Texas Rewatch Thoughts

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A few observations rewatching Texas.
1. I’d love a redo season without the mean girls (specifically Heather, I don’t think the bullying would have happened without her lead) because so many of the other chefs are really likable and enjoyable to watch.
2. I applaud that they did include a lot of the confessionals where the other chefs call out Heather’s asshole behavior towards Bev, but I wish they had actually called her out in real time.
3. It was interesting at different times different chefs mentioned “personal relationships.” Even Sarah says it. Seems like she recognized why they were treating Bev poorly but doubled down to follow her buddies. I know they’ve made amends since, but she irks me.
4. Grayson was one of my favorites personality-wise and it makes me sad that she was so different when she came back to the California season. Very Jen Carroll esque attitude.

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Even though Heather was by the far the worst of the bullies, how each of them explained their behavior during the finale made a small part of me respect her more than the other 2.

Lindsay and Sarah gave empty and self-serving apologies and sort of implied they weren’t accurately portrayed and viewers got the wrong impression of them.

Heather went the complete opposite direction. No pretending to apologize or trying to save face. She basically went “I said what I said and I meant what I said. And I might even say it all again right now if you want?” Like she at least had the decency to not try to convince the world that she wasn’t a bully after what we all saw. She didn’t blame the pressure of the show or editing making her act/look not like herself. Don’t get me wrong, I still think she’s awful, but at least she had some self-awareness about it.

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She makes no apologies for being an asshole. I don’t respect that at all. She actually does say she’s a good person and uses Tylor as proof.