#3484 Below Deck Med S11E09: Watch Your Back

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1:53Ben Mandelker: Hello and welcome to Watch What Crappens, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker and joining me today is the wonderful Ronnie Karam. Hi Ronnie, how's it going? Good, how you doing baby? I'm doing just great, thanks. We're here today to talk Below Deck Med and then later today we're going to recap the latest episode of House of the Dragon. If you or anyone you know is a big House of the dragon game of thrones fan we actually have a little side podcast called winter is crappening and we put those episodes here on the crappens feed but you know i know some of you are related to people who don't care about bravo who only want to hear game of thrones content so they can subscribe over there to winter is crappening and then they'll get all the stuff that they want which is just game of thrones stuff so have them check that out and also everyone should come to patreon.com slash watch or crappence for our weekly bonus episode newsletter at free listening and video you get to see our video a week before it goes out onto youtube and you should also be on our youtube and subscribing there because why not all sorts of fun stuff uh with that being said let's dive into the adriatic sea or at least into below deck med for another exciting episode are first in the post-Luke era.

3:19Ben Mandelker: What say you, Ronnie?

3:22Ronnie Karam: Here's what say me. Do you want to see a picture of me when I was just a little boy?

3:26Ben Mandelker: Yeah.

3:28Ronnie Karam: My aunt just sent me this picture while you were talking. I looked at it. I'm going to show it to you. What do you think of that? Yeah, I would love to see it. Why isn't it offering me a window? Open in the window. Why isn't it showing me? Here, I'll just show you on my phone.

3:42Ben Mandelker: Wow.

3:43Ronnie Karam: Look at that. Look how cute. Still had that same vibe. yeah still same blue steel vibe you know a little slobber coming down my face full head of air the shirt's great i still wear that shirt i still i still wear that on tour it's very hipster so uh anyway nobody can see that really unless you're on crappin's on demand but there you go i was young once i was young once so here we are out with the old in with the stew and dubrovnik is huge and Joe is steaming mad. Steaming mad because Nate, Nathan, showed up. Late for work. Don't, don't, don't.

4:25Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Joe, of course, has taken the very first chance he can to basically pull the, what was her name, Stormy? If I were Chiefs to. Bugsy. Yeah, Bugsy. Why did I say Stormy?

4:41Ronnie Karam: Oh, she's like, because I'm bringing the storm. i was like that's funny if i was chief stew he's like and they ended up working out didn't she come

4:50Ben Mandelker: back as chief stew once or no no what no she wound up taking over as chief stew when hannah was fired yeah right that didn't work out great i don't think bugsy for her um so uh joe is like i know that if i were late it would be a different story and cooper's like now i understand where it's coming from he's like he's late from fucking work and he's the bosun that's just unacceptable um so then nathan is just arrived and he's standing uh in sandy's office and she's like where have you been wind started at least 30 minutes ago you missed the whole first half of the show i mean the season's been unbelievable like that one cloud that we all thought was dead and then like that guy who loves the cloud was like i am the king and then the cloud came back to life and blew wind Everyone was shocked.

5:41Ben Mandelker: It was crazy. You missed it all, Nathan.

5:44Ronnie Karam: So intense this season. You know, it's Wind Island. You have to watch it every day. You can't just miss a day. One wind was wearing a bikini bottom, but took off their bikini top. And then other wind got a wind boom. And let me tell you, I've never seen two clumps of wind fight so hard. It was beautiful. Can't wait to see what happens today. Wind is going to get kicked off today. Yeah.

6:09Ben Mandelker: And then next week, it's supposed to be Casa Wynmore. So, like, a lot of new bombshells are going to be entering. A lot of clouds are entering the villa. So, you got to keep up, Nathan.

6:20Ronnie Karam: Well, I was looking after some family things. Okay, yeah, you can't. Okay, first off, you were supposed to go home to Gail, and you didn't go home until midnight. So, you could go out with everybody first. And then, you probably had to argue with Gail because she was really pissed off at you when you got home. Then you had to stay up arguing all night. and then you slept late and now you're late to work. Do one of these things right. Pick one of these things and do them well. You know, maybe you can't do everything well. If you're going to be a shitty father, be a shitty father, but show up for work.

6:52Ronnie Karam: Or if you're going to be a good father, be a good father and show up late for work. But right now, you're not doing great at both.

7:02Ben Mandelker: Also, how do you not think to call in? like you're sitting there in that uber for a very long time how are you not even calling then because part of me says oh like they had a fight last night and then this morning they had makeup sex so of course you're not going to call in the middle of sex and be like captain sunday i'm gonna be a little bit late because i'm having sex right now so like there's a possibility of that um that's the only reason i could imagine that he doesn't make that phone call or maybe he's almost like like he doesn't want to i don't know i don't know what it is but um like how do you even once you get into your uber how do you not make that phone call that's crazy you're in a leadership

7:45Ronnie Karam: position and to be like where were you and just to say in the tone like i had some family stuff but No. No. No. That's the, no. You call. You text. So she asks, why didn't you call me? And he just goes, oh, good point. Good point. Are you new?

8:07Ben Mandelker: This is crazy. That's a crazy response. I think you just say, yeah, I'm sorry. I thought I could get here on time, and I couldn't. Yeah.

8:23Ronnie Karam: So she's like, well, I've got to be able to trust that you're going to show up. I mean, you know, if something comes up, you got to call me. He's like, okay, sorry. So what happened? It was a tough morning. Gail's having a tough time. And she's like, okay, look, have a seat. I don't know what happened. But the first thing you do is you call me and you say, listen, could you put whatever code you need to put in the phone that feels like a hug? And then I'll beat the numbers. H-U-G. Do you understand? That's how it goes.

8:51Ben Mandelker: yeah just say you know if you say if you call up and say i need some time of course i'm going to give you the time until i decide i don't want to give you the time so nathan tells us i mean for fuck's sake i should have called captain sandy but i'm feeling guilty gail flew across the world with our son to support me and i can see how moving away from her support network is affecting her and i guess this is what i have to learn how to juggle the responsibility of being a boson and being there for gail that's that's fine it's also like not this is not something that you have to learn like amongst the juggling is to like call your boss and say i'm gonna be late to work like that's something that's like a that's like just a base level here's how to um work in a in

9:33Ronnie Karam: an office or a workplace yeah that's a common courtesy it's not okay it's not like oh i gotta

9:38Ben Mandelker: juggle all these things now i'm learning that if i'm late i guess i have to let my boss know it's like, no, that's not a juggle there. That's not the juggle.

