-- Couldn't they have kicked off both Nikki and Spike? They've kicked off two people in a week in past seasons; are we really expecting Spike to suddenly learn how to cook non-squash related food (I know I'm not the only one who laughed when Spike made squash again last night) and go on some amazing Giants Wildcard run and upset Richard and Dale? I just hope when he goes down, it's for something legendarily terrible, like he has to make a souffle and literally just serves boiled squash in a hat or something. -- The two best lines of the night came from Andrew. 1) "I have a total culinary boner right now!" and 2) "...so much spinach, it's like Popeye's wet dream." I'm also glad that censors have no problem with the word "boner." Beavis and Butthead truly did pave the way... -- I love how every week, Tom mentions "I know there isn't much time and you're cooking for a [Wedding / Tailgate / Stupid Zoo Thing] this week, but don't dumb it down." I'm waiting for the one week when he's just like "Ok, this week, just f*cking dumb it down. Feel free to phone it in, who gives a sh*t? For this week, all of the sudden, it doesn't matter." -- I also love how the winning group goes to the Judges' Table first every week and the losers go second, and, yet, Bravo still attempts to make the "you are the winning group!" announcement seem like a huge surprise to everyone every week. I deciphered that "A. B." code like more than a week ago. -- That promo shot of Padma spinning around with the knives just gets funnier every week. -- HANDICAPPING THE FIELD: Nice rebound by Stephanie this week with the wedding cake, but Dale showed some weakness for the first time with a randomly beyotch-ey whine-fest with Hatty McNocook. If I had to handicap the competitors at the moment, I'd go: 1) Richard - Clearly the most talented chef on the show, and appearing less arrogant by the week, but still just doesn't seem like a very "wow" choice to take it all. 2) Stephanie - Likeable, really only had 1 1/2 bad weeks, and the show could use a female winner. 3) Dale - The editing this week made the once-favorite look strangely out of sorts and vulnerable, especially when he slammed the refrigerator and yelled "F*CK" in the Quickfire, like a pitcher who'd just gotten pulled in the third innning. 4) Andrew - Very quietly hasn't messed up in weeks, and still one of the more charismatic characters, but I think even he knows he's just not as technically strong as Richard or Dale. 5) Antonia - She's not bad, but it definitely looks like a four-pony sprint at this point. Thoughts, people? Leave 'em in the comments.

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