#3575 Below Deck S13E01: Babes in Thailand

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2:05Ronnie Karam: Well, hello and welcome to Watch What Crappens, a podcast for all the crap we love to talk about on Ye Old Bravs. I'm Ronnie. That's Ben over there. Hello, Ben.

2:16Ben Mandelker: Hi, Ronnie.

2:17Ronnie Karam: How's it going? Good. Getting ready to travel to Minneapolis for this weekend's shows. We're going to Minneapolis and Detroit. In Minneapolis, we are going, I'm just going to keep saying Minneapolis until I fall. Minneapolis! Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minneapolis. We're going to be recapping Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in Minneapolis. And then in Detroit on Sunday, October 18th, we will be doing Real Housewives of Orange County. Following that, in November, we're going to be in Philly, Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Austin, and Houston. Then we're going to Nashville, Clearwater, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, Charleston, Atlanta, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Toronto, Boston.

3:05Ronnie Karam: And we're going to end up at the Golden Crappies on Broadway in New York City, Thursday, February 25th. So lots of shows coming up. Go get your tickets. You can find links and calendar over at watchwhatcrappens.com. Yes. Yes, queen. Yes, queen. It is getting chilly here in Los Angeles. I'm a chilly dilly. I'm wearing a little hoodie. I just turned on the heater for the first time.

3:37Ben Mandelker: Yeah.

3:38Ronnie Karam: Times are changing. It's getting cold in L.A., but it's getting hot on Below Deck because they've sent Below Deck down to Thailand.

3:47Ben Mandelker: By the way, I always feel so bad for these crews whenever they get sent to Thailand. I mean, I love Thailand. It's a beautiful, beautiful place, but it is hot and humid. And I feel like they send these crews there during the peak humidity season. Because apparently, like, when I went back in 2019, I think I went at the end of October, which is when, like, the summer, like, craziness in terms of heat and humidity abates. And I get the feeling that they send this crew out to Thailand during peak heat because it's probably cheaper. and I just have a hard time with it because it's a season of watching these people sweat through their shirts and that makes me just inherently uncomfortable.

4:33Ronnie Karam: Yeah, people get really sweaty on this show. It's a lot, you know? And the new chef is a big guy and he's like, are you fucking kidding me? She's like, what? It is hot in hell. I mean, the first episode he's about to fall over and I don't blame him. I'm right with him.

4:49Ben Mandelker: Yeah, it's... it's, it's, it's uncomfortable. You know, Captain Sandy has it just right because hers below deck med it's, it's really a very low probability. She'll wind up in Thailand. I mean, you would think below deck down under would also not wind up in Thailand, but it is geographically closest there. And they've also chosen to be liberal with what down under means. Cause they send it to the Caribbean. But, but like, man, if I get that call, guess what? You're going to Thailand. On the one hand, oh my God, amazing Thailand. On the other hand, I'm going to lose 70 pounds of water weight over the course of the next five days while I'm there.

5:31Ben Mandelker: And that's scary. Yeah.

5:35Ronnie Karam: I don't know. Water weight's like the most of the weight I lose ever. I feel like growing up, every time I lost any weight, my mom would say, oh, that's water weight. Like kind of being mean about whatever weight I lost. And I was like, Well, what's real weight? Weight is weight, okay? Just get off my ass.

5:55Ben Mandelker: Wait, wait, don't tell me. Get me some chocolate milk. The point is this. It's going to be a sweaty season, and I feel the humidity of this new season. And I just want to say to those who were enlisted to shoot this show, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you had to do this for us, but thank you. Thank you for your kind, sweaty service.

6:15Ronnie Karam: Thank you, bunch of dummies. so whenever this show comes it's fun because it's like a mystery

6:22Ben Mandelker: fucking idiots get a real job this is what you get oh you were chasing adventure well congratulations you could be sweating into a bucket when you could have just been working

6:32Ronnie Karam: at starbucks yeah all you wanted with some only fans followers and here you are sweating through your butt crack well i hope it was worth it um yeah below deck is like a mystery every time i turn it on i think who am i gonna hate and like what what guy is gonna pretend he's so nice in the beginning and then turn out to be a total douchebag so i'm always really excited to see what i'm guessing like who i'm guessing and if it's correct this time i just said they're all dicks because i feel like that's the safest bet i always say low deck uh guilty until proven

7:07Ben Mandelker: innocent and you know what also what's fun specifically about below deck is uh it's fun to see what sort of pivot Fraser's going to make in terms of his management style, because every season he begins, last year I was a bit too permissive. This year I'm not going to let anything go past. And then this year it's kind of like, last year I was rigid, but this year I'm going to be flexible. He always has some grand announcement of how he's going to change and improve, and he always sort of just doesn't quite do it. And it's like a kind of very funny unraveling that we get to watch.

7:43Ronnie Karam: Well, listen, I've learned it from a lot of self-help books and therapy and et cetera. You can just keep cycling and cycling and cycling, but your bike always ends up back in the same place at you. Wow.

7:59Ben Mandelker: But what if you've never been to you? Oh, I've been to me. It's hell. I live here. That's why you get a Peloton because you don't even have to worry about the journey. You just know, you know exactly where you are at any given moment in the corner, pedaling away, just staring at a hot person on a screen with some lady pumping music into your ear and giving you self-help bullshit while you're trying to just bike.

8:23Ronnie Karam: You know, I don't know how, I don't know. I don't know how people do the pillow. Just from listening to you talk about it and people being like, isn't this your best day? This is our best day. We're almost up the hill. Just shut up. like the one good thing about going and exercising is not having anybody giving me their toxic

8:40Ben Mandelker: positivity bullshit i have to say that is one of the drawbacks but different instructor like some instructors are really a lot like that and some like cody rigsby like what hit one of his benefits is that he just prattles on about pop culture i mean it's not usually stuff i care about he'll be like do you guys remember when britney spears once like she once like bought like a kitkat bar and it's like why are you buying a kitkat bar am i right okay okay turn the resistance up five steps and then she ate the kitkat bar and i'm like see that's what you get ready to the kitkat bar so like he just sort of he just prattles on in a way that's actually very comforting and you get distracted and all of a sudden 15 minutes have passed because you've been listening to this guy i have like crazy hot takes about like mid-2000s pop culture but um there are some other that some others that are like really they they are toxic positivity and then there's leanne hainsby who, she's a British woman and she doesn't know how to do the banter after many years.

9:38Ben Mandelker: She does like, she has very stilted observations. I will always remember this. I probably have mentioned before where during one of her classes, that song Breakfast at Tiffany's came on I remember from the 90s. And so it came on and she wasn't saying anything because she didn't know what to say. And then out of nowhere, she goes, Breakfast at Tiffany's hit number three in 1990. six. That's how you do it. And then she just went silent again. And I was like, that's how you do it. What? They didn't even get number one. Shortest documentary

10:12Ronnie Karam: ever. And that's how you do it.

10:15Ben Mandelker: This is supposed to get me to pedal. It's like, oh, if you're feeling tired, just think of the people who sang Breakfast to Tiffany's. They got to number three. That's how you do it. Can I have some more information?

10:26Ronnie Karam: Like, how did they do it? Abraham Lincoln. He did that. Well, Can I get some more information?

10:34Ben Mandelker: I know. Henry Ford made a car. That's how you do it.

10:41Ronnie Karam: All right. So here we are, season 13 of Below Deck. Just crazy. That's 13 years old, a little teenager. And we're in Phuket, as you mentioned. And we start with a Captain Kerry monologue. Thailand, Phuket. Not exactly a place you tiptoe into. Get your tap shoes on and make some goddamn noise.

11:07Ben Mandelker: You better get used to your cartwheeling because that's how you get into Thailand. Hits you straight away. The light, the noise, the smells, the chaos, all turned up a notch. Life's got a way of dropping you somewhere. I expect that's exactly what you're meant to be. Did his accent get stronger this season? Is he actually leading into his accent? I feel like Captain Kerry has never sounded this Captain Kerry-ish. He's really Captain Carrying it.

11:31Ronnie Karam: Yeah, he's like, there's elephants, there's men in beer costumes. There's something they're putting on my goddamn face. What are you putting on my goddamn face? It's a salmon facial, sir. Well, at least I've already gotten someone off. Am I right?

