THIS. It only makes the queens look like their assessment of Jinkx is right. Which it somewhat is, and that's okay. (The fakery can also be the truth; this is drag.) But she should cool her jets.

Eh, like most of Alaska's errors, it was pretty much only an error because they decided it was one.

YES. The last paragraph! I've wanted them to ACTUALLY do a RuPaul's School for Girls ever since she cracked that joke.

PS Word is that this season's makeover pairings are with gay vets, so that could be better. We'll see. Another reason I don't like these episodes is that great queens (e.g. Pandora, Juju, Raja, Latrice) so frequently end up lip-synching for their lives. Basic queens giving basic makeovers tend to rise to the top.

"Can someone tell me why I don't like that challenge? Maybe it is just the dude's attitudes."

"How is it that Alyssa is at her most likeable when she's failing at something but doing her goddamn best to try?"

Alaska going winless this far into the season is just unreal. She's been in contention for the win so many times I can only guess this was a preordained narrative for her. Here's hoping the rest of her season arc is a little more generous.

Her attitude towards Jinkx is also more understandable (though still bullyish), given that she might be taking her own resistance to victimhood as a model for how somebody "ought to" deal with pain.

Alaska and Detox are clearly both with it—editing is enhancing Jinkx's isolation, but I have a feeling that's about to change.

This, exactly.

Lies. The pink splatter/AK47/cottoncandy was THE look of the season. For any queen.

Basically, this felt like some none-too-subtle set-up for Alaska's "I'm breaking out of Rolaskatoxxx—-and Sharon's shadow!!!" episode. Then I saw that next week is the roast, and well, yeah. This show is not subtle.

I knew it was coming, but I neeeever expected it to hit freakin' Alaska.

Yep. The show seems dedicated to giving each queen just ONE WIN (Ep. 1: Roxxxy, 2: Lineysha, 3: Detox, 4: Alyssa, 5: Jinkx, 6: Ivy), all in order to maximize suspense. Even her two seconds in the preview looked strong enough to indicate that the coming episode is hers.

Ohhhhh how I miss living in Pittsburgh! I was there over Christmas and was sure to catch Miss Blue Moon.

Haha I'm pretty sure she just said "Rude!" and fluffed her hat. It was great.

Jinkx and Alaska have already done two shows together (that I've noticed) since the season began airing. I'm sure they're fine.

Ivy is an empty (handmade!) dress.

Detox can't do fast songs? It takes a simple gander at youtube, folks. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Um…she didn't?