Ron Does Stuff

Second week in a row where I’m sort of on time with this! Let’s go!

Ciara Myst sashayed away in the previous episode, and the Dion family dominated the Rate-A-Queen talent show. Myki Meeks, on the other hand, is understandably feeling some type of way about being rated in the bottom by a ~jury of her queers~.

The Dion Dynasty is feeling the opposite of Mykie, of course, since they won both Rate-A-Queen talent show episodes. Darlene and Jane are pulling faces on the side, and I get where they’re coming from! But at the same time, the Dion family played the game with the choices available to them, and I can’t blame them for doing that either.

I also understand Kenya when she wonders why Athena is bringing up the voting process when Athena clearly benefited from it. Know when to shut up! Sometimes, keeping quiet is the best move that you can make. Vita also speaks up about the way she voted, ending up hurting Myki, which, again, is very understandable on Myki’s parts. I think everybody’s motives are very clear and understandable, and while it may not be satisfying to people who have their picks, it does give story editors many different threads to work on as the season progresses.

And we immediately pick up those threads the next day, when the Rate-A-Queen ~receipts~ are on the table. Nini, Darlene, Jane, and obviously Myki are pressed, but they’ll have to channel all of that energy into this week’s Maxi Challenge, which involves them making twisted political ads. The one to beat is still Bob’s ad from season eight!

The queens are paired up via the nuts they picked from Bruno’s sack. The pairings are Darlene and Vita, Jane and Kenya, Mia and Juicy, Myki and Athena, and Nini and Discord. Picking the propositions they’re going to represent mostly goes smoothly until we get to Darlene and Vita versus Mia and Juicy. To be fair, I thought Mia and Juicy were a better fit for the tits and padding proposition, but let’s see how things turn out in the actual challenge.

Annnnnd it looks like Mia and Juicy are going to flop, which is always what happens to queens who insist on a part and actually get it. Whether it’s the main show or the international franchises, it’s the immediate storyline. The two of them can perform, but that doesn’t mean that they can write.

The queens start shooting the ads, and I think this episode is where the Florida queens are going to get some blowback. The trouble with Mia and Juicy was already foreshadowed in the scene before, but it also looks like Athena is not putting on as good a performance as her partner, Myki Meeks. Juicy also does badly compared to Mia, and I think we might a mother-daughter lip sync this episode.

Or maybe not, because Nini isn’t doing so hot either. Discord even has to step in and help her out, which is what a good teammate would do, but this show does not typically reward cooperation. They want cutthroat! Vita also isn’t delivering, and it’s becoming very clear who the bottom queens are going to be.

Back in the Werk Room, we get a little moment of levity when Mia teaches the girls some Kennedy Davenport dance moves, but things get serious when Discord talks about how Florida radicalized his best friend’s brother. Vita also shared about the gay and trans murders happening in Alabama, and boy does it sound really bad in the United States right now. And props to the story editors because they made sure to wrap it all up with a moment of levity from Mia again, when she and Juicy do the “Slave 4 U” choreography.

The theme for the runway is I Can See Right Through Her, and…well, it didn’t start out well. But it got better when it got to Juicy and Darlene’s looks! I also liked Nini’s look. We then get to the ads, and Jane and Kenya are off to a good start. Which they need, because I really didn’t get those outfits at all. Juicy definitely will be in the bottom, and with how hard Ru was on Vita? Vita might be in the bottom as well.

Athena, surprisingly, did well! They made it look like she would flop but she really did conservative Karen really well. I think Myki did better, but it was just so surprising to see Athena do well. Discord was also really funny and knew to emphasize the punchline of her schtick. Nini also did well, but I think was the weaker of the two. So it might just be Juicy and Vita in the bottom, because they had the worst critiques.

For some reason, we don’t get to see the deliberations this week? Either way, Myki wins the challenge, and Juicy and Vita are in the bottom. I actually thought it was neck-and-neck until Juicy did her acrobatics, which were truly impressive, to be fair. Vita sashays away, and it is an emotional goodbye.

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