jackjill89

I have a friend whose MIL expects, and gets, family dinner with her grown children and families every single Sunday.

Exactly. Speaking "the truth" (which is actually their perception) doesn't give you a free pass to be a horrible human. This attitude has become so much more prevalent in the era of reality TV. There are ways to share your thoughts/opinions in a way that doesn't slap someone in the face.

Lou Malnati's is overrated IMO.

The crock is that Phaedra, who hardly moved on the dance floor received all 8s and praise. It drives me insane when they nitpick the talented dancers and boost middling (at best) dancers. There needs to be more differences in the scores.

I think this was all an excuse for Ramses because of Marissa's issues with her health and birth control. She dodged a major bullet. I was so sad for her when he was talking about her personality being a lot and she said that she's heard that many times before.

At the close of the pod episodes, there was a screen regarding Leo and Brittany that said they went to Miami instead of Mexico and broke up after a week or something like that.

A paired down storyline about Gold Star (the program that only two people knew about but actually everyone but the BAU does) without all the conspiracy theory/neighbor Brian/JJ dark web fakes etc. could have been interesting. Voit's involvement is too convoluted as well. I have been so confused these last two seasons. They really don't know how to write a long-form series. What's frustrating is that there have been interesting elements, they just do not know how to tie them together.

Do you think players who aren't the mole pull a Sean and do something to sabotage things as a strategy to get people to think they are the mole, or are they just stupid? Sean said in a talking head he was purposely trying to get people to think he was the mole. But Michael cut the wrong color wire (with a lame excuse why) and when he found the key he was so slow to get moving. Ryan wasted time on the phone calls and said the wrong appetizer. I feel like there are red herrings everywhere.

Apparently in the dark most of the time. Between the dark shots and the unevenness of sound on shows/commercials it is not always fun to watch tv //end crabby old lady rant//

All the quips from Voit are annoying. I'm so confused about what is going on -- the gold stars and north stars and how the only 2 people -- Voit and the FBI guy he shot -- were supposed to know about it, but obviously others do too, and I don't really care what it is or who Brian is and what he knows. This is all very tedious and irritating. But I'll keep hate watching and hope we finally get an answer. Also-- what was with Voit smelling? I thought it would be part of the plot in some way. I noticed Spencer's nameplate was still on his desk. I miss him.

My feelings exactly. While the idea wasn't bad, the execution was. I loved seeing the duets. I miss that part of the show. I miss really getting to know the dancers.

I appreciated her unbridled enthusiasm for her new job this entire season. I loved Padma, but Kristen is a great successor. I'd be giddy about announcing the winner too. I have Wisconsin connections, so I truly enjoyed this season. I wish my favorite chefs had done better, but I truly came to respect Savannah's talent and game play. My daughter and I have been watching this show from the first season and we always wondered why more people didn't study the location's food traditions, practice and have a dessert recipe or two in their arsenal. Well played, Savannah! I wish she had fared better in the finale.

"Let's Go!!!!!!" I don't know who turned that into a comment for everything, but I'm so over it. You can't escape it, especially on cooking shows.

Being flexible and pivoting is part of cooking challenges. It's a bummer, but you need to get past it and come up with a plan B -- fast.

Dan had some bright spots earlier in the season but he's not sustaining. I wonder how much the competition is wearing on him. Savannah, on the other hand, is actually peaking at the right time. She also studied for this season. Very smart move. Didn't think much of Laura at first, but she has grown on me and she's talented. I'd love for Savannah or Laura to take it. It was Manny's time to go. He squeaked by one too many times.