Episode Report Card Jeff Long: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT To Not Feel Like A Complete Doo Doo Head
By Jeff Long | Season 8 | Episode 7 | Aired on 09.09.2010
Other Michael says to Andy that there were a lot of haters in the workroom and it saddened him that no one was happy for him. Andy interviews that he tries to respect Other Michael as a designer, but he finds him to be the weakest person there. Who cares what you think about his designing? Just be nice to the dude. Unless this actually is high school. I don't know, these designers have me wondering. Andy says to Other Michael that, the thing is, he's still not sure who Other Michael is as a designer. He doesn't know what his aesthetic is. The inference being that Andy can't be nice to Other Michael until he knows what the guy thinks is pretty? This is scary and fascist. Try this on, Andy "Haircut" Whomever --- you know that, as an organism, he is a HUMAN, which should count for something. Honestly, I don't even really care about this Michael very much, but the weird snobbiness from these designers I find appalling. Other Michael calmly says that he likes evening wear with draping and pleating. He mentions that he has developed a sewing technique that works for him. It actually appears to be working for the judges as well. Andy drily replies, "Well, it's working." Jackass.
Here's April, wheeling her suitcase to the new apartment. Jesus, this is where the extra half hour of this show goes -- so we can watch the intense personal drama of April's move to the new apartment. How stupid! She's not Nell. She should be able to adjust. I'm not sure we need to watch so closely. Anyway, the girls greet her with hugs and a tricked-out blackboard with lots of "WELCOME" bullshit on it. April interviews that it appears that all of the girls are putting their differences aside so that they can get to know her. I know, riveting. Ivy interviews that it's nice to have all of the girls together and she's all WTF about there being only four girls left. They do that "FAB FOUR" hands-in "Whoo!" stuff that is so pervasive in reality television. People and their little groups. April plays along, but I can tell she thinks it is as stupid as I think it is. Valerie is happy to have April around, even if it takes up extra bathroom space. As they are leaving the apartment, April says (to big laughs), "Fantastic Four, you've abducted April." We know why she makes clothes now. First of all, it was FAB, not FANTASTIC. Also, she's one of the four, so she would be part of the group abducting herself. Unless there's another April we haven't heard about. Or, perhaps this April is speaking in code and she has, in fact, been abducted, partly by a fourth person who is not visible to us. My instincts say that she is just a person who was being a bit careless with her listening and made a clunky joke that was actually quite winning in its delivery. OK, folks that was the recap version of the extra half hour of this program.