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  1. Those Wisconsin accents are going to do me in. That "comedian"'s voice was nails on a chalkboard. Poor Milwaukee chef dealing with a degenerative disease. But good for him for going on the show while he can! Yes! That really put me off of Kenny.
  2. The right person won and the right pair went home. But to be honest, I didn’t even remember Anthony being on the show but he pulled it out. Matt is still killing it. I like Domnhall got called out for relying on his graphic skills. Finally the “professional interior designer” was put out of her misery. Had to laugh when she said she wasn’t going to paint circles on the wall because that’s been done so she instead cut circles into every piece of wood and made semicircles on the walls. I do feel bad she injured her hand at some point. I hope it wasn’t from inattentive stapling. I appreciated that Francesca did take on Michelle’s comments. But her room looked large only because she had a teeny table. The original rooms had twelve chairs around the tables and most designers used ten to twelve. But she had four chairs and a bench for two or maybe three if they squeeze in. I always wonder how many of the designers’ rooms get taken apart and remodeled immediately after the show. Like the caravan episode when the owner hated them all.
  3. Excited to have a new season and in a totally new city. Paul Bartolotta made sense as a guest judge since he was integral in getting the show to film in his city. But what’s interesting is most of his career has been outside Wisconsin while his brother took care of the restaurants until Paul’s return less than ten years ago. His brother passed away a few years later and now Paul is the face of the Bartolotta group. I loved that two of the three top dishes were surprises. Michelle, the pit master, saying she hasn’t made pasta in years and 72 degree chicken guy whose name I can’t remember. The local chef Dan, who I remember being on Beat Bobby Flay, was getting on my nerves at first. Then hat guy was so bad that I forgot about annoying Dan and his flouncing on the meat case begging favors from the Whole Foods butchers. I am having a hard time remembering a more obnoxious chef than hat guy. The following is a brief litany of why he is awful. His Halloween costume-looking hat choice and then the chutzpah to insult Tom, a bald man who needs to protect his scalp from the sun, for his hats. He didn’t mock Kristen’s fear of sleeves or Gail’s sometimes questionable dress choices. The pint of salt he poured into his pot only to be surprised to discover the food was so salty that it had to be rinsed in the sink. Still cackling over the judge’s snark on that one. Him making liver and insisting on calling it offal despite every other cheftestant in Top Chef history calling it liver since it is a very common food used for paté, fois gras, chopped liver, and in many other cultures. He wasn’t using something uncommon or that otherwise gets tossed out. Liver is the thing that kept Sara from winning Top Chef All Stars and the source of one of the earliest most iconic mistakes back in season two when Ilan used it with chocolate much to the disgust of Eric Ripert, etc. But hat man prides himself on using waste foods but chose the one organ that is not something most people in the culinary scene shy away from like other variety meats. His time management was appalling, hand rolling out his pasta with little time to spare, his amateur chopping skills were amateur, his use of the word sexy, his accusing another chef of theft because he wanted an item she picked up first. I assume he thought he was bringing the drama that the producers love. But instead he came off as a total wanker. /rant The discussions on here about Kévin are so funny because who would have thought a generation of French kids would be named after Dances with Wolves’ Kevin Costner or Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone character. Would have been more fun if they spelled it the original Irish way, Caoimhín. I assume they didn’t have any space to do so with the tiny ovens they were given. Few things would be more Milwaukee than beer but roasting a chicken on a beer can wasn’t possible either unfortunately.
  4. This show is not good. I am surprised how very much not good it was. It had so many things I enjoy in a show, splashes of Loki and Sliders, codependent and oddball friends and more. But instead the whole thing falls into the “I’m 14 and this is deep” category of shows. There are no stakes, no tension, and no worthwhile characters. Everyone is one-dimensional, including Davey and Jonesy, who learn no lessons or grow in any way by the final episode. They remain annoying the entire series, so much so you end up wishing they got sent to Dimension X in the first place and saved everyone some time.
