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I'm assuming she's playing it up? It's gotten really old, though.
I wonder if the judges are being a bit lighter on the contestants, or maybe it's just me--at least for decoration. There was one dessert where a lot of the details seemed a little messy, but the judges didn't say a word. And Duff just kind of glided over the poorly done mirror glaze, where before people have gotten hammered for it. It may also be that there are so many contestants still that the judging just goes quickly.
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8 hours ago, tracyscott76 said:
I guess it shouldn't be surprising that it took until the final 3 for some frustrated tears to finally make their appearance. That alone seemed like a kind of foreshadowing, since Keaton was the only one of the three who never seemed to get hung up on anything.
Before the finale, I actually made a comment that none of the kids had cried this season yet. Usually it happens much earlier!
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Yeah, I didn't really mind the parents, either. They didn't take up too much time.
I was rooting for Jonah, but Keaton made the best cake, I think. I can't get mad about the finale this time.
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I thought this episode was well done, but I wish they had taken out a couple lines--Zoey's about being a woman in tech and Simon's about getting on an elevator and what people see. The show hasn't really dealt with the issues of women in tech, other than the bro-grammer stuff that was largely glossed over; and Zoey quite possibly could've had her own bad elevator experiences. I'm not saying that this episode should've been about women's issues, and it shouldn't have been about comparing the racism that Simon feels vs. sexism that Zoey has dealt with. I just wish it hd been more of, "That's valid, but we're not having that discussion right now." He was more dismissive, I guess, than I would've liked.
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I wonder if Mo was equating it to the discussion he had with Simon and the reporter earlier--he saw Max as sticking to his principles and not selling out to the man. Even though the two situations aren't comparable at all.
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I'm not sure why Zoey was so invested in making sure Danny Michael Davis stayed at Sprq Point. I guess she could be worried about the company, but it's not like that would be inevitable--and the guy was just imprisoned.
22 hours ago, giovannif7 said:My beef with this episode - how do you hire a successful Broadway musical actor like Chip Zien to play Max's father, then not have him sing a note? Between that and the stupid drug trip, the only thing this episode did was piss me off. 😠
YES. Don't taunt us like that, show.
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11 hours ago, ElectricBoogaloo said:
On a shallow note, I hope that Mo and Max end up having karaoke night at their restaurant at least occasionally so that we have an excuse to have non-heart songs with the characters.
I was surprised that Mo was returning the karaoke machine; he just seems like someone who would have one of his own. And of course the restaurant needs one!
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It's frustrating watching writers try to write about the business world; it's clear they have no idea what they're talking about. I already don't understand how Zoey is "executive director" of a floor that seems somehow to incorporate programming, marketing, and HR. (I could see there be subdivisions in the company, but...I want an org chart.) Her firing someone in HR totally just drove me up a wall; that wouldn't happen. Also, they said they had to get rid of 10% of the workforce--but Zoey fired 5 people. The numbers don't add up. At least she sucked it up and handled the situation fairly maturely.
Really hope that the neighbor won't be a romance but another in "Zoey looks for worldviews to help her cope" after this week's mantra from Mo. I did appreciate that in both the Mo/Max and David/Emily storylines, both sides of the conflict were valid--I sympathized with both people in both stories.
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I totally understand that Zoey is overwhelmed; someone really needs to tell her to talk to a professional, because she is (understandably) floundering. I was so happy that she finally talked to Max and I'm glad the show didn't try to make him be the bad guy in that conversation in the kitchen. It has to be so hard knowing your girlfriend has this insight into you while you have no idea what she's feeling.
It was noticeable that none of the women participated in "Hard Knock Life"; Tobin is beyond annoying and they shouldn't whine after playing softball inside the office. Good Lord. Zoey was right to outsource all those assignments, though "Executive Director of the Fourth Floor" isn't an actual title. What all is ON the fourth floor???
Glad to see Emily find some solid ground; agree that Jenna should move into the house with her. There's certainly enough room.
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2 hours ago, theatremouse said:
On the flipside, her response was to just keep barking orders and assume he'd cave to her, and she felt like she had the high-ground because her reasoning was "team cohesiveness". While she wasn't wrong that they were supposed to have cohesion, her method for accomplishing that was "do exactly what I've already done". It was also a little odd to me that part of her logic all along was he was so behind and hers were nearly done so of course he had to mimic her designs so they'd be similar - and yet he was tasked with the caramel twice and she kept saying she didn't have time either. Her pies went in the oven way before his...so...how could that be, little miss "fine I'll try it once, do it wrong immediately and then pass the buck right back".
I think Bella didn't have time because she was working on her egg salad for the ants on a log part of the challenge. I thought both came off really poorly, and was really glad Bella didn't get the win.
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3 hours ago, NJKBCFan said:
The dessert imposters this episode were on the whole the best ones of all the seasons! Very impressive. Keaton definitely deserved the win! Was a little surprised the pizza wasn't in the bottom.
Agreed on both. I think this was the best batch of dessert imposters I've seen, honestly. Good job, kids!
