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This episode turned out entertaining as hell, but I really dislike its placement in the order of the competition.  Or, rather, I would have strongly disliked it if Dmitry, Christopher, or Sonjia went home because of it.  Everyone's been designing for adults this whole time, and NOW, on the cusp of determining the

Hold on to your Luck Bobblehead, and it just might happen someday.

Hold on to your Luck Bobblehead, and it just might happen someday.

Too true.  One assumes he'll clear his workroom of any cameras or other recording devices before embarking on such a project, so he can openly curse his sizeist curses and complain that some of their measurements were in the double digits, the nerve.  Then again, he'd probably never deign to have a "real woman" as a

Too true.  One assumes he'll clear his workroom of any cameras or other recording devices before embarking on such a project, so he can openly curse his sizeist curses and complain that some of their measurements were in the double digits, the nerve.  Then again, he'd probably never deign to have a "real woman" as a

"… people, you know—who have tickets very far away,” she says, struggling to find a polite English phrase for the wretched scum who populate the back row.

"… people, you know—who have tickets very far away,” she says, struggling to find a polite English phrase for the wretched scum who populate the back row.

"Regretfully.  Bitch-slapped." - Elcor Ven

"Regretfully.  Bitch-slapped." - Elcor Ven

Special guest appearance by Keith Szarabajka.

Special guest appearance by Keith Szarabajka.

@avclub-3017175e4c4e3ae957ff93851742cc50:disqus Ah, I thought you were saying that she got to go back to Mood on her own after everybody (the competitors, not the producers) scraped together some extra money and fabric to help her out.  There was a surprise second look—and consequent second Mood visit—for that

@avclub-3017175e4c4e3ae957ff93851742cc50:disqus Ah, I thought you were saying that she got to go back to Mood on her own after everybody (the competitors, not the producers) scraped together some extra money and fabric to help her out.  There was a surprise second look—and consequent second Mood visit—for that

I remembered wrong about her losing fabric (it was her bundle of money that she lost), but there wasn't a second trip to Mood involved.  As far as her not reciprocating…I saw at the time how those watching could take it the wrong way, but I felt the circumstances were genuinely different, not just due to the timing in

I remembered wrong about her losing fabric (it was her bundle of money that she lost), but there wasn't a second trip to Mood involved.  As far as her not reciprocating…I saw at the time how those watching could take it the wrong way, but I felt the circumstances were genuinely different, not just due to the timing in

I'm not as down on Anya as a lot of people are.  She was able to improv pretty well on that one occasion when she left all her fabric at Mood, and that takes some talent.  But she seemed drugged out and not at all perceptive on tonight's show.

I'm not as down on Anya as a lot of people are.  She was able to improv pretty well on that one occasion when she left all her fabric at Mood, and that takes some talent.  But she seemed drugged out and not at all perceptive on tonight's show.

I was just happy to see Melissa do something without a monster collar.  It would have been riskier for her to do that with this challenge, so that her model looked like some sort of conic snail shell, but that could have easily backfired.  She deserved the "safe" nod over either Elena or Fabio, probably, because

I was just happy to see Melissa do something without a monster collar.  It would have been riskier for her to do that with this challenge, so that her model looked like some sort of conic snail shell, but that could have easily backfired.  She deserved the "safe" nod over either Elena or Fabio, probably, because

It's a weeeeeen!  And it happened at a great time for Dmitry, too, both for the design love and the comedy love he was giving us.  On the former front, I want a men's version of that gravity-defying cutout jacket, and I'll take that blazin' pattern, too.  Really, if it had been a black & white pattern (ahem, Gunnar),