Nailed It! (2018–…): Season 7, Episode 3 - Umbrella Academy - full transcript
[spooky music plays]
[thunder rumbles]
[cackling]
Oh, hello, buttercups,
and happy hauntings.
It's me, Nicole. And I'm all costume
and cosplaying for Nailed It! Halloween...
[cat meows]
...the baking competition where we hold
our hands out for sweet candy
but end up with a bag of rocks.
Today, three amateur bakers
will take on the challenges
inspired by the wild and moody world
of the Umbrella Academy.
And before the apocalypse,
one baker will win $10,000.
So, let's meet the baker...
Nicole, I come from the future. And...
Oh my God, it's bad. Listen.
Whatever happens, don't eat the cakes.
[Nicole] That's our job! Wha...
Nicole, are we meeting the bakers?
Ugh. I mean, I don't know
what's happening, but sure.
I don't know. Jacques, I don't know.
I'm Charles, and I'm a neonatologist,
AKA a baby doctor.
With having a busy schedule,
baking really is a nice release
at the end of the day.
Oh my God.
Do I make mistakes here and there?
Yeah, absolutely.
But I think I mostly make edible things.
Although, I did give my family
food poisoning the other day on accident.
But that wasn't with baked goods.
That was broccoli.
[laughs]
My name is Erika,
and I'm a writer and a single mother.
Baking is something fun
to do with my kids,
but my attempts at baking
rarely turn out the way I hope.
Oh no, I touched his face
with my frosting hand. Oh no.
I want to win Nailed It!
because I want my kids to think I'm cool.
This is, like, my last shot.
My name is Tao,
and I am an admissions counselor.
Everyone would describe me as that ray
of sunshine when you come into the room.
Oh God. It's real! Ah!
I'm here today to show I can be proud
of myself and say, "Hey, I did that."
That's why it says medium speed.
I am totally gonna nail it.
Nailed it? Nail it?
Yes, I'm totally gonna nail it?
Is that right?
Oh my jeez. Whew, okay, calm down.
It's okay. Breathe. Whoo!
-All right. Ah!
-Hi.
[squeaks]
[laughing]
Have you noticed how Umbrella Academy
it is up in here?
I heard a rumor.
[laughing]
I love Umbrella Academy.
Honestly, cried almost a bunch of times,
'cause everyone kept
almost dying and stuff.
-Loved it.
-What a great review.
[laughing]
Well, Happy Halloween, bakers.
And here to help me find my happy is
one of the stars of Umbrella Academy,
-Emmy Raver-Lampman.
-Hello!
[cheering]
[laughs]
-Thank you so much for being here.
-I am so excited to be here.
Okay. Here to help me
save the space-time continuum
is pastry chef and chocolatier
Jacques Torres.
We live in a universe of chance,
so today, we are taking a chance
of tasting your cakes.
-I love that. That was so smooth.
-[Jacques] You see?
All that prop work, it was so elegant.
Such a professional.
Bakers, first up is Baker's Choice.
Now, on a creepy October night,
there's only one thing we love
to nibble on during Halloween.
A fresh doughnut, right?
-Yes.
-[Nicole] Yes.
You'll be bringing that hot, fried
dough vibe here when you make these...
Oh my God.
[laughs]
...Griddy's action figure doughnuts.
-Oh my God.
-[Nicole] Yes.
The classic taste with a weird twist.
Cute little Umbrella Academy kids
in the doughnuts.
We got the time-traveling Number Five,
Klaus, the medium
who can chat with the dead,
and of course,
the very persuasive Allison.
I'm creeped out.
Each of these are made
using cake doughnuts.
The characters' features are made
from modeling chocolate and fondant.
Erika, I'm gonna let you pick first.
Okay, I'll take Number Five 'cause
he's drinking coffee and I love coffee.
-Tao.
-I'm gonna pick Allison.
Ah!
-I feel honored. I can retire now.
-Well, don't retire. You got bills.
[laughing]
-Charles, you're left with...
-Klaus.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Okay, bakers, you have 45 minutes,
and it's starting... [babbles] ...now.
Go! Wrong way! Wrong way!
Don't touch it! That way!
Those are already made!
[laughing]
Whoo! All right. Whoo. [laughs]
Okay. Make the doughnut.
Whee!
That was graceful.
Somebody help. I need help. Adult.
Just kidding. I'm just kidding. Ooh.
Okay, Jacques,
how would you go about doing this?
This challenge will make the bakers wish
they had superpowers.
First, they should make their batter.
Then cut and fry their doughnuts.
Next, make the frosting glaze.
Then dip the doughnuts
and form the head and body parts.
Finally, they should assemble and decorate
their adorable superhero doughnuts.
Someone is attempting to put my face
on a doughnut. It doesn't get...
It's very flattering. Like,
"Oh my God, me? Thank you."
Okay. How much milk? How mu...
No. Don't go to sleep.
One cup of milk.
I have never made a doughnut in my life.
I feel intimidated.
[giggles] It's so bubbly.
But six out of ten times,
my food is edible.
You would let me drive a car
with those odds, right?
How do you look? Do you look doughy?
[Charles] Put this bad boy in.
Uh-huh. That's what I'm talking about.
Of course I have to make a doughnut.
The one thing I said
when I was asked,
"What do you not want to make?"
Why did I say that?
Because now I have to make a doughnut.
[laughs]
Why is it trying to escape?
I'm gonna try to push it back down.
-Tao, are you...
-[Emmy] Yeah.
-He's putting his whole weight.
-You gotta put some pressure on it.
He's kind of handling
his dough pretty well.
He's punching it. It's not too thick.
[Tao]
I can't believe I get to bake for Emmy.
Like, girl scream, all that stuff. Fanboy.
And then I realized
that I have to get it perfect,
'cause she's
literally right here in front of me.
Like, there's so many details
that need to go into it.
That does not look right.
Oh boy.
"Press onto a floured surface."
Pressing.
There's a bigger one too. As our backup.
[chuckles]
I don't know what this is for,
but I'm gonna try.
I have zero clue of how thick to do this.
-Oh, he's cutting it.
-We're cutting things?
[Jacques] Wow, the dough is too thick.
If they're thicker and you cook them
for longer, will they burn?
So, if it's too thick,
then it doesn't bake inside, you know?
So you leave them longer,
they might be too brown.
Too brown?
-[Emmy] No such thing.
-Nothing wrong with being too brown.
Okay, they might be a little bit too...
[Emmy and Nicole] Burnt?
-Burnt.
-Okay.
[Tao] All right,
we'll make three to be safe.
And I just put them in.
[Erika] Okay.
I don't wanna get burned.
Okay, I don't think that's done yet.
And then we're gonna need another bowl.
Okay.
And it's frying.
Right. Okay, looking pretty good.
Flip them over.
Whoo! These are looking like doughnuts.
These are looking like doughnuts!
[Erika] In we go.
Oh, ew, not done.
-[gasps]
-Oh!
[Erika] Okay. So, that's gross.
-I like that. No raw doughnuts.
-I refuse to serve you raw doughnuts.
That's gross.
-Thank you for recognizing that.
-[Emmy laughs]
This show has haunted me and broke me.
[thunder rumbles]
[Erika] They're like my little babies.
They're so pretty.
It smells good.
Smells like doughnuts up in here.
Nicole, Charles takes
his doughnuts out of the oil,
and I don't think he cooked
them long enough.
[Nicole] Oh no.
Oh, I forgot about color.
Color, color, color!
Let's check this one again, 'cause you
were the prettiest of them all.
Oh, it's a little bit overcooked now.
Uh-ooh.
-Wow, look at the thickness of Tao's...
-They look like muffins.
They're a little fat in the back.
Um, maybe they won't look at the back.
Nineteen minutes remain.