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On 12/20/2020 at 10:14 PM, PWHCHCH said:
FYI there is a post credits scene this episode.
What was in it? I missed this.
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I was worried about the parents, but I didn't find the inclusion intrusive at all. This does seem like a good group of kids, though, as ever, I wonder about the number of them who have their own baking businesses. Doesn't that require permits and regulations about the kitchens where things are prepared, etc.? I mean, I'm sure it happens, but it seems weird to have a bunch of kids saying they have their own business.
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7 minutes ago, tracyscott76 said:
Agreed. And again, while Megan may have been kind of screwed by the assignment, Lorenzo's issues were more related to the kind of cake he actually made rather than anything to do with the theme. They liked what he did with the marzipan and overall decoration. They just didn't like his dry cake.
See, I thought Megan should've been able to do a decent mirror glaze; it pops up frequently enough in these shows that if I were going on this competition, it would've been something I'd practiced a bunch.
I don't mind Juliana getting an advantage, but I agree that it was too much. Or, rather, I wish there had been more of a challenge with "present" because "do a cake that's in your comfort zone" isn't a challenge.
I was bummed by the outcome, but I'm hopeful Food Network will snatch up Lorenzo and stick him in something else, because he does seem fun.
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On 12/20/2020 at 5:06 PM, 853fisher said:
I wonder what, if any, opportunity players have to review the store layout before what we see? If none, I might be tempted to ignore the mini-sweep and run through as many of the aisles as possible to get my bearings while the others are looking for the item. That is "only" worth 10 seconds and, what, $250? Maybe I could learn enough to be worth that and more.
I think in the 90s version, teams had something like 10 or 15 minutes to go through the store before filming started to see the layout and figure out what the big ticket items were. Leslie's list that she gives them probably isn't worth going for unless you're going through those sections anyway.
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I think Megan and Lorenzo are the best two bakers left, though that doesn't mean Juliana or Eva couldn't pull it out in the finale. Juliana keeps squeaking through on her originality, I think; the judges are awarding inventiveness. I do hope that they bring Lorenzo back for other shows; he has a good personality but isn't terribly over the top. (I loved him answering Jesse's "You remember our judges?" with a "Yes," because I had JUST commented that no, the bakers don't remember the judges. It makes me appreciate the Great British Bake Off more; there's none of the weird stories for why they have to make whatever the assignment is, no introducing the judges each week. It's just "Paul and Prue would like you to make..." Stop pretending the judges don't know what's coming!)
Eva annoys me for no discernible reason; I think she must remind of someone I don't like, but am not quite sure who. She's also a bit too folksy for me, I think.
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I couldn't believe that guy only got, what, $750 before bonuses? I loved the music as he wandered around, but HOLY CROW. Yeah, he wouldn't have won back in the 90s.
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I've bought Hormel chili (it's good in a Mexican dip) and guessed "stag" but have never heard of Stagg chili.
I was also glad the gym owner bros and woman who came in workout clothes didn't win.
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17 hours ago, sinycalone said:
I've forgotten: were Hung/Chee and The BFS at the tile task when The Bros were still working on making the tiles? And if they were, did the Bros tell them about the oiling step before leaving?
I can't remember the exact timeline, but Hung/Chee overlapped with the boyfriends, I think, and I had the same thought--but there wouldn't have been a way to give help without it being obvious.
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40 minutes ago, Packerbrewerbadger said:
Why didn’t Bro and Sis get mad at Beards also? They could have u turned anyone instead burning it to ensure the bro and sis were only ones doing both tasks
I hate how the teams are ganging up on the NFL ,
YES! I can see being mad at Gary and DeAngelo, but they could've U-turned someone else if the Beard Bros hadn't burned it.
39 minutes ago, Gummo said:Also, the Race is all challenges now, no flight drama, no train or bus drama, no running-out-of-money drama, very little self driving; it seems to get more spoon fed every season. TAR used to be about racing around the world, now it's just an oversized obstacle course.
It's so frustrating that no matter how far ahead the first place team is, there's a guaranteed bunch. So it doesn't matter if you're 2nd or 4th--you'll be with everyone else by the first task in the next leg. Even if they did something as simple as having to get taxis at the next airport in order would be better.
Aparna was over the line at the Roadblock. Totally uncalled for. I'm glad they're gone.
I'm rooting for Team NFL (mostly for Gary; DeAngelo taking THAT LONG to figure out he needed to watch the demo was beyond infuriating and Gary gets HUGE kudos for just chilling and not working himself up into a ragestorm like I would have). I guess of the others, the Beard Bros seem the most competent, but their attitude about the alliance has annoyed me.
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11 hours ago, dvr devotee said:
The yellow clue words were "win a grin," and the clue also did say "bake," so I was willing them towards the baking aisle, but I'm a huge baker and still could not come up with cinnamon.
...but I was kinda glad they didn't win the big money, since they wouldn't have gotten to the big money final sweep without the other team's inflatable (what was that called on the old version of the show? Because it definitely wasn't called an inflatable). Yes, I know the other team screwed up by not getting the damn thing actually across the line, but I could kinda, sorta, maybe see where the other dude got confused.
