After thinking about this all day, my personal comments after watching the premier of Season 5:
First, they start out with: "After a good night's sleep...." Think about it folks. These people have been flown to LA from all over the country, messing up w/internal clocks because of time zone changes, etc. and not to mention what I am sure is an overwhelming amount of excitement and/or fear of what's about to take place.... do you REALLY think they slept? Get real! It should have been: "After a sleepless, fitful night of tossing & turning, the contestents were awaken at the butt crack of dawn to begin their torture."
Remember that the Blue Team didn't "loose" because of anything that happened in the kitchen; they lost because of Giovanni's inability to work front of the house professionally. Then, when the team asked him afterward what happened, he just told them to F up, refusing to admit that he did anything wrong. Why didn't the team nominate him? Think about the logistics here. The people in the kitchen are up to their eyeballs in work & don't have the time (or ability) to see what's happening out in service. They find out at the end of service that they lost because of what was happening at the front of the house (or in this case, not happening). Later, when the person responsible for it (Giovanni) is asked what happend, he shuts them out, instead of admitting he messed up. Since Giovanni wasn't being honest w/his team, they probably didn't even know how bad it really was until they watched the show.
I give Wil credit for admiting that he messed up. He knew it and was willing to put his position on the line. I didn't see anyone else say "Yeah, I screwed up royally, too!" Being from Chicago, however, he should know that you throw somebody else under the bus & then make it look like an accident. But I guess he didn't want to play by those rules. (Maybe he thought Illinois had enough bad guys in politics, they didn't need another one.)
Then when the actual elimination happened, who do you expect them to kick off? The one guy that the team sort of rallies around, or the yahoo that they want to get rid of? Of course they're going to keep the guy that the team has already come to hate! It makes for better TV! Remember, the whole point of the show is it's a GAME, not a true reality show.
Of course you know the producers knew what was going on & being said off stage with all the cameras & mikes plastered everywhere. Did anyone else notice the earpiece in Ramsay's ear? I don't think it was a hearing aide, so I'm guessing it's his direct link to the "all seeing" producers, monitoring everything. They knew who was going to be nominated & I'll bet that they are little voices he hears through that earpiece. They had already decided Wil should get the boot because Seth was ticking people off, and that makes for more 'drama'. Wil was getting some support from his team (although they probably thought he was from Planet Coo-coo for nominating himself.)
Then Ramsay's parting shot at Wil about not having the will to fight (He really needs to get a better set of writers.) How can Wil fight when you're not giving him the chance, but rather booting him off?
Remember people it's a game show. I'm sure that there is SO much going on that we don't see on the show..... They get to cut & edit and they only show the stuff that they want us to see, the 'juicy' stuff that makes you want more!
So, Good bye Wil & good luck ...Remember, someone always has to be first. Unfortunately, this season it was you. There will be 14 more joining you.....Let's see where we go from here. Who will be Ramsay's next victim? Hummmm? Collen? Ji? Ben? Robert? or the "black listed" Seth?
