I've watched both episodes, and will continue to watch the rest of the 7-episode series (Lisa Kudrow, one of the exec producers of the show, will be this week's episode), but I have mixed feelings. As an avid genealogist, I think the series is great in that it shows folks how fascinating genealogy can be -- how it can help you to learn more about yourself by learning about those who came before you. On the other hand, I think it does a bit of a disservice by making it appear that it's so easy to find information to go back so many generations. Sarah Jessica Parker and Emmitt Smith both have a lot of money, and can afford to just jump on a plane to head off to a totally different area of our country, not to mention another country altogether; when the vast majority of us simply don't have that option. Another sticking point is that Sarah Jessica Parker and Emmitt Smith (and the other five celebs to follow in the coming weeks) have the benefit of several professional genealogists and archivists searching for information long before they arrive in town. The information is simply handed to them. They aren't spending hours upon hours looking at rolls of microfilmed records, etc. I have a World Deluxe membership to Ancestry.com. I have access to every record they have. Plus, I'm an arbitrator for submissions to Ancestry.com - both from the World Archives Project as well as corrections/suggestions that folks submit regarding records that are already online. Yet I continually hit a total roadblock when it comes to ancestors/family in Pennsylvania, because Pennsylvania has close to nothing available online. I wish it were as easy as the show makes it appear...

I doubt very seriously that pulling the drawers out of the furnished work benches falls under the category of use stuff, that would mean the piles of woods available and nuts and bolts etc but not claiming that you made every thing in the project when he clearly had not. That question was even asked and he said yes he made everything, that was his chance to show some character and honesty and explain the situation but he lied there as well. So cheat, check, liar, check, absolute scumbag, check.! I think if they screw up and let him win it will be the end of the show, this was their second chance for many people, like me, there won't be another. I guess next season they will have to build new drawers for the person that gets Sef's station,since the work station now has none.

We had a conversation here about him not too long ago - I think it was part of another discussion but not sure which thread. I've followed him for years but honestly, just lately I'm kind of over him. I still think he does wonderful things overall and especially with hair but the makeup is kind of a one and done, everyone gets pretty much the same look. And somehow the other day I stumbled into one of his live youtube talks that he apparently does from time to time and it was just painful to me. The curtain got pulled back a bit.

I record Jeopardy and was a few episodes behind when I saw the title of this thread, so I had to binge it so that I could read the thread! I would have loved to see an episode with Spike! While I'm sorry to see Amy go, she had an amazing run, and the show really is more interesting when there's more competition.