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- Previously on "MasterChef"... - Whoo!

The first mystery box of the season.

One box is sweet, one spicy.

Michelle and Zach, since you won the challenge last time round,

you get to select a protein for each duo.

Julio and Rachel are tough competition, so we're gonna give them octopus.

That means they're afraid of us.

Ricky and Ashley were dealt the filet.

It doesn't need such ridiculous spice.

- Say goodbye. - Love you, guys.

Rachel and Julio, it is the delicious.

- Congratulations, Rachel and Julio. - Let's go!

This win means we have a bigger target in our back.

- Tonight... - Whoo!

It's sink or swim time

as the duos face their first team challenge of the season.

You will need to make a seafood dish for 101 fishermen and their families.

Rachel and Julio, since y'all won the last challenge, you'll choose your teammates.

- Yes! - No.

But when Mother Nature shows up...

- This weather is crazy! - Diners are arriving. Let's go!

- Best-laid plans... - Raw fish.

- Do you want to go home? - Do not drop those.

- They're gonna run out. - Captains, get them organized!

- Oh, my God, I feel dizzy. - Keep cooking!

- Descend into chaos. - Hey, we need a medic! Medic!

Medic! Medic!

- Oh, my gosh. It's our first field challenge. - You ready?

- I want to go on the boat. - Holy mackerel.

I'm back on the pier!

The seagull. The breeze of the ocean.

I go back to my old memory of owning a fishing boat.

I had two fishing boats...

Back to work today.

You think we're gonna cook on a boat?

Oh, hope not.

- Wow, now we're talking. - There we go!

I wonder where the judges are.

Whoo!

- Look! - Oh, my God!

- Yeah! - Joe and Tiffany!

- Yeah! - Joe is driving that boat?

- No way! - Whoo!

Hi, Joe! Hi, Tiffany!

- Whoo! - Hey, guys!

- Great to see you! - That's so awesome.

Oh, boy.

- Surprise, guys. - What's up, guys?

- Hey! - How are you, Joe?

Are y'all ready for today?

- We are ready for today. - So ready.

All right, come with us. Let's go.

All right!

- Oh, my God. - Let's do this.

Did they go catch our challenge?

"MasterChef" is our honeymoon,

so being by the sea, it's beautiful.

But I don't think we're gonna be on deck chairs sipping mai tais today.

- Where do you think Gordon's at? - Where is he?

- Whoa! - There he is!

- He's so cool! - Oh, my God.

- I wanna ride! - He was just...

speeding and everything.

- Like an expert. - Hey, guys!

Amazing!

- Look at you go, Gordon. - I love it.

- Sorry for the delay. Oh, my God! - What a legend.

- I want a ride. - Gordon Baywatch.

Keeping the bay safe.

- Go on! - Welcome to this amazing harbor. How cool is this?

- Yeah, it's beautiful. - We couldn't think of a more fitting stunning backdrop

for your first big team challenge.

- Yes! - Yeah!

Now everywhere you look around here,

there are dozens of fishing fanatics.

All of them trying to land the catch of the day.

When they get back to shore, one thing is guaranteed...

they have reeled in a huge appetite.

- Oh, yes. - Today you will be broken

into two teams of five duos

and you will need to make a delicious seafood dish

for 101 hungry fishermen and their families.

- Ooh! - Wow.

- Wow. - That's a lot of fishermen.

You will be feeding seafood today to people

who do know a thing or two about seafood.

- Yep. - So today there is no hiding.

Now listen, if you're on the winning team today,

all five duos will be safe from elimination.

- Yes! - Got it.

But if you find yourself on the losing team today,

when we get back to the MasterChef kitchen,

you'll go head-to-head in a pressure test.

Oh!

Where at least one duo will be eliminated from the competition.

- Wow. - No!

The dreaded pressure test is back.

- We cannot believe that. - Yeah, they're the most

intense challenges on the show.

And we do not want to be in it.

So we need to be on the winning team today.

- All right, Rachel and Julio. - Yes, Chef.

Since y'all won the last challenge,

you'll get the very big advantage to choose your teammates.

Yes!

- Yes! - Wow.

Think about this decision strategically

because you will be picking who you will be cooking with.

But the only issue there is if you happen to fall short today,

you've got to go up against those very same teammates

in the dreaded pressure test.

Rachel, Julio, come over here, please.

- All right. - Yes, guys!

- Whoo! - Love you, Julio.

- Love you, guys. - Both you are gonna be in the Red Team, right?

Julio and Rachel got the advantage to pick the teams.

I don't know how this is gonna work.

If they're gonna see us as threats or not.

- You guys look good in red. - I do, too.

I want to be on their team

because they're some pretty high caliber cooks.

- So we're hoping that we get called. - Now take a moment.

Discuss together how you're gonna strategize this pick.

Yes, Chef. Okay, mi amor, what do you think?

- We cooked fish twice and it was both good, so... - Yeah.

The strategy here is to pick only the best cooks in this competition.

Because today we have to keep our enemies close

'cause they have to help us win.

The duo we're picking first, they've been

in the top three already... Joel and Adam.

Wow. Joel and Adam. Come over, guys. - Let's do it.

- Welcome. Yes, let's do it. - Let's go get 'em.

