But really: Fucking Hosea???

It must have been the Ilan Hall memorial "Top Douche" season.

And did Tom look less than thrilled when they did the round of, "Do we have a winner?"?

Lea saw his face and said, "Wow. That look says it all."

And, it's hard to take it away from him, on the strength of that meal. Stefan got cocky and sloppy, and Carla let someone else sway her judgment too easily. They pretty much got undone by their primary weaknesses. Whereas douche-iness is a weakness rarely punished in these situations. (It's punished later, when people see the TV footage and know you for what you are.)

Yeah, you know, it's true about Carla -- she did less well earlier in the season, when it was all about team challenges. She just needs to be alone to do her own thing.

You know, Carla may have lacked confidence and Stefan maybe had too much, but Hosea was the weakest of the three. I can't believe he won.

It must have been the Ilan Hall memorial "Top Douche" season.

FOR REAL.

I am so MAD at Casey.

I am so MAD at Casey.

I want to be, but the truth is, maybe her beef and her souffle would have come out, if she had been preparing them? I'm just so disappointed that Carla didn't stick to her guns. It wasn't even a matter of Casey strong-arming her -- it seems like Carla is just too easily swayed if she's not left completely alone. And she *knows* it now.

I would have preferred Stefan to win over Hosea once Carla was out, honestly.

but the truth is, maybe her beef and her souffle would have come out, if she had been preparing them?

But she wasn't. She was a SOUS chef. And she should have shut the hell up and got to chopping.

Obviously Carla has some responsibility to stick up for herself too, but godDAMNIT I'm pissed.

yes, I'm pissed too. I blame Casey as well. I feel like Casey's ego got the better of her and instead of saying: "Carla, this is your meal, you need to make sure you represent yourself well" - that is, giving advice that might be useful - she kind of tried to do her own thing.

But she wasn't. She was a SOUS chef. And she should have shut the hell up and got to chopping.

Well, I meant if it was her meal, her thing to win, but yeah. In the past, others have given advice when asked, like Stephen coming up with the dessert ideas when Tiffani didn't have any, and that's cool (although Tiffani taking credit for them was so NOT). But here Casey did overstep, and Carla shouldn't have listened.

I will say that the meat and potatoes dish was sort of odd from the get-go, though -- it really did seem not like Carla's kind of thing, as Toby said.

I think the souffle was in Carla's range, but she screwed that one up herself. I suspect if that had come out as intended, she might have won it. I'm pissed that Casey didn't just leave her to do her thing, but we also got an edited version of how those decisions came down.

That said, I groaned out loud when Carla went along with the beef when she was saying it was a technique she didn't know.

That said, I groaned out loud when Carla went along with the beef when she was saying it was a technique she didn't know.

I knew it was over when that whole conversation went down. Though I held out hope it was a retread of last week's oyster shucking "crisis" and it would all work out awesome in the end!