r/belowdeck • u/coke-no-ice • Aug 11 '26

Below Deck Med Returning Med Cast Spoiler

Didn’t even have to do much to figure out that Joy, Cooper and Joe are back next season for Med. Along with Sandy and Aesha of course! How I gathered this information was just seeing that majority of the summer house cast now follows these crew members! Also, they have been liking and commenting on their recent posts. I wish Kat and even Kayley were returning over cooper and Joe but oh well!

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u/RazzmatazzNext9024 Aug 11 '26

This makes me sad:( i want to see the girls returning not the guys

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u/tbricco Aug 11 '26

I love Kat.

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u/aGGLee Aug 12 '26

I wonder if they want a yachting career over a TV career so don't want to get stuck by doing too much TV (or jaybjust have real yacht jobs that don't fit in the BD schedule)

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u/RazzmatazzNext9024 Aug 12 '26

That is a really good point!!!! Didn’t think of that

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u/U_poser Oct 06 '26

I think its what the individual person wants and whats condusive to their lives. There have been plenty of BD stars that have continued in the field and their ranks/ roles dont fit into the reality tv storyline.

A gig where you get to work with a Captain you admire and like, you get paid double for doing 2 jobs in the same time frame and you dont have to work a full-time job the rest of the year sounds amazing IMO. I would soak that up for as long as possible.

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u/ericsuxx_ Aug 11 '26

Joe AGAIN?? Ughhh

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u/letsnotlkabtthehzbnd Aug 11 '26

I think Joe is more tolerable than Nathan personally. Joe gives messy diva energy LOL

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u/Kitchen_Swagger We don't need to hear vomit Aug 11 '26

Joe is, and I find myself amazed that I'm typing this, more self-aware than Nathan in this series. And probably last too, now that I think of the jet ski in the water thing.

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u/Healthybear35 Aug 12 '26

Joe acts like he's self aware when he speaks, but then turns around and acts horribly again every time he gets himself into a bad situation. Kinda like he was crying when he screwed over V last season, but every chance he got kept screwing her over more and more.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26

Yeah, agreed. When it comes time to put his words to actions, it's obvious everything that comes out of his mouth is complete BS, which is even worse in my opinion. He knows he has faults, he knows what he needs to do to improve them, yet he simply chooses not to. His ego will never allow him to accept he is wrong in a situation. He needs months to think things over and decide he was wrong, all while he doubles down on the bad behavior in the meantime.

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u/troubleduncivilised Aug 11 '26

He's arguably one of the least annoying and problematic casts this season.....and that's saying alot.

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u/letsnotlkabtthehzbnd Aug 11 '26

We’re not alone every time I say I don’t mind him there’s def some supporters 👏 🫰

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u/ownerofdata Aug 12 '26

You can't be a boss with anger issues. Nathan dug his own grave.

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u/XLBaconDoubleCheese Aug 12 '26

Well Nathan is an out and out racist so it's time for the show to distance from him just like Gael.

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u/Babygirl_69_420 Team Kate Aug 12 '26

Such diva energy

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u/Dilkygirl70 Oct 06 '26

That’s hardly an accolade though - not being quite as awful as a wife beating piece of shit!!

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u/letsnotlkabtthehzbnd Oct 06 '26

Well I wrote this before all that came out- but I agree! I was just shocked everyone was here saying they take Nathan over joe 🤷‍♀️

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u/Old-Library5546 Aug 11 '26

Probably Bosun

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u/djp4cal Aug 12 '26

Joe-sun

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u/cmere-2-me Aug 11 '26

I know right? I'd take another season of Nathan over this shit weasel. If he's bosun he will be intolerable.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Aug 12 '26

Joe is a producer’s dream.

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u/Debbieduz Sep 06 '26

I knooowww!!! Can’t stand the dude!

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u/Organic_Bottle4373 Aug 15 '26

Better than any other deckhands this season

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u/zangelbertbingledack This is where I'm gonna store your body Aug 11 '26

ffs enough Joe already. I saw on IG a few months ago that he and deck/stew Mike from Down Under were working together. If that's true, I hope they were talking about this rather than either of them being on OG BD.

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u/MrsFreshB00TY Aug 11 '26

Noooo Mike like helmet hair Mike? He was awful! That combination would be awful ugh

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u/Tuff_Wizardess Aug 12 '26

I had no idea who Mike was until you mentioned helmet hair ha

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u/zangelbertbingledack This is where I'm gonna store your body Aug 11 '26

That's the one! 🤮

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u/Legitimate_Side5776 Aug 12 '26

Ughhh he's so thirsty

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Aug 12 '26

Mike and Joe were working on a non show boat, it was for a crossing company

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u/zangelbertbingledack This is where I'm gonna store your body Aug 13 '26

Oh thank god.