The second duo we wanted to pick,

they won an apron with a fish dish,

Aivan and Tina.

Thank you!

- Right, next pairing. - All right, the third duo

we're gonna have on our team today,

they have big personalities

and they're gonna be great in our team.

- Jessica and Jesse. - Wow.

- Oh! - Go, Boston!

Being on their team is an amazing feeling.

- My only concern is are there too many big egos? - Too many strong voices.

Yeah, and then also, if for some reason we don't win,

now we're all in the pressure test against each other.

It's the worst pressure test of all time.

So we need to win this or else we're gonna be in a tough spot.

- Right, last two. - We're picking Michelle and Zach today.

Wow. Wow.

- Welcome. - We have the four strongest duos

in this competition in our opinion.

We got all the leaders, and the other team

has no leadership at all.

That means we got Timothy and Athena, Tonna and Cait,

Ryan Kate and Kayla, Azu and Javier, and Darce and Courtney.

You make up the Blue Team.

- Whoo! - Yay.

Rachel and Julio have definitely come to play.

They let us know that they don't see us as competition,

and we're here to prove them wrong.

Right, ladies, you didn't look too happy. What happened?

Well, you know, if we want to talk about who has experience with seafood,

I would say I'm pretty well-versed.

So I'm happy to share the wealth on this team

and give it all we got.

That's the right attitude, by the way.

Now as you know, every great ship needs a captain.

And because this is the season of duos, we need duo captains.

So have a conflab together and come back to us with who you're nominating.

Hurry up.

- Whoo! - Red Team, give us the captain duo.

- Who is it? - Julio and Rachel.

- Chef. - They put trust in us.

We're putting our trust in them.

- Okay, love that. Blue Team? - It's gonna be us, Chef.

- Wow. Okay. - Wow! I didn't see that one coming.

- Okay. - No.

We feel like we can lead this team.

We've both worked in food service. We've both managed.

We're definitely gonna be managing some strong personalities.

But as long as everyone's willing to listen to our direction,

we can definitely lead this team to victory.

Right. Tiffany and I will be in the kitchen watching how you all work,

and Joe will be overseeing the dining room.

Diners will be tasting both dishes... one from the Blue Team, one from the Red Team.

From there, they'll be casting their votes.

And everyone is gonna be on dry land to eat in about an hour from now.

So we'd like to see sample plates in just under 30 minutes from now.

- Yes, Chef. - Red Team, Blue Team, are we ready?

- Yes, Chef! - Your time starts now. Off you go.

- Whoo! - Let's go!

- What an interesting pick. - Oh, my God.

Oh, my goodness. Well, I'm gonna get out of these shorts and get changed

and get ready for an exciting fish cooking.

- Let's go! - Whoo! Red Team!

- Blue Team! - Let's go! Let's go!

Okay, what are we thinking?

What do you guys think about miso? Bass? Something like that?

- Oh, miso bass? - No, we go for a cod.

- Cod could be good. - You guys thinking tacos? Sandwiches?

- What are y'all thinking? - Tacos are an option.

- Yeah. - Sandwich, we have brioche buns available.

I would say let's do a taco because it's easier for them to grab.

- Yeah. - We can play with a lot of textures and flavors.

- Like a blackened cod? - Blackened cod sounds really good.

- Yeah? - What about a side?

Maybe something like a slaw but not mayo.

- What about a starch? - Like, sweet, sweet fries.

- Fries are easy. - They are easy.

- What we gonna make this cod with? - Something like a corn salsa?

- Corn salad would be great. - Corn salad?

- Corn salad, love it. - And then we need one more side.

- So something starchier, like beans? - Something starchier, yeah.

- How are we elevating those? - Some bacon maybe?

We'll throw some little bit of chorizo on there just for flavor.

- Very nice. - We still got to talk about sauce, too.

Sauce, I have a green sauce. It's excellent for that fish.

- And I have the avocado sauce. - Like an avocado crema?

So we've got a bass sandwich, sweet potato fries.

- Yep. Yep. - Citrus slaw and a tartar sauce.

- Sounds great. - We got the blackened cod taco. We have the corn salad.

We have the black beans with the smoky flavor.

- Avocado crema in a green sauce. - Yeah.

All right, so we've got Courtney and Darce doing slaw.

Azu and Javier, they're gonna be our floaters.

Cait and Tonna, you guys are going to be on our french fries.

- Perfect. - Our protein ladies, Ryan Kate and Kayla. We got it?

- We got it. - So who's comfortable

with blackening the fish and cooking the fish?

- I'm comfortable running the grill. - Adam and Joel.

So, Tina and Aivan, you guys are gonna be working on the green sauce.

- Green sauce. Yep. - Okay, Michelle and Zach,

- you guys are gonna be working on the corn salad. - Yep. We got the corn salad.

What do you want to do? What do you want to do?

- Speak up. Yeah, yeah. - Corn salad, but...

You guys, are you comfortable with the black beans?

We wanted to do the corn salad.

- We want the corn salad. - Okay.

- Do the corn salad. - You guys do the black beans. We'll help out.

No, we wanted to do the corn salad.

The black beans is not something that we want to do.

Are you kidding me right now?

I just want Jesse to shut the up.

In this challenge, teamwork is key,

but this is going off the tracks right now.

