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    May the best woman win

    Top Chef Seattle ends with a bang, not a whimper

    Teresa Gubbins
    Feb 28, 2013 | 8:16 am

    Although the outcome of Top Chef Seattle may seem predictable, the actual finale turns out to be anything but. Instead, Wednesday night's episode closes with a bang, a big reunion and Padma prancing around in a siren-red dress.

    The show pits favored Kristen against whiny Brooke in a battle format that's more Iron Chef than Top Chef, with a ceremonial kitchen, hilariously dramatic music and a whooping LIVE AUDIENCE. Padma shrieks with the meth-fueled gusto of a game show host.

    That audience looks to be 90 percent Top Chef contestants, including all nine previous Top Chef winners. Seeing those faces assembled at one round table brings a lump to the throat — not from nostalgia but horror, realizing how many nights have been spent watching Top Chef on TV. And no one should ever have to see season 5 winner Hosea's bald head again.

    Aided by rejected contestants such as Lizzie and Dallas chef Josh Valentine, Brooke and Kristen will prepare dishes in a face-off. First to win three rounds is the winner. Kristen decides to "keep it simple," while Brooke brags about her bigger, bolder flavors.

    One of the hardest things about watching this go down is Emeril, spooning up food from a bowl. Is his seat too low or is it just his big head that makes him look like a 10-year-old eating cereal?

    Kristen quickly wins two rounds; Brooke only one. Here's where they stretch the ending as long as they can in order to fill the episode. The minutes tick down, and Tom Colicchio finally mutters the winning name: "Kristen." His announcement is a noticeable anti-climax, but she outdoes him when she says, "I won," with nary an exclamation point.

    She'll head to Korea to reconnect with her native country. We'll file this conclusion as a successful effort on the part of the Top Chef producers to freshen the format and pray they don't find another reason to bring back Hosea. Ergh.

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    Easter Eggs galore

    The Simpsons to feature couch gag by Meow Wolf artists in special episode

    Jef Rouner
    Jun 16, 2026 | 3:11 pm
    The Simpsons couch with Meow Wolf collaborative elements.
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    The famous couch gag on The Simpsons is getting a Meow Wolf makeover in new episode.

    Acclaimed art space Meow Wolf is headed to Springfield. The company has collaborated on a double-episode of The Simpsons to be released this week as part of the famous couch gag that opens each show. Easter eggs from the various locations appear.

    Meow Wolf is the Santa Fe-based, immersive art experience that opened its first Texas location in Grapevine in 2023. A location in Houston followed a year later.

    “Getting the opportunity to be part of the show that has warped our minds since we were kids is a huge honor and an experience we will never forget,” Meow Wolf co-founder Emily Montoya said in a statement. “Working with Matt Selman and his team was fantastic. From the beginning, they supported and encouraged all our crazy ideas and helped us hone the piece into its final form. We’re especially grateful for their help encapsulating Matt King’s rainbow wizard essence into cameo form.”

    The double episode, "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition," premieres on Wednesday, June 17 on Disney+. In it, Marge dreams how life with her husband, Homer, could have turned out differently, including an homage to Joker: Folie à Deux and a world where Homer is an extreme sports enthusiast. The all new, streaming exclusive episodes following the animated show's record-breaking 37th Season.

    The iconic couch gag has long been a venue for guest artists. Everyone from horror master Guillermo Del Toro to street artist Banksy to indie animation innovator Don Hertzfeldt have collaborated on the pop culture institution, putting Meow Wolf in very good company.

    Even in just the preview, several famous Meow Wolf installations can be briefly seen, like references to Omega Mart in Las Vegas. Houston gets a shout out as Barney shares a drink with Meow Wolf co-founder Matt King in Cowboix Hevvven, the venue's on site bar. As the couch gag goes on, the fourth wall breaks and a team of Meow Wolf artists craft a recycled art installation of the Simpsons in their living room (see picture above).

    Matt Selman, showrunner and executive producer of The Simpsons, is a huge fan of Meow Wolf, and decided to work with the organization after visiting several of their installations.

    “This has been a dream collaboration, in that I had to do almost nothing, other than a few Zoom meetings,” he said. “The brilliant minds at Meow Wolf reimagined the ‘couch gag’ in a way that only they could — delivering the silliness and surreality and homemade outsider sensibility that has blown so many minds. Thank you to all the artists and artisans (not sure of the difference, but maybe there is one) at Meow Wolf for crafting this superbly joyful couch gag!”

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