# Hell's Kitchen - 4/29 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353 "2008-04-29T15:25:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/21 "2008-04-30T19:57:41Z")
[QUOTE=Ultraviolet] I could swear I saw a preview that had Corey and Louross getting cozy, but I must have blinked and missed it. Can anyone fill me in? [/QUOTE] I saw that preview the other week too but it was not in this weeks episode. Like **pepperlandgirl** said, I am getting sick of watching the women attempt to torpedo Christine every week. Its old, tired and will only end up hurting them. They are starting to remind me of Saturday morning cartoon villains who get foiled every week. As much as Jen pisses me off, she seems to do a decent job at keeping the kitchen mostly united. I do not see her winning it all though because she talks too much and gets stupid and petty. Rosie dodged a huge bullet this week. If it was an elimination week I could easily see him just picking her out of the back and booting her. On the men’s side, I have been waiting for Ben to stop boohooing about Chef not liking him and finally step it up. Right now its like he just wants to coast by. If Louross could command the kitchen like Bobby he would be a lock. I look forward to seeing how he progresses. Bobby “Four Star General” “Black Gordon Ramsay” is always entertaining. A big plus for him is that he really does have the leader thing down. If there is a problem, he actually steps in now. Clearly he learned what the women did not. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/22 "2008-04-30T22:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=Tahssa] And what is up with Matt looking like he’s pissed off all the time? [/QUOTE] Word _up._ I cannot figure out why he has that intense scowl all the damn time. I love this show. LOVE it. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/23 "2008-05-01T01:33:25Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] Word _up._ I cannot figure out why he has that intense scowl all the damn time. [/QUOTE] I was talking to a friend today who said Matt reminds him of Sam the Eagle from the old “Muppets Show”. I had to agree the expression is identical. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/24 "2008-05-01T11:22:57Z")
As I was watching Top Chef this morning, I realized why I like that show so much better than this one. Every week on TC, we see a list of all the ingredients they used and the techniques they employed in creating their dishes. Although everyone in Hell’s Kitchen made a pizza, we only saw a fraction of those completed (did Petrosa even finish his, or did his Oven Jenga project go on all night?), and only the winning two were described in any detail. Mr. singular and I have often stopped the DVR and gone into the kitchen to cook something while watching TC, both because it made us hungry and especially because it made us want to _cook_ something. HK, while amusing, has never inspired either of us to try and replicate anything created or served on it. Having said that, Jen’s kitchen prowess cannot overcome that mouth. I think that will keep her from winning. And who is coming back next week? And why? One person went home, as scheduled. They don’t need make up for an abrupt elimination. It seems, from Ben’s remarks, that it’s one of the guys fired from the men’s team. Is Jason coming back to cook with the women? I really don’t want to hear his mysogynistic bullshit anymore, and he clearly did nothing to deserve a second chance. This puzzles me way more than the missing LouRoss cuddlefest. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/25 "2008-05-01T14:12:21Z")
It seems, from Ben’s remarks, that it’s one of the guys fired from the men’s team. Is Jason coming back to cook with the women? I really don’t want to hear his mysogynistic bullshit anymore, and he clearly did nothing to deserve a second chance. This puzzles me way more than the missing LouRoss cuddlefest. [/QUOTE] I wonder if it is someone from last season- like Julia ? He made a comment then about her going to school then coming back to HK for another try. Not that she deserves it, she was pretty bitter and ungrateful in the last show. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/26 "2008-05-01T14:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=Smokinjbc] I wonder if it is someone from last season- like Julia ? He made a comment then about her going to school then coming back to HK for another try. Not that she deserves it, she was pretty bitter and ungrateful in the last show. [/QUOTE] That’s my guess too–that it will be Julia. Yes, she was bitter and ungrateful in the last episode, but it was obvious she could cook, and was willing to learn to cook at a level approaching Chef Ramsay’s standards. As was noted above, Ramsay, like Trump, can see through the Survivor-type tactics that participants employ; and if he felt Julia was given little chance by her teammates (in spite of deserving it) then I can see him bringing her back. Especially if, as he did, he sent her to culinary school with the aim of giving her another shot. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/27 "2008-05-01T15:04:46Z")
[QUOTE=Rube E. Tewesday] I was talking to a friend today who said Matt reminds him of Sam the Eagle from the old “Muppets Show”. I had to agree the expression is identical. [/QUOTE] So true! The only difference is that I never wanted so desperately to smack Sam the Eagle in the face with a large shovel. Repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/28 "2008-05-01T15:15:02Z")
Maybe it’ll be Vanessa coming back, her hand being a bit better and changing her mind. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/29 "2008-05-01T15:38:05Z")
Wouldn’t it be funny, though, if it was the crybaby from last season. What was his name? Aaron? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/30 "2008-05-01T15:54:26Z")
He (Aaron) already showed up in the first episode, when the women won a trip to a western bar. He was inexplicably at the restaurant when the women showed up, said howdy and left. Maybe it was a sign of awful things to come? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/31 "2008-05-01T16:13:55Z")
That’s why I mentioned it. And can you imagine how it would piss off the blue team? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/32 "2008-05-01T16:26:17Z")
[QUOTE=Rube E. Tewesday] I was talking to a friend today who said Matt reminds him of Sam the Eagle from the old “Muppets Show”. I had to agree the expression is identical. [/QUOTE] Somebody I know pointed out his likeness to [David Berkowitz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz) ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/33 "2008-05-01T16:52:53Z")
I always see an unfortunate (minor) resemblance to kd lang…and I hate myself for it. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/34 "2008-05-01T17:40:37Z")
My wife and I have dubbed Matt “Squidface” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/35 "2008-05-01T18:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] He (Aaron) already showed up in the first episode, when the women won a trip to a western bar. He was inexplicably at the restaurant when the women showed up, said howdy and left. Maybe it was a sign of awful things to come? [/QUOTE] As implausible as it sounds, I thought I heard them saying that he worked there. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/36 "2008-05-01T20:40:45Z")
You may be right. I have a vague memory of that - he either worked there or “frequented” there. Either way, it would be ridiculous to bring him in. He was worthless in his season - why should we have to see him again? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353/37 "2008-05-06T20:27:23Z")
Matt looks like he’s always smelling something stinky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-4-29/447353.md?page=1)