[laughs]
-[thunder rumbles]
-[spooky music plays]
Umbrella Academy
is based on comic books, right?
Yes, original graphic novels
by Gerard Way,
lead singer of My Chemical Romance.
-Oh, I love My Chemical Romance.
-[Emmy] Oh man.
-[Nicole] Do you know My Chemical Romance?
-[Jacques] No.
Okay, I'm gonna play you
My Chemical Romance. [laughs]
[slow elevator music playing]
Do you like them? [laughs]
Okay, then we're gonna start
with three cups of powdered sugar.
I think that's blue. Yeah. One, two.
Wait. Food coloring.
There's food coloring here?
[Nicole] Everybody is making their glaze.
What a dream.
-Is that what's happening? Okay.
-Yes.
Add more milk if it's too thick.
Are you too thick?
This is actually hard. They need to have
the perfect mixture of milk and sugar.
Too runny, it go all over,
and too thick, it doesn't set properly.
Perfect balance. I see.
Is that yellow?
This definitely don't look right.
They make it look so easy.
[yelps]
No!
That's not what I want it to look like.
That didn't work at all.
Is that because she made
the icing too thick?
[Jacques] Yes, maybe not enough milk.
Oh my God.
This is where the panic sets in.
Stick to this. Please.
It looks a little liquidy.
What happens if it's liquidy?
Oh my God, the frosting was white.
Oh! There, he's off. Tao has just realized
that the icing is supposed to be white.
[Nicole]
So you're gonna make new frosting?
Exactly. I'm good.
It's fine. Follow directions.
-I believe in you, Tao.
-Okay.
-[Tao] Go.
-You guys better be decorating and stuff.
Oh no, do I have to sneeze?
Oh God.
-[tiny, high-pitched sneeze]
-[laughing]
-I love that.
-[Jacques] She has the best sneeze.
[squeaks and laughs]
How am I supposed to use this?
How do they make it so white without...
drooping it?
Wow, nine minutes remain.
Oh man.
Make a little umbrella.
Charles is drawing
the Umbrella Academy logo.
[Emmy] Very familiar with that.
[Charles] Whoo!
What... What does a head look like?
[chuckles]
Oh Jesus.
Erika, how's it going?
He looks like an owl, and I don't think
Number Five actually looks like an owl.
-[owl hoots]
-[chuckles]
It's like a person who's never seen
another person before
is trying to make what they think
a person might look like.
It's so bad.
Doing great, Erika.
[Erika] You too.
Charles, what do you do for a living?
Uh, I'm a baby doctor in the NICU.
Oh, so you're used to working
with little things.
That's actually really true.
-Have you met a baby you hate?
-[laughs]
[Charles] No. No.
[Nicole] Just a little small one
who gets on your nerves?
No. No.
Okay. All right.
[Charles] My job is like baking because
let's just say that when a mom can't keep
her bun in the oven until full term,
I help bake that baby
until ready to go home.
See what I did there? I don't know.
Kind of sounds weird, but it works.
Uh, oop.
Those are her curls.
She's looking good. Oh my goodness.
Emmy, look at how Tao start
to make your face.
-Progress.
-[Tao] Yeah.
This is great news.
[Tao] This looks good.
This looks good.
One minute remains.
[Erika] Little pants.
[Charles] Pointy shoes.
Tao's legs are starting to look like
the Wicked Witch of the East's feet
under the house.
-Oh, yes, yes, yes. I see that.
-[laughs]
À la The Umbrella Academy?
Oh my God,
his neck is a million miles long.
He doesn't have a chin.
This is gonna haunt peoples' dreams.
They shouldn't show this to children.
All right.
All right. Perfect.
These hands are a real piece of work.
Heels aren't for me.
Five, four, three, two, one.
You're done!
-Oh!
-[alarm blares]
Ooh, baby. Action figure doughnuts.
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum!
My shoes don't fit, Charles.
Let's remember the Klaus action figure
doughnut you were trying to make.
And let's see the doughnut you made.
[Charles] Nailed it!
-Hey.
-Oh.
-Okay.
-[laughs]
[Nicole] These hands are wild.
I love that one is shorter than the other,
because who likes balance?
I don't. I don't.
This hand's like, "Hey, what's up?"
-[laughs]
-Which is very Klaus.
I love that his beard is
an ice cream cone.
[laughs] Right?
[laughing]
[Jacques] So let's see what's going on
when I decapitate him.
-[Charles] Oh!
-[Jacques] Sorry for that.
-Oh.
-[Jacques] Uh-oh.
Nicole, do you see what I see?
-[Nicole] It's a little underbaked.
-You don't have to eat that part.
-[Jacques] No, we're going to eat around.
-[Nicole] Okay.
How it be undercooked and overcooked
at the same time?
It was happening, and then it was doughy.
But when it was happening, not bad.
The safest way to go
when you do a doughnut like that
is to roll it a bit thinner.
-Oh, okay, okay.
-You roll it a little bit too thick.
-[Charles] Okay.
-Then it's unbaked on the center.
Thank you so much.
All right, Charles.
We must see other doughnuts.
Enjoy your...
-Journey.
-[Nicole] Yes. Thank you.
All right, Erika. Let's try to remember
the Number Five action doughnut
you were trying to make.
And let's see what you've made.
[Erika] Nailed it!
Ha! This...
-[Jacques] Wow, nice.
-[laughs]
[Nicole] His neck is so long.
I love it. It's as if he's half giraffe.
-Is Number Five in the show half giraffe?
-No.
-[laughing]
-Darn it. So close.
I love the courtesy thought.
It's really the toupee for me.
[laughing]
[Erika] All my hard work.
Is it cooked?
We still have a bit of uncooked,
but not that much.
Phew.
It is a little doughy.
The icing almost tastes blue to me.
Oh. I mean, I just tasted frosting.
I didn't taste blue.
[laughs] Maybe it just tastes like sugar.
The milk that you add was not enough.
-Okay. Thank you.
-But it's pretty good. Pretty good.
All right. Well, goodbye, Erika.
[laughing]
-[Jacques] Nicole!
-We have other doughnuts to see.
All right, Tao. Let's remember
the Allison action figure doughnut
you were trying to make. And, Tao,
ooh, baby, let's see what you made.
[Tao] Nailed it!
[laughs]
Oh Lord.
Wow. Look at you.
[Emmy] Look at me go.
[Nicole] Wow, you spent
a lot of time in the sun.
-[Emmy] Look.
-[laughing]
[Nicole] Hmm.
[Emmy] Can we get a spin?
-[laughing]
-[Nicole] Wow!
I mean, badow.
The blowout booty is
really what I'm excited about.
-Oh.
-[Nicole] Oh God.
Is it cooked in the middle?
-[Jacques] We have a doughnut.
-[Emmy] Okay, Tao.
Tao! Okay. Raise the roof like it's 1992.
Oh God. Here we go.
Mm.
A good amount of crunch.
[Emmy] I think it's pretty good.
What's happened to the glaze?
It was too liquid, or...
[Tao] So first, I made the wrong color,
so then I just kind of threw
the recipe back in together.
I think there was
not enough powdered sugar certainly.
-Ah. Okay.
-[Jacques] Yeah.
But I kind of like that it's glazed.
I think that was a happy accident
that I'm not mad about. Yeah.
Well, we have
a very tough decision to make.
But first, we must sit down
because these shoes are trying to kill me.
-[chuckles]
-I mean it.
All right.
-And we're out.
-Bye, Number Three.
Jacques, which baker served us
the tastiest doughnut?
I think the bakers today all have
a very decent doughnut.
But they have to be baked
all the way through.
So, the winner is...
-Tao.
-No way! What?
[cheering]
[laughing]
-What!
-Emmy, tell Tao what he's won.
Tao, you will be hunted down
by every agent in the Commission
when they see you have this bakeware set.
