After ditching his job at the Rand Corporation for a shot inHollywood, Al Ruddy wins the job to produce Mario Puzo'sbestselling novel, "The Godfather" for Paramount Pictures. JoeColombo, a rising crime boss in the New York City Mafia, hasa darker fate in mind for the picture.
With Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo penning the script,Al Ruddy and Bettye McCartt confront an ever-growing list ofopposition to "The Godfather" including Frank Sinatra, LAGangster Mickey Cohen, and the Colombo led Italian-AmericanCivil Rights League. Meanwhile, Robert Evans and Gulf &Western's Barry Lapidus lock horns over the creative directionof Paramount Pictures.
Pressure mounts for the scripts' delivery after Ruddy is forcedto sit down with Joe Colombo and Evans finds himself navigatinghot waters with Gulf & Western's CEO Charlie Bluhdorn.Meanwhile, Bluhdorn takes an interest in Bettye.
The winning team in the previous relay challenge join thetop-two mystery box winners for a chance at immunity as theytry to Beat The Chef, who just happens to be MasterCheffavourite Matt Stone.
The best eight remain semi-finalists take on a dauntingInvention Test in which they must create a dish inspired by thechicken or the egg. The MasterChef market is open, and with alarder full of ingredients to choose from, they must create adish worthy of being put through to the next round. Twocontestants will be eliminated at the end of this task.The sixsurvivors then travel to Middle Temple in central London,where a very special centenary event is taking place. The RoyalBritish Legion is celebrating 100 years since the nation'scollective remembrance traditions were first bought togetherand the organisation began its important work supportingserving and ex-serving personnel and their families. The poppyappeal, the two-minute silence, Armistice Day, the servicefor the unknown warrior and the march past at the Cenotaph aretraditions that millions participate in every year. Under thesupervision of Glynn Purnell, head chef of Michelin-starredPurnell's restaurant in Birmingham, the contestants are splitinto teams of two to deliver a three-course menu for aprestigious lunch celebrating over 20 war veterans and crucialfundraisers - all of whom have bravely served their country -so expectations are high.
With family ties beginning to fray, Royal takes violentmeasures to get rid of Autumn, but is foiled when he discoversshe has manipulated someone close to him.