1 00:00:01,344 --> 00:00:05,241 Are you ready for the main event? 2 00:00:05,275 --> 00:00:08,137 [Jonathan Bennett] With a $25,000 grand prize on the line... 3 00:00:08,172 --> 00:00:09,620 [Kristina] Oh, this is a big boy. 4 00:00:09,655 --> 00:00:11,482 [Bennett] ...there's never been more at stake 5 00:00:11,517 --> 00:00:13,689 for our three remaining semi-finalists. 6 00:00:13,724 --> 00:00:15,379 I'm going as fast as I can. 7 00:00:15,413 --> 00:00:17,068 Not fast enough. Go faster. 8 00:00:17,103 --> 00:00:19,620 [Bennett] Tonight, the Small Scare has returned. 9 00:00:19,655 --> 00:00:22,310 -Ooh, I just got the heebie-jeebies. -[Shinmin Li] Wow. 10 00:00:22,344 --> 00:00:23,620 [Bennett] And these three teams 11 00:00:23,655 --> 00:00:26,034 face their toughest flavor challenge yet. 12 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:27,344 I think it needs more garlic. 13 00:00:27,379 --> 00:00:29,689 Whoa. What's happening? 14 00:00:29,724 --> 00:00:31,965 [Bennett] Which two will make it out alive... 15 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,724 [Teresa] That looks disgusting. I love it. 16 00:00:33,758 --> 00:00:36,517 [Bennett] ...and into the finale? 17 00:00:36,551 --> 00:00:40,137 Halloween Wars starts now. 18 00:00:40,172 --> 00:00:42,103 [spooky instrumental music] 19 00:00:43,862 --> 00:00:48,862 You are the final three teams left in this spooky setting of ours. 20 00:00:48,896 --> 00:00:51,172 [all cheering] 21 00:00:51,206 --> 00:00:56,172 To get into the finale, you'll face two separate challenges today. 22 00:00:56,206 --> 00:00:59,793 So, in round one, we want you to imagine a new weapon 23 00:00:59,827 --> 00:01:03,827 that can vanquish vampires and, then, show it in action 24 00:01:03,862 --> 00:01:06,862 against the terrifying bloodsuckers. 25 00:01:06,896 --> 00:01:08,241 The winner of this challenge 26 00:01:08,275 --> 00:01:11,517 will get their first pick of the pumpkins for the next round. 27 00:01:11,551 --> 00:01:17,241 With the finale on the line, you need every advantage you can get. 28 00:01:17,275 --> 00:01:21,586 You only have 45 minutes to let your ideas take flight. 29 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:23,413 Your time starts now! 30 00:01:26,241 --> 00:01:28,206 -Right, Small Scare. -Semi-finals, here we are. 31 00:01:28,241 --> 00:01:30,862 We can't do anything garlic or stake, that's normal stuff. 32 00:01:30,896 --> 00:01:33,206 -And we're back to the Small Scares. -Oh, my gosh. 33 00:01:33,241 --> 00:01:35,000 -Okay, just shake it off. -Oh, my gosh. 34 00:01:35,033 --> 00:01:37,137 -Okay. -Shake it off. 'Cause we got this. Go. 35 00:01:37,172 --> 00:01:40,517 In our qualifying round, time really got the best of us, 36 00:01:40,551 --> 00:01:42,378 and we don't want that happening again. 37 00:01:42,413 --> 00:01:45,517 So, maybe, this time, let's simplify it to a face. 38 00:01:45,551 --> 00:01:47,241 -[Kristina] Okay. -You're great at faces. 39 00:01:47,275 --> 00:01:48,241 -[Teresa] You're great. -Maybe let's do 40 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:49,793 -a quick pumpkin face. -A pumpkin face? Okay. 41 00:01:49,827 --> 00:01:53,275 [Kristina] If he's eating something, we could have, like, his face 42 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:56,344 imploding pop candies. Like, Drac Pop. [laughs] 43 00:01:56,378 --> 00:01:57,965 [Teresa] Yeah. Drac Pop, it is. 44 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,620 [Kristina] We're gonna have modern vampire hunters 45 00:02:00,655 --> 00:02:03,931 take advantage of Dracula's sweet tooth, 46 00:02:03,965 --> 00:02:08,655 and they're gonna slip him a packet of garlic-flavored popping candy 47 00:02:08,689 --> 00:02:12,172 that's gonna blow not just his socks, but his head off, as well. 48 00:02:12,206 --> 00:02:13,689 Okay, what are we gonna do? 49 00:02:14,379 --> 00:02:17,620 Oh, a robot vampire hunter. 50 00:02:17,655 --> 00:02:21,620 So, if you were to attack a vampire by yourself, you could be bitten. 51 00:02:21,655 --> 00:02:23,965 But if you send a robot in to do it... 52 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,862 -Yeah, that sounds good. -Okay. 53 00:02:25,896 --> 00:02:29,620 [Dean] So we'll have an arm going up and, maybe, an axe head on it? 54 00:02:29,655 --> 00:02:32,517 For our Small Scare, we are doing a robot that's hunting down 55 00:02:32,551 --> 00:02:35,896 and destroying our little vampire there. 56 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:37,930 What about cleaning product? 57 00:02:37,965 --> 00:02:40,000 -What kind of cleaning product? -Like a can? 58 00:02:40,034 --> 00:02:41,448 -Can of what? -Yeah. 59 00:02:41,482 --> 00:02:44,103 -I don't know. Like a can of vampire killer. -Okay, so let's do a can. 60 00:02:44,137 --> 00:02:46,000 -What about Vampire Expire? -Oh! 61 00:02:46,034 --> 00:02:47,344 Vampire Expire. 62 00:02:47,379 --> 00:02:49,103 We wanna nail this Small Scare. 63 00:02:49,137 --> 00:02:54,896 So we are going to be making Vampire Expire. It's a can of vampire-killing liquid 64 00:02:54,930 --> 00:02:56,620 that you just, sort of, pour on them 65 00:02:56,655 --> 00:02:58,482 and it takes care of the pests. 66 00:02:58,517 --> 00:03:00,517 -Let's do it. Let's do it. -Let's do it. 67 00:03:00,551 --> 00:03:01,896 I'm gonna go get the pumpkin. 68 00:03:03,275 --> 00:03:04,724 Bup, bup, bup. [grunts] 69 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:08,655 It's gonna be the fastest face you've ever made? 70 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:10,896 -[Kristina] Yep. -Oh, my gosh. 71 00:03:10,931 --> 00:03:13,000 Our piece today, the main head of the Dracula 72 00:03:13,034 --> 00:03:14,827 is gonna be made out of pumpkin. 73 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:17,172 Because we're so short on time for this project, 74 00:03:17,206 --> 00:03:21,482 it's really important the widow's peak, and the peaked eyebrows, 75 00:03:21,517 --> 00:03:24,551 and the sunken eyes has to look like Dracula. 76 00:03:24,586 --> 00:03:28,758 45 minutes is literally zero time to do anything. 77 00:03:28,793 --> 00:03:31,724 [Kristina] Elan, she's making a big, gnarly tongue 78 00:03:31,758 --> 00:03:34,344 with blisters and sores all over it, 79 00:03:34,379 --> 00:03:37,758 showing that Dracula's started having that reaction. 80 00:03:37,793 --> 00:03:41,482 Texturizing on this guy. It's going. 81 00:03:43,034 --> 00:03:45,827 [Teresa] I am pouring a pool of red blood. 82 00:03:45,862 --> 00:03:51,000 The vampire's head has just exploded, so he's got a little blood. 83 00:03:51,034 --> 00:03:52,206 -Do you like that color? -Yeah. 84 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:53,448 -Okay. -[Elan] I think that's great. 85 00:03:53,482 --> 00:03:56,379 [Teresa] So, guys, I'm gonna pour that sugar in these cups 86 00:03:56,413 --> 00:03:58,689 and, then, twirl it about and turn it upside down. 87 00:03:58,724 --> 00:04:00,172 -[Elan] Okay. -[Teresa] So I can get that crunch 88 00:04:00,206 --> 00:04:02,241 that I'm looking for for the popping candy. 89 00:04:02,275 --> 00:04:04,931 [Kristina] Teresa's gonna be making yellow 90 00:04:04,965 --> 00:04:06,896 popping candy out of isomalt. 91 00:04:06,931 --> 00:04:08,344 [Elan] Lustered? 92 00:04:08,379 --> 00:04:10,758 [Teresa] Yeah, yellow lustered. You know me and my luster dust. 93 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:12,655 -[Elan] I know. That's your thing. -[Teresa] I have to have it. 94 00:04:12,689 --> 00:04:15,068 How do guys feel about getting back to the Small Scare? 95 00:04:15,103 --> 00:04:17,310 -I prefer the seven-hour challenge. -[laughing] 96 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:18,447 [Lisa] Me too. 97 00:04:18,481 --> 00:04:21,654 Dean will be carving out the robot with the pumpkin. 98 00:04:21,689 --> 00:04:24,724 [Dean] So I'm getting the body of the warrior bot done. 99 00:04:24,758 --> 00:04:27,068 There's a slot here for the blade. 100 00:04:27,103 --> 00:04:29,206 This is where the axe head's gonna come down from. 101 00:04:29,241 --> 00:04:32,344 [Laurie] I'm putting silver color into the isomalt. 102 00:04:32,379 --> 00:04:36,241 [Lisa] Laurie's gonna make sugar pieces of the axe and a saw blade. 103 00:04:36,275 --> 00:04:38,931 [Laurie] I'm just unmolding now, so I can finish cooling it. 104 00:04:38,965 --> 00:04:41,655 But I gotta do it, literally, tooth by tooth, 105 00:04:41,689 --> 00:04:44,724 so they don't, hopefully, snap as I'm doing it. 106 00:04:44,758 --> 00:04:49,413 I'm making the vampire that is laying on the floor after being cut up. 107 00:04:49,448 --> 00:04:52,655 My main focus is to make sure it looks perfect. 108 00:04:52,689 --> 00:04:55,896 The thing about making him in multiple pieces, 109 00:04:55,931 --> 00:05:01,379 I want one leg to be squished, and one side is just, like, gone. 110 00:05:01,413 --> 00:05:02,931 Small Scares are not my favorite, 111 00:05:02,965 --> 00:05:05,000 I'm gonna be really, really honest with you. 112 00:05:05,034 --> 00:05:08,655 The finals are so close, it's right there. I can feel it in my hands. 113 00:05:08,689 --> 00:05:12,482 Last time I carved a face, it was in a seven-hour timeline. 