S07.E20: Reunion Part 2

[OnceSane]

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In Part Two, Andy rejoins the Valor crew to go deep discussing Ashton and Kate's terrifying fight in the van, the dysfunctional crew dynamic and Rhylee's frustrations with the deckhands. Captain Lee is pushed to the limit, and the crew questions his reaction.

Airs February 17, 2020.

[pieinmyeye]

Did Kevin really just try to justify kicking sand at Kate? What a POS. Looked like Asston was trying to work up a little tear, hahahahaha.

[Mr. Miner]

Andy can go ahead and fuck off!

[Rhetorica]

My favorite Captain used to be Captain Morgan but I'm loving me some Cap'n Lee tonight!!!!

[esco1822]

I love me some Courtney. Smart, well-spoken, composed and taking no shit from anyone.

[pieinmyeye]

Well said, Courtney! Brain and Simone, shut the hell up.

[TexasGal]

Well this is no fun to watch.  Awkward all around.  Ashton seemed sincere for like a millisecond and then we learn he went to therapy “last week” and only quit drinking last month and pfffft.

[whydoievencare]

These stupid Brus - none of them have redeemed themselves one iota.  Ashton pulled the "I just saw a therapist last week" card out of his ass for the reunion - are we to understand that he's been seeing a therapist all this time since the charter season, or he just saw a therapist for the very first time (just so he could claim that)?  He's said he's sorry but really, he's just wanting the chance to point out everyone else's flaws.  Same with Kevin and Tanner and Brian.  Brian is just a weasel.  Kevin's still upset about the penis cake - OMG, what a baby.  

 

[biakbiak]

1 minute ago, whydoievencare said:

These stupid Brus - none of them have redeemed themselves one iota.  Ashton pulled the "I just saw a therapist last week" card out of his ass for the reunion - are we to understand that he's been seeing a therapist all this time since the charter season, or he just saw a therapist for the very first time (just so he could claim that)?  He's said he's sorry but really, he's just wanting the chance to point out everyone else's flaws.  Same with Kevin and Tanner and Brian.  Brian is just a weasel.  Kevin's still upset about the penis cake - OMG, what a baby.  

 

The last time he was on WWHL either in December or early January he said he has to work on himself before seeing a therapist so the later and that IF it’s actually true. 

[PaperTree]

Courtney sends this mess off on a great note!  FOAD Brian.

I'm not buying Asston's "That's not who I am" BS.  He's had awhile to conjure up this narrative.  Buddy, that's exactly who you are.

He does seem a bit nervous.  Heh heh.  I hope he's having serious real world consequences.

Kate calls him on his "epiphany" after his doubling down on the after-shows.  Rhylee's not buying it either.  Has he really quit drinking?  I hope we find out when he gets arrested somewhere.

The brus didn't jump on Abby because she was always subservient and "girly" enough for them to drool over.

ETA:  She knew her place and stayed there.

Courtney nails it!  It's all about the expectations.  She shut them down hard.

Brian is still dumb.  I can't follow Kevin's "logic".  Cute how they all plead ignorance.  "I had no idea it looked that way."  barf

Oh, and fuck you Andy with your bashing the women.  "That mean girl threw laundry on the floor!".  The brus ain't letting you in their clubhouse.

Good job Lee!  He's not buying their BS either.  Therapist.  Just this week!  Right, douchebro.  Sends Lee over the edge.  Like hitting your head against a wall.  It feels good to stop.

Producers drug him back.

This Ross hearsay is a bunch of crap.  He wasn't a great bosun either.

 

Ah well, time to go sailing.

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by PaperTree

[esco1822]

Andy really is the worst. He would never have a hosting job if he was not a Bravo bigwig. Plus Kathy Griffin once pointed out that he has a wonky eye and now I can’t unsee it.

[pieinmyeye]

5 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

The last time he was on WWHL either in December or early January he said he has to work on himself before seeing a therapist so the later and that IF it’s actually true. 

