I think "taco flavored kisses" is a euphemism suggesting that JLo eats a lot of vagina.

The last time we saw Jillian, she was widowed when Dianne killed her husband, that guy who had the same voice as New Brian.

Every time I see Danny McBride in promos for this movie, I am very disappointed that he's not Oliver Platt.

One of the best Rob moments is in Amazing Race. He's driving, and two or three other teams have started following him, figuring that he must know where he's going. He starts getting into off-ramps, then swerving back on to the highway at the last minute just to watch the parade swerve back and forth. Amber gets…

Question: Is there anyone who prefers Ginger and Gail, or Mary Ann and Padma?

Ice cream maker
Why did Blais choose this moment to use an ice cream maker? That's like Carla doing a sous vide for her finale — it's a piece of equipment and an associated technique that we've never seen him use.

Yeah, Blais explained it well at Judges' table or the after show (can't remember which), basically saying that at a real restaurant, if a dish doesn't go over one night, you fix it the next.

Unnecessary Intellectual Reference
Harold Bloom has a nice take on the character of Iago from Othello. In Bloom's reading, Iago starts small - messing with people with minor lies - but then he can't believe how easy it is, and ends up ramping up farther and farther until he's engineering murders.

Second best Rob moment
Right after Phillip talked about what a great samurai Matt is, Rob's expression managed to say "Ok, you're dueling the samurai next, smart guy."

I can't help but find her kind of sexy because she has a great rack, frequently displayed, and because it looks like she might put out if there were something in it for her.

A nice touch
If you believe the editing, then Blais's decision to re-work the dessert probably accounts for his win. Padma and Hubert had the first dessert, and I think they were marginally in Mikey's camp, but Tom and Gail had the second, and pushed things for Blais.

A better phone conversation
Blais: Honey, I won Top Chef!

Gail's a great judge, and hot to boot.

Kanye and AA Reject
Nathan writes: "If a man is into clothes, design, stagecraft, fashion, interior decorating, uses mix-tape interludes to herald fashion photographer David LaChapelle as the new Andy Warhol, and sings about his feelings and shit, then he must be gay. "

The one thing I like about bringing Jason Todd back is that he's so pissed that he got killed off, forgotten, then brought back. It's practically meta.

Sure. He's SecDef, and the baby is his grandson who was (1) conceived in a parellel dimension and (2) recently exposed to mad science by putatively unknown parties. If he says he wants to have Brandon run some additional tests to confirm that the baby is safe, who would doubt him?

The kidnappers
I thought Brandon's suit was a nice touch. I assumed it was Walternate as well, but for a moment or two after scarred orderly handed off the blood test to "hand in a dark suit," I thought "Wait! Are they working for the Observers?"

The closing speech definitely cures all ills.

Good thoughts, everybody.

This episode was great
Scott called it. The producers were back to form with this one. The "one bite" cook-off, in particular, really raised the tension level and made some great TV.