S02.E01: Running on Fumes

[TexasGal]

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Captain Glenn and Parsifal are back! This time in Croatia and ready to welcome a whole new crew aboard to a wild season full of over-the-top antics. Chief Stew, Daisy Kelliher, hails from Ireland and a pedigreed sailing background - both of her parents were yachties, and her grandfather sailed for Ireland in the 1964 Olympics. Rounding out the interior are Daisy’s skilled 2nd Stew, Dani Soares, and lovably eccentric 3rd Stew, Alli Dore. Leading the deck team is the ultra-experienced First Mate, Gary King, who rules his department with an iron fist. Reporting to Gary are Sydney Zaruba, who has been sailing since she was a child, and Jean-Luc Cerza Lanuax, who towers at a whopping 6’9” and can barely fit in his bunk. The deck team slips up when they mistakenly wash the teak with gasoline, and Chief Engineer, Colin Macrae, swoops in to save the day. Chef Natasha De Bourg, who has worked at many Michelin-Star restaurants, is challenged to create exquisite dishes revolving around the Primary guest’s strict vegan requirements. But the first charter of the season gets really rocky when the guests get in a drunken personal fight. The next morning, the guests’ excitement to sail puts Daisy and Natasha at odds over serving breakfast on heel. But nothing is more startling than when Jean-Luc realizes he may have lost two guests at sea!

Airdate: 03.01.2021

Oh, Croatia!  Also, longest episode description ever.

[Mindthinkr]

Lots of accents to get used to this season. 

[Fostersmom]

What fresh hell is this? It's 10 minutes in and I have serious doubts about the competency of pretty much this entire crew. 

[spunky]

Yes Natasha represent 🇹🇹🇹🇹

[pieinmyeye]

14 minutes ago, Fostersmom said:

What fresh hell is this? It's 10 minutes in and I have serious doubts about the competency of pretty much this entire crew. 

It feels like the first day of high school.

[spunky]

22 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

Lots of accents to get used to this season. 

Fortunately for me I can understand Natasha without any subtitles.  By the 3rd episode I'll be able to understand everyone else. 

[Lassus]

I will never, ever remember who all these people are.

And I still maintain that no real business has the staff show up the day before everything starts.  That has to be a Below Deck thing.

[PaperTree]

That was fun!  I still can't tell most of them apart, except for the Big Dude and Mr. Great Hair, God's gift to all women. That boat is really small. 

I did the Galapagos on a 20 passenger "yacht" in 1999.  Our cabins were just slightly bigger than the crew bunks.

LOL - another "tablescape" that would send Sandy over the edge.

Yet another cranky chef, but I see her point.  Put out the breakfast now.  The sailing thing takes some time to get going.  If the guests don't eat, it's on them.

Sloppy drunks, not quite obnoxious.

eta:  Forgot about the diesel/gas.  Nobody smelled that with the first splash?  All containers should be labelled.

Edited March 2, 2021 by PaperTree

[TexasGal]

1 hour ago, Mindthinkr said:

Lots of accents to get used to this season. 

For real!  My ear would get used to one and then boom - someone else jumps in.  It’s super confusing to me when producers decide to subtitle and when they don’t.

[Lassus]

That is some really really really bad communication.

Actually, that was a lot of whining by the Chief Stew.  She had no reason to say TOLD YOU SO, because nothing bad actually happened.

Edited March 2, 2021 by Lassus

[Petunia13]

Is Glenn the same captain that let the horse faced stew walk all over him last year? 

[nytonc]

I already hate Gary and his hair. 

[Chalby]

I have just begun to watch the second season. I'm not even 10 minutes into the program, and Gary has already annoyed me. I'm not sure if he is joking, or if he is serious, but his assertion that women are jealous of his hair made me laugh out loud. Say what? His hair? Odds are that he will lose 40% of it within the decade.

[Marley]

Not a fan.

If they were gonna do a whole new crew then wish they would’ve got a new captain too.

[Lamima]

So Chief Stew's, DAisy?, voice sounds like crazy chef Rachel. When I have the dishwasher running behind me. 