  5. The right team won. It ticked all the boxes. In my opinion, Domnall saved Hannah, though. Her design was circles, circles and more circles. Matt’s ceiling lighting idea sounded good but the end result was a little amateurish to me. I was not as impressed as Sophie at construction paper leaves. The fabric, wallpaper, and artwork all being homemade by Domnall does make me wonder how much you can make at home and bring in. He spent hours and hours creating most of the room outside of the days allotted. The right person went home. The wall colors had nothing to do with nature or animals, the floor was cheap vinyl and unfinished looking otherwise, and there was no evidence she was against the boat that she happily carried in and got into laughing. It is strange she did not use any blue on the floor to indicate the river story, but she was laser focused on a bright, and unnatural especially for a zoo room about conserving wildlife, color aesthetic. I am surprised Jess made such a small circle bench and boring benches against the wall. And that she tried to do it all with no help. Her wave benches could have had an impact if she let people help her more. Madagascar was so childish. It was like a muppet theatre where kids graffitied the walls with marker. How durable are those buttons? And how annoying are they going to be once a presentation starts or kids are at the tables working on something. None of it felt well thought out. But of the three rooms, Madagascar had by far the best outdoor signage.
  6. I keep waiting for the judges to show their personalities. It feels like being stuck making small-talk at a networking event. My heart broke for Jackie. Her artistic skill as seen in the earlier episodes was amazing. Thomas and Keifer need to host their own show. On any topic. I just love their friendship and how well Thomas describes what he is doing, like he is narrating an educational program.
  7. Ben's Victorian traincar was one of the most amazing designs I have seen on this show. And I also loved Matt's, which is the only one I would want to stay in as a hotel room. The bright yellows and oranges and florals of most of the designs are not conducive to a space made for you to rest. I expected Sheree to go home. Not even having measurements for the builder was disrespectful in my opinion. I wonder about who was next on the list of potential designers and just barely missed out on the life-changing opportunity because the show gave the spot to her instead. Has there ever been someone who took the show as unseriously as she did? Alan's joke of her napping was probably not far off from the truth. The person I actually wanted to go home was Hannah. Who comes on a show for "novice designers" and immediately announces they are a professional interior designer? And then it becomes clear that she has no sense of design! Cutting the walls in half with paint, too many features, etc are all mistakes you would expect from a beginner. I was embarrassed for her as she tried to explain her signature style as "geometric." I hope she takes the judges' comments to heart. I never heard of the job "interior therapist" before. Like paint the walls, add some shelves, and now now your depression is cured? The commode left me speechless. I do not know what to think about Francesca and big top circus stripes. Her room reminded me of Hildy from Trading Spaces. And her clothes reminded me of a clown at a kid's birthday party. I almost expected balloon animals strewn about her final design. I have to say though that most of the designs, even if I didn't particularly like them, were much better than a lot of the designs for rentals in previous series. No one painted all the walls black for one.
  8. For the chess sets, it felt like being able to differentiate the pieces or even play an actual game with them was not relevant to the judging. Like the mountains only being different sizes. So playing a game, you do what, hold up the pieces next to one another to see if it is a knight or bishop? The snails and birds didn’t even fit within the squares of the board. And the mud/rock cartoon characters were so complicated and different to one another they belonged in a vitrine or on a fireplace mantel rather than a game board. Glad I only had to hear the Rogan laugh for his demo for the throwdown. It felt like the host was channeling her “inner 8 year old who just learned a bad word” and got tiresome fast. The judges were certainly quick to use the bucket. I am hoping the judges grow on me soon. They are fine but definitely no Keith Brymer Jones.
  9. Stephen absolutely deserved best potter of the week with his perfectly stacked and well-designed teapot and mugs. The coral teapot was a mess in my opinion, with colors that were not aesthetically pleasing. The whole thing was a box with a load of random things stuck on it. And the lid of looked ill-fitting and awkward. Not to mention the pineapple slices as the design on the mugs. My opinion of Donna has really gone down over the weeks. After learning that she went to uni for ceramics and has been an art teacher for two decades, I am not nearly as impressed compared to the other artists. This week stood out as a low point for her in my opinion. But Keith loves her, and that is what matters for the show. Please , can someone tell Sophie to keep her hair behind her shoulders or tie it up. Watching her lean over the wheel with that dangling ponytail almost gave me a coronary. Her design was not anything special and didn’t really fit the brief. It was a teapot and mugs with an octopus and tentacles stuck on them. The camper deserved to go. Keith and Rich warned Cadi about the flat sides and she didn’t listen. It was funny especially because the photo of her camper van had more curves and shape than the teapot. Keith was very nice when he commented on the spout. He has always been more kind in his critiques to the women on the show. The bellydancer was a lot of fun as was the snake despite its nonfunctional spout design.
