#3567 Below Deck Med S11E18: The Wine Beneath My Wings

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3:46Ben Mandelker: And, you know, we try to regram everything that we can. And I think that comes our way. We'll try to put up on our feed because we really are so appreciative of you guys taking the time to come see us. So with that all being said, check out our Patreon. Got video up there, newsletter, bonus episode. We did a little airport snaps from O 'Hare this week. So yeah, that's all the good stuff. What's going on with you, Ronnie? Nothing. I'm ready to do some finale below deck work. Love it. low deck mediterranean ending we get a return of one of our favorite characters baby baby just says yeah baby and um we get a kind of a finale for joe and nathan yep i thought there was going to be punching and fighting and throwing up against walls there wasn't that but there was a solid we'll never see each other again and sometimes that's all you have in life there was sexual tension between them i felt like i was like they hate each other but they also could make love right now um it was interesting real sexual tension between joe and coop i thought they were going to make out a couple of times and i was there for it yeah that was it was a lot of a lot of bro motions happening on that boat it's so interesting because the season really ended with a focus on joe and like i'm gonna keep on working on tried my hardest and I'll be better.

5:15Ben Mandelker: I know I could be good. You know, the whole thing is that like, oh, he's going to go off and become a bosun. And I think there must have been a little tweak in the edit because the season really started off, you know, from Nathan's POV of like, I'm trying, I'm trying to juggle it all. I've got a kid, I've got an underminer. How can I get through this? But it really, as soon as, as soon as the news came out about Nathan, the tone did, did kind of shift towards Joe is actually our decky hero who is facing adversity. um i can't wait for nathan to be apprehended i still don't know how he has not been found i know the globe is a large place but he's probably working on a boat aren't the people on the boat like whoa this guy's a wanted felon like how have we just not found him there was um a post that joe made i think yesterday on instagram where he was going through the whole season he's like oh maggot man he was calling joe maggot man and said like this is his plot line for the season and this is her plot line for this it was kind of a dumb post but nathan's mom was commenting on the post and she's like you're such a dick joe and in another comment she said you know he's in sydney that was another one of her comments on the thing so i don't know is he in sydney and if he is in sydney and we all know it go get him what the hell yeah that's is is it already happening i don't know the way the Australian courts, you know, you know, occur, like what the processes are like in the United States, if someone's arrested, it's, it's public and everyone knows, like, is it not public in Australia?

6:48Ben Mandelker: I don't know. It's crazy. It's crazy. Sure. They have the news there. I mean, geez, I know I don't get it at all. It's a pretty cosmopolitan, pretty advanced civilization over there from what I hear. Sydney, Australia. Yeah. Find him, get him. Get him. Go and get him. And Also, I would appreciate it if Bravo would give us some kind of ending like, oh, by the way, while we're showing these happy pictures of Nathan and his baby and Gail, it would be nice to end it with. P.S. Nathan turned out to be a piece of shit and is probably going to go to jail for abusing his wife or his partner in front of their child.

7:26And there's a man underway, you know, and given some sirens or something and some kind of, you know, PSA thing that they do at the end. I didn't like this ending with, oh, Nathan's just such a sweet guy with the baby. Because not everybody gets the news from Instagram or whatever. And I don't like an ending like that for Nathan. I don't like Nathan getting a happy ending on this show. And Bravo should do better with that.

7:51Ben Mandelker: Yeah, they should have done a little Housewives ending. You know, Asha got married. Joe went and did something. And Nathan is an international manhunt wanted in two different countries. I think that should have been just a little something there at the end. Just a little soup song. You know, they showed Asha's wedding. They sort of did a flash forward. They said, like, oh, they showed this is what happened with Asha. Why not show the mugshot, too? Like, you know, Asha could have been like, you know, life after the movie could have been difficult. Photoshopping, removing his turkey hair, his turkey hair implants that he got in like a white stained t-shirt, like when they caught Saddam, you know, in the home.

8:31Yeah. That's what I want to see at the end. I know.

8:34Ben Mandelker: That'd be great. That being said, this was, I thought, an amazing season finale. I thought it was an amazing season. One of the very best on Below Deck Med. One of the best across all of them. I thought the Joe and Nathan relationship, the unraveling, was very, very fascinating. I thought it was very relatable. Friendship breakups are very messy, and they don't have the same documentation of a romantic relationship breaking up. there's a lot of ink spilled about what you do with the next so this and that like there's books and books and books and there's a there's so many narratives about it but a friendship breaking up especially like a male friendship can be really weird and messy and uh i really enjoyed watching it play out over this season and um especially because i don't like either of them so it was like really it was an interesting challenge to decide whose side i was ever on in any given moment.

9:26Ben Mandelker: So yeah, I thought that was really great TV. Yeah, neither one. But you know, all the guys got a nice douchebag ending today. Yeah, no one really made it out. Looking great. Which I love. I loved Luke's ending in this. I thought it was perfect. Yeah. So we'll get to that at the end. But right now it's second day of the Abbey Charter with the guy, the guy who owns the Abbey and all of his harem of, you know, turkey teeth that he's with. So they're talking about how their flight attendant is joining them for their drag dinner. You were thinking the flight attendant was going to be the drag queen.

10:05I thought that was a really good idea, that it was going to be like, oh, hey, it's your flight Tina Tennant, or what? Flight Attend Tina. God, I'm a bad drag namer. Flight Attend Tina Turner.

10:18Ben Mandelker: Yeah. No, it was actually just a really annoying girl. It was just a messy, messy lady who's a flight attendant. And also a drag queen. Just a really, really annoying woman that just came on board. I'm like, was this your flight attendant? Or is this someone that they had wanted to cast on the show and they just had to attach it onto your charter? I was like, why? But her name is Caitlin. And we start with Nathan going to pick up Caitlin, the flight attendant. And also, Palao Palao I don't know how to say Palao's name Who is the actual drag queen So we actually have two people coming onto the boat As it turns out Yes, and Palao's like Oh my god, hope my ostrich feathers Don't fly away You have to have drag clothes and stuff But, I don't know, I'll have a travel outfit I know, have a fucking cloak Don't object your ostrich feathers to attend her.

11:19Ben Mandelker: So Nathan says, It's been a really tough season, splitting my attention between the job, fighting with Joe, and being there for Gail and Caden. I have so much on my plate as it is right now. We have the wildest guests you can have on board a yacht, and I'm just trying to do my best, you know? Yes, everything for Caden. I'm so glad you always put Caden first with all the actions you ever do in your life. It's different picking up a drag queen when you've got a son and a girl at home. All I needed was the right woman and the right child to inspire me to do this tender ride today. You're a real fucking hero.

