21x04 - Slipping Down to Hell

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[narrator] Previously on Hell's Kitchen...

[Ramsay] Get it in the water

[narrator] The chefs were tasked
with breaking down lobsters

- Ooh, that's hot!
- I've been breaking down whole lobsters,

I couldn't tell you how long

[narrator]
Tara on the fortysomethings Blue Team...

- [Ramsay] Tara, get it on the plate
- [groans]

- ...struggled to finish hers
- Oh, my God

And twentysomethings line cook, Sommer...

This has more attention to detail
Ileana's is butchered

...clawed her way into judging

No legs

Your dish is out. What a shame

[narrator] The fortysomethings
perfect lobsters totaled...

- ...five
- Total redemption

But in spite of Sommer's
failed lobster, Alejandro...

- Eight legs, perfect lobster extracted
- Thank you, Chef

- Congratulations
- [cheering]

...clinched the victory for the Red Team

Go, Red Team. Go, Red Team. Hey!

[narrator] At dinner service...

If you're cooking the salmon,
halibut and scallops,

what the f*ck am I sitting here doing?

...Sommer and Ileana's schoolgirl spat...

Nobody is running that station

...did not stop the twentysomethings
from completing service successfully

- Beautifully cooked, the lamb
- Thank you, Chef

While in the fortysomethings kitchen...

- Two flatbread, two...
- Don't confuse me

...Billy's behavior...

- I'm sorry, Chef. Yes, Chef. Yes, Chef
- Just get in with your team, please

- ...Nicole's chicken...
- [Ramsay] The chicken is raw

- ...and O'Shay's Wellingtons...
- [Ramsay] The Wellingtons are overcooked

- ...brought the kitchen to a halt
- Ah, f*ck. Get out

They nominated...

- O'Shay
- ...and...

Nicole from the meat station

- But in the end, Chef Ramsay sent...
- O'Shay

...home, ending his dream
of becoming head chef

at Hell's Kitchen, Caesar's,
Atlantic City

I need to see everybody
in the dining room immediately

Later that evening...

I am not going to continue serving
half the diners in this restaurant

...a frustrated Chef Ramsay
made a shocking decision

Starting from tomorrow,
all the women will be in the Red kitchen,

and all the men will be
in the Blue kitchen

And now the continuation
of Hell's Kitchen

- Now get out of here
- Heard, Chef

Thank you, Chef

- [Alex] I did not see that coming
- [Tara] No

[exhales]

That just f*cking changed everything

I can't wait to get a jump on tomorrow

The young bucks
and the OGs coming together

I mean, the bromance is real here

- Yeah
- [all laughing]

Let's do this, boys

Let's f*cking do this. Come on!

f*cking do this!

[Alejandro] Yo, Blue Team meeting

We need to step it the f*ck up, right?

- Okay. What we're going to do...
- Yeah, we do

We got to work as
a f*cking team, though. Okay?

- Absolutely
- Cool? Absolutely, right?

Right now, the Blue Team
is super stinking jazzed

Everybody's on cloud nine

How's it gonna feel
that you guys get to go into rewards?

[all laughing]

So the thing that I'm worried
about is right now,

I'm not confident in this team,

just because you guys
have had a losing streak

So for me, I just need to see you guys
on the line and see what you're about

We haven't been on a line in a while
We're owners

So line work has taken a step
back for us in our forties

- We are not bad chefs. [laughs]
- Hell yeah

Me, Mindy and Nicole. We need to win

We need to show what the younger girls,
the -year-olds

can compete at a higher level

We haven't even seen you guys cook

- [phone ringing]
- [Brett] Oh, God

Good morning. This is Tara

I need you to get everybody
in their beachwear and out front. Hurry!

- Everybody, beachwear right now
- [all] Beachwear?

Huh? Beachwear?

What are we doing?
We gonna go swim with some sharks?

- [Abe] Let's go, let's go!
- [all chanting] Blue. Blue. Blue. Blue

- [Ileana] Oh, my God. Yes!
- [all cheering]

[Ramsay] Good morning. Line up, please

- Welcome to the HK water park
- [Alex] Yeah!

[cheering]

[Billy] I love water parks
I have a season's pass

Actually, the last time I went down
a waterslide was about three weeks ago

[chuckling]

But it won't be a day at the beach,

because it's the start
of your next challenge

I'm excited

Now, listen carefully

I want each team to put
a real creative spin

on four amazing sliders

Beef, chicken, lamb and salmon

Now, in the pool here, there are hundreds
of balls representing ingredients

Amazing ingredients

Once you get an ingredient,
run over to your team's board

and put it next to the protein you want
to combine that with

- So build it out smartly
- [all] Yes, Chef

The team that can fill
all twenty spots the fastest,

wins a very valuable
five-minute head start

- in the cook
- Oh

- [Ramsay] Understood?
- [all] Yes, Chef

Red Team, follow Christina
over to the ladders. Thank you

[Tara] Sliding for sliders

Hell yes

We're little. We can slide down
that slide super, super fast

On your mark. Get set

Go!

Go. Careful. Careful. Careful

- Don't trip
- [Ramsay] Go, go, go, go

[screams]

[Ramsay] Let's go! [laughing]

[Nicole] Oh, my God. I'm terrified

I can feel my heart like
pounding in my chest

and the only thing that I'm thinking is,
"I can't let the girls down."

