Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 9

Having flailed about for a couple weeks now, Boris was eliminated in Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 8.

In the “dramatic” conclusion to last week’s episode, Ramsay said he wasn’t done because he wanted to speak to Trev. He can take his jacket off… because he’s going back to the men’s team. As lame as expected. When it’s this predictable, it doesn’t deserve its own cliffhanger.

The girls, who finally agree on one thing, are happy to see him go, hoping that the boys dump him first chance they get.

Ramsay has brought in some food. Only one dish is from a 5 star hotel, while some of it is Chinese delivery, gas station food, and the like. Sabrina liked the Chinese roll. Nona liked the gas station chicken sandwich. Rob was a fan of the wings from the London Hotel. Nona didn’t care for the wings.

It’s time for the blind taste test.

Russell and Gail are up first. Both get grapefruit right. However, Russell guesses crab and Gail guesses salmon for the sea bass. Then they both guess romaine instead of iceberg lettuce. Russell gets truffles right, but Gail says watercress. This gives the boys a 2-1 lead.

Rob and Sabrina are the next pair. Rob starts off saying the asparagus is bok choy, and Sabrina agrees. Rob thinks the filet mignon tastes like chicken. Sabrina agrees again. Both are also incorrect on the cheddar cheese, with Rob guessing American and Sabrina saying provolone. Lastly, Rob thinks the mussels are octopus, and Sabrina says ham. Still 2-1 for the boys.

Vinny and Jillian are next. Hot dogs seem easy enough, but Vinny says ham, while Jillian says salami. Both, however, get potatoes and mozzarella cheese. That brings us to 4-3.

Trev and Nona are last. Trev believes the pear is apple, and Nona doesn’t have a firm opinion one way or another. Trev goes with halibut for the scallops, but Nona gets it right to tie the game. Both are correct on squash. The final item is endive. Trev says arugula. Nona, however, is right, and the girls win.

The blame for this challenge falls on Rob, while the girls can thank Nona for getting 3 out of 4. For their reward, the girls get a shopping spree. For their punishment, the guys are going to help Hell’s Kitchen go green, digging through the trash for recycling. They will also be prepping both kitchens.

Trev’s risotto tastes fantastic, and Jillian’s does as well. So do Sabrina’s scallops. Rob, however, ends the streak, with his scallops getting rejected. Then again.

Nona fails to drop the chicken on time, and now she can’t cut it right. Sabrina takes charge, getting them back on track and delivering more good fish.

Back to Rob and his fish failures. His halibut is rejected as well. Ramsay calls him out to the dining room, telling him he’s got 5 minutes to wake up. This leads Russell to pretend to be a leader. That is until Ramsay walks away, at which time Russell ignores everybody, not bothering to respond when they ask him questions. When Ramsay returns, Russell’s back to yelling again. I don’t know what this guy’s game is, but he can’t possibly think this attitude is going to get him a win.

Then Nona gets yelled at because, uh, well, he can. Ramsay says get out of his way. She backs up. Get out of my way. Backs up further. Get out of my way. 10 feet back. Still not enough room between you and Ramsay’s ego. Go upstairs now. That was pointless.

Vinny’s egg spinach is overcooked. His gnocchi is not cooked right either. He can go upstairs, too.

Russell, who’s had a decent service aside from the fact that he’s an ass, is kicked out because of raw chicken. He blames everybody else.

Rob makes his final mistake of the evening, and he can get out like the rest of the cast.

This leaves Trev to complete service in the blue kitchen. Wait. What? He’s just about ready to jump on dessert anyway, but he does succeed where the others failed.

Sabrina and Jillian are congratulated on a job well done.

It goes without saying that the blue team loses. Trev can pick two nominees. Russell tells him he’s got his back (he couldn’t even give him a towel), and that Trev has the biggest heart and drive. Vinny says he’s the team’s team player, and I can’t find fault in that logic. Rob’s defense is that he was the last one in the kitchen with Trev.

Rob is the first nominee; Russell is the second nominee. Rob’s the obvious target here, even if Russell just simply needs to go because he cannot work with humans. Rob has outstayed his welcome and can head home.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8 Episode 10, which airs next on Fox.

Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 9

Alina was voted off the island in Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 8 because, uh, I’m not really sure why.

People try to convince Jane that Marty doesn’t have a point, when in reality he does. Although she really hasn’t done anything to earn votes, they have no reason to take her to the end because people like her. Instead, they’d rather keep around people like NaOnka, who just keeps digging her own grave.

Marty’s new plan: get rid of Jane. Oh wait, that’s still his same plan. The twist is to spread the rumor that NaOnka’s going home instead, flushing out her idol in the process.

The reward challenge involves working their way through a series of obstacles collecting keys. Reward is a canopy tour and BBQ. The two teams, drawn at random, are men vs. women, with Chase sitting out. Chase picks the girls to win. Whatever happens to them, he will share in their fate. It’s a neck and neck start through the first key. Running through a bunch of sticks, however, slows down the women, and they’re pretty well out of it. Their only ray of hope is Dan’s inability to do anything involving physical activity, but regardless it’s not happening. As Jane drags behind and collapses, the men bust through the brick walls and win reward. Whatever the heck Chase was thinking, he was incorrect and will miss out on the reward.

Probst has a question. Is anybody willing to give up a spot for one of the women? No.

Brenda states the obvious: Chase’s choice was dumb. He voted for his alliance to win, rather than the choice that was logical.

After NaOnka tells Chase to not get on Brenda’s nerves, he goes up to Brenda and tells her again and again and again that she seems really unsure.

The immunity challenge is a memory challenge, remembering symbols in the order in which Jeff shows them. Everybody gets the first symbol right. Everybody is right the second time. Jane and NaOnka are out on the third symbol. Dan is out on the fourth. Holly, Kelly, and Sash are out on the fifth symbol. Everybody gets the sixth symbol right. Round two will have 7 symbols. Everybody gets the first one right. Fabio is out on the second symbol. Chase is out on the third. Benry is out on the fourth, bringing us down to Marty against Brenda. Both are correct on the next symbol. Marty is incorrect on the next symbol, and Brenda wins immunity.

Benry and Fabio wants to follow Marty’s plan, and Benry tells Fabio to just play stupid, which he tells us he’s been doing a lot.

NaOnka don’t want to talk about the food stealing any more, Jeff. Oh, and she doesn’t like Marty… either. Or Fabio. Or whoever doesn’t like her. Considering her attitude and yet the fact that she’s still here, Jeff believes he will see this lunatic at the finals.

No hidden idols are played. NaOnka doesn’t care.

Votes
Jane
Marty
Jane
Jane
Jane
Marty
Marty
Marty
Marty
Marty

Great. Now we gotta deal with Sash and Brenda and their egos expanding. With 6 votes, Marty has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 10, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 8

The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 7 happened last week, which was news to me. In it, Anna was eliminated.

It’s no longer black vs. blue. They are going back to their individual colors, but this is not singles week. This week, they are competing as pairs, to be chosen by one person. At the end of this week, two people will be eliminated.

Mark’s worried he will be paired with a weak partner. Ada hopes to be paired up with one of the guys because the girls this year have been thoroughly lackluster.

Lisa, however, says there are times when she wants to go home, which she knows people are sick of hearing (I am). This is a slap in the face to Adam, who actually did want to stick around. She’s back to 60/40, wanting to be there 60%. She just can’t embrace this experience. If she can’t embrace the experience on the ranch, she’s going to have a hell of a time trying to do so when she goes home.

Everybody meets Alison for dinner. The assumption is that it’s a temptation. She seats everybody in the order of weight loss, a reminder some people may not have wanted to be pointed out. Their task is simple: eat the most calories at dinner. They will select an appetizer, main course, and dessert. While they have some indication based on the description what’s healthy and what’s not, this is all a guessing game.

