Mention It All - Last Tango In New Jersey (Below Deck Med)

Episode Date: September 21, 2022

Dylan opens the show with a breakdown of Teresa’s performance on the Dancing with the Stars premiere, which didn’t inspire confidence about her trajectory on the season ahead. Then, he gets into the last few weeks of Below Deck Med drama, where the interior’s downward spiral into filth is getting Captain Sandy heated. Plus, Natasha’s personal life is still a toxic mess, and the editors are out of control with the use of “to be continued.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Mention at All podcast. I am Dylan Hafer, and today it is just me because I want to catch up and talk about some things. I'm going to talk about below deck med. It's been a few weeks since I caught up on this season. So we have plenty of new. developments to talk about. But first of all, we got to talk about Teresa Judice's first week on Dancing with the Stars. It's finally here. Teresa is in the ballroom. I don't know what most of you

were expecting from Teresa on Dancing with the Stars. I got to say my expectations were not high. And I really have to wonder, if your expectations were high, what led you to to four to form those expectations. Because when you think about ballroom dancing, it's a lot of discipline, it's a lot of quick thinking, you know, being, being sharp with your feet and with your, you know, remembering all the steps and all the different types of movements. And, you know, I'm trying to put this diplomatically, but those just don't seem like skills that I would expect Teresa to excel at, perhaps. I don't know. But so it was her first week. We get to meet her in her little clip package. I did love right away she brought up the fact that she went to prison because of,

you know, documents that her husband told her to sign. She says she's been working on herself and she's in therapy, which good for her. She's happily remarried. And I love, A lot of these Dancing with the Stars' intros, it's like they meet for the first time in the studio in L.A. But we get a clip of her partner, Pasha, walking up to her house in New Jersey and bringing the doorbell. And Teresa answers the door like she has absolutely no clue what is going on. He's like, he's like, hey, I'm Pasha. I'm going to be your partner this season. And it's like the trademark Teresa, like, blank face there.

She's like, oh, yeah, okay. It's like, ma'am, I know you're wearing a microphone. I know they probably filmed this three times. Like, get it together. But she is, she did a tango for her first week. Pasha's like, yeah, I thought it would be perfect for like, you know, the passion and blah, blah, blah, blah. And Teresa's like, oh, wow, yeah, I never did a tango. And it's like, I mean, I'm assuming Teresa's never done any of this shit. Like what? If he said we're doing a fox trot, she would be like, that's my favorite one. I don't know. I don't know. I, the tango was, it left something to be desired for me. Teresa is just, there's like a stiffness in her body. I don't, I don't really envision her being able to capture that like fluid, just like sensual movement. I, like, I think she can be sexy.

Like, I, I think Teresa is a good looking woman. I think she can be very sexy in her private life. She loves talking about pineapple. But in like a Dancing with the Stars context, like that performative sexy, where you're being sexy within the confines of the dance, I don't know. And like when she has to do like a Viennese waltz or something slow and graceful, I don't know if that's going to work. they of course had her do a signature table flip in her first routine.

There was a bedazzled turkey on the table. I know, I mean, Dancing with the Stars just like is fundamentally a cheesy show. So I guess that I don't have an issue with that. But it's like, it feels very like, okay, we're having Teresa do her Teresa thing. And then she very easily could go home next week. I mean, she very easily could have gone home this week because she did land in the bottom two. look, I don't know if she was one of the worst two dancers of the night, but she wasn't one of the best two dancers of the night. That's for sure. She's no Charlie DeMilleo in the ballroom. She's no Wayne Brady. Wow. Maybe that's the title of the episode. Teresa Judeyce is no Wayne Brady.

What if, I don't know. I just like, last. Last season, Kenya, I think, made it around the halfway point. Lisa Rina was in fourth place way back in season two. I just don't think, I don't think Teresa has it in her. I think she's going to be closer to Lisa Vanderpump's performance eliminated second. I don't know. I don't know. Dancing with the stars is a weird thing because it's like, obviously not,

most of the people going into Dancing with the Stars have no experience in that feeling. field and maybe aren't like naturals at it. But just some people have that, have that it factor a little bit more. And Teresa has the it factor as a housewife, but as a ballroom dancer, I just don't, I don't see it happening for her. But I'm excited to keep watching. This is the most I've been excited for Dancing with the Stars in probably ever. So we'll see. It's on Disney Plus if you're trying to watch along and vote. So, yeah, Monday nights on Disney Plus. So good, so good, so good.

