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paul_giamattiLast week, American audiences -- for the most part -- were introduced to hot-tempered kitchen Nazi Gordon Ramsey and his unique brand of culinary abusiveness on Hell's Kitchen. His foul mouth and penchant for hurling plates of spaghetti into underlings' tummies took center stage as we learned just how evil (but inspiring!) this man could be. With that initial shock absorbed and processed, we were ready for the real drama to begin this week, and I'm happy to report that the producers didn't make us endure sixty more minutes of only G-Ram's foul mouth (although rest assured, we got so many bleeps, I thought Fox was conveying hidden messages via Morse code). Yes, in addition to the expected cursing, we had squid gutting, kidney stones, angry musical doctors, and a sweaty Dewberry. Oh, and my friend Audra even showed up to chow down on some pizza. I don't know about you all, but I was entertained.

The show began with a never-ending recap of not just the central premise (yup, there goes G-Ram in his bad-boy convertible again) but last week's episode as well. I suppose this was Fox's way to make all the new viewers feel at home. Anyway, after five minutes of this, we finally began episode two as the over-eager narrator announced, "Dewberry seeks a moment alone!" Thanks, I didn't notice that when we saw Dewberry standing in the bathroom, you know, alone. Unfortunately, our man-muffin could have nary a second to himself as Elsie soon walked into the bathroom. Uh oh. This would be awkward. For those of you who missed last week, Elsie promised to keep Dewberry safe, only to betray him at the last second and nominate him for elimination. Surely Dewberry would lay into her with the potent brand of sass that only a fat gay man from Georgia can muster. Or... he would hug her. Yeah, Dewbs simply embraced his turncoat friend before she could even utter an apology. Way to diffuse the tension, jerk. To be fair, he did think she was a giant croissant. (Don't know why he hugs croissants, but just go with it).

Anyway, the next morning, while the contestants all slept fitfully in their dorms, sous chefs Scott and Maryann raised hell (heh, get it?) by banging pots and pans as an early morning wake-up call (the narrator informed us that this was both figurative AND literal. THANKS). Dewberry confessed to us that in his confusion, he thought a gun had gone off, which leads me to wonder how many guns he's actually been around. I'd hate to see him knock over a kitchenware display at Williams Sonoma -- he'd probably think a gang shootout had erupted near the olive oils.

Nevertheless, the cooks shuffled into the kitchen where Gordon greeted them with a typically angry face. Not everyone was there though. Cocky chef Chris stayed back in the dorms to brush his teeth and change shirts. When he finally emerged seven minutes later, G-Ram quickly berated him with an efficient "Lazy f-cker!" And with that, the narrator piped up again, this time reverently saying, "Everything Chef Ramsey does has a purpose." The narrator then added, "I LOVE Chef Ramsey!" Actually, he didn't say that, but he did go on to explain that the contestants would now be tackling a challenge that would test their attention to detail. Specifically, the cooks would be gutting and preparing squid, and the team with the most clean squid at the end of ten minutes would win dinner with the man himself, Mr. Gordon Ramsey.


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