  10. Donna continues to amaze. Her talent and artistic ability is maybe the best I’ve seen on this show. I think Jan is also one of the best this series for building and decorating the main makes. I hate to say it but I am relieved Shani is finally gone. It was like watching Rowan on the latest GBBO. You can only see someone stressed and struggling for so long on a show. Shani could have gone any episode thus far and it would have made the show much more relaxing to watch. It reminds me of my aunt as she got older and couldn’t remember people’s names. She called everyone “Love”.
  11. I wish all reality competitions had such kind and supportive participants as this and GBBO. I still miss Claudia Winkleman as the host? I did not mind Siobhan last year, but after watching her on the celebrity christmas special, my tolerance is wearing thin. And the opening skit was not entertaining at all. A very talented group of potters this year. The gravy ship was hilarious. Shani knew it was massive but made it anyway? Funny two potters went with dog paw game night theme, one far more successfully. The details on Daniel’s were amazing and seemed under appreciated by Keith. I don’t think the addition of the chicken foot was needed to be honest because the lid was amazing without it. Sophie’s daffodil was inadvertently hilarious. The trumpet was more of a sad trombone. Looking forward to the rest of the series and Keith crying. He’s the best.
  12. Finished watching series 3. Again by the first episode the judges made it obvious who their favorites were. As the episodes went by, their bias became more and more blatant. Like telling Tiff nothing was wonky in her kitchen while the camera zoomed in on legs of the stools that didn't all touch the floor. And how they did not put the doll in everyone’s rooms during judging because the scale of their faves were sometimes laughably off. There was no mystery from episode one who would be going home the first few episodes. Bad time management, too many ideas, and in one contestant’s case not bothering to measure things which boggles the mind. I quickly tired of Elliot’s “rust”. He used it in every room. Why would working laboratory equipment for his “hobby” be rusty? And how does a flying machine work when rust coats the hub of the propeller? His idea was original and fun but he used the same techniques over and over. When he repeated things in every room the judges could not stop raving over it, but then they called Lance out for that exact thing. I will give Elliot credit for having a concept that required no molding or wall features or other choices that other contestants got dinged for, like poor Mike. And despite all my complaining about him, Elliot fulfilled the brief the best and had the most intriguing story of the final three. As for the final designs, I preferred how Lance put the exterior features all the way around his mikiwan and on top of it. After seeing that, it felt strange to see the other two only had a massive yard on one side. I saw Lance once made a miniature of Stephen King’s It house from the movie and of the Muppet theatre as well. I cannot get over the level of talent of the people on this show.
  13. Irresponsible for a tv show to have a scene with a five-month old being put to sleep on a sofa surrounded by pillows. Unless the point was to show Maya is a useless moron and Luke needs to drop out of his program because she is going to kill Jay without him around. If his parents are so worried, why don’t they buy Luke a train pass? Or some noise-cancelling headphones? Or why Luke can’t bring Jay up to college with him sometimes instead. Surprised after all this time Luke isn’t on some type of anti-anxiety meds or in therapy, but instead appears to be resorting to violent outbursts like his father.
  14. Rocky Horror also has “There’s a Light” while OMITB has “Look for the Light”, both with harmonising melisma of the word light during the duet. It feels like too weird of a coincidence for the only two songs thus far from Death Rattle Razzle Dazzle to have lyrics from Rocky Horror Picture Show. If it is purposeful, then one could begin to wonder if “Science Fiction/Double Feature” from Rocky Horror was the inspiration for the crab men on the island. The film Attack of the Crab Monsters was part of an actual science fiction double feature.
  15. I did not think I was going to like the show as much as I do once Eddie showed up and was so over the top. But the character change after the first couple episodes was great. I can’t remember the last show that made me laugh so much. I am surprised in such a small town more people aren’t genetically related. Who did James call about the boat when Abby left? Are we supposed to suspect he is involved? Maybe because he is so desperate to be the center of attention and annoyed no one ever says thank you to him. Who actually fingerprinted the saponified body to identity Sam? And was Sam wearing red shoes like Margaret’s brother in the photo? It would have been nice if the vacationing forensic scientist played more of a role. Her looking at the file and then leaving didn’t seem to add anything to the story. Why did Dulcie keep insisting the killer used poison? No one was poisoned. Getting every possible victim in one vehicle was moronic. I enjoyed Dolph’s secret boyfriend telling off the bully. The hints about the church deserving to be burnt down because of what happened under the Father Douglas or whatever still being unresolved is driving me nuts. And how did the screenplay end? Did the part about “Samantha” offering to fellate the priest mean that was something Sam actually offered to Father Terrance? Add me to the suspicious of Ray Pies list. His comment about bad experiences with women in the past was a red flag. And why he would choose to stay and rent a home in Deadloch makes no sense.
