By Kim
First of all, I'd like to flip my DVR the double bird for showing it would record the show before it started, claiming to record the show while it was on, and then failing to have the recording show up in the list of recorded shows when it was over. Which meant staying up for the re-airing (God bless Bravo for that). BOOOOOOO, Kim's DVR!
Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about the reunion, shall we? First, we get to hear that Paul still can't believe it happened, and then get a montage of his journey to victory. When Andy Cohen follows up with Sarah, she starts crying (surprise!). He mentions that someone in production told him that Sarah told one of the judges to eff off after she lost, and apparently it was Emeril? And Sarah denies saying it anyway, but based on Tom's reaction, I think she did. But whatever, her dreams were just dashed. I mean, I just told my DVR to eff off. Don't worry, we'll make up eventually.
People cried a lot! And we learned way too much about Sarah's sex life.
Grayson and Chris Hollywood deny dating. Grayson's a brassy broad. I still can't quite believe they let her say "jam out with your clam out." Would they let someone say "rock out with your cock out"? Does Standards and Practices understand what a clam is? Anyway. I'm not offended. I'm just surprised.
The editors put together a parody based on Edward's idea for "Mediocre Chef," where you try to just put out food that's not bad but not good. And it's actually pretty hilarious.
Gail and Tom agree that they were cranky due to the Texas heat, but also because they held these chefs to a higher standard.
Andy asks Ty about his naked photos. Tom can't stop laughing about them. Chris Hollywood loves himself. Ed admits that he was a dick when Sarah got overheated at the BBQ challenge. Chris Moto is growing out his hair for Locks for Love, which is admirable, but he doesn't have to wear it in such stupid ways while he's growing it out.
Of course, Beverly gets her moment to confront her critics. Lindsay and Sarah admit that they've already talked to Bev privately and worked things out, and Sarah specifically has apologized. Beverly tries to take the high road and not single out Heather, but she does say that the "work ethic" comment during Judges' Table hurt her personally and possibly professionally. Heather doesn't think she owes Bev an apology because she's one of those, "I'm just being real!" types. Grayson stands up and says that it was fucked up, and Bev says she's over it anyway.
On the other hand, Heather does my favorite thing someone on a reality show can do: she admits that she said everything they showed, and they didn't manufacture everything, so she has no one to blame but herself, but she's secure in who she is. I don't think she'd be that fun to hang out with, but she's probably good at leading a kitchen if you do what she says, when she says it, and you're not competing with her.
Once the Heather business is out of the way, it's all love and giggles, which is fun to watch but not super memorable. I'll have the details in the full recap.