[Ramsay laughing]
Come on, ladies. Let's go

[all cheering]

- Hurry up. Jesus
- [Alex laughs]

- Holy sh*t!
- Holy crap!

- Quick! What have you got?
- [Ileana] Yellow squash

[Ramsay] Yellow squash. Okay

Let's go

[Sommer] I don't want to panic

We're just trying to pair things together
that work well

with the certain proteins

[Ramsay] It's a race, ladies

- [Sommer] I got bleu cheese
- Bleu cheese with lamb

- [Ramsay] Oh, my goodness me
- Okay, that's weird

I mean, champagne was made from a mistake

You know, maybe bleu cheese and lamb
does pair well together

You just haven't seen it yet

[Ramsay] Come on, ladies

- It's a race
- Okay, we have mango

Come on. You're wasting time

Wow. Almost all of them are filled

Let me just put it with chicken
Hopefully it works out

[Billy] Dude, they're just throwing
the sh*t up there, guys

- What have you got?
- [Alyssa] Provolone

[Ramsay] Work it out, work it out

She got white cheddar and provolone?

- Don't put two cheeses on a slider either
- No. No cheeses

- [Vlad] Let's learn from their mistakes
- Okay. Last spot. Here we go

- [Dafne] Persian cucumber
- You don't have a choice

- Are you going... Cucumbers
- [Dafne] Damn it

Done, ladies. Well done

Come on. Well done

[Billy] The girls put cucumbers twice
and bleu cheese with lamb on one dish

Like, what are you thinking?

Okay, on your mark. Get set

Go. Let's go

[Vlad] For our team strategy,

we're trying not
to grab random ingredients

that don't work with the proteins

[Ramsay] Let's go

For the salmon we want Greek yogurt,
cucumbers and things like that

[Ramsay] Okay, good

English cucumbers on salmon

Yeah!

For the beef slider,
you know, we want truffles

We want eggs
We want to go smash burger on that

[Ramsay]
Good, truffle egg. Well done. Let's go!

Watch out, girls! Some waves coming

[laughs] One at a time, guys

Oh, my gosh

It is so fun to watch these guys
sliding down the slide,

knocking into each other

It's like you guys
are having a bath together. Come on!

This is a complete sh*t show
in front of us

- [Billy] Cucumber
- [Ramsay] Two to go

One more. One more. One more
Greek for the chicken burger

- Take it
- [Ramsay] Let's go

And, stop! Well done

Well done

I think we put our ingredients
in smart places

We got smart cooks. Can't lose

Now the team with the fastest time

and the winner
of the five-minute head start is...

the Red Team

Yes! Let's go!

Three seconds. It was that close

Right. Both teams go and get changed
and I'll see you in the kitchen

[Alex] I'm not worried at all

Five minutes don't mean nothing
if you can't do anything

with your ingredients. [chuckles]

[all cheering]

[Alyssa] Yeah, boys. Suck that
The girl's got one up on you

An extra five minutes. How does that feel?

Right, ladies, your time starts...

now. Let's go

[narrator]
In the Hell's Slipping Slider Challenge...

- [Ramsay] Aprons on
- ...two chefs from each team will be working

with the same protein
and using the same ingredients

- Can I use that same pan for my bacon
- Hell yeah

[narrator]
Nicole and Sommer are making beef sliders

Behind

I'm nervous cooking a beef slider

because last night I was
on the chopping block

I'm going to take some bacon fat

And I'm, like, a little freaked out
I really need to prove that I can win

Guys, this is hot. I'm gonna put it
down here, so I don't have to run

Don't touch it

What direction you going towards?

I'm gonna roll this and then pan sear it

[narrator] Alyssa and Mindy
are on the chicken sliders

[Alyssa] I think I might grill
the mango too, honestly

[narrator]
Ileana and Dafne are responsible

for the salmon sliders...

How much black garlic
should I put in here?

[Dafne] One

...while Tara and Cheyenne
are handling the lamb sliders

Double cucumber's a tough one

I have lamb. I have bleu cheese
I have two cucumbers

I've got to go with it. Okay, brain

At home, I make a stuffed lamb meatball

My clients love it

I'm gonna stuff it with some prosciutto
Give it some extra fat

I'm kind of having a game plan in my mind
I'm praying it works out

You got this, girl. You got this

Let's show 'em what we got

Five, four, three, two, one. Let's go

- Come on, guys. Here we go
- [Abe] Get it

[narrator] While the Red Team is well
on their way with their sliders...

Aprons on, aprons on, aprons on

...the Blue Team races to get theirs going
with just minutes left

I'm pickling my cucumbers

Billy and Vlad will be using
the same five ingredients

to make two unique orders of lamb sliders

- You still have that Microplane?
- [Alex] Uh, yes

Alejandro and Alex will be responsible
for their take on a chicken slider

I'm gonna make a hand-fried salmon burger

Abe and Sakari are on the salmon sliders

And with only seven chefs
in the Blue kitchen...

Got quail eggs. Truffle and crème fraîche

Really nice

...Brett will be the only chef
on the men's team cooking beef sliders

We get into this and the boys are buzzing

- Coming in, bro
- Sorry

But the biggest concern
going into this challenge is Billy

Is this thing plugged up?

