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[Fukui San]

Seeing that Lindsay Autry worked for Michelle Bernstein jogged my memory. Lindsay served as one of Michelle's sous chef's in Battle Onion vs. Bobby Flay, one of my favorite ICA battles of all time due to Michelle's awesome performance.

I'm not going to link to it, as I don't think it's quite legal, but there's a video on YouTube of the battle.

So, I'm presuming we won't see Michelle guest judging this season.

[ratgirlagogo]

This is a bizarre stretch I know but is she related in some way to Gene Autry? Gene's tour manager in the sixties (IIRC) was Earl Lindsay.

[arc]

So, I'm presuming we won't see Michelle guest judging this season.

Seems like the TC rule of thumb is that as long as the guest judge doesn't currently have a business relationship with any cheftestant then it's good enough. There's been a fair number of cheftestants' former bosses serving as guest judges, right?

Edited by arc, Nov 11, 2011 @ 9:54 PM.

[A Beaverhausen]

Anyone else put off by her tiny head?

[pennben]

Anyone else put off by her tiny head?

Nope.

[goofygirl]

Actually, that tiny head of hers IS off-putting to me. The other thing is that seemingly HUGE ego the girl has. Whassup with that?

[Mr. 888]

She reminds me of a Southern Kristin Chenoweth.

[Liesoverthesea]

Tiny head, too-thick neck-- either way, it's damn unsettling.

[bigredcat7]

She went from boring to bitchy in the blink of an eye, didn't she?

[pennben]

She reminds me of a Southern Kristin Chenoweth.

Don't see the resemblance at all....Kristin Chenoweth is awesome, Lindsay, not so much.

[Cookie Hoarder]

She went from boring to bitchy in the blink of an eye, didn't she?

Yeah, I don't think front of the house means what she thinks it means.

[Grimes]

She reminds me of Juliette Lewis. I think it's the forehead.

[Rich1230]

She went from boring to bitchy in the blink of an eye, didn't she?

Actually bitchy to boring to bitchy. In the Keith episode she and Sara were off to the side bitching about Keith the whole time, jut loud enough for him to hear. Pretty much what she tried to pull Grayson into this week, complaining bout how Bevery F-ed up her dish, just loud enough for Beverly to hear. Good for Grayson that she was having no part of it, defended Beverly, and told Lindsey it was her own cooking method that was at fault.

[arc]

Actually bitchy to boring to bitchy

I would add "surprisingly honourable" to the start of that list; remember when she showed someone else how to open a pressure cooker in the round of 29? Where'd that Lindsay go?

[DoxieMama]

There has been something about Lindsey all season that made me think there could be a bitch hiding in there somewhere. She's the kind of girl who would not necessarily be a bitch on her own, but would join other Mean Girls in a heartbeat. She knew Bev wouldn't come back with anything because she's already seen her cower to Heather and Sarah.

I wouldn't necessarily hate her for just being a bitch, but she's a finger-pointer and blame shifter. I can't stand that!

[WileyCoyote]

Her main offense to me is being a control freak.

But if you ARE a control freak, then you'd better damn well be able to actually control the things you are freaking about. She's not nearly competent enough to do so.

Despite being a control freak, I also do get that she's simultaneously also a pack follower, and totally rides the train behind stronger personalities like Queen Bitch Heather or Queen Bitch II Sarah.

She was probably right that Bev was at fault for overcooking her fish. But I also believe that things were FAR worse for Bev, because she was set up (deliberately maybe even) to fail, by Sarah and Lindsay. Given inadequate lessons, being given BOTH mains to prep at once, and being harangued non-stop while she was trying to work.

[ratgirlagogo]

Why did she give her dish to Bev to prepare, if she didn't think Bev could handle it? Seems like it would have been an excellent way to get sent home herself, as the FOH folks so often have in RW.

[WileyCoyote]

Why did she give her dish to Bev to prepare, if she didn't think Bev could handle it? Seems like it would have been an excellent way to get sent home herself, as the FOH folks so often have in RW.

Maybe it was a setup, to try and get Bev sent home.

