SO3.E09: Foam Sick

[aqusdealer]

 

"Adrenaline-junkie guests test the boundaries on Katina;  Lara and Wihan's working relationship comes to a head when Capt. Jason intervenes; a disgruntled stew lets their attitude get the better of them when they get sassy with the captain."

 

Airs  3.31.25

[PaperTree]

Don't you just want to see Jason bang their heads together?

Such fun!

And getting sassy with the captain usually doesn't end well.  LOL😎

[iMonrey]

I'm almost just as pissed off at Lara as I am at Wihan. She did in fact tell the stews she would rotate them between service and housekeeping. Does she not remember saying that? It would be one thing if she had assigned Marina as 3rd right out of the gate and Brianna as 2nd. It might have been a bitter pill to swallow but Marina would have known where she stood. At the very least she should have said "we'll start with this and see how it goes." I mean I get her point, which is that it ain't broke so she don't wanna fix it. But she did tell them they would be rotating and now she's going back on that. She shouldn't be getting shirty about Marina questioning it. I don't really think she's much better as a chief stew than Wihan is at being a bosun.

Then she goes and throws Marina under the bus to the captain! He asks if she heard what Marina said to him, and her response is "Yeah, well you should hear what she said to me!" Thanks a lot Lara. Aside from questioning the rotation which you said would happen she's done nothing but be an excellent stew. You knew she was in hot water with Jason and deliberately made it worse. That's no different than Wihan trying to preemptively throw Harry under the bus. 

[PaperTree]

Oy! Wihan should be named Moron.

I don't get this birthday thing.  Mine is Jan 10, it was always weird because it was a good excuse to party after New Year's, but nobody had any money.  Was never a big deal to me.

Johnny is still so damned cute.  Keep it together Dude.

Dating brilliance from Wihan on Harry.. STFU loser boy.

And then seems Harry bangs Bri.  They both seem really happy.

Lara makes Daisy look competent. And trying to use Marina to cover up her bad management is pathetic.

Guests seem quite a handful.  Never did the foam thing.  Too old.  Just don't get it.

Dang! No head banging.  Lara and Woohan are both terrible at their jobs.  Either one getting fired wouldn't be a great loss.

TPTB seem to be saving a Jason blow up.

 

Johnny cleans up Wihan's mess.  Poor baby needs his beauty sleep

 

[aghst]

Someone posted that Wihan didn’t really have more experience than others on the deck crew?

But he pulls rank on Harry and is worried about being questioned that he preemptively goes to the captain.

Yeah captain is micromanaging.  Since Marina is stuck in housekeeping at least let her use the system which has been working all season.  Of course it wasn’t wise of her to talk back at him, question his authority.

Wihan is on the show to chase the female cast, at least that’s what he seems to believe.  He’s not wrong so will he be fired for not doing his bosun job well?  It’s been about 2/3 of the season?  Can they get another player type to hook up with the women in the cast with the episodes left?

Harry and what’s her name said thank you the morning after?  I’d hazard a guess that these two didn’t keep in touch after they finished filming. 

[OHW]

I can't believe Lara doesn't take into Marina's feelings in consideration of rotating the stews. How is it fair that she gets "punished" for being good at her job and be stuck in housekeeping? It would be one thing if she wanted to do it full time but not just because she's so good at it even though she is miserable. And is Bree  even good at service or does Lara just doesn't want to take a risk that switching roles would screw up a charter? Being a strong Chief Stew isn't just making the guests happy but making sure you support the stews with listening to their requests and growing them in their careers. It would be one thing if Marina sucked but she's not. (Even though the last episode made her seem like she was talking back to the Captain.)

[snarts]

9 hours ago, PaperTree said:

Johnny cleans up Wihan's mess.  Poor baby needs his beauty sleep

Worse, instead of actually helping Johnny clean up the deck after the foam party when he was still on shift, Wihan told him to stop working at 1am, leaving the bulk of the mess for Harry to clean in the morning.

Then, instead of helping Henry clean before the guests woke up for breakfast, he stood around flirting with Adair for two hours (7am - 9am) & then decided to spray cleaner right next to the breakfast table.

When Lara rightly complained, he ran & complained to the Captain, even going so far as to blame Johnny when he'd simply followed orders. If he doesn't get fired, please let Tzarina eviscerate him. 

Lara owes Marina an explanation. She told them there was no rank & they'd alternate. If something changed, she should've told them. Marina's questioning because she was never provided an explanation. 

[iMonrey]

8 hours ago, OHW said:

How is it fair that she gets "punished" for being good at her job and be stuck in housekeeping? It would be one thing if she wanted to do it full time but not just because she's so good at it even though she is miserable. And is Bree  even good at service or does Lara just doesn't want to take a risk that switching roles would screw up a charter?