11:58Ben Mandelker: Seriously. So, Caitlin comes on board. She's like, oh my god! Oh my god, Joe, you're gonna be like my new boyfriend! Oh my god! I was like, oh gosh, thank god we didn't have her for the full charter. Yep, and she's hanging out with the perfect crew of guys, that's for sure. Because they can just all kind of like sexually molest people together. And I guess it's okay in this group. Everybody is totally fine. Just go up to the employees and like start licking their body and doing body shots off. She's with the perfect crew, you know? Yeah. They're a pretty skeevy crew. They can have a vapid off and just see who is most vapid.

12:44Ben Mandelker: um so then asia is um asia and tristan tristan is the is the is the main guy they're talking about the drag show and uh he wants to have three members dress up in drag so asia assigns jen as a drag queen which i love i love that choice that's like a fun idea because like there's nothing about jen that really seems like drag to me because she is a drag so the idea of like putting her into into drag is a very hilarious concept to me. And then it's going to be a Cooper and Joe as well. I think it's their way of being like, listen, get Cooper and Joe so that we can ask them for lap dances and also just get Jen.

13:25So someone can give her a makeover.

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18:07I don't want it to get messed up by the rest of the crew.

18:11Ben Mandelker: Yeah, which was dishonest. You just want to keep her as an option. So you found some way that you could like, you know, keep her in your back pocket. But you clearly obviously have no interest in her. I mean, you invited Joe along to your romantic getaway. So that that says enough as it is. So he says right now, the whole cat situation right now is tough. I know I need to have a conversation to be honest with her i'm like but what what changed now i mean if we're gonna take it on face value that the pressure of everyone weighing in was too much so then they started a private relationship what changed now like why like what what did she do wrong nothing happened it's like well we obviously know the answer which is that he just wasn't entered in the first place and he didn't want to be the bad guy which is what always happens especially with these south carolina guys you know yeah that's what it was he didn't want to be with her at all he was just saying let's have a private relationship so she would have to stop flirting with him in public and he didn't have to say you know i don't want to be with you so then she would make him look like the villain you know in his eyes she would be making him look like the villain he's just a wuss he's a wuss yeah he really is he even says like well i guess we have to have a conversation but there's part of me that thinks maybe i never have to have the conversation great um so then uh Sandy is asking Joy about dinner.

19:31Ben Mandelker: And Sandy is like, so you're going to do barbecue or something else, right? And Joy is like, mashed potatoes. And I'm going to make rice and beans. Also, she's like, oh, yeah. It's going to be great. You stand out from all the others. I just want you to know, you stand out from the best. Okay? Was that nice? That was a nice motivational speech for you. You like that? And she's like, oh, oh, oh. She's like, I like that quite a bit. She starts crying. Especially that she's like, what are you making? And she's like, mashed potatoes. She's like, wow, you really stand out. You are five star. Mashed potatoes and rice and beans.

20:13Wow. That's unbelievable. I'm so grateful for you. I'm so grateful. And she tells us Captain Sandy is the first female captain she's worked for. and she can be herself with waves of emotion without being judged. Yeah.

20:32Ben Mandelker: Yeah, just as long as you keep making those mashed potatoes, there'll be no judgment from me, okay? Pileo's putting drag makeup on Joe and Cooper, and everybody else is getting on their drag. Joe and Cooper actually both look very pretty. um they they they they it's they um it was fun seeing them in drag i'll say that i thought they looked really pretty so then it's a dinner table joe has very nice eyes joe has like those beautiful eyes i think that's his thing that i think cooper does where i was like oh it's just you're both very pretty very pretty dicks your dicks but you look very pretty ladies so um everyone's eating and um someone's like oh wow the protein the protein's amazing tonight they're really excited they're finally getting their chicken and it's just like everything they could have ever wanted um and so now the drag show begins so uh paleo comes out and uh is like here comes mariella which is joe and cooperella which is cooper and jezebel which is Jen.

21:43Ben Mandelker: And then it's everyone's like, woo! It's exciting. And there's like twirling on poles. And everyone's cheering. Everyone's having a great time. They're fueled. They've got so much protein in them, they just can't be anything but happy. Joy is making high-protein late-night snack. And looking up how much protein everything has in it. She's like, oh, this will be so much protein. Hopefully tomorrow they will say thank you for the protein. Jen comes downstairs after the show And Kath's like you were amazing And Nathan and Masi are Sitting there and Masi Goes to Nate who is that Who is it Nathan's like that's Jen He's like oh shit he like didn't recognize Jen when she had like full glam on Like drag glam on I'm basically one of the gays so I would have liked more Masi on this season I really enjoy him so uh then on the main deck the guests are just hanging out um they're getting their snacks i was fully anticipating that they were going to complain about the snacks again because when they showed that the the wraps had like 40 grams of protein in them i was like oh the gays are going to complain and it's gonna be like oh they're complaining about protein but they actually have they're getting so much protein but they were happy they like the the gays once they had their protein they were just like very very very happy collection of men and so um you know they're partying and then you know people start going to bed and everyone's going to bed and you think okay this night's over but uh caitlin stays awake because she missed the first day so she's going to try to get as much out of this yacht as possible clearly caitlin brought the drugs because caitlin is up till five in the morning and she's like yeah hey what's up my job i'm gonna do some body shots i have a job so she's like licking body shots off of him and uh joe's like this is the flight attendant i feel like she's going to eat me and i know where she's gonna start me wiener in case you didn't get that um meanwhile nathan is texting gail like i just wanted to send you a text as a dad i'm a dad now dad dad dad do you want to come out to the final night join me being a mom and a dad and she's like no no thank you it's just gonna be drama but have a happy last night and then um more people going to sleep and and now it's just caitlin and she just all she wants is to find joe but she keeps calling joe mariella because that's joe's drag name and she's like where's mariella where's mariella and she's looking around and around and uh basically she like goes up to nathan and she's like so where do the boys sleep can i see where the boys sleep because i want to see where joe is i want to i want to i want to and nathan you can see he's tempted for a moment to be like i'm gonna show her show her exactly where joe is and just like torment joe but he actually does the right thing and he says no i can't show you where everyone sleeps which is funny because also it's not like a maze you can probably just keep walking the staircase down until you get to the crew quarters yeah and nathan would probably get jealous like usual like when joe hooked up with kizzy you know yeah um nathan is wearing really dark sunglasses inside at night, which is also another...

25:01Ben Mandelker: Maybe he's watching TV.

