S05.E13: Welcome Back

[OnceSane]

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Down a stew in the wake of Hannah’s departure, Bugsy fights to keep the interior afloat with a skeptical Jess by her side. Malia struggles to manage a frustrated deck team, while helping Tom navigate his first charter. Finally, the interior team is relieved when a new Second Stew arrives onboard.

Airs August 24, 2020.

[The Ringo Kidd]

I hope Epstein is the new stew and not Horshack.

[GreyBunny]

I’ll keep coming in here to snark but I removed the show from my DVR. Lying gaslighter abuser bosses aren’t my thing.

[aqusdealer]

I have the popcorn ready for tonight’s episode. I was listening to a podcast with one of the BDM producers and the host. They all seem to know who the new second stew arriving is. Is it all over social media like Hannas firing was? Can someone clue me in or post a link? Spoiler Alert style of course.

[dsteele]

Spoiler

It's Aesha. My ears are already bleeding from the thought of hearing that screeching voice and laugh she has.

 

[The Ringo Kidd]

First they brought in a shit stirrer in Bugsy.

Now they brought in a shit eater.

That’s a really good clue.

[aqusdealer]

7 hours ago, dsteele said:

  Reveal spoiler

It's Aesha. My ears are already bleeding from the thought of hearing that screeching voice and laugh she has.

 

Thanks!

[esco1822]

“His meat was good.”

-Cap’n Sandy

🙄

[PaperTree]

Careful what you wish for there Bugsy

[PaperTree]

I'm hoping Rob just quits and Queen Mal-ia can do all the work herself.

[PaperTree]

So Chef Perfect feeds the guests raw chicken.  Good job Mal-ia.  Hope he bangs you good!

[esco1822]

Maybe Tom should stop poaching food for these guests?

[pieinmyeye]

5 minutes ago, esco1822 said:

Maybe Tom should stop poaching food for these guests?

You would think he would have learned that lesson with the lobsters.
 

These guests are beyond disgusting! I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had farted and burped at the dinner table. In particular, white jacket with no shirt, feeling his wife (?) up at the table.

Edited August 25, 2020 by pieinmyeye

[PaperTree]

Rob is very weird and so am I, which is why I like  him.  But taking relationship advice from Mal-ia is about the dumbest thing you can do.

[The Ringo Kidd]

“That’s pink like a mother fucker!”

[FlyingEgret]

Cap has clearly moved on from stalking Kiko and Hannah to Jess, her next victim.  Instead of commisserating with the crew and asking them to push a little bit harder until reinforcements arrive she yells at them for not having washers going 24 hours a day.  When Jess is up by herself which takes priority Cap - the laundry or the tablescape just in case a guest wants coffee or fresh squeezed orange juice???

[TexasGal]

I was going to say all the male guests were so gross, but then I remembered the female guest wanting to get pictures of her ass in portrait mode.   So, all gross.

And yeah, Chef, these guys aren’t down with poaching food.

Captain Sandy having preference meeting for Johnny Damon with a Brit and South African who would have no clue who he is but acting like he needs no introduction.  Mmmkay.

[nokat]

2 minutes ago, FlyingEgret said:

Cap has clearly moved on from stalking Kiko and Hannah to Jess, her next victim.

This is scary, because I consider her an abuser. What she did to Kiko and Hannah was inexcusable.
 

[njbchlover]

35 minutes ago, esco1822 said:

Maybe Tom should stop poaching food for these guests?

I don't care what Tom says - I've had poached chicken and chicken prepared sous vide and it was never pink inside.  Pink chicken is raw chicken!!!! 

33 minutes ago, pieinmyeye said:

You would think he would have learned that lesson with the lobsters.
 

These guests are beyond disgusting! I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had farted and burped at the dinner table. In particular, white jacket with no shirt, feeling his wife (?) up at the table.

It seemed like the son, who was the primary, and his wife/significant other seemed normal and somewhat gracious.  The father (with the "Russian snowbunny") and the other guest you refer to were the disgusting ones.  The father seemed like a dirty old man, or someone from a throwback era who liked to say gross, sexual things just to get a blush out of someone.  His son should enlighten him that those days went out with the 1970's....

[njbchlover]

22 minutes ago, The Ringo Kidd said:

“That’s pink like a mother fucker!”

