#3199 Below Deck Down Under S04E01 Part 1: Joseph Smith Down Under

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Podcast Summary: Watch What Crappens — Episode #3199

Below Deck Down Under S04E01 Part 1: Joseph Smith Down Under
Hosts: Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam
Release Date: February 3, 2026

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Overview

In this raucous episode, Ben and Ronnie kick off their recap of "Below Deck Down Under" Season 4, Episode 1. In true "Watch What Crappens" fashion, the duo blends rapid-fire banter, biting mockery, and deep Bravo analysis as they meet the new (and returning) yacht crew, dissect the chef drama, and revel in the absurdities of yet another "Below Deck" spinoff—this time, featuring a Real Housewives crossover and a conspicuous changing of the Down Under locale. At the heart of this opener: the return of Chef Ben, the uneasy dynamic in the galley, Daisy and Joao’s new roles, and ample shade about all things Bravo (plus a spirited segment on crew hairstyles).

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. “Down Under” Branding and Franchise Fatigue

• The hosts immediately call out Bravo's shifting geography and cheeky branding, noting that “Below Deck Down Under” is now set in Canawan (Caribbean), nowhere near actual Australia.
  • Ronnie: “Welcome back to another season of Below Deck Down Under, which is not down under at all... we can just trick Americans who don’t know where anything is.” [01:20]
• Both hosts share their mixed feelings on back-to-back franchise seasons, expressing initial exhaustion but eventual excitement upon watching.
  • Ben: “I had a moment... I was like, I don’t know if I can do this... but of course, by the time last night rolls around, I’m refreshed, and I watch it, and I’m like, I love it.” [06:09]

2. Below Deck Crew: First Impressions and Returning Faces

• Chef Ben’s Return:

  • The hosts are gleeful but wary about Ben’s comeback, noting both his TV charisma and his increased arrogance.
  • Ronnie: “His arrogance is really crystallized, you know?... Here I am, bitches, and I’m more hateful than ever. And I loved it.” [09:08]
  • They agree that Ben’s chef/sous chef dynamic is already tense—with Alicia outmatched.
  • Ben: “It’s not even like you’re seeing this relationship decay... it starts off already with him just destroying her.” [10:08]

• Alicia in the Galley:

  • Ben and Ronnie are shocked by her regression in kitchen skills.
  • Ben: “Somehow, like, way worse than she was last year. She’s, like, totally inept. And Ben is, like, losing his mind.” [06:09]
  • Question whether Alicia can survive many episodes given Ben’s aggression.

• Captain Jason:

  • The hosts feel he seems “lost” without the familiar faces like Aesha.
  • Ronnie: “He really does have a lost look in his eyes... he looks like he’s not very nice.” [11:34]

3. Crew Casting & Typing: Daisy, Joao, and Yacht Archetypes

• Daisy as Chief Stew — Ready for a Daisy-driven season, the hosts shade her “basket case” energy but celebrate her as a necessary counterbalance to more neutral chief stews like Fraser.
  • Ben: “Honestly, I am so excited for Daisy season... I feel like below deck is really at its best when you have a chief stew who does not take any bs.” [28:03]
• Joao as Deck Captain — There’s skepticism about Bravo possibly grooming him for a bigger role (“tugboat captain, but make it Bravo”) and jokes about bringing back familiar villain types.
  • Ben: “I’m a little worried that they’re grooming Joao to take over a new franchise of Below Deck...” [30:12]
  • Ronnie: “...if a person plays a villain one time on TV, then they have to play a villain every single time.” [29:26]

4. Visual Mockery: Mike’s Hair (And More)

• Extensive comedic riffing on new deckhand Mike’s elaborate, inexplicable hairstyle:
  • Ronnie: “He has aquanetted that hair. I don’t know what’s happening. It’s a comb over, a comb back, a candle head. I don’t know what’s happening.” [32:03]
  • Ben: “It looks like he’s wearing a yurt, but the yurt is his own hair, and it’s a small yurt that fits his head.” [33:33]
• This spirals into affectionate teasing about regional style, 90s brows, and male beauty pageantry on yachts.

5. Satirical Fish Report

• As always, the hosts appreciate the show’s aquatic B-roll, spotlighting the “breakout star,” a languid starfish.
  • Ben: “There was a big old starfish in the middle of the episode... I think this is gonna be the year of that starfish.” [20:44]

6. Class and Ambition: Stew Motivations

• New stew Jenna is eyeroll-worthy to the hosts, who lampoon her gold-digger ambitions.
  • Jenna: “It’s expensive to be Jenna. I work hard so I can provide for myself. I love a luxury lifestyle.” [46:34]
• Ben rips into the yachting-as-upward-mobility myth:
  • “You are cleaning up vomit from tech bros who don’t give a shit about you right now. This is not the way to ascend into the higher ranks of society.” [47:16]

7. Cultural Dynamics & Humor

• The hosts enjoy Betul’s Turkish backstory and real talk about traditional upbringing, along with her sharp wit when dealing with Joao.
  • Betul: “Yeah, my parents, like, they try to tell me something, you know, and every time they call me it’s like, ‘Hey, Virgin. Hey, Virgin.’” [48:50]

8. Gender & Power in the Galley

• Ben and Ronnie dissect how chef/sous chef gender roles repeat over the seasons, noting the irony as this season reverses last year’s dynamic (now a male chef is condescending to a female sous chef).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ronnie (on Bravo viewers): “People who don’t watch Bravo? Nothing. I give them no thought and no feeling. They don’t factor into my life at all.” [04:06]
• Ben (on Daisy and bad men): “She will pick the worst man and fall in love with that man. And it’s so disappointing to see her making out with Joao later...” [28:56]
• Ben (on ambitions of yacht stews): “You are cleaning up vomit from tech bros who don’t give a shit about you right now. This is not the way to ascend into the higher ranks of society.” [47:16]
• Ronnie (on Captain Jason): “He looks like his eyes say coma. You know, like if someone’s in a coma and their eyes are just, like, staring off into space…” [11:34]
• Ben (on Alicia’s skills): “She did a whole season as a sous chef last year… but now she’s somehow, like, way worse… totally inept. And Ben is, like, losing his mind…” [06:09]
• Ronnie (on Betul): “Her name means virgin... so every time they call her it’s like, ‘Hey, Virgin.’” [48:50]

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Episode Structure & Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:20] — “Down Under” branding and geography jokes
• [06:09] — Ben’s chef vs. Alicia: First big kitchen fireworks
• [09:08] — Return of Chef Ben & his TV persona
• [11:34] — Captain Jason’s vacant energy without Aesha
• [19:28] — Fish Report: Starfish and aquatic B-roll appreciation
• [28:03] — Daisy vs. Asia vs. Fraser: Stew archetypes
• [32:03] — Mike’s epic hair saga begins
• [46:34] — Jenna’s luxury ambitions and commentary
• [48:50] — Betul’s backstory and comic timing
• [54:08] — Gendered kitchen dynamics

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Tone and Style

The episode is steeped in the hosts’ signature snark, affectionate Bravo-fandom, and hilarious character work. Their banter is littered with pop culture references, recurring in-jokes, and playful exaggeration—while also providing insightful reality TV critique.

