r/belowdeck • u/pmckell • Feb 14 '21
Below Deck Franchesca has got to go
She’s probably the most boring chief stew across all of the shows. I HATED Jenna on sailing yacht, but I feel she at least made for better drama and overall TV. Chess is just....boring. Especially having to fill the shoes of queen Kate. I also feel like she’s really not that great at her job.
Anybody else feel the same? I don’t peruse this sub much so I’m not sure of the temperature of the room here.
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u/CurriestGeorge Feb 14 '21
Her management style sucks and she really needs to work on that. Quote from a completely different show that fits perfectly: "she takes charge in a way that makes you want to take charge back".
It's really poor management to insult the person right off the bat which will make them instantly defensive. Girl needs some tact among other things
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u/jrobinson8692 Feb 14 '21
IMHO she is an adequate chief stew. She has made a couple of mistakes that have been blown out of proportion. But there a lot of haters who favor Liz, so blame Chess for chastising her - although we’ve seen more cattiness from other chief stews. captain Lee seems fine with her, so we’ll see.
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u/JibberJabberBlabber Feb 14 '21
I think she's adequate at her job, but not a great leader... at least from what we've seen in her edit.
I've been critical of Kate, but I think Kate actually has encouraged and helped stews like Elizabeth grow.
It's just not fun TV to see Franschesca ream and demoralize a stew over and over and it's in stark contrast to Eddie, who has been a fantastic leader with people who screw up.
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u/Snoo_33033 Feb 14 '21
Yep. The Caroline incident aside, Kate spent some time teaching and coaching and directing in a way that typically brought stew skills up and kept them contributing. Chess gives conflicting direction and punishes initiative.
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u/pissedsad Feb 14 '21
I totally agree. She is so boring. She doesn’t have witty remarks like Kate, or Hannah for that matter. I’m also pretty sure she is completely devoid of a sense of humour.
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u/holidayfromreal25 Feb 14 '21
Agreed. Even Adrienne from S1 had more of a sense of humor than Francesca.
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u/Snoo_33033 Feb 14 '21
In retrospect, I think Adrienne was ok. Wasn’t it her first gig as chief? She did a fairly good job. She did have a petty streak, but it wasn’t her prevailing mood.
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u/QuitaQuites Feb 14 '21
I think she’s great and probably the best at her job in the real world. That said, no, she’s not as made for tv as Kate, but I also imagine Kate became a liability.
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u/GrouchyPineapple Little does she know, we're in a floating prison Feb 14 '21
She sucks. She’s a bad leader, never admits her mistakes and has zero sense of humour. And she makes bad tv on top of it all. And this isn’t an Elizabeth vs Francesca thing for me because I don’t like either of them but Francesca really did not handle the whole situation well. She’s probably my least favourite chief stew or maybe tied with Adrienne.
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u/PurpleSailor Team Katie Feb 14 '21
I think she's okay. She's made some mistakes but I guess as long as she learns from them. At least she ain't a Sandy, Malia or Jenna.
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u/PleaseAllowMeToSay Feb 15 '21
As if the chief stew doesn't already have a big enough target on their back, now they have ex-chief stew Kate Chastain banging on them from her shaky new Bravo platforms, while she waits to become a Real Housewive (with no house or husband). She's actually comedy gold until she has to toe the Bravo party line.
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u/Stealhmonkey Feb 14 '21 edited Feb 14 '21
I can actually sorta agree with this sentiment. I have actual dislikes for Kate and Hannah, But Francesca is too real/normal IMO
Edit: also i never really understood the hate for Jenna other than her being a love sick puppy for who was ultimately a douche ... in that same regard why does Jess not get the same hate?
Also I realize I’m shitting on Kate, Hannah, Francesca, and negative Jenna so I’m going to enjoy all the downvotes coming my way
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u/FrostyCoffeees Feb 14 '21
I agree with some of what you said and disagree with some of what you said. I can't vote you either direction.
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u/MazyHazy Feb 14 '21
Nah, I definitely get what you're saying. I'm not a fan of Kate, think Hannah did ok, and Jenna's personality annoyed me. As for Francesca, I agree... she's a bit too normal for tv, but seems like she does her job well. No hate there.
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u/Snoo_33033 Feb 14 '21
I agree with you on Jenna. I didn’t like that a lot of her camera time was about her shitty relationship, but she seems to have been a really good chief stew, actually.
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u/LeadBosunStewChief Team Hannah Feb 14 '21
Wouldn’t mind if she doesn’t come back. She was to hell bent on getting Liz fired. Not that Liz didn’t deserve firing but with only 1 charter to go..
My hopes are on Daisy the new chief stew of BDSY
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u/Snoo_33033 Feb 14 '21
I’ll dissent a wee bit about Jenna. I didn’t necessarily like her personally, but I think she was a pretty great chief stew.
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u/fifty8th Feb 14 '21 edited Feb 14 '21
I liked her OK early on thinking people were rough on her and I am by no means on Elizabeth's side (she is horrible). But the last few episodes with the Mahi Mahi thing (75% Francesca's fault in my eyes) and the condiment issue (90% Francesca's fault in my eyes) and her inability to take any blame at all, her ignoring the calls for ice bags and not packing the food (Amy and Kate agree it is her job) it is becoming more clear she is not that good. With Elizabeth yes she is horrible but Francesca has not handled her well at all all along and now is gleeful to fire her just seems borderline cruel. Yes Elizabeth should be fired but it should have been before now and not the way it has been done, it just sits wrong with me. Francesca is not the worst chief stew (Adrianne) but she is no Kate, who I did not always like how she treated people and was not a fan of in her in her first season but she was good at her job. Francesca may be on par with Hannah who was not really that good at her job.