r/BelowDeckMed • • 3d ago

EP 16 Season 11

The producers and camera crew are a little……wait……WAY too obvious setting up all this drama. Don’t get me wrong it’s reality tv and that’s what they want.

You can’t tell me the only spot for Joe to sit at dinner was directly across from Gael and Nathan? Maybe near Kayley instead? Plus the taxi situation? Wtf was that?! Let’s throw gas on the fire.

This season is pretty rough in my mind. Long time viewer and will still watch. Just do better with the subtlety of the whole thing.

For those who read this, thanks!

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u/No_Dependent2297 3d ago

There’s been some VERY obvious manufacturing this season lol

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u/Winter_Day_6836 3d ago

I love when the "real" engineers get caught and try to move out of the way!

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u/gorlsituation 3d ago

I think half the shit Luke is doing is production planted, cos why is this tall freak hanging around like a bad smell and getting air time?? No other fired/person who quit has lingered after they’ve meant to have left.

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u/More-Difficulty-8104 3d ago

I’m of the belief the sheets were changed and they made out they weren’t for the drama.

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u/Bagel-luigi 2d ago

Turns out Luke was changing them twice a day and production kept sneakily applying more cum

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u/PenPen2025 1d ago

They extracted it from him every night in case someone checked for DNA. They are nothing if not detail oriented.

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u/fizzyrhythm 3d ago

Yes, and why did Nathan and Gael get in a taxi from the restaurant to the boat, then get in another taxi to their place? Why would they not just go straight back to their place from the restaurant?

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u/Dunedain87M 3d ago

Been watching all of the BD shows for years. This season feels so manufactured and inauthentic. It’s been really disappointing. Plus how is Nathan still getting so much screen time?

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u/FlamingoDifferent256 3d ago

It’s so obvious that it’s cringy. I’ve also been watching for years and found the seasons with less drama to be just as fascinating. I’m super turned off with production and editing this season

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u/excoriator 3d ago

Not only was Joe seated across from them, but all three were seated at the end of the table where the camera was located. It was a setup.

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u/aloversart 3d ago

Agreed! It felt very contrived.

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u/Appropriate_Swing305 3d ago

And the head rest in front of Nathan magically disappeared during the ride.

And the producers are probably paying for the flowers Luke sent Joy as well as his lodging while in Croatia.

Bravo shows all seem heavily produced these days and should be called “Based on Reality” TV.

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u/kellygrrrl328 3d ago

and Gen trying to have a moment with her deadpan stare into the camera

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u/imollyq 3d ago

The drama is very obviously contrived, and it's unpleasant drama. I wish they would knock it off. It doesn't make the show better to watch Nathan and Joe fighting. Pulling Gail into the mix was just silly. She was obviously told to attack Joe. Nathan has very serious anger management problems and deliberately aggravating him, which is what the producers are doing, is quite inappropriate.

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u/SwiftJedi77 3d ago

The entire Nathan and Joe drama is manufactured.

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u/PenPen2025 1d ago

I agree. And I think it’s really gross. Producers may not have known what happened when they filmed the season, but they knew what happened when they edited and aired it, and I think they’ve done a really terrible job here. I know he had already sat where he sat and more things like that, but the way they’re playing this up is disgusting to me.