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Conclusion

With the premiere of "Below Deck Down Under" Season 4, Ben and Ronnie deliver a comedic and insightful breakdown—unfiltered, lively, and packed with quotable moments. Longtime “Crappens” listeners will relish the gleeful takedowns, while newcomers will appreciate the sharp social observation beneath the Bravo parody. The stage is set for a dramatic, messy, and highly watchable season.

Transcript

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[Ronnie]

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[Ben]

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[Ronnie]

Welcome back to another season of Below Deck down under, which is not down under at all. But we're not going to change the title of the Below Dick because why brand build more when we can just trick Americans who don't know where anything.

[Ben]

Is Anyway, listen, all that matters is that Canawan is below is down under from America. So that's all that Bravo cares about.

[Ronnie]

It's not up above Can I want kind of everybody, welcome to a new season of Below Dick Down Under. It's bigger, it's better, it's more arrogant than ever with the new additions. And we're gonna love it. We're all gonna love it. Damn it. The golden crappies is coming up February 27th here in the glamorous Los Angeles, California. We hope you can enjoy that with us live. Get your [e-mail] streaming tickets become available tomorrow as well as voting for our first round. Okay. You're gonna help us make this show happen. So round one voting and ticket go live tomorrow. Check watch whatcrappens.com or our Instagram or guess what, our Patreon is all there too. Patreon is where you get our free newsletter and it's also where you get bonus episodes ad free listening and videos that we do every day. We're also covering the traders right now over there weekly, so join us for that.

[Ben]

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[Ronnie]

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[Ben]

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[Ronnie]

I know. I've been thinking about it since I read that this morning. It looks.

[Ben]

I want to make it for you. I'm going to make it for you. I'm going to make it for you. Like, going to make it. Like, it's like, so much. I also want to say that so going back to the crappies that Ronnie and I like Satan together and we, we made the categories and we, we put all the things into the general voting. And I have to say, it is so funny. Like, there are so many hilarious moments and so many crazy things that happened over the past year. Like, I cannot wait for you guys to see this, this, this, like, big ballot. And then I'm also, like, really excited to see what makes it to the final ballot because it's so fun. Like, how lucky are we? How lucky are we that we get to see such funny things? Like, don't you sometimes feel bad for people who don't watch Bravo that they just are. They have no access to this stuff? Like, this is just. It's so deeply entertaining. And you know what I feel for.

[Ronnie]

People who don't watch Bravo? Nothing. I give them no thought and no feeling. They don't factor into my life at all. I pretend they're not outside of it.

[Ben]

No, the fact that we're sitting there, sitting, talking about, about, like, h. Where should Huda's pancakes go? I mean, like, we're literally like, there's a pancake that's going up against who knows what. But I love that these are the.

[Ronnie]

Things that's not even on Bravo. So what do you think about that?

[Ben]

But it was an influential pancake. Okay.

[Ronnie]

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[Ben]

Look, if we watched it, if we watch it and we talked about it on the show, it's. It's going to be. It's going to be in the realm. Okay? So, gosh, we totally forgot to include things like, I don't know, The Oscars. Just kidding. But anyway, it's gonna be so fun. I'm excited, but also really fun. This episode of Below Deck Down Under. Wow, what an exciting premiere. I didn't realize we'd be starting right away with that Real Housewives.

[Ronnie]

I thought, oh, my gosh, they're not giving us a break with those Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. You know, after. After a Housewives, after every season. You know, by the end of these seasons, I'm like, okay, whoever you're frustrated with, I'm, well, whoever I'm frustrated, let me just keep this about me. I hate when people say, you know, when you, When I get to the end of the season, I'm usually so frustrated because it's the same fights. It's the same, you know, it's like on Below Deck, it's a douchebag. It's like Joe being a douchebag all season. He's just such a douchebag by the end that I'm just ready to kill somebody, you know? And the Housewives are the same. And so by the end of those seasons, I need a year, I need a year to, like, relax, forgive everybody. Like, I was involved in these fights personally. I need to just, like, get over it. I need to recover from the trauma, basically. And, man, we didn't get any time last season. Last week was the season finale, and this week is. They're back. Here they are back again. But I'm never going to complain about a Housewives of Salt Lake City. I mean, I love them.

[Ben]

So, yeah, I have to say that by the end of last week, you know, the stress of putting, putting the crappies together, it adds so much work on, like, onto our plates more than I think people actually really realize. It's just, it's so much, it's endless meetings, you know, and so there's that. And then the, the recording schedule right now is very rigorous because we have the traders on the schedule, we have, you know, some extra shows. And so it's just, it's a lot. And I had a moment next last week when as Below Deck met ended the thought that is just like starting it right up all over again from scratch. I was like, oh, oh, we don't even get a break. We just go right into a brand new Below Deck where we just, we run it back again for the millionth time. I was like, I, I don't know if I can do this. I, I, I'm, I'm like, I, I think I may need to take a break from Below Deck for one season before we launch into it. But of course, by the time last night rolls around, I'm refreshed, and I watch it, and I'm like, I love it. And I'm like, so glad we're. We're talking about it. Because also, as much as the premiere is about the Real Housewives coming on board, which was very fun for me, the real story and the thing that I'm going to be tracking for a little bit and the thing that is also stressing me out the most is the situation with Ben and Alicia down in the galley. That situation is so wild. Normally when people come back, they're usually like, last season, I didn't know what I was doing. But this time around, I know what I'm. I'm. I'm in for. I've trained, I've worked. I've worked on 45 different boats, and now I'm ready to kick. Kick some ass. I'm stronger. But Alicia comes in like, actually, I went ski. I went skiing, and I don't know. And she's actually somehow, like, way worse than she was last year. She's, like, totally inept. And Ben is, like, losing his mind. And I am, like, I was sitting there just, like, laughing and stressed and covering my eyes every time they had a scene together.

[Ronnie]

I love an unsupportive parent because, you know, so many times on this show, it's like, oh, my God, my mom is my idol. She's done nothing but support me. I like when someone comes on and they're like, yeah, my mom told me you're gonna be a cook. I mean, come on. Culinary school. Come on, get off of it, Alicia, go. Someone on ski slope. So I did. You know, my mom's really into me wasting my life. I love that.

[Ben]

Oh, my God, it was so amazing. And also the return of Ben. I can't believe how much I enjoyed that. I always thought Ben was, like, it was good. You know, he's always been, like, one. One of the most famous people to come out of this series. But watching him on the show makes you realize that we've endured so many generic chefs over the years. Like the clown guy we just got through, or, I don't know, like, a million of them. And so to have someone like Ben come in, who really is like, a. He is kind of a fiery personality. He's like a TV personality. You're like, oh, now I remember why this guy popped on our screens for all those years.

