Bri Muller has let her intentions for Joe Bradley known as she gazes at him seductively. “Let’s go back to the boat,” he says enthusiastically. Meanwhile, Elena Dubaich also wants the deckhand and there is officially a race to see who he will sleep with first.
Gael Cameron is smart and goes to bed but Bri is trying to get Elena to go in the hot tub with everybody else. “I don’t want to do something I’ll regret, you know, just getting caught in the flow of the moment,” Elena says.
She then tells Bri that Joe is going to have to work for her and at least take her out to dinner. “This is a damn Lamborghini,” she says in a confessional. “You don’t get to drive a Lamborghini for nothing.”
In the hot tub, Bri and Joe are having some sort of sultry staring contest. They’re literally looking at each other for 10 minutes. Aesha Scott, Iain Maclean, and Nathan Gallagher exit the hot tub because they don’t want to see their co-workers getting it on.
Bri and Joe start making out and soon a bikini top comes off and it’s not the deckhand’s! They eventually go to bed and Joe claims he and Bri only kissed but his smirk says something different.
Feelings run amok within the Below Deck Med crew
The next morning, Bri reveals to Elena that she and Joe hooked up. Elena is upset because she had already staked her claim on Joe. Doesn’t she know that it’s first come first served in the yachting world? If she wants to be wined and dined, this is the wrong profession, girl.
Chef Jono Shillingford calls his boyfriend and tells him the guests hated his food during the last charter. He’s worried that he’s going to get fired and he’s not completely wrong because Captain Sandy Yawn has already requested a back-up.
At the preference sheet meeting, Captain Sandy tells the boat leads that their next primary charter guest is a former model named Brittany Brower who is now a stay-at-home mom. Oh, looky! Her bestie that she’s bringing with her is Trishelle Cannatella of “Real World” and “Traitors.”
Jono reads the food requests and Brittany doesn’t like duck, big oysters, undercooked chicken wings but who does, and all melons except for watermelon.
Two of the guests want Sandy to officiate the renewal of their vows during an ancient Greek-themed ceremony. Toga party ahead! They also want to judge a runway show performed by the crew.
Later that day, Gael confides to Aesha about her boyfriend woes. Aesha understands and points out that it’s harder when she can’t make up with her boyfriend face-to-face. It’s also hard when she’s flirting with another dude but Aesha doesn’t say that.
Elena Dubaich is big mad at Bri Muller
Bri asks Elena if she’s upset with her and the second stew doesn’t hold back. “I think I made it abundantly clear that I was interested in Joe. And you were like, ‘F*ck that. I’m just going to go do my own thing.”
“I was taking it upon myself to train you. The way things were going for you, if you hadn’t had my training, you would have been in a very different situation right now. And then after all that, you give zero f*cks about me. You know, it’s like breaking girl code over a random f*cking guy,” Elena rants.
Bri looks like she’s going to cry. “If I knew that it would hurt you, I would never have done it,” she replies. Elena doesn’t look convinced and says, “It was a snake move.”
“The last thing I want to be called is a snake. I don’t think it’s fair at all. I never do anything with malice,” Bri tells the cameras, except she pronounces it “militia.”
In the cabin, Elena tells Bri that she’s not going to use her rank as the second stew to make her life difficult. “But for me, this has changed our relationship completely.”
Bri Muller is in the doghouse
Bri goes to Joe to tell him she messed up and that Elena is pissed at her. “Was she interested?” he asks and she nods yes. This is what happens when you have eyebrows like his.
“Bri and El, they’re in the same department. I’ve got to be careful because it can ruin the dynamic on board,” he says in a confessional. “But, I’m just like, a magnet to chaos. Forgive a man for having fun, eh?”
Nathan comes to the crew mess to find Bri tucked into the sofa. She doesn’t want to sleep with one eye open so she has relegated herself to camping out there. Nathan tells Joe, who feels bad, and tells Bri to sleep in his bed.
He feels partially responsible because he “kissed” Bri but doesn’t want her sleeping there to become a recurring thing. With big eyebrows, comes big responsibility.
