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
The remaining members of the red team try to rally, figuring that they just have to cook the fourth dish between them. Chef Ramsay returns, asking where the fingertip is, and nobody knows. Bum bum bummmm! It's not on the floor (which is where I thought it was). It's not on the counter. Is it in the pan, cooking up with the pancetta? Rosann hopes not. We get a close-up of the pan, and none of the cubes of pancetta look particularly like a fingertip. The customized commercial bumper involves someone slicing mushrooms, although it does not end with them cutting off their finger and the blood spray forming a pitchfork. Talk about a missed opportunity.
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Back from commercial, I think it looks like Matt grabs the fingertip in a towel. He might just be flailing around in pain, though. I don't think I'd blame him. Strangely, we're not focusing on that; instead, we're supposed to be noticing that the red kitchen is talking to each other and the blue kitchen isn't. Really? Haven't we talked enough about how much Chef Ramsay likes communication in a kitchen? I guess not. Sous chef Scott reminds them that there's no doubling up on ingredients, which means that the preserved lemons and onions are going to have to come out of at least one dish.
Bobby interviews, "Everybody broke down and everybody was just fending for themselves. You know, we're like a wild pack of dogs." Okay, first of all, Bobby, you weren't talking to anyone either. Second, a wild pack of dogs has excellent communication and generally works very well together. At least, that's what Cesar Millan is always saying.
Matt roars out of the back room and puts on a glove. He's ready to go! He's so ready to go that Chef Ramsay kind of signals to him that it's okay to pull back a bit. Matt interviews that he's in a great deal of pain but does not want to lose. Fair enough. On the blue team, with ten minutes left, they don't have a plan for the veal. Bobby apparently had it, but he doesn't think it'll go well with his chicken. Louross mentions that he has red snapper (Wheel! Of! Fish!), which Jen thinks should combine for a surf and turf. In an interview, Louross doesn't like surf and turf, but he seems to go ahead and do it.
Panicking! Plating! Counting down! Go! Go! STOP! For the first time, we don't see people putting lids on just as the timer reaches zero; Bobby and Louross are still back in the kitchen. And Chef Ramsay orders them to serve what they have plated. The camera grabs a shot of unplated veal.