11:46Ben Mandelker: Now, I need to ask a question. Is this a salmon's facial? Does that mean it's a facial that's the color of salmon, like that pink color? Or is it just you put a salmon on my face and that's considered a facial? I need to have Yins this place. Salmon sperm, sir. It sounds.

12:04Ronnie Karam: No matter what color, we're all the same on the inside. Am I right? Sounds like that salmon went on an adventure. So we see beautiful shots of Phuket, beaches, coves, night markets, elephants. And we see the new boat, the Azul V.

12:26Ben Mandelker: wow Azul V is it Azul V or is it like Azul 5 it's actually called my Azul Azul 5 by the way I just want to say

12:42Ronnie Karam: which is a V for those of you who don't understand

12:45Ben Mandelker: Roman numerals adventure that's for you salmon before you splooshed all over my face learn your numbers

12:53Ronnie Karam: um azul five went on an adventure and then it learned it was azule six adventure

13:04Ben Mandelker: yeah that's right azule four tried to get to puke but couldn't make it so azule five we got here um so then we have fraser so fraser has arrived and he has not only has his his annual proclamation of how he's going to change he's also like i think he's gotten some notes some feedback and he's like Hello, I'm Happy Fraser now. I'm cheery. I'm so enthusiastic about everything. I love everything. That's me. Happy Fraser. I fucking love my job. I love challenges that seem totally impossible. And I don't know if that is some form of masochism, but I feel like the baddest bitch on board. Take five serious icon vibes.

13:50Ben Mandelker: Happy Fraser. Happy Fraser.

13:55Ronnie Karam: I'll tell you one thing Fraser loves, a spray tan. The man is extremely orange. We're just starting. I mean, listen, everyone loves their spray tan. I mean, I don't, but that's me. But everyone loves their spray tan. But man, the coloring needs to, they need to work on the color a little bit more. He's very orange. But he looks great. It's good to see him happy. And listen, I don't even care if someone's just pretending to be happy. That's good enough for me. I'm all for fakery.

14:26Ben Mandelker: Yeah. He does, he looks great. I think he's like, I think he's like filled out just a little bit in a way. I was like, he looks excellent. And it's nice to have him back. We're glad that he's alive. He had a huge health scare, which I'm sure the season is going to dive into at some point. I was shocked that we didn't start with that or he didn't talk about it. That didn't, especially because the episode is called What a Tie to be Alive. So, yeah, like, you know, new Fraser, new phrase, who dis?

14:57Ben Mandelker: I'm sorry, everyone. All that Peloton talk got me in a different, it got me in a weird place.

15:02Ronnie Karam: He did that? Ah, Fraser, Sprite Tan. that's how you do it then we get the return of rain b o who i'm really glad that they brought back they really you know that they said let's just stop bringing back the most popular people and also sometimes bring back someone extremely mentally unstable let's see how it goes this time

15:29Ben Mandelker: yeah yeah um i think we all are looking forward to the charter that has rainbow rainbow um jen and ellie on it because that's just going to be our dream season uh the boat will sink of course but until that happens this boat's about to sink um this boat is this boat's

15:50Ronnie Karam: not looking very promising when they start the boat later and he's like oh the boat didn't start now here's the thing about this boat you've only got three tries because it's an air compressor and when you're out of air, the boat explodes. If we don't start this third time, we're all going to die. Does everyone understand? Like, oh, no. Oh, God. Oh, geez.

16:14Ben Mandelker: What in the Super Mario Brothers is this boat? Like, you get three lives and then it's done? Game over? And then it's done. Where do they get this boat? What is happening? Why is it that every season of every blow deck, they start up and, like, the boat is in disrepair and whoever was last in the galley just left everything rotting in it like what is what is

16:35Ronnie Karam: happening why does this happen i mean cheesecakes there someone left cheesecakes and then turned off the walk-in that is you you would have shady work that's just crazy why do they do that like to think it's just captain sandy like huh let's see how this guy did let's see how this movie does it so Rainbow is back and she's like oh I'm gonna do everything different this season but you know the urges to do you know like oh god this one deserves a good slap or you know I mean some people need to slap maybe I'll slap some people but I'm very positive I'm very positive this season I'm Rainbow it's gonna be great everything will be

17:16Ben Mandelker: perfect and then we see scenes later in the season where she is critiquing micromanaging other people and it's not being well received and then we meet chef mo and he says between 39 and 42 you're an uncle so i think i'm in my uncle stage right now because i'm old school you know just a teddy bear who but don't turn me into a grizzly you know so we see him getting on board and then um we meet i don't remember who matthew is is he the bosun uh matthew

17:49Ronnie Karam: I brought up video so I could see who these people are because the first Below Deck, we don't know any accents or any personnel. It takes us six episodes to kind of figure everybody out. I think that's normal in a Below Deck audience. Matthew is the one who – yeah, I mean – here, I'll just show you on the screen. He's wearing a – I'm pointing the website so I can see. He's this guy. Do you see him on the screen? Oh, yeah. Uh-huh. That's Matthew? I would describe him, but the guys on deck all look exactly the same. It's very difficult to tell them apart this season. They're all kind of like generic hot-ish white guy.

18:28Ben Mandelker: I agree. They are very, very difficult to see. And I'm trying to see if there's like a cast bio on the Bravo website, but they just don't care about, oh, here, we do have a cast bio. So, yeah, Matthew is the guy you talked about. Yeah. Matthew Fitzpatrick Buck. He's hyphenated. Matthew Fitzpatrick Buck. That's fun. Matthew also looks different every time we see him. Did you notice that? Like how he appears in the interviews is way different than how he appears on deck versus how he appears in casual clothes versus how he appears in his whites. He changes every time I see him.

19:05Ronnie Karam: What's he holding in his right hand in this picture?

19:09Ben Mandelker: A little pink gun?

19:11Ronnie Karam: I just have to assume it's a vape.

19:13Ben Mandelker: I have to assume it's a vape. Oh, those kids.

19:17Ronnie Karam: Okay. Those crazy kids. As I exhale. So, Matthew. Matthew operates on a different frequency. I can be a little bit cocky and cheeky, like you either love me or you hate me.

19:32Ben Mandelker: That's great. I'm going to stick with hate for now. Just to be safe. When people say that almost inevitably everyone hates you, and there's like one person who loves you. Yeah, he gives a little bit Nico vibes in the face.

19:51Ronnie Karam: Look, here's his face again. He's kind of got Nico to him. I don't know why, but there you go. That's what I see. And so then we meet. These are quick flashes that we're meeting all these people. We meet Jesenia, who is a big buxom blonde lady with giant eyelashes. And she's like, yeah, I'm basically one of the guys. and like girls get mad at me because like i'm a guy like i'm basically just one of the guys i'm

20:18Ben Mandelker: just hotter i have big eyelashes and good hair we know which we know what what direction this is going the i'm just one of the guys trope is a classic below deck pitfall wherein you have a girl who likes to claim she's just one of the guys but the guys never truly accept her as one of the guys and that like that gulf there messes with her head and she winds up crying especially she starts to fall for a guy and then she like she's led that she's like a cool girl just one of the guys but then she actually has feelings like one of the girls and then the guy doesn't like that and then it becomes drama for the whole season like we've seen it a million times and um hopefully it won't play out again this year but i know the odds are against her well

21:01Ronnie Karam: she came on screen and i immediately said this girl is going to be a white girl twerking in every scene yeah and then she tells us she's just one of the guys and then it cuts to her twerking 30 times in 30 different locations so i mean good for her but yeah saw that one coming okay saw it coming now we go meet um kaylee who is um definitely a little bit chaotic i'm just chaotic i don't know what it is you know i'm very bubbly and hippie after a margarita i'm like oh my god

21:35Ben Mandelker: Yeah, her journey so far is going to be trying to understand laundry, which I always think is a funny thing. Like if you're hired to be a stew on a yacht, like not just learning some of the basics. But, you know, that'll be her thing. And we see more people. We just see flashes of all sorts of people that we'll be seeing later this season.

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24:56Ronnie Karam: Oh, this is so cool, isn't it, Captain? Oh, how lovely to see you. It looks very manageable, this boat. What a lovely boat. And Fun Fraser.

