Episode 8: The Naked Finale

January 23, 2007

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It's grand finale time on “Manhunt” and down to jungle boy Jon Johnson and city gay Rob W., both of whom would make a worthy winner.

Early in this final episode Kevin Peak comes clean to the top ten guys about being an embedded model/judge. The guys react by using a lot of words that have to be bleeped. The look on Tate's face is so priceless it could inspire a cologne: "Dumbfounded, for the man who just doesn't get it."

But before we get to Kevin's big revelation, we have to leave Puerto Rico and get the guys to New York. At one point, their limo passes by a theater where the musical "Caroline of Change" is playing. I half-expected Rob to say, "You can just drop me off here." Instead they go to the Carnegie Deli, where Jon J. refers to his sandwich as a "tower of meat."

How tempting must it have been for the editors to cut to a crotch shot?

Model mentor Bruce Hulse drops in to use a bunch of sports metaphors: "This is the Superbowl of male modeling...it's going to be a tough fight..." I'm surprised they didn't cut to a shot of him thumbing through Swank (the porno mag, not the Oscar-winning actress.)

Matt L. also turns up to say, "We all have that bond." I wonder if he still feels that bond now that he's on "Heroes". If, say, Paulo were to call him up and ask him to introduce him to his acting agent, would Matt L. return his call? I like to think he would.

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