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Yeah, the only one I was truly happy to see was Holly Willoughby; she’s had a rough couple of years so it’s nice to see her getting back to work. The whole couch just seemed a little flat for me.

I am so tired of the 24-hour waiting period for missing persons trope. No, you don’t have to wait 24 hours for missing adults, and you CERTAINLY don’t wait 24 hours for Amber Alerts. I have received Amber Alerts within just a couple of hours. Most tropes are silly and I can ignore them or laugh at them, but this one is actually real-world dangerous and needs to go the hell away.

Don’t forget one of the people she was watching across the way was called Raymond! I loved those little touches…

I remember the first time I heard “ass” on 21 Jump Street and my 17-year-old self immediately recognized Fox as the super-edgy, daring network (only solidified by Married With Children). I’m going to have to dust off my series dvds and note the swear replacements. I agree that Faith needs to be brought back into the spotlight. I’ve always liked her partnership with Will (plus, I just like Faith) and this is the second plot where it felt like she didn’t have much to do. Don’t put her in the back seat!

My mom did that for (to) me all the time when I was in high school. Sometimes I liked it, sometimes I didn’t. When I didn’t, it almost always resulted in a fight because she pushed me to explain why, but the best I could do was “I just don’t like [the particular item].” It was often easier just to stick it in the closet and never wear it. It wasn’t insane, it was just mom stuff. Nico is young and coming from a place of insecurity TO what they thought was a secure place with found family, only to have Will duck out without warning. Sure, he made financial arrangements for Nico to continue living there, so they didn’t have to worry about physical security, but that abrupt change in emotional security totally justifies a little snark. Nico’s continued presence in Will’s home, and Will’s tolerance, show a lot more understanding and a path to rebuilt trust. This feels much more realistic for family stuff. The role-playing scene was my favorite. Poor Pete, not being allowed to use his improv skills!

I liked this episode even though I figured out the baddies, and Betty (andher sweater) is always the best part, but for the love of all that’s holy, Will, put that sweet girl in a harness and seatbelt in the car!

I don’t know…. I don’t think it’s hypocritical to dislike comic books while still recognizing that the customers want them. If I owned a bookshop I would absolutely stock some of the popular authors even though I personally think their books are trash. And I would absolutely complain about it. 😂

I agree re the gimmicks. I fast-forward through all the bidding and other shenanigans, and I also fast-forward through Tiffani. I just want to see good, solid cooking with unusual ingredient combinations. Also: I never want to see another episode like the one a year or so ago when they were given absolutely massive ingredients (like 40-some pounds of cooked spaghetti and a crap-ton of sauce that took up an entire table just for the contestants to use, like, a tablespoon of the sauce). I often feel like cooking shows are wasteful but that was the worst I have ever seen outside of the judges being covered in various food items on Masterchef Junior.

I completely agree. There’s slow burn, and then there’s JHC does this show actually have a point? I feel like by the time they cut out the 4,327 scenes of Eli and Jane arguing about Noah’s care, Denise being worried about Noah, and the pointless realtor-staging-the-house scenes, this could have been a 90-minute movie. What a waste of a perfectly good Judith Light.

I wonder if he was able to make some good connections due to his participation, though. True, the show hadn’t aired but it had wrapped, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he had received some encouragement to apply to the restaurant. He obviously has to keep and earn the job on his own, but a few words in the right ears can’t hurt (I don’t know how hard/easy it is to get a kitchen job in a Michelin-starred restaurant). Throughout the season I was impressed by Dylan’s passion as well as how willing he was to take criticism and learn. I have high hopes for his future. All that being said - I’m happy for Georgie. I like Christiaan but think he needs to learn to edit his flavors. Georgie was just so consistent, I think she deserved her win.

I think the right one went home based entirely on past performance, but I did not envy the judges in this episode. Alison talking Georgie down was amazing. Gill stealing the lilac bowl made me laugh, and I hope they let her keep it!

I appreciate that the drama has been dialed down (though I don’t want to see Pony get caught up in the alliance nonsense that Stephanie proposed. Poor Lucy ended up with the absolute worst canvases! I am *over* artists getting derailed by canvases who don’t care about the brief. I get that it’s your body, dude, but this is season 16 and the artists have specific challenges to meet. The canvases know this. I think the show should have a pool of standby canvases to allow artists to reject people who demand, say, a black & grey realistic portrait on their ribs, non-negotiable, when the challenge is a 6-hour American Traditional pinup on the forearm. Take that bit of drama out of the equation entirely and send a message to the canvases that “the customer is always right” has its limits when you sign up for a free tattoo on a competition show (and for people who argue that the artists need to be able to finesse their clients, in the real world the artist can simply refuse to tattoo someone who asks for a tattoo the artist can’t do well).

Didn’t one of the voiceovers in the first or second episodes actually say he’s a Cockney? I haven’t been bothered by his accent at all because I just thought that’s what it is.

My northwestern American ears laughed at Christiaan thinking his pronunciation of “pecan” was cheeky. That’s exactly my normal, unironic pronunciation. “puhKAHN.” 😂 I adored Nelly’s look! I felt so sorry for Andy. He just didn’t have a good couple of days. I’m sorry to see him go, but I’m sorry to see any of this group go. Also, with all of the attention the bakers usually show to Paul, I am loving Dylan’s open respect and admiration for Prue.

I really like this group. The lavender/rosemary bit with Alison and Mike made me laugh, Nelly’s entire (on-screen) personality makes me wish we were besties, Dylan’s humility, Andy’s quips…so far this season feels like it has everything that makes this show my favorite comfort watch. I kind of thought Dylan would get Star Baker but I wouldn’t have cried if it had been Nelly. She had a great week too.