[TryDelta]

I can't believe she was still whining about the damn fish and Bev

I hope Bev cooks her some halibut with curried rice krispies, grabs her by her oddly proportioned neck, and shoves her face in it.

[VirginiBound]

I hope Bev cooks her some halibut with curried rice krispies, grabs her by her oddly proportioned neck, and shoves her face in it.

I like knowing who loses before I watch an episode, so I skipped to the end first. I've yet to see Ilan, Hosea, and the best of the TC losers, Richard, win. If Lindsay wins, I'll be adding that to my list. I am pretty tolerant of "almost" all the chefs behaviors. With the exception of season 2 's gang of four, very few chef get my hackles up from mere facial expressions. I put Lindsay's smirk right up there with Richard Blaise's. I didn't even mind LisaH. I think that pageant queen, popular girl smirk of Lindsay's would get her ass whooped by the Bad Girl's Club, with her first tight lipped smile. It also appeared to me anyway, that Lindsay's body language when Sarah placed her arm around Lindsay shoulder, spoke volumes to how I think Lindsay really feels about Sarah. I think in any other context, Lindsay would have nothing to do with Sarah.

[Trigger]

It also appeared to me anyway, that Lindsay's body language when Sarah placed her arm around Lindsay shoulder, spoke volumes to how I think Lindsay really feels about Sarah. I think in any other context, Lindsay would have nothing to do with Sarah.

This! I totally agree. In fact, when this happened, I actually laughed out loud and thought "Poor Sarah! She really has no idea..."

[HawaiiTVGuy]

I noticed that too! It was really sad. Especially since Sarah has constantly and overtly been kissing Lindsay's butt. Lindsay was totally a "plastic" in high school, you can just tell. The bad-mouthing of someone in front of them like they aren't there, the condescending attitude, and the use of a peon to boost your own ego, all from the "mean girls" playbook.

[SpeciousLogic]

From the epi thread:

I got a real Hermione Grainger vibe from Lindsay this week. I agree with the sentiment that she'd be the type to remind the teacher about homework a la Ms. Grainger. I think Lindsay is a very reserved person who doesn't warm up that easily. We've only really seen her being a bitch to Bev. Who wasn't bitchy to Bev? She wasn't a bitch about Sarah taking her restaurant space. She wasn't happy about it but she left to find another space. Her comment that she couldn't wait around for Sarah to finish and then cook? Not bitchy, completely acceptable under the circumstances. I wonder if we'd all be more forgiving if she hadn't made the unfortunate prom queen remark. She seems a straight forward non nonsense type of person to me, one who wants to get things right quickly, the first time. I can completely understand a person like that being driven crazy by somebody like Bev. Put it this way, Lindsay probably had more problems with Bev foaming all over Padma than Padma did. It's nobody's fault. Some folks just aren't a good fit together. But Lindsay's gotten the short end of the editing monkeys' stick.

This is pretty much the vibe I've gotten as well. While she certainly lets people know it when things are going poorly, I don't think she is a bully in the way that Heather or even Sarah are. Most of her anti-Bev comments have been directly associated with RW and the frustration over her fish (who should get most of the blame for that is an open question). But with Bev not in the kitchen she seems to get along fine with everyone else, and though she doesn't have a very "warm" impression on camera, that doesn't mean she's cold-hearted or a bad person. If she's a bit of an introvert, that will certainly come across in the poorest way possible, especially when the Magic Elves start mixing and matching the footage in an attempt to portray her as an Ice Queen.

Why did she give her dish to Bev to prepare, if she didn't think Bev could handle it? Seems like it would have been an excellent way to get sent home herself, as the FOH folks so often have in RW.

Maybe it was a setup, to try and get Bev sent home.

I could not possibly disagree more. No one is stupid enough to risk getting sent home in RW by setting up their own dish to fail in the hopes that someone else will take the fall.

[Xazeal]

I had a good feeling about Lindsay from the first episode she was in. Something about her stood out to me and Colicchio seemed quite impressed by her dish, so I was pretty surprised to see her not only doing pretty poorly in the beginning, but also getting the bitch edit.

