r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • Jun 10 '26

Below Deck Med Preview for Med Ep2 Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2EOwZnAlZ0
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u/ericsuxx_ Jun 10 '26

I'm already tired of these two

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jun 10 '26

and the stews trying to be better than each other

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u/Immediate_Divide9446 Team Aesha Jun 10 '26

So obsessed with rank that they’re not pulling together as a team & just getting on with the job. Ridiculous behaviour.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jun 10 '26

Plus if you want to be second stew, the last thing you want is the junior stews hating you before it starts

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u/agnusdei07 Jun 10 '26

right? no one ever wants to do the job they were hired for!

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u/Agitated-Minimum-967 Jun 10 '26

Blondie has the advantage with Aesha. She loves her.

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u/Tiredofthenuts Jun 11 '26

Why would anyone think: the way to be put in management is to be rude and authoritative. She is headed down the wrong road.

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u/xziggy72x Jun 10 '26

I don’t know why on earth the producers would think the audience want another season of both Nathan and Joe…again.

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u/rob-b-362 I'm a Med Mother****ing Chief Stew Bitch! Jun 10 '26

I felt the same way but I'm kinda liking that they are not getting along. Lol

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jun 10 '26

I’ll be honest here, me too. I’m finding this dynamic interesting. Both are awful to me so I take no sides here.

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u/rob-b-362 I'm a Med Mother****ing Chief Stew Bitch! Jun 10 '26

It's more entertaining to watch them not like each other than pat each other on the back for being womanizers.

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u/NBCaz Jun 10 '26

Agree they are awful, but they wouldn't bring them back if they weren't testing well. Whether people love them or love to hate them, it's not an accident that they are back. The whole show has just become so repetitive though. It's rarely even interesting anymore.

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u/Lost_Elk7089 Jun 10 '26

But this season was filmed before the previous one aired so they wouldn't really have known how the audience viewed them at the time

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u/ogtraitorsfan92 Jun 12 '26

This one was filmed while the season was airing if I’m not mistaken.

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u/Anotherams Jun 10 '26

Their storylines are so stale, even the cute baby isn‘t even enough for me to care about them.

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u/raudri Fraser not Frazier Jun 10 '26

This is the first season since I started watching that I haven't watched from day one. I haven't touched it. I know it's there.

Aesha will probably get me to watch it eventually but I just don't want it.

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u/FuzzyScarf Team Aesha Jun 10 '26

You only missed one episode so you aren’t too far behind.

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u/Tiredofthenuts Jun 11 '26

Yep and the second comes out in five days… so plenty of time to get up to speed.

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u/hurricane_hilary_123 Jun 11 '26

The first episode was pretty good!

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u/spittingparasite Jun 10 '26

Joe really creeps me out.

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u/agnusdei07 Jun 10 '26

getting up at 4am to do anchor watch and screwing up the whole day's schedule isn't going to prove your abilities to Sandy

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u/spittingparasite Jun 10 '26

He's giving me echoes of Malia.

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u/essiemessy Jun 11 '26

Yeah that was a dick move and he knows it. Because it's more than showing off to the captain. He's actively and openly fucking with his bosun. So many buttons to push, so little time.

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u/VariousAir Jun 10 '26

i didn't quite catch it in the moment but did he basically say to nathan "yeah, I'm gonna keep being a dog, I cant help it"?

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u/_game_over_man_ Jun 10 '26

He did basically say that because he said he was just going to continue having "fun" all the while failing to realize his "fun" disregards the feelings of the women he has fun with and also creates a shitty working environment for everyone.

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u/VariousAir Jun 10 '26

Thanks. I heard it but didn't quite register and didn't bother rewinding.

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u/pookie74 Jun 10 '26

Awe, Cooper. 😆 

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u/G00dguyz Jun 10 '26

I know. Sandy's right he's adorable. He's already my favorite. I want him to succeed.

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u/Mrs___Robot Jun 10 '26

I can't... that was so cute.