[Ronnie]

Yeah. His arrogance is really crystallized, you know? And I Think you. Sometimes you wonder, like, what happens to people. Like, Kate left the show, and then you can see her on Instagram being happy with her little baby and just doing other TV shows and just doing so well. Or, you know, you see Hannah doing well, happy with her family, and, you know, obviously we still keep in touch with her, and she's so happy and great. And then you see Ben, and he's like, well, my life still sucks. I basically fucked up every opportunity that I've had. So I'm back. I'm back. I've been sleeping on a couch for the past two months. Cause I got dumped by the woman I was trying to trick into marrying me, and I'm back. Here I am, bitches, and I'm more hateful than ever. And I loved it. He's like, give me someone to abuse in the kitchen. I wish it wasn't Alicia, because I like her, and she didn't do anything that bad. But she's working for Ben, who's so picky and arrogant, and it's just. And he's so condescending and just downright rude to her that it's like, oh.

[Ben]

Gosh, it's not even. Like. It's not even like you're seeing this, like, relationship decay. It's not like they started off friendly, and then it. And then it starts off already with him just destroying her, and. And he destroys her in the way that I expect Chef to destroy their sous chefs. You know, I. Oh, Like. Like, he is someone who I could imagine being on Top Chef because he has that vibe of, like, okay, you have jumped into the lion's den, and, like, the battle starts now. I'm gonna start hazing you right now. But also, like, I think he thought that she had some skills about her. And, like, the very first test is about, like, beans. And he says, pull the black beans, and she pulls red beans. And he's like, those are red beans. Silly, silly goose. Silly, very stupid goose. Oh, my God, I'm stuck with this girl.

[Ronnie]

But by the end, he's like, honey, get this, sweetie. Come on, sweetie. Come on, sugar tits. You could do better than that. I was like, oh, no, this is gonna be a long ride. It's gonna.

[Ben]

I don't think she's gonna make it. I think she's going to quit. I actually do not think we're going to get too many episodes with her.

[Ronnie]

But then we see the season, you know, trailer, and Ben is just a monster. I mean, he's sleeping in the guest cabin every night. He's like bringing people back. I mean, it's not good. So can they fire him? Like, is he too famous to fire? Are they paying him too much to fire him mid season because. Wow.

[Ben]

Yeah. I don't. I really don't know. I don't know what's going to happen.

[Ronnie]

And I like that Captain Jason is more vacant than ever. I mean, Captain Jason really does have a lost look in his eyes. He. In the first couple of seasons with Asia, he didn't. But without Asia, he looks lost and he looks not nice. I'm gonna say that he looks like he's not very nice is what the impression I'm getting. And he just lost. I think he looks a lot like maybe his eye. His eyes say coma. You know, like if someone's in a coma and their eyes are just like staring off into space, that's what he looks like. Are you there? I want to flash lights.

[Ben]

Yeah, there's a vacancy. A vacancy. It's sort of reminiscent of those. It's like. It's like Rosie on the Jetsons except like sexy Captain edition. Right? He just sort of comes in, but the eyes just sort of the unblinking eyes that just sort of stare or, you know, just, just coming through. And then you know when babies.

[Ronnie]

Have you ever met one of those babies that just doesn't know how to look at anything yet? They're just kind of dumb because they're little, you know, and they're just like. They just kind of like look off like that. And occasionally you'll get them. Their mom's like, oh, my God, he's smiling and the baby's like. It's like, like just a twist.

[Ben]

Oh, you mean. Oh, I. I call that Whitney Rose face.

[Ronnie]

Well, yeah, kind of like that. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappin's commercial.

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[Ronnie]

So, okay, so there's our preamble. So Here we go. 14 oh. Season 4 Season 4 Episode 1 the Real Housewives of Down Under Yachting runs on leadership, teamwork, and respect. And that starts at the top. And I can't have what happened last year with my heads of department and each other. There's no room for chaos. Everyone needs to know their role. I don't want any arrogance. Which is why I got Ben and Joao. Like, wow. I know, wow.

[Ben]

Three people who famously get along so well with other people on a ship. Daisy, Ben, and Joao. What could go wrong? He's like, ben, I don't micromanage, but I do have high standards. I don't expect just good. I want exceptional. Because, by the way, Jason is like, it's night time and he's like walking through this path that looks like he just got eliminated on Survivor. And he sits down at this table and these three stars of the franchise are all there with him, and he's basically giving them a talk to. And the. The underlying thing is, listen, we brought the A team for this season. For some reason, we decided that Bravo wants to do a big push on Down Under. So let's do it. But don't fight. Let the little ones fight. Which of course is never gonna work.

[Ronnie]

No, it's never gonna work. I like when he says he doesn't micromanage. You barely manage. What are you talking about? Captain Jason is like, captain Jason. Someone. Someone is being beat by. Beaten with a baseball bat. He'll be like, learn to manage it. I'm here to tell you to learn to manage this yourself. Like, come on. So he's like, that's why I brought you all here together, Ben. I don't micromanage, but I do have high standards. All right? I don't just expect good. I want good, but exceptional. But also from a voice of someone who's kind of like WC Fields but British. Can you give me that? He's like, oh, I can.

[Ben]

I've been cooking since I was 4 years old. And that's great. So everyone who's looking for some play DOH for dinner, Ben's got you covered. And then Jason says, joel, you're captain now.

[Ronnie]

That's why I serve everything choo choo style. Choo choo, meatball. Come again, meatball. Come again.

[Ben]

Joel, you're a captain now, and you've earned your stripes. And I want you to lead your team with structure and experience and the discipline that's required on deck. And please refrain from having to mention Zimbabwe every two seconds. Well, back in Zim, I would always tell people, I'm here to make it easy for you. As easy as possible. So easy. And I said, get over here. You cut fitnesses, I'm gonna make it easy for you, so get ready.

[Ronnie]

That should definitely be a rule. Joao, I know you're a captain now. Let's please refrain from calling women the C word. All right, Good to have you back. So Joao is like, yeah, I'm here to make it easy for you as possible, chef. I mean, captain. Well, Daisy, your chief stewardess, and you're the one to set the standard. I need attention to detail. I need professional lux luxury service. I need Asia's new haircut. Do you have you got that? Are you ready? I did come back with a bob.

[Ben]

I certainly do. I have all that, and I'm going to get. I'm going to get right to the bottom of it. So Jason's like, so you two haven't met yet, by the way? And D's like, no, I haven't met. Sorry. This. The pivot from all these accents all at once at one table is really messing me up. I just realized this is the part Crazy with Daisy's voice.

[Ronnie]

I think this is the part where we just say, if you're here for realistic voices, it's not going to happen. And we need at least six weeks before we know anybody's names or where they're even from. Until then, you're just going to get some crazy sounding shit.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ronnie]

So enjoy.

[Ben]

So, Daisy, I've never met Ben before, but Ben has worked with Joao and so Jason. All right, well, you guys are the best of the bests.

