With 19 hours until the final service, the chefs return and see the construction progress on their sides of the dining room. Paula is happy to see no pinks and purples, and overall she's not too worried about the restaurant, even though it's far from being done. Danny loves the fish on the walls, and butts heads with John a bit about his bench concept, again. He's more nervous about how his side is going to come together.

The families hug goodnight, and rest up for the next day.

It's the final morning, and each is nervous and excited. They walk into the kitchen and see Ramsay. He pitches one more challenge: under six domes on the table in front of him are "key ingredients" for their dinner service that night. Scott and Gloria help him open the domes, and underneath are the heads of six eliminated chefs: Giovanni, Lacey, Carol, Andrea, Ben, and LA! It's a good prank, though pretty expected. Ramsay greets the six, and we get a little montage of why each of them was eliminated from Hell's Kitchen.

Ramsay tells Danny his prize from the challenge is having first pick. He picks Ben. Ben says Danny is the underdog, and he always roots for the underdog. Paula chooses her girl Andrea, and they hug. Paula says she wants Andrea because she never gives up.

Danny then chooses Giovanni, so the remaining Blues Brothers are together again. Paula then chooses LA, and Carol is upset to be the second to last. Danny (of course) picks Carol, and Paula gets stuck with Lacey. Andrea says if Lacey so much as opens her mouth, she's going to come at her "like a tornado." As he sends them upstairs to prepare, Ramsay tells the brigades they need to bond, and get in the mindset that Paula and Danny are their bosses today.

So concludes Part One of the Hell's Kitchen Season 5 Finale. 

Next time on HK: The two Floridians head up their brigades in the most important dinner service of their lives... and I'm willing to bet big money that Lacey makes Paula's life pretty hellish!

Next Thursday at 9 PM EST: Join me when I livethought the Hell's Kitchen finale, and we finally see who can stand the heat in Hell's Kitchen! (After which I will be taking questions for the final two chefs for our exit interviews... feel free to submit any questions for Paula and Danny now in the comments section or via our BuddyTV Twitter!)

And don't forget: Hell's Kitchen Fantasy TV is in its last leg! Make your final choice now for a chance to be at the top of the leaderboard!


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-Meghan Carlson, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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