Colorado David

hairnets have always been an issue on the show, i dunno why unless they think it's not camera friendly. at least they are wearing gloves.......well SOME of the time (eye roll). you never see anyone washing their hands at a sink - i guess that would be edited out tho. instead of the gimmicks they are trying, CHOOSE teams with personalities. Maybe Cheese Born with It, while abs not great cooks at all, had fun personalities that were fun to watch them trying to sell their stuff. The GI wives were good too, I liked them for the message they were bringing. Stuff like that, NOT stupid relay races. Good back stories, or out of the ordinary stories, stories about cultures we never hear from, uplifting junk. I am sure there are tons of them out there, maybe they just arent trying out for the show. Sorry minor rant there.

Mind you the bumblebee flies, but physics says it shouldn't be able to. Animal magic i guess

couldn't agree MORE on both counts, Gramto6. enjoyed the first few seasons - more focused on food and cooking, less on stunty stuff. I'd much rather watch them driving around trying to find a spot to park for the day than dolts having to run from the truck to the eaters and back again, over and over. and squad thing is dumb, defeats the whole team vs team concept. i dont like seeing a successful team having to bail out a team that doesnt have their sh together.

well that's an episode i wont rewatch. kill all the soldiers you want, fine, knock off a dragon, I AM OUT. eta: i am just out on the episode rewatch, still watching the show. i will need to find some happy shows to balance this one out.

ok the finger thing was gross and crass, glove or not. this is the kind of person who takes a bite from your burger on your plate without even asking, just cuz he wants a taste. that guy would be enemy of my team from that moment on. i didn't dig the baseball challenge either - this is a taste competition, not some weird relay race. i think they want to jazz up the challenges, but imo this is NOT the way to do it. what, next week they have to balance plates of dishes on two fingers to deliver them? blindfolded cooking? hop on one leg for an hour while prepping?? LAME ideas. re the empanada truck - i feel bad for them and whatever was causing the issue. does humidity really affect dough that badly? i have never made my own dough from scratch.

agreed. i mean the other guys were pretty much doing a ' in your face' move, which is also dicky, but man just hand that out to a patron as a freebie. too much starvation in this world to go wasting stuff. or hell even just taste it, maybe it will give you some ideas!!!

This. They set themselves up for failure with that long rise time for the bao imo. Good energy from the teams, I'm not disliking anyone yet. Ah man I'd murder that shrimp and grits burger, that looked awesome. Ditto the Po Boy dishes too.

I agree with your point, but I think the show does this so when they do actually come together and get along, it is a lot more poignant and meaningful. If every epi was happiness and roses, we would get tired of the same old routine. These arguments, while yeah can be terrifying esp if you yourself have been there, are creating a diverse creatively-open atmosphere. Plus I'm quite sure real kitchen staff would agree this chaos is pretty much genuine (I myself have no restaurant experience so forgive if i am way off base.)

JAW's face resembles a young Barry Manilow except for the different hair. Mind you this is not a bad thing, plenty of gals I went to school with were gaga over BM. I dug his music.

awww man that Tina crying scene totally got to me, i had to switch to something else for awhile. great epi. i love seeing backstories. i love seeing Mikey again. why the heck is Fak so picked on???

do they no longer do the pickup window? i saw the sandwich buns in an episode this season, so thats why i am asking.

mebbe just me, but this sounds like a demented version of 'Winnie the Pooh'. And tween going by Chris or Murt, I am choosing Chris. Or Chris Em. Lol yeah, hey millenials, you know you can also microwave stuff instead of actually cooking to save time?!? Just a tip since time saving seems to be paramount. SHEEEEEEEEEESH

ok maybe its just me, but the dialogue adds so much to episodes. the first episode was good, but i miss hearing them interact - i get what they were trying to do and it did work. but i so appreciate the lines they do. boy ok carm and richie just right back at it again. i see carm is asking a TON from his people, but i think his heart is in the right place tho these goals (Syd ABS correct in calling them this) are amazingly tall. ok closing scene got to me. Marcus' face, he just does a look, not even changing it, and it says so much with his eyes. i got a bit choked up.

Nicola Coughlan does exasperated so well, I just love her and her facial expressions.

cant resist: Etymology: murt Along with the variant mort, from Middle Irish martad, a borrowing from Latin mors (“death”). Noun murt (genitive singular muirt, plural muirt) murder

i think tiktok is creating a whole generation of self-indulgent people who rank their numbers more importantly than their true talent. JMO. of course then again if they can lead the masses with whatever content they provide, they might be onto something i am completely missing. mind you unless i was culinarily trained, i wouldn't dream of creating a cooking channel. and i wouldn't do it for tiktok, i would do it for youtube as that seems more like a pbs type format than quickie squirts on TT.

just me but loving the eff bombs. i'm sure the fbi drops many of these in usual job conversation. such a high stress job, i'd be dropping em right and left.

completely agree. if you are on MC I expect something better than I can get at my local Denny's (and not slamming Denny's, i think they have their place esp at 3 oclock in the morning and you need a burger and a shake.)

i watch tons of cooking shows, and skinning the peppers is NOT something I've ever heard of. a lot of flavor and texture comes from the skins, esp if you roast them. see all this talk on the generations, this is why i hate that as a show concept. there are always tons of exceptions to the generation rule, and IMO by segregating by generation, you are just creating cooking stereotypes. I totally luv when a youngster tackles a recipe their grandparents made - one i think it denotes a level of respect on the taste, and two it indicates how hard those recipes must've been way back before all the culinary innovations/devices we have now.

maybe just me, but i dont count that particular backstory as a trope. i see that more as a producers like to bring in multi cultural contestants. for wider audience appeal.

agreed, that was just dopey. i don't mind the antics on MC Junior as that appeals to the kid audience, but I dont need to see the adults doing stunts or acts. Save that for HK. Is it me or is there always at least one sob story each season? It's become a trope. Can yall tell me the other tropes you see?

I do like they bring on new guest judges and not the same tired ones from previous seasons (rhymes with Snoz and Posey). I like seeing a variety of different cultures and interpretations. Ya Joe rocking the earring! I think that is new, I don't recall seeing it before. And agreed, the initial tryouts are always the tv star wannabees mixed in with legit amateur chefs. I give it 2-3 episodes to weed out the posers, and get down to more legit talent. And this age breakdown thing...really? Seems a kinda trite way to categorize people. I've known old souls who were in the their 20s and people in their 60s utterly full of fun-loving attitudes. I prefered it when it was more a regional breakdown. But lets see where this goes. I am guessing the millenials are more likely to have meltdowns, as they seem to not handle criticism tooooo well. JMO.

lol Joe again gets to be the 'no' man. its getting tired and predictable. i am glad the show is back tho.

Ya no DJ for the finale? That seems rude unless it was the actor's decision.

Wow i almost fell outta my chair, a good episode for a change. NOBODY did anything stupid!! Now there don't have to be fires every week or the drama a substance recovery storyline provides, but let's keep this level of writing as the standard - thoughts put into story lines and not just excuses for quick not-so-funny quips and one-liners. eta: yeah agree with the above posters, a physical magazine anymore cant be too good a choice for a money maker. Now maybe a subscription website could work, like a Tool Time but online. Or heck an online magazine even, that seems to be the path newspapers have chosen. Low overhead, do content as often as you want to, and some of those youtubers while I don't consider them as terribly talented to manage to pull in a LOT of subscribers.