Hurricane Ian, The Best Guys Burger and so much more!

In this episode

Trevor is back on dry land after riding the Carnival Valor out of New Orleans — the last cruise ship to slip up the Mississippi before Hurricane Ian slammed the Gulf — and he opens with a genuinely heartfelt Red Cross appeal before the fun starts. Then it's a Valor trip report, a Chichén Itzá excursion, the results of the Guys Burger poll, and the two-day community meltdown known forever as BLT-gate. Reese is out sick this week (in spirit only — he did not die), so the Golden Boys carry the load with a fond farewell to the Carnival Ecstasy on the side.

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Moments worth the wait

• The fried-chicken feud reignites — Trevor heard last week's episode on a plane and nearly lost it over a claim he loves Carnival's fried chicken.

  “I looked up and I screamed. Everyone thought I was worried about taking off, whereas I was horrified that you put this misinformation out there.”

• Last ship out of the Gulf — the Valor barely made it back up the Mississippi, and the pools turned into wave machines while Trevor watched the Elvis movie in his sea bands.

  “We got to sit and watch the swimming pools empty themselves.”

• Chichén Itzá takes the crown — best Mayan ruins yet, and Trevor's delighted by the ancient art of simply leaving town.

  “The invaders would come in and there's nobody and nothing there... and then they'd come back. Not a bad way of dealing with stuff.”

• The Plain Jane wins — the Facebook burger poll crowns the Plain Jane at 35%, and Megan's vegetarian write-in throws Tom for a loop.

  “Just the fries — has to be mental illness.”

• BLT-gate — a deli-menu edit sets off two days of community outrage before the BLT triumphantly returns.

  “The old folks have been slamming their canes down — ‘I'm never going on another Carnival cruise ever again!’”

• A tearful Ecstasy goodbye — Tom's very first ship sails her final revenue cruise, scored to Celine Dion.

  “It was December 2010 and there she was... She was full of ecstasy. It was my first cruise and I will never let go.”