Nailed It! Holiday! (2018–2019): Season 2, Episode 1 - We're Scrooged! - full transcript
Jason Mantzoukas is back as a guest judge.
[banging]
[Nicole] Oh, boy!
Okay!
-Whoo!
-[Christmas music playing]
Bonsoir, Nicole!
Wow! It's beautiful in here!
[Nicole] I just want everything
on our new
holiday season of Nailed It!
to be perfect for the fans.
[Nicole gasps] Oh, boy! Wes!
Oh, that's a big, old sack!
That's fan mail.
Oh! Oh! Ooh!
I never expected this...
a letter to Nicole.
Uh-oh! [laughs] What a treat!
It flew right out.
-[laughs]
-"Dear Nicole."
Oh! I can already tell she loves me
by her handwriting.
"I am your biggest fan.
I am seven years old, and I love, love,
love, love, love, love, love, love...
-Love, love, love, love...
-[clock ticking]
...love your show so much.
Please give me your autograph."
Sweet child! [laughs]
Wes!
Can you please send
that sweet, little child
an autograph picture of me.
-Ooh! Another letter!
-[music winds down]
"Dear Nicole Byer.
I am nine and a huge fan of your show,
and I totally want you to make
more episodes. Miranda." Wes!
Can you please tell Mr. Netflix
we need more episodes
of the show
from Miranda and my bank account.
Okay! I love this!
"Dear Nicole. Never stop making fun
of the bakers. Love, Olivia."
[Nicole laughing]
Olivia! You're never going to have
to worry about that ever!
[Nicole laughing]
"Dear Nicole."
[laughing]
Ooh-hoo! A treat!
[Nicole chuckling]
Ooh, Olivia!
Ooh, I love fan mail!
-"Dear Nicole. Can you please..."
-[snoring]
What a cute name! I love this!
[laughs] "Love, Max."
[Nicole] Hey!
Hey! Hey! What are you two doing?
-The show's gonna start! Wes, clean up!
-Wes, she's calling us!
Jacques, put on your chef's coat!
The holidays have arrived!
Oh! [laughs]
Happy Nailed It! everyone.
[Nicole laughs and sighs]
Bless your heart!
It's time to make merry with another
Christmas episode of Nailed It!,
the baking competition show
that wants to be full of glee
but ends up getting totally scrooged.
I'm your host, Christmas Carol Nicole.
Beside me is the Tiny Tim of cocoa,
Jacques Torres.
And here is a ghost of Christmas past,
Jason Mantzoukas.
Today, three amateur bakers will attempt
to recreate professional desserts
themed around Charles Dickens'
beloved book, A Christmas Carol,
and compete for a chance
to win $10,000.
Let's meet these merry gentlefolk.
[laughs]
My name is Flora Aleman,
and I am a preschool teacher.
I've been married for 13 years.
I have four kids, so I'm very busy.
I'm here today to prove to my kids
that I'm not as bad as they think I am.
And I'm also here for myself.
It's been 13 years
since I've been on my own,
and so this is a really
awesome experience,
something for me to do for me.
My name is Richard Sanchez.
I'm 40 years old.
From San Francisco, California.
I have five daughters,
and I'm winning for the girls,
especially Ricky. She's my cheerleader.
I am a cheer-dad,
so when I win, I will do a dance
that my daughter, Ricky, showed me to do
'cause I've been practicing. [laughs]
My name is Justin Madriaga,
and I am a host of a geek trivia podcast,
where we study trivia,
and we have someone come in and quiz us.
I'm a huge Hufflepuff,
as in, I love everyone.
I'm a very competitive person,
but I'm a friendly competitive person.
I just want all of us to win
by me winning.
[Nicole] Flora, Richard and Justin.
Are you guys full
of the Christmas spirit?
-Okay, cool.
-[laughter]
-[Nicole] Jacques, are you excited?
-I cannot wait!
No "bah hamburgers," thank you.
[laughter]
No bah hum-- Humbug!
[Jason] No bah humbugs!
[Nicole] "No bad hamburgers!" So cute!
-We'll be back with more bah hamburgers.
-Nicole, you--
Jacques, are you excited about today?
I cannot wait.
No "bah humbugs," thank you.
[Nicole] Oh, boy!
Jacques is getting all Dickens on me.
Bakers, please give a big Nailed It!
welcome to returning judge...
-Jason Mantzoukas!
-Yeah!
-That's me!
-[Nicole] That's you!
The night draws on,
and we must make haste.
Our first round is called Baker's Choice.
Whoever wins
walks home with a very special prize.
Behind that door awaits your past,
present and, no doubt, your future,
depending on how well you make these:
Cupcakes with cookie ghost toppers.
Yes, it's the Ghost of Christmas Past,
present, and yet to come.
The chocolate cupcake has a buttercream
infused with the delicate flavor
of a light Earl Grey tea.
The cookie topper is a cute ghost design,
and it's created with royal icing.
Now, when I say go, you will run over,
pick the ghost that you want to make.
It is your destiny.
Does everybody understand?
-[all] Yes.
-[Nicole] All right.
Go!
Oh, boy.
[laughter]
[Nicole]
The stroke of midnight approaches,
so honor Christmas in your heart,
and remember you have...
forty-five minutes,
so you should go do it.
You should bake.
Get outta here!
[laughs]
-[Jason] Oh, my God!
-I mean...
Oh, my gosh! Don't fall on me.
Oh, God! What am I doing?
Cake mix, vanilla, vanilla.
Vanilla.
Jacques, how would you go about making
an Earl Grey-infused
cupcake-cookie-ghost-topper-
having-a-good-time thing?
It's actually not a bad idea
to start with the cookies.
First, roll out the cookies.
Cut into the shape of your character
and bake until golden brown.
While the cookies bake,
prepare the mix for the cupcake,
and bake it until ready.
Then prepare the Earl Grey buttercream
by whipping sugar and butter
and mixing in Earl Grey tea.
Once the cookies are cool,
draw the ghost character
by using royal icing and food coloring,
and finally, apply the buttercream
to the cupcakes.
Drizzle caramel on top
with your ghost cookies.
Could you use another kind of tea?
Actually, you can use whatever
-tea, coffee, whatever infusion you want.
-Coffee?
[Richard] This could work.
Boom! I can make a cupcake,
but I've always had bad timing
with cookies.
I always either keep them in too long,
or I keep them in too long.
I started baking with my oldest daughter.
My wife and my 16-year-old,
they get fancy.
I mean, they get fancy-schmancy.
You're talking about homemade eclairs,
macaroons, cream puffs...
So I would love to do well here.
I'm gonna be like, "See, I told you!
Someone likes my baking." [chuckles]
Into the oven we go.
Oh, it's hot!
[straining]
Dang, this is tough!
I'm most excited about becoming
a better baker because I love learning.
I definitely learn something new
each baking attempt.
It's like a video game.
I don't have muscle for this.
I love putting myself in a situation
that might challenge me.
Argh! I can't find my knife.
Oh. How much time is left?
-I think 25 minutes?
-A hundred minutes?
I was told
the clock was going to get moved.
Wes said that was going to happen.
[Jason] Oh, here it is, 35 feet in the air
and not even in our eyeline.
Get it together, Nailed It,
'cause I need to know!
Thirty-eight minutes!
-Thirty-eight minutes!
-[Nicole] Yes.
-[Jason] Come on!
-[laughs]
Whoo! All right.
[Flora] There's my guy.
That looks about right.
Okay. I'm going to put it in the oven.
