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Kit Harington was -- is -- certainly a black hole of charisma.

I would be very happy if they won the whole thing, in part because it would mean that pigs can fly. And the "#TruckLoveLove" chyron always makes me laugh, because it nudges me and my gutter mind into thinking that they met via a blow job through a gloryhole at a truck stop, or something.

I'm just gonna leave this here for all your captions and memes, you're welcome.

Yes, and I don't really know why anyone would think otherwise -- of this or most other "reality shows." RPDR lives by the "Whose Line Is It Anyway" credo.

For me the difference is that Anna in both performances was serving face.

Ru is indeed saying, "She done already done had herses." She is quoting, or paraphrasing herself -- specifically a line she utters in this MadTV skit:

"Very big in the 1970s," indeed. Original instrumental by Ashford and Simpson, a vocal version by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra, and then this discolicious version by Gladys Knight

I myself was amused by the sight of Mike in a fancy suit -- and a fannypack. Bourgie!

Maybe this is why Untucked has gone to this grittier look (even if the move was also motivated by the loss of sponsorship)*, or why Ru has been picking supposedly more obscure songs for lip synchs.** I would like to think Ru is trying to "return" Drag Race to the underground, though this is probably impossible. * Which I enjoy, though I always laugh when the stagehand claps his hands together to cue the transition from black-and-white to color. The show is now so impoverished that they can't even afford a clapboard! ** "Supposedly," because as far as I'm concerned something like "Lovergirl" or "Dreaming" really should be known by the subcultural producers or consumers of drag, even if others complain that they prefer to see more "Rihanna songs or Kylie-songs-that-are-not-"I Was Gonna Cancel."

Bergen and Kurt stomping off in different directions -- staged for not -- just makes me laugh. It reminds me of...I'm getting old, so I don't remember if this is from a Jerry Seinfeld-type stand-up routine or a David Sedaris-type story. But it reminds me of the tale of a couple that has a knock-down, drag-out fight on an airplane, which ends with them declaring they never want to see each other again. Which would be fine, except for, you know, baggage claim. And then customs. And then the airport line to catch a cab. I mean, what's the point of Bergen and Kurt going their literal separate ways? Like the show is going to keep each in a cordon sanitaire as it whisks them off to Sequesterville, and then back to the US, and then...? You boys.

...which staged it, I would imagine.

The Naveen Andrews clue made me wonder if some of the chiquitas, especially if they are part of a large cast, were being listed alphabetically.

Wait, you once pitched a TWoP show?! What was it going to be like, aside from "awesome"?

Oh, how I laughed when the game time clue was "Leslie, Wesley, Stephen, Sonia," and poor Stephanie went, "(K)nope. No idea."

Was it, really, though? It looks to me like the group did a kind of initial table read, at the end of which Kennedy decided on the switch. Of course editing compresses everything, but it really didn't seem like a situation whereby, say, Violet and Jasmine memorized all their lines and then were asked to change places. I wasn't sure where all the "last minute last minute last minute" characterizations were coming from -- seemed less 11th hour, and more like, 2nd hour.

She was, to my eyes, serving Marilu Henner realness.

Gauze.

The Inside the Episode hasn't been posted yet, so here it is: Contains Andrew Haigh/Michael Lannan interactions, and especially notable for Andrew's slightly horrified reaction to the question of whether he would consider himself a bear. Heee.

I think that was my fave runway musical/production number ever. Though Sasha Belle looked like a dollar store Wynonna Judd.

OF COURSE this is already a meme (though it needs to be in gif form).

Or maybe she is just raising points for everyone to consider, as judges often do (or should do). When I interview people for jobs, or when I participate in meetings, I sometimes raise points for discussion without necessarily endorsing them. Sure, it would be clearer had a judge said, "Do we think she is too costumy?" but I also think it's useful to recognize the "let's discuss!" aspect or function of a judging panel.

Eh? Wasn't the lip synch number "Geronimo"? That's pretty much the opposite of "wordless." (And also: one year old.)

I've been staring at that promo photo. In one corner we have Josh, in a sharp suit tailored within an inch of its life. In the other, we have Dean, whose suit is too big: the sleeves are not peeking out from underneath as they should, the tie is slightly unknotted, and the pants are baggy and not...delivering any packages. AND YET I KNOW WHO I WOULD BONE. #SlouchAppeal

A friend of mine once had the privilege of watching two people walked right into each other while texting. He said it was the best day ever, and I was SO ENVIOUS. Seeing Libby and CJ miss their train because they were taking a selfie has assuaged my envy somewhat. On Wednesday I gave Laura/Amy Adams a hard time because she seemed so smitten with Tyler, and he didn't appear that into her. So it was interesting that they started this leg with her voiceover declaring that they are focusing on the race and leaving the question of a relationship to after, and she certainly dialled back her "Look at how handsome you are!"-isms this episode. Methinks Tyler had a convo with her that night (maybe some posters even think that convo included a "Laura, I'm just not that into you...and girls" declaration. Who's to say, eh?) I can't believe no one dong the ramen task in front of the fans pulled out a Beyoncé! Beyoncé! impression. I am digging the (young) season so far. The show had fallen into a casting rut in recent years, with their readymade slots (oldsters, sniping dating couple, siblings...). In essence, the show is now taking the "dating couple" category and making finer distinctions, showing us the different stages or kinds of romantic relationships (including the Friend Zone: Bergen and Kurt's comments about now necessarily wanting to date yourself was really sociologically interesting. Too many people assume that homosexuality is literally about love of sameness. Now if the show would only cast 12 gay couples...) Though I would be even happier when that dime store Nicole Scherzinger that is Jackie gets eliminated. #FreeJeffrey

Look, I'm a judgmental bitch, so I thus far love having this new element to TAR. For example: I judge Bergen and Kurt for looking so much alike that their "date" feels weirdly incestuous to me. Or: though Hayley and Blair currently seem like the mismatched couple -- in that she is into him, and he, not so much -- I hereby predict that it will be Tyler and Laura who will snatch that title. Because girl was ready to marry (or to fuck) Tyler within five seconds, and I sense that Tyler ain't leaning that way. He is probably just a nicer guy, or more able to hide his ambivalence than Blair, who I also suspect -- Completely Unfounded Speculation Alert On My Part alert! -- secretly believes that dating a nurse is beneath him.