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Im of two minds about this, so lets run down the pros and cons.
Cons: This episode does not do much to shine a light on the queens abilities.
When it comes to sewing, youve either got it or you dont.
Look atthe previous sewing challenge: Q won, as she does again this week.
Plasma and Mhiya were in the bottom three, and they make up the bottom two this week.
Morphine, who has not been positively critiqued on sewing previously, is in the bottom three.
The results are as predictable as possible.
Pros: This episode functions as a sequel to the doll challenge, but also a heightening.
The higher stakes at top eight make it feel like an interesting return.
Sapphira helps Mhiya, but more, and now the queens are viciously upset about it.
Plasma flounders, but worse.
Nymphia again attempts her woe is me schtick, but the other queens are even less impressed by it.
Dawn really wanted a win before, and now shes positively desperate for it.
Another pro: You might as well play to your casts strengths.
This season is chock-full of good-to-great seamstresses.
All of these queens are at or beyond the level of the best seamstress in multiple other seasons.
Ultimately, I come down on this sewing challenge being worth it.
The episode was entertaining.
But, for now, the abundance of sewing has gone from a bug to a feature.
Another thing Ive welcomed this season is the return of mini-challenges.
This week, its a very stupid spit-take challenge.
Nymphia wins it as an attempt to convince the audience that she is funny, actually.
I love Nymphia, and I am unconvinced by a singular spit take that she is funny.
The A-plot of the episode centers on Sapphira and Mhiyas relationship (slash mentorship).
Happy to have her!
The Plasma plot is equally good, if not better.
Dawns made it very clear that shes not here for musical theater and shes not here for shtick.
Not that this was in question.
Even without the question of Sapphira helping, the look is just too bland.
She is not a visual conceptualist, and its been dragging her down all season.
Morphine does well enough.
Plasmas look is a crater of bad taste.
The pants are inoffensive, I suppose, but they arent pretty, either.
Sapphira does great work this week.
Goth isnt in her purview, but she creates a full character and the gown is beautiful.
The top two of the week by the judges standards are clearly Nymphia and Q. I like Nymphias!
She cant walk in it, but she still mostly sells it.
The veil is a great idea.
Heres the thing about Qs outfit: I dont like it.
Its impressively made, with tons of detail and enviable craftsmanship.
It looks more expensive than what most of the girls brought from home.
Still, I think its ugly.
Do I get why she won?
But I would have ranked it after Dawn, Nymphia, and Sapphira, in that order.
I did roll my eyes.
Still, it took me a long time to believe that Mhiya was actually winning.
For one, she begins by doing a rose-petal reveal to … nothing underneath but a wig cap.
and then realize shes still winning.
Mhiya, who has been in the bottom two three times now, absolutely wallops two-time challenge winner Plasma.
And now, Plasma is gone.Gasp.
Also onUntucked …
Kaia Gerber was cute as a guest judge, but utterly useless backstage.
Still, its not like she interrupted much there was no real drama this week, only simmering tensions.
I hold to the fact that Plasma being eliminated will shake up the queens, which is good.
Still, she was always a bit more … disposable than the challenge wins would lead you to believe.
Ru never fully fell for her, just believed she was talented.
And finally, Theres been a long-running theme inDrag Racelore that helping other people puts you behind.
This is self-evidently insane, and I was thrilled to watch Sapphira turn that trope on its head tonight.
Hannahs was cute, but Jimbos was an all-timer.
