BAKED ALASKA-GATE [edited by MNHQ to say that this thread contains many, many GBBO spoilers. Many Many Many]

[amotherfuckingquiche]

She took Iain's ice cream out of the freezer did she not?!

[LizzieMint]

Ah, I think it's the John Thwaite thing I was thinking of

[CulturalBear]

The thing that shocked me was that she never apologised. No 'oh my god, I'm so sorry, I didn't realise' etc etc which would have been becoming of most average people, surely compulsory for a WIer.

My initial reaction at the time was 'tbh, Iain's mental health isn't up to this kind of pressure if he's reacting like this'... if they let him back, well.... I'd be surprised.

The upside is that the huge level of unfounded drama means that there will be no protest from DP when I say I want to watch it this week!

[CulturalBear]

Did she? I could have sworn she said something like 'well haven't you got your own freezer' in a snappy way. I'm usually pretty observant. Will have to rewatch.

[VivaLeBeaver]

I saw Mary berry in person at the weekend. She said that Diana did apologise. I'm not sure at what point. She said Iain was slower than everyone else at making ice cream and had got behind and was later than others putting it in the freezer which is why it didnt freeze. She said there's enough freezer space for everyone.

[Jux]

CulturalBear, I didn't think she said it in a snippy way. She sounded distracted to me; more like she was concentrating hard on what she was doing, slightly bewildered that he wouldn't have his own freezer.

Anyway, it's all over now. From Viva's post, it seems to me that justice prevailed.

[Pipbin]

Someone dropped out of Sewing Bee very early on and they didn't replace him.

[TalcumPowder]

What I still find a bit odd is that the editing left what actually happened ambiguous, unlike the time last year when Deborah (?) accidentally stole Howard's custard and used it in her trifle. The edit made it clear it was a total accident, showed her being horrified when she realised, and there was one of those 'talking head' bits afterwards with Deborah saying how awful she felt and Howard being gracious etc.

Whereas with BakedAlaska!Gate, it's not clear (to me, anyway) from either the episode or subsequent interviews etc whether Diana absent-mindedly forgot to replace Iain's icecream when she removed it to check hers - understandable in the heat and pressure - or whether she got cross at what she perceived to be him encroaching on freezer space she considered hers?

All the focus seems to have been in how long it stayed out, but surely it's a little strange not to have had a brief 'talking head' shot with Diana saying 'God, I feel terrible, I just forgot I took it out', if that's what happened? We would still have had the drama of Iain binning and stalking off, but Diana's motivation wouldn't be so mysterious...

[amotherfuckingquiche]

Well, Iain isn't back in Diana's absence. Shame.

[VivaLeBeaver]

They'll have a week now where they decide that noone is quite bad enough to be evicted.