His fingers are already starting to blister. Owww. The medic tells Ramsay he has second degree burns on the tips of his fingers and his thumb. That does not feel good. At all. I once burned myself on a pan that came out from under the broiler, and that shit hurt so bad. That's going to be hurting for a loooong time.
Robert tattles on Gio for having a hot tray in the fridge, and Ramsay is off to yell at Gio again. Gio was just trying to cool it off. He feels horrible. When Robert returns to the kitchen, Gio tries to apologize, but Robert is ignoring him. I can't say I blame him for being pissed.
Now they are rapidly unraveling. Gio's got one piece of meat that's ready, but the other isn't. Gio sets a pan on fire. Ben sets a pan on fire. And Ramsay has finally had it for the night. "Dynamic six, my ass. Fuck off, the lot of you." But he says it in that defeatist tone that he gets when he's really, really disappointed. It's worse than him being a raving lunatic. And out of the kitchen he goes.
Post service smackdown. Ramsey is not happy. He thought tonight's service was going to be a dream; instead, it was an absolute nightmare. He tells Andrea she was a disaster. Robert gets a "Not good enough!" And Gio, well Chef thinks that he's special. Aw, Chef, that's so sweet of you to say.
Since Paula gave a solid and consistent performance, she gets to nominate two people for elimination. Now, fuck off.
As they leave the kitchen, Gio apologizes to Robert again. Gio says it was an honest mistake, he would never mean to hurt anybody in the kitchen. I do believe him there. That was a stupid move, not a malicious one.
Robert thinks it's a dumbass mother-fucking move to put a five hundred degree sizzle pan in the cooler. Gio says he's sorry again. Can we please move on now?
Paula thinks they all talk the shit but then when service comes, they don't deliver. She thinks it's really annoying to have six professionals in the kitchen, and they can't bang anything out. You said it sister!
She tells them, "You wanna see a fucking leader? I can be really fucking hardcore in the kitchen." Alriiight! Go Paula! But she's not done there: "Gio, you were working like fucking Lacey in the kitchen tonight." Ooooooo. "Between you and Andrea, it was like you guys didn't know what was going on in your own stations. I thought Robert, you were on a teeter totter tonight too."
Paula tells us they all had a chance tonight, they all needed to shine, there are only three choices tonight, and two of them are going to be up on the chopping block. Oh. Yeah.
Down in the dining room, Ramsay asks Paula for her first nominee. First nominees is Gio. Based on tonight's performance, and also because he hasn't really been a solid force during challenges. She's seen a downhill fall from him. I don't agree with her on that last part. I think he's done well during the challenges. In fact, he helped them pull their shit together and work as a team last week.
Second nominee is Andrea. She's got a lot of heart and determination, but she has struggled with communication. You better watch out Paula. You're going to be on her list now.
Andrea and Gio, step forward. Andrea, why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?
Ramsay asks if she really thinks she gave her best tonight? What kitchen was she in? And JP said you didn't even offer him a tug and a rub in the back, what's up with that?
Gio, why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?
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Comments (10)
Funny recap, as usual... but I'm sure you tire of hearing that all the time.
Ugh! One of my three picks to win was eliminated!
Gio...! What happened, man? Well, it's not like I thought he could run a "top class" restaurant, anyway.
It stinks that two of my three picks to win were singled out for elimination- Robert and Giovanni. At least my other pick, Paula, was the one who had to choose the candidates for elimination.
If anyone's interested in what's happened with previous Hell's Kitchen winners, you should check out the Wikipedia entry for the show. I'd post the URL here, but it's not allowed.
1 of 10 | Posted by Streaker | Posted on April 13, 2009 3:20 AM
Great recap, but a blah episode generally. I guess this thing is Paula's to win if she can keep her head out of her arse.
2 of 10 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on April 13, 2009 4:03 AM
Great recap for a piss-poor episode, PottyMouth! I bet Gordon would love to set fire to the casting director right about now. I wouldn't want any of those morons running my top-notch restaurant. Especially Ben. How annoying is that idiot?
