Episode Report Card Jeff Long: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Eye Candy
By Jeff Long | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 01.01.2008
It's time to hear about the challenge. Oh wait, Heidi's being mystery bossy. She says that they will have to wait. They are going to have a very early morning the next day, and they're going on a field trip. Uh oh. These things are never like real field trips. Nobody's going to the aquarium. The designers seem to know this. She wishes them good luck and leaves.
The next morning at 6AM, Tim Gunn knocks on the door of one of the New Gotham apartments and is greeted by a groggy and rat-nest-coiffed Kit. She seems a little disturbed. She interviews that she was traumatized by the experience, since being seen in your pajamas by Tim Gunn is, to her, tragic. He has seen worse, and he hasn't forgotten. Angela Keslar was only a season ago, after all. He won't tell Kit and the girls any more about the challenge and tells them to get ready.
Next, he knocks on the door of the now perpetually shirtless Kevin. He's brushing his teeth. Does anyone else think that Kevin looks sort of like a female-to-male transsexual? No? Carry on.
Victorya answers the door of her apartment decked out in the most grandma nightgown muumuu. I love it.
Ricky answers Tim's knock at their apartment door and, for some reason, he's carrying his bedspread. No idea. He's not even using it for coverage or anything. Perhaps it's the largest binky in the world. He doubles over laughing when he sees Tim. All of the reactions are indicative of the respect that the designers have for Tim. It's nice to see, especially when so much reverence in reality television feels phony most of the time. Chris says, "It really is Tim," as if he'd just met Santa Claus. He asks Tim where his pajamas with the feet in them are. And they laugh. Tim tells them to dress quickly and meet him in the lobby.
We see the girls brushing their teeth together. Kit is still freaking out about seeing Tim. Adding to her humiliation is the fact that she wasn't wearing a bra. Halle Berry's mom would not approve. She interviews that she has no idea what the next challenge will be and that the surprises are endless. Oh my God, she seems shell-shocked. Chris interviews that the suspense is building. Everyone seems ready to leave, and Sweet P burps daintily into her hand. She must have learned that at one of her lady motorcycle gang etiquette Sunday brunches.
With Tim in the lead, they set off on foot for their field trip destination. Is Rami wearing a see-through shirt? I just lost so much respect for him. The mannequins are like, "The Adult Video Awards are that-a way." They arrive at nasty Times Square and Jillian interviews that she assumed they would be costuming a musical. Not a bad idea for a challenge, really. ["Seriously. Xanadu? Please??" -- Joe R] But, no. Tim directs their attention instead to the Hershey's store there. Everybody seems excited. They're all lying. Elisa interviews that she doesn't know how anyone could NOT want to work with that "magic, magic, magic." One of the mannequins is holding a tazer. Hershey's? Really? There's nothing magical about that place.