I was confused in the first game, though. The one team dragged that enormous stuffed teddy bear across the line, and I thought it was one of the bonuses, but they didn't have to pull the tag off nor was it mentioned at all when Leslie was giving the final totals. So does that mean there were actually three of those giant bears somewhere in the store?
Yeah, it seems that there's always a $300 item--sometimes it's the bears, sometimes it's the cooler. It's just counted as part of the total, but it's generally a bit unwieldy.
I think in the original, what this is calling "inflatables" were just called "bonuses" or "bonus items" or something like that.
For the clue, my boyfriend guessed "margarine", which does seem somewhat close; I managed to come up with cinnamon, but that was one of the harder clues that they've had on this show.
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1 hour ago, Spunkygal said:
There were so many things I wished the bakers had said to Noel when he wanted them to each kiss that stupid spoon (most not fit to be aired). Set aside the fact that it was an inane bit he was doing, but I would have at least said “no, I heard Mr Spoon has COVID.” I don’t care if they have been in a bubble for weeks, that spoon had been handled at the very least by Noel and other bakers had kissed it! Yuck!
I wonder if this is one of those things that played better with the people in the tent--they've been together for weeks and have a rapport that the audience just isn't a part of. I certainly didn't need any more of the spoon, but Laura, Peter, and Dave didn't seem to mind.
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22 hours ago, redfish said:
Oh definitely. And the Beards? Did they have to grind it in and yield them? The Blondes were so stupid to get played by Will & James. They used them to yield Leo & Alana and then got screwed by them. Seriously they shouldn't have listened to them in the first place, they didn't owe Will and James anything. Sure they were a disaster a few times but at least they didn't have a meltdown or act like assholes like Will and James. I want them to lose so badly, karma can't hit them fast enough.
What was particularly annoying about the usage of the yields was that both times, it was the team in the lead that used it. They really had zero reason to. I don't think the blondes were dumb to use their yield on Leo & Alana--and as we saw, it wouldn't have mattered had they kept their yield, as they were in last place in both legs.
7 hours ago, blackwing said:I agree that it is good to have representation of gay couples, but I think it's too bad that the show chose this odious couple as the representatives. There have been plenty of good representatives of gay couples that have been successful on the race without resorting to the nastiness of these two. In addition to Reichen and Chip, the Beekman Boys (the goat farmers, I forget their names) also won the Race. And Tyler and Korey are a gay couple who finished in the top three in both of their appearances.
In the very first season of TAR, the gay couple (the Guidos, as they were) were probably the villains of the season.
I'm rooting for Gary and DeAngelo. I was really annoyed at the place-setting road block. The Beard Bro was an idiot for helping Will/James and Hung--and as it worked out, I don't think it mattered. He acted like he was so clever to pick up on the measuring and then tell the other teams, but unlike the truck task with the horns, it was quickly obvious from the judging what needed to be done. That was a situation that it made no sense for teams to help each other; nobody was particularly frustrated or having problems figuring out. Just dumb. Especially after Gary had helped out earlier. At least Gary and DeAngelo and Team Cal know they can't rely on the other teams now--they may not know about the others still having an alliance, but they know that they're only out for themselves.
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On 11/17/2020 at 12:05 AM, Umbelina said:
ibble dibble bored me as much as I'm fairly certain it bored Thatcher. I still don't "get" the rules, and yes, I read them. I don't get them because they aren't worth knowing, not because I could not grasp them if my life depended on it. Other than that though? WHY would anyone bother?
I don't care for Thatcher, but I'm on her side on this one.
Part of being a good guest is participating in that sort of thing, even if you think it's silly. Denis had marks on his face and gave Maggie an encouraging look; at that moment, he was the better behaved of the two. Maggie clearly wasn't even trying at that point. I'd feel worse for her if she had ever seemed to have tried to enjoy herself--or at least not judged everything that was happening.
On 11/17/2020 at 10:06 PM, heavysnaxx said:Well, there's being told things and then there's really hearing them. From what I've seen of Thatcher, I can easily imagine her waving away any help on offer and disparaging it, to boot.
I would ordinarily be on the side of the person in her position but her utter lack of either humor or self-awareness is just chilling, given the power she holds.
Yes, this. I mean, I'm biased because of how awful Thatcher was, but even with the moments of awkwardness...I just couldn't feel bad for her.
On 11/21/2020 at 2:02 AM, Brn2bwild said:Supposedly because nicety phrases like "I beg your pardon" or "he passed away" were created by lower class people trying to imitate the manners of the upper classes, whereas upper class people know that they are, and therefore say blunter phrases such as "what" and "he died."
Similar to how the theory that true posh people tend to wear old clothes and such; they aren't trying to prove anything by wearing the latest fashions, etc.
It is interesting watching the show as it gets into things within my memory, and how I'm already biased for or against the people in the story.
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S06.E11: Deep Cleaning
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Agreed. I really hope Jonah ends up with the lawyer.