Oh yikes. Not okay.

I think they did this challenge right - if the team with the lowest amount of orders were automatically heading home, I would've been annoyed. But having the top team safe and everyone else up for elimination ensured that chefs like the Orange team didn't get sent home unfairly (good flavors but bad menu-writing).

…and a domestic abuser…

MCCLOUD

I don't mind HateSong for the most part and even enjoy it sometimes. But I do wish they'd bring back Random Rules, which was a really fun music feature. It was basically a Shuffle Thread with brief explanations of why they like the song or their history with the song. I'm not sure why AV Club dropped it.

As long as there are graduating high school seniors, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" will exist.

I think that's a fair criticism, but I still give these kids credit for having pretty adventurous taste. They use a lot of flavors that I wouldn't have touched as a kid (things got fancy for me when I got cut-up hot dogs in my Kraft mac and cheese).

Back to your newts, Fink-Nottle!

I was so happy to see Ming Tsai as a judge! East Meets West was probably the first cooking show I ever watched and I loved his simple, calm way of describing his recipes and techniques. Love him.

Aw. I'll stick up for the New Orleans season (other than the cream cheese challenge, which was horrible). They had the Commander's Palace challenge, a creole tomato challenge, a po'boy and a gumbo challenge, the boucherie challenge, and that Vietnamese shrimping challenge. Yes, there were some stupid challenges mixed…

The "moneyball" comment sounded like something he'd thought of beforehand and was hoping he could use during judging. It was a bit eye-roll-y to me, but not a serious sin.

That was confusing because his antipathy toward Katie seemingly came out of nowhere. I would understand if he'd picked her because she hasn't been super impressive yet (still can't get over the broccoli salad), but all the sudden he turned her into a representative of something he apparently hates and was an…

Only one of me, too. That's what happens when your parents name you after a great-great-great grandparent from Denmark.

I've been here since they started allowing comments (oh, the great Unregistered days), but I'm barely over a thousand.

Agreed, she assumed the executive role pretty quick and was really dismissive of both team members. Yes, they were both on the bottom the previous challenge, but it doesn't mean they're completely unskilled. She treated them like they were crappy line cooks she couldn't trust.

Hey, fellow Utah-person! I feel the same way - we've never had a local on Top Chef before, so it would be fun to cheer for her. But she made a potluck broccoli salad last week and was near-invisible this week (except for hearing Mei's doubts that Katie has any skill).

I know you're joking, but the Mad Men Barbies were amazing.
http://www.amazon.com/Barbi…

I liked it.

I gave up on this show about halfway through, just out of boredom. But it sounds like the season ends pretty well, so maybe I'll get back to it.

YES, that was awesome. I love Gail.