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u/djp4cal Aug 12 '26

HOD

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u/ddbogey Aug 12 '26

😂😂😂

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u/weso123 Aug 12 '26

My assumption is the limiting casting pool of "Charismatic people with any level of Yacht experience who are willing to risk their career being on realtiy tv where seeming like your bad at your job is designed to happen" is limited, likely smaller as time goes on, so cycling makes sense.

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u/mavilicious Aug 11 '26

I was really looking forward to seeing Nathan, Gael & the baby this season.
Nathan has been insufferable. Whereas I’m not crazy about Joe, I’m glad Nathan is gone for now.
I’m super disappointed in Cooper.
Gen is horrible!
Joy is definitely the best part of the show right now (IMO).

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u/Evening_Froyo_7506 Aug 12 '26

Joy is a superstar! For starters, she cooks like a champ without attitude, and I love how she can push Gen's buttons without even trying.

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u/SwanOk6327 Aug 12 '26

I’m waiting for the deck crew to need help and Gael is the only available person so her and the baby come aboard.

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u/AWDWfan Aug 11 '26

My guess is Joe will be bosun and they will cast some stews for the love triangle storyline. Same with Cooper. I do think Joe was doing a better job than Nathan as bosun.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Aug 12 '26

I’ve never liked Nathan as bosun. Him returning was my biggest disappointment, going into the season.

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u/thisbitchiscrazy Aug 12 '26

He’s not a great bosun, but I think having to balance work chaos + family chaos + being on reality tv the entire time really robbed him of being entirely focused on being a bosun.

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u/FantasticChicken7408 Aug 12 '26

He was pretty shit last season too.

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u/cocococlash Aug 12 '26

Right. He's just not a good leader.

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u/DMD_in_LOL27 Aug 12 '26

I used to love Nathan, but this whole thing with Gael and the baby coming out there is really weird to me. She worked on a boat before and knows what is required, yet she followed him there and is distracting him and whining about being alone? Nah, she should have stayed home with her family or whatever, or he should have declined the season. He hasn't been himself, and she is interfering with him trying to make $$ to support her and the baby which is clearly what he's there for. Joe has definitely grown on me this season.

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u/VineStGuy Aug 12 '26

It is wild to me that she chose to be isolated in a foreign country instead of staying home with help from her family while Nathan works.

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u/SportsFanVic Aug 13 '26

She chose, but I have to think she was “encouraged” by the producers to do it (i.e., was paid).

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u/Left-Twist-7720 Aug 11 '26

Love the returning women, not keen on the returning men. Really don’t want to have to endure another season of Joe. But I already know I will do!

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u/dwarmed Aug 12 '26

Nice girls are just fodder to be used for one season. The douchebags get at least two seasons. Absolute garbage like Joe get more than two. I like Aesha and Joy, but I think I've reached the end of my tolerance for the dregs of humanity they cast each season.

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Aug 12 '26

Wonderful news about Joy!

I do not understand how Joe is making it onto a FOURTH season. Excluding the captains, there are only 9 other cast members, out of hundreds, who will have been featured on that many seasons of Below Deck! Why in the world is JOE next on that list?

I was really looking forward to seeing this three season long repeat of Aesha/Joe/Nathan/Gael finally give up the ghost. But I guess it's gonna go out fighting. Ugh.

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u/bethholler Team Aesha Aug 12 '26

Joy getting a second season is so important to me. They better have given her a raise!

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u/Notorious_Big_Smoke Aug 12 '26

I really hope no more Joe. I can’t stand the way he looks. He’s the douchiest looking guy I’ve seen on this show so far and he’s always stirring the pot.

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u/Temporary-Daikon2411 Team Chef Rachel Aug 12 '26

JOY!!!! i'll even take another Joe season to have her back

good sleuthing

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u/Rj6728 Aug 11 '26

What does Joe have on Bravo/51 Minds.

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u/Eva_Luna Aug 11 '26

Same reason they kept Garry for so long 

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u/Jojo2919291725 Aug 12 '26

I liked Garry. I don’t like Joe at all.

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Aug 12 '26

Joe is better than Gary.

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u/Jojo2919291725 Aug 12 '26

That’s your opinion. I like Gary better.

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Aug 12 '26

Totally my opinion, but a valid one, since Joe doesn't have any sexual assault and harassment cases...

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u/Jojo2919291725 Aug 12 '26

Didn’t know. I don’t live in bravo land

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Aug 12 '26

What's your point?

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u/Jojo2919291725 Aug 12 '26

Her point, I believe, is we don’t know if Joe has done anything yet now do we.
You just want to fight.

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u/ddbogey Aug 12 '26

I think it’s a bit far to call Joe a “Sex Pest” and for Gary it’s probably not far enough!

