Episode Report Card Daniel: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT There’s No 'Nedra' In 'Team'
By Daniel | Season 11 | Episode 12 | Aired on 05.23.2013
The chefs line up, and Ramsay warns them that with just four people on each team now, there's no place to hide and the Kitchen opens for service. Hey, look! It's "Kelly Hu" from Hawaii Five-0! Well, I've heard of one of those things, at least. It's Hu's table that gets the first app ticket into Red, and then Susan for some reason makes twice as much risotto than she's supposed to. But at least she makes it right, and this Kelly Hu person is suitably impressed. Ramsay advises Shannon to "literally" get her head out of her ass, which is -- on the face of it -- indeed advisable.
In Blue, Nedra's working with a distinct lack of urgency on appetizers, and then oversalts the risotto. "I don't see Nedra bringing anything extra to the team right now," says Anthony, who elects to take more of a leadership role and starts coordinating the ticket. The next risotto is delicious.
In Red, Ja'Nel fucks up scallops. She apologizes, but Ramsay's not letting her off the hook without making everyone touch her disgusting raw scallops. His screaming (at Susan for the double risotto order again) takes us into commercials, and her refire passes muster.
In Blue, Nedra yells at Zach -- trying to help her out on apps -- to get out of her way, and Ramsay goes off, yelling that if he were them, he'd boot Nedra out of appetizers altogether. He points out the general disarray of the kitchen and wants someone with balls to step up and lead. He means it figuratively, presumably, but since he thinks Nedra should be out, it's literal too. Nedra doesn't have much choice but to accept a little help now and her risottos are good, but Red moves on to entrees apparently long before Blue does. Bad scallops and Ramsay goes ballistic. Four "fuck off"s" from him, one to each Blue member, and he kicks them out of the kitchen.
Ramsay's pissed, and with Blue out of there, he lets off some steam at Red, who -- despite being better than Blue, which isn't hard -- aren't exactly at the top of their games tonight. Ja'Nel in particular is terrified of screwing up again, and then she undercooks Kelly Hu's fish. "The one VIP in the house, and I'm ruining it," laments Ja'Nel, which is hilarious for so many reasons.
Then he throws them out of the kitchen. "Fuck me," mutters Cyndi as she's leaving, and Ramsay stops them, all "'Fuck me'? How about fuck you!" he yells. Well, that kinda was what she was saying, Ramsay.
We go to commercial wondering if poor Kelly Hu will ever get her food.