So it looks like Flora and Justin
didn't put the stick in their cookies,
so I'm not sure how they're going
to put their cookies in the cupcake.
Oh! You've gotta stick the cookie
when it's soft.
-It's usually what you have to do, yes.
-I can do this.
Half a cup. What's half a cup?
I baked a cake for my son's school auction
a few years ago.
It turned out so horrible.
I ended up buying it for three dollars
because no one wanted my cake.
One tablespoon of vinegar.
I can follow recipes pretty well.
It's just sometimes
it doesn't turn out that way.
[chuckles]
[Jacques]
If you look at the mixer of Flora,
that batter should be
way more liquid than that.
[Nicole] Maybe we're going to get
some thick cupcakes.
Get those thick cakes!
And when I say it, right,
put a graphic on the screen
that just is...
"thick cake."
Exclamation point. Exclamation point.
In, like, those big, white meme letters.
-Thick cake!
-[laughs]
[Justin] All right. Cool, cool, cool.
These look festive.
My cookie is ready.
Oh! It's not cooked yet.
A little bit longer.
[Jason] I'll look at the clock.
[laughs]
Eighteen minutes!
I smell something burning,
so I'm gonna go check it out.
-Richard?
-[Richard] Yes, sir?
What's up with your tea?
[Richard] Um, I made tea.
[Jason] I'll be honest.
There's no water in there, pal.
[Richard] It seeped up.
I'm gonna let it soak.
Okay. You're gonna let it soak in what?
-[Richard] The water's in the teabags--
-Are you getting this? Rob?
Can you hold it together enough
to get this shot?
-I got this.
-You got a bit of something.
I'll get something out of it.
I'll find a way. [chuckles]
Wow.
Maybe I should have added
more water to this.
My cookies!
Let me take them out.
Ugh! It's all hard.
So look at that.
Those cookies have been in the oven
way too long.
Oh, my God!
Where did I put my tea now? There it is.
Okay. This needs to go
into the buttercream.
Actually, I'm gonna use some of that ice
in there and just cool it down a bit.
Oh, God.
[laughs]
This seems cool enough.
That's not right, right?
Jacques, that's not correct.
[Jacques] No. Cold liquid into the butter,
everything separates,
so, catastrophe.
What the hell? It looks all clumpy. Ugh!
[Jacques] Nicole,
you'll have something
strange in your mouth again.
I'll be honest. All this tea talk
-is making me thirsty for that tea.
-Oh!
-Do you want me to get some tea?
-I think so.
-You just have to call for Wes.
-Wes! Bring me tea!
-[chuckles]
-[Jason shouting] Wes! I want tea!
-Jeez!
-[Jason] Wes, I want tea!
[Nicole] It worked!
I told you louder would make it happen.
Thank you so much, Wes.
-Thank you, Wes.
-He won't talk back to you.
[Jason] How about Wes
not talking back to me at all?
Not cool, Wes.
And I want those letters up there, too.
Not cool, Wes!
Be nice!
And thick cakes!
Ba-ba-bow!
Let's take those cupcakes out.
Thick cake.
[gasps] My cupcakes! I forgot!
Thick cake!
[sighs] Dump this in the freezer.
Thick cake!
-[Nicole cackles]
-[Jason] That's everything.
Netflix, bring us our Emmy.
[Nicole] Jacques!
Two and a half minutes!
-Two and a half minutes.
-Wow!
I can do this. Okay.
Icing.
All right.
[Justin] Blue and red
make purple!
I think I might have
went a little too dark.
Boooo!
If you were a ghost,
what sound would you make?
-Hi!
-[snorts]
[gasps] Oh, crap!
Oh, that looks super clumpy.
It looks super bad.
I feel like I'm going to die today.
[Richard] Hopefully, I don't freeze it.
This isn't working.
[Justin] That looks super watery.
Oh, gosh.
It does not taste like tea,
so that's not good.
I know.
I have an idea.
I'm gonna put you here.
I'm improvising.
What did she do?
[chuckles]
[Flora] They want it to taste like tea.
Uh-oh! Thirty seconds! Half of a minute.
-[Justin] Oh, God.
-[Flora] Why aren't you staying?
-Oh, no!
-Argh!
[judges] Five,
four,
three, two, one...
You're done!
[cheering]
Oh, no! I just saw underneath.
Okay, Flora.
Let's remember
the ghost cookie topper cupcake
you were trying to make,
and let's see what you did.
[Flora] Nailed it!
-[Flora chuckles]
-Oh...
[Jason] This is heartbreaking.
-[Jacques] Where is the cupcake?
-[Jason] Yeah.
It's there. I forgot to put the stick
on the inside, and I was--
-This was supposed to be a little--
-[Jason] Propping it up?
Honestly, I think this
is a very "now" cookie.
It's a commentary
on the state of our country.
That's what I was going for.
-The cupcake is completely melted.
-[Flora] Well, I put the tea on top of it.
Wait!
You just poured tea
on top of a baked cupcake
and thought that was a thing?
-We have to taste it.
-I'd rather not.
See, this part over here
is very upsetting.
[Nicole] Hm!
-I have a lot to say about that.
-Okay.
Hum!
Ha!
I think that the--
-Your cupcake missed the wet ingredients.
-Okay.
-It's very crumbly and dry...
-[Flora] Okay.
[Jacques]
...and the buttercream seems to be
extremely sweet.
I found it to be...
gross.
[laughs]
[Nicole] Your cupcake
was so crumbly, and I liked it.
It had the consistency of an Oreo.
I like this Oreo cupcake.
The flavor of the tea, the Earl Grey tea,
-that came through.
-Okay.
That's something I have to say.
-Well done, Flora.
-Thank you. I'm done!
We have more cupcake and ghosts to see,
so good day to you, my friend. Good day.
-All right, Richard.
-Oh!
[Nicole] Let's try to remember
the ghost cookie topper and cupcake
you were trying to make,
and let's see what you did.
-Nailed it!
-Yes!
-I like this little dude.
-I love it!
-[Nicole] It's so wild looking!
-[Jason] Oh!
[Nicole] I like him.
I feel like if he could make noise,
he'd be like, "Whoo, yeah, everybody!"
[scats]
[laughter]
Okay, let's taste this guy.
Oh, no!
Oh! My tooth!
[laughs]
[Jacques] I'll help you.
Die!
[Jacques] This thing is baked.
-Okay.
-[Jacques] The buttercream has the flavor
of the Earl Grey tea, um...
but the cookie is pretty hard.
[Nicole] I liked it.
I thought the buttercream
tasted good, but, man, that cookie!
This was like you painted a cinder block
and then made us try and eat it.
All right. It's time for us to move on.
Thank you.
[Nicole] Let's try to remember
what you were trying to make,
and let's see what you did.
Nailed it!
[blows raspberry] I love it!
[Nicole laughs hysterically]
-May I ask a question?
-[Justin] Yes.
Uh, the goopies...
The goopies on the front...
-Is that food coloring, or is that icing?
-It's royal icing with gel coloring.
Is this the future
that you see for us, Justin?
If global warming continues.
-Whoa!
-Wow!
-[Nicole] Social commentary!
-[Jason] Hot take!
Your buttercream is completely separated.
That means the milk and the butter,
the fat, didn't mix together.
When something like that happens,
you need heat.
So you had tea to incorporate.
I thought it needed to be cool
to go into the buttercream,
so I put in ice to cool it down.
-You put ice--
-That's what's happened.
Cold liquid into the butter,
everything separates.
-All right. Let's do it. Let's taste this.
