Alex Stole that Pea Puree!

After working four years in a jail a few things becoming completely evident.  1. Both men and women are disgusting in different but completely equivalent ways. 2. People think traffic tickets are something police hand out for fun. 3. People lie about EVERYTHING and if you even have a feeling that someone is being anything other than totally truthful, you're probably right.

 Ed vs. Alex 

And that leads me to Top Chef's Alex & Ed.  Alex and that green goop that he stole from Ed in Episode 7: Power Lunch.  Now I hate peas.  They have a weird taste I have never acquired, they have too smooshy a consistency and if they are not covered in gravy from the pot pie they are in, forget it, I'm not eating them.  So to have all this controversy over that vegetable is kinda giggly.  Two grown men fighting over baby food is never all that cool anyway...and these two are exactly the coolest guys to start with.
However, Bravo has to get it's drama where it can.  And it's amazing to me that Alex is allowed to get away with this.  Tom Coliccio's blog said that maybe Ed didn't actually believe that Alex stole his pea puree.  Huh?  Alex has never been a strong contender, he has not won any quickfires or eliminations up to this point.  He is the one everyone agrees, "Why is this man still here??"  All the chefs knew Alex stole the puree.  All the viewers know Alex stole the puree.  Tom doesn't want to admit what he knows to be true because Alex ended up winning for the night...and what did the judge's keep raving over?  The same thing that was vomited out of the exorcist girl--pea puree.

Ed played it cool at Judge's table, though, it was impressive.  They were both in the top three.  It was a smart move in Ed's part, the judge's hate sore losers or sore winners.  They want everyone to be moderately humble as though it was a surprise to the contestants that they had any talent in the kitchen whatsoever.  So we are left knowing that a contestant cheated...not just cheated, but straight up committed a crime like a bastard.  Just another lovely f-you to the viewers of Top Chef.

Ah well, we should be used to it by now, right?