Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
By Daniel | Season 9 | Episode 2 | Aired on 07.19.2011
After the commercial break, "the finger-pointing has begun," as the narrator tells us. Will is rapidly losing points with me due to part of his anger being due to losing to women. I wish chauvinists would pick one: either women can't cook, or it's their job to cook. Just pick one prejudice and stick with it!
Meanwhile, the women are sending out their last table, and really enjoying the fact that they got called in for mop-up duty on the men. Not for the first time, I notice that Carrie has an Anna Torv (from Fringe) thing going on. The women finish up, and Ramsay praises the job they did.
Upstairs, Will is still shouting at everybody, and Chino tells us that the testosterone needs to lay off, because the yelling is only rubbing things in to the wounds of the guys who are already fucking up. He's not wrong. The guys head downstairs to face the music (tipping over a chair and not bothering to pick it up).
Ramsay calls it a Tale of Two Kitchens, and cavalcade of criticism starts, with the men nominating Brendan and Chino for elimination. Chino takes exception to Jonathon's nomination, since all Jonathon does is yell when Ramsay's around and then clam up the rest of the time. Jonathon tells him to go fuck himself, but Chino (correctly) points out that the women are winning because they've decided to suck it up and work together despite not all liking each other. Ramsay rubs his eyes while the bickering continues, and then just calls up Chino and Brendan to the front.
Brendan tells Ramsay that he's got heart and character, and wants BLT Steak, and he apologizes for lying. Chino admits that the experience has been humbling for him. He's here to learn, and maybe he's not as good as he thought he was, but he'll always get better. "Are you better than Brendan?" Ramsay asks him, and Chino can't say yes absolutely fast enough.
Not super surprisingly, Ramsay boots Brendan. "Don't hate the player, hate the game," says Brendan, after having given us ample reason to love the game and hate the player. He says he's going to lead another kitchen to greatness, and then he gives a shout-out to Carrie, saying he's her biggest fan. "Call me, all right?"
So Ramsay tells Chino to "get better, quickly," and then breaks the news to the women that since the men can't get their shit together, in the morning he's going to need a volunteer from the women to go to the men's team. Neither team is very enthused at this, and Monterray pipes up to tell Ramsay that he'd rather roll with the six he's got, and the other men voice their support. "Thank you for your thoughts. Let me tell you: you're striving for a reputation. I've got one, and you are not going to fucking ruin it," responds Ramsay.