Fraser’s back, Ben’s back, new chef, and new Cap. He’s completely new to me since I haven’t watched Adventure- I couldn’t get into it, thought it was weird.
Shocker, Ben and Camille lasted about four seconds after they took their D.R. trip. I can’t even believe they even pretended to be in a relationship. Camille ‘cheated’ on him he says.
When the new stews were doing their little background stories, I did not have high hopes for poor Fraser’s crew. A spoiled rich chick, and a self-proclaimed witch/vampire.
But they did seem to be somewhat together, and know what they were doing, as far as Ep #1, anyway.
Glad to see Fraser back and FREE of Captain Creepozoid, so he’s not being torn down and insulted every other fucking day. She really did have it in for Fraser for whatever reason. Remember she called him a cancer? Fraser? A cancer. Woman get a grip.
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m actually traumatized from that season. More specifically, the part where SandCrab came on board. I cannot even fathom how Alissa, Rachel and Fraser feel experiencing that abuse.
Ugh, and it’s even the same boat. Poor Fras prob has extreme PTSD.
That poor Tyler kid. she screamed at to “strip my bed now!”
What an embarrassment. Given her complete 180 this season, I’m guessing Bravo was truly embarrassed and told her to check her creepiness and tyranny at the door.
And when fucking Bravo is embarrassed, that’s pretty bad.
We have Jill Zarin from old school RHONY as a guest coming up. Did you all see WWHL when Fraser said that was probably the worst charter out of the entire season? As far as annoying demanding guests.
Let’s see how the American crew members do. I always think they seem to be the ones with the biggest egos, attitudes and shitty work ethic, I’m sorry to say.
We have another Frenchie, the chef this time. Ben is coming in as Lead Deckhand, so I guess we’ll be spared that drama. I foresee ego competition between him and Jared.
Kerry’s running around the boat examining every nook and cranny before they start cleaning. So we have another micro-manager on our hands. I mean if you’re going to be petty and nit picky enough to inspect the inside of the microwave, you may as well wipe it out while you’re there, if it bugs you so much!
I’m already seeing issues with the bosun possibly not being prepared for this position. He hasn’t been in this kind of role for ten years. That’s stupid. Why would he be hired for this? Ben seems more qualified if he just came off of being the bosun on another boat.
I love the girls’ names – Sunny, Xandi, Cat, and Barbie, (who kind of remhinds me of a brunette Barbie, I’m liking her already even though she’s brunette.) She kind of reminds me of Anne Hathaway.
Fraser meets with his stews and doesn’t want to do the 2nd 3rd 4th stew game, which I am in agreement with.
It makes more sense to assign ranks when you see their abilities, or better yet, just not do it at all, and keep everyone on the same level so there’s not all of the weird competition.
And isn’t there always one that moves really slow, which is Cat.
Xandi tells Fraser, “I love housekeeping.” How the hell do you LOVE housekeeping?
So the vampire chick loves making beds?? Never mind the vampire and witch thing, that can be overlooked, but she loves making beds!??
I do, however get her wanting to put her hand in a blender over having to make small talk with the guests. I feel that I can’t even stand talking to people anymore.
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Charter day!
For whatever reason, the storage area is on a different floor than the galley.
These chefs really need a sous chef!
Final boat prep, and Kerry does a walk around with the bosun nit picking at shit, and even corrects Fraser on some urgent matters, like a smudge on a mirror and some of the drain stops being open, and some closed in the guest cabins. Fraser seems patient with the critiques. For the time being.
Is this guy for real?
These guests come off like a bunch of back woods people, in the way they’re dressed, and in the first two minutes on board, they’ve already made twenty crude jokes
I do feel a little bad for the American deck crew having to do the meter thing
We don’t know meters! We only use the metric system for the measurement of certain beverages like soda and alcohol. Nobody knows why.
But having said that, Jared is kind of coming off to be as not very confident. I feel like lately they’re purposely hiring unqualified bosuns for the added drama, which you would think would be a safety issue.
He seems a little flustered at anchoring, There’s already an anchor kerfluffle.
This dude’s in over his head – it’s already plain to see that.
Kerry’s demeanor seems very similar to Captain Lee, with a sprinkle of Sandy Captian Sandy’s micro-managing. He seems like a Lee/Sandy hybrid.
These guests make some sort of sexual or body part joke out of anything that is said. They also seem to discuss a little switch-eroo activity that may or may not be in jest.
Jared plays dumb, and pretends he misunderstood Kerry, when Ben tells him, “thanks for throwing me under the bus” over the anchor misunderstanding.
How is he saying he didn’t hear what was said, when he answered Captain Kerry by saying “I didn’t receive that transmission.”
At the end of the day, it wasn’t that big of a deal. He just had to retract the anchor or whatever the hell. These captains have to make any miniscule occurrence seem like someone is going to die, and the boat is going to explode. Pay attention if you never noticed that.
I see chef Frenchie cooks like I do. Every dish is dirty, and there is not one inch of space on the counter not covered with crap. You can’t rush creativity!
It’s a sign of a great cook! The better the cook, the messier the kitchen! There is no time for ‘cleaning as you go.’ That’s what crazy people do.
Kerry roams around the entire boat, and into all of the cabins examining each room to make sure the drains are closed and the toilet paper is folded correctly.
That’s weird. Like dude you either trust your crew or you don’t.
He’s worried about the toilet paper folds?? He called one of the stews to the cabins to fix them. He does know what toilet paper gets used for, right?
Cat has a meltdown while on her break, about how exhausted and overwhelmed she is. Fraser is covered in sweat, and let’s face it, he’s a dude, and girl crying fits are NOT going to be his specialty.
He manages to talk her off of the ledge, and assure her that her work is appreciated.
By the time Frenchie is done cleaning up the lunch dishes, it’s already time to start going with dinner, which is due in two hours.
It’s already 45 minutes past the designated time, and it’s still not ready. He’s French, and he’s on his own time, he sort of says.
Kerry is lurking around and not happy.
Guests are irritated. On the plus side, the food is exceptional.
Spoiler alert – there is to be a lot of turnover. I’m already predicting Jared.