[Nicole] Ooh.
-Ooh.
-[Nicole] Ooh!
[Emmy] Yes. Nice.
And you'll also be getting the amazing
Nailed It! golden baker's cap.
[cheering]
-Squat with the booty.
-Perfect.
Very good. Great work.
But it's time to move on.
-[upbeat music plays]
-♪ Oh, oh ♪
It's time for Nail It or Fail It.
Emmy is going to set the scene.
The next cake features
two monstrous faces.
If you're out on Halloween
asking for candy
and you see these two coming at you, run.
[scream]
There are no treats or even tricks.
There will only be terror when you make...
-[laughs]
-[Erika] Oh my God.
[Nicole] This Hazel and Cha-Cha cake.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
[Nicole]
Yes, this pair of relentless mass killers
who gun down anyone
who threatens to disrupt the timeline
will now live forever in fondant.
[laughing]
[Jacques] This cake
has a Commission briefcase
made of layered cake and buttercream
wrapped in fondant
with modeling chocolate details.
Sitting on the briefcase are the pair
of iconic Hazel and Cha-Cha masks,
which are formed from modeling chocolate
wrapped around Styrofoam ball
and placed onto an armature
to hold them above the briefcase cake.
Charles, oh, God bless your doughnut.
-[laughs]
-[Nicole] A little sad.
So we felt like
you could use a helping hand.
In Umbrella Academy, Emmy's character,
Allison, has a very special skill.
When she says to someone,
"I heard a rumor"
and then tells them what it is,
they have to do it.
For example...
Jacques, I heard a rumor
you like to bark like a dog.
-[barking]
-[laughing]
Oh boy, the things we make
this adult man do.
-You like it?
-[Nicole] It was very funny.
[laughing]
So, at your station,
you see the rumor button.
You hit that,
and your opposing bakers have to stop,
and they'll have to do what we say
for three minutes.
-Yes, perfect.
-Oh my God. Oh my God.
Yeah. I'm so sorry. [laughs]
Ten thousand dollars at stake,
and 90 minutes is on the clock.
It has started.
[clock ticking]
I said it has started.
[laughing]
They are off.
[Tao]
I can't believe I won.
But I'm freaking out
about this Cha-Cha and Hazel cake.
We'll just take one. No, we'll take two.
I only need one.
We'll take two. See what happens.
The max I've made was a two-layer cake.
Like, that's it.
Two is my max. After that, I'm done.
Ah! I think that's everything.
Jacques, how would you go about
making that cake?
Okay, the suitcase is the cake.
Everything else is decoration.
First, they must mix
their wet and dry ingredients,
making sure to add
hazelnut spread for flavor.
While the cakes are baking,
make the buttercream.
Then, using color modeling chocolate
and foam sphere,
create the Hazel and Cha-Cha mask.
Finally, stack the cake
and cover with fondant.
Assemble the cake
and add all the finishing touches
to make the Cha-Cha and Hazel cake
to die for.
-Boom.
-Cha-Cha.
-Hazel.
-[Jacques] Piece of cake?
Yeah, a piece of cake.
Mm-hmm.
Okay, that's a lot of eggs.
"Mix wet ingredients in a bowl."
Ooh, glad I read that part.
All right.
Ah! I turned it on! [laughs]
This round, I'm going to do a bang-up job,
making sure that my cake is fully cooked.
Bang-up is a word, right?
-[man] Yeah.
-Okay.
Two at the same time.
[laughs]
I'm not a regular dad. I'm a cool dad.
Okay. Okay. I can do this.
Mup, mup, mup. Mah...
-Tao.
-[Tao] Yes.
How closely are you following
those directions?
It says mix all the wet ingredients
in the bowl.
I think I'm reading it right.
The pitch went higher.
That means he's a liar.
Yeah.
Oh God. Now I'm nervous.
Don't be nervous. It just started.
[Emmy laughs]
It did just start.
Be generous with it.
You don't want it to stick.
No sticking.
Uh, let's do this one now.
Why does it look so thick?
Is it just me, or do all three
of the bakers have collars and ties
as a nod to the Umbrella Academy?
-That's very observant of you.
-Perfect for Halloween.
-[thunder rumbles]
-[squeaking]
I'll probably be disqualified if I sit
down and start eating the spread.
I'm a little disappointed
I didn't win the first challenge,
but I know what I need to do
for the second one.
I need to make sure
that I cook my cakes all the way properly.
Er...
Still irritated about that.
I'm terrified of my cakes sticking.
[coughs]
Pretty sure my lungs are now greased too.
I'll just use my finger.
I'm so sorry, everyone.
I did just wash my hands.
Buttercream is the best.
So I'm thrilled about getting
to make buttercream.
I'm gonna give the other bakers
a run for their money.
-[thunder rumbles]
-[evil laugh]
Oh God. [laughs]
I got a side cramp.
-Okay, that's what I'm talking about.
-We're going to do this by the book.
Two.
Okay. Well, we're gonna wear a lot
of powdered sugar today.
Oh damn, that's good.
I just ate some glitter.
Okay, I might need you again, so...
[gasps]
I didn't spray the second one. Oh no!
Oh!
[Tao] Okay, okay, we can fix this. Ah!
-I forgot to spray the pan, okay?
-What are you gonna do?
We improvise.
[laughs]
Here we go.
Yes. It wasn't cooked enough. Ha-ha.
Thank you.
I don't know if that's a good idea.
The cake not going to cook correctly.
At this point, I would start all over.
[Nicole] Boy, oh boy.
[Tao] We got this. Everyone remain calm.
Fifty-five minutes remain.
Wow. Okay.
We need shortening and fondant
to make the masks.
Pink fondant?
I'm gonna need a lot of things.
[Tao]
[exhales]
Okay, I'm gonna start working on this.
Don't want it snowing on my cake.
We'll make a mess.
Oh! What's, um...
-Charles just rubs...
-He's just stroking those balls.
Um, Charles, please inform me
what's happening over here.
Is this not normal? [laughs]
So, allegedly, fondant does not stick
to styrofoam,
but it does stick to corn syrup.
-Is this true?
-Yeah. Yeah.
Did someone tell you,
or you know this from delivering babies?
[laughs]
It's very applicable to that.
Freaky little cheekies.
That's what we're looking at here.
We're gonna try to roll these out.
I'm not artistically inclined.
It's not gonna look anything
remotely like what it's supposed to.
I drew a stick figure one time,
and my niece, like, patted my hand
and said, "That was a good try."
Four-year-old.
What in the hell?
Tao, how much fondant did you use
for that head?
-Did you use the whole tub?
-Oh, shoot. Did it say use half of it?
More weight you put on top of a cake,
more collapsing you may have.
That cake is going to... [blows raspberry]
Gotta put some more right here.
Thirty-seven minutes.
[Charles] Okay, I'm kind of holding it up.
I've never worked with modeling chocolate.
I have barely worked with fondant,
so I need all the help I can get.
I think I heard a rumor.
Oh, Erika and Tao,
you have to stop baking.
We have rumors.
I'm gonna keep doing my thing.
Erika, I heard a rumor
you know how to moonwalk.
[Charles laughs]
-[Emmy] Yes, yes.
-[Charles] Yes.
-[Nicole] Okay. All right.
-[Emmy] Uh, Here we go.
-[Emmy] Tao.
-Yes?
-I heard a rumor...
-My God. She said it.
...you can talk like a witch.
I cannot talk like a witch.
I do not know what you are talking about.
No, no, no.
[laughing]
Erika, I heard a rumor
that you make chicken noises.
[clucking]
[laughing]
[Nicole] Do an impression of a potato.
-What?
-I'm a potato on the ground.
-[Emmy laughs]
-[Tao] All right. Oh, I just got picked.
Now we're going home.
