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[TWoP Nikita]

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The teams must put on a dinner service timed in sync with three runway shows going on in the restaurant.

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[Qui]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Damnit to hell. I guess there goes my reason to watch.

The Red Team should all be eliminated just for uselessness and being disgusting. But I'll guess they'll be kept around for drama and yelling and w/e.

God, I cannot stand Kimmie's face. I needed Guy around to counteract her horribleness. And the rest of the Red Team's horribleness. Especially the drunk with ratty hair.

[SpeciousLogic]

So Robyn screwed up the meat, so she expected Christina to put herself at risk by stealing the blue team's meat? WTF?

Also wtf: We went to a commercial break having just seen Credenza decided upon as the first nominee. We then had an entire segment and went to commercial break STILL not knowing who the 2nd nominee was? What the hell was the point of all that?

This show is so predictable. The heavy-handing editing, the solicitation of all the blue team's opinions pointing at Credenza, GRRR saying his name first -- you absolutely knew he was sending him back in line. I feel vaguely insulted.

Christina's remark that she didn't want the drama is a sure sign that she's gone the first time she screws up and the Red Team loses. Of all the infractions GRRR just won't tolerate, lack of drama is first and foremost.

[Tucson]

That was such crap; can GRR make it any more obvious that all he wants is a freak show with aprons. And why is this season so scallop infested? I know they always cook scallops in the beginning but didn't they used to at least make more effort to cook some other dishes?

[fostersmom]

The never-ending scallop errors are making me miss the crunchy risotto of seasons past.

Seriously, where did they find these women? It's like someone took every repugnant trait of the lowest of the low, mixed them in a test tube, and created a breed of half female/half feral wolf people. If I owned a restaurant one of these wildebeests worked at, I'd put out a public notice that she had been fired.

At what point do you all think GRR said fuck it and figured he was better off staging an accidental arson than have any of these morons in his steak house?

[kelly28rn]

I think the women were recruited from a prison work release program after learning their craft while serving time for manslaughter and armed robbery. There is no other explanation.

[Ladayada]

Am I the only one who thinks that the cooks from Master Chef should transfer to Hell's Kitchen so that there would at least be some people there who could really cook?

[Ginandtonic]

"One of the chefs has a bone to pick" while showing Kimmie laying on the couch with a bag of M&Ms while picking her nose was absolutely one of the best things I've ever seen on this show.

[Mystery]

Yeah, the editors were on top of that one.

Clemenza should've gone. Passion or not, he screwed up royally, and wasted a ton of food doing it.

[QueenAnne]

Keeping Clemenza was the most confusing part of all - I mean, I liked Guy, but who knew Clemenza was so insanely popular with the Red Team? Those pugilists aren't going to get as much love out of them as Clemenza got, and overwhelmingly when you get contestants willing to interrupt Ramsay and overrun their mouths with touchy-feely nonsense everyone rolls their eyes along with the viewing audience; not "go on with your bad self"!. The characterizations of the Red Team here are completely on point. Robyn is going to be trouble; I'm not a chef and even I could tell that the women were in a rhythm without her. She has nothing to do and it sucks; so what? To act like it's personal to Christina is insane - and based upon the promos of last week, what an anticlimax. This week was exactly as "eventful" as the last eventful episode.

[NoPity1066]

fostersmom - I got to the word "wildebeests" in your post and thank GOD I didn't have anything in my mouth or I'd be cleaning my keyboard. Such a spot-on description for the Women In Red. What in the Holy Batman Hell is wrong with them ?

I'm not one to comment on physical characteristics as a put-down, but these women MAKE themselves ugly with their hate-spewing, sarcastic, venomous attitudes. At one point the bleeped-out dialogue outranked the aired portion 3-1. If you're using the phrase "fucking bitch" 100 times in a three hour dinner service you may want to check into anger management classes. Gah - what must it be like to WORK with those shrieking, back-stabbing harpies ? (Sorry, spelling ?)

