1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:04,500 The final Feast of Monsters is upon us. 2 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:07,767 [screaming] 3 00:00:07,767 --> 00:00:08,934 [Jonathan] Last time, 4 00:00:08,934 --> 00:00:12,400 after a life-or-death clash with Mother Nature itself, 5 00:00:13,367 --> 00:00:16,467 Two Ghouls And A Butcher was sent home. 6 00:00:16,467 --> 00:00:18,800 Shriek Squad and Scream Of The Crop, 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,967 captained by their All-Star champions, 8 00:00:20,967 --> 00:00:23,367 are the last two teams standing. 9 00:00:23,367 --> 00:00:24,967 [Kristina] Go, go, go, go, go! 10 00:00:24,967 --> 00:00:28,567 [Jonathan] Now, they're about to face their most terrifying challenge yet... 11 00:00:28,567 --> 00:00:29,634 [Sarah Arnold] We gotta go big. 12 00:00:29,634 --> 00:00:31,500 [Kristina] It's not playtime. It's finale time. 13 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:34,100 [Jonathan] ...in one last all-or-nothing battle... 14 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,266 This is no joke. I can't hold it together. 15 00:00:36,266 --> 00:00:38,100 [Jonathan] ...for the Halloween Wars title 16 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:40,667 and $25,000. 17 00:00:40,667 --> 00:00:41,667 [Jamie] Pull out all the stops. 18 00:00:41,667 --> 00:00:43,100 It is going to fall down. 19 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:44,667 -[judges groaning] -No. 20 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:46,266 [Kristina] This is turning into a nightmare. 21 00:00:46,266 --> 00:00:47,200 -[drilling] -[clatters] 22 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,734 [judges gasping] 23 00:00:48,734 --> 00:00:51,667 [Jonathan] The most heart-pounding season of Halloween Wars All-Stars 24 00:00:51,667 --> 00:00:53,133 starts right now. 25 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:59,367 Shriek Squad and Scream Of The Crop, 26 00:00:59,367 --> 00:01:02,367 welcome to the finale of Halloween Wars. 27 00:01:02,367 --> 00:01:05,133 [all cheering] 28 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:09,467 Captains, you're one step away from legendary status 29 00:01:09,467 --> 00:01:13,467 as one of the greatest in Halloween Wars history. 30 00:01:13,467 --> 00:01:15,867 [all cheering] 31 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:17,967 You're all about to cross the threshold 32 00:01:17,967 --> 00:01:20,900 into your most horrifying challenge yet. 33 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:22,900 -[woman] Yes! -[shudders] 34 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:24,967 We want you to envision what might happen 35 00:01:24,967 --> 00:01:26,867 if you were forced to check in 36 00:01:26,867 --> 00:01:31,066 to the spookiest haunted hotel in the land. 37 00:01:31,066 --> 00:01:32,266 -Oh! -Okay. 38 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:35,667 The kind of creepy place where you may check in 39 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:37,300 but you might not check out. 40 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:40,700 -[all chuckling] -And because this is your last chance 41 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:43,767 to shock the judges into a sweet stupor, 42 00:01:43,767 --> 00:01:47,133 you're all in the specialty spotlight tonight. 43 00:01:47,367 --> 00:01:48,266 -Oh! -Oh, boy. 44 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:49,166 -Yeah. [sighs] -Okay. 45 00:01:49,166 --> 00:01:52,100 Pumpkin carvers must complete a character 46 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:53,667 entirely made of pumpkin. 47 00:01:53,667 --> 00:01:55,100 -[sighs] -[Kyle] Oh, wow. 48 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:59,667 Sugar artists must create an entire a decorative element of your hotel 49 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:00,800 out of sugar. 50 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,266 -Oh! -[Sarah Arnold] Wow. 51 00:02:02,266 --> 00:02:06,400 And cake artists must build a key component of the story 52 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,333 out of cake. 53 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,266 Your tasting element will honor the ghosts 54 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:15,700 lurking in the halls of your hotels, 55 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:19,000 with spirit-inspired flavors. 56 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,400 -Mmm-mmm. -[chuckling] 57 00:02:21,867 --> 00:02:23,800 Shriek Squad, you get bourbon. 58 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:24,867 -Yes! -Yes! 59 00:02:24,867 --> 00:02:26,600 Scream Of The Crop, port. 60 00:02:27,066 --> 00:02:27,867 -Sweet. -Oh! 61 00:02:27,867 --> 00:02:29,767 And of course, this is the finale, 62 00:02:29,767 --> 00:02:33,467 so your baking assistants are back to help you with your horrors. 63 00:02:33,467 --> 00:02:35,467 -[woman laughing] -Yay! 64 00:02:35,467 --> 00:02:38,000 Your final seven hours starts now! 65 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,667 All right. Let's go, girls. We got finale. 66 00:02:40,667 --> 00:02:43,100 -Let's go! -[Jamie in singsong voice] All right! 67 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,700 We gotta go big. Haunted Hotel. 68 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:47,000 What are we thinking? 69 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,767 [in normal voice] Well, what rooms, like, really exude hotel? 70 00:02:48,767 --> 00:02:51,066 I'm kind of thinking, like, the check-in desk. 71 00:02:51,066 --> 00:02:52,367 -Oh, the front desk. -Straight to the lobby. 72 00:02:52,367 --> 00:02:55,000 -Yeah. -Who will our hotelier be? 73 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,567 If we have a main character that's like a witch... 74 00:02:58,567 --> 00:02:59,800 -[Jamie] Yeah. -...could she be doing-- 75 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,367 -How about a seance? Yeah! -A seance. Exactly. 76 00:03:02,367 --> 00:03:03,567 -That's what I was thinking! -Oh! 77 00:03:03,567 --> 00:03:05,367 [Kristina] It's gonna be All Hallows Eve. 78 00:03:05,367 --> 00:03:08,100 The hotelier will be in a seance 79 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:11,600 where she is lowering the veil between the spirit world 80 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,500 and spirit hands that will be coming out of the walls of our piece, 81 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,266 reaching towards the guests. 82 00:03:17,266 --> 00:03:18,767 -Every detail-- -Right. All the details. 83 00:03:18,767 --> 00:03:20,367 -Make this look like a hotel. -[Kristina] The painting. 84 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:21,967 -Hotel, super clean. -The painting has to be on par. 85 00:03:21,967 --> 00:03:22,867 Detail, detail, detail. 86 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:24,567 We need something going on. 87 00:03:24,567 --> 00:03:27,300 -Something that you walk into and you're witnessing. -Yeah. 88 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:29,500 What if we did, uh, elevator? 89 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:30,700 -[Sarah Arnold] Oh, that'd be great. -[Sarah] Mmm. 90 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:34,100 But it's not just an elevator, it's a portal that's alive. 91 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:35,700 We have a trick-or-treater 92 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:40,500 that wants to go to a Halloween party in a haunted hotel, 93 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:44,266 only to find out that the ghoulies, which are the bellhops, 94 00:03:44,266 --> 00:03:49,266 are taking him to be a part of the hotel's entourage forever. 95 00:03:49,266 --> 00:03:51,166 -I can do big sugar doors... -[Kyle] Yeah! 96 00:03:51,166 --> 00:03:51,967 ...with the teeth interlocking. 97 00:03:51,967 --> 00:03:53,166 Are you gonna do the chandelier too? 98 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:54,033 Yeah. This is the finale. 99 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:54,967 -I'm up for it. -[chuckles] Good point. 100 00:03:54,967 --> 00:03:56,166 -All right. All right. -Let's do it. 101 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:57,166 This is everything. 102 00:03:57,166 --> 00:04:00,166 We're going against tough, tough competition, 103 00:04:00,166 --> 00:04:01,400 and we don't know what's gonna happen. 104 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,000 -We are going to win. -We got this. Let's go. 105 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,600 -[all] One, two, three, Shriek Squad! -[Jonathan Elias] Go! 106 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:08,467 [drilling] 107 00:04:08,467 --> 00:04:10,667 [Kristina] We have to create a pumpkin character 108 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:12,700 that is front and center. 109 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:17,300 We are gonna have a witch who's gonna be made entirely out of pumpkin. 110 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:20,767 Since our witch is such an important part of this challenge, 111 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:24,667 I am trying to source the best segments to build her out of, 112 00:04:24,667 --> 00:04:27,367 something firm and thick, 113 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:29,767 so I can really get the depth in the character. 114 00:04:29,767 --> 00:04:33,867 The witch is our main character. It's gonna have to be perfect. 115 00:04:33,867 --> 00:04:37,567 I have to use every single second of these seven hours 116 00:04:37,567 --> 00:04:41,467 making sure that my character is well carved and looks great. 117 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:43,000 -I think it's looking great. -Is it... 118 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,900 -You wanna... I don't think so. -...really too big? 119 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:47,367 [Jamie] I think there needs to be a lot there 120 00:04:47,367 --> 00:04:49,400 because this is such a big piece. 121 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,567 -Bourbon. -[Kristina] Jamie and Jonathan 122 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:53,900 are gonna be tag-teaming this tasting element. 123 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:56,367 They're sort of bringing the best of both of their skills 124 00:04:56,367 --> 00:04:59,600 and combining them to create these new and inventive pieces 125 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,767 that, so far, the judges have really loved. 126 00:05:01,767 --> 00:05:04,767 So, our tasting element today is bourbon, 127 00:05:04,767 --> 00:05:08,567 and bourbon goes well with, like, caramels and chocolates. 