A Statement About the Kitchen Confidential

And once again I am late to the party.

But not really.

I always forget how much I enjoy the very short-lived television show, Kitchen Confidential. It's all kinds of perfect: a show about food, starring Bradley Cooper and featuring a sexy, thieving Englishman. And John Cho. Honestly, is it any surprise that this show is among my faves?

And then it occurs to me, the why. Kitchen Confidential is where Abramsverse and Whedonverse come to have sex.

As previously mentioned, we have Will Tippin himself, Bradley Cooper, starring as Jack Bourdain, the fictional redux of bad boy chef Anthony Bourdain. Working in the kitchen as the pastry chef is none other than... Xander Harris. Yes, that's right, Nicholas Brendan is the whiny, bandana-wearing cake man. John Cho is the fish guy who, of course, had a minor role on Felicity and is Spock in the updated Star Trek (has anyone seen that, btw? Is it any good?).

Let's move on to the guest stars, shall we? In the ep entitled "French Fight," Michael Vartan appears to settle some unfinished business with his rival for Sydney's affections. Later in the series, Morena Baccarin plays Pino's dish throwing Italian mistress who has an affair with Jack. That's right, kids: Inara and Will Tippin have sex. AHHHHHH.

John Francis Daley of Freaks and Geeks is also on the show, and while that has nothing to do with these particular Geek Gods, it only adds to the cult awesomeness of this show.

If it's so awesome, you're wondering, why did it get cancelled after only 13 episodes? I would argue that it's too good to be sustained. With all of these personalities known only to select geek entities, it's hard to build a large audience when the haven't-seen-Buffy-or-Alias-or-anything-quality-on-television crowd doesn't know who any of these actors are. Today it would be different: most people now know Bradley Cooper (as well they should) in addition to John Cho, John Francis Daley, and even Owain Yeoman. Granted, the latter two are known because they are now on different shows, but that's neither here nor there.

It also didn't last because it originally aired on Fox. And we all know how much Fox loves cult television. They love it. Until they cancel it.