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And there has been a lot happening in the last couple weeks. The last time I talked about Below DeckMed, we had just had the Charter of the Gays, and Kyle was in love with Frank. And so since then, the charter after that, things have slid downhill a little bit within our crew relations. it seems like particularly with the interior, there are little wounds that are beginning to fester and creating rifts within the group and also creating messes on the boat that need to be cleaned up. And, you know, we have Sandy these couple of episodes. You might say she's back in micromanaging mode, but actually I think it's kind of justified. This pantry situation, you know, when the... there's been a stain for multiple days that makes Captain Sandy want to throw up in her mouth. I mean,

something's got to be done. It really, the interior issues, a lot of them, are stemming back to Kyle and Natasha's personal life drama. We have Kyle coming off the heels of his fling with Frank, and he is very much distracted, kind of like, you know, a little bit wistful for, oh, I miss him, I miss that feeling, which he had for about 18 hours. So whatever, it happens. But so he seems weirdly incapable of doing his job because of that. Meanwhile, with Natasha, her boyfriend has taken Dave's role of the toxic texter. And Dave has now, you know, warmed his way back into her good graces. And it's a little bit questionable because it sort of seems like Dave thinks he has a chance with her again. Meanwhile, Natasha is like happy to be getting hugs from him and happy to be

making jokes with him. Meanwhile, her boyfriend is like, I can't fucking talk to you right now. Are you kidding me with this? Why aren't you responding to me? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's like on and on and on. And I think my hot take, I don't, maybe I said this last time I talked about it, but it feels like a hot take right now. I think Natasha should not be with either of these men. I think she should dump her boyfriend. She should continue to have a platonic friendship with Dave.

And she should maybe just be single for a while because it does not seem like Homegirl has any healthy options at this point in time. And you know what? Sometimes the healthiest option is just loving yourself. And that's what I think that Natasha should focus on. But anyway, in terms of job performance, she's so stressed out about the situation with her boyfriend, which, okay, can I just say, I hate that we don't know the name of her boyfriend. That is so weird. They've bleeped out his name on the show. The fact that clearly there is some post-filming, dynamic at play where he wouldn't even allow his name to be uttered on the show. I'm like, what is, what's happening here? It's like on, it's like on Summerhouse when they weren't

allowed to say Kristen Cavalry. Like, we can't even, Christian Cavalier is at least famous. Or like, you know, famous in certain circles. Is Natasha's boyfriend also from the hills? Why can't we say his name? Is, is he threatening legal action if we say his name on camera? That's strange to me. But anyway, my tangent aside, Natasha is very preoccupied with what's happening with her personal life. So much like Kyle, she also is a little bit down for the count when it comes to job performance, which unfortunately leaves Natalia feeling very, very alone and very unsupported in this charter. And I think, I think she really has a point. You know, there are certain things where it's like, okay, yeah, maybe that's part of the job or everybody's

human and you pick up the slack somewhere else. But that day on this charter, after the guys and dolly's party, which got that theme, I want to burn it, never hear about it again. But when the guests are up until like four or five a.m. And then Natalia wakes up like an hour later. And there are just piles of dishes. There's just like dirty shit everywhere. Nothing is organized. All the decor from dinner is still out. All the decorations are just everywhere. Like, that's not correct. I feel, again, I've never spent a day on a yacht in my life, but I feel at this point, like I have watched enough episodes of the Below Deck franchise. eyes that I have a pretty good idea of how a ship should be run. I couldn't tie any of the knots.

