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Below Deck<\/a><\/p>\n Dock It Like It\u2019s Hot<\/p>\n \n Season 12<\/p>\n Episode 12\n <\/p>\n \n Editor\u2019s Rating<\/p>\n 3 stars<\/p>\n ***\n <\/p>\n \n The crew manages to put their differences aside long enough to overcome the boat being stuck on the dock. The St. David is stuck at the dock for this episode\u2019s charter, and it\u2019s a welcome development that forces the crew to step up their service. The primary is Ron, a restaurateur who is celebrating his tenth wedding anniversary with his wife, Denise. Their friends include a vegan and a pescatarian, which could be a challenge for Anthony. The chef struggled to juggle multiple dietary restrictions last season, but he says he\u2019s learned from his mistakes and is going to be prepared. I wonder if Anthony has an opinion on Eleven Madison Park returning to serving meat.<\/p>\n Anyway, there\u2019s interpersonal crew drama to rehash. Kyle pulls Sol\u00e8ne for a smoke break to apologize for drunkenly proclaiming to everyone that sex with her was worse than bathroom sex with rando Martine. She tells us that she accepts his apology because \u201che\u2019s stupid,\u201d and they shake hands. Sol\u00e8ne is taking two high roads today, because she also forgives B\u00e1rbara, who feels guilty about canoodling with Jess in their cabin while Sol\u00e8ne was trying to sleep. Sol\u00e8ne keeps her distance from Jess and says she\u2019s accepting the consequences of her actions. In contrast, Kyle can\u2019t even get that phrase right, saying, \u201cThese are the actions of my consequences.\u201d He\u2019s referring to Kerry\u2019s direction that he should avoid interacting with the guests. Kyle feels awkward about it. He\u2019s also lost trust in his buddy Damo, even though he tells Damo they\u2019re cool. How is Damo supposed to know they\u2019re not actually?<\/p>\n Anthony starts the charter strong with two charcuterie plates, one vegan, which might be more aptly called a fruit plate. As the guests are enjoying them, Kerry tests to see if there\u2019s \u201cwash,\u201d or white water, coming from the back of the boat. Everyone is ready to leave the dock, but Hugo reports there is no wash. Dun dun dun! We get a rare appearance from Andrew, the first officer, and Emil, the engineer, so we know it\u2019s serious. They reset the wing station, whatever that means, to no avail. The guests are eager to watch the boat depart, but Kerry has to deliver the bad news to them that they won\u2019t be leaving today. They are rightfully disappointed.<\/p>\n Now that the St. David is reduced to a floating restaurant\/hotel, the pressure on Anthony is even greater. For lunch, he nails the different restrictions and it\u2019s a hit. Meanwhile, the deck crew uses the winches to move the boat forward, allowing them to access the water-sports equipment and toys. Kerry explains that this is very dangerous if something snaps or goes wrong. Someone could DIE, he says. Of course, everyone is fine.<\/p>\n Well, it\u2019s not totally fine: The chief officer texts Kerry that they need a new wing station controller and can get one by sometime tomorrow. I imagine producers asking Andrew to deliver this news in person to make more interesting television, and him being so camera-shy that he refuses. <\/strong>Between this week\u2019s mechanical problems and last week\u2019s drunken sexcapades, it\u2019s feeling like Sailing Yacht<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n For the first time this season, we see Fraser working hard. He\u2019s trying to appease the guests, who keep asking after the Jet Skis. For reasons unclear, Hugo and the deck crew don\u2019t get out the water toys despite three hours of asking, so Fraser improvises and comes up with a Champagne sunset cruise on the tender. Sol\u00e8ne pretends not to know what a cruise is (she must know une croisi\u00e8re? Bateaux Mouches? Non?) <\/strong>and chooses to go over taking a break. She\u2019s making an effort to learn the job.<\/p>\n Back in the galley, Anthony is staring at the preference sheets like he\u2019s trying to solve a murder case that went cold 50 years ago. He says he has no idea what he\u2019s doing \u2026 until inspiration strikes, and he solves the case: Th truffle carbonara did it! Unfortunately, there\u2019s a new wrinkle.Last minute, the guests want Kerry to join for dinner. Miraculously, Detective Anthony is able to accommodate.<\/p>\n After toiling away over a successful dinner, all Anthony wants is for someone to take the kitchen trash out. It appears that this is traditionally a task handled by the exterior crew. He radios the request, but Damo and Kyle are in their beds, and Jess is busy cozying up with B\u00e1rbara. Hugo is in the crew mess and ignores the call. When Anthony asks again, the bosun says, \u201cYep, no problem,\u201d but then doesn\u2019t direct anyone to do it as far as we see. Sol\u00e8ne, the last person anyone would expect to take out the trash, ends up doing it. She struggles to lift it into the dumpster, so we know she\u2019s working, but still, this is character growth. Rainbeau is especially glad that Sol\u00e8ne is doing more work now that she\u2019s given up playing Love Island<\/a> with Kyle and Jess.