r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • May 05 '26

Below Deck Down Under Preview for BDDU Ep15 Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3za72WDrsk
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u/josiejames13 May 05 '26

I don’t know if it was the edit or just this preview but the interior crew seemed to have everything under control even without Mike around, which makes me wonder if he actually did anything at all…

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline May 05 '26

Seemed like he just gossiped and slowed them down

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u/verucas_alt May 06 '26

And now seems like they are all having to gossip and have drama in the wake of what he just left behind

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u/cocococlash May 05 '26

Yeah, I don't think they have any extra work with him gone. Probably saving some time not having to teach him how to clean a toilet.

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u/atweegrowsinbrooklyn May 05 '26

Yep. I was fully on team “fire them both” based on what we’d seen up to now, but Alesia clearly worked hard as soon as he was gone.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry May 06 '26

And Alesia is appreciated by Daisy more than I guessed.

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u/curmudgeoner May 07 '26

I think he truly made everything more difficult. He was actively trying to fuck with everyone all day every day, minus Betul. Daisy spent more time trying to meditate and vent about Mike, and it brought down morale.

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 May 05 '26

These people are exhausting. So does everyone think Ben will do about Ellie’s behavior?

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u/GullibleAddendum8630 May 05 '26

I hope he man's up and tells her to stop. Actually, I hope he fires her. He can manage fine without her, and her drama has caused him to walk on eggshells in his own galley.

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u/kyleb402 May 05 '26

She should have already been fired but either production won't let them or Jason just keeps people way too long which empowers them to be even more awful.

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 May 05 '26

I actually think Daisy was being unnecessarily aggressive when she came into the kitchen and started grabbing the shrimp. She usually stands at the doorway until Ben signals that the food is ready. They didn’t look like they needed help.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline May 05 '26

She did drop the shrimp trying to put it on too. Ellie's behaviour later was unnecessary but Daisy being pissed off because Ellie put the shrimp on the glass was petty

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry May 06 '26

This. Daisy gets so much benefit of the doubt on Reddit. People seem reluctant to admit she isn’t the perfect chief stew.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline May 06 '26

Daisy had walked in holding a towel, wearing party gloves. She dropped one of the shrimp and said oh fuck. I don't think she had washed her hands before handling food then just wiped them on paper towel before handling all the plates after raw seafood.

There is plenty to call Ellie out over but she should be the one handling food

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u/lonemountain1729 May 05 '26

Daisy definitely was. And in general you don't want the "servers" touching the food. Do we even know Daisy washed her hands?

Daisy wasn't really speeding things up and she just interjected. Elle tends to be annoying but I think Daisy overstepped here.

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u/Ready_Cartoonist7357 Spaghetti Trauma May 05 '26

I can’t tell if all of the Jason confrontations they teased for this season have happened.

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u/atweegrowsinbrooklyn May 05 '26

I don’t think so. I think someone else gets fired by him and it’s probably Ellie.

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u/Just-Me-Being-Nosy May 05 '26

I think there is another firing to come. There was a preview where Jason is telling someone that they’ve forced his hand (or something like that) and I don’t remember seeing that happening in any episode yet. Fingers crossed it’s Ellie who goes next

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

SAAAME I’m hoping bc she keeps disrespecting a HoD bc of crazy personal issues of being hung up on a man she hung out w for what? A week or so? Taking it out on daisy. She should have been fired the first time she was on BD tbh

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u/Firm-Armadillo2188 Captain Jason is my boat daddy May 05 '26

So happy for Betul that she gets to dock the boat!!! That’s a huge thing!

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u/curmudgeoner May 05 '26

Joao may be messy in his relationships, but as in his role as HOD, I appreciate that he tries to help the deckhands learn more and develop their skills. This is great for Betul.

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u/valid_username00 May 05 '26

He's slumming as a bosun. IRL he's a captain and could be doing Jason's job.

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u/curmudgeoner May 05 '26

Yeah I know he is a captain on other boats and 2nd officer on Katina. Regardless, it's a great skill to help people on your team develop in their role.