[laughing]
[Nicole] Erika, do a cartwheel.
-I just had surgery on my hip. Come on!
-[laughing]
You can go back to work.
[Charles] Voilà!
-[gasps] Yes!
-[Emmy] Oh!
-Yes.
-Yes.
Yay.
Score one for the single moms.
[sighs] How are you so soupy?
I don't understand.
What did I do wrong?
-Tao, how are you doing there, friend?
-My cakes are raw still, you know.
We struggling. We on the struggle bus.
[laughs]
How is this supposed to stick through here
and actually stick together? What?
-Okay.
-What kind of cake is this?
[Jacques] Hazelnut.
Oh, for Hazel.
-It smells good.
-[Emmy] Really good.
-It smells yummy.
-[Jacques] Oh.
[Charles] Everyone knows
buttercream is where it's at.
Tao, how you doing, man?
Yo, man. You know, I just need
an extra, like, two hours if possible.
You're not gonna get it.
[laughs]
-Erika, how you doing?
-[Erika] Panicking.
-These are like croutons.
-[cracking]
Ooh.
Yeah, definitely looking a little...
overbaked, if you will.
Oh, I see.
I'm gonna slather on my buttercream
and hope that will counterbalance
the dryness of the cakes.
More frosting.
Now.
[gasps] Yes.
Good job, dude.
[gasps] Why do you break hard?
What in the world happened to you?
My cakes were undercooked
for the longest time,
and now they're overcooked.
Oh God.
-Buttercream is key.
-[bell dings]
[Tao]
Wow, this looks something else.
Oh my gosh.
Oh!
I'm just gonna do that.
It's just like... Stuff coming out the side.
[Charles groans]
Five minutes remain.
That's absurd.
Well, that's how time works, Charles.
Sorry about it.
[Charles laughs]
Oh no. Where did I put all the rods? Okay.
I am nowhere near ready to be assembling
these heads, and I know that.
Okay. Well...
[Erika]
I just start shoving candy in places.
This is such a disaster.
It literally looks like something
a kindergartener could do.
No!
Okay. [laughs]
[Tao] It's so damn heavy,
I don't want to put more on it.
One minute left!
Ah! Ooh.
[Erika]
He's a monster, and monsters are scary.
[Tao] It's all about intricate details.
It's falling apart.
[judges] Five, four, three, two, one.
-You're done.
-[Tao] Whoo!
We did it!
What are you doing with your fingers?
-Gold paint all over.
-All right.
[Nicole] I'm not looking
'cause I really wanna be surprised.
Thank you.
All right, Charles. Let's remember
the Cha-Cha and Hazel cake
you were trying to make.
And let's see what you made.
Nailed it!
-[laughs]
-[laughs] Oh!
[Nicole] This is cute.
I don't think that's a suitcase.
I think it's more of a duffle bag.
-Or a pillow. Maybe a pillow.
-[Nicole] You know, or a pillow.
Uh, the colors are, how you say, off.
-[laughing]
-[Nicole] Um...
-Maybe Hazel's teeth have fallen out.
-He got in a fight with Cha-Cha.
[laughing]
And I don't know who won,
because they are both a bit messed up.
[Charles] Yeah.
I think Mary J. Blige and Cameron Britton,
I think you did them proud with this.
-Oh my gosh.
-All right, Charles. Thank you so much.
-[Charles] Oh, you're so welcome.
-[Nicole] Erika.
[Erika] It's like driving a shopping cart.
A little bit.
All right. Let's see what you made.
Nailed it!
-You know...
-[Emmy laughs]
[Nicole] Wholeheartedly surprising.
These eyeballs are terrifying.
Oh!
-[Nicole] That's...
-[laughing]
[Erika] I was out of time.
They almost look like fly eyes.
-Yeah.
-[laughing]
I think that interpretation
is the key here.
[Nicole] Erika.
-I'm excited to taste it.
-Thank you.
Tao, come on.
-[Tao] Oh, uh, I can't drive.
-Careful. Don't knock over your cake now.
Tao, let's see what you made.
Nailed it!
Okay.
-Uh-huh.
-They're very cute.
[laughs]
[Jacques] Remember, they're killers.They
don't look like killers. They look cute.
[Nicole] Jacques, if that rolled
into your bedroom at night
and tried to murder you, you'd be scared.
I will. Yes, you're right.
[laughs]
I love to see the stick
coming out of the second head.
-[Tao] It wasn't earlier.
-[Jacques] The suitcase is a bit flat.
I watched you use both five-pound tubs
and potentially a third one
for the suitcase.
-So, that could be a 39-pound cake...
-Yeah.
But it looks like a child made this,
so congrats?
[laughing]
-But in a really adorable, loving way.
-Whoo! Sick burn.
-Okay. Ooh.
-I want you to go back to your station.
And I want the three of you
to cut us a lovely slice of cake.
And you know what we're gonna do?
Sit down, even though it's not necessary
for me, 'cause my shoes are comfy.
[Jacques laughs] Okay.
[Erika] My goal was
to make my kids think I'm cool.
I don't think I accomplished that.
My cake looks like something
that a possessed toddler would make
if they were trying to haunt someone.
I do think I'm going to make them laugh.
And that's awesome too. [chuckles]
All right, Charles, you're up first.
This is enormous.
[laughs] I hope you enjoy it.
[Nicole] Okay.
Hmm.
I think your buttercream is pretty tasty.
Got a good flavor. I'm, like, into it.
Jacques is going ham over there.
He's had several bites.
The buttercream is good.
It's not too sweet.
The cake had some dryness to it,
but if you eat it with the buttercream,
it's pretty good.
Mm-hmm.
I could use a little bump up
of the hazelnut,
but I think overall really impressive.
-Thank you all for trying my cake.
-You're welcome.
But also, we have to.
[laughing]
Erika, you're up.
When you try to cut it, it just crumble.
-That means it's on the dry side.
-Okay.
I will say, aesthetically,
it looks like a proper layered cake.
-I appreciated that.
-Oh, thanks.
It's, like, kind of crunchy,
but, like, I'm into it.
I think it tastes pretty good altogether.
Separately, no. Together, good.
[laughs]
-Tao, you're next.
-All righty.
This cake... Lord Jesus.
[laughing]
-That's not a good sign.
-[Nicole] Okay, let's see.
[laughing]
How long did you cook that cake?
Honestly,
I'd probably say, 40, 45 minutes.
-Forty-five minutes on a cake?
-[Tao] That's my guess.
-Well, okay, it was really soupy.
-Yeah.
The flavor is better
than the texture of the cake.
-Thank you.
-Put a bit more buttercream in the center.
-[Tao] Okay.
-It will be a bit more moist.
Yeah.
[Nicole] All right, bakers.
Whoever wins this challenge wins $10,000
and the Nailed It! Halloween trophy.
Wes.
[laughing]
Oh, that's terrifying.
[Erika] Oh, that's so cute.
Oh, that's great.
-[Nicole laughs]
-[Tao] That's awesome!
[Emmy] Wow.
All right. Emmy,
are you ready with that cash
money, money, money, money, money?
Yes.
[air suction]
Oh, we have a message
from the Commission, Nicole.
[Nicole] Oh!
With the best-tasting cake today,
the winner is...
Charles!
-[cheering]
-[laughing]
Congratulations!
I nailed it today.
[Nicole]
Okay, you can go get your trophy...
-[Nicole] Charles?
-Sorry. I was trying to catch one.
Very different award
with the Umbrella Academy theme.
This is amazing.
[laughs]
-Ah! Charles!
-[laughing]
I'm gonna keep this award forever,
you know. [laughs]
Wow, we gotta take a picture.
That's terrifying.
That's it for this Nailed It! Halloween.
Thankfully, this was only
a minor timeline infraction. [laughs]
[cheering]
Oh no! I'm too late. I'm too late.
