What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Curtis tells Linc, it looks like a good crowd. This night is turning out better than he’d hoped. He can’t thank Linc enough. Portia asks if Curtis has seen what’s going on outside. There’s a line around the block. He has a hit on his hands.
At a table, Elizabeth says Finn really went all out for her birthday. He says she deserves it, and much more. She says she appreciates it. It’s nice being out of the house and being adults for once. Now Josslyn and Cameron can study for midterms and have the place to themselves.
From the kitchen, Cameron tells Josslyn, they have sea salt, regular salt, Himalayan salt, and kosher salt. He’s very well prepared. He takes the condom out of his pocket and looks at it. In the living room on the phone, Josslyn says she already told Trina that she has plans with Cameron tonight… She hasn’t changed her mind. She knows Trina packed some makeup for her. She can’t find that lip gloss she likes. She looks in her purse, and pulls out some condoms. She says she thinks she found it.
Carly sits with Michael and Willow at The Savoy, and thanks Michael for scoring the tickets. He says, Aurora gave Curtis a break on ad rates when he opened The Savoy, so in return, he gave them tickets. Willow says, they would have been happy to see Downtown, but Phideaux is way better. Michael is surprised Sonny didn’t snag tickets, but Carly says, after what happened yesterday, they didn’t want to trouble Curtis. It’s fine. Everything has been handled.
Sonny asks Nina how it was catching up with Shawn, and she tells him, she woudn’t say they were catching up, but they were having a great conversation. She and Shawn are barely acquaintances, but they do have something in common. Sonny says, what does that mean? and Nina says, Shawn went to prison for Sonny, and she’s probably going to prison for what she did to him.
Chase tells Brook that he’s doing security at The Savoy to make up for being on desk duty. She says she actually left her security at home; he’s babysitting Bailey. Chase asks if babysitting isn’t a little menial for Yuri, but she says, he makes bank off Valentin, but Valentin had better watch out, or Monica is going to adopt her bodyguard and start calling the shots at ELQ. He says, that’s not squared away yet? and she says, the vote is actually next week. Valentin will finally be out of the CEO chair, and a Quartermaine, mainly her father, will be back in charge of the family business.
At the hospital, Austin asks Valentin how he’s doing, and Valentin says the progress is a little slower than he’d expected. Austin says, progress is progress, and Valentin says he’s awfully cheerful for a man who just lost his voting rights to ELQ. Austin says his dad warned him not to tangle with the Quartermaines. He didn’t listen, and had to learn firsthand how horrible they are. He wishes he hadn’t had to be suspended from his job and almost lose his medical license to find out. Valentin says, and his eyes are wide open now, and Austin says, they sure are. He closes the door, and shuts the blind, and says, the question is, are Valentin’s?
On the phone, Ava says, thank Mr. Sartore again for agreeing to display the Photo Ark at the gallery. They’re so incredibly honored. She hears something, and says she has to run, but thanks them again so much for everything. She comes out, and Scotty is adjusting a painting. She asks what he’s doing, and he says, this was crooked. She tells him to keep his hands off of it, and gets closer. She says, he stinks. He’s been drinking, hasn’t he? He says, what if he has? and she tells him to sit down. She’ll get him some water. He says, water’s not going to help, the government’s not going to help, his so-called friends aren’t going to help. She says she’s his friend, and he asks how she’s going to help him bring Obrecht home.
Valentin tells Austin, he’s locked horns with the Quartermaines plenty over the years. He’s not surprised by anything they do. Austin says, Brook outmaneuvered him. She got Valentin to sign over his shares of ELQ in exchange for access to his daughter. Valentin says, that’s true. His brief moment with Brook gave her leverage, but it also gave him Bailey, and he woudn’t trade her for all the shares of ELQ. Austin says, it’s good he knows that because the board vote is coming up, and Valentin is going to be out. Valentin says, it looks that way, and Austin says, what he’s trying to figure out, Valentin is laying there telling him how wise he is to the ways of the Quartermaines, yet Brook saw him coming from a mile away.