We can... we can... we'll do the black beans.

- Okay. - It'll be fine. We got it.

- Blue on three. One, two, three. - Blue!

- Whoo! - Let's go, guys!

- All right, Let's go. - Come on, come on, let's go!

- Let's go. Let's go. Everybody in your place. - Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

We are considered to have big personalities.

- It's who we are. - It's who we are.

Do we have tongs anywhere before I burn my hands off?

At the end of the day, it's survival for ourselves

even though it's a team challenge.

So we want to go out there and showcase what we can do.

Yeah, we've always said if we do a team challenge,

we're not gonna be the duo that just sits back

and does whatever the rest of the team wants to do.

- Do hard things! - Do hard things.

And if that means being a little rough around the edges with some people, so be it.

All right, Red Team, here we go, huh?

- Let's go, guys! We got this! - Let's get this done.

Don't celebrate too soon.

- First big team challenge. - Very exciting.

101 fishermen and their families.

I think cooking fish is a lot harder than cooking meat.

- It really is. - Fish waits for nobody.

There's no medium, no mid-rare. There's no well done.

- It's just perfect. - The biggest challenge today might be the weather.

It rained hard this morning, and looks like there's weather rolling in right now.

How long you think in the grill?

About three minutes on each side.

- On each side? Perfect. - Yeah.

Julio and Rachel of the Red Team

picked all the duos that have been in the top three.

Basically all the winners in the competition so far.

- That's right. - That is too obvious, too simple of a strategy

- to create a winning team, in my opinion. - An all-star Red Team.

Tina, make sure that sauce has to be thick, yeah?

- No, this is not thick-thick. - Not very thick, but a little bit chunky.

- You can't have all heroes on your team. - No.

Someone has to be an onion chopper.

I think on the Red Team you can end up seeing five pairs working individually.

- Yes. - Try to use this just so you can protect your hands.

- Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. - Thank you. Thank you.

- Thank you. - So the Blue Team are all the unpicked dynamic duos.

But that being said, I think it's gonna be an easier group to control.

Mm-hmm. - What are you doing, babe? You don't like the thickness?

- No. Is that okay? - Yeah.

- That's good? Oh. You're right. - Because we don't want them to be soggy on the sandwich.

But you know what? I haven't seen Timothy and Athena step it up like that.

So I was very surprised to hear that they wanted to be captains

because we haven't really seen them really be forceful

and even speak up to a point to where it commands a kitchen.

- So I think this is gonna be cool to see. - I agree.

Athena and Timothy, who's doing the tartar right now?

- Um... - We're about to start on that.

- About to start on that now. - Okay.

For the first time ever, we've got dual captains.

I think it's harder. Like, you don't want to hear one say one thing,

and then the next one say something different. That gets confusing.

Whoever loses is going to that dreaded pressure test, so a lot at stake.

- Want to go old school tartar? - Our tartar?

- We know how to do it. Yeah. - You remember our recipe?

- Guys, whatever you need, just ask us, okay? - 15 minutes gone.

We want to taste something in 15 minutes, guys. Wakey-wakey!

- 15 minutes. 15 minutes. - 15 minutes.

- All right. - Okay, Blue Team.

- Let's go. Right, how's it going? - Hello, Chef.

- It's going great. It's going great. - Doing well, Chef.

It's going great. Tell me the dish. What we doing?

- We are doing a pan-seared sea bass sandwich. - Wow.

With a citrus coleslaw, sweet potato fries...

- Wow. - And a tartar sauce.

Okay, tell me how you're gonna split it up. Who's doing what?

- We've got Ryan Kate and Kayla on our fish. - Okay.

- We've got Cait and Tonna on the potatoes. - Right.

And then we have Courtney and Darce, our vegans, they're gonna do the slaw.

And then Javier and Azu are gonna be our floaters.

And why sweet potato fries? Because it's not a healthy challenge,

but such a nightmare to get right even in my restaurants.

Sweet potato fries are a nightmare.

I steam them first for three minutes and then fry them.

- Okay. - So they're just hard to get really nice and crispy.

She making perfect matchsticks.

- Is that what you want? - Yes. That is what we wanted.

I don't know if they got time to cut 101 portions like that.

Gordon does not like the sweet potatoes.

He's got years of experience,

so it would be in our best interest to do what he says.

- Timothy, what are you doing? - Yes?

Um, doing potato chips.

- Chips is a smart idea. - Yes, Chef.

- I want to see a dish in just over 10 minutes, yes? - Yes, Chef.

Rachel, Julio, please tell us what the idea of your dish is.

So we have a grilled cod taco with some blackened seasonings.

We're going to do a roasted corn salsa to go with it,

- smoky beans, and then a green sauce. - And who is doing what?

So Joel and Adam are working on the fish.

We have Jesse and Jessica are going to be working on the corn salsa.

Zach and Michelle are doing the smoky beans,

and Aivan and Tina are working on the green salsa.

- What are you two doing? - We're floating.

We're helping making sure that everybody's got what they need,

and we're getting ready to present the first dish for you.

So the cod is going to be cooked how?

- Grilled. Grilled. - Grilled.

- Not fried. - Not fried.

- Like, grill over an open fire grill. - Yes. Yes, Chef.

