RuPauls Drag Race
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Hey, so you know how the world is going terribly lately?
Thats something that affects how I watched this episode ofRuPauls Drag Race.
Historically, both I and the general internet have been (rightly) hard onDrag Races serious streak.
All that to say that Im not mad at how the episode turned out tonight.
Okay, so nobody went home.
(No, I do not think Onya was ever going to get eliminated.)
It was a pleasant balm.
Onya, who is the only queen this seasonwho exists in reality, does the best.
Notably, they also all think Jewels is going home next because she only has one win.
Thus begins Jewelss fight to defy the odds and not go home this week.
Then, all the parents walk in.
Lexi, Suzie, and Sam all get their moms, while Jewels and Onya get their dads.
Something I hate is when the show features makeover partners of multiple genders.
On the opposite end of things is Sams mother, who is wildly supportive of her career.
Sams mom then reveals she goes once a weekend and is a surrogate mother to everybody at the club.
The most emotional reunion, though, has got to be Lexis time with her mother.
Now thats a recipe for …gestures wildly at Lexis various breakdowns throughout the season.
Finally, theres Jewels and her dad.
Like almost all these relationships, its a lot.
Ru does a walk-through and seems utterly enchanted by all the parents.
More than once, it seems like Ru is able to entirely set the parents at ease.
On the runway, Lexi goes first.
She does Valentines Dayinspired lingerie, which is an amazing thing to put ones own mother in.
It does feel like it represents Lexis drag, which is great.
Ultimately, Michelle critiques her for not having enough family resemblance.
Sam lucked into a lot this week: It was her mother rather than her father, for one.
Plus, they have a great relationship, and her mother has a personality that fills the stage.
She had the easiest task.
But damn, I cant find one thing wrong with her output this week.
Suzie, meanwhile, really managed to work that shit out.
The other queens look like theyre having more fun, but that was never an option for Suzie.
(Shoulda painted farther down the neck, though.)
Jewels should have had a reveal.
When that doesnt happen, its disappointing.
Nothing more to say, really.
Onyas looks are really ugly.
She wears what I believe is a Princess Peachinspired look, while her dad is basically the photo negative.
Sorry, not working.
Jewels and Onya, rightly but also inevitably, end up in the bottom this week.
They lip-sync to 1 Thing, by Amerie, and its pretty evenly matched.
So, by that measure, Id call it a win for Onya, but just barely.
Ultimately, though, it doesnt matter.
Both queens get to stay!
And also onUntucked…
Sometimes youve just got to love Sam.
I liked seeing Suzie and Sam reveal a mutual respect for each other because of their competitiveness.
Very sweet cant wait to see them both lose to Onya.
Not that any of the portraits mattered, but Jewels had the best one.
None of the newly christened drag queens names were all that great this season.
But Ill be thinking about Roberta Banks for a long, long time.
I was so certain this week would be Suzannes surprise elimination.
How many times has Ru advised a queen to get out of her head or make it stupid?
Ru loves stupidity, and she hates thinking.
If she catches you overthinking, youre out.
(Ru hates a thinking queen; I, unfortunately, love them.)
in her bio for last weeks mini-challenge.
Jewels might as well have been writing her epitaph.
Jewels is going home.