Chase tells Brook, now that the future of ELQ is squared away, she can help him with Maxie, instead of running interference for her like she did at the hospital. Brook says she’s just looking out for Maxie, and he says, the department is out of leads. Maxie is the last person to have seen her baby. She could have a key piece of evidence, and just doesn’t know it yet. She asks if Maxie wouldn’t have remembered something by now, and he says, not necessarily. Brook would be doing him and the PCPD a huge favor if she stopped acting like Maxie’s guard dog, and convinced Maxie to talk to him. Otherwise, that little girl might never come home.
Josslyn shoves the condoms back in her purse, and tells Trina that she’ll be fine; she promises. She asks Cameron if something is burning, and he runs to open the microwave. He says, everything’s fine, and takes out the bag of popcorn, and throws it in the trash. He grabs a bag of pretzels and puts them in a bowl. He comes in, and Josslyn is applying her lip gloss. He says, change of plans. He hopes she likes pretzels. She says she does. Popcorn is overrated anyway.
Carly asks if her presence at The Savoy is a problem for Curtis, and he says, it shouldn’t be. Has she had any more problems with Joey Novak? She says, no. He and Sonny came to an understanding. He says, so no more trouble from Joey, and she says she can’t really speak for her husband’s business anymore, but if Sonny says the problem’s solved, the problem’s solved.
Nina tells Sonny, Diane said Michael wanted her brought to justice, and he’s getting what he wanted. She guesses she should probably get used to calling prison her new home. He says she’s getting way ahead of herself. She hasn’t gone to trial; she hasn’t been convicted. She says, yet. Does he plan on using his power to keep her out of prison? He says she has no idea what he can do with his power, then turns her into a cat. Just kidding. She says, probably not, but she does know this. When she goes to trial, DA Sheridan is going to call him up to the stand and ask him about everything that happened in Nixon Falls. All the lies that she told, the false life she created, the real life she kept him from. He says she’s speaking a different language from him. What if she goes to trial, what if what happened in Nixon Falls is revealed… The point is, you don’t worry about what ifs. She says she envies him, because what ifs are all she’s about. What if Jay (Nathan) never died? What if her baby was never taken from her? What if she was allowed to watch her baby grow up, or at least find her before she spiraled so out of control it was too late to save her? What if she’d told him the truth the first time she saw him in Nixon Falls? What if she and Mike had… He says, that’s a total waste of time because you can’t change the past. All sorts of things could happen before the trial. She says, like what? and he says, like the DA can decide trying to prove identity fraud is more trouble than it’s worth; trying to get the conviction isn’t going to give him the headlines he wanted, and drops the charges. She tells him to stop now. If he keeps talking, he just might make her feel better.
Austin thinks Valentin underestimated Brook. He thinks Valentin thought she was a lightweight, and she played him. She could do it because he was so focused on Ned and Michael. Valentin asks how Austin is implying she played him, and Austin says, he thinks Valentin needs to talk to Brook’s assistant Gladys. He thinks Gladys has all the answers Valentin needs.
Chase says, Brook is close to Maxie. Just talk to her. If anyone can convince Maxie he’s not the boogeyman, it’s her. She says, of course (🍷) he’s not the boogeyman. She’ll talk to Maxie, but can’t make any promises. There are limits to her superpowers. He says, yeah, right, and she asks, what’s with the attitude? He says, she sure seemed powerful when she took a girls night out just hours before she had to pull over and give birth. She says, he remembers? and he says he stopped by the Quartermaines. Actually, he and Yuri bonded over putting together Bailey’s crib. That thing could have collapsed; there were a lot of missing parts. Brook flashes back to telling Yuri that she found parts on the floor, and the crib was super rickety. She says, Chase helped fix the crib. End of story.
