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As Jack Nicholson said in Terms of Endearment: "I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

After the blind date Chopped this week they reran a Redemption episode with (the horror!!!) Cara Thompson. She of the vocal fry and megasnotty tude. I felt so awful for Kate, the runnerup. Ms. My-Pooh-Doesn't-Stink couldn't even be gracious to Kate. I'd go to Taco Bell before entering any restaurant Cara was associated with.

At least the contestants were over 12.

gah - not a clue

This show makes me feel like Escoffier.

Kudos to the actress playing Detective Chambers. She wasn't buying Norman's act for one second.

And they were singing another song earlier that created an earworm for the rest of the show. As a Californian it finally hit me -"C&H, pure cane sugar - from Hawaii, land of the sun..."

Casting Vera Farmiga was genius. We oldsters who saw the movie when it came out always pictured living Norma as an old bun-wearing biddie like Auntie Em. Vera perfectly captured the combination of spontaneous crazy with a lovely, soft charm and vulnerability. And she's so uniquely beautiful.

Team Mark. That is all.

Yes. DUH!!!

I'm so glad Romero survived this season, and not just because I simply think Nestor Carbonell is The Gorge. Yes, I am shallow, but I like Romero as a character too. He and Norma were two deeply flawed personalities who brought out the best in one another. Damn you, Norman!

Our fruit cellar is always well-stocked, Ohwell...

Ohwell, make a chicken enchilada casserole, bring it over, and we'll have a sit-down. Wonder if Norman will return the baking dish.

They can't figure out an eggbeater, yet they no doubt drive a car?

Well stated. There's a difference between "grandma used to cook this way because food was rationed in WWII" and "I was 5 years old, and my father left our mother with 13 kids, and we had to make a family meal out of one potato. Now we'll add some saffron."

Love Love Love Juno!

Agreed. How long before she turns up on Hell's Kitchen?

OK, Team PreviouslyTV - it's time to heed the clarion call, march as one to FN headquarters, and install ourselves as the new Board of Directors to save the network. We know what works. And we'll all get to sit at the you-know-what Table of Doom when we convene.

I thought the cast, writers, production crew knocked it out of the park. They didn't pull any punches (in a kind of Hannibal way). And those eyes!!!

That blender moment was epic!

Yes, NikSac - I'd watch Rue on a FN show for both her cooking and beautiful speech pattern. (Yet we get Matthew & Penny as options? Must be the drama.)

Now you've done it. Next thing you know we'll have Penny hawking Middle Eastern undergarments on overnight infomercials.

I knew I'd seen her before!

Every time I see LBH I think of Monty Pyrhon's dancing teeth:

Thanks to everyone for their input on this thread. It's taken me FIVE attempts to get thru this ep, pausing to check back here to verify what was going on. I'm retired and have the time - but day-um. Should a zombie series require this much work?