What have they done?
[spooky music playing]
[thunder rumbles]
[cackling]
Oh, hello, buttercups,
and happy hauntings.
It's me, Nicole. And I'm all costume
and cosplaying for Nailed It! Halloween...
[cat meows]
...the baking competition where we hold
our hands out for sweet candy
but end up with a bag of rocks.
Today, three amateur bakers
will take on the challenges
inspired by the wild and moody world
of the Umbrella Academy.
And before the apocalypse,
one baker will win $10,000.
So, let's meet the baker...
Nicole, I come from the future. And...
Oh my God, it's bad. Listen.
Whatever happens, don't eat the cakes.
[Nicole] That's our job! Wha...
Nicole, are we meeting the bakers?
Ugh. I mean, I don't know
what's happening, but sure.
I don't know. Jacques, I don't know.
I'm Charles, and I'm a neonatologist,
AKA a baby doctor.
With having a busy schedule,
baking really is a nice release
at the end of the day.
Oh my God.
Do I make mistakes here and there?
Yeah, absolutely.
But I think I mostly make edible things.
Although, I did give my family
food poisoning the other day on accident.
But that wasn't with baked goods.
That was broccoli.
[laughs]
My name is Erika,
and I'm a writer and a single mother.
Baking is something fun
to do with my kids,
but my attempts at baking
rarely turn out the way I hope.
Oh no, I touched his face
with my frosting hand. Oh no.
I want to win Nailed It!
because I want my kids to think I'm cool.
This is, like, my last shot.
My name is Tao,
and I am an admissions counselor.
Everyone would describe me as that ray
of sunshine when you come into the room.
Oh God. It's real! Ah!
I'm here today to show I can be proud
of myself and say, "Hey, I did that."
That's why it says medium speed.
I am totally gonna nail it.
Nailed it? Nail it?
Yes, I'm totally gonna nail it?
Is that right?
Oh my jeez. Whew, okay, calm down.
It's okay. Breathe. Whoo!
-All right. Ah!
-Hi.
[squeaks]
[laughing]
Have you noticed how Umbrella Academy
it is up in here?
I heard a rumor.
[laughing]
I love Umbrella Academy.
Honestly, cried almost a bunch of times,
'cause everyone kept
almost dying and stuff.
-Loved it.
-What a great review.
[laughing]
Well, Happy Halloween, bakers.
And here to help me find my happy is
one of the stars of Umbrella Academy,
-Emmy Raver-Lampman.
-Hello!
[cheering]
[laughs]
-Thank you so much for being here.
-I am so excited to be here.
Okay. Here to help me
save the space-time continuum
is pastry chef and chocolatier
Jacques Torres.
We live in a universe of chance,
so today, we are taking a chance
of tasting your cakes.
-I love that. That was so smooth.
-[Jacques] You see?
All that prop work, it was so elegant.
Such a professional.
Bakers, first up is Baker's Choice.
Now, on a creepy October night,
there's only one thing we love
to nibble on during Halloween.
A fresh doughnut, right?
-Yes.
-[Nicole] Yes.
You'll be bringing that hot, fried
dough vibe here when you make these...
Oh my God.
[laughs]
...Griddy's action figure doughnuts.
-Oh my God.
-[Nicole] Yes.
The classic taste with a weird twist.
Cute little Umbrella Academy kids
in the doughnuts.
We got the time-traveling Number Five,
Klaus, the medium
who can chat with the dead,
and of course,
the very persuasive Allison.
I'm creeped out.
Each of these are made
using cake doughnuts.
The characters' features are made
from modeling chocolate and fondant.
Erika, I'm gonna let you pick first.
Okay, I'll take Number Five 'cause
he's drinking coffee and I love coffee.
-Tao.
-I'm gonna pick Allison.
Ah!
-I feel honored. I can retire now.
-Well, don't retire. You got bills.
[laughing]
-Charles, you're left with...
-Klaus.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Okay, bakers, you have 45 minutes,
and it's starting... [babbles] ...now.
Go! Wrong way! Wrong way!
Don't touch it! That way!
Those are already made!
[laughing]
Whoo! All right. Whoo. [laughs]
Okay. Make the doughnut.
Whee!
That was graceful.
Somebody help. I need help. Adult.
Just kidding. I'm just kidding. Ooh.
Okay, Jacques,
how would you go about doing this?
This challenge will make the bakers wish
they had superpowers.
First, they should make their batter.
Then cut and fry their doughnuts.
Next, make the frosting glaze.
Then dip the doughnuts
and form the head and body parts.
Finally, they should assemble and decorate
their adorable superhero doughnuts.
Someone is attempting to put my face
on a doughnut. It doesn't get...
It's very flattering. Like,
"Oh my God, me? Thank you."
Okay. How much milk? How mu...
No. Don't go to sleep.
One cup of milk.
I have never made a doughnut in my life.
I feel intimidated.
[giggles] It's so bubbly.
But six out of ten times,
my food is edible.
You would let me drive a car
with those odds, right?
How do you look? Do you look doughy?
[Charles] Put this bad boy in.
Uh-huh. That's what I'm talking about.
Of course I have to make a doughnut.
The one thing I said
when I was asked,
"What do you not want to make?"
Why did I say that?
Because now I have to make a doughnut.
[laughs]
Why is it trying to escape?
I'm gonna try to push it back down.
-Tao, are you...
-[Emmy] Yeah.
-He's putting his whole weight.
-You gotta put some pressure on it.
He's kind of handling
his dough pretty well.
He's punching it. It's not too thick.
[Tao]
I can't believe I get to bake for Emmy.
Like, girl scream, all that stuff. Fanboy.
And then I realized
that I have to get it perfect,
'cause she's
literally right here in front of me.
Like, there's so many details
that need to go into it.
That does not look right.
Oh boy.
"Press onto a floured surface."
Pressing.
There's a bigger one too. As our backup.
[chuckles]
I don't know what this is for,
but I'm gonna try.
I have zero clue of how thick to do this.
-Oh, he's cutting it.
-We're cutting things?
[Jacques] Wow, the dough is too thick.
If they're thicker and you cook them
for longer, will they burn?
So, if it's too thick,
then it doesn't bake inside, you know?
So you leave them longer,
they might be too brown.
Too brown?
-[Emmy] No such thing.
-Nothing wrong with being too brown.
Okay, they might be a little bit too...
[Emmy and Nicole] Burnt?
-Burnt.
-Okay.
[Tao] All right,
we'll make three to be safe.
And I just put them in.
[Erika] Okay.
I don't wanna get burned.
Okay, I don't think that's done yet.
And then we're gonna need another bowl.
Okay.
And it's frying.
Right. Okay, looking pretty good.
Flip them over.
Whoo! These are looking like doughnuts.
These are looking like doughnuts!
[Erika] In we go.
Oh, ew, not done.
-[gasps]
-Oh!
[Erika] Okay. So, that's gross.
-I like that. No raw doughnuts.
-I refuse to serve you raw doughnuts.
That's gross.
-Thank you for recognizing that.
-[Emmy laughs]
This show has haunted me and broke me.
[thunder rumbles]
[Erika] They're like my little babies.
They're so pretty.
It smells good.
Smells like doughnuts up in here.
Nicole, Charles takes
his doughnuts out of the oil,
and I don't think he cooked
them long enough.
[Nicole] Oh no.
Oh, I forgot about color.
Color, color, color!
Let's check this one again, 'cause you
were the prettiest of them all.
Oh, it's a little bit overcooked now.
Uh-ooh.
-Wow, look at the thickness of Tao's...
-They look like muffins.
They're a little fat in the back.
Um, maybe they won't look at the back.
Nineteen minutes remain.
[laughs]
-[thunder rumbles]
-[spooky music plays]
Umbrella Academy
is based on comic books, right?