- Twelve minutes, gentlemen
- Behind. Behind. I'm sorry, dog

I have a game plan coming into this
I'm gonna make a pesto

And I'm definitely gonna
butter up my brioche buns

You know what I'm saying?
That's how B-True does it

- Behind, behind
- [Ramsay] Five minutes to go

[Billy groans]

- [Brett] f*ck
- [Billy] Oh, God

[Brett] Fire, fire, fire. k*ll it

Oh, God

[narrator] With time running out
in the Hell's Slip and Slider Challenge...

[Ramsay] Five minutes to go

...Billy's dream of excelling
with his sliders

- may be going up in flames
- [Brett] Fire, fire, fire. k*ll it

[Billy] Let me turn this flame down

Think that's too burnt?

[Ramsay] Three minutes, gentlemen

[Blue Team] Three minutes

Guys, let's go
If you need anything holler, please

- [Alex] Yes
- I need skewers

Sixty seconds to go, ladies
Come on, let's go

- [Christina] One minute, guys
- [Cheyenne] Those buns are cooking

- sh*t
- [Christina] Keep working

- We only got a minute. Go
- [Cheyenne] Let's go, guys

[Ramsay]
Thirty seconds to go. Let's go, Mindy

Skewers. Behind. Going to the pass

- Twenty seconds, guys. Let's go
- Get it up to the pass

Coming up. Coming up

Five, four, three, two, one and stop

- Well done
- Yeah

[Ramsay] Well done

I'm only gonna be tasting
one protein from each team

Now you've all got seconds
to decide which dishes you are dropping

- [all] Yes, Chef
- Hurry up

I don't eat red meat,
but I'm super confident

in the flavor that I packed in there

I... I think mine's gonna be good
It's a beef and potato

I'm scared about your salmon
Since mine is poached,

it's going to be a little bit juicer,
you know?

- Okay. Yes
- Are you cool with that? Yeah? Okay

- I know my tzatziki is on point
- They're going to love that

- Yo, bro. I'm confident in mine
- Hold on, hold on

The only thing is yours
look a little bit more dry

You know, I think the creativity
of the pesto

I'll go with this one just 'cause...

- I like the look of Vlad's
- You got it

This is bullshit
I think they're threatened by me

Come on, guys

Right, uh, ladies,
whose chicken am I tasting?

- Mine, Chef
- [Ramsay] Gentlemen?

- Chef, we're tasting mine
- [Ramsay] Interesting

Whose lamb am I tasting?

- Mine, Chef
- Mine, Chef

Okay
And whose salmon burger am I tasting?

Chef, we're gonna go with my salmon

Salmon, we decided Abe's

Okay, so clearly, Brett's,
we're tasting the beef burger

- Red Team
- It's up to you

Mine, Chef

[Cheyenne]
Now I'm just so confused by Sommer

- Are you okay with that?
- That's fine

Why are you letting Nicole
put her dish up over yours

when we know nothing about her
other than she blows challenges?

Okay, to help me judge these sliders,

an amazing award-winning,
internationally renowned chef

Three Michelin stars

Please, all of you give a warm welcome
for Chef David Myers

Wow. David Myers
is incredibly handsome. [laughs]

- Welcome back to Hell's Kitchen
- Thanks so much, Chef

We'll be judging your sliders
from one to three stars

Shall we start off
with the chicken sliders?

Let's go. Blue Team first, please

Alejandro

I'm so excited to have my food
tasted by David Myers

I feel like I knocked it out of the park,
so I'm ready to win

Uh, Alejandro, describe your slider

Um, I fried the prosciutto
and then candied it,

and I essentially made like
a quick marmalade caramel sauce

Mmm. Well, I like the marmalade idea
with prosciutto

- Clever. Really, really clever
- [Alejandro] Thank you, Chef

And, personally, go a bit thicker,

- because it's a bit too thin
- Yeah

- Heard
- [Ramsay] Ready to vote?

Let's do it

There we go. [laughs]

- Two stars. Bravo, chef. Bravo
- Awesome. Thank you

Right. Chicken, Red Team. Alyssa

Thank you

- [Alyssa] Hi
- Wow. Look at that

[Alyssa] Uh, so today
you have a ground chicken burger

I've used a poblano and mango chutney

Tough one, though
Mango in a chicken slider

Yeah, real challenging

But I took the challenge, Chef,
and I made it work,

and I think it's delicious
I hope you enjoy

I like what you've done with
the flavor of the chicken patty

I mean, it really explodes

- And the mango actually works with it
- It's good

- Thank you, Chef
- I think you've done a great job

- [Ramsay] Really good. Shall we?
- Yeah. Let's do it

- Thank you, Chef
- [Myers] Bravo. That was a hard one

Boom, that is mine
It is an A-plus game right there

- You needed that
- [Ramsay] Wow, what a start

See what I can do

Salmon from the Blue Team

[narrator] While Abe tries to post
a big score with his salmon slider

topped with fried capers
and citrus caviar whip...

- That is good
- Thank you, Chef

Very good. Shall we?

[Blue Team cheering]

Let's go, baby!

...Dafne serves up her poached salmon slider

with black garlic and pickled fennel

- Pickled fennel. You nailed it
- Thank you, Chef

Be careful 'cause it's quite dense inside,

and so it's hard

Thank you so much

[Myers] All right

We got this, you guys. We got this

[narrator] Up next...

Vlad, let's go, please. Lamb burger

The Blue Team has chosen Vlad
and his lamb slider

topped with spinach, to be judged
over Billy's pesto lamb slider

[Ramsay]
The spinach is literally soaking wet

I'm not getting a lot
of flavor in the lamb

- [Ramsay] Thank you, Vlad
- Yes, Chef

I am severely butt-hurt central
Vlad, you pull out a two, dog?

