MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 6 Recap and Review: June 17 2015

June 18, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencapture from the season 6 episode of MasterChef.

So the Top 18 contestants (or are they all there?) have arrived in Las Vegas for their next team challenge. They walk out onto a rooftop and everyone is dressed up for the occasion.

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 5 Recap and Review: June 10 2015

June 12, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencapture from the MasterChef Season 6 episode "Clawing to Victory".

There are 19 people left now and it’s time for another Mystery Box challenge. In the opening “confessionals” we hear first from Shelly, who says she can almost taste that quarter of a million dollars now that could change her life…

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 4 Recap and Review: June 3 2015

June 4, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screenshot from the Season 6 MasterChef episode "Cinnamon Roll-er Coaster".

Last week we said goodbye to two home cooks we’d barely gotten to know: Mateo and Brianna. The remaining 20 hopeful contestants are now going to have to face their very first team challenge…

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 3 Recap and Review: May 27 2015

May 29, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencap from the MasterChef Season 6 episode "You're The Apple of My Eye".

Last week on MasterChef, we (briefly) met the top 40 contestants for this season, which was then whittled down to 20 in a series of head to head battles, plus a final cook-off for 6 chefs who got a second chance to earn a white apron.

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 2 Recap and Review: May 20 2015

May 22, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencapture from the May 20, 2015 episode of MasterChef, "The Battle Continues".

We’re back for the continuation of the season premiere, where the top forty home cooks in America (picked by FOX, at least) had to battle it out for their place in the top twenty. Each had to face off against another hopefully in a battle of signature dishes, based on their common theme or ingredient…

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 1 Recap and Review: May 20 2015

May 21, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screen capture from the May 19, 2015 premiere of MasterChef season 6.

This week we have a special 2-part premiere episode of MasterChef, so I’m going to divide this recap into two separate posts (part two to follow shortly). There are a lot of new hopeful home chefs to meet – and a new judge as well – so let’s not waste any more time on getting started, shall we?

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Television Review The Avengers The Maneater Of Surrey Green

April 8, 2015 | Posted in CLASSIC TV, CULT TV, EPISODE RECAPS, SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, TELEVISION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Maneater is quite different – Drawing on both The Quatermass Experiment and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers as an influence, with a hint of The Day Of The Triffids, this deals with an alien plant form trying to take over Middle-England.

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TV Review Thunderbirds Are Go

April 5, 2015 | Posted in CLASSIC TV, CULT TV, EPISODE RECAPS, MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION, TELEVISION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Homages to the Anderson originals were strong; the whole solar panel threat to a city threat was a reprise of Lord Parker’s Holiday, John watching Stingray on TV, etc.

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MasterChef Junior Season 2: December 2 2014 Episode 5 Recap and Review

December 3, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencap from the December 3 2014 episode of MasterChef Junior.

Logan thinks it’s amazing to be here at this point. Oona thinks she is underestimated because of her size. We should know by now that the contestants spotlighted early on in an episode are likely going to be in trouble and perhaps next on the chopping block, so does this mean…

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MasterChef Junior Season 2: November 25 2014 Episode 4 Recap and Review

November 29, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screen cap from the November 25 2014 episode of MasterChef Junior.

But now it’s time for the final eight competitors in MasterChef Junior to compete! Left at this point are Abby, Adaiah, Oona, Josh, Logan, Levi, Sean and Samuel. Abby says that getting this far on MasterChef Junior is better than eating all of the ice cream in the world…

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