1 00:00:01,802 --> 00:00:03,737 [Jonathan] Tonight, zombies and their love of brains 2 00:00:03,771 --> 00:00:07,408 are the only thing standing in the way of our final four... 3 00:00:07,441 --> 00:00:08,609 I really wanna get to the final three. 4 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:10,578 [Jonathan] ...and a trip to the semi-finals. 5 00:00:10,611 --> 00:00:12,313 Come on. Why are you doing that? 6 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:13,947 -[Jonathan] Who will survive? -Go. 7 00:00:13,981 --> 00:00:15,283 -Oh! -[Jonathan] Getting one step closer 8 00:00:15,316 --> 00:00:17,518 to becoming Halloween Wars champion... 9 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:18,586 [woman] The tongue sandwich. 10 00:00:18,619 --> 00:00:20,454 Oh, my God! 11 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:22,656 I will never forget this dessert. It's incredible. 12 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:26,160 [Jonathan] ...and winning the grand prize of $25,000. 13 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:30,030 Halloween Wars starts now. 14 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:32,466 [wolf howling] 15 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:33,734 [thunder rumbling] 16 00:00:34,735 --> 00:00:37,004 You are the final four teams 17 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:40,308 still alive in Halloween Wars. 18 00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:41,675 Whoo! 19 00:00:41,709 --> 00:00:45,446 [Jonathan] Only one team will be the last team standing. 20 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,948 But to do that, you have to survive 21 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:51,485 our upcoming Spine Chiller challenge. 22 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:54,255 What do we have here? 23 00:00:56,090 --> 00:00:57,625 [gasps] 24 00:00:57,658 --> 00:00:59,026 Yes! 25 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:00,961 I love a party. 26 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:04,532 [in sing-song] And it looks like we've just been invited. 27 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,134 -Whoo! -Whoo! 28 00:01:06,134 --> 00:01:07,801 Oh, I love it. 29 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:10,371 [Jonathan] But this is Halloween Wars. 30 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:14,142 So you know this party is gonna get out of hand. 31 00:01:15,609 --> 00:01:18,412 Anyway, so in this Spine Chiller challenge, 32 00:01:18,446 --> 00:01:21,549 we want you to show us a fun-loving group of zombies 33 00:01:21,582 --> 00:01:23,951 having a killer dance party. 34 00:01:25,353 --> 00:01:29,056 And everyone knows zombies' favorite finger food is, 35 00:01:29,157 --> 00:01:32,160 well, besides fingers, brains. 36 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,428 -Yeah. -[Jonathan] So, for this tasting portion, 37 00:01:34,462 --> 00:01:38,832 you'll have to create a dessert that looks like an actual brain 38 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:41,602 and will really make the judges think. 39 00:01:41,634 --> 00:01:42,735 Huh. 40 00:01:42,770 --> 00:01:48,476 You have got just seven hours to bring the house down! 41 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:49,343 The party starts... 42 00:01:51,345 --> 00:01:52,846 -now! -Let's go. 43 00:01:53,547 --> 00:01:55,082 Okay. 44 00:01:55,183 --> 00:01:56,650 -Wow. Final four. -I can't believe it. 45 00:01:56,684 --> 00:01:57,985 This is so exciting. 46 00:01:58,018 --> 00:02:00,888 -I feel like we are on our fourth life already. -We're back. 47 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:02,523 -Yes. -Yeah. 48 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:03,691 We gotta do something different. 49 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:05,359 Like, we have to bring it now. 50 00:02:05,393 --> 00:02:07,395 -All right, zombie dance party. -Zombie dance party. 51 00:02:07,428 --> 00:02:08,762 How about a sock hop? 52 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:10,198 -Ooh! -Ooh, I like that. 53 00:02:10,198 --> 00:02:12,900 I wanna make sure that I nail those characters for them this time. 54 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:14,235 -Awesome. -Because I'm not going home 55 00:02:14,268 --> 00:02:16,069 because my characters are not good. That's not me. 56 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:18,372 The story of our piece is that in the '50s, 57 00:02:18,406 --> 00:02:20,208 Friday night, it's a sock hop. 58 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:23,076 And they're gonna be dancing to the jukebox so hard 59 00:02:23,110 --> 00:02:25,112 that their body parts are gonna be falling off. 60 00:02:25,213 --> 00:02:27,548 I can make little, like, sugar, ice cream sundae dishes. 61 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:29,783 -Uh-huh. -And we put the brain-tasting element in it. 62 00:02:29,817 --> 00:02:31,885 I'm from Florida so we're gonna do Florida man brains. 63 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,521 There will be a key lime pie base, 64 00:02:33,554 --> 00:02:35,689 layer of pound cake brushed with strawberry puree 65 00:02:35,723 --> 00:02:39,393 and orange zest vanilla white chocolate mousse piped in the shape of brains. 66 00:02:39,427 --> 00:02:42,763 Something very, like, you know, glitter, fun, full of energy. 67 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:45,299 -Might be a Mardi Gras. So much energy. -[gasps] Yeah. 68 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:46,567 How many characters are we thinking? 69 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,969 'Cause it's a party, I feel like we need a little more. 70 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:50,238 -More than two? -More than two. 71 00:02:50,271 --> 00:02:51,605 Let's do three characters. 72 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,942 Our story is gonna be set in the streets of New Orleans. 73 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:56,810 And we're gonna have a grand marshal 74 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:59,313 and a street performer on stilts. 75 00:02:59,347 --> 00:03:01,114 We're gonna have a backdrop 76 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:03,451 that's iconic New Orleans style, 77 00:03:03,484 --> 00:03:06,520 with a zombie throwing beads into the street. 78 00:03:06,554 --> 00:03:09,557 What is the thing that they make in Mardi Gras that is very popular? 79 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,158 -The beignets? -Not the beignets. 80 00:03:11,259 --> 00:03:12,793 -It's like a cake. The king cake. -The king cake. 81 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:15,128 The king cake, yeah. We can make this, like, a bakery. 82 00:03:15,162 --> 00:03:16,129 -[Drew] Hm. -Yes. 83 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:17,731 [Timmy] And we can include our tasting there. 84 00:03:17,765 --> 00:03:20,868 We're gonna do a king cake flavored yeasted bread 85 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:24,137 filled with brown sugar, cinnamon and toasted pecans 86 00:03:24,171 --> 00:03:27,641 and topped with a white chocolate shell to resemble a brain. 87 00:03:27,675 --> 00:03:29,977 A disco ball? Too obvious? 88 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:31,745 -[Kristina] Yeah, a little obvious. -All right. 89 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:34,180 What if we did, like, a mother-son dance? 90 00:03:34,281 --> 00:03:36,817 Oh, what? You're gonna make me start crying. 91 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:38,752 Don't, don't. I'm gonna start crying. 92 00:03:38,786 --> 00:03:40,421 Both Elan and I have sons, 93 00:03:40,454 --> 00:03:43,023 and we thought it would be a really special moment 94 00:03:43,055 --> 00:03:46,594 to show something special for our characters in particular. 95 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:49,730 So Mildred and her son R.I. Pete 96 00:03:49,763 --> 00:03:52,099 will be hosting a garden tea party, 97 00:03:52,132 --> 00:03:55,168 snacking on ladies fingers 98 00:03:55,202 --> 00:03:58,406 and sipping tea made out of the real Earl of Grey. 99 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:00,040 What do you think about a tart? 100 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,610 -Would you be able to make that look like a brain? -Yeah. 101 00:04:02,643 --> 00:04:03,611 Then I just... 102 00:04:03,644 --> 00:04:06,146 I pipe the meringue so it looks like a brain. 103 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:09,483 [Kristina] To incorporate a brain-type texture, 104 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:13,487 Teresa comes up with an idea to do the lemon-meringue tart 105 00:04:13,521 --> 00:04:15,456 spread around our picnic blanket. 106 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:17,991 -How about a luau? -[gasps] I like luau. 107 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,993 -There's a lot of fun stuff in Hawaii. -Yeah. 108 00:04:20,027 --> 00:04:21,094 Our whole theme is luau. 109 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:23,497 We want to go with, like, a Hawaiian feeling, 110 00:04:23,531 --> 00:04:27,468 so we are going to do palm trees, volcano and tiki hut. 111 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:29,437 This is a little bar. 112 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:30,771 There will be a space up here to put little 113 00:04:30,804 --> 00:04:32,340 -drinks or something. -Drinks or-- 114 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:34,174 The tasting element can go there. 115 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:35,643 Tropical brains are my favorite. 116 00:04:35,676 --> 00:04:37,811 For our tasting element to fit our theme, 117 00:04:37,845 --> 00:04:40,548 I want to make a dark chocolate shell 118 00:04:40,581 --> 00:04:42,650 and shape them to be like coconuts. 119 00:04:42,683 --> 00:04:44,017 -Okay. -I'm gonna go get pumpkins. 120 00:04:47,988 --> 00:04:49,990 [Dennis grunts] 121 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:52,560 [Dennis] All right, let's skin this baby now. 122 00:04:52,593 --> 00:04:55,563 Get the flattest part, part of that guitar. 123 00:04:55,596 --> 00:04:58,231 [Nils] Dennis is gonna get started on the pumpkin guitar. 124 00:04:58,265 --> 00:05:00,768 He's not really working on any faces today. 125 00:05:00,801 --> 00:05:02,903 I've never done an instrument out of pumpkin. 126 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:05,473 This is gonna be so interesting. 127 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:06,740 [Corinda] All right, I'm just about ready 128 00:05:06,774 --> 00:05:09,377 to put the, uh, melting wafers on these guys 129 00:05:09,377 --> 00:05:11,379 to get 'em nice and solid. 130 00:05:11,379 --> 00:05:13,080 We're gonna get 'em all covered. 131 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:17,284 I'm gonna do a mixture of realistic zombie and cartoony. 132 00:05:17,385 --> 00:05:19,453 I want them to be super fun, 133 00:05:19,487 --> 00:05:21,288 but at the same time, they're decaying. 134 00:05:21,389 --> 00:05:22,956 [Nils] I'm gonna work on this jukebox. 135 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:25,659 I'm gonna be putting together some cereal treats and some cake. 136 00:05:25,693 --> 00:05:28,128 I'm getting that iced up and covered and put together 137 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:31,665 so that it takes a good amount of time off of her plate. 138 00:05:31,699 --> 00:05:33,501 Are you gonna be able to airbrush this joker for me at some point? 139 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:36,003 -Yep. -All right, cool. I'll get it set up and ready to roll. 140 00:05:36,036 --> 00:05:39,106 [Drew] Starting on one of the zombie heads with this squash. 