25:07Doing little cookies. So he's like, the lady has a look of chaos in her eyes. I'll just say, I would not want to be a staff. I wouldn't want to be the staff anywhere where these people go, because this whole crew thinks that they can just fuck anybody on the staff. All of them. Like, you want a fact? No, okay, I'm not really into that, unless it's Joe. no you can't fuck everybody everyone everyone is not paid for play just because you are fuck off keep your hands to yourself all of you unless you do form a real connection

25:41Ben Mandelker: like um what's his face in frank frank what was that awful guy's name again what was his name terrible that guy was just the worst remember you went running after him the streets of wherever they were oh frank it's like i've never had someone be so emotionally available as you are frank and i want to thank you for coming onto this boat god that guy was the worst then he showed up at bravo con and he wasn't invited to do the panels or whatever for that season so he just showed up anyway and then fraser was supposed to be doing like the red carpet like saying hello and he just grabbed the mic and started doing the whole red carpet and tried to take all the oh that guy was just like kyle his name was kyle kyle yes okay so now it's the next morning and kaylee and cat are doing a last day dance and sandy calls leah and she's like hey where you are is the prettiest place in dubrovnik okay and the only thing missing is me she's like baby baby i can't wait to see you baby i don't need to go anywhere as long as i see you i would fly anywhere as long as the destination is your face baby you know i've lived most of my life being able to explore the world and now being able to share that with leah is the best part of my life and leah coming to see me at the end of the charter season is becoming a little bit of a ritual i mean it's only the second time it's happened.

27:16Ben Mandelker: But, you know, I'm just going to make it a ritual now. You know, Leah's never been to paradise, but she's going to come to me. Okay? You know what tonight we're going to do? Leah and I are going to set up a table outside Norma's window and just eat a Branzino together so that way Norma can see what true love really looks like.

27:37So, time to pull the anchor. Cooper and Nathan are talking about Cooper's next step. He's like, I want to work in australian eggs and see the great barrier reef i hope it doesn't try and date me

27:50Ben Mandelker: and uh people are drinking champagne and um poor vitor his head still hurts after bonking it pretty hard on the boat yesterday he's like my head hurts and then uh nathan is uh it's time to dock and nathan tells us this tech team i know we've had our differences but we ended up being able to work together as a team. I'm like, did you? Did you work together as a team or did you guys just barely tolerate each other? I didn't see that. He's like, I'm not going to say it was easy but honestly, there's one thing I know about me. It's that I can go through some amount of shit and I'll always come out on the other side because I'm a dad now and I understand what it's like to have a baby unlike anyone else on this planet.

28:34Sorry, I thought you were done. Joe and Coop are talking about their romantic trip and Joe's like, where We're in Croatia, lad. Let's do a little shopping. I'm going to buy a ring. I've been looking at rings, you know. What if we got the same one?

28:48Ben Mandelker: Oh, let's do it. Maybe with the jam we can get boy rings. Boy couple rings. Oh, what's your budget? It's like, I don't care, especially when it's got some emotion attached to it, too. Meanwhile, you know, you know, like, what's-her-face cats like? Hey, do you want to get, like, an ice cream together when we get to Croatia? I don't know. seems pretty expensive so probably not yeah for anybody thinking well maybe coop is just emotionally unavailable no he's not he's very emotionally engaged just with joe so joe's like me and cooper gonna have a very long lasting relationship me male relationships it's very good friends i latch on to them i don't know why maybe it's because my dad my dad was so mean but you know that's why i need to chase people like nathan and cooper so quickly where i've got all the support in the world and he's got my back because that's part of my life that i've never also you're a dude you're a dude who's a douchebag who likes to treat women like shit and so you find other dudes who are douchebags who like to treat women it's not that deep okay we don't need your we don't need your whole trauma again to make this nicer well i also like that he's literally saying I don't know why I gravitate towards other male relationships.

30:09Ben Mandelker: It's like, it's all that I want is just have a male. Maybe it's because me daddy, me daddy left me. That's why I like a male. And then later on when Aisha's like, yeah, you, the moment that Nathan got with a girl, you felt abandoned. And that's when you turned cold to Gail, that moment. He's like, what are you talking about? I'm like, you literally just said right now you get attached to guys because of your dad. It's such like the most basic psychology. it's like a very basic algebraic equation and he's like no i don't see it daddy issues are math okay they are um at the dock the guests are leaving and um sandy tells them to change into reds and meet the main salon for tip meeting so i'm real excited today he is coming yeah and it means one last motivational speech you know but then before that happens Kat's asking Jen so are you going to go back to work like right away and Jen's like no I'm going to like take a month off like I don't know like finish my course you know purser course how to be a better purser and then like I'm traveling back to purser land and then I'm going to go down to Lottie yeah I'm going to Fort Lottie just in time for the boat show I'm sure they'll be looking for some hot pursers down there if you know what I'm saying right yeah it's going to be pretty exciting I mean, my boat match was a flop, that's for sure Yeah, mine was a flop too No, like, you and Cooper, like, you're gonna, like, totally be chilled Like, you're gonna get together I mean, and besides, there's, like, a world full of men, you know I mean, there's so many people that could be rejecting me You know, look, I got two on one boat I mean, it's, like, a whole wide world out there Kat's like, well, I'm going straight to drink in Yeah, you're gonna drink in Lottie?

31:51Ben Mandelker: Because that's where I'm gonna be drinking in Lottie Before I become a purser and Jen's like, yeah, I'm gonna go fucking ape shit, bro, I'm gonna get real drunk I'm so glad that this is done I mean, this season's been one of the harder ones I've worked emotionally so I'm just so excited to be off this boat and I'm just ready to never hear Luke's name again, honestly you know what I'm excited about? never having to see Luke's face ever, ever again especially not within the next 12 hours oh, I just can't wait you hooked up with Luke once At some point, I mean, you're the one still bringing up his name over and over again, you know?

32:29And she's like, well, I mean, I can change because I'm in my 20s, but he's like 40 or something. So he has to live with being him for the rest of his life.

32:39Ben Mandelker: And I have to live with thinking about him being him the rest of my life. So meanwhile... I have to live with gays loving me for the rest of my life. That is one thing that does not change. Gays love me! Has a purser ever been the grand marshal of a gay pride parade? because it's about to happen this year. I'll tell you that much. Luke is texting Joe, and he's like, hey, brother, where should I meet you guys tonight? He's like, I'll text you, but just watch out because Jen's going to be there too, okay? Try to avoid her. And so, Ben, now it's time for the tip meeting. Oh, my God, you guys, we made it.