128 00:05:08,567 --> 00:05:11,066 So, we're doing a peanut butter mousse, 129 00:05:11,066 --> 00:05:13,400 salted caramel sauce with bourbon, 130 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,800 and this cocoa almond biscuit, which is kind of like 131 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,567 a softer but still yet chewy kind of brownie cake base. 132 00:05:19,567 --> 00:05:21,367 It'll be really, really good. 133 00:05:21,367 --> 00:05:25,600 Jamie is going to be creating her famous bourbon salted caramel filling. 134 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:30,133 [exclaims] 135 00:05:30,767 --> 00:05:32,967 That's a... [chuckles] 136 00:05:32,967 --> 00:05:35,567 -[Jonathan Elias] Oh, yeah. -That's a bourbon cloud. 137 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:36,867 The judges don't taste that? 138 00:05:36,867 --> 00:05:39,367 I mean, it's all gonna go downhill from there. 139 00:05:39,367 --> 00:05:40,634 So, right now, what I'm doing is 140 00:05:40,634 --> 00:05:43,166 I'm whipping up my eggs and sugar to get a nice, fluffy peak. 141 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:45,567 The first thing that Jonathan is getting started on 142 00:05:45,567 --> 00:05:47,667 is this incredible biscuit. 143 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:52,367 [Jonathan Elias] I'm currently combining my cocoa powder, almond flour, and sugar. 144 00:05:52,367 --> 00:05:53,934 [in singsong voice] Into the oven we go. 145 00:05:53,934 --> 00:05:56,066 [in normal voice] I need to get that in the oven so I can get that chilled, 146 00:05:56,066 --> 00:05:58,266 and I follow that with my peanut butter mousse. 147 00:05:58,266 --> 00:06:02,767 I'm whipping together cream cheese, heavy cream, sugar, and peanut butter. 148 00:06:02,767 --> 00:06:05,500 You get the salt, you get the sweetness, you get the nuttiness. 149 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:07,767 And then you get the cake, and we're gonna do a little bitter dark chocolate 150 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:09,200 to kind of counteract that, too. 151 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,100 So, I'm just starting to peel this, uh, butternut squash. 152 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,166 I'm using these for the heads of my ghouls. 153 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:17,567 And I think I'm gonna use the large, bulbous part at the top 154 00:06:17,567 --> 00:06:20,867 and leave that as their little bell... Bellhop hat. 155 00:06:20,867 --> 00:06:25,567 When I was younger, it was definitely difficult being the artistic person 156 00:06:25,567 --> 00:06:28,400 and thinking, "What on earth am I going to do for a job?" 157 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,967 Finding theater, finding film, 158 00:06:30,967 --> 00:06:33,100 finding pumpkin sculpting even, 159 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:35,600 has just been this incredible outlet 160 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,700 that started as a passion 161 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:39,200 and became a career. 162 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,467 [Kyle] Awesome. He looks great. 163 00:06:41,467 --> 00:06:42,900 So, we're not gonna go super big, 164 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:44,667 so he doesn't fill up our entire board. 165 00:06:44,667 --> 00:06:47,066 We have a lot of elements this time. 166 00:06:47,066 --> 00:06:49,500 I'm gonna be working on our victim 167 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:51,000 that's in the front and center. 168 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,100 What I'm doing is I'm blocking out the face for our victim 169 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,767 that's getting dragged into the gates of hell. 170 00:06:56,767 --> 00:07:00,500 With almost all of our pieces, we've kind of defied gravity on 'em, 171 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:02,066 especially our bigger ones. 172 00:07:02,066 --> 00:07:06,467 We like making things that look unnatural become natural. 173 00:07:06,467 --> 00:07:10,166 [Sarah Arnold] You can tell he's like, "Oh, God, my life is gonna end!" 174 00:07:10,166 --> 00:07:13,400 So, I'm getting started with our tasting right away. 175 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,166 I wanna waste no time. 176 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:17,767 For our spirit, we get port. 177 00:07:17,767 --> 00:07:21,867 So, I'm starting with my, uh, port cherry compote here. 178 00:07:21,867 --> 00:07:25,867 So, port wine is very sweet. It's very fruity and red, 179 00:07:25,867 --> 00:07:29,700 so it's gonna pair really well with my cherries here. 180 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,500 I think it's there. 181 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:33,900 I think you need more port. [chuckles] 182 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:37,000 What she's making is a dark chocolate shell in the shape of a skull. 183 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Inside that skull, she's doing a mascarpone 184 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,767 with an almond streusel, 185 00:07:41,767 --> 00:07:43,767 and a pork cherry compote on top 186 00:07:43,767 --> 00:07:45,100 that looks like brains. 187 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:46,000 Yeah, you got it. 188 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,700 -[Sarah Arnold] You got it? -You got it. 189 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,266 We have these two teams 190 00:07:49,266 --> 00:07:52,166 that have given us so many scary things throughout the season. 191 00:07:52,166 --> 00:07:54,166 What are you guys hoping to see 192 00:07:54,166 --> 00:07:57,200 for this big Halloween Wars All-Star finale? 193 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,266 I want them to go big, go huge. 194 00:07:59,266 --> 00:08:01,900 I wanna see expression. I wanna see story. 195 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:03,266 -Yeah. -I wanna see the details 196 00:08:03,266 --> 00:08:04,967 -of those hotels come through. -Yeah. 197 00:08:04,967 --> 00:08:06,767 [Aarti] Well, I will say these two teams, 198 00:08:06,767 --> 00:08:09,100 historically, have done a very good job 199 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:12,767 of seamlessly incorporating all the different elements. 200 00:08:12,767 --> 00:08:16,667 I will say it seems like Shriek Squad has struggled with that a little bit more. 201 00:08:16,667 --> 00:08:18,367 -They seem to take more risks... -Mmm. 202 00:08:18,367 --> 00:08:20,700 ...in terms of trying out different styles. 203 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,867 Where I feel like, Scream Of The Crop, 204 00:08:22,867 --> 00:08:25,100 they've been pretty consistent throughout, which is 205 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:27,500 go for the spooky, go for details. 206 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:29,867 -But then also go for one single color palette. -[Aarti] Yes. 207 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:33,800 -Yes. Yeah. -And I think that's, actually, their biggest problem is 208 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,867 finding ways to highlight their skills 209 00:08:35,867 --> 00:08:38,000 without having their work get muddled. 210 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,467 Teams, this is your final six hours in Halloween Wars. 211 00:08:42,467 --> 00:08:45,667 I'm currently covering our backboard as fast as humanly possible. 212 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:47,266 [Kristina] It's gonna be really important 213 00:08:47,266 --> 00:08:51,567 for the judges to be able to look at our piece, and for it to read as hotel. 214 00:08:51,567 --> 00:08:56,100 The backboard on our piece is gonna look like a damask wallpaper, 215 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,367 which is kind of like a fancy, frilly pattern, 216 00:08:58,367 --> 00:09:01,500 really commonly seen in old-fashioned hotels. 217 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:04,567 But in between that, to add that spooky hotel edge, 218 00:09:04,567 --> 00:09:07,967 we're stamping skulls in between every bit of the pattern. 219 00:09:07,967 --> 00:09:10,066 And then, we'll dust it with just, like, a little bit of dark blue, 220 00:09:10,066 --> 00:09:12,300 and it'll all, like... mmm, pop out. It'll be great. 221 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:15,100 I am trying to move as fast as possible. 222 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:16,567 Um, we're on finale time. 223 00:09:16,567 --> 00:09:18,600 It's not playtime, and it's not vacation time. 224 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,967 It's finale time. 225 00:09:22,667 --> 00:09:26,000 [Sarah Arnold] It looks great, so I'm happy with that. 226 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,166 I'm gonna get these done and out of the way, 227 00:09:28,166 --> 00:09:31,567 so then I can focus on all this sugar. 228 00:09:31,567 --> 00:09:34,100 I have the whipped mascarpone on the bottom. 229 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:37,367 I'm doing a little bit of our almond streusel crunch, 230 00:09:37,367 --> 00:09:41,800 and then I'm gonna fill up the rest of it with that port cherry compote. 231 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,200 So, I'm trying to go for a bloody brains look, here. 232 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,667 Teams. 233 00:09:51,667 --> 00:09:52,900 -Oh! -Oh, hey! 234 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:56,967 The spirits of Halloween Wars past have let us know... 235 00:09:56,967 --> 00:09:59,400 they think we're going too easy on you. 236 00:10:00,467 --> 00:10:04,166 So, we decided to order some spooky room service 237 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:05,867 to twist the knife. 238 00:10:05,867 --> 00:10:08,033 -No, stop. -I don't like it. 239 00:10:12,266 --> 00:10:15,800 We decided to order some spooky room service 240 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,367 -to twist the knife. -[exclaims] 241 00:10:18,367 --> 00:10:20,166 [Kristina] We are already strapped for time. 242 00:10:20,166 --> 00:10:24,266 We, quite frankly, don't have time for any twists. 243 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:27,667 On this cart, you will find two desserts. 244 00:10:27,667 --> 00:10:31,767 Send one rep from your team up here to grab one dessert 245 00:10:31,767 --> 00:10:34,367 that you must use to inspire you 246 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:36,300 to create a totally unique 247 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,767 second tasting element, 248 00:10:39,767 --> 00:10:42,233 to be incorporated into your display. 249 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,867 Oh, my God! 250 00:10:44,867 --> 00:10:46,500 Why? [laughing] 251 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:47,600 Better get moving. 252 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,100 [Kristina] Go, go, go, go, go! 253 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:52,066 [Jamie] Go, go, go, go, go! 254 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:54,000 -[Sarah exclaims] -[Jonathan Elias] Slippery floor. 