9:47Ronnie Karam: We've got a boat that needs to be like a man who's encountered Norma for the first time. It's got to run. Okay. And I need to know that you're going to be my bossing. Okay. He's like, I had done it. I'm so sorry. Why are you holding your nipple? I'm sorry. I was, I was getting ready to feed. Sorry. I'm really not here right now. Okay. Well, you know, Nathan's in a super unique situation. He's got a newborn. That's why I'm going to give him some grace. But this better not happen again or that newborn is going to be put on this boat and put to work.

10:24Ben Mandelker: She just becomes the witch from Into the Woods. She's like, I take your newborn and name it Rapunzel. So Nathan goes out onto the deck and he's like, sorry boys, I've got no sleep last night. And then Coop's like, no worries, glad you're back. Don't laugh so joe is like i don't know fuck me he's just like shaking his head like this is crazy i can't believe you showed up late and so in uh inside uh there's a preference sheet meeting and um uh we are meeting allison and danny oh which and and they're recent newlyweds and they're looking to celebrate their wedding with their closest friends hey there and bobby and also Amanda and Eric and Nick and his tattoo artist wife, Megan.

11:14Ronnie Karam: There are a lot of tattoos coming up. A lot of ink. A lot of ink on their way over here. And it's the first time Allison and Danny have ever chartered a yacht. So looking for very refined people. They're going to be party animals, I think. So Asha's like, I don't know. They go through this, whatever. They want water toys, jet skis, seabobs, e-foil. They want it all. I want to see water toys everywhere. I want to pull up my blanket and say, oh, why isn't this comfortable? Oh, my God, it's a seabob. That's why.

11:54Ben Mandelker: Yeah, they want a great job. These guests want to see elite yacht service and also a jungle-themed dinner. So that's fun. and then they're going to go on a little excursion.

12:08Ronnie Karam: So I want an elite jungle themed dinner. Okay. I want Michelin three star, but we're all going to wear leopard print and zebra print.

12:18Ben Mandelker: Okay. I know. So Sandy's like, okay, everyone, now the bad news. I've been trying to get a new deckhand and I just can't find one, unfortunately. You know, I really need a fourth deckhand. Like we do have a lot of inflatables. Okay. Not to mention the last time we tried to dock the boat short-handed, we hit the dock. And I've been writing Norma. I've been texting everyone. You know, I know. And I'm like, I can't even find a deckhand. I'm like, Norma, I understand that there's a sale at Dress Barn. But we need to get your head in the game right now. We need to find a bosun. I mean, or a deckhand.

12:54Ronnie Karam: We'll get through this, everyone. Don't worry. We are going to get through this. Meeting when jurned. I'm sorry. God, I'm not really one place today. So she texts Norma and she's like, hey there, checking in about a new deckhand. Okay. I know it's really hard for you to get a dick in your hand, but we're just going to need to focus on the deckhand. Okay, Norma. We've got a very heavy charter coming up. We need a full team for safety reasons. Stop dicking around over there and get me a goddamn bosun. What the hell is wrong with you? Bloop. Oh, hey, bitch.

13:27Ben Mandelker: I'm sorry. I'm just having a little bit of a difficult time finding anyone who's interested in working on a boat with high turnover rates because of terrible management. But, you know, well, maybe there'll be someone with terribly low standards who will also join you. That's sort of your brand, isn't it? Bloop. Bloop.

13:44Ronnie Karam: Well, just trying not to make sure their standards are too low or you might actually find a man. Okay? I need him to be working. Bloop.

13:53Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Well, at least I've got standards. you've got stand derps and that's what's going on in your boat. Bloop. Bloop.

14:01Ronnie Karam: By the way, bitch, could you check with Mary Time Law and see if I am allowed to give a squeegee to a baby? Bloop.

14:10Ben Mandelker: Mary Time Law says that is actually allowed and that the statute of limitations of you plagiarizing He-Man's haircut has passed. So keep on going with that, Bob. Bloop. Bloop.

14:23Ronnie Karam: Oh, hey, when the baby comes on board, you should come meet it. It's the first person I've ever met that, you know, chews just like you, food coming down their face the whole meal. Bloop.

14:34Ben Mandelker: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, I am on a liquid diet these days because every time I see your face, all my teeth fall out, which is terrible. Bloop. Wow.

14:47Ronnie Karam: So now you're blaming me for your lack of flossing or any childhood dentistry. That's rich. Bloop.

14:54Ben Mandelker: Sorry, that was a metaphor for me trying to find anyone who's willing to work for your totally inept boat.

15:00Ronnie Karam: Bloop. Bloop. You probably even have trouble getting a boyfriend in jail and you're already toothless. Bloop. But I'm not homeless. Bloop. Good point. Love you, bitch. Bloop. Love you too, bitch. Bloop. So we go to the deck. Joe and Nathan are cleaning up and Joe's like, did you have a good night, mate? And he's like, oh, I tried raw. I'll take it easy with the whole family coming as well and stuff Fucking hell, it's hard, eh?

15:28Ben Mandelker: You know, I know he's got a baby And look, I'm gonna pretend like I'm concerned By holding an invisible little ball in front of me with my hands I know he's got a baby But he knows what this job entails And in my eyes, he's been unprofessional And inconsiderate of a team There's an element of, I don't want to be here And as head of department, you've got to be in it to win it Like, with his gaslighting that Joe's doing, oh, you can see he's really checked out, everyone. He doesn't even want to be here. Look at him making silly mistakes. I mean, Nathan fucked up big time. But Joe is just trying to take his job at this point.

16:06Ronnie Karam: Yeah. I mean, Nathan is checked out. Captain Sandy calls it out, you know, a couple of times. Today he definitely is. It's like, Joe's not wrong. It's just that we can't forget that Joe is the guy who's made complete chaos on this boat for his last two seasons in a row. And had people crying and upset. And he was using people and, you know, doing it, playing. He was being a player on the boat for two seasons, making life hell for everybody. And now he's like, you know what I care about? Professionalism.

16:37Ben Mandelker: Well, he's also such a snake because, like, at the beginning of the season, these two were in, like, a fight. and it's like the fight is a little bit better now. But like Nathan was like, I don't like her anymore. But then Joe is like, I don't see what the problem is. I don't have a problem with him. He's got a problem with me. But like Joe does have a problem with him because he doesn't get surly the way Nathan does, but he just goes around and undermines, which is exactly what he did with Gail as well. So here he is again, you know, with his bullshit of like, you know, he's just totally checked out.

17:08Ben Mandelker: That's not what a boss would need to be, you know?

17:11Ronnie Karam: Yeah. And now he's anti-Nathan and Gail. So he's getting to come for two, you know, instead of just one. So Sandy calls Nathan to the bridge. And she's like, well, we need another deckhand. What do you think about Aisha helping you out on deck? What about that? She's not stressed enough. He's like, I love that idea. I think that would work. She's done some night watches. She's already dropped the anchor before. Yeah, well, you know, that's all it really takes on this boat. drop an anchor right into the deck. We've also done that boat. That was fun. Remember that? It was a good time.

