S09.E09: This Boat's Not Big Enough for the Stew of Us

[snarts]

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After rough dockings, Captain Sandy questions her bosun; romance and tension mix between a stew and a deckhand while another deckhand ends a relationship; a heated argument between two stews prompts Captain Sandy to intervene.

Airs 7.29.2024

[ZettaK]

Bravo showed in previews last week for the second week in a row that a new stew is arriving. A blonde.

[ZettaK]

Did you see Ellie's highly photoshopped with filters, etc. photo she wanted to post on IG? It didn't look anything like her. Typical for social media though. Aesha said she takes photos of herself all night when they go out.

Iain is incompetent. He didn't see the person waiting at the dock again, and there was an issue with the lines, as well. Sandy said he was disrespectful too. 

I think Gael's boyfriend became suspicious because she was not communicating the same way like in the past. 

Gael wants to keep it between Nathan and her. With all the cameras around.

Will both Ellie and Bri get fired? They are both unprofessional.

 

Edited July 31 by ZettaK

[65mickey]

Wait they were fired? I missed that. How does Sandy fire 2 stews at once. Oh I guess Norma has a couple of stews waiting in the wings. 

[snarts]

She threatened to fire both of them but it ended as a dreaded To Be Continued.

I can't believe Ellie put hands on her when Bri told her multiple times to leave her alone and let her work. Why did she even bother setting the table for lunch when the guests didn't return to the boat after 5pm. This is one of those situations where I wish they could roll the tape because Ellie lies so effectively.

Glad Gael finally cut the cord to her needy boyfriend. Nate's a cutie.

I couldn't care less about Sandy's relationship and pending engagement but Aesha's enthusiasm is infectious. Her short bob on WWHL looked great as well. I will give Sandy this, I laughed hard when she was asked for a negative trait she'd change about each of the crew and for chef Jono she said "his cooking".

 

[cheewhiz]

Oh the BUUUURN BOOK...jesus. This is so stupid. It's called receipts and she should have kept them to herself.

[Baltimore Betty]

Ellie is a gaslighter for sure.

I wish Bri would stop crying, pull it together and document things in her laundry book, we saw Ellie writing the wrong name in a pair of pants so I wonder what she did when the camera wasn't rolling or what production didn't show.

Ellie demanding Bri to stop wiping down the shower door was verging on manic and I were Bri I would have told her to start helping or get out, I hope she relays that scene to Sandy and Aesha in a calm manner.

Sandy is sort of useless when it comes to getting to the bottom of an issue, she has either fired the person or kept them on without really understanding the facts that led up to the point of no return. I did think it was funny how Bri told Sandy that there is no way she and Ellie could work together ever again.

Nate has the oddest hair cut, sort of monkish in a way, must have been hard to find a barber to do that to him.

Gael getting dumped via text is a sign of the times, they could have agreed to hold off any real deep talks till they were in person, even stop talking till she was back home and could talk to each other more effectively.

 

 

[iMonrey]

I'm baffled by laundry-gate and I even rewound part of it to see if I could figure it out. (And if that doesn't show how bored I was, nothing will.) As far as I can tell, the problem is that they are both compounding whatever mistakes are made because one comes in and messes up whatever the previous one did, then vice versa. They aren't working together or with the same system or whatever so whoever goes in there is confused about what the other one did. 

This is really on Aesha, as chief stew, because I can't help thinking if this were Kate or even Hannah they would have gone into the laundry, organized it, then put just one person in charge of it. Right now the problem is "too many cooks."

I had to laugh at Bri finally standing up for herself after Sandy tells her to change how she's reacting to Ellie and Ellie having a shit fit, because all Ellie cares about is making sure Bri knows she's her boss. 

These charters are such bullshit. Why on earth would you charter a luxury yacht then immediately get right back off it again to go shopping and have lunch at a hotel? WTF. 

[65mickey]

And Bri said that the name tags on the shirts had been removed. How could anyone tell whose red shirt is whose if they are not labeled? It looks like she holds them up and tries to guess whom they belong to. I don't remember another  season where two stews worked in the laundry at the same time. 

[Chatty Cake]

3 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Ellie is a gaslighter for sure.

I wish Bri would stop crying, pull it together and document things in her laundry book, we saw Ellie writing the wrong name in a pair of pants so I wonder what she did when the camera wasn't rolling or what production didn't show.

Ellie demanding Bri to stop wiping down the shower door was verging on manic and I were Bri I would have told her to start helping or get out, I hope she relays that scene to Sandy and Aesha in a calm manner.