33:15Ben Mandelker: It's been an honor. Every one of you has learned. I've watched you grow. It's been incredible to witness. You know, one moment you're sleeping in someone's semen, and then one moment you all are semen. Good for you. And of course, I should make that gender neutral, but it just didn't work with the metaphor. You know what I'm saying? I'll tell you what's gender neutral. $35 ,000. You guys are rich. Okay, that's how much he's made. This season, we have made$253 ,000 BBs. I'm sorry, Leah's coming. We're getting excited for it. Massey's like, I like this shit So they're happy, they got all this money And Joe's like, I will happily be naked in front of eight men if I get a tip like this I'm like, be careful what you wish for Because we've seen the trajectory of many below deck people Well, I have a feeling Joe's been there He seemed pretty comfortable this whole time Commercials, here comes one right now He lurks in shadow, he slips into dreams He casts no reflection.

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36:34So then the crew heads downstairs. everybody's getting ready for dinner leah and captain are gonna join them uh koop is jiggling around his naked butt and then nathan calls gail guys nathan's a dad and he calls gail talks about how he's a dad and he has a family now i'm so fucking sick of this fucking guy you know you

36:56Ben Mandelker: could have cut out 90 of these i know i wonder has he ever really reflected on how hard it is to juggle a relationship, a baby, and a job. Oh, here comes Nathan. To manage a new job, to manage my deck team, to manage a relationship, to manage having a new child. It was hard. And all I want to do now is get back and be with my family and be the man for my family that my family needs forever. Like, okay, we get it. We get it, sir. I mean, he really does act like he's the first person who has had to deal with the work-life balance. You know, but you know, he's talking about juggling and we just watched him for a season drop all three balls so bye yeah you're out your juggling audition is over he failed yeah now we go to the fans everybody's going to dinner um joy is asking nathan if gail is coming she's not gonna come asha's like oh you know what there's a wedding party another thing you might not have heard is i'm getting married it is so crazy that that woman is getting married and then soon i'm gonna get married i never thought i was gonna get married but i'm gonna get married and nathan's like you're both unreal together it's hard trust me being a dad and isha's like well it's because we give each other so much freedom we haven't had to cut things out of our lives that we love to accommodate the other person what i'm trying to say is we're not two codependent fucks like you two, okay?

38:29He hasn't had to cut out his extreme sports love or his hiking or his jumping off of mountains, and I haven't had to cut out noodles. It just works!

38:44Ben Mandelker: So now we go to restaurant Panorama, which is almost like restaurant Pan-a-Norma, and uh everyone's there they go up a cable car it's got a beautiful view so enjoy your terrible food because you can only have one in a restaurant view you knew that was gonna be the case when they went to a place called restaurant panorama it's like restaurant this is gonna suck up because it's got a nice view it's not gonna just call it restaurant dry chicken just call it restaurant Not under-seasoned.

39:20So everybody takes a cable car to get up there, and they have drinks, and they say nice things because it's last night. And Joy clinks glasses with Masi, and he's like, I would love to have more time with Joy. Just thinking about her makes me want to smoke a cigarette because I'm stressing. But you told me not to, so this is not nice. And they just got to join. She goes, I like Masi. But no.

39:46Ben Mandelker: she's like yeah and then Joe sends Luca voice message and he's like come meet us at the club in two and a half hours and then Sandy and Leah Sandy's like hey everyone it was fun riding this gondola up here but we are both allergic to bad food because we're older and richer than all of you guys and so we know better things okay Gigi Fernandez showed us a whole new world out there so we're gonna take the gondola back down and have some better food okay bye She's going to make dinner for Leah And Leah's like Baby are you sure I'm going to attempt it This could be ugly Then we get a joint confessional with Sandy and Leah And she's like I can follow a recipe She's like we don't even have a cookbook baby Well but we order We order you know all the time online Do you know that you can order food online It's amazing And she's like yeah DoorDash lots of dordish so sandy's whole thing is that she's gonna cook dinner but guess what guys joy cooked it for her she's just pretending to cook dinner it's like we're watching growing pains all over again yeah um and now um sandy goes back to the boat and of course this has already been cooked for her she's gonna heat it up you guys it's like a rom-com yeah it's so funny back at restaurant Pananorma everyone's eating food and she's like okay, who wants to give a speech?

41:17Ben Mandelker: Speech, Nathan, you do it! Well, as a dad do you know how hard it is to balance running a crew, having a baby putting on shoes in the day brushing your hair, whatever you have left of it it's hard! Anyway, cheers And then Kaylee's like oh wow, Nathan, what a nice speech You know, Nathan, I hope you know how valuable you are as a person, human being, the strength that you bring. I'm so appreciative to have met you. Thank you so much, Nathan, for just being the best person I've ever seen. And Joe's starting to, you know, freak out. He sees his eyes open and his teeth come together, and he's just so mad that she's complimenting Nathan.

42:04him he's like i don't know why it's in me the wrong way um because you hate somebody and your girlfriend who's been supporting you through the whole time is now complimenting him it's not really

42:15Ben Mandelker: yes yeah exactly he didn't have my back the whole season okay the first night out he tried to destroy me because i mentioned his girlfriend's name and i'm not going to make a thing of it but it's making me feel a little bit weird uh i love i'm not gonna make a thing out of it cut to a fight that lasts the rest of the episode yeah it's like i've got to face so he leaves joe and cooper goes with him because cooper can tell he needs some emotional support and then they go pp together and cooper's just looking at his wiener from the next stop i love yeah i really like their energy in this whole this whole episode hate them both but you know you can still find people that you hate hot all the time.

42:57Ben Mandelker: So then, meanwhile, back in the yacht, Leah's watching as Sandy's cooking, and Sandy's like, oh my gosh, maybe I should have just stayed in home ec and learned how to cook. Okay, full confession, baby. I had Joy make us dinner. Isn't that hilarious? And she's like, oh my god, you were trying to trick me. I'm looking crazy. You're a real king of queens, baby. Back to restaurant Panorama Kayleigh goes to the bathroom And Coop and Joe are still in there And getting some wiener licks And then Kayleigh catches Joe on the way back And is like, Joe, can I speak to you? It seems like you made it me tonight Why are you being so distant?

43:39He's like, I don't know what world you're living in I don't really even understand what's going on here

43:46Ben Mandelker: She's like, well, what do you mean the world that I'm living in? I'm a liability, don't you remember? And he's like, I'm speaking. I'm like, whoa, whoa, Joe. Joe, who's not upset, he's going to get real snippy right there with Kaylee. And Kaylee's like, um, what? And he's like, you and Nate are a whole separate department. You shouldn't be interfering. Like, why are you interfering? His whole thing is, like, don't interfere. When Joe is the person who interferes the most in departments. And she's like, but that we can have a relationship set. He's like, let me speak. I'm trying to explain myself, and you're not letting me explain, man.

44:22That's what Nathan does. And Nathan does things that my dad does. You're basically my abusive father right now.