17:46Ben Mandelker: If Aisha thinks she can handle checking in with the interior crew while she's on deck, I don't really think we have another choice. I mean, the safety of this boat and the guests and the crew need to be priority over anything else.

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18:59Ben Mandelker: Basically, now they like approach her and they're like, What do you think about being a deckie, you know? She's like, whoa, like a dickhead. Fuck, that just means that they're going to be down inside.

19:16Ronnie Karam: So she tells us, you know, I've got my suits, but, you know, I don't know how good I'm going to be at this. So, I mean, there's not really a better alternative right now, so I guess I'll give it a go, hey?

19:33Ben Mandelker: so I'm going to be a deckhand this whole child. And Sandy's like, you know what? We need the help, okay? Because dum-dum there in the office can't seem to find me anyone to help with the deckhands. Sorry, bitch, I love you, but you're a dum-dum in this situation. And I just, you know, it's going to have to be you.

19:53Ronnie Karam: Gosh, this boat needs as much help as Norman needs with her hair, you know? But I don't have scissors on me, so I've got you instead. get out there and kill him asia it's like oh be fine just make sure you keep your eye on the interior team okay this this is too much i would say i don't i don't think so i'm so sorry but well no that's outside and i use um retin-a so i can't go out there or my skin will burn off sorry i earned air conditioning i think but you know asia she loves an adventure i mean she lived

20:31Ben Mandelker: in that van with scott for like two years doing the nomad land thing so this is like she's like oh how fun so um and they have like a pretty competent deck i mean interior team so she's like whatever we're gonna do this and i feel like this is such a great moment for can't be because I really do see so much potential in her as a chief steward. So obviously I'll be there if she needs me to come and ask questions. Let's do it, baby.

21:00Ronnie Karam: So now Joe, Aisha, Aisha, and Nathan are talking about how she's going to be on the deck team. Joe's really excited. And he's like, she's abnormally strong. And then we see a clip of her holding Joe on her shoulders and being like, yes! which is crazy i've thrown out my back i mean literally like getting a pen off the floor or taking out the trash or what's a what's a good one recrossing my legs one time i threw out my back recrossing my legs that's a good one so to see somebody just lift somebody on their shoulders

21:34Ben Mandelker: like that is crazy yeah it's very impressive um so asia gathers the girls and she's like well Everyone, I've got a bit of a bomb to drop you off on, which is... Jen, your parents called and said that they're not impressed with the idea of someone being a purser. I don't know why they told me that. Jen's like, God damn it, mother and father purser is success. No, furthermore, Sandy asked me to shift over to deck for this charter. And clearly, you're going to be Chief Sue, so congratulations. Congratulations. Now, everyone is clearly enjoying this announcement, right? Okay, Kat, you seem happy. And Jen, Jen, are you twisting the leg off of a table right now?

22:19Ben Mandelker: Are you okay?

22:21Ronnie Karam: Jen can barely hold it in anymore. She's like, oh, goddammit. What the fuck? I'm fine. This is going to be great. All right, well, let's just keep the flow. Let me know if you've got any questions about it. I'll just be over here curling the anchor.

22:41Ben Mandelker: You know, I've never seen someone's hair braid itself and get frizzy at the same time just upon hearing a little bit of news. I'm just imagining Jen's hair just turns into her, like, her psychotic braids. Yeah, steam coming out of her ears.

22:58Ronnie Karam: So Kaylee's psyched. She's like, I feel like I'm cool. I'm experienced enough to handle this. I can do this. I've just got to have confidence. and Jen's like, oh my god, I was so ready to be more positive. I'm like trying over here. I'm trying to be positive. I was just fine with her being second Stu and now she's going to be the chief Stu.

23:21Ben Mandelker: How am I going to be positive? This is going to be a disaster. So now Aisha is basically giving Kaylee a game plan and everything and then Kaylee's saying, talking about they'll all be on service, yada yada and she's like this will be so much fun i can't wait for it and cat's like oh my god teamwork and communication i'm such a nerd so they are like kaylee tries to do this thing you know where you put your bring it in put your hand in the center two four six eight who do we appreciate so she like puts her hand in cat puts her hand in and jen is like uh like what do i do like wait i have to put my hand on your hands but if i don't like guys because i'm this moment like okay fine

24:05Ronnie Karam: she's very unhappy yeah so she tries the one two three med and jim's like i'm really trying to stay positive i'm really trying to stay positive like i have some i don't want to be like this negative cloud of energy around people you know i mean i had a horrible experience on my last boat even worse than this after that i did a detox trip to bali thanks mom got a book on how to read auras so yeah the aura i'm trying to project this charter is just purple It's peaceful. Purple peace. Peaceful purple.

24:37Ben Mandelker: I just want to look like Grimace. I'm like, well, I do see a Grimace, if that's helpful. And so now this kicks off an ongoing bit on the show where they keep showing her aura meter, and right now it's in purple. And predictably, it does not stay in that color. Then we go to the deck, and Asia texts Scott about this whole thing. And then in the pantry, Joe and Kaylee are sort of being flirty and everything. And he's like, you've got this. This is a massive move up, eh? Like, you've got it. Embrace it. What you do, bud, you learn.

25:20Ronnie Karam: So he's like, you know, outside of everything going on with us, she's going to be an absolute snosh running the interior. Claire, she's like me. She just works too hard to fail.

25:33Ben Mandelker: Literally, we've had two seasons of watching you mess up on deck, Joe. Like, working too hard to fail? That concept doesn't actually even work. Makes sense. Like, literally, Nathan worked too hard and failed today.

25:51Ronnie Karam: So now it's 15 minutes till charter. Everyone has to get in their whites. and it's just giving kaylee advice on guest relations she's like all right so when everyone gets on you need to stay with them chat to them oh where are you from oh arizona i love arizona it's like uh what's arizona it's a fucking hot place where people come from you'll tell because they've got really dry hair and their skin you can draw pictures on it with your fingernail Right? It's just a place.

26:28Ben Mandelker: It's a place where the women will have red hair, but also yellow hair. All at the same time. It's called ketchup and mustard highlights. It's also the home of iced tea. Iced tea was invented in Arizona.

26:42Ronnie Karam: So now the guests arrive, and Kaylee is giving the tour today while Asha joins the deck. And she's doing the anchor with Joe. and the guests are like, can we just get a Bud Light on here? Yeah, it's hilarious. Thanks for the best tour ever, Kaylee. She's like, I love Arizona. Would you like some lotion?

