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The first time I saw cupping done was in The Fearless Vampire Killers back in the 60s.

Anna did the skirt. Brittany did the top. They even said so on the runway. At first, I was leery of Korto's and Prajje's, but I ended up loving it and definitely thought it deserved the win. Anna and Brittany were so obviously the worst, wtf? As someone above said, the train on Hester (oops, almost typed Fester -- really) and Fabio's looked like a table cloth. The fabric was too heavy and on close-up looked like upholstery fabric. I think Hester's runway makeup was more hideous than her red eyeshadow (although it was close). At first, I was a bit offput by Wes Gordon's obvious plastic surgery (cheek bones, chin, nose, lips), but then he was so gosh darn sensible, I forgot all about that!

My sister said she'd never get a place with only one bathroom unless she was the only one living there. We currently share a condo (a smidge over1000 sq ft) with two bathrooms and one powder room.

I don't hate that Zoe won. She's fine. I just feel a little disappointed. She seemed like the type of personality they push though (and the type that gets on my nerves -- I don't think I'd ever watch a show with just her). Too bad Alyssa and Yohan made small mistakes that kept them from winning.

OMG, Kitty Bartholomew. There's a name I haven't heard in forever. She was a bit too-too, but her show was miles better than any of the shows on HGTV now. I was the first person I knew to use the term matchy-matchy! I think it's just one of those terms that bubbled up in the zeitgeist, because it used to be that people in my mom's generation would always buy matching suites of furniture. The eclectic look was just too bohemian for them! Oh, I think I do remember her. Never knew she was Nate's mom. Another show I used to watch all the time. Joan Steffend was always so calm. But one thing that bothered me about the houses in her area (Minneapolis?) was that orangey stained woodwork in nearly all the houses. They'd paint a room a nice pastel but keep those orangey baseboards, trim, and closet doors. Didn't they notice???

Heh, I get hangry often, so I'll cut Damaris some slack. I don't hate Zoe. I'm sure contestants are always being coached to be 'up' and 'smiley.' I just thought she leaned into that a little too hard.

He actually said the tissue was in the sleeve. Which is even more grandma.

I was finding the Barbie movie ads a bit horrifying. They both (Gosling and Robbie) are too long in the tooth for the roles, but Gosling is a sabertooth tiger. Add a chubby Will Ferrell? I'm out. I never had a Barbie as a kid. I'm old, so she was new when I was in elementary school, and they had Barbie days, so I felt pretty left out. It was not really my thing, though, and I got over it by junior high. Now, I have two Barbies. One is a Nordstrom fashionista, and the other is a See's Candies store shop lady. Andrika's eclairs were kinda ugly, but they looked damn tasty. I'm glad she got props for them before she was eliminated. She seems like a very good baker and a sweet person, but she's been more scattered than Yohan in the last few weeks. I'm rooting for Alyssa. I can't get over Zoe's overly performative perky-to-the-hilt antics from the first few episodes. Even when Damaris is complimenting someone there's a glint of poison in her eyes.

Me, too. It looked like something you'd wear to lunch at an upscale restaurant in ToonTown. That's whimsy. All the little details he did with the dinosaur scales on the sleeves and the lapels were the perfect finishing touches. I'm glad he had the guts to apologize to Korto, because it's an indication of maturity -- hope it holds during whatever stresses may come. Prajje's was fine and well made, but not a drop of whimsy. I agree with nearly everyone above: Rami should not have been on the bottom Mila should not have been auf'd Brittany's dress was expected and boring, but shrug pretty Both Anna's and Hesters' should have been on the bottom Laurence needs a challenge where she can make a kickass moto jacket

I think the reason Christian was so successful at such a young age is in large part to his supreme self-confidence. It's not the only thing you need, but it's a BIG help.

First Commandment of Project Runway: Do Not Bore Nina. I heard Nora something like you should watch for your purchases more carefully (and, duh, Kayne just swished away from the counter and left one of his bags sitting there). I think the champagne made Nora say what she (and I) was thinking, instead of keeping it in her thoughts, as I would hope I would.

