Seeing Dale booted off before Lisa/Spike then seeing Lisa in the two finales made the last episodes blow. The finale would have been more intense and interesting to watch had Dale been there.
I kind of like season 3 where they had a LIVE announcement of the Top Chef. I made the mistake of lurking the Bravo boards yesterday and apparently word that Stephanie was Top Chef had been leaked early through some careless Chicago newpaper so it kind of ruined the ending for me