114 00:05:12,517 --> 00:05:16,379 Now I gotta do it in 45 minutes, so this is gonna be quicker. 115 00:05:16,413 --> 00:05:18,379 [Nils] Dennis rolls right into carving the pumpkin's face. 116 00:05:18,413 --> 00:05:19,827 That is his main goal. 117 00:05:19,862 --> 00:05:21,517 Corinda rolls right into making the can, 118 00:05:21,551 --> 00:05:23,896 and getting the capes and everything ready. 119 00:05:23,931 --> 00:05:28,551 You guys, how funny would it be if we presented it like an infomercial? 120 00:05:28,586 --> 00:05:29,689 -[Nils laughs] -[Dennis] Yeah. 121 00:05:29,724 --> 00:05:31,103 -That would be awesome. -You know? 122 00:05:31,137 --> 00:05:32,137 [Dennis] We can do that. 123 00:05:32,172 --> 00:05:33,517 [Nils] We really wanna do something different, 124 00:05:33,551 --> 00:05:35,620 and we think most people are gonna generally make weapons 125 00:05:35,655 --> 00:05:36,827 or something of that sort. 126 00:05:36,862 --> 00:05:39,482 So we're gonna go a little bit more fun. 127 00:05:39,517 --> 00:05:42,482 We're gonna come at it from the angle of an infomercial a little bit. 128 00:05:42,517 --> 00:05:45,068 Give him, like, that little widow's peak hairdo, 129 00:05:45,103 --> 00:05:46,586 -that quick, little steep hairdo. -[Nils] Oh, yeah. 130 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:48,310 You need an example of that? 131 00:05:48,344 --> 00:05:50,310 [Corinda] Dude, you do not have a widow's peak. 132 00:05:51,655 --> 00:05:53,448 [both laugh] 133 00:05:53,482 --> 00:05:55,655 [Nils] I roll right into boiling sugar. 134 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:57,482 So I think I'm gonna blow some little sugar bubbles, 135 00:05:57,517 --> 00:05:59,172 so it looks like it's bubbling on its face. 136 00:05:59,206 --> 00:06:01,724 The sugar work on this is just making sure 137 00:06:01,758 --> 00:06:03,448 that we get the vertical feel of it, 138 00:06:03,482 --> 00:06:05,689 and the can's gonna be, sort of, suspended. 139 00:06:05,724 --> 00:06:09,620 Just making sure the sugar looks like it's boiling all over the vampire face. 140 00:06:09,655 --> 00:06:14,448 Just making some little bubbly sugar, melty things. 141 00:06:14,482 --> 00:06:16,793 When you pour acid on stuff, it bubbles, right? 142 00:06:17,551 --> 00:06:18,517 Perfect. 143 00:06:18,551 --> 00:06:19,724 You have 20 minutes! 144 00:06:19,758 --> 00:06:21,068 [Dean] Twenty minutes. Let's get it done. 145 00:06:22,896 --> 00:06:25,068 [Teresa] Pop candy is looking like pop candy. 146 00:06:25,103 --> 00:06:27,862 This is the first time since the qualifying round 147 00:06:27,896 --> 00:06:30,965 where there are actually two rounds of competition. 148 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,068 Double the fun for us and, also, twice as much work for them. 149 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:39,448 I think it's psychologically really difficult to do this 150 00:06:39,482 --> 00:06:40,862 -two times over. -[Bennett] Yeah. 151 00:06:40,896 --> 00:06:44,103 [Sequeira] There's a real adrenaline rush when you are competing, 152 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:46,793 and coming down from that rush is a real thing. 153 00:06:46,827 --> 00:06:50,862 But they are in a semi-final, so it does have to get harder. 154 00:06:50,896 --> 00:06:53,896 I am pulling the sugar and, then, I will shave the axe head. 155 00:06:53,931 --> 00:06:55,344 So Sweet Lunatics. 156 00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:57,724 Now, I know Laurie is going to do a lot of, 157 00:06:57,758 --> 00:06:59,931 sort of, weaponry out of sugar. 158 00:06:59,965 --> 00:07:03,172 It's gonna go on top of the pumpkin that Dean is working on. 159 00:07:03,206 --> 00:07:05,482 So I'm a little bit worried about that. 160 00:07:05,517 --> 00:07:08,103 [Dean] How's it going, Laurie? You got that blade done yet? Cool. 161 00:07:08,137 --> 00:07:10,482 Trick or Sweet is doing a spray. 162 00:07:10,517 --> 00:07:13,862 This is the kind of thing I've seen bakers do in other competitions 163 00:07:13,896 --> 00:07:16,206 -as their final round piece. -Yeah, yeah. 164 00:07:16,241 --> 00:07:18,827 [Sequeira] So the fact that these guys are taking this on in 45 minutes 165 00:07:18,862 --> 00:07:21,172 says a lot to me about their confidence, 166 00:07:21,206 --> 00:07:23,448 about their energy, and how much they want this. 167 00:07:24,551 --> 00:07:26,310 [Corinda] Which way are we gonna display this? 168 00:07:26,344 --> 00:07:28,241 Where's the front, this side or that side? 169 00:07:28,275 --> 00:07:31,275 'Cause whatever side it is, I'll angle it like that. 170 00:07:31,310 --> 00:07:33,241 -[Nils] Maybe it's just like that. -[Corinda] All right, cool. 171 00:07:33,275 --> 00:07:35,068 [Nils] Dennis, how's the pumpkin face coming? 172 00:07:35,103 --> 00:07:38,000 [sighs in exasperation] Good question. 173 00:07:38,034 --> 00:07:40,586 We're halfway through, I've got the sugar on pause. 174 00:07:40,620 --> 00:07:42,275 I'm making some of the splashes and the bubbles. 175 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:47,448 But I can't really start doing the main wrap on the piece until the pumpkin's on. 176 00:07:47,482 --> 00:07:50,413 All right, the sugar's ready to go whenever you guys are. 177 00:07:50,448 --> 00:07:52,103 -[Bennett] Ten minutes remain! -[Corinda groans] 178 00:07:52,137 --> 00:07:54,827 Run! I can't wrap until Dennis is ready. 179 00:07:54,862 --> 00:07:56,586 I'm excited to see your face. 180 00:07:56,620 --> 00:07:59,103 It sure is flaking away. 181 00:07:59,137 --> 00:08:02,068 It's too wet. It's starting to fall apart. 182 00:08:02,103 --> 00:08:04,068 [dramatic music] 183 00:08:10,172 --> 00:08:11,620 What happens if you blowtorch the pumpkin? Will it burn? 184 00:08:11,655 --> 00:08:12,724 I'm gonna try and do it right now. 185 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:14,206 No, let's just do it. 186 00:08:15,689 --> 00:08:18,275 Trying to get him to dry up a little bit. 187 00:08:18,310 --> 00:08:20,379 So Dennis at Trick or Sweet over here, 188 00:08:20,413 --> 00:08:23,862 he cut into the pumpkin and the flesh of the pumpkin was way too soft. 189 00:08:23,896 --> 00:08:25,344 And that's the problem with pumpkins, 190 00:08:25,379 --> 00:08:27,517 you really can't tell until you cut into it. 191 00:08:27,551 --> 00:08:28,931 So he even tried torching it 192 00:08:28,965 --> 00:08:31,689 -which, I would imagine, would make it even softer. -[Sequeira] Yeah. 193 00:08:31,724 --> 00:08:32,688 It's not working. 194 00:08:32,724 --> 00:08:34,034 [Bennett] Five minutes on the clock! 195 00:08:34,068 --> 00:08:36,861 So what we gotta do is paint it in there now. 196 00:08:36,895 --> 00:08:39,172 That pumpkin face has to hit the board. 197 00:08:39,206 --> 00:08:41,000 [Dennis] Since this is flaking away, 198 00:08:41,034 --> 00:08:44,827 I'm gonna try and paint the detail in it as much as I can. 199 00:08:44,862 --> 00:08:47,931 They're just pivoting and painting it, just kinda hoping for the best 200 00:08:47,965 --> 00:08:50,517 and, maybe, the paint will keep that water in. 201 00:08:50,551 --> 00:08:53,965 [Dennis] Give it a greyish, ghouly look. 202 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,724 So we just gotta figure out exactly where this is. 203 00:08:56,758 --> 00:08:58,965 -Here, can you... Watch out. -[Dennis] Yeah. 204 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,448 -Be careful. There you go. -Okay. 205 00:09:01,482 --> 00:09:03,206 You have three minutes to get it done! 206 00:09:03,241 --> 00:09:04,517 [Nils] Go! Let's wrap! 207 00:09:04,551 --> 00:09:06,896 [Teresa] When you're done, I need to put my stuff on, yeah? 208 00:09:06,931 --> 00:09:08,931 You can put your stuff on now, I'll work around you. 209 00:09:08,965 --> 00:09:10,586 [Teresa] You know, don't drip, though, yeah? 210 00:09:10,620 --> 00:09:12,206 [Elan] We need to put the tongue in. 211 00:09:12,241 --> 00:09:14,241 -[Kristina] Oh, you got the tongue. Okay, I got you. -Working on it right now. 212 00:09:14,275 --> 00:09:16,241 Okay, I'm almost ready for the tongue. 213 00:09:19,241 --> 00:09:22,344 I'm a little worried about the weight of this, if the... 214 00:09:22,379 --> 00:09:24,137 on top of the piece, if it's gonna hold it. 215 00:09:24,172 --> 00:09:28,689 It's really nerve-wracking attaching that axe, 'cause we only have one. 216 00:09:28,724 --> 00:09:31,034 I'm not touching it. I'm not gonna be the one to break your sugar. 217 00:09:31,068 --> 00:09:32,068 [Laurie] Yeah. 218 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:36,896 Perfect. 219 00:09:36,931 --> 00:09:39,517 All right, I'm gonna start wrapping that thing real fast. Here we go. 220 00:09:39,551 --> 00:09:41,275 And it's hot. It's hot. 221 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:44,413 Hold that on there. Get the freeze spray and start spraying the top. 222 00:09:44,448 --> 00:09:46,620 Start putting your stuff on, then I'm gonna hit it with the liquid sugar. 223 00:09:46,655 --> 00:09:49,379 [Corinda] Yeah, I mean, it's gonna lay a little bit. That's okay. 224 00:09:49,413 --> 00:09:51,241 I mean, it is what it is, at this point. 