Welcome back for the last time, Below Deck Mediterranean Fans! There were two injuries last week and a lot of chickens got eaten. Additionally, Joe has made peace with Nathan to some extent. But then things ended on a shocking note: Luke is coming back to surprise Joey on Below Deck Mediterranean Season 11 Episode 18.
What happened in Below Deck Mediterranean Season 11 Episode 18?
As the season ends, Kat and Cooper try to come to an agreement, while Joey tries to serve every chicken in town to please his final guests. Elsewhere, the General has a strong reaction to seeing Luke again. Yet, nothing beats the tension between Joe and Nathan, which ultimately helps Joe realize a much darker truth.
Cooper loves Joe, not Kat
Aunty is in love with Joy. Joey feels good that tonight is his last dinner. The guests invite their friends, Caitlin and Pelayo, onto the ship. Ayesha recruits General, Cooper, and Joe for her after-dinner drag show.
Kat likes this for Cooper. But Cooper has recovered from his situation. He wants to end it.
Captain Sandy praised Joey. Joey cries, they hug, and Joey sets about preparing every possible type of meat. She pulls it off well, leaving guests ultimately happy with their protein intake. She also loves her own drag show, starring drag queen Pelayo.
After their party, Caitlin takes body shots of Joe. She tries to do more with him, but Joe smartly runs away. However, Caitlin has goals, so around 4:30 in the morning, she asks Nathan to take her to Joe’s cabin. Nathan laughs at the absurdity of her statement and says no.
Caitlin is surprisingly one of the first guests to arrive the next morning. Leah Yawn is also up. She is staying at a nearby hotel, set to visit with her wife, Captain Sandy, after filming.
The deck team completes its final docking. While changing into their blonde suit, Cooper and Jo, the only love story from Season 11 that remains intact, plan to buy matching rings. The guests leave.
The General is glad it was done. She is also happy to never hear from Luke again. uh oh. Thankfully, he now has plenty of money to drink, as guests have left a $35,000 tip.
The General had a big reaction after seeing Luke
Leah arrives, and she and Captain Sandy accompany the crew to a beautiful location, where Macy falls even more in love with Joey. He wants to smoke. But production “told me not to do it”, so she had to sit with her stress instead.
Captain Sandy and Leah go back to the boat, where Captain Sandy makes them dinner. Just kidding. Joey has prepared everything in advance, and Captain Sandy is frantically serving it up as her own. His move only lasts a few minutes.
Back on land, the crew sits down to their dinner. Nathan gives a speech and Kaylee praises him. Joe and Cooper excused themselves. Nathan tells Kaylee, “Who’s going to cheat if he’s built on you?”
Kaylee looks for Jo. He is mad. When she interrupts, he interrupts her and says, “I am speaking.” Shortly afterwards, Kat tells Jo to “grow up”.
Jo takes his advice, while Ayesha and Nathan praise General for the change this season, causing General to cry tears of joy. However, they are going to dry out. They have just arrived at the club. Luke has done the same.
Cooper flirts with everyone, so Kat eventually ends things with him. Across the dancefloor, Ayesha’s heart grows two sizes larger as she watches Jen and Joey dance together. Right on cue, the disguised Luke enters the frame. Kat snatches her wig.
The general sees red. “Go fuck yourself,” she says, pouring a full glass of red wine on him. Joey follows the General to check on him.
Joey encourages Gen, and they take to the dance floor. Luke leaves. “But this isn’t the end,” he promises, shamelessly humming the tune of Here Comes the Bride.
Nathan and Joe fail as the Below Deck Med season 11 team says goodbye
Joey then consoles Kat and then eloquently calls Cooper a “stupid clown”. In the other drunken corner, Joe laughs and tells Nathan that his jacket matches his eyes. He then asks to shake Nathan’s hand.
Nathan says yes. “Awesome, buddy,” Joe whispers in his ear. “He’s cheating on dad,” Joe tells the room. But “it would be a lot easier if” he wasn’t there. Ugh.
“Don’t disrespect my family,” Nathan says quietly. He also tells Joe not to disrespect Gail. Who believes that there are differences between him and Gayle. Nathan tells her to “grow up” and get over it.
Ayesha and Kaylee hold hands, both on the verge of crying. “Shut your fucking mouth,” orders Nathan. Joe responded, “Or what? Are you going to kill me?”
Don’t tempt me,” Nathan replies. “I don’t think Gail will be too happy,” replied Joe. Nathan wisely walks out.
Kaylee asks Jo what happened between her and Gail. Joe says that they both “talk sh*t” to each other, but Ayesha shuts him up. Ayesha was there. She observed that Joe began to hate Gail “immediately” because he was “jealous”.
Ayesha leaves, and Joe cries and insists that he is wrong. Ayesha later told Cooper, “Joe’s a nice guy. But he’s lying.”
In the morning, Kat decides not to travel with Cooper, and Jo admits, “Maybe there is some truth to Ayesha’s claims”. Nathan returns, and he and Joe (peacefully) say goodbye. Joe passes on his acting bosun stripes to Captain Sandy. She laughs knowing that he wants this role.
The flash-forward airs, showing Joe taking care of his mother, Aisha surprisingly getting married, Kat with her cat, the General traveling, and Nathan being a father. But no, there is no mention of Nathan’s current legal troubles.
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