Final Four...again. We start with the final 3 having the carrot of making a pilot dangled in front of them. But they may not be the final 3 because we have the Star Salvation winner coming back to spoil the fun.
Dom's back, baby! Let's see if he can knock off one of the Wonderboys. The men get 45 minutes to cook for their lives with sous chefs from the eliminated finalists. With some of them, I'm not really sure if they would be more of a help or a hindrance. Eddie Football takes Alex. Dom takes Hashtag Matthew for some reason. Lenny Jr. takes Emilia, remembering how well they worked together in Week 5. Brian Boitano tries to choose Bobby...I'd join him in that!!! Since Bobby's disappointingly not up for grabs, he gets Rue. Mama Rosa, Mama Sita, and Christina get to go home again since they are still not wanted.
Eddie Football is making a spiced meatball with a ginger carrot puree. Lenny is making fried catfish with a crawfish etoufee. Brian Boitano is making lamb sausages with tabbouleh. Dom is making a pasta bolognese. Dom expects Matthew to take orders, but he decides he wants to go off the map and sabotage Dom. Brian Boitano talks about how much he likes sausages. There really is nothing more to say here, the joke is already written. Matthew isn't Dom's only sabotage, as Mr. Italian has issues with the pasta machine. Matthew ignoring Dom's orders actually works out for him, as he turns out a good sauce. But then he ruins it by grabbing his lost shaker of hashtags and coming up with #YoloBolo. I just can't even. Next contestant! Ooh, Brian Boitano and his sausages, they'll be more fun! While Brian Boitano is jiggling his sausages, Lenny and Emilia have jiggle cornbread. Rue was right and Brian Boitano's sausages aren't juicy enough. Eddie Football makes the cardinal mistake of putting something on the plate the judges are not supposed to eat...unless he's hoping to watch the sweat glinting on Giada's cleavage as she eats a whole habanero. Except she's not actually showing cleavage today.
One take only for the videos. We'll see how Dom does with that. Eddie Football stumbles worse than I was afraid Dom would. Dom is shaking in front of the camera. Wow, I'm not sure who's worse between him and Eddie. I was hoping for so much more from both of them. As Brian Boitano starts his sausages, Lenny thinks he has stiff competition. But then the wheels fall off the bus. Eddie and Dom might be safe after all, we will see. Either way, the only questions at this point are who Lenny's runners-up will be. Dom stumbles in his presentation but then picks it up and helps us to get more pleasure from flour and eggs than from Brian Boitano's sausages. I can't even understand Eddie! Dude, football players are supposed to run wind sprints, not speak them.
Lenny is perfectly safe, and then there are the other three. Dom gets to make a pilot! Now who goes home, Eddie Football or Brian Boitano? Eddie is safe, so I never have to use Brian Boitano's real name. Mike said I'll have to start using Lenny's real name eventually, but I'll wait till he wins to use it. The boys pop open a bottle of champagne. Who would have thought that Dom would be there for it at the beginning?
Lenny's filming his pilot at a chicken and waffles joint in New York called Sweet Chick. Who is his guest director? Rachel Ray!!! Because I don't read her magazine or watch her talk show, it feels like I'm seeing again one of the greats from the past, like if Emeril came out of retirement. I really do miss 30-Minute Meals and $40 a Day. Lenny wants to do a show where he travels to eat fried food. That's gonna help his figure. Still, you know you're doing well when the director wants to use the first take of the intro. When it comes time to tasting, Lenny starts to fall apart.
Eddie Football also gets to meet Rachel, who immediately starts checking out the gun show. I'm jealous! Eddie has performance anxiety, though. He's filming at a barbecue place. Is this the first year where the pilots are not showcasing the contestants as chefs? Whether Eddie beats Lenny or not, he does at least earn a kiss on the head from Rachel.
Dom meets Rachel at a "Traditional and Vegan Italian Restaurant." Vegan Italian? Really? If you say so. Dom stumbles as usual, but at least he has multiple takes this time. Tune in Sunday to watch him and Eddie lose to Lenny!
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