The first person out is Autumn. She gets lavishly complimented but shown the door. She seems pleased with her performance.

Now it's time to announce the first person in the final. I think Holli is the most obvious finalist, but Jay is announced, presumably so we can have Holli and Benjamin staring daggers at each other for the final elimination. Congratulations, Jay.

And the other person in the finals is... long pause... longer pause... Holli! And there's another long pause while we wait to see if it's a swerve. It's not! Ben's out. His final instruction from Gordon is something about not quitting. Frankly, I don't care if Ben quits or not, as long as he stays off my television. And I say that with the knowledge that he'll probably be back next week to be on someone's cooking team.

So we're down to the finalists: Jay and Holli. They are sent upstairs to work on their final menus. The show is very concerned that we pay attention to the love subplot.

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