Appetizers
Mark: 200 calories
Ada: 530 calories
Jesse: 460 calories
Frado: 200 calories
Aaron: 450 calories
Brendan: 1000 calories
Patrick: 200 calories
Lisa: 200 calories
Jessica: 200 calories
Elizabeth: 570 calories

The five people who ordered the tricolore salad (Mark, Frado, Patrick, Lisa, and Jessica) don’t seem to have any interest in tonight’s temptation. Everybody else appears to be in it, most notable being Brendan and his ridiculous 1000 calorie appetizer.

Main course
Frado: 1300 calories
Aaron: 2500 calories
Brendan: 2500 calories
Elizabeth: 1400 calories

So I guess Frado is in it then, sort of. Brendan and Aaron are the real players here, though. Brendan makes an offer to Aaron: stop eating right now, and I’ll give you Jesse if that’s who you want. For some reason, Aaron accepts, falling right into Brendan’s trap, but if he gets his way, it may be the right choice because at least he won’t be blamed.

Dessert
Brendan: 950 calories
Lisa: 1400 calories
Elizabeth: 950 calories

Regardless of whether he finishes, Brendan has already won, so he decides to stop at 3500 calories and not bother with the dessert. With no chance of winning, Lisa chows down on her hefty dessert.

Although he does not have any control and has instead handed all the control away to Brendan, Aaron gets his wish, and Jesse is his partner. Brendan’s best friend Frado is paired with the person with the highest percentage of weight loss for the season, Mark. Having asked to be paired together, Lisa and Elizabeth get their wish. Why would they want that? Brendan is paired with Patrick. That leaves Jessica and Ada as the final team, and the women have been set up to be picked off.

Ada doesn’t like these choices at all. She feels betrayed by somebody she trusted, not understanding why he kept his word to Aaron.

Bob calls Lisa out. She doesn’t want to be there anyway. That said, who is her poor, poor teammate? He feels sorry for Elizabeth, but Elizabeth got what she asked for. His warning for Lisa: give it all, or you’re gone. No more of this 60% nonsense.

Now to Brendan. What’s up with this stacking of the deck of the girls against the guys? His goal was simple: keep himself, Patrick, and Frado safe. Whatever happens to everybody else is not his problem.

The challenge is to make a tower of sugar cubes 5 feet high. They’ve gotta get them there one cube at a time. Reward is a week long trip to The Biggest Loser Resort with three guests. 20 minutes in, Jesse and Aaron are in first place, but their structure is not very stable and collapses. With a similar strategy, Lisa and Elizabeth have also had theirs collapse. They are not alone. After 35 minutes, there’s not much progress from anybody. 55 minutes in, Alison tells them they will get a sugar rush at 1 hour. They are granted two minutes to grab as much sugar as they can, using only their hands. This provides everybody with a good amount of sugar. Jesse and Aaron have no chance, but at least they are having fun with it, appearing as if they have a contact sugar high. Jessica and Ada are running away with this challenge, so long as their stack does not collapse. They are the first to reach 5 feet. Their stack remains, and they win.

One week, Lisa lost a lot of weight, which she credits Bob’s diet that week for. So she decided to cook the meals on this diet for Elizabeth. I didn’t think anything of it, but Bob and Jillian are furious. After that blow up at Elizabeth is over, it’s time for the weigh in.

Mark: 317 pounds (-12, 3.65%) – first player to lose 100 pounds this season
Frado: 276 pounds (-18, 6.12%)
Team Total: 593 pounds (-30, 4.82%)

Aaron: 380 pounds (-4, 1.04%)
Jesse: 280 pounds (-16, 5.41%)
Team Total: 660 pounds (-20, 2.94%)

Lisa: 234 pounds (-8, 3.31%)
Elizabeth: 205 pounds (-8, 3.76%)
Team Total: 439 pounds (-16, 3.52%)

In spite of Bob and Jillian’s complaining, these are some solid numbers for Lisa and Elizabeth (granted, they are to be expected since last week was pretty much just a waste), whether they want to be there or not. Lisa says she does want to be there, but she’s not allowed to say it in front of Bob. Jillian tells her to just go home, and Frado agrees. Shouting match between everybody ensues. Lisa’s argument is that she doesn’t want to be a quitter, but everybody else wants to keep her there because she’s weak.

