RealReality

I highly recommend The UK Apprentice. I think its a much, much more interesting program than any celebrity version. But, it has everything I love, awesome accents, real tasks, real people, Lord Sugar, and two really good and sharp advisers. I watched NZ Apprentice too, I had no idea the guy went belly up! But I also thought that went to a "celebrity" format.

This episode left me confused....are we not supposed to know that this a castmember trip planned by production? 1. How does Kimbella have enough ass skin to support her injections? Does she use skin grafts? Inquiring mind wants to know. 2. Why does Yandy think that the stories she told in front of a LHH camera crew were private? 3. Why is Kimbella STILL talking to Yandy about her business with Julez when she has CLEARLY drawn a line in the sand? 4. Why doesn't Yandy just drop Juelz as a client, I can't imagine his earning potential is worth all this nonsense. 5. What was the backstory behind inviting Bianca? Did she have to escape Skye following her around and pelting her with bread so she would get attacked by vicious New York pigeons? 6. Why the hell is J. Chiles still here? She broke up with Snoop and she left her child in Chicago.....girl....go home! 7. I find the "creep squad" corny as all hell, but DJ Smirkoff (TM - someone else) had me laughing with his prank. He got Cisco real good, and that shit was hilarious. 8. Do any of these guys make enough to afford a Bentley, or was that a kit car? 9. Sad for Papoose and Remy :( 10. Oh look "Sister Wives 2: Electric Bugaloo" next week. I feel like a terrible person, but I will die laughing if Peter runs right back to Amina after telling Tara that he only wants to be with her.

In other news, I'm really starting to warm up to Arnold S. as the new host. His stories remind me of Lord Sugar from Apprentice UK (maybe the last of the franchise that hasn't gone "celebrity"....its so much better when its regulars). And I think he asks pretty good and hard hitting questions. His nephew sort of looks like a goober, but he is pretty cool. I doubt I'll watch next week because I don't like Jessica Alba, but I'll watch if they do it again next year.

Maybe I'm too American, but I thought Paris and Parisians were awful. But even when I disagree with our policies, I don't particularly hide the fact that I'm an American. Maybe we get a reputation for being "ugly Americans" because all the nice American tourists are pretending they are from Canada. ;) My brother told me that people in other parts of France were absolutely lovely. True, although I think if I were travelling to a foreign country now, I would probably try to learn a few words, or at least have Google translate ready to go.

yeah, I sort of thought it looked like a thigh master too. I could see them sort of using it in a variety of ways, but it looked complex, and hard to explain in eight minutes. I don't see why they didn't pick the trampoline, which looked like a lot of fun, easy to use/explain, and easy to demonstrate. I think Carson just really missed the mark in demoing the product so the viewer could see all the ways you could use it to work different muscle groups. Even then, the trampoline looks like more fun. What was her career? I just remember her being married to Bruce Willis for two minutes.

Lisa is in great shape, but she is not in the shape I would ever want to be in. Now Laila Ali is absolutely stunningly gorgeous. And I say this as a straight woman. You tell me how I can get that body, and I will buy a few. Even with all the exercise in the world, women aren't going to end up looking like Lisa Leslie (if that is what they aspire to). So I could see the logic of having an actual weight loss story on the show. BUT, the story lost a lot of oomph when you find out that Boy George didn't actually use the product, and he didn't really talk about using a similar product to lose weight. Or even what the potential benefit would be of the product (I could carry this when I travel, its portable, so I will actually use it instead of just making it a paperweight, I can get a great workout in in 10 minutes)

Yeah, i think the problem was that he really took the assignment to heart. But I also thought he was sort of hoping to reach out to his dad by cooking a really great dish for him on national tv. He never really recovered from that and it was too bad. The better move would have been to make whatever and just randomly tie it to your dad ("my dad use to watch pbs a lot, which had the Julia child show, so here is my duck a'lorange")

Black guy, last season cannot remember his name and that poor kid never quite recovered after that Kwame? Eta: way to go aging brain! It was kwame!

I don't know, i think Marissa is willing to do anything for camera time, has a trigger temper and an absurdly high opinion of herself.....she may be a perfect fit for a vh1 reality show.

I'm a little bummed, I was really hoping Heidi would make it through. I think a Ryan/Heidi final two would have been more of a fight. But, I think they may as well hand Ryan and her wonky eyebrows the check. Will say that I like how Heather gave positive reinforcement on the line. I'll check back here next week to see who wins!