27:06Ben Mandelker: So you're a tattoo artist, is that right? And he's like, yeah, I am, but I'm retired because I hate tattooing. Well, stop it. I mean, that's why you're retired, I guess. And then she shows him her tattoo, which people may have forgotten. is it says liability inside of her lip and he's like whoa it says liability wow shut the fuck up does that say liability I've seen a lot of things on the lip but that's a that's a good one which is his code of saying that's a terrible terrible tattoo you've got inside of there

27:37Ronnie Karam: you are the reason I quit tattooing drunk idiots asking for stupid things in the middle of the night you are the reason I quit thank you I did forget that she had that God awful thing Bless her heart

27:53Ben Mandelker: I don't know what's worse That or Tamara's son's tattoo That says nugget on the inside

28:00Ronnie Karam: What did Daisy say? Daisy has one on the inside of her lid too I forgot what it says Got to work Got to work Gary

28:11Ben Mandelker: How many Peters are in the basket?

28:14Ronnie Karam: um uh on deck neck is uh having everyone pull out all the toys and asia's ready for this and she's like i started as the deckhead now i had to leave because my captain was just such an asshole i would have just cleaned everything on deck and then he would pull out a saw table and just start sawing on the deck and getting wood dust all over the deck. And finally I said, fuck you, fuck this, and I became a stew. What? Who is sawing on a boat? What was the captain doing that he was whipping out a saw and doing his woodworking on the deck?

28:56Ben Mandelker: You know where's a great place to do woodworking with saws and heavy machinery? On an unsteady moving deck. What was happening? here how did this happen i don't know how has this man not been a captain on below deck people

29:12Ronnie Karam: that shit's hilarious that sounds like that sounds like a below deck sailing type of captain

29:18Ben Mandelker: that's crazy it's also crazy that he didn't put down like a tarp or something but like what why was he sawing what was he sawing i need to get to the bottom of this um so guess what now coop and asia are throwing the slide over the railing and you know one thing that we have not seen a lot of this season, or really in a moment, is drama about inflating and deflating things like slides and things. You know, there was a period of time on this show and other shows, but especially this show, where it was like, oh, time to blow up the slide, and all the deckhands would groan. And it was like, oh, man, do we have to do the slide?

29:55Ben Mandelker: The slide is hard. How do we do the slide? And Sandy would be like, the slide's got to go out. It's like, well, we didn't want to put up the slide because it's so heavy. It's like the slide every time the slide. And so we sort of move past that sort of like how they don't really show provisions anymore. But this episode, they're like, we're bringing it back. Heavy, inflatable items. And they're all going to be picking them up all episode long.

30:19Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So Nathan's listing them all. He's like, get out, get the bar of the canopy at the C-bobs. Why are we doing all this without the crank? Let's just move as quick as we can, guys. I know it's a lot. Now I'm going to stand here and watch you do it which is really pissing off uh coop and what's his buttons joe joe because nathan is kind of dazed today he's like do that do that and then you'll he'll just be kind of staring at a wall and so sandy is asking isha to shammy the stairs and they're bringing inflatable stuff out and nathan's like you don't need two to do that why do you why has it taken you two to do one thing and they're like uh the current's pretty big it does take two and coop's like i hate when he says stuff like that we're working our asses off that's bad if you're making coop get angry

31:07Ben Mandelker: he's like so happy go lucky and now he's starting to turn this episode so more toys this is the turn

31:14Ronnie Karam: of coop which is pretty crazy and it's a mixture of nathan being out to lunch and also joe just working on coop non-stop because every time they cut to joe he's like yeah wow this is very unprofessional. I don't like this. I'm more professional than him and I can't believe I'm professional. And Coop, you know, impressionable.

31:31Ben Mandelker: He is impressionable. Sweet guy, but impressionable. Very impressionable. This is also a man who would gather like fish and things from the river and put them in his above ground pool and had his own little aquarium. So like he's not the brightest bulb. Yeah. But Nathan's also definitely that sort of manager where if he's having a bad day he's going to make you feel it he's done this before and sometimes it's been justified but he really does he's a guy who probably sucks to work for so Coop and Joe are struggling and Coop is like hey Joe it's better to lay this shit out before blowing it up and then letting it just fucking do itself he's basically annoyed because he thinks that there should be an order in which they should pull everything out and then inflate it rather than inflate it and then pull it out, I guess.

32:28Ben Mandelker: And they're just like grumbling, like this is inefficient, it's stupid, but they can't say anything about it, otherwise they'll get in trouble.

32:35Ronnie Karam: Yeah, and it's also like, how does Nathan not know that? Like you need to lay the toys out first and kind of unfurl them and then inflate them.

32:44Ben Mandelker: Yeah, I was a little confused. Was he trying to inflate them without them being unfurled?

32:49Ronnie Karam: Yeah, he's like, just put them out there and then start blowing them up and then the air will kind of expand them or whatever. I mean, I guess this is crazy. You know, this show gets us into so many weird conversations. Like, what's the best way to inflate a toy? I mean, I don't really know. I don't know. But I see what Coop is saying as it's happening. But now that I'm talking about it, I'm like, what the fuck do I know about? What am I making a stance on this for?

33:17Ben Mandelker: When I saw it, I was like, you know what? Ronnie will understand this. I was like, I was confused. I was like, either Ronnie will or our note taker will.

33:26Ronnie Karam: It seemed like he was saying, you have to get the toys out, then you have to unfurl them and place them where you want to be. And then once you start blowing them up with air, they go up much more quickly because they're where they need to be. They're unfurled, blah, blah, blah. And Nathan's like, just shove the air in there, put them in a place, and they'll unfurl themselves with the air. But I don't know. I'm kind of team Coop just because he's the one actually doing it and Nathan is just barking and not really doing that much and then staring at a wall I wish there was a way

33:58Ben Mandelker: to find out what the best practices are for inflating a giant yacht toy is it better to unfurl or is it better to just blow the air into it and let the natural process of the air unfurl it because it's going to unfurl anyway so why put your muscles into it which would then, I guess, go towards Nathan's point of view. But obviously Joe and Cooper are slaving away under the duress of this workflow. So I just want to get to the bottom of it now.

34:30Ronnie Karam: So Kaylee and Joy are talking, and Joy is teaching her basically what she needs to do. And she's like, you have to judge what they like. So if you see that they didn't touch something, you have to tell me. There's no reason to tell me it's amazing. Okay, I don't give a shit. I want to please them. So tell me bad things.

34:51Ben Mandelker: Yeah, tell me bad things. I want to know everything about them because I know I'm so good already. Last time I was terrible. I struggled with Suzanne. I lost my best friend. I almost killed Cooper. I want to get the energy back I had at the beginning of the season because I'm quite low. Now, I don't like to trade in stereotypes, but I have to admit when Joy had this little mini monologue, It really would have been wonderful if we had some sort of like Edith Piaf playing or like accordion.

