Hell's Kitchen season 11? holy crap they're already up to 11 seasons of this? wow

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I don’t know, seems like Hell’s Kitchen is just too far gone. I watched last season because it was followed by Master Chef, but this year? Pain ball obstacle course? WTF does that have to do with being a chef?

The big kid from LA, the guy who can’t repeat an order and doesn’t know if a steak is a ribeye or not, but wants to show everybody he can do it and they are all wrong? Nope, they are right.

Crazy puppet lady? Can’t spend more than 5 minutes doing any task other than applying makeup?

Why would these two people ever even be considered for a position at Olive Garden? Sorry, meant McDonald’s.

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Whose the obnoxious large black woman who does nothing but bitch about everyone else?

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Nedra. Every season has that character, though last season she was white (Kimmie).

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Crazy Puppet Lady Gina just up and quits, no real surprise there. LA Big Boy Jeremy, nominated but still in a jacket, gets called on the carpet right after the elimination. Tune in next week to see if he just gets an ass chewing, or if Gordon goes ahead and puts him out of his misery. At least he got to eat some rubbery scallops while he was there.

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Why go through the work of getting on a show and then just quit?

And why are scallops so hard to make correctly? Season after season they cause problems for the poor schmuck stuck cooking them.

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Presumably because she was a plant, although if that was the case one would expect her to stick around a little longer to be the turd in the punchbowl. So maybe she really was a whackjob.

Seriously. If I found out I was cast on this show, I’d spend a couple weeks cooking nothing but cooking scallops in every kind of pan I could get my hands on.

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I also wonder why sometimes they send to the pass lamb that is obviously not done. I’m no chef but I know a raw piece of meat when I see one.

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Scallops and risotto XD One thing I noticed is that this year, the women are a bit rounder than previous seasons. Not complaining, but it’s interesting to see such a stark difference from previous seasons. The personalities seem to be about the same though.

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They’re still mostly too young, though. I think the women average out to something in the twenties, while the men must average in the thirties.

An extra ten years of experience is a hell of an advantage.

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Wait, hoohas are boobs now? I thought they was vajayjays.

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Okay, y’know what, no more fooling around. This is my favorite reality show of any kind, and for one simple reason: it’s honest. Yes, the challenges are unbelievably screwy. Yes, the personalities are as toxic as a nuclear waste dump. And yes, sometimes Gordon Ramsey doesn’t toss out the most obvious choice. But at the end of the day, it’s about who Ramsey thinks is the most qualified for the quarter-mil job they’re competing for, and he’s not going to give the win to someone who doesn’t deserve it. Say what you will about this show, it gets the right winner. If someone gets tossed a little too soon or too late, who cares, gone is gone.

Anyway, we’re still at the point where there are a lot of people competing for airtime, so it’ll be a while yet before I have a handle on all the names. So again, random commentary.

Not sure what happened with Gina, but I seriously doubt (as speculated on TWOP) that she was a plant. If GRR wants to bring in “guest stars” to shake things up, he’ll do it. He’s never been coy or shy about this. My guess is that she looked good in the audition tape or prelims or whatever but went in completely unprepared, and when she saw that she had a snowball’s chance in one of the ovens, she cut her losses. Personally, I’m just grateful that the puppet was a one-and-done thing. Good luck finding that kind of restraint on Dancing With The Stars!

Nedra caught a big break that she left before her rivaly-obsession thing got too out of hand, but I’m still not seeing any upside with her. She looks completely clueless. (“Ya gotta make looooooooooooove to the meat!”)

I think…the one with glasses’…assessment of Jeremy was completely spot on. Slow as molasses trapped in a glacier, and we’ve seen in the past that GRR is merciless to contestants who can’t keep up the pace. Should go about the same time as Nedra.

Opinion on Zach hasn’t changed. One of the better hopefuls, but whines too much for his own good. If he’s going to have a chance, at some point he’s going to have to suck it up and do what he can with the lousy hand he was given.

Oh, BTW, Christian is out. Who? Screwed up scallops; other than that, didn’t have time to stick out. Nice knowin’ ya, I guess.

As for early contenders: Zach looks okay. The one with the apostrophe, don’t see anything wrong. Pat hasn’t looked bad, but I’ll wait until some of his more bungling compatriots hit the bricks before judging. The one with glasses, he looks like he has a chance. Seriously, though, each year there are at most four contestants with any real shot, so I’m in no rush to judge.

