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A shame he’s such a horrible person. He’s a fantastic actor, and Mike was such a great character.

Did Noth want to leave to do other projects?

I know the world is looking like a very bleak place right now, but ... Djoker lost AGAIN and hasn’t won a tournament ALL YEAR. The sun is shining brightly in my heart ... at least for a few minutes.

I can understand why Maneet has been bugging people this season, but I’m still proud of her. I first encountered her when she was a Chopped judge. I haven’t watched Chopped in years now, but when I was watching a few of the judges were treated like royalty: Alex, Geoffrey, Marcus (duh!), Aaron, and Scott in particular. Amanda, Maneet, Marc and Chris were treated with respect, but you got the feeling they weren’t on a pedestal like the others. So I’m impressed with Maneet grabbing herself an effing pedestal already! She’s obviously a major, major chef. That said, she could stand to tone down the bragging a bit. (I get the feeling they are all being egged on by the producers to “talk trash” like athletes, but I wish she in particular would dial it back.)

I don’t really understand why even Amanda herself thought her winning with a burger would be a legitimate bone of contention between her and Tiffani, to the point where it might test their friendship (such as it is - no idea if they are truly friends or on-camera, fellow-Chopped-judge friends, The End.)

Hmm. I think I’d consider dropping hobbies if it meant having Eric in my dreams.

Condolences to Aryna Sabalenka on the death (an apparent suicide) of her boyfriend, former hockey player Konstantin Koltsov. I can’t even imagine ...

Among the many reasons I enjoy this show is how it proves the chops that some of these chefs from less prestigious backgrounds have. I’m thinking of Britt, Tobias and now Kevin. (And to this list I’d have to add Darnell, sad as it is to say now.). It’s clear that some of these chefs who are perhaps not Top Chef contestants or fine dining experts who worked under the Kellers of the world are absolutely amazing and can stand toe to toe with the Brooke Williamsons, Alex Guarnaschellis et al. The essence of this show’s quality is the blind tasting. That said, wake me when someone can challenge Mei Lin. :-)

I see your “Hootie” and I raise you “Beef Tongue!!!” (from All-Stars).

So glad to see Osaka beating two quality opponents in a row. Her returning to around the top of the game would be great for me as I find her game so darn exciting to watch. I just love watching clean, powerful hitters like her, Davenport and others.

Thank you, THANK YOU, Jannik Sinner!! Thanks to you the rest of the week will be a little brighter.

Did anyone else watch Blinkova take out Rybakina? Oh. My. God.

Will miss Madison and definitely Petra (congratulations, Petra!), but I will REALLY miss Muchova. She is such a gifted, entertaining player. Incredibly bad injury karma.

I can’t remember which episode it is, but later on it’s revealed that Frasier converted the space with the W/D hookup into storage for his hats (IIRC). That may be the episode where he ends up buying Daphne a car at the end.

And the earrings were Alaska and Hawaii! I actually love that episode. The jeweler Laura and Millie visit to remake the brooch was fantastic.