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The best thing Jon did in this episode was come up with all the checklists for the owner/former pilot. You could tell that things started to click into place in his mind when Jon started reviewing them with him. The girlfriend was totally using and abusing the owner, yet SHE was the one who got mad when he finally cut her loose. Trying to play the sympathy card really wasn't working for her. She still gets her 40%, though, right? Nellie may be a decent guy, but what a terrible bartender! Also, couldn't his Mom do a better job dressing him? His giant flourescent yellow shirt was made for a man twice his weight.

Of the bottom 4, Rue was the only one who seemed remotely interesting and had a cool POV. I thought Dom was leaving for sure, as his presentation skills are poor, he messed up his meal, and he's starting to come across as a real jerk. At some point, I think Alex will switch from Sandwich Boy to Asian-Flavor Boy. He seems to love Asian-inspired dishes, and that POV seems to have more options for TV episodes than making sandwiches every week (especially since Jeff Mauro has already exhausted the concept). 2 twists in the first challenge was a bridge too far for me. The whole "Surprise!" thing is wearing thin. Test their cooking skills and their presentation skills. Leave the "Expect the Unexpected" thing to Big Brother.

"The Least Charismatic Man in America, Charles Stiles" LOL! I love this show simply because its so over-the-top awful. Every episode, I hope that the "villain", when brought into the Command Center, will go, "Wait, you're Charles Stiles! Oh no!", and now its actually happened! hahaha In terms of fake reality, I like this one much more than the repo and pawn shows on Tru TV; those are ugly and disagreeable. Mystery Diners is just good fun, with Charles and whatever model/starlet/dancer he shows up with as his "undercover associate" at the initial meeting with the client. Getting a professional PI with solid Googling skills just adds to the hilarity. Charles Stiles is like Batman (but the stiff, cardboard Adam West version of Batman from the TV show). Thank goodness he shows up to protect all of these owners from restaurant evil-doers!

This was an excellent episode. I felt like I really learned something from watching how Marcus turned the kind-of directionless business into a superstar (plus, he got some discounted work done on his other businesses!). This was one of those companies where I was really rooting for them to succeed, to the point that I felt deflated when Marcus started finding faults with their work at Camping World (he was right, though--it looked good from across the room, but shabby up-close). Side note--it seems to me that an RV company should have better colors than Blockbuster Video-style blue and gold. Maybe some greens/olives/browns/tans instead to go with the outdoor feel. I liked Dean, but wasn't sure why he was responsible for EVERYTHING, not just the design. If he designs well, but the fabricators do a poor job, should that be his fault, too? Marcus wanted to fire him at one point, but all I kept thinking was, "Go hire a QC guy to be the go-between for Dean and fabrication/installation." Anyway, I think this is my favorite episode so far. Nice people who need help, get that help from Marcus, and succeed, while we at home learn some useful business lessons.

This used to be such a fun show. It's always been a guaranteed 2 hours of laughter as I made fun of how corny (but hilarious) everything was. This season, I feel like the show is laughing at me for bothering to watch this mess. This was the most boring episode I've ever seen. In the first hour, we had three -- three!-- angsty conversations between Shawn and Kaitlyn, where they basically said the same thing over and over. I thought the rose ceremony was never going to happen. The 2-on-1 date, always one of my favorites, was a waste of time. The 3 of them sat on the grass and looked miserable, followed by JJ getting the boot (lucky guy). Kaitlyn's date with Cupcake was ALSO just sitting on the grass. What happened to fun dates and exciting stunts, or at least a decent meal? And now, no4 home-town dates! Are they purposely taking the best parts of this show away from us to see if we'll still watch? I guess Kaitlyn got tired of waiting around for the Fantasy Suite and just wants to get down to business. I hope Nick "wins" this season. I'd like he and Kaitlyn to stick together and not bother the rest of the dateable population ever again.

I KNOW John is actually a dentist, yet I still find it hard to believe! I don't fault anyone in the House for not believing his story. I can't imagine letting myself be put under with my mouth wide open while that guy was staring down at me with sharp weapons in his hands, I remember in one of the Pink Panther movies where Inspector Clousseau disguises himself as a dentist and gasses both himself and his boss, former Chief Inspector Dreyfuss -- before pulling out the wrong tooth! LOL

I think the producers missed an opportunity to push their episode POV by giving the contestants a red, white, and blue car, rather than 3 white cars. Don't they know POV is paramount on this show!!!!??? I liked this episode because it showed the contestants having to prepare good food, speak live at an event, and work in teams. I THINK these are things TFN stars have to do a lot of, in various shows around the country when they're not on TV. Because of this, I have no sympathy for contestants who can't seem to to cook (Mommacita was 0-4 on food when she got cut last week) or who are too scared to talk in public (Dom needs to grow some balls or leave the competition). I also love when they trot out the "dial of doom". It's like the 2-on-1 date on "The Bachelor" each season; garraunteed stress and awkwardness for the contestants!