I really expected to hear some other comparison to something pink, coming from this guest.  

Edited August 25, 2020 by njbchlover

[njbchlover]

Pretty interesting that Captain Sandy seemed to be pretty much MIA during almost all of Tom's meals.  Except for popping in at the end of the steak dinner, we didn't see her at all.

Oh, until she started complaining about laundry.  WTF?  They basically had a day in between charters, and it looked like it was just sheets and towels in the laundry, which can be done while you're sailing your yacht to Ibiza.  You're down a stew - what is more important?  Guest services like breakfast, coffee and orange juice and making sure the table is set for breakfast three hours before the guests rise (which you complained about before) or sheets?  

ETA:  @FlyingEgret just mentioned the same thing as I regarding Sandy and the laundry bullshit.  

Edited August 25, 2020 by njbchlover

[spunky]

Why isn’t Sandy asking about chef perfect’s food? I can’t wait for Johnny Damon and his wife to complain about everything. Sandy has now moved on to bullying Jess over laundry. If she only did laundry and ignored the guests Sandy would be mad about that too. Go drive the damn boat Sandy. I can’t stand Aesha, but I can’t wait for her crassness to annoy Bugsy and Malia for the rest of the season.

43 minutes ago, PaperTree said:

Rob is very weird and so am I, which is why I like  him.  But taking relationship advice from Mal-ia is about the dumbest thing you can do.

Poor thing doesn’t know any better.

[The Ringo Kidd]

9 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

I really expected to hear some other comparison to something pink, coming from this guest.  

That’s what the old guy said when was taking photos of the Russian snow bunny!

[AryasMum]

22 minutes ago, TexasGal said:

I was going to say all the male guests were so gross, but then I remembered the female guest wanting to get pictures of her ass in portrait mode.   So, all gross.

And yeah, Chef, these guys aren’t down with poaching food.

Captain Sandy having preference meeting for Johnny Damon with a Brit and South African who would have no clue who he is but acting like he needs no introduction.  Mmmkay.

Not just her ass, her taint. 
 

I really hate that word. 

[PaperTree]

7 minutes ago, spunky said:

Why isn’t Sandy asking about chef perfect’s food? I can’t wait for Johnny Damon and his wife to complain about everything. Sandy has now moved on to bullying Jess over laundry. If she only did laundry and ignored the guests Sandy would be mad about that too. Go drive the damn boat Sandy. I can’t stand Aesha, but I can’t wait for her crassness to annoy Bugsy and Malia for the rest of the season.

Poor thing doesn’t know any better.

I have to laugh, but I want to cry.

[PaperTree]

Just waiting for Bugsy the snake to swallow Mal-ia the rat.  Head first.

[Marley]

Lol shitty episode. So Malia is a sous chef now I guess. Tom is a spazzy little dick I’m over his shit already. Malia can fuck off too.

Sandy is a piece of shit.

Alex going shirtless wasn’t funny the first time. Get a new thing.

Ugh Aesha.

[njbchlover]

Hey, Malia - I know things are different on a super-yacht, but it's also a HUGE "HR" problem when you refer to your employees as "fuckers"!!!!  

[nokat]

1 minute ago, Marley said:

Tom is a spazzy little dick

I imagine Kiko was just too damn nice and put out good food except for once. I'm thinking Malia and Tom deserve each other.
 

[Sage47]

Sandy is a real sadist. She just lurks around waiting to spot a weakness in her underlings so she can start pecking at them. All with a smile on her face minutes later. Ugh, she is scary. 

She was SO excited to have a reason to fire Hannah, she could barely contain her glee. These kinds of people are emotionally very dangerous. 

I hope Tom dumps Malia’s self-important ass. Damn, that would rule. Malia sucks. 
 

Bugsy’s voice/accent grates. So does her personality. 

Not as much as Aesha’s though. Do we really have to listen to her sing-song and crass and gross narrative the rest of the season? No thanks. I really don’t have any interest in this shit season anymore. 

[biakbiak]

20 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

Hey, Malia - I know things are different on a super-yacht, but it's also a HUGE "HR" problem when you refer to your employees as "fuckers"!!!!  

Yes and it’s obviously different but it isn’t any more appropriate than Pete calling her “sweetie”.

