I couldn't believe he said that! (After all the discussion this past week about Hung as a technician vs. Casey having a soul.)

But then, if Hung had completed his dish. . . yeah. I don't care how refined it is - if you forgot an element it's not going to be it's best. Plus, I can't help but feel that the more elegant the dish - the simpler - the more important each ingrediant is.

I am super happy for Dale right now -- win or lose, at least he can feel like he has his mojo back. Unless they think his Plan B was nast, I guess.

I'm feeling really happy for Dale too.

I'm surprised - I really thought that Casey and Hung were in the finale FOR SURE and it would only be a question of Dale or Brian.

Now, I'm thinking that Dale maybe the shoo-in and it's a toss-up among the other three.

Before I watch it, I'm going to predict that Collicchio looooooves Casey too much not to have her in the final.

Wow. Excellent prize for Dale!

Ooh, did they bring back all the guest judges and add Todd English? (next week.)

I'm happy for Dale. Brian was the right choice.

Yes - it's like all the Brians could not get their shit together at once and therefore he was at a loss.

I'm happy with the final three. You knew that Hung was going to make it as a producer decision. Brian's dish was alll over the place. I was worried about the rareness of casey's elk, but the smoked tomato sauce pulled it out. I'm glad Dale got his mojo back, and the prize was excellent. You could see Hung was pissed he didn't win.

Yeah - this week's prize may have been the best one. And one Hung clearly would have appreciated. Now, can he really think that this judge didn't know what he was doing in NOT choosing him?

he'll blame it on it being his first time cooking elk. if he'd had the same experience as everyone else, he would have won, of course.