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Like everyone else, I'm excited by the Berger-Lawson design consultant business! I also want Divya's royal blue (maybe purple) pantsuit that she wore with orange heels when she and Hank had to break into the mobster's house. Loved that Jeremiah has a reasonable solution for the lab results debacle (and Evan, you can charge patients a bit more for lab tests). As for the MRI issue, how expensive are those mobile vans? I've had a mammogram in one. Obviously, rates would need to go up, but that's sometimes the cost of doing business. Wouldn't a mobile van be more convenient that the hospital and be good advertising? They could team up with a 'Visiting Angels' type in-home care company and advertise that their patients wouldn't need HH.

Last summer there was a show about people marketing their assorted products. It had people help them cheapen their products (use imitation vanilla instead of real vanilla beans) and created logos and packaging. The only thing I vividly remember about the show was why certain packaging didn't work. Very few of those packages would have worked in the real world. The best product idea (Chris's butter medallions) were made with truffle oil ($$$$$) and in burlap sacks that would need to be individually hung in the dairy aisle. Realistically, that's not going to happen. (And the stopper bottle of hot sauce made Reuben made wasn't stackable, which would be a challenge on shelves.) I agree with the poster who said that the candidates should have been given choices on back drop. Nicole could have rocked the tomato garden. Speaking of that, why did Chris, Loreal, and Sarah get more props than others? Lenny had a pile of rocks and Rueben had a tray table! The backdrop had distinct advantages. (Sarah had coconut in her baby food and backdrop = advantage. Nicole had tomatoes in her jelly, so Loreal got the tomato garden? ) I loved Lenny's handling of the ridiculous Great Wall of China. Of course, at this point, I think he's the strongest candidate left -- he can cook and give Bob and Medusa shtick and isn't afraid to do anything asked (including tape candy bars to his chest). I just don't care anymore. Let Loreal win -- I'm not going to watch that.

Anyone else scream out "Gout" as soon as we met the financial advocate? Adding to the Jeremiah love!

I don't want to defend Pageant Girl, but why did Giada taste with the serving spoon? On Top Chef, the producers supply a seemingly endless supply of utensils to the judges. Of, Giada could have borrowed the one from Cowboy Lenny's pocket. <insert barfing smiling> Doesn't Giada even have tiny plates and bowls for tasting on her own show? She never eats with the servers.

Pardon my shallowness, but that was the best looking episode of Salvation.

I just don't understand! Instead of assigning the contestants food, why not ask them a trivia question to get to pick a meal? While I think Christopher and Lenny can cook a wide variety of meals, the rest of them don't seem as able to do so. Nicole could have tried to get the fish tacos or the shrimp and corn salad, staying in her POV. When the winners were announced I was horrified. Sure, Lenny winning didn't surprise me. He's a chuckwagon cook. He has to feed people and put on a show daily. Based on the producer's criteria, he could be their winner. (I don't think they want him though.) How did Loreal win? My understanding of cooking steak on a grill is that you salt it to draw the moisture to the edges for optimum cooking. Instead she splashed on some super flammable bourbon and tossed the steak on the grill. And then she pounded the meat on the grill -- I thought that was also a no-no as you'll mess up internal fluid distribution. In my opinion the bottom two were Loreal and Sarah. Both had crappy food. Both had bad techniques in their cooking demo, where they were allegedly teaching people to cook. Christopher, go on Iron Chef or Top Chef -- you are skilled. You on Food Network Star was like a skilled diplomat in to break up a toddler fight over a doll. Or sending a NASA engineer to adjust the thermostat.

She's a hostess on E! and on Fashion Police, so in theory, she would know fashionable furniture. Bill was the first winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice. Now, he's hosting another craptastic (YMMV) show on Food Network. In reality, they are just those reality celebrities of whom's popularity I do not understand.

I loved Jessica's button up the back gray dress. And Louis -- I always love Louis.

Just sort of watched the Redemption webcast. If I liked it, I would be annoyed about the two part format, but since it sucks, that is a mute point. Why does wardrobe hate Demaris? She's very pretty, but the outfits stink. (And don't think it's weight - Ina always looks great.) What is the point of bringing back BBQ Chad for the redemption program? I hope he's getting paid well. Shouldn't cooking be important? If not cooking, then food knowledge. I must not be the target demographic.

Way to go TigerShark!!!! FJ was really hard! I guess Vatican City -- the Catholic church often refers to 'brother priests'. Unfortunately there have been 7 Popes in that time frame. (My other guess was that Castro actually had been ruled by quadruplette Fidel Castros and then Raul.)

Dang - I called both sisters had the illness, but I thought the rogue cop killed the human trafficker. That probably would have been too much of a clean sweep though.

Ok - the teacher's story line was weak, but I guess it needed to be filler around the funeral. The episode couldn't be ALL funeral, right? The details were wonderful. I loved seeing the action figure front and center on the desk during the whole episode. The coffee order set me off; that was an amazing detail. Maura and Korvack's crying was wonderful. Now, my stupid comment - did Frost wear a gray suit every episode? It would have been nice to incorporate a few more outfits into the teeny tiny slideshow.