I told you so, bro

[narrator] And Tara presents

her prosciutto
and bleu cheese stuffed lamb sliders

So the bleu cheese completely
overwhelms lamb

Lamb and bleu cheese
doesn't go together for a reason

- Thank you, Chef
- [Myers] Nice try

- Nice try, Chef
- [Ramsay] Yeah

[Tara] That crushes me

Bleu cheese and lamb
I knew it was a risk

[Ramsay] Thank you, Tara. What a shame

But I did not want to be the one
to get two stars

on my first day on the Red Team

- Ladies in the lead, to
- Wow, this is tough

And it's down to the beef, Blue Team

Brett, please come and serve David and I

[Billy] Let's go, Brett!

[Ramsay] Describe the burgers

Um, so you have, uh, just a double
smash burger slider

And then I fried the quail egg
in some black truffle butter

[Ramsay] Wow

- Now that is what I call a burger
- [Ramsay] It's decadent

- [Blue Team cheering]
- Let's go!

- [Brett] Hey, I told you boys
- [Ramsay] Wow

[laughing]

I f*cking told you boys

True blue till I die, baby

[narrator]
With the final dish for the Red Team...

Bring up your beef burger

...Nicole needs a four to tie
and a five to win

I cannot afford to have
a repeat of yesterday

You know, I was super confident
with the lobster, but I was wrong

I didn't want to make
that same mistake again

So it's a meat and potatoes burgers

I used, um, white cheddar and bacon

I love bacon. [laughs] Who doesn't?

It really is meat and potatoes
I think it's clever

It's simple. It's cool

But it's just a bit
one dimensional for me

It just needs a lift

- Shall we?
- Yeah. Let's do it

[Ramsay]
You need four to tie. Five to win

Blue Team, congratulations

- Um, can I just see the other beef burger?
- Yes, Chef

Thank you. Describe that for me, please

So I put bacon on the top
and I wanted sweetness, acidity,

- so I pickled the red onion
- I love the crunch

I love the flavor of the bacon
with the meat right off the bat

This is delicious

- [Myers] This was a winner
- [Ramsay] Thank you

- Thank you, Chef
- [Ramsay] Back in line, please

Why didn't I stick up for myself
like I normally do?

I'm never going to let
that mistake happen again

Join me in thanking this incredible chef

- for coming all the way over
- [Myers] Ah

- Thank you, guys
- [Ramsay] Thank you

- Thank you so much
- Take care

Blue Team, I'm closing the doors
in Hell's Kitchen tonight

There's no dinner service,

- so you can enjoy a glorious getaway...
- [laughs]

...to sunny Palm Springs

[cheering]

- [Abe] True blue, baby
- [Blue Team laughing]

Yo, Blue Team's going
to Palm Springs, baby

[all chanting] True blue, true blue

True blue, true blue

I hate them so much

[Ramsay] Man

Oh, ladies, tomorrow night's menu
will feature a very special slider dish

Now, a slider without fries
is like a day without sunshine

So we have the most
amazing potatoes arriving

Wash them, peel them, cut them, fry them

[all] Yes, Chef

Thank you, Chef

I feel horrible
I need to stop second guessing myself

I'm just so mad at myself
because I always... [sniffles]

It f*cking hurts me

Like I know what I'm f*cking doing

- And like to know that...
- [Dafne] Why didn't you put it up then?

Because I didn't want to do
what I did yesterday

This has more attention to detail
and I'm only just missing legs

- No legs
- No legs, Chef

Unfortunately, your dish is out

I want to learn when to step back
I didn't doubt it. I knew it

I told her I was % confident
in my sh*t

I don't eat beef, but like, I know
how to f*cking season that sh*t

- [sobbing]
- It's fine

[narrator]
As the women's first challenge loss

is ending in tears...

- Yeah!
- [all cheering]

[Alex] Let's go

...the men's first reward is starting with...

- [Abe] Here's to victory
- ...cheers

[all cheering]

We got the OG's
and the young bucks coming together,

and the place is so pimped out

True blue for life

[chanting] True blue! True blue!

[Alex] In the doughnut

[laughing]

Yeah... Whoa!

[cheering, laughing]

- Yo!
- The pool is heated!

Whoo!

[horn honks]

Twenty-four boxes of potatoes

Got it

It literally freaking sucks

We're gonna finish in... at : a.m

[Alyssa] Damn it
I'm sick and tired of cutting these

At this point, I do kind of feel
like I deserved to

just sit for a little bit because I did do
the best today on today's challenge

[yawns]

- f*ck
- [Dafne] Don't yawn, bitch

Alyssa right now is on a high horse,
which is annoying

And she definitely feels like
she shouldn't be doing this right now

I miss... I miss my mommy

[Vlad] Let's feast

- [Abe] Oh, man
- Oh

[all chattering]

- You believe this?
- [Sakari] It's crazy

Honestly, the only thing I wish is
that we could have shared this

with, you know, our loved ones

- Definitely starting to miss my wife
- Don't make me tear up right now

[Billy]
I'm sure we're all missing our wives

I know I miss my wife

- You're married?
- Yeah

- You're married?
- Look how shocked you are

- Are you married?
- No, I'm not married

You're the only one
that's single on the team

- He has nine children
- [all laughing]

This is awesome. This is the way
the team was supposed to be

I wonder what the Red Team's doing

[all laughing]

- [Sommer] So let's go through it
- [Nicole] Okay

Service has just started

- Go
- First ticket just came in

- Table
- [Nicole] Mm-hmm

Two risotto, one carbonara,

flatbread go on a scallop
Await on two Welly,

- one New York strip and a salmon
- [all] Yes, Chef

Two... Um, two...

