Every insane season of reality television must come to an end, and Below Deck ’s season-12 finale 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. Of course, we couldn’t say good-bye to Sint Maarten without crossing the bridge at port one last time. “The deck team this season is the best deck team I’ve had,” Kerry says, with a smile on his face. He is simply “tickled pink.”

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

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