255 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,367 Okay, what do we got? 256 00:10:55,367 --> 00:10:56,600 -We got-- -Brownies! 257 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,266 -[Kyle] Brownies. -[Sarah] Looks like a chocolate brownie. 258 00:10:58,266 --> 00:11:00,767 -Okay. What? -Apple cobbler. 259 00:11:00,767 --> 00:11:03,400 A la mode? Bourbon and apple pie 260 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,266 -go amazing together. -Amazing. Yeah. 261 00:11:05,266 --> 00:11:08,567 We could do, uh, a bourbon apple upside down cake. 262 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:09,767 -Okay. -[Kristina] For our twist, 263 00:11:09,767 --> 00:11:12,100 Jonathan is going to be making 264 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:14,567 a bourbon apple upside down cake 265 00:11:14,567 --> 00:11:17,200 with sour cream Chantilly. 266 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,567 [Jonathan Elias] Uh, I'm gonna cut my apples. 267 00:11:19,567 --> 00:11:22,967 I'm gonna cook some butter, brown sugar, and bourbon, 268 00:11:22,967 --> 00:11:25,200 put my apples in the brown sugar butter mixture 269 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,767 and we'll make our cake batter to go over it. 270 00:11:26,767 --> 00:11:29,934 So, you liked my dessert from all the episodes so much you wanted me to make two. 271 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,800 Okay, no problem. 272 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,800 You would think I almost know what I'm doing. 273 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,667 Brownie a la mode has ice cream, which is creamy. 274 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:39,967 So, we should have some sort of element 275 00:11:39,967 --> 00:11:42,000 that's, sort of, light and creamy. 276 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:43,500 You know? 277 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:45,367 This is not cool. 278 00:11:45,367 --> 00:11:47,867 Like, we're... We already have so much on our plates, 279 00:11:47,867 --> 00:11:51,767 and another tasting element is gonna put any of us behind, 280 00:11:51,767 --> 00:11:53,300 like what we already are. 281 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:55,600 Are you okay to help me, Kyle, with it? 282 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,667 Yeah, I don't have a choice, so... 283 00:11:57,667 --> 00:11:59,300 -Yeah. -I got you. 284 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:01,367 We don't wanna make just a standard brownie. 285 00:12:01,367 --> 00:12:02,867 We have to elevate it a little bit. 286 00:12:02,867 --> 00:12:05,600 So, Sarah comes up with strawberry brownies 287 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,700 and a Chantilly cream with a strawberry sauce. 288 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,667 I feel pretty confident that I could bust these out pretty quick, 289 00:12:13,667 --> 00:12:17,867 and then get back to everything else I need to do, 290 00:12:17,867 --> 00:12:19,800 which is everything. 291 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,667 By adding strawberries to the brownie, 292 00:12:21,667 --> 00:12:24,967 it's gonna create different textures inside the brownie itself. 293 00:12:24,967 --> 00:12:27,900 The inside is gonna be warm and squishy. 294 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,166 Which is a lovely thing, when you're eating a brownie. 295 00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:33,100 You know, it is a bit of a lost opportunity 296 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:36,000 to not try to work the port 297 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,266 into the brownie. 298 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:39,367 There's a depth to port 299 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:41,467 and a brightness, that I think would work really well 300 00:12:41,467 --> 00:12:44,266 with that deep, fudginess of a brownie. 301 00:12:44,266 --> 00:12:47,667 [Sarah Arnold] Okay. This is gonna be great. They're gonna love it, 302 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:49,266 and we're gonna finish on time. 303 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:52,266 Right now, I'm putting some hair on our witch. 304 00:12:52,266 --> 00:12:56,100 I think they've chosen a kind of harder design, actually. 305 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:58,567 There's got to be something so alluring... 306 00:12:58,567 --> 00:12:59,967 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -...about this witch. 307 00:12:59,967 --> 00:13:04,066 [Shinmin] So, it does come down to Kristina's pumpkin skills, right? 308 00:13:04,066 --> 00:13:06,066 This entire bewitching character 309 00:13:06,066 --> 00:13:08,500 will be created by Kristina out of pumpkin. 310 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:12,100 And she tends to have a very shallow way of carving. 311 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:15,367 She doesn't push a lot of values into her pumpkin. 312 00:13:15,367 --> 00:13:17,767 And so, for us to really be captivated, 313 00:13:17,767 --> 00:13:19,367 she's got to work really hard, 314 00:13:19,367 --> 00:13:21,266 -and she's got to nail that paint job. -[Aarti] Yes. 315 00:13:21,266 --> 00:13:22,700 I'm gonna get this hat up there 316 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:24,400 because that's what makes her a witch. 317 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,600 And then I'm gonna start on her arm 318 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,900 that's gonna be reaching out towards the hosts and judges. 319 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:30,734 I am pouring my arch 320 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,567 for my big showpiece of sugar. 321 00:13:34,567 --> 00:13:36,567 This piece has a ton of sugar work. 322 00:13:36,567 --> 00:13:38,567 I am pulling and casting, 323 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:42,500 and every form of everything, to get this done. It's a very big piece. 324 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:46,667 Jonathan has to create some type of decor item for our hotel, 325 00:13:46,667 --> 00:13:49,066 out of sugar. So, he's going to be making 326 00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:52,166 a gorgeous archway to go over our lobby 327 00:13:52,166 --> 00:13:56,000 because elements like that really sell the piece as a hotel. 328 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,166 It's very big. It's gonna be a lot of work. 329 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:01,166 We have to assemble it. It's gonna be very heavy. 330 00:14:01,166 --> 00:14:02,300 [Kristina] And then, he will be creating 331 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,867 all of these beautiful designs to attach to the arch. 332 00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:08,467 -Yes, excellent. -Right. Gonna start covering. 333 00:14:08,467 --> 00:14:10,767 [Jamie] Yep. Just start covering it. It's gonna look great. 334 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:13,667 [Jonathan Elias] Now, that's a sugar piece! Boom! 335 00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:16,467 Teams, you got five hours on the clock. 336 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:20,333 I think I'm gonna use this trunk inside out, so I can really get 337 00:14:21,467 --> 00:14:23,900 that feeling that he's dragging on the floor. 338 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:26,467 [Kyle] Blood Stain is going to be making two characters 339 00:14:26,467 --> 00:14:29,467 that are gonna be bellhop ghoulies. 340 00:14:29,467 --> 00:14:32,767 [Sarah] We're gonna make these ghouls look like they're defying gravity, 341 00:14:32,767 --> 00:14:34,900 and for this technique, with pumpkin, 342 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:38,000 you really have to create a hole, like, a channel, 343 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,567 in a big chunk of pumpkin, slide it onto the pipe, 344 00:14:41,567 --> 00:14:45,166 and then sculpt it there, before you can add the next piece. 345 00:14:45,166 --> 00:14:47,000 I am so proud of this team. Like, 346 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,066 Blood Stain, 347 00:14:48,066 --> 00:14:50,600 I have watched her be a face carver, 348 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,667 turn into a structure, character carver, 349 00:14:53,667 --> 00:14:55,900 and her growth, just tremendous. 350 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:57,300 Kyle, you wanted me to paint this 351 00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:58,667 before he goes on the board, right? 352 00:14:58,667 --> 00:15:00,066 -Yes. -All right. 353 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:03,166 -[Kyle] Three more. -[Sarah Arnold] Okay. 354 00:15:03,166 --> 00:15:05,800 Do you think the strawberries in those brownies are gonna, uh, 355 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,166 stop it from baking all the way through? 356 00:15:08,166 --> 00:15:11,467 Um, no, I feel like they might add a little bit of moisture, 357 00:15:11,467 --> 00:15:14,700 but, you know, the best brownies are super fudgy anyways. 358 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:16,066 [Kyle] Yeah, that's true. 359 00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:19,367 Sarah has the idea of putting strawberry chunks inside the brownies. 360 00:15:19,367 --> 00:15:22,300 They're still not done. I am scared. 361 00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:27,567 [Kyle] Do you think that the strawberries in those brownies 362 00:15:27,567 --> 00:15:28,800 are gonna stop it from baking all the way through? 363 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,200 I would toothpick it. 364 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,066 [Kyle] The problem is we put strawberry chunks inside the brownies 365 00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:34,266 and they're still not done. 366 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:35,166 Standing there, we're waiting. 367 00:15:35,166 --> 00:15:36,900 I'm so nervous right now. 368 00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:40,300 All right. 369 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,166 Oh, thank God. 370 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:44,600 All right. Brownies are done. 371 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,900 -[Sarah Arnold] Oh, great. -[Kyle] Yeah. 372 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:47,767 Kyle's brownies came out great. 373 00:15:47,767 --> 00:15:50,367 Some of them got a little excited in the oven. 374 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:51,667 -But, you know... -[Kyle and Sarah laugh] 375 00:15:51,667 --> 00:15:53,033 They're crispy around the edges, 376 00:15:53,033 --> 00:15:56,700 so it's easy enough to just get my spoon around it and pop it out. 377 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:59,967 So, I'm gonna get these done and out of the way, 378 00:15:59,967 --> 00:16:02,367 so then I can focus on all this sugar. 