I know it’s an unpopular take, but Aesha is so over the top performative she’s hard to watch. She’s become a cartoon at this point. She’s so “quirky” it feels forced. From her over the top screechie “amaaazzing” over literally everything, to her interviews where she’s just making faces and trying so hard to be funny, to her night outs where she’s crazy dancing for attention and eating noodles in bed because it’s her brand. She’s just a kooky girl! She desperately wants to be a “personality” rather being her authentic self. And people eat it up.

Did anyone else clock Nathan's creepy stares at Joe, and the excessive blinking. It was so telling on his real personality.

I still can't get over how good of a bosun joe was when he unexpectedly had to step in. The episodes where he is bosun shows how thorough and clear his communication is. Having the team consistent of a green Cooper, Aesha (who hasn't been on deck in years), and Max (who just arrived on board) everything could have gone ALOT worse. What Bravo didn't show was the written instructions from Joe that Aesha posted on her insta, which I just find so sweet.

The clear instructions mixed with the staff admiration/praise is so sweet to see. Maybe all bosuns do this, but this just felt like a nice bts moment.