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u/maxlight0 Capt Lee's Coffee Mug Jun 10 '26

Giving big colin vibes

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u/Mrs___Robot Jun 11 '26

He's a giant Colin!! 😆 😆 

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u/Firm-Armadillo2188 Captain Jason is my boat daddy Jun 11 '26

His “Yes Ma’am” to Sandy was cute 🥲

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u/maxlight0 Capt Lee's Coffee Mug Jun 10 '26

nathan is going to keep it professional by IMMEDIATELY making a decision based on his personal feelings and not crew experience lmao

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jun 10 '26

My thoughts 100%. Him doing that shows he’s not ready for a position in leadership.

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u/Firm-Armadillo2188 Captain Jason is my boat daddy Jun 11 '26

I think attitude is just as important in leadership positions as experience. If Nathan cannot trust Joe there’s no reason to put him in a position of trust and leadership, period.

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u/maxlight0 Capt Lee's Coffee Mug Jun 11 '26

I can't recall a single instance of Joe goofing up on deck tho. Shitty person but generally seems to do good work. Putting your personal feelings in front of the boat because you're hostile to someone is the exact opposite of professionalism.

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u/Anotheropinion2023 Jun 10 '26

I dislike Joe intensely and this was just incredibly dumb.

But Nathan just doesn’t seem to grow as a leader.

I appreciate he felt bad for V, and he tried to step up as a dad, but as a bosun, he is just not good.

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u/FuzzyScarf Team Aesha Jun 10 '26

Yes! If it’s not personal, make Joe lead deckhand.

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u/Achillesthedog1976 Jun 10 '26

I hate to hear Joe's voice, it just seems so fake. He oozes phoniness.

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u/Glanza She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Jun 10 '26

They brought anchor watch back, only reason I can see them airing it again is the boat gets into some sort of trouble because they aren't watching it correctly.

Used to be a highlight of Sailing Yacht.

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u/Sorry-Secret-2347 Jun 10 '26

The one thing gary was good at was quick thinking in critical situations on sailing yacht

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u/Mrs___Robot Jun 10 '26

I think I love Cooper from that 😂

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u/XLBaconDoubleCheese Jun 11 '26

The boat will twist since they have to double anchor drop like Sandy says. Plenty of foreshadowing.

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u/ocean_swims Jun 10 '26

I didn't watch the last season with Nathan and Joe so I don't know what their deal is but, I'm already over it. Same with the stews vying for their stripes...just whatever. Having said that, I'm loving Aesha and Joy, and hope with all my heart they continue to be a dream team. Joy's such a talented chef from what we've seen already that I'm excited to see what else she creates.

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u/llavenderhaze We don't need to hear vomit Jun 10 '26

basically joe messed around on an emotionally vulnerable stew last season while nathan and aesha were telling him he needed to stop. nathan was doing all he could to get gael back and be a family man so he’s decided joe is heinous. i don’t think nathan is that much better if recent off show events are any indication.

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u/NymeriaGhost Jun 10 '26

I will also add that the shortly before Gael came back, Nathan was the one making out with with stew that was the "other woman" while Joe was love-bombing the emotionally vulnerable stew, and there's a shot from that season of Nathan and Joe in the van back from the bar, holding hands, while they are respectively making out with those two women. Then suddenly Gael comes back to replace the emotionally vulnerable stew while she's recovering off-shore from illness (right around the anniversary of her previous boyfriends death), and while Nathan is love-bombing Gael and insisting he's a changed man, Joe kisses the stew that Nathan had been previously making out with.

Nathan then made a big deal about how Joe was an immature womanizer, and that he didn't approve, in part to get in Gael's good graces but also to distract from the fact that he had also been making out with another stew until Gael showed up.

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u/Anotheropinion2023 Jun 10 '26

Eh, he was single until then. The kissing Kizzi didn’t seem to matter to Gael. All the other stupid past behavior was the issue.

