What an episode. In many ways good and in many ways bad. Let's dive straight in.
After Cynthia's elimination, Pep tries to give her a fond sendoff, but Trinity shuts it down and stakes her claim as the new official cucu. I love Trinity. In a first, Valentina gets a little shady in her confessional towards Alexis, and while I don't necessarily disagree, I was surprised and worried that Val might be getting a little bitter. Nina says she will let down her guard from now on, and I really hope that's true, otherwise it will be her downfall. Sasha does a funny Farrah impersonation, and Trinity painfully rips the black censor bars off of Valentina. Finally, it cuts to a bizarre shot of Trinity's butt before going to the theme sequence.
Red alert: we have she-mail! I'm glad to see it again, and Ru didn't disappoint, delivering a funny one-liner: "Freeze you honky bitch!". Ru announces that we will rewind to 1993, then threatens Farrah when she says that's the year she was born - "I'm gonna fucking... fuck you up!". As someone who was born several years after Farrah, I worry about what Ru would say to me. So the challenge is announced to be an acting challenge of Beverly Hills 9021-HO. Since Peppermint survived the lip sync last week, she gets to assign the roles. After Aja states that she is happy with whatever role but that there's a couple she'd prefer, she goes off when she doesn't get either of the picks. Shea, probably noticing that it's a bigger and better role for her, smartly offers to swap with Aja, which Peppermint enforces.
During the shoot, Nina reverts back to her old ways and doesn't handle the criticism from the guest judges - Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling - well. We also see Aja and, to a lesser degree, Sasha, struggling with their parts. On the other hand, Trinity is absolutely hysterical, Shea is great, Farrah, Peppermint and Valentina are pretty strong, and Alexis starts off a bit subdued but takes the critique and steps it up. We get an awkward making out scene between Aja and Peppermint, which is a bit much.
In the sad moment for the episode, Trinity reveals that her mum died when she was 8 and was raised by her grandparents. Sadly, her grandmother got sick with cancer when she was 16 and died 2 years later, so Trinity dropped out of high school and taught herself in order to look after her grandmother. It really is touching and offers a newfound respect and perspective to Trinity. However, then everyone else jumps in, and Shea reveals her dad, and Sasha her mum, have also passed away from cancer. I understand that it is an important topic of discussion, but the queens have already had a lengthy talk about cancer this season, so it feels like a retread.
Cut to the runway, and Ru comes out in a very nice velvet (or velour) dress, and her makeup is a bit better, though her padding is still ridiculous. It is announced that the runway theme is "big hair everywhere".
Good
Passable
Bad
Best: Aja
Worst: Trinity
This was a pretty good runway. The worst one was Trinity's, her outfit and hair were horrendous. Aja looked incredible, for the first time her makeup was really great. She has been getting better and better throughout the season and she finally looked amazing tonight, which is why it was such a shame to see her go. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
We see the acting scene and it is very good. Trinity and Shea are the clear standouts, with Trinity being a cut above. On the other hand, Nina and Aja floundered. Trinity is rightfully declared the winner of the challenge, while Aja and Nina are delegated to the bottom 2. The lip sync is okay, Nina does better and Aja is sent home. It was a shame to see Aja get increasingly better and then leave once she truly gets there, but it is understandable.
Ranking
By default, the eliminated queen is last on the ranking. Ranking is based upon overall performance.
9. Aja
8. Farrah - She did well in this challenge but it is not enough to push her up the ranks. Next challenge is a roast, so I think her time will be up.
7. Peppermint - Like Farrah, she was good this challenge, but unless she secures a win she's going home soon.
6. Nina - Unfortunately it has been all downhill from the first episode for Nina. Hopefully she'll redeem herself soon but if not, she's going home.
5. Sasha - I thought Sasha was a guaranteed top 3, but she's getting overtaken by other people. Maybe she won't be in the finale after all.
4. Alexis - She did okay this episode, not a top performer but perfectly okay. They're definitely editing her to look bad, if not the villain then at least just annoying. It makes me concerned.
3. Valentina - It's bizarre how it feels like Valentina is coasting even though she's consistently in the top. I think she's very good but she's not outdoing herself like others are. It doesn't matter though because she's top 3 for sure.
2. Trinity - I'm so happy Trinity won her second challenge. She really deserved this win, and I think this pretty well cements her as at the very least top 5, if not top 3.
1. Shea - Shea, again, killed it this week. At the moment, she's my pick to win. I'd ultimately prefer Trinity just because we all thought she was going home first, but Shea deserves it just as much.
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