Special K

Perhaps she's so dim that she doesn't recognize her own name?

Alimony can be a kind of forever. 😉

Jack licking your face is probably brief, but being married to Mrs. Johnny Damon is forever.

The whole thing was so over-the-top implausible. It read like a satire script for a bad porno. Which is not to say that JD isn't also a cheating a-hole.

Yeah, it definitely seemed like satire - and frankly impossible.

Unsure, but June definitely said she had worked both interior and deck, so maybe she'll move outside?

Not to defend Captain Sandy, but I think she was more objecting to Anastasia's attitude/tone which did not reflect the kind of service mentality she wants on her boat. She's not wrong about that. Anastasia, whom I actually like, did say that she was going to go up and serve the dessert so that the guests could praise her, not so that she could make sure everything was to their liking.

Isn't that exactly what Adrian did with the group of guys who said on their preference sheets that they wanted to eat "clean," no sugar, etc. Once he saw that that was aspirational on their part, and not what they really wanted, he just heaped up on the steak, etc., and they were happy. I don't know why Anastasia fed this group sea urchin. I can't imagine they asked for it and it's definitely an acquired taste. And such tiny portions. The eggplant would have been fine on a multi-course meal, but not as a main.

Yeah, you're right. Didn't Captain Sandy take a group out to a restaurant (for lunch, I think), to give everyone some space when Mila was screwing up? I guess that would qualify as a "problem on the boat." 😉

I recall that he grew up with a stutter, so maybe that's why he had trouble reading aloud. On this charter, it seemed like he had specific standards regarding the food, but wasn't really ever a jerk. His wife on the other hand...geez, I hope she was drunk with that guy from the other boat because otherwise there really isn't any excuse for her behavior, probably not even then. "I own this boat! I run things here!" or whatever she was saying? Geez what a harridan, it's not your boat. And their friends were no great shakes either especially that creeper doctor. Actually Johnny came across best out of all of them. Also curious why, if in port, they didn't go to a nice restaurant in St. Tropez? I'd want to if it were me.

At the restaurant, before June excused herself to go puke, there was a little, quiet exchange with Anastasia, who was sitting next to her: June: Don't say anything. Ana: No, I won't. [June leaves table] Others: Is she crying? Ana: No she's fine. She's just sick. So it seems June confided in Anastasia something -- at first I thought, maybe she's pregnant? But I really have no clue. Waiting for whatever that is to come out.

OT but interested: is that based on the "Nxivm" cult thing -- the leader just went to jail?

Didn't she, or one of the other guests, say, "This yogurt sauce is good, even better than mint jelly would be"?

There are a lot of things to dislike about Hannah, but I can't believe how little professional self-control she has in earshot of the guests. It seems like she is constantly walking away from serving dinner or drinks and making some snarky comment about the guests within just a few feet of the guests. The guests seem to like her, though, so I guess it's either just loud enough for her body mic to pick up, or else maybe they dub it in later?

It seems pretty obvious that they are setting up a bulimia storyline with June. She probably only had like one piece of cake, but they made it seem like she was secretly binge eating for hours with all the repeating footage and creepy lighting. The Queen of Versailles needs a bra fitting.

@100Proof I would bet the production company or Bravo pays for pretty much everything, offset by advertising, of course -- the rental of the boat (though it might be discounted due to promotion of the yacht), the salaries of the engineers, and, of course the salaries of Sandi and the crew. It was odd in the last episode that they said "the owners of the yacht are giving us a day off." IMO, either that meant the boat was needed for non-production matters and they wanted them/filming off of it, or there was a down day charter-wise, and the production (but probably not the owners) wanted to film them in another setting.

Anastasia was in a no-win situation. Anyone who has been asked to do a job in an acting capacity understands the dilemma she was in. Could you imagine going from the ego-boosting and creative job of cooking, back to cleaning toilets and doing laundry? She would have resented it and probably resented whoever came to be chef. OTOH, she is not ready to be chef and I'm sure we'll see her flail with special requests and difficult guests soon. I kind of feel for her, though the arrogance is a bit much.

Captain Sandy participating (lamely, I might add, like a wannabe wallflower) in the crew dance was everything I needed to know about her as a leader. How can her instincts be so off?

She also seems to spend way more time in the crew work areas (galley, mess, deck) while they're working than Captain Lee does, but is way more clueless than he is about what's actually going on. I think all her talk of "I've learned my lesson, I'm going to be X kind of boss from now on, if I wake up thinking about you, that's your last day on the boat, etc." belies an internal conflict between exerting her authority and being liked.

Also: How hard is it to pour the batter into a pan such that a circle-shape is created?

A Freudian would say she is stuck in the anal phase of child development, which is about toddler age, I think. 🙂

That scene between Sandy and Joao was soooo awkward. You could tell he was over it, and she kept milking it -- "it's ok to cry, no really you should go cry, that's how you'll heal." "I'm here for you, you're a good person." And then, ridiculously, "I love you." You could tell when she went in for that third (or whatever fourth?) hug, he was just humoring her at that point and wondering when it would mercifully end. Jack is just cracking me up. He is so jolly in everything he says/does, even if it's ridiculously profane. I guess you could say the same for Aesha, in Hannah's words, "the dirtiest bitch I've ever met." Props to Anastasia for making a meal the charter guests could consume and even enjoy, but the incongruity of people in tuxedos and gowns eating spaghetti and meatballs was a little jarring. You could see how nervous Sandy was during that meal, watching for everyone's reaction. Sandy's talking-to with Mila showed that she (Sandy) subscribes to the management philosophy of "praise first, then criticize." Except she hardly got to the criticize part at all! She should have said, you are skating on thin ice for the rest of the charter, Anastasia will be chef and you will answer to her, with no attitude. Otherwise this is your last day on this boat. Why hasn't she fired her already?!?

And talking about his veneers.

The best was when she whined to the lady at the top of the tower: "is there an easier way down?!?" I was like, Yes. It's called going down the stairs. She does realize that going up stairs is harder than down, right?? Because honestly I wasn't sure.

It was mighty funny, though: Q: "Are you idiots?" (said in a crabby yet somewhat genteel way) A: "Well, we're not trying to be." LOL.