And check out the headroom, max!!

"Am I the only one at least enjoying the season's chefs?"

Since I'd rather not think about the event, I'll think about why the redundancy. As in "barely" and "botched". As in…remove either, and there's the story.  And yeah, I agree…can't imagine wanting to listen to that (though admittedly listening would be a helluva lot less horrible than seeing).  Maybe.

***I also am sick of hearing the judges go on and on about how amazing and talented these chefs are***

Whew and thanks!!  I'm not ready for senility just yet.  So I guess the recapper just took padma's word for it, then.  hmmmm and oh, well. 

I'm rooting loudly for paul but really only because I hate sarah so much, though I've yet to share that sentiment with anyone.  She does have one devout fan, though…armchair shrink is thoroughly besotted.

I vote WORST, hands-down.

HAHA!!!  Almost as bad as scott conant with the bermuda onions.

I'm afraid you're right.  Unless he's just trying to stir things up a little bit to ensure we might tune in for the finale…since they had to have had at least an inkling that paul would be the huge fan fave (of the remaining contestants). 

Didn't we see a quick snatch of the finale, in the kitchen, with Grayson telling Chris once again how cute he is?  Or pretty?  Those are the only two I remember seeing…

For what it's worth I don't understand ANY of this exchange (below) and am hoping that someday I'll catch on to the myriad IN jokes/references. Sigh.  Sheila?  Malibu?  Votes?  Bedtime.

I was so surprised to see that bravo really let a huge product placement opportunity slip right through their grasping little fingers.  How cool would it have been if padma and gail (and, OK - lindsay and sarah eek!!) were made to wear Revlon's Fire and Ice throughout the episode. Not sure how else an iconic red…

OK, I feel as though I'm senile already.  When Takashi Yagihashi was introduced by padma as "Top Chef Master Winner", I said, "Wha?  When?  Who?" since I follow this franchise religiously and just could not place him.  So I chalked it up to my having misheard, or something.  But now the recapper says the same thing…I…

Oh, I'm most definitely unhinged!!!  And given your little moniker there, I'm not at all surprised at how quickly you picked up on my insanity.

I'll apologize in advance for my interminable rants about sarah, but I watched this mess again last night and just have to mention the 2 things that were the MOST infuriating things ever.  As they're driving to the challenge in their toyota, paul asked bev something. She said, "Ye—-" when sarah actually screamed "LOOK…

Jesus, who is handlebar mustache guy???  I feel like such an idiot but somehow really do need to know.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MONDO???  Was he always this glum?  If so I've forgotten.  And…I might be wrong, but I could have sworn it was mondo who made the comment about the majorness of being featured in a playbill.  I recall being sort of surprised that he used the word "playbill" - completely illogical but there it is. …

I'm relatively new to this; loved loved LOVED the valentine's day/dentist's office epi, but this one was a bit of a meh. I can't yet figure out if the actors are spoofing pretty much everything, partic. the girls (the constant mugging, facial contortions, "a-MEH-zing") or…what.  And apropos of nothing, dave somehow…

Gotta disagree about courtney's worthiness (to TC or anyone/anything).  She makes my skin crawl like no other…well, maybe teresa giudice, but it's a close call. Speaking of housewives and food, I think I actually DID throw my drink at the TV when I saw the new guest judge on that Iron Chef "Best of" (or whatever)…

@kates254 - I hadn't meant to belittle spiaggia by saying "somewhere" - I truly just did not know where she worked and didn't care enough to look it up.  Thanks for the info - this IS a revelation. And, seriously, putting my feelings for her completely aside, I just don't get it.  That this woman is the executive chef…