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I was to believe that a male seamstress was called a stitcher, but having no experience with a needle or thread, I could be mistaken

I think she may have finally taken a bath, so that's a change, I guess.

It's a shame the catfishiest queen keeps winning, but at least The Trevor Project is getting some donations out of this.

I think a season where LD has to live through a global pandemic would be comedy gold

The maxi challenge was overproduced, unfunny, and felt like it was a skit on some Nickelodeon kids show. I'm sure a lot of these queens are talented, but this was not enjoyable.

After I had to stop watching after the second episode last year, it was a nice change of pace to be rooting for some queens again.

Sorry, the week before last. Anyway, my point (I'm not sure what it is) still stands

I'm absolutely shocked they didn't get rid of Nancy. After years of reality television viewing, the token old contestant always automatically leaves if they end up in the botton. She was in the bottom last week too, so I'm completely flummoxed. However, I'm pretty sure Britanny was chosen to be auf'd (or whatever the new term is) just so Christian can use the all-too common reality tv trope of the save. I'm sure Brittany will make it to final four, Nancy will pack her bags next week, and Delvin will continue to be a prick who thinks far too highly of himself and his mediocre talent.

Regardless of who is officially crowned winner, I believe Sebastian will have the greatest success coming out of this season.

This episode was a relatively nice reprieve from the usual hijinks this season has hoisted upon the viewers. I agree that both rooms were sedate, but I think that's what the designers were going for, so that's a success in its own right. I know $2000 isn't necessarily a lot of money for a whole room makeover, but I still don't see where the money is spent most of the time. Maybe I'm accustomed to looking for bargains on everything, so my assumptions on what things really cost are out of whack with reality. No other word can really describe Frank's room other that plain. I saw someone upthread mention how the designers used to do more in a room, but that's just a sign of the current design trends. The original Trading Spaces came out before Apple Stores and other tech companies pushed sleek and ultra minimal as sophisticated. Not to take anything away from that style, but I'm so sick of grey walls (even my own), but maybe we're headed in a more ornate direction like rococo or art deco (hightly doubt it). Overall, I'd have been very happy to have that room. I even liked the homemade art projects, which usually end up wretched. Carter's room turned out a lot better than Ty's last barnyard bedroom debacle (I'm still annoyed by that one). It could have done with one less log/branch/nature project. The log lounge chair looked like a medieval torture device painted white. Also, the hanging plant headboard looked like it was double the width on one side, which would drive my OCD into overdrive. I really liked the look of the headboard, but there is no way I'd want one myself.

I’ll take a Project Runway Masters over another Juniors any day of the week.

I think this is the episode that broke me. I don't think I can deal with the producer shenanigans any longer.

The bittersweet ending is we're all bitter and D&D are getting that sweet Stars Wars cash

Reminded me of an episode from the first season of Project Runway where the designers were tasked with creating a garment based around the word envy. I like having a conceptual challenge where a look is less about wearability and can be more costumey, but a lot of the designs fell flat for me. There weren't any standout pieces for me this week, which is unfortunate, because I thought this had a lot of potential. I don't even mind obvious or cliche for this sort of challenge, but Hester's was just so trite. I would love if designers can find a way to represent gay identity without relying on Rainbow Brite as inspiration. I thought some of t-shirts were far more successful, and I'm not a statement t-shirt fan.

I think I would have liked to see the designers interpret one of the other designer's "classic" rooms. Hildi could turn one of Frank's chicken motifs into inspiration for a butcher shop or watch Laurie attempt to shoot a paintball gun.

I feel like having a reoccurring stylist was an attempt to separate this current incarnation from the past and it's not working out as intended by producers. She doesn't seem to say anything insightful or add a lot to the show. It was a nice idea, but I don't see it being a thing going forward. If there is a next season, Marni will probably be involved in a single episode styling challenge where she's a judge, and I'm fine with that. They may also make her a permanent judge, and I'm not so fine with that. Sebastian, the talented and handsome man that designs his own speedos, was robbed of course.

It's great to find people who dislike Sam as much as I do. I thought I was the only one

I like Hildi more than most, but it's like she's on every other episode, at least. The producers found some focus group that enthusiastically wanted "more drama" and figured they should just put Hildi in as much as possible. Her room was okay. Clouds painted on the ceiling are almost cliche at this point, but it's one of the better attempts. The blue chairs probably look better in real life, but I can't say I'm a fan in that space. I'd have to see the tissue paper upclose to get a real sense of it. Overall, one of her safer rooms. The other room was fine.

So was that scene with the staring dragon supposed to be Bran warging into the dragon? I'm still not sure if that was explained.

It’s a Tony thing. I watched the last season of Arrested Development like a week before Veep premiered and he had hair, so I think it’s implanted maybe.

Well, even if you doubted Gendry's relationship to Robert based on appearance, he is starting to look more and more like Stannis with the prematurely receding hairline.

I found the challenge too open-ended yet pretty limiting, which left me muddled as to how to feel about most of the looks. Video games can be about pretty much anything, not even involving humans, yet the judging standards were pretty rigid. It can't be too sexy, or too costumey, or too editorial, or this, that, or the other. IDK no one's outfit seemed very video game inspired to me. It just wasn't my cup of tea. On a side note, I'm not the biggest video game person, but for some reason, I always thought Kara Saun from season 1 made clothes that reminded me of Final Fantasy. I can't put my finger on why.

I appreciate Hildi's inspiration of a 1970s teenager's attic bedroom with posters covering all the walls, but it didn't fully come through in execution for me. I would have preferred if the wood flooring covered the angled ceiling with maybe a white wash and a couple of framed photos, but it wasn't too bad overall. I liked the photographs a lot, but it came off poorly thought out and executed. It's supposed to a fun space for the kids and their friends, so I'd probably kept it for a while. (depending on how irritated I'd be at the puckering posters) Doug's room didn't seem very designerly (if that's a word?) For a basement hangout, it was nice - forgettable, but nice. I feel like any person with some effort could have executed that without much help. Even though I'm not someone who does much redesigning, I like to feel inspired to try something by this show, and I didn't feel anything from that space.

Garo’s model looked like Lisa Kudrow when she wore a back brace in Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion

This is one of those rare episodes where both rooms are so bad, I question ever watching again