Thank Heavens for Roshni ! She's no wallflower, certainly, but seems lovely, talented, and cool headed. If I had another baby in my future (I don't) I'd name it Roshni, boy or girl. Not kidding here. Beautiful name, beautiful girl. I'm pulling for her to win.

I can only imagine how happy she was to be moved to the Boys in Blue. Sure, they have their moments (hello, 327 extra pieces of wasted fish !), but it's like night and day as far as teamwork and attitudes. I've lost count of how many times the womens' team has outright lied, cheated, or done some serious under-the-bus throwing.

I know GRRR and Fox want to amp up the drama for ratings, but Hell's Kitchen has slowly devolved into a culinary Lord of the Flies.

[OlfinBedwere]

Judging by her drama queen attitude and Chef Ramsay's comments about her, I think Kimmie's unfortunately a lock to reach the black team (and probably even the "running the pass" challenge) now, unless she either quits or goes completely off the rails in an upcoming episode.

If I was going to give props to anyone it would probably be Brian and Roshni, both of whom seemed completely useless in the first few episodes but have rebounded pretty well in the last couple of episodes. They both have pretty tolerable personalities, so hopefully at least one of them will make it to the black team.

As an aside, has Justin actually done much of anything this season? I keep forgetting he's there until he appears in the camera interviews.

[cooksdelight]

I have heard that 100,000 or more people try out for this show. Why are we not watching better chefs? I could not believe the amount of food that was wasted last night. Especially swordfish, which is wildly expensive and not a sustainable fish for the most part. I was very surprised Clemenza was saved.

[Ehyeh]

They've definitely picked some people just for the craziness but I do think there are decent chefs in this season (and with the past seasons as well). The problem is the environment that they're put it in is heightened for WAY more drama and stress. I'm pretty sure that everything feels harder and stressful in Hell's Kitchen than your "normal" busy restaurant.

Edited by Ehyeh, Jun 26, 2012 @ 8:26 AM.

[CoyoteBlue]

As an aside, has Justin actually done much of anything this season? I keep forgetting he's there until he appears in the camera interviews.

Is he the one that's only interviewed so he can skeeve over women lately? Honest to god, maybe they got the guys from a prison yard too, the way they act like they've never seen women before. There are teenage boys who don't cream themselves like these guys do in the presence of females.

I want to know why Credenza didn't bring up Royce telling him to make 17/18 swordfish, which was apparently 10 too many. Especially since Royce's defense was so pathetic! "He said eighteen!" "That's ridiculous, Chef, I said SIXTEEN PLUS ONE!" Yeah, moron, and that was ten more than was actually needed. One additional or fewer would not make that less ridiculous.

[cooksdelight]

Clemenza should have nominated Royce for elimination just for that reason, CoyoteBlue. Instead he picks Guy. Or Brian. Or Patrick. Or anyone but Royce. I was really surprised someone never mentioned Royce based on his lack of leadership, something he craves. A real leader isn't given the power, they take it and so far I don't see Royce being anything like a leader. Just my opinion.

[Streya]

NONE of them are being a real leader as far as I'm concerned. Like you said, a real leader would TAKE control. That's why I can't understand why Patrick is the "de facto" leader, why everyone keeps saying, "you're the leader, why aren't you stepping up?" He's done jack as a "leader" and I have no idea why they insist that he is.

Ramsay wants someone who will command a kitchen not just with his /her mouth but with his/her presence and energy. None of these donkeys does that. Not one.

[ThatPoshGirl]

Oh, come on! They finally get a legitimately attractive guy (no pun intended) on this show and cut him before we even get to individuals? That makes me so stabby.

[SpeciousLogic]

Oh, come on! They finally get a legitimately attractive guy (no pun intended) on this show and cut him before we even get to individuals? That makes me so stabby.

Well, attractiveness is a distant second to drama in GRRR's Book of Reasons To Keep Around, and Credenza had him beat there. (Performance/skill is "somewhere near the back", to quote Reverend Lovejoy).

