January 2009 – dingoRUE

Hell’s Kitchen 5 Episode 1

Chef Ramsay is back for season 5 with a new cast of cooks vying for the top prize. The 16 Hell’s Kitchen 5 contestants are:

Andrea
30
Line cook
Reading, PA

Ben Walanka
26
Executive sous chef
Chicago, IL

Carol Scott
30
Sous chef
Knoxville, TN

Charlie McCain
24
Prep chef
Las Vegas, NV

Coi
22
Caf cook
Austin, TX

Colleen Cleek
41
Cooking school instructor
Papillion, NE

Danny Veltri
23
Executive chef
Edgewater, FL

Giovanni
37
Executive chef
Destin, FL

J Maxwell
32
Food court chef
Clifton Park, NY

Ji-Hyun Cha
33
Private caterer
Palisades Park, NJ

LA
23
Line cook
Las Vegas, NV

Lacey D’Angelo
24
Corporate buffet cook
Charlotte, NC

Paula Dasilva
28
Executive sous chef
Coconut Creek, FL

Robert
29
Sous chef
Quogue, NY

Seth Levine
27
Private party chef
New York, NY

Wil Kocol
27
Quality-control chef
Elgin, IL

Immediately after being selected, the teams get right to work preparing their signature dishes.

Carol
Dish: Caramelized onions.
Discussion with Chef Ramsay: she began cooking professionally at age 25.
Critique: Flavor is spot on.

Wil
Dish: Rabbit cooked two ways.
Discussion with Chef Ramsay: His pride pin.
Critique: Great flavor, 0 for presentation.

Ji
Dish: Miso sake Chilean seabass
Discussion with Chef Ramsay: Has been cooking about 4 years.
Critique: Looks like she’s been cooking for 15 years.

Robert
Dish: Potato and white truffle wrapped Chilean seabass.
Discussion with Chef Ramsay: Doesn’t do small portions.
Critique: Bass cooked nicely, but sauce is disgusting. The dish is clumsy, like him.

Lacey
Dish: Chicken and blackberries
Critique: You serve, they eat, then they vomit.

Danny
Dish: mahi gone bananas
Critique: Looks like you’ve gone slightly bananas. Hideous.

Giovanni is called the only executive chef in America who can’t cook rice. Charlie is told his meal is a joke. L.A. is told her dish is terrible, and J gets an F.

Colleen
Dish: Smoked chicken enchiladas
Discussion with Chef Ramsay: After pronouncing her name repeatedly because Chef Ramsay is too slow to get it, she says she’s not a trained chef but teaches chefs to cook.
Critique: Spits it out.

Oh, and Colleen wants Chef Ramsay to know she teaches manners, too.

Andrea is told the flavor is spot on. Coi is told her dish is delicious and perfectly cooked. Paula cooked beautifully.

Seth
Dish: Lamb chops on a bed of ratatouille
Critique: Spits it out. Worst dish he’s ever tasted.

Ben
Dish: peking duck breast
Critique: Nice, attractive, tastes good, by far the best on the men’s team (which isn’t saying a lot).

Based on the signature dishes, Chef Ramsay calls this the best group they’ve ever had, although the women clearly dominated the men.

The chefs are prepping for the grand reopening. They have 10 hours from 8am to get ready.

Lacey says she wants to watch the others before doing anything because she doesn’t have line experience. It’s not long before she’s whining and saying she quits. This is before the first dinner service even begins. The women are over her already.

The guys think Seth is useless.

After having a smoke and pouting for a while, Lacey returns to her team and remains as useless as she had been previously.

The women are team Saffron. Not all of them are happy with this choice. The men are the Blues Brothers.

Chef Ramsay asks for two volunteers. Carol and Giovanni volunteer… and are made waiters. Charlie is made to shave his freaky beard.

Coi begins yelling a bunch of words that aren’t entirely clear since they’re mostly bleeped out. She’s not happy with Lacey.

Both teams give off their first impression with their waiters. Giovanni’s first trick is to figure out what’s actually on the menu. Carol seems to be doing okay, though.

Lacey continues to struggle in the red kitchen, apparently not knowing how to turn the gas on in her oven. Colleen has decided to change Chef Ramsay’s recipe for one of the dishes.

Then the power goes out. No food is coming out of either kitchen, so Carol starts handing out wine. It takes about 20 minutes for the power to be restored.

