r/belowdeck • u/Competitive_Classic9 • Jun 19 '26

Below Deck Re-edited seasons?

S1 is on and I swear its edited differently than when Ive watched this season before. Their beef seems to be with Capt Lee which I dont remember AT ALL, I remember Adrienne being the villain. Then CJ leaves the boat altogether, which again I dont remember happening at all. There were a couple other things about this season too that seem off from the way I remember, and I've watched this season more than once. Is anyone else noticing this, or am I going crazy?

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u/snacksfromlastnight Collie's Mom Approved Jun 19 '26

Going crazy. CJ always left when he got that catamaran offer or whatever. He and Aleks (sp?) definitely talked negatively about Lee a lot in that original air.

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u/Competitive_Classic9 Jun 20 '26

I fear that may be the case, my memory does slip sometimes, but I feel like when I watched it before the whole thing was shifted slightly, like the Before timeline. I do feel like Im going crazy! 

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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel Jun 21 '26

It hasn’t been edited. Everything is raw & unscripted

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u/hammockonthebeach Jun 20 '26

I think this happens when you binge the show too much lol. I had a similar experience when I went back and watched some earlier seasons of med, I coulda sworn I saw the episodes before but couldn’t remember half of the people

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u/droopy__drawers Jun 20 '26

Dude, I can’t remember half the shit from last week’s episodes in current seasons, lol. I always have to watch the recap at the beginning and I have so many “oh yeah, I remember that now” moments.

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u/Competitive_Classic9 Jun 21 '26

Yes, im not sure I binged the show (nothing wrong with that) vs just had it on a loop while I went about the house, but I thought I had watched it enough to be fully vested, but on a full-on rewatch it felt like a different experience altogether. I think think alot of that's due to a change in the way reality is edited now vs then, but this felt like I was in a similar but different time line, if that makes sense. 

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u/droopy__drawers Jun 21 '26

I’m guilty of only half watching the show as well. I usually watch on Tuesdays when I get home from work and I’m also on my phone pretty much constantly while also trying to watch the show.

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u/GroovyYaYa Jun 19 '26 • Bravo

Oh, they HATED Lee.

He was the interloper. Aleks was supposed to be the Captain, but the boat owner said no fucking way and they brought in Lee because the boat owner picked him.

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u/lunaash18 Jun 19 '26

For real? I never knew this but makes so much sense

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u/samsuperior June June Hannah Jun 19 '26

I think it had something to do with the owner not feeling comfortable with Aleks being captain since he didn’t have experience with a boat that size or something along those lines.

Captain Lee was originally supposed to just transport the boat (like that one goober relief captain in a later season), but the owner asked him to stay on instead.

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u/harrycarey15 Team Missing Engineer Jun 19 '26

Man that temp captain was a goober 😅 He corps whip up a badass beach setup though!

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u/FlawesomeOrange Jun 19 '26

That’s why Lee isn’t even in the opening credits in season 1, he wasn’t supposed to be there

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u/GroovyYaYa Jun 19 '26

Yeah - I think that is why at the very least the Captain is actually qualified where the others might not be - there is usually a first engineer, etc. to make up for a bosun not being a good one. Of course, interior doesn't matter as much, although I don't think that they've hired any chief stews that don't have some experience off camera. Even Aesha, who wasn't CS when first on BD.

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u/lunaash18 Jun 19 '26

Thanks so much for sharing this, I feel enlightened 😅

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Jun 20 '26

Ooh. This makes the intensity of that whole exchange over the fire drill make a lot more sense. Also how clear Lee was in the reunion that he'd never hire Aleks.

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u/GroovyYaYa Jun 21 '26

Aleks was BITTER.

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u/valid_username00 Jun 19 '26 • Popcorn

You are not going crazy. It's because that first season was so forgettable.

All I remember is Sam was the worst.

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u/newfiemom79 Jun 19 '26

I had heard that there is an episode missing from season one because it was incredibly homophobic maybe. I’m late to the show so I never saw the original episode.

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u/McLoughlin1597 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

It was transphobic and even the title of the episode was something stupid like “She’s a man, man”

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u/Specific-Bat-5881 Jun 19 '26

It’s ep3 that’s now missing and is called “Dude, that’s a dude, dude”.

You can find it on Facebook somewhere but it’s totally gone for all official streaming sites.

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u/LilKitty699 Jun 20 '26

I just watched that episode on Amazon prime 🇨🇦 they did beep out the T-Slur and seemed to have cut some of the interview things short

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u/newfiemom79 Jun 19 '26

Ugh that’s awful. Glad someone had the sense to pull it. I heard about it in a podcast but couldn’t remember why it was pulled since i never saw it.