Nicole is kind of just someone we're
kind of getting a little annoyed with

- Can we do the pancetta in advance?
- [all] Yes

You're supposed
to do the pancetta in advance

- You do not want that pan hot
- You're making me nervous

- You sound really confused
- I am? Yeah, I am

Nicole doesn't have a clue about anything

- You about to stay up?
- Yeah

I'll see you in the morning

And I don't need anybody on my team
who can't help me if I need them to

You guys, my safe word is,
when I'm tripping the f*ck out,

"I need you."

You know, when you're having like crazy,
uncontrollable sex,

and you're feeling uncomfortable,
and you're like,

"I need you to slow the f*ck down."

I need you to say, "It's okay, Sandwich."

[chuckles]

Because that's what I tell my dog
when she freaks the f*ck out

Okay, just say it

- [Mindy] Wait, does your dog...
- [chuckling]

[Nicole] Just roll with me on this

These thoughts
are incredibly disconnected

Do you say that to your dog
when you're having uncontrolled sex?

No, but I... [laughing]

Nicole has
this rescue dog called Sandwich

So she told us her safe word tonight

is going to be "It's okay, Sandwich."

Reel it in, Sandwich. Reel it in
[laughing]

- It's okay, Sandwich
- Yeah. Like you're comforting an animal

- Ah
- [Nicole laughing]

[Tara] Probably have three hours,

so I'm going
to change into my new uniform

Yeah, I'm going to wash my face
and try to make myself look...

- I'm gonna...
- ...not so tired

I could use some Botox
I wanted to get some before I came and...

- You look great
- Since I lost weight, this is dragging

And this is dragging
because my face was so full

I've actually lost just over
one hundred and fifty pounds

Somebody legitimately
built a Pinterest board,

that was named Fat Mindy

During the time that I was heavy,
I was bullied,

and so I looked to food as my escape

There was a lot of pain behind that,
and I never showed it

I laughed it off
because that's what fat people do

- Yeah
- I didn't want Peyton to see that

She was about ten years old

So, she was at a place
where it bothered her too

Because why are you talking
about my mom like that?

- Exactly
- [Mindy] You know?

I'm starting to break
the cycle of lack of self confidence,

And I don't feel like
it should hold me back anymore

- I need to break out of it
- Everybody has a different story

Everybody's body is different
Everybody's changes

I'm bigger than I've ever been

- I don't care. I'm owning my body
- Yeah

Mindy changed careers
only like two years ago

There's so much you haven't learned

There's confidence you haven't built yet

But it's nice to see Mindy
finding confidence

in her ability to cook on the line

I want that moment where Chef says,
"We have a new leader emerging."

And he calls my name

Like, I think there's a moment,
I think in my life,

that would probably be
the most monumental,

aside from the birth of my children

[narrator]
As Mindy dreams of brighter days ahead

Oh, boys, welcome home

- Welcome back
- Home sweet home, fellas

- [Alejandro] Man, that was awesome
- [Abe] Yeah, baby

[narrator] The Blue Team returns refreshed

and ready to tackle
the next dinner service

- Is Red Team gonna win dinner tonight?
- [all] Hell yeah

Let's go, guys

I'm gonna keep drinking water
Is that okay?

Why would you ask me
if you can drink water?

Yes, f*ck yes. Stay hydrated

I'm not incredibly confident in Nicole
going into tonight's dinner service

Dude, we're gonna k*ll it

I think she knows what goes in each dish

But I don't think
she can follow our tickets

And honestly, I didn't come here
to be a f*cking babysitter

Okay, ready

- Matthew
- Sir

Open the doors of Hell's Kitchen, please
Let's go

[narrator] Once again,

Hell's Kitchen is the most sought after
reservation in Los Angeles

[diners] Cheers!

As hungry diners peruse the menu,

the Red and Blue brigades prepare
for their first night in their new teams

[Billy]
Teamwork makes the dream work, big boy

Focus on garnish

[narrator] In addition
to Chef Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen staples...

Can I get a Beef Wellington, please?

...tonight's appetizer will include
a slider with handmade french fries...

I'll have the sliders, please

I'm gonna get my french fries ready. Sexy

This is so cool

...and kitchens hope to hit a high note
as they're joined by rock legend

Skid Row's Sebastian Bach
in the Blue kitchen

My sister's gonna freak out when she sees
that Sebastian Bach was on this

- We are such fans
- Welcome, Sebastian

And High School Musical's Corbin Bleu
in the Red

- Hi. How are you guys?
- [Bleu] Hello

We're so excited to have you

Wonderful. So excited
Thank you for having us

No celebrating till
that last f*cking ticket

Ladies, we're out of the gate first
One slider special. Two scallops

- [all] Yes, Chef
- Let's go, ladies, please

[Dafne] Five minutes on sliders, please

I need you to do something more
than this, dude

- Okay, I'm gonna go
- Please. Thank you

- What do you need? Do you need anything?
- Let's go, ladies, please

[Mindy]
Coming into dinner service tonight

I have an opportunity
to prove myself to the Red Team

And show them that I have
every reason to be here

- Mindy, shake the pan out. Let's go
- Yes, Chef

Push it in there. Quick as you can
Good, lovely color on there

- Beautiful color. Look
- Thank you, Chef

And then all together in one

All nice and straight

- Yes, Chef. Thank you
- Beautifully cooked. Nice

- Walking sliders
- [Ramsay] Let's go

Hey, this is really fun

[Ramsay] Service, please

[narrator] With Mindy's scallops
getting her team off on the right foot,

it's time for the Blue kitchen

to start on
their first appetizer order of...

