At the request of my aunt, I'll be attempting to recap this season of PR too... well, at this point anyhow. Let's see how this goes.
We open up to the standard Atlas Apartments opening shots and find the final three girls chatting. Anya (the Great) notes that while it's a competition, it's still nice to have some form of comradeship, which is interesting since these shows usually go the other way around. In the Men's room, Joshua feels a lot better, but Bryce whines about how he's the only designer left who hasn't won anything. 2 things:
A) It's only halfway through and almost all these competitors won a challenge? This season really is churning out some talented people.
B) Bryce's whining immediately sets him up with the so-called "Adios Exit" I read through EW's recaps of ANTM. Thank god, because not only is he annoying, he's really boring too.
Head on down to the runway (or, as I would impersonate Heidi a la Crista Flanagan, RUNWAY!!!) as Heidi introduces her inevitable announcements that immunity will no longer be given and that the designers (or deeeeeesigners) won't be working with their usual models for this challenge. You can already sense the fear in everyone when she says that, which is only made worse when MEN enter the room. Anya the Great, however, is relieved she has immunity because, since she's only been sewing for 4 months (and probably became so good by utilizing the Meryl Streep method of learning when she did Music of the Heart: Practicing 6 hours a day/until her hands bleed), she has never done menswear. And so they pick and choose the man they'd like to work with through the standard way: Pick the Pretty guy. I'm not totally shocked that they still resort to this mean girl tactic but I got irritated when Olivier bemoaned that the only ones left were "fat". Get over yourself.
Surprise! They're not doing menswear, as Uncle Tim reveals in the work room. Instead, they're working with the guys' wives or girlfriends. Now, I'll tell you that when I read the information on the guide, it kept referring to the challenge as the designers working for the men's significant others. And I assumed they were all gay and Heidi would be that crafty and evil to throw in a twist to not only design for their significant other but for the men themselves and show horrible examples of menswear on the runway. But she does have a heart and they only stick it to the girls. Phew. But, the designers have to rely on the help of their guy partner for the design. Uh oh. Now, keep in mind that pretty much the remaining male designers probably have never been with a woman before or ever will, so this talk of these things called "boobs" threw them for a loop, particularly Bert who got stuck with a douche bag of a husband/boyfriend. Anthony Ryan's guy (who looks like a hippie) simply wants to replace his wife's dress he lost at an airport so there's proof that there are some of these guys aren't half bad. Though Joshua's guy, coincidentally named Joshua, was a little odd to the point where I think he was hitting on Designer Joshua. Uh, his wife better keep the tabs on them.
After trip to Mood later, the designers get to work. Kimberly describes style lines (I think), but because this is information that none of us normal folk would ever use, I was worried that is was the only time she would ever speak in this episode. But hey, this also means she's not going home so I was relieved about that. Some time later, the women arrive! Laura's girl, who grew up in a big family, never had Barbie so she'd like to live out that dream now with this design (and shoes). How sweet! Bert still has no idea what this penis-lacking creature he is working for is doing standing next to him, telling him what she wants so it's obvious he's in trouble. And Bert's guy is still acting like a fratboy douche.
Anya and her gorgeous accent that I could listen to every day reveals that she's a bit nervous about this challenge and Viktor is confident with his girl. Joshua wants to experiment with metal things he bought at mood, but his client wants simple, something he doesn't comprehend and almost has a seizure over. Olivier's girl dictates him over what kind of design she wants. I would feel bad for him but this episode proves how much of a shallow, pompous ass he is so I figured, "Just desserts." And Bryce blubbers over how much in love his couple is and how he misses his boyfriend while he dyes his fabric into some shade of pink. The others sort of feel bad for him but I don't because I don't care about him.
New day! The designers really don't want to go in and work (sounds like my relationship with school now: I don't want to go in but I must. Damn). In the workroom, Tim worries about Olivier's time issues, and his couple rat him out on working so slow. Olivier whines. Man up. Laura's girl likes her shoes and Tim likes the design. Kimberly is allowed to speak (yay!) and half-jokingly says that she doesn't like it when Tim doesn't give her a critique right away and is scared when he's really quiet. Bryce's dress looks really bad so he makes the decision to go all pink. Big no-no. Soon, it's runway day with the standard chaos, but Kim and Olivier are busted for continuing to sew after they have exited the room. Whomp whomp.
I didn't really catch who was the guest judge (or any of the critiques) so bear with me. It was 1 in the morning and I wanted to go to bed, but here's a general breakdown of the runway show.
The Safe:
Kimberly: Not a bad design. I liked the top, but the whole thing made her girl look a little dumpy.
Laura: Her girl looked very pretty, but I couldn't help noticing how similar Laura's outfit was to her design. Hmm...
Olivier: It wasn't the greatest thing up there. The top looked nice but the pants looked kind of bad.
The Good:
Joshua: His LBD (little black dress) looked cute, simple, and very chic, especially with the deep V-cut in the back.
Anya: Her African-esque Kimono looked absolutely divine, even if Nina and Michael didn't like the one sleeve. The guest judge (who I forgot but she was awesome) would wear it and wouldn't care if she landed on the best OR worst list. For her, the impression is the key.
Viktor: His outfit was cute n' pretty and chic, but the glasses his girl wore kind of killed it.
The Bad:
Bert: His dress looked like it belongs in a club and it looked really bad and way to similar to everything he's been doing the whole season.
Anthony Ryan: Unlike everyone, I sorta liked the dress. It's a little TOO vintage (60's mod) but the girl looked so cute up there, but not as horrible as everyone made it out to be.
Bryce: His dress looked like a godawful pink bridesmaid outfit with pockets so huge, she could've snuck a buffet into the movie theatre.
The winner: Joshua!
The eliminated: Bryce.
Hey, I called it within 3 minutes. Bye bye, Boring Bryce. We hardly cared about you.
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