'Hell's Kitchen': Out-of-control Rock

What a shame. We won't get to see what a "jumped-up little cave woman" would do with the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa's newest restaurant.

Coming into the competition for the role as head chef, Melissa looked like a contender. The New Yawk line cook clearly knew her way around a kitchen and wasn't afraid to play boss. (Or try to, anyway.) But she earned that bizarre little nickname during one-too-many run-ins with chef Ramsay and was sent packing Monday night after serious questions emerged about her cooking abilities. (Overcooked fish, scallops that didn't pass inspection, etc.)

Perhaps even larger question now loom over the other frontrunner, Rock: Losing that lobster competition sent him into a stomping, fuming, refrigerator door-slamming rampage. Not exactly the  cool-headedness one wants in a chef overseeing a new venture that's bound to have its share of frustrations.

And then there were six.

The B-word revisited: OK. Uncle. Everyone's using this one. Including the women's team -- gleefully vindicated as a well-oiled machine once they were freed from Melissa. When the ladies called a red team meeting early in the episode, one of the piped up, "Not you, bitch!" and startled Melissa. But she was already on her way -- to weighing down the men's team.

--Rene Lynch

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