44:29Ben Mandelker: You're going to abandon me too? So then they go back to the table, and Kaylee tells Aisha, like, fucking Joe, he just got mad at me. And she's like, oh, you've been nothing but so nice to him. So then Kat sees Joe. She's like, um, are you mad at her? This is, like, ridiculous. us and he's like no now well now i'm mad at her because i couldn't give a fucking shit if she speaks to nathan but she's making it awkward and if it's it's me making me conscious of something that i'm not even that's not even real so he's already trying to whip up a narrative of why they should break up and i just love that cat's like um grow up yeah he does it every time it's like here we go it's and it's what they do on this show the guys on this show the last episode comes and And they're like, okay, how do I dump this person?

45:17Or how do I get them to dump me so I don't have to deal with this shit? You know, after I got my camera time by using them. Every time. Every time. Every time. So he's like, I don't want this, you know, this shit with Nathan is infiltrating what I have with Kaylee. You know, I don't want to link them two together. I respect Kaylee too much. So now they're leaving. And Joy's like, oh, you're going to make up with your boyfriend?

45:46Ben Mandelker: and she's like if i want to and kaylee's like i just didn't feel like i deserve that and i'm like you did not in fact um so then kaylee's asking joe if he wants to have a chat so they do this annoying thing that couples do where they like have a very intense chat like very like face to face but like everyone's around them it's just like awkward and he's like he's like let's go have a chat he's like okay sorry and they're sorry i really i really care about you and i've said it from the fucking one i'm sorry she's like well you know that all i care about you i'm like you guys you guys just fuck by you stop saying that you care about each other yeah um so they do that whole thing and they make up and asia is talking to jen and she's like jen i just want to say it's a drunk person i saw light in you in the last charter and i really think you're gonna make it in this world you know the next charter you go on possibly 95 of the people will still hate you and you just need to work on one percent each time by the time you're an old lady you might have half a boat of friends good for you thank you so much um yes i'm going to take everything i've learned from this boat on my next career path especially because i do plan on becoming a yes i do thank you thank you thank you yeah stupid people they fell for it that i was actually a motivated and um capable stew really fooled them nathan's like oh yeah that's what's the last charter and i thought about it i'm really fucking proud of you sign gene she's like oh my god you guys are like making me cry i'm so proud of myself like finally after all this time like i have a great charter like everybody really likes me and now i've come out on clock i'm i'm snapping my top finger to my thumb slay slay slay we well we forgot also there was a there was a part by the way earlier when the when the drag queen was out doing the performance when sandy tried to do like the she tried to do the thing and but she just started she just was like shaking her hands she was just or she was like doing some snappy thing but she's smiling so proudly she's like Look, I'm doing the gay thing With the fingers Okay, now they go to the club Joe texts Luke's to come Luke's, Luke to come And he comes in And he's like, I'm Luke And I'm hilarious, so all I'm going to wear Is this disguise Of hair and a beard I think it's pretty special, what I'm doing for joy You know, so I hope that Everyone sees that I'm a romantic This is what I'm here to do show up on tv and show how everyone how romantic i am my bravo espace has just begun and i want my reputation to be romantic so uh meanwhile in the club jen and joy are dancing together and you know asia's like this is so beautiful ending the season so united so unified because she's so happy because they you know they had tension but now they're dancing together and everything is great yes meanwhile coop is dancing with girls you know who are like tourist girls he's like are you american she's like yeah what about yo american from where south carolina uh show me your instagram show it to me right now i don't know if i should even talk to you show me your followers it's like well that's an american for sure look at the cat's watching and this is like every three episodes this is what happens to poor cat she's like i'm like i can't even believe it like i'm like so embarrassed right now like i just saw you were giving instagrams out like what the fuck we need to have our conversations well i'm not trying to make you cry well oh well thank you well thank god for that coop you know you know they always say intention over impact versus impact but you're really an impact versus intention guy and i'm you know what as long as you didn't want to make her cry you're totally absolved yeah and um it's like i gave him the benefit of the doubt over and over again but he just keeps disappointing me we're gonna have talk about it cat listen listen cat the first time it happened it was i think we both felt sympathy for you.

50:07Ben Mandelker: That sucks. But this is the third or fourth time he's humiliated you. And he even said last week or two weeks ago, well, there's so many red flags, but I like him. The red flags are there for a reason. If you see a sign on the road that says sharp turn coming up, you don't just keep going at the same speed because you like driving at that speed. You slow down and you make your hairpin turn. That way you survive it. So pay attention to the signs pay attention to the to the systems that are in place to warn you to move to a different thing yeah i mean i still feel bad for her but i guess because we're seeing the cuts of coop that she's not seeing so we're just seeing him still smiling at her and being oh we're about to go on a trip in a couple of days but yeah it is well i i feel bad for her but i'm also like the house is on fire get out of the house yeah that's the thing it's like i feel bad because she's hurt but like how many times you have to say this is like so embarrassing what he did to this girl he he showed you like you you literally acknowledged the red flags and willfully ignored them and now you're like but i can't believe this is happening please learn from this when you see the red flags yeah follow the red flags but at least she's saying this time i can't do it anymore you know because she runs off crying and he doesn't chase after her but then he's like i guess i should so he goes and finds her and she's like yeah i don't even know what we're doing i'm you know what like i'm not even gonna go with this anymore you know like i can't do this anymore and he's like well i'm not pursuing anything she goes okay then it's done and so then she cries and she's like oh i'm mad but i should have looked through the red flags and but he's still responsible for being a duck yes that's true so then dance floor is happening asia's doing her move her sway left and right and she's like i've never thought i'd see you two you know jen and joy on the dance floor next to each other my heart is so full i can't even explain it but then here comes luke and he's wearing the wig and jen just sees a tall guy in a wig and it's like, oh my God, there's a guy in a wig.

52:25Ben Mandelker: Oh my God, Kat, go snatch the wig. Snatch the wig. It's going to be hilarious. And she does and it's Luke and then Jen is pissed. And meanwhile everyone else loves Luke so they're all hugging Luke and he hugs Joy and she's like, oh my God, my heart. My heart is beeping. Great. I'm happy to see him. He's not good, but tonight he is here for me and you know he made an effort so let's appreciate the effort, eh? And like, meanwhile, Jen is fully having a Carrie moment. She's looking around. I mean, the lighting is almost like Carrie in there. I think it was blue, but in my mind, it was red in that club.