But really, girl has been kicking some ass lately. She hasn't been in the bottom since the first episode, she's won two QFs and has been in the top for five ECs in a row now, winning two. I still think Paul could pretty much not show up for the finale and win the whole thing, but I think Lindsay at this point has earned a runner up spot.

Also, I think her edit is just that: the typical bitch edit. Heather seems to be genuinely awful, but nothing about Lindsay's bitchiness is any more noteworthy than any other generic "villain" contestant. I think it would be fairly easy for the editors to make anybody come off that way.

[Celsh]

Yea Lindsay never seemed THAT bad, plus so much of the voiceovers are heavily edited (re: Restaurant Wars. and I am aware this is done with all contestants). Xazeal did point out the truth in her not being in the bottom at all except for ONE challenge which is the same track record as Paul, of course Paul nets more overall wins.

She does have the capability of standing toe to toe with Paul in the finale but he seems like such a shoo-in that I wonder if this season will host another finale chokepoint wherein Lindsay is actually given the crown.

I'm not saying LINDSAY IS INNOCENT or anything on that end of the spectrum, but I think it's way over-dramatized to be worth lumping her into Heather's level of nasty. (which was exacerbated on her own Twitter etc. drama drama blah)

I just want an exciting finale based on individual skill after this season to show that the best Chef wins over the best team. She can bring it individually and so can Paul so if she snags the best tastes she's earned it.

[VirginiBound]

Lindsay was acting like an ass during Restaurant Wars, but since then she's reined herself in and basically limits herself to bitchfaces (which, to be fair, could just be her default facial expression, heh).

There's an old Chinese proverb that says, " Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty." Though the first time I heard it it went, "God gives you the face you are born with, by 30, you have the face you have earned." According to her bio, Lindsay's 29, well on her way.

[SpeciousLogic]

More often than not, facial shots are isolated closeups, taken out of whatever context and inserted as reaction shots wherever to produce the sequence the editors want to show. I get tight-lipped when I'm in competitive mode, which friends have said looks unpleasant, but I'm just focused, not reacting negatively to what's going on around me. I'm completely willing to give her a pass on facial expressions because we have no way of knowing what's really going through her mind.

Edited by TWoP Nikita, Feb 10, 2012 @ 10:49 AM.
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[tip and fall]

Though the first time I heard it it went, "God gives you the face you are born with, by 30, you have the face you have earned." According to her bio, Lindsay's 29, well on her way.

Heh. Maybe her face really is frozen like that.

As someone who has been told that I either look depressed or homicidal based on my default facial expression, I don't want to hold Lindsay's natural bitchface against her. (Natural bitchfaces unite!) But her own actions have shown that she isn't exactly a pleasant person, although she's clearly nowhere near as bad as Sarah is. I think that's probably why I'm softening up to her; relative to Sarah, pretty much every other cheftestant comes off as better in comparison.

And I'm just really amused at Sarah's total crush on Lindsay, although that's coupled with some secondhand embarrassment because Lindsay obviously couldn't care less. Sarah, she's just not that into you!

[JTMacc99]

As we roll into the finals here, I've decided that I'm okay with Lindsay. It's been confusing to figure her out all season, but I think it's just because she's got Heather and Sarah stink on her. I think that in another season, she would have found better company.

She's made some good food, won some stuff, and I'm okay with her coming in second place to Paul (if that's what happens.)

[nanobabes]

Lindsay reminds me a lot of Kelly Liken from the awful DC season. She fares well, often in the top, takes herself very seriously, even makes the top 4, but still somehow isn't very memorable (cooking-wise). I think she probably has some serious culinary chops, but I have no idea what her "style" is. Though I suppose the others stand out by regional cuisines, and that isn't necessarily a better quality as a chef. Maybe it's because she hasn't shown herself to be very inventive? Like Gail said, she cooked everything well, but as the judge's census seems to say, she doesn't innovate.

Someone compared her to Hermoine Granger, or the over-achieving perfectionist. And I totally get that vibe that she probably studies and trains her ass off, but still doesn't have that inert talent or special something to push her farther beyond the likes of Paul, and IMO (and probably not many's) Beverly.