Sticking to the usual formula, Hell's Kitchen opens with the culinary warriors leaving elimination to go smoke in the house and discuss recent occurrences. Cringing Matt is pissed, and per usual, his pissocity is written all over his face. He yells at Ben saying that he was hung out to dry. Matt tells Ben that he hides behind the General, and then he storms off to his room to sit in his closet and look at various ziplock bags full of random items. This ambiguous activity is then followed by lying in bed and talking to himself.

The girls say that if he thinks the guys are manipulative, then he has no idea what he's in for. Corey says that they just got rid of their weakest player (Shayna), and now they have to put up with another weakling. She predicts that he'll maybe last a day. In addition to Corey not having a future as a chef, she also has no future as a psychic. Confused? You'll see...

In the morning, everyone meets Chef Ramsay in the kitchen for the day's challenge. Chef asks Ben if he's missing Matt and if Matt makes him nervous. The response is "no" on both accounts. Ben says they're just glad he's gone; they're "sick of looking at his face."

Rams said that he got out of bed early to cook for them. He's prepared three dishes to test their palates, but what the chefs don't know is that each dish is made with imitation meat. They taste the chicken parmesan first, without knowing that the chicken is made of soy protein. He asks what ingredient is missing, and they all list various seasonings.

Next is beef stew that's missing the beef and contains a soy based substitute. Petrozza notes that it has an odd texture, but can't put his finger on it.

Finally he presents a sausage ravioli. The weird announcer says, "The only ingredient missing from the sausage ravioli? Yeah, the sausage." Sometimes I feel like the announcer is flirting with me. Anyway, everyone loves this dish and cannot detect the mystery meat.

Rams then breaks the news that there is no meat in any of the dishes. Matt quips that he thought the beef in the beef stew was cat. I'm hiding my little feline as we speak.

Rams is disgusted with all their palates. In my humble, non-medical opinion, I am going to place money and bet that their palates suck because they puff away on cigarettes as if they are going out of style. And smoking can dull or damage the tastebuds. In other news, Gordo makes Matt put on a red shirt, thus completing his transition to the ladies' team.

Now it's time for a blind taste test. Because the teams are uneven, Jen has to sit out the challenge and is crushed to have to sit on the sidelines.

Up first are Rosann and Petrozza. Each chef will attempt to identify three foods while wearing blindfolds and sound-proof headphones. The team with the most correct answers will win. They totally look like they are getting ready for a firing squad or something. And nothing says hilarity like bullet holes and blindfolds, so of course I'm cracking up.

The first food is chicken. Rosann sucks on it for awhile, with it goofily hanging out of her mouth, before determining that it's white meat pork. Wrong! Petrozza is correct with "dry ass chicken." But Rosann correctly identifies sweet potato and nectarine, while Petrozza thinks it's turnip and pineapple. Crazy smokers.

Next, neither Corey nor Toilet Brush correctly identify meatloaf or watercress. But Corey does get one point with turnip.

Third, neither Christina or the General can identify shrimp a.k.a. "poo vein delight." But Christina correctly identifies radish and chopped truffle, pulling the women's team further into the lead.

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