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Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


meara - Sep 16, 2010 8:42:12 pm PDT #15238 of 23273

As soon as Anamaria started in on the "calorie restricted diet", I knew she was going home.

YES. OMG. ...and yet I wonder, much as she looked heinously skinny and kinda awful, if really the industry would actually hire her.

I didn't realize the other girl was almost as tall as the "giant"! Huh...


lisah - Sep 17, 2010 4:25:46 am PDT #15239 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Yeah. Love the winning look so much, though!

Me too!! I'd wear the hell out of it. I kind of love MONDO!


sumi - Sep 17, 2010 6:53:18 am PDT #15240 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Loved Mondo's look. Was expecting Valerie to go not Michael D.

Also - TC: watched last night. I was watching it and talking to a friend who had seen it the night before: they showed warring clips of Angelo and Ed talking about how each was the other's biggest competition and I said, "Wouldn't be amusing if Kevin won." She was stoic and did not give anything away.

I was happy that Ed wound up with Ilan as his sous chef.

And couldn't believe that Ed was acting like Angelo was malingering when he actually needed the doctor's okay in order to cook.


Jessica - Sep 17, 2010 6:56:12 am PDT #15241 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I was happy that Ed wound up with Ilan as his sous chef.

After all his talk about "I don't care that I have immunity, I want to WIN" the night before, I was really surprised he just assigned the dessert to Ilan with no supervision at all. At least Angelo was giving Hung instructions on what to prep - he wasn't letting him plan the menu!


sumi - Sep 17, 2010 6:57:57 am PDT #15242 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

And not supervising Ilan is never a wise move: he could have wound up with chocolate covered chicken livers!


sumi - Sep 17, 2010 6:58:24 am PDT #15243 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I'm now imagining Eric Ripert's dismay if he had to, once again, taste THAT dish.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2010 7:06:44 am PDT #15244 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

And couldn't believe that Ed was acting like Angelo was malingering when he actually needed the doctor's okay in order to cook.

Seriously. I was not fan of Angelo's, but I did feel for him. It was painfully obvious he was really really sick.


sumi - Sep 17, 2010 7:58:02 am PDT #15245 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Eric Ripert's video blog on the finale.


Jesse - Sep 17, 2010 2:18:25 pm PDT #15246 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I kind of love MONDO!

Oh yeah. He's great! Coo-coo and awesome.


megan walker - Sep 17, 2010 8:24:30 pm PDT #15247 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

PR: Wow, most of them really blew that challenge. I thought Valerie's look could have been better with different fabrics and execution, and it was one of the few that read sportswear to me, so I'm glad she didn't go home. I loved Mondo's look and thought it was exactly the right mix of JK inspiration and Mondo.