In this month’s episode, Artichoke Jalapeño Dip and 4 Cheese & Vegetable Dip watched TV, argued over the remote control and then in a fit of fiery rage that suits her name, Artichoke Jalapeño Dip threw the remote across the room and stormed out of the house. 4 Cheese was just glad he could watch “The Girls Next Door” in peace. After the commercial break, Artichoke Jalapeño returned full of self-righteous rage and made a point to say “hi” to everyone in the house and pointedly ignored 4 Cheese (his rapping stage name, fyi). 4 Cheese said in his testimonial he was deeply hurt by this, and he had feelings too.

Later in the evening after excessive amounts of alcohol, 4 Cheese and Artichoke Dip flirted their way back to reconciliation, then, naturally, jumped in the hot tub. While they got cozy in the hot tub, Melissa, Maggie and Christine determined they were sick of 4 Cheese and Artichoke’s antics, and in order for peace to reign in the house, one of them had to go. They determined Artichoke would go since if you didn’t get a bite of jalapeño when you dipped in your cracker, she was basically bland.

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The three girls approached their housemates and told the dips they couldn’t live with the two of them in the same house any longer, but everyone would be allowed to vote to determine who would stay. But in a shocking reversal of allegiance, Melissa and Christine voted to keep Artichoke Jalapeño since they decided when Maggie left the room that they liked Artichoke and her occasional kick with crusty bread (crackers don’t do her justice) as well as slathered on omelets. They preferred to kick 4-Cheese out of the house since, as Melissa put it, she found his appearance “disturbing and not at all attractive.” And while Christine felt he might taste good heated on a sesame bagel, she felt he tasted a little too strongly of cream cheese. Also, both Melissa and Christine were really tired of 4 Cheese’s lame raps.

So far, Blue Cheese Roasted Pecan Dip and Spicy Feta Dip have entered the victors’ circle. Now Artichoke Jalapeño Dip has taken her place among the winners. Who will be the next Great American Dip-Off Finalist? Find out in one week? Two? Three? (There’s really no telling.)