The “Below Deck” Season 11 cast is two crew members gone after Jared Woodin got fired and Cat Baugh quit. “I wanna jump off the boat, what about you?” Barbie Pascual asks Fraser Olender. “I’m good,” he replies, ever the sensible steward.
Captain Kerry Titheradge tells the cameras, “We’re two crew down. We’re in a tough situation. My focus is supporting my crew but I’m picturing Titanic and the boat going down … and the band playing.”
He’s not the only one feeling the stress. “Honestly, the way Barbie moves gives me anxiety,” Xandi Olivier tells the cameras. “There’s a term that I use in yachting. It’s called spinning. You move really quickly. You seem busy but you’re not being productive and getting more done.”
Fraser is stressed about planning a murder mystery party, as well as a “sunset drinks reception on a beach.” He says, “I’ve been on a boat and we’ve run aground and I’ve had to pretend that we haven’t to the guests. Try that as an obstacle.”
The crew sets up at the beach and the setting is amazing. The guests enjoy snorkeling and swimming amongst the corals. They seem happy.
At the boat, Chef Anthony Iracane is preparing a seafood feast and the galley looks like a mess per usual, but cheffy knows to trust the process.
At the beach, Fraser reassures the newly appointed Ben Willoughby that it’s okay to bring the tender closer to shore but lo and behold, he gets stuck. The guests have no idea and are just happy to be rich and on a beach.
Meanwhile, Ben and Kerry are trying to deal with sand caught in the tender. “Now we’ve got no f***ing battery. We’re f***ed,” the captain says.
Guests almost get stranded during beach picnic
Xandi is getting increasingly frustrated with Barbie, who is trying her best. “Am I going to make mistakes? Absolutely,” she says. “She doesn’t sometimes know what to prioritize before others. It is frustrating,” Xandi bemoans.
Back on the beach, Kerry comes up with a plan to get everyone off the island. Good thing there’s a storm approaching! “If I beach the ski boat, we’re stuck here for the night,” Kerry tells the cameras. Holy Gilligan’s Island!
Ben tells the guests that the crew is going to pack up and come back for the guests when they’re ready. Fraser keeps feeding the guests alcohol so that they don’t think anything’s amiss. Unfortunately, they’re not drunk enough to ignore Kerry getting concerned when they try to board the boat but don’t heed his instructions to wait. “Captain’s getting very aggro,” a guest says.
“Nothing trumps safety. I’ll do everything I can to keep a guest safe,” he tells the cameras. “I’ve got to read the waves, bring the boat in on a calm wave, and back it out on the higher waves.” It starts raining but the guests go back to the yacht safely.
Yummy seafood time! The interior serves the guests while Fraser tasks the deck crew with handling the murder mystery, which they’re very thrilled about. “Oh, this f***ing murder mystery, my god,” Kyle Stillie says.
On a side note, Fraser is concerned about Anthony’s lack of organization in the galley and wants to help him. “This gives me so much anxiety,” Fraser tells Anthony’s messy galley. He can’t even look at it.
There’s been a murder!
Barbie is apparently a theater kid and when telling the guests there’s been a murder on the high seas, she goes a bit overboard and flails around so much that she flashes them her undies. Fraser, as an Englishman, shows much more decorum. “Your first clue,” he tells the guests, while calmly handing them an envelope. “On the deck closest to the sun, you can play 21,” is the first clue.
The guests play Encyclopedia Brown while the crew cleans up dinner and they find poor Fraser on the floor, dead. “Who would do such an awful thing?” the primary charter guest asks. The murder is pinned on one of the charter guests, and they all laugh uproariously.
New crew arrives
Kerry tells Ben that a new deckhand is coming, and they both look relieved. Dylan Piérre De Villiers comes in with his ’90s haircut and muscles and you know he’s gonna cause some problems in the boat. Immediately, Sunny Marquis is intrigued, despite hooking up with Ben.
“I’m ready to go. I’m ready to show them what Dylan has got,” he says. Barbie is also impressed with what she sees.
