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I feel like Michael will win this thing but it turns out to be Bryan. Wow, the brothers sweep this episode. Good for them.

But we still have the girls to deal with and the bottom four are composed of Eve, Jesse, Preeti and Ashley. The judges go to town on them. Gail says that she couldn't taste anything but salsa in Eve's dish and Tom slams her for knowing that her shrimp was flavorless but not doing anything about them. Preeti says that she felt her dish was a crowd-pleaser but Tom points out that she marinated her tuna for way too long (overnight instead of just a few hours) and Padma said that the lettuce strips under her tuna made the dish hard to eat.

Meanwhile, Ashley is told that her watermelon dish was one of the best of the day but that she was ridiculously dumb for doing a panna cotta as well. Ashley finally comes to terms with the fact that it was not a start decision. Padma criticizes the fact that it tasted bitter and Ashley admits that she used dry bay leaves in the dish instead of using all fresh bay leaves. Tom is floored.

STUPID STUPID STUPID. Why would you not use all fresh ingredients? Oh lord.

Jesse get smacked down hard as well. She put ginger beer in the dish but that made it watery. Todd remarks on how it didn't have that much ginger taste in it, despite the fact that it was paired with a ginger drink. Jesse protests, saying that the drink was so gingery that she didn't want to put ginger in the dish. "Then why did you put the ginger beer in it?" asks Tom, clearly frustrated.

All in all, it was a pretty horrific scene. These four women made bad dishes - really bad, and they knew it - well, except for Preeti. She was oblivious, thinking that the reaction from the crowd was an indication that it was a good dish. I think it's clear that either she or Eve will be going home. I have to say that Preeti's obliviousness irritates me more but I think that Eve was so clueless that the judges will send her home on the basis of her elementary mistakes.

Yes, the women are weak this season.

And yes, it's Eve. Ashley had split her focus, Preeti over-cured her tuna, Jesse had muddled flavors but Eve with her bad shrimp and lack of flavoring will be going home.

"I realize that I won't be named Top Chef," Eve says as she leaves. No, Eve, you won't. And I'm hard pressed to imagine that any girl this season will.

Except maybe Jennifer.

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