I couldn't do any of the physical labor. But like, I know how things work around here. When you have two members of the interior crew that are staying up with the guests, that's when you should be getting your work done. And this is what, this is what Sandy has a talk with Natasha about at the end of the charter, that it's like, I know that you're working on service. I know that you're keeping the guests happy. But like, the guests are already saying that the drinks are being made slow, and Natasha's like, well, you know, we're trying to keep the guests happy. And it's like, no, you're talking with Kyle for like an hour in the corner of the boat while the guests are like waiting for their drinks and the dishes are also just not getting done. And it's like,

maybe the service hasn't been bad enough for there to be a complaint to Captain Sandy from the guests. But like, the service also hasn't been amazing. So like, it really needs to be a one or the other type of thing. where if the service is slow, it should be because you're doing the dishes and cleaning up the pantry, or if the pantry isn't getting clean, it's because you really were with the guests. But these guests are not that high maintenance. Like, they're staying up late, sure, and they're ordering drinks, but they're not demanding that you hang out with them. This is not like last charter when Frank is trying to get Kyle to quit his job and just hang out with him on the deck. Like, you could easily be down there cleaning the dishes. You could be talking to Kyle the whole time and still washing the dishes. But yeah, so I do really understand why when Natalia wakes up that morning and sees that nothing has been done, it is kind of like a breaking point for her because she's already been feeling like she doesn't get enough support. So then the question then is, was it cool for her to go directly to Captain Sandy and to complain? And, I do see both sides. I think, I don't think it was fully uncool for her to do that. I do think there is

an argument to be made that she could have tried to talk about it with Natasha first. And I wonder how the trajectory of these couple days could have been different if she had gone about it that way, just because we see Sandy kind of bringing it up to Natasha in maybe not the most delicate of ways. And then Natasha and Kyle both can tell that Natalia has kind of snitched on them. And then when Natalia and Natasha are talking about it, it really does. I do think Natalia's way of talking to Natasha does come off kind of disrespectful and, you know, a little intense. So I do think if they had had that conversation first before Captain Sandy was looped into it, it could have been a less, you know, tense situation in the interior crew. But that being said, Captain Sandy had already

noticed that the pantry wasn't clean. She had already noticed that stain that makes her want to throw up in her mouth. I can't stop thinking about that. It's so funny. But like, she had already noticed those things. So maybe the specifics of the breakfast isn't pulled and the stuff isn't put away. Like maybe the specifics of what wasn't getting done wouldn't have come to the forefront in that way. But like, I still think Sandy would have noticed that stuff and said something to Natasha. And because Natasha is kind of in this defensive mode, I still think she wouldn't have taken it that well. We see she's kind of like, well, you know, I've been going above and beyond with the guest. And it's like, honestly, like, you, you haven't, really. I don't think she's been doing a

terrible job with the guests, but I think she's mostly, she's mostly just been distracted with other stuff that's going on. And so for her to be like, well, I've been so focused on the guests, so I haven't had time to wash a dish. It's like, babe, we're all, the cameras are, there's cameras. And then she's complaining to Dave, she's like, well, she's like, we're not just cleaners. And it's like, you're not just cleaners, but you are cleaners. That is a, that's a key portion of the job is cleaning. So, I mean, I feel like there's always this point in the season when they start, they start having some issues with the interior crew.

And you can tell that they're kind of just like over certain parts of the job where it's like, the laundry is getting out of control. And it's like, well, I'm not just like a laundry wench. And it's like, okay, like nobody said that you are like locked. in the laundry dungeon 24-7, but like, it's part of your job. And the complaining when we see such a clear way that you're kind of dropping the ball just falls flat. It falls flat and it feels like an excuse. And, you know, we're not here for excuses. So then Kyle and Natasha decide that instead of going out to this crew dinner, they're going to stay in and clean the pantry. And

it feels like they're doing this in a way to make Natalia feel bad, where they're like, oh, well, if it's such a big problem, then I'm happy to give up my night out and whatever and clean. And like, no, no, no, don't feel bad. It's what we need to do, right? Because we're all in this together. And we all have to do our jobs. So like, I guess I'll stay in and skip dinner. And Natalia's like, well, I don't want this.

