As I sit here in my comfy blue chair, I’m thinking that some of you were quite surprised at the departure of a certain contestant on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ this week. I’m not.

… and not because the foods prepared in the ‘MasterChef’ main challenge were *all* cooking miscarriages. I got the impression this was nothing more than a filler episode, despite the final outcome.

‘TWD’ fans … rejoice! Compendium Two is but a few months distant! In the meantime, AMC is pulling out a Grimes & Co. marathon for you to indulge in.

‘Teen Wolf’ continues to impress me with the complex mysteries and increasingly good character development. And they just might be nearing ‘The Vampire Diaries’ status with all of the intriguing questions they are creating.

This week on ‘Lost Girl,’ a fae serial killer is on the loose, but that plot turns out to be less interesting than it first seems. Meanwhile, Dyson-Ciara-Bo is looking like an official triangle, and Lauren gets into serious hot water with The Ash.

Don’t you hate it when you lose a pressure test because your stove burner isn’t on? That’s exactly how this episode’s ousted contestant must have felt.

A&E has officially announced the pickup of ‘Bates Motel,’ a new series by ‘Lost’ alum Carlton Cuse and ‘FNL’ alum Kerry Ehrin. Are movie prequel series the new thing to do in TV biz these days?