Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jen-uinely Annoying
By Monty Ashley | Season 4 | Episode 8 | Aired on 05.20.2008
Jen immediately sells out Louross, saying that the veal was supposed to be on his plate, "and at the last minute, he didn't put it on." Louross: "[bleep]". Chef Ramsay: "What did I say? It is the Twenty Item Challenge." Jen: "Yes you did, chef." Not sure I approve of the sucking up right there. Who's the manipulative ass-bitch now?
Anyway, Chef Ramsay is theatrically appalled and declares the blue team the losers. They will do laundry. Corey is aghast at the idea. I think it's weird that they have to launder the tablecloths, since all the tables are already set. Oh, and they'll be doing it all by hand. Will they be banging the tablecloths on a flat rock in the river?
The red team, on the other hand, gets to go with Chef Ramsay on a photo shoot and an interview with InTouch magazine. I hope they've decided what their fave dream date is!
Louross breaks down for a bit, crying in the hallway and in an interview. Meanwhile, Jen is lecturing the rest of her new team on how selfish it was of Louross to do that. The veal was cooked, in her view, and all he needed to do was put it on the plate. Petrozza also does some complaining, but it's mostly Jen while Bobby looks on.
While the red team is off to Hollywood, judging by the exterior shots, the blue team does laundry. There is an artsy shot of the bubbly champagne juxtaposed with the sudsy water. There are no flat rocks, but they are using washboards. Jean-Philippe suddenly appears to taunt them with a live crab, which doesn't generate much of a response from anyone. Petrozza interviews that Jen is a volcano that could mess up their "whole little kitchen village". I choose to believe that's a reference to Pompeii, and you can't convince me otherwise. Petrozza's even Italian. It all fits.
The photo shoot seems to go well. I personally have never seen that cover of InTouch magazine, but to be fair, that goes for every other cover as well. So I can't prove that this photo shoot never appeared in the magazine.
The laundering includes one of those hand-cranked wringers, which I'm disappointed does not generate talk of the pasta challenge. Jean-Philippe (sans crab) pops back in to ask Jen if he can see a smile on her face. On ascertaining the answer ("No"), he asks if she's going to be bitchy all day. It would appear so, since she explains, "It's not fair that I'm here. My dish was flawless, as usual. As [bleep] usual, my [bleep] was flawless. I don't give a [bleep]." Then she throws in a "stupid-ass" and a "punk-ass" at Louross. Charming!