Aesha Scott has a bad thumb and Elena has a bad attitude
The charter guests are to arrive soon but Aesha’s thumb looks bad. She shows Captain Sandy and tells her that she thinks it’s infected and that there’s still a shard of glass in there. Sandy sends the chief stew off the boat to get it taken care of.
She tells Elena and Bri what’s up and hopes that she can get her finger fixed in three hours in time for the guests’ arrival.
The provisions come and Bri tells the deck crew where to put things and Elena immediately pulls rank. “Would you please let me make the decisions in terms of where things go? Would that be okay?” she asks. Me-OW.
Elena steps away and the deck team asks Bri where things should go. She tells them to ask the second stew and they rally around her. “You call the shots baby girl, you got this,” Gael says. Bri just tells them to put the supplies in the crew mess to be on the safe side.
“This whole overriding me stuff needs to stop,” Elena tells Bri in the laundry room. “I’m sorry, I didn’t even realize I was doing it. I thought it was just something so simple,” Bri apologizes. Elena still goes on about how it’s like if she told Aesha what to do. Bri apologizes again. Seriously, how much groveling does Bri have to do?
Captain Sandy steps in
At this point, Elena has awakened Bri’s beast and Captain Sandy overhears the third stew venting to Jono. She asks what’s going on and Bri tearfully tells her, “I’m just upset. There’s unnecessary drama that’s happening that doesn’t need to be happening and it’s kind of affecting me. But it’s something I’ll speak to Aesha about.”
Sandy doesn’t push her further but tells her that she can come to the bridge if she wants to talk. “I respect that she wants to go to Aesha. It’s not my business until it’s made my business,” she tells the cameras.
Yay, Aesha’s back, and she has stitches on her thumb. “I’m so excited to have stitches because I’ve never had stitches before,” she says in a confessional. Only Aesha could get excited about stitches. She probably sees a ball of lint and coos, “Oh my goooooooood. What a cuuuuuute piece of liiiiiiiint! Have you eveeeeeer?”
She has brought the piece of glass that was embedded into her thumb and tells Captain Sandy that she has to have her gigantic bandage on for two days.
Bri tells Aesha about her issues with Elena. “She is here to help guide you and stuff but she shouldn’t be bossing you around in a way that’s making you feel upset,” Aesha says. She offers to talk to Elena but Bri wants to do it herself so that she can get some experience telling someone to f*ck off.
The two stews try to talk and Bri gently suggests that Elena might be power-tripping. Elena tells Bri, “I think you’re just playing the victim.” Good talk but the guests are about to aboard, ladies!
The charter guests come on and it’s time for Jono to prove his culinary skills. He’s made sushi and some other Asian-inspired dishes. They’re all happy so far…
Captain Sandy officiates Marsha’s big fat Greek wedding
Charter guest Marsha is renewing her vows with her husband and is dressed in all her Mediterranean bridal finery, which means a white lingerie dress and blinged-out sunglasses.
The primary reveals that Marsha is a three-time breast cancer survivor so she has a lot to celebrate. Captain Sandy officiates the ceremony and Marsha and Big Dean share a steamy kiss.
The charter guests are fancy and have requested beluga caviar, which Jono has prepared. He is also shucking oysters and preparing tenderloin steaks and lobster.
At this point, everyone’s hoping Jono can whip up a good meal. Come on! Surf and turf is not that hard. Unfortunately, the primary complains that her steak is dry. Jono is like FML.
It’s fashion show time but Elena is holding up the crew. They start without her and apparently, their idea of high fashion consists of colorful wigs. At least Trishelle likes what she sees.
The fashion show is done but Elena insists on coming out in her latex dominatrix outfit. Girl is just thirsting for some attention.
Later, Bri who is still sleeping in Joe’s room, tells Elena that she feels belittled by her. “Belittling. Woah, that’s a strong word,” Elena snaps. “I’m checking out at belittling. I’m not engaging in that at all. It’s out of f*cking line.”
“You are not going to tell me I’m belittling you,” Elena continues while belittling Bri’s feelings. She fails to see how ironic she’s being. Perhaps it’s time for a room change.