141 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:40,240 Getting it peeled up. 142 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:42,409 Drew gets started on the heads of our zombies. 143 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,512 We're creating two guys and a girl. 144 00:05:44,545 --> 00:05:48,281 Drew is really going for scary, which he is great at. 145 00:05:48,315 --> 00:05:51,519 Like, really realistic, gory zombies. 146 00:05:51,552 --> 00:05:53,421 [Drew] Move on the next. 147 00:05:53,421 --> 00:05:56,824 [Timmy] Vanessa is gonna start on rice paper garland. 148 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,659 So, this is rice paper. 149 00:05:58,692 --> 00:06:01,061 As soon as you dump it in, you want to... 150 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:02,329 To squeeze the center. 151 00:06:02,430 --> 00:06:04,998 Otherwise they fry flat, and I don't want flat. 152 00:06:05,032 --> 00:06:06,600 I want to have all those ruffles. 153 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:08,602 [Timmy] I'm gonna start on our zombies. 154 00:06:08,636 --> 00:06:11,238 We want these to look like they're skin and bones. 155 00:06:11,271 --> 00:06:14,041 The judges last time thought that we needed to elevate our stuff 156 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:15,843 off of our bases a little bit, 157 00:06:15,876 --> 00:06:18,078 so this time, we're gonna do one on stilts 158 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:20,347 so that we get that height that they were looking for. 159 00:06:20,448 --> 00:06:22,516 [Vanessa] Ours is gonna have so much movement. 160 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:24,184 [Timmy] They're dancing stances. 161 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:25,553 Dances stances. 162 00:06:27,254 --> 00:06:29,222 [Dean] You know how palm trees are kind of rough. 163 00:06:29,256 --> 00:06:32,526 I'm gonna try to create texture with the original color of the pumpkin. 164 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,698 So, Dean right now is carving a palm tree out of pumpkin. 165 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:40,568 [Dean] Kind of nice not having to take all that orange off first. 166 00:06:41,669 --> 00:06:44,905 I am... I have to make leis for the zombies. 167 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,140 So I want to get a whole bunch of cut-out flowers done real quick 168 00:06:47,174 --> 00:06:48,909 so that I can set it aside so they can dry. 169 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:51,979 I'm just using a ball tool to push down into the center of the flowers 170 00:06:52,012 --> 00:06:53,481 just to cut them a little bit. 171 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:56,717 They're gonna be, kind of, glued on top of each other to resemble a lei. 172 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:59,787 [Lisa] I'm gonna get started on the volcano for our backdrop. 173 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:02,990 I am going to use the buttercream. 174 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:04,492 The flames are going up. 175 00:07:04,525 --> 00:07:08,261 And I'm just, kind of, tapping in the color so it's, like, a gradation. 176 00:07:09,196 --> 00:07:10,998 What are you doing to my wall? 177 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:12,900 [Dean] I'm making it so there's less for you to paint. 178 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:16,369 [Lisa] Ah. You're so smart, Dean. 179 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:19,573 Takes a lot of separate parts to create a full figure, 180 00:07:19,607 --> 00:07:21,842 and that's what we're gonna be doing today. 181 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:25,212 We really are taking on a lot with this challenge. 182 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:27,047 This is it. From here on out, 183 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,417 everything has to be done to that next level. 184 00:07:30,518 --> 00:07:33,053 I'm using butternut squash today, mostly for its size. 185 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:35,823 For this challenge, I will be making the young boy. 186 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:37,525 This is a very small character 187 00:07:37,558 --> 00:07:40,728 so the butternut squash is just more appropriately sized for this piece. 188 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:43,230 It's gonna be a timely process 189 00:07:43,263 --> 00:07:46,834 'cause I really want the details of that 190 00:07:46,867 --> 00:07:49,703 fancy style of clothing to show through. 191 00:07:49,737 --> 00:07:53,707 But it also has to have the gnarly guts hanging down. 192 00:07:53,741 --> 00:07:55,609 I really wanna use this pastillage. 193 00:07:55,643 --> 00:07:59,346 I am expediting the drying by adding a little vinegar. 194 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:02,249 [Kristina] Teresa starts on her pastillage tea cups. 195 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,351 [Teresa] I can always use sandpaper at the end 196 00:08:04,384 --> 00:08:07,320 to get that nice porcelain finish that I'm looking for. 197 00:08:07,354 --> 00:08:09,557 I'm working on this backboard, 198 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:12,960 and I'm trying to do this, like, palette knife 199 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,629 impressionistic painting with buttercream. 200 00:08:15,663 --> 00:08:17,364 I do have a background in painting. 201 00:08:17,397 --> 00:08:19,832 I actually was a visual artist first, 202 00:08:19,867 --> 00:08:22,102 and then, kind of, jumped into cakes from there. 203 00:08:22,135 --> 00:08:23,303 [Kristina] For Elan's palette painting techniques, 204 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:25,272 we won't be able to blend too much. 205 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:28,375 The buttercream does begin to crack and dry. 206 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:30,678 So not only is she gonna have to work quickly, 207 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:32,679 but she's gonna have to layer the color, 208 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:34,246 rather than be able to blend it. 209 00:08:34,914 --> 00:08:36,683 Well, this board is huge. 210 00:08:36,717 --> 00:08:40,721 And trying to do an entire painting on here is a challenge. 211 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:43,056 But I think since we're in the final four now, 212 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:45,993 bringing out our tricks, kind of, starts now. 213 00:08:47,227 --> 00:08:51,231 The challenge is to see an undead dance party. 214 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:54,001 When I think of zombies, I think of... [grunts] 215 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:56,136 -[Jonathan] Yeah. Right. -Like, very stiff movement. 216 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:58,471 I don't think of popping and locking or any of that. 217 00:08:58,505 --> 00:09:00,874 So I think the difficulty here is conveying movement 218 00:09:00,908 --> 00:09:03,010 through characters that we know to be very stiff. 219 00:09:03,644 --> 00:09:04,912 -Right? -[Shinmin] Right. 220 00:09:04,945 --> 00:09:07,380 If there is one challenge where we really want to see movement, 221 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:10,083 -it would be this one. -Right. 222 00:09:10,117 --> 00:09:14,021 Dennis is getting the pumpkin guitar carved up, and it's gotta be perfect. 223 00:09:19,693 --> 00:09:20,828 Oh, my gosh. 224 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:24,464 [Corinda] How you doing, Dennis? 225 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:25,966 [Dennis] No, that ain't gonna work. 226 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,001 We have a situation. 227 00:09:36,476 --> 00:09:38,879 [Dennis] No, that ain't gonna work. 228 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:40,681 Little breakage of the handle here. 229 00:09:40,714 --> 00:09:42,282 It's cracking on the pumpkin side. 230 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:44,685 With this pumpkin guitar, everything was good. 231 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:47,054 All was good, and now, all is not good. 232 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:48,922 Is there anything that you think can be done to it 233 00:09:48,956 --> 00:09:50,257 to make it better or not? 234 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:55,362 So I think what I'll do is I'll take a nice little skewer 235 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:57,665 and try to fit it right through there. 236 00:09:57,665 --> 00:09:58,832 Hold it in place. 237 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,268 Come on. 238 00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:04,471 [Nils] Is it gonna work? 239 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:06,239 [Dennis] Let's give her a shot. 240 00:10:08,175 --> 00:10:09,943 Yeah, keeps it solid. 241 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:13,113 Keeps it solid. 242 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:14,314 -Good thing. -[Dennis] Yup. 243 00:10:14,682 --> 00:10:16,216 Better. 244 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:18,285 This tasting element is really fun 245 00:10:18,318 --> 00:10:20,120 because it's pretty much open ended. 246 00:10:20,153 --> 00:10:21,421 -Yeah. -We asked for brains. 247 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:22,956 -Yeah. -What are you guys hoping to see? 248 00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:25,625 I think, naturally, everyone's gonna go, 249 00:10:25,659 --> 00:10:27,560 "Okay, let's make it look like a brain." 250 00:10:27,594 --> 00:10:30,297 -[Shinmin] Mm-hm. -But who is gonna take it the extra mile and say, 251 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:33,366 "I want it to feel like a brain" on their palette. 252 00:10:36,503 --> 00:10:39,172 Toasting the pecans just to give them a little more flavor. 253 00:10:39,206 --> 00:10:41,508 -Crunch. -It really brings out all these oils. 254 00:10:41,540 --> 00:10:44,845 For our tasting element, we're making a king cake brain. 255 00:10:44,878 --> 00:10:47,848 We'll have a yeasted bread filled with brown sugar, 256 00:10:47,881 --> 00:10:49,582 cinnamon and toasted pecans, 257 00:10:49,616 --> 00:10:53,353 a salted bourbon caramel and a white chocolate shell. 258 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:54,755 I've made caramel before. 259 00:10:54,788 --> 00:10:59,292 Enough times to know that the bourbon leaves a nice flavor 260 00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:01,729 after the alcohol, it evaporates. 261 00:11:01,729 --> 00:11:03,063 [Timmy] This week, I'm gonna step in 262 00:11:03,096 --> 00:11:05,032 and help Vanessa with the tasting element. 263 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:07,434 She's never made a king cake before, and I have. 264 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:11,571 I first began making king cakes after the Katrina hurricane. 265 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,573 A bunch of the people from New Orleans 266 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:16,576 actually moved to our area in Eastern Tennessee, 267 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:18,846 and they were looking for king cakes. 268 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:20,781 Just adding my toasted pecans. 269 00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:22,750 Then I'm gonna add some melted better. 270 00:11:22,783 --> 00:11:24,752 I've rolled the dough out and filled it 271 00:11:24,785 --> 00:11:27,020 with our brown sugar, cinnamon mixture 272 00:11:27,054 --> 00:11:29,757 and allowed that to rise a second time. 273 00:11:29,790 --> 00:11:33,794 This filling is gonna add a lot of texture inside. 