25:06Ben Mandelker: Fun Fraser. Absolutely loved that Fee-fi-fo-fum moment. I did not think it was hideous at all. I thought it was a very, very fun way to open up the scene.

25:15Ronnie Karam: Surely you're not starting off the season by calling me fat, because that is a giant, that is actually a giant rhyme. I do not appreciate that. I've been doing lots of push-ups. Captain the cows, as it goes. Well, we've got a new boat this season. It's called Azul Victorious. All right, it's 48 metres, based in Malaysia, and we brought it here to Thailand. The interior layout is amazing. The space is incredible. The sundeck is vast and open. But note this, at any moment, we could die.

25:51Ben Mandelker: It's a true adventure. I'll tell you this much. The main salon is as vast as a Norwegian fjord. Adventure! So Kerry says, all right, now this is the chef and this is the crew. We've got Rosa. She's been a chief still. She's a great person to lean on. Literally, you can lean on her very sturdy. I can't wait when she gets on board. I'm just going to lay on her like I'm Danny DeVito on Arnold Schwarzenegger and the poster for Twins. And then Kaylee. Well, that's unproblematic.

26:20Ronnie Karam: Well, unfortunately, we don't have HR in Thailand.

26:28Ben Mandelker: Kaylee has a little bit less experience. In fact, she's never seen a boat before in her life. She always thought it was a plane that was just on the wrong runway. And I'm super excited to announce Rainbow. You know, she stood out last season and she killed it. She literally went to a small island in the middle of Holland and killed something. She was excellent. Excellent.

26:49Ronnie Karam: Well, Rainbow is passionate. All right, that's what we'll say about her. She's quick. She's thorough. I'm so grateful to have her, mostly because it will keep everyone hating her instead of me. Nobody's perfect. She's quite intense. I wouldn't say she's the most social person. I wouldn't say she can really read a room. But this year I want her to be softer and have some patience. What journey it's going to be. Thank you. Poor Fraser. Do you think Fraser was really happy when he heard Rainbow was coming?

27:20Ben Mandelker: No. No. He was like, oh dear, this hysterical mess is back on my boat. Well, I'm going to keep her in line. I mean, fun Fraser. Fun Fraser says, I can't wait. She's so lovely. We're going to have the best time ever.

27:37Ronnie Karam: yeah i know we're gonna really disagree on this next point and the audience will probably throw tomatoes at me but really missed opportunity here rainbow i mean um selene should be back i mean the whole funniest part of this episode was clips of selene going oh really you want me to do what laundry oh no no i don't do i don't do no selene was a selene was a reality star

28:05Ben Mandelker: She was there to be a reality star. She was very funny. When she said things, she was very funny. But in terms of her being on this boat, it just was... I actually thought it was really annoying. I'm happy to have no Celine. And by the way, they're going to bring Celine back. It'll be like, well, unfortunately, our second stew died. It was eaten by a shark here in Thailand. And there's no one left in the entire club. So here's Celine. They always do that.

28:32Ronnie Karam: The girl who was afraid of doing laundry actually got eaten by the laundry machine. So no one is available, unfortunately, in the entire world. So we brought back Selene.

28:44Ben Mandelker: Unfortunately, the new girl who doesn't understand laundry got sent to Broke Down Palace. So we will have Selene back.

28:54Ronnie Karam: There are bags of liquid yacht wear uniforms all over the place, which I guess is the brand of their uniform. So there you go. Now we go to the dock and Chef boards and finds Carrie. And, you know, he's like, it's hot. Why is it so fucking hot?

29:14Ben Mandelker: Why? He's like, really? It's like, oh, look at you. You're a little puffed up there. You're a little puffed there, aren't you, Mo? You know, Mo's like, yeah, you don't have to announce that I'm puffed. Thank you, sir.

29:26Ronnie Karam: Who says that to somebody? You're puffed. You get puffed. Get puffed. But he means because Mo is walking there in the heat, and he comes and he's like, hi, Captain. Hi, nice to meet you. I just came up. Oh, you're a bit puffed, eh? Mate, I'm really happy you're here. Your food looks incredible. Let's hope it's not covered in your sweat. It's going to be a long season for you, eh, mate?

29:50Ben Mandelker: He's like, thank you, man. I appreciate that. You know, I'm straight on the positive, not the negative. I don't throw pots and pans. I'm not with that bullshit. And he says, I'm super New York. People ask me if I'm a Knicks fan. I tell them I'm not a Knicks fan. I'm a Knick. I am literally Mariska Hargitay at this point. I love the Knicks so much. I'm from Queens and I currently live in Jersey City. I went to Quoton Blue in Pittsburgh. And in the first two or three years of my career, I'm working at a Michelin star restaurant. And guess what I called the restaurant? The Knicks. I love the Knicks.

30:27Ronnie Karam: Every night we'd have a special, a Knicks special. And he does, I've come a long way. I came from Queens, and I never thought I'd be working on yachts. It's a blessing. I've technically been around the world. Technically. I don't know what that means. I've technically been around the world.

30:45Ben Mandelker: And he still can't fi-yi-yi-yined her.

30:50Ronnie Karam: And still, you're buffed. So he meets Fraser, and they're going to share a cabin. And Fraser's like, well, it's the only one with an en suite, so we should get it. He's like, okay, great. So I get to smell your poop while I sleep. Sounds good. I don't, I think in a rooming situation, it's almost better to have a down the hall toilet.

31:11Ben Mandelker: Hmm. Yeah. Um, I like having an en suite. I like an en suite. You know, I have memories of dorm life. If it's mine. A mine suite. I have memories of dorm living in college. And yeah, I think a bathroom of my own would be lovely, I would say. I like that more than a communal one.

31:40Ronnie Karam: Yeah. Well, that makes sense. I don't know. I just think an ensuite in a shared room, it's not like a big glamorous room. Well, I guess they share bathrooms anyway, don't they?

31:52Ben Mandelker: Yeah, they normally always share. but normally they always have an en suite they always have a little bathroom but uh this is in this case i guess this is the only one that has the bathroom attached i don't understand after all that talk about how amazing this boat is azul five looks like it's missing about four

32:09Ronnie Karam: bathrooms yeah this boat this boat is not nice we know because of the engine and because there's only one en suite this is going to be a disaster in all i mean now we go to the wheelhouse and the new person, Alex, is here. He meets Kerry. And he's like, yeah, how long before we're picking up? Ah, tomorrow. And I haven't driven this boat before, so, you know, I've got a lot to get familiar, all right? So having a Brit on board is good, so you probably won't get too upset when I talk firmly. Right, Brit boy? He's like, no, I'd really appreciate it if you didn't go on Brit boy. It's kind of hurtful.

32:45Ben Mandelker: Steve, I believe in such. Well, so first things first. Let's scoot through your dick team, okay? We started with Matthew. He's got some good experience, mate. James, he's got powerboat level two. And then you've got Jesenia. She's just one of the guys, it says here, right on her CV. She's been on tugboats and she's new to yachting. And they're like, oh, tugboats, great.

33:06Ronnie Karam: I'd love to tell you what her face looks like, but her CV picture is just her twerking.

33:11Ben Mandelker: It's mid-twerk. Look at that. And she has a picture of many guy Fioris and then her face in between it saying, just one of the, and then arrows to all of them next to her.

33:27Ronnie Karam: So we find out a little bit about Alex. He grew up in London. I would spend my weekends playing in parks, not down at the beach. What do you think of that? Not a beach boy here, only parks for me. Prior to yachting, I used to be a travel agent. So the ability to see new places while earning money was very appealing to me. He's been working on yachts for five years. He's been boasting a year. He's had eight months break from yachting. So will I still have it together? Who even am I? Who even am I? Are we on the ocean? Could we get to a park?

34:05Ben Mandelker: I'm just a boy standing in front of a girl asking her if she wants to play in the park and do some travel booking. That's my backstory. So Rainbow arrives and she's like, Fraser, yes. He's like, oh, Fun Fraser, so happy to see you. You look great. He's like, thanks. You know, I think I have a million and one regrets from last season. And I do understand that I can come across as harsh and quite rude. So I feel like I've really been working on that this year. Fun Rainbow. No, no. There's only room for Fun Fraser. Your regular rainbow. Sorry.