I mean, I'm concerned right now. You're in the elements,

so you have to think about how the wind affects the grill.

Also, I would be very concerned about cooking to order

all of this on a grill top that's open.

Because cold white fish on a grill

is gonna to drop the temperature of that grill.

The fish is not gonna get the caramelization and sear.

It's going to stick, and it's going to be poached,

and it's gonna go not good for you.

- Let me see that fish. - Give it one second.

- I can tell you right now, it's... it's poached. - It's raw spices.

Oh, it's starting to rain.

Maybe the most logical thing, and what you should have done before

is batter it and fry it. Good luck.

- All right, think about that. - Thank you so much.

Okay, guys, we're gonna have to pivot.

We're gonna do fried fish, because grilling that is gonna be chaotic

- and it's not gonna be flavorful. - Okay.

- Wow. Oh, my goodness me. - So what's going on with the Blue Team, Chef?

Well, first of all, the heavens have opened.

Blue Team are all over the place.

They're doing an open fish sandwich,

but they're cutting sweet potato fries,

and they're all perfectly the same length, same thickness.

Sweet potato fries are difficult to get right, to get them crispy.

They have a lot of moisture in them.

I think they're gonna scrap that idea.

Now they're gonna go to normal potatoes,

- but chips, as in crisps. - Excellent. Good idea.

What are we looking... are they over-cooking?

No, they're just not crispy enough.

Guys, we need to we have one dish in a couple minutes for the judges to try.

So the Red Team decided to do fish tacos that were blackened.

They were gonna cook it on the grill.

They cooked up a few sample pieces.

The fish turned out mushy on the grill.

It's just not the right weather to cook 101 portions of fish on an open flame.

- Oh, my God. - So now it looks like they're gonna to fry it.

- Wow. - Everyone is working frantically as well.

- But cod with a batter fried works. Right? - The best.

- It's delicious. It's delicious. - The absolute best. 100%.

Okay, Chef, we're ready.

Right, Rachel, describe that dish, please.

So, Chef, we pivoted and now we're doing batter-fried cod tacos,

and then we have some roasted corn salsa.

We have some avocado crema, pickled onions,

we have some smoky beans, and a green salsa.

Visually, it looks nice. I love the colors that you have.

Please have a taste. Dig in, guys.

How are the beans smoky? What makes them smoky?

The chorizo and the bacon.

- Where's the salt? - Yeah, who fried the fish?

I put it in the fryer to test it out.

The fish has to be seasoned before it goes in the batter.

- It comes out of the fryer, gets seasoned again. - Seasoned again.

- This is very, very sweet. What's in there? - It has the green chilies.

It has cilantro, lime, lemon, a little bit of honey.

It's just... it's fighting. It's smoky, sweet.

- It's all out of balance. - We want a cohesive dish, okay?

Rectify. Get a meeting with your Red Team, okay?

- And start editing ourselves. - Yes, Chef. Thank you so much.

Is that how many chips we're going to do?

- That's how many that was there, yeah. - Is that all that's in there?

- All righty. - Right, captains, please, let's go.

- Explain the dish, please. - So we have a pan-seared bass sandwich

with tomatoes and onions, a tartar sauce on the side

with a citrus slaw, and we fried potato chips.

- Why no herbs on this plate? Where's the freshness? - We'll definitely add some.

- We didn't get the lettuce on the sandwich until... yeah. - In time?

Let's have a taste, shall we, guys? Please.

Best part, fish is cooked beautifully. These chips are a mess.

- Yes, sir. - Okay, there. A big, soft, greasy mess.

- Slaw is just bland. - What you need on this sandwich is texture.

You know what might be a crazy idea?

Do onion rings, fry them crispy, and put them in the sandwich.

I mean, that's a lot of work. It would definitely elevate the sandwich texturally.

I totally agree. But have a meeting with your team now and correct this.

- Yes, sir. - If there's ever a time to use your voice, now is it.

- Good luck. - Focus, focus, focus, yeah?

The judges are not very happy with the dish that we have proposed to them.

It's a little overwhelming. I do feel a little lost.

Game plan, baby. I need you to breathe.

If you need to breathe with me real quick, we can do that.

All right.

- The whole dish had to get scrapped, essentially. - Pretty much.

- We're good with fish. - Fish are good.

It goes to when it comes past here.

We hope that volunteering and being the captains of the Blue Team

does not come back to bite us in the ass.

All right.

- Let's regroup together real quick. - All right.

Feedback. Fish cooked beautifully.

- Chips are cut too thick. - We need them to be thinner.

- Okay. Got it. - So, Blue Team, captained by newlyweds Timothy and Athena.

What a shame. How bad were those chips?

Yeah, terrible. The coleslaw is very pedestrian,

and the sandwich is missing texture.

Even though the fish is perfectly cooked,

on that white bread, you need something to crunch it.

We absolutely do not need four people on potatoes.

- Okay. - It's definitely time for some changes.

We're getting Cait and Tonna from potatoes onto onion rings.

- Have you guys done onion rings before? - I've never made an onion ring.

- That's fine. That's fine. - You're going to help them with the slurry?

- Yeah, I'm going to get a slurry going. - Coleslaw?

With the coleslaw, they said it is a little bland.

- Okay, okay. - Maybe pivoting to more bolder flavors?

