Episode Report Card Daniel: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Michael, If This Is a Lecture on How We're All Supposed to Whatever and Blah-blah-blah…
By Daniel | Season 11 | Episode 11 | Aired on 05.14.2013
In the dorms, she tells Red that she wants a challenge and an opportunity to show what a leader she can be. She's such a twit -- obviously when she puts it like that, all the rest of them are going to want to show their own kick-ass leadership skills, and everyone says they want to go. So they end up drawing a name at random, and Cyndi's the one going to Blue.
Blue, meanwhile, are still arguing over who to nominate, with Anthony making Zach really angry by voting for Zach, and not even Anthony's plaintive "Dude!" can placate "Grant Banks" now. "You want to put me up, put me the fuck up, but don't look in my fucking direction." Then he calls Anthony a "coward" for some reason. They head back into the dining room not having come to a consensus, so you can only imagine how well this goes over with Ramsay when Anthony breaks the news to him that they didn't do the one thing he asked them to after losing dinner service.
He's flabbergasted, then asks Jon who the weakest member of the team is, and Jon picks Michael, for fucking them tonight. Michael cites Zach for inconsistencies. Anthony likewise chooses Zach, and Zach picks Michael. So Ramsay orders both Zach and Michael to step forward.
Ramsay asks Zach if he's a better than Michael. Tough one from Ramsay! I mean, I presume Zach thinks he's better than Ramsay, never mind Michael. Ramsay asks Zach if he's got what it takes to step up now that Blue will be down to three after tonight, and Zach brags about how three of Blue's dishes tonight were his creations. Back in line, Jon's all "WTF!" and Anthony tells Ramsay that they were all putting in ideas. Zach starts talking about how it was his blueprint, but he did have input from his team. Ramsay asks Jon flat-out if that's B.S., and Jon confirms it is, indeed, B.S.
On to Michael: At this stage of the competition, they can't be making mistakes. Michael talks about how he was confused by the timing tonight, and in the course of his defense points out cooking means so much to him that he elected to work instead of bringing his newborn son home from the hospital (a revelation -- or perhaps retelling -- that makes a few other chefs roll their eyes).
"My decision is Michael," says Ramsay, and takes Michael's jacket. Michael thanks him, and leaves, but insists to us that his team got rid of him because he was a threat. Well, actually, Ramsay picked you over Zach, guy.
Back in the dining room, Ramsay goes apoplectic when he finds out Red didn't come to a consensus either, but drew a name at random to decide who would go over to Blue. It's hilarious how Red clearly thought Ramsay would be impressed by the fact they all volunteered, and he couldn't be angrier. This isn't "fucking roulette" to see who's going to take over his restaurant, he yells.