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I think it's important to remember only the best of the best get in, according to what we've been told. (So far! the story could change!) Tahani didn't have to steal. She didn't even have to have "sinned" at all. She just didn't get enough points. Nearly all people, even saviors and humanitarians, didn't get in according to Michael. Best good acts + best good intentions is the only group that makes it. They've never explained why these 4. They don't have to be particularly bad, just the 4 Michael picked.

Not sure about Cook, but we did meet Pastry Chef once. She couldn't fire him either, and he seduces everyone. :) Karen swimming in the shower was priceless. I'm not in love with it so far, but moments like that will keep me tuning in (when I get around to it).

So...could they not get Daveed Diggs to guest? Johan was kind of annoying but that character would have totally paid off if we'd gotte him for the Hamilton-inspired episode. I kept expecting him to pop up but he never did.

My mom -- who doesn't even watch the show! ever! -- happened to catch the last two episodes and told me about the cute little pig sausage rolls that the "young lady who won" made. Spoilers, Mom! I don't actually mind being spoiled (and I knew last year's winner before the season began), but I wouldn't have minded some suspense. "Young lady" could only describe one of the final contestants. But the suspense wouldn't have lasted for long anyway as Candice clearly rose above. Having a rubber face that has annoyed many and gotten me in trouble over the years, I was not bugged by her expressions. I don't do it for attention, it's just a tic, so I tend to assume the same about others. They were all lovely. All of them. I shall miss this show.

Yes, Jesse Towing! Perfect bow for Helena's story. (While we're talking about tying up loose ends I'd also like to see or at least hear about Kira's dad. But Jesse Towing first!)

"How did you find me?" "I called the pizza place. I ordered a pizza. I shook down the kid who brought it. And he sang like a canary."

I think the hurry to take in Kira isn't necessarily needing to start their evil treatments today instead of tomorrow, it's simply to secure her. Every hour that passes increases the chance something could go wrong with clones on the loose! They need her and it's go time, so the next move is to get her inside and under control ASAP, sick or not. She can recover there. Besides, PT busted down Rachel for not having done it, so now she needs to check the box.

She is waiting tables...in the locker room scene, she said she waitressed all weekend.

Didn't she mean it's not the fault of our bear / monster / human experiment? That's what I thought Mud meant. She tries to help and protect him because this was done to him and he can't help it.

When he speechified that they had to obtain "peace at any cost" I twigged to him being a bad guy. An uneasy, high-cost armistice could lead to ongoing unrest and recurring eruptions in the way a decisively won war wouldn't. Hadn't jumped all the way to him being Ares at that point, but it didn't take much longer. I loved it! Thrilled to see a decent flick from DC. Loved seeing WW as an interesting woman and a total badass, great rendering of this character.

I was all in 'til the halfway point, then my attention drifted. While I didn't love Cottonmouth, Diamondback was a freaking cartoon character and I really don't care for batshit-insane villains. Really liked Claire and Misty, they carried me through the slow parts. And Method Man was a great cameo. Regardless, I was in for the full 13 because Mike Colter is hotter than the sun. Gorgeous man. Yes, I'm shallow, apparently.

Alexei is high-up in agriculture. It's part of the whole wheat storyline.

When she left, I assumed her story was over and we wouldn't see her again. The plot was finished. And it was time. But now that we have seen her, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't one more payoff the writers have in mind. (What, I can't imagine. And I agree it's not likely to intersect with other characters.) Why bring her back if there isn't a purpose?

So glad I happen to see a new ep coming in and checked here! My season pass was only set up to keep 5 at a time, so I would have lost many of them. I had no idea the season was even starting, much less taking place over 3 days. Whew!

Ha, I rode to Grad Night on a bus from TUCSON! It was 1991, and C&C Music Factory headlined. ? Also, your mom did them a favor. Blackstreet > Backstreet every day, twice on Sundays. This.

Yeah, I didn't warm up to Paul as a judge -- the persona he puts on there rubs me the wrong way. (It's the Tom Colicchio sniff-and-sneer, trying make the contestants doubt themselves and I hate that.). In Masterclass he's great! so much more relaxed and warm and light. His passion really comes through. Glad to have caught a few of these on PBS and in the depths of summer when there's nothing else on I'll watch the rest online.

I've recorded "XCV" twice now and gotten Rick & Morty both times. #$@&%!. I set it up to record three more airings tomorrow. One of them is bound to work. Right? RIGHT?

Aku putting on his flaming eyebrows, then going to (self) therapy to talk about his angst? I died.

I about fell over when I saw Ming Na and rewound the scene to call my friend over to see -- I wanted corroboration to prove I wasn't imagining it. Agent May as as an 80s drunk chick! The cameo was so random I figured I was supposed to know others in the scene, too, but I didn't.

I didn't guess it was the bad place, but it was clear everything was not as it seemed. For me, it was the soulmates system that made zero sense. And the scoring system, too. But like you said it could have been just handwaved as exaggerated writing for comedy's sake. It feels so good to reveal these weren't just inconsistencies or lazy writing, all the "glitches" were actually in service of the plot. I'm impressed by how they built a scenario you could believe in while sowing the seeds of what was really going on.

This is one of my pet peeves! You can't possibly be sure the judges are crazy / wrong / biased (or even right for that matter) because you didn't taste the food! It must be nice to be so confident that one's subjective, secondhand perception is the absolute truth. TV commenters have cured me of the belief that there could be a perfect kind of person who is likable to everyone. There are characters/contestants who are liked by most, but no one is universally loved / hated.

The bald men I know do often wear hats to keep their heads warm even when it's not particularly cold. That kind of dark knit beanie is, where I live, something Black men commonly wear so I could handwave it as being in character for Murtaugh wanting to stay connected to his roots or youth or something. I don't recall hearing an on-screen explanation -- who knows if his character bible has this built in or if it's just a prop that a costumer or director liked. Riggs' hair and scruff is surely character-driven, though. It's a visual signal about how messed up he is and we'll know when he's doing better when he's less unkempt. Sometimes I find his hair silly and even ugly, but there are times I actually think it really works for him! A cleaner version of his shaggy curls would be sexy IMO.

Tamales with cheese exist! Less common, but they're there. Often paired with a chile, sometimes corn or black bean. I know them from Mexico, not sure where all they can be found.

I pulled up the scene. No, he is not shown asking that vendor about queso. He asks if it's a tamal, they say yes, tamal colado. In his TH he said he thought it looked like cheese. Maybe he thought it looked like a tamal with cheese? He has excellent vision if he can see through the leaf wrapper! I'm sympathetic in that it always sucks to have a disadvantage. But it's a competition show, there's always a case where you have one advantage or another (like, you've cooked geoduck or happen to specialize in whatever the challenge is). All's fair in love and war. Since he couldn't find cheese, he took a chance on the tamal. That didn't pan out. Ideally he should have also tried to find something else as a backup. (Whereas Brooke at the market said she was just buying everything to be safe.) Sheldon in this challenge and Brooke in the EC made tactical mistakes in not adapting to what was available.

He did say "queso fresco?" a bunch of times. Just nobody had it. He was at a big disadvantage language-wise. What did surprise me is I heard them say "tamal" clearly about what he bought, and that's an easily recognizable word so not sure where his confusion was on that.