53:01Ben Mandelker: She's just, she's looking at the camera. She's looking to the left. She's looking to the right. And she's just like, you know, except she's going to do like a weird reverse Carrie where she's going to put the pig's blood on Luke. But like, she is furious. She's like, I never want to see that man in my fucking life again. And that man fucking shows up. She's just losing it Yeah, it's like, I fucking hate this man Okay, like, why is Joy What the hell's going on He has no respect, and you know what, I'm not surprised Because he's a piece of shit, and he thinks He's gonna make a scene on our finale Well, fuck that So she takes wine, and she walks right up to him And she throws it all over him It's great It was great, I loved it She's just like a full A full big rectangle of red wine stain on his stupid blue shirt and she just walks off and he's like wait i can't believe that what i really loved about it is that nobody was like oh my god poor luke jen how could you they were just like oh luke luke is covered in wine now and luke's just sitting there with joy and she looks at him and he goes oh well i guess my shirt's covered and she's like yes and you smell and i really like that no one rallied like yes poor luke jen you should be ashamed of yourself they were just like yeah fuck off luke you don't even work here anymore what are you doing here you know exactly and then uh massey sees luke and he's like oh so this is luke so this is the guy that i'm supposed to compete with for joy fuck he's big he's like never mind so luke ends up leaving um right does luke luke just well because yeah luke leaves because right because joy actually goes over to jen and uh well joy tells luke that she's like i'm gonna go talk to jen and she goes and she sits down with jen and consoles jen which was really big of her because she's like you know what she's like i like even though i even though i don't like you I don't want to see you crying for a man so no woman on earth deserves that so she's going to console Jen because she knows that Jen has been really hurt by this guy it's not going to stop Joy from trying to fuck him but she's going to still support and so that's when Luke is like okay I guess I should go so he ends up leaving nobody follows him and he's just walking down the street alone in a wine covered shirt and they're like what do you think is going to happen with Joy and he's like no no no no sir so he just wanders off alone covered in wine.

55:34And I loved that for him.

55:36Ben Mandelker: Yeah, it was great. Then we see Cooper and some random girl, just a different girl just dancing. And this girl is like, you're cute! He's like, yeah, I'll call you when I get back to the boat. And then we just see Cat going, what the fuck? Like, seriously, he's like, really embarrassed me. And Nathan's like, you deserve better. As a dad, I can tell you that. And I know something about a high-quality male, okay? You deserve better. So they leave and Coop tries to grab her hand. What the fuck? Coop, fuck off. Fuck off. The Grillhouse goes to Rhode Island. But seriously, at this point, it's like you didn't hook up.

56:15So now you're going to try it for one last night with Kat. Such a little asshole. So Kat gets into the car with Joy and Nathan. And she's like, he's a fucking asshole. I don't want to talk about it. But I feel played as fuck, you guys. Well, Cooper's flirting with every Tom Dick and Harry. I'm so sorry Kat I'm so sorry

56:35Ben Mandelker: and you know Kat's crying you do feel so bad for her because when she cries it's like a real kind of like it's an ugly cry she's really embarrassed and she's like I like the guy and now I feel so stupid and people do like me for who I am and I don't have to prove my value to anybody and that's right you don't have to you can do way better so they're talking about it in the other cartoon you and um joe's like ah i'd love to see in luke and she's like go fuck yourself i threw a glass of wine on him that's how i felt fuck that guy did you really yeah it was red wine and then um joy is saying uh uh like i think i need to go to to uh to psychiatry or maybe she said that jen she's like oh jen i think need the psychiatry so nathan calls he's going to be home in 20 minutes asia gets noodles of course and joy corners coop in the crew mess and she's like listen here fucking clown don't break anyone's heart okay anymore i will break you i will break you muppet which is weird because now they are allegedly together in real life so then joe is uh he's drunk and this is like that weird tense moment in some sort of like crime thriller where like the two guys who don't like each other have like a drunken talk that seems nice at first but you sense it's gonna go very badly and just like oh look at the color of his eyes look at nathan's eyes with the jacket look it's like pulling nathan's like laser like the lapels a little bit he's like oh i've had a drink i've had a drink or two but your eyes match your jacket daddy you know what i'm i'm a little drunk and i'm I speak and I'm loving.

58:23Ben Mandelker: So brother, you've been part of me life for three years. This is our last time we probably ever can see each other again. Look at your eyes. I'm the blazer. Giving him that glare and that smile. That creepy ass dead eyes glare that he gets. He's like 100%. But I just want to shake your hands. You know, as a drunk man, take my hand. You've got tiny hands. Oh daddy, how could you? How could you? Well done, mate. well done mate like okay and then he starts saying he's a fucking father oh my god he's a fucking dad he's a fucking father man it would be so much easier if he wasn't i was like what oh why did you say that why oh no don't say that trying trying and then he's just gonna push nathan i think he was expecting nathan to be more of an asshole so he could be like oh look i'm such a victim of Nathan again.

59:20But Nathan went along with it and was like, okay, I'll shake your hand. And so he didn't get what he wanted. So he's like, but it would be so much easier if he wasn't a father. He's like, do not disrespect my family.

59:32Ben Mandelker: I'm not going to disrespect nothing. Yeah, you're disrespecting me, girlfriend. And that's all I have to say to you. And I'll leave it on that note, bro. So Cooper's like, hey, calm down. Hey, Joe, sit down. Sit down, my lap. We can look at what sort of rings we're going to get with jams in them. But I tried to finish on a positive, everybody. I tried to use all swords in ya. I tried it, and now it's victimizing me. Yeah, well, so did I. You've always had a problem with her. You've always called her a princess, but the biggest princess is stood in front of me. Whatever you have against her, let it go and grow up.

1:00:11But I'm happy for your girl i'm happy for you i'm happy i'm happy i'm happy i'm happy i'm happy

1:00:19Ben Mandelker: be grown yeah be a person who's grown but i'm happy i'm a dad i'm a dad i understand things asia and kaylee asia is wasted too and she's just got like eyeliner coming down her eyes and she's got a plate of noodles and she's she looks distressed and she and kaylee are watching this holding hands like oh my god i can't believe we're watching this yeah they're they're holding hands in a way where like their their fingers are like clasped and what was so funny is before the commercial break they showed a little glimpse of this of like the tension between joe and nathan and it getting violent and then it just cuts to those hands clasped together and i literally thought that they were going to settle it with a thumb war i was like oh they're going to settle this with a thumb war because that's how the hands were meshed together i didn't realize it was asia and Kaylee.

1:01:07Ben Mandelker: I thought it was that they were getting into each other's faces, and then it cuts to them going into a thumb war. I literally thought this. This was not me being funny. My brain was like, oh. I thought they were probably going to try to punch each other, but a thumb war is kind of funny. One, two, three, four. I declare a thumb war. I'm a dad. I'm a dad. I'm a dad. I've got a dad's thumb. I'll squash you.