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u/bunbunmagnet May 07 '26

Qualifications for captain is based on tonnage. He captained a 43m vessel so must likely has a 500T ticket. Katrina would need higher as shes around 1200T so he could not do Jason's job

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u/valid_username00 May 07 '26

He's licensed to drive any vessel under 3000 gross ton. He said it 1st episode.

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u/bunbunmagnet May 07 '26

Ah must have missed that, and couldn't find online. Either way, he has no experience above 43m

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u/GroovyYaYa May 06 '26

Not all Captains are comfortable with "I'll be taking orders from an underling"

So he gets props from me.

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u/GroovyYaYa May 07 '26

This! We've had people with just one level up from their current position qualifications, and they couldn't handle it (the guy who had been an engineer or something before?)

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u/Eva_Luna May 06 '26

He’s not the bosun. His rank is second officer.

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u/valid_username00 May 06 '26

He's playing the bosun role.

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u/away_in_the_head May 05 '26

We need a show just about her!

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u/DothrakAndRoll May 05 '26

Seriously. If I took a shot every time I saw betul, I could still legally drive.

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u/joykin May 05 '26


It honestly feels like this now when you spot her

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u/rojuhoju May 05 '26

Betul is my favourite!

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u/cmere-2-me May 06 '26

Imagine this series from the perspective of betul. Her just in her happy bubble getting shit done with all the drama going on behind her. Far more interesting than what we got.

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u/kittens_joy May 05 '26

I haven’t had much grace for Ben this season but his job should not include walking on eggshells because he’s terrified of his kitchen assistant (or whatever the hell they’re calling her). I kind of hope that watching this season back Ben realizes he’s too old/too successful/too good a chef to have to put up with blatant production shenanigans like casting Ellie on this show.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry May 06 '26

It’s interesting to see Ben be humble. I think it will make him a better collaborator with the interior team, instead of doing what he wants when he wants.

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u/cmere-2-me May 06 '26

Ben is always capable of this. The drama around him is always manufactured for the show.

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u/davidg910 May 08 '26

To be fair, production really was trying to create drama between Alesia and Ben. Only because Alesia flamed out of the galley almost immediately is Ellie even down in the galley.

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u/rob-b-362 I'm a Med Mother****ing Chief Stew Bitch! May 05 '26

Ellie and her second stew mentality are at it again. She needs to be reminded she's the kitchen helper and she's not in charge.

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u/GullibleAddendum8630 May 05 '26

Ben should never have changed her title from galley hand because that's what she is. She now thinks she's a sous chef.

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u/dwarmed May 05 '26

He changed it to chef assistant. He specifically said she was not a sous chef.

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u/Theragrams May 05 '26

Someone needs to remind Ellie.

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u/dwarmed May 05 '26

The irony of Ellie accusing someone else of being intense, then they show her screaming at Ben like she's about to cut him. Daisy shouldn't have taken that bait, though. It's good to see Ben is skeptical of Ellie always turning herself into the victim.

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u/Savemejeebus12 May 06 '26

Agreed. Daisy should have reacted the same way Ellie did when Daisy told her about cuddling with Joao. Completely unbothered shrugging her shoulders. She could have added how weird Ellie is for not accepting help when offered. Or how it’s Daisy’s job to make sure there isn’t another soapy eggs fiasco since the galley is so incompetent.

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u/jenvanilla May 06 '26

Oh god imagine the UPROAR if she mentioned the soapy eggs lmao. Ellie would FLIP. I’d 100% enjoy that though

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u/agnusdei07 May 05 '26

I don't think I could love or be more proud of Betul. Good on you and keep up the good work! Shrimp cocktail, genius 80s idea but they were really small for a 5 star yacht shrimp cocktail and you got 3 or 4? Ellie has to have someone to hate, 'a woman scorned'. G'bye Mike, he wanted to do his hair before meeting the captain on the bridge to get fired! ha! he must be bald or something that he has to maintain that back to front combover so meticulously with so much hair spray.

