I agree with Joshua that the storytelling failed, but my take is that it failed simply because the show bungled that irritating thing they do (which, in fairness, most of these reality competitions do as well) where they manipulate the footage to make it less obvious who's going to win. In this case, they obviously…

Boy, looking back at season 5, that was a real mixed bag. I enjoyed Carla and Stefan (who, despite being a dick, at least had that sleazy Eurotrash charm going for him), but then you had that ridiculous drama with Leah and Hosea, and a winner that ties with Ilan Hall as the least impressive Top Chefs ever, including…

Oh, I see — you're talking about Iron Chef America. Top Chef is a different show entirely.

Possibly — I can be had for the price of a pack of cigarettes. And I don't even smoke!

Yeah, it's not surprising that CeeLo has yet to win a season.

This season wasn't remotely as shitty as the one that had the chefs being forced to cross country ski, shoot rifles, carve ingredients out of blocks of ice, and other things completely relevant to cooking.

Seaants isn't your bitch, bitch!

The odd thing is, though, The Taste actually provides its judges more opportunity to eliminate contestants for arbitrary/biased reasons than Top Chef. They alone decide whose dish from their team is presented to the guest judge, and if their team loses, they alone decide who goes home from their team. And in the final…

dafuq?

He's the hero Detroit needs, but not the one anyone actually asked for or anticipates with much more than mild interest and/or morbid curiosity.

I like the ones where they feel really passionate about hating the song, not so much when they're just trashing a song to be cool or, as with this one, seemingly just picked whatever came to mind. I enjoyed the interview but he doesn't even really talk about the song. I learned more about Deadliest Catch than Bon…

I think it coincides with reaching an age where you're done with bars and such and just want to sit at home with a bottle of whiskey and contemplate your mortality.

Do people say they ride IN a bus? Usually I hear on, as in "I overheard a boring ass conversation on the bus today about whether you ride in or on a bus."

Also if you have $15,000-20,000 handy you can lend out I can pay you right back (give or take 30 years) thx.

I know, I just thought it was a funny remark taken out of context, so I couldn't resist busting Rowan's balls a bit (albeit not in a rapey way). Sorry if my intent didn't come across.

I believe Allen is probably guilty, but this post loses me when the author says Allen ignoring Soon-Yi during her entire childhood was actually "an extreme form of negging." I know people want to make an overwhelming case against Allen, but this kind of "the absence of evidence is itself damning proof!"…

Since you mention Polanski, one of the troubling aspects of this situation is that Mia Farrow is reportedly good friends with Polanski, and went to London to defend him in a 2005 libel trial. It seems odd for someone who believes her young daughter to have been molested to be so chummy with a guy who 0penly admitted…

"I'm not inherently opposed to the use of rape." — Rowan Kaiser, The Onion AV Club

He even likes his songs young!

That's the teamup they should have used in the Judge Dredd movie!