1:01:40And so they're like in each other's face. And Joe's like, are you going to hit me? Are you going to hit me now? Which is all Joe wants. Joe wants him to hit him. And Nathan just raises, he's like kind of cracks his empty water bottle. Like he was going to hit him, but he just makes a noise with this water bottle. And he's like, ah, you're just tempting me. Now keep her name out of your mouth or you're going to get it from the soft brand water.

1:02:06Ben Mandelker: well i don't think gail would be very happy he's like i don't give a fuck that's real talk no that's dad talk and dad talk is just as important as mom talk honey can hit me honey can hit me hit me big boy hit me where it hurts so then uh yeah so So basically, Kaylee's like, knight, knight, no, I don't want any hands thrown. Please don't do this. It's like, well, if you're real, you'll listen to me. Keep her name out of your fucking mouth. And so he's like, yeah, good decision. Good decision. None, dad. Yeah, so he walks off the father. Listening to that old song. I'm a dad, I'm a dad, I'm a dad, dad, dad.

1:02:53So then Luke texts Joy, and he's like, come see me tomorrow when you're off the boat. don't bring gin wine glass emoji and um by the way our note taker she she includes the wine glass

1:03:07Ben Mandelker: um wine glass and then she writes his emoji i like that our note taker is like this i would never write that emoji like this is purely him being awful i actually looked up this emoji just to give you she also gave us the uh face that joe made joe sent a text earlier and was like watch out jen's gonna be at the club luke and then made the awkward face but it's funny because the awkward face is just the smiley face but opening its mouth and putting its teeth together just like joe and i was like just like joe even knows that that's not a joe emoji i know right um but yeah so uh i just emily don't worry we we know we know you you know nothing to do with that emoji um it's just purely luke being cheesy and stupid um so then joy call between joy and luke and she's like during the old season i was crying and he was there and i would call a text he's always there day and night now he's trying to fix the relationship you You know, he's trying his best.

1:04:11So maybe I'll give him a chance. I'm back on board. I'd like to hear your voice, whatever. I love terrible men. Listen, you can love me and also understand that you are always going to hate my male choices. Okay, audience?

1:04:25Ben Mandelker: Thank you. Yeah, seriously. So then Jen is still just muttering as she gets into bed. Fuck Luke. Fuck him with a fucking cheese thread. Fuck. and then um now we see kaylee talking to joe and kaylee's like what happened between you and gail he's like well you know we had a lot of shit talk but when we were working together just developed a natural disagreement and i love that h is like no i'm sorry i literally watched it happen in real time before i got married and when we were together you hated her straight away he's like no Oh, she's like, yeah, I watched it. You hated her. You hated her because she took away Nathan from you.

1:05:07Ben Mandelker: I saw it with my eyes. Sorry, you're wrong. Yeah, she's like, she did nothing to you. I saw it. You were jealous. He's like, jealous of what? I'm not going to stand for it. This is bullshit. And she leaves. And she says, you know, I've tried to let them hash this out. But I remember Joe turning on Gail. I watched it all. I read all of the messages. Gail's done nothing here. And if she's not here to defend herself, I'm going to fucking defend her. So good for her. Yeah. And I like that she was like, this isn't up for debate. You're lying. I've been quiet about it. You're not allowed to weave this narrative.

1:05:44Ben Mandelker: Joe does every single season. Whenever he's called on somebody, he cries and starts to make a big scene about what a victim he is. Every time. Yeah. Yeah. So now he starts crying hysterically. and now he's like oh my goodness it's so difficult and it's just like you know you don't don't Joe's a good guy but he's lying through his teeth he's like yeah but I just want to make sure that you're okay I'm glad you're okay oh god what's gonna happen I was looking to be able to buy our rings with gems in them money is no issue yeah um so cube goes to follow him and um cooper's like oh how can i be there for you and then they're just hugging and uh cooper's sitting with joe and he's still sobbing about how taxing it's just so taxing but it's so taxing i cleaned the lads nobody nobody has given me credit for how well I organized the lies.

1:06:50Ben Mandelker: No one understands how hot it was to print out using all that green ink toner. I came into this. Oh, he was like, I came into this season charter one telling you I got your back and I got your back, bro. I'm fucking feeling it for you. One more day. I love you, bro. I love you, bro. I love you, bro. I love you, bro. and then they're just like one of them's in the bunk it doesn't end with like one of them in the bunk and then the other one's like hugging up against their neck and it just shows them closing their eyes with their necks touching it looked like a poster for like a european art film it was like joe's head was like leaning up against the bug like cooper was in the top bunk his arm was down consoling it it was like it was very artful and it was kind of black and white because it was the late night cam.

1:07:40Ben Mandelker: It was beautiful. So then it's the next morning and Joe's like, oh, God, I'm sorry for all that he had the night before. I'm just, you know, I'm just glad. I just had to let it out. And Kip's like, I'm just glad that I was there. I was able to be there for you. It's just like so funny how he shows so much more affection towards Joe than he ever did for Kat. Yeah, he really does. And then Kat and Jen are talking. Kat's like, oh my God, I've been so disrespected and jen's like yeah like everyone's night last night like everyone was their final boss moment last night it was like amazing like did you see mine i would have thrown a fucking glass of wine at cooper too boss move yeah and um so then then jen's like i love you by the way i love you i love you and cat's like you know we've been through the ringer together up and down together and she's like yeah i would beat cooper's six five ass so um now joe's asking a cat if she's gonna be staying with um with them in dubrovnik she's like oh no no and then she like finds one of cooper's t-shirts in her clothes that she's packing she's like ew she like puts it in the crew mess and i love that jen just takes it and she just throws it in the trash i was like yes yes so he just sees joe in the hallway and he's like are we good she's like of course we're good i'll never hold any ill feelings especially as a married woman and he's like you know if i'm being completely honest maybe there's some truth and she repeats it again by the way she's like but you were very jealous when gail came into the picture and i hope you know i wasn't just saying about drunkenly you've always treated a girl like shit okay have a good one i love when asia does that like last year with kizzy when kizzy's like i thought you really liked me but she said i was like irresponsible and sloppy and underhanded you are absolutely one of the besties that we have and you're absolutely you're so wonderful and you're also those things

1:09:43and joe says you know if i'm being completely honest there's probably some truth to what she said you know three years ago me and nathan were like two pieces and about two peas in a pot and nathan was getting with gail and it hurt when she became his full priority but it's everything that's happened since then the dramatic escalation of this i don't feel like i've done he's become my father.