[MeeMaw]

That's why I can't understand why Patrick is the "de facto" leader, why everyone keeps saying, "you're the leader, why aren't you stepping up?" He's done jack as a "leader" and I have no idea why they insist that he is.

Didn't Patrick step up and appoint himself as team leader several episodes ago? I agree that he hasn't done anything to be considered a leader, but since he volunteered to be the leader, that could be why the team expects him to do something leaderly.

[Tucson]

I've been wondering how and why HK has turned into an hour long SNL skit aside from it having such an excellent snark factor for this forum. Even though GRRR yells and screams on KN, at least there's some redeeming qualities on that show. There's no redeeming qualities on HK; just a bunch of buffoons throwing pies in each other's faces and stomping and bellowing like the worst low class trash. You lose the ability to root for anyone; it comes down to who you hate the least. You've got the Whiner, the Wildebeest, the Boob-flopper, the Gangster, etc. Yuck.

[bumblehare74]

MeeMaw:

Didn't Patrick step up and appoint himself as team leader several episodes ago? I agree that he hasn't done anything to be considered a leader, but since he volunteered to be the leader, that could be why the team expects him to do something leaderly.

I think so.

I don't know why anyone would step up and attempt to lead any of these individuals. It is far too early in the game for accepting any leadership role. It would make much more sense for this cast of characters to just do their job, lie low, and try to avoid Ramsey's temper. Once he named himself team leader, there is no way that he can get away from it. He can't resign.

There just isn't anyone to root for on the women's team. I don't like any of them, they are just too loud and obnoxious.

[Uncle Benzene]

I've been wondering how and why HK has turned into an hour long SNL skit aside from it having such an excellent snark factor for this forum. ... There's no redeeming qualities on HK; just a bunch of buffoons throwing pies in each other's faces and stomping and bellowing like the worst low class trash. You lose the ability to root for anyone; it comes down to who you hate the least. You've got the Whiner, the Wildebeest, the Boob-flopper, the Gangster, etc. Yuck.

I've been wondering how and why it's not just a given at this point that that's precisely what they're going for. For years now, if not right from day one.

[Streya]

Sorry, I must have forgotten Patrick saying that. But it even seems like GRRR is waiting for him to take charge, going to far as to call Ralph to talk to him.

I don't know why anyone would step up and attempt to lead any of these individuals. It is far too early in the game for accepting any leadership role.

That's why it's a great time, when everyone else is so disorganized. If you wait until the Top 10, your reputation/work ethic/character are already established (on the show) and no one will give you that chance if they haven't already seen it.

Despite my dislike of him, I think Patrick is one of the legit candidates for the job, because Ramsay seems to be looking for him to take over. IMO Ramsay has about 4-5 legit candidates for the job every season, and the rest are just fodder for TV, so he doesn't care if they're the whackest, craziest wildebeasts, perverted slobs, or just plain lazy-ass mutherfuckers because they aren't going to make it anyway. He just needs them for show.

HK used to be fun, and you could see the real cooks early in the show; you liked most of the contestants and there was still some emphasis on cooking. You had a favorite early on. It's turned into barely managing to get starters out, challenges that always end in ties (that drives me CRAZY) and crazy reality personalities. Now you're rooting for the least offensive chef to win.

[Canada]

Okay, there is no way that Guy deserved to go home this week. Royce was a useless moron, but he gets to stay? Clemenze wastes a ton of food and gets shit wrong, but he gets to stay? Guy was not the worst chef this week.

[Ehyeh]

Didn't Patrick step up and appoint himself as team leader several episodes ago? I agree that he hasn't done anything to be considered a leader, but since he volunteered to be the leader, that could be why the team expects him to do something leaderly.

According to Patrick on twitter, only Brian and Justin were "on-board" with him when it comes to working as a team.

[JTMacc99]

Royce was a useless moron, but he gets to stay?

Change the end to "but he got to stick around for a while" and I think you've hit on the perfect epitaph for Royce's tombstone.

[ProfCrash]

Royce talked with Ralph. Ralph is his boss.