225 00:09:51,275 --> 00:09:56,206 Ooh, it's bubbling. Do you hear it? It's, like, foaming up in here. 226 00:09:56,241 --> 00:09:58,034 One minute! You have one minute left! 227 00:09:58,068 --> 00:09:59,379 [Dean] Girls, we gotta get this done. 228 00:09:59,413 --> 00:10:01,103 Okay, let's try that blade in here. 229 00:10:02,206 --> 00:10:04,896 -Is it holding? -No. 230 00:10:04,931 --> 00:10:06,172 [Dean] What can we do to make it hold? 231 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:08,758 [Laurie] We need to wedge something up under it. 232 00:10:08,793 --> 00:10:10,724 [Teresa] Okay, where's the tongue? Isn't she just going in? 233 00:10:10,758 --> 00:10:12,655 Can I go? Okay, don't move it too much. 234 00:10:12,689 --> 00:10:13,931 That's the Drac Pop. 235 00:10:17,724 --> 00:10:19,103 That should hold it. 236 00:10:19,137 --> 00:10:21,103 -[Bennett] Ten. Nine. -[Dean] Get it done, girls. 237 00:10:21,137 --> 00:10:23,413 -Hold it, hold it, hold it. -[Bennett] Eight. Seven. 238 00:10:23,793 --> 00:10:25,896 Six. Five. 239 00:10:25,931 --> 00:10:27,241 -Four. -[Laurie] I really hope it stays. 240 00:10:27,275 --> 00:10:29,586 -[Bennett] Three. Two. -[Laurie] Get him to that last blade. 241 00:10:29,620 --> 00:10:33,172 -One. Hands off your displays. -Oh, my gosh, you guys. 242 00:10:33,206 --> 00:10:34,103 Good job, good job. 243 00:10:36,137 --> 00:10:39,689 Trick or Sweet, tell us tell us about your vampire vanquishing. 244 00:10:39,724 --> 00:10:42,586 [Corinda] I don't know about you, but after a long hard day, 245 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:46,068 how frustrating is it to come home, open your door, 246 00:10:46,103 --> 00:10:49,000 -and find a pesky vampire in your way. -[all laughing] 247 00:10:49,034 --> 00:10:52,068 Not anymore, with Vampire Expire. 248 00:10:52,103 --> 00:10:54,931 Just a couple of drops and your vampire worries are gone. 249 00:10:54,965 --> 00:10:57,000 [Li] Oh, my God! 250 00:10:57,034 --> 00:10:58,965 And scene. 251 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,793 You completely nailed the modern weapon for me. 252 00:11:02,827 --> 00:11:05,965 I think making it an infomercial, making it a spray, 253 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,827 I mean, I have so many under my sink for any number of issues. 254 00:11:09,862 --> 00:11:13,655 I do love that you put the cape and the collar right underneath it 255 00:11:13,689 --> 00:11:16,344 -to give this illusion of him just flattening. -Just melting. 256 00:11:16,379 --> 00:11:19,793 Yeah. The sugar work is just so vibrant and just really stands out. 257 00:11:19,827 --> 00:11:21,931 I love that you added the little splashing. 258 00:11:21,965 --> 00:11:25,103 I know, Dennis, you were working with a pumpkin that was rather soft 259 00:11:25,137 --> 00:11:28,448 and so, therefore, his face does look like it's completely melted. 260 00:11:28,482 --> 00:11:32,620 If you just added, maybe, like, a sweet potato or a butternut squash nose, 261 00:11:32,655 --> 00:11:36,448 and just put that on top, we would get a little bit more shape out of his face. 262 00:11:36,482 --> 00:11:38,103 Trick or Sweet, great job. 263 00:11:38,137 --> 00:11:39,448 [all] Thank you. 264 00:11:39,482 --> 00:11:43,482 So modern vampires have had to find a new way to slay. 265 00:11:43,517 --> 00:11:48,137 They're taking advantage of Dracula's sweet tooth and love for Halloween candy 266 00:11:48,172 --> 00:11:52,344 by slipping him a packet of garlic-flavored Drac Pop, 267 00:11:52,379 --> 00:11:55,482 which is gonna blow not only his socks, but the side of his head off. 268 00:11:55,517 --> 00:11:57,689 -[laughs] -Wow. 269 00:11:57,724 --> 00:12:01,137 Kristina, I can't believe you carved this face in 45 minutes. 270 00:12:01,172 --> 00:12:02,862 -Yeah. -[Li] If you were given three hours, 271 00:12:02,896 --> 00:12:05,827 this is what I would expect from you. So, amazing job there. 272 00:12:05,862 --> 00:12:10,137 I think the exaggerated tongue is super successful, the oozing of the blood. 273 00:12:10,172 --> 00:12:12,034 I completely understand your story. 274 00:12:12,068 --> 00:12:13,758 And I even love that you created this, 275 00:12:13,793 --> 00:12:17,206 like, miniature candy here that's in the shape of a garlic clove. 276 00:12:17,241 --> 00:12:19,655 Without that, I would completely not understand the story. 277 00:12:19,689 --> 00:12:21,827 But, with that, you sold it. 278 00:12:21,862 --> 00:12:23,137 -Thank you. -Oh, thank you. 279 00:12:23,172 --> 00:12:28,827 You three are doing such a great job of melding your mediums. 280 00:12:28,862 --> 00:12:33,206 We cannot tell what's pumpkin, what's sugar, what's gum paste. 281 00:12:33,241 --> 00:12:35,379 It's all, kind of, coming together. 282 00:12:35,413 --> 00:12:37,068 Chiefly, that tongue. 283 00:12:37,103 --> 00:12:41,310 I had to look really close, closer than I wanted to get to that vampire's tongue, 284 00:12:41,344 --> 00:12:42,896 to figure out what it was made of. 285 00:12:42,931 --> 00:12:47,827 While it does tell the story of this vampire, clearly in a state of disarray, 286 00:12:47,862 --> 00:12:51,448 I think if you had propped up that packet, or turned it into a box, 287 00:12:51,482 --> 00:12:55,586 then it would have been super clear from here, this is garlic popping candy. 288 00:12:55,620 --> 00:12:57,758 -Spice Ghouls, thank you very much. -[all] Thank you. 289 00:12:57,793 --> 00:13:01,448 Nowadays, robots have taken over in doing everybody's job 290 00:13:01,482 --> 00:13:03,620 including hunting vampires. 291 00:13:03,655 --> 00:13:07,517 So our vampire hunter bat sliced and diced this vampire. 292 00:13:07,551 --> 00:13:08,448 -Oh. -Hmm. 293 00:13:09,482 --> 00:13:11,241 I'm a little torn on your design. 294 00:13:11,275 --> 00:13:14,724 On the one hand, it's so clean. 295 00:13:14,758 --> 00:13:16,965 There is not one thing out of place. 296 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,310 But is it a little too simple for this stage of the competition? 297 00:13:20,344 --> 00:13:21,724 We're in the semi-finals. 298 00:13:21,758 --> 00:13:24,793 I wanna make sure that you guys continue to push yourselves. 299 00:13:24,827 --> 00:13:26,793 [Li] Laurie, this is a lot of sugar work. 300 00:13:26,827 --> 00:13:30,068 It's just perfectly level. There's no warping. 301 00:13:30,103 --> 00:13:34,310 It's a 45-minute challenge and you definitely nailed the story of the challenge. 302 00:13:34,344 --> 00:13:35,241 Great work. 303 00:13:35,275 --> 00:13:36,551 -Thank you. -Thank you, guys. 304 00:13:39,517 --> 00:13:44,620 Teams, you were asked to create a new kind of vampire weapon. 305 00:13:44,655 --> 00:13:46,379 And the winning team is... 306 00:13:46,413 --> 00:13:48,413 [dramatic music] 307 00:13:55,137 --> 00:13:58,482 The team that vampires should fear most is... 308 00:13:58,517 --> 00:14:00,586 [dramatic music] 309 00:14:02,448 --> 00:14:03,896 -Spice Ghouls. -Yes! 310 00:14:05,586 --> 00:14:09,000 Congratulations! You've earned first pick of the pumpkins. 311 00:14:09,034 --> 00:14:10,379 Yay! 312 00:14:10,413 --> 00:14:14,965 Finally, we have redeemed our Small Scare. Like, this is incredible. 313 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,758 You're all one step closer to getting into the finale. 314 00:14:18,793 --> 00:14:20,413 -[bell rings] -[gasps] 315 00:14:21,448 --> 00:14:23,517 Ladies and gentlemen, 316 00:14:23,551 --> 00:14:28,517 are you ready for the main event? 317 00:14:28,551 --> 00:14:29,379 [all laughing] 318 00:14:30,482 --> 00:14:32,724 In this Spine Chiller Challenge, 319 00:14:32,758 --> 00:14:36,137 [grunts] we want you to imagine what happens 320 00:14:36,172 --> 00:14:41,517 when a vampire faces off against another Halloween heavyweight. 321 00:14:42,793 --> 00:14:45,137 And, everyone knows, vampires hate garlic. 322 00:14:45,172 --> 00:14:49,551 So, for your tasting portion, we want you to incorporate garlic 323 00:14:49,586 --> 00:14:52,379 into a dessert the judges will love. 324 00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:53,724 I don't want it! 325 00:14:53,758 --> 00:14:56,586 Spice Ghouls, since you won the Small Scare, 326 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:58,448 you're gonna get first pick of the pumpkin. 327 00:14:59,793 --> 00:15:03,275 A spot in the finale is at stake. 328 00:15:03,310 --> 00:15:04,344 [Kristina] Oh, gosh. 329 00:15:04,379 --> 00:15:07,586 You've got just five hours to fight this one out. 330 00:15:09,620 --> 00:15:10,965 -[bell rings] -[laughs] 331 00:15:12,137 --> 00:15:13,931 Your time starts... 332 00:15:14,551 --> 00:15:16,758 -now! -[bell rings] 333 00:15:16,793 --> 00:15:18,586 All right, girls, there's only three teams left, 334 00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:20,655 -and one's going home tonight. -Yeah. 335 00:15:20,689 --> 00:15:22,896 -I don't want it to be us. -I do not want it to be us. 336 00:15:22,931 --> 00:15:25,517 It is a vampire versus a creature. 337 00:15:25,551 --> 00:15:28,034 What genuinely scares you guys the most? 338 00:15:28,068 --> 00:15:31,310 -Spiders. Bugs. -Thank you. You just gave me the creepy crawlies. 