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  1. They met his brother so I doubt it's a cover name. The DA should never make a deal like that without discussing it with the victim's family to know their preferences. Or they should have made immunity contingent on actually finding her body based on the information he provided. As for the FBI, the agent's supervisors likely did nothing wrong. The FBI likely didn't have investigative authority to pursue these cases formally. The FBI can't just investigate whatever they want. There are guidelines about what falls into the federal jurisdiction and these murders likely didn't. Each one was under the authority of the state where they took place.
  2. I think it's a combination of construction and chefs. It's not like it's the first time chefs have had to deal with challenging conditions. Cheese isn't some kind of mysterious ingredient either. It's baffling that so many defaulted to croquettes for the challenge with the same speed Chopped contestants default to bread pudding in the dessert round. As for the chaos challenge, even if he mangled the description, production would be there to make sure the rules are clear. It sounds like Kristin still isn't sure of what the challenge was supposed to be and if anyone would know, it'd be her and the judges.
  3. She and Tom Irwin also stole the show Devious Maids for me.
  4. Plus, the first three episodes of the season involved a massive set piece in the cruise ship. I imagine that ate up quite a bit of the budget which is why the rescues in the past two episodes were smaller.
  5. I loved that the Black Friday TV holding ghost was played by the same actress who played Carol in Superstore. A nice bit of stunt casting.
  6. I don't see it that way. Gossip is "I heard this about so and so." The women who testified shared their personal, lived experiences with Weinstein about how he abused them. That kind of testimony is often allowed in court. The original judge and 3 of the 7 upper court judges thought it met the burden. 4 in the upper court felt it did not. So the judges looking at the case were split evenly overall. It just happens that 4 happened to be an upper-court majority.
  7. I finally saw Falling in Love in Niagra, and the scenery and stars helped elevate the movie beyond the many nitpicks I had. First, I like Dan Jeannote, and I absolutely love Jocelyn Hudon. I've seen three Hallmark movies where she's the lead, and I found myself more invested than I usually am for each one. And it's the only thing I've seen her in so it's not like I came pre-liking her. But there were some things that left me scratching my head. I think the fiance seemed like two different people. In the beginning, I felt like he had every right to call off the wedding. 5 weeks before the wedding isn't ideal, but it's better than just right before the wedding or sadly, after the wedding. But she went to his house, took his laundry and threw away his clothes. And she seemed to move forward with everything she wanted for the honeymoon without consulting him. The villain POV she and her sister had for him felt unwarranted. Then, when she first meets the lead, she throws money into his coffee and spills all over him and acts like he's unreasonable for not simply accepting "I had good intentions." She made a mistake. Don't most people, even when they have good intentions, apologize when good intentions go so wrong? So I was on his side until he completely messed up his job by showing up late and not correctly scheduling a simple tour? Luckily, they both got better after the first 30 minutes. Then the fiance comes back with a complete character change. Now he's being written like the villain they claimed he was earlier in the episode even though the actions we initially saw didn't back that up. The thing that cracked me up the most about him is that he said he wanted to try again and "get married in the fall." Not by the falls but in the fall. The only thing is, the colors on the leaves indicate that this movie is taking place in the fall. So is he talking about next fall? I also wish the sister would have started a relationship with the tour company owner instead of the brother.
  8. They took a risk, but it's not like the court was unanimous in its decision about whether or not it was a reversible error. It was 4-3.
  9. Sure, but he is the father. I guess she could be lying about him choosing to not even attempt to get visitation but I can't think of a situation where the child should pay the price for a poor relationship between the parents.
  10. I think this is a great idea. Introduce the dumplings and two main ingredients but not tell them there's going to be a culinary difference and hope everyone eats a different dumpling. It'd all fall apart if everyone accidentally eats the same dumpling. I know you don't care but since it's coming up a lot, he was hired as a chef consultant on The Bear, which is a very popular Hulu show about the workings of a restaurant. He then got asked to appear on camera but he didn't want to play a chef so he plays a cousin or a friend or something like that. If people haven't seen The Bear, it's a very intense show when it depicts the inner workings of a kitchen. There's a lot of screaming, yelling, activity, and, yes...chaos. That's why I don't think he was a replacement for someone else. It's pretty clear the challenge was created to thematically align with the tone of the show he's on. I don't understand some of the challenges they've had. I've seen some people blame the Wisconsin tourism board but I don't think that's it. There's no reason they couldn't have come up with a decent challenge for the chefs to serve at Taliesen which was absolutely a unique dining experience. And The Bear is filmed in Chicago so the chaos theme has nothing to do with location. Other challenges, like using cheese, cherries, and beer, should be no-brainers. They're as simple and straightforward as it gets on Top Chef and there's no reason for the lack of creativity. One thing I did like about this challenge is that, instead of shopping at Whole Foods, they had the choice to go to the Asian market or Latin market. I'd like more of that and things like shopping at the Farmer's market.
  11. He has a daughter he apparently ignores other than paying child support so good on him for not taking that role but I liked him less after hearing the rumor about his daughter.
  12. I'm not necessarily a Bo and Hope fan but I think it's fine for a mostly retired actor to set a rate and not do it if they don't want to meet the rate. It's still work. It's fine if people want to come back at a market rate but I don't think it's a moral failing to not want to. I don't know where he lives but we've heard through other articles that people have been offered jobs and the offer isn't even enough to cover travel. I know I'm not doing anything work related that could cost me money.
  13. I guess it depends on who you people think was saved. Alec? I guess. However, he has had some off weeks. But Nicky won the first challenge in the episode.
  14. Thanks. I knew I could Google but sometimes I just want to be force fed.
  15. I was disappointed in Sunday's episode. She made chocolate chip pancakes and then topped them with a yogurt whipped cream. The reason I'm disappointed is that she demonstrated how to make the pancakes but not the yogurt whipped cream. It's okay that she demod the pancakes but we've seen pancakes be made before on TV. Yogurt whipped cream is something different and I would have much preferred she dedicate some time to showing us that. She didn't even provide a recipe.
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