35:29Ben Mandelker: It would have been wonderful.

35:32Ronnie Karam: A floating dock. Guests are able to use all the toys now. They're using them. They're like, yeah. So Sandy's like, Joe, do you need towels for everyone? I've got them. Give him one. He's just got out of the water. Okay. you got enough towels i do enough for everybody no for fuck's sake um this is a clan show jesus it's like looking at norma's tinder

36:01Ben Mandelker: i've done the good work of researching the best practices for inflating and deflating your custom inflatables without damage and according to music city drive-in they say it's better to lay it all out and then put the air in rather than put the air in and let the air push it into shape into its proper shape so hmm there you go well there's a very self-satisfied yeah yeah there you go so the point is thank you music city for just yeah proving that didn't really need to be proven but feels very good to my soul yeah um also also custom inflatables.com says step one unfold and inspect so there you go unfold first so that's two points for for coop and joe zero for nathan i'm shannon mador reporting back from the custom inflatables olympics oh i'm falling wow

37:02Ronnie Karam: Wow. So Sandy's like, what the hell? You know, I know we just shuffled the team, but it's not like they're down a deckhand. I didn't pull Asha from the interior for the deck team to still be a shit show. Joe, I need you guys to be visual, okay?

37:18Ben Mandelker: Are there towels? Yes. And not for everyone. No. Could they share a towel? Yes. Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to answer that one for you, Joe. I just got excited. The point is this. Towels. Always. It's A-B-T. Always be toweling. Get your towels out, okay? Hey, did you get some good chicken last night? I did. I got it from Toweling Ray's Hot Nashville Hot Chicken. Get those towels ready to go.

37:44Ronnie Karam: I need you to have vision. Can you see wind? No. But you know when you can see it? When you're holding a towel up and the wind blows it, okay? That's why we need more towels. I want towel for every wind that comes through here. Get on it.

37:59Ben Mandelker: It's like Mariah Carey once sang, I had a vision of towels And it was more than I meant it to be I had a vision of towels And they were wrapped around Norma's head She calls that a ballroom dress But we all know it's a terrycloth towel Still, she believes she'll find her prince charming when she goes out into the world wearing nothing but towels. I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

38:34Ronnie Karam: Are you done there? Well, I would have been singing into a towel as a microphone. Had there been enough towels, I believe the towels are our future. Okay, I'm getting some towels. Jeez. Nathan, is there a shower here? When is the shower going up here? I need a shower here. I don't see one.

38:53Ben Mandelker: Why are you giving them towels but no shower? I mean, have the vision. You need to have the vision.

39:02Ronnie Karam: The shower's not up. There's no towels. No one's attentive to the guests. That speaks volumes where Nathan's head is. It's like he's not even on board. Nathan, Nathan. What? I couldn't see. I had a towel over my head. Gosh.

39:19Ben Mandelker: I can't live if living is without towels. I can't live Can't live with no towels Sorry, it's just, you know, once you get going with those towel songs, it's exciting.

39:35Ronnie Karam: All right, now listen, I'm not happy because, you know, the shower wasn't out. The towels weren't out. I mean, what are we going to talk about this morning? If you're here, you got to get your shit together. This is charter five towels, okay? I want five out of five towels from you. Now get your shit together. Come on, Nathan. And he's like, oh, you know, fair enough. That was a fucking shit show, I guess. And hey, Joe, you're part of this too. Now, I know there's a lot of activity going on, but what is this? All over the place? Yeah, it is. So we want to make sure our setup is like cookie cutter every day.

40:08Ronnie Karam: You're the lead deckhand. He's not on board. You've got a lead. All right. Now, if this were an ice skating party, how would you do a table setting? I want to hear about table decor. Okay. You never know. You never know.

40:22Ben Mandelker: Oh, God, I want to lead. But, you know, Nathan practically threatened me not to lead. And he's going to chew my head off even if I contemplate leading. And I've got Captain Sandy telling I need to have towels out there, but also cookie cutters. Are we making little cookies out of towels? I'm so confused.

40:36Ronnie Karam: Oh, Joe. So Joe's like, oh, he basically threatened my life if I ever helped him. No, he was telling you not to undermine him. Yeah. And not undermine every decision he makes just because you don't like him. That's what he was telling you. And that's exactly what you're doing right now.

40:56Ben Mandelker: Okay. Let's, okay. Let's, let's, let's, tomorrow, let's act like Norma's forehead on a date. Let's shine. Okay. Because today was a disaster.

41:07Ronnie Karam: Which is also Norma's forehead. So.

41:10Ben Mandelker: Which was just the general state of that date that she was on. Bloop.

41:16Ronnie Karam: Hey there. Heard that. My forehead's doing great. Thanks. Still no deckhand available. you absolute bitch face. Bloop.

41:25Ben Mandelker: Hey, that's fine. You don't need to send a deckhand. At this point, we'd just be happy if you could send some sort of towel. Bloop. Bloop.

41:36Ronnie Karam: I've been trying to send you towels, but you never stop making a mess. So I guess if I really want to fix this mess, I should send you a new captain. Ooh. Bloop.

41:51Ben Mandelker: Okay, that's really funny. You're going to send me a new captain. Let's just get those towels here. Before you ask, a lobster bib does not count, especially none of the used ones that you say.

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44:37Ronnie Karam: So now we go to the pantry. Jen and Kat are blowing up inflatable jungle animals. It's a lot of blowing up stuff today. We're about to have jungle dinner, guys. And Jen's like, that's as good as it's going to get for this fucking giraffe. I've had it. My ore is down. Sick of blowing things up.

44:55Ben Mandelker: Mad at the giraffe. she's like that's a that's as far as you get but she's like see i told you i was good at blowing so kayla's like all right well we can start setting up the dina of the title thing and so then they are setting it up and then jen goes to town and she like makes this jungle themed table that like wows everyone and she's like see sometimes i do know what i'm doing i'm trying i'm purple so it's just funny because um she does the this is like the best thing that she's ever done this season and she gets all the flowers for it she gets all the appreciation all the way up to sandy and she still winds up livid by the end of the episode just because she can't deal with kaylee like this should be a triumphant moment right yeah so now um they're at the dinner table

45:43Ronnie Karam: um like cat is showing kaylee the decor and sandy even pops in like whoa oh wow god this couldn't be better if it was a towelscape you did such a great job wow this is amazing can someone just take pictures of this and send this to hannah and uh just under it put c stupid

46:07Ben Mandelker: you got me feeling towel motions better than i've ever felt them before okay you can look that one up jan it's before your time so then um the we're in the crew cabins where once again they are so crammed in there that you just sort of see joe's shoulder and like the bottom of coop's chin as they're talking to each other and they're complaining and uh asia is um you know she's talking to scott about their wedding and about like they're gonna do this or that and she's like wedding planning is going very very well you know i've got scott as my second stew going strong in new zealand and he's probably like oh for fuck's sake will she stop being the chief stew no i will be a chief steer each other day that I die.