274 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:36,764 We will fill the caramel inside of this. 275 00:11:36,764 --> 00:11:39,800 Yeah, I'm gonna go in the oven with these. 276 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:43,403 [Jonathan] Don't lose your heads. Only five hours left. 277 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:44,772 -Look at the side. -Wow! 278 00:11:44,772 --> 00:11:47,140 [Kristina] Look at the seam on the side. 279 00:11:47,174 --> 00:11:49,609 That is seamless. That's crazy. 280 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:55,883 We're at this really nice, fancy garden party mother and son dance. 281 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,585 It's gonna be a very proper zombie. 282 00:11:58,618 --> 00:12:00,854 But he also needs to look just ripped 283 00:12:00,888 --> 00:12:03,656 and oozing and disheveled like a zombie. 284 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:06,026 So, I'm taking a lot of time on this piece, 285 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:08,128 but if I can nail all of these details, 286 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,596 I think it's gonna be worth it. 287 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,300 -Elan. -Hello. 288 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:17,470 Can I just tell you that I am the most in love 289 00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:20,373 with this backdrop of the entire season. 290 00:12:20,407 --> 00:12:22,843 -Are you serious? -It is stunning. 291 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:25,212 -Oh, my God. Thank you. -I can't even get over... 292 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:28,081 Well, okay, since you are doing this, Teresa, 293 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:29,216 what kind of chocolate are you doing? 294 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:30,918 -It's 54% couverture. -Okay. 295 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:32,986 So the higher percentage of the couverture, 296 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:33,987 it gets too hard. 297 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:35,488 -Yeah, exactly. -This stuff... 298 00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:38,525 So, you are doing couverture chocolate, but instead of tempering it, 299 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:41,161 you're saving yourself time and you're rolling it. 300 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:42,429 [Teresa] Exactly. 301 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:44,064 [Shinmin] Where is this going by the way? 302 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:45,698 [Teresa] That's, uh, gonna be the radio. 303 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:47,367 [Shinmin] Oh! 304 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,736 I thought you were actually working on your tasting element. 305 00:12:49,837 --> 00:12:52,539 I know that your characters will be sipping Earl Grey. 306 00:12:52,572 --> 00:12:54,942 Do you think this is a really great opportunity 307 00:12:54,975 --> 00:12:57,911 for you to put in some Earl Grey flavor into your tasting? 308 00:12:57,945 --> 00:12:59,346 I love that orange bergamot. 309 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:00,580 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -That's a good flavor profile. 310 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,850 -Okay. -Just, just dropping in, 311 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:04,918 sprinkling little, you know, suggestions. 312 00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:06,954 -I believe in you. -Thank you so much. 313 00:13:06,987 --> 00:13:09,189 -Spice Ghouls all the way. -[Teresa] Thank you. 314 00:13:10,858 --> 00:13:13,160 I think that was a good idea. 315 00:13:13,193 --> 00:13:14,862 I think that was a great idea. 316 00:13:14,895 --> 00:13:17,264 [Teresa] See how that looks? Kind of old school, the buttons. 317 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:19,266 I'm gonna put the blacks together. 318 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,134 Make them look like a rodeo. 319 00:13:21,168 --> 00:13:22,870 That's my plan. 320 00:13:22,870 --> 00:13:25,772 We got a lot to do, girls. We bit off a lot on this one. 321 00:13:25,873 --> 00:13:27,875 [Lisa] How about less talking and more working, Dean? 322 00:13:28,876 --> 00:13:30,343 [Dean] Do you see my hands moving? 323 00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:34,781 So, I'm working on making bamboo for the tiki hut. 324 00:13:34,882 --> 00:13:35,915 Lunatic lounge. 325 00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:38,351 [Lisa] Lori, look what he's doing. 326 00:13:38,385 --> 00:13:41,021 He sprayed it and he's brushing it over. 327 00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:43,056 -Oh. -[Dean] I sprayed it to get the dark brown 328 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:45,025 -to go down into the grooves. -[Lori] Oh. Uh-huh. 329 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:47,560 [Dean] And now, I'm scraping off what's on the surface. 330 00:13:47,594 --> 00:13:49,062 [Lori] Oh, that's cool. 331 00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:51,298 [Dean] Hopefully it gets the desired effect. 332 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:53,400 I'mma put the bamboo on. 333 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:54,467 [Lisa] Okay. You need any help? 334 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:55,668 [Dean] No. 335 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:01,541 -[Lisa] Lori, you all right? -[Lori] I'm good. 336 00:14:01,574 --> 00:14:04,912 I'm just finishing up the flowers, petals and the leaves. 337 00:14:04,945 --> 00:14:07,214 And then I will start working on the stems. 338 00:14:07,247 --> 00:14:08,281 Okay. 339 00:14:09,616 --> 00:14:10,951 [Dean] Ah, Lisa. 340 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:12,119 Yes. 341 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,653 -[Dean] Um... -[Lisa] What? 342 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:15,422 I need you to fix some painting over here. 343 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:17,657 -What? -[Dean] You gotta fix this. 344 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,759 [Lisa grunts in frustration] 345 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:25,565 The roof didn't cover it all. 346 00:14:25,598 --> 00:14:27,667 I need you to fix some painting over here. 347 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:30,237 The idea changed after I drew the line, okay? 348 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:31,304 Just fix it, please. 349 00:14:31,338 --> 00:14:32,839 Slap it on there. I'll airbrush it. 350 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:34,574 [Lisa] All right. 351 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,676 I'm a little concerned about that. 352 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:38,511 [Dean] Do the other side, too. 353 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,413 -The other side, too? -Go around, you'll see it. Yes! 354 00:14:40,447 --> 00:14:41,748 I'm losing time. 355 00:14:41,781 --> 00:14:43,483 [Dean] You got all the time in the world today. 356 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:46,386 I don't have time. I have two characters to cover, 357 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:48,721 and finish the... the hut. 358 00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:51,024 -[Dean] Less talk, more fixing. -Oh, boy. 359 00:14:51,058 --> 00:14:52,492 Just say that one more time, please. 360 00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:53,826 [Lisa] Dean made a mistake. 361 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:56,096 [Dean] Timmy, don't you got your own team to worry about? 362 00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:57,497 Just one more time. 363 00:14:57,530 --> 00:15:00,000 [Dean] That's enough talking about it. Let's move on. 364 00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,268 What? 365 00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:02,669 You have four hours left. 366 00:15:02,702 --> 00:15:04,837 [Dean] We gotta do this so fast, it's tough. 367 00:15:04,871 --> 00:15:06,839 But we can do it. 368 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:08,808 [Lori] I'm trying to get my chocolate 369 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:11,979 to a temperature between 28 and 30 degrees. 370 00:15:11,979 --> 00:15:14,414 Vanessa is going to make our king cake brain. 371 00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:17,117 [Vanessa] Right now, I am just tempering some white chocolate. 372 00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:19,119 [Timmy] We're gonna create the brain appearance 373 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:21,488 by using a plastic mold 374 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:23,856 and pouring in some tempered white chocolate. 375 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:25,292 [Vanessa] Tempering the chocolate, 376 00:15:25,325 --> 00:15:27,827 you develop beta crystals. 377 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,663 And white chocolate, the right temperature for the beta crystals 378 00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:32,765 is between 28 and 30 degrees 379 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:34,301 for that nice snap. 380 00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:38,171 I don't know if I should put this on the fridge. 381 00:15:38,205 --> 00:15:41,540 I'm steering clear of primary colors this time. 382 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:44,444 Last time, Shinmin and Aarti were not fans of them. 383 00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:47,514 But, I mean, our team tends to stick to using 384 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:49,382 more of, like, moody tones. 385 00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:50,783 And we're going back to that. 386 00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:52,619 A lot of times, if you're trying to make a tattered look, 387 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:54,454 you can overdo it. 388 00:15:54,487 --> 00:15:58,225 I am gonna tatter him, but I am not gonna go super crazy with it 389 00:15:58,258 --> 00:16:00,260 because I wanna make sure it looks good. 390 00:16:02,262 --> 00:16:03,730 I'm gonna start on the tasting element. 391 00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:06,099 I'm gonna start getting everything rolled out properly. 392 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:07,600 And then we're gonna start rolling from there. 393 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:10,203 This dessert, I'm fairly comfortable with. 394 00:16:10,237 --> 00:16:11,638 There will be a key lime pie base, 395 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:13,573 pound cake brushed with strawberry puree, 396 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:15,608 and orange zest, vanilla white chocolate mousse 397 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:17,044 piped in the shape of brains. 398 00:16:17,044 --> 00:16:19,712 And then it's gonna be coated with a fresh strawberry puree. 399 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,714 Key lime juice, it's tart, it's tart, 400 00:16:21,748 --> 00:16:23,250 'cause you gotta cut the sweet. 401 00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:25,318 But that's what makes people like key lime. 402 00:16:25,352 --> 00:16:28,055 It's that tart, sweet, good mix. 403 00:16:28,088 --> 00:16:30,823 Well, that just came out about as perfect as it can. 404 00:16:30,857 --> 00:16:33,593 Off to the side. We're all gonna go to the oven at once. 405 00:16:33,626 --> 00:16:35,895 Okay, next one is... 406 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,264 onto the pound cake layer. 