I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

Willow ,'Showtime'


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]


sumi - May 29, 2008 4:25:55 am PDT #5085 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I worry that Stephanie won't perform well in the elimination quick fire. Although, I REALLY want Lisa to be gone then.

A finale with Stephane, Richard and Antonia would be excellent.

Lisa's problems - with technique, seasoning, etc - all seem to stem from her inabilitly to believe that somebody else knows better than she does.


Amy - May 29, 2008 4:27:45 am PDT #5086 of 23273
Because books.

Stephanie, Richard, and Antonia have been my favorites for a while, and are really the three nicest, sanest people in the competition, so I'm thrilled.

I am not, however, thrilled about Lisa being in the final four with them. I get that she can cook (I guess) but leading a kitchen? Being "top chef"? No way.

Spike's last-ditch "It was an honor" to the guest judge after he snarked about the frozen scallops was just so AssHat Spike, it wasn't even funny.


Jessica - May 29, 2008 4:30:50 am PDT #5087 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Lisa's problems - with technique, seasoning, etc - all seem to stem from her inabilitly to believe that somebody else knows better than she does.

Absolutely. It's a wonder she made it through culinary school in the first place.


Frankenbuddha - May 29, 2008 4:35:56 am PDT #5088 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh dear, TWoP's recaplet ends brutally:

Spike's frozen scallops prove a bigger sin than Lisa's not-hot shrimp and general apathy, so he packs his hats and she rounds out the final four, meaning it's three ladies, and Lisa, in Puerto Rico. Break out the caftans!


Toddson - May 29, 2008 4:40:51 am PDT #5089 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Montykins in his review of Hell's Kitchen (in regard to surfing):

my hobbies do not involve the word "dawn".


lisah - May 29, 2008 4:55:52 am PDT #5090 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Spike's last-ditch "It was an honor" to the guest judge after he snarked about the frozen scallops was just so AssHat Spike, it wasn't even funny.

ugh, yes. Although it was funny when he got back to the waiting room and was like, "I can't believe I said the thing about the walk-in!" dumbass.

The time off should be after the next elimination (if it's not that sourfaced bitch I'm going to ...throw some sort of fit), right? Between that and the finale? But Lisa's hair was totally different in the previews.


sumi - May 29, 2008 5:01:45 am PDT #5091 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

No, the "quickfire" elimination is always the first part of the finale.


Lee - May 29, 2008 5:08:55 am PDT #5092 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Of Richard, Antonia and Stephanie, I actually think it's Richard who works least well under pressure,

I got the impression that Richard's problems in the last few episodes were more because he was just incredibly tired, and didn't do as well with that as some of the others. I do worry about Stephanie in a quickfire elimination though, because that seems to be a weak spot for her.


Stephanie - May 29, 2008 5:51:38 am PDT #5093 of 23273
Trust my rage

Wait the TC finale is in Puerto Rico? When? Did it already happen?


sumi - May 29, 2008 5:55:39 am PDT #5094 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Yes, it happened earlier this spring.