Short version: Still lame, still not fair, but at least they finally actually went from four to three...Sheesh!

Isn't this "twist" getting a little less twisty each season it happens? (Spoiler alert, obviously) Oh, the humanity. To be in a place so remote, so primitive, that they do not have Bravo in their hotel rooms? Yes, that was my fate these past four days. To be in such a place. Sitting in a room, knowing Project Runway was on, but that I could not access it. Tragic! But I've gotten past it, thanks to Tivo.

Did those women look that young to you? Not to me...those designers need some eyeglasses! OK, we're getting down to the wire (and as you probably know, all of the remaining six actually showed at Bryant Park last week.) Finally I have a couple of favorites, and sadly there are a couple of folks who just really need to go now. One of whom is Suede. Suede seems like a nice guy, but Sueded can't even stick to his schtick...which annoys me. And his "taste level", as Nina "no hola" Garcia calls it, seems to be sorely lacking.

OK, I know that doesn't sound very nice, but I'm simply being literal. Last night the "twist" (because Leanne keeping her model was about as non-twisty as it could be) was that the 8 eliminated designers were brought back...not for a chance to compete again, but to "help" the remaining 8 designers on the week's challenge: To create an avant-garde design inspired by the astrological sign of one of the team members.

...Of course, not working in teams...or with groceries...usually helps Last night's episode of Project Runway was the second strong one in a row...at least from a runway point of view. To be honest I've tuned out of the "backstage drama" portion of the show. The ones that might have been the ones you love to hate have mellowed out; the ones you thought you might love never really stepped up to be that object of fandom, and frankly...haven't they reduced Tim Gunn's "mentoring" to a handful of "make it work"s and "carry on"s this season without a whole lotta substance going on?

Well Hallelujah! From the most unlikely of sources (car parts) the Project Runway designers finally derived real inspiration and went for actual innovation. Last night's episode was the most interesting...and featured the best runway designs...since the season started. who's with me?

This was supposed to be the most fabulous Project Runway ever. Take 11 designers, 11 drag queens and the urbane Tim Gunn, sprinkle in a little Chris March pixie dust, and poof! Magic. sadly, while this group is distinguishing itself with the sniping and the delusional thinking, they're not distinguishing themselves where it really should count: with talent and innovation and an eye for beauty. We are spared a meaningless model elimination at least, so there's that. So, what did we learn about this still-too-big-to-keep-track-of group of designers this week?

...And fawn over Brooke Shields and her mediocre Sex and the City knock-off.

I'm starting to get the hang of this seasons contestants, and last night's episode went a long way toward solidying them in my mind, how about you? Except for the two who are totally indistinguishable from one another. For example: Joe is this year's straight guy, straight, dammit!! And like many of the other straight guys from other seasons (I'm talking to you Kevin) he has no personal style whatsoever.

The challenge on last night's episode of Project Runway should have provided the designers all the tools they need to really shine: Pick their inspiration Pick their fabrics Design the outfit of their choice (with the caveat that the inspiration and destination for the outfit should be NYC at night.) I was expecting to really get a lot of great outfits and to be able to start to determine which designers I should be rooting for.

Because mostly we were saying, "That's not green, that brown. That's not green, that's champagne. That's not green, that's black...what the hell are they talking about?"

And before we can blink an eye (because we blink really really slowly) one of the designers is gone! I know that I often sing the praises of Project Runway because it is very respectful of my valuable time. None of this weeks and weeks of audition episodes that are all about cruelty and humiliation. None of this two hours for challenge/performance, and then another day and another hour just to get the results that really only take two minutes to announce.