Minicap: Hotel Hell

Recaps

By BlueCanary | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | 9:32 am | 8 Comments
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In the second episode of Hotel Hell, Gordon descends upon the Cambridge Hotel, an historic inn in upstate New York. It’s over 150 years old and allegedly has a ghost, but the creepiest thing we see is a jacked-up, handless mannequin, which does nothing more threatening than stare out the unoccupied third floor window. But the real problem in the place isn’t a ghost; it’s the owner. John is a military soldier-turned-lawyer, who thought he’d try his hand at running a hotel, despite having zero hospitality experience. I’ll let you guess how that’s been going.

John’s obsessive determination to micromanage every last aspect of the place, coupled with his reluctance to give his staff the freedom to do their jobs, has sunk the place, and it’s a disaster of cheap linens, random curtain rods, awkward moments, and spousal hostility. Plus, the security detail could use some serious work, by which I mean it could stand to exist in the first place. Gordon also shows us his blurry booty once more, so that’s a bonus. Stay tuned for the recap later this week, and catch up on the two-part series premiere while you wait. Thanks for reading!

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8 Comments

  1. 1
    WishICouldDance
    Posted August 21, 2012 at 10:49 am

    I am REALLY starting to look forward to this show!!! Gordon seems to get Nekkid quite a bit!!! Anyone have a connection at Fox who can be bribed? We can take up a “oops, we forgot to blur Gordon’s naughty bits” fund!!! I’m in!!!

  2. 2
    KartofflMuter
    Posted August 21, 2012 at 11:28 am

    Sous Vide-Really? Has it come to this Gordon? French terms for Boiled in a bag? How about “merde”? And I am referring to the horrible haircut the Laweral has on his head. I could hear the Jaws theme in the background. Surely there must have been others. Twerp.

  3. 3
    annie Annie
    Posted August 21, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    Ohhhhh man! Dude had the worst haircut (we are talking about the owner, right? lol)
    Well, it wasn’t really a haircut so much as it was “clinging to scraps”.

    I love this show, and yes I have noticed Gordon will get naked at any cost (he must save the hotel!!!!!) and Im OK with that.

  4. 4
    Sharon
    Posted August 21, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    I just want to kick my tv screen when these folks (and the ones on Kitchen Nightmares) use every last dime of their own money and then start using their children’s money.
    I am pretty sure that I heard them say that this delightful hotel owner had also used up all of his own parents money!
    And. They. Still. Lost. The. Business.

    Calgon, take me away!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, I wold love to beat him severely about the neck and ears.

  5. 5
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 12:22 am

    I want to hunt down Scooter and ask for his hand in marriage.
    At first, I just wanted to put him in my pocket but no…marriage will be better.

  6. 6
    BlueCanary
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 5:34 am

    I adore Scooter! Rest assured, there is plenty of Scooter love in the full recap.

  7. 7
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 8:53 am

    Scooter is the only winner here.

    And yes, The Ram has a nudity clause, as in he must be nude at least once per episode, in all his contracts (they tried to work it into Masterchef but Teddy objected). I haven’t seen him naked in Hell’s Kitchen yet but I suspect he’s not wearing underwear.

    At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.

  8. 8
    SuburBint
    Posted August 22, 2012 at 9:00 am

    Love the pic you used here! I almost died when Gordon asked, “I this a sex thing? Where are the handcuffs?” (He did ask about handcuffs, yes? Or is that just a wistful false memory?)

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