[Ronnie]

Well, she said she's worked with Ben. No. Yeah, she. She looks at Ben and she's like, yeah, we've worked together before. And Ben's like, yeah, with captain. Sadly, a long time ago.

[Ben]

I think that does. You know, Adonis. It doesn't matter. And so it seems like he was.

[Ronnie]

Talking about, oh, okay, okay. I got confused because I was like, when did he work with Captain Sandy?

[Ben]

I know. That's the thing. It's like, oh, I never worked with Catholic Captain Sunday because I was on a sailboat that was trash in itself. So then Jason says, well, you guys are the best of the best. That's why I brought you guys all here. And there's no room for egos, even though you were specifically cast for your egos.

[Ronnie]

Yeah, we gotta blow this one out of the park. All right. What are you looking at? You. No, you're not. I'm right here. You're looking over there.

[Ben]

It's like.

[Ronnie]

So now we see the gigantic yacht and Jason. Guys, Jason's thing is a disco hat crashing into docks and fish. He loves fish. He always has like now, now that's his thing. He's always going to have some fish that he probably kills by the end or they're probably dead by the end or he just throws over the edge. Cuz these are new fish. They're not the same.

[Ben]

They've got a tank that's not covered in green algae, which is a great improvement for now. We'll see. We'll check in on that tank over the course of the season. Of course. This is Blow Deck Down Under, Home of Magnificent fish. B roll. I personally, for this premiere episode, since it's such a big one, we have the housewives. I did not pause and do a fish report and you know, note, I didn't. I, I was, I didn't do that necessarily, but. But I did observe some wonderful new additions to the fish report canon. Did you notice any that caught your eye, Ronnie?

[Ronnie]

I just noticed that they were there and they have the best photography on the show. The fish get the like the best glam. They have the best glam team.

[Ben]

They really do. I mean we saw, we saw classics like the Clownfish, who we hate, totally overrated and winds up getting a lot of screen time just because of Finding Nemo. But we actually don't think the clownfish has inherently earned the right to be like the cutest fish on Below Deck.

[Ronnie]

Although it is nice seeing this year that the clown fish has a guitar and then like a little cartoon version of himself that criticizes him.

[Ben]

And then other fish like don't even see that fish as a sexual object. And then there was an octopus, which was great. But honestly, for me, the fish that I remember the most, there was actually a beautiful little sea turtle just, just grazing. But for me, the one to look out for this season on Below Deck, who I think is going to be a real breakout star. And I meet that quite literally, it's a starfish. There was a big old starfish in the middle of the episode, a starfish was laying on its back and just it just laid there for about five seconds of screen time while stuff happened above it. Like, it was like people were cleaning, and Daisy was looking for a towel, and someone was wiping down a surface, and they just had that starfish down below just laying out there. And I was like, I think this is gonna be the year of that starfish. So keep an eye.

[Ronnie]

So it was laying on its back. That's not like a starfish. It was just like.

[Ben]

It was.

[Ronnie]

It's a pervert.

[Ben]

No, no, I'm sorry. It was. I'm sorry. I should say it was. It was laying appropriately, but because the angle of the camera. Normally we see a starfish, they shoot it, like, direct on. Like. Like, you have a direct shot of the starfish, and you see it, like, in a full starfish mode. But this time they had the camera on the side, so it looked like the starfish was, like, sun tanning. Even though the starfish was doing the normal starfish thing, it wasn't flipped over anything.

[Ronnie]

Oh, yeah. I thought it was, like, flipped over, like corn, everybody. And I was like, what a pervert.

[Ben]

No, no, no, no. The starfish has decency.

[Ronnie]

Yeah. Okay. You know, I've always been jealous of starfish because they die, and then they look exactly the same. Like, 20 years later, like, they're still hot. You don't even have to bury a starfish. People literally collect dead starfish. Isn't this pretty? They put them in their homes. They are patriotic.

[Ben]

They're true artists. They're. They're more. They're appreciated more when they're dead.

[Ronnie]

To have the Botox ladies that the starfish have, it's amazing. Whatever they're doing to themselves, they look great. So Captain Jason is talking to his goldfish, and he's like, all right, we're gonna have to rename you guys this year. I see jowl. I see Joao sexually harassing somebody. That's good. All right. Daisy's just poking her head out at the moment, thinking about a bob. We'll see what happens. And this is Ben. Wow, look at Ben. Don't really know what to say to him, but. Not very creative with my names this year. But, yeah, I am still awake, and it's been more than five minutes on this show, so give me a little credit, will you?

[Ben]

This season, we're in Canawan, and I cannot be more excited. Or should I say I can or not be more excited. That was a pun. It's an exclusive location. So exclusive that I never even heard of it before. To get here as a Mission. You have to charter your own plane. And because this is where the, the high end people want be. It's got the, it's got the largest reef change in the chain in the Caribbean and it's the perfect place for some snorkeling. There's a lot of sea life and we're on, we're down under in the Caribbean. So, you know, it's sort of down under is, you know, so I guess that works. And I'm Australian, so you'll see the branding still works if you think about it.

[Ronnie]

Listen, it just works. I'm Australian. Down under is wherever I am.

[Ben]

That's so philosophical. It sounds like a beer commercial. Wherever you are, that's down under case.

[Ronnie]

And beer is wherever I am.

[Ben]

Yeah. So Catawan, a very exclusive enclave, as all the high end people are, which is why Whitney, a failed Alibaba repurposer, is going to be arriving very shortly. So Daisy and Jo, by the way, I'm not dising Kan. I, I feel like, like I, I'm taking.

[Ronnie]

Yeah, you're really coming for can.

[Ben]

I really am like, why am I doing this? I have no issues with Kanawan look beautiful.

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[Ronnie]

What can I want to do?

[Ben]

Issues with Jason. Jason pitching it as like this high end place, which I'm sure it is. But like now it's been destroyed because the Salt Lake City women are arriving.

[Ronnie]

Now. We have a group entrance to the boat, which we don't get. I mean, maybe they're trying to do a, you know, kind of a thing like they did with Fraser's season this year, where they're like, let's go to dinner first. Let's talk about everything, let's hang out and then let's, you know, have glamour arrivals. But we get Joel, Ben and Daisy walking up to the boat and talking about how big and beautiful it it is. And Joel's like, I love a boat with big girth, eh? Oh, God, here we go. Here's Joao version 5.0.

[Ben]

That's right. Jurassic. And then Ben says, it's been about six years since I've worked on a yacht, but you know what? The stars have aligned, my little darlings. And I am here and I am back and I am really enjoying my freedom these days. I have a successful catering company. Let me just lean back a little bit in my chair. However, my personal life has not been quite as successful. But about a week ago, I did bump into Captain Jason when I knocked at his door and said, please give me a job, I'm desperate. Things are Going terribly for me. And took. He took him to lunch at the Outback State Pass, you know, because Australian. And now I got a job. So here we go. Going backwards in my life.

[Ronnie]

Would you trust a chef that took you to the Outback Steakhouse? I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I would not.

