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Like Captain Lee is going to find a chef in the middle of high season in Antigua!
The crew is gossipping about their replacement chef (never mind a replacement deckhand, too!)
and James is joking that if worse comes to worst, hell just make beans on toast.
Needless to say, its quite a predicament to be in three hours before a charter.
Whos that walking toward theMy Seanna?
Is it Ben Robinson here to save us?
Nope, its our new deckhand Rob, who just happens to look like Ben with sunglasses on.
And once he takes those sunglasses off, let me tell you: Rob is a cutie!
Francesca, a woman of taste, sees it too.
Okay, okay, now whosthatwalking toward theMy Seanna?
None other than Rachel, back just 12 hours afterher big exit.
You should have heard how loudly I gasped, even ifI did have a feeling shed come back.
Anyway, back to business: Lets talk more about Rob.
I, for one, cannot take my eyes off him when hes on screen.
Plus, he has that godawful Im the Primary shirt.
Shes not a fan of Mardi Gras in her words, Im not showing my tits.
(Just think of the commentary we wouldve lost if she left for good!)
Rachels food, however, is decidedly not tacky.
She serves, in rapid succession, oysters, a gazpacho, tomato concasse (whatever that is!
), smoked sausage (served with smoke inside a jar!
), steak, gumbo and succotash, crawdads, and king cake.
Lucky for Rachel, Lee hears Francesca telling her how the guests loved the meal over the radio.
Good, he says.
Neither is forgetting to take some of the party decorations down after staying up till 1:45 a.m. to clean.
(To be fair, though, therewasa lot of confetti.)
She had work to do!
Maybe she shouldve stayed up longer to finish the job!
Elizabeth, meanwhile, adds this to her list of Reasons Why Francesca Is the Worst Chief Stew Ever.
I got this, Jesus Christ, he says to a protesting Eddie.
But Lee survives and the slide gets fixed, so what more could we really want, right?
I dont want to speak too soon, but Rachels performance so far this charter has been simply flawless.
At this point, Im sure Captain Lee doesnt know why he ever didnt want her to come back.
She has even made rose marshmallows for smores during the guests evening beach picnic.
If nothing else, its surely going to make for more good TV, right?
Shes good with these [moves fingers].
