Is anyone watching Top Chef this season? Last night's episode was the most intense ever! Crazy stuff.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Amy - Jan 09, 2014 2:34:40 pm PST #21666 of 23273
Because books.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 09, 2014 2:52:26 pm PST #21667 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
ugh, that challenge was the WORST. It's too close to the end to a) have team challenges and b) have immunity as an option. Also, the challenge itself was so weird, it was like Top Sous Chef, with the chefs carrying out the French and Spanish chefs' vision precisely. I hated it.
And then there's the bullshit about hoping that Nick steps down? I'm no Nick fan, but that was just serious bull. shit.
brenda m - Jan 09, 2014 2:56:34 pm PST #21668 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, that was seriously messed up.
Amy - Jan 09, 2014 2:59:22 pm PST #21669 of 23273
Because books.
It was exactly like top sous chef -- very weird. And at the dinner table, I thought the two chefs were actually going to start shouting. They both wanted to win more than they wanted the cheftestants' cooking showcased, I think.
Like you said, Nora, I'm not a Nick fan (at all) but assuming he'd give up his immunity seemed really odd. That's what it's for! It does seem way late in the game to offer it, too.
kat perez - Jan 09, 2014 3:14:46 pm PST #21670 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Nick has been annoying but trying to guilt him into giving up his immunity was absolutely ridiculous. Ugh. I did not enjoy.
Still rooting for a Nina/Shirley final two, so I was glad Stephanie got sent home.
Amy - Jan 09, 2014 3:33:11 pm PST #21671 of 23273
Because books.
I LOVE Nina.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2014 5:44:47 pm PST #21672 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Way too late in the season for team challenges and immunity.
Nick, though, what an asshole. Probably less of an asshole when he's not this tired and stressed, but DUDE. The world does not owe you a fucking trophy just because you cook French goddamn food.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2014 5:51:38 pm PST #21673 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
This is the point where you offer cars or cash, not immunity, and definitely not a team challenge. I suspect the network is monkeying with things to make them more "interesting". Nick may be an asshole, but he didn't look very happy about how things came out, though probably because he's thinking "Now I look like an asshole and not a nice guy."
le nubian - Jan 09, 2014 10:34:23 pm PST #21674 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I agree with what all of you had said. The structure of the task was problematic in that it was a team challenge so late in the game, that someone had immunity, and that they received thorough guidance from top chefs. It was just so strange.
I'm not sure why they did all this if not to have a surprise elimination to potentially conquer Last Chance Kitchen.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2014 3:58:24 am PST #21675 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nick has been annoying but trying to guilt him into giving up his immunity was absolutely ridiculous.
I thought at the time, and still hope, that was just Jacques Pepin, who is not so tied into the show, saying that. Tom was clear that this is how the game goes.
I am bummed about Stephanie, because she is my hometown contestant! It would be amazing if she wins LCK, regardless of the final outcome, just because of Kristen last year.