- It's time to focus. It's time to... - Lock in.

- Time to lock in. - Hey, Athena and Tim.

- Slaw. - We added a little tabasco to it.

- There you go. Thank you. - What about the onion rings?

- They're ready to go. - We got it, guys. Focus.

Can I taste it? - One second. I need a little more salt.

- Okay. - What do you need a little more of?

Give me one second. I want you to taste the best.

So, Red Team, captained by a married duo, Rachel and Julio.

Exactly what we thought. Too many chefs, right?

- Not enough cooks. Exactly. - In that dish, you see the ego of every dynamic duo

- on the team in the dish. - And that's the problem when

you've got such a powerful team, like the Red Team, right?

Yep. Each individual element was seasoned for itself

versus for the taco completion.

So one was too spicy. Then the other is too sweet.

- No synergy, all ego. - We're all doing amazing. We're winning this or what?

Yes!

- You're going down, Blue Team! - We will park our asses

right here, and if they need us, they will come to us, okay?

- All right, all right. Okay. - Thank you.

Hey, baby, somebody has to. Remember, I'm not your enemy.

As far as I'm concerned, everyone else here is.

I understand that, but at the end of the day,

we up, we go home, not them.

Whoo! Hot.

Oh, my God, it's hot here. I'm sweating too much.

- Drink some water, Tina. - Tina, drink some water.

Yes, I did. I did. Thank you, Adam.

We don't need any fainters.

Cooking outdoors is tough today,

because Mother Nature is really doing a number on us.

It's really hot one minute,

and then the next, it's windy, stormy, and wet.

Okay.

Red Team, Blue Team, our diners are arriving. Let's go. Come on!

Speed up. Let's go!

You got it, guys. Keep it up!

Let's go, Blue! Let's pick it up!

All right, let's go! Welcome, everybody!

- Whoo! - Let's go!

Red Team, Blue Team, two minutes. Let's go!

- Two minutes. Let's go! - Guys, I'm gonna drop this.

Ryan Kate, you're good. Give me one second.

- We're good. - No, no, no!

Do not drop those! Two hands.

It's not a hot pan. The fish is hot.

- The pan is not hot. Please do not do that again. - I was touching it.

- It was hot. - Thank you.

- They are not ready. - No.

- They're all over the place. - I need the fish!

You ready for the first table?

Yep. We're minutes away, Joe.

I'm going to the dining room. Good luck.

Let's go! First eight, guys.

Use your hand, Ryan Kate.

Ryan Kate, the fish is cold. Use your hand.

- Okay. - No, put it down. Put it down.

- Look, this is cold. This is cold. - Yes.

So you put your hand on there like that and you just flip the fish.

- Not asking you to burn yourself. - All right.

This is cold, so on and flip.

That's it. Can you do this?

- Yes, Chef. - Come on. Focus.

They're coming down. You changed the beans.

- Is it too sweet still? - We did change it.

We cut the sweetness in there.

- We removed the sweetness. - You tasted it though, right?

Yes, Chef. We taste every element.

And also the sauce, it was a little sweet.

- It was. - We cut the sweetness as well.

- Now it has a nice balance. - Yes.

First eight are headed this way, so let's get all set up.

- Here's the corn, baby. - Okay, put a little bit more

- in this one and in that one. - This is gonna be enough.

- This has to be enough. - Welcome in, everybody.

- Hello! - Hello, welcome in!

Let's go. Let's go! We need more plates!

I need three more. Let's go!

- Right here. Take it, please. - Please.

- Right. Here your are, sir. - Thank you.

- Okay, enjoy it. - Come on. We've got to move faster than this.

We gotta move faster. We're crossing over each other. We gotta go faster.

Let's go. Pick up.

- Hey, how you doing? Thank you. - Thank you. Of course. Enjoy.

- Thank you. Enjoy. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

Right, four and four. Get them organized, guys. Come on.

Here you go, sir. Enjoy.

I need more chips, please!

- Next eight fish, let's go. - Yes, Chef.

We have fish in the oven.

All right. Fish in the oven ready?

- Yes. - Perfect.

- Here we go, guys. - I need the fish!

Yup. Yup. Yup. Right here. Right here with eight.

- Oh, my God. - Those don't done to me.

- Kayla. - Hey, Blue Team.

- Yes? - Blue Team! You two at the back.

All of you, come here. Time out.

Now we're all over the shop.

We have lost our coordination.

And on top of that, look, I got raw fish.

- Now, I know you're better than that. - Yes.

I know you're much better than that.

And right now, you're just all going into the pressure test.

- Get it together a little bit. - Yes, Chef.

Second table is raw.

Raw.

- Let's go. Come on! - All right, I need two fish, stat.

Captains, get them organized!

The one thing you don't want to have happen is having raw protein.

Ryan Kate, can you get on fish for me?

- Yes. I'm on it. - What's she doing?

- Your pans... - What the are you doing?

The pan's heating up. The place is on fire.

Ryan Kate and Kayla said they could cook fish.

But Ryan Kate is definitely, at the moment, overwhelmed.

We're not on Junior" anymore. This is the real deal.

What's wrong with that fish over there?

- They were undercooked. - Oh, my God. Hey.

- Get them in the oven. - Hey, who undercooked them?

