shitshow<\/a> that was Joe\u2019s involvement with Bri and Ellie, both stews, last season. Any sane person would think, Do I seriously want to go through all of that again? But sane people do not work on superyachts, and they most definitely do not sign contracts with Bravo. We know from the moment Joe steps foot on the Bravado that things are going to get messy again.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Sandy monitors an incoming storm and makes an executive decision to stay on the dock for the charter\u2019s first night. Arriving is primary Ladonna with about half of the world\u2019s most finicky eaters. Two of them are vegan, and as we\u2019ll see, the rest of them have strong opinions. Since the Bravado won\u2019t sail for the night, Sandy plans a land excursion for the guests with the team. Aesha puts V on the job, and Nathan decides to send out Joe. Both of them speak Spanish, and Joe, who grew up not too far away, knows the city well. \u201cBuenos d\u00edas, guapo,\u201d V offers, immediately setting the tone for their jaunt. Aesha describes their incipient dynamic like this: \u201cThat\u2019s a wee little innocent fish and a big bad shark.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it might be Kizzi, rather than Joe, who is the shark V needs to watch out for. In the crew mess, V and Joe chat about the boat\u2019s gym when Kizzi offers herself as a barbell for Joe to do bicep curls with. Earlier, when Joe first arrived onboard, V ran to Kizzi to say how attractive she found Joe, innocently demonstrating her interest. I have defended Kizzi for five episodes, but her behavior is starting to become grating. I support any woman\u2019s right to have sex with whomever they wish however often they like, but it\u2019s unbecoming to be desperate for male attention, especially when it means hurting another woman. I know I\u2019m getting ahead of myself here \u2014 the guy literally hasn\u2019t been onboard a day \u2014 but we all know where this is going \u2026<\/p>\n
Mercifully, hookup drama is not the immediate concern of the Bravado\u2019s Barcelona days. Ladonna\u2019s friends complain about every single thing that hits their lunch table. Before their arrival, Josh was feeling confident in his ability to deliver on good vegan options \u2014\u00a0he lived on a vegan hippie commune for nine months, where he harvested his own food and did other things involving bowel movements and photoshoots that we don\u2019t have to discuss right now, as I would prefer to forget them. Already on the lineup, before he has even come onboard, guest\/villain Carlos gives him a hard time: \u201cWe\u2019re vegan,\u201d he announces, as if Josh doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
But knowing ahead of time sadly does nothing to minimize the stress of serving Carlos food. After Sandy breaks the news about weathering the storm on dock \u2014 which, to be fair, the guests take pretty well, though at first Josh worried that it would dampen their mood \u2014 interior starts rolling out Josh\u2019s meticulously prepared lunch. He serves salads, zucchini, corn, oysters and caviar, Hamachi tuna, butter beans, radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes, on top of chickpea and tomato stew. Half the guests don\u2019t want to eat the food, and the other half doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s enough food. Carlos complains that it\u2019s not hearty enough a meal and that it all seems like \u201cappetizers,\u201d though maybe, just maybe, he\u2019d be sated if he ate what was on offer. Instead, people start ordering things: Can the oysters be fried? Can they have a vegan wrap? Some French fries? Some prawns?<\/p>\n
These guests have obviously failed to consider that they\u2019re not at a restaurant \u2014 they\u2019re on a boat, which is big compared to other boats and very small compared to, well, anything else. There is only one person making food; there is no menu. You can\u2019t customize your order when there is no menu! Still, Carlos \u2014 who, I\u2019d like to emphasize, is not the primary \u2014 decides to visit the galley after lunch to have a talk with the chef and demand more \u201ccreativity.\u201d Josh promises a big, filling spread for dinner, and on the way out, Carlos throws out his wrap in front of the chef. Josh would\u2019ve been justified to lose his mind then and there, but he goes to check in with Ladonna about dinner. They agree to serve the meal family style to accommodate everyone\u2019s dietary quirks, and then Ladonna and her friend Chandra begin ordering again. Can they have pasta and risotto and fried chicken wings and snapper and vegan options?<\/p>\n
As Josh questions his life choices and Kizzi and Aesha set up for the Americana cowboy-themed dinner, V and Joe take the guests on their excursion and avail themselves of the opportunity to flirt in the wild. On the Bravado, Kizzi tells Nathan that she finds Joe attractive and that it\u2019s hard to remember her gentleman at home when she\u2019s horny. Impending boatmance implosion aside, the deck team seems rejuvenated by Joe\u2019s arrival. Nathan and Joe goof off all day while still managing to get things done, and Nathan is impressed by V when she shows him how well she can throw a line. Aesha needs V to help with cabins, so Nathan helps with dinner service. At least for now, the two departments are operating like a well-oiled machine.<\/p>\n
Though dinner is shaping up to redeem lunch\u2019s disaster, Carlos is determined to rain on Josh\u2019s parade. He starts complaining that he\u2019s hungry in the vans on the way back, and not even Aesha\u2019s welcome Jell-O shots can lift his mood: There\u2019s pork in Jell-O. In direct opposition to Aesha\u2019s advice that he doesn\u2019t have to appease the guests\u2019 every whim, Josh makes steak, corn, fish, vegan mashed potatoes and regular mashed potatoes, vegan pasta, and tomato-beet salad with cucumbers and pomegranate, along with chicken and garlic mushrooms for dinner. The guests all appreciate his effort and like the food, except, of course, Carlos. He doesn\u2019t think there are enough minerals in his meal. After throwing a tantrum for being served salad for lunch, he now complains there are no healthy greens for dinner. He wants greens, but not salads. Astounded, Aesha tells Josh what she heard. It upsets him so bad, he leaves the boat to get some air. I guess that\u2019s one advantage of being stuck on dock. The downside is that there is still a whole other day with these guests.<\/p>\n
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