1:10:08Ben Mandelker: I'm abandoned once again. So Massey leaves. She's like, hello, everyone. Goodbye. Like, oh, oh, okay. And then we get the goodbye things now. Now Kat leaves and she's like, oh my god, this has changed my life. This has changed my life this season. So everyone's like, bye, bye, bye. Well, Kat does have a good line. Kat says, I think the only person that came farther than me this season was Luke. you know that's a good little zinger right there you know so then Jen is leaving and she goes to Joy and she's like Joy I will take everything you taught me in life like you're supposed to separate rags and clothes that's crazy so thank you you're a true icon oh my god she fell for it again I can't believe all these gullible people and then Jen's saying Joy doesn't really fall for it which I love she's like okay goodbye enjoy psychiatry Jen's like I'm hoping on my next boat I will have no drama in the interior team like yep that's not going to happen with you Jen you are the drama I hate to break it to you I will always have drama with the boys on the boat and I've learned I really do like who I am a future purser that is who's going to be more successful than her parents and I have faith in myself and yachting is my career and it's my calling and that will never change no matter what people may trust is that Luke is that Luke outside the boat waiting for Joy?

1:11:37Ben Mandelker: God damn it, I don't want to see him again! Um, and Coop's goodbye is Oh, I started off this season I called myself a green bean greener than a green bean but now I've learned so much, so now I'm more yellow, like a school bus.

1:11:59Ben Mandelker: And I've turned I've turned I was gonna say green, but he already said green Green because I'm going to puke. But he already did green, so never mind. Oh, God. I wish there were more colors.

1:12:13Kaylee talks about how changed she is. I already went over hers. And she's like, I'm a badass bitch. And then Joy's like, this season taught me I could have warrior discipline and standards too. But also, I don't have to be scary. You know, look at me. Not scary. Boo. Boo. Boo, Muppet.

1:12:31Ben Mandelker: You do have to be scary. You do. joy i request it and then um joe bradley goes up to sandy and he's like oh i guess i should give you my stripes back remember when i was a bosun i was really good that i did that chart yeah here these are i guess i'll give them back because i wasn't able to be more of a bosun for you this season but you can always look at them and if the opportunity ever comes up you know you know where to call i don't know i'll just go off into the sunsets poor joe joe who got to taste the life of a bosun but never got to live it fully because nathan came back too early it's like wow that guy really must be a bosun huh and uh nathan so he says bye to sandy and nathan talks i don't even want to talk about nathan i fucking hate this guy fuck him well it's just such bullshit it's such bullshit what he says he does the whole thing it's the same thing he's been saying all episode i just want to focus on my family focus on my family i'm like well why don't you focus on your rage and your violence and then you could actually that would be the thing that would help your family yeah so uh he says bye asia leave or asia leave sandy gives her a framed photo of them with with matching bracelets and then sandy gives us her final speech and uh she's like you know it's every season comes to a close i try to find a lesson you know and you do this long enough people are going to change you know even they're changing even the same people they're changing to different people you know i mean look i try to tell Norma.

1:14:01No matter what happens in life, just look at the person next to you and you'll see they've changed. It's still a nobody and it's still a nothing. You know, maybe it's changed shape of nothingness. The point is, year after year, Norma's alone. God, this has been a fun season.

1:14:22Ben Mandelker: And then we have this like, also like a moment with Aisha. I couldn't tell if this was a farewell or if it was a reflecting because I'm getting married and I feel like they just sort of they gave us something that could work both ways in case she does come back and she talks about how she spent the past decade working in the boats I can't believe it's been 10 years that Aisha's been on this show but she's been on like a lot of seasons and she's talking we see all these like flashbacks of baby Aisha and how when she used to have a little top pony and she was coming on the boat she was young and green and now she's this and that and now she's getting married and we see footage from her wedding and i actually got like kind of like a little emotional i was like oh our sweet asia all grown up and maybe leaving below deck i mean she never said anything but i'm just saying like they sort of made it look a little bit like a finale moment so who knows if it really is but it was a nice well i thought she was leaving but then i read that she's coming back next year but then i also read that it's katie flood next year so i don't know if she comes back and quits or if she comes back and there's some kind of situation where she has to leave or i don't know what happens but yeah i think this was gonna be her finale and then it wasn't her finale but then it gets fucked up next year but i don't know we'll have to wait next year to see but it is nice to see her get married you know it's really cute her wedding's really pretty and it ends just on asia's face and it is just so asia's face the whole season ends with like

1:15:54and that's it to the end of season 11 which is crazy season 11 i know well guess what regular

1:16:04Ben Mandelker: blow deck starts up next week it never ends thanks everyone for being here we appreciate you so much we'll see you out on the road and uh we also we'll talk to you tomorrow with some Real Housewives of New York. Bye, everyone. Bye.

1:16:46Ben Mandelker: She don't miss no trick-a-less. Hala Nagila Weber. You'll never hide from Heidi Eleanor Jones. It's no BS. We love Hugo ES. Jamie, she has no last name-y. Sips some scotch with Jessica Trotch. She's our pal-a-ger. It's Karen Gallagher. She's our favorite streamer, Caroline Peacock. Kristen the Piston Anderson. Let's give a kiss-a-rino to Lisa Lino. Fresh as a daisy, it's Maisie McHenry. Come again? We're obsessed with Margaret O 'Halloran. Megan Berg. You can't have a burger without the berg. I love a yaw, Olivia Williamson. She's the lady of the house. It's Rachel Sherouse. Yes, we canna. It's Savannah.

1:17:26Ben Mandelker: Cast a spell with Shannon Spellman. Let's share with Sharon Eldridge. Don't get mixed signals. We love Signy. Darn Skippy. It's Tippi. And our super premium sponsors. She's VVIP. It's Amanda V. Somebody get us 10 cc's of Betsy MD. We're taking the gold with Brenda Silva. Let's get real with Caitlin O 'Neill. Put us on a stretcher. It's Charlotte Fletcher. Don't get salty with Christine Pepper. Can't have a meal without the Emily sides. Who, what, why, where, and Gwen Pentland. Nobody holds a candle to Jamie Kendall. We got our wish. It's Jen Plish. My favorite Murdo, Karen McMurdo. Let's get savage with Laura Wildman.

1:18:09Ben Mandelker: In the study with a candlestick, it's Leslie Peacock. We're ride or die for Lisa Ryder Barron. She's a whiz, it's Liz Sarthy Always killin' it, it's Lola Alkalani Roger that, it's Marlis Rogers The incredible edible Matthews sisters She eases our woes, it's Melissa St. Rose There's a chance of meatballs, it's Rebecca Cloud She's our princess, it's Rebecca Prince She's the Queen Bee, it's Sarah Lemke We cannot tell a lie, it's Sarah Talafson Yes we canna, it's Savannah Shannon, out of a cannon, Anthony We have no notes Shelby Walter. Please don't stop at Soli and Pop. Let's take off with Tamla Plain.

1:18:49Ben Mandelker: Strike a pose at Tori Rose. She ain't no shrinking Violet Kuchar. We love you guys.

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