rants (skip for Below Deck content)
• 11:13 – 12:02: Transition into the Below Deck Med recap
• 12:02 – 20:12: Kizzy, Max, and Kathy triangle—core of the episode’s drama
• 20:12 – 34:37: Analysis of “girl code,” more Kizzy drama, chef clown content
• 34:37 – 46:24: Day off debauchery, host commentary on “B-cast” energy
• 46:24 – 55:49: Joe’s tragic-comic backstory, therapy-fueled new-age fuckboy critique
• 56:24 – 64:28: Nathan’s emotional journey, further snogging escapades, and union jokes
• 66:00 - 68:38: Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan mini-history and general 90s nostalgia

Overall Tone and Takeaways

Ben and Ronnie maintain their affectionate-but-cutting Bravo superfan stance — roasting the cast’s delusions, psychoanalyzing their questionable choices, and calling out production-shaping. The episode is peppered with pop culture comparisons, sharp-tongued therapy critiques, and robust, relatable eye-rolling at on-screen antics.

For new listeners: If you love Bravo with a side of sarcastic sociology and relentless pop culture references, this episode is a standout.

Listen to Part 2 for the conclusion of this epic Below Deck Med recap.