[Ben]

Well, I think, like, I don't know if I would, but if I were Jason, I'd. I'm sure Jason's like, well, I'm Australian. I take me to an Australian restaurant.

[Ronnie]

He really says, you didn't have to bring me to an Australian restaurant, mate, because Australia is wherever I am. Well, he needed a chef. I needed an escape. And I thought, why not? In essence, we saved each other. This could be the perfect little distraction, you know, Just a little goodness in my life. Oh, no. This is gonna. You're gonna make this miserable for everybody. I'm so glad they brought you back, you little. No, it's gonna be little dark cloud of hell. I can't wait.

[Ben]

It is appropriate that Ben's on the show, because he does sort of look like that moray eel that they showed a lot last season. If you really look at his face, he's got kind of, like, more eel qualities, you know?

[Ronnie]

So now people come in. Joao gets his apparently gigantic nipple caught on the automatic door. And Daisy, they have, like, gift bags or something, right?

[Ben]

Do you know, in Zim, they call it a Zipple, not a nipple Nip.

[Ronnie]

Bobwe.

[Ben]

Nipobwe.

[Ronnie]

So they have, like, gift bags with uniforms from Liquid Yacht Wear.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ronnie]

Don't I have enough water? Why you gotta name it Liquid? I'm surrounded by this Name it towel. Name it.

[Ben]

Like. Yeah. I feel like I want my yacht wear to be called super dry yacht wear, because I feel like if I'm wearing clothing that's wet on a yacht, my boat's sinking. Right.

[Ronnie]

Well, I'm gonna come up with a deodorant called Drippy Deodorant. Like, who wants that? Nobody wants that. You want to be kept dry? Okay.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ronnie]

Liquid diverse.

[Ben]

Well, my last four seasons on Parcel had so many ups and downs.

[Ronnie]

I'm really ready for a clean slate.

[Ben]

And a boat that's not on its side all the time. And we see flashbacks of Daisy's greatest hits for all. It's probably for all the people who've never watched Blow Deck Sailing, which is too bad, because that was a messy, crazy show. And Daisy says, I'm looking forward to a new phase in my life. I got new hair. I'm looking forward to a New crew. I'm looking forward to a boat that doesn't trash itself every time it hits the open water. And we see Parsifal, everything falling off the shelves at all times on that show.

[Ronnie]

Yeah, it's like, no, thank you. Yeah. I love this montage of Daisy just freaking out over the tiniest little things. She really is so like a basket case, you know? It's like, daisy. Hey, Daisy, I just wanted to ask you maybe, you know, they wanted a little pasta this evening. She's like, pasta, pasta, pasta. That's all they ask for. Am I not doing enough on this boat?

[Ben]

Nobody respects me.

[Ronnie]

Now I gotta get pasta too. Oh, nobody respects the thing I'm doing.

[Ben]

Honestly, I am so excited for Daisy season. I really need a daisy season because, you know, Asia is so nice. Like, we always. Everyone loves Asia. We love Asia. But Asia is, like, nice. And then Fraser is just kind of, like, generic, almost. Like, he doesn't really yell at people. He's not. He's not really nice. He's not really mean. He's just, like, British and withering. And that's fine. That's fine. But I feel like below deck is really at its best when you have a chief stew who does not take any bs. Although I actually don't believe Asia takes any bs, but she handles it in like a, oh, no, unfortunately, I can't do that for you way. And, like, I love the tradition of the Kates and the Hannah's and the daisies of, like, why are you doing that? What do you think you're doing? Because the interior. Don't mess with me, you know?

[Ronnie]

Well, she's not really like that with interior. She's more like. I mean, she's. I guess she's a little more like that with the interior, but she does take a lot of crap from the men on the boats, or she at least falls in love with them, which she will pick the worst man and fall in love with that man. And it's so disappointing to see her making out with Joao later and, like, actually having a thing with.

[Ben]

I mean, come on, you know, the Gary and Joao track record is a real bad one.

[Ronnie]

That's a real bad one. I mean, going from Gary and being like. And there are a lot of hints. Like, you know, I'm used to these douchebags on the boats. Or there's like, kind of that attitude. And then just. And I was behind you, I was like, good. Finally we get a daisy season without a douchebag dragging everything down. And they're like, no, you know what? Let's put Daisy with Joel. It's like if a person plays a villain one time on tv, then they have to play a villain every single time. They're like, well, we know they know how to do it. He played a terrorist last time. Just have him play a terrorist again. Okay? We're in the pioneer days. I don't know, Call him something else, but make sure he's a terrorist in some way. And Daisy's kind of like that. They're like, we guys, we've got Daisy. Let's give her a new chance and a new plot line. They're like, nah, give her Joel. It's Daisy. People want to see Daisy go crazy with a douchebag. Just do it. Typecast.

[Ben]

I'm a little. I'm a little worried that they're grooming Joao to take over a new franchise of Below Deck because now he's a full fledged captain. And they've mentioned it several times. Like, he's a captain now. He's a captain, right?

[Ronnie]

I mean, yes, they're saying it a lot.

[Ben]

That that would be something fun for Bravo to do, being, you know, like, here's Joao. He's a captain. I mean, you got Eddie, who I think is a captain, but like, of a tugboat. So, like, whatever. But like Joao. I think they're probably reading him.

[Ronnie]

Wasn't Kali like a tugboat person? A tugboat captain or something? You're doing great, Karlie. You're the captain of your mother's heart. I love you, Kali. Come to dinner.

[Ben]

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[Ronnie]

So Jason is giving Joao his team's info. He's like, here's your Mike's a dick. Still, it's up to you guys to manage him and your team and work together. Please do something about his hair. I'm requesting that right now. We see a picture of Mike and he has aqua netted that hair. I don't know what's happening. It's a comb over a comb back. It's a. It's a candle head. I don't know what's happening.

[Ben]

I was trying to think. I was trying to think of, what does his hair look like? And like, the best I could do is it looks like a video projector. It looks like one of those things, you know, like you set it up and you can see something on your wall, but it's made of his hair, you know, it's like.

[Ronnie]

I think it looks like the Heat Miser. That what? The Heat Miser. I'm Mr. Heat Miser. I'm Mr. Blah Dee Da Dee dub. You don't know who that is? It's from the Christmas movies. Here, look, I'll put a picture of him. I'll put him a picture. He's from those. He's from those Christmas movies. We saw those claymation movies, you know.

[Ben]

Hold on, hold on.

[Ronnie]

I'll put it up on the screen.

[Ben]

So people, I think he looks like. It looks like he's got one of those, like, newsboy caps, but it's made of his own hair. Like, his hair is.

[Ronnie]

The Heat Miser.

[Ben]

I feel like he's got a calzone on his head. But it's his own hair.

[Ronnie]

No, calzone is delicious. And like, it's a normal shape. His hair is. It's like an Olympic torch representation made from hair.

[Ben]

It's like he's wearing a yurt, but the yurt is his own hair, and it's a small yurt that fits his head.

