The full squad is back and we are talking finals.  But first - Meredith gives us a full rundown on her scrummy cruise!  A couple of articles to discuss - one highlights how the GBBO judges make their decisions (article from yahoo.com) and there were a couple of surprises in this .... one of which may have come into play in the final, perhaps?  The second article from People lets us know about something Janusz did that was heartwarming for all of us. Warning:  potential spoilers below Then we get into the show.  First comment... neither Sheldon nor Alison found much of anything appetizing this week, which isn't crazy considering their tastes, but a couple of things were realllllly off the menu.  The Signature bake was (per Paul) the toughest one ever... SO many elements and 3 hours long!  This episode the theme, if there was one, was sustainability and the planet and the first challenge was "summer picnic".  Nobody really wowed in this one it seems, but one baker took on too much (which is common for them) and this may have hurt them.  It at the very least hurt their confidence. The Technical, was something called a "summer pudding bomb".  To Alison and Sheldon it felt more like wet bread mess.  One critical mistake as inexperience with "vegan gelatine" left them with a sloppy mess.  That said, nobody did particularly well in this one.  Every one of them looked sloppy.   The Showstopper had the theme of "our Planet" and was to be a large edible sculpture.  This result is where some of us had a disagreement.  One baker did what we thought was a very cool theme and we felt it looked great... but they were dinged by the judges for looks.  We just didn't get it.  The player that had lost their confidence, never got it back and didn't do well.   The eventual winner... well theirs didn't look so hot either.  we feel this may have been one of those instances where the judges looked back in time to finalize their decision.   Now that the season is over, we know you all want to know - what is happening with Scrummy Handshakes?!  Well - we are going to keep this party rolling.  Starting with the holiday episodes.  Then, we discovered the Roku channels is carrying some of the original seasons of GBBO!  We will be diving in from the beginning and taking on these episodes.  We hope you'll join us and give us your thoughts as well.  Once we see new content such as The Great American Bake Off, we will pick those us and watch real time like this season!  We hope to see you in the Tent!