Ryan Kate or Kayla, one of y'all,

can you re-drop these just in the pan

- whenever you get the chance? - Oh, my God.

Yeah.

It's still raw. Hey, ladies, it's still undercooked.

Hey, time out. Time out. Just stop.

Stop, stop, stop. So the two girls are in a mess, I'll tell you that.

Because I'm not the captain, I'm gonna tell you the truth.

Look at me. You're not changing it up.

When something's not working, don't work with a problem.

- Don't work with a... yes, sir. - Change it.

Back home, I'm not the greatest with confrontation.

- I tend to shut down. - Change it up, okay?

- Yes, Chef. - Are you okay?

- Yes, sir. - This is nothing that we've experienced

this far in our relationship.

You, you, off of there. On here.

We know each other very well, but we don't know each other

under pressure like this, that's for sure.

- You're cooking fish with Cait. - Oh, okay.

And it's four pieces of fish in each pan.

- Got it. - It's eight fish at a time.

- Okay. - That's it, okay? Look at me.

Listen. Four pieces of fish in a pan.

- Yes. - Four and four is eight. That's it.

- Stay here and cook fish. - Yes, Chef.

- Yes? - Three minutes, three minutes, right?

- Let's go. - Okay.

Set up the next. Where's the next? Let's go.

- Julio, we got to get the next one rolling. - Yes, Chef.

This is our first team challenge,

and Tiffany's a tough cookie.

We got to find a flow. We can't cross over each other.

Now I can see why her restaurants are run well because...

- She's powerful. - Yes.

- She's scary. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

- I got people coming. They're walking. - Okay, okay.

By the time they come up, it needs to be done.

- Jess, we're going to run out of corn salad. - Yeah, we are.

Hey, you got to go 3/4 on the corn. That's way too much.

- 3/4. Okay. - Go up there and take some out.

- Just grab some bowls. - They're already serving.

They're not serving. They're not serving.

Okay. Then switch them out. Just go grab them. Switch it out.

It's difficult to portion out food for a dinner party of 10,

never mind serving 101 fishermen.

That's too much corn. Hey, we got to switch these out. We got to go less on the corn.

- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. - Switch out. Switch out real quick.

- Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. - Switch our real quick.

I know we said we're taking on the corn salad,

- but we're not used to that much volume. - No.

I don't think I've cooked that much corn in my life.

What's happening? Are we out? No, no, no, no. no.

We were putting way too much in the last one.

- Are we going to make it? - Oh, yeah. Yeah. We got this.

- Is this all you have? - We have this back here and that building right there.

That's not enough. You guys need to organize yourself

and clean up and start chopping up for more.

- Yup. Okay. - You're going to run out.

And you don't want to run out at the end.

That could be the difference between winning

and being in the pressure test.

- Yes, Chef. - Absolutely.

Faster, faster. Should have went higher on the beans and less on the corn.

Hurry up. Hurry up. Hurry up.

Chef Tiffany's fearful that we might not have made enough corn salad,

so we have to kick it into overdrive and produce more.

We're doing good here. We're doing good. You're doing good.

Oh, my God. Athena, down, both hands.

Come on. Down, both hands. Let's go.

Everyone says yes, but they're doing the opposite. Let's go.

Now, look at me. Talk your team, though. You can't ignore them.

- Yes, sir. - You're the captain. Let's go.

- Our next group is here! - Here they come. Next table.

What's happening here on the Blue Team?

- Blue Team are all over the place. - Oh, my gosh.

Three times, Ryan Kate undercooked fish.

Three times raw. And then Timothy refused to change anybody,

- so I changed it for him. - Mm.

- I don't want y'all worrying about anything else. - For sure. Don't worry.

- Do not move. Please. - We got this. We got this.

- How's the Red Team doing? - Red Team is now just finding their pace.

- Guys, we need more corn going. - Yes.

But they're gonna run out. I just looked at the corn.

- They have two quarts of corn. - Oh, my God.

- For 80 people more. - For 100? Oh, my God.

I got nine more pieces of corn.

- Pick up. Pick up. - Thank you.

- How is the fishing? - It's very good.

- Pick up. Let's go. - By now, you should have your rhythm, yeah?

- Yes. - Great. Great.

How long for the fish, Javier?

- Two minutes. - Thank you.

So, Timothy, we have the fish working now.

- Yes. - Now bring the whole thing together.

Yes, sir. I need eight more slaw up here.

- Right here. - Copy. Thank you.

Now we've got a system. Hey, they come to you.

- Yes, sir. - Fish, yes?

Crisps. Tartar sauce. Let's go.

Need more onion rings whenever you...

My girl. That's what I'm talking about.

- Mama Tonna coming in. Thank you. - Mama Tonna coming in clutch.

- Thank you, Tonna. - You're welcome.

Ryan Kate, how are we looking on chips?

I got a whole tray that are done and salted and everything.

Perfect. Bring them to the line.

- Someone bring these up, please! - Here's... behind!

- Sit on top. On top. - Thank you.

These chips are soggy.

- I don't want to serve them. - No, don't serve them.

Tell them. Kate. Kate!

Ryan Kate, I need these to be crispy.

- Okay. - These ones that you just sent were not crispy.

Ryan Kate is definitely caught up in the hurricane.