379 00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:06,000 I'm just doing a little drizzle of our strawberry sauce. 380 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,667 And then, they'll get a little kiss 381 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:10,567 of the strawberry Chantilly cream right on top. 382 00:16:10,567 --> 00:16:12,166 I think we can try to fit them in 383 00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:13,333 with our hands on the walls 384 00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:15,000 that are gonna be holding the other hors d'oeuvres, 385 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,367 which is our other tasting element. 386 00:16:16,367 --> 00:16:17,500 Luckily, we have a lot of hands, 387 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:18,700 so I think we can make it work. 388 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,266 Tasting, down. 389 00:16:20,266 --> 00:16:23,000 I am on my way to sugar land. 390 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,900 So, the whole front of the check-in desk, 391 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,467 there's going to be a lot of cake stacked, 392 00:16:26,467 --> 00:16:28,266 but I can't do a full 20 inches of cake, 393 00:16:28,266 --> 00:16:29,767 or else it's not gonna be stable. 394 00:16:29,767 --> 00:16:33,767 So, I'm gonna stack the first seven inches or so with rice cereal treats, 395 00:16:33,767 --> 00:16:34,934 just to make it solid. 396 00:16:34,934 --> 00:16:37,000 And I just gotta keep going, going, going, going, going. 397 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,700 I'm making sure to put buttercream on the back, 398 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:41,300 before I place any pieces, 399 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,767 to make sure that it all sticks up against the wall. 400 00:16:43,767 --> 00:16:48,500 Because it would be a disaster if this all decided to fall off. 401 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:51,166 Teams, you're looking at four hours on the clock. 402 00:16:51,166 --> 00:16:52,700 [Sarah Arnold] Come on! 403 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:54,400 So, how's the backboard coming? 404 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,500 [Kyle] I'm working on this background 405 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:57,367 so it actually looks dilapidated. 406 00:16:57,367 --> 00:16:59,567 I've laid down a layer of fondant, 407 00:16:59,567 --> 00:17:02,700 covering the entire thing with wafer paper. 408 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:06,266 I'm just barely lifting up the wallpaper, 409 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:10,100 so it gives that disheveled look like it's been aging forever. 410 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,800 Perfect accent piece to the haunted hotel. 411 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,467 Okay. Bood Stain, I need you to go 412 00:17:16,467 --> 00:17:17,934 -work on the pumpkin. -[Sarah] Yep. 413 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:21,700 I'm using edible gel paint. 414 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:25,700 I'm just painting it all to really bring out the fabric texture 415 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,100 and make it look like it's not a pumpkin, 416 00:17:28,100 --> 00:17:30,567 but actually a guy wearing a bellhop outfit. [sighs] 417 00:17:30,567 --> 00:17:33,000 If we look at the pumpkin characters, 418 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,767 I think that Kristina's is... 419 00:17:34,767 --> 00:17:36,467 for sure it has more presence. 420 00:17:36,467 --> 00:17:37,767 -[Aarti] Mmm-hmm. -[Shinmin] It has more personality, 421 00:17:37,767 --> 00:17:40,400 it's more sculpted. It's larger, front and center. 422 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,467 And I'm not sure 423 00:17:42,467 --> 00:17:45,266 if Blood Stain Sarah is as experienced 424 00:17:45,266 --> 00:17:46,967 -of a carver as Kristina. -Yeah. 425 00:17:46,967 --> 00:17:50,200 This is the thing about being an All-Star, right? Kristina understands 426 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,100 -how quickly you have to work here. -Yes. Yeah. 427 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:55,000 And therefore, she adjusts her designs, knowing, 428 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,567 this is what is attainable in seven hours. 429 00:17:57,567 --> 00:17:59,000 -Jamie. -[Jamie] Yeah, what do you want? 430 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,467 We just had to pick a really complicated dessert for the finale, right? 431 00:18:01,467 --> 00:18:03,667 Pull out all the stops, Jonathan! 432 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:07,166 [Kristina] Since this is going to be a seance, and we need a lot of candles, 433 00:18:07,166 --> 00:18:10,667 it really makes sense for Jonathan to create the tasting element 434 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:12,600 in the shape of a candle. 435 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,567 Right now, I am tempering dark chocolate. 436 00:18:14,567 --> 00:18:16,767 I'm going to line acetate sheets. 437 00:18:16,767 --> 00:18:19,900 I'm gonna layer my chocolate almond biscuit in my molds. 438 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:22,000 I'm gonna pipe a round of peanut butter mousse 439 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,166 and a center of bourbon salted caramel filling. 440 00:18:25,166 --> 00:18:26,567 It's gonna be the best candle ever, 441 00:18:26,567 --> 00:18:28,266 and it's gonna drip like a candle, too. 442 00:18:28,266 --> 00:18:31,300 I'm feeling very pressured right now on time. Stressed on time. 443 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:34,367 However, I have a feeling we'll get it done. 444 00:18:34,367 --> 00:18:37,467 In addition, Jonathan will be making other isomalt pieces 445 00:18:37,467 --> 00:18:39,700 to really sell this as a seance. 446 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:43,767 He'll be creating candles and potion bottles... 447 00:18:43,767 --> 00:18:45,166 If I do it too thin, it'll break. 448 00:18:45,166 --> 00:18:46,500 [Kristina] ...and other items, 449 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,100 to show that this witch is really in the middle of something. 450 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:50,467 I gotta make the ding-ding bell. 451 00:18:50,467 --> 00:18:53,166 -Ding-ding? -[chuckles] Oh! Service bell. That's what it's called. 452 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:54,500 [Jonathan] So, I'm making the shell. 453 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:57,166 It's gonna actually be hovering, like a normal bell would be. 454 00:18:57,166 --> 00:18:58,700 Winning would mean the world to me. 455 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:01,567 Me and my team have put a lot of tireless hours into this, 456 00:19:01,567 --> 00:19:03,467 and we've worked so hard to get to this point. 457 00:19:03,467 --> 00:19:05,400 So, I'm very happy of what we've accomplished. 458 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,233 But my bell is coming out really cool. 459 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,700 [mimics bell ringing] Bing. Bing. 460 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:12,166 [Sarah Arnold] How are you feeling on time, Kyle? 461 00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,500 -You still gotta do that suitcase, right? -[Kyle] Yeah. 462 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:16,300 -I'm gonna start that right now. -Okay. 463 00:19:16,300 --> 00:19:19,000 [Kyle] I have to do the suitcase out of cake. 464 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,200 Seven hours seems like it might not be enough time. 465 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,700 [chuckling] This is a lot to do. 466 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:26,967 It has been 10 years since I've been here, and, uh, 467 00:19:26,967 --> 00:19:29,800 what I've learned is that there ain't nothing stopping me. 468 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,867 I come in with experience. I come in with knowledge. 469 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:35,166 Making sure that everyone knows that 470 00:19:35,166 --> 00:19:37,800 this old dog still has some tricks in him. 471 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,567 I wanna show my kids that just because you're out of the game, 472 00:19:40,567 --> 00:19:44,066 if you have a passion for it, when you apply yourself, you can accomplish anything. 473 00:19:44,066 --> 00:19:46,000 [Sarah Arnold] Oh, Kyle. That's looking good. 474 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,767 So, I'm pouring the sugar for our haunted elevator door here. 475 00:19:50,767 --> 00:19:53,867 [Kyle] Sarah is going to be working on the elevator doors 476 00:19:53,867 --> 00:19:55,133 that are made out of sugar, 477 00:19:55,133 --> 00:19:58,066 with teeth coming in, that's ready to swallow anyone up. 478 00:19:58,066 --> 00:20:01,300 I'm working on... [chuckles nervously] ...the many, many teeth 479 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,600 that are going on this evil haunted elevator door. 480 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,667 I want them to look really scary and menacing. 481 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:11,100 So, I'm trying to make them, like, sort of curved and pointed. 482 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:14,066 I'm trying to space them out, so that the other side 483 00:20:14,066 --> 00:20:16,867 can have their teeth kind of interlocking with it. 484 00:20:16,867 --> 00:20:18,867 [Kyle] We know how to bring scary, 485 00:20:18,867 --> 00:20:21,166 and Sarah is picking that up, which is awesome. 486 00:20:21,166 --> 00:20:24,300 [Sarah Arnold] I feel like this has been such a journey for me 487 00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:26,567 as a sugar artist on this show. 488 00:20:26,567 --> 00:20:28,500 It's crazy, but I have seen 489 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:32,166 how much my confidence has grown and shown in my work, 490 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:36,500 and I'm just so proud of myself already, no matter what happens today. 491 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,900 We really have to make sure that the dimensions line up just perfectly, 492 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:42,767 or else I could risk breaking all the teeth that I made. 493 00:20:42,767 --> 00:20:44,567 [judges gasping] 494 00:20:44,567 --> 00:20:46,200 Now I get it. 495 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,700 It's the teeth on the elevator door. 496 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:52,000 -[Shinmin] That is gruesome. -[Jonathan] Oh, my gosh. 497 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,066 -It looks so scary. -[Aarti] Sweet, sweet, Sugar Sarah... 