Danny’s got a big mouth and realizes it.

Giovanni’s still clueless as a waiter. He doesn’t remember what the customers ordered.

Colleen says she’s okay with taking criticism because she’s a lot older than most of the people there. This is a good thing because she’s screwing up everything.

Ramsay has a nickname for Seth: Forest (as in Forest Gump).

Wil’s struggling to keep up and needs assistance from everybody on the garnish.

As if they weren’t having enough trouble already, all of the customers walk out. Having to make a decision about who won, Chef Ramsay must base it on the service in the dining room. 88% of the people rated Carol above average. Giovanni, on the other hand, was rated below average by 90%. So the men have lost and need to nominate two team members.

Danny nominates Wil, who is okay with that and nominates himself. Seth and Giovanni are the other two names that are mentioned.

Wil has been nominated for his performance on the garnish. Seth has been nominated for not caring about being there. They believe Wil has the heart to be there. Robert claims he’s willing to go up there in place of Wil, if only Wil didn’t nominate himself.

Chef Ramsay has chosen to eliminate Wil. He doesn’t think Wil has the will to succeed.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 5 Episode 2, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.

American Idol Season 8 Episode 7

Last night American Idol 8 Episode 6 delivered… not much again. We saw a lot of somewhat competent singers who probably won’t advance much further. Anyway, David Osmond, Frankie Jordan, Megan Corkrey, Austin Sisneros, Taylor Vaifanua, and Rose Flack all made it to Hollywood.

Tonight is the end of the auditions with the last chances for contestants to get to Hollywood. The first stop is New York.

Adeola Adegoke claims she quit her job to be here. She sings And I Am Telling You by Jennifer Hudson. I think we all know she didn’t really quit her job, but Simon agrees to speak to her boss.

For some reason, the next stop is San Juan, Puerto Rico. The plan is apparently to hop back and forth between the two.

Jorge Nunez sings My Way, and while it leaves question about how he’ll sound singing in English, he sounds pretty good in Spanish. In English, he sings What a Wonderful World… still nice but with a thick accident. The judges let him through to Hollywood.

Jessika Baier is from Michigan. I’m pretty sure they have auditions in the US, but anyway she’s in San Juan. She sings I Surrender by Celine Dion. The judges surrender.

Melinda Camille wants to uplift humanity to be part of the shifting universe, preferably without clothing. She sings Feeling Good. She’s okay and advances despite the creepy story.

Female rocker Jackie Tohn has been playing guitar and singing for years. She sings I’m Yours by Jason Mraz. I don’t get it. Simon asks for a second song, and she obliges. Better but still iffy. Still, enough to get through to the next round.

Joel Contreras is known as the crazy rocker, aka a waste of time. He’s quite excited by being told no.

Nick Mitchell (aka Norman Gentle) continues the wasting of time. The judges let him get a chair so he can hang out for a while and be on the screen for two minutes longer than anybody with actual talent. Paula says yes. Kara says yes. Simon says categorically no. Randy says yes. Isn’t this like a singing competition?

Then we hear about three sentences from people who actually deserve to go to Hollywood. No need for us to learn anything about them apparently.

Monique Garcia Torres brought her kid brother Cristopher with her. She sings You Can’t Hurry Love by the Supremes. Christopher does not approve and asks her to reconsider. After she’s done, Simon asks what the second song is. I Turn to You by Christina Aguilera is next, and it sounds better. Randy and Kara don’t think she’s ready, but Paula and Simon give her another shot. If she didn’t have her brother with her, she probably wouldn’t have made it.

Alexis Cohen was thrown out last year and had to be bleeped a lot. It’s a kinder, gentler Alexis. Let’s wait until she gets rejected. She sings Madonna’s Like a Prayer. The judges say she’s gotten worse, so she gets back to her old self. Please don’t show this chick when she comes back next year.

Patricia Lewis Roman sings I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston. Simon says it’s not good enough and a crazy song choice. They give her 30 seconds to change their minds, so she goes with a slower song. Randy says yes to one more chance. Paula says no, but she’s going to Hollywood.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol Season 8 episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Lost Season 5 Episode 3

As those who remained on the island continue to go through their time loop, Ben was working on rounding up those who got off so that he could get them back there in Lost Season 5 Episode 2.

Charlotte has had some dizziness and double vision. So when’s Dan going to tell her what’s wrong? They and Miles arrive to a rigged explosion and a bunch of people with guns.

