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In the Blue Kitchen, T.B. and the Gen are working together on the scallop appetizers, and TB is moving pretty slow on the eggs. Rams gets angry at the General for firing the scallops before the eggs are ready, but the Gen just says that he's a faster cook. Which is even more reason to wait to fire the scallops, am I right?

The Red Kitchen moves on to appetizers, and Jen is having some issues. She calls out an order to the kitchen, and Chef Yumsay tells her to never do it again. She tells us that he must be on his period because normally he wants people to be vocal. But now he's getting mad at her for trying to be vocal and a leader. He says all she does is confuse people.

And after Jen got yelled at, she totally shuts down. She won't talk or make eye contact with anyone. It's like all the joy for cooking just got sapped right out of her. She has really grown on me more and more each week, but I guess that "resilience" is a word that is not in her dictionary.

In the Blue Kitchen, TB makes a beautiful Caesar salad that impresses the Rams. He has thus redeemed himself from the slow cooking of the eggs.

Now Rosann. Rosann Rosann Rosann. This lady attracts more raw meat than John Mayer. Seriously. Why does she not know how to thoroughly cook animal flesh? Her chicken is raw, and Rams is PISSED. He calls everyone over to look at it, and then yells at Jen for giving up. He's had enough of her moping and the chip on her shoulder. Jen says that she can't win because he doesn't want her to talk and then gets mad at her for not talking.

Gordo makes everyone touch the raw chicken and then throws it across the kitchen, hitting Matt. Matt, of course, cringes, and Gordo says, "Did it hurt? So sue me!" Chef yells in Rosann's face, and Matt tries to help her. This begins Ramsay's rampage and it charges forth like a full throttle steam engine for the rest of the show, picking up steam with every turn.

Ben also made raw chicken! Ack! What is with this recurring theme!? Chef yells at all the men because no one is communicating or making eye contact. Ben says that he's not used to the brigade system, and it takes time to get adapted to it. This guy really has some nerve, doesn't he? Rams is beside himself. He tells Ben that he's tired of the weak excuses and that he sounds like a weirdo from Dr. Phil. Matt observes from the Red Kitchen and just eats it up with a spoon.

Matt, talking to himself, says "What's a matter, Ben? I'm not there anymore?" It's weird how much Matt talks to himself, isn't it? I think it calls for a hearty bit of concern, actually. Perhaps he's the one who should go on Dr. Phil. Either that or "Paranormal State." He might need to be exorcised.

Two hours into dinner service, the men are totally falling apart. The women, on the other hand, are picking up. They communicate incredibly well, and Matt is actually pulling his weight -- all 280 pounds of it! He listens; he's polite, and he's helpful. Christina did a good job on the beef and is very proud of herself. Chef interrupts her gloating, telling her not to start "peeing in her fucking knickers" and just concentrate. Definitely one of Gordo's best one-liners! We must compile a book of these!

More than half of the red diners are having their entrees. The Blue diners, though, have nothing and are eating random food. It's unclear where this random food comes from, but I'd like to imagine that it's whatever they can find in their purses. Sometimes if I dig hard enough, I can find a half-eaten, partially melted candy bar in mine. It's stuff like that that would allow me to survive a few extra days if I ever got lost in the woods. Or stranded on an island.

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