Sandy is sort of useless when it comes to getting to the bottom of an issue, she has either fired the person or kept them on without really understanding the facts that led up to the point of no return. I did think it was funny how Bri told Sandy that there is no way she and Ellie could work together ever again.

Nate has the oddest hair cut, sort of monkish in a way, must have been hard to find a barber to do that to him.

Gael getting dumped via text is a sign of the times, they could have agreed to hold off any real deep talks till they were in person, even stop talking till she was back home and could talk to each other more effectively.

 

 

Laughing about Nates haircut because you are right. 
The laundry thing is getting old. Aesha needs to implement one system. 
Joe making out with Ellie in front of Bri was gross and mean. 

[Baltimore Betty]

13 minutes ago, Chatty Cake said:

Joe making out with Ellie in front of Bri was gross and mean.

See that is what I do not understand, Ellie and Bri are fighting over a fuck boy named Joe, they are mad at each other for the attention Joe has given them...why not band together and get aggravated at Joe instead of each other? Why does he get a pass?

 

[McDtheMC]

When they were at dinner and Gael ran off crying with Aesha, Iain said, "I feel like there's a lot going on that I have no idea about".

Story of his life, I'm sure

[ZettaK]

19 hours ago, snarts said:

She threatened to fire both of them but it ended as a dreaded To Be Continued.

I can't believe Ellie put hands on her when Bri told her multiple times to leave her alone and let her work. Why did she even bother setting the table for lunch when the guests didn't return to the boat after 5pm. This is one of those situations where I wish they could roll the tape because Ellie lies so effectively.

Glad Gael finally cut the cord to her needy boyfriend. Nate's a cutie.

I couldn't care less about Sandy's relationship and pending engagement but Aesha's enthusiasm is infectious. Her short bob on WWHL looked great as well. I will give Sandy this, I laughed hard when she was asked for a negative trait she'd change about each of the crew and for chef Jono she said "his cooking".

 

They deserve to be fired, but yes, it was another cliffhanger.

[Zaffy]

I really have no clue what I would do if I had to deal with a co-worker like "Ellie the gaslighter",probably hack her istangram account 🙃?  And I also do not get why Aesha and Sandy blame those two equally.  Oh wait, I do, because it is a part of the drama. That of course started from the moment they are minus one stew and Aesha has no time to observe what is going on (another manufactured drama - the leaking cabin). 

Iain makes you wondering if they cast the  crew using an IQ test and not picking up the brightest of the lot.

I so much do not care about Gael's boyfriend drama.

And Poros is amazing. Always Amazingly Amazing!

[Baltimore Betty]

6 minutes ago, Zaffy said:

And I also do not get why Aesha and Sandy blame those two equally.

Because Sandy routinely talks to crew members when there is an issue and routinely never gets to the bottom of the problem, literally never really understanding what is going on thus not solving any problem.  

[Zaffy]

31 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Because Sandy routinely talks to crew members when there is an issue and routinely never gets to the bottom of the problem, literally never really understanding what is going on thus not solving any problem.  

I would really like to have some feedback from an actual captain of a real yacht making real charters. I have the feeling even the way Ellie and Bri behave wouldn't be tolerated, actually they would probably not even dare to behave like this and their chief stew would had kicked them from the boat ages ago.

[iMonrey]

3 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Because Sandy routinely talks to crew members when there is an issue and routinely never gets to the bottom of the problem, literally never really understanding what is going on thus not solving any problem.  

Sandy has an aptitude for changing lanes when she sees which way the wind is blowing. On WWHL she said interior has a harder job than deck crew. Now, we all know Sandy has a history of favoring deck crews over interior, but she's clearly had feedback on her favoritism, and since she's friends with Aesha now she's all warm and cuddly about the interior. She also says she made amends with Hannah, and I'm sure she discovered she was on the losing end of that fight.

[aghst]

On 7/30/2024 at 4:29 AM, snarts said:

She threatened to fire both of them but it ended as a dreaded To Be Continued.

I can't believe Ellie put hands on her when Bri told her multiple times to leave her alone and let her work. Why did she even bother setting the table for lunch when the guests didn't return to the boat after 5pm. This is one of those situations where I wish they could roll the tape because Ellie lies so effectively.

Glad Gael finally cut the cord to her needy boyfriend. Nate's a cutie.

I couldn't care less about Sandy's relationship and pending engagement but Aesha's enthusiasm is infectious. Her short bob on WWHL looked great as well. I will give Sandy this, I laughed hard when she was asked for a negative trait she'd change about each of the crew and for chef Jono she said "his cooking".