Portia asks how Elizabeth’s birthday was back at home, and Elizabeth says, it was nice. Aiden baked her a cake, and the kids decorated, they made her a banner, and to top it off, Finn has taken her out. She’s excited to see the performer. It’s been a long time since she enjoyed live music. Portia says, but it takes some getting used to, right? Being out without Franco, and with Finn instead. Elizabeth says, Finn is a really good friend, but Portia says she’s seen them at the hospital. Sometimes, Elizabeth can’t stop smiling, and other times, she seems so hesitant, like maybe she’s not ready to move on. Elizabeth flashes back to her and Finn’s almost kiss, and says, at times it does seem overwhelming. Portia says, if it doesn’t feel right to be out, with or without Finn, don’t be out. Finn will understand. He certainly knows there’s no timetable for grief. If she wants to go home, she’s got to do what’s best for her.
Cameron and Josslyn are on the couch, when Cameron’s phone dings. He says, it’s probably nothing, but she picks it up, and says, it’s Spencer. He’s not going to stop until Cameron responds. Cameron looks at the phone, and says, he doesn’t know how to work the register. Josslyn says, that’s funny, since he sure knows how to spend money, and he says, maybe Spencer would know if he’d focus more on his job than Esme. He turns his phone off, and suggests they ditch the movie. She asks if he really likes Esme, and he says, undecided. She’s Spencer’s girlfriend. Josslyn says, so? She can’t believe he doesn’t see what a total fake she is. All this, I’m from Europe, and I’m so worldly stuff. Please. He says, she is from Europe, and she’s seen a lot more of the world than he has. Josslyn asks why she’d want to go on a weekend getaway with Esme and her condescending attitude? He says they don’t have to go, but she says, yes they do. Esme won’t leave them alone if they don’t. He says he doesn’t really want to think about Esme, or what she thinks about them, and she says, she doesn’t want to either. He says, you know what he thinks about? Her. They kiss.
Ava tells Scotty to have some coffee; they’ll get him dried out. He says he doesn’t need drying out. He’s thinking better this way. She says he’ll be of no use to Obrecht with a mind like Swiss cheese. He says, what kind of a guy is he? He gets chucked out of an airplane like a sack of potatoes; then his girlfriend is whisked off to parts unknown. Ava pulls up a chair, and says, none of that was his fault. He was tricked, duped, drugged. Just be glad he’s alive now, and can work to bring Obrecht home. He asks, what has that done for him? All his time, energy, and resources, and he’s got goose egg; he’s got bupkis. He even put up a reward, and nobody’s responded to that. The only thing he does know for sure he succeeded at, is losing Britt, just like he lost Obrecht. She says, nobody can blame him for losing Britt, but he says he knew it was a mistake bringing Jason in. He knows who Jason is, and he badgered Britt to get him. Why couldn’t he have been a good little assassin, and done it by himself? But no, they both go. Now they’ve both gone missing. She says, there could be any number of reasons for that, and he says, none of them good. If Obrecht comes back, and finds her daughter missing… fireworks. She says, Britt’s a grown women, so she’s going to guess Obrecht respects her daughter’s choices. He says she doesn’t get it. He and Obrecht are in love. He had one job, to protect her. And he didn’t. He failed.
Josslyn and Cameron make out on the couch, and he asks if she’s okay. She says, his hands are cold, and he says, sorry. She says, no big deal, and he asks if she’s sure this is okay. They kiss some more, and she says, something is poking her. She feels around, and pulls out a wooden spoon. He says, Aiden was looking for that. He should have prechecked the couch for cooking utensils and art supplies. Sorry. Why don’t they take this to the bedroom? There’s no wooden spoons there. She says, yeah, sure, and they get up. They see headlights outside.
Willow asks Michael to help her up on the table so she can tell the room how much she loves him. He kisses her hand, and thanks her for being her. She doesn’t have to jump on the table, even though he’d absolutely love to see that. He believes her. She says she’s going to keep saying this as many times as he needs to hear it. They don’t always need to agree. They won’t always agree, but she still loves him. She’s there for the long haul, like it or not. He says he likes it very much, when Carly comes back, apologizing for disappearing. She just wanted to call Sonny and see how it’s going. He’s going to be there soon.
