Below Deck

Eight young, single crewmembers meet one another for the first time aboard the luxury yacht Honor as it prepares to set sail from the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Martin. It'll be high drama on the high seas as these eight 'yachties' live, love and work together for the long charter-season, tending to the ever-changing needs of their demanding charter guests. But navigating the interpersonal politics of life onboard will be anything but smooth sailing.

The Honor crew welcomes their first group of charter guests; a gaggle of flamboyant fashion photographers who prove to be a boatload of trouble. Kat makes a shocking discovery that forces her into an agonizing decision; should she rat out the guests and ruin the charter, or risk serious consequences by turning a blind-eye? Adrienne chews out Sam for failing to respect her authority, but Sam refuses to back down and the two stews butt heads.

The crew enjoys a night out, but Kat enjoys a few too many cocktails. Meanwhile, the new charter guests, a wealthy hypnotist and his friends, come aboard and their special dietary demands tax the crew to the breaking point. After drilling Kat and Sam especially hard, the uptight Adrienne agrees to a hypnotherapy session that will hopefully chill her out.

In the aftermath of their hook-up the night before, Sam and CJ are now unsure about the nature of their relationship. After an onboard alarm catches the crew off-guard, Captain Lee comes down hard on Aleks. The new charter guests are friends of Adrienne's, and to nobody's surprise, their annoying behavior makes life difficult for the crew, especially Ben and Sam. When a charter guest is highly inappropriate with Kat, her reaction to it puts her in very hot water with Captain Lee.

Kat continues to deal with the obnoxious charter guests who have been very inappropriate with her. CJ tells Sam he has feelings for her, but isn't sure that Sam feels the same way. Adrienne, Kat and Sam have a heated argument about the division of labor on the boat. With her job on the line, Kat is forced to admit an embarrassing secret to Captain Lee. When the crew gets a night out, Sam sets her sights on a few attractive guys in the bar, but CJ is having none of it and does whatever he can to derail her flirting.

At this point, Kat is completely fed-up with Adrienne and begins hatching a plan to switch rooms in order get away from her nemesis. The charter guests throw the crew into a frenzy when they decide at the last minute to have an onboard wedding. Ben's temperamental moodiness is starting to rub some of his fellow crewmates the wrong way. All the romance on the boat is making David very homesick for his fiancée Trevor – and the time apart is making David question whether yachting is the life for him. Adrienne is feeling ostracized by her crewmates, and it's taking its toll – will she make it, or is she on the verge of breaking down?