And Bosun Hair dude's voice sounded like what's his name from BD who was aggressive with Kate on her last season. 

Another diva chef. Oh boy. Her food must be good then. Seems like the best chefs are the biggest divas.

Love captain Glen. He is so mellow (just like Andy said on WWHL). 

Daisy said Gary's hair grosses her out (on WWHL). LOL!

Edited March 2, 2021 by Lamima

[Chalby]

2 hours ago, nytonc said:

I already hate Gary and his hair. 

I have just begun to watch the second season. I'm not even 10 minutes into the program, and Gary has already annoyed me. I'm not sure if he is joking, or if he is serious, but his assertion that women are jealous of his hair made me laugh out loud. Say what? His hair? Odds are that he will lose 40% of it 

[Chalby]

1 hour ago, Marley said:

Not a fan.

If they were gonna do a whole new crew then wish they would’ve got a new captain too.

I really like Captain Glenn. With the sailing yacht providing closer quarters than other Below Deck yachts means Glenn should be more aware of what's going on with his crew. Hopefully he takes advantage of this opportunity.

[Chalby]

3 hours ago, PaperTree said:

That was fun!  I still can't tell most of them apart, except for the Big Dude and Mr. Great Hair, God's gift to all women. That boat is really 

I felt that Gary was over the top with his expectations for the Big Dude's graveyard shift. I  have never seen an anchor watch be given that many errands to do, especially after being aware that he cannot sleep in his tiny bunk.

[aghst]

3 hours ago, Lassus said:

I will never, ever remember who all these people are.

And I still maintain that no real business has the staff show up the day before everything starts.  That has to be a Below Deck thing.

Yeah it looked like Glen barely knew these people.  Of course we know he didn't hire them.

They had no idea whom they'd be working with or their roles.

So they're in Croatia, which is one of the few countries which let anyone, including Americans, visit last summer.  Nobody wearing masks, people hugging and shaking hands and sharing those cramped quarters.  When they go out, they're probably going to bars and clubs, not all of them with outside tables?

It's clearer now more than ever that they cast the charter guests, for how colorful they're on TV.  Like that tool who was gyrating his groin all the time.  Then the co-primary won't let anyone eat meat, even though she's the only vegan among the guests?

Then she gets angry that the other guests are drinking too much.  Bitch you won't let them eat what they'd want to eat and now you won't let them drink?  Maybe she's just mad about the hideous back tattoos.

They're going to make a big deal out of sailing again, every time they put out the sails.  For all the excitement, they traveled 4 miles.  But BD makes a production out of dropping and pulling anchor and parking.

Looks like Glen has been told to push the crew for 5-star service, when he didn't really care that much in the first season.  Another change, he didn't call them preference sheet meetings at the start of the first season either.  He's slowly getting assimilated.

Yachting is a strange job choice for a 6'9" guy.  He's happy that the ceiling is taller than him but now the bed won't let him stretch out.  The other thing was that he sat down to be able to clean the deck under a table, rather than bending over or getting on his knees.

[Chalby]

1 hour ago, Lamima said:

So Chief Stew's, DAisy?, voice sounds like crazy chef Rachel. When I have the dishwasher running behind me. 

And Bosun Hair dude's voice sounded like what's his name from BD who was aggressive with Kate on her ...

Was that Ashton? I remember loving Ashton during his first appearance on BD series, but then I saw the "real Ashton". Ashton thinks he's all that & more, and also figures if a woman doesn't allow him to stick his tongue down their throat, then she's just a bitch, or a dyke.

[Diane Mars]

FYI, Captain Glenn, First Mate Gary King, ＆ Producer Jill Goslicky did an AMA on reddit yesterday ^_^ Interesting read.

 

[Baltimore Betty]

4 hours ago, Chalby said:

I felt that Gary was over the top with his expectations for the Big Dude's graveyard shift. I  have never seen an anchor watch be given that many errands to do, especially after being aware that he cannot sleep in his tiny bunk.

Waking up the deck hand to ask about chores, what had and had not been done, turning on the light etc...Gary did not handle that issue well, if tasks were not completed he could have waited till tall guy was on deck for his next shift and discussed things.