339 00:15:31,344 --> 00:15:32,620 [Teresa] Oh, I hate that. 340 00:15:32,655 --> 00:15:35,517 -Like, a big monster bug? -Yeah. 341 00:15:35,551 --> 00:15:36,931 -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -[Elan] Okay. 342 00:15:36,965 --> 00:15:41,172 Our vampire's going on a mission to find a new shadowy lair. 343 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:42,758 But, of course, he stumbles upon 344 00:15:42,793 --> 00:15:46,310 the mother nest of the Transylvanian cavern bugs 345 00:15:46,344 --> 00:15:49,344 who are looking to make him their next meal. 346 00:15:49,379 --> 00:15:51,827 Kristina, on this character that you have, 347 00:15:51,862 --> 00:15:55,344 -could I embed the taste on there somewhere? -[Kristina] Yes. 348 00:15:55,379 --> 00:15:57,931 So, what if I do the roasted garlic, 349 00:15:57,965 --> 00:16:01,000 -pop it in the pastry cream, make a little donut. -Okay. 350 00:16:01,034 --> 00:16:05,551 For our tasting element, we're gonna be doing a creme brulee bomboloni 351 00:16:05,586 --> 00:16:08,206 with a roasted garlic pastry cream, 352 00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:10,655 and a blood orange marmalade. 353 00:16:10,689 --> 00:16:14,379 So vampires have been here on Earth for a long time. 354 00:16:14,413 --> 00:16:17,068 -So, maybe, our monster's not from Earth. -I like that. 355 00:16:17,103 --> 00:16:20,206 -I like that. -Maybe we bring in an alien to battle the vampire. 356 00:16:20,241 --> 00:16:25,310 We've decided to do a space alien attacking the vampire, 357 00:16:25,344 --> 00:16:29,137 because the vampire took the alien's babies. 358 00:16:29,172 --> 00:16:31,103 [Laurie] For the tasting, it's garlic, guys. 359 00:16:31,137 --> 00:16:34,103 I'm Italian, I use a ton of garlic. But never in a dessert. 360 00:16:34,137 --> 00:16:39,068 I was thinking of doing chocolate ganache with honey, fold in some garlic. 361 00:16:39,103 --> 00:16:44,862 For our tasting element, we're making a vanilla poached pear, creme fraiche, 362 00:16:44,896 --> 00:16:49,172 a garlic almond crumble, with black garlic dark chocolate ganache 363 00:16:49,206 --> 00:16:52,172 that will look like a cracked alien egg. 364 00:16:52,206 --> 00:16:55,172 I want you to make the monster out of pumpkin. 365 00:16:55,206 --> 00:16:57,793 -How about a Bigfoot going at... -[Nils mimics buzzer] 366 00:16:57,827 --> 00:16:59,379 -[Dennis] No? -Too obvious. 367 00:16:59,413 --> 00:17:01,206 -What's something big? -How about the cyclops? 368 00:17:01,241 --> 00:17:02,965 -I'll do a cyclops. -I like that. I like it. 369 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,723 So the story is that the vampiress has to go through 370 00:17:06,758 --> 00:17:08,758 some places she hasn't been before. 371 00:17:08,792 --> 00:17:11,964 She's coming across this river, the cyclops lives there. 372 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,310 And they start a full-fledged battle. 373 00:17:14,344 --> 00:17:16,550 Okay, so garlic in the tasting element. 374 00:17:16,586 --> 00:17:20,413 I'm thinking, maybe, like, pineapple upside-down sort of cake? 375 00:17:20,448 --> 00:17:23,310 -Will you be able to pull it off with garlic? -I think so. 376 00:17:23,344 --> 00:17:26,896 If we have the river, we could do some sugar leaves and put it in and if I-- 377 00:17:26,931 --> 00:17:28,241 -But not too bright. -[Nils] Not too bright. 378 00:17:28,275 --> 00:17:29,758 So, for the tasting element, we're gonna make 379 00:17:29,793 --> 00:17:32,379 a caramelized pineapple black garlic upside-down cake 380 00:17:32,413 --> 00:17:35,551 brushed with a raspberry cardamom black garlic sauce. 381 00:17:35,586 --> 00:17:38,965 Quick, Dennis. I know that, like, it takes time for the pumpkin stuff. 382 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,655 Is five hours enough? 383 00:17:40,689 --> 00:17:42,482 -I'll make it happen. I'll make it happen. -You got it. 384 00:17:42,517 --> 00:17:45,379 -I'm gonna grab the pumpkin, you wanna come with me? -[Elan] Okay. 385 00:17:45,413 --> 00:17:47,827 Hurry up, Kristina, 'cause I need one too. 386 00:17:47,862 --> 00:17:50,862 [Kristina] I get to go out there and pick any pumpkin I want. 387 00:17:50,896 --> 00:17:52,655 This pumpkin is gonna be so important 388 00:17:52,689 --> 00:17:55,965 because the shape and the angle of it will play a huge role 389 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,275 in the structure and the way that this Transylvanian cavern bug is built. 390 00:18:00,965 --> 00:18:02,655 Oh, this is a big boy. 391 00:18:04,344 --> 00:18:06,793 This big pumpkin has a great body shape for a bug. 392 00:18:06,827 --> 00:18:11,379 I might have lots of spindlies and legs coming off of it to make it look extra scary. 393 00:18:14,103 --> 00:18:17,482 I'm gonna do a couple of these, couple of big ones, couple of small ones. 394 00:18:17,517 --> 00:18:21,724 [Kristina] Teresa is gonna be busting out sugar biome acid sacs. 395 00:18:21,758 --> 00:18:26,655 [Teresa] I like to use soldering wire, 'cause I wanna get the folds at the bottom. 396 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:30,724 Look at that. That looks disgusting. I love it. 397 00:18:30,758 --> 00:18:33,827 [Kristina] Elan's going to use her amazing buttercream skills 398 00:18:33,862 --> 00:18:36,482 to make our cavern look like it's glowing. 399 00:18:36,517 --> 00:18:40,275 The palette knife really helps to kinda meld these colors together. 400 00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:44,241 We want it to be illuminated in bioluminescence, 401 00:18:44,275 --> 00:18:47,965 so that it shows depth to where the brightest part of the cave would be, 402 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,896 where all of those acid sacs are held. 403 00:18:50,931 --> 00:18:54,655 Elan, I think I'm gonna give this guy some mandibles or, you know, 404 00:18:54,689 --> 00:18:57,551 pincer type things in the front of his face to make him look scary. 405 00:18:57,586 --> 00:19:01,517 Damn! That's gonna be so sick. Literally. 406 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:09,172 Dennis is gonna be making the whole gigantic cyclops out of pumpkin. 407 00:19:09,206 --> 00:19:11,413 Working on the cyclops' head first. 408 00:19:11,448 --> 00:19:14,586 Get a good facial on him and put him on another pumpkin. 409 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:15,896 Kind of stick him right on there, 410 00:19:15,931 --> 00:19:17,413 and the armature will go right up through it. 411 00:19:17,448 --> 00:19:20,448 [Nils] Dennis has never made a full-fledged pumpkin figure. 412 00:19:20,965 --> 00:19:22,551 [groans] 413 00:19:22,586 --> 00:19:24,068 This terrifies me. 414 00:19:24,103 --> 00:19:26,413 This thing's gonna be, like, three or four feet tall, 415 00:19:26,448 --> 00:19:28,000 holding a weapon above its head. 416 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:29,758 So there is that little bit of doubt. 417 00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:32,413 -It's exciting to see Dennis come to play today. -[Li] Yeah. 418 00:19:32,448 --> 00:19:34,448 [Sequeira] I have been waiting for this. 419 00:19:34,482 --> 00:19:36,551 Dennis, there's not a lot of carving here. 420 00:19:36,586 --> 00:19:39,689 I'd love to see more of you, your work and your personality come through. 421 00:19:39,724 --> 00:19:40,620 Okay. 422 00:19:40,655 --> 00:19:42,551 So I'm really excited to see this. 423 00:19:42,586 --> 00:19:43,827 Oh, that's cool. 424 00:19:43,862 --> 00:19:45,103 [Dennis] Starting to come along. 425 00:19:46,103 --> 00:19:48,068 [intense instrumental music] 426 00:19:49,448 --> 00:19:56,344 My goal for this is this very cool, spooky, Victorian-style vampire. 427 00:19:56,379 --> 00:19:59,275 I'm laying some strips of modeling chocolate 428 00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:01,275 down on these rice cereal treats 429 00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:03,793 so that, whenever I put the fondant over the top of it, 430 00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:07,620 it gives the impression of movement in the dress, so it looks like ruffles. 431 00:20:09,310 --> 00:20:12,137 I have never done garlic in a dessert, but, hey, 432 00:20:12,172 --> 00:20:15,620 hadn't done soy sauce before, but we got that stuff together. 433 00:20:15,655 --> 00:20:19,896 For the tasting element, I come up with the idea to make a gar-apple, 434 00:20:19,931 --> 00:20:22,793 which is garlic and pineapple upside-down cake 435 00:20:22,827 --> 00:20:25,965 brushed with a raspberry cardamom black garlic sauce. 436 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,758 Choosing the pineapple because it should have a little bit of acid. 437 00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:31,379 You wanna always balance all your flavors. 438 00:20:31,413 --> 00:20:33,068 Get this caramelizing up. 439 00:20:33,103 --> 00:20:35,965 First thing, I gotta get the pineapples sauteing, put the brown sugar, 440 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,275 so I can brown it up a little bit so the bake time's less. 441 00:20:39,310 --> 00:20:41,793 And, then, there's black garlic. It's not overpowered. 