PamelaMaeSnap

I need to send this to Mr. Snappy. He may be too old for their needs at 65 but he’s an amazing home chef (with comfort in front of an audience as professional musician) Every episode we (re)watch (our daily hunkering treat, we’re midway through S6) I play “WWWD?” and he considers what he’d do with said challenge. I think his only “weak point” might be the fancy artsy fun plating part ... but he could work on that lol!

And given she has one of the loveliest, sweetest guys ever on this show (unless the editing fairies have some serious curveballs to throw at us), it might have been an option for the show to do something creative to find Miles the true love of his life ... I am still kind of stuck on "my" idea (because I'm sure others have had it) of scooping up the truly likable/lovable singles left unmatched on their seasons and let them loose on an "all-star" short-season version where they all go to some great resort and find love among the "ruins."

I thought that she had mentioned early on (in the matchmaking episodes) that she wanted (not a direct quote here, just concept) someone who would be into being a stay-at-home dad/husband while she worked, so given that and the fact that he lives in a shed with no bathroom and seems pretty freewheeling (not a pun on the nightgown), I'd be surprised if Bennett has a problem with moving around with her. I think that's the most manufactured drama they could come up with for possibly the best-suited couple I've ever seen on this show. Also, I couldn't help but notice the possible editing/timing quirk on first night with B & A ... she was wearing those turquoise checkered onesies when they went to bed, but then the rainbow striped turtleneck sweater when they woke up, and wore that same top to go go bed that night. I am with the small group of us here that has a little TV crush on Bennett myself. I'm more than twice his age, but when I watch the show and vaguely recollect my younger days, he's totally the guy I'd have been crushing on and looks like most of the guys I was into in the '70s/'80s (and even quite a bit like the pix I have seen of Mr. Snappy in the '70s when he had longer crazy hair). YeahNo, I am also Ashkenazi (100%, Ancestry.com didn't give me even a hint of Cossacks having their way with my ancestors despite all my mom's friends calling me "the shiksa") and NYC-born and raised ... maybe we hung out together back in the day and didn't even know it? I really like B/A, Woody and Amani and Miles and Karen (especially if she'd loosen up a bit and realize what an amazing guy she was paired with). I don't see the other two couples lasting. I'd been wondering what the timing was on the filming of this and yes, it will be REALLY interesting to see how they handle the hunkering (hope they all have air-conditioning). But I'm really glad the sh*t didn't hit the fan until after their honeymoons. Finally, I have to keep reminding myself on the timelines here ... it feels to me like they've been together forever since we've been watching for so many weeks, so it brought me up short when they reminded us that they have all only known each other for 3 days. So I'm willing to give them a break on not sleeping together yet (especially since their parents will be watching).

Didn't that happen just last season???

I know!!! We live in Montgomery Village, basically on the Germantown border. I’m so torn about moving. Really love it here!

Hi neighbor!!! (Not sure how close but unless you’re in Southern MD we’re probably pretty much neighbors ... MoCo here). And yes, I was cracking up during that scene. I was getting almost “rainman” vibe from him there as she sounded like she was studying for a geography bee rattling off countries and he just kept repeating “DC and Northern Virginia” ... guess he has a friend who lives in Arlington (not judging, we lived in PW when we moved here and I worked in Arlington/Tyson’s for 15 years) Actually it would probably be a not bad location for them ... we have 3 international airports (extra points for living in MD that we count BWI as local) for Christina to fly out of. Plus I’m a big fan of Maryland’s fruity wineries (my unpopular opinion) PLUS in non-pandemic years the great Ren Faire!!! AND the MD/Del beaches (Team Bethany ... sniff ... maybe next summer if we haven’t moved to Cali by then)

I can't remember if I have the timeline right on this but when that happened my immediate thought was "wow, you just knocked on the door of the honeymoon suite?" but then remembered that the downside of them doing MAFS together was that the best friends did not get to be at each others' weddings or meet each others' brides ... and while the ladies had met at "ladies' night," this was the first time that the couples actually got to congratulate each other on their marriages, right? (My memory is very wonky so PLEASE forgive if I have this wrong). So then I thought it was really cute.