Patrick: 311 pounds (-19, 5.76%)
Brendan: 280 pounds (-18, 6.04%)
Team Total: 591 pounds (-37, 5.89%)

Jessica: 228 pounds (-12, 5.00%)
Ada: 198 pounds (-6, 2.94%)
Team Total: 426 pounds (-18, 4.05%)

Brendan’s plan worked, and his alliance remains intact. Jesse & Aaron and Lisa & Elizabeth have fallen below the yellow line. The decision now comes down to whether to get rid of the threats or to take out the team that doesn’t seem to have their heads in the game.

Votes
Mark & Frado: Aaron & Jesse
Jessica & Ada: Lisa & Elizabeth
Patrick & Brendan: Aaron & Jesse

With two votes, Aaron & Jesse are not the Biggest Loser. Jesse does not take this personally from anybody… except Patrick.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 7

Half of the blue team wanted to get rid of their strongest member in The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 6, and the black team was happy to oblige, voting out Adam following a split vote.

I just found out that there actually was an episode last week. Color me surprised. When I tuned in, there was NBC election coverage, so I immediately tuned out. Before jumping into episode 8, I’m going to go back and take a look at that. I see on my Tivo that there, indeed, was a 1 hour episode of The Biggest Loser buried somewhere underneath last week’s shellacking. Thanks a lot, NBC.

This week, everybody will be staying with the US Marines at Camp Pendelton. Upon arrival, they are picked up by helicopters, which take them to Alison. They put on their packs and start on their march toward the barracks. For all the drama this leads to, nobody gets left behind.

Apparently, I can expect much needless screaming this week. If everybody is yelling at the top of their lungs, I’m not quite sure how anybody ever gets heard.

They wake up early the next morning, before the sun comes up, and as they run outside, they are given rifles. I am not sure who is attacking them. They find out that their food choices are both limited and poor. Although they may be doing a lot of running around frantically, this is probably not the healthiest place for them.

The challenge is to go three miles down the beach, completing any obstacles they come across along the way. Each team member is given a pack with three 10 pound weights, which they can redistribute as they see fit. Reward is phone calls home. Black team’s strategy is to start off taking one weight out of the girls’ backpacks, giving every guy 40 pounds and every girl 20. Blue team has decided they will all carry their own weight. The blue team is in the lead early. Whether they drag Elizabeth or not, the black team’s not going to be able to catch up. This becomes all the more obvious when she collapses. This time she will not need an ambulance to leave, however, as she wants to finish the race. Nonetheless, the outcome is obvious. Blue team wins reward.

Brendan has decided to get his head shaved to blend in with the rest of the bald guys on the base. At least he has also shaved his face as well.

With 15 minutes left in the episode, we learn something. It doesn’t need to take 45 minutes to weigh everybody in. Bob’s worried because he and Jillian only did last chance workout and did not have any involvement in the rest of the week.

Mark: 329 pounds (-7, 2.08%)
Jessica: 240 pounds (-4, 1.64%)
Lisa: 242 pounds (-2, 0.82%)
Jesse: 297 pounds (+1, 0.34%)
Aaron: 384 pounds (-14, 3.52%)
Blue Total: 1492 pounds (-26, 1.71%)

Ada: 204 pounds (-7, 3.32%)
Patrick: 330 pounds (-7, 2.08%)
Brendan: 298 pounds (-4, 1.32%)
Anna: 281 pounds (-2, 0.71%)
Elizabeth: 214 pounds (+1, 0.47%)
Frado: 298 pounds (+4, 1.36%) – apologizing before even hearing a number
Black Total: 1625 pounds (-15, 0.91%)

That 7 minute weigh in, yeah, that felt rushed. With two team members having gained weight, the black team has lost the weigh in by a sizeable margin. As the person with the highest percentage of weight loss on the losing team, Ada is safe. And now we head straight into the votes. Elizabeth may be the weakest link, but she’s got allies to support her regardless.