407 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:41,601 Let's go it on slow. 408 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:44,404 The house didn't dish up anything weird today, 409 00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:45,405 so we're just showing the judges 410 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:46,839 who we are and what we do, right? 411 00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:49,576 Hey, guys, this competition is becoming real. 412 00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,744 I am hungry. I want this. 413 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:53,180 I hope you guys want this, too, 414 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:55,082 so let's just freaking run. 415 00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:56,816 -[Corinda] Got it. -[Nils] My kids are talking to me, 416 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,985 they're sending me messages saying, "Love you, Dad." 417 00:16:59,086 --> 00:17:00,253 -And I'm just, "We're not doing this crap." -I know. 418 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:01,754 [Corinda] My son is sick, and he's like, 419 00:17:01,788 --> 00:17:03,323 "Mommy, I hope you win." 420 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:05,192 [Nils] This ain't for us, yo. This is for them. 421 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:08,194 All right, pound cake, check. 422 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:11,098 One bake, one trip. 423 00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:13,700 Key lime pie, they're gonna have slightly different bake times 424 00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:15,202 so we're gonna watch this. 425 00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:16,868 There's only four teams today. 426 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:20,240 The tasting element is becoming a bigger and bigger part... 427 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:22,108 -[Shinmin] Yes. -...of what we consider. 428 00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:25,112 You know, just because these teams are so neck and neck. 429 00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:29,116 This is our vanilla panna cotta for our tasting element. 430 00:17:29,149 --> 00:17:32,219 This will be poured into my coconut chocolate shell. 431 00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:34,587 I am doing a vanilla panna cotta 432 00:17:34,621 --> 00:17:37,257 with a passion fruit, orange gelee, 433 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:40,760 with a raspberry fruit caviar brain, 434 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:43,130 topped with a dark chocolate shell. 435 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:46,032 For the gelee that's gonna be on top of the panna cotta, 436 00:17:46,133 --> 00:17:49,302 it's going to be equal part orange juice, equal part passion fruit. 437 00:17:49,336 --> 00:17:52,639 The most important thing of this challenge is to shape 438 00:17:52,672 --> 00:17:55,142 and have the same texture, like a brain. 439 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:58,211 So that's why I chose to make a fruit caviar. 440 00:17:58,245 --> 00:18:01,648 The caviar, it's going to be a raspberry puree. 441 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,016 And I'm gonna add some agar agar. 442 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,386 So, I froze the oil 443 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:11,491 so when I pipe the raspberry fruit caviar, it gets, like, solid. 444 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:15,362 She's making a raspberry brain, um, with agar agar. 445 00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:17,797 And the smart thing about that is agar agar sets 446 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,566 a lot more firm than a gelatin 447 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:22,869 so we're really gonna be able to retain that brain shape. 448 00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:25,238 -[Lisa] Does it look like brains? -[Lori] Oh, yeah. 449 00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:28,808 [Lisa] So, this next layer is passion fruit orange gelee. 450 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,977 And then you have the raspberry brains. 451 00:18:31,010 --> 00:18:32,345 [Dean] So that's gotta set up first. 452 00:18:32,379 --> 00:18:33,246 [Lisa] It's not gonna take too long. 453 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,648 It has enough agar agar. 454 00:18:35,682 --> 00:18:37,350 [Dean] Hurry up because I'm getting crabby. 455 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:39,219 [Lisa] Yeah, you're always crabby. 456 00:18:39,252 --> 00:18:40,420 [Jonathan] Three hours left. 457 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:41,788 Three hours left. 458 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:43,756 Oh, boy. 459 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:51,398 So, guys, I'm starting to dress our mommy zombie. 460 00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:53,833 -[Teresa] Okay. -[Elan] And I'm doing, like, 461 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,336 a little bit of draping on the top part. 462 00:18:56,369 --> 00:19:00,039 But it's the bottom that I'm, like, really gonna be the most focused on. 463 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:02,642 'Cause I really want that to just really bellow out 464 00:19:02,675 --> 00:19:05,778 and look as realistic as possible. 465 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:08,315 I'm gonna start the tasting element, so I've got to make the... 466 00:19:08,348 --> 00:19:10,483 -Yeah. -...sablee dough for the tart. 467 00:19:10,517 --> 00:19:13,119 Our tasting element will be a lemon tart 468 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:15,288 with a Earl Grey sablee crust, 469 00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:18,925 a strawberry gelee, and strawberry meringue brains. 470 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:23,230 I'm gonna steep the Earl Grey tea right into the cream. 471 00:19:23,230 --> 00:19:25,632 I don't want hot cream in the dough, obviously, 472 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:27,700 so I let it sit for two minutes. 473 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:31,103 Shinmin suggested a little flavor of the bergamot 474 00:19:31,137 --> 00:19:32,772 to go with the tea that we're serving today. 475 00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:36,543 A good sablee dough is not overworking it and using cake flour. 476 00:19:36,576 --> 00:19:38,678 'Cause when you use regular all-purpose flour, 477 00:19:38,711 --> 00:19:40,480 the gluten structure is really high, 478 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:43,283 so any time you add moisture to it, it gets tough. 479 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:45,352 And then, cut it when it's frozen. 480 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:48,488 In the freezer. 481 00:19:51,724 --> 00:19:53,760 [Vanessa] I'm piping some details on the arch. 482 00:19:54,561 --> 00:19:55,828 [Timmy] Get that on here in a minute. 483 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,664 [Vanessa] Give me two seconds, please. 484 00:19:57,697 --> 00:20:00,066 To create the archway, Vanessa is gonna hand pipe 485 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:03,470 some royal icing to create that wrought iron technique. 486 00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:04,871 -[Drew] You got it? Okay. -I do. 487 00:20:04,904 --> 00:20:06,005 Set it up there. 488 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:07,474 Easy, easy, easy. 489 00:20:07,507 --> 00:20:10,477 For the color scheme, we're going for very traditional New Orleans. 490 00:20:10,510 --> 00:20:13,646 The taupes and the browns and the greys. 491 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,847 Very muted. 492 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:16,549 All right. I think we're ready to rock, dude. 493 00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:19,586 I've got most of him done. 494 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:20,820 I'm gonna go ahead and add some ribs 495 00:20:20,853 --> 00:20:22,522 -and then do tons of airbrush and stuff. -[Vanessa] Yeah. 496 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,758 Mm-hm. Uh, I'm just gonna see if this is ready. 497 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:29,128 So, this is gonna be for the tasting element, brains. 498 00:20:31,298 --> 00:20:33,032 Oh, I can't unmold this thing now. 499 00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:41,240 Come on! 500 00:20:46,012 --> 00:20:47,514 -Oh, I can't unmold this ting now. -No? 501 00:20:47,547 --> 00:20:50,583 Time is ticking away, and I'm just so worried. 502 00:20:50,617 --> 00:20:51,784 We have to have a brain on this. 503 00:20:51,818 --> 00:20:53,920 And we're not sure why this is sticking. 504 00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:56,155 [Vanessa] I mean, chocolate is sensitive to temperature. 505 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:57,657 I had it next to my frying pan 506 00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:00,793 so I don't know if all the heat affected the chocolate. 507 00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:02,395 [Timmy] We don't want to spend too much time on this. 508 00:21:02,429 --> 00:21:03,763 I don't think that's gonna come out. 509 00:21:03,796 --> 00:21:05,465 Timmy's gonna do something different. 510 00:21:08,335 --> 00:21:12,004 I am getting ready to fill the skin cakes with the caramel. 511 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:13,873 We had so much trouble with those brain molds. 512 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:16,208 I'm just gonna scrap 'em, and we're gonna move on 513 00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:17,910 and just use the traditional icing. 514 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,179 So it's gonna look the same, 515 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:22,382 and it's gonna taste just like a king cake. 516 00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:24,551 I think it's much better than the brain mold 517 00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:28,120 because now you really truly are giving the judges 518 00:21:28,154 --> 00:21:30,357 -a true king cake. -[Timmy] That's right. 519 00:21:31,658 --> 00:21:32,759 [Nils] So what I'm gonna do here is 520 00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:34,260 I'm gonna get the pound cake cut out first 521 00:21:34,361 --> 00:21:36,429 so it can soften just a touch. 522 00:21:36,463 --> 00:21:38,431 I'm gonna get the key lime cut out. 523 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:40,567 Mm-hm, mm-hm, key lime is good. 524 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,970 I'm gonna brush a little strawberry puree on it. 525 00:21:44,003 --> 00:21:47,239 Put the skin side down on the key lime so it sticks, right? 526 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,141 Ah, yes. 527 00:21:49,175 --> 00:21:52,645 I unmold the mousse brains, right out of the mold. 528 00:21:52,679 --> 00:21:53,613 Oh. 529 00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,815 Coat it with a fresh strawberry puree. 530 00:21:55,848 --> 00:21:57,784 How does that look, Dennis? Does that look brainy? 531 00:21:57,817 --> 00:21:59,919 Oh, yeah, that looks brainy. Very good. 532 00:22:00,587 --> 00:22:01,854 Back to the freezer. 533 00:22:01,888 --> 00:22:02,855 Fridge. 534 00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:04,391 Fridge. We're going fridge. 535 00:22:04,391 --> 00:22:05,692 What are you doing, Dennis? 