Melinda Solo/Empire State of Mind - Good tapper. Best thing she's done on the show. I still want her gone.

Kent and Allison/Mandy Moore/Jazz/Heartburn - Mandy didn't use an 80's pop song? My world is all asunder. Once again, I didn't buy Kent at all in the piece. Hungry jazz face. Ha! I love Adam Shankman. Kent just came off very forced and false. His technique was on point, as usual, but the judges were right. It was very dance recital. On his part. Because Allison was serving. Sassy! Kent really needs to mature and fast.

Adechike Solo/Ruthless Gravity - Amazing. So grounded and fluid and powerful. That was a grown ass man dancing. Where has that dancer been all season?

Lauren Solo/Unchained Melody - Return of the hair flipping, inappropriately smiling TBC. Fantastic. So I can go back to hating on her now.

Alex and Twitch/NappyTab/Hip Hop/Outta Your Mind - That was the shit. Alex Wong shut it down. He's so phenomenal, he made subpar choreographers like NappyTab step up their game. He is taking this show to a whole other level. He's just on another level so far above all these other kids it's kind of not fair. Alex Fucking Wong. There are no words.

Bottom three tonight? Melinda is a given. Every week until she goes home. I would like to see Kent hit B3 this week, though I don't think he will. It would be a good reality check for him. The third spot could go to Ashley for continuing to be aggressively nondescript. Could be Adechike despite his best week ever for performing early and being good but not great. Maybe even Billy for being underwhelming with a great partner and in his own style. Every week, it's hard because no one is really bad or out of their depth. In fact, they're all reall freakin' good, even the stank and the boring. So it's anyone's ballgame. For my money, they're all playing for the chance to be runner up to Alex Frikkin' Wong. He's a beast.

I did not realize until this week that there was someone named Ashley on this show.

Not that anyone cares, but the cooking wine is 15% alcohol. So, basically, wine.

Huh! I haven't used it since I turned 21 and could buy the real stuff - it makes no sense to me that it's legal to sell to minors without being de-alcoholized, even with all the crap that's added to make it undrinkable.

Yeah, it makes no sense. And they definitely don't treat it like alcohol - here, in the grocery store they have to get a 21+ cashier just to check you out and input your DOB, but they treat this stuff like any condiment.

But moving on to last night's ep - WHO ARE THESE PROFESSIONAL COOKS WHO HAVE NEVER MADE A PIE???

I hated the guest-judge's hair, but I really appreciated him saying at one point "my grandmother's not a chef, but she can make a pie." COME ON CHEFS, PIE IS NOT THAT HARD.

It always surprises me, too, Jess. These people have never had a dinner party or family holiday where they made a dessert? It baffles me.

Mmmm - pie.

Although not many of those last night would have made me say that.

Also, I'm curious how that choclate thing was anymore not a pie than a quiche would be (though the chocolate thing looked good).

Quiche is totally a pie. Moreso than the winning cobbler thing, anyway. (Which looked super-yummy, but not very pie-like.)

Cheerios.

But moving on to last night's ep - WHO ARE THESE PROFESSIONAL COOKS WHO HAVE NEVER MADE A PIE???

More to the point, who are these Top Chef wanna-bes who don't have some sort of dessert up their sleeve given they usually always throw at least one dessert challenge at the guests.

Quiche is totally a pie.

Right, so what was up with the guest judge's comment "It's really more of a quiche than a pie".