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[TWoP Nikita]

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The men compete against the women in a challenge in which they serve classic American fare to special diners; the winning team takes a day trip.

Thread will open at 9:00pm EDT on June 11th.

[SpeciousLogic]

Of course the least obnoxious chef goes home. I'm predicting the "other" quiet blonde goes next time, leaving the harpy quotient at 100%.

I loathe Royce. He won't lead, won't follow, and refuses to get the hell out of the way. He is plutonium in a team setting. Screw him and his favoritism treatment from GRRR.

[Philipscomments]

Poor Don. Can't spell. Can't speak. Can't cook. Why is he still there? For comic relief?

OK, tonight I see some of why the women dislike Barbie. If she woke me up like that, she'd be looking for her nose. I think the little blonde was the right pick to go home. Glad Ramsay didn't drag it out by sending people back and forth.

Credenza!!! Pizza boy, what happened to you?? And you can't cook pre-fixed Wellingtons? Geeeeezzzz

Royce is too smug for his own good, I was really hoping he'd crash and burn. Alas. Him talking in the third person like George Costanza is just plain ...... weird.

Is it just me, or does Kimmie just stand around and stare a lot?

[Streya]

I thought for sure when he pulled Roshni onto the line that he was sending her home. She's definitely out of her league.

[Qui]

So far this season seems slightly less yell-y than the last 2, and for that I am grateful. This show is a mess but the past 2 seasons have been un-watchable imo, and the fun train-wreck that I expect from this show.

Royce needs to go.

[RavensGirl]

I have to admit I laughed when Barbie woke up the rest of the house. That was kind of awesome.

I have Guy pegged as the winner.

Patrick looks like Matthew Lillard.

I really hate Royce and I keep rooting for him to go home and get off my screen.

[Philipscomments]

Streya I think Roshni made the better argument for staying than blondie did. GR sort of rolled his eyes when blondie (why I cannot remember her name, I don't know) made her speech, which did sound like a recording.

[fostersmom]

I think Barbie made a good move tonight in telling Ramsey she woke up the others. It will buy her a few more crappy services just for conflict alone. There's plenty of other fodder on the woman's team who will go first. I still haven't seen one competent woman.

I was shocked when Ramsey said there was one more chef who deserved to be down there and it wasn't Clemenza. The wellington debacle should have been a kiss of death.

[Philipscomments]

I was shocked when Ramsey said there was one more chef who deserved to be down there and it wasn't Clemenza.

And he was grinning like a big ol' possum, wasn't he? Did you see how laborious it was for him to walk back to the kitchen from the table of Marines? I fear for his health if he doesn't lose some weight.

[fostersmom]

He just looks so unhealthy, his skin is grey and shiny. I don't know what medical condition would cause that, but it can't be good. Granted, I'd be freaking out too if I had to go tell any table, let alone the table of Marines, I had screwed up and they weren't getting their choice of entrees, but I'm guessing he wouldn't have looked any better if he was trudging out for them to tell him he was awesome.

[Mystery]

I, too, hate Royce. He was so smug when he was saying that talking to his old boss made him realize he could win it. Forcing Ramsay to make a call to his old boss so said boss could give Royce a pep talk should have made him feel nothing but embarrassment and shame.

[roydenlea]

Why wasn't Kimmie's elephantine ass on the chopping block instead of Barbie? She made more mistakes than Barbie and was practically even with Blondie and Roshni when it came to screwing up. And keeping Blondie would have been the smarter move on a purely aesthetic level because Kimmie is ugly inside and out.

Those women can hate on Barbie as much as they like but this is one Black woman who wouldn't have had time to apologize to Chef Ramsay for waking the Red team up because I would have been too busy talking to the police after not one but TWO of those creatures threatened to choke me. That is absolute and complete bullshit and shame on Gordon Ramsay for letting that shit pass. I wasn't sure if I was watching Hell's Kitchen or the Jerry Springer Show. Am I supposed to believe that trash like that would ever be allowed in any kind of fine dining establishment?

[Leshyn63]

I completely forgot this (and Masterchef, too) was on - and somehow, I don't feel that I missed too much. I think I have finally hit the wall with my Gordon Ramsey tolerance.

I now know how recovering alcoholics must feel. ;-)

[Philipscomments]

It's mind-boggling to me how the women will work as a team to win the rewards, but when it comes to working as a team for dinner service, they turn on each other. Instead of looking at the big picture and how successful dinner services will ultimately lead to all of them making their way further in the competition, they seem to take on this "every man for himself" mentality.

The guys are just clueless, period, for the most part.

[ProfCrash]

Making a chef salad, pizza, and other comfort food is easy compared to the regular fare. At least we have not had the normal risotto fails. Scallops seem to be vexing everyone....

Barbie was beyond annoying in the morning but the over reaction was a bit much.

[Shadowcat2576]

It's mind-boggling to me how the women will work as a team to win the rewards, but when it comes to working as a team for dinner service, they turn on each other.

