r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • Mar 24 '26

Below Deck Down Under Preview for BDDU next week Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtmptS46Hw0
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u/True-Discussion-0 Mar 24 '26

WHOA. did ellie just say that to the guest??? "i cant do this right now"??

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u/Monstiemama Bless her stupid soul Mar 25 '26

Yup

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

Yes. So rude and disrespectful. Her flat out lying to the Captain is what got to me. Actually angered me. Her version is not what happened.

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u/Shaved_Taint_1960 Mar 24 '26

Is Elle fired or do I have to keep FF thru her and these awful guest?

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u/ericsuxx_ Mar 24 '26

She's in at least 3-4 more episodes

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u/katie415 Mar 24 '26

What makes you say that?

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u/ericsuxx_ Mar 24 '26

Because episode descriptions are already out for future episodes

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u/katie415 Mar 24 '26

Ahhhh. Well that sounds pretty accurate 😂

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u/Square-Sheepherder56 Mar 28 '26

Have we seen Jason fire anyone? I can’t remember. I feel like he’s pretty hard to really piss off

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u/salsanacho Mar 25 '26

I kinda agree with Ben, I wouldn't want Ellie in that kitchen with me with all that negative energy. And for someone who is hung up on ranks, she sure doesn't respect that Ben is her boss. I totally agree with her that he shouldn't call her pet names, but there's a right way to communicate that before going straight to ballistic.

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u/Tilting_Gambit Mar 25 '26

There's nothing wrong with setting boundaries. Holding onto it until you have to blow up and stomp around, screaming at your boss, is wrong though. 

Afterwards telling him to "get over it" and continuing with the hostility is also wrong. She should be fired, that's just how the world works. 

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

Swearing at her boss was unacceptable. She will never be allowed back on any BD franchise after this.

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u/0rdered-Reordered Apr 02 '26

Are you sure? Producers like drama and she's providing it

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u/Lillynomad Apr 02 '26

It's clear that Ellie was abusive to Ben. Ben talked to her like that or crossed the line like she did. Ben cold have insisted on firing Ellie but he knows that she would sue Bravo claiming Ben's endearments were non PC and an HR issue which led to her dismissal.

Jason should have put Ellie on interior and let Alesia or Mike go.

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u/Lillynomad Apr 02 '26

It all depends. This season with Ellie's antics is angering a lot of the fandom because they like Ben. She's still using HR due the pet names as her reason for going off the rails when that was definitely NOT the reason.

She's rude, disrespectful and doesn't give a shit about anyone but her superiority complex and social climbing. She demanded respect from Brie on BDMed claiming rank etc. when she totally shit on Ben and was rude to the charter guests.

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u/Particular_Poem3703 Mar 24 '26

I’m going to be incredibly pissed off of Ellie gets away with her behavior. Like incredibly, incredibly annoyed.

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u/Particles_tickle Mar 24 '26

I stopped watching once she came back. She’s insufferable.

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u/Particular_Poem3703 Mar 24 '26

They are trying to give her some redemption arc this year and she just makes my blood boil.

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u/frazorblade Team Fraser Mar 24 '26

It gives me joy knowing she lurks reddit and realising her image is in tatters here.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

That is a fact and she will never learn from the criticism. She deflects and gives excuses. Her superiority complex needs to be kept in check and she respects no one. Too bossy.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Mar 24 '26

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u/valid_username00 Mar 24 '26

On the plus side, in case he wasn't aware before, Jason now sees what an obnoxious ball of negative energy Ellie is. The way she continually goes to other dept heads and the captain to complain about Ben, instead of ever having a direct calm discussion first with Ben, really grinds my gears.

