🧭 Mentor · Below Deck Season 9
Training Eddie for the Captain's Chair
What went down
Eddie hugged Captain Lee like he 'doesn't want to ever let him go' on his return in ep 2. Lee was frustrated with Eddie's deck in ep 9 and when Eddie left the wheelhouse with engines running in ep 13, but used it as a teaching moment; in the finale he revealed he was training Eddie to become a captain.
How it landed
Lee's protégé ended the season on a captain's track.