I did like seeing the softer side of JP -- too bad his sweet nothings were wasted on Andrea. Yuck.
3 of 10 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on April 13, 2009 6:27 AM
Friendly's Strawberry Fribble - snicker, snort.
I'm tired of the whining and lackluster performances. I had Gio to go all the way, but it seemed like he checked out this week. Between his attitude during the deliveries and his space cadet kitchen performance, it was time to go. The hot pan in the fridge was huge - of course he did not "mean" to hurt anyone, but what did you think would happen?? Still sorry Andrea the wicked witch did not get her walking papers too - but now that she has no one to blame for mistakes and no one to hide behind her lack of skill is obvious. Rosemary skewers? Really? Applebee's calling...
Potty Mouth, you did a bang up job with the junk we had this week. Thanks for the Princess Bride reference at the end (I do not think it means what he thinks it means)- loved it!
4 of 10 | Posted by njgasmifan | Posted on April 13, 2009 9:22 AM
PottyMouth! Thanks for the almost naked ass shot of my bubba Robert (and I do love a nice pair of double-Ds on a fella, LOL!). Great job on this episode, I can always follow the action here, and thank you for calling out Ramsay on his professional use of "fuckface"! That kind of thing is totally appropriate in his "Kitchen Nightmares" scenarios where these idiots have been fucking up for years at a time, but it's not really much of a motivator when you're trying to work with someone...
love, J-Mo :)
5 of 10 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on April 13, 2009 11:25 AM
Haha, as soon as I saw Robert lying in his bed almost topless I knew it would be a screencap here! Great recap!
6 of 10 | Posted by rubinia | Posted on April 13, 2009 12:09 PM
Dear Pottymouth,
I'm so sad, I really thought Gio was going to win this trainwreck, and I can't believe Andrea is still there. The woman gives me a headache.
Love your recaps : )
Hugs,
Yenta
7 of 10 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on April 13, 2009 2:26 PM
Great recap PottyMouth!
I was wondering what was up with the whole shutting down Hell's Kitchen twist at the end of the episode. Seems like the only 2 chefs worthy of the title are Paula and Danny. Maybe the dead weight should just be cut off now and let's fast forward to the season finale.
My heart was broken when I didn't see Andrea's bitchy self get tossed out on her ass at the end of this episode, but with Gio spacing out, I guess it was bound to happen. Maybe next week we'll all get lucky and see a double elimination of Andrea and Ben. What a douche.
8 of 10 | Posted by jaded | Posted on April 13, 2009 2:52 PM
Dear God, why oh why is Fat Bastard still around? REALLY could've done without seeing his nudey folds laying around in bed! Andrea has been up on the chopping block almost every episode; if Gio wasn't such a whiny, lazy pain, it probably would've been here.
9 of 10 | Posted by TheGreatAndPowerfulShaz | Posted on April 14, 2009 7:59 AM
Streaker: I was sad to see Gio go as well, but I really think it may be Paula or Danny who wins this.
Snootchy Bootches: I agree on the blah-ness. Hopefully this week will be a little more exciting.
jennaboa: I love any time we get to see JP. I just wish he had let Andrea GO!
njgasmifan: That hot pan in the fridge was ridiculous. He looked to me like he just got too tired to even care anymore.
J-Mo: You are most welcome! I knew I couldn’t deny you that pic!
rubinia: How could I resist? :)
Yenta: Hopefully Andrea will go tonight. I don’t know if I can stand looking at her for much longer!
jaded: I will keep my fingers crossed that you are right and we are headed for a double elimination.
TheGreatAndPowerfulShaz: He can actually cook better than some of the other people who are still there. I’m still hoping Andrea goes tonight.
Thanks for reading and commenting! I’ll be curious to see how long the “closing” lasts tonight. I’m thinking it won’t go past the fifteen minute mark.
SWAK, PottyMouth
10 of 10 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on April 16, 2009 4:32 AM