LegalParrot81

So, Clinton Kelly didn't impress last night, but maybe he'll get better as the weeks pass. Not warming up to any of the contestants yet. Will wait and see.

I was underwhelmed with all the cakes, honestly. I think I was most disappointed in Davis' cake. He'd done such good, advanced work in earlier competitions, I thought his decorating this time was rather simple. He did the marble fondant, but Lynsey did the same thing last year, so not that unique for the age group. Overall, I would have been happy with any of the three winning. Congratulations to Paige.

All I've seen is that she's turning herself in tomorrow morning. I would bet she gets a bond, a high one, given that her husband was bonded out for a million (he put up their house) and Felicity Huffman was bonded out for $250,000. Of course, now that the husband has used the house for his bond, the question will be do they have to cover her, if her's is a million too.

Mostly true, out of the 5 previous season's Aidan Barry from season 3 is the only boy . I also think that may have been the only year there were two boys in the final 3. I still think it's Davis, but will just have to wait and see.

I think the only way Davis doesn't win this is if his cake is raw, his frosting slides off into a puddle and the final product falls over. None of which I see happening.

I don't think Davis is going anywhere, since he's the only one that got a solo shot in the never ending promo. My personal favorite is Meadow. The other remaining contestants really don't resonant with me at all.

Baby wrangler (yes, that's the title of a real job. LOL) standing just out of camera range with baby's favorite toy or making goofy faces or both.

Mail fraud is serious, with a federal prison term attached that isn't short. Add to that the fact that, per reports, there was a white substance in the envelope, even though it ended up being aspirin makes it even more serious.

$3,500 for this horrendous charade. The chaos he created for what.....some tears, sympathy and a job. He's ended his own career.

Meadow was also using the oven at her station. She, unlike Paige, struck the Great British Baking Show pose, squatting in front of her oven, nose right up to the glass, without getting burned and lightly tapping on the glass, while praying it baked through. I do like Meadow.

I believe Duff did tell her that last week, because she was doing the exact same thing. Guess she didn't believe him.

Ah, monkey bread. One of my favorite things growing up. I will miss Madison and her oversized glasses and deadpan delivery. I knew it was her turn to go when a large part of the cooking session was on her, with Paige and Nyah a close second.

This is rather interesting since one of their main actors, Michelle Stafford, is a Scientologist and a pretty "dedicated" one at that. Here's an article from Tony Ortega from several years ago re Stafford. https://tonyortega.org/2018/09/25/scientology-rewards-the-celeb-who-bolted-when-her-costar-went-rogue/

It really was time for Jenna to go, probably even past time. Madison won for best deadpan line of the week. Davis always looks like somebody just gave him a wedgie every time they call his name. I did have to laugh at Paige when she called him on his being shocked.

Mystery 101 is a keeper. Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha play off each other so well. I pretty much liked everything about this show. The supporting cast all seemed to fit together well, too. Sadly, because I do like Taylor Cole, I think Ruby Herring should be a one and done. On another note, I came into a 2017 film last night entitled Falling for Vermont. About 15 minutes into the movie, I thought to myself, Self, this plot line is very familiar and then I realized that Hallmark gave a 2016 Christmas script entitled A Christmas to Remember a new title and new cast. There were a couple of slight variations, the female lead was a writer, not a tv personality and there were 2 kids not 3, but Hallmark must think their viewers are a couple ants short of a picnic if TPTB thought no one would notice.

I wouldn't put it past Miss Cabbage to be forging Shelly's name. As far as family, I think she was an only child and I believe both her parents are deceased.

Speaking of Ideal Orgs, last summer we were going to a baseball game in Denver. Looking for a place to park, we pulled into a random lot. The couple taking money said they were a "non-profit" and our money was a donation to the "non-profit" and handed my friend some literature and a DVD so she would know "what the non-profit was all about" and then asked for name, address, email and phone. I just happened to look up at the building adjacent to the lot and realized we were in the parking lot for the Denver Ideal org. Was able to tell my friend in time to bogus up all her contact info. We did notice as we were walking from the car, they were taking down the license plate number. She gave the DVD as a white elephant gift at our office Christmas party. LOL

Watched Winter Castle yesterday afternoon, and it was not very good. The ice castle was visually great, but all the actors, excluding Emilie Ullerup were pretty dull. Who ever played the father was a card board cut out with someone moving his mouth. Story was incredibly thin. Overall, just fell flat.

Read a statement last week from Janine Turner that she had been told she won't be part of the reboot. How can you have Joel and no Maggie?

I got more of LRH setting up his little band of brain washed minions. He knew he could more easily indoctrinate children with his crazy ranting, rules and rhetoric and they were less likely to question/challenge anything he said. Guess what, it worked. So many of the adult minions we hear about now were introduced into the cult as children.

Not very impressed with any of the final cakes, honestly. I don't think 5 hours is enough time to allow these bakers to show their best work. Also, they were all complaining about the heat. Heat and fondant are not a marriage made in heaven. The one thing I enjoyed about the three finalists was that they clearly liked each other. In past seasons the vibe has been completely different at the end. Jesse has finally found his host footing. He did so much better this go round.

She made me NUTS, she apparently sees herself as Jane Austen reincarnate. He other hand seemed like such a nice, sensible, down to earth guy and Also, can she loose the uber red lipstick?

Miss Cabbage is probably scared his kids would have grown up to be, oh 5'4, 5'5, much taller than him, and could knock the stuffing out of him. LOL

I've been to Hawaii twice and can I just say, some of the flies are big enough to lift her Monkey Pod table off the ground. Don't even get me started on the mosquitoes. She's in for a rude awakening.

This was my thought exactly. They were snarky about being cut, even though they both knew their final products had totally missed the mark. Tin Can lady should definitely NOT have been shocked. Need to prop up your design with a canned vegetable, you're going home, it's kinda obvious.