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Seriously, don't show us an OG tv star only to make her disappear. It's weird that this show just abandoned its central premise. It's like if Ghosts was just about a B&B where the host nodded to a ghost in the opening scene then focused exclusively on the guests. They've got a decent and likeable cast, but they can't do the heavy lifting on their own. If the producers/writers don't get together and find a way to make the original theme of the show worth writing about, they'll have to change the name to "Okay, Now We're Dead".

I still think Ru and producers pulled some shenanigans in the voting. It would be better if they didn't intervene in these smackdowns. It adds more excitement to see that anyone could win on her best day. I thought Mirage won her lip sync. A Megami vs. Mirage final would have been fun and unexpected. Way to go Megami, she may not have won the money, but it was her night.

I do want to get into the mystery of Sapphira’s boobage. Michelle said she “fixed” them, and I need to know how that’s possible. Nymphia crushed that magazine cover with her look and her pose. I knew Q’s time was nigh, no matter what happened. So I was basically waiting for the inevitable. I feel the real surprise will be the finale. Sapphira seems to have it in the bag but bitchy queens have won in the past, so it may not be over for Plane Jane. The LollapaRUza for $50,000 for the eliminated queens is inspired. I am looking forward to it.

After hearing Dawn’s bloated lyrics in search of a beat, followed by Mhi’ya coming out with: V O T E Living in a country Where our rights should be equal Just because I’m gay don’t make me less equal Let’s take a chance to make a difference We got the power Let’s use our voices Don’t let it end Let’s keep it going Martin Luther King! I have a dream I expected Ru to stand up, stop the show mid performance and say: “Stop! I’ve made a horrible mistake. Not since the day I offered my ranch to fracking have I opened myself up to so much ridicule. Let’s just scrap this now. Guys, it’s a Sherry Pie. Erase everything! Everybody else just go home. Mhi’ya you need to leave. Don’t say shit to me, just go. Let’s all just reconvene in a few days. Not you, Mhi’ya. You’re done. Don’t even look at me. Somebody bring my car around.” And then Ru just walks off the set, damn near tears.

Did they just show the same episode two weeks in a row? Because my DVR recorded the same one and I also have Paramount + and it doesn't have the 4th episode for season 2 up. Something went awry.

Dawn went right up to Nymphia and told her that everybody was shocked that she wasn’t in the bottom. I’m sure Plane Jane looks at her and wonders why she gets away with the pot stirring and not her. The crucial difference is, PJ thinks like a predator and goes after the wounded in hopes of finishing them, while Dawn will walk up to the biggest and baddest queens and get into their head. She knew full well Nymphia could have looked at her, scanned her up and down and said “Girl, you should be more concerned about why you never come out on top. Q and I have blocked you in every design challenge, so how do you plan to win now?” Dawn is unfazed. Later, she “helped” Plasma right out the door with her “don’t you think you should try something new” approach. Despite Mhi’ya’s newfound confidence, she is swirling the drain. If Plasma gave a remotely interesting lip sync, she could have beaten her this week. Mhi’ya took off her wig to reveal petals and then… a wig cap. A major no no. Then she showed the barbie crotch thing instead of a panty with those flips. At the end, she seemed to be flailing. She was messy. Most of the other queens (I'm just gonna whistle past Q) would have probably given a more polished and interesting lip sync and made it easier for Ru to send Mhi’ya home. Plasma didn’t have a solid plan for either the challenge or lip sync and essentially sashayed herself away. I thought Kaia was bringing David Byrne drag to the set.

