Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Skip to My Lou
By Potes | Season 18 | Episode 3 | Aired on 03.14.2012
And then. It's time for Louise. Her best shot comes up, and Nigel tells her that she looks strong, tough, and very mean. Somewhat counterintuitively, Louise does not like being called mean. She blows out through her lips, and says she can't win. Kelly fishes for a catchphrase, telling Louise that she needs to put some gratitude in her attitude. Louise shakes her head, which does not go unnoticed by Nigel. He tells her to take critique with charm. Louise takes a moment to look up the word "charm," which she has actually never heard before. Cutrone says that her experience on set involved Louise being very rude and condescending to her. Louise disagrees, and says that Kelly is the one who was rude to her. The best retort that Kelly can think of is, "Okay, I'm done talking to you right now." This whole incident really makes me long for the days of Janice Dickinson, who maybe would have fallen out of her chair after eviscerating Louise with some pointed yet nonsensical metaphor about amputees. Tyra tells Louise that she obviously has a problem with authority, but Louise corrects her to say that no, she has a problem with rude people. Miss Banks has just about had it, and basically tells Louise that as a beginning model, you have to eat shit for a while. Louise sucks her finger, and then shakes her head continuously as Cat tries to give her some very gentle and cheerful advice. And then she storms out! There is cursing and crying and Louise tosses Alisha aside as she tries to stop her.
We cut to the outside world, where Louise screams to someone on production that she needs to get her shit and go home. She adds that if Kelly Cutrone was on the street, she'd knock her out. Oh, if only Louise would stay in the country long enough for this dream deferred to come to pass. On the matter of Kelly Cutrone versus Louise, it's really hard to pick a side, mostly because they both seem so awful. The other girls stand around and wonder what's going to happen, and Annaliese points out that you can't exactly come back after that whole scene. As Alisha cries and Louise screams some more about going home, we head to commercials.
When we return, the Brits sympathize with Louise, who is outside screaming that she's losing it. Catherine tells us that it's not a nice thing to see someone just have a fucking mental break as Tyra Banks looks on. Eventually, everyone lines up again and Tyra announces that Louise has decided to leave the competition. Yeah, I think we got that. She adds that on Top Model, they like to think that their criticism is tough, but constructive. Now, let's not get carried away here! With Louise out of the way, the American team is up for critique. Azmarie is first, and her photo finally realizes her potential. Cutrone adds that Azmarie's leadership gave her team a strong edge. It's raves all around. Kyle is next, and her photo is cool and high fashion. Tyra praises her ability to be in control while she jumps. Seymone's shot is not amazing to Kelly, who wants her to own her body. Cat says that the photo is a bit too mature, which might alienate buyers. However, Tyra wants fiercely real clients to see overly sexualized images of themselves. I'm not sure if she thinks this would be a good thing or a bad thing.