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The teams meet in the kitchen to share their menus with Chef. He really likes what the Red Team has put together and says that it reads very smart. Now for the Blue Team's menu...yeah, not so much. Gordon says that the halibut wrapped in squash and zucchini sounds ghastly. Toilet Brush does not miss the opportunity and says that he suggested salmon but Jen chose the halibut. Rams asks if he's happy with the menu, and he says no. Jen freaks out, telling us that TB is a punk and didn't speak up during their group meeting. Maybe because she never leaves any room for anyone else to talk? Just a suggestion! Petrozza tells us that Jen took captain of the ship and drove them into an iceberg. I love his one-liners, don't you?

Gordon tells them to rework the menu. The Blue Team takes a time out to brainstorm some more, and they end up with a menu that satisfies the team and Gordon. Then everyone heads to the kitchen to start prepping.

In the Blue Kitchen, Jen asks TB if he has something to say. He says that whenever they give input, she blows them off. She does just that and shrugs off what he just said and moves on. Petrozza says that Jen is a brat but TB does need to be better at voicing his opinions.

Hell's Kitchen is open. Each diner will have the option of ordering from the Red menu or the Blue menu. The popularity of the menus will help determine the winning team. The Red Team starts off rocky because Matt's first pasta appetizer is too salty. And this week is Corey's turn to look extremely red in the face. What's that about?

In the Blue Kitchen, Petrozza puts unwashed lettuce in the shrimp and crab cocktails. His station is always a pigsty. Gordo says that his sloppiness will be his downfall. And it's true. Petrozza's dirty apron is starting to resemble the blood-spattered smock of Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding cannibal from the "Texas Chain Saw Massacre."

In the Red Kitchen, another pasta appetizer is returned because it's not cooked enough. And then another is returned because it's too salty. And yet another is returned for being salty! Geez Matt! Gordon freaks out, saying that Matt is dripping so much sweat into the sauce that it's salty. Ew. I'd be SO grossed out if I knew that his DNA had been sprinkled all over my dish. That's just sick.

To curb the sweating issue, Matt ties a white cloth napkin around his head as a sweatband. Corey is furious, telling Matt that he needs to try harder. Matt throws a pan and says he doesn't give a fuck. So Gordon asks why he's behaving like a baby and offers him a diaper. But then another pasta appetizer comes back because it's tasteless. Christina takes over the hot appetizers, sending Matt to work the vegetable station.

Dishes are being sent back to the Blue Kitchen as well. Toilet Brush has sent out more than one completely raw filet mignon. Might I again suggest working at a raw foods restaurant? Or a sushi place, perhaps? A very angry Gordon says that if TB doesn't pull it together, then he'll be shut down. The pressure is on.

Meanwhile, Matt is not doing much better at the vegetable station. The brussel sprouts were not cooked to Gordon's standards. Why are brussel sprouts even on the menu? Brussel sprouts are never cooked to anyone's standards, as far as I'm concerned. Matt then breathily says, "I'll never give up." I wonder if he's promising that to Jack Dawson as his cold and lifeless body sinks to the bottom of the unforgiving sea...Celine Dion gently plays in the background...But this pity party doesn't fool anyone, and Corey boots Matt off his second station of the night. And Christina and Corey are, like, omigod! So completely amazed by how well they totally work together! Like, wow!

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