Actually, right now I'd say the women working fairly well during service. We're hearing a lot of angry THs, but a lot of the issues in the kitchen appear to be individual. Barbie can't cook scallops, Blondie burned the fish, Roshnie undercooks dumplings. I always question how much other chefs are allowed to step in on other stations, at least until GRrrr has had his chance to yell a bit. We aren't having nearly the timing/communication issues the chefs tend to have at this stage.

The women had 8 people in the kitchen but I can only place 1 on apps, Barbie on Scallops/fish (Replaced with Blondie?), Roshnie on garnish, Kimmie on both steaks and pizza, Blondie on fish(Barbie's replacement?) What are the other's doing at this point? Also, don't the chef's get rotated to different stations each service? Why was Barbie doing scallops two services in a row?

[Booklord]

I always suspect sabotage and that the ovens and stoves are remotely controlled to screw up. ( Also food may be over-frozen or messed with so it doesn't cook right. ) And that contestants get some lee-way depending on what went wrong. Beef Wellington would be the most forgivable because really there is no way to tell until you cut it open whether it cooked right or not. Pulling a raw pizza out of the oven less so because any yahoo could spot check the pizza and say it needs a few more minutes. Frying fish on a Hell's kitchen stove? You're right there watching it cook. Watch it like a hawk. Don't let it burn. And don't let it go up raw. And lord help you if you screw in a way the show wasn't even remotely responsible for like badly cutting a large amount of scallops or proving you can't properly set up a salad.


What really blows me away is how these people keep using team politics when it comes to picking people to go up for possible elimination. Ramsey consistently will call up people not picked by the team. ( And if they were really paying attention they'd realize that their histrionics with Barbie have effectively granted her immunity for the next few eps ) This service the big screw-ups were dumplings, fish, and scallops. Of which I think that fish and dumplings were the worst. Roshni was going to have to answer for the dumplings, yet they had the cluelessness to act shocked when he called her up.

[Ehyeh]

So who hasn't been shown with a major mess up in the kitchen so far?

Right now I'm looking at Patrick and Guy (other than his signature dish) as the ones who weren't made to look totally incompetent yet. There may be others but they haven't been featured prominently for now.

[Writing Wrongs]

These are some of the most nasty looking people I've seen. I wouldn't want any of them touching my food. Are they all from the ghetto? All the beeping and yelling and fighting is ridiculous.

[getawayjordan]

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Why wasn't Kimmie's elephantine ass on the chopping block instead of Barbie? She made more mistakes than Barbie and was practically even with Blondie and Roshni when it came to screwing up. And keeping Blondie would have been the smarter move on a purely aesthetic level because Kimmie is ugly inside and out.

Where Barbie is concerned, performance in the kitchen means nothing at this point. Several of the girls seem to have signed a blood oath to get rid of Barbie at all costs and Kimmie is one of the prime architects of that effort. They want Barbie gone - period. One of them even jumped the gun and called Barbie's name out for elimination when she supposedly meant to say Briana. Freudian slip?

Those women can hate on Barbie as much as they like but this is one Black woman who wouldn't have had time to apologize to Chef Ramsay for waking the Red team up because I would have been too busy talking to the police after not one but TWO of those creatures threatened to choke me. That is absolute and complete bullshit and shame on Gordon Ramsay for letting that shit pass. I wasn't sure if I was watching Hell's Kitchen or the Jerry Springer Show. Am I supposed to believe that trash like that would ever be allowed in any kind of fine dining establishment?

Ramsey could care less about Barbie.

She is nothing more than a tool to him. He wants the show to score high ratings and Barbie is being molded/edited into the kind of villain that he needs to make that happen. Her cooking has gone from very good to suspiciously bad in two short weeks. She has no friends or allies on the show. She is completely isolated - alone on an island. The reasons they gave for putting her up for elimination were so randomly lame that Ramsey was compelled to put a third girl on the chopping block.

As for the threats to choke Barbie out, yes they were wrong for threatening her like that, but I suspect the offenders were making idle threats they were not fully prepared to follow through on. Plus, I never got the impression that Barbie was physically afraid of them.

[Philipscomments]

The women had 8 people in the kitchen but I can only place 1 on apps, Barbie on Scallops/fish (Replaced with Blondie?)

Dana was responsible for spaghetti, which she over-sauced right off the bat.

Why was Barbie doing scallops two services in a row?

Maybe they keep hoping she'll bounce back like she did in the Catalina Island reward challenge. Or, they hope she keeps messing them up like she's been doing and get rid of her.

[SpeciousLogic]

Maybe they keep hoping she'll bounce back like she did in the Catalina Island reward challenge. Or, they hope she keeps messing them up like she's been doing and get rid of her.

I was under the impression that TPTB decided who was at what stations, not the contestants. Otherwise they would just keep throwing someone they didn't like on appetizers (usually the killer station, especially early in the comp) until they were gone.

