I've lurked around this forum most of the season. Haven't really commented because I got frustrated and really didn't watch a lot of it.
The reason? I learned the year Eddie Johnson won that they really don't want cooking shows. I don't know why they even care about the person's POV, or whether they can cook. I'm pretty sure that's why the took the "6 episode" prize away; because they don't intend to let them have a cooking show. All they want is "hosts" who can do magazine-type shows, sampling and talking about food in other places, a la Triple D. This year's pilots proved that once again. I think the last time they had "pilots" where they actually cooked was the year Melissa d'Arabian won.
FN may be still about "food," but is sure isn't about cooking. Early on, one commenter here said the person who can be a judge on Guy's Grocer Games will win. That's all the FN is about any more....reality shows, with home cooks competing, and the "stars" as judges. Or travelng around, sampling food from restaurants.
As for Jason, (and Rusty) you'd have to tie me to a chair and staple my eyelids open to make we watch them, even if they did cook.
They have officially run out of steam with this bunch.
