After [Spoiler] Is Fired, Is Another Fan Favorite About To Walk The Plank On Below Deck?

Below Deck Down Under is not exactly having a calm charter week. Mike Durrant is out, and if the preview for Monday, May 18 is any indication, he might not be the last person packing a bag.

The preview: Captain Jason has had it

In a sneak peek for the May 18 episode, Captain Jason Chambers steps into a mess centered on second stew Jenna Woudberg and her love triangle with Ben Robinson (yes, that Ben Robinson) and Eddy Hounsell. Tension is already high, and Jason jumps in to try to put the fire out aboard the Katina.

'I have a second stew that created a s***storm. Something has got to change.'

Jason then pulls Jenna aside to 'speak' about it, and the edit is not subtle: her future on the boat suddenly looks very shaky.

Meanwhile, Mike is already gone — and Barbie is back

Jenna potentially exiting would follow Mike Durrant getting fired for not contributing enough in the interior. That shakeup opened the door for Barbie Pascual to return to the franchise.

Mike spoke to Us Weekly earlier this month and, to his credit, did not dodge responsibility. He admitted he pushed it too far (including 'back chatting' chief stew Daisy Kelliher — his superior — which he says he didn’t mean disrespectfully). He also clarified the job confusion that played out on screen: even though he’s a deckhand, he kept getting pulled into interior — by his count, he spent about 90% of his time there — and that mismatch is where a lot of the friction started.

• He called his firing 'a long time coming,' saying some of his behavior was unacceptable and the Daisy moment was the icing on the cake.
• He knew there was no real shot at winning the job back and was more disappointed than anything — he felt he let the team down, especially once they were a crew member short and everyone else had to pick up the slack.
• About telling Alesia Harris he hadn’t done anything wrong: he says that was part of their usual back-and-forth, not him playing dumb. He admits he made mistakes, takes accountability, and says the goal now is to learn from it and not let people down again.
• As for viewers saying he had issues with the women onboard, he pushed back: he insists he would have reacted the same under a male chief stew and male stews. For him, it was about not enjoying the interior role he was mostly stuck in, not about who was in charge.

What to watch for

Short version: Mike’s out, Barbie’s back, and Jenna’s skating on very thin ice as Captain Jason tries to defuse a triangle with Ben Robinson and Eddy Hounsell. If you like your yacht drama served with a captain-level reality check, this episode is lining up to deliver.

Below Deck Down Under airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.