She's taken a lot of criticism at this point.

She's catching it from Gordon. She's catching it from Athena.

Just trying to get her to do something to help our team.

- All right, Ryan Kate, off potatoes! - Yes?

- You come up here and do the buns. - All right.

Kayla, potatoes. Thank you.

- Did you drop them in? - No.

- Athena, good. Let's go. - We need onion rings.

- Onion rings on the way. Onion rings on the fly. - All right.

- No, I need you on buns. On buns. - You're on buns.

Pick up, gents. How are we? Let's go.

Serve! Let's go. Just serve, please.

Standards, let's go. My apologies for the wait.

- Let's go. - Sorry about that.

I am starving. I am ready to go.

Okay, fishermen, welcome, welcome.

So today you have the black bass sandwich from the Blue Team

and the crispy fish tacos from the Red Team.

I think the Red Team's fish taco blew it out of the water.

The bacon with the black beans is a really nice touch.

And then I had the salsa verde. Gave it a little bit of a kick.

Just got it ready for you in one second. Thank you so much for waiting.

Look, if I were out in the ocean and I was stranded on a boat for the rest of my life,

I'd be eating the Red Team's fish taco day in and day out with no problems.

You know what? Can you help Kayla?

- I can do the buns. I can do the buns. - Okay.

- Those might need to come off soon. - Yeah, they're too high.

Right, I'll pop in on the Red Team. Halfway, yes?

My favorite, ultimately, was the Blue Team's fish sandwich.

The fish was cooked perfectly.

It was a substantial big meal,

'cause after fishing all day, I'm starving,

I'm exhausted, I want a good meal.

The chips would be the only letdown on that.

I need these chips a little more crispy.

They were hit and miss, but they were a bit floppy.

The crispy ones were amazing.

This weather is crazy!

- This weather is insane! - Keep cooking!

What the is going on with the weather?

It's annoying that we're in the rain.

Rain or shine, we work, baby.

The next table is coming. Let's go!

Ryan Kate, I need more dried when you have a chance.

- I can't hear you! - I need more dried when you have a chance.

- I need chips! - Onion rings!

I need two tartar sauce cups, stat.

- Can I get fish to the line? - I need eight servings of everything!

- Can I get coleslaw in here? - Holding on chips!

We got people waiting!

Do we know...

Do you have enough...

Ryan Kate!

- Oh! Oh! Hey, we need a medic! - Medic! Medic!

- She's on the floor. - Medic!

This weather is crazy!

- This weather is insane! - Keep cooking!

- Do we know... - do you have enough...

Ryan Kate!

- Oh! Oh! Hey, we need a medic! - Medic! Medic!

- Medic! - She's on the floor.

- Medic! Medic! - She's right here. Right here.

- She collapsed. - What happened?

- It's okay. A little slip. - You just fainted. You're all right.

It's okay. Take your time. We're all good.

- Do we need more chips? - No, no. Sit up nicely.

Take your time. Just sit up nicely.

I feel bad because they need me to help them.

- They don't. They're fine. - No, no. They're fine.

- There you go. It's okay. - I'm sorry. I have to...

- Don't worry. Don't worry. - Need some onion rings on the fly! Onion rings.

- Onion rings coming? - Right there. Right there. Right there.

- Right here! Ryan Kate passed out. She's back up now.

So I'm feeling really stressed out, but I'm trying to just keep pushing for my team.

And I know Ryan Kate's in good hands, so I'm just trying to push through for her.

- Great. These are looking better. Good job, Kayla.

Red Team, last two tables. Come on. Let's go!

Let's go, team. Last two tables. Standards.

Let's go, guys. Pick up for Blue Team. Thank you.

Good afternoon, fishermen.

Any impressions on first tasting the dishes, sir?

I really like the Blue Team's.

There was a good portion of fish on it,

well-seasoned, and they kept it quite moist.

Ma'am, do you have a preference?

The burger, 'cause the fish is really well-seasoned.

- I found the taco fish a bit greasy. - Okay.

So you're for the Blue Team so far?

- Yes. - Excellent.

All right, we got our last two tables coming. Let's go.

- Last two tables, heard! - You need to finish strong.

- Here you go. - Sir, Blue Team, the bass sandwich, what do you think?

So the bass sandwich, the bun's a little overcooked.

The chips, a little overcooked. The bass is very flavorful.

- I'm not sure what the... - It's a coleslaw.

Coleslaw. It's too much vinegar.

- How about the Red Team? - Tacos are great.

They have a lot of flavor. Black beans are excellent.

- Bacon's smoky, so you can taste that very well. - Great.

Please raise your hand if you are enjoying the fish tacos of the Red Team.

Full house. Thank you very much. Enjoy your meal.

- Last table, Red Team. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

You need more beans, Tina, or you good?

I have enough. I have enough.

- Hey, Red Team. - Guys, guys.

- Come here. - Come here.

Hey. I said standards. That's raw.

I'd rather wait two minutes than send that.

Yeah, I would too, guys. Stop rushing me, please.

- I've been doing it the whole time. - So I don't get it.

I do not get it. Come on, guys. Standards. Let's go!

- Okay, last table. Let's pick it up. - Last table.

Sorry for the wait. How are we?

Give me a time for that fish, please.