34:41Ronnie Karam: I just have to really, like, I don't know, be more chill this time. You know? I mean, it's just making cocktails. What's the big deal? The world's not going to end if somebody doesn't get their margarita on time. God damn it. Does somebody not get their margarita on time? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can't take it. And she's sitting on the floor going back and forth. Fun rainbow. Fun rainbow. I love that rainbow comes back as fun rainbow, and it takes five minutes for her to be sitting on the floor rocking back and forth in a daze. Fun rainbow does not survive.

35:14Ben Mandelker: No. So then we go to the main salon and we see the crew cabins. Rosa boards and Fraser brings her to the cabins. And he's like, are you British? She's like, I am British. London, eh? He's like, oh, that's great. How long have you done yachting for? How long have you been more sophisticated than everyone else on this boat? She goes, hmm, for about two and a half years. Oh, I love that. I love that British accent on you. Like mine. Well, here, this is for you. Here's your cabin. Go in and have fun.

35:44Ronnie Karam: I knew you were British the moment that you didn't smile and looked exactly like a young Olivia Colman. It's just an odd blur, eh?

35:53Ben Mandelker: I like the way that you're like a young Olivia Colman with a mix of Cersei from Game of Thrones. It's a lovely mix.

36:00Ronnie Karam: Yes, I see it. Main salon, James is neck. Neck. He's not neck. I don't know why I said he's neck. James is neck. and uh okay neck okay ankles so he comes and people see him uh walking the dock and they're like oh he's quite hot isn't he girls a meal is walking up this this door dash has arrived hot

36:30Ben Mandelker: meal here looks like fun fraser already has someone that he has his eye on so rosa's already like, she's like, well, James, he's very attractive. He's a bit overwhelming. I'm not going to lie. And then Kaylee, she shows up and she's the one who doesn't know how to do laundry. And then we have Jesenia who's just one of the guys. Jesenia, one of the guys. And she meets everyone and they all get together in the main salon for cabin assignments.

37:02Ronnie Karam: Okay. Skyland. Alright. Welcome to Toyland, everybody. see smiling faces. That's nice. That'll last about five minutes because I can be a good man and I can be a bad man. Who wants to see bad men? Who wants to see him? All right, all right. I'm just kidding. Everybody relax. If something feels off, say something. See something, say something. This boat is basically terrorism.

37:28Ben Mandelker: Yeah, he's like, Thailand is the most beautiful place on Earth, but also it has its own dangers. If you feel like jerking off your brother, Let me know right away. Anything can happen in Thailand. Now, is something... Think about that one. If you don't get it, maybe watch some HBO. So if something feels off, say something. Okay? Because weather can turn very fast. If you notice that it's raining, let me know. And there's also some activity. Boats are tearing around everywhere. Watch out for those boats. You know what's the best? Giant yachts just going through those little fishing ports. If you see a giant yacht, let me know.

38:02Ben Mandelker: Oh, we are the giant yacht. Never mind. Sometimes I forget. All right. just let me know.

38:07Ronnie Karam: Just remember, not everyone knows how to drive a boat the same way I do. Alright? So if you see a boat suddenly in front of me, tell me, Captain, we're about to die. I'll take it very seriously. We're going to call that threat level orange or is that Fraser Sprintian? Alright? Getting there. Getting phrase. Alright? Don't be puffy.

38:27Ben Mandelker: Now listen. Listen you puffy puffs. I can be a best friend and I can be your biggest the ally or I could be the exact opposite of that. I could be the person who's not a friend and not an ally. Okay? Because guess what? If you're going to stop drama, if you hide stuff from me, you start fucking around, we'll get someone else in and her name is Celine. Just you wait.

38:50Ronnie Karam: I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to get me pockets full. Actually, look at that. Full pocket. Just that. It's inappropriate. Alright. I mean the side pockets, alright? All right. You've seen your first elephant. Welcome to the boat, everybody. Get to cleaning.

39:08Ben Mandelker: Now, excuse me while I go back to learning Turkish for my girlfriend. So, cleaning time. Alex has a deck team meeting. Fraser has a stews over for a meeting. And Alex tells everyone, Okay, guys, I'll run through a couple of things. I love parks. Have you ever been on a slide in a park? Exhilarating. Anyway, I'm quick. I'm quite a trusting person. If you guys tell me what you can do, if you could do something, I will believe you and allow you to do that job until you prove to me that you can't be on the flag football team that we're going to arrange at the next POC that we see, if you know what I'm saying.

39:43Ronnie Karam: Okay, I love the POC. What are you in casting? He sounds like he's in casting. It's like, all right, everyone, I'll believe you if you tell me you can do something and then we'll just wait to see that you can't do it to prove that you can't do it. I feel like that's how they are on this show. People are like, I've been working on boats for 10 years. What do you mean a rope? What do you mean I have to do something with a rope? Yeah, I don't know how to tie things. Sorry.

40:04Ben Mandelker: Yeah, that's not, I just, when I say working on a boat, I mean, I went on a boat once and I brought my laptop. I did some work on the boat.

40:11Ronnie Karam: So we go to Razor and his meeting and he's like, all right, why don't you all tell me what your strengths are? Because I'm not really here to tell you what your strengths are. I'm here to tell you what your weaknesses are. And that's going to take me a couple of days to grasp. so Rose is like housekeeping is definitely my strongest point in laundry laundry is laundry I've been doing it since I was like 10 years old I'm not above doing laundry if you need me in laundry I'll do it you'll make me second stew right great all right brilliant love hearing that

40:43Ben Mandelker: fun Fraser approves Kaylee tell me about yourself and she's like well I'm like two seasons into yachting uh but I would I wouldn't say it's like European yachting it's just like Australian day charters really not even like day charters it's more like I'm working at the kangaroo grill down the street and just taking that coke orders so that's

41:04Ronnie Karam: pretty much my experience on a yacht but you know with day charters I haven't really put anyone's clothes away ever so probably don't ask me to do that Rosa's like well I mean it's not like rocket science is it yes taking clothes and putting them away so no it's hard all right easiest thing in the fucking world All right, let's just get into cabins, look at the cupboards, and then we'll go from there. Okay, we'll go from there.

41:30Ben Mandelker: Everything will be fun and wonderful. So then Matthew and Jesenia are talking as they watch the deck, and Jesenia's like, so how long have you been in yachting? And he's like, this is my sixth year. He's like, oh, really? How old are you? She's like, 25. He's like, oh, so you started right out of the womb. That's crazy. Did that feel like it was a guy telling you that joke? Because it basically was. He's like, yeah, it's been good.

41:56Ronnie Karam: He is from South Africa, and he went to boarding school, an old boy school tradition. Teaches you to be more tough and thick skin. He's got six years of yachting experience, two and a half as a bosun. He would say he's pretty confident, and he always gets what he wants in the most romantic, charming way. Mm. Okay. Fuck boy. yeah that's what that means right the south african fuck boy the below deck classic so then we go uh to the guest cabins and fraser's talking to rosa about rainbow and rainbow standing right there and he's like one good thing about rainbow is she is breathing living and standing here that's three things all right and that's all i'm coming up with today rainbow look at her just look at her all right but she does know how to do everything she's fucking good at it Especially sobbing uncontrollably when someone is mean to her.

42:57Ronnie Karam: Right.

42:58Ben Mandelker: Yes. I absolutely love her. She's so good at everything. Isn't this attitude infectious? Aren't you infected with my good attitude this year? Everyone. So then, because you know, by the way, Frazier still hears Captain Sandy saying, the snake rats from the head. And right now, you're the head of the snake. Snake. Snake. Snake. You ratting snake head?

43:23Ronnie Karam: Yeah, say it again, you smelly old dead snakehead. And Rosa's like, well, I can 100 % do the second job. Listen, I've been chief stew job on a 35-meter. I'm ridiculously British. I definitely would say I'm a hard worker. I'm afraid of slacking off. I'm good at being bossy. I definitely like to question people and their actions, what they do and say. By the way, yachting's my dream. This isn't just, you know, I don't have anything else I'm waiting for. This is it. This is my life. Give it to me. I dream of being here. Second Stu, thank you. Actually, not quite yet. I have got someone to make sob.

