Yokosmom

I'm glad that Sean won--I thought that his collection had more of a "wow" factor and was more polished. I thought that the fringe was playful and I liked the movement it provided. I would have placed Amanda's second. I think that she is very skilled but her aesthetic just doesn't appeal to me. Her clothes were so dark and just looked heavy.

I agree that it is exceedingly odd that Twisty can move about so openly in public. I think that the Halloween trick or treating scene was in the next town over though. Didn't one of the parents mention that there are so many trick or treaters this year due to the curfew in the next town over? Maybe I imagined that line... Agree that this episode was kind of a let down, but it had some really good parts. The scene between Ethel and the doctor was heartbreaking. The big twist of Twisty grabbing the obnoxious older brother instead of the little girl was good. I'm enjoying all of Elsa's musical numbers, wrong era or not. I loved the appearance of Mordrake--wonder who he's going to grab instead of Ethel? I'm wondering what criteria his demon head uses when selecting victims. Perhaps people who are truly repentant and who already want to die don't get the dragged off to hell treatment. Elsa is the one who called him up by performing on Halloween, but she might not be targeted either. Speaking of which, when she saw Mordrake, what was going through her head? Was it "holy crap!" or did she mistake him for the tall stranger that was going to change her life? I can understand one or both twins having fantasies of losing the other head and having their own lives, but to actually want to decapitate your twin is a bit ridiculous. She would most certainly die. The one scene that I really disliked was Ethel asking Del to help out Jimmy after she dies. She knows that Del is major bad news--surely she doesn't want Jimmy to use Del as a male role model.

Isn't the current Machine the 42nd iteration? If so, great shout out to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. So many great scenes in this episode: the Nathan/Harold/early machine flashback, the hotel shoot out, the Root-Harold heart to heart, John and the shrink. I always love seeing a glimpse of Ingram. The fact that the earlier versions of the machine actually tried to kill Harold explains a lot of his attitude. It also makes his earlier actions towards it (the daily erasure) much more understandable. I'm not sure that even a really manipulative AI would go to the trouble of finding a soul mate for Harold, though, which makes me think that the Machine might not be as sociopathic as he fears. If it's even possible to use such a human term for an Artificial Intelligence. And yes, theres a hundred percent chance that Greer will be taken out by Samaritan by the end of the season.

I would look like a fat chicken in fringe, but I do think that Sean's clothes are the only ones with any movement or life to them. I like the fringe in his collection, though the orange is a pretty strange color choice. I mean, I like orange, but it isn't a color that is going to appeal to a vast swathe of the population I'm guessing. When Nina was telling Sean that he couldn't have his collection dedicated to one schtik, all I could think of was Leanne, the winner of season 5, and her petal pleats. Apparently, it isn't always a problem, though, to be fair, Leanne hadn't been putting pleats on everything the whole season. Kini's clothes just look so heavy--and why, in heaven's name, would you think that bringing a collection made almost entirely from black denim was suitable for Fashion Week? I agree with the posters above about the use of the save for Char when it probably should have been used for Fade. His clothes were much more interesting than Char's. I did like her little striped outfit--the two others were meh to me. And I do hate the short shorts, though I assume that most designers throw a pair of shorts into their shows to prove that they can be versatile. Amanda is a one trick pony--can't she do anything that isn't 70s/boho? She has a very narrow niche. I didn't understand the judges' dislike of her middle look. Don't any of these designers watch this show? The judges want to see: Versatility-not just dresses, but skirts, pants, evening wear, day wear, (and yes, shorts) etc. Also color--although some mostly black collections have won in the past, the judges would like at least some relief from all that starkness. And finally, imagination--go for broke, with one, over the top, piece. Of course, it's the producers' fault if we get mostly boring collections--it all comes down to not giving the designers enough time, though, to tell the truth, I'm not sure how much an extra month would have helped this lot.

I went through that whole list of suspects too. I thought it would be Lennox, her mostly unseen partner, or Elias. It wasn't until the beginning of the scene in the van, that the shoe began to drop for me. Part of me is annoyed that they're (apparently) starting on a new big bad, who's nothing but another clever drug kingpin, but I have to remind myself that the team can be just as easily taken out by a street criminal as Samaritan. I love Elias and hope that he doesn't get taken out this season or betray our Scoobie gang. I noticed that the camera "box" in the subway scene was white. That means that, as far as the machine goes, he's just an ordinary citizen, right? If he does figure out what is going on, which way will he jump? Samaritan is a much better bet, but I think that he would much rather live in a world without it. Much of the episode this week was a bit of a letdown and somewhat boring, but the end reveal and the conversations with Elias rescued it for me. The writing on this show is really wonderful.

I was hoping that the poor journalist at the beginning was their first number and that they'd be able to save him. My major hope of the season is that the Samaritan hit woman gets taken down. I was surprised and pleased to see Elias again. Compared to Samaritan, et al, he's almost warm and fuzzy. Enjoyed his reaction to John's job offer. So that was a subway station at the end? It was so dark that I couldn't tell what Harold was reacting to. I think that Harold is simply terrified out of his wits and he's not used to having so little control over his own life. Hence his attitude in this episode. He still hasn't owned up to the fact that his refusal to kill the congressman directly led to the mess that they are in now. I don't expect him to say that it was wrong to not kill the guy, but some acknowledgement of the consequences of that decision would be nice. Am I a bad person for cheering for the senator's demise?

I just saw this episode (yes, I'm way behind) and I don't understand the significance of the cross in the scene where the cross-dresser is murdered. The somewhat considerate hitman freaked out a bit when he saw the crucifix and the bag--why did it bother him so much?

Re Adalind. I, for one, can't wait to see what happens when she shows up in Vienna and realizes that the Royals have played her and don't have the baby. I figured that Nick would lose his "Grimmness" by the end of the episode and Renard's shooting was stupidly ruined by the previews. The one big surprise for me was Wu finding the book. I'm really glad that the writers didn't drop the Wu storyline and continued it throughout the season.

This is completely off the wall, but what if Jared killed his parents and sister? He could have killed them before he went swimming and then feigned shock when he came back later and found the bodies. I'm not sure why the KGB (or anyone else) would use an amateur to wipe out the family, when they had pros available, but it is a possibility. i'm just thinking that Jared, whatever his fate is, will tie closely in with Paige and Henry. Elizabeth's a true believer--what would she make of Jared being the same, to the point of family annihilation? I'm just trying to figure out why Kate would be meeting with Jared sans disguise....