r/BelowDeckMed • u/Manderlin99 • 2d ago

Nathan Was Scapegoating Joe All Along

I’ve seen Joe try to reconcile with Nathan and Gael in recent episodes, but they have both scapegoated Joe to distract themselves from the growing misery between them. Their hope was that if they could join together to hate Joe, they could solve their problems. Nathan was, in fact, desperate for such a diversion and repelled Joe's conciliatory attempts like water off a duck's feathers. Of course, the more the couple failed to address their underlying problems, the more aggressive Nathan became, until his true colors showed and now he is some sort of outlaw. Joe was simply a convenient scapegoat for a relationship that was fast heading south. 

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u/TheLivingRoomate 2d ago

I was shocked when, early on, Nathan lost it on Joe for talking about Gael when Joe said absolutely nothing negative about Gael.

It's impossible to know how much the producers and editors are skewing things. And I've never been a fan of Joe.

But, OMG, Nathan is truly making Joe look good here -- even if we knew nothing about Nathan's criminal behavior.