#3313 Below Deck Down Under S04E11 Part Two: Drag Til Dawn

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2:23Ben Mandelker: Watch what happens Oh, I mean, what's your habit? Who cares what happens when there's so much that happens? Well, hello and welcome to Watch What Happens. This is part two of a two-part recap. If you're like, hey, wait a minute, I didn't hear part one. Guys, it's because we put out a lot of recaps. Go back and listen to part one, okay? It's before this one. Bye. Enjoy the show. So now we have Eddie and Alicia in the crew mass And Eddie is basically looking for a dress Because he's going to be in drag And then Ellie, meanwhile in the galley She is now very focused On making a cake for Joao's birthday the next day She's like, I need your help to make a cake And he's like, alright, let me give it some thought Sugar plums I've got you, okay I've got your back I've got you Ben keeps on announcing how much he has Ellie's back it's this way I think of saying like don't you dare don't you dare complain to Captain Jason about me again yeah exactly well although I know some boatman says normally don't work out I would really like to make things work out wow it's like playing the lottery if you're not in it you can't win it oh my gosh it's not the lottery you don't like go to lottery you don't go to the numbers and be like are any of these numbers attracted to me okay I insist Is that not where the dream?

3:47Ben Mandelker: Questionable.

3:51Joao is a grown man. He's like a high stake lottery ticket. Like if you win, it's life changing. Girl, it's life changing. Have you ever known that has dated Joao and come out of it and said that's life changing in a good way?

4:07Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Who said, wow, I started dating Joao and I hit the jackpot. I think it's more like they say He just jacked off Um Yeah that's not That's not the pot of gold at the end of the world It's just the It's just the pot of something It's just the pot It's just an empty old pot So Daisy comes into the galley And she's like ah Penn the makeup artist Is joining for dinner I'm whispering that so no one finds out And he's like what time is dinner 7.45 Okay, all right, perfect. 745, got it. I'm never going to ask you that again. So then Mike walks to the crew mess, and he's like, Mike, possibly, will you emcee this catwalk tonight?

4:54Ben Mandelker: He's like, I'd be more than happy to. I'm going to go for a shower. I'll be back in quarter two. Can you guys get into your blacks, and please don't bother me while I shower. Can everyone on this boat just do the simple tasks that they have been assigned for the next 25 minutes? Thank you. Copy. Copy, Daisy. Copy, Daisy. Do you want to date? I don't want to date. Leave me alone, Mike. All right. You need any help in the shower there. I don't need any help in the shower. So Jenna is doing Mitchell's makeup, and he's like, oh, my God. No one knows I'm getting help, so don't tell anybody. This is a huge deal on this boat.

5:31We're gays who don't want anyone to know we can't do our own makeup. It will ruin our reputation in the gay world.

5:39Ben Mandelker: It is really hilarious. and so um jenna's getting dressed and alicia goes into her room and alicia's like i really really need you i am watching ahead no i really need you right now to get it all done because you took way too long to do the makeup you assigned her the makeup alicia and you're not even the one who is assigning you're below her okay so honestly can we organize that later like alicia no no no She was helping the guest. You elected her for that position. She did it to help you out. And now you're complaining that she took too long to do it. No, no, no. I love Jenna, though. Jenna's my favorite one on the boat.

6:17She just ignores her. She's like, whatever. She just keeps doing what she's going to do. And Alicia leaves all frustrated. So Ben's radio. Ben radios Daisy. And he's like, Daisy. He's like, Daisy, Daisy. What time is dinner? She's like, God damn it. Because she's in the shower. She hears the radio. it's like bothering your mom as a little kid she's like just trying to get one moment in the bathroom and you're like mom mom mom god damn it can i even go to the bathroom it's exactly right

6:44Ben Mandelker: she comes out of that shower so angry say fuck me jesus fucking christ i've told the whole whole crew 7 45 7 for cocktails and sunset 7 45 for dinner she's yelling this into the thing because she's like why can't anyone say this to ben fucking annoyed people should be less plant on me at this stage of the game but it seems like the opposite is happening and this is another perfect example how they don't listen they don't communicate how they don't do their fucking job she's so funny and then she she like puts down the radio and then she goes back to the shower and gets back in the shower and just goes jesus fucking christ i don't know how she does it honestly these are so just a boat full of morons yeah so then um jason's listening to the radio and he's like, oh, I can't wait to do nothing about that.

