I used to like him quite a bit but must say he is sometimes a bit much, and I just wish he'd relax and not try so damned hard to be so VERY clever every. Single. Time. He. Opens. His. Mouth.  Kinda makes me tired and I get nervous for him - waiting for him to say something that's NOT a sparkling gem since I'll bet he…

I think some people might be remembering Gail in the early seasons, when she was heavier and probably did her own hair and makeup.  She underwent a pretty impressive makeover when she was hired to host Top Chef Just Desserts (what a piece of shit that was!!)…so I get what…

I didn't pick up on any of that, either, so I'm thinking the time lapse is yet to come.  In seasons past you can always tell because the finalists come back looking different/better (hopefully) - as if they've spent the past 2 months watching taped footage of themselves and then ran off to get some botox or veneers or…

I didn't like this one much at all, either - but that's due to a problem I have with all reality competitions (i.e., I want to watch them compete).  This truly DID read like an hour-long infomercial for whatever cruise line that was (so happy I've forgotten! and bottom line, to me, is *Just please for shit's sake can…

I can't watch it on principle as I simply cannot abide having to watch a gazillion commercials on my laptop.  Grrrrrr!  But I've read this sentiment many times, which makes me suspect that the future can only hold more weirdness involving eliminating a very good and popular chef (i.e., Kristen) - so the Internets can…

I agree - and I didn't really even find him to be much of a pill, particularly in comparison to several of the assholes who have brightened this show.  I even felt that maybe his penchant for TOUCHING EVERY WOMAN AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE AS LONG AS HER NAME ISN'T JOSIE might not have been as skeevy as I'd originally…

Yeah, sweetie-pie Sheldon looked as though trying to put anyone else in a pickle was the last thing on his mind…and then there were the other chefs shrieking at him to HURRY IT UP!!!!!!  I was so hoping his *being too nice to tell them to shut up so he could think* would not send him home.

Seems as though Fellowes could have included as part of her backstory that as a little girl she'd had a "problem" with saving stray kitties and doggies, and after too many episodes of Carson's chucking them out into the snow and sobbing herself to sleep she'd opened up a little hostel in one of the outbuildings…and…

Did you think this before or after somebody posted those shots of Daisy in high heels and a bikini last week?

I dunno…seems to me there are a whole BUNCH of bossy bitches out there who for whatever reason seem to rule the world - and not all of them particularly gorgeous.  Maybe Daisy figures that transforming herself into the below-stairs Mary will turn her life golden?

@avclub-be8c0b0f1e53415a099c9d2a7ab103ce:disqus - I think the tracheotomy had been invented but I'm sure the Bic Pen hadn't.

I thought the same thing but then for some reason immediately attributed it to the fact that dying in childbirth was so much more common then.  Also wondering if Cora has been so immersed in this upper-crust Brit culture for so long that she feels it would be unseemly if Milady were to completely break down?  Also the…

Agreed.  The so-rapid cut from the hugely populated "as close to fevered chaos as upper-class-Brits can be" pow-wow outside Sybil's room to…the baby's born…was pretty bewildering.  And I'm so heartened to read that I was not alone in my sobbing and wailing!

Me, too.  I kept waiting for it and waiting for it, and boy.  Did it deliver.  *sob*

I can't speak for anyone else but my objection to her is her ever-present air of superiority and incredibly irritating condescension.  She is simply the quintessence of haughty bitchery  - and whereas she may be able to pull this off in real life, it's very off-putting in a competition of struggling chefs.  When…

This was EXACTLY what I thought - and it was very strange to see that not one person objected to the randomness of it all.  They most definitely did not say "make traditional southern fried chicken, with salt and pepper and flour and buttermilk and if possible use a brown paper bag to shake it in".  They said "make…

That is a terrific list of villains.  For me it's a toss-up between Eli and Ilan for TOP VILLAIN (I could easily jam an icepick into all 4 ears!); Betty's a close 3rd and I'd have to insert Lisa way up there.  Eek, what a nasty piece of work she was!!

Or maybe take some raw chicken to a sushi restaurant and ask them to tempura it for you?

@avclub-bf035fe908df8e23597b6bc1d8503fb6:disqus = "Why were you worried"??!!  Oooh, snap!!!

"assholes in hoodies with hideous facial hair"