Is anyone actually watching "Hell's Kitchen" with any intensity?

No one is really compelling this year, which sucks, but I've noticed the lesbian biker chick has kind of flown under the radar. Maybe she'll be around till the end.

its freaking me out the way the girls are acting all 'fuck me' around ramsey on the challenge reward outings. what the hell??

The men need to win a challenge to save Ramsay from those estrogen fests.

now what about this 'so you think you can dance' britisher. is it standard to have one mean englishman on all judging panels?

I liked how the Red Rock dude made the big executive decision. "I liked them both exactly, equally well". This place is doomed.

I was secretly hoping that they had edited the entire season in order to make Virginia seem as incompetent as possible and shock everyone when she eventually won, but alas, it was not to be. Really wonder what Heather would've done if she had lost, though. My money was on "rip out her own tongue in anguish".

I think virginia had just enough self hatred for me to like her

I got hooked on this show during the last three weeks, but missed the final episode 'cause of stupid band practice.

Eh, they all had their ups and downs. Best thing about Keith was ridiculous use of slang ("K-Grease can't kill it every time out!"), best thing about Virginia was the absolutely terrible job she did of defending herself whenever she ended up on the chopping block (although admittedly, not quite as terrible as "I just feel like I'm trying to grab onto a greasy potato"), best thing about Heather was the seal clap and other terrifying expressions of emotion.

it's a shame in a way that the most successful British TV people in the States are doing it on a image of nastiness. the British Hollywood/pantomime Bad Guy thing has spilled further into reality TV. why don't American audiences care for more pleasant Brit stereotypes? too boring?

at least the Brits in Lost are all super nice (but no doubt Benry's parents were born in Chipping Norton)

(I just found out we gave you Eamonn Holmes, but you hated him. Too nice, probably)

is anyone watching this season? i missed the premiere.

It was awful. Why do they include people who are so obviously incompetent, just to watch them get beaten up on the show? Is that good viewing?

Ready for Top Chef in two days.

I hated both of those women in the premiere who wanted the Waffle House woman to go home when she was the only one who actually seemed concerned about getting the opening night dinner service done.

Also WTF why didn't Rock nominate Aaron? Dude is kind of a nice guy but fuck that, he is ruining it for everyone. And Eddie was so fucking weird, and I don't mean the way he looked.

Obviously they have to keep the New Jersey guy and the tall black woman as long as they can because they are great DRAMA.

re: Aaron - 'producer input' (they spend a lot of time following him with the camera) or because Rock was hoping Josh (despite sucking tonight, he seems competent) going away would eliminate some competition. I feel like a horrible, horrible bigot, but I'm kind of glad Eddie went away.

order of elimination for dudes:
1. Aaron
2. Vinnie
3. Brad
4. Rock
5. Josh

wimmenz:
1. Bonnie
2. Jen
3. Julia
4. Joanna
5. Melissa

I get to watch this AND THEN IMMED. AFTER is Kitchen Nightmares on another channel. Ramzor seems so hammy on HK and so alpha-gay on KN. Anyway, Aaron is like the kind of trainwreck you can work around. Okay, he's going to cry and then go off to the back. Josh, meanwhile, thinks he knows things he doesn't know, and is ergo actually dangerous to the team.

this show is so ridiculously over the top. in a stomach churning way.

but yeah, aaron, wtf?

Julia/"Waffle House"...was anyone else infuriated that like ALL of the women refused to let her fry the fucking eggs, and then overjoyed when she finally got a chance at it and they were superb? I was pretty drunk by this point so I may be misremembering.

I think everyone who saw the show felt that way. Straight bullshit that Ramsay lit into her in the process when she was in the right (and ultimately did well).

I was gettting kinda pissed at the egg-sclusion of Julia. But she came through.

I had idea that restaurants actually fileted sole at your table. Is this to prove it's freshness or something?

Aaron has to still be in it due to outside forces. He has done no cooking as far as I can see.

lol Yell's Kitchen amirite

I agree about Aaron, he's a total plant.

I had NO idea