7:34So then Alicia brings Eddie a dress and he's like, hello, Batool, I'm a girl. And she's like, oh my God, you cannot hide that big bull. It's so obvious. He's like, yeah, you can call me Edwina. Why do we have to have straight guys do this? I don't know.

7:55Ben Mandelker: I don't, it's just not entertaining anymore. I'm not offended. it. I'm just like, it's like the joke has been made so many times. Like, I just don't think we need it. I, I, whatever. I think that like, if anything we would want, like, like the, the gays are doing drag to the drag. And I think, I think we'd want like the straight guy to be shirtless. I don't think we want to see him just like crammed into Alicia's dress. Right. I don't, I don't, I don't know how to pin, like put my finger. I don't want to say it's problematic. Cause that's silly. I don't think it's problematic necessarily, but if you're going to do it, like, I don't understand why the straight guys are always like oh i'm gonna wear an amazon wig and some shitty i'm just gonna look as clownish as possible like if you're gonna do it make an effort to do a good job you know there was one guy on below deck who actually did it well i forget who it was but he was like really proud of it what was that guy's name yeah he was on like two seasons i think right yeah like at least to make an effort because it feels like they're just like ahaha you're all clowns which i mean they are it's these gays but still like i don't know make an effort instead of being like haha i'm just gonna be a clown like you guys yeah i don't know respect the art form i say so tyler joins everyone tyler's the primary and he looks amazing and he's a very pretty girl yeah he really his drag was really impeccable god and so um then they're like oh my god here he comes parading his money.

9:23Ben Mandelker: Hey, Tyler, did you do this? It looks like you've done this before. It's almost like it was professionally done. Tyler. Tyler. And he's like, me? What? No, of course not. And Daisy's so mad. She's like, I'm not going to be happy if Tyler finds out. Mike spilled the beans like it was a simple request and our crew fucked it up. That looks so bad on our team. I would withhold tip for that. So, and now Mike is emceeing this drag night. He's like, Welcome to Night Tickety to Drag Race. Anybody want to make out with me? Anybody? Okay, let's get on with it. Are you all ready for it? And so he introduces all the guests and they come out and they do a drag show and stuff.

10:05Angela Little, Electra Smashed, Lady Bible, Veronica Black, and Melania Twink.

10:14Ben Mandelker: I felt like, I mean, okay. I thought drag names were like a little bit more punny, but that's okay. These are fun. yeah, I guess. I mean, yeah, they're not very funny. Well, Malani is very funny to me. I don't know why. That's a funny concept. So Tyler's like, well, I just want to thank everyone for being here, especially my makeup artist. And so Alex comes out and they're like, oh my God, she's a liar. Stoner, stoner to death, liar. And then Jason is like, well, we might have one more contestant. And here comes Eddie in the dress with the Amazon wig and everything. And like, oh, like big round of applause for Edwina.

10:55Ben Mandelker: So they're like, yay. Glad this straight guy got a moment. Yeah, I like that. Like Eddie got the biggest moment over Tyler who spent like$12 ,000 to get this makeup artist. I know. Not only did they let his secret out, they one-upped him at the end of the show. Boo. Boo. No tip. So Ben is giving Ellie some marching orders about how to do this cake. He's like, it's a big project. Don't do the meringue. Just do lemon and chocolate. Those lemon and chocolate doesn't work, but orange and chocolate, that works well. He's like, well, I asked him what his favorite cake is and he said lemon meringue cheesecake.

11:30Ben Mandelker: And it's going to be nice. I demand it be nice for our genetics. He's like, okay. You're going to be crazy on this one. I sold vegetables. All right, fine. Do it. Lemon and chocolate goes well together. What are you talking about? Does it? I never really. Yeah. I don't often. I don't think I've had it enough to have a strong opinion on it, but I feel like I don't encounter it very often. I feel like it goes together. I once went to Orange County and I got like a chocolate cake and it came with like a pineapple drizzle. And that was really weird. That did not work. I'll tell you pineapple and chocolate, not.

