Below Deck Mediterranean star Luke Brumer dramatically returned for the season 11 finale after infamously soiling Nathan Gallagher‘s sheets with his bodily fluids.
The Monday, October 5, episode of the Bravo reality series showed Luke surprising the crew on their final night out. He wore a disguise before reuniting with Chef Joy Lefaucheur, which bothered Genevieve Lillie, who threw red wine at him.
Luke left as Joy comforted Gen, but he later contacted Joy again. The pair decided to keep in contact after almost exploring a romance earlier in the season.
Below Deck Med featured a franchise first when Luke previously hooked up with Genevieve in his shared cabin with Nathan. They moved down to Nathan’s bed, and Luke finished in the bosun’s sheets, which he didn’t tell Nathan. To make matters worse, Luke didn’t replace Nathan’s sheets and continued to let Nathan sleep in a soiled bed.
“I actually get pissed off the more I think about it. It is so disrespectful,” Nathan said in a July episode about the scandal. “I’m not laughing. Do you want me to go to Captain Sandy [Yawn] and tell her about it?”
Nathan called Luke’s behavior “disrespectful.”
“It’s the fact that Luke hasn’t said anything about this in three days,” Nathan explained. “He had the opportunity to tell me — and the fact that he hasn’t told me and has gone around the boat and everyone else is talking about it, that’s what’s pissing me off.”
He continued: “It’s f***ing rude because you disrespected me. Now, if you keep up with your job, it’s not gonna end, bro. If you piss me off, the slightest amount, you’ll be [heading out] with your bags packed.”
Later in the season, Captain Sandy sat Luke down to discuss his indiscretion, saying, “I now have to write a report. This is a serious offense.”
The captain planned to “give it some thought” but warned the deckhand that it would still be documented. Luke, meanwhile, was “devastated” by the turn of events.
“My career means so much to me. I’m so scared that this could be the end of it for me,” he told the cameras. “And for something like this…”
Luke ultimately took Captain Sandy aside to express his concerns about Nathan still being furious with him. Luke thought it would make more sense for him to leave, and his position was filled — twice — throughout the season.
Below Deck airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