[Ronnie]

Okay, okay, I can see that. A yurt. It's a little too round, though.

[Ben]

It looks like. What is it? It's like.

[Ronnie]

I think it looks like comb over hair. You Know how guys will do if they're going balding in the front? They'll try and do, like, a big comb over to H. The bald spot. But his is, like, doing that from every angle of his head. So it's like coming. Coming up, coming to the sides, coming from the front, but then somehow not really standing up in one uniform. It's disturbing. It's disturbing. And when we talked about it in our preview or in. In the Salt Lake City recaps, when we first saw him, people were like, oh, no, that's where he's from. People. The guys there, like, are really into hairspray and bouffants. Whatever. Whatever you call this hair? They're like, that's like. You shouldn't even make fun of that because that's, like, regional. Well, I'm sorry, but give. Give note to the. Take note to the region. Stop this. Stop it.

[Ben]

It's. It's like a wine glass filled with some red wine. And then he made a hair out of it, but only the wine part and not the top part of the glass.

[Ronnie]

Yeah, okay. It's like when. When your little sister gets cotton candy and it's only hers, but then you grab a big chunk of it and you're, like, trying to run away with it, and you're running with this thing of broken cotton candy.

[Ben]

It's like someone took a big shoe and turned upside down and put it on his head, and he turned his hair into that.

[Ronnie]

It looks like when cats throw up. Have you seen, like, cats throw up a hairball? He's got to stop it. And also he's pairing that hair with the eyebrows, which he's done the 90s Pamela Anderson, like, tweeze all the way into little tiny sticks. And then he colors them as well. It's just so much happening. And he's. He talks the whole time like, I'm so hot. I'm so hot. Like, it's so sexy. Who. Who are we gonna hook up with? I guess it's like, what? No one is fucking you with those eyebrows?

[Ben]

Yeah, he's got the Bette Midler cheeks, you know, that sort of like this, like, rise up into the eye area a little bit, you know? So he's got, like, this strange geometric hair with Bette Midler. Bette Midler cheeks and then those eyebrows. And it's just like, a lot of visual things happening all at once. You know, it's a lot.

[Ronnie]

And, you know, it's not nice to make fun of someone's visuals, but, like, in this case, it's, you know, it's making someone. It's making fun of someone's work. You know what I mean? And I think that that's fair because it's not like he was born bad. You know, he's like a cute guy or whatever. He's just. It's everything he's doing. And I think. I think that we're allowed to judge that.

[Ben]

Yeah, I mean, there's. There's no higher compliment than saying you have Bette Midler upper cheeks. But definitely the hair thing. The hair thing is. Is definitely a choice. Like, it's almost like he has. He has hair that is supposed to be kind of like shoulder length, but he's like falling from a building and so the hair's all going up instead.

[Ronnie]

He's falling from a building. That's a good way to put it. Yeah, he looks like he's falling. He's just dropping from a building.

[Ben]

That's a good way to put it.

[Ronnie]

Or standing over a really strong subway.

[Ben]

Grateful his hair is doing Marilyn Monroe. I'm trying to get my dress to do it, but my hair's doing it instead.

[Ronnie]

So then Daisy gets the stu resumes or the CVs, as they're called. And Jason's like, here's your girls. You've got Jenna and Joe. Show them the ropes and show them the way. And please don't bother me. I'll be in my room. And Daisy's like, I know a Dex do always kind of falls under some reason, you know. Are you going to be fully managing immories again? Come more on this interior because Mike is going to do both. He's the Dexter, so he's going to be going back and forth. So they're going to be confounded by his hair outside and inside.

[Ben]

I feel like he'll catch things outside with his hair and he'll bring them inside for the interior to do work with. So Joao is like butterfly as much I can see.

[Ronnie]

Like, butterflies will just get stuck in there. Be like, wait, like you have a butterfly multiple. You have butterfly net hair. That's what it is.

[Ben]

Joao's like, from what I can see, it'll be more interior. This interior is massive, almost as big as Zim. So what I'm thinking is that we could use him in the morning, give him some space in the afternoon to rest, and then you can use him in the evening. And by that I mean I'll use him all day long, thank you very much.

[Ronnie]

You'll mostly get him except for the 18 hours that I need him. And so Joao, we get Joao's story. He's like, I started in Zimbabwe yachting eight years ago, and I feel like I now have a great reputation where. With who?

[Ben]

In Zim. I mean, I've had to kind of make up for my bad reputation. But I've grown up now. I'm grown up and asked me if I'm going to take a. Take a position as an officer on any other boat. I wouldn't. I'm a captain. I've got a license. I'm a big boy now. I've got a license to drive any vessel under 3,000 gross ton. And I do. But Jason, he's like a big brother to me, and he's on television. And I met. He's a mentor and I trust him. And I believe I can learn more from him. Like, for instance, how to crash a boat into a dock.

[Ronnie]

Which I did learn when I found out he was having dinner at the Outback. And I went to meet them, but Jason crashed his boat into the Outback Steakhouse. This is still my favorite. My favorite Captain intro. When they're like, hey, I'm Captain Jason. Here's the restaurant I crashed into. He's like, yeah, that was a rough one.

[Ben]

So Daisy introduces herself to Mike. She's like, hello, I'm Daisy. What's your possession? He's like, well, I'm usually top, but sometimes I'll do bottom. It's like, no, no, no.

[Ronnie]

It's 20, 26. Do I have to choose?

[Ben]

He's like, oh, me dick Stew. And she's like, oh, you're a dick stool. Love it. I'm Daisy. I'm your chief Stew, and your new nightmare. Mike's like, oh, pleasure. I'll be reporting to ya. Ya. She's like, ah. And you're gonna be under my team, so you better watch out.

[Ronnie]

So now we see Jenna and Joe. They arrive and they're like, oh, my God. Joe, Jenna, Jenna, Jo. Oh, my God. Wow, you're stunning. You're stunning. No, you're stunning. No, you're stunning. Yeah, you're both stunning. They don't cast ugly people on this show unless you're a male. No offense to any of the man.

[Ben]

Yeah, but true. So then Mike and Ben and Daisy are in the galley, and Daisy introduces Mike to Ben and Mike. Like, Mike's voice is. Is. I don't know what part of England he's from. I don't know, is that like a Scouse accent or whatever? But it's very, you know, it is Hyper regional, and we've heard it before. And he's like, I. I can't even do it. But he's like, I'm a bit of a chatterbox, mate. I'm the big, loud, outgoing character. And he. Daisy's like, well, we'll put you in front of the guests. We'll entertain them. They'll look at your hair and be in transfer hours or 100. I'm an entertainer.

