That's a pretty awesome description.

There seemed to be a lot more chaff than previous seasons, but the final chefs are all very good, so at leas there's that.

Agreed.  He's a dick at times, but I think that deep-down he is a good, kind person.

And yet he has the most awkward, time-intensive moustache in the world

It's  a great way to say "yes, I know that I will spend my entire life in the warm embrace of academia".

But that would wring all the fun out of it!  It's basically drunken Calvinball for horny thirtysomethings.

It really was a fantastic kiss.  I was immediately reminded of the ending to The Princess Bride.

I think you meant to post Outdoor Miner

Probably because they knew that some of those ingredients were bullshit.

Yeah, but the "win" isn't really as important as going far and proving your chops.  There are runners-up from TC that are more successful in the culinary world than some of the winners.  It's kinda like *shudder* American Idol in that regard.

At least then the people outside of the US aren't subjected to the horribly twee Toyota commercials

Tom said on his blog that that format was specifically chosen for that episode well ahead of time.  It wasn't like they couldn't make up their minds and decided to have a shootout.

Padma friggin WENT OFF, like you could tell that she was really angry.  wtf

And he is just so nice and earnest and proud and I want to give him a big dude hug and say REACH FOR THE STARS

Except for this one

Yeah, vegetables are just a subset of fruits!

Chuck & Larry was the worst film I ever saw in the theater.

Yeah, his excellent mush mouth is unmistakable.

My first thought, too.

Sorry, Big Bang Theory is terrible, hth