44:00Ben Mandelker: And her name is Rainbow. All right? It'd be Rainbow. You know, Rosa comes on with this little monologue. And, you know, Frasier's like, of all the seasons I decide to be fun, Frasier, a fellow bitter person comes on board and we can just have the best kikis and I can't even do it now.

44:22Ronnie Karam: so um the deck people are decking and jesenia is talking to alex and she's like i'm super green so like if i do something wrong like i take criticism very well i'm like eager to learn super eager yeah she does not take criticism while i'm telling you that right now he goes

44:40Ben Mandelker: i love that attitude we call that park vibes so she says i'm like the greenest yacht deckhand but I was in tugboats for about two years, and a lot of them have never worked with women on a boat before. From my Notes app. Okay, let me look at my Notes app. Here's things that people said to me on the tugboat. You know what these knee pads are for? Getting a raise. Yeah, they're not going to raise. Your eyelashes look like cum catchers. Oh, wait, here's another one. No matter how many pushups you do, you'll never be able to throw a line the way a man can. And she's just laughing. thing i'm like girl like this is obnoxious that these guys said this to you it's awful obnoxious this notes app is like 20 lawsuits i know why are you even still working you should be on an island

45:28Ronnie Karam: somewhere you could you could you could have sued 90 people so far jesus christ man fucking i know

45:35Ben Mandelker: geez like isn't enough that we had to endure another shane gillis snl hosting stand and now we have this god guys are terrible terrible so she's like i mean you can talk shit all you want

45:47Ronnie Karam: about me because i work harder it just makes me work harder like i'm literally just one of the guys but i've got way better lashes and i'm hotter oh gosh please i'm just saying this like please don't please don't be one of the guys because the guys are terrible aspire for more please

46:06Ben Mandelker: so then Fraser is talking to Rainbow he's like okay darling see how I use darling I used to call it the D word turns out you can say it anyway last year was tough we work and think differently but that doesn't mean we can feel ill towards others for naught right so we just have to have patience with that and guide them the best that we can but know that if I sense even the slightest that they're not here with the same goals as us, bestest friends, I'm going to make changes, which I guess is the new, the general threat that now all three departments, Captain Kerry, Alex, and Fraser have all said, if things don't go right, I'm going to make changes.

46:50Ben Mandelker: A vague threat.

46:51Ronnie Karam: I thought this was an interesting way to come at Rainbow. Like, all right, Rainbow, you and I are the only intelligent people on this boat, do you understand? And he's also like reaching his arms and hands out to her, like, calm down, two-year-old child. Calm down. It's like, it's only us that are intelligent on this boat. So I need you to come to me when people are idiots. Do you understand? We'll get rid of the people, me and you, together. And she's like, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, okay. All right, so I'm just going to list off some things that you need to do, all right, because you're going to have the most responsibility on this boat.

47:27Ronnie Karam: All right, here they go. Cutlery. you need to find it, clean it, no spots on it. All right, know where it is. If you're going to know that, go to the bar, look for the bar products also. I just need some soap, some shampoo, bits and bulbs for Captain's Cabin. I need you to think about what we have. Where's our alcohol? Where is it? What's going on? Why is this boat floating? Have you ever really gotten into the physics of it? No one has explained it to me in a way that I understand. Do that. Also, let's make sure the rope of the anchor is clean. No one's really going to see it, but it does affect my reputation.

47:57Ronnie Karam: All right, do you have this? Are you writing this down? Do you have pens? Where are pens? Where does paper come from? Listen, I want you to learn to write on water so that we spend less money on paper. Write this list that I've just told you onto water. She's like, oh, okay, I'm totally listening. He just keeps listing stuff and sends her into a spiral immediately.

48:17Ben Mandelker: Like right away. She hasn't even met with guests yet. He just has overloaded her with stuff. Was this on purpose? Was he basically just trying to break her right away? so that way he could be like, well, she's broken. We'll have to discard her. That's too bad, because that was going to be fun with Frasier this season. He won't get to see it. Bye, Rainbow.

48:38Ronnie Karam: Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't put it past him, because this was a lie. He's like, all right, basically, I know I've been talking for five minutes, but here's your job, everything. Do you understand? Everything. Okay. Well, good luck with that. All right, I'm going to go sit over here on my laptop. Get everything I've just said done. I'm not repeating it. And she's like, oh, my God. So she goes to the laundry room, and he's like, Oh, Rainbow, one more thing I have to add to your list. Captain's uniform. Where is it? Where is it? What is it? What is it? Nobody knows.

49:09Ben Mandelker: Oh, Rainbow, Rainbow, another thing. Can you find a precious diamond just to find it and then throw it overboard? We want to have a Titanic moment. Thank you so much. Thank you.

49:22Ronnie Karam: He's like, oh, God, oh, God, just breathe. Rainbow, Rainbow, just take a second to breathe. And so she goes into her cabin and shuts the door and she just stares at herself in the mirror and she's like, Rainbow, listen here, girl. You are overwhelmed. Just breathe. Rainbow, breathe. Okay. Get the right mindset. You're okay. You've got this. Oh, my God. My anxiety. My anxiety. She sits down and just starts rocking back and forth.

49:45Ben Mandelker: But like also these are like he gave her a long list, but this is just like also stuff you should just be doing. Like if you're on this path, it's like, oh, clean the silverware, clean the windows, make the beds, make sure this is that. It's like you shouldn't be having. I mean, I'm not going to say you shouldn't be having anxiety. You have anxiety. It's a lot, even if it's stuff that's expected, but also it's expected. How would you not mentally get yourself ready for this?

50:11Ronnie Karam: Who was second Stu last time? It wasn't her, right? It was the girl that Celine was always fighting with her. Was it her?

50:23Ben Mandelker: There was, I think Rainbow was second. I think it was Rainbow and then it was Selena and Barbara. Oh, God. I loved her. I loved Barbara. Oh, I hope they bring her back. Hair. Amazing. Sorry, what'd you say? I said I hope they bring her back. That hair was amazing. Barbara. Yes. Yeah, I liked her a lot.

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53:06Ronnie Karam: Then it's 4 p.m., 22 hours before charter. and just send you in james are talking and he's like are you single it's like yeah what about you i'm single too i'm an equal opportunity lover so what do you think of that he's like oh really have you ever done anything with the girls like yeah sexuality's a spectrum oh my god you get all the channels on it it's crazy it's a little bit expensive and i'm like should i get youtube tv but that's expensive too right i mean god how many channels can there be

53:38Ben Mandelker: do you are you like a little fluid he goes i mean i haven't kissed a guy in a while but i have been known to quite frequently in those in those years we would make out all the time and she's like really because they always put on a guy who's like a little bit fluid up but for fraser just to be like a temptation for fraser so james is this seasons he's like i would describe my sexuality as straight, bent a little bit. I mean, I'm here for the boys as well. I've been in yawning for two years. I'm just here for a good time. A hole is a hole. Am I right, everyone? I sort of live my life. If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

54:14Ronnie Karam: I mean, great. I'm here. I'm here for it. So then, Will House, Kerry calls Fraser up, and they're going over the preference sheets. He's like, all right, we've got some people from a place called South Carolina coming aboard. Ew. thirsty. They sound thirsty. They're pattern makers, alright? This place makes terrible... You know when straight men get married and then they stop walking around the mall in terribly pattern shirts? This is the guy that makes them.

54:45Ben Mandelker: That's right. Now, the biggest thing off the bit, not allergy. So no nuts on the boat at all. Alright, so I guess all of you lot have to get off. Oh, that was a joke. It's a joke because you're all a bit naughty. Anyway, the mister, he's always wanted to come to Thailand and this is the only way that she will do it on a yacht, safely protected away from all the nuts of the island

55:07Ronnie Karam: He just wants to make sure that if his wife does have an allergic reaction to nuts, there's no hospital near to save her He wants to be in the middle of the ocean Toss her overboard

55:20Ben Mandelker: If there's one place in the world you might want to avoid with a peanut allergy it's probably Thailand Peanut oil, peanut pastes, peanut everything, peanut blazers, peanut shoes, peanut cars. Their cars are actually just giant peanuts with steering wheels. This boat is made out of peanuts.