Yes, original graphic novels
by Gerard Way,
lead singer of My Chemical Romance.
-Oh, I love My Chemical Romance.
-[Emmy] Oh man.
-[Nicole] Do you know My Chemical Romance?
-[Jacques] No.
Okay, I'm gonna play you
My Chemical Romance. [laughs]
[slow elevator music playing]
Do you like them? [laughs]
Okay, then we're gonna start
with three cups of powdered sugar.
I think that's blue. Yeah. One, two.
Wait. Food coloring.
There's food coloring here?
[Nicole] Everybody is making their glaze.
What a dream.
-Is that what's happening? Okay.
-Yes.
Add more milk if it's too thick.
Are you too thick?
This is actually hard. They need to have
the perfect mixture of milk and sugar.
Too runny, it go all over,
and too thick, it doesn't set properly.
Perfect balance. I see.
Is that yellow?
This definitely don't look right.
They make it look so easy.
[yelps]
No!
That's not what I want it to look like.
That didn't work at all.
Is that because she made
the icing too thick?
[Jacques] Yes, maybe not enough milk.
Oh my God.
This is where the panic sets in.
Stick to this. Please.
It looks a little liquidy.
What happens if it's liquidy?
Oh my God, the frosting was white.
Oh! There, he's off. Tao has just realized
that the icing is supposed to be white.
[Nicole]
So you're gonna make new frosting?
Exactly. I'm good.
It's fine. Follow directions.
-I believe in you, Tao.
-Okay.
-[Tao] Go.
-You guys better be decorating and stuff.
Oh no, do I have to sneeze?
Oh God.
-[tiny, high-pitched sneeze]
-[laughing]
-I love that.
-[Jacques] She has the best sneeze.
[squeaks and laughs]
How am I supposed to use this?
How do they make it so white without...
drooping it?
Wow, nine minutes remain.
Oh man.
Make a little umbrella.
Charles is drawing
the Umbrella Academy logo.
[Emmy] Very familiar with that.
[Charles] Whoo!
What... What does a head look like?
[chuckles]
Oh Jesus.
Erika, how's it going?
He looks like an owl, and I don't think
Number Five actually looks like an owl.
-[owl hoots]
-[chuckles]
It's like a person who's never seen
another person before
is trying to make what they think
a person might look like.
It's so bad.
Doing great, Erika.
[Erika] You too.
Charles, what do you do for a living?
Uh, I'm a baby doctor in the NICU.
Oh, so you're used to working
with little things.
That's actually really true.
-Have you met a baby you hate?
-[laughs]
[Charles] No. No.
[Nicole] Just a little small one
who gets on your nerves?
No. No.
Okay. All right.
[Charles] My job is like baking because
let's just say that when a mom can't keep
her bun in the oven until full term,
I help bake that baby
until ready to go home.
See what I did there? I don't know.
Kind of sounds weird, but it works.
Uh, oop.
Those are her curls.
She's looking good. Oh my goodness.
Emmy, look at how Tao start
to make your face.
-Progress.
-[Tao] Yeah.
This is great news.
[Tao] This looks good.
This looks good.
One minute remains.
[Erika] Little pants.
[Charles] Pointy shoes.
Tao's legs are starting to look like
the Wicked Witch of the East's feet
under the house.
-Oh, yes, yes, yes. I see that.
-[laughs]
À la The Umbrella Academy?
Oh my God,
his neck is a million miles long.
He doesn't have a chin.
This is gonna haunt peoples' dreams.
They shouldn't show this to children.
All right.
All right. Perfect.
These hands are a real piece of work.
Heels aren't for me.
Five, four, three, two, one.
You're done!
-Oh!
-[alarm blares]
Ooh, baby. Action figure doughnuts.
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum!
My shoes don't fit, Charles.
Let's remember the Klaus action figure
doughnut you were trying to make.
And let's see the doughnut you made.
[Charles] Nailed it!
-Hey.
-Oh.
-Okay.
-[laughs]
[Nicole] These hands are wild.
I love that one is shorter than the other,
because who likes balance?
I don't. I don't.
This hand's like, "Hey, what's up?"
-[laughs]
-Which is very Klaus.
I love that his beard is
an ice cream cone.
[laughs] Right?
[laughing]
[Jacques] So let's see what's going on
when I decapitate him.
-[Charles] Oh!
-[Jacques] Sorry for that.
-Oh.
-[Jacques] Uh-oh.
Nicole, do you see what I see?
-[Nicole] It's a little underbaked.
-You don't have to eat that part.
-[Jacques] No, we're going to eat around.
-[Nicole] Okay.
How it be undercooked and overcooked
at the same time?
It was happening, and then it was doughy.
But when it was happening, not bad.
The safest way to go
when you do a doughnut like that
is to roll it a bit thinner.
-Oh, okay, okay.
-You roll it a little bit too thick.
-[Charles] Okay.
-Then it's unbaked on the center.
Thank you so much.
All right, Charles.
We must see other doughnuts.
Enjoy your...
-Journey.
-[Nicole] Yes. Thank you.
All right, Erika. Let's try to remember
the Number Five action doughnut
you were trying to make.
And let's see what you've made.
[Erika] Nailed it!
Ha! This...
-[Jacques] Wow, nice.
-[laughs]
[Nicole] His neck is so long.
I love it. It's as if he's half giraffe.
-Is Number Five in the show half giraffe?
-No.
-[laughing]
-Darn it. So close.
I love the courtesy thought.
It's really the toupee for me.
[laughing]
[Erika] All my hard work.
Is it cooked?
We still have a bit of uncooked,
but not that much.
Phew.
It is a little doughy.
The icing almost tastes blue to me.
Oh. I mean, I just tasted frosting.
I didn't taste blue.
[laughs] Maybe it just tastes like sugar.
The milk that you add was not enough.
-Okay. Thank you.
-But it's pretty good. Pretty good.
All right. Well, goodbye, Erika.
[laughing]
-[Jacques] Nicole!
-We have other doughnuts to see.
All right, Tao. Let's remember
the Allison action figure doughnut
you were trying to make. And, Tao,
ooh, baby, let's see what you made.
[Tao] Nailed it!
[laughs]
Oh Lord.
Wow. Look at you.
[Emmy] Look at me go.
[Nicole] Wow, you spent
a lot of time in the sun.
-[Emmy] Look.
-[laughing]
[Nicole] Hmm.
[Emmy] Can we get a spin?
-[laughing]
-[Nicole] Wow!
I mean, badow.
The blowout booty is
really what I'm excited about.
-Oh.
-[Nicole] Oh God.
Is it cooked in the middle?
-[Jacques] We have a doughnut.
-[Emmy] Okay, Tao.
Tao! Okay. Raise the roof like it's 1992.
Oh God. Here we go.
Mm.
A good amount of crunch.
[Emmy] I think it's pretty good.
What's happened to the glaze?
It was too liquid, or...
[Tao] So first, I made the wrong color,
so then I just kind of threw
the recipe back in together.
I think there was
not enough powdered sugar certainly.
-Ah. Okay.
-[Jacques] Yeah.
But I kind of like that it's glazed.
I think that was a happy accident
that I'm not mad about. Yeah.
Well, we have
a very tough decision to make.
But first, we must sit down
because these shoes are trying to kill me.
-[chuckles]
-I mean it.
All right.
-And we're out.
-Bye, Number Three.
Jacques, which baker served us
the tastiest doughnut?
I think the bakers today all have
a very decent doughnut.
But they have to be baked
all the way through.
So, the winner is...
-Tao.
-No way! What?
[cheering]
[laughing]
-What!
-Emmy, tell Tao what he's won.
Tao, you will be hunted down
by every agent in the Commission
when they see you have this bakeware set.
[Nicole] Ooh.
-Ooh.