[Shannah Banana]

57 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

I don't care what Tom says - I've had poached chicken and chicken prepared sous vide and it was never pink inside.  Pink chicken is raw chicken!!!! 

Indeed it is.  It's hard to believe Chef Tom doesn't understand this common fact.  Gordon Ramsey would have his head on a platter.

34 minutes ago, njbchlover said:

Hey, Malia - I know things are different on a super-yacht, but it's also a HUGE "HR" problem when you refer to your employees as "fuckers"!!!!  

It's okay if it's one of teacher's pets doing the name calling.  Somehow Malia got the support and Rob was left demoralized. 

[PaperTree]

This one's for you Sandy

[lcarolynl]

I haven’t watched the last episode and I thought maybe I’d just skip watching Hannah be treated so poorly and pick up with this episode but .... I’m just not feeling it.
I’m not Interested in seeing abusive Sandy or snake Malia. Jess interests me but not if Sandy is barking at her and Tom sounds like a yuk. Who or what is worth watching?

Maybe I’m done?

[dangwoodchucks]

Looks like Malia and Sandy are doubling down on the bad management practices. Rob calmly tells Malia he doesn’t appreciate being called a fucker and her response is “then don’t be a fucker”. In front of the captain. I doubt the amount of Febreze used on the boat could put a dent in the toxic atmosphere that Sandy has festering.

Tom’s entitled attitude is ludicrous. He can’t even handle his own plating.  And because the guests don’t want raw food they’re idiots who don’t understand poaching? Poor Tom, just a misunderstood perfect chef. Take a hike, sweetie.

1 hour ago, Sage47 said:
 

Bugsy’s voice/accent grates. So does her personality. 

Not as much as Aesha’s though. Do we really have to listen to her sing-song and crass and gross narrative the rest of the season? No thanks. I really don’t have any interest in this shit season anymore. 

Tonight I heard Bugs say ‘billy dancer’ and ‘dickhands’.

Shit season is right.

[Jack Sampson]

Tom, your old boss would like a word...

 

[PaperTree]

34 minutes ago, Jack Sampson said:

Tom, your old boss would like a word...

 

Chef Perfect is one of the whiniest Englishmen I have ever seen.  Kiko would totally kick Tom's butt.  Then there is Mal-ia.

[elsie]

I get that huevos rancheros might not be hugely popular in South Africa, but it's odd that Bugs had never heard of the dish. particularly because of the industry she is working in and the position that she holds. I did love the editors for captioning each time she took a swing at the name.

Anyone in the mood for... gueyas rancheros?

                                          cuevas  "

                                          heroes   "  (my personal favorite)

                                          quieras  "

I don't know if she ever got it right, but the guests didn't seem to notice.

 

Also, Tom sucks. Reassuring to see that water still seeks its own level.

Edited August 25, 2020 by elsie

[Baltimore Betty]

I have noticed that Sandy will tell Jess to keep the laundry going, do this, do that, why wouldn't she go to Bugsy first about anything to do with a stew and their performance issues, that is what a department head is for and if Jess had a doctor's appointment why wouldn't Bugsy go to Sandy and tell/ask her if it is okay to go? If I were Bugsy I would be pissed if one of my stews did not tell me first, she should be the one to go to the captain. 

Malia should have pulled Rob aside to discuss anything, not in front of Sandy. 

Both Malia and Sandy have no management training.  

[Baltimore Betty]

8 hours ago, pieinmyeye said:

These guests are beyond disgusting! I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had farted and burped at the dinner table. In particular, white jacket with no shirt, feeling his wife (?) up at the table.

I could have done without seeing that guy in the elephant thong.

What is that with men that they cannot tell the difference between right and wrong that sitting with friends and family is not the time to pull a woman's top open trying to expose her and then being surprised with a harsh reaction. 

 

[dleighg]

7 hours ago, AryasMum said:

Not just her ass, her taint. 
 

I really hate that word. 

I learn so much slang on this board

[Jsage]

It is unbelievable to me that Sandy wasn't around for the oyster shells, the raw lobster or the raw chicken. Or that she didn't at least interrogate the guests after dinner where it could be brought up then. There was not one meal of Kiko's that Sandy didn't hover over. Apparently being Malia's boyfriend means that Tom gets the same ridiculous amount of favoritism. 