55:38Ronnie Karam: All right. So good luck to her. God bless her. Sky Lounge, Fraser Carlser Craft Sheet meeting. And meanwhile, the deck team also has a meeting. It's battling meetings. So first charter, all right, our first primary is called Kenny. I've seen his pictures. His clothes are disgusting. All right, let's try not to pretend that we noticed that. All right, he's Carolina-based, founder of Kenny Flowers, Penny Flowers, I think. His wife and business partner, Christina, who's always dreamed of venturing to Thailand, but with a severe allergy to nuts. This is a man who's trying to kill his wife. All right, he's the primary.

56:15Ronnie Karam: Let's give him what he wants.

56:17Ben Mandelker: Now, listen, he has a company called Kenny Flowers. and before you get excited for a new company to call up to get a discount on Mother's Day, he sells clothing. So that's right. It's called Kenny Flowers and it's about clothing, not flowers. So just think about that. Is it called Kenny Flowers or Penny Flowers? I heard Kenny Flowers the whole time. Oh. Kenny Flowers. Maybe that's his last name. Kenny Flowers official site. is it, is his name, Kenny Flowers, the founder, the founder and CEO, his name is Kenny Hayesfeld Field. So why is it called Kenny Flowers?

57:04Ronnie Karam: Kenny Flowers, Charleston flagship store. So there you go. Well, we love those fashions that come out of Charleston. Yeah, this is the guy who makes all the Charleston fashions.

57:17Ben Mandelker: Yeah, this is the guy who makes like all those, if you ever go to like Vegas and there's like a bachelor party and a bunch of guys come in all dressed in um like rompers like this guy makes them this is the guy so rainbow's like oh

57:33Ronnie Karam: my god peanut allergy do we have epi pens on board just in case he's like they do i made sure of that good god calm down we do have epi pens unfortunately they're made out of peanuts

57:45Ben Mandelker: so in no ways and he's like listen i take that allergy shit very seriously my best friend one day he went to work had a peanut allergy and died he was shot had nothing to do with the peanut allergy just wanted to share that his name was terrell but we call him rel and when i moved to jersey city they basically took me in we became best friends almost as good of friends as i am with all the knicks so that made me you know take a course in an allergy so now i'm a certified allergen for serve safe so i don't fuck around so every peanut product should be off the boat they're giving they're giving mo a lot of backstory i just want to say i make makes me wonder if he's not going to last more than like three or four episodes because they're really getting they've got the tragedy in there we have is like how we got into cooking they are really pushing it really like he gets a lot of backstory this episode yeah they're like put all the

58:35Ronnie Karam: backstory in episode one because he's going to be over this by episode two it's like it's very hot So then Fraser's like, all right, theme night one. The primary, this is different. All right. Oh, no, we're not there yet. The primaries would love an upscale Thai meal. Okay. Theme night one in Thailand, Thai food. Do we even call that theme?

58:56Ben Mandelker: The theme for night one is everything that's around us, but a little more upscale. That's the theme. All right.

59:06Ronnie Karam: Next day, we'll have access to a beach. it's a little private cove i think it's incredible myself beaches private coves privacy can be wonderful and glamorous and dangerous right now it's absolutely epic the waters of thailand it's like the creation of the earth is how it feels was it created was it banged into existence nobody knows right part of the adventure it's just a beautiful cove so fraser's like after dinner the

59:37Ben Mandelker: primers would love the yacht crew to put on a cabaret show i'm so excited about this fun fraser loves cabaret i'm i'm obligated to say that otherwise my sort of boyfriend will get very mad at me so curry is like he's he's like well i have a think about your personal talents everyone because we'll be putting them on display tonight wait a minute i don't have to do i don't have to

1:00:02Ronnie Karam: put any clothes do i that's not a talent is it because i really don't know how to do that i'm a day yachty. I'm a day yachty.

1:00:10Ben Mandelker: What if my talent is throwing peanuts into people's mouths? Well, unfortunately, you'll be out of the show.

1:00:19Ronnie Karam: All right, so everybody has to go clean and put some personal thought into their talents for the show.

1:00:29Ben Mandelker: Just have a moment. Fraser with a Z, not Fraser with an S.

1:00:31Ronnie Karam: It's Fraser with an S, not Fraser with a Z. So, Gally, the crew clears all the peanut products off the boat and then provisions arrive. And unfortunately they're brought by Mr. Peanut.

1:00:44Ben Mandelker: It's really awkward. Unfortunately, this episode was sponsored. they already had a built in baked in ad for planters. So, so awkward when Mr. Peanut came on board and they tackled him and threw him off. Mr. Peanut's like,

1:00:59Ronnie Karam: um, did I hear cabaret? Cause I've got a cane. And what do you call it? A monocle. A monocle.

1:01:07Ben Mandelker: And I told Captain Carrie's like, oh, Mr. Peanut, glad to have you on board. Please come into this room. I've got a lovely couch for you to sit on. Hey, you just locked me in this room. That's right. And I'll stand here for the next 36 hours.

1:01:23Ronnie Karam: So Moe is saying that he doesn't like when things are hectic because it gives him anxiety. So this is the second cast member. this boat's in trouble if everybody has anxiety. I feel like we can, I don't know, it's just a lot. It's a lot of anxiety. And he's like, but then when I start feeling anxiety, I think of how far I've come. Because in 2014, I was making 15 bucks an hour and I wanted more. So when I'm struggling, I tell myself, you're here, you're where you want to be. Now hold it down.

1:01:59Ben Mandelker: Yeah, you're where you want to be.

1:02:01Ronnie Karam: earning 18 bucks an hour instead so uh chef and having anxiety sounds rough because being a chef

1:02:08Ben Mandelker: is constant pylons yeah it's a nightmare that's why they're all deranged so um then uh fraser's uh it's time to assign ranks he's like as you all know i worked with rainbow before and she has shown me nothing but respect and trust and hard work in the course of our time together, which I absolutely loved. Can you see on my big smile how much I love Rainbow? Rainbow, I'm going to make you my second stewardess because I'm fun, Fraser, and I'm doing something fun for you right now. Congratulations.

1:02:47Ronnie Karam: And Rosa looks pissed and she's like, well, she doesn't let her head get too big and doesn't try and take over too much or micromanage too much. Oh, Rosa. Rosa. Oh, Rosa. Rosa sees it coming. She knows what's going to happen. And Rainbow's like, I just want to make sure that this time around, like, no balls are dropped, no mistakes are being made. I'm going to be on their asses, I tell you. I don't care what you have to say. We're going to play by my rules this time. Welcome to SS Rainbow, bitch.

1:03:19Ben Mandelker: Yeah, it's not going to go well. Now we're at the marina. 17 hours until charter crew mess. Alex is talking to just Senia and Matthew. And Alex has a very important question, which is, do you have a go by Jess? She goes, ah, I hate that. Sen or Sen. You can do the Sen or Senia, or maybe just Nia or ah, or just like Guy Fieri, Guy, whatever. But just because like my name, you know, every time someone calls me Jess, they think my name is Jessica. Yeah.

1:03:50Ronnie Karam: I'm really not Jessica vibes. so it's like well i suppose you've got a nice unique name and then that just makes it she goes yeah i'm trying to preserve my nice unique name

1:04:03Ben Mandelker: sen call me sen he's like okay sen sounds good um so then uh we're alex starts to read uh matthew cv out loud and he's like oh look he's a thinker he's proactive that's not a vibe i would have to I'm going to say this right now. Thinker and proactive are not concepts I really got from Matthew just in this first episode.

1:04:29Ronnie Karam: Well, also people who call themselves thinkers, especially on things like resumes, are generally not thinkers. They're just not. I'm sorry. Smart people don't usually say, like, I'm really smart. Stupid people say that.

1:04:46Ben Mandelker: Yeah. so so then Matthew's like are you reading my CV out loud he's like well so you've been a bosun on a couple of boats as well see I've got to put one of you guys as my lead so I'm going to give that to you because you're a thinker as declared by you some would say you're even a writer

1:05:09Ronnie Karam: so congrats now Alex's lead deckhand really for no reason and then everyone goes to bed and actually Sen is like, yeah, well, I guess after working like six years doing the same fucking stupid thing, you'd think you'd earn it by this point. Old man over here.