536 00:22:05,725 --> 00:22:08,528 [Dennis] I'm working on the bench. I'm trying to make pieces fit. 537 00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,731 I can make a nice pattern 538 00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:14,133 to cover up the cracks from the pumpkin 539 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,902 that's trying to fit them together, 540 00:22:15,935 --> 00:22:17,404 and hopefully get away with it. 541 00:22:17,404 --> 00:22:19,972 This part I might have to patch, though, right here. 542 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:22,041 I patch that, I can still do the grooves. 543 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:23,543 Make it a nice seat. 544 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,177 Well, what do you guys think of the bench? 545 00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:26,045 Oh. 546 00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:29,248 -That's cool. -Nice. 547 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:30,717 Now you just gotta paint it. 548 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,084 -Paint it. -Yup. 549 00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:35,722 [Corinda] I'm gonna do my best to give her a yucky, ugly face, 550 00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:39,426 but still keep it feminine. 551 00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:41,160 -[Dennis] Uh-huh. -[Corinda] How do you even combine 552 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:42,995 yucky ugly and feminine? 553 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:44,764 -Is that possible? -[Nils] That is a solid question 554 00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:46,265 that I don't know the answer to. 555 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,438 Okay, I am, if the isomalt gods are with me, 556 00:22:51,438 --> 00:22:52,672 going to make a surfboard. 557 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:53,940 These are silicon noodles. 558 00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:55,775 In order to get some really cool shapes, 559 00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:59,278 I discovered that if I use my sewing pins and pin them in place, 560 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:01,080 then I can get them to do what I want them to do. 561 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:02,682 [Dean] Don't worry, we're with you. 562 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,150 [Lisa] Yeah. I'm with you. 563 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:05,985 [Lori] Here it goes. 564 00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:07,286 [Lisa] Oh, boy, Lori. 565 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:08,655 That looks massive. 566 00:23:09,456 --> 00:23:10,723 [Lori] Surfboard is poured. 567 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:16,529 I've made zombies before, but not this size. 568 00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:19,098 When you gotta make things, like, half your size, 569 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:20,467 it's really difficult. 570 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:22,134 [Dean] You're gonna have time to help Lisa at all? 571 00:23:22,168 --> 00:23:23,369 -[Lori] Yeah. What do you need? -[Lisa] If you want, 572 00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:25,371 -you can put the leis on this guy. -[Lisa] Okay, great. 573 00:23:25,472 --> 00:23:26,806 Two hours to go! 574 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:29,809 Just wanna get this radio done 575 00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:32,679 so I can dry dust it. 576 00:23:32,712 --> 00:23:35,014 Okay, Elan, I'm ready. You ready for the radio? 577 00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:36,182 [Elan] Yeah. 578 00:23:36,215 --> 00:23:38,885 Right now, I am trying to bust out these zombie heads 579 00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:41,521 'cause we don't want to be waiting till the last minute 580 00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:43,656 to get all this pumpkin painted. 581 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:46,192 They are gonna be watching themselves dance. 582 00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:48,327 My son and I love to dance together. 583 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,062 It's actually one of our favorite things to do. 584 00:23:50,096 --> 00:23:52,131 I really hope it's a nice mother and son moment, 585 00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:54,200 dancing together and enjoying treats. 586 00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:56,536 Elan, how are we looking? 587 00:23:56,569 --> 00:23:58,505 [Elan] Depending on, like, where everyone's at, 588 00:23:58,538 --> 00:23:59,739 'cause if we need help, Kristina, 589 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,574 -you might have to jump over for this. -[Kristina] Yeah. 590 00:24:03,342 --> 00:24:06,145 I'm learning how to thread rice paper 591 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:09,048 to make a floral piece for our design. 592 00:24:09,081 --> 00:24:12,118 I knew we had a lot to do so I made sure I had my stuff done. 593 00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:14,521 We're using dental floss to string this garland. 594 00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:17,123 I would never have thought, ever, I would be doing this. 595 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:19,959 [Vanessa] Look at you. Wow! 596 00:24:19,992 --> 00:24:21,260 -It can be better, but-- -Good job! 597 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:22,629 It looks fantastic. 598 00:24:22,662 --> 00:24:23,796 [Drew] Careful. 599 00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:26,533 Step back, have a look. 600 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:28,334 -Scissors. -[Drew] Preach. 601 00:24:32,338 --> 00:24:34,707 -[Drew] Yeah, there, that is-- -Once you get that airbrushed, that's gonna look great. 602 00:24:35,775 --> 00:24:37,176 What, what I want to do... 603 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:38,244 Listen. Listen to me. 604 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:39,411 What I want you to do... 605 00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:40,613 [gasps] 606 00:24:40,647 --> 00:24:42,114 -[Drew] Is do another one. -[Timmy] ...is do another one. 607 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:44,551 [Timmy] I'll clean that. 608 00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:46,686 [Dean] Since they're zombies and they eat brains and 609 00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:50,623 human flesh and stuff, we're thinking about doing a head... 610 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,458 on the spit. 611 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,360 On the Clown Challenge. 612 00:24:54,393 --> 00:24:56,863 Aarti and Shinmin liked the victim's face. 613 00:24:56,896 --> 00:25:00,366 So I'm trying to up the game from that, but time's ticking, so, uh, 614 00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:02,334 we'll see what we get done here. 615 00:25:02,368 --> 00:25:04,270 Did you see that second character from Lisa? 616 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:06,372 [Aarti] Yes. Oh, my gosh, I love it. 617 00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:08,374 She is dancing, she's grooving. 618 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:11,077 There's this really lyrical movement to her body. 619 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:13,079 [Aarti] Sweet Lunatics manages to do... 620 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:14,847 grand scale really well, 621 00:25:14,881 --> 00:25:16,749 and teeny tiny details really well. 622 00:25:16,783 --> 00:25:18,217 You think about the swamp, 623 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:21,420 you know, they created these massive beautiful trees, 624 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:23,389 and then the teeny tiny splash, 625 00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:24,957 that was coming off of the jet ski. 626 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:26,759 We're seeing the same thing repeated today. 627 00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:29,095 [Lisa] Oh, do you have one of those leis I could use? 628 00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:30,462 I'll use it as my bikini. 629 00:25:30,496 --> 00:25:31,898 -Oh, yeah. -Oh, bikini top. 630 00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:33,365 Like a bikini top. 631 00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:35,968 I'm gonna pour some records real quick. Here we go. 632 00:25:36,002 --> 00:25:39,038 I'm just pouring black in, but then I'm gonna take my sugar pump, heat it up, 633 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:40,239 and pop it right through the middle. 634 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:41,841 So that they'll be a record. 635 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,243 Then we're gonna come back with an icing sheet, make the interior part white. 636 00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,047 [Corinda] I'm making a pink poodle skirt, 637 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,616 'cause, I mean, what are the 50s 638 00:25:49,616 --> 00:25:51,751 without a pink poodle skirt? 639 00:25:53,753 --> 00:25:55,087 And... 640 00:25:55,121 --> 00:25:57,156 her skirt's gonna be tattered. 641 00:25:57,189 --> 00:25:58,658 [Nils] Dennis is having fun again. 642 00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:00,092 [Dennis] It wasn't there for a while, 643 00:26:00,126 --> 00:26:01,628 but I am now. 644 00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:02,862 [Jonathan] You have one hour. 645 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:05,698 So the, um, bread, 646 00:26:05,732 --> 00:26:08,067 is actually just vanilla cake. 647 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,737 The tongue itself is the modelling chocolate. 648 00:26:10,770 --> 00:26:12,204 This is a tea party, 649 00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:15,007 and what is a tea party without, one, the tea, and, two... 650 00:26:15,041 --> 00:26:16,408 the little tea sandwiches. 651 00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:18,144 And Elan, 652 00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:20,446 She made tongue sandwiches, guys. 653 00:26:21,047 --> 00:26:22,749 [Elan] And to make lettuce 654 00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:25,084 that I'm putting together, it's just wafer paper. 655 00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:28,054 And I'm brushing that with, um, 656 00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:30,356 some petal dush and a little bit of canola oil. 657 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:32,558 [Aarti] This is usually the point for this team, 658 00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:34,727 where they're all hands on deck on the design, 659 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:36,528 and that's not happening right now. 660 00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:38,130 -[Elan] It's a tongue sandwich. -[Teresa] Yes. 661 00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:43,235 I need help deciding on where the... layout is. 662 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:46,338 Do you want the fire between them, or do you want it, uh... 663 00:26:46,372 --> 00:26:47,539 [Lisa] Between them. 664 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:49,842 -[Dean] She wanted fire in the middle? -[Lisa] Yeah. 665 00:26:49,876 --> 00:26:50,743 [Lisa] Dean, I'm coming. 666 00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:52,979 [Dean] Do you need to paint her anymore? 