[Ronnie]

I worry about people who describe themselves that way. Let me describe you that way. You know, don't describe yourself that way. So what do you like? Super entertaining. God, everybody loves me. I'm the life of the party. Hey, you want some smiles, you better send me out there. So I do. I make them smile. I'm always entertaining. Shut up. This. This kid. This kid needs to just go to theater camp and a haircut and a barbershop. So Jenna and Joe are talking about where they're from. Jenna's from South Africa. Joe's from Montreal. Jenna's a stewardess. Joe's like, me, too. They're like, oh, my God, you're stunning. No, you're stunning. No, you're stunning. So Daisy is introducing everybody, and then we see another Eddie. Wait, is this Eddie? What was the other guy's name? Mike. Oh, it's Mike and Eddie. Okay, so Eddie.

[Ben]

Okay. Oh, new Eddie. New Eddie with. Okay, yeah, new Eddie with the body image issues. Yeah. So he comes around.

[Ronnie]

So is he short?

[Ben]

He looks tall, by the way. I think Eddie looks tall.

[Ronnie]

I think he looks tall, but he's. He talks about how he. He's traumatized from being short, so I'm not sure. Oh, yeah, he said he was little. Right? That's.

[Ben]

Imagine if, like, that he has, like, a very severe case of body dysmorphia that, like, can be easily disproven. Like the one case of body dysmorphia that can be disproven by actual measurements. And he's like, just those shorts.

[Ronnie]

What do you mean I can't ride this roller coaster? They're like, but you can. No, I can't. It says you have to be above this light. You're literally above this line. No, I'm not.

[Ben]

No, I'm not. Gaslighting me. Are you trying to get me.

[Ronnie]

You're trying to have me thrown from a roller coaster because I'm not even tall enough. I could die if I rode that thing. Sir, you're three times the height you need to be to ride this. I'm going to die before I ever see Space Mountain.

[Ben]

By the way, I think we should mention that Mike with the hair has an only fans account, or at least had one. When he showed up on Salt Lake City, several people messaged us to say, hey, Mike has an only fans account. And so I went to go look him up. First of all, he. His hair on Twitter. His hair looks different and much better. He looks much better on Twitter than he does on the show. He's definitely had, like, an improvement.

[Ronnie]

But are you looking at him right now? I see the screen flashing on your eyes. Send it to me.

[Ben]

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can see. You can see that how my. My face. Like, there's like a bright light on my face. Okay, I'm going to send it to you. But there's. It looks like he's taken. He only has two posts on Twitter, and it looks like he took everything down.

[Ronnie]

So this may include potentially sensitive content. Yes. I mean, how many times do I have to say yes to that? Yes. Show me the porn. There needs to just be a button you press. It says, just show me the porn. Oh, yeah. So he's, like, shirtless and holding up a folder in front of his wiener. I mean, yeah, he looks better now. His hair is just like stupid teenager hair all pushed forward. You know, like broccoli hair. But that's better. That's definitely better. Okay. X.com Mike Durant. Oh, yeah. Wait. It's age restricted. Okay, log in. Oh, God, I have to log in this.

[Ben]

It's too much.

[Ronnie]

Did you log in? You already logged in. What?

[Ben]

On Twitter. No, no. You just said. I said, okay. And then it just took me on. So his only fans is called Mike Bears all so. Oh, he says I used to take my clothes off on national tv. And after popular demand, I've decided to show up even more of myself on your. Oh, I wonder if he was on that nude show in England. You know, there's that. That show.

[Ronnie]

Oh, yeah. He's on a show and he's nude. I see him. Right here is dingling and everything.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Ronnie]

You have to sign in. Yeah, he's definitely. He's definitely cuter naked.

[Ben]

Yeah. Much better. Good for him. Good for him.

[Ronnie]

Okay, well, there you go. I don't know. You know about if he has an only fans. I can tell you one thing. He for sure has confidence.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ronnie]

And hairspray.

[Ben]

He has only hair right now on Blow Deck. Only hair going only up.

[Ronnie]

Everybody has an only fans now. We're really behind the times.

[Ben]

I know.

[Ronnie]

I think it's time. I think it's Time to put these moves to work. Come on, baby.

[Ben]

Yeah. I don't know if anyone needs to see my skinny, fat body, to be honest. I don't think it's good.

[Ronnie]

It takes all types. Takes all types. So Ben is. Ben's telling Joao to calm down, mate, because he met the girls and they're cute, of course. And so Ben's like, oh, this might come as a shock to everyone, but I'm actually single. The fact that you were engaged comes as a shock. He says in our notes. It says, fairly recently, I broke up with my fiance having spent 50,000. I thought he said $15,000 on a wedding. And I was like, that's why she left you. $15,000. Where are you getting married? The In n Out.

[Ben]

Yeah, the Outback. And he's like, I spent 50. $50,000 on a wedding I didn't attend. As odd when your future has been solidified for it all to vanish into thin air. Yachting has a very large part of my. Was a very large part of my formative life. And it's actually nice to come back to it. To come crawling back to it, to know that you failed in all other arenas and now you have to go take a lowly job that you thought you were long past, but you're not because you're not good enough. And so all your friends from BO school, ah, boarding school drama. Go on and do wonderful things with the aristocracy. I'm here in the galley cooking crumpets for stupid people and dealing with idiots all around me.

[Ronnie]

So when it came to the option of Kate's couch or a boat, I chose the boat. You know, they say that to get over someone, you have to get under someone else. So I. My new girl is Katina. I will be the boat. Literally fucking the boat for the rest of the season. That's why nook every cranny I can find.

[Ben]

That's why I literally waited to get go on to blow deck down under. So that way I could get under someone.

[Ronnie]

Yeah. So Daisy and Jenna are in a cabin and making small talk. Where are you from? South Africa. Cape Town. Well, you don't sound very South African. And she's like, well, I'm so. She's like, I'm so happy. I don't. She makes a really thick accent. She's like, I'm so happy. I don't sound sound South African. And she's like, what? So, see, that's how I could sound, ma'. Am. So Jenna is a hottie. And she's like, it's expensive to be Jenna. I mean, I work hard so I can provide for myself. I love a luxury lifestyle. So she's one of these who's like, I do it for the Birkins. I clean toilets so I can look fancy on Saturday night.

[Ben]

Baby, I love this, this bucket of stews or, or yacht workers on below deck. The, the ones that are like, I love a luxury lifestyle. I got into yachting because you meet some of the top 1% and you surround yourself with the people you want to be who you're associated with and that's who you're going to become. Like, lady, you are cleaning up vomit from tech bros who don't give a about you right now. This is not the way to ascend into the higher ranks of society.

[Ronnie]

Well, you know, you got to meet them to, to beat them, I guess. So this is a way, this is a way to go and beat them. I mean, that's the same reason I volunteered to sell 10 cent hot dogs at the Diablos game one time. It's like, I'm gonna meet those 1 percenters selling them 10 cent hot dogs. It didn't work. I was a waiter for the next 30 years. But anyway, so she's like, yeah, I do it all for the Birkins. And Jenna and her talk about how they, how long they've been doing this. Jenna asked Daisy how long she's been doing it and she's like, I'm in my 13th year. And she's like, wow. And then she tells us, I'm not scrubbing toilets until I'm 30. What the fuck?