I do not like Gary's hair, it is not all that.

[Baltimore Betty]

8 hours ago, PaperTree said:

Yet another cranky chef, but I see her point.  Put out the breakfast now. 

Absolutely, if the table is set and ready to go then the guests just go along, eat breakfast then go sailing.  Chief Stew should know how to sheppard the guests along then the next day they could be ready with the breakfast sandwiches if all agree.

 

[spunky]

7 hours ago, nytonc said:

I already hate Gary and his hair. 

He's giving me Ashton vibes. 

26 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Waking up the deck hand to ask about chores, what had and had not been done, turning on the light etc...Gary did not handle that issue well, if tasks were not completed he could have waited till tall guy was on deck for his next shift and discussed things.

I do not like Gary's hair, it is not all that.

He said his leadership style is like a dictatorship.  

[biakbiak]

8 hours ago, nytonc said:

I already hate Gary and his hair. 

It has split ends, fly always, and a shitty haircut! No one, literally no one has ever been jealous of his “mane”.

I didn’t have a problem with any of their accents. In theory I  got both the chef and the chief stew’s point. If the table had been set up for breakfast from jump it would have been easy because it was such a ridiculously simple breakfast,. But it didn’t need to be sit down because it was basically fruit, smoked salmon, croissants and “carrot bacon”. It wasn’t a fully sit down breakfast from jump and could easily be turned into sandwiches/burritos. Also the guacamole made NO SENSE!  So in the end Gary should have woken up Glenn to see if they could sail earlier, overruling the chef!

Super curious why the chief stew decided to sleep in the three person cabin, why would anyone willingly want to sleep in a three person cabin.

[jmcd44]

5 hours ago, aghst said:

When they go out, they're probably going to bars and clubs, not all of them with outside tables?

I thought I heard in the previews that they were "stuck on the boat" (fueling their drunken shenanigans) and not going out because of COVID and I heard Glenn say the guests were quarantining prior to the charter. (But I was doing other things during it)

Speaking of those guests-ugh. What grown man in 2020 shows up in denim speedo? It is something someone in my beach share would have done in our 20s. I felt bad for the primary trying to talk about her dad and someone asking Greg to play the harmonica. Although I laughed and laughed at the woman saying "Shut up Greg!"

1 hour ago, biakbiak said:

It has split ends, fly always, and a shitty haircut! No one, literally no one has ever been jealous of his “mane”.

I have no idea why he is so proud of his hair. I would probably suggest a thickening shampoo or conditioner to him if I was ever forced to discuss it in person with him.

[biakbiak]

1 hour ago, jmcd44 said:

thought I heard in the previews that they were "stuck on the boat" (fueling their drunken shenanigans) and not going out because of COVID and I heard Glenn say the guests were quarantining prior to the charter. (But I was doing other things during it)

 

During the time of filming Croatia was allowing people from all over with a seven day quarantine and two negative covid tests. Below Deck Med also filmed in Croatia.

Edited March 2, 2021 by biakbiak

[TexasGal]

7 hours ago, Chalby said:

I felt that Gary was over the top with his expectations for the Big Dude's graveyard shift. I  have never seen an anchor watch be given that many errands to do, especially after being aware that he cannot sleep in his tiny bunk.

I don't either.  Jean Luc (the only name I remember, for being so distinctive to this American!) also admitted he was totally green.  I hope that Hairy Gary wrote down all those instruction in terms of "every hour take down blahblah whatever" or else there was no way he was going to remember that.  And between the hourly readings he was supposed to clean the whole exterior.  Ok.

[snarts]

Adam was a dick to Jean-Luc. like he took an instant dislike.  In my many years of watching Below Deck, there's never been an anchor watch shift longer than four hours AND they've never been tasked with cleaning the boat in the dark.  How would you be able to see well enough to polish all the chrome?

