Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Day 2
By Monty Ashley | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 04.08.2008
Ben's fillet is 5.9 ounces. The men are happy. Bobby interviews that "You know, it ain't no way in hell that them girls' gonna weight a perfect six-ounce piece." I am shamelessly rooting for the women at this point. But after a fairly long dramatic pause, which includes an entire commercial break (including that commercial for DirecTV that features a bunch of actors from Christopher Guest movies), Corey's piece is only 4.8 ounces. The men celebrate while Corey apologizes to each person on her team. Jen interviews that it was perfectly easy to pick a six ounce piece, and that they shouldn't have picked Corey.
Since the women lost, they will now be prepping the halibut and making the fish stock for the night's service. I like how this show has actual punishments for losers instead of just rewarding winners. It adds motivation.
The men get to join Ramsay on a "hundred-foot super-yacht". And they will get there via Rolls-Royces and Bentleys. No Megazeppelin? Feh. They file out, high-fiving. In the next shot, they return, wearing an array of unfortunate shirts, which sets Jen off in some kind of seizure, shouting "Byyyyyeeee!" and chopping fish while looking around wildly. Matt interviews that lobster juice was flying around and impinging on his expensive cologne.
Jen starts up a "Whose house? Our house!" chant, which leads Jason to interview "You can keep your [bleep] house, because we're going to the ocean, bitches." Well, that -- that doesn't really work as a comeback. I think the second half should refer in some way to the first part, like "It may be your house, but this is our yacht." Or maybe play off the "house" part, like "Is your house a hundred feet long and floating?" Just saying "we're going to the ocean, bitches" doesn't really work for me. There's no bite to it.
The cars are old-timey and classy and the marina is full of boats. Gordon welcomes them to their "day of decadence", which they seem pleased about. I just saw a great production of Cabaret this weekend, so I'm excited that we'll have some actual decadence on this show, but it turns out to just mean hooting and eating. There's lobster and halibut and caviar, which I guess is nice. Contrary to the narration, they don't appear to actually be on "the high seas", although the bay they're tooling around in looks nice.
Back at the kitchen: roly-poly fish heads. Jen announces, "For the record, I called it. I said that damn fillet was too low." If she did, it wasn't shown. And I don't think you can call things for the record hours after they happen. Christina defends Corey, saying that it's the whole team's fault, but Jen makes a face and, in an exaggeratedly (and funny) nice voice just says "Sure." In an interview, Jen continues to complain about Corey.