46:56Ronnie Karam: And then it's Joy and Kaylee. Joy's trying to teach Kaylee how to run the dinner. She's like, are you clearing? You have to tell me when you're clearing. She's like, okay, well, how far off the mains are we? Ten minutes. You didn't tell me you're clearing. She's like, should I come back? She's like, of course you should come back. What else? I was willing to get up there. No, don't come back. Don't come. Okay. I will put plates here and we will wait for plates to walk upstairs.

47:27Ben Mandelker: And Joy is meanwhile making these like circles of carrot puree or something that she then fills in with some sort of beurre blanc. It looks really amazing. She does so much high-end stuff in that tiny little kitchen. so then there's more cleaning and Kat is asking Jen how she feels about Kaylee and Jen's like well you know it is what it is and now her aura has gone from purple to yellow out of nowhere

47:57Ronnie Karam: yeah so after dinner everybody loved the dinner and they go straight to bed and Aisha's telling the stews straight in the pantries and all that stuff and then Nathan checks in with Gail texts in he's like I miss ya and now it's 5.55am And everybody's waking up and Joy gives Cooper croissant. It is made with love. You like that? So he gives part of that to Kat. He gives part of that to Kat. I mean, I would marry any man who brought me croissants. It's really all I need. Yeah.

48:30Ben Mandelker: Especially, yeah. Anytime. Anytime someone shows up with a pastry for me, I'm like, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee. So Sandy's like, hey, Nathan, I just want to say, I'm putting the pressure on you to have a good day, okay? So let's bring it in here. You can't spell good day without T-O-W-E-L-S, towels, okay? So make sure they're out there for everyone. And not tea towels. Those don't count.

48:57Ronnie Karam: Can't spell good day without ooh, eh? Okay, get to it. Get to it. So in the pantry, I don't know. People are serving breakfast now. And Kaylee has news for Kat. It's going to make Kat give us this face. She gets to go on the excursion today. Oh, my God. I'm such a nerd.

49:25Ben Mandelker: I'm such a nerd.

49:28Ronnie Karam: That's her thing. Now they're trying to find items to go to the mess, and Kat has some glasses in her hands. And she's like, should we keep that one, that glass there, just because we're down on any of that kind? And John's like, that one is atrocious, Kaylee. Get it together. God, this is what kind of glass choices you have. Someone, you're speaking like an uneducated chief stew.

49:54Ben Mandelker: Like, I know what I'm doing. Like, fucking trust me. I made a jungle dinner last night. so now like her aura is like flickering from yellow to red she's like i love my life i love love love love my life and so then cat's like keep a positive oh i was like i'm trying to but it's like i'm seeing so many stupid mistakes that should not be happening especially with chiefy over there jeez or chefy i should say see look even i'm making mistakes so cat's like um i really

50:23Ronnie Karam: do like jeffy she said chiefy she means yeah she's me she means uh kaylee she's like kaylee sucks. Like, she's making all these mistakes. It's so hard to stay positive about it. And Kat's like, um, I really like Jen. Like, we have a similar sense of humor and stuff, but, like, she really needs to work on her attitude. I mean, my God. Like, she's been getting way too negative. And Jen's like, yeah, well, most of the chief stews I've worked with, they've been in the industry for, like, ten years. So, you know where I was ten years ago? In middle school. I was twelve. So.

51:00Ben Mandelker: And then she's the same one who's like, why don't I get to be second stew? While meanwhile she's saying, like, anyone who's worth their effort in the med has put in 10 years at least to get anywhere.

51:13Ronnie Karam: Yeah, and she's the same person that is going to one day be second stew, and then that whole time she's going to be like, the chief stew sucks. I could do better than that. Look at the chief stew, Megan. Every mistake. You know, she's going to try and neg anybody that she's under.

51:28Ben Mandelker: Yeah. over in the toy garage deckhands are using a crane to lift inflatables and Coop and Joe they look at each other and they laugh about something like clearly they're sharing an inside joke about like here we go again inflating more toys without unfurling god I hate the old inflate

51:48Ronnie Karam: without unfurl moment and Nathan's like I think it's because before earlier oh because they said Why aren't we using the crane for this stuff? So now they're using it and kind of like giving each other a little smile. And Nathan's like, well, have you two something to say to each other? Or if you've looked at each other in a certain way, you can just say it out loud.

52:11Ben Mandelker: Well, I was looking at you smiling. That's all I was doing. He's like, well, let's crack on with our jobs because it's a bit condescending. So Joe's like, there's no malicious intent. I just pull faces all the time.

52:23Ronnie Karam: well it's annoying everyone has a limit to the disrespect that they're gonna take yeah you know who else does your crew yeah like people really don't like being talked like to this for no reason or talked to like this for no reason what the fuck is this guy yikes i mean if you're gonna suck at your job at least have your crew like you

52:46Ben Mandelker: if i have to mention it again i'll mention to cap final warning respect boys if you wouldn't do it to cop don't do it to me like you're the one who showed up like two hours late to your job yesterday and now you're gonna bark at them and demanding respect i mean that's really what this is about by the way right like he made his own error but he projects like all his shame and guilt or whatever onto everyone else sort of be like well everyone else is shitty and i like i'm actually i've got my hands full right now look at what i'm doing so yes i made a mistake but maybe it's because i'm I'm overburdened with these people.

53:20Ben Mandelker: So Joe is like.

53:21Ronnie Karam: Yeah, but I think he's also feeling because, you know, you feel a temperature change, right? If people suddenly aren't liking you as much anymore and kind of giving each other looks and stuff. I think he feels that he's on the outs, but this isn't the way to get back in. Like if you see, especially if you're the boss, like if you see people kind of turning on you, figure it out and try and get in there. But don't like yell at them, dummy.

53:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah. but again the reason why they're really turning on him well first of all Joe is a cancer second of all he he basically abused his position the day before by showing up late and not even calling in not even telling anyone that's like you know when you've got a boss who's kind of does a lazy move like that that's how you lose morale of the people who work under you especially if you're sort of like on the bubble you know because he's barked a few times like his thing is that when he's frustrated with his own performance, he barks at others, you know? And if he's in a bad mood, he barks at others.

