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Trashing the Room Hotel Hell lays waste to innkeepers' dreams the reality series Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef and Kitchen Nightmares. Looking to ex- pand his yelling franchise, he branches out to hoteliers in the entertaining Hotel Hell (Monday, 8 p.m., Fox). Ramsay travels the country to help struggling innkeepers — a.k.a. sitting ducks. The first victim is Vermont's Robert Dean, the owner of a supposedly elite country inn. Dean is portrayed as a perfect ass — highhanded with his staff, careless about his service, clueless in his interior decorating. Ramsay is particularly horrified by the inn's restaurant, which charges astronomical prices for substandard fare. He holds up a piece of overcooked goose liver as if it were radioactive waste. Ramsay finally reaches his boiling point during a crowded din- ner in which the kitchen descends into chaos, serving inedible food at a snail's pace. "Are you always this pathetic!?" he screams at Dean, right where diners can hear him. "Disrespectful, disgust- ing man!" The cusswords fly at high decibels. The criticism is richly deserved, though one suspects that TV by DEAN ROBBINS British chef Gordon Ramsay has made a specialty of yelling at food-service folks in Ramsay's temper tantrum will drive away any remaining cus- tomers who weren't scared off by the food. So much for helping. Wakebrothers Wednesday, 11 pm (MTV) MTV's new reality series chronicles the sibling rivalry between young wakeboard- ing champs Bob and Phil Soven. Older brother Phil is the cool one. He's good at just about everything, and when he happens to encounter something he's not very good at, he simply calls it "stupid." Bob, by contrast, is a redheaded goofball with minimal impulse control. It's fun to watch these two tease and torment each other nonstop. They see who can do the craziest wakeboarding tricks and insult each other's sexual prowess. Even in their 20s, they proudly wallow in immaturity — because, as Phil would say, matu- rity is "stupid." Serving Fayetteville and Sanford for over 25 years…. J. Wayne Riggins, OD, MD Beatrice Brewington, MD Ophthalmologist /Optometrist practice 2011 *Voted Fayetteville's Best Miles W. Whitaker, MD & , Edward Kenshock, Jr., OD *Voted Greatest Around Fayetteville 2012 S. Scott Stapleton, MD www.CapeFearEye.com 800.829.2284 Sheel Patel, MD Cynthia Toth, MD 1.800.829.2284 • 910.484.2284 Experience You Can Trust 1726 Metro Medical Dr. Fayetteville, NC 1629 Owen Dr., Fayetteville, NC 910.484.2284 8hrArh@r p Experience You Can Trust Experience You Can Trust 20 UCW AUGUST 8-14, 2012 Chad Tisdale, OD TOUCH OF ITALY RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF FAYETTEVILLE Where we eat and speak Italian! COME JOIN US FOR A TRUE Wh d kI li ! John Krempecki, OD Your one-stop family eye care specialists from pediatrics, to LASIK, to cataracts. J • Casual Atmosphere • Impressive Wine List • Parties & Catering 910.867.8700 1400 Walter Reed Rd., Suite 130 (All American Freeway & Owen Drive) M-S 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. • Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. All Major Credit Cards Accepted HOURS WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM • Carry Home Service res pizzeria estau anturrant izzeria & Small Town Security Sunday, 11 pm (AMC) This reality series takes us to yet another quirky workplace: a Georgia security company filled with grotesques. It's run by a 60-something oddball named Joan, who's lathered in makeup. (Note to the cameraman: back up about six steps, please. We don't need to count every gooey eyelash.) The good thing about Small Town Security is that Joan comes across as a real person, not a Real Housewife-style model "playing" a real person. The bad thing is that she doesn't have a lot of charisma, contrary to what she thinks. She's convinced she could have had a career as a singer or movie star, but her entertainment-free show on local public access TV suggests otherwise. Small Town Security acknowledges that its subjects are pre- and girlfriends. posterous, cutting in animated scenes that ridicule the things they do and say. I appreciate the gesture — it saves you the trouble of ridiculing them yourself. The Week the Women Went Tuesday, 10 pm (Lifetime) This reality series is intriguing on paper. The women in a small Southern town take off en masse for a week, leaving the menfolk behind to contemplate a world without wives, mothers In practice, though, The Week the Women Went is borderline offensive. It does women no favors, affirming rigid gender roles. Haven't we moved beyond seeing women as helpmates? Or as goddesses to put on a pedestal? Or as the daughters of Eve, bringing woe to the world? "Women!" says a local pastor who appears to have missed the previous 50 years. "You can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em!" I can live without The Week the Women Went.