Votes
Patrick: Anna
Ada: Anna
Anna: Elizabeth
Brendan: Anna

With three votes, Anna is not the Biggest Loser. As a late comer to campus, she never really had a chance because her team failed to accept her as one of them. From her starting weight of 330 pounds, Anna is now down to 250 pounds. She has inspired her coworkers to walk the stairs daily with her.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 17 Episode 7

In yet another thoroughly predictable outcome, Nick & Vicki were noneliminated in The Amazing Race 17 Episode 6.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Jill & Thomas – 8:30AM
Second: Brook & Claire – 8:36AM
Third: Michael & Kevin – 8:40AM
Other departures not revealed.

6 legs in, and Jill still doesn’t feel part of her team.

Seems nothing has been learned from the last few legs. No flights yet again. There better be an hours of operation or something because otherwise this is the most obvious outcome in the history of most obvious outcomes.

Teams will travel by taxi to Avtovo Circus. Once they arrive, the circus is closed. It’s closed long enough for all the teams to be bunched together. The detour is a choice between circus band or circus clown. In circus band, teams will learn a Russian folk song on accordians. In circus clown, they will have to learn a plate spinning routine, and keep at least 10 plates spinning simultaneously for at least 10 seconds.

Circus band: Nat & Kat, Gary & Mallory, Chad & Stephanie (switched from clown)
Circus clown: Michael & Kevin, Brook & Claire, Nick & Vicki, Jill & Thomas (switched from clown to band to clown)

Nat & Kat decide to turn the keys into numbers, a nerdy solution but a good one nonetheless. This task may well be the easiest because they can play as slowly as they want as long as they play the right notes in the right order. A quickly impatient Thomas bails and goes to the other task without giving a great deal of effort to the first one. Nick, who claims he learned from his first blow up, is calling Vicki a dumbass before long. Chad decides plate spinning is stupid. He and Stephanie come up with a numbering concept like Nat & Kat, but there’s no way Thomas is going to learn all of the song, so he opts to head back to the place where he lost his patience earlier.

From there, teams will have to figure out they are looking for Bank Bridge, based only on the description that it has creatures with golden wings surrounding it. It’s not so much a mystery as just asking their cab drivers to take them there.

1 Vladimirskiy Prospekt Tower, a historic building, is their next destination, which they will reach on foot by asking locals for help. Two team members can then go to the top and figure out that their next stop from there is the Church on Spilled Blood. They may not pay a taxi to lead them there, a part of the clue that Michael & Kevin miss. As the first two teams to arrive at the tower, Nat & Kat and Nick & Vicki decide to work together. This works out well for both teams, and the fact that they take a while to find it is completely irrelevant because everybody has to wait for them before they can go up. Nick lies about what he finds to the other teams. Kevin trusts him, but Claire doesn’t want to take him for his word. This works out because Kevin decides Nick may have lied to them. Thomas and Mallory are the next pair up, leaving Chad & Stephanie in last place. As with the other pairs who climbed up together, Thomas and Mallory decide to work together. Stephanie can’t find it, so she sends Chad up to take a look, and the fact that he found it and not her will serve as an opportunity for him to rub it in. He’ll do so in the cab ride over, which will cost them a penalty.

Michael & Kevin didn’t learn from their first penalty, and now they drag Brook & Claire into the penalization with them, taking their cab yet again. However, Brook & Claire discover the error and have their cab driver turn around so they can walk as they should have.

The riddle continues, as they head to Peter and Paul Fortress. Trying to get there will lead Nick to calling Vicki a moron. This team is just waiting to self implode.

The road block is to master a Russian game, gorodki. Using a wooden bat, teams have two tries to clear all the pins before they’re reset. They must clear three different pin formations each.

Road block (in order of arrival): Kat, Michael, Brook, Nick, Stephanie, Thomas, Gary

When Kat gets her first formation done apparently in one try, I’m thinking this won’t be so difficult. Then she gets another. Brook does fairly well, and Gary and Thomas blow right through it. However, Kevin quickly regrets letting his dad do this road block, but that’s par for the course for this team. He’s in a battle for last with Stephanie, but regardless, the penalties will screw them over. Michael makes his way through the last couple pretty quickly after spending an hour on the first one, leaving Stephanie behind with an increasingly agitated Chad. Not that Chad was calm to begin with.

