The Great British Baking Show
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What a roller coaster of an episode.
How are we going to watch the finale when the show is stopped?
Time of death: Now.
Cause of death: Fruit desserts that look like fruits.
When Patisserie Week begins, the bakers need to make two batches of eight laminated breakfast pastries.
This golden hour is common practice onGreat British Baking Show: The Professionals, also on Netflix.
When Paul finally judges Dylans croissants, he says he took away everything he spent all this time making.
And that got me thinking, are any of these worth it?
Is anything worth that amount of work?
The week is not off to a good start, and the Technical challenge is even harder than usual.
ApparentlyBaking Showdoesnt even know how to bake its bakes anymore.
The recipe is even worse than usual, giving almost no instructions at all.
Im going, she says, standing still and gripping the edge of her workbench.
I just dont want to do it.
Im gonna stand here until the end.
Finally, national treasure Alison Hammond comes over with a pep talk.
Youve put yourself into, I cant do this, Im no good.
Youve got this 100 percent, she tells her.
Im not crying, youre crying.
Whatever they are paying this woman, it is not nearly enough.
Georgie gets back in the game but cant keep herself from coming in last in the challenge.
Were here to talk about cake.
For the Showstopper, everyone has to make fruit-shaped entremets, which seems like it is made up.
What even is an entremet?
Its what Peter Parker says to his aunt when she knocks on the door: Entre, May.
Apparently, its a mousse-based dessert with some kind of secret treasure inside.
Our bakers have to make fruit-inspired ones that also taste like the fruit.
Imagine how that would short-circuit all of your senses?
The whole challenge, I was mostly worried about my lover Dylan.
His sponge was a mess and he couldnt get them into his molds.
Then he couldnt get his frozen entremets out of their molds, and they looked an absolute mess.
Then he almost dropped them all on the floor.
Dylan, how are you doing this to us?
But did you see how big those keys were?
Was her father Andre the Giant?
Prue really loves the mint-jelly insert, as does Paul.
Dylan is next, and I held my breath like I just walked into a Starbucks bathroom.
But his avocados look like the real thing, as do his oranges.
Paul says the avocados are delicate and work perfectly.
Prue says the oranges are amazing.
Somehow, after all of those setbacks, he still pulled it out.
After sampling both, Prue says he didnt put a single foot wrong.
Well, I wish he had put a foot on that ugly tree he didnt need.
When Paul gets to the whiskey-soaked sponge in her blackberry, he is sold.
After these critiques, I honestly had no clue who would be star baker and who would go home.
Christiaan carries the day, but Im not entirely sure why.
With Gill, who is sent home, I can see it.
She didnt do as much, she was a little bit more safe.
But that has been Gills approach this whole competition, and it got her to the semifinals.
She tells Dylan that cooking is his calling and that he should pursue being a chef.
She even gives her favorite cameraman a hug.
Damn, couldnt we have just made this a four-person finale?
So, who do we think is going to win?
I have to say, for me, its between Dylan and Georgie.
However, if they have to build something stupid as the final challenge, he might have the edge.
Dylan has consistently been not only handsome but inventive as well as confident.
This week he seemed a bit flummoxed, and I hope that doesnt continue into next week.
