Month: June 2007 (Page 5 of 8)

For all of you short people out there (and I’m in that category), last night’s episode of “Hell’s Kitchen” negated any progress we’ve made in not being ridiculed by taller folks. Gordon Ramsey blatantly picked on little Eddie and eventually ousted him from the show. I mean, dude couldn’t cook very well, but we could have done without all the short people jokes. So let’s recap…

First, Ramsey told the contestants they were going fishing, but instead of taking them on a boat, he took them out back where they literally had to catch fish being thrown from a delivery truck. Aaron, the “chunky monkey” (yeah, fat people aren’t safe from ridicule either), was doing his passing out, dizzy act again and it was getting old. Meanwhile, Ramsey made reference to a small fish resembling Eddie. I kind of wish Eddie would have told Ramsey that another fish looked like a blonde haired douchebag, but that wasn’t going to happen. Plus, Ramsey being a wiseass is a big part of this show’s charm anyway.

Anyway, the teams then had to clean Dover sole, meaning skinning the fish and taking out the roe. Yuck. I could smell the fish through the TV. But the girls won the challenge, coming from behind with a great performance from Joanna. So as a reward, they got to really go fishing with Ramsey, while the guys had to stay behind and clean more fish. Ramsey made it clear on the fishing boat that the girls needed to stick together and not be so bitchy to each other.

Back home, Aaron was telling his teammates he wanted to quit the show, and they were having none of it, saying they wouldn’t let him let his team down. So he stayed.

Later in the dorm, Bonnie was walking around in a t-shirt and panties, making all the guys’ eyes bug out of their heads. What’s worse, they kept asking her to reach down and up to grab items for them, and she kept obliging. I think Bonnie is playing it up to the producers, thinking that life after reality TV may give her the opportunity for soft porn or something.

In the kitchen later that night, Aaron was told he would be preparing the Dover sole tableside for the guests, prompting him to utter an obscenity. This dude doesn’t learn. Then when he actually did it, it took 15 minutes to debone one table’s fish, and he was sweating profusely in the process. Clearly, Aaron is on this show for ratings.

Anyway, Bonnie was called a “dumb blonde” by Ramsey, but shook it off, and so did the rest of her team. The girls really came together and blew the guys out of the water. Eddie messed up the risotto and the spaghetti, and Josh ruined the chicken and the beef wellington. Ramsey was so unimpressed by the dudes that he threw them out of the kitchen, letting the ladies finish serving the guests in the restaurant. And finish they did, impressing everyone.

Ramsey then had Rock, considered the best of the worst, to pick two contestants from his team for possible elimination. After talking to each one, he chose Eddie and Josh. Aaron looked quite baffled to not have been selected, but the thing is, this guy makes the show funny and the producers had to have a say. Meanwhile, Eddie and Josh both really sucked in the kitchen, and that’s what counts.
Also, Eddie didn’t stand up for himself when all of his teammates were yelling at him in the kitchen, making elimination easy. No more short jokes, but I give Eddie credit for trying.

In the preview for next week, they showed Ramsey yelling at someone telling them they may have killed a guest, and then an ambulance…..geez, my heart was beating almost as fast as at the end of “The Sopranos” finale.

See you tonight for the one hour results show….oh wait, this isn’t “American Idol.” But seriously, I love the fact that the elimination in “Hell’s Kitchen” takes place in the same hour as the show. What a concept!