I remember thinking, when they showed the experts-matchmaking episode, that the does want kids/doesn't want kids was a huge issue and they were very split on that ... my thought at the time was that part of the reason they go with five couples is so if one implodes they still have enough footage and intrigue to make it work, and I pegged them as the one on the bubble once they got down to that discussion. Also, not sure if anyone has mentioned this (maybe in another thread?) but I've been wondering if Henry's tic is just something he has naturally/neurologically or if it's stress-related. I have to say I am LOVING this show so far ... Bennett/Amelia may be my favorite couple ever (which is why I'm prepared for the show to break my heart) ... I would have been crushing all over Bennett 40 years ago. He's SO my type. ... And I think Miles may be my single favorite person on the show ever. Re: the in-laws brunch ... I confess I'd been slightly confused from the weddings about Amani's parents/stepparents. My first thought was that it was so cool that her dad and stepdad had become best friends, but then I actually wondered if I was making the assumption that the stepdad was married to her mom when perhaps he was actually married to her dad ... but since he wasn't at brunch (I missed him!) and her dad was with her stepmom whom I assume is his wife, I guess not. She has a great extended family. Assuming "coming attractions" are not considered spoilers, could we have one season without someone losing their ring on their honeymoon, please?

(Hoping this connects with my last post because I'm still not sure how to do that) ... the funny thing is that there's a wide shot of him and Amelia sitting across from each other at an outdoor table where they are BOTH sitting exactly like that and I cracked up because that's also how I sit ... I know that they are, to say the least, quirky but I REALLY hope they make it. I absolutely love both of them. ... But I think I know the show well enough to worry about whatever roadblock the show throws at them.

And then they cut to the Mean Girls saying nasty things about her. Not saying they're wrong, just sayin' is all. I would not have expected them to be the trainwreck couple of the season after the first episode, and it could still all change, but damn. I cringe just watching them on my screen.

Mr. Snappy and I are rewatching (or in some cases watching for the first time) every season, one episode a day (time enough at last) and we watched this episode today. Zing! Loved it. Also ... I’ve noticed that when they’re doing elimination critique of bottom 3, often as not I know who’s PYKAG by what Tom says: he’s often got a “tell” where he’ll phrase criticism to safe contestant with something like “you’ll have to work on this” etc. I wonder if that was eventually noticed and he scripted himself more carefully later in the show’s run (we’re on S4).

DITTO THRITTO!!!!! Mesmerized by that GIF (right term?) ... Have adored him since Short Term 12.

My guess here ... with no facts or googling to back it up ... is maybe he has a hard-to-spell/pronounce/otherwise undesirable last name and figures whatever her name is (since he doesn’t know it yet) has to be better. I “married into” a tough to pronounce/spell name (not really long, just unusual and gets butchered all the time). I kept my maiden name (really easy) for ages until eventually adding married name. Little Snappy just married great guy who ALSO has unusual tough to pronounce last name, and their names don’t really flow mellifluously (for those of you of a certain age, think Lucyeth). I think they’re still undecided as to what name(s) any offspring will carry. I think Bennett and Amelia are adorable. I hope they’re the ... can’t believe I’m spacing on their names, the tall adorkable couple from last season? ... of this year. I also think they now choose 5 couples to allow for attrition so guessing the phone call of doom will reduce a couple earlier rather than later. I like the best friends and hope they both last but we shall see ...

Thank you!!!! Appreciate the clarification! I have significant short-term memory issues (medical) so while the upside is I can rewatch shows I’ve seen and enjoy them all over again, the downside is even after I watch them I misremember things. I can picture things very clearly but can’t put them in the right chronological place! It’s like a deck of cards all over the floor.

So worth the read! I adore Gregory. I find him truly beautiful in every way. I wish he would write a book about his life and challenges with lots of recipes ... I know that "celebrity autobiographies" are de rigeur but I'd love to read his ... and speaking of cheftestants who wrote autobiographies ... I am so disappointed to hear this ... my birthday dinner a little while back at Kith and Kin was one of my favorite DC meals, and with our relocation to the other coast looming (though on hold because of covid), it was on my short list of places I really wanted to go back to to try a few other dishes ... His autobiography was a FANTASTIC read ... combination of his stories and his recipes. And I especially look forward to the film since one of my absolute favorite actors, LaKeith Stanfield, will be playing Kwame. I hope he finds what he's looking for and that I get to visit his new restaurant before we move. And I look forward to getting to eat at Gregory's new place down the line in Portland when we DO move and Mr. Snappy and I do some mini-vacays like retired people up and down the west coast ... Portland is very much on our list since the one time we did Vancouver-to-San-Francisco, our schedule only took us there for lunch.