54:21Ben Mandelker: And I think they've sort of been okay with it. But then like the moment that he does like that flagrant abuse of position, then now he's lost them. And it doesn't help that there's also someone in Coop's ear who's encouraging Coop to be lost from Joe.

54:36Ronnie Karam: Well, I've never seen this side of night. That's my dick daddy. Now I'm getting in trouble for smiling. now he's being dick dickhead so um joy gets a text from luke and luke is like

54:51Ben Mandelker: my life is joyless without you um i and she's he's so shameless and we know he's coming back by the way because he's in the preview for the second half of the season um you know who's all you know whose life is also joyless anyone who's slept in your semen for three days straight

55:13Ronnie Karam: so now kaylee and kat uh kat's like um i just wanted to talk to you about jen real quick like i love john to death but like so i think she's maybe bottling up her feelings um today she was blowing up one of those giraffe things and she started strangling it and then she bit the tail off with her mouth and then screamed you're not worthy of being chief stew you stupid c-word and then she started it on fire and watched it burn in the sink while kind of laughing under her breath.

55:43Ben Mandelker: Yeah, and then she went up to that inflatable flamingo and she grabbed it by the neck and started choking it and saying, I don't want to be a therapist like you, mother. I don't. I don't. I don't. It was really weird.

55:56Ronnie Karam: Kaylee's like, uh, gotcha. Okay, head loud and clear. So then the toy garage. Nathan is lifting an inflatable and he hurts his back. so Coop has the answer my dad has to any back issue which is drink some water

56:15Ben Mandelker: he's like if it's a pulled muscle you gotta go pound some water so Sandy's like okay what's going on I heard the sound of someone who's gonna need a nap soon so what's going on and Nathan's like okay here come with me sweetheart we're gonna give you some Advil and by Advil I mean a hug All right. Does that feel better? A little hug? A little Advil hug? No?

56:40Ronnie Karam: So he's like, I was twisting stuff on the swim platform and I hurt my back. She's like, oh, my God. You think pulling it on all that heavy equipment maybe did it? Yes.

56:50Ben Mandelker: No, it was the bleeding yet for breakfast.

56:53Ronnie Karam: That's Columbo. Yeah, well, I don't have a good back anyways. I hurt it in Sydney a few months back because we were lifting a fucking generator out of the engine room. Oh, gosh. I was getting help for a bulging disc. I was weeks and weeks going to rehab. And I think I just hurt myself again. It's absolutely fucked.

57:13Ben Mandelker: So you probably exacerbated that injury, huh? Yeah, let's watch all the story. Oh, I thought it was just a little, just a story. But you probably exacerbated it. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Do you think you maybe hurt your back? Do you think that maybe you wouldn't have hurt your back if maybe you'd been busy bringing towels down to the guests? I don't know, just thinking out loud.

57:36Ronnie Karam: Okay, well, you gotta get fixed before you can work. He's like, no, I'm not working. I don't give in like that. He's like, Nathan, you have to. Oh, fuck, this charter. She is killing me. You know, now I don't want to go into this without four deckhands, but now it's a liability not to have Nathan. No, now it's a liability to have Nathan on board if we don't know how bad his back is.

58:01Ben Mandelker: yeah it's gonna be you know you know i i i know that that song you can do it put your back into it but sometimes sometimes you can't listen to song so much so you've never had an mri or anything have you ever had that what about a branzino can you eat a branzino in an mri can we ask the doctor about that what if we give an mri to a branzino it's a lot of possibilities here i just want i'm

58:25Ronnie Karam: going to give you the same. I'm going to give you the opposite advice I give Norma. Spend more time on your back. You know, you're just going to have to. I'm calling the medic. That's it. So she's like, hey, medic, it's me, Sandy. Someone hurt themselves lifting something heavy. I'm suspecting they hurt their back.

58:47Ben Mandelker: We don't really know what happened. His back went out. I wasn't sure if it's because of the pancakes he had this breakfast or because he tried to lift a three-ton item with his bare hands. I don't know. Could you come on here and fix it? Thanks so much.

59:02Ronnie Karam: So she goes to wake up Aisha because now she needs Aisha up early, who's been working her ass off. And I have to say, man, Aisha really, even when there's nobody there except the little camera in the room, you know, she doesn't even do like a fuck, fuck me, nothing. She's just like, Okay. That gets up and goes to work.

59:23Ben Mandelker: As long as there's noodles afterwards. I think they don't make people like that. That's crazy. Her work ethic is really tremendous. So Joe then tells us, because Joe's now going to be in charge, and Joe says, I feel like there are two ways we can look at this. One, we are fucked. Or two, this is my chance to step into a leader role. And if I can pull this off, maybe Captain Sandy will finally see that I'm bosom material too. Like, okay, relax. so um then we have uh in the pantry uh kaylee's uh giving asia a drink and it's like yes it's delicious this drink is wonderful that you made kaylee has really been stepping up as a chief stew she's amazing with the gas and she's really good at take hold she's my little gen z babies are growing up and evolving it's like my own little personal temagotchi

1:00:17Ronnie Karam: I like when Joe's like, I'm going to become the boss now. And then he's like, all right, here's what we need. That clean, this clean, this inflate. There's two of you. Cooper knows what he needs to do. But thanks. But thanks. Thanks, Joe. So now everybody's going to their Green Cove's excursion. And they go have funny games. It's a lot of wooing. And then the water taxi comes for Nathan. And he's like, I'll text you. I'll text you to know the results. Like, let me know if it's your back. So he's upset that he has to leave, and he's concerned where that leaves him and his family for the future.

1:00:54Ronnie Karam: It's fucked. It's not looking too good right now. Yeah, well, too bad.

1:00:59Ben Mandelker: So then guests are back. Joy gives everyone enormous, delicious-looking chicken schnitzels. And then Sandy is like, They're like, we want a five-star service.

1:01:13Ronnie Karam: please give us chicken tenders for lunch thank you

1:01:16Ben Mandelker: now Sandy's just by herself she's like okay we need a deckhand I'm just putting it out there I'm using the secret I'm also using some secret god it was a little stinky earlier and then she's like Norma I'm checking in again okay Norma I know this unlike the guys you try to reach talk to on Tinder I'm gonna check in again and any news on deckhands? Okay, because my bosun was injured. I don't know what it is. I think it might be his back because he was clutching the back part of his back, but it could have just been his fingers. He was hiding them from me because he didn't want me to see them being injured.

1:01:53Ben Mandelker: I'm already down one. I could use a CV, ASAP. Thank you. Bloop.

1:02:00Ronnie Karam: Oh, hey there, Sandy. Just got your text. Sorry for the late response. I'm on a date. Bloop.