Although he realizes he sounds insane, Desmond still plans to go to Oxford.

Meanwhile, Juliet, Locke, and Sawyer are being distracted by some people they are holding hostage. Juliet says they know how to speak Latin because they’re others.

As they’re being escorted to the camp, Miles walks over a fresh grave, four US soldiers dead less than a month. The woman leading them calls for Richard, who assumes they’ve come back for their bomb.

Desmond arrives at Oxford to try to find Daniel’s mother. He’s told there is no record of her or her son. He goes snooping on his own, which he probably should have started off doing in the first place. The room is covered in sheets, but he does find a picture of Dan on the floor. He runs into a guy who tells him they’re covering up what happened and don’t want anyone to know about what Daniel was doing there.

Miles thinks they’re all dead, but Dan tells them they just need to keep it together until there’s another flash. In 5 minutes… or 5000 years. Daniel tells Richard that they need to let him render the bomb inert so that everybody doesn’t die. Oh, and by the way, he’s in love with Charlotte.

One of the hostages says that the rest of their people are either captured or dead because “that idiot” (aka Sawyer) shouted out “Meet at the creek,” so they knew exactly where they were headed and sent another group to get them there. Juliet asks in a dead language to bring them to their camp. He agrees, so the other guy kills him and runs away. Locke doesn’t shoot him because he’s one of his people.

Desmond knocks on a door to speak with Theresa Spencer. She’s lying in a bed being looked after because of the experiments Daniel was doing. Her sister Abigail says they wouldn’t be able to afford this if not for Mr. Widmore, the guy who funded the research and is paying the bills.

Richard gave the people who arrived the option to leave peacefully, but they were not interested, so he was forced to kill them all.

Sawyer wants to go save Farraday, but Locke would rather go finish his conversation with Richard.

Dan arrives to attempt to disarm a hydrogen bomb, which he realizes is unsafe. He’s pretty sure the chick holding the gun on him won’t shoot him since rifle fire isn’t the wisest option when near an atomic weapon. He asks for lead or concrete to fill the crack, and he plans to bury the bomb because that will make it safe. The reason he knows this is because 50 years from now the island is still there. After a little time travel story, Sawyer runs in with his gun to get her to drop hers.

Desmond charges into Widmore’s office. He wants to know where he can find Daniel Farraday’s mother. Not surprisingly, Widmore knows exactly where to look. He gives him the address and suggests he and Penny go back to where they were hiding rather than getting deeper involved in this mess.

Locke goes to the camp looking for Richard, saying that Jacob sent him. The guy with the gun at the camp is named Charles Widmore.

Even though he’ll probably keep waking up with memories, Desmond tells Penny that her and his son Charlie are his life now, but she knows he’ll never forget it, so the family will be going with him.

Locke asks Richard how to get off the island. It’s 1954 now, meaning Locke will be born in two years. He suggests that Richard come visit him if he needs proof. Before he can get an answer to his question, the flash happens again.

Shortly after the flash, Charlotte collapses.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Lost Season 5 Episode 4 The Little Prince, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on ABC.

American Idol Season 8 Episode 6

The search for lack of talent continued in American Idol 8 Episode 5, but Jacksonville did deliver Jasmine Murray, TK Hash, and Ann Marie Boskovich.

Tonight it’s Salt Lake City, Utah, where they met David Archuleta last year.

David Osmond, part of the family that was famous several decades ago, is up first. David was in a wheelchair a few years ago due to his battle with Multiple Sclerosis. He sings Something within Me by Take 6, and he does not disappoint despite the judges trying to make it suspenseful.

Tara Mathews needs to either get some sun or cover up. She believes that she has ESP, which she probably should have used before coming on this show. She sings One Day I’ll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge. As badly as could have been expected.

Chris Kirkham has brought a 300 pound man dressed up in a pink bunny suit. He attempts to sing Pretty Baby, but Simon is distracted by the bunny. So then he sings Ain’t No Mountain High Enough but only gets out a couple words.

Stay-at-home mom Frankie Jordan sings Amy Winehouse’s You Know I’m No Good. She gets through to Hollywood.

Megan Corkrey is also a young mom, but she is recently divorced. She sings Can’t Help Loving That Man of Mine and has a unique voice.

