Best Quote: “My daughter said to me, don’t even bother coming home if you don’t win.” — Antonia, current resident of Puerto Rico.
Other Best Quote: “You won the Bronze Medal. Big f*ckin’ deal.” — Richard, after Lisa whined about the chefs not congratulating her. Note that Richard said “Holy smokes!” when he won the car this episode, yet even he reaches for the F-word when Lisa is involved. That’s how much everyone hates Lisa.
Best Product Shot: Basically, everything Puerto Rico-related. They flew to Puerto Rico, attended a super-staged Puerto Rico festival, ran Puerto Rico travel ads during multiple commercial breaks, and the First Lady of Puerto Rico attended the elimination challenge garden party. How frickin’ desperate is Puerto Rico for tourism? Apparently, more desperate than Glad Bag Island (located in the Dutch Antilles).
Two Jokes That Come True: Twice I made a joke about Lisa and it then immediately happened; at the beginning of the episode, when Stephanie, Richard, and Antonia all met up and exchanged kisses in Puerto Rico, I turned to my roommate and said (in a hilarious, Fatty McGee-esque voice) “hey guys, it’s me!” and then seconds later Lisa actually did show up and the music got all awkward and clearly none of the other contestants wanted to see her there. Then, later, I made the same joke later about Stephanie and Richard being really pissed when Lisa wasn’t eliminated, and then they really were noticeably pissed. I’m just happy that all of our Lisa-bashing is echoed in the sentiments of all the competitors.
After the Jump, a quick recap, updated Power Rankings, and my Finale prediction:
Tonight’s 2-hour “Lost” finale can go in one of three directions:
BEST QUOTE: “I’ll take the shot, bro” — Rick Tramanto, 21-year old steakhouse entrepreneur and O.A.R. fan
– If there has ever, EVER been a time for the reality-show “you’re both gone!” twist in the history of reality-show “you’re both gone!” twists, it was last night’s pre-Finale Top Chef. The idea of having either Spike or Lisa in the finals is as egregious as “Idol” having to choose between William Hung or Cowardly Lion Woman to make it to Hollywood. On second thought, I would legitimately much rather hear an album from Cowardly Lion Woman than Daughtrey. 
SADDEST QUOTE: After Mark wasn’t picked to return for the challenge, there was literally a one-second shot of him saying “Good luck, guys” and he was never seen again.
– Why was Spike the only one with testimonials in the first forty minutes of the episode? Anytime something happened, it immediately cut to Spike for his inane thoughts on the matter — it was like some nightmare “Best Week Ever” episode where none of the panelists showed up to tape except for this one comedian who wears Dick Tracy hats and isn’t very good at cooking food.
- Andrew went from fun-loving to probably going to stab the judging panel on his way out with sociopathic speed. My god.
It’s settled — the bitter battle for “
Of all the pilot-pickups that have inspired my cries of “They canceled Arrested Development but they’re greenlighting this??” today’s 
No, I’m not gonna whine about The Office “jumping the shark,” because it clearly hasn’t, and I’m not gonna chalk up the recent episodes’ weirdness to some fundamental change in the show’s quality as opposed to just some unusal individual episodes with a bunch of funny lines (“I’d never say this to her face, but Pam is a great person and a very talented artist.”) That being said, over the course of this month, I continue to find myself enjoying watching 30 Rock a lot more than watching The Office week after week.
