Wow you guys. I just watched the episode On Demand and my anxiety level went through the roof. There were moments that were so stressful I had palpitations.
I never watched the Gordon Ramsey show because when they promoted it before it premiered it was all him screaming and turning beet red and I thought, eh, I don't need to watch yelling. So watching this episode was a revelation.
First of all, there's serious pathology going on with that couple. He's abusive and a liar and a thief and I would have to say she seems to exhibit all the hallmarks of a person with borderline personality disorder. Watching her turn on a dime on that young woman just for saying "you sure?" and absolutely *not being able to let it go* even the next day was kind of frightening.
Listening to her go on and on and on with Ramsey and her husband unable to get a full sentence out because she kept talking over them and finally erupting with "Nobody ever lets me talk EVER!" really shows how much she needs a serious psychiatric intervention. Together they are in a really sick symbiotic relationship. Clearly, he is the one making the Facebook posts that are not in all caps and with a sort of broken English to them. The fact that they are threatening is very creepy. I honestly don't think this story can possibly end well. It looks like they swirl into their mental illness spiral every single day, and after watching the husband's response in The Day After feedback morning, he must basically say EVERY SINGLE DAY that they are going to "forget yesterday," (certainly never resolve anything), and start fresh today.
Of course, in the scenes from the day before Ramsey arrived, watching the two owners pounce on customers and berate them was really scary. Watching Amy go out of the place and call a guy who refused to pay for pizza he never got a "pansy," well, of course that set us all up to enjoy the shadenfreude that comes in the rest of the episode.
I liked how in The Morning After part of the show, Amy has her hair down Broadway's Mr. Hyde-style. I liked how the poor woman delivering food gave a sort of nervous chuckle when she would present one of the horrible plates to Ramsey. I mean, she's essentially in an abusive relationship with the owner, so it's not really funny, but, ugh, what else can you do?
And yes, I will officially see Amy's tight and rage filled face and hear her shrill voice whenever I read a certain poster's borderliney posts on this site.
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