-Let's tuck into this bad boy.
Okay.
We got another tough cookie.
-[Jacques] It is not as hard.
-[Nicole] Not as hard.
Oh!
[Nicole] That buttercream is wild!
It was, like, light and fluffy
but also, like, thick and oily. It was...
I have no idea how you did that.
The buttercream...
I already told you is completely split.
I think the cookie is a little bit hard.
I like the caramel,
and I like the Earl Grey tea.
It's there, and you can feel it.
Okay, bakers, let's come together.
It's time to announce...
the winner!
We have to go for the best of the worst.
So the winner is...
-Richard!
-Whoo! [laughs]
Well done!
Jason, tell Richard what he's won!
Oh, yeah!
Bonanza!
A stand mixer,
pots and pans,
a knife set, a baking set,
and a decorating set!
[Nicole] And now for the crowning
of the winner of round one. Okay!
I love it.
How would you like to celebrate your win?
Yeah!
I like that!
Nailed it! [laughs]
Oh, boy! And for the two who got ghosted,
don't worry.
You'll get another chance in what?
In round two!
Well, let's go to door number two.
Come on, everybody.
We call this challenge
"Nail It or Fail It,"
and this is the one
that could win you $10,000.
[Jason] That first round was all about
those ghostly beings.
Well, now we move up to the big guy,
the star of the story,
he who learned to right his wrongs.
We'll see both the faces of this man
when you make...
[Nicole] The Scrooge face cake!
Oh, no!
[Nicole] Yes, it's a fully-realized
cake bust of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.
Here, you see the face of a measly miser
and covetous sinner,
but spin his head Exorcist-style...
-and we get the other side of Scrooge!
-What?
Scrooge's head with two faces
is shaped with modeling chocolate.
His torso is made of trifle.
That's a vanilla cake
with whipped cream and strawberry.
His pajamas are made with fondant.
What do you think, bakers?
-We got this.
-Really?
[laughter]
[Jacques] Yes, it's two for one
and twice the work, but don't panic!
I'm here to help.
Just hit your panic button
and I can assist you for three minutes.
Flora, let's get real. You struggled
a little bit with those cupcakes,
so you get the advantage.
At your station,
you have a trivia night button.
Just tap that and your two opponents
have to stop baking
and answer trivia questions about
A Christmas Carol for three minutes.
[Jacques] All right, bakers,
you have one hour and 45 minutes
to make your cake.
[distorted] Go!
Oh, God!
Oh, no! I'm so sorry.
Jacques, how would you go about
making that two-faced Scrooge cake?
[Jacques] First, make a cake batter.
Once the batter is smooth,
put it into a greased pan
and bake until golden brown.
Next, make the whipped cream
and the buttercream.
Once the cakes are done,
layer the whipped cream
and strawberry jam.
Cover the trifle cake with buttercream
and then fondant.
And, finally, do the details
of both faces and the pajamas
with modeling chocolate and carving tools.
It's not an easy cake to make.
They have to keep as much time
for decoration as they can.
The sideburns alone
would take a lot of time.
This is so wild.
I think I know where everything is now,
so hopefully,
it should be a little bit smoother.
My strategy is to make the cakes
really fast
so I can concentrate
the majority of my time
just trying to get this face right.
Doing it! Doing it!
I am making a mess. This drives me nuts.
Obviously, I missed something
on that first round
because it shouldn't have
fallen apart that way.
So going into round two,
I'm going to quadruple-check
that I make my recipe right.
Probably have to make more now.
I'm tripling the cake batter,
and I look at the recipe for buttercream,
and I'm trying to figure out,
"Do I need to triple this, too?
Do I need five mixers?"
Uh... I really need help.
It's a panic!
[screaming]
-Justin, hi. How are you doing?
-I'm okay.
[screaming continues]
I'm trying to make three cakes.
I made the cake batter times three.
Does that mean I have to make this
times three? Is that going to be enough?
That's enough. It's going to be enough.
[panting]
-So, Jason--
-Jacques, what's going on over there?
You're okay with that.
Build it up all the way to here.
Don't go too high,
otherwise, it will not turn.
Ten seconds!
[judges] Nine, eight, seven,
six, five,
four, three, two, one...
-[Jacques] You're done!
-Happy New Year!
[Nicole] Happy New Year!
Did the clock move? They moved the clock.
[Nicole] Oh, what a treat.
One hour, 28 minutes on the clock,
everybody.
Oh, God. I don't have enough.
Of course I don't have enough!
Three cakes. All right.
[Justin] Here we go.
Okay. Let's do the cream. Okay.
Oh, and I have to do buttercream, too.
That's nice.
[Justin] Eight cups of powdered sugar.
One more.
This is almost like the whole thing.
[Richard] I am trying to make
whipped cream.
-Cream looks like whipped milk.
-[Flora] That's what mine looks like.
This is not--
I think it's unspreadable. Oh, crap.
Perfect!
Richard, what's on your mixer
on your left?
[Richard] Buttercream.
I want to stop it, and it clumps up,
so I figure if I let it keep going,
it'll stay smooth.
-Cross my fingers!
-[Jacques] Oh, my God.
Richard needs to mix it until fluffy.
Overmixing will make it runny.
[Justin] That is mixing.
While I wait for the cakes to finish,
I'm just going to work
on my modeling chocolate.
[Flora] I'll use this for...
his eyebrows, and I'm going to hope
that it works if I paint it.
Look at those chilling, chilling eyebrows.
I like how far up the forehead they are.
How do you get that color?
Let's get this eyebrow going.
I'm totally cheating off of Richard.
I don't know how he got that color.
His nose.
[Flora]
He's making his Scrooge look so good.
I want to mess it up.
Guess what, guys? It's trivia time.
-[Flora] Trivia time!
-It's trivia!
You guys have to stop.
[Jason] Are you ready for Charles Dickens'
Christmas Carol-based trivia?
[Nicole] Besides using a crutch...
-"C"!
-[Nicole] Whoa!
-You got it right!
-Yay! [chuckles]
[Jason reading]
-"A"?
-Wrong!
[Justin] Argh!
This is definitely super deep cuts.
-"D"?
-No!
My co-podcast hosts
are definitely going to make fun of me.
-Justin, I'll ask you to get it together.
-[Justin] My whipped cream
is totally done,
and it's flying into even more of a mess.
I feel super helpless right now.
All right. That's it. Time's up!
You guys can go back to work.
Justin, you did quite poorly.
[Justin] I did.
Uh... definitely gotta do this over.
-Sorry, guys.
-[Jacques] It became butter.
-[Nicole] Are you throwing it away?
-Yeah, I'm just going to start over.
-[Jacques] There's no recovering.
-[Flora] My cake!
All right! Get his ears in.
Check my cakes really fast.
Super clean! I'm going to pull it out.
Let's make him happy now.
[Justin] Yeah!
How do you make someone happy?
[Flora laughs]
God, Flora. What are you doing?
Oh, wow! I used the wrong color!
Oh, man!
He turned Hispanic.
Oh, my cakes!
[Jacques] Richard's cakes have been
in the oven way too long.
I hope it's not too dry.
[Richard] I think they're done!
Whoa, guys! Twenty-six minutes!
Yeah!
Beautiful!
Go here,
and then I'm going to put whipped cream.
All right, cool. First layer on.
Hey, that's something.
If they go strictly on taste,
I might have a chance.
I'm just trying to figure out the order
of this, so...
[Justin] Okay. So, jam first.
There's, like, this huge gap now.