1:02:07Ben Mandelker: A date with who or what? Is it just with yourself? And does that count as a date? Bloop.

1:02:15Ronnie Karam: Bloop. Dot, dot, dot. Dot, dot, dot. Dot, dot, dot. Ha, ha, ha. Dot, dot, dot. Dot, dot, dot. Dot, dot. Okay, come on. I know you're not really on a date. Stop this. Dot, dot, dot. Dot, dot, dot. Oh, he insisted on paying for debt. Oh, he's coming back to my place. Dot, dot, dot. Dot, dot, dot. Damn it, I need a debt can, Norma. Please.

1:02:39Ben Mandelker: Wow, this is like that time that Norma fell into the vat of tomatoes. She left me on red.

1:02:49Ronnie Karam: So now she is riding all her bravado deckhands. And she's like, is anyone available? Which is by the way, that's from last season.

1:03:00Ben Mandelker: The motor yacht bravado was the boat from last season of Below Deck Med. oh so she's just going down the list of cats notes and the and the deckhands from last season were um max obviously nathan joe and then it was like it was like those two was it those two people who were fire christian and that girl were they i think they were the same they were not on blow deck down under right remember those two guys those two dumbos maybe they were my it's below

1:03:37Ronnie Karam: deck i don't know i'm sorry it's not gonna work i can't do it i apologize max on regular below deck

1:03:43Ben Mandelker: he was on below deck med because he worked under he worked underneath he was on last season he was on last season and we know he's coming back he's in it's in the trailer it says it like max is back

1:03:55Ronnie Karam: yeah joy is like frenchman stupidity something like that in the trailer so uh pantry um dishes are piling up on jen and she's getting really pissed off because you know they just cleared lunch they're bringing it to her and she's like oh my god i have to do all this shit alone again yes jen you guys are down a person it's not like they're standing around doing nothing they literally just cleared the table, which is why you have dishes to do.

1:04:23Ben Mandelker: I know. So, um, so then Kaylee just telling her, put things here, put things there. And Jen's like, no, no, no, it needs to be a little bit more all hands on deck. Okay. Because I'm starting to get very frustrated. I need some help here. And Kaylee's like, well, anytime that you're here by yourself, just radio and we'll just get someone up here. Okay. She's like, oh yeah, well I'm trying. Trust me. I am trying. Like, did your hair just turn into brides again? It's like, yes, it happens. That's what happens. when my aura turns red.

1:04:50Ronnie Karam: Kat's like, oh my God, Jen needs to drop the attitude and drop the ego. We're all missing Asia, okay? If we don't work together, we're gonna fail. Okay, Kit. But Kaylee doesn't, you know, Kaylee's like unflappable, really, because Jen is trying and she's trying to throw her all the attitude she can and Kaylee's not breaking it all. She's like, all right, Kat, anytime she's in the pantry, let's just try to both be in there and make sure our faces are there and help around. All right, Jen, I'm just going to get on the other side of you and start drawing. How about that? She's like, oh, when I marry a rich guy, I'm hiring a fucking professional dishwasher.

1:05:32Ben Mandelker: Yeah, Kaylee doesn't really break, but I think Kaylee's the sort of person who will have one big monumental break in about 20 years. I think she just takes it all in. She's like, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, Because she's like dedicated to being cheerful. And so she'll have one big one. And then she'll be back to being who she is. She'll be on the back of a police car, like driving away slowly.

1:05:57Ronnie Karam: Oh my God, I just never saw this coming. And she just lowers her lip. Loyability.

1:06:07Ben Mandelker: She'll just have like a Richard Simmons trajectory, RIP, where, you know, she's gregarious and like a ball of light. and wonderful and then one day just say all right that's it i'm going away now like goodbye

1:06:22Ronnie Karam: never to be seen again yeah so now uh deck team's working and joe's checking in on asia he's like harry i found in the deck dear well mentally it's very simple for me because i'm just being told what's to do how are you feeling with nathan no being here he's like i feel like gerard butler 300. Okay. Well, what is that?

1:06:52Ben Mandelker: That's the number of brain cells that are dying per second I listen to Joe. So then back in the pantry, there's more dishes and Kat's like, are you okay, Jen? She's like, I'm just annoyed because there's a lot of annoying things. A lot of things annoying me in my brain right now. My mom always says, if you never have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And then I always say, fuck you, mother. She says, that's a perfect example. And I will be more successful than you, mother. Okay, calm down, sweetheart. I'm leaving. I'm going to sail the seas. So, you know, I get it.

1:07:27Ronnie Karam: So now Kat's aura meter is, or Jen's aura meter is blue. Dun, dun, dun. So then we go to the swim platform and Joe and Cooper now rolling up inflatables. I think, I think this toy thing is too much. It's constant. It's constant toys. Sandy loves these toys. They're out all the time.

1:07:46Ben Mandelker: Yeah, it's really annoying. And so Joe's like, we've got to figure it out, you know, because we always mess it up. Like, we've got to have a more efficient forward. Like, I can start rolling here. They're, like, trying to, like, you know, like, come up with new systems to deal with these inflatables. And Coop is happy. He's like, see, these are the conversations we haven't been having. We're, like, figuring it out. He's like, well, you know, Nate, he's got his ways, his terrible, terrible ways, but you didn't hear it from me.

1:08:13Ronnie Karam: Yeah. And Joe's like, well, I don't want Nate to be seriously injured. Who would want that? Ding! But we're already starting to find a groove without him. Just the three of us. Maybe it's an opportunity for me to upgrade the practices that Nathan isn't running efficiently. Let's see what Joe Bradley's dick looks like. So Joe is immediately going to be like, okay, Nathan's gone. Let's change the system for everything and then do it that way every time. So when Nathan comes back, his head is going to pop off.

1:08:40Ben Mandelker: yeah but is he going to come back Nathan calls up Sandy and he's like so I got an injection in my ass and I don't have the grandest news doctor says that I have a bruised disc and I don't know when I'll be back okay well I've got to make sure you can actually do the job Nathan the deck crew is crumbling we can't have two people down for the rest of the season we still have charters on the books what are we going to do if Nathan has to leave the boat fuck

1:09:12Ronnie Karam: So I don't know, does Nathan leave?

1:09:15Ben Mandelker: I mean, that's serious. Do we know? Maybe he goes into the interior. Maybe he and Aisha switch. It's like a body swap movie, except it's the bodies are not swapped. It's just their professions.

1:09:27Ronnie Karam: Freaky Friday. Well, that's it for today, everybody. Thanks so much for being here. We're going to go over and recap House of the Dragon for Winter is Crappeting now. So join us over there for that. And we'll be back throughout the rest of the week with more Bravo Good Times. Thanks for being here. Bye. Bye.

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