667 00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:54,413 -Do you want to paint her over there? -I'm gonna airbrush her. 668 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:55,748 -[Dean] You're gonna airbrush her over here? -Yeah. 669 00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:57,884 Oh, God, Lisa. That skirt looks so cute! 670 00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:01,788 I'm gonna put some brain on him as soon as I... 671 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:03,255 -Oh. -[chuckles] This was... 672 00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:04,123 [Dean] Over here. 673 00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:07,259 Before we do the floor, 674 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,360 we gotta have everything in place. 675 00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,830 [Lisa] Should I put it on now, or later? 676 00:27:10,863 --> 00:27:12,598 -[Dean] What, what, what? -[Lisa] This. 677 00:27:12,699 --> 00:27:14,200 -[Dean] Where's it going? -The tasting on top. 678 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:15,067 [Dean] Oh, yeah. Keep... 679 00:27:15,534 --> 00:27:16,368 Keep a couple out. 680 00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:18,905 Don't waste too much time on that. 681 00:27:20,072 --> 00:27:21,841 Need some more graham cracker crumbs over here. 682 00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,042 -Okay. I just... -[Lori] Be careful. Be careful. 683 00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:24,711 There's plenty around there. Just move 'em. 684 00:27:24,711 --> 00:27:26,445 You just gotta take 'em from there. 685 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:27,980 Just, let's get the surfboard. 686 00:27:29,515 --> 00:27:30,883 -[Lisa gasps] -[Dean gasps] 687 00:27:30,917 --> 00:27:32,551 [Aarti] Oh, no. 688 00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:37,589 [gasps] 689 00:27:37,623 --> 00:27:40,092 [Aarti] Oh, no. The surfboard broke. 690 00:27:42,829 --> 00:27:43,830 Don't know if we're gonna have it, guys. 691 00:27:44,931 --> 00:27:45,865 -[Lisa] Why? -[Lori] It just snapped. 692 00:27:46,632 --> 00:27:48,300 It's really hard with big pieces. 693 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:49,936 I'm gonna see if I can get it... 694 00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:51,337 -...to sit together though. -[Dean] We can lay it sideways 695 00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:52,404 this way... 696 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:53,773 up against the... hut. 697 00:27:54,974 --> 00:27:57,109 Fifteen minutes to go. Let's go. 698 00:27:57,143 --> 00:27:59,078 [Dean] Fifteen minutes. Come on, let's get it done. 699 00:27:59,111 --> 00:28:02,581 [Lori] We gotta let this cool, and then, hopefully, be able to move it in one piece. 700 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:05,752 -[Kristina] I can finish painting on the board. -Okay. 701 00:28:05,752 --> 00:28:07,053 [Kristina] Behind, behind, behind. 702 00:28:07,086 --> 00:28:09,555 It's gonna be really, really, really important 703 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:12,091 for me to match the color of these zombies, 704 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:14,093 to the color that Elan has already done 705 00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:15,762 on her mommy zombie. 706 00:28:15,795 --> 00:28:18,030 Here. Let me take over so you can do finishing touches. 707 00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:20,767 [Nils] It's good. Perfect. 708 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:21,934 What do you think? Like this? 709 00:28:21,968 --> 00:28:23,770 [Nils] I would say if we can get it further up, 710 00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:25,304 'cause I'm gonna drop a record there and there. 711 00:28:25,772 --> 00:28:26,572 Heads up. 712 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:28,775 [Corinda] Where are you guys thinking? 713 00:28:28,808 --> 00:28:29,776 [Nils] Like, right here. 714 00:28:29,776 --> 00:28:30,609 Good. 715 00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:33,679 Welcome to the fun, baby. 716 00:28:33,780 --> 00:28:36,415 Vanessa's gonna make some chocolate Mardi Gras beads. 717 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:39,018 And then she can melt those and attach them together 718 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:41,120 and sprinkle them with sanding sugar, 719 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:42,922 to create some glittery effect. 720 00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:44,791 And voila. 721 00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:46,558 -[Vanessa] You wanted the greens? -[Timmy] Okay. 722 00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:49,261 [Vanessa] We... we need to get this done, like, yesterday. 723 00:28:50,629 --> 00:28:52,799 [Nils] So what I'm thinking is, we're just gonna take this, 724 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:54,633 and we'll just... 725 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:56,468 I feel like if I just push it, it'll, like, be a little more natural. 726 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:57,904 All right. Ready? 727 00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:00,239 -[exhales] -[Dennis] Oh. Aw. 728 00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:01,440 [Corinda] So sad. 729 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:02,441 [Nils] Oh, that landed right. 730 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:04,110 [Corinda] Do you think we need a poster? 731 00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:06,278 Just make one up. If it looks good, we can. 732 00:29:06,312 --> 00:29:07,914 Instead of, like, Taco Tuesday, 733 00:29:08,815 --> 00:29:11,117 -you can do, like... -Frontal Lobe... 734 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:12,484 -...Friday. -[Corinda] Frontal Lobe Friday. 735 00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:13,352 [Nils] Yeah. 736 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:17,656 [Teresa] Meringue is a little flat, because the powder, 737 00:29:17,689 --> 00:29:19,658 but I, kind of, wanted the power flavor, 738 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,060 so I took the hit. 739 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:22,694 They're looking a little oozy. 740 00:29:22,728 --> 00:29:24,964 Unfortunately, the powdered strawberry, 741 00:29:24,997 --> 00:29:27,834 didn't mix very well with Teresa's egg whites. 742 00:29:27,834 --> 00:29:30,336 But at this point, there is nothing we can do. 743 00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:31,703 [Teresa] Placing our tasting elements. 744 00:29:32,071 --> 00:29:33,472 Perfect. 745 00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:34,640 [Jonathan] Five minutes remain. 746 00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:36,642 [Dean] We gotta go, guys. We gotta go. We gotta move. 747 00:29:36,675 --> 00:29:38,244 -Move, move. -[Lisa] We gotta hurry. 748 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:39,345 There goes the surfboard. 749 00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:40,746 -[Shinmin] Oh, no. Oh, gosh. -[Aarti] Oh. Oh, okay. 750 00:29:40,847 --> 00:29:42,381 [Aarti] Oh, my gosh. 751 00:29:42,414 --> 00:29:44,316 -[Aarti] Lori's not breathing. -[Shinmin] She's a nervous wreck. 752 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:45,852 She's not breathing. Oh, gosh. 753 00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:47,854 Really delicately. 754 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:50,857 Is it on? 755 00:29:50,857 --> 00:29:51,723 [Dean] Lean it right. 756 00:29:51,757 --> 00:29:52,925 I'm like, "Ooh!" 757 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,929 -I'm afraid leaning it, it's gonna... -[Dean] That's good. 758 00:29:56,963 --> 00:29:58,697 If it's there, it's there. 759 00:29:58,730 --> 00:30:01,267 -And it adds that pop of color. -[Aarti] Yeah. Okay. 760 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,234 See, they needed it. 761 00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:03,735 -That's amazing. -It looks ding-dang good. 762 00:30:03,769 --> 00:30:04,603 [Aarti] It's amazing. 763 00:30:05,237 --> 00:30:06,572 Can I just slide it? 764 00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:08,107 -Ready? What else? -Uh-huh. 765 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:10,609 [Kristina] Any extra detail you can think of. 766 00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:13,079 -[Jonathan] Okay. -W-what? 767 00:30:13,112 --> 00:30:14,013 -Ooh. -[Jonathan] Huh. 768 00:30:14,046 --> 00:30:15,414 Oh, my gosh. 769 00:30:15,447 --> 00:30:17,683 [Nils] Dennis, I need your tall arms. 770 00:30:17,716 --> 00:30:18,750 -[Nils] Top one. Top one. -[Aarti] It's moving. 771 00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:20,519 -Why are you doing that? -[Shinmin] Uh-uh. 772 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,088 -[Nils] Okay. Okay. -[Shinmin] I'm not mad at it, 773 00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:23,755 now that they didn't knock anything over, 774 00:30:23,789 --> 00:30:25,457 but it wouldn't have been worse if they did. 775 00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:26,492 [Jonathan] It looks good. 776 00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:28,227 All right. I'mma get the tasting element ready. 777 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:31,597 [Corinda] Gosh. 778 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:33,900 [Dean] One of those secrets I have is... 779 00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:35,367 pull away the skin, 780 00:30:35,401 --> 00:30:36,468 from some section, 781 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:38,104 leave the skin in another section. 782 00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:41,607 And you get a two-toned variant color, painting it one time. 783 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,875 [Lisa] That looks cool. 784 00:30:42,909 --> 00:30:44,944 [Dean] So it gives you that different variation of color. 785 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:47,213 [Timmy] Come on, guys. Put everything in. 786 00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:49,281 I really wanna get to the final three. Come on. 787 00:30:49,315 --> 00:30:50,282 Thirty seconds. 788 00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:52,251 -Last minute touches. -We got it. We got it. 789 00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:53,319 Go. Go. Go. 790 00:30:54,020 --> 00:30:55,421 [Lisa] Hurry, Dean. Hurry. 791 00:30:55,454 --> 00:30:56,555 [Nils] I love that we can see the ribs, 792 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:58,390 and there's some blood and guts. 793 00:30:58,424 --> 00:30:59,591 [Vanessa] On the other one, too. 794 00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:00,927 -[Drew] I'm coming. I'm coming. -[Teresa] Do it. 795 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,361 Just do it. 796 00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:03,629 -[Elan] You hate getting dirty. -[Teresa] I know. 797 00:31:03,662 --> 00:31:05,932 It's okay, I'll look away. 798 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:07,799 -Ten, nine... -[Teresa] Okay, you guys. We're almost there. 799 00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:09,668 -Push, push, push. We gotta go. We gotta go. -[Jonathan] eight, seven, 800 00:31:10,269 --> 00:31:11,770 six, five... 801 00:31:12,238 --> 00:31:13,940 four, three... 802 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,208 two, one. 803 00:31:17,109 --> 00:31:18,644 Hands off your displays. 804 00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:20,947 Good job, everyone. 