One carbonara. One slider special

- Let's go
- [all] Yes, Chef

Three minutes out on the carbonara,
pasta's dropped

Hey, let's just make it five for me, okay?
Five on sliders

We're waiting on the sliders

[Brett] Everything goes through garnish

So you have to step up as a leader

You have to set the tone

You're the one that never stops
running your f*cking mouth

Don't finish it until I say
I'm % good on these,

- but I think two and a half
- Two and a half, you got it

You have to be the one
that knows everything that's going on

Let's not f*ck this up
We gotta keep a good momentum

This is so surreal

- Does seconds work for you?
- Yes

Where are the sliders?

- [Brett] I'm good to walk. Slider
- [Sakari] We're walking on sliders

Carbonara's up

Can I get anybody anything?
Can I do anything for anyone?

[Ramsay] Oh, come on, guys

Not cooked

Hey, Brett, come here

Come here, you

Now I've got f*cking ice cold
f*cking raw sliders

Raw, dude

Yes, Chef

This is a big f*cking mistake

- [Ramsay] Oh, my God
- How did I just send up raw sliders

- to Chef Ramsay
- Raw f*cking meat

That's f*cking ice cold. I don't get it
Come on

[narrator]
It's minutes into dinner service

and in the Blue kitchen...

Hey, Brett

- ...Brett's sliders are...
- Raw meat

That's f*cking ice cold. I don't get it

He's giving me stuff that's raw
One more slider!

- Yes, Chef. I won't rush again, Chef
- How long for the slider?

- Five minutes, Chef
- Start the f*cking appetizers again

- Yes, Chef
- Yes, Chef

I knew better than to do that

I'm cheesing right now

I send up raw ones,
and I'm wondering if I just blew my sh*t

at this executive chef job
in Atlantic City

Behind. Carbonara

Carbonara's up

[Brett] Walking sliders

Very nice. Service, please

[narrator] With Brett's sliders
finally being delivered...

[laughs] That is good

...and Blue diners enjoying them,

both kitchens
have found their momentum on appetizers

- [Vlad] Walking scallops
- Walking

[diner] Wow, They're perfect

[laughing]

Are we allowed to tell 'em
we love it or what?

Okay, ladies. Table four

- Entrée. Two lamb, two New York strip
- [all] Yes, Chef

Let's go

We made it to the entrées, guys

New York strip. Six minutes on that, guys

- Six minutes. Okay?
- Heard

Yeah, I don't know
what you're doing right now

Uh, I'm working these two strips
for the fire, so I just got these

- Are these lamb going in the oven?
- Yes, they are

It's hard when you're leading,
but you also need somebody

to follow your lead
and also, you know, help you out

I need you to help me a little bit more,
please. Okay?

Yeah, I'm learning too. You don't need
to push like that. I got it

Sommer is not working
with me as a team at all

- Let me check on that small lamb
- [Alyssa] No, it's not ready

- I've got a time on it. It's not ready
- Okay

But I can handle anything
that's thrown at me

Going up. Two strip

Come on. I'm here

Sorry, Chef. It's a hot plate

Of course it's f*cking hot
It's a kitchen

- [Ramsay] Lamb
- You confident with that?

- Can I walk on the lamb?
- Yeah, let's go. We're up

Just put it down

f*cking hell

Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh

- All of you. Back room, now
- Yes, Chef

- [Cheyenne and Alyssa] Yes, Chef
- [Tara] Deja vu

This is my first night with the Red Team,
and we're in the storage room

What in the f*ck is happening?

[Ramsay] I can't even slice that

It's that raw

I don't know where to go anymore

You've given up and you've given up

How do I get this? sh*t

I... I don't know what to do

- Get f*cking organized
- [all] Yes, Chef!

We got this, guys
We're going to bounce back

I'm posted up next to meat station,

and I can see
they are literally going down in flames

No more. No more errors. Let's go

On order, four covers. Table

Entrée, two lamb, two halibut

- [all] Yes, Chef!
- [Ramsay] Let's go

- I need six on halibut
- Heard

Go and prep that lamb

In the last two dinner services,

the meat station is actually
what got us kicked out of the kitchen

So, please God,
don't let that happen to me

- Okay, Alex, pick it up
- My lamb is resting

[Ramsay] Halibut, please, Vlad

Vlad

No answer. He just turns away

I find that the height of bad manners
That's f*cking rude

Do you understand?

Vlad, he's talking to you, bro

When you f*cking stand there,
and just blank me. What the f*ck?

It's strange. Strange behavior

Chef definitely wants people who are loud

and can take charge and be the boss

- Four minutes, right? We said four
- Four minutes

Let's do four

And Vlad's kinda showing
a little bit of deer in the headlights,

little bit of lack of confidence

He starting the halibut?

