yeah, I thought she was playing the game at first, but seriously—who else could have handled the token old guy besides Jinkx?  Alaska did her a favor.

I kept expecting him to look like Ivy in drag…and to my surprise? we got Pandora Boxxx.

(shudder)  he was cute as hell out of drag, but in it, he looked like pure PhiPhi—and was almost as obnoxious.

best use of "calamity" I've seen all day.

@avclub-fd11043c50c15f9e700a52b3f00136f8:disqus , as one of those unfortunate mountain people who always has to have the "I'm from Virginia…no, not that hellhole northern Virginia, I mean southwest Virginia…NO THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS WEST VIRGINIA" conversation with people I meet….

oh, they are precious and annoying separately, but somehow together I find them hilarious.  I think once I realized that, with their powers combined, they were basically these two, I found them way more entertaining:

agreed, my post was all over the place.  I didn't intend Layana to be exhibit A by any means, she just grates my last nerve so that rant came first.  basically, I was annoyed that anyone liked it at all and that no one called it out for being a weak mid-90's Versace retread…that said, it was still middle of the pack.

YES this moment needed Michael Kors.  also, she should have gone down the runway on a Segway.

exactly this—she just got lazy, and it showed.

what a load of horseshit, this episode.

I was amazed none of the judges went for the low-hanging fruit.

I simply cannot like this any harder.  that made me shed many a tear.

oooooh gurrrrllll yes.

sigh, Travistan.  I saw him play with Hellfighters in 2005 (in what was I think the astronomy building at UVa?) and they were pretty incredible, but then their album took a while to drop and I never heard it.  apparently he plays in New York and thereabouts with his new band sometimes, though?  hm.

you know, I never listened to any of his stuff, but I think I will now because that is one of the most compelling arguments to listen to something I've seen in a long time.

not to mention that she herself gave the Reaction Shots of LIFE.  I could probably watch a half-hour show of Alyssa Reacting to Things, with special guest Detox.

Henry—I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT FOR THIS. The Skin I Live In was a little borderline-Cronenberg for me.  It was gorgeous, with a lot of his visual trademarks, but too stark.  this looks like a return to classic form.

I totally don't think she knew what Dia de los Muertos was…but am I imagining things, or did she mention at some point that she was the only Latina left in the competition, so she should do well, or something?  not that all Latinos celebrate that holiday, of course, but it seemed weird to me that she'd suddenly bring…

the only time I heard even a second of that album, I was on my first day of vacation in Rome.  I remember flying for 11 hours without a wink of sleep, then landing at 8 am to find out our luggage was lost (for a couple of days), then spending the day running around town seeing all this amazing colossal shit for the…

probably too deep for (most of) this bunch, but I was hoping for a little 80's ALMODOVAR REALNESS, I mean, surely someone brought a nun's habit and a pet tiger?  come on, now.