805 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:22,949 [Timmy] Oh, my gosh. 806 00:31:25,051 --> 00:31:26,852 -That come out. -We worked hard. We did it. 807 00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:32,391 [Lori] Aloha, from Lunatic lounge. 808 00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:34,160 Tired of trolling the beaches 809 00:31:34,193 --> 00:31:36,562 for brains, the zombies are having a Hawaiian Luau, 810 00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:38,530 including a head on the spit. 811 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:40,399 [Aarti sighs] 812 00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:42,701 [Lori] And some tropical delicious treats for you. 813 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:43,702 Aarti, 814 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,972 I know I wouldn't be safe at this party. 815 00:31:45,972 --> 00:31:48,374 My head would be on that spit if I was there. 816 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,076 And yet, I still wanna go. 817 00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:52,511 There's a quality to your zombies 818 00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:55,781 that feels like they are continuing to rot, right. 819 00:31:55,814 --> 00:31:59,218 Like, these eyes are still there, she's lost one. God bless. 820 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:00,119 Dean, that face, 821 00:32:00,152 --> 00:32:01,687 it's so gorgeous 822 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,323 that I wish you'd maybe pushed it into the back a little bit, 823 00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:08,094 'cause it's stealing focus from the zombies, and it's a zombie party. 824 00:32:08,127 --> 00:32:11,430 -Shinmin. -It is so clear where we are at right now, 825 00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:12,331 and I love that. 826 00:32:12,364 --> 00:32:14,800 I also love these trees. 827 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:17,003 The fact that you used that white pumpkin, 828 00:32:17,003 --> 00:32:20,006 you get this natural shading. And the gloss, 829 00:32:20,006 --> 00:32:22,608 that is just so beautiful to look at. 830 00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:23,709 Tell us about your tasting element. 831 00:32:23,742 --> 00:32:25,511 So for your tasting, I made... 832 00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:28,014 a vanilla panna cotta with a... 833 00:32:28,014 --> 00:32:29,648 passionfruit orange gelee, 834 00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:31,717 topped it with a raspberry brain, 835 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:34,386 in a... [chuckles] ...dark chocolate shell. 836 00:32:35,154 --> 00:32:36,688 Oh, my God. 837 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:38,457 Wow. 838 00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:40,192 Your brains are delicious, Lisa. 839 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:45,297 I love the first thing that I smelled was that passionfruit, 840 00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:48,034 which is so appropriate for being in Hawaii. 841 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:51,337 And it's so smart to pair it with that vanilla panna cotta, 842 00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:53,039 but the chocolate, kind of, takes over, 843 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:55,474 'cause it's a very strong flavor and everything else here 844 00:32:55,507 --> 00:32:57,043 is, oh, so delicate. 845 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:59,045 So I, kind of, wish it was maybe white chocolate, 846 00:32:59,078 --> 00:33:01,647 -so it wouldn't interfere so much. -Okay. Yeah. 847 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,216 The panna cotta is my absolute favorite part of it. 848 00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:06,818 It's a little bit silky, it's a little bit jiggly, 849 00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:08,820 and it's perfectly balanced. 850 00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:10,122 And then the strawberry agar, 851 00:33:10,156 --> 00:33:11,323 which I really, really love. 852 00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:13,625 I wish that you had piped it on a little bit thinner, 853 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,927 so we'd get more of the appearance of a brain. 854 00:33:15,961 --> 00:33:17,429 You, Sweet Lunatics. 855 00:33:18,097 --> 00:33:19,465 Thank you so much. 856 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:20,432 -[Dean] Thanks. -[Lisa] Thank you. 857 00:33:23,935 --> 00:33:27,473 [Elan] Mildred and her son, R.I. Pete, 858 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:31,443 are hosting their annual mother-son garden party dance. 859 00:33:31,477 --> 00:33:34,113 Heads will roll and bodies will rock... 860 00:33:34,146 --> 00:33:36,982 as they... [chuckles] ...enjoy Earl Grey tea, 861 00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:38,584 and tongue sandwiches. 862 00:33:38,617 --> 00:33:39,485 [Jonathan] Aarti. 863 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:41,753 Elan, that backdrop, 864 00:33:41,787 --> 00:33:44,490 we couldn't breathe while we were watching you paint it. 865 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:45,657 Thank you, guys. 866 00:33:45,691 --> 00:33:47,159 You were using buttercream, 867 00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:50,329 but it may as well have be oil paint. It looks the same. 868 00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:51,830 Your design... 869 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,932 just pulls me into an art museum. 870 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:55,534 And then, Kristina, 871 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:58,704 you matched that same aesthetic with this little boy. 872 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:02,708 You took almost the entire time to do it and that was a risk. 873 00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:04,676 I do think that it paid off. 874 00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:05,911 -Thank you. -[Aarti] The way that you left 875 00:34:05,944 --> 00:34:07,746 some of the innards on there, 876 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:12,016 to make it look like he was actually disintegrating as he's dancing, 877 00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:14,620 is just so powerful. 878 00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:16,688 And then when I come down to the head, 879 00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:18,456 I feel like they don't quite match. 880 00:34:20,126 --> 00:34:21,860 They, sort of, look a little cartoon-y, 881 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:25,864 compared to this fine art painting that I see in the rest of it. 882 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,032 -[Jonathan] Shinmin. -[Shinmin] Kristina, 883 00:34:27,132 --> 00:34:28,766 you used this wrapping technique 884 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,302 that I've never really seen before. 885 00:34:30,335 --> 00:34:33,304 And that's more like cake building, where we layer upon layer 886 00:34:33,339 --> 00:34:36,141 to create that contrast and the textures. So... 887 00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:39,311 I love that you think really outside the box as a pumpkin carver. 888 00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:42,414 It's really gorgeous details all over this thing. 889 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:45,050 The little teacups, Teresa, are just... 890 00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:47,286 so beautiful. They look like china. 891 00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:49,221 Just exquisite. 892 00:34:49,255 --> 00:34:50,989 What are we tasting today? 893 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:53,425 We have our... our brain tart. 894 00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:56,228 It's got a beautiful sablee crust, 895 00:34:56,262 --> 00:34:58,430 with a strawberry gelee insert. 896 00:34:58,464 --> 00:35:00,799 A lemon curd with that strawberry meringue on top. 897 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,834 And I also listened to your advice. 898 00:35:02,868 --> 00:35:05,771 And I put, uh, little bergamot in the pastry. 899 00:35:06,071 --> 00:35:07,173 Aarti. 900 00:35:07,173 --> 00:35:09,541 That topping, you want it to look like brains. 901 00:35:11,177 --> 00:35:12,678 You and I both know 902 00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:13,712 ain't no brains look like that. 903 00:35:19,285 --> 00:35:21,353 The top of the tasting just doesn't look like brains. 904 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:22,754 Yes. 905 00:35:23,489 --> 00:35:25,391 Honestly, the meringue... 906 00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:27,193 Once I put in the strawberry powder, 907 00:35:27,193 --> 00:35:28,194 I just looked in there, 908 00:35:28,194 --> 00:35:29,828 -and I was like... [gasps] -Oh! 909 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:31,330 I didn't realize it had a little fat. 910 00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:36,435 Luckily for you, the inside is my favorite part. 911 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:37,803 Oh, nice. 912 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:41,340 [Aarti] This dessert totally makes sense against this backdrop. 913 00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:44,109 This is a tea party tasting element. 914 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:45,811 Mildred would love this. 915 00:35:45,844 --> 00:35:48,314 A little bit of that bitterness from the tea, 916 00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:50,949 paired with that citrus as well, the bergamot, 917 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,684 just works so well in the crust. 918 00:35:52,718 --> 00:35:54,353 It , sort of, holds the whole thing together. 919 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:55,821 [Jonathan] Spice Ghouls, 920 00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:57,323 good job. 921 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:02,528 Those brains, I was dying. 922 00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:04,230 I know. I know. I know. 923 00:36:06,798 --> 00:36:09,401 [Timmy] Today we have for you the biggest street 924 00:36:09,435 --> 00:36:11,036 zombie dance party around, 925 00:36:11,069 --> 00:36:12,070 Zombie Gras. 926 00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:14,606 We have a zombie grand marshal, 927 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,109 and a zombie street performer dancing on stilts. 928 00:36:18,143 --> 00:36:20,779 And no Zombie Gras would be complete without... 929 00:36:20,812 --> 00:36:23,782 a spectator leaning out of the brainery, 930 00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:25,150 tossing beads into the street. 931 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,319 -Aarti. -[Aarti] So, 932 00:36:27,353 --> 00:36:31,423 I just have to applaud you on how much you've filled up the base this time. 933 00:36:31,457 --> 00:36:33,925 You also achieved height, 934 00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:36,395 and this feeling of movement, 935 00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:39,431 simply by my eyeball having to move across. 936 00:36:39,465 --> 00:36:42,033 Timmy, when you were creating your zombies, 937 00:36:42,067 --> 00:36:43,435 they were so perfect. 938 00:36:43,469 --> 00:36:46,272 And I was like, "Please, go in there and destroy your darlings." 939 00:36:46,272 --> 00:36:47,273 And you did. 940 00:36:47,273 --> 00:36:49,275 You went in there and you hacked at them, 941 00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:51,142 and you showed us bone and tatted clothes, 942 00:36:51,176 --> 00:36:54,880 which is what we have come to expect from our zombie friends. 