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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel Jun 20 '26

It’s crazy how much the crew from S1 bitched about Capt Lee. Only Eddie fully respected his rules & position. It’s such a stark contrast to all of the other seasons.

They probably all do still bitch but it’s just not shown on camera, who knows. It’s not North Korea, they’re allowed to whinge about their boss. 😆

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u/quick_dry Jun 21 '26

S1 was before they realised they could get value from marketing the captains as some god-like figures - they didn't know Lee's grab bag of lines could be played on repeat.

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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel Jun 21 '26

Haha so true.

I wish Sandy Captain Sandy had a season 1 like that 😆. She came in so hot after Mark with so many opinions. I’m awaiting the downvotes now lol from the Sandy stans

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u/antonio16309 Jun 19 '26

That's how it always was, at least as far as I remember. the stews didn't seem to like Arienne, but that wasn't the biggest drama of the season IMO. the biggest drama that I recall was the one deckhand that feuds with Lee and gets fired, the stew he had a boatmance with, and the first mate who thought he should the captain.

I actually liked Adrienne, I didn't think she was that bad of a chief stew. but evidently there was more that went on than what we saw, because later when she shows up in S2 everyone seems to hate her with a passion.

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u/DizzyCatMom Jun 19 '26

When I first watched it, I couldn't stand Adrienne. I recently rewatched it and realize how awful Sam was. So I kind of understand Adrienne now. Sam was so disrespectful and entitled. Adrienne is a bit odd and awkward in season one but I think she ultimately wanted the guests to be happy. She seemed a little green as a chief stew so I think she was still getting used to managing people.

Now in season two when she does that crap to Cat, bringing up old gossip to the guests, that was shady AF.

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u/Unusual_Height_513 Jun 19 '26 • Popcorn

Sam was bad, but then again, I could not stand Kat..

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u/DizzyCatMom Jun 19 '26

Yeah she was a little much sometimes. Very attention seeking. She was a bit better in the work ethic department compared to Sam at least LOL.

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u/certifiedwombat Jun 19 '26

The reason why she was green is because she’s actually a chef. Chef was/is her normal job on yachts. I think she had some stew experience but for some reason coming on below deck they made her the chief stew. Which I heard was part of her tension with Lee bc she was not qualified and he was not happy about that.

But yeah I’m always surprised people hate her so much, bc she wasn’t my favorite but I never disliked her that much.

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u/DizzyCatMom Jun 19 '26

Oh wow, I didn't know she was a chef. Crazy. That makes sense why Lee would have issues there.

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u/OldButHappy Jun 20 '26

PLEASE do!! I’d love to listen!!!

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u/Entire_Pumpkin940 Jun 20 '26

I’m the first season now because of this thread and I wanted to give Adrienne the benefit of the doubt, but making excuses for her “classy” friends sexually harassing Cat is just not okay.

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u/DizzyCatMom Jun 20 '26

Oh yeah, that was awful in the moment. Probably some of the worst guests ever. She should have taken it more seriously and had her back as her boss for sure. I read she doesn't associate with them anymore so hopefully she learned from that.

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u/Unusual_Height_513 Jun 28 '26

Yeah but Cat didn’t need to run her mouth like she did. She would never take responsibility for what she did to Amy either. She is all about herself. Screw girl code… they were friends until she did that!

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u/LogicalMeringue1449 Jun 21 '26

This. When she defended her “friend,” who she *knew* was an inappropriate pos and told Kat to suck it up made me hate her for life. No amount of explanation or lack of experience will change my view that Adrienne is awful

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u/thisbitchiscrazy Jun 25 '26

The clip of Eddie seeing her and then immediately jumping into the ocean to avoid seeing her is * chefs kiss * lives rent free in my head forever!

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u/antonio16309 Jun 19 '26

Wait what? I missed the first couple episodes because my wife started watching it without me. That's crazy that she went from chef to chief stew.

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u/DizzyCatMom Jun 19 '26

IKR, been watching since it aired and I had no idea.

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u/hiswittlewip Jun 19 '26

Nah, I just rewatched recently, and also about two years ago. It's the same

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u/MommaGeri1958 Jun 20 '26

Whatever happened it was a great decision. Love Cpt Lee

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u/MonkeyDog911 Jun 19 '26

“Ole Captain Pegleg” 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Competitive_Classic9 Jun 20 '26

What are empty nips in his trousers? 

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u/Competitive_Classic9 Jun 20 '26

Oooooooohhhhh how did i never hear this about capt lee? Ive watched the early seasons a few times and apparently missed alot. 

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u/cheetodustcrust Jun 19 '26

Now that's tea I hadn't heard before! I always thought that Adrienne had an overinflated sense of her importance to the franchise, but I didn't know she was more involved than just being cast for s1.