-[Nicole] Ooh!
[Emmy] Yes. Nice.
And you'll also be getting the amazing
Nailed It! golden baker's cap.
[cheering]
-Squat with the booty.
-Perfect.
Very good. Great work.
But it's time to move on.
-[upbeat music plays]
-♪ Oh, oh ♪
It's time for Nail It or Fail It.
Emmy is going to set the scene.
The next cake features
two monstrous faces.
If you're out on Halloween
asking for candy
and you see these two coming at you, run.
[scream]
There are no treats or even tricks.
There will only be terror when you make...
-[laughs]
-[Erika] Oh my God.
[Nicole] This Hazel and Cha-Cha cake.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
[Nicole]
Yes, this pair of relentless mass killers
who gun down anyone
who threatens to disrupt the timeline
will now live forever in fondant.
[laughing]
[Jacques] This cake
has a Commission briefcase
made of layered cake and buttercream
wrapped in fondant
with modeling chocolate details.
Sitting on the briefcase are the pair
of iconic Hazel and Cha-Cha masks,
which are formed from modeling chocolate
wrapped around Styrofoam ball
and placed onto an armature
to hold them above the briefcase cake.
Charles, oh, God bless your doughnut.
-[laughs]
-[Nicole] A little sad.
So we felt like
you could use a helping hand.
In Umbrella Academy, Emmy's character,
Allison, has a very special skill.
When she says to someone,
"I heard a rumor"
and then tells them what it is,
they have to do it.
For example...
Jacques, I heard a rumor
you like to bark like a dog.
-[barking]
-[laughing]
Oh boy, the things we make
this adult man do.
-You like it?
-[Nicole] It was very funny.
[laughing]
So, at your station,
you see the rumor button.
You hit that,
and your opposing bakers have to stop,
and they'll have to do what we say
for three minutes.
-Yes, perfect.
-Oh my God. Oh my God.
Yeah. I'm so sorry. [laughs]
Ten thousand dollars at stake,
and 90 minutes is on the clock.
It has started.
[clock ticking]
I said it has started.
[laughing]
They are off.
[Tao]
I can't believe I won.
But I'm freaking out
about this Cha-Cha and Hazel cake.
We'll just take one. No, we'll take two.
I only need one.
We'll take two. See what happens.
The max I've made was a two-layer cake.
Like, that's it.
Two is my max. After that, I'm done.
Ah! I think that's everything.
Jacques, how would you go about
making that cake?
Okay, the suitcase is the cake.
Everything else is decoration.
First, they must mix
their wet and dry ingredients,
making sure to add
hazelnut spread for flavor.
While the cakes are baking,
make the buttercream.
Then, using color modeling chocolate
and foam sphere,
create the Hazel and Cha-Cha mask.
Finally, stack the cake
and cover with fondant.
Assemble the cake
and add all the finishing touches
to make the Cha-Cha and Hazel cake
to die for.
-Boom.
-Cha-Cha.
-Hazel.
-[Jacques] Piece of cake?
Yeah, a piece of cake.
Mm-hmm.
Okay, that's a lot of eggs.
"Mix wet ingredients in a bowl."
Ooh, glad I read that part.
All right.
Ah! I turned it on! [laughs]
This round, I'm going to do a bang-up job,
making sure that my cake is fully cooked.
Bang-up is a word, right?
-[man] Yeah.
-Okay.
Two at the same time.
[laughs]
I'm not a regular dad. I'm a cool dad.
Okay. Okay. I can do this.
Mup, mup, mup. Mah...
-Tao.
-[Tao] Yes.
How closely are you following
those directions?
It says mix all the wet ingredients
in the bowl.
I think I'm reading it right.
The pitch went higher.
That means he's a liar.
Yeah.
Oh God. Now I'm nervous.
Don't be nervous. It just started.
[Emmy laughs]
It did just start.
Be generous with it.
You don't want it to stick.
No sticking.
Uh, let's do this one now.
Why does it look so thick?
Is it just me, or do all three
of the bakers have collars and ties
as a nod to the Umbrella Academy?
-That's very observant of you.
-Perfect for Halloween.
-[thunder rumbles]
-[squeaking]
I'll probably be disqualified if I sit
down and start eating the spread.
I'm a little disappointed
I didn't win the first challenge,
but I know what I need to do
for the second one.
I need to make sure
that I cook my cakes all the way properly.
Er...
Still irritated about that.
I'm terrified of my cakes sticking.
[coughs]
Pretty sure my lungs are now greased too.
I'll just use my finger.
I'm so sorry, everyone.
I did just wash my hands.
Buttercream is the best.
So I'm thrilled about getting
to make buttercream.
I'm gonna give the other bakers
a run for their money.
-[thunder rumbles]
-[evil laugh]
Oh God. [laughs]
I got a side cramp.
-Okay, that's what I'm talking about.
-We're going to do this by the book.
Two.
Okay. Well, we're gonna wear a lot
of powdered sugar today.
Oh damn, that's good.
I just ate some glitter.
Okay, I might need you again, so...
[gasps]
I didn't spray the second one. Oh no!
Oh!
[Tao] Okay, okay, we can fix this. Ah!
-I forgot to spray the pan, okay?
-What are you gonna do?
We improvise.
[laughs]
Here we go.
Yes. It wasn't cooked enough. Ha-ha.
Thank you.
I don't know if that's a good idea.
The cake not going to cook correctly.
At this point, I would start all over.
[Nicole] Boy, oh boy.
[Tao] We got this. Everyone remain calm.
Fifty-five minutes remain.
Wow. Okay.
We need shortening and fondant
to make the masks.
Pink fondant?
I'm gonna need a lot of things.
[Tao]
[exhales]
Okay, I'm gonna start working on this.
Don't want it snowing on my cake.
We'll make a mess.
Oh! What's, um...
-Charles just rubs...
-He's just stroking those balls.
Um, Charles, please inform me
what's happening over here.
Is this not normal? [laughs]
So, allegedly, fondant does not stick
to styrofoam,
but it does stick to corn syrup.
-Is this true?
-Yeah. Yeah.
Did someone tell you,
or you know this from delivering babies?
[laughs]
It's very applicable to that.
Freaky little cheekies.
That's what we're looking at here.
We're gonna try to roll these out.
I'm not artistically inclined.
It's not gonna look anything
remotely like what it's supposed to.
I drew a stick figure one time,
and my niece, like, patted my hand
and said, "That was a good try."
Four-year-old.
What in the hell?
Tao, how much fondant did you use
for that head?
-Did you use the whole tub?
-Oh, shoot. Did it say use half of it?
More weight you put on top of a cake,
more collapsing you may have.
That cake is going to... [blows raspberry]
Gotta put some more right here.
Thirty-seven minutes.
[Charles] Okay, I'm kind of holding it up.
I've never worked with modeling chocolate.
I have barely worked with fondant,
so I need all the help I can get.
I think I heard a rumor.
Oh, Erika and Tao,
you have to stop baking.
We have rumors.
I'm gonna keep doing my thing.
Erika, I heard a rumor
you know how to moonwalk.
[Charles laughs]
-[Emmy] Yes, yes.
-[Charles] Yes.
-[Nicole] Okay. All right.
-[Emmy] Uh, Here we go.
-[Emmy] Tao.
-Yes?
-I heard a rumor...
-My God. She said it.
...you can talk like a witch.
I cannot talk like a witch.
I do not know what you are talking about.
No, no, no.
[laughing]
Erika, I heard a rumor
that you make chicken noises.
[clucking]
[laughing]
[Nicole] Do an impression of a potato.
-What?
-I'm a potato on the ground.
-[Emmy laughs]
-[Tao] All right. Oh, I just got picked.
Now we're going home.
[laughing]
[Nicole] Erika, do a cartwheel.