[Ben]

That's terrible. So now we have Betul who walks on the boat. I really like her. She's one of my favorite newbies. And she says I'm Turkish. Batul means virgin, by the way. Yeah, my parents, like, they try to tell me something, you know, and every time they call me it's like, hey, Virgin. Hey, Virgin.

[Ronnie]

That's actually really funny. And I, but by the way, just back to the other thing. Jenna is going to get her ass handed to her and she deserves it. How dare you shame somebody for actually having years and experience. How dare you. You get whatever you deserve. But being called like, hey, virgin is very funny.

[Ben]

Talk about inexperience. But I, yeah, Jenna's gonna be in, she's, she's in for a rough awakening because she's rolling her eyes at Daisy having had a 13 year career, which by the way, as careers go, that's not that long. And she's like, oh my God, 13 years. And she's, like, hoping to basically be discovered by some guy on the yacht who will then whisk her off to Paris and she can live pretty much elite, fabulous lifestyle, and it's just not gonna happen. You're still the hell help. Okay?

[Ronnie]

She's, like, dissing someone who's put 13 years of work in and is the star of a show for, like, the third season in a row. So I don't know. I'd watch you. You're throwing the darts at young.

[Ben]

Yeah, all right. Exactly. So Patul says, I used to be Muslim in a strict religious family. And in our culture, women are not seen on, are not heard, and it was pretty conservative. But I lost my virginity when I was 23, and in our religion, you must not do that. It is a really big sin. And I realized I deserve to live a normal life, which is why I'm now going to put myself into a bubble and sail around in the remote part of the Caribbean. Back to the normal life.

[Ronnie]

Yeah. And she's dec. And she talks about leaving her house and she left everything. And she's free. She is free. She's a strong, independent woman. So get me a shammy and a rope. I'm out. So then Eddie is asking how long she's been yachting, and she's got a few years. And he just started in May last year, so he's not been long. And he's very insecure, which we find out later. So I expect some tears from Eddie.

[Ben]

Yeah. He's like, yeah, I haven't been. I haven't been yachting for a very long time. And I'm sorry, do you mind if I just get a stool? It's just so awkward just looking at you from down below. But you're taller than me. No, stop saying that. You just stop. Stop.

[Ronnie]

I literally can see the boogers in your nose. Like, I'm that much shorter than you. It's like, what are you talking about? I'm basically a penguin. So then this is my favorite part, because Batuu is named Batuu. And she meets Joao and she's like, what? And he's like, joao? She's like, jono. And he's like, no, Joao. She's like, oh, Chu Chu. I was like, wow, I love Bet you making fun of Joao. So funny.

[Ben]

Joao's like, oh, bet you that stands for virgin, right? Well, for such a virgin, I never thought you'd be such a slut. Sorry. Just old Joao just came out, out of nowhere. Sorry about that. Anyway, I've grown. I've grown, I've grown.

[Ronnie]

I'm a different man now. I hope you don't mind that we call you Thunder Virgin. Thundercherry. Cherry Pop. No, we'll keep working on that. That. I'll workshop that.

[Ben]

So here comes Alicia, and she comes on board, and she says hi to Captain Jason. She comes onto the boat through his office, and he's like, well, you couldn't come in the conventional way. She's like, beanie reporting for duty. She's like, I don't get what beanie means, but welcome back. Thanks for having me. Beanie is just the. It's the inside joke that I developed force when I was skiing. I guess I forgot to tell you about it. But anyway, Beanie.

[Ronnie]

I started calling myself Beanie when I was falling in love skiing and forgot all about what beans were. What.

[Ben]

And then someone said I was wearing a beanie that day, and I thought, oh, my goodness, I don't remember putting a bean on my head. But apparently that's a hat to use. There's so much to learn out there.

[Ronnie]

Now you're going to meet the chef. Let me tell you this. He paid for an awesome blossom, and that's my kind of guy. So respect him, please, because he knows what he's doing. He's English, he's got good banter. And in that galley, I can see you're going to have a great vibe. You know why? Banter? And that's what's really important from chefs is banter. So go down there right now and check out the banter. Let me tell you what's waiting for you. A blanket full of banter. Cuddle up with it. Banter. A bit like, say banter again.

[Ben]

So Lucia's like, this season, bring. Being back in the galley just gives me a lot of anxiety, to be honest, because at the end of last season, I had all the ambition to go to culinary school, but instead, I did the Cloud Danes in Homeland procedure, where they zapped my brain, and now I actually don't even know how to cook an egg. I've actually gotten worse. And I was keen as mustard, because, you know, mustard is so keen, isn't it? And when I finished last season, and then my mom was like, why are you going to culinary school? Come off it, Alicia. You're never going to be a chef. Let's just do something that you're good at. So she pushed me down a hill, and instead of tumbling like I normally do, my feet landed on skis, and off I went.

[Ronnie]

I really want to prove to my mom that I can do this. I'm starting with the frittata. So she introduces herself to Ben and he's like, oh, hello. Just getting grips to this place. Getting to grips of this place. How are you, honey? She's like, well, I'm not trained, but I am passionate. And he's like, well, we'll broaden your horizons a bit, I reckon. So she was honest. And later he calls her out for this and says she manipulated him somehow. But I think she was pretty honest.

[Ben]

That's Ben's fault for not understanding Gen Z language. Like, that's Gen Z code for. I watched a YouTube video about this, and I think this is going to be my life and you have to respect my boundaries on this. So, yeah, he, he, he's the one who messed that up. However, that being said, she did do a whole season as a sous chef last year, and she seemed to be all right enough. I mean, her whole thing last season was that she was a space cadet, but she wasn't inept totally. She just was sort of like a basic cook, you know?

[Ronnie]

But Serena was a different, totally different chef. I mean, Ben's very much like, I've been cooking since I was four. Everything is perfect. You know, he's very. You know, your. Your cuts have to be perfect, you know, and Sereno is like rustic, so just make it good, you know? And she was good. She's a good chef, but her style is just a lot more hippie style than his.

[Ben]

Ben needs that douchebag sous chef that started last season who would put on his shirts in that weird way, you.

[Ronnie]

Know, that was crazy, right? Is that that guy would have worked perfectly with Ben. Ben would have loved that guy. And that guy would have respected Ben not only because he's a man, but because he's got that, like, arrogance and also because he has the penis, which is no.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ronnie]

You know, small thing. Well, 100.

[Ben]

That guy would. That guy responds to male arrogance very well. Like, that would get him in line in a way that he was not. He would not respect female arrogance, which is his own, you know, doucherie there. But they would have actually been quite good together in terms of.

[Ronnie]

Yeah. And it was funny because that year started with a female chef being disrespected by the male chef and kind of being treated condescendingly and sexist.

[Ben]

Lee.

[Ronnie]

And then it's reversed this year.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ronnie]

How interesting. Interesting moves. Hello there. This is a two part recap. Okay. This the end of part one, so thank you so much for listening to this. Just come back a little later for part two.

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[Ben]

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[Ronnie]

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