  16. Frustrating every unconventional materials challenge when there are top looks from a material that is essentially just fabric, like a tent. Brittney’s dress has been done a million times before and hot gluing a bunch of crap on the top doesn’t make it better. Given it was an unconventional materials challenge, I think she really deserved to be in the bottom. At least Rami’s kite dress had a story. And I doubt he would have been in the bottom if he had a size zero model. Imagine if Hester tried their outfit w his model? I love having plus side models for the show but the judges really should keep that in mind when judging that clothes are much easier to “shape” when the model has very little shape. Wish Mila had expressed more of a point of view. Laurance does not seem like she wants to be there. Nina’s “but did you?” killed me. With the guest judge’s ridiculous eye makeup, it looked like she barely opened her eyes. Could she even see past those lashes?
  17. I like that the editing immediately shows what people actually said when María invents her alternate reality. I cannot figure her out because she seemed so together and normal in the pods. Maybe her abusive ex made her doubt reality so much that she is always on the attack and expects to hear something negative so she doesn’t hear what people are actually saying. I don’t think she even knows that she is lying about what happens. Mena needs to run! He talks about his excitement for a food chopper because he literally cut himself and she gave it away for glasses for drinking. That is not love. The only thing María loves is drama. Ágata keeps picking at Renan’s past when it is clear he has severe trauma from it. If I were him, I wouldn’t open up to her. Like when his friends said how submissive he was, and she was shocked and seemed turned off by it. She thinks his mysterious past is about things she would be jealous about with his exes, like the note on his whiteboard or the music video. Imagine if the situation were reversed and a man kept pushing and pushing for things his partner to disclose things she can’t even deal with in therapy. Everything Valmir says is so fake. Even him talking about his grandmother’s death felt like he practiced it in front of the mirror over and over. And wtf was with him grabbing his grandmother’s bum when they hugged. 😬 Bianca’s relationship with her son is strange. Klaus immediately reached out as though he thought Jarbas was going to hold him. That is a kid used to being handed off to strangers. I do not like people on these shows who choose to get engaged to a person who has never even met their kids.
  18. Except they didn’t get the dessert right. The women got the crust right but the filling wrong. They only used lemon for the filling. The pie filling is lemon and lime. Plus their frozen whipped cream was literally inedible. The pie does not call for a frozen topping. The team that got eliminated was the only team to get the filling right in the first round. Getting the actual flavor of the dessert right doesn’t count if you make the wrong crust?? Since when does the crust matter more than what is in the actual pie? And apparently freezing an element which is not supposed to be frozen doesn’t matter either? That one military wife from reminds me so much of Chyna the wrestler or someone on American Gladiators.
  19. Has Matthew even actually seen a women? Three of his designs have been utterly ridiculous for a women’s chest. Both upcycling challenges this week and last week as well as his swimsuit this week. I understand it’s more difficult for male sewers who are used to making clothes for themselves to sew for a woman’s body. But his swimsuit was just embarrassing even though he should have practiced beforehand. It feels like Esme is pickier about Asmaa’s sewing than she is about other designers. For example, Vicki’s rucksack had the exact same off-center problem as Asmaa’s. It was even more noticeable when Patrick unrolled Vicki’s, so I was surprised neither said anything about it.