I remember that now and never understood what he meant.

[biakbiak]

Just now, pieinmyeye said:

I remember that now and never understood what he meant.

Pretty sure he thought saying that would be sufficient and people would drop it and he didn’t actually want to see a therapist who would call him on his shit and hold him accountable for his behavior.

[Callaphera]

Holy shit, no. Just no. 

Fuck you, Andy Cohen. Any good will I had towards you because of the Dallas reunion is so gone, it's like Courtney sitting stone-faced at the end, shutting down everything in that tightly controlled "over it" way. 

[pieinmyeye]

2 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

Pretty sure he thought saying that would be sufficient and people would drop it and he didn’t actually want to see a therapist who would call him on his shit and hold him accountable for his behavior.

That makes a lot of sense.

[Jamaraz]

You know the guys got together and decided to go after Captain Lee.  He took the bait for a half a second and then walked away.  Good for Captain Lee for seeing through all of their bullshit.  

[bencr]

Captain Lee needs to do a better job managing his managers and creating an environment where people feel freer to approach him, especially if they are feeling bullied or threatened.

Edited February 18, 2020 by bencr

[sadtvjunkie]

All I saw was Ashton's neck getting redder and redder while Riley was goading him. He was like a teapot ready to blow.

[TexasGal]

22 minutes ago, PaperTree said:

Courtney sends this mess off on a great note!  FOAD Brian.

 

I love how she didn’t even let Andy get his usual “wink wink will there be a hook up?” question (that he loves to ask former couples) out - she just shut him down.  

[Guest]

WTF was that?

They kept turning everything back on Kate as if there was something she had said or done that was equivalent to what these drunken misogynistic assholes did during the season.  And Andy was clearly on their side of this.

To paraphrase one of Leslie Jone's live tweets about Ashton and the van... that's the worse nightmare... a guy gets too drunk, gets sexually aggressive, gets turned down, and turns violent.  

Its like they don't get the gravity of what was going on here, what the female crew was on the receiving end of, and the viewers were seeing.  Its not equivalent to throwing laundry on the floor. 

That is what Courtney underlined at the end.  Andy tried to do his whole, we all pretend to make up at the end Housewives shtick and Courtney basically said fuck no this was actually serious.

And OMG, I can't believe Andy decided at the end to just have the female side of the reunion explain what they need to improve on because he deemed the guys side apologized at length in a satisfactory way.

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by ParadoxLost

[Callaphera]

Okay before I go drink all the drinks that Ashton can't now that he stopped drinking for a week prior to the reunion - and let's take this moment to give him a brü-ly pat on the back for both this and his one single therapy session that he pulled out of his ass all of a sudden when he saw that doubling down in post-show stuffs wasn't getting him the reaction he was hoping - can someone confirm for me that the Brü Crü was actually, truly trying to make a comparison between their hateful behaviour and drunk SmashKate throwing their pants on the ground? Like that somehow makes things okay and fair?

Andy Cohen: "But he apologized!" Yeah, like the kid who got caught sneaking a cookie from the cookie jar. He doesn't know why he's apologizing, he just knows that someone's mad at him but he's going to do it again tomorrow. Master Pearson having a temper tantrum behaved better than these Brü Crü shits and he's five. 

[pieinmyeye]

15 minutes ago, sadtvjunkie said:

All I saw was Ashton's neck getting redder and redder while Riley was goading him. He was like a teapot ready to blow.

I would have paid to see that!

[biakbiak]

15 minutes ago, TexasGal said:

I love how she didn’t even let Andy get his usual “wink wink will there be a hook up?” question (that he loves to ask former couples) out - she just shut him down.  

It’s a great example of why I have always had issues with Andy. He rarely listens to people, especially women, and at the end of the day he truly believes that boys will be boys and it’s not that serious, even when people are telling him otherwise.