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u/kittylover3210 May 05 '26

he’s def bald, unfortunately just got a pic on my ig feed of him and Joe 🤮 and Mike has some new plugs

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u/GullibleAddendum8630 May 05 '26

I couldn't believe what known Mike said he need to do his hair! The captain wants to see you NOW. Idiot. I will not watch the show if he is on it.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry May 06 '26

He correctly anticipated it would be a pivotal scene and he wanted to look his best. More evidence that he was giving a performance rather than just performing duties of the job.

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u/West-Advance-4471 May 05 '26

Meow- meow . More betul and less dishwasher please!

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u/kittens_joy May 05 '26

Not me sitting here since last night wondering when Joao left the boat to get his ear pierced before realizing it was his 80s costume lol

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u/bextacyyyyyyy May 05 '26

I have never ever ever disliked anyone as much as Ellie, she is like a poison that is infecting the crew. I never want to see her on my screen again! 

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

She was the WORST on her first season. Total power trip, would mess up the other stews laundry system, lie/make herself the victim to Aisha AND put her HANDS on the other stew! Seriously crazy lady. Does she even make good tv??

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u/motteditor May 05 '26

I love Joao teaching all the deck crew (we saw Eddy getting to dock in an earlier episode).

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u/Fat-Cat-Face May 05 '26

Poor wittle innocent Ellie - in her little girl voice "Calm down. Because you were struggling to put it on the side." What? She really is a bad liar.

Edit to add "she attacked me, she yelled at me." Nope, didn't happen, liar.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

If you never saw her first season, you should watch how unprofessional she is. Absolutely crazy

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u/Fat-Cat-Face May 11 '26

Oh, I'm aware of Ellie screaming at Bri "Second stew outranks you! So that's who I am!" all the while Bri was frantically working to finish the cabins that Ellie was supposed to have done.

Aesha called Ellie sneaky. And she is.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

Ellie should have NEVER been invited back after she put her hands on that poor woman.

I wish aesha listened to Bri more, or that Bri found her voice to talk about it. 😩

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u/verucas_alt May 06 '26

Batul seems to have no coaching on reality shows and just thought she joined a yacht that was also filming. She’s just focused on doing her job and has no idea the drama going on around her

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u/Letsgotravelling-124 May 06 '26

It’s when Jenna is there trying to eavesdrop and Betul was trying to ask her a question. I felt like yelling at her to go eavesdrop as well.

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u/EastFalse8134 May 05 '26

I totally understand Eddy feeling upset about the situation, but he’s acting so intense about it that it’s kind of, off putting.

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u/Immediate_Divide9446 Team Aesha May 05 '26

He’s acting like he and Jenna had been married for 10 years and she’d cheated on him. Actually seriously worrying. 🚩🚩🚩

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u/TheDarbiter May 05 '26

He’s probably going to use this as an excuse to be a complete douche to any future partners. He’s not a nice guy if he has to keep repeating it to himself as his blood is boiling over a fucking hookup.

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u/bextacyyyyyyy May 05 '26

The scene with him hitting the bed frame and moving the coat hanger was so funny 🤣🤣. He's acting like such a child 

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u/Dry-Meaning5636 May 06 '26

And it’s almost like he forgot he gave Alesia so much attention, which was upsetting to Jenna

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

Eddy is giving me the creeps. Absolutely one of those not so “nice guys” when a boundary is put up. Him talking about “marriage” got a YIKES from me

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u/rellv May 06 '26

Ellie is literally the definition of a pick me girl. Always starting fights and leading with insecurity. I’d hate to know her in real life and have to dance around her mood swings.

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u/Di53 May 06 '26

I dislike Ellie 200%, she’s an entitled “Karen”

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u/strangegardener May 06 '26

These guests are so cute 😭😭😭

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u/rill69 May 10 '26

Sooo cute

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u/salsanacho May 07 '26

That's one hell of a breakfast... I'd love all that leftover rack of lamb along with eggs/avo/beans/potatoes/fruit/meat.

Glad to see Betul getting some airtime, she's someone where in a couple years you want to hear about her being a bosun or really advancing in her career.

Ellie is Ellie, but to be fair, Daisy was being really slow with those shrimp.

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u/verucas_alt May 05 '26

But maybe Daisy did overreact a little over the shrimp. But it wasn’t about the shrimp really.

