This is the point where you offer cars or cash, not immunity, and definitely not a team challenge. I suspect the network is monkeying with things to make them more "interesting". Nick may be an asshole, but he didn't look very happy about how things came out, though probably because he's thinking "Now I look like an asshole and not a nice guy."
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
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Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2014 5:51:38 pm PST #21673 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
le nubian - Jan 09, 2014 10:34:23 pm PST #21674 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I agree with what all of you had said. The structure of the task was problematic in that it was a team challenge so late in the game, that someone had immunity, and that they received thorough guidance from top chefs. It was just so strange.
I'm not sure why they did all this if not to have a surprise elimination to potentially conquer Last Chance Kitchen.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2014 3:58:24 am PST #21675 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nick has been annoying but trying to guilt him into giving up his immunity was absolutely ridiculous.
I thought at the time, and still hope, that was just Jacques Pepin, who is not so tied into the show, saying that. Tom was clear that this is how the game goes.
I am bummed about Stephanie, because she is my hometown contestant! It would be amazing if she wins LCK, regardless of the final outcome, just because of Kristen last year.
kat perez - Jan 10, 2014 9:27:04 am PST #21676 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I like Stephanie and hope she kicks butt in LCK.
Tom was clear that this is how the game is played but he also said that he was hoping Nicholas would fall on his sword which is just...ugh. Why? If the thought of someone using immunity to avoid getting kicked off was so icky and dishonorable to you at this stage of the competition then just don't hand out immunity anymore as a reward for winning a Quickfire challenge. How about that?
Jessica - Jan 10, 2014 9:33:05 am PST #21677 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Because Nicholas is an entitled brat and should go home. God I hate him so much. (And not just for this. He's been rubbing me the wrong way throughout the whole competition.)
brenda m - Jan 10, 2014 9:38:21 am PST #21678 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh I can't stand him. And this was both a ridiculous challenge and a ridic time to be handing out immunity. But that's on you, Colliccio.
kat perez - Jan 10, 2014 9:41:36 am PST #21679 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Don't hate the player, hate the game!
Ha! I do agree that Nick is the worst. I would like to see him go. Carlos, too. The oven drama, the knife drama, the drama drama. I'm all the way over it.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2014 10:35:00 am PST #21680 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Previously.tv suggests, Sometimes It's Still Okay To Hate the Player.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 10, 2014 2:14:21 pm PST #21681 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I like Stephanie and hope she kicks butt in LCK.
Spoiler: she doesn't.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 13, 2014 6:10:26 am PST #21682 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh I can't stand him. And this was both a ridiculous challenge and a ridic time to be handing out immunity. But that's on you, Colliccio.
That's not fair. The judges don't decide what the competition is going to be; that's on the producers. And Tom made his comment to the other judges, not the cheftestants. I think that's fair.