12:04Ben Mandelker: I don't think I've ever had pineapple and chocolate. I mean, I know that orange is more typical, but why don't I feel like lemon and chocolate? You know, I'm going to look it up right now, but you don't have to with me. It's not a combo I have encountered very often. and I wonder if there's a reason for that because those are not, it's not obscure. Yeah, I knew I've had this. Like lemon bars with chocolate. I knew it. I knew I wasn't making it up. Chocolate lemon tart. David. David. Lemon tarts come with chocolate. David. Yeah, I guess there is a lot of lemon and chocolate stuff out there. I just didn't really have much of it.

12:42Ben Mandelker: I should try it. I guess we're going to have a new thing to cook. So, anyway, the point is, Tyler's like, yes, I had to make a bar of this. Oh, no, no. So they're talking about the cake. And Daisy radios the galley that the fashion show's over. Dinner's happening, son. Don't fuck it up. What time is dinner? God damn it, man. So Mike and Alicia come to the galley. And Alicia's like, hi, Mikey. If you're looking for something to do, there's loads to do upstairs. There's like nine guests upstairs and only me making cocktails. He's like, I'm not looking for something to do there. All right, bud? So the guests are like, um, Tyler, we just want to tell you that you're beautiful.

13:23Ben Mandelker: Naturally. He's like, what? At lunch, a certain deckhand told us a certain thing about someone receiving extra assistance. Hmm. Hag. And Tyler's like, wait, who told you? He's like, Mike. He's like, what the fuck? So of course, and by the way, they couldn't let Tyler have his moment. Even though Tyler is paying for them all to be on this yacht, they're still so mad at him that they're going to like pop his bubble right now but i still don't get it because tyler just said he had his makeup he just introduced the makeup artist and came out it's not like you caught him in some lie he admitted it by the end of the show so i don't understand why they're acting like they caught him in something he just he just confessed it's like someone confessing to murder and then you being like oh my god i think you killed him like i just confessed but someone's just being a dick someone's basically saying like we always knew like you thought you thought like you surprised us it didn't work and i just think that's like uh like he's paying for you like don't like let him have his moment for tonight and then like when you get back to new york you'll be like oh my god that was so fun and can i be honest we actually knew but we just wanted you to have that moment he's like oh my god that's so funny and that was so sweet of you to let me have my moment but instead the guy's like yeah so um you enjoyed your surprise for like 30 minutes guess what we knew yeah we knew so you didn't pull one over us okay so and actually he would have pulled one over you guys except that mike told you it's not like you found out because of your own investigative prowess i'm so mad i'm defending tyler's honor over the yeah this whole thing is so silly it's time for a commercial it's time for a crappin's commercial vanderpumpville is back and this season it heads to the english countryside at rosecraft park a new playground for luxury indulgence and plenty of chaos all under the watchful eye of lisa vanderpop new and returning staff along with fan favorites daisy schroeder are living and working together once again serving high-end guests while navigating friendships rivalries and temptation behind the scenes and this season comes with a twist the villa becomes a full-blown reality crossover event with guest appearances from the bachelor love island the secret lives of mormon wives and more, turning every stay into its own unforgettable spectacle.

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16:34so then uh the crew serves dinner they eat and then tyler corners mike and he's like um so question did you release the cat out of the bag that i had a makeup artist come on board he's like nope nope wasn't me wasn't me would you like to date would you like to date me no um just because like i told everyone not to say anything and everyone's mad at me because i had a makeup artist come on board really well if i did i would tell you the truth but i don't know who it was i Nope, nope, no idea. No idea. You don't know?

17:03Ben Mandelker: Oh, wow. I'm sorry. This is so shitty. Like, there are witnesses. There's a table of witnesses, and you're just going to lie? This isn't going to come back to bite Mike in the ass, or at least I really hope it does. Is Tyler eating a chicken breast? Is he just, like, holding a chicken breast like a piece of toast? I couldn't, or was it a piece of toast? I was like, is he just, like, standing there munching on a chicken breast? Like this? I think he was. Yeah, he's like. This is how I learned how to eat it at the orgy.