- Has the lamb rested?
- No, Chef

Hey, come here. Come here

If I was running the meat,
I'd tell you to shut the f*ck up

Yes, Chef

- Why are you telling me about his lamb?
- I don't know, Chef

Can I talk to the f*cking chef
that's in charge of the lamb?

- I'll shut up
- How long for the lamb?

Four minutes, Chef

Ooh, Brett, you gotta be careful,
you can't get on Chef's nerves

[stammers] I'm gonna be quiet over here

To the right, halibut down

Lamb

- Come on
- Hot sizzle

Beautifully cooked lamb

- Thank you
- [Ramsay] Service, please!

[narrator]
With Chef Ramsay sending out Alex's lamb...

Very well done

[diner ] Oh, it's amazing

...the diners are impressed

with the Blue Team's first entrée
of the evening

Walking to the window

- Abe. That's an A on the meat
- Yes, Chef

I was always a D and a F kinda person

- Chef, to your left
- Service, please

Let's go. Let's go

But in my cooking I found a passion

to where I can make straight A's
and, uh, make the dean's list

Let's go, let's go, let's go

[narrator] With Abe and Alex excelling
on the meat station...

Oh, so good
Like, melt in your mouth good

...the Blue Team only has two more tables
of entrées to complete

My glasses are in go-mode

Fire on order, four covers. Table

- Guys, listen up!
- Three salmon, one Wellington

[all] Yes, Chef

I'll take care of the salmon

Wellington
Going in the oven right now, Chef

- [Dafne] I need three minutes. Yes
- Three minutes?

[Sommer] I'm really trying my best

We need this
This new Red Team needs a win

How long? Three salmon,
one Wellington, please

Thirty seconds

These pans are too hot

f*ck. f*ck

[Christina]
Three salmon, one Welly. How long?

- I'm sorry. I f*cked up those
- [Ramsay] How long?

- [Christina] How long?
- I need four minutes for that, Chef

- So another four minutes?
- [Dafne] Yes, Chef

- Can I ask why?
- Because I ran out of salmon. I'm sorry

So you've run out of salmon
You didn't run out of salmon

- You just cooked all the salmon
- Yes, Chef

- So there's a difference
- I'm sorry

We haven't run out. I can't just pick
a f*cking salmon

Do you have any salmon on you?
Did you bring a fresh... No, I mean,

You can't pluck a salmon
from the f*cking air

Chef, I was using the bottom pans
because I ran out

- [Ramsay] I don't care
- Okay, I'm sorry

I still need four minutes

Oh, my God. There's... Hey! There's just
no momentum in here

- Blue Team. Come here
- Yes, Chef

- Oh, my God
- [Brett] Guys!

[narrator]
It's minutes into dinner service

Lamb

- Beautifully cooked lamb
- Thank you

And while the Blue Team is close
to the finish line...

I ran out of salmon. I'm sorry

Oh, my God

...the Red Team is stuck in neutral

So you've run out of salmon
You didn't run out of salmon

- You just cooked all the salmon
- Yes, Chef

So there is a difference
because you screwed it

So, we haven't run out

- Blue Team! Come here
- [Brett] Yes, Chef

- Come on, boys
- Guys!

Blue Team, takeover. Fire, let's go

- Three salmon, one Wellington. Away
- [all] Yes, Chef

Let's go!

[Billy] The Red Team's going down

The girls are burning up in flames

Like, he wants us all
to bail these chicks out

What the hell is going on, Red Team?

[Dafne] You guys have no more salmon

- You have no more salmon
- We got this one salmon

Guys get me salmon from the other side

[Tara] I'm so embarrassed

I'm heated right now. I'm pissed

- I'm fine. I got it
- I'm gonna stand next to you

- You don't need to. I got it
- I do

I know this is not my fault
Like, Dafne, Sommer and Alyssa...

I got it

...can you not work
without these boys holding your hands?

I need six minutes

Are you ladies watching
or are you gonna jump in?

- [Vlad] Salmon is working
- Okay, so we're good then

They done messed up

With the Red Team,
they give us that look like,

"Get the hell out of my kitchen."

Guess what? Chef Ramsay told us
to come over here

Move the hell out my way

Butter. Where was the butter
that was right here?

I did not grab it, dude

- [Abe] These feel good
- Yeah, go. Sell it

Salmon, Chef

[Ramsay] Service, please

[narrator] With the Blue Team
successfully bailing out

a drowning Red Team...

- Coming through, Chef
- Yeah, I'm here. Thank you

...the last few Red tables
finally get their entrées

[diner] It's really good

- My God, that just melts in your mouth
- I know it's crazy

Thank you, Blue Team

- Yes, Chef
- Momentum, finally

Ladies, what happened there?

We just went down, Chef

Went down? We didn't get up
I'm so sorry. We did not get up

Get upstairs. And try and do something
as a team for the first time tonight

And have a really good discussion

Forget one

Forget two nominees

Three individuals
that you consider the weakest

- Hurry up
- [all] Yes, Chef

[Cheyenne]
Having to put up three nominations,

this is extremely tough

If we were all up to me,
I would put up one person from meat

and one person from fish

But this third nominee is really...

