Two of the girls didn't get anything other than a wash and set! Really, Tyra? Really?

And yes, Sara's LoTR reference was by far the high point of the night.

Yeah most of them got extensions and stayed pretty close to their own hair color. Tyra seems obsessed this cycle with long, flowy hair...boring!

I loved the Louise Brooks cut, and once the girl lived with it a little she rocked it. But the rest ... usually there are tears and drama and girls being threatened with being voted off the ... oops! wrong reference ... kicked out of the competition if they didn't appreciate Tyra's "vision" for them (I wonder what produces those visions ... I'd like some). But since they weren't shaving anyone's head, or giving them anything too extreme (although I bet some of the girls with long extensions are going to realize what a pain they are), I guess we'll have to hope for some other flavor of drama.

Yeah--most of the extensions are fine, whatever, long flowy hair, yippee...but then after a few weeks in the competition when they're growing out and looking ratty? Yeahhhh.

I agree I liked the Louise Brooks cut (I thought a Dutch Boy was shorter, almost bowl-cut. Or a guy who hangs out with dykes)

heh ... my mother used to refer to those cuts as Buster Brown styles. We have a picture of her, age five or so, with one.

And at one point I had long hair (real). It was hip length. That's a LOT of hair - it tangles, it gets caught in things, takes forever to dry. They'll learn.

Also, most of those girls don't know how to take care of a weave and so after about a week the hair starts looking like Barbie hair. Learn to love the sleep cap, white girl weave wearers, or else prepare to join the Busted Weave Wearers of America.

Buster Brown. Ha! It was sad for Tyra that she didn't know what she had actually done with her one successful hair transformation. I still can't believe that the southern girl with the baby voice and the blonde girl with the big blue eyes got nothing done to their hair. No cut, no color. Nothing. Wash and set! How does that even count as a make over?

AI: Steven Tyler was coked out of his mind, y'all. For real, he didn't even look like he knew where he was. Did he even say anything all night? And since he hoovered up all the coke supply, the hair and make up department clearly had to settle for the meth - thus the shocking lack of grooming for the kids tonight. They needed all the hairbrush bristles and the mica and other chemicals in the make up to supply their homemade lab. And no one but a meth zombie would've put that nappy fauxhawk on Ashthon Jones. And on the night she went home, too. Oh, the humanity. Clearly, Glambert brought Sutan/Raja with him to serve his own hair and make up needs. That boy's mama didn't raise no fool.

I wasn't in love with Glambert's new song. It sounded kind of just exactly like every other song he's made since he won this show. (And yes, I have convinced myself that he won his season and that's not even a slam on Kris) Didn't even matter though because he gave a clinic on how you properly deploy the rock scream and he got the entire show - audience, judges panel, contestants, even RyRy - to do the Dougie because he is made of magic and rainbows and sparkly glitter!

It seems that they were lip synching again during the MJ group sing, which was so sleepy and dull not even the ending pointy pose could save it and there's still too many of them for the Ford pimpmercial to make any impression on me. I was right on with my prediction that Karen and Ashthon would hit B3 with Haley thrown in the mix just because Ryan wanted to fuck with her. And really, who didn't know that Ashthon was going home? What a waste of a wildcard pick. The upside? Denying her the Judges' Save turned JLo into a Puerto 'bueli for a minute. “I’m sorry, baby. It’s not you. Not tonight, baby. And you know I was rooting for you, baby. And it was unanimous, baby.” OK, abuelita. I think it's time for your siesta.

I'm worried about Casey. That's the second time in the last three weeks he's been in the hospital. What's wrong with that fool?

I wasn't in love with Glambert's new song.

It wasn't a new song. Aftermath was on his album, this was just an accoustic version.

I am worried about Casey too.

He has been having stomach pains and blood transfusions. Any guesses?

It can't be ulcers, right?

I've seen some folks speculating that Casey might have Crohn's Disease but I don't know enough about it to know whether that's a real possibility or just internet bs. I do hope that he gets better.