Below Deck Med Season 10, Episode 4 Recap: Sinking Deckhands.
While Chef Josh serves up an eight-course masterpiece, the deck team’s chaos reaches critical levels.
🌊 A Jet-Ski Fiasco to Kick Things Off
We pick up right where we left off, with Christian drifting helplessly into open water on a jet ski that Tessa forgot to refuel. It’s a rookie mistake that screams disaster, especially after Nathan reminded her to top off the tanks the night before. Imagine if it had been a guest stranded out there? Total embarrassment for the deck team… and Captain Sandy!
Nathan’s checklist system feels like it’s being ignored entirely. Tessa’s blank stares and slow reactions make even the simplest task (like charging equipment) feel like rocket science. Meanwhile, Christian seems more interested in defending his mistakes than fixing them. The energy on deck? Tired, tense, and totally uncoordinated.
Max can barely hide his frustration. He’s the one keeping the team afloat, but he’s starting to look like a man rowing a sinking dinghy. “They’re dragging me down,” he says, and he’s not wrong.
🧽 The Interior Crew Is Shining (and Smiling)
While the deck team flounders, the interior is firing on all cylinders. Aesha’s leadership is smooth, calm, and confident. Kizzi is knocking out service like a pro and still finding time to build gorgeous tablescapes that would make Martha Stewart proud.
V continues to impress, steady under pressure, and quietly carrying some heavy emotion. We learned before that her late boyfriend passed away while diving, which explains why she left the deck world for interior work. Still, there’s a spark in her eyes that says she’s not done with deck life forever.
👨🍳 Chef Josh’s Eight-Course Symphony
Chef Josh is deep in his element, preparing an eight-course tasting menu that has Aesha comparing dinner service to a concert. Every dish is a new melody, pistachio gelato with caviar, crème brûlée to close and the guests eat it up (literally).
Primary guest Jack, however, seems to be running on martinis and mischief. After inhaling course number eight, he suddenly decides he’s craving Szechuan chicken. Aesha negotiates a truffle-fry compromise, which Jack promptly ignores once they arrive. This man clearly just wants chaos for dessert.
🏊♂️ Drunken Guests + Bad Decisions = Disaster
Later that night, the party doesn’t stop… but it absolutely should have. Nathan warns Christian that no one is to swim. The guests are drunk, the water’s rough, and the current is strong. Christian agrees … until Jack asks if he can “just dip his feet.”
You can guess what happens next.
Jack slides straight into the ocean like it’s his personal infinity pool. Nathan catches the whole thing on camera and bolts outside, furious. Christian shrugs it off as “no harm done.” But on a superyacht, safety isn’t optional, and Sandy’s not going to see this as a “harmless” mistake.
⚓ Docking Drama and a Deckhand Dilemma
By morning, tensions are boiling over. Nathan wakes up Tessa, who’s still in bed, to get her ready for docking. She’s slow to respond, forgets her tasks, and even throws a tangled line overboard — for the second time this season.
Christian and Max start snapping at each other mid-dock, their shouting echoing through the decks. Even Captain Sandy is giving the side-eye.
When the charter finally ends, the tip meeting brings a decent $20,000, but even that can’t brighten the mood. The interior gets praised. The deck team? A polite “do better.”
Then, the real storm hits: Captain Sandy calls Nathan to the bridge. It’s time for a change, and he has to make the call — Tessa or Christian.
And that’s where we leave off.
Between Tessa’s sleepwalking through her shifts and Christian’s dangerous judgment calls, my money’s on Christian walking the plank first.
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