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Episode at a Glance

The White House is sizzling with secrets, and this week’s episode has more layers than Didier’s pastries! Here’s what’s on the menu:

• 🔪 Chef Didier’s Bloody Mess: The episode opens with pastry chef Didier desperately scrubbing a bloody knife and trying (and failing) to incinerate the evidence. The visual? Pure whodunit energy, with everyone in the house eyeing Didier as suspect number one.
• 🍬 Gingerbread House Drama: Didier’s annual gingerbread White House—his pride and joy—gets banished to the basement thanks to a “wellness” Christmas rebrand. Lily Schumacher and her new-age sidekick St. Pierre want smoothies, not sugar, and even the First Gentleman can’t save the tradition. Cue heartbreak, nostalgia, and a gingerbread effigy of A.B. Wynter with a knife in its back.
• 🐨 Kangaroo Catastrophe: Didier’s dessert for the Australian state dinner features golden boxing kangaroos atop cakes modeled after Uluru (Ayers Rock), a sacred Indigenous site. The Aussies are NOT amused, and AB Wynter is forced to intervene, yanking the kangaroos and bruising Didier’s ego. It’s a culinary culture clash for the ages.
• 🕵️‍♀️ Cordelia Cupp Sleuths: Our favorite birding detective is in her element—spotting crooked knives, matching lipstick to cigarette butts, and teaching Edwin Park that real detective work is about asking better questions, not jumping to conclusions. Her bird analogies are flying fast, and her instincts are razor-sharp.
• 🥄 Us vs. Them: Jasmine lays out the real White House battle lines—staff vs. management, old guard vs. new. The kitchen rivalry between Didier and Marvella boils over, and everyone’s loyalty is up for grabs.
• 👀 Masked Intruder: The episode closes with a silent, chilling scene—a masked and gloved figure stabs a gingerbread AB Wynter in the back, leaving us with more questions than answers and a craving for answers (and maybe a snack).

Totty Takeaways

This episode serves up a feast of red herrings, emotional betrayals, and Shondaland twists. From Didier’s tragicomic spiral to Cordelia’s relentless pursuit of the truth, “Knives Out” is a frosted slice of murder mystery and workplace drama. The gingerbread isn’t the only thing getting carved up—so is everyone’s trust.

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