17:34Ben Mandelker: I did not notice that, but that's hilarious. Yeah, I couldn't tell if it was like a chicken breast or maybe it was a pizza toast. I don't know. But that was the thing that bothered me the most in the episode. So Mike was like, well, if I find out who said it, I'll come and tell you. And he's like, thank you. Thank you, Mike. Thank you. And he's like, truly, I didn't just get away with that, did I? You didn't. It's not over. So Joao texts Ellie. He's like, hello, my dear. Can you meet me in the Zim Bridge? She's like, coming, I'm already there. I'm here, I'm actually right behind you. When you texted that I was over your shoulder, I saw the whole thing.

18:09Ben Mandelker: He's like, okay, well, look, I know I need to break it off with Ellie, but I'm stressing because I don't want to be the reason Ellie has a shit time on board and I don't want to hurt her feelings. So I've got to figure it out. Nervous. So meanwhile, Daisy's like, I'm going to bed. Now tell me if you need me, okay? Thank you both for today. That was sarcasm. You fucking idiots. I know what I'm doing. I've got plenty to do. She's like, okay. But we can depend on each other though, right, Mike? And he's like, what? And she goes, we can depend on each other. She's like, guys. Alicia, stop bossing everybody around.

18:47Like last week when she's like, he's looking for me. I am middle man. I am management. No, you're not. What are you talking about?

18:56Ben Mandelker: she is literally so inept. Mike is so terrible that it just takes away attention from the fact that Alicia is incredibly inept. They are just like two idiots on this boat. So Mike's like, I don't want to have this conversation. I know what I'm doing. Mike, I know what I'm doing. Let's work this out tomorrow. Mike, I can't really depend on you at the minute. Mike, I'm really tired. Please just stay away from each other. I'm so tired, please. I love Daisy. Every time Daisy yells at Mike, she's like, Mike, Mike, you can't do that. Mike, Mike, what are you doing? Mike, be quiet. She's just a mom. She's just a mom.

19:32She's just leave each other alone. I don't care who started it.

19:38Ben Mandelker: So the guests go to bed and João and Ellie sit in the bridge in this like weird nook, very awkwardly. This is also a super weird place to do it. Like, I'm going to break up with someone, so I'm going to have her to the bridge. You're not the captain of this boat. What the fuck are you doing calling people to the bridge? bizarre. Maybe he was on Anchor Watch. So Ellie is like, oh, so are you excited to be a birthday? Oh, okay. That would make more sense. I got really upset. Okay. That makes more sense. It wasn't, it's also like the least romantic space of the, well, I mean, he could have done the crew mess, but I think of the quiet spaces, it was one of the less romantic places.

20:13But it's just the vibes. You know what I mean? It's like, this is where the boss takes you to talk to you. And that's like, he's like,

20:20Ben Mandelker: you're fired. What? Sorry. I got caught up in the wheelhouse action. Oh, so you excited for your birthday that you'll be spending with the love of your life and future owner of your genetics? He's like, ah, yes, yes, yes, yes. So I do want to speak to you, though. Oh, about what? Just kidding. I already know I'm inside your brain right now. You find me beautiful. Yes, yes, yes, that too. Shouldn't you be on one knee?

20:47Ben Mandelker: Here, I brought a little cushion for your knee. Hold on, hold on. I have got my mother on FaceTime. Hold on, I sit right there. Do you see? Mother, genetics are about to merge. We will soon be taking over this planet, selling all the vegetables for all of the Earth. Well, I like you, and I think that our Zim ship and stuff is strong, and I guess I'm trying not to go back to my... If we continue, then I feel like I'm letting my weakness in, and I will be back on heroin and on the streets. He's like, what? What are you saying? I'm going to let my weakness win. That makes literally no sense. He's like, well, because I just feel like, I just, by the way, just say, look, I love you.

21:34Ben Mandelker: No, not I love you. Like, look, you're great. I'm just not really feeling it. I think we should just stay friends. But he's like, but because I feel like, well, I don't want to close myself off to something that's great and then ruin something between us by allowing something to be more. And then, you know what I mean? I mean, I'd rather maintain what we've got than to ruin what... So, okay. It's like you're going to Zim, but then you say, let's go to Botswana. But then you go to Zim, and you say, why did I go to Zim? But I love Zim, but I don't want to ruin Zim. I'm not going to date Zim. What I'm trying to say is I would hate if things between me and Zim went wrong, because then maybe I can't go back to Zim.

