Welcome to our season-ending chat-a-palooza. Will Gregory "Tall Urkel" Gourdet take home the top prize tonight? Or will it be Mei "Unresolved Family Issues" Lin? Join us as we watch the show, discuss the unfolding events and experience the final outcome together!

Ah, Mexico! As James Taylor once sang, I never really been so I don't really know. Have you been? Do you know? Join our open thread during tonight's Mexico-based episode, and we can all talk about it!

Bienvenida a nuestro chat de grupo! The Top Chef action heads to Mexico in tonight's episode — which starts at 9 pm Eastern (note new time) — and our open-thread chat will get underway in the comments soon. Únete a nosotros!

Welcome to the "You're Probably Too Late" edition of our weekly open thread: Because Bravo decided to air tonight's Top Chef episode one hour earlier than usual (at 9 pm Eastern), many of you will show up here to live-chat just as the show is ending, at 10. And when that happens, the only fitting response will be to…

Here are a few of my favorite comments from last week's Top Chef open thread:

Like fois gras with a fine Sauternes, online chatting and watching Top Chef go naturally well together. So why not join our open thread tonight? I can personally guarantee that no ducks were tortured in the creation of this feature. It's a guilt-free pleasure!

Following a three-week hiatus, Top Chef finally returns with a new episode tonight — which means it's time to party! I'm not talking about Padma-style partying (although a little of that certainly wouldn't hurt, if you're so inclined) — I'm talking about chat partying. Join us!

Greetings, and happy first day of Hanukkah! Today is also National Maple Syrup Day – making it a perfect occasion to pour some syrup on a pancake menorah. It's also a perfect occasion to watch Top Chef and chat about it online, which we're about to do in the comments below this post. Join us!

Here are a few of my favorite comments from our last Top Chef open thread:

Greetings, and happy Human Rights Day — a good day to donate to Amnesty International, if you're so inclined. It's also a good day to watch Padma Lakshmi grapple with two enormous melons on her chest, and to chat about it online – which you can do in our open thread discussion of tonight's episode of Top Chef. Join us!

Here are a few of my favorite comments from our last Top Chef open thread on Morning After:

Hey there gang! ready for another Top Chef viewing party? No costume is required — just a TV, a computing device and your sparkling wit! Although you can connect your eyebrows with magic marker to create a "Hughnibrow" costume if you like. What you do in your own home is up to you!

Join us tonight as we live-chat another episode of Top Chef: Boston — otherwise known as Everybody Loves Gregory. Because it's true, as far as I can tell: If there are any people out there who don't like this season's talented front-runner, Gregory Gourdet, I haven't encountered them yet.

What's on the menu for your Wednesday night? Why not order up some discussion of tonight's episode of Top Chef? Our open-thread chat will be served up soon, and it's gluten-free! Unless, that is, you like gluten, in which case ... it's chock full o' gluten!

Like the shiny surface of Tom Colicchio's bald head, our weekly Top Chef open threads are replete with bright reflections. Why not join the illuminating discussion? There's never a dull moment!

Come one, come all! Lovers of cilantro! Haters of cilantro! All are welcome to revel and chat in peaceful coexistence in our enemy-uniting Top Chef open thread. The episode begins at 10 and ends at 11:15 Eastern tonight, but the discussion starts and ends whenever you want it to. Join us!