After completion of the road block, Michael & Kevin argue with their cab driver. When Stephanie does finish, Chad makes the executive decision to screw the bags and just take off running. This is enough to get to them to the mat in sixth. The problem is that they have not paid their cab yet, so whether he has all their stuff or not is moot because they have to go settle up. That now puts Michael & Kevin in sixth place. The problem is they broke a couple of rules. They had a taxi lead them to the tower, and then they took a taxi to the church. That’s a 30 minute penalty for each infringement, which should be enough to cost them the race. Like Michael & Kevin, Chad & Stephanie broke a rule, taking a taxi from the tower to the church, resulting in a 30 minute penalty. In spite of that, Michael & Kevin’s 1 hour penalty is enough to save them.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the Peter and Paul Fortress.

First: Nat & Kat (win $5,000 each)
Second: Brook & Claire
Third: Nick & Vicki
Fourth: Gary & Mallory
Fifth: Jill & Thomas
Sixth: Chad & Stephanie
Eliminated: Michael & Kevin

I would have expected their inability to complete a task to be their undoing, but it was ultimately the inability to read their clues that caused Michael & Kevin to be eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 17 Episode 8 Ali Baba in a Suit, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 8

The brothers managed to trap Katherine in The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 7. Before Damon threw away the key, she warned him that Elena’s in danger and needs help.

We now return to our regularly scheduled kidnapping. Elena’s brought from one car to another. As for the guy who grabbed her, he serves as lunch for the vampire who asked him to take her.

Tyler is noticing funny things about himself, such as increased strength. If that doesn’t give it away, the yellow eyes and turning into a wolf three times a month might.

Elena’s kidnapper wants a taste, but he has some chick to answer to, one who wants nothing more than for her to be quiet.

Stefan doesn’t really care that Katherine is the enemy and wants them dead. If she can help get Elena, that’s all that matters to him. Bonnie suggests a smarter way. Slice open Jeremy and track Elena. The map his blood creates gives them a town 300 miles away. While Stefan and Jeremy argue who’s going to go save Elena, Bonnie starts bleeding from her nose.

Tyler confronts Caroline because he wants to know what’s happening to him, but she’s got bad news for him. She can kick his butt without even breaking a nail.

Jeremy may not have been allowed to go with Stefan, but Damon went in his place. So why? Is he just helping his brother, or is he trying to save the girl he loves, too?

As if the random nose bleeds weren’t weird enough, Bonnie gets another one, followed by a paper burning in her hand and then a collapse on the bed. She’ll be fine, so she says. Witchcraft has its limits. If she pushes too hard, she has to face these consequences.

Elena’s been brought to wherever she is with whoever she is with (Rose) because they’re running from Elijah, a vampire, or one of the vampires rather, the originals. Tired of running for 500 years, Rose and Trevor are using Elena to break themselves out of their old mess. Elena’s the key to breaking the curse. The moonstone binds the curse, but sacrifice is what breaks it, the blood of the doppelganger. In order to break the curse, Elena has to die. Well then. The mistake they made that has had them running ever since is trusting Katherine, the first Petrova doppelganger. Can’t make that same mistake again.

Not content just getting his butt kicked at school, Tyler goes to Caroline’s home to confront her again, with the idea in his mind that she’s a werewolf, too. The fangs say otherwise. She doesn’t want him to tell. Who’s he going to tell?

Elena finds a note on the couch from Bonnie that Stefan and Damon are on their way. Elijah arrives first, though. After he agrees to pardon Rose, she introduces him to Elena. Before he leaves with her, Elijah has one last piece of business, Trevor, the one who freed Katherine half a millenium ago. Off with his head. Although Elena wishes to negotiate, Elijah’s in no mood, so he rips off her necklace and gets her to spill the beans about where the moonstone is.

It’s at this point when blurs start running around them. Damon wants Rose to be quiet, and seeing as how Elijah just offed her best friend, she will oblige. Elena’s got a bottle, but that doesn’t do anything. Guns don’t work either. Tag teaming brothers who have each other’s backs are sufficient. With one brother down serving as a distraction, the other kills Elijah dead. Elena asks for Rose to just be let go.

