Last night, I got to see parts one and two of the "restaurant wars" on Top Chef. (Last week, I'd only seen half of part one and missed all the drama.)

Based on part one, it seemed like the judges had spontaneously decided that there could be no winner and that they would have a do-over. But when they met with a decorating consultant, Christopher Ciccone (Madonna's brother), it turned out he was one of the (really rude and irritating) guests the first night.

And the team that won the quick-fire challenge got help from "a sommelier" for their second night opening their restaurant. (Not surprisingly, this was Steven from season one. For some reason, Dale and Hung acted surprised.)

Anyway, obviously, the "do-over" was clearly part of the plan the whole time.

As it turned out, Dale, Hung, Sara and Howie -- the outcasts who didn't get chosen for CJ's dream team -- ended up making a ton of alterations to their restaurant and winning the whole thing.

CJ's team -- him, Casey, Tre and Brian -- tweaked only a few things, and not enough, and ended up losing. Tre, who was acting as executive chef, and who also created an apparently horrifying salmon dish, got the boot. Too bad. Could have been Casey, who proved she couldn't chop an onion during the quick-fire challenge. Or CJ, who chose the team but then abdicated leadership entirely.

I sure thought Tre was going to be there at the end. What did you think of the results?