Austin Sisneros is class president. He sings When I Look to the Sky by Train, but the mixed reactions he gets convince him to sing It Takes a Village by Raffi. Despite not getting the song choices, the judges agree to give him another chance.

Taylor Vaifanua says her parents moved her back from Samoa because of her music. Anyway… she sings Joyful Joyful. Randy calls it one of the best vocals of the season.

Rose Flack lives with her best friend and her family after having lost her father and mother within the past couple years. She sings I Feel the Earth Move by Carol King. Paula wants her to work on the vocals, and Simon didn’t like the song choice. But the judges all love her.

Tomorrow night concludes the audition phase and the road to Hollywood, and hopefully there’s something more to offer than there was tonight.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol Season 8 episode 7, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Digital TV Not Delayed

Three years ago, Congress outlined a plan in which we would shut off analog signals for TV and switch to digital television only. Despite that and the barrage of media coverage on the subject especially over the past year or so, 6.5 million homes remain unready for the switch. Following a unanimous vote in the Senate in favor of the delay, the House was only able to get a 258-168 majority (about 60%), shy of the 2/3 majority needed to push the switch to digital back from February 17 to June 12. We’ve had plenty of time to prepare, and anybody not ready already probably won’t be ready by this summer either.

American Idol Season 8 Episode 5

Louisville, KY wasn’t much more successful than San Francisco, but American Idol 8 Episode 4 did produce a bit of talent. Joanna Pacitti (who toured as Annie at age 11, sang Watch Me Shine on the Legally Blonde soundtrack, and has had a few minor TV roles), Alexis Grace, and Leneshe Young were the bright spots for the night.

Tonight they’re going to Jacksonville, Florida. On the way, Ryan and Simon get some practice speaking in their normal speaking voices. Then they pretend Randy is famous for something other than Idol.

Joshua Ulloa believes he’s Justin Guarini, the guy from season one who we never heard of again. He wants to get it on, and it appears he’s trying to sing I guess. Mostly, he just drowns in bad sound effects. The judges all say yes. I don’t get it.

Sharon Wilbur brings her dog Sasha with her, with a fresh haircut (the dog, not the girl). She sings Superstar by Karen Carpenter. Although Sasha is yawning, the judges let both of them through to Hollywood.

Kaneswa Finnie has been led to believe by her mother that she can sing. She has been led wrong. Simon drags her mom on to tell her to stop lying to her.

Julissa Veloz is wearing a tiara. She sings Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing. Like Simon, I thought it was better than I was expecting. It’s good enough to get through to Hollywood.

Darin Darnell is full of spirit and energy. Then his friend gets cut. Now he’s sad. At least he has an excuse for why he sings so bad now. He sings It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye by Boyz II Men.

Naomi Sykes believes she can sing high notes like Mariah Carey used to be able to. But first her friend wants to pretend she’s a fan of Randy’s. She sings Loving You by Minnie Riperton. A waste of time no matter how many judges are getting lap dances during the performance.

At the end of the first day of auditions, we’ve seen… not much.

Jasmine Murray sings Big Girls Don’t Cry by Fergie. One of the best voices we’ve heard yet.

From there, we go to George Ramirez, who clearly is there to fill space. In his wildest dreams, he expects to have a simple house with nice marble floors in 11 years. What he sings is really irrelevant, but it’s supposed to be Walking on Sunshine apparently. He’ll see Ryan around, whatever that means.

Ann Marie Boskovich calls Kara her hero. Yeah, Kara doesn’t believe it either. She sings a little bit of one of Kara’s songs, making it clear she’s good, but before she can actually audition, Simon tells her to come back as a different person, literally.

Terrence TK Hash was rejected last year but is back again. He sings John Lennon’s Imagine. How’d they let this guy go before?

Michael Perrelli plays guitar wherever he goes. Too bad he can’t play his guitar in the audition (has he seen this show before?). The panic attack sets in, as he has no back up plan. He sings Third Eye Blind’s Jumper. Simon doesn’t like his voice. Kara thinks he may be better with his guitar. Simon gets on his case because he’s begging, something I don’t recall them jumping on anyone about before.

Ann Marie found a makeup artist on the street. Why she needed the makeover I’m not sure, but it works. She sings Bubbly, and as we already knew, she’s got a great voice.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of American Idol Season 8 episode 6, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 4

Unlike the previous week, the vote turned out to be a pretty easy one in The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 3. Despite the fact that she didn’t seem to want to be there, or perhaps because of it, Jillian’s team united to make sure that Joelle stayed at the ranch for another week, with Damien being sent home instead.

