Let's state the obvious: Gordon Ramsay knows everything. I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up on the International Space Station with his little bacteria counter gadget to shout the astronauts' heads off and educate them with snarky and passive-agressive comments. We are already used to formulaic structure, created conflicts, exaggerated drama, irritating role confusion, boundary crossing, that he is the product, the snake oil for all ailments and illnesses. Of course we don't accept it, and it's still a very false and lying claim, but we're used to it. Cruelty, however, is still unaccustomed, with Ramsay wiping his feet into these businesses, obliviously trampling people over, saying he's here to help while making a television show of others' severe disadvantage. Hotel Hell is pure misery porn, which leaves a particularly bad taste in the mouth, because the strict, but sometimes relaxed, good-natured Ramsay seen in Kitchen Nightmares has devolved into a humorless, cynical and intentionally malignant media personality, which is not fun to watch. At this point, it feels like he is just rude for the sake of being rude (in a very english way, mind you!), there is no longer any illusion that he really wants to change something here and improve the business. Of course, by the end of the episode, everything is solved in a flick, the stubborn owner gives in and changes, only because Ramsay asked him to change, but really now. That's not the point. In fact, the show here is just that we should be horrified by the filth, which is finally quantified: look, in this random hidden corner behind a cabinet, the amount of bacteria is 10 million points, even though 30 is normal! That's really brutal! Health hazard! Health hazard! Quickly, push a fire alarm and drive out the guests to the street in the middle of the night! Fokking unbelievable, mate! But at least now he's using an earpick and not his fingers to probe the dirt, like back in Kitchen Nightmares. I'm glad that he is improving as a person.
Are you checked out? Are you done?! - Yes I am, I'm indeed done.
Are you checked out? Are you done?! - Yes I am, I'm indeed done.