Oh, I should have put
Rice Krispies Treats.
Oh, maybe I'll do that.
I see that there is a gap between his head
and where my cake was ending.
I'll clean up afterwards, I promise.
So I'm going to grab some Rice Krispies
Treat to give it a little extra height.
This is as good as it's gonna get.
[Richard] It's a little watery.
What happened to your buttercream,
Richard?
Might have mixed it too long.
-[Nicole] That's buttercream?
-[Richard] It's supposed to be.
Let me put something over it at least.
Fondant time.
Behind you!
It looks like poop!
Do you think Charles Dickens
would approve of this depiction
of his most famous character?
Absolutely.
Little known fact:
there used to be a comma in there,
and it was said in response
to his wife, Carol.
She was always on him, and she was like,
"What's the name of your story?"
And he was like...
[both] "It's A Christmas, Carol!"
Five and a half minutes!
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!
Please stay together.
This one's a happy one
'cause he's all reformed.
[Jason] Has everybody
seen the face on Justin's station?
[laughs]
Yowza!
Hey, you're happy.
[Jacques] Flora, what are you using?
-Do you have marshmallow on your table?
-Yeah, for his teeth.
That's a good idea.
-Yes.
-[Jason laughs]
[Richard]
All right. Let's get his scarf going.
Come on!
I need more chocolate!
[Justin] Trying to put the hat on.
[chuckles]
He kind of looks like
a really bad Dumbledore.
[both] One minute!
All right. Oh, this is silver!
Really quick teeth.
Make him a vampire.
Yeah.
My kids are going to be so proud of me.
-Not.
-Five, four,
three, two, one...
You're done!
That looks like a mess.
Flora,
let's remember the two-faced
Scrooge cake you were trying to make,
and let's see what you made!
Nailed it!
[Nicole and Jason] Oh!
-[Jason] Flora, what have you done?
-[Nicole] Whoa! Flora!
[Flora] He got a tan.
-Spin it.
-Yeah, it's a two-sider.
-[Jacques] Ooh!
-[Nicole] It got better!
-[yells]
-Yeah!
-Hey!
-Yeah!
-Whoa!
-Yeah!
Hey!
[Jason] I'd like to go to dinner
with both of these guys.
[Nicole] I love those teeth!
[Jason] I love
the Shredded Wheat eyebrows and hair.
You have to finish modeling the face
before you add other things.
What you did, you got excited about it,
so you went too fast with those details
and was not able
to actually finish the face.
I am haunted by this.
[Nicole] Flora, you have brought me
so much joy today.
Jason, let's...
-go!
-[hums]
-[Nicole] All right, Richard.
-Hello.
You look so happy.
I'm always happy.
All right, Richard.
Let's see what you made!
[Richard] Nailed it!
-[laughs] Okay.
-[Nicole] You know what?
-He doesn't have a neck.
-[laughter]
Should we spin him?
[sinister laughter]
[Jason] Whoa!
-Oh, I don't like that.
-[laughs]
[Nicole] I like these thick brows.
I'm here for the nose.
-[Jason] All the ears are upside down.
-[Nicole] All of them.
If I saw this guy on the street,
I wouldn't go near him.
You didn't cover his neck.
I would love to see little bit more
of the modeling chocolate there.
Yes, the ears are upside down,
and I think that one of the sides
is way more finished than the other.
Honestly, I'll tell you this...
I would date both of them.
All right. We've gotta move on.
Thank you, Richard.
-Great work!
-[Richard] Thank you.
All right. My friend, Justin.
Let's see the two-faced Scrooge cake
you made.
Nailed it!
[Nicole] Oh! [scats]
[cackles]
[Jason] I don't know what this is!
Justin, what's happening?
Who is that old lady?
-What's happening?
-[Nicole] Why are those teeth like this?
It's a vampire.
-You made a vampire on purpose?
-[Justin] I made a vampire.
I feel like this is
a bunch of melted flip-flops on his head.
[Nicole] Wait. Spin it around.
-[Jason] Oh-ho!
-[laughter]
It's just so delightful. Turn it again.
[laughter]
The cake is so wide and flat.
[Jacques]
I think that you didn't listen at all
when you pressed your panic button
and I came to help you.
The cake should be taller.
I think you really helped me,
and hopefully the cake tastes good,
at least.
-I'm so excited.
-This is exciting Nailed It!
Slice 'em up and let us taste it!
Thank you so much.
[Flora] The judges are obsessed
with my Scrooge,
and I think I still have a chance.
He has all the elements,
and I know he's going to taste good, so...
fingers crossed!
-[Nicole] I can't wait to taste Ebenezer.
-[Jason] Wow!
Flora, it's time to taste your cake.
Okay.
-[all] Oh!
-Something crunched.
[Nicole] You know what that is?
It's the Rice Krispies Treat.
Yeah, I think you're right.
[Jacques] The cake by itself is not bad.
The cake is pretty good.
It's moist.
I like the jam, I like the whipped cream
that you put in it,
but unfortunately you put the rice
just in the middle of it.
I think that's a big mistake.
I was just trying to get it
to be taller, so...
Structurally,
it's a little bit problematic,
but a lovely tasting cake for sure.
[Nicole] I like the cream.
I thought it was a little heavy,
but I liked that.
I thought the cake was pretty light
and airy with a great texture.
-Honestly, I like the cake. I'm happy.
-Thank you.
-Richard.
-Here we go.
Let's taste your Ebenezer.
Aesthetically, it looks pleasing,
much like it's meant to look.
Hey!
Okay, the cake is pretty good.
It's a little bit dry.
I like the whipped cream.
I like the buttercream. Pretty good cake.
[Jason] I agree.
It could have been moister,
but it was tasty, certainly.
-I also--
-Well done.
I love you.
I love you, too.
All right.
Well, Richard, thank you.
Justin,
you've been so quiet.
I'm just worried.
-Because of the one inch of fondant here?
-[laughter]
[Nicole] Let's get into Justin's cake.
[Nicole and Jason] Whoa!
[Nicole laughs]
[Nicole] I'm gonna take the biggest bite.
[laughs]
The buttercream is very sweet.
[Nicole] Your buttercream
is so sweet,
I feel like my eyes are open wider,
and I'm not going
to be able to sleep tonight.
[laughter]
[Jason] Tasty,
but on the drier side.
It was great. Great work, everybody.
[British accent] Is it time?
Now it's time to announce the winner.
Wes?
Where's my fine fellow?
Do you have the Nailed It! trophy,
the one big as you?
Oh, yes!
Oh, what a remarkable boy. Yes, he is.
Oh, no!
He's got to sweep a chimney.
Wow!
[Jason] Hoo!
Okay, Mr. Mantzoukas.
You got your shillings ready...
-to rain down on the contestants?
-I do.
Okay!
-Jacques, are you ready?
-I am.
Okay.
So the winner is...
Richard!
[cheering]
[Nicole] Congratulations, Richard!
[Richard] I won! Who would have thought?
I'm just so overwhelmed by this.
Here you go.
All right, give me a hug. What a treat!
[Richard] I'm so excited
to tell my daughter, Ricky, that I won.
She has all her little cheer medals
and stuff.
Now this one's mine. I'm gonna put it
right next to all your stuff.
-[Nicole] I think you're good.
-Thank you.
Boom! Nailed it!
[laughs]
Okay, that's it for this episode
of Nailed It!
There are more holiday happenings,
so be sure to toast the goose
and stick around.
[British accent] God bless us.
Every one of us.
-[Jacques] Nicole, where are you?