<\/p>\n Anthony confronts Hugo about the trash, but Hugo is not having it. He writes this off as one of Anthony\u2019s spirals. I think Hugo is being rude, but during breakfast the next morning, Rainbeau indirectly supports Hugo\u2019s claims. Anthony asks Rainbeau how breakfast is going, and she says there\u2019s nothing to report; the guests are loving it. Anthony says that he needs to know everything because everything stresses him out, but Rainbeau cuts him off: \u201cOh, I don\u2019t have time for this speech.\u201d She walks away, leaving a stunned Anthony. It sounds like the chef is throwing fits more often than we\u2019ve seen. If his resentment is simmering on low, these back-to-back dismissals turn it up to medium heat.<\/p>\n On day two of the charter, the St. David is still stuck at the dock, but the guests finally get to play with the water toys and go snorkeling. Denise gets her requested photo op of jumping off a boat in her wedding dress. It\u2019s off the tender, but still cute.<\/p>\n Kerry is left waiting for updates on his Amazon delivery, and it\u2019s not looking good. A person is literally flying from Miami with the ship part, and he gets the unfortunate news that it will arrive too late for the current charter. This sucks for Ron, who we learn paid $60,000 for the three-day charter. It\u2019s out of Kerry\u2019s control if the charter company will give them a discount, but he proposes 20 percent off to the yacht agent. Kerry is concerned about the reputation of the yacht, which is hard to take seriously as a concern when it is on a reality-TV show.<\/p>\n Ron and his friends debate how much to tip and contemplate giving none at all. Remember, Ron is in the service industry, too. He knows that when you mess up someone\u2019s entr\u00e9e, you comp it, or at least give them a free dessert. Kerry says the yacht agent won\u2019t talk to Ron about a discount until after the charter, which feels unfair to Ron and to us viewers. We want to know what they end up paying! Kerry stands up for his crew, emphasizing that \u201cwhen the house makes a mistake, the staff shouldn\u2019t suffer.\u201d This works (or the potential shame of not tipping on TV works), and Ron tips $19,000.<\/p>\n The crew is disappointed by this low tip. Except, we know the charter cost was $60,000, so this doesn\u2019t seem low at all. It\u2019s 31 percent! Or, if we assume they\u2019re receiving a 50 percent Bravo discount and a normal charter price of $120,000, it\u2019s a 16 percent tip, which still seems respectable.<\/p>\n Exhausted from the charter, Anthony makes sandwiches for crew lunch. They look like basic school lunch triangles, and Damo isn\u2019t impressed: \u201cEh.\u201d Anthony is offended: \u201cIt cannot be Christmas every day.\u201d The chef gets defensive and angry. He\u2019s working 16-hour days and says the tip is credit to him. Anthony feels like he\u2019s the employee of the crew and\u00a0his resentment is close to boiling.<\/p>\n At the tip meeting, B\u00e1rbara, unaware of sandwich-gate, asks Anthony what time lunch is. This sets him off. He already made lunch! He curses everyone out and storms downstairs to make more food. Fraser and Jess go after him and bring him back to the meeting. He apologizes to everyone for overheating. Later, he makes tacos, which look much more gourmet than the sandwiches.<\/p>\n With Anthony\u2019s resentment set back to a low simmer, it\u2019s Kyle\u2019s turn to stir the pot. As soon as the charter is over, he starts drinking. He tells Jess that he knows it\u2019s a problem, but he also says he\u2019s never asked for help before, and it doesn\u2019t seem like he\u2019s going to now. Past sound clips dramatically play over close-up, shaky shots of him pouring whiskey into a glass. Are these the demons raging in Kyle\u2019s mind?<\/p>\n At the crew\u2019s dinner out, Kyle makes a toast. He\u2019s glad he\u2019s still there. Okay, we\u2019re off to a sweet start. He continues: He\u2019s proud that he got away with something he wasn\u2019t supposed to. Uh-oh, this toast is taking a turn. Kyle says he thought Fraser would\u2019ve done him in. Fraser\u2019s like, What do you mean by that? It\u2019s no longer a toast and devolves into an argument. Damo tries to defend Fraser, but Kyle blames both of them. Fraser swears in French and leaves the table. He\u2019s pissed off that Kyle isn\u2019t being held accountable and wants to go back to the boat. Jess follows Fraser outside, where she asks the cameras to move away. We\u2019ll see if they do next week.<\/p>\n What\u2019s going on with these two? Will they ever get together? We got three instances of them flirting this episode:<\/p>\n \u2022 Rainbeau squeezed Damo\u2019s bicep.<\/p>\n \u2022 Damo complimented Rainbeau\u2019s butt in her \u201970s-themed jeans.<\/p>\n \u2022 They sat next to each other at dinner, where she admired and stroked his stubble. Won\u2019t they just kiss already?!<\/p>\n VULTURE NEWSLETTER<\/p>\n Keep up with all the drama of your favorite shows!<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n
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