there was a young woman from boobville ...

Yeah, I spotted a comment on the TWoP PR forums that the Timing Fairy must have gotten hold of the tapes for both shows, because the same thing almost happened on the same night on two shows filmed almost a year apart. In all honesty, I'm not sure I wouldn't have traded Mitchell for Mike I. because I can tolerate laziness a hell of a lot easier than I can outright offensiveness. Three weeks of the bottom three STILL doesn't anger me half as much as Mike I. claiming a guest judge was displaying "favoritism" and making that suggestion about her being a spare chef in the kitchen because she had immunity in an effort to shoot her down. (At least, I saw a really good argument for him doing it for exactly that reason, and if it's true it turned around to bite him in the ass, because she turned out to be a strict but fair executive chef and dollars to donuts says whichever team she's on during Restaurant Wars will kick ASS.)

And yeah, Qristyl bothered me in her reactions. Epperson just sort of quietly took over -- his voice didn't rise, he was just as even-tempered and calm as could be considering he was being condescending and stubborn at the same time. And instead of standing her own ground and saying, "Look, you don't have to talk down to me, I'm the team leader, and you can either accept that or not, I don't care." Hell, learn from the one of the best bitches this show's ever turned out and tell him he can cry all he wants, but he better be crying and cutting.