LazyToaster

The surfer dude moving to Switzerland bugged the heck out of me. The wife was ok. But - the baby was adorable!

I was really intrigued by the pirate ship choice. I read the Airbnb page and he has great reviews - seems like it could be a good business. I'd pay $83 to spend the night on that ship!

The Costa Rica husband was just a jerk. Plus, he was a jerk who thought he was just SO funny. Ick.

The London episode - I enjoyed that, but mostly because of the oh-so-admired Richard. Did anyone else notice the quick scene with the cab driver? They were climbing into one of those big cabs and as they drove away the little boy (he was pretty rambunctious) yelled out - I swear the cab driver's expression was pure "Oh Hell No". I had to rewind and watch it again. Another thing - in the first house the mother expressed concern that her son would get burned on the towel warmers - I said out loud "only once". Then the other places had them too I think and she didn't even seem to notice them. I did like the place they chose but really would have been tempted by the one over the pub.

I knew someone that had one of these windows - in the midwest. It was a 90's think maybe? Anyway, she loved it and used it like a mini-greenhouse and had a lot of plants in the window. Not what I would pick even back then - but, it was pretty in that house.

Eleanor, Jason, and Janet taking the train - sheer genius - THEN... I realized it was the end of the show! I was so disappointed to have to wait to find out what happens.

I have a disabled adult child. If I were a contestant on Chopped (no chance - ha, just work with me) - well, you can bet that the producers would find out about him and proceed to milk it for all it's worth and keep asking me questions - replaying my answers, especially if I get emotional. The would then either paint me as a hero for being a good mother - or paint me as long-suffering and needy. Think of the nice close-up to my face while Ted or one of the judges tell me that's great and I'm such a special snowflake. UGH! I guess my point is that I wonder how many times the sob stories we all hate so much are just dragged out of them and then exploited.

I love reading all these almost as much as I love the show! I can't even claim a favorite character - they are all that good. I want to see Janet go against Trevor - she will win of course - never losing her smile.

I get annoyed that some of the kids insist they are going to donate their winnings - first of all I think that is probably BS that they would donate all of it and then it is like a "thing" that other kids might feel pressured to do. I'm sure it goes along with the privileged backgrounds they likely come from; but, I like it best when the kid says they are going to buy stuff. The best was the little girl who said she was going to open a business for her mom with her winnings - bless her heart, she has no idea how far $10,000 won't go. The style statements (hats, bows, etc.) don't bother me that much because I think they have to be kind of quirky and at least a bit of an entertainer to have the nerve to do the show to begin with and maybe they notice that some of the grown up contestants do the same thing - and worse. I bet many of these same kids like to perform onstage at school and community theater.

Evil Queen - good point - goofy is way better than stick up the butt!

Doesn't Alton still have that Cutthroat show? Ugh, hate that show.

If I was a FN exec - I would have someone assigned to read what is being said about the network online. They could learn a lot from sites like this one. Even with all the snarky fun, there is a lot of good feedback and some good ideas. This would be viewer input that is honest and free!

I agree - let's take a guy who already has a struggle with every day life and then, on TV no less - make him deal with an awkward weird thing like that. Even for Chopped with it's strange fascination with finding out the contestants weak spots, sob story, heartache and then exploiting it - it was over the top.

You're right! I forgot that part - Chris was dying over there. Worst part was the chef that won kept talking about his struggles with PTSD and so he's not the strongest guy in the world and then he had this fool messing with him. For all that, he handled himself well. I liked the Cuban guy a lot too.

Ok -- if you told me I had to go share a meal with Jeff Mauro -- I might opt to sit at the children's table. My chances of adult company would be greater that way! I really do like Jeff when he isn't acting like a big goofball and I believe he has real skills; however, the OTT clowning around and being silly really gets to me. I assume it is largely producer driven. Why the producers of these shows think the viewers want or need that is a mystery to me. The guest with the meal diary - I admire she has kept it up for so long and it probably is more of a walk down memory lane and just something she likes to do. She said it doesn't have recipes so only means something to her. I kind of wish she hadn't brought it along and for sure wish she hadn't let Jeff look at it - she ended up acting embarrassed. Her pancake cake looked really pretty. What was up with Sunny coming late and bringing the booze - are we supposed to believe that she was at the liquor store in line that whole time? Just a dumb story line and not necessary.

On the episode where the theme was "wild things" -- I don't know who the judge was with the beard but he creeped me out so much! What the hell with the beard kissing thing! I felt so sorry for the poor guy who won - to be a good sport he had to play along with the judge. Ugh! Is this a "bro thing" that I just don't know about?

I know this isn't fair - and, I'm sure Waco, TX is a perfectly nice area - but... I can't hear or think the words Waco, TX without thinking about the Branch Davidian debacle and giving a little shudder inside. I wish Joanna would evolve a little bit and stop doing the same stuff all the time. While I'm at it I may as well go ahead and wish that Chip would find his misplaced manhood and act less stupid.

I liked the show - it was fun and they all amaze me with the desserts they come up with just out of their memories like that! Still don't like Erin and never will - man, she gets on my nerves!

Hooboy - Erin will be a trip to watch on this show. You know how honest kids are? Maybe one of them will ask her why she acts like such a phoney baloney goofball.

I'm happy about Jason winning too - he is a little over the top with the down-home thing; but, I give him a pass for that - seems like such a genuinely nice guy. It is quite an accomplishment for him and he was so happy. I think Duff was trying to get Lorraine to concede on Jason's cake (dry/not dry thing) because in his mind it was "right" and is an American recipe. I don't blame him and I think Lorraine is just one of those I NEVER BACK DOWN people.

I'm not a big Damiano fan either - I know it probably isn't - but, his accent just sounds fake sometimes.

ITA - back many years ago when my husband & I divorced - one of my kids' teachers referred to ours as a "broken home". I was very offended. Yes it did "break" in a sense when we split up. It was bad - it was awful - for a while that is. But, we all healed and evolved. From my perspective my kids and I were still very much an intact family. Their Dad was - and still is in a way - part of that family. Is it how we thought it would be on wedding day? No, but it works. A family will - with much mutual respect and time - reorganize itself and feel normal again. Family is what you make it.

Me too - he just cracks me up - the expressions on his face are so earnest sometimes. I think his face is youthful too - I bet he's under 40 and just balding early. But -- my disclaimer is that the older I get the younger everyone else looks to me -- so there's that.

Wow, this is really sad. Sigh. Everybody has shit...

I like Jason - that clip they keep playing on the commercial "Lord honey, this is exciting!" or something like that just cracks me up. I am from the Midwest and live there now; but, I lived in the south for a long time and so the twang doesn't bug me at all. I just think he is very into the contest and shows it. Matt hasn't done well at all so I was also shocked when they got rid of Vincenzo (yelled at the TV! Ha!). Nobody on the show really bugs me much - except Nancy Fuller, she just seems so full of herself to me - whenever/wherever I see her. I have seen parts of her "cooking" show and you can tell she knows what she's doing in the kitchen; but, I just don't like her. Duff is a cool dude. Lorraine is ok I guess but she seems pretty snooty to me.