The Man informs the Messengers one of their own has betrayedthem and another is in imminent danger, while Amy's drawingspredict the arrival of someone who could change the course ofeveryone's destinies.
Mel is thrilled when Noelle Devereaux, bestselling author ofthe steamy novel "Love and Bondage", pays a visitto her book club. When Nicole overhears Joe criticize herwork, it turns her on, and she ends up trying to seduce him.Meanwhile, Lennox discovers Zander and McKenna are secretlydating.
When Joe learns the significance of the little devil tattoo onMel's backside, it's a big turnoff for him in thebedroom.Meanwhile, Lennox and Zander are forced to work withan untrained actress on their "Cassandra" shortfilm.
In the second field challenge of the season, the home cookswill take a surprise trip to Las Vegas, where they will besplit into two teams to take over Drai's Nightclub and feed 101Las Vegas performers. The team who receives the most winningvotes from the Las Vegas performer diners will be safe from thenext pressure test, while the losing team will be dealt with adeuce steak contest at Gordon Ramsay's Steak. In the pressuretest, the home cooks will face two steak challenges testingtemperature and taste, and one contestant will be sent home.
The next mystery box challenge has the home cooks come out oftheir shells and prepare unique crab dishes for the judges. Thehome cook who prepares the best crab dish receives asignificant advantage before the next elimination challenge.Then the remaining home cooks create their versions of sweet orsavory dishes, using the same surprise ingredient of corn.
Adam's first stop in PDX is Burnside Brewing Company, a localbrewery known for their perfect pairings of homemade beers anddelicious bar food. He's on the lookout for one dish inparticular, though, an off menu burger so epic, it's knownonly as the Ultimate Burger. Giving Adam the inside scoop onthis off menu dish is Burnside chef, Ted Witte. Starting witha searing of burger atop duck fat, Ted then seasons amedallion of pork belly in a veal-jerk seasoning reduction andpoaches lobster in melted butter.
Adam's in Austin to expose secret restaurants and off-menudishes in the heart of Texas. He finds a trendy hidden loungenestled behind a bookcase in a hostel, a kitchen-sink burgerand a decadent French toast breakfast sandwich.
Dan sees fate conspiring to throw him directly into the path ofhis childhood nemesis. Nesta attempts to offer some brutaladvice to her sap of a nephew. Jo has a new money-makingscheme.
Dan attends a diversity course after alarming Miss Lipsey withhis lack of political correctness. Jo is working for free in abeauty salon and decides to combine a couple of celebrity looksinto one genuinely incredible makeover.
After a rival teacher who is also after Miss Lipsey'saffections organises a smash-hit school assembly for CommunityWeek, Dan attempts to think of a way to beat it with abrilliant assembly of his own involving his drama class and awar veteran.
When a dead body pops out of the trunk at the end of a carchase, the squad must untangle connections between a superstarchef; a middle-aged pediatric psychiatrist and his second,much younger wife; and a bankruptcy lawyer whose problematicrepresentation threatens to derail the investigation. Rustycontinues his attempt to identify the murder victim who calledherself Alice Herrera, inadvertently threatening the caseagainst her murderer.