I would NEVER let that dentist anywhere near my teeth. I can understand why the poker dealer didn't believe his story! Jason was on my nerves before he even made it into the house. It seems like he's working really hard to be "the gay guy" rather than just, you know, BE a gay guy (if that makes any sense). He makes Frankie from last year seem sedate. I wasn't a big fan of Jackie and Jeff from TAR last season, but I found myself really pulling for them last night. I think they're my early favorites (along with country James). I play a lot of poker, so I'm familiar with Vanessa; not a fan at all. At least she's not wearing those ridiculous page-boy hats like she does at the tables (no one can pull off that look). I agree with the poster above who said she looks very "orange".

I know we saw a lot of Britt and Brady playing at the beach a few episodes ago, but are they actually living on the beach now? They both looked so scuzzy and dirty at Britt's Mom's house, that I thought maybe they just stopped by to take their bi-weekly shower and get all the sticky salt water off of them. They both looked so nasty! I'll bet Mom went for the Fabreeze as soon as they left.

I have no fashion sense whatsoever, but even I recognize that Nick is unable to dress himself correctly. He loves those skinny green pants, and his suit was too tight for his body. Plus, is a plaid jacket a thing now? Maybe he was going to bet on the horses after his date was finished. Once the sexcapades story gets out to the other guys, I'm not sure why they would stick around, except to keep their faces on TV. Although I've never dated 25 women at the same time before, I assume the proper etiquette would be to not screw any of them until I got down to the final 1-2 (or 3, if I were a real horndog). Otherwise, it just makes the rest of them look foolish and humiliated. I felt bad for Jared and Shawn, sitting around the hotel room, talking about trusting Kaitlyn and their "connection", while she was getting connected plenty, just down the hall. I prefer the old method of always having the rose ceremony at the end of the episode. They promised us a 2-on-1 date (always the highlight of the season for me), but now we have to wait until next week to see it. Edited to add: I expected to hate the wake date, but I found it to be very funny. I laughed at all the guys' jokes. When Chris Harrison informed the men that Kaitlyn was dead, I expected him to say," Kaitlyn got herself impaled last night, and as you can see from her corpse, we still can't get that stupid grin off her face!" LOL

When Emilia said she had a fiery, edgy personality, I knew exactly what she meant. If you asked her friends/aquaintances/co-workers, they would substitute in the words "prickly" and "defensive" for "fiery" and "edgy", though. "Short-tempered" might make the cut, as well. I've worked with a lot of people over the years who remind me of Emelia; I would NOT watch a show that she hosted.

I've never really liked Giada, but the heavenly glow she received from her last-minute cut of Matthew last week was still with her this week. She didn't bug me at all! "50 Shades of Flay" was pretty funny, and you could tell the judges got a kick out of it, too. Normally, the girls vs. boys thing is silly and juvenile, but this time, it made a lot of sense. All of the guys have rated higher than all of the women so far this season, so Dom made a good call.

Wait, Cita's real name isn't "Cita"? Then why do people call her Mommacita? She's not a mom, and she's not named Cita. This makes no sense to me. I guess she figures Mommacita sounds cooler than Miss Myra, or whatever her real name is. So far, her food's not good, and her on-camera work is scattered. I can see why she was targeted for elimination. Matthew may be a good cook, but his rotten personality trumps his skills. I've always found Bobby Flay to be a real jerk, but his cooking makes up for it. He sure wins a lot of competitions; plus, he seems to lose gracefully. Maybe when Matthew gets a few years older and he calms down, he'll be at the point where fans of good food can stomach his attitude. Obviously, we're some years away from that. I don't think Jay is doomed because he's "similar" to last year's winner, Lenny. Lenny doesn't exist, according to TFN. In fact, season 10 never even took place at all. Oh, there were plans for a season 10, but it just never happened. (Much like Windows version 9.0.) Lenny who?

Ian sure torpedoed himself, didn't he? I didn't realize that he's one of those contestants who's never been rejected before, and just can't deal with the idea that maybe, just MAYBE, he's not the catch he thinks he is. Every season of The Bachelor has at least a couple of women who go through the same type of crisis of self-confidence -- though usually in Week 1 or 2. Bye Mr. Princeton grad/former model/world traveler who has many hot ex-girlfriends; here, you just didn't "measure up". Josh also shot himself in the foot with all the Nick jealousy. He just couldn't give it a rest. Nick is kind of smarmy, but he hasn't done anything wrong to anyone (yet). Josh just ruined the group date for everyone. Why is it that every group date and rose ceremony has so much anger and drama? This is a dysfunctional season. I wish more guys would follow Ian out the door so we could get through the season a couple of weeks quicker!