22:04Ben Mandelker: You follow, right? Okay. Think of it this way. There's a train going down a track 30 miles per hour. I'm the train, and you're another train, and you're on another track, and you're going 70 miles an hour. the other way um the trains pass and then the trains get to botswana and zim do you understand what i'm saying um we okay there's our baby train behind the big train because baby train can wait with mama train until daddy train comes home no no no okay no okay you are a train and i am a train you are going to botswana i'm going to zim and just as we're about to pass each other i actually transform from being a train into just being a person running away from the train tracks while your train goes in the other direction does that make sense um okay think of it this way you're a murderer and i'm a little baby who doesn't want to get murdered please don't murder me she's like um okay so let me try to process clearly you're having some doubts and you're kind of uncomfortable about things and whatnot and so you know what joao i think we should just be friends he's like oh thank god yes yes thank god yes i mean you know i mean if this was just a thing then it would be easy for me to just carry on but like there's more to you and so yeah i just don't want to i just i just don't want to break the that part like what are you doing so now he's she just said let's be friends and you say you should just say perfect instead he's like oh no but if this were just a if this were just a thoughtless fling an anonymous fling and be like whatever because there's nothing but you have so much depth to you and i wouldn't want to hurt you because i know you as a person when you say that stuff you're leading her on joelle so she's like no seriously she's like let's be friends and then he's like no no but we're more than friends and i wouldn't want to ruin that because you know we have so much more than friendships like um i don't get it okay so you see that we're in a room right and you see that there's a door and right there right notice that the door is open and if you keep it open you can come in and out of the room and that's kind like what i'm doing with you you are the room that i'm going to come in and out of and so but for right now i'm going to try to walk into the daisy room and if that doesn't work out i will come back into the la room you see what i'm saying you're saying you want to come inside me perfect places he's like oh god well she's like well if i like somebody that's it you know that's it i i don't care about anything else he's like oh yes i see that and i would still love to hang out with you nothing changes nothing nothing changes he's like oh perfect okay well then i guess we'll see what it is i'm going to bed possibly with you nope well but you could if you weren't together so i'll speak to you later so instead of just saying like look this is fun it was fun to cuddle i really just see us as friends unfortunately but that's really where it is and i think you're amazing as a friend uh he's like no i mean you're great and you're so you're so special you're almost too special and i would hate i would hate to take this to to take this special friendship the special relationship we have and just you know possibly ruin it but it's just like such bullshit it's like such it's like over the top bullshit and it's the sort of bullshit that doesn't give her any sort of closure or a clear understanding of where she stands with him and so basically she leaves this conversation by saying so he says that he's attracted to me and he wants to get to know me.

25:37Ben Mandelker: So I think we're on the same page. God. And he's like, I'm so happy that Ellie's taking me wanting to be friends with her well. It just seems like a pressure release off my shoulders. I've got everything off my chest. I can finally maybe speak to Daisy now. No, you can't. You just told her you don't want to get in a relationship with somebody because you're afraid of your old habits coming back and now you're going to immediately go get in a relationship with somebody. You idiot. It's a lie. It's a lie. I'll always remember in sleepaway camp, Long Lake Camp, Long Lake Camp for the Arts in 1994, there was a girl named Miriam who asked me to date her.

26:15Ben Mandelker: And I said, no, I'm not really interested in dating anyone right now. But then the next day I kissed a girl named Kate. And Miriam, I just remember sitting out in an Adirondack chair by the lake and Miriam sat down in the chair right next to me. And she goes, so, and she tapped, she did the thing where she like, she had her hand, her chin in one hand, and then she tapped the side of the Adirondack chair with her fingers like this. So you said you didn't want to be in a relationship with anyone, but you kids are gay last night. And I always remembered like, oh yeah, don't say more than you need to.

26:50Ben Mandelker: Because of Miriam. Well, it worked out well for both of them because I'm gay now. Yeah, God. Both of them just destroyed. Miriam was unhappy with me. I'll tell you, she was unhappy. Yeah. She's okay. You should have jumped on the chance. You should have just said, Miriam, I'm querying him. Nice to meet you. Let's be best friends. Like, girl, let's just listen to some comments. Miriam, you're trying to make out with a guy at drama camp, okay? You're trying to make out with a little boy at drama camp. What are you thinking, Miriam? Okay. Come on, Miriam. I think she wants to be an opera singer. I got to look her up.