442 00:20:41,827 --> 00:20:44,206 That really sharp edge has already been taken off of it 443 00:20:44,241 --> 00:20:45,758 due to the aging process. 444 00:20:47,172 --> 00:20:49,655 My biggest fear is that they bite it and it's hot. 445 00:20:49,689 --> 00:20:50,862 It's hot with garlic. 446 00:20:50,896 --> 00:20:51,896 All right, I'm going to the oven. 447 00:20:51,931 --> 00:20:53,689 -[Corinda] Bye! -[Dennis] Bye. 448 00:20:58,172 --> 00:21:03,310 My main element is the alien that is battling the vampire, and I need to get it right. 449 00:21:03,344 --> 00:21:07,931 I found a pumpkin that's got a pretty good shape to that classic alien head, 450 00:21:07,965 --> 00:21:10,793 where you'll see the big eyes and the small mouth. 451 00:21:10,827 --> 00:21:12,931 This one is a pretty hard pumpkin, 452 00:21:12,965 --> 00:21:15,827 so I know it's gonna hold its shape pretty well. 453 00:21:17,103 --> 00:21:18,689 Oh, that looks awesome, Lisa. 454 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:19,862 -You like it? -[Laurie] Yeah. 455 00:21:21,275 --> 00:21:24,103 I am pulling a lot of sugar for bats. 456 00:21:24,137 --> 00:21:26,000 We're gonna have several bats in our cave, 457 00:21:26,034 --> 00:21:28,172 and I've got the bodies and the wings. 458 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:32,482 -Bat. -[Lisa] Cool. 459 00:21:32,517 --> 00:21:36,103 It's the semi-finals, so Dean's idea was go big or go home. 460 00:21:38,689 --> 00:21:42,758 And it's like this gigantic spaceship that we have to cover. 461 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:46,241 It's heavy. [laughs] 462 00:21:46,275 --> 00:21:49,275 -I'm just a little nervous. -You're nervous about what? 463 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:52,620 Is it gonna hold? Is it gonna fall? 464 00:21:52,655 --> 00:21:56,241 Listen, you heard the judges during the Small Scare, 465 00:21:56,275 --> 00:21:58,310 and they told us we were playing it safe. 466 00:21:58,344 --> 00:21:59,758 That's basically what they said. 467 00:21:59,793 --> 00:22:01,862 -We're not playing it safe today. -[Lisa] All right. 468 00:22:01,896 --> 00:22:04,000 -I'm not going home playing it safe. -[Lisa] We're not going home. 469 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:09,827 You know, I really applaud these teams. 470 00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:12,655 They all seem to be really going for it. 471 00:22:12,689 --> 00:22:15,172 They desperately wanna stay here for the finale. 472 00:22:15,206 --> 00:22:18,344 I would keep them all if I could, but I can't, so... 473 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,137 -[Bennett] So we're gonna send one home. -Yup. 474 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:23,000 So I wanted to start my tasting element right now 475 00:22:23,034 --> 00:22:25,793 because the dough needs to proof, 476 00:22:25,827 --> 00:22:28,344 and if I start it too late, I will have no donut. 477 00:22:28,379 --> 00:22:32,965 For our tasting element, we're gonna be doing a creme brulee bomboloni 478 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,655 with a roasted garlic pastry cream, 479 00:22:35,689 --> 00:22:37,379 and a blood orange marmalade. 480 00:22:37,413 --> 00:22:39,448 Garlic will be a very overpowering flavor, 481 00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:41,793 so I'm gonna try to roast it low and slow. 482 00:22:43,724 --> 00:22:44,689 [whispering] Okay. 483 00:22:46,206 --> 00:22:47,172 That's final. 484 00:22:48,482 --> 00:22:49,965 That should probably be enough. 485 00:22:51,827 --> 00:22:54,931 -Teresa's taking another big risk today. -[Li] Oh, my gosh. 486 00:22:54,965 --> 00:22:57,517 She tends to take very ambitious desserts 487 00:22:57,551 --> 00:23:00,724 and shrink them down to competition size and time. 488 00:23:00,758 --> 00:23:02,896 -Will it pay off? We're just gonna have to see. -[Bennett] We don't know. 489 00:23:02,931 --> 00:23:05,448 The dough for the bomboloni is regular donut dough, 490 00:23:05,482 --> 00:23:08,034 but when you fill it and then dip it, that's what's different. 491 00:23:08,068 --> 00:23:11,551 So I'm just gonna put the orange in the compote and lemon in the dough. 492 00:23:11,586 --> 00:23:15,551 The dough needs to proof, otherwise it just kinda sits there. 493 00:23:15,586 --> 00:23:18,448 It's really dense and nobody likes a dense donut. 494 00:23:18,482 --> 00:23:19,793 [Kristina] To fill her bomboloni, 495 00:23:19,827 --> 00:23:21,896 Teresa's gonna be making a pastry cream, 496 00:23:21,931 --> 00:23:24,551 and she's gonna be squeezing the garlic into the cream 497 00:23:24,586 --> 00:23:27,551 to incorporate it into her tasting element. 498 00:23:27,586 --> 00:23:29,344 [Teresa] Make sure that that starch is cooked. 499 00:23:29,379 --> 00:23:31,931 Then I'm gonna put some butter and garlic. 500 00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:35,034 Oh. 501 00:23:35,068 --> 00:23:38,448 -Do you guys smell the garlic in this kitchen right now? -[Bennett] Yes, I do. 502 00:23:38,482 --> 00:23:41,103 It smells like a vampire's worst nightmare. 503 00:23:41,137 --> 00:23:45,413 I'm gonna do my gelatin for my cream. 504 00:23:45,448 --> 00:23:48,413 At the same time, I'm gonna poach my pears. 505 00:23:48,448 --> 00:23:52,517 For our tasting element, we'll be making a vanilla poached pear 506 00:23:52,551 --> 00:23:55,586 with a creme fraiche, garlic almond crumble, 507 00:23:55,620 --> 00:23:58,620 with a black garlic dark chocolate ganache. 508 00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,689 The flavor challenge is garlic, 509 00:24:01,724 --> 00:24:06,517 and I'm really excited 'cause I love doing savory with sweet. 510 00:24:06,551 --> 00:24:10,482 To me, creme fraiche is between a sour cream and a cream cheese. 511 00:24:10,517 --> 00:24:13,448 It's, like, lighter, but not too heavy. 512 00:24:13,482 --> 00:24:15,000 So I'm gonna peel these pears. 513 00:24:15,034 --> 00:24:18,068 [Dean] Sounds awful complicated. You sure you need to go that far? 514 00:24:18,103 --> 00:24:21,448 Yes. It's gonna be so delicious. 515 00:24:21,482 --> 00:24:23,586 Teams, you have three hours left! 516 00:24:23,620 --> 00:24:25,172 There's just such a huge difference 517 00:24:25,206 --> 00:24:27,965 between a seven-hour challenge and a five-hour challenge. 518 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,137 Wanna do her face first. 519 00:24:31,172 --> 00:24:33,448 And, then, I'm gonna dress her on the board. 520 00:24:33,482 --> 00:24:35,103 I didn't want her to be delicate. 521 00:24:35,137 --> 00:24:38,827 I wanted her to be sinewy and maybe a little muscly, 522 00:24:38,862 --> 00:24:42,758 'cause I feel like that's a lot more stark to look at. 523 00:24:42,793 --> 00:24:45,310 -Everything working out like you wanted? -[Dennis] Yes. 524 00:24:45,344 --> 00:24:47,827 Cyclops is gonna need a little finessing. 525 00:24:49,827 --> 00:24:52,241 I'm trying to get him standing up. 526 00:24:54,724 --> 00:24:58,517 -Look how cute it is. -[Nils laughs] All right, I gotta take a look. 527 00:24:58,551 --> 00:25:00,241 -Love it. Keep it rolling, Dennis. -Yup. 528 00:25:00,275 --> 00:25:02,482 -I gotta keep going. -[Nils] Keep it rolling. 529 00:25:02,517 --> 00:25:04,172 Let's make this a little creative. 530 00:25:04,206 --> 00:25:06,551 I think just putting a pineapple upside-down cake on there 531 00:25:06,586 --> 00:25:07,896 isn't really gonna hit it. 532 00:25:07,931 --> 00:25:10,241 We need to make this a little bit more sophisticated. 533 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:13,172 So I'm also gonna do a raspberry cardamom sauce. 534 00:25:14,241 --> 00:25:16,034 Cardamom smells so good. 535 00:25:16,068 --> 00:25:19,000 I'm gonna get this cardamom into the raspberry. 536 00:25:19,034 --> 00:25:23,206 Hopefully, we can extract some of the lemony lightness, herbiness out of it, 537 00:25:23,241 --> 00:25:24,724 'cause that's important here. 538 00:25:24,758 --> 00:25:26,724 I'm gonna hit that with a little bit of black garlic. 539 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:28,448 That's got enough cardamom action in it. 540 00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:31,068 I'm gonna strain all those seeds out 'cause, if we keep the seeds in there, 541 00:25:31,103 --> 00:25:33,000 it'll be really powerful. 542 00:25:37,206 --> 00:25:38,137 Mmm-hmm. 543 00:25:38,172 --> 00:25:41,034 You pull this out, this wire. Hopefully. 544 00:25:42,896 --> 00:25:45,517 Looks good. Okay. 545 00:25:45,551 --> 00:25:47,172 [Kristina] Looking good, Elan. 546 00:25:47,206 --> 00:25:51,827 [Elan] I got inspired by a very old vampire. His name is Nosferatu. 547 00:25:51,862 --> 00:25:56,413 He looks more like a bat. Doesn't have hair, has really fangy teeth. 