 

 

[GirlInFlux]

Ugh...Malia. Hovering over Tom in the galley. Pulling him aside several times for pep talks after he screws up or complains about making a chocolate cake. Referring to her deck crew as boys and f-ers but expecting them to respect her. She’s a nightmare. 

Jess complaint about all the work she does when that’s to be expected while down a stew and her delusions that she is qualified to be second stew. Meanwhile she and Rob are still sneaking off the whine (Rob) and make out. She just doesn’t want to work hard, but gets an attitude literally any time she’s asked to do something.

Bugsy is doing a pretty good job all things considered. I wish she and Alex would just go out or drop the whole flirting thing. The whole will they or won’t they is obnoxious and I’m not invested in either of them so I don’t care.

The guests are still weird especially that older guy. The chicken didn’t look undercooked. I think it’s an American thing plus not having experience with poached food which has a completely different texture from meat cooked other ways and may look undercooked to someone who hasn’t had it a ton. Tom should stop making poached things but he probably does it because it frees him up to work on other meal items.

And Sandy...sigh. Going on and on about the laundry going 24/7 as if the girls aren’t running around constantly doing other stuff. They’re down a stew. Laundry is something that can be put on the back burner.  And she sat there while Malia was a jerk to Rob.

 

[ihartcoffee]

10 hours ago, njbchlover said:

I really expected to hear some other comparison to something pink, coming from this guest.  

At first I thought he said it stinks like a mother fucker, lol

[spunky]

10 hours ago, PaperTree said:

I have to laugh, but I want to cry.

I feel the same way. 

[dleighg]

What a WHINER the chef is. Bitch Bitch Bitch. I got the feeling he thought he was going to get a hero edit while doing little work. 

[Jextella]

On 8/24/2020 at 10:48 PM, lcarolynl said:

I haven’t watched the last episode and I thought maybe I’d just skip watching Hannah be treated so poorly and pick up with this episode but .... I’m just not feeling it.
I’m not Interested in seeing abusive Sandy or snake Malia. Jess interests me but not if Sandy is barking at her and Tom sounds like a yuk. Who or what is worth watching?

Maybe I’m done?

I'll watch because I need mindless tv on while I do boring work, but it won't be the same - nor will it be half as entertaining.  Last night's episode was a bit of a snooze fest.

I'll be curious to see how the other BD does without Kate.  Hannah and Kate were really charismatic and beacons for boat drama.

On 8/24/2020 at 11:01 PM, dangwoodchucks said:

Tonight I heard Bugs say ‘billy dancer’ and ‘dickhands’.

Funny!

On 8/24/2020 at 9:40 PM, njbchlover said:

Hey, Malia - I know things are different on a super-yacht, but it's also a HUGE "HR" problem when you refer to your employees as "fuckers"!!!!  

I was watching but must have stepped away when Malia said this.  You know you don't have respect as a leader when you have to name-call your staff to get them to do stuff.  Malia thinks she is far better than she is.  

Someone else made a good point on Twitter.  Calling women "sweethearts" and calling men "boys" are both sexist and demeaning.  Malia is such a child.

Edited August 27, 2020 by Jextella

[dleighg]

1 hour ago, GirlInFlux said:

Jess complaint about all the work she does when that’s to be expected while down a stew and her delusions that she is qualified to be second stew. Meanwhile she and Rob are still sneaking off the whine (Rob) and make out. She just doesn’t want to work hard, but gets an attitude literally any time she’s asked to do something.

"We keep getting interrupted (to do, you know, WORK) when we're trying to get to know one another"

[65mickey]

Since when did the bosun's job description include plating food, giving private pep talks to the chef  and manning the grill? All of them hovering around Tom apologizing to him every time one of the guests sent back food was so tiring.  Where was Sandy? Not once did she come out and browbeat the guests into telling her every little thing that they didn't like about the meal. The poached chicken was gross. I can't eat a piece of chicken cooked in liquid and is completely white without color. That is a pretty crappy meal to serve to guests paying thousands of $$ for 5 star meals or what ever it is that Sandy keeps harping on.  

[dleighg]

where were they that it was going to take 5 or 6 hours to get to Ibiza? How fast do those ships go anyway? Probably not as fast as I think they do LOL. (Ibiza is about 100 miles off the coast of Spain)