Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fire in the (A-)Hole
By Lady Lola | Season 6 | Episode 3 | Aired on 07.28.2009
While the women indulge in their day of pampering, Dave injures his hand while cleaning the truck. He keeps it secret from the other guys -- because that's totally not gonna come back and bite him in the ass later. And the bad luck continues as Kevin rolls both ankles walking into the restaurant. They summon the medic on set, and Dave comes clean about his rapidly swelling wrist and his lack of sensation in his fingers. Yikes! It actually looks pretty bad. Everyone agrees that losing two contestants is bad for both the players themselves and the team.
Later, the ladies and the walking wounded return. Dave suffers from a torn FCR ligament and fractured wrist. Kevin has stretched his ligament in one ankle, on which he has to wear a boot, and has severely fractured the other. Nevertheless, they both claim they'll work through the pain and cook at the next service. Predictably, the mood on the Blue Team is grim as a new day dawns on Hell's Kitchen. As for the ladies, Ariel thinks this is her opportunity to shine.
Ramsay convenes everyone and tells the ladies to put their team effort from yesterday into today's service. He asks the injured guys how they're doing, and they both claim they're aces. Ramsay announces that one member from each team will be waiting on customers tonight. Before he can announce his choice for the guys, Dave the "One-Arm Bandit" volunteers. He claims he can use both hands, but those trays can get really heavy. I predict many dropped trays. For the Red Team, Ramsay picks Lovely. He leads the teams in a chant of "Tonight, we must complete the dinner service!" I'm not holding my breath.
Service begins, hopeful as ever. Doomed as ever. On appetizers, Van immediately takes the reins in the blue kitchen by screaming like a maniac. Ramsay doesn't take kindly to that but gives a resounding approval to his risotto. Can Tenille echo that culinary success in the red kitchen? Yeahhhhhh... that'd be a no. Her translation of "sauté these scallops" appears to be "drown them in boiling oil." Tenille gets territorial when Suzanne takes exception to this. But, soon enough, so does Ramsay. He makes her start over. Scallops prove problematic in the blue kitchen, as well, as Robert spins his wheels. Van, trying to help, puts about 45 scallops in one pan. No surprises here as Robert takes every opportunity to play Monday morning quarterback. Soon enough, Robert gets his karmic retribution as Ramsay curses him out over the scallops. Robert learns nothing and blames his gimp teammates.