Yes, absolutely. It seems really unbalanced this year. Immunity used to be the big win, and now ... walking away early with $15K doesn't suck, you know?

I'm fine with this, actually -- I think it's really driven people out of shooting for the middle, which has been a problem in the past, and leads to heartbreak and Ilan.

I think that's exactly what saved Mitchell. But I'm not sure it was the right decision. For two weeks in a row, we've seen Mitchell have issues with construction on challenges that have been really pretty straightforward.

I don't disgree, but I'm just surprised they're clearing out the crazy early. Usually they leave the crazy around for a while. But then, Bird Boy was a boring sort of crazy, so that probably didn't help. Suspect Mitchell's gone soon, as no one's left that sucks that much.

Also, didn't they say on the show last night that Mitchell had previous experience doing maternity wear? I thought they did.

I do too. But on the runway he said that he'd never sewn a pregnancy band before. I don't get it. It seems to me that you just pin the fabric in pleats, then sew it onto the band, but maybe I'm oversimplifying it. Also, I don't know why he made the shorts so large in the first place

And he's switched models for two weeks running. It's not the models.

I didn't notice they had switched. Is this being shown in the model show? Because I was kind of surprised that they did not have the whole "do you want to keep your model?" non-drama.

And, if so, has it really become a real model competition too (finally)?

I didn't notice they had switched. Is this being shown in the model show? Because I was kind of surprised that they did not have the whole "do you want to keep your model?" non-drama

I think that they did the model thing at the beginning of the model show last week (I didn't watch the models this week) but I could be wrong.

I agreed with the boot on PR, but also agree that Mitchell's days are numbered.

Otherwise, I like the vibe in the workroom this season. It seems free of a lot of the personality conflicts of past seasons. However, that may change with the teaming up next ep.

TC: I find myself only half watching. I just don't seem to be as into it as I used to be.

someone talked about an Epperson/Qristal thing, but I didn't really see it. Of course, I tend to ff through the scenes in the apartments.

I think it was in the coming attractions for next week, Vortex.

I didn't notice they had switched. Is this being shown in the model show? Because I was kind of surprised that they did not have the whole "do you want to keep your model?" non-drama

The first two model shows have ended with the model picking and one of the models being auf-ed. And the designers have been switching a lot. I think more than in past seasons. So in that sense, yes, it is finally also a competition for the models as well. That aspect has been pretty much the only intersting part of the otherwise disappointing Models of the Runway. The models have very definite opinions about which designers they want and which ones they don't want and very different strategies (some want to switch, some want to stick with their designers).

The Epperson/Qristyl thing was teased in the previews for the next episode. It seems that they wind up paired together and things do not go well.

I think it was in the coming attractions for next week, Vortex.

ah, I see. Thanks.

The Epperson/Qristyl thing was teased in the previews for the next episode. It seems that they wind up paired together and things do not go well.

my tivo cut off as Tim was saying "teams of-" I thought oh, lord, group challenge.

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