Episode 12: Saliva

"Can we taste food without Saliva?"

Summary
"Saliva" is the second episode of the second season, and the twelfth episode of the series. In this episode, Dr. Leo hosts a chili competition between Allen and Phil.

Plot
In the National Auditorium of Nutropistan, Dr. Leo is hosting a Chili Eating Competition being broadcasted live on international television. The curtain rises and reveals the two contestants, them being Allen Doyle and Phil Harvey. The crowd cheers as Allen waves at the audience and laughs at Phil blowing a hairdryer at his mouth.

Phil drops the hairdryer and also waves at the audience. Dr. Leo then starts the competition. Allen and Phil reach into their chili bowl. Phil pulls out much more chili peppers than Allen does, causing the crowd (and Allen) to pog.

However, Phil eats the entire handful of peppers all at once and continues to eat, not feeling any spice. Allen proceeds to eat his peppers, but then feels burning from the capsaicin. Seeing how Phil isn't reacting to the capsaicin at all, Allen decides to eat a pepper from Phil's bowl, thinking that his are less spicy. It turns out that Phil's peppers are even hotter than Allen's, causing Allen to release a loud roar of pain.

Dr. Leo orders Allen to calm down when he looks at the stage and sees the hair dryer under Phil's table. Realizing that Phil used it to cheat, Dr. Leo summons a glass of water and dunks it into Phil's mouth just before he can eat another pepper. As Phil chews on the pepper, he the capsaicin triggers all the heat senses in his tongue, causing him to scream in agony.

Episode Fact
Did you know that we cannot taste food in the absence of saliva?

Series Trivia

 * This is the first episode that talks about saliva.
 * Jake was originally going to be a contestant, but because he was in prison during the time of the episode, the hosts replaced him with Phil instead.