It's all about the guests. They wanted to sail ASAP skipping breakfast. I'm on Daisy's side, the chef needs to adjust her plans based on what the guests wanted.  Daisy acquiesced and quickly shuffled the guests to the table only to wait on the food and then have that breakfast cut short when they began to sail.  That put the crew in a dangerous position of trying to clear breakfast as they were sailing.  How hard would've have been to create some breakfast sandwiches?

I adore Glen.  He's just a fun laidback guy who doesn't take himself too seriously.  Such a nice palate cleanser from the other Captains in the franchise.

[Baltimore Betty]

Doesn't Nikki Starr sound like a porn name?

Was Nikki unhappy with the meal or the company when after dinner she said it was the worst meal she has ever had?  If it was the food I would have agreed, that beet thing did nothing for me and the gnocchi(?) looked like an amature plated it, chef could torch it all she wanted but that fake cheese was not going to bubble, melt or scorch ever. 

The primary's ban on all things not vegan makes her look like an asshole, you know how to to tell if someone is a vegan, they will tell you.  I guess this is how badly her so called friends wanted to be on a luxury sailing yacht and on TV if they were willing to go vegan.  If I were Greg I would play that harmonica until a cheeseburger showed up.

When the captain says we will be sailing in 5 min interior is supposed to grab all the loose stuff an secure it which makes me wonder why any loose stuff would ever be put out, display stuff should be nailed dow, right?

The guests want an 80's night (they should have invited Jake from Married at First Sight, the 80's is all he talks about), we didn't see any panic in chief stews eyes wondering if any props are on the boat, hmmm.

Was tall guy supposed to be watching the guests that were in the water but got distracted while talking to that lady?  So now we have lost Greg, will that be the "hey remember that time you lost Greg" line for the season because it would be funny.

So far all the woman on the crew look alike to me.

[Snickerdoodle]

12 hours ago, Chalby said:

I have just begun to watch the second season. I'm not even 10 minutes into the program, and Gary has already annoyed me. I'm not sure if he is joking, or if he is serious, but his assertion that women are jealous of his hair made me laugh out loud. Say what? His hair? Odds are that he will lose 40% of it within the decade.

Maybe he knows Trevor the hair model from Season 4 of regular Below Deck.  People were jealous of his hair, too. 

[Caseysgirl]

Well, I’ve only known Gary for one episode but I already hate him. I guess they have to have a goat every season and this time it’s Jean Luc, but I actually like him. This will be the Parker/Shane whose lack of experience will get him.  I like Colin but we don’t usually see the engineer that much, do we? I can’t tell one stew from another or from the deckhand but I guess as usual, the Chef will be the bitch.

[PaperTree]

10 hours ago, aghst said:

Maybe she's just mad about the hideous back tattoos.

Too funny!

[PaperTree]

2 hours ago, snarts said:

Adam was a dick to Jean-Luc. like he took an instant dislike.  In my many years of watching Below Deck, there's never been an anchor watch shift longer than four hours AND they've never been tasked with cleaning the boat in the dark.  How would you be able to see well enough to polish all the chrome?

All this.  Hard to tell with the editing, but I hope Jean-Luc has a copy of those lengthy tasks to show Glenn when King Hair wants him fired.

3 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

If I were Greg I would play that harmonica until a cheeseburger showed up.

Oh yeah!!!

[Mr. Miner]

"Running On Fumes" are they talking about the series? or just this episode?

[heatherchandler]

5 hours ago, snarts said:

 

I adore Glen.  He's just a fun laidback guy who doesn't take himself too seriously.  Such a nice palate cleanser from the other Captains in the franchise.

I really like Glenn too.  Did he plump his lips?  His lips in his talking heads look a bit fuller.  Did anyone else notice this?

[Jobiska]

2 hours ago, Caseysgirl said:

 I like Colin but we don’t usually see the engineer that much, do we?

On BDSY we do, at least going by Season 1.  The engineer was the guy who was married with kids and would sort of act sympathetic to people (Parker and the stew who was hated by Jenna--sorry, names have flown out of my brain) and then he'd antagonize them slightly; he seemed less dickish than most at the beginning, and he was certainly less so than Adam and Jenna, but by the end I didn't like him.