I'm a world class eater, and I wouldn't even begin to reconstruct it ala Oliver Stone. However, I have no doubt that there are talented chefs/cooks on this site who could put it all together!

exactly! as long as John gets poohed on, thats all that matters :) I'm sure Sylva would have done something delicious with the crab, but those lollipops looked so good that I'm almost glad the crab was gone.

I agree, I sincerely hope that most of her proximity to liquor is for the sake of the show. If thats the case she just has to hold on for a few hours and can get away from it. I hope in her personal, real, non-reality-show life that she chooses activities where she isn't around liquor. I don't drink and I never have. I can have fun in almost any situation with people who drink and still have fun. I think it might be fun to watch a live reality show as it unfolds.

Yeah, as I've said before, there is just something about Casey that is unlikable. I can't put my finger on it, but if I could, my finger would stink (TM Rose Nylund). I thought it was Sylva who wanted the crab, but Sylva's meatball lollipop looked/sounded so good that I'm kinda glad it all worked out. Also, didn't Casey have crab in her dish? So, maybe JT just bought all the king crab. JT's dish sounded great, but I think its hard to go wrong with king crab. So, I could see why Sheldon's/Slyva's would rise above JT's. I like both Sheldon and Sylva, and I would be okay with either winning.

I also felt it was a lot blow, but that's out Padma, getting every possible twist of the knife. How many times did Jaime have to hear about not giving her a plate of food during the following challenge? I understand being a stone cold bitch, but it says something when Tom, the award winning chef can recognize these things as unfortunate but understandable/forgivable mistakes, but Padma never wants to let even the tiniest slight/mistake go.

I was surprised by how much Caroline s looks like her father.

Oddly enough, she may be the one who went through the change tesar keeps talking about. I didn't think she was pleasant, but I didn't see a fireable attitude either. Maybe she has truly been humbled. As for the "great stuff" her cake last week was somewhat praised and I thought she did okay on a few quickfires.

I assumed that was the situation. I'm not sure how it all went down, but if its true that the kids themselves don't want to see her it sounds like it was pretty bad. She seems like a nice enough person, but drinking can really bring out a different side of people.

I can't blame a venomous snake for trying to poison someone, thats what they do. I can blame a stupid ass that sleeps with venomous snake thinking it won't bite them. Peter may be an asshole, but Tara is 10x worse, because she knows exactly who he is, how he operates, and she keeps coming back for more while claiming "he really isn't going to bite me this time." I will laugh in her stupid face when some random dummy who hasn't been bitten has baby number 12 or 15 or whatever.

If he was trying to imitate pimento cheese than I would really think he knows what it tastes like.

I don't think Sheldon really realized that she was making a joke at his expense. I don't necessarily think there is much fun in picking on someones accent. its the lowest hanging of low hanging fruit, and its not funny.

Is Top Chef copying off of *gasp* Hells Kitchen? I never thought I'd live to see the day. Of course, if this was HK, everyone would guess everything was "beets or turnips," because thats as far as most of their pallets get. How did John not recognize pimento cheese when he just used it in his shitty dip? Casey was being a brat, they gave her an assessment of her food, it didn't suck, but it needed a little salt to balance it out and its not as good as the other four dishes. I guess I get annoyed because clearly she is a talented chef, cooking around at least one chef who isn't nearly as talented. I think Emily would have given her right thumb for that review of her food at any given time. Emily grew on me as the competition went on. I think she has deep insecurities and is socially awkward. I think this is maybe the only relationship we've ever heard her talk about on Top Chef. Most of the time, its been about how she got fired. I'm impressed that the competition didn't break her, because being told week after week that "you suck" would have probably broken me. I suspect, as I do with most of them, that her food as good when she is given the time and space and correct conditions, and i would try her restaurant in a heartbeat. John is an asshole, and I'll be delighted when he gets the boot. I don't think he did anything particularly asshole-y this episode, except to continually deny that he had any part in the shitshow between he and Katsuji. Oh, and I also did not appreciate him trying to say the "entire team" was equally liable. The "entire team's" failure started because John and Katsuji are jerks. Sylva's dish sounded absolutely delicious, as did Sheldons. I like savory crepes, but not as much. John's dish sounded good, but I think its hard to go wrong with king crab. I was more surprised she thought she would get away with that without guessing a flavor.

So glad they put Kyle out of her misery. That video was a treasure trove of awkwardness.

Why was Julez mad at Yandy? Does he think she is embezzling his money? On another note: I love Cardi's family -- so many loud and fun people! Mom with the sparklers!

Nah girl, nah....Tara is empowered now. And Peter is once again the man she met like 20 years ago. So this time its really gonna work, because he certainly wasn't cheating on her then.