Take off your jacket and get the **** out!

I'm kinda hooked on a show again. I swore that after the "Heroes" season was over, I would not get tied into another show. I don't like scheduling my life around a TV show, and I don't like being pissed off if I miss an episode of something: that's why I stopped watching "The X Files." However, I started watching Hell's Kitchen sporadicaly this season, and I've been stuck on it the last few episodes. For shame, Chris, for shame.

But it's a cool show! As harsh as Chef Gordon Ramsey is, it kinda brings me back to my cooking days. You can be ready to serve up your peers as a new entree in the middle of the rush, and once the last table leaves, everyone is all friendly again. As we get closer to the final episode, Chef Gordon is showing that more and more: he still berates the cast members, but is praising them more and more now that the loosers are gone. Last night we were down to the final three: Jen, Bonnie, and Rock.

Last night, we said goodbye to Jen. She won the challenge, but during the dinner service, she expoed a plate of crab pasta that didn't have any crab in it. She also overcooked the whole steamer pan of rice for the risoto. Easy mistakes to make, but we just can't have that on the second to last show. Now it's down to Bonnie and Rock.

So here's to you, Jen, and you mid-west charm we will miss so much. I had hoped you got booted off the show, but not before Bonnie. Your simplistic ways were refreshing in the midst of LA culture, and your big heart was broadcasted for the whole world to see. All of us here at WtmRR wish you the best, and look forward to seeing you on the Today Show or some other psudo-journalistic morning crapfest where you will get to cook something that Al Roker will scarf down without tasting.

Jen, We Salute You!