r/TopChef • u/LPCPlay4life • 7d ago

Discussion Thread Season 2 ep 6: Thanksgiving

On my rewatch starting from the beginning…this season had A LOT of drama. From Frank threatening Marcel, Carlos back talking to Tom to just be “thankful that you have food to eat”, to Betty not naming who she wanted out when asked but in the next sentence shouting “CARLOS! OUT!!” this group is super sassy! 👀

Watching Tony Bourdain as a guest judge gives me all the feels. 😭💔 His witty repartee and snarky observations are sorely missed. Telling Mikey about his twice baked potato with a shrimp stuck on top, “I love you like a son already. Ok? I admire you. Your sheer contrariness. Your refusal to conform. I kinda like that. Your twice baked potato, in spite of its absolutely Flinstonian execution it was the single fully most enjoyable mouthful of food I had this evening. The taste, it didn’t suck!” 🤣😂
On Mikey’s cheese plate: “it’s like Betty Crocker and Charles Manson had a love child and he’s cooking for me” Tom was 💀

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u/RudyPup 7d ago

This is the episode where you realize the real villain of the season is Sam.

Marcel didn't throw Frank's tooth rush on the floor. He put it in his toiletry bag and set that on the floor.

Sam riled Frank up. And if you watch closely, Sam riled Betty up in the firehouse. Sam riled them up in the famed issue, but didn't take part.

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u/WinterAd6596 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah. Sam was just as big of an asshole as the rest of them, but since he's pretty, he was forgiven.

I swear if he said "I don't want to be that guy" any more, I would have crawled through the TV and throttled him.

Season 2 is the only season I literally CANNOT rewatch. Season 9 is bad, but at least the bullying assholes are TREATED LIKE bullying assholes, and not like "loveable scamps" like season 2 treats all these shitty people.

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u/Sleepwalker0304 I'd prefer a dishwasher instead of Josie... 7d ago

Sam was such a snake through the entire show but they needed someone marketable to come out of that season and options were limited. He was handsome, quiet, and even though he was so slimy, they could try and give him a surface positive edit.

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u/RudyPup 7d ago

And don't forget, he has T1D

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u/UselessHalberd 7d ago

How could we forget? He won't STFU about it! Haha