Snatch Game For me: Tops - Sapphira and Plane Jane High Mid - Q, Mhi’ya Mid - Plasma Bottom - Dawn, Morphine, Xunami, Nymphia Wind Strange - No celebrities or even judges for contestants I would have given the win to Sapphira (though I don’t mind it going to Plane Jane). I thought Matty Rants (Youtube) made a great point in saying that Rupaul challenged Sapphira in a way she didn’t challenge Plane, and Sapphira used her wits and had clever comebacks. Plane was very good, though. I didn’t have to know her celebrity to understand her character. And, I do think Sapphira needed to lean into James Brown a bit more. She needed to get up and dance more, or sweat more or appear to walk off the set, then throw off the cape and come back. Her James was a little reserved. She needed to watch Kennedy Davenport's Little Richard, and tap into that energy. To me, Q slightly edged out Mhi’ya. She had a couple of funny lines, whereas Mhi’ya just had a fun attitude… but she made Ru laugh, so that was that. Plasma was just there. Dawn was terrible and I think worse than Morphine, who at times did make Anna Delvey references. Dawn had a bubbly attitude, like Mhi’ya, but unfortunately that’s not Megan McCain. McCain is famously pouty and name drops her father so much, she thinks being a nepo baby is an achievement. John McCain wasn’t mentioned once (although perhaps that was edited out). Gold Tooth Fairy is a decent idea. There is potential there, Xunami just didn’t find it. Nymphia Wind … girl … girl. Runway Nymphia Wind … GIRL! GIRL! This was fantastic! The best of the week by far. However, I thought we were past the days when a great runway could save a queen from the Bottom Two. I’ll never forget seeing Kahmora Hall get sent home in that dragon gown that was one of the best looks I’ve ever seen on this show and thinking “that’s it! The runway can’t save anyone anymore.” But when they showed the girls after snatch game saying maybe the runway would save Nymphia I thought, ”it’s going to happen, she’s going to get saved”. Sapphira also had a great runway and dance idea. I thought Mhi’ya’s 90’s pirate mullet costume was a bit strange. She sold the dance though. Plasma's outfit was just okay. She sold the dance though. Everyone else was fine. I get that Plane’s was expensive, but still, it was … fine. Lip-Sync I think Morphine and Xunami were screwed over for a few reasons: 1) They are friends, and contestants who are close to each other are often pitted against each other in lip-syncs. 2) Dawn was just as bad as they were, and doesn’t have a win, yet inexplicably, she still wasn’t placed in the bottom. And I think this as someone who initially picked Dawn for the Top 3. She's had a few high points but she's mostly coasted this season. 3) Nymphia Wind had the best runway. It was a nice, bitter-sweet performance and Morphine did the better job. Which is ironic, because Xunami has the Whitney Houston physique and projects a similar elegance. It would behoove her to have some Whitney moves in her repertoire. I’ll miss Xunami. I always assumed she’d go out in the middle, but still, I expected her to get to sixth place or so.

I agree. And this is why I liked the way the British version handled this. They addressed the heartbreak among all of the cast while making it very clear that ghosts leave, and it’s what all ghosts have to contend with over and over, since many of them remain far longer than their original lives.

The ads shown the week before this episode telegraphed Flower’s exit. She wasn’t in any of the group cast shots. I wasn’t particularly drawn to her character, though. it’s a shame it wasn’t more moving, the British writers know how to suck a person off.

Mhi’ya got really high off the ground in that cat woman suit. If the guy who leapt at the Nevada judge ever gets let back out into decent society, he and Mhi’ya should do a leap off.

"Wrapped in your aaaarms to-night. Your place or miiiiiine?!" Love the video for this song. Cher dancing around the Bradbury building with a bunch of men and Elliot Gould is just weird.

This episode had that classic RPDR ending, where some poor queen loses it at being sent home, and the remaining queens stand back like abused dogs at a bad kennel, not making eye contact, and then Ru demands they say "Amen" and dance for her.

I remember two instances where the show has set up a Siegfried /Mrs. Hall romance. Since I've binged the show on PBS Passport I'll put in spoiler tags: In reality, class differences at that time would have made a relationship between a housekeeper and a veterinarian unlikely. Also, she has been living in his home which would also make it scandalous. But then again the war did relax social rules. Tristan brought a lot more to the show than I realized. I don't feel like this season lives up to the previous ones.

Plasma is so tightly wound, I want to hear her sing Let Loose.

I don't even know where to begin. This RDR episode had everything: a bitchy mean girl, benevolent bitchy mean girls, The Streisand Effect, gowns beautiful gowns, Cher and Chers I like, wigs that turned back time, and a wordless dervish.