I feel like
it's really gonna hurt some feelings

I think he's gonna wanna see
somebody from fish up there

- I hustle my ass off
- [Nicole] Yes

- Chef, said the weakest, though
- He said weakest chefs

Dafne has worked other services,
and she has not gone down under pressure

And I was doing good
in the beginning, dude

- I had no support
- You are not the weakest, I know

- You were trying
- But it sucks,

'cause it looks
like I can't cook fish now

No, it doesn't. We know. We know
We know what happened

Today you went down,
but this was the only time that you did

So let's be honest
I think he wants to see meat station up

[Ileana]
I agree. He... He wants to see meat

Alyssa and Sommer up there

Meat just started off with
the lack of communication and that sucked

I needed more communication
from my partner

I'm not trying to throw you under the bus,
but you were not giving me that

I was still trying
and you weren't meeting me halfway

All I'm going to say is

I have showed some strengths
in this competition

I know I'm a good cook

I know I don't deserve to go home
because I've proven myself

in every other aspect of this competition

I know I f*cked up tonight,

but we were all really worried
about Nicole going into the service

And I feel like we shouldn't
have to be dwelling on somebody...

- Yes
- ...before going into a service

- [Sommer] Yeah
- Listen, I didn't get yelled at at all

It's not my fault
if you guys went down tonight

Nicole is the weakest chef
She did not take any initiatives

She just kind of got in the away
on garnish today for Ileana

I do want to be here

I came here to learn

[Dafne] We're here to win, not to learn

No, I'm here to win as well

I'm not just like floating around
I'm not

Nicole, just because
I feel like you didn't step up

as much as all of us did

- [Sommer] Yeah
- This competition is too intense for you

- [Sommer] Yeah
- And you weren't supporting us today

You were just hiding

[Nicole] I don't want to f*cking leave

How the f*ck am I the weakest chef?

They failed on their own
I didn't give that up

I think he's going to say,
Why the f*ck is Nicole up here tonight?

Because did we see Nicole fail
during a service yet?

Then we're gonna look stupid as f*ck

Ladies, have you reached a consensus
on the three weakest chefs?

[all] Yes, Chef

Ileana, Red Team's first nominee, and why

Chef, our first nominee is Alyssa

She sent you up raw lamb

She didn't communicate with her partner

And the meat station
just fell apart tonight

- Second nominee and why
- Chef, our second nominee is...

Nicole. We felt that she had
a lot of opportunities to step up tonight

Assistance was needed all around
the kitchen, and it just wasn't there

Ileana, third nominee for the weakest chef
on the Red Team

Chef, our third nominee is Mindy

She was on fish station tonight
That went down pretty hard

And I haven't
heard her voice much during service

Alyssa, Mindy, Nicole
Step forward, please

[Ramsay] Nicole, second time up here

Why should you stay in Hell's Kitchen?

I was prepared for this evening

I didn't ask
whether you're prepared or not

I'm asking, why should you stay?

Because I won't give up

Did you cook anything on garnish tonight?

I started. I did start, um,

all of the garnishes
for salmon and for lamb

Is that true?

Chef, she dropped a few orders
of fries for me

And after that, I didn't see much of her

It felt like you were hiding tonight

Mindy

What happened tonight?

Chef, I... I was... I did lose my voice
and my confidence shook a little bit

But I'm not the weakest chef on this team

I hustle hard and I grind harder

And I want nothing more
than to make you proud

What about making yourself proud?

Alyssa, how did you get so lost tonight?

I should have taken more
of a leadership role

There was miscommunication

There should have been better
communication between me and my partner

I should have voiced my own opinion
and taken more of a leadership role

This is really difficult

The chef leaving Hell's Kitchen is...

Nicole

Young lady, give me your jacket

Thank you, Chef

The last time you were in front of me,
you gave me a passionate plea

And tonight, all night,
from the beginning,

in the middle, to the end
I didn't feel that passion

Give me your jacket, please

- Good night
- Thank you

[Nicole] I feel a little disappointed,

but I'm a little disappointed
in the girls

I feel that I was abandoned by them

I mean, all of them failed

I did not. Not tonight, so that's on them

But it's okay, Sandwich
Mama's coming home

Back in line

Thank you, Chef

Get some sleep
'cause you're gonna need it

I'm ready to show Chef Ramsay
my bounce back

And show the rest of the team, like,
"Hey, I had a f*ck up tonight

But you're not gonna
be able to use this against me."

[Mindy] I'm disappointed,

but everybody's gonna have to fight
for their life sometime

And tonight was my night
and it's the last one until the finals

[Abe] Your boys are on fire

The momentum's built

and the girls
have something to worry about

The Blue Team's coming to kick some ass

[Ramsay] With her team struggling,
Nicole decided to hide instead of help

That's all I needed to see

[narrator] Next time on Hell's Kitchen...

[fire alarm ringing]

- ...when the fire alarm sounds...
- [sirens wailing]

Ah! This is crazy

...will the chefs be able to answer
the call?

Come on, let's go then. Gotta speed up

Or will the chefs turn on each other?

You got to talk a little

I'm talking. Every component
on the plate, Alyssa

- Sommer needs to lose the attitude
- [narrator] And will a brutal punishment...

Today is trash sorting day

You are going to stink

- ...have the chefs down in the dumps...
- [crying]

I'm not ready to go

...and ready to talk trash

- Don't come over here and jump in my way
- You have a very strong personality,

He does think he's better than me

- and smarter than me
- Find out...

I don't give a sh*t. I'm better than him

...on a down and dirty episode...

Help me f*cking out!

I am going to cut somebody!

...of Hell's Kitchen