Yeah, for such a lively performance (esp compared to some of the snoozers from earlier this season), that was a brisk edit.

omg came here to post the same thing! Even if they for some reason think he looks attractive, you still know it's *Santino f'king Rice,* the human douche chill

Yeah I agree… she's had some moments where she crossed the line from being fun and shady to just being plain mean, but most of the time she's doing the same thing Violet, Kennedy, and everyone else is, venting to her friends about the frustrations of the competition and bitching when she feels she's done poorly. I…

I kind of feel the same way. I think she's more than earned her top 3 spot, but I haven't grown to like her. Kind of like Courtney Act, now that I think about it. Her charm just does not, well, charm me all that much

There's a strange disconnect with Ginger because she's won the most challenges and in the beginning of the season seemed like she was heading for victory, but they've edited her as though she's heading for a breakdown and elimination instead now. I feel like her lame runway looks were forgivable when she was nailing…

I LOVED Manila's supermodel camp looks. "Is that a real porcupine" et al

But seeing the rest of the cast again did remind me how dramatic the divide was between wheat/chaff this season. Aside from Adam and Katsuji, I couldn't even remember any of these people. Oh, I guess that douchebag with the hat was pretty annoying back in the first three episodes

I was recently rewatching some of the earlier seasons and the chefs used to be such babies about that!

Holy crap, you guys are reading my mind! I agree, and I found it kind of weak that all of the people with visual disabilities were relegated to Elsa Mars' fantasy afterlife, instead of, you know, getting their own fulfillment. Like maybe getting to live in an existence where their employment options aren't 1. Work for…

YEP. Except terrible and devoid of all tension. Because Tate's massacre was of innocent high school students who had never seen a gun before, and he had them cornered in a small space. The freaks, at this point, are all basically superheroes (Paul was on death's door six weeks ago!) and murder and mutilate without a…

I thought they were implying that the way Elsa reached her success was by acting as dominatrix to the rich and famous TV folk on the side, but turned out that was just a poorly timed flashback.

I'd also add for consideration the fat girl, Ima, only because she could have just been a member of the ensemble from the beginning and nothing would have changed.

I've learned to just ignore what Dunham says about any greater meaning and realize that she's really only speaking for herself.

The Asylum scene where Arden abruptly shot all of his experimental creatures while saying "they're useless!" is probably the best moment of the show acknowledging how little of its window dressing actually has anything to do with the plot or themes and was a remarkably quick way to get rid of them so it could…

Just imagined Jessica Lange playing on an iPad with waist-length braids and nearly passed out

Yeah, I think "mixed bag but ultimately totally entertaining" is the best we can hope for for this season — and it doesn't seem out of reach at all if they keep making episodes like this, that are inching towards some kind of conclusion even if the way is littered with totally unexplained subplots.

This show has a musical sting for literally every single line of dialogue

It was strange to see him repurpose a lot of his Barney Stinson quirks (the magic, the physical comedy) into something totally creepy and discomfiting in that AHS way where it's a half laugh, half cringe.

If this episode solidified which conflicts will be borne out for the remainder of the season (which, with AHS, you never fucking know), I'm not displeased… but I am baffled at some of the time-wasting that went on for the last few weeks.

Dude, "bludgeoning randos for no reason" is on the AHS character credo right underneath "no sex without weeping"