548 00:25:56,448 --> 00:25:58,275 And I just thought that this direction 549 00:25:58,310 --> 00:26:01,310 might be a little bit different than what the other teams might be going for. 550 00:26:01,344 --> 00:26:03,482 [Kristina] You really can do this. You can. 551 00:26:03,517 --> 00:26:05,586 It's beautiful and they're gonna love it. 552 00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,379 We just gotta keep trying to move fast. 553 00:26:08,103 --> 00:26:11,206 This is an avocado mold. 554 00:26:11,241 --> 00:26:15,310 It's going to be alien egg shells. 555 00:26:15,344 --> 00:26:18,827 [Dean] The alien's head is the harder part. That's why I did it first. 556 00:26:18,862 --> 00:26:22,758 Now I'm working on the body so that I can get the whole scene together. 557 00:26:24,413 --> 00:26:25,758 Lisa, what do you think of the shape? 558 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,758 Oh, it looks great. [chuckles] 559 00:26:28,793 --> 00:26:30,103 His arm's in here now. 560 00:26:30,137 --> 00:26:32,827 If he doesn't have arms, he can't hold the sonic gun 561 00:26:32,862 --> 00:26:34,413 that's he gonna shoot the vampire with. 562 00:26:34,448 --> 00:26:38,103 So I've probably got five minutes left of painting him 563 00:26:38,137 --> 00:26:42,137 and, then, he's just gonna sit around until we get enough other stuff done. 564 00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:48,413 Just trying to get the elbow, some patchwork done. 565 00:26:48,448 --> 00:26:51,655 And I'm using the pumpkin guts to fill in the cracks 566 00:26:51,689 --> 00:26:54,896 where the arms come together and the wrists come together. 567 00:26:54,931 --> 00:26:59,620 Dennis chose a pumpkin that was a little bit wet and, perhaps, not the right size. 568 00:26:59,655 --> 00:27:04,000 He had a lot of spacing issues between the arm socket and where it meets the body. 569 00:27:04,034 --> 00:27:07,000 And I've not really seen this before in pumpkin-carving work, 570 00:27:07,034 --> 00:27:09,827 but he's kinda stuffing it with more pumpkin. 571 00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:11,896 It's kinda like the way we work with cake. 572 00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:15,000 It's starting to work I just gotta put a lot of more touch-ups on this. 573 00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:18,689 [Nils] I am working on making the coveted gar-apple lily dessert 574 00:27:18,724 --> 00:27:20,379 that floats down the river. 575 00:27:20,413 --> 00:27:22,517 It'll have some leaves coming up. 576 00:27:22,551 --> 00:27:27,000 Okay, let's get these suckers glazed with a little bit of raspberry action. 577 00:27:28,241 --> 00:27:29,172 Taste test. 578 00:27:31,344 --> 00:27:32,965 I think it needs more garlic. 579 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,689 -[Corinda] I agree. -Never thought I'd say that for desserts, but here we are. 580 00:27:36,724 --> 00:27:41,724 -Working on dressing our scary man right now. -Oh, yeah. 581 00:27:41,758 --> 00:27:43,724 [Elan] I figured I would do, like, some draping on him 582 00:27:43,758 --> 00:27:46,689 since he's gonna be, like, kind of like sucked in like that. 583 00:27:46,724 --> 00:27:53,551 Need to work on the sleeves, the back, and the collar so we can get this thing done. 584 00:27:53,586 --> 00:27:55,551 [Teresa] Incoming. Corner. 585 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:58,034 -Oh, my gosh. -Oh, those are the egg sacs! 586 00:27:58,068 --> 00:27:59,655 -Oh, my God. -Wow. 587 00:27:59,689 --> 00:28:01,413 [winces] I just got the heebie-jeebies. 588 00:28:01,448 --> 00:28:04,068 Yeah, you have to be careful with these pieces 'cause, 589 00:28:04,103 --> 00:28:07,379 you know, they're beautifully delicate. 590 00:28:07,413 --> 00:28:11,620 Of course, when you're moving or working with blown sugar in any capacity, 591 00:28:11,655 --> 00:28:15,344 it's very stressful. I mean, anything can happen at any time. 592 00:28:15,379 --> 00:28:17,965 [Teresa] I'll put the big ones on first 'cause they scare me. 593 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,068 Then I'll put the little guys down at the bottom, right? 594 00:28:20,103 --> 00:28:21,034 -[Kristina] Yeah. -Sound good? 595 00:28:21,068 --> 00:28:23,275 [Kristina] Luckily, they are so strong, 596 00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:27,379 we're able to put them all on the backboard without any breaking. 597 00:28:27,413 --> 00:28:28,275 [Teresa] All right? 598 00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:30,206 Only two hours left! 599 00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:31,931 -Yeah, I'm gonna do her teeth now. -[Nils] Nice. 600 00:28:31,965 --> 00:28:33,517 The face is looking good. 601 00:28:33,551 --> 00:28:35,344 [Corinda] She looks wicked, for sure. 602 00:28:35,379 --> 00:28:36,724 [Nils] Like she's gonna bite somebody. 603 00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:40,379 I wanna give that really cool, definitive, like, part. 604 00:28:40,413 --> 00:28:44,275 Trick or Sweet's vampiress is breathtaking. 605 00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:48,103 And, then, Nosferatu over there with Spice Ghouls... 606 00:28:48,137 --> 00:28:49,896 -[Bennett] They're so good. -They're so different. 607 00:28:49,931 --> 00:28:53,275 We've got two polar opposite, male, female, 608 00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:57,413 really exquisite faces being molded by these two teams. 609 00:28:57,448 --> 00:29:00,517 It's really kind of, like, Corinda versus Elan right now. 610 00:29:00,551 --> 00:29:03,068 -I'm sure Lisa's gonna come with her game, too. -Yeah. 611 00:29:03,103 --> 00:29:04,344 [Sequeira] I just haven't seen it yet. 612 00:29:04,379 --> 00:29:06,137 There's only one hour left! 613 00:29:06,172 --> 00:29:10,931 [groans] I'm working on his pants now. 614 00:29:10,965 --> 00:29:16,068 I have to make sure the vampire's, like, really spot on. 615 00:29:16,103 --> 00:29:17,896 [Dean] We gotta hurry. I need that guy done. 616 00:29:17,931 --> 00:29:19,793 I'm going as fast as I can. 617 00:29:19,827 --> 00:29:22,448 -It's not fast enough. Go faster. -Yeah, okay. 618 00:29:22,482 --> 00:29:24,689 There is a lot of drama here, 619 00:29:24,724 --> 00:29:27,103 -and it's not just on the boards. -[Bennett] Thank you. 620 00:29:27,137 --> 00:29:28,344 Faster, faster. 621 00:29:28,379 --> 00:29:30,758 I'm working on the ray gun. 622 00:29:31,137 --> 00:29:32,344 Lisa. 623 00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:33,896 -[laughs] So good. -The beginning of it. 624 00:29:33,931 --> 00:29:36,068 [Lisa] I love it. 625 00:29:36,103 --> 00:29:37,482 [Dean] You covered the whole rod? 626 00:29:37,517 --> 00:29:39,103 [Laurie] I put it where you told me to put it. 627 00:29:39,137 --> 00:29:42,689 -I mean, the rod is in here. -The rod is supposed to be in this, not in that. 628 00:29:43,482 --> 00:29:45,103 This is in his hand. 629 00:29:45,137 --> 00:29:47,310 It's gonna look like he's holding on to nothing. 630 00:29:47,344 --> 00:29:49,275 -It's gonna be too tall. -[Laurie groans] 631 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:54,931 The rod is supposed to be in this, not in that. 632 00:29:54,965 --> 00:29:55,965 -It's gonna be too tall. -[Laurie groans] 633 00:29:57,310 --> 00:29:59,068 Do you want any of the handle? 634 00:29:59,103 --> 00:30:00,137 -You can have-- -[Laurie] You have to have it. 635 00:30:00,172 --> 00:30:01,896 You can have just a little hint of it. 636 00:30:01,931 --> 00:30:03,758 [Laurie] Then I just gotta break the handle. 637 00:30:03,793 --> 00:30:05,724 Kind of, you know, shape this up and... 638 00:30:05,758 --> 00:30:07,482 -So, wait. I gotta cut it. -I know. I know. 639 00:30:07,517 --> 00:30:09,620 But I, at least, have to see if I can get it into the red. 640 00:30:10,172 --> 00:30:11,758 There we go. Okay. 641 00:30:11,793 --> 00:30:13,793 [Dean] So you need to cut it while you have the sugar on it? 642 00:30:13,827 --> 00:30:15,827 [Laurie] That's not gonna hurt it, I mean, at this point. 643 00:30:18,137 --> 00:30:19,551 -Perfect. -[Bennett] 45 minutes! 644 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:21,724 [Kristina] Gently. 645 00:30:22,344 --> 00:30:23,448 Okay, where's the hole? 646 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,241 Okay. 647 00:30:26,275 --> 00:30:28,827 [Elan] Just need to start covering the bottom. 648 00:30:28,862 --> 00:30:33,827 I'm getting my guy painted 'cause I don't wanna run out of time, okay? 649 00:30:33,862 --> 00:30:36,413 [Teresa] I'm gonna make a blood orange compote, 650 00:30:36,448 --> 00:30:39,413 and that's gonna be underneath my fried donut. 651 00:30:39,448 --> 00:30:43,413 For this marmalade, Teresa's using a similar process to making jam. 652 00:30:43,448 --> 00:30:46,620 Everything goes in the pot and I put it over there to slowly cook. 653 00:30:46,655 --> 00:30:48,206 -[Nils] Do you want me to wrap it? -[Corinda] Yeah. 654 00:30:48,241 --> 00:30:49,482 -[Nils] Okay. -[Corinda] Just gentle. 655 00:30:49,517 --> 00:30:51,413 -Just lay it on there and I'll adjust it. -[Nils] Yeah. 656 00:30:51,448 --> 00:30:52,379 You got it. 657 00:30:53,827 --> 00:30:55,655 She looks mean, yo. 658 00:30:56,517 --> 00:30:58,000 [Corinda] It's flowing. 