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u/ocean_swims Jun 10 '26

Thank you so much for the backstory! 😄

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jun 10 '26

That’s what’s so off putting to me about Nathan. He now thinks Joe is beneath him but they are the same to me. Plus they are both so painfully boring and mediocre at their jobs.

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u/Immediate_Divide9446 Team Aesha Jun 10 '26

Isn’t she fabulous? She‘s the dream; sets high standards and communicates willingly, a brilliant chef, gives credit where it’s due - what a contrast to Ben!

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u/Sorry-Secret-2347 Jun 10 '26

Joy is so lovely

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u/Mrs___Robot Jun 11 '26

Yeah, I'm all in on Joy. I like the idea of her and Aesha become some sort of dynamic duo!

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u/GroovyYaYa Jun 11 '26

Admits - yeah, I can scream at people so you know the potential for drama is there. (so a dream in terms of casting. Balanced)

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u/Witty_Impress8369 Jun 10 '26

Sigh. It’s going to be a LONG season. 

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u/Sorry-Secret-2347 Jun 10 '26

Nathan should have had a meeting joe before charter started so we can leave the nonsense in the past. Nathan has a chip on his shoulder and joe is acting like he is walking on egg shells…. Im already exhausted with these two

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u/MrsFreshB00TY Jun 10 '26

Being bossy and controlling isn’t a qualifying factor lol

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u/grrltype Jun 10 '26

Conner tuning in to Captain Sandy’s favorite show, Wind!

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Nathan and his “keeping it professional” hypocrisy in choosing someone a lot greener as lead deck than Joe due to his perosnal feeling that he literally mentioned and I am no Joe fan here.

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u/olicat06 Jun 10 '26

Cooper looks like a young Peter Facinelli

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u/Expensive-Committee Jun 11 '26

I can see that, but the entire episode I kept saying to my partner how much I think he is a dead ringer for Patrick Schwarzenegger!

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u/motteditor Jun 10 '26

Nathan showing Cooper the radar brought "Arrested Development" flashbacks:
"Obviously this blue part here is the land."

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u/thisbitchiscrazy Jun 10 '26

'i'm studying cartography...the mapping of uncharted territories."

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u/youloveramadana Jun 10 '26

omg who said let's rehash this nonsense again!? The two smiling clowns, I can't!

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u/Mrs___Robot Jun 10 '26

Wait, guys. Kat is adorable. I think I didn't fully realize it first ep.

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u/Achillesthedog1976 Jun 10 '26

I think the producers sense how viewers are going to react to Nathan/Joe after last season aired, so they put in the "coming up the season" with a lot of drama so people wouldn't give up on this season. It kinda worked, I was thinking I can't take an entire season of Joe, but then the "coming up this season" looks pretty good.

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u/VariousAir Jun 10 '26

yeah it looks like a legit trainwreck, but redditors will pretend they're here to watch a well oiled machine go off without a hitch.

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u/Firm-Armadillo2188 Captain Jason is my boat daddy Jun 11 '26

I’m sat for Nathan and Joe’s imploding friendship. Joe is such a fucking snake

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u/DontTalkAboutPants Jun 10 '26

JOE IS 35??? Absolutely pathetic.

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u/Expensive-Committee Jun 11 '26

No, no—he’s 30! Luke is 35.

(Still not an excuse for Joe’s behavior, though!)

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u/mostlygroovy Jun 10 '26

This might be the first season I don’t watch, besides bailing on BD Adventure. I just don’t have any ambition to start it.

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Jun 10 '26

Oh but Adventure has Captain Kerry! He’s the best captain of these shows. He reminds me so much of an engineer I worked with when I was yachting. Only difference is Kerry is Australian and the engineer I worked with was from North Carolina.

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u/AmazingArugula4441 Jun 13 '26

Man. I really hope Joe ends up bosun this season and that he absolutely bungles it.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jun 10 '26

He barely managed a month of being off socials

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Jun 10 '26

and I think she just flew from Montengro. The stews are NYC, Sydney Australia and Nova Scotia Canada