We just had five hours where you could have done this. But then Natasha, when she's on her own, she's like, well, you know, I care so much about my job. And, you know, it's more important to me that it gets done. And it's like, are you doing this because you care about your job? Or are you doing this because you want to either make Natalia bad or look good or score some bonus points? It's like it feels like there are ulterior motives for doing this. And you really want everybody to know that you're sacrificing something. something to fix this problem when in reality it's like if you just did your job within normal

hours at a high level, you wouldn't really need to do this. It's very, we all have that one co-worker who loves to make a big performance out of the fact of, oh, I was, I was working on this at eight o'clock last night. And oh, my God, I worked on this over the weekend. I spent so much time, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And respectfully, you kind of be, you've got to be, I, I appreciate that you're committed to your work, but like get your job done during work hours. Unless it's a specific, you know, thing that requires you to be working some other time. It's like, I'm not going to throw you a parade because you gave up an evening to work. Like, you're just, you're working harder, not smarter.

I don't know. I mean, I'm glad they cleaned the pantry. It needed to be done. But it also kind of sucks that they're just missing Z's birthday dinner because it's like, this was supposed to be like a fun thing. And he clearly cares a lot about his birthday. And then when they show up to this historic museum in Malta for dinner, and there are only four of them there because Storm had to do some other shit on the boat,

that's like, well, that's sad to have a birthday dinner party of four. four, like, that's, that's shitty. Could you not have picked, could you not have skipped part of the beach club the next day to clean the pantry or like Natalia said, just do it in the four hours before? I don't know. It's a tough one. It's a tough one. I do love that when they get a day off, it's like, Sandy's like, well, you know, the owners have chosen to give you this day off because you're doing such an amazing job this season. And it's like, I'm pretty sure that this was worked into the production schedule for the season that was finalized weeks ago. But thank you, Sandy, thank you, Sandy for the creative framing.

It's like, considering they literally have a day off every single season, I don't really think it's like, I don't think the owners of the boat are like calling in the week before. I'm being like, hey, can we adjust the entire charter schedule for the rest of the season so we can give these kids day off because they've been working really hard. It's like, Bravo, why are we even pretending? It's like on the, on housewives when they always have to have a reason for the trip. And sometimes the reasons are real, like you're, you know, visiting someone's whatever or like a birthday trip, but sometimes it's like so convoluted. It's just a housewives trip. This is just a below-deck crew day off. We do it every season. It's always at a beach club. The owners always pay for it, allegedly. I don't know if I believe that. But it's like, again, I've been watching,

I've watched enough episodes of this show to know how it works. Don't think you're pulling the bull over my eyes. Um, but yeah, so you have the day off. I don't know. The main thing on the day off is just the storm is like super, super, super into Natalia. And Natalia is kind of like, I don't know. It's hard. The boatman's always, they get to a certain point where like, it's kind of like who's going to blink first,

where you're super into each other at the beginning of the season. There's not that many other options. You start sleeping in a tiny little bunk bed together because, you know, close quarters. And you are very quickly kind of formed into, a couple and then you're four weeks into the season and you're kind of like, well, I don't know if I, I don't know if I like want this to be real, real. Like, I'm into you and I'm into the idea of the idea of being a couple, but like, I don't know if I'm looking for a real relationship

out of this. You know, there are a handful of below-deck couples, obviously, where they really do stick it out and have like a real thing going. But there are a lot more below deck couples where it's like, yeah, we hooked up for half a season, maybe a whole season. Maybe it was real. Maybe it was intense. But I don't know that this is ever going to be a real world full thing. And I do feel like with Storm and Italia, they got to get to. early enough in the season, that it's like, if they're together much longer, then it's going to be

hard to just kind of like have a clean break at the end of the season. And maybe that's not what they want, but also, I kind of get it from Natalia's point of view. I don't know. It's, it's tough. I just think in general, none of these relationships are ever meant to be. And also when you've got Dave and Natasha, you know, brewing up a vat of toxic waste over in the kitchen. And it's like, I don't know if I really want to be the other relationship dynamic in the season. Like maybe we just got to cut our losses this year. All new drinks are now at McDonald's with refreshers like the strawberry watermelon refresher. And the mango pineapple refresher with popping boba to crafted sodas like the Spriteberry blast with berry flavors and cold foam.