The guests depart and they’re sad to go. “This has been something that has been on a bucket list of mine and you guys truly exceeded all expectations I ever had,” Lesley tearfully tells the crew. It’s one of the nicest goodbyes Captain Kerry says he’s had and the crew goes on to change out of their whites.
Dylan Piérre De Villiers opens up about his insecurities
Despite being the best-looking guy on the boat, Dylan revealed that he used to be overweight growing up and was therefore insecure about himself. “I was bullied a lot so then I decided to show these motherf***ers I’m going to get a better body than all of them,” he tells Sunny.
Apparently, he went overboard and named his chest muscles James and Barry. This is called overcompensation.
During the tip meeting, Kerry commends the crew for helping each other out after being short on staff. “I don’t know what’s happening with the stew,” the captain tells the group.
At least the crew got a $30,000 tip, which amounted to $2,727 amongst them and $550 for the newbie. Everyone is happy.
The Below Deck crew goes out and parties hardy
With a handsome new deckhand on board, the female “Below Deck” crew is certainly dressing for his attention. Both Sunny and Xandi are showing off their assets, which doesn’t go unnoticed. “Whoa, Sunny sunshine,” Barbie comments. When Xandi appears, Sunny goes, “Holy sh*t, mama! Look at you!”
In the car, Fraser can’t wait to gossip. “Okay, let’s talk about Dylan. Dylan is undoubtedly very good-looking.” Kyle says, “Look at him, man. I’d f**k him for f**k’s sake.”
At the restaurant, Dylan tells Kyle to take a shot through his nose. It’s a good thing Dylan is very good-looking. Thankfully, Kyle doesn’t listen.
Barbie asks the group what they think about déjà vu and Dylan says, “I think there’s multiple timelines and I think that’s a memory you’re having from a different timeline.” Deep, bruh.
“When Dylan talks, honestly… ” Sunny says in a confessional while making the cringe-face emoji. “Like, if I was dating him, I’d be like, ‘Just be quiet’ the whole dinner,” Barbie adds. However, they both agree he’d be a good one-night-stand.
As Anthony and Dylan go out for a ciggie, Fraser tells the ladies that he is going nuts over the chef’s lack of organization and he feels like he’s doing extra work.
Enough complaining. The group starts drinking more and dancing. Dylan is in full-on “Night at the Roxbury” mode, yelling, “It’s vibe time!” and Fraser is dirty-dancing with Xandi. Vibe time turns into bad time when Sunny sees Ben getting a bit too close with Xandi.
“Ben is pissing me the f*ck off,” Sunny tells the cameras. He’s touchy-feely with Xandi. Ben is disrespecting what we have. And that just makes me want to set his bunk bed on fire.” Cue evil grin.
Fraser Olender and Kyle Stillie make out
Even before the door to the van closes, Kyle and Fraser start kissing. Like, a real kiss, not like a bro kiss. “I’ll f*ck you up,” Kyle tells Fraser. Apparently, there were some feelings brewing between the two.
“People love making out with me. And straight men sometimes like to, you know, show me appreciation in more than just being a bud,” Fraser says in a confessional.
Back at the boat, Sunny ices Ben out. “I can’t deal with Sunny,” Ben tells Fraser. “I don’t know dude, I can’t read it. I’m just sick of the bullsh*t back and forth.” Speaking of déjà vu, it’s not like we never saw Ben lead girls on before. Instead of dealing with it, he tells the cameras that this is why he doesn’t commit to relationships.
Sunny finds Ben in his floral swim shorts lounging with Xandi on deck. They both don’t know why she’s upset. Barbie tells Xandi why Sunny is upset and the stew insists Ben is like her brother. “Honestly, please just get off my tits,” she tells the cameras. “That would be like incestry.”
As the group tries to get her to see Sunny’s POV, Xandi gets all Bhad Bhabie and tells them, “Cash me outside.” Someone grab a tender for Dr. Phil, stat!