1:05:27Ben Mandelker: All right. You just got send, send it. So then the next morning, day one of the charter and Kaylee is talking to Matthew and she's like, so we're in Zimbabwe. He's like, no, that's not South Africa. South Africa, is South Africa, South Africa, and Zimbabwe is another country. Oh, got it. So when you say you're from South Africa, are you sort of like from the Maldives? It's like, no, no, it's South Africa. It's a country. It's not a region. Got it. Got it. Antarctica. Very cool. Grown up with penguins.

1:06:02Ronnie Karam: Listen, I'll show you on this map later. All right. It's like, oh, my God, is that folded? Are you unfolding? Don't do that. Please don't do that. Please. No folding. Fraser pops in and asks how the laundry's going. And she's like, I'm done, I think. And Matthew's like, it took you long enough. Meanwhile, Alex announces to everybody that he's, pardon me, he's made Matthew the lead deckhand. And they're like, oh my God, congratulations. Then we go to Fraser talking to Rainbow. And he's like, when was the last time you saw your boyfriend? And she's like, just before I came here. Why? Well, I'm just asking.

1:06:42Ben Mandelker: I'm asking that way you ask me about

1:06:43Ronnie Karam: I mean I totally have a boyfriend He's real so

1:06:47Ben Mandelker: No I'm just asking you so that way you can ask about My boyfriend who's famous So well his name is Arnov

1:06:54Ronnie Karam: Okay great Okay so what's your tea What's your tea Fraser I fell in love

1:07:02Ben Mandelker: Go ahead go ahead me Sorry I fell in love with a man I still love him very much Whilst I'm away we are supporting each other from afar You know, since St. David, I met a wonderful, wonderful man We had a fabulous few months dating And because I'm about to be away for the next two or three months And so he's had a schedule too We decided to put things on pause So, you know, we'll stay in touch He's just, he's a man of few words Very quiet, very understated I had to do all the talking in the relationship, quite frankly But I love it, it works so well

1:07:37Ronnie Karam: It's weird, did they put his name up on the thing? Yeah, they did. He's kind of famous. Matt Rogers.

1:07:43Ben Mandelker: I was making a joke because Matt Rogers is very full of energy and ebullient.

1:07:48Ronnie Karam: Yes, they look so cute together. So he's like, yes, you know, we stay as much. We had to put things on pause due to us both being incredibly busy. We stay in touch as much as we feel like we want to. And we're going to see where we are when the season finishes. So technically, I'm still available for any deckies that want to have a cute little kiss here and there. All right, don't fire me just because I'm in a couple.

1:08:11Ben Mandelker: Please. Look, we made an arrangement. I can still hook up with people during the season for storyline purposes, but when it's done, I go back to Matt.

1:08:21Ronnie Karam: Yeah, basically. He's like, we all know the true ending of happy couples in Below Deck. They get fired. Unemployment line. Please don't. Please don't. We're on a break. We're on a break. For Christ's sake.

1:08:36Ben Mandelker: so then uh or maybe matt was just like i don't want to go on to blow deck i don't want to have to feel obligated to like have conversations with you on the phone although that's he probably would do it in a second so then uh the guests um i like like how i say matt as if i'm friends with him like you know that's probably what matt would do um but uh but now the guests are arriving classic i'm just guys i'm basically hanging out with like matt rogers and fraser all the time like we just kiki um so now it's time for the guests to arrive and the primaries are in matching outfits and this is before i realized that that this guy like kenny i really did think that kenny flowers his business was flowers so i was like wow where did they get that matching resort where that's so specific not realizing that that's actually his brand it's um yeah it's really

1:09:26Ronnie Karam: tacky they look terrible um and so kenny's like hell go ahead what were you gonna say ben

1:09:31Ben Mandelker: No, I was going to say, and also this guy, he's got like this Chester coming out from like the Chester's coming out and he's got like a gold pendant there. And it just is giving like 1970s used car salesman. It's just really grody to me.

1:09:45Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So they all come on and they're with Taylor and Gaston from the Southern Charm. Taylor's from Southern Charm back in the day and and the periphery of that show and Southern Hospitality now. And if you don't remember, she'll remind you in just a few seconds. So this is where we get the boat not starting. Yes. And Captain Kerry telling us it's an air compressor and you only have three chances. Or we're all going to die.

1:10:15Ben Mandelker: On the third time, if it doesn't start, it actually blows up. And that's the end for Kenny Flaherty. But guess what?

1:10:27Ronnie Karam: It starts on the third, the third time. It doesn't start, and it doesn't start, and he's like, this is our last chance this showroom will be over. It started. It started. It worries me for being kind of in the middle of the ocean and thinking, wow, is this going to start? Yeah. Nobody really knows. Who knows? It's an air compressor. Just cross your fingers.

1:10:48Ben Mandelker: So, yeah, I thought that, too. I was like, this doesn't feel great, but whatever. So now they're heading off to their next destination, and one of the guests is like, I'm obsessed with Frasier. He seems so fun. And Taylor Ann's like, wait, do you know TJ? Because he's a gay person that I know. And I was like, hi, are you single? Because our friend is single. It just makes sense because you're gay and he's gay. So you guys would get married, right? Yeah, she's one of those.

1:11:21Ronnie Karam: You know how you're the only gay person on this boat? Well, I have a friend who's the only gay person in the town. so maybe you guys could like be friends together and then you could both be gay it'd be so crazy what if there were two gay people in charleston well i guess i should say two gay single people in charleston um so by the way this this was such a funny sex in the city episode years ago or sex and the city rather when they were like oh my god i have a gay friend i have a gay friend too we should have the gay friends the gay friends meet like ew why would you hook me up with him i'm a better gay than him it's just so it was so true to life happened all of us people never learn they just never learn

1:12:07Ben Mandelker: no no um so now fraser's talking to kaylee and he's like one thing that i want you to think about is a laundry schedule she's like all right i can do that i really can't actually i'm very i'm very very confused. Did I mention I've actually never seen a boat before in my life? When I said I worked on a boat, what I really meant is that one time I crashed my car into a fire hydrant. I admit it.

1:12:34Ronnie Karam: All right, I worked in an Australian Chili's. I admit it. All right, let me be honest with you right now, audience. I'm not the best at laundry. All right, I worked eight charters, you know, sailing boats, catamarans, but it's very much service this is such a good opportunity though and i really want to prove myself and show that i'm a really hard worker and i'm gonna get really good at my job i've decided i'm gonna slay i'm gonna slay this season i'm gonna slay so the case do it right circle snips all over so um

1:13:09Ben Mandelker: fraser's like no dinner's at eight so let's go oh your menu oh this looks wonderful tie tuna tart top delicious pan seared kingfish oh genius fun fraser has never been more thrilled mango sticky rays oh absolutely perfect i am here to support you and anyone who says that i ever undermine the

1:13:29Ronnie Karam: chef is absolutely full of poppycock and then we get more mo backstory i mean you're right i didn't notice while i was watching it but now that you said it he it is every time they show mo it's like another paragraph of backstory. So this one is he's got a 19 year old daughter and he had her when he was 19. He was raised by his mom, who's Dominican, and he was very inspired by her. And he made his daughter a pollo guisado, which is a braised chicken. And she looked at him and said, it tastes just like abuelas. And for him, that's all he needed to hear. I just do it for

1:14:06Ben Mandelker: a mom yeah and he's uh worked and now in some of the best michelin star restaurants in new york city like danielle and per se but i like i like more home cooking style now because it reminds me of my mom's cooking so uh like he's not lasting long like this everyone's getting like little snippets of backstory but he's getting the full like oh my mom my daughter growing up my friend who died like he's getting it all and it's all like we're only like 25 minutes into the first

1:14:37Ronnie Karam: 30 minutes into the show yeah so then um rosa is asking the guy about his business the main guy and he says it's a clothing business called kenny flowers and his wife's like yeah it's a clothing business called kenny flowers and it makes resort wear yeah and bathing suits and bathing suits as well oh patterns and she's like wow this explains the matching printed resort wear that you're all wearing wow i just thought god birds of a feather really do bad pattern together i guess but here

1:15:07Ben Mandelker: you are look at all of you yeah it's it's bad and then uh now they anchor and carrie tells us a strong basin helps me do my job better elix is proving to me he deserves a place on his vessel and he's doing fantastic right now so then they're like putting out the inflatables and the toys and all that stuff and then kaylee's in the laundry room and she's struggling because the machines are beeping and she's stressed out and so she asked rosa like so these towels are going to be in the absolute death of me they've been trying they've been drawing for five hours if five hours you're doing something wrong for real and rosa's like well i think there might be

1:15:49Ronnie Karam: too many in there well i already took some out though but just literally do two or three at a time which what kind of dryer is that that you can only dry two two towels i know that's crazy I'm hesitantly on Team Kaylee right now because this is ridiculous. And Fraser kind of hears this and he's like, can I help? And they're like, no. Is there too much going in them? Is that what's going on? Less towels in the dryer, you fucking amazing creature. Positive Fraser here. All right. Feel free to call me if you need me.

