SemiCharmedLife

Thanks for this. I believe Anthony, as well. He is a talented chef, but lacks organizational skills and when he is the only cook in the kitchen, all that falls on him, too. I would love to see Fraser, when he is back to being fully staffed, offer a few suggestions on organizing Anthony's workspace instead of criticizing him.

Some of those scenes with the chin-ups were Ben. But, I agree that Dylan is obsessed with working out. He probably won't hook up with anyone on the crew, since he seems to have a committed relationship with his barbells.

I have a feeling Fraser is trying to support Anthony, but he tends to have a dramatic narrative when talking about it. I prefer when the chief stews offer support and/or advice to the chefs. We've seen some good teams over the years. I remember when Hannah was trying to help Kiko with some ideas. Well, that didn't end so well, but it was nice to see..

Wow. I really thought Marina would take it all. I was shocked when Hanna won that lip synch. I mean, she did a great job, but so did Marina, who had an amazing track record, to boot. The only consolation to my surprise of Marina not winning is that Tia was crowned. She is an amazing person and we have all fallen in love with her since first seeing her in her original season. Her glow up was great and she excelled in so many challenges. She also ended the season on a high. I really enjoyed all the queens on this iteration. There was so much talent and diversity!

I love Sapphira, but her dress for the challenge could be in the running for the Golden Boot. It was ugly and unflattering. I cringed each time they showed her dancing in it. Too bad her original plan didn't pan out. With Sapphira and Morphine's track record, Sapphira would have had to completely tank and Morphine would have had to tear the house down in order for Ru to send Sapphira home. With all the complaining about Nymphia (ok, she's my favorite) overdoing the color yellow, why has no one brought up PJ's overly used bodysuit? Yes, I thought PJ and her partner were good, but I would have given it to Nymphia or Q this time around.

I've seen this happen on all the reality shows. Fame-hungry people apply to be on them and the reality is lost. After the first year or two, the shows are just repeating popular tropes and storylines. For the Below Deck franchise, it's a lot of hooking up among crew members and crazy/rude guests. I'm still hanging in there with Below Deck, but I've given up on some of them.

I was pretty shocked they gave another win to Sapphira. I don't think even Sasha Colby had as many wins in such a short time and she slayed every time! They are taking the drama out of the season. I'm for a final two of Sapphira and Nymphia Wind. But, I have a feeling Plane Jane is going to be in the finale, as well.

I cannot stand Ben, and his appearance on WWHL just confirmed what an ego-centric jerk he is. Last season, Camille started something with him and this season, it's Sunny, who I hoped had more sense. I would love to see Sunny flirt with the new deckhand. It's too bad Cat couldn't handle the job. I do believe everyone was trying to support her (with the exception of Barbie), and she still couldn't deal with it. Xandi was being calm about pointing out some errors in cleaning and Cat fell apart. It seemed very extreme. Hopefully she gets some therapy and has a happy life with her support system around her.

I'm really annoyed that Teddi is again misinforming the public about Sutton. Does she have no empathy at all? When I saw Sutton fall back and exclaim, "whoah, whoah," I immediately thought of a seizure. (Especially when she said she felt super sleepy in her dressing room after- that is very common.). But, after hearing what Sutton reported afterward, I believe it was a combination of dehydration, exhaustion and coming down with bronchitis. She may have actually fainted for a brief second, as well, and that caused her to shout out when she realized it.

Yes! I had the same shocked look on my face that the judges did. Even with all those flips, she couldn't recover from that...and being on the bottom 4 times.

I was shocked that Q or Plane Jane didn't win this week. I'm personally rooting for Nymphia and Sapphira, but I thought Q and PJ did better in the challenge. Their presentation had humor and moved at a good pace, with no blunders. I didn't think the runway was as strong as others have been, though I did love Nymphia's look.

Yep. I’m on Team Fraser with this one. Barbie has a very bad attitude. She couldn’t stop whining about Cat’s excursion with Captain Kerry, even though he said he would plan something with her in the future. BTW, I agree with the posters that said the efoil lesson should have taken place between charters because there was too much work for Barbie to do on her own. It would have served Barbie better to ask if Cat could help with the chores first.

I agree that Andy put Garcelle’s name out there, but clearly Dorit is still upset with Kyle saying they weren’t real friends. Andy couldn’t even get them to “hug it out.” Whereas with Garcelle, there are issues and they probably don’t like each other due to their history, but there isn’t “hurt” because Dorit never considered them friends.

I guess it’s Kyle’s turn to be on the receiving end of the eye rolls and dramatic reaction shots. She was the worst offender in seasons past, with her crazy eyes, shocked reactions and more. I always thought it was completely over the top.