I've never really understood why the stews feel it's more prestigious to be "in service" rather than housekeeping. I guess it's a matter of optics or rank, but Marina actually is "in service" in the morning when the guests wake up. Yet somehow being "in service" during dinner is seen as more important, even though everyone is bringing plates to the table, including some of the deck crew. Plus we've also seen Brianna helping do the rooms at times so it seems to me both girls are doing both jobs.

[Mr. Miner]

I’m so disappointed that Adair even gives Wiman the time of day.

[LBC Me]

Holy hell, Johnny.  I wonder what brought about the rage shown in the previews.  Everyone is making excellent points about Lara, but if there's firing to be done, it needs to be Wihan.  He's useless as tits on a boar (one of my dad's sayings).

[iMonrey]

I had to laugh when Marina suggested to Brianna she might ask Lara if they could change positions and Brianna was all "Uh, no." I mean, it wouldn't hurt for Brianna to let Lara know she had no objection to switching with Marina for a charter, but clearly Brianna has no interest in even trying to help Marina out.

[Baltimore Betty]

3 hours ago, Mr. Miner said:

I’m so disappointed that Adair even gives Wiman the time of day.

Didn't we also see Tzarina playing with Wihan's hair while straddling him?

What is it they are seeing in him, he is terrible at his job and that should be enough to lose interest in him while in the midst of charter season.

When did Jason become so prick like?

[LBC Me]

On 4/1/2025 at 4:27 PM, Baltimore Betty said:

When did Jason become so prick like?

 

Are you talking about Safety First with the guests, or about the department heads not sorting themselves out, or about Marina's insubordination?  I understand the first and last of these, but it seems clear, to me anyway, that these department heads will not be able to work together.

Edited Thursday at 03:25 PM by LBC Me

[ZettaK]

On 4/1/2025 at 6:46 PM, LBC Me said:

Holy hell, Johnny.  I wonder what brought about the rage shown in the previews. 

He said everybody is fake during the preview. We know that Wihan went to Captain Jason, and he blamed Harry for the after foam party mess. Maybe he claimed that Johnny was responsible too.

Edited Thursday at 10:19 PM by ZettaK

[aqusdealer]

11 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

When did Jason become so prick like?

…yes, and when is he going to learn about  properly maintaining a fish tank??? Drives me crazy every time I see it.

[iMonrey]

16 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

When did Jason become so prick like?

I think Aesha humanizes him. They were very close. He wasn't particularly close to Tzarina or Harry and everyone else is new.

[SunshineOnMe]

I wonder if Jason confused things by jokingly having Marina wear the helmet in on her birthday (after he acknowledged she was doing a good job), and maybe she thought she was teasing back when she said that.

[Back Atcha]

On 3/31/2025 at 6:10 PM, iMonrey said:

Then she goes and throws Marina under the bus to the captain! He asks if she heard what Marina said to him, and her response is "Yeah, well you should hear what she said to me!" Thanks a lot Lara. Aside from questioning the rotation which you said would happen she's done nothing but be an excellent stew. You knew she was in hot water with Jason and deliberately made it worse. That's no different than Wihan trying to preemptively throw Harry under the bus. 

The only way stuff like this is at ALL satisfying is if...and when the captain (or castmembers of any of these shows) appears on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live! He and (usually) another crew member discuss how DIFFERENT they feel about certain coworkers and situations NOW that they're "watched back" the episodes.  Some realize--and actually apologize because THEY were unfair to others because they didn't know the truth.  Others find out how badly THEY were treated.

I don't know why "watched back" is an irritating term to me. Why can't they simply say, "When I watched the show"?  It may have started with "The Bachelor," but now they're all...watching back.

[sugarbaker design]

9 hours ago, Back Atcha said:

I don't know why "watched back" is an irritating term to me. Why can't they simply say, "When I watched the show"?  It may have started with "The Bachelor," but now they're all...watching back.

I don't watch The Bachelor or WWHL so the term is new to me. 

[ZettaK]

Wihan is incompetent, and a liar. He was watching videos on his phone with Harry and Adair during the anchor incident, when only Johnny was working, he was at the boat during the picnic, he doesn't listen to his radio, etc. He threw Harry under the bus, and he probably did the same with Johnny. 

Lara is not too competent either, but she is better than Wihan. 

Edited Thursday at 10:21 PM by ZettaK

[aghst]

If it's true that Wihan was a yacht broker before he came on the show but they cast him to play bosun, it's no wonder he doesn't care about the "job."

It's a charade, he's suppose to kiss some young women, pretend to be stud and a department head on a super yacht.