-[normal] It's me on Instagram.
[Nicole] What does "toast the goose" mean?
[Nicole] Oh, boy!
Okay!
-Whoo!
-[Christmas music playing]
Bonsoir, Nicole!
Wow! It's beautiful in here!
[Nicole] I just want everything
on our new
holiday season of Nailed It!
to be perfect for the fans.
[Nicole gasps] Oh, boy! Wes!
Oh, that's a big, old sack!
That's fan mail.
Oh! Oh! Ooh!
I never expected this...
a letter to Nicole.
Uh-oh! [laughs] What a treat!
It flew right out.
-[laughs]
-"Dear Nicole."
Oh! I can already tell she loves me
by her handwriting.
"I am your biggest fan.
I am seven years old, and I love, love,
love, love, love, love, love, love...
-Love, love, love, love...
-[clock ticking]
...love your show so much.
Please give me your autograph."
Sweet child! [laughs]
Wes!
Can you please send
that sweet, little child
an autograph picture of me.
-Ooh! Another letter!
-[music winds down]
"Dear Nicole Byer.
I am nine and a huge fan of your show,
and I totally want you to make
more episodes. Miranda." Wes!
Can you please tell Mr. Netflix
we need more episodes
of the show
from Miranda and my bank account.
Okay! I love this!
"Dear Nicole. Never stop making fun
of the bakers. Love, Olivia."
[Nicole laughing]
Olivia! You're never going to have
to worry about that ever!
[Nicole laughing]
"Dear Nicole."
[laughing]
Ooh-hoo! A treat!
[Nicole chuckling]
Ooh, Olivia!
Ooh, I love fan mail!
-"Dear Nicole. Can you please..."
-[snoring]
What a cute name! I love this!
[laughs] "Love, Max."
[Nicole] Hey!
Hey! Hey! What are you two doing?
-The show's gonna start! Wes, clean up!
-Wes, she's calling us!
Jacques, put on your chef's coat!
The holidays have arrived!
Oh! [laughs]
Happy Nailed It! everyone.
[Nicole laughs and sighs]
Bless your heart!
It's time to make merry with another
Christmas episode of Nailed It!,
the baking competition show
that wants to be full of glee
but ends up getting totally scrooged.
I'm your host, Christmas Carol Nicole.
Beside me is the Tiny Tim of cocoa,
Jacques Torres.
And here is a ghost of Christmas past,
Jason Mantzoukas.
Today, three amateur bakers will attempt
to recreate professional desserts
themed around Charles Dickens'
beloved book, A Christmas Carol,
and compete for a chance
to win $10,000.
Let's meet these merry gentlefolk.
[laughs]
My name is Flora Aleman,
and I am a preschool teacher.
I've been married for 13 years.
I have four kids, so I'm very busy.
I'm here today to prove to my kids
that I'm not as bad as they think I am.
And I'm also here for myself.
It's been 13 years
since I've been on my own,
and so this is a really
awesome experience,
something for me to do for me.
My name is Richard Sanchez.
I'm 40 years old.
From San Francisco, California.
I have five daughters,
and I'm winning for the girls,
especially Ricky. She's my cheerleader.
I am a cheer-dad,
so when I win, I will do a dance
that my daughter, Ricky, showed me to do
'cause I've been practicing. [laughs]
My name is Justin Madriaga,
and I am a host of a geek trivia podcast,
where we study trivia,
and we have someone come in and quiz us.
I'm a huge Hufflepuff,
as in, I love everyone.
I'm a very competitive person,
but I'm a friendly competitive person.
I just want all of us to win
by me winning.
[Nicole] Flora, Richard and Justin.
Are you guys full
of the Christmas spirit?
-Okay, cool.
-[laughter]
-[Nicole] Jacques, are you excited?
-I cannot wait!
No "bah hamburgers," thank you.
[laughter]
No bah hum-- Humbug!
[Jason] No bah humbugs!
[Nicole] "No bad hamburgers!" So cute!
-We'll be back with more bah hamburgers.
-Nicole, you--
Jacques, are you excited about today?
I cannot wait.
No "bah humbugs," thank you.
[Nicole] Oh, boy!
Jacques is getting all Dickens on me.
Bakers, please give a big Nailed It!
welcome to returning judge...
-Jason Mantzoukas!
-Yeah!
-That's me!
-[Nicole] That's you!
The night draws on,
and we must make haste.
Our first round is called Baker's Choice.
Whoever wins
walks home with a very special prize.
Behind that door awaits your past,
present and, no doubt, your future,
depending on how well you make these:
Cupcakes with cookie ghost toppers.
Yes, it's the Ghost of Christmas Past,
present, and yet to come.
The chocolate cupcake has a buttercream
infused with the delicate flavor
of a light Earl Grey tea.
The cookie topper is a cute ghost design,
and it's created with royal icing.
Now, when I say go, you will run over,
pick the ghost that you want to make.
It is your destiny.
Does everybody understand?
-[all] Yes.
-[Nicole] All right.
Go!
Oh, boy.
[laughter]
[Nicole]
The stroke of midnight approaches,
so honor Christmas in your heart,
and remember you have...
forty-five minutes,
so you should go do it.
You should bake.
Get outta here!
[laughs]
-[Jason] Oh, my God!
-I mean...
Oh, my gosh! Don't fall on me.
Oh, God! What am I doing?
Cake mix, vanilla, vanilla.
Vanilla.
Jacques, how would you go about making
an Earl Grey-infused
cupcake-cookie-ghost-topper-
having-a-good-time thing?
It's actually not a bad idea
to start with the cookies.
First, roll out the cookies.
Cut into the shape of your character
and bake until golden brown.
While the cookies bake,
prepare the mix for the cupcake,
and bake it until ready.
Then prepare the Earl Grey buttercream
by whipping sugar and butter
and mixing in Earl Grey tea.
Once the cookies are cool,
draw the ghost character
by using royal icing and food coloring,
and finally, apply the buttercream
to the cupcakes.
Drizzle caramel on top
with your ghost cookies.
Could you use another kind of tea?
Actually, you can use whatever
-tea, coffee, whatever infusion you want.
-Coffee?
[Richard] This could work.
Boom! I can make a cupcake,
but I've always had bad timing
with cookies.
I always either keep them in too long,
or I keep them in too long.
I started baking with my oldest daughter.
My wife and my 16-year-old,
they get fancy.
I mean, they get fancy-schmancy.
You're talking about homemade eclairs,
macaroons, cream puffs...
So I would love to do well here.
I'm gonna be like, "See, I told you!
Someone likes my baking." [chuckles]
Into the oven we go.
Oh, it's hot!
[straining]
Dang, this is tough!
I'm most excited about becoming
a better baker because I love learning.
I definitely learn something new
each baking attempt.
It's like a video game.
I don't have muscle for this.
I love putting myself in a situation
that might challenge me.
Argh! I can't find my knife.
Oh. How much time is left?
-I think 25 minutes?
-A hundred minutes?
I was told
the clock was going to get moved.
Wes said that was going to happen.
[Jason] Oh, here it is, 35 feet in the air
and not even in our eyeline.
Get it together, Nailed It,
'cause I need to know!
Thirty-eight minutes!
-Thirty-eight minutes!
-[Nicole] Yes.
-[Jason] Come on!
-[laughs]
Whoo! All right.
[Flora] There's my guy.
That looks about right.
Okay. I'm going to put it in the oven.
So it looks like Flora and Justin
didn't put the stick in their cookies,
so I'm not sure how they're going
to put their cookies in the cupcake.
