Haven't seen the episode yet, but as long as they didn't try to change the theme music again I presume all is well.

Hey, I'm hoping she gets back into the Scarlett costume and wig from GI Joe, so we each know what pop culture shaped our youths.

This show was surprisingly decent, but I'll avoid saying more for fear of spoilers.

Which should have turned up on Bravo's "oooh, DRAMA!" sensors.

Stefan not being picked first is a BIG mistake.  He's good with desserts, which is what tends to swing Restaurant Wars.

A smarter approach would've been to make the winning Exec get the entire $20K at the end of Restaurant Wars.  THAT would've created some delightfully high pressure for the winner next week.

Watson's far more interesting than you give him credit for, if only because he gets to do all of the shooting.

Part of me thinks that the "Watson is leaving" plot is going to last through the 13th episode, since that was presumably what they ordered originally (I can't find any record of whether it got a full-season pickup immediately without more digging than I'm willing to do today).

"Disrupt" is far too kind a word for the trainwreck that is Castle's ongoing plot.

Yeah, my first thought was that someone on the writing team saw a bunch of pilots and decided "hey, The Americans sounds neat!"*  But, then, the idea's been around probably since before the Cold War even got going.

Yeah, that one broke my then-girlfriend.  I think Morimoto actually used CO2 to gas them to sleep, but the other chef just straight-out hacked away at the still-squirming eels.

Stefan's deal is that he's well-rounded, so he's more likely to come through with something good in a particularly devious challenge (sorta like last week's).  But the challenges haven't been THAT tough, in all honesty.

Because getting the viewers more invested in the live airings might mean that people don't zoom through the ads (along with all the other filling) on their Tivos?

CJ is going to run the table.  Tom's always liked the guy; even when he and Bourdain booted him over the Bob Marley's Leftover Stash Special in his season, you could tell he was broken up about it.

Still wouldn't top the time they were hacking up live turtles on the original Iron Chef.

That said, one of these years someone on Iron Chef's going to figure out that if you find an ingredient that you can make ANYTHING out of in five minutes (EG, the giant sausage this year into a sandwich), you basically guarantee safety since you stick someone else with no time automatically.

That said, one of these years someone on Iron Chef's going to figure out that if you find an ingredient that you can make ANYTHING out of in five minutes (EG, the giant sausage this year into a sandwich), you basically guarantee safety since you stick someone else with no time automatically.

Roller Derby's entire reason for being was that it was pro wrestling on wheels - a fake sport with rules created for maximum entertainment rather than anything resembling a sensible sport.  Look at that godawful RollerJam show that aired after ECW in the late 90s - that was what Roller Derby is supposed to be.  I…

Roller Derby's entire reason for being was that it was pro wrestling on wheels - a fake sport with rules created for maximum entertainment rather than anything resembling a sensible sport.  Look at that godawful RollerJam show that aired after ECW in the late 90s - that was what Roller Derby is supposed to be.  I…

I think the "local" aspect is now officially hurting Top Chef (US / Non-Masters).  Top Chef Canada's run two, soon to be three, seasons in Toronto and basically just turned it into a cooking elimination competition and it's been great.  Next Iron Chef tweaked the format a tad, but still comes up with infinitely better…