Blind-baking the pastry before the filling goes in is the step that separates a crisp quiche from a soggy one, and in bite form it matters even more because there's proportionally more pastry. Chef Emily was firm about the beans and the parchment rather than letting people skip it. The other useful correction was squeezing the spinach properly dry — you get an alarming amount of water out of it, and every drop you leave in ends up in the custard.
Miles