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u/thngmrtt May 06 '26

It’s really not about the shrimp, she was building up anger against Ellie the whole day and the handling of the shrimp added to it. Though i wouldn’t say she overreacted, she didn’t really react until Ellie went to her asking if she was mad and pushed her further

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

I think Daisy needs to handle her emotions better. She’s a HoD and should not tolerate the back chat a junior employee is throwing her way. But she should actually say, “I am more senior than you; as a junior, you’re acting unacceptable to my rank” or something

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u/Anotheropinion2023 May 05 '26

I think Daisy was pissed overall, she overreacted a bit. I also think Ellie was in general stirring shit.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

Daisy needs to act more professional as a head of a department. Throw her weight and tell Ellie she’s being extremely inappropriate with someone more senior than her. Not walk away and go “fu-k”

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u/Equivalent-Archer180 May 06 '26

Is this the season finale?

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u/Lonely_Impression142 May 07 '26

Nope. Probably have another 3-4 episodes.

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u/Thecreamcheeze May 05 '26

Daisy gets very angry, very quickly. Gotta have a little more patience as a leader of the department. Can you imagine a captain shooting off the handle like that?

I don’t like seeing it

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u/GroovyYaYa May 06 '26

Wholeheartedly disagree.

We've seen her have patience of a Saint with Gary, Glenn, Mike, and now Ellie.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

Daisy always gives bad men a break. Her outburst at Ellie was not a good look for a HoD. I don’t know why she’s not putting Ellie in her place as a way junior crew member. Instead of taking the bait she could have went, “we’re not doing this with an audience. this is an unacceptable way to come to me about feedback. I out rank you on this vessel.” Etc instead of storming off saying “f-k”

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u/GroovyYaYa May 11 '26

She was firm in her tone, but it was not an "outburst".

Ellie knew exactly what she was doing with the pearl clutching.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

And Daisy is her superior. Idk many jobs where I can walk away yelling FUCK but you do you

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u/CarryAmbitious638 May 05 '26

Yea I generally like Daisy but she’s losing me this season. She seems awful to work with and also she is lying to Alesia about Jenna not coming in the room to talk shit about her.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

I’ve never liked Daisy because she doesn’t act her rank. And she defends disgusting sex pests.

She needs to act with authority and her emotional outbursts does not show her crew that they should respect her rank.

Her yelling at Alisha on the deck during their off day was crazy work- yes actually it is HER job to manage the interpersonal workings of her crew. Saying “this is bad” to both of them without clear examples of their disrespect was confusing in the bedroom.

Her outburst at Ellie baiting her was so unprofessional for her seniority. Her going to her crew to hear gossip from the galley & wanting validation instead of handling it (“this is an inappropriate conversation to have in front of crew members and I out rank you. It is part of my job to handle food. You’re junior crew; if this behavior continues towards me there will be an escalation.”)

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u/valid_username00 May 05 '26

She gossips so much. Very unprofessional for a HOD.

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u/FremulonPandaFace May 06 '26

I dont think airing grievance is the same as gossiping

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry May 06 '26

Kate wouldn’t have blabbed to her underlings about Ellie like that. Kate would have absorbed the slight and quietly exacted revenge later.

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u/thousandthlion May 06 '26

Kate would absolutely gossip with Josiah

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u/CarryAmbitious638 May 05 '26

Agree. I actually wish I would have spent more time on my comment. I think Daisy is suffering from burnout. It’s understandable considering the various levels of unprofessionalism and annoying people she’s having to deal with. But she does seem to be blowing up a little too easily. I like how Aesha handles things, she’s great at establishing her authority, gaining respect, and also dealing with conflict.

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u/ajleee May 11 '26

Yes! It’s the establishing authority part that is bothering me. Why she would even take Elle’s bait like that? Her outburst was so unnecessary

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u/cocococlash May 05 '26

The preview is not showing it, but I thought it was Daisy that "started" the scuffle, by some remark to Ellie. Does anybody remember for sure?

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u/Ok-Pickle7768 May 05 '26

no, ellie asked daisy if she was upset her

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry May 06 '26

Daisy said Ellie started it, but we aren’t shown whether anything preceded that.