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pika- 06-28-2005
June 27th episode
Back to the dorms after another emotional elimination. Jessica can’t believe Chef Ramsay got rid of Mary Ellen. Meanwhile, Andrew is shocked he’s survived the chopping block twice now. The next morning, the teams are called back to the dining room. Chef Ramsay asks Ralph who his team’s strongest and weakest links are. He names himself and Andrew, respectively. On the Red team, Chris gets the same question. He also picks himself as the best and opts for Jimmy as the weakest. Chef Ramsay then announces that, tomorrow night, Hell’s Kitchen will be a pasta restaurant. He orders them into the kitchen for a lesson on pasta making. Then he gives them 20 minutes to make as much perfect pasta as possible. The twist is, one teammate has to hold their arms out so their team can drape the pasta over them. Both teams race to the finish. Chef Ramsay examines the offerings. The Blue team has made 2.41 pounds of acceptable noodles. The Red team gets up to 2.32 pounds, but has a huge clump in its last batch. After Chef Ramsay bins it, the Red team finishes with…2.45 pounds. The Red team wins. Chef Ramsay promises them an amazing afternoon as a reward. However, as a punishment, the Blue team has to roll all of the pasta for tomorrow night’s service. The Red team is treated to a wine and cheese party during a gondola ride. Meanwhile, the Blue team is still rolling pasta and grumbling about the clumps in the Red team’s pasta. Hours and hours later, they complete their task and all of the pasta is made for the next service. The next day, Chef Ramsay gathers the troops and explains that the restaurant is double booked. They’ll have two full sitting that night. One team will cook and one team will serve each two-hour sitting. The teams head into kitchen to start prep work. One hour before the first service, the Red team decides they want to cook first, another reward for winning the previous day’s challenge. The doors open and the first diners begin pouring in. Jimmy tries to rush out his first starters, but has soup on the side of the bowl. Chef Ramsay sends it back and orders him to clean it. The Red team struggles to get the first entrees out. Chef Ramsay is not pleased. With 30 minutes remaining, Chris and Elsie are slowly but surely getting out entrees. Michael, rather than bail out his teammates again, has decided to focus on impressing Chef Ramsay with his desserts. And with 10 minutes left, Jessica starts handing random entrees to her diners so they have something to eat before they leave. Chef Ramsay closes the kitchen and tells the Blue team to prepare. But not before berating the Red team for taking so long to get entrees out. As the Blue team prepares for their service, Michael hatches a plan to drown them. The Red team will push lasagna to their tables, knowing that it’s a pain to prepare and the Blue team will quickly run low on it. Ralph, meanwhile, is about to snap. The second sitting arrives and the lasagna orders begin to pour in. The Blue team quickly figures out what’s up. Forty minutes into the service, Jimmy is running from table to table and sweating like a blacksmith. If that’s enough, he mistakenly serves the two tortellini dishes ordered by Table 24 to Table 23. Ralph has to quickly whip out more tortellini starters. With 20 minutes left, the Blue team is way behind on their main courses, thanks to a night of serving lasagna. With only 10 minutes, another young wise guy thinks he should ask Chef Ramsay what the problem is. Predictably, it does not go well. In the kitchen, Jessica and Andrew are simply unable to deliver entrees at the same time. Plates become cold and Chef Ramsay sends them back. After two hours, Chef Ramsay closes the Blue kitchen. The teams are gathered for Chef Ramsay to discuss the services. Although the Blue team left 42 diners without an entrée, the food they served was rated higher than the food the Red team served. Additionally, their table service was good, whereas the Red team’s service was dismal. Chef Ramsay declares the Red team the losing team. He asks Michael to nominate two teammates for elimination. After some deliberation, and after asking Chris for some advice, Michael decides to nominate Elsie and…Chris. Chef Ramsay listens as Elsie and Chris defend themselves, and then eliminates Chris. Michael smiles as his primary competition goes down. Source: http://fox.com/hellskitchen/

just bradley- 06-28-2005

I watched a few minutes of this episode but I just can't get into it. That Chef Ramsey guy is just too annoying. Actually, I found the contestants annoying, too. Maybe if I had kept watching after the first episode I would have something invested in them, but that first episode turned me off. It is interesting to read your recaps, though, pika. :grin:

pika- 06-28-2005

I missed the show last night. :sad: I had borrowed a dvd from a friend at work and forgot to watch it over the weekend so I had to watch it last night in order to return it today. I'm so glad the official website has recaps. It saves me the trouble of writing one myself. :razz:

Brinna- 06-28-2005

I watched it. Michael certainly indulged himself in strategy: 1. I'm not going to bail my teammates out; I'm gonna focus on me. 2. Talking to Chris and assuring him that he wouldn't turn on him because he'd like to see the final to be himself and Chris...and then picking Chris. 3. Ignoring Chef Ramsey's clear hint to pick Jimmy and pick Chris instead with the hope that Chris, his strongest competition on the Red Team, would be eliminated...and then feigning surprise that it was Chris rather than Elsie who got eliminated. We did get a glimpse of Chris looking at the ground rather than meeting Chris' eyes when Chris left the kitchen. There were some strange revelations about Michael though. We saw him sneak out of the dorm at around 3 am to have a conversation with himself...talking aloud, camera rolling. So spontaneous...NOT! He really had a weak defense for picking Chris over Jimmy since Jimmy pretty much screwed up every job. Michael really thinks he's a hot shot and his arrogance is annoying.

DiamondSmiles- 06-28-2005

We did get a glimpse of Chris looking at the ground rather than meeting Chris' eyes when Chris left the kitchen. Huh? Just kidding, I know what you meant. :wink:

Brinna- 06-28-2005

OOPS!! Too many Chris' in that sentence! :oops: Of course, I meant that MICHAEL was looking down when Chris left the kitchen.

Pepette- 06-28-2005

I kept falling asleep during the show. I do remember an awful lot of bleeping bleeps being uttered. Between Chef and Ralph all you heard was bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep.....

Matt- 06-28-2005
Re: $#@&*
I noticed FOX ran a Parental Discression Advised warning before the show due to extreme amounts of offensive language last night. Was this the first time this was done? Or was it only last night because of all the extra bleeping going on during this week's show? I've never noticed a warning before any of the previous episodes. There is way too much $#&@ swearing in this show! :wink:

Kitri- 06-29-2005

That was the first time Fox issued that warning.

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