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I feel like I'm pulling my weight more than anyone. And he kind of volunteers to leave or, like, challenges Storm to find a replacement for him. It's a little, it's a little iffy what's going on because, obviously, of course, they end with the to be continued in the middle of this conversation. and I would just like to lodge a formal complaint with the producers of this show for ending two episodes in a row with conversations between a manager and a manager on the bridge with a to be continued. Like, come on. Be FFR. Be fucking for real. Seriously, two. Two. episodes in a row below deck as much as we shit on housewives shows for the to be continued which it is a lot that everybody overuses it but below deck i think is perhaps even more egregious

with the to be continued because 90% of the time the continuation is exactly what you think it's going to be or it's a complete nothing like that conversation with sandy and natasha at the end of the episode before was not a dramatic conversation. It was two minutes of Sandy being like, you don't need two people on service until 5 a.m. And Natasha kind of being like, but okay, uh, yeah, okay, yeah, okay. It wasn't dramatic. Nobody got fired. Nobody even really got disciplined. It was just Sandy kind of being like, hey, can you make sure that the pantry isn't fucking filthy when I wake up. And the episode before we had a

to be continued when Storm is diving with the anchor. And it's just the underwater camera like of him diving with the anchor. They're trying to make it look like he's going to get like his arm sliced off. We know that's not going to happen. I'm sorry. Anchor drama on below deck.

It couldn't be more boring to me. I don't even like okay. fix the chains. Like, come on. The two minutes of underwater camera, and it's so clear that they're trying to make it confusing what's happening

so that it looks more treacherous. It's like, we see the arms flailing, and it's like, like, it's just, come on, give me a break. So I think if I'm remembering correctly, that's three to be continued in a row. One boring anchor drama that turned out to be nothing. one conversation with Captain Sandy that turned out to be kind of nothing. And then this conversation with Jason and Storm that might actually lead to someone leaving.

In my expert opinion, this is the only one that potentially warrants a to be continued. Those last two episodes, bullshit. Finish it. Finish the conversation. None of this stuff is interesting enough that we need to be waiting a week on a cliffhanger to find out what's happening. Now, if Jason is actually quitting, I have my doubts, we'll see. That, I think, is to be continued episode ending. I guess if we need one at all, like, if you're picking one out of the three, it's this. But still, it's like, get over yourselves. Sometimes the way that they, the way that they edit these shows, it's like, you really, you really think this is Game of Thrones. This isn't fucking House of the Dragon. I'm not, we're not going to turn on the show next week and see, like, the older version of Storm. they're not like switching out the actresses. Can you imagine if like halfway through the season they were like, okay, Natasha's old now.

Oh my God, they're going to get a preference sheet that it's like, Dr. Nicole is a physician from Albuquerque, New Mexico. On her second night, she would like dragon rides. And she would also like a classic feast prepared. She's like a classic feast of Kingslanding cuisine and Westeroce desserts. Like, oh, get over yourself. It's not that dramatic. It's interesting, sure, but like, the editing sometimes. It just kills me.

I just want to see more, like, I want to see, I love the little moments. Like, Courtney, the way she says kombucha. oh, chef's kiss. She's like, well, they don't, they've not been eating too much of this. I'll just put a lot of water, a lot of kombucha. Combucha. Oh, perfection. I mean, I could watch the clip of Sandy saying that the stain makes her want to vomit in her mouth.

I could watch that on loop for an hour. Put it to be continued in the next episode is just another hour of that. I don't know. I will not be that sad if Jason leaves, but also I do feel like we're close enough to the end of the season that it's like, I don't know. Sometimes they fire people for dumb reasons. Like, I don't think he's doing anything that bad. I don't think he sounds fun to work with, but like, I also think it could be worse. And he's not like, like, maybe he slacks a little bit or whatever, but he's also not like actively bad at his job.

if that makes sense. Like going back to the beginning of the season, I think Reagan was like bad at her job. Whereas I think Jason is just like, maybe doesn't always pull his weight, but he's not like endangering anyone. I don't know. Could be worse.

Could be better. But could be worse. I don't know. On that note, thank you so much for listening, everyone. We will be back on Friday with a new episode about Real House House of Beverly Hills. Our schedule is a little bit wacky this week,

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