Sonny says Nina doesn’t need his help to feel better or worse. She’s perfectly capable of doing that herself. She says, in other words, quit her complaining, and act like a grownup. Some things don’t change. He asks what she means, and she says, Mike was full of advice, whether she wanted to hear it or not. One positive thing is, Phyllis is going to be in her life, and she’s going to stay in Port Charles. He says, at least she’s managing the place, and Nina says, that’s a good thing. It will give her a fresh purpose, whether she sees it or not, and the job will keep her busy. Nina will just have to find a new watering hole. He says, she finds out Phyllis is putting down roots in Port Charles, and now she’s going to do everything she can to keep her distance. She says, he’s the one who told her to stay out of his life. He owns the place, so how is she supposed to do that? She doesn’t make the rules, she just follows them. He says, maybe he’ll change the rules.
Brook tells Chase, she had nothing to do with that super rickety crib. She’s sure Yuri thinks it’s all her fault, but he’d better watch it; he’s paid for his discretion as much as her protection. Linc approaches, and says, if anyone needs protection, it’s this poor man from her.
Austen wonders why Gladys was so desperate to talk to Valentin, and Valentin says, she claimed to have something to say to him, but then Brook showed up and shooed her out of the room. Austin asks if he wasn’t curious, and Valentin says he was heading into surgery, so he was a little preoccupied, but he’s curious now. Austen says, Gladys is running around town with Brook’s corporate credit card, spending it in decidedly uncorporate ways. She treated him to drinks – plural – at The Savoy. Valentin says, she must like Austin, and Austin says, and she let slip that she thinks Brook is pulling a scam on Valentin.
Josslyn says she thought Cameron’s mom would be home later than this, and he says, it seems she will be. Someone’s just using the driveway to turn around. He asks if Josslyn is okay; she seems a little off. She says, too many pretzels, but he says they didn’t have any. They don’t have to do this. She says she’s good; it will pass. Besides, doesn’t he want to? He says, of course (🍷) he wants to, but only if she does, and to be honest, it seems like she doesn’t.
Curtis says he’ll have Nika get Finn and Elizabeth a bottle of champagne, and Finn tells Elizabeth, go ahead. She deserves it. She says, what the hell. She’d love some.
Austin reaches to touch Valentin’s flowers, and Valentin moves the vase. He asks what else Gladys told Austin, but Austin says, nothing really. He gets up, and says, she did ask him if he wanted to have a drink at the MetroCourt, but he’s in the middle of his shift. He called her a bunch of times, but she hasn’t returned his calls. Valentin asks if Austin thinks Brook got to her, and Austin says he does. He thinks Brook either terrified that poor woman, or paid her off to keep her mouth shut. He hopes Valentin has more luck with Gladys, but Valentin says he doesn’t need luck.
Brook says, please tell her that she’s having a nightmare, and Chase says he remembers Linc. Linc says, he should; Chase arrested him. Chase says, he’s Brook’s music producer, and Brook says, ex-music producer, and total sexist and skeezy sleaze. Linc asks if that’s any way to talk to an old friend, and she asks what he’s doing there. She hoped he’d been dumped on a toxic waste site. Linc says he’s there to see the show on the stage, not the show on the floor, and Chase says they don’t want a disturbance, but if Linc comes within ten feet of Brook again, he’ll be out on the street. Linc says, there’s no need to manhandle him. He knows when he’s not wanted. Good to see Brook again.
