Heres my view on Jody and the rest:
They all see him as a bit of a threat really. He is cocky, confident, eager to please Marco and eager to win. Plus he is young and really wants to win. Yes he is a little annoying but this is a kitchen not a tea party.
In the early stages he got some positive feedback about his food and his service. He has also gone above and beyond to make sure the service was good, re-doing someones steak at one point even tho he was the waiter and he was the one who begged Marco to let him serve the last table. He cares.
Marco sees a bit of himself in Jody and can understand why certain things have happened.
And then we have Anthea.. who yesterday was certain she was going to be sacked, and then today all of a sudden has nothing good to say about Jody, accusing him of being a slacker repeatedly. Her husband is very quick to jump in and defend her as he doesn't want her to go, and Adi (who lied yesterday with the pasta) has no issue with throwing insults about either.. even tho he himself is the biggest joker in the group.
Anthea smells blood and goes for it. And when Jody tries to say sorry, she refuses to allow him to do so. Referring to him as "the slacker" and then turning around and saying "Oh there *he* is" with a smug look on her face.
So Jody talks to Marco, who understands his plight.
He says sorry again, but do they say sorry back? Did Ade say sorry for calling him a t**ser? No. Did Anthea say sorry for calling him a t**ser? No. No one apologised to him.
He is the target now.
What amused me the most tonight is Ade and his "You lied" line. Yet it was Ade who lied to Marco on the pasta task because he failed to admit he used the left over demonstration pasta, even tho the other girl confessed. So whos the liar now Ade?
They're all a joke, and frankly their victimisation of Jody is blatent, especially vicious Anthea.
I hope Jody wins just to wipe the smiles off their faces.