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These Are The Pies That Try Men's Souls
One of my favorite aspects of the episode? What isn't in it, namely The Shelly Narrative. Despite the tricksy editing of the previews, she's barely in the ep and passes through to the next round...
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'One Hundred Percent Full Dread From The Cosmos'
Ugh, the feed-the-masses challenge: it's just not relevant, is it, except to create drama, which any fine-cuisine challenge could do just as well; and to identify who struggles with leadership, which...
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Ramsay Says What?
The quintessential MasterChef episode, "What Happens In Vegas Steaks In Vegas" is everything the show does well -- occasional genuine suspense; inappropriate-for-the-kitchen but still admirable...
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Breakfast Of Champions
Not much new under the sun with the challenges this week -- a breakfast Mystery Box, followed by an elevated-TV-dinner elimination test -- but MasterChef works best when it's not trying to gin up...
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Rice Against Time
The episode kicks off with a messy Mystery Box: rice spills out all around the home cooks before they get down to the business of "putting themselves on a plate" (boy, could I do without hearing that...
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