  20. Wow did my feelings about these people change with the second set of episodes. Mal: Who learns their partner of three years loves someone else and is willing to still show up and be so unbelievably supportive? At the same time, though, it looks like there is a side of Mal off-camera we never got to see when she raised her voice and stormed off and the dog went nuts. That dog has seen some fights btwn them and is protecting her owner. I wish Mal hadn’t proposed, though, because her biggest concern about Yoly falling in love with almost anyone was true. Lexi: yikes. She has a mean streak. She spent the entire time punishing Rae for making a choice in line with their agreement. And she offered herself up to Mal only to be rejected, so it isn’t as if she has some moral superiority. She does not listen to Rae. At all. She is too immature to get married. Xander: awful. As much as I dislike Vanessa, Vanessa deserves better than Xander’s two-facedness. Literally all lovey and huggy with Yoly and telling her she still wants to marry her mere feet from Vanessa who she then says the same crap too at home. Vanessa is manipulative af but it is obvious it is out of deep-seeded insecurity and maybe bpd or bipolar or adhd or something else. She is not mean like Lexi or untrustworthy like Xander. She likes to start $hit for attention but as Mal put it so perfectly, she’s a bug, not a real threat. Tiff wants any excuse not to get married because Tiff only sees unhappy breakups everywhere and refuses to believe a marriage can work. Tiff also has anger issues that need therapy. Speaking of anger issues, Aussie was red flags all the way down the moment they appeared in the first episode. They are emotionally incapable of being in a relationship or dealing with emotions. It is obvious that Aussie had a very traumatic childhood but they need a therapist, not their girlfriend to work on that. Their brother seems great. Sam finally spoke up for herself and I was so happy. I hate that she keeps taking Aussie back. I hope she finds someone deserving of her because Aussie is a nightmare of gaslighting and invalidating her feelings. I hope they all find happiness but I don’t think any of these people should get married to anyone else on this show. I love Bartholomew being the most unattractive name Tiff could come up with.
  21. It stops being self-defense when you continue to bash away at the person until blood and guts are flying everywhere. Then it is overkill. Sally knows rage was driving her actions, which were far beyond what was sufficient to protect herself. She wasn’t bashing him to pieces out of a fear for her safety.
  22. Was the packaging of the pillows supposed to be comedy? The whole scene was strange with the massive boxes and packing peanuts and Sam diligently following directions that made no sense for shipping pillows. The whole season was wrapped up too quickly and tidily with a death to force Sam come to her senses about cutting people out of her life and then a wedding to end on a high note. For a show that otherwise was pleasantly different from most other tv shows , these last two episodes felt very screenwriting 101.
  23. Asmaa’s dress was stunning. My sole complaint this episode was Matthew getting rave reviews on literally half the office shirt exactly as it started despite the point of the challenge to remake it into something. He cut it in half and added messy straps while other sewers made whole outfits. But Patrick and Esme will always fawn over a bdsm look. Even if it is merely a ripoff of a known designer.
  24. Sean hates women. Period. Orna nodding as Erica says she is taking responsibility for using language more carefully around him? Infuriating. Erica is admitting she has resigned herself to being married to a gaslighting manipulator and blames herself for the effed up communication. Sean has not grown or changed in any positive way after couples therapy. I see third marriages in both of their futures. Orna’s automatic physical reaction when Christine said she was from Ramallah was telling. Turning and drawing away in her chair. Then she spent the rest of their sessions becoming too friendly and too enmeshed in the women’s stories.it was the only couple where she didn’t behave completely professional. It felt like it was the first time Orna ever actually saw a Palestinian as a person and she saw the pain and trauma that she was part of when she was in the Israeli army. This felt like she was looking to get something from the therapy as much as Christine was. Brock and Kristi need a divorce because right now their marriage is another thing the church did to her without her real consent. After Kristi figures herself out more, they could remarry if they want. But until she can get past punishing everyone she sees complicit in her traumatic experiences, Brock will only suffer more. Looking through the posts, I saw that update on Annie and Mau. Of course it turns out that they are $hitty people in real life.
  25. A few episodes in and ugh to Vanessa. She is so fake and has a ridiculous view of her own attractiveness because she is just basic white woman on the path to “let me speak to your manager.” Very happy to see a queer season of a dating show and looking forward to the drama. But the host choice was a little out of left field. But its always nice to see Catholic celebrities support queer lifestyle. Mal is gorgeous. Xander adorable. Lexi is so open and real and mature beyond her years. Rae is an idiot for not seeing what Vanessa really is but she admitted boobs are her top priority and Vanessa has two of them which apparently is all she wants so 🤷🏼‍♂️. Can’t remember the name of the blond egoistical idiot from the first season who immediately got back with her guy when no one liked her but Vanessa is that woman 2.0. Aussie was waaaay too groping of her ex at the intros given Sam was the one who gave the ultimatum. Watching her behavior before it was revealed who gave the ultimatum made me really hope Sam would escape. Quite the twist. It didn’t feel like they found anyone actually compatible with Tiff and they definitely deserved better options. She and Mildred needed counseling, not a reality show. update: Watched the ep with Tiff and their dog in the bed issues. Still thinking Tiff and Mildred need counseling but as individuals because wtf is with either of them. Also, Vanessa is still the worst.
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