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I'll have to stab my tv with all the knives in the kitchen if that she-male, Lisa, wins this damn season. Seriously. I started to pity her at the beginning of the show, because it's so obvious she's not got any friends and her wanting to be chummy with the other 3 outside the airport was so uncomfortable. Richard's awkward pat on her back and the way the 3 of 'em looked at Lisa as she approached them was pretty telling, I thought. I mean, these people are the ones that have spent time in the kitchen, and the house, with Lisa - all we've got is the edited view and a couple comments about how she's a "dark cloud of negativity" and a nervous wreck. Who knows what alls been said in one-on-ones with the camera that we haven't seen, but I'm thinking a lot more. No one ever chooses to work with Lisa. They barely speak to her. Hell, how distant and awkward did the judges look at her table last night? There was no small talk, no smiles, no "attaboys." They listened, tasted the food, gave it back and left. How in the world can she be named Top Chef if no one wants to work with her in her kitchen?

Stephanie and Richard are creative and have the capability of creating new and appropriate recipes on demand. They should be the final 2. So Lisa did her homework and had some Puerto Rican recipes planned out and memorized - yippee ding dong. What she did compared to Richard's last minute Malted drinks idea is comparable to serving canned refried beans from Kroger, while Richard served a local favorite he found in a small world market. Ya know what I mean? Stephanie and Dale's calm and determination was awesome - Lisa would have been screaming, and bitching and planning her judging table accusations. 'Nuff said.

Yeah, I think the term last night that kept getting tossed about was "Fatal Flaw." Richard used it and the Colicchio used it while speaking about Antonia - that's when I knew she was gone.

Was anyone else doing the double takes with the guest chef, because he's another bald big man?

Has anyone successfully cooked rice in this season? Another batch got tossed out last night!

That Padma looked beautiful in her Grecian goddess dress - zoinks. Poor Gail to have to trail around after her.

I thought about the "car curse" with Richard too.

My jaw dropped with the whole, "You know you could have congratulated me" statement. The looks on the other two's faces were priceless and YES, Stephanie's deadpan, "Congrats" was so great. I don't think Richard is smug at all - I think he'd rather be competing with 2 of the other top contestants and, while he's certainly got that in Stephanie, it's apparent he doesn't believe Lisa should be there. Along with the rest of the general population, except for those doofs who have some sort of slavish love for Lisa's special sort of "charm."