While Witchblade didn't have the most original concept it actually did have a pretty interesting storyline.

I don't think the outcome is discussed with the producers the way people think it is. I've had the impression that the mention of the producers in the credits functions as more of a disclaimer for the times when things beyond standard competition stuff affects the outcome, such as when they had to boot a chef from…

I'd say its more or less our world with The Royals being The Illuminati or something like that.

The FBI agents did survive last season. No idea why we haven't seen them yet.

The guy was only around long enough to be guided through a confession and was not shown again after that, so i'm pretty surprised anyone remembered him from that role.

The guy who went to jail, not the one McNulty took from Baltimore then brought back.

Hm. Feeling less hopeful now.

I thought it was his actions before Sundance that got him in trouble with people.

I've been enjoying S4 so far but I feel that some developments are still very predictable. The moment Ichabod decided to delay revealing that the little girl is NewAbby it was obvious that they were going with the pissed off mom cutting ties over it. And of course she is going the predictable route of trying to stick…

That presumes that the judges can somehow see the competition from our perspective, which seems unlikely given how unaware they are of things that happen when they aren't around.

I joke about him but I like him.

Your evidence is a theory?

John seemed to do okay until he started having some miscommunications with the servers, then things got more confused later when the servers started taking plates instead of waiting for the runners to get them.

Family-style hasn't been done in RW from what I recall. It could have worked, but they really didn't plan things properly.

Wasn't that the argument that started because Fabio immediately started questioning him about the incident where a female TC fan broke a glass bottle over his head solely because she didn't like him on the show?

Right. Just because he's a soulless automaton doesn't make him an evil soulless automaton.

By what metric do you make that distinction?

Calling anime a genre is akin to calling american live-action movies a genre.

The part where the designers are aware that their character designs need to appeal to their target demo (ie: teens - early adults that are most likely male).

You mean that volleyball game series that was a spin-off of a fighting game? This has what to do with anime again?