27:29Ben Mandelker: Bless her heart. No idea what her last name is. Oh, well. So, uh, Miriam, I remember her face to this day. I remember Miriam. I just will always remember her sitting there in the Adirondack chair being so unhappy with me. And I'm very uncomfortable when people are unhappy with me. So you can only imagine how awkward I was trying to explain. Oh, you think you ever have a chance to get back in this? Well, the fat lady has sung, bitch. I'm out. Miriam out. And I was like, well, I didn't mean to kiss Kate. It's just that, like, you know, she kissed me. And, like, I wasn't expecting it, but, like, I'm not interested.

28:01Ben Mandelker: I just don't want to. Just stayed quiet. I love that you just pretended you weren't even there. You were just like, I was the Adirondack chair. That was an early straight love triangle that I was in. My only straight love triangle to this day. All right. So the next morning, Ellie's in the galley and she's like, Telephone, what's his best recipe for lemon meringue cheesecake?

28:28Ben Mandelker: well lemon meringue cheesecake is found on the 405 freeway take exit 13 it's like wow oh they really need to work on their their audio dictation and this really is the new the new improved uh personal assistant because she's like oh lemon meringue cheesecake sounds amazing i didn't ask you that you know what i mean like i didn't ask your opinion okay She's lucky she didn't have Sue, though. Just being like, okay, here's a recipe for a lemon meringue cheesecake. You get chocolate, peanut butter, and dog poop. Wait a minute. You're right. I don't know how to make lemon cheesecake. I hallucinated.

29:08Ben Mandelker: I have no idea. I apologize. You have no idea. It's been a, you know, I did a lot of things in the 60s, and sometimes things, I get what they're called flashbacks. So what was the question, hon? Robots don't eat cheesecake. You're asking the wrong girl. Okay. Oh, that sounds amazing. Lemon meringue cheesecake. So, okay, here's what you do. You take some lemon slices, you put it on some Swiss cheese, and you put on some merengue, and it's perfect. No, that's lemon, merengue, and cheese. That is not what I asked for. I'm sorry, I just... You're right. A lot of hallucinations. I don't know what I'm doing.

29:45I have no idea what I'm doing. So, Ben comes in, and he's like, Oh, it's nice to hear another noise in here. I'm going to help you, okay? You got up early to make a cheesecake. Look at me. Helpful Ben. Helpful, helpful Ben. All right. My little binocca breastbone. She's like, okay, I'll let that one go. I'll let that one go. Binocca breastbone. We get to Daisy and Jenna. And Daisy's like, I've been up since five thinking about Mark and Alicia. They're fucking yelling at each other last night when I went to bed. I can't take it.

30:16Ben Mandelker: Charles, all right. I can't have fun. No, I agree. I mean, I think I agree. I don't really know what you said. but I'm pissed at yesterday. Maybe she needs to strict some strict boundaries. Yeah, I'm going to have to do that. So Jenna says, mind-boggling that they can't put that person shit aside. Remember, I am younger than both these idiots. Which is crazy. Commercials. Here comes one right now.

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31:53so um jay-z's just going off bitching to jenna and she's like oh god we've got guests on board and ellie's woken up early to make to our birthday cake what the fuck i mean how's what you're how's that what you're thinking after yesterday you just almost killed a bunch of twinks with soap and now you're gonna make a cake i mean there's nothing else to be done no fucking prep you can't make a cake for the fucking guests you can't make them muffins i mean it's just bullshit and everyone's just so fucking selfish. I mean, I want to get laid, so when the guests are going to be on board, I'm going to make a fucking birthday cake.

32:25Ben Mandelker: Does she even realize that if these guests find out that there's extra carbs on board, we lose our entire tip? It's unacceptable.

32:35Daisy, I think you're transferring a little bit of that anger from your crew onto Ellie.