Stefan says something he should have told his brother decades ago. He’s sorry.

Rose seeks out Stefan. Elijah may be dead, but this isn’t over. Perhaps she needs his help.

Damon’s going to say something to Elena just once. He loves her, but he doesn’t deserve her. Not that it matters because she has to forget what he just said anyway.

As for Elijah, he may have just had a coat rack jabbed through his heart, but it will take more than that to kill him.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 9 Katerina, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on The CW.

The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 8

After being called out for being a liar (she now wants an apology… good luck) in The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 7, Mahsa was fired.

As much of a (well deserved) hard time as I like to give Trump, I’m halfway through The Apprentice New Zealand, and it’s a trainwreck. This Terry Serepisos is a piece of work. I might have to start going easy on the Donald.

Brandy is not unhappy that Mahsa is gone. On the contrary, this was quite the easy way of getting rid of a tough competitor.

Not realizing she got away with another lackluster performance, Stephanie isn’t keeping her mouth shut. Instead, she returns to the suite with much yelling, as per usual, this time at the other team (specifically, Anand).

Brandy and Liza are switching teams with Clint and Steuart. I’d say the boys got the worse end of that trade.

The task will be to do a 4 page ad for Donald Trump’s line of clothing. Hard to get more self serving than this. The ads will be judged on creativity, brand integration, and the overall presentation of the work.

David is the project manager for his team; Brandy will be the PM for her side.

When Clint thinks of Donald Trump, he thinks power, wealth, and sexual prowess. I really did not need to know that. Brandy is thinking along the same lines, suggesting the morning after scene, with a woman wearing the man’s shirt. Every time she hears her team use the word sex, Liza questions whether it’s really appropriate.

Brandy and Steuart arrive at Trump Soho to find that there are no models. Good thing they are there and not Clint and Liza because Brandy makes the call that they will have to model instead, a nice boost to Steu’s ego. I don’t know that Steuart’s as good lucking as he thinks he is, but Liza assures Clint he has no worries because Brandy has great legs.

The other team has to choose six models. David has a man crush on the first guy through the door, and he doesn’t care who else he sees as long as they get this one guy. David’s thrilled to have Stephanie on his team because she loves the way things are going. However, neither Poppy nor Anand are happy. They think the model that David loves has too small a neck for the shirt he’s wearing.

Eric Trump is worried that this whole selling sex concept is too racy, even for his dad. Liza doesn’t like how this is all unfolding either.

David tasked Anand and Poppy with the job of getting food (the same task he found so insulting one or two tasks ago), which they say they did not have time to do. With Don Jr. there, this is perfect timing for David to harp on the issue.

Later, David does not want any input from anybody on the pictures. He wants to figure out what he likes himself. Then others can offer input, which he can freely ignore if it does not agree with his conclusions. Dismissing Anand to the other side of the room, he has decided he hates him.

Brandy does the presentation for her team due to the previous praise she received for her runway presentation. This time, she’s not quite so strong, stumbling over her words some.

David goes into the presentation without any real practice. Their concept is to mute the models, making everything black and white but the clothing. His presenting seems much smoother.

The judges think that both teams did a great job, although neither project was without its flaws.

Liza thinks that Brandy did an amazing job as project manager.

Clint did not miss David. However, Stephanie was happy to have him.

David says that 90% of the task was his, so it’s hard to say who was weak, but Poppy had the least involvement. She’s a puppy who just follows Anand around. Her response is that David is very demeaning.

In spite of his crush on the model, David will not be coming out of the closet tonight. Trump points out what everyone else but David noticed: the shirt David’s cover model wore did not fit him.

Brandy’s team wins, and their ad will be used in a Macy’s campaign. It was great work, imaginative, and beautiful. For her reward, Brandy will meet with the head of Macy’s, Terry Lundgren.

The result here is obvious. David took over the whole task and did not want any input from anybody. He’s got to go. Granted, he’s had to go for weeks.