Oh! You've gotta stick the cookie
when it's soft.
-It's usually what you have to do, yes.
-I can do this.
Half a cup. What's half a cup?
I baked a cake for my son's school auction
a few years ago.
It turned out so horrible.
I ended up buying it for three dollars
because no one wanted my cake.
One tablespoon of vinegar.
I can follow recipes pretty well.
It's just sometimes
it doesn't turn out that way.
[chuckles]
[Jacques]
If you look at the mixer of Flora,
that batter should be
way more liquid than that.
[Nicole] Maybe we're going to get
some thick cupcakes.
Get those thick cakes!
And when I say it, right,
put a graphic on the screen
that just is...
"thick cake."
Exclamation point. Exclamation point.
In, like, those big, white meme letters.
-Thick cake!
-[laughs]
[Justin] All right. Cool, cool, cool.
These look festive.
My cookie is ready.
Oh! It's not cooked yet.
A little bit longer.
[Jason] I'll look at the clock.
[laughs]
Eighteen minutes!
I smell something burning,
so I'm gonna go check it out.
-Richard?
-[Richard] Yes, sir?
What's up with your tea?
[Richard] Um, I made tea.
[Jason] I'll be honest.
There's no water in there, pal.
[Richard] It seeped up.
I'm gonna let it soak.
Okay. You're gonna let it soak in what?
-[Richard] The water's in the teabags--
-Are you getting this? Rob?
Can you hold it together enough
to get this shot?
-I got this.
-You got a bit of something.
I'll get something out of it.
I'll find a way. [chuckles]
Wow.
Maybe I should have added
more water to this.
My cookies!
Let me take them out.
Ugh! It's all hard.
So look at that.
Those cookies have been in the oven
way too long.
Oh, my God!
Where did I put my tea now? There it is.
Okay. This needs to go
into the buttercream.
Actually, I'm gonna use some of that ice
in there and just cool it down a bit.
Oh, God.
[laughs]
This seems cool enough.
That's not right, right?
Jacques, that's not correct.
[Jacques] No. Cold liquid into the butter,
everything separates,
so, catastrophe.
What the hell? It looks all clumpy. Ugh!
[Jacques] Nicole,
you'll have something
strange in your mouth again.
I'll be honest. All this tea talk
-is making me thirsty for that tea.
-Oh!
-Do you want me to get some tea?
-I think so.
-You just have to call for Wes.
-Wes! Bring me tea!
-[chuckles]
-[Jason shouting] Wes! I want tea!
-Jeez!
-[Jason] Wes, I want tea!
[Nicole] It worked!
I told you louder would make it happen.
Thank you so much, Wes.
-Thank you, Wes.
-He won't talk back to you.
[Jason] How about Wes
not talking back to me at all?
Not cool, Wes.
And I want those letters up there, too.
Not cool, Wes!
Be nice!
And thick cakes!
Ba-ba-bow!
Let's take those cupcakes out.
Thick cake.
[gasps] My cupcakes! I forgot!
Thick cake!
[sighs] Dump this in the freezer.
Thick cake!
-[Nicole cackles]
-[Jason] That's everything.
Netflix, bring us our Emmy.
[Nicole] Jacques!
Two and a half minutes!
-Two and a half minutes.
-Wow!
I can do this. Okay.
Icing.
All right.
[Justin] Blue and red
make purple!
I think I might have
went a little too dark.
Boooo!
If you were a ghost,
what sound would you make?
-Hi!
-[snorts]
[gasps] Oh, crap!
Oh, that looks super clumpy.
It looks super bad.
I feel like I'm going to die today.
[Richard] Hopefully, I don't freeze it.
This isn't working.
[Justin] That looks super watery.
Oh, gosh.
It does not taste like tea,
so that's not good.
I know.
I have an idea.
I'm gonna put you here.
I'm improvising.
What did she do?
[chuckles]
[Flora] They want it to taste like tea.
Uh-oh! Thirty seconds! Half of a minute.
-[Justin] Oh, God.
-[Flora] Why aren't you staying?
-Oh, no!
-Argh!
[judges] Five,
four,
three, two, one...
You're done!
[cheering]
Oh, no! I just saw underneath.
Okay, Flora.
Let's remember
the ghost cookie topper cupcake
you were trying to make,
and let's see what you did.
[Flora] Nailed it!
-[Flora chuckles]
-Oh...
[Jason] This is heartbreaking.
-[Jacques] Where is the cupcake?
-[Jason] Yeah.
It's there. I forgot to put the stick
on the inside, and I was--
-This was supposed to be a little--
-[Jason] Propping it up?
Honestly, I think this
is a very "now" cookie.
It's a commentary
on the state of our country.
That's what I was going for.
-The cupcake is completely melted.
-[Flora] Well, I put the tea on top of it.
Wait!
You just poured tea
on top of a baked cupcake
and thought that was a thing?
-We have to taste it.
-I'd rather not.
See, this part over here
is very upsetting.
[Nicole] Hm!
-I have a lot to say about that.
-Okay.
Hum!
Ha!
I think that the--
-Your cupcake missed the wet ingredients.
-Okay.
-It's very crumbly and dry...
-[Flora] Okay.
[Jacques]
...and the buttercream seems to be
extremely sweet.
I found it to be...
gross.
[laughs]
[Nicole] Your cupcake
was so crumbly, and I liked it.
It had the consistency of an Oreo.
I like this Oreo cupcake.
The flavor of the tea, the Earl Grey tea,
-that came through.
-Okay.
That's something I have to say.
-Well done, Flora.
-Thank you. I'm done!
We have more cupcake and ghosts to see,
so good day to you, my friend. Good day.
-All right, Richard.
-Oh!
[Nicole] Let's try to remember
the ghost cookie topper and cupcake
you were trying to make,
and let's see what you did.
-Nailed it!
-Yes!
-I like this little dude.
-I love it!
-[Nicole] It's so wild looking!
-[Jason] Oh!
[Nicole] I like him.
I feel like if he could make noise,
he'd be like, "Whoo, yeah, everybody!"
[scats]
[laughter]
Okay, let's taste this guy.
Oh, no!
Oh! My tooth!
[laughs]
[Jacques] I'll help you.
Die!
[Jacques] This thing is baked.
-Okay.
-[Jacques] The buttercream has the flavor
of the Earl Grey tea, um...
but the cookie is pretty hard.
[Nicole] I liked it.
I thought the buttercream
tasted good, but, man, that cookie!
This was like you painted a cinder block
and then made us try and eat it.
All right. It's time for us to move on.
Thank you.
[Nicole] Let's try to remember
what you were trying to make,
and let's see what you did.
Nailed it!
[blows raspberry] I love it!
[Nicole laughs hysterically]
-May I ask a question?
-[Justin] Yes.
Uh, the goopies...
The goopies on the front...
-Is that food coloring, or is that icing?
-It's royal icing with gel coloring.
Is this the future
that you see for us, Justin?
If global warming continues.
-Whoa!
-Wow!
-[Nicole] Social commentary!
-[Jason] Hot take!
Your buttercream is completely separated.
That means the milk and the butter,
the fat, didn't mix together.
When something like that happens,
you need heat.
So you had tea to incorporate.
I thought it needed to be cool
to go into the buttercream,
so I put in ice to cool it down.
-You put ice--
-That's what's happened.
Cold liquid into the butter,
everything separates.
-All right. Let's do it. Let's taste this.
-Let's tuck into this bad boy.
Okay.
We got another tough cookie.