[biakbiak]

1 hour ago, Jobiska said:

and he was certainly less so than Adam and Jenna, but by the end I didn't like him.

When he literally asked Madison if she knew that Adam and Jenna used one of the guest cabins and she didn’t and was asking a follow up question and then he was silent when Adam went off on Madison for bringing it up, when she didn’t! Also, he was the person who told all the other crew about her sister being murdered when she didn’t share it with everyone, I realized he was a shit drama stirring asshat. He also was watching when the guest manhandled her and didn’t say shit. 

[Mr. Miner]

OK Everybody! The engines are off, you can probably hear your breakfast and all your other shit hitting the floor below. We’re going to go a whole 4 miles. 🙄

[biakbiak]

26 minutes ago, Mr. Miner said:

OK Everybody! The engines are off, you can probably hear your breakfast and all your other shit hitting the floor below. We’re going to go a whole 4 miles. 🙄

On a boat that size it would take a few hours, it’s literally why they only sail for a small amount of time because it’s not efficient but it is fun and you can feel the difference.

Edited March 2, 2021 by biakbiak

[dleighg]

I thought that was rather off-putting that the third stew (I think it was) left her massive suitcase at the bottom of the passerelle expecting someone else to bring it onboard. Entitled much? You're an employee, not a guest. 

And closed captions are a blessing for this show.

And lion-maned deckhand? The 70s want their haircut back.

[Mr. Miner]

22 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Was tall guy supposed to be watching the guests that were in the water but got distracted while talking to that lady?  So now we have lost Greg, will that be the "hey remember that time you lost Greg" line for the season because it would be funny.

Well, if they're going to lose somebody it might as well be Greg.

[dsteele]

13 hours ago, biakbiak said:

On a boat that size it would take a few hours, it’s literally why they only sail for a small amount of time because it’s not efficient

Ummm, no. Sailboat speed is determined by the length of the hull, amount of sail raised, and how much wind is available. I don't know the actual wind speed they had but it looked fairly good based on how the sails responded. Parsifal is 177' and normally cruises at around 11 knots. At full sail, 4 miles would take around 20 minutes. Glenn could have drawn out the transit time by tacking a lot to make the actual distance covered more than 4 miles but even then it wouldn't take hours. Still, it was a lot of work simply to travel 4 miles. But hey, the guests wanted to sail.

[Jsage]

Despite the breakfast drama with the chef, I already like Daisy way more than Jenna from last season. Jenna took joy in making her stews miserable. Daisy seems to manage her stews with a positive attitude. Of course, it's only the first episode, so we'll see if that changes.

[Chloecat]

Where is the chef from, I think I missed that?

 

[dleighg]

3 minutes ago, Chloecat said:

Where is the chef from, I think I missed that?

 

I don't think they said where from originally but the captain was asking everyone "where they flew in from" and I believe she said Trinadad and Tobago. So that may be where she's originally from as well.

[lcarolynl]

8 hours ago, dleighg said:

I thought that was rather off-putting that the third stew (I think it was) left her massive suitcase at the bottom of the passerelle expecting someone else to bring it onboard. 

Didn’t the captain tell her to leave it? I think that’s part of production, get on board, meet the captain, start providing information useful for filming.

 

[dleighg]

23 minutes ago, lcarolynl said:

Didn’t the captain tell her to leave it?

Not really. She left it, came up the passerelle, greeted him, and then kind of looked back at her bag. Then he said "I'll get your bag later." (Of course he didn't personally get it) Then they made quite a bit of hay with it in editing, about how awkward and heavy it was, where's this going, do you have a body in here, etc.

Edited March 3, 2021 by dleighg

[BucFan]

It has been driving me crazy who Gary and his stupid hair reminds me of.

It’s Syngin, the South Africa guy from a past 90 Day Fiancé. 

Edited March 4, 2021 by BucFan

[jennyf]

2 hours ago, BucFan said:

It has been driving me crazy who Gary and his stupid hair reminds me of.

It’s Syngin, the South Africa guy from a past 90 Day Fiancé. 

YES! Thank you! Though his hair tossing is not quite at Syngin’s level...yet.