[bencr]

That was like watching a football game where the final score was 70-0. At some point you're just rooting for the slaughter to end.

[breezy424]

The brus still thought they could 'win'.  Nope.  They all came off looking worse.

That's not me.  Yeah, it is you brus.  We all saw it.

Note to Asston.  Capt. Lee did not say that Kate was his best friend.   He said she was like a daughter to him.  Big difference.  And Kate didn't say what he claimed.  She said 'How is your mother'.  I could go on.  Even watching the actual show, apparently he still gets it wrong.  But now he's stop drinking and is in therapy....for a couple of weeks,  If that.

I don't know what Simone was saying about people of color and the yachting industry because she tends to speak very fast and I can't understand her.

Loved Court's answer to Brian at the end of the show.  Yeah, Brian, you're not all that.

Lee is over it.

[VagueDisclaimer]

 

[Jellybean13]

This show, all other Bravo shows, and our American politics today truly show how worthless the phrase, "I apologise" has become.  Doesn't anyone ever take real responsibility any more?  Saying I'm sorry but never changing, does not, or certainly should not wipe the slate clean.  The hurt from the way a person is treated does not just melt away, especially when there is no true remorse. Ashton, I'm looking at you.  

I wouldn't wish unemployment on anyone, but I hope Bravo never employs those 4 douchebags again.

[njbchlover]

Well, no surprise there - this reunion was just as unsatisfying as most of the Real Housewives' reunions have become.  And I blame Andy Cohen for that.  He is truly the worst moderator in the history of moderating.  He's probably the biggest misogynist of all the men sitting in the Clubhouse tonight.  He threw a couple of difficult questions at the guys, but they were mostly softball easy pitch type questions.  He did not seem to see the women's point of view at all.  

Ashton can go home now, with his fake-ass tears and non-self-awareness.  The only reason he is sorry now is because of audience backlash - not because of what he did.  Although, he did a halfway decent job of being pretty convincing during the apology speech.  He then shot it all to hell with the rest of his answers/comments.  After the apology to Kate, he should have just sat there with his mouth shut.  Kate is a bigger person than I - she accepted his apology.  

Kate just doesn't seem to hold a grudge, ever (well, except maybe for Leon, Caroline and Rocky).  She just keeps it moving and moves on.  Good for her.  I am truly going to miss her - I don't know anyone that can fill her shoes.  

Rhylee kind of annoyed me tonight.  I don't like her.  I'll be glad to not see her anytime soon back on my TV.  I don't think that she has learned anything about herself that she is willing to change - I think Rhylee likes being reactionary, emotional and fiery.  I think she's just fine with being who she is and, to put it in terms that she would use - "Fuck you if you don't like it".  

Courtney came out looking the best of anyone tonight, and it's pretty apparent that she is over being a stew.  I loved how she shut Brian and Andy down right away, but also think that Andy was pissed because Courntey took away his usual "kiss and make up" closing for reunion shows.  After she shut it down with Brian and Andy, there wasn't much left to do at that point. 

Captain Lee is a salty, old-school guy.  I got the feeling that he was disappointed in himself for not knowing what was going on (not his fault, I think), disappointed that the women did not appraise him of what was going on, and that he now regrets not being more involved "below deck".  I think that was why he walked off the set - he was upset with himself, upset with the assholes sitting opposite him, upset with the situation.  He needed time to regroup.  

I wonder if we will see a more involved Captain Lee in the next season.  

It will be interesting to see next season without Kate, and a possibly more hands-on Captain Lee.

Edited February 18, 2020 by njbchlover

[Fostersmom]

1 hour ago, sadtvjunkie said:

All I saw was Ashton's neck getting redder and redder while Riley was goading him. He was like a teapot ready to blow.

And his fists were clenching the sides of his chair like he was trying not to be shot off it like  a rocket. 