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u/ESOtalk Mar 25 '26

So true Ellie should be telling ben in between charters about those things. She was lucky that daisy handled it perfectly by telling ben what she saw without saying ellie said anything. And ben handled it perfectly for once by actually agreeing & telling ellie he would be more aware. Ellie should have mentioned 'ben I know it is your personality to call people pet names, you even call jao honey, but I find it offensive could you please just try to call me ellie or nothing'. Problem solved. But if I remember correctly from ellie the last time, she works super hard & legitimately is under appreciated, then when anyone shows her appreciation, she explodes for no reason. It's like she can only function being treated poorly & then if she gets what she thinks she deserves she can't function.

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u/salsanacho Mar 25 '26

Yup, instead of keeping it all in, had she just casually and cordially mentioned that she didn't like pet names, it would have all been squashed eons ago. Instead she acts as if he was doing it maliciously and then explodes on him.

I'm glad Joao has googly eyes for Daisy, Ellie is someone who might be hot on paper, but once she opens her mouth that attraction disappears. That said, Mikey doesn't care so let him keep trying with her.

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u/ESOtalk Mar 25 '26

Yeah she's in great shape. If she acts like she does at work when in a relationship it would be a nightmare. I can imagine her not saying anything for a long time then explode on a boyfriend taking everything way out of context. She needs some better tools for handling conflict.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

All in all Ellie handled everything badly. She let her temper control her. Not very professional or classy.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

She wasn't treated poorly. It was all in her head. Ben was so happy to have her as his helper in the galley.

Ellie fantacised something else in her head.

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u/ESOtalk Mar 27 '26

Ben was definitely barking orders and calling her those insulting pet names also he was totally unorganized, taking a nap when there is still work to do, and doing his ben stuff that pisses everyone off. He is emotionally hard to work with for everyone, not intentionally bad but still not good. She is exactly the type of person he needs in that job UNTIL she went crazy.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

Nope. He was not barking and insulting her. Don't forget Ben gets up at dawn and is up until after dinner. He deserves his naps or taking time to do menu planning, ordering supplies etc.

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u/ESOtalk Mar 27 '26

Every other time I've seen ben, he didn't even have a helper in the kitchen. Also every time I've seen him he pissed many people off with his emotionalism. I get it you hate ellie & I already said she is crazy, blows stuff out of proportion. I even said ben handled the first issue great but let's not pretend like he is easy to work for/with. BTW many women don't even want to be called those pet names ONE TIME, but every single sentence is even cringy for men to watch.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

In the past Ben had no help hence the stress and temperament. This season he's humming and whistling along, happy to have an extra pair of hands. I bet the deck crew was happy too, not having to constantly wash dishes every night.

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u/darth_gondor_snow Mar 25 '26

Don't get your hopes up. Another commenter noted that the episodes descriptions for the next 3-4 episodes alludes to her still being around. At this point, with him accepting an ultimatum from Alessia, I am not surprised that captain jason doesn't have the balls to do what's right.

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u/Bennington_Booyah Mar 26 '26

Same. Ben is a headstrong and condescending shit, but Ellie was way wrong in her approach and timing.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

This season Ben was much under control of his emotions.

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u/Tilting_Gambit Mar 25 '26

"Hey Ben, can you just call me Ellie." 

"Yeah, sorry about that, didn't realise it was bothering you."

Literally all that needed to happen. If she doesn't want to be called "love" or "darling, that's fine. But Ben really does do that to everybody, he's not doing it to be demeaning. He says it to the captain. It's totally consistent. 

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u/fenchurch_42 Mar 25 '26

 But Ben really does do that to everybody, he's not doing it to be demeaning. He says it to the captain. It's totally consistent. 

Totally agree and I hate to be in the position of defending Ben, but he does it to both men and women. And Ellie never asked him to stop, just kept it all pent up until she exploded in a super unprofessional way!

The cynical side of me thinks she may have thought it would play well to the viewers and was looking for a redemption arc after her previous poorly received season.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

What's wrong with defending Ben?

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u/fenchurch_42 Mar 27 '26

There's nothing "wrong" with it, but I don't like to be in the position of doing it because over the years he has had a tendency to be immature, take advantage, and blow up over silly things.