-[Jacques] It is not as hard.
-[Nicole] Not as hard.
Oh!
[Nicole] That buttercream is wild!
It was, like, light and fluffy
but also, like, thick and oily. It was...
I have no idea how you did that.
The buttercream...
I already told you is completely split.
I think the cookie is a little bit hard.
I like the caramel,
and I like the Earl Grey tea.
It's there, and you can feel it.
Okay, bakers, let's come together.
It's time to announce...
the winner!
We have to go for the best of the worst.
So the winner is...
-Richard!
-Whoo! [laughs]
Well done!
Jason, tell Richard what he's won!
Oh, yeah!
Bonanza!
A stand mixer,
pots and pans,
a knife set, a baking set,
and a decorating set!
[Nicole] And now for the crowning
of the winner of round one. Okay!
I love it.
How would you like to celebrate your win?
Yeah!
I like that!
Nailed it! [laughs]
Oh, boy! And for the two who got ghosted,
don't worry.
You'll get another chance in what?
In round two!
Well, let's go to door number two.
Come on, everybody.
We call this challenge
"Nail It or Fail It,"
and this is the one
that could win you $10,000.
[Jason] That first round was all about
those ghostly beings.
Well, now we move up to the big guy,
the star of the story,
he who learned to right his wrongs.
We'll see both the faces of this man
when you make...
[Nicole] The Scrooge face cake!
Oh, no!
[Nicole] Yes, it's a fully-realized
cake bust of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.
Here, you see the face of a measly miser
and covetous sinner,
but spin his head Exorcist-style...
-and we get the other side of Scrooge!
-What?
Scrooge's head with two faces
is shaped with modeling chocolate.
His torso is made of trifle.
That's a vanilla cake
with whipped cream and strawberry.
His pajamas are made with fondant.
What do you think, bakers?
-We got this.
-Really?
[laughter]
[Jacques] Yes, it's two for one
and twice the work, but don't panic!
I'm here to help.
Just hit your panic button
and I can assist you for three minutes.
Flora, let's get real. You struggled
a little bit with those cupcakes,
so you get the advantage.
At your station,
you have a trivia night button.
Just tap that and your two opponents
have to stop baking
and answer trivia questions about
A Christmas Carol for three minutes.
[Jacques] All right, bakers,
you have one hour and 45 minutes
to make your cake.
[distorted] Go!
Oh, God!
Oh, no! I'm so sorry.
Jacques, how would you go about
making that two-faced Scrooge cake?
[Jacques] First, make a cake batter.
Once the batter is smooth,
put it into a greased pan
and bake until golden brown.
Next, make the whipped cream
and the buttercream.
Once the cakes are done,
layer the whipped cream
and strawberry jam.
Cover the trifle cake with buttercream
and then fondant.
And, finally, do the details
of both faces and the pajamas
with modeling chocolate and carving tools.
It's not an easy cake to make.
They have to keep as much time
for decoration as they can.
The sideburns alone
would take a lot of time.
This is so wild.
I think I know where everything is now,
so hopefully,
it should be a little bit smoother.
My strategy is to make the cakes
really fast
so I can concentrate
the majority of my time
just trying to get this face right.
Doing it! Doing it!
I am making a mess. This drives me nuts.
Obviously, I missed something
on that first round
because it shouldn't have
fallen apart that way.
So going into round two,
I'm going to quadruple-check
that I make my recipe right.
Probably have to make more now.
I'm tripling the cake batter,
and I look at the recipe for buttercream,
and I'm trying to figure out,
"Do I need to triple this, too?
Do I need five mixers?"
Uh... I really need help.
It's a panic!
[screaming]
-Justin, hi. How are you doing?
-I'm okay.
[screaming continues]
I'm trying to make three cakes.
I made the cake batter times three.
Does that mean I have to make this
times three? Is that going to be enough?
That's enough. It's going to be enough.
[panting]
-So, Jason--
-Jacques, what's going on over there?
You're okay with that.
Build it up all the way to here.
Don't go too high,
otherwise, it will not turn.
Ten seconds!
[judges] Nine, eight, seven,
six, five,
four, three, two, one...
-[Jacques] You're done!
-Happy New Year!
[Nicole] Happy New Year!
Did the clock move? They moved the clock.
[Nicole] Oh, what a treat.
One hour, 28 minutes on the clock,
everybody.
Oh, God. I don't have enough.
Of course I don't have enough!
Three cakes. All right.
[Justin] Here we go.
Okay. Let's do the cream. Okay.
Oh, and I have to do buttercream, too.
That's nice.
[Justin] Eight cups of powdered sugar.
One more.
This is almost like the whole thing.
[Richard] I am trying to make
whipped cream.
-Cream looks like whipped milk.
-[Flora] That's what mine looks like.
This is not--
I think it's unspreadable. Oh, crap.
Perfect!
Richard, what's on your mixer
on your left?
[Richard] Buttercream.
I want to stop it, and it clumps up,
so I figure if I let it keep going,
it'll stay smooth.
-Cross my fingers!
-[Jacques] Oh, my God.
Richard needs to mix it until fluffy.
Overmixing will make it runny.
[Justin] That is mixing.
While I wait for the cakes to finish,
I'm just going to work
on my modeling chocolate.
[Flora] I'll use this for...
his eyebrows, and I'm going to hope
that it works if I paint it.
Look at those chilling, chilling eyebrows.
I like how far up the forehead they are.
How do you get that color?
Let's get this eyebrow going.
I'm totally cheating off of Richard.
I don't know how he got that color.
His nose.
[Flora]
He's making his Scrooge look so good.
I want to mess it up.
Guess what, guys? It's trivia time.
-[Flora] Trivia time!
-It's trivia!
You guys have to stop.
[Jason] Are you ready for Charles Dickens'
Christmas Carol-based trivia?
[Nicole] Besides using a crutch...
-"C"!
-[Nicole] Whoa!
-You got it right!
-Yay! [chuckles]
[Jason reading]
-"A"?
-Wrong!
[Justin] Argh!
This is definitely super deep cuts.
-"D"?
-No!
My co-podcast hosts
are definitely going to make fun of me.
-Justin, I'll ask you to get it together.
-[Justin] My whipped cream
is totally done,
and it's flying into even more of a mess.
I feel super helpless right now.
All right. That's it. Time's up!
You guys can go back to work.
Justin, you did quite poorly.
[Justin] I did.
Uh... definitely gotta do this over.
-Sorry, guys.
-[Jacques] It became butter.
-[Nicole] Are you throwing it away?
-Yeah, I'm just going to start over.
-[Jacques] There's no recovering.
-[Flora] My cake!
All right! Get his ears in.
Check my cakes really fast.
Super clean! I'm going to pull it out.
Let's make him happy now.
[Justin] Yeah!
How do you make someone happy?
[Flora laughs]
God, Flora. What are you doing?
Oh, wow! I used the wrong color!
Oh, man!
He turned Hispanic.
Oh, my cakes!
[Jacques] Richard's cakes have been
in the oven way too long.
I hope it's not too dry.
[Richard] I think they're done!
Whoa, guys! Twenty-six minutes!
Yeah!
Beautiful!
Go here,
and then I'm going to put whipped cream.
All right, cool. First layer on.
Hey, that's something.
If they go strictly on taste,
I might have a chance.
I'm just trying to figure out the order
of this, so...
[Justin] Okay. So, jam first.
There's, like, this huge gap now.
Oh, I should have put
Rice Krispies Treats.
Oh, maybe I'll do that.
