[Shaun]

Just watched the episode. At this point I need Kandy gone or S13 is very quickly going to go down the S11 route... she attracts terrible allies (I thought Tina was supposed to be smart!?) and I can sense that all of those that go against her (Joey, Elliott, Tamisha) will be eliminated relatively early on. Every talking head makes my blood boil. She's incoherent at best, and ****ing grating and a narcissistic, bullying **** at worst.

I stand by what I said about the Ball... Denali was robbed, hardcore, especially when a top 3 slot was given arbitrarily to Rose who had... two "okay" looks Symone would've been my choice for bottom three over Tamisha as well: I don't know how her "Money Bags" look was ANYTHING to do with the challenge in any conceivable world, her main look was extremely underwhelming, and I don't remember the first one but I do remember thinking "this... sucks". And you know I stan the girl! Nicole Byers saying Tamisha "just looked like a businesswoman" when the category was literally that... do you not know what 'realness' means, woman? Silly bitch. I otherwise enjoy her regular presence

Enjoyed the BLM discussion a lot, and not just because it was the one segment where Kandy was mostly silent. Lala's tears were hard to watch, and just really goes to show what it's like to live as a black person in America right now (constant fear, walking on eggshells, unsure how best to act to avoid harassment/death). I also really enjoyed the Ball scene; it was a great dose of fun (Lala whipping her wig around, Joey underwhelming, Tamisha MCing )

I do fear though that I am rapidly losing queens I like.

My rankings on the episode:

Winner: Utica (the "campy presentation" comment from Ru was ridiculous considering it's....drag.)
High: Denali & Gottmik (I didn't care for her final look tbh)
Safe (in order): Elliott, Olivia, Rose, Kandy, Tamisha & Tina
Low: Symone
Bottom Two: Joey & Lala

Great lipsync again though; Joey gave a good fight but pretty much handed the win to Lala the second she threw that money in the air to almost no reaction I screamed when Lala picked up tips though, and she was otherwise excellent and really proved why she won against Denali in the first episode.

[Ammi]

...I just watched the lipsync again...By the end, all that was left of LaLa’s look was her fabulous personality...she really was magnificent in the most messy way.....

[Tom4784]

As much as I love Lala, she got off all too easy for what she served it. It was by far the most hideous design challenge 'garment' ever presented on the runway and it looked like it would have taken 20 minutes to do. She deserved to be in the bottom 2, and I'm glad she was because she slaughtered that lipsync and made it look effortless

Kandy Muse... I like an entertaining bitch, but she is not entertaining, she is obnoxious at best. She's got a hideous personality, a questionable taste level and she lowers every segment she appears in. It really bothers me how most of the 'big girls' they cast now in the US series are Silky/Eureka-esque characters who are just aggravating to watch. I also think her look should have been a bottom 3 look over Tamisha's tbh. Tamisha's looks were very safe and her third look wasn't great but you couldn't tell it was made from bags by looking at it, and the craftmanship was excellent. She should have been safe as **** while Kandy should have been in the bottom since she cut up some backpacks and roughly sewed them back together. It looked like something I'd have cobbled together and I haven't touched a sewing machine since I was 13 (and I was **** at it back then).

The Bottom was mostly correct apart from that though, the bottom 2 should have been Joey and Lala and the right person went home. Joey knew he was a filler queen going in and that prediction was entirely correct.

I'm not mad at Gottmik winning but Utica had the better constructed look. Gott's was good, don't get me wrong, but it felt all too simple, it was pieces of fabric on strings, well constructed but very simple considering that Utica came out with a stupidly well constructed winter ball gown looking thing. Gott's look was good, Uttica's was great.

[Shaun]

I understand why people are saying Lala's was the worst creation of all time, but I think time might be clouding some, uh, memorable looks.

Spoiler:

bearing in mind she actually got fabrics instead of bags

[Tom4784]

God that feather look, ugh, don't remind me.

I think Lala comfortably tops the table of **** when it comes to worst design challenge look though. Don't get me wrong, those three design looks from Selena, Mystique and Soju were bad but at least they didn't take a corset and attach 20 plastic bags to it and call it a day.

[Captain.Remy]

Those 3 looks were bad but at least they bothered were somehow someway thought out. Lala really has the worst one ever, she just glued some plastic bags over a corset.

[Ammi]

......she was the best and the worst...maybe the worst in terms of bag lady outfit but picking up the cash and shuffling it into her corset, one of the best lipsync moments....

..Charisma - tick, yes ma’am.......

[Captain.Remy]

Yes she's so charistmatic, charming and funny though! I guess Ru saw something more in her than Joey. She performed the house down!