Episode Report Card Daniel: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I Fought the Cod, and the Cod Won
By Daniel | Season 10 | Episode 3 | Aired on 06.11.2012
Briana's on cod, but she screws up things for Red's entrees when she burns a bunch and then serves up a half-portion of cod (which isn't even done right). Briana apologizes to Kimmie, who is, as usual, moments away from committing homicide.
Then Clemenza again screws up the Wellingtons and he has no more. Ramsay's not impressed. "Baby rhino screwed the marines. It's the U.S. Marines!" he yells. Well, in that case, they're probably able to handle hardship a little greater than "Sorry, but we're out of beef Wellington, sir."
James marches Clemenza out into the dining room to explain himself to the marines, and it's presented as though Clemenza might not make it back alive. Fortunately, his suggestion of the New York strip instead earns a "Yeah, that'll be fine" so DOMESTIC CRISIS AVERTED. Clemenza is genuinely relieved to not have been murdered.
Briana gets the firefighters' cod right, which means it's up to Roshni on garnish, but she forgot the dumplings. "Pathetic," snaps Ramsay.
And while Clemenza and Patrick get the marines' cod and strip steak out, Red team takes another crack at the cod and dumplings. But the dumplings are cold. "You can't even poach a dumpling! Brutal!" yells Ramsay. Red sucks it up and gets back to work, except Kimmie's Wellingtons are four different types of garbage while Brian's cod is boiled on one side and burned on the other. The nice thing about Kimmie screwing up is we don't have to listen to hear complain about all the other bitches who can't cook. It's enough for Ramsay, who kicks them out with a "Get out! Get out! And one more thing: get out!" to the shock (really?) and delight of the diners. Obviously, much like watching autoracing for the crashes, you go to Hell's Kitchen not to eat but to watch Ramsay scream at sweaty line cooks. So I don't feel too bad for any diner sitting there going, "It's been over two hours."
Red's ejection doesn't guarantee a Blue victory, though, so the men still anxiously await Ramsay's thumbs-up for their last entrée. They get it, and start hugging each other, being the first team to complete a dinner service this season.
Post-dinner, with the teams assembled in the kitchens, Ramsay tells them it was another painful evening, but at least with a couple of highlights bobbing up and down. Among them: Royce, and Christina (although Ramsay adds that her team didn't jell). "You went so far backwards you couldn't get any entrees out," he says. He tells them to piss off and figure out two for elimination; he can think of six off the top of his head.