659 00:30:58,034 --> 00:31:01,379 So I'm gonna try and put just some small touches on here now. 660 00:31:01,413 --> 00:31:04,310 This greyish color. Yeah, there we go. 661 00:31:04,344 --> 00:31:06,206 -Nils, should we throw this over here? -[Nils] All right. 662 00:31:06,241 --> 00:31:08,862 -Do you want me to grab him? -Yeah, you're gonna have to... 663 00:31:08,896 --> 00:31:10,689 All right, let's go down and then we can slide him. 664 00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:13,000 Go down. 665 00:31:13,034 --> 00:31:14,724 -Okay. -[Nils] I'm gonna pour the sugar here. 666 00:31:14,758 --> 00:31:16,620 -This is gonna be hot, okay? -[Dennis] Okay. 667 00:31:16,655 --> 00:31:17,482 [Nils] Watch out. 668 00:31:19,241 --> 00:31:21,034 [Nils] My river runneth... 669 00:31:21,068 --> 00:31:26,827 Okay, Corinda's resting all the movement of her vampiress in that whip. 670 00:31:26,862 --> 00:31:29,551 [Nils] All right, so I'm starting to get the whip going. 671 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:32,344 [Sequeira] And, in fact, only once that whip is on, 672 00:31:32,379 --> 00:31:36,068 -is she going to mold the hand around it. -Oh, my gosh. 673 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:39,827 [Sequeira] Which is, look at it, in a very precarious spot. 674 00:31:39,862 --> 00:31:41,034 [Corinda] All right. Watch out, Dennis. 675 00:31:41,068 --> 00:31:43,034 He's gonna come through with that sugar whip. Careful. 676 00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,965 -Careful. -[Nils] You got freeze spray? 677 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:45,896 [Corinda] I got it. 678 00:31:47,344 --> 00:31:48,517 [Nils] Yes. 679 00:31:48,551 --> 00:31:49,517 [Bennett] 30 minutes left! 680 00:31:49,551 --> 00:31:51,137 Almost ready. Let me do the donuts, 681 00:31:51,172 --> 00:31:52,482 then we're gonna go to the board. 682 00:31:52,517 --> 00:31:54,517 [dramatic music] 683 00:31:56,172 --> 00:32:00,379 The tasting element is gonna go in these spaces that I made on the back 684 00:32:00,413 --> 00:32:01,896 as part of the creature. 685 00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:04,724 [Teresa] Good, good. 686 00:32:04,758 --> 00:32:07,931 So I just wanna toss it in a little bit of cinnamon sugar. 687 00:32:07,965 --> 00:32:12,206 Then I'm gonna fill 'em with my fabulous garlic cream. 688 00:32:12,241 --> 00:32:15,689 I'm gonna dip 'em in caramel just 'cause I want that round crust. 689 00:32:15,724 --> 00:32:18,068 I wanna put that orange marmalade in the holes. 690 00:32:20,034 --> 00:32:21,827 And I got my bombolonis. 691 00:32:21,862 --> 00:32:22,931 Bombolonis are in. 692 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:26,379 [Lisa] I'm gonna work on his face. 693 00:32:26,413 --> 00:32:29,344 I'm sorry, guys. I'm going as fast as I can. 694 00:32:29,379 --> 00:32:31,758 I still have to finish the tasting element, 695 00:32:31,793 --> 00:32:34,137 but I haven't even finished his head. 696 00:32:34,172 --> 00:32:36,827 [Dean] So the cape, the medallions, what are we gonna do? 697 00:32:36,862 --> 00:32:38,896 [Lisa] Because we're very behind, 698 00:32:38,931 --> 00:32:40,931 I asked Laurie to work on the cape. 699 00:32:40,965 --> 00:32:42,517 -I'm sorry. [laughing] -It's okay. 700 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:48,448 Dean. I'll do them. Can you put the cape on? 701 00:32:48,482 --> 00:32:50,862 I'm just adding textures to it. 702 00:32:50,896 --> 00:32:52,379 Just go that way a little. 703 00:32:53,206 --> 00:32:54,448 [Laurie sighing] Okay. 704 00:32:54,482 --> 00:32:56,379 [Dean] So your medallion goes right on top of this. 705 00:32:59,103 --> 00:33:02,275 [Sequeira] Things are definitely going sour for Sweet Lunatics. 706 00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:05,517 -These other two teams are in finesse mode. -[Bennett] Yes. 707 00:33:05,551 --> 00:33:07,275 Putting the tasting elements on. 708 00:33:09,344 --> 00:33:12,172 And that's the mode that they're gonna miss out on. 709 00:33:12,206 --> 00:33:15,448 -[Kristina] It's gonna be dyed marshmallow. -[Elan] Awesome. 710 00:33:15,482 --> 00:33:19,931 We are about to spray him with acid. 711 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:22,172 I'm getting started on the taster. 712 00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:25,103 Just dicing up the pears that we poached earlier. 713 00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:27,172 I finally get to the tasting. 714 00:33:27,206 --> 00:33:32,103 It's a vanilla poached pear cracked alien egg. 715 00:33:32,137 --> 00:33:36,137 It's gonna pipe the ganache that has the black garlic. 716 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:39,655 I'm putting poached pear, and this is the creme fraiche. 717 00:33:39,689 --> 00:33:43,448 I'm gonna top it off with a black garlic salt. Just a touch. 718 00:33:44,379 --> 00:33:46,137 Ten minutes to get it done, let's go! 719 00:33:46,172 --> 00:33:47,344 Here we go. 720 00:33:47,379 --> 00:33:50,586 If I wanna make it to the final, I can't crack this. 721 00:33:50,620 --> 00:33:52,655 [Sequeira] I'm the most worried about Sweet Lunatics. 722 00:33:52,689 --> 00:33:56,068 She's literally punching lights right now into the spaceship. 723 00:33:56,103 --> 00:33:58,620 That is so cool. 724 00:33:58,655 --> 00:34:01,137 -[Dean] Coming behind you, Laurie. -[Lisa] Be careful, Laurie. 725 00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:04,310 Okay. Gotta fix this buttercream around him. 726 00:34:04,344 --> 00:34:05,793 [Lisa] Okay, I'm going. Hold on. 727 00:34:05,827 --> 00:34:09,310 [Kristina] Don't I get a "thank you very much" for those weird balls? 728 00:34:09,344 --> 00:34:10,862 [Elan] Looking gross. 729 00:34:10,896 --> 00:34:13,137 One minute! You have one minute left! 730 00:34:13,172 --> 00:34:15,034 [Laurie] One minute. Oh, gosh! 731 00:34:15,068 --> 00:34:17,793 [Kristina] If you pull it and let it drape... 732 00:34:17,827 --> 00:34:19,344 [Dean] Bring the gun. 733 00:34:19,379 --> 00:34:22,241 They still have to put the stun gun in the alien's hands. 734 00:34:22,275 --> 00:34:25,137 -I can't reach. -[Lisa] Okay, let Dean do it. 735 00:34:25,172 --> 00:34:26,379 [Nils] Careful with the sugar and the steam. 736 00:34:26,413 --> 00:34:28,482 -I just wanna steam over here. -[Nils] I know, I know. 737 00:34:28,516 --> 00:34:30,516 I promise, I promise. 738 00:34:30,551 --> 00:34:33,344 -Oh, my gosh, the gun is there. -[Li] It looks great. 739 00:34:33,379 --> 00:34:35,585 -[Bennett] Ten. Nine. -[Kristina] Okay, here we go. Here we go. 740 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:38,000 -[Bennett] Eight. Seven. -[Nils] All right, Dennis. 741 00:34:38,034 --> 00:34:40,516 -[Bennett] Six. Five. -[Nils] Good deal. 742 00:34:40,551 --> 00:34:45,413 [Bennett] Four. Three. Two. One... 743 00:34:45,447 --> 00:34:48,068 -Hands off your display! -Wow. 744 00:34:48,103 --> 00:34:49,896 -[Lisa] Oh, my God. -[Laurie] Good job. 745 00:34:51,379 --> 00:34:52,206 [groans] 746 00:34:53,931 --> 00:34:57,517 [Laurie] Upon returning to Earth to find some eggs that he had previously hidden, 747 00:34:57,551 --> 00:35:00,137 our alien found a vampire raiding the nest 748 00:35:00,172 --> 00:35:03,862 for the newest protein treat for vampires. 749 00:35:03,896 --> 00:35:06,103 This piece is all about the G-force. 750 00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:09,931 It's all about the vampire and the way that he's falling backwards. 751 00:35:09,965 --> 00:35:14,275 Coupled with the expression on his face, I am falling backwards with him. 752 00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:20,241 The height, the fact that you suspended this very heavy spaceship 753 00:35:20,275 --> 00:35:23,620 on just those two pipes, that's pretty masterful, guys. 754 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:25,413 Incredible job there. Well done. 755 00:35:25,448 --> 00:35:31,482 That ray gun looks like a toy that I wanna take home. It's incredible. 756 00:35:31,517 --> 00:35:33,827 I do wish that it was aimed right at the vampire, 757 00:35:33,862 --> 00:35:36,793 because then, I think, it would really tell that story. 758 00:35:36,827 --> 00:35:39,482 Wow, time really flew away from you guys today. 759 00:35:39,517 --> 00:35:42,758 And I was really feeling your pain. 760 00:35:42,793 --> 00:35:46,931 But this backdrop, I love the dimensions that you were able to get. 761 00:35:46,965 --> 00:35:49,551 I feel like it goes on forever, 762 00:35:49,586 --> 00:35:53,931 and that's just a result of your amazing painting skills here, Lisa. 763 00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:57,655 -Laurie, these sugar bats are so beautiful. -Thank you. 764 00:35:57,689 --> 00:36:00,931 Now, there is a little bit of empty space here. 765 00:36:00,965 --> 00:36:04,379 If you were to nudge that bowl forward by about a foot, 766 00:36:04,413 --> 00:36:06,275 it would just fill in that space a little more 767 00:36:06,310 --> 00:36:08,448 and it would feel more intentional. 768 00:36:08,482 --> 00:36:09,793 What are we eating today? 