Hooray for us! We made it... To the finale of The Cut. I'd like to thank both of you for completing this journey with me. Honestly, how many of you can say that you saw every minute of this show - through the five timeslot changes, through the month of NFL pre-emptions, through all the clichés and the silliness? We should definitely give out prizes to those of you who did. In lieu of that, I guess we'll just have to re-live the finale and discuss who and how the show's big prize was doled out. The show included another daunting task, two new hats on the head of finalist Chris, and a return of Crazy Jeff - quite possibly the most fascinating reality contestant of the summer. And that's not necessarily a good thing.

The finale began, as all derivative reality finales do, with a quick review of episodes gone by. I call this, "six minutes I don't have to recap." One thing they did do, which I appreciated, was to point out the times in the past when finalist Princess wasn't exactly at the top of her game. In fact, the review only solidified my "why is Princess still here?" sentiment. One other thing stood out - and it was pretty cool. In the premiere, HALfiger noted, "First impressions are very important." Back then he explained how people initially judge on how you look, first and foremost. In other words, ugly people need not apply with his company. The point here was, that way back when CBS thought this show would be good Thursday night primetime fare, the first three contestants who were selected for teams (on looks/clothes alone) were none other than Chris, Princess, and Liz. Hmmmm, I thought for a split second that HALfiger just cut people based on the premise that he'd want these three in the finals so he could be shown to be a genius prognosticator. I'd believe it, especially after some of the arbitrary and seemingly unfair cuts he's made throughout the season. (James? Wes? Deanna?)