Next week looks like it’s going to be interesting. I don’t really think the bump will lead to much (outright violence is a big no-no for a show like this), but Mary or whoever going out for a run…I certainly want to see what THAT’S all about.

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The guys got screwed in episode 2. They deserved a reward for winning the physical challenge thing. Seems like Ramsey favors the girls on rewards vs punishments.

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I also noticed the girls had a little extra ‘step’ up for their side of the wall. There was some debate in my family as to whether or not that was ‘fair’. I figured it was since men tend to be taller than women. I think it’s not really even a big deal since there was no ‘prize’, so getting an advantage didn’t really gain them anything.

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It gained them more lobsters to work with.:rolleyes:

Yeah, that was a real dick move on Ramsey’s part. “you’ve won… NOTHING”

Considering in the past people have won a reward for equally ridiculous things like catching greased pigs, it was an utter low blow.

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I don’t think it’s that honest. For one thing, why is every challenge so close that it’s not decided until the last comparison? Surely sometimes either the red or blue team would be ahead earlier. And the ineptitude of the contestants is hard to take seriously. Surely people who are qualified for an executive chef position at a top restaurant would have better skills and know basic recipes. (Part of the problem, though, is that they never manage to establish a good brigade.)

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Ever notice how participants finish timed challenges exactly as the clock hits zero? That’s editing. Or how the winning margin is typically only one dish? That’s GR choosing winners and losers to make it more dramatic.

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Zach looks nothing so much like Forrest Whitaker. So much so that I’ve started calling him Forrest.

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Ugh, you just reminded me how that one girl kept complaining over and over how she’s never worked in a brigade before.

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Dewey - I already mentioned that there’s manipulation in the challenges. (Which, frankly, I find more pointless than anything; there’s nothing preventing him from simply picking a winner at the end of the contest.) The honesty is in the final results. He’s not going to give the job to someone who’s stinking up the joint or is going to embarrass him.

See, that’s the beauty of there being one grand prize and nothing for everyone else, as harsh as it may be. He can keep around hopeless cases for entertainment value and still send them off with nothing. Sometimes he wants to give someone who screwed up but is making a big effort a second chance, sometimes he needs to see if that nasty attitude is from caring about doing a good job or just being a jerk. 10th place may be a disgusting incompetent slob, maybe 7th place is, on occasion even 4th pace is. 1st place isn’t. Ever. (Yeah, a couple of them didn’t last the year, but that’s life. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. I should know.)

Oakminster - I think this week should scuttle any notion of GRR showing favoritism. The blue team really is Just. That. Bad. I’m starting to think that the real reason he gave Jeremy that pep talk is that he realized how much of a mismatch he had on his hands.

Anyhooze…fairly typical week. I almost wanted to see an Anthony/Dan fight. It’d be like the Three Stooges, or maybe the epic Andy Anderson/Don Hess UFC 5 war, but of course the show would never air such a thing.

Zach - The first crack in the armor. If you’re a fan of him (yeah, I know, what kind of pervert is a fan of a HK contestant), you can start worrying now. Still one of the better blue team members, but I don’t think he has what it takes to win this.

Dan - Good lord. It’s guys like him that the word “douchebag” was invented for. Either he grows up, and fast, or he’s toast.

Cyndi - No big mistakes that I remember seeing, but she REALLY needs to dial it back. “Ha ha ha ha, the blue team didn’t win ###***^^^^^^!” “A marathon?? We’re going to run a marathon??? I can’t run a [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] marathon!!!” Can’t imagine how she’ll react the first time the red team loses a reward challenge.

Jeremy - Big red flag: Even when he’s angry, he can’t muster up any energy. GRR will let an incompetent hang around for a while if he’s roaring it up and driving ratings; if he can’t cook or raise hell, he’s meat. Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he simply walked like Gina; apparently having a full season isn’t worth keeping around dead wood anymore.

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Anyone else tired of the overreaction to undercooked chicken? Yes, it’s bad. Yes, it could make someone a little sick. Yes, a chef trying to serve it is a dunderhead who deserves to be sent home. But no, it’s not going to kill someone.