Below Deck Down Under

This season, from a captain’s point of view,

I have to look after my standards.

It’s five-star silver service.

As a team, we’re not going to settle

for any less than perfection.

Come on, come on!

Oh!

All right, let’s get this out of the way.

We’re doing one for the team.

Is that a banana in your pants or are you happy to see me?

Yes, captain, yeah!

Welcome to Australia, ladies and gentlemen.

This season, I’m not going to take any sh-- from people.

I’m a tough bitch now.

And that’s how you have a boyfriend and I don’t.

The first thing I thought about

when I got out of bed was money and alcohol.

This is so good.

It’s like an orgasm in my mouth.

I beat myself up.

I bet someone else could do this better than me.

This is us together trying to get to the end game, okay?

I have three therapists that are not really working.

We have all these cool, beautiful, good-looking people.

We all have sexual chemistry.

So Harry likes Margot, who likes Luke.

And Laura likes Adam, but also wants Luke.

It’s a love pentagon.

Take your foot off the pedal right now.

We’re a team, this is our home.

We’re not dragging any anchors around.

-Get that fender over. -Stand by, stand by.

Don’t let that hit.

I’ve got no control over the bow.

-Oh no, oh no, oh no! -Get a line on.

I’m afraid it’s going to explode.

Why do you guys not understand that I’m lactose intolerant?

Oh ----ing sh--.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

There needs to be some sort of chat with the crew.

That’s enough.

I’m going to terminate your employment.

What the ?

You need to get off the boat tonight.

Wow, this is going to be interesting.

Only one prop, eh?

Very nostalgic.

Hi!

Oh, I’m so excited to see you.

Hello.

This is amazing.

Should we go up to the bridge?

Yep.

Oh, look at this.

It’s like an old expedition boat, eh?

1977 converted fishing troller.

-Good greeting room. -Love all these ships.

It’s so interesting.

If we ever sink, we can probably jump on that.

Yeah, yeah.

This is pretty impressive.

Oh, here’s the master.

This is very grand.

It’s like an old explorer’s room.

Good spa, good bath.

Northern Sun is a 1977 Japanese fishing vessel

that’s been converted to a luxury super yacht.

It’s got massive dive locker,

huge forward toy storage,

two big tenders, fully set up.

It’s the perfect vessel because this season we’re in Cairns.

Right at the foothills of the most spectacular

underwater scenery you’ll ever see.

It’s adventure yachting.

It’s perfect for exploration.

I think it’s beautiful.

Fantastic.

So your stewardess’s look good.

Laura, the second, she’s had some good experience.

-Oh, Chief stew. -Yep.

-Okay. -Margot, your third stewardess.

She’s still on charter on another boat.

She’s not going to be here for a couple of days.

-So... -Oh, no.

You’re going to have to start this first charter on day one.

With just two of us.

And then she’s flying in straight from a charter.

Can we get the boat ready without her?

-Yeah. -Okay.

I feel so excited.

I just want to smash the first charter.

-Big day. -Bloody big day.

All righty.

This season, as a Chief stew,

no one’s going to walk all over me.

Hasn’t been done...

I’m so very sick today.

Were you on the phone to your boyfriend?

Is that why you’re working so slow?

I never work slow.

I think we find an experienced replacement.

I’m going to be a tough bitch.

Well, a tougher bitch.

I’m going to be direct because I don’t know

if it’s quite in me to be a bitch.

Last year you stepped up big time.

-Yeah, thank you. -Do it again.

-Yep. -Right-o.

Looks like we’re going on an expedition.

Just don’t know about that wind and weather.

Oh, Jesus. These are huge.

-Luke. -Captain.

-Yeah, how are you buddy? -Very good.

-Cool. -That’s a strong handshake.

I like it.

Welcome, mate. You’ve been to Cairns before?

I have.

I had six months up here on a boat, which is nice.

Well, this is an old converted 1977 vessel.

She’s got five meters draft.

So given the boat, the age and single screw,

it’s actually quite difficult to drive.

Is this something new for you?

Well, a single screw variable pitch 1977.

You don’t get many of them.

-We got this. -We have.

Lucky I like a challenge because I’ve got one.

It’s a converted fishing vessel.

They modernized the interior for the guest, but not for me.

It’s not a push button electronic boat.

It’s the way things used to be.

It’s like a vintage car.

And it’s going to take everything I’ve learned

in 25 years to drive this.

I’m at Cairns where I like crashing boats.

Dinner rush was interrupted by an unexpected guest.

We shut down all engines,

dropped an anchor and selected a spot

where there was no personnel.

A bit of navigating around the reefs.

I’m looking at that anchor island being like,

that’s commercial.

-A bit of work, isn’t it? -Yeah.

I love the nostalgia of it all. It’s going to be fun.

All right. I’ll head down.

Thanks so much. Nice to meet you.

All right.

-How are you? -Hello.

Hi, I’m Luke. Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you. Aesha. -Aesha. Pleasure.

-Hello. -Chef.

Tzarina.

-Hi, Captain, How are you? -Pleased to meet you.

-Pleased to meet you. -Welcome aboard.

Just look at how big this is.

Whoa. Look at this place!

You’ve got yourself a nice little CV.

-Do you think? -Yeah.

You’ve done some stuff here.

You’re pretty diverse.

Oh, let’s see.

People describe me as weird.

It was difficult growing up.

I went to a private Christian German school

as a bisexual Jewish woman.

I was a little sh-- at school.

I just used to set fire to everything.

I was fascinated with it.

So I went a little bit off the rails.

After school, my mother was like,

you’ve got to do something.

So I did cooking school.

It was the only thing I was good at.

And I was like, oh my God. I’m a chef. This is it.

And now I’m 30 and I’m still doing it.

I’ll let you find your way.

Thank you so much.

30. Flirty. Thriving.

Ohh...

I’m sweating me tits off.

Who’s that?

-Cheffy! -Cheffy!

-I’m Tzarina, by the way. -Tzarina?

How are you feeling?

I mean, I’m okay, but they’ve lost my suitcase.

Oh, no.

And just, yeah.

Well, if you need to borrow anything of mine until...

That’s so annoying.

And they’re real expensive, too, eh?

Yeah.

I have no makeup. I have nothing.

Well, I was thinking, me and you should share.

Jesus, the rooms are huge.

Here we go.

-You meet Captain, right? -Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Jesus, I would climb that like a tree. Oomph.

-Hi! -I’m Laura.

Aesha!