Bob’s team is not happy that the other group led them to believe they were voting out Joelle. They think that this creates a rift between themselves and Joelle. As if Joelle was getting along with her team to begin with.

Aubrey’s worried about being home because she’s got a bunch of kids running around. Laura appears to be partying. Sione has realized that there is time… you just have to make it. Dave’s smoking and still at his buffet. The partners will return in 6 days.

Joelle’s team hates her more worse than they did last week, especially Kristin. Bob believes that she’s getting over the hump.

It’s Super Bowl week. Before they kick things off, Blaine will be going home because his wife’s having a baby, number four. He will return for the weigh-in, which will count, but he will miss the event and the challenge over the weekend. Chef Curtis Stone is there to meet the others with a test of their knowledge of their favorite Super Bowl snacks. He will show the top three players how to cook healthy versions of these foods. The winner will also get a 2 pound pass for their teammate to use when they come back on campus, and they will also receive a visit from Curtis.

Chicken wings with a side of ranch dressing are 991 calories. With 800 calories, Dan is closest and proceeds to the next round. A bread bowl with chili and sour cream is 1165 calories, with Kristin coming closest. 7 layer dip contains 1755 calories, so Helen is the final person to join the top three. Curtis cooks the chicken wings with cubes of the breast, a little mustard and honey, and rosemary stuck right through the chicken. Once they’re done, Alison has a test for them. There are 230 calories in Curtis’ version. Dan comes within 10 calories and wins the 2 pound pass for his teammate.

Curtis will be paying David a visit, and if anyone could use that visit, it’s Dave, who never cooked before and prefers fast food instead. He takes him to the supermarket and the produce section, the place with all the vegetables and stuff. Then he takes him back home and shows him it’s easy to cook a good tasting healthy meal with the proper spices.

Bob makes an effort to unite his not overly unified team with a workout designed for group effort.

When Blaine goes home to see his wife, he’s reminded of why he’s on the show. Now he’s got a fifth reason to be healthy, a new baby boy.

The contestants get in their jerseys for the challenge, where Kurt Warner is waiting for them. The challenge is for immunity, which not only makes them safe but also automatically guarantees that their partner will be returning. They’ll dash back and forth, grab a football, and put it in someone else’s bin. 5 footballs means elimination. Jillian’s team are ganging up on Filipe, while Tara’s being teamed up on by the other team. Filipe is the first one eliminated. Tara is the next one gone. Dane follows as they target the strongest people first. Kristin is the next one out, followed by Mandi. Dan is the next one out. Mike’s out next, leaving Helen against Joelle with 4 balls each. It’s reasonably close, but Helen wins immunity, meaning Shannon will be returning as well.

Jillian doesn’t believe Dan is pushing himself and getting out of his comfort zone. He realizes he’s got a bunch of stupid excuses. He never thought it was possible to not be fat because he’s never been anything different.

Joelle says she’s finally been trying this week, Bob agrees, and even her team seems to be behind her for a change.

It’s time for the weigh-in, but first the partners are back and ready to get back into the game.

Helen: 225 pounds (-6, 2.59%, immune)

Mike: 339 pounds (-9, 2.58%)
Ron: 370 pounds (-7, 1.85%)
Brown Total: -16 pounds, 2.21%

Blaine: 312 pounds (-11, 3.40%)
Dane: 345 pounds (-15, 4.16%)
Black Total: -26 pounds, 3.81%

Filipe: 311 pounds (-13, 4.01%)

Tara: 252 pounds (-12, 4.55%)

Kristin: 312 pounds (-12, 3.70%)

Mandi: 227 pounds (-10, 4.22%)

Dan: 394 pounds (-12, 2.96%)

Joelle: 278 pounds (-10, 3.47%)

Thanks to her immunity, Helen managed to stay above the yellow line. That leaves Mike & Ron up against Dan & David. This will be another emotional vote. David has a message that, either way, it can be done, whether they’re at home or still at the ranch.