I may be wrong, but the only later episode of S1 where one of the cheftestants was running the front of the house was the one where Stephen ended up (deservedly) getting the boot for being out trying to "sell his wine" instead of helping out in the kitchen where they were under water ... Top 5 I think? We're currently heading into the reunion and then the finale for S1, a totally new-to-me season (as I think I've mentioned a few posts above this, we didn't start watching TC at all until S7, and not full-time with hubby until S10). So I now have douchebaggy Stephen as my TC Cheftestant Public Enemy No. 1 with Tiffani close behind (though reading this thread allows me to be interested in seeing Tiffani's apparently redemptive return ... and I'm SHOCKED to see that Stephen comes back again as well). I like Dave a lot, and while neither of us remember him at all from our watching experience, I'd be surprised for this to be a one-and-done for him. He's likable and his food sounds appealing to me. I'm sure down the road (about 150 episodes down the road) I'll have a more fully-formed list of the cheftestants I hated the most. I'll keep notes.

So ... I started watching TC during S7 and probably did not become totally diehard for a few seasons after that (because I do not really remember the winners of S8 or S9 THAT clearly though I remember some of the cheftestants) ... But what with the current "climate" and the fact that Mr. Snappy and I are now in Day 109 of The Hunkering, we decided (read: I had the idea and convinced him) that thanks to the prepaid magic of Hulu, we'd go back to S1 and watch an episode a day ... at the very least we'd get to watch the cooking pron and the travel pron, plus we'd get to re-meet some of the cheftestants we got to meet as All-Stars or by reputation. Right now, we just finished S1 E6. We have lots of time. I don't think I've detested cheftestants as much as I do snotty Tiffani and supercilious Stephen. But give me time. Also re: Brian Hill, he struck me as all over the place etc. BUT I thought that his elimination per se was not yet his time to go based on how they framed it ... I didn't think he was long for the season, but felt that despite his carrots being mushy, the judges (especially Tom) harped on how important it was to meet the wishes of the clients (in this case, the kids at the Boys and Girls Club) and he was the ONLY cheftestant who really aimed to please and to entertain the kids (what the judges CLAIMED they wanted). I f*cking HATE cooked carrots but I might like them with maple sauce. Also? I think I've actually BEEN at that B&G club ... back in the days before I retired, part of my last few years at one of my jobs included our going to cover a summer MLB All-Star period event that included visiting whatever the local B&G club was as a municipal event ... we were in San Francisco one summer and I'm 99% sure this was the same club we visited. NOT the same year. Math class is hard, but it seems like if we watch one episode a day we'll be good for at least a year. Sh*t, I hope this is over before then.

I did two musical revues that year (1978), one at my college and one at a neighboring university where I was part of the MT crew, and got to perform the most fun, eclectic batch of songs ever between the two!!! IMHO Lady in the Dark was so unsung (pun unintended) ... “My Ship” was one of my main audition songs for years, done a little jazzier. Also ... my other fave line in Jenny”? “In 27 languages she couldn’t say no!”

I miss TC already. In fact, Mr. Snappy and I decided to watch ALL of it dating back to S1, an episode a night. Started last night. I HAD NO IDEA Lee Anne had been in S1 (as I mentioned upthread somewhere, we started watching during S7). Young Lee Anne with bangs and tweezed eyebrows was so cute. The great thing with TC (what convinced hubby to go along with this) is that even when you know who won, the process and the food pron and travel pron is so very excellent.

Also, to refer back to another question/observation re: why Jenny left her luggage outside the "abandoned house" ... I actually rewatched this episode (please don't judge, I thought I'd missed a few moments) and while she's not the sharpest tool in the shed outside the abandoned house in the abandoned town, in her own meager defense, Sumit did not tell her that it was the most dangerous place in India and people got murdered for $10 there until THEY WERE IN BED. Clearly, Sumit's concept of "pillow talk" is a little different than 90 DF "pillow talk."

I really like both Yazan’s dad and Brittany’s dad. I’d totally give them their own storyline, teaming up to end this train wreck.

Love love love that I’m not the only one who thought of that!!!! Sang this in a college musical revue ... “and she got herself a husband but he wasn’t hers” lol.

I am totally #TeamCow. She is much prettier than Jenny. I hope they don't have steak for dinner next episode.

I absolutely remember that and when Stephanie came back in later season I was so happy to see her, because I felt like she and Kristen were totally "BFF goals" for me. Also ... because my memory is compromised ... was that the only season where they had the huge crew of chefs competing in the early rounds to cut down to the TC house? We didn't start watching the show until S7 (the season Kevin Sbraga won) and I think I missed a good chunk of S9 as well for some reason because I don't remember Paul at all, but I DO remember liking the almost American Idol-like prelims to get to sort of know the cheftestants when it got real.

I loved that scarf!!!!! I’m a noob knitter but want to give that a try.