Below Deck Season 12 Midseason Trailer: Captain Kerry Calls Cops on Guests Gone Wild

Bravo's veteran reality series — a show that's made its name on drunk guests, messy hookups, and captains losing patience — is already deep into its latest charter season aboard the luxury superyacht St. David. But if you thought things had peaked with the chef quitting or the bosun getting fired, think again.

Bravo just dropped the midseason trailer after Episode 7, and it teases what might be the most chaotic stretch of episodes the franchise has ever seen. The kind of chaos that doesn't end with a stern talk — it ends with police showing up.

Captain Kerry Titheradge Loses Patience — And Calls the Cops

Captain Kerry Titheradge isn't the kind of guy who loses control easily. This is the same captain who took the reins from the long-reigning Lee Rosbach, known as the "Stud of the Sea," after Lee's medical issues sidelined him. Kerry first proved himself on Below Deck Adventure before taking over the main series for Season 12 — but even he has limits.

In the midseason trailer, Kerry is shown dealing with a group of charter guests so wild that he has to contact the maritime police, an unprecedented move for the show. One particularly drunk guest jumps overboard without a life jacket, prompting Kerry to tell her bluntly,

"You've had a lot to drink. I'm worried about your safety."

When she swims away defiantly, Kerry's patience snaps. "Okay, we're going to play that game, aren't we?"

Back on deck, the crew struggles to keep her from doing anything worse, until Kerry calls in authorities:

"I've got a guest that's very drunk and violent. I've gotta get her off the boat."

The cops eventually board the St. David, and if the trailer is any indication, they are not there for polite chit-chat. This is Bravo-level disaster with real-world consequences.

The Crew's Boatmance Web Is a Complete Mess

What's a Below Deck season without some ill-advised boatmances? But this year, the hookups are less a love triangle and more a love free-for-all.

Deckhand Kyle Stillie, who previously had a messy flirtation with Barbie Pascual, started off the season getting cozy with stewardess Solène Favreau. Things soured quickly when Solène hooked up with fellow deckhand Jess Theron instead — leaving Kyle to sulk about his "f****** pissed off" luck in a familiar pattern.

"I'm just a bit of a f****** sap," Kyle admits in a confessional. "Yeah, I just feel a bit stupid."

By the time the crew hits an off-boat carnival, Solène is kissing yet another deckhand, Damo Yorg. Meanwhile, Jess is seen tangled up with stewardess Bárbara Kulaif. Chief Stew Fraser Olender captures the mood perfectly: "There is just so much going on. It's like a sensory overload."

Did Kyle Stillie Sleep With a Guest?

There's breaking protocol, and then there's torching it altogether. In the trailer, suspicions swirl that Kyle might have crossed the ultimate Below Deck line — sleeping with a charter guest.

A clip shows Kyle following a topless guest into the ocean, with stewardess Rainbeau de Roos watching and commenting on how "cozy" things looked. Later, Captain Kerry confronts Kyle directly:

"The crew think you banged a charter guest."

Kyle's cagey response?

"I've said things that suggest that something did happen."

In his confessional, when pressed by a producer, Kyle smirks and replies, "was it a joke or…?"

For those unfamiliar with yachting protocol, this isn't a slap-on-the-wrist scenario. Hooking up with guests during charter is grounds for immediate dismissal — and Kerry makes it clear in the trailer: "If he did it, he deserves to leave the vessel."

What's Next for Season 12

With the police involved, the crew hooking up like it's summer camp, and the threat of firings hanging in the air, Below Deck Season 12 is delivering the kind of volatile reality TV that Bravo fans expect — just with higher stakes. Kerry himself warned these same guests early in the season,

"There's one authority on this boat, and it's me. I'm not f****** around."

If that wasn't clear before, it sure is now.

Below Deck Season 12 airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on Bravo. If this midseason trailer is anything to go by, you're going to want to catch every episode before someone gets dragged off in handcuffs — or worse, sent home in shame.