Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sorry, Corey
By Lady Lola | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 06.24.2008
And now for a little ditty called "Redemption" in the key of Christina. Ramsay delivers the specific pep talk he failed to give earlier, telling her, too, to wake up. She quickly duffs it by not being assertive enough. Soon enough, though, she begins to take sadistic pleasure in exercising power over her teammates. As Christina tries to save herself from a poor show of cooking, Corey redeems her poor leadership by preparing a perfect Wellington. Christina ultimately becomes drunk with power, pulling out the bossy boots and pissing off Sous Chef Scott. In turn, he garners Bleep-O-Fucking-Meter status while muttering threats of bodily harm against Christina.
Anger aside, Christina is doing a good job of being assertive. But will she survive Sous Chef Gloria's Machiavellian inclusion of the wrong seasoning in her mashed potatoes. Spoon goes to mouth, and Christina actually catches the mistake and gets kudos from Ramsay. She ends her time at the pass praying her performance there will erase any memory of the fish incidents.
As they prepare dessert, the contestants chat about the service. Christina readily cops to her rocky start. Corey brûlées the last order, and Ramsay gives them props for finishing their last team service. He gets down to business soon enough, though. Suspense builds as he says he doesn't know who belongs in the final. Ramsay promises to make things hard for the contestants...and commercials.
We return to Ramsay's doubts about the chefs. He recaps their performances' pros and cons. Corey ran her station perfectly, but sucked at the hot plate; Christina's had the exact opposite issues. Petrozza was so-so overall. Ramsay charges them each to nominate one person for elimination.
Back at the dorms, Petrozza and Christina are forlorn about the weight of this decision, while Corey takes an "It's not personal, it's business" approach. None of them is sure who will leave their jacket on the meat hook tonight. Christina counters Corey's partnering potential against Petrozza's experience. Petrozza is reluctant to set up his friends. He claims it's the most difficult word he's ever had to speak.
Everyone reconvenes in the darkened restaurant. Ramsay gives a proud papa speech, then says he doesn't like the eliminations. But the show must go on! Corey nominates Christina for being a "deer in the headlights" under pressure. Christina's all, "Right back atcha, bitch," citing Corey's subpar leadership skills. Petrozza predictably nominates Christina for her shoddy fish cookery. And we'll find out our finalists after watching a horrifying commercial for Hell's Kitchen: The Game. Let's just say Ramsay does not translate well into avatar form.