Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Time to Kick Some Pass
By Daniel | Season 10 | Episode 18 | Aired on 08.27.2012
Ramsay says what is making things most difficult for him is that the next competition is the final, so that means two of them are leaving Hell's Kitchen tonight.
First, Barbie. Ramsay tells her she has been amazing and the level of her improvement has been extraordinary. He tells her she's smart and gifted and she should run with it. She thanks him, hands over the jacket and walks out. We revisit some of her greatest hits, with Tiffany asking if she wants to be "choked out," as well as dishonoring America by cooking shitty scallops for firefighters or whatever.
After she's gone, Ramsay tells the three remaining contestants that this is where it gets really hard, because there's just a fraction separating the three of them. "I could see all three of you in Hell's Kitchen final," he said. But like a double Highlander there can be only two.
Two huge scrims dramatically unfurl from the ceiling, the HK logo backed by flames upon them. The first chef to make it through is: To be continued! Aw, bullshit. Not surprising, but still: bullshit. My prediction: Justin versus Dana. And we've got to wait two weeks to find out? It's like the Super Bowl, instead of anticipating the matchup by contestants we know, we get to forget all about it for a couple of weeks and enjoy the waning summer days!
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