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%%* FiveManBand: The kitchen staff:
%%** Ramir is TheLeader.
%%** Martin is TheLancer.
%%** Victor is TheSmartGuy.
%%** Stick is TheBigGuy.
%%** Daisy is TheChick.
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* BittersweetEnding:
** Kate [[spoiler:successfully reinvents Godiva's as an innovative hot spot, but she's still forced to launder money for Howard and worries about her new boyfriend, a cop, finding out.]]
** Ramir [[spoiler:has achieved a great reputation as a chef and patched things up with his mother, but his father is still unwilling to forgive him.]]
** Simone [[spoiler:is free of her painkiller addiction, but she now has to worry where Chantal has gone.]]
** Martin [[spoiler:loses his virginity at last, but his new appetite for sex ruins his budding relationship with Jane.]]
** Daisy [[spoiler:gets rehired at Godiva's, but only after realizing how abusive her relationship with Sam has become.]]
** Jenna and Stick [[spoiler:are in a healthy relationship, but she sabotages it by cheating on him with her dance partner.]]
** Victor [[spoiler:has decided to pursue a new career as a line cook, even though this means giving up his hopes of becoming certified as a doctor in Canada.]]
** T.J. [[spoiler:launches a successful DJ act that he's ready to take on the road, but he has to run away with Chantal to do it.]]


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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Cordell is the only member of the main cast whose arc wraps up in a wholly positive way: [[spoiler:He's in a happy monogamous relationship with Drew, he's found a new talent as a sommelier, and he succeeds in helping Daisy break free of Sam.]]
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** Episode 203, "Out the Door":
*** Ramir [[spoiler:jilts Rajni at the altar.]]
*** Ramir expects to [[spoiler:leave Godiva's to open his own restaurant]] after the wedding.
*** Daisy and Victor struggle to fit Daisy's wedding cake through the back door of the kitchen.
** Episode 205, "Dead Flowers":
*** Daisy plants flowers behind the restaurant, then [[spoiler:cuts all their heads off to bury Victor's dead patient in them.]]
*** This is the event that leads Daisy to seek comfort at Sam's meditation group, where the "spiritual garden" is a recurring theme.
** Episode 208, "The Bigger Man":
*** Cordell discovers how well-endowed Stick is.
*** Ramir must be "the bigger man" and allow Stick to run the kitchen for a few hours.
** Episode 212, "Inked":
*** T.J. and Chantal get airbrushed tattoos together.
*** Kate and Simone [[spoiler:get revenge on Kate's rapist by tattooing the word RAPIST on his hand.]]
** Episode 213, "Exit Strategies":
*** T.J. and Chantal [[spoiler:run away to Seattle together.]]
*** Victor [[spoiler: leaves dishwashing behind to become a line cook.]]
*** Cordell tries to help Daisy out of her abusive relationship with Sam.
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* {{Asexuality}}: Martin barely shows any interest in women or sex, leading him to identify as asexual and form a platonic relationship with Tracy, a woman in his asexuality [[TropaholicsAnonymous support group]]. However, it turns out that he just has low testosterone levels, and after starting hormone therapy he develops a libido. This causes his relationship with Tracy to fail miserably.

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* FoodPorn: The show is full of lush descriptions and shots of the dishes being prepared.

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* FoodPorn: The show is full of lush descriptions FireForgedFriends: Kate and shots Simone don't get along especially well at first: Simone isn't interested in having any close friendships with women, and Kate clumsily insults Simone more than once. They do team up several times for the sake of the dishes being prepared.restaurant, and they can usually crack a joke or two together. Only after they [[spoiler:get revenge on Kate's rapist]] do they truly bond.


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* FoodPorn: The show is full of lush descriptions and shots of the dishes being prepared.
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* FiveManBand: The kitchen staff:
** TheLeader: Ramir
** TheLancer: Martin
** TheSmartGuy: Victor
** TheBigGuy: Stick
** TheChick: Daisy

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* %%* FiveManBand: The kitchen staff:
** TheLeader: Ramir
** TheLancer: Martin
** TheSmartGuy: Victor
** TheBigGuy: Stick
** TheChick: Daisy
%%** Ramir is TheLeader.
%%** Martin is TheLancer.
%%** Victor is TheSmartGuy.
%%** Stick is TheBigGuy.
%%** Daisy is TheChick.
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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Martin received formal culinary training and is extremely competent in the kitchen, but he lacks the untrained Ramir's bold ideas.

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* {{Asexuality}}: Martin barely shows any interest in women or sex, leading him to identify as asexual and form a platonic relationship with an asexual woman named Jane. However, it turns out that he just has low testosterone levels, and after starting hormone therapy he develops a libido. This causes his relationship with Jane to fail miserably.

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* {{Asexuality}}: Martin barely shows any interest in women or sex, leading him to identify as asexual and form a platonic relationship with an asexual Tracy, a woman named Jane.in his asexuality [[TropaholicsAnonymous support group]]. However, it turns out that he just has low testosterone levels, and after starting hormone therapy he develops a libido. This causes his relationship with Jane Tracy to fail miserably.



* TropaholicsAnonymous: Martin joins an [[{{Asexuality}} asexuality]] support group.

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* EconomyCast: The restaurant, which appears to have a seating capacity over sixty, seems to employ only two servers and one or two bussers in total.



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* OddlySmallOrganization: The restaurant, which appears to have a seating capacity over sixty, seems to employ only two servers and one or two bussers in total.

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