It seems to me that the strained relationship between Kyle and Kathy have caused a lot of issues among the Housewives. Kyle was upset at many of them for showing up at Kathy's events and saw it as being disloyal to her and not supporting her. Then, once the sisters have made up again, all those people that questioned Kyle about what was going on with her this year are on Kathy's sh*t list, even the ones who seemed to support Kathy during the fight. It must be like walking on rice paper to try to navigate a relationship with either one of them. Also, I found it ridiculous that Kyle and Kathy were trying to minimize their tumultuous relationship over the years. In the end, they may have enormous love for each other, but THAT is certainly not a healthy sister relationship.

Their conversation and lack of concern for Sutton show what narcissists they are. Additionally, I believe I heard Kathy say, "I was just about to come for her, too." Disgusting lack of empathy. (Erika, I hope your therapist didn't charge you, since she obviously didn't help you "get empathy.")

I was hoping Jared would pull it together. To me, he comes across as a nice guy, though a bit all over the place. His last drinking bout and subsequent reprimand by Kerry should have made more of an impact, yet there he goes again. The worst thing for me about losing Jared is that a-hole Ben would be made bosun. Yuck.

The gag of the season: Plane Jane gives her immunity potion to Nymphia! Maybe she planned a redemption arc midseason all along. Giving her immunity to one of the most popular queens during her most stressful challenge (Nymphia has said from the beginning that writing was not in her wheelhouse) can garner a lot of fan support. I am so happy that nobody went home. It seems perfect for the spirit of the theme this week. I thought Morphine really stood out this episode and would get her first win. But, Sapphira really brought it again this week. I really loved her in the challenge- she was in her element. Her runway was right up her alley, with extreme eleganza and was a nod to Queen Charlotte (not Marge Simpson, Michelle). After the popularity of the Bridgerton series, Queen Charlotte is finally getting her flowers.

It's suffering from being overdone. Once producers have a successful show, they make every iteration of it ad naseum until viewers have fatigue. I used to watch 90 Day Fiancé and had to quit because there were so many versions and it was hard to keep up and eventually lost all interest in it. I'm still hanging in here with Below Deck, but judging from the lack of comments here, I think many have set sail for different shores.

Garcelle was the one that mentioned a ring being given after the spouse cheats, because she got one. This was not Sutton. I don't believe Kyle's narrative that Sutton targeted her. It's been the opposite for the past two seasons with Kyle and her gang coming for Sutton. They don't like the popular Housewives, so they try to make them quit the show.

He probably wanted some relief from Dorit's nonstop chatter...

I can't believe Kyle turned her behavior against Sutton for the last two seasons upside down and tried to make herself the victim of Sutton. Please! Run the tape! Kyle has brought up everyone's issues since she started, yet no one can ask about her wedding ring? It makes perfect sense that Kyle sent Dorit that text to try to silence her at the reunion. Too little, too late. It's not working, Kyle.

I would think Barbie would realize that Xandi, as a former chief stew, has more experience than she does and would be a great fit for second stew. Xandi is happy taking on housekeeping, but she has the expertise to take over for Fraser when he is doing a beach picnic or vice versa. She also hasn't displayed the negative attitude that Barbie has. If a stew is constantly challenging the chief stew, I wouldn't think that person would earn a higher rank. I think Barbie should be happy she is getting to do a lot of service and less housekeeping because Xandi is fine with it. I think this is the first time I have seen the stews preparing the cabins so meticulously. They even had a meeting to decide how the tissue should come out of the box!

I thought all the queens ended up with a great outfit (Plasma's being the least successful, but still a well sewn look), yet I felt some of the looks did not fit the brief of being "goth." I know the judges thought they fit the theme, so I'm not correct in my opinion, but here goes anyway. I felt Sapphira's gown was gorgeous, but didn't seem goth at all. It seemed like a beautiful ball gown or runway gown. (BTW, I love Sapphira and she is an amazing queen and sister to the others). Also, Q's look read more club kid than goth. Adding the torn netting fabric helped keep it to the theme, but all those bows and different patterns took it in another direction. I think Dawn and Nymphia had the most successful GOTH looks, though there were many stunning outfits on the runway. They should all be proud. I feel bad for the queens who don't design and sew that they had 3 design challenges this season, but on the other hand, I LOVED seeing the queens create these gorgeous looks!

I'm going to miss Plasma, but I think she is a great candidate for a future All Stars. She's very talented in the competitions, (apart from design challenges), but needs to curate some outstanding runway looks. So many queens bring All Stars runway looks to the regular season- the bar has been raised over the years. With Mhi'ya's amazing flips, it seems she can't be beat in a lip synch. Does this mean she is going to go all the way to the finals? She's been in the bottom 3 times, yet she saves herself with her lip synching talent.