 

That's assuming they want to settle the drama, put an end to it.  

But no, they want to milk it for x number of episodes and then have the usual firing.

Yeah Aesha and Sandy do not have to try to figure out a she said/she said situation.

They could see on tape that Ellie didn't do the cabins and then tried to pull rank on Bri when she doesn't have that authority.

As they noted, this large yacht is suppose to have 4 stews.  Ellie and Bri would both be the bottom two.

Iain may have had bosun experience on his resume but it's probably very limited.  So it's like the chef who made taco salad, he's in way over his head.  So they cast him to have Sandy belittle him.

[gaPeach]

22 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

See that is what I do not understand, Ellie and Bri are fighting over a fuck boy named Joe, they are mad at each other for the attention Joe has given them...why not band together and get aggravated at Joe instead of each other? Why does he get a pass?

This is what I hate about these types of triangles.  The girls go after each other.  And I am not certain Joe is the bad guy here.  Made no promises to either one of the girls and if one wants to make out with him, he's cool with it.  

I was more in the Ellie camp, but she totally lost me when she left cabins for Bri and then followed her around berating her instead of helping her.  I do not blame Bri for being upset and I thought she held it together, considering how Ellie treated her.

So, I guess one of them goes.  My guess is it will be Bri because she spoke up in the meeting with Sandy, that they could not work together.  Ellie was way out of line.

[psychoticstate]

5 hours ago, Zaffy said:

I would really like to have some feedback from an actual captain of a real yacht making real charters. I have the feeling even the way Ellie and Bri behave wouldn't be tolerated, actually they would probably not even dare to behave like this and their chief stew would had kicked them from the boat ages ago.

I doubt this would be tolerated on one charter, much less five.  As much as I like Aesha, I think she should have gotten this under control IMMEDIATELY.  If you're having a sit-down with your two stews and they aren't responding as you need them to, hold their feet to the fire.  She should have told Ellie that while Ellie is second stew, that does NOT mean she is Bri's boss or superior.  That's Aesha's position.  

1 hour ago, gaPeach said:

This is what I hate about these types of triangles.  The girls go after each other.  And I am not certain Joe is the bad guy here.  Made no promises to either one of the girls and if one wants to make out with him, he's cool with it.  

I was more in the Ellie camp, but she totally lost me when she left cabins for Bri and then followed her around berating her instead of helping her.  I do not blame Bri for being upset and I thought she held it together, considering how Ellie treated her.

So, I guess one of them goes.  My guess is it will be Bri because she spoke up in the meeting with Sandy, that they could not work together.  Ellie was way out of line.

Joe is pretty gross but it says something about both Bri and Ellie that they are willing to play this stupid game and humiliate themselves by throwing themselves at him.  I don't recall who said they were interested in him first, or if it even occurred, but once Ellie saw what was up with Joe and Bri, she should have backed out.  Honestly, she should be pretty grossed out by Joe spreading the love, as it were.  But again, it says something about her (and maybe her self-esteem) as well as about Bri.  Why are they fighting over Joe?  He's not the last guy in the world and these charters are six weeks.  If you're that interested in him, make arrangements to hook up with him after charter.  

I do think Aesha should give a firm talking to to Ellie about not getting cabins done.  That was the one thing Aesha told her to get done while the guests were out shopping.  As Bri pointed out, she could have easily handled setting the table for the next meal.  I know it was editing shenanigans but the cutaways made it look like Bri was just starting on cabins and the guests were already on their way back.  And Ellie, if you're going on break and therefore need for Bri to clean all the cabins, then take your ass on break and don't stand around and get in Bri's way.  That was completely out of line.

I do think Bri is in the wrong to tell Captain Sandy that she and Ellie absolutely cannot work together.  Ellie said they could so I would guess that if you're going to choose one to let go, it's the person that says/refuses to work alongside someone else.  Of course Bri could feel that she has a slight upper hand, given that she has spoken privately to Sandy (advice which clearly went in one ear and out the other).    

Again, this has been an ongoing issue.  Why hasn't Aesha suggested switching cabins?  She could switch with Ellie or Bri, so at least they're not sharing space at all times.  I mean, they still need to be adults and deal with working together for the charter season but we've all seen this happen before where cabins are switched due to tensions.  

I can't imagine that both of them are fired.  No way can Aesha run interior herself.  And even if they had a backup stew ready to go, it would still be too much for two stews.  