498 00:20:55,066 --> 00:20:56,867 -[Shinmin] I know. -[Aarti] ...has come a long way. 499 00:20:56,867 --> 00:20:59,767 She's really finding the darkness within her. 500 00:20:59,767 --> 00:21:02,800 [Shinmin] Wow. I did not see that coming out of Sarah A. 501 00:21:03,967 --> 00:21:06,066 -[Kyle] Good job. -I know we still have to drill into the board, 502 00:21:06,066 --> 00:21:08,867 but I had to get those on before we put anything else down on the board. 503 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:10,667 -So, I think that was our only option. -[Kyle] Yeah. 504 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:12,166 But I feel good about it. 505 00:21:12,166 --> 00:21:15,033 We're looking at three hours till you check out. 506 00:21:15,467 --> 00:21:16,967 Oh, my God. 507 00:21:16,967 --> 00:21:19,100 The cake is settling, so I'm filling in 508 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:20,667 underneath the lip with some buttercream 509 00:21:20,667 --> 00:21:22,700 in hopes that the cake, like, sticks to the buttercream 510 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:24,700 and it doesn't wanna pull down so much anymore. 511 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,266 That vertical supporting part of the podium, 512 00:21:27,266 --> 00:21:29,767 which was entirely made out of cake, was settling. 513 00:21:29,767 --> 00:21:33,000 And because it was settling, the buttercream was lifting off, 514 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,500 and the whole thing started buckling. 515 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:37,667 The problem is, because Jamie didn't put supporting dowels 516 00:21:37,667 --> 00:21:38,967 -inside the cake... -[both] Mmm-hmm. 517 00:21:38,967 --> 00:21:42,867 [Shinmin] ...so that top desk level was just too much weight. 518 00:21:42,867 --> 00:21:45,900 The more she tries to stick it on, the worse it gets. 519 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:48,567 I'm just watching this thing like... [clicks tongue] 520 00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:49,967 It will not stay. 521 00:21:49,967 --> 00:21:52,767 -What portion of-- -It is going to fall down by the end of this day. 522 00:21:52,767 --> 00:21:55,533 [Kristina] This is very quickly turning into a nightmare. 523 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:58,200 -[gasps] Oh, no. -Oh! 524 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,333 Oh, no! 525 00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:02,300 [Jamie] It's okay. Just take it out. 526 00:22:03,367 --> 00:22:04,767 It will not stay. 527 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:07,100 -What portion of-- -It is going to fall down by the end of this day. 528 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:09,567 We need to figure this out immediately. 529 00:22:09,567 --> 00:22:11,767 This has to be a hard pivot, 530 00:22:11,767 --> 00:22:16,300 because we do not have the time to rebuild any of this. 531 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:17,667 [Jamie] Okay, I have a plan. 532 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:19,367 -[Kristina] ...by squishing fondant against it. -What's the plan? 533 00:22:19,367 --> 00:22:22,367 -I'm not gonna fill it completely with Rice Krispie. -Okay. 534 00:22:22,367 --> 00:22:23,400 -That's fine. -Just taper it. 535 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,967 It's gonna be like... 536 00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:26,300 -extra stuffing. -Gotcha. 537 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:29,000 [Kristina] We are currently taking some of the cake from the top, 538 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,567 we're creating a ledge. 539 00:22:30,567 --> 00:22:32,100 This may not have been the way 540 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,367 we wanted to come to this conclusion, but here we are, 541 00:22:34,367 --> 00:22:35,600 we're gonna make the most of it. 542 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,834 So she pivoted. 543 00:22:36,834 --> 00:22:40,100 She ripped that entire cake out because it was pushing out. 544 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:43,066 She's then created these, like, bottom double steps 545 00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:45,667 -to kind of make up for that bowing effect. -[Aarti] Oh, that's cool! 546 00:22:45,667 --> 00:22:47,500 -[Shinmin] And I like the way that looks. -[Aarti] Yeah! 547 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:48,533 It has more of a presence. 548 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:50,567 -Yeah, it looks more finished. -It's more hefty. 549 00:22:50,567 --> 00:22:52,467 [Aarti] And it looks like a hotel front desk, 550 00:22:52,467 --> 00:22:55,500 -as opposed to a podium a professor might have, yeah. -Right, right. 551 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,667 [Kristina] Oh, it's really pretty! 552 00:22:57,667 --> 00:22:58,700 [Jonathan Elias] It's amazing. 553 00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:02,166 -This is the professional that Jamie is. -Yeah. 554 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:04,700 [Aarti] I'm sure she's frustrated, but she keeps calm, 555 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:06,900 and then quickly comes up with a backup plan, 556 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:08,233 -which is really great. -[Shinmin] Yeah. 557 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:11,400 And if we look at their track history, last episode, the tornado. 558 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,667 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -[Aarti] Right, it was the tornado, 559 00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:15,266 so Jamie always is there to figure out another way. 560 00:23:15,266 --> 00:23:18,467 It literally looks like you're walking into a vintage hotel. 561 00:23:18,467 --> 00:23:21,767 Your final two-hour time call is coming right now. 562 00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:22,967 -[Kristina] No! -Two hours! 563 00:23:22,967 --> 00:23:25,266 -[chuckling] Two hours! -[Sarah Arnold] Trying to go fast 564 00:23:25,266 --> 00:23:28,700 because I need to have enough time to assemble the chandelier. 565 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:30,266 I can't rush it, or else it could break, 566 00:23:30,266 --> 00:23:32,000 -and then I lose all that time that went into making it. -Yeah. 567 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,300 So I'm trying to just keep moving. 568 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,967 [Kyle] Sarah's gonna make this gorgeous chandelier. 569 00:23:37,967 --> 00:23:41,166 I'm getting my black sugar ready now for the chandelier. 570 00:23:41,166 --> 00:23:43,800 So I'm gonna pour some of my connecting pieces, 571 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,667 and I'm gonna pull all the little arms. 572 00:23:46,667 --> 00:23:48,000 If the chandelier is resting 573 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:48,934 on the table, it's gonna break, 574 00:23:48,934 --> 00:23:50,567 so it has to be built while it's hanging, 575 00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:51,700 and then I'll have to move 576 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:54,900 the entire chandelier that I'm building on this hook 577 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,100 over to the piece and hang it. 578 00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:59,000 So it's gonna be very scary, 579 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,266 but today is all about taking chances 580 00:24:01,266 --> 00:24:03,200 and hoping that they pay off. 581 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,767 I have not made anything like a hanging structure with sugar. 582 00:24:07,767 --> 00:24:09,400 I am definitely nervous. 583 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,200 The one thing that's really standing out to me right now, 584 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,100 the way Sugar Sarah is stepping out of her comfort zone, 585 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:20,266 stepping out of her kind of shadowed background, 586 00:24:20,266 --> 00:24:22,000 and she's really stepping forward. 587 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,400 She's creating this giant chandelier all out of sugar. 588 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,200 -Sarah has just put the shades now onto that chandelier. -Wow. 589 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,967 [Aarti] So she's really going for it in this challenge. 590 00:24:32,967 --> 00:24:37,467 Okay, um... [exhales] I just... [deep breath] 591 00:24:37,467 --> 00:24:38,767 Like, if you were to talk to me a year ago, 592 00:24:38,767 --> 00:24:41,266 I never would have thought I could do something like this, so... 593 00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:43,767 [sniffles] I'm just proud of myself. 594 00:24:43,767 --> 00:24:45,533 [chuckles and sniffles] 595 00:24:46,467 --> 00:24:48,500 And I can't hold it together. 596 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:50,867 I just really want to win. [chuckles] 597 00:24:50,867 --> 00:24:54,667 [Jamie] Currently I am covering the reception desk podium, 598 00:24:54,667 --> 00:24:56,867 and I'm covering it in this really deep, deep red, 599 00:24:56,867 --> 00:25:00,100 and I'm gonna add some, like, tufting in it. 600 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:02,100 [Kristina] One of the best things about the way Jamie creates 601 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:05,767 is that she really gets in there and uses her hand as a tool. 602 00:25:05,767 --> 00:25:08,567 She feels that the hand is one of the best tools to use 603 00:25:08,567 --> 00:25:12,000 when forming and sculpting elements, and that's what she does 604 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,767 for the tufted portion of our lobby desk. 605 00:25:15,767 --> 00:25:17,867 [Jamie] So right now I'm just using my hands 606 00:25:17,867 --> 00:25:21,266 to press into my fondant and modeling chocolate. 607 00:25:21,266 --> 00:25:25,166 I feel like it really gives us a sense of, like, the 1920s. 608 00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:28,100 -[Aarti] Yeah. -I feel like we're literally stepping back in time. 609 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:30,000 It feels very appropriate. 610 00:25:32,367 --> 00:25:34,100 Right now I have to go into high gear, 611 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,767 because I have to make spirit arms coming out of the walls, 612 00:25:37,767 --> 00:25:40,000 or else she's not really doing a seance. 