Although Trump first points out David’s model mistake, Poppy will not get through this unscathed. Her last page had all the products, but it lacked the details about them, with all the pictures being too small anyway. In spite of that, Stephanie could not see Poppy being fired. There goes David’s hope of having any support.

David will be letting Anand go back to the suite. Interesting. The reason Stephanie’s going back to the boardroom? She said David should be fired. He didn’t just say that, did he?

David, you’re fired. Well, that was quick. Not a lot of discussion surrounding that. At least he leaves with a modicum of dignity, though.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Apprentice Season 10 Episode 9, which airs Thursday at 10/9c on NBC.

Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 8

After Marty handed over his idol to less than smooth talker Sash in Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 7, his tribe got rid of his ally Jill.

They receive treemail telling them to pack up and follow a map to their new home. Merge already? Espada is given a box, which they cannot open until they have the key.

Benry wants to get rid of Alina already, before they even get to their new home. Alina proposes that the six of them stick together to wipe out the others, but nobody cares.

Inside the chest is a feast and a paper telling them they have merged. Back to trying to take control, Marty names the tribe, Libertad.

Both being from North Carolina, Jane and Chase are bonding already.

NaOnka tells us she woke up this morning very irritable. Just this morning? Feeling she was short changed on her share of the breakfast, she takes the flour, puts it in her bag, and leaves… all in full view of Holly. She decides to bury it in the ground. Crazy psycho bitch. Not content with that, she takes a bunch of fruit, cooking supplies, and eating supplies.

Alina realizes that the people who pretended to be on her side are all liars. Speaking of liars, she’s talking with NaOnka. Here, have a whole orange and calm your nerves down. You can cut it with the knives I stole in the pot I also stole.

When everybody starts looking for all the missing stuff, Holly confronts NaOnka, who claims she put it all back. Alina keeps her mouth shut, later telling Alina along with Chase that she should come clean. So she does admit she’s a liar, claiming she was doing it for the tribe by rationing for them. If she’s going down, she’s not going down alone, saying Alina was with her. NaOnka’s allies don’t care and plan to stick by her anyway.

Marty’s target is Jane. May as well get rid of her since she ain’t gonna be on his side regardless of what happens.

There are two individual immunity necklaces up for grabs. Each person will have two metal handles they will use to keep tension on a steel bar. Last man and woman standing win immunity. Purple Kelly and Dan are out within about 3 seconds. Alina’s not far behind. Brenda is next. Then Benry. Sash follows, with NaOnka close behind. I thought this was an endurance challenge, but it seems pretty damn quick. Holly is eliminated, and Jane wins immunity for the women. She can drop, but what if she wants to beat the men? Go for it. What a stupid way to draw attention to yourself. Marty is out. Chase is eliminated, and Fabio wins immunity for the men. Fabio agrees to drop his rather than participate in Jane’s silliness.

The original plan may have been to get rid of Alina, but Jane’s not going to vote with them because she will vote Marty no matter what, even if that means giving up the numbers. Sash has a problem with this. He doesn’t want to go back on his word to Marty. Wait. Wasn’t your word to give him the idol?

Dan has a warning for Marty that Chase is going to try to blindside him. Marty takes this information to everybody else, saying that Dan told him what was said.

Alina approaches Fabio for his support to get rid of Marty. Who should go first? NaOnka. Tell me about it. Alina’s fine with this random vote because it would mean one more vote not for her.

Marty calls Jane out at tribal council, warning the others that they can’t beat her in the final three. If she makes it to the final three, he will vote for her, which she takes surprisingly poorly.

Dan has another issue to raise. NaOnka and Alina stole food. Interesting how Alina is getting blame for this when she just ate some of the fruit. NaOnka denies that Alina took anything, but she says she’s been punished because nobody talked to her following her theft.

Sash will not be playing the hidden idol he didn’t give back to Marty.

Votes
Marty
Marty
Alina
Alina
Alina
Alina
Alina
Alina
Alina

For all the talk of a Marty vote, it’s not even close. With 7 votes, Alina has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Nicaragua Episode 9, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.