Episode Report Card Daniel: C- | 1 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Slaves to the Grind
By Daniel | Season 11 | Episode 4 | Aired on 04.02.2013
Red, meanwhile, is starting to click, with Ja'Nel making delicious scrambled eggs. Nedra, however, is "sleepwalking through service." She hates "the morningtime," she tells us, acknowledging she was discombobulated. She's serving up soggy biscuits on the eggs benedict, and Amanda has to step in to help save the station.
Over in Blue, Ray's either not seasoning the scrambled eggs enough or using too much salt and pepper (I don't eat eggs, given that they're disgusting abominations that make me gag just thinking about them). Nedra -- feeling a little vulnerable because of her eggs Benedict performance -- elects to help Jacqueline, who's underwater on the pancakes.
Ray turns out some fluffy and delicious scrambled eggs (no such thing) and both teams are down to their last couple of tickets. Red is still being held up by pancakes -- everyone grabs a pan to make them, so they can get them done quicker and pick the best ones -- and Blue gets to catch up slightly until they're both on their last ticket. Ramsay screams about pancakes and then we go to commercial.
In the end, Blue gets their last order out first and they start hugging each other. Ramsay goes over to Red to yell at them about how he's never seen such a disorganized pancake station in his entire life. Me too! I mean, this is the only "pancake station" I've ever seen, but there you have it. Ramsay then kisses up to the diners and says it's been an honor to serve them for once. Then it's back into the kitchen to tell Red what a disaster this was, and instructs them to select two individuals for elimination. Ja'Nel can't get over the fact that it's not even 9 AM -- they haven't had coffee, some people haven't brushed their hair or their teeth, and now they have to pick two people for elimination. Given the apparent lack of teeth-brushing, I'm going to say the lack of coffee is a plus right now.
Amanda says the obvious choices are Jackie and Nedra. Cyndi reminds us that if they'd just been able to make goddamn PANCAKES, they would have won. Nedra's not impressed, because when someone sucks at a particular service they obviously think their entire performance over the run of the show should be considered, and Nedra doesn't think she's the weakest one. Ja'Nel's all, "Well, if not you, then who?" and Nedra offers Mary up for sacrifice. She claims Mary's the weakest one, but I think she's tired of Mary's baby voice. I have to say I'm not opposed to it. Everyone's all, "Bitch, please," at Nedra about it, and she goes off on a rant that requires state-of-the-art bleeping technology to make suitable for airing. By the time she's yelled, "Fuck all y'all" and stomped off, the rest of the team seems to be wondering if they can put Nedra alone up for elimination.