Every season, they have a contestant who wants to specialize in "healthy eating". They're usually someone who lost a HUGE mount of weigh ad wants to scold people about not eating correctly, or a vegetarian. Eddie has a great shot at breaking through because he comes at it from a positive place of good tasting, good eating, good health food. I hope he does well. I think he needs to drop the "cheat day" thing, as it MUST be making Bobby and Giada very uncomfortable! LOL

If Matthew wins Star Salvation, I hope he follows in the footsteps of "Lovely" a couple of seasons ago and is booted again as soon as he returns to the competition. "Lovely"s 2 eliminations are among my favorite Food Network Star moments (second only to tonight's awesome finish!). LOL

Giada was my hero tonight; she made the right call. I was surprised when Bobby tried to dismiss Matthew's attitude as "just immaturity". How's he going to be ready to host a show on TFN in 10 weeks, Bobby? That would be a lot of growing up to do quickly! I felt like the best part of the show, the last 10 minutes, was too condensed. I would have liked more feedback from the pastry chefs as well as a discussion by the judges of each contestants' strengths and weaknesses. It all seemed edited together really quickly. I liked how many contestants managed to turn out good food. I think the bottom 3 were the only ones who didn't make really tasty food this week.

I don't think Ben was brainwashed when he was asked where he lived. I think he was actually confused; do they still live in Seattle or is WP their new home? Ethan and his wife are talking through everything, but they're not including Ben in any of these discussions, which I think is a huge mistake. He should be considered an ally, not just their son, and he needs the same information his parents have been compiling. It's not like he's 5 years old or something. I think a lot of what's been said about freezing/thawing people out at different times may be correct. It could be the 24th century by now for all we know. This whole puzzle of a town is so intriguing! I love it!

Well, the wheels have really fallen off this show. Last week, they had boxing, this week they have sumo wrestling. What's next? Taking a group date down to skid row and beating up some homeless guys? Tony "the healer" was supposed to be our comic relief this season, but everything that pompous goober said on his way out the door was 100% true. These dates so far have been a joke. We all make fun of the jet planes to San Francisco for a dinner date, or a hot-air balloon at dawn, but many viewers actually kind of like that. Well, at least better than a date where you stick your hand down a filthy, snake-clogged toilet. Sex education for 5th graders by this bunch of idiots, complete with adults giggling and snickering in the back of the classroom, is gross. Let's teach kids in exactly the worst possible way. Oh wait, they're not kids, they're "actors"! Well, that's COMPLETELY different! This may be the worst episode ever, and for this show, that's really saying something.

I wasn't too sure about this show when I watched Episode 1, but now I'm hooked. I'm really enjoying all the mysteries involved in this town, and I can't wait for next week. In terms of cast billing, I think WP is like a TV miniseries from the 70s and 80s, where the cast is set, whether they last for 1 episode or all of them. WP is like a big event miniseries, but broken up into 13 weekly episodes rather than a "6 nights in a row event". Everyone in town seems to live and die by these "rules" they have, but no one bothered to explain ay of them to Ethan. That's not really fair, if you think about it. I'm assuming MOST new residents go through some kind of scary orientation when the first arrive in order to show them who's boss. Ethan may behave very differently if he was clued in to some of this. In any event, I think he'd be more effective in getting to the bottom of things if he pretended to go along with things rather than running around yelling at people.

I absolutely HATED this show! "Let's find some struggling American families, trot out all their problems nation-wide, and put them in a pressurized, emotional situation for our own amusement." is a terrible pitch for a TV show. It's like if the most maudlin and embarassing parts of "Undercover Boss" were given their own spin-off series. I thought it was obvious that everyone should always go 50/50 with the money. That way, no one loses, and no one looks like a jerk on TV. I think the show is set up so that we viewers can sit in judgment of the decisions these families have made/are making. I elect not to do that, simply because the show WANTS me to.

I didn't realize Chris Christie was running ice cream trucks down in NC now! j/k I liked both couples, but thought it was interesting that the wives were in charge of the money in both families, and the guys seemed pretty clueless about anything financial.

I think the arial view of the town is an upside down version of the drawn map. The road into the forest on the bottom left in the arial view matches the loop road to the right of town on the drawn map. If you look at the 2 maps that way, they match up pretty well.

The key to a good game show is the ability of people to play along at home. This show has really tough questions that are asked so fast that we don't have much time to noodle them out. Then, they wait a long time before getting to the next question, leading to impatience. It's a frantic show with lots of boring downtime, if that makes any sense.

I thought it was strange to having boxing on a dating show, but I give those guys credit for really going for it. Those were some good, furious bouts! The final match, though, was ridiculous and dangerous. The one guy was wiry and agile, but he was out-weighed by 55 pounds! The ONLY result possible was him getting hurt. All these guys are always showing off their muscles, but one of them admitted he'd never been in a fight before?!? How is it possible to go through elementary school without fighting SOMEBODY (a bully, a tattle-tale, a trouble-maker, a really mean girl--lol)? Plus, I don't get the point with all the working out then. "Look at my giant muscles, ladies! Sure, I have a white-collar office job, and if I was ever actually threatened by someone, I'd just lay on the ground very still until they walked away, but still, look at my muscles!" Kupa sure melted down fast, didn't he? he's one of those Bachelor/ette contestants who seems to think that it's the Bachelor/ette's job to impress THEM, not the other way around. Kaitlyn has 18 men competing for her affections. Her job isn't to go around and make sure all 18 are happy and "feeling special"; I think he's one of those guys who does really well with the ladies normally, and just can't understand when he's not "THE guy" in this group setting.