It's like they're being extremely passively/aggressive: make out with random person you meet on reality tv show on national tv to get your s.o. to break up with you rather than doing it yourself.

I'm kind of excited for tonight's episode.

Did you guys catch No Reservations in Chicago?

Eric Ripert was on that one too.

I'm kind of excited for tonight's episode.

um...Sumi? It's only Tuesday. I'm pretty sure.

Drat. You're right.

Yeah, it would be classier to call them up and break up with them on national tv speakerphone than what they're doing. I know it's all in the past, but I hate that stuff. I don't mind the chance to get to know the contestants a little bit, so I don't mind that they're in the house or whatever. But I always feel invasive watching relationship stuff go boom on national television.

I was thinking about it, though, with the time delay, and remembering how crazy and much worse it was with MMaSM because it was realtime. That's gotta do a doozy on your brain if you're the SO hung out to dry while it's happening on your tv.

Also, while I'm talking about the time delay, I hate that a cooking show is doing all this stuff pretending to be the season it is when it airs. How can you be all on about fresh and seasonal food and then pretend to cook months in advance, when those ingredients that would be seasonal for the time in question aren't even ripe yet?

Not that the Superbowl has a harvest season, but you know what I mean. It drives me nuts. I'm smart enough to know the show is aired later. Why can't they just do the seasons that are happening when it's filmed?

I was thinking about it, though, with the time delay, and remembering how crazy and much worse it was with MMaSM because it was realtime. That's gotta do a doozy on your brain if you're the SO hung out to dry while it's happening on your tv.

OMG, that was so nuts. And it's coming back!

I was thinking about it, though, with the time delay, and remembering how crazy and much worse it was with MMaSM because it was realtime. That's gotta do a doozy on your brain if you're the SO hung out to dry while it's happening on your tv.

I'd forgotten about that! Craziness! I'm so excited it's coming back soon!

I'm thinking there's no way this season's drama can top the bromance.

But then, I thought that no season would be as interesting as the first Top Chef, and that I wouldn't get invested in the following casts, but look at me five years later. Top Chef is the one reality show I can talk about for pretty much the whole week until the next one airs.

Did you guys catch No Reservations in Chicago? Eric Ripert was on that one too.

According to Bourdain's blog, Ripert paid for his flight out to Chicago and his stay on his own dime. He happened to hear that the show was going to L20, and he so wanted to try it out that he tagged along.

I loved that they went to two separate hot dog joints, and the one pizza place they went to was about as unusual a restaurant as you're going to find, although they didn't mention that on the show (Burt, the owner/chef, has the phone number unlisted and takes the phone off the hook when he feels it's getting too loud and busy, and he'll shut down unannounced when he feels like taking a break).

I wish they had gone to some of the more ethnic locations, but I guess since they go to the really authentic restaurants in other episodes, going for Indian on Devon doesn't equal going for Indian in Mumbai.

I did appreciate Bourdain's obvious love of the city--that's nice to see in someone as smart-ass as he is.

OMG, MMaSM is coming back?? I didn't know!! Thanks for the warning!! excellent...

I hope Josea and what's her face broke up with their partners when they got back after the show. The BFs and GFs shouldn't have had to see that and still be attached to the contestants.

Ugly shit.