The last episode ended with Joe Bradley turning down Elena Dubaich’s date offer. “I don’t want anything serious and stuff like that,” he tells her. Dude, it’s not like she asked you for your hand in marriage.
“I don’t want anything serious either,” she replies. “We’re just having fun.” She tells him that she just wanted to get to know him and he says, “Dating for me is up there and I’m not ready. To be honest, I feel a lot of pressure.” This guy is a walking red flag.
“You don’t hate me?” he asks Elena. “No,” she lies.
Gael Cameron overhears Joe telling Nathan Gallagher about turning down Elena and tells the cameras, “Joe’s being a little bit of a d*ck. He’s choosing what he wants when he wants it without considering how it affects the girls.”
On the way to their night out, Joe tells Bri Muller that he said no to Elena and she’s annoyed that he said yes to begin with. “I’m not surprised that Joe said ‘no,’ but like, he should have said ‘no’ first instead of saying ‘yes.’”
Joe Bradley doesn’t know what he wants
Joe and Elena awkwardly sit next to each other at dinner and he explains that he never got asked out before. “It seemed too serious for me.” He then tells the cameras that his last relationship was in 2017 and he was in a bad place with being homeless and having no job.
“I couldn’t give her my true self and I put on weight. I thought I don’t deserve this woman,” Joe says. “The next person I date is the person who I would like to marry.”
During dinner, Joe tries to get to know Elena by asking her personal questions, which is why she wanted the date in the first place.
Meanwhile, Bri is watching them flirt and tells Jono Shillingford that she’s feeling awkward about the love triangle. “I’m like really confused by Joe. Like, if he wants Ellie, then take Ellie and stop teasing me,” she says in a confessional.
Nathan, on the other hand, knows what he wants and asks Gael on a date. Without panicking. Take notes, Joe.
Elena Dubaich and Bri Muller have a bonding moment over Joe Bradley
After hearing that Joe rejected Elena, Bri feels bad for her in spite of their little feud. “I’m sorry about the whole Joe thing,” she tells the second stew. Elena answers, “Honestly, he really hurt my feelings today.”
“He’s playing with both of us. I think he likes chasing,” Bri says. Elena apologizes for her part in their beef as well and it seems like the two stews are bonding over hating Joe.
Then, Joe follows Bri to the bathroom looking like an evil Sebastian Valmont from “Cruel Intentions” but with worse fashion.
They start hooking up but then Joe stops. Bri tells him that if he can’t man up then she will and then she kicks him out. “In every way possible, Joe is not good for me,” she tells the cameras. “It’s feeding into my impulsiveness. It’s not making me a good human.”
On the way back to the boat, Elena says, “I had a really good conversation with Bri. That was the best part of my night, actually.” Wait until she finds out what just happened. Bunnies will be boiled!
A hurricane is a-brewin’
The next charter guests are arriving soon but a storm is looming. Captain Sandy Yawn definitely can’t take the boat off shore so it’s up to the crew to entertain the guests.
Nathan takes Gael on an indoor rock-climbing excursion. The problem is that he’s scared of heights so he freaks out. Gael walks him through it and he makes it alive.
The rain is raining and it doesn’t bode well for the charter. The bosun’s locker is leaking and Sandy is worried that the boat is going to sink. Thankfully, the storm allows them to locate the leak and no one will sink like Jack and Rose
The guests come on board and the primary is a replica of Jennifer Coolidge in every one of her movies. Sandy tells them that they can’t leave the port because of the weather and the primary says, “Okay, so where’s my alcohol?”
Aesha tells them that they’re going to a wine tasting soon so they’re happy. Unfortunately, on the way there, the storm threatens to flood the car so they make the decision to head back. The interior starts leaking again and surprise — it’s a sh*t show again on “Below Deck Mediterranean!”
