'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9, Episode 1 Recap: "Cake Week"

It's high summer in the U.K. The grass is green, the birds and chirping, and "Achy Breaky Heart" is playing. Welcome to The Great British...wait what now?

For those of us hoping the boy energy of last season would dissipate between seasons, sorry y'all. Witnessing Paul Hollywood, Noel Fielding, and Matt Lucas all dressed as a Halloween version of Miley Cyrus' father to a parody tune of the 1990s era hit was less than what anyone wanted. But it was a British humor opening — American Country songs (especially the cornnuts one-hit-wonder songs of that era) are really funny to our U.K. friends, not unlike some of us over here view Europop. But personally, I'm with the squirrel.

Let's get on to the show. The bakers are back in the bubble this year, with many keeping their destination secret from friends, if not family. But with the premiere, everyone will know who went off holiday-making this past summer, and who went off to bake cakes.