-I just had surgery on my hip. Come on!
-[laughing]
You can go back to work.
[Charles] Voilà!
-[gasps] Yes!
-[Emmy] Oh!
-Yes.
-Yes.
Yay.
Score one for the single moms.
[sighs] How are you so soupy?
I don't understand.
What did I do wrong?
-Tao, how are you doing there, friend?
-My cakes are raw still, you know.
We struggling. We on the struggle bus.
[laughs]
How is this supposed to stick through here
and actually stick together? What?
-Okay.
-What kind of cake is this?
[Jacques] Hazelnut.
Oh, for Hazel.
-It smells good.
-[Emmy] Really good.
-It smells yummy.
-[Jacques] Oh.
[Charles] Everyone knows
buttercream is where it's at.
Tao, how you doing, man?
Yo, man. You know, I just need
an extra, like, two hours if possible.
You're not gonna get it.
[laughs]
-Erika, how you doing?
-[Erika] Panicking.
-These are like croutons.
-[cracking]
Ooh.
Yeah, definitely looking a little...
overbaked, if you will.
Oh, I see.
I'm gonna slather on my buttercream
and hope that will counterbalance
the dryness of the cakes.
More frosting.
Now.
[gasps] Yes.
Good job, dude.
[gasps] Why do you break hard?
What in the world happened to you?
My cakes were undercooked
for the longest time,
and now they're overcooked.
Oh God.
-Buttercream is key.
-[bell dings]
[Tao]
Wow, this looks something else.
Oh my gosh.
Oh!
I'm just gonna do that.
It's just like... Stuff coming out the side.
[Charles groans]
Five minutes remain.
That's absurd.
Well, that's how time works, Charles.
Sorry about it.
[Charles laughs]
Oh no. Where did I put all the rods? Okay.
I am nowhere near ready to be assembling
these heads, and I know that.
Okay. Well...
[Erika]
I just start shoving candy in places.
This is such a disaster.
It literally looks like something
a kindergartener could do.
No!
Okay. [laughs]
[Tao] It's so damn heavy,
I don't want to put more on it.
One minute left!
Ah! Ooh.
[Erika]
He's a monster, and monsters are scary.
[Tao] It's all about intricate details.
It's falling apart.
[judges] Five, four, three, two, one.
-You're done.
-[Tao] Whoo!
We did it!
What are you doing with your fingers?
-Gold paint all over.
-All right.
[Nicole] I'm not looking
'cause I really wanna be surprised.
Thank you.
All right, Charles. Let's remember
the Cha-Cha and Hazel cake
you were trying to make.
And let's see what you made.
Nailed it!
-[laughs]
-[laughs] Oh!
[Nicole] This is cute.
I don't think that's a suitcase.
I think it's more of a duffle bag.
-Or a pillow. Maybe a pillow.
-[Nicole] You know, or a pillow.
Uh, the colors are, how you say, off.
-[laughing]
-[Nicole] Um...
-Maybe Hazel's teeth have fallen out.
-He got in a fight with Cha-Cha.
[laughing]
And I don't know who won,
because they are both a bit messed up.
[Charles] Yeah.
I think Mary J. Blige and Cameron Britton,
I think you did them proud with this.
-Oh my gosh.
-All right, Charles. Thank you so much.
-[Charles] Oh, you're so welcome.
-[Nicole] Erika.
[Erika] It's like driving a shopping cart.
A little bit.
All right. Let's see what you made.
Nailed it!
-You know...
-[Emmy laughs]
[Nicole] Wholeheartedly surprising.
These eyeballs are terrifying.
Oh!
-[Nicole] That's...
-[laughing]
[Erika] I was out of time.
They almost look like fly eyes.
-Yeah.
-[laughing]
I think that interpretation
is the key here.
[Nicole] Erika.
-I'm excited to taste it.
-Thank you.
Tao, come on.
-[Tao] Oh, uh, I can't drive.
-Careful. Don't knock over your cake now.
Tao, let's see what you made.
Nailed it!
Okay.
-Uh-huh.
-They're very cute.
[laughs]
[Jacques] Remember, they're killers.They
don't look like killers. They look cute.
[Nicole] Jacques, if that rolled
into your bedroom at night
and tried to murder you, you'd be scared.
I will. Yes, you're right.
[laughs]
I love to see the stick
coming out of the second head.
-[Tao] It wasn't earlier.
-[Jacques] The suitcase is a bit flat.
I watched you use both five-pound tubs
and potentially a third one
for the suitcase.
-So, that could be a 39-pound cake...
-Yeah.
But it looks like a child made this,
so congrats?
[laughing]
-But in a really adorable, loving way.
-Whoo! Sick burn.
-Okay. Ooh.
-I want you to go back to your station.
And I want the three of you
to cut us a lovely slice of cake.
And you know what we're gonna do?
Sit down, even though it's not necessary
for me, 'cause my shoes are comfy.
[Jacques laughs] Okay.
[Erika] My goal was
to make my kids think I'm cool.
I don't think I accomplished that.
My cake looks like something
that a possessed toddler would make
if they were trying to haunt someone.
I do think I'm going to make them laugh.
And that's awesome too. [chuckles]
All right, Charles, you're up first.
This is enormous.
[laughs] I hope you enjoy it.
[Nicole] Okay.
Hmm.
I think your buttercream is pretty tasty.
Got a good flavor. I'm, like, into it.
Jacques is going ham over there.
He's had several bites.
The buttercream is good.
It's not too sweet.
The cake had some dryness to it,
but if you eat it with the buttercream,
it's pretty good.
Mm-hmm.
I could use a little bump up
of the hazelnut,
but I think overall really impressive.
-Thank you all for trying my cake.
-You're welcome.
But also, we have to.
[laughing]
Erika, you're up.
When you try to cut it, it just crumble.
-That means it's on the dry side.
-Okay.
I will say, aesthetically,
it looks like a proper layered cake.
-I appreciated that.
-Oh, thanks.
It's, like, kind of crunchy,
but, like, I'm into it.
I think it tastes pretty good altogether.
Separately, no. Together, good.
[laughs]
-Tao, you're next.
-All righty.
This cake... Lord Jesus.
[laughing]
-That's not a good sign.
-[Nicole] Okay, let's see.
[laughing]
How long did you cook that cake?
Honestly,
I'd probably say, 40, 45 minutes.
-Forty-five minutes on a cake?
-[Tao] That's my guess.
-Well, okay, it was really soupy.
-Yeah.
The flavor is better
than the texture of the cake.
-Thank you.
-Put a bit more buttercream in the center.
-[Tao] Okay.
-It will be a bit more moist.
Yeah.
[Nicole] All right, bakers.
Whoever wins this challenge wins $10,000
and the Nailed It! Halloween trophy.
Wes.
[laughing]
Oh, that's terrifying.
[Erika] Oh, that's so cute.
Oh, that's great.
-[Nicole laughs]
-[Tao] That's awesome!
[Emmy] Wow.
All right. Emmy,
are you ready with that cash
money, money, money, money, money?
Yes.
[air suction]
Oh, we have a message
from the Commission, Nicole.
[Nicole] Oh!
With the best-tasting cake today,
the winner is...
Charles!
-[cheering]
-[laughing]
Congratulations!
I nailed it today.
[Nicole]
Okay, you can go get your trophy...
-[Nicole] Charles?
-Sorry. I was trying to catch one.
Very different award
with the Umbrella Academy theme.
This is amazing.
[laughs]
-Ah! Charles!
-[laughing]
I'm gonna keep this award forever,
you know. [laughs]
Wow, we gotta take a picture.
That's terrifying.
That's it for this Nailed It! Halloween.
Thankfully, this was only
a minor timeline infraction. [laughs]
[cheering]
Oh no! I'm too late. I'm too late.
What have they done?
[spooky music playing]