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After last week's tense ending with the villain Lisa calling out Stephanie and Richard for not bowing down to her congratulating her, Fanboy was interested to see the fallout. We pick up with three "chef-testants" having breakfast (eggs with a side of tension). Richard and Stephanie both seem genuinely annoyed with Richard even quipping off camera, ''I still can't get over how Lisa is still here,'' Richard said. ''I think a chef has to be a leader, and she's just got a bad attitude. I don't think Lisa deserves to win Top Chef.'' Lisa's response? ''I'm in the finale and I just kind of managed to get through by the skin of my teeth. But you know what, I don't care that Stephanie and Richard won a bunch of eliminations and I've only won one.''

Let's look at that for a minute: Richard and Stephanie each have four wins out of the 13 rounds of the competition. That breaks down to 8 out of 13 possible chances. When you consider that the show began with 16 chefs, that's a pretty amazing percentage.

Which brings us to this week's elimination challenge: make a four-course meal using a selection of proteins with the help of a celebrity sous-chef. The person with the most wins gets to pick first and after drawing knives to break the tie, Stephanie chooses Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin. Richard would follow with Dan Barber of Blue Hill, leaving Lisa with April Bloomfield of the Spotted Pig.

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The final four are back after a non-televised break in competition. Not sure what the rest of them did, but Fanboy-favorite Stephanie took a trip to Asia.

Call it Finale Part 1, as the competitors take the show on the road to Puerto Rico. After exchanging pleasantries and unveiling Lisa's new haircut, the gang heads off for their first elimination challenge. The chefs must create two dishes for Padma and guest judge Wilo Bennet using a Puerto Rican staple, plantains.

Though all four make excellent dishes, it's Stephanie's frituras that take the prize, giving Stephanie her first Quickfire win all season.

Padma then explains that they will have some help in the upcoming elimination challenge and brings out former contestants: Dale, Spike, Nikki and Andrew. Stephanie's prize is that she will get to assign sous-chefs for herself, Richard, Lisa and Antonia.