- Three minutes. - Three minutes.

Raise your hand if you enjoyed the fish sandwich from the Blue Team more.

Okay. Raise your hand if you enjoyed the fish tacos of the Red Team.

Seven to one!

- That's the color. - Lightly season, please.

- Don't drop it. - Let's go. Thank you.

- Hey, you're great, Joel. - Sorry, guys. I hope you enjoy.

Thank you. My apologies.

- Thank you. - Sorry for the delay!

My apologies. Thank you.

Clear down, guys. Watch this floor. It's soaking wet, yeah?

- And get some water, please. All of you. - Yes, Chef. Thank you.

- Do hard things. - Do hard things.

- The last table's on the way. - Get that slaw on it.

We got tartar right here. Put it on there.

Where's the lettuce? There we go. There we go.

Sorry about your wait, sir.

- Come on. We only got a few more. - Fish. Ready for fish.

- All right, four more. Let's get our best four on. - Four more. Finish strong!

- Here you go. You're welcome. - Thank you. Thank you, Darce.

Last one. That's the last one!

All right, Blue Team! Get your team together.

Proud of y'all. Proud of y'all. Proud of you. Good job.

- What's that look about? - I feel like we could have done better.

And what did you need to do to do better?

The communication was lacking for sure.

I feel like there was not a rhythm.

- You don't know who's won. - Yeah. That's what I'm saying.

- You have no clue. - I don't want to beat ourselves up yet.

We're still standing.

Ladies and gentlemen, once you've finished eating

and tasting the dishes of the Red Team and Blue Team,

you'll be asked to vote for the team whose dish you preferred.

You will do that by putting one of these buoys

into either the red net or the blue net.

- Thank you very much. - Amazing job, everybody.

"Red Team" on three.

- Good work, everyone. - One, two, three. Red Team!

I really prefer the Red Team's fish taco.

The blue team's dish was nice, but I wasn't a huge fan of the flavor combination.

- You guys did good. Thank you. - Thanks, man.

I definitely preferred the Blue Team's meal today.

I thought the Blue Team's fish was really moist and tender, perfectly cooked.

There's some strong personalities on our team,

and everyone came together, tasting, helping out,

so it really was a team effort.

My partner Ryan Kate literally went down.

So I think that shows just how difficult this challenge is.

But I'm proud of us for serving all 101 guests regardless,

and I'm hoping Ryan Kate's okay.

It was definitely very intense.

We started off a little discombobulated under all that pressure.

But hopefully the fishermen like what we put out.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out.

- Exhausted. - We had some troubles,

tribulations, but we served everybody.

It's in the fishermen's hands right now.

If Red ends up as the losing team,

we're the captains of the team.

It will be our responsibility.

Wow. Thank you very much.

Thank you all for being here today.

We hope you enjoyed those amazing seafood dishes.

Now, we would like to introduce you to the amazing cooks.

Please welcome the Blue Team.

And ladies and gentlemen, welcome the Red Team.

That challenge was brutal.

It was the hardest challenge that we've had so far

in this competition.

We'll see what happens with the vote,

but losing today would be devastating.

Right, Blue Team, we've just heard from the nurse

that Ryan Kate is doing very well.

A little bit dehydrated.

But the good news is she's feeling much better.

- Okay, cool. - Right, it's been one hell of a day.

Red Team, Blue Team, well done.

Give yourselves a round of applause.

Well done, both of you.

Diners, you ate dishes from both teams,

then you voted for your favorites.

One team will be safe from elimination.

And one team will have to cook in the dreaded pressure test

to fight for their spot in the MasterChef kitchen.

Right, now,

tonight's winning team is...

Congratulations...

The Red Team!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Well done!

- We are beyond proud of ourselves. - Oh, my gosh.

Okay, Julio, Rachel, how you feeling?

Exhilarating, Chef! This is fantastic.

We put this team together for this, for the win.

We knew they were the strongest and we proved it today.

Amazing! Well done.

Blue Team, Athena and Timothy, what went wrong?

We just didn't communicate as well as we could.

And I think, I mean, ultimately that was our downfall.

From the diners' perspective, the coleslaw was bland, chips greasy, soggy.

But I think that the problem started with the conception of the dish itself

down to the execution, and it showed.

The feedback was rough.

It's not what we expected

and it's not our standards at all.

So right now is a tough feeling.

Now, Blue Team, we will see you all back

in the MasterChef kitchen, where you're all facing

the dreaded pressure test

where one of you five duos

will be eliminated.

- I'm scared. - Mm-hmm.

We know that we have to step it up or we go home.

The pressure is on.

Next time on "MasterChef: Dynamic Duos"...

It's the return of the dreaded pressure test.

- Black aprons on. - It feels like you're going to your own funeral.

But we're raising the bar even higher.

- Those mystery boxes are made out of chocolate. - Shut up.

So it's a make or break shot for survival.

- One duo will be eliminated. - I'm just glad we're up here.

- Go! - It needs to be absolute perfection.

- Oh, my God. - What's wrong?

- I think I over-whipped it. - Oh, dear.

- I'm gonna remake it. - Looks like it's dropped

straight out of my bulldog's.

- Absolutely soul-crushing. - Oh, no.

Yeah, it's called the pressure test for a reason.

What a shame.