Nina says, Sonny Corinthos is changing his rules, and for her, and he says he didn’t bring Phyllis in to run Charlie’s just to have Nina stay away. Phyllis doesn’t know it yet, but she belongs in Port Charles. She can see who she wants to see. She says, even if it means he’ll have to breathe the same air as she is? and he says, he’s telling her again, stay away from Carly, and respect Michael’s wishes when it comes to Wiley. She promises, and says she knows he said he could change the rules anytime, but she just never thought it would be this soon and in her favor. Sonny says he’s doing this for Phyllis. If the rule change works for Nina, so be it. Nina and I both go, hmm…
Ava says, she knows the WSB knows more than they’re letting on to the public, and Scotty asks what she means. She says, they captured a man during the assault at the compound in Crete, and he says, the one Nikolas owns? She says, used to own. Anyway, the man they captured claims to have a lead on Peter. He says, if that’s true, why is nobody telling him? He’s been running around like a chicken with no head. She says she doesn’t know, but the man in question is demanding a heck of a lot in exchange for cooperation. He asks how bad the guy can be, and she says, apparently, he’s committed many crimes and acts of espionage going back decades. The WSB wants to prosecute him, not cut a deal. He says she’s got to help him; Obrecht’s life is at stake. Who is this guy? She says, Nikolas’s uncle Victor Cassadine. He jumps up, and says, for cryin’ out loud, now this all makes sense. That’s why Nikolas didn’t help him out; he was protecting his uncle. And that’s why she didn’t help him, because she was protecting her husband. She says, he’s not drunk at all. He just tricked her so she would spill her guts. He says, he did, to get the truth, and she says, get out of here, you cretin. He should be ashamed of himself. He says, if the shoe was on the other foot, he would do exactly what she’s doing. So isn’t life and love all grand? He walks out.
Josslyn says she feels so dumb. She was the one pushing for this, now she’s hitting the brakes. He says she’s allowed to change her mind, and she says she just doesn’t want to disappoint him. He says, this is supposed to be about the two of them, not just him. He wants to have sex with her more than anything, but it wasn’t even on the agenda until this morning, when it was suddenly put there. She says she knows. Maybe it’s being in college, or being around Esme, who never misses an opportunity to remind Josslyn how advanced she is. She’s embarrassed to admit it, but he knows how competitive she is. She thinks part of her just wanted to keep up, and the other part of her just wanted to get it out of the way so it wouldn’t take up so much space in her head. He says she shouldn’t have to think about it that way. It’s not like a volleyball game she has to win. She says she knows, and she truly doesn’t want her first time to be about something between her and Esme, or anyone else at PCU having sex. She wants it to be about her and Cameron. He says he just wants it to be right.
Sonny arrives at The Savoy, and asks if he missed anything. Michael says he didn’t, and Carly says she’s just glad he made it. Is everything okay? He nods and smiles. Curtis asks if he can have everyone’s attention. Tonight is a very special night at The Savoy. He thanks them all for being there, and says, it’s his privilege and honor to present, fresh from his sold out summer tour, Phideaux (see below). The audience seems like they’re enjoying it, but aren’t moving around to music much. It brought to mind what another actor said once, when we were doing a play together: is this an audience or an oil painting?
Curtis tells Chase that he noticed Linc was bothering Brook. Does she know that guy? Chase says, he was her music producer, and they have a history. Brook and Linc got into it, and he ended up arresting them both. Curtis says, really? Excuse him. He goes over to Brook, and apologizes for Linc bothering her. He’ll be happy to refund her ticket. She says, that’s sweet of him, but Linc wasn’t bothering her. She was just surprised to see him. She thought he knew better than to show his face in Port Charles again. He asks if the Quartermaines ran Linc out of town, and she says, just one Quartermaine, her dad. He says, if Linc gets in her face again, let him know.
Josslyn says, she was afraid if they didn’t do it, Cameron would be upset and dump her. He says, like that’s going to happen, and she says, it’s not like he can’t find someone else; the girls would be lining up. He says, A, that’s just not true, and B, the only girl he wants is her. He waited years to hold her hand. He can wait a little bit longer for sex. They hug, and he says, however long it takes, he knows it will be worth it.
Finn says, if Elizabeth has had enough, they can sneak out, but she says, is he kidding? She asks why he looks surprised, and he says he was concerned it might be too much for her. He knows it’s not an easy birthday. She says, it’s not, but he’s making it special for her.
