or… “the episode in which the Liberian wins the US Olympic costume challenge and we no longer have to deal with Jennifer”
Also known as: the episode in which I seriously consider giving up on this show.
As my recaps of episodes 1 (click), 2 (click) and 3 (click) will attest I have been patiently waiting for people to stop being so camera attention starved and sew something awesome. BUT NO.
I even watched this episode with my roommate (and we have watched all the seasons together so I know his love for the show is true blue) and he is of the same opinion (I quote: “They are all ugly and stupid and I hate them”) so it is not just me, I swear.
The challenge this week was to “design an outfit for the US Olympic team to wear at the opening ceremony in Beijing” (resulting in “frowns” and statements like “I don’t do sports, I went to boarding school and I think uniforms make everyone looks so…bland”) with Apollo Ohno milking his final straws of reality tv stardom, when he should just sit home and skate and look at his pretty, pretty medals all day.
The “drama” if we choose to call it that, consisted of:
-Blayne really, REALLY, REALLY wanting to go tan
-Blayne not knowing who or what “Sgt. pepper’s lonely hearts band” is
-Blayne attempting to bring back “Holler at your boy” and Tim not biting the bullet this time around (that was actually pretty good)
-EVERYONE being annoyed at Kenley and Daniel giggling while sewing (cue: the fake giggle montage)
-Joe deciding to be a drama queen over some rethreaded sewing machines
-Stella saying that “she loves leather and black” once again…
and…that’s it?
The results were as follows:
The Runway:
With Joe’s skort (yes! a skort! crraaaaazy, I know!) winning the “literal” vote, Terri’s smart take on sportswear trailing right up there and Korto winning with a pair of pants I need right here and right now.
Daniel got ripped for his “not quite blue cocktail dress” (”Is she from the Republic of Cocktail land?” asked Michael, and we knew they were going to bring up the color because 5 minutes before runway time Kenley “oh so subtly” looked straight into the camera (much like she did with Emily last week) and said: “Daniel’s dress will probably look purple on the runway. I am a little worried for him”).
Jerrell’s hot 20s mess was just barely good enough to save his skinny ass from the chopper and FINALLY, FINALLY! Jennifer got sent home. Where hopefully she can work hard and develop both a chin and a personality. I mean, I agree the outfit was not particularly awesome, but to not even defend the gold with some sort of a medal reference and just stand there looking sad is just well….sad.
You will forget she ever existed by next week.
Mark my words.
My Favorite was Leanne’s because if I was an Olympic athlete, I’d wear it:
And the rest was sort of hit or miss really.
This kind of sums the episode up:
At least someone did cry (Daniel, on the runway, and he did not even get eliminated).
NEXT WEEK:
-Someone stabs Kenley in her sleep
-But not before she can look straight into the camera and tell us she is “worried for them”.
-Blayne goes cold turkey
-Jerrell decides to send a girl wearing ONLY a jaunty hat down the runway
-and maybe someone says “You Go Girl” to Tim?
I’ll let you know if I end up watching it at all.
Your turn
The designers are killing me this season. They are annoying and not that good. I fear that Project Runway has jumped the shark.
August 7, 2008 at 10:37 amgahhhhh! i really wish you’d stop putting the loser’s face as the thumbnail each thursday am. i dont have bravo so i have to wait til its online. i can avoid clicking on the link until i’ve watched it, but it’s no fun always knowing who gets the ax. stop plz.
August 7, 2008 at 10:50 am
My roommate and I spent the entire hour seeing how many times Joe was going to remind us he’s straight.
And the Kenley giggle montage made me want to go on a stabbing spree. Leanne and Korto were the tops and I’m so glad Jennifer is FINALLY gone. Boring. Boring Boring.
August 7, 2008 at 10:14 am