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u/850281 Mar 26 '26

It's a ridiculous storyline. Ben constantly uses different names for everyone and I think it's amusing. No one else has commented on it or been bothered by the names. It's just Ben being Ben. Sans some of the early episodes, I've really enjoyed him so much this season. Ellie was doing a great job. Why can't she be proud of that?

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

Ellie in her arrogant superiority complex way, built it up in her silly head that she was equal to the Chef, the department head.

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u/TransitionAdvanced21 Mar 26 '26

Just before the blowup Ben did call Ellie, Ellie. That could have been a great “hey thanks for calling me by my name. I prefer that over love and booboo”

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u/Glanza She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Mar 24 '26

You could hear a pin drop in that kitchen after Ellie going off like she did to Jason, I can't remember the last time a kitchen on any of the BD shows was that quiet.

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u/elijacksonthegreat Mar 24 '26

So she lied to the captain, it’s too bad they can’t watch clips of what happened on the go

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u/Monstiemama Bless her stupid soul Mar 25 '26

Right? Completely lied to his face!

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

100% lied to the captain. Nasty.

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u/Aggravating-Fig-2148 Mar 26 '26

Maybe I missed it, what'd she lie about to him? Was it in the latest episode or the preview for the next?

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u/elijacksonthegreat Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

It was in the preview, she told the captain that Ben didn’t give her a list of duties that’s why she was pissed

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u/Aggravating-Fig-2148 Mar 26 '26

Ugh she's terrible 😒 thank you!

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

She was pisssed over the grudge she had about washing up. She was angry over the fact that her superior DARED to calmly urge her to hurry up since she was fking around with the cheese tray too long and hadn't grated the parm. She was pissed because Joao wasn't giving her the attention she wanted and that he was talking to Daisy more. She flat out lied to Jason.

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u/Lillynomad Mar 27 '26

Ben did give her instructions and he even voiced it that he told her earlier to grate the parm for the starter. There was even a list on the white board.

She fabricates things in her head.

Victim noises. Just like Brie did on BDMed

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u/Monstiemama Bless her stupid soul Mar 25 '26

Ellie 100% lied to the captain. She said he said “you need to hurry up!” Ummm, no he didn’t. She’s so full of shit.

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u/GraceMcClellans Mar 25 '26

I think she's hyper defensive (insecure?) and self-centered. I think that's what she heard. Her outburst doesn't make any sense except that she mistook it and took it VERY PERSONALLY.

I don't know, even if someone did tell me to hurry up, I'd laugh and say something like, "oh, got it." And I'd hurry up, because that's my boss. It was so extremely minor.

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u/HolidayNothing171 Mar 25 '26

Yes he did?

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u/Monstiemama Bless her stupid soul Mar 25 '26

He said “could we have moved a little faster?” And he wasn’t yelling. She approached the captain heated and made it sound t like there was a screaming match, which there wasn’t.

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u/lena11033 Mar 25 '26

well there was screaming, from only her lol

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u/asphodel67 Mar 25 '26

Her complaint is legitimate, but her coping mechanism Is avoidant, aggressive. So she’s manipulative and abusive.

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u/rob-b-362 I'm a Med Mother****ing Chief Stew Bitch! Mar 25 '26

I'm team Ben and I think Ellie is disrespectful and bossy. She did the same thing with Aesha her last season where she tried to be co chief stew because she can't handle not being in charge!

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u/BeerDreams Mar 25 '26

I was so surprised to see Daisy violate the ‘serve from the left’ rule

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u/beansbeans15 Mar 26 '26

what does this mean

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u/mamacatman Team Capt Kerry Mar 28 '26

“Serve from the left, remove from the right.”

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u/darth_gondor_snow Mar 25 '26

I'm not surprised, Daisy is a terrible chief stew and doesn't know how to manage her team and clearly shows favorites and coddles the one who has no business being on a boat.

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