[howiveaddict]

Has Kate totally left the show? I know she moved to New York, but she could still film BD.  Hope she is still on.  I'd move away from Florida too, since it looks like all the douche brus are there now.

[MVFrostsMyPie]

Shingles on Asston's dick, shingles on Kevin's dick, shingles on Brian's dick, shingles on Throwup Tanner's dick, and shingles on Andy's dick. They deserve castration,  but any sort of pain and suffering will do at this point. What an utterly depressing season. 

[biakbiak]

2 minutes ago, howiveaddict said:

Has Kate totally left the show? I know she moved to New York, but she could still film BD.  Hope she is still on.  I'd move away from Florida too, since it looks like all the douche brus are there now.

As posted up thread she officially announced she isn’t coming back and it was reposted on Bravo.

[Jextella]

Based on Kate's announcement, I'd wager she has something in the works with Bravo and Andy.  Maybe even something behind the scenes.

[nytonc]

I don’t know that she has the personality to manage a yacht crew but I’d love to see Riley come back as boson. That would fucking kill Asston. Apology tour over. Fuck every last one of the  broholes! and Simone!

 

[biakbiak]

1 minute ago, nytonc said:

I don’t know that she has the personality to manage a yacht crew but I’d love to see Riley come back as boson. That would fucking kill Asston. Apology tour over. Fuck every last one of the  broholes! and Simone!

 

Rhylee herself has said she doesn’t have enough experience to be bosun.

[Callaphera]

8 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

As posted up thread she officially announced she isn’t coming back and it was reposted on Bravo.

Well, boo. I guess Below Deck is off my viewing schedule for next season. I watch for Kate but stay for the ridiculous drama. I don't think I'll enjoy it half as much with a replacement Kate. 

[Caseysgirl]

That was such an awkward uncomfortable reunion - much like the whole season. No one except Courtney came out of this unscathed. Captain Lee looked out of touch and dottering; Kate looked smug and done; Rhylee could have redeemed herself but she just can’t hold it together; Simone looked bitter and angry, and the Brus just looked pathetic. Ashton tried to redeem himself ( must have someone advising him) but I guess he forgot about all the aftershows which are posted all over the Bravo site. I guessKevin seemed the LEAST apologetic and the least self aware. He sounded l8ke a grade school kid. When he tried defending himself for kicking sand in Kate’s eye by saying, “ but she said....”

[MVFrostsMyPie]

I hope his daughter sees this when she's older.

 

[Callaphera]

^^^ Well, if we ever needed proof that the Brü Crü learned absolutely nothing, Courtney was kind enough to show us on her Twitter feed. 

[movingtargetgal]

Fuck Andy Cohen and the raging case of shingles on his dick!  Bravo needs to hire Courtney to host all future reunion specials.   

[MVFrostsMyPie]

Brian's hashtags make me feel like I'm back in middle school. and high school. and college. "Calm down!" "Take a chill pill!" "It's just a joke!" "Where's your sense of humor?" 

Also, if you've got to add those hashtags, you shouldn't have said what you said in the first place. My goodness, how absolutely minuscule is his brain??

[lgprimes]

Courtney is far too intelligent to spend time with this crew. That is all.

[biakbiak]

37 minutes ago, Jextella said:

Based on Kate's announcement, I'd wager she has something in the works with Bravo and Andy.  Maybe even something behind the scenes.

If you mean the His Majesty comment it’s because her statement was a parody of the Megan and Harry’s statement resigning from their official role in the royal family.

Edited February 18, 2020 by biakbiak

[MVFrostsMyPie]

Andy's comment about Courtney and Brian hooking up after all was said and done was about as dense and inappropriate as Asston's "did you slap her with your dick". NONE OF THESE DUDES GET IT. JFC Andy, were YOU just trying extra hard to get your dick sucked by one of the brüs? Are you desperate to join the brü club?

They all could be slapped with Kevin's dick cake a million times, and they'd still be finding excuses for being useless irredeemable human beings.