I do think Ian is in over his head but I'll give him credit for coming back to the boat after dinner so that he could get a decent amount of sleep and then get up and get to work.  Which is basically what all of them should be doing when they have a charter starting the next day.

[Zaffy]

34 minutes ago, psychoticstate said:

As much as I like Aesha, I think she should have gotten this under control IMMEDIATELY.

At this point, I am not sure if Aesha takes decisions as a chief stew or she just follows the production's wishes (more and more drama).

[ZettaK]

9 hours ago, psychoticstate said:

I doubt this would be tolerated on one charter, much less five.  As much as I like Aesha, I think she should have gotten this under control IMMEDIATELY.  If you're having a sit-down with your two stews and they aren't responding as you need them to, hold their feet to the fire.  She should have told Ellie that while Ellie is second stew, that does NOT mean she is Bri's boss or superior.  That's Aesha's position.  

Joe is pretty gross but it says something about both Bri and Ellie that they are willing to play this stupid game and humiliate themselves by throwing themselves at him.  I don't recall who said they were interested in him first, or if it even occurred, but once Ellie saw what was up with Joe and Bri, she should have backed out.  Honestly, she should be pretty grossed out by Joe spreading the love, as it were.  But again, it says something about her (and maybe her self-esteem) as well as about Bri.  Why are they fighting over Joe?  He's not the last guy in the world and these charters are six weeks.  If you're that interested in him, make arrangements to hook up with him after charter.  

I do think Aesha should give a firm talking to to Ellie about not getting cabins done.  That was the one thing Aesha told her to get done while the guests were out shopping.  As Bri pointed out, she could have easily handled setting the table for the next meal.  I know it was editing shenanigans but the cutaways made it look like Bri was just starting on cabins and the guests were already on their way back.  And Ellie, if you're going on break and therefore need for Bri to clean all the cabins, then take your ass on break and don't stand around and get in Bri's way.  That was completely out of line.

I do think Bri is in the wrong to tell Captain Sandy that she and Ellie absolutely cannot work together.  Ellie said they could so I would guess that if you're going to choose one to let go, it's the person that says/refuses to work alongside someone else.  Of course Bri could feel that she has a slight upper hand, given that she has spoken privately to Sandy (advice which clearly went in one ear and out the other).    

Again, this has been an ongoing issue.  Why hasn't Aesha suggested switching cabins?  She could switch with Ellie or Bri, so at least they're not sharing space at all times.  I mean, they still need to be adults and deal with working together for the charter season but we've all seen this happen before where cabins are switched due to tensions.  

I can't imagine that both of them are fired.  No way can Aesha run interior herself.  And even if they had a backup stew ready to go, it would still be too much for two stews.  

I do think Ian is in over his head but I'll give him credit for coming back to the boat after dinner so that he could get a decent amount of sleep and then get up and get to work.  Which is basically what all of them should be doing when they have a charter starting the next day.

There is another stew waiting. She was shown in the previews. Sandy said already that she would prefer to have four stews. I'm not sure if she could afford to fire two (although they deserve it). Both Bri and Ellie were on Watch What Happens Live. Nobody is discussing this in interviews, on purpose, to keep us in suspense. 

[aghst]

6 hours ago, ZettaK said:

There is another stew waiting. She was shown in the previews. Sandy said already that she would prefer to have four stews. I'm not sure if she could afford to fire two (although they deserve it). Both Bri and Ellie were on Watch What Happens Live. Nobody is discussing this in interviews, on purpose, to keep us in suspense. 

So that means they had a stew stashed for the inevitable firing and chose to make them operate half the season with one fewer stew than the previous season on the same yacht.

Thus Ellie and Bri’s arguments just had more impact on the functioning of the interior.

And people still doubt that there is heavy producer manipulation.

[Zaffy]

5 hours ago, aghst said:

So that means they had a stew stashed for the inevitable firing and chose to make them operate half the season with one fewer stew than the previous season on the same yacht.

what if the new stew comes without any of the other two fired? that means the cabin stopped leaking? 

[ZettaK]

15 hours ago, Zaffy said:

what if the new stew comes without any of the other two fired? that means the cabin stopped leaking? 

I wonder if a third one could be added without anybody getting fired. But Bri and Ellie still couldn't work together. They don't like each other.

Edited August 2 by ZettaK

[Zaffy]

Last night, a fire burned completely 3 yachts in the Marina where our boat docks 😮
My first thought was "Geez, Bravo overdid it this time!" 😁

[TheCouchPotato]

I can’t; I just can’t with Joe. Why are these women so pathetic and desperate?!? This guy has more game and less eyebrow.