Episode 7 starts with Jiro being brought to Butchers Block Prison, while Cynda is brought to Jiro by the Warden to Jiro. After being left alone, Cynda asks how is, gives him a cake, tells him that Cam is not the only one who sees him as a hero, and she thanks him for saving her. She then asks him for the name of any bigger fish he’s hunting beside Bob and Rose to get him out of there, but he doesn’t give, and says that he has to do stuff alone. She then heads away with the Warden, and she tells him to watch Jiro to make sure he isn’t hurt, since he is a key witness before she heads out.
As Jiro is asking other inmates to pass him ingredients, a guard suddenly catches one of them. The guard then takes off his mask, and reveals himself to be Alister the food critic, who is there to help Jiro escape from the prison. Jiro says he is not ready yet, so he starts walking away as Alister follows. The warden then sends the guards to intercept Jiro, and Jiro tells Alister to go. Alister refuses to leave without him, so the two fight their way to the kitchen.
While Alister gets dumbfounded that Jiro went there to get egg to finish his ramen, the guards burst in. Jiro then throws a fork at the lights to darken the room and slaughters the guards. After lights go back on, the Warden comes on the tv and offers a reduced sentence to any prisoner who brings him Jiro. He then opens all the cell doors, and the prisoners break in, to find no Jiro, but a pressure cooker bomb that blows up and kills them.
Jiro and Alister hop out of the fridge, and they head to the elevator to go up, again to the annoyance of Alister. The Warden makes the elevator descend rapidly, but Jiro and Alister manage to get out. They then head to Chef’s Row, and after narrowly escaping being crushed, they arrive at the execution room to give Jean Claude (who taught Jiro to make the Ortolan) Ramen, as his last meal before he dies. Alister then tells Jiro he rescued him because he felt a connection and felt he could tell Jiro’s life from his cuisine. His cooking made him feel like he was part of something worth saving.
The two then start to head out, when the Warden and some guards stop them. Alister runs off, and Jiro fights the guards, until he is subdued. Before he is shot, Alister suddenly drops some stuff on the guards, and the Wardens head and kills them all. The two then head out, and Alister tells Jiro to get into a van. Alister however, locks Jiro in the van, and knocks him out with knockout gas, and drives off with him.
This episode was also a very good episode. Kind of guessed it was Alister because when he was covered with a hood and knocked out some guards before with the gas, some of his face was visible when he took off the gas mask, and the thought came up “is it Alister?” Still cool though. Did not expect him to betray Jiro at the end though. The prison fight scenes were nice, and it had that cool silliness to it as well with some of the deaths.
Rating: 7.5/10