Thanks for doing the research! My sister saw her and thought it was Elaine. I was looking away at the time and didn't want to go back. For some reason (because it's an all star season?) our dvr didn't pick up the show, so we had to watch the first two eps On Demand with all the commercials un-fast-forwardable. Ugh. It even tacked on that Cohen excrescence on the first episode (they must do this when a PR person is on the show. They did the same thing to a TC ep when Tom Colicchio was on WWHL). I knew K.S. was not going to leave -- even though I liked it less than Nora's. I liked Fabio's more than I expected, but I agree with most people that Bishme got a pity vote. I'd have liked to have seen Rami's in the top (I love his conversion to color!), but maybe it wasn't Fresh or Young enough. Nina's starting to show her age. The plunging neckline was not flattering. Double ughs to Hester and Anna. Especially Hester. Did everyone see the bare buttocks in her garment?

No biggie. Really! Didn't mean to sound like I was shaming you. It's just that I thought you might like a history. I can see I phrased it a little rougher than I intended. Mea culpa.

Why don't we have a barfing icon???

Pavlova. Named after the famous ballerina from the early 20th c. She was doing an Australian tour, and the dessert was invented and named for her there.

This has been discussed ad nauseum over the years, and the general concensus is that it's pretty much boilerplate. All the judges have said they haven't been influenced. Take that with however much salt you ned (i.e. salt to taste).

Yeah, trophies are important to Buddha.

Oh, gawd, my mom, too. I had to leave the house when it was cooking it smelled so bad. Yeah, ho hum finale for a pretty great season. On edit: I just wanted to say that I'm not impugning anyone's taste who likes liver. My mom liked liver and ate it, too, besides cooking it for the dog. I just don't like it. My sister and I were talking recently about picky eaters, and I said I couldn't think of any food I hated. And she said "liver." And I said, oh, yeah. I hate liver. LOL.

Wasn't too thrilled with this episode. I make a kick-ass trifle that everybody loves. And I'm a purist on trifle. None of the cream pies looked that good to me. Again, they put too much in the desserts and too many extraneous doo-dads on top. I understand they're trying to impress the judges or whatever, but I'd much prefer a straightforward cream pie of whatever type. There was a coffee shop near where I worked that had an awesome peanut butter cream pie -- just a peanut butter cream layer and whipped cream with a sprinkling of peanut bits. And The Apple Pan (a relatively famous hamburger place in L.A.) has great cream pies. Oddly, their apple pie is my least favorite (too bland), but their cream pies are soooooo good -- boysenberry, chocolate, coconut, banana, and cherry. Only the cherry is slightly jazzed up: it has a custard layer with the cherries on top. Man, I wanna drive there right now and get one! Marie Callender's when they first opened had meringue on their pies. I always asked them the scrape it off and replace it with whipped cream. Who wants yucky meringue on their "cream" pie??? Too many meringue pies in this episode, too.

Well, the watermelon and chili is similar to Mexican street snacks, so it's not a weird combination to me, but, yeah, the desparity among the contestants is a real issue.

I dunno. She seemed good, but a lot of them seem good. And her dessert was definitely an overall fail. It didn't even read Pavlova to me. All that watermelon on top made me think it had to have gotten soggy underneath and been pretty nasty to eat.

Now, I want to know who he replaced. Agree. I prefer quiet confidence to fake humility. And he's not a good enough actor to pull off the latter.

I think in the old days, they did use soap flakes.

O.k. I loved it. I thought the other big finale of the night was flaccid and bloated...and interminable. It felt like hours. While Barry's finale packed so much in. When Fuches walked John out after the massacre it reminded me of John Huston with Faye Dunaway's daughter/sister at the end of the Chinatown. But Fuches just walked John to safety. Phew. Stephen Root is a treasure. His face in the car driving to Noho's was such a contrast to Barry's. Oh, wow, indeed. Gene's Rip Torn Chekhov's gun came out in the end after all.

This, exactly. A challenge like this is best during the first half of the season when there's not as much on the line. And it looks like part one of the finale is the "wall challenge." That's another frivolous, meaningless challenge. Who planned this season???