Episode Report Card Daniel: B | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Ja'Nel Gives 'Em Hell
By Daniel | Season 11 | Episode 15 | Aired on 06.13.2013
Meanwhile, Cyndi's like an exhausted zombie, and Susan wants to make sure they do well, because even though they've proven themselves so often before, if they don't do well tonight, their "legacy will completely die," and that has to be one of the flat-out funniest fucking things anyone has ever said on this show. Yes, you want to take your place in history alongside all the other famous Final Three People on the Red Team that we, as a society, elevate to a place of reverence and esteem above all others.
Ramsay rallies the chefs, reminding them that tonight is the last hurrah for the separate teams: Those who survive will land the coveted Black jacket. And no pressure, but they're fully booked: Five-hundred people were turned away tonight. On the plus side, those people probably then went to restaurants where the possibility of getting food is a hundred percent.
Dinner starts! Great scallops from Jon, Ja'Nel's on top of the risotto, but Zach seems to be a little spaced and is having difficulty keeping track of the Wellingtons he's gotta make. No major hiccups yet, though. Red is humming equally well.
And then: Zach starts burning his lamb, and Ramsay has to point it out. "Don't shut down on me, Zach," Jon warns. And then in Red, Ramsay has to yell at Cyndi for jumping the gun on entrees, with a pan full of fish.
Blue is moving on to entrées, upping the pressure on Zach to perform, while Red can't get its last appetizer out; Cyndi overcooks the lobster tail, and Ramsay bounces it off the wall like a superball. Five-second rule! It's still good! It's still good!
Then the next lobsters are raw. An angry Ramsay gets Andi to take over while he brings Red back to the pantry to yell at/murder them. He screams at them to "wake up" and slow down if they need to keep the standards up. Susan is all, "Woo! Yeah! Standards!" as they head back into the kitchen. "Being face-to-face with chef is a swift kick in my ass," Cyndi says. The yelling seems to have worked, since her next lobster tails are deemed edible, and Red moves on to entrées.
Blue is just about ready to serve their first entrees, and Zach is doing that thing where he's not answering his teammates or Ramsay when they yell questions at him. But at least his entrees seem to be cooked perfectly. He's still having a little difficulty keeping the number of orders straight.
Cyndi's seafood entrées are good too, and Cyndi's confidence seems to have returned. Zach's confidence will never leave -- "I'm the fuckin' meat master!" he tells us, edited right before he serves up raw lamb. Ramsay yells at him that at this stage of the game if Zach can't give his best, he's history. "Pick it up or fuck off!" Ramsay yells. His teammates watch nervously as Zach serves his next order of lamb, but it's cooked right.