Someone commented last week that Eureka’s been phoning it in this season, and that’s not completely wrong. I’ll suggest, though, that Eureka’s performing more like a hired hand than someone who’s completely invested in the outcome: she’s there to do her job, in the most professional manner possible, and then she’s…

Speaking of, I really thought it should have been Kylie for the win.

After a good-not-great runway (too similar!)

“I’m glad I have a catchphrase. Who are you again?”

I mean, where does it end? Bring back Alisa Summer! Let’s see Magnolia Crawford again! Kalorie Karbdashian Williams, come on down!

Tick.  Why not?  Look, he's turned into a bloody  good little performer. 

 Bernadette.  That's right.  A bloody good little  performer.  Twenty four hours a day, seven days a  week.  I thought we  were getting away from all this  shit!

Jan was, unfortunately, a mismatch for this season. The only clear storyline for this season thus far has been “personal growth and redemption”, and it’s been too soon for the former, and she didn’t need much of the latter. I can’t help but think that, with a little more insight, a few more years, and a little more…

Kylie also brought it.

That’s okay. I watched Coven — fairly recently, too — and I didn’t even remember that character (even as played by the great Frances Conroy) until I read Allison’s recap.

This wasn’t exactly on the same level as Tyra Banks putting on a beret and a bad French accent in a terrible skit about her modelling days in Paris with her nemesis, Becky, but I do get your point. I’m going to actully come to Ru’s defence here, as she’s a decent actor given the right material. The problem here, of…

And it certainly saved Apocalypse from being — ahem — a complete disaster.

I don’t hate acting challenges in and of themselves

I wonder what the theme was called when they got it before the season.

I saw two brief blurred bits during the lipsync! WAS it a nip slip — or just a faux teaser?! Damn you, Standards and Practices!

“Oh my Goth!” was one of the weaker runways of the season. Ra’Jah and Ginger were pretty, but “goth” did not compute. TKB looked stunning — as usual — but in a silhouette we’ve seen her present a few times, and even this season alone. I simply didn’t like Eureka’s outfit, and that, along with her static performance,…

I thought overall it was a bit of a boring episode, but damn did Kylie shine bright.

I forgot to give Pandora this week’s “Ben de La Creme Award for self-sabotage”  by raising the issue of ageism in gay life and, by extension, Drag Race itself. And this is, tragically, the first time that I’ve ever heard the issue discussed on this show without it being a punch line or used as a justification for an…

Child...

Jan is testament to the fact that being very capable and talented is not the same as being a star.

Agreed, but I should probably point out that AS5 also suffered from being inexcusably boring. I mean, by episode 3 I was sticking around only mainly to see Jujubee.