Hell’s Kitchen Recap: Final Four


The others have cleaned up and are in the kitchen, but still smell garbage on their hands. I’m sure the customers will appreciate that. Dana returns, and the others totally stonewall her out of nowhere. It’s really nothing new from Barbie, considering she and Dana have never exactly been besties, and Justin is always kind of up his own ass, but even Christina is silent. What’s that about? Are they mad she won? Because she didn’t really gloat too badly, but they won’t even answer her when she asks about the menu. Way to be bitches, guys. I’m not the biggest Dana fan, but dinner service isn’t going to benefit from the lot of you standing there, all glum and twatish, like a bunch of mimes.

Though a Barbie face is always welcome, as far as I’m concerned.

Gordon informs them that they each will have a chance to run the pass that night, which is an important part of running a kitchen. It can really make the difference between being a chef and being a cook. And the president of the Paris casino will be there tonight, so everyone has to act like they want to work for him at GORDON RAMSAY STEAK. Christina vows to prove herself. Not that we actually hear another word about the dude, just get a shot of him eating in the dining room like any normal peon, so I guess he’s not important enough for chef’s table. Hey, we can’t all be David Beckham.

The appetizers get off to a good start, and Justin gets pulled for the pass. Things go smoothly, even when Scott pulls the sabotage by putting crab in the lobster spaghetti. Justin catches it easily, and Gordon is quite pleased.

I love it when Scott and Andi get sneaky.

Justin keeps blazing along, but Dana isn’t communicating, and is basically telling Justin to get fucked on his five minute requirement as far as her fish is concerned. Gordon calls her out and tells to her go home if she’s going to give up and be that way. I think she’s just getting them back for stonewalling her, but she’s not doing herself any favors by fucking around in front of Gordon. Gordon actually accuses her of sabotaging, which she denies, and the bass gets delivered without further incident.

The rattail takes command.

Dana’s up next to the pass, and they all stonewall her once again and don’t respond. This is sort of funny and sort of sad; sad because it’s just so immature and unproductive, no matter who’s doing it, and funny for the same reason. Gordon tells Dana to drive the service, and she makes full use of her perpetual yell. Then Gordon slips some sugar into the risotto, and she misses it.

Tricky Gordon!

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    PopePhilly PopePhilly
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 11:16 am

    I’m sad that our tagteaming of Gordon is almost over. :(

    I will just be angry if Dana ends up in the finale. I don’t know if my ears can handle her anymore.

  2. 2
    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 11:46 am

    Am I the only one that thought all the “stonewalling” was a bunch of edited horsepoop? Dana just seems like she would have gotten MUCH more upset if everyone REALLY wasn’t speaking to her. (I mean, no one expects Barbie to speak to her… But Christina…of course.)

    I will be peachy-pissed-off if it’s not Justin/Christina in the finale, and I’m HOPING they bring Barbie back for the finale to cook. Whoever gets her in their kitchen is SMART. I think she would work hard for Justin or Christina, and based on her attitude as she left, that just shows me she would have been an awesome boss to work under.

    I really think they held on to Dana through the “to be continued” to try and stretch out the drama, but for ME I would have felt much more emotionally invested if the final 3 were Justin/Christina/Barbie. Dana just makes me cringe.

  3. 3
    featherhead
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    I thought it was funny as hell when Barbie was up to the pass and she started yelling out the orders to the diners instead of to the Brigade. Boy Zorro has been quiet lately, it’s been kinda nice!

  4. 4
    Leto
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    I’ll miss Barbie next episode, I would have soooo loved a Christina/barbie Finale.
    And Justin is worse than a little girl when he gets punishments. Yes, garbage stinks, go get a mask. Yes, ironing is boring, get over it. He annoys me more than Dana, but she’s the only one who didn’t spot the sabotage, she shouldn’t be in the finale.

    Just one episode to go, I’ll miss you guys :(

  5. 5
    Sharon
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    I want a Dana/Christina finale. Just because it would force some drama. But, when I saw the crazy crack heads walking off that plane at the end of Mondays episode, I knew Hell’s Kitchen would not let me down and I will get my drama fix on the finale.

    Reality Wanted does exit interviews with all the contestants that are posted the day after they are eliminated.
    One of the questions they are all asked is, “Where are you cooking now?” Every chef has told where they are cooking now EXCEPT for…

    TIFFANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She answered that question saying that she “couldn’t say” where she is working and cooking now. What!!???!!!???????
    I guess it is because if you are at a rehab, halfway house, or prison they really don’t want you telling anyone you are cooking to pay your room and board.

  6. 6
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    ^ Maybe she couldn’t say because she isn’t cooking anywhere at the moment.
    Who would keep her nasty ass after seeing the stuff she was doing in Hell’s Kitchen? If she could re-use filthy pans and lick the knives for the wellingtons in front of Gordon Ramsay and a whole host of cameras, who knows what she would do in a regular kitchen when no one is watching her?
    Or maybe she really is in jail or a halfway house or rehab LOL.

    I never saw Barbie getting to the finale, especially after that last service with Clemenza, but I’m bummed that she didn’t at least finish ahead of Dana.
    Ahh I hate Dana.

  7. 7
    VunterSlaush VunterSlaush
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    I may have a reason why Dana yells during all of her THs.

    If she gets eliminated, her backup plan is to be the next Samuel Jackson beer spokesperson.

  8. 8
    Sharon
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    @chaos butterfly
    Tiffany said she is cooking some place in Vermont. And, she says she has been ther for 3+ years. But, I guess the owner is of the same mindset as you and I… “You can work here, but, don’t tell anyone! Tee hee!!!!”

  9. 9
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted August 29, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    I guess I’m rooting for Christina now. Out of the other two I really don’t care who makes it. Justin annoys me as much as Dana now.

  10. 10
    Pikey578
    Posted August 30, 2012 at 1:06 am

    I am so sad that Dana outlasted Barbie! I would have loved to see Barbie go further. Her classy exit spoke volumes about her. I found out that Barbie’s been through a hell of a lot. She lost her father at 14, taught herself to cook to help out the family and worked banquet serving on the side. She’s a widow – her husband, who had come back from Iraq, was shot and killed in front of their kids. So she has those 2 kids with her husband PLUS his 2 kids from a previous relationship, and she is raising them on the farm with her partner. As I said, she is a class act who has gone through a lot in her life. I would have loved to have seen her get a break… Now I really don’t care who wins (so long as it isn’t Dana).

  11. 11
    nashuaf
    Posted August 30, 2012 at 6:25 am

    When they do the “how expensive” challenge, I wish the judges wrote down their prices and then shared them. When the first says “$30″, might the next one think “well I only thought $24 but I don’t want to look like a dick” and says “$28.50″?

    Besides, pricing is a bit of a crapshoot. It’s not like there’s some official pricing guide they all follow.

  12. 12
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted August 30, 2012 at 9:57 am

    I’m so sad now. I loathe Dana and am not on Team Justin.

    Christina is okay but the most consistent chef, to me, is Barbie. And if IRC, Ramsey DID ask them to pick someone to be up for leaving and they pretty clearly all picked Dana. So, either he didn’t ask them, he didn’t care or the final 2 was decided on the first day of shooting.

    I’m going with the last guess.

    I miss Barbie and her faces!

  13. 13
    Josh Darius
    Posted September 1, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    Leto, may we drink blood wine together, this season is the worst!

  14. 14
    Sunshine
    Posted September 6, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    Barbie’s faces were some of the best thing on the show this season.

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