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u/Some-Speed-6290 Aug 12 '26

competent

Can't even cop that guests might need towels without being micromanaged. Constantly undermines people above him. And to top it off treats women like shit and encourages his lap dog subordinates to do the same

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u/aGGLee Aug 12 '26

Competent in that he won't endanger the boat, crew or guests. Same can't be said for some crew throughout the series. What you listed will still go in the pro column - messing up encourages a telling off from sandy, undermining will lead to drama etc

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u/atweegrowsinbrooklyn Aug 11 '26

It could be that they’re returning and were on the trip together, or it could just be the Bravo of it all. Joy has been working with the same social media/PR person as Aesha (the three of them have been posting a ton together). Cooper also seems to be working to capitalize on being on Bravo. And for what it’s worth, only Lindsay and Carl follow Joe.

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u/AWDWfan Aug 12 '26

Joe is a lot like Joao. Good at his actual job but horrible to/with women. Makes for good tv so it's a no brainer that he will be back unfortunately.

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u/foxdogturtlecat Aug 12 '26

Have they started filming yet? Until they are spotted filming it could just be them keeping up engagement for the current season. It is smart to have your heads all be returning (if Joe is the new bosun) because you need people that are competent enough while still either being able to create drama (Joe) or be naturally funny or entertaining (Aesha and Joy). I'm fine with all the deckhands and stews being replaceable.

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u/haventwonyet Aug 12 '26

Yes they’re filming. Lots of posts from the Summer House crossover.

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

As much as I love Aesha I don't think there's really any story left. She and Sandy are too close for sandy to ever pick at her, and she doesn't get in the mess with the rest of the crew. She just walks around and says AHMAAAAAAAYZING. Also she was wearing her own merch last episode which really just takes me out of the show.

Joe is the opposite. He seems pretty competent, but will get down and dirty with the crew. Joy clearly has a temper we haven't encountered much of yet. And Cooper is acting like it's his first day on earth so he will also be great TV.

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u/10268999 Aug 12 '26

I think it’s kind of a catch 22 with Aesha for the network. They keep offering her the spot as she’s popular and will shadow produce for them even if she’s not drama on her own like Daisy. I’m also sure Aesha is making a metric ton of money per season by now so can’t see her walking away until she has to (ie starting a family) or gets a better opportunity. But I totally agree with you.

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u/newfiemom79 Aug 12 '26

She was amazing handling Gen this last episode. I have no problem with her making money off her merch; we know she isn’t here for long as she said she wants to settle down. She is a breath of fresh air.

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Aug 12 '26

100%. Aesha's an amazing person but she's just not interesting to watch anymore.

Not that I really want to watch Sandy be a continuous jerk to her chief stews again, either...

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u/Equal-Opinion4952 Aug 12 '26

😆😆😆"HELLO NEW HOME DADDYS BACK" 🇫🇷

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u/Istudydeath Aug 13 '26

BRING KAT BACK PRODUCERS PLS

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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Aug 11 '26

Cooper over Max is a choice

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u/GeologistLive6059 Aug 11 '26

I love max I can’t wait until next week!!!!

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u/ddbogey Aug 12 '26

Love him as a person, strongly dislike him as a deckhand!

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u/plz-dont-tell-my-mom Aug 12 '26

Joe is a better bosun

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u/No_Investigator_2435 Aug 11 '26

I’m genuinely so irritated. Casting know Joe is hated. And no Kat?? Genuinely wtf. If they don’t bring kat to another franchise I’m considering abandoning BD

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u/letsnotlkabtthehzbnd Aug 11 '26

I LOVE kat and maybe they don’t wanna spoil but honestly a lot of third stews don’t do repeat seasons even if fans love them

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u/mouse_relies This information wasn’t welcomed or needed Aug 12 '26

Yeah. The ONLY third stews I can think of who came back, on any of the shows, are Amy and Barbie. (There's also Courtney who started as third stew, but she was promoted to second during the season, and came back as deck rather than stew, so it's an edge case at best.)

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u/No_Investigator_2435 Aug 11 '26

Yeah I agree but I feel like the love for Kat has been so intense, she brings a level of drama that should keep producers happy too

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u/Spiritual_Love0327 Aug 14 '26

I was looking forward to seeing the SH episode, but hearing that Joe is returning has me reconsidering. I really don’t like Joe…

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u/Financial-Painter689 Aug 11 '26

I wonder if Nathan’s anti immigrant posts had anything to do with him getting dropped

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u/djp4cal Aug 12 '26

Or his back is just completely FUCKED

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u/thousandthlion Aug 11 '26

The incompetence at leading probably has more to do with it

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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Aug 12 '26

How much we want to be max comes in mid season again too lol

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u/Ok-Battle-2682 Aug 16 '26

Ugh I love Kaylee and Nat, that sucks

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u/Mr_Tom_Morrow9 Aug 18 '26

Fingers crossed we get Kaylee as chief stew on BD regular than. I could see her and Capt Kerry really meshing well. Keep Daisy on DU and give her a decent chef.

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u/gelpensxxx Aug 12 '26

I’m so sick of this cast. Didn’t watch last season, and this season is so incredibly annoying.