943 00:36:54,913 --> 00:36:56,282 -Hmm-mmm. -[Aarti] I think for me, 944 00:36:56,282 --> 00:36:57,383 the issue is... 945 00:36:57,416 --> 00:36:59,818 the color that you chose for your building, 946 00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:03,355 it's almost too similar, sort of, in the same palette. 947 00:37:03,389 --> 00:37:04,990 I think if you had... 948 00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:06,292 added some shadow, 949 00:37:06,292 --> 00:37:08,460 maybe chosen a deeper color, 950 00:37:08,494 --> 00:37:11,697 I think that would've set your characters off even more. 951 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,299 These colors would really pop. 952 00:37:13,999 --> 00:37:14,866 [Jonathan] Shinmin. 953 00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:17,669 The pumpkin faces by Drew are... 954 00:37:17,703 --> 00:37:19,204 -absolutely amazing. -[Drew] Thank you. 955 00:37:19,305 --> 00:37:21,307 [Shinmin] You just really know how to get in there, 956 00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:25,477 and carve out details that represent themselves with almost no color added. 957 00:37:25,511 --> 00:37:27,679 All of your skills, I really wanna applaud you, 958 00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:29,548 but overall... 959 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:33,018 a little lost in your story, because of poor color choice. 960 00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:35,521 So what brains are you serving us tonight? 961 00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:36,888 So today we did... 962 00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:38,657 a mini king cake. 963 00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:40,492 We have a yeasted dough, 964 00:37:40,526 --> 00:37:43,562 with brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans inside. 965 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:46,365 We did a salted bourbon caramel filling, 966 00:37:46,398 --> 00:37:48,166 and royal icing on top. 967 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:49,735 Shinmin, what did you think? 968 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:51,603 [Shinmin] Vanessa, I noticed that... 969 00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:54,540 you did the brain topping a second time. 970 00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:56,375 Uh, actually that was... Timmy. 971 00:37:56,408 --> 00:37:57,709 -Timmy, you did this by hand? -[Timmy] Yes. 972 00:37:57,743 --> 00:37:59,611 -Hmm-mmm. -[Shinmin] So you piped on the royal icing? 973 00:37:59,645 --> 00:38:01,780 -[Timmy] Hmm-mmm. -[Shinmin] It looks just like a brain. 974 00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:03,148 -Thank you. -[Shinmin] What I also love... 975 00:38:03,181 --> 00:38:06,017 is because you have this really ooey-gooey caramel center. 976 00:38:06,051 --> 00:38:07,919 It also has that, kind of, gooeyness, 977 00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:10,989 that we would expect the brain texture to be like. 978 00:38:11,022 --> 00:38:12,691 It's a little too close to home, actually... 979 00:38:12,724 --> 00:38:14,626 in terms of texture. 980 00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:16,194 I echo what Shinmin said. 981 00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:19,030 It looks just like a brain, you weirdo. 982 00:38:20,666 --> 00:38:23,369 For me, I think that whole thing is eating really sweet. 983 00:38:23,369 --> 00:38:26,004 -Yes. -And that probably because of the royal icing. 984 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:28,540 -It's just a lot of sugar. -Okay. 985 00:38:28,574 --> 00:38:29,775 Pumpkin Up the Volume, 986 00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:30,876 thank you so much. 987 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:31,843 -Thank you. -Thank you, guys. 988 00:38:31,877 --> 00:38:32,711 [Timmy] Thank you. 989 00:38:35,481 --> 00:38:36,648 [Corinda] Our zombies here, 990 00:38:36,682 --> 00:38:39,117 nearly twist and shout themselves to death 991 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,887 every Frontal Lobe Friday. 992 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,855 Their sock hop includes... 993 00:38:43,889 --> 00:38:46,124 their ice cream, which they did not want the ice cream. 994 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:47,993 So they threw it off of the table, 995 00:38:48,026 --> 00:38:50,429 and they decided they wanted their brains instead. 996 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:52,998 "Frontal Lobe Fridays?" 997 00:38:53,031 --> 00:38:55,200 I love that. I love that you created this 998 00:38:55,233 --> 00:38:58,570 really velvety finish on this pumpkin booth 999 00:38:58,604 --> 00:39:00,038 that looks super believable. 1000 00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:01,840 And the fact that you just threw 1001 00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:03,909 this ice cream sundae on the floor, 1002 00:39:03,942 --> 00:39:05,744 it really adds to the whole story. 1003 00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:08,146 It looks like they literally danced their limbs off, 1004 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:10,982 and they were bumping into furniture and just knocking stuff down. 1005 00:39:11,016 --> 00:39:13,919 Now I know that they're zombies, they are undead. 1006 00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:16,855 But there's just something a little lifeless about... 1007 00:39:17,423 --> 00:39:18,289 the expression. 1008 00:39:18,323 --> 00:39:20,058 Perhaps, like, even a snarl 1009 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:23,829 like, a curling of the lips to express some, sort of, personality. 1010 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:24,796 -Okay. -[Aarti] Corinda, 1011 00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:27,799 you are so good at capturing fabric. 1012 00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:30,602 Those jeans are picture perfect. 1013 00:39:30,636 --> 00:39:32,604 And I love that they're even cuffed. 1014 00:39:32,638 --> 00:39:35,306 -I saw what they did back there. -Yeah. 1015 00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:37,108 Dennis, I love your guitar. 1016 00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:39,445 And, um, one last thing, 1017 00:39:39,445 --> 00:39:41,680 I love the color that you chose for the background. 1018 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:44,516 But it matches so much their skin tone 1019 00:39:44,550 --> 00:39:46,117 -that it doesn't set them off. -Okay. 1020 00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:48,253 And that's something that I know about you guys 1021 00:39:48,286 --> 00:39:50,288 is that you use these really rich 1022 00:39:50,321 --> 00:39:53,091 background colors to really set your characters off. 1023 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:54,526 And that's what I was looking for here. 1024 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,361 -Okay. -What are we eating today? 1025 00:39:56,462 --> 00:39:58,597 So the special for this Friday is... 1026 00:39:58,630 --> 00:39:59,965 Florida man brain. 1027 00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:02,033 So the bottom layer is key lime pie, with a graham cracker crust. 1028 00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:05,136 There's a layer of pound cake, brushed with strawberry puree. 1029 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:08,974 And that is an orange zest vanilla white chocolate mousse piped into molds 1030 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:10,341 to look like brains. 1031 00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:13,612 And then just on top, our crunchy memories they've had. 1032 00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:15,514 Pop of texture in there for you. 1033 00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:17,983 Nils, I think I was a little skeptical 1034 00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:21,352 about the pound cake weighing the whole thing down. 1035 00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:23,689 But that key lime pie filling 1036 00:40:23,722 --> 00:40:27,392 has so much personality and structure to it 1037 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,028 that it really stands up against that pound cake. 1038 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,296 I will never forget this dessert. 1039 00:40:31,329 --> 00:40:32,998 It's incredible. 1040 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:36,301 What I really love best, is that last minute crunch that we get 1041 00:40:36,334 --> 00:40:38,369 from the little pop crunches on top. 1042 00:40:38,403 --> 00:40:39,538 The only thing, 1043 00:40:39,571 --> 00:40:42,808 the piped top where you're expressing the brain, 1044 00:40:42,841 --> 00:40:45,076 looks a little more like spaghetti, 1045 00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:46,712 as opposed to brain. 1046 00:40:46,745 --> 00:40:47,579 Trick or Sweet, 1047 00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:49,014 they think... 1048 00:40:49,715 --> 00:40:50,549 you did a good job. 1049 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:54,185 Teams, 1050 00:40:54,219 --> 00:40:56,588 you all strutted your stuff out there 1051 00:40:56,622 --> 00:40:58,824 and delivered some amazing work. 1052 00:40:58,857 --> 00:41:00,659 There's a lot at stake. 1053 00:41:00,692 --> 00:41:01,593 A spot... 1054 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,328 in the semi-final. 1055 00:41:04,530 --> 00:41:07,365 The team going home tonight is... 1056 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,340 Pumkin up the Volume. 1057 00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:18,577 I'm sorry, but we're gonna have to say goodbye. 1058 00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:21,913 The judges felt that your story was a bit muddled, 1059 00:41:21,947 --> 00:41:24,049 and your tasting element was just too sweet. 1060 00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:26,818 [whispering] Thank you. 1061 00:41:27,653 --> 00:41:29,154 [Timmy] I am devastated. 1062 00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:32,558 I really feel like we created a piece that was good enough to keep us here. 1063 00:41:32,558 --> 00:41:34,793 I think Pumpkin Up the Volume really grew, 1064 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:37,462 because we went home and we were able to come back, 1065 00:41:37,563 --> 00:41:40,832 and really show great pieces of work, and 1066 00:41:40,866 --> 00:41:42,568 we're really proud of everything we did. 1067 00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:44,335 Congratulations. 1068 00:41:44,369 --> 00:41:47,372 You three teams have made it to the semi-finals. 1069 00:41:47,405 --> 00:41:49,140 And judging by what we saw tonight, 1070 00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:51,810 it is going to be a tough competition. 1071 00:41:52,678 --> 00:41:54,646 So get some rest. 1072 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,148 [Jonathan] Next time on Halloween Wars... 1073 00:41:57,182 --> 00:41:58,383 We're not playing it safe today. 1074 00:41:58,416 --> 00:42:00,351 This is hell on earth for a vampire. 1075 00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:02,353 [Jonathan] We have a killer time. 1076 00:42:02,387 --> 00:42:03,589 [Elan] Oh, this is a big boy. 1077 00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:04,790 [Kristina] Damn. 1078 00:42:04,823 --> 00:42:06,457 I'm going as fast as I can. 1079 00:42:06,491 --> 00:42:07,926 Not fast enough. Go faster. 1080 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:09,460 [Lisa] Oh, I wanna go pet it. 1081 00:42:09,494 --> 00:42:10,328 Ah!