 

[Jextella]

6 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

If you mean the His Majesty comment it’s because her statement was a parody of the Megan and Harry’s statement resigning from their official role in the royal family.

I get it, but I think she's trying to say things without saying them straight-up.

"After many months of reflection and internal discussions, I have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new land based role," Kate shared on social media. "I intend to step back as a senior member of the Below Deck Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support His Majesty Andy Cohen."

"Internal discussions" -  I take internal to mean "with" Bravo/Andy.

"Progressive new land based role" - She has a job lined up that will lead to new and better opportunities

"Step back as a senior member of the Below Deck Family" - she's not leaving....she's just "stepping back".  I also think she is trying to say something by using the phrase "senior member".   She's asserting that she is/was a "senior member" of the Below Deck family...whatever that means.  But it implies power and a higher rank than others which might serve to justify a new gig that actually does have power.

"work to become financially independent" - Andy made it clear with the departure of Vicki Gunvalson that show participants should not rely on Bravo show wages as their sole source of income.   Kate is smart enough to know she needs something beyond Below Deck, and she's popular enough that Bravo will want to keep her around in some capacity.  And, I'd wager she'll be making a pretty penny and she used this phrase to justify it.

"continuing to fully support His Majesty Andy Cohen" - Maybe this is solely a play on words, but I think it means she's still involved in the Bravosphere somehow.

Kate doesn't ever say she's severing ties 100%.  All she's really saying is that she's taking a step back from Below Deck for a new land-based opportunity.

It's pure conjecture on my part, but I can't help but think its still within the Bravoshere.

[biakbiak]

2 hours ago, Jextella said:

pure conjecture on my part, but I can't help but think its still within the Bravoshere.

Andy came so hard for her and basically dismissed her concerns so I really, really doubt it. Plus other things she has said she is interested in doing in various interviews from starting a new podcast to writing another book.

Internal discussions is literally direct from the Sussex statement as are the stepping back, the financially independent etc. it adheres so closely to not be an actual statement about what she is doing.
 

Edited February 18, 2020 by biakbiak

[1Seattlekitten]

I am so bummed at the prospect of a Kate-less Below Deck that I am officially going to turn off BRAVO altogether and forget its channel number.  Below Deck was the last BRAVO show I watch, I already gave up on all the Housewives.  Actually I think "Reality TV" as a genre of unscripted entertainment is dying and has outlived its expiration date. Idiots like Mark Cronin @ 41 Minds / BRAVO dug their own graves by failing to intervene when they witnessed misogynistic and dangerous behavior toward female crew members on BD's 7th season, and just let the cameras roll on. Cronin, you've literally killed your cash cow thru your greed and inability to make the right call.   Kate Chastain deserved SO MUCH better from BRAVO.  I hope she lands with something positive that has no connection with you.  And you can just watch your ratings drop next season..

BTW:  different network but I'm equally sick of the whole Bachelor Nation franchise.  Another reality "show" where producers' greed and casting decisions continually ramped things up and up  until the shows were painful to watch as the participants degraded and embarrassed themselves and their families.

I'm sticking with documentaries and  Netflix for quality programming from here on.

[Primetimer]

Sarah weighs in with her five takeaways from the reunion pt 2:
https://www.primetimer.com/features/5-takeaways-from-the-below-deck-s7-reunion-part-2

[The Ringo Kidd]

Captain Lee never disappoints.

He ran away from being questioned just as he ran away from his responsibilities all season.

[crimson23]

2 hours ago, Jextella said:

Kate doesn't ever say she's severing ties 100%.  All she's really saying is that she's taking a step back from Below Deck for a new land-based opportunity.

It's pure conjecture on my part, but I can't help but think its still within the Bravoshere.

Agreed. I can't see her severing ties. She may get her own show.  I'd also love to see Kate and Rhylee as guests next season.  That would be hilarous.