769 00:36:09,827 --> 00:36:12,379 Today, you'll be eating a vanilla poached pear 770 00:36:12,413 --> 00:36:15,724 with a black garlic dark chocolate ganache, 771 00:36:15,758 --> 00:36:19,689 topped with a creme fraiche and a dark chocolate shell. 772 00:36:22,482 --> 00:36:25,655 -Whoa. -[Bennett] It's out of this world. 773 00:36:25,689 --> 00:36:27,724 [Lisa] That's why it needed all those components. 774 00:36:27,758 --> 00:36:30,344 -[laughing] It was just... -[Li] Whoa! 775 00:36:30,379 --> 00:36:33,586 -[Bennett] Right? -Wait. What's happening? 776 00:36:33,620 --> 00:36:35,034 Okay, let's... Ooh. 777 00:36:35,068 --> 00:36:37,689 -And, then, you get the garlic afterwards. -Oh, you get the garlic. 778 00:36:37,724 --> 00:36:40,275 -Yeah, we do. Oh, we do, Lisa. -[laughing] That is the after-effect. 779 00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:42,206 -It's very bossy... -[Bennett] Yeah. 780 00:36:42,241 --> 00:36:45,137 ...in a great way. This dessert would not work 781 00:36:45,172 --> 00:36:49,000 if you had omitted one of these elements. 782 00:36:49,034 --> 00:36:54,379 This is absolutely delicious and I feel like I'm almost breathless from it. 783 00:36:54,413 --> 00:36:56,275 -Amazing, Lisa. -Oh, thank you so much., 784 00:36:56,310 --> 00:36:59,379 Sweet Lunatics, well done. 785 00:36:59,413 --> 00:37:01,758 -Thank you. -[Li] Good job, guys. 786 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:08,413 So our vampiress has foolishly tried to cross the river, 787 00:37:08,448 --> 00:37:10,896 which has been claimed by our cyclops here. 788 00:37:10,931 --> 00:37:13,793 And, now, they're in a battle over this river. 789 00:37:16,655 --> 00:37:20,586 These two characters are finished with extremely different finishes, 790 00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:25,862 yet they really look like they're in the same time, same space, and same fight. 791 00:37:25,896 --> 00:37:27,275 The one note that I will give you 792 00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:29,413 is the fact that these two characters 793 00:37:29,448 --> 00:37:33,965 are, sort of, standing in a very static position in their own corners. 794 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,103 And it actually begins with the armature that you built. 795 00:37:37,137 --> 00:37:41,034 If you don't put movement in the armature, and the legs are standing straight, 796 00:37:41,068 --> 00:37:42,965 you're just gonna get a static character. 797 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:50,103 That vampiress' face has this fierce strength and beauty to her 798 00:37:50,137 --> 00:37:52,379 -that is excellent. -[Corinda] Thank you. Thank you. 799 00:37:52,413 --> 00:37:55,517 -Dennis, you showed up today. -[laughs] 800 00:37:55,551 --> 00:37:57,034 First character, head to toe. 801 00:37:57,068 --> 00:38:01,827 It's so nice to see you, like, take on a full front and center piece. 802 00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:04,827 I wish that he looked a little fiercer, 803 00:38:04,862 --> 00:38:07,965 so that it would feel like an even match. 804 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,931 What are we gonna taste today? 805 00:38:09,965 --> 00:38:13,620 So what we have here is the rare gar-apple lily 806 00:38:13,655 --> 00:38:15,482 that is floating down the river. 807 00:38:15,517 --> 00:38:18,068 It's a black garlic pineapple upside-down cake 808 00:38:18,103 --> 00:38:21,310 glazed with a raspberry cardamom black garlic sauce. 809 00:38:21,344 --> 00:38:22,689 Hopefully, it's not too garlic-y. 810 00:38:24,206 --> 00:38:25,655 I literally don't know where to start. 811 00:38:28,137 --> 00:38:28,965 Um... 812 00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:36,344 I literally don't know where to start. 813 00:38:38,862 --> 00:38:39,896 Um... 814 00:38:41,965 --> 00:38:43,896 You freaking did it again, man. 815 00:38:43,931 --> 00:38:45,551 [all laughing] 816 00:38:45,586 --> 00:38:47,413 It's so good. 817 00:38:47,448 --> 00:38:50,275 The smartest thing you did was marry that, sort of, 818 00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:53,172 almost caramel flavor of the black garlic 819 00:38:53,206 --> 00:38:55,896 with the caramelized brown sugar. 820 00:38:55,931 --> 00:39:00,103 What I love is you actually have this nice crust all around the edges, 821 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:02,689 so that adds really nice texture. 822 00:39:02,724 --> 00:39:05,793 And this is very, very sophisticated and very successful. 823 00:39:05,827 --> 00:39:07,689 -Good job. -Good job. 824 00:39:07,724 --> 00:39:10,344 Trick or Sweet, you nailed it. Good job. 825 00:39:12,275 --> 00:39:16,000 [Teresa] Our vampire was searching for a new shadowy lair. 826 00:39:16,034 --> 00:39:21,103 He came upon the monstrous Transylvanian cavern bug 827 00:39:21,137 --> 00:39:24,689 and got himself into a sticky situation. 828 00:39:24,724 --> 00:39:30,448 Spice Ghouls, you guys get better and better with every challenge. 829 00:39:30,482 --> 00:39:33,103 Elan, you have a great understanding of sculpture. 830 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:38,310 The tension in the jawline, the amazing hollowed-out eyes. 831 00:39:38,344 --> 00:39:41,482 -Thank you. -[Li] And this pumpkin character, 832 00:39:41,517 --> 00:39:44,206 it's one of those characters that you see from afar and you're, like, 833 00:39:44,241 --> 00:39:47,344 "Oh, I wanna go pet it." And it turns around and you're like... [screams] 834 00:39:47,379 --> 00:39:51,758 -[all laughing] -It's so gross, you guys. 835 00:39:51,793 --> 00:39:56,517 My absolute favorite part is the marshmallow goo. 836 00:39:56,551 --> 00:40:01,827 It has this kinetic movement that really bonds the two characters together. 837 00:40:01,862 --> 00:40:03,206 What are we eating today? 838 00:40:03,241 --> 00:40:07,103 This is a bomboloni that is filled with roasted garlic cream. 839 00:40:07,137 --> 00:40:09,655 It also has a little bit of the orange marmalade. 840 00:40:09,689 --> 00:40:11,137 We put it directly in the pumpkin, 841 00:40:11,172 --> 00:40:14,517 so you will have to just carve a little bit of that out of there. 842 00:40:14,551 --> 00:40:16,931 We need to dig into the monster 843 00:40:16,965 --> 00:40:18,620 -to get the marmalade? -[Teresa] You do. Just a wee bit. 844 00:40:18,655 --> 00:40:20,931 -Thank you, guys, so much. -[Teresa] You're welcome. 845 00:40:21,655 --> 00:40:23,586 [Li] Okay. 846 00:40:23,620 --> 00:40:24,862 [Sequeira] Oh, that worked out perfectly. 847 00:40:26,896 --> 00:40:31,482 You have a nice, pillowy, soft bomboloni going on over here. 848 00:40:31,517 --> 00:40:32,827 Good job. Way to go! 849 00:40:32,862 --> 00:40:35,620 [Li] And I can definitely taste the garlic. 850 00:40:35,655 --> 00:40:38,034 Maybe you could have roasted it a little longer 851 00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:41,172 -to bring out more of the sweetness. -[Teresa] Hmm. 852 00:40:41,206 --> 00:40:43,310 The smartest thing you did was give us 853 00:40:43,344 --> 00:40:48,000 such an assertively sweet and bitter marmalade to go with it, 854 00:40:48,034 --> 00:40:50,000 because it's a palate cleanser. 855 00:40:50,034 --> 00:40:52,827 Spice Ghouls, great job again. 856 00:40:52,862 --> 00:40:54,172 -Thank you so much. -Thank you. 857 00:40:54,206 --> 00:40:57,793 Teams, you are all so talented. 858 00:40:57,827 --> 00:41:01,413 But there's only room for two teams in the finale. 859 00:41:04,241 --> 00:41:07,310 The team going home tonight is... 860 00:41:07,344 --> 00:41:09,310 [dramatic music] 861 00:41:11,172 --> 00:41:14,517 -Sweet Lunatics. I'm sorry. -Thank you. 862 00:41:14,551 --> 00:41:18,517 [Bennett] While your tasting element was fantastic, time got away from you. 863 00:41:18,551 --> 00:41:21,517 Your composition lacked the finishing touches we look for 864 00:41:21,551 --> 00:41:24,310 -at this level in the competition. -[all] Thank you. 865 00:41:24,344 --> 00:41:26,689 -Good luck, guys. -Good luck. 866 00:41:26,724 --> 00:41:30,344 I'm heartbroken. We came so far. 867 00:41:30,379 --> 00:41:33,344 I've grown attached to Laurie and Dean. 868 00:41:33,379 --> 00:41:35,827 We're from different cultures, different backgrounds and everything, 869 00:41:35,862 --> 00:41:38,586 and we became family. 870 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,655 So, we have our finale. 871 00:41:42,689 --> 00:41:46,310 -[all applauding] -Get some rest. 872 00:41:46,344 --> 00:41:48,586 Next time onHalloween Wars... 873 00:41:48,620 --> 00:41:51,137 -Kristina, go. Now. Go. -[Elan] We really don't have time. 874 00:41:51,172 --> 00:41:54,068 [Bennett] ...Spice Ghouls versus Trick or Sweet... 875 00:41:54,103 --> 00:41:55,344 [Corinda] Cut the leg. 876 00:41:56,103 --> 00:41:57,379 What is he doing? 877 00:41:57,413 --> 00:41:59,655 [Bennett] ...for the title ofHalloween Wars champion... 878 00:41:59,689 --> 00:42:01,551 We want this. Get out of my way. I got something. 879 00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:03,655 -We're not finished with our journey yet. -Her head! 880 00:42:04,413 --> 00:42:07,137 [Bennett] ...and $25,000! 881 00:42:07,172 --> 00:42:08,896 The winning team is...