I see that there is a gap between his head
and where my cake was ending.
I'll clean up afterwards, I promise.
So I'm going to grab some Rice Krispies
Treat to give it a little extra height.
This is as good as it's gonna get.
[Richard] It's a little watery.
What happened to your buttercream,
Richard?
Might have mixed it too long.
-[Nicole] That's buttercream?
-[Richard] It's supposed to be.
Let me put something over it at least.
Fondant time.
Behind you!
It looks like poop!
Do you think Charles Dickens
would approve of this depiction
of his most famous character?
Absolutely.
Little known fact:
there used to be a comma in there,
and it was said in response
to his wife, Carol.
She was always on him, and she was like,
"What's the name of your story?"
And he was like...
[both] "It's A Christmas, Carol!"
Five and a half minutes!
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!
Please stay together.
This one's a happy one
'cause he's all reformed.
[Jason] Has everybody
seen the face on Justin's station?
[laughs]
Yowza!
Hey, you're happy.
[Jacques] Flora, what are you using?
-Do you have marshmallow on your table?
-Yeah, for his teeth.
That's a good idea.
-Yes.
-[Jason laughs]
[Richard]
All right. Let's get his scarf going.
Come on!
I need more chocolate!
[Justin] Trying to put the hat on.
[chuckles]
He kind of looks like
a really bad Dumbledore.
[both] One minute!
All right. Oh, this is silver!
Really quick teeth.
Make him a vampire.
Yeah.
My kids are going to be so proud of me.
-Not.
-Five, four,
three, two, one...
You're done!
That looks like a mess.
Flora,
let's remember the two-faced
Scrooge cake you were trying to make,
and let's see what you made!
Nailed it!
[Nicole and Jason] Oh!
-[Jason] Flora, what have you done?
-[Nicole] Whoa! Flora!
[Flora] He got a tan.
-Spin it.
-Yeah, it's a two-sider.
-[Jacques] Ooh!
-[Nicole] It got better!
-[yells]
-Yeah!
-Hey!
-Yeah!
-Whoa!
-Yeah!
Hey!
[Jason] I'd like to go to dinner
with both of these guys.
[Nicole] I love those teeth!
[Jason] I love
the Shredded Wheat eyebrows and hair.
You have to finish modeling the face
before you add other things.
What you did, you got excited about it,
so you went too fast with those details
and was not able
to actually finish the face.
I am haunted by this.
[Nicole] Flora, you have brought me
so much joy today.
Jason, let's...
-go!
-[hums]
-[Nicole] All right, Richard.
-Hello.
You look so happy.
I'm always happy.
All right, Richard.
Let's see what you made!
[Richard] Nailed it!
-[laughs] Okay.
-[Nicole] You know what?
-He doesn't have a neck.
-[laughter]
Should we spin him?
[sinister laughter]
[Jason] Whoa!
-Oh, I don't like that.
-[laughs]
[Nicole] I like these thick brows.
I'm here for the nose.
-[Jason] All the ears are upside down.
-[Nicole] All of them.
If I saw this guy on the street,
I wouldn't go near him.
You didn't cover his neck.
I would love to see little bit more
of the modeling chocolate there.
Yes, the ears are upside down,
and I think that one of the sides
is way more finished than the other.
Honestly, I'll tell you this...
I would date both of them.
All right. We've gotta move on.
Thank you, Richard.
-Great work!
-[Richard] Thank you.
All right. My friend, Justin.
Let's see the two-faced Scrooge cake
you made.
Nailed it!
[Nicole] Oh! [scats]
[cackles]
[Jason] I don't know what this is!
Justin, what's happening?
Who is that old lady?
-What's happening?
-[Nicole] Why are those teeth like this?
It's a vampire.
-You made a vampire on purpose?
-[Justin] I made a vampire.
I feel like this is
a bunch of melted flip-flops on his head.
[Nicole] Wait. Spin it around.
-[Jason] Oh-ho!
-[laughter]
It's just so delightful. Turn it again.
[laughter]
The cake is so wide and flat.
[Jacques]
I think that you didn't listen at all
when you pressed your panic button
and I came to help you.
The cake should be taller.
I think you really helped me,
and hopefully the cake tastes good,
at least.
-I'm so excited.
-This is exciting Nailed It!
Slice 'em up and let us taste it!
Thank you so much.
[Flora] The judges are obsessed
with my Scrooge,
and I think I still have a chance.
He has all the elements,
and I know he's going to taste good, so...
fingers crossed!
-[Nicole] I can't wait to taste Ebenezer.
-[Jason] Wow!
Flora, it's time to taste your cake.
Okay.
-[all] Oh!
-Something crunched.
[Nicole] You know what that is?
It's the Rice Krispies Treat.
Yeah, I think you're right.
[Jacques] The cake by itself is not bad.
The cake is pretty good.
It's moist.
I like the jam, I like the whipped cream
that you put in it,
but unfortunately you put the rice
just in the middle of it.
I think that's a big mistake.
I was just trying to get it
to be taller, so...
Structurally,
it's a little bit problematic,
but a lovely tasting cake for sure.
[Nicole] I like the cream.
I thought it was a little heavy,
but I liked that.
I thought the cake was pretty light
and airy with a great texture.
-Honestly, I like the cake. I'm happy.
-Thank you.
-Richard.
-Here we go.
Let's taste your Ebenezer.
Aesthetically, it looks pleasing,
much like it's meant to look.
Hey!
Okay, the cake is pretty good.
It's a little bit dry.
I like the whipped cream.
I like the buttercream. Pretty good cake.
[Jason] I agree.
It could have been moister,
but it was tasty, certainly.
-I also--
-Well done.
I love you.
I love you, too.
All right.
Well, Richard, thank you.
Justin,
you've been so quiet.
I'm just worried.
-Because of the one inch of fondant here?
-[laughter]
[Nicole] Let's get into Justin's cake.
[Nicole and Jason] Whoa!
[Nicole laughs]
[Nicole] I'm gonna take the biggest bite.
[laughs]
The buttercream is very sweet.
[Nicole] Your buttercream
is so sweet,
I feel like my eyes are open wider,
and I'm not going
to be able to sleep tonight.
[laughter]
[Jason] Tasty,
but on the drier side.
It was great. Great work, everybody.
[British accent] Is it time?
Now it's time to announce the winner.
Wes?
Where's my fine fellow?
Do you have the Nailed It! trophy,
the one big as you?
Oh, yes!
Oh, what a remarkable boy. Yes, he is.
Oh, no!
He's got to sweep a chimney.
Wow!
[Jason] Hoo!
Okay, Mr. Mantzoukas.
You got your shillings ready...
-to rain down on the contestants?
-I do.
Okay!
-Jacques, are you ready?
-I am.
Okay.
So the winner is...
Richard!
[cheering]
[Nicole] Congratulations, Richard!
[Richard] I won! Who would have thought?
I'm just so overwhelmed by this.
Here you go.
All right, give me a hug. What a treat!
[Richard] I'm so excited
to tell my daughter, Ricky, that I won.
She has all her little cheer medals
and stuff.
Now this one's mine. I'm gonna put it
right next to all your stuff.
-[Nicole] I think you're good.
-Thank you.
Boom! Nailed it!
[laughs]
Okay, that's it for this episode
of Nailed It!
There are more holiday happenings,
so be sure to toast the goose
and stick around.
[British accent] God bless us.
Every one of us.
-[Jacques] Nicole, where are you?
-[normal] It's me on Instagram.
[Nicole] What does "toast the goose" mean?