1:16:20Ben Mandelker: One thing you can put in the washer is a bad attitude. And when you pull it out of the dryer, it's a fun attitude. I highly suggest it.

1:16:29Ronnie Karam: Oh my god, I hope he's not angry with me. Russ is like, what would he be angry at?

1:16:36Ben Mandelker: Well, when I feel like I'm going to disappoint someone on my team, I get really upset because, like, I don't want to make anyone's life harder. I would hate to feel like a big fat burden. Oh, don't worry. We've already gone way past that point. Just dry the towels.

1:16:52Ronnie Karam: Now she needs a hug. Oh my gosh. So Kaylee gives us her monologue. She's like, you know, it's just frustrating. I like to impress people. I think it comes from sporting. I was a swimmer. We were training for the Olympics, basically.

1:17:10Ben Mandelker: And she's like.

1:17:15Ronnie Karam: I don't know why that made me laugh.

1:17:15Ben Mandelker: I like to impress people because I was a swimmer.

1:17:19Ronnie Karam: And we were training for the Olympics, basically. So you failed. So you failed. Well, this is just.

1:17:25Ben Mandelker: saying this is just another classic below deck wedging and backstories with the worst transition ever like i really like to impress people for instance when i was young i was training for the olympics and i was trying to impress my coaches and parents and i was taught that if i do good then i get praise and it's kind of like a dog isn't it like you're a pit or something and i've been taught like a pit do good or you get a treat and i just feel dumb i feel like real stupid you didn't even make the national team that's what you're saying you failure you failed australian swimmer.

1:17:56Ronnie Karam: But also, it's not just like a dog. It's like a human. It's like living in the world. When you do well, then you get rewarded with stuff. You're at work. If you do well, yes, that's what you're supposed to do. Okay. It's like, I can't believe this is all because my parents told me that if I do well, then I'll get something in return. It's abuse. I tell you abuse. So then we go to the swim platform and they're getting inflatables ready and Captain Carrie's watching and they can't find paddles for the inflatable kayaks and alex is like oh god even though azul v is not the biggest boat that i've worked on the challenge is going to come from the fact that i've had such a break i mean i just haven't done this i haven't done this for six months do i even know where to find a paddle anymore i used to be i used to have the best

1:18:43Ben Mandelker: paddle dar i'd be like oh god we need a paddle there's one around the corner underneath the cupboard i guarantee it and boom there it would be but now it's all gone where do they keep pat

1:18:55Ronnie Karam: they're the same place they keep the forks i reckon dang it god i'm rusty

1:19:02Ben Mandelker: let's go dock on that island and climb up that coconut tree i guarantee there's a paddle in the

1:19:06Ronnie Karam: fronds nailed it so then matthew comes in and he just starts taking charge he's like here's what we need to do we need to move this and move that and jesenia get that and james get this and Alex can just look on. It's been six months old, man. Let somebody young and fresh take over.

1:19:26Ben Mandelker: You know, I take pride in what I do, which is mainly thinking because I'm a thinker. And I also like to take initiative and I like to work fast. And I think Alex is too soft. I believe that I know I can do a better job. Alex is not setting the standard of which I'm used to and it's obviously pissing me off. I mean, how is it possible that he can't find a paddle in less than 10 seconds? It's absolutely hideous.

1:19:48Ronnie Karam: I'm taking over now. So he's the arrogant guy. I mean, at least we didn't have to wait four episodes. You know? Yeah. He's the arrogant one. He was like, I can do this better than anybody else. So now we see the guests coming in from swimming to shower and getting ready for dinner and all that. And Kenny Flowers is like, oh, wow. We never thought we'd come to Thailand with your nut allergy. She's like, I know. I could die at any second. And he's like, fingers crossed. Hey, at least when you pass, we'll be wearing the same outfit. Okay?

1:20:23Ben Mandelker: That's because of me. That is because of me. So they sit down, and Rainbow has put little marigolds and elephant statues all around. And Fraser's like, please welcome a celebration of Thailand. Isn't this absolutely wonderful? What a fun meal. And look, there's going to be mango and sticky rice. Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. Mm.

1:20:46Ronnie Karam: Mo is fantastic, and his food is so good. It's almost unsettling how cool he is. I just feel he's breaking all the stereotypes that I have of chefs. And boy, is that refreshing.

1:20:59Ben Mandelker: So, um, they, uh, people go to bed, and, uh, Rainbow is overseeing the place. And she's like, okay, the bar looks good. It needs a wipe, but I'll have, okay, so Rosa, you'll just, like, wipe everything at the end of the night, and then like you'll vacuum and you're going to tidy in here and you can just like make this look brand spanking new. That'd be great. Okay. And there's a crumb over there. Don't forget the crumbs. And Rose is like, yep, absolutely, babes. Got it. Yep. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yes, I'm actually chief stew on other boats. I know what to do. Thank you. Thank you.

1:21:29Ronnie Karam: And actually don't forget to vacuum. That's really important. You know what a vacuum is? Okay. You plug it in and then suction comes out and it takes things off the floor. You understand how to do that? Do you know where it is? Do you know what electricity is? it plugs into just holes you have to plug the prongs into the holes that's how the electricity gets to the back you've got this can i go to bed i don't want to go to bed i don't want to leave you alone okay windows these are things this is not just the outside this is like a covering that you can see through that goes the outside in case it rains okay then there's something to protect us so i'm going to need you to clean these windows i know they look like air but they're not

1:22:04Ben Mandelker: they're not windows in england yes we do we do yes thank you so much thank you all right toilets

1:22:09Ronnie Karam: Those are things that people go poo-poo and pee-pee into. You're going to have to wipe those down with a rag. You know what those are? They're cloth. Okay.

1:22:18Ben Mandelker: Rainbow, what you need to do is you need to, you know what? You need to go to bed. You need to go to bed so that way you could be a good second suit tomorrow. So I will do this while you go to bed.

1:22:28Ronnie Karam: You got it, little baby. You're going to understand how to clean. Okay. I just don't want to leave you all alone. Not understanding things like rags and understanding rags, windows, toilets, you know, vacuums. Oh, my gosh.

1:22:39Ben Mandelker: there's just so much for you to learn go to bed go to bed go to bed please please have some more

1:22:45Ronnie Karam: faith in me go to bed rosa wants to kill her and rainbow is as condescending as ever you know she just won't stop she just goes on and on and on it's like 20 minutes later and she's still going

1:23:00Ben Mandelker: i mean i understand she was truly traumatized by selene selene was awful and she's like i'm not gonna have another selene moment but like let rose like also know that like you can already tell right away that rosa is not selene rosa is already proven herself to be quite capable and she has that look on her face like oh all these incompetent twats around me and that's like a good that that should give you confidence that if she is like turning her nose up at incompetence that's someone you want on your team so i'm sorry to interrupt you but do you have any questions for me are you sure you're going to be able to handle this go to sleep go to sleep i've done lots of these babe all right god just please have more faith in me she's like okay got it thank you okay these are

1:23:42Ronnie Karam: stairs i'm going down just in case you need to use them later it gets you from one level to another

1:23:46Ben Mandelker: level okay you got this okay and that's where we leave off which is our rainbow and rosa going to ever get along on this team. We'll have to tune in next week, but the ship has set sail and Below Deck is now up and running.

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