Hated it! As many wise folk before me said, there was no cooking. In fact, there was hardly any food! The YouTube video judging really, really bothered me. Why didn't they trot in the studio audience to rate the videos? I think if that had happened, the lowest ranked video would have been candy-bar dates. Chris, who really didn't wow me with his tip on slicing a pepper, would have been safe and we would have lost one of the two most annoying candidates (Pageant Girl and Butcher Girl) would have gone home. (Shirtless Lenny horrified, but that group held your attention and subtitles would have helped, but they weren't any worse than Rueben.) My next complaint with the YouTube challenge was the product selection. Candy bars are delicious; we are probably in agreement on that (although I can't eat them anymore). That said, these future Food 'Stars' all preach farm to table or real food. None of them would touch a store-bought candy bar as a solo dessert to their meal. If they were forced to serve the product, they are taught to transform ingredients, right? Even SemiHo Sandra Lee would have sliced up the PayDay and stuck them on skewers with marshmallows (or mushed up the Reese's and put them on a salad as croutons or floated the Mounds in a double strength pina colada). These 'stars' just posed with wrappers. Posed - key word. They pose with food a lot, don't they? Finally, in the hour it took me to watch this I could have learned 3 recipes and 2 actual tips on Cooks Country/ America's Test Kitchen over on PBS. Sadly, I know nothing about Christopher Kimball's grandmother.

Favorite parts of the episode -- LeVar and Lewicki. Loved their negotiations!

The show is incredibly loosely based on the books (basically the names are the same) but Jane does have a little girl named Regina.

Yes!!!! I miss the good designing on a budget shows. Remember Joan Steffend? She did interesting things for $500. Or Matt and Shari on Room by Room? I guess Sarah Richardson got all her homes rebuilt and then retired. Or that really tall blonde Canadian lady with no budget? And for gardening, I just watch P Allen Smith and reruns of Victory Garden on PBS. (Actually PBS is my go to for cooking programs, too. (Unless, I'm watching for snark worthy reasons.) I'd LOVE a program on how to urban homestead for those of us who are interested, but still in container gardening. I'm so over the House Hunters International episodes where expats move to the Carribean or South America. I feel like that's on every. single. night. (Or regular House Hunters -- "the appliances aren't stainless? Where's my granite? This will be MY closet - honey, you can keep your stuff in the guest room.') You know what would be much cooler? People learning to live in less than perfect spaces through creative space usage and nifty storage ideas.

I have been bracing myself since I saw a R&I ad last week for Frost's death. That's going to be a tough episode. Thank you for giving me a reprieve tonight!

I thought Giada was off 'comforting' Luca who got the boot last week. He might have needed a sympathetic shoulder upon which to cry.

Congratulations!!!! You totally owned that State Capitals at state founding category!!!!

Not going to miss Where's Waldo/Kenny. He seems to understand marketing, but not food. Actually, after typing that, I'm wondering why he didn't win! Susie and Bob would think he was perfect!! I wish I could taste some of the food. Cowboy Lenny's food looks great and I really wonder about the bread he made. Monotone NPR DJ Emma looks like she can really cook. Christopher the New Orleans chef also seems to be presenting marvelous meals. I wish I could actually taste Aryen's food. I had called her as the winner at the beginning (based on resumes). She still could win it, but she needs to start talking about her grandmother more (if she can kind of cook). (Although, the hot pepper seemed to be an issue. There are more spices than pepper.) Why wasn't Nicole on the bottom? A lack of past should have been a concern. Loreal needs never to wear that outfit on television again. (Can someone call Clinton and Stacy from What Not To Wear? That needs to be trashed.) Date Night Diva can go home already. I'll even take Kenny back to make her go away. So much talking. So much fake drama. And I don't remember what she made, aside from trying to flirt with Bobby.

In all honesty, I don't know why I'm still watching (other than for the fashion). I'm glad Mike went to the hedge fund. The Is-He-Going-To-Get-Caught plot ran too long. His secretary is not Donna and should be given her own personality. I think a Mumsy figure to steer him properly would have been a good call. Why is Rachel working for Harvey in the role Mike used to have? Wouldn't a more senior law student/ recent grad get to be his associate? I can't imagine any employer thinking that putting the girlfriend of your former employee into his role would be a good idea, regardless of the competency of the girlfriend. Especially when the boss loves mind games and thinks he owns the former employee. Why does anyone want to work at Pearson Spector? The firm is always in danger of being taken over/ bought out/ investigated by the SEC. Louis is the last character that I actually like. I want him to get on a plane or train to Boston tomorrow and chase down his Harvard cutie. There are great firms in Boston. He can try cases in both Mass and NY and go up against Harvey (and beat him) occasionally. Some one needs to tell Louis that Jessica and Harvey will never make him a partner no matter how hard he works. #FreeLouis!

Is that who that was? I thought she was just a tacky extra.

What about Alfonso Ribeiro, AKA Carlton Banks from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air? <Singing in a sleezy Tom Jones wannabe manner> "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone..." </Singing>

Shouldn't Aaron McCargo, Jr's winning $20K be allowed to go to him personally? If anyone on that foursome could use some money, I'd guess it was him. I don't think he's been on for a couple of seasons . (I don't even see ads for Big Daddy's House anymore.)

There were only two or three preparations that I wanted to dine upon: Lenny's crab cakes and Chris's wedge salad. Maybe the shrimp spinach pasta dish, too. I really am not enjoying the Pageant Queen at all. Why can't turkey burgers and mashed be date food? I've dated more than I like to admit and I've never had a man be disappointed with turkey or potatoes at a restaurant or my house. The couscous arugula salad looked horrible, but Nicole got praised for her performance. I would have sent home one of the two that didn't put food on the plate, but instead, Luca, who made a decent dish, got sent home. I would have sent Kenny home - no food and he screwed up gravy. How is that a star?