613 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,667 So we had a few hiccups making the reception desk, 614 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:45,967 but, you know what? Now we are doing our best to make up time 615 00:25:45,967 --> 00:25:48,900 and to haul butt and get it done. 616 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:50,567 We are a little bit behind, 617 00:25:50,567 --> 00:25:53,567 and we might lose some of the details on these hands 618 00:25:53,567 --> 00:25:54,900 that we originally planned for. 619 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:57,800 Let's play the game of "How fast can Jamie sculpt 620 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,800 as many arms as humanly possible?" 621 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:00,934 It's a fun game. 622 00:26:04,667 --> 00:26:05,934 [Jonathan Elias laughs triumphantly] 623 00:26:06,767 --> 00:26:07,967 This is so good. 624 00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:11,367 -Kristina, how are you doing? -I am carving my life away. 625 00:26:11,367 --> 00:26:13,400 Do you want me to paint it on the piece? 626 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,100 Do you want me to stand and paint it? 627 00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:17,467 -It needs to be on the piece. Like, right now. -Okay. 628 00:26:17,467 --> 00:26:20,667 [Kristina] I am moving pumpkin mountains at the moment. 629 00:26:20,667 --> 00:26:23,066 I'm using airbrush paints by hand... 630 00:26:23,066 --> 00:26:25,367 [in sing-song voice] because it's faster. 631 00:26:25,367 --> 00:26:28,467 [Jonathan Elias] It looks so cool! We've just got to finish, that's all. 632 00:26:28,467 --> 00:26:30,567 -[in normal voice] Do you need to get this on now? -[Jonathan Elias] Yes. 633 00:26:30,567 --> 00:26:32,133 -Okay. -[Jonathan Elias] Thank you. 634 00:26:33,266 --> 00:26:34,533 [Kyle] This is the finale. 635 00:26:34,533 --> 00:26:38,200 I want to make sure that the judges know that we came to win. 636 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,867 So I want to make sure that he has actual fear in his face. 637 00:26:41,867 --> 00:26:44,867 What we wanted him to do is look like he's trying to escape, 638 00:26:44,867 --> 00:26:47,367 so I bunched up a whole bunch of red fondant 639 00:26:47,367 --> 00:26:50,567 to look like he's actually pulling it under his hands, 640 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,567 doing his best trying to get out of there. 641 00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:55,967 There's so much beautiful detail here at Scream of the Crop. 642 00:26:55,967 --> 00:26:58,600 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -And I'm hoping in these last few minutes 643 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,000 -that Kyle takes one more look at his character. -[both] Yeah. 644 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,266 -Because that skeleton costume... -[Shinmin] Yeah. 645 00:27:03,266 --> 00:27:07,266 -It doesn't read like someone wearing a skeleton costume. -Yeah, yeah. 646 00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:10,900 It kind of looks like a bad paint job at this point. 647 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:17,166 [Sarah humming] Yes, ghoulie, ghoulie, ghoulie, ghoulie, goolie... 648 00:27:17,166 --> 00:27:20,266 I'm feeling the pressure, time is running out, 649 00:27:20,266 --> 00:27:23,400 so I'm just gonna have to pick up the pace and keep going. 650 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,266 [Kyle] Blood Stain is still working on her pumpkin pieces, 651 00:27:26,266 --> 00:27:29,600 and time is just ticking by, minute by minute. 652 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,867 Trying to piece together my... my guys. 653 00:27:32,867 --> 00:27:35,800 Just have to make sure that nobody falls apart. 654 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:38,400 [Sarah Arnold] Oh, he looks so creepy. 655 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,467 Okay, so how much more screwing is there? That one just twists on? 656 00:27:41,467 --> 00:27:43,700 -I don't need any screwing for this guy. -So, I could try to-- 657 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:45,600 I would not go anywhere near that 658 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,400 -until the very last, like, 15 seconds... -Okay. 659 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,300 -...because there's still so much to do. -But if it breaks, 660 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:57,266 -I need time to try to fix it. -I know, I know, but... [groans] 661 00:27:57,266 --> 00:28:01,367 She keeps telling us that it's not a good idea to move that chandelier over 662 00:28:01,367 --> 00:28:04,100 while she's still working on it, because when she puts them in, 663 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:06,667 it's gonna shake the entire piece. 664 00:28:06,667 --> 00:28:10,367 [Sarah Arnold] I'm getting ready to put our tasting elements on the display, 665 00:28:10,367 --> 00:28:14,500 because there's not much I can do until we're ready to put the chandelier on. 666 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,000 [Kyle] We need Blood Stain to finish her pumpkin pieces and get them on there 667 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,200 so we can start putting this whole thing together. 668 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,800 This is it. One hour left in the Halloween Wars finale. 669 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,700 I'm using gold luster. It's giving that antique effect. 670 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:31,600 We did it in black so it looks aged, not just solid gold. 671 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,467 We want it to have an aged effect. 672 00:28:33,467 --> 00:28:35,200 Please, please, please, please, let's do this. 673 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,667 [Aarti] As if that wasn't enough pressure, 674 00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:40,367 he's gonna drill it into the back of that display. 675 00:28:40,367 --> 00:28:42,467 -[Shinmin] I am so surprised. -You're going to drill sugar? 676 00:28:42,467 --> 00:28:44,567 -I mean, my palms are sweat. -Palms are sweating, yeah. 677 00:28:44,567 --> 00:28:46,500 I know. And if his palms are sweating, 678 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:48,900 -the sugar is literally gonna melt in his hands. -Yes! 679 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:50,700 -Let's go. -Good with that? 680 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:51,834 [Jamie] Okay, go. 681 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:53,900 [whispers] Okay. 682 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:57,400 -[Jonathan Elias] Just go in, it's okay. -[drilling] 683 00:28:57,767 --> 00:28:58,867 [Jamie] Oh! 684 00:28:58,867 --> 00:29:00,200 [all gasping] 685 00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:02,900 [drilling] 686 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,000 -[Jamie] Oh! -[judges gasping] 687 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,467 It cracked! 688 00:29:08,467 --> 00:29:11,667 With the pieces falling off of his arch, this is not good. 689 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:14,266 This is not a place where we need to be right now, 690 00:29:14,266 --> 00:29:17,166 in the finale, when we're already behind. 691 00:29:17,166 --> 00:29:19,800 [Shinmin] He was screwing into cold isomalt that's already firmed. 692 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,967 It's like trying to drill in the glass. 693 00:29:21,967 --> 00:29:23,233 It's just not gonna work. 694 00:29:25,967 --> 00:29:27,233 [Jonathan Elias] Being a sugar artist, 695 00:29:27,233 --> 00:29:29,166 you're always making duplicates of stuff, just in case, 696 00:29:29,166 --> 00:29:30,700 for instance, when all my stuff fell. 697 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:32,300 I make extra rather than making a few, 698 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,233 you just never know what happens. 699 00:29:35,567 --> 00:29:38,533 You always make backups of sugar work because you have to. 700 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,500 Just like that. 701 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:45,367 [Kristina] At this point, I think we are each moving 702 00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:48,000 as fast as humanly possible. 703 00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:52,900 20 minutes, you have 20 minutes left. 704 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:54,467 -[Kyle] Okay. 20 minutes. -[Kristina] Okay, guys, let's finish this! 705 00:29:54,467 --> 00:29:55,900 -[Kyle] Come on! -[Jonathan Elias] This is crunch time. 706 00:29:57,300 --> 00:29:58,333 [Kyle] Just put him on. 707 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,467 Just don't break his hand. 708 00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:03,400 [Sarah] Yeah. I'm just trying to see if I can... There. 709 00:30:04,266 --> 00:30:05,400 [Sarah] Oh, there we go. 710 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:09,700 -I'm gonna need you to help me, okay? -[Kyle] Okay. 711 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:13,667 I'm gonna need you to hold the chandelier while I get up on the stool. 712 00:30:13,667 --> 00:30:15,200 All right? So come around this side. 713 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,066 It's go time. 714 00:30:17,066 --> 00:30:20,367 Sarah is putting all her faith in me to carry this thing over there. 715 00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:23,667 Just don't drop it. 716 00:30:23,667 --> 00:30:26,900 Ugh, God. Okay, okay. So careful. 717 00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:31,367 [Kyle] And then hand it to her so she can place it where it needs to go, 718 00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:32,500 and I'm a little nervous. 719 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:33,634 Gosh, Kyle. 720 00:30:33,634 --> 00:30:35,667 -I mean, my palms are sweating, guys. -[Shinmin] Me too. 721 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:39,700 [Kyle] If this chandelier breaks, it could ruin the entire piece 722 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:42,266 because it's so big and it's so intricate. 723 00:30:42,266 --> 00:30:45,533 I don't think that she could replace it in the time that we have left. 724 00:30:47,767 --> 00:30:50,367 -[both gasping] -Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Slow down, slow down. 725 00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:52,233 -[Jonathan] Slow, slow, slow. -No rush, no rush. 726 00:30:54,767 --> 00:30:56,700 -Oh! -Oh, my God. 727 00:30:58,100 --> 00:30:59,700 Okay, it's on, it's on. 728 00:31:02,467 --> 00:31:03,300 [squeals] 729 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:04,600 -Wow. -Yeah. 730 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,400 -Okay. [chuckles] -Yeah. 731 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,367 [chuckling] 732 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,500 Ten minutes, ten minutes left. 733 00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:14,033 [deep groan] 734 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,166 Can you wipe that before it gets bad? 735 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:18,100 -[Jamie] Okay. -[Kristina] I'm sorry, it was an accident. 