Such A Flirt

Let me guess... next time someone from the TrailBlaisers (!) will be getting eliminated? I'm so sick of the peanut gallery telling the dueling contestants what to do. Just shut up and let them work!

I knew it would be the woman getting eliminated because they had only gotten rid of men so far.

When I watch a cooking show, I want to see the food - not people running around and screaming! I get that it's a competition, but it's just too frantic. I would have liked to see Gordon, Nyesha and Richard make their burgers separately, not at the same time, for example. And the drama! There is always someone forgetting an ingredient, starting a fire, cutting themselves... I should be used to it after Hell's Kitchen and MasterChef, but I just roll my eyes.

Huey Lewis? I was totally expecting Gerard to be exposed and killed by the end of the episode. So, if that's their big reveal... whatever. And yes, those girls are way too old to be read to.

So the levels are basically only a visual effect. They make no difference in the judging at all.

Aristotle was also missing, right? I don't remember seeing him.

Richard's hair was so distracting. I'm going to keep on watching just to see how much higher it can get. Otherwise: still stressful. I hate the horror movie background music. Like, WTF?

Any mention of Vandyke makes me happy. Not enough Spader, for sure. Is he ill or something? It's getting weird. And it's so cheesy how they are ramping up the Ressler and Park tension.

That was pretty stress-inducing, seriously. Just frantic. They barely focus on the actual food. It really is like MasterChef on 3 floors - minus Joe and Aaron, but with two even more unpleasant judges instead.

Maybe Vandyke was a Jedi? I seriously want that hour of my life back. Everything about it was awful: storyline, dialog, acting, etc. The damsel in distress and her annoying kid, the psycho cop ex, Ressler at the grave, his horrible hair - just urgh.

I hope it's Ressler. That might finally make him interesting.

I pretty much only liked the cute dog. (And I'm a cat person.) Why did Pete keep on eating the cake?!? And I seriously have no idea why Eilish will be hosting. Adele kinda pulled it off, but I'm not seeing it.

So does Ressler have cancer now? This pee stuff is so confusing.

What the heck was that?!? Killer Cooper, Peeing Ressler, Cancer Park, Executioner Red... I was thinking they were setting up Park and Aram, but now it's obviously Park and Ressler. Was that Elderly Courtney Love a real person or just a character?

So Ressler has gone back to pills? Whatever. Is he staring at Lizzie's desk or his? It honestly looks like they're going to have Aram and Park hook up; urgh! And Peter will probably turn out to be a Blacklister. And hopefully it's just an acting choice, but Spader seems bored out of his mind.

I was hoping for The Devil and What Up, so I was very happy with the episode.

That was so bad, seriously. I was cringing the whole time. Damn you, Spader! Or I would have quit a long time ago. The only parts I liked were the Vandyke flashback and Angel from "Dexter" as the barman. So when exactly did Liz ever really care about Ressler? She was only using him. And the horrible wig, OMG! And WTF was that with the witch and stuff?!? I thought Red had gone all Brando in "Apocalypse Now", especially with the shaved head.

Of course Little Miss Perfect won; urgh. The Peanut Gallery was really annoying, especially Anne. So who was missing from the Top 10 - Lexy? And Grant Achatz was supposed to be one of the Legends, along with Lidia. So I'm assuming pandemic reasons.

Very disappointed. Guess Gordon wanted a mini-me, and Megan was too boring. And, OMG, the annoying attention-hog girlfriend! She must be so exhausting to be around.

I liked the guests (and watching Gordon cook), but I felt the episode was just stressful. Like, it's not supposed to be a race! I watch TV to relax! I wish for Autumn to win, but it's not bloody likely with Courtney 2.0, i.e. Kelsey. At least I hope they won't have Autumn mistaking sugar for salt or vice-versa.

Has Trenton always had such a potty mouth? Every other word gets bleeped out. I don't remember who said he was trying to turn into Gordon (Kiya?), but he is taking it way over the line. And Brynn (I think?) was right when she said it was anger and not assertiveness on his part.

There was that dude with the hat - Shaun? He won Season 7, I think. As for Kelsey: it looked like she had some kind of broth, but it wasn't specified. For me, it was the faces she was making. She is so used to the judges kissing her butt that she was sulking like a toddler when they didn't.

This is weird, we only got the first episode where I live; the second hour was The Bachelor or whatever. Really bummed about Steve, I honestly thought he would win the whole thing. So I guess I'm rooting for Megan now.

I agree. Has anyone overweight ever won HK? I don't think so.

Was this the first episode filmed after they had to stop because of the pandemic? I thought most of the contestants looked different. Would also explain Autumn's sudden injury. Joseph and Anne needed to go. Alejandro and Michael are most likely next. Anyway, they should just stop pretending and give the bloody prize to annoying Kelsey already; she is clearly the Chosen One and has been since the very beginning.