Scotty taps Nina on the shoulder, and says, he’s sorry he’s late, but for good reason. He got a line on Obrecht. She asks if he took it to Anna, but he says, Anna is the last person to take anything to. She says, please don’t go to Obrecht’s rescue like Britt did, on his own. They all want to find her, and he’s got to put the WSB in the loop. He says he intends to go to the WSB, but when you do, you can’t make mistakes. Like when you go to Sonny Corinthos.
Carly asks Sonny how it went with Phyllis. Did she agree to manage Charlie’s? He says, on a trial basis; it’s her decision, not his. She says, that’s great, right? She knows how important Phyllis is to him. He says, it’s the right decision, and Phyllis is going to be a terrific manager. She says, they’ve never hung out at Charlie’s, and he says, Julian Jerome didn’t exactly make it appealing. She says, that’s true, but Julian is gone, and Phyllis is running the place, so there’s our excuse to get to know Charlie’s better. D’oh! all over the place.
Scotty says he can’t help Obrecht tonight, so he and Nina should strategize about her trial. He thinks the best defense is a good offense. They’ve got to get Sonny and Michael to back off. She asks if he has something in mind, and he says, the only thing she has in common with that family is a legitimate claim, but she says, no. Wiley’s out of bounds. He says, now that Nelle’s gone, she has legal rights to her grandson. She has to use those legal rights, and push them to get Sonny to back off. She says she’s not going to use her grandson, and he’s looking at this the wrong way. Michael is the one who got the DA to press charges on her, not Sonny. He says, Michael takes his cues from Don Vito. She says, maybe the pre Nixon Falls Don Vito, but not the man Sonny is now.
Portia tells Curtis, the band is amazing, and so is this night. She’s been table hopping, and everyone is having a wonderful time… except for him. What’s wrong? He says, Linc, the band’s producer. Chase arrested him a while back, and Ned Quartermaine ran him out of town. She asks, why? and he says, something he had against Brook. He’s beginning to think Linc’s appearance there wasn’t a coincidence. She says, so he thinks Linc deliberately came there to help him out when his original band canceled? and he says, he thinks someone put Linc up to it.
Valentin asks what Austin wants for the information on Brook and Gladys. He must want something. Austin says, no; they’re good on that. He could tell the way they were talking, Brook may soon find herself in the hottest corner of hell. Valentin says, that’s enough for him? and Austin says, Brook’s misery will be his joy. If Valentin is feeling extra generous, and wants to show his appreciation when Brook gets what’s coming to her, just tell her Austin says hi, and give Brook his regards.
Tomorrow, Robert tells Olivia that the kiss was anything but meaningless, Brook says don’t pop the champagne yet, Esme asks if someone (probably Trina) is trying to steal her boyfriend, and Curtis tells Portia that he’ll stop anyone who tries to take what’s his.
🎸 Replacement Act…
This guy was not bad. He actually reminded me of Billy Idol.
💰 I caught the end of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles again, and this is the second week in a row that it was warm and fuzzy. JoshA got house for his parents, and in his interview, he said it put a bow on the last twenty years of his life. Aww! Are we getting kinder, gentler brokers this season? No one seems very happy with Fredrik though.
Project Runway
Aaron was missing Darren, and pointed out that you could become close with the other designers, but one day you were here, and the next you weren’t. One bad day was all it took. The designers were paid a visit by Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, BFFs and former skating partners. They were now commentators, and needed looks for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. They’d be wearing the winning look live. Anna was hoping to win, and represent the Asian community. The designers were split into pairs; one team member would make an outfit for Tara, and the other for Johnny. Johnny randomly passed out cards to match them. He reminded them that he and Tara were only seen from the waist up – you didn’t see the legs they’d worked their whole lives for, because they were commentators now. He told the group to concentrate on things like color and neckline. He said he liked to go full-on Hunger Games in structure, and I had no clue what he meant, getting a mental picture of him in suede with a bow and arrow. Or on fire. He said they were looking for something special and unique. They liked everything, but also nothing. It was a one-day challenge, which I thought was a little cruel.
