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Tabitha's had enough and rips into Ricky. The whole scene turns into shouting and bleeps. All I could decipher was "shit head" "fuck face" and "child support" before Gordo gets back there to tell the staff what he thought. He starts by asking Ricky what was fine dining about any of his food, and Ricky, confused, chews on his toothpick. Ramsay tries a different tactic and simply says "I thought it was shit." Confused toothpic chew.

What part of "Diamonds on My Fish" did you not understand?

He rants on about the lamb with chocolate sauce and Ricky argues that no one else complains about it. Could that be because no one eats there? Gordo asks him how he has the nerve to wear a fancy embroidered jacket and then serve frozen food. Ricky says he's proud of his food because he never lets anything go bad and he's not gonna give up! Inspiring. Gordo yells some more and Ricky storms out, saying he doesn't take this shit from NOBODY! Gordo puts his face in his hands. Ricky tells the cameras "who's dick is bigger? His or mine? Put it like this, we gonna bump heads." As we go to commercial, I hug myself and thank God for this show.

Next up is the kitchen investigation. I figured this would be easy squeeze since everything is packaged, but the fridge is at fifty one degrees, which is way too hot for a walk in. The only things that aren't frozen (some beef, salmon and cheese) are all rotten. Gordo calls the staff into the kitchen and makes them scrub while he goes out into the ghost town to do his goal market testing. There, he finds some kids at the stoner wall and a tatted guy in a shoe shop. I hope he finally makes a proper stoner restaurant. I have been waiting all season. Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter and ham. It'll take off, I'm telling you.

There's not a good place around here to go for meth.

He gets back to Stella's and the place is way cleaner. Now he has to deal with the staff. He does this by standing in the middle of the kitchen to really get a sense of the vibe. There is a lot of laughing, yo mama jokes and people talking on cell phones. Gordo starts with Buzzard, asking where he got that name from. Ricky shouts "cuz he's always peckin' at shit!" and Buzz chuckles and confirms "cuz I'm always eating everything, that's right!" Well, you can't accuse the man of not having pride in what he does.

Two hours into dinner service, the FOX bus pulls to a stop outside to let about fifty of Pomona's finest "real people" off. Anyone else horny?

Raaar.

It doesn't take long for the night to deteriorate into a screaming match between Ricky and Tabitha and they are out of everything. A waiter tries to serve a piece of cake that's past it's due date and Gordo catches Ricky making powdered mashed potatoes. "What? No one's ever complained!"

Making this situation even worse as the night wears on, customers are hellapissed and Ricky is nowhere to be found. Oh, there he is, chillin behind the restaurant. Where's Buzzard? He just left with "his bag of goodies". Gordo, not really having the chance to properly rip into anyone yet, follows Buzz down the alley and stops him with three bottles of wine and a four course meal. He makes him go back to the restaurant and admit his wrong doing, but instead of apologizing, Buzzard starts shouting about not having to take this shit from NOBODY!! That's the catch phrase of the episode. Did anyone who works at Lela's get enough love in their childhood?

At the end of dinner service, Gordo gathers the staff to ask them one basic question. "HUH?" No one can answer. He calls Ricky out on the powdered mashed potatoes, and Ricky's answer, predictably, is a shouted "No ones ever complained about em before!" Ok, that's the catch phrase. Ramsay tries to explain that having pride in being a chef means making your own food, but Ricky just chomps on his toothpick and shrugs. Poor Olympia Dukakis. She's put her whole life into this place, and I don't think there's much hope here.

Buzzard has the balls to show up for work the next morning, and Gordon calmly and politely tells him that if he takes anything off the premises ever again, he will be fired. Lela isn't as gentle, firing him on the spot. Damn, Lela! Way to grow a pair! Tabitha nanny nanny boo boo's him on the way out the door.

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