32:44Ben Mandelker: I think actually Daisy has a point though i mean i think it's really sweet that ellie is making this cake but like why don't you just make the cake when the guests leave at like one o 'clock you can probably have the cake ready by six o 'clock when you all go off i'm sure she i guess ellie wants to bring the cake to the tip meeting but either way i kind of feel like if you're daisy's kind of right on this one like if you're gonna wake up early i think if you're gonna wake up early to bake something you should be baking something extra nice for the guests like bake some croissants or whatever no i think if If you wake up early, then that's your time that you're saying, I'm going to get up to do this on my own time.

33:20I mean, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. That's weird. I mean, if the breakfast is late or something like that, that's different. But she's not affecting you. She woke up early to make a cake. Let the girl live. Okay. Let my delusional girl live.

33:34Ben Mandelker: Let them eat cake. Or in this case, let them bake cake. Yeah. I just think that like, I don't know. Well, you know what? But I think if you're going to, if you're going to, I think it's just the optics of it. The optics of you put soap on the eggs yesterday. And then today you're waking up early not to do something extra special for the guests to make up from yesterday. You're doing something extra special for Joao. I understand why Daisy is like, this is really annoying. Because all of our tips could be affected by that soap mistake. And instead your priority is just Joao. So I kind of really do get what Daisy is saying.

34:09Ben Mandelker: And I just feel like just make some muffins. Make some fucking muffins for these people. eating muffins they're gays it's a group of twins they just want to feel pampered they want to be pampered with carbs and the thing is this the muffins will come back to them and then the crew gets to eat the muffins yeah i i don't know i think if if she was if she got up on time and was like making breakfast late and there was something to bitch about i would see it but i don't know yeah i just think someone waking up on their own time leave her alone you know this girl thinks she's in love with joao isn't that painful enough isn't she suffering enough you know that's karma enough she has to watch this back and see herself falling all over that loser who's just acted like he gave her the best breakup speech of all time meanwhile she's waking up thinking he just proposed to her and she's gonna make the man a lemon meringue cheesecake which doesn't even make that much sense let's be honest yeah yeah fuck joao so the i'm like just mad at his cake order now well i mean it's probably delicious but do you need the meringue if you got the if you got the cheesecake part i don't i think that's gilding the lily quite frankly yeah and listen i love a lemon meringue and i love a cheesecake and i'm sure that they do have lemon meringue cheesecake i just you know it's for joao it's a lot of eggs it's a lot of eggs for a man with no stones yeah oh oh you know what though i do see why she if you're making a cheesecake it does have to set here's the thing why didn't she do it like why didn't she do it overnight Well, if you're making a cheesecake, make it the night before.

35:37Ben Mandelker: Cheesecake is inherently not, it's not that hard. Of the cake genre, cheesecake is kind of like mix some eggs. And I guess you like, I like to make it with like yogurt. I'm not good at cheesecake. I break yogurt and cream cheese. Yeah, cream cheese. Yes. Yogurt. I've never heard of yogurt. It comes sort of like a very silky, but either way, do the ricotta, whatever you're going to do. Some people do goat cheese, whatever you're going to do, you can mix that, cook it. it takes 30 minutes to cook let it let it calm down wake up at like 1 a.m put it in the fridge and just let it sit in the fridge overnight and then you do the other part like last minute like there's no reason to wake up early to do that well no reason okay i'm actually mad now at her time management on cheesecake front whatever she got up at five so um the guests wake up it's time to lift the anchor who are you laughing about i'm just laughing at how invested i've gotten and this is so mad about that i started we started the episode and i was just like okay blow deck and then now we're here we're an hour and 16 minutes in and i am whipping myself into one tizzy over another about the stupidest things on this boat now i'm like on one about the cheesecake and i'm like and another thing we all know you're supposed to use a band marie i'm just well actually while you were talking i realized why she's so willing to make a lemon meringue cheesecake because when i make cheesecake i always split the top on accident like i just never do it right i overcook it or i do something to where there's like a split you know it's not ever perfectly smooth on top which is a cardinal sin of cheesecake making and i've just never been able to do it right so to be able to make the cheesecake and then do a lemon meringue topping is very smart because you hide the cracks on the top of the cheesecake so i have the very like laissez-faire cheesecake attitude.