 

 

[Chatty Cake]

This crew gets more asinine with each passing episode. Wihan needs to leave immediately. He was so quick to turn on Johnny and Harry for the deck looking like crap. 
Lara is friendlier with Bri and has no interest in doing what she said. Marina might not be a great fit for service though. What if she speaks to the guests the way she spoke to Captain Jason? 
Did Harry and Bri really get it on in the guest cabin? I find it hard to believe. Wihan seems to think it should be him even though he professed his love for Adair. 
 

[Back Atcha]

16 hours ago, sugarbaker design said:

I don't watch The Bachelor or WWHL so the term is new to me. 

It's many other places where "castmates" watch together.  Now that you've read it, maybe it can irritate you too.  I used Bachelor as only one example.  

[Back Atcha]

12 hours ago, ZettaK said:

Wihan is incompetent, and a liar. He was watching videos on his phone with Harry and Adair during the anchor incident, when only Johnny was working, he was at the boat during the picnic, he doesn't listen to his radio, etc. He threw Harry under the bus, and he probably did the same with Johnny. 

This is when "watching back" becomes satisfying...especially if WE can watch with them.

[aghst]

2 hours ago, Chatty Cake said:

Did Harry and Bri really get it on in the guest cabin? I find it hard to believe. Wihan seems to think it should be him even though he professed his love for Adair. 
 

There was a time when it was suppose to be taboo for the crew to use guest cabins to supposedly get it on.

Now it seems to happen every season on every BD show.

It's suppose to prove that they’re really having sex, because couples writhing under the covers of the upper bunk in crew cabins is not convincing?

When they started having crew go into guest cabins, you’d hear some moaning presumably recorded from the outside.  Well that’s no proof because they can always loop in those sounds in post, in editing.

But they’re not even bothering to do that any more.

It was odd, as they came out of the cabin, supposedly the morning after, Harry and Bri both said thank you to each other.  It’s as if they just met and exchanged gifts, not had some passionate night together.

If they really got it on it must have been tepid.

 

[Chatty Cake]

What the hell was with Tzarina getting on Wihan’s lap? She just sat with Lara telling him he was doing a crap job. She later gets on his lap and he lets her? What is wrong with the two of them?

[iMonrey]

On 4/3/2025 at 5:18 PM, ZettaK said:

Lara is not too competent either, but she is better than Wihan. 

That's not saying much.

[Baltimore Betty]

23 hours ago, aghst said:

Harry and Bri both said thank you to each other

So polite, right?

[iMonrey]

I don't even want to speculate on what base Harry got to with Bri. I hate how the focus of this show has shifted to crew romance. I long for the olden days when the focus was on serving the guests, fights between the chief stew and the chef, and maybe once in awhile Eddie would bang someone in the laundry room and that was the extent of the hookups. 

I don't get it. They are clearly having trouble recruiting guests, so why not have fewer charters that last longer than 2 days and focus on those instead? They turn these charters around in a couple of days so they can keep sending the crew out to the clubs to get wasted. I don't know when the decision was made to turn Below Deck into Love Island but it was wrongheaded on every level.

[Shrek]

2 hours ago, iMonrey said:

I don't even want to speculate on what base Harry got to with Bri. I hate how the focus of this show has shifted to crew romance. I long for the olden days when the focus was on serving the guests, fights between the chief stew and the chef, and maybe once in awhile Eddie would bang someone in the laundry room and that was the extent of the hookups. 

I don't get it. They are clearly having trouble recruiting guests, so why not have fewer charters that last longer than 2 days and focus on those instead? They turn these charters around in a couple of days so they can keep sending the crew out to the clubs to get wasted. I don't know when the decision was made to turn Below Deck into Love Island but it was wrongheaded on every level.

I would have to agree with you, we've almost given up watching now & we've been around since episode 1 of the original. 

[SemiCharmedLife]

On 3/31/2025 at 6:25 PM, PaperTree said:

 

Guests seem quite a handful.  Never did the foam thing.  Too old.  Just don't get it.

 

You’re never to old for a foam party! Experiencing a foam party can make you feel young again. The resort we went to in Mexico had one in their pool. I had the time of my life! This was the Below Deck’s best effort at a foam party. They’ve had a few epic failures in the past.

[ZettaK]

17 hours ago, SemiCharmedLife said:

You’re never to old for a foam party! Experiencing a foam party can make you feel young again. The resort we went to in Mexico had one in their pool. I had the time of my life! This was the Below Deck’s best effort at a foam party. They’ve had a few epic failures in the past.

Didn't Shamea of the Real Housewives of Atlanta have a foam party, or really a birthday party which ended with a dip in a foam pool?