Top Chef - Ugh

This season of Top Chef is really beginning to annoy me. First off, the show is dragging on FOREVER. They've had 3 "off" weeks where they aired repeats, and during that first episode of Restaurant Wars, they didn't get rid of anyone. Next - why are these judges so friggin' inconsistent? So Howie tried to quit and "take the hit" but Padma has the nerve to say "it's the judges decision" when last season Mia totally did that? And not to mention everything is a double edged sword - if the chefs make something they don' t like and serve it, they yelled at; if they don't serve what they don't like, they get yelled at. Not to mention, what kind of lousy Quickfire prize was that? If Brian had not appointed himself Executive Chef, he would have gotten crap for it the way CJ did for Restaurant April. But by appointing himself, he put himself on the chopping block.

ARGH. HATE TOP CHEF.