736 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,166 At this point, we're not even sure 737 00:31:20,166 --> 00:31:21,533 if we're gonna be able to get anything done, 738 00:31:21,533 --> 00:31:24,467 and if we do get it done, will it be done well? We don't know. 739 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:28,066 -Kristina, I need you to stand in the middle. -Yes, okay. 740 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:31,000 [Aarti] Kristina's literally standing on the display, 741 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,667 -and Jamie is painting around her feet. -[Shinmin] Around her feet! 742 00:31:34,667 --> 00:31:35,967 What in the world? 743 00:31:35,967 --> 00:31:38,567 [Kristina] Even though I've had to paint pumpkin characters 744 00:31:38,567 --> 00:31:39,967 this quickly before, 745 00:31:39,967 --> 00:31:43,400 this is not exactly the place where you'd want to be during a finale. 746 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,333 You just don't stop, just keep moving. 747 00:31:48,166 --> 00:31:49,300 [Jonathan Elias] Whenever we're ready for candles, 748 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:50,533 candles are ready to go, 749 00:31:50,533 --> 00:31:52,500 bottle's ready to go, we've got to start putting stuff on. 750 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:53,467 [Jamie] Let's do it. 751 00:31:58,266 --> 00:32:00,500 Three minutes left! You have three minutes. 752 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:01,500 Crunch it up, crunch it up. 753 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,467 -Fine details, remember, fine details. -Yeah. 754 00:32:03,467 --> 00:32:05,367 [Kyle] Okay, so what we're doing right now is 755 00:32:05,367 --> 00:32:07,367 we're adding texture everywhere 756 00:32:07,367 --> 00:32:10,467 so that everything is uniform, that everything can be seen through. 757 00:32:10,467 --> 00:32:12,066 It's all one piece, it's all cohesive. 758 00:32:12,066 --> 00:32:14,400 The judges have been very, very critical 759 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,800 about making sure that our highlights are high and our lowlights are low. 760 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,667 The last couple minutes left, 761 00:32:19,667 --> 00:32:23,700 Blood Stain starts putting on this white color on top of the ghouls, 762 00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:27,867 just so it brings up all those shadows and everything starts popping. 763 00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:29,900 -[gasps] They look so cool! -[Kyle] Yes, the eyes are perfect. 764 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:32,867 They're perfect, they're exactly the way that we wanted them. 765 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:34,300 -One minute left! -[Kristina] One minute! 766 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:35,667 -[Kyle] One minute. -[Jonathan Elias] One minute. 767 00:32:35,667 --> 00:32:36,800 [Kyle] Let's go, let's go. 768 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:39,233 [Kristina] You guys are real ones. 769 00:32:39,233 --> 00:32:41,367 No matter what happens, I just want you to know that. 770 00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:42,700 We can't get sappy now, we're not done. 771 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:44,700 -Keep going. No sappy. -I'm getting sappy, I'm getting sappy now. 772 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:46,233 I freaking love you, guys. 773 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,300 [Kyle] So what I'm doing is 774 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:52,367 I'm putting glucose on the bottom of the tongue, so it looks like it's wet 775 00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:55,000 and he's salivating over his new meal. 776 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,000 This is it! 777 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,700 -Ten, nine... -[women gasping] 778 00:32:57,700 --> 00:32:58,667 -[Jonathan Elias] We gotta go. -Eight... 779 00:32:58,667 --> 00:32:59,900 -[Jamie] Oh, my God. -Seven... 780 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,100 Six, five... 781 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:04,567 -[Sarah Arnold] Oh, my gosh. Okay, guys, this is it. -Four, three... 782 00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:06,667 Two, one... 783 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:09,400 -Time is up! -[Shinmin squealing] 784 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,100 -[weakly] Yeah. -[cheering and clapping] 785 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:13,100 We did it. Come here. 786 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:14,567 [clapping continues] 787 00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:17,000 -[Sarah Arnold] Guys. Oh, my God! -[chuckling] 788 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,600 Just don't touch me. You're so covered in stuff. 789 00:33:23,467 --> 00:33:26,000 Judges, you ready to check into this haunted hotel? 790 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,166 -[chuckles] I think so. -I'm not sure. 791 00:33:27,166 --> 00:33:28,700 Let's do it. [whistles] 792 00:33:28,700 --> 00:33:32,667 Shriek Squad, let's talk about what you made. 793 00:33:32,667 --> 00:33:35,867 [Kristina] Welcome, guests, to Hotel Hex-a-host. 794 00:33:35,867 --> 00:33:37,233 It's All Hallows Eve, 795 00:33:37,233 --> 00:33:41,400 and Ingrid, the hotelier was in the middle of casting a spell, 796 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,100 but you've interrupted her and she's not happy about it. 797 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:49,166 We have a hotel lobby check-in counter 798 00:33:49,166 --> 00:33:51,900 made out of rice cereal treat and cake. 799 00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:54,100 We have a spell book made out of cake. 800 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:56,667 We have spooky, old-fashioned ghost arms 801 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:58,967 made out of cake and modeling chocolate. 802 00:33:58,967 --> 00:34:01,767 The floor is also made out of modeling chocolate. 803 00:34:01,767 --> 00:34:06,367 We have a sugar archway, we have several sugar candles, 804 00:34:06,367 --> 00:34:10,467 and the witch, Ingrid, is entirely made out of pumpkin. 805 00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:13,166 Let me start with the witch. I love her face. 806 00:34:13,166 --> 00:34:15,900 I think you've got so much beautiful texture in there, 807 00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:20,767 particularly the teeny tiny lines right above her lip. 808 00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:25,166 It shows so much tension and anger and annoyance. 809 00:34:25,166 --> 00:34:28,567 -[all chuckling] -There's so much sugar here, Jonathan. 810 00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:30,567 That archway is gorgeous. 811 00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:34,000 It is sort of the thing that's sort of holding it all together. 812 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:39,400 And, Jamie, the tufted sort of podium there has so much texture. 813 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:43,467 It has this kind of old-time, almost 1920s feel about it. 814 00:34:43,467 --> 00:34:46,266 Jonathan, this is the most sugar work that you've created. 815 00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:49,166 Just beautiful stuff you have on here. 816 00:34:49,166 --> 00:34:51,266 Jamie, I was watching you work on this desk. 817 00:34:51,266 --> 00:34:53,900 I saw the buckling of the buttercream, 818 00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:57,567 I saw the fact that the cake was just sinking and settling down. 819 00:34:57,567 --> 00:34:59,667 You created that extra lip on the bottom, 820 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:03,066 now there are candles on there, it just really pays off. 821 00:35:03,066 --> 00:35:07,200 And even though you created exaggerated, gnarly, ghost-like hands, 822 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,166 I do wish that you had placed in 823 00:35:09,166 --> 00:35:11,000 more discernible knuckles or joints 824 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,400 so that it would look more scary. 825 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,500 I can feel that you're kind of pressed for time there. 826 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,433 [Jonathan] Shriek Squad. 827 00:35:22,433 --> 00:35:25,266 What ingredient did you get for your tasting element and what did you make for us? 828 00:35:25,266 --> 00:35:26,600 We got bourbon. 829 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:31,066 I've created a chocolate almond biscuit, a peanut butter mousse. 830 00:35:31,066 --> 00:35:33,900 Jamie created an amazing bourbon salted caramel. 831 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,033 It looks like a candle with a filo flame. 832 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,500 And we threw in that evil twist. 833 00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:40,300 What'd you grab from the cart and what'd you make? 834 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,800 [Jonathan Elias] We grabbed the apple pie a la mode, 835 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,500 and so I made an upside-down apple bourbon cake 836 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:49,000 with a sour cream Chantilly, and smoked Maldon salt. 837 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:55,300 That bourbon salted caramel is extraordinary. You need to put that in a bottle. 838 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:57,667 It is salty, it is caramelly, 839 00:35:57,667 --> 00:36:01,767 and then at the last minute, you get this little tickle from the bourbon. 840 00:36:01,767 --> 00:36:03,300 Here with the apple pie a la mode, 841 00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:06,400 the sour cream Chantilly is so smart. 842 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:11,000 It adds a little tang and acidity to the apples, which is sweet. 843 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,867 The cake's a little dry for me. 844 00:36:12,867 --> 00:36:15,767 [Shinmin] The cake is definitely a little bit on the dry side. 845 00:36:15,767 --> 00:36:19,467 It's crumbling apart before I can even get it in my mouth. 846 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:20,767 There's something that's magical 847 00:36:20,767 --> 00:36:22,367 about the peanut butter and the bourbon together. 