37:25Ben Mandelker: Whenever I make the cheesecake, it cracks. You don't have to make it about sexuality. Have you ever had a cheesecake in an orgy? Have you ever had a lesbian cheesecake in an orgy? I honestly, the cheesecake always cracks when I make it and I don't care. I'm like, you know what? Oh, I'll still eat it. It's rustic. It's rustic as fuck. And you know what? People enjoy it. I don't feel like making a bad Marie. Okay? I was Marie. That's when you take the thing with the water. You put like the steaming water underneath the cheesecake. That's the cracking. If you don't, if you don't do that, it's full on.

38:03Ben Mandelker: Yeah. If you don't do that, you're going to get the cracking. And I'm just like, we can all live with a little crack on top of the cheesecake. It all, it kind of craves back caves back in anyway, as it sets. I mean, it's people need to relax. Who are you telling?

38:20Ben Mandelker: I'm, I'm very, I'm a stickler about the timing, but if there's a crack on top, you know, just let it ride.

38:29Okay, so Ben asks about, or Daisy asked Ben about breakfast, and he mentions the birthday cake, and she's like, don't, don't bring it up with me. I don't, you know what, right now is not the time for a cheesecake, and you know what, I think it's crazy, to be honest. I think it's crazy. Cheesecake craziness. I've had it. I've had it.

38:48Ben Mandelker: But she got up early. I can't. I can't be having this conversation. Don't get stressed. I'm hanging on by a thread Ben. So Ben goes into the into the golly. He's like Ellie, we need to wrap this up. We've got an hour and everyone wants it to be a good breakfast. Mainly Daisy. So be mad at her if you like. So Daisy comes in and grabs some food and goes all the way up she was at the very top of the stairs and we know that there's like five million stairs on this so she's almost up there and he's like daisy daisy come back here it's like i've got my fucking hands full thank god damn it why doesn't ellie bring the eggs up to the gas come on i'm sous chef how dare you hey why can't they take the butters up they've passed them four times by now It's like, because they'd rather do the butters one at a time.

39:42Ben Mandelker: Toots. So Ellie is like, Daisy, Daisy, Sirius, please, please, bring up the butters, Sirius. Daisy's losing her mind. It's going to kill them all. And they're trying to dock, by the way. So now Jason's like, interior, interior, off all radio communications, please. Interior, interior. So, yeah, they're like, come get food. And meanwhile, docking's happening. She's like, guys, don't be on the lines when they're docking, please. There's one of me What's up? What? And he goes Why is there just one of you? She goes Because there's someone upstairs She's asleep And everyone else is talking The goddamn boat Fuck me I can't be a hundred places Well we want the fatata die Just like For fuck's sake Honestly I feel like I'm in the twilight zone Like a maritime version Of the twilight zone And I'm the only person Who knows what's going on I feel like I'm the only person Who's channeling my energy Into the job And the gas experience everyone else is on their own trajectory what they want to do so Daisy leaves the gallery watching her just lose her mind is so funny and Ben's like well she'd be great at this job wouldn't she she'd handle the stress really well huh

40:56it's really starting to feel like a fucking joke some sort of fucked up fucking joke oh my god Daisy is at the end of her rope

41:04Ben Mandelker: and that shit's funny that is the end of the episode guys I apologize I was supposed to pull the fish for the fish report this week and I just fully forgot to I wrote down all the time I know I'm sorry there were some decent ones it actually was not an amazing week for the fish report I will say um there was a snake in the opening credits that we all I enjoyed and we did see a turtle a sea turtle eating a jellyfish which I thought was a bit violent but by and large it was not a huge week for the fish anyway but next week Ronnie and everyone out there, I will pull the fish. I apologize for my dereliction of duty for this week.

41:41God damn it, I can't do everything on my own.

41:46You're just Daisy. You're Daisy losing your shit at the end.

41:50Ben Mandelker: The one thing I was looking forward to this week was the fish report. My dream is dead. It's dead. I apologize. I apologize. We'll all survive it, guys. Thank you so much for being here for Below Deck down under. We will be back later today with a bonus episode of Top Chef Talk. Just a little chat, okay? And then we'll be back for the rest of the week with 9 ,000 other episodes that Bravo is giving us. So we will talk to you guys later. Love ya. Bye-bye. Bye.

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