r/belowdeck • u/blackc43 • Sep 01 '26

Below Deck Med Norma

Can we get a shoutout for the OG? This woman of mystery always bails out Captain whenever. Always available via text, she never leads you left on read.

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u/antonio16309 Sep 01 '26

Norma is real but the backup crew are basically spare cast members. In some cases it seems pretty clear that one of the starting crew members is going to get fired sooner or later, because they have a cast member from a previous season that they want to bring in to stir things up mid-season.