848 00:36:22,367 --> 00:36:25,400 I don't quite expect that to come together as a combination, 849 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:30,767 and that kind of down-homeness of peanut butter is so lovely 850 00:36:30,767 --> 00:36:33,367 when paired with the sophistication of the bourbon, 851 00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:35,800 so that is really well done. 852 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,867 -Shriek Squad, great job. Thank you. -Thank you, guys. 853 00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:39,100 -Thank you. -[Kristina] Thank you so much. Thank you. 854 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:40,200 You guys, well done! 855 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:44,000 -[Jamie] Done! We're done! -We killed it. We're done. 856 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,367 Scream of the Crop, tell us what you made. 857 00:36:46,367 --> 00:36:48,700 [Kyle] Our unlucky trick-or-treater heard about a party 858 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:51,867 at an abandoned hotel, not realizing when he checked in, 859 00:36:51,867 --> 00:36:54,166 he would not be checking out. 860 00:36:54,166 --> 00:36:55,967 -Dun-dun-dun! -[chuckling] 861 00:36:55,967 --> 00:36:58,867 [Kyle] Our trick-or-treater is made out of rice cereal treats, 862 00:36:58,867 --> 00:37:00,500 modeling chocolate fondant. 863 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:04,800 Our bellhop ghoulies are made entirely out of pumpkin and butternut squash. 864 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,867 Our suitcase is made out of cake. 865 00:37:06,867 --> 00:37:10,200 Sugar is the chandelier, the light fixtures, 866 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,367 and then the elevator doors. 867 00:37:12,367 --> 00:37:14,000 Wow. 868 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,166 [Shinmin] I just have to talk to you, Sugar Sarah. 869 00:37:16,166 --> 00:37:19,867 I love all the light fixtures, the wall sconces, 870 00:37:19,867 --> 00:37:23,100 and the translucency of your sugar work. 871 00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:26,500 And, Kyle, the fact that this whole character 872 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:29,266 and the tongue is coming out of that elevator, 873 00:37:29,266 --> 00:37:34,400 it's so gross, and it's really giving us this haunted hotel feel. 874 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,367 The only thing is, I feel like 875 00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:39,967 this front character shouldn't have been dressed in a Halloween costume, 876 00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:42,367 because it would have been a lot more gruesome for us 877 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:45,867 to see an actual human being being dragged into this haunted hotel. 878 00:37:45,867 --> 00:37:49,567 If there's one piece on this display that deserves a ding-dang, 879 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:51,467 it's that ding-dang chandelier, Sarah. 880 00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:53,300 Holy cow, honey. 881 00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:56,900 And it's just such a great centerpiece for the whole display 882 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:59,000 because everything leads up to there. 883 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,166 Sarah Blood Stain, you've got so much detail 884 00:38:02,166 --> 00:38:04,266 in the hands of your bellhops. 885 00:38:04,266 --> 00:38:08,767 I will say, I do wish that you'd had a stronger color distinction 886 00:38:08,767 --> 00:38:11,266 between the jackets and the color of their skin, 887 00:38:11,266 --> 00:38:14,200 because it's all reading as one color. 888 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,600 What was your ingredient and what are we trying today? 889 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,567 So our ingredient was port, 890 00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:22,567 so for you today we have our dark chocolate skulls, 891 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:24,467 with a little mascarpone cream 892 00:38:24,467 --> 00:38:27,900 and an almond streusel with a cherry-port compote. 893 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:28,867 -[Aarti] Oh! -[Shinmin] Wow. 894 00:38:28,867 --> 00:38:30,266 And of course, we were so mean, 895 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,600 -and we threw in that twist. -[Sarah chuckling] 896 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,967 [Jonathan] So what'd you grab off the cart and what'd you make? 897 00:38:34,967 --> 00:38:36,133 [Sarah Arnold] Blood Stain raced 898 00:38:36,133 --> 00:38:39,000 -for the brownies a la mode for us. -[Sarah chuckling] 899 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,066 [Sarah Arnold] So we made a dark chocolate brownie 900 00:38:42,066 --> 00:38:44,166 with strawberry chunks folded in 901 00:38:44,166 --> 00:38:45,700 with a little strawberry sauce 902 00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:47,900 and a strawberry Chantilly cream. 903 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,767 Wow, these are very different, 904 00:38:50,767 --> 00:38:53,467 but they work together as a singular bite. 905 00:38:53,467 --> 00:38:55,767 Your main port-tasting element, 906 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:58,367 I feel like there was just a little too much chocolate. 907 00:38:58,367 --> 00:39:01,500 I had to bite through a lot of chocolate to get to the mascarpone 908 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,000 because that's my favorite part. 909 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,166 But the port is front and center. 910 00:39:05,166 --> 00:39:08,500 This brownie, you handled it so well. 911 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,367 The crust is so perfect 912 00:39:10,367 --> 00:39:14,000 because you have that lovely chew on the inside 913 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:19,367 and then a super firm crust around the edge, nice and crispy. 914 00:39:19,367 --> 00:39:22,567 I think it was so smart of you to marry cherries with port. 915 00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:24,667 -They should go together. [laughs] -Mmm-hmm. 916 00:39:24,667 --> 00:39:27,967 They have that same sort of bursting, jammy quality. 917 00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:30,000 The brownie for me is a little less successful. 918 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,066 I agree, I think the texture is great. 919 00:39:32,066 --> 00:39:35,667 I am getting an aftertaste that's a little unnatural, 920 00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:37,467 and I don't know if it just got in contact 921 00:39:37,467 --> 00:39:40,100 -with something that was a little weird... -Okay. 922 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:43,900 ...but I think that you nailed brownies a la mode for sure. 923 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:46,467 -Scream of the Crop, great job. Thank you. -Thank you. 924 00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:47,900 -Thank you. -[Sarah] Thank you so much. 925 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:49,800 We did it! 926 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,000 [Jonathan] Shriek Squad and Scream of the Crop. 927 00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:00,000 This final battle was a harrowing Halloween War for the ages. 928 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,800 Each artist stepped up to deliver the biggest, 929 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,467 most terrifying display of the season 930 00:40:05,467 --> 00:40:09,700 in two epic haunted hotels on Halloween night. 931 00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:11,533 Scream of the Crop. 932 00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:14,166 You delivered a dynamic, haunted hotel 933 00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:17,600 made only sweeter by the amazing sugar work. 934 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,567 But again, we wish that you had 935 00:40:19,567 --> 00:40:22,166 some more color distinction in your pieces, 936 00:40:22,166 --> 00:40:25,100 which would have elevated it even more. 937 00:40:26,066 --> 00:40:27,500 [Shinmin] And Shriek Squad. 938 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:31,867 You once again showed us the determination that has defined your team. 939 00:40:31,867 --> 00:40:36,567 Your ability to pivot and just roll with the punches is so inspiring. 940 00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:41,200 Jonathan, we saw your best sugar work of the whole season tonight. 941 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,867 And while, Kristina, you continued to deliver 942 00:40:43,867 --> 00:40:47,867 an amazing and detailed witch entirely out of pumpkin, 943 00:40:47,867 --> 00:40:49,900 you knew you were rushing against the clock, 944 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:52,900 and some of the finishing work on the hands in particular, 945 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:55,300 Jamie, are in need of housekeeping. 946 00:40:55,900 --> 00:40:59,567 It has been a monster of a season, 947 00:40:59,567 --> 00:41:02,467 but there can be only one winner 948 00:41:02,467 --> 00:41:07,700 and only one Hall of Fame champion Captain. 949 00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:10,567 Our judges were impressed with both teams, 950 00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:12,600 but they have made their decision 951 00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:15,400 with no reservations. 952 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,667 [suspenseful music] 953 00:41:17,667 --> 00:41:24,000 The winner of Halloween Wars and $25,000 is... 954 00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:27,834 Congratulations... 955 00:41:31,767 --> 00:41:33,867 -Scream of the crop. -[Aarti laughing] 956 00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:35,600 -[Sarah Arnold squealing] -Oh, my God! 957 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:39,266 [cheering and laughing] 958 00:41:39,266 --> 00:41:41,867 -[laughing happily] -[Kyle] Yes! 959 00:41:41,867 --> 00:41:43,467 [Kyle] This is crazy! 960 00:41:43,467 --> 00:41:45,266 I'm the first two-time champion. 961 00:41:45,266 --> 00:41:46,467 This is nuts! 962 00:41:46,467 --> 00:41:49,467 I am so proud of this team. I'm overjoyed. 963 00:41:49,467 --> 00:41:51,900 -And great job to Shriek Squad! -Yes! 964 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:54,467 -[Jonathan yelling] Yes! -[Aarti] Good job, you guys. 965 00:41:54,467 --> 00:41:57,300 -[yelling] Yes! -Yay! 966 00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:58,367 [Jonathan] Good job everybody! 967 00:41:58,367 --> 00:41:59,367 [Aarti] Congratulations, you guys!