Episode Report Card Daniel: B- | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT A Shucking Disgrace
By Daniel | Season 10 | Episode 2 | Aired on 06.05.2012
As per usual, the men need to clean both kitchens and ice in the parking lot, and they've also got to shell, devein and clean some heavy-duty prawns. Patrick mutters something about being stuck with some "half-assed jabronis" not pulled their weight. "Jabronis," says this man, who is forty years old.
The women taunt the parking lot-cleaning men as they head out on their trip. Barbie mocks Robyn for bringing up her fiancée (female, apparently, just in case it comes up) when they've got a chance to pick Ramsay's brain. Back at Hell's Kitchen, the men have apparently finished cleaning, so they're rewarded with scallop shakes made from all the shitty leftovers they couldn't plate in the morning's challenge. Royce, who couldn't cook spaghetti, wants to prove how intense he is by jumping down Brian's throat for not being serious enough.
Meanwhile, the women go ziplining, with Roshni getting stranded in the center. "This is not funny!" she screams, while EVERYONE disagrees. Briana says it was priceless for them all to hang out and bond with each other, which is kinda sweet.
The women show up suntanned and sunburned back at Hell's Kitchen for some post-outing taunting of the men, working in the kitchen. As is their right.
So much for the bonding! The next morning, Barbie and Robyn start getting on each other's nerves, with Robyn telling us that Barbie's SO LUCKY they're not in the hood right now. Barbie: lucky to escape homicide at the hands of Robyn, I guess. Kimmie's aware that the men seem to be sick of losing and look quite focused.
Time for the pre-service pep talk. It's brief: Ramsay tells them it's about pride. Yay for pride! James opens up, and we're off.
Ramsay has ordered a tableside appetizer of shrimp scampi, handled by Christina and Brian. Brian seems lost.
In the kitchen, Ramsay is scaring the hell out of Don, who responds with an appetizer pizza that's burnt on top and raw underneath. Patrick calls him (to us) a dumbass. Meanwhile, Kimmie's served up a great pizza, but Briana fucks up the risotto badly enough that Ramsay gathers everyone around to show them that the three risottos for one table are three different shades of shit.
Guy, meanwhile, serves up a delicious risotto and Don gets the pizza right, so the appetizers start heading out, and Brian seems to be getting his act together -- or seems to be, until a horrified James brings back a plate of scampi to the kitchen for Ramsay's inspection, and Ramsay starts bellowing for Brian, who's serving customers in the upstairs area. "He's not calling me downstairs to tell me my dish was great," he says. Nope. He's got raw and overcooked scampi at the same table, and he's got to start all over again.