[UCCF]

Actually, right now I'd say the women working fairly well during service.

Am I wrong, or have the women still yet to send out a single entree in 3 episodes of service? I don't think they got any out last night, and I know there weren't any the first two nights.

Personally, I hope Kimmie goes next, if only so that she can go back home and find some pants that fit her. I'm a big guy, but at the very least I make sure that there's no crack showing when I go out in public (let alone on TV in front of millions of people). She is failing in basic living skills, even using the special-ordered extra-low bar applicable to judging typical Hell's Kitchen contestants. What kind of clown college to they go to to find these people?

[Qui]

Barbie is being molded/edited into the kind of villain that he needs to make that happen. Her cooking has gone from very good to suspiciously bad in two short weeks. She has no friends or allies on the show. She is completely isolated - alone on an island. The reasons they gave for putting her up for elimination were so randomly lame that Ramsey was compelled to put a third girl on the chopping block.

I don't see her as getting the "villain" edit at all. And she's fucked up on all the dinner services iirc. Especially with scallops. But she's been good in the prize challenges.

The only "villain" that I really see as of now is Royce.

This show usually focuses on one contestant that everyone hates for a while, then it will shift to another contestant that everyone hates, etc.

[charmgirl]

Ramsey could care less about Barbie.

She is nothing more than a tool to him. He wants the show to score high ratings and Barbie is being molded/edited into the kind of villain that he needs to make that happen.

I don't see her as getting the "villain" edit at all.

I agree Qui! She may be getting the "incompetent loser" edit ..or even the "convenient scapegoat" edit. But, in no way, shape or form do I see her as a villian.

Most certainly not with the likes of the insanely ridiculous mean girl Kimmie and her other cronies around.

[preeya]

Can someone explain the phone call to Royce's boss, Ralph and why he gets preferential treatment in the form of a "pep talk?"

[Philipscomments]

Am I wrong, or have the women still yet to send out a single entree in 3 episodes of service? I don't think they got any out last night, and I know there weren't any the first two nights.

You are correct. That's why I said they don't do well in dinner services, they turn on each other or sabatoge (Tiffany letting Barbie send the wrong number of scallops up to the pass that night). They can't see the forest for the trees. The only entrees they have managed to get out were the ones to the new U.S. citizens... those sliders, pizza and grilled cheese sandwiches. Imagine eating that food at dawn?

But, in no way, shape or form do I see her as a villian.

According to GR, she's an appendix.

Can someone explain the phone call to Royce's boss, Ralph and why he gets preferential treatment in the form of a "pep talk?"

My best guess (and that's all it is) is that GR doesn't want the embarrassment of one of his former HK finalists' protege screwing up in front of millions of people. GR wants him to succeed as an affirmation that HE (GR) makes great chefs out of these morons.

[CrashTextDummie]

I was kind of shocked at that elimination, I thought for sure that Roshni should have been sent packing. She screwed up the easiest station (freaking pre-prepared dumplings!) and has been consistently useless throughout all 3 services. Briana was one of the quiet, pleasant ones, which I suppose won't get you far on this show.

Dana sounds perpetually hoarse, she should do less needless screaming in her talking heads. At least she's still a step up from the lowlife thuggish trio of Tiffany, Robyn and Kimmie. Barbie has actually been on the fish station three times in a row, she stepped in for Roshni, I think, in the first dinner service.

Pretty uneventful night for the men, I guess Clemenza is giving Donald a run for his money in the race to be eliminated off the blue team next.

[SpeciousLogic]

I don't see her as getting the "villain" edit at all. And she's fucked up on all the dinner services iirc. Especially with scallops. But she's been good in the prize challenges.

The only "villain" that I really see as of now is Royce.

This show usually focuses on one contestant that everyone hates for a while, then it will shift to another contestant that everyone hates, etc.

I'd say Royce and Robyn are the most obvious villains for their respective teams.

Robyn has been arguably as bad as any of her teammates each of the 3 episodes. Tiffany was terrible the first 2 times, but was relatively quiet last night. Kymmie has been obnoxious all 3 episodes, but never quite as bad as Robyn. Dana did a lot of TH screaming last night, but wasn't too awful (comparatively) the first couple eps.

And while I thought it was childish of Barbie to deliberately wake everyone up, that was certainly a lot milder than what she's put up with, and for reasons that still aren't clear to me. The antipathy towards her by at least 4 of her teammates doesn't seem at all warranted by what we've been shown. I don't see her as a villain at all right now.

The men are mostly anonymous incompetent boobs. Royce is easily the most loathsome of those characters, and thus he'll probably make the black coats (also due to his built-in favoritism from GRRR). I think I actually hate him more than any of the women, and that's saying something.

[gregg247]

Tiffany, Robyn, and Kimmie make me think of a gang in women's prison. 3 entirely unpleasant, enraged, mean thugs, looking for a fight. I'm rooting for Barbie (please staert cooking well again!) just becasue she's facing down these three losers every week.