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Hell's Kitchen
Jun 15, 2010

This week... in HELL'S KITCHEN:

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This week was challenging on two accounts: first, FOX decided to air not one, but two, episodes of HELL'S KITCHEN this evening, on top of which the President (of the USofA) decided to hold his first. Oval. Office. news. conference. EVAH. I won't bother to go into the whole politics thing, but from a practical standpoint this probably ****ed off some of those folks who set their DVRs to record this evening, and ended up having the last few minutes cut off. Way to go, Mr. President.

Anyway, on with the show...

Since I have two hours to cover, I thought I would change up the format a bit. As you may (or may not) know, I do a sort of running commentary/spoiler thing over on Twitter, which I identify by the hashtag #hk7. I thought this time, I would simply re-print the most snarky interesting bits from my Twitter thought-stream, and all a bit of commentary as I saw fit.

So, let's get going!

Obviously, Jason wasn't happy about being put up for elimination. Not sure why he was mad at the furniture (or the Red Team, for that matter.)

The contestants find out that the challenge involves being open for lunch, then we find out who the guests of honor will be:

I guess this was to help them deal with the disappointment of the recent NCAA sanctions.

Next up, we have the standard procession of train wrecks:

A salad... SRSLY‽^*

Because, remember, this contest is about leadership...

Note to future contestants: unless Chef asks for RAW MEAT|CHICKEN|FISH, don't send him RAW MEAT|CHICKEN|FISH. Unless, of course, you enjoy being ripped a brand-new ***hole on national TV.

After the requisite drama, we get down to the end: service is complete, and no college students are harmed in the process. And, the winner is...

Vuvuzela!^** Vuvuzela!^**

To celebrate their victory, the Red Team gets to ride in nice old cars to the Malibu Beach Inn, where they will play a game of soccer with Chef's family and plot how to backstab each other bond over eats and drinks; while the Blue Team will reap the bitter fruit of defeat by riding in a crappy old short bus to the LA River, where they will assist Heal the Bay in cleaning it up. Of course, we all get a vocabulary lesson as

Next up: During prep, we are treated to MOAR DRAMA! MOAR! as

I think not, but it is nice to dream sometimes...

It does appear that Fran is going to try and "tough it out", instead of seeing the medic. This may turn out to be a good decision, or it may turn out to be a bad one. Bad for her, if she ends up getting eliminated for a poor showing during service. Bad for both her and the show (but probably good for the lawyers), should the injury prove permanently disabling.

As in previous episodes, we are treated to an OBLIGATORY PLOT TWIST just before the opening of HELL'S KITCHEN tonight:

This leads to the next train wreck, and accompanying revelation:

I am thinking that this may explain Salvatore's problems with the pop quizzes. Also, that it will become a story line tangent.

OK, now is the time on HELL'S KITCHEN where we see train wrecks:

One slightly positive development:

Then, back to train wrecks:

Many, many train wrecks:

It now appears that Fran's decision to "tough it out" is coming back to bite her square on the ***.

At long, long last:

Chef sends the Red Team up to nominate two for sacrifice elimination, and my thought immediately was

As I suspected, Fran was the first nominee. The second?

I would have still gone with Maria, because she is a general, back-stabbing pain in the ****.

Chef then calls Fran and Jaime up to beg for their lives explain why they should remain. Here's what they had to say, and Chef's decision:

And with that, we are at the end of the first hour. One down, one to go. What's up next? And, who will be the next to offer up their jacket as a sacrifice to the Spiky Gods? Stay tuned, for the answers to these questions will soon be revealed... in HELL'S KITCHEN.