"Every insane season of reality television must come to an end, and Below Deck 's season-12finale could not have been more season 12 if it tried. This week, we get a little of everything that has defined the chaos of the past six weeks: Solène and Rainbeau fighting; everyone kissing everybody; feelings getting hurt; Anthony freaking out and then apologizing."
"It's true that the deck team pulled it together, especially after Kerry fired Caio, the season's first bosun and my melancholy compatriot. Hugo kept his cool as his crew became increasingly ensnared in Solène's machinations and managed to keep a respectable distance from the interpersonal drama of the boat. At times, this approach rippled through the interior department, as was the case with the Solène-embargo fiasco. But mostly it served him well: The deck crew worked steadily."
"You couldn't say the same for the interior team. They were doomed from day one. Rainbeau fought to maintain her dignity and sanity on late-night shifts with Solène throughout the entire season. It seems never to have occurred to Fraser to switch Solène and Bárbara's shifts, or to rotate the stews in general."
The season 12 finale balanced chaos, confrontations, and reconciliations during a final call in Sint Maarten. The deck team stabilized after Caio's firing, with Hugo maintaining composure and the crew working steadily under Captain Kerry's praise. The interior team suffered persistent tension, with repeated clashes between Solène and Rainbeau during late-night shifts. Lack of shift rotation and stew rotation aggravated those conflicts and left Rainbeau struggling to preserve dignity and sanity. On the last night shift Solène declared a decision to stop fighting, while other crew dynamics continued to play out around guest interactions.
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