Votes
Helen: Dan & Dave
Mandi: Mike & Ron
Kristin: Dan & Dave
Blaine & Dane: Mike & Ron
Tara: Mike & Ron
Joelle: Dan & Dave
Filipe: Dan & Dave

Despite the talk that went into how they were upset with Dave, the voting comes down along team lines, with Bob’s team in control this time. Dan & Dave have been eliminated a lot earlier than I would have anticipated. Dan is a lot more used to exercise and can run the track for 20 minutes, and he’s off his diabetes medicine. Dave is trying to get more comfortable exercising and has quit smoking. David has lost 46 pounds, while Dan has lost 101 pounds.

That’ll do it for now. They apparently don’t have enough time to weigh in another 6 whole people until next week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 7 Episode 5, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 3

Kyle spent his time trying to save his soulmate in Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 2. Now it’s just a question of whether his soulmate is Jessi or Amanda.

Kyle’s moving his room, which of course means relocating a tub. The Tragers are taking Jessi in, so Josh gets a roommate. Everything should be okay, but they might need to think about knocking before entering the bathroom from now on. Jessi might also need to be more subtle, not asking Josh right in front of his parents if Andy’s going to reopen the store and be generous with the merchandise.

While Kyle is eavesdropping on Amanda’s music, she stops playing. She collapses but says she’s okay, though not before Kyle and Jessi storm over to see what’s wrong. Amanda’s not happy that Kyle and Jessi are living together.

Lori’s forbidden from seeing Mark, but that won’t prevent her from accidentally running into him. She plans to accidentally run into him again tomorrow, too.

Michael Cassidy runs into Kyle at the park. Latnok wants to make sure they have a relationship with Kyle because they consider him their greatest achievement. They’re the good guys. Really. Kyle’s not interested but does take the business card.

Jessi’s coming in handy for Josh. She unscrambled the adult programming for him. Everything was going fine until his dad caught him watching it. Kyle wants him to give her time to adjust to living with a family. Josh is becoming more of a horndog than he was to begin with. While he’s talking about his problem (being a teenage boy being unable to get his mind off sex) with Kyle, Jessi overhears the part about Amanda being Kyle’s soulmate.

Amanda keeps messing up in the same place, unable to hold the piece in her head for the first time ever. She hasn’t felt like herself since prom. Kyle is worried that Latnok did something to her. It’s not like he can just scan her brain, though. Or can he?

Lori accidentally runs into Mark, who bought some flowers just in case he accidentally ran into someone. It seems they’re accidentally kissing and making plans to go out for pizza as well.

Using Josh’s Xbox controller, Kyle has created a scanner and heads to Amanda’s rehersal. Problem is he brought Jessi with him, which Amanda’s not too happy about. When he’s alone, Amanda plays fine, but as soon as she sees him together with Jessi, Amanda stops playing and runs off. The two of them are always together like two peas from pods.

With the results back from his device, Kyle finds out that something’s in Amanda’s brain. Cassidy tells him it should have dissolved by now, but that he can help.

If she’s willing to keep a secret about Lori sneaking around with Mark, Jessi can be part of the group with Lori and the others under legal voting age to take on the parentals.

Like Stephen, Cassidy doesn’t want Mark to see Lori either.

Kyle hopes to eliminate the block without electrocuting Amanda, a risk Jessi’s totally up for taking. He tests regulating the voltage on a light bulb… which explodes. Jessi suggests that he pass the electricity through a kiss. He’ll have to practice, and what better subject to practice on than her? As they’re about to kiss, Stephen walks in and asks where Lori is. Jessi’s response draws Kyle’s “I know you’re lying” look. Stephen knows Lori’s with Mark. Kyle is having second thoughts because he doesn’t want to kiss Jessi, despite his full frontal view of her earlier in the shower, but she convinces him he doesn’t have a choice. When he kisses her, he blows her across the room.

Mark calls Lori to tell her the bad news that he can’t see her any more in order to protect his future.

Nicole tells Amanda that she has nothing to worry about with Kyle and Jessi. Then she walks in on Kyle and Jessi kissing. Good luck explaining this. He wants to tell Amanda everything, but she storms out.

Andy’s moms have decided to extend their vaction another three weeks. Bad news for Josh, but he realizes he misses her for more than just her body.

Kyle arrives at the recital and is confronted by Amanda’s mom, who is her usual chipper self. Amanda insists she’s lost him, even if he doesn’t realize it. He has no choice but to kiss her, whether she wants to or not. Despite the crying, she’s still standing, a good sign. Although she gets through her recital in good form, her words have Kyle believing he has lost her.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 4 In the Company of Men, which airs Monday at 9/8c on ABC Family.