The pairs were, Chastity and Zayden, Aaron and Shantall, Prajje and Sabrina, Katie and Octavio, Anna and Bones, and Kristina and Coral. Aaron was worried because Shantall had immunity. He didn’t know if she would show up, but I thought, come on. Only an idiot would think the judges wouldn’t notice they didn’t try, and file that away. In Katie’s interview, she was concerned about keeping her voice within the team, since she’d been in the bottom last week. The designers were given 45 minutes at Mood, and a $1200 budget. I love how crazy they get in that store. I guess the equivalent for me would be a movie material store or B&N.
When Christian came in to harass them, he said he had a Siriano Save. He could use it if he felt a designer’s elimination was a case of bad timing, bad luck, or it was just bad. Zayden did an ice skating twirl to demonstrate his expertise. Bones used Anna’s fabric, but they managed to work it out without a fight. Shantall thought Aaron was pushing her in a good way. In Katie’s interview, she said she’d been brought up to dress modestly, which explained a lot of the Peter Pan collars and such, although I think she wears some amazing prints. It also explained one of her problems in designing; she tended to design for herself. In Sabrina’s interview, she revealed that she’d suffered from arthritis at a young age, and sometimes her body took its toll on her mind. She began to have difficulty toward the end of the day, and had to step away to get it together. Since she hadn’t shared this information with anyone, Prajje was less than sympathetic. In Aaron’s interview, he said, immunity never mattered, and Shantall had worked as hard as he did. The designers were sewing up until the models went on the runway. Tara and Johnny were also the guest judges.
One favorite look of the night came from Anna and Bones, who wanted their outfits to conjure up the thought of ice. Anna’s dress for Tara had a plunging neckline (although in-between netting kept it from being too revealing for prime time), and incredible beaded fringe, very flapperish. Designing for Johnny, Bones had done a beautiful sheer shirt and white pants, but as Brandon said, the vest was a challenge. While Anna’s beading was elegant and high-end, Bones’s vest was more crafty. That was the perfect word, since it literally looked like something you’d make from a virtual class in crafting. It was cool, but not haute couture. Shantall and Aaron were also at the top, although Brandon thought their look was a little Night at the Roxbury. I thought it was a little dark colorwise, with black and navy. At the bottom were Prajje and Sabrina, who went for the gold in their look, but the judges felt the collaboration wasn’t strong. Johnny said the outfits looked like cartoon versions of what a skater would wear. Katie and Octavio scored low too, and Octavio kept trying to throw Katie under the bus, but his shirt for Johnny dwarfed Katie’s outfit for Tara. Brandon said Katie had designed a party on the bottom, and business he didn’t want to be a part of on top. Their model looked pissed, which was kind of funny. Brandon said it seemed like no one got along, and their looks reflected that. They should have been lifting each other up.
The winners were Anna and Bones, with Anna getting the big win. In her interview, she said it would be her lifetime job to represent the Asian community. Brandon told the bottom four, they had been working as team, designing for a team, but lost because there had been no teamwork. Sabrina was out, which surprised me, since I was sure it would be Katie, who’s been consistently disappointing to the judges. Sabrina said, having been born in Afghanistan, she was excited to represent girls who didn’t have opportunities, and show them there’s hope. Johnny said he couldn’t wait to wear her, which would have been creepy coming from that guy in Silence of the Lambs. In Sabrina’s interview, she said she knew she could do better, and it hurt to know that this outfit was her swan song, but the competition had helped her go for her dreams. Christian said Sabrina was a strong, talented, amazing designer who would do great things.
Fun Fact: Johnny Weir said he’d worn off-the-rack Brandon Maxwell during the last Olympic commentary.
Next time, each designer works with an accessory designer.
🌿 On the Street Where They Live…
The Duggal Greenhouse is where the designers do most of their work. You, too, can rent it for what I’m sure is a modest sum. If you’re a millionaire.
🏎 Ciao, Bella Or Not…
Hope to see you tomorrow for soap, tea, and stuff other people said. Until then, stay safe, stay appreciating the small stuff, and stay not worrying about what ifs. It’s a waste of time since you can’t change the past.
What I Watched - TV With Theresa 