Drama continues as Gordon tries to maintain order in the face of the increasingly fragmented Saffron family.
Tropes
- Abusive Parents: Daniel's parents stole a quarter million dollars out of their son's inheritance without his knowledge to fund the restaurant, and leaving their son to shoulder the responsibility of running a business where he was not treated as an equal partner. When asked what will happen when the restaurant goes deeper into the red, the dad's response is to use the remaining $160,000 in his son's account.
- Chekhov's Gun: Earlie in the two-parter, Alan had lent Gordon a copy of his memoir of his own father. When Gordon reads it, he finds that the father-son situation from the past was repeating itself in the current times. When he makes light of it with the entire family gathered around, it comes across as a pretty brutal slap on the head for the father. Manly Tears were shed at that moment, as well.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Gordon's description of the new wall art after the makeover:Gordon: They're hip, they're cool, and they're very trendy.
- Dramatically Missing the Point: The owners fail to recognize that their son's resentment comes from using his money without his permission.
- Generation Xerox: Alan Saffron, the owner, gave Gordon Ramsay a book he wrote about his abusive father note , whom he hated for trying to make him stay in Australia and work in his business. As revealed earlier in the episode, it seems that Alan's son, Daniel, has suffered a similar fate.
- Hypocritical Humor: Alan criticized the chef's burger, saying that it was cooked medium rather than medium-rare. However, the amount of juice seen leaking from the burger that the owner made showed that his burger was rare, at best.
- My God, What Have I Done??: Alan realizes he's turned into his own father and apologizes to his son, therefore setting the restaraunt back on track. Sadly, the restaurant would close in February of 2012 and Alan would pass away in April of 2020.
