…just imagine how bad it could’ve been if it were on a major network.
Can anyone think of anything else that would’ve been different…?
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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!
I don’t even know what to say right now. I really don’t. Maybe I missed something. Maybe I just didn’t appreciate what David Chase was trying to accomplish. Or maybe my expectations were simply too high. I don’t know.
People have been saying for years that “The Sopranos” peaked too early. I’m not sure if I agree with that or not, but I will say that this final season peaked too early. Last week’s episode was brilliant, maybe one of the finest hours of television you’ll ever see. Seemed the stage was set for a fantastic finale for a series so many of us have been following for so many years.
Instead, we got this. Look, I wasn’t expecting a 65-minute bloodbath tonight. That’s not even what I was hoping for. But I sure wanted some resolution, and I wanted some conflict. Instead, we get AJ telling his parents he wants to go into the Army so he can fulfill his dream of being a private helicopter pilot for Donald Trump, Meadow trying to parallel park her car for 20 minutes, Carm starting the plans for her next spec house, Janice trying to swindle Junior by telling him he was her daughter, Paulie bitching about a stray cat, and Tony shuffling through a tabletop jukebox.
What, the, hell?
Hallelujah! CBS has seen the light; they’ve agreed to make seven more episodes of “Jericho.”
You can check out the letter from CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler in the above link (clearly, my favorite part is the P.S.), but kudos to our regular reader, MrP, for keeping us in the loop on this info.
Well, that wasn’t exactly what he all had hoped for, now was it? Then again, it certainly doesn’t make the wait for the final season any shorter, either. The spotlight remained on Vic this week as he struggled to stay on the force. Despite a seemingly effective blackmail of Aceveda (after securing the original memory card containing the infamous photo from Cruz), the former captain continued his claims that he couldn’t help with his current situation. He did, however, offer up a suggestion: play the autistic child card with the head of the appeals (the only man with the power to turn the vote), who just so happens to have a grandchild with the same disease.
Not content with using his children as an excuse, Vic turns to his last resort: crack the San Marcos case wide open. After tailing the one-armed delegate to a money drop with some Mexican intelligence former who’s joined up with the Mexican mob, Vic uncovers a plan that involves the Mexicans buying up land in Farmington as a means to both launder money and do illegal business. The smell of crooked politicians is too much for Aceveda to pass up, and so he teams up with Vic on the hunt.
Unfortunately, Vic doesn’t have the kind of time needed to investigate a case of such proportions the right way. Instead, he goes straight to the source, pulling over the aforementioned intelligence officer to discover a trunk filled with boxes of blackmail-quality material. The guy didn’t go down without a fight, though – attempting to drive away before Vic jumped through the window and beat his ass – and now it looks like Vic finally has the case needed to guarantee his future at the Barn. A worthy story arc for the final season? You bet. Despite butting heads several times in the past, the Vic/Aceveda dynamic has always been one of the best thins about the series, and I can’t wait to watch the two of them working together again.
And if that’s not enough, he might even get a final nudge from Claudette’s end. Granted, the weary captain called for more of a Vic-type when she so gloriously booted Hiatt from the job, but with his recent good behavior, she might just be willing to accept the fact that he’s going to be around a little longer than originally anticipated. Billings, on the other hand, isn’t so keen on sticking around. In fact, he’s actually informed Claudette of his intentions of suing the department for injuries rendered during the Vic/Kavanaugh brawl a few months back. He’s not stupid, either, as he made sure to document complaints about headaches and neck cramps every chance he got with Dutch, but can a place like Farmington really afford a $3.2 million lawsuit. Methinks not, which means Billings will surely return for one last confrontation with Dutch before the show is gone for good.
And what of Shane? Well, he managed to escape yet another season unharmed, and without a confrontation with Vic, no less. It certainly looked like he had it coming after kidnapping Corrine and Cassidy (at gunpoint) and locking them in the back of a semi, but Vic has pushed that to the back burner for the time being. Shane’s actions were actually well intentioned (the Armenian mob was going to kill them), but all Vic is going to remember is that puddle of blood in his house. Of course, the blood was from Shane shooting the Armenian assassin sent to kill Vic’s family, but he’ll never know that he was protecting them. In fact, Vic thinks that Shane was sending him a message, and it’s only going to go downhill from there. For both men.
After making a deal with Rezian (the gas station attendant killer he recently put in jail) that would allow him to stop Diro’s retaliation, Shane finds himself between a rock and hard place. He’s officially become Rezian’s bitch, working off the money train debt by doing favors for the Armenians. Vic, on the other hand, will probably kill Shane the next time he sees him. Then again, Shane might just be able to make things right if he can convince Vic that he was responsible for the safety of Corrine and Cassidy, but what are the chances Vic will actually believe him?
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