Episode Report Card Jeff Long: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Welcome to the Stress Ball
By Jeff Long | Season 10 | Episode 13 | Aired on 10.11.2012
Christopher takes Tim to the kitchen of his house where his parents, other people and a ton of desserts are waiting. Tim says that the spread looks very... caloric. Big laughs from Christopher's mother, Joann, who explains that they are Italian and thus enjoy eating. This family is really cute. They retire to the family room. Christopher interviews that winning the show would be great for his family too. He's very thankful for them and all of the support they have offered him. As they sit, Christopher says, "Hello and welcome back to Tea Time with Tim." Tim asks his adorable sisters, Christina and Katie, what it was like growing up with Chris. Chris and Christina in the same family. Love it. You name your kids the same thing as Joan Crawford's twins and you really have to expect that the boy will be a fashion designer. Joann tells the girls to be nice and they shyly answer that it was fun growing up with him and there was never a dull moment. He explains that he's a free spirit. Joann says that he always has a way of entering a room dramatically, often times with a pirouette. Christopher just says that he's a fabulous dancer. More laughs. I wonder if they laugh at him this much all of the time. I bet they do.
Tim asks his parents how they feel about his success and Joann says that she's proud of his skill and integrity. That's really sweet. Ryan, Christopher's boyfriend and the dude from before, says that, though you always want things for your loved ones, he has never wanted something so badly for someone else. Golly, that is super nice. I really believe him too. Christopher says that he has a lot of work to do but he's going to make it to Fashion Week. He seems so completely chill all of the time. Even during the textile challenge when he sort of gave up, he really never lost his cool. Which, hmm, you know, I think back and it makes his whole display during the challenge with Andrea seem even more suspect. I've gotten over that whole thing and think he's generally a nice guy, but his hysterics on the runway seem a lot more calculated seeing how calm he has been the rest of the time.
Later, in Manhattan, we find Fabio working. There's Jason, ruining everything. Kidding. He's great. I'm so happy that they're happy. He asks Fabio how he's feeling and he says that he's nervous. He tells Jason that, if Tim doesn't like his collection, he should kick his ass. Awesome. Tim enters and gives Fabio a big hug. He's wearing grey and purple right now and it's really great. Who dressed Tim for all of this? It's stellar. Tim looks around the huge ass apartment and asks Fabio if he lives there. His response is, "Are you kidding? Look at what I'm wearing?" For the record, he's wearing a white t-shirt and looks adorable per usual. He's not rocking a skirt, but whatever. Anyway, the apartment belongs to Fabio's friend's father, who has been nice enough to offer the space for Fabio to work.