Vortex,

I had a moment when I felt badly for her, then I read snippets of her interviews and I no longer feel badly. She says shit like "oh, I wasn't surprised I won", etc. Yeah well, Mondo's finale pieces have sold out in the online auction and Gretchen has only sold one. That is one measure of how people feel about the result.

Michael Kors twitter and FB pages are a red hot mess.

Oh, La Kors is getting nailed for this.

Srsly, WTFF? The two words that come to mind with Gretchen's collection are sad and wretched. As for Mondo, hello? Betsey Johnson? Patricia Field? McQueen?

As usual, I am pretty much agreeing with Tom and Lorenzo.

This is an excellent leg of TAR: loved the music or film choice Both options are difficult And the Babushka drag race was hilarious (Mallory is so funny - something I hadn't realized.)

Too bad the Acappella guys didn't last long enough to get the music challenge, because they'd have ruled it. But that's the nature of it when tasks are set up long in advance.

The babushka ladies were funny as hell, and so clearly enjoying themselves.

That was a terrific leg! Really well-planned challenges all around.

I was hoping we'd get to see the daddy/daughter team go (her voice makes my teeth hurt) but hey, nonelim's good too.

That's Gary and Mallory. Mallory has never had an unvoiced thought in her life, I'm convinced.

The Tattoos rose in my estimation again -- if only because the guy seems contrite about his Ghana meltdown. The other couple also seems to be making changes for the better. If this keeps up, my disbelief in people's goodness may have to change....

I'm surprised more teams didn't